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"Vjl- I ' I ' s JT? ' TIE DAILY A5T0PIAPI IS III Tt Mtimt inrl brt Banter k 1 1 1 1 THE ASTOPIAN has the (arrest circulation of anv taer on the Columbia River on the Columbia" River KUMv ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT. VOL. XLVIII. ANTOKIA, OlfKdO.N, WKONKSIMY MORNINO, FKIMtJAUY 1, 18!8. NO. 40. AWFUL EXPLOSION SPEAR A LITTLE UNKNOWN MAN j DOLLAR MARK IS murdered! FOR WHEAT Klondike Supplies t tiii: LOUDER, TILLMAN MlticrtV OittfltH AM) CnmpcrtV UtciiH.lH mid PtovIhIohm Diaries and Calendars For 1898... GRIFFIN W. F. SCHEIBE, A lull llM tt Plpt. T .. 474 Com.ti.rcUl Mt. J. M. THE SISTERS OF THE Convent of the ...Holy Names ASTORIA. OREGON. lllVKOI'KNK.DTUKIIl li.KiIS(l AMI DAY MCIIOOL For ralaa, .Uj., addrwa. th. ttupariorwa. rmui HECK1VKI) IN Till PH1MAKY. ORAUUAH and: academic ORADEM SHIELD ; ;BRAND MatTlS, Bacon L Th. I) m(, Ataaoluuly Pur. Ry. For 81. at 'I'll. Occident A Th Offlo. Saloon, AM all ti. iMdlng tara m AatorU. 1 ZjimmZs Sun l'rnnclHCo hiu I'di-tliind . uuuuuuu P9 W M F5 ITS KIT UTS u n n n 0 u u fi Foard & Stokes Company Blank Books and Office Supplies & REED ManulitLlurcr anil nlr In FINE CIGARS! INSTRU MENTAL MUSIC. I'AINTINU AND VOICK CULTURE FORM A SPECIAL DEPARTMENT Kopp's "Best A DELICIOUS DRINK.... AMD ABSOLUELY PURE The North IViflo Urewery, of which. Mr. John Kopp ii proprietor, tuako Iwi tor domNtio km fiprt trridV. Ilttlvl Ixx-r tor Ittiiuly us, or keg Wr supplied at liny time, delivery Id Hip rity Ire. NORTH PACIFIC BREWERY UNION MEAT COMPANY OrCANKO M F.AT8 and Guaranteed Tim Heat In lite Market Strictly Pure Lard Cor. ronrth and Gllsaa. Streets Portland. Orcntm. "Keystone Monogram" Whiskey Hotel Bar, SHERWOOD ,8 : , . . . SHERWOOD PACUriO COAST AGENTS, Mount Angel College MOUNT ANGEl Mirion Count' OREGON Thli I. Just th. place for your boj, Delightful location, large bulldlnge and ground, good meala, plenty of healthy exerolne, eioellent teaoher. and careful tralnlnir- thli la what they all .ay of MT. ANGEL. COLLEGE. Bend for Cat alogue and apeola) terma, P. F. PLACIDUS. Director. Tfce tiltei) States Cruller In Havaea Meet With Dieter. I)E I.OMIl'S l.l-T 1 1 It CONDKMNFI) Vpaia R()iitit( Ibe Matrmtm nl tit r Mmlnltr The lulileit CIim4 lie lutnc ftt Itio (.lip Il....ihii. K-li. 11 At i thin ivMilug a I. it lh U rtiilnalun dMik liur un Ixnint ttm I'iiIIkI Hint, a crulaT Mulrii' In H-iwniii li.irlMir M.iny vr. r.' kill'. I or whiiihIkI. AM liouta Hi" HimiiIhIi I rulu-r Alfuiiiui XIII .if lug A l the roiix' l lh . ....ii.n la nut ainr nl tiii: i.ktti u i iM'i:mni:i. NV V.irk. I"il 1 " In '"in-r;ii.in lili a Mmlrld i.rr..M,ii'li til f il.- Ht. h lt riihlix-t rilllll'r aiilil: "VnU limy any fipriily a ruitiliig frum H' ilr H.it i'lu u fi.l f r-'in Ii f u lli.it i riitlri'ty rmi'li mn in tti IMoat utai Into tminii'-r H iMir l- l.nifa li tfr W nro naliiuiii'il. arlrvt-.l, ami a irry llinwil. Tin- mliilt.ra f.-.-l ni'm- ntfcrli v. I limn I'rtalili iit Mi -Kinky n M:.'y In- nlc hunift Hi' ii oho tmv 1m- n (il.ii .1 In a f.ilp i.aliln v a f'.il.-' In fi'lv to fnrtli.r iin-atl'iiia i In- mill lti r aiilil "Vnnul"-I' )"inny i.'iailnfly prt vutr iiml In M i ixiihiIiIm i!lil Irual nr ua.' him " Thi- WiinliliiKton -nrr "iniih'til cf tin lli iiil'l an) a that the aim HI -'in iit from M.i.IrM thut thi- Hiinlh niinlnt.-y ht..l ilrt Mt'l to r''ly In a Ittlng iimhiut tn Mlnlaler WoiKlfor'l a rrpr-aiil r.l nia In lhi If lni i ttr la highly wiilafi.rtury In Hilinlnlatrntlon ottli-l ila. No nnc I tnor plcaaril ovrr th" miu'.'.t than lh inralilmt. Hi- hit lir.'.T Ouuhlisl that Hwln wonlil ri-pU'lUtr the rrtlon i f Ita nilnl't'T. Ilia only t-oii '-rn ha Im-. ii that Hip .l.l.i y In il"ln lliu Inrll'.nl title Ii t I.miiI In koiiii mitl)url In rohtltvaa wlil.lt iittlil i u o i-ml'Mrr itmo'it to ilu n.l-nilnlatratlo.-i I f,.r th.- tfimnlh romtii-mi-nt hml hn.l an opo-i-tunlty In in.ik" a tlfartiry rrapin'". HPAIS WKVKNKHS. .SVw Vntk. Kill. i;. -Ci:r.i.l. iVmn. hi-nil i.f thi- i'uImi Jnnl i, hua rtnt-rs-.l li-tt.T Irnm Orn. r it liom-a. comnvinil. r-In-.lilrf nf tbo full in army, il.itnl nt .M.ivnjmwrt, Kihrutry .1 It a.iyaln p.tit: "Tlu rr la no truth lit thr r.'mrl Unit 1 huv iroa.-il ih.' tnH-h.i tutu t"(imi;ii''y. tiur rump la In :hr Hmih: Hplrllua dla. Irl.t, whirr It hua I. i-t .Itirlntt Hip nn II m. ml ha. our fort',- luv rvn vny nr llva aln. t thr promnlir it 'iii nf I Ltonmny hy tlt Hpanlah g.iv.T imi'nt. We iup in It Hl'.iln'a ruktu-aa anil fu l more aaitKttliii' of our atncraa h.in vr lM-fnr. Au tonomy haa hail hi- a Ivitnt me In lUI nf amir of the Ull'l -a.r.thl.' rlrmi'ltt 111 our rank a. We trint it may wrvr to atlll purge our army of m.-n of the ilk nt Miiaan, rnrremviii -tint ..Ih.T. t'nlnnil Agramonte with i mm .ttl.u-ki ,1 a Hti lah mnvny three data iiko u?vt capiLn-il imrk nuilen with iinititi.iitUiii ninl h reiilm. litiil Htr.utit linn with 110,irl. The Hpanlah i iiniitiHn.l.-r nnd )' prlv.tt ra were klll.-.l 111 the drat i-hl.'ge." I'K l.iMK I'ACKS WIS OHHV Wiiahlitglnn. Kelt. I.". The litle 8p.tnth mlnNliT 8"imr Ptipuy IV Uime, nrrom panliil liy Mmme. lie Lniite. their two anna ami Spunlah valet, left WiiahinKtnn at 4 n'l lni k thla nfternonn for New York, wheni'e they will anil lonmrmw for Llver- inl. A large delegation from the diplo matic rorpa, ut-rompanltd by their wlvea, pnve a henrty an revolr at the at ttlnit to Ih.'lr late iiaani'lnte. INi'lPKNT CLdSKI. New York. Keh. .S.-A e:il fiom Wtiahliiglnll aava: A i-iilileKram rerelvej by the aecr.'.try nf hl.tte from Mlnlafr Win.lf trd lit M.nt rlil Hiittotmeea that the government ot Spain hua illan sowed the letter of Ir Lome In Sennr Cin.il 'j.ta. Thla dlai'htlm r. aa the .itlmlnt itiMtinn nlltt-liila ure pteaaeil to rail It, i regttrdecl aa aallafiii-lnry itn.l the president hna an Ihnrlied the uim.niit, .ti.-iit that the Im l ilelit la clnaed. Till': Ni:V til'NMVT. Madrid. Felt. l.",.-T!te Cltid.td de Ca.lli. of the rompnnln Trana-Vil.tntKpte. which hua Ill-en llttcd nut .ia a rulaer with ten Ktina, will pioliaMy .trrlve In t'tilian wat eta hefnre Fehruiiry L'S with a torpetlo tln t II In and frigate Wttrla, a hnndalilv ahlt nf Ti tons. Til Kilt HltlHTS MlSIilCOAUPIOl). lea Mnlitca. la., Feb. in. -The Mil to Hihmtt thn women auffrage umendmi'iit wan defeated 111 the upper house general aiiHcnibly today. WOMKN'H ItKUIT tF 81'KKUAUK. llnatnn, Mnaa.. Feb. 15,-Thi hottae ot tepreHentatlvi'S hast put it qtiletUH on an attempt to amend the cntiBtltutlon nnu given women the right of auffrage. The commltten on conatltutlotml amemlminta had reported that petitioner for the amendment ahould be given leave to withdraw and thla report waa accepted. Later, recoiiHlderatloii wni asketl, and the motion waa finally Inat. FUANl'KS E. Wll.LAUl) ILL. New York, Feb. l.V-Tbo World aaya: Mlaa Francea E. Wlllard la 111 at tho Em plre hotel, She haa been HUffcrlng from cancer of the Htomach for aevcral years. Tho InroaiU of thla (Uncase rntnblncd with nn attack of grippe have completely shut tered her health, INSl'RANCE SUIT DEFERRED. Ran Frttnclaeo. Feb. 15,-The Injunction au It Inatltuted by tho foreign luaurance cnmpanlea ugaluat Commlaaloner C'lunle hai been deferred until March 7 by XTnlted fctatea Judge Morrow, by coneent. Sooth Cirollni Scaator Had a Hard Time to Get Kccognitloa. A POINT AGAINST HAWAII llrii.crt and Tup l Natiuitil ddrt rcifif Cailioad .laltcn l'p Agaia Mivilutiea ot lofuliy Tasked. Wa-lilngloii. Fi b U -Tin- raei utlve a.-aalon of the annate today -a enllvenel ly the vlgornua effirt of B.-nator Tlll iiiuii. of H'Miih t'Mrolimi, to aecure r.iog. nil ton to make a "ilnt ngulnat the ron l.titli.n that the IlitWiillun lalnnda wre .f irat. glc lniKirttii c to th" I'nltMl K!.-iti a. iiillll.Ki r nrilipli d thi- thalr. nr4 oihi r a. natora were ac-klng to make ' re pnrla on noniltiatlona. wveral coming after Tillman had rlain. Ilia vole- waa .Ir.m i... I by thelra uitd It tHgun to look na If tin- tu-nate might adjourn without Ma l lug hi iird. Apparently r. allting the ltimtlnti. the Honih rarollnu ai-nator took hla t (Hon In the middle alale, directly In front of the rhalr. and ili-mandd to be Ilea rd. 'I luive at.HHl here on my feel while eight or ten n n have la-en ni oKnlf-d." h aald In atentorlnn tonia, "and 1 want to know If I nm to lie h.-ard?" "If the w-nntnr would aeak a little loiiiler." aal.l Hoar, fanilouale. "he might be." Thla remark did nit apparently fall iigr-nibly main Tlllman'a eara. and he ri-plliil by iipinllng for protection and f.ilr tn atmi nt. "I have la- n a ninnli r of tttia tvwly for thru- ).ura." he wild, "and I have ul waya trleil to d'iirt myaelf aa gentle man and 1 think I am entitled to fair ttvalmi nt.'- At thla Kilnt (ialllngi-r. who mniplcil the t halr. rupiad for or.t.-r. He then e plalind that hla failure to rcc.gniac Till man aa due entirely to Inadvertence and the fad that hla attention had Ik-.ii di rt ctcd lit another way. To thla Tillman replbd that the ex planation wiia entltely aatlsf.n tnry anil he then proceeded f make hla jailnt. whlih waa that the alral.glr Importance of the lluwallan llanda waa overrated. IN THE HOl'SK. Waahlngton. Feb. IS. The houae put in a huay day. The time waa devoted In con sideration of bllla and Joint resolutions presented under the call of committees and sixteen of more or baa public Im IHirlancc were paaaed. An order was en ured for the coiiahli-ratlon of the 1niil bill relating to s.-ctind-clas matter on March I. 2 and 3. and an order for the consideration of the bankruptcy bill which ticglna tomorrow wna mndtllcd so that the final vote shall taken on Sat urday Instead of Monday as arrangca last Week. DEM' K'ltATS AND l'Oi'S. Washington. Feb. 15 Addresses on be half of the ilcmocratlc-popullstle and sil ver requbllcati parties which are the re sult of conferences which have been In progress among the leaders of these par lies at the capltol for a few weeks, were Issued today. They seek to unite the nientliers of the three parties In future elections iton the financial Issue as the quest Ion of paramount Imiatrtance, nud are nn apieal of each party to cnnsnll- date all along the line for this purpose. Th address to the democrats Is signed hy Senntnr James K. Jones, chairman of the democrallc national committee, and la endorsed by the democratic enngres slnital cnmmlttee: that to the Hipullats by Senntnr Marlon llutler. chairman, and JS silver members of the aunule and house :tn I hy Chairman Towne and nlao by ex -Senator Dtilmlae. PACIFIC RAILROADS. Washington. Feb, l.V-The resolution ot Imiulry offered yesterday by Harris pre (Ipltatcd a spirited discussion of the I'u cltlc rallriMtd question In the senate to day. The resolution called upon the attontcy general for the reasons which Induced him to abandon his plan of redeeming tho tlrst mortgage of the Kansas Paclllc branch of the I'nlon Paclllc and having the road operated by the receiver. Harris denounced the present plan to sell the road at the bid of the rcorgnnixation com mittee aa defrauding the government of nearly $7.0iW,floi!. Foraker explained tho view taken of the mutter by the admin istration showing the president was con vinced that the reorganization commit tee proposed to pay for the mad all that it was worth. The resolution was finally passed In nn amended form. MINING PROPERTY SOLD. San Francisco, Feb. IS. The property of the Royal Consolidated Mining Company In the Copivcropolls country has been sold to an English syndicate represented by J. W. Kemp Vance, of London. The price paid was Jioo.ooa. The ore, which Is low grade, Is said to assay about Jill to tho ton, RICH GOLD STRIKE. Redding, Cat., Fob. 13. Another rich strike is reported iih having been made In the ltlue Jay mine on Morrison gulch, a tributary of Coffee creek, Trinity coun ty, by tho Graves brothers. The new pocket Is said to be worth $110,000. It will he remembered that a $40,000 strike by the Graves brothers caused h rush to Coffee ireek last summer. JUDGMENT FOR DEFENDANTS. St. Louis. Feb. 13. The appeal of Hill, Fontaine & Co. from the decision of the United Slates court for the district of Arkansas, In the suit against Henry White on a deed of trust resulted In nn affirmative judgment In favor of the de fendants In the court of appeals Monday, that court holding that the deed waa volu beciuaa executed on Sunday. j The Tragedy Occurred Near Medford Oregon. HODV TIIKOWN FKOM TKAIN j j llf4t4 jui ;Vtt !!' rx -Jlyjterioi Cac Wkiik Baffles the Deteclitret Cl.tlies foa.4 Jlear kr. M'tlford. tjr.. Feb. 1.',. An unknown man waa brought to thla place early thla morning tiriconadi.ua, nd dld ahortly after arriving. Hla head waa horribly crindti-d with neveral deep ruta on the a. nip. Vint Iball. living near I'entral Point, brought him h'-re. having pli kd him up on hla porch about two o'clock thla morning. How he got there la a myatery, bill It Inter developed that he had been thrown from a paaaing train and li..! managed to make hla way there, the ival ib nee In-lng only a ahort dIMani e from the tra'k. An autopay a n.l ln.Ueat de clnj.cd auaplctona of foul plu-, aa a va line and aai k of clothing were found near the railroad track, both cut open iind the contenta a. altered. Alao Ii.hI wua found on the giirminta and otn'-r tirloiit,tnr. The Jury ndjourncl till Thuraduy for de vclopmrnta of further evidence. Mt'RDKttKR HREAK8 JAIL l Hi.rlngtleld. Mo., Feb. li-l'eter Itenfro who broke Jull here In January, Kfl. four i daya In-fore the dale on whlrh he waa to have been hanged for the murder ot t'li.irlea tinrrta. haa ln Murewl to Springfield by nftlcera who captured him In I-awrcnce county, Arkanaaa. DROWNED IN WILLAMETTE. Eugene. Or.. Feb. IS. William Sughii. jged SJ. waa drowned thla afternoon In j the Willamette river near Junction. Ho wita engaged In running fence poata down the river and waa working with a boat. j The boat waa caught In the atroug eur- i rent and drawn under the drift, togi-lh -r j with the occupant. NEtiKO HANGED. . Zenobla. 111.. Feb. IS In the prcsen.t t f J'O spectator today George Washing ton Edward, colored, waa hanged for the muiler of Roxle William. SENTENCED SI STAINED. Springfield. 111.. Feb. lS.-The aupreme court haa auatalned the sentence of ex Prcald. nt Spaulillng to the snlli ntlary. He was convlct.il of embexxllng bond ot the t nlverslty of Illinois. THE ZOLA CASE. Public Feeling Influenced In Favor of the Author. New York. Feb. 13. -A Her.tH dispatch from Pari aaya: A remarkable ehi.ige waa manifested yesterday In the lemeanir of the public toward Emlle Zol.i. In the rrowda who mllcotod outside tho Palalac de Ju-.oJce there could not have been more than a doxen or o who v.'tit with the eipress Intention of manifesting their feeling for or against. At It! o'clock there were few people In the Galerie do Hurley, facing the Place Da i,i:ilne and when Zola ar rived at the Qunl ties Orfevrca the num ber was not r.oivepiihlv increased He was greeted with a few cries of "A ba Zola!" and "Vive XoN!" with an ac companiment of whistles from a s.nali body of untl-Seinit 'S, but tho notable tact waa that th-.re were no cries of "Vive 1'Armle:" wh-.-n the military wltnosseg i rived. An Incident In the ta.-!- ufternoori pro vided matter for tnucn gossip. rlnoe Henri d'Orle.nis present otl himself ut the court but waa lefuicst entrance because he was not provided with a special Iht mlt. Now the question arises to what can only be one of two things: Either tho demonstrations of last week. Tho answer oanonly be one of two things- Either the police previously employed agents provo cateurs who are now withdrawn, or the public feeling tow-trd Zola has been in fluenced In his favor by tho rca.lma ot the reporta of tho trial. PRESIDENT CAM itWV San Franctaco, Fob. IS. Estrada Ca brera, the new president of Guatom.iU. has officially Informed the locil colony of Central Americans of his succession to the presidency of that country. A dis patch received by one of his subjects reads as follows: "President Reynu Rarrloa w is assassi nated on the Sth. As vloe-ptvsldent, I am now exercising the functions. 1 have is sued a decree of general amnesty and ordered tin election. "ESTRADA CA.lKERV." DEFINITION OF "ACCIDENT." Decision In an Insurance Case Decided In Favor of Plaintiff. St. Louis. Feb. 15. -In a decision of tho United States court of appeals affirming the lower court wherein Mrs. Sarah Smith obtained Judgment against the Western Travelers' Association for $3000 for the death of her husband, Judge Sanborn gives the Judicial conception of the word "accident." F. M. Smith died from blood poison In 1S93 a the result of a sore toe. the skin of which had been abraded by tho tight shoe. Mrs. Smith attempted to collect tho policy but was resisted oy the hssoclation. A Jury In Judge Adams' court gave her the full amount of the policy. Tho association appealed. Judge Sanborn held that the death of tho de fendant had been brought about by nn external agent and It was nn accident. LOCAL BOARD FOR ALASKA. Washington. Feb. 15. The senate today passed a bill to create a local bourd for the examination of steam vessels In Alaska. Almost Reached Agaia on the Chicago Market. LF.ITER STILL IN CONTROL .May Is C.raertl- Short RaMliag t. Get Ir.M lader Stop-laM Ordeit Ifatd Haraet Clovd Mroag. t'hlcago. Feb. IS. For a few minutei following the opening In wheat It looked aa If the dollar mark for wheat waa at laat to b reached. There waa hardly any wheat offered on thn curb and thla condition alao prevailed when the regular market opened. Reporta that U-lter had contracted with the Lehigh road for tbe moving of l.fMi.WO buahela of hla wheat to the xti board came from New York. They were not aubatantlated hut It apread ao that May wheat la almoat com pletely tied up by the loiter Influencee, and when the market opened there was a ruah of anxloua ahort to get under (over. May, which tloaed yeaterday at ' Sa'i opned today at SS4V Even at thla aiibntanttal advance the mark-t waa almoat bare of offerlnga and the price waa puahed up to JMJ. A peculiar fea ture of the mivanie waa a number ot top-i.Mi ordera on ahort wheat. Wheat lgan to come out after the "call" prlc and MS, had been paaaed. but the ofTer Inga were latterly accepted and the mar ket did not heaitate mu h until V haa bi-en reachetl. Thla price brought out a lot of wheat from rommlaaion on the houae. and May dropped to There It hung for a time. Argentine cablea re peated yenterday'a reporta of poor thread ing returns and lower exportable esti mates. A little before midday the price ahot up again under the renewed demand from the short and May got to ' before a reaction came, loiter had sold no wheat during the day. On the contrary he waa credited with buying a little. Thla added to the belief that he la In control of the May altuatlon. and started buying again. May closed RtViWi. WHITE rA33 RAILROAD. Montreal. Feb. IS.-C. II. Wllklnan. iep resentlng the Rrttlal Yugon Company, say the conatr jct'nn of a railroad through the White Pas from the heaa of Lynn canal io I -ike Bennett w'M te begun Immediately by hi company. Th. road, which will I mile In length, will be complet ed wit'iln SO daya of the be ginning of the work. The Hritlsh Yucin Company, of hlch , the Duke of T---k la presl.icni. abio hold j a charter fram the dominion government ror the constr ictlm of tho road through White Pass. The announ.t tnent ioti week ago jf ;he ttoivmment's having negotiations with Messrs. Mann and Mac- ken'xle determined tne British Yt'kon com I pany to build tne roid over Whit Paaa at once The width of the traog will be thre feet six Inch?. The grade over the pas will be S per .vnt and ut point wbcr. the grade la tho steeit what I known a the "A. B. T." tall will oe laid. Th!a rail, which la usd In th- H.mi moun tain In Europe, haa notches for the grip to a cog-wheel and U a part of the loco motive. Mr. Wilkinson aaya the road will be completed by tho mlddlo of tne sum mer. l P. FAST 'I RAIN. Denver. Feb. 15. Colonel George Ady. general agent of the Vnion Pacific rail road, has received a tebgram from head quarters, nt Omaha notifying him that beginning tomorrow the Chlcigo special, the fast train Inaugurated by the Gulf, I'nlon Pacific and Northwestern roads, will leave Denver daltv iii tu m in. .stead of 3:30 and will arrive at Chicago ai s:w p. m. tne rollowing day. the same as heretofore. This reduces the running time one houre. SMALL SEALING FLEET. San Fnniisco. Feb. 13. -The sealing fleet this season Is very small and the outlook is not enoo'tr iging. Cnptaln O'Leitry of the schooner Geneva jeports that "teals ure very scarce and wild and the weather very unsuitable lor sealing. Captain Nelson of the schooner Mary Taylor lost seven of hla men by death and had to put Into port for ropal.-a. He also says that few seals are to bo found nnfl predicts a light catch. It Is stated that the Cox and Marvin sealing fleet of Vic toria will not be put In commission this year, although sailors and hunt.'rs have been engaged. It Is not known whether tho precautions taken by the United States to prevent poaching have had any thing to do with the retirement i f this fleet of British sealers. OBEYED THE ORDER. Nelson. B. C. Feb. 15. The steamer Nelson, from Kusknnook. a new tow;n at tho head of Kootenai lake, formerly Gout River Landing, has brought down the body of Dennis Connors, who was murdered on Sunday night by a man named Doyle. Without any provocation Doyle drew a revoler and pointing It at Connors said: "Dig up, or I'll shoot you." Connor replied: "Fire away." Doyle fired and Conners fell dead and Doyle escuped. SENSATION IN BLACK DIAMONDS. London, Feb. 15. A dispatch to the Dally News from Odessa says that a te cret police Inquiry undertaken at the In stigation of the minister of marine has re vealed a large and sensational scandal in connection with the coaling of the Black sea fleet. The Russian admlrelty paid for 60,000 tons of coal which -was never delivered. The eoaJ contractor, who Is a Jew, together with several naval officers at Sevastopol, has oeen arrested. MORTGAGE DEBTS Washiagtoi Supreme Court Makes at Important Ruling. THE PERIOD OF REDEMPTION Mast Be taiforai-Cold Call Coat rati Stasis JUtot leys' fees - .tortgaa Seearitjr Keata ltd Trofits. Otympla. Waah., Feb. 15. An Import ant decision waa rendered by the atate supreme court today In the ca of nnla va. Moe. Involving tha eonatructlon and validity of several acta of the last legis lature relating to mortgage debt. The court held that there must be an appraisement In all casea which cannot be waived In the mortgage; but that th. mortgage la not compelled to bid mora than the amount of hla debt In any case, nor mire than W per cent of th. appraise ment that I leaa than hla debt. If the mortgagee cover aeveml parcel he may segregate hla bid and bid a part on each: that the court can control th. appraise ment and tornpcl a fair one. That the preliminary estimates mentioned In sec tion 3 and 4 of the act are Intended aa appraisement, a well a the appraise ment In section i within the meaning ot section II. In order to make th. period of tedemptlon uniform In all cane, and that teferenee to nale without appraisement In ac tion 1 mean sale without valua tion In section 17. The opinion alio hold that th. court may or may not enforce a stipulation for the Immediate posaesslon of th. property with the right to the rent after default, as the justice of each case seema to de mand. The act prohibiting deficiency Judg menta and confining the remedy to prop rty mortgaged In any action on debt ia held unconstitutional, aa being an un warranted Interference with the right to contract. The act prohibiting the gold coin con tract Is held void as being a subject upon nhkh the state cannot legislate, it be longing to the general government ex- cluslv?ly. A reasonable attorney fe. tha statuta allowing the court to fix regardless of th stipulated fee. Is upheld. Sales of mortgaged lands In alt cases are to be made nn year after the rendi tion of the decree of the same a on or dinary judgment, with the fame period of redemption from th. time of rendering judgment or decree. The effect of thla decision Is that mort gage security can be taken safely a at any time heretofore, th. only qualifica tion being that the mortgagor cannot en ter Into a binding stipulation In th. mortgage to give Immediate possession after default, but that the court can di rect the application of rents and proffla to the debt. If the justice of the case de mands It. NO NEWS FROM CLARA NEVADA. Seattle, Feb. Ii No further news has Oeen received concerning the reported loss of the ateamer Clara Nevada In Alas kan waters. Owing to the many conflict ing rumors, hopes for her safety have not et been abandoned. "DAKOTA SUM'S" TRIAL. He Is Identified as the Man Who Killed Orvllle Hayden. Colfax, Wash.. Feb. 15. Robert Mc Donald, otherwise known as "Dakota Slim." was brought before Justice Kirk land this morning tor a preliminary ex amination for the murder of Orvllle Hay den, at Farmlngton, October 22, 1S97. McDonald Is the man a mob attempted to lynch last month. Several witnesses were examined. The principal witness Dan Couch, positively Identified Mc Donald, who held him up and robbed him. and afterwards held up young Hayden. when the latter waa shot. N. T. Coffin, a detective, told the story of a confes sion made him by "Blackey," stating that himself and McDonald were highway men, and that he tired the shot killing Orvllle Hayden. TO WALK TO DAWSON. Logan, Utah, Feb. 15. A man giving his name as Benjamin Caldwell who has ar rived here, claims to be walking from Denver to Dawson City on a wager ty Millionaire Stratton of Colorado Springs and another Colorado capitalist named Moffltt. The conditions nre that Cald well must walk the distance starting with 10 cents In his packet. If ho succeeds he will receive tS&jM from Stratton, from whom he has a card of Introduction. No time Is set for hla arrival nt Dawson, but he exiiectcd to reach there bj' Tune 1- Royal makes the lood pan, wholesome and dsllcloua. atmu. asaiaa aowoca Co., am voaa. 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