Oregon City Coarter.
A, W. CHENEY, Publisher.
MOON CITY OREGON
CUBA HAS AN INNINQ.
EVENTS OF HIE DAY
Am Interacting Collection of Item From
the Two Hemispheres Presented
In Coudenied Form.
More thun 100,000 cases of salmon
Save boon left over from lust year's
puck at Astoria.
The fuinouB Tombs priHon in New
York is to lie torn down to give way to
new and handsome structure.
Clouse Clod ins, aged 17, was struck
by lightning nml seriously injured at
liii home on Mill creek, Walla Wallu
county, Wash.
Portland, Or., will celebrate the
Fourth of July thin year. Committed
liave been appointed and plans dis
cussed to have the finest celebration
ever seen in that city.
Adolph L. Luctgert, a well-known
nausage manufacturer of Chicago, lias
1een arrcHted accused of murdering his
wife and burning her body in acid to
tide the traces of his crime.
The New York Herald's special fror
Madrid says no doubt remains fnat the
'work of pacification in tho Philippiue
islands is at a standstill. The gravity
of the situation there has been fully
revealed by a correspondent in Manila,
who gives many incidents with dates to
how that the insuigent bands are still
aotive.
Special reports from the prinnipal
fruit and grain centers of California an
nonce a general rainfall, which in a few
cases has injured the hay crop and in
-other sections has come too late in the
wason to be beneficial. The California
wheat crop will be generally light, but
growing cereals look much better along
the foothills than on the plains.
Firms and individuals in this coun
try interested in trade with Cuba, and
-who desire peace in the island as soon
ss possible, have sent to the secretary
of state a memorial, setting forth how
their business intersets are Buffering,
and giving facts about the struggle in
Cuba, in the hope that measures may
be devised to terminate the war.
The general traffic manager of the
O. R. & N. gays that all the railroads
I ntercNted have agreed to put into effect
the new grain rate op June 9 next.
This action will be in accord with the
law passed by the last Washington leg
islature, making a reduction of 10 per
cent on previous rates. It is estimated
that the new rate will effect a saving
for the farmers of Eastern Washington
nd of Northern Idaho of from $150,
000 to $200,000 a year.
George Francis Train has reopened
Iiis claim to the city of Omaha, and he
intends to press it to tho last. If he
wins he will bo worth 120,000,000; if
he loses, he will he no poorer than he
is now. Certain of his friends have in-
vestiguted the matter, and they are
convinced that his cause is just and
that the claim growing out of the old
Union Pacific litigation and subsequent
proceedings in which he was legally
declared a lunatic is valid.
Four mon were drowned at the Cliff
house in Hun Francisco,
Two blacksmiths of Brownsville, Or.,
Jiave invented a new machine for pul
verizing clods. It has been tried, and
it is said, works to perfection. They
have applied for a patent.
Of the 114 Chinoso who came on the
steamer Victoria to Tacoma, only fifty
will be admitted. The other sixty-four
will bo returned, orders from the secre
tary of tho treasury to that effect hav
ing bcon received.
Judge Day, of Ohio, qualified as as
istant secretary of state. liockhill,
whom he succeeded, will remain until
. Assistant Secretary Day becomes en
tirely familiar with pending negotia
tions, when it is expected he will be
appointed to some foreign mission.
Harry Flynn was drowned in Luke
Michigan, near Chicago, and 1,500
people saw him die and wore unablo to
aid him. During tho excitement
which prevailed Albert Mattari, a spec
tator, dropped dead. It is supposed
that heart disease was the cause of the
eoond accident.
The O. K. & N. will send experts to
the Seven Devils mining district to
make estimates of the probable traffic
of that region. The company is figur
ing on dividing the freight business
with the Union Pacific. The construc
tion of a sawmill near Riparia is a part
of the company's plan.
The cabinet has decided to send one !
oi me new guuooais now minding on
the Pacific coast to Sitka. Alaska.
alwut July 1. Great activity in Alas- i
ka, growing out of tho gold discover-'
is, has made the president and cabi- ;
net deem this step ndvijuhlu fur safe-!
guarding Amcric-m iuu-rejts. ;
Tho rci. til of the f'trs from Crete I
has b.vti received with r 'signation bv i
the Athens public. The. Delyannis or
gans attack the government bitterly
for appealing to Europe, but most of
the puer8 accept this as inevitable and
violently attack the Kthnike Iletairia,
asking it to render an account of its
action.
Eli Mackay was run over and killed
in the Southern Pacific yards at Salem,
Or.
The steamer Nicaragua, which has
just arrived in New York, brings the
news of a disastrous earthquake in the
islands of Uuadaloupe and .Montserrat,
of the Leeward group, in tho West In
dies. One hundred people lost their
lives, and the property damage is enor
mous. Twelve brick houses in Uuada
loupe, and six in Montserrat were de
molished, ami scores of others cracked
ud teamed by the shock.
President's Message Brine on a Sharp
Debate In th Senate.
Washington, May 18 Uuba en
crossed the attention of the senate to
day. The public interest in tho sub
ject was shown by the great crowds
which beseiged the galleries throughout
the day.
Two phases of the subject were pre
ion ted. First came the question of the
relief of destitute and starving Amer
icans in Cuba, and at 3 o'clock Mor
gan's resolution caused spirited debate.
The first question was presented in the
president's message. Immediately fol
lowing its reading, Davis, chairman of
the committee on foreign relations, pre
sented a favorable report on a joint res
olution originally introduced by Gal
linger, appropriating $50,000 for relief
of American citizens in Cuba. The
resolution is as follows:
"Resolved, By the senate and house
of representatives of the United States,
in congress assembled, that the sum of
(50,000 be and the same is hereby ap
propriated out of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated for
the relief of destitute citizens of the
United States in the island of Cuba,
said money to be expended at the dis
cretion and under the direction of the
president of the United States in the
purchase and furnishing of food, cloth
ing and medicines to such citizens and
for transporting to the United States of
such of them as deisre and who are
without means to transport them
selves. "
Davis asked for immediate consider
ation of the resolution, and thore was
no objection. The only speech made
was that of Uallmger. who Book
briefly. He said he had been impressed
at the great muss meeting attonded by
B.000 persons yesterday with the state'
ment made there by a correspondent
who had traveled through stricken dis
tricts of Cuba. This gentleman had
stated that there was an abundance of
food in Cuba, and that it was needless
to give relief in that direction. The
real trouble, he said, was that the Cu
bans wore herded in the towns and pre
vented from going out to get the food
The most effective relief, Gullinger
said, would be a demand by the presi
dent and the government that the Cu
bans be released from their bondage in
the towns and permitted to go where
they could secure food. The senator
was ready to assume his share of re'
sponsibility for such a step. Still, if
the resolution just reported gave some
measure of relief, he would heartily
support it without urging the other
plan of relief he had suggested.
The resolution was then put on its
passage, and, without division, it
passed unanimously, there being no re
sponse to the call for the noes. It had
taken exactly eighteen minutes for the
reading of the message, the presenta
tion of the committee report and the
brief speech and final passage of the
THE FORTE'S ANSWER
Terms on Which He Will
Agree to an Armistice.
POWERS GREATLY SURPRISED
THEY'RE AT IT AGAIN.
resolution.
In the Home.
Washington, May 19. The house
conferees, on the Cuban question today
made a party issue of it and adjourned
without taking any action. President
MoKinlcy's message was received with
out demonstration, and on its heels
Hitt usked unanimous consent for con
sideration of a bill in response to the
president's request.
Bailey asked for consent to consider
in connection with the bill an amend
ment embodying Morgan's resolution
for recognition of the Cubans as bel
ligerents. Dingley would not consent
to consider the amendment, nor Bailey
to consider tho bill without amend
ment, so, the question was sidetracked,
The Special Message.
Washington, May 19. President Mo
Kinloy today Bent to congress a message
recommending that nil appropriation of
(50,000 bo at once made for the relief
of destitute Americans in Cuba, and
the removal to American soil of such as
wish to come, but an without means
to make the journey.
The president's messago to congress
was as follows:
"To the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives of tho United States
"Official information from our con
suls in Cuba establishes the fact that a
large number of American citizens in
the island are in a state of destitution,
Buffering for want of food and medi
cines. This applies particularly to the
rural districts in the central and east
ern parts of the island. The agricul
tural classes have been forced from
their farms into tho nearest towns,
where they are without work or money.
Local authorities of the several towns,
however kindly disposed, are unable to
relieve the needs of their" own people
t and are altogether powerless to help
! our citizens.
j "The latest report from Consnl-Gen-,
eral Loo estimates that from 000 to 800
I Americans are without means of sup
i port. I have assured him provisions
I will be made to relieve them. To that
; end I recommend that congress make
Sultan Demands Annexation of The
aly, Indemnity of 10,000,000 and
Abolition of Capitulation.
Constantinople, Mav 18. The porto
has replied officially to the note of the
powers, and declines to agree to an
armistice until the following conditions
are accepted:
The annexation of Thcssalv: an in
demnity of 10,000,000 Turkish, and
the abolition of the capitulations.
The porte proposes that plenipoten
tiaries of the powers should meet at
Pharsala to discuss the terms of peace,
and declares that if these conditions are
declined, the Turkish army will con
tinue to advance.
The demand for annexation of Thes
saly is based upon the fact that the
province was originally ceded to Greece
on the advice of the powers, with the
object of ending brigandage ami Greek
incursions into Ottoman territory, the
porte believing at that timo the cession
wonld attain these objects; but the re
cent incursions of Greek bands and the
events immediately preceding the war
have proved to the contrary. ' This is
the substance of the reply.
The ambassadors met today to con-
siuer tne porte's answer, which is re
garded as raising an extremely grave
issue. It is believed that representa
tions will be made to the sultan per
sonally to induco a modification of
these terms, but it is foreseen that this
will be very difficult, owing to the at
titude of the powerful old Turk war
party.
If the porte should prove obdurate,
a European conference is not improba
ble, although at present Russia is op
posed to this.
It is regarded as quite certain that
the powers will not consent to a retro
cession of Thcssaly. Even Germany is
believed to be resolute on this point,
because it would involve a violation of
the Berlin treaty and imperil the peace
of the Balkans.
Al together, the reply of the porte has
caused the greatest surprise. It Bp
pears that during the discussion of the
note from the powers by the council of
the sultan's ministers, news reached
tho council that 8,000 Greeks had been
landed at Palona and were marching to
Janina with the intention of co-operat
ing with other forces from Arta. This
created a bud impression among the
ministers.
Grerki and Turin In a Fierce Engagement-Two
Thousund Killed.
Headquarters of tho Greek Army,
Domokos, May 19. The Turkish attack
on the Greek right wing begun at 2 P.
M., but tho flank attacks are considered
to bo feints, and it is believed the
main attacks of the Turks will be made
on the Greek center, where Crown
Princo Constantino is in command.
Two Greek camion are doing great exo
3ii tion on tho principal Turkish column,
which is advancing through the hills.
The Turkish infantry at several
points is in contact with the Greeks.
The attack on General Smolensk!, near
Almyros, is only a strategic oporution,
and the Turks will endeavor to cut be
tween the two Greek armies, occupy
the toad leading to the Othery moun
tains, and thus cut off the retreat of
the crown princo.
TRIED TO BREAK I
A California Editor Anxious
to Be Imprisoned.
THROUGH A TRESTLE.
HE WAS REFUSED ADMISSION
enteneed to Eight Year for Manslaugh
ter, He Deliver Himself to the
Warden of San Quentln.
Must Not lie Crushed.
Constantinople, May 19. Represen
tatives of the powers yesterday drew up
a note which will be presented to the
Turkish government as soon as one of
the embassadors receives the necessary
instructions from his government. This
note does not deal with peaoe condi
tions, but merely repeats the request
for an armistice and declares the pow
ers will not permit Greece to be
crushed.
Although it is assumed in some quar
ters that the porte, in accordance with
Eastern usages has demanded more in
order to obtain lees, it is pointed out
that if the Turkish government desired
to bargain it would not have formulat
ed its conditions officially.
The powers have agreed to protest
against the cession of Thessaly to Tur
key and the abolition of capitulations.
Two Thousand Killed,
Constantinople, May 19. The gov
enror of Janina telegraphs that a divi
sion of Turkish troops under Osman
Pasha, after having fought two days be
fore Arta against superior forcss, suc
ceeded in inflicting great losses and
dislodging the Greeks from their strong
position.
Constantinople, May 19. Osman
Pasha telegraphs from Louros, Epirus,
that after a desperate battle near Arta,
Saturday, the Greeks retired to Arta
with a loss of 2,000 men killed. The
Turks had 250 killed and wounded.
Drawn t'p by the Minister.
London, May 18. A dispatch to the
Standard from Conhtuntinople says:
The porte's reply to the powers is
based upon a msznbata presented by
the ministers to the sultan represent
ing that Greece was responsible for
compelling Turkey to declare war; that
for the lust fifteen years Greece had ig
nored her engagements under tho Ber
lin treaty by omitting to pay indem
nity, by seizing and confiscating Va
kuups, or religious domains, ami finally
by invading Turkish soil; and that,
therefore, tho council were of the opin
ion that Greece hud no just claim upon
him for leniency.
Then follow the proiwsals upon
hich the council would base a treaty
of peace. The grand vizier, in sub
mitting tho mazalmta, assured the sul
tan that the nation was prepared to
shed it last drop of blood in support of
such conditions of settlement.
The war party threatens to dethrone
tfio sultan if he allows any weakness,
but shrewd observers believe that this
is only a farce to enable him to pose
before Lurope as tho unwilling victim
of his fanatical subjects.
In spite of tho success of Edhem Pa
sha, the palace spies have raised the
doubt of his fidelity, and the sultan has
sent a special aide-de-camp to watch
him.
The t'Hiutl Oriental Method.
London, May 18. The preposterous
terms proposed by the porte must be
regarded as the natural and usual
method of Oriental bargaining. They
would not be serious did not they force
a continuance of the fighting.
As to the terms on which peace will
finally he declared, the general belief
in official circles is that they will be
Battled by European conference.
London, May 19. According to a
dispatch from Athens to the News, the
Greek retreat in Epirus became so dis
orderly that it causud a puuic in Arta,
where the prisons have been broken
open and many prisoners have escaped.
Athena I Excited.
London, May 19. The correspondent
of the Telegraph at Athens says: This
afternoon has been ono of great excite
ment. The whole city turned out to
discuss the news of the fighting, and
the newspapers issued sp"cial editions.
The impatient crowds gathered around
the offices of the ministry of marine,
questioning everybody coming out
and finally invading the building.
Tho minister of justice, M. Triauta
filaca, announced the news as it was
received to the anxious crowds. Tho
ministers have been sitting in council
until a late hour. Word has been re
ceived that Gen. Mavromichuelis bus
been severely wounded in the leg, and
obliged to relinquish his command to
another officer.
Lull In the Buttle.
London, May 19. The latest news
from the seat of hostilities by way of
Athens shows that tho battle yesterday
oeased about 9 o'clock in the evening,
hut will probably bo resumed this
morning. Thus far no account of the
fighting has been received from the
Turkish side. It is evident from the
Greek account that the Greek forces
have suffered a serious defeat, and if
the left wing has given way, as appears
probabla, Edhem Pasha may be able to
cut off the Greek retry.it und separate i
General Smolenski at Sourpri from the
main army.
San Francisco, May 17. W. A. So
horn, editor of the Willows Journul,
Glenn county, made a pressing appeal
today at San Qucntin to bo locked up
for eight years for manslaughter.
"I have no warrant for your commit
ment," suid Warden Hale, "and must
refuse your request."
"Then I shall stay around here until
I am locked up," was the reply.
Sehorn waited at the prison till late
in the evening, hoping he would not
have to spend another day outside the
walls. At lust, he went to the hotel
near the prison gates, there to remain
until necessary papers for his incarcera
tion are furnished.
i nave Deen iounu guilty ot man
slaughter," Sehorn explained, "and as
the supreme court has affirmed the de
cision or the Glenn county court, J
hastened here to surrender myself.
My first obligation is to my bondsmen,
those good friends of mine who stood
by me in my hour of trial. I want to
release them so thpy may not feel un
easy about me. That is the reason I
desire. to begin to serve my sentence.
It may look strange, my trying to break
into jail, but I realize there are eight
long years for me within San Quentiu's
walls, and I am eager to begin at once
to serve my time. It would look more
natural for a man to stave it off as long
as possible, but in my case I can have
no peace of mind till the punishment
begins."
Sehorn was convicted of shooting and
killing Dr. J. E. Putman, a druggist at
Willows, two years since. Sehorn still
maintains that he shot in self defense,
or rather, with a strong conviction that
he was defending his own life in shoot
ing. Twice the jury disagreed. , On
the third trial, Sehorn was fonnd guilty
of manslaughter and sentenced to eight
years' imprisonment. Last Monday
the judgment was affirmed by the su
preme court.
A BLOODTHIRSTY INDIAN.
Accident to a Rant Fe Train Near Ard
more, Indian Territory.
Ardmore, I. T., May 18. A south
bound passongor train on the Hanta Fe
road, known as the Chicago and Galvos-
, ton express, went through a trestle six
teen miles south of here at 6 o'clock
this morning. Fifteen persons, pas
sengers and trainmen, were injured.
Several of these are seriously hurt, and
it is believed that two will die.
The accident occurred near the town
of Marietta. A heavy rainstorm,
amounting almost to a waterspout,
caused a sudden rise this morning of
all the small streams in that vicinity.
The accident occurred at a point where
a steep, narrow gulch was spanned by
a wooden trestle. The foundation
work supporting this trestle was un
dermined by the sudden rise of the little
stream which flows through the gulch,
and the trestle went down under the
heavy weight of tho train. So great
was the speed of tho train, however,
that the engine and tender, the ex
press, mail and baggage cars and one
passenger coach passed over tho narrow
chasm, though the trucks of several of
these cars went to the bottom, several
feet below. Tho coach next to the
last, the one immediately in front ol
the Pullman, was left standing directly
over the ohasra, one end resting on
either bank of the gulch. The Pullman
remained on the track. The four
coaches which were dragged by the lo
comotive across the broken trestle were
badly wrecked. The baggage oar tele
scoped with the passenger coach, which
was the smoker, and the latter was all
but demoralized. Most of the injured
were riding in these coaches.
J. M. Grider, the Wells-Fargo ex
press messenger, was so badly crushed
by a heavy car chest, that he cannot
live. E. T. Sparks, of Oakman, I. T.,
was crushed in the wreck of the smok
er, and is also mortally injured.
NO MORE SUGAR-BEET SEED.
Assurances From the Towere.
London, May 18. The Times corre
spondent at Athens says: Today M.
Ralli, the premier, visited tho various
legations and obtained assurances that
tho powers would undertake to prevent
any offensive action on the part of tho
Turks, providing the Greek forces
maintained a strictly defensive
tude.
Turk Must Tome Down.
London, 'May 19. The conditions
proposed by the porte us the terms ol
pence with Greece have been freely dis
cussed in the lobbies of parliament to
day, and the idea of the retrocession of
Thessaly, and of such an indemnity as
is already suggested, is ridiculed as im
practicable and absurd. At the outside
an indemnity of 5,000,000 or 6,000,
000, and a slight strategic rectification
of the frontier, are considered as likely
to be the terms us finally settled upon.
Rilled Four White Men and I Looking
for More to Shoot.
Eldorado Canyon, New, May 17.
An Indian' called Ahvote shot and
killed two teamsters of the Southwest
ern Mining Company, named Lee
Franzen and Ben Jones, on the ore road
between the mines and the mill this
afternoon, and then went to the cabin
of Christopher Keilson, a prospector,
and killed him also. The teamsters
left the mines this afternoon on the
down trip, but did not arrive at the
mill on time. Manager Charles Gracey,
supposing they had broken down, did
not suspect anything out of the way
until an Indian came in about 6 P. M.,
and reported that Ahvote had taken a
gun and might kill the teamsters.
Gracey at once sent a man up on horse
back. Six miles up the canyon, the
latter found the teams, while the bodies
of the teamsters lay on the ground near
their wagons. Ho returned and warned
the people at the mill. A. H. Gracey,
the foreman, drove fourteen men in a
wagon to the scene, and brought the
bodies down to the mill.
Franzen had several bullet holes in
his body, and Jones one. A party
went to Ncilsou's cabin early this
morning and found him dead in bed.
A Chinaman, just arrived, reports
that Charley Monaghan, who lived
alone on the bank of the river, was also
shot dead in bed. It is feared that the
Indian has several more victims who
live alone on the route he probably took
after killing the teamsters.
Government Has Distributed Ten Thous
and Pound Among Fanner.
Washington, May 18. The sugar-
beet seed which the agricultural depart
ment has been distributing is practic
ally exhausted, about 10,000 pounds
having been sent out to farmers in
about four-fifths of the states. Tho
seed has been distributed in packages of
an ounce to half a pound, purely for
experimental purposes. The beets
grown from the seed will be analyzed
and the saccharine matter determined
to ascertain where beets can be profit
ably grown for the production of sugar.
These experiments, it is Baid, will be
of immense value, as the best undoubt
edly can be produced with profit in
many of the states. Wherever it oan
be so produced, it will give the farmers
a new crop.
All the surplus vegetable seed in the
possession of the agricultural depart
ment is being distributed through con
gressmen or government agency to the
people in the flooded districts along the
Mississippi for planting as soon as the
waters subside.
The Statue Unveiled.
Philadelhpia, May 18. In the city
which placed on bis brow the laurel
crown of achievement, the memory of
George Washington was honored today
in monumental bronze. The cord
which released the saddling flags from
the figure of the first president was
drawn by the country's latest executive.
Surrounding him were men in whose
veins runs the blood of those patriots
who battled shoulder to shoulder with
Washington, and with him made pos
sible the scene enacted today. It was a
notable gathering, including the presi
dent, vice-president und cabinet officers,
officers and privates of tho army and
navy, and the direct descendants of the
molders and makers of the nation.
Arid Land Act Not Operative.
Olympia, Wash., May 19. Assistant
Attorney-General Vance has handed an
opinion to Governor Rogers, in answer
to an inquiry addressed by the governor
after his tour of investigation of the
arid hinds of the state, as to whether
More Chinese for Nashville Exposition.
Tacoma, Wash., May 17. Collector
Saunders today received directions from
the secretary of the treasury to admit
the remaining sixty-four of the 114 Chi
nose bound for the Nashville exposition,
who were brought here three weeks ago
on the steamer Viotoria. The telegram
from Washington says that this action
is taken upon the urgent request of the
Nashville exposition offloials. Tho
first fifty of the lot were sent East last
week, including the 261 recently admit
ted at San Francisco. This makes 375
Chinese already admitted for attendance
at the exposition, in addition to a con
siderable number brought over by the
Canadian Pacific line. The Chinese
have certificates entitling them to re
main in the country one year after the
exopsition closes, but, like the Chinese
admitted on similar terms for the At
lanta exposition, it is considered doubt
ful if they can be collected and sent
back when their certificates expire.
utti- there is any arid land act in the state
On this undcrstandiiiL' be imiuft- vhich is operative, and which gives the
an appropriation of not less than 150,- diately wired to the commanders of the 1 governor the power to appoint a com
000 to bo iuinidoiutely available for use : three Greek divisions at Domokos .' missioner of irrigation or other officer
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unuer uirecuon in mo secretary -oi fMiurm and Arta. mstruetiiiL' t hem in i " " provisions ui wnat mir-! Frnin.inn t . .
state. It is desirable that part of the abstain from all hostile action, unless Prt8 to,,,e an ari(' lta,i act- j Cincinnati, May 17. There was'an
sum which may be appropriated by attacked bv the enemy. i' Mr. Vance advises the governor that ' .minsinn nl,o ; 1 1 , .u. .
Ilu'lngltti Forbidden.
City of Mexico, May 18. The city
government forbade any bullfights to
be given today. The authorities claim
the bulls provided for the fights are so
poor they do not justify the price of
admission asked by the management.
Enrique Mercio, a Spanish bullfighter,
has visited tho famous bull-breeding
furms of Atenco and other places, and
his judgment is that none of the bulls
shown him were worthy of the ring.
The poorness of the animals is becom
ing a serious matter, and it begins to
look as if bullfighting would stop for
lack of animals to fight. The govern
ment is firm, and no performances will
be allowed with inferior cattle. A
shipload of bulls has been ordered from
Spain to meet the emergency. '
! congress should, in the discretion of the
I secretary of state, also be used for the
! transportation of American citizens,
j who, desiring to return to the United
j States, are without means to do so.
llliam Mi Kmley,
Executive Mansion, May 19, 1897."
! he is compelled to hold that the arid
w Meklran Coin.. j land law of this state is inoerative, for
City of Mexico, May 18. The new j lack of a legislative provision for an
dies for coining dollars are to be pre- officer to execute the intent of the law,
sented to all the mints, and the coin-1 and that there is no authority vested in
ago of 20-eent pieces instead of quarter- ; the governor to create an office not pro-
Protest Against Tobarro Tat.
Cincinnati, May 19. The tobacco
manufacturers of the first Ohio and
the Sixth Kentucky districts met and
passed resolutions protesting against
the proposed increased rate of tax on
manufactured tobacco from 6 to 8 cents
per pound. A commit te of .three hat
been appointed to present the protest to
the United States senate.
dollars is to be commenced.
Consul it Himself Disliked.
Lima, Peru, May 18. In conse
quence of tho declaration by Kinilio
Clark, the United States consular agent
at Piura, that his office had been sucked
and imortant documents, money and
other valuables stolen, which allegation
the prefect of police denied, saving the
only seizure made was that of furni
ture, the newspapers of Lima and
vided for by law.
Drowned While Flahln;.
Banta, Cal., May 19. J. H. F. Lil
lienthal and H. LYHahn were accident
ally drowned at Paradise Cut dam yes
terday. The men were fishing for shad
in a boat, but drifted too close to the
L. Due Fireworks Company, at Read
jng, O., this afternoon. Samuel Sher
boli was fatally injured. Frank Moore
and George Buckenbruck were slightly
injured. These three were the only
ones in the building when the explosion
! occurred. The loss was only $300.
Doesn't Concern War Department.
Washington, May 18. The war de
partment, having been informed that
there has been an outbreak of lawless
ness in the western portion of New
Mexico, and that the respectable citi
zens there have been terrorized by
threats from a lawless element, the
matter was brought to the attention of
Acting Secretary Meikeljohn, by Dele
gate Ferguson, who had heard from the
legal officers of Socorro of the state of
affairs. The acting secretary, how
ever, decided that in its present shape
the case was not one requiring the ac
tion of the war department, and sug
gested that the judicial authorities be
consulted.
Portland, Me.,
say "papa" and
claims a
'mamma.'
cat able to
Want Damage for Torture.
San Francisco, May 17. Thomas
Reynolds brought suit today to recover
$20,000 damages from Charles Herrold,
Henry Leppold and William Riordan.
falls and the boat capsized. The bodies The suit grows out of the action of the I former being sold to provide money in
have not yet been recovered. defendants some months ago in hanging ' aid of the Spanish canse in Cuba, it has
Reynolds up in a barn to make him oeen ordered by the postoffice depart
confess to the burglary of Herrold 'a ment that such extra stamns he nl.iced
Cuban Stamps Not Kecognlted.
Mexico, May 18. Spaniards here
having adopted the device of placing
special stamps on their letters in addi
tion to the regular postage stamps, the
More than one-third of Great Britain Callao demand that the Peruvian goy.
is owned by members of the house of ernment cancel the exequitor of Consul
lords. j t'lar.
Braill Signs Extradition Treaty.
ew York, May 19. The Herald's blacksmith shon on theSon Rmn ,n.l
correspondent in Rio de Janeiro tele-j Reynolds was convicted by a jury and
C United States has been signed.
is now
prison.
serving a term in tha itaU
inside the letters
Telopes.
and not on the en-
Hermetically sealed wine flasks bav
been found in Pompeii.