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ST. HELENS, OREGON, Fill DAY, MA11CII C, 1897.
VOL. XIV.
NO. 11.
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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. .
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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.
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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.