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,