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OREGON
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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.
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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.