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VOL. 13.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCT. 30, 189G.
NO. 45.
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OREGON
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome ot
the Telegraphic," bat been known for tome uionth
New. of the World.
TKA8K TICKS FROM TUB WIBKS
a lutereallng Golleotloa of Items from
the Two lleml.pheree Presented
la Condoneed Furm.
J. H. Uook, white, wa shot and
ktlled,by a ngro near Sonuyslds, Ml.
A poaM bauged the negro. It 1 laid
that In oouseqntmoe the negroe have
challenged tbe white and a riot 1 ini
mluent Saturday, October Bl, ha been de
clared a flag day by the national
oh airmen of the Republican, Demo
oratio and Populist parties. It 1 re
queued that the national oolora be dla
played on all reldeuoe and plaoe of
bullae on that day.
. The Berkey A Uay furniture faotory,
of Grand Rapid, Mich., the largest in
the world, ha resumed operation
aftei a period of enforced idleuns dur
ing the bualneaa depreialon. The fao
tory employ mora workmen than any
other institution In tbat city.
It is now certain tbat the lumber
combine, known a tbe Central Lum
ber Company of California, will have
new leaic of life January 1, 1807,
and tbat it will early in the spring
attempt to hold prioea at a higher fig
ore than they have been for year.
W. T. Kambnaoh, tbe defaulting
banker of Jonean.Wis., shot and killed
blmsvlf in Frederioksburg, Vt He
left a note expressing a desire that he
be identified in order that hi wife
might gel bla life insuranoe. About
$100 wa found on hi person.
While the Dunham family waa do
tog it aerial bar aot tn Darnum'a cir
cus, at Chloago, one ot it members,
John, met with an aooident that i
likely to prove fatal He dropped
eighty feat into a net, alighting on bis
,.k,lr, nn hia
bead. His spine wa Injured and low
er limb paralysed,
T. P. Fa rns worth, of Cresoo, la., ac
cidentally killed bis wife in that city.
Just a tbey were going to dine Farns
worth waa tn the not of loading hi re
volver, when the cartridge exploded,
tbe ball atriking hia wife nearly In the
center of the forehead, killing her in
atantly. Hamlin 3. Andres, president of tbe
Arlington Chemical Company, Youkera,
N. v.. wa instantly killed by the ex
plosion of a bomb in hi oflloe. He wa
alone when the tragedy ooourred.
Who placed the bomb in the office, or
whom it wa Intended for Is unknown.
John Andrus, a brother of the victim,
waa generally the flrat to enter tbe
office, and a the dead man i very well
liked, it i (opposed that bl brother it
tbe one whose life wa desired.
Tbe loss oooaaloned by the burning
of the flouring mill and wheat ware-
house at Weston, Or., ha been plaoed
at about f0,000. Tbe mill was owned
prlnolpally by L E. Haliug and P. A.
Wortblngton, and there waa no Iniur
anoe. The mill wa equipped with
modern machinery, and wa almost
constantly operated. It had 100 bar
rel daily capacity. The warehouse
oontalned 10,000 bushel of wheat that
were insured for half their value.
Tbe origin of tbe fire ha not been die
covered. General Carloe Eseta baa taken quar
ter In Oakland, CaL, and say be Is
prepared to meet hi enemies. He im
agine he i being punned by hired
aisaaaln In the employ of-Mr. Lopea,
the minister from Salvador. Lopea as
serts tbat tbe general is bluffer and 1
afraid to make move.
Tbe board of (uperviion of San
Franoiaoo ha appropriated 1000 for
tbe pnrobaseot a .upply of the Orto I
remedy for leprosy. It will be used i
for the relief of the thirteen men and
two women In the leper colony at the
pestboute, Tbe remedy a far a tried
by tbe pbyiiolan ba bad good effect
end many of the afflicted will recover.
Weyler and Blanoo will be recalled,
Premier Canovaa will fall, and grave
event will oocor tn Spain, Madrid dis
patches say, it is believed there, unless
the rebel In Cuba and the Philippine
island are oonqnered within a month.
The Madrid press openly attacks Cauo
va and Weylor because of their in
ability to obeck the Cuban revolution,
Albert Heuoe Downing, a highway
man arrested in Denver, Col., ha con
fessed that he murdered Joel O. Ash-
"
oommltted i
worth In that olty and
nnmeron robberies, beside having
murdered a man in 188S at Ban Jose,
Cel., and oommltted other orimei
there. He promises to plead guilty to
ail tbe crimes whiob he haa oommltted
end aaya he wanta to be hung.
Tbe people cf Albuquerque, N. M.,
paid their homage to a true hero at thi
funeral of John Braden, who aaorlfloed
hi own life to save those of women
and children. During parade in that
city Barden waa driving an ammuni
tion wagon, the contents of which ex
ploded and set the to the wagon. The
team started to run, In tbe direotlon
of a crowd ot women and children, but
Braden stayed at bi post nntil he had
checked the frenaled animals, and then
fell from the aeat, burned to a oriip.
Five outlaw appeared at the ranol
of R. T. Brooke, an Englishman, who
place it near Tonkawa, O. T., and
who la considered wealthy. They
called Brooke to the door and com
manded him to hold up hi band,
their apparent purpose being robbory,
Brooke replied with bullet from bil '
revolver, and shot two of bl viiiton
dead and wounded a third. The nn-
injured outlaw fled, carrying theii
wounded companion. Tbe dead men
have not been identified, but are ur
posed to belong to tbe Dalton gang.
Spender Orl.p D,ad.
Charlef P. Crisp, ei-spsuker of tbs
.onto n( representatives, died In At
lanta, Ga., HI death was not alto
gether a surprise in political oiroles, a
turn uo uuu not long to lire, ana never
again oould be in active figure tn pub
lic affair. The speaker bad several
pell of Much in Washington. Ha
offered from aithma and later from
heart trouble. Hi ill health, how
ever, did not become matter of pnbllo
notoriety nntil tbe past spring, when
ha wa compelled to abaudon a lerloi
of Joint debate arranged with ex-Secretary
Hoke Smith by reason of tbe ad
vice of hi physician. Crlap bad been
in the sanitarium for five wek, suffer
ing from malarial fever. The immedi
ate oause ot bli death was heart failure.
Bulolde of a Mlnlater,
Rev. Tboma Stougbton Potwin, M.
A., one of the best-known Congrega
tional olerymen of Now England, ha
committed inloldoat bi borne in Hart
ford, Conn. Bev. Potwin bad been in
poor health for some tlmo, and, since
the recent developments of, niolan
oholla, had been under tbe oare of Dr.
Stearns, of the insane retreat. While
hi family were away he went to nn
upper room and hanged himself wltb
rope fastened to tbe door knob.
The Tab I.. Ware Tamed.
Dr. T. W. Bowman, of Savannah,
Oa., tried to kill hi wife. He wa
prevented from so doing by W. T.
Haskell, a ooinmorola! traveler. Has
kell aelted Bowman's pistol and
wrenched it from blm. Mrs. Bowman
and bor mothor then assaulted the doc
tor. They blackened bis eyes and beat
him about the hoad very badly. Bow
man wa arrested and taken before a
judge who gave blm twenty-four hours
to get out of tbe state.
,
Most IWlraia San Tat Sen.
The Marquis of Salisbury ha de
manded tbe immediate release of Sun
Yat J3en, the Chinese pbyiiolan, aald
to be a British subject, who war, ao-
' cording to the statement of bis friends,
L.U..nJ ... 1. 1 I i .. . flklnu
,. . tmA" mnA 7im haW . ,,,.
' i r-
I oner in the legation on a charge of
having been engaged in a conspiracy to
overthrow tbe Mautobu dynasty,
A . tool. Broker A ealgos.
I A. Coquard, a well-known St.
Louis broker, bas filed an assignment
He give hi arneta aa f 100,000; liabil
ities not stated, but may exoeed the as
sets, It is claimed that during the last
six month he lost heavily in wheat
and stocks, the total amount being estl-
mated at f 300,000,
A Mleaourl Bank l-oot.d.
Robber entered tbe bunk at Can
Mile, Mo., and blew open tbe aafe, sc
ouring it contents. Tbe amount was
large, but tbe bank officials refuse to
say how much. Tbe robbery wa tbe
work of professional.
oriental Question .ui.d.
Th9 p.ris correspondent of tbo Lon-
don Newi wporu tbat he bear the
... .i.u to Uhm Victoria at Bal-
murli retoited In Russia, England and
Frano agreeing on tbe basis of a policy
In Japan and China, while the Levant,
Mediterranean and African questions
are being arranged. Tbe czar want
the result obtained without bloodshed,
say the correspondent, and is support
ed by Italy and Austria. Tbe sultan
is likely to die bard, but he will b
obliged to yield.
rillbiMlar to Be Triad.
Admiral Navarro, president of tbe
naval court ot Havana, baa caused no
tice to be served upon forty-one fili
buster and others, including tbe crew
and passengers of tbe Competitor, that
they must answer obargea of piraoy
and rebellion against the government.
Consul-General Lee, in an interview in
a Spanish paper, denies having insisted
upon hi reoall to the United mates,
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qwlwt Werler 0OtAlA
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relation wttn uaptain-
A ratal Oh Explosion.
In Chloago George MoWborter turn
ad on tbe gas in bi room and lay
down to die. The odor of the ga wa
deteoted by Chalrea Oollard.wbo called
George Holt. Lighting the gas in the
room adjaoentMoWhorter, they burst
i in bi door. An explosion fallowed,
i blowing out a section ot tbe rear wall
i . . . . , . . . . . i iii.i
or tne DUliaing, ana ourning v.uuaru
badly. Holt escaped Injury. Mo
Wborter died while boiug taken to tbe
hospital
A Millionaire Ann. ulan.
The most sensational trial ever
known in Turkey ha jnat been con-
eluded in Constantinople. AflkEffendi,
,,., i u.. v-
me inunuuaiio Aimouinu,
condemned to three years' seclusion in
a fortress. He was aooused of being
chief of the revolutionary oommittee.
This latter wa considered not proved,
but bis connection with the movement
was established. He waa given the
minimum penalty possible.
A Cowardly Bulelde.
Alfred G. Audrew, a carpenter ot
Ban Franclsoo, ended bis own life be
oause of miafortunes that had reduced
him to poverty, and left a widow and
three grown ohildren to struggle tor
the living be bad grown weary ot en
deavoring to make for them. He took
carbolic aoid and died in great agony.
Hi wife was a witness to his suffer
ings. Fall Throuau a Floor.
Robert Summers, of Taooma, a gar
dener, foil ten feet, through a Moot,
and died three hours later at the boa
' pital The fall fruotured the skull,
I and conoostion of tbe brain followed.
He lived in an old bmlding.and entered
a dark room adjoining bia own, neat
the door ot which was a l rge hole, in
which a wheel tor oleaning oarpeti
I 0ad once been let Into thi hole h
ltv Wnn unaware of the existeuoe ol
t0( death-trap. I
FORGOT IIIS ORDERS
Engineer's Carlessness Causes
a Terrible Accident
TRAINS COLLIDE NEAR ST. LOUIS
Clftht raraon Ware Killed, and
Twenty-Una Mora or Less In-Jured-Maov
Will Die.
St. Louis, Oct. 87. Shortly before
10 o'clock thl morning, two passenger
train on the St Louis & San Fran
clsoo railroad, going in opposite direc
tions, oollided nearly opposite Windror
station, thirteen miles from this city,
instantly killing eight persons and in
juring a large number, three of whom
will probably die. Tbe killed are all
of St. Louis. Their names are:
Adolpb Hohl, engineer of tbe aooom
roods tlon train; Charles Mobine, Con
rad Kuntz, C. O. Blevtns, H. T. Hall;
Barney MoKenna, in obsrge of tbe re
freshments; Miss Maud MoKenna, aged
14, bis daughter; John Cartwright.
Twenty-one persons were more or less
injured.
Tbe collision ooourred between the
second section of an exourslon train
bound west, and the 'Frisco Valley
Park aooommodation.
Tbe aooident wa tbe result of dla
obedienoe or neglect of orders on the
part of tbe excursion orew, who should
have romalned at Spring Park for or
ders, and let the aooommodation train
through, Tbe excursion train wa tbe
second section of a special bound for
St James, Ma, 100 mile west of St
Louis, where the Missouri Home for
Aged Veterans was dedicated tgday
under tbe auspices of the G. A. R. and
Women's Relief Corps. The first seo
lion bad gone through safely, and the
second, which consisted of eleven
ooaobes heavily laden with G. A. R.
men, tbeir wives and children, left St
Louis about 9 o'olook. According to J.
D. Disbman, the telegraph operator
and station agent at Spring Park, it
should have stopped at tbat plaoe for
orders. Instesd of doing so, the sec
ond section passed by tbe station, and
soon after met the accommodation com
ing down tbe grade it full speed.
Engineer Hobl, of the accommoda
tion, wa not aware tbe eeoond section
wa on tbe road, and, trying to make
the switch at Kirkwood, crashed into
the ill-fated train in a cut just thir
teen miles from the St Louis onion
station. There wa only one oar, a
combination baggage and ooach, on En
gineer Hobl's train, but tbe collision
was terrific,' both engine being de
molished and a number of oars tele
scoped. Tbe wreckage was piled high
on the track, and above the sound ot
escaping steam oould be beard the
orie of tbe frightened and injured
passengers.
Tbe aooommodation train oonsiited
of an engine, tender, baggage car and
two ooaobes, in wbioh there were only
five passengers. Tbe engine and ten
dor were wrecked, but the other three
oars were not damaged. It is due to
the lightness of this train that the ao
cident was not worse than it waa.
Next to the enigne of tbe exourslon
train was the oommissary oar, filled
with refreshments. Barney MoKenna
was In charge of the edibles, and with
him h 14-year-old dangbesr Maud.
Both were Instantly killed, being scald
ed and crushed. A number ot passen
gers, mostly young men, were grouped
around a temporary counter, eating
and drinking. Almost all were either
killed or injured. This and tbe next
car, in wbioh were seventy passengers,
suffered tbe worst damage, and most
ot the killed and Injured were taken
from them. Engineer Hobl, of the ao
oommodation, was killed, and bis fire
man, Frank Hasler, waa badly injured.
Immediately after tbe wreok oo
ourred, people began to oome from all
directions rn wheels, in bnggie and
wagons and on foot, and witbin an
hour after the aooident ooourred thou
sands oould be seen grouped around the
pile of debris. No wrecking train was
available, but everybody turned to, aud
in a short time had resoued the injured
and taken out the dead. Doctors from
surrounding town hurried to tbe soene
and rendered what assistance tbey
oould to the sufferers, who were trans
ported to place ot safety.
All tbe medioal resources of St
Louis were plaoed at the disposal of
the 'Frisoo road as soon as the new ot
the aooident rraohed the city dispen-
aarv.
At 8:40 this afternoon tbe relief train
bearing the survivor of the wreck
reached the union station, and was im
mediately besieged by a crowd ot
friends and relatives, anxious to see it
their dear one had esoaped injury.
Somo ot the wounded wero removed to
their homes by friends, while other
were taken to various hospital.
Thrown from a Wagon and Killed.
New Whatcom, Wash.. Oct 7. A
serious runaway aooident ooourred in
Blaine, this county, this afternoon.
Edward Lindsay a boy 15 yean old,
wai killed; bis brother, James, and hi
father, Jasper Lindsay, were quite
badly injured. Mr. Lindsay is a farmer
ahn lima near Blaine. He and bis
sons were
trip.
returning from a fishing
Japaneae raotorlaa In China.
pvin. China. Oot 37. The return
aooeptanoe by Japan of the Chinese'
rendering ot the clause ot the Bakan
treaty regarding Japanese faotorle in
China, has been reoeived. Japan la '
. . . i i .. n-j rri I
granted lana concession a iu iieu-iam,
Shanghai, Hankow and Amoy.
Another free Oruleer for Spain.
Bueno Ayre. Oot 97. The Span
inn colony here ha raised 19,000,000
with whioh to present to Spam a new
cruiser.
Cargo Took fire at Sea.
New York, 0"t 38.The BrltUh
steamer Worsley Hall put Into this port
thi morning with ber cargo on fire.
She left New Orlean for Havre, Ooto
ber 16. On October 28, SCO miles east
by south of Sandy Hook, during a
southerly gale, smoke wa found issu
ing from the ventilator under the
bridge. An examination showed tbat
tbe cotton itowed forward in tbe bold,
wbioh constituted tbe major portion of
tbe cargo, was on fire. Tbe ship was
put before the wind to lessen the
draught and the batch' lifted. The
smoke was almost overpowering, but
tbe sailors managed toboist out twenty
bales of cotton and pile them np on tbe
deok. . The sblp wa rolling with a
heavy cross sea. Soon a huge wave
broke over the steamer and washed
tbe bales overboard.
Croaaed the Troebn.
Key West, Oot 28. Well-informed
passengers who arrived from Havana
last night confirm advices reoeived by
mail tbat Ma ceo bas crossed tbe trooba
at Artemisa and joined other insurgent'
forces in Havana province. They de
clared that the report circulated by
Maoeo of bis enoampment at Caoara
jaoara and a contemplated attack on
tbat town was merely a feint of tbe
rebel leader to concentrate the Spanish
troops at tbat point Tbat the ruse
was successful is proved by tbe faot
that General Gonzalea Muuia, with
large forces, was sent in tbat direotion
to attack Maoeo, but upon tbeir arrival
at Cararajacara tbe Spaniards fonnd
nothing but a deserted camp. ,
Prevented a Fanle.
Chicago, Oot 27. By rare presence
of mind. Rev. Dr. James Vila Blake
prevented a panio and the possible aw
ful results of a fire, which broke put
just a tbe morning service wa begin
ning at the Third Unitarian church to
day, and which destroyed tbe main
part of the building. .When tbe pastor
took bia place in tbe pulpit, his atten
tion waa drawn to smoke in the lobby
leading to the Sunday school room.
He remained atanding until the organ
ist bad ceased playing, and then re
quested tbe congregation to retire
quietly by tbe rear exit. Hi manner
so reassured those assembled that a
panic was averted. The chnroh was
entirely destroyed. The loss is $26,000.
Large Quantity of Lumber Bnrned.
Saginaw, Miob., Oot. 27. Fire
broke out early this evening in the
lumber pile and on the mill plant
premises of the Center Lumber Com
pany, at Zilwaukee, aix miles down
tbe river. It spread into a very large
conflagration, which destroyed about
8,000,000 feet ot lumber. Tbe saw
mill and salt worka were in immient
danger, but were saved, and only
small buildings were burned. The fire
department of Saginaw and Bay City
assisted in fighting the flames. Tbe
loss will approach 1160,000, and is un
derstood to be fairly covered by insur
ance. - '
Boy Huiderera.
Cornish, Me., Oot. 87. On October
8 Mrs. Betsy R. Hobbs was found dead.
She lived alone about one and a balf
miles from Effingham, N. H. When
found tbe house wa burning, and her
body wa balf cremated. Tbe mystery
wa oleared yesterday by tbe confession
ofCbarlea Savage., He aoouses Frank
J. Palmer of tbe murder. A coioner'a
jury has brought In a verdict against
Palmer of murder in tbe first degree.
Savage was held a a witness. Palmer
is 16 years old, and lives at West Par
son field. Savage is 20 years ot age.
At the inquest Savage unflinchingly
withstood half an hour's cross-examination,
bnt at last the coroner discovered
weakness, and be persistently qoes
tioned biro till be finally succumbed
and related a tale implicating himself
and Frank Palmer in tbe murder and
attempted cremation of Mrs. Hobbs.
He and Palmer, be said, bad been
drinking together tbe day before the
tragedy. Monday .morning savage
took his shotgun to go shooting. They
oalled at Mrs. Hobbs'. Savage left
Palmer in tbe house while he went to
tbe woodshed on an errand. While
there be heard the report of a gun and
soon after found Mrs. Hobbs bleeding
upon the doorstep. Palmer soon ap
peared, and with an oath declared tbat
now be bad squared the grudge be
owed ber tor pulling f3 out ot him in
payment for the glass be broke in ber
house three years ago. Palmer asked
Savage to help him carry the body in
the house. He saya he was so fright
ened he did not realize what he wa do
ing, but tbey got the body into tbe
bouse. Savage then took to the woods,
being shortly overtaken by Palmer, who
deluared that nobody would ever know
what had happened, for he bad set fire
to the house.
Araejo'e Tlotlnia Waahed Aahore.
Marebfleld, Or., Oot 97. Early thi
morning the life saving patrol fonnd
on the ocean beaob the remains of three
unfortunate viotima ot the wreok of the
ill-fated steamer Am go. They were
brought to Empire City, and a coro
ner' inquest held. The name of tbe
unfortunates' are: Patienoe and Speok,
steerage passengers, and Sanders, sea
man. The three were buried at Em
pire City tbia afternoon.. The Arago
is still in tbe same position. An excur
sion from here today report the bar
very smooth, and it i probable that
what treasure is in the steamer will be
reoovtred by diver.
Moaambique, Out 27. Major Albu
querque, governor-general, with 800
Portuguese and 100 native troops, re-
wam tn MonlflBlanil IXJkitA In
bivouao at Magenla, he waa ettaoked
by 900 Masaiaralloa. Tbe Portuguese ,
made a gallant defense, and kept the
natives at bay for twenty-two hours,
but were finally forced to retreat, ow-,
ing to laok of water. Two Portuguese ,
were killed, and twenty-three wound
ed, inoluding the governor-general
The enemv's loss wa heavy.
AN UNTAMED PEOPLE
The Scientific Expedition
Comes to Griet.
riSIT TO THE SOLOMOH ISLANDS
Baron von Morbaek and Three of Bla
Companion Mannered bv the
Bloodtblr.tr tiatlve.
San Francisoo, Oot 26. Details ot
the massacre on the Solomon islands
were brought up from tbe South seas
by tbe Oceanio Steamship Company'
mail steamer Monowai, wbioh arrived
at thi port from Australia, via tbe
Hawaiian islands, today. Tbe viotim
of tbe bloodthirsty savagea were mem
ber of a party of Austrians whiob bad
been taken to tbe islands by tbe Aus
trian man-of-war Albatross. It was
under the leadership of Henry Baron
Foul Ion von Norbeck, an Austrian sci
on tist who had visited many groups of
Islands in tbe South seas and bad
numerous exciting experiences with tbe
natives. While travelirg with an
armed guard over the mountains of the
Islands, be was set upon by bushmen
snd slain, together with three other.
During the desperate oonfiiot whiob fol
lowed tbe assault, many of the party
were dangerously wounded. Follow
ing is the list ot killed:
Henry Baron Foullon von Norbeok,
Midshipman Armand de Beaufort, Sea
man Gustav Chalanpka, and a native
guide from Titer!
The Albatross wa commissioned by
the Austrian government to make sci
entific explorations of the Solomon
Islands. During tbe middle of last
August, a landing was made at a place
sailed Titori, on tbe north ooaat ot
Uuadalcanar. From there, a party,
jousiating of Baron Foulton Norbeck,
Lieutenant Budik, Midshipman de
Beaufort, twenty-nine sailors, the
Daron's to servants ana two native
guides, started for tbe purpose of ex
ploring a mountain in tbe interior of
the island, oalled tbe Lion's Head
After two days' marobing, one mid
shipman and seven sailors returned,
the men not being able to stand tbe
heavy walking in the bush. Tbe
baron's party that proceeded, reached a
camping plaoe at tbe foot of the Lion'
Head. Tbe baron and bla servants,
with tbe native guides, were in tbe
lead going up tbe hill, several natives
being apparently near the party.
When np near tbe top, tbey heard two
shots fired in the neighborhood of the
camp tbey bad left, and at the same
time they aaw a busbman obief stand
ing on the top of a rise a little above
them, making some signs. As be ap
pea red, two shots were fixed lower
down the mountain from tbe direotlon
of thecsmp. Tbe shot seemed to be
a aignal tor the obief to attack the
baron 'a party. Bushmen from a aoore
ot plaoea at onoe rushed out and the
baron wa struck on the nook with a
torn aba wk, wihle a crowd of the bush
men attacked the rest of the party with
oluba. Tbe native who had out down
the baron waa promptly sbot by a
sailor. Lieutenant Budik also used
big revolver to good effect One sailor
bad to protect himself with toma
hawk he had wrested from a native.
Tbe other sailors were well armed and
the bushmen finally had to retreat to
the woods, many of them wounded.
Tbe baron waa not the only of the
party badly hurt At first it waa
thought he would recover, but he grad
ually sank after he had walked baok to
camp, and died in three hours.
The sight when the party returned
to the camp wa a bloody one. Mid
shipman de Beaufort had .been out to
death and three aailora and one native
guide with him. Six sailor and one
guide bad been wounded. One ot tbe
guides fought bravely, though hi hand
had been seriously wounded. The
rifles finally told on the native and
tbey withdrew.
Tbe new waa aent to Captain
Mauler, ot the Albatross, and a relief
party, headed by Lieutenant Bublai,
and consisting ot the doctor and thirty
aailora, was sent and a safe return
made to the ship. After the injured
had been taken aboard, Captain Manler
aailed for Cooktown, and thenoe the
Albatross will go to Sydney. -
STRONG GRIP ON LIFE.
Han Befueed to Die After His Bkoll
Had Bean Broken.
San Franoiaoo, Oot 28. William
Kennedy, a well-digger, astonished tbe
surgeons at tbe receiving hospital to
day by refusing to die after hia skull
had been smashed by a orowbar, whiob
fell a distance of sixty feet and atruok
him on tbe head. Kennedy waa at tbe
bottom of a well, and waa hauling a
orovv bar to tbe top by meana of a rope
and pulley, when the bar slipped and
struok him a glanoing blow on the
bead. Kennedy's skull wa olef t as it
by a tomahawk, and his brain wae laid
bare for five inches. He never lost
consciousness, and, though it took the
doctor three hour to dress bia wound
he still remained consoioua. He talked
continually, and hia chief grievance
was tbat the raaor with whioh they
shaved hia scalp wa dull. Aooording
to the doctor, ninety-nine men out ot
a hundred would have been killed,
but there is a obance tor hi recovery.
Sued for Breach ol Promts.
Chicago, Oot 20. Theodore Feltera,
a retired capitalist residing at West '
Pullman, is sued for breach of promise '
by .Mrs. Sarah Glover, who ask that
he pay her $25,000. Some time ago,'
Felter was a tenant in a boarding-;
bouse kept by Mrs. Glover, and she
alleges he asked her to marry him.
She consented, and, while she wa pre-.
paring for the wedding, be went to
Georgia on business, and when he re. 1
turned brought a wife with him.
A GIGANTIC PROJECT.
Company Formed to Pnrehaaa Street
Ballwajre la Burope.
Cleveland, O., Oo& 97. Tbe pur
chase of street railway systems in Eu
rope by an international syndicate of
capitalists, tbe soope of wbioh waa
partly outlined in a reoent dispatch
from St Louie, ia the greatest business
enterprise now on loot in tbe entire
world. Additional Information on tbe
subject baa been obtained from gen
tleman who is financially interested in
tbe success of tbe syndicate's opera
tion. ,
The Amerioan at the head of the en
terprise are James Ross and a Mr.
Mackenzie, of MonteraL Mr. Ross ia
immensely wealthy, ia a direotor in
the Bank of Montreal, and ia heavily
interested in the Northern Paoifio rail
road and Canadian street railway. It
i stated tbat with him are a number
of Americans on this side of the Cana
dian line, who have become wealthy a
street railroad operators, also a number
of English, German and Dutch bankers,
as well aa tbe great house of tbe Bothr
obilds. , These gentlemen find the street rail
roads of Europe where those of Ameri
ca were ten year ago. Tbey see
abundant opportunity to make a great
deal of money by bringing them np to
tbe present American standard. They
not only have tbe undergound railroads
in London in view, bnt are prepared to
operate in Berlin, Paris and other large
European cities. The syndicate ha al
ready gained possession of tbe street
railway aytem of Birmingham, Eng
land, and is operating it
Aa motive power, oompressed air
will be used. Compressed air haa been
tbe motive power on a Paria railroad
for the last fifteen years, but its com
plete suooess was prevented by inability
to obtain reservoirs wbioh would sus
tain for any length of time the great
air pressure needed. An American
named Kellogg haa invented seamlees
tube whioh will hold air at pressure
of 5,000 pounds to thesqurae inch, and
it was mainly this faot tbat led to tbe
formation of the syndicate. A oom-
pany to make tbe tubing has been
formed in Boston, and tbe faotory has
been in operation for some time at
Findlay.O., in the midst of the natural
gas region. Tbe gas is failing, and
tbe faotory will be removed and estab
lished at a oost of $2,000,000, if all
the plana of tbe syndicate go through.
Cleveland, Newoastle, Pa., and two
other cities are being considered aa
plaoea for the new faotory, and within
a few weeka a proposition will be made
to tbe chamber of commerce of this
olty.
A number of pneumatio motor street
oars erenow made at Woroeater, Mass.,
to ship to Birmingham.
ONDON FINANCIAL NEWS.
Bank or England Tryl-g to Cheek
the Outflow of Gold.
London, Oot 97. The advance in
the bank rate has not led to advance
in outside quotations, because there
waa an ample supply of available
funds. The plethora ha been increased
during the week by the release of
500,000 of Japanese money, with a
probable release of 1,000,000 more in
a few days. There is, however, some
indication that the bank ia borrowing
on stock in order to make its quotations
more effective in checking the outflow
of gold. Russia is offering leas tor
bar gold, while tbe German and
French exobangea have moved in favor
of Great Britain in advanoeof tbe bank
rate .;.
- The outward movement continues,
being further stimulated by the heavy
and increasing wheat shipments from
Atlantio and Paoifio ports. Stocks of
grain in Great Britain stand at an un
usually low level, and the failure ot
crops in India baa caused aotive pur
chasing to replenish supplies. Tbe
Amerioan surplus ia being freely drawn
upon at advancing prioea, and pur
chases of European goods are muoh re
stricted. The remittance of gold ia the
only method ot redressing tbe adverse
balanoe. A change in this respect will
probably ooour after the eleotion.
VERGING ON ANARCHY.
Alarming Developments In the Turk
lib. Bttuatlm.
London, Oot 97. The Standard'
Constantinople correspondent says:
The purchase of arms during the
week has been moat extensive, and a
feeling ot vague uneasiness and alarm
is spreading rapildy. Tbe palaoe hope
to distraot the attention of tbe Moslems
in Constantinople from its misdeeds by
holding out a prospect of unlimited
loot
An Athena dispatch to the aame pa
per says:
Reports from all parts o. Turkey
point to the oomplete dislocation of tbe
administrative maohinery and an ab
senoe of all justice and public security.
The envoys have sent a collective note
to the porte of the strongest obaraoter
in view of the oritioal rituation.
, The Boat Overturned.
Denver, Oot 27. While Andrew
Spute with his wife and five ohildren
were boating on Smith' lake, a amall
body ot water within the southern
limits ot the olty, this afternoon, the
boat waa by tome meana overturned,
and Mr. Spute and ber five ohildren
were drowned. :
Rioting Strikers.
Madras, Oot 97. A serious riot oo
ourred on tbe Negapatam, sixteen
miles south of Caraoal, forty-five milua
by rail from Tanjore. Several thous
and workmen who were looked out at
tempted to loot a freight depot Tbe
police fired on them, killing two, and
wounding many.
Constantinople, Oct 97. It is re
ported that the police seised large
number of bombs last evening. Tbe
arrests of Armenians continue here.
IS SERIOUS FOB SPAIN
Philippine War Likely to
Rival the Cuban Revolt.
fiEBELS DOING GREAT DAMAGE
Revolting Atroeltiee on Both Bidee
The Blaek Hole of Manila -Other
Foreign Newe.
Vancouver, B. C, Oct 93. The
Empress of Japan arrived from tbe
Orient today, after a ipeedy and un
eventful trip. She hud twenty-nine
saloon and 800 steerage passengers,
and 9,700 ton of cargo.
Advice reoeievd by tbe Empress of
Japan regarding the rebellion against
tbe Spaniards, in tbe Philippines, con
firm tbe previous reports that the
Spaniard will likely have another
war, aa serious a that in Cuba, on
tbeir band.
Governor-General Blanoo realize
that with tbe present force be ia un
able to qnell the revolt, and conse
quently ia awaiting the arrival of rein
forcements before striking a decisive
blow. Meanwhile, the rebel are do
ing a great deal of damage to property,
and murdering and 'robbing tbe in
habitants. Tbe rebellion baa spread
to the provinces of Manila, Bulacan,
Pampanga, Nueva Eeija, Tarlao, La
Laguina, Cavite and Batangas.
An illustration of the atrocities per
petrated by tbe rebels, is furnished by
sn attack on a large monastery, in
Cavite province, which they have since
used aa tbeir headquarters. This
was one of tbe first places attacked.
Maddened by the refusal ot tbe priests
to yield, the rebles, on porting inside
resorted to tbe moat fiendish tortures in
order to wreak their vengeance on the
priests. Several of them were hanged
to tress and roasted to death by burn
ing kerosene oil. Others were put to
death in an even more cruel manner,
portions of tbeir bodies being out off
pieoemeaL
In the monastery, the rebels were
well supplied with rifles, ammunition
and food and so far have suooeeded in
driving off the Spanish troops. The
report that the alip and arsenal at
Cavite were in the bands of tbe rebels
haa ainoe been denied. In Manila,
thugs are praotically at a standstill. '
The prisons are crowded with prison
ers, and over 800 bave been deported
to Carolines. By torture, Spaniarda
have wrung many seorets from the
prisoner. A triangular mark, cut in
the arm, ia the badge of membership of
the revolutionary society.
The prison at Manila, whioh haa
earned for itself tbe opprobius title of
the "blaok hole ot Manila," is an old
fortress. Prisoners are thrown into a
dungeon, the entranoe into whioh ia
gained by a bole in the roof. The
only ventilation is through a barred
opening underneath the platform floor,
and at high tide this means of ventila
tion ia totally closed, and large num
bers of prisoners, who did not die from
suffocation, were fonnd .to have torn
each other in a dreadful manner in fits
of insanity.
Numerous aoousations ot oo ward ice
bave been made against tbe Spanish.
In a brush with the rebels, tbey placed
native troops in the van, and when
these were dispersed, tbe Spaniards
fled. To show tbe stress to whiob the
authorities are plaoed for men, dis
charging of the steamers was suspend
ed for some day, because there were
no soldier available to .perform the
duties of customs officers.
Further advioea fromgFormosa state
that the Japanese are paoifying that
island by exterminating the natives.
Men, women and ohildren are bayonet
ed by Japanese troops, while the whole
oountry ia overrun with banditti. In
many districts, there bas been severe
drought, and in addition to other hor
rors, famine stare the people in the
faoe. A traveler, who ha just re
turned from a tour through the "cam
phor" district denies that the rebellion
has been subdued, though most of the
villages were deserted and everywhere
was evidence ot destruction, caused by
fire and the sword. Like the Chinese
generals, they are adepts in manufao.
taring viotories.
THE HALL OF HISTORY.
Corner-Stona Laid of the First Build
ing of tha Amerleau Vnlveraltv-
Washington, Oot 93. Tbe cere
monies attending the laying of the
corner-stone of tbe Hall of History, the
Ant to be erected of a group ot "build
ings to comprise tbe Amerioan uni
versity, took plaoe' this afternoon in
tbe presence ot a large and distin
guished gathering ot the grand lodge
of Masons of the Diatriot of Columbia,
assisted by several oommanderiea of
the Knight Templar, who took a
prominent part Bishop Bowman put
tbe stone in plaoe after relic and
document had been deposited in the
reocptaole. An introductory address
waa delievred by Bishpop Hurst Ex
Governor Robert E. Pattison, Bishop
Wilson, Newman, MoCabe, Fowler,
Kev. Cbarles G. Payne and Rev. J.
M. Buckley also delivered addressee.
Brigadier W. M. Powell baa been ap
pointed oommander of tbe Salvation
Army in Japan.
Fatally Injured at Fire, ,
Beaver Falls, Pa., Oot 93. Mayor
Bros. pottery works was destroyed by
fire early this morning, entailing
loss of $100,000. A wall fell and five
boys were buried in tbe debris. Two
named Reed and Walker were fatally
injured. 1 1 v - " ."!
' A Japanese steamship line to Austra
lia ba boon started, tbe Tamasbimo
Mara, the pioneer t reamer, having left
Kobe October 7, with 400 tons oargo.