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Newspaper Page TextTIC Curry AnglOftO OREGON CITY The News While It Is Newa Leading onhe Haper.. county VOL. III. OREGON CITY, OltEGON, NOVEMUEU 30, 1898. NO. 15. PRESS OF THE DAY Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. TKRSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES An Interesting Colloetiou of Items From the Two Hemispheres Presented lu a Condensed Farm. The offlolnl count on the Into elootlon " head of the ticket (governor) In la has been oompletcd and shows i majority 0 2. !21. :ornmissary department has dls patchod the steamer Binttnn from Sa viinali with 700 tons of provisions for the starving people of Cuba. The Baldwin hotel on Markot street, San Francisco, was destroyed by fire and fonr lives are known to have hoeu lost, with a possibility of more. Prospects ore good for an early settle ment of the Bohring sea sealing ques tion by the Anglo-American commis sion now in session at Washington. The price of whisky has boon ad vanced one oont. The causes of the advance were a strong demand for corn, the stiffness of the market and a crop Bhortago. A three-story building in San Fran cisco, ocoupiod by Ohlnose, was do stroyed by fire and two of the Inmates, vvong vuay ana tvong uow, were burned to dentil. Stockholders of the Kooloy Motor Company have not abandoned the hope that the soorot of the Ufa work of John VV. Keeloy will not be burlod with the inventor. Ills papers will be secured and the work carried on. Late advicos from Salvador via Nica ragua Indicate that the revolt is wore seiious than at first thought. It may involve nil tho five states In a general conflagration. According to advices, the real object of tho movement is the overthrow of the fedoral republic whioh was orgnnizod Noveuibor 1 at Aroapala. The treasury department has rocom mended to tho seoietarv of war that quinine be admitted into tho countries of Cnba and Porto Rico free of duty. Under the Spanish laws the duty On quinine was about (18 a pound. The war department undoubtedly will oon our in the treasury department's recom mendation. Complete returns have been roceivod of the oasualtiog) 4i. o paign. The adjutant-general's office has divided the campaign Into different dates and periods. The statement shows: La Quasina, June 24 Killed, one officer and 16 men; wounded, sit officer, 44 men. Snn Juan, July 1 Killed, four officers and 134 men; wounded, 69 officers and 038 men. El Caney.'July 1 Killed, four officers, 84 men; wounded, 24 officers, 834 mon. Aguadores, July 1 and 2 Woundod, two officers, 10 men. Around Santiago, July 10 to 12 Killed, one offloer, oue man; wounded, orre officer, 23 mon. The war department has deolded not to oocupy Cionfuogos bofore January 1. Captain McCalla has wired the navy dopartmont that he has abandoned the cruiser Maria Teresa. Senator Quay, Pennsylvania's po litical boss, is in sorious trouble. Five indictmonts which are not easily ex plained away, havo been returnod by the grand jury. " A numbor of Filipinos have arrived in San Francisco on their way to Wash ington to look after thoir claims agninBt the government for damages sustained by the American invasion of Manila. Star Pointer, the famous pacer with the world's record of 1:59 for a mile, was sold in New York to W. J. White, of Clevoland, O., tor 115,000, $000 less than he was sold for In 1807 to James A. Murphy, of Chioago. Late advioes from Japan state that 10,000 more fishermen living on Etmp island, northern Japan, are on the verge of starvation. Some have noth ing to eat, while others are existing on rats and putrefiod herrings. The Spanish mail steamer San Au gnstin, which sailed from Nnevitas for Spain, carried the Columbus monu ment, formerly In the cathedial at Havana, with 287 boxes of archives. She took also 23 officers and 160 sol diers. President Brown, of Norwich uni versity, has received a personal letter from Admiral Dewey, in which the ad miral says: "I trust the entire archi pelago will be retained by the United States. Any other arrangements will lead to no end of trouble." The semi-official Journal de St. Petersburg repudiates the anti-American views with referenoe to the Pli i lip pine islands recently expounded by the Bourse Gazette, whioh, it deolares, in 110 way represents the views held in leading Russian circles. Nearly all the bucks of the White river Utes. and part of the Uintah tribe are off the reservation, and probably a great many of them are in Colorado. The Indians Bay if the government won't pay for the land they bought from them they will hunt on it as often as they can get there to hunt. Minor Hewi Item. The Oxford University Press has ap pliances for printing 150 different languages. The St. Louis, Peoria & Northern Railway Company has been reorganized as the St. Louis & Northern Short Line. The widow the late Cuban general, Jose Maceo, was one of the applicants for rations at the American free dis tribution depots at Santiago. She had been on the verge of starvation for many weeks. LATER NEWS. Spain rial Agreed to the Demand of the Atnerloiiu 1'eaoe Comiulssiou. Spain has accedod to the demands of tho United States and has agreed to' code the entire Philippine archipelago and the Suln Islands, and to sell the Carloino Islands. This practically In sures the conclusion of a treaty of noaoe botweon Spain and the United States In the noar future. Topgallant, a famous stallion, was Boju in Uilongo for 20,000. New bankruptcy rules, the supremo court announces, will take effeot Janu ary 2, 1899. Forty people were killed by the ex plosion of a box of dynamite near the Keina battery, Havana. The United Statos navy has landod marines In China to act hb guard for tne united States legation. Japan will resist the great czar, and preparations are already under way for uriving tne Russian troops from Corea, The Franklin stamp mill at Hanoock. Mich., ban been dostoryod by fire, the loss being (150,000. Six hunderd men will be thrown out of employment for six months. A specinl to the New York .World from Washington says: A cable be tweon tho United States and the Ha waiian islands will undoubtedly be pro vided at the forthcoming session of congress. At a banquet given in his honor at Now York, Admiral Schley stated that lie nail a presentiment that Corvera would attempt to escape from Santiago harbor, and that he had made prepara tions to give him a warm reoeption. According to a dispatch from Shang hai to a London, England, news agency, the British admiral has hoisted tho union jack over Ting Hal, oapital of the island of Chu San, and ovor several other islands In the Chu San archi pelago. An English Carllst positively aaserts that Don Carlo's army will take the field in Spain soon after the troatv is signed. Ho declares that a loan has been fully finanood, and that it is di vided equally botweon France and England. Superior Judge Buckles, of Solano county, Cul., has Just decided an inter esting case, involving the question as to ja liothor a person can acquire prop erty as the direot result of his own crime. The dooieion is in the affirma tive. Damage by the torrible blizzard off the New Enlgand coast has been much was ..indicated by early Massachusetts alone not less than 29 vessels have been lost, and In most cases the fate of the crews is unknown. At loast 80 lives have been lost. ... Official statistics show that German cattlo everywhere are suffering from tuberculosis and other diseases. In the distriot of Aix-la-Chappolle, for in stance, 83 communes show that 749 farms are so infected. At least 40 percent of all the German cattle have tuberculosis, and in some districts the percentage is 88 high as 79 per cent. A powdor mill at La Motte, Mo., blew up and six workmen were killed and several injured. Ofiioers of the American Maize Prop aganda are planning for an extensive exhibit of Indian oorn at the Palis ex position. The official gazette of Madrid has published a decree accepting the resig nation of Goneral Blanco as governor general of Cuba. An anti-anarchist oonforneoe in which all the European nations are represent ed, has opened in Rome. The sessions will be prolonged until Christmas. A territorial form of government will be recommended for Hawaii. The oommission has completed the bill and its report will be ready when congress assembles. Revolutionary bands in Brazil have crossed the frontier and are threaten ing to unite and march toward the cap ital of Uruguay. Troops have been sent to pursue them. While rounding a curve near Burling ton, la., a passenger train was derailed. One woman was killed, a 2-year-old child fatal lv injured, and 19 others seriously injured. The Italian government has sent an ultimatum to the sultan of Moroooo on the subject of the dotention and ill treatment of Italians. A week has been given the sultan in which to make a reply. An experiment In surgery is to be tried in New York. A man who blow away the side of his face and his nose with a shotgun will have both replaced with new ones of rubber, covered with grafted skin. There has been Btreet fighting among the political parties at Seoul, Corea. On one side 23 persons were killed, and further bloodshed is feared. The Jap anese government has been asked to send troops to preserve order at Seoul. A prominent Cuban says the first ob- 4ect 0f tie Cuban commissioners now in the United States is to raise funds with which to pay the Cuban troops. He also says that Cuba would desire to remain fiee for awhile, but ultimately annexation to the United States is both expected and desired. Mrs. William F. Havemeyer died at her home in New Yoik of pleurisy. Secretary Alger has ordered the entire I army armed with Krag-Jorgenaens. ! It is understood that negotiations to revive the steel rail pool are under way ' at Pittsburg. I Rev. Samuel Coliord Bartlett, former ly president of Dartmouth college, died at his borne at Hanover, A. 11., 01 acute indigestion, after little over , week's duration. j SCALDED TO DEATI Terrible Accident on a Stock' ton Steamboat PART OF A BOILER EXPLODED 81i Persous Killed and Many Danger ously Wounded Heartrending Scenes Among Bufferers. Stockton, Cal., Nov. 29. The most dlsastrons river accident In the history of Stockton occurred this morning at 4:20 o clook, near Fourteen-Mile slough when a part of one of the boilers of the river steamer T. C. Walker, which left San Francisco at 6 o'oloek last night, was mown out, killing six and danger ously wounding 11 persons, while prob ably 15 or 20 others were more or loss badly hurt. The T. O. Walker is owned by the California Navigation & Ira provoment Company, and ran botween San Franoisoo and Stockton. The dead are: John Tulnn, captain of the T. O, Walker; Ferdinand Law, of Seattle; W. A. Blunt, the agont in oharae of shipping of BHgar beets from the Moss tract to the Crockett factory; Wataon II. Honry, of Stockton, engineer of the T. C. Walker; Mrs. Henry Watson, wifo of the chief engineer; Jerry Dailey, fireman. Ton were wounded. The majority of the passengors were in bed when the explosion oocurred. and were awakened by the roport, which was as loud as a cannon's roar. Foople rushed from thoir rooms in their night clothes and found the whole forward portion of the steamer's uppor works blown away. The electric liuhts had been put out, and the escaping steam enveloped tho front portion of tho boat, till it was Impossible to see bow tnuoh of the boat had been dam aged. The screams of the mon who were locked In thoir rooms near tho pilot-house wore heartrending. Captain John Tulan had been blown from his bed agalnet the door of. the stateroom, and so soiiously Injured that he could not move. The door could not be forced open, as he was jammed tip against it. One of tho employes of the boat seotired an axo and out the np per part of the room away, and finally removed him, but not until be was vir tually roasted alive. When pulled out. the flesh dropped from his bonos in large pieces, and although he wai suf fering excrutintingly he boro it bravely. and not a groan escaped him as he was Watson H. Henry, ineoniei iiginmi and his wife, were in their room noar the pilot-house when the explosion oo curred. Mrs. Henry was blown through the roof. The flooring was blown up wards, and she was burlod with great violence a distance of fully 20 feot, towards the bow of the boat. She was horribly crushed by the foroe of the ex plosion, and also badly Bcauicu py es caping steam. Her injurios , proved futal at 12:80 this altornoon. biie re tained consciousness until a few mo- meuts before her death. Her Buffer ings were so iutermo that she begged the physlolar.s in attendance to end her life, but all that could be done was to deaden tho pain by the use of narootics. Mr. Henry was terribly scalded. He was blown some distance away, but not as far as was his wifo. He died shortly after being brought to this city. W. A. Blunt was instantly killed. He was standing on the lower deck, as he intended making n landing a short distanoe above the place where the ex plosion occurred. Jerry Dailoy, the flromon, was in the firohold of the boat when the accident occurred. The escaping stoam com pletely enveloped him, soarcely a por tion of his body escaping the scalding vapor. He died at the receiving hos pital at 12:15 this afternoon. Ho had been in the employ of the California Navigation & Improvement Company for about 14 years. Underneath the lower decks, where the dock bands slept, the groans and screams were heartrending. The un fortunate imprisoned men were receiv ing the full effect of the steam as it came from the boilers. Eight of them were almost roasted alive. Those who were able made their way to tho dock as beat they could, while the more Berl ously injured were unable to get out. The exposed poitions of thoir bodies suffered the most. The arms and faces of those near the main entrance were frightfully scalded. Coratti Domlnici. who was on the lowor deck, was blown Into the water, and hud to swim ashore after his back was terribly scalded. Louis Brizzolana, in company with Charles Maegini and wife, was standing near the pilot-house on the texaa dock. The foice threw him to one side, but not until he was badly burned about the body. Fortunately, Mr. Magnini and his wife esoaped without so much as a soratch, though both were thrown down by the concussion. Drowned In the Street. Boston, Mass., Nov. 29. Two men lost their lives in the storm today at Revere. One was Michael Lee and the other an unknown negro. Both were drowned on Ooean avenue while trying to cross that thoroughfare, through which the tide was flowing. Three Negroes Lynched. Meridian, Miss., Nov. 29. Roports have reached here that three negroea were lynched last night . four miles west of Meridian. Newton county farmers are Bald to be on the trail of others implicated In an assault on a white man, who came to Meridian Fri day from Newton county and waa pur sued and fired upon by the negroes. A ID0D 0f armed farmers left for tne scene, and wnne no aennuo uevts uu been received, it is believed trial mey I have summarily dealt with the blacks. JUDGE DAY'S CABLEGRAM. Inform! the President That the Span, lards VCIII Sign the Treaty. Washington, Nov. 20. Throughout me poace negotiations, which are still pending in Paris, the presldont has ex pressed confidence that a treaty, satis factory to tho United Statos, should bo drafted and signed. From time to time assurances of substantial progress toward that end have been recolved from the American commissioners. Today advices were received by the presidont from Mr. Day, presldont of the Amerloan commission, reiterating the assurances he had previously given the president of the early and success ful conclusion of the work ol the com mission. Judge Day, It is undorstoood. states positively that the Spanish controls Sioners formally will accept, perhaps tomorrow, the torms of the United Statos, and that a treaty drawn along the lines of the agreement roaohed will be drawn and signed In a few days. ine dispatch from Judue Day was the first absolutely definite statement as to tho conclusion of the labors of tho com mission that had boon reooived, and, quite naturally, it afforded the nrosi- dont and his advisers considerable sat isiaction. It is probablo that the president will disouaa in his message to congresa, which will be delivered one week from tomorrow, the successful efforts of the administration in the negotiation of a peace tieaty, although thore is a possi bility that the treaty itsolf may not nave been signed at the time. IN A STORM'S CLUTCHES. Illlziard Raged In the North Atlantis and New England States. New York, Nov. 29. When the neo- pleof New York awoke this niornlntr. they found tho blizzard thatraged when they rotlred was still in progress. The storm, which bogan with a soft, sleety anow baturday at noon, inoreased greatly as th day wore on, with heav or snow full and the wind blowinrr 1 gale at midnight. Thero was a slight aoatement ol the wind this morning, but the snow still foil and drifted bad ly and the temperature dronnod ran. Idly. r It looked this morning, as though the blizzard would oontinue all day, but at ju 0 clook thore was a broakina awav in the west, and finally the storm ceased altogether,' and tho severest blizzard since tho memorable blizzard of March, 1888. came to an end. Tim wind blew at the rate of 69 to 60 miles hour during the holght of the storm. A numbor of people are reported ozen to death, and the proporty dam- era Is Hoauw n9 , , Boston, Nov. 29. A rocord-breaklng November blizzard swopt over the greater portion of Now England last night and today completely demoral izing trafflo of every description and well night paralyzing tolegraphlo and telephonio communication, while the northeast galo, coming on at high course of tides, drove the Bea far beyond its usual limits and made a mark along shore exceodod only by the memorable hurricane of 1851. A dozen or more cousting vessels were driven ashore in Boston harbor during the blizzard, and the great ooean stoamer Ohio, of the Wilson line, was torn from her moor ings and driven high and dry on Spec tacle island. Philadelphia Blorin-Swept. Philadelphia, Nov. 29. The bliz zard which came out of tho W?st reached this city at 11 o'clock yostor day morning, and raged furiously until 1 o'clock this morning. As unepxectod as it was violent, it wrought great havoc not only here, but throughout the entire Btate. NO EXTRA SESSION. President McKinley and Many Promi nent Men Oppose It. Washington, Nov. 29. President McKinley will try to avoid an extra session, if that is possible. In this effort he is likely to be seconded by a large number of publio men both branches of congress and of both par ties. Public policy will dictate the desires of some and selfishnoss that ol otherB. President McKinley will make every effort to have the peaoe 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 pass for the reorganization .of the army, bo that garrisons for the new possessions wilt be provided for. Prob ably will be passed providing for the temporary government of the Philip pines and Porto Rioo, and possibly Cuba, by the army officers command ing In each, until congress oan provide otherwise. Then congress will provide for commissions to visit the different islands and make recommendations for their government to tho next con gress. That is the scheme which will be followed if. there is no extra session, and if everything goes through as planned. Added to the Navy. San Francisco, Nov. 29. At 9:23 o'clock this morning, in the-presence of a vast multitude, the battle-ship Wisconsin was snccessfully launched at the Union Iron works. The Wisconsin is the largest of the vessels built for the United States government at this ship yard. ; Bullfighting Not In Favor. Denver. Nov. 29. The committee In charge of arrangements for the coming convention of the National Livestock Association has rejected a proposition to make bullfighting a featnre of the outdoor sports on that occasion. How ever, typical Western cowboy tourna ment will be given. Broucho-ridiug, rongh riding and roping and lassoing of untamed horses and steers, and all the exciting operations usually associ ated with cowboy life on the plains will be on the programme, , THE FIRST AT HAVANA American Troops Disembark at Mariana. FOUR C0MPASIE8 OF ENGINEERS General Illanco Will Leave for Bnali In a Week Cubans Appointed to Offloe In Santiago. Havana, Nov. 28. Tho United States transport Florida arrived at Mariana beach today. General Qieono and Btaff wont to Mariana oarly to superintend the binding of tho American troops. The Florida had on board four com panies of the Seoond volunteer en gineers, whioh recontly left Tampa for Havana. The 'oops landod by half past nine o'oloek at the Mariana wharf, with colors Eying. Thoy formed at the landing place and marched to their camp, two milos away, filing past Gen eral Greone and his staff, who, on norseback, roviewed the mon. All the men, with the exception of five who are still suffering from sickness and wore taken to the camp by train, were in line, and are all lu good spirits and nt lor duty. Ono hundred and fifty Cubans of General Monocal's division were em ployed in clearing the camp, and by 11 0 clock the tents wero boina Ditched tor the nrst American camp at Havana Passports were today dolivored to the aido-do-camp of General Blanco's staff, who will sail for Spain 011 the steamer Juan Forgas on December 8. On the same steamer, It la announced, will em bark Goneral Blanco, General Solano and bis staff, and theofilciala employed at Blanoo's headquarters. Sonor Fer nandez de Castro, the civil governor of Havana, last evening hold a long con ference with General Groone. Among the arrivals nt Havana this morning were the Spanish cruisers In fanta Isubel and Conde do Vonadito, from Nuovitas. Tho volunteer forcos at Cardenas have dolivored their arms to the authorities. General Blanco will be suooeodod by Gonoral Jimlnez Castollanos, division commander. Sonor Govin, secretary of the Interior In the colonial government, has accent- ed the resignation of theoivil governors of the provinces of Havana and Pinar dol Rio. The Spanish evacuation commission ers toduy dolivered a nota announcing me complete evacuation of the Hohru n division. lowing troops were expoolod 'oh " or T6- fore November 30: The Dirteenth Pennsylvania volunteors, which will be stationed at Pinar del ltio; tho Third New Jersoy, to be stationed at Mariol, 8nd the Two Hundred and Second New York, assigned to Guannjay, all m the province of Pinar del Rio. Thoso in tendod for theoity of Pinar del Rio and Guanajay will land in Havana harbor, where they oan mako immediate rail way connection for those points. RATIONS FCH THE NEEDY. General Wood Feeding the Deserving Poor Around Huntlngo. Washington, Nov. 28. General Wood, commanding tho department of Santiago, has sent an official roport to the war dopartmont, of which the fol lowing is an oxtract: "I have sent rations all along the sea coast, and by puck trains Into the in terior, using eveiy offort to scattor the rations about in such manner as to enable tho poople desiring to roturn to thoir farniB in the interior to do so with a reasonable assurance that they can obtain food wlnle waiting the develop ment of thoir first crop. "Santiago today Is aB oloan and healthy as any town of its slzo along the Amerloan sea coast south of For tress Monroe. Excellent order prevails; thore has not been a murder in the oity sinco our oocupancy." Alaska Land Contest. Port Town8end, Nov. 28. Among the passengers going to Alaska on the steamer Rosalie today was R. Gold stein, who oluims a portion of tho townsito of Juneau under a mineral location. In 1888 he located Bonanza lodo, whioh takes In 21 acros of the business portion of Juneau, and made application for a United Statos patent, which was contested by the citizens of Juneau. The land has been in contro versy ovor since, and during that time has beoome valuable. The settlemont of the case will enable readouts of Ju neau to secure title to property on which many valuablo buildings huvo been erected Annlslnn Hint. Anniston, Ala.. Nov. 28. The city has quieted down after hint night's . .. ... it 1 11.. j.n rioting, anu 11 is oonoveu ine iuii eiieut of the shooting has been loarned. Two negroes wero killed and three wounded, and six or eight white enlisted men 1 were Boriousiy mm. two niemoerB of the white provost guard, who were missing last night, reported for duty today. The doad are Private Ed Cap crton, Third Alabama, and an uni dentified member of the same regiment. William Bowie, of the Third Alabama, who was wounded, will die. News From Argentine. New York, Nov. 28. A dispatch to the Herald from Buonon Ayros says: The chamber of deputies has approvod ; tho law re-establishing the tax of 10 per cent on the premiums of foreign insurance companies. The Argontine and Chilean commis sioners will r"et bore next wwk to discuss the Puna Atacama boundary dispute. The incident between an Argentine offinial and Walker Marti nez, former Chilean minister, has been closed satisfactorily. POISONOUS GERMAN TOYS. Muah More Danger In Thera Than In Amerluan Pork. Washington, Nov. 28. Dr. D. Z. Salmon, chief of the bureau of avisaal Industry, in his report to the secretary of agriculturo for tho fiscal year ended Juno 80, 1898, states that during the year moat Inspection was in operation at 185 abattoirs, as agalnBt 128 for the previous year, and In 85 citios, as against 88 In 1897. The numbor of animals inspected beforo slatiuhtor numbered 61,885.898. Of these 9,228, 237 wore cattle, 10,028,287 wore sboop, 408,199 oalvos, and 81,610.075 houa. ahowlng a total gain over 1897 of 9,025,291. At the tlmo of slaughter 81,110,883 animals wore InBpoeted, and 03,002 were rejected and 91,508 car casses and 48,189 parts of carcasses were condoranod. The meat Inapootion stamp was affixod to 14,583,780 pack ages of mutton and beof and pork prod ucts, of whioh 874,181 oontainod micro scopically examined pork. in connection with the examination of Imports from Germany, it was found that German toys and oolored goods were poisonous, and all highly painted German toys may be regarded as very dangorous to children who may suck off tho paint or swallw the plooes that may be chipped off. The study of tuberculosis, with ref erenoe to both mon and animals, has been continuod, and reports recolved indioate that lu incipient stages of tho disoase the serum is of considerable value. This division oontemplatos bo ginning investigations relntive to Texas fevor, anthrax and othor diseases. The division of pathology has contin ued the experiment of dipping cattle with a view to destroying the ticks, which spread the lnfootion of Texas fever, and a substance has been found in which the oattle msy be I nun or sod without sufforlng any sorious injury, and which will destroy all the ticks on an animal in a alnglo dipping. In making recommendations for the flsoal year ending June 80, 1900. Dr. Salmon adds that a suffloiont appropri ation for oxtonding and developing for eign markets for dairy products of the United HtateB be niado, and that legis lation be Bought by which the existing: systom ol government inspection and certification of meats and moat products for export from the Unltod States may be extonded (with sultablo modifica tion), to Include buttor, cheese and con densed milk. Esoaped a Live Wire. Spokane, Wash., Nov. 28. Wauor Hurlburt, aged 24, grasped an elcotrio light cord tonight, gave a gasp and fell forward dead. Tho trneedy was enact-' ed In the barn at the rosidence of G. E. Rold. Theelootrlo light thore was out in the air. lluriDuri guvo vim mu a pull and electrlo sparks flow from his hand. He was dead In an Instant. A short circuit Is aaoribed as the cause of his death, but electricians nre puzzled, as they claim under any possiblo condi tions the victim oouldnot have reooived a greater voltage than 200. Ilurlburt's father and mother live in Garrets villo, O. Old Agreement Restored. Chioago, Nov. 28. A local financial news bureau annonnooB that tho passen ger rate difficulties between tho Cana dian Pacitlo and Grand Trunk having been settled, negotiations are now in progress for the uso by the formor of the Grand Trunk's North Bnj line for Ontairo businoss to and from the NorthwoBt. Previous to the recent rate war, the Canadian Paolfio had tho use of the North Bay lino, but this ar rangement waa terminated when the rate difficulties aroso. Klondike Mastodon Story. Vanoouver, B. C, Nov. 28. J. W. Nee, of Tacoma, Is here with an Inter esting Klondike mastodon story. Ho Bays that of a big pile of bones found on Sulphur croek, one waa a tooth bo tweon i and 5 Inches long, and near ly two inchoB thick at the base. An other was the log of an animal from the knee to the ankle. It was 5 foot in length. From the ground to the an imal's body tho distance was probably ovor 10 feet. It was eight or nino inches through. No Iteforins In Turkey. Constantinople, Nov. 28. Sevoral Turkish ministers have submitted to the sultan memorials pointing out tho disturbed state of the empire, and the reforms they consulor necessary. The Bill' .a is Irritated at this attitudo on the part of tho ministers, and it is ex pooled ho will dismiss sevoral, although it will be difficult to find substitutes who do not favor roform. Murder of Unusual Brutality. Oukland, Cal., Nov. 28. Today's developments In tho case of the 15-year-old girl, Lil ian Brandos, who was found hanging to a bedpost in her home at East Berkley, confirm the bus picion that she was murdered. Hor father was arrested yesterday on sus picion, and today her Btepmothor was Bn taken to the police station. Both Bre detained ponding the result of the coroner's inquest. Oregon and Iowa at Montevideo. New York, Nov. 28. A special to the Herald from Montevideo says! The United States battle-ships Oregon and Iowa and tho collier Celtio have ar rived here to re-coal and take on board supplies of provisions. Hand Carl Kun Down. Elkhart. Ind., Nov. 28. While a party of 22 poople were returning from H uan at Otis early this morning on two hand cars they werd struck by the Lake Shore faBt mail. William Bea- benski and William Kemplor were killed outright. Seabenlsk's two daughters were probably fatally In jured. General Wood has piohibittd gam bling in Santiago, with 11 penalty of f 1,000 for infraction of the prohibition. FOUND IN THE RHUS Two Bodies Recovered From the Baldwin Hotel. TPrnmrnM . . Several Persons Are Still Miming Unmoral of the Rehrls rians 'or Ttebulldlng. San Francisco, Nov. 20. The doorl body of J. M. Leigh thead was romo7ed from the ruins of tlioJBaldwin hotol to day. The body was dlscovored In the bathroom adjoining his apartmont, ait ting in a chair, almost as natural as lifo. It was partially burned and blackened by smoke, but was easily reoognizuble. It is supposod he foil asloep in the ohalr and was overcomo by smoko bofore the flames commenood to eat at his flesh. Late this afternoon, an unrecogniz able body, supposed to bo thnt nf a woman, was recovorod from the ruins of the theator. The belief that thore are more bodies still in the ruins is gaining oredonco, and the flromon to day reported that a torriblo odor, such as follows the incineration of flesh, is gradually becoming apparent This is particularly true in the debris on the Ellis-stroet side, whore it is bolleved persons woro lost whose identity is un ' known, and who were not inoluded in the list of guests. Four persons are known to be mis sing. They are John J. Cartor, asso ciate Judge of the Jookoy Club; Tate Pryor, shootwrltor for Bookmaker J. J. Carroll; Mr. Androws, cashier of the Baldwin Grotto; W. W. Benohley, an employe of the restaurant. Arrangomonts for the removal of the dobrls are being carried on under the " supervision of the fire dopartmont, and e already much valuable property has boen rocoverod. The hotol safe, containing many valu ables belonging to gnesta, has boon lo oatod, and tho work of righting it, preparatory to opening It, Is boing prosocnted as rapidly as its dangorous position will admit. Over $30,000 be longing to horsemen is in the safe. Tho work of cloorlng awny the ruins will commence aB the ruins cool enough . to permit workmen to go ahead with the contraot. The disposition of the site of the old Baldwin Is an interesting ono, and there are dozens of rumors oonnoctins different capitalists and concerns with the erection of a structure to cover the Dames origiuatod in tho hotel ktfuhen, but the police nro convinced that thoy startod in the rear of the Baldwin thea tor. j. hero wore many narrow eBcapos from doath, and tho marvel is how the many guests of the hotel eucoeded In eacnping within the short time atTordml thorn, as tho spread of the flames wns remarkably rapid. A. H. ChriHtio, of Milwaukoe, was rescuod from a portions position on the roof by Fireman Ed K0I10. Whon res cued Mr. ChriHtio had a razor In his hand, with the dotormination to kill himself rather than plungo Into the seething flumes that raged beneath him. W. A. Ballard, a morchant of Scran-. ton, Pa., was bereft of all his olothos . and papers. Aaron Blumonthal and Joseph Sum- merfleld, book makers, who registered from Chioago, occupied rooms in the fourth floor almost ovor the Powell- street entrance. Both of thorn escaped . in their pajamas and are glad to be alive. Roj-al Soott, who represents Mar shall, Field & Co., of Chicago, was awakened as soon as the alarm was sounded through the house, whon be dressed and escaped. He returned , within a few minutes to aecure some of his belongings, but waB drivon back by the dense smoke. Immigration Commissioner W. M. Rioo, of Victoria, B. 0., who had a ' room on the fourth floor of the hotel, had a very close call, but suooeodod In reaching the stroot In safety, 1 The entire soenlo and mechanioal effects and wardrobe of the "Secret Servlco" company were destroyed by fire. Managor Robert M. Eberle esti- nohi lha 1iua 111 til flflfl Mr. nlllllttfl will take the California theator Mon day evening and pUiy out hia engage ment thero. E. J. Baldwin nail today that the fire mount a loss to him of about IV 600,000, as he had expended that amount in building, altering and fur nishing tho hotol. Fire Marshal Towe declares that the structure was a death trap, and says that no such ft flimsy structure shall again be erected inthohoartof theoity. E. J. Baldwin's proporty In this city . and Los Angeles, with the exception of a small part of the Santa Anita ranch, is oovered by a blanket mortgage which calls for tho paymont of a dobt of 1,- 025,000 with Interest at 6 per cent a year, oxcopt thnt monoy loaned on property In the oity of Los Angoles is to bear 8 per cent a year. About fUOO.OOO of the mortgago covers the Baldwin hotel proporty, and the opinion Is entertained that the site alone Is worth at least f ouo.uuu over the mortgage. The insurance on the stocks of goods . In the burnod stores and their fittings will amount to 192,200. George A. Moss carriod $22,800; Hyman & Myers, $30,500; Isaac Grant's drug store, $5, 000; J. J. Groom. $3,000; Moses A. Gunst. $10,000; J. Edlin, $3,600, and smnllr anma wero carriod bv other tenants. Tho smoko and water damage In the adjoining buildings was $20,000, so that $150,000 will cover insurance. A caroful estimate of the loss caused by the Baldwin hotel fire placoa the, total at $1,600,000, . . itf..