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Newspaper Page TextE OREGON' -MIS VOL. 12. ST.-HELENS, OREGON, FIIIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1895. NO. 42. OR KG ON. MIST IWM DO I.VDIIV t'lllUAV nwilNINU 1 -nt- ; UKKULK 4 DAVIS. OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER Mub.erlplioii Hale,. One cnpy one year In advance II W 01(14 Cdjiy RlX llltllllllH.. 76 miium copy,, AitvurtlniiiK rntua maitu known upon uiI Ii hUoii COM'MIIIA COUNTY IMKKCTOUY. County Ollircra, Jiidin I ii'ii ii tllinii'liiiril, Rainier iiierk ,i . .. . ,, .Jiuiniui weeti. vurnoin Mln. rill ( ilia. K. Ihiau, lliilllli Trc,liiri'r K. M. Wlliirtull t iilllllllilll I II y Hunt. i.f Hchittila,, u. whim. Hi'iimi AMtimtr. , , Himeynr :oiiiiulMlmrH . ...Martin While. Oiilm y . ,..W, N. Menerve, helena , . r. A. rriikim, hi.ii.ni . i tvinmniivcr, VcrntinlH 1'KOKKHHlONAIi, T. J. Ol.KKfoK. ALLEN & CLEKTON, Attorneys and Counselors at Law 8T. IIKI.KNM. ORKtiON, Notarl.. Public, Conveyancing and Collection. j jr. ii. it. a.ier, rilYHICIAN AND Sl'UGEON. 81. Helena, Oregon. J. K. II A 1. 1., 1'HVHiriAV AND HUIUIEON. ClHlnkuiilo, Oulumlila county, Or, N. M KHKKVK, Surveyor and Civil Engineer DKI.K.NA, OKUtiON. County Surveyor. I.iiihI Surveying, Town riutlinK mill l'.iie;inceriiig work irutiiil.v I'MTIIICll. OU1KNTAL HOTEL A. II. III.AKKKI.KV, IV.it,;tr. Hoard by Day, Week or Month AT ItKASOSAIII.K llATKH. The Inlilc I ii,llr,t with the licit the tnnrkct nHuriR I'.vorvihiiin clriin. A ".liiiro nf ymir put r.liilKilillilH' l. ST HKI.KSH, tlUKIillN. ST. HELENS L1YERY STABLES HID. I'Ool'Klt, Proprietor. Horses Boarded and Cared For. TURNOUTS ON SHORT NOTIOE. ST. II Kl.F.NS. : : OKKC10N E. McNEILL, Keceher. TO THE J12J r.- IIIVICS THK ( HOICK til" Two Transcontinental Routes GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY II V WAY OK Sookane, Minneapolis & St. Paul UNION PACIFIC RY II V WAV 01' DENVER, OMAHA, & KANSAS CITY LOW HAIKU TO Al.l. EASTERN CITIES ' ' OCKAN ST K AM K KM I.KAVK I'Oltl'I.ANl) KVKUY 3 DAYS For San Francisco. For Kiitl Dnliill full on or Addiens W. 11. Ul'lU.lH'UT, (lenernl li'rniulit ninl 1'itvi. Act., Portland. If you line the Pf tnlum Incubators HrotHlcrb Make money while others are wanting time bvotil nrweniit. Cutulortellfinll about It, nml ttcHcribi, every article ncHMlrcl fur thc( iKJUltry butilucM. . The "ERIE mechanically the te.t wheel. I'relllc.tuiotlcl. WeB are Pacific Con.t Amua. lllcvrle cntu- loguc, mailed free, give. fitlldevrlntlnn, price., etc., aohntS wawtpd. Iiuancii ilnimi!, aji 8 Mam ht., ho AngelM. y Cvet, and Trnrte-M ark. ohmln.d, and .11 )ent buwnewiconrtucteil lor Mooibatc Ft'. Oun orncc ia orpoarrc U. . p.TiNTOrrict la ml we can Moire iiut.nl lu leu lime lliau iuom J acmote from WaahlnRion. , I Send model, drawing or photo., with deicrlp-' Jlltin. We olivine, It patentable or not, tree olj i thurRe. Our lee not due till patent la aecured. i J A Pamfhict, "Mow to Obtain Patent.,'' with J .cost o( wue In the U. S, and foreign oounttleil t aent free. Addreaa, i l miiiiirrii-u m QJL ClltntutfU Ui fci ii 1 TT ' ff ' 1 1 T " IS C.A.SNOW&CO. OM. PATENT OfnCt, WASHIHOTOH, D. C. j COLOMBIA SALOON 0. E, lll'NTEft, 1'rop. NEVIN8 OLD STAND Ke-npt'lit'il and lk'-furiillitl. The W. H. McBrayer Whiskey i ! Woinlmnri Beer Kept on Ice, nOltl.B, i : OltKOON Decker's HARHKR SHOP J. II. IiKI'KKU, l'ro,,rlvtiir, 'I'lin olit ninl rollnliln Imrlicir hnn IiIm raom ln.t. n linri im inn l, IimiihI, hiiiI will huvu you ruiniiiriiiiiiyHiHi iiuirKiy lorouiy l,i I'vliltt, ST. lliaiCNS, OKKdON MUCKLE BROS. .MAMIKACTI KKIIS (If I tlliwmuiikll I .milium lTIuktSiiir Ittiitlc. HIicuMiIiik, CnlmrH, mid a (iiiiipUac ittouk of cvt'iy vitrk'ty of Rough ami Dressed Luinhi AI.WAYH ON IIANU. AT THK Ol.l) MTANI), HT. IIKI.KNH, OIlKtiON 'NIK BANQUET SALOON Hut ri'-niuMipil tinilcr Ilia iiinnniri'iiipii nf t.lCdlii.K A. Hit INN. tiirnir of Mrmul mid Ci.wlin Htrvi-lH. Ht. Helen", Oicuon. vi I ioi c nun Imi found the rlioict'nt brnutU of WINE AND LIQUOR t'ltnl tnlilf.. ihkiI inbli. Iiilllnrd tulilo ami ollifr ilcvlci'i" (ur the eiitiirminini'iit of put- rou. wikto iiiuo i:uii oe oit'n-aniiv ftn Mii. FAMOUS FIRE LADDIE CIGARS 11'.. oilier popular brawl, art kept iinwtnnltv mi limwl In miiiiiiIv tin, liii'ri.iiii.il Iritili' nt llii" very populur miicxm. ) THK KAMOI.'K CYRUS NOBLE WHISKY IH KKIT AT THK IIANIJI'KT. FOR PORTLAND, DAILY. -STEAMER- Young America WILLAMETTE SLOUGH l'iiveSI. Helena II :3ft A M Arrive nt I'ortliintl ..IO:m A M l.envo i'orllunil :(! I' M Arrive nt St. Helen. :(W J M rAiiK vr.x in. Will Curry NotliinK lint rasscnirers and Kan l Kreiglit, Durliis the mininier aetiMim. or an Ions na tlm witter reiniiina hii;li enoiib, thin Unit will .liilke two tripnenvh week up Bcnppoose buy on Tuitmlaya anil Fritlaya. J AM FS GOOD, Master. LEONARD HUFF & CO., Commission Merchants SWACSrCU'H 01.1) STAXI). A general nnoitinent of feed kept on hand, una hum in Mic lowest pricen FOR CASH. Undertaking Goods Kl'ltNIMIIKII ON HHOItT NOTICK. St. Helens, ; ; : Oregon. Steamer Mascot FASTEST Aud Most Comfortable Daily Steamer Between St. Helens and Portland I.ltAVK.I ABKIVKH At Portland 10 A M ARIIIVK8 At St Helens OVM Ht. Helena 0:30 A M 1 KAVKH Purtluinl tit 3 P M DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY liight Heserved to Change Time with out Notice. LKWW IUVKH THAN SPOUT AT ION CO. Portland t.amlinK Knot of Alder Street. WHITE COLLAR LINE ir. Telephone and Bailey Ciitiert COM'MHIA RIVF.lt PPtiET SOUND NAV. CO Alder St., I'ortlnml; Klnvel doek, Anlorln. PORTLAND AND ASTORIA Telephone leiirra l'Jitliiiiil dally (except Snn iluy) nt 7 it, in-. leuvtiH AkIoiIh ilnily ut 7 p. in., (exeepl Hiniilnv). Run. tlireet to triilii for ('lat op lieneh, ami eoiinm'ta with Hteniiier llwiivo for Uwueo triiliiH, rniinliig lo nil polnlii on North lliiiley (inlzert leiivea rnrllntiil dally nt p m., (except Hiinilnv), on ftiitimliiy nt U p. m. benvea Anliiriii diillv n't tut. m. (exeept Hnmliiy and MiiiiiIhv), on Htmdiiy nt 7 p. in.: eonneeta with nil trittttH fur t;liHmip lmiieli unit Ilwauo lieneh. TIiIh line haa Imat ciniiieelliiK with both lieiieheM, rutiiriilng trom Antoria every night In " K.TtfKHI.EY. Agent. U. B. SCOTT, l'rcl. IN IRELAND'S CAUSE Address Issued to Friends of Irish Independence. SENT OUT BY THE NEW ALLIANCE Ireland to lis Freed From EnglHiicl'a ItulD by Mean. ,'onal.lnt With tlie Law r utlona. Now York, Oct. 8. The national oflloors and exueutive committoe of the Irian National Alliance indued the fol lowing appeul today, addruHHod to all frionda of IriHU iudupondonce: "The convention which reountly or Kimizod at Chicago the Iriuh Nutiouul Alliitnoa Iihh placed ito guidunce and Kovorniiiont in the handu of the undur Higned for the eiiKuing two yearn. The purpose of the alliance has already been proclaimed. It in to obtain the com plute.indopouduuoe of Ireland from Eng land by any moitiis oonHUtent with the laws of nation. Organization), like governmouta, have to depend npon their revenue for the acoompliHhment of their objects. The "aiuew of war" are abaolutuly noceaitury both for or ganization and propagation. bngland, the enemy of Ireland, has at hor dinpoiial iiiiinonse reaourccg, the aooamulation of centuriea of conquest and prey. Sho haa it in her power to control or mold publio opinion in her own interest. Even in free America nho poiiMeiwua this power to an aiitoniah- iug-extent. Her aide of the Iriuh qaea tion has filled the American mind for a quarter of a century ever aiuce Ire land's friends at homo and abroad com mitted the costly fault of trusting to parliamentary agitation to achieve the liberty of their motherland. "Now, however, a totally different policy has been inagurated. The ab solute claim of Ireland to a distinct national life has been placed before the world by the unauimous voice of the recout Irish national congress, held in Chicago. Provincialism has been oast aBido and the national demand of Ireland, which slumbered, but did not die, is again in the ascendant. We are determined that it shall so remain, and that no effort of ours, no sacrifice on our part will be left nnturned or unperformod until victory crowns our sacred cause. We appeal, therefore, to all friends of the independence of Ireland to aid us in the work by placing at our disposal the means re quired for its accomplishment You are asked to subscribe in accordance with your means, and to forward your subscriptions as soon as possible to the secretary of the Irish National Al liance, the Hon. P. V. Fitzgerald-Fitz Patrick, 14 Twenty-second street, Chi cago, (iod save America and Ireland. The signers aro: William Lyman, president L N. A j J. J. Donovan, Massachusetts; Martin Kelly, Tennea soo; J. J. bheedy, California; T. J, Loudon, Ohio; J. Lawlor, Texas; Chris Gallagher, Minnesota; Captuin J. Man gan, Wisconsin; U. N. Kennedy, Mon tana; H. Groery, Pennsylvania. Plans of organization are being pre. pared, and will be issued in a days. few SCAFFOLD GAVE WAY. Illatreaalna; Accident t the Laying of a Church Corner-Htone. Lorain, O., Oct. 8.---While a great crowd of people were assembled this afternoon to witness the laying of the oorner-stone of the new St. Mary's cathedral, a temporary floor, upon which many were standing, suddenly gave way, precipitating many men, women and children into the basement. Two were killed outright, ' ton fatally injured and between thirty and forty others badly hurt The services .were just about to begin when the accident happened. Fully 80,000 people were around the platform, which had been constructed above tho foundation of the edifice. The boards forming the floor had been laid aoross joists, whioh were support ed in the middle by upright posts. Those supports broke and the floor went down with a crash. Fully SOO per sons were thrown into the pit formed by the sagging iu the middle of the floor. For a moment everybody was para lyzod by the calamity, but soon there was a rush forward by those willing to lend assistance to the oruphed and Btrugging people. This made matters worse, for fifty more persons were orowded forward into a hole upon those who went down with the floor. When the confusion had subsided somewhat, many of those who were able to extri cate themselves did so by walking or orawling over the less fortunate. - The work of rescue was begun at once and all were finally taken from the pit The old Catholic church was at once tnrnod into a hospital. A score of doc tors were oalled and they were kept for hours oaring for the injured, several of whom will die before morning. The accident was due to defective timbers. The oontraotor was told yes terday that the platform was insecure, but be said it would hold all the peoplo that would be orowded on it There wore between 1,000 and 2,000 on it when it gave way. Despite the aooi dent the services continued, and the laying of the oorner stone was com pleted. Swallowed the Dlamouda. Denver, Oct 8. Erwin Clarke, the diamond broker who was arrested at San Franoisoo and brought to Denver to answer charges of embezzloment of several thousand dollars' worth of precious stouea, has become very ill since his arrival here. The physician in attendance believes that Clarke swallowed some diamonds. WORK ON THE PUBLIC DOMAIN The Need or a Nutiouul Irrigation Oom mlaalon In the Future, Washington, Oct 8. I. W. La moreaux, commissioner of the general land office, has made bis annual report to the secretary of the interior. Com pared with 1804 there has been a de crease in land entries of 1 9,0115 and of 0,016,08 acres entered upon; a decrease of final entries to the number of 0,584 and 850,059 acres entered upon, and a decrease of cash receipts of 1784,870. Discussing the act of the lust con gress granting land to states for irriga tion purposes, Commissioner Lamor eaux says he believes that the necessity will arise in the near future for the oreution of a national commission whose function it shall be to regulate the distribution of these waters which have their noun in a superadjacont state and which have heretofore been used in common by the people of that and the snbadjacent states. The commissioner closes his report with the following recommendations: A law to compel the attendance of witnesses at land offices in contest cases; an appropriation of $50,000 an nually for making examinations neces sary for the establishment of forest reservations and for the protection of reservations already existing; an ap propriation for six attorneys to super vise and direct the proceedings of spe ciul agents operating in as many differ ent districts to be designated; legisla tion for the pi o tec tion aud disposal of public timber; placing the surveying of public lands under the geological survey; legislation creating the office of surveyor-general of Alaska; an ap propriation for eighty copyists to tran scribe the press-copy records of the land office into permanent records; the establishment of a district land office for Alaska, with a register and receiver, having the same duties as like officers in the other states and territories; that the appropriations for survey be made continuous, and legislation for the ap pointment of a board of examiners of surveyors instead of having exami nations under the present system, The report shows that there were eighty-two miles of standard and base lines surveyed in California during the year, 854 township lines, 1,385 section and connecting lines and 473 grant and meander lines. During the year the Central Pacific Railway Company de posited $7,513 for field work and $2,- 498 for offioe work on lands selected and patented under their land grants. The work in arrears will take from six to nine months to complete, and the surveyor-general of California wants a properly skilled draftsman for the work. As yet no action has been taken by the department of justice respecting tho Benson claims and the commission er has therefore nothing new to report on the subject A THRILLING TRIP IN MID-AIR. A Ilalloon Sail, for an Hoar With the Guide Vnconacloua. Lowell, Masa, Oct. 8. Dr. W. L. Rombough and D. A. Sullivan had a wonderful balloon trip yesterday with Professor Allen of Providence. The balloon ascension was made from North Common in the presence of 10, 000 people. Mr. Sullivan, in reaching for the carrier pigeon which Professor Allen was to hand to him, discovered that the professor was unconscious. They barely had time to seize his legs to pre vent him from falling headlong from the car. The balloon, without any guide, passed through Tewksbnry and And over, and then changed its conrse towards Bedford aud Lexington. It was nearly an hour in the air, and Dr. Rombough and Mr. Sullivan were nearly exhausted when a landing was made near North Lexington. Profos sor Allen did not fully recover consci. ousness for some time after the land. ing of the balloon. It is thought that he was rendered insensible from gas escaping in the balloon. His compan ions do not know what caused the bal loon to descend. They suppose that in his struggles for air the professor may have touched the valve which oausod the gas to escape. DEBS' RELEASE FROM JAIL Labor Aaaoclatlona In a Turmoil Over the Propoaed Demouatratloll. Chicago, Oot 8. Chicago labor or ganizations are again in a turmoil, this time over the reception which it was proposed to be given to Eugene V. Debs on his release from Woodstock jail. At a meeting of the Labor Con gress today it was reported that ar rangements for the reception were pro gressing, while at a meeting ol tne Trades and LRbor Assembly several delegates expressed their disgust with the entire matter, and said they had oome to the conclusion that Debs was not much of a martyr after all. It de veloped lster that the officers of the Trades and Labor Assembly olaim to have discovered that upon his release Debs will enter upon what they call a war on trades unions, and will endea vor to establish a political organiza tion, with headquarters at Chioago. There is some amusement among old time trades unionists over the efforts of a committee representing the recent ly organized Labor Congress to get the railroads to grant a special rate of fare to those who will go to Woodstock to do honor to President Debs. More Trouble for Uruguay. New York, Oot 7. The Herald cor respondent in Montevideo telegraphs that General Estevan has started with a force for the frontier. He goes to try to suppress a revolution whioh was started by the Blanoo party, aided by several men who had been engaged in the revolution in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The revolutionists are well armed, and it is said they are led by Apauaoio Saravia. NORTH PACIFIC NEWS Happenings of Interest in the Progressive Northwest. BKIEF BE PORTS OF LATE EVENTS A Hudget of Items Gathered From All Part of Oregon, Wa.h lugton and Idaho, The books of the city of Walla Walla are to be exported. Neah Bay is the wettest place in the country, the annual average rainfall being 133 inches. The Parker shingle mill, at Law rence, Wash., which was burned a few weeks ago, has been rebuilt Many tons ol chittim-wood bark are weelky shipped from Halsey, Or., to San Francisco to be made into bitters. Buker City, Or., will endeavor to have the next session of the grand lodge Knights of Pythias of the state held in that city. Spokane war well-behaved last month, fewer arrests having been made than ever before for one month in the history of the city New Whatcom, Wash., papers claim there are seventeen residents of that place who will testify that they saw a seaserpent in Bellingham bay. The city of Whatcom, Wash., has brought suit against the Bellingham Bay Improvement Company to collect $839.57, claimed to be due on street assessments. Before leaving the Sound, the Alba tross will make a thorough examina tion of the waters of Bellingham bay and vicinity, to ascertain whether or not shrimp can be found in sufficient quantities to be profitable as a food product In the condemnation suit brought in the federal court in Tacoma by the government, to secure title to a lighthouse-site at Peterson's point, Che halis county, the jury assessed the damages for the appropriation of the land at $500. The regular monthly report of the sheriff of Wasco county shows that he has collected during the month of Sep tember taxes as follows: From the rolls of 1890, 1891 and 1892, $502.08; from the roll of 1893, $690.04, and from that of 1894, $2,033.17, or a total of $3,325.29. The indictment against Judge Chiles, of Josephine county, Or., charges that in April, 1895, be obtained a $9 piece of scrip from J. C. Root, at a dis count The judge has not employed an attorney, and Saturday he pleaded "not guilty" to the charge, evidently relying on a full statement of the mat ter to exonerate him. The famous log chute at La Grande, Or., one and one-half miles from top to bottom, has served its usefullness and the lumber in it will now be cut into cordwood. More than 3,400,000 feet of logs were shot down the chute, and it was a financial success. The timber immediately tributary to the chute has all been cut away, so the chute will be cut up. "The Home," a charitable institu tion at Walla Walla, where homeless children are taken and cared for, has suffered the loss of several little ones within the last few days. A post mortem held by several of the physi cians pronounced the cases to have been cerebral meningitis. Great care is be. ing taken that the disease does not spread throughout the city. ur. fc,. u. bmitn, who has iust re turned from a trip to the Santiam min ing district, Oregon, says that the ma chinery will soon arrive at the mines and will include a dynamo to furnish light and power to run the drills. A vast amount of free-milling ore has al ready been placed ready for work, and more is constantly being added as the development work is pushed forward. C. E. Averill has the largest tie con tract ever let on the Palouse river. In the next thirty days he will have 100 men and teams at work cutting and hauling logs and ties. He intends to put in about 8,000,000 feet of timber, 2,000,000 for the Northern Paoiflo Rail road Company, and 1,000,000 feet of saw logs for his mill at Elberton, Wash. He is engaging all the No. 1 tie-hewers he can get, but says there are plenty of them who are looking for work. The Oregon Fruit Union has fitted up the old Floed warehouse in The' Dalles, and has begun receiving, grad ing and packing fruit The union has contracted with a box factory for the manufacture of 10,000 boxes for dried prunes. These boxes are made neatly, of uniform size, and will be labeled with registered trade mark as Oregon prunes, packed by the Oregon Fruit Union. This is a worthy enterprise and will doubtless ultimately establish the reputation of Oregon prunes they so much deserve. The members of a hunting party that have just returned to Ashland, Or., from the Curry county mountains, say that deer skinners have been at work in the mountains all summer and make no pretense of oovering up their business. It is known that over 700 deer have been killed in that section this summer solely for their hides. A good trail leads from these mountains, which abound in deer now, to the coast at Checto, where, it is said, the skin ners find ready buyers for their hides and enjoy a profitable business undis turbed. The members of the party say it was not unusual to oome aoross a dozen carcasses of deer during a day, left to rot upon the ground by these law violators. j PLACE OF THE FIGHT. A Novel I ropoaltlon Kecelved From the Choctaw Indiana New Orleans, Oct 7. Information from a private source, received in this city tonight, says that the Choctaw tribe in the Indian territory intended to adopt Corbet t as a member of their tribe that the fight may be brought off in their nation. When asked what be would do under the circumstances, Corbett said he would accept the honor. He further said that he would paint bis face red, wear an eagle feather in his bair and do anything to make him self look like an Indian, just so he could get a chance at Fitzsinunons. Corbett and party leave in the morn ing for San Antonio. South McAlester, Oct. 7. The Cor-bett-Fitzsimmons fight having been de clared off by the Texas legislature, South McAlester extends an invitation to have the fight take place here. The ablest lawyers in the territory say there is no law against it in the ter ritory. A number of Choctaw officials express themselves as desirous of hav ing tne mm take place Here, and say no protest will be made to the United States government to stop the fight San yuentln'a Thyalcian. San Francisco, Oct 7. The Exam iner charges that Dr. Leroy Mansfield, physician at San Quentin prison, has accepted money from friends of a prig, oner in consideration of his influence to be used in obtaining a pardon. Dr. Mansfield admits that he received $50 from two Greeks, whose names he does not remember. He says the money was paid to him to be used in the pur chase of delicacies for a Greek convict who is dying of consumption. He gave no receipt for the money and deposited it in a bank in bis own name. The friends of the convict, who is serving a sentence for manslaughter, are en deavoring to secure a pardon for him. The doctor promised to help them, be says, but has not yet done anything. Dr. Mansfield admitted that the trans action looked crooked, but insisted that he had not taken the money for pur poses other than to purchase delicacies for the prisoner. In the presence of an Examiner representative today he paid $50 to Warden Hale, which wn credit ed to the prisoner's account. The con vict, whose name is Donguli, says he has been provided with nothing except from the prison supplies. Warden Hale did not care to express an opinion upon the conduct of Mansfield until he had made a personal investigation. Sympathy for Cuba. Chicago, Oct 7. Every mayor of every city, town and village throughout the United States will be advised and requested by the executive committee of the Cuban sympathetic mass meet- ing, held in Chicago last Monday night, to confer with the most promi nent and public-spirited citizens within their respective localities to arrange for a national mass meeting the night of Thursday, October 81, for the purpose of awakening a kindly feeling toward the suffering and pa triotio Cubans who are struggling for liberty. The committee will also call upon every prominent organization in the country for the co-oneration of its branches in every section. Churches of every denomination, and fraternal and benevolent societies will also be called upon for assistance in making the mass meeting on October 81 a great wave of publio opinion and sympathy with the Cuban cause from the Pacific to the Atlantic and from British Columbia to Mexico. An Oregon Girl Deaerted for a Bike. San Francisco, Oct 5. Frances Morrton Zeile, young, pretty and an actress, wants a divorce from her boy husband, a husband who, the neighbors say, was lured from his bride of an hour by the promise of his papa to buy for him a bicycle. Young Zeile, the son of a wealthy doctor, secretly mar ried Frances Morrton about a year ago. Both were under age, but that made no difference to Zeile, and they were married. An hour later he bid bis bride goodbye, and she has not seen him since. The promise of a bicycle, it is said, was the bait that tempted him away. Young Mrs. Zeile has ap peared on the local stage in several piays, out sue says sue will give up the profession and return to her father in Oregon when she secures her divorce. She apparently has no ill-feeling toward her husband, and says: "I hope he will go back to shoool and be a good boy." The Humboldt Going to Piece.. San Francisco, Oct 7. A dispatch was received here today saying that the steamer Humboldt is fast going to pieces on the rocks at Point Gorda. Heavy seas have been beating against the vessel for some days, and the for ward part of the steamer has been totally washed away. The after part of the vessel still remains on the rocks, anchored by the boiler and engine, but it is not expected to hold together long. Very little of the freight in the hold went ashore, the packages being smashed on the rooks and the contents scattered aud broken. The wreckers on the beach got little. Tail Must Stand Trial. New York, Oct 7. John R. Tait, who defrauded the Chemical National bank, of whioh he was paying teller, out of $17,000, was today arraigned be fore United States Commissioner Shields and released on $3,000 bail. Tait has passed several months in the government insane asylum at Wash ington on the certificate of specialists that he was of unsound mind. A few davs bko the asvlum authorities deolar. ed that his reason was unimpaired, so he was brought back to stand trial. 1 CONDITION IS CRITICAL Constantinople Riots the Sen sation in London. BLAME PLACED ON ARMENIAN'S The Introduction of a Kellglous Ele ment In the Diaturbancea Makes the Situation More Grave. London, Oct. 5. The critical condi tion of affairs at Constantinople is the sensation of the day, and all the dis patches from that city .are read with the greatest eagerness. Many import ant reports are known to have been re ceived at the foreign office from Sir Cnrry, the British ambassador at Con stantinople, and the feeling here is not entirely favorable to the Armenians. The appointment of Kiamie Pasha as grand vizer, recently announced, is re garded as a happy circumstance at the present juncture of affairs. He has the reputation of being one of the most broadminded statesmen of the Otto man empire. The St James's Gazette points out this evening how the events which have occurred at Constantinople were correctly foretold by the press reports, which, April 19, told bow the patriotic party of Armenia had been fomenting a general revolt, and that the leaders promised that the chief attack wonld be made in the city of Constantinople, and that the bulk of the fighting would be borne by Armenians. It was added at that time the leaders had even gone so far as to declare that the first attack would be on the palace of the aultan and that the reign of Hamid would come to an end. Finally, it was stated that there were men who believed that, in the overthrow of the sultan, the Armenians would be en couraged by the younger and more pro gressive generation of Constantinople Turks. The Constantinople correspondent of the Standard, under date of Wednes day, telegraphs to his paper: The Armenian patriarch was invit ed to attend the porte, but he declined because none of his followers were al lowed to accompany him. He remain ed at his residence with several hun dred armed Armenians. The authori ties have sumomned him to surrender these people, giving them until 8 o'clock in the afternoon, when the building will be stormed. "In reviewing the incidents of the past two days, it has been found that the police have generally not been sup plied with ball cartridges, and have been instructed only to use the flat of their swords and the butts of their rifles. Most of the violence npon Ar menians has been committed by stu dents and the low class of Moslems, whom the police, however, do not ap pear to have arrested or interfered with. "Great consternation prevails at the palace, and the sultan haa not been in bed since Monday. It is felt that a crisis has arrived, and there is much anxiety lest other revolutionary fao tions shall join with the Armenians, Since the Greek revolution, Constan tinople has not fallen in such terror as is now prevailing." The Telegram's correspondent wires his paper as follows: "The police have not yet attempted to clear the patriarchate, and it is hoped that they will not resort to . force, for a most fearful massacre would inevitably result The Armen ians have huddled together in the church, with barely standing room. They have to depend for food upon such scraps as are brought to them. It is estimated at the patriarchate that over 200 Armenians have been killed" A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from Constantinople, dated Thursday, says: - , "I received intelligence from Erzer oum today that in Khnonss and other parts of Armenia further disturbances may be expected, unless measures are taken immediately to calm the people, who are emigrating wherever they can." WHEELMEN OBJECT. Railroad Official. May Refute to Check Blcyclea aa Baggage. San Francisco, Oot 4. What the wheelmen of the coast have considered as one of their inalienable rights dur ing the past fifteen years seems in dan ger of being taken from them, as the railroad officials are considering the ad visability of charging for the trans portation of wheels, when accompanied by their owners. "Is a bicycle baggage?" is the ques tion which has agitated the railroad authorities ever since cycling has as sumed its present proportions. The wheelmen cannot understand why there should be any question in the matter, as every passenger travel ing on a first class ticket is entitled to a certain amount of baggage an amount greatly in excess of a bicycle, which at the present time seldom ex ceeds twenty-five pounds in weight The railroads in the northern part of America decided some time since to charge for bicycles," said T. H. Good man when questioned regarding the matter. "What are classed as the Southern roads, whioh would include all in this state, have had the question in consideration and I cannot say when it will be decided, perhaps in two weeks, and again it might not be set tled for months." At the meeting of the associated clubs on Saturday evening the question will be discussed, and efforts will probably be made to effect an amicable settlement of the matter with the rail Tuau -