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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 . '
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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,