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OREGON nn VOL. 12. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1895. NO. 45. run HE MIS OREGON MIST. inmiii:i i:vi:hv mi day nioatriu -IIY- DKKtlLK & DAVIS. OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER. ftubarrlpllan Hal. Oii copy nn year In advance II ISO (inn copy nix nionlha T Bi MK I u copy AdverlUIng rate mmlv known iiiu application OOLUMHIA OOUNTY DIUKOTOllY. County oirirrri, J mine ,,,, Dean Illniicliard, Italnlcr Clerk , Jiidaou Wrn',1, Vcriimiln Hlmrlir tliaa. r. Iiimn, mniiicr TrcM.imtr K, M. Wlmrloii ImIiiiiiIiIk Mty Miiiit. ul School. ........ J. II. Watia, Hcupimnae Aaaaaaor.,., ,,Mnrlln White, lyiilney Hun oyer...., W. N. Iliwrvt, IiuIuiim Cominlaaluiicr r. n. iTimca, rcii,Mi.wv . , ,. U ttchiionnvur, Vernmila I'ROfKHHIONAL. T. 1. CI.KSTOH. 11. AI.LKM ALLEN A CLKKTON. Attorneys and Counselors at Law 8T.IIKI.KNH, OUKUO.N. NoUrl.iuhllconv.y.m.1111 andCollectliina J JK. II. H, vuvr, PHYSICIAN AND SL'ItflKON. 8t. Helena, Oregon jyt. J. k. iiai.i, rilYSIt'IAN AND SURGEON, rim-k.iiiie, Ouliiriiliiit county . Or, N. MKMKHVK, Surveyor and Civil Engineer 1K1.KNA, OUKdON. Coiuily Hurvfviif. Land Surveying, Town l'lnttlng and KngiiieiTiiig work promptly executed. ORIENTAL HOTEL A. II. 1il.AKKMI.KV, I'roiirii'lor. Hoard by Day, Week or Month AT IIKAMJNAM.K HATK8. Tli. lalde U supplied with lli tieal the market afford. Kvervlhlng clean. A allure ol your pat ronage In aollcilcl. hi'. IIKI.KNri, (IliKlitlN. TIKIS. CtHU'KK, Proprietor. Horses Hoarded and Cared For. TURNOUTS ON BHOHT NOTIOC. ST. HEI.KNH, ! : OHKOON E, McNEILL, U6ceier. TO THE (IIVKH Til It ('HOICK Or Two Transcontinental Routes GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY HV WAY OK Sookane, Minneapolis & St. Paul UNION PACIFIC RY IIV WAY OF DENVER, OMAHA, & KANSAS CITY LOW HATKH TO AIX EASTERN CITIES OCKAN STEAM KH8 LKAVB POUT LAND KVEHY 5 DAYS For San Francisco. for Full Details I'all on or Adilreas v. h. mmi.nuuT, flenernl Freight and Pax. Ant., l'ortimul. C2HCKE! 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FAMOUS FIRE LADDIE CIGARS IliilrH ollii'r iintmliir hrnnila. arc kriil rimotuiillv mi IimiiiI lo aupplv Iliu ini reaii'd I rinlu at lliia very ioiulur miloon. ) THK KAMOl'B ( CYRUS NOBLE WHISKY IK KKI'T AT TIIK JIANgl'RT. FOR PORTLAND, DAILY. -steamer- Young America WILLAMETTE SLOUGH LonveSl. Helena... 0:311 A M Arrive nt l'orllnnd 10:ia) A M l-rare l'lirlluiid a:(KI l M ArrlvoatSt. Ifclrns 0:00 1 M FAIIB Xa f'KN IN. Will Curry Nothing but ruimciigert ttiiu 1'unt freight. During tho uinnipr at'itson, nr aa Ions na lli wiiter reiimina hi(jli t'lidiiKh. thil bout will umke two IripneHrh workup Henppuo uny on i iimuaya ami r riuaya. J AM KS GOOD, Master. LEONAlil) HUFF & CO., Commission Merchants BWAOKU'8 01.1) STAND. A general nnitineiit of feed kept on linnd, and aohl at the lowest prices FOR CASH. Undertaking Goods FVHNIHHKD ON SHOKT NOTICS, St. Helens,. : : : Oregon. Steamer Mascot FASTEST Arid Most Comfortable Daily Steamer Between St. Helens and Portland I.BAVK9 St. Helena tiM A M , 1.IAVKH I'ortlatid at 3 P M AHKIVKa At rorlland 10 A M AKKIVKS At 81 Iluloim 0PM DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY Right RcHi'rved to Clmngo Time with out Notice. LEWIS ltlVHK TRANSPORTATION CO. Portland Undinu Knot of Alder Street. WHITE COLLAR LINE Sirs. Telephone mul Bailey Ontuert COI.UMIIIA KIVKB A J'UGKT SOUND NAV. CO Alder St., Portliind: Klavel dock, Aatorla. PORTLAND AND ABTOIUA reiepnone lenvea rornini unu vi,vuiiv mu- tin) HI t ft. HI., iuvwn rtni, j ... . (except Hundiiv), Ituna dlreet lo tnilu fnrOlnt- BOp lieHeil, ail.l VOllimeia Willi iuuun,i imn.-u lor llwneo imilia. minima w uti iiiiiib wh ....... l tUulley (Intzert lenvea Portlivtid dally at 8 p m., (exeepl Bundiiy), on diiliirilny at 11 p. in. Leavea Xalorlft dally nl 11:4,1 a. in. (oxeept Sunday and Mondiiv), on Sundiiy at 7 n. ni.l eonneeta with all truiiia for iMiitaop beiieli and llwaco lieach. Thla line hua ft bout eonneetliiK with both benches, retnrntnil from Aatorla every night in "kA."bEKI.KY, Agent. V. B. SC0T1', Prei. iaaal MAY MEET ON TIME The Prizefight May Yet Oc cur Near Hot Springs. PREPARATIONS ARB BEING MADE Information la Mcureo, mm Kverythlna; I Hone Uulelly, With No lealre to Attract Attention, Little Rook, Cot. 21). Coimtablo Allen I. DaviH, of Hot HpriugH, gave oat iuiormutlon today, which IoiuIm those who titlkod with him to believe that Corbett nud Fitzaiimiioni will fight in private not fur from Hot Spriuga, ono duy about tho luttor part of thia week. Laat Friday morniug Uorbott wh lappliod with iiewitpuport oontaiuiug iutiuiation that he wag about to quit the state in order to avoid a meeting with Kitzaiuimons. After peroiiug the papers, it is related that be fractured the adjuoent ozone with ponderous swipes and vowed ho would stay in Garland oonuty and make minoe meat, metaphorically speaking, of Julian's man. He at once pitched into the work of training, just as if be really was to fight October 81. The prevailing opinion in Hot Hpriugg sporting circles is that the fight will certainly occur at some point in or near Uarlaud county. Such an air of mystery surrounds the proceed ings that it is hard to obtain reliuble information, but that preparations are being made in a quiet way for a fight no one doubts. Many Hot Springs peo ple believe the fight will occur at Whittington Park, the site originally selected, and that the battle will occur as originally agreod upon. They ar gue the decision of the supreme court ufllrniing the prizefight law leaves tue mutter exactly where it stood beforo Uorbott was arrested, and that it was virtually a victory for the fighters. The fuot that the Hot Springs Athletic Club has engaged a circus tent seems to indicate, however, that some private spot has been selected. A olose friend of Governor Clarke, has been shown letters from Hot Springs which tend to confirm the be lief that a fight will occur. One of these letters is said to have come from Attorney Martin, and stated that prop. artions were being made for a private fight Governor Clarke, in speaking of this information, is said to have remitrkod that ho did not care how much they fought, so long as it was conducted in private, and without be. lug advertised. Thla la Different. Little Rock, Ark., Oot. 29. Gover- nor Clarke received information today from Hot Springs which convinced him beyond a doubt that an effort would be made to pull oft the fight at Hot Springs on scheduled time. From what source be received the iulorma tiou, he declined to state. The gover nor still says he will prevent it He cares not whothor it takes place pob Holy or privately. He says: "Tho men shall not fight on Arkansas soil." ft is believed Fitzsimmons will be ar rested on arrival in the state and placed under heavy poaoe bonds. Gov ernor Clarke says be has been informed for several days that an effort will be made to pull off the fight in private. which fact will oompel him to be ab sent Arkansas day at the Atlanta expo sition. THE MINES AT MULLAN. Serious Trouble la Expected, and the Mllltlat Ordered In Keaullneaa. Warduer, Idaho, Oot 29. The mon in the Hunter mine refused to join the union and tho oommittee from the Burke and Goin onion told them to either join the nnion before 7:30 to night or thoy would run them out of the camp. All the men working in the Hunter went down town last night, and signed an agreement to join the militia as soon as it oould be organ ized. A telegram was sent to Gover nor McCounell, asking for assistance, and a special train was sent to Ward uer for the militiamen. This makes 120 mon ready for duty at Mnllan. The following message has been receiv ed from tho governor, addressed to Captain J. L. Battorton: "Hold tho troops in readiness. The Hunter mine at Mullan is threatened." One hundred troops are now at tho depot awaiting orders to niovo. Twenty-four stands of arms and 3,400 rounds of ammunition were sent from Wallaoo. Excitement runs high. Pritetlrallr. Dependency of France. Washington, Oot. 29. The dispatch giving particulars of the treaty be tween France and Madagascar convey ed the first details of the situation to the state department The officials ex pressed interest, but declined to be quoted in the absence of the full text It may be given, however, as the gen eral opinion in the department, that, according to the agreement so far as known, the French have suooeedod in making their own terms with Mada gascar, and that the protectorate for which it provides really amounts to making Madagascar a dependency of the French republic The Lottery Scheme Abandoned. Chicago, Oot 29. Indictments against ex-Governor John L. Bever- ida-e. Samuel M. Biddison and Freder ick D. Arnold, for alleged violation of the lottery laws of the United States, have been dismissed by General John O. Blaok, United States distriot attor ney. The gentlemen were officers of a life insurance oompany, a semi-tontine featnre of which was said to be in the nature of a lottery. They were sur prised to learn that they were violating the federal laws and immediately aban doned the featnre. HOLMES TO BE TRIED. The) Froaooutlnn a Profound Secret, but Heiieutloiml Developments Kxpeeted, Philadelphia, Oct SO. H. H. Holmes, or Hennan Mudgett, whose name or alias, has rung throughout the length and breadth of the continent as the most unscrupulous and skillful murderer of modern times, will be placed on trial for bis life tomorrow in the court of oyer and terminer, of this city. The spooified charge to which he will be called upon to answer is the murder of Benjamin F. Pitzel, and he has already officially declared himself not guilty. The revolting details of the many crimes with which Holmes' name has been directly or indirectly connected have been given much pub. licity, and the cold, implaoablo de moaner which has characterized the mun throughout has been so frequently commented upon that the trial will probably pass into history as the most celebrated case known to the criminal annals of the Western hemisphere. The commonwealth has already ex. ponded thousands of dollars in its efforts to bring the prisoner to sum mary justice, and there is an indica tiou that if a conviotion of murder in the first degroe be obtained he will be quickly "railroaded" to the gallows. Witnesses have been brought to this city from Boston, Chicago, Iudianapo us, lrvlngton, Inch, and almost every city where Holmes is known to have lived at various times. What revela tious these witnesses will make has been kept a profound secret by the prosecuting oflicors, but there is expec tation of sensational developments. RECEIVER MINK TALKS. What He Thlnka of the Various I'aclfie It oil road l'laria. San Francisco, Oct. 29. Oliver W. Mink, one of the Union Pacific receiv ers, W. W. Kelly, assistant general so lioitor of the Union Pacific at Omaha, and general attorney for the same ays tem for Iowa and Nebraska; Erastus Young, general auditor, and Zera Snow, solicitor for the Union Pacific at Portland, who are here, held a pro longed conference in relation to the settlement of a dispute between the Union Pacific and the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company over the settle. ment of certain claims consequent upon the appointment of a receiver for the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company, which was formerly a part of the Union Pacific system. The matters under consideration, Mr. Mink said, were of a nature simi lur to those which formed the issue in the suits recently argued before the cir cuit courts of appeals in this city by the attorneys for both companies. When asked for his opinion on the re cent report of the government directors of the Union Pacific, Mr. Mink said: "The government's lien on the road, it should be remembered, is simply a book account, and is not represented by bonds. It is accordingly worth only what it would bring in open market The plan of the government directors, I should say, would be a good way of determining the value of the govern. ment's lion on the property; but whether the United States government is in a position to go into the railroad business is a question which I am not prepared to discuss. " A Llahthouee Tender In Dang-er. Port Townsond, Oot 29. Private news from Victoria received tonight says the British lighthouse tender Quadra, which went ashore on Discov ery island, in British waters, Friday, is in a precarious position, and if a galo or boavy sea comes np the vessel is in imminent danger of proving a total loss. The owners telgraphed here to night for assistance, and the tug Ta ooma left late this evening for the scene of the wreck. Several British tugs at high water today made an nnsuoessful attempt to pull the Bteamer off the rocks. Spokane Can Have the Shops. Seattle, Oot 29. "The Northern Pacific will ereot its oar shops at Spo kane, if the poople of Spokane will ful fill oortain conditions," said Receiver A. F. Burleigh today. "Spokane knows what those conditions ere, and if they are accepted work will begin at once on tho improvements. If the Northern Paoiflo cannot come to an agreement with Spokane on these con ditions, then it will ereot temporary shops at Sprogue for the winter. Judge Hantord, of the United States court, has not yet issued an order for the contemplated improvements. San Fremtlaco's New Athlette Park. San Franoisoo, Oot 29. With the object of promoting out-of-door sports of all kinds, a oompany has been form ed here to seoure proper grounds for the oonBtruotion of an athletic park or a recreation grounds. The plans will oulminate in the equipment of a park wherein a baseball diamond, football field, a bioyole track and possibly grounds suitable for Jkiudred sports will be laid out More Trouble at Bltlia. Constantinople, Oot 89. The gov ernor of Bitus Has telogranped tne porte that armed Armenians attacked mosques when the Musselman assem bled for Friday's prayers. The latter were unarmed and were obliged to de fend themselves with stones and sticks. The troops and gendarmes were order ed to restore order. Many were killed and wounded on both sides. X.eaae of a Waahlngton Itlne. Seattle, Oot 29. The lease of the Central Washington to the Northern Paoiflo was renewed in the United States court today. The Northern Pa oiflo is to supply the Central Washing ton with rolliing stock at an agreed prioe, and arrangements are made for free trackage and interchange of freight and passenger business. PACIFIC NORTHWEST. Condensed Telegraphic Re ports ot Late Events. BRIEF SPARKS FROM THE WIRES llappeulnga of Interest In the Town and Cities of Oregon, Waahlng-tvu nd Idaho- The tax levy in Spokane county. Wash., for state and county purposes is IS mills. A mass meeting was held in Seattle recently to work up popular sentiment to demand a strict observance of Sun day. The tax levy of Whatcom county, Wash., for state and county purposes for the year 1895 has been fixed at 14 mills. Company I, of Walla Walla, is re joioing because of the order issued for the reorganization of that disbanded militia company. It is claimed that the Wallowa coun try has produced and shipped more beef this year than any other like territory in the state of Oregon. The bridge across the Wena tehee river near its mouth, connecting Kitti tas river and Oanogan counties, in Washington, has been completed. There is a movement on foot in Pendleton, Or., to start up the foundry plant In case the plans are carried out, the water power from the Uma tilla will be used. The motion for a new trial in the case of Straub, the Blakeley island, Wash., murderer, will be argued No vember 30. Straob is now in jail at Whatcom, for safe keeping. The statement of the financial condi tion of Marion county, Or., on Septem ber 30 last showed the amount of war rants outstanding and unpaid to be (40,183, and funds applicable to the payment of warrants, $17,569. The depositors of the Baker City Na tional bank will receive from Receiver ! Beard their third dividend, about No vember 1. The dividend will be 10 1 per cent, which will make 50 per cent paid out since the institution closed. A crew of eight men is working on the telephone - line between Grant's Pass and Crescent City, Or., and ex. poets to finish this season. Heavy twenty-five foot poles are being put in. A branch office will be located at Smith river. There was a strike the other day at the Beaver Hill, Or., coal mines, a few of the negroes leaving. Those of the negroes remaining have signed a con tract good until June 1, 1896, 'at prioes made by the superintendent Twenty white miners have also been brought in from Washington. Pupils of the Ocosta, Wash., publio school oomplained of the water given them to drink. The directors had the well from which the water was drawn opened, and were shocked to find the remains of about fifty rats and mice of all sorts and oonditions. One of the rats was found in the pump valve itself. The contract for finishing the Astoria water works tunnel has been let to H. C. Campbell, representing the Paoiflo Bridge Company, of Portland. The contractors propose to drive the rest of the tunnel through the rook by the aid of electricity, and have begun putting in the appartns. Three bridges across Wilson river, Or., built chiefly by private enterprise, have just been. completed at an expense of f 400. These structures make a win ter road between Forest Grove and Tillamook. An effort is being made to have the Wilson river road designat ed as a mail route. There is a proposition before the La Grande, Or., Athletic Club to change the name to the Commercial Club and make it a business organization. The promoters of the new movement do not propose to do away with the athletic and social features of the present or ganization, but rather to enlarge and extend them. C. D. MoFarlin harvested his cran berry crop, near Coos bay, last week, and was rather disappointed in the yield of berries, the crop amounting to only 500 bushels. North slough, where his orau berry bog is situated, is close to the ocean, and the weather was un usually oold there this summer, which aooounts for the shortage. Fish Commissioner Crawford states that the prevailing opinion that the Nooksaok river is not included in the provisions of the law for a olose season is erroneous. That tho olosed season on the Nooksaok is from Ootober 16 to November 15, and that it is his duty to rigidly enforce the law. Fishermen are therefore requested to govern them selves accordingly. ' Suit has been begun in Seattle against W. H. Heaton, a commissioner of King county ; Fred Anthony and John W. Maple, as treasurer of King county, in whioh the oomplainant charges that at some time since January 1, 1895, Heaton and Anthony unlaw fully entered into a oonspiraoy to de fraud the oounty out of money in the hands of the oounty treasurer by falsely claiming to have performed work on the oounty roads. The General Electric Company has begun snit in Taooma against Receiv ers Mitchell, of the Tacoma Railway & Motor Company, to restrain them from paying five interest ooupona on the ten first-mortgage bonds of the company, issued April 1, 1890. The Farmers' Loan & Trust Company, Miles C. Moore, the Baker-Boyer Na tional bank, of Walla Walla, and the Paoiflo National bank, of Taooma, are made defendants. TRADE REVIEW. Gold Export. Put Off Good Weather Help Ketallera. New York, Oot. 28. R. G. Dun & Co. 'a weekly review of trade says: "Ten days ago gold exports seemed very near, but the break in cotton, which then begin, ripened Monday into a collapse sufficient to justify hope of a free movement Hides have also decreased sharply, leather is weaker, and the adjustment of prioes to real in stead of imaginary oonditions pro gresses rapidly. Money markets oanse remarkably little trouble. Cooler weather has generally helped retail trade, and, with increased consumption by the millions, the way will be clear for better business. Already, pay ments through the clearing-bouses closely approach for October those of the best year in history, although re flecting in part past transactions, and new orders are still much needed by the great industries. "Cotton exports improve but little, because foreign stocks are so large, and the lower prioes give more confidence to mills which feared to purchase and manufacture as expected. "Wheat has rison 8 cents, although Western receipts, which are 7,977,000 bushels for the week, against 5,059, 800 last year, continue unusually large, and Atlantic exports, including flour, are 1,176,000 for the week, against 1,857,000 last year, and for the four weeks 5,734,572, against 9,195,055 bushels last year. This shows plainly a slack demand from abroad. Nobody can give a reason for the higher prices of corn. Pork declined 25 cents, lard 1-16 of cent, and hogs 10 cents per 100 "Bessemer pig-iron advanced, but finished products, on the whole, de clined as much. Other pig-iron is not rising. Whether tin-plate works will take 300,000,000 pounds of steel this year, as the latest official report indi oates, will depend on prices and sales of coke below the latest established prioe." EXPOSITION IN 1000. A Propoaltlon to Bold a Centennial at tho National Capital. Washington, Oct 28. The sugges tion that a great exposition, marking the close of the present century, be held in Washington in 1900, is meet ing much favor. Besides commemorat mg tne olose oi a oentury, such an ex position would mark the centennial anniversary of the founding of the seat of government in the Distriot of Co lumbia. In June, 1800, the publio offices were transferred to Washington and opened on the 15th of that month. Oh November 22, 1800, President John Adams, in his speech at the opening of congress, said: "I congratulate the people of the United States on the assembling of congress at the permanent seat of gov. eminent and I congratulate you, gen. tlemen, on the prospect of a residence not to be changed. Yon will consider it as the capital of a great nation, ad. vanoing with unexampled rapidity in art and oommerce, in wealth and in population and possessing within itself resources which, if not thrown away or not lamentably misdirected, will se cure to it a long course of prosperity and self-government The bouse of representatives, in an swer to the above, said: "The final establishment of the seat of national government whioh has now taken place, is an event of no small importance in the political transactions of the oountry. A ooiuidertaion of these powers, which have been vested in congress over the District of Colum bia, will not escape our attention nor will we forget that in exercising these powers, regard must be paid to those events which will neoessarily attend the capital of America. A oitizon of Washington suggests to the board of trade that it would be fit ting, as this is the capital sity, that each state composing the Union should have a permanent exhibition located here, showing its resources as to com merce, transporation, mining, . eta Added to the national exhibit and in dividual state exhibits there should be exhibits of the nations of North and South America and Central America. WASHINGTON'S MILITIA LAW. The Enlistment Under the Old Lav Still Hold Oood. Olympia, Wash., Oot 28. In an swer to the question as to whether en listments under the old military law were invalidated by the military code ot 1895, which repealed former militia laws. Assistant Attorney General Haight says: "I am of the opinion that the repeal ing clause does not have the effect to abolish the companies organized and existing under the law in force proir to the passage of the military code of 1895." The code everwhere implies that the existence of the National Guard is continuous, and that enlistments made under the old law continue in force nnder the new. "For instance, in section 56, of the new law, it is provided that no oom pany other than those now organized and in the service as a part of the Na tional Guard shall be admitted into the National Guard of Washington, exoept upon the recommendation of the mili tary board. In seotion 59 it is provid ed that immediately upon the passage of this aot tho oommander-in-ohief shall, upon the reoommendation of the brigade commander, muster out and disband snob, companies of infantry and troops of cavalry as may seem for the good ot the service. I am, there fore, of the opinion that it is not neces sary to re-enlist the privates in the National Guard to make their enlist ments valid." According to the report of the oounty auditor, the assessed valuation of all property in Everett, Wash , is (2,1 61,-090. STEAD ON MONROEISM Adopted as a National Faith by American People. SITUATION CONSIDERED SERIOUS A New Navy to Be Proud Of, and One to Be Used, Sooner or Later, A galnat Somebody. London, Oct. 26. W. T. Stead has a long article this afternoon in the Westminster Gazette on "Monroeism," in which he says: "Englishmen will do well to belittle the significance of the ebulition of American sentiment on the question of the Venezuelan frontier. It must be taken with the usual discount, and is no doubt due to the system by which foreign affairs are discussed by bawling journalists rather than by suave diplo mats, but it is serious, nevertheless. Its gravity consists in two facts, neither of which has anything to do with the merits of the question in dispute. "In the first place, for the first time sinoe the civil war, America has built a navy of which she has some reason to be proud, and which sooner or later she will use against somebody. In the second place, it is equally significant that the American press assures the United States that the Monroe doctrine has been informally adopted as a na tional faith by the American people, and the dispatch sent to the New York World (referring to the report of the Bayard-Salisbury interview) probably has a basis of truth. "Considering the disreptuable char acter of the Venezuelan government, it seems extraordinary that any civilized power should contemplate such a crime as trusting a peaceable region to the rule or government of Spanish-American adventurers, whose only claim to the sympathy of the United States is that they call their anarchy a republio and fly a flag which does not fly out side the Western hemisphere. "We do not fear arbitration, but be fore it begins, reparation must be made for the high-handed violation of the territory governed by England." JAPAN'S REPLY. She Strongly Proteata Agalnat Ruaala's Dictation la Corean Affair. London, Oct 26. A special from Shanghai says a Russian squadron of fifteen ships has left Vladivostock for Chemulpo and Fu San. The Japanese fleet in Formosa n waters, it is also stated, has been recalled, and it is an nounced on excellent authority that several British warships have been ordered to sail for Corea. It is stated at Shanghai that the Jap anese reply to the demand of Russia that the former evacuate Corea is couched in pacific but firm language, and protests against dictation by Rus sia in Corean affairs. It is regarded at Shanghai as certain that Russia will permanently occupy Fu San. The Shanghai dispatch also says the situation is most grave, and prepara tions for the expected struggle are visi ble on all sides. But it is hoped the solution of the difficulty will be found in Russia and Japan agreeing to di vide Corea. The New In Washington. Washington, Oct 26. The cable reports that a Russian fleet of fifteen vessels was on its way to Corea, at tracted much attention among the dip lomatic representatives of the East to whom it was shown. , It was regarded as presenting grave oonditions, if the facts are reported as true. The fact that Fu San is one of the points to ward which the Russians are heading is pointed out as especially significant Fu San is at the southeastern ex tremity of Corea, and is the point nearest Japan, being only twelve hours' sail from the Japanese mainland. Further north is Won San, the strategic point in Corea, which the Russians have long sought to seoure. It is on Broghton's bay, in the middle of the east of Corea. The bay is the only use ful harbor in the stretch of 600 miles along the east ooast of Corea. The harbor is perfectly sheltered and is open the year round. Leading author ities agree that it will ultimately be the terminus of the trans-Siberian rail way, which Russia is building. For these reasons, the movement of the Russian fleet toward these points of strategic importance is vratohed with interest Sue Mr. Welnhard for lO.OOO. Portland, Or., Oot. 86. Suit for (10,000 damages was filed in the state oircuit court yesterday by Robert U. Siebert against Henry Weinhard. Sie- bert was employed in Weinhard's brewery, attending the water gauges attached to the boilers. He complains that they became defective, and were allowed to remain so, and that, while he was at work on a certain day in the month of October, 1894, he had occa sion to open one ot the oooks of the gauges, and, by reason of its defective condition, the gauge burst Siebert alleged that he was struck in the face by superheated steam and water, com pletely destroying the sight of his right eye, whion nad subsequently to be re moved. He also states that bis loft eye was permanently injured, and that he received injuries to other portions of his body. A Black Flag; Desert. Hong Kong, Oct 24. The Black Flags chieftain, who has been holding Tai Wan Fu, the Chinese capital of Formosa, against the Japanese forces, has fled. It is expected his followers will now lay down their arms. The Japanese will probably oooupy An Ping today. 1