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VOL. XIV.
ST. HELENA OltEGOK,' EIUUAY, FEimiJAHY 2G, 1897.
NO. 10.
Pin T Tim
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome ot the Telegraphic
News of the World.'
TEBSB TICKS FROM TUB WIEE8
Am humtlii Oalleellaa of Items Proa
the T Hamlapheras Presented
' la Condensed ftrm.
Goernor Bradley, of Kentucky, has
fixed March 90 aa the date for the exe
outlon of Jackson and Walling, the
murderer! of Pearl Bryan.
! The Havana authorities, in viuw of
the scarcity of beef, have decided to re
quest the government to allow the free
Importation of cattle from the United
State and Mexico. "
Frank Castile, a itockmitn, stubbed
and killed John Book at Cleveland,
Waiih., in an altercation at a mas
querade ball. Castile surrendered him
elf to the sheriff and claims the act
was one of toll-defense.
Dr. Arthur Duestrow, the 8t Louis
millionaire, who on February 18, 18U4,
hot and killed bii wife and child in a
fit of drunken rage, in that city, waa
hanged in the courtyard of the county
jail in Union. He broke down at the
last moment and confuted to the crime.
; SeocMlon baa entered theporceedlng
of the convention of the League of
American Wheelmen, now being held
in Albany, N. Y. Colorado will take
the initiative and will probably be fol
lowed by California and several other
states, Sunday racing is the bone of
contention, . .
Before the legislative investigating
oommittee on t routs in New York, John
F. Scarlet admitted that the average
margin of profit between raw and re
fined sugar during the live year before
the trust was formed waa .8584 of a
cent a pound and during the subsequent
flv year 1,00. s- ",, -. ,
A letter' received by an official in
Panama from La Pa, Bolivia, states
that the Bolivian congress will declare
war npon Peru. The letter also state
that there I great activity in military
circles, the army ia being placed on a
war footing, and recruiting has begun
throughout the republic.
A special train form Chicago to Den
ver, a distance of 1,088 miles, made the
run in 18 hours 63 minutes. The jour
ney goes into history a the greatest
railroad feat ever accomplished. The
train was a special convoying Henry J.
Mayham, a mining broker of Chicago,
to the death bod of bin son. Ho arrived
a few hour too lato.
The battleship Oregon ha returned
to San Francisco after her first long
cruise. She went as far a Acapulco,
Mexico, and has been absent five weeks.
During her voyage she practiced with
her gnns and has been tested as a fight
ing machine and seagoing craft. The
vessel proved satisfactory in every re
spect. She will soon proceed to Seattle
and entor the dry dock.
Dr. Langley Hall, 83 year of ago, a
pioneer of Oregon, died at Oakland.
The office of the Pittsburg Post waa
almost totally destroyed by fire. The
loss la t00, 000, well insured. ;
. Harry Banquist was knocked over
board by th boom of his fishing-boat
and drowned In the Columbia near As
toria. J, Danaoh, a traveling man, was hold
up and robbed of 170 by three masked
men while driving through a grove near
Roseburg.
Capt. Clias. Swanson, of the pilot
schooner Jessie, wa drowned in As
toria harbor while attempting to board
his vessel from a small rowboat
Cuban sympathisers held an open-air
meeting in Tacoma and denounced Pre
mier Cauovas. v The 8panish flag was
trailed in the mud and then burned.
A resolution was adopted praying that
Weyler might be subjected to the same
torture by his victims. :
The arrangements for the inaugura
tion of President MuKinley are rapidly
nearlng completion, and the Indications
are that in point of brilliancy and at
tractivones the ceremonies, the decora
tion and the festivities incident to
inauguration week will be more lavish
than those of former years.
A prominlent church member of Pen
dleton, Or., has headed a subscription
list with 5 for the relief of Jim Hems
worth, the ltossland miner who saved
the lives of his two companions by
thrusting his arm into the cogs of a
rapidly turning windlass and in that
way prevented a heavy bucket of ore
from falling on the head of hi com
' pan Ions in the shaft below.
Charles Frohman and hi manager,
C, B. Dillingham, of the Garden thea
ter, gave a special performance of
"Heartsease" (by courtesy of Henry
Miller and hi company), to the clergy
men of New York. The theater wa
closed to all except the clergy, and no
seat were sold. The box ofllce men
and ushers were dressed in long black
coats and black ties, and the playhouso
and its strango audience had very ap
pearauce of a ohuroh. There wore
1,068 minister and tholr friends pres
ent, including a number of ministers
from New Jersey, The only denomina
tion that sent regrets was the Methodists.-1.
; : ,
The sale of the Northern Pacific Rail
road Company' property and transfer
to the Northern Paciflo Railway Com
pany, the purchaser, has been fully
completed, Judge Jenkins, of Mil
waukee, having entered an order in the
United Sattes court confirming the ac
tion of Mastor Carey in executing deeds
transferring the property and sanction
ing the disposition of porceeds as made
by the master. This i the lust act in
the disposition of the property, but
years will elapse before the court it
(lone with litigation.
THK BILL REPORTED.
Autherlalng ths President to Call
Moaatarjr OmlmiiM, . '
Washington Fob. 88. The bill re
cently passed by the senate, authoris
ing the president to appoint commis
sioners to represent the United Stale
in an international monetary confer
ence to secure the fixity of relative
value between gold and sliver as money
by mean of a common ratio, or, in hi
discretion, to call such a conference,
waa ropork'4 to tho house favorably to
day by a unanimous vote of ten mom
burs of the house committee on coinage.
The same factions which voted for tho
bill in the senate voted for the bill In
committee. " An amondmunet was
offered by Stone, and adopted by the
committee. It is as follows:
"The president is authorized that,
if in bis judgment tho purjMse speci
fied in the first Miction hereof can thus
better be attained, to appoint one or
more special commissioners or envoys
to such of the nations of Europe as he
may designate, to sock by diplomatic
negotiations an international agree
ment for the purpose specified in the
first section hereof; and in case of such
appointments, so much of the appro
priation here made as shall bo , neces
sary shall be available for the proper
expense and compensation of such
oommisslonera or envoy. :
! "Section 8. ' That so much of an act
approved March 3, 1896, entitled 'An
loot making appropriations for the sun
dry civil expanses of the government
;furthe fiscal year ending , June no,
J 890, and for other purposes,' as pro
vided for the appointment of delegates
to an international conference, and
makes an appropriation for their com
pensation and expenses, be, ana uie
tame is hereby repealed."
The debate wo very brief.
WILL APPOINT HANNA.
Oovarnor Buahnoll Makes Pnolla
Statement.
Columbus, O., Feb. 88. Governor
Buthnell tonight gave out the follow
ing statement to the press: i V, J
"It has been my intention to make
no announcement in relation to the ac
tion I wonld take in the matter of an
appointment to fill the prospective va
cancy in the Ohio representation in the
TT.iltA.1 fitnt.ia annata until the Vacancv
actually existed. But, on account of
the manifest interest or tne peopio, ana
their desire to know what will be done,
I deem it best now to make the follow
ing statement:
"When Senator Sherman resigns to
enter the cabinet of President McKin
ley, I will appoint to suoceed him Hon.
Marcus A. Hanna, of Cuyahoga eonnty,
to serve nntil bit successor is chosen
ho tlm Mivantv-thlrrl aemtral assembly
of the state. I trust this action will
meet the approval of the people.
"Asa S. Bnshnoll."
Banna Motlflad.
Cleveland. Feb. 83. Chairman
Hanna waa at the Union Club this
evening, when be was shown the dis
patch from Colurubu containing Gov
nrnor BuHlineU'a annouceinent of Mr,
Hanna' appointment as senator to
succeed Sherman. This was the nrst
Intimation Mr. Hanna .had of the sub-1u,-
Of rtnnrae ho was tileased at the
termination of the controversy, but he
showed his pleasure only by a genial
smile. Asked if he would discuss the
irnvAmnr's action, the chairman de
cllued to say anything, remarking that
he could not talk about the matter for
publication until he received official
nntii-n of his annointment from Gover
nor Bushnell. Mr. Hanna remained
at his club during the evening and re
ceived the congratulations of such of
his friends a had heard of hi ap-
poiutment. ,
MILITIA ON GUARD.
Flat to Blow Vp ths Mew Msxieo Pen
Itentlnry.
Santa Fe, N. M., Feb. 93. Gover
nor Thornton ho placed the local com
nnnv of infantrv on euard at the pen!
tentiary on account of the discovery of
a plot to blow up the building by the
friends of the four members of the
Borrego gang of assassins, who were
condemned to be hanged next iuesaay,
but who have been granted a respite
for thirty day by President lleveianu,
In iliarnirard to an anneal from the gov
ernor and other authorities to let the
lour tnlin ItH eimmn. Another ominous
feature of the trouble is the apiwarance
of the cabalistlo chalk figures "jj.-ouh-40"
on the pavements and on the door
of officials, which the knowing ones
recognise as similar to the call for
meetings of tne secret Button gang,
which appeared frequently in ibm
just prior to the assassination of ex
sheriff Frank Chavez.
Tha Toaohar amokad.
Denver, Fen. 88. Mr. Louisa Pitt
Yokum, Dolores county superintendent
of schools, has refused a teacher's oer
.:u... PiuifaaHnr Vlrttrtr (1 - McGirr.
l,.,'r,al nf fliA Itlrn nubllo school. EO-
111 .V1J'. . ' x
cause ho smokes. Mrs., Yokum takes
the ground that a person wno smoices
is disqualified to teach in the publlo
Bohools because teacher in this state
are required by law to instruct me
..i,;i.ii.on nirnitiHt the use of tobacco. An
anneal will probably be taken to the
state noara 01 eaucauun vy """
McGirr, who ia a graduate, of the To
ronto university, and is very popular
in Rico. - ' " ' ' :
Oasollnn Knln Bzplodad.
Warsaw, Ind., Feb. 98. Tho explo
sion of a gasoline engine caused the de
struction of the county infirmary, locat
ed ten miles east of here, this morning.
Though the building burned to the
ground, all of the inmates were res
oued. The loss Is 140,000-
Although tho salary of the King of
Greece is four times greater than that
of the president of the United States,
It Is said to be smaller than that of any
other Kuropean monarch. . , , ; -
SHIPS OPENED FIRE
The Foreign Fleet Bombarded
the Cretans, i..,
A5D THUS AIDED TUB TUBS
thm lasnrcsnts Wars Attaokln
Tarktah Oarrlsoa Manr Cauan .
Whan tha Ironelads lnUrfarad. '
Canea. Feb. 88. An engagement ha
just occurred just above the village of
Miurnloa, between insurgent and a
Turkish band.
At 4:46 P. M. the Insurgents from
Akrotiri, having attacked the Turkish
garrison at Halepa, the joint fleet bom
barded the Cretans for twenty-five
minutes. : The insurgents fled, taking
their flag with them, ; ;
Later reports are to the effect tnat
the English men-of-war opened the
bombardment. The others followed.
The Kaiserin Augusta fired melinite
shells. The commander of the Greek
man-of-war Hydra cleared for action ta
case the necessity should arise. Some
shells fell in the town of Canea, rais
ing clouds of dust ' It is rumored sev
eral persons were killed and wounded.
When firing ceased, the Oroolt nag
was still flying over tho insurgent
mP- , ; "". V,,-",
London, Feb. 38. A dispatch to the
Daily News from Canea, dated Sunday
says:
Smart firing was heard today in the
hills to theeastward. The reply of the
Turks waa feeble, and it was obvious.
that they must abandon their position,
if pressod. The gun practice from the
redoubt on the outer lines was ludi
crous. The chief Cretan position was a
hamlet on a ridge of hill 4,000 yard
from the flagship.
At 4:30 o'clock this afternoon signals
were made to H. M. 8. Revenge, to
gether with one Italian, one German
and Russian ship, to open fire npon
the Cretan position where the Greek
flog waa hoisted some days ago. The
British ships fired forty and the foreign
ships thirty shells at the village, and
ruined the house held by the Cretans.
The flag was soon lowered, and the
order "cease firing" sounded after ten
minutes. Thereupon, the Sag was re
hoisted. - The rock around ' were
orowded with , Cretans. The Turks,
encouraged by the fleet, now opened a
lively fusilado, while the Cretans had
not replied during the whole perform
ance. It was a somewhat melancholy
spectacle. '
Admirals Warnad Vaaaoa.
Canea, Crete, Feb, 23. The foreign
admirals have warned Colonel Vassos,
oommander of the Greek forces on the
lul.mrl nf Onte. of their intention to
attack his troops with four men-of-war
anchored off his oamp. Agnoi 'ineodori,
should he attempt to advance to the
interior of the island.
Athens, Feb. 83. It it stated that
the warning of the foroign admiral
given to Colonel Vassot only referred to
a Greek attack on Canea. Colonel
Vossoa will continue to occupy strategic
point in the interior of the island of
Crete.
ITlrad Blank Shot. ;
' Canea, Feb. 98. British torpedo-'
boats have captured and brought to
this port the small Greek steamer
Laurium, whioh was carrying victual
and tents for the insurgents.
The forts fired two rounds of blank
cartridges yesterday tt the Greek gun
boat Peneus. A Turkish frigate also
discharged blank Bhot at the Greeks.
The Greek gunboat Peneut quickly
replied to the blank shots fired by the
Turkish frigate. I The frigate then
withdrew from the scene of operation.
The German flag wa hoisted on the
ramparts here on the arrival of tha
cruiser Kaiserin Augusta.
: Too Poor to right,
London, Feb. 83. A dispatch to tha
Daily Mail from Berlin says:.
The queen of Greece recently sent
message to the otar requesting his sup
port for the national cause of Greece.
The king also wired the osar, stating
that he would declare war on Turkey
and himself lead the army before he
would yield to European coeroion.
Princess Marie, of Greece, also tele
graphed her fiancee, Grand Duke
George of Russia, that the action of the
powers against Greeoe wa Infamous.
Another dispatch says: -
The Nord Deutsche Zeitung assert
that the Turkish cabinet last week de
cided to declare war against Greece, but
the sultan vetoed the resolution, on
aooount of the government's financial
condition. , .'... ,
An Athens dispatch says' the Greek
government hat decided to send a port
of the fleet on a oruise along the Spor
adis islands, while another portion of
the fleet will go to Ambracia to pre
vent the Turkish attack on the Greek
frontier from Prevesa. Troops from
all parts of Greeoe are hurrying to the
Turkish frontier. The call for naval
volunteers had been more than amply
answered. - The policy of Greeoe will
be defensive on land, but aggressive
by sea. " ' j ;
Baohelors are now safe at least an
other eight years, seeing that 1900 will
not be a leap year. , ;
Ban Into a Washout.
Cincinnati Feb. 28. The Enquir
er's speoial from Ashland, Ky., says: '
Today, the eastbound Norfolk &
Western express ran into a washout
near Loveletto, wrecking the engine,
baggage car and two coaches. The
sleeper esoaped. ; Engineer Pennington
and Fireman Mayfleld were both dan
gerously injured, and a brakeman,
whose name was not learned, was fa
tally injured. Several persona were
alightlv inlnred..
ONE NEW BATTLESHIP.
Will Ba PraTldad for la tha Karr Ap
$ pranrlatim Bilk .:; ,
Washington, Feb. 28. The navy ap
propriation bill, for the fiscal year has
been practically completed by the house
committee on naval affairs, and may be
reported to the house by Chairman
Boutelle tomorrow. The bill earriet
about 138,000,000, which ia about $8,
000,000 more than the appropriation
for the cunrrent year. The committee
decided to put in the new battle-ship
recommended by the subcommittee. It
is to cost, including hull armor and
maohinery, not more than $3,750,000.
, Proposition for new drydocks at Al
giers, La., and Mare Island, Cal., were
voted down. The appropriations for
navy-ygrds include 166,000 for the
Mare island yard, of whioh $80,000 is
for extending the seawall, $20,00 for
dredging, and $10,000 for grading and
paving about the drydock. The Puget
sound naval station get $60,000 for a
wharf and $10,000 for grading. The
total for "repairs and preservation of
navy-yards is $400,000. There is an
item of $50,000 for modern machine
tools at the Mare island yard.
The new appropriations for the ma
rine barracks are: Erection of building
at Port Orchard, Wash., $1,000; offi
cers' quarters, $5,000, and grading pa
rade grounds, $3,000.
The appropriation for armor for ves
sels authorized from 1890 to the present
date amounts to $7,720,000, and for
hulls, outfit and steam maohinery, $5,-
925,000. '
New steam tugs are provided for Port
Royal and Puget sound, each to cost
$60,000.
NO VOTE REACHED.
Arbitration Traa.tr Again Conaldarad
, ' la Kxaantl va Baialsa, -, ,
" Washington, Feb. 88. The senate
adjourned at 8:36 tonight, after having
spent almost eight hours in continuous
executive session on . the arbitration
treaty. No result was accomplished
beyond voting down the motion made
by Nelson to postpone further consid
eration of the treaty until March 5.
Sherman made repeated efforts during
the day to secure a vote on the ratifica
tion or to get the senate to fix the day
and hour when it would agree to vote
upon the treaty. He was defeated in
both purposes, and when the senate at
last adjourned, because of the absence
of a quorum, he did not say whether he
would make another effort again this
session to secure further consideration,
but it is supposed that he will renew
the motion for an executive session to
morrow. - The feeling throngh tho sen
ate among the friends, as well as the
opponents of the treaty, is that any
effort to secure a vote will be futile.
TUMBLED INTO THE BASS DRUM
Unnsnnl and Involuntary Faat of Van
''''Acrobat ''..; '''';'"''
Ban Francisco, Feb, 22. An acrobat
at the Orpheum fell forty feet from a
trapeze yesterday and crashed through
the big bass drum. Incidentally he
caused two women to faint, broke two
music stands, scared the wits out of,
but did not kill, a fiddler, as he might
have done, and bruised himself slight
ly. The acrobat is one of the Rente
brothers, who perform a number of
daring feats on high trapexe suspended
in front of the curtain over the orches
tra. ; The trapezes i are - suspended at
opposite sides of a horizontal rectangu
lar frame. From one trapeze Julea
Renfe hangs by his feet, -while his
brother Jacques swings from the other
trapeze, his bock , turned to - Jules.
When Jacques has obtained sufficient
Impetus from his swinging he lets go
the trapeze bar and so files to the out
stretched hands of his brother.
They were performing this feat yes
terday evening, when, somehow or
other, Jacques succeeded in getting
only an insecure hold ' of one hand.
Jules could not hold on, and made a
Straight drop.
Will Baul Suppltot Fraa.
San Franoisco, Feb. 28. The com
mittee of the India famine relief fund
announces that the privilege of free
transportation for food supplies with
which to load the steamer provided by
the United States government has been
granted by the Southern Pacific for Pa
ciflo coast points, and for donations
from Eastern , contributors by the Cen
tral and Union Paciflo roads, in connec
tion with the Rock Island, Burlington
and Milwaukee & - St. Paul roads.
Contributions of. supplies, which will
be received all along the lines, are
earnestly solicited at once, and will he
reoeived for shipmont at MoNear's ware
house, Port Costa, Cal. ,
. Fatal Train Wreck.
; Klnmundy, III., Feb. 29. A freight
wreck occurred on the Illinois Central
railroad near Boskydell, 111. The en
gine and fourteen oars with oontents
were- demolished, The engineer, fire
man and one brakeman were killed.,
The oaus was the breaking ot an axle
of the engine driver. - 1 .
- Flrn Cnnsaa Pnnlo In a Bohool. .
: Boston, Feb. 28. Fire in the Everett
sohool building this morning caused a
panic among the pupils. The police
ambulances were quickly on hand and
within a few moments thirteen injured
victims were on the way to the city hos
pital. The fire was extinguished with
out any considerable damage.
Washington, Feb. 22. Senor Du
puy de Lome, the Spanish minister,
has reoeived the following ' telegram
from the president Of the chamber of
commerce of Havana: ,
"The sugar plantations in the larger
manufacturing districts are grinding
cane. Railroads and. telegraphic com
munications are regular. Fernandez. "
The larger sugar producing districts
of Cuba, it is explained, are in Eastern
Pinar del Rio, Havana, Matanzaa and
Santa Clara . . - j' -w.
FORCED THE TROCHA
Gomez is Now Between
Weyler and Havana.
A DECISIVJB BATTLE EXPECTED
Wsrlar, , Huwavar, lands Word That
tha Inauraaut X,aadar nad RU
Man Are In Full Botraat.
Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 28. A spe
cial to the Citizen from Key West says:
Private information has been received
of the whereabouts of General Gomez.';
He has succeeded in slipping by Gen
eral Weyler ond is now between him
and Havana.
General Gomez gave the command
for an advance, with strict orders that
any man that struck a match would be
oourt-martialed. He then advanced on
the Moron trocha, in the eastern end of
the island, with 6,000 cavalry and 10,
000 infantry. He advanced on the
fort at midnight, and when he saw he
was discovered by the Spanish, who
fired on him, he ordered the cavalry to
charge. They swooped down npon the
fort and captured it, and the whole
army went through the trocha. All of
the arms and ammunition of the fort
was captured. The army then contin
ued to march, and was encamped at
Vegnito when the news was sent to the
city by a courier. His order in taking
the fort was to use the machete only,
and the cavalry made a gallant fight.
Waylar In Puranlt of Gomaa.
Havana, Feb. 29. If official report
are correct, the insurgent army nnder
General Gomez has been divided into
small corps and Gomez himself is in
full retreat before the continued ad
vance of Weyler. Dispatches from
Ciego de Aviel say the insurgent commander-in-chief
with 4,000 men re
crossed the military line in the prov
ince of Puerto Pincipe, extending from
Juoaro toMonon, and is going eastward
through Puerto Pincipe in the direction
of the capital of the privince.
. General Calixto de Garcia, Gomez'
second in command, was reported four
days ago in the vicinity of Puerto Prin
cipe, retreating towards the same point
as Gomez, Weyler arrived yesterday
at Sancti Spiritus, the most important
town in the eastern part of the province
of Santa Clara, near the boundary of
Puerto Principe, in the territory where
the insurgent headquarters were re
cently located. Weyler will push for
ward to Moron, Ciego de -Aviel and
juraco, thus seemingly sweeping across
the island with a large force, and driv
ing the enemy before him. He expects
to entrap Gomes between two wings of
the Spanish column and force a decisive
enaggement before the rains put an end
to the military operations. The Cu
bans believe, however, that Gome
will, as usual, slip through the cordon
before being completely developed.
DROWNED IN DEEP CREEK.
Palmar Wl'lma, a FUtoen-Yoar-Old Bay,
Aeotdsntmllr Drownod.
Skamokawa, Wash., Feb. 29. New
has reached Skamokawa of an accident
that took place on Deep river. In the
lower part of Wahkiakum county, last
Saturday evening, by which Palmer
Wilme lost his life. It seems that
Wiime, who was about 16 years old,
and another boy of the same age, Max
Long, hod gone to the postoffice at Deep
river, to get their mail. Having se
cured their mail they started for their
home in small boat, taking with them
a man, John Long. The boat was one
of those little skiffs used on the creeks.
It was barely safe for one person to
travel in, much less three, and in
ohanging seats it was capsized and the
occupants thrown out. None of them
could swim, but John Long hung to the
gled to get ahsore, which was only 100
feet away. Their cries for help brought
George Garey to their assistance with
a boat, and he succeeded in saving the
two Longs. The boy Wilms went
down and-his body was not recovered
until Sunday, when it was found near
Wilme'a Bister waa drowned near.
Astoria about nine years ago.
ALL ALONG THE LINE.
Waiting for tha Opanlng af tha Colrllla
. Baaarvntloa. ,
Wilbur, Wash., Feb. 82. Thia town
and others along the south half of the
Colville Indian reservation are filled
with strangers, awaiting a proclama
tion opening that section to mineral
entries. There are a number of men
on the reservation now, and they have
located mineral claims, and in some
cases have been prosecuting work there
on. In a letter to Spokane, one of the
miners on the outside says that the gov,
ernment oftioials are interested with
companies in locating valuable mineral
claims. , It is said that the Indian po
lice stand in with them. One location
on the reservation bears a paper whioh
has the signature as witness of Sam
Vinson, deputy United States marshal
at Spokane. New- York,; and Spokane
companies have the "oinch," according
to the writer, on all of .the best claims,
and, where their- agents are seeking
new discoveries, all other miners are
kept off the land. ? ; " !
Kjrla Waa Klaetad.
Pierre, 8. D., Feb. 93. On the sen
atorial ballot today, the Republicans in
the house voted almost solidly for Kyle,
The Republican of the senate began
at once to change to Kyle. Before the
result was announced enough changes
had been made to give Kyle 66 votes,
three more than were necessary. With
the solid Republican vote and a few
Populists who stayed with him, Kyle
secured enough vote to pull him
through. . .
CLIMAX IS AT HAND.
Philippine Iilxdi BovelS Torclng
Upon n Collnpao.
New York, Feb. 29. A dispatch to
the Herald from Manila says:
General La Chambre, who has occu
pied Santo Domingo, is now advancing
on . Silling, Cornell and Marina and
will . attack the rebel forces within
three days. The nuruber of troop em
ployed i not published. The batteries
employed are two ' Krup batteries of
eight centimeters, one battery of nine
and two mortars of fifteen centimeters.
With General La Chambre is General
Marina, who takes one battery of artil
lery of eight centimeters.
From all reports it would seem that
if the Spaniards are luoky enough to
inflict a decisive chastisement npon the
rebels in Cavite, the entire revolution
will collapse. The absence of a real
leader must tell npon the rebels, and
all their principal men are either in
the fortress here or have been shot by
the authorities. Francisco Rojas, the
millionaire and friend of General
Blanco; Rizal, the doctor and idol of
the Philippine Indians; Luna, the ar
tist whose picture won a gold medal at
the Paris exposition, and every other
native or half-caste of wealth or influ
ence ia the Catipuna or inner circles of
conspiracy, which the natives created
for their own purposes inside the lodges
of Masonry, into which the Spaniards
confidently initiated them years ago,
are in the toils of the law and may be
shot any day.'
An immense amount of suffering has
been inflicted on their' families by
these misguided men. In dozens of
cares large estates of those implicated
have been embargoed by the govern
ment, and people formerly opulent are
reduced to poverty. (. Even some nativo
Catfiolio priest are among the prison
ers, seven at least having been tempted
into the plot, v . c ?
The machinations of the rebels seem
to have permeated all quarters, and
they have taken in their withering
grasp natives and half-breeds in every
station of life, from the millionaire
property-owner, local governor, govern'
ment clerk, official doctor or professor
in college, to the most ignorant and
poorest fisherman and domestic servant
in foreign or Spanish employ, indeed,
it would be difficult to find a parallel
for such widespread treachery.
: It the rebels on the island can get rid
of the Spaniards they can run the coun
try and pay no more taxes. Every one
will have plenty to eat, nothing to do
and pay no "oedula ' or other tax to
anybody. This ia the simple argument
which the agents use everywhere to
beat up recruits and get the peasants to
join their ranks. Their ideas are
largely socialistic
As on illustration of these delight
ful tenets the washermen, who have
mostly all turned rebels, walked off
with half the wardrobes of male and fe
male Manila, for every one uses white
tropical clothing the year round, and
consequently for a time the rebels were
the best dressed gentlemen in the Phil
ippines, while their luckless customers
were getting new clothes together.
WAS ONCE A MARINE..
Hnrdarar Bntlar Barvad as laamnn an
Board H. M. . Triumph.
San Francisco, Feb. 28. Butler has
been a marine in her majesty s service,
in addition to his other occupations.
He has been identified by two of his
former shipmates. John Conway and
Thomas Collins, of this city were at
one time sailors ou board a. m. s.
Triumph. There was a marine on board
by the name of Ashe. When the old
tailors saw the picture of Butler they
recognized the face. Coluna was posi
tive tho man was their old shipmate
Ashe, and to make sure Conway went
to fee him a few days ago.
Ashe waa with Conway and Collins
in 1886, when the Triumph, while on
her way out here from England, pnt
into Chile. While there a detachment
of men was put on board from the ship
Liffey, which was then doing duty as a
prison ship for the confinement of
minor .offenders. Ashe was among
these. He had been confined on board
the Liffey for stealing a ring.
At Victoria, Conway and Collins,
whose terms had expired, left the ship
and lost sight or Ashe. At . the city
prison Conway and Butler recognized
each other immediately and talked for
some time. To Conway it ia understood
Butler outlined his proposed defense
when he returns to Australia, and said
he has his reasons for being known as
Weller. . , . ' . - ;.
SAVED BY THE PARROT.
People In a Burning Dwelling Wnraad
of Tholr Parll. -
Oakland, Cal., Feb. 29. Nine lives
were saved by a parrot in Piedmont
yesterday. The shrill screams of the
bird aroused the Hume family from
slumber to discover that their mansion
on Piedmont avenue was in flames.
George W. Hume, the well-known ship
owner, was the first one alarmed. ' He
and his son Edward got the ladies of the
household safely 'out of doors. Edward
tried to telephone to the fire depart
ment, but as he called he was com
pelled to leave the instrument, being
driven out by smoke and flames. : sf ;
The beautiful home, with much 'of
its valuable contents, waa totally de
stroyed. Within a sort time after the
fire was discovered, nothing waa left
but a blackened moss of ruins.
'v Gorman Loana-Oonranloa Bill.
Berlin, Feb. 22. The German loans
oonversion bill passed its second read
ing today in the reiohstag, after several
amendments proposed by Herr Riohter,
the people's party leader, had been re
jected. '- ' ' ' '
. OaWaston Btrlka Sattlad.
Galveston, Tex., Feb. 23. The
street oar strike was settled this morn
ing. The men returned to work at the
scale In effeot prior to the trouble. The
agreement is to last a year.
WORK ON TARIFF BILL '
McKinley Rates Restored by
the Committee.
THE . COALMEH AEE 8ATI3FIED
Tha Coning Waak to Ba Devotad to the
Sohadula of undrlaa Tha Prloa
o Ba Paid for Armor Plata.
" Washington, Feb. 20 The Repub
lican member of the ways and mean
oommittee took an important step to
day in their work on the new. tariff
bill, by deciding to restore the McKin
ley rates on coal and coke. These rate
were 76 cents per ton of 28 bushel on
bituminous and shale, and 80 cents on
coal slock, such as will pass : through a
half-inch' screen.' The present rates
are 40 cents and 16 cents, ; Coke is ad-j
vanoed from 16 to 20 per cent ad val-l
orem. The changes were mode in re
sponse to a general demand from the
coal interests, whose representatives '
declared the Wilson rates had increased
Canadian competition so greatly that
the American mineowner hod been
obliged to reduce wage to keep in the
field.
The first conference of the weekdealt
with the tobacco schedule, and, al
though' no final agreement had been
reached, there is a practical understand-,
ing that the new bill will return to the
McKinley rates on tobacco, except on
the grade known as filler. The rate
on this will ' be 70 cent a pound,
double' the McKinley duty, which wo
85 cents. It was represented by the to
bacco manufacturers that most of the
tobacco imported from Cuba as filler
was used for wrappings, and that this
evasion of the law gave the Key West
factories an advantage over those using
Sumatra tobacco. : The McKinley du
ties on wrapper tobacco were $3 per
pound on stemmed and $3.76 on nn
stemmed. On snuff the rate waa 60
cents; and cigars and cigarettes, $4 and
25 per cent ad valorem, and on tobacco
not enumerated 40 cents.
; The committee will devote most cf
the time this week to the schedule of
sundries, whioh, includes buttons, ex
plosives, matches, musical instru
ments, furs, jewelry, gloves and miscel
laneous manufactures, and on most of
these the McKinley rates will be re
stored.. : '. ' .:. ', ."! . .!
: Bona Havat Commlttaa. '
Washington, Feb. 20. The house
committee on naval affairs, which is
working on the naval appropriation
bill, spent most of the day in discussing
the question of the price to be paid for
armor plate. The question was finally,
disposed of by the adoption of an amend
ment to the bill authorizing the secre
tary of the navy to contract for steel
armor, of domestic . manufacture, for
the three battleships now being con-,
struoted, and appropriating a sum not
exceeding $3,210,000 for the purpose.
It ia estimated that 8,021 tons of plate
will be needed for these ships, so that
thia provision limits the cost to $400
per ton. A substitute waa offered by
McCall, limiting the appropriation to
$3,808,760, whioh would have limited'
the price to $350 per ton, bat this waa
voted down.
Another , proposition waa made to
strike the words "of domestic manu
facture" from the armor clause, which
also failed. Members of the committee
who favored thia proposition urged
that the hearings showed there was no
competition between the , American
firms engaged in the manufacture of
armor-plate, and that the government
did not have an opportunity of buying
of foreign firms, as 'American firms
were selling armor to Russia at $250 a
ton..'"- "'- '"';';'' 1 .:
FOR A BEET SUGAR FACTORY.
Aetlro Work nf tha Comnaamlnl Cluh
of La Omnda. J
La Grande, Or., Feb. 33. Recently
Turner Oliver, in behalf of the Com
mercial Club, applied to the Oregon
Railroad & Navigation officials to make
a rate on sogar beets, in anticipation of
establishing a sugar factory in this val
ley. The rate applied for was 60 cents
a ton from all points within Union
county. In response to this request,
the railway company guarantees to es
tablish the following rates:
Within 26 miles, 50 cents a ton; 95
to 50 miles, 75 cents; 60 to 100 miles,
$1. v .
This is equivalent to a rate of 60 cents
a ton from all points within the ooun
ty, exoept North Powder. A request
will be made to have the latter point
included in the 50-cent .rate, the dis
tance from North Powder by rail being
32 miles. A letter has been received
from Engineer Silech, the constructor
of a beet-sugar footory at Eddy, JS. M.,
and in it he says that the factory at
that place will be finished very soon.
As soon as the work ia finished and
some minor details are settled, Mr.
Silech and his associates will come to
La Grande. '
CuroTlteh In Bad Haalth.
' Batoum, Feb. 22. Grand Duke
George of Russia, the ozarbvitob,
younger brother of the czar, and heir
preaumtive to the throne, who has been
in bod health for a long time past, has
started on a sea oruise. He will pro
ceed to Constantinople. '
81 Paraona Murdarad. .
Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 23. A report
from Winona, 40 miles south of here,
aaya Mrs. Waldron, Thomas Spioer and
wife, their daughter, Mrs. Rouse, and
the latter' two . children were mur
dered at their home near that place.
. Tha Troaty In Home of Commoaa.
; London, Feb. 99. A copy of the gen
eral arbitration treaty and President
Cleveland's message on the subject
was issued to the house of commons tonight.