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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, . .
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