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rOTTTTl MiSt. UJtlJidjrU 1 .A. - VOL. XV. "ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1898. NO. CO. EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. TKKSIC TICKS FROM THE WIRES An Intei-antlng Collootlon oMteint froa til Two llemlapheroa Iraianled in m Comlemed yortn. ; Tli official onnnt on tit lntfl elootlon for tho head of tlio ticket (governor) In Nebraska hat been completed andthowt o fusion majority of 8,?21, The commitsnry department hnt die patched the steamer Bmtten from , 8a vanah with 700 ton of ptovliioni for the starving poopl of Cuba. The Baldwin hotel on Market ttreet, Ban Francisco, wat dettroyed by Or and four Uvea are known to have been loat, with possibility of more. Prospect! are good for an early settle merit of the Behrlng aea teallng quel ticm by the Anglo-American ooiumit alon now in session at Washington. The price of whisky hat been ad vanced one cent. Ttte rauiea of the advance were a ttrong demand for corn, the atlffnea of the market and a crop ihortage. , A three-itory building In San Fran rimy), occupied by Chinese, waa de ttroyed by fire and two of the Inmates, Wong Quay and , Wong Go, were burned to death. Stockholder! of the Reeloy Motor Company bare not abandoned the hope that the secret of the Ufa work of John W. Keeley will not be Lnrled with the inventor. Ilia pa peri will .be leouied and tbe work carried on. Late advices from Salvador via Nica ragua indicate that the revolt la more ttiiout than at flrat thought It may involve all the five ttatea in a general eou Msg rat Ion. According to advlcea, the real object of the movement la the overthrow of the federal republlo, which waa organized November 1 at Amapal. The treasury department has recom mended to the aeotetarv of war that quinine be admitted Into the countries of Cuba and Porto Rico free of duty. Under the Spaoitli law the duty on quinine waa about f 18 a pound. The war department undoubtedly will con cur In the treasury depai tuient's recom mendation. Complote returns have been received of the eusualtles of the Santiago ram paign. Tho adjutant-general'i office baa divided the campaign Into different date and period. . The statement ahowi; La Quaslna, June 14 Killed, one officer and 16 men; wound!, ait officers, 44 men. San Juan, July 1 Killed, four officer and 184 mem wounded, 09 officer and 933 men. El fJsncy, July 1 Killed, four offloera, 84 nienj wounded, 84 officers, 884 men. Aguadorea, July 1 and Wounded, two officers, 10 men. Around Bautlago, July 10 to 12 Killed, on officer, on vman; wounded, one officer, 23 men., The wer department haa decided not to occupy Oloiifuogos before January 1. Captain McCalla baa wlied the navy depaitinent that he has abandoned the cruiser Maria Teresa. Senator Quay, Pennsylvania's po litical boss, la in seriona trouble. Fiv Indictments whkh are not easily ex plained away, have been relumed by th grand Jury. - A number of Filipinos have arrived in San Francisco on their way to Wash ington to look after their claims against the government for damagea sustained by the American Invasion of Manila. , Star Pointer, the famous pacor with the world'a record of l:6Bt for a mile, waa sold in New York to W. J. White, of Cleveland, O., lor $15,000, 1000 lest than he was told for in 1897 to James A. Murphy, of Chioago. r.ate advices from Japan state that 10.000 more fishermen living on Etrnp( island, nortnorn jaimn, nro u iy verge of starvation. Some have noth ing to eat, while others are existing on rati and putrefied herrings. The Spanish mail steamer Ban Au gustin, which sailed from Nuevltat for Spain, carried the Columbus monu ment, formerly in the oathedial at Havana, with 287 boxes of archives. She took also 28 offloera and 100 sol diers. President Brown, of Norwich uni versity, has received a jiersonal letter from Admiral Dewey, In which the ad miral says; "I troet the entire srohl polugo will bo retained by the United (Hates. Any other arrangement! will load to no end of trouble." The semi-official Journal da St. Pnta.ahnra rermdintot tha ailtl-AniOii" can viewt with reference to the Philip- , . ,n,Id hv the' Bourse Gazette, which, It declares, In no way represent! the vlewt hold in leading Russian otroies, Nearly all the bucks of the White ..i ti... ,. of ilia niniuli tribe are off th reservation, and probably a great many of them are In Colorado. mi .. .i u tha onvnrnment won't pay for the land they bought from them they will bunt on u at un at thoy can got there to Hunt. Hlnor News Items. Tha Oxford University Press has ap pllunces for printing 160 different Inngu&gos, The St. Louis, Peoria & Northern' Rallwav Comnanv has been reorganized , at tha St. LoulsA Northern Short Lino, The widow th late Cuban general, JosoMaceo, was one of the applicant. for rations at the American free dis-, tribution depots at Santiago. She had. been on the verge of ttarvation for ( many weeks. LATER NEWS. Spain Baa Agreed to tha Demands of thai Amerteau Peao Comnilulon. Spain hat acceded to tha demands of the United States and hat agreed to code the entire Philippine archipelago itnd the Hula islands, and to sell th Carlolne Islands. Thli prootloallv tn- inres the conclusion of treaty of peace between Spain and the United States n the near future. Topgallant, famous stallion, waa sold in Chioago for 130.000. New bankruptcy rules, tlw tupreme oourt announces, will take effoot Janu ary S, 1809. Forty people were killed bv the x- plosion of a box of dynamite near tha nei na battery, Havana. The United States navy has landed murines In China to act as guard for the United States legation. Japan will resist the great czar, and preparation! are already under way for driving the Ktistlan troops from Corea. The Franklin stamp mill at Hancock. Mich., has been destoryed by fire, the loss being 8150,000. (jlx hunderd men will be thrown out of employment for six months. A special to the New York World from Washington lays: A cable be tween the United States and the Ha waiian islands will undoubtedly be pro vided at tha forthcoming session of con areas. At a banquet given In his honor at New York, Admiral Schley stated that he had a presentiment that Cervera would attempt to escape from Santiago harbor, and that be bad made prepara tions to give him a warm reception. According to a disnatoh from Shang hai to a London, England, news agency, th British admiral has hoisted the union Jack over Ting Hal. capital of the island of Clio Ban, and over several other islands in the Chu San archi pelago. An English Carlist positively assert! that Don Carlo's army will take the field in Spain soon after the treaty it signed. Ho declare that loan haa been fully financed, and that it ia di vided equally between France and England. Superior Judge Buckles, of Solano county, Cal., hat jnst decided an Inter esting oase, Involving the question at to whether a person can acquire prop erty at tho direct result of. bit own crime. The deoision Is In the affirma tive. Damage by the terrible blizzard off the New Enlgand ooast hat been much greater than- was indicated by early dispatches. Iu or near the harbors of Massachusetts alone not less than 29 vessela have been lost, and In most cases the fate of the crews it unknown. At least 80 lives have been lost. Official statistics show that German cattle everywhere are suffering from tuberculosis and other disease. In the district of Aix-la-Chappelle, for in stance, 83 communes show that 749 farms ore so infected. At least 40 percent of all the Gorman cattle have tuberculosis, and In some districts the percentago is at high as 79 per cent. A powder mill at La Motte, Mo., blew op and sis workmen were killed and several injured. Oflloert of the American Ma lie Prop aganda are planning fof an extensive exhibit of Indian corn at the Paiit ex position. The official gaxctte of Madrid haa published a decree aocoptlnii the resig nation of General Blanco at governor general of Cuba. An anti-anarchist oonferneoe In which all the European nations are represent ed, has opened In Rome. Tha sessions will be prolonged until Christmas. A territorial form of government will be recommended for Hawaii. Th oommission haa completed the bill and its report will be ready when oongresa assembles. Revolutionary bands in Braall have crossod the frontier and are threaten ing to unite and march toward the cap ital of Uruguay. Troop have been tent to pursue them. While rounding a curve near Burling, ton, la., a passenger train was derailed. One woman was killed, a 8-year-old child fatally injured, and 19 othen seriously injured. Tho Italian government has sent an ultimatum to the tnltun of Moroooo on the subject of the detention and ill treatment of Italians. A week has boon given the sultan in which to make a reply. .: ,.. : - An experiment In tnrgory ia to be tried In New York. A man who blew awny the side of his face and lilt nose with a shotgun will have both replaced with new ones of rubber, covered with grafted skin. There hat been street fighting among h nominal nurtlog'at Seoul, Corea. On one side. 28 persons were killed, and fiiTthnf bloodshed it feared. The Jap- anese government has been n&to tend troops to preserve ordor at Seoul, A prominent Cuban says the first ob- Jeot 0f the Cuban commissioners now in the United Statos ia to raise fundi with which to pay the Cuban troope. He also snyt that Cuba would desire to remain fiee for awhile, out oiiimuuiir annexation to the United States is both expected ana aemreu Mrs. William F. Havemeyer died at hor home In Now Yoik of pleurisy . Secretary Alger has ordered the entire army armed with Krag-Jorgensont. . . . .ntiolnna tO revive the steel rail Pi . w ' at Pittsburg. Bev. Samue Col lord f 'Xd jy president of "J at hit home at H Wr S. acute indigestion, after a little over woqk't duration . ' ' , SCALDED TO DEATH Terrible Accident on a Stock ton Steamboat. PART OF A IIOILKR EXPLODED tlx Penan Killed and Many Danger ou.ly Woundsd Hertrendln ana Among Sulforera. Stockton, Cal., Nov. 29. The most dlsattroni river accident In tha history of Stockton occurred thlt morning at 4:20 o'clock, near Fonrteen-M I le slough, when a part of one of the boilers of the river steamer T. O. Walker, which left San Francisco at 0 o'olock last night, Wat blown out, killing tlx and danger ously wounding 11 persons, while prob ably 16 or 20 others were more or less badly hurt The T. O. Walker it owned by the California Navigation & Im provement Company, and ran between San Franoisco and Stockton. Th dead are: John, Tulan, captain of the T. O. Walkers Ferdinand Law, of Seattle! W. A. Blunt, the agent In charge of shipping of sugar beets from the Most tract to the Crockett factory; Watton H. Henry, of Stockton, engineer of the T. O. Walker! Mrs. Henry .Watson, wife of the chief engineer; .Jerry Dai ley, fireman. Ten were wounded, v, Th majority of the passengers were In bed when the explosion occurred, and were awakened by the report, which was at loud at a cannon's roar. People rushed from their rooms in tholr night clothes and found the whole forward portion of the steamer's npper works blown away. The electric lights had been put out, and the escaping tteam enveloped the front portion of the boat, till it waa Impossible to tee bow mood of the boat had been dam aged. The screams of the men who were locked In their rooms near the pilot-bouse were heartrending. Captain John Tnlan had been blown from hit bed against the door of the stateroom, and so seiiously Injured that he could not move. The door oould not be forced open, at he waa Jammed np againet it. One of the employes of the boat secured an axe and ont tha up per part of the room away, and finally removed him, but not until he wae vir tually roasted alive. When pulled out, the flesh dropped from his bones in laige pieces, and although he was suf fering excrutiatingly be bore it bravely, and not a groan escaped him as he was taken out of the steam. Watson H. Henry, the chief engineer, and his wife, were in their room near the pilot-house when the explosion oc curred. Mrs. Henry waa blown through the roof. The flooring was blown up wards, and she waa hurled with great violence a distance of folly 20 feet, towards the bow of the boat. She was horribly crnabed by the force of the ex plosion, and alto badly scalded by es caping tteam. Her injuries proved fatal at 12:80 this afternoon. She re tained consciousness nntll a few mo ments before her death. Her suffer ings were to intense that she begged the physloians in attendance to end her life, but all that could be done was to deaden the pain by the use of narcotics. Mr. Henry was terribly tcalded. He wat blown tome distance away, but not as far at waa hit wife. He died shortly after being brought to thlt city. W. A. Blunt was instantly killed. He wat standing on the lower deck, at be intended making a landing a short distance above the place where the ex plosion occurred. Jerry Doiloy, the fireman, wae In the firehold of the boat when the accident occurred. The escaping tteam com pletely enveloped him, toarcely a por tion of hit body escaping the scalding vapor. He died at the receiving hos pital at 13:15 this afternoon. Ho bad been in the employ of the California Navigation & Improvement Company for about 14 years. . Underneath the lower decks, where the deck hands slept, the groans and tcreama were heartrending. The un fortunate Imprisoned men were receiv ing the full effect of the steam aa it came from the boilers. Eight of them were almost roasted alive. Those who were able made their way to the dock as best they could, while the more seri ously injured wore unable to get out. The exposed poitiona of their bodiet tnffered the most. The arms and facet of those near the main entianoe were frightfully scalded. Coratti Dominioi. who was on the lower deck, waa blown into the water, and had to swim ashore after his back was terribly scahlod. Louit Brltzolana. In company with Chariot Mauglnl and wife, waa standing near the nilot-house On the texas aqca. The foice threw him to one tldo, but not until he waa badly burned about the body. Fortunately, Mr. Maggiiu and hit wife esoaped without to ranch ai a scratch, though both were thrown down by the conouaslon. " ' Drovrnert In the Street. Boston, Masa., Nov. 89. Two men lost their Uvea in the storm todny at Revere. One wot Michael Lee and the other an unknown negro. Both were drowned on Ooean avenue while trying to cross that thoroughfare, through which the tide wat flowing. Three Megroee Lynched. Meridian,' Mist.,' Nov. 20. Roportl have reached here that throe negroet were lynched last night four.milet Mnrirllan. New ton oounty II w - J - At, . farmert are laid to be on the trail ol othert Implicated in an assault on a whit man, who came to Meridian Fri day from Newton oounty and waa pur sued and fired noon by the negroes. A mob of armed farmera left for the . ll ,in definite news had been received, it is believed that they have tummarily dealt with tho blacks. JUDGE DAY'S CABLEGRAM. Inform th President That the tpen tarda Will Blgn the Treaty. Washington, Nov. 29. Throughout the peace negotiations, which are still pending In Paris, the president bat ex pressed confidence that a treaty, satis factory to the United States, should be drafted and signed. From time to time assuranoei of substantial progress toward that end have been received from the American commissioners. Today advices were received by the president from Mr. Day, president of the Amerloan commission, reiterating the assuranoes he had previously given the president of the early and success ful conolution of the work of the oom mission. Judge Day, It is understoood, ttatea positively that the Spanish commis sioners formally will accept, perhaps tomorrow, the terms of the - United States, and that a treaty drawn along the lines of the agreement reached will be drawn and signed in a few day. Tbsdlspatch from Judge Day wat the first absolutely definite statement at to the conclusion of the labors of the com mission that had been received, and, quite naturally, it afforded the presi dent and hit advisers considerable sat islAction. It is probable that the president will disouss in his message to congress, which will be delivered one week from tomorrow, the successful efforts of the administration In the negotiation of a peace tieaty, although there ia a possi bility that the treaty itself may not have been signed at the time. , IN A STORM'S CLUTCHES. A Blliaerd Raged In the Worth Atl en tie : end Mew England Btmte. New York, Nov. 29. When the peo ple of New York awoke thlt morning, they fonnd the blizzard that raged when they retired wat ttill in progress. The storm, which began with a soft, sleety snow Saturday at noon, increased greatly at tht day wore on, with heav ier snow fall and the wind blowing a gale at midnight. There was a alight abatement of the wind this morning, but the anow ttill fell and drifted bad ly and the temperature dropped rap idly. It looked thlt morning at though the blizzard would continue all day, but at 10 o'clock there was a breaking away in the west, and finally tbe atorm ceased altogether, and the severest blizzard tince the memorable blizzard of March, 1888, came to an end. Tbe wind blow at the rate of 69 to 60 milea an hour during the height of the ttorrn. A number of people are reported fiozen to death, and tbe pioperty dam age it heavy. At Boston. ' Boston, Nov. 39. A record-breaking November blizzard swept over the greater portion of New England last night and today completely demoral izing traffic of every description and well night paralyzing telegraphic and telephonic communication, while the northeast gale, coming on at high oouree of tides, drove the sea far beyond its usual limit! and made a ma) k along shore exceeded only by the memorable hurricane of 1861,. A dozen or more coasting veesela were driven ashore in Boston harbor during the blizzard, and the great ooeau steamer Ohio, of the Wilson line, was torn from her moor ings and driven high and dry on Spec tacle island. . -.. Philadelphia Storm-Swept. Philadelphia, Nov. 29. The Mia card whlot came out of the West reached thlt city at 11 o'clock yester day morning, and raged furiously until 1 o'clock this morning. At unepxected at it wat violent, it wrought great havoc not only beie, but throughout the entire state. " NO EXTRA SESSION. President MoKlnley and Many Promt, nent Men Oppose It. Washington, Nov. 29. President McKinley will try to avoid an extra session, if that is possible. . In this effort be it likely to be seoonded by a large number of publio men both branches of congress and of both par ties. Publio policy will dictate the desires of tome and selfishness that ol others. President McKinley will make every effort to have the peace treaty laid before congress immediately after the holidays. He hopes to have it rat ified before the adjournment In March. Meanwhile, it is expected that a bill will case for the reorganization of the armv. so that garrisons for the new possessions will be provided for. Prob ably will be passed providing for the temporary government of the Pbuip' pines and Porto Bloo, and 'posBiblv Cuba, by the army officers command ing in eaoh, until congress can provide otherwise. Then congress will provide for commission to visit tbe different Islands and make recommendation for their government to the next con ureas. That it the scheme which will be followed it there ia no extra session, and if everything goes through aa planned. Added to the Navy. San Francisco, Nov. 29. At 9:23 o'clock this morning, Is tbe presenoe of a vast multitude, the battle-ship Wisconsin waa tnocessfully launched at tbe Union iron works. . The Wisconsin Is the largest of the vessels built for the United States government at this ship yard. BnllHghtlng Hot In Favor. Denver, Nov. 29. The committee in charge of arrangement! for the oorolng convention of the National Livestook Association lias rejocted a proposition to make bnllfighting a feature of the outdoor sports on that occasion. How ever, a typloal Western cowboy tourna ment will be given. Bronoho-riding, rough riding and toping and lassoing of untamed horses and steers, and all the exoltlng operations usually associ ated with cowboy lila on the plains will be on the orogramma. THE FIRST AT HAVANA American Troops Disembark at Mariana. FOUB COMPANIES OF ENGINEEBS General Blanco Will Lenvn for Spat in Week Cubane Appointed to Offloe In Santiago. Havana, Nov. 28. The United State transport Florida arrived at Mariana beach today. General Gieene and staff went to Mariana oarly to superintend Ithe landing of tbe American troop. The Florida had on board four com panies of the Second volunteer en glneert, wbioh recently left Tampa for Havana. The troops landed by half past nine o'olock at the Mariana wharf, with colors flying. They formed at the landing place and marched to their camp, two miles away, filing past Gen-, era! Greene and his staff, who, on norseback, reviewed the men.- All tha men, with the exception of five who are still suffering from sickness and were taken to the camp by train, were in line, and are all in good spirits and fit for doty. One hundred and fifty Oubant of General Monocal't division were em ployed in clearing the camp, and by 11 o'olock the tents wero being pitched for the first American camp at Havana. Passports were today delivered to the aide-de-camp of General Blanco's staff, who will sail for Spain on the steamer Juan Forgas on December 8. On the" tame steamer, it it announced, will em bark General Blanco, General Solano and hit staff, and the officials employed at Blanoo'a headquarters. Senor Fer nandez de Castro, the civil governor of Havana, last evening held a loug con ference with General Greene. Among tbe arrivals at Havana this morning were the Spanish cruiser In fanta Isabel and Conde de Venadito, from Nuevitas. The volunteer forces at Cardenas bave delivered tbeir arms to the authorities. General Blanco will be tuooeeded by General Jiminea Castellanos, division commander. r Senor Govin, secretary of the Interior in the colonial government, has accept ed the resignation of theoivil governors of the provinces of Havana and Pinar del Bio. The Spanish evacuation commission ers today delivered a nota annonnoing the 'complete evacuation of the Holguin division. : : The United States commissioners sent the Spanish a note saying that the fol lowing troops were expected on or be fore November 80: ; Tbe Fifteenth Pennsylvania volunteers, which will be stationed at Pinar del Kio; the Third New Jersey, to be stationed at Marie), and the Two Hundred and Second New York, assigned to Guanajny, all in the province of Pinar del Kio. Those In tended for the city of Pinar del Bio and Guanajay will land in Havana harbor, where they can make immediate rail way connection for these points. RATIONS FOR THE NEEDY. General Wood Feeding the Deeervlng j. Poor Aronnd Santiago. Washington, Nov. S8. General Wood, commanding the department of Santiago, has sent an official report to the war department, of which the fol lowing is an extract: ' "I have sent rations all along the sea coast, and by pack trains into the in terior, using eveiy effort to scatter the rations about in such manner as to enable the people desiring to return to their farms in the interior to do so with a reasonable assurance that they can obtain food while waiting the develop ment of their first crop. "Santiago today Is as olean and healthy as any town of its. size along the American sea coast south of For tress Monroe. Excellent order prevails; there bat not been a murder in tbe city since our occupancy." v Alaeka Land Conteit Port Townsend, Nov. 28. Among the passengers going to Alaska on the ateamer Rosalie today was R. Gold stein, who claims a portion of the townsite of Juneau under a mineral location. In 1888 he located Bonanza lode, which takes in 21 acres of the business portion of Junean, and made application" for .a United States patent, which was contested by the citizens of Junean. The land haa been in contro versy ever since, and during that time has beoome valuable. The settlement of tbe case will enable neau to secure title which many valuable been ereoted residents of Ju to property on buildings have Annlaton Blot. Annlston, Ala., Nov. 28. The city has-quieted down after last night's rioting, and it is believed the full effect of the shooting has been learned. Two negroes were killed and three wounded, and six or eight white enlisted men were seriously hurt. Two members of .the white provost guard, who were missing last night, reported for duty today. The dead are Private EJ Cap erton, Third Alabama, and an uni dentified member of the same regiment. William Bowie, of the Third Alabama, who waa wounded, will die. Miwi From Argentine. New York, Nov. 88. A dispatch to the Herald from Buenos Ayres says: : The chamber of deputies has approved ' tbe law re-establishing the tax of 10 1 per cent on tho premiums of foreign j insurance companies. . . The Argentine and Chilean commis sioners will meet here next week to diaouss the Puna Ataoama boundary 1 dispute. The incident between an 1 Argentine official and Walkor Marti- nez, former Chilean ni iu inter, hat beea ' oloaod satisfactorily. POISONOUS GERMAN TOYS. Mnoh Mora Danger in Them Than In Amerloan: Pork. Washington, Nov. 28. Dr. D. Salmon, chief of the bureau of animal industry, In' hit report to tbe secretary of agriculture for the fiscal year ended Jane 80, 1898, state that during tbe year meat Inspection was in operation at 180 abattoirs, as against 128 for tbe previous year, and in 8i cities, at against 88 in 1897. The number of animalt intpeoted before slaughter numbered 61.886.898. Of these 9.228, 287 were cattle, 10,028,287 were tbeep, 468,199 calves, and 81,610,676 bogs, showing total gain over 1897 of 9,028,291. At tbe time of slanghter 81,116,833 anlmala were inspected, and 68,663 were rejected and 91,608 car cassed and 48,189 parts of earcassea were condemned. The meat inspection stamp waa affixed to 14,683,780 pack ages of mutton and beef and pork prod ucts, of wbioh 874,181 contained micro scopically examined pork. In connection with the examination of imports from Germany, it wat found that German toys arid oolored goods were poisonous, and ail highly pointed German toys may be regarded aa very dangerons to children who may tuck off the paint or awallw the pleoea that may be chipped off. The study of tuberoulosis, with ref erence to both men and animals, has been continued, and reports received indicate that in incipient stages of tbe disease the serum is c considerable value. This division eon tern plates be ginning investigations relative to Texat fever, anthrax and other diseatiee. Tbe dltision of pathology hat contin ued the experiment of dipping cattle with a view to destroying tbe ticks, which spread th Infection of Texat fever, and a substance hat been fonnd in which the cattle maybe immersed without euffering any seriout injury, and which will destroy all theticka on an animal in a single dipping. In making recommendations for tbe fisoal year ending June 30, 1900. Di. Salmon adds that a sufficient appropri ation for extending and developing for eign markets for dairy products of the United States be made, and that legis lation be sought by which the existing system of government inspection and certification of meats and meat products for export from the United States may be extended (with suitable modifica tion), to include butter, cheese and con densed milk. . Escaped a Live Wire. Spokane, Wash., Nov. 28. Wager Hurlburt, aged 24, grasped an eleotrio light cord tonight, gave a gasp and fell forward dead. The tragedy waa enact ed in the barn at the residence of K. E. Held. The eleotrio light there waa out of repair. Mr. Beid carried a lamp and remarked that be could feel electricity in the air. Hurlburt gave the cord a pnll and electric sparks flew 'from hit hand. He wat dead in an instant. A short circuit ia asoribed as the cause of hit death, but electricians are puzzled, aa they claim under any possible condi tions the victim could not have received a greater voltage than 200. - Hurlburt' father and mother live in Garrets ville, O. : ,- - Old Agreement Reatorod. - Chicago, Nov. 28. A local financial newt bureau announoea tbat the passen ger rate difficulties between the Cana dian Pacifio and Grand Tronk having been settled, negotiations are now in Inr th a nan hv the former of the Grand Trunk's North Baj line for Ontairo buainess , to and from , the Northwest. Previons to th recent rate war, the Canadian Paoiiio had the nse of the North Bay line, but this ar rangement wat terminated when the rate difficulties arose. ' Klondike Maetodot. Story. Vancouver, B. C, Nov. 28. J. W. Nee, of Tacoma, is here with an inter eating Klondike mastodon story. He says that of a big pile of bones found on Sulphur creek, one wat a tooth be tween i and 6 inches long, and near ly two inches thick at the base. An other waa the leg of an animal from tbe knee to the ankle. It waa 6 feet In loncrth. From the cround to the an- Ljmal'a body the distance was probably over 10 feet, it waa eigm or nine inches through. No Beforma In Turkey. Constantinople, Nov. 28. Several Turkish ministers have submitted to the sultan memorial! pointing ont tbe disturbed state of the empire, and the reformt they consider necessary. Tbe tultan ia Irritated at this attitude en the part of the ministers, and it is ex rieoted he will dismiss seveial.althongh it will be difficult to find substitutes who do not favor reform. Mnrrier of Unusual Urntsllty. Oakland. Cal., Nov. 28. Today's W-f.lnnmns In the ease of the 15 year-old girl, Lil'ian Brandes, who was found hanging to a bedpost in her borne at East Berkley, confirm tbe sus picion that she was murdered. Her fathor arrested veaterdav on sus picion, and today her stepmother was also taken to tbe police station. Both are detained pending tbe result of tbe coroner a inquest. ... n . A Iam a Hffonrlff M. HJnw Va.I. Mm 9S A anwial to the Herald from Montevideo says: The United States battle-ship Oregon and Iowa and the collier Celtia have ar rived here to re-coal and take on board supplies of provisions. Band Care Run Bom. Elkhart. Ind.. Nov. 28. While a nnrtv of 23 ueoBie weio returning from : a ball at Otia early this .morning on ' two hand cars they were struck by the j Lake Shore fast mail, William Sea benski and William Kempler wero killed outright. Seabenisk'a two daughters were probably fatally in- Jured. ' ' . I General Wood haa prohibited gam bling in Santiago, with a penalty of 1,000 for infraction of the pighibition. I FOUND IN THE RUINS Two Bodies Recovered From the Baldwin Hotel. FIREMEN SAY THEEE ARE MORE everal Pertone Are Still Mining Btmerel of the Debrle Flana ' tot Rebuilding. San Francisoo, Nov. 26. The dead body of J. M. Leighthead wat removed from tbe ruins of theJBaldwIn hotel to day. Tbe body waa discovered in tha bathroom adjoining bit apartment, sit ting in a chair, almost as natural as life. It was partially burned and blackened by smoke, but was easily recognizable. It is supposed he fell asleep in the obair and waa overcome by smoke before the flames commenced to eat at hit flesh. Late thlt afternoon, an unrecogniz able body, supposed to be that of .a woman, waa recovered from the ruint of tbe theater. The belief tbat there are more bodies ttill in the ruins is gaining credence, and the firemen to day reported that a terrible odor, inch at follows tbe incineration of flesh, it gradually becoming apparent Tbit it particularly true in the debrit on tht Ellis-street side, where it is believed person! were lost whose identity is un known, and who were not inoluded in tbe list of guests. Four persons are known to be mis ting. They are John J. Carter, asso ciate Judge of the Jockey Club; Tata Pryor, eheetwriter for Bookmaker J. J. Carroll; Mr. Andrews, cashier of tha Baldwin Grotto; W. W. Benohley, an employe of the restaurant. Arrangements for the removal of the debrit are being -carried on under the supervision of the fire department, and already much, valuable property baa been recovered. ;. . The hotel safe, containing many valu ables belonging to guests, baa been lo cated, and the. wordr, of .lighting it, preparatory to opening ft, .is being prosecuted aa rapidly as its dangerous position will admit. Over $30,000 be longing to horsemed ia in the safe. ' The work of clearing away the ruins will commence as the ruins cool enoush to permit workmen to go ahead with the contract ., " The disposition of tbe site of the old Baldwin ia an interesting one, and there are dozens of rumors connecting different capitalists and concerns with tbe erection of a structure to cover the razed hotel and the popular Baldwin theater. The fire department now believe the flumes originated In the hotel kitchen, but the police are convinced that they started in tbe rear of the Baldwin thea ter. There were many narrow escapes from death, and tbe marvel ia how the . many guests of tbe hotel tuceeded in escaping within the short time afforded them, as the spread of tbe flames waa remarkably rapid. ' A. H. Christie, of Milwaukee, waa rescued from a perilous position on the roof by Fireman Ed Kolio. When res cued Mr. Christie had a razor in hie hand, with the determination to kill himself rather than plunge into the seething Same that raged beneath him.'- i W. A. Ballard, a merchant of Scran ton, Pa., was bereft of all his oiothea and papers. Aaron Blumenthal and Joseph Sum merfield, book makers, who registered from Chicago, occupied rooms in the fourth floor almost over tha Powell street entrance. Both of thora escaped in their pajamas and are glad to be alive. Koyal Soott, who represents Mar shall, Field & Co., of Chicago, waa awakened at soon aa tbe alarm waa sounded through the bouse, when ba dressed and escaped. He returned within a few minutes to secure some of hit belongings, but waa driven back by the dense smoke. Immigration Commissioner W. M. Bice, of Victoria, B. C, who had a room on the fourth floor of the hotel, had a very close call, but succeeded ia reaching the street in safety. The entire aoenio and mechanical effects and wardrobe of tbe ''Secret Service" company were destroyed by fixe. Manager Kobert M. Ebeile esti mates tbe loss at $6,000. Mr. Gillette Will take the California theater Mon day evening and play out his engage ment there. K J. Baldwin said today that the fire meant a loss to him of about f 3, 600,000, as be had expended that amount in building, altering and fur nishing the hotel. Fire Marshal Towe declares that tha structure was a death trap, and says that no such a flimsy structure shall again be erected in the heart of the city. E. J. Baldwin's property in this city and Los Angeles, with the exception of a small part of. the Santa Anita ranch, is covered by a blanket mortgage which calls for the payment of a debt of $1, 626,000 with interest at 6 per cent a year, except that money loaned on property in the oity of Lot Angeles ia to bear 8 per cent a year. . ' About $900,000 Of the mortgage covers the Baldwin hotel property, and the opiuion is entertained that the situ alone is worth at least 1500,000 over the mortgage. . The insurance on the stocks of gixnls in the burned stores and thoir fillings Will amount to 192,250. Geovgo A. Moss carried f 23,800; Hyman iSs Myers, $30,500; Isaao Grant's drnsr store. 45. 000; J. J. Groom, t ! 000. i A Gunst, $10,000, J I ni n, ! i i n I tmaller sums wire ci I 1 W t 1 tenants. The Mm in pi I ' r ' i in the adjoinrop bml S i i j , to that f IfiO 0 10 vii ! A careful t i i to ti u k i t i ! by the Bald m'i h i 1 ti o l i I J toiul at 1 6 J 0 U,
