Oregon City Coarier.
At W. CHF.NKT, PoblUker.
OREGON CITY OREGON
EVENTS OF THE DAY
CONGRESS IN SESSION.
A Interacting Collection of Items From
tlie Two Heinlnpheres Freieuted
lu it Condensed Foriut
The Medford. Or., distillery, which
ha been in litigation or the pant year,
bal been sold tit auction by the receiver,
for $3,000. The original cost of the
plant was 1 10,000.
The heavy rains of the past few days
have again causod Mill creek, in Salem,
to rite and overflow iti banks, in con
aequenoe of which Church and Marion
treets and adjacent property are
flooded.
In Pierre, S. D., in the mandamus
ease to compel the issuance of certifi
cates to Kepublican electors on a par
tial canvas, the court bus held that the
board bai a right to adjourn and secure
complete returns. This gives the vic
tory to the Bryan electors.
It baa been reported on the Sound
that a band of eighteen Indiana are
nowbound near the base of Mount
Rainier, and that they are in danger of
pei'ishiug. The government baa sent
ont a relief expedition with instruc
tion to spare no expense to bring the
suffering Indians out safely. Among
the party, it is said, there are several
women and children. The party had
been out bunting and got lost daring
the snow storm two weeks ago.
Wm. C. Powers, oonduotor on the
South Mount Tabor (Or.) Hue of the
East Side Railway Company, was shot
by one of two highwaymen at the end
of the line. His injuries are, for
tnnatoly, not fatal. Robbery was the
purpose of the thugs who fired the shot.
In Keswick, Cal., there was an ex
plosion of gasoline, resulting in the
burning of twelve men, among them.
. Arthur Dean, of Redding. Dean had
charge of the electric plant, and it is
presumed that the explosion took place
in the power-house.
Lieutenant-Commander Drake, of the
battleship Oregon, has enlisted the
services of the police of San Francisco
in finding Edward Perry, steward of
the vessel. He deserted the ship after
having squandered about f 100 which
had beon given him to purchase pro
visions. An attempt was made to wreok a pas
senger train on the Iowa Central rail
road, near Latimer, la. Iron rails
were laid on the track on the upper end
of a ourve, where the obstruction could
not be seen by the engineer. An extra
freight train abend of the regular pas
senger train ran into the obstruction,
without damage. Robbery was the
vident motive of thu wreckers.
Flank H. Cheeseman, of South Berk
ley, Cal., has made an eighth attempt
at suicide and his life is now despaired
of. In a fit of despondency he shot
himself through the lung, inflicting
what is thought to be a fatal wound.
Cheeseman is only 24 years of age, and
the physicians give insanity as the
cause for his repeated efforts to end his
life.
Powers of Vermont, chairman of the
house ooinmittee up the Paoitlo rail
roads, heartily approves that portion
of President Cleveland's message relat
ing to the Pacific railroads "Some
thing must be done at once," said he.
"We will bring up the bill agreed upon
by the ooinmittee in the session at the
earliest possible moment." Ho feels
confident that the measure will be set
tled at this session.
Heuate.
Third day. The senate, by the do
oisive vote of 85 to 21, adopted a mo
tion to take up the Dingley tariff bill.
Unexpected and surprising as this ac
tion was, it did not have the signifi
cance which the vote itself appears to
oonvey. Immediately following it,
Aldriub of Rhode Island, one of the
Republican members of the finance
committee, moved to recommit the bill
to the committee, and this motion was
pending when, at 2 o'clock, the morn
ing hour expired, and the matter lapsed
as though uo vote bad been taken. Nei
ther the bill nor the motion to recom
mit will enjoy any privilege or prece
dence as the result of the actiou today.
Early in the day three sets of vigorous
resolutions for Cuban independence
furnished an interesting feature. They
came from Cameron of Pennsylvania,
Mills of Texas, and Call of Florida,
and while differing in terms, breathed
the same ppirit of recognition by the
United States of Cuban independence.
'Fourth day The senate got into the
regular channel of business today, tak
ing op the immigration bill and partly
perfecting it, and also hearing the first
of the speeches on Cuba, those of Cul
lorn and Call. The immigration bill
was not passed upon up to the time of
adjournment, but the senate agreed to
whit is generally kuown as the Lodge
bill, as a substitute to the house meas
ure. The subatitute requires that all
immigrants over tlio age of 14 years
shall be able to read and write their
native language and shall be required
to read and write in the presence of an
United States oflluial certain lines of.
the United States constitution.
Fifth day Call renewed attention
to the Cuban question by three resolu
tions, one being a bitter denunciation
of the manner in which it is alleged
General Antonio Maoeo had been killed,
while under a flag of truce. Other
resolutions by Call requested the presi
dent to demand the release of United
States prisoners at the Spanish penal
settlement on the island of Ceutu, and
also asked the secretary of state for a
list of Americans held in Spanish pris
ons. The three resolutions went to the
ooinmittee on foreign relations. Sev
eral spirited political colloqui s occur
red on the floor during the day.
Allen's speech, protesting against in
temperate criticisms of populism in Ne
braska, led to a passage at arms be
tween him and Hour, in wihch the
Massachusetts senator declared it was
a novel departure for senators to appear
as representatives of pulm ial parties,
instead of representatives of their
states. In the course of Allen's re
marks, he paid a glowing tribute to
William J. Bryan, as the foremost
oitizen of Nebraska, and the greatest
orator since the days of Webator and
Clay. ,
HELP FOR THE CMS
Murder ofMaceo Arouses the
American People.
MANY OFFEKS OF ASSISTAXCF
Liquor dealers in California are op
in arms over the announcement that
Governor Budd has on hand a plan to
secure the enactment by the next legis
lature of a law establishing a state
liquor license. The liquor men say
they now pay federal taxes, and also
local, county nud municipal lioenses,
and they propose to fight the proposed
state license, the proceeds of which, it
is proposed, shall go towards the main
tenance of the public asylums.
The steamer Dalles City, that sank
last week opposite Sprague's landing,
on the Columbia river, has been sue
easfully raised by the aid of several
cows. The damage to the bull, while
it is considerable, consisting of a hole
lore than twenty feet long, can be re
paired without injury to the boat. The
Dalles City has been towed to the Cas
cades, where a temporary bulkhead
will be built around the damaged por
tion. It is possible she way be taken
to Portland that she may undergo per
manent repairs.
A tragedy occurred in Schuyler, Neb.
As a result of a rejected lover's iusaue
attempt to murder his sweetheart and
exterminate her family, Deidriuk (lies
ing is dead, bis mother and father,
brother and sister dangerously wound
ad by a terrible dubbing, another sis
ter almost crazed by being repeatedly
flred upon at close range, and Claus
Deetefef, the murderer, is being pur
sued by a determined posse. The unr-
4iarer is a young man ui lop ueiKuuur-1
hood, who was infatuated with Miss
Uleaing. His advances bad been re- i
foaed, and for months be had threat- !
ened murder.
Ex-Treasurer O. W. Boggs, of Ta
eoma, is again in jail in that city, he
having surrendered himself to the sher- j
iff at Spokane. Hogg's attorneys are '
preparing t j petition the supreme court I
for a rehearing of his case.
The Newaukum river, in Washing
ton, is booming sinoe the reoeut rains, !
and has done considerable damage) to
pr. perty. The dim at the lumber mills
of Stone A Sons, near C'behalis, has
bwn wasnd out and between 13.000
and f3,000 worth of damage to their
-property bai resulted. j
Nouns.
Third day. The house held a three
hour session and passed a dozen bills of
minor importance. Among thorn were
the following: To extend five years
the time in which the university of
Utah shall oconpy the lauds granted
it; to authorize the use of the aban
doned Fort Bid well military reserva
tion in California, as a training school
fur Indians; to provide for the looatiou
and purchase of publio lnds for reser
voir sites in Montana, South Dakota
and Wyoming; authorizing Flagstaff,
Ariz. , to issue bonds for the construc
tion of a water system. The Shaforth
bill, for the protection of forest reser
vations from fire, was defeated.
Fourth day Pending the preparation
of the next appropriation bill, the house
again today devoted its time to the con
sideration of bills on the caleudai, but
ouly two were passed during the four
hours session. One of them was a bill
to protect musical compositions under
the copyright law. The other measure
made a law was to prohibit the sale of
liquor iu the oapitol buildiug. A bill
advocated by the delegates from the ter
ritories, to modify the law forbidding
the alien ownership of lands in the ter
ritories so as to give them the right to
acquire under mortgage and to hold for
ten years, real property, was defeated.
Fifth day Beyond agreeing to a two
weeks holiday reoess, begiuning De
cember 23, the proceedings in the house
today were alomst entirely devoid of
publio iuterest MoBt of the day was
spent in a struggle over the bill of
Morse of Massachusetts, to render the
laws relating to the sale of intoxicat
ing liquors in the District of Colubmia
more striugent. The opposition was
inciued to filibuster against the meas
ure, but it was finally passed. Sev
eral minor relief bills were passed.
The reported assassination of Maceo,
the Cuban patriot, and its effect on the
attitude of the country toward the
revolutionists, was almost the sole
topio of conversation on the floor before
the bouse met, aud there was a general
expectation that some radically sensa
tional resolutions would bo introduced.
No resolutions, however, were offered,
Companies of Itnorulla lining For
warded From Many HI ! Kill
buHterlug Kxprdfi Ion.
Washington, Deo. IS The head
quarters of the Cuban legation in this
city was the center of interest to a
number of callers today, who had onme
to express to Senor Cjueaada their sor
row at the death ot General Maceo,
and to offer their sympathy, aud in
some cases help for the Cubans. These
callers included a number of congress
men, and two senators, whose names
the Cuban representative declined to
reveal, who told him of their desire to
see some action by congress that would
be of assistance to the insurgents
Senor Qaesada says be has received
during the past few days about fifty let
ters, many of which comes from parsooi
and organizations, offering to snnd men
to assist the Cubans in fighting for
liberty. Among the states aud cities
represented in these letters are Wash
ington, Wyominir, Kansas, Indianapo
lis, Buffalo, Evunsville, Ind., and
Waterbury, Conn. Responsive to these
letters, Senor Quesada authorizes bis
former statement that the Cubans have
enough men and leaders to gain the
cause for which they are fighting.
They can avail themselves of 00,000
men, and more if necessary, but what
they need is arms aud ammunition,
and medicine for the sick and wounded.
He says offers of assistance from
abroad have been received. Tbe Paris
agent of the junta says that not only
the Cubans, but the French people,
after hearing of the assassination and
death of Maceo, are collecting all they
can to send an expedition to be called
the "Expedition of General Maceo."
Senor Quesada states that from San
Domingo and Mexico come assurances
of contributions to the cause, while the
workingmen and merchants of Tampa,
Fla., say they will give not ouly 10 per
cent of, their earnings weekly, but will
work three Sundays every mouth in or
der to give their wages for 'free Cuba.
The agent at Jacksonville, Fla., writes
that the people there can be counted on
for a hundred rifles.
There was no information received
at the headquaterrs today othor than a
telegram from President Estrada Pal
ma, of the Cuban junta, which attri
buted Maceo's death to assassination,
by plot arranged between Ahnmada
and Dr. Zertuuha, which was publish
ed today.
Tbe circumstantial accounts of
Maoeo's death now oonvinco the lead
ers that there is little doubt that he
had been killed, but they express their
opinion that this will not interfere with
the suocess of the Cuban arms.
Mr. de Lome had no additional facts
in regard to the death of Maoeo to oom
municate to the press. So far as can
be ascertained, the state department
has not yet been informed.
MANY UNIONS REPRESENTED.
Aiuerlran Federation or l.nunr Menu at
4 JoUillllMtl,
Cincinnati, Do. Ifl. The eixnuth '
Annual oonvumbm of the American Death
Federation of Labor was called to order
bore at 10 A. M. today by President
Samuel (temper?. Ab.iut 150 dele
gates were present mid many visitors.
Martin Fox, president of the Iron
Molders' Union of North America, had
been selected to deliver tbe address of
welnome. Owing to the death of bis
mother, bis address was read by E. L.
D.'Uny. More effective action for
the eight-hour law aud other reforms
were recommended. Special greet
ings were extended to Dalegates Samuel
Woods uud John Mallinsnu, of England,
and Louis Vigoruux, of Farnce. Presi
dnet Oom per s, iu responding to the ad
dress of welcome, referred to the at
tacks upon the organization bocause
it was merely a federation, and not a
more compact union. He showed bow
the fullest scope was given to ind virtual
opinions and rights and tbos affiliation
of different labor organizations was
possible in one great federation. He
appealed for continued efforts for the
cultivation of pnblio opinion as well as
favoruble legislation aud inot earnest
oo-operation in all labor organizations.
At the hotel last
Gompers and John Phillips were robbed
ot f U0 each. Woods aud Mallinsou,
tbe English delegates, of cash and
jewelry aud several delegates of other
articles.
TURNED ON THE GAS
of Mrs. Sarah
Cooper and Daughter.
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Downing,
Hopkins Co.'i
Truilo.
Itevlew oi
CASE OF MATKICIDK AND SUICIDE
SKELETON IN A TREE
J'eeullar
Find Mu.U hy
California.
I'll Yonng Woiuau, a Victim of Mel
ancholia, Carried Out Her Threat
to Knd Both of Their Lives.
San Franoisoo, Deo. 14. The death
by asphyxiation of Mrs. Sarah B.
Cooper aud ber daughter Harriet this
morning has produced a profound seu
nation in this city. No woman in San
Francisco or on tbe entire Pacific ooast
was so prominent as Mrs. Cooper, who
had devoted ber life to religious and
philautjropio work, and was actively
oouuocted with every reform move
ment. She was a cousin of Colonel
iiobert O. In?ersjll, with whom, de
spite their opposite religious views, she
maintained a warm friendship.
Tbe mother and daught were found
lying dead in the same bed, about 9
o'clock, by their Chinese servant. Miss
night President I Cooper bad wrapped the clothes care-
i ruiiy about tier, but airs, cooper naa
evidently attempted to arise when she
deteoted the esoupiug gas, and was too
much overcome to leave the bed. Two
gas jets were turned on full, and all
the windows and doors were carefully
closed.
The coroner and police dotectives
mailo a careful examination of the
room, and concluded that, while ber
mother slept, Miss Cooper had arisen,
turned on the gu? jots, closed the doors
a Hunter In
Ukiah, Cal., Dm. 10. While bunt
in a on Pine Ku'iri. ten miles from
here, Charles liyau found the skeleton ' and windows, and then calmly returned
of a man seatod astride a branoh of a
tree, sixty feet from the ground. One
of the log bones had fallen off, and the
skeleton, which was wedged between a
limb and the trunk of a fir tree, had
apparently boeu there for many years.
The discovery may solve the mysteri
ous disappearannu of Andrew Nobriok,
a pioneer settler, who left his cabin
seventeen years ago, and was never
seen again Ryan believes that the
skeleton is that of a man either driven
to the tree . for refuge from wild
animals, or, being lost in the woods,
ol imbed the tree for observation and
fell, lodging iu the orotoh of the tree,
from which he could not extricate him
self. UNREQUITED LOVE.
Story of the AsHinlniition of Macro.
Havana, Deo. 15. Further iuqniries
by the correspondent of the Associated
Press bave elicited the following addi
tional details, which are positively re
liable, of the manner in which Antonio
Maoeo met his death:
It is kuown that Maoeo expeoted the
Insurgent brigadier-general, Sanohoz,
to concentrate his forces in Havana
province, in readiness for Muoeo when
he should pass the trocha. It hap
pened, however, tbat in passing the
Spanish column commanded by Major
Cirujeda, Maoeo mistook the force of
guerrillas under Peral for Sauohez'
vanguard, and found himself among
them before be discovered his mistake.
At the first volley from the Spauish,
Maceo fell wounded. The iusurgents
taken by surprise oonimenced a gen
eral fire as they retreated aud aban
doned Maceo in a dying condition.
Colonel Feijoo has bad an engage
ment at Campo, Florida near Havana,
with the concentrated forces of the in
surgents which were with Maceo at
the time he was killed and which are
now following the leaders Aguirre,
Castillo, Cardeuas, Gallo aud Lozo,
and which number 1,300 horsemen.
Colonel Feijoo again met these fi reel
at Tuinbaqunrto where he inflicted a '
loss of eighteeu killed, their wounded
being oarried off. Tbe Spanish bad
nineteen wounded. ,
A. Negro Itoolhluok, Crazed With Love,
ICiina I muck. -
.Waco. Tex.. Deo. 1C Edward Brooks,
a oolord bootblack, aged 17, ran amuck
with a revolver in bis bauds, and shot
five persons, one fatally. He started
on the east side of the city by shooting
two colored men, inflicting flesh
wounds. Leaving them he tried to
shoot a woman, but tbe pistol failed to
work. He then took a street-oar and
weut to the Baptist tabernacle, where
he shot two more colorod men, one in
the leg, the other in the arm.
Going a mile further, where a dance
given by colored people, was in pro
gress, and shot another man, killing
him instantly. Tbe man killed was
Alexander Willis.
Shortly after he Fhot Willis he was
captnred by the police, just as he was
in the act of shooting another man.
The theory is that Brooks was orazed
by love of a girl who did not recipro
cate his passion.
MORION TO CLEVELAND.
The Governor r'xpremie His Ylews on
the CiiImii duration.
New York, Deo. l(i. Governor Mor
ton, according to a statement published
in the Evening World, sent a telegram
to President Cleveland yesterday in re
lation to the oritioal condition of Cuban
affairs and the assassination of General
Maoeo in particular. The message con
tained the novel suggestion that Presi
dent Cleveland invite President-elect
McKinley to Washington to discuss
the most feasible plan to be followed
by the president concerning the atti
tude of the United States toward Cuba
during tbe remainder of Cleveland's
term.
The World article says!
to bed. Tbe officials are conviuoed
that it was a case of matricide and sui
cide. Dr. Worth, the family physician,
states that Miss Cooper had been suffer
ing for months from melancholia, with
homicidal aud suicidal tendencies.
Her father oommitted suicide ten years
ogo, and two cousins, nephews of ber
father, also committed suicido. Har
riet Cooper bad made several previous
attempts So end ber life, once attempt
ing to jump from a ferry-boat, aud sev
eral times announcing to ber mother
that "she longed to turn on the gas at
night so that she and her mother could
pass away together."
Mrs. Cooper concealed her daughter's
condition from all except a few inti
mate friends, and had arranged to
take her daughter Etst soon, to place
her in the oare of relatives, hoping tbe
change might restore her health.
Mrs. Coapsr had been prominent for
many years in church work, and both
ber and her dauhgter wore prominent
in the proseoution of Kev. C. O. Brown
in the famous trial in the First Con
gregational ohuroh, when Dr. Brown
was accused of immorality with Mibs
Mattie Overman Many of the Brown
faction bitterly denounced Mrs. Cooper,
and more especially Miss Cooper for
their action in joining the ranks of
Brown's opponents.
Strung Cae Agnlutt Mr. Carew.
San Francisco, Deo. 14. Tbe pre
liminary examination of Mrs. Eiith
Carew, accused of poisoning her hus
band, has terminated in ber being held
for trial by the court in Yokohama.
Reports of tbe trial, as given by tbe
Japanese papers, brought by steamer,
show (he case against the woman to be
a strong one. Nearly all the testimony
seems to strengthen the story of the
wife's guilt. During the hearing sev
eral compromising letters were submit
ted by the proseaution, whioh tended to
show that a conspiracy existed. A
physician testified to finding arsenio in
the remains of Mr. Carew, and other
minor evidences being ooncluded the
acoused woman was asked to plead, but
declined to make a statement. She
was then held for trial, and in the
meantime will be confined in the Brit
ish jail in tbe settlement.
Portland, Or., Deo. 15. Tbe for
eign news regarding the wheat, sif
nation has been uniformly bullis'i
during the week past. Seeding j
France and Central Europe has br.tn
itopped by cold weather, and the acre
axe planted will show a decrease own
pared with last year. The reduction
iu French aornaga is estimated at ten
per oeut. Advices from the Argentine
report crop prospeots worse, aud esti
mate their exportable surplus as smaller
than lust year's. Australian require
ments for American wheat during 1807
are estimated at 100,000 tons, or 8,
180,000 bushels. The news from In
dia is rather more favorable, but the
real soarcity there will uot be felt until
next year. The position in Amerioa is
even stronger than iu Europe. Two
mall orops in succession have followed
a large reduction in surplus yields
from previous crops. The amount of
wheat still iu flrat hands is estimated
at U5.000.000 bushels less than in De
cember last year. The quality of much
of tbe winter wheat remaining is too
poor for milling purposes. The de
mand from interior millers for wheat
from oenters of accumulation continues
brisk, and their advices indicate that
supplies of red winter wheat for mill
ing are practically exhausted. The
speculative conditions have changed
considerably during tbe week. Longs
have been eager to secure profits. The
volume of trade has fallen off materi
ally and the market has lackod specu
lative support. The result was a de
cline to 7S)u'o for May wheat on Thurs
day, whioh was followed, however, by
a rally on Saturday to 80 7-8o, making
the loss from a week ago a trifle more
than one cent The local sentiment is
bearish, temporarily, aud with the ap
proaohing holidays r.nd lack of general
trade values, may sink a little lower.
We regard conditions as warranting
higher values next year, and on any
further deoline in prices consider wboat
to be a safe aud profitable purchase.
During the last week the com mar
ket ruled weak in tone, prices showing
a decline ot about o per bushel.
Liquidation by longs, cold, dry weather
thorughout the West, and a consequent
iuorease in offerings by country ship
pers all contributed to the heaviness.
In order to effect sales, holders were
obliged to make sacrifices. Sentiment
continues conservatively bearish iu
view of tbe large supplies at points of
accumulation and lack of speculation.
The oats market showed the effect of
liquidation, sales prices deoliniug lo,
closing with a slight improvement.
This oereal has many friends, as the de
mand for cash is ood, while supplies
are not overburdeusome.
Provisions bave been fairly active
during tbe past week on the hog esti
mates. We are of the opinion that the
consumption of the product will be
large the coming year, and advise pur
chases of May product on breaks.
Prices are low, the trade selling pro
duct relatively cheaper than the live
hog; therefore do not believe there is
any profit to be made in Belling on the
low basis of a So hog.
RUSSIA HAS CONTROL.
Tne Unite Company Formed.
Butte, Mont, Deo. 17. One hun
dred and six able-bodied men of Butte
tonight sigued the roll which calls on
them to aid the insurgents. resolu
tions were adopted oondemuing the
methods of Spain in the war and pledg
ing oo-operation of the Cuba Libre Club
and calling on the representatives in
congress to do all possible to bave
Cuba's belligerency recognized.
Secretary Olney has received cable
grams from the United States legation
at Petropolia, Brazil, announcing that
Brazil has accepted the rules for the
prevention ot collisions at sea, framed
at the maritime conference held at
Washington. Tbe chief maritime na
tions of the world bave now given
nsxeut to the international rules, and
they will go into effect July 1, next
year, a humane end that has been
reaohed only after protracted negotiation
Gnraky'e Tough Head.
Oakland, Cal., Deo. 14. Felix
Gorsky, a laborer, bad a piece of rook
driven into bis skull by a blast at
Leoma Heights quarry this morning,
but was not even rendered uucousoious.
Ha was knocked down by the blow and
tbe fragment of rock pierced the boue
of bis skull, but he got up without
help and took a car down to the re
ceiving hosptial, where he got s.irgical
attention. His case is pronounced one
of the strangest ever treated at the hos
pital, for it was deemed almost im
possible, for a man to be hurt so with
out having raised a fracture or suffered
concussion of the brain. Gorsky
laughed st the idea of being hurt and
anuouuoed that he never felt better
and was going back to work at once.
Two Indian Women Killed.
Port Townsend, Deo. 14. The
steamer Willapa arrived from Alaska
tonight The steamer brought news
of another brutal murder on Douglas
island, the Beoond of the kind that has
nnnnrrAri thni-a tn laiathan tKvoa nrnalro
"It is not probable tbat Governor j Tw0 Indian women were kmed the
y.vuuimi ei's mnrderer bfiinir an Indian imninH
Shoga. One of the women was bis
wife, and the other was visiting an In
dian woman who lived near Shoga's
home. Shcga gave himself np to an
Indian police officer, and confessed that
be had stabbed two women. He was
indioted by tbe coroner's jury, and
there seems to be little doubt but that
be will be banged for his crime.
Morton would have
gestion unless he thought it would be
accepted by President-elect McKinley; i
indeed, it is said the governor has had 1
some correspondence with the presi- j
dent-elect on this subject" !
THREE BANKS SUSPEND. i
Do
Pennsylvania Institution Goes
Taking Smaller Concerns.
Hollidaysburg, Pa., Deo. 16. The
First National bank, tbe oldest in this
section of the state, and - one of the
original fifty-seven national banks of
the United States, suspended business
this morning.
Mantchurla Ceiled to the Cr.ar China's
Treaty Made 1'ubllo.
London. Deo. 15. The text of tbe
Russian-Chinese treaty, reproduced
here from the North China Daily
News, has aroused considerable discus
sion on all sides, and it is regarded as
a matter of the greatest importance.
Some of the newspapers refuse to be
lieve it authentic, us it would be such
a victory for Russian diplomacy. The
Spectator says today, however, it be
lieves it to be exact, and adds:
"No forger woulu have tried so
elaborately to protect the pride of
China. While securing every Russian
object, nothing is ceded openly. Rus
sia is permitted to run a railway to
Eiirin, and is expressly authorized to
keep all the troops she pleases to pro
teot the Mantchurian stations, and she
is also to fortify Port Arthur for China.
"No glass is required to interpret
phrases like these, which completely
invest Russia with military control of
Mantchuriti and the Liao Tung penin
sula." Continuing, the Speotator says it
thinks the arrangement threatens
Japan more than Great Britain, "whioh
can resist when her commercial rights
re threatened."
To Idemntfy the States.
Washington, Dec. 14. Senator Mit
chell, of Oregon, has introduced a bill
in the senate declaring tbe intent of
The following notioe ! tne aot 1868, indemnifying the stae i climb into
wh nosted: "On acconnt of the heaw I0' "Pauses in maintaining tne nation
drain upon this bank during tbe past , al defeD8e- Bv decision of the court
thirty days, especially the last two or of cla,mB- tQe interest on tbe money
three days, the board of directors has J was not ""owed. . This was reversed
decided to suspend business until fur- bJ ,he npnie court, but as tbe treas
ury uepariuiHnt uau passed upon me
' claims, it refuses, under the Dockery
law, to reopen tbem without further
I legislation. The Mitchell bill is to
Killed by a Woman.
Indianapolis. Deo. 15. Mrs. Grace
Dolan, a comely white woman, about
34 years old, shot and killed Henry
Jackson, a young negro porter em
ployed at the New York store, at ber
borne, on Liberty street
Her husabnd was away from home,
and Emma Ott, a young friend, was
staying with her. The negro, whom
they had never seen before, tried to
the window, but Mrs.
Hurled With a Mule.
Knox, Ind., Die. 15 The body of
Ed Fetter, a horsedealer, was found
buried with the owes of a mule Fri
day, and today Fetter's partner, Wil
liam Sutherlin, wis arrested, charge!
with the murder The grave had been
carefully dug, and tbe animal's body
placed so as to conoeal that of the man,
in case the grave had been careleiwly
opened. It is claimed by the authori-
tber notice.
Tbe First National bank of Holli
daysburg had a capital of f 50.000.
Banks at Martinsburg and Williams
burg failed as a result of tbe failure of
the Hollidaysburg bank.
KpanUh Warahlpe on Florida Coait.
Cincinnati, Deo. 16. A Commercial
Tribune special from Key West says:
It is said by spongers coming in tbat
there is an unusually large number of
Spanish war vessels lying off the Flor
ida keys; tbat they go to sea during tbe
day, and a night come close to land,
throwing searchlights in all directions.
They bave been sighted several times
by people on shore.
Main railroads are giving more of
tics that several people are implicated ' u "7
in f he crime. ' " .the crossing-tending jobs to women.
oover this point Nearly every state is
interested in the matter, and interest
charges bave been disallowed.
Denver, Deo. 14. Orders were is
sued today for tbe return of all mem- i
bers of tbe National Guard to Leadville '
! for duty. This applies to several bun
I dred men who bave been at home on 1
indefinite leaves of absence, and is said
j to be due to tbe fact tbat over 200 of
. them are alleged to have joined a com- '
pany now being raised in Denver for
: service in Cuba. A recruiting office :
has been open here for the past three
days, and about 300 names have been
! enrolled. .
Dolan foueht him off with a curtain
pole. He returned, but by this time
she had got a revolver and frightened
him off with a threat to (hoot.
When they thought be had gone the
women ran out to give the alarm, but
found bim rushing back towards tbe
bouse with a brick. He forced his way
into the house and Mrs. Dolan pulled
ont tbe revolver and fired three times,
killing him. She was placed under ar
rest Fatal Boiler Eiplonlon.
Marseilles, Deo. 14. The boiler ot
the Messageries Martimet steamship
Saghalien exploded shortly after she
left Hong Kong recently, killing tev
eral stokers. The Saghalien succeeded
in reaching Saigon.
A "lamp la Sealnklne.
London, Dee. 15. At the late sales,
Alaska sealskins declined 16 per cent;
Copper island declined 17 per cent;
Northwest coast declined 20 per cent