Oregon City Courier.
X, W. CHENEY, Publisher.
OBBGON CITY OREGON
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Aa Interesting Collection of Ittni From
h Two Hemispheres Fruuttl
la a Condensed Form,
General Carlos Ezetu lias taken quar
ters in Oakland, C.'ul., and Bays be U
prepared to meet bis enemies. He im
agines he is boing pursued by hired
hf axilla in the employ of Mr. Lopei,
the minister from Salvador. Lopez as
sert that the general is a binder and ii
afraid to make a move.
The board of supervisors of San
Francisco but appropriated JtiOO for
the purchase of a supply of the Goto
remedy for leprosy. It will be used
for the relief of the thirteen men and
two women in the leper oolony at the
pesthoute. The remedy as far as tried
liy the physicians has had good effect
and many of tbe a filiated 'will recover.
Weyler and Blanoo will be recalled,
Premier Canovas will fall, RD'i grave
events will ooonr in Spain, Madrid dis-
patohea say, it is beljeved there, unless
tbe rebels in Cuba and the Philippine
ialanda are oonqnered within a month.
Tbe Madrid press openly attaoks Cano
vas and Weyler because of their in
ability to check the Cuban revolution.
Tbe steamer Arago went ashore just
north of tbe Coos bay jetty and near
where the wbaleback steamer Wetmore
was lost. All that is left of tbe
steamer to be seen is two spars project
ing ap on the ocean beach, The vessel
will be a total loss. In an attempt to
land twelve people were drowned,
eight of the orew and fonr of tbe pas
sengers. The tug Hunter and the life
saving crew went to tbe rescue but
nothing could be done, owing to a
dense fog.
The people of Albuquerque, N. M.,
paid their homage to a true hero at the
funeral of John Braden, who sacrificed
"his own life to save those of women
and children. During a parade in that
city Harden was driving an ammuni
tion wagon, tbe contents of which ex
ploded and set fire to the wagon. The
team started to run, in tho direction
of a crowd of women and children, but
Braden stayed at bis post until he had
checked the frenzied animals, and then
fell from the seat, burned to a crisp.
Albert Hence Downing, a highway
man arrested in Denver, Col., has con
fessed that be murdered Joel U. Ash-
worth in that city and committed
numerous robberies, besides having
murdered a man in 188S at San Jose,
Cal., and committed other orimes
there. He promises to plead guilty to
11 the orimes whioh he has oommitted
and aays be wants to be hung. Down
ing ia 45 years old, and was born in
Polk county, Missouri; his mother and
sister live at Bozeman, Mont., and his
brother at Salt Lake.
Baron Nicholas Knebitaky, governor
of the Russian fur seal islands, is in
Ban Franoisoo on bis way to Washing
ton, where he intends to present,
through the Russian ambassador, the
form of a new treaty between bis coun
try and the United States.
It is expected that 10,000,000 salmon
fry will be turned into the Columbia
river this yeur. Of this number, 8,
000,000 will come from the Clackamas
hatchery, 8,000,000 from Sandy sta
tion, 8,000,000 from Little White
Salmon, and 8,000,000 from the bead
waters of the Claokamas.
It is believed that 35,000 persons are
without the necessaries of life in Guay
aquil as a result of tbe recent fire there.
Ten thousand persons have already left
, tha oity, fearing peBtilonoe will follow
th fire. Everything possible is being
done to relieve suffering among those
who have romained.
Tbe grand jury has indicted eleven
directors of the Bank of Commerce, of
New Orleans, whioh closed up last
month with a loss of $31 0,000. Cash
ier de Blano was also indioted for
falsely swearing to bank statements.
Tbe indioted directors are some of tbe
moat important busiuess men of tbe
oommunity.
In his annual report to the secretary
of war, General Ureely, the chief sig
nal officer, says the military telegraph
lines running through mountainous and
desert regions have been maitained in
excellent order. Tbe commercial busi
ness over tbe lines baa largely increas
ed, and the receipts now amount to
one-twelfth of tbe cost of operation of
the entire signal oorps.
An east-bound Union Pacific pas
senger train was held up a short dis
tance east of Uintah, Utah, near tbe
mouth of Weber canyon, and about
eight miles from Ogden. No passen
gers were molested, the robbers con
fining their operations to the mail and
express cars. The baggage and express
cars were uncoupled by the robbers and
run ahead of the train a few hundred
yards and both oars broken open. Tbe
robber failed to open tbe safe in the
express car. Railway officials say the
booty secured was a few mail bags, but
as a great portion of tbe mail was cor
respondence between banks, inclosing
exchanges and remittances, and always
a good proportion of cash, tbe loss is
supposed to be of consequence.
Five outlaws appeared at the ranch
of K. T. Brooke, an Englishman, wboee
place is near Tonkawa, U. T., and
who is considered wealthy. They
called Brooke to the door and com
manded him to hold up his hands.
their apparent purpose being robbery.
Foreign Grain Crops.
The European orop reports of tht
grlonltural department, issued by tbe
chief statistician at Washington, shows
that tbe orop of Great Britain bus been
somewhat reduced in tbe north and in
Sootland by the persistent wet weather
of September, which practically ruined
most of the wheat then ungathered.
In tbe southern oocntries harvesting
operations were oompleted before tbe
bad weathor set in, and the wheat is
of a finer milling quality than has
been known for years.
A Dynamite Kploslen.
A large quantity of dynamite in a
magazine of the Dayton Coal & Iron
Company, at Dayton, Tenn., exploded,
wrecking many buildings and destroy
ing an oleotiro light plant, putting out
all tbe lights. Tbe company store is a
oomplole wrock. The debris was
blown a quarter of a mile.
IMPLEMENTS' OF WAR
Secretary Lamont's Estimate
of Money Required.
FIFTY-TWO MILLIONS KEEDEI"
Terrell Makes a Chilin.
United States Minister Terrell has
lodged with the Turkish government a
claim for $40,000 indemnity on behalf
of Mrs. Lenz, mother of Frank Lenz,
tbe Pittsburg bicyclist who was mur
dered by Kurds while traveling
through Asiatic Turkey in 1890.
Penalty Swiftly Kxecuted.
Miss Blanche Gray, a young lady of
fine family, of Atlanta, Ga. , was going
from a friend's house to her sister. s,
when a negro assaulted ber. Two
hours later tbe negro was oaugbt and
banged by a mob.
Freight Trains Collide.
A head-end collision of freight trains
ooourred on the Northeastern railroad,
near New Orleans. William Fulcher,
engineer, and his fireman, John Alex
anderia, oolored, were killed.
Forte's Demand Itefmed.
The embassies of the powers have
sent an identical note to the porte re
fusing its demand that the right be ac
corded of searobing foreign vessels in
Turkish waters for Armenians.
Kan A bore In a Fog.
The British atoamer Palestrina,
Captain Harder, ballast-laden for Bal
timore, ran ashore in a thiok fog near
St. Johns, N. F. She will probubly
become a total wreck.
Peace in Mntabelelund,
Cecil Rhodes. Earl Grey, adminis
trator of the British South Africa Com
pany, and other officials had a final un
derstanding with the Mutabele chiefs.
Mr. Rhodes announoed to them that,
after yielding up their arms and those
of their number who bad been guilty
of murdering whites, tbe Matabeles
must locate themselves in specified dis
tricts of the country. The priuoipal
chiefs would be held responsible and
would receive monthly salaries from
the British Chartered South Africa
Company. The chiefs all agreed to
this proposition, and it is believed tbe
whole Matabele trouble is now at an
end.
Hatchet Men are Doomed.
The end of the highbinder days in
Ban Franoisoo has come. A dozen
headquarters of the hatohet-men were
destroyed, and tbe work of destruction
will be oontinued. The agent of tbe
oonsul-general overthrew the josses,
broke down the signs and dismantled
the headquarters where the hatohet-
men have been wont to meet, and tbe I
Celestial desperadoes are now homeless
and bunted. This outcome is weloomed
by all in San Franoisoo, for another
virulont outbreak was expected at any
time in San Franoisoo.
Held Up by Women.
Colonel Henry Spielman, of New
York city, a wealthy merchant and
clubman, was held up by two women
and robbed as he was leaving the
Union League Club in Chicago. Tbe
assailants of the colouel Becured bis
gold watch and $30 in cash. Being
pursued by her victim, one of the
women tossed the watch into Custom
house place to avoid being caught witb
evidence upon her.
An Infantile Crook.
Dennis Myron, of Chicago, is only
11 years old, but be has been arrested
fourteen times and is now under sen
tence to the reform school as a burglar.
He grew up in that unsavory neighbor
hood known as "Little Hell, " and
about as soon as he wore trousers fell
into the companionship of thieves and
toughs. He helped a woman in shop
lifting, and then took up thieving on
his own account.
The Sherburne Robbers.
The Sherburne bank robber confined
in tbe Martin county jail, Minnesota,
baa made a statement to tbe sheriff,
which has been verified, giving his
came as Lew Kellihan, and his home
as Rock Rapids, Ia., where his parents
'reside. He gives his age as 21, and
, states that his brother who was killed j
I was but 18 years old. Tbe reading of !
, dime novels led to tbe commission of .
; the crime.
Inmate Were Cremated.
There was a terrible oasualty at tbe j
aouse of J. F. Miller, of New What-1
( oora. Wasb. Tbe farmer and his wife j
were on a visit to a neighboring city !
and left their three ohildren in the I
care of Frank Boise, of Taooma. Tbe
' house took fire in some manner and ;
I tbe three children and Mr. Boise were j
found dead in the ruins. Boise has a !
wife and children in Taooma.
I -
I Mrs. Pauline Olievieri, a sack sewer,
met witb a terrible death in tbe Cali-
I'rogrea of Work on Fortltloatloiis
and Heaooast Defames An r. i
oelleut htart Made.'
Washington, Oct. 20. Secretary La
mont will tomorrow transmit to the
secretary of the treasury his estimate
of appropriations required by the war
department for the next fiscal year.
The aggregate is $52,875,038.
The estimate for the running ex
penses of the war offloe in Washington
ia $1,401,230, showing, the secretary
says, a reduction in the annual ex
penses for salaries and contingencies
in that offloe of $021,042 from the
estimate of four years ago. The other
estimates in detail are is follows:
Pay of tho array, an fixed by law S1.V!,W0
Kuiwinti-iii'o of the army I,i.iV,k7
QunrlcrmuKUT's supplies a.'jim.unu
Incidental expeimuH of tho army unu,vw
Uarrat'kN and quarters, Including lion-
pltal construction ; :,(Xki
Rhooting ratines
Cavalry and artillery homes 1:u,ikki
Army transportation Smo.tiou
Clothing 1,H,(JU
Medical supplies IMV-IW
Ordnance deportment 1,1:11,
Military academy Ml,itl2
Arsenals lU'VJti
Military posts, naiinoui cemeteries
and national parks l,.vr,,:ftO
Soldiers' homes II, 141,-14
Artificial limbs lor soldiers of the
late war I'.pUHJO
Public buildings and grounds in
Washington VW
Miscellaneous 4ir..',iiu
Klvers and harbors 6,:I,UU0
The latter sum is to meet payment
on existing contracts, the department
at this time being unable to say what
sum will be required by future con
tracts for whioh authority exists.
The estimates for foritfications and
sea-coast defenses has been increased
to $15,802,201, an amount, Secretary
Lamout says, whioh will be required
to continue this work at its present
rate of progress, which has been appre
ciably advanced under the large ap
propriation which became available
July 1 last.
In oonneotion with his estimate, the
secretary made publio a statement of
the condition of this work, tho ad
vance made and the results that oan be
effected by this increased appropriation
which he asks.
On July 1, 1808, but one modern
gun bad been placed in position, uu
the first of July, 1897, the department
shall have completed defenses with
armaments as follows: Thirteons 12
inch, thirty-seven 10-inch, eight 8 inch
and four rapid-firing guns and eighty
12-inch mortars.
The reaminder of Soeretary Lamont's
letter transmitting the estimates is of a
historical nature, reviewing the prog
ress made in sea-coast defense He
says that for 15 years preceding 1890,
no appropriations had been made for
engineering work on our permanent
ooast defenses, exoept the Binall and
steadily decreasing sum annually al
lowed for "the protection, preservation
and repair" of existing works.
But small amount had been granted
for the ooDBtruotion of mining case
mates and for the purohase, of ma
terial for submarine defenses, while in
1888 and 1889, a total of about $3,
000,000 had been appropriated for
modern guns, mortars and carriages.
In 1890 was made tbe first appropria
tion, $1,211,000, for modern guns and
mortar batteries, followed by one of
$750,000 in 1891, and by another of
$500,000 in 1892. This money was
allotted by the department for oonstruo
tion work at various ports, including a
total of four 12-iuch, twenty 10 inch,
five 8-inch and two rapid-firing guns,
emplacements, and sixev-four 13-inch
mortar emplacements. None of them,
however, could be made ready to re
ceive its armament until after the first
mall appropriations in 1893, and the
two succeeding years. Prjotically,
therefore, it was, tbe secretary says,
devolved upon the war department
since 1893 to make provisions for the
completion of nearly all of these em
placements. "It appears," the seoretary says,
"that seveuteen out of twenty-one 12
inch emplacements, fifty-five out of
sixty-six 10-iuch emplacements, twenty
out of twenty-five 8-inch emplace
I ments, fourteen out of sixteeu 12-iuch
i rapid-firing emplacements, and ninety
I two out of 160 13 inch mortar em
placements have been entirely provided
for during the last four years; and
that during the same time a larg6 part
of those previously provided for have
been prepared to receive their armament."
Wheat Took a Jump.
Chicago, Oct. 21. Wheat made
record-breaking jump today. Decem
ber option, wlnub closed Saturday at
75 5-8o, opened this morning st?8j to
79 l-8o, steadying nt the latter figure,
an advance of U.''c. The wildest ex
oitmoent chaiacit-rized tbe trading.
There was talk of possible failures.
After a momentary reaction to 79c, De
cember wheat soon went bevond the
top figures, touching 79' several
times within the first fifteen minutes
of business. Just before 10 A. M. the
market took a sudden plunge down
ward to 78 'j, reacting later to 78?a
Shortly after 10 the price receded to
78'o, then within a few minutes it :
advance a full cent. During the frenzy 1
at the opening a few trades were made
as high as 790, while sales at the
same moment in other parts of tbe pit
were at different figures, ranging all
the way to 78)0.
VENEZUELA DISPUTE
An
Understanding Said
Have Been Reached
to
FOR AN AMICABLE SETTLEMENT
In bight of Liberty.
New York, Oct. 21. One hundred
and sixty-seven Armenians, who em
barked from Boulogne, arrived on the peaceful arbitration.
Propositions Kinhrace Greater Concea.
aioiia Than Have Kver Heretofore
lloeu Made liy Orut Hrltiilll.
Chicago, Out. 1 9. The Times- Herald
prints the following dispatch from
WniliitiKtmi, under the caption,
"Britain Has Yielded:"
President Cleveland, in his next an
nual me9Hge to congress, will be able
to state that u definite utulnrstiiU'ling
has ben reached with Great Britain
for umicable settlement of the Vene
zuelan boundary dispute. Tbe contro
versy will he settled by reference to a
steamship Obtlam today and were trans'
ferred to Ellis Island, where they were
examined by tbe health authorities and
inspector of immigration. There was
one family of sixteen. Tbe Armenians
as a rule were well dressed, intelligent
and did not appear to bave suffered
privations. Their lauding will be pro
tested as against our immigration laws.
Made a It I oh Haul.
San Francisco, Oct. 21. Diamonds
to the value of $4,000 and gold coin
amounting to $180 were stolen from
the residence of Hermann Braundscb
weigher, tbe liquor merchant, 1000
McAllister street, between tbe hours
of 9 o'clock in tbe morning and 6 at
night.
CLOSE OF AN EPISODE.
Information was gained tonight that
: when Sir Julian Pauncefote shall ar
' rive in this country tomorrow, be will
I oome with such instructions as to leave
no room for doubt that he and Seoretary
1 Olney will be able in a short time to
formally reach an agreement for final
; settlement of the dispute. The propsi
, tious to be ptesented by Sir Julian will
! embrace greater concessions than have
; ever heretofore been made by Great
i Britain. ' i
' The details of Ambassador Puu'ice
' fote's instructions will, of course, not
j be known until after his arrival here,
i but tbe state department has informs
1 tion of tbe general natme of the new
proposals to be submitted by the British
goveurment, and tbe president and Sec
retary Olney are satisfied there will be
id difficulty in adjusting whatever
differences may still exsit. between the
two countries. ,
Just how ' this information has
reached the administration authorities
is not known, but it is presumed it
came through Ambassador . Bayard,
since the conference in London some
days ago between" Lord Salisbury,
Joseph Chamberlain and . SirvJuliau
Pauncefote. , . v . .
Before Mr.' Chamberlain returned to
London froui his summer visit to this
ootintry, a satisfactory understanding
had been, reached informally between
him and Secietary Olney in regard to
the districts, whioh was the main bone
of ootit'Uition at the last exchange of
notes between the two countries.
Mr. Chamberlain, who bus charge of ,
the colonies, was much better informed,
t iau anyotber member of tbe British
cabinet in regard t ) British, settlers in
the disputed territory aud was therefore
well qualified to discuss all details
with Mr. Olney.
When be left the United States there
was an agreement, as to a plan that
Lake jtrnnir Humrd. i could be adopted for settling this
Cleveland, Oot 20. A speoial from , phase, of the controversy, but. of oourse,
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Downing,
llopklus 45 t'o.'s
Trade,
Itevlew of
President III lcora-d By the King
of the ItelalHiis.
City of Mexioo, Oct. 20. An event
marking the close of a great historio
episode ccourred yesterday, when the
Belgian minister, in the name of his
majesty, Leopold II, king of the Bel
gians, bestowed on President Diaz as a
mark of the honorable regard in which
tbe president of Mexico is held in Bel
gium. Tim significance of this act lies
in the fitct that King Leopold is the
brother of the late Kmprets Carlotta,
of Mexico, and bis bettowal of tbe or
der upon the president of tbe rebuplio
is an indication I hat the Maximillian
epis ide is now definitely cloted. Presi
dent Diaz has, as a matter of publio
policy, and as a means of drawing all
parties and factions together and oblit
erating tho past, bestowed high olfioes
on distinguished adherents of the late
empire, and has thus brought about an .
era of good feeling and fraternal senti-,
ment prey,i,pv8)ly jduKdowii in Mxeico,
Sturgeon Bay, Wis,, says tbe big
steamer Australasia, owned by James
Ccrrigan, of this oity, was burned last
night on Lake Michigan and now lies
at the bottom of wbiterh-h bay. The
steamer, wbich was valued at 100,000,
was loaded with a cargo of 2,000 tons
of coal for Milwaukee, oacght fire
about 11 o'clock. Full steam was put
on and an effort made tobeaeh the ves
sel, the crew in tbe meantime making
a terrifio fight against the flames. At
last shoal water was reached, just as
the life-caving crew arrived at the ves
sel and rescued the orew. Tbe vessel
soon afterward Funk.
A Crank Arrested,
San Francisco, Oct. 20. W. ' F.
Barrett, who imagined be bad been
delegated to establish the inuocence of
Theodore Durraut, during the latter's
trial, whs arrested tonight for insanity.
Parret accosted a man named Riordan ;
on the street and ordered him to throw
up his hands. Hiordan succeeded in j
putting Mm to flight, aud meeting !
Policemen Benjamin and Clancey, in
formed them of the occurrence. They j
pursued the lunatic, and at Eaves
street overtook him. He resisted vig- j
oronsly, but was subdued after a short
struggle and taken to the oity prison. 1
GeMnany Wants a Chinese Fort.
London, Oct. 20. A Berlin dispatch
to tbe Times says the usually well-informed
Soblessiche Zeitung reports the
German government meditates sending
a conmiUsiou to endeavor to secure a
tract of territory on tbe east coast of
China, to enable Germany to Bhare in
the iiif'rstry and commercial develop
ment of China.
it was informal aud subject to approval
j by Lord Salisbury. Evidently tbe lat-
tor has acquiesoed in tbe reoommenda-
tion made by Chamberlain, sinoe bis
' return, as the information received at
the state department in , tbe pafct few
days is that a new proposition to be
presented by Ambassador Pauncefote
upon his arrival will be in the line of
the conclusions reached by Mr. Olney
and Mr. Chamberlain during their in
lormal conferences this summer.
Immediately upon tbe arrival of Am
bassador Pauncefote, the negotiations
between him and Olney for final agree
ment on and details for arbitration
will be resumed, and it is the expecta
tion of the offioials of tbe state depart
ment that tbey will be finally closed in
amplo time for the president to an
nounce the fact in his annual message
to oongreBS.
It is understood the ambassador
oomes with instructions which enable
him not only to settle tbe controversy
with the United States before the con
vening of congress, but to arrange for
resumption of diplomatic relations
between Great Britain and Venezuela,
wbioh have been severed for some
years.
Upon the successful issue of the ne
gotiations for arbitration treaty natur
ally binges the question of renewed
friendly relations between Great Brit
ain and Venezuela, and tbey will, of
course, both oome at the same time.
Portland, Or., Oot 21. It has al
ways been the oluim of old truders tha.
numorous fluctuations increases specu
lation. There is no lack of the latter,
but the former does not appear to come
to the front with any degree of free
dom, although there has been a decid
ed improvement from the dullness that
prevailed thirty days ago. There was
enough action last week to suit any
trader. Wheat moved within a raiue
of 1 cents, and to make the situation
more favorable to holders, closing
figures were within a fraction of the
highest point
There is a good tone to everything,
and the tendency is gradually upward.
The lowest prices this year have been
seen, and the backers of both political
parties claim that whichever way the
election goes prices are bound to ad
vance. There will be many sharp
breaks from tbe bulges, and the opera
tors who do not take too large lines
and realize profits on all good bulges,
and buy back on the declines, will
make a good deal ot money. We have
enough of everything to supply our
wants, and a good surplus of grain and
hogs. Tbe foreign situation is so
strong that we will have a good mar-
ket at remunerative prices for all that
we can spare. The crops of feed stuffs
in tbe United Kingdom are shorter
than for years, and they are taking our
corn aud oats to make up the defici
ency. Large purchases have already
been made at Chicago and at the sea
board of corn and oats, and our exports
are the largest in years, and give evi
dence of exceeding all records.
Mew bull factors are consequently
coming to the front with surprising
regularity, especially in wheat, and it
has a tendency to create tbe impres
sion in the minds of some operators that
there is some mysterious force, at work
in the market, as it bas lately been
helped at the most opportune moments.
Our crops of winter and spring were
damaged at a time when tbey gave the
best promise. Russian farmers in
many districts were also unfortunate,
as their favorable prospects have been
cut down. Now there are reports com
ing in that India's orop bas suffered
from drought, although there have been
good rains in a few sections. The
English colony in Calcutta is buying
wheat in San Francisco for shipment to
that port. Australia also continues to
buy wheat there. Liverpool is evidently-Working
the wheat for Calcut
ta, as they have the information in ad
tauoe.of other points.
Stocks of wheat in European ports
are 82,000,000 busbies less than last
year, Aut the quantity on passage 'is 1,
J 0,0,000 bushels more, having increased
6,1)00,000 bushels during September.
Afloat stocks are also larger at this
time than in five years, with the excep
tion ot 1893, when tbey were 5,000,000
bushels more. Stocks in store are the
lightest in years, but it should be re
membered that the tendenoy on the part
of foreigners has been to work with
lighter supplies. This makes the
foreign situation strong. The world's
available supply is the smallest in fiv
years.
TWO " CHILDREN KILLED.
Another Fatally Wounded Thrown
Front a Wagou In Wasco County.
Arlington, Or., Oot 21. Word was
reoeived here today of a terrible acoi
dent that ooourred near Thirty-Mile,
in this oounty yesterday. A span of
wild horses that were hitohed to a
wagon, in wbich were the wife and
children of Will Davis, ran away,
overtnrning the wagon. Two of the
children were killed, aud another 'fa
tally injured. In their flight, the
horses ran against a tree, breaking the
wagon tongue, and turning the wagon
over endwise. Mr. Davis was not in
tbe wagon, but had tied the horses to
a fence, from wbich they broke away.
RECOGNITION OF CUBANS.
A Worklnsnien's Petition.
Cape Town, Oct. 20. At a meeting
Salvationists in San Ouentln.
San Francisco, Oct. 20. Five con
victs of San (jnentin, each of whom
has some years yet during wbioh he
must wear stripes, were today sworn
in as Salvation Army recruits, in the
presenoe of nearly a thousand of their
fellow-prisoners. They signed tbe
"articles of war," and ire ' regularly
enlisted members of the army. Ii was
an impressive ceremony, taken in con
nection with its surroundings, and was
the first of its kind ever held in Ameri
ca. Tbe service was conducted by a
party of Salvation Army officers, head
ed by Major Milsap, editor of the War
Cry.
of several thousand workingmen here a
resolution was passed praying the gov
ernment of Cape Colony to summon
parliament with a view of abolishing
tbe duties on foodstuffs. Those who
attended the meeting afterward formed
a procession and Tarried their resolu
tions to the governor.
Decisive Action by te President With
in Three Months.
Chicago, Oct. 19. A Washington
speoial says: If Spain does not end
tbe war in Cuba in three months, tbe
insurgents will receive from the United
States virtual recognition of their in
dependence. It can be stated that the
president does not expect that Spain
will end the war with the tactics em
ployed during the present- year and
that he is fully convinced that tbe
grave duty will devolve upon him of
takiDg a vigorous sUnd in the matter.
A high official of the government said
tonight that action m.iy be looked for
by the first of the year. Long before
then the Venezuela question will be
disposed of and the administration
will be left free to devise a plan for
TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION.
New
Straek a Hl Wave.
York, Oct 20 The steam-
A Result of the t sar's Visit.
London, Oct. 20. Tbe Daily News
has a Berlin dispatch, which says that
a batch of AUatian recruits, who were
traveling on the railway, mutined and ' restoring peaoe in Cuba.
wrecked tne railroad carnage, snouting
"Vive la Frauee." This is supposed to
indicate a revival of chauvinism since
tbe czar's visit.
in San Francisco. She was wound
around a narrow upright shafting.
which was revolving wita great veloa
Brooke replied with bullets from his j ity, and she struck against a stanchion
revolver, and shot two of bis visitors
dead and wounded a third. Tbe un
injured outlaws fled, carrying their
wounded companions. Tbe dead men
bave not been identified, but are sup
posed to belong to the Dal ton gang.
fornia Italian Paste Company's works ship La Uascogne arrived today, bring-
: lng f600,000 id gold. On Wednesday
last, tbe La Uascogne encountered a
j tremendous wave, which swept away
, one of tbe lifeboats and In other re
! spects slightly damaged the ship. Tbe
passengers were at dinner at tbe time.
The shock of tbe wave forced almost
everything from the tables, completely
spoiling tbe meal for all the passengers.
very time she whirled around. Tbe
clothes were wound up so close to the
body that it had to be removed in an
almost nude condition. The right leg
and both arms were broken, and tbe
bead had been crushed bv tbe blows.
Keinforreiuenta fur the Philippines.
Madrid, Oct 20. Reinforcements ot
3,000 men. led by four generals, will
start for the Philippine islands No
vember 12, to take part in the cam
paign against tbe insurgents there.
Tarred the Qaeen's Statue.
London, Oct 20. A special from
Bombay announces that a bucket of tar
was poured over tbe statue of Queen
Victoria there during tbe night and a
pair of old sandals tied around tbe
neck.
A wheel weighing over eighteen tons
has just been turned out in one cast
ing in Sheffield. It is twelve feet and
a half in diameter.
To Protect the Bank.
Willimantio, Conn., Oct 19. Ow
ing to a run on the Willimantio Sav
ings Institution, during which $70,000
has been withdrawn, the directors to
day issued a statement announcing
their intention to take advantage of the
four months' notice law. The cause of
the run is not known.
Knd of the Most Important Convention
Held In Years.
Colorado Springs, Col., Oot. 21.
The forty third convention of the In
ternational Typographical Union fin
ished its session in this city today.
Matters pertaining only to tbe closing
of the convention were transacted. By
night nearly all the delegates had left
the city, the officers of the union only
remaining behind to attend to several
minor matters ot business. President .
Prescott this morning said this conven
tion had in many respects been tbe
most important held in the last ten
years, and estimated it had oost $30,000.
Sues Her Path nr.
Pittsburg, Oct. 21. Mrs. Rebecca
White, through Attorney E. F. Duffy,
of Pitttburg, has entered suit in the
Wayne, Mich., oourts against her
.father, Edmund Kearsley, and others
. for property aggregating about $900,-
000 in value. About seventy acres of
the land lies in what is now the city of
Detroit, and was divided and sold
years ago. In 1887, Mrs. White claims
ber father secured her signature to
papers signing away her interest in the
property, telling her that she was
signing papers of minor importance.
Leibnitz, the great German philoso
pher, was almost equally great as a
chess player.
Tbe Red Sea ia so called because its
surface is frequently covered with min
ute crimson animalculae.
Mew Outlet for Grain.
Topeka, Oct 20. Owing to the fact
that the drought this summer damaged
the wheat crops of tbe country, and
that the Mexican government has re
moved the duty on grain for a period of
several months, Kansas grain ia now
on the move into Mexico. On account
of tbe direct line, the Santa Fe is
handling the greater part of this grain,
and that road expects to ship over 1.000
cars into that country within the next
few months.