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VOL. 12.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1895.
NO. 29.
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OREGON MIST.
INNIIKU F.V.illV t IIIDAW MOHNINU
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HEEGLK & DAVIS.
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER.
kubecrlpllon Hate.
On, copy on year In (dvtui)..., II 80
One oopy u iiiuiith..... 76
Single co7 ..
Advisrtlulu rutin mad kuowu upon application
COLUMBIA OOUNTY DIRECTORY.
t'.uiilr Ollicri,
Judtra. , , Dean HliiiiPhard, Rainier
Clerk Jmlnili Vernoiila
-Hlmrirr 4'tiaua. V, Until, Kaiiilvr
Trnmiiror . K, M. Wlinrlnn Ciiluuilila City
Bunt, at tk'huole..., J U. Watw, Hcni'oiee
Awtwnr , Miirtln Whita, Qulucy
Surveyor ,, , W.N. Mwnrv, Holmta
n..i..l I A. Krakne, hVappn.ia
CominlMlqnen I . ... H. U Hclioimovor, Voriionl
PROFESSIONAL.
T. J. Clknton.
11. A Id.,
ALLEN & CLEETON,
Attorneys and Counselors at Law
HT, IIKI.KNH, OKBOON.
Notarl.a Public, Conveyancing and Collection
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K. A. V. MxUKKN,
I'HYSICIAN AND BURGEON.
lUlnlcr, Oregon,
jjr. ii. k. burr.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
- ' HU llnlena, Ongtm.
JJH. i. K. IIAI.U.
I'lIYrtiriAN AND SURGEON.
Clatakniiic, Cotiiiulila comity, Or.
N. MKSKItVK,
Surveyor and Civil Engineer
DEl.KN A, OREOON.
County Surveyor. Land Surveying, Town
rutting anil KiiKi'X'criiiR wurk prniiiptly
axi-cllted.
HTJCKLE BROS.
Dimension Lumber, Flooring,
liintle Hliratlifiiir. I'aalnga, and a
complete mock of fv iy variety of
Rough and Dressed Lumber
ALWAYS1 ON HAND.
AT THE OLD STAND, HT. HELEN!), OflKtlON
ORIENTAL HOTEL
A. II. III.AKEXI.KY, Proprietor.
Board by Day, Week or Month
AT HKAKONABLK RATES.
Tlit table I" eupplled with tha lieat Ilia market
afford.. Kventtbliig olceii. A .hare ol your pat
milage la solicited. Hi'. II Kl.r.Nrt, OHKiiON.
Decker's
BARBER SHOP
1. 11. DKCKEH, Proprietor. ,
The old and rolUtile luirlwr nan hi raora Juat
aa .harp aa can or found, and will nhave you
comloriablyaiid quk kly lor only 1 J cent.
8T. HELENS.
i
OKKUO.N
E. MoNEILL, Heceh er.
TO THE .
EAST
. OtVKB THE CHOICE 0
. Two Transcontinental Routes
GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY
IIY WAY or
Spokane, Minneapolis & St. Paul
UNION PACIFIC RY
IIY WAY OF
DENVER, OMAHA, & KANSAS CITY
LOW KATK8 TO A IX
, EASTERN CITIES
OCKAN STEAMERS
LEAVE PORTLAND EVERY 8 DAYS
For San Francisco.
For Kill! Detail fall on or Address
W. H. HURLHURT,
General Krelwlit and Pas. Agl Portland
I CavMtiand Trade-Mark ohtainad, and all 1'at
ient buaineaa conducted lor MoninaTI Pit.
koun orriet la Oepoerrr U.S. ptcnt orrict
".and wa can secure patant in laaa Uma Uiaa inote
hemoto Irora Waahlngion.
t Knd mndei. drawing or nhnta.. with deacrlD-
Etlon. We advtee, if patentable or not, free ol
charge. Our lee not due till patent ia secured,
a a.ynim. "How to Obtain Hatenta." with
(coat ol aauie In the U. 8. and foreign oountriea
Stent free. Addreu,
C.A.SNOW&CO.
An lATrair OrrifiK. WASHINGTON. D. C. .
BUSINESS PROSPECTS
Wholesalers in All Lines Are
Greatly Encouraged.
INCUR ASK IN WAGES GENERAL
C'lintlnuad Advance In f'rlcea of Iron
Product and Higher Bang of
Wool Value th Featurea,
Now York, July 8. Bradstreot'
Trade Review ayr. Notwithstanding
the week 1 broken by the a holiday,
fuvorable trade condition heretofore
ruportod continue to exerotae a pro.
Hummed lnfluiMiuo. ' General advuuoe
in the prlee of Ntaploi and the wagui of
lnduMtriul Btitorpriaoa ia g prominout
leuturo. - The extent of the voluntary
advauoe In wage reported within a
month or two hna outgrown the re
aotirooa of voluntary atatiHtioal bureana
which have endeavored to keep track
of them. The Intent advloea are that
more than 1,000,000 industrial worker
have received an advance averaging
ibout 10 per oeut.
At the Eaat, the moat active tratlo ia
reported from Pittaburg, whore the re
vival among the iron and Ntool lndua
trie ha atimulated trade in almoat all
llnoa. At the Weat, the moat favor
able condition of buainea ia reported
from tit Louia, and the incentive ap
pear to bo uniform reports of favor
able crop proapoot throughout the
regiou tributary to that city. No ma
terial improvement ia reported from
the Houth, raiua continuing to be dam
aging to agriculturist, lint advice
from nearly all cttiea reported agree
that wholoaalera in nearly all line are
greatly encouraged aa to the outlook for
boaiuoaa daring the autumn, believing
the demand will bo atimulated by the
very general, and it ia believed perma
nent, improvement in price. Export
of wheat (flour included ai wheat)
from both coaata of the United Statea
amount to 87,000,000 buahela this
week.
STRANGE STORY FROM INDIA.
Nlr Edwin Arnold' Nephew Killed by
San Francisco, July 8. A atrauge
atory la brought from India by the
tuamor City of Kio Janeiro. The nar
rative tell of the murder of W. F. O.
Loatur, acting auperinfondent of police
at Oodra, by hia wife. The womau
make exuuae for her terrible deed by
explaining that her huabaud wa moat
brutal to her, and, in a moment of pas
sion site allot Leatur through the back,
killing him instantly. Peculiar inter-
eat is taken in the cane, Mr. Lester ia
the nephew of Sir Edwin Arnold, and
the son of an old Bombay gentleman,
and Mr. Lester ia the daughter of
Colonel Brahant, an old Indian cam
paigner. She married Loatur Ave years
ago. . . . .
The tragedy occurred tho night or
May 8, at the top of what ia known as
Pawnghar hill, Vhuou Muhals district.
The Lester had boon encamped there
for aomo time, and it wa desired that
the camp be moved 2,600 feet higher.
The lady objected to moving, aud beg
ged to be permitted to return to her
homo in Bombay, but Lester refused to
grant her request She flually agreed
to accompany her husband, and on May
7, the moving party started np the
grade.
Camp wa reached on the morning
of the 8th. In tho morning of the 9th,
a oonrier arrived at a Mr. Littlodale'a
camp, half way down the mountain,
with the new of Mr. Ulster's oeatn.
A letter written by Mrs. Lester wa
handed the Littledales, in which oom
mnnioation she ' made the statement
that ahe had shot her husband, a she
could stand bia brutal treatment no
longer, and asking that tho authorities
be notified. Mrs. Lester waa arrested,
but oxpreased no sorrow for her ter
rible deed, which baa created pro
found sensation throughout India.
SPAIN WILL TAKE PART.
Iteprttaentatlvea to He Bent to the Next
Monetary ConTentlon.
Wnuhliiurnti Jnlv R Senor Dn Put
le Lome, the Spanish minister, says
Spaiu Will take part in uie next inter
national monotary conference, aa ahe
ia interested in the solution of the bi-
tnetalio question, i Spain uses both
gold and silver, the lutter being coined
uf a flnut ratio nf mild, and there is
also an issue of paper eurreuoy. Only
two of the Spanish colonies, rorro moo
and rim Phillinine islands, use silver
almost exclusively. For these reasons
Spain's policy is definitely favorable
towards the ubo of both metals, and her
interests, particularly in the colonies,
are toward an enlargement of the use
of silver, Thebeliof ia expressed by
some of the best posted representatives
for foreign countries that an interna
tional money oonforenoe agreement
should embody oortain essential flgnros.
To assure its power it must secure the
adherence of the United States and at
least one of the three great monoy cen
ters of Europe, Great Britain, France
or Germany, and the adherence or as
many leaser countries aa possible. It
ahnnld lilnlndn flint: fmitrirfl of the Latin
Union by which the amount of ailver
to be coined by each member or tne
nnion will be definitely fixed in ad
vance, in accordance with its needs.
Tho opinion ia expressed that this fea
tiim will tend to make an international
agreement very effective and dominant
on the money oonditloua or tne worm,
Veauvlua In Eruption.
TJnnlea. Julv 6. A fissure hllS BP
pearcd in the northwest side of the
great cone of Mount Vesuvius, and a
stream of lava ia flowing down the
mountain.
THE COLIMA WRECK.
Tile I.orial liiepeotor He port on the
Vatal Dlaaater.
Washington, July 8. General De
mount, supervising inspector of steam
vessel, ha received from the inspec
tor of the San Francisco district the
following report of the loss of the Pa
oiflo Mail steamship Collina:
"We have to report the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company' steamship Col
ima, J. F. Taylor commander, for
Panama and way ports in Mexico and
Central America, with 41 cabin and 82
steerago passengers and a crew of 80
persons all told, and 1U0 tons of cargo,
foundered in a violent gale about 10:40
A. M. on May 27, about 40 miles sonth
from Mauzauillo, taking down with
her all who wero on board excepting,
so far as known, 27 passengers and 18
of the orew who wero fortunate enough
to have been able to struggle and save
themselves by swimming and clinging
to flouting wreckage. Some of these
were picked up by that company's
steamer San Juan, and other drifted
to the beach. We have investigated
the nature of this deplorable disaster,
taking the testimony of numbers of the
surviving passengers aud crew, Includ
ing that of the third oflicer, O. C. Han
sen, who is the only oflloer saved, and
also of others who were competent to
speak of the vessel herself. We find
from the testimony that nothing un
usual occurred on the voyage from San
Francisco to the way porta Maxatlan,
San Bla and Manzanillo, and she gave
no evidence or indication whatever of
being cranky or tender from the time
ahe left San Francisco and crossed the
bar, which was rough, until the morn
ing she was lost.
"At the way porta above named,
several pasaenger left the ship and
other boarded her for south porta, and
at the same time about 100 tons of
cargo were discharged and an equal
amount received on board. The Co
lima left Mauzauillo at 4 o'clock A.
M., May 28. A strong breeze sprung
up at 0 P. M., from the eaat-aontheast,
with a southeast swell, and continued
throughout the night till the morning
of May 27. when it blew a gale, which
at about 10:80 the same morning sud
denly increased to what is described as
a hurricane by some of the aurvivora,
aud in which the steamer waa knocked
on her beameuds and tilled and sank.
From the evidence there appears to
have been no danger anticipated until
five or ten minutes before the ship
went down. It appears there was a
good discipline maintained on board in
deck and engine departments. All or
der were obeyed, and we, therefore,
can attach no blame to the third of
ficer, Mr. Hansen. Captain Taylor
waa in charge on the bridge all morn
ing May 27 until she foundered, and it
may be he waa attempting to keep her
off before tho aea or wear her around
on the othor tack when she was caught
in the trough of tho aea and thrown on
her beam end. But without hia testi
mony, or that of bis first oflloer and
the chief eugineer of the steamer, it is
impossible to decide the true cause of
the disaster.
"With regard to the steamer Col
lima, there can be no doubt she waa a
staunch and seaworthy vessel. She was
inspected March 10, 18U0, and hull,
boilers and equipment found to be in
good order. She was examined in dry-
dock May 14, 1805, and her bottom
found in good condition, and new
blade put on her propeller. She was
olasaed 88, L. 11, in Bureau Veritas,
which ia the highest class which that
society awards steam vessels. The ex
act number of lives lost is not obtain
able at present, for the reason that the
number of way passengers received is
not yet reported by the agenta to the
company's office in San Francisco. The
number so far known with any degree
of oertainty to be lost is 80 passengers
and 88 orew."
Carl Browne Failed to Show Up.
Washington, July 8. Carl Browne,
nf xt.iuaiilim Chiciiim. Washington.
jail, Wall street and sundry other
places, has lost his reputation with the
people of wasmngton ior accuracy.
Ho hue fnUnrl to keen an imoortant en
gagement He promised to be married
on the fourth or jury to Mamie uoxey,
goddess of the Commonweal army, on
th atnna of the canitol at 10 o'clock.
Browne and bis bride roaohod Wash
ington Wednesday night At 10
n'nhmlr ThnrndnV there WttS nO Sitftt Of
Browne. At 11 o'olook the disap
pointed people negnn to arm away.
At nivm there were no more than half
a dozen loungers around the east front
The great wedaing ooremony naa lauea
tn materialize. Browne made no effort
to go to the steps, and was not molest
ed in any way. tie ana juamie av
oided that the marriage oeremony per
formed at Massillon a few months ago
would hold them together for the pres
ent v
Want Divorce anil Lottery Prlae.
Ban Franoisoo, July 8. Maurice
Cavanagh la suing his wife for divorce
and a share of the $15,000 she won in
a lottery. His wife does not object to
tho divorce, but ahe is unwilliug to
give up any of the money. Cavanagh
olaima that the money ia community
property, having boon acquired while
they were living together as man and
wife. Mrs. Cavanagh alleges that she
did not purchase the lottery ticket that
won the prize with the monoy earned
by herself or her husband. She says a
drunken man accosted her on the street
one day and offered her a lottery
Mnknt. She refused, but the man was
persistent, and in order to got rid of
him, she aooepted the ticket The
ticket drew 15,000.
Called Him a Liar.
Rome. July 6. In the Italian depu
ties, Signor Galli, under-seoretary of
state, called Signor Marezeaoalchia a
liar. Aa a result there will be a saber
dueL
BEAT STEVE BRODIE
Daring Feat of a California
Boy in Chicago.
DIVES FKOM A HIGH BUILDING
Harry A. Harmon Jumps 110 Feet Into
the Chicago Hlver to Win Wet
of Fifty Dollars.
Chicago, July 5. Harry A. Har
mon, a San Francisco boy, took u novel
mean today to set all Chicago talking,
and at the same time win a bet of $50.
From a plank from the top of a build
ing 110 feet high he turned a double
somersault into the Chicago river this
afternoon and oame out unhurt The
feat is unparalleled. Steve Brodie
and hia would-be imitators, have taken
longer leaps, perhaps, but they never
jumped into a body of water anything
like the Chicago river. It ia a wonder
that Harmon came out with an un
broken bone in bi body.
The Chicago river ia beyond doubt
the filthiest stream in the country. It
i claimed by oertain poople who live
along the river, and who ought to
know, that the water ia that thick that
a man can walk on it without getting
bis ankles wet. Yet into this the dar
ing yonng San Franciscan jumped to
day, and needed only half a pint of
whisky to set him right when he
swam out Harmon, it would seem, is
looking for cheap glory, for he made
the jump so that George A. Ginn, his
"manager," could win $50 from John
A. Kane, a Chicagoan, who held the
idea that no man ' oould fall into the
river and remain alive.
For several day an effort baa been
made to secure a place for the feat and
the Galena elevator, which is higher
than the Brooklyn bridge, was secured.
On Saturday afternoon the government
boat Calumet anchored at the Galena
dock, just where Harmon was to fall,
and that necessitated a new place. The
Hoyt building waa chosen and a plank
taken to the roof on Sunday evening.
The leap into the water was to have
been made at 8 o clock, but it was 5
o'clock when the crowd at the Rush
street bridge was startled by the sight
of a human form whirling through the
air to the water aud disappearing
beneath the surface.
Three big bouts had just passed
through the draw, and a large number
of pedestrians and vehicles had been
held at either side. Aa the bridge
swung into plaoe there waa a rush upon
it The last of three vessels bad just
cleared the space where Harmon struck
the water when a man on the bridge
waved a handkerchief. Several no
ticed the action and looked in the di
rection the signal was given. They
saw a tall figure clad in a pink shirt
and sash and purple tights step upon
the jumping plank on the roof of the
Hoyt building.
Turning his back to the water, witn
bis hands on hia hips, Harmon bal
anced himself on hia toes on the end
of the plank, glanced over bia shoulder
at the water below, and, falling back
ward, turned a somersault in mid dis
tanoe and landed feet first in the wa
ter. The baokward revolution in
midair waa made at full length, with
out drawing up of the limbs or body,
and without an apparent effort It
was a daring feat gracefully per
formed, and the few who were not
mystified stamp Harmon as one of the
greatest in bis line.
Buchanan' Lawyer Are Determined.
New York, July 5. Colonel George
W. Gibbons, who, with A. O. Butta,
labored hard to save the wife-murderer,
Or. Buchanan, from the eleotrio chair,
said he did not intend to let the case
drop. "Nothing, however, can be done
until the United States supreme court
decides the question of our appeal," he
said," "when we will proceed the same
as if Dr. Buchanan were alive."
"Will you oommnoe action against
the state and warden of Sing Sing for
damages?" Colonel Gibbons waa asked.
"If the United States supreme court
decides in our favor, we will push the
case to the limit," be replied.
To Teat the Truat Clauae.
San Franoisoo, July 8. The attor-
ueya, trustees and heirs under the Fair
will are aaid to be desirous of testing
the validity of the trust olause of
the document first presented. It ia
argued that the trust feature of the
first will is illegal, and that much
time and money oould be saved by ob
taining A legal decision on this point
If. for instance, the trust should be de
clared void, then there would be no ob
jection to the document. It is claimed
that an agreement baa been reached
that the validity of the trust olause
should be tested at once.
Escaped In the Mountalna.
Alhnnnnrnne. N. M.. Jnlv S. Pedro
a,imiu and Felix A nod una. the alleged
murderers of the aheepherders, Maximo
Sandovlt and fearo tiODatow were sur
.iuil fnrrv mile from here, while
they were rebranding the stolen sheep.
by a posse ol deputies ana snot at. i ne
horses riddon by the men were shot
imm under them, but the men esoaped
in the mountains. It oaptured they
will be lynched.
The Kuaalan Convict's Examination.
Sanraninnrjv .Tnlv K. The nralimi-
. -
nary examination of Ivan Kovaleo, the
R,.inn mfncefl arrested in San Fran
oisoo for the murder of F. H. L. Weber
and wife last December, was new to
day before a crowd of spectators. There
ia at-rnna nhnin nf nireniUKtautittl evi-
i a n
denoe against Kovaleo, who naa no
W
peated the testimony to Kovaleo,
nnu Tho Knaaian interpreter re-
whom the deteowves Bay icigua iguui
anoe of English.
NATURAL GAS SUPPLY.
Indlanapolle Will Enjoy th Luxury But
a ghort Time Longer.
Indianapolis, July 6. A joint com
mittee from the city council, the Com
mercial Club, and the board of trade
ha been investigating the natural gas
question on complaint of the company
to the council that it would be able to
furnish natural gas only a short time
longer, unless an ordinance was pass
ed providing for the scale of gaa by
meter measurement. The committee
baa reported, and among other things
ays:
, "It cannot be doubted that the sup
ply of gas is rapidly diminishing. The
demand upon the field is large. Four
separate lines lead into this city, while
every oity in the country, from Craw-
f ordsville to Lafayette, and from Fort
Wayne to Rushville, not to apeak of
the line to Chicago and one into Ohio,
with large quantities used by manufac
turers for public lighting, and by the
use of flameaux along the publo high
ways, and by individuals, caused a
great draft upon the reservoir. Data
show that the fields in Ohio and Penn
sylvania have already been exhausted,
and the wells in the Indiana territory
have a largely diminished pressure.
Many have failed altogether, and new
wells drilled in the territory already
tapped by gas wells do not have the
same pressure that wells in the same
territory originally had.
A DEPOSITOR IS LOST.
But the Money Bemaina in a Ban Fran
claco Bank.
San Francisco, July 6. Kate Welch,
an inmate of the insane asylum at
Reno, has $10,291 deposited in the Hi
bernia bank in thia oity, which baa re
mained uncalled for for twenty-one
years. In the early days of mining
excitement in Nevada, Kate Welch
was a noted woman among the mining
camps, and easily acquired the fortune
now awaiting its proper claimants.
But Kate Welchs were numerous in
those days, and the right one was bard
to find. According to the discoveries
made, she left Lynn, Mass., in 1867 or
1808, settling in Nevada. She went
back to Lynn in 1880 in an endeavor
to become reconciled to ber husband.
She remained there three months,
though she failed in her mission
From Lynn she went to Boston, then
came to California. February 21, 1889,
she was adjudged insane under the
name of Kate Welch, aliaa Annie
Howard, and was committed to an asy
lum. A possible heir baa been found in a
man named John Buckley, of St Louis,
who claims to be her son. He lost
sight of hia mother some twenty-five
years ago, when she left ber home in
Massachusetts, and had not beard of
ber since. As Kate Welob was ber
maiden name, it ia believed that Buck
ley may be able to establish bia kin
ship. THE SILVER KNIGHTS.
A New Secret Organisation for Politi
cal furpoeee.
Washington, July 6. Another se
cret organization has ' been formed in
this country for political purposes. It
is called the Order of the White Tem
ple, Silver Knights of America, and its
headquarters is 12 New York avenue,
in this city. The name indicates that
the purpose of the society ia to advance
the cause of the free coinage of ailver.
The Knights are chartered- in Virginia
as a corporation. The charter names
William W. Stewart, of Carson, Nev.,
as president of the corporation, and
among the other officers and directors
are the names of two ex -members of
congress. It is claimed that the lead
ers of the movement are prominent in
all parts of the country.
At the general office in this city a
number of clerks are engaged sending
out free-silver literature. It ia claimed
that temples are now being formed
throughout the country, and that the
Silver Knghta will show considerable
organization. Aooesa to the lodge rooms
can only be obtained by means of pass
words and signs, any discussions that
occur there will be guarded with the
utmost secrecy.
Killed the Entire Family.
Meadville, Mo., July 6. S. A.
Fields, until recently editor of the
Post, at Polo, Mo., out the throats of
his wife and baby with a razor today,
and then ended hia own life in the
same manner.
Fields, his wife and little boy were
visiting his mother-in-law, Mrs. Will
iam Thomas, two miles northwest of
this place. They went out in the pas
ture thia morning, and the supposition
is Fields cut his little boy's throat,
then his wife's and then hia own. No
reason is given for the deed. A note
was found on Mrs. Fields saying every
thing they had was to be left to ber
mother, Mrs. Thomas. It seems that
Fields and his wife had planned the
tragedy, for she went into the house
after they went out, and put on an old
dress and returned to the pasture.
The Cut Extended to Texaa.
St Louis, July 5. The Missouri,
Kansas & Texas railroad has annouoed
a reduction of 50 per oeut in the one
way rate between St Louia and all
points in Texas, effective from July 5
to July 25. Tha is an extenson of the
cut heretofore annouoed in the Kansas
City-Fort Worth rate, and the whole
trouble grows out of the bomeseekera'
excursion authorized for July 7.
Elected a Pennaylvanla Director.
Philadelphia, July 0. At a special
meeting of the board of dree tors of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company held
this afternoon, S. Stuart Patterson, of
thia oity, was chosen to fill the va
oanoy on the board caused by the death
of Henry H. Houston. Mr. Patterson
ia a prominent lawyer and flnanoier.J,
THE CHENG FU RIOTS
Many Deaths Are Reported,
Mostly Native Catholics.
LOSS OF PROPERTY QUITS LARGE
Further Detaila of the Becent Antl
Mlaalonary Outbreak Brought
by gteamer to Victoria.
Vancouver, B. C, July 4. The
steamer Empress of China arrived to
day, with advices from Tokio, under
date of June 21:
The anti-missionary riots in the Se
Chuen province occupy the exclusive
attention of foreigners. Many deaths
are reported, chiefly among native
Roman Catholic. Tne loss of property
ia estimtated at $5,000,000 in the city
of Cheng Fu alone. The French mis
sion at this plaoe was established 150
years ago, and claimed 30,000 converts.
The lour Protestant institutions were
of modern origin. All have been de
stroyed, and their occupants, including
several ladies, are aaid to be in extreme
danger, though the authorities of Pe
king declare that measures will be
taken for their protection.
The French envoy professes to have
absolute proof that the outbreak was
directly instigated by the Se Chuen
viceroy, Jul Ping Chang, who bad been
implacably hostile to foreigners during
the nine years of vice-regal power.
Hia term of office ia just about to ex
pire, and he has aimed to close his
career with a crushing blow against
the objects or bis hatred. Copies of
documents signed by him, and calling
upon his subordinate officials to unite
in the work of extirpating the mission
aries, have been discovered and sent to
the diplomatic body at the capital.
The reassuring statements of the cen
tral government are, therefore, receiv
ed with suspicion, especially as no com
munication with the possible victims
can be opened. Telegrams sent to
Cheng Fu by their friends remained
unanswered up to June 9. Among the
Americans and Europeans attached to
the Methodist and Baptist missions are:
Mr. and Mrs. and Miss Hart; Dr.
and Mrs. Stevenson; Mr. and Mrs.
Endicott, Mr. and Mrs. HartwelL Dr.
and Mrs. Kilborn, Dr. Hare, Miss
Brackhill, Dr. and Mra. Parry, Mr.
and Mrs Cormack, Miss Withes, Miss
Holt, Dr. and Mrs. Canright, Mr. and
Mrs. feat and Miss Cady.
Latter advices say that the anti-for
eign demonstrations Jure now reported
ui au pans oi tne se unuen province,
and extending to other interior regions.
A general conspiracy, under the direc
tion of Viceroy Liu, ia apprehended.
No direct news can be obtained from
the imprisoned missionaries, but the
Peking authorities assert that their
lives are not in danger. Gunboats are
pushing up the Yang-tae-Kiang river
to the scene of disorder.
Fltxslmmona' Trial.
Syracuse, N. Y., July 4. In the
trial of Fitzsimmons, counsel for the
defendant asked Judge Roes to dismiss
on the ground that the people have not
proved a case. .Judge Ross denied the
motion, but said he may charge the
jury as to whether or not the contest
was legal, and, if so, what constitutes
assault in the third degree. Attorney
McLennon, in presenting the case for
the defense, stated that ha could prove
by a police commissioner and Captain
ofPolioe Quigley that Riofdan had
suffered a stroke of apoplexy, and waa
told that if he did not atop violent ex
ercise he would die. Riordan never
informed Fitzsimmons of this. Cap
tain Quigley testified that the sparring
was light He saw Riordan stagger,
and then assume an upright position,
and put up bis fists as though to strike
a blow. Dr. U. H. Brown character
ized the sparring as light and when
Riordan fell he heard distinctly the
report of his head strking the floor.
An Unexpected Fortune.
Ionia, Mich., July 4. Two years
ago August Dahner waa sent to the
Ionia prison for two years for whip
ping a man who refused to pay him
Mb wages. Dahner served hia time
and waa released yesterday. When be
stepped out of the prison, he waa met
by attorneys who informed him that a
fortune of $225,000 was his when he
chose to claim it It appears that
Dahner s uncle was one of the original
'49ers, and struok pay dirt in the Clioo
mining district of San Bemerdino
oounty, California, years ago, and had
inoreasd his wealth. When he died
about eighteen months ago, he had six
living heirs, one of whom ia Dahner,
Danher will go to California to claim
hia fortune.
Will SaorlBoe Her Jewel.
San Franoisoo, July 5. The Chron
icle says that Mrs. Leland Stanford is
about to start for Europe, where she
will dispose of her collection of jewels,
valued at over $500,000. ' Among the
jewels ia the famous Empress Eugenie
diamond necklace, whioh oost a fabu
lous price. - The Chronicle says Mrs.
Stanford's action is her desire to make
the university a suooess. The litiga
tion with the government baa tied up
the income, and funds are badly need
ed. In order to raise the money Mrs,
Stanford will aacrifioe her jewels. ;
Howgate Sentenced.
Washington, July 4. Captain Henry
W. Howgate, formerly disbursing offl
oer of the signal servioe, who, after
years of wandering as a fugitive, was
found in New York oity in business as
a second-hand book dealer, was sen
tenoed today to eight years' imprison'
ment He waa oonvioted last week of
forgery and falsification of accounts in
1879. Howgate waa remanded to jail
to await the result of an appeal.
WEATHER BUREAU ROW.
An Explanation of tho Dlemleeal of
' Chief Harrington.
Washington, July 4. A call was
made June 19 for Professor Harring
ton's resignation. He declined to re
sign, and waa subsequently removed by
the president, the removal to take effect
July 1. James F. Cook, chief clerk of
the weather bureau, ia aoting head of
the bureua until Harrington's successor
ia appointed. The relations between
Secretary Morton and Harrinton have
been strained for many montha, and
the correspondence between them baa
been carried on in the most formal lan
guage. '
Soon after the change in administra
tion, Secretary Morton instituted an in
vestigation of the affairs of the bu
reau, which did not implicate Harring
ton in any way, but tended to increase
the strained relations between the sec
retary and himself. For some time
Professor Harrington ha had practi
cally jiothing to do with the routine
management of the office. The trouble
came to a climax June 19, with a call
for the professor to resign.
The president baa had the matter
under advisement for some time, and
bad been urged by the state depart
ment to make a formal request, but de
layed on the ground that he thought
that Professor Harrington should be
left to settle the matter by voluntary
stepping out After he was at Gray
Gables, however, the president decided
to request the resignation. Professor
Harrington replied to the president, de
clining to resign, saying be considered
he had done nothing to warrant the
president's action. Then the president
sent a letter briefly stating that Pro- -feasor
Harrington waa removed from
the offoe, the removal to take effect
July 1.
Monday morning Secretary Morton
formally designated James F. Cook,
the chief clerk to act aa chief, pending
a selection of a successor to Harring
ton. This waa done under an existing
statute that provides for such a contin
gency. Under ordinary circumstances,
the assistant chief of such a bureau
would be designated to act, but in the
present case, the position ia filled by
Major H. C. Dunwoody, U. S. A., and
it is doubtful if be oould act in the
present emergency. The greatest se
crecy is observed by officials regarding
thia removal. Secretary Morton said: .
"Thia is a matter that belongs prop
erly to the White House. Professor
Harrington's Commission bears the
name of the president, and of the sec
retary of agriculture, and if there is
anything to be stated in regard to the
position, it must oome from the White
House. Until such announcement is
made, I have no communication to
make."
At the White House no positive in
formation oould be obtained. Mr.
Pruden, the aoting private secretary, -said
he had no authority to , make any
statement, and until he had authority,
he could not say anything whatever. '
Professor Harnngton said today:
"June 19, the president asked me for
my resignation because of personal in-'
teresta I declined to give it on the
score of public interests, and my re
moval followed, to take effect July 1.
The personal interests involved were -discussed
by me in a letter to the pres
ident, and I feel I have not received -fair
treatment Among the public in
terests whioh I have steadily in view
were the preservation of the scientific
crops, and the protection of the bureau
from spoilsmen. When a scientific
bureau descends to the four-year-offioe-:
holding plan, it at once loses prestige, '
and ceases to be a desirable position for
competent men." ;
Professor Harrington waa appointed '
from Michigan, because of his long ao- r
quaintanoe of meterology, he for many ,
years having been the editor of a jour
nal devoted to that science. He waa a -member
of the faculty of Ann Aarbor ,
university. It ia aaid that although
there is some pressure for the auooea- -sion
to Professor Harrington's position, 1
no civilian would be appointed to that
position, aa it has long been the desire
of Secretary Morton that Major Dun-;
woody, who ia thoroughly acquainted
with all the detaila of the weather bu
reau work, and in whom he baa great
confidence, should be placed in charge.
Thia will require a special order from '
the secretary of war.
Roeebery to the Eighty Clnb.
London, July 4. Lord Rosebery,
the retiring prime minister, in address
ing the Eighty Club today, said that
the liberals were defeated, but were
not discomfited and not disgraced. He
did not pretend to lament their posi
tion, for, to him, this was no oompari-.
son between the party united and fao-
ing the constituency from which alone
ik mnin nrn ins nnwAr inn t.m mini. -
tion of a party engaged in the arduous,
if not impossible task of forcing
through a reluctant house of commons '
with a narrow majority measures -
whioh it would have to force across
the impassible rampart that faced all
great measures. He bad never tasted
the sweets of plaoe with power, but hia
experience of plaoe without power waa
a purgatory, if not a helL
First Lord of the Treasury A. J. Bal
four announced in the house of com
mons today that parliament would be
prorogued Saturday, and dissolution of
parliament would follow Monday. . .
Joaeph Bkelly Dead. '
New York, July 4. Joseph Q.
Skelly, the well-known composer and
song writer, died a few days ago in a
room attached to the charity ward of
St Francis hospital. ; He began writ-
ino gntioa vhnn ha wan Ifi TMna old :
e o . 1
and before he waa 21 hia songs were .
sung in almost every quarter of the
land. One of hia early successes was
Pretty Red Rose," "The Old Rustio
Bridge by the Mill," and "Sweet '
Dreams of Mother and Home,' were '
all written by Skelly. j , . y , ,