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Newspaper Page TextE: OREGON ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1895. NO. 24. VOL. 12. r MIST OREGON MIST. innuku uvuiiv mi da noHNinu -- BKEOLK & DAVJ8. OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER. Subscription Mates. One oopjf one year In advauc... One i!y lx iiiuullia bliiifle aupy ..II Ml .. Jo ... Ailvvrtlxlim rnlv. mail, knowu Umiii a'Mrallcn COLUMIilA COUNTY DIUKCTOitY. Comity Olllcere. Jmliiii,.,,, .,, Hi'all lllniii'linril, lialnlnr Clerk Juilaim Weuil, Vnniimla HIhtIiI ...Cttaa. F. lUlnk'r 'Iro.niinir K, to. WliHrlim CiiIiiiiimI City Hunt. "I Hrhuuls J ". Walla, Huiippiiimti AaamKiir MiipIIii While, nullify Hiii'toyur..... W. N. Mumrvv, lioluiia ., l I'- A. Frnkea, Htw.H.e C Hiimlwl'mont J (J Hrhixmover, Voruonla PKOFEHHIONAL. T. J. Cl.BK'mit. II. Al.l.KM. ALLEN & CLEETON, Attorneys and Counselors at Law HT. IIKl.ENH, ORKUON. Not.rle. Public, Conveyancing end Collections jyi. A. I'. MCI.AHKN, PHYSICIAN AND 8UROEON. Kalnlrr, Oregon. j j it. ii. r. chit, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Ht. Helens, Oregon. J)K J H ALU PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Clatakunle, Columbia county, Or. K. MKSKKVE, Surveyor and Civil Engineer URLRN A, ORKUON. County 8tirv?yor. t.aml Surveying, Town Platting it i id KiigiiH'iTlng work irutnitly I'l.'CllU'll. MUCKLE BROS. MAXUrAITUNKM Of Dimension Lumlier, Flooring, It italic Mlirathlnir, 'aainita, ami a (Hiiiipli'to niwk of vvi'iy vnriely u( Rough and Dressed Lumber ALWAYS UN HAND. AT TUB 01.0 STAND, ST. HELENS, OKKUON ORIENTAL HOTEL A. II. BLAKKHI.EY, Proprietor. Board by Day, Week or Month AT KKAHONABLE BATCH. The table la rappltat with the hKt the marki't oll.inl.. KvoiythliiK clean, A ahar. n( your pat minute la Millclteil. sr. HKI.KNS, OHKUUN. Decker's BARBER SHOP J. II. DECliEK, Proprietor. The li ami rullable harlier haa hla ranira Juet ea nari e can be fimml, anil will hav you eoiiiio.taiilyainl qukkly lor only L tenia. ST. HiaBNi, ORRMON E. MoNEILL, Koceher. TO THE EAST OIVKH THE CHOICE Or " Two Transcontinental Routes GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY nv way or Spokane, Minneapolis & St. Paul UNION PACIFIC RY nv way ok DENVER, OMAHA, & KANSAS CITY LOW RATES TO ALL EASTERN CITIES OCKAN STEAMKR8 LEAVE PORTLAND KVK11Y 5 DAYS For San Francisco. For Pull Details Call on or Address W. II. HORLIIURT, llencrnl freight ami l'a. Agt., Portland Cavemu.and Trade-Marka obtaln.il, and all Pat-; ant buainaaa oonduct.il lor Moocaarf. Pctt. Our ornei is oaroarrt U. . Patcnt Orncr nnil w can aocur. pat.nt la I.H urn mau waa. aemot. Irom Waahington. Send model, drawing or phots., with deacrlp J tlon. Wa advlae, II pat.ntebl or not, (re. ol 1 char ire. Our fa not du till patent la aecured. J coat ol Mm. In th. U. S.aod foniiaeououiat aent dee. Adarna, C.A.SNOW&CO. o.. atnr fimot. WaSMIMOTON. D. O. PULLMAN SUIT ENDED Decision Regarded as a Very Important Victory. IS FAVORABLE TO THE COMPANY Til Poelllon of the Company Waa Fully Huatalned In Kery Particular, Kaoeutlng One. Chicago, June 4. Several mouth go Attorney-General Malonoy begun quo warranto proceeding against the Pullman Palace Car Company, for the purpoao of taking away the company's charter and toruiiuating It oorporato existence. In hi information the attorney-general wit op that the oompany "had violated it ohartur by buying real eittato and building the town of Pullman, by erecting and operating the Pullman building in this city, by man ufacturing brick, and in other way. Judge Baker handed down a deoUion today favorable to tho oompany and all it interests, but one. The opluiou i a long and exhaustive one, fully oouHideriug each of the usur patiou charged and discussing the law applicable to them. He lay down that under it implied power, the oompany had full authority to do all that it waa claimed that it had done, except a to the itook in a umall subsidy company. A to the fundamental quctlon of the right of the oompany to build and own the town of Pullman, tor the purpose for which it wa built and owuod, the position of the company wa fully at tained in every partioular. The duolalon in regarded by the Pull man official a a very important vic tory for tho oompany, and a complete Justification of it action in the estab lishment aud ownorship or the well- known town which bear the name of its foundor. Incidentally, Judge Baker ha in structed that the oompany exceeded the power grantod by ita charter in buy ing twenty-three acre of land which it ha not used in it business. The com pany, howevor, had and ha the right, Judge Bakor doolded, to construct the big office building at Adam street and Michigan avenue; to soil liquor to its patrons in dluiug-ears; to supply water and gas to its tenant in tho towns of Pullman; to build house and rent them to ita employe; to erect ohuruhos and school building in Pullman and to own laud for switching and car pur poses. The ruling of the court (loos not affect the company to any material ex tent. The interests touched are said to be worth no more than $50,000, which ia an insignificant sum to a cor poration with $36,000,000 capital and $35,655,000 surplus. The decision in, in effect, a declara tion that corporation may engage in any business which may be considered an advantageous or necessary adjunct to the business specifically set out in its charter, without violating the law or exceeding ita oorporato powers. Thus the oourt holds that the oompany had the right to oreot an office build ing which would be largo enough to aoooinmodate ita business for years to oonie, no matter how considerably the increase, and had the right to rent in the meantime such portions of the building as wero not roquirod for the company's own use. The sale of liq uor in the dining-cars waa declared to be a desirable and necessary accommo dation for the oomfort and oonvenienoe of persons traveling in the oars. The construction of the town of Pullman is said to be a part of a general plan of operations implied in the oompany ohartur, and therefore fulls within the nower and province of the corporation. The case will be toKen to we Illinois suoreme oourt If that tribunal sub tains Judge Baker the oompany will go on with its business undisturbed, and with its methods of busmen prao- tloally unchanged by the suit of the at torney-goneral. . , Maw Bahrlai Sta Bill. Waahlnirtmi. June 4. It is stated at the British embassy that uie new enr ing sea bill, which Sir Edward Gray announoed in the house of oommous yesterday, is on perfecting the phrase ology of tho present act Without al twriiiD- nr aztandimr the substantial fea tnraa nf Mm nrasnnt sot. it will not. it is said, enlarge the sone or extend tne olosed season, as they are fixed by the Purl a award, and are not subject to va riety until a new award is made. Of this, both governments seem to agree, hnurnvnr. thnt. the TirOtoOted SOI16 should be extended from sixty to 8,000 miles, a expert testimony estaDiisnes it as a fnot that the female seal goes fa I mi tuliln thn sixtv-mile limit, and oan be slaughtered without regard to the government patrol. A change in this partioular oannot be effected, however, until tho govern monts have a further conference. Sir Julian Paunoefote, the British ambas sador, sails Tuosdav next for his .sum mer vaoation in Great Britain. He will probably be in London when the Behring sea bill ia introduced and de bated, but he does not anticipate that the debate will be of any significance on tne general sudjooc The Cattlemen Are Determined. Denver, June 4. The cattle-growers nf Kairlo. Routt and Garfield counties. in Northwest Colorado, at a joint meeting have adopted resolutions posi tively forbidding sheep-owners from rlrivinir throunh the counties. The nnttlnmnn are well oretuiizod and do tormined, and there will be serious tmnhla If Jiuik Edwards, of Wyoming, persists in his purpose of driving his flook of 40,000 sheep south to the Bio Grande railway, instead of north to the Union Pacific DENVER'S BIO, EXPOSITION. Ths Hliic. and Industrie, of th Trans Mlealaalppl Country. Denver, June 4. The managers of the proposed mining and industrial ex position have issued a statement to the public setting forth what ha already been accomplished and what it is pro posed to do. They say: "The results to date of the canvass for subscriptions justifies the statement that ample financial aid will be ob tained, and the selection of the site ends the important work of tho com mittee and warrants the announcement that the success of the exposition is now practically assured. Active work will begin at once. "Hince the national mining and in dustrial exposition, held in Denver in 18H2, which proved a great factor in tho subsequent development of Colo rado and Denver, there has been no exposition of tho resources and indus trial progress of the trans-Mississippi country, biuoe that time the country west of the Mississippi has increased in populaltion 60 per cent; it has added llvo new states to the Union; it has built 96,000 additional miles of rail r&nd, and has given to the world un told millions in the products of the mines, farms, fields and factories. This great region is the producing belt of the world. It constitutes two-thirds of the area of the United States, and is the home of 117,000,000 of the nation's most progressive people." Among the reasons urged for holding an exposition at this time are: "First to oommomorate the close of the oentenuial of the purchase of the territory of Louisiana; second to cele brate the progress of tho trans-Mississippi country in its mining, agricultur al, educational, manufacturing, histor ical and industrial advancement in all their departments; third, to celebrate Colorado's twentieth anniversary as b state." FISCAL YEAR'S DEFICIT. Treaaury Ofllalala Confident of a Ouort Showing This Mouth. Washington, June 4. Treasury of- cials aro now confident that the fiscal year, which ends one month hence, will show a deficiency of not more than $44,000,000, and possibly not more than $43,000,000, which is at least, $5,000,000 loss than was expected only a tew weeks ago, and $3,000,000 or $4,000,000 less than the present fig ures. It is shown that the pension payments during June will be at least $25,000,000 less than for May, and that the payments on account of inter est will also bo reduced $1,500,000. With an increase in the internal reve nue of $3,000,000 on account of special liquor, tobaooo and oleomargarine li censes, which must be paid before July 1, and very material reductions in pensions and interest payments, it is confidently expected that next month will show a small surplus, with the deficit further reduced to at least $44, 000,000. July, however, is likoly to see the deficit increased by at least $10,000,000, for that month's interest payments will aggregate about $7,000,- 000. Disbursements in every branch of the government are usually much heavier in July than in any other month, so that unless they aro increas ed, the deficit August 1, next, will not be likely to fall much short ol $55, 000,000 for the thirteen months. OUR METAL PRODUCTION. The Great Deereaae I.aat Year Compared With the Year Before. Now Vnrk. Jnnn 4. Aonordinir to the Engineering and Mining Journal, the total value ol tne mineral ana metal productions of the United States in 1803 and 1894 was: 1893, $615, 840,800; 1894, $553,372,903, a decline of about $02,573,904, or 9 per oent Thla irrttot. f ill liner nff waa however, due far more to lower prices than a les sened quantity or tne product, inus the value of the ooal production de nlinnri last vimr ftlH8.78S.828. or 7 rjer oent, while in quantity it fell off only 8,220,970 short tons, or a l-s per cent. Thin amnll rhwliiiA in the volume of the coal produot is substantially the measure ol the whole mineral output oi iha nmitirxv. Thn conrwr ontout increased 8 Dor oent, from 322,250,788 pounds in iouo, to 858,504,314 pounds in lay 4, tnougn in value it deolined no less than tt.ftRA.KOO or 4 1-2 ner oent The production oi goio increased from $35,955,000 in 1893 to $39,761,200 in i HH4. lint the oommeroial value of silver produced deolined from $47,- 811,400 in 1893, to f 81,400,081 in 18if4, a fall of $15,907,929, or 84 per cent Thie waa nnrf.tv una to tne renuoea De duction, but the price also declined tmm 7.02 ner ounce in 1893. to 63 in 1894. Other mineral industries made a highly satisftiotorv rooord in 1894. With revivuig prosperity and pnoes the product will reap tne narvest wnion was planted in hard times. Spokane Haa Another Sensation. Spokane, Wash., June 4. A sensa tlnn wiih rlevekmed todav when it be came known that the trustees of the Soottish Rite in Free Masonry had sued William Eiogler and jlouis aieg lnr. his father, for nearly $1,500. William Ziealer was treasurer. It is nluimed he refuses to make a settle ment with the order. Louis Ziegler is mm nf the most nromiiient Masons in thu WnrthwAst. the owner of the Zieg ler block and a pioneer of Spokane. He refuses to discuss the matter, but says there will be a defense and a strong one. No Coal Strike. Johnstown, Pa., June 8. The Cam bria Iron Company today advanoed wages in all departments 10 per oent This will increase the payrolls $20,000 a month. TARIFF. RETALIATION The Colombian Republic Will Claim Damages. HER EXPORT TRADE 13 RUINED It Waa Beduoed From Million to Al moat Nothing- by Her Failure to Enter Iteclprocal ttelatlone. Washington, June 8. General Reg nifo, the representative here of the re public of Colombia, expects to be au thorized by this government to present a claim against the United States for damages sustained by Colombia by rea son of President Harrison's prolcama tion of tariff retaliation. Secretary Blaine effected reciprocity treaties with most of the South and Central Ameri can republics, but Colombia and a few other refused to make such treaties. They were warned that if they held out against reciprocity they would be re taliated against This failed to effect any arrangement Thereupon, at the suggestion of Secretary of State John W. Foster, who had succeeded Blaine, President Harrison proclaimed dis criminating tariff rates against tho coffee, hides, sugar and molasses of Colombia. This practically ruined the trade of Colombia, as her coffee and hides could not be sent here against the competition of Brazil, Moxioo and other countries which enjoyed freedom from duties under the reciprocity treaties. These exports to the United States reached about 6,000,000 pesos, a peso being worth about 45 cents, but im mediately after the proclamation they fell to nothing. Colombia protested against the retaliation, claiming that the most favored nation clause of the treaty with the United States protected against the tariff discrimination. Sec retary Foster and the Colombian minis tor, Senor Hurtado, carried on a sharp and very personal correspondence, and the minister finally left Washington with the statement that he would not return until a settlement was effected. No settlement was ever made, and the submission of Colombia's claim for loss and damage sustained will be the re sult WHOLESALE LYNCHING. Three Negroea Killed and a Fourth Terribly Beaten. Burlow, Fla., June 8. Tuesday night Mrs. Timberlake, a young widow who lives with her father in the west ern portion of this oounty, was assault ed by a negro while in bed with ner little daughter. Four negroes were arrested for the crime. Last night they were taken from the guards while en route to this place to be jailed, by fifty men who wore black masks and carried Winchesters. The masked men disap peared with the four negroes into a swamp, where three of them were kill ed and the fourth almost beaten to death and odered to leave the country. The crime for which the negroes were lynohed was a peculiarly brutal one. About 1 o'clock Tuesday Mrs. Timberlake was awakened by a noise in her room. She reached for the matches, which were on a table near the bed, and as she arose a negro grasped her by the throat In the struggle her night clothing was torn to shreds, and her lower limbs and breasts fWghtfully bruised. The negro kept his hand tightly clasped on the woman's throat, and she soon lost con sciousness. About this time Mrs. Timberlake's little daughter, who was sleeping with her awoke and began to cry out, "Mamma, mamma, as if she had an inkling that something waa wrong. Mr. Pipkin, the father of Mrs. Timber lake, whose room adjoined his daugh ter's was aroused by the crying of the child. He called to his daughter, but received no reply. Alarmed by the silence he rushed to the door to find it locked. He burst it in, and as he en tered the room he saw the negro crawl ing out of the window from which he had entered. Mr. Pipkin struck a light and saw Mrs. Timberlake in a frightful condi tion. She was nude and lying in blood which had flowed from wounds inflioted by her assailant The little girl, who had crawled upon the uncon scious form of her mother, was orying and was smeared with blood. Soon Mrs. Timberlake revived and told the story of the assault Officers were notified and the search for the negro was begun. A rain had just fallen, and it was easy to track the brute. All day a trail was lollowed, and late in the afternoon it led to a oabin in which were found fonr ne groes. They were arrested, and the guards started to this place witn tnein. When the guards reaohed a lonely por tion of the road, masked men surround' ed them, and at the muzzles of Win' cheaters ordered the negroes turned over to them. The guards were out numbered ten to one and complied. The masked men then disappeared with them into the woods, where three of them were killed and the fourth beaten nearly to death. Not a menv ber of the mob is known, and the de tails of the killing is not obtainable. The negro who was beaten has been heard from in the western part of the country trying to make his way out He is terribly frightened, and refuses to talk about what happened to his companions, saying the lynchers swore they would kill him if they ever heard of his talking. N Transcontinental Aaaoolation. Chicago, June 3. The transoontl nental lines have abandoned their at' tempt to form a passonger association. It was annouoed as there would not be satisfactory attendance at the next meeting, wMoh was scheduled for June 6, the meeting would be indefinitely adjourned. ENO OF THE CONTRACT. Ihe Pullman Company Sues the Mil waukee St. Paul. Chicago, June 8. The suit of the Pullman Palace Car Company against the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul railroad for $70,000 came np before Jndge Seaman in the United States court this morning. In 1882 the two companies enetered into a fifteen-year contract which the road was privileged to end at the expiration of five, eight or eleven years. The railroad fur nished $300,000 and the Pullman com pany $100,000 for the building and equipment of forty-five parlor and sleeping cars to be ran on the road. The Pullman oompany was to take charge of the operation of the oars, and each year render an accounting and make a division of the profits accord ing to the interests of each. The con tract provided that at the end of five, eight.or eleven years the railroad could pay the Pullman oompany $100,000 and become sole owner of the cars and the srvioe. At the expiration of eight years, in 1890, the railroad gave notice to the Pullman Company of its inten tion to buy out the latter. The Pullman - company claimed $105,555 for their fourth interest, and the railroad insisted on deduoting sev eral thousand dollars for damages to the cars. This was not allowed, and now the Pullman oompany sues for $70,000 damages, the St Paul road be ing willing to. compromise for one fourteenth of that sum. In addition to the suit now on trial there is one by the railroad oompany against the Pullman oompany pending on the chancery docket, asking for an order compelling the Pullman oompany to render an accounting for the ex penses of operating during the eight years the oontraot was in force. The hearing will probably take a week or more. ' ROUTED BY THE REBELS. Cuban Inaurgenta Meet With a Sueees- aion of Diaataters. Havana, June 3. Colonel Zamora, at the head of 300 troops found the in surgents occupying positions between Plazuela and Rincon de Calient. An engagement followed, in which the troops captured the insurgents position, the enemy leaving four dead on the field, carrying away their wounded. Lieutenant Fernandez, operating in combination with Colonel Zamora, at the head of another detachment of troops, after opening fire upon the in surgents, charged on their position at the point of the bayonet and oompelled the enemy to retire. The insurgents lost two killed and several wounded. The regiment of Isabella, the Catho lic, came across 850 insurgents be tween Baylou and Manzanillo. After an engagement of an hour the insur gents were routed, leaving fifteen dead and eight wounded on the field. Among the killed was the insurgent leader, Guerra. It is reported the insurgent chiefs, Reuty and Vega, were also killed. Nine Spanish soldiers were killed. , . An Outrage on a Farmer. Toledo, O., June 8. A shocking outrage has been perpetrated upon Joel Handst, a farmer living in Richfield township, Henry oounty. Numerous depredations were made on his farms, bnt no one was punished. Becoming suspicions of his forbearanoe, his ene mies began to associate his name with several mysterious disappearances of farmers during the last year, and a band of masked men finally went to his cottage in Whiteoap attire. Handst was praying when the marauders made a forcible entrance. He continued in a suppliant attitude while his premises were being ransacked. Not finding their suspicions verified by anything, the maskers deliberately cut off his right ear and half of the left He made no resistance. His wounds were dressed by his wife, who takes the out rage as coolly as himself. The sheriff is investigating the case, but Handst will not prosecute it A Kentucky Battle. Louisville, Ky., June 8. A battle coourred on Straight creek, fifteen miles from here, in which Long John Helton was killed and Jim Belcher and Charles Johnson were badly wounded Those on the other side were George Taylor, Jim Taylor, Joe Arnett and a woman named Sarah Griffith, who oan handle a Winchester with the best of men. The Helton crowd was sur rounded and fired upon from ambush. They returned the fire, and some of the Taylor crowd were wounded and car ried to the mountains. The battle grew out of a series of lawsuits and a controversy between Johnson and Tay lor over the possession of some prop erty. Infant Ineurance Crimea. Washington, June 3. Touching the evils of infant insurance, United States Consul Chancellor at Havre, has sent to the state department a report on the praotioe in France and England. The conclusions are that it is most injurious in its effects and tends to infanticide and other crimes. Malnutrition is a common means of destroying such children, and another frequent cause of death among infants is "suffocation while in bed with their parents. " It is said more than 10 per cent of aooi dental deaths are of children who die in this way. Aotlon Agalnat a Aelsed Sealer. Viotoria, B. O., June 8. Hon. E. C. Pooley, Q. C, a leading lawyer, has been instructed by the British govern ment to take aotion against the schooner Shelby, seized by the United States ateanier Corwin, for being in prohibited sealing grounds with unsealed fire arms. It is not known whether this oi illegal sealing will be the charge, but probably the latter, as England refused to renew the regulations regarding the sealing of firearms. GEARY LAW IS UPHELD Lem Moon Sin; Has Been Barred From Entry. RIGHT TO FORBID ENTRANCE The Chlneee Kxeluelon Law A Armed by Juetlee Harlan In the United Sta tea Supreme Court Washington, June 1. The supreme court of the United States made a most important ruling upon the admission of the Chinese exclusion laws today by affirming the refusal of the United States district oourt for the northern district of California to grant an ap plication for a writ of habeas oorpns made by Lem Moon Sing, who was barred from entry by the collector of the port of San Francisco. Lem Moon Sing was engaged in bus iness, a member of the wholesale drug firm of Kee San Tong & Co., of San Francisco, and in January, 1894, went to China, intending to return to his business. During his absence the ap propriation act of August 18, 1894, was passed, containing an item of $50,000 for officers to enforce the Chinese ex clusion act and expenses of exporting Chinese. He returned in November of the same year, and the collector at San Franoisco refused to admit him, al though he furnished the testimony of two reputable witnesses, showing that he had been engaged in business as a merchant for two years before leaving the country. Application was made to the district oourt for the northern district of Cali fornia for a writ of habeas oorpns, based on these facta and the further point that he was not held by any ju dicial process. The writ was denied and an appeal taken to the supreme oourt J us tee Harlan, in the opinion de livered by him for the court, rested the case upon the statute providing that the decisions of the immigration or customs officers refusing admission to aliens shall be final, unless reversed on appeal to the secretary of the treasury. Justice Harbin quoted several former opinions of the court to the effect that every sovereign has the power, inher ent in sovereingty and essential to self preservation, to forbid the entrance of foreigners." GOING TO THE NORTH POLE. - This Time the Voyage Will Be Made by Balloon. Stockholm, June 1. It is announced that King Oscar will subscribe 30,000 kroners to the promotion of M. Andres' project for reaching the north pole by balloon, thereby making the expedition a oertainty. M. Andre, the celebrated Swedish aeronaut who proposes to take the voyage, is chief engineer of the Stockholm patent office. He has made a number of aeronautical ascents with the assistance of the fund which is controlled by the Swedish academy of sciences. He always ascends alone in a balloon of 30,000 onbio feet, built in Paris, under the direction of M. de Fonrvrelle and Count Wrangle, first secretary of the Swedish legation in Pans. M. Andre in 1893 crossed the Baltio sea from Stockholm and landed on a deserted island, forming a part of the French archipelago. His Arctic proposition was explained by him in detail at a sitting of the academy of sciences at Stockholm recently. In the oonrse of his leoture he expressed the belief that in view of the favorable conditions which the polar regions afforded for aenal voyaging and the great progress lately made in aeronaut ics, a balloon could make the voyage from Spitsbergen over the north pole in about thirty days. The cost of the enterprise would be about 130,000 kroners, or $36,000. : Three From Seattle. Seattle, June 1. There were three instead of two Seattle men on the lost stamer Colima. The third was Win dom T. Spcarin, a surveyor, who left with his wife for San Francisco, in' tending to go to Central America or South America. Two years ago he was special inspector of surveys, for the United States land office, and had to wait for approval of his work, agreeing to pay his employes when he was paid. The latter assigned their claims, and Spearin was sued and judgment was obtained, with interest and costs. When Spearin received the money, about $2,500, he tendered the original amount, but deolined to pay interest and costs. The tender was refused, and Sparin kept the money and start' ed for Central America with it, only to meet his death. .' , The Illinois Central to Build. Sioux City, June 1. A report is current in railroad circles here that a new oompany has been formed in the East to bid in the unfinished Paoific Short Line bridge at the receivers' sale on June 10. The company is said to be backed by the Illinois Central rail' road, which is rumored to be desirous of entering Nebraska at this point by means of a bridge, and ultimately of building a line to San Franoisoa The local offioers of the road and the re' seiver of the bridge company profess tgnoranoe of the design, but the report rests upon good authority and is gener ally credited. Fifteen Killed Outright. Guayaqnil, Ecuador, June 1. The boiler of the Ecuadorian gunboat Sucre exploded tonight, killing the com' mander and fourteen men, and injur ing seventeen more, thirteen fatally. At the time of the aooident she was carrying troops to Maohala to attack the rebels. ... IN EASTERN TURKEY. There I Much Talk of a Religious War of rent Proportions. Julfa, Persia, June 1. The special correspondent of the Associated . Press, who is investigating the situation in Armenia, has furnished the following correspondence: The Turkish government is taking prompt measures to prevent the upris ing of Armenian revolutionists next month. All roads leading from Persia to Van have been closed by order of the Turkish government, the intention being to shut off communication be tween the revolutionary leaders in Per sia and their agents in Armenia. One Armenian caravan that tried to get through to Van from Khoe was seized by the Turkish officials. Wthin the past week the Turkish consul at Sauteh Bulsk, in Persia, tried to cross over into Turkey with an armed escort of twelve men, but he was turned back by the Kurds, who bad possession of all the roads. At the same time the Turkish officials in the towns near the border were ohased out of the oonntry by the Kurds. They took refuge in Ravendus, where they are now. The Kurds have warned them not to return. The Armenians hope that the Kurds and Turks will get into a fight and exterminate each other. ' A reasonable explanation for this ac tivity with the Kurd may be found in a letter from Sheik Abdul Kahr recent ly written to his brother in the moun tains of Kurdistan. Abdul Kahr an nounoed that the sultan had appointed him to command the Hamadie regi ment of regular Kurdish cavalry, to gether with a force of regular Turkish troops, and that there was to be a great war during which he and his troops were to capture the Russian city of Kara. ' . ' Many well informed persons in weston Persia believe that Asia Minor is on the verge of a great religions war, which the sultan of Turkey is forcing upon the world in order to retain his prestige among the Mohammedans. As eight months have passed since the Sassoun and Moosh massacres and nothing has been done in consequence by the Turkish government, the Moss lems of Persia are beginning to believe that nothing will be done, and that Eu rope's protests oonnt for nothing. As a result the Persians are beginning to talk of having a massarce of Christians on their own account Were it not for the strong hand of the Persian govern ment and the good will and protection of the shah, the Christian population of Persia would be murdered within a week. The situation in Armenia has grown worse, and the Christian people of east ern Turkey are at present in greater peril than they were the week of the massacre. The village of Baloolan has been attacked by 400 Kurds and several men killed. The village is almost deserted. Another attack is looked for daily, as the Kuros have sent word that they mean to remove Baloolan from the face of the earth in revenge for the death of one of their men. They will undoubtedly carry out their threat ROBBING UNCLE SAM. Burglar Attempt to Blow Open a Poat- Oflloe Safe. Jefferson, June I. An attempt to rob the postoffioe at this place was made last night The burglars had supplied themselves with drills, oold chisels and sledge hammers from an adjaoent blacksmith shop. They gained entrance to the building by prying out a window on the side. After opening the outside door from the inside, it is presumed, the burglars went to work on the safe by knocking off the knob on the combination and drilling a hole through the door, by which they in tended to blow the safe open. Mr. Roland, the postmaster, has been work ing on the safe all . the morning, but up to noon has not succeeded in getting the door open, so it is not known yet whether the robbers succeeded in get ing it open or not It is supposed they were scared away before they had ac complished their aims, by the barking of a dog belonging to Dr. Hawk, who lives next door to the postoffioe. There being nothing else about the store or postoffioe disturbed, it looks as though the robbers made a hasty exitj leaving their tools behind and their work only half done. - r All About the World Fair. ' Chicago, May 81. George R. Davis, director-general of the world's fair, will complete his report in about a week. It will consist of from seven teen to twenty volumes, each volume containing about 500 typewritten pages. It is in duplicate, one copy to be furnished to the national commis sion and one to the board of directors. It will contain about 81,000 illustra tions in the shape of unmounted photo graphs. Whether the work is pubished in printed form will depend upon con gress. Mr. Davis has been engaged since January, 1894. His principal assistant was Professor Pea body, chief of the department of liberal arts. Re ports from all the heads of departments are embodied in the text, which treats of the great enterprise from inception to end. . - ( r Dlrnberger Lowered the Mile Record. Louisville, May 81. F. M. Dim berger won fresh laurels today. . He lowered the mile record for flying start, paced, the time being 1:45 flat The former record of 1:48 8-6 was held by Tyler, made at Waltham, October 27, 1894. The "quad" team that paced Dirnberger was oomposed of O'Connor, Terrill, Cobura and Hamilton. Dirn berger hung on to the "quad" until they reaohed the stretch, when they gradually pulled sway from him, fin ishing first by about fifty feet Dim breger finished good and strong, and the feat was 'accomplished with apparent