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VOL. 13.
ST. HELENS, OREGON. FRIDAY, NOV. 27. 1896.
NO. 49.
OREGON
SVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome ot the Telegraphic
. News of the World.
TF.aSK TICKS FROM THE WIBK8
Aa Interesting Collection of Items Froa
III. Two Hemispheres Presented,
la Uoudeueed Fern. 1
Mrs. Mary B. Btevent, of Ylj j
while noting m obaplaln of the Daugh. I
tort of Rebekab, at their annual Minion I
In Springfield, 111,, and at aba waa just '
beginning prayer dropped to tbe floor i
and died of heart disease. .
A Into rider In the Aranrioan aoldien '
of Buffalo Bill's Wild Wont ahow, waa I
wont brutally murdered by a comrade
In Omaha, Neb, The motive waa evi
dently robbery, and tbe murderer baa
fled from the olty, after a tniat remark
able exhibition, of coolness after bia
crime,
Edward W. Cnrry, ohalrmsn of the
Democratic state oommittee, died In
Dea Molnea, la., of blood poisoning,
the result of an initiation Into the
Elks' lodge a few weeka ago. . fie waa
tested In the eleotrlo ohair and waa
borrllby horned b fore those operating
It realised what they were doing.
Mm. Foley, a widow, aged 60, and
ber unmarried daughter, fanny, aged
40, were found murdered In their home
near Liberty, Wo. It wat a cold-blooded
murder for tbe oole purpoae of rob
bery. Tbe robber or robbera Aral die
patched tbe women, then ransacked tbe
bouae. Kitty dollars, all that waa se
oared, wai taken from the foot of a
bed on which the women bad slept
A correspondent of the London Pally
Mail at Bt, Petonborg aaya be la able
to oonOrm tbe report that consternation
existed while the cut waa on bia visit
tn EtcUnd over tbe dlaoovery of a plot
gatnatbla life. Tbe Belgian police
seised a parcel of bombs, which were en
ronto for Parts, Just before tbe oaar waa
leaving England. On the aame night
tbe Peril police arretted forty auapeota.
In the absence of absolute proof tbe
matter waa dropped. ,
Tbe Philadelphia Reading Rail,
road Company waa reorgaoiaed at
Philadelphia. The railroad waa told
under foreclosure on September 88.
Under the plan ot reorganiaation there i
will be three oompanlee tbe Philadel
phia & Rnadtng Railway Company,
the Phllahelphia & Reading Coal and
Iron Company, and tbe Reading Com
pany. Tbe latter la known at tbe Na- j
tional Company, bet an application baa !
been filed in tbe oourt to have tbe title j
ohanged. ,
It bat been definitely decided by 8a
perintondent Irwin tbat the holiday
session of tbe Oregon State Teaobera'
Ataooiatlon will b held at Salem thlt
year, beginning on Monday, December
28, and oontlnulng for one week.
John B. Frye, a returned Alaaka
miner, met an old euhoolmate from
Germany tn Taooma. Thoy roomed
together one night, and In tbe morning
Frye mlaaed f 000 In gold, hia tola pos
sessions. Hit old schoolmate had
atolen it and made hla escape.
An angry mob attempted to lynch
an old German named Breokman In
Cberrytllls, Kan., for hia brntal treat
ment of hit daughter. She waa beaten
(ntn inaonalbllitv and died from ber in
juries. :. Tbe aherlff prevented tbe mob j
from encoring Breokmu ana be was
hurried to Jail.
,. A three-atory ttruoture at the corner
of Front and DavU ttroeta, Portland,
owned by the Aintworth citato, waa
partly dettroyed by fire. Tbe building
wai oooupled by tbe Oregon Cracker
Company, whose plant wai ruined,
entailing a loat ot abont f 30, 000. The
damage to tbe building will amount to
H0.0OO.,',, ,;.
Tbe Cariboo Gold Mining Company,
of Spokane, hat declared a dividend
of 8 eenta a abare. Tble makea a total
of I1SS.000 paid in dividendi ttnne
February, 1 BUS. Tbia la tbe mine
wboee manager waa held up by a high
wayman and robbed of 111,000 In gold
bullion not long ago. The robber waa
afterwards killed by the foreman of
tbe mine.
The board ot Are oommlaalonert in
fipokane hai deoided to request the
retlgnatlon of Chief Winebreuer, of
the fire department Mayor Belt, af
ter a long oontest, hat secured oontrol
of the commissioners, and extensive
removal! are probable in the varioua
departments. It it thought that Clair
, Bunt, of the water department, will be
the next out to go...
Uorglart broke Into the bouse of John
Mirka, an old wiser, ot Cleveland, O.
. lie was known to have hit money bid-
den somewhere about the premisei and
tbe robbert tried to force blm to tell
them hit teoret hiding plaoe. He re
futed and they tortured him. He waa
bound band and foot and a lighted
lamp placed at hit foet until the lloah
waa literally cooked. The old man
writhed in hit agony, but protested
that he had no money. Tbe flendt then
applied the flame to hli hands, then to
hla body, until be finally tank Into un
oonsoioutnett, iu wbioh condition ho
waa found in the morning. The bur-
, glari got nothing.
It it understood the next stop in the
Veneauola, affair will be that Venezuela
will empower bar plenipotentiary to
aettle and tign with the Britlnh pleni
potentiary a treaty referring the bound
ary dispute to arbitration. It it sug
gested that the treaty bo signed in
Washington.
Jack Walker' saloon, in Baker City,
Or., wat visited by four masked men,
who robbed the till of Its content,
1 10. The robber corncrt'd the meu In
. the saloon with shotguns and pistols,
and made good their iope. ,
Pfflrera va. a) and It.
Deputy United 'States Marshal Mo
Gliuohy hsa had a fight with Black
Jack's bandits, at Bepar, N. M., kill
ing the notorious Hob Hays, and
wounding George Mutgrove, alias
Davis, who escaped, None of the posse
whs injured. Black Jaok, Frank An
derson, Bill George and another es
caped, Hnd the poire it la pursuit.
Thn fight occurred nenv the Southern
I'adflo road. Thlt It the molt desper
ate gang that bat ever infested Arisona.
nana fur Uncle Ram's Soldiers.
It la reported that partial ordert have
been placed by the United Btstos gov
ernment with the Winchester Arms
Company, ot New Haven, Conn., for
100.000 guns of tbe Lee pattern. Tbe
information is given by a commercial
agent who maoe a business oall upon
the company. He was told by the offl
era that the government waa contract
ing fur the rifle oa account of a pos
sible war with Spain.
, nirti W.ra CrotMd,
O. O. Udell, a ttreet car conduotor,
ot Los Angeles, Cel., while telephoning
to tbe central ttation waa knocked
down and imtantly killed by u eleo
trio shock. The telopbone wires and
troiloy wires ot tbe street railway had
become crossed,
Hiruck by a T ain.
Al Polliuk, a young lawrer, and tbe
Mlies Lulo and Llzrio Lind, daugh
ters of tbe proprietor of the Llnd hotel,
were instantly killed by a railway train
while attempting to nroaa the track lu
a buggy at Couoord, Ky.
Monl.r al Bait l.aka.
The body of Edorado Dolveoohlo waa
found in the suburbs of Salt Lake with
two bullets holes In the ride. No mo
tive It known for the murder..
Bares Midnight Oil.
President Cleveland Is burning mid
night oil in tbe preparation of bia an
neal message to oougreaa. Tb mes
sage it being written In sections and
will be put together in oonsnontlve
form just before it goes to congress.
All of Mr. Cleveland's messages bare
been distinguished by neatness and
clean penmanship, and tbe forthcom
ing will be no exception. He la writ
ing every word of It by band.
Peace In Armenia.
A Qonatantluople dispatch aaya Mon
algnere Mahal Ormanlan't election at
the new Armenian patriarch la an ex
cellent alga of peace in tbe future. An
Imperial larde will be Issued, approv
ing the election, and tbe next day the
patriarch will enter upon hit functions.
He baa already deoided tbat religious
oounollt shall take Immediate atepa to
examine tbe rules of organia law,
wbioh will doubtless be modified.
a.lllni Their Chlldran for Bread.
Rev. R. P. Mackay, of Toronto, Can
ada, foreign secretary of the Presby
terian oburob. hai received a letter
from one ot the missionaries in India
which telle of a terrible tale ot distress
and suffering because of the failure of
the wheat crop in that country. Peo
ple are on the point of starvation;
parents are telling their children for
bread, while tome are leaving them to
perish from want
Meat Stand Trial.
Mrs. Suite Martin, ot San Francisco,
declared innoornt ot murdering her
husband, must stand trial for insanity.
Uer counsel claims tbe 'proceedings are
irregular, but Judge Wallace refuted
to release her, ansd the osse was con
tinued two days, when the jury will
past upon ber inoutal condition,
LI Hung Chang ULsjuited.
A Singapore dispatch says it Is
rumored that Li Hong Chnug will re
turn to private life, boing disgusted
with the treatment he received ( u his
return from hit Journey around th
world. This dispatch alo states that
the new Japanese-Chinese treaty gives
no oouoeasions to foreiguura. '
Another Mank rails.
The First National batik of Sionx
City, la., baa closed ita doors. The
failure it due to heavy withdrawal!
The bank ii one of the oldest Institu
tion! in the city, and wai considered
one ot the soundest. The amount of
liabilities haa not yet been mad '
known. . '. ' .
, In.urs.ntiD.feat.il.
An official dispatch from Manilla
sent to Madrid says the insurgents
bave been defeated in an engagmeent
with the Spaniah troop fought near
Santa Crui. The enomy lost 600 men
killed, the government loaa boing alight
Th. ahortaa. In Caraala.
Aooording to tbe offloial report the
yield of principal cereala in fifty gov
ernments of Eoropeau Uuasia and tht
Caucaiui in 1896 it 10,860,000 quart
era below the average of the last thiv
teen years.
A Colli. r HoTor.
A firedamp explosion ooourred In a
oolliery near Berlin, Germany... Twenty-five
bodies have been reoovered.
Forty or fifty men are known to be atill
entombed. , 1 .' f'" f
Fatal Holler Kxploilon.
' The boiler of Reno Bros.' sawmill,
twenty unlet northeatt ot Sedalia, Mo ,
exploded, demolishing the mill, kill'
Ing John Reno aud severely aoalding
Edward Reno. , ,
II. ar Dau.ed a Stamp da-
. r..j. jian(nl, m.i hiit rlnrinff a
A X HI I" UIDIIHIWM a"j -
bull and bear fight at Figuerat, In
"Spain, noar tllQ ironner vi -."v
bear broke his obaiu and aorambled
among the audienoe. Many persons
were injured In the ttnropede before
the bear wai killed. '
By a olevor ruse a man disguised at
postman easily secured a 1
tered letters of the value of 49.000
franot from a mail cart In the Rue du
Allomague. Paris, and deoamped.
LOT OF THE FARMER
A Prosperous One Compared
With Many Callings.
SECRETARY MORTON'S REPORT
Treats of rood Insp.ctlon, Farm
Mortgages, the W.ath.r Knr.au,
rrae leads, foreign Market..
Waahlngton, Nov. 24. Beoretary
Morton, in hla fourth aunaul report,
juat made pablio, ahows that with
1280,000, wbteh may be saved from
the appropriations for the current filial
year, there will bave been covered
back into the treasury since March 7,
1898. over $3,000,000 of a total appro
priation of fll,i7(M6S.
That this great economy was effected
without any lots of efficiency, he attri
butes in a large degree to the improve
ment in the personnel of the force un
der oivil servioe rule.whiob he doolaret
to be "absolutely indiappnaable to the
maintenance of an eoonomio and effi
cient administration of tbe publio serv
ice." .
To oomplete the "alrsndy perfect syi
tern of oivil servioe" lu his department,
the secretary recommends tbe appoint
ment of a permanent director in charge
of bureaus and suiontiflo Invmtigations
Tbe inspection of animals intended
for food ia treated of ut length, and
sirens It laid upon the increased effici
ency of the work, due to the extension
of oivil-service rales, which has been
rapid in this servioe.
The total number of ante-mortem
inspection of cattle, sheep and bogs
during tbe year wai 85,017,479, an In
crease over the previous year of over
COperoent The total number of post
mortem inspeotioni wat 23,184,853, an
increase ot 25 per ocnt.
For the take of economy, the exports
of miorosooploslly inspected pork to
oouutriei not exacting such inspection,
have been greatly disoooraged. The
total amount thus inspected was In
round numbers 23,000,000 pounds, of
which 21,600,000 pounds went to coun
tries requiring inspection.
Clearanoes were issued to 801 vessels
narrtfinirrt.tt.lM and flhMm. Tha nnm. '
ber ot cattle tagged for export was
887,800, and 432,608 inspected sheep
were exported. The percentage ot loss
in transit waa oonsiderable lens than
ever before. ,
Mr. Morton urges strongly that gov
ernment luspeotiou should be extended
to all animals intended for human
food, whether for consumption iu tbe
United States or abroad. - .
Tbe oattle aud meat trade of Great
Britain It reviewed at length. Of live j
meat arriving In the United Kingdom
dnring tbe first ilx months of 18U6, tbe j
United States supplied 75 per oent of !
the cattle and 4 per cei- of tbe sheep.
Tbe testimony of the department's
representatives abroad it that the cat
tle from tne United Btatet arrive in
English porta in excellent oondition.
The Glasgow market ia especially oom
mended to American shippers.
The report shows a steadily increas
ing demand in Eugland for Amerioan
horses. During the first nine months
of tbe present year, more of these ani-,
mail were shipped to that oountry than j
in any previous entire year. j
, Tbe aeoretary again takes occasion to t
express his opposition to the gratoitout
diminution of seeds and to evpreal tbe j
hope that the praotioe will be disaon
tlnued. The report ooucludet with a j
comprehensive review of tbe oondition
of Ameriosn farmers. Seventy-two per ,
oent of tbe farm a in the United States, I
occupied by their owners, are absolu-
tely free from mortgages or other in-
oumbranoet. The secretary refutes the ;
idea prevailing tbat the farms of the
Went and South are more heavily bar-.
dened with mortgages than those of the ,
East and Northeast. States along the j
Norm Atiantio, be aaya, are quite
heavily enoutubered with farm mort
gages, and New Jersey carried a debt
of tbia kind greater iu proportion to itt
farm valuation than any other ttate In
tbe Union, Tbe frequent itateroent ;
tbat tbe farmers are almost universal
ly in debt, despondent and suffering,
he says declares to be without any
foundation, a belittlement of agricul
ture and an indignity to every Intelli
gent and praotlcal farmer. Tbe farm
era are not mendicants nor wards of
the government to be treated to annui
ties, but the representatives of the old
eat, most honorable, most essential oc
cupation of the human raoe, upon
which all other vocations depend for
lubaistence and prosperity.
TRAINWRECKERS FOILED.
Planned to Hold Up tha Cnlon Facifle,
but railed.
Salt Lake, Not. 2t Just before the
7:45 Union Paoiflo southbound train
reaobed Keyeivllle, fourteen miles
north, an employe of the road discov-
ai man nlanino- obstruction! On the
traok. When he approached aud spoke, j
he waa answered by several shots, after
which the men fled. They had placed
ties aorost the traok, and it is believed ,
it was tbe intention to hold-op the pas- ,
aenger train, due in a short time. The
polios of Farming'on have arrested !
three suspiolous oba aoters found in the :
vlolnlty. " . " j
' ' Accidentally Aaphyxlatad.
New York, Nov. 24. An unknown :
man and woman were found dead in
their bed in a room at the Standard ho-!
tel today, having been suffocated by :
illuminating gaa, which was flowing j
from an open and unlighted burner in j
tbe aprartmetnt. The police are still j
Investigating, but they have found .
nothing tending to indicate murder or
euioide. and they are of the opinion
that tbe entire affair ia due to an ao-aide'
WORLD'S WHEAT MARKET.
A Scheme to establish an international
' rrlM,
Washington, Nov. 84. The Post
thla morning tayi:
A oonferenoe of nation! on the sub
ject of the world'! wheat market la un
deritood to be deaired by at least one of
tbe great foreign wheat-growing em
pire!. It li stated in offloial circlet
here that Ruiita il partioulary friendly
to tuoh Idea, and is believed be to milk
ing overtures, not only to the United
States, but to England, the Argentine
Republic and Austria, wbioh are the
principal wheat-growing nation of the
world. The idea suggested, as out
lined here, is that tbe nations, iboull
they see fit to unite in an agreement
upon the tubjeot, oonld fix a prioe for
wheat to be maintained uniformly
through vartout seasons of overproduc
tion and unsatisfactory crops, oausud
by drought or continued rain, and thus
make the principal grain staple upon
wbioh tbe millions ot consumers de
pend for food, almost as unchangeable
in value at gold Itself hai become.
Tbli would enable tbe producer, In the
event of an unusually large crop, to
store hit wheat and obtain thereon a
loan tbat would tide him over until
wheat was in domand In the wolrd's
market, when be would get a full and
fair prioe for It.
A FLAX MILL TO START.
Promotion ot Indu.lry In Oregon la
Falrlv lender Way.
Portland, Or., Nov. 24. Mrs. W. P.
Lord, wife of Uovernor Lord, untiring
tn her effort) to promote tbe flax in
dustry In Oregon, held a conference In
Portland yesterday with Dr. Thornton,
of Washington, and Henry L. Deniel,
relative to the project. The conference
yesterday waa the result of long corre
spondence among interested parties.
The plan, as given by one of tbe con
ferees, is to organize a stock oompany
of f 100,000 capital, and to contract
with farmers to furnish a specified
quantity of flax per year, tbe contract
to be based upon a reasonable estimate
ot the amount Oregon soil will produce
per acre. Enough flax thus guaran
teed, machinery will at once be ordered
and a manufacturing- plant ...located
somewhere in the state. Balem stands
a good ohauoe to be selected. as the site.
The purchase of the old Bootoh 'mills is
under consideration.
A SHOOTING AFFRAY.
California Man Want After Hla Wlfj bul
Got Void Lead Inatead.
Jackson, Cat, Nov. 24. A shooting
affray ocourred early this morning on
the Payton ranch, three miles east oi
Amadon City, resulting in the instant
killing of J. Thomas, at the bands
of W. Payton, his brother-in-law.
Thomas, married a lister of Payton.
Their married life waa unhappy, and
their matrimonial jara lod to several
separations, tbe wife returning to her
folks on more than one occasion. The
last leparation took plaoe a few dayt
ago. About 6 o'olook thla morning,
Thomas repaired to the Payton place,
and, routing the inmates, said be had
oome for bia wife. He was told it was
no time to oome, whereupon Thomas
drew a pistol and commenced shooting,
one shot taking effcot in Payton't
boulder. Payton then went into the
house, got bia shotgun and fired at
Thomas, killing him Instantly.
A Bridie Have War.
Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 24. A
party ot a dozen young people, who left
Enaley City last night, in a wagon for
a hay-ride, bad their merriment trans
formed into death and disaster before
they had proceeded a mile. A new
bridge has just been oom pie ted aoroa
Village creek. While crossing the
stream the bridge gave way, precipitat
ing the wagon and ita load of human
freight fiiteen feet below Into the wa
ter. William Shannon waa injured
about the bead, and died today. Mag
gie Hartigan was injured about the
head and back, aud will probably die.
Charles Barnes was badly injured about
the bead and internally. Several
others of the party were seriously in
jured. Tbe oause of the accident wai
tbat the stringers of the bridge wen
too short and graaually worked off the
sills. Tbe water In the oreek was six
feet deep, and but tor the timely work
of those least injured, the ladies and
those more seriously injured would
have been drowned.
'A Murder and Suicide.
Mayfleld, Ky., Nov. 84. A murder
and suicide ooourred here today. R.
Baker, a farmer, recently sued for di
vorce. He and hia wife had not lived
together for aome time, and bitter feel
lug exittod between them. Today,
Baker went to see hia wife at hla resi
dence, and when she would not listen
to hit overtures, he shot and killed her,
aud then shot himself twioe. ; Both died
almost instantly. r;
Emperor William Disgusted.
London, Nov. 24. The Daily Mail's
Berlin correspondent says he fears tbat
Einperor William is disgusted with the
proceedings' of the reiohstag, and it
determined to dissolve that body un
less the increased naval credits are
voted. Ee regarda tberd as the mini
mum consistent with the efflolenoy of
the navy, and oonsidora the navy will
prove a splendid electioneering cry.
, An Antwerp Fire.
Antwerp, Nov. 24. A disastrous Ore
has occurred in the market known as
Lacite. . A number of stores and bouses
were destroyed, and the damage done
ia estimated at tSOO.OOO.
Working Honrs luerraaed.
Little Rook, Ark., Nov. 24 Owing
to a heavy increase in traffic, on the
Mistourl Paoiflo Iron Mountain road,
the working hours at the shops here
have been inoreaBed to nine hours per
day. Seven hundred men are rpmfred
THE KAISER MURDER
Victim's Husband Held to
Answer for the Crime..
OTHERS ARB ALSO IMPLICATED
It Is Alleged Tha Ha Killed Hla
Wife to Defraud Insurant
Companies.
Norrlstown, Nov. 28. Charles O.
Kaiser has been held to answer for tbe
murder of his wife, Emma P. Kaiser,
who waa shot and killed on a lonely
road near Bridgeport, on tbe night of
October 28. The verdict rendered by
tbe ooroner's jury tbis evening holds
him responsible for her death, and
adds that he was aided by unknown
persons In a scheme to defraud Insur
ance companies.
Wben the murder waa committed
the couple were driving home from
Gulf Mills, a village near Bridgeport,
where tbey had been delivering por
traits from their store in tbis city.
Tbe first news of the crime was ob
tained from Frank Mencill, a Norrii
town hotel-keeper, who found Kaiser
madly oiroling abont the road, shriek
ing "murder," while In the carriage
near by lay the corpse of his wife,
with a bullet in tbe head. -
Kaieer's story was tbat tbe murder
bad been committed by highwaymen,
who robbed them of valuable jewelry
and money. Next day, however, the
goods were found under stones along
the road, and anspioion was directed
toward him. Subsequent developments
proved the woman's life recently had
been insured in a number of companies
for her husband's benefit tor an aggre
gate sum of (10,000, and tbat the
couple had not lived happily together.
A mysterious ' man and woman,
known to bave been Intimately associ
ated with Kaiser, are implicated.
They held meetings with him some
days before tbe murder, and were seen
in the viinity ot the spot where It oo
ourred at nearly tbe same time. .
Fight at a riorida Dance.
Ocala, Flo., Nov. 23. While a dance
was in progress Monday night at the
home of John Baggett, tix miles north
of here, Noah Wilson and his son John
bad a quarrel with the brother of a girl
whom they had intuited. The Wilsons
finally drew their pistols and opened
fire, shooting down Joseph Howell,
Nelson Howell and George Avery.
Nelson Howell, who was shot three
times, is mortally wounded. The other
two men are badly wounded, but have
a chance to recover.
After tbe Wilsons had emptied their
pistola tbev drew knives and threatened
anyone who molested them. They then
started to leave, when John Wilson
waa seized by Mamie Avery, sister of
one of the men who was shot. With a
slash of his knife Wilson almost out off
the right side of the girl's face and she
fell fainting to the floor. The Wilsons
then fled and have not been captured,
though posses have been pursuing them
all day. Tfiey are desperate oharaotera
and have been In many rows In this
county. .
The 'Army of tha Tennea.ee.
St Louis, Nov. 23 This forenoon
the twenty-eighth reunion of the army
ot the Tennessee convened in the par
lors of the Southern hotel. General
G. M. Dodge, ot Iowa, the president,
celled the meeting to order. Among
those present are: J. A. Williamson,
of New York; Colonel Fred Grant, P.
T. Sherman; Congressman H. R. Bel
knap, of Chicago, and many others of
national reputation. Nothing but rou
tine business was transacted today.
Tomorrow the eleotion of officers will
ooour. General Howard, who com
manded tbe right wing of General
Sherman's army on the march to the
sea, delivered the annual oration to
night His tubjeot was "The Last
Two Battles of Sherman, Including the
Surrender."
Brltl.h Bark Zinlta Floated.
Hoquiam, Wash., Nov. 23. The
British bark Zinlta, wbioh went ashore
north of Gray's harbor the 9th inst.,
was floated at high tide today. Tbe
vessel was taken off by the Glasgow
Salvage Company, under the manage
ment - of Captain . William Burns,
Three thousand tons of ballast were re
moved, but the rigging ' was not
stripped. Anchors were set several
days ago, and at high tide today the
sails were hoisted, steam in the donkey
engine kept up the strain on the anchor
liueB, while the tug Traveler, from
here, had out a aix-inoh nawaer. After
several pulls tbe vessel glided out into
deep water, safe and apparently sound.
The vessel saved one anchor, but waa
obliged to leave one, aa it oonld not be
oleared. --
Mayor Water. Acquitted.
Hot Springs, Ark., Nov. 23. Mayor
W. W. Waters was aouqitted today of
the murder ot Harry Martin, a hotel
drummer, last spring. The jury wai
out but a short time, when it returned
a vordiot ot not guilty. Waters killed
Martin in a street fight oaused by an
assault upon the former on account ot
an acousatlon tbat he violated his
promise to protect the drummers In the
event of his eleotion to the mayoralty.
Cincinnati, Nov. 28. After three
days' deliberation, a jury in the Unit
ed States oourt, Judge Lor ton presid
ing, reached a verdict for the defense
today . in tbe case against Herman
Keck, charged with violating the law
prohibiting bringing skilled , laborers
from foreign countries under oontraot.
The defendant had oonduoted the in
dustry of diamond outting in the
United States since 1895, and was
therefore by the terms of the law per
mitted to import skilled laborers.
SAN BENITO WRECKED.
The Collier Total Lea and SlK of tb.
Jr.w Drowaed.
Point Arena, Cal., Nov. 24. The
steamer San Benito, bound from Taoo
ma to San Francisco, went aibore seven
miles north ot Point Arena tbis morn
ing. The steamer atruok on a sandbar
and broke in two. . Tbe Ban Benito
carried forty-four men. During tbe
severe storm last night, the must bave
lost ber bearings. The wind blew ter
rifio and a heavy sea was running.
The vessel .truck about 1 o'clock In
tbe morning, and an hour later broke
just aft of tbe smokestack. Boats were
lowered, but one oapsized immediately
with five men in It, four of whom were
drowned. Another boat, with four ot
tbe crew, capsized nine times, losing
two men. The three men by beroij
means reached tbe shore. Daylight
found the rest of the orew clinging to
the rigging. Such a heavy sea was
running tbat it was impossible to ren
der assistance. The drowned are:
Jobo Sherman, messboy.
C. Condon, second assistant engi
neer; married.
O. W. Soott, first assistant engi
neer; married.
Michael Pendergast, fireman.
Two men, names unknown.
Tbe steamer Point Arena reached
the soene at 11 o'clock tbia morning,
and aent out a boat, and, by great
bravery and skilled seamanship, ree
oued seven men. In making a teoond
trip,- the boat was almott swamped,
and waa compelled to abandon all
efforts on account of the great breakers
washing over the wreck. A sailor was
washed overboard and reached shore
almost dead. He was revived by a
doctor on the beach.
At 4 o'clock this afternoon, a sailor
jumped overboard, and attempted to
swim ashore with a line. The should
erstraps of bi. life-preserver broke and
tbe man went down. . .
Lighthouse Keeper Brown, an In
dian, Lasarua, William Cauniprey and
Al Cunningham manned a boat and
made two heroio efforts to connect tbe
wreck with the shore line, but were
unsuooessfuL
The steamers Point Arena and Alca
sar are off the wreck, but can render
no assistance until the sea calms. ' A
passing steamer landed a gun at Point
Arena this afternoon, and tbe line will
be shot to tbe wreck tonight. Both
parts of tbe ahip are fait in th sand,
fifty feet apart.
The sailors olsim the aooident was
on account ot the foghorn not blowing,
but the night was clear and the light
oouia oe seen many miles.
Carried a Lljht Cargo.
Taooma, Wash., Nov. 24. The
steamer San Benito left here Wednes
day at 4 P. M. with 4,600 tons of Car
bon Hill ooal. This wai 600 tons
short of ber usual winter cargo. She
arrived Monday at 8 P. M. The
Northern Paoiflo br&noh to Carbon
Hill mines being closed by washouts, j
Captain Smith wired the situation to j
San Francisco and was instructed to
sail with a light oargo. Thursday r
ooal began ooming in, and he could
have gotten away Friday morning with ;
a full oargo. Captain Mountford, the '
Southern Paoiflo agent here, thinks tbe :
light cargo ahould have been in the
steamer's favor. , !
The Son Benito has been between Ta-;
oom a and San Farnoisoo alnoe tbe San
Pedro was wrecked near Victoria in
1891. For a yesr previous she had been ,
running to Comox, B. C. The South-1
ern Paoiflo brought her around from '
Newport in 1890. . She made the;
round trip between here and San Fran-!
Cisco every eleven days, and in tbe
summer season carried 6,500 tons pet
trip. " '
There are several members of tbe
San Benito's orew belonging to this
port, and much uneasiness is felt re
garding their safety.
Five Child-en Cremated.
Hamilton, Mo.,. Nov. 24. Five chil
dren of Mr. and Mrs. Snyder Neal, liv
ing five miles north ot the oity, were
burned while their parents were attend- j
ing a dance. They had eight chil- j
dren. The oldest, a boy of 15, and a '
baby accompanied the parents to a so
cial party. About 11 o'olook the gatb-:
ering broke up. Soon after starting '
home, the Neala and those accompany-;
ing them, discovered the Neal residence
on fire; When they reached the burn
ing building, the father saw hia 11-year-old
girl lying burning In the front ;
door, clasping her 8-year-old brother!
in her arms. The flames prevented the
rescue. Th children were then dead. '
The father fell in a swoon, snd haa
been a raving maniao ever since. ' It is
thought the Are waa oaused by an in-,
oendiary. Nora, 9 years old, is the "
only survivor. ' j
Tha Kartb. Slipped.
Meadow Lake, Or., Nov. 28. A bad '
landslide ooourred at thla plaoe. Such '
damage waa incurred that the present
proprietor will not attempt to restore
it. Tbe slide ooourred last Saturday. !
For more than a mile in lensth and
800 feet up the mountain side the earth
gave way. The dam and flume, power
generators for the large ahingle mill,
were carried away, together with much
of the buildings and machinery, in-
eluding two large turbine water wheels. ; faoe. ; The Instrument is about ten
Water over the entire lake, whioh is inches long, and looks aa though it had
one-half by one and one-half miles, wat been fashioned out of hoop iron. It ia
raised more than seven feet. The loss now in tbe possession of Colonel Sears
was a heavy one. at the oounty clerk's offloo, in Walla
. . : "- Walla. ' '. 1 : :
An Appeal to Charity. The motormen and conduootrs of the
San Franoiaoo, Nov. 24. Twenty- Taooma Street Railway Company have
five men, who form the nucleus of a been appointed speoial policemen, wltb
soheme to establish a colony of artisans out salaries. They are empowered to
on one or more ot the South Sea arrest boys under 16 years of age who
islands, met tonight at the Turk-street attempt to board oars while they are in
temple and decided to appeal to the
publia lor roods with which to pur
chase a schooner and an outfit They
figure It will oost $1,000 for a sohooner
and $3,000 fur enough supplies to es
tablish fifty men. A speoial appeal
for aid will be made to the churobes.
NORTHWEST BREVITIES;
Evidence ot Steady Growth
and Enterprise. .
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
Cram All tha Cities and Towna of tha '
Thriving Slater States
. , .' Orearoa. .
Grant's Pass is to have a custom
quartz mill aoon.
Cattle are being shipped from Pen
dleton to Kansaa City.
Having secured tbe Coos county .
courthouse tbe Coqllle people are now
talking of a 10,000 building.
It waa shown by the recent eleotion
tbat Wallowa county's vote fell short '
i abont 100 from what it was in June.
j A petition is being circulated for
; signature in Lebanon, asking the coun
ty oourt to raise the bounty for ooyote
scalps to $5.
! Work ot rebuilding the bridge over'
tbe Walla Walla river, south of Mil
ton, will be begun at onoe, but the
' bridge will not be ready for travel for
' two weeks or more.
1H;A Crook oounty' man haa just re
turned from Tennessee, where he went
som time since with a oar load of horses.
He reports having found a ready mar-'
ket for hit horses, though the price
Was low. V;:'.,
The oitizens of Ashland have organ
ized "a registration law" olub, the
purpose being to secure the enaotment
this winter by the legislature of a law '
providing for a system of registration:
of voters.
On the banks of the Willamette
slough, near Soappoose landing, there
are perhaps more than 6,000 cords of
wood which bave been placed there by
people living in the vioinity of Soap
poose. This is the result of one years'
work.--"
The Indian school at Fort Bidwell
now seems an assured faot. The special
agent who haa been looking after tha
I matter will proceed to -open the school
in a short time. It will require a corps
' of seventeen teaohera in all.
Tne WOolgrowers of Grant oounty
will meet this week for tbe purpose of
, organizing a woolgrowers' association
for tha mnim nroteotion of all aheeo-
; mea Md to consider the proposition o
levying a tax to be used for the exter
mination of ooyotes. .
Municipal 'authorities of Silverton
are in correspondence with persons at
Eaton Rapids, Mich., who are desirous'
of ooming to Silverton to start a woolen
mill, if a sufficient bonus can be raised
j tT Silverton people. The Eastern oom
psny wants enougn money to pay
freight on the machinery, furnish a
site and put up a building.
As the East-bound overland was
leaving Latourell one day last week,,
a rock waa hurled through the window,
of an O. B. & N. car, striking Mrs.
Harding, wife of Condnotor Harding of
Tbe Dalles, who was occupying one of
the berths. For a time it waa thought
Mrs. Harding was seriously injured
but her injuries proved to be only
slight - -
Washington.
A number of mutton sheep have been
sold in Ellensburg reoently for $1.75 a
head. .:. ;
The expenses of conducting the eleo
tion in Whitman county amounted to
$2,408.53. :
Ten thousand bushels of red chaff
and olub wheat were sold in Walla
Walla last week at 78 cents a bushel.
Three Immense wagon loads of fruit
trees passed through Ellensburg last
week en route from Yakima to the
Wenatcbee oountry. f
Governor-eleot Rogers has announced
publicly tbat he will not be a candi
date fox the United States seiiatorship
before the next legislature.
' A wood famine ia atill threatened in
Garfield. But very little Can be
brought in there, and the supply of dry
wood in the mountains is said to bo
praotioally exhausted.
The other night a large rook, weigh
ing about ten tons, came rolling down
the hill and landed in Herring's ware
house in Stella, Wahkiakum oounty.
The fall of the rock shook the whole
town. - i
As a reault of two days' hunting on
the Columbia, between Pasoo and Wai.
lula, a correspondent of tbe Walla
Walla Gazette says he killed three
geese, two eagles, one ooyote, six jack-'
rabbits, two cottontails, one sage hen
I ...... .a n.nob...
""
- There is talk of organising a ooyote
drive on a large scale in Garfield. It
g proposed to make a oirole six or eight
"iles in diameter, embracing a largo
part oi tne couniry ikhwwmi oarueia
and the mountains to the east, and sur
round the "varmints," ,
While digging a well on a farm
near Walla Walla last week workmen
found a knife imbedded in a clay for-
mation, eighteen feet below the our-
motion.
Mr. G. A. Van Anda, of Rockland,
has a oow that is capable of making a
j world's record. She is fifteen-sixteenths
Jersey, and has made 431
; pounds of butter, besides furnishing
j the family with all the milk and oream
tor their own use.