VOL. XIV.
ST. HELENS, OllEGON, FRIDAY, Al'JtlL 23, 1897.
3STO. 18.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome ot the Telegraphic
Newt of the World.
TERSB TICKS FROM THB WIRES
A a Intereitlag Collection of Itami troai
the Tw. imiipMNi rreseated
IK Condense Vans.
The fireman was killed and another
tmlnhnnd injured by a collision of two
fust freight train near Langtry, Tel.
The Yreka stage was robbed near
Yreka, Cal., by a lone hlghwaymsn.
The passenger were not molested, and
the express box whtuh wna broken open
by the highwayman, contained only
$50. . ' '
The member of the Washington
etata board of horticulture which met
in Taooma recently lay that the report
of damage to fruit tree by the aevere
cold weather last winter are greatly ex
aggerated. An abundant yield ia now
predicted.
Answering a question regarding the
proieot of the government sending
out invitation for a bimetallic confer
ence, Mr. Balfour reiterated, in tiie
house of comniona, that there wa
nothing In the situation which would
lead him to suppose that anything
could be gained by Great Britain tak
ing the initiative in promoting an in
' ternational bimetallio conference.
The etoamor Edith, chartered by the
Ataika Steamship Company to take
paaiienger and freight from the w rocket l
Willapa to Jnnean and Dyea, ha re
turned to Port Townsend. The Wil
lutva I reported a being a total wreck.
Her hull broke on the rock and aank to
the bottom of the tea. The loo on
the Willapa and cargo la eNtimated at
$00,000; insurance on the boat, $28,-
000.' v
Representative Tongue of Oregon I
making an effort to have anthracite
coal placed on the dutiable lint, because
It come in competition with the coal
produoed in Oregon and VYaahington.
lie prepared and had circulated a peti
tion to the finance committee of the
annate, asking that thia be done, and
getting forth the reaaona. Thia peti
tion wa ilgned by nearly all the Pa
cific coaat aenator.
The following proclamation baa been
Issued by the Greek irregular, who
have begun the invaaion of Macedonia
at Baltino: "Brother and Soldier of
Ctiriat and Liberty: We hoist the flag
of liberty, the Greek flag. Under ita
shadow let u unite, with the watch
word, 'Liberty or Death.' Tho justice
of oor cause i recognized hy all free
people blessed by Uod. Let u push
onward, brother Greeks; God ia with
tie."
By a collision between two passenger
traina at Harrlsburg, N. O., three men
were killed outright and several other
seriously injured.
C. B. Bellinger, United gtatea dis
trict Judge for Oregon, ha been ap
pointed by Governor Lord a member of
the board of regent of the state Uni
verity at Kugene.
The Holdagebla'tt, the Dutch news
paper of Cape Town, deelarea that lead
ing officials of the Transvaal speak
openly of war with England a inevit
able, and aver that it will be carried
right up to Table bay.
A dispatch from Montevideo state
that a serious engagement has occorred
between the federal troop under Colonel
Camilla and the insurgent near Minas.
The federal are aaid to have been de
feated. The insurgents have captured
the town of Sarandi del Yt,
Hot wind have taken the snow from
the mountain above Pondleton, Or.,
and the Umatilla river la up to a high
a stage a at any time this spring.
Part of the railroad bridge above town
ha gone out, compelling the abandon
ment of the branch line between there
and Walla Walla. The water la still
rising, and promise to do more damage.
Fire greatly damaged the dwelling
house occupied by James Jackson, a rel
ative of President Andrew Jackson, and
inheritor of the relics of the deceased
president, at Clifton, O. Among the
relics was General Jnckson's carriage,
the wheels of which were made of tim
ber from the bid war frigate Constitu
tion. The carriage was destroyed along
with many other relics, valued at $10,
000. The Turkish porte, in a protest to
the powers against Greek invasion, says
that the regular Greek army occupied
Turkish territory near Grevno and com
mitted acts of hostility by destroying
three posts. The protest further de
clares that these acts virtually consti
tute an act of aggression and a casus
belli, and denounce Greece a an ag
gressor In the war.
A Bait Lake paper prints what is
claimed to be a confession by J. W.
Fetaer, who Is under arrest at Dillon,
Mont., in which he say he killod Dr.
C. H. Nichols, superintendent of the
insane asylum at Washington in 1878.
He ays he has ten or fifteen other vic
tims, but will not plead guilty unless
he can get a death sentence. Falser
was arrested last wock in Bait Lake and
turned over to Montana authorities,
charged with swindling the state.
A oablegram received at the state de
partment in Washington from Consul
Vifquain, at Panama, announces that
yellow fever has made its appearance
at that port.
Michael Davitt, M. P., in an inter
view at Oakland, Cal., expressed the
opinion that home rule will soon be
won for Ireland. He thinks that the
liberal will carry the country at the
next general election, and that the Irish
party will have the balance of power,
thus being in a position to dictate term
(O the liberals.
FOR CZAR'S WARSHIPS.
Illinois Steel Company to Bid on a Big
Contract for Armor I'lata.
Chicago, April 20 The Illinois
Stool Company has received through
tho Russian minister at Washington a
proposition looking to the company
bidding on arnior-plato for the two
Russian war ship. ; Tho contract Is to
be for 8,000 tons, and In case of award
the Chicago concern would turn into its
treasury in tho neighborhood of $8,
000,000. It is said the offers of the Illinois
Steel Company to furnish the United
Ktates government with armor-plato at
the remarkably low figure of $240 a
ton lias startled the war departments
the world over. For the past two years
the Russian government has been com
ing to the United States for nearly all
tho armor-plate used in constructing its
new ships of war, but the contract
have heretofore been awarded to either
the Carnegie or the Bethlehem com
pany, each of which have supplied the
armor for a Russian man-of-war. The
war scare in the fur East has evidently
started the most active preparations in
the czar' naval department.
The contract which the Illinois Steel
Company is asked to bid on is the
largest ever awarded by the Russian
government. It is hinted that it is the
purpose of the latter to got in it con
tract ahead of the United Ktates.
President Gates wa seen today, but
he refused to discuss the matter further
than to say the report was correct, and
that he had written the Russian minis
ter at Washington, to whom the offer
wa made, for all necessary particulars
for proceeding with the bids. The
niattor will be laid before the directors
of the company next Wednesday in
Now York.
HOHENLOHE RESIGNS.
The U.rtnin Binnlre Will Man a
Change of Chaneellors.
-Berlin, April SO. Prince Hohenlohe,
the imperial chancellor, a press corre
spondent understands, in a letter dated
from Baden Baden, April 18, forwarded
hi resignation to the emperor. A
brisk exchange of telegraph messages
followed. His majesty insisted upon
the chancellor returning office for the
present, in spite of the cogent reason
cited in Prinoc Hohonlohe's letter, urg
ing that his resignation at this juncture
would seriously embarrass the emperor.
Prince Hohenlohe again and again in
sisted that, apart from other serious
reasons, his health just now is of the
worst. The prince subsequently went
to Paris, where his wife bad preceded
him.;
As reason animating him to resign,
Prince Hohenlohe urges his inability
to carry out hi solemn promise to sub
mit to the reiohstag and to the diet two
bills, one placing the Prussian law reg
ulating political meetings upon a more
1 literal and modern basis, and the other
reforming the procedure of military
trials.'
The prince's inability to carry out
his promise is said to be doe to the ex
treme reactionary attitude of Baron von
dor Horst, Prussian minister of the
interior. At this moment it is Impos
sible to say how the crisis will end, bnt
in the critical situation of Europe a
change of chancellor would be danger
ous. WHEAT TAKES A JUMP.
Now York float Up Four Cant on Ke-
ports of War In tha East.
New York, April 20. There waa
tremendous excitement in the wheat
market today. Prices advanced 4 cents
a bushel in a little over two hours.
Dealings ran up into the millions. The
shorts were completely stampeded, and
their order to buy flooded the market
from start to finish. War news and
foreign buving were the factors which
occasioned the tumult. The foreign
buying wa by far the heaviest een in
a long time. No limit waa set on the
execution of foreign orders, which read
"Buy wheat." and it was bought in at
Buy figure. During the regular session
May went from la;i to 78 cents, ana
later on the curb to 70 cents. To
other influenes was added the export de
mand at the close. Liverpool taking
tirtv-five loads. The market was at a
fever heat all day, and left off at its
wildest point. Total sales were be
tween 8,000,000 and 6, B00, 000
bushels. "
Hopas to Ba Pardoned.
' Havana. Anril 20. A Dress corre-
nnmiRnt went to Cabanas toduV and
saw General Rivera and Colonel Baca-
loa. He found Rivera in a large, dry
and well-ventilated cell. At the mo
mnt nf tli visit the General was lvinn
down, but he had been able to leave
his bed the day before. -His wounus
are healing rapidly, and he is hoping
to be pardoned as a special lavor 01 uis
i,r,iurn f!n nnnl HilflllllOU IS SlUUlaNV
situated, and the two officers have a I
aorvant wlm attends them. Tliev have
comfortable beds and good meals sent
in daily from a restaurant near oy.
Neither has any special oomplaint to
make. Colonol Bacalloa Is also confi
dent of a pardon.
The correspondent touay saw uweu
Melton and Alfred Laborde, Of the
Competitor orew. They are loking
well.
Briiradier-General Moncada has been
promoted to be second in command
under the chief of staff of Captain-Gen-
oral Weyler.
Sun Frannlscn. AdHI 20. Two 12
(nth onna fnr baT defense, one to be
mounted at Lime point and the other
at Fort point, have reaohed uns city.
They are practically duplicates, differ-
t only in the nature oi mmr muuui
. Rnth wnra made at the Water-
..iiLt and were shinned from
Highland beaoh, Sandy Hook, after be
ing tested. Each gun weighs 118,880
pounds, measure 48 feet in length,
and will throw a hot weighing 1,000
pound.
WAR HAS COMMENCED
Turkish Army at Last on
the Offensive.
NO FORMAL DECLARATION MADE
Tha Troop of the Sultan Hava In
vaded Thesaaly wo Fierce
Battles Fought.
Constantinople, April 80. Thecoun
cil of minister, after a session at the
palace today, declared that war had
broken out on the frontier, owing to the
incursion by the Greeks on Turkish
territory, and Edhim Pasha, the Turk
ish military commander, was ordered
to assume the offensive.
The announcement of an actual ex
istence of a state of war on the frontier
was at first misunderstood, reports that
the council of minsters had declared
war upon Greece being widely circu
lated. It was also reported that the
council of ministers had decided to re
call Aasiin Bey, the Turkish minister
at Athens, and given passports to M.
Maurooordato, the Greek minister at
Constantinople.
The situation is summed up in a de
tailed circular sent this evening to the
Turkish representatives aoroad. Thia
circular recalls the invasion of Turkish
territory, and states that the last in
cursion was participated In by Greek
troops, thereby establishing war. The
circular expresses the hope that the
iwwers, in a spirit of justice, will
agree that the entire responsibility for
war falls on Greece. Turkey has no
idea of conquest, the cicrular adds, and,
as a fresh proof of pacific sentiments,
the sublimo porte offers to retire the
Turkish troops on the frontier if Geeoe
will retire her troop from the frontier
and Crete.
Tha Turks Heavy Fire.
London, April 20. The Times' cor
respondent, at Elassona says:
1 visited the hospital today and found
all admirably conducted. But the
scene waa most distressing, the wound
ed screaming in their agony and fever
ishly tearing the bedding in their de
lirium. In Saturday's hill fighting, the
Turks had the advantage. They were
judiciously ambushed behind the rocks,
and from their sheltered positions
maintained an incessant fire.
Today 'a fighting atMilouuapass took
place around three outlying block
houses, which were captured, then
retaken, captured again and again re
taken. The Greek positions suffered
from the splendid Schrapnel practice
of the Turkish batteries at a range of
8,800 meters. Columns of smoke
could be seen rising in every direction
from the Greek positions, caused by the
Turkish shell fire. The Greeks defend
ed with the greatest courage, but were
not able to stand against the slow and
steady advanoe of the Turks. ,
As evening oame on three out of the
outworks surrendered and asked the
Turks to cease the shell firing. , The
latter now held the advanced line, ex
cept at one spot.
The principal fighting done by the
Turkish infantry was at Skuuiba and
Dumenie, to the right of the pass.
Diplomatic Relations Severed.
Constantinople, April 80. Tewflk
Pasha, the Turkish minister of foreign
affairs, visited the foreign envoys yes
terday and informed them that the
Turkish frontier had been crossed on
Friday night by fresh bands of Greek,
among whom were a few regulars. It
was this news which led to the calling
of a council of ministers and precipitat
ed the decision to announce that war
hod broken out between Turkey and
Greece.
The Greek minister here, Maurooor
dato, was, at the same time notified of
the rupture of diplomatic relations be
tween Turkey and Greece. His pass
ports will be handed him and he will
leave Constantinople. At the same
time, the archives of the Greek lega
tion will be removed. In addition, all
the Greek merchants in Turkey were
informed that they were given a fort
night's notice to leave the Ottoman
empire.
The Invasion of Greene.
Constantinople, April 20. The porte
has received a dispatch from Edhim
Pasha, the Turkish commander-in-chief
at Elassona, dated Saturday even
ing, saying that, in consequence of an
invasion of Turkish territory by Greeks,
hla troop have seized the height of
Pernar and Velsohko. The fourth di
vision has entered Greek territory.
sorted Out of Elassona.
London, April 80. A Times dis-i
patch from Elassona say that the
Greek consul is leaving the town this
evening, under escort There is no
news aa yet from Metzovo, but from
Sarkos to Kalaterina, all the troops are
engaged, except the reserves. Hifiza
Pasha, who was killed at Milouna,
served in the Crimean war of 1877.
Crossed Into Macedonia.
Athens, April 20. A telegram from
Trikhala, sent at 8 o'olock this even
ing, says the Greek brigade defending
Reveni haa advanoed into Damaai plain
and occupied Viglia, which commands
the plain, after capturing tho Turkish
battory thore. It is reported that sev
eral bands have entered Macedonia.
Greek Bands Near Salonlca.
Salonica, April 80. Greek bands
have landed at Elevetheropol), west of
Tavala, and are marching on Goyson.
Their design is evidently to cut the
railway line to Salonica. Turkish
troops have been cent in pursuit, and
there haa been fighting, but the result
is not known here.
Don't trust to the fallacy that wild
boasts can be controlled by the human
eye.
THE FLOOD DISTRICT.
A Serious Break Has Occurred In the
Louisiana Levee. -
Vicksburg, Miss., April 19. The
levee at Biggs, in Madison parish, four
and a half miles below Delta, La.,
broke at 10 o'clock tonight. The crev
asse wa 120 feet wide twenty minutes
after it gave way. Delta is directly
opposite Vicksburg. The Queen &
Crescent route train dispatchers' office
reported the break at 12 o'clock to
night. The news was sent to Delta at
once, the operator being roused out of
bod, and the message of warning sent
along the line of tho railroad. The
levee is a great one, and has been en
gaging special attention of the authori
ties for weeks. - Several hundred con
viets have been employed upon it in ad
dition to other laborers, and so greatly
had it been strengthened that only to
day the belief was confidently expressed
by men living beside it that it would
hold. The disaster will be a great one.
The situation along the Louisiana
levees across the river for fifty miles
above and below this oity dwarfs every
other feature of the flood problem into
temporary insignificance. The rise
shows no sign of diminution, and the
remaining levees are actually in danger
of being overtopped by the water now
pouring out of tiie Yazoo baain in a
sheet twenty-five miles wide for a dis
tance of ten miles opposite this city.
In spite of the evident danger and of
the repeated warnings of the weather
bureau, very few persons are removing
stock to the highlands, though 100
head of mules were brought to this city
tonight from Sparta plantation, in
Louisiana, ten miles above here. At
several points the water has reaohed
the top of the levee and is being held
back by sacks and lumber.
THE WOOL. SCHEDULE.
Western Senators Combine to Secure
Important Changes.
Washington, April 19. Western
senators, after several conferences, have
reached an agreement to stand together
for important changes in the wool
schedule of the Dingley bill. The sen
ators most prominently identified with
the movement are Messrs. Mantle, Car
ter, Shoup, Warren and Burrows. They
have not only agreed upon a line of
amendments, but have decided to insist
on their inclusion in the bill. The
meetings have also been attended by
many prominent woolgrowers.
The proposed amendments are direct
ed mainly to closing the many loop
holes for evasion and fraud which wool
n en agree abound in the Dingley law,
and were also found in the McEinley
law. An amendment was agreed upon
providing that an additional duty of 4
cents a pound should be levied upon
skirted wools and wools, as imported in
1890, and prior to that time.
The principal change, however, to be
proposed is upon wool and camel's-hair
of the third-class. The Dingley bill
proposes an ad valorem duty of 82 and
68 per cent, respectively, upon wools of
this clabS valued under and over 13
cents per pound. It is proposed now
to strike out the Dingley bill clauses
relating to third-class wools and to in
sert instead the following:
"On wools of the third-class and
camela'-liair of the third-class, the
value of which shall be 8 cents or less
per pound in the wool markets of the
United States, the duty shall be Scents
per pound, and on all wool and hair of
this class, the value of which shall not
exceed 8 cents per pounnd in tha gen
eral markets of the United States, there
shall be an additional duty of one-half
of 1 cent per pound for eaoh increase
of 1 cent per pound in the value there
of."; .; ..
SPAIN FORCED TO GIVE UP.
Withdrawal of Her Army From Cuba
Will Soon Begin.
Washington, ; April 19. According
to information received from trust
worthy sources here the withdrawal of
at least a part of the great army Spain
has maintained for several years in the
island of Cuba will begin when the
rainy season sets in within a few days.
The initial movement will be the de
parture Of 10,000 Spanish troops from
Havana for Spain, and within a short
time 80,000 troops, it is understood, will
withdraw. The Spanish insist posi
tively that it means only that little or
nothing of the insurrection remains;
that Gome has only about fifty or 100
followers, and to watch these under con
ditions in which the campaign has been
necessarily conducted, a few thousand
are quite as effective as the' 180,000
men now in Cuba,
The Cuban contingent, on the other
hand, insists that the Spanish finanoial
resources are exhausted and the troops
are to be withdrawn because of lack of
money to keep them in service.
Chinese "Actors" Will Be Admitted.
Washington, April 19. Secretary
Gago has instructed customs officers at
Pembina, N. D., to admit the 150
Chinese who are en route to the Nash
ville exposition. This action ia taken
on instructions of the director-general
that their admission is necessary, un
der concessions made to exhibitors and
Others. ' -
Struck for Mora Wages.
Patterson, N. J., April 19. Having
been denied an increase of wages, 500
employes of the, Kearney Foot File
works Btruok today.
England Heeds Our Warning. ,
London, April 19. Gerald B. Hamp
ton, with Professor Thompson, went to
Behring sea in- 1898, to inquire into
seallife, has left England again on a
similar mission. The report made to
the foreign office in January set forth
that the effoct of pelagic sealing is not
nearly so serious as the Americans
have stated, but the commissionera
favored some common measure between
the two governments for the pieserva
tion of the seals. ,
SANDOVAL'S MISSION
The Cubans Will Endeavor to
Frustrate It.
THE PRESIDENT'S CUBAN POLICY
Spaniah Soldiers In Santa Clara Balded
an Katate and Tore tip an
. American Flat;. '
Philadelphia, April 19. A private
meeting of Cubans and Cuban sympa
thizers was held in this city today, at
which it was decided to take steps to
frustrate what the Cubans claim is the
real object of Major Luno Sandoval's
visit to this city. This is said to be
the arrest of the members of the Cuban
junta in this country. It has been
stated that Major Sandoval oame to
Philadelphia to purchase munitions of
war to be shipped in the general way to
General Weyler in Cuba. Leading
Cubans, however, assert that it is to
gather information that will culminate
in the arrest of General Estrada Pal ma
and General Quesada in Washington.
The former is the minister of the Cuban
republic, and the latter charge d'affaires
at the capital. It is asserted that Major
Sandoval has been commissioned by
General Weyler for this express pur
pose, and is known to have in bis pos
session documents found on the steamer
Laurada on one of her trips to Cuba,
showing the parts played by Generals
Palma and Quesada in her movements.
Should the arrest of the junta lead
ers result, and the issue be made in
court as to the liability of such a pol
icy, there will be a question of juris
diction that will not only involve the
interstate commerce laws, but also ques
tions of belligerency and the customs
comity of nations.
M'KINLEY'S CUBAN POLICY.
The War Must Be Fought on Civil
, laed Liuea.
New York, April 19. A Tribune
dispatch from Washington says:
The policy of the administration in
reference to Cuba ia not likely to be
criticised as was that of its predecessor
on the score of indifference to the
rights of American citizens. Secretary
Sherman will see to it that imprison
ment of suspects entitled to the pro
tection of the United States for an in
definite period is no longer indulged in
by Spanish officials in Cuba. He will
even go further and make it plain to
the Spanish authorities that they can
not, in the closing of the 19th century,
be permitted to carry on war on princi
ples widely divergent from modern civ
ilization. . In short, notice has been
served on the Spanish government
informally as yet, but still in unmis
takable terms that this government
recognizes a state of civil war on the
island of Cuba which demands a treat
ment of prisoners taken in action by
either side somewhat different from
that which seems to have been accorded
them thus far.
The immediate cause of this notice
being served on tha Spanish govern
ment waa, of courte, the capture of
Cuban General Kivera and the rumor
that he would be forthwith tried by
drumhead court-martial and shot.
The president, immediately after the
news of the fate in store for the pris
oner was received, ordered the secretary
to draw up a protest against the con
templated action of General Weyler.
Upon second oonsideartion, however,
the protest took a less formal shape.
Instead of being diverted to the Spanish
minister in writing, Senor deLome waa
sent for by the secretary of state and
informed as to the views of the admin
istration in the matter. This protest,
it is assumed, was no less explicit than
that-which Secretary Sherman had pre
viously drafted. At any rate it had its
effect, for General Rivera is still living.
TORE UP AN AMERICAN FLAG.
i. - . ' ,
An Outrage by Spanish Soldiers In
Santa Clara. '
New York, April 19. A Herald dis.
patch from Sagua Grande via Key West
cays a report has just reached there of
an outrage perpetrated near the town
of Encircujada, by Spanish troops, who
destroyed the property owned by the
wife of the British vice-consul, Mr.
Harris, of Sagua Grande, and tore up
an American flag which the manager
of the estate, George Harris, who is an
American citizen, had draped over his
bed. -. jv-; - ;v: .
The estate of Mrs. Harris, oalled La
Palma, is about two miles from Encir
crujada. The troops broke open the
doors and removed articles . of value.
Finding the flag in,tbe manager's bed
room, the soldiers carried it out with
many epithets and tore it into bits.
Being satisfied with their vengeance on
the bit of bunting, in the absence of
its owner, they departed.
The matter was reported to Mr. Har
ris on his return, aud he promptly laid
it before the British and American
consular officials in Sagua, who will
cause a thorough investigation.
It is said ' the Spanish assert that
they had seen insurgents leaving the
estate, but this is denied by, the mana
ger. The American oonsnl at Sagua,
his friends say, will make a full report
on the flag incident. He is Mr. Bar
ker, one of the most vigorous American
representatives on the island.
War of Devastation.
Havana, April 19. In view of the
approach of the rainy season, Captain
General Weyler has ordered the erec
tion of an infirmary on the trocha and
the extension of the military hospitals.
New hospitals will be constructed at
Trinidad, Casilda, Isabella and Sagua.
The oaptain-general has ordered the
demolition of all houses inside the cul
tivated zone. This is on the theory
that the peasants will remain at night
in the blockhouses and remove their
families to the towns. ,
ACCIDENT ON THE Y ANTIC.
A Gunner Blown to Atoms and Tare
Others Injured.
New York, April 19. The Herald
publishes the following special corre
spondence from Montevideo, Urugay:
When the United States steamship
Yantio was at stationary target prac
tice at Chico bank. La Plata river,
about seventy-five miles southwest
from Montevideo, a sickening accident
occurred. The required shots had
been fired from the 60-pound rifle on
the forecastle and the eight-inch rifle
forward. Three shots had been?flred
from the nine-inch smoothbore muzzle-
loader, and only one more shot was re
quired from this last gun to complete
a very successful target practice.
The nine-inch gun was then loaded.
On acount of the narrowness of the
Yantic and the smailness of the gun
porta it is necessary for a man loading
the gun to lean out of the port, clasp
ing one arm about the muzzle of the
gun and work the sponge and rammer
with the other arm, partly exposing
his body in front of the muzzle. The
bore bad been sponged out with the
sponge, freshly dampened in the divi
sion tub, and the charge of eleven
pounds of black powder had been ram
med home by P. Murphy, a seaman,
assisted by O. Gormansen, another sea
man, on the other sile. C. Hayden,
the coxswain, was holding his thumb
on the vent in order to prevent the air
from reaching any lighted fragments of
the previously exploded cartridge that
might have remained in the chamber.
; Apparently none of the precautions
extinguished the burning bits of cloth,
for the cartridge exploded while Mur
phy was withdrawing the rammer and
he was blown off the boat. No trace
of him was found, although boats were
instantly lowered and search made.
Gormansen lost an eye and was seri
ously injured and one arm was broken.
Hayden's hand was badly burned, and
the upper half of the port was shat
tered. After the accident the Yantic
returned to Montevideo.
GRANT MONUMENT.
Work on the Structure la Practleall)
Completed.
New York, April 19. Speculators
are actively canvassing the houses
along the line of the Grant monument
parade, endeavoring to secure window
privileges. - In many cases entire
houses have been secured and permits
for erecting stand in front of them ob
tained. It is estimated that the stands
to be constructed will seat at least 75,
000 persons.
The Grant monument is now com
pleted, the only work remaining to be
done being the polishing of the marble
and the brushing of the bronze doors.
The armored steel case containing Gen
eral Grant's body will be opened so
that the coffin can be taken out. ,
It is officially denied that any of
the rivets which fastened the covering
of this casing were sold by workmen as
souvenirs.
The rivets were not removed, as the
workmen simply drilled through the
top of them, which was all that, was
necessary to open the case. The steel
case is to be disposed of at the will of
Colonel Grant It will probably be
destroyed.
Carleesness Caused a Death.'
Chicago, , April ; 1$. Policeman
Krafts accidentally shot and killed his
sweetheart, Miss Lottie E. Jacobs, last
night while cleaning a revolver. The
bullet entered Miss Jacobs' left arm
near the elbow, followed the bone up
wards and pierced . the heart. The
woman fell to the floor dead and Krafts,
not waiting to learn the extent of her
injuries, : rushed from the house in
search of a physician. In the mean
time the police had been notified, and
when Krafts was confronted . by Cap
tain Barr, then for the first time he
learned that the woman was dead, and
it was all that Captain Barr could do
to prevent the man from killing him
self. The couple were to have been
married soon.
Hit hy a Spent Bullet.
Santa Fe., N. M., April 19. Fran
cisco Navarro, 10 years old, is dying at
the United States Indian school from a
gunshot wound inflicted under extra
ordinary conditions. Two miles down
the valley from the Indian school Dep
uty Sheriff Alexander Allan and a
party were rabbit shooting and a stray
bullet from Allan's rifle, after cover
ing all this distance, passed over the
three-story school building and fell
among sixty school children who were
playing on the campus. It struck the
boy Navarro below the heart.
A Priest Asphyxiated.
Beading, Penn., April 19. Fathei
Phillip Berseford, rector of St. Jo
seph's (Catholio) parish, was found
dead in bed in the parsonage adjoining
the edifice this morning. Death was
due to suffocation from illuminating
gas. His age was about 50 years. The
gas was discovered pouring from jet
partly turned off. The supposition is
that death was the result of an acci
dent. '
. Gasoline Stova Xxploded.
Riverside, Cal., April 19. Word
was received today from Corona that a
young child of a family named Fran
cisco burned to death there through
the explosion of a gasoline stove.
Ohio Tillage Destroyed.
lPpamnnt fY . Anrll 10. TriA ftnlim
Vnu S it amm ni tirtn rtf t Vi a vi 11 q rr if T.inrl.
sey was burned this morning. A dozen
rmildin-a were burned, entailina a. loss
of 115,000; insuranoe tlO.OOO.
Mixed Up in the Scandal.
Paris. April 19. Ex-Deputy Plant-
eneu has been arrested on a charge of
complicity in the Panama canal scan
dal.
NORTHWEST BREVITIES
Evidence of Steady Growth
and Enterprise.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
Wnm All the Cities and Towns of
tho Thriving SUtor States
' Oregon.
A baseball association has been or
ganized in The Dalles.
. The woolgrowers of Grant county
will meet at Mount Vernon the first
Saturday in May.
The steamer Areata took out from
Coos bay on her last trip more than
2,500 sack of potatoes.
Eastern Oregon hills will rejolee in
fine crop of bnnchgrass this year, ow
ing to abundant moisture.
The Columbia county court haa ex
tended the time in which taxes may be
paid to June 15. No penalty will bo
added before that time.
A proposition to bond the Eagle
Point, Jackson county, school district
for 11,000 was defeated last 'week by a
vote of forty-five to thirty-four.
The Huntington Herald says that a
vuiflin vuhki, bin. cling iiivUjj I m, uu .
engaged in secret revolutionary work,
passed through that town last week.
The firemen of Baker City have al
ready begun to work to make a great,
success of the firemen's tournament,
that will be held in that city June 8, 9
and 10.
The students of the Normal school in
Drain planted twenty graceful trees on
Arbor day. The senior class planted
an elder, which gives every promise of
thriving.
Goose lake, in Lake county, is mnch
higher this spring than it has been for.
a number of years. A number of.
houses and haystacks are completely
surrounded by water.
A chamber of commerce has been or
ganized at Marsh field with purpose "to
assist in the establishment of indus
tries and to encourage all enterprises
that will be a benefit to the com
munity." Judge Fullerton has announced that
he will issue no order restraining the
county court of Coos county from or
dering the building of the new court
house till both sides have had a full
hearing.
A weekly shipment of sturgeon is be
ing made from Huntington, and some
good-sized fish have been brought in
lately. Fish weighing between 800
ana sou pounas are not an uncommon
thing there. They are taken from
Snake river, near Old's Ferry.
A farmer of Yamhill county last
year raised four or five tons of flaxseed,
which he ground into feed after a great
deal of experimenting and adjusting of
his self-made grinder. He sold hi
product at a good profit to produce
dealers and druggists of McMinnville.
The ground flaxseed sella for feed at S
cents a pound, which is about an aver
age return of (40 per acre.
Washington.
There is talk of building a telephone
line from Thorp to EllenBburg.
The bridge across the Colville river
at Kettle Falls haa been finished.
The fees received by the county clerk
of Cowlita county, last month, exceed
ed the clerk's Balary by $35.
, The Chuckanut stone quarries have
received orders to get out stone for the
government lighthouse at Coos bay. ;
There were 60 births in Whitman
county during the first quarter of thia
year, 80 boys and 30 girls. There were
48 marriages and 25 deaths. '
The Thurston county commissioners
counted over the funds in the treasur
er's office last week and found $9,447.76
in warrants, and 12,653.21 in cash. '
A cloudburst last week flooded all of
the gulches leading into Bussell creek,
in Walla Walla county. A few of the
farmers' houses were flooded, but not
much damage was done.
The printing of the session laws for
the teigslative session just closed is all
completed, with the exception of the
index, which is now being pushed day
and night, and will soon be done.
" The Spokane land office has decided
that a woman who has been divorced
from her husband cannot maintain any
homestead rights accruing to him, on
account of prior martial relations with
him. , i
The log drive of the Palouse Lumber
Company has ended, the logs now be
ing in the boom at the mill in Palouse.
Mr. Codd has a drive of 1,500,000 feet
on the way down the - Palouse river to
Colfax.
Hon. h. F. Barge and Judge Good
win, Indian commissioners, are expect
ed to return to North Yakima the lat
ter part of this month and resume ne
gotiations with the Yakima Indians,
looking to the opening of the reserva
tion. . . '
A corporation has been organized in
Davenport, with a capital stock of
(4,000, the object of which corporation
is to build a two-story building, the
upper part of which will be used for
lodges and the lower part for a publio
hall. .
Whatcom county baa more miles of
planked road than anr other county in
the state, and proposes to continue to
network the county with these useful
highways of commerce, having just
warded a contract for seven miles to
be built for $11,71.
The receiver of the First National
bank, of Olympia, has received infor
mation from Controller Eckles that a
dividend of 80 per cent has been de
clared in favor of the creditors of the
bank. . The dividend will be payable
In about thirty day.