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fen. VOL. XXXIV. CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1898. NO. 51. Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES In Interesting Collection of Items From the Nw and the Old World In a Condensed and Comprehensive Form David Seeley has been arrested in Kalamazoo, Mich., accused of bigamy. Since his arrest nine wives have put in an appearance. All but one were widows, whose property he had sold. In the United States supreme court an opinion was handed down in a case involving the constitutionality of the territorial law fixing a day's work in smelters and mines in the territory at eight hours. The court held that the law was an exercise of the state's police powers. The decision of the supreme court of Utah was affirmed. The entire system of the government inspection of meat which has been established in the ;i:ioking-houses of the United States was declared to be uncon stitutional, ineffective and void in an opinion handed down in the United States district court by Judge John P. Rogers, federal judge at Fort Smith, Ark., sitting for Judge Phillips. The navy department has just com pleted the allotment among the states of the appropriation of $50,000 made for the assistance of tiie naval militia organizations. The allotments are Binaller this year than heretofore, ow ing to the fact that while the organiza tion are increasing in number, hence the effort now being made to secure from congress an increase of $60,000. Senator Wilson, of Washington, says that the amendment of Representative Ellis, which has been proposed to his bill to settle the land claims and con tests with the Northern Pacific, will result in defeating all legislation rela tive to the matter. Neither bill can go through, lie declares, if they are to be amended. The senator hopes to get his provision made a part of the sundry civil bill. According to a report placed before President McKinley there are now available for military duty in the United States 10,073,716 able-bodied men, and of these 112,082 are already in the militia, forming the nucleus of a tremendous fighting force. This is without considering the skeleton United States army, which could on short notice recruit up to 100,000 men. It can be stated positively no river and harbor bill will be reported at this session of congress. The house lead ers are opposed to more river and har bor bills, and the friends of the bill on the committee believe it will be better to wait until the short session after the congressional elections next fall, when a complete and comprehensive bill can be reported, rather than attempt to pass an inadequtae bill at this session. Senator McBride of Oregon, has re ported from the committee on com merce his amendment to the diplo matic and consular appropriation bill, providing for a consulate at Vladivo stock, with a salary of $2,500, and also for a consulate at Rossland, B. C. , at a salary of $2,000. These amendments Senator McBride intends to urge before the senate when the diplomatic and consulate appropriation bill is consid ered. In view of the warlike preparations being made by Chile, the government of Argentina has decided to purchase three warships and arms for 150,000 men. The people of Argentina are en thusiastic over the possibilities of war. Many public officials have offered to give part of their salaries for buying warships. It is not generally believed that war is imminent, but the people consider it their duty to prepare for an emergency in case Chile should refuse to fulfill her promises in the boundary treaties. The steamer Eller plying between Portland and Alaska ports, reports an exceed inly rough trip down. The sea was the worst the crew and officers of the Elder have ever encountered, and, owing to her being without ballast, all control of the vessel was lost, and it was only owing to the vigilance of the officers that she was saved from going witli a crash on one of the thousands of small islands in this district. She was forced to remain at sea for 36 hours. The gale, while it lasted, was terrific, and attained a velocity of at least 100 miles an hour. The vessel's propeller blades were broken and she was com pelled to lay over at Nanaimo for repairs. At Philadelphia the birthday anni versary of George Washington was com memorated with appropriate exercises at the Academy of Music. The feature of the day was an address to the stu dentsof the university of Pennsylvania, delivered by President McKinley. The president paid an eloquent tribute to the memory of the Father of Our Country, and from his life and deeds drew a lesson as to the duties of the American people of today. At Chi cago, ex-President Ilarrrison delivered an address before the Union League Club, choosing as his subject, "The Duties of Wealth." At numerous other cities the occasion was appropriately observed. Hon. Sanford B. Dole, president of the republic of Hawaii, was tendered a public reception at San Francisco at the chamber of commerce, and met with a cordial and flattering recognition on the part of the crowds of people. Secretary Gage points with a good deal of interest to the fact that the cus toms receipts for this fiscal year at last have overtaken the receipts for the same period of the prior fiscal year. The total receipts for this fiscal year have readied $88,089,596. The interstate commerce commission has suspended operation of the long and short-haul clause of the interstate com merce act in favor of railroad lines in the United States in competition with the Canadian Pacific road. Representative Lewis.of Washington, who has just returned to Washington from Ottawa, where he went to appeal to the Canadian government for some modifications to the Canadian regula tions requiring American miners bound for the Klondike to procure their licenses at Vancouver, Victoria or Dawson, was unable to secure any con cession from the Dominion government. ORDERS TO THE FLEET. Held in Readiness to Go to Havana on Short Notice. Chicago, March 3. A special to the Chronicle from Key West says: The warships Iowa, Marblehead, New York, Montgomery, Nashville. Indiana, Tex as and Massachusetts, as well as the torpedo-boats Cushing and Ericsson, now at Dry Tortugas, have received or ders to hold themselves in readiness to start for Havana at the tap of the drum. The orders came from Secretary Long at Washington to Admiral Sicard, and are said to be based on information wired from Havana by the captain of the Bache, the United States coast sur vey boat which left Key Wesl for Ha vana yesterday. The captain of the Bache told such a story of the heated state of the Ha vana public and the probability of riot at any moment and danger to Ameri cans now there, that Secretary Long at once made the order indicated. A copy of El Diario Marina, received from Havana, says that Spain has noti fied the United States that the Maine's remains must not be removed, and that the work must stop until the govern ment receives the report of the United States court of inquiry. Work of the Diver. Havana, March 3. Divers on the Right Arm got to work today in earnest. Captain Everett was in charge, and, the water being lower than usual, it was seen that the steering hatch was partly clear, though covered to some extei- fc by one of the smokestacks. The diver., succeeded in entering the after torpedo compartment, where they hoped to find the bodies of Lieutenants Jenkins and Merritt, as well as the re mains of several members of the crew. The Spanish officers directing the divers of the government of Spain called on Captain Sigsbee today on board the Fern, and were given all the information they needed. The steamer Bache has been ordered to leave for Dry Tortugas with live wounded men, all that are now left here, and one body. Admiral Sicard intends to hold a naval funeral over the bodies returned by the Bache, but may postpone the ceremony until others have been recovered, so that all may be formally interred at the same time. It is reported here that the court of inquiry will return to Havana tomor row, but the report had not been con firmed when this dispatch was filed. THEY GIVE IT UP. Government Relief Expedition to Starv ing Yukoners Abandoned. Washington, Marcli 3. The war de partment has decided to abandon the expedition for the relief of the miners in the Klondike country, because the aonclusion has been reached that no necessity exists for it. Secretary Al?er has written a letter to Senator Hawley, chairman of the senate committee on military affairs, explaining the department's position, and asking congress to take action au thorizing the department to dispose of the supplies purchased for the expedi tion, including the reindeer from Nor way and to abandon the project en tirely. In his letter Alger says conditions on the Yukon have changed so as to ren der the expedition unnecessary, and that Generals Miles and Merriam both agree with him. He is also advised to this effect by the Canadian minister of the interior. The military committee met today but did not act upon the re quest. GOMEZ WOULD CO-OPERATE. Bombardment of Havana Would lie the Signal for a I.aud Attack Also. New York, March 3. "On the day the white squadron opens fire on Ha vana, Maximo Gomez will begin an at tack by land. He will keep on fight ing until Havana surrenders or nothing is left but a heap of ruins." These words were used in Tampa, Fla., to a correspondent of a New York paper by Emilio Nunez, of New York, who com manded the filibustering expedition which has been landed in Cuba from the steamer Dauntless. Captain "Dynamite Jack" O'Brien has returned to Tampa with Colonel Nunez. They left for New York last night. "I am just back from Cuba," Col onel Nunez said, "Cuba, which is now almost free. Our steamer carried two allotments of arms and ammunition. We made one landing on Oriente, where we left a large quantity of rifles and dynamite for Garcia's command. Then we put about and steamed along the entiie length of the Cuban coast to Pinar del Rio province, where we placed the remainder of our cargo in the hands of General Diaz, who com mands our forces in that part of the island. Trouble with Spaniards? Of course; but Spaniards are not clever enough to stop an expedition if they tried, and it never seemed to me that they tried very hard. "Garcia is now besieging Bayamo. General Pando, with 25,000 men, is trying to force his way up the Cauto river to dislodge him. In the open country between Marcia and Havana, Gomez is slowly but surely working toward the capital, burning plantations as he goes. As Blanco recalls his troops to protect Havana, Gomez draws nearer from the east and Rodri guez and Diaz from the west. They all expect that the United States will de clare war. The moment that happens they will mass their forces and co-operate with the United States fleet. "At Key West I had a long talk with Dr. Guiteras, who is the surgeon attending the wouunded sailors of the Maine. He told ine that one poor fel low asked him the meaning of the Spanish words 'Mata lo.' The doctor told him that it meant 'Kill him.' The sailor shuddered. 'I jumped overboard when the explosion took place,' lie said, 'and swam to a fishing-boat. A man in it knocked me off with an oar and said 'mata lo.' That shows yon the way Spaniards love Americans. Money for War Material. Washington, March 3. The house committee on naval affairs today agreed on an item of $1,000,000 for the purchase of smokeless powder; $920,000 for the erection of buildings on government grounds for the manu facture of smokeless powder, with necessary machinery and equipment, and $60,000 for arming and equipping the naval militia. Seven out of every eight loaves of bread eaten in London are made from foreign wheat Spaniards in Cuba Want Present Strain Relieved THE SUSPENSE IS KILLING Officers Vrge the Government to Demand an Ultimatum of the United States Regarding Maine Disaster at Once. New York, March 3. The Spanish government officials in Cuba are pray ing for relief from a strain which they cannot endure much longer. It is not encouraging when officers of high rank in the army who deplore the Maine catastrophe as deeply and as sincerely as do the Ameiican people, beg to de mand that if the United States "in tends" to make the disaster a cause for going to war, it shall do so quickly, says the Havana correspondent of the Tribune. These expressions do not represent the settled convictions of those by whom they are uttered. They are ut terances of men overburdened with anxiety and uncertainty. In their calmer moments these officers would be the first to accept the mediation of the United States as the best means of helping Spain out of her desperate situation in Cuba. Under the present strain they do not accept it. They complain that the thorough and com prehensive investigation which the naval court of inquiry is making is too slow, and they profess to believe that instead of conducting an impartial in vestigation to learn the facts, the court is trying to make out a case of foul play. There are representatives of the mili tary arm of the government, who do not believe anything of the kind. They only talk to relieve their overburdened minds. If the clouds which the Maine disaster has thrown over the relations of Spain and the United States were cleared away the international compli cations would not be lessened. The loss of the American warship and its crew had nothing to do with the series of minor military successes which the insurgents are gaining in all parts of the island. That is due to the de moralization of the Spanish troops. Gomez keeps almost within range of the railroad and telegrapli in Santa Clara province. He could not do so if Spain was able to carry on an effective campaign. The so-called crisis in the autono mist cabinet is another thing which the United States has nothing to do. The crisis is not a dangerous one, be cause Govin and ii is radical colleagues have the support of the Sagasta minis try. Galvez, Ivlontero and Zayas, who are all that remain of the conservative autonomists, may not indorse the plan to open negotiations with the insur gents and to offer Gomez a place in the Cuban government, but their resigna tions are not expected. The Sagasta ministry approves the scheme of mak ing further concessions to the insur gents, and with this knowledge mem bers of the autonomist cabinet who disapprove it are likely to be passive. The junta in New York has already rejected the propositions. That is not so important as the repudiation of them which will come from Gomez. Then nothing will remain for the gov ernment of Spain except to confess the failure of autonomy and more than au tonomy to restore peace and save ber sovereignty in Cuba. The confession cannot await the election of the cortes in April. LOUD POSTAL BILL. Much Opposition Removed by the L-it-est Amendment. Washington, March 3. The hiise today entered upon the consideration of the Loud hill, relating to second class mail matter. The bill is identi cal with the bill passedjby the last con gress, but Loud, its author, gave notice of an amendment permitting the trans mission, at pound rates, of sample copies, up to 10 per cent of the bona fide circulation of the newspaper or periodicals. This amendment removes much opposition to the bill. Three speeches were delivered today. Loud made an exhaustive speech in its favor, claiming that the government practically paid a subsidy of $20,000, 000 to the proprietors of publications, which now get access to the mails at pound rates, as the cost of transporting mail, and its handling averaged 8 cents per pound. Moon, of Tennessee, spoke in opposition to the bill, and Perkins, of Iowa, in favor of it. The senate passed the Bacon resolu tion for the erection, in some suitable place in the capitol, of a bronze mem orial tablet commemorative of the officers and sailors who lost their lives in the Maine disaster. Before the resolution passed, Perkins made an eloquent speech in its support and in eulogy ot the American navy. Hoar endeavored to have a conference committee appointed on the bankruptcy bill, but Stewart talked until 2 o'clock, when the Alaskan right of way and homestead bill came up under the regu lar order. Rawlins resumed his speech opposing the bill. Washington, March 3. The sub committee appointed by Chairman Walker of the house banking and cur rency committte to draft a currency reform measure for submission to the Republican members of that commit tee, have been at work for 10 days, and have practically agreed upon the fun damental principles to be embodied in a bill, and their labors will result in reporting a complete bill to their col leagues, though they refuse to divulge the points of their measure. Station, but No Appropriation. Washington, March 3. The house committee on interstate and foreign commerce today reported a bill for the establishing of a quaiantine station at the mouth of the Columbia river, after amending the bill by striking oat the appropriation clause. For a Nattonal Monument. Tacoma, Wash., March 2. Mayor Fawcett today appointed a committee of 15 representative citizens to solicit subscriptions to aid in erecting a na tional monument to the memory of the victims of the Maine disaster. CORBETT CASE ENDED, rho Senate Decides Against the Gov ernor' Appointee. Washington, March 2. Former Vice President Stevenson was a visitor on the senate floor at the opening of the session today. A bill extending the time for the construction of a bridge across the Missouri at Yankton, S. D., was passed. Hoar, chairman of the judiciary com mittee, moved the senate nonconcur in the house amendments to the bank ruptcy bill, and that a committee of conference be appointed. Stewart objected to the appointment of a committee on conference and the matter went over until tomorrow. Hon. H. W. Corbett was today de nied admission to the senate as a sena tor from Oregon on the appointment by the governor, by the decisive vote of 50 to 19. Speeches were made to day against the admission of Corbett by Bacon (Ga.) and Burrows (Mich.) and in favor of his admission by Mor gan (Ala.). After disposing of the Corbett case, the senate began the con sideration of the Alaska homestead and railway right of way bill, and had not concluded it when it adjourned. The house passed the sundry civil ap propriation bill today after a four days' debate. The most important action to day was the elimination of an appro priation for representation at the Paris exposition on a point of order. The sudden change of sentiment in the house, which is often witnessed when members go on record, was twice illus trated today. On Friday last the house in committee of the whole, where there is no record of the vote, knocked out a provision in the bill for an appropria tion to pay those who furnish the gov ernment with information relative to violaters of the internal revenue laws, and today, in committee an extra month's pay was voted to the employes of the house. Both of these proposi tions commanded a very respectable majority in the committee, but when the members voted on roll calls in the house, both of them were overwhelm ingly defeated. Several minor bills were passed after the sundry civil biil was passed. Millions for Defense. Washington, March 2. Representa tive Bromwell (Rep. O.) today intro duced in the house the following reso lution: "That the secretary of the navy be and is hereby authorized, whenever in his judgment it shall become expedi ent for the best interests of the coun try to do so, to secure options upon and consummate the purchase of such battle-ships, cruisers, rams, torpedo-boats or other form of naval vessels as are of the most modern type, and ready for immediate use, together with the nec essary armament and equipment for the same, as in his judgment are neo essary to place the naval strength of the country upon a proper footing for immediate hostilities with any foreign power with which the same may be threatened, and for the purpose of con summating such purchases there is hereby appropriated the sum of $20, 000,000 to be immediately available." The resolution was referred to the naval committee. SEVENTEEN ARE DEAD. An Epidemic Sweeping Over the City of Skagway. Nanaimo, B. C, March 2. The steamer Oregon arrived here this after noon from Skagway and Dyea. She had a number of passengers who are re turning home disgusted with Alaska. Before the Oregon left Skagway, 17 deaths from cerebro spinal meningitis were reported in 24 hours. Among the dead, the only names as certained were B. Austrander, of Port land, Or.; . Montello, of Des Moines, la.; Jones Hawbacher, of Astoria, Or.; George Baker, of Everett, Wash.; a child named Atkins, of Albany, and a boy named Anderson. Dr. O. B. Estes, of Astoria, who was a passenger on the Oregon, predicts that the number of deaths will soon run into the hundreds. The steamer Mamie reports that a steamship caught on fire in Seinour narrows. Her name was not obtaina ble, but it is thought that she was from Vancouver, B. C. The fire was extinguished and the steamer proceeded north. Kehring Sea Seizures. Washington, March 2. The presi dent today sent to the senate a full rec ord of the proceedings between the United States and Great Britain in the arbitration relating to the compensa tion for the seizure of British ships in Behring sea under the treaty of 1892. The collection of documents includes the correspondence and notes of a dip lomatic character bearing on the sub ject, but most of these bear date prior to the making of the award. A state ment of the government counsel, Don M. Dickinson, Robert Lansing and Charles B. Warren, is appended, in which they say: "If there are serious questions as to the validity of the award in the light of precedent and authority, in view of the history of the controversy, and in the exitsing conditions, as well as be cause of the comparatively small amount of the aggregate awarded, we venture to express the hope that the re sult will be accepted by our govern ment." Mystery at Key West. Key West, March 2. The order for bidding soldiers to go into town was re cinded this afternoon. No explanation has been furnished, and there seems to be some mystification at this unprece dented occurrence. Turkish Bread Riots. Constantinople, March 2. Serious bread riots have taken place at Galli poli, here a mob attempted to burn the government office. The police made 36 arrests. To Kill King George. Athens, March 2. One of the men who attempted the life of the king of Greece on Saturday has been arrested. His name is Karditza and he is a minor employe in the mayor's office here. Two friends of Karditza have also been arrested on suspicion of being accom plices. Karditza, when closely pressed, confessed to being one of the king's as sailants. He does not express any re gret, and declared that if the gun had not trembled in the hands of his ac complice the king would have been killed. Karditza refused to furnish any further information. WAS A SUBMARINE MI Belief GrowingThat the Maine Disaster Was Design. PRESIDENT DESIRES A DELAY Wants Time to Make Necessary Prepar ations for War Congressmen Discuss Subject With Much Seriousness. Chicago, March. 1. The Tribune has this dispatch from Washington It is a significant fact that within the last two days there has been a remark able change of opinion in the navy de partment in regard to the explosion of the Maine. When the first news ar rived here last week experts at the de partmenj; were nearly evenly divided as between an accident ana design But today, after studying the later re ports, and especially the photographs sent from Havana, nine out of ten of the officers at the department express the belief that the Maine was anchored over a submarine mine. The only difference of opinion seems to be as to whether that mine was exploded by Spanish officers acting under orders or by some enthusiast. The latter opin ion is generally held, but it is said that this does not lessen in any great degree the responsibility of Spain for the horrible catastrophe. If the Span ish officers allowed the warship to be moored to a buoy which was attached to a submarine mine they thereby be came responsible for the result, whether the mine was exploded by ofncial or ders or not. The placing of the mine in an exposed place in a harbor, if it was done at all, was done by Spanish officers, and if the mine was exploded by anybody at all they were directly responsible. The Chronicle's dispatches of the same day are even more specific, as fol lows: The president is striving to postpone as long as possible the crisis which is almost certain to be precipl tated by the report of the board of in quiry commissioned to investigate the destruction of the battle-ship Maine. In the inner circles of the adminis tration it is no longer pretended that the Maine was blown up by accident. Good authority is given for the as sertion that Mr. McKinley has had in his possession for three days positive evidence showing that the Maine was destroyed by external agencies. The Spanish authorities are aware of the fact that the president has this evidence in his possession, and they have sent messages which have been kept from the public, disavowing all responsibility for the act and offering to make humble apology, as well as monetary compensation for the damage inflicted; and, in short, to do anything which may be done honorably to pre vnt war between Spain and the United States. The evidence in the president's hands fails to disclose the identity of the men who ire responsible for the awful crime. At least three persons are concerned, and one of them is known to be a Span ish officer. It is not doubted that all the guilty parties will be identified and promptly put to death by the Spanish officials at Havana. This information has come to me, says the correspondent, from a reliable source. I first learned it yesterdav, but at that time I could not be sure of its accuracy. Developments during the last 24 hours have convinced me of its truth. President McKinley desires delay for two reasons. First, he wants the present excitement, to subdue. Second, he wants time to prepare for war, which may be caused at most any day bv act of congress. It is hardly necessary to say that the president will do all he can to avoid war. While he expects the finding of the court of inquiry to corroborate the evidence now in his possession, he still holds to the belief that Spain's offer to make full satisfaction will be accepted by the American people. The change of sentiment in the de nartments is plainly evident. The screws have been loosened and subor dinate officials are permitted to talk They no longer argue that the Maine was destroyed by accident. They say: "Oh. it will not be nec essary for us to fight even if it turns out that the ship was destroyed by de sign. Spain will be asked to make amends, and if she complies in the right spirit, that ought to satisfy the people." But that kind of talk is not heard at the capitol. The senators and repre sentatives in cloakrooms and corridors discuss the question with more serious ness as it becomes more apparent that they will soon be called upon to face a grave responsibility. They insist that if the Maine was blown up by design, it was due to Spanish treachery and that blood alone can atone for the crime. They regard was in such an event as inevitable. Lebanon, Mo., March 1. Yesterdav the boiler at Bunch's mill at Ryan, 25 miles southeast of here, blew out, knocking Bunch 30 feet into the saw- pit. He crawled out of the sluice of hot water, and walked a quarter of a mile to his home with the flesh falling from his body. After suffering inten sely for 10 hours he died. Fatal Explosion at a Fire. Kalamazoo, Mich., March 1. Fire broke out in the Hall chemical works at 10 o'clock tonight, and after burning half an hour, two terrific explosions blew the whole top of the building oF, burying firemen and spectators beneath the falling walls and debris. Six men have been taken out dead, and 10 in jured. The first explosion was fol lowed by two others. Firemen on lad ders were blown in every direction by the concussion. The crowd was dazed by the explosion. Horses were thrown down and windows in the vicinity were threatened. The work of rescue began at once, and the building was left to its doom. Intese excitement pre vailed. A Series of Earthquakes. New York, Feb. 28. A dispatch to the World from Kingston, Jamaica, says: A series of terrific earthquakes have caused great destruction of proper ty on the island of Montserrat. They began on the 15th, but the most severe occurred on the 20th. There were numbers of landslides. There ia ranch distress in oon sequence. a CLASH MAY FOLLOW. Inflammatory Circulars Being Scattered Broadcast. New York, March 2. The World prints the following circular, which it says is being distributed on the streets of Havana: "Spaniards Without Conditions Long live Spain with honor. It is time we leave at one side lying decep tions and puerile fears. It is neces sary, even if we all succumb in the fight, not to stand the impositions of that proud and ambitious nation which at' every moment, taking advan tage of the weakness of the liberal gov ernment, menaces us and throws down the gauntlet. Providence is taking our part, and if not, see what has hap pened to that vessel to which they con fided all their power. "It is necessary to go to the ballot box to offer all obstacles to autono mists, because with them and their coming into power things have occur red that never happened when we (con servatives) were in power. "Under the new colonial system has occurred the accident to the Maine. They have allowed the dead of a hos tile nation to be placed in the palace and a thousand other things to bring us conflicts. So we repeat the phrases of the orator Romero Rubio, We will go anywhere except to autonomy; and let us also take note that the valiant General Weyler, whom we ought to elect a deputy for Havana, second us. We have on our side the army, the volunteers, the navy and the people. "What do you do, that you allow yourselves to be insulted in this man ner? Do you not see what they have done to us by removing our brave and beloved Weyler? At this hour he would have made an end of this vile insurgent rabble that tramps on our flag and on our honor. They force au tonomy on us to cast us aside and give the positions of honor and command to those who initiated this rebellion these ill born autonomists, ingrate sons of our beloved land. And last, these dirtv Yankees, who meddle in our affairs, humiliating us to the last de gree, as a further taunt send us one of the war vessels of their rotten navy, after insulting us in their newspapers in our own house. "Spaniards, the time of action has arrived. Slumber not. Let us show those vile traitors that we have not yet lost honor, and that we know how to protect it with energy of a worthy and strong nation. "Death to the Americans! Death to autonomy!! Long live Spain 1 Long live Weylerl" BUSINESS IN HAVANA. The Maine Court of Inquiry Will Return to Cuba. Washington, March 2. At the close of office hours a telegram came to the navy department from Admiral Sicard at Key West, in the following terms: "Key West, March 2. To the Secre tary of the Navy, Washington: Court of inquiry will commence session at Key West today. They must resume session at Havana to receive reports from divers, after further work on the wreck. SICARD." The important feature of this is the declaration that the court will return to Havana. It sets at rest the rumors that have been current for days past, that the court was not to return to Havana, for the reason that it had dis covered the cause of the sinking of the Maine, which was not an accident, and that they had consequently no further business in Havana. One important deduction to be drawn from the message was that the report of the court of in quiry can scarcely be expected for sev eral weeks to come. The court will be occupied at Key West for peveral days at least in taking the testimony of the survivors there. Then, upon the return to Havana, it is expected that a good deal of time must elapse before the divers can get through the mud which now encompasses the lower pai t of the wreck of the Maine, and examine the bottom. After this is done, the court must deliberate in order to secure an agreement upon their find ings. The prevalent belief at the navy department is that up to this moment the court has not undertaken to com pare notes and endeavor to reach such an agreement. LITTLE WORK DONE. Divers Experience Great Difficulty in Recovering Bodies. Havana, March 2. Little work was done today by the divers from the tug Right Arm. Captain Magee, who is in charge, seemed to lack authority from the wrecking people or others, and is indisposed to work on his own judg ment, except in smaller details. Captain Sigsbee was on board the light-house tender Fern until 2 o'clock this afternoon. He waited for the Spanish divers but they did not appear. Captain Sigsbee thinks Spain has a moral and international right to make an independent examination, and he will give the Spanish divers such facil ities as are possible. Captain Sigsbee hopes the survey steamer Bache will re turn to the Tortugas tomorrow or the next day with all the Maine's wounded left here, and he also hopes to send on the Bache hereafter the remains of the dead recovered in a condition making it possible to place them in coffins. The difficulty experienced in recovering the bodies is not understood by any but the divers. The latter yesterday worked for three hours trying to bring out one body intact, and one of the divers had a bad fall, and several got their air tubes tangled. Even then they could not extricate the remains. The principal efforts of the divers are now directed toward clearing the upper wreckage, smoke stacks, decks, guns, hatches, bridges, cranes and gratings. Then, if at all, all the dead can be removed. In Ptolemy's time any one who killed a cat was put to death. Working Day and Night. Port Townsend, Wash. , March 2. Work at the three most conspicuous points of fortification on the Washing ton coast which has been going on in a desultory fashion for some months, is now being pushed forward under spe cial orders from Secretary of War Al ger, and the double forces at work at Point Marrowstone and Admiralty head are being worked night and day to fin ish up the defenses at those places. Already preparations are being made for placing the heavy guns, which are due to arrive any day, in position for use in a possible emergency. Fate of Newspapers and Statesmen in France. THE REPUBLIC IS IN DANGER Army Officers Expelled, Lawyers Dis barred aud Correspondents Warned What It Will Terminate in. Paris, Feb. 28. The new dictator ship has decided to suppress the free dom of speech and the freedom of the press. This decision was announced by Meline in the chamber of deputies this afternoon. Four newspapers tonight were noti fied that unuless they cease disenssing the Dreyfus campaign tomorrow they will be rigorously prosecuted. A number of correspondents of for eign newspapers were warned that un less they abandon their hostile dis patches they will be expelled from France. It is even asserted that Blowitz, the correspondent of the London Times, was also warned. Because of his courageous action as an officer in the war department and in the Zola trial, Colonel Picquart, by a decree Issued tonight. was expelled from the army and placed under three years of police surveillance. The lawyer who advised him has been suspended from the bar. Esterhazy has received official per mission to prosecute Mathieu Dreyfus. The announcement was made that more rigorous measures of the same high-handed policy will soon be prom ulgated. Concluding his official warn ing, Me line said: "I trust it will be understood that if the agitation continues after yester day's verdict we shall be in the pres ence of a party issue. Enough evil has already been done internally. The life of the nation has been checked. A part of the foreign press denounces us. This must be stopped, in the in terests of peace, of the army, and of our foreign relations. The government must deal with the wound it desires to heal, and it will impose silence upon everybody. It will take such dis ciplinary measures as the circum stances demand. Nobody can continue the agitation in good faith, and after tomorrow the government will sup press all attempts to continue it. The government is applying the laws at its disposal, and if the weapons are insuffi cient, it will ask for more." (Great tumult). "The vote of this house will prove that when patriotism is involved, there are no parties. Everybody ral lies under that flag." A CUT AT SAN FRANCISCO. The Canadian Pacific Maies Low Rate to the Fast. San Franci.co, Feb. 28. The Cana dian Pacific threw a bombshell into the camp of the American railroad agents this morning by announcing that tick ets would be sold from San Francisco to New York via Vancouver at $40 first-class and $30 second-class. The lowest first-class rates by the Central and Union Pacific are $79. Agents here say that east-bound business by the Canadian road is slight at this sea son, and they don't fear.deinoralization, but they recognize the danger to Klon dike business if these rates are enforced in the East. In fact, the Southern Pacific will have to meet the cut or see all Klondike travel go to Victoria and Seattle. Everything depends on the Chicago meeting. If the Canadian Pa cific cannot be placated then the South ern Pacific will be compelled to cut the present rates nearly in half. Crushed to Death. San Francisco, Feb. 28 Charles Lapan, superintendent of construction on the Call building, was instantly killed this afternoon, in the freight elevator on the Third-street side of the building. Lappan was at work in the base ment, and stepred on the freight eleva tor. It is believed he pulled the wrong rope, and when the elevator started up, attempted to jump out. His body was caught between the floor of the eleva tor and the first floor and was terribly crushed. Death must have been in stantaneous, for his whole chest was crushed to a pulp. Will Not Sell Cuba. London, Feb. 28. The Standard's Madrid correspondent says that he has found by an exhaustive canvass that all parties are amazed and indignant at the suggestion that Spain should sell Cuba, saying that it meant that the monarchy would be menaced by an ir resistable popular movement supported by the army and navy. The financiers make the practical objection that, as the Cuban debt is almost entirely held by Spaniards, the price suggested would not satisfy half the compensa tion required. None of the ministers would entertain the suggestion. Shipments From Canadian Points. Ottawa, Feb. 28. The Canadian government has decided to permit Can adian goods to be shipped from Van couver and Victoria in American ves sels free of duty by St. Michaels to the Yukon for the coming season. An or der to this effect has been sent to the customs office on the coast. The order applies to the Yukon route by St. Mi chaels, and does not include Skagway. Tacoma, Feb. 28. The Midnight Sun is the name of a tiny craft about to sail for Alaska from Tacoma. The boat is flat bottomed, 24 feet long, 6 feet wide and 2 feet deep, provided with side paddle-wheels, a two-horse power boiler and a steam engine. Only her two owners will go in her with their outfits. San Francisco, Feb. 28. A party ot goldseekers bound for the Klondike has just arrived from Gloucester, Mass., on the small schooner Hattie I. Phillips. The voyage was made in 129 days. She made a stop of five days at Sandy point. A heavy storm was en countered in the Gulf stream, and she was hove to for 37 hours. Six stops were made in the Straits of Magellan. The men, who are nearly all artisans or fishermen, will sell their vessel here and go north by steamer. Colorado has passed California and taken, first rank a a gold bearing state. WEEKLY MARKET LETTER. Trade Conditions in the Leading Cities of the World. It begins to look as if Leiter, for all his impudence in ignoring the advice of Tom, Dick, Harry and other old time speculators, knew something about run ning a wheat deal. Where wheat will get to is beyond anybody's ken. Armour says there is no reason why it should not be put to $1.50. He adds he is a believer in high prices for another year. Leiter talks $1.25. No human being can forecast a market with cer tainty, for it would be no market if such a thing were possible. Leiter ap preciates this or he would not now be marketing his cash holding. The spec ulators with widest experience agree that the Leiter control is as complete as anything human could be. There has never been a time, though, and never will be, when there are not con tingencies enough about the wheat sit uation to keep it exciting. The Leiter wheat interest continues larger than any that ever existed before. It was deemed extraordinary early in February that he should extend his purchases into May. He has not stopped at that. He has gone into July. His risks on his cash lines in the pit have been re duced by his recent sales, but his line in the pit have been increased. The whole effort has been of late to cheapen the average holding, and it would look as if success had attended that Leiter has lost more or less wheat on "calls." What he has done in the pit is mere guses work. The "talent" believe his May line a very commanding one, some where between 5,000,000 bushels and 10,000,000 bushels. His accumulations of July wheat last week might easily have reached 2,500,000 bushels, per haps double that. The figures seem grandiose. Leiters' ideas of quanti ties are, however, different from the ordinary trades. It will be no exag geration, in the estimation of any pro fessional in this. market, to put Leiter's interest, with all his recent cash sales, at 20,000,000 bushels. His present profits, on paper, must be astounding, easily $2,000,000, perhaps double that. If Leiter continues to be favored to the end as he has been in the past the story of his huge wheat operations will read like an oriental one, the plans too magnificent, the results too extraordi nary to be everyday. Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla, 74 75c; Val ley and Bluestem, 77 78c per bushel. Fl jur Best grades, $3.85; graham, $3.80; superfine, $2.25 per barrel. Oats Choice white, 8637c; choice gray, 83 34c per bushel. Barley Feed bailey, $1920; brew ing, $20 per ton. Millstiffs Bran, $19 per ton; mid dlings, $24; shorts, $20. Hay Timothy, $12.50; clover, $10 11; California wheat, $10; do oat, $11; Oregon wild hay, $910 per ton. Eggs lOJfc'!!,1 per dozen. I J, I I III L' HHI. ...'llUI per roll. Cheese Oregon, 2c Young America, 1314c; California, 910o per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $4.00 4.60 per dozen; hens, $4. 50 5. 00; geese, $6.007.00; ducks, $5.006.00 per dozen; turkeys, live, ll12c per pound. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, 40 50c per sack; sweets, $1.75 2 per cental. Onions Oregon, $2.252.60 per sack. Hops 416c per pound for new crop; 1896 crop, 46o. Wool Valley, 14 16c per pound; Eastern Oregon, 7 12c; mohair, 20 22c per pound. Mutton Gross, best bheep, wethers and ewes, 4c; dressed mutton. 7c; spring lambs, 5c per pound. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4.25; light and feeders, $3. 00 4. 00; dressed, $5. 00 5. 50 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, $3. 50 3. 75: cows, $2.50; dressed beef, 67cper pound. Veal Large, 553c; small, 6 7c per pound. Seattle Market. Butter Fancy native creamery. brick. 27c; ranch, 22 2 3c. Cheese Native Washington, 13c: California, 9c. Eggs Fresh ranch, 18c. Poultry Chickens, live, per pound, hens, 12c; spring chickens, $2.50 3 00; ducks, $3.503.75. Wheat Feed wheat, $23 per ton. Oats Choice, per ton, $23. Corn Whole, $23; cracked, per ton, $23; feed meal, $23 per ton. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $23; whole, $22. Hay Puget sound, new, per ton, $12 14; Eastern Washington timothy, $18; alfalfa, $12. Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef, steers, 73c; cows, 6c; mutton sheep, 8c; pork, 6c; veal, small, 8. Fresh Fish Halibut, 6 7c; salmon, 3c; salmon trout, 10c; flounders and sole, 34; ling cod, 45; rock cod, 5c; smelt, 24c Fresh Fruit Apples, 60c$1.75 per box; pears, 25 75c per box; oranges, navels, $2 3 per box. San Francisco Market. . Wool Nevada 11 13c; Oregon, 12 14c; Northern 7 8c per pound. Hops 1217c per pound. Millstuffs Middlings, $22 25; Cal ifornia bran, $17.50 18.50 per ton. Onions silverskin, $2.502.75 per cental. Eggs Store, 11 llc; ranch, 12c; Eastern, 1819; duck, 14c per pozen. Cheese Fancy mild, new, 10c; fair to good, 7 8c per pound.. Butter Fancy creamery, 22c; do seconds, 21c; fancy dairy, 20c; good to choice, 18 19c per pound. Fresh Fruit Apples, 25c$1.25 per large box; grapes, 2540c; Isabella, 6075c; peaches, 50c$l; pears 75c; $4 per box; plums, 20 35c. Potatoes New, in boxes, 40c$1.10 Citrus Fruit Oranges, navels, $1.25 2. 75; Mexican limes, $66.50; California lemons, choice, $2.25; do common, 75c $1.25 per box. Hay Wheat, $16 19; wheat and oat, $1618; oat, $14.50 16.50; best barley, $13.5016; alfalfa, $10.60 11.50; clover, $11 13. A German professor reports that he has found living bacteria in wine which had been bottled 25 or 30 years. The average weight of the brain of a Scotchman is larger than that of any other race on the globe.