4RMISTICE CONCLUDED
Turkey and Greece Agree to
Let Powers Decide ,
fHE TEEMS OP SETTLEMENT
the Trues Includes Both Land and Sea
Forous Turk Are Horry to Quit"
What Greece Wilt Fay.
London, May 24. The armistice
igreement betwoon Turkey and Greece
itipulatea that a mixed commission of
ifliccrs of superior rank shall establish
t neutral Bono between the two armies,
and that no advance on either flunk
ihall be permitted. It is understood
Turkey wants the commission to bo
onstituted of foreign military attaches,
with the two armies.
Crown Prince Constantino, it Is said,
lent a personal appeal to the ozar to
sot allow the Greek army to be crushed
by a force four times greater than it
elf, and that, as a conseqnenco, the
tzar insisted on the armistice.
The Fapers Signed.
Athens, May 24. An armistice be
tween tho Turkish and Greek troops in
Thessaly, to extend 17 days, was form
illy concluded today.
Constantinople, May 24. An armis
tice was formally concluded today for
even days between tho Turkish and
Breek troops' on the frontier of Epirus.
The ArmlHtlue Is General.
Constantinople, May 84. The arm
istioe concluded today is general, nnil
Includes the land and sea forces of both
tombatants. The ambassadors of the
(towe'rs met this afternoon to consider
erms ot peace.
What Greece Will Pay.
Athens, May 24. M. Ralli, tho pre
mier, in the course of an interview to
day, Baid:
"The indemnity whioh Greece will!
pay to Turkey will be in proportion to
the resources of Greece and her finan
tial position. The cession of territory
is out of the question. Greece cannot
iccept a modification of the strategic
frontier which would render easy raid
ing of Greek territory by armed bands,
ind which would compol Greece to
maintain a numerous army in order to
prevent incursions."
Turks Sorry to Quit.
London, May 24. The correspondent
f tbe Standard at Constantinople says:
The armistice has caused widespread
discontent among tho Turkish troops
in Thessaly and Epirus, and the mili
tary commission 1ms ordered the most
prominent grumblers to be sent home
under escort. The priests who are with
the army have been instructed to
vpreach special sermons exhorting the
soldiery to be loyal and obedient. An
imperial order prohibits the sale of
irawings, photographs or poetry deal
ing with the war, or with the exploits
Df the commanders, the object of the
prohibition being to prevent an indi
vidual general becoming a popular hero.
The Conditions of Feaoe.
London, May 24. The Rome correS'
pondent of the Mail says he learns on
good authority that tho powers have
agreed upon the chief conditions ol
peace, namely, an indemnity of 5,- j
000,000, guaranteed by a control of the
Greek oustoms, and the rectification'
of the frontier, tho details as to which
have not yet been settled.
Negotiations Will Be Direct.
Constantinople, May 24. Although
it is not definitely deoided, it is thought
peace negoitations will be conducted
between Turkey and Greece direct, and
afterward, following the precedent of
the treaty of San Stefano, the treaty
will be submitted to a European confer
ence, probably to be held at Paris.
Lamia Is Deserted.
Lamia, May 24. This town is de
lerted, with the exception of the pre
fect, newspaper correspondents, tele
graph operators and a few others.
Greeks Ignored Flag of Trnee.
Berlin, May 24. A telegram re
ceived from Constantinople this after
noon says the effort of the Turkish
commander in Epirus to treat with the
Greeks for an armistice resulted in a
failure, owing to the Greeks having
ignored the flag of truce and having at
tempted yesterday, with two battalions
of troops to make a fresh incursion into
Turkish territory. The Greeks, it is
further stated, also shelled the Turkish
position. I
In conclusion, the Constantinople
dispatch says the Turkish government
disclaims all responsibility lor wnat
may follow.
The Canrans Co-Operate.
London, May 24. A dispatch from
Canea says the Caneans have decided
to co-operate with the admirals com
manding the fleets of the foreign pow
ra in organizing the government
forces.
For the Paris Exposition. 1
Washington', May 24. The senate
committee on international exposition!
decided to report favorably a .esoiution
providing for an appropriation of $350,
000 for proper representation of thil
government at tbe Paris exposition ol
1900.
Farmer Cadets in Camp.
Pullman, Wash., May 24. The j
Washington agricultural college cadets,
125 in number, under command ol
Lieutenant Stockle, U. S. A., have
gone into their annual camp and will
remain for a week. j
Pittsburg, May 24. It is stated that
an international bicycle tu!e trust ha
been formed by const lidation of the
four largest tube manufactories in Eng
land and the two tube plants at Eiwoo
nd Greenville, Pa. . j
FOUR GHOULS IN JAIL
the Ladd Oravo Conspiracy Laid Bar
and the Body Found.
Portland, Or., May 24. The body
of William S. Ladd, which wan taken
from its resting place in Itiverview
cemetery Monday night, was recovered
yesterday by Chiof Burns, of Oregon
City, and Detectives Welsh and Sim
mons, of Porltnnd. D. Magone,
Charles Montgomery, Ed Long and
William Rictor, all of Oregon City, are
lodged in the city jail, charged with
the orime of its removal. Montgomery
has made a confession, implicating Ma
gone and the other men.
The body was buried at Magone's
Park, a well-known landmark on tho
Willamotto river, a mile and a half
below Oregon City. Its hiding place
was cleverly concealed by moss and
loaves, and it would never have been
discovered had not Montgomery weak
ened and led the officers to it.
The remains of Mr. Ladd were Hid
den in the ground ubout l!0 yards from
the river. The spot was wild and for
bidding, so that there was but littlo
chance of any one evor happening
acorns it. A grave about three feet
deep had been excavated, into which
the body, wrnppod in burlap, had been
placed and covered over. No effort had
been made to provido a coffin or other
like protection, and the covering of
dirt was very thin to keep from detec
tion the body beneath. When seen,
the body was in a remarkable state of
preservation, considering the time it
had been interred.
Maitked Robber Killed.
Tacoma, Wash., May 24. A single
robber late this afternoon held up and
attempted to rob an incoming car on
the Steilacoom electric line. About 4
miles out of the city a tall man, rough
ly dressed, hailed the car, which stop
ped, and he boarded it. As he got on
the platform he pulled a blue dotted
calico mask, having holes cut through
for eyes, down over his face, produced
a revolver and ordered Superintendent
Dame, of the motor line, and Motorman
Wellman to tho rear end of the car.
They complied Blowly, and he fol
lowed, ordering the men and the. pas
sengers to hold up their hands and the
ladies to sit still. Dame and Wellman
had entered a rear compartment used
for carrying baggage and freight. The
robber evidently thought them safely
disposed of, for he paid no more at
tention to them, but commenced reliev
ing George B. Evans, a contractor, oi
his valuables. This done, he com
manded William E. Hacker, a broker,
to stand up and be searched. In the
meantime, Superintendent Dame had
taken out his revolver and came in be
hind Hacker, where hn awaited an op
portunity to shoot.' A roomont later
he placed his arm on Hacker's shoulder
and fired into the robber, who returned
tbe fire. Dame fired two shots and
the robber three. Two minutes later,
the robber was lying beside the car,
dead, whilo Dame had been shot in the
arm and Jewett Smith, a passenger,
in the leg.
Brutality In a Prison.
Philadelphia, May 24. Today's ses
sion of the legislative committee inves
tigating the management of the state
penitentiaries was sensational. Sena
tor Gagordorn, of Philadelphia, was
the star witness. He said the official
reports of the prison wore filled with
falsehoods, and that lie could prove
thnt the treatment of many convicts
had been brutal and oruel. He said
the institution reported there were 10
insane patients in November last, nnd
that investigation made by him showed
there were 50 at the time. Of these,
he said nine are now in insane asylums
and one is dead as the result of cruel
treatment at tho prison. Thirty-six of
the insane convicts, he said, are still
in cells in the prison. He instanced
the case of McCue, a prisoner whom he
had ordored sent from the prieon to
the Northtown state insane asylum,
and who died the next day, as alleged
by the judge, from a beating he re
ceived the night before his removal.
He told of another insane convict, a
colored man named Prentice, who for
eight months had been tied to the
steam pipes every night.
Mr. Tongue Injured.
Washingotn, May 24. Representa
tive Thomas H. Tongue, of Oregon, was
struck by a cable-car near the corner
of Pennsylvania avenue and Sixth
street and painfully injured. He re
ceived a number of severe cuts and
bruises. Mr. Tongue had just returned
from a trip with a number of senators
and represenattives to Charlottville
and Monticello. He was taken to
Providence hospital, where it was
found he had sustained cut on the
left cheek, and another over the left
eye. No serious consequences are ap
prebeunded. Canons to Consider Tariff BUI.
Washington, May 24. The Repub
lican senators will hold a canons Mon
day to consider the tariff bill. (The
first effort will be to devise plans to
expedite the consideration of the bill,
and there will also be an attempt to
reconcile the differences of opinion as
to the merits of some of the feature.
The principal object of the caucus is to
agree upon a plan for the limitation of
the time for debate, as under the pres
ent rules this can only be done by mu
tual consent. The Democrats will also
hold a caucus soon to decide on a line
of action.
Appointed Regent.
Salem, Or., May 24. Governor
Lord has appointed D. P. Thompson,
of Portland, ex-ministei to Turkey, a
member of the board of regents of the
state university, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of U L Mo
Arthur.
Gamblers Ordered Oat of Spokane.
Spokane, Wash., May 24. Chief ol
Police Hawthorne today ordered a
number of gamblers and confidence
men to leave the city before sundown.
WALL OF WATER.
Orchards and Gardens Ruined Dim
a . j Kstlmaled at 9100,000.
Asotin, Wash., May 23. A cloud
burst at some point a yet unknown,
up the little Valley of Asotin creek,
sunt a wall of water down the valley
late this afternoon that carried devasta
tion in its train. Stock was drowned,
houses wrecked, bridges washed out
and orchards ruined. The loss is rough
ly estimated at $100,000. The pleas
antest littlo valley was a continuous
orchard-gardeu for IS miles above the
town.
A correspondent has just returned
from a trip four miles up tho valley.
From pontons on the road it was
leanfl'd the flood extended for at least
(three miles beyond that The torrent
tore down the valley about 4:110 o'clock
this afternoon. A wall of muddy
water rolled through orchards and gar
dons, entirely covering the narrower
parts of the valley. Where the valley
was widest it tailed to reuoli entirely
across.
As far as learned no lives were lost,
bnt considerable, stock perished. Tho
houses of Robert Campbell and John
Dill were wrecked; John Miller's house
was carried 800 feet from its founda
tion, and many other places were more
or less damaged. Between Asotin and
a point four miles up the creek, all of
the bridges, five in number, were
washed out. Two of these belonged to
the town and thrco to the county.
The loss in this particular is about
(3,500. It is thought that other
bridges were washed out further up
stream. But the chief loss was in the
destruction of orchards and gardens.
The torrent tore through these.with
great fury, washing off the smaller
trees. The larger trees were left stand
ing, though they were badly damaged.
In the town of Asotin, comparatively
little damage was done, beyond wash
ing out bridges. The park was ruined.
Nothing to equal this torrent has
ever before been experienced siuco the
settlement of the valley.
SPAIN IS UNEASY.
Hopes the Freidnt Will Not Allow
the Henale to Drive Him to War.
Madrid, May 24. Senor Morelly
Prendergast, a former minister asked
the government, on behalf of the liber
als, in the chamber of depuites today
if it was true that the United States
senate had recognized tho belligerency
of the insurgents.
The premier replied that the report
to this effect was not a surprise to hiin,
as it was a question of creating more
difficulties for President McKinley in
connection with the tariff bill, but he
believed President McKinley, like Mr.
Cleveland, would decide for himself in
such a matter.
In the course of his reply to the in
terpellation, Senor Canovas soid the
exchange of opinion between Spain and
other European powers on the subject
of Cuba had always been unofficial.
The powers had shown great reserve in
defining their views, and this attitude
had led the government to believe that
they were unwilling to offer any effec
tive intervention between Spain and
the United States. The exchange of
views with the United States had been
friendly, but Spain had refused the
proffered mediation. Tho guarded tone
of the premier in regard to the bellig
erency vote of the senate has made a
profound impression, but the general
opinion in the lobbies is thnt President
McKinley and Secretary Sherman will
not allow the senate to drive them into
conflict with Spain.
Story of Spanish Cruelty.
New York, May 24. A special to the
Journal from Havana via Port Tampa
says: A shocking story of Spanish
cruelty, verified by a consuluto repre
senative of the United States, comes
from Santa Clara province. The Cu
ban leader, Cbuilcs Aguirre, who was
officially annouced to have been killed
by Spanish troops under General Ober
gon in an engagement near Sancti Spir
itu, a few nights ago, was, as a matter
of fact, made a prisoner after having
been wounded. Learning that he
claimed American citizenship, his cap
tors are said to have tied him to the
tail of ahorse and dragged him through
the streets of Aroyo Blanco until death
claimed him. In justice to General
Obregon, it is said that, after learning
the facts, he severely reprimanded the
minor officials directly responsible for
the brutal action, and directed that the
body be properly interred.
Carelessness Caused a Holocaust.
St. Louis, May 24. Mrs. Ada Mohr,
28 years of age, and baby Mohr, 18
months old, burned to a crisp and their
bodies taken, to the morgue. Hugo
Howard, 15 months old, died after re
moval to the hospital. Mrs. Bessie
Howard, 28 years old, William How
ard, 6 years old, were probably fatally
burned, and are expected to die at the
hospital. Max Gumpert and Henry
burman, painfully burned, ihese hor
rors constitute the sum total, aside
from Dronertv damage, which resulted
from a gasoline explosion in the upper
rooms or ziHi Aienara etreei, occupied
by Gustav Mohr, last night.
Death of Senator Earle.
Columbus, S. C, May 24. Senator
James II. Earle died at his home here
last night He had been ill for several
weeks, but until yesterday hopes were
entertained for his recovery. Bright'!
disease was the cause of his death.
Fight With Bandits In Mexico.
St Louis, May 24. Edwatd Calla
han, owner of the Barranca silver mine
in Mexico yielding 1,000 tons of $20
ore a day and a millionaire, is here
en route to New York to be treated for
the injuries he received in a fight with
bandits. It was widely reported at
tbe time that he ha1 been killed.
Cambridge, England, May 24.
Cambridge university today, by a vote
of 1,718 to 662, rejected a proposal to
confer degrees upon women.
NORTHWEST BREVITIES
Evidence of Steady Growtb
- and Enterprise.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
From All the Cities and Towns ef
the Thriving Hlster States
Ori'son,
An inspector of the postal department
will be tent to Salem to establish a
rural mail servioo in Marion county.
Many cherries are said to have fallen
from the trees in Southern Oregon dur
ing the last week or ten days.
Growers in Linn county are cultivat
ing their hops well, and the present
outlook justifies them in hoping for fine
crops.
The Coos bay creamery is receiving
12,000 pounds of milk per day, nnd it
is expected tho figures will soon be in
creased to 15,000.'
The machinery for the Vale, Malheur
county, flouring mill has been pur
chased. The mill will have a capacity
of 60 barrels a day.
Grasshoppers about the size of a flea
are so thick in the Fulton neighborhood,
Umatilla county, that they raise in
clouds whenever disturbed.
Harold Parker will soon start from
Huntington with 80,000 head of sheep
overland for Gibson, Foss & Co., to be
delivered at some point in Nebraska.
It will take about five months to make
the drive.
" The big ditch which iias been in
course of construction for severnl
months for the Flick Bar Mining Com
pany, in Baker county, has been com
pleted, and mining will soon be com
menced in earnest
No steps will be taken tobnild a new.
courthouse in Coos county before the
coming season. The defendant county
has filed an answer to the complaint of
those who are asking for an injunction
to prevent the construction of tbe court
house. William Brenner, of Soio, nnd D.
Wheeler, of Lebanon, aro buying feed
hogs near Scio for shipment to Nebras
ka. They have bought about COO head,
for which they paid from 2 to 2 cents
a pound gross. Soio was a squealing
center of industry last Monday, as
wagon load after wagon load of pigs
nere brought in.
The railroad company in Jackson
county brought suit ngainst the county
to restrain the collection of $18,000
taxes, alleged to be due the county.
With the Oregon & California company
is joined in the suit the Southern Pa
oitic Company, against which no taxes
are assessed. As the Southern' Puoitic
Company is a foreign company, this
would give the federal courts jurisdic
tion, should thnt company remain a
party to the suit.
Washington.
The long-distance telephone has
reached Asotin.
Salary warrants in Whatcom county
Bold last month for 08 cents.
The grand lndgo of Masons will meet
in Seattle on the 8th of June.
A shipload of rock from Bellingham
bay has been received at Grays harbor
for the lighthouse. '
Thurston county fruitgrowers have
organized under the name of the Olyra
pia Fruitgrowers' Association.
George Alsip has strated up his
brickyard in Ellensburg. He will make
at least 100,000 bricks and more are
needed.
The annuiJ session of the State
Teachers' Association will be held in
New Whatcom from June 28 to July 8,
inclusive.
The Stanwood creamery one day re
cently received 11,395 pounds of milk,
breaking its best previous record by
2,000 pounds.
The question whether or not school
districts shall furnish text books and
supplies free to pupils will be voted on
in Washington, June 12.
There are five sawmills, with an
average capacity of 80,000 feet daily,
and five shingle mills, cutting 600,000
shingles every day, tributary to Elma,
in Chehalis connty.
At a meeting of the directors of the
city scohols in Walla Walla, it was de
oided to add a month to tbe school
term, which makes the term the same
length as before it was reduced in 1803.
The schools will therefore, close on
the 18th of June this year.
The city treasurer of Everett at the
last session of the council reported a de
fioit of $2,897.94, for the first four
months of the present year. The esti
mated receipts for the remaining eight
months are $14, 650, estimated expenses,
$19,720.60; deficit for remaining eight
months, 8,170.60; total deficit for the
year, $7,668.44.
The mayor of Seattle, in his annual
message to the council recommended
that the social evil be regulated by re
stricting fallen women to a prescribed
district; he urged a further reduction
in city expenses, and that the city's
revenues be increased by licenses.
The merit system in force under the
new charter law receives the mayor's
heartiest approval.
The Skamokawa creameryjlast month
made 1,608 pounds of butter, and it is
expected that double this amount will
be made this month.
The remnant of last year's crop is
being marketed in Garfield. After the
requirements of reseeding and spring
seeding, it is believed that from 6,000
to 10,000 bushels remain unsold in the
territory tributary to Garfield. At
present prices this will be a pleasant
pick-up toward summer expenses. It
was thought that scarcely a bushel re
mained in the farmers' hands.
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Downing, Hopkins Company's Review
of Trade.
The past weok has added materially
to the previously strong position of
wheat values viewed from the position
of supplies and demand. Tho crop
prospect as a whole retrograded, but
more particularly in California, where
drought and hot winds have oauscd a
reduction in expected yield of at least
25 percent, as compared with last
year. Foreign orop prospects are much
poorer, especially in France, where
the est im ted yield is 75,000,000 bush
els smaller than last year, ami conser
vative grain dealers predict large im
portations during the coming crop
year. , Values have been firmly held
and while no material advance has oc
curred, tho market has gained in
strength and recoives better support
than during the previous week. The
export demand is fair and improving.
Interior supplies are rapidly dimin
ishing, and it is now a patent fact that
stocks will bp reduced to the lowest
possible point before the winter wheat
harvest. Nothing but the absence of
u generous speculative support prevonts
a material advance in values, but un
der exisitnf con litions, the scarcity of
supplies in Amerioa and the increased
wants of importing countries, owing to
short crops at heme, crop failures in
exporting countires other than America,
the ultimate result must be higher
values. The prospects of the spring
wheat crop are good, but not sufficient
ly so to offset tho short winter wheat
corp. exhausted reserves and inoreascd
wants from abroad. The tendency of
the market even without speculative
support seems slowly but steadily
higher.
Market Quotations. "
Portland, Or., May 25, 1897.
Flour Portland, Salem, Cawadia
and Dayton, $3.90; Bunton county and
White Lily, $3.90; graham, $3.40; su
perfine, $2.75 per barrel.
Wheat Walla Walla, 7576c; Val
ley, 77u per bushel.
Oats Choice white, 8840o per
bushel; choice gray, 87 89c.
Hay Timothy, $13.00 14.00 per
ton; clovor, $11.50 12.50; wheat and
oat, $12.00 13.00 per ton.
Barley Feed barley, $16.60 per ton;
brewing, $18 19.
Millstuffs Bran, $14.50, shorts,
$10.60; middlings, $23.50.
Butter Creamery, 80c; dairy, 20
22 tc; store, 17)30o per roll.
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks,45 60c;
Garnet Chilies, 5605o; Early Rose,
8540o per sack; sweets, $3.75 per
cental for Meroed; new potatoes, o
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.50
8.00; geese, $4.007.00; turkeys, live,
123:jo; ducks, $4.000 00 per dozen.
EgB8 Oregon, 10llo per dozen.
Cheese Oregon, llo; Young
America, 12 per pound.
Wool Valley, 12c per pound; East
ern Oregon, 68o.
Hops 7c per pound.
Beef Gross, top steers, $3.50;
cows, $3.503.00; dressed beef, 6
6c per pound..
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, $3. 00 3. 60; dressed mut
ton, 65)to per pound.
Hogs Gross, choice, heavy, $4.00
4.50; light and feeders, $2.60(33.00;
dreBsed $5. 00 5. 50 per cwt
Veal Large, 8)4o; small, 4J
6 per pound.
Seattle, Wash., May 25, 1897.
Wheat Chicken feed, $2627 per
ton.
Oats Choice, $23 24 per ton.
Flour (Jobbing) Patent excollent,
$4.75; Novelty A, $4.45; California
brands, $4.00; Dakota, $5.65; patent,
$6.40.
Barley Rolled or ground, $20 per
ton; whole, $19.
Corn Whole, $20 per ton; cracked,
$21; feed meal, $21.
Millstuffs Bran, $16.00 per ton;
shorts, $18.
Feed Chopped feed, $18.00 per ton;
middlings, $22; oilcake meal, $30.
Hay Puget sound, per ton, $13.00;
Eastern Washington, $18; California,
$15.
Poultry Chickens, live, per pound,
hens, 10c; spring chickens, $2.6003.50;
ducks, $5 6.
Butter Fancy native oreamery,
brick, 10c; ranch, 10 12.
1516J$.
Cheese Native Washington, 11
lljc; Eastern, 12c; California, 9c,
Vegetables Potatoes, per ton, $12.00
14; parsnips, per sack, $1; beets,
per sack, $1.25; turnips, per sack, $1.25;
rutabagas, per sack, 60c; carrots, per
sack, 76c; cabbage, per 100 lbs,
$1.75; onions, per 100 lbs, $1.80.
Sweet potatoes Per 100 lbs, $3.60;
new potatoes, o per lb.
Eggs Fresh ranch, 14 16a
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef,
steers, 7c; cows, 6Jo; mutton, sheep,
7o per pound; lamb, So; pork, 6jc per
pound; veal, small, 67c.
Fresh Fish Halibut, 4 6c;
salmon, 68c; salmon trout, 710c;
flounders and soles, 8 (3 4c.
Provisions Hams, large, 11; hams,
small, ll&c; breakfast bacon, 10c; dry
salt sides, 7c per pound.
Fruits Lemons, California, fancy,
$2. 60 ft 8.50; choice, $2; Cal fornia
fancy n avals, $3. 60 4.
San Francisco, May 25, 1897.
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, 70cQ
$1.10; Early Hose, 60 70c; River Bur
banks, 65 80c; sweet-, $1.25 per
cental.
Onions $3. 00 3.50 per cental.
Eggs Ranch, 1 3 1 5o per dozen.
Butter Fancy creamery, 15o; do
seconds, 14 15c; fancy dairy, 14c,
seconds, 1313)o.
Cheese Fancy mild, new, 7Ko;
fair to good, 6 7c; Young America,
7X8c; Eastern, 14 16a
INVESTIGATING THE RUIZ CASr
Spanish Officials Intimidate InpwrtaM
Witnesses lit the Case.
New York, May 24. A Herald dis
patch from Havana via Key West says:
, The joint inovstigation of the Ruia
casa does not get along very well, and
there is some danger that the United
States representative will find himself
forced to withdraw because of delay
and the tendency to politely ask and)
insist on undesirable conditions.
News comes that Ferra, who figured
In General Lee's report of tho Kuis
case, and who was in jail with the un
fortunato American in Guanabacoa at
the time of Ruiz' death, has been re
arrested quietly, probably as a warning
to him and others that whilo Spain
consents politely to a froe A morion
investigation, she has her own ideas
about the duty of hor subjects in a case
of this kind. Ferra asserts that he ia
nn American citizon, but not regis
tered. It is said also that since Mr. Cal
houn's arrival and just before Goneral
Lee began his investigation word bad
been pased down the lino that all per
sons who talked over muoh about foul
play will hear from it later, no matter
how prodigal tho American government
may be with promises of protection at
any cost.
General Weylor Is expected here
soon, nnd he has sent ahead of hint a
long interview to tho local press in
which he makes tho statement that the
Cubans are worthy and intelligent
people, and that as four western prov
inces aro wholly paoifled, tho time to
put the reforms in operation lias come.
Spain Wants No Mediation
Madrid, May 24. A semi-official de
claration is issued that Spain will
never agree to foreign mediation in the
Cuban question, which bhe regards at
exclusively concerning herself.
HAS WORLD'S RECORD.
Great Performance of Lncretla Borgia
at Oakland Track.
San Francisco, May 24. Lnorett
Borgia, a brown filly, 4 yoarB old, by
imp. Brutus, out of Ledctte, bred and
owned by William BooU & Son, of San
Jose, now holds tho world's record for
four miles. After Lucrctia Borgia's
splendid showing, with a poor rider'
up, in the Ingleside stakes at four
miles, three weeks ugo, the owner de
termined to send his horse for the rec
ord, believing that with a good rider
she could lower the coast, and perhaps
the world's record. Tbe result of to
day's trial exceeded his expectations.
Splendidly ridden by Jockey Claw
son, a olever lightweight pilot, and
paced by Peter II over the third mile,
and by ' Installator over the fourth,
both of the latter horses owned by the
Boots, Lucretia Borgia covered the
distance in the wonderful time of 7:11,
and thnt, too, in tho face of a strong
wind blowing down the back stretch.
The record for four miles against
time has stood at 7:15 for 21 years,
having b.'on made by Tenbroeok, the
celebrated distance horse, September
27, 1870, at Louisville. The competi
tion record for the same distance tins
stood for 23 years at 7:19, made by
Felloworaft, at Saratoga, on August 20,
1874.
High Wind at Kossland.
Rossland, B. C, May 24. Rossland
has many large new hotel buildings,
the supports of which are two-by-four
scantlings. There was a high wind to
day, and one of theso buildings toppled
over. It was a new hotel building-,
three stories high, 20x70 feet, on
Washington street, being erected by
Henry Rose and a man named Purcell.
The building, on whioh there were sev
eral men at work, fortunately fell at
tho noon hour, so no one was injured.''
The roof was ready for shingling. It
fell flat, an enormous pile of lumber,
and discloses the fact that there was
not a mortised board in the whole;
building, nor a tongue-and-groove,
piece. The nails used at the most im
portant points of strain were only
inohes in length. There are several
similar buildings here, and there is
also a building inspector drawing a
fairly munificent salary for tbe work,
he is supposed to do.
Married at Sea.
San Francisco, May 24. Don Jos
I. Barrillas, the 19-year-old nephew oi
the ex-president of Guatemala, and
Miss Kate Kinsey, the 17-year-old
daughter of C. C. Kinsey, of this city,
who have been engaged for six months,
despite the objections of the young
lady's parents, were married by Cap
tain J. Selovich on board the tug Vigi
lant outside the heads on Monday last
The romantio affair would probably
have remained a secret longer had not
the departure of the young bridegroom)
for Central America on the steamship
City of Sydney yesterday brought mat
ters to a crisis. Young Barrillas is re
puted to be very wealthy in his own
name.
San Francisco, May 24. The weath
er was excessively hot here yesterday
and early in the day the thermometer
gave indications of breaking the record
for the first 19 days of May. It rose
all the morning at an alarming rata
until noontime, when it reached 8
degrees. Then it stopped, and all
chances of a new record were gone.
But it came very close to making a new
mark, for only twice in 26 years bava
there been hotter days in May prior to
this date.
West Point, N. Y., May 24. The
quartermaster at West Point has just
made the startling discovery that five
ot the guns captured in battle from
the Mexicans by General Scott's army "
have been stolen. The cannon have)'""1
lain for nearly half a century on theniu
bluff overlooking the Hudson, wbw-,iiiil
the trophies of our wars with England, .;
Mexico and the South are ranged.,,
The history of each piece is engrave '
on its surface. How they were stole ' !', '
is not known. """"