. 1 1 ;
SANDOVAL'S MISSION I
The Cubans Will Endeavor to
Frustrate It.
THRPRKSIDEXT'S CUBAN POLICY
fipanlah Soldlera In Santa Clara Kuliteil
Hn Katate unci Tore Vl' "
Ami'rli'all King.
Philadelphia, April 19. A private
meeting of Cubans and Cuban sympa
thizers ffas held in this city today, at
which it wax decided to take steps to
' frustrate what the Cubans claim is the
real object of Major Limo Sandoval's
visit to this city. This is said to be
the arrest of the members of the Cuban
junta in this country. It has been
stated that Major Sandoval came to
Philadelphia to purchase munitions of
war to be shipped in the general way to
., General Weyler in Cuba. Leading
Cubans, however, aHsert that it is to
gather information that will culminate
in the arrest of General Estrada Palma
M and General Quesada in Washington.
' The former is the minister of the Cuban
republic, and the latter charge d'affaires
at the capital. It is asserted that Major
8ndoval has been commissioned by
Gmeral Weyler for this express pur
pose, and is known to have in his pos
sesion documents found on the steamer
Lauiida on one of her trips to Cuba,
showxjg the parts played by Generals
Pal ma and Quesada in her movements.
ShoiJd the arrest of the junta lead
ers result, and the issue be made in
court as to the liability of such a pol
icy, then will be a question of juris
diction tlkt will not only involve the
inte iHtateommerce laws, but also ques
tions of belligerency and the customs
comity of nations.
M'KINLEVS CUBAN POLICY.
The Mar MiM
Be Fought
on Clvll-
ed Llnea.
New York, lpril 19. A Tribune
dispatch from Washington says:
The policy of Vie administration in
reference to Cuba is not likely to be
criticised ns was tlvvt of its predecessor
on the score of indifference to the
rights of American citVns. Secretary
Sherman will see to it that imprison
ment of suspects entitledto the pro
tection of the United State for an in
definite period is no longer Vidulged in
by Spanish officials in Cuba. He will
even go further and make it plain to
the Spanish authorities that tliy can
not, in the closing of the 19th century,
be nermitted to carry on war on pHr:'!-
t -
pies widely divergent from modern jiv
i;i..1U(in. In fcdiort, notice lias ! .en
erved on the Spanish i?nvi'r:uu'wn
inAiiiiiallv i .Tt, Jf-.:t, still in uninia
taS'ii'io terms (hat this government
ree'gnizt a stn:9 of civil war on the
"isuuid of Cuba which demands a treat
ment of prisoners taken in aotion by
either sido somewhat different from
that which seems to have been accorded
them thus far.
The immediate cause of this notice
"being served on the Spanisli govern
ment was, of courte, the capture of
Cuban General Kivera and the rumor
that he would be forthwith tried by
drumhead court-martial and shot.
The president, immediately after the
Tiews of the fate in store for the pris
oner was received, ordered the secretary
to draw up a protest against the con
templated action of General Weyler.
Upon second consideartion, however,
the protest took a less formal shape.
Instead of being diverted to the Spanish
minister in writing, Senor deLome was
sent for by the secretary of state and
informed as to the views of the admin
istration in the matter. This protest,
it is assumed, was no less explicit than
that which Secretary Sherman had pre
viously drafted. At any rate it had its
ffect, for General Rivera is still living.
TORE UP AN AMERICAN FLAG.
An Outrage by Bpanlah
Soldier In
Suuta Clara.
New York, April 19. A Herald dis
patch from Sagua Grande via Key West
says a report has just reached there of
an outrage perpetrated near the town
of Encircujada, by Spanish troops, who
destroyed the property owned by the
wife of the British vice-consul, Mr.
Harris, of Sagua Grande, and tore up
an American flag which" the manager
of the estate, George Harris, who is an
American citizen, had draped over his
bed.
The estate of Mrs. Harris, called La
Palma, is about two miles from Encir
crujada. The troops broke open the
doors and removed articles of value.
Finding the flag in the manager's bed
room, the soldiers carried it out with
many epithets and tore it into bits.
Being satisfied with their vengeance on
the bit of bunting, in the absence of
its owner, they departed.
The matter was reported to Mr. Har
ris on his return, and he promptly laid
it before the British and American
consular officials in Sagua, who will
cause a thorough investigation.
It is said the Spanish assert that
they had seen insurgents leaving the
estate, but this is denied by the mana
ger. The American consul at Sagua.
his friends 8-iy, will make a full report
on the flag incident. He is Mr. Bar
ker, one of the most vigorous American
representatives on the island.
War of Devastation.
Havana, April 19. In view of the
approach of the rainy season, Captain
General Weyler has ordered the erec
tion of an infirmary on the trocha and
the extension of the military hospitals.
New hospital will be constructed at'
Trinidad, Casilda, Isabella and Sagua.
The captain -general bas ordered the
demolition of all houses inside the cul
tivated lone. This is on the theory
that the peasants will remain at night
in the blockhouses and remove their
fanoiiiei to the town.
INVADERS CHECKED.
Greek Irrcgnliira Defeated by the Turk
t Krittilu.
Larissa, April 19. Severe fighting
lias occurred in Macedonia .between the
Greek irregulars and the Turkish
forces. A column of irregulars sent to
the right from Pitgravitzo, after hav
ing attacked and captured Hitovon, con
tinued its advance toward Kritudes,
Phisia and houruzi, with orders to
hold Kouruzi at all costs, as it com
mands the right approach to Grevno,
the objective point.
This column, commanded by Chiefs
Zemins and Lnzzo. attacked Kritudes
on Friday. The place was defended by
two companies of 'lurks. Altera so
vre flight, durinif which eiithty Turks
were killed and twenty-five taken pris
oners, the position was captured Dy mo
Greeks, who also obtained possession
of 1.100 rifles and a quantity of cart-
rigdes.
TUa inHiirt?fmts. however, have Sllf-
ered a severe check in another direc
tion. A strong force of Turkish troops
from Macovou, with a number of
mountain viina. advanced on Krania,
which had recently been captured by
the Greeks, and attacked 4UU irregulars
of Greeoe, who occupied an intrenched
position. It is reported the fighting
was ferocious on both sides. Hie in
surgents eventually were compelled to
retreat north to the mountains. Some,
however, succeeded in breaking through
the Turkish lines and escaped to Bui
tinn. -inst across the frontier in Mace
donia, first captured by the Greek ir
regulars and used by tliem as a depot
for provisions and ammunition.
Amounts eiven bv refuiroes ot Turk
ish losses aro believed to be exaggerat
ed. They say 265 Turks were killed,
while the irregulars only had eight men
killed and seventeen wounded. The
lender of the Greeks operating in that
direction, Chief MiloniiB, was among
the wounded, and returned into ureeK
territory with a number of refugees.
Dnn at thn latter snvs a nortion of the
Turkish force is composed of irregulars
whose dress resembles that oi tne ureeK
insurgents. This, it appears, enabled
the Turkish force to execute a flank
movement unheeded by the leaders of
the Greeks. The refugee referred to
blames the Greek leaders for badly
handling the men. All the refugees
bore traces of having experienced great
fatigue, and it is reported that Ethnike
Iletairia, or the national league, has
ordered the Greek irregulars to retreat
into Greek territory, regarding further
bloodshed as useless, unless the regular
army of Greeks supports the irregulars.
AGREEMENT REACHFO.
Columbia River Flahermen At ill Take
Four Cent a PouP'l- '
....Atforia; Or., April 19. It is now
settled that the Columbia river packers
will not get their fish this season at
less than 4 cents, as was anticipated.
At a conference hmweoti n committee
of tiie union, appointed for that pur
pose, and the packers, this afternoon, it
was determined by the former that no
fish would be delivered to any cannery
for less than the 4-cent price.
It now remains to be seen whether
the packers will pay the union rate or
shut down. The probabilities are,
however, that it will be decided to go
ahead with the season's pack, but an
effort will be made by the Cannery
men's Association to stiffen Eastern
prices so as to justify the 4-cent price
for fish.
A prominent packer is authority for
the statement that no more fish will be
offered under first-class labels after to
day at a price that will not leave a fair
margin of profit at 4 cents for raw ma
terial. It could not bo learned what
action the association has determined
to take, but it is generally reported that
its members have ugeed to render such
assistance to one another as will enable
the entire spring pack to be carried
over until the desired improvement
takes place in the market.
When it became generally known to
night that the impending strike had
been averted, there was great rejoicing.
When the season opened, business
experienced a sudden improvement, but
fell off again as the agitation continued.
Great uneasiness was felt. The situ
ation, as it now stands, is all that could
be desired, and indications are bright
for a prosperous year. The only dis
agreeable feature of the situation is
that the Chinese have secured an
advantage over white labor. This con
dition has caused a great deal of un
favorable discussion, and is condemned
on all sides.
Several hundred boats went out to
night, the decision of the union Betting
all doubts at rest. The run of salmon
continues light, but the fish is of ex
cellent quality. It is predicted by fish
experts that the run this year will be
without precedent in the past ten sea
tens. x'
Scarcity of Fund In Land Office.
"Washington, April 19. The exhaus
tion of the funds appropriated for the
general land office is largely crippling
the work in the field, and further re
trenchment on the salary rolls was
made today. The fourteen examiners
of the office who have been investigat
ing on the Chippewa Indian lands at $6
per day each, and twelve mineral land '
commissioners in Idaho and Montana,
drawing $2,600 per annum each, were
ordered dropped from the rolls. The ac
tion takes effect the 20th inst.
. Judge Storrow Dead.
Washington, April 19. Judge Jas.
A. Storrow, a lawyer of Boston, drop
ped dead while at the congressional li
brary today. Judge Storrow took an
important part in the procedings inci
dent to the arbitration treaty between
the governments of Great Britain and
Venezuela for the settlement of the
boundary dispute.
The common mushroom attains its
greatest size in lea than twenty-four
hour.
THE. FLOOD DISTRIC1
A Serlnu Ilrenk Una Occurred lithe
I.milaliina Levee,
Vicksburir. Miss..- April 19-ri'ho
levee at Bij-'gn, in Madison par ml.
four
La.,
!ctly
and u half miles below Delta
broke at 10 o'clock tonight. Th
iiHSo was 120 feet wide twenty m
after it iruvu way. Delta is d
ontiosito Vicksburg. The (jueV
&
Crescent route tram dispatchers lllco
reported the break at 12 o'clo to-,
night. The news was sent to Di i at
once, the operator being roused i of
bed, ami the messago of warnini cut
ulong the lino of the railroad. die
levee is a great one, and has beek'n
gaging special uttention of the autkri
ties for weeks. Several hundredbn
viots have been employed upoait iikd
dition to other laborers, and so graly
had it been strengthened that onbjo
day the belief wus confidently exprelid
bv men livinif beside it that it wold
hold. The disaster will be a great (
The situation along the Louisi
levees aoross the river for fifty mi
above and below this city dwarfs ev
other feature of the flood problem i
temporary insignificance. The r
bIiows no sign of diminution, and t
remaining levees are actually in dungi
of being overtopped by the water no
pouring out of the Yuzoo basin in
sheet twenty-five miles wide for a di
tanco of ten miles opposite this city.
In spite of the evident danger ana o
the repeated warnings of tho weathes Cuban officer, traveling incognito, and
bureau, very few persons are reniovingLngaged in seorot revolutionary work,
stock to the highlands, though 100lptta8ed through that town last week.
head of mules were brought to this cityl
tonight from Sparta plantation
in
Louisiana, ten miles above here. At
several points the water has reached
the top of the levee and is being hold
back by sacks and lumber.
THE WOOL SCHEDULE.
Weatern Senator Combine to Secure
Important Change.
"Washington, April 19. "Western
senators, after several conferences, have
readied an agreement to stand together
for important changes in the wool
schedule of the Dinglcy bill. The sen
ators most prominently identified with
the movement are Messrs. Mantle, Car
ter. Shonn. Warren and Burrows. They
have not only agreed upon a line of
nwia.wlnrtrtnta lint liavu iiniMiinil tn lnflmt
Wi.bllUMluu.n, wuw .... .u uuu.uuu - -" -
on their inclusion in the bill. The
meetings have also been attended by
many prominent woolgrowers.
The proposed amendments are direct
ed mainly to closing the many loop
holes for evasion and fraud which wool
men agree sbrranrinilip Dingley law,
and were also fonnd in the -McKinley
law. An amendment was agreed upon
providing that nn additional duty of 4
cents a pciind should bo levied upon
skirted wools and wools, us imported in
1890, and prior to that time.
The principal change, however, to be
proposed is npon wool and camoL's-luiiaTfaTrir of Yamhill county last
ot the third-class. The Dingley bill
proposes an ad valorem duty of 83 and
B8 per cent, respectively, upon wools of
this class valued under and over 13
cents per pound. It is proposed now
to strike out the Dingley bill clauses
relating to third-class wools and to in
sert instead the following: '
"On wools of the third-class and
camels'-hair of the third-class, the
value of which shall be 8 cents or less
per pound in the wool markets of the
United States, the duty shall be 5 cents
per pound, and on all wool and hair of
this class, the value of which shall not
exceed 8 cents per pouund in the gen
eral markets of the United States, there
shall be an additional duty of one-half
of 1 cent per pound for each increase
of 1 cent per pound in the value there
of." SPAIN FORCED TO GIVE UP. ,
Withdrawal of Her Army From Cuba
Will Soon Kegln.
Washington, April 19. According
to information received from trust
worthy sources here the withdrawal of
at leaBt a part of the great army Spain
has maintained for several years in the
island of Cuba will begin when the
rainy season sets in within a few days.
The initial movement will be the de
parture of 10,000 Spanish troops from
Havana for Spain, and within a short
time 30,000 troops, it is understood, will
withdraw. The Spanish insist posi
tively that it means only that little or
nothing of the insurrection remains;
that Gomez has only about fifty or 100
followers, and to watch these under con
ditions in which the campaign has been
necessarily conducted, a few thousand
are quite as effective as the 180,000
men now in Cuba.
The Cuban contingent, on the other
hand, insists that the Spanish financial
resources are exhausted and the troops
are to be withdrawn because of lack of
money to keep them in service.
Chinese "Acton" Will Be Admitted, j
Washington, April 19. Secretary j
Gage has instructed customs officers at
Pembina, N. D., to admit the 150
Chinese) who are en route to the Nash
ville exposition. This action is taken
on instructions of the director-general
that their admission is necessary, un
der concessions made to exhibitors and
others.
Struck for More Wage.
Patterson, N. J., April 19. Having
been denied an increase of wages, 500
employes of the Kearney Foot File
works struck today.
England Heed Our Wanting.
London, April 19. Gerald B. Hamp
ton, with Professor Thompson, went to
Behring sea in' 1896, to inquire into
seal life, has left England again on a
similar mission. The report made to
the foreign office in January set forth
that the effect of pelagic sealing is not
nearly so serious as the Americans
have stated, but the commissioners
favored some common measure between
the two governments for the preserva
tion of the seals
Growth
and Enterprise.
ITEMS OF CEXEBAL INTEREST
From All the-Cltlei and Towns ol
the Thriving HUter State
Oregon.
A baseball association has been or
ganized in Tho Dalles.
The woolgrowers of Grant county
will meet at Mount Vernon the first
Saturday in May.
The steamer Areata took out from
Coos bay ou her last trip more than
2,000 sacks of potatoes.
Eastern Oregon hills will rejoice in
a fine crop of bunchgrass this year, ow
ing to abundant moisture.
The Columbia county court has ex
tended the time in which tuxes may be
paid to Juno 15. No penalty will bo
added before that time.
A proposition to bond the Euglo
Point, Jackson county, school district
for $1,000 was defeated last week by a
vote of forty-five to thirty4our.
The Huntington Herald says that a
The flremon 0f Baker City have al
eady begun to work to' make a great
ucoess of the firemen's tournament,
hat will be held in that city June 8, 9
nd 10.
The students of the Normal school in
rain planted twenty graceful trees on
rbor duy. The senior class planted
elder, which gives every promise oi
riving.
Goose lake, in Lake county, is much
wher this soring than it has been for
number of veurs. A number oi
uses and haystacks are completely
Tounded by water.
ft chamber of commerce has been or-
ized at Marshfield with purpose to
st in the establishment of indiis
! r'
and to encourage all enterprises
i '
t will be a benefit to tne com
m
fciity.'
idge Fullerton has announced that
hel
will isue no order restraining the
county cout of Coos county fromjjr.
derfng thei building of the ncW court
hoe till both sides have had a full
hewing.
A'wecklj shipment of sturgeon is be
ing tnndo f oui Huntington, and some
good sized 'sh have been brought in
hitdv. FWi weighing "between 200
and tiOO pounds are not an uncommon
thiii then. They are taken from
Snafre rive near Old's Ferry,
year raise four or five tons of flaxseed,
whicn he ground into feed after a great
deal ol experimenting and adjusting of
his self-made grinder. He sold his
producj at a ' good profit to produce
dealert and druggists of MoMinnville.
The gr.und flaxseed sells for feed at 8
cents apound, which is about an aver
age retyn of $40 per acre.
I Washington.
Thertjis talk of building a telephone
line iroi Thorp to Ellensburg.
The bidge across the Colville river
at KettKFalls has been finished.
The fels received by the county clork
of Cowlit county, last month, exceed
ed the elkk's salary by $35.
The Cltiokanut stone quarries have
received Aders to get out stone for the
government lighthouse at Coos bay.
There lete 00 births in Whitman
county diting the first quarter of this
year, 80 bjys'and 80 girls. There were
46 marriages kind 25 deaths.
The Thurs m county commissioners
counted over the funds in the treasur
er's office las' week and found $9,447.76
in warrants, nd f 12,653.21 in cash.
A oloudbur t last week flooded all of
the gulches 1( iding into Russell creek,
in Walla Wal 1 oounty. A few of the
furmers' hous 3 were flooded, but not
much damage was done.
The printii 1 of the session laws for
the leigBlative session juBt olosed is all
completed, wi h the exception of the
index, which : now being pushed day
and night, am will soon be done.
The Spokan 1 land office has decided
that a woman who has been divorced
from her busbi vl cannot maintain any
homestead rigl ts accruing to him, on
account of prioi martial relations with
him.
The log drive of the Palouse Lumber
Company has ended, the logs now be
ing in the boom at the mill in Palouse.
Mr. Codd has a drive of 1,600,000 feet
on the way down the Palouse river to
Colfax.
Hon. B. F. Baree and Judge Good
win, Indian commissioners, are expect
ed to return to North Yakima the lat
, ter part of this month and resume ne
gotiations with the Yakima Indians,
looking to the 'opening of the reserva
tion. A corporation Las been organized in
Davenport, with a capital stock of
I $4,000, the object of which corporation
is to build a two-story bnilding, the
I upper part of which will be used for
! lodges and the lower part for a public
' halL
Whatcom county bas more miles of
1 planked road than any other county in
i the state, and proposes to continue to
network the county with these useful
highway! of commerce, having just
awarded a contract for seven miles to
be built for $11,716.
The receiver of the First National
bank, of Olympia, bag received infor
mation from Controller Eckles that a
dividend of 80 per cent has been de
clared in favor of the creditors of the
bank. The dividend will be payable
in about thirty days.
Evidence of Steady
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Downing, llo)klii A Cninpuiiy' ltevlew
of Trade.
There yas a good trado' and active
market in wheat during the past week,
fluctuations covering 7?4 range. Oper
ations wero somewhat enlargod, and
towards tho end of the week orders
from the country more numerous. Tho
feeling' developed was stronger and
higher prices ruled, all of which wus
maintained, and tho close shows an ad
vance of 75,'c, with final trades in May
it TilJic and July 78o. The holiday
311 Friday hud a tendency to curtail
jperatioiis during the middle of the
week, but commencing with the first
dip of the bell on Suturday there was a
ood general trudo and the largest gain
for a single day in the week was scored
n that day, .May advancing from
119 3-8c at the opening, to 73o at the
alose. Heavy short traders were the
principal buyers, but they were first
goaded into action by some enorgctio
buvina for long and foreign accounts.
In the midst of rejoicings over their
recent series of brilliant victories, the
bears seemed to forget their experience
of only two years ago. On April 9 of
that year, May wheat sold at 64c, but
then began to climb, und the market
scarcely halted until 85 8-80 was reach
ed on May 29 the same year. A great
many bruins were hurt in that 80 6-8c
r se. Tho visible supply w" in tnut
year, on March 1, 78,702,000; April 1,
74,308,000 bushels against U7,7Uu,uuo
bushels at present. Chicago stocks
April 1, 1895, were 26,454,000 bushels
against present stock of 10,000,000
bushels. Nor was there at that time
any shortage in the wheat crops of othor
wuntries, ami no one was reading a
column a day about "the war in
Crete." Tho 30c rise came "just the
same." We are not oallod upon to
state whether or not such an advance
will occur during the same period this
year. We do know, however,, that it
has been many years since doroestio
supply has been so low as at present,
and about as long since the world's sup
ply has been down before where' it ii
now.
Market Quotation.
Portland. Or.. April 20, 1897,
Flour Portland. Salem, Cascadia
ami Dayton, $4.00; Benton county and
White Lily, $4.00; graham, $3.40; su
perfine, f '!.75 per barrel.
Wheat Walla Walla, lW voc; val
ley, 70c per bushel.
Ojitifa-ChHte -rnite, 884U0 per
bushel; choice gray, 8739c.
Hay Timothy, .$14.00 15.00 per
ton; clover, f 11. oocria.oo; wneat ana
oat. $10.00W-00 P,r ton.
Barlov Feed barley, $17.50 per ton;
brewing, $18iM0.
Millstuffs Bran, i4.&o; snorts,
0.50; middlings, $26.
Butter Creamery, 85c; dairy.
27'tc; store, 17430o per roll.
Potatoes Oregon BurDanKs.ootgooc
Garnet Chilies, 6575o; Early Rose,
80O850 per sack; sweets, $3.75 per
cental for Merced; new potatoes,
per pound.
OnioiiE Si.50ffl3.uu per cental.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.75
8.25; geese, $4.005.00; turkeys, live,
ll(ffll2o; ducks, $0.00 7. Ou per dozen.
IWoOreiron. llo per dozen.
Clieese Oregon, 10c; Young
America. 12 Wo per pound.
Wool Valley, 12c per pound; Mstern
Oregon, 0 80.
Hops 9 10c per pound.
He,.fGrot--8, top steers, $2.003.50;
cows. S2.2oW3.uu uressoa Deei, is
0c tier pound.
Mutton Gross, best slieep, wetners
an.d ewes, $3. 50 8. 75; dressed mut
ton. 60 per pound.
Hoks Gross, choice, heavy, fi.uutg
4.25; light and feeders, $3.503.U0;
dressed $4.50 5.25 per cwt.
Veal Large, 55)6o; Braall, 6
6'a per pound.
Seattle, Wash., April 20, 1897,
Wheat Chicken feed, $27 per ton.
Oats Choice, $23 24 per ton.
Barley Rolled or ground, $20 per
ton.
Corn Whole, $20 per ton; cracked,
$20(8 21; feed meal, $1920.
F our (Jobbing) ratent exconent,
$4.80; Novelty A, $4.50; California
brands, $4.90; Dukotu, $5.65; patent,
$0.40.
Millstuffs Bran, $14.00 per ton;
shorts, $18.
Feed Chopped feed, $18.00 per ton;
middlings, $22; oilcake meal, $30,
Hav Puget sound, per ton, f u.uu;
Eastern Washington, $15.
Butter Fancy native creamery,
brick, ' 22c; select, 22c; tubs, 23c;
ranch, 15 17.
Cheese Native Washington, 120.
Vegetables Potatoes, per ton, $10.50
18; parsnips, per sack, 75c; beets,
per sack, 00c; turnips, per sack, 60c;
rutabagas, per sack, 50o; carrots, per
Back, 40 50c; cabbage, per 100 lbs,
$1.50; onions, per 100 lbs, f a.zo.
Sweet potatoes Per 100 lbs, $4.00.
Poultry Chickens, live, per pound,
hens, 1010c; ducks, $6 6. 50; dresBed
turkeys, 15c.
Eggs Fresh ranch, 18)0.
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef,
steers, 7c; cows, 6c; mutton, sheep,
8)50 per pound; lamb, 5o; pork, 6c per
pound; veal, small, 8a
Fresh Fish Halibut, 4i6c;
salmon, 6 8c; salmon trout, 7 10c;
flounders and soles, 8 4c.
Provisions Hams, large,ll; hams,
small, IIJ4V, breakfast bacon, 10c; dry
salt sides, 6c per pound.
San Francisco, April 20, 1897.
Potatoes Salinas Burbanks, 90c
1.10; Early Rose, 65 80c; River Bur
banks, 5070c; weeU, $1.50 1.75
per cental.
Onions $3.258.75 per cental.
Eggs Ranch.10 12)o per dozen.
Butter Fancy creamery, 3o; do
leconds, 1212Jc; fancy dairy, 12c;
leconds, 10 11c
Cheese Fancy mild, new, 6i7e;
fair to good, 66o; Yonng America,
7 8c; Eastern, 14 140.
ACCIDENT ON THE YANTIC.
A Gunner ISlown to Atom and Two
Other Injured.
New York, April 19. The Herald
publishes the following special corre
spondence from Montevideo, Urugay:
When the United States steamship
Yantio was at stationary tarot prac
tice at Chico bank, La Plata rivor,
ubout seventy-five miles southwest
from Montevideo, a sickening accident
occurred. The required shots had
been fired from the 00-pound rifle on
the forecastle and tho eight-inch riflo
forward. Three shots had been fired
from tho nino-inoh smoothbore muzzle
loader, atnl only one more shot was re
quired from this last gun to comploto
a very successful target practice.
The nine-inch gun was then loaded.
On acouut of the narrowness of the
Yantic and the smallness of tho gun
ports it is necessary for a man loading
the gun to lean out of the port, clasp
ing one arm ubout the muzzle of the
gun and work the sponge and rammer
with the other arm, partly exposing
his body in front of the muzzle. The
bore had been sponged out with the
sponge, freshly dampened in the divi
sion tub, and the charge of eleven)
pounds of black powder had been ram-'
med home by P. Murphy, a seaman,,
assisted by 6. Gormansen, another sea
man, on the other stdo. Hayilon,,
the coxswain, was holding his thumb)
on the vent in order to prevent the air
from reaching any lighted fragments of!
the previously exploded cartridge that1-
might have remained in the ohamber.i
Apparently none of tho precautions'
extinguished the burning bits of cloth
for the cartridge exploded while Mur
phy was withdrawing the rammer andl
he was blown off the boat. No trace
of hint was found, although boats wera
instantly lowered and Bearch made.
Gormunson lost an eye and was seri
ously injured and one arm was broken.
llayden s nana wus oaiuy ourneu, anw
the upper half of the port was shat
tered. After the accident the Yantio
returned to Montevideo.
GRANT MONUMENT.
Work on the Struoture I Practically
Completed.
New York, April 19. Speculators
are actively canvassing the houses
along the line of the Grant monument
parade, endeavoring to secure window
privileges. In many cases entire
houses have been secured and permits
for erecting stands in front of them ob
tained. It is estimated that the stands
to be constructed will seat at least 75,
000 persons.
The Grant monument is now com
pleted, the only work remaining to be
done being the polishing of the marblo
and the brushing of the .bronze doors.
The armored steel case containing Gen
eral Grant's body will be opened so
that the ooffln can be taken out.
It is officially denied that any of
the rivets which fastened- the covering
of this oasing were Bold by workmen as
souvenirs.
The rivets were not removed, as the
workmen simply drilled through the
top of them, which was all that was
necessary to opon the case. The steel)
case is to be disposed of at the will of
Colonel Grant. It will probably be
destroyed.
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Carleianet Cauaed a Death.
Chioago, April le. Policeman
Krafts accidentally shot and killed his
sweetheart, Miss Lottie E. Jacobs, last
night while cleaning a revolver. The
bullet entered Miss Jacobs' left arm
near the elbow, followed the bone up
wards and pierced the heart. The
woman fell to the floor dead and Krafts,
not waiting to lern the extent of her
injuries, rushed from the house in
search of a physician. In the mean
time the police had been notified, and
when Krafts was confronted by Cap
tain Barr, then for the first time he .
learned that the woman was dead, and
it was all that Captain Barr could do
to prevent the man from killing him- .
self. The couple were to have been
married soon.
Hit by a Spent Bullet.
Santa Fe., N. M., April 19. Fran
cisco Navarro, 10 years old, is dying at
the United States Indian school from a
gunshot wound inflicted under extra
ordinary conditions. Two miles down
the valley from the Indian school Dep
uty Sheriff Alexander Allan and a-
party were rabbit shooting and a stray
bullet from Allan's rifle, after cover
ing all this distance, passed over the
three-story school building and fell
among sixty school children who were
playing on the campus. It Btruck the
boy Navarro below the heart.
A Frleat Aaphyxlated.
Reading, Penn., April 19. Father
Phillip Berseford, rector of St. Jo
seph's (Catholic) parish, was found
dead in bed in the parsonage adjoining
the edifice this morning. Death was
due to suffocation from illuminating
gas. His age was about 60 years. The
gas was discovered pouring from a jet
partly turned off. The supposition is
that death was the result of an acci
dent. Oaaollne Stove Exploded.
Riverside, Cal., April 19. Word
was received today from Corona that a
young child of a family named Fran
cisco burned to death there through
the explosion of a gasoline stove.
Ohio Village Deatroyed.
Fremont, O., April 19. The entire
business portion of the village of Lind
sey was burned this morning. A dozen
buildings were burned, entailing a low
of $15,000; insurance $10,000.
Mixed I'p la the Scandal.
Paris, April 19. Ex-Deputy Plant
eneu has been arrested on a charge of
complicity in the Panama canal scandal