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VOL. XIV.
fS OF TlTlTWEEK
From all Parts of the New
and Old World.
BKIEF AND INTERESTING ITEMS
CMipnhrn.lv Review of tit Import-
nt llnpnln of th Cur
rent Wk.
The Union knitting mill, in Hudson,
K. J., was destroyed by fire, and many
the 600 persons employed in Ittu mill
lid narrow escapes from death. The
lots is over $000,000, and the insurance
(100,000.
' A dUpsrtoh from Simla, India, says
cyclone struck the town of Chittngong,
in the Bengal presidency. Hull of the
houses ot that place were aonniiiaiieti,
ill the rosdn in if vicinity wer Mucked
and several vessel "nk.
TIi statute under which for several
rears tlie police department of Denver
haa at will seixwi, eonnscatmi aim do
itroved gambling implements, waa da
jlsred by Judge Allen in the district
Mart to I unconstitutional, ami in
XMlfliot Witt) the federal (I Stole.
Since the cruiser Baltimore has been
anchored ut Sun Franuisco preparing to
ft to 1 lotiolu In , her commander ha
imported to the police almost daily the
desertion of three or fonr of the crew,
Already 30 have succeeded in escaping,
anil, aiilesm a stricter watch la kept, it
la believed another draft of men will
bare to be sent fro,n the E.ist to Oil
ber complement.
There is a movement on foot to cn
loliilate the wire manuf.ictoricn of the
United States into a tit,U rorporatinn,
rich a capital of $100,000,000. To
wde the anti-trust law, the wire in'
ioatries will surrender their independ'
nee, and veil their phiula to a new
wganixation (or oash at an a pr slued
raluo, the money to be furnished by
l syndicate of New York bankor.
Pierpont Morgan is said to be f t the
bead of the scheme.
The fond of San Francia laborers it
to be an:i!yxed by the professors at the
Bute University.
The Fort Randall military reserva-
tion, which contains over 100,000 aorca
in South Dakota and Nebraska, haa
been opened to settlers.
Negotiations of the Chineao govern
ment with the Ilooly syndicate for a
loan of $SO,000,000 have fallen through.
The government Is now negotiating
with the Hong Kong & Shanghai bunk.
The Washington Mate grain commit-
linn announces that it will not lower
No. 1 wheat grade from fi9 to 68 pounda
to the btiHhel, notwithstanding the agi
tation to that end in the eastern part
of the state.
The Long Island coast for a distance
of six miles, between Far Itockaway
and Itockaway beach, waa mora or less
damaged by a very high tide. The
E.lmore hotel was damaged to the ex
tent of $25,000.
Speedy, the professional brUgejump
er, jumped from the LoniHville k Jef
feraonviile bridge in Louisville, Ky.,
before an audience of 18,000. Speedy
made the jump of 130 (uet in safety,
and waa mingling with the orowd a
few minutes later.
Frank Moon, aged 60 years, and Mrs.
Wells, were fonnd dead at the bottom
of a 80-foot well on Moon's farm, near
Derby, Kan., having been asphyxiated.
Moon bad been overcome while work
ing, and the woman, fearful at his not
returning home, went to the well late
at night to investigate, and foil in.
Admiral Matthews, chief of the bu
reau of yards and docks, in his annual
report to Secretary Long, recommends
the constrnction of four drydocks of the
best type. He recommends that con
crete dix:ks be built at Boston, Norfolk
and Mare Island, and that a floating
dock be placed at either Key West, Tor
tugas, or Algiers, La. The estimates
fur the maintenance of the yards next
year aggregate $8,804,303.
Following close upon the recent an
nouncement of a great syndicate to con
trol the trade of Honduras comes the
information received from reliable
sources that a gigantic syndicate ia in
process of organization for the purpose
of promoting direct trade between the
United States and Russia. The project
originated with Russian merchants and
Las the sanction, if not the direot sup
port, of the imperial government.
A dispatch from Managua, Nieaia
gua, says John Augustine, an Ameri
can citizen, was arrested at Ban Carlos,
at the month of the San Juan river, by
order of President Zolaya's brother,
and, without any pretense of a trial,
was imprisoned in the penitentiary.
Mr. Augustine was formerly United
States consul at Bluoflelds, Mosquito
territory, and is at present in charge of
the navigation company's steamers on
the Kan Juan river.
John Griffith essayed "Richard III"
at the oiiera house in Butte, Mont. In
the closing scene Griffith's sword struck
John Fay Palmer.who was doing Rich
mond, in the face, cutting a gash ex
tending from above one eye across the
nose and cheek. The bone of the nose
as broken and a little more force
would have penetrated the brain.
Palmer turned bis back to the andionco
nd finished the scene without any one
knowing what had happened.
All of the coal miners of Boulder
ttmnty, Colo., are out on a strike. It
is said that at one of the mines in
Lafayette, the managora reduced the
"ages of the machine men 10 cents a
ton. Word was sent to all the mines
In the district to olose down and the
order was implicitly obeyed. The
tr'k is said to affect about 1,000
"liners. A number of the gold and
liver mines in the mountains will have
to close on account of the strike. An
nort will be made to have the matter
Compromised at toon at possible.
TROUBLE IN HAYTI.
Arrest of s (lermaa Itrlngs Don tha
Wrath of Ik Hainan
Port au Prince, Hayti, Nov. 8. Sori
ona trouble lias arisen between Hayti
and Germany, The Gorman minister
to this republic Count Sehwerein, has
hauled down hit flag and, according to
current report, three Gorman warship
are expected here to back up the ulti
matum of the minister, demanding an
Indemnity for the alleged illegal arrest
and imprisonment of a German citiien.
The affair, hat caused considerable ti
citement among the native population,
and some of the people have threatened
to kill the German minister and all the
Germain In the place and vicinity.
The affair grew out of the arrest a
fe weeks ago of a German named
Lindere. The Germans any that a
doaen policemen entered Linder'i
house and arreted one of hit servant.
Mr. Under went to the central police
headquartere to complain against this
action of the police, but was himself
arrested, charged with assaulting and
attempting to murder police officers In
the execution of their duty. Llmlers
waa condemned to pay a line of $400
and to undergo on month Imprison
ment, and was taken to jail. (.Maim
ing he was innocent. Linden demanded
and obtained a second trial, and waa
condemned to pay a (in of $500, and
wa sentenced to one year' Imprison
ment! The German minister tele
graphed to Berlin for instructions and
giving detail of the case. On October
17, the German minister went to the
president of Hayti and demanded, in
the name of the German emfieror, that
Lindera be set at liberty, and also de
manded for every day he spent in
prison, 83 in all, an - indemnity of
$1,000 In gold, adding that for every
day Lindera wa kept a prisoner after
that notification he (the German min
ister) would demand an indemnity of
$5,000 in gold.
At first, the Haytian president re.
fused to grant the Gorman minister'
demand, and Mr. Lindera remained six
day longer in prison. This caused the
German minister to notify the Haytian
government that aa Lindor had not
been freed, he had hauled down hi
flag and had tent the archives of the
German legation to the legation of the
United State, thus breaking oft all re
lations with the Haytian government.
This caused great excitement, and dis
turbances would have occurred had
they not been avoided by sending Lin
dera, who wa threatened with .lynch
ing, on board a steamer bound for New
York, from which port be was to leave
for Germany. It is said the German
minister, on the arrival of the war
ships, will Insist on the payment of
the indemnity demanded as a result of
the imprisonment of Mr. Lindor.
IN A BURNING MINE.
Six Men Lost Their Lives la a Dleaatet
. at ftorantoa.
Soranton, Pa., Nov. . The wort
mine diaaster in the Lackawana or
Wyoming coal fields since the Twin
haft horror at Pittston, over a year
ago, waa developed in the fire which
gutted the river stope of the Delaware
& Hndson Company' Vonstorch mine
in this city today. Kix men were suffo
cated by smoke.
The dead are: Thomas lltll, Jobn
Farrell, John Francis Moran, Mike
Walsh, John McDonnell, Thomas Pad
den. The tope extend down through
three vein. The missing men wer
at work in the deck and sura fee vein,
the former 100 and the latter 60 feet
from the surface. They had but two
avenue of escape. The shorter route
wa by wav of the slope,, wlncli was a
sea of flame for nearly 13 hours, and
ia yet burning near Ha loot, and the
other route wa via crosRCuts to the
gangway which led to an air (haft,
nearly a mile from the ot where the
men were working. Fire kept them
out of the (tope, and the smoke which
backed ont and into all the workings
prevented escape through the crosscut.
The supposition Is that the men were
suffocated. Chief Hickey, of the
Soranton Are department, and eight
firemen, narrowly escaped death in tbe
lope. " ,
Joe Yamaskl. one ol the seven men
entombed in the mine, was rescued at
10 o'clock tonight. The bodies of the
other were afterwards found and
brought to the surface. ,
HIS HANDS WENT UP.
But He Had a Dun and Hlgliwayniaa
Had a Narrow Ksnape.
Tacoma, Nov. '3. A shot from a
i.u uvnlv.r enma near endins the
existence of a wonld-be highway roblier
. . . ... I A t
last night, and, fiad tne aim o wonn
cvK.,tl nnlv linen a little nioro accur
ate, the coroner would have had a Job
today. Mr. U'Hion is asiranger io mo
coast, and yesterday received a large
mm of money through a local bank,
A he wa going to hi lodging-house
about 9 o'olook last, night, when near
Wright Park, two men, both masked,
commanded him to throw up his
hand. Thi command he obeyed, but
with a gun. The close call one oi me
robber had Is shown by hi hat, whloh
..m f,nnH TtiAre is a UUIIUI. IIUIV
through the crown, and it i powder-
burned.
nkinMA mint at Canton
JkllV IIW
coined more than 14,000,000 ten-oent
piece lust year.
Marshall Kills Fanner.
Versailles, Ky.r Nov. 9.--CtJ Mar-
Ed Stern bot ana insiann;
killed Jaaou Miller, a farmer and trad-
at Midway, tut county, jnwor
resisted arrest. ,
Merman
Taper Sained l Frane.
Pari,
Nov. I. The police or tin
i i - n..m.n nArrilO no-
city
today
iy Ruizeu a " -
Lustigblatter, containing car-
. . r : Wn.iru and
ner. the
toons, ri
IlOUling rrunw"
the Frenc
cb lepuoiio.
ST.- HELENS,
WIRES TO FloIIe
Canadian Government Con
siderlng the Matter.
IT COULD BE EASILY BUILT
tin Win Follow Old urtr.d Rout,
via Ashnruft and t)uanll
Th La km Arrival.
Vancouver, B. 0., Nov. 3 Charles
Hosmer, general manager of the Pacific
postal telegraph system, today said, re
garding telegraphic communication
With the Klondike, that he understood
the Dominion government had tills
matter under consideration. There are
no insurmountable difficulties in the
way, either in the construction or in
the maintenance of a telegraph line via
Ashcroft and (juesnello, which wa the
route adopted in 180S for connecting
Asia and America via the Behring tea.
Thi route passe through the present
Klondike country, A line connecting
Quosnelle, the northernmost point in
British Columbia reached by tele
graph, and Dawson City, if decided
upon within the next few month, could
be put. In operation by thi time next
year. Station could be established
every 40 utiles, and they would be
used in connection with the mounted
police and other departments. Mr,
Hosmer leave for Victoria this even,
ing, and will proceed thenoe to San
Francisco. .
Th Blow Lakina.
Taooma, Nov, 8. The steam schoon
er Lakme, Captain Anderson, arrived
here last night direct from Ht, Michaels
and Dutch harbor. She left 8U
'Michael October 14, three day before
the steamer Portland, which arrived
on the Sound last week, and therefore
bring no advice as late a those
brought by the Portland. Tne Lakme
left Dutch harbor October 81. She
brought no gold, passenger or freight.
Mate Carlson, of tlie Lakme, confirm
the report that the river steamers have
gone to their winter quarter on the
Yukon.
"No enow was on the ground in the
immediate vicinity of Ht. Michael
when we left," say the mate, "but the
weather was getting colder. Disagree
able northeasterly gules swept over the
place, and during the 18 days we were
there discharging cargo we were com
pelled to put to sea several time as fur
a Kgg Island, 15 mile distant, to seek
shelter behind the island or stand away
from the inhospitable shore." .
! For Vnkwnar.
Seattlo, Nov. 2. There arrived here
last night from Chicago over the North
ern Paciflo tailroad 820 dogs, which
are to be used in hauling provision
Into the Yukon gold fields.
THE COMMAND TRANSFERRED.
Ulan In t'hra of Cuba, Wylr on
Ml War Horn.
Havana, Nov. 8.The Spanish cruis
er Alfonso XIII, with Marshal Blanco,
the new governor-general of Cuba, on
board, waa sighted off Havana this
morning at 8:80." At 1 o'clock the
steamer entered the harbor, and Lieu-tenant-General
Weyler, the Marquis
Ahumada, Admiral Navarro and other
high military and naval officers went
in a special steamer to meet General
Ulnnoa After a long and cordial con
ference, Lioutonant-General Weyler1
yielded up hi command to his succes
sor. At 10:80 Marshal Blanco landed.
According to the official accounts, he
wa "enthusiastically greeted" by the
populaoe, who shoutod, "Long live
Blanco."
Lieutenant-General Weyler and Mar
shal Blanco exchanged farewella on
board the Alfonso XIII. The steam or
Mont-errat sailed at 1 P. M. She wa
escorted outiide the harbor by numer
ous tug laden with friend of the de
parting general and the officer of his
staff. An immense orowd witnessed
the doparture from the wharves. Ac
cording to the offioiul account, the "peo
ple cheered for Weyler, the paoifloator."
General Weyler' escort on the Mont
errat consisted of 000 tick soldier.
WANTED A CIGARETTE.
Pica of a Haa With Both of His la
Cut Off.
Snokane. Nov. 8. Late Thursday
night the attention of a night brake-
.... a u-flat.Vuiitnd freicrlit train
was arttaotod near Spragne by piercing
a w -.1 -1,...,. A U
crie lor noip. uymg uiubd m n,o
,..1v waa tl, nnnnr nnrtlnn of a man.'
still conscious, though both legs were
cut clean iroro in oooy. vvnai was
left of the man wa able to yell lustily
enough in spite of the fearful agony he
must have been suffering, and his first
words to the brnkeman were)
"For God' take, give me a cigar
ette!" - - ' ,
The relief asked for was furnished,
and. with assistance, the man was re
moved to the hospital.
The dead body of another man was
Unto (ni-t)mr nn. It was that
of a rather well-dressed person, and ap
pearances indicated that it had been
dragged along tlie tracks for tome di
tance in an easterly direction. He was
probably struck and dragged along by
the freight. The name - of the dead
man wa Thoma Kelly.
' ; Concerning Colon Labels.
Frankfort, Ky., Nov. 1. Judge Ha.
ulrigg delivered an opinion in the
court of appeals, in whioh th court
bold that labor uniont have property
right In their label and other device
designing the fruits of their labor., and
may enjoin outside . parties from ap
propriating this device or counterfeit
ing it. This is the first time this point
ba been pasted on in thi state.
OREGON, FRIDAY,
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION.
Th rraldnt Apart November S
As a Dar of rrayar.
Washington, Nov. 1. President Mo
Kinley today issued hit first Thanks
giving day proclamation, as follows:
"In remembrance of God's goodness
to us In tlie past year, which has been
to abundant, let ut offer up to Him our
thanksgiving and pay our vow unto
th Most High. Under hi watchful
providence industry hat prored, the
condition of lalmr have been im
proved, the rewards of the husbandman
have been increased, and the comforts
of our home multiplied. Hi mighty
hand ha prucurod peace and protected
th nation. Respect for law and order
ha been strengthened, love of free in
ttitutiont cherished, and all sections of
our beloved country brought Into closer
bonds of fraternal regard and generous
co-operation.
"For these great benefits It is our
duty to praise the Lord in a spirit of
humility and gratitude, and to offer up
to Him our most earnest supplication.
I bat we may acknowledge our obliua
tions as a people to Him who ha so
graciously granted us tlie blessings of
free government and material prosper'
ity, I, William MoKinley, president oi
the United State, do hereby designate
and set apart Thursday, the Sbth day
ox November, lor national thaiiksgiv
ing and prayer, which all of th people
are Invited to observe with appropriate
religious service in their respective
place of worship.
"On this day of rejoicing and do
mnstio union, let our prayers ascend to
the giver of every good and perfect gift
for th continuance of His love and fa'
vor to us, that our heart may be filled
with charity and good will, and that
we may be ever worthy of Hi bcuefi
cent concern.
"In witnos hereof, I have hereunto
let my hand and caused the seal of the
United State to be affixed.
"Done at the city of Washington,
thi 36th day of October In tlie year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and ninety seven, and of the independ
ence of the United States the one huu-
dred and twenty-second.
WILLIAM M'KINLKY.
"By the President,
"JOHN SHERMAN,
"Secretary of State."
POSTAL CLERK CONFESSED
To Htealtlif th 14,000 Heglatered
I'aeka.
Denvor, Colo., Nov. 1. Postofflce
Inspector Frederick and City Detectives
Loom is and liurlew, ut this city, today
arrested, in Cheyenne, Wyo., Walter
R. Houghton, a imstnl clerk running
from Cheyenne tp Ogden, on a charge
of stealing a registered package o:i
taining $14,000. A telegram received
here during the afternoon stated that
Houghton had confessed the theft.
The package which Houghton is al
leged to have stolen was mailed by a
Chicago bank to a correspondent in Sao.
ramonto, CaL, about September 88. It
disappeared somewhere en route, and
an investigation by the postal author
ities disclosed the fact that the disap
pearance occurred somewhere between
Omaha and Ogden. The secret service
officers learned that Uoughton'a mis
tress, who had been staying, in Denver
for three weeks, had changed three
$100 bills, and, as the $14,000 stolen
wa all in $100 bills.they at onoe made
arrangement for Houghton's arrest
The woman was at first taken into cus
tody, and her statement went to veri y
the opinion of the officer. After
Houghton had confessed hi crime, he
offered to refund the amount stolen,
except $400, which he had (pent, pro
vided the officer would agree that he
should not be prosecuted. He declared
that If they would not so agree, ti e
money would be Immediately burned.
United State Commissioner T. J.
Fisher and United State District At
torney Clark both refused to accept
Houghton's proposition. Houghton re
futed to disclose the hiding place of the
money. He was held over to the fed
eral court by Commissioner Fisher.
Thirteen Were Killed. .
Torres, Mexico, Nov. 1. A disas
trous explosion occurred in the Ania
rlllas abaft of the Grand Central mine,
t Minaa Prieta. Thirteen men were
killed outright and three sustained
probably fatal injuries. In some un
known manner a large quantity of giant
powder blew up in the fourth level of
the shaft. So great wa th force of tlie
explosion that out of four men who
were stationed fully 200 feet distant
from the conter, throe wore killed in
stantly. Six of the recovered bodies
are totally unrecognizable. The Grand
Central mine was reocntly purchased
for $1,000,000 by an English syndicate,
HI Fir in Plttabur-.
Pittsburg, Nov. 1. The Union Trust
Company building, on Fourth avenue,
caught fire from an overheated smoke
stack this morning and in less than an
hour the struoture was in ruins. One
fireman 1 reported killed and several
othert had narrow escapes. The lost it
estimated at $300,000; inturanoe one
half. Kaolin In Chlnea Cigars, i
v Ban Francisco, Nor. 1. Dr. J. 0.
Bponcer, bactoriologist of the board of
health, report that ho hat discovered
the baoilli of tuberanlosi in a Chinese
made cigar whloh he examined.
Taa on Ball road Grants.
Braintree, Minn., Nor. l.-Judgo
Holden today rendered a decision up
holding the to called Anderson law of
Minnesota, taxing land grant railroad!
on such grant as are not used in the
operation of the road. The defendant
roads, the St. Paul & Duluth and
Northern Paoiflc, claimed the only tax
required to be paid by them was three
per cent on gros earnings. The case
Will eventually go to the supreme court
of the United States, : ;- 2 .
NOVEMHEll 5, 1897.
TO SUSPENlT SEALING
Agreement Reached by the
C inforence Delegates.
WHAT WILL ENGLAND DO NOW
Russia, Japan and th United States
Believe a Mean Ha Been Found
to Froserv th Hards.
Washington, Nov. 1. -In reliable
quarters it is stated that the conference
between Russia, Japan and the United
States, now proceeding here in refer
ence to sealing In the Boh ring sea and
the North Pacific, has advanced to an
important stage, and that a proposition
has been reduced to writing, which, If
aoceptod, will bring about a complete
ohanga In the sealing question. The
proposition is said to be acceptable to
the United States. It Is understood to
be acceptable similarly to the Russian
delegates now here, but, in view of the
restriction placed upon them by their
credentials, it ha been thought desir
able to cable St. Petersburg for final in
structions. The greatest secrecy i preserved in
all official quarters as to the nature of
the proposition, and it i not officially
admitted that any proposition has been
made. From equally reliable sources,
it ia understood that the proposition
has a far reaching soope, and provide
for the material limitation or entire
suspension of pelagic sealing on tlie
high lea. Such a decisive step, it
agreed to by Russia, Japan and the
United States, would not, it is under
stood, Inyolve a conoertod more to
menace the claim of Great Britain and
Canada to the right to pelagio sealing
en the hiirii sras, but would rattier be
a proposition expressive of the conclu
sion of the three most interested pow
ers that, In the interest of humanity
and the preservation of the seal herds
of their respective governments, all na
tions, including Great Britain and her
colony, Canada, should unite with
Kussin, the United States and Japan
in such effective prevention of pelagio
sealing on tlie high seas as will put an
end to it, and thereby secure the pre
servation of the seals.
The deliberations of the conference
lending up to the proosition were
productive of numerous inteiesting and
im Hit tan t features.
But little had been known of the
Russian regulations until the confer
ence met. Under them a neutral cone
of 85 miles was established surrounding
the Itussiuu islands, within whioh
Great Britain agreed to suspend pelagic
sealing. While this was of material
advantage to Russia, yet it waa felt
that any proposition for the entire sus
pension of pelagic sealing, even, be.
yond 8fi miles, would have to be recon
ciled with the modus vivenli. I.', was
felt that this could be done, as the
modus was not a continuing agreement,
but waa from year to year depending
for its existence on the annual readop
tion by the British parliament.
Owing to Japan's view of the sub
ject the opinion of the seal experts was
laid before tlie Japanese delegate.
This opinion was to the effect that,
while the Japanese teal possessions
were little or nothing at the present
time, yet that by adequate protection
of the seals, her decimated rookeries
would be restored and a large teal prop
erty built up. This expert view ap-
Jears to have been convincing to the
.inn nose delegates, for Mr. Fnjita not
only cabl. d the final proposition to Ja
pan, but accompanied it wltnnlt favor
ble recommendation, ine conferees
being thus agreed, it only remained to
hear from the respective government
that they represented.
An adjournment wa accordingly
taken until Wednesday, by whioh it is
not doubted ' the government at St.
Petersburg and Tukio will have taken
final action on the proposition.
REMARKABLE RULING,
Whitman County Judge Rays a Gelding
U Not a Hora.
Colfax, Wash., Nov. 1. William
Herbert, a horse thief, desperado and
alleged murderer, wanted in Wyoming
for killing a peddler, was cleared today
of the horse-stealing charge on a re
markable ruling by Judge McDonald,
the eccentric judge of Whitman county
superior court. The , evidence was
abundant ami conclusive tnat ueroert
stole the horse, but his attorney moved
for a dismiHsal of the case on the
ground that the complaint- said
"horse," winio tne animai was a gem-
ing. The judge dtoided that a gelding
was not a horse, and the case was dis
mlsscd. Herbert is still held for other
crimes.
Burled t'mler a Man of Honk.
Bonner's Ferry, Idaho, Nor. 1.
Mnroliv and Dunn, employed on the
extra crew of Great Northern laborers,
wore killed yesterday morning, One
mile east of Katka.
The men had been drilling rooK on a
mountain side for rlprapping purposes
slong Kootenai river, when rock over
head be?an to fall. They sought shul
ter undcf nn adjacent cliff, and were
buried under a fearful mass ot rook. It
took the rest of tlie crew 13 hours to
get the bodies out. Dunn was formerly
civil engineer.
Twenty Feet of Snow.
Colo.. Nov. 1. The Rock
Fain 11 trulll. i hut wns due in Denver
yesterdnv morning, and the one that
loft Ka'nsHS City yesterday, arrived
here at noon today, as two sections oi
one train. They were delayed neat
t.i,nn .iimetinn. where the trainmen
say, six miles of track were covered
with 80 feet '-Of snow, wires were
nd fur 48 hours the where
abouts of the train due yesterday was
not known.
STRAIN TOO GREAT.
Sudden Heath of Henry George, Candi
date for Mayor of New York.
New York, Nov. "1. Henry George,
author of "Progress and Poverty,"
and candidate of the Thomas Jefferson
Democracy for mayor of New York,
died at 6:10 o'clock this morning in
the Union Square hotel, of cerebral
apoplexy. In his great Cooper Union
ipeeuh, accepting the nomination for
mayor, less than a month ago, he said:
"I'll make this race if it costs me
my life. This i a oall of duty, and
a a good citizen I have no right to dis
regard it on account of mere personal
consideration."
Today the cheers of the worker have
uddenly been changed to sigh, for,
true to hi words, Henry George, the
ipostle of the rights of man, died as he
wished to die in harness, fighting for
the oause -toward the olose of the
Kreatest municipal political contest the
world has ever seen.
Last night noisy, shouting throngs
rushed into halls and streets to hear
the speeches that in a great part were
filled with personality and bitterness,
rockets flared and fire burned, men
argued and urged, and all ilgns bore
witness that the campaign was at its
height. But when today dawned all
waa changed. Men were loth to be
lieve that one who had been to much
in the public eye in the last few week
was no more, and for the time being
the complexion of the political situa
tion was forgotten in genuine grief,
those who last night bitterly de
nounced the man who said "I stand for
the real democracy, the democracy of
Thoma Jefferson," today recalled
many touching kindly acta in the life
of the dead man, which showed his na
ture and joined in the words whioh
came as a reply to the lips of all:
"An honest man is dead."
This man of mighty brain and un
daunted courage was physically frail,
and the strain of an exciting oampaign.
requiring apeechmukiug at points many
miles apart night after night, waa more
than nature could stand. He kept it up
to the end, and only a tew hours be
fore the dread messenger cried "Halt"
Henry George had addressed enthusias
tic audiences In three of the town of
tlie boroughs of Queen and a still
larger assemblage in an uptown hall
here. lie spoke at Whitestone at 8
o'clock, and made a speech at College
Point and Flushing before returning to
New York to speak at the Central
opera-house. At Whitestone he drove
from the railway station to the meet
ing hall at a gallop. To the cheering
arowda he said:
"I believe that all the needed re
form are summed up in that phil
jBophy the right ot every man to cat,
to drink, to speak, as he see fit, so
long as he does not trench on the right
9f any other man. I believe that
1, the father, can take care of it
law there is no need for us to get into
trouble trying to meddle with God'
laws, to enforce them. If I am elected,
ind I believe that I will be elected, I
will enforce the laws upon the rich and
poor alike." ,
MARIE VAN ZANDT'S INSULT.
4n applanation of th Memorable Event
of isas.
Paris, Nov. 1. A remarkable story
i going the round as to the real animus
if the tremondous demonstration In
March, , 18 0, against Marie Van
Zandt, tlie American singer.
M. Goron. formerly a high official at
the prefecture of police, declares that
: he memorable and offensive attaoks
upon the si rigor was engendered by the
follower of M. Ferry to counteract an
intended demonstration against him by
radicals and socialists after the disas
trous defeat of the French at Langson,
Annam. M. Camercars, the prefect
of police of the day, waa consulted aa
to how to prevent the intended demon
stration against the unpopular M.
Ferry, and according to M. Goron, he
iiiggested a monster demonstration
against Miss Van Zandt. All the avail
able detectives and theatrical claquea
were sent to tlie opera oomlque to howl
and his the American singer. When
ever there was a lull in the uproar the
cry was raised that Mis Van Zandt
was going out by another door, and so
kilfuH wa the trick that the excite
ment was continued until midnight
and the intended M. Ferry demonstra
tion was delayed until too late to go to
the foreigu office.
INDIANS ON THE RAMPAGE.
Th Trouble In Colorado Is Becoming
More Serious. ,
' Denver, Nov. 1. The Times received
the following at noon today:
Steamboat Springs, Oct. 81. A oour-
eir has just arrived here bringing a
message from Game Warden Wilcox to
Sheriff Nieman for help. :The Indians
have burned Thompson's ranch, near
Cross mountain, and have killed one
Gable, a messenger sent out by Wilcox.
The latter tried to arrest the Indians
for violutina the game laws. They re
sisted and began to fight. Five Indians
were killed, and Sub-Uliiel star mortal
ly wounded. The Indians had stacks of
green deer hides in their possession,
and ware slaughtering on all side.
The fight occurred 80 miles west of
Steamboat Springs. Une nunareu de
termined men are now on their way
to aid the sheriff.
Bottler are gathering on Vaughn'
ranch at Lay, Colo. The Indiana have
threatened to , pillage and murder.
Sauaws have been sent baok to the res
ervation, and reinforcements are com
ing. State troops may be called for, if
the sheriff finds matters as serious as
reported. t
Warsaw, Ind., Nor. 1. The im
mense box and barrel factory located at
Mentone, this county, was destroyed
by fire this morning. The loss is $150,-
000.'.
NORTHWEST BREVITIES
Evidence of Steady Growth
and Enterprise.
ITEMS OP GENERAL INTEREST
From All th Cities and Towns of
th Thriving Slater States
Orgn. '
Klamath Indians will haul orer 80,
000 pounds of flour out of Lake county
this fall.
Th government mag-puller i at
work in Coo river. Most of th work
just now is being done above Paroline
bar. More work will soon be done on
the south fork.
Peter Wage, of Nehalem, expeots soon
to pat up a flouring mill on his place,
near Flshhawk fall, on the main Fish
hawk river, to grind for the farmer of
the Nehalem valley.
Thursday another big shipment of
prime beef cattle was forwarded east
from the Baker City stock yards. This
shipment required 16 cars, there being
400 head of fine 8-year-old steers.
A farmer who farms the Boyer place
southeast of Woodburn, in Marion
county, this year rasied 8,040 bushels
of Burbank potatoes on 10 acres of
land. He bad five potatoes in the lot
that weighed 16 pounds.
The oivil service examination for po
sitions in the Astoria postofflce depart
ment will take place December 4, and
all applications must be filed by No
vember 18. Secretary Lewis says no
applications have ss yet been filed.
The largest cargo of lumber yet to
cross tho Nehalem bar was taken out
by the three-masted schooner Prosper.
She carried about 870,000 feet, and
made the round trip from San Francis
co to Nehalem and return in about 30
days.
About 300 pounds of sugar bee's,
grown in different part of the Grand
Ronde valley, are to be forwarded to
Corvalli for analysis. The object of
the additional analysis is to ascertain
the amount of sugar and percentage of
purity in beets of later growth than
those heretofore sent.
The work of locating the Indians in
Harney county has been completed.
One hundred and fifteen Red Men have
taken advantage of the government's
geneorus donation. The agent says
that the Indians are not allowed to rent
or lease their olaims, except old, blind
and infirm Indians, and the renting or
leasing is done bf the department.
Among the personal treasures of
State Secretary H. R. Kincaid is a su
perb collection of autographs ot the
famous men of America, gathered by
the secretary during his 18 years ot
service at the national capital. Many
of these celebrated signatures are at
tached to letter and documents, ad
dressed personally to Mr. Kincaid, in a
public or private capacity, and are
highly valued. ;
' J. E. Kennerly has completed his
contract on the Blue river mines wagon
road, in Lane county. It now reaches
the Kenniston group of claims, and
lacks only about 800 yards of reaching
that of the Chaunoy Bale mine. The
Eugene Mining Company paid $100 on
the last work done, the county paying
the balanoe. The miners have now
agreed to construct the road into the
heart of the district from the last
named point. " It is now thought that
the district will at least have one mill
in operation next summer, with a prob
ability of three.
Waahlngton.
Offers ot from 11 to 134 cents were
made for hops in Chehalia, Lewi coun
ty, last week, but no sale were made.
Whitman county won the Dodsnn
cup at the Spokane fruit fair for the
best general district display. Lewis
ton, Idaho, wa awarded second place,
and Wall Walla third.
The treasurer of Adams county re
ports that farmer are paying delin
quent taxe as far back aa 1893. It is
expected that the county will be able
to pay off her entire debt. .
The King County Horticultural So
ciety met in Seattle, and Bpent an af
ternoon in discussion of the fruit in
dustry in the state of Washington, dur
ing the oourae of which W. H. Brown,
inspector ot insect pests for King ooun-.
ty, exihblted tree branohes and fruit
covered with various forms of inaeot
life, and explained the best methods
for destroying the peats.
The tax levy of the oity of Colfax
has been fixed at 15 mills, ail of whioh
ia to be used for the purpose ot paying
interest and reducing the indebtedness.
The total indebtedness of the oity on
October 1 was $81,656.18, and the cash
on hand at that time was $3,4685.79.
Since January 1, 1897, the reoeipta of
the city have been $17,409.18, ot whioh
$16,895.45 has been expended.
, A decree has been entered in the su
perior court of Thurston county, ex
tending the time for filing claims with
the state treasurer against the defunct
State Insurance Company, of Salem,
Or., until the 18th of November, next.
This deoree wa made on a showing of
some ot the parties in interest, who
claimed that they were unable to file
their claims with the former limit. '
Coyotes are becoming so plentiful in
the country between Garfield and the
mountain a to be a menace to the
poultry business and a general nui
anoe. A number ot farmers and business
men in the Walla Walla valley hare
conceived the generous idea of loading
several cars with potatoes and other
products ot the rich soil of that valley
tor tarnsmisslon to Ireland, where the
potato crop is a failure, and fears are
entertained of famine among the,
poorer people,