E OREGON
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VOL. 12.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1895.
NO. 16.
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PACIFIC NORTHWEST,
Condensed Telegraphic Re
ports of Late Events.
BUIKF Nl'ARKS FttOM THE WIRES
budget of New For Keay Dlge.tloa Prom
Mflereut Parts of til State of Wash
ington, Oregon and Idaho Items of
Interest to Peeltte Ooo.t People.
The Homer oarrio 400 to 000 ton
of Cw bay ooal evory trip from Marsh
Mold to Han Francisco.
Robert Honker, representing tho cred
itor of the Townsend ga work, Port
Townsend, Wash., ha purchased the
plant for $38,000.
Whatcom, Wash., i likely to vote
mm ou the question of validating $44,
000 funding bond. An orilluuuoe hiut
botn ordered drawn.
Spokane comity' bonded debt 1
$483,000; floating debt, $100,281. Un
collected taxo bring the ut total
down to 338,008.61.
At Garfield, Wash., thoy am arrest
ing boy for jumping on train. They
swarm about the yard to Imminent
clangor of life and limb.
Dr. Blahxik. tho Walla Walla,
Wash., nomologist, haa 8110 aorva in
oro hard, with 677,000 fruit true.
Nearly all are in bearing.
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micrmnu county, vr., u yni uj,w
hi ut i tuxe for 1805, and in proud that
it haa yut to le found delinquent for
either principal or iutoruL
The Bonanza mine haa just noiit a
clean up of $S,500 to Baker City, Or.
The total for March la $7,600. More
and richer ore than over in in sight
Tlio Blowott niinna and mill tn the
Pcshastin district have been leased by
former employe of tho mining com
pany, and will be atartud up about
May 1. V
The youth of Pall, Or., especially
thoae at the academy, are cry ing eagerly
for a gymnasium. There la aome proa
poet of one being built by aubseriptiou
among the townspeople.
General Manager MoBride, of the
Everett & Monte Cristo railway, haa
lawn promoted to the u)Hiriutndency
of the Duluth, Mla & Northern rail
way by the Rockefeller interest.
Tanoma haa reduced the expense of
her city government by nearly 80 per
cent in tho last two year. Tho month
ly billa for February, 1898, wore $83,
4Ufl.a. For February, 1895, tho total
wa $1,700.7.
Tho reform wave, tliough belated,
haa atruck Port Augelea, Wash. The
last quarter' expense aggregate $1,
610, against $7,291 laat year. A year
ly Having of $7,000 on aalariea haa
lxM put Into effect.
Tho town of North Harbor in Choha
lia oounty, Wash., haa been vacated by
tho commissioner. Though a lot waa
never aold in tho town ita assessment
haa heretofore required fifty -aoven page
of tho assossmnot roll.
Tho building record at North Yak
ima. Wash., Indioatea proaperity.
Four line-cut aandstnno bnsinos block
aro in course of ooustrootiou, and ar
raugnmenta aro completed for tho ereo
tiou of new brick block.
Hitherto Grant county. Wash., wool
have Ihjou aold to Eaatorn oonaumera,
largely mixed with California ahort
staple. ThUyeara large amount of
them will doubtlea bo aent to Pendle
ton and scoured, and aold aa "Uraut
county wool."
An ofilcial letter from the office of
the supreme master workman of the A.
(j, U. W., to Moro lodge No. 84, of
that order, requesting assistance for 4,
000 destitute brethren in Nebraaka,
mot with prompt raHjxmaoa from tho
brotherhood in Sherman oouuty.
M. 3 Clump, tho defaulting ex
treasurer of Clallam oouuty, Wash., haa
been recognized on tho atreeta of Hono
lulu by J. J. Hyrnea, of Port Angoloa,
Wash. Sheriff Dyko haa written to
the authorise there, but it ia doubtful
if Clump can be held, aa tho treaty be
tween the United State and the Hawa
iian inland, which would guern the
capture and return of eacaped prison
er from thia oountry, haa not yet be
noma operative
Oliver Johnson, a Port Townsend,
Waah., rwatanrant-keeper, went to
aloop on tho night of November 11,
and when he awoke hi eyesight waa
gone. The caao attracted oonaiderablo
attention at tho time, and the unfortu
nate man waa aent to the asylum at
Stollaooom, Waah. Thursday night,
after entering his room his eyesight
waa aa audrtenly and mysteriously re
stored, and ho is now able to see as
well as ever.
The Indians on tho Umatilla reserve
attribute the heavy windstorm of Mon
day to the death of old Dr. Jo, the
medicineman, who passed away to the
happy hunting grounds. Although
generally thought to have advanced be
yond tho stage of such superstitions,
tho Indiana still cling to crude ideas,
and may bo easily inspired with awe
when observing some phenomenon of
nature. ' . ;
A week ago U. Stinsou aold 1,000
acres of land near Huohomish, Wash.,
to tho agent of a Holland colony. The
agent aaid that he tntounea w purviiuj
0,000 10,000 acres moro.if he could find
what suited him. It is tho intention
to loeato a colony of Hollanders on this
land. It will, be aold to them in twenty-
five-acre tracts. ' Tho Hollanders have
money and oan afford to wait while
they clear tho land. They are a thrifty
nnnnln. and will ' add ". oreatlv to the
wealth of Snohomish oounty when they
MATTERS OF LABOR.
ltoport Mado to tho Masaatihuaatta Log
I. latum About tho iouth.
Boston, Mass., April 7. The Ololw
saya that, from what oan bo picked np
from tho gossip around the statehouse,
It appear that the labor section of the
report of tho committee on mercantile
affairs, on its trip Houth, to find out
why the mill of Massachusetts wish
to go Bouth, i one upon which there is
a wide difference of opinion among the
various member. Tho report will aay
that, at present, there are no sign of
a wholesale removal of Massachusetts
mills Bouth, as there are moro spin
dle in Massachusetts today than In the
past. But tho committee claim to
have found that, in spite of the appar
ent prosperity in Massachusetts among
tho ootton mills a large amount of Mas
sachusetts money has been aent Bouth;
that there Is nothing in the charters of
tho new corporations formed under
Massachusetts law that will prevent
them from organizing in Massachusetts
and going Bouth. Reference i also
mado to tho faot that there la at pros
en t nothing to prevent the cotton cor
poration of Massachusetts from put
ting all tho money they want in South
ern mills.
The report will prove that ootton
manufacturing in the Bouth la not a
uew industry, but that, since 1802,
there have sprung up in that section
condition favorable to Massachusetts
capitalists. In substantiation of this
there will appear a long array of fig
ures, which will give some surprising
results. The report will not speak
hopefully of the scheme of establishing
mill near ootton field or near coal
mine, a ohuapnoss will be equalised
by expenses in another direction. The
report will give tho following seven
distinct cause which aro attracting
tho ootton Industrie of New England
to the Bouth:
Nearness to ootton fields; cheap tene
ments; cheap ooal; mild olimate; low
taxes; abundant water power, and ab
sence of restrictive labor law.
It i npon the labor question, whloh
really is tho moat important part of the
report, that the division of the oommit
tee i really tho greatest, aa the report
advise national legislation in the hour
of labor for women and children, and
aak that the commonwealth take ate
toward securing such legislation.
SON AGAINST FATHER.
Nature of Iho Charge. Mado hf Kudolph
Srrkl...
Ban Francisco, April 8. Rudolph
Spreckels, the youngest sou of Clans
Hprockle. haa sprung tho latest sensa
tion in tho family altercation. In the
course of the trial of his injunction snit
against tho Nevada bank, Kudolph
Hprockle' attorney handed in an affi
davit full of ngly charges against his
father. Rudolph ha signed the docu
ment and duly acknowledged it before
au attorney. Ita purport is to charge
Clau Hprockle with endeavoring to in
jure tho credit of his two younger sons
to prevent them from paying tho in
debtedness of U. A. Bprecklea to hi
father. In the event of tho obligation
not being met, certain securities in the
Nevada bank, turned over to guaran
tee payment, would become tho prop
erty of Clau Bprecklea. Rudolph in
his affidavit donio the charge made by
the bank that ho aided or abetted the
Hawaiian revolution. Ho also charged
that tho Nevada bank is not a bona
fldo purchaser of the stock, but i try
ing to assist Clans Bprecklea in tho
performance of a threat publicly made
that ho would yet ruin and destroy Ru
dolph and break with him. The affi
davit also allege that Claua Bprecklea
1 trying hard to injure tho crodit of
Rudolph and prevent tho payment of
tho debt of C. A. Sprocklea when it
fall duo. Tho case will go on tomor
row. appeal to California for Rood.
Nun Francisco. Anril 8. The
drought-stricken district of Nebraska
have sent in an appeal to caurornia
fnr Mtfutnrinoloallv barlcv and oats.
This appeal com us to the state board of
trade, ajid yesterday secretary r ictcner
held a consultation with William H.
Mills a tn what would be the best
course to pursue. It was determined
to make an appeal to the farmers 01 wis
utu tit nld thttir anffnriinr brethren in
Nebraska, and a circular will bo pre
pared and sent out to an uie paper in
tho liit.irl.ir ajilcinir the oo-ODeration of
everyone interested. Tho plan proposed
i to have evory farmer give wnat no
feels he oan spare, no matter if it be
one sack or a carload. Arrangement
will be made to receive and store this
grain at some point in thia city until
all that can bo secured 1 in hand, when
it will bo forwardod to it destination.
England Preparlua; for an Km.rgnnoy,
New York, April 4.- Tho Herald's
Panama special say;
t'Thn Ttrittah cruiser Roval Arthur
with Admiral Stephenson, arrived this
morning from Callao. From oue oi nor
officers I loarned that landing parties
are being organised, and wero drilled
during the voyage. The offloer said the
objoctlvo point waa Corlnto, Nloragua,
where it was likely she would laud men
if Great Britain' olaim against Nica
ragua for the expulsion of Consular
Agent Hatch were not satisfied. The
Royal Arthur await further insructions
from tho British admiralty before pro
ceeding to Nicaragua. "
Powdorly Suing Knight, of Labor.
Philadelphia, April 6. The ranks of
the Kuighta of Labor have been thrown
into commotion by tho suit brought by
cx-Gcneral Master Workman Powdorly
I to rocovcr $4,600 arrears oi aamry.
i Tho case waa called boforo Judgo Pen
nypackor, but, throngh tho absenoe of
U.w....f.ki.it1'i.nuuiirir .1. W. XIHVHH. HO
lOTmmtj .ul-'" ' .
important witness, it was adjourned to
tha mot tnmi. The case has become a
J factional fight, and for tho first time
tha uwrAt nrraira oi tne oraer win uv
PREPARING FOR FIGHT
Spaniards Organizing Troops
by Commands.
BEING SENT TO THE EASTWARD
Mobilising; In Santiago do Cuba Pre
paratory to Grand Hunt fur
the Insurgents,
Havana, April 8. At daybreak this
morning a battalion of Spanish troops
marched out from the fortress of Oa
bana, which lies westward on the hills
above Moro castle. They were led to
the railway from which train travel
south across tho island to Battabauno.
It is from that port that the government
troops are being forwarded to the east
ern district of Cuba, and when the
battalion en route today shall have
reached Santiago do Cuba all the troops
newly arrived from Spain will have
been mobilized at that point When
all are there there will be a grand re
view, and then the hunt for the insur
gent will begin. Meanwhile the or
ganizution of the troops by command
i being effected. There will be two
grand divisions, and two brigade in
each division. The forces will number
something liko 4,000 men.
At the palace of the governor-general
the writer was informed that when all
tho troops that are now expected to
come from Spain shall have arrived
there will be available against the re
bellion about 83,000 men. This num
ber cover troop already arrived here,
the standing army of Cuba and all vol
unteer and guerrilla. The last named
aro not the guerrilla familiar in the
states, but are separate oum panics en
listed for a definite time and purpose.
Regular officer and men aro to bo as
signed among these troops to drill and
lead them in battle. Those officers re
oeive for this service $30 per mouth and
the men receive $36.
While awaiting the arrival of the
troop leaving here today the forces now
in the disturbed-districts began search
ing in the chapparal for insurgents.
An interesting bit of new comes
from Santiago do Cuba. A correspond
ent, writing under date of March 86,
state that he ha been looking into the
Alliauca affair, and he makes the state
ment that the Alliauca waa bailed, and
displayed tho American flag, and not
that of England, as reported by the
commander of the Condo de Venadito.
Saturday last the government here
freely announced that the rebel chief,
Macon, had sailed from Costa Rica on
the Atlas line steamer Dieronback, and
that he had not arrived on the soil of
Cuba. Tho same eveuing there was in
formation in Havana that Maceo had
effoctcd a landing and i now on Cuban
soil among hi followers.
The land line of telegraph westward
of the island aro in wretched ooudition.
The government frankly stated that
there ia serious interruption. There is
communication along the coast by cable,
but land lines, which have never been
much needed in peace, are now vital,
and are to bo fixed up. The lines are
said to be strung on tree wherever pos
sible and tho necks of beer and other
bottles have been used as insulators.
There aro those who believe the Spanish
government haa paid sums that were
supposed to properly maintain these
lines. The autonomistio party here
favor such a relation of Cuba to Spain
a i sustained by England toward her
oolonies., Independence is not desired.
A mooting of the party was hold yester
day to deplore tho rebellion and offer
aid to Spain. The same action has
been taken by the autonomists of
Puerto Rico. The resolutions embody
ing these view have been forwarded to
Rafael Maria de Labra, the Cuban
leader of the party in Spain.
THE CHINESE SMUGGLERS.
Records of ton Franelseo Ca.lom House
Have Been PaUlfled.
San Franoisoo, April 8. Customs
Collector Wise has discovered the work
of some traitor in his camp. He learn
ed today that some oue in the custom
house has boon falsifying records there
in order to facilitate tho smuggling of
Chinese. A few weeks ago a Chinaman
arrived hero, presented his registration
paper, which appeared to bo all right.
and waa admitted witnouc raucn ques
tioning. The other day another Chi
nese appeared and sought admission on
a oertificte bearing the same. name, in
vestigation proved that the seoond
Chinaman was the one entitled to land,
and that the first one had been smug
gled in. The Chinese first landed was
apprehended, and i now nuder arrest
A close inspection of the custom-house
records shows that tho photograph of
the original Chinese had been taken
from the book, and that of the Chinese
who fraudulently landed entered substi
tuted. The certificate was completely
changed. No arrest have been made.
The Alaskan Boundary Survey.
Sun Francisco. Anril 8. The United
stiifj atnamshin Patterson is now being
fitted out hero for a trip to Alaska with
a party of surveyors, who win wont on
tVin honndarv lines dnrinir the summer.
The harbors about Bitka will also be
sounded, and a map mado of their flnd
inirs. The party will be engaged up
north for three years. A big supply of
ooal will bo taken on at rugot souna,
and a steam launenwiu ue toweaaiong
in order to work in shallow inlets suc
cessfully. Tho first surveying will be
done in Portland inlet, t his is where
the boundary line begins, and much dis
nntn has arisen of lute over this uoint
between the united Btatos ana Britisn
A marina, noth countries' limits seem
to overlap each other, and it will be the
duty of Captain Morse to solva this
problem for the government
GENEROUS OFFER.
Edward Grouley's Kofloetlag Tele.oope
Offered to Lick Observatory,
San Jose, Cal., April 6. The di
rector of the Lick observatory today
received a telegram announcing that
tho Hon. Edward Crossley, lately a
member of parliament for Halifax, Eng
land, proposes to present to the Lick
observatory his great three-foot reflect
ing telescope with it dome and all ap
paratus ooinplete. Mr. Crossley, him
self an enthusiastic amateur astrono
mer, will attach no conditions to his
gift, except that his telescope, when
set up at Mount Hamilton, shall be
called the Crossley reflector, and that
tho expenses of transporting tho instru
ment and dome from England to Cali
fornia shall be borne by Americans.
The splendid instrument which Mr.
Crossley offers is well known to astron
omers. It was mado by Mr. A. A.
Common, of London, and for the mag
nificent photographs with it Mr. Com
mon received the gold medal of the
Royal Astronomical Society. It was
then purchased by Mr. Crossley and sot
up in his private observatory at Hali
fax, England, along with other instru
ments. An experience in astronomy
haa shown Mr. Crossley that the climate
of England i not good enough to do
justice with this great telescope, and
he therefore determined to present it to
an observatory which was favora
bly situated, where it could be used to
the fullest advantage. It is a compli
ment to the Lick observatory that Mr.
Crossley has selected it to receive his
gift, and it is a practical recognition
of the fact that California is the ideal
climate for making astronomical ob
servations, as has been fully shown by
the experience of tho past years.
The addition of thia great reflector
to the equipment of tho Lick observa
tory, which already possesses the great
three-foot refractor, makes tho instru
mental outfit of Mount Hamilton de
cidedly superior to that of any observ
atory now existing. The refractor is
eminently suitable for certain kinds of
work, and there are other kinds in
which the reflector possesses distinct
advantages. As tho Lick observatory
will soon have a great telescope of each
kind established in a most favorable
situation, it will be admirably fitted in
tho future for every kind of astronomi
cal work.
It may be mentioned that the origi
nal plan of tho Lick observatory con
templated the installation of a great
reflector a well as a great refractor.
It was found that the funds left by Mr.
Lick wero not adequate to provide both
these instruments, and the plan for
making tho reflector was reluctantly
abandoned. Tho splendid gift of Mr.
Crossley come to complete the equip
ment of the observatory in a most satis
factory manner.
The oost of dismounting the reflec
tor and dome in England, of transport
ing them to California (only the more
important parts of the framework of
the dome will be required here), and
of erecting the complete apparatus at
Mount Hamilton, will be about $5,000.
This sum must be raised by subscription
in America before Mr. Crossley's gen
erous offer can be definitely accepted.
THE OUTLOOK GOOD.
Prominent Bn.lne.. Men Say Times Will
Further Improve.
Baltimore, April 6. The Manufac
turers' Record is in receipt of, and
will publish in this week's number,
letters from representative business men
in all parts of the country on the pros
pects of a general business improve
ment Among the number quoted are
C. P. Huntington, John H. Inman and
Abraham 8. Hewitt, of New York; M.
Ingalls, of Cincinnatti; Hon. Edward
Atkinson, of Boston; and Thomas
Booth, of St Louis. The majority of
viows while of a conservative tone,
are to the effect that business from this
time on will gradually but steadily im
prove. The iron and steel manufactur
ers and merchants report a decided in
crease in the demand for their products.
Traffic has increased on railroad lines,
and the bankers state that investors are
showing more confidence in different
sections especially the South. ,
Thomas Booth.presideut of the mer
chants' exchange of St Louis, which
represent the business sentiment of
the Mississippi valley stated that "The
Improvement which started tho first
month of tho year ha been empha
sied." President Ingalls, of the- Chesapeake
& Ohio railway, declares that "inland
oommeroe will improve from now on. "
JAPAN'S ACTIVITY UNABATED.
Her Troops Bepuried to Be Marching
Upon Takow. .
London, April 6. The Times corre
spondent in Simonosaki sends this dis
patch under date of March 81:
"Military activity in japan nas not
abated. Five transports with infantry
and cavalry were hurried away yester
day before the armistice was pro
claimed. The conditions arranged in
dicate tho desires of China to save Pe
king at any oost Simonosaki ia filled
with police to protect the Chinese en
voys."
From Hong Kong the Tunes has this
dispatch, under today's date:
"Tho Chinese are fleeing rrom ewutn
Formosa to the mainland and Hong
Kong. The Japanese are reported to
bo marching upon Takow. The Chi
nese army in North Formosa is about
8,000; of this force 6,000 are splendid
troops, woll armed. The remainder
are raw recruits, even many beggars.
Fighting is imminent The foreigners
are believed to be safe. Vigorous meas
ures have been taken in Swatow and
Canton to resist the measures of the
invaders. Booms have been placed
across the Canton river and torpedoes
have boon plaoed in Swatow. harbor."
WILL NEVER SUBMIT
Venezuela Will, if Necessary,
Resort to Force.
MOST ASYTHISO BUT DISHONOR
The People Keady to See Their Home,
and Their Cities Ue.olated and
I.ald In A. he..
Washington, April 7. It is stated
by persons in a position to speak with
authority that as soon as Venezuela is
convinced that Great Britain has final
ly decided not to arbitrate or settle the
boundary dispute, as suggested by the
United States through Ambassador Bay
ard, the Southern rejmblic will regret
fully but resolutely resort to what she
regards as her only course a resort to
force. It is declared that her people
are ready to see their homes and their
cities desolated and laid in ashes rather
than submit to what they regard as
national dishonor. It is said that the
contention with Great Britain is not so
much one of territory as one of senti
ment. Bo firmly impressed have the
pooplo become with this that the opin
ion is expressed that they would rather
see the country go out of existence than
pass into practical control of foreign
hands. A strong feeling exists in the
Venezuelan government that the United
States will not stand idly by if a resort
to force is made.
It is understood that the position of
Great Britain in declining the sugges
tion of the United States for the set
tlement of the trouble is substantially
as follows:
First Great Britain takes the posi
tion that the question of arbitration
was once before proposed by Venezuela.
At that time the foreign office gave
the subject careful attention and sub
mitted a reply embodying a proposition
to arbitrate certain definite subjects of
controversy. To this proposition Vene
zuela has never made a reply, either ac
cepting or rejecting the proposed basis
of arbitration. Under the circum
stance it is not desirable to proceed to
a second proposal of arbitration while
the first remains unanswered.
Second In any event, there are cer
tain portions of that territory to which
Venezuela lays claims, which under no
circumstances will be mado the subject
of arbitration, as they are recognized
portions of the British domain, and are
not therefore subjects on which the aid
of arbitration could be invoked.
Third The subject matter is one be
tween Great Britain and Venezuela, so
t))at the good offices of the United
States are not regarded as essential to a
settlement, for it ia not understood that
the United States has assumed' a pro
tectorate over Venezuela or her interest
more than that of a friendly governent
THE WOMAN'S TEMPLE.
Generon. Offer of Marshall Field to
Pay Its Debt.
Chicago, April 7. A generouB offer
of Marshall Field to the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union is an
nounced. Mr. Field promises $25,000,
with the proviso that $275,000 more be
raised by January 1, 1896. It is in
tended that this total sum be applied
on the debt overhanging the Woman's
Temple.
The building of the Woman's Tem
ple is the greatest financial enterprise
in which a coterie of women have en
gaged. It was erected from money se
cured by the sale of stocks and bonds.
The association was capitalized for
$600,000 and bonded for an equal
amount The building oost $1,265,
000, leaving a floating debt of $650,000.
The trustees of the temple who dis
perse the gift fund have purchased
over $300,000 of the stock, which gives
them the controlling interest in the
building. When the entire stock is
owned by them and the bonded debt
liquidated the property will be dedi
cated to the National Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union. One-half of
the inoome will go to the national so-
piety and one-half to the states, in pro
cortion to the amount each state has
paid toward the building find. The
time has eome when the union wants
to make the Woman's temple its own
in fact - .
Lady Henry Somerset wrote to Mr.
Field, saying that any financial failure
in Chicago would bo disastrous to tem
perance work all over the world. In a
few days Mr. Field responded with his
offer, and plans are already perfected
to secure the desired amount Mr. C.
H. MoCormack subscribed $10,000 and
several smaller sums have been added.
Ore a Dollar a Pound.
San Diego, Cal., April 8. A corre
spondent at the Rice mining camp at
Warner thinks that the Rico brothers
have the richest mine in this county.
Their claims are the Bertha and Daisy,
and it is estimated that the ten tons of
flno ore out will pay $1 a pound. The
brothers brought down twenty-five
pounds of it, and in one day beat out
$30 worth of gold. A San Diego capi
talist was np to look at the mines and
bargained for them, but he has not yet
returned. The other mines in the camp
have not amounted to much so far.
The Southern PaclBo Kleotlon.
San Franoisoo, April 6. The new
board of directors of the Southern Pa
ciflo Railroad Company met today to
elect officers for the coming year. ' C
P. Huntington was re-elected by a
unanimous vote, aud subordinate offi
cers re-elected. In every case the elec
tion was by a unanimous vote.
The Washington county grand jury
finds the county jail "enirely unfit and
inadequate for the needs of this oounty.
We deem it entirely unsafe for the
keeping of criminals or prisoners of any
kind, and so constructed as to be a
veritable man trap in case of fire.
DEATH OF HEILBRON.
The Editor of the Po.t-Intelllgencer I.
Stricken by Appoplexy,
Seattle, April 8. George H. Hcil
bron, part owner and editor of the Post
Intelligencer and manager of the Guar
antee Loan and Trusts Company, was
found dead in the bathroom of his resi
dence at 9 o'clock thi morning. Mr.
Hcilbron arose about 8 o'clock, in or
der to attend a meeting of the directors
of the Guarantee Company, which was
to be held in the morning. He took the
morning paper and entered the bath
room as was his custom. After pre?
paring breakfast and waiting some little
time for Mr. Heilbron to appear, the
servant knocked at the door, and ob
taining no response, entered the bath
room. She found Mr. Heilbron dead.
A physician was summoned, who said
that death was due to apoplexy. This
was confirmd by the autopsy subse
quently held.
Mr. Heilbron was a native of Boston
and 35 years of age. He was a gradu
ate of Harvard, and practiced law for a
while in Boston. He came to Seattle
early in 1887, and, after practicing law
for three months, he, with L. 8. J.
Hunt and others, organized the Guar
antee Loan and Trust Company, of
which he was secretary and then man
ager. The latter position he held at
the time of his death. He was an ar
dent Republican, and was recognized
as one of the leader of that party in
this state. He was married in Janu
ary, 1886, to Miss Adelaide E. Piper,
of Boston. His family consists of two
children, a boy and a girl.
It is reported that Mr. Heilbron had
$147,000 insurance on his life. He had
four policies, aggregating $100,000, in
the Mutual Life of New York, $40,000
in the Equitable Life and $7,000 in
secret societies chiefly in the Royal
Arcanum. His estate u supposed to be
worth from $50,000 to $0,000, and his
business affairs were in good shape.
THE NICARAGUA. CANAL.
Work Upon the Survey to Be Com
menced a. Soon a Poa.lble.
Washington, April 6. It is expected
the Nicaragua canal commission will
start for Nicaragua within two weeks,
as it is realized the time at its disposal
ia short when the work to be done is
considered. Major Ludlow probably
will be president of the commission by
virtue of his brevet rank of colonel.
He is in London on duty as a military
attache of the American embassy, and
it is believed his acquaintance with the
British view of the canal project will
be of value to the commission.
He will be instructed by cable to take
the first steamer to the United States
and come to Washington. The com
mission will prepare an outline of its
plans and operations, then go to New
York, a thorough examination will be
made of the details for the survey of
the canal, with the purpose of saving
time and work in the field. Returning
to Washington the commission will re
cieve formal instructions from the sec
retary of state, then proceed to Mobile
and sail on the United States steamer
Montgomery for Greytown, at the east
ern terminus of the canaL
The season will not be well suited to
field work, as there is always an abun
dance of rain to be expected in the sum
mer months, and the party will have
to rough it principally on the east side,
where swamp jungles are impassable
on horse back, and there are no roads.
The canal company, however, is doing
what it can to facilitate the labors of
the commission, and has already sent
orders to Greytown to put laborers at
work chopping away tho jungle from
the canal route. It is believed with
average weather the commission can
complete the route to Nicaragua in
about two months, and be back in the
United States ready to begin the com
pilation of its report which must be
ready by next September. : '
A FLOATING THEATER.
The Float Whloh Will Carry It Ha.
Been Launehed at Boston.
Boston, April 6. There was a novel
kind of a ship launch at East Boston
this afternoon the launching of the
floating Palace Amusement CmupftJVi
Tbis is very latest thing in the
aters, and Manager Laakey, who has
the affair in charge, is confident that
it will be a success. It is certainly
unique, as the only things which ap
proach it are the London Music halls,
which are moved along the docks, or the
old fiatboat theaters of the Mississippi
river. The theater will be anchored off
the Marine pier, South Boston, for part
of the summer season and will also go
to bar harbor, Coney Island and other
summer resorts. In the winter it may
go south. This oan easily be done, for
the float is broad and flat, and will tow
easily. It is built a good deal like a
lighter, except that it has a rounded bow,
and is very strongly put together.
The stage will be at the stern and will
be 40x80 feet The main floor of the the
ater runs forward to round of the bow,
and has an incline of ten feet in its whole
length. It is arranged so that the seats
can be taken away and the floor raised
to a level, giving an ideal dance hall.
There will also be a gallery, which will
be a little above the deck. The house
will rise thirty feet above the deck, giv
ing a total height of forty feet for the
theater. Under the slope of the floor
at the bow are the dressing rooms for
the actors. They are fitted with bath
rooms and every other accommodation.
The first town plat of Goldendalc.;
Wash. , was laid in the early 70's. At
the general election of 1878 it was de
cided to move tho oouuty seat from
Rockland to Goldendale, and the change
was effected in the spring of 1879.
The first courthouse, a frame building,
was built by subscription in the same
year. ' The town was incorporated by
an act of the legislature in 1879. The
first city election was held in 1880.
ALL OPPOSE ENGLAND
Belgium to Support France's
Claims in Africa.
HAS GERMANY'S SYMPATHY, TOO
Strain Between the Two Government.,
Xe.plte M. Hanotam'a Word.,
Grow. Moro Intense.
London, April 9. According to the
latest foreign advices, Belgium, both
diplomatically and practically, will
support France in her claims in the
Upper Nile valley. Tho Belgian Con
go state expedition, under Vandker
choven, which started in 1893, effected
a march toward the Nile, penetrating
to a great distance inland. This was
all that was generally known of the
expedition until very recently, its move
ments having been kept dark. Through
a report of Commandant Franqui, who
was left in charge of the advanced
post, which Vandkerchoven established,
the fact has been disclosed that a num
ber of Belgian forts have been erected in
the Upper Nile basin. This is the first
authoritative information that the ex
pedition had penetrated to the Upper ;
Nile that has been made public.
Commandant Franqui has made a re-.
port to the administration of the Congo
state, informing the authorities that the
dervishes are menacing his position and
urgently requesting that reinforcements
be sent him before it shall be too bite.
On the strength of this it ia said that
King Leopold is projecting another ex
pedition, with the ostensible purpose of
strengthening the outposts of the former
one. It is suspected in the foreign of
fice, however, that, under an agree
ment with France, concluded in the
autumn of 1894, King Leopold will co
operate with France in the establish
ment of a Franco-Belgian position on
the left bank of the npper Nile, before
the English can secure a similar posi
tion and accurately define their claims.
M. Hanotanx, the French minister of
foreign affairs, demands that England,
as the first step in the pending negoti
ations shall define what are supposed
to be the boundaries of her sphere of
influence. This demand has acted as a
check to the policy of the foreign office.
The sultan of Turkey holds the suzer
ainty of the whole region in question,
including the equatorial province
formerly governed by Em in Pasha. A
section of the cabinet is reported to be
in favor of making a decisive declara
tion, claiming the whole valley of the
Upper Nile to be within the British
sphere and denying that the sultan has
any rights in the Emin territory. It
is believed that M. Hantoaux is willing
to refer the matter to arbitration or to
conference, but on the other hand, it is
suspected that England is afraid to do
either, lest the question of her occupa
tion of Egypt should become involved.
In the meantime, the diplomatic advan
tage rests with France, and the strain
between the two governments, despite
these pacific words of M. Hanotanx,
becomes intensified.
THEY DIED TOGETHER.
Suicide of a Young Conple In m Baa
FrancUeo Hotel.
San Francisco, April 8. Because
they could not gain their mother's con
sent to their marriage, Miss Adele
Wolf, the handsome daughter of Mrs.
Sophia Wolf, of 1305 Leavenworth
street, and .Carlo Enrico Reta, a young
officer of the Mexican army, died to
gether at the Palace hotel today.
The people of the hotel knew little
about the suicides. After midnight
Thursday the young people arrived there
and registered as C. E Reta and wife,
and were assigned a room on the first
floor of the Market street front. This
afternoon at 4 o'clock the servant whose
duty it is to make up the rooms re
ported that she could not open the door,
as it was secured on the inside, and
that she had knocked and could get no
response. The chief elerk and Special
Officer Glennon went to the rooms.
They also knocked and could get no re
sponse, and then forced an entrance. '
The young oonple lay in the bed, and
thwc-wa no sign of disturbance in tho
room. In ht fold of the coverlet, Jiw -ever,
lay a small pistol, and that told
the story. Both were dead, shot through
the heart On the table Glennon found
a scrap of paper. In an unsteady, an
gular hand (thought to be the woman's)
was written this message:
"Don't separate us. We wish to be
buried together."
TROUBLE WITH INDIANS.
Appaches Are Said to Hit. Rebelled at
the He.ealoro Indian Agency. ,
El Paso, Tex. April 6. News haa
been received here of serious trouble at
the Mescalero Indian agency in New
Mexico, 100 miles north of this place.
Communication is slow and particulars
meager, but the story is as follows:
It is reported that the Indians had
rebebelled against the authority of
Lieutenant Victor E. Stottler, who is
endeavoring to compel them to perform
some productive labor and partly earn
their own living, and that one of them
assaulted him with a stone. As the
storty goes, he placed the refractory
Apache under arrest, and then the In
dians made a rush, rescued the prisoner
and drove the agent and his employes
into a house and looted the agency store.
This news comes in a private letter.
In addition, several Mexicans who live
on the border of the reservation, assert
that Lieutenant Stottler is in danger
and is running serious risk in remain
ing at the agency without the support
of troops. Fort Stanton is about thirty
miles from the agency, and Stottler may
procure aid from the soldiers, if neces
sary. Dr. Howard Thompson, of this
city, whose father lives at the reserva
tion, think that tho danger at the
agency has been exaggerated.
get to work. , -. . ; . 0om public.