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1 T Tj ' (Q1D 17 fl ipnn JLk3 JL. Ji. JLJLJ VOL. XIV. ST. IIELENH, OltEGOK, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21), 1897. "NO. 6. r M EVENTS OF THE . DAY Epitome ot the Telegraphic News of the , World. TERSE TICKS FBOM TUB WIRES Aa lutereitlnf Collection of Itcmi Front '. the Tw Htnlipluni rntntoi : la Coadeaeed Form. Agent W. R. Russell, of the Pacific Coast Elevator Company, f Moscow, Iilulio, hos purchased over 10,000 bush els of wheat at 70 cents. The last largs purchase was 8,000 bushels. Soma wheat in that section U being held as high m 75 cents. Another attempt has been mode to get the stranded Glcumorug 08 from the sands of North beaoh. This trial - proved unsuccessful like the previous attempts and It is now thought the Glcumorag will be abandoned to the mercies of tho waves. Very Rev. Thos. J. Conaty, D. D., has been installed m rector of the Catholic university of America in Washington, D. O. It was a notable vent in the history of the inntltntion, and drew together a distinguished as suiublage of churchmen and educutors. While hunting near Elk Point, 8. D., W, J. Murphy, aged 17, became separated from his companions and was frozen to death, When first missed lie was supposed to havo returned home, and not until some time later did searching parties start after him. His body was found., James Stephens, who is said to have started several inoendlary fires in Walla Walla during the summer of 18H6, has been convicted of arson in the superior court for setting fire to the Hamilton Rnurke warehouse, - January 9, J8B0. The dofenso had very little evidence to offer, and the jury, after being out one hoar, returned a verdict of guilty. In digging a well at Qui loctie, Wash., at the base of the Olyinpio range of mountains, a vein of ooal was discov ered. It is thought it is a good vein, and It is located within one mile of the Port Townsend Southern railway. Within the past three years over $100, 000 has been spent in prospecting for coat in this county, and this is the first ooal yet discovered. An earthquake occurred on the islamf of Kishtna, lu the Persian gulf, attend ed by enormous loss of life. Kisiuna is near the entrance of the Persian gulf and is the largest island in that body of water, being surrounded by many smaller islands. Its length is seventy miles and its average breadth twelve miles. The population is estimated at 6,000, ohiefly aralis. Two people woro seriously Injured and a score of others bruised and bat tered as the result of a rear-end collision of two trains in the Oakland yards. Instead of holding the Berkley local train as usual, the signalman allowed it to proceed on the main track, just as the sunset limited was approaching. Before the latter train could be stopped it crashed into the rear car of the lo cal, completely demolishing it. , The senate committee on fisheries havo listened to an argument by Pro fessor Elliott in advocacy of the bill providing for a new international agree ment fpr the protection of fur-bearing seals. Professor Elliott exhibited a large number of charts, showing the habits of seals. He contended that from an economio and humane point of view, it would be far better for the United States to kill all the remaining seals outright than to permit the laughter to continue under present regulations, , The First National bank, of New port, Ky., has olosed its doors. Heavy . investments in real estate is said to be the cause. An important pooling arrangement has been brought about between the Alaska Packers' Association and tho Alaska Improvement Company that will materially affect the salmon in dustry in Northern waters and the price of canned salmon In the country next season. It is said that the entire product of the coming season will be pooled and marketed at uniform rates. ' Louis Oontenein, chevalier of the crown of Italy, former president of the Italian chamber of commerce in New York, and forrarely Italy's consul-general to the two Sicilies, died at his home in New York. He had been one of the most prominent Italians in this country and was a man of marked abil ity, to which Italy frequently paid honorable tribute. ; '. "V A Washington spooiut says tho ad ministration is determined that Peru shall pay the claim for $300,000 grow ing out of the outrage committed in 1885 upon V. H. MoCord, a consul of 1 the United States. A cable dispatch has just been sent to Mr. MeKenzie, the United States minister stationed at Lima, directing him to inform the Peruvian government that the case must be settled without delay, A com munication received from the minister a few days ago stated that Peru desired to investigate the 1 case. . Secretary Olney at once advised Mr. MoKenzie that Peru had had more than ten years to investigate, and the time was quite sufficient. The Minnesota State Savings bank, of St. Paul, has olosed and filed a deed of assignment. National Bank Examiner Esoott has olosed the Gorman National bank, of Louisville, Ky. The bank is on old one, but for some time has been regard ed as unsafe. A bitter fight is being waged in Cleveland, O., between the Arbuokle Coffee Company and the sugar trust regarding rh,9 price of coffee. Cut af 4CI Cfet'is being met NICARAGUA CANAL, Bodorlgues Is Oppoied Only to ' Ml - Moraaa Dill. Chicago, Jan, 88. ATlmes-Hearld's Washington special says: It is appar ent that the time has come when some thing must be done by this government if the Nicaragua canal scheme is to be saved from fulling into the rut of fail ure. Senator Sherman, who is to lie the next secretary of state, said to the Timoa-Herald 'correspondent tonight that Mr, Roderlgeus, minister of the Greater Republic of Central America, had doubtless convinced the senate that any further attempts to arrange for the building of the canal upon the plan laid down in the bill must be given up. But the enterprise need not, for this reason, be abandoned, for the represen tative of the Greater Republic of Cen tral America distinctly avows the will ingness of his government to bike up the matter on a new basis, to leave the present company out of consideration, so far as the future is concerned, and to treat directly with the United States for construction of this great waterway. In the opinion of many senators this is just what should be done. It is said Secretary Olney will be glad to take up the matter of negotiating a treaty with Nicaragua and Costa Uica for this pur pose, if he only had more time before the expiration of the Cleveland admin lstutioii. It is not Impossible he may do so as it is. : - PRESCRIPTION KILLED HER. ' Brooklyn Olrl Took fatal - Doe for a Cold. ;; New York, Jan. 26. Miss Lilian Templeton, of Brooklyn, is dead, as a result of taking a prescription of a friend, who meant to cure, not to kill her. Miss Templeton had been suffer ing from a cold. A friend gave her a prescription, which called for equal parts of spirits of 'camphor, pepjer mint, laudanum and balsam of fir. This prescription was filled by the Bolton Drug Company. She took the medicine Friday evening. Saturday morning she was found unconscious. Physicians were called, but their efforts were unavailing. Coroner Coombs said tonight: "Twenty grains of laudanum is a large, dose, and generally is ap proached by giving gardually, increas ing doses from three grains up to twenty. There must have been forty to forty-five grains in the dose, and that is enough to kill anybody. " A fight With Yaqali. Chihuahua, Jan. 26. At Rosalee, west of here, in the heart of the Sierra Mail re range, a large force of rurale guards yesterday hod a battle with a baud of Yaqui Indians, who had started out on their winter raids of pillage and murder against the farmers and minora of that section. The Indians had al ready murdered the members of two families and were about to make a raid and attempt to sack the village of Ro tates when the force of rurales, or state troops, arrived at the place in response to a message, and made the attack on tho Indians. The fight was a desperate one, and resulted in twelve Indians and five soldiers being killed. 4 Tho Frauao-Bnlan Alliance. Paris, Jan. 26. It is somi-ofrloially announced here that Baron de Mohren helm, tho Russian ambassador, has in formed M. Hanotaux, the minister for foreign affairs, that the czar has order ed Count Muravieff, the newly appoint ed Russian minister of foreign affairs, to visit Paris so as to be presented to President Fanre and enter into rela tions with the French minister before returning to St. Petersburg. Count Muravieff will arrive in Paris on Thurs day, and he will be tendered a banquet at the palace of the Elyssee. Rod Sohoolhoue Callapaed. St. Louis, Jan. 26. A special to the Republic from Perry, O. T., says: A school honne built of sod, near here, col lapsed and twenty-five schoolchildren were entombed for some time. The trustees of the school district built a echoolhouse of turf. They employed Miss Jennie Jones to teach. The schoolhouse collapsed and every child and the teacher were entmboed. Sev eral children will die from their in juries, and the young teacher" is in a critical condition. All had to be dug Rearming of tho Russian Artillery. London, Jan. 88. A St. Petersburg dispatch to the Times, with reference to the rumor that' Russia will spend 100,000,000 roubles in rearming the artillery with the French quick-firing gun, says: The report requires confir mation, but although the powefrul M. deWitte, the minister of finance, op poses the idea, his opposition would be of little avail against the minister of war, General Novisky. "Abba Glraud Bleoted. Paris, Jan. 20. Abbe Giraud has been elected deputy for Brest, to re place the late Monsiguore D'HuUt. It was a threo-cornered contest, the other candidates being the Comto de Blois, pure royalist, and Dr. Roiseli, repub lican. - ' - ' ' .'"r ' Commander of tha We'eor London, Jan. 86. The Times an nounces that Emperor William of Ger many has appointed Ben Parker, of Southampton, to command his yacht, the Meteor. Train Over a Preelploe. New York, Jan. 80. A Kingston, Jamaica, special to the World sayss Word has been received here of a tor rMa railroad disaster at Burbadoes. A train plunged over a precipice, killing a large number of passengers. No do tails are given. ;-" r'ops and tha Manitoba Queatl n. London, Jan. 26. A Rome corre spondent of the Daily Mail says that the pope is considering the compromise clauses of tho Manitoba school question. DAY IN THE SENATE. Calendar (leared of Penaloa Bill I Resolution Presented, Washington, Jan, 26. The senate confined itself strictly to business to day, passing a large number of bills, ; Including those for a statue of President I Lincoln at Gettysburg, appropriating 300,S1 1 to pay ono of the old claims of the late John Roach for use of his shipyards, and reclassifying the railway postal service. Over 100 pension bills were passed during tho day, thus clear ing the calendar. A resolution- by Morgan, was agreed to, requesting the president for all correspondence on the Nicaragua canal since 1887, also a reso lution by Allen requesting the attorney general for information ' regarding the reported Pacific railroad settlement be tween the executive authorities and the reorganization committee of the road. Allen of Nebraska secured the adop tion of the following resolution: "Resolved, That tlie attorney-general be and is hereby directed to inform the senate whether he entered into an f agreement or stipulation with what is commonly known as the reorganization committee of the Union Pacific rail road, respecting the foreclosure of the government lien thereon, and the amount, if any, of such agreement or stipulation that said reorganisation committee has bid on the foreclosure of said liens, and, also, send to the senate a full text of such agreement or stipu lation, together with the names of per sons comprising the reorganization committee as well as the authority he may have for beginning such foreclosure proceedings or entering into any such agreement or stipulation. " Tha Load Postal Hill. Washington, Jan. 26. The senate committee on postofHces and post roads resumed the hearing on the Loud second-class mail bill today. Orville J. Victor, chairman of the New York committee of publishers, said the bill was to the interest of the prese com panies and opposed to the interests of the public, which demands good and cheap literature. Victor called atten tion to a large amount of government matter carried free which would, he said, go far towards accounting for the postnfflce department deficit, and creat ed a general laugh at the expense of the committee by reading a newspaper extract characterizing most of this mat ter as congressional buncombe. John Elderkin, of the Now York Ledger, claimed that under the pro posed law such papers as the Ledger would be excluded from the privilege of being entered as second-class mail mutter. ---v; .; 8. S. McCluro addressed himself es pecially to Senator Chandler's proposed amendments, referring to tho distribu tion through news agencies. It would have the effect, he said, of requiring the publishers of magazines to organize their own system of distribution, and thus both Increase the cost as well as decrease the circulation of their publi cations. Any addition "to the cost would render It impossible to publish 10-cent magazines. To advance the price of the magazines to 15 cents would be to cut the circulation one-half. Chandler said he did not propose to press his amendments. J. 8. Ogilvie denied the assertion made at a meeting last Saturdaythat some of his publications wore indecent. He asserted that the government was under an 'implied contract with pub lishers to maintain the present rates. Yates Hlckey, of the American Rail way Literary Association, favored the bill.- - : David Williams, proprietor of the New York' Iron Age, submitted an argument in favor of the bill. Senator Chandler stated the hearings will close next Saturday. latrodnead by Hermann. Washington, Jan. 26. Representa tive Hermann has introduced a bill to amend the Indian depredation claims law, whereby , "inhabitants," and not only "citizens," shall be entitled to sue for payment The original act em braced citizens only. Many of the old settlers losing property had at the time only declared their intention to become citizens, - The amendment also pro vides that the Indians committing depredations may have been merely "in treaty relations," so as to give the right to claimants to recover. The ex isting law gives jurisdiction to the court as to such claims as were committed by Indians in "amity," at least the su preme court construed the law to have this meaning. The amendment also simplifies the taking of testimony in such cases. Ivory Returns Home. London, Jan. 26. The Daily Mail announces that Edward J. Ivory, alias Bell, acquitted of a charge of complic ity in a dynamite conspiracy, and John F. Mclntyre, formerly assistant district attorney in New York, who came to London in his defense, sailed for New York yesterday. , ; Smallpox on tha Victoria. Victoria, B. C, Jan. 28. The steamer Victoria, of the Northern Pa oiflo line, arrived today with a case of smallpox on board, that developed the first day out from Yokohama. The steamer was disinfected and given clearance for the sound. The steerage passengers were detained at William Head quarantine. Fourteen Hundred Bodies Recoyered. London, Jan.'SC. A Times dispatch from Teheran says that 1,400 bodies have been recovered from the ruins which resulted from the recent earth; quake on the island of Kishma, in the Persian gulf, the inhabitants of which were estimated to num1er 6,000, most ly Arabs. , -' Dominion Parllitment Prorogued. Ottawa, Jan. 26. Parliament has formally prorogued for the- 8th of March next. A BOLD CUBAN DASH Hernandez' ' Men Captured the Town of Pelanot. SPANIARDS WEBB SURPRISED While tha Ioeoraeat Woro Tak ing tho Oarrleon. Cincinnati, Jan. 28. The Commer cial Tribune special from. Key West, says: ': , ' - . '." .-; Another defeat for the Spanish is reported from Pelanos, in the Southern part of Havana province. The place has 1,000 inhabitants, is well fortified, and has a Spanish garrison of 600 men, with one field piece. Lieutenant-Colonel Hernandez, in command of COO insurgent cavalry, mode a dash at the town Monday after noon while the troops were at church celebrating some local holiday. Before they could form the insurgents had possession of the blockhouse. Cannon was trained on the church, and before the Spanish were hardly aware of what was the trouble, solid shot came hurtl ing through the walls, while cries of "Cuba Libre" filled the air. Out they rushed, only to fall before a deadly volley from a strong force posted be hind some neighboring houses. ' . Colonel Muncio, the Spanish officer, bravely rallied his men, but as they formed for a charge, he fell, with a dozen bullets through him. ; The sec ond in command took bis place, but he, too, fell in a few seconds' time, the sharpshooters of Hernandez dealing death with a rapidity that rendered the troops panic-stricken. They made one more attempt to charge the blockhouse, but Hernandez' cavalry reserve das lied at them, sweep ing through their ranks and cutting a bloody pathwith their sharp machetes. . The Spanish then retired, it being a rout, though a portion stubbornly pro tected their rear, making stands until forced to retire by Hernandez' fierce charges. After pursuing them nearly to Cajalo on the coast, the insurgents withdrew; ' They burned the forts at Palanos. The insurgents secured 1,400 stands of arms, one cannon. $1,000 in gold and (5,000 paper money, besides ammunition and many valuable papers belonging to the Spanish commissary department Havana officials knew of the battle Tuesday night, but kept it suppressed, and the palace officials say that the place has been "evacuated." AN OLD BURIAL GROUND. Hvodreda of Hone Unearthed ' at Woe rolnt. -.- New York, Jan, 26. A special to the Press from West Point says: ; Bones by the hundred have been un earthed right under the officers' club rooms. They are all human bones, in good condition, but nobody knows when they were placed or how they got there. It might have been half a cen tury ago, but the probabilities are, judg ing from stories told by old residents, that they are the bones of soldiers killed iu the Revolutionary war. It is known that spies and tories hanged on the plains were buried by the patriots where the mess hall now stands., What disposition will be made of them has not yet been announced, but it 'is likely they will be buried in the cemetery. Coroner Miller, of Highland Falls, got an inkling of the find, but as coro ners are allowed in West Point only by permission of the authorities he has small chance of holding an inquest, and it is clearly evident" that there woe re foul play in connection with the bury ing of the bones. Colonel Ernest is now in Washington, and it is probable the matter will remain as it stands un til his return. In- the meantime the bones have been placed where no harm can come to them. QUICK RETR'BUTION. Spaniard Are Caught In a Trap Laid by Their Own Countrymen. J Cincinnati, Jan. 26. A special to the Commercial Tribune from Key West says: , A horrible story comes from Jumento, province of Santa Clara, telling of quick retribution to the ; Spaniards for ' their butchery and barbarous methods of war. A Spanish force, under Cap- j tain Martelli, entered the place, which had been the camp of the insurgents, and before going away secretly poi- soned a well and a spring noted for affording excellent water. That even-' ing a Spanish band of guerillas entered the town, and used the water, from which over twenty-five men died. ; The guerilla captain charged the Cuban resl-' dents with the deed, and shot them dead. He then turned the womeji over to the tender mercies of the men, who shot young boys who attempted to save their mothers and sisters. He burned the village. The next day some of the Spanish troops told the guerillas the story of the trap they had set for the Cubans, and learned that their own companions in arms had been caught by their barbarous plots. , : In the myxine we have an eye in which the optic nerve has entirely dis appeared. Forty-Miner Featted. Chicago, Jan. 26. Old . men who crossed the plains to' the Pacfic coast in the days of the gold' fever of '49 gathered at the Tremont house this morning to celebrsfte, with story-telling and feasting, the discovery of gold in California. Each member of the asso ciation was met by President Addison Ballard, who pinned to his coat a large I yellow badge with a California bear and "49" conspicuously displayed !:eron The menu was elaborate. ' AN EVENTFUL SESSION. Three DUtlnet fteneatlons Sprung In tho Senate. Washington, Jan. 25. The session of the senate today developed three dis tinct sensations. The most important of these was the presentation by Sher man of a letter from Minister Roderi guez, the representative of the Greater Republic of Central America (includ ing Nicaragua), in effect protesting against the execution of the Nicaragua canal project by the United States un der the concessions granted in 1887 to the Nicaragua Canal Company. As the bill for this purpose was about to be voted on by the senate, the presen tation of the letter created consterna tion among its friends. Morgan, its chief supporter, at once declared the letter was inspired by Great Britain, who sought to drive the United States from the isthmus by using the Central Americans as a catspaw. . He asserted that Minister Roderigues had come here to execute such a plan, and that it was an open threat against American control of the canal. The debate was very earnest, and the letter made a profound impression on the senators. Senator Vilas declared it struck the death-blow to the canal project as pro posed by the pending bilL ... ; Earlier in the day the senate unex pectedly found itself discussing the new Anglo-American treaty. ' While the treaty itself has been released, all dis cussion of it is restricted to executive session. Notwithstanding this rule, the expressions were free and full from Sherman, Gray, Cullom, Lodge, Hoar and others. ' The statements of these senators were uniformly favorable to the high principle of the treaty, the only qualification being that it should receive mature and dispassionate con sideration. Shortly after the session began, Tur pie caused a preliminary flurry by criti cising the reported agreement between Olney and Sherman, by which no ac tion was to be taken as to Cuba before March 4. Sherman emphatically de nied that any snch agreement had been mode, and added that he hod not had a word with Olney in that direction. These three incidents relating to cur rent foreign questions made the day's session one of the most eventful in years. v:i.,.v , -. ' '.. Washington, Jan. 62. This was private bill day in the honse, and most of the time was. consumed with small bills. The bill to provide for holding terms of the United States courts for the Eastern district of Texas at the town of Beaumont was passed over the presi dent's veto by a vote of 144 to 68. In cidental to the discussion, Cooper of Texas, declared the president vetoed the bill through mispprehension, and that he had vainly tried to get an audience with Mr. Cleveland to explain the measure. Grosvenor spoke sarcastically of the president's custom of refusing to see congressmen, unless his private sec retary approved of their errands. Some minor bills were passed. After the night pension session, the honse ad journed. A KITE ASCENSION. . uceSHful Experiment Made at Got. ernore Ialand. - New York, Jan. 2S. Lieutenant Hugh G, Wise, of the Ninth infantry on Governor's iBland, has just made the first kite ascension ever successfully at tempted in America. For six months the lieutenant, entirely on his own re sponsibility, has been studying and ex perimenting with kites as a means of assisting armies in warfare. - The tan dem system of specially constructed kites is intended to supplant the use of balloons, which cannot live in gales. : The lientenant's kites are cellular. They consist of rectangular frames of spruce. Cotton string and cotton cloth in strips are stretched around the ends of the frames, leaving both ends of the rectangular framework open, and also an open strip in the center. Thus four lifting sufraces and four guiding sur faces are. presented to the wind. When the breeze freshened to a five-mile-an-hour, the lieutenant was hoist ed fifty-two feet so that he could Bee over the eaves of the officers' quarters and down the bay. The force repre sented by the polling of the fonr kites is estimated at 400 pounds. "I have studied the system of Pro fessor Langley, of the Smithsonian in stitution; Professor Markham, of the, weather bureau, and Civil Engineer Chanute, of Chicago, who are making special experiments, in aerial naviga tion with aeroplanes," said Lieutenant Wise.- ,: "The experiment shows that kites are serviceable'in a gale which would tear a balloon to pieces where it is de sired to observe the surrounding count ry and inspect the maneuvers of an enemy. I attribute my success to a close view of the methods of those who have studied the subject, rather than to my own effort" Denies That Santa Clara Fall. Madrid, Jan. 19. An emphatic' de nial has been issued from official circles of the report that Santa Clara, the cap ital of the Cuban province of that name, has been captured by the insur gents. It is further stated that the only recent insurgent attack in the province has been at Buena Vista, where, it is said, the insurgents were repulsed. Destroyed by Fire. " " Wheeling, W. Va., Jan. 25. Short ly after midnight fire started in Mingo Junction, O., a few miles north, of Wheeling, which wiped out nearly the entire business portion of that indus trial town. At 8 o'clock this morning nine houses had been - destroyed, and the property loss is estimated at $50, 000. - No receptacle has ever been made strong enough to resist the power of freezing water. TURPIE HAS RUN . DOWN. End of Bit Three pay Speech Atalnat the Canal Hill. Washington, Jan. 28. The senate was on the verge of a deadlock today, and for a time there were prospects of a protracted test of endurance, extend ing the session late into the night. Morgan, in charge of the Nicaragua canal bill, was determined to secure a time for a final vote. - This was resist ed, however, by Turpie and . Vilas. Thereupon, Morgan announced he would ask the senate to "sit out" the bill, remaining in continuous session nntil a vote was forced. This evoked sharp criticism. Vilas finally made a dilatory motion, which, on roll-call, disclosed the absence of a quorum, and Morgan was obliged to give up his plan for today, although he expects to exe cute it, if an agreement for a . vote is not reached. Tartie concluded his speech against the Nicarauga canal bill, the third day being a continuation of the former bit ter invective directed against the meas ure. '-,.:".-, During the day, Chandler presented the credentials of John Edward Ad dicks, claiming the vacant seat as sena tor from Delaware. . The claim of Henry A. Dupont for the same seat has already been presented. In the course of a discussion over lay ing electric conduits in the Washington streets, Hill spoke against trusts and monopolies in general, as a serious menace to the public welfare, i Washington, Jan. 23. After a two days' debate, in the course of Which considerable - partisan passion was aroused and an ineffectual attempt made to filibuster for the purpose of gaining time, the uouse today decided the contested election case of Yost vs. Tucker, from the tenth Virginia dis trict, by denying the seat to Mr. Yost and confirming Mr. Tucker's ' titlei thereto. The Republilcans were badly divided, fifty-four of them joining with the Democrats and supporting -. the claims of the Democratic oontestee. When the supporters of Yost's conten tion found they were defeated by a narrow margin of eight votes (the vote being 119 to 127 against him), they in augurated a filibuster in the hope of gaining time, and for two hours there was a succession of roll-calls, but they were finally overpowered and the reso lutions confirming Tucker's title to his seat were adopted. Yoet is a member elect of the next house, and Tucker, who is a eon of Randolph Tucker, has been a member of the last fonr con gresses. He declined a renomination because he did not agree with liis party on the money question. WANTED HIM TO DIE. An Unnatural Daughter Allowed Hal Father to Kill Hlmaetf. Oakland, Cal., Jan. 25. Knowing that her aged father had taken poison with suicidal Intent, Nellie Cnrran, 23 years old, went to bed without calling a physician, and arose this morning at the usual hour to find the old man dead. Thomas Curran was 54 years old, and has for years been employed by the railorad company. He lived at 1664 Atlantic street, and Nellie Cur ran, his daughter, kept house for him. For the pats few months the old gentle man has been in poor health, and about three weeks ago took a large quantity of laudanum to end his troubles. Phy sicians saved his life on that occasion, but his desire to end his life never left him. Last night Cnrran came home at the regular hour. He secured a bottle of chloroform dnring the day, and, after taking it, bade his daughter good-bye and told her his troubles wonld soon end. His lifeless body was found this morning and removed to the morgue. "This is a peculiar case," said Coro ner Baldwin. "This old man's daugh ter told my deputy this morning, when he visited the house, that she knew her father had taken poison, but did not . call a physician because she thonght it ; too late, and then her father wanted to die, anyhow." I The young woman will be given a shanoe to tell her story to a coroner's jury. STARVATION IN CHICAGO Buppllea for the Needy, but Mo Oaa to 1 Dlatrlbute Them. Chicago, Jan. 25. Men, women and children are starving in Chicago in sight of relief, because the county com missioners, blind and deaf, do not al low the county agent enough help to distribute supplies. The county treas ury is rich in its surplus, and there are an accumulation 01 appeals from hun gry families. . Hundreds of these ap plications are more than two weeks old. The heads Of the families were discouraged then, and as a last resort appealed to the county for aid. They have seen their wives and children grow weaker and colder, and no aid has come, no bread, no ooal. ; These men ara desperate now. The county agent is helpless to save these famine-stricken men, women and babies. He has relief on hand, but no way to distribute it, because the com missioners have tied his hands, and are deaf to the cries of the hungry. ; ' A warning has been given that the deserving poor are becoming dangerous and that hunger is likely to drive them to deeds in which their cry will be "bread." Men who gave this warning know whereof they speak. They see gaunt hunger at its worst, the glassy eye of a strong man who hears the cry of his wife and babies for bread and warmth and is powerless to give it to them. The men tell sn appalling story, but nobody on earth can tell of the misery as it exists in Chicago today. The steamer Elsa, which Bailed from New Orleans in November with a party bound for Deltero, Colombia, was wrecked on the Colorado roefB, on the western extremity of Cuba, January 9. AU hands were saved. AGREED TO FORECLOSE Government Will Settle With Bankrupt Roads. THE COMMITTEE'S GUARANTEE Vanderbilt Syndicate Will Bid Amount Fqual to Original Bond, Ieet Payment Already Made. New York, Jan. 25. The announce, ment is made by the Union Pacific re organization committee that it has come to an agreement with the govern ment, in accordance with which the latter has begun proceedings to fore close its lien upon the Union Pacifio lines, Inclusive of the Kansas Pacifio line. The reorganization committee guarantees a minimum bid of some thing over $45,000,000 for the govern ment's claim upon the railroad, and for the government Union Pacific sink ing fund, and has deposited $4,600,000 as earnest money. Kuhn, Loeb ft Co., bankers, for the reorganization com mittee, have assured the committee of funds required to carry its agreement with the government into effect. People well informed on the Union Pacific situation intimate that, in order to limit the present issue of first mort gage bonds of $75,000,000, which, it appears, is the intention, some junior issues of bonds will have to receive less than it was at first intended to give them. It is understood that Kansas Pacific consols and the sinking fund bonds will be modified as to terms be fore the plan becomes operative. , The Attorney-General's Statemeat. Washington, Jan.' 25. Attorney General Harmon today gave out- the following statement , of an agreement with the reorganization committee of the Union Pacifio railway: ; " "Upon the defeat of the funding bill in the house, the president directed the attorney-general to commence fore closure proceedings against the Union Pacific Railway Company, first making the best arrangements obbtainable for the protection of the government's in terest, following the lines indicated in his last report. The attorney-general began negotiations with the reorganiza tion committee. Thursday, an agree ment was made which will result in immediate : steps toward foreclosure. The chief subject of the negotiations ' was the protection of the government against the ' risk of sacrifice of its claim by sale at a price which would leave nothing substantial after paying the prior liens. This protection is now assured by a guarantee that the govern ment shall receive for its lien on the aided portions of the Union Pacific and Kansas Pacific lines, - including the sinking fund, not less than $45,754, 000. The sale will be public, so the government will receive the benefit of any higher bids up to the full amount of its claim, principal and interest. The sum of $4,500,000 cash was on Thursday deposited with the United States Trust Company, of New York, by General Lewis Fitzgerald, chairman of the committee, as security, accord ing to the terms of the agreement. The committee agreed to. bid par for the sinking fund, if it is desired to sefl it at any time before the foreclosure sale. "Bills in equity have been prepared, signed by the attorney-general and Hon. George Hoadley, special counsel, and forwarded to St., Louis, where they will be presented to Judge Sanborn, who has jurisdiction in that district, and whose consent to their filing U necessary,, because the ; receivers in charge of the property are made parties defendant a ; They are " original bills, and not cross-billB in the pending suits. Whether they will . proceed as inde pendent bills or be ordered to stand as cross-bills in the pending suits will be determined by the judge, but in' either event the result will be practically the same, via: ; the sale of the property nnder the government's lien, as well asunder that of the first mortgage. The bills will be filed in the districts of Iowa, Nebraska, Woyming,' Colo rado and Utah, .v.; ; : ,-v "Separate bills for the foreclosure of the lien on the . Kansas Pacific are in course of preparation. These will be filed in Missouri and Kansas. ' "The proposed arrangement was sub mitted to the government directors be fore it was closed. They all recom mended its adoption." - Draft Hul Bo Paid. Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 25. United States Judge Gilbert gave a decision here today that the Northern Pacifio Railroad Company must pay a draft for $4,200, cashed by the late Paul Sohulze, at the local London & San Francisco bank, just before his suicide. The draft was on New York, and payment was stopped because Sohulze used the proceeds for personal purposes.. Th case was tried in Portland. - Judgment Again tho Ferris Wheel. Chicago, Jan. ' 26. A judgment for $84,000 in favor of the World's Colum bian Exposition Company was entered today in Judge Burke's court against th t Ferris Wheel Company. The judg mtmt is for the World's Fair Com pany's share of the gate receipts during the exposition. Alrehlp at Idt. Lodi, Cal., Jan. 25. The airship craze has been revived here by the ap pearance of an aerial navigator in day light. Many people in Acampo, three miles north of here, saw it tha -.other afternoon sailing over as plain as the .; sun. It seemed as big as a . small ! house, and looked like it was built of canvas. - It went - southeast. Some farmers also saw it the some day near here. The ship seemed to be under perfect control.