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VOL. 13.
ST. IIELExNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCT. 23, 1896.
NO. 41.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epltomd ot the Telegraphic
New of the World. .
TEASE TICKS FEOM TUB WIRES
Aalntera.tlng Colleetloa nf Items froae
the Tw. Ileatl.pheres Praeeated
la a Condensed Poraa.
' Governor Boo Tilltouo, the Populist
polttiotnn ot Booth Carolina, ii lu Ore
gon in the Interests of the party.
An Athene dIptoh says that Insur
gent Greeks and Turks fought all day
October 8, near Greavena, Macedonia.
Doth sides sustained heavy losses,
' Baron Nicholas Knebitsky, governor
of the Russian far anal islands, it in
Han Frauolaoo on hia way to Washing
ton, where he luteuds to preterit,
through the Russian ambassador, the
form of a new treaty between bia ooun
try and the United States,
It la expected that 10,000,000 aalmon
fry will be turned into the Colombia
river thie year. Of tbla number, 3,.
000,000 wilt ootne from the Claokamaa
hatchery, 8,000,000 from Handy eta
lion, 8,000.000 from Little White
Salmon, and 1,000,000 from the head
watera of the Claokamaa. 1
, It ia believed tbat 10,000 peraona are
without the necessaries of life in Uoay
aquil aa a remit of tbe recent fire there.
Ten thonaand peraona have already left
the olty, fearing peatilenoe will follow
the lira. Everything poMible ia being
done to relieve suffering among those
who have remained.
The grand Jnry baa Indicted eleven
director! of the Bank of Comment, of
New Orleans, wbloh oloaed np laat
month with a Ion of 1810,000. Cash
lar da Blano waa alio indioted for
falsely awearing to bank statements.
The indioted dlreatora are aome of the
moat important baetneea men of the
community.
In hia annual report to the aeoretary
of war, General Ureely, the ohief stg
sal officer, aaya the military telegraph
Unci running through monntalnooaand
doaert regioue have been maltained In
eioellent order. The oommeroial busi
ness over the linea baa largely lnoreaa
ed, and the reoelpta now amount to
one-twelfth ot the ooat ot operation of
the entire signal oorpe.
An east-bound Union Paolflo pas
aenger train waa held np a short dls
tanoe eait of Uintah, Utah, near the
month of Wober canton, and about
eight mile from Ogden. No passen
gera were moleated, the robbera oon
fining tbeir operation! to the mail and
eipreaa oar. The baggage and express
ears were uncoupled by the robbenand
run ahead of the train a few hundred
yard! and both oara broken open. The
robbera failed to open the aafe in the
eipreaa oar. Railway officials eay the
booty eeoored waa a few mall bagi, but
aa a great portion of the mail waa cor
respondence between bonk!, inoloaing
' eiobangoa and remittanoea, and alwaya
a good proportion of oaab, the loaa la
eoppoaed to be ot consequence.
Throe men were inatantly killed in
Wilkesbarre, Pa., by a fall of rook.
The Republican headquarter! at
Chehalia, Waab., were broken into by
oni a miaoreanta and a quantity of lit
erature, private letter, aooountaand
poatage atampa taken.
Bertie Tripp, whoae right name la
supposed to be Helen Forest, a mem
ber of the Salvation Army, oommitted
saloide by taking poiaon in Butte,
Moot No oauae for the aot ia known.
The Italian government haa address
ed a peremptory note to the porte In
referouoe to a young Italian subject
who waa murdered in the recent maa;
satires. The note aaya tbat the young
man waa beaten on the bead and felled
to the ground by a man inTurkiah uni
form until he waa killed. The note
. demand! the punishment of the guilty
peraona and the payment of indemnity
for the murder of an Italian subject
An nnauooeaarul attempt at wholesale
polaoning by paria green haa been die
oovered in Almond, Wis. While pre
pairng a oan of milk for abipment,
John Bibby, a wealthy milk-ahlpper,
notloed a peculiar oolor, and, on in
veatigatlon found a large quantity of
paria green at the bottom ot the oan.
John Burna, another farmer, found a
coo re of pilea of paria green and aalt
Mattered in hia paitnre land, and
Thomae Brown loat five of the moat
valuable oowa of hia herd from tbe
aame poiaon, deposited by unknown
partlea on hia graaing range. No olew
aa yet to the perpetratora of the out
rage baa been found.
Boaton haa refuted to accept the
bronse Bacchante by Maomonniel, foi
the new publlo library. Tbe atatue ia
too suggestive of immorality and tbirat
for the Puritan town. At a meeting
of the art committee it waa decided to
reject it. The ourator ot tbe muieura
eont tbe following note to tbe trustee!
of the library: "Voted, That tbe
aeoretary be instructed to Inform the
trnateca of the publlo llbary tbat, while
recognising tbe remarkable technical
uerita of Mr. Muomounlei' atatue ot
Bacchante aa a work of art, thia com
mittee doe! not regard it at aulted to
tbe publlo library building."
It ia generally bolloved among the
lending Cathotio - olergy that Bishop
Horttnan, of Cleveland, O., dtooese,
will be tendered tbe position ot reotor
of the Cathulio univeraity at Washing
ton, made vacant by tbe resignation of
Bishop Keane. The binhop, who la at
preieut in tbe Eaat, haa given out noth
ing oonoerning the appointment, but it
li laid be haa been privately notified
that be ia the oholoe of the pops, and
that bla vialt in the Eaat ia for tbe
purpoae of making arrangement! for
taking on bli n-" duties.
Porelga Orala Crop..
The European crop report! ' of tbt
agricultural department, leaned by tbe
ohief atatlatiolan at Washington, ahowa
tbat the crop of Great Britain baa been
somewhat reduced in the north and In
Scotland by the peniif.il wet weatber
of September, which praotloally ruined
moat of the whoat then ungathered.
In the aouthern oountrlea harvesting
operation! were completed before the
bad weatber aet in, and the wheat ia
of a finer milling quality than baa
been known for yeara.
A Wjnainlta Knplo.lon.
A lnrge quantity of dynamite in
magazine of the Dayton Coal & Iron
Company, at Dayton, Tenn., exploded,
wrecking many building! and destroy
ing an electtre light plant, putting out
all the lighta. The oompany atore la a
onuiplele wreck. Tbe debris,, was
blown a quarter of mile. : '
Terrell If akea a Claim.
Uuited States Minister Terrell haa
lodged with the Turkiab government
claim for $40,000 indemnity on behalf
of Mrs. Lena, mother of Frank Lena,
tbe Pittsburg bicyclist who waa mur
dered by Kurds while traveling
through Aaiatlo Turkey in 1805.
Penalty Swiftly Kaeeated.
Miss Blouche Gray, a young lady of
One family, of Atlanta, Ga., waa going
from a friend's house to her slster.e,
when a negro assaulted ber. Two
boors later the negro waa caught and
banged by a mob.
7 freight Tralaa Collide. .
A head-eud oolllaloa of freight tralna
oooorred on the Northeastern railroad,
near New Orleans. William Fuloher,
engineer, and bis fireman, John Alex
auderla, oolored, were killed.
Part.'. Ueiaead Kafused.
The embaasiea of tbe powers have
sent an Identical note to tbe porte re
fusing its demand tbat the right be ao
oorded of searohlng forolgn vessels in
Turkish waters for Armenians.
Haa Aahora In a foe
The British steamer Paleatrina,
Captain Harder, ballast-laden for Bal
timore, ran ashore in a thick fog near
St Jobna, N. F. Hhe will probably
become a total wreok.
Peaes In Matahelelaad.
Cecil Rhodea. Earl Grey, adminis
trator of the British South AfrioaCom-
jpany, and other officials had a final un
derstanding with tbe Matabele chief.
Mr. Rhodes anuouuoed to them tbat,
after yielding up tbeir arma and thoae
of tbeir number who had been guilty
of murdering whites, tbe Matabeles
mnit looate themselves in specified dis
tricts of tbe oountry. The principal
ohlefs would be bold responsible and
would receive monthly salariea from
tbe British Chartered Booth Afrioa
Company. Tbe chlefa all agreed to
thia proposition, and it is believed tbe
whole Matabele trouble is now at an
end. . . . ; .....
Batch at Maa ara Doomed.
Tbe end ot the highbinder days In
San Franoisco has come. A dozen
headquarters ot the batohet-men were
deatroyed, and tbe work ot deatruotion
will be continued. The agent of tbe
consul general overthrew tbe Josses,
broke dowu tbe signs and dismantled
the headquarters where tbe hatchet
men have been wont to meet, and tbe
Celestial desperadoes are now homeless
and bunted. Tbla outoome ia welcomed
by all in Han Franoiaoo, for another
virulont outbreak waa expected at any
time In Sao Franoiaoo.
Held Vp by Womaa.
Colonel Henry Spielman, of New
York city, a wealthy merchant and
olubman, was bold up by two women
and robbed as be was leaving the
Union League Club in Chicago, Tbe
aaaallauta of tbe colonel secured bia
gold watch aud $30 in oaah. Being
pursued by her victim, one of the
women tossed tbe watch into Custom
house plaoe to avoid being caught with
evldenoe upon btt.
Aa Infantile Crook.
Dennis Myron, ot Cbiosgo, Is only
II years old, but be baa been arrested
fourteen times and is now nnder sen
tence to the reform sohool as a burglar.
He grew op in that unsavory neighbor
hood known as "Little Hell," and
about aa soon as he wore troossra foil
into the companionship of thieves and
toughs. He helped a woman in shop
lifting, and then took op thieving on
bis own aooount
The Sherburne Robber.
The Hhorburne bankrbbber confined
in tbe Martin oounty Jail, Minnesota,
has made a statement to the sheriff,
t.4.k koa kutn VAr1ti.Al otvlnor hia
- T 1 1 1 1 J VI- I - I
name aa uew r&eiuuau, auu uia uvw.
as Rook Rapids, la., where bia parents
reside. He gives his age as 81, and
states that hia brother who waa killed
waa but 18 yeara old. The reading of
dime novela led to the ooin mission of
the crime. I
Inmate. Ware Cremated,
Than waa a terrible naanaltv at the
bouse of J. F. Miller, ot xsew wnat
oom, Waab. The farmer and bia wife .
' . rn.li.lk n MlklnVlluwIllf '
and left their three ohlldren in the
care of Frank Boiie, of Taooma. The j
house took fire' in some manner ana
the three ohildreu and Mr. Boise were
found dead in the ruins. Boise baa a
wife and chaldron in Taooma.
Mrs. Pauline Ollevierl, a sack sewer,
mat with a terrible death in the Cali
fornia Italian Paste Company's works
' in Han Franolsoo. She was wound
! around a narrow upright shafting,
whioh was revolving wita groat veloo-
lty, and she atrnok against a stanohion
' every time she whirled around. The
clothes were wound up so close to the
I body that it had to be removed in an
almost nude condition, xne ngni ieg
' and both arms wore broken, and the ,
! bead bad been crushed hv the blows. '
IMPLEMENTS OF WAR
Secretary Lamont's Estimate
of Money Required.
FIFTY-TWO MILLIONS NEEDED
Progre.. of Work on FortlfloaUuB.
and Seaeoa.t Defenses Aa -'
aallaal Start Marie.
Washington, Oct. 80. Secretary La
ment will tomorrow transmit to the
secretary ot tbe treasury hia estimate
ot appropriations required by tbe war
department for the next fiscal year.
The aggregate is $68,875,088.
Tbe estimate for tbe running ex
penses of tbe war offloe in Washington
is $1,401,880, showing, tbe secretary
says, a reduction in the annual ex
penses for salaries and oontlngenoiea
in tbat office ot $081,048 from tbe
estimate of tour years ago. The other
estimates in detail are as follows:
Pay of Hi. army, m fixed by law fW.W.HV,
Hubpltmir of tbe army.,, ...,..... l,ft4VW7
Quartrirjatr'. .uppllp.
Incidental oxjjcnn of the army tiuu,uuu
Barrack mict quarter., including hoa.
pllal noiiatruutiou ST.,0o
MioutlnK ratine. 2.'.,lJ
Cavalry and artillery hone........ IHu.ikiv
Army traiikiortalliu......... 2,"i,ih
( l..thln , 1,Iiiii,iiu0
Moilical .utiplle. ... li,2i
Ornnanc uximrtmont -. l,l:l,iiuu
Military academy ...,. .... W1.H12
Arnenkl. , lW,m
Military poata, naMnoul cemeterieil
and imllun.l park. l,ue,mn
Bolitlor.' boriiv 8,tta,iU
Artificial II ml lor aoldlera of the
late war 191,000
Publlo building, aud ground, in
Waahlngtun V.m
Mlnuell.litmli.
Klven aud harbor. 5,',M,UU9
The latter sum is to meet payment
on existing oontraots, tbe department
at this time being unable to say wbat
sum will be required by future oon
traots for wbioh autboiity exists.
The estimates for foritfioations and
sea-ooast defenses has been Increased
to $16,803,301, an amount, Secretary
Lamont aaya, whioh will be required
to oontinue this work at its present
rate of progress, wbloh has been appre
ciably advanoed under the large ap
propriation which became available
July 1 laat
In connection with bia estimate, the
aeoretary made publlo a statement of
the condition of this work, tbe ad
vance made and the results tbat oan be
effected by this increased appropriation
wblob be asks.
On July 1, 1808, but one modern
gun bad been placed in position. On
the first of July, 1897, the department
aball have oom pie ted defenaea with
armamenta aa follows; Thirteens 13
inch, thirty-seven 10-inch, eight 8 inch
and four rapid-firing guns and eighty
18-inch mortara.
The reaminderof Soeretary Lamont's
letter transmitting the estimates is of a
historical nature, reviewing the prog
ress made in sea-ooast defense. He
says tbat tor 15 years preceding 1890,
no appropriationa bad been made for
engineering work on our permanent
ooaat defenaea, except tbe amall and
steadily decreasing earn annually al
lowed for "the protection, preservation
and repair" of existing works.
But small amount bad been granted
for the oonstruotion ot mining case
mates and for the purchase, ot ma
terial for submarine defenses, while in
1888 and 1889, a total of about $8,
000,000 bad been appropriated for
modern guna, mortara and carriages.
In 1890 was made the first appropria
tion, $1,811,000, for modern guns and
mortar batteries, followed by one of
$760,000 in 1891, and by another of
$600,000 in 1898. Thia money waa
allotted by the department for construc
tion work at various ports, including a
total ot four 13-inoh, twenty 10 inch,
five 8-inch and two rapid-firing guns,
emplsoements, and sixty-four 13-inch
mortar emplacements. None of them,
however, could be made ready to re
oeive its armament until after the first
mall appropriations in 1898, and the
two succeeding years. Praotloally,
therefore, it was, the secretary aaya,
devolved upon the war department
sinoe 1898 to make provisions for the
completion of nearly all of these em
placements. "It appears," "the aeoretary says,
"that seventeen out of twenty-one 13
inoh emplaoementa, fifty-five out of
sixty-six 1 0-lnoh emplacements, twenty
out of twenty-five 8-inoh emplace
ments, fourteen out ot sixteen 13-inoh
rapid-firing emplacements, and ninety
two out of 160 13-innh mortar em
placements have been entirely provided
for during the last four years; and
that durina the same time a large part
of those previously provided for have
been prepared to receive their arma
mont." - :
BalTatlonl.t. In San Quantln.
"Ban Franoiaoo, Oot. 80. Five oon
vlots of Ban Quentin, eaoh of whom
has some years yet during whioh be
mast wear stripes, were today sworn
in aa Salvation Army recruits, in the
presence of nearly a thousand of tbeir
fellow-prisoners. They signed the
"artioles of war," and are regularly
enlisted members of the army. It waa
an impressive ceremony, taken in con
nection with its surroundings, and was
tbe first of its kind ever held in Ameri
ca. Tbe service was oonduoted by a
party ot Salvation Army offloers, head
ed by Major Milsap, editor of the War
Cry. . - . ' ,::
Btruak a Bl Wave.
New York, Oct. 80 The steam
ship La Gascogne arrived today, bring
ing $600,000 in gold. On Wednesday
last, tbe La Gasoogne enoountered a
tremendous wave, wbioh swept away
one of the lifeboats and in other re
speots slightly damaged the ship. The
passengers were at dinner at the time.
The shook of the wave foroed almost
everything from the tables, completely
spoiling the meal for all the passengers.
Wheat Took a Jump.
Chicago, Oot, 81. Wheat, made a
record-breaking jump today. Decem
ber option, wblob closed Saturday at
76 6-8o, opened tbla morning at 78i to
79 l-8o, steadying at tbe latter figure,
an advance of 8o. The wildest ex-,
oltmeent characterized tbe trading.
There was talk of possible failures.
After a momentary reaction to 79o, De
cember wheat soon went beyond tbe
top figures, touohing 79 M several
times within the first fifteen minutes
of business. Just before 10 A, M. the
market took a sudden plunge down
ward to 78, reaoting later to 78o.
Shortly after 10 the price reoeded to
7 8-o, then within a few minutes it
advance a full cent. During the frenzy
at the opening a few trades were made
as blgb as 79)0, wblle sales at the
same moment in other parts ot tbe pit
were at different figures, ranging all
the way to 78.
In Sight of Liberty.
New York, Oot 21. One hundred
and sixty-seven Armenians, who em
barked from Boulogne, arrived on the
steamship Obdam today and were trans
ferred, to Ellis Island, where they were
examined by the health authorities and
inspestor of immigration. There waa
one family of sixteen. The Armenians
ss a rule were well dressed, intelligent
and did not appear to have suffered
privations. Their landing will be pro
tested aa against our immigration laws.
Made a Rich Baal.
Ssn Francisco, Oot 31. Diamonds
to tbe value of $4,000 and gold coin
amounting to $180 were stolen from
the residence of Hermann Braundsoh
weigher, tbe liquor merchant, 1600
MoAHister street, between the hours
of 9 o'clock in the morning and 6 at
night ,
CLOSE OF AN EPISODE.
President Dlaa Uroorated By the King
of the Belgians.
City of Mexloo, Oot 30. An event
marking the close of a great historic
episode occurred yesterday, when the
Belgian minister, in tbe name of his
majesty, Leopold II, king of the Bel
gians, bestowed on President Dial as a
mark ot tbe honorable regard in which
tbe president of Mexico is held in Bel
gium. Tbe significance of this aot lies
ia tbe faot that King Leopold ia the
brother of the late Empresa Carlotta,
pf Mexico, and bia bestowal of the or
der upon the president of the reboplio
ia an indication tbat the Maximillian
pisxle ia now definitely closed. Presi
dent Dlaa has, aa a matter of publio
policy, and aa a means of drawing all
parties and faotions together and oblit
erating the past, bestowed high oflloes
on distinguished adherents of tbe late
empire, and haa thus brought about an
era of good feeling and fraternal senti
ment previously unknown in Mxeico.
Lake Steamer Burned.
Cleveland, Oot 80. A special from
Sturgeon Bay, Wia., say a the big
steamer Australasia, owned by James
Orrigan, of tbia oity, was burned last
night on Lake Michigan and now liea
at the bottom of Whitefieh bay. Tbe
ateamef, which waa valued at $60,000,
was loaded with a oargo of 3,000 tons
ot ooal for Milwaukee, caught fire
about 11 o'clock. Full ateam waa put
on and an effort made to beach the ves
sel, the crew in the meantime making
a ttrriflo fight against the flames. At
Inst shoal water was reached, just as
the life-saving crew arrived at the ves
sel and rescued the crew. The vessel
soon afterward sunk.
A Crank Arrested.
San Franoisoo, Oot. 20. W. F.
Barrett, who imagined he bad been
delegated to establish tbe innocence of
Theodore Durrant, during the latter's
trial, waa arrested tonight for Insanity.
Barret accosted a man named Riordan
on the street and ordered him to throw
up bis bands. Riordan succeeded in
potting bim to flight, and meeting
Policemen Benjamin and Clancey, in
formed them ot the occurrence. They
pursued the lunatio, and at Hayes
street overtook bim. Be resisted vig
orously, but was subdued after a short
struggle and taken to the oity prison.
Gei many Wants a Chinese Port.
London, Oot 30. A Berlin dispatch
to the Times says the usually well-informed
Sohlessiohe Zeitung reports the
German government meditates sending
com mission to endeavor to secure a
tract ot territory on the eaat ooast of j
China, to enable Germany to share in
the industry and oommeroial develop
ment of China.
A Worklnauen's Petition.
Cape Town, Oot 30. At a meeting
of several thousand workingmen here a
resolution was passed praying the gov
ernment of Cape Colony to summon
parliament with a view of abolishing
the duties on foodstuffs. Those who
attended the meeting afterward formed
a prooession and carried their resolu
tions to the governor.
A Be.ult of the Car's Vl.lt.
Tinndnn. Oat. 30. The Dailv News
has a Berlin dispatch, whioh says that
a batch of Alsatian recruits, wno were
traveling on tbe railway, mutined and
wrecked the railroad carriage, shouting
"Vive la France." This is supposed to
indicate a revival of ohauvinism since
the ozar't visit.
Ralnforeementa for tha Philippine..
Madrid, Oot 20. Reinforoementaol
h noo men. led bv four eenerals. will
atart for the Philippine islands No
vember 13, to take part in the cam
paign against the insurgents were.
Tarred tha Queen's Btatue.
Lnnrlnn. Oct SO. A aneolal from
Bombay announoea that a buoket of tar
mi nnnmrl over tha statue of Queen
Viotoria there daring the night and a
pair of old sandals tied around tbe
neck. .
VENEZUELA DISPUTE
An
Understanding Said
Have Been Reached
to
FOB AN AMICABLE SETTLEMEHT
Proposition embrace Greater Coneas
.Ion. Than Bars MrT Heretofore
Been Made By Oreat Britain.
Chicago, Oct. 19. The Times Herald
prints tbe following dispatch from
Washington, nnder tbe oaption,
"Britain Haa Yielded:"
President Cleveland, In bia next an
nual meaage to oongress, will be able
to state tbat a definite understanding
has been reached with Great Britain
for amicable settlement of tbe Vene
zuelan boundary dispute. The contro
versy will be settled by referenoe to a
peaceful arbitration.
Information was gained tonight that
when Sir Julian Paunoefote aball ar
rive in tbia oountry tomorrow, be will
oome with such instructions as to leave
no room for doubt tbat he and Secretary
Olney will be able in a abort time to
formally reach an agreement for final
settlement of tbe dispute. Tbe props!
tions to be presented by Sir Julian will
embrace greater concessions than have
ever heretofore been made by Great
Britain.
The details of Ambassador Pauuoe
fote's instructions will, of oourse, not
be known until after his arrival here,
bnt the state department has informa
tion of tbe general natnie ot the new
proposals to be submitted by tbe British
govenrment, and the president and Sec
retary Olney are satisfied there will be
na difficulty in adjusting whatever
differences may still exait between the
two oountries.
Just how thia information has
reached the administration authorities
is not known, but it is presumed it
oame through Ambassador Bayard,
sinoe tbe conference in London some
days ago between Lord Salisbury,
Joseph Chamberlain and Sir Julian
Paunoefote.
Before Mr. Chamberlain returned to
London from his summer visit to this
oountry, a satisfactory understanding
bad been reached informally between
him and Seoietary Olney in regard ti
the district!, which waa tbe main bone
of ooutintion at the last exchange of
notes between the two countries.
Mr. Chamberlain, who baa charge of
tbe colonies, was mucb better informed
t'lun any other member of tbe British
cabinet in regard to British settlers in
the disputed territory and was therefore
well qualified to discuss all details
with Mr. Olney.
When he left the United States there
was an agreement, as to a plan tbat
could be adopted for settling this
phase of the controversy, but. of oourse,
it was informal and subject to approval
by Lord Salisbury. Evidently the lat
ter baa aoqniesced in the recommenda
tion made by Chamberlain, ainoe bia
return, as the information received at
the stats department in the past few
days ia that a new proposition to be
presented by Ambassador Paunoefote
upon bis arrival will be in the line of
the conclusions reached by Mr. Olney
and Mr. Chamberlain during their in
orjoal conferences this summer.
Immediately upon the arrival of Am
bassador Paunoefote, . the negotiations
between bim and Olney for final agree
ment on and details for arbitration
will be resumed, and it ia the expecta
tion of the offioials of the state depart
ment tbat they will be finally oloaed in
ample time for the president to an
nounce the faot in bis annual message
to congress. - '
It is understood the ambassador
oomea with instructions whioh enable
him not only to settle the controversy
with the United States before tbe con
vening of congress, but to arrange for
resumption of diplomatic relations
between Great Britain and Venezuela,
which have been severed for some
years.
Upon the successful issue ot the ne
gotiations for arbitration treaty natur
ally bingea the queation of renewed
friendly relations between Great Brit
ain and Venezuela, and they will, of
oourse, both oome at the same time.
RECOGNITION OF CUBANS.
Deelaltra Action by the President With.
In Three Montha.
Chioago, Oot 19. A Washington
special says: It Spain doea not end
the war in Cuba in three montha, tbe
inaui gents will receive from the United
States virtual recognition of their in
dependence. It oan be stated that the
president does not expeot that Spain
will end the war with the taotioa em
ployed during the present year and
that he is fully convinced that the
grave duty will devolve upon bim of
taking a vigorous stand in the matter.
A high offloial of the government said
tonight that action may be looked tor
by the first ot the year. Long before
then the Venezuela question will be
disposed of and the administration
will be left tree to devise a plan for
restoring peace in Cuba.
A wheel weighing over eighteen tons
haa just been turned out in one cast
ing in Sheffield. It is twelve feet and
a bait in diameter.
To Protect the Bank.
Willimantio, Conn., Oot 19. Ow
ing to a run on the Willimantio Sav
ings Institution, during whioh $70,000
has been withdrawn, the directors to
day issued a statement announcing
their intention to take advantage of the
four months' notloe law. The oause of
the run is not known.
The Bed Sea is so oalled because its
surface is frequently oovered with min
ute crimson animalcalae.
BROKE A SHAFT.
Ateam. hip Paris Croa.ed tha Oeean j
Wlih Ona Screw.
Sontbampton, Oct. 30. The Ameri
can line steamship Paris, Captain Wil
kins, from New York, October 7,
reached tbe dock in thia oity at 9 o'clock
thia morning. She reports that at 8 A.
M., October 8, in latitude 40.46 north,
longitude 167 west, while going at a
moderate rate of speed in oalm
weatber, ber starboard tail shaft broke.
The engines were immediately stopped
and a boat lowered and an examina
tion made, from wbicb it waa ascer
tained that the propeller bad been
jammed aud broken. Tbe shaft was
secured and the ship prooeeded with
one engine. There was not the slightest
uneasiness amongst tbe passengers over
the turn of affairs, and the offloers
were all perfectly oool.
The North German Lloyd steamship
Fuerst Bismarck (wbioh arrived in
New York October 9, bringing the
news tbat tbe Paris was disabled), was
sighted two hours after tbe ship had
got under way agtin. Tbe Paris kept
in the track of westbound steamer dur
ing tbe voyage in order to be reported
and to be able to request aid it needed.
Tbe weather was moderate and fine
througbont tbe voyage, exoept on two
occasions, when there were gales. No
cause ia assigned for the aooident, bat
it is thought to have been doe to a flaw
in tbe shaft The passengers stated
they bad a pleasant trip and some ex
pressed themselves as being sorry that
the voyage ended.
CAUGHT IN THE ACT.
A Thief's New Method of Kohblng tha
Malla. ."
Kansas City, Oot 30. A daring
robber ot the mails waa arrested here
tonight by the postal authorities, aided
by the local polioe. Tbe culprit is C.
H. Hamilton, alias Wallaoe, and
claims to have been employed lately at
Los Angeles, CaL, as a stenographer.
The police authorities say the man bas
been in trouble at Salt Lake and Den
ver. In tbe latter plaoe be was at one
time an employe of the city. This
evening Hamilton appeared at tbe anion
depot wearing tbe biasa buttons and
uniform of a railway mail agent. He
stepped loldly np to a truck that was
standing under the depot aheda, loaded
with mail aacks, and pulled down a
letter pouch, throwing it across his
arm and stepping into a waiting room.
There he placed the ponob under an
overcoat tbat bung upon hia arm and
walked out into the street He would
have escaped but for Frank White, a
turf follower, whom be bad known in
Denver, and whom he bad taken into
bia confidence. White quickly noti
fied the offioera, and a abort time after
warda Hamilton was arrested at his
hotel. He had cut open the saok and
was going through the letters which it
contained when the offioera broke into
his room. He bad already extracted
several small sums of money.
DUMPED INTO THE SEA.
Bow tha Turks In Conatantlnopla Got
Bid of Armenians.
New York, Oot 30. Madji Bahsin
is a Christian Turk, who waa one of
the passengers on board the La Gas
cogne, wbicb arrived today. He oomes
to this oountry on a business trip.
Through an interpreter, he told about
tbe massacres of Armenians. He was
in Constantinople during tbe three
days' maBsaorea in August During
that time 80,000 Armenians, be said,
were slaughtered throughout tbe em
pire. Wagona filled with bodies were
constantly passing through the streets
of Constantinople. Cartload after cart
load ot these bodies weve dumped into
tbe sea. The sight was a sickening
one, and what added to its horror was
the faot that in those wagona were
piled the dead and dying, and the
feeble ories of the wounded for release
could be heard coming from the oarta,
but the appeals were utterly unheeded.
Whether killed or wounded, all were
thrown into the sea. Rahsin says the
Americans bad not been moleated np
to date. Tbey are leaving Constanti
nople, fearing they may be attacked.
LOST HIS TEMPER. ;
A Spanl.h Editor Aron.ed by a Wash.
, lug-ton Dispatch. 1
Madrid, Oot SO. Commenting up
on the statement contained in a dis
patch from Washington that President
Cleveland intends to intervene in Cuba
in manner tantamount to the recog
nition of the independence of the insur
gents, the Imparcial declares that
Spain ought to demand a full explana
tion of the Washington government
"She oannot brook a threat over ber
head," continues the Imparcial, "even
for a single day. By wbat right doea
the United States define the time for
Spain to settle a question ot her in
ternal administration? It must be
affirmed before the whole world that
the American government oannot im
pose any sort of terms upon us. "
After denouncing the United States'
fictitious neutrality, the Imparoial oon
oludes as follows:
"The oonduot of the United States
will arouse international indignation.
If Spain should remain alone in a con
flict with the United States, Spaniards,
by their own efforts, will know how to
mark the differences between tbe noble
defenders of their own property and the
vile trafflokery at Washington."
A Head-Knd Oolllaloa.
Orange, Tex., Oot 30. This morn
ing a head-end oollision oooorred at the
trestle aoross Little Cypress bayou, 6.
miles north of this plaoe, on tbe South
ern Pacific, by whioh John Clanoy, ot
Unionville, Ia., was killed, an! A. T.
Toller, Houston, who was running the
west-bound train, sustained a fracture
of both thighbones and a dislocation
of the right shoulder.
Queen Viotoria haa never witnessec
a session of the house of oommons.
! NORTHWEST BREVITIES
Evidence ot Steady Growth
and Enterprise.
ITEMS OF GE5EKAL INTEREST
Prom All the Cities and Towns of tha
Thriving" Bl.ter State
Ore a on. . ..
The tax levy for Clatsop county thia .
year will be between 13 and 18 mills.
The latest olean-up of the Virtue
mine in Baker oounty, is estimated at
$30,000.
It is expected tbat tbe distillery in
Grants will be started np about No
vember 1. ;
For tbe fourth time in four years.
Crook county is the first oounty to send
in its assessment roll to tbe aeoretary
of state. " : "
There are now 701 pupils in The
Dalles publio schools. This is the'
largest number ever enrolled at one
time in that school distriot
The sheepmen of Grant oounty met .
in Canyon City last week and effected
an organization similar to tbat of tbe
Idaho Wool Growers' Association. ,
In running a tunnel into the Black
Republican mine on Frozen creek, a
tributary of Myrtle oreek, tbe workmen
have struck very rich ore, bearing oop
per and gold.
A phenomenal pumpkin vine was
raised this year by a Dalles man. It .
covers a space aa large as tbat between
the four oorners of intersecting streets -in
The Dalles, says the Chroniole. It
bears twenty-two large pnmpkins of an
average weight of twenty-four pounds,
to Bay nothing of the amall ones, and
h'moe has over 440 pounds of pumpkin.
Henry Eemino, of Farmington, in
Washington oounty, waa attacked one
day last week by a mad boar. He was
driving the hoga out of a stubblefleld,
when the infuriated animal rushed
upon bim and thrust hia tasks into
Kemino's thigh, above the knee, strik
ing the bone and lacerating the mus
cles. If blood poisoning will not set
in Mr. Kemino will reoover.
Ben Hagen. a farmer living near
Pendleton, came into tbat oity one day
last week with a load of wheat While
descending Rourke canyon he found the
straw tbat had been placed on the road
on fire. He was into the fire before be
discovered it Tbe banks were too
steep above and below, so tbat he could
not turn out, so he whipped np bia
team and ran bis horses all the way
through the fire. It was rather hot.
and four sacks of wheat were set on fire
while the team was dashing through
the flames. -
Tons of fish are going to waste on
the beaches in Uppertown and Alder
brook, says the Astorian. Within the
past few days millions of sardines have
been thrown np by the high tides on
tbe shore along tbe oity front, and it
baa appeared to spectators that some
thing should be done towards packing
this magnificent article of food. The
fish are as fine in quality aa any ever
i put up in oil, and it would seems that
! a new industry of rennmerative and
i large proportions only awaits the en
: ergy ot some practioal man.
j. . Washington. ' .
I Wild fowl are plentiful on Willapa
I harbor, and the run of silverside
: salmon over there baa began. All the
traps and nets are having fine catches.
. Tbe United States oirouit of appeals
for the ninth distriot bas decided in
favor of tbe oity of South Bend, in tbat
city's oase against tbe water oompany
there. . .
Bears are plentiful in the neighbor
hood of the Coquitlam river, says tbe
Vanoouver News-Advertiser. A num
ber have been shot by Indians within
the past few weeks.
Waitsburg ia now lighted by eleo
trioity. The plant was installed by
home capital and enterpirae. It has
oapaoity ot 600 16-oandle power lighta,
and will be run by water power.
It cost Walla Walla oounty $600 to
extradite and bring from the Indian
territory r Daniel White, a soldier,
charged with seduction, and then no
case oould be made against him be
cause he married the girl. ;
The big bear that ia one of the fea
tures of interest at the Taooma hotel,
broke loose from his chain last week,
and it required the combined efforts of
the hotel force, 600 spectators, and
nearly a quart of chloroform to secure
him again. .. . ,
Tbe harvest of the oranberry marsh
near Ilwaco will be about completed
next week. The orop will be between
6,000 and 8,000 barrels ot berries this
season. So far, no frost has reached
this section, and the orop will be one
of tbe largest, and the berries superior
to any yet gathered.
The farmers around Colfax have be
gun seeding and the amount of fall
planted grain which will go in this
year will be greater than that of any
previous year if the weather oontinues
favorable. Tbe rise in the price of
wheat la atimulating tha farmera to in
oreaaed aotivity, and nearly every inoh
of summer fallow land will be planted
by election time.
Tbe Yakima fair paid expenses and
a few hundred dollars over. All purses
and premiums have been paid, as also
the employes, and most ot tbe inci
dental expenses. The commissioners
worked hard to make the fair a suooess.
Tbe report of the superintendent of
the Clark oounty poor farm shows that
at the end ot the last quarter, Sep tern
ber 80 last there were seven inmates,
four men and three women. Tbe ooat -of
supplies footed up $313.68, and tbt ,
superintendent's salary was $180 1