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VOL. XIV.
8T. HELENS, OIIEOON, Fill DAY, JUNE 18, 1897.
NO. 2(i.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK
From all Part of the
and Old World.
New
BttlEF iSD IHTKEESTINO ITEMS
eemarekeaalva Itevlew Inieer-
t Happenings ef the Ou
'. ml Wee.
An epidemic ot cholera hit broken
out iu Bangkok.
Proof la positive tluit Dr. Ruin, the
American, wan murdered in a Spanish
prison in Cuba. .
A boiler exploded in the print work
of Norcegit Bro., Piiobla, Mexico, kill
ing 60 or more person.
Fire destroyed $80,000 worth of prop
erty in Cuiro, 111. Twenty-five head
of horses and a number of dwellings
were burned.
A cloud bii rut, which caused the rivet
Morge in France to rive suddenly,
wracked over 600 factories and work
shop and desolated many iniall town.
It I iald in Astoria, upon what I
apparently good anthority, that Mul
ooira W. Sale, of Young'a Ulvor, wIkim
disappearance In March lust created
somewhat ot a aonaaatlon, ii alive and
well. :
Earthquake were experienced in the
late of Oaxaea, Mexico, and some dam
age win done on the isthmus of To
huaiitepec, wliere slightly constructed
house were cracked. One abode lusted
40 itecoiida.
Jerome Smeathera, ln wife and seven
cliildron were poisoned at Yelvlngton,
Ky., with Paria green, which acoi
dentally full in a bucket of water. One
child la reported dead, two dying and
possibly none will recover.
Owing to engineer and conductor for
getting ordcra a freight tmin crushed
into a work train, both going at a high
rate of speed, near Hudmin, Wisconsin,
and four workmen were Instantly
killed, three bodies being burned.
There was a collision between Ameri
can and Spanish marine in Vera Crua,
Mexico. The Spanish hurrahed (or
Weyler and the Americana for Cuba.
The latter were helped by Mexicans and
d the marine were put to (tight.
The department of state hit boon
officially informed that an internation
al conference will he held In Berlin
from October 11 to 10, 1807, to tliscitsa
the leprosy question. There will be
leotnrea and exbibita oonnected thcro
with. .. ,
A Spanish captain and two lienten
anta wore tried by court-inurtiiil In Las
Cabanas fortress anil- sentenced to be
hot for cowardice iu having, after 11
duya siege, aurremlered the government
(orta at Casa Orro In eaatern Cuba, to
the patriot foroea of Oenoral Cut into
Garcia. ...
More than three acore of men have
recently demoted from the warship
New York and Massuchu tells, together
with those who left the Texas while
he waa In New York. Twenty-eight
men took French leave of the Texas
and 80 are missing from the New York.
It la not known how many are mining
from the Massachusetts. In every coho
the deaertera are of (oreigu birth.
Alfred Pearce, In attempting to
board a train at Mendota, Oil., was
ran over and horribly mangled, lie
died at the hospital few hours after
the accident
Lansing, Io., was visited by a an p
poaed earthquuke. An explanation haa
boon found In the fact that a motoor
waa seen to full near the city at the tiino
of the ahock.
Jmum William, editorof the Chron
iolo, ot Arniore, I. ' T., waa abot and
killed by a prominent attorney of that
city for an attack made through the
column! of Willhima' paper,
The grasshopper are doing consider
able damage in Morrow county, Or.
Garden have been completely ruined
around Lexington, and in many plucea
entire fluid of wheat have beeu eaten
up.
The pleasure steamer . Hermoaa, of
Son Franciaoo, while 90 miles off the
Golden Gate, waa ahukon up consider
ably while on her last outward trip by
colliding with a whulo. The whule
waa nearly cut in two and tbo steamer
will have to go to the drydook for re
pair. . v
Newa oomoa from Grant county, Or.,
of the traglo death of Jeff Con ley, a
aheopman, at hia cabin in the moun
tains. . lie went to the crock to got wa
ter, and a he atooped over, hia pistol
full from his belt against tho pail lis
waa carrying, and the woa)Kn was dis
charged. Tho bullet panned thr.wgh
his body, resulting in death tho follow
ing day. i :.
An Astoria dispatch any the past
week ha aeen a radical change, for tho
better In the run of salmon. The de
liveries of fish have been remarkably
"rge, even for tbia time o( the year,
The
oannorioa are all running at full
wipnuny. not niy nre the hhIi un
usually numerous, but the run tin to
quality la extraordinarily fine. As an
example, a fisherman one morning, af
ter a few hours' work, turned into one
of the lower town canneriea 80 chlnook
salmon, which averaged by actual
Weight more than 60 pound aplx-o.
A committee of German 'protection,
leta have addressed a communication
to tho foreign offloe complaining o(
American competition, and asking for
a heavy Import duty on American
oyoloa, on the-ground that If audi duty
i not imposed, 3,000 men employed in
German cycle factories will bo thrown
out of work, owing to the cxtradordin
ry cheapness of American wheels.
The petition, It is said, is not likely to
be granted, for the cheapness com
plained of generally lasts only until
the cycle in question- become faniou.
LABOR AND IMMIGRATION.
Comport Hk the Views of the Unions
of til Federation,
Washington, Juno IS. President
Gomjiers and tho other members of the
executive council of the American
Federation of Labor have sent a greet
ing on the immigration question to the
alllllated unions, in order by ' this
means to obtain the sense of organized
labor on the immigration question in
Its several phase. The greeting aays:
"The subject haa been divided in
snoh manner so that each member may
have a fair opportunity to vote either in
favor ot or against the entire subject of
immigration restriction, or upon the
measure and aoopo of uuli restriction.
Of course, those who are opposed to the
restriction of immigration need give
little attention to the manner by which
restriction may be aecured, while those
who are favorable to restriction can
fully discus and decide a to tbo
form and measure of restriction.
The following are the question sub
mitted:
"First Doe your organization favor
amending the laws of the United Htntes
to restrict Immigration more than it i
now restricted?
"Second-Doe your organization
favor a provision in the law guarding
against criminal and pntier elements
entering into the United States?
"Third Should the (orelgn consular
service and our immigration depart
ment be entrusted with greater powers
to enforce Immigration laws?
"Fourth Should the violation of
the alien contract labor law by em
ployer be punishable by imprisonment?
Fifth Hhould the steamship com
panle be held responsible for a term of
year (or the character of their pusson
gers?
"Sixth Should a stricter civil and
educational test be enforced as to qual
ideation (or naturalisation?
"Seventh Should evory immigrant
be compelled to declare hi intention to
become a citizen of the United States?
"What other provision doc your or
ganlcatlon favor, and suggest to further
the restriction of immigration?"
Organizations which expect to be rep
resented at the Nashville convention
of the American Federation of Lalxir
are urged to instruct ' their delegates so
that the convention may fully express
the judgtnont of orgauized labor on the
subjects, and unions which will not be
represented are directed to discus and
vote upon the question and to return a
vote to headquarter not later than
October 80, 1807.
YELLOW FEVER IN NEW YORK
A Passenger of the Advance Died at
Swinburne Island.';
New York,June 15. Otto Werner
son, one of the passengers of the steamer
Advance, waa transferred to the Swin
burne island hospital lust night, suffer
ing from yellow fever. Wernorson was
one of the anrvivor of the British ship
Buckharat, which took fire and wa
abandoned in midocean, while on the
voyage from Newcaatie, N. 8. W., for
Panama. Werneraon wa takensick
at eea two or three duya before the
steamer arrived at this port. He wa
removed with the rest of the second
cabin passenger to Hoffman island (or
observation. The patient allowed no
marked symptoms of the (ever until
yesterday. Today he grew rapidly
worse, and died at 8 o'clock tonight.
There are 438 passenger at Hoffman
island. They will be detained the usuu)
five daya. '
Attempt at Trainwrerklng.
New York, June 16. A train of 11
can on the Sea Beach railroad, orowded
With passengers from Coney Island,
crashed Into an obstruction on the
tracks tonight at Fifth avenue and
Sixty-fifth atrect.near the Fifth avonne
tunnel. The train was running slowly
at tha time, and fortunately no serious
damage waa done. It was found that
aeverul heavy steel rails had been
placed across tha tracka and strongly
braced with several other rails, and it
appeared to the detective, who were
at once put on the case, and to the
train people, to be a deliberate attempt
to wreck the train.
Knrted In a How.
San Francisco, June 14. Private ad
vice from one of those on board the
brig Porcy Edwards, whioh sailed from
this port about two month ago for the
Solomon Islands, with a party of 100
men, who expocted to find an Adam-
less Eden to colonize, have been re
ceived, to the ofToot that tho expedition
ha collapsed at Fiji.
After a general row over the distri
bution of the community property
many of tho colonist left the vessel
and sought employment on shore, and
the remainder resolved to take the brig
to New Zealand, where she ia to be
sold at auction and the proceeds to be
divided. ' '
Drowned From a Catboat.
New York, June 15. Two men were
drowned from a oatboat in the Hudson
off Fort Lee this afternoon. The party
on the yacht were Miss Emma Guil
mette, her brother, H. E. Guilmette, a
clerk In the oflloe of Moore & Schley,
and W. Morton Smith, employed on
the Mail and Express. Their boat was
upset by a squall. The launch Lorn
ade was some dlstanoe away, and be
fore ahe reached the boat tho two men
had disappeared Miss Guilinotto waa
atill floating, and woa dragged on board
the launch, where she revived.
, Buffalo, N. Y., June 15. A panlo
occurred in a Polish scboolhouso on
Broadway tonight.. A ohuroh enterain
ment waa being held, and 1,500 people,
principally women and children, were
present. A hanging-lamp fell and a cry
of fire was raised. Men, women and
children rushed, crowded and stumbled
over each other in their efforts to roaoh
the exit. No one was fatally Injured,
but a large number of women and chil
dren were bruiBed. The fire waa aoon
extinguished, .
INTENDED FOR FAURE
Clumsy Attempt to Assinate
the French President.
BOMB EXPLODED BY ROADSIDE
Mo On Waa Injured The Would-Be
Murderer, Who Was Arrested, Is
Bvlleved to Ba Insane.
fans, June is. An attempt wa
made today to assassinate Felix Faure,
president of the Freneh republic, whilo
he wa en route to Long Champa to
witness the Grand Prix.
While M. Faure' carriage was pass
lng a thicket near La Cascade restaurant
in the Boi de Boulogne, a bomb, which
subsequently proved to be a piece of
tubing about six inches long and two
Indies iu diameter, with a thickness of
half an inch, filled with powder and
awanshot, exploded. No one waa in
jured by the explosion.
A" man in the orowd, suapected aa
the prime mover, waa arrested. He
gave hi name a Gallet, and mado
only the briefest replies to question
put to him by the police.
Gallet ald that he had no occupa
tion, but resided at Levaller Perret
The police are making a thorough in
vestigation. Gallet is believed to be
Insana, for he shouted a the carriage
passed along so loudly aa to attract gen
eral attention in the orowd. : The po
lio have alao made another arrest. In
this caae a youth, but it ia thought
probable that the actual culprit escaped.
The newa of the attempted ansasBi na
tion apread like wildfire through the
rlty, and when M. Faure returned to
the Elysoe, the at root along the route
whore it waa known he would drive,
were orowded with people, who cheered
him "ociforously.
It wa at first reported that the
would-be assassin was a young man
about 25, w ho stood in the crowd 100
yard or more from the race-course, and
discharged a pistol at M. Faure aa he
drove up to the entrance, and there waa
subsequent report that both pistol
and bomb were used. But Uie police
now believe that the supposed pistol
hot wa merely the noise of the bomb.
The bomb wa a clumsily made
affair. A piece of fuse waa attached,
and the fuse waa probably lighted by a
paper fixed in the end of a stick a soon
a the head o( the procession came into
view. The presumption is that the
moment the fuse waa lighted the oul
prlt fled, and in any case the bomb
could not have done much harm. In
the thicket where the police found the
remnant of the bomb .they also found
a pistol upon whioh were engraved the
word, "Mort a Felix Faure," and the
name of Alsace, Lorraine and Cologne.
Near the pistol was a small dagger,
bearing a similar threatening inscrip
tion, and a few feet away the police
found a paper with a cartoon grossly in
aulting to the president. Tbia con
tained an offensive inscription hinting
at the execution of M. Faure.
Several person have stated to tha
police that the moment the explosion
occurred a man waa seen to run swiftly
Into the thicket, but reports of this
oharaotor are likely to be mere conjec
ture. A YACHT WRECKED.
Pleaeure-Heehera Come to Orlef In
8aa
Franciaoo Harbor.
San Franoiaco, June 15. The sloop
yaoht Nellie, with a pleasure party on
board, wa driven by the wind this af
ternoon on the rock surrounding Alca-
trax, the island in San Francisco bay
used. a a military prison by the United
State army. The steering gear broke
just aa the yacht approached the island,
and the stiff breeae drove her to the
helving rooks, where she waa held faat.
All of the 80 persona on board were
safely landed, exoept Misa Annie Seen,
of San Jose, who jumped prematurely
on the rock and fell, sustaining seri
ous internal injuries. The yacht will
probably go to pieces on the rocks. The
vessel ia valued at (1,600.
Almighty Volee's Brother.
Winnipeg, Man., June 15. A Be
gina, N. W. T., dispatch to the Free
Press says: The irritation among the
Indiana in consequence of the killing
of Almighty Voice and hi companiona
by the polioe is assuming an ugly
shape. Fifteen Indians have attacked
bile inrul ui iur. uwuvji, uufcwcru k?o-
kaloon and Duck lakeand killed all
the oattle in the corral. A detachment
:, '. , . , A ., p.
of Northwest mounted polioe left Re-
the farm of Mr. Gordon, botween Saa-
gina tin morning to prooeea to ine
spot by train. They will join a sooond
detachment at Nut lake. It is believed
that the instigator of the outrages is a
family connection of Almighty Voice,
called Almighty Voloe' Brothor.
A Feasant Riot In Hungary.
a A .li i. iL.
darmea to pieoea with their scythe.
The othera escaped. Forty of the ring
leader have been arreated.
The Human Ostrloh Dead.
Kansas City, June 16. Harry Whal-
en, the ' human ostricn, - wno waa
operated upon at the German hospital
on Saturday last, and from whose
stomach the surgeons took two pocket
knives, three knife blade, three ounoea
of fine glasa, and taoka, nails, screw
and itaple to the number of 70, died
at 8 o'clook this morning aa the result
of the operation. He had been unable
to take any nourishment after the oper ,
ation on Saturday morning. I
Lonaon, oune i. auujmiwi to ma course. Several people are reported
Daily News from Vienna Bay that the kiue(1 and jnjnmi. The cvclone tore
peasant on the estate of the Baron de up house and other buildings in its
Daniel, the Hugarian minister of com- 'course, and the territory is now bare,
merce, at Bacskerick, attacked a Jew The path of the storm wa about half
farmer, who called four gendarme to B pji width. All telegraph line
his relief. The peasants, 700 strong, 1 north are down, and box-cars on sid
B8sumed threatening attitude, and ing ware orushed into kindling,
the gendarme fired. The mob then & cyclone passed over the town of
rushed upon them and hacked two gen- .Randiyoh, Wilmar county, Minn., and
MURDER THE CHARGE.
ietes loper, Alias Homer Lee, Arrested
In Ashland.
Ashland, Or., June 14. 8. E. Lowe,
If an Eustern detective agency, left
lere on this evening's train for Port
land, en route eastward, with Bate
Jopor, alia Homer Lee, arrested by
lim near Ashland late last evening on
t requisiiton from tho governor of Mis
souri, on a charge of murder in the firat
legree. '
It ia alleged that six year ago last
April Soper murdered hi wife and two
ihildren, at Archie, Cas county, in
Missouri, by deliberately chopping them
o piece with a hand ax.
Soper, according to hi own story,
same away from Missouri in 1891, and
aas over in Washington two months.
He then came to Oregon, and lived in
he Willamette valley, above Oregon
Dity, for a year and a halt He then
went to Portland, he says, and lived
.bore four years, being known a Sandy
soper, and having employment most of
;he time with the Pullman Car Com
pany in cleaning and such work in tha
ail road yard. He waa married in
Portland, and hia wife ia there now.
though he refused to give her addres.
When Soper left Portland, it is claimed
ie had a 3-year-old child with him, and
.t ia suspected that he made way with
,hia child, too, after leaving Portland,
Soper left Portland last April, and
Missed through here to Bissoni, where
le remained a week, and then came
ack to Ashland, April 38, where he
ia been working ainoe in farming and
Jrchard work. . He bad leased an or-
ihard tract here, and, at the time of
lis arrest, wa working on the Owen
arm, south of town. Those who have
mown him say that he was an exceed
ingly quiet and inoffensive man, and
iva an unusually good worker. He
vas known here a Homer Lee.
Wben arrested he did not deny being
Bate Soper, the man wanted, though
ae doe not admit the crime charged
tgainst him.
Lowe, the young detective who can-
mred him, claims to have epent a year
ind a halt in searching (or Soper, and
jo have been on the case off and on for
lis rears, locating bis man in Portland
last December. He waa not entirely
latisfied, so returned for further instruo
ions, to come back and follow his trail
from Portland this way. He claim to
lave spent' months in following a clew
it Cripple Creek, and then returned
Bast with the wrong man.
CANNON BLOWN TO ATOMS.
Ciplotlon of a Onn Cotton Shell at tha
Indian Head Proving Grounds.
Washington, June 14. The state of
Maryland trembled last evening aa the
result ot an explosion of 830 pounds of
ion cotton at the government proving
rounds at Indian Head. A 12-inoh
breech-loading rifle weighing 101,000
pounds and worth 125,000, waa blown
to pieces. The armor-covered "bomb
proof" in which the spectators take
refuge while testa are made waa wrecked
and a dozen naval officers and ordnance
x ports narrowly escaped with their
Uvea ' '
The final test was being made of a
un cotton abell invented by a Chicago
man, and through some unaccountable
accident the shell exploded in the gun,
wrecking the monster and it carriage
and throwing some of the piece more
than a mile down the Potomac.
Colonel O'Neill, the chief of ord
nance for the navy, and several United
States naval officers and naval attache
from the various foreign legations had
fortunately taken refuge on a navy
yard tug about a mile from shore.
Lieutenant Anderson, who had been
directed to fire the gun by electricity
wben the signal waa given from the
tug, had gone behind a big earth bank
or "butt" about 800 yard from the
gun. He and other spectators were
unhurt, though a massive piece ot the
gun, weighing many tons, flew through
the air with frightful velocity and
struck the water within 100 feet of the
tug.
If the spectators had gone into the
"bombproof," as they usually do, when
such testa are made, they would all
have been killed, for a big piece of steel
struok it and ripped through the 13
inch armor aa if it had been so much
paper. A great hole waa torn in the
ground where the gun stood and tho
bulldinga at the proving ground were
badly shaken. Not a particle of the
massive gun or its carriage remained.
This was the largest charge of gun
cotton ever fired or attempted to be
fired from a powder gun. r The govern-
i . , . , .
?!Bnt Paid abu' t26'00ll0 the.g"
Pi B',d "h fTli.
,for these test. A shell shot from this
t rf.rt ai lnni,.
gun wa expeotod to perforate 31 inches
of eteel at a distance of 1,500 yards and
to travel from six to ten miles before
losing its momentum.
A Cjrolone In Iowa
Mason City, Ia., June 14. At 6:50
toniuht a cvclone struck northwest of
, takinir a southeaster!
" w "1
entirely demolished the buildings oa-
the larm ol Jonn Berquist.
A- W, Nlckerion Accidentally Killed.
Spokane, June 14. Alfred VV. Niok
erson, an old resident of this city, and
formerly manager of the Chatteroy
Lumber Company, waa killed today by
the collapsing of the second floor of a
building at 8econd and Mill street.
The building waa partly destroyed by
fire aeveral weeka ago. Nickerson and
hi partner had bought it, and were
tearing it down for the materials. Two
other men were near Nickerson.
Charles Erioason waa slightly injured,
TlIE NEW YORK SAILS
She Leaves , the Navy-Yard
Under Sealed Orders.
CONNECTED WITH CUBAN AFFAIRS
it Is Surmised That She Is After Fill,
boaters Folly Coaled and
Frovseloned. .
Boston, June 14. The United State
cruiser New York, the flagship of the
North Atlantic squadron, with Rear
Admiral Montgomery Sicard on board,
(teamed out of the harbor at 5 o'olock
this afternoon, not a soul on board
knowing to what port she i bound, for
it will only be when the big white
cruiser is well outside of Boston light,
with her pilot over the side, that the
sealed order will be opened and her
destination ascertained.
It is generally believed, however,
that when ahe reaches Cape Cod, she
will turn her noie to the southward and
that her twin screws will not atop until
she is somewhere in the immediate
neighborhood of Cuba; for wben ahe
started she waa fully provisioned and
coaled, and could, if necessary, go to
Gibraltar or a long distance without
laying in eupplica.
The New York arrived here on May
26 to participate in the ceremoniea at
tending the unveiling ot the Shaw
monument. The battle-ship Massachu
setts came with tbe flagship, while the
battleship Texas had arrived some
days previously. Tha Texa left a tew
d.iys ago, but the other two hipa have
been swinging at their moorings off
tbe navy-yard until today.
The rear admiral might have bad
some inkling of an important cruise
from tbe faot that for the last few days
tbe entire crew ha been hard at work
getting the ship ready for aea, while
her coal bunkers have been filled to
overflowing. Shortly after 4 o'olock,
the guns of the cruiser boomed a part
ing salute to Commodore Howison, of
the navy-yard. The anchor wa
weighed and the cruiser swung around
in tbe stream and started out to sea,
although a furious gale waa blowing.
NaTal Official Reticent.
' Washington, June 14. The navy de
partment officials were singularly re
served about the movement of the
New York, and showed a reluctance to
answer any question. Secretary Long,'
in answer to a direct interrogation, re
plied: .
"The New York is not going to
Cuba; ahe will next be heard from at
some point on the Atlantio coast well
north of Cuba."
Tbe secretary refused to answer fur
ther. It was learned, however, that
the cruiser is expected to report next at
Hampton Boada, Va., and that she
will be at aea about two days. It ia
surmised that the navy department,
which haa been charged of late with
the whole duty of : looking after fili
buster afloat, haa been advised of the
intention of some formidable expedi
tion bound for Cuba to put out from
some northern port In such case, the
department would aend out a smaller
cruiser usually, but it is said that at
this time it waa a case of choice of the
vessel able to get under way first
Weyler' Term Is Short.
New York, June 14. A dispatch to
the Herald from Havana says: It ia
believed here sinoe the long suppressed
new of the affair in Madrid have been
made public that General Weyler' re
turn to Spain will be the most import
ant result of Canovas' success in retain
ing power. Private telegram have
been sent to persons here in whioh it
was distinctly stated that Uampos,
Dominguea and Pidal had given their
support to Canovas only with the plain
stipulation that General Weyler should
go..; - ;
In fact, it ia felt here that General
Campos, who is now in power in Spain
and fills the popular eye, would not on
any account lend himself to tbe con
tinuation of General Weyler' policy.
The plan ia to aend General Marin here
from Porto Rico and then supplant him
in turn by General Blanco or Campos.
Opinion ot One of Weyler Generals.
New York, June 14. A dispatch
to the Journal from Havana aays: An
other of Weyler' general, Lono, in
spector-general of the civil guard in
Cuba and military governor ot Havana,
haa resigned in disgust, and expects to
leave the island by tbe transatlantic
liner sailing on June 80 for Spain di
rect'
Lono regards Weyler' early recall
a quite assured and thinks Blanco or
Lopea Dominguea will come out a his
sucoessor. Both are unusually inti
mate with Martinea Campos, to obtain
whose support in the recent ministerial
crisis Canovas is known to have made
important concessions. Weyler is re
ported to have cabled Canovas insisting
that Minister Dupuy de Lome demand
from the Washington government the
extradition of Nunes, Cartaya and Ar
teaga, alleged filibusters recently cap
tured by tbe United States authorities
on the Florida coast, alleging old crim
inal indictment against three of them,
said to be etill pending in tha eourts
here.
; Several Minor Engagements.
New York, June 14. A dispatch to
the Journal from Havana says: Four
thousand insurgent from the Eaatern
department, led by General Rodrignea
and Qulntin Banderaa, have crossed
Matanzas, entered Havana provinoe
and are now menaolng tha town of
Guineas.
Pinar del Rio advice report a hot
fight three days ago within sight of
the town of Consolaclon del Sur. Two
Spanish captains, a lieutenant and six
privates were killed- . ;
WEYLER'S WARFARE
The Perseentlon of Helplaaa Cohan
Women Continues.
New York, June M. A dispatch
from Havana to the Journal says:
Weyler continues persecution of help
less Cuban women, who have relatives
in the rebel ranks. Senora Sardug,
whose husband la a Cuban leader late
ly captured, waa dragged from her
home and thrown into the house of de
tention, where she will be kept "in
communicado" until her husband's
court-martial and execution at Cabanas
castle. ,
Six insurgents, who surrendered to
Spanish authorities at Santiago de Cu
ba, and who expected to be pardoned
and paroled under Weyler' amnesty
decree, have since been court-martialed
and ghot. .
Tbe town of El Callao, on the west
ern trooba, waa entered by insurgent
recently. They visited the local Span
ish hospital and confiscated all medi
cines and supplies in light, but did not
molest the inmates.
Dr. Paguera, a wounded Cuban sur
geon from Castillo' staff, who had
smuggled himself into Havana to re
cuperate, wa discovered by the Span
ish polioe, and sent to the military
hospital of San Ambrosio.
El Commeroio, in an editorial com
plimentary to Premier Canovas, say
that, supported by Depuy de Lome at
Washington, he enleavored to maitain
apparently good relations with the
United State simply to gain time to
reinforce tbe armada and bettor arm
the Spanish ports and complete certain
dry docks already under way.
MUSI SERVE GOVERNMENT.
Annapolis Cadets Will Mot Be Permit
. '':.';.'.;....'"'': ted to Beslgn.
Washington, June 14. For the first
time in many years the secretary of the
navy ha interposed hi veto upon tbe
application of a junior officer to leave
the naval service. In tbe present case
three cadets at A'rTliapolie, George
Weber of Arkansas, H. L. Collins of
Pennsylvania, and P. L. Pratt of Illi
nois, sought to resign. They had com
pleted four year' service at the acad
emy, the last year being devoted to tbe
engineering branch, and desired to
leave and engage in private business.
Secretary -Long, however, found that
the engineer corps wa sadly in need of
officers owing to tbe rapid depletion of
the ranks of tbe older engineer in late
years, and he decided that as these
young men had been educated at tbe
expense of the government, they should
render servioe in return. .
The cadets, upon admission to the
academy, are required to pledge them
selves to serve the government not less
than eight years, so these young men
will be obliged to take tbe usual two
years' cruise, which rounds out the
Annapolis course, at the end of whioh
time they will receive their commis
sions aa assistant engineer in the
navy and be regularly assigned to duty.
A Test Tote on Sugar.
Washington, June 14. The test vote
on the sugar schedule was taken late
today, resulting in the adoption of the
Republican caucus amendment, increas
ing the duty on refined sugar from
1.087 to 1.095 cents per pound, by the
close vote of ayes 82, noes 80. The
affirmative vote wa made up of 29 Re
publican, 1 Democrat (McEnery), 1
silver Republican (Jones of Nevada),
and 1 Populist (Stewart). The' nega
tive vote was made up of 25 Democrats,
t Populist and 2 silver Republican.
It was tbe closest vote so far taken on
an issue of importance, and was accept
ed as showing that any amendments
having the sanction of the caucus were
assured of adoption.
The vote was taken after a day spent
in speeches on the effect of tbe sugar
schedule. - The main speech of the day
came from Allison, in charge of the
bill, and was in the nature of an an
swer to the charge made against the
sugar schedule as a whole, and a defense
of it Gorman spoke against the sched
ule and the entire bill, pointing out
that its effect was to burden the peo
ple, without opening to us new mar
kets. White reviewed the records of
Republican senators on the sugar sched
ule during the debate on tbe Wilson
bill, arraigning them for inconsistency.
Caffery and Stewart also spoke, the
former against and the latter for the
sugar schedule.
The first paragraph of the sugar
schedule was not finally disposed of up
to the time of adjournment
Shot Serenader.
Little Rook, Ark., June 14. Miss
Lena Goodman, one of the most popular
society belles of Dardelle, was kilted in
a most shocking manner at Rover, Ark.,
last night- The Yell county normal is
being held at that place, and a large
number of teachers are in attendance.
Last night a party of young ladies and
gentlemen were out serenading, and
went to a house where a young teacher
named Lipp was stopping. When
awakened by the aerenadera, Lipp de
liberately fired a pistol shot into the
serenading party. The bullet struck
Miss Goodman in tbe neok, causing in
stant death. The murderer was ar
rested and spirited away to Danville by
the officers, who feared that an attempt
would be made by the excited people to
lynoh him.
Locusts are an article of food in
parts of Afrioa, Arabia and Persia.
' Struck by Lightning.
Indianapolis, Ind., June 14. A se
vere thunder storm oame np this after
noon at 6 o'clock, and William Owens
and Miss Ida Aliew were killed by
lightning. - .
Wahpeton, N. D., June 14 While
canvas men were working on the tent
of Ringling Bros' circus yesterday the
center pole waa struck by lightning,
and Charles Walters and Charles Smith
Wars killed. Four others were shocked.
NORTHWEST BREVITIES
Evidence of Steady Growth
and Enterprise.
IT EMU OF GE5EEAL INTEREST
Iran All the
Cltle and
tha Thrlrlng Bllte Stat tea
Oregon.
A Mekay creek rancher shipped 430
sheep from Pendleton- to Seattle re
cently. He received 2 cents a pound
for the sheep, and they averaged 90
pounds.
Fishermen along the river at The
Dalles report a good many salmon in
the river, and if the water continue
falling expect a large catch soon.
The PioneesMill Company, of Island
City, in Union county, baa received
orders for 6,000 sacks or ten carloads ol
flour for direct shipment to China.
Nineteen double-decked oars went out
of The Dalles recently loaded with
sheep. They go to the new ranges in
North Dakota, on the line of the Great
Northern.
The firemen's tournament for vol
unteer firemen of Eastern Oregon and
Southwestern Washington, was held in
Baker City last week and was largely
attended.
The new postof&ce in Salem was in
spected by Chief Postal Inspector Monro
and Inspector Thrall, and a favorable
report is said to have been forwarded to
Washington.
Wool is coming into the warehouses
in The Dalles at tbe rate of about 250,
000 pounds a day, and the warehouses
are being rapidly filled, says the Tmes
Moontaineer. The track at the ooal mine, near Co
quille, connecting tbe new opening
with the main track, about 1,100 feet,
is nearly completed. The work has
been done rapidly, many citizens lend
ing a helping hand and putting in sev
eral daya of work. There were two or
three pretty heavy cuts, but they were
bravely tackled and finished.
Superintendent Shields, of Astoria,
had the new reservoir cleaned out, and
when the water had nearly all been
taken out of the big tank, the bottom
was found to be filled with beautiful
mountain trout, of all sizes and colors.
Mr. Shields bad all the fish carefully
preserved, and will replace them in tho
tank after the water is turned in agian,
aays the Astorian. '
The Light & Water Company," of
Hillsboro, haa commenced a new tank
that will haves capacity of 103,000
gallons. The tank on the tower in
Hillsboro holds 70,000 gallons, and
with the new tank the reserve supply
will be 170,000 gallons, enough to keep
four streams flowing for three and a
half or four hours. The new tank will
be set in the rear of the statioa and on
top ot the ground. ,
Waahlngtoa. ...
Good crops of gooseberries were raired
on number of ranches in Thurston
county this year. The berries were all
sold in the Sound markets.
L The lieu-land settlers in Eastern
Washington are preparing to organize
to fight tbe Northern Pacfiic Railroad
Company for titles to their binds.
The plat of township 24 north, range
11 west, has been filed in the Olympia
land office and applications for land in "
this township are now being received.
There are about 1,000 shingle bolts
in the Toutle river, between the mouth
and Tower, in Cowlitz county. The
river is low, and the drivers are . hav
ing a hard time getting the bolts out.
A number of wheat sacks have been
stolen from the warehouses in Alto,
Walla Walla county, lately. In ono
night more than 2,000 sacks were
stolen. There ia no clew to the thieves.
The commissioners of Chehatia county
have granted a petition for a six-foot
right-of-way from Aberdeen to Montc-
sano, along the old country road, for a
bicycle path. Tbe road is to be built
by private subscription, and a portion
of the necessary funds has already been
collected.
The governor and secretary of state
have issued a deed to the United States
government, conveying the tidelanda
fronting the Magnolia bluff property,
at Seattle, for a military site. It is
the first deed of the kind issued nnder
the law passed in 1880 by the state ot
Washington. i
The Medioat Lake Granite Company
has secured the contract for supplying
the granite for the army post at Spo
kane, and has put on a large force of
cutters, blasters and general quarry
men, all of whom are busy. It ia esti
mated that the filling of the contract
will require three months of steady
work.
The Indians at Kettle Falls claim the
White men's fishwheels are robbing
them of their rights, as no salmon -have
found their way up the river for
three years at least not enough to
give even "one fish to one Indian," and
it was reported in the spring that In
dian were suffering on the reservation
for want ot food. This was among
those who have not yet learned to raise
enough to last through winter, and for
merly depended upon dried salmon. i
The money order business at Olym
pia baa increased $4,000 a month, be
cause of the refusal of tha secretary of
state and commissioner ot publio landa
to accept bank checks in payment of
remittances to their departments.
Registration for the sohool election
closed In Whatcom with 1,338 name
' on the book, about 600 being women.
Evidently there are- aeveral htwtired
! men voters who are not registered, a
the mala registration last year was
'about 1.400. .