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EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome ot the Telegraphic
New of the World.
TEBSB TICKS FROM THE WIEES
Aa Interesting Collection of Items Front
lb Two lleinlapberea I"reaeoted
. lit Condensed Form.
Tno strainer Carausa, from Rotter
dam, in reported lost off Cape Abjoa.
Mx lmtrobors of the orevr wers saved
mid fifteen aro missing.
Polios Oflloer Brstton was badly
shot while trying to capture two bur
glars in a store in Taooina. He flred
at cue burglar, when another, who wu
watching, opeued Are and sho Brstton
twice iu the back of the bead. Be
will probalby die.
Eddie Chandler, about 11 years old,
waa drowned In Portneut river, in Po
oatello, Idaho. He threw hi bat ou
the loe and trid to get the dog to get
it, and, failing in thia, he went on the
ire and broke through into deep water.
The river waa dragged and the body
found in about an hour. .;
One of tha last offlolal aota of Mayor
Kiider of trna Angelas, Cal., will be to
attach tale signature to an ordinance
making expectorations upon tie side
walks of poblio streets, entianoea to
publio buildings or the floora of atreet
oars a misdemeanor, pnuiabable by
either fine or imprisonment, or both.
Chief Basen of the aeoret servloe at
Washington, baa leaned a olronlar
warning sgatust new ooanterfelt f 10
uaMonal banknote on the Union Na
tional bank of Detroit. The note la
the product ot the aame band which
produced the recent counterfeit on the
National Hank of Commerce ot New
York. One dlatingulahable feature la
that the baok of the note la optide
down. : ;
Maa Delia Strahm waa killed by her
brothor-iu-law, , Eldon Buroker, at
Dixie, eighteen miles weat of Walla
Walla. Miaa Strahm waa tinting the
family, and after the family bad re
tired the went out ot the door, and
npon returning the nolle awakened
Dnroker, wbo drew pistol front under
bia pillow and ihot Mitt Btrahm. He
mistook ber for an- enemy, whom he
had beard waa tatent on doing him
harm. .. -, ,-,
Japan baa a larger oarrying trade on
.the faciflo than the United States, and
Americana who are near enough to
watoh the shifting aoeuea in thli new
and rapidly developing onnteet foroom
merolal supremacy find little matter for
pride In proa, nt tendencies. This ia
the' statement of United States Coninl
Hell, of Hydney, oontalued in bia report
to the atate department upon the open
ing of the new Japanese ateamahip line
between Yokohama and Australia.
Tbe president bas extended the civil
service rolea to n to include all offloera
and employee in the federal peniten
tiary at Fort LeaTenworth, Kan.,
though it is to apply to all euoh gov
' eminent inttitutiona and to all penl
- tentiariot hereafter created immediately
upon their establishment Attorney
General Harmon is subjecting the re
cent olvtl serTioe schedule as affecting
the department of justioe to a rigid
scrutiny. The present amendment ia
to overcome defect in the rules pro
mulgated and further amendments on
similar line may be expected.
Kadioal change in the procedure of
the pention office bare been made. All
elulma tor increase, save in extraordi
nary oases, hereafter will be sent direot
to the medical division of the bureau,
without having to be pasted upon by
the board of review. This action is
taken on the ground that the bulk of
increase oases involve only medical ac
tion. Hereafter there will be no ne
cessity for oases before the board of re
view being pasted npon by three or
' four examiners. Commissioner Mur
phy bas fixed the number of examiners,
wbo must review each olaim at once.
The Mexican government, recognis
ing the increasing importance of its
west coast commerce, is determined to
improve the harbors. Arrangemeuta
Have been mad to raise a considerable
sum for this work, in addition to the
$5,000,000 for the Improvement of
d ataaooaloos and Salina Cruxa, the
eastern and western termini of the Te
huautepec road. The move to improve
the harbors is also caused, it is said, by
the rapidity of railroad building to
ward the Mexican Paolfio coast, which
will open fertile country and develop a
lnTge commeroe through tue porta be
low Muzatlau.
A strike instituted at Georgetown,
Mats., bas thrown out ot work 800
men, and promises to em braoe the en
tire six shoe factories of the town. A
threatened out in wages was the cause
of the strike. ."v.'-.'w
The oonatruotors of the Siberian rail
road have undertaken to build a line
through Mautchuria, starting from a
point on the river where the Siberian
road joins the trnus-Baikelia line and
terminating at Mikolskaya, Russia.
The ministerial press ot St. Peters
burg points out that this line will
make Russia the intermediary of pouoe
' ful civilitation between Europe and
Asia. i
Notioa has been posted at all the
Philadelphia & Heading coal aud iron
oollierles, numbering forty, and alto
at number of Individual 'oollierles,
that work would be suspended for a
week. Twenty thousand men and boys
will be Idle.
The executive committee of the
monetary conference with headquratert
in Indianapolis, Ind., are sending out
call to all oommemial rganiaHtions
who intend to send delegates to the con
ference. - It is now believed that abort
. 600 p'gatea will be in attendance.
FLOOD AND BUZZARD.
Terrible Weather In tha aflatlstlppt
Valley Stales.
Chicago, Jan. 8. From all parts ot
the West, reports of damage by flood
and storm during the last- twenty-four
hours are coming. In Illinois, heavy
rain bas fallen, streams are flooded,
making the roads impassable and dam
aging winter wheat. Joliet is threat
ened with one of the wont floods in its
history. Hickory and Bpriug oreeks
re oot of their banks, and the Des
plainos river and the lower level of the
canal has raised sixteen inches today.
Families are moving out of their
houses, and lowlands are flooded. Wa
ter is sweeping through the lumber
yards, and the Bock Island track is sub
merged in tha vicinity of Laoon.
Wheat bas been damaged badly by the
twenty-tour hours' rain, end the roads
are impassable. The Banagmon river
is rising, threatening destruction to
thousands ot bushels of corn. It bas
rained, for sixty hours, and is still rain
ing, but growing colder.
In Northern Michigan the rain is
alto severe. Near Menominee, it bas
rained for forty-eight hours. Logging
baa been suspended. Ice gorges at
Fisher and other points on tbe Menom
inee river threaten serious oonsequenoes
to Menominee and Marinette.
In Minnesota a blizzard raged all
day with alternating rain and sleet.
Bouth Dakota suffered a severe snow
storm, which prevailed all day.' The
snow drifted aud a railroad blockade
is feared.
Nebraska is suffering from the worst
blizzard it bas experienced for years.
Bnow was twelve inches on the level
tonight, and tbe wind piled great
drifta six and seven feet high. Trains
are delayed in thevioiuity of Haatinge.
Tonight blinding snow is tailing and
sharp wind blowing. At Grand
Island there are several feet of snow in
the Union Pacific yards.
JUMPED INTO THE ,. LAKE.
Banker Uanimotia, mt Chisago, Took
. Bia Own Lira.
Chicago, Jan. 5, W. A. Hammond,
viae-preeident of tbe National Bank of
Illinois, committed anioide during the
night by jumping into Lake Michigan,
Hammond oalied on Percy Palmer,
an old friend and confidential adviser,
at 8 o'clock lust evening. He talked
gloomily about future protpeets. About
11 o'clock Hammond went borne, and
at 11:80 retired for the night He and
bia wife slept in adjacent rooms.
this morning Mrs. Hammond
discovered ber husband gone, and noti
fied friends, who found a trail of scraps
of paper which led to tbe edge of the
pier at Dempster street Tbe rain had
soaked the scraps ot paper and made
the contents almost illegible. '
The litesavfng erew was notified, and
began search for tbe body. A tog
was also sent from Chicago for tbe
tame purpose. '..-:-'
Sixteen-year-old W. V. Boduey with
companion, was walking along the
beaob in tbe viontty of Church atreet,
when they aighted tbe body floating
onljr few feet from tbe shore. An
ambulance was called and the body
waa removed to an undertaking estab
lisbmant, where it was soon identified
by friends. Mrs. Hammond is com
pletely prostrated and nnder tbe con
stant oar of a pbyaioian. Tbe ex
banker was the father at four children.
Hammond is said to have been the
buelness head of the bank slnoe Presi
dent Bohneldor waa too feeble to do
praotioal work, and tbe large loans ta
the Calumet Electrio Company and
others, which resulted in closing tbe
bank, are understood to have been
made by Hammond.'
Hammond waa accused of being a
"kiter," deceiving tbe directors ot tbe
bank and depositors and deliberately
violating tbe national bank laws. His
alleged irregularities were said to have
begun many years ago, when it is al
leged he began to use tbe money and
oredit of tbe bank in outside specula
tions in such a manner as to deoeivs
the directors and bank examiners.
Even old employes of the bank are said
to have been unaware ot wbat was go
lug on. . v.
SURPLUS IN DECEMBER.
Government Reoalpts Largar Than
Xxpanditures.
' Washington, Jan. 6. The monthly
comparative statement of tbe govern
ment's receipts aud expenditures
shows the total receipts for December
to bave been $35,807,1141 expendi
tures, $38,813,004, which leaves a sur
plus for tbe month of $3,014,450. For
the aix mouths of the flsoal year, how
ever, the defioit ia shown to- be $37,
903,897. This is tbe seoond time with
in a year reoeipts bave exceeded tbe ex
penditures. V
Tbe surplus this month is largely
accounted for by partial receipts from
the recent sale ot first mortgage bondi
for the Faoifio railroads belonging t
the Central PaoiBo sinking fund, which
appears in tbe statement at a repay,
nient to the oivil and miaoellaneoui
expenditures. ,, The" Independent bond
transactions surplus would have been
about $500,000. Beoeipta from cus
toms in December amounted to $10,
779,413, an iuoreate tor tbe month oi
about $800,000. Internal revenue re
oeipts aggregated $58,198,998, a nomi
nal gain over November.
Freneh Shipbuilders Are Slow.
Paris, Jan. 5. There is much tall
of tbe impossibility of the French
dockyard! exeouting quickly enough
the new naval programme, and the
question of whether ironclads shall be
purobased in England has excited
patriotic discussion.
An Kartbquaka at Ottawa.
Ottawa, Ont, Jan. 6. Ottawa was
visited by an earthquake shortly after
midnight No serious damage is resorted.
A FATAL ffi'EDITION
Several of the Commodore
Party Not Accounted For.
FIVE MORK SURVIVORS LANDED
Captain Murphy and Stephen Crane
Among tha Unilobar An Aeeount
of tha Vlualag at tbe Ship.
' Clnoinnati, Jan. 6. A Commercial
Tribune special from Jacksouville.FU.,
tayt: . . . i
' Seventeen men accounted for out of
twenty-eight on the Cuban filibuster
Commodore ia the record bere tonight,
with a slight chance of seven more be
ing yet alive. Five men oame ashore
at Daytona this noon Captain Murphy,
Stephen Crane, the novelist, tbe oook,
and two sailors. One of the Utter,
William Higgins, of Bbode Island,
died soon after reaching land, from
the effeots of the bigb sorf. One of tbe
survivors gives tbe following grapbio
details: ":.:' .:
"Tbe tug sank at 7 o'clock in tbe
morning, twenty miles off New Smyrna.
All the Americans on board remained
until tbe last moment A traitor in
Spanish pay was tbe oause of tbe leak.
The leak was discovered about 8 A. M.
Tbe pumps would not work long,
though they did good service for a
while. Finding that the water gained
on us, the vessel was turned shoreward.
As she continued to sink, two boat
loads ot Cubans, twelve In all, were
first sent off. One boat containing aix
men was oapsixed, and I am afraid the
men were lost One of. the lifeboats
oontaining nine men was swamped, and
hastily constructed oraft was made
up from materials thrown to tbem, and
they then disappeared from our sight
"Captain Murphy, Stephen Crane,
Biggins and myself and one other sailor
took to tbe ten-toot dingy at the last
moment We tried to save the men in
tbe water around us, but the heavy seas
and blinding winds swept them from
us. It required alt our efforts to keep
our small boat right side up. For
twenty-fo?r hours we battled with tbe
heavy sea, constantly bailing, and at i
last land was sighted. As we attempt
ed to land, the wind drove us into the
breakers, and in an instant tbe boat
was overturned. For an hour we bat
tled for life, and then managed to
crawl oot on the sand almost dead.
Captain Murphy saved Mr. Crane by
helping bim when oramp caught
him. Higgins was struok on the head
by floating timbers, and died soon af
ter landing. He was a good sailor and
worked bard to save his comrades."
. The men are expected bere tomor
row. Aid was asked from Daytona
yesterday. As tbe Three Friends was
tbe only vessel in port that oould stand
the seas, the Washington officials were
wired, asking permission to send tbe
tug out, even with revenue offloera on
board. This was at 4 P, M., and,
not bearing from this, the collector
sgain wired the department Then
J. M. Barris wired Benator Call, and
he replied, after saying be bad notified
Mr. Carlisle and the president Noth
iug was heard from the department aa
to giving aid in saving the lives ot
Ameriosn oitiaens up to late hour
this evening. This brought about a
strong message from Mr. Barris, beg
ging tbe department in tbe name ot
humanity to allow a -vessel to leave.
This brought the required permission,
and at 0:80 tonight the Three Friends
steamed out on ber errand of mercy.
Spaniards Quickly Kottnad.
Washington, Jan. 5. The Spanish
authorities feel little apprehension from
reported filibustering expeditions, ow
ing to tbe thoroughness with which the
Cuban coast is being parolled by tbe
Spanish forces. It is pointed out that
the auooeas of the expeditions largely
depend upon ability to deliver the
goods to the insurgents, and that tbe
mere landing of an expedition counts
tor little. Under the system estab
lished by General Weyler, the move
ment of any insurgent force toward tbe
coast is noted aa a step toward meeting
an expedition. The insurgents have
no paok trains, or the ordinary means
of transportation of military stores, and
are obliged to receive and carry goods
by hand. In handling boxes of guns
or any considerable supply ot ammuni
tion, a large number of men is neces
sary to dipose of an expedition. For
this reason the approach of tbe Three
Friends' expediton was made known to
the Spanish commanders by the move
ment ot a large insurgent force toward
the ooast A battle ensued and the in
surgents were driven inland.
- The point at which the Three Friends
subsequently tried to laud waa that to
which the insurgent force was headed.
At present, it ia said, this patrol is so
oomplete that no considerable force ot
insurgents can move without unmask
ing the destination ot an expedition,
aud thus giving ample time for Its ap
prehension. Imports and Kaporta. i
New York, Jan. 5. The Imports ot i
dry goods and general merchandise at ,
this port this week were vuluod at $3,- I
078,505. : The imports of specie for the t
week were $70,770, ot wbioh $43,084
wefe gold. The exports ot specie were
$898,300 silver, no gold.
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Tha Kliaot la Yrrinont,
Montpelior, Vt, Jan. 6. The
Fanners', Trust Company, of Sioux
City, Ia. , which closed Its doors this
week, will prove a hard blow to its
Vermont investors. Aocordiug to re
turns siuoe tbe failure 80 per oeut of
the liabilities ot $185,000 is said to be
due the people of this state.
The centenary ot "Bibliotheque Uni
verse! le," the oldest periodical of its
kind, is to be oelebrated by modest
festival at Gepaa.
WILL APPOINT CIVILIANS.
Corps of Inapastors or gtael Will Be
; . lnaiaaaad, - -
Washington, Jan. 6 Seoretary Her
bert bss practically decided to increase
the present naval oorps of inspector! of
steel used in the construction of naval
vessels of the United States by the ap
pointment of number ot expert civil
ians. At a conference beld by the sec
retary with Assistant Secretary Mo
Adoo, Naval Constructor Hicbborn
and a number of bureau ohiefs, tbe sub
ject was fully disousted, and it was the
opinion of all present that the situation
demanded this action. It was repre
sented that tbe number of naval in
spectors suitable for the duty was not
sufficient for the needs of tbe service.
Captain MoCormiok and Chief Engi
neer Smith, of the Norfolk navy-yard,
are expected to arrive bere soon, when
tbe detsils preliminary to the appoint
ments will be oomplted, It is thought
that tbe civil service commission will
be called upon to furnish at once
twelve or fifteen men wbo, by rigid ex
amination, bave proved themselves ex
perts in this line, and when secured,
they probably will be distributed
among the works now furnishing tbe
steel and iron used in the construction
of our naval vessels. The experts will
be sent to Bethlehem, the Crsnegie,
the Phoenix, the Vail, the Thorlow aud
tbe Mid vale works. .-.
SLAVERY IN NICARAGUA.
A Terrible State of Affairs in tba Labor
"" Markat.
Managua, Nicaragua, Jan. 6. A
terrible state of affairs prevails in tbe
labor market bere, and tbe system of
selling labor bas reduced very large
numbers of men, women and children
to a atate of slavery. Owners of coffee
estates recently beld a meeting, with
tbe object ot influencing the govern
ment of Nicaragua to establish in Cuba
a labor agency to induce Cuban la
borers to migrate to Nicaragua.' Men
and women here are now endeavoring
by every possible means, excepting sn
armed revolution, to escape from tbe
servitude incident to the sale of their la
bor, authorised by the constitution of
Nicaragua and enforced as vigorously
as possible by military power, until the
money for goods advanced to tbem and
interest thereon, and heavy fines for
delinquency, bave been paid in full by
labor, at low rates. This year's orop
of coffee in Nicaragua is estimated at
about 80 per cent of full orop. Tbe
deficiency bas been caused by insuffi
cient rains daring tbe year. The
twigs on which the coffee crop of
1897 is to be borne are from drought
so small and short aa not to be able to
yield a full crop in many estates in
Nicaragua next year. , . '
A number of persons in Nicaragu,
especially In the eastern portion, are
making preparations to cultivate augar
cane instead of coffee, at heretofore.
A Battle ar Manila.
Madrid, Jan. 6. A diapatab from
Manila says a great battle has been
fought in tbe Philippine islands, re
sulting in the signal defeat of the in
surgents, 1,100 being killed. Addi
tional details indicate that tbe battle
was fought at Bulacan, a town In the
province of Luson, located on the river
Bulacan, twenty miles northwest of
Manila. General Ensbro, a leader of
the Philippine ialandt insurgents, is
said to bave been billed in tbe conflict
Of the Spaniards, twenty-five were
killed and Sixty-three wounded. It ia
also reported that seven canon were
captured from the insurgents.
A dispatch from Manila to Premier
Canovas del Castilo, giving additional
details of tbe battle at Bulacan, an.
nounoes that 8,000 of tbe insurgents
were killed, instead of 1,100, as at first
reported.
Prime Minister Canovas bas alto re
ceived word from Cuba which Indi
cates the settlement of the difficulties
In that colony will be hastened.
Kobbed a C tinrch.
Oakland, Cal , Jan. 6. The oom
mun ion service ot the Saored Heart
church was stolen by irreverent thieves
last night Tbey stripped tbe taber
nacle on the altar of all its vessels, and
carried the aafe which contained most
of the service to a convenient point
near tbe church, where they blew it up.
Tbe work waa evidently done by ex
perts, Tbe crime waa not discovered
until this morning. i- ;
Tbe prinoipal articles stolen were a
silver obalioe, taken from the sate, two
oiboriums, also ot silver, and a silver
paten, Melted'down, the value of tbe
silver would hardly exceed J $30.
Saored Heart church was robbed in a
aimilar manner six y ars ago, and Fa
ther h. Serra, the pastor, this morning
said that it waa possible that both rob
beries were committed by the same
tlftef. The churoh was recently pre
sented with a very valuable communion
aervioe, and it is thought that this was
wbat the thieves were after.
Aa Seen bjr tha Tlinaa.
London, Jan. 6. The finanoial ar
tiole In the Times expresses the opinion
that the feeling of the stock exchange
that another period of oheap money and
booming'prioes is coming, is not justi
fied. "There may be short periods of
cheapness," says the Times, "but un
less there is some unforaeen ohange in
the whole situation, money will tend to
be comparatively toaroe for tbe whole
year." " ' 1
WIU Kara Tbelr Own Living.
London, Jan. 6 A Vienna dispatch
to the Daily Mail says: It is stated
that their finances will soon oompel
tba Princess ot Chimay-Caraman and
the gypsy Bigo to abandon their luxu
rious mode ot living. The princess
bas signed a oontraot to sing in a music
ball, Rigo playing the violin in the
orobeatra. ' ' . . i..
It takes 73,000 tons ot paper to make
the postal oards used in the United
States each year.
A STRATEGIC POINT
Colombia Striving to Get
Corn Island.
NICARAGUA SE8I8T8 THE MOVfl
audi a Dataahiaent of Troopa to Ba
Inforoo tha tiarrlson Thare Se
rious Trouble May Follow.
Managua, Nicaragua, Jan. 4. With
little beating ot drums or blowing of
trumpets, a warlike move upon the part
of tbe republic of Colomiba is now be
lieved to have been oheokmated by tbe
republic of Nicaragua; although further .
news from tbe objective point, Corn
island, is anxiously expected bere. '
. About a month ago tbe , government
ot Nicaragua waa informed unofficially
that Colombia bad plnnned to make a
landing on Corn island, a valuable
strategic point situated about thirty
six miles off the Mosquito coast, be
longing to Nioaragua, whose flag was
to be hauled down and tbe ensign of
Colombia substituted for it ' It waa
alleged that Nioaragua was overtaxing
Corn island, and that the inhabitants,
numbering a few hundred, bad appealed
to Colombia for redress, on the ground
that territory some five miles long,
wbioh formerly belonged to Colombia,
was unlawfully held by Nioaragua.
It was further stated that the pre ect
of San Andrea), Colombia, had assem
bled a military force, and waa only
waiting for the arrival ot Colombian
gunboat in order to embark troops and
to proceed to Corn island and secure
and fortify it against tbe possibility of
recapture. That such a plan was dis
cussed there Is no reason to doubt, but
President Zelaya, of Nicaragua, took
prompt steps to meet this move upon
tbe part oi tbe neighboring republio.
Very quietly detachments ot Nioara
guan troopa were assembled here and
at Granada, and wben all was ready
they were sent in small parties through
Lake Nioaragua aud down the San
Juan river to Grey town and Blueflelda.
By this time the soldiers of Nioaragua
are believed to be in possession ot Big
and Little Corn islands, for there are
two ot tbem, and the work of erecting
a strong fort should be progressing.
Tbe troops took all the best guna avail
able, and a supply of ammunition and
other aopplies. - Storehouses are to be
constructed at Corn island.
Of course, it the Colombia expedition
started earlier than expected and
reaobed Corn Island before, the Nioa
ragua troops, fighting may bave oc
curred before thia, and, if so, the mat
ter may lead to a general upheaval in
Central America, ; for Colombia waa
warned, diplomatically and through
tbe press, last month that ber seizure
of Com island might lead to a warlike
combination of the republics of Salva
dor and Honduras in support of Nioa
ragua against ber. Colombia Was also
advised, if she still maintained that
she had rights over Corn island, to sub
mit tbem to the arbitration of disin
terested republic. , ! ; - , ; "'
To these threats and suggestions ap
parently no attention waa paid, for it
was announced that the Colombia gun
boats were being fitted out for the
transporting of Colombian troops to
Corn island. It ia hoped bere that
the Nioaragua foroea reaobed there in
advance ot the Colombian detaobmenta.
. Some years ago, when work was be
gining on tbe maritime canal, it was
reported that Great Britain waa con
templating laying handa on Corn
island, whiob, situated at convenient
distanoe from the Atlantis entranoe to
the oanal, would bave been converted
into another chain oi British forts off
the Amerioan coast, and would have
enabled ber to be practically in com
mand of tbe eastern entrance of the
waterway which is in time to join the
Atlantio and the Paoifla. Therefore,
Nioaragua, acting upon tbe suggestion
ot the president of the United States,'
took possession of both Big and Little
Corn islands, hoisting the Nioaraguan
flag over them with much oeremony,
and giving diplomatio notioe ot the
same.
' The British olaim to Corn island is
understood to be bated on ber former
pretensions, sinoe given np, to a pro
tectorate over the Mosquito territory,
and because Colombia, whioh originally
owned Corn island, oeded the island to
King George, ; then tbe governing
chieftain, under British auspices, oi
the Mosquito reservation. Colombia,
however, insists that Corn island was
only ceded to King George on the con
dition that it waa to be returned when
ever requested.
Boys Played With Bia Head.' '
Oakland, Cal, Jan. 4 Yesterday
the remans uf John Conlon were found
strewn along the railroad tracks in
Oakland. Bullet boles in the faoe led
to the belief that the man had been
murdered, and bia body placed on the
traok to oonoeal the crime. Today de
tectives learned that no crime had been
oommitted. Some smallboys who were
practicing with an air gun found what
they thought waa a piece of meat It
was a portion of Conlon's faoe, and
they hung it on a post and used it as a
target ' After shooting it full of boles
they threw it on the traok again. It
is now suppsed that Conlon was run
down by one of the local trains.
A Family Aaphjxlatad. .
New York, Jan. 4. John Lynobten
berg, a oabinet maker, bia wife, Liaiie,
and their two children, Willis, S3
months old, and Jacob,, 13 weeks old,
were asphyxiated in their home today.
Famine In a Ku.atan Provlnea.
St Petersburg, Jan. 4. A famine
is prevailing in the province ot Kher
son. It is estimated that 750,000
rubles will be required for the relief
of the sufferers.
A SALOON RIOT.
Two Pollaaman Haarlv Killed Whlla
Dolus Tholr Butr.
Grand Bapids, Jan. 4. Two po-
Hoe noon were pounded half to death by
a orowd today, and two of their assail
ants were ahot Tbe. trouble was the
result of a oroaade, wblob the police
bave been waging araintt taloon
keepers, who bave been violating tbe
law.
Today Patrolmen Viergiver and Har
rington found tbe saloon ot Sommers
& Treadwell doing thriving backdoor
business. As tbe officers entered the
air was filled with clubs, bottles and
glasses. Officer Viergiver wis struok
on tbe bead and felled with a club.
He was drawing bia revolver as he tell,
and as be fell he pulled tbe trigger.
Several shots were flred from the
orowd and Harrington managed to get
bis revolver out and pulled it upon
Treadwell, who waa pounding him on
the bead with a bottle. Tbe next mo
ment Harrington went to tbe floor. A
great crowd bad gathered in front of
the saloon, and tbe. excitement was in
tense. One officer outside guarded the
door and sent tor tbe patrol wagon. A
iqoad of eighteen policemen responded,
with orders to arrest every one In tbe
place, but most of tbe crowd bad man
aged to slip awsy.
- Officer Viergive had an arm broken
In two places, a finger broken, his note
dislocated and an awful gash across the
tea) p. His injuries are not neoessarily
fataL Officer Harrington was cut
with broken glass. He baa severe
scalp wound and serious bodily in
juries. Treadwell was shot in the
right lung. An examination late to
night showed that be is suffering severe
hemorrhages. He ia not likely to re-
Tha Nicaragua Canal ,
Washington, Jan. 4. One "of tbe
main objects of the formation of new
Greater Republic of Central America
ia said to be the completion of tbe Nio
aragua canal. Senor Boderiuez, re
cently recognised aa tbe diplomatio
representative of the . new - country in
he United States, ia said to be charged
wi b the duty of interesting thia gov
e ment in the enterprise.
This aid to tbe project cornea at a
time when it is needed. The support
ers of tbe measure on both sides at the
capital bave hopes that the great peti
iton sent to Speaker Beed, asking that
time be given for discussion of tbe bill
after the funding measure is disposed
of, will be heeded, and at least two
days so allowed. . '
There are enough friends ot the plan
on the senate side to bring It up if
there is any hope of getting in a few
bourr while tbe funding debate is on
in the upper bouse. .
Tralna Wracked by Robbara.
Austin, Tex., Jan. 4. An interna
tional & Great Northern freight train
was wrecked four miles south of bere
thia morning, presumably by trainrob
bera lying in wait for tbe passenger
train. A brakeman, Fred Joynson,
was killed, and Engineer Smith seri
ously injured. A switch was left open
and rooks piled on the track..
Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 4. Fireman
Alexander Overby and , Engineer John
Botertsrn were seriously injured in a
wreck early this morning on the Ra
leigh & Augusta division ot tbe Sea
board Air Line, just east ot here. A
rail had bees displaced by . train
wreckers. : Bloodhound! have been put
upon the trait :' .-. . -? ?
. Now York Mall Bobbarv-
New York,' Jan. 4. The postoffice
inspectors bave arrested William H.
Post, sged 83, a mailwagon driver, on
a charge of mail robbery, A quantity
of incoming mail from the West was
stolen on December 30. Many rifled
packages were found on December 83
in tbe water off Brighton beaob. The
keya to the mail poaches are said to
have been found on Post, and small
articles, probably Christmas presents,
in his room. ' Post denies robbing the
mails. It is believed he threw tbe
rifled letters into North river from the
ferryboat Ba baa been held in $5,000
bail. -: ' ' .
Oot Half of tha Interest.
Washington, Jan. 4. The Crow-Creek-Sioux
delegation of South Dakota
Indiana bave not gained their an
nounced object, of scouring a per capita
oash payment of $187,000 less .about
$1,8000 for expenses, now to their
credit in the treasury, but they have
secured a payment ot about $4 or $5
per oapita, representing half of the ac
crued interest on the money.
Paid Inters it With Coffea.
Hamburg, Jan. 4. There was an
important sale bere yesterday ot 84,000
bags of Braailian ooffee on board
steamers now in thia harbor. ; Tbe
ooffee is believed to be a consignment
ot tbe Brazilian government, in lieu ot
bills to pay interest on the Brazilian
debt The ooffee waa consigned to the
Botbsobilds, of London, who sold it
here.
Russia's Gold Standard Schema.
St. Petersburg, : Jan. 4 Most au
thoritative quarters deny that M.De
Witt's gold-standard project bas been
abandoned, as was reported from here.
It will be discussed at the oounoil of
the emperor in March, after the statu
tes of tbe bank bave undergone the
neoessary revision to bring them into
barmony with the statement
'. , A Cut In Wages.
, Waltham, Mass., Jan. 4. -A gen
eral out in wages in tbe iron foundry of
Davis & Farnum, ot thia oity, went
into effeot today. The out ranges from
3 to 25 oents and affects over 600 men.
The faot that the large foundries in
Pennsylvania and the West have com
menced to do their own small work,
making it impossible for this firm to
oompete, la given as the cause. '. :
Japan has forty-one oitlea of over
10,000 inhabitant
NORTHWEST BREVITIES
Evidence oi Steady Growth
' and Enterprise.
ITEMS OF GENERAL ISTEBEST
From All tha Cities and Towns of the
Thriving Blatar State
Oregon.
; Tbe John Day flouring mill, having
ground up all the wheat in sight, is
now idle. . : ;
Marion county's assessment for 1896
bat already cost $7,000, and the end
is not yet, says tbe Statesman.
A colony of Illinois people will
leave tbal atate in March or April, to
settle in tbe southern part of Yamhill
oounty and the southern part of Polk
oounQr. .; : .;.;. - . .
Fred Kemper, of Pendleton, who won
a oayuse at a raffle the other dsy, gave
the beast back to its original owner and
treated bim for taking tbe oayuse off
bis bands, .
Engineer Dillman, of tbe Astoria
railway, aays that there are 400 men .
at work near Bainier and the Clatt
kanie, and that two big dredgers are
being run night and day. ;
Henry Bnocholz, a prominent Citisen
ot Tamarack, Uamtilla oounty, ia burn
ing charcoal. . It takes five days to
burn a pit and be bas to watoh it
day and night and camps by tbe pit
The Wallowa stage was wrecked
laat week by an accident on Wallowa
bill. There were three passengers that
day, but they got out to walk Just be
fore the stage started down tbe hill, so
that nobody was injured.
G. W. MoKinney, of BrownsvlOe,
last week butchered a hog that dressed
633 pounds, from wbioh be rendered
150 pounds of lard, and tbe Browns
ville Time asks if any Willamette
farmer can beat tbe record.
Mrs. James Crosby, ot Monmouth,
Or., baa family Bible, printed in
Edinburgh, Soot land, that has been
handed down in the family for several
generations; crossed the ocean to
America, and now lies on the center
table of Mra. Crosby. It is prized very
highly, and ts still in a state of good
preservation. " , i
The body of a white man washed
ashore on the beaob about bait a mile "
aouth ot tbe mouth ot Hunter's creek,
in Curry oounty reoently. Tbe coro
ner's jury was unable to identify the
body, and found a verdiot of death by
drowning. Tbe body waa that of
man about six feet tall, with very
smalt bands and feet, and weighing
about 180 pounds. - X.
During tbe ttorm in November, Otto
Kohler shipped 8,500 sheep from The
Dalles to Columbus, Neh. , and arrived
there In due time, losing only four
sheep on the trip. Mr. Kohler writes
back that be is feeding his. sheep at
the farm of Nio Blazer, an uncle ot
John Blazer, of Tbe Dalles, near Co
lumbus, where be gets shelled corn for
twelve oents a bushel, and other feed
at corresponding low prices. :
: Washington,
Jabes Cowles, an old citizen of Clark
oounty, died at his home near Wood
land last week.
Tbe Ellensburg oity oounoil has
made a reduction in tbe salaries of oity
officials that will amount to $30.
Tbe Spokane street oar company's
reoeipts during tbe year bave averaged
$30 a day more than last year, says the
Spokane Chronicle.
' A farmer of Cow City lost 4,000
bushels of potatoes by the November
freeze, and a Toledo man lost 1,000
bushels. There seems to have been a
heavy loss all over Lewis oounty.
' Blackleg is making its appearance
among the oattle in .Kittitas oounty.
Mr. Otis Hyer, stockman and farmer,
says that three of bis neighbors bave '
lost from six to ten bead ot cattle, each
caused by this disease.
Tbe state treasurer bas issued a call
for state warrants on the general fond,
numbered 13,491 to 18,735 inclusive,
amounting in the aggregate to $21,
651.49. Interest on these warrants
will oease after January 7, 1897.
. The Washington State Historical So
ciety at Taooma bas filed articles ot in
corporation. Tbeir purpose is the col
lection and preservation in substantial
form of objects ot traditional and his
torical interest to the state. Their
main headquaters will be in Taooma.
Alfred Snyder, 70 years of age, and
one of Seattle's pioneer residents,
died the other night at Port Blakely,
where be went, some time ago to Mot
as tallyman at : tbe. big mill. Mr.
Snyder baa always been beld In high
esteem by the older residents who
knew bim well, and bia death is muoh
regretted.
Harry Parlin, a brakeman on the O.
B. & N., . was taken to tbe hospital at
Walla Walla last week, suffering from
a scalp wound inflioted by coupling
pin. He was standing beside the draw
bead when the cars oame together in
Such a manner as to throw the pin in
thr air with great force. The pin
struok him a glanolng blow on the
head, and bounded ten feet higher.
Had It struok bim squarely it probably
would have killed bim instantly.
Seoretary Cass, of the state board of
horticulture, is authority for tbe state
ment that the actual damage to Wash
ington orchards from tbe extreme oold
weather of the early part ot the month
is very alight-':
The recent shipment ot four cars of
ore from the Beco mine netted tha
owners $30,798.60, says the Spokane
Spokesman-Review. Two cr wont
$11,000. This is notthe first 'won
derful shipment from the Beco. A
number of shipments buve bueti made
whioh ran into the thousands of dollatt.
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