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VOL. 12.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1895.
NO. 45.
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OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER.
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OOLUMHIA OOUNTY DIUKOTOllY.
County oirirrri,
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Clerk , Jiidaou Wrn',1, Vcriimiln
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Attorneys and Counselors at Law
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PHYSICIAN AND SL'ItflKON.
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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.
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afford. Kvervlhlng clean. A allure ol your pat
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Horses Hoarded and Cared For.
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Ciinl tulilt'a, tool mill,', tiillinnl tnlile and
other ilcvicra fur the enlertnimur-nt of ml-
runx, wnvrv time can ue ijivaaaiiiiy apcin.
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I rinlu at lliia very ioiulur miloon.
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lli wiiter reiimina hi(jli t'lidiiKh. thil bout
will umke two IripneHrh workup Henppuo
uny on i iimuaya ami r riuaya.
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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
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At rorlland 10 A M
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DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY
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out Notice.
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Portland Undinu Knot of Alder Street.
WHITE COLLAR LINE
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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.
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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