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Newspaper Page Text: -. ircinn ID JL , IJClJi ST. HELENS, OREGON, Fill DAY, MA11CII C, 1897. VOL. XIV. NO. 11. M UK EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome ol tta Telegraphic New of th World. tie US II TIOKS FROM TBI WIRES as Intonating Callaatlan Wnm tha Twe Hemisphere rte4 A premature explosion or dynamits at a grovel pit in Murray, Ky., killed five negro laborer and wounded m many more. A home of 111 repute waa burned near "Wheeling, W, Va.. and two girla and two men were burned to death. A number of other are reported orlouly (injured. A Calcutta din patch say that oholera bin broken out among the people em ployed at the relief work among the native, in the state of ' lie wall. In two dnyi 100 death occurred. Again an offer fur the Lo Bot gold mine ha been refused. Thia time the would-be purchasers, the Koyul Tinto Company, of London, made an offer of 94,000,000, of which $100,000 was to be caah and the remainder in thirty day. Eighty-two passengers, more tlian half of them outfitted with dogs, alodt and Bther paraphernalia necowutry for the invasion of . the Yukon country, crowded the steamer Al-KI on her kit trip to Alaska. Thia I said to be only a beginning of the vast nnmber who will leave for that country the coming njiiing. Louis Manafleld, who waa confined In the county jail in Baker City, Or., awaiting the action of the grand Jury on a charge of robbery, committed tul clde. He told till follow prisoner onto day before that he preferred to be dead rather titan go to the peniten tiary, Mansfield leaves a wife and two daughter. The East hai again been vialted by flood, reiulting in great loaf of life and property. Many plunta at Pitta burg are under water, and a cloudburst at tlio headwatera of tiie Monongnhela .haa canned great damage. More than 10,000 men have been forced to quit work in Pennsylvania on account of the rapidly riding water. At the annual meeting of the Lum ber Manufacturer' Association of the Northwest, held In Tacoma, the secre tary was Inatruoted to formulate an In vitation to Eastern lumbermen to visit the Pacific North went next July. An executive committee waa appointed to make suitable' arrangement for enter taining the excursionists, who are to lie shown the great forests and mills of the Northwest. A special from McMurrey, Bkngit county, Wash., says that a sad accident occurred there by which the 8-year-old daughter of W. F. Merry waa Instantly killed and hia wife seriously injured. Merry waa engagod in falling a tree whioh endangered his House, in tail ing, the tree struck another, which stood in its path, the latter falling In the direction of the woman and child. The child's neck and back were broken. :Mr. Merry now lies in a critical condi tion. A mail train on the Pennsylvania arallroad crashed into a box car near !Kbensburg, Pa., and was badly wrecked. 3five person were seriously hurt. Charles F. Miller, a sailor, brutally murdered hia wife at Port Blakely, Wash. Mnoh excitement was occasion sd, and a lynching was prevented with great difficulty. Stephen Blnghoffer, aged 14, the son of Joseph Rlnghoffer, ol Walla walla, was shot and killed by Charles Woody, who I It years old. The boys were out hunting when the accident occurred. White settlor at Yerrlngton, in Ma son valley, Nevada, have appealed for help, fearing an outbreak of the Piute Indiana in that neighborhood. One of the Indians was killed in a quarrel and the Indians have begun gathering in .nnmbera. Governor Sadler ho sent .Adjutant-General Gulusha on a special .train to investigate. ' The Chesapeake & Ohio west-bound passenger train encountered a washout .opposite Portsmouth, O. The engine, ibuggnge and express oar, mall oar and one coach were derailed. A. u. Btout, supervisor of the O. & O., was killed, The engineer, fireman, mail olerk and xpreRS messenger were all Injured, but not seriously. ' While making a desperate effort to void arrest for some trivial offense, Nicholas Mentgen lost his life under the wheels of a train in Chicago. Fol lowed by an excited orowd and a patrol wagon containing officers, Mentgen ran to the tracks and did not see the train approaching. The locomotive knocked Mm thirty feet and the train passed over bim. Charles Kreiner was drowned In the Willamette river at the Altonaa' wharf in Balem. He was cook on the steamer liamona that plies between Portland and Independence. An effort was made to save the man with a small boat, without avail The river was dragged and dynamite used, but the body has not been recovered. The unfortunate man leave a widow and one child in Portland. The corner-atone of the new school ifor the revival of the lost mysteries of .antiquity was laid in Ban Diego, Cat. 'The theosophlcal oruaadurs, who have just returned from a trip around the world, were the central figures in the .ceremony. The postoffloe at Mount Angel, Or., was entered by burglars. The safe was blown open and about (100 in stamps ,nd $75 in money taken. The same parties tried to gain entrance to two .other places the same night, but were ffrtorhtanwl 0ft THREE BOYS DROWNED. Basel In the Hreaker OB? the Bar ' Tillamook. Tillamook, Or., March 8. A terrible accident occurred here today, whereby three boys, Ernest Barnard, aged 16; Cecil Miller, aged 16, and George Leasia, aged 16, lost their lives. The three boys wore digging claim near the bur, and the tide was still strongly on the ebb when the yonng fellows sighted the steamer Chilkat coming in over the bar. In a spirit of boyish bravado, they determined to go ont and meet her. The tide was, much stronger than the boys luptxisod, and they were carried rapidly out and into the breakers, where their boat was up set and three of them drowned. The following account of the disaster was given by Captain Dunham, of the Chilkats "While steaming Into the bay today, my attention wo drawn to what seemed to me to be three sea lions. My wife, however, Insisted that they were human beings, and, on observing closer, I saw that they were throe boys (ding ing to small boat, which had been up set in the surf. The boat was Inside the bar, and near the shore, and the boy were clinging to it and screaming at the top of their voices for help. I whistled the sign of distress to draw the attention of some one on shore, and then turned the ship about and went a near to the shore as I dared, and low ered one of my boats. By this time the breakers had washed two of the boys off, and I saw no more of them. There was a very strong current out, and the largest boy continued to ding to the boat and drifted out ol the breakers. '" , .' ' "By this time the steamer Elmore arrived at the bar on her way out I told the captain what had happened, and he immediately crossed the bar and steamed about, hunting for the boys, and especially the one clinging to the boat, but he did not Una any oi them. I recrossed the bar to the ocean and looked about, but, being unable to find either of the boys, I steamed off south, in the direction that I thought the boy clinging to the boat had drifted. After going about half a mile, I sighted the boy on the boat, about a quarter of a mile further south. Isteamed on to ward him as rapidly as possible, but, when about 80 feet away from hiin, an unusually large wave swept over the boat and the boy threw up his hands and sank, and I saw him no more. " After steaming about for some time, the captain recrossed the bar into the harbor, and gave the alarm. A large number of men was soon on the beach, and on the shores of the bay, inside the bar. but late thia evening the bodies had not boon recovered. The parent u of the unfortunate lads live here, and the untimely fate of the young fellows has cast a gloom over the entire city. A CORNER IN WOOL. yadlcate anticipate Reatoratloa of High Tariff. Chicago, March 3. A Boston special says: One of the largest corners on wool cvor attempted in the United States exists at present in this city, in antioijiation of the restoration of tariff on wool. The cxistence'of the corner has been a well guarded secret for two weeks, but the operations of the men and their agents at London and Hamburg have become so bold as to attract attention, and thu the secret got out. The steamer Columbian, which ar rived yesterday, brought 8,000 bales of wool, making a total ot 261,100 bales wbioh has arrived in port during the present month. A syndicate was re cently formed in this city to buy all the wool offered in European markets, In Kntlninntion of a dutv of 10 Dcr cent being put on wool by congress at the extra session, aim the increased receipts are thus accounted lor. Buyer have already purchased 15,- nnn Vuilna nf wool abroad, and will con tinue to purchase the same up to the time or the imposition or me amy, cai iilfnl at 11 cents a nound. The syn dlcate has raised a pile of monoy, and only a row duy ago oaiueu o.oou.vuu to it London agent. It is calculated ,.. 1 nonnon hales, or 600.000.000 pounds, of Australian and South American wool, will be brought to thle country by the syndicate within the time given. They Played Bnrejlar. Petalumn, Oal., March J. This af .....,, Warla Tnmnle. Aired 14 Years. Wiuwii " " . 1 c ' son of O. Temple, a prominent hard- ware dealer, and jienry unnsm, m mn nf .T H. L. Gerkens. nro- priotor of the Western hotel, played "burglars" in Temple's store. Young Temple snapped a revolver inoi. was not supposed to De loaaea. xno rviw ver exploded, the bullet pioroing young Qerken's heart, killing him almost in stantly. Charged With Conspiracy. Louisville, March 8. The circuit grond Jury adjourned today after re turning indictment against Banker MoKnight, of the wrecked German Na tional bank! Sterling Edmunds, and seven members of the board of alder men, charging them with conspiracy to defraud the oity in the passage of a resolution authorising the sale of the waterworks, which belonged to the oity and vqlued at $10,000,000. New Orloans, March 8. The Dally Item publishes a statement that the .... , ... t..i TWav..! with hia millionaire, nmn 1 family and a party of f rionds, in his private yacht, who started front his home in Philadelphia to come to New , Orleans, to attend the Mardi Gras fes- j tlval, is now seven days overdue, and nothing has been heard from the party ( since it left Philadelphia. Inquiries have been sent from New York, Phila- ( delphla and New Orleans, but so fur have elicited nothing as to the yacht. . v J ALLOWED FOUR DAYS Powers Will Demand Recall of Greek Forces. FIGHTING ON ISLAND CONTINUES The Sultan Preparing to lOTede The. aly European Oovernmnnt Have Their Ejras en Constantinople. London, March 3. It is stated here today that there 1 good authority for believing the result of the conferences between representatives of the great power at Constantinople and Athens will be tto presentation of collective notes to Turkey and Greece. Greece will be allowed four day to recall her land and sea forces from Crete. It is reported from Canea that sev eral insurgent leaders have sent to Vlce-Admiral Canevario, of the Italian fleet, a signed declaration that the Cre tan will accept no solution of the pending question but political union with Greece. Fighting continue between the in surgent and Mussulmans near Retimo and elsewhere. The Christiana be sieged the Turkish garrisons in the blockhouse at Malta for several days. Today, a body of Turkish regulars and irregular left Canea with a con voy to reviotual the blockhouse. The insurgents attaoked the column and killed several ot the escort, whereupon the Turkish battleship Fuad opened .fire upon the insurgent with shells, and continued firing until stopped by order of the foreign admirals. The convoy was finally compelled to retire. No Commanleatloa From Suuli. London, March 8. The Athens cor respondent of the Chronicle declares no official communication has been re ceived from Kussia. It is quite certain the Greek army will not be withdrawn. Macedonian forces will be raised with a view to possible contingencies, and if the Turk attempt to Invade Thessaly, the Bulgarian government Is deter mined to advance its troops instantly to the Agoan sea. It 1 rumored that the secret national committee hod de cided to commence operations in Mace donia at once. ... ' Special dispatches state that the Turk succeeded in. revictualing the blockhouse at Malta, but were attacked by insurgents on their return. The consuls at Candia have signed a telegram imploring the. power not to delay a decision. The town ia so crowded with Moslems that famine threatens great loss of life. Hundreds of sheep and cattle are already dying from want of fodder. The insurgents have completely cordoned Candia. The greatest anxiety exists also as to the situation at Selinos, where the armis tice agreed upon by the powers has ex pired. The insurgent are In a worse mood than ever, and thoroughly deter mined. Fowors Kay Oomo to Blows. London, March 8. The Athens cor respondent of the Times says that a war tax is about to be proclaimed in the provinces of Thessaly and Arta. Its Bucharest correspondent states that the Koumanian government haa decided to call out all the reserves from the years 18 to 53. The Times' advice report serious new from Candia. Colonel Goracas, with. 15, 000 insurgents and three guns, threatens to attack Hierapetra, where the garrison is ill supplied with arras and ammunition, and the forts are Weak. It is feared this may seriously complicate the situation. A famine ia imminent in Candia, and it is intimat ed the troops thore may pillage the dis trict" - ' Fighting is in progress today. The Bashi Baxonks lost three killed and five wounded. The regular lost eight killed and five wounded. The Times correspondent at Canea states that the insurgent bitterly de nounce British Consul Bilotti as the chief instrument in thwarting for many year the attempt to liberate Crete. The Mohammedans looted the Brit ish conBul' house at Hierapetra Friduy night, yet only on the previous day he had vehemently denounced any act of inoendiarism or looting on the part of the Moslems. . Amvirriinii tn the Ahtona oorresond- entof the Times.the Greek carnival revel passed off with the usual spirit and enthusiasm. ., ..... ,. Bohaoldor Bottlos Cp. Chicago, March 8. George Schnei der, former president of the National bank of Illinois, has effected a settle ment All his business affairs have been olosed up, including his indebted ness to the bank and his release, which has been approved, i honorable and creditable. Fir In a Michigan Town. Ishpeming, Mich., March 8. Michi gamme was threatened w ith destruction today. A blase started in an upper story of O. F. Sunderstrom's store, on Main street. The fire department had nothing but a hand engine, and a few hundred feet of hose. At 8 o'clock the fire was under control. Firemen from outside came In just in time to save the town from destruction. , The loss 1 estimated at $30,000. Fatal Bollar Explosion. New Bedford, Mass., March 8. A . .11 . .1. An..uUnAf mill. AV..l.la,l today, wrecking part of the plant A section of the boiler crashed through ( the roof of the police station, a block , away. Alter ine nremen got uie ure under control a search among the ruins of the boiler-house disclosed the body of Manuel Mendosa, a fireman. An other employe of the mill,' Arthur Ashln, was ourneu to aoaui. nan dozen, other were injured. ZACATECAS MINE DISASTER. One Hnodrod aad Savant? Minors Par fifcod la tha Firo. City of Mexico, March 8. The latest new from the mine disaster at Zsoate oas shows that it is fully as bod as first reported. Fire broke out in the Zana mqro mine, the property of the Zom bete Company, and communicated to the San Francisco mine. The principal shaft la the former i 8,800 feet deep, and a rescuing party went to the bot tom, but wo nearly suffocated by smoke. The Cornish miners displayed unusual heroism in attempting the re lief of the imprisoned men. Ten' bodies have been taken out, and all show signs of asphyxiation. There is no longer any doubt that 170 miners perished. The oity of Zacateoas is a soene of monrning. This is the greatest dis aster in its history in modern times. ii SPANISH OPINION OP LEE. Marqui da Palmarola Mada Scandal ous Attack on C.niul Laa. New York, March 9. A dispatoh to the Herald from Havana say! The Marquis de Pulmerola mode scandalous personal attack on General Lee Wednesday night in the palace in the presence of several newspaper cor respondents. The inoident arose be cause the censor refused to pass a dis patch for the correspondent which said that the release of Scott had been de manded because, he was both arrested and kept in prison in defiance of the "Who told you that?" shouted Gen eral Palmerola, the secretary of state, "General Lee," replied the corre spondent calmly. "General Lee is a liar, Impostor and rebel," shouted the little marquis with an oatb. This incident is telegraphed merely to show how the wind is blowing in the palace, and to let yon see what must be the treatment and position of an ordi nary oitizen, when our consul-general is reviled openly by one of the heads of the government here. KILLED BY INCHES. Terrible Daath or a Flramaa on Soaod Tag;. Seattle, Wash., March 8. Albert Thompson, a fireman on the tug Mystio, was literally killed by inches this morning, just as the boat was working slowly out into the stream. Thompson ' was shutting off a drain cock, when he slipped and fell from the platform into the crankpit, six feet below. In some manner, not clearly explained, both legs were caught by the revolving cranks, with the reBult that he was wound up in the machinery to his hips, A the throttle was only one-tihrd open, the human obstructor stopped the engine. Thompson's orie brought the engineer to his assistance, but, af ter working half an hour, only one leg was released. The other was cut off by a surgeon. : Death took plaoe a few moments Utter. It took ten minute to pick pieces of flesh out of the ma chinery. Extlogatihod by tha Bmploya. New York, March 8. A fire which broke out in the big Gould match fac tory at Passiac, N. J.', was extinguished by the employes without sending an alarm to the fire department There was great excitement upon discovery of the fire, but the ringing of bells in the building brought the 800 eufployes to their stations, where they - had often gone to practice in anticipation of afire. Men, women and girls joined in the work of fighting the fire, which seemed to spring through the floor from the cellar in a dozen places, but it was finally put out without the aid of the firemen. . There was no insurance, but the factory is fitted with all modern ap pliances for fighting fire. Many of the those employed in the faotory believe the fire waa of incen diary origin. It is said some workmen who were recently discharged have threatened to burn the building, and the fact that the fire seemed to break out in so many place at once is quoted as a reason for suspecting criminal agendo. ' ' : ' ' - -. ' ' War Froion to Doath. Salt Lake, March 8. A special to the Tribune from Rawlins, Wyo., says: A searching party , which started from here yesterday to look for Thomas Hogg and a half-breed, Eissel, who have been missing since Saturday, re turned yesterday afternoon, having found the men fourteen miles from this city. They were lying side by side, where they had both been frozen to death. - '' ; The Btorla exaggerated. San Jose, Cel., March 8. William Polaskl, a young man who has returned from Randsburg, say the stories of rich mines there are greatly exaggerated, and that hundreds of idle men are there, with no place to sleep and little to eat He warn laboring men not to go there. ' " ' - Killed by a Snewallda. Salt Lake, March 8. A speoial to the Tribune from Marysville, Utah, says Charles Willing and Carl Peterson were found dead today in Deer Trail ' gulch. They had been killed by a 1 snowBlide, which swept away their cabin. The men went into the gulch about ten days ago. . Frult-Dryor Batnod. San Jose, March 8. The E. E. Thomas Fruit Company's dryer was consumed by fire tonight. It is said the total loss will reach $50,000, fully insured. The origin of the fire ia not known. Want Ovar an Embankment. Vienna, March 8. A dispatch to the Pester Lloyds from Moscow say a pas senger train fell over an embankment and nineteen passengers were killed. PROTECTION NEEDED Americans Have Left Their Country Homes. THE ALARM IS WIDESPREAD Secretary Olney Denlea Emphatically That General Lea Has Handed , in Hia Ketignmtlon. New York, March 1. A special to the Herald from Havana, via Key West, says: Americans are flocking in from the country. The position of our citizens is most oritical. The rumor, whether true or false, has gone abroad that the American government would not . in tervene so long as the trade interests of the country are not interfered with. Unless something Arm and decided and strongly American is done by our government in Washington, Americans are in danger of their lives. The murder of Bui and the demand for the release of Scott are the sole topics of conversation. The govern ment and palace people here have tried to change the subject of conversation by giving out news of an alleged skirmish with Gomez, but the attempt was a failure. ., The amusement and the great hilarity which were observed in the palace have changed. Minister de Lome, always accurate as a news gatherer, has cabled the captain-general that Lee will not be recalled and hi resignation is not accepted, and that be may be sustained. Hundreds of telegrams have poured in on Consul-General Lee from all quar tors of the globe, congratulating him on the stand be has taken, those from the United State promising patriotic action in congress. Even at this crit ical moment, and with many heavy cares and responsibilities which the administration should share weighing upon him, General Lee views the situ ation from a calm, dispassionate stand point, and be expresses the hope that the situation created by the murder of Boil and his own determination not to submit to another similar atrocity should not be exploited by partisan ad vocates of any particular policy toward the Island of Cuba. Lee Haa Not Resigned. Washine-ton. Marth 1.-3:40 P. M. Ronatnr Hale has iuat received at the oapitol " telegram from Secretary Ol ney, which say in enect tnat lyonsui ftanArftl Ta nAvnr aaked for his oass- ports, never asked for warships, and that the whole story as to hi tendering his resignation is a fake. The rumor has sained wide currency that Consul-General Lee ha been given his passports, and tnat a serious rupture had occurred between the United States and Spain. The report is abso lutely discredited here. , NO REPLY SENT TO LEE. State Department Haa Neither Granted Nor Kefuaed Hia Demand a. New York, March 1. A World special from Havana Bays: The state department refuses to answer General Lee's cabled questions, whether or not it will sustain his de mands that Spanish outrages upon Americans cease and that the liberty and treaty right of citixen of the United States be respected by the Span ish authorities. Kuis was kept incommunicado thir teen day before he was killed. To prevent Scott being secretly murdered, General Lee demanded of General Ahumada on Friday that Scott be brought out of close confinement and allowed to see his friends. This was not done by Saturday, and General Lee oabled to Secretary Olney the facts, asking him how many warships wore on the Florida coast, and if one would be sent here in case it became necessary to enforce a demand. Not one word in reply to the ques tion has come from Washington up to Wednesday, four day after the state department had been asked by the consul-general in an emergency if he oould rely upon his government fully sustaining him in protecting the citi ensof his country. The Spanish authorities do not in the least respect treaty stipulation that no Amerioan prisoner must be kept in solitary confinement more than five days, and must be acquainted with the oharge against him within twenty four hours. No American prisoner ever was brought out of solitary confinement in a dark cell within the time specified. The American colony is bordering on a panic, now that there is no hope of protection from the government at Washington unless congress compels it to send a fleet immediately. Bangullly Is Fro. ; : Washington, March 1. Senor de Lome, the Spanish minister, tonight received a cablegram from the Duke of Tetuan Btating that the queen has signed the pardon of Julio Sanguilly. It is stated at the legation that thia action was agreed upon at a cabinet meeting some day ago, but the an nouncement was, according to diplo matic usage, withheld until the queen had formally signed it Olaey' Adrioe to Sangollly. Havana, March 1. The correspond ent of the Associated Press is Informed that Secretary Olney cabled Sanguilly, advising him to withdraw his appeal and aoaept the pardon, conditional upon his leaving Cuba and engaging to have nothing to do hereafter with the revolu tion. The correspondent Is further in formed that Olney expressed the hope that Sanguilly would accept hia advice and keep nis word. The information i well grounded. ONLY, THREE VOTED NO. Boom Paeeed tha International Con. feroaoe mil. Washington, March 1. The last six days of the session are suspension days. All the ordinary rules are suspended, and bills can be passed and resolutions adopted by two-thirds vote of the house. Today was the first of these six days, and the house celebrated it by passing the senate international mone tary conference bill. Despite the seem ing divergence of views on the money question, the bill was passed, after a lively debate of two hours, by a vote of 279 to 8. Those voting no were Henry, Republican, of Connecticut; Johnson, Bepublican, of Indiana, and Qnigg, Re publican, of New York. It was sup ported alike by Republicans, gold Dem ocrats and silver Democrats. The silver Democrats and silver Bepublican dis claimed any faith in the commission to secure bimetal ism, but they expressed themselves as willing to have the test made. . Quigg and Johnson both made vigor ous speeches in opposition. Those who spoke for the bill were C. W. Stone, Grow, Watson, McCreary, Sparkman, Hartman, McKae, Cooper, Cox and Mc Millan, The bill also passed to provide for the arbitration of differences between the carriers of interestate commerce and their employes (known as the Erd man bill); also the senate bill to pre vent the importation of impui? tea. After the dramatio Cuban debate in the senate yesterday, the discussion to day was comparatively spiritless. The galleries were packed, however, in ex pectation .of interesting developments, but there was no incidents during the day that awakened more than passing interest The Indian bill wag consid ered up to 1 P. M., when for four hours a general discussion of the Sanguilly case and of the pardon occurred, Frye said at the outset that the San guilly resolution should be retired. Morgan asked for the adoption . of another resolution calling for informa tion a to the imprisonment of George Aguirre. He also reviewed the San guilly case, declaring that - the action of the senate yesterday had warned Spain against a collision with the Unit ed States, and had moved the queen to the unusual expedient of a pardon by cable. The senator severely criticised the president and secretary of state for alleged inaction in this case. Lodge and Call spoke on various phases of Cuban atrocities, and Hale and White deprecated the Cuban agita tion. A resolution by Call calling on the president for information on behalf of the death of Buiz in Cuba went over to tomorrow. The Sanguilly resolution went to the callendar by general con sent whioh disposed of it a a matter of present interest. The rest of the day was given to the Indian appropriation bill. REPORTS OF PRIZEFIGHTS. Bill for Their Buppreaalon to Be Re ported to tha Hoaae. Washington, March 1. The prelimi nary newspaper reports of the coming Corbett-Fitzsimmons prizefight were brought to the attention of the house committee oh interstate and foreign commerce today by Rev. Wilbur F. Crafts, with the request for speedy and radical action by that committee. Mr. Crafts is secretary of the National Re form League, and has been instru mental in securing congressional action against prizefighting and against lot teries. He presented to the committee the draft of a bill to stop coueational reports of prizefights, representing that most newspapers would be glad to omit the details of pugilistio events from their oolumns if they were not driven to publish them by the enter prise of less scrupulous rivals. . The committee made some immaterial changes in the bill, and then, by a prac tically unanimous vote, instructed Mr. Aldrich, of Illinois, to report it to the house. The text of the bill follows: "Section 1. That no picture or de scription of a prizefight or encounter of pugilists under whatever name, or pro posal or record of betting on the same shall be transmitted in the mails of the United States pr by interstate com merce, whether in a newspaper or other periodical, or telegram, or in any other form. "S!c. 8. hat any person sending such matter or knowingly receiving suoh matter for transmission by mail or interstate oommeroe shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and shall be punishable by imprisonment for not more than five years at the discretion of the court, or by a fine not exceeding $1,000. A Murderous Veteran. Atlanta, March 1. H, P. Cook, a one-armed Confederate veteran, who resides in this city, sent word to hia wife, with whom he had parted on bad terms a few days ago, that he was dying, and begged her to come to his bedside. She complied with his re quest, and as she leaned over his pros trate form he arose suddenly in bed and made a terrific lunge at his wife's throat with an open olaspknife. The knife sank into the woman's neck below the jugular vein and made a gash six inches long under the chin, Mrs. Cook's chances for recovery are very slight. . "' " : -" ; : Gas leakage in Philadelphia in 1895 amounted to over 1,000,000,000 oubio feet worth at 1 per 1,000, $10,000. Caahler Hanged Himself. Essex, Conn., Maroh 1. William S. Whorter, cashier of the National Ex change bank of Hartford, hanged him self here today at the home of his father. The suicide is attributed to melan oholia. ' ; Steal Works Cat Wages. Pueblo, Colo., March 1. Notice of a 10 per cent reduction in wages on all classes of labor, to be inaugurated to day, was posted at the steel works Saturday. HOW TO GROW BEETS' Practical Information for the Northwest Farmer. CB0H 6. W. SHAW'S REPORT Dlfllealtlee Bnrmeanted by Ploaeor Growers Comparleon Between Thl and German Climate a. The subject of cultivating sugar beets, and the manufacture of sugar from them, ho been before the people at different times. When it was seen that the industry was a success In Cali fornia, the prospect of its introduction seemed favorable. Persons agitated the matter with varying success, and at times individuals made experiments in producing the beets, some of which were submitted to analysis. Some of these experiments did not yield result as satisfactorily as was hoped, and gave many the idea that beets containing sufficient eacoharine matter would not grow here. Other individuals also en gaged in producing a few sample beets, devoting more intelligent care to them, and were rewarded with much higher percentage of sugar. Seed have been brought from foreign countries to be distributed among farmers in order that different soils might be tested. Of such efforts as these were those of Mr. H. a Smith, of Portland, Or. About tjie year .1883, Mr. Smith imported some of the beet seed procurable from Cologne, Germany, and had some sent from Alvarado, Cai., where a faotory is ' in successful operation. Both these quantities were distributed, with in structions in planting and cultivating accompanying. From some persons re ceiving the seed no replies were ever obtained, and those who did take the pains to plant at all, stated, in their re port, that but little attention had been given them. Some simply sowed them, leaving the plants to struggle with weeds, etc, while others gave but the slightest cultivating. Of couree, the roots yielded little sugar. Nothing else is to be expected, as the cultivating of sugar beet ha reached a Btage of scien tific exactness that anything like best results cannot be obtained without cer tain care. This is a fair sample of other individual efforts, some of which have had the effect of conveying the belief ' that the industry is not profitable ii the Northwest In 1890, the federal government passed a bounty law, offering 2 cents a pound for domestic sugar testing BO de grees, and cents for all testing be tween 80 and 90, which should be pro duced until Julyl, 1905. In further aid, the agricultural department aided the several states in making experi ments. Seed wo furnished farmers who would agree to plant and care for them, and return sample for analysis, and with reports of other condition. The experiment station at Corvallis, Or., delivered seed to farms in different localities of the state in 1891, in accord ance with this plan. In regard to this effort, Mr. G. W; Shaw, chemist, re ports in bulletin No. 23, the following: "Each year arrangement were made with farmers in different portions ol the station to cultivate a small plat of beets, the seed being furnished them by the station. Although there was heavy and ready response by those who would agree to forward sample for an alysis, accompanied by a report blanks for which were furnished there were many who never responded to a single inquiry after the seed bad been fur nished, notwithstanding that they had expressly -agreed to report results." According to Mr. Shaw's report, care ful instructions were given in regard to cultivation. The kind of soil was specified and the degree of moisture best for the beets was also named. ' The result of these effort were con vincing that beets could be grown with profit The succeeding year preparation were made to repeat with greater care the attempts of 1891-1892. Unavoid able delay in receiving the seed so that it could not be planted in April was the first discouragement. The rainfall dur ing the season was below normal, and all report showed "very dry," "extra ordinary dry," and "weather unfavor able." , Mr. Shaw hot made some interest ing comparison between the tempera ture and preoipitation of Oregon and Germany and France. The era covered by the figures is from May 1 to October 1, the time between planting of seed and harvesting the beets. In France, the temperature May 1 was 67 degrees Farenheit, reaching 71 in June, and falling to 68 in September; in Ger many, May starts with 60 degrees, whioh rises to 67 in June and falls to 49 in September, and the Willamette valley starts with 64 in May, reaching 66 in June and falling off to 55 in Sep tember. -. ' In Eastern Oregon the temperature is about five degree higher than in the Willamette valley in the middle of the summer, but is not much different at the beginning and the end of the sea son. It will be seen that the mean temperature of Oregon is much less than that of either France or Germany, and if mildness of climate is favorable, this section possesses an advantage over both of those countries. All well-conducted experiments have "shown good products, although many who have made indifferent attempts have been rewarded with very unsatis factory returns. Some of the latter have been circulated more or less, and leave the impresson that the soil or climate of the state is unsuitable to the indus try. By devoting proper care, as is shown where experienced hand have token hold of the matter, this state's sugar beets are of superior quality. The olimatio conditions of the other Northwestern states are alike favorable.