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VOL. 12. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY. MARCH 22, 1895. NO. 13. PACIFIC NORTHWEST. Condensed Telegraphic Re ports of Late Events. BRIEF SPARKS FEOM THE WIRES Budget of Hews for Easy Digestion Vrens Different Ports of th list. ( Wah Inatua, Oregon and Idaho It.ni of latereal I raalfl Coast People. Cigar, ar being roada la Walla Wall out ol toDaceo grown in inat locality. Work Iim been .topped again on Sa lem', city hall. Fund, have run out. UrooK county, ur., I putting in a 11,200 vault lor ttitt ial-keeping of it record. Hundred ol ton of potato. are being hipped (rum Whldby laland to Britl.b Columbia (or Med. The coat ol running the olty govern' mnt ol 1'ort Townsend, Wash., has been reduced f 1,000 annually. There li rumor that the Great Northern will build to Kllenilmrg, Wash., branching olf at Itock Iiland. Thirteen men are employed at Aber deen making plate and calculating area of tide landa fur the local board ol ap praiser. Sheepmen about Wallnla, Wash., are moving their eheep and preparing for the lambing eeaeon, which promises to be unexcelled. One of the moneyed men of California le expected at l'ataha, Wean., eoon in the interest of a projected plant to con demn milk at that point. The Franklin county. Wash., treas ury if looking expectantly for td.034 in taxes which the Northern i'aciiio will pay in tome time thi month. Farmer, a boot Walla Walla are rais ing another 12,000 to prosecute) their ireijrm rate reduction claim before the interstate commerce eominleeion. It I. .aid that the W. O. T. U. at Gold Hill, Or., I. the lament In the atate, with the exception ol the one In Port land, having forty members after being organised only a mouth. The bobwhlte quail, ordered at Walla Walla Irom Katiaaa have arrived, and tiave been turned looee on Mill, Spring and Cottonwood creek. Although eight doten were ordered, owing to the care Ira, way they were packed only twenty eight arrived alive. Frank Seders, brother of John M. Seders, a well-known home trainer of the Middle state, ha. arrived from the Kaat to make i-pokane hi. home and to puraue hi. voratiuit. Hi. father will ar rive Irom Illinois April 1 with a .trlng oi seveu trotting uoreee. Ciillinm county, Or., ha. a fugitive hor.ellili-l, Hugh Medlock by name, who appear, lor food or something every once in a while, and I. given cliaae by the oflicer. lie escape on the back of a faithful liorte which he ha. trained so it clears barbed wlrs fence, like a deer. Notwithstanding the low price of wheat, a larger acreage I. being .own In the north part of lien ton county than ever More. It I. naual to an miner fal low a part ot the ground, but the entire area 1. being town to grain thl season, The farmer, are nearly through sowing. A .Irons: effort will be made to have Mr. Urier, the Harden Spring., Wa.h.. murderess, pardoned. The principal points urged In her favor will be the circuin.tautial character of the'evidence and the woman, .tale of health, which it I. claimed will result in insanity if all. be keot in confinement. The track on the Great Northern be tween Everett and 1-owell, Wash., I. twins raiaed eighteen inches, which will lirinif it above Liiih watermark. It 1. understood that the force at work on the tunnel in Kverett will shortly be in creased, and that gang, of men will be gin work on eacn end ol toe tunnel. Controller Weed .ays last year the running ei nense. ot Spokane averaged 1.1,750 a month, vlx.t (Salaries, 12,000, and elcct-rlo lights, 11,760. Now the sal ary list is about ,6U0 each month, and Ilia inn lor lighting, etc., o a ujouiu, or .10.050 In all. This would make a saving of $3,700 a month this year over last. A telegram from Monte Crl.to, Wash., announce, that the main vein In the Mvsterv mine ha. widened out so that the output of that mine alone will be In creased 100 tone day, and will be suf ficient to run the concentrator to ita foil capacity, 200 tons ot ore per day. with out taking into account the William, and the l'rlde of the Mountain mine. The government ha. increased the mail aervlce between Baker City and Carson, Union county, Or., and com menting April 1 the atage line of Hoggs llros. will make daily trip, between Itaker City and the point named, via Sparta. Carson is within .even mile, ol Cornucopia, to which place a branch line will be run. Baker City people are very much elated over this increased service. The director, of the Owyhee ditch have decided to issue bond, and take up their notes. The holder, of the majority ol the note, have .ignifled their willing lies, to make the exchange. While the note, are not negotiable very readilv at luce value, the bond, will be a. good as gold, for they are a first niortvae on the property and will float at par. this will also place the ditch on a sure foot ing, s it will give the company ten years in which to raise the money for payment of it. debt. There ha. been considerable fluctua tion In the amount of ore .hipped from Weft Kootenai, Idaho, thl. winter, mostly canned by the uncertainty of the weather and the frequent breaking np of the roads, savs the Nelson Tribune. The ore shipped In November was val ued at f 104.500, In December at $101, MT. in January nt f2ii(l,025, and In Ken ruary at T12ljo2. The January ship ments even do lint represent the dill productive capacity of the country, hut Uiey represent more nearly tluui the others the productive capacity of the diftrlct with the present means ot com munication, provided these means ol communication are kept at a maximum ol elllcieiuy. Jn forming an idea of the present production of the country, Iho ore.hlppud from the Blue Bell mine end from Ainsworlh for reduction at I Hot hav should also lie taken Into so ct.unt. No return, of this are available, tun the Viilue of the ore now accumu lated at Pilot bay tnutt b considerable. ARMENIAN SUFFERING. Many Lives Lost From Poverty and Starvation, London, March 18. The Dally Tele graph ha. a dispatch from Mousb, data not given, and forwarded from Kar. yesterday, It tay that the commis sioners have learned that the Armenian priest, iistcnadoor, ana tils son were ordered by gendarme, to sign a docn ment asorlblng the massacr. to the Kurd., and clearing the Turk, ot all blame. The Hatchadoor. refused to do to, .Gendarme then placed heated tri angle, around their neck. The com mission desire, to examine the two vic tim., but the latter are too III. The Turkish government tried by every niean. to compel the .urvlvor. of the massacre, to return to their respective village., and rebuild the hut.. They fironiised money, seed corn, exemption rom taxes and the restitution of prop erty. Nearly ail refused, and subse quently weie terribly treated. Home leturned, and now are literally .tarving If not dead. Many who were wealthy and respected are now In abject poverty. The correspondent quote, an instance ol villager, practically naked, and su in sisting on millet seed. The .lock of thi. seed, he say., must have given out fortnight ago. These people had no bones ol help and probably are dying or dead. If assistance be sent through the delegates In fllon.li or the American missionaries In Wilis, some live, may lie .aved. He write, of girl. o( 14, .is daughters ol victim, of the massacre, who returned to Menial half naked, and died without food or fire in a hut at night during a .now storm, lie name, six village, where the few survivor, of the massacre, are .tarving. LANDS GRANTED IN IDAHO. The election of Thoao Cilveu Under he .enabling aet. Wa.Rinuton, March IS, Secretary Smith ha. overruled the commissioner of the general land office in a decision affecting the selection of lands to com plete the grant of the state ot Idaho under the enabling act. The commis sioner had several .election, for cancel lation because the particular tract selected was less than a quarter section, the law providing that selection, (or losses must be in tract, not lee. than a quarter section. The secretary slates that in the cases chosen by the commis sioner It appear, there are other selec tions by the state adjoining the tract, of lees than a quarter section, and he construes the law to mean that the state shall make its selection in as compact a form as possible, and that its lands shall not be scattered about in forty and eighty-acre tracts. When there are other .election, adjoining, in all more than a quarter section, the secretary holds that they arc- valid. AMERICANS RELEASED. Thejr War In Jail In Nicaragua for Lynching a Natl. Washington, March 18. The state department has received a dispatch from United States Minister Baker at Ma nagua, Nicaragua, dated 'March 5 last, relative to the case, of .even Americana who were held under arrest at Matigilpa, Nicaragua, since September last, on a charge of lynching a native of Nicaragua who had confessed to having participated In the murder of a German in the neigh borhood. The minister reports that alter the seven men had been In jail some time two of the party Dr. Oilman and Fred Hoppe confessed to having committed the lynching alone, and de clared the others knew nothing of it. Thereupon the Bve innocent men were released. Gilman and Hopoe were held in jail and were tried for the lynching last January. They were acquitted, and the minister report, they were set at liberty. . WORSE TNAN HANGING. norrlble Treatment of a Condemned Murderer In Colorado, Dinvkr, March 18.-IIenry Tyson was tried to-day by a jury to ascertain hi mental condition and found sane. Ty son, on the stand, said he was convicted for murder six years ago, but bad never been sentenced, as be was found to be Insane. In 1880 he was sent to the Canon City penitentiary. He said he was Dlaced In a dark cell and kept in solitary confinement therein for three years, during which he saw and spoke to no one and had absolutely no exer cise. On being released Irom llie dark cell in 1802 he had to be carried out. He was deaf and bis eye. so swollen that he could not sue. He has slowly recov ered partial sight and hearing. Jyson will probably never be sentenced, as the laws under which he was convicted have been altered. ABOUT THE NAVY. Action of Seorotary Herbert Regarding Nomination of Cailela. Washington, March 18. Secretary Herbert has decided that he will recog nise and confirm the nominations of naval cadets received by him from out going members of congress, under the special provision contained in the naval appropriation bill, in thoxe cases which were handed into the department be fore noon March 4. There are three or tour cases where the nominations came in after the hour of 12. and the secretary Is not clear as to the competency of the congressmen to make them alter they had themselves ceased to hold office, he has referred to the attorney-general the leual auction, and will withhold hi. de cision a. to these cadets until an auswer is returnedi Fava lVaa Irregular. Washington, March 18. The officials of the state department are somewhat surprleed at the action of Baron Fava, in communicating directly with the governor of Colorado respecting the pro tection of Italian. In that slate. His course wa. Irregular, but It I. not prob able any official notice will be taken ol the matter, particularly in view of the extremely discreet and temp rate man ner In which the ambassador presented hi. case to the state department, Everett, Wash., claims to have a fine site for a military post in the tract of the Tulalip Indian reservation, where 200 acres are available tor military purpose. THE END AT OLYMPIA Washington's Fourth Legisla. tive Session Adjourned. TUB (JAVEL FELL AT HIDKIGHT very Important Hill Was Passed Upon and 1. Hailed tip tu Its Credit Many Merltorloo. If .a.urea The Knd Came Without the tlaunl Crush or Jam. Oltmpia, March 16. The fourth set slon of Washington's legislature ad journed sine die at midnight. It had It. work well in band. Every Important bill was passed upon, and the end came without the usual crush ur Jam. Not a bill was op during the day that did not receive proper consideration, and so well had the .ifting. committee worked that only a few were killed. Governor McOraw ocup't-ii an ante-room signing several bills, lie was also for a time an interested listener to the debate. Dur ing the day and night over eighty-two bill were passed. Large crowd, of ladle, and gentlemen filled the lobby nntil a late hour. Both bouse, worked spasmodically during the last hoars, There was a recess from 0 to 10 in the senate, and unimportant bills were taken ud after that. I be lourtrj legislature surprised every- body by leaving a very good record be- uinu it. iwoweeasago it loosed very much as It little good would be accom plished, but about that time both house. settled down to business, and it rolled op to its credit many meritortou. niess- itie people were given a grain in' .pector; the state land department was recognised; the military wastefulness was stopped: the deficiency evil in pub lic office, was made an impossibility in the future; interest and penalty on taxes wa. reduced: a non-dellciency law was enacted ; county expense, were reduced ; the county .alary lund wa. partly abol labed; the school-book trust was crip pled, and laws were pa aed that will al low cities and towns to validate their enormous debts and fund the same. The general appropriation bill was the last to be considered. There was a dif ference ot about 1100.000 between the encTcommittee passed .everal hour, of house and senate bills, and the confer the afternoon and evening In considers - tion of these items. The principal one wastOU.UUU lor the military, ine con ference was not ended until 0 o'clock, when minority and majority reports were decided upon. It was 11 o clock before the house by a party vote adopt ed the majority report, which, among other things, gave tue military f w,ooo lor two years. One ol the most exciting incidents ot the session occurred in the bouse this morning, when Hutchinson's senate bill to nrovide for the slate publishing its school text books came up lor consider' ation. There was a most eloquent d& bate over the measure, and its linal pas sage was greeted with enthusiastic cheers. The slate printer wi.l now pub- nil text bojks. snd it is claimed the school children will be able to purchase them for about 33 per cent of the pres ent rate. The passage of the bill was a direct .lap at the American book tom- nan v and other trust, ol tni. character. The house defeated the .enate bill for the subniiasion of the Question of woman siifl'rage to a vote of the people. The ill was placed on the calendar under a suspension ol the rules, the anting. committee having shut it out. and sev eral eloquent speeches were made in its support. It resulted in defeat by a vote ol 40 to 10, tailing to receive tue neces sary two-thirds, and the question of woman suffrage will be a dead letter for at least two years. NEGROES FOR LIBERIA. The International Migration Society'. rir.t loatallraent. Philadelphia, March 16. Tbe Dan ish steamer Horsa sailed from here this evening for Savannah, having been char tered by the International Migration So ciety to take about 200 negro colonists from Savannah to Monrovia, Liberia. The steamer is nnder command of Cap tain Henry Wiborg. The emigrants will be accompanied by an agent of the so ciety. The Horsa will probably arrive at Savannah Sunday, and, if possible, will sail for Liberia the same day. The society has organised its first party of emigrants with great care, selecting them mainly Irom Mississippi, in mak ing the selections only men, both single and married, of good physical condition have been chosen and permitted to join. The married men will be accompanied bv their wive, and families. The so ciety has made arrangements to give unmarried colonists ten acre, of land, and those married twenty-five acres upon their arrival in Liberia. The Si berian government will shelter the colo nists for three months until they have built their own houses. Uood mechan ics, carpenters especially, it is claimed. can have plenty of work at good wages. while those familiar with farming work can engage in couee-growing. Spilled Ammonia la the Water. Hamilton, 0., March 16. Ex-Gov ernor Campbell, after placing a glass of water to hi Hp dinner last evening, rose, staggering and foaming at the month BDDarentlv speechless. He man aged to say, "My throat is burning." An Investigation showed that a servant had placed a bottle of ammonia in the into the drinking water. Physicians administered antidotes quickly, but the ex-governor is still suffering severely. Portugal and Braall Mada Up. London, March 16. The Central News' correspondent at Lisbon says that the British minister In Rio de Janeiro has been successful in his mediation be tween Brazil and Portugal, that the en tente has been renewed, and that dip lomatic relation, will be resumed soon. The coolness between the countries be an when a Portuguese warship carried ulnilral da Gam a and other conspicuous m-uigents beyond the jurisdiction ol the Brazilian government. THE PACIFIC RAILROADS Praaldent Huntington' Interview With Secretary Smith, Washington, March 10. Colli Huntington bad an interview with the secretary of the interior to-day regard Ing the Interests of the Pacific railroad and regarding the report that the secre tary intends to issue an order directing no more patents for land to issue to the Union and Central Pacific road, nntil there ha. been a settlement of the in' debtednes. of these companies. Huntington represented to the secre tary that thejands bad all been earned In time, and In many case, they had been transferred to persons who bad oc cupied them (rom ten to twenty years, lie also said the companies are not seek ing patents in Instances wbere the road has not disposed of the lands, as they became taxable as soon as the patents were issued. The state, and counties in which the land, are .ituated were more Interested in securing patents, as they became entitled to the taxes as soon as the patents passed. Further than this the companies desired to dispose of these lands to secure money to meet payments now about due. Huntington thought it would binder the company securing money on lands if such an order had been issued, and represented that nothing overt ought to be done by the government to prevent the company raising funds. Huntington, however, did not consider this of so much importance as he did the question of settlement for the Pacific roads' debt, and he believed recom mendations made by the secretary of me interior wouia nave great weight in the next congress. He insisted that be fore 1807 the government must aet or it would lose heavily. Huntington ex pressed the hope that the report of the secretary and the commissioner of rail roads wonld elaborate on the subject of Indebtedness and advise a lust and equitable plan of settlement. FOR THE EXPOSITION. loath Amerlena Countries Will Display Atlanta. Atlanta, Ga., March 16. General Isaac W. Avery, one of the three ipecial commissioner, of the Cotton State, and International exposition, now in South America, writes from Santiago, Chili, tbat the government has made a prelim- inary appropriation of $10,000 in gold exhibit of iU resour- 1 l"'w in Atlanta this fall. General Avery writes tbat in most of the South American countries he has encountered considerable opposition among certain business elements, which aw uo good in encouraging closer busi ness relation, with the united states which they argued would benefit the united Mates at the loss ot the busi' ness Interests of the South American countries. This opposition has been everywhere silently aggressive and in- lluential. and hard to eitber placate or conquer, and has been especially strong in those larger ana wealthier countries: but it bsd gradually yielded to the true consideration tbat the interests, with fie established facilities, mujt take the cream of all new business created by this undertaking of the United States. The newspapers of Chili have been very active in nririnv an anDroriation. and the leading chambers of commerce have advocated ic ine Argentine jiepoouc has already appropriated $30,000 in gold, and Venezuela, Brazil, Uruguay and Bolivia have already sent official acceptance of tbe invitation to partici pate. TWO YEARS FOR REN WICK. Conresaea HI. Fault and la Sorry for Bla Wife. Spokank, March 16. An interested audience assembled In Judge Buck's court this morning to hear the case of W. G. V. Renwick. late deputy In the auditor's office. Attorneys for Renwick notified the court thev had concluded to carry the case no further, and their cli ent pleaded guilty to embezzlement. Judge Buck then sentenced the prisoner to two years In the penitentiary at bard labor. Kenwick said: "I have sinned I know. Without suf ficient thought for tbe consequences 1 succumbed to temptation. As to my past services, since 1 -came here irom the Sound In 1801, my friends and inti mate acquaintances are well acquainted I introduced tbe best method as an ex pert accountant for keeping books that there is in the state. My work was al ways thorough. My only fault is tbat I was tempted and fell. I assure you that I will never lie guilty of a like offense again. My greatest sorrow is for my young wife. I exect to be on in about eighteen months. Mr.. Leaao Waa Bucoeaefol. Topbka, March 16. Mrs. Mary Lease, orator and politician, has won her latest fight. Recently George A. Clark was appointed by Governor Morrill to suc ceed her a. member of the state board of charities, and the appointment waa confirmed by the senate. When Clarke attempted to take the office a few days ago Mrs. .Lease refused to vacate, stat ing her term did not end until 1806, and she took steps to hold the office. 1 Ex amination ot the record, to-day .how. that in hi. message to the senate Gov ernor Lewelling nominated Mrs. Lease as successor of Captain Rhodes. Thus her term will not expire until next year. Morphine Bather Thau Hope. Pocatku.0, Idaho, March 16. Charles Perry, under sentence to be hanged the 2d. for murder, took morphine yester day witn aut0idat intent and died last the murder for which he was to hang, i He left a letter addressed to an Italian paper in San Francisco, which ha. been forwarded according to hi. wishes. It I is thought he was a member of the Ital- I ian Mafia Society. The Law I. TTneonstltutlonal. Dknvzb, March 16. The supreme court to-day handed down an opinion holding that the bill passed by the leg islature for the relief of the Eastern farmer, is unconstitutional. It will not therefore become a law, and the desti tute farmers will have to look elsewhere than to the state for seed with which to make a (reih .tart thi. spring. PORTLAND SHUT OUTi California Objects to Compe tition in Flour. OREGON MUST SHIP E 1 SEW HER Plonr Space oa St.aan.ra for the nrlen Kngnged by San Vrnnelaeo Flouring Mills for the Meat Two Hue lb. -Oregon's Only Beeeurse. 8am Fhancisco, March 15. Tho steamer City of Peking sailed yesterday for China and Japan, and all of her available space for freight was taken The principal item of her big cargo was flour, and there has been a scramble lor room for this article. It has been learned that contracts are being made for flour shipment on both tbe Pacific Mail and Occidental & Oriental steamers as far ahead as May 1. The reason given for this rush for freight space on the part of flouring men is the demand for room made by Port land millers. Strange as it may Seem to San Franciscans, Hour is being manu factured in Oregon and shipped to Hong Kong by way of San Francisco, and put . i i . i i i .. . . . ; . l. on tue uneuiai marxet w compete wiui the products of California. Oregon peo ple are shut out from shipping by the Canadian and norm racinc steamers, for tbe reason that those lines are car rying all the cargo that they can handle. With Poget Sound shut out from them Oregon millers had only one recourse and that was to ship by tbe Pacific Mail and Occidental & Oriental tines. What arrangement has been made with the Pacific Company to transport flour to San Francisco is a secret. A special rate it is understood has been given to Oregon manufacturers by local China lines, which enables them to compete with California mills. Tbe lat ter naturally have the preference when it come, to shipping for the reason that they are tbe direct supporters of the Pacific Mail and Occidental & Oriental lines, and also because they pay a high rate. To shut out Portland men to as great an extent as possible nearly all the flour .pace has been engaged on steamers to sail between this date and May. , ; CHEERS FOR AMERICA. England Denounced for Not Extending Aid to Keofouadland. St. John's, N. F., March 15. At a meeting of the West End relief commit tee last night John Boyd, governor for the poor asylum and an ex-member of the colonial legislature, denounced the British government for allowing tbe peo ple of Newfoundland to starve on the streets, and the British flag to be starved off the flagpole in Newfoundland, while England gives thousands of pounds to the Armenians and protect. African trading companies, leaving our people to go begging to America for relief to keep body and soul together. Seven hundred families in tbe east end ot St. John's were provided to-day with three days' provisions from the Boston relief contributions. When the Halifax steamer, Grand Lake, left this port this morning she bad among ber passengers Mr. Faye, who came here in charge of the American relief contributions. At the honr of the steamer's departure 4.000 people were on the wharf to see Mr. Faye off. When the steamer was swung out from her pier the American nag was hoisted at ber loremastnead, The banner was greeted with many hearty cheers. Cheers for Mr. Faye and Boston were given, ine highest praise is given Mr. Faye for the manner in which be has managed with tbe contri butions he had in charge, and the way in which he acquainted himself with the wants and distress ol tbe people. An Untimely I.oea. , Nsw York, March 15. The large fac tory building at S3 and 35 South Fifth avenue burned to-day with a loss ol 100,000. The top floor was nsed as laboratory and workshop by Nicola Tesla, the electrician, whose loss is $10, 000. The destruction of Tesla. work shop come, just when it was whispered in the scienunc world tbat the Inventor was on the eve of the greatest of dis coveries connected witn the problem ol improving the electric light. It is feared the disaster may result in the physical collapse of the great inventor. He has long been in a state bordering on ex haustion through overwork. Mr. Tesla i. the controlling electrical engineer oi the Nicaragua Power Company and of many other important concerns. The Tyler-Last Chanee Controveray. Washington, March 15. Secretary Smith has rendered a decision in the case ot the Last Chance Mining Com pany vs. the Tyler Mining Company, being a claim made by the former for the Tyler lode in the Coeur d'Alenes, Idaho. A portion of the Tyler claim overlapped the Last Chance, but the patent waived tbe right to the overlap ping portion. The Last Chance, how. ever, asked that no patent be issued while there was pending in the supreme court a case anecung me tine ol the property. Secretary Smith holds s the overlapping tract had been waived by the Tyler ittmpany a patent shall issue for its claim. Ru.ala'a Now Nary. St. Pktkrsbcrg, March. 15. The gov ernment is laying down at the St. Peters burg navy-yards two ironclads, a cruiser, gunboat and fifteen torpedo boats. From the same yard she recently launched five cruisers, an ironclad of 11.000 ton., and a cruiser and a training- shiD will be betrnn shortly. An ironclad and four torpedo-boats are equipping at .T' -I-J-ff I .1 1 .. .1 T iMCOiaieu, wnere anouier uonciae. nas been begun. Other warships are build ing at Abo, on the Gulf of Bothnia, at Copenhagen and in England. One Thou.and Shots a Minute. SpBiNonsLD, O., March 15. It is stated a gun has been Invented here dis charging 1,000 shots per minute. It is operated by electricity, and is eight feet long The ntmost secrecy a. to th in ventor of it i. maintained. A BLACKMAILING 8CHEME. neb tho Cuban Revolution J. Said to Be by an Authority. Wasiiihotok, March 15. The Spanish minister lienor Maruaga, has received within the past tew day. several threat ening letters from manufacturers of high explosive, in this country. The writers have asked him to purchase their explo sive for use against the Cuban insur gents, and have stated that In the event f his refusal to do so thry will be sent gratuitously to the rebel, to be used by them in th destruction of tbe Spanish troop, and Spanish property in the Isl and. The letters have been thrown Into the waste-basket, and have been given no further consideration by tbe minister, A high official authority In Washing ton states that ths so-called revolution in Cuba is really a "tempest In a tea pot." This gentleman says tbat the aV leged insurgents do not exceed in the aggregate 1,000 men ; tbat they are not patriots as the term is unae: stood here, out separate oanus oi roving oanuuu who have combined for nnlawfui pur poses, and who are endeavoring to give a political color to their action by posing as native Cubans desirious of throwing on tneyoke oi epain. ine same author ity states the present troubles are fo mented by certain Cuban adventurers in the United States, who are using their followers in Cuba as a means to collect money from the Coiled States, tbe most ol whicb finds its way into their own pockets. It is asserted that the 20,000 Cuban cigar-makers in this country are coo tributing $12 each of their monthly wages to the support ot the revolution It is claimed that through various sources upward ol zou.uou have been contributed by Cuban .ympathizer. here, and that wnne some ot mis money has oeen ex pended for arms and munitions of war, most ot it will be converted to the per sonal nm of tbe men who are metro mental in collecting it, An unqualified denial given to the report that the governor-general of Cuba, Senor Callejo, is to be recalled and his office filled by another gentle man, who will be become a practical dictator, benor i :ii jo has, it is said, given entire satisfaction to the Spanish cabinet, and there is not the slightest probability that he will b removed. WILL PAY THE PENALTY. Washington Counterfeiter Voluntas lly OI.es Blmaelf Up. SsArrxi, March 15. The first case of an accusing conscience, mnuenced by religion, that ever came to the notice of the federal authorities in this city was brought to light last Monday afternoon when Thomas Gorman, a big ironmoul der by trade, walked into Commissioner Emery's office and asked United States District Attorney Blinker to have a war rant issued for his arrest for counterfeit ing and passing counterfeit coin. Gor man said that he had confessed to the officer, of the Salvation Army and made np bi. mind to do the same to the an thorities. He said that he had passed fl80 in this city snd also in Tacoma during the past two months, and tbat he made the coin himseli, using an eWt.rir nlnter to plate the lead money, He said that he did not know the pen alty for his offense, and did not care as long as bis conscience, which was both ering him, was clear and he had atoned lor bis crime. Me was sen. to jau iu default of bond to await trial in June. MONTANA'S SILVER STATUE. Bold Attempt to Steel It from a Ken an. City Dry Good. Store. Kansas Citt, March 15. What was doubtless an attempt to steal the $225,' 000 gold base ot the famous Montana silver statue exhibited at the world's fair was frustrated here to-night. The statue is on exhibition in the dry goods store ot a local firm. It rests in plain sight of the street and is easy of access, Late to-night two men, who, it waa later developed, had hiu-Jen themselves in the store when it waa closed this evening, got so far as to wrench an iron beam off the door where the statue stood, and were opening both doors when discovered. The men nea ana were chased for several blocks, and al though fired at half a dozen times, es caped. They left tbe tools which would have been necessary to remove the statue, showing their intentions. Tracks in the alley near byt where a rear door had been opened, indicted tbey had confederates. The statue was that for which Ada Rehan posed as a modeL THOSE WRECK TELEGRAMS. Proaeeutlon Called Upon - Thorn In Court, to Produce San Fbancisco, March, 15. In the strikers' case in the United State dis trict court to-day Harry Knox, the leader of the' Sacramento lodge of the A. R. V., testified that at least six oi the signatures alleged to be his on tele grams introduced by the prosecution were forgeries. Attorney Montoith for the defense had served notice on Dis trict Attorney Foote to compel the pro duction of telegrams alleged, to have been sent by Superintendent Wright, of Sacramento, to Auburn and Willows, to wreck the two trains taken from Duns muir and Truckee by strikers. H is .aid that the telegram, have been de stroyed ; but the defense has copies of them taken off the wire by operators on the other side of tbe receiving stations. u.u i uo .ruiuo urcu wiwkvu, ae w mi leged they were ordered to be, any of tbe A. R. U. men who went to Sacra mento to aid the strikers there might have been killed. - The Bualnnaa Men Determined. New Obliahs, March 15. The com mercial bodies of this city last night is sued an address to the people, stating in substance, that the interference of a few thousand organised laborers in the commercial affairs of the city would be no longer tolerated. The address in dorsed the right of an employer to hire wbom he chose, and warned those who have taken the law into theirown hands that they must desist. It also expressed a willingness to meet the men amicably, if they will return to peaceful methods and accept work, but declared that they must otherwise aland aside, SHOT DOWN LIKE RATS Negroes Massacreed on the New Orleans Levee. FIBED ON BY WHITE LABORERS The Trouble Bus Been Brewing Wot erne Time and Was Caused by tbe Klneb. Tubing the Place, of tbe White Serewmea. Nw Obliahs, March 14. The thick fog early this morning was the veil be hind which desperate white levee la borers gathered, and which tbey pene trated with Winchester rifles all aimed at tbe colored non-union workmen on the ships loading at the dock.. Tho attack was made at points several miles apart, Just before the arrival of the po lice, and as a result there are halt a dozen corpses and a dozen or so wounded men. The police saw the attack, but no ar rests were made, they claiming they were too few to cope with the unexpect ed outbreak. The day before the mas sacres all was quiet, and the governor saw no grounds tor interference; bnt to day the business men are denouncing both the executive and peace officers; the militia is ready to move; an appeal to the federal government has virtually been made, and even the foreign consols have decided to join in the move for peace at any price. The causes which led to the trouble have been of long standing, and grew out of the attempt of ship agents and others interested to red nee rates. Tho white screwmen claim that the colored men, who were given a share of the work under an agreement, made secret cuts and violated the agreement in or der to obtain mora work and gradually crowd the white men off. The white association then severed ties with the blacks and refused to work with them, or for men who employed them. The white longshoremen joined the screwmen in this. Since then the steamship line have been gradually going over to the negroes. Lately, th white screwmen quit work on the lines still loyal to them, stating they would not work until the whole affair was atraightoned oat. Several mora lines then took on negro laborers from necea- "he white union finally determined to retaliate npon the stevedores, by offer ing to reduce) rates and deal with the ships direct. Ships in baste accepted the offer, bnt the agents stood by the stevedores. The latter offered to pay more than the screwmen asked, bnt the screwmen refused to deal with them. The agents offered to pay the screwmen their wages and place the stevedores over them as superintendents, bnt this tbe screwmen declined, xnen ice stevedores began importing colored .crewmen Irom li saves ton, ana me whites, growing desperate, broke loose in riots. The smoke and fog combined made the amria almnat aa dark as night. The khmh .m fln know! the, ahio. and had lust raised tbe tarpaulin of batch num ber t when th attack was made. They were taken completely by surprise, and their cries were pitiful. Many sought refnire aboard the shin, while some ran down the wharf and made their escape. It is impossible to estimate the number of shots fired, bnt it is said that there were about 200. After the bloody work the men hur ried off as fast as they had come. The white men came in a body, moving alonv the levee nn town unmolested. After their departure a large number of policemen made their appearance on the scene and cleared the wharf of the large crowd which had gathered. Mayor Fitzpatrick bad hurried to tbe scene as fast aa possible, and was very much disappointed when told that there were no arrests made, ine negroes fired npon were in the employ of Steve dore Geddes, of the Harrison line of steamers. It is said that tho reason there waa not a sufficient force of police on hand when the trouble occurred waa that the hour to begin work was 7 :o0 o'clock, and the police had received or ders to report at that time. INDEMNITY LANDS. Secretary Smith Doeldea In PaTor of tho Northern PaolBe. Washington, March 14. Secretary Smith has rendered an important opin ion in a decision affecting the right of railroad companies to select indemnity lands. The Northern Pacific Railroad Company made application to select 21,102 acres of land in the Yakima land district, as indemnity for losses in the Coeur d'Alene reservation, Idaho. This application was denied; hrst. because the selection waa not arranged tract for tract ; second, because tbe right of the company to make good in one state the losses in another is questioned, and the Question is also raised as to the right of the company to select indemnity land, occupied as Indian reservations. The company asked for a review and the secretary goes into the matter at con siderable length. He holds that the grant to the Northern Pacitio was not confined to the atate limits, and that selections for indemnity can be made in any state for losses in another, but with the reservation that indemnity must be selected as near the losses as possible. The commissioner is directed to ascer tain whether lands are to be obtained nearer Coeur d'Alene than Yakima. He also holds that the losses for an Indian reservation are subject to indemnity. In the matter of selection, tract for tract, the company claims the reservation i i . i , , i i lanos loss naa not oeen surveyeu, su anrh Mlar.tiona could he made in the same way ; bnt the secretary thinks suf- ': ficient surveys have been made oa the reservation to enable such a selection. The secretary quotes opinions by Attorney-General Garland and Secretary Vilas in support of bis findings. Haw Kngll.h Battleship. . London, March 14. In the house to day Civil Lord of the Admiralty Robert- said : "Since the beginning ol 1894 seven battleships have been storied iir thaconrsaof construction in England. ' on in Fraaea and none in Russia,