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TH) T7 T A R-T. i r Tropin Midi. JL IHJOj r n a tt -il vi,,u,...: vol. xv. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOJJEtt 28, 1898. NO. 43. 3 I I WIN DOINGS OF THE WEEK What Has Happened in the Civilized World. GIVEN IN THE TRUSS DISPATCH KS A Com plot Review of the New of the) I'm tod Days la This and ' ' All Foreign Land, President MoKlnley addressed large body of railway emplovo before "leaving Chicago. Adviue from Porto Rico says all hitch official there have tuken step to boome nattiraliced American. ' The British ahip UlonfoUl burned at the mouth of. the Thame, river, and 14 of those on board lost their Uvea. A French missionary' and several Chinese Catholic intra been massacred or burned to death In a chapel at Pe king, China, by a tuob. France hua demanded reparation. Tlie Spaniard at Havana are becom ing insolent, and disregarding the American demand. Blanoo baa auo tioned off ran non which rightly be longed to the Uulted States. In the annual report of the third aalatant poatmaater-general , a atrong recommendation la mado that negntia tlona lie opened looking to the reduc tion ol the international rate to 9 oent bait ounce or Iraolion thereof. , Id a tenlble typhoon off Formosa . hundreda of Uvea were lost. Among the ship loot was .the American bark Comet. The orew wa laved. Homeward-bound passenger ray they passed numerous abandoned vessel, the loai ol life nioat have been enormous. Tho coal-mining town of Welling ton, Vancouver island, baa been the scene of several subsidence, and thore la general alarm there owing to Indica tions that another la likely to take place. ' The whole town la under mined, owing to tiie, extensive opera tiona for coal mining. A dispatch from Manila soys: The Insurgent general, Flo Pilar, haa agreed to evacuate Paoo Paco, the last aulmrb of Manila hold by the Filipino Tues day. This complete the American conquest Of the olty. The last rebel hits left Oavito and Manila, the rest of the island of Lnaon being in the baud of the insurrectionist faction. Disastrous typhoons, aandatorroa and floods iiavo caused fearful loss of life dlntiiot watered by the river Feng, in Japan, hundreds of Tillages have been wept away and 1,000 people drowned. Another report say 250 town are un der wator. Thonaand of refugees are flocking to the cities. The Ishkari river ttiA nvnrfltiwAit. ftrnn-nlne Avar 1,000 people. ' Smallpox has broken out in Dawson City. N. W. T. A family of five were brutally mur dered at Stuartburn, Manitoba. Senator Prootor, of Vermont has heen re-elected by an over whelming vote. The dowager empress of China has began instituting reforms on her own account. Withdrawal from Crete of all the Turkish troops there lias been ordorod by the aultan. Emperor William, of Germany, was personally received at Constantinople by the aultan. ' Princess Kalalanl, of Hawaii, is re ported engaged to be man led to Andrew Adam, a reporter. All trade at Havana ia said to he At a standstill, awaiting the future des tiny of tho island. , Alany officer oi the stau oi wenerat Gome have resigned, owing to tho trouble with tbolr chief. During an Indian dance near Ard more, I. 'P., one man was killed and two wore wounded, one fatally. Liberia, through lta special repre sentative, Bishop Hartzoll, I abont to ask to be taken nndor tho protection of the United Stutce. Blanco haa acceded to the roqueste of tho American evacuation ootnnils alonois that Bed Crosa supplies bo al lowed dee entry to the ports of Cuba. General Wood, in hTe oapaoity aa governor of Santiago, haa ordered the return to Jamaica of a largo uumber of destitute negroes who had just arrived from there. A Now York World dispatch from Washington says: The Uuitcd Stales will assume the indebtedness of the Cuban municipalities, but will not agree lo pay or guarantee any portion I of the goneral Cuban debt. It Is con-1 aidered a hitf concession on the part of the United Stato and a partial victory for Spain, Three vessels were wreokeii in a , atorm off the English ooast. Tho Nor weglali bark Frlvold stranded off Spurn- j liead. Two members of the orew were drowned. The Norwegian brlgatitine Augvald was wrecked otT Uoudon liar bor. Seven of the orew were drowned. ' The Russian schooner Wilhelin waa wrecked off St. Andrew. Five of the crew were saved, and one drowned. . Minor New Kami. The Kentucky oonrt of appoals holda the separate ooaoh law valid. , . Commodore W. P. McCann says Gen oral Blanoo il the mau who ordered the Maine blown up. - X. P. Gore, a blind man, haa been nominated for congress by the Populists of a Texas district. Just at present two women Queen Victoria and the empress of China role over one-half the world's population. LATER NEW3. The last detachment of Spanish troop) have nailed from Porto Rico and evacuation I complete. The Utab troop of oavalry, which has been doing guard duty in the Yosoinlte, haa boon ordered to the Presidio. Major-Uenerar Wesley Merritt, U. 8. A.,, was married privately In London to Hiss Laura Williams, of Cbloago. News has been received in Washing ton of the launching at Havre of the cruiser Rio de la Plata, which la to be presented to Bpain by the Spanish resi dent of Argentina. ' The Joint trntTie association ha re ceived a death-blow by the United States supreme court, which has just decided that Its existence la unlawful, and the anti-trust law is being violated. Subsidised British liner have been ordered held ready for service. A num ber of other significant orders have been issued by the British admiralty tend ing to show that Knglunj ia preparing for war. . A Madrid dispatch to the New York World (ay that leading men at Madrid concede that America will not assume the Cuban debt, that the-Philippines will probably be lost and that the American commissioners' 1 demands in all matter will be acceded to. Secretary Long baa taken the Initia tive steps to make Ban Juan de Porto Rico the Drat naval station In the West Indian water. Congress will be asked to appropriate money enough' to make it on of the best equipped naval sta tion the United State ha. Serious trouble It brewing among the Comanche, Kiowa and Apache Indians. For 80 years, since the Medicine Lodge treaty, the government has fed these Indian, but that treaty expired July 1. They have commenced killing cattle be longing to Texas cattlemen, and a orlai I near. The California an per lor court ha decided that Mra. Botkin, accused ol the mauler of Mra. John P. Dunning and alster, of Dover, Del., ia not a fugi tive from Justice of Delaware. Mra. Botkin haa been remanded in custody of the chlel of police of San Franoi.co, and the date of bor trial will be aet later. The president haa approved the recommendation of General Wade, at Havana, that the Spaniards be allowed until Deoember 1 to evacuate Cuba; meantime, however, United State troop now in Cuba and others to be diapatobed will take possession of the territory aa fust a tho Spaniards vacate it, probably leaving Havana last. 1 ' The lockout In the window glues trade" at Pittsburg is ended. Yellow fever haa been completely tamped out at Ouautanamo. Charles Kngadt waa hacged at Hous ton, Tex., for the murder of his sitter. Fully 10,000 people participated in a reception to General Bhaf )r at Lima, O. The independent battalion of Wash ington volunteers baa been mustered out. ". Ex-Governor Charlos Sheldon, of South Dakota, ' died at Dead wood of rheumatism. Superintendent Lokens, of the Chi-oago-Virden , Coal Company has been released from custody on bonds. The wireworkerp' strike at Cleve land, O., has failed, and a general re sumption of work will soon follow. The Colorado supreme court ha de cided tho silver Republican factional quarrel in favor of the anti-Tel lerites, who are given the right to tho title and emblem of the party. . : An American syndicate ieprosentln Detroit capital haa purchased a large tract of land at Manxanillo, Cuba, where they will develop aeveral good Iron mine. Battery B, Oregon volunteer, hat been mustered out of service, and it members returned to private life with out having the much-sought-for chance to battle for their country. . Agoncillo, envoy of the Filipinos, haa reached Paris, In reply to a Span ish statement, the American peace com missioners have declared that the United States refuse to assume sovereignty over Cuba. ' A Havana dispatch aaysi An agree ment between the two commissions aa to the date of evacuation again seem probable. The American ultimatum fixe upon January 1, and this date will be finally accepted by the Span iards. . '' ' " . Lieutenant Peary 'a vessel is oaught In the ice, and there is little prospect that It will get out this year. The present position of the steamer ia much farther north than whalers usually go. The vessel will return safoly next spring after the ice thaw. A ensational ttory comes from Ha vana to the effect that Captain-General Blanco together with other prominent Spaniards, had formed a plot to et up a republic In Cuba, and eventually turn the island back to Spain. Their plans were upset by the signing of the peace protocol. .' Rev. Chas. Heath, colored, la dead at hi home in New York city, aged 101 year. The first notable event in hla life waa In 1799, when his mother car ried him to the funeral of George Washington, so that he could always say that be had attended the burial of the first president of hie country. Rear Admiral Phelpa is the only sur viving member of the first graduating class from the naval academy. There were 47 member in the class. The grand camp, United Confederate Veterans of Virginia, bas plaoed itself on record as claiming the right to se cede from the union at will. Queen Liliuokalanl will leave Bono lulu for. Washington about the middle Of November, it ia said, to present her claims against congress for remunera tion for the loss of her throne. , CUBANS IN MISCHIEF Agitators Planting the Seed of Discontent . DIRFXTED AGAINST AMERICANS Inaurgen Offlixra Irranliliia Holy ' War Asuln.t th K.-t!omin-Garola Alio Denounced. Havana, via Key West, Fla., Oct. 36. Vij Llbertad, one of tho daily papers of Cienfuegos, published with the sanction of the government, prints a manifesto with over 800 siguatrnes. a great many of which are Spaniards, openly proclaiming- Cuban independ ence. :..,. About 60 Cuban patriotic clubs have been organized In Havana under ' the management, In a large number of cases, of physicians, lawyer and pio fesslonal men. Many members of some of the olnb attended the first meeting wearing the Cuban and American flaga orosaed. v The presiding oflloera of sev eral of the clubs, noticing the insignia in the buttonholes of the oOata of the members, ordered that in future only the Cuban flag ahould be worn. In many Instances thi order was complied With. ' The Cuban general, Rego, ha ar rived at Havana from Puerto Principe, and il preaching in the Havana cafe and the insurgents' camps near the city a holy war against the American, lie ha interviewed many of the leader bf the Cuban and haa urged the carry ing on of war against Americana if in dependence I not at once granted to Cuba. . , The Cuban colonel, Torriot, ha also arrived from, Havana at the east, and la carrying on a strong campaign against the Americans and Culixto . Garcia, whom ha professes to look upon as a traitor' to the Cuban who has been bribed by American gold. The col onel, in an Interview with one of the leading newspapers in Havana, made all sorts of chargos against Garcia and the Americans, but the censor would not allow an account of the interview to be published, fearing that it might give rise to disturbances. A secret circular haa boen sent to the rirnaiiLitite nt nil the fliihen rintriutln I " - - committees, donounoing a large num ber of Cubans, who are looked upon as traitoia. to the cause of Cuban inde pendence, and are -charged with being attached to the American. The circu lar recommend a vigorous contest againat not only Spanish residents, but gainst the Americana aa well, "who aie endeavoring to steal the Cubans' victory." : The Spanish colonel, Corvera, mill Inrv governor of Mariano, pays daily visits to the insurgent camps in his dis trict, advising the Cubans not to sur render their arms and to make resis tance until the independence of the island la declared. Colonel Corvera Is an intimate friend of General Parrado, president of the evacuation commission. During the last two weeks, several hundred Remington oarblnes and large quantities of ammunition hare been sent from Havana, it is presumed, by some of the Spanish chiefs. The Span ish resident, manufacturer, merchant and planters are , somewhat alarmed and criticise in very serere terms th behavior of some of the Spanish chiefs, who, it is alleged, are acting suspic iously In many places, and are working In favor of Cuban independence, advis ing the Cubans to persist in their I evo lutionary attitude. For this reason, many of the Spanish resident bore hate written long letters to frlenda in Madrid in order that the home govern ment may pe acquainted with what is happening in the island, and have re quested that OA behalf of Spain' Inter est and the part of the Spanish rest- Hnnte. thnevacnfltlOR mav be eomnleted as soon as possible, so a to avoid pro-1 . - , longing ine exiaung nangerooa comii- tion of affairs. Owing to the fact that Spanish offi cers are selling commissary stores at any price obtainable, the army supplies are now drug on the market In th interior, making legitimate trade im possible It is asserted as the Spanish rule in Cuba dtawa to a close, corruption and robbery daily become more open and wholesale. The committee on transpor tation, charged witn furnishing pas- sage tickets to Spanish officers return- ing to Spain, are charging an arbitrary rate of t4 each for a berth. If the vic tim refuses to give op, he i made to wait several steamers, the commission claiming there is no room. Generally the officer is glad to pay the tax in or der to get away. This abuse is openly Spoken of, bnt the present situation ia free-for-all, grab-aa-grab-can ; game, and everyone appears eager to make money while the Spanish sun hinoa. The official report of the burials in the city of Havana since the first of the present year shows that there have , been 16,631 interments. The average death rate keeps on ateadily at 47 per day. Great discontent pievailg among the Spanish trooops because of nonpay ments, in some cases for six months, in others tor seven month", and in still others for eight months, and the sol diers fear that they will be embarked for Spain without reooiviug their pay. A Corrupt Chief or I'ollo. Omaha, Oct. 84.-rThe jury in the inquest over the body of William ivaiaer, mo uniana prizengniei si ueu 1 in a fight at Jb.th Omaha by Andy Dupont. returned a verdict today hold- t.. n..JL..t -.:..in.i .-i ri.i Walker, the Omaha prizefighter killed Police Carroll, of South Omaha, accos- f The tesUmony 'iiows that Carroll ao- cepted money to allow the fight to pre, coed. ' - , MAY BE TROUBLE THERE. Attltuil or Philippine Inniirgeot. Ia Menacing- 0wer and Otle Prepared Manila, Oct. SB. The attitude of the insurgent troops has become very menacing. Their snppliesare growing scarce, and they are becoming desper ate. Their leader assured the troops, who have had no pay for months, that they will soon capture Manila. ' The Filipino newspaper Insist upon absolute independence, and denounce annexation to the United States or any protectorate with equal energy. . The American authorities, naval and military, are taking precautionary measures, although no immediate trouble ia anticipated. The commission of Spaniards sent here recently by General Kioe, Spain' ohief representative in the Philippine and governor-general of the southern portions of the archipelago, arranged a temporary commercial convention. Ac cordingly Inter-island truffle was re sumed, hut it is now again interrupted, this time by orders from General Kios. The steamer San Nicholas, which left Manila yesterday flying the American nag, wa compelled to return by a Spanish gunboat, whose commander offered a a plea for hi action that the crew consisted of Filipinos, who miKht smuggle contraband articles. The San Nicholas, after reporting her experience, aailed attain, followed by the United States gunboat McCulIooh. The insurgent steamer Muirola en tered tti harbor flying the insurgent flag, which was promptly hauled down by th Americans. Yesterday the British consul at Ma nila convened a meeting' of merchants to discus the oommeroial deadlock. British capital to the amount of (300, 000,000 has been lying idle here for six month. In the existing conditions, business relations with the provinces have been In many cases directly aua TwnderL The moM!n0 rAflnlved in make ' an nrgent appeal to the British govern- ment to endeavor to hasten a settle ment ol pending issues. BRINK OF WAR- Frenoe Preparing for Mr England Bend 7 Only Diplomacy Can Avert It. London, Oot 86. Never since Great Britain and France bjgan to dispcte over Egypt, nor during the most aonte stage of the Niger differences between those countries, has the situation looked so ominous as today. In spite of the hope expressed in the journals of both countries that the matter would be aminahly arranged, it is a faot that the French naval and military authorities are making feverish prepar ations for war, and, though calm reigns at the British dockyards at Portsmouth, Chatham and Devonpoit, it is only the calm of preparedness. -; . Significant orders have been arriving there from the admiralty, indicating that Great Britain and France are on the brink of war. The admiralty bas ordered every seagoing warship to have it crew made up to the full comple ment, as ordered in cise of mobilisa tion. The order praotically mean the complete filling prospectively of every hip's company in detail. lanr torpedo-boat destroyer which were about to be fitted with new water-tube boilers have bed their orders countermanded, and will be instrnoted to redraw their store. Officers on leaves of absenoe and unemployed have been notified to hold themselves in readiness to oom mission reserves if required. , J The French statesmen, however, still oling to the hope that the Marquis of Salisbury will offer some exchange. NINE BLACKS KILLED. One White Man I. oat Bis Lira and Three War Wounded. Memphis, Tenn., Oot. 85. A special to the Commercial-Appeal from Forest, Miss., says: As the result-of an at tempt to arrest a negro near Harpers Title, Scott'conntr, In the eastern part of the state, one white deputy was killed, three wounded, and, aocording to the latest report, nine negroes were killed by the citizens of the Harpers Yum neiKiiuurnuou anu uio sueuu ville neighborhood J .1. . -1 combined 1 The pursuit of about 60 negroes, who had joined the original offender, with the avowed determination to prevent his airest and capture, and who am bushed the party attempting the arrest, continues, and by morning the number of fatalities will undoubtedly have as sumed large proportions. The whole country la terribly aroused, and the sheriff's posse haa been reinforced with men from ail the neighboring towns. scene, which is about 10 miles north of Forest, the nearest railroad point.) DIED ON THE VOYAGE. Death of Bavea Sick Bold ten Return Ing From Manila. flan Francisco, Oct. 85. The United States transport steamer Rio de Janerio arrived here today from Manila, via Hong Kong and Nagasaki. She haa on board 140 sick soldiers, and 24 dis charged men. Seven men died on the voyage. They were: Private Eliot W. Ordway, company H, Second Oregon! Private Henry H. Stube, company F, First California; Sergeant John A Glover, company A, First Nebraska; Private Frank W. Tucker, company O, Twenty-third in fantry; Private Lewis D. Passraore, company lr Fnst Nebraska; Private Henry P. Shuter, Astor battery; Pri vate J. Fiske, First California All the dead were buried at eoa, ex oupt Ordway, Fiske and Shuter. .''''""- Itaca War In Teiae. Fort Worth, Tex.. Oct. 24. Trouble between whites and blacks over politics culminated 1n a fight in whioh Hope - , , , , , ,. , , 1 .- dam,' lpendon Relate for Bhoriff "d leaf 1 thd,epTl8". movement against the White Men'a lnio? fr'l0?'!! "' ha ! unable wder nd wanU. lro0 Mnt to thtt ceM wuve. . ., L0STINN0RTONS0UND The Steamer Abbie Rowe , Wrecked. WAS MAKING A SHOUT VOYAGE Eleven 1'eraone Were on Hoard Search for the Mlaalng Has Been Uueuccesefai. Tort Townsond.Oct. 84. T. Adney, a correspondent of Harper' Weekly, who arrived here Wednesday from St. Mi chaels on the steamer Roanoke, brings news of tiie probable loss of the small steamer Abbie Rowe in Norton sonnd. The steamer bad on board 11 persons, composing the Abbie Rowe party, of Boston. The party left St. Michaels September 11 for Chignlck mission, lo cated on Golofrim bay, about 83 miles north of St Michaels. Barring aoci dent, they should have reached theii destination in three 01 four days. Dr. Brigliam and wife, Mrs. Rowe, Mis Blaine and another woman, mem ber of the party, considered tbe Abbie Rowe incapable of weathering a serere atorm. and took passage on a schooner which left a few days before the steam er for Chignick mission,' where tbey were to meet tiie remainder of the party. After vainly waiting for some time, Captain William A. Taylor, late en gineer cf the revenue cntter Bear, and M. F. Melsing, formerly of San Fran cisco, began a search for the missing teamer in the yacht Edith. They fol lowed the coast to St. Michael with out success. 1 Just before the Roanoke left St. Mi chaels, Adney says, a party arrived from the north with a -story to the effect that the Indian had reported a smalt steamer wrecked, stating that they saw a small crowd of men on the beach around a fire. It was generally believed that thi must have been the part from the Abbie Rowe. Adney also report that while search ing for the missing vessel Captain Tay lor and Melsing pioked np a man In an open boat several mi lea at sea. The man had been without food or water for aeveral days, and was near to death. He was Sterling Martin, of Chicago, who was left adrift on a barge whioh was being towed from St. Michaels to Golofrim bay by the steamer Fortune Hunter, with a Chicago party on board The Fottnne Hunter was caught in a storm and was forced to cut the barge loose. Several days afterward tbe For tune Hunter was picked np by the steamer Tillamook In a waterlogged condition. An unsuccessful search was made for Martin. After being cut loose from the Fortune Hunter;, tbe barge foundered, and Martin put to sea in a amal boat - STORY OF THE WAR. Tragic Kndtng of a South Dakota Vol unteer's Romance. St Louis, Mo., Oct 24. A special to the Republic from Deadwood, ft. D., says: Albert Martin, a lancher living near the -Cheyenne river in Ziebeok county, enlisted as a volunteer at the beginning of the war and fought at the battle of El Caney. After the battle he met Ramona Perei, the daughter of an officer of Garcia s command, and they became sweethearts. Soon after ward he waa attacked by fever and sent home on sick leave. He waa engaged before his departure tor tne war 10 tne oauguier 01 a neign boring ranchman, and arranged to be married while home on his leave of absence. Meanwhile the Cuban girl bad learned of his illness and that he had gone home, and she resolved to fol low and nurse him. Dressing in her brother' olothes, she crossed to Ja maica and secreted herself on a fruit steamer bound for New Orleans. Reach ing there she tramped and beat her way to ilermosa, S. v. When she reached there she learned of her lover's approaching marriage, and the shock drove her insane. At the same time the American girl learned of her lover's flirtation, and broke off the engagement , Martin be gan drinking heavily and disappeared. A few day ago bis body was found floating- in the Cheyenne river. Whether he fell In whilo intoxicated or committed suicide is a matter of con jecture. ; - - ATTITUDE UNCHANGED. American Commleatonera Will Not Aa- autne Cnban Debt. Paris, Oot 24. The United States and Spanish peaoe commissioners held separate sessions this morning. The joint session lasted from 3 P. M. to 4:80 P. M. During this time the commissioners discussed the second ser ies of written argument put forward by the Spaniards for tbe purpose of pre vailing npon the American commission ers to assume the Cuban debt. No de finite conclusion was reached and the commission adjourned nntil Monday, when the Cuban question will again be. discussed. It ia piobable that this feature of the negotiations will be dis posed of next week. Thus far there have been seven joint sessions, four of whioh have been de voted to the dieousslon of the first arti cle of the protocol. In thin manner two weeks have 'passed and no result lias boon reached. The A merioan com missioners have listened to ail the ar guments of the Spaniards, but they have not changed the position which they first took. Strangled Her Three Children. Toronto, Oct. 84.1-A dreadful trairady was enacted in the east end of the city tonight, when Eliza Burrill wife of a well-to-do mechanic, became demented and strangled her three ohildren, aged 8, 8 and 11 years. The demented woman gave a reason for her terrible deed that she did not want them to grow up Wicked. " FIVE BURNED TO DEATH. Uvea X.oat In a Hotel Fir la Cali fornia Town. Bnsanville, Cal., Oct. 24. New just received here from Clairville, Plu mas county, CoL, report the burning of hotel and the loss of five live. The dead are: P. Pedrini, Carson Barney, Mrs. Oor nado, Florence Roberta, 7 years old and a woman, name not yet ascertained. The fire broke ont at 4. o'clock thi morning In Chat Roberts' hotel. Mr. Roberts awoke in time escape by jump ing from the second-story window, In doing which he sustained severe Injur ies. Tbe other occupants of the build ing, witli the exception of those above named, esoaped unhurt, but lost every thing but tbe clothes they wore. The five unfortunate people were suffocated while they siept. The origin of the fire has not been determined, but is supposed to have been caused by a de fective chimney. The property loss i not great. ' "' ; '' FOOD FOR HAVANA'S , POOR. Shipload of Snpplle A re to Be Taken to the Cuban Capt al. Havana, Oct. 24. The Red Cross Society's steamer City of San Antonia sailed yesterday from Matanzas for New York to bring a fresh cargo of supplies to Havana. Her last cargo was all landed at Matanzas. The shipment of Spanish silver spe cie, in anticipation of the American regime, are ry heavy. Yesterday' Spanish mail steamer, the jover Sorra, carried 736,000 pesos. v It is understood tliat the Spanish ciuiser Alfonso XIII will leave Cuban waters October 80. General Blanoo has directed the mil itary commander of- the Hotgnin divi sion to distribute any surplus commis sary stores among those of the popula tion in that distiict whs have shown the most friendship for Spain. EXECUTION OF A FRATRICIDE. George W. Clark Paid tLe Death rea. alty at San Qaeutiaw San Quontln, Cal., Oct. 24. George W. Clark, the St Helena fratricide, died coolly on tbe gallows today. The crime for which Clark was exe cuted was the murder of his brother at St. Helena, Napa county. He lay in wait for his victim and shot him dead, after taking deliberate aim. A fow days before the tragedy, be endeav ored to kill his brother by poisoning his coffee. Tbe crime was the outgrowth of an intimacy that had existed for 18 years before the murder between Clark and his brother's wife. Two days after the killing Clark made a full confession., He then changed bis mind and fought hard in the courts to set aside the con fession. He waa convicted and ap pealed to the supreme court Tbe de cision of the lower court waa sustained an-i Clark was sentenced by Judge Ham to be banged today. Recently he made a statement exonerating bia brother's wife from all complicity in the crime. Yesterday he accepted religions conso lation from member of the Salvation Army. '- AN ABSURD REPORT. Minister Wn Saya LI and the Kmprea Wera Not Married. Chicago, Oct. 24. Wu Tlngfang, Chinese minister to the United States, before his departure for Washington said that the report of a marriage be tween Li Hung Chang and the dowager empress was absurd. The . ateamer which arrived at Vancouver on Wed nesday brought papers from Hong Kong and Yokohama, publishing the statement that" the dowager empress had become the wife of Li Hung Chang, "This ia the most abaurd of all ru mors," said Wu Tingfang. "It is im possible. No reliance is to be placed in telegrams from southern oitiea about what goes on in Peking. It i not there like It I here. Your president goe about shaking hands with the peo ple. We have different ways. This news could not oome from Peking. It was made at Hong Kong. Tbe report ia untrue." MADRID PAPER SUPPRESSED. Imprisonment of the Kdltor I.adatoa Mlnleter'a Resignation. Madrid, Oct. 24. El Nacional, the conservative organ, wlbch is support ing General Weyler, waa ordered sup pressed for publishing an article not previously submitted to the censor, and it editor, Senor Figuera, a member of the chamber of deputies, was imprison ed. The affair has caused a great sen sation, and the suspension order was annulled. " Senoi Gamazao, minister of public in struction and publio woiks, has ten dered bis resignation as a protest against the arrest of the editor of El Nacional. The resignation has been accepted, Senor Sagasta taking Senor Gainasao's portfolio ad interim. The newspapers have addressed a complaint to the supreme oourt against the refusal of General Chinchilla, governor-general of Madrid, to respect the alleged inviolability of Senor Figurea as a member of theohamberof deputies. Boiler Kxploalon Killed Two. Pentwater, Mloh., Oct 84. The boilers of the Pentwater furniture fac tory exploded today. L. C. Topper and Miller Sorenson were killed. Two oth er men wore fatally injured. . Filipinos Enforcing Kxport Dnty. Manila, Oet 24. The insurgents are enforcing an export duty ot 33 a ton on hemp from southern ports brought to Manila. They are alao en forcing 6 per oent tonnage on steamers and 89 pot oent on freights. Tbe American and British firms are com pelled to pay these charges, though they protest strenuously against tn arrange ment all the more unjust because goods are entering Manila by railway 1 from the north, which evade duty, and can undersell the legitimate traJ I SEVEN MEN KILLED Frightful Accident on Tor pedo-Boat Davis. SCALDED IK THE BOILER-ROOM Boiler Tub Blows Oat With Terrible Beault Ho Fan It at the Con tractor -Trial Trip. Astoria, Or., Oct 23. Tho hnrsting of one or more steam tubes In the for ward boiler of the torpedo-boat Davis while on her official trial trip yesterday fatally toalded seven firemen. The dead are: Charles Maneely, fire man, married; Paul Luithle, fireman, unmarried; Harry Wood, married; William Wood, foreman boiler shop, married; James Ryan, married: Axel Johnson, married; Albert Baehl. mar ried. The accident occurred at 11:40 A.. M., while the boat wa westward bound, off Tenos Illihee, near Cathlamet. She had run-one of tbe required two hour at full speedand was making about 28, knots per hour, under a steam pressure of 250 pounds. Seven firemen, onder the direction of William Wood, foreman of tbe boiler shop of the Wolff & Zwicker iroa works, were working manfully to keep up the tremendous steam pressure necessary to supply tbe flying engines. Without a moment's warning, some thing inside the boiler gave way, and a withering blast of live steam, fire and moke filled the cramped boiler-room and overpowered the helpless workmen. At the same time, the forward smoke stack began to vomit fottb flame and muddy water, and those on deck saw that something serious had happened below. Harry Burrow, a fireman who was stationed at the tightly closed hatoh of the boiler-room, threw tbe door open, and waa thrown backward on the deck by a rush of soalding steam that seared bis mustache and hair like red-hot irons. At the same instant, Joseph Porter, a machinist, and J. E. Wolff, yice president Of the contracting firm, sprang down the ladder and into the seething pit regardless of the fearful beat that almost overcame them. Together they lifted Foreman Wood to the hatch, where a dozen pairs of hands were waiting to receive him. And then, one by one, six more horribly mutilated men were taken from tbe death trap. Several of the most severely injured walked nnaided to the after cabin, where Dr. E. H. Thornton, tbe com pany's physician, who accompanied the boat, attended to them aa rapidly as he waa able to do so. Few were able to repress the groans that spoke of their terrible suffering, bnt all bore them selves with the fortitude that men in , time of war call heroism. The appear ance of that giim procession, aa it filed along the narrow deck, is not to be de scribed. It was a sight that no one on board will ever forget, and which none would see again for any prioe that could be paid. Dr. Thornton set abont the work of caring tor tbe Injured with coolness and judgment, which the strain of a long afternoon Aid not abate.' NaVal Con structor Spear, of the trial board, stood by his aide through it all, removing the tattered olothing, ministering' to the suffering men, as best he could, bind ing np their burns and washing the blaok soot from their faces. Lieutenant-Commander F. J, Drake did like splendid service, and, with such help as the rest ot the orew could give, all tbe sufferer were placed on cushions in the after eabln and on deck, and tbe worst of their pain allayed with hypo dermic injections of morphine. But they were past help. At 3:80 Maneely succumbed, followed by Luithle an hour latear. Harry Wood expired just as a Btietcher waa laid to take him to a more suitable resting-place. The oth ers died In the hospital here, where they bad been brought late In the after noon. The steamer Harvest Queen towed the Davis from the scene of the accident to Astoria. The accident waa unaccountable to those on board. The contractors have been careful and painstaking in the con struction of the boilers, this being a branoh of their work in which they have always met with marked success. They have conscientiously followed all the rigid requirements laid down by tbe government, sufficient proof oi whioh is the faot that the boilers have been constantly under the inspeotion of officers of the navy detailed for that punipose. Before they were placed in the torpedo-boats the boiler were sub jected to a water pressure of 860 pounds to the square inoh, 110 pounds more than that at which they were working at the time of the aocident The orew volunteered for the service, , They have always been used with fairness and con sideration by their employers, and not one of the men on board bnt disclaimed the belief that their employers wera in any way responsible for the unfortunate, occurrence. Winnipeg, Manitoba. Oct. 83. Of an estimated yield of from 26,000,000 to 80,000,000 bushels of wbeat, it ia now calculated that only about 8,000, 000 will be threshed and the remainder sianding in stacks and shocks, is threat ened with total destruction. Spanlah Frlaonera Paroled. Washington, Oct 32. Tbe secretary of war sent a oable message this even ing to Major-General Otis, in command ot the American force at Manila, au thorizing him to parole 20 Spanish ofil cers now in hiB onstody as piisonurs of War. Applications for the parolo of these officers waa made ty ii a St mt n authorities to Genei I (' J i 1 ! - n -feriod the question to the wr ;....!! tt'.ent at WaKhiniiUHi. It n the prisoners desire to art to .