i: OREGON 11 JL .11 A VOL. XIV, HT. HELENS, OREGON, FlilDAY, FEBItUAltY 19, 1807. NO. 9. M Si' EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome ot tb Telegraphic News of the World. THESE TI0K8 TKOM THE WIEES Am lataraitlaa; Cellaatlea of lltmi From ihm Twt HenUsphara lraantad la Ooadaaaad Varan. . Tim Prince of Wales has bestowed upon Dr. Nunscn, the Arctic explorer, tlia special modul of the Royal Geo graphical Society. Bun Francisco capitalists are naid to be engineering a plan to get a lottery bill through tha Nevada legislature, having been encouraged to make the at tempt by the ease with which tlio prize fighting bill was passed. The house committee on Pacific rail roads bn decided to report favorably the bill drafted by Representative Har rison, which provides for the creation of a commission to lettle the indebted ness ot tlie Paciflo rood to the govern ment. . : ,' It in aaid that Speaker Reed will forestall legislation, other than tariff, at the extra session of oongretis by ap pointing only two committees, tlioae on way and mean and on mileage, and reserving the appointment of other com mittee until the regular session. While the action ia unprecedented, member say it would be legal. ' Goorge DavScs, a prominent com mlwilon merchant of Cleveland, O., wm hot and killed by hi wife at tlioir residence in that city. The tragedy was the result of a long series of quar rel. Mr. Davie when taken into custody wept bitterly, and anid her hus band had treated her unkindly and called her bitter name. -- During tho voyage from Hampton Road of Admiral Bunco' blockade squadron, which reached Charleston, three men were lost overboard from the battleship Maine, one mail wu crushed to death on the cruiser Murblnhead, an other waa fatally Injured and six others were o badly hurt that several may Iom limb. The officers say the voyage was made in the worst gale ever experi enced by the fleet A press representative who visited the poor house of the famine district of India say the inmate were found to be In a deplorable condition. The building were overcrowded and med ical attendance waa lacking. A man outside of one ot them waa dead and another was dying. A girl of 5 years of age weighed only ten pounds, and aeveral adult were under fifty pounds in weight. The (kin in all case was drawn over the faces, allowing the out lines of the skull and the limbs and joint had the appoaranoe of those of articultated skeletons. It ia estimated that the present famine ia the greatest of the century, and will greatly surpass that of 1876, both in area and severity. The famine belt is 1,800 miles long by 400 ml lea wide. Mrs. Mary Scott, a pioneer ot 1864, died at her home in Walla Walla, at the age of 70 years. Iter husband, John Scott, died only throe months ago. The president has signed, on the rec ommendation ot the secretary of the interior, an order, reducing the num ber ot pension agencies in the United Statoa from eighteen to nine. It la aaid this will save at least $160,000 per an num. ' Hon. J. F. Boyer died at hi resi dence In Walla Walla. Mr. Boyer waa one of the best known men of that city. In business, in church, in social life and in almost every matter ot pub lic interest he was for many year one of the most prominent men ot the In land Empire. A Banta Fe train waa held up and robbed by two masked men near Nel son, A. T. One of the robbers while attempting to break into the express car was shot and killed by Messenger Summers. The other escaped, taking with him about half a dosen registered packages, the through mail pouches being unmolostod. , A grand ball, on a luxurious scale, in honor of President and Mrs. Dial, was given Saturday night at the palatial residence of Pablo Escandon, ot the opulent family of that name. It waa in point of Importance, taste and dis play, what the Bradley-Martin ball will be In New York. Mew has been received of the whole sale killing of paciflcoa at Jubaco, Ma tanzas provinco, last week, by one of Weyler'a captains, named Marios. He raided a small village, expecting to find an insurgent hospital there. Being disappointed ho arrested twenty of the men, and, putting them in line, he or dered every odd numbered man shot, promising to spare the others. No sooner had these been dispatched than be had the others put to the machete. Rev. Myron Reed, pastor of the Don ver Broadway Temple Association, preached a sensational sermon last Sunday, in which he discouraged the collection of grain and money for the starving peopio of India, while there ia ao muoh suffering and need in our own country. Rev. Reed declared that present conditiona in India wore brought about by British misgovern ment and should therefore be relieved by the British people. Michael Munckacsy, the celebrated artist, is hopelessly insane. A Vienna correspondent says that for months, while at Codesburg, suffering from spinal paralysis, Munkacsy was brood ing and melancholy. Suddonly, in an excess of madness, he attacked and nearly strangled the attendant and one of the doctor. Accordingly he was lent to the Insane asvbnn. The doctors report the paralysis ia increasing with alarum g rapidity, and that the pros pects of lila recovery are very re mote. .... . . . .. I KILLED WITH AN AX. A Garraaa rartnar Murdsrad hf Bis Partaar. .; Seattle, Feb. 18. In the outskirts ot Eliot, a sparsely settled community sixteen miles from Seattle, Edward Folzke, a German farmer, waa killed with an ax Friday evening, about 7 o'clock, and the perpetrator of the crime attompted to cover up his work by dragging his victim' body into the house, to which be applied the torch. Tho oabin was entirely destroyed, and the dead man's fate Is told by a large pool of blood outside tha door and an ax which shows blood stain and black hair on it The sheriff and coroner investigated the case this afternoon, with the result that Andrew S. Kraus, Folzke's partner, ia locked up In the county jail, charged with murder and arson. No one saw the crime commit tod, but circumstantial evidence is strong against Kraus. The two men had lived together for eight years, and when sober were close friends, but when drunk they frequently quarreled Kraus denies all knowledge of tha orirne, claiming he slept in a cabin some distance from tho scene of the murder. Blood apots wore found on bia overall. . Mawspapar OflBsa Vtra. Pittsburg, Feb. 18. The office ot the Post, on Fifth avenue, waa almost totally destroyed by fire this morning, causing a loss to the paper of about 980,000, well insured. Tho loss on the building la not yet known. The only other tenant in the building was Uleason, the railroad ticket broker, whose loss is small. The Commercial Gazette, next door to the Post, was in imminent dunger, but good work by the fire department saved that plant, the only damage being caused by water, The Commercial Gazette' presses and engine ire, for the time being, disabled. The paper' edition toinor row morning will be printed at the Pre office. Both the Post and Com. mercia! Gazette were promptly tender ed the use and services of machines, presses and offices of the other new' paper in tho city. The Post will be issued from the office of the Leader until a new plant can be established. Preparation! for tha lnaugaratloa. Washington, Feb. 16. The arrange rnents for the inauguration of President McKinley two weeks from next Thurs day are rapidly Hearing completion, and the indications are that in point of brilliancy and attractiveness, the cere' monies, the decorations, and the festiv ities incident to inauguration week will be more lavish than those of former year. In the decorations of the ball room, finer results are expected than ever before. All spectacular effects will be avoided, and a more artistio and harmonious arrangement of flowers, lights and bunting will be secured. About 13,00O will be spent by the Inaugural committee in decorating the main ballroom and the private rooms set apart for the use of the presidential and vloe-presidential parties. A Maea With Daath. Chicago, Feb. 16. Six men bad a race with death on the lake last night and won by a hair's breadth. They were the crew of the big supply tug A. C. Yanraalte. This tug carries sup plies to the crib off Sixty-eighth street, and while returning to her dock she sprang a leak while bucking a tremen dous ico floe. Then for three hours the six men bat tied with the ice and faced death while they were tryig to keep their boat afloat long enough to roach her dock. The tug managed to get into Calumet river, but the Are wo dead. The men were up to their knee in water. In answer to signals of distress the fire' boat Chicago responded and took the crew ashore. ; Drank and Raeklaaa. Portland, Or., Feb. 16. Frank Nagle, a shoemaker, was run over and instantly killed near Weidior's mill last night by the Northern Pacific in coming passenger train, No. 1, which arrived at the Union depot at 7:80. The man was in an intoxicated comli tion, and was evidently attempting to cross the track in front of the rapidly approaching train, in which reckless effort he sacrificed his life. The pilot of tho engine struck Nagle in the head and back, carrying him a distance of seventy-five feet under the pony truck of the engine, and leaving the Inglit fully mangled remains lying beside the track, near the foot of Bavier street. Italian Claim Pllad. New York, Feb. 15. The corre spondent of the Herald in Rio Janeiro, Brazil, telegraphs that the Italian min ister has presented new and heavy claims for outrages upon Italian sub jects. The wrong for which redress is demanded are alleged to have been committed by Brazilians in tho state of Matto Gressoa during the revolution which occurred in the administration of President Peixoto. Burled la a Snowallde. Brigham, Utah, Feb. 18. A snow glide rushed down on the Cottonwood canyon last night and struck the cabin occupied by John Anderson, Andrew Anderson and Andrew Miller, burying the men under tons of anow. After six hours' work, Andrew Miller and John Anderson were taken out badly bruised, but not dangerously hurt. The dead body of Andrew Anderson was re covered an hour later. Pittsburg, Feb. 18. Mars, Pa., a town of 800 inhabitants, on the Pitts burg & Western railroad, twenty-three miles north of this city, was badly scorched this morning. The fire start ed at the passenger station. It de stroyed the National Oil Wells Supply Company's large buildings and a half a dozen smaller ones. The loss is esti mated at 1100,000, about one-third of which is insured. If is believed the) station was sot on fire after it had been j looted by thiove. j WARNED BYSOVEREIGN Says Private Dalzell's Re marks Will Lead to War. SECEET REVOLUTIONARY BABD9 At Being Orgaalaad la Bvary Part af tha Country to Kasart ta Bavalutloa. Chicago, Feb. 16. A Timea ipeclsl from Denver ay: 3. R. Sovereign, grand master work man of the Knight of Labor, has writ ten a sensational letter to the Indus trial Advocate, with Private Dalzell'a exhortation for war with a foreign na tion as his text. He declare that se cret revolutionary societies, known as the Iron Brotherhood and the Indus trial Army are being organized in every part of the country, with their mem ber leagued together to resort to war a a mean of obtaining "remedies for the populace" which they oannot se oure by the ballot. lie deprecate Private Dalzell's talk a being in a line which might tend dangerously to fan thi sentiment into open name. He asserts that should a revolution come, he will not be among the cowards nor on the side of the plutocratic classes. Hi letter i dated at Sulphur Spring, Ark., February 6, and i in part a fol low: "Private Dalzell, in a recent article in the Washington Post, write a long tale ot woe. Ho mention our 3,000, 000 enforced idler, our many tramp, the overcrowding ot our penal institu tion, the Increase of landlords and tenant, the hopeless increase of debt, and a long list of other lamentable con dition. Concluding, he says: 'Civil ization, as Napoleon aaid of -armies, travels on its stomach, and it i very hungry, for the most.' But where can it be filled? Hence all this unrest, all this wild war talk and discussion of silver and gold and tariff by people who have neither silver nor gold, nor anything' to pay customs. Relief shall not come in that way. It never did. It will oome in the old way in war, and not otherwise; either insurrection ary, which God forbid, or foreign, which heaven hasten, if it shall quiet these people and give them rest, if only the honored reat of the patriotic grave, fighting for humanity." Replying directly to sentences quot ed, Mr. Sovereign says that what the people ot the United States need is an agitation at home that will force them to test against their own social and economic disorders, but that it should oome through Insurrection, with all it revolting horrors, is a proposition re pulsive to all the higher impulses of humanity. Continuing, he says: "Insurrections, like great conflagra tions, start ' from a spark, and are quenched with a deluge. One reason in favor of insurrection to idle, starv ing and debt-burdened people ia more potent in exciting war than a thousand reason against insurrection are in pre serving peace. For that reason, Dal zell at this time is a dangerous writer." Mr. Sovereign then devotes consid erable space to a history of two secret revolutionary order known as the Iron Brotherhood and the Industrial Army, now being formed in this country, and for fear Mr. Dalzell may not know what these societies are doing, he quote several sentence from the pre lude of a secret circular now being dis tributed by one of the secret societies, via-s "Comrades: There comes a time in the affair of men and nations when desperation compels the human mind to pause and bring to its aid that ele ment of reason discarded. We have reached auch a crisis in the destinies of this American republic One hundred years of national existence has demon strated that the fabric policy of our government contains within it warp and woof the elements of its own de struction, with the fact that the ballot ha proven a most lamentable failure as a safeguard of free institutions. In the closing of the nineteenth century we see a class despotism establishing itself upon the ruin of the republic An oligarchy is now in power, and al ready the hideous phantom of imperi alism overshadows us, as embodied in the plutocratic claims of the federal court and aota of unbridled military despotism, characteristic of the federal government of today. "What 1b to be done? We have ap pealed in vain to the ballot. Every trial ot strength in the political arena has resulted in victory for the unscru oulous money power. History proeva that you oannot be freed through tha ' ballot" Continuing Mr. Sovereign says: "Scarcely a day passes that I do not receive one or more appeals to loin one or the other of the revolutionary orders being formed in this country, and offers of money and arms are frequent ly received if I will give my efforts to the cause ot revolution. Thus far I have persistently declined to give aid . or encouragement to such a movement. But if, through the writings of such men as Dalzell, revolution comes, in spite of all efforts to prevent it, I will j not oe louna among tne cowards, nor , on the sine or, tne pintooratic masses." In conclusion, Sovereign fires a part ing shot at Dalzell, by warning him to desist from recommending war as a re lief to the people. One word, he says, in favor of war with a foreign country, would multiply tenfold a desire for revolution at home. play, the great international team chess match between the United King dom of Great Britain and the United States, ended in a win for Great Brit ain, shortly before 6 P.M. THE DYNAMITE GUN. It aas Enabled Klvara to Bold Pinal .. eel Bio. Cincinnati, Feb. 16. The Commercial-Tribune's special from Jackson ville, Fla., says: Colonel Frederico Peres Carbo, late dispatch chief gen eral to Maceo, received a letter from General Ruis Rivera from the Pinar del Rio section today. It spoke in the highest terms of his men, their enthus iasm in the cause, and denied in strong terms that that province waa pacified. "The Spanish do not come out of their entrenched camps," wrote the general, "and when we want to fight them, we have got to go to them. We have full control of all the open coun try." His army consist of over 6,000 men, all well armed, and the health of the troops is generally good. Several im-. portant engagement have taken place, and in every one the Cuban have been victorious. While the men regret .the death of General Maceo, they are full of patriot ism, and the fight ia being conducted on the plans outlined by Macro. One expedition bad landed there not long ago with needed supplies, and the gen eral was in good spirits over the out look for Cuban independence. Rivera spoke of the good work ac complished by the dynamite gun, com manded by young Lunn, of Jackson ville, and said that he wanted another. In one of the last expeditions, an am ple supply of ammunition for it had come over, and it was being used very often to the damage of the Spanish. Artemisa has been laid in ruins al most by the gun, and other place had felt it power. COLD-BLOODED MURDER. Tha Spanish Moda of Wbfan U Ha taaaae Proline. Cincinnati, Feb. 16. The Commer cial-Tribune' special from Key West says: A letter from Matanza today tells of the cruel butchery of a camp of pacifioos by a band ot Spanish guernl las under Major Consartez. The pa. cificos were encamped near a lake ten m iles south of Matanzas. They were afraid to come into the city because small pox and other diseases were so prevalent. Major Consartez was sent to bring them in. Surrounding the camp, his soldiers burst in upon them with wild yells, shooting a they ad vanced. Five fell at the first fire, two being women. Alarmed and scarcely knowing what to do, the others rushed into the shallow water of the lake, en deavoring to hide under the leaves of the big lilypads and other large-leaved plants. The troops selected their hu man target and began shooting them, and only ceased when not a head was visible. Major Consartez's official re- port says that his detachment had been attacked at the lake, and that they killed ten insurgent in the fight that followed. Twenty paciflcos, men, women and children, were killed. A Spanish Outrage. ' Washington, Feb. 16. Representa tive Cummuigs, of New York, has offered a resolution requesting the president to give the house., any in formation concerning the incident of the stripping of two lady passenger on board the steamer Olivette in the bar bor of Havana by Spanish soldier and detectives. The resolution recites that the alleged occurrence was described in a New York paper. ' The resolution was referred to the committee on for eign affairs, and a "report is expected next week. Mr. Cumminga .said as to the resolution: "If an Englishwoman on an English vessel had been stripped by Spanish officials, as it has been alleged that an American woman was stripped, within forty-eight hours Morro castle would come down, or some apology would be made for it. I doubt if even Japan would have stood it. Furthermore, if the American government stands it, in my opinion it indicates a total loss of manhood and the keenest sympathy with savage inhumanity." .- Ta Protaet tha Advertlaar. St. Paul, Fob. 18. The American Land and Title Register, in its issue of February IS, will have some novel suggestions for legislators in regard to s state bureau of advertising. The ar ticle is headed-"A Needed Reform," and says: "We suggest to the honorable mem bers of the various"- state legislatures sow in session all over this land the establishment of a bureau ot advertis ing on the same general lines as the state bureaus of insurance. Thou sands of dollars are annually stolen from the merchants ot every import ant city in this oountry by itinerant advertising solicitors who are either frauds themselves or paid servants of fraudulent concerns. A simple system of registration would do away with this condition of affairs." Marked copies of the issue of the pa per will be sent to every member of every legislature in session now. Veneanelana Saa tha Traaty. Washington, Feb. 16. Information has been received from Venezuela that the arbitration treaty signed in Wash ington by Sir Julian Paunoefote and Senor Andrade has safely reached Car acas, and will be laid before the Venez-i uela congress as soon as it convenes. It is said on the best authority that the ratification of the treaty ia practically assured. Tha Ohio Klvar Plood. Evansville, Ind., Feb. 16. The river is still rising. - The gunge indicates 85.1 feet, 4.1 feet above the danger line. A large amount of loose gorge ice, mixed with all kinds ot drift from bottom lands above, has been carried down with the current. The immense piles of ice which were left by the gorge still hang on, and are creating the greatest apprehension among river men and merchants of this city over the position in which the city is left. 'S Sacrificed Himself to Save His Two Companions. ONE OF NATURE'S NOBLEMEN PravaaUd an Ore Bnokat From Pall Ids Upon Tham by Throwing Him-' ; aair Upon Whirring Wladlaaa. Spokane, Feb. 15. A rare act of heroism, such as deserves to be recorded ia history and song, was performed at (Kossland, B. C, today, which saved the lives of two miners and proved plain Jim Hemsworth to be one of nature's noblemen. Jem Smith and Frank Conson were working at the bottom of a narrow shelf of the Young America mine, at a depth of nearly 150 feet, engaged in loading ore into an iron-bound bucket, while Jim Hcmsworth's duty consisted in hauling the bucket to the surface by means of a windlass. The heavy bucket filled with ore, had almost readied the top of the shelf when the iron crank of the windlass snapped in two like a bit of pine, burling Hemsworth ' to the ground. Springing to his feet half "dazed by the blow, Hemsworth saw the windlass whirring around at a frightful rate of speed as the loaded bucket shot down the shaft upon the men below. He had not a second to lose. There was just one chance to save them, and he took that chance. Jumping forward, he threw his body upon the cogs of the whirring windlass, thrusting his arms and shoudler between the swiftly re volving wheels. Their iron jaws orunched and tore the flesh, crushed nerves, bone and sinews, tore ghastly wounds from finger-tip to shoulder, but the windlass stood, still. With an awful jerk the bucket stopped just above the heads of the two men far down the shaft. Pale as death, with the blood flowing in streams and suffering intense agony, Hemsworth never uttered a cry nor even a sound, as the jaws of the wheels pinioned him fast as in a vice. Super intendent Shields, who witnessed the accident from a short distance away, rushed to Hemsworth's aid and blocked the machinery. As Hemsworth staggered back and was about to fall, Shields caught him in his arms, at the same time exclaim ing: "My God, Jiml This is awful 1" "Oh, what's the difference?" replied the plucky fellow, "so long as I saved the boys?" His wounds were dressed and the in jured man made as comfortable as could be under the circumstances. The attending physicians are at this time unable to state how serious Hems- worth's injuries are likely to result, but unless he is hurt internally they hope to save his life. His arm, how. ever, in all likelihood .will have to be amputated at the shoulder. ANNEXATION OF HAWAII. Thnroton on a MiMlonary Tlalt ta Thla Country. San Francisco, Feb. 15. Lorin A. Thurston, ex-minister of Hawaii to the United States, arrived from the islands today. Thurston, as president , of the Annexation Club of Honolulu, expects to accomplish considerable missionary work in aid of the annexation move ment before his return home. His mis sion is not an official one, he says, and be has not been sent here either by the government or by the Annexation Club. He says, however, that if the opportu nity presents itself, he proposes to exert his best efforts to aid the annexation movement. He says: "The all absorbing theme of discus sion in the islands just now iu annexa tion. As the day for the inauguration of McKinley approaches, interest in the annexation question is becoming in tensified and widespread. The Annex ation Club has been reorganized, and now has a membership of 6,000. Of this number; a third or a fourth are natives. The natives are joining the movement with the idea that the an nexation of the islands to the United States is their only salvation from the Japanese, who are elbowing , them in various fields of labor. ' "The census of the islands has just been completed. The census shows a population of 81,000 natives 8,000 half oastes and mixed races, 24,000 Japa nese, 21,000 Chinese, and 85,000 whites, including Americans and Eu ropeans. The official returns have oc casioned some surprise. It was gener ally presumed that the Japanese population was greatly in excess of the figures given. " Hundred of Mohammedani Klllrd. ' London, Feb. 15. A Uiie dispatch to the Times from Canea says the entire Mohammedan population of Malevsi, Temenos, Pirgiotiga and Monofasti en tered Heraklion, attacking and assault ing the Christians in the streets and pillaging the shops and houses. : It is stated the soldiers assisted in this work of plundering. The local prefect at Sitia reports. 800 Mohammedans killed in that district, and he is afraid the Mohammedans in the town of Aitia will massacre the Christians out of re venge. : . .- Garfield, Wash., Feb. 15. At the meeting of Whitman county farmers to protest against the proposed abolition of state grain weigher and inspector, resolutions were passed and sent to the legislature, stating that such officer is necessary to the farmers of Eastern Washington. Resolutions were also adopted recommending moderate reduc tion in freight and passenger rates, and fixing the maximum rate on wheat be tween any two points of the state at 13.50 a ton. A TARIFF REVISION FIRST. McKinley la Datamalaadl to lo Vlaaax alal aVafotaa Walt. Washington, Feb. 15. MoKlnley baa determined to let financial reform wait upon a tariff revision. All he will ex pect of the extra session ot congress in the way of legislation is that it (hall speedily pas a new tariff bill. Ha want it to put the machinery in mo tion for currency legislation at a later date, however, by making provision for a joint commission of senators and representative and report at the regu lar session it congress. A man recently in Canton said he talked at length with McKinley about the extra session, and he found the president-elect had determined to eon fine his message at the opening of that session practically to the tariff and cur rency. He will urge the speedy pas sage of a tariff bill for the double pro tecting purpose of American interest and filling the treasury. . The informant said be understood McKinley would make no specific rec ommendations as to the policy whioh ought to be pursued in reforming the monetary system of the oountry, but would refer in general terms to the ne cessity of doing something, and advise congress to create a joint commission to sit during the recess and prepare a comprehensive scheme to b reported next December. Tha Traaty May Qm Ova. Washington, Feb. 15. The execu tive session of the senate opened today with a notice by Senator Blackburn that he probably would move a post ponement of further consideration of the Anglo-American treaty nntil the next session. He said in explanation that he thought there should be an early understanding on this point in "view of the fact that the present ses sion is rapidly drawing to a close, but did not wish to take the responsibility for such a motion until there could be a somewhat general expression a to it advisability. Hoar followed in a speech favoring the treaty. Stewart opposed it on gen eral grounds, especially that the United States shonld not treat with Great Britain. Ia tha Basaa. Washington, Feb. 15. The house today resumed consideration of ' the postoffice appropriation bill immediate ly after the reading of the journal. It was arranged that the general debate should close in one hour. Bromwell, Republican, of Ohio, re sumed his argument against the appro priation of $196,000 for special mail facilities from Boston to New Orleans. Replying to Swanson's remarks yester day, he declared it was absurd to say that the Southern . railroad carried more mail than any other trunk line in the country. There were, he said, twenty-five trunk lines, which carried more mail than the Southern. After further debates, in which the old arguments on the Southern fast mail item were restated, the bill was taken up for amendment, and amend ments were adopted reduoing the ap propriation for free delivery in the new offices from $140,000 to $90,000, while the appropriation for experi mental rural free delivery was increased from $50,000 to $100,000. Turn Clay Inta Sold and Sllrar. ' St. Louis, Feb. 15. Benjamin Bra zelle, a scientist and inventor, well known among men of bis class, claims to have discovered the key to electric ity and the transmutation of clay into gold, silver and iron, and to have per fected his discovery to an extent that wilt revolutionize the science of chem istry.. ;' . His demonstrations have been so satisfactory as to enlist the incorpora tion of a company by a number of cap italists to put them into practical effect. The company has already started its plant at Fairlawn, in St Louis county. It will soon be com pleted and ready, its projectors assert, to turn out aluminum, gold, silver, iron and many other metals not known to science, all manufactured from com mon clay. , By actual test, it is stated, Mr. Bra zelle changed silver to gold and gold into Bilver. The transmutation, he says, iB an insignificant part of the dis coveries he ha made a mere nothing in comparison with the changing of clay into gold, silver, iron, calcium, aluminum, glacium and fifteen other metals not known to science and whose qualities have not yet been determined by the discoverer. Dolphin Ran tha Bloehada. Washington, Feb. 15. The blockade runners at Charleston have scored first blood in spite Of all preparations made by Admiral Bunce to detect any at tempt to pass the long line of ships he strung out across the entrance to the harbor. The Dolphin, not by any means a fast boat, nor as. invisible as a reuglar blockade-runner, slipped quiet ly around one end of the line on the 8th instant, and when the department next heard of her she was at the bar off St John's river, Florida. Officials ot the department were puzzled when notified by Commander Clover by telegraph of his where abouts, but private letters received here from persons on the squadron explain his movements as a successful running of the blockade. . ' Ra Attamptad to Kill tha Captain. San Francisco, Feb. 15. In a first class cabin on board the steamer Ala meda, which arrived yesterday from Australia, there sat a tall, powerful negro. Nashville Grant is his name, and he has been brought to this city to answer to a charge of stabbing Cap tain Killman, ot the bark Topgallant, of this port, on the high seas on Decem ber 16 last The incident took place some three hundred mile from any coast THEBIG FIGHT LOCATED Carson City Is Chosen Dan Stuart. by THZ PUGS WILL MEET MARCH 17 Carhott Maat tho 0itnn of Kavada aad Cxahaaga Coacratalatloas -harkay aad Malar. Carson, Nev., Feb. 15. Dan Stuart has at last arrived and has announced that the big fight between Corbett and Fitzeimmona will occur in Canon, March 17. Although Stuart had reit erated all the way up from Texas that he bad not decided where the fight was to be held, it did not take him long to make up his mind after he got hex. The pugilistic impressarlo gives as a reason for the selection of Carson in preference to Reno, that the Carson people had worked hard for the passage of the prizefight bill, while Reno oiti sens were opposed to it Stuart thinks that the facilities for the accommoda tion and transportation of a big crowd at Carson are fully sufficient, and says that he has made very satisfactory ar rangements with the railroad. - If the matter can be arranged to suit him, Stuart will offer Jblg parses for a live-bird shooting tournament, which he expects will be attended by all tha noted ahots of the country. No announcement as .yet has been made from any official source as to where the pavilion will be built, but It probably will be in the heart of the city, and m few minute's walk front the railroad. A local agent gives it out that the first building, owing- to tha short time in which to erect it, will not be a permanent one, and therefore there will be many places in the heart of tha city where it can be erected without in terfering with anyone. ; There will be many other attraction at the same time, if present plans are carried out, and most of them will be in the pugil istio line. Just what men will meet ia the ring besides Corbett and FrUsim mons. Stuart will not say, beyond that two of them will be Sharkey and Ma li er, if these men can oome to any agreement, and will fight for a reason able purse. Corbatt aadl tha OaTaraor., Reno, Nev., Feb. 15. There was big crowd at the depot to meet Jim Corbett when be passed through on his way to San Francisco. Governor Sad ler, of Nevada, was among those who came down from Carson to take a peek at the world's ohampion. Just as soon as the train stopped the governor clam bered aboard and was introduced to Cornett by A. Livingston. ' "I am pleased to meet yon, Mr. Cor bett," said his excellency, making a critical survey of Corbett's towering figure and broad shoulders. "And I am pleased to meet yon," re-, plied Corbett ; "You proved by signing that glove contest measure and giving the people what they wanted that there was no hypocrisy about you. It needed some governor with the courage of bia con victions to break the ice in matters of this kind. It is to be hoped your ex ample will be followed, and that there will be less hypocrisy about things of this kind ia future." HARRISON'S REPORT. Advantage.! of a OammlMloa im Daal---' la( With Pacific Knda. Washington, Feb. 15. Representa tive Harrison, of Alabama, today madei a report to the house from the commit tee on Paoific railroads for the settle ment of the affairs of the Paoific roads by a commission. Mr. Harrison say that it has been demonstrated that it ia impossible to place the questions in volved in the government's relations with the railroads with all their tech nical details, before congress in such a manner that intelligent action can ba taken. The report continues: . i "The debts due to the government are daily growing larger and means of payment smaller. Foreclosure pro-' oeedings are pending against the Union Paoiflo, and this road is likely to be sold, and the government's , claim against the same disposed of before the next regular session of congress. If this should occur, the most valuable and Important part of this great line of railway across the continent will have passed to other hands without the pre servation to the government of the many valuable rights and privileges it now has." It is argued that a better price oan be obtained for the Union and Central Pa oific jointly, but that congress oannot conduct the necessary negotiations. The advantages of a commission con sisting of secretaries of the treasury and interior and the attorney-general, are pointed out, one of them being that all information relating to the roads is in these departments. Aa Klaetrla Ilaaard. Butte, Mont., Feb. 15. The most peculiar storm ever known In this sec tion set in at 11 o'olock tonight ' The wind rose to almost a hurricane and snow began to fall. . With the storm were the most vivid flashes ot light ning and terrific peals of thunder. . The FrMldant'i Laat Baoapttom. . Washington. Feb. 15. President and Mrs. Cleveland gave their annual re ception to the army and navy and ma-i rine corps at the White House tonight, It was the final state reception of the; official term of Mr. Cleveland! and, with the exception of that given by Mr. Cleveland to the public last week,, the crowd wu the largest of the season, and probably equal to that seen at any; time daring the incumbency of the president hi the executive mansion.