Oregon City CouFier.
A, W. CHENKT, Fubllsber.
BEQON CITY OREGON
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Am Interesting Celleetlea WItii Frens
the Two Hemispheres PninM
Coadeneeel Form,
The anniversary of the coronation ut
' the pope was celebrated in Rome.
A cablo dinpatoh from Munilla to
Madrid gays over 2,000 insurgent were
killed in recent battles fought with gov
ernment troops at Silung and Las Ma-
rim an.
Another report is current that the
Spanish cap'tain-goncral in Cuba, Wey
ler, will step down. This timo it is said
the report is based on the very highest
Authority. Tho reuson given for his
desire to retire is the releuso of San
guilty. The national senate hold a Sunday
session, at which tho principal business
transacted was tho passage of certain
items of tho 'sundry civil bill, among
'which was tho river and harbor appro
priation. The attendance at tho session
was largo, only thirteen being absent.
The national capital is elaborately
decorated in honor of the inmigiiraitoii
of President McKinley. Flags flout
from every housetop, buildings every
where are draped with bunting, and at
sight the city is all ablaze under tho
.glare of countless brilliantly colored
electrio lights. Visitors throng the
thoroughfares.
President Cleveland's last Sunday in
tho executive mansion was a rather
busy one. There aro a number of bills
on his table- awuiting action, and ho
pent most of his timo in examining
their provisions. There aro a number
of bills, all said to be of minor import
ance, which have become laws without
his signature, mora than ten days hav
ing expired since they had been pro
anted. Mrs. Eva Rodriguez, wifo of Briga-dior-General
Alexander Rodriguez, of
the Cuban insurgents, has arrived in
Key West. Of her recent arrest and
treatment by Spanish ofllcers she re
lates a pitiful story of iersecutioii.
She tolls of being subjected to .tho in
dignities of the Spanish soldiers and
together with sixty other women she
was driven handcuffed through the
streets of Santa Clara to a felon's pri
son. Her release was finally obtained
through Consul-General Lee.
The United States supreme court has
rendered an opinion in tho case of the
steamer Three Friends, seized Novem
ber 17 last by the collector of customs
tor the district of St. Johns, Flu., as
forfaited to tho United States, under
section 6,22!) of the revised statutes,
known as tho neutrality uct. The
opinion fully sustained the position of
the government, reversing the decision
of the distriot court for tho southern
jdlstrict of Florida. Chief Justice Fnl-
' leolivered tlte opinion of the court.
Ho defined nontrality to mean: Ab
stinence from participation in public,
. private, or civil war, and impartiality
of conduct toward both parties, but
tnanitenanco of unbroken peaceful rela
tions between the two, when tho do
mestic affairs of one of them is dis
turbed, is not neutrality in tho sense in
which the word is used when the dis
turbance has acquired such head as to
have demanded the recognition of belli
gerency. A premature explosion of dynamite
t a gravol pit in Murray, Ky., killed
five negro laborers and wounded as
many more.
A house of ill repute was burned near
Wheeling, AV. Va., and two girls ami
two men Were burned to death. A
number of others are reported seriously
injured.
.Eighty-two passengers, more than
half of them outlined with dogs, sleds
and other paraphernalia necessary for
the invasion of the Yukon country,
crowded the steamer Al-Ki on her last
trip to Alaska. This is said to be only
a beginning of the vast number who
will leave for that country the coming
spring.
Louis Mansfield, who was confined in
the county jail in Baker City, Dr.,
awaiting tho action of the grand jury
on a charge of robbery, committed sui
cide. He told his fellow prisoners
sonio days before that he preferred to
be dead rather than go to the peniten
tiary. Mansfield leaves a wife and two
daughters.
The East has again been visited by
floods, resulting in great loss of life
and properly. Many plants at Pitts
burg aro under water, and a cloudburst
at the headwaters of the Monongahelu
has caused great damage. More than
10,000 men have been forced to quit
work in Pennsylvania on account of the
rapidly rising waters.
At tho annual meeting of tho Lum
ber Manufacturers' Association of the
Northwest, held in Tacoma, the secre
tary was instructed to formulate an in
vitation to Eastern lumbermen to visit
the Pae'.lii; Northwest next July. An
executive committee was apHintcd to
make suitable arrangement for enter
taining the excursionists, who are to
lie shown the great forests and mills of
the Northwest.
The corner-stone of tho new school
for the revival of tho lost mysteries of
antiquity was laid in San Diego, Cal.
The theosophieal crusaders, who have
just returned from a trip around the
world, were tho central figures in tho
ceremony.
Tho Histof!lco at Mount Angel, Or.,
was entered by burglars. The safe was
blown open and nlxuit $ 100 in stamps
and $ 7 3 in money taken. The same
parties tried to gain entrance to two
other places the same night, but were
frightened off.
WARLIKE PREPARATIONS.
'ALLOWED FOUR DAIS
Government Arranging to Transport
Troop to Klurlila Coast. -
Chicago, March 8. A Apodal to the
Tribune from Talluhasse, Fla., says:
From an incautious word dropped by
a prominent state offlciul here, it is as
certained that the government has been
making arrangements for some days
past to forward the quick transKrta
tion of federal troops through Florida
in case of "necessity." The story is
that the railroads have been asked to
communicate with Northern lines and
have special trains ready at a moment's
notice to transport government troops
to all points on the scacoast. It is also
stated that the Washington authorities
have been in communication with the
state officers in regard to calling out
the state tronjs if necessary, and to
provide for their quick transportation
to points needed.
It is understood this has been going
on very quietly for the past week, and
that all arrangements have been com
pleted, so that at a moment's notice
troops could be thrown into Tampa,
Key West, St. Augustine and other
coast towns and Jacksonville. At St.
Augustine, it is said, the troops have
been warned to be in instant readiness
for movement. Tho guns at the fort
there have been put in working condi
tion and the troops have been practic
ing with them constantly for tho past
week or so.
Several torpedoes have been placed in
the outer harbor at Key West, St. Au-1
gustino and Tampa bay. The state
troops' ofllcers have been worked up !
over the reports of being culled upon
for duty, and several have sent their
voluntary offers to the governor. Tho !
Powers Will Demand . Recall
of Greek Forces.
FIGHTING ON ISLAND CONTINUES
The Sultan Preparing to Invade Thes
saly European Governments Have
Their Kyes on Constantinople.
London, March 2. It is stated here
today that there is good authority for
believing the result of the conferences
between representatives of the great
powers at Constantinople and Athens
will be tho presentation of collective
notes to Turkey and Greece. Greece
will be allowed four days to recall her
land and sea forces from Crete.
It is reported from Canea that sev
eral insurgent leaders have sent to
Vice-Admiral Cauevario, of the Italian
fleet, a signed declaration that the Cre
tans will accept no solution of the
pending question but political union
with Greece.
Fighting continues between the in
surgents and Mussulmans near Retimo
and elsewhere. The Christians be
sieged the Turkish garrisons in tho
blockhouse at Malta for several days. '
Today, a body of Turkish regulars
and irregulars left Canea with a con
voy to revictual tho blockhouse. The
insurgents attacked the column und
killed several ot the escort, whereupon
the Turkish battleship Fuad opened
fire upon tho insurgents with shells,
and continued firing until stopped by
ZACATECAS MINE DISASTER.
Per
One Hundred and Seventy Miners
Uhed In the Fire.
City of Mexico. March 3. Tho latest
news from tho mine disaster at Zucate
oas shows that it is fully as bad as first
reKrted. Fire broko out In the Zana
moro mine, tho property of the Zom
bote Company, ami communicated to
the San Francisco mine. The principal
shaft in the former Is 8,800 feet deep,
and a rescuing party went to tho bot
tom, but was nearly' suffocated by
smoke. The Cornish minors displayed
unusual heroism in attempting the re
lief of the imprisoned men. Ten
bodies have been taken out, and all
show signs of asphyxiation. There is
no longer any doubt that 170 miners
perished.
The city of Zacatecas is a scene of
mourning. This is the greatest dis
aster in its history in modern times.
SPANISH OPINION OF LEE.
i PROTECTION NEEDED
Americans Have Left Their
Country Homes.
iTHB ALARM IS WIDESPREAD
state troops are composed of twenty : orJur of the fore,gn aiimiral8. The
companies of about 100 men each, and
four butteries.
. MAKING BETTER TIME.
The Senate Will Dispone of the Great
Fiscal Measures. j
Washington, March 2. Tho senate ,
pressed steadily forward on the appro
priation bills today, making sucli pro- :
gross that no further apprehension is
felt as to tho passage of tho great fiscal
measures. The District of Columbia
bill was passed early in the day. Tho
naval bill brought out a spirited debate
on the prioo of armor-plato, and the I
establishment of a government armor i
factory. Tho bill was laid aside for an j
executive session. j
Washington, March 2. The house I
galleries were. thronged with visitors.
all day, but tho crowds witnessed
nothing beyond the dullest of routine
matters until the lust half-hour of tho i
session, when the bill to prohibit tho
transmission of detailed accounts of i
convoy was finally compelled to retire.
- Mo Communication From Russia.
London, March 2. The Athens cor
respondent of tho Chronicle declares no
official communication has been re
ceived from Russia. It is quite certain
the Greek army will not be withdrawn.
Macedonian forces will be raised with a
view to possible contingencies, and if
the Turks attempt to invado Thessaly,
tho Bulgarian government is deter
mined to advance its troops instantly
to the Agean sea. It is rumored that
the secret national committee had de
cided to commence operations in Mace
donia at once.
Special dispatches state that tho
Turks succeeded in revictualing the
blockhouse at Malta, but were attacked
by insurgents on their return.
The consuls at Candia have signed a
telegram imploring the powers not to
delay a decision. The town is so
crowded with Moslems that famine
threatens great loss of life. Hundreds
Marquis da Falmerola Made a Scandal
ous Attack on Consul Lee.
New York, March 2. A dispatoh to
the Horald from Havana says:
The Marquis do Palmerola made a
scandalous personal attack on General
Lee Wednesday night in the palace in
the presence of several newspaper cor
respondents. Tho incident arose be
cause the censor refused to pass a dis
patch for the correspondents which said
that the release of Scott hud been de
manded because ho was both arrested
and kept in prieon in defiance of the
law.
"Who told you that?" shouted Gen
eral Palmerola, the secretary of state.
"General Lee," replied the corre
spondent calmly.
"General Lee is a liar, impostor and
rebel," shouted tho littlo marquis with
an oath.
This incident is telegraphed merely
to show how tho wind is blowing in
tho palace, and to let yon see what must
be the treatment and position of an ordi
nary citizen, when our consul-general is
reviled openly by one of the heads of
tho government here.
KILLED BY INCHES.
prizefights by mail or telegraph was I of sheep and cattlo are already dying
brought up. This led to a very lively
skirmish, in which prizefighting wad
denounced on all sides, and the advo
cates of the bill insisted that the
"sickening details" should be sup
pressed, in the interest of good morals.
But tho bill met strenuous opposition,
on the ground that it would tend to
establish a censorship of the press. At
the end of the debato, which was par
ticipated in by Aldrich and Grosvenor
in favor of the bill, and Dockery and
Cumin ings in opposition, the adver
saries of the meusure outvoted the
friends of tho bill on several filibuster
ing motions, but an agreement for a
recess until 10 o'clock, tomorrow put
an end to the hostilities. The bill now
becomes the unfinished business when
ever the call of committees is reached,
but conference reports have tho right of
way, and it is doubtful whether the
order of business will again bo reached
this session.
Tho senate bill to test the merits of
tho patent postal card of tho Economic
Postal Association was laid on the table.
Car Turned Boiuersnults.
Milwaukee, March 8. An eleetiic
car of the South Milwaukee line slowed
suddenly while descending a steep
grade on Pennsylvania avenue this
morning and capsized, rolling over and
over. There wero eighteen passengers
aboard. None wero seriously hurt,
though some wero quite severely
bruised or burned. Tho stove set lire
to the ear, but tho flames wero extin
guished and tho imprisoned passengers
lifted from the windows.
F. II. Cook, of tho circulating de
partment of the Milwaukee Sentinel, is
the worst sufferer. It is thought his
skull is fractured.
O. J. Luppley had the clothing
burned from his body and was badly
out about the head. Cook's injuries
are not so serious as at first reported.
from want of fodder. The insurgents
have completely cordoned Candia. The
greatest anxiety exists also as to tho
situation at Selinos, where the armis
tice agreed upon by the powers has ex
pired. The insurgents are In a worse
mood than ever, and thoroughly deter
mined. 1 '
Powers May Come to Blows.
London, March 2. The Athens cor
respondent of the Times says that a
war tax is about to be proclaimed in
tho provinces of Thessaly and Arta.
Its Bucharest correspondent states
that the Eoumanian government has
decided to call out all the reserves from
the years 18 to 52.
The Times' advices report serious
news from Candia. Colonel Goracas,
with 15,000 insurgents and three guns,
threatens to attack Ilierapetra, where
tho garrison is ill supplied with arms
and ammunition, and the forts are
weak. It is feared this may seriously
complicate the situation. A famine is
imminent in Candia, and it is intimat
ed the troops there may pillage tho dis
trict. Fighting is in progress today. The
Bashi Bazonks lost three killed and fivo
wounded. Hie regulars lost eight
killed and five wounded.
The Times correspondent at Canea
states that tho insurgents bitterly du
nounce British Consul Bilotti as the
chief instrument in thwarting for many
years tho attempt to liberate Crete.
Tho Mohammedans looted the Brit
ish consul's house, at Ilierapetra Friday
night, yet only on tho previous day ho
had vehemently denounced any act of
incendiarism or looting on the part of
the Moslems.
According to tho Ahtens corresond
ent of the Times, tho Greek carnival
revels passed off with the usual spirit
and enthusiasm.
Terrible Death or a Fireman on a
Souud Tug.
Seattle, Wash., March 2. Albert
Thompson, a fireman on the tug Mystic,
was literally killed by inches this
morning, just ns tho boat was working
slowly out into the stream. Thompson
was shutting off a drain cock, when
he slipped and fell from tho platform
into the crankpit, six feet below. In
some manner, not clearly explained,
both legs were caught by tho revolving
cranks, with the result that he was
wound up in tho machinery to his hips.
As the throttle was only ono-tihrd
open, the human obstructor stopped the
engine. Thompson's cries brought
the engineer to his assistance, hut, af
ter working half an hour, only one leg
was released. Tho other was cut off
by a surgeon. Death took place a few
moments later. It took ten minutes
to pick pieces of flesh out of the machinery.
Extinguished by the Employes.
New York, March 2. A fire which
broke out in the big Gould matoh fac
tory at Passiac, N. J., was extinguished
by the employes without sending an
alarm to tho lire department There
was great excitement upon discovery of
the fire, but the ringing of bells in the
building brought tho 800 employes to
their stations, where they had often
gone to practice in anticipation of a lire.
Men, women and girls joined in tho
work of fighting the fire, which seemed
to spring through the floor from the
cellar in a dozen places, but it was
finally put out without the aid of tho
firemen. There was no insurance, but
the factory is fitted with all modem ap
pliances for fighting fire.
Many of the those employed in the
factory believe the fire was of incen
diary origin. It is said some workmen
who were recently discharged have
threatened to burn the building, and
the fact that tho firo seemed to break
out in so many places at once is quoted
as a reason for Suspecting criminal
agencies.
Secretary Olney Denies Emphatically
That General X.ee Has Handed
In His Resignation.
New York, March 1. A special to
the Herald from Havana, via Key West,
says:
Americans are flocking in from the
country. The position of our citizens is
most critical. The rumor, whether
true or false, has gone abroad that the
American government would not in
tervene so long as the trade interests of
the country are not interfered with.
Unless something firm and decided
and strongly American is done by our
government in Washington, Americans
are in danger of their lives.
The murder of Ruiz and the demand
for the release of Scott are the sole
topics of conversation. Tho govern
ment and palace people here have tried
to change the subject of conversation by
giving out news of an alleged skirmish
with Gomez, but the attempt was a
failure.
The amusement and the great hilarity
which were observed In the palace havo
changed. Minister do Lome, always
accurate as a news gatherer, has cabled
the captain-general that Lee will not
be recalled and his resignation is not
accepted, and that he may be sustained.
Hundreds of telegrams have poured
in on Consul-General Leerom all quar
tcrs of the globe, congratulating him
on the stand he has taken, those from
the United States promising patriotic
action in congress. Even at this crit
ical moment, and with many heavy
cares and responsibilities which the
administration should share weighing
upon him, General Lee views the situ
ation from a calm, dispassionate stand
point, and he expresses the hope that
the situation created by the murder of
Ruiz and his own determination not tp
submit to another similar atrocity
should not bo exploited by partisan ud
vocates of any particular policy toward
the Island of Cuba.
THREE BOYS DROWNED.
Lee Has Not Ketlgned.
Washington, Marth 1.-2:40 P. M.
Senator Halo has just received at tho
capitol a telegram from Secretary Ol
ney, which says in effect that Consul
General Lee never asked for his pass
ports, never asked for warships, and
that the whole story as to his tendering
Ins resignation is a fake.
Tho rumor bus gained wide currency
that Consul-General Lee has been given
his passports, and that a serious rupture
had occurred between the United
States and Spain. . The report is abso
lutely discredited here.
NO REPLY SENT TO LEE.
) A lilcit Whs l'reriplliited.
j Knoxville, Tenn., March !(. Tho
Citizens' Street Railroad Company
commenced tearing up its tracks on
i Dupont street this morning, 200 no
' groes lioing put to work. Policemen
: arrested tho men. The sheriff pro
; ceeded to arrest the policemen ami
other officials. A riot was precipitated.
, Fire companies dispersed the crowd by
throwing water on them. In the
i melee Lieutenant Hood shot a negro,
Will Arnold, probably fatally injuring
him. Attorney McAdoo, of New
York, for the Citizens' Company,
j claims ho has orders from the United
States courts allowing him to go ahead j
with tho work.
Si-hneltler Settles I'p.
Chicago, March 2. Georgo Schnei
der, former president of the National
bank of Illinois, has effected a settle
ment. All his business affairs havo
been closed up, including his indebted-
ness to the bank aud his release, which
has been approved, is honorable and i
creditable. I
One of the Duke of Wellington's
jmst boys has recently died at the age
of 89 years.
.
Vlulaied flection Law.
Lexington, Ky., March 3. Deputy
United States Marshal Tucker is here
from Louisville with warrants for the
arrest of thirty-nine Lexington citizens
indicted by the federal grand jury for
violation of the law in the November
election. The men are Democrats, and
several policemen are among the
offenders.
There is a project on foot fur supply
ing Lyons, France, with elect i icily by
d.iuuninc the Khoue at Jon.i -e. .
Fire lu a Michigan Tnwn.
Ishpeming, Mich., March 2. Michi
gamine was threatened with destruction
today. A blaze started in an upper
story of C. F. Sunderstrom's store, on
Main street. The fire department had
nothing but a hand engine, and a few
hundred feet of hose. At 3 o'clock the
fire was under control. Firemen from
outside came in just in time to save
the town from destruction. The loss is
estimated at $20,000.
Fatal Boiler Explosion.
' New Bedford, Mass., March 2. A
boiler at the Acushnet mills exploded
today, wrecking part of the plant. A
section of the boiler crashed through
the roof of the police station, a blink
away. After the firemen got the fire
under control a search among the ruins
of the boiler-house disclosed the body
of Manuel Mcndosa, a fireman. An
other employe of the mill, Arthur
Ashin, was burned to death. Half a
lozeu others were injured.
Were Froren to Death.
Salt Lake, March 2. A special to the
Tribune from Rawlins, Wyo., says: A
searching party which started from
hero yesterday to look for Thomas
Hogg and a half-breed, Eissel, who
I have been missing since Saturday, re
I turned yesterday afternoon, having
j found tho men fourteen miles from this
I city. They were lying side by side,
I where they had both been frozen to
: death.
The Ntorles Fxaggernted.
San Jose, Cal., March 2. William
Polaski, a young man who has returned
from Kandsburg, says the stories of rich
mines there are greatly exaggerated,
and that hundreds of idlo men are
there, with no place to sleep and little
to eat. Ho warns lifboring men not to
go there.
Killed by a Snownllde.
Salt Lake, March 2. A special to
the Tribune from Marysville, Utah,
says Charles Willing and Carl Peterson
were found dead toxlay in Deer Trail
gulch. They had been killed by a
snowslide, which swept away their
cabin. The men went into the gulch
about ten days ago.
Fruit-Dryer Burned.
San Jose, March 2. The E. E.
Thomas Fruit Company's dryer was
consumed by firo tonight. It is said
the total loss will reach foO.000, fully
insured. The origin of the fire is not
known.
State Department Has Neither Granted
Nor Refused His Demands.
New York,March 1. A World special
from Havana says:
The state department refuses to
answer General Lee's cabled questions,
whether or not it will sustain his de
mands that Spanish outrages upon
Americans cease and that the liberty
and treaty rights of citizens of the
United States be respected by the Span
ish authorities.
Ruiz was kept incommunicado thir
teen davs before he was killed. To
prevent Scott being secretly murdered,
General Lee demanded of General
Ahumada on Friday that Scott be
brought out of close confinement and
allowed to see his friends. This was
not done by Saturday, and General Leo
oabled to Secretary Olney the facts,
asking him how many warships were
on the Florida coast, and if one would
be sent here in case it became necessary
to enforce a demand.
Not one word in reply to the ques
tion has como from Washington up to
Wednesday, four days after the state
department had been asked by the
consul-general in an emergency if he
could rely upon his government fully
sustaining him in protecting the citi
zens of his country.
The Spanish authorities do not in
the least respect treaty stipulations
that no American prisoner must be
kept in solitary confinement more than
five days, and must be acquainted with
the charge against him within twenty
four hours.
No American prisoner ever was
brought out of solitary confinement in
a dark cell within the time specified. .
The American colony is bordering on
a panic, now that there is no hope of
protection from the government at
Washington unless congress compels it
to send a fleet immediately.
Upset In the llreakers OB tha Bay of
Tillamook.
Tillamook, Or., March 3. A terrible
flcoident occurred hero toduy, whereby
three boys, Ernest Barnard, aged 15;
Cecil Miller, aged 10, and Georgo
Leasia, aged 10, lost their lives.
The three boys were digging clams
near tho bar, and the tide was still
strongly on the ebb when the young
fellows sighted the steamer Chilkut
coming in over tho bur. In a spirit of
lioyish bravado, they determined to go
out and meet her. The tide was much
stronger than tho boys supposed, and
they were carried rapidly out and into
the breakers, where their boat was up
set and three of them drowned.
The following account of the disaster
was given by Captain Dunham, of the
Chilkat:
"While steaming into the bay today,
my attention was drawn to what
seemed to me to be three sea lions. My
wifo, however, insisted that they were
human beings, und, on observing closer,
I saw thut they were three boys cling
ing to a small boat, which had been up
set in the surf. The bout was inside
tho bar, and near the shore, and the
boys were clinging to it and screaming
at the top of their voices for help. I
whistled the sign of distress to draw
the attention of some one on shore, and
then turned the ship about and went as
near to the shore as I dared, and low
ered one of my boats. By this timo
the breakers had washed two of tho
boys off, and I saw no more of them.
i There was a very strong current out,
and the largest boy continued to cling
to the bout and drifted out of the
breakers.
"By this time tho steamer Elmoro
arrived at the bur on hor way out I
told the captain what had happened,
and he immediately crossed tho bar
nnd steamed about, hunting for the
boys, and especially the one clinging to
tho boat, but ho did not find any of
them. I recrosscd the bar to the ocean
and looked about, but, being unable, to
find either of tho boys, I steamed off
south, in tho direction that I thought
the boy clinging to tho boat had drifted.
After going about half a mile, I sighted
tho boy on tho boat, about a quarter of
a mile further south. I steamed on to
ward him as rapidly as possible, but,
when about 30 feet away from him, an
unusually largo wave swept over tho
boat and tho boy threw up his hands
and sank, and I saw him no more."
After steaming about for some time,
the captain rccrossed tho bur into tho
harbor, and gave tho alarm. A large
number of men was soon on the bcaoh,
nnd on tho shores of the bay, insido the
bar, but late this evening the bodies
had not been recovered.
The parentii of the nnfortunate lads
live here, and the untimely fate of the
young fellows has cast a gloom over the
entire city.
.A CORNER IN WOOL.
of
Sanguilly Is Free.
Washington, March 1. Senor de
Lome, the Spanish minister, tonight
received a cablegram from the Duke of
Tetuan stating that the queen has
signed the pardon of Julio Sanguilly.
It is stated at the legation that "this
action was agreed upon at a cabinet
meeting some days ago, but the an
nouncement was, according to diplo
matic usage, withheld until the queen
had formally signed it
Syndicate Anticipates Restoration
a High Tariff.
Chicago, Maroh 2. A Boston special
says: One of the largest corners on
wool ever attempted in the United
States exists at present in this city, in
anticipation of the restoration of a
tariff on wool. The existence of the
corner has been a well guarded secret
for two weeks, but the operations of
the men and their agents at London
and Hamburg have become so bob! as
to attract attention, and thus tho secret
got out.
The steamer Columbian, which ar
rived yesterday, brought 8,000 bales of
wool, making a total ot 261,160 bales
whioh has arrived in port during the
present month. A syndicate was re
cently formed in this city to buy all
the wool offered in European markets,
in anticipation of a duty of 10 per cent
being put on wool by congress at the
extra eession, and the increased receipts
are thus accounted for.
Buyers have already purchased 15,
000 bales of wool abroad, und will con
tinue to purchase tho sumo up to tho
time of the imposition of tho duty, cal
culated at 11 cents a pound. Tho syn
dicate has raised a pile of money, and
only a few day s ago cabled $5,000,000
to its London agents. It is calculated
that 1,000,000 bales, or 500,000,000
pounds, ot Australian and South
American wool, will be brought to this
country by the syndicate within ' the
time given.
They Played Kurglnrs.
Pctaluma, Cal., March 2. This af
ternoon Farlo Temple, aged 14 years,
sort of C. Temple, a prominent "hard
ware dealer, and Henry ,Gerkens, 13
yours old, son of J. H. L. Gorkens, pro
prietor of the Western hotel, played
"burglars" in Temple's store. Young
Temple snapped a revolver that was
not supposed to be loaded. The revol
ver exploded, the bullet piercing youn
Gerken's heart, killing him almost in
stantly. Charged With Conspiracy.
Louisville, March 2. The circuit
grand jury adjourned today after re
turning indictments against Banker
McKnight, of the wrecked German Na
tional bank; Sterling Edmunds, and
seven members of the board of alder
men, charging them with conspiracy
to defraud the city in the passage of a
resolution authorizing the sale of the
waterworks, which belonged to the city
and valued at 10,000,000.
Went Oxer an Embankment.
Vienna, March 2. A dispatch to the
Pester Lloyds from Moscow says a r is
songvr train fell over an embankment
anl nineteen passengers were killed.
Olaey's Adrlce to Sanguilly.
Havana, March 1. The correspond
ent of the Associated Press is informed I
that Secretary Olney cabled Sanguilly,
advising him to withdraw his appeal
nnd accept the pardon, conditional upon
his leaving Cuba and engaging to have
nothing to do hereafter with the revolu
tion. The correspondent is further in-
I formed that Olney expressed the hope
, that Sanguilly would accept his advice
and keep ii is word. The information
' is well grounded.
New Orleans, March 2. The Daily
Item publishes a statement that the
millionaire, John Drexel, with his
family and a party of friends, in his
private yacht, who started from his
home in Philadelphia to come to New
Orleans, to attend the Mardi Gras fes
tival, is now seven days overdue, and
nothing has been heard from the party
since it left Philadelphia. Inquiries
have been sent from New York, Phila
delphia and New Orleans, but so far
have elicited nothing as to the yacht.