The Oregon mist., June 12, 1896, Image 1

EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
Newt ot the World.
TERSE TICKS FiiOM THE WIBE8
ii Interesting Collection of Items from
the Tw Hemisphere FmnM
In a Condensed Form.
Daring too day not leu than $15,
000 wa distributed tn Adams oounty
by stookbnyers from distanoe. J
The Pennsylvania has introduced an (
economical innovation on 1U South'
WHt system by having the fires on all
Iti locomotives startrd with crude otL
Ai Wallace, Idaho.whlle a workman
named Hutchinson was engaged in
wiring a bona for eleotrlo lights, a
Joist on whloh be was standing broke, 1
, and he fell to the floor; sustaining in (
juries wbiob will probably prove fatal. .
Tbe wooded ialand in Jaokion park,
Chicago, la just now the largest and
lineal rose garden in tbe Weak Two
million flowers are in fall bloom, in '
eluding 60 varieties. Tbe garden li a
legaoy of tbe world's fair. !
O. W, Boggs, the ex-city treasurer
of Taooma, wbo was oonvioted last No
vetuber ot having misappropriated .
f nnds belonging to tbe city, and wbo I
was sentenced to sis years' imprison
ment, baa been . released 04 $10,000 ,
bonds. , . j
It is alleged that George Hlukey, a
constable of Oakesdale, Wash., has ex
torted money from merobanta of that
town, by threatening to arrest them
for having sold lemon eitraot to In
dians, wbiob, be claims, is in vloU
tlon of the liquor-selling laws.
A special from LivingWon, Mont ,
says: East-bound passenger train, No.
4, on tbe Northern Paoiflo railroad, left'
tbe traok Ave miles east of there,
wrecking the engine and Ave coaches. '
Three tramps were killed, and several '
trainmen injured. No passengers are '
reported seriously injured.
The Bank of New England, of Man-.
Chester, N. H., baa snspended business
for the first time, being by a vote of
its directors and with tbe consent of
the bank commissioners of tbe state
Creditors are being paid with an id
of clearing op tbe deposits. Tbe bank
bad not reoovered from its loss In 1898.
A Pretoria correspondent says Presi
dent Kroger is aniions to commote
the death sentenoo of tbe reform lead
era to heavy fine, bat tbe other mem
bers of tbe executive oonnoil object on
the ground that tbe government would
be charged wttb mercenary motives. I
They suggest that they should be oon
fined for Ave years in prison. I
The glorious Fourth will be cele
brated in Portland, Or , this year as
never before. The patriotism ot the
oitisena baa been aiouaed thoroughly!
and the oommlttee appointed to arrange (
tbe oelebration baa met with spontane
ous encouragement on every band.
The oelebration will begin Wednesday,
and continue uninterruptedly for four
days, ending In a blase of glory Batur-'
day night. - Eaoh day will be crowded .
a full aa it wlU bold with events of I
all kinds. . . . '(
In a report sen t to Governor Lord,
of Oregon, aa commander-in-chief of,
the state militia, by Adjutant-General
Tattle, it Is stated that no aotual dls-
turbanoe now exists upon the Columbia
river, and that present condition 1 do
not warrant tbe sending of. tbe militia i
to tbe scene of tbe trouble, bot the.
ending of a few troops to west port to
patrol tbe river is recommended.
China, it is said. Is in dire straits
for money. . Tbe diversion ot tbe
steady and always-inoreaaing revenues
of the Imperial maritime customs,
wbiob are now mogrwgea so me iuu
extent to French, Russian, English and
German bondholders, from tbe Im
perial exchequer, to pay tbe interest on
tbe various foreign loans, haa crippled
tbe government until now it doea not
know wbiob way to turn for money.
Tbe work ot relief and restoration
goes on in Bt Louis. Contributions of
money, olotblng and provisos are be
ing sent there, and all the' destitute are
being oared tor. The losses caused in
directly by the tornado are just begin
ning to reveal themselves, and will be
nearly, as cruel as the immediate
effects. Became the tornado ruined
many mills and faotoriet a large num
ber ot men will be out of employment
forweeksand months.
Tbe supreme court of the state of
Washington has reversed judgment In
the oase of tbe State, appellant, vs.
Thomas Clay borne, respondent, charged
with murderous assault upon Ed Lons
dale, in King oounty. After oonvlo
tlon, tbe lower oourt granted an arrest
of Judgment, beoause-ot the insuffi
ciency of the indictment, in that it used
the word "personal,'? rather than
"bodily," injury, as provided by stat
ute, but the supreme oourt holds these
words to mean .prsatloally the same
thing In this oonneotion.
In an Interview with a press repre
sentative, Thomas A. Edison said: "I
have succeeded in solving the problem
of the new white light. The lamp is
finished. That la the scientific part of
the work and that solves the problem.
The remainder is manhantnal." The
new linht. or flnorauuini Inmn. as
Ellison haa named It, is somewhat
similar to the inoandesoent lamp now
used everywhere. There is not an ner.
feot a vaouum aa in the Inoandesoent
' lamp. Unlike the eleotrlo lamp, the
whole globe glows with a pure white
light of marvelous illuminating power.
Tbe light oomes from ametallio orystat
known as "inngstate.'-
Thiede, ' who was oonvliJted of the
murder of bis wife In Ball Lake, mu
bung. This Is tbe decision of tbe
Utah supreme court.
Fke destroyed the Boylston brewery
and mammoth loehonse, in Boston, and
damaged many buildings. The total
loss is $75,000. '
An emergenoy olub has beon organ
ised in Des Moines, la., its object be
ing tbe osre of sufferers from tornadoes
and similar publio calamities. : .
The French Niger expedition from
Balaga, West Africa, has been routed
and many of its members killed by
polk ued arrows, In the Borgeo coun
try. The body of Jacob Baer, one f the
pioneera of the city, waa found float
ing in tbe waters of West Lake Park,
Los Angeles. He undoubtedly com
mitted suicide. '
Two midgets, eaoh less than foor
feot high, were married in Niagara
Falls. They are M. L. Comfort, of
Oswego, N. Y., aged 63, and Miss Eva
B. White, of Monroe, Mich., aged 44.
They have known each other for twen
ty years. They met by appointment
and are spending their honeymoon
there.
A hare-knuokle fight to a finish be
twetb two youths waa aaooessfnlly
brought off in a vaoaut Store near the
Olympic Club's ground, San Francisco.
Bad blood had existed owing to an ex
change of compliments orer a dog fight,
and the youths met to settle their dif
fereno s in aooordunoe with an agree
ment then made. -
Manacled, but struggling fiercely
with guards, Joseph Windrath waa
xeouted in Chicago. Even to tbe last
second Windrath feigned inssnity,
orylng, "bang upMannow,"eto. ' Not
nttl the drop fell and tbe rope tight
ened the last time aroand Wlndrath's
neck were tbe awful cries stilled. It
was fourteen minutes later before the
heart ceased beating.
Nearly all tbe settlers on lieu lands
in the neighborhood of Garfield, Wash.,
have received notice to prepare to
either buy or vacate their homes. The
notions state that under date of April
, 1896, the government issued patents
to tbe Northern Paoiflo Railroad Com
pany for these lands. Tb railroad
company offers the lands to settlers for
$3 an acre to be paid in either five or
ten annual payments 'with interest st
per cent. .
A Cspe Town dispatch says that in
the assembly Mr. Spring in announc
ing the badget snid that tbe available
urplus wss 1,350,000, estimated sur
plus net for tbe year, 833,000. : He
also produced statistics showing an un
precedented prosperity in all directions
and expressed the opinion that the high
prloe of Cape stock was partly due to
the faot that the oolony was a part of
the British empire, and be added that
the power which commands the sea
must dominate South Africa. ; j
Tbe American line steamer St. Psul
haa again broken ber record across the
Atlantic. The St Paul left Southamp
ton st noon May 80 and passed The.
Needles about 1:85 P. M. June 8. Her!
time for the trip waa t days, 6 hours
and 81 minutes, beating all records by,
over l$ hours.- The best previous
western record ot tbe St Paul, made
on ber last voyage, was 6 daya, 9 boors
and 5 minutes. She has, in tbe pres
ent trip, reduced that time 8i hours,
and also made a new western record,
from Southampton.
Alarming newa regarding the plague
which la raging in China and other
countries of Southern Asia was brought
by the steamer Peru, which arrived
from Hong Koug and Yokohama in.
San Franoisoo, seven days late, on ao
count of being detained at quarantine
t Nagasaki. Deaths are occurring by
hundreds in the Orient At Canton
there were 81 5 deaths in one week re
cently. At Hong Kong, when the
Peru sailed, May i, 617 persona were
down with the oholera, and new casta
were being reported at the rate of 35
day. -
Manager W. R. Rust, of the Taooma
Smelting te Refining Company, has re
turned from New York, where he made
arrangements to raise $350, 000 to be ex
pended in making the Taooma smelter
one of the largest in the United States. .
Two new stacks, six roasters, and a re-;
finery, coating over $100,000, are to be
bnllt. lnoroaslnat the nlant to four
staoks and eight rosters, with oa-'
paoity of over 300 tons of ore per day. ,
The other $150,000 will be used as
working capital. The need of an in
creased oanaoitv ia brought about bv
the great mining development in Al-
ska and British Columbia.
James MoKinney, of the commission
firm ot MoKinney Bros., of Kama
City, has praotloally cornered the po
tato market MoKinney is said to
have more of tbe produot to sell than,
11 the other potato brokers in tliej
West . Within the past lour nays, mo-,
Kinney has raised the prloe of potatoes
35 cents, and further rise is antioi-l
pated. Twenty days ago MoKinney)
contracted lor tne only avauaoie po
tateos now in the West, 100 calroads,
from Greeley, Colo. MoKinney is said
to nave oornered tbe market Ave years,
ago, when be railed the piroe from 85,
oents to $1 a bushel 1
8. Asano, one of the obiefs in the.
naval department of the government of)
Japan, will arrive on the next steamer'
from the Orient in San Franoisoo. Anj
important matter oonneoted with the1
coming ylsit of 8. Asano to the Paoiflo'
ooaat is the opening of a new stesmshlp
line between Tokio and the Paoiflo
eoaat In heralding the advance of
this new line Asano will say that It
will handle freight oheaper than either
of the lines running from San Franoisoo,
and Puget Sound, and that the landing
place on this coast will be at Portland.
Tbe Japanese legislature recently ap
propriated $5,000,000 to float the oetn
psny, and selected Portland ss being
tbe most central point Freight will,
be oarrled at 18 yen, or $9, per ton,.
... ... ...111 k. .t
land tne passenger
' grea
reatly reduced rates.
BATTLE OF F1ERKET
Dervish Stronghold Taken by-
Egyptian Troop.
KHALIFA LOST A THOUSAND MEN
The Attack Was a Complete Surprise,
but the Dervishes War Finally
. Fut to Rout. .
Flerket, Egypt, June 9. This point
was taken by Egyptian troops at ah
early bour this morning, snd their
manner of aoqultting themselves in
this, tbe tint engagement of tbe Nile
campaign, has given great satisfaotion
to the British officers In command of
them. Tbe Egyptian forces left Aka
sheh last evening, and the movement
was a surprise, aa it seemed to bave
been determined to bold Ahasbeb as an
outpost until the season was passed and
the period arrived for tbe advane? upon
Dongola in tbe latter part of August
or in September. The foroe responded
promptly to orders, bowover, and was
soon under way for this point Tbs
distanoe la twenty miles. The greatest
seorecy had been maintained as to sll
tbe arrangements, and precautions
were taken to prevent tbe news of tbe
advanoe from leaking out
The ions night tnaroh was porsued
in sbsolute silence, in onsequenoe of
which the arrival ot the Egyptiana at
tbe dervishes' camp took tbe enemy
oompleely by surprise. They quickly
rallied, however, and rushed to arms.
Far from being routed in the first skir
mish ot the attack, they stood to their
positions snd made a stubborn defense
of tbe oamp for an hour and a half,
during wbioh there was bard fighting.
Tbe dervishes were finslly put to
rout by flank movement, executed by
the cavalry. Seeing themselves In dan
ger of being surrounded, the foroes of
the khalifa took flight to the southward
toward Boards, pursued by tbe cavalry.
Boards is nearly 100 miles south ot
here, bot is strongly beld by a foroe of
several thousand dervishes.
Reports received indicate that the
loss to the dervishes will amount to
1 ,000 men. Among those killed is the
Emir Hammuda, who was their com
mander, besides many Important chiefs.
Hsmmuda waa In command of the
largest foroe at Suards. He was one ot
tbe tribe of Hbbanla, and was well
known to Blatin Pasha while the later
was a captive of the khalifa in tbe
Soudan.
The officers in command of the Egyp
tian foroe express great gratification at
the oondnct in this morning's fight of
the Egyptisns, about whom soma doubt
bad been felt, and the Soudanese wbo
had been depended on for good fight
ing. They displayed great stesdiness
and dash. Tbe Egyptian loss in the
fight waa twenty killed and eighty
wounded. Hundreds of dervishes were
taken prisoners. ,
ALL KINDS OF STORMS.
Heat, Cyclone, Hall. Rain, Uravel, Flab,
.- and Turtlaa.
Chicago, June 9. Severe atorms
prevailed throughout Wisconsin, Iowa,
Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Illi
nois and Michigan today, and there
was heavy rain, with cyolone manifesta
tions. Tbree beat atorms passed over
this city, aocompanled with heavy rains
and hall. Hailstones fell In some
places in this vloinity so tbivk they
oould be taken up by tbe shovelful
After the rain in Hyde, nearly a peck
of shells and gravel were picked up.
In one plaoe in this suburb, small flab
and turtles were found in large num
bers. Of this remsrkable occurrence,
Observer Cox states that the transplant
ing of fish, shells and water gravel
from their original reating plaoe to
points miles away was due to vaouum
whirlwinds and straight winds, wbioh
bave prevailed throughout tbe West
for a week past
A sailboat capsized on the lake this
afternoon and its four oooupants barely
escaped drowning. Up to a late bour
tonight, no fatalities had been report
ed. At Peoria, besvy rain did oon
aiders b'e damage. At the union stock
yarda, the storm played havoc Base
ments and first floors were flooded and
the big packing house firms were
heavy losers. Soores of windows were
blown In and the rain, entering, spoil
ed tons of beef whloh had been pre
pared for canning. .
At Vigil, a D.,i cyclone leveled a
number of bouses. Irvin Daly waa seri
ously injured. From this point, the
funnel-shaped oloud took a northeast
erly direction, devastating everything
with which It came in oontaot Four
persons were drowned, and it is report
ed muoh damage was done to property
in Leavenworth.-.
Springfield, 111., was visited by a
terrifio storm. Trains on all lines are
delayed by washouts In Chadorn, Neb.,
the result ot a storm. ; '
A ByatMdw Ktltad.
St. Louis, June 9. A street fight oc
curred tonight between Andrew Smith
and Peter Pete.-aon, prisefightsr,
otherwise known as the "Terrible
Swede." The . result waa that Smith
unintentionally killed James Hiokey,
a disinterested spectator.
Tsrrlbls Blot ta It. Petsnbora;.
London. June, 9.- A dispatch from
Vienna to the Dally Newa says that ac
cording to a Poliab'Galloinn paper,
there was a riot in St Petersburg on
the evening of the coronation day, A
drunken crowd. It is alleged, filled np
with strong drink and became unman
ageable, whereupon Cossacks galloped
into the orowd, . whloh responded by
throwing stones. The Cossaoks, it is
further said, used their sabers and
finally fired Into the orowd, ot wnloh
850 persons were killed and wounded
and 600 airested.
THE SEAL FISHERIES.
Behrlag Sea Treaty With sineland
Mads Public.
Wsshlngton, June 10. President
Cleveland and the qoeen ot Great
Britain will officially proolalm within
a few days the Behrlng sea convention,
which their respective governments
have entered into. Tbe senate made
public the text of tbe treaty wbiob pro
vides for the appointment of Joint
commission to ascertain tbs amount of
damages by the owners of British seal
ing vessels seised in Behrlng sea by
United States revenue cutters before
they had authority to do so under the
terms of tbe modus Vivendi or tbe ap
proved decision of the Paris arbitration
tribunal.
No definite selection bss yet been
made so far as learned, of the United
States representative on the commis
sion. . It is thought Professor D. F.
Dal, an expert in seal life, wbo is con
nected with tbe naval museum here,
has about the best ohanoe of securing
tbe place. "II is not believed that Great
Britain will be far behind the presi
dent in making its selection, as it is
tbe desire of both governments to have
tbe matter settled as soon as possible.
Tbe long preamble of the convention
recites tbe facta of the treaty of 1893,
and the failure ot tbe tribunal of arbi
tration provided by it to amicably set
tle all matters in dispute and specify
tbe additional British s-aling vessels
wbioh bave claims against the United
States.
Tbe convention proper provides that
all olalma arising under the treaty ot
1893, and the award and findings of
tbe tribunal of arbitration, shall be re
ferred to tbe commissioners, one ap
pointed by Great Britain and tbe other
by the United States. Tbe commis
sioners are to meet at Victoria, B. C
If either so requests, they shall also sit
in San Franoisoo. Decisions reached
by tbe commissioners in eaoh claim
shall be accepted by tbe two govern
ments aa final. Tbey are given full
authority to examine under oath every
question ot fact not found by the tri
bunal of arbitration, and shall bave
power to prooore or enforce testimony,
aa may hereafter be provided by legis
lation. It in any oase tbe commission
ers fail to agree, the differences shall
be referred for final adjustment to
an umpire, to be appointed by tbe two
governments Jointly, or in case of a
disagreement, to be nominated by the
president of the Swiss confederation.
The amount awarded to Great Britain
under the convention is to be . paid by
the United States within six months
after the award ia made.
A BOMB THROWN.
la Parsons la a Crowd at Barcelona
Wora Klllad.
Baroelona, June 9. A bomb waa
thrown into the orowd daring the
Corpus Cbrlsti parade today, and its
explosion resulted in tbe killing of six
persons and the injury ot forty. Tbe
perpetrator is not yet known, and bis
motive is equally a mystery.
News of tbe throwing of the bomb
spread like wildfire over tbe city, and
caused panic among tbe crowds
drawn to tbe streets by tbe religious
festival and tbe Sunday merrymaking
usual to theoity. The explosion occur
red just as the Coprus Christ! poroes
slon was entering tbe beautiful and
ancient ohuroh ot Santa Maria del Mar.
This is one of tbe most thickly populat
ed portions of tbe oity. Tbe sound of
tbe explosion and the distressed cries ot
tbe Injured and the friends of the killed
created an Indescribable panio among
the great orowd in the prooession and
the lookers on. The people were terror-stricken
with dread of other bombs
being thrown and it waa with difficulty
that they were restrained from stam
peding. A terrible soene ensued after the ex
plosion ot the bomb. Several corpses
and forty persons who were severely
Injured were found to be lying around.
Tbe great exoitement continues unabat
ed throughout tbe oity. The polioe
bave picked op thirty fragments of
bombs in the streets.
A Reservoir Dim Oar Way.
Brigham City, Utah, June 9. Early
this morning big reservoir in Three
Mile canyon, south ot Hyrum City,
burst its banks, and a solid wall of wa
ter sixteen feet hlvh rushed down the
canyon into the valley, carrying de
struction before it for distanoe of
thirty miles. Boulders weighing tons
were oarrled along like feathers, and
deposited in the fields of farmers, who
today find thier fertile acres oovered
from one to four feet deep with sand,
trees and boulders. Tbe entire valley
presents a desolate appearance.
A Call laansd.
New York, June 10. -The treasury
department has issued call en tbe
depository banks tor tbe balance ot
their holdings of government money.
The amount involved is about $4,500,
000. Tbe call is payable on or before
June 15. "- ' -
Aetar Frank Mayo la Dead.
Omaha, Neb., June 10. Frank
May o, the veteran aotor, died at Grand
Island today. : Mayo died on the train
shortly before reaching Grand Island.
The body will reaoh Omaha about 4
o'olook and be prepared for shipment
East Death resulted from Paralysis
ot the heart
A TarribU Termination.
San Franoisoo, June 10. John W.
Hay, aged 86, assistant editor of the
Journal of Commerce, waa shot
through the left breast by Mrs. Mina
MaoDongall, aaid to be tbe wife of a
drummer for Chloago barbed wire
company, at the boarding bouse ot
Mrs. Quinn, on MoAllister street, at
1 t.tn n'nlnnlr laat niuht The woman
then shot her sell througn tne neart,
'dying instantly. Hay was removed to
'the reoeiving hospital. The dootor
J says he oannot live.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Daily Proceedings in Senate
and House.
IMPORTANT BILLS INTRODUCED
Subitaneo of the Maaaurea Balof Con
alilarad by the Fifty-Fourth ' :
Session Sonata.
. Washington, June 6. Tbe senate
had one of tbe busiest sessions ot this
congress today Late in the day tbe
filled oheese bill passed, as it came
from tbe bouse, by a vote ot 87 to 18.
thus completing tbe legislation on this
snbjeot Tbe measure is analogous to
the oleomargarine law. Tbe bill de
fines "filled cheese" to embrace "all
substanoe made ot milk, or skimmed
milk, with the admixture ot butter,
animal oils or fats, vegetables or any
other oils or oompounds foreign to snob
milk, and made in imitation or sem
blance of cheese." Manofacturera of
filled obeese are taxed $400 annually;
wholesale dealers, $250; retail dealers,
$13. In addition to these taxes, the
produot Itself is taxed 1 cent per pound,
and, if imported, filled oheese Is taxed
8 oents per pound in addition to the
Import duty.
Washington, June 8. Morgan gave
the senate a spirited revival of the Cn
ban question today, after most ot the
day was spent In waiting for oonferenoe
reports on appropriation bills. Jlor
gan urged the adoption of bis resolu
tion, calling on tbe president for in
formation in regard to the Americans
taken from the Competitor and now
under sen teno of death in Havana
He aaid tbe president's action was a
violation of law. Morgan declared
oongress should not adjourn without
requiring the president to send war
thips to Cuba to demand tbe release of
the American prisoners. On the sug
gestion of Sherman, chairman of the
committee on foreign relations, the
senate went into seoret aesslon, and,
after agrument by Morgan, bis res jlu
tion was plaoed on the calendar, a pre
liminary movement equal to postpon
ing action.
Washington, June 10 Tbe senate
made but little progress today toward
final adjournment Tne new deficiency
bill, framed to overcome tbe objections
of the president, by omission of olaims,
was passed. An effort by Harris to
add war claims under tbe Bowman
aot, aggregating $500,000, failed on a
point of order. A final report on the
postofBce appropriation bill was agreed
to. The immigration bill was before
the senate after 3 o'clock, but Morgan
diverted the debate into a discussion
on Cuba. He took occasion, during bis
speech, to disclaim having made barth
oritioisms of tbe queen regent of Spain.
' . Rous, '
Washington, June 6. By a vote ot
158 to 88, the bonse ' today decided
against tbe olaim of William Elliott,
from tbe black or "shoestring" dis
trict of South Tlaroliua, and gave tbe
seat to George W. Murray. Murray ia
a colored man, and in the fifty -first oon
gress was seated in plaoe of Mr. Elliott
The latter bad 1,874 majority on the
faoe of the returns, but the oommittee
found the former bad carried the dis
trict by majority of 464. Murray
was given round of applause when he
oame forward to be a worn in. Elliott
ia tbe ninth Democrat unseated by the
present house. The final oonferenoe re
port on the general deficiency bill was
agreed to, and also a partial report on
the District of Colombia bill. Tbe
senate amendments to the bill to retire
Commander Quaokenbush were adopt
ed. The oonferenoe report on the bill
to pension the widow of the late Sena
tor George Spencer, of Alabama, was
agreed to. .
Washington, June 8. The house to
day unseated two more Democrats,
Lookhart, from the seventh North
Carolina district, and Downing, from
the . sixteenth Illinois district, and
seated in the plaoe of the former, Mar
tin, a Populist, who bad been indorsed
by tbe Republicans, and in plaoe of
the latter, Binaker, a Republican.
Downing waa the only Democrat from
Illinois. A good deal of partisan feel
ing waa aroused among the Demoorats
by the ruling of Panye, who waa in the
chair, and on one or two ooasions,
there was mild reminder of the tur
bulent scenes of the fifty first congress.
The Demoorata left the hall in an effort
to break quorum, but Payne declined
to reoogniae the point ot no quorum or
to entertain tbe appeal from that decision.-
.
Washington, June 10. -In order to
guard against a failure ot a quoram in
tbe few bonrs of tbe session today, the
house revoked all leaves ot absence aud
ordered the sergeant-at-arms to tele
graph abseLtees t return at onoe. Toe
final oonferenoe ot the po. tofflce appro
priation bill was agreed to. This left
ut four appropriation bills in oonfer
enoe. ' Tbe compromise relative to the
old cottiers' claims in the Indian bill
was agreed to also, leaving only the
sectarian school question in this bill
open. Bills and resolutions were
passed oalling on the secretary of the
treasury tor information as to steps to
be taken to procure a settlement of the
disputed question of the liability of
Virginia or West Virginia for $540, 000
worth ot bonds in wbioh the Indian
funds are invested; tor the establish
ment ot a site for the erection of a
penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth,
Kau ; for a scientific investigation of
the fur seal fisheries; to amend the act
for the proteolton of salmon fisheries of
Alaska. ' - - ...
In London no fewer tk T88.000
people live four and more to yai-room,
and of these 8,000 sre paoked to the ex
tant of eight or more to the room.
AUSTIN CORBIN DEAD.
Killed In a Runaway Aeeldanl a Bis
Summar Homo .
Newport, N. H., June 8. Austin
Corbin, the multi-mUllonaire, ot New
York, died at 9:43 tonight, from injur
ies received by the running away ot the
borses attaobed to bis carriage. Tbe
accident occurred about 3 o'olook this
afternoon, while Mr. Corbin waa driv
ing form his estate and game preserves,
two miles from here, aooompanied by
his gTandson, Edgell Corbin, and the
letter's tutor. Tbe driver was John
Stokes.
. When coming out of the entrance
gate, the horses shied, and in their
fright dashed across tbe street, collid
ing with high stone walL Tbe car
riage waa overturned sufficiently to eject
with great foroe all its oooupants, with
the result that one of Mr. Corbin' s legs
was broken in two plaoes and the other
wrenched, while bis bead was terribly
bruised. , The dirver was injured in
ternally and died at 6 o'olook.
Edgell Corbin had one- leg broken,
besides other injuries, while the tutor
escaped with a severe shaking up.
The first information ot tbe aooident
brought to tbe village was when local
surgical help was summoned. Word
was immedately disptaohed to New
York and Boston for the best of surgi
oal skill and skilled nurses. : ,
. Mr. and Mrs. Corbin and their
grandson came to their summer home
from New York on Memorial day, and
tbe other members of tbe family were
to follow in a few days.
A GALLANT ENGINEER.
Paaaoocors oa tho Seattle, Laka ghoro
S lultn Itnl,
Seattle, June 8. As passenger train
No. 3 on the Seattle, Lake Shore A
Eastern road, south-bound, waa round
ing curve ten miles north of MoMnr
ray yesterday afternoon, the flange on
one of tbe engine wheels broke and tbe
engine turned someraault down
three-foot embankment, oarrying the
tender and baggage car with it and
dragging both ooaohes trom the rails,
but not from the track. The train waa
running twenty-live miles an bour, but
tbe engineer, George Gabriel, stuck to
bis post, put on the airbrake and aaved
the twenty-five passengers. His oour-
age oame near costing him bis life, for
be was buried in the overturned cab,
wbioh waa at onoe filled with scalding
steam. Fortunately one of the big
driving wheels of the engine broke into
the tender tank and released the water,
wbiob flowed completely over the en
gineer's body till he was released by
Conductor MoCaffey and Brakeman
Wilson. It waa found that be bad
been struck a severe blow on the right
' thigh, wbiob will lay him up for a
couple of weeks, and may result in ser
ious complications. Six months ago
the same heroio man, sitting in the
same engine cab, saved a Lake Shore
train in the same manner, paying the
penalty of a broken leg, from wbioh he
had but just reoovered. .
THE MOSCOW CRUSH.
Tho Prefect of Polios Responsible for
tbe OUaater.
Moscow, June 8. Eye witnesses ot
the terrible orush on the Hodynsky
plain Saturday agree that M. Vlaasov
sky, prefect of polioe, is chiefly to
blame for tbe disaster. He huffly re
fused military offers of troops to con
trol tbe crowd, declaring that be knew
his own business and that there was no
need ot any further fear of . aooident
Popular feeling against Vlassovsky is
intense, and his name has beoome a
curse among the populaoe, who, armed
with bottles and atones, would have
lynched him the same day upon his ar
rival at the plain if he had not had bis
route lined with troops and himself
strongly escorted. -
It appears that during the orush a
number of Cossacks, finding themselves
surrounded, freely used their whips on
tbe orowd in order to foroe their way
out Three were torn from their sad
dles and were killed and this led to the
flight of the others. A number ot peas
ants were, drowned in the vats ot beer
provided for the feast, in which they
plunged in order to secure the liquor.
THEY FISH IN PEACE.
Good effect of tho Presence of Mllltla
on Baker's Bay. -v.. '
Astoria, Or., June 8. A prominent
citiaen ot Ilwaoo was in town today,
and said that fishing ia progressing
peaceably throughout Baker's bay,
under the protection of the Washing
ton militia. The force at Ilwaoo now
consists of about fifty men. They have
two steamers, protected on the outside
with heavy railway ties, and each
mounting cannon, carrying a detail
of beavily-armed men, and constantly
patroling the bay day and night There
has been no attempt made recently by
strikers to enter the bay or molest any
of the working fishermen.
Seaborg'a cannery is in operation
and reoeiving all the fish it can con
veniently handle, whloh are said to be
of unusually fine alse and quality. A
squad of regulars ia also maintained On
Band island, and ia contributing mater
ially to preserve tbe peaoe at that sec
tion of the bay and river. .. ,.
. Sealing Company ued.
New York, June 8. United States
Attorney MoFarland, in the name of
the United States, has filed in the
United States circuit court of this dis
trict papers in th second aeries ot ac
tions against the North Amerioan Com
mercial Company. This suit which is
for rentals, royalties and taxes for the
sealing done at the Fribyloff islands,
asks for $314,390, with Interest from
'April 1, 1895. Tbe case was set tor
the October term. In the first trial
Judge Wallace rendered decision
against the North Amerioan Commer
cial Company.
OREGON . STATE NEWS.
Interesting Collection of Items Front
' Town and County.
Baker City will celebrate the na
tion's birthday.
Tbe telegraph office at Jacksonville
has been temporarily olosed.
Tbe Coqullle creamery is reoeiving
15,000 pounds of milk daily.
Herriok's cannery, at Tbe Dalles,
haa started up. Tbe run of fish is im
proving. Some $3,800 in gold, according to
report, has been taken from the Salmon
mountains mines tbe last six weeks. '
The Yambill County Pioneer Asso
ciation has decided to hold its annual
meeting at MoMinnville June 36
and 37. ;: . :,
Independence boasts of a young man
not yet 30 years of age, whose height
is 6 feet 9 inches. Charles Bicker ia
bis name..;.'. . .
A great amount of snow has fallen
In the Blue Mountains during this
month, which insures a long season to'
the plaoer miners.
The waterspout in Gilliam oounty
last week did a great deal of damage
on Pine creek, destroying gardens and
filling up irrigation ditches
Tbree feet of snow is reported on tbe.
Mount Adams ranges this month,
where, last year, earlier than this,,
grass was abundant and fifteen inches .
high.
Dan Ryan, a miner, died in Grant'
Pass last week from the effects of oblo-.
reform administered during a surgical
operation to remove a cancerous growth
from bis lower jaw.
Tbe Oregon and Eastern mails for.
Lake and Klamath counties now reach
their destination one day earlier since '
the establishment of the mail route'
from Ashland to Klamath Falls.
Coal mining and shipping will begin '
on the Illinois this week. B. D.
Hume, ot Wedderburn, will get 100
tons as starter. The steamer used
carries only four tons to the load.
' Tbere waa a waterspout at McKay,
in Umatilla county, last week, and an
other two days later. They did much
damage, washing out potatoes that
were planted and doing other damage '
tooropa.
. Notices of appeal to the supreme
oourt bave been filed in the cases of
Marcus 8. Koshland vs. Hartford Fire
Insurance Company and Marcus S.
Koshland vs. Home Mutual Insurance
Company, from Pendleton.
Tbomaa Thomason, inspeotor of
horses for Umatilla oonnty, had big "
round-up of diseased horses on the
Umatilla reservation, and many of the
animals were killed. The diseased
horses were suffering from mange.
8. Price, who came from Indiana to
Oregon in 1853, brought with him at
the tune a $1 bill, whloh be exhibited '
the other day in The Dalles. It waa
issued by the state from the Miami :
county bank at Troy, and at the time
was good in Indiana, Ohio and a por- ;
tion of Kentucky. 1
The Byers flouring mill, in Pen-'
Aleton, has just finished loading a ship
ment of three carloads of flour, bound
tor San Salvador. The mill ships to i. .
Central America and China, and the 'feS
Chinese insist on having their flour in c3
green saoka, while the San Baivadoranc .,
will only take theirs in blue bags. 4
Mrs.' Mary Ann Cbilds, a colored ;
woman, 67 years of age, visited the. ,
m 1 1 l au . .. : 1 n
linemawa vunuui iu wooa. duo unm ,
from Louisiana, and has been traveling ,
for the last four years. She . left t
Louisiana, and traveled on foot to New t
York, from there to Washington and
from that city to Florida. , She thou
started West
Plans have been prepared for a new -building
at Bingham Springs station '
for the "convenience of tourists and
other. It will be built of fir trees ia t
old-fashioned style, with, doors .and
windows aa used years ago. Tbe out- -aide
will be left with rough rustio ap
pearance, but the inside will be fitted ;
np in modern style.
Much wool is now being received at ,
Pendleton by rail and team for the ;
oouring mill and commission men.
Dealer are not anxious to buy, and ;
there ha been but little selling or ship-
ping. Mr. Koshland has so far-shipped 1
four crloads to Boston and one to Port
land. A large quantity i arriving by
rail from Eastern Washington points. ;
The loss of lambs this season in Mai- .
heur oounty, consequent upon the oon-
tinned oold spring weather, baa been
very groat, the loss in a few instances
xeoeeding 50 per cent of the orop. say '
tbe Vale Gazette. The sheepmen, how-
ever, are not any losers on the aggre- ;
gate season's profits, for the reason . -that
an easy winter did away with the
necessity ot muoh feeding, so that the
lossot a part of the increase will not
seriously affect local sheepmen.
The Smithsonian Institution ha .
donated ooUeotion of 315 duplicate .
specimens of fishes to the university ;
ot Oregon. This collection is from the, .
upper part of the Columbia river basin, t
In tbe state of Idaho, and the speci
mens ot fishes were selected from the -national
museum at Washington, D. .. ..
C and transmitted to the home uni-
versity, in oonformity with the usage !
of the Smithsonian Institution in the ;
distribution ot duplicate materiaL
. The Mining World.
Beoent cable advice from London
show that there is on band less than
two months' supply of oopper, and that
both London and Paris are taking .all
they can get hold of. It sow seems . :
possible for oopper to go to 12 eenta.
Most of the capital In this country
is in the East and the good mines are '
in the West While some portion of .
this capital ia being oontinually invest- 1
ed in mining, ' the amount is not as '
great a the needa of the mining dls- '
triot demand, or a the opportunities
for profitable investment warrant "