The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913, December 10, 1897, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textnn s m 4 . . - 1 A 2 .2 1 1 2 TJLL Ji. rV JI VOL. XIV. 8T. IIKLEXS, OltlifJON, FRIDAY, DJXEMIJEll 10, 1S97. NO. 51. NEWS OF THE WEEK , .,. " Bll Parts of thfl Niv From and Old World. HUIEF AND ISTKRKSTISO ITEMS . ,- CiiwpnhmritIUbvr the Import - tklt I'mll.hI.... tl.. ... rent Week. A terrible railroad accident luti oc curred tn Warsaw, While pitssongei train wa stationary nt tha tcruilntu, h heavy freight train run Into It, owing to the error of polnbmian. Eleven person were killed and S3 others wur seriously Injured. The receipt o( the custom o fat thl flwiil year undoubtedly will fall considorably short of estimate made liy (lie imiiingor of the now tariff bill . during it pendency In cotigres. At that time it war estimated that the otmiom would yield almtjt $180,000,. 000 during the lirat your. Tim indica tion are now nul I to b tliut the re ceipt frutn thin source will not aggre gate mora than f 105,000,000. A plate of armor, rnprnwntlnK lot or (too too ror wo turrets of tiiebattie fhip Kearsarg ami Kentucky, wa tested nt tlm Indian Head proving ground Tuesday. For testing sr poso, two elght-tnoh shells, one a Car penter projectile rU'I the other Whenlor sterling, were II red at tha filato, oiio at a high anil tho other at ow velocity. Neither penetrated nor cranked tlm plate, bat both partially we'dod tbeniselve into it. Word cumo of a wreck on tho Simla Foe near Williams, Aria., In which three men lust their live am muck valuable iroicrlv wni dcatiored. A tor the flrat ot on of freight train v.. -t I .1 . lll , ,.f Willi...... l.. Rr, J liltd pulled out Of William th nir ih it fiiiirn.li tho I ntkes K"v out mid lilo tiiiin il i!ii'l down tho dtiep (!ilo ii!i taj idl iiiciriiniiig rcliK.lly, Tim bund hull. en vein unavailing lo CO. t 10 speed, itiid u hen rt pjit.t nhout 10 n.lle4 wt whs loachol tho lr.,1.. left Jho trat-k. To engine wcr ; ' ttiitided lo llio triiin, which vv.is a tcry iifiiiv one. L"ii;iiHCi Nentnti mid Wtit'on ttnd I'h-iiiilii Uorty weio pin ned tinder their icspeotiva fngiin s mid l.ift tlicir livtv, it i l.iiil, bv b.iiu lurno I to dcuth. Tho O'jlebralion In honor of Ore;o'i imitvro.1 niiionnrv, 1 . .M.iroim Uii m m. W4S iM-ua in M tttl.i Wall t, Wu h., Mumble. Largo oio.U wero iu nttt i.il- mi... 'ri... i. n.iii ii n. I.litt. w.i uiailii by Wv. U II. ll ill.ii k. A iiiomiinent U to I n etcoied over tho jjntvo of Dr. W lilttiutil. rcn.itur Lolo, ol ibo ci!)i:u!ttco on foieljii lei li 1. 111 1, w .is ut the Plate ib) tnnnol at Pott Union, Jlioh. llio train which wa being liaulod throujli to the Uanadmn Ri le, inoKii in tno. The engine booked down to Ret tin do-. tuchod portion of tho train, iitit fur hour nothing wa heard ot llio ortw. finally a iarching party foun 1 t!io dead litvllos, and also roaoiicxl two brako . men. in an unconscious condition. Threo niomberi of the searohing party were also overcome, but wore rescued by another party. Tlm tunnel gug arise from the hard ooal usod by tha locomotives. Colonel Domvllle, M. P., who went north in the interest ot the Klollkido Yukon Stewart Company, ot London, say hi com puny will build a wagon road through White pass, placing stool hridire over the canyons. Work is to commence immediately, anil Ihe road ' I to be ready by February. They will build steatntns to ruu from Luke Ben rictt to White llorso rapids, around whioh they will have a tramway. From the end of this trawmny tboy will have steamer to run diroot to Dawson. Those steamer, he says, will be ready when the rlvur opens. The wagon road through White pas 1 to be followed immediately by a railway. One of the bill that will be pushed In tho coming ession of oongress i that introduced by Rerfrescntatlve Hlm froth, of Colorado, which Vrovides for changiug tho time when congress shall meet. It is a very fungible bill, aud ought to be passed. The first session of oongress after an election would be in tho January following the election In Novmnlior. This essioncould I art aa long as would be necessary, Tha niinirre.s elected in November could Ityinluto before another election was on i h hand. Tho second cssion could meet . t . .. "I 111 Uoceiniicr previous 10 100 vu.iiiug congiosslonal flection, nnd tho emigres would explie before the election took place. As the matter now stand tho first session ot congress is given over to politic by leprcsontaiivti who wish lo be re-oleolod. Tho short sejsioii ia often a discredited nnd defeated cou pes nnd oftenthnc onaol vory bad legislation because it will not ho called to account before the people. Pos sible Mr. Shiifrnth'a bill will get a a hoariug, though such move very slowly. reform i thl . -Emperor William opened the session r- Of tlie Gorinnil reiclntnf in person for Ihe II ! st time ilioo 1304. The cero- monv lookplueo In White hull, in Ihe roviil ensile. Hi niiijesty read the speech from tho throne I Tho steamer Sun Bht Im arrived in Pan Frai cisoo from Puiinma mid way port. - Sho bringi ihu news that the Balvadur enffeo crop for this feiuon will be one-third larger Hum cvor bo- fore, and will do much toward nmlili'g up the lou occasioned by the rt-wlu- kieu. . ' - . jetrtmi-ni criy it. .no v -a. ' "- '- " B.. tM.ui ot 15. O. Wol-! crew Onpa-ently being ignorant of i . i i ..... ..i. in. .... i ........ r.i in i. mm mm o inetnnsin ..i.i ,v.i..r w I i fim.n iiniii i.mi t f mill .a,T.i...ill.M.llHml ll.o t,io.i.i siiuaiio.., -- Hllv.n-oii and C. J. Fnyne. I ,i r- i7 tho re chrath t!"lt "notlier outbound car Was ap ..... i . i n ..II..HI i mi n 1 iieciiiii. ... ' .. j ... . .1... ..hi ,i,v i.iiv ittlon. l-aiiiiig in m.'s, mo reictiMHiii ... would bo T.i vonllmi Ilia fiiinexaiiuu of lie hopes their weik may ultimately bring ; Uitism will begin in Austria, and, loch-; l"e weather was logey a i tno H i i w'H wo" M.o ..no bv ntti- int. rnvlor.. agreement .eonr-1 uimWi Hll y ,vill . ,iaT0 twmcA rails slippery from gleets lb colliaion llZi L tie! r r l.f , UulL i lns MW,m,"".WtaVhk wlH briw' r independence, the fust Step toward , urred near a grave p. half way to. fylni tlie tleaty, or nr i j.mi.iiio.i. (, mom y, on a Ua. whlth will onng . , , rlUrii.uuUl ed from ' tween Pontine mid Birmingliay, at the A:,aZJtz:i rarMo ..., :$rarT i w t rac dow- ch Ihreo men in Hi.tml Irunk railway . . ' ,.,..!- .i,i mv i re. I the ?iirs ran nt full sueed. The cars M'KINLEY TO CONGRESS. Nummary of tint President's Auntinl Message NillnuHtvil Monday. I rrmltlent McKlnley' miag, which l,.l""!""''J . ,0 Cong Monday, uftor i-sioiiuii greeting to Inn K,th congress, I nil sptuklng of tho conditions which liavi! contributed to our prosperity a a, nation. deal with important imtiotml questions to ' ba oonxldcrcd by ih pn nt secslon, A summary of the tuple uiscusstd in th jnussagc, and tha prlduu' rccomnum- cation concerning them, follow: ' 1,T?VUT.nT'1'h ,rmml f"m" u' ...... .. . . . . Ifruat lAit 1.1 lh tf.iturti.n. til t,t bxi.i..,. all of the forma of our momy at a puriiy; that wo hnv iikkj.ww.Wio of currency that ilia gov. nim.nt I. pleunw to rcilcum In gold, but Ita rcccluia uru not rmuirul 10 I ua ald m gold, iiiid licnct tha only mciim at tioinmtti.il of tho government for ou-1 aiiauoweti oy me gravity of the litua talnlng gold U hy borrow.ng It. wh.ciiitiou in Austria, where tiling are ua aooouni. for tn liicrtaa. of the bonded ! gloomy an imagiimble. In addition to u. ht during Cli'vuluiid'a ailnilnimrutlon of i . , . '"' 2.,s.3iMW 10 aur0 momy to k.u 10 tho imminence of a civil war, the next gold ra..rv at vwm.w. Bhoum t l.rwi. nt policy of ruUlr.g gold by bond l- ur b. contlniKd. It I ro.omnien.J.d tnm tin. awreiary of tlm trii,ry h given au. orliy to .til bomn htanng a lower ra.e Ihnrl of Intere.t, and for long or hort periods. )le renrni:ienoa that when a United Htatei not la prco'iiuu at tne trea.ury anu ro- uiw.i in now, ii nuii noi aaain oe put In elrcuhiilon eacept for go.d. In hla opinion, It la of icnat impurtanc ihut tha id of the frontier, and have appar aovvrnment ahould not be r qu rul to pro. cmly prepared to run all ricks to keep vide the gold needed for exchange or I tie l,t(.,l Cgeohg in subjection. The port. It la pointed out (hat the exiting ! i . ka . h f,.,.. tliut .y.l. m la fraught with Rrfat danger. Jle ; Ll',1 'f1 V Indorae the plan reern.ly outlined by their final aim is to abolmh tha dual Brcruinry Mug for reforming the curren- empire, and to make it a tritilu empire cy, and further auks that nojia of national bank U, rewricled to laauc of jnd upward, and lhal national uanka wlln nilnlmuin capital of fXm be allowed to b orKnnli.il. and all national banks be allowed to liwue nolea aouiil to the face ..!,. r tlle hoiida deuoaltod lo secure lulu, reJ tllon d",0""ca Cuba- The queatlon of the Cuban war.oniy oiuuon oi ine question, uu nmignei to infected districts, and, ul and our relation with Bpaln ;,d the In- agninst which faction will it be used? lbongt mimher of them were not im urgenia mcuplea the groat eat apace of X,e qnction of the provisional irni- , ,.n. i vi.u.. m .7,",ur ';r ration Kmrr. im the tnltd Htaiea. through I're.ident tlrnnt, endtiivorea to put an enii 10 u ooo h.d In Cuba, but Ua erfnrta wera un- uec.rul. At that lime tne que.uon or arttnuna ...niKer.i r.... '' f..-l.It f ml. a now. but waa not , fuvond by ilruut. and Mi Klnley Uika a , ,,.,, , MKllt It now, believing' tliiUU launwwe, imtaay. n w. i . . t.n whenever rlKht and duty amnnd it. It li d.i"o Bpaln. in view of our frl.ndly rijlutruna. Hint aha b' gln In ttmo to prove that she ran and w.'l achieve tne pacinea- ,,,, f u;Ba ,,d Int oduce re ,rm. i, wh i, m. pr.ent Upnnish ""ihef. rtnee : mate to t he treaty with iliellawa 'Inn ltlimd. laid bffoie con- irr-.ua last Juno, which I a ben """'," tiong with Atwtria nnd tho charter of ' b.-the ll.iw.illnn r. p.ib Ic. and r.ow awaits ' . . .,'iio. "y the U.l.id 8 au. . It. the Aus ru-lluiigarmn bank. This ivdopr.on would eomnltt t annexation of compact between tho two portion ot Ihe'icni d lo this count! y, nd the ro s- (jjj tUll sllilB Hmy bo maintained tern- aa that ' cveiy contldrroilon ot rj, nUIls,irT wjll cs(ablih her a:Zlnom.m jl to the right of independently (,,, Vint-' that the commission appointed ti-r. of suen impiiruii.ee rj wr imiunj, last July to continue in? u.vi-, ...... . I .,.,.i.,,.:i, r. Into ih t-ron r route, fenrt-i hi It.y nr.d ost o.lhe u n I Is t ow rt noik; i iimi I., wl I transmit to ronsreas tha te- nniina n t oil of tl.' eorani!sIon when I! I pre-' o.vn recoinnun- riirnl. tosetni r wu:i a i) -it or.l B to Billon. iv.mc nine comm:ior.On April 14. W9i. ii.n ,r.iminiv crmnilsn on lo promote nn Ilioftd or nnevianu oy recii. unit, i li nt tho volume of cur business may be frilnreid. I . . . I..,, fl... n'M marine should bo n:arcd sr.d Inunovea no we wouio re ceive our full sbaie ol tne commerce o , tho sen. nnd seys tliat tne government - ahould by every proper means foater and . ifpcnurape can lera under our ling. ! Rnnts At llio Ir.ternntimial conference ; at Wnshlngton in Oel.-W and November,. . f nn rtreemeut was 'reached on Im-1 in , niyn por'.iint relets which rnaliea It probable jhBi thf governments Interested will adopt measure without oemy lor pirn.-,. . of tho senla. ' ' ' j Aibltrntlon-lle plfdRts hi encourage ment to arbitration treuttes which ahull avoid the horrors ot war. provided they do not imperil our Interests or our honor. I'arl exposition A speclalcomtnlaalonor from this country to secure space and an reported that he tut secured increased exhibit nt me mni. fiiwiu.i ... Itptice for Amerii-un iiiun . i-,.. -live of the Industries and resource of ... emmtrv. much ;rVn;T.tnT,b.ttp:ot Ui" murine boiil now under construction, ami 1K..1 th recent lllcrenne 01 mi' imvjr needed nnd has received public op- V nrovnl. 11" recommends tint three or At- inntlc coast, nt least one on tho I'noltlc " - . ' ......I, Ilin .rlllf 1 const, una 11 iioiiinm ""I. ' 1 Alnska-The needs ot Alaska rooclve at-1 the' laws ZZt, Kw'. 1 the estfl nusn nieill -o u ...... j .,i..nii.in nt the imttonai leKisiiiiui u mo reported probable shormito of rood, tndliins-The president believes that new !,. nd regulations for tho government ot UirtnZns "are Itmu'rallve. The area at Indian territory Is 8&.54,M neres, nnieli or It belnsr fertllo land. Numbers of whites have settled In the territory, and '. nt laws are deprived of toe riKiu 01 uu ...hin nnd choolln for their children. A comml i"lon Is now Invcsiiffiitlng the matter and treating wlin me inmnns.. t" lleves, with Hie secretary of tho interior, that the goverrment should resume owner ship of tho hind now biUwcmg to lnd'ans, QtiBrantlnc-Tho pri-slilei.t concurs w.th tho secretary ef tho trcaeury in rcsom mendlna snierflments 10 our qu.irant.ne laws, wllh the purple cf preventing the in troduollon of c3iitng:ou. diatascj within cur herders. , Other duestlcnn considered aro tha saico i...,,.i..,'rt.d r.tllroadB. connrcestonal h- ., thD c v 1 i-erviro 110 I'oi .1 ' ; .,.-,.,. in , ho latter. 1 1 "", I" ' . MoKlnlcy stall Hint, Ihottffh he his omitted many "ni""i- r.t references -tOJ.iat.er wnn wmcu vu- ..;,,..' t0 deparlmenial report, ia willed they nre given extended attention. l,'nmoisco. Dee. 7. Tho United, plHt0. stenmsr Alort ia being prepare I. for a trip to th terminus f tha Nio- arifm cannl, where sho will bo nt tlio ,j!,1M1sal ot the United Hlates contmia-1 (iin )1(nv jve8trfaling tho proposed j rta 0( iho canul, to report on its tea-, .iuilj,y mi probable cost of oonstruo- tjun; ' t18 Alert will tail as soon ns ! ,i,a j, fitted for lea. 1 proveH the esiiuioMiiiieiiv -v i. .......... ,. xne itiin.oii namo v. 11m. post to give proieetlen to persoim and ,uul ,ga nt Tiicloban, the capitul SyyhMa ",0 Wl'?1U Wn M "1 the future's needs: and brlnir to the converted into 11 mass ot ruins. The BRINK OP A CIVIL WAR Austria and Hungary Appar ently Drifting Apart. CZECHS PROPOSE TRIPLE EMPIRE Faction. Drawing t'p for a Great Hlrug gla Can tha Kuiurr lirlng Ordar Out of C'haua? London, Dec. 7. International que. tloiu lmvo been teuiporurily over- u,. .,, . .uiy witne.. a revo- lution III the rrlulioii between Austria ; .l ii.,,., ,i.i. t. mi..i., .,. .i. j o( ,j .,. ... Kiirnnli f"u'tistriiolion ot tile map ol JSurope. It i hardly nn tixagrferntion to ray that the factions me drawing op like (Oil tending armies. " "", '" i .,.,, i.i ,,. ,i..,i. ,.,,.. ...iint. ,.- i,,.,'. ,y ,cing Bohemia on an equal footing , t , A t H j Hungary. To grant i . . , . ., , l'-o deuiaiids wouUI set Hungary on fire and destroy the foundation of the tinent imtieriiil avutfirn. It looks aa ', , , . . , . ., though the employment of force is the m bi (;,r rr.'r" 10 ,rion iu: j year, iiiBtead of 10 years, the compact I between Austria and iiuogaiy, pending l arrunateinonls for a longer compact), is, , -...ji,.. m.,ra rMV8 timll ti,H ,ilreat. .,.. TllH Himiiarian diet Juts given Duron von Ciautache vun VriinLnnthui n. thfl Amtrinn tiremier. ti,( M m,ltf utn wi,j0i, t0 aUt0 . . . - , . . . whelher be can reasonably expect the ausjliull bill lo pass, and, falling a do- 0ieive answer, Baron Uanllr, the Hun- . ,,r01)licri intioduce Monday Mll wh , aut ! pemlenlly an rwald tho duties to bo jvvied, cjiitinimuce of commercial rela- i u U easy to too that victory will only iiiiiuiii'. w. mess ijui.i.un.. w)iet tll() jj11I1;,ariim oppente, ami tliat it will be a short step to the di.ss dution of Aw.r'm, which, iiij turn, ill bari Kuropo into a furnace 'it terrible possi bilities. Apparently the only hopo of cscapo h thai the pemotial afcendaiioy of the Klnllng Iu tloheiola. Prague, Dec. 7. At Tuber last night Czechs attacked tho house of Hebrew ond broko the windows of a synagogue. Several riotei wero arrested. The . . 7- o - . - upon to assist 111 restoring order. A mob of over 1,000 persona at Brannau , ,, , i,, ,,.i,,..i hu l,mio.a nt . -1 - . . - - - the gendarmes smashed the windows ( Bmj other damage.- tuiet was not , restore I until midnight In Prague the military patiol was tired upon, but tiune 01 the patrol was wounueu. THE GREAT TYPHOON. Further Particulars of the Dlsastor In tha I'lilllppluss. Seattle, Dec. 7. The steamer Kago shinm Jdatu arrived Jicie today, 18 duvg from Yokohama, bringing Orion- advices up to November 19. The following additional particulars have been received of the terrible typhoon ...I.I...1. Bivui.l iipa, llm Philimlilltt 1 1 ... .1- A .U...llin..ll.. i.,iv nuiuu . . 1 ' v v. . . - 1 1 laianos vuiooei , imi.Tm.niB iubj.... j Inoeol Leyte, Manilla and causing thu death of several hundred persons. . . . .... 4 AuOtlt ou Jiiiiropenns aro reporieu m , ... , , number of na-; have perished, and tlie number of na- live vic.ims Is' put at from 400 to 600. xne typiinou bueiija to nn.o i.uiio no bodies of 10 KuiOiH-ans wero recov- ored. The government honso, treas- II rj. bnrntcks, etc, wore destroyeil.. The 1 coast is st on will, the wreckage of vessels torn to pieces hy tho burii- cmio. It wits reported that the town of liumoni, 0,000 inhabitants, had disap peared. . , ; Astmilted With h Unit llitt. Jniiction Citv. Kan,. Doc. 7. Cor poral Fcnnell, battery U, Fourth artil- at Kvanston tonight. Her crew of 1 lery, at Fort Riley, died last night. ' men got ashore without trouble. The Fennel! was ono of the two vioJins Morley was bo.md from Milwaukee to whom Private Leach, of the same bat- Chicago without cargo, nnd when off tory, some days ago,' endeavored to kill Evanston a lamp exploded in tlieengine with a ball bat, til tacking them while room. Before tho pumps could be tlicv slept. Fenncll's skull was broken, Private Riley had hi Jaw Iracturctl, but will reoover. Tlio tragedy is the out - outcomo of a druiikon quariol, Bark Palouse Crime. P.ilotise, Wash., Dec. 7. An uu known man was found dead yesterday on tho track of tho Northern l'ttcido, 0110 mile south. Tlio body was mangled -beyond re ognition. Tlio man was 5 feet 8 inches, divscsed in 11 blue checked ......1. n..,i, .wl lnmvn rivnero'it. Mill, w.ii-n. vv.'. . Tno coioncr's jury tetuiiie l n verdict Hint tho man came to Ills death by hav- ing ill throat cut, but whether by hi own hand or the hand ef imothur they could uot ny. DR. WYMAN'S REPORT. nangr of tha Importation of Atlatla Cholera. Washington, Dec. 7. Surgeon-General VVyinan, of the marine hoapitnl service, lm gabmitted iiia animal ro jiort to St'crelnry Gago. It ghowa that during the fincal year ended June U0, 18U7, the total iiuiriber of patient , treated nt lioapitnlaand the diupcnsarif conuecteUl with the service was 61,477. Although the tolal nuniherof patient treated wa 873 in en-cm of those treat ed during tho previoti fiscal year, the eXioiiililurca were 1588,636, Which in 21,000 lung than the previous year. I The number of iminiaranta inanected , by oflicer of the service at the various I port agjrefiited 23i,3i7. The surgeon (junernl says: "TheiieceHeityof leginlation tonecnre proper aheltor for deck crews on West' ,er WHte t , , , aUeiUi() WHi I ....iu.i : .,' ., . J ... .t . - n .ncv u, I ?Ct 0t co"8ress "'"ng every aieam- j boat upon ,he Mi8BitBippi river gnd it tributariva to furnish a place for the i .rltf wttlt ni.ilnnlifin tvtm Via wai.ll.a ( Tlli8 eul'Jt one that ba long en. gaged the attention of the marine bos- piuil surgeons, who have made frequent reports thereon, and this action of con gress will be productive of much relief, although the act does not take effect , until June 80, 1808. To meet the growing demands for the service, new regulation have been prepared, and j will shortly be issued. " j The surgeon-general invites attention to the excelleut work by officers of the corps during the recent visitation of yel- cwp uuring me recent visitation i low faw , tlie Boluhi officeis were u, tlicir auties with judgment and effl- oiency. Three otlicers contracted yellow fever and one lost his life by accident in the line of duty. TROLLEY CAR3 COLLIDED. Thre Persons Kllld and .a Soora In jured Near llnlrwlt. Detroit, Dec 7. Two pulmrban earn, carrying some 20 pagseug-ira, and both running at a s)ieeii of 23 mi led an hour, collided on the Detroit ei Oakland elec trio railroad, at 1 o'clock ibis ufiui noon. Three mon were instantly killol and a score of persons injured, several of them seriously. The dead are: John Parage, superintendent of the road; Charles M. Whitehead, motor inan; John Kelly, of Detroit, book agent. A dozon others were more or less seriously injured. The exact cause ol the accident is not yet known. According lo the schedule, a car leaves Detroit and routine, every hour, and there aro throo sidings along tho road. Today tho cars wero behind time. Tho one bound southward for Detroit had paeseri nn outbound car at a switch two miles from Pontine,' the the Mere diiveit halt through each other, nnd were crushed to pieces. Had it not been for the stout con struction of the cars, both of whioh were new, it Is doubtful whether any of the ocen pants would have escaped alive. As it was, nearly all of the 14 passen gers in ihe southbound car suffered some injury. Some of the injured wero t.iken to farmera' hous.-s, others were brought to city hospitals. The Matter Arranged. Washington, Deo. 7. It was official ly announced at the White House today, on the return of the president to Wash ington, that Governor John Grigg', of New Jersey, has been tendered and has accepted tho office of attorney-general of the United States, which will be vacated by tho nomination of Attorney General MoKentia to bo associate jus tice of the United States supreme court. It has not yet been settled when Gov ernor Griggs shall assume his new office, but it is probable that the date will be about the beginning of the new ...... win ow. p.i. New ork, Deo. 7. A special to the rt . I i t..,.l.: 4l,n neriuu innu n itisiunisiuu r...o m... vi- grees oresa will concur with the wishes of President AlcKinley and give a trial to nnu , hv. -..vu. Herald poll ot tl howi Hie followir Senators against Dimu s inn .iiicuiB v bw...j. tne senuie mm nouse ng results: 11st action, 42; senator wbo tavor, out do not expect aotion, it; senators for immediate notion, 9; soni.- tors noneomnilttal or not een, n; rep- resc.itative against action, 178; repre- sontativea for aotion, 150; rcpiesenia- tives noncommitt.il or not Seen, 18. Ilotn. rt to the Water Line. Cliioago, Doc. 7. Tho steamer Geome W. Jlorley, of Cleveland, was burned to the water's edge on the beach gtarted the tire was tieyoua control, anu tho boat was beached, tho crew wading ashore. Tho 'Morley was a wooden steamer, and was valued nt 135,000. Ardmore, I. T.Dec. 7. At the cloce of tlie performance ot "Sam'lof Posen" by tho Curtis company tonight. Nellie II. Fillmore, tlie cashier, disappeared with the evening's receipts Later she was arrested and released on bond. .Miss Fillmore claims that Curtis owed her, nn 1 that sho look this meana of . . paving ticuiii. Tl,u convicts with a good record in tlio Kansas stale penitentiary now wear gnits of ciulot gray instead of striped suite. 1 - GENERAL PANDO SHOT Spaniards Discredit It in tho Absense of Proofs. SPANISH DEFEAT AT MATAXZAS Santa Clara tha Reported Scene of Pan. do'a Last FIhtHnmllpox In pan Domingo. ' New York, Deo. . A Herald dis patch from Havana says: A report that General Pando, who was placed in charge of military operations in Cuba by General Blanco, has been killed in an engagement with insurgents in Hanta Clara province, hag just reached Havana. This has caused the utmost excitement in palace and social circles, and every effort is being made to get news from General Pando'a force to verify the startling news. Nj details of the killing of the com mander have been received, but the statement I that he was shot in a bat tle with insurgents while on the march from Sugua la Grande to the .southern coast of Santa Clara, where he was to take a ship for Manzaniilo. Officers at the palace declare that the story must be thoroughly confirmed be fore they will believe it. General Pando's plan was to march right through the heart of the territory where General Gomez' forces are said to have control. Simultaneously . with the report of Pando'a death comes news of a battle near Matanzits in which the Spanish forces were driven from the field. This engagement was bitterly fought, and it is asserted that the losses of the Spaniards was very heavy. The same report says the Cubans will not allow any cane grinding, and also that the Spanish towns 00 not fa vor grinding, because they bold the zones of cultivation and grow tobacco with cheap labor, which they would lose if the reconcentrados return to work on the estate. A letter received by a local paper from a correspondent in the East gives news of big lighting last week near Bayawo between the rebel Chief Kabl and General Linares. General Rabi had only 500 men when General Lin ares had two column. Ko details of the fight are at hand, but the Spanish loss is said to have been heavy, one col umn being .nearly destroyed. A force of 1,000 Spaniards, with ar tillery, have forced the rebels into tho hills of Pinar del Eio. They must re main there or como out and fight, a thing tho Spanish commanders think they are not likely to do. Small bands are still moving about with great cau tion. Keporta of tho condition and move ments of rebel in the east are most conflicting. It is said that Gomez is coming west with 40,000 men, but it is also said that Gouiez is still at the camp where he has been for the last 10 mouth, and is being attended by Dr. Caudea, BtaCf surgeon. Smallpox In San Domingo. Havana, Dec. 6.- The deplorable condition of the country grows more and more apparent. Refugees and re concentrados are growing more and more miserable. According to reports from San Domingo smallpox is making terrible ravages among the conoentrados. Since April last more thaD 4.000 have died in the city alone, to say nothing of the suburban towns, which are like wise affected. The local authorities take no steps whatever to check the mortality. The streets of the city are thionged with famine stricken wretches, whosuoeumb to disease under perhaps some lonely porch, and sometimes fall dead in the gutter, where they remain. DUE TO THE KLONDIKE RUSH. Blg Wsr la Passenger Bates to Ar- rire Booa. Milwaukee, Dec. 2. The war in pas senger rates between Chicago, Milwau kee and St. Paul is likely to continue, and railroad men look for the liveliest kind of cutting In rates further west, owing to the big rush to the Klondike. A well-known railroad man said today that since the rate dropped to $7, reduc tions in fares will likely result as far west as Portland. The nominal rate is 49.70 second-class on the St. Paul road, and $59.70 first-class. With 7 from Chicago to Sj. Paul as a basis, the fare will probably be changed to t-17 second class and f 57 first-class. He added that this was merely a preliminary for the establishment of an entirely new sched ule of rates to the West January 1, which will be much lower. All the roads are preparing to make special rates to the points nearest the Klondike region, and each road is after all there i ia it. "' Outlaws Were Prostrated. St. Louis, Mo, Doc. 8. A special to the Post-Dispatch from San Antonio, Tex., says: "Advices wore received here this morning of sn attempt to hold up and rob a passenger train on tlio Mexican National railroad near Mon torey, Mexico, by nine masked and well-armed Mexicans. The passengers made resistance, and tho outlaws were unsuccessful. They aro being pursued by soldiers, aud if oaptured will be shot. . ' U; Killed Her Babies. Philadelphia, De;. 6. Anna,, Nig gle, the young wito.of S. Niggle, a pic ture frame dealer, living at 739 Jackson street, tonight killed hor two babies, one aged 8 years, and one aged 6 months, by smothering them with illu minating gas. The woman attempted tooommitt suicide in the same man ner, ami the returning husband found hi children dead and his wife in an unconscious condition. She may recover. OREGON STATE NEWS. Brief Ujvletr of Hie Week Throughout . ' .., tho State. . Salem has at last a chamber of com merce organized and in working order. Tlie government improvement work at Bandon has stopped, tho appropria tion having been fully expended. An old-fashioned freight train ar rived iu Laxeview from tho south last week. It consisted of 10 wagons and 82 horses. The entrance to Coos Lay harbor i marked by a new whistling buoy placed there by the lighthouse tender Mauzanita last week. During the recent heavy storms the oyster be.l at Willapa harbor were ' buried in drifting sands until at least I halt the crop will be lost. j The Baker-Canyon Telephone Com- ; pany now has the long-distance line ; between Baker City and ilie Grant ' county town in working order. I Lyons' broomhandle factory, in Coos county, shipped 40,000 of its best product to ban Francisco last week. A portion of tlie consignment will Le torwarded to Australia. . Captain Berry, the aged lighthouse keeper at Port Angeles, died in the Sister' hospital at Port - Townsend Snnday. He has been keeper of the light at Angeles for the past 20 years. The farmers who supply the Coquille creamery received 26,'t cents i pound for butter fat, delivered during Octo ber. Two thousand dollars was di ; tributed among those who supplied the creamery. I - A Polk county farmer has been ex perimenting with tobacco culture, and ' has been so successful that cigars made ' with tobacco grown by him are said to be as good as the average cigar smoked ' in Oregou. s It ia said that the next grand jury in Curry county will not meet until Sep ) teuiber next. If this is the case, it ia apt to be a long time before tl.e Van Pelts wilt have to answer. the charge of "" killing A. Coolidge. , s A drove of about 125 nice trim young ' mules, which had been bougnt in Lake ; county,' were secured at the low average price of $15 per head. They will be ! taken to Huntington and then shipped ' to the Eastern market. Joe Siver, who is making a tour of tho United States from New York and ' return on a bicycle, was fined $10 in ' Harriaburg for riding on the sidewalk. J He was allowed to go on condition of liis leaving the city at once. -J The checks for tlie second dividend declared by the controller of the cur- rency iu favor of the creditors of The Dalies National bank have been re 1 ceived by Receiver Wilson, and are 1 ready for delivery to the owners, j Tlie Albany iron works is a very bnsy 'place these days. The company i shipped out 10 tons of maohineiy last j Friday, including a quartz mill mami 1 faotured for Southern Oregon mines, ( and machinery for the state pumping station at saiem. One hundred and forty-four balo3 of hops, aggregating over 27,000 pounds, belonging to five groworsin the vicinity of Laurel, were sold Monday for 18 cents per pound. Tuesday 4d bales, aggregating over 8,500 pounds, were sold to J. M. Kussell & Co., for 11)$ cents per pound. The grain acreage in Jackscn county for the coming vear will in ail likoli hood suprass in extent any year in the history of Rogue river valley, and if conditions prove favorable, the giatest number of bushels of grain in the his tory of the county will be harvested in 1S98. This, says the Tidings, is the opinion of well-informed persons. During the last few month a Crook county firm has purchased 16,000 head of sheep, and are now handling 'about 22,000 head. They are all in their winter range, and each flock is within convenient distance of big stuck of hay, more than sufficient to Carry them through the hardest winter. The sheep are all reported to be in fine con dition and thriving. Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Albert celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in Salem Monday. They were married at Wheeling, W. Vs., in 1S37. Mr. Albert is 83 years old, and Mr.-Albert 81. A reception was he'd at their home and a large number of friend paid respect to the Venerable couple. The guests included seven children, be sides grandchildren and great grand children. ' : The controversy between two quarrel some members of the Vernonia church j was submitted to a Jury, or committee, of church members. One of the mem bers was expelled. The other was cen sured and reduocd from full member, hip to six months probation. It was ! ruled bv the committee that no one in the Nehalem , valley is entitled to church membership unless he is imbued With love and righteousness. The Eastern Oregon Sheep Aasocia tiun of Baker City offers a reward of 11,000 for information that will lead to the arrest and conviction ot any per son or persons found guilty of wilfully injuring the sheep or property of any member of the association. And a fur ther reward of $350 for information that will lead to the arrest aud convic tion of any porson or persons gulity of robbing sheep camps the property of tho members of the association. Messrs. Rice, Flint & Co. have struck a vcfn in their Black Repub lican tunnel, in Michael oreek mining I district in Southern Oregon, showing j very promising ore containing Fold and j copper. No assays from this lowest ! level has been made. The third tun ' nel is in 210 feet, and will be pushed j some 60 feet further to crosscut this and another parallel veiu further in. Promising ledgos are being uncovered ; in tho diilriot. A number of placers I aro running light. UNDER MARTIAL LAW German Schools In Prague Attacked by Rioters. TWENTY-FIVE PERSONS KILLED Incendiary Fires Started In All Part of the City-Ten Thousand Sol diers Now on the Scene. Prague, Bohemia, Deo, 6. A procla mation establishing martial law waa. made in all parts of the oity and sub urbs today. Detachment of soldiers, headed by an officer and a police com missioner, marched from point to point After tatoo on tlie drums the commissioner read aloud tha imperial decree ordering a military government. , By evening order had been restore.1, which has not been broken since. Throughout the early morning anarohy -reigned. The window smashing and . looting was varied with constant fight between the rioter and troop and po lice. The ebops of tlie principal Ger man jeweler were plundered. The rioter drank their fill in German wine cellar and then let the content of the casket run out. Incendiary fire were started in many directions, and the fire brigade was kept galloping from one end of the oity to the other for hours. When the firemen arrived at the cene of a fire, the mob would drive them back. In some case the rioter wrecked the railroad engines. Dnring the day spe cial trains were employed carrying re inforcement to the scene. There are now 10,000 soldier here, fully equip ped for a long campaign. Official return for the 24 hour pre ceding show that four person were killed and 160 dangerously wonnded. Three hundred and fifty received lesser injuries. Twenty shops were burned out. The authorities are not confident of the continuance of,yorder, the appe tite of the mob having been whetted bv successful plundering which ha been directed in a systematic way by the leaders of secret societies. Some Jews saved their premises by placing cruci fixes between lighted candles in their shop windows. .'- Aa Kxcltjng Day. ; Prague, Bohemia, Dec 6. Thi afternoon a mob attacked the German schools. The infantry fired four vol leys. One report says 25 persons were killed and scores were wounded. The city is in a panic and many are fleeing. Nearly 8,000 reinforcement left Vi enna for this oity tonight. CHARLES YERKES" SCHEME. Proposes to Torn the Chicago River la ' to a Boulevard. Chicago, Dec. 6. Twenty mile ol docks on the lake front and the trans formation of the Chicago river into a bonlevard by covering it with a onlvert from end to end is what Charle T. Yerkes proposes for Chicago. The street-car magnate appeared be fore the city council today and vigorous ly opposed the proposed deepening of tlie river and the lowering of the tun nels. He urged that the city should grant the land front it owns between Randolph street and Park row to a cor poration with $60,000,000 oash to build 20 docks, each a mile long, which at the end of 50 years will revert to the oity at the bare cost of construc tion. ' "Build them of stone," said be, "and Chicago will have the finest docks in the world, not excepting those at Liverpool." Mr. Yerke frankly declared it to be his opinion that money spent to beauti fy the lake front is merely thrown sway. It his lake front harbor plan was carried out, he suggested that the river be covered with culverts and made into a boulevard, extending from the mouth to the end of the North and South branches, making, the speaker said, the most magnificent boulevard in the world. - - BURNED TO DEATH The Sad Fate of a Child Dear North Taklma. North Yakima, Wash., Dec , The home of State Senator Leah, a few miles from this city, wa totally de stroyed by fire last night. Mr. Lesh's 1 U-year-old child was burned to death. The. child's nurse had a very narrow escape. The fire originated in an air tight stove in the nursery. Mr. jLesn's wife died 15 months ago in giving birth to twin girls, one of whom died three mouths ago, the other being the vic tim of last night's fire. The remain of the little one were recovered today, and tho funeral will be held Saturday. Senator Leah started home today from Washington, where he has been for sev eral weeks in consultation with Gard ner Hubbard, president of tho Moxee Company, for which Leah ii local manager. The dwelling bnrned was the property of the Moxee Company, and cost $11.- 000. The contents were insured for $1,600 in twooompanies, but one policy for tl.000 exnired a few davs ago. Horselosa carriage have been intro duced in the fire department ot Paris. Life-Saver Drowned. Margate, England, Deo. 6. A volun teer lifeboat casized this morning off Naylad rock. Of 14 men comprising her crew, 10 were drowned.' When the accident occurred, the lifeboat was 1 on her way to tho rescue of the crew 'of the Persian Empire. Later in the ! day tho Persian Empire was taken in ' tow for Loudon. The Carlisle City, I with which steamer the Persian F.m- pire had been in collision, procvedvd OC I her voyage. . ,