OREGON
VOL. XVI t.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1890.
NO. 2.
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Epitome of the Telegraphic
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TKI18K TICKS KKOM TUB WIRKS
An Interesting Collection of Item Fror
th Two llemlapherei I'reeented
i it Condensed Form.
Tho (onato will bike up the currennj
till ou January 1.
The Negro npriKlni was caused by
the lillplno junta at Hong Kong.
Two Chicago electrician are heir to
mi estate lu Hungary worth $4,000,
000.
Flro iu Florence, H. C, destroyed
the city hall, hotel, bunk and five
stores.
The controller of the troasnry find
that Admiral Sampson, wa allowed too
much pay.
Tho remain of tlio lute Lieutenant
Brumby were sent to Atlanta, Ua., for
Interment.
Eight lives were loot in tho bnrnlng
ot two big tenement house In New
ork city.
Goohol in making propnratinni for hli
coming light nguluHt Governor Taylor,
of Keutucky,
Tlio tmnsjiorts Hancock and City ot
Puobla have readied Manila with two
regiment of infantry.
All aged employe of the Pemuiyl
vnnia railroad will he retired and pen
tinned Jauuury 19, 11)00.
England hue at hint decided to iiend
mora cavalry to South Africa. ThU 1
according to Ilullor'i wlsho.
Senator McBrlde, of Oregon, hai in'
traduced a bill to increase tho pay of
letter-carrier In large cities.
Senator Shoup and party will visit
Arisen and New Mexico to report on
their application for statehood.
General Lawton wa killed while hi
front ot hi troop at Pan Mateo, Lu
son. He wa ihot in the breast and
died immediately.
Chairman Joseph II. Manloy, of
I'hlladolphia, believes that only metro
pnlitan newspaper should be repre
eutod at national conventions.
The supreme court of Ohio has ren
dered it doctslou In the bribery case
of Attorney -General Monuett against
the Standard Oil Company. The at
toruey-gcneral furnished information to
tho effect that he was approached by
(.'hurled Squires, of New York, with
bribe of $400,000 if he would permit
the case (Minding against the Standard
Oil Company to go by defuult. It was
claimed that Mr. Stpiire was the repre
sentative of the Standard Oil Coin
mny. Tho dociainu dismlssc the eaiios
ou the ground that this fuct was not
establitdied.
The New York stock exchange was
thrown into a panio by two large fail
urea.
The house panned tho currency bill
by a vote of 1 U0 to 160, Eleven Demo
crats voted for It.
Tlio weather bureau at Fort Canhy
has 1-ecn closed and the work will hero
after be done at Astoria.
The verdict of the Jury in the Mo-
Daniol case was manslaughter, with the
extreme penalty recommended.
Howard Tuttlo, a former Portland,
Or., boy, denies that ho is tho man
who Jumped into tho bay near San
Francisco,
YainhUll county hopgrowor hav
decided to go into the pool and have
sent delegates to the Oregon Hopgrow
tin' Association.
The La Mairo Optical Oomany, ot
France, with a capital of f 1,000,000,
will establish branch fuctoriei in I lli-
uois and Connecticut.
The executive coimnitteo ot the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Kugiuoors
have decided to build a $1100,000 bulld
ng in Cleveland, O.
A South 1'aciflo naval station will
be established as soon as conditions in
the Philippines admit ot tho with
drawal of some of the ships there.
Tho German navy may be used in
conjunction with those of trance and
liuflsla to exert pressure to prevent re
inforcements reaching South Atrlja.
The president of the Brown univers
ity assorts that if England whips the
Doers it will bring on a war of nations
in which the United States must par
ticipate. In the steer-tying contest at Denver,
Col., Ed. Ilarrell defeated "Doo."
(loodln, tying five steers in 5 minutes
81) seconds. Ooodin claimed the
world's championship.
It Is probablo that the distressed
bark reported ashore near Point Bonllls
on November 18, is the long-mim Ing
Colusa, which sailed from Honolulu on
October 9 for Esqnimault.
Liouteuant Thomas M. Brumby, flag
lieutenant to Admiral Dewey during
the Manila campaign, who has bees
ill with typhoid foyer for several weeks,
died at Gartleld hospital, Washington,
D. C.
The Chloago & Northwcstorn road
added 298 miles to its lines during
1899.
Governor-elect Nash, of Ohio, is
widower, and tho social duties of his
administration will devolve upon his
stnpdaughter, Mrs. Baboock.
Miss Moyme Jester, a niece of Buf
falo Bill, is said to be the only femula
press agent on the road. She loft the
newspaper business to go into thin uev
Held.
LATER NEWS.
Admiral Dewey ha celebrated
02d birthday, but will not retire,
his
The British army corps is marching
towards the Tranvaal border.
The French -Canailiuns have protested
to Laurler against Canada sending more
troop to South Africa,
Thirty men perished in a colliery
horror caused by fire-damp explosion at
the Braznull mine, near Brownsville,
Fa.
Fenian threaten to make Great
Brituiiiuncomfortahlo and will hamper
iter operations lu sending troop Iroin
home ports.
An earthquiike caused havoc In
.southern California. ISutldinga were
thrown down at San Jacinto and
Hornet, and at tho hitter place six In
dians were crushed under a falling
wall.
Twenty-one tailors from the British
steamship Ariosto were drowned in
llatteraH, N. C, surf. Tholr lifeboat
was swamped. Their companions were
subsequently rescued by the lifexaving
service.
Tlio situation iu the Philippines is
very grati tying to Washington ollicial.
The insurgent army ha practically dis
appeared from Northern Luzon, where
all ports will be open January 1. Otis
will then tackle the South.
Duller' losses at Colonso were 1,111
men.
Chicago poolroom were closed by the
polloe.
London papers fret nnder restraint of
censorship.
Sol Smith Russell will retire from
the stage for a year.
Lieutenant Churchill has arrived
safely at Delagoa buy.
Swift & Co. are to be paid for a lot
of beef that spoiled.
A receiver ha been appointed for the
Globe National bank of Boston.
Near Norwood, O., a man wa shot
and killed for catting telegraph wire.
Both salt and borax have been dis
covered in Lake county lake, Southern
Oregon.
The United Stato government will
soon erect a mammoth refrigerating
plant In the Philippines.
Price of hop ha already materially
advanced in consequence of the pool
formed by Oregon grower.
President Kroger bos entered protest
gainst England's being permitted to
purchase war supplies in this country.
Port Macalbo ha been officially de
clared open to commerce, and the Ven
ezuela revolution 1 considered at an
end.
The Filipino have placed a large or
der with a continental firm for artil
lery. They are said to have plenty of
money.
The warden of a California prison 1
confronted with a problem. A pria
oner whose term ha expired refuses to
leave the penitentiary.
Ex-Uuitol State Senator Wash
l ama, of M nn ta, I suggested by In
diana politicians for the head of the
proposed Oriental commission.
Dwight L. Moody, tho famous evan
gelist.is dead at hi home in East
Northlleld, Mass. The cause of hi
death wo a general breaking down due
to overwork.
The Venezuelan government troop
completely defeated the rebel nnder
General Ilornaalo. It i believed
that many prisoner were taken and
that a large quantity of ammunition
wo seized. General Hernandez fled
Misaionalres in Thibet have a hope
less and dangerous tusk before them.
After three year' work not a single
convert hoe been obtained. The Budd
hist prieeta, owing to China' internal
trouble, are in absolute control, and
will make physical war on the intro
auction of Christianity.
Oregon pheasant are to be "planted"
lu Illinois.
General Chaffoe may be sent to the
Philippines to succeed General Lawton
Prayer-meetings are being held in
Holland for the luoces of the Boor
army.
The navy 1 in need of more training
vessel and two first-class one will
Boon be asked for.
Three wagon loads ot mall will lea
u the transport Grant tor the soldic
iu the Philippines,
The Santa Fe 1 now a competitor
against the Southern Paciflo for South
American business.
A Pari dispatch say that the bank
of Russia ha advanced the bank of
England 8,000,000.
Two big lawsuit have been insti
tuted in Chicago court between Mon
tana cattle companies.
Samuel Gompert has been unani
mously re-elected . president of the
Amorican Federation of Labor.
The interstate commerce commission
will grant railway more time to equip
their cars with safety appliance.
A marvelous quartz discovery la re
ported from Dawson. The ore assay
$800 to the ton, and the ledge is a mile
wide.
Senator Fairbanks ha introduced a
bill granting a pension of $2,000 yearly
to the widow of General Lawton. A
similar bill ho been introduced
the house.
The National Association ot Retail
Druggists i strengthening its focroa to
fight the out-rate druggist throughout
the country.
Nestor Ponce de Leon, a lineal de
fendant of Ponce de Leon, discoverer,
ot Florida, is dead at Havana. He
was treasurer of the Cuban Junta dur
ing the war. ' .. . .
THE ANGLO-BOER. WABj
England Interested in Send
ing Reinforcements.
LACK OF NEWS FttOH THE FK0N1
Huller's Losses at Colmi.o Were Klevei
llundred and Nineteen Men-Colonel
Plumer's Kxpedltlun.
London, Deo. 23. There is till
definite new regarding the military
operations in South Afrlou. Probably
this is because the only cable that
ww working Is choked with official
dispatches.
General Boiler' casualty list at CO'
lenso, Just published, show that 146
mon were killed and 748 wounded
Two hundred and twenty-seven are de
oribod a missing, and of these about
40 are known to bo prisoners in the
hand ot the Boors. This make a total
larger than General Bullor's original
estimate.
Itoyal letters, signed by the qneen,
are baing circulated by tho archbishop
to the bishop of the various diocese
authorizing a collection in the churches
and throughout England, January 7,
in aid of the fund for sick and wound'
ed soldiers and their families.
Interest center for the- moment
the preparation to send out reinforce
ments. The various city guilds havt
given an additional 12,000 tor the
expenses of the Imperial volunteers.
beside gifts of horses, ambulances and
other paraphernalia.
The latest notable voluntoerinclud
the two nephews of Lord Roberts,
Majors Charles and Maxwell Sheraton,
Their brother wa killed at Colonso.
The admiralty ha decided to dis
patch another naval brigade of 700
men t South Africa.
It 1 believed that in mobilizing the
Eighth division the war office will havt
recourse to some extent to the militia,
it being deemed inadvisable to denude
the home garrison!) overmuch of reg
ulara.
The chancellor of the exchequer, Sir
Michael Hicks-Beach, has issued
formal denial that any difference ex
1st in the cabinet regarding war ex
penditnre.
According to a dispaton from Uape
Town there is a good deal of dm trews in
the Orange Free State, owing to a scar
city of groin.
The Dally Mall says: "We undor
stand that news has arrived from Gen'
eral White to the effect that Lady'
smith la well supplied with food and
ammunition, and can hold out much
longer that has been estimated.
Butler's Guns Turned Analmt Him
New Vork, Deo. 28. A dispatch to
the Herald from London says: Little
credence la placed in the report that
the gun loat by the British wore not
captured by the Boers. Had the story
been true , General Boiler must have
reforrod to it. Sir Uedvers artillery
cannot now muster much more than 80
gun, while the captured British weap
ons have no doubt been mounted in
the Boer lines and can be used, since
the ammunition wagons seem to have
been lost with them.
Moved Back Five Milt.
London, Dec. 33. A dispatch to the
Herald from Chlveloy camp, dated De
cember 17, says: General Buller'
army moved back five miles today, tho
march beginning at 1 o'clock this
morning, two brigades going to Frere
in order to defeat a possible attempt
on the part of the Boer to execute
flank movement to destroy the railroad
on the British rear.
thnrt of Ainiuuultlou.
London, Deo. 23. The olnef cause
of uneasiness which brings back the
Bhudow to English faces is a suspicion
that the Ladysmith garrison is short of
ammunition and incapable of a pro'
longed defense. Tho war ollice does
not admit that Ladysmith ia in serious
danger or short of ammunition, but the
fcfensorahip somehow has allowed thoae
I manning reports to reacn luigiaud
The censor, it is apparent, sometime
falls asleep, or is drugged by too can'
did and too inquisitive friends.
Welcome Offer of Medlatlou.
New York, Deo. 28. A dispatch to
the World from Brussels says: Herr
Holborn, in charge of the Transvaal
agency here, asked today what truth
there is in the report that President
Kruger is ready to sign a treaty of
peace if Great Britain will ask no far
ther privileges for the uitluuders, end
will pay what the war him cost the
Boers, ha answered:
"No such proposals have been form
ulated yet. A contingency inviting
proposal of peace would be welcom
nnder certain conditions. If auy gov
ernment desire to mediate, the South
African republic will treat. "
Andrews May Lose His Position.
Chicago, Deo. 21. Public advocacy
of Great Britain' Bide in the Soutfc
African war by Dr. E. Benjamin An
drews, superintendent of the publio
schools ot Chioago, was the oause ot
resolutions being introduced in the oity
council last night calling for his resig
nation or removal by the board of edu
cation.
Making Stand at Stnrutberg.
London, Doe. S3. The Daily New
ha the following dispatch from Cape
Town, dated Saturday, December 16:
"The Boers intend to mae a big stand
at Stormberg, and are massing a great
force at the abandoned British camp.
One commando of 2,000 consists chielly
of rebel Dutch."
Bandits held up a passenger train
near Kansas City and secured five gold
watches and $100 in money.
INVESTIGATING FREIGHT RATES
Intoratat Commlaalon I Looking Iut
lroposed Advance.
Washington, Doc. 28. Hearing wa
begun today by the interstate com
merce commission in the matter of the
change in freight classification and
freight rate by carriers using c tannin
cation. Many complaint have been
filed with the commission, alleging
that discriminating change in freight
classification have been agreed upon to
take effect January 1 next. To deter'
mine tbi question a hearing wo held
today.
Chairman Gill, of the "official class
ideation committee," was the first wit
ness. He maintained the propose ad'
vance were due to the increased cost
of railroad plant nd maintenance,
and that advance hod been applied to
classes of freight that could well pay
them. He intimated that for some
reason still further advance probably
would have to be made.
PRICE OF FISH IS CLIMBING
My Reaeh Fifteen Cents Changes
ppoted In the Combine,
Astoria, Deo. 23. That fish are
in
demand is evidenced by the rise In the
price of iteolhead from 6 cents to 0
cents per pound, and an advance to
cent for chlnook salmon. The demand
i growing every duv, and it i con ft
dently expected by those who are in
position to know that before the winter
season is over the price for salmon will
reach as high as IS cents per pound
It is semi-otllcially announced, and
with reasonable confidence for belief,
that at the annual meeting of the can
nery combine, to be held on January 8,
h ere will be a number of changes
Several of the present officials will
drop out, and engage in the cannery
business on Puget sound. It is also
quite definitely decided that the com
bine will not engage in the cold-storage
business next season.
' Brltlh Steamer Belied.
Chicago, Dec. 23. A special to the
Record from Victoria, B, C, says
According to Hong Kong advices, the
British steamer Labuan, which left
Sandakan on November 25, with clear
ance papei s, was seized by the United
States steamer Castile at Caldera bay
and sent to Manila nnder a prize
crew. Captain Pfort, master of the
Labuan, reported that permission was
sought to proceed to Cota Batn to bring
away several families, as they were in
danger of being killed by the Moro,
but that permission was refused, and
the commander ot the Castile ordered
the British vessel to be seized.
A prize crew, was then put on board
and the steamer wag then sent back
Manila. The seizure wa at once
protested by the master of the steamer
Word From Methnen.
London, Dec. 23. The war office ho
received the following from General
Foreetier-Watker, British commander:
"Cane Town, Dec. 23. Methuen
wire that he has received a rude reply
from general Cronje respecting hia
representations as to Lieutenant Chan-
dos-Pal-Gell, saying this othcer is re
irarded as a spy. General Cronje also
states he will hold no further com man
ication with Methuen."
On December 18, the British war
office received the following, date.
December 17, from Forestier-Walker:
"Methuen reports that Lieutenant
Chaudos-Pal-Gell was taken prisoner
last Thursday evening, while mooting
a flag of truce. He waved a handker
chief in response, and was unarmed."
A Klondike Romance.
Chicago, Deo. 28. Dr. Luella Day,
who, two years ago, left here, for the
Klondike, and whose death in a snow
slide waa reported later, arrived at the
Auditorium hotel today and was regis'
tered by Edward McConnell, also a
Klondiker, as his wife. Mrs. McCon
uell struck it rich near Dawson, and
her husband, who had already been
years in the Alaskan gold fields,, owns
several rich claims.
Mrs. MoConnell declared that after a
couple of year which she and her hus
band intend to spend in traveling, she
will return to Chicago and erect a
home and hospital for the treatment of
crippled children.
Canal Bill I Doomed to Walt.
New Vork, Deo. 88. A special
to
the Herald from Washington
Legislation providing for the construc
tion of a trans-isthmian canal is not
probable nnder the present session of
congress. Both the Nicaraguan canal
committee in the senate, presided over
by Senator Morgan, and the house com
mittee on interstate and foreign com
merce, presided over by Mr. Hepburn,
of Iowa, propose to take the matter up
without waiting tor the report of the
Walker commission. It is extremely
improbable, however, that they will
be able to get a bill through either
house ot congress before that report is
available.
Glaaiworkere' Wages Railed.
Fittsburg; Dec. 28. D. C. Ripley,
president of the United State Glass
Company, anuounoed today that the
wages of blowers and gatherers in their
employ would be advanced 5 per cent
January 1. The increase affects 1,200
employee.
Mabini, formerly a member of the
Filipino cabinet, says that the future
peace of the Philippines depends en
tirely upon the form of government the
Americana establish.
Degradation of Karl
Peking, Deo. 28. Li Hung Chang
has been appointed aoting viceroy of
Canton. It ia believed this ia prepar
atory to his degradation in compliance
with French demands.
Sheep to Return to Qrailng.
lleppner, Or., Deo. 23. Sheepmen
had commenced to feed, but this morn
ing the light snow which fell Friday
night began melting, and the warm
wind will soon restore grazing.
i SLID INTO THE SEA
Terrible Disaster in a Vil
lage of Italy.
LOSS OF LIFE REPORTED HEAVY
An Enormous Rock Fell, Carrying Wltk
It Hotels, Villa and Fa
tuous Monastery.
Rome, Dec. 25. A terrible disaster
took place this afternoon at Amalfl, the
popular tourist resort on the Gulf
Salerno. About 2 o'clock an enor
mous rock, upon which stood the Cap
puccini hotel, slid bodily into the sea
with a deafening roar and without
moment' warning, carrying with
the hotel, the old Capuchian monastery
below; tho hotel Sante Calerina and
several villa. Many people were bur
led in the debris, which crushed four
vessels to the bottom of the ea, des
troying their crew. The mass of earth
which slipped was about 50,000 cubic
yards.
The population la in a state of terror,
fearing fresh calamities. Troops have
arrived upon the scene and have begun
rescue work. It is believed that the
loss of life is heavy, including a nunv
ber of monk and the occupants ol the
hotel. As yet ia is impossible to as
certain the exact number.
Amalfl is a small, but lively town of
7,000 inhabitants, situated at the en
trance of a deep ravine, surrounded by
imposing mountains, and rock of the
most picturesque form. The Capuch
ion monastery wag founded in 1212 by
Cardinal Pietro Capuano, for the Cis'
terians, but came into possession of the
Capuchian in 1583. The building,
which stood in the hollow of a rock
that rose abruptly from the sea to
height of 230 feet, contained fine clois
ter.
TRAGEDY AT A REHEARSAL
Eleven
School Children Burned
tn
Death at Qulaejr, 111.
Quincy, 111., Dec. 25. While th
school children of St. Francis' paro
chial school, Seventeenth and Vine
streets, were rehearsing this afternoon
for an entertainment to be given Tue
day evening, the dresses of one caught
on fire from a gas Jet and 10 minute
after four of themw ere burned'to death,
two died an hour later, and five others
died before midnight. Half a dozen
others were burned more or less se
verely.
The dead are: Irene Fneberg, May
Wavering, Mary Althouff, Bernardino
Freund, Colletta Middendorf, Mary
Hiokey, W'ilhelmina Gottendorf, Olivia
Timpe, Addie Futterer, Josephine
Bohne, Margaret Warner.
All of these are between 9 and 1 1
year old. Helen Zebbing and several
other teachers, Father Nicholas and
Professor Mnshold, were painfully
burned trying to rescue the children.
The school hall was filled with chil
dren, and many'would have been killed
in the panio which followed had it not
been for the prompt efforts of the
teachers and Sisters who were in
charge of the entertainment and were
present. The children rushed for the
doors, but prompt efforts quieted them
and no one was hurt in the rush.
BROOKfS FAREWELL.
Banquet Tendered the Retiring Gov-
ernor of Cuba.
Havana, Deo. 25. Sixty-five person
were present at the farewell banquet
tendered to General Brooke today at
the Paris restaurant. General Mario
Menocal presided, and Ernest Lee Co-
nant acted a toastmaster. ' Major Gen
eral Wood, in response to words of wel
come, said:
"The United States is in Cuba in
the person of representatives, who in
tend to carry out a great work and to
fulfill strictly the promises of the
United States congress. As for myself,
I can only do what the president has
sent me to do, but I hope to enjoy the
esteem and confidence of the Cuban
eople as General Brooke has enjoyed
hem."
General Brooke said:
"I shall always remember the long
hours of toil in Cuba, but I shall also
ever recall the kindness shown me by
all Cubans, especially by those who
realize that the Americans are tlieir
best friends."
Mining Under Butte.
Minneapolis, Minn., Deo. 25. A
special to the Times from Butte.Mont.,
says: Alexander Tarbet, a Salt Lake
mining man, today closed a deal with
the owners of the mineral right to the
Destroying Angel and Copper Bottom
Lodge claims, by which he secured
control of the interest for 9300,000.
The veins run through the business
portion of the city, and the Destroying
Angel wa uncovered recently by per
son who were excavating for the foun
dation of a hotel. It has developed
into the richest copper vein in this dis
trict, and the new owners intend to
tunnel nnder the city. A soon as th
deal was closed this afternoon, they
started to sink a shaft, which will be
put down 1,000 feet at the corner of
Broadway and Arizona streets, within
a half block of the two principal hotels
and the city hall.
Forty Children Drowned.
Brussels, Deo. 25. Upward of 4
school children were drowned today in
an ice accident at Frelinghem, near the
French frontier. The children of the
district had been given a holiday, with
permission to play on the frozen river
Lysus. When the merriment wa a;
full height, the loe broke suddenly and
the children disappeared. A few were
rescued half dead but the majority
were drowned. Thirty-six bodies have
been recovered, bat others rjre still
missing, . j
PROTECTED HER HOME.
foang Woman Shot and Killed an In
trader.
Natick, Mas., Dec. 25. Lewi
Perry, aged 83, Spanish war veteran
wa shot and killed today by Miss
Lizzie Morse, at her home in West
Natick. Four shots were fired, two of
them taking effect, one in the heart.
Miss Morse, who was placed under ar
rest, say that the circumstance justi
led her in shooting Perry. The Morse
family 1 one of the wealthiest and
best known in town. Mil Morse and
the member of her family claim that
Perry and Arnold Slappen, on bicycles,
rode up to the Morse house, demanded
admittance without stating their buai
ness, and, upon being refused, smashed
several windows. Mis Morse went to
the bureau drawer and loaded a 22-cal-
iber revolver. She claims that the
men went around to the front of the
bouse, where Perry finished smashing
the glass in one of the windows, and
climbed in, In spite of her remon
strances. After gaining an entrance,
he grabbed Mis Elreta Morse and
wrenched from her a croquet mallet,
with which she tried to protect herself.
Lizzie rushed to her sister' assist
once and informed Perry that she
would shoot hint if he did not leave
the house. He gave her a terrific blow
with the mallet and felled her to the
floor. She managed to get up again,
and told Perry to get out of the house,
when he dared her to shoot. She then
fired four shots at Perry, who managed
to climb through the window and then
fell dead. -
WANTED HIS PICTURE IN PRINT,
Hew York Man Shot HI Wife
Killed Himeelf.
Binghampton,. N. Y., Dec. 25. Jobn
Edgar Gardiner, in order to get hia
picture into print, shot hia young wife
and then killed himself today. Gardi
ner waa 60 year of age, hia wife 29.
They had been married but a short
time, and were living apart on account
of hi bad habits. On several occasions
he had asked how she would like to
see their picture in a local paper. His
wife took fright at this, and forbade
him to apeak to her on the subject. I''
called at the house today and asl:
her to come ont, as he waa going Wt
She declined, and be forced his way Li
te her apartments, saying, "See what
I have brought you," drew a revolver
and shot her twice, one bullet passing
through her arm, the other entering
her side. The woman was able to rush
from the house to a neighbor's.
When the police officer arrived Gardi
ner walked to the center of a room in
full view of the officer, and, placing
the weapon to his head, killed him'
elf.
Crater Lake Park.
Washington, Deo. 25. Among the
familiar bills of the last congress to re
appear this year are two that were in'
troduced by Representative Tongue, of
Oregon. One is his bill for creating;
a publio park, including Crater Lake,
and much of the surrounding country.
and the other is his bill providing for
the examination and classification of
the lands in the Roeeburg and Oregon
City land districts within the grant
nade to the Oregon & California Rail
oad Company. Both bills are prar
tically the same as were presented i
the last congress.
The Crater lake bill proposes to set
aside a tract of 249 square miles, with
out drawing it from settlement or sale
and making it a public park or pleas
ure ground, to be known as the Crater
Lake National Park. This park, if es
talbished, is to be under the control of
the secretary of the interior, who will
preserve the lands in their natural con
dition and prevent all residence, min
ing, lumbering or other business opera'
tlons within its limits. The old pro
vision for restaurants and waiting'
room ia again inserted, as are the pro
visions for governing and protecting
the park. It ia proposed that the cos to
and expenses of creating the park shall
be borne by the general government.
It was this last provision that aroused
Speaker Reed against the bill hist con
eress, for he contended that any ex
pense attached should be borne by the
state. Now that Keed is out of con
gross, the bill may have a better chance
of becoming a law.
Wagei Advanced.
Pittsburg, Deo. 25. The Carnegie
Steel Company posted today, at its va
rious work in this city, notices reading
substantially as follows:
'Taking effect January 1, 1900, com
mon labor at these works will be in
creased to $1.50 per day, and all other
day turn and tonnage labor (with cer
tain exceptions), will be increased in
proportion."
The exceptions are the tonnage men
working under sliding scales, where
the rates of wage increase and decrease
in proportion to the proceed of the
products. This adjustment is 7.41 per
cent advance on the wages now being
paid, making a total of 25 per cent of
increase made by the company volun
tarily since the last general scale.
Five Thousand Bills Introduce!.
Washington, Deo. 25. The offlcialt
ot the house of representatives have
struok a balance on the recent deluge
of bills, showing that np to the recess
the record stood: Total bills intro
duced, 5,015; joint resolutions, 05:
simple resolutions, 65; grand total
1,175 measures of all kinds.
Street Car Dynamited.
Springfield, 111., Dec. 25. For the
third time since the strike was de
clared against the Springfield consoli
dated railway, November 10, a street
car waa dynamited at 11:80 o'clock
last night. The car was blown off the
track and completely wrecked. No
paBsegnara were aboard, and the motor
man and conductor were not injured.
The explosion happened in the heart of
the oity, at Eighth street and Capitol
avenue, and caused great excitement.
IDEAS COME TOO DIGIT
Marconi Wants the Earth for
His Invention.
WE WILL MAKE A BETTER 05B
Vankee Genius Will Be Met to Work at
Once to Build an Apparatus f
Wlrelci Telegraphy.
New York, Deo. S5. A special to
the Tribune from Washington saya:
Knar-Admiral Bradford has asked an .
tbority from the navy department to
establish a bureau at tho naval training
station at Newport lor the develop
ment of a naval system of wireless tel
egraphy. Itg proposed to detail sev
eral officers having high electrical
knowledge at this station and to fur- .
oish facilitie for study and experi
ment, in the belief that something bet
ter than Marconi' apparatua may be
devised.
The project to secure Marconi's sv li
tem for the navy has been practically
abandoned. In the first place its range
wo found to be exceedingly limited,
especially when vessel were rolling in
a seaway, and their topmasts continu
ously varied in height above the water.
Then there waa the insuperable objec
tions of interference, two station be
ing unable to hold intelligent commun
ication when a third station within
their circle of sensitiveness undertook
to send a message to either point. This
defect destroys the value of the system
where more than two ships cruised in
squadron or where an enemy chose to
tend disturbing messages.
Finally, Marconi's term of $20,000
for the first year and f 10,000 annually
thereafter were regarded as exorbitant
for the use ot his half-developed inven
tion. He declined absolutely to modify
hia proposition, which compelled the
navy to take 20 sets of apparatus or
more, and to pay $500 outright for each
set, and $500 a year each as royalty
for their use. He refused to send two
or three sets for experimental pur
poses, and gave American naval officers
to understand that he did not can to
do business on a small scale when Eu
ropean navies were fighting for the ex
clusive use of his coherer and other es
sential feat ares, in spite of the system'
radical shortcomings, a discovered on
this side of the Atlantic. Marconi's
attitude toward the army was scarcely
different, and the signal corps is going;
ahead on a aytem of its own, which
avoids the Italian's patents, and al
ready is said to be producing better re
mits. Rear-Admiral Bradford believes that
some of the electrical experts of the
naval equipment bureau, if the oppor
tunity is given them, will produce ap
paratus to meet the peculiar conditions
of the navy without appreciable expen
diture, and in all probability the ex
periments he desires will be ordered.
One station will be located at the
training station and the other at the
torpedo school, on islands about a mile
ipart, and aa progress is made other
Nations will be set np at various points
a Newport harbor, where torpedo-
boats are always available, with vessels
in motion or for miniature fleet evolu
tions. - Several forms of apparatus from
American inventors have already been
submitted for test, and doubtless others
will be received when the work Is act
ually started.
Ended la Free Fight.
Paris, Deo. 25. A pro-Boer demon
stration, convened this evening at the
Tivoli v auxhall by the executive com
mittee of the Jeunees Royaliste, ended
in a riot. The socialist entered in
force and broke up the meeting, amid
indescribable uproar and shouts of
"Vive la social revolution,'! and "A
bas Deroulede," with counter cries of
"Vive Deroulede" and "Vive I'armee."
Several nationalists who were present
endeavored to apeak, but they were
quite inaudible. A free fight ensued,
and the proprietor of the hall turned
off the gas. The combatants then
lighted newspapers and continued the
tight, smashing the fittings of the hall
and using them as weapons. Finally
the police cleared the room, bnt they
were compelled to charge several times
before order waa re-established.
The Lighthouse Is Dark.
Victoria, B. C, Dec. 25. The light
house steamer Quadra left this alter
noon for Egg island.. Passing steamers
report no beacon showing at the light-
home there. The keeper is frail, and
it is feared he may have died. He has
& little daughter, 3 year old, with
him.
Separate Sleeping Car for Kegroe.
Atlanta, Ga., Deo. 23. Governor
Candler today signed the bill prohibit
ing the sleeping-car companies operat
ing in the state from furnishing berths
to negro passengers, except in coaches
used especially for the accommodation
of negroes.
New York Aldermen Favor Boer.
New York, Deo. 25. The board ot
aldermen today adopted a resolution
praying "the God of battles" to make
the Boers successful in the war against
England. The resolution now will go
to the coounoil, and if that body con
curs,, will come before Mayor van
Wyck for his approval.
Instantly Killed.
Rosebnrg, Deo. 25. -A George Noah,
engineer at the Oregon Brewery & Ice
Company's plant, in this city, while
attempting to put on a pump belt, was
caught by a large pulley running at
Igh speed, and instantly killed. The
body was dreadfully mangled, p.0 one
waa present. The other employes on
the premises heard a scream, rUHhad to
the ipot, and stopped the engine. Tho
victim's brains were scattered all over
the engine-room,
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