HIS WISH GRATIFIED
After Completing Long Term.
Justice Field Resigns.
i'ORTY YEARS OF JUDICIAL LIFE
1'ue Aged Jurist g Lett or to Hi Col.
Leagues Resignation to Take
Kft'not December 1.
EUROPEAN CROP SHORTAGE,
Summarise
THE DOME CAME DOWN.
Washington, Oct. IS. Associate Jus
tice Stephen J. Field today formally
retired from the supreme court of the
United States, after 84 years of service
'in that tribunal. The correspondence
between Justice Field and the president
which was made public today, shows
that his resignation was tendered in
Apiillust. President MoKinley, how
uver, did not respond until October 9.
While Justice Field's resignation
does not take effect until December 1,
iH will not again sit on the supreme
.ourt.
His colleagues of the supreme oourt
today called upon him and expressed
regret at his retirement and extended
their congratulations upon his long
service as asaociato justice the longest
an record.
The following letter was given out
this afternoon:
"Washington, Oct. 10. Dear Mr.
I 'hief Justice and Brethren Near the
close of the last term, foelinz that the
duties of my long office had become too
arduous for my strength. I transmitted
my resignation to the president to take
effect on the first day of December
next, and this he has accepted with
kindly expressions oi regard. My ju
dicial experience covers many years of
ittirvice. Having been elected a mem
ber of the supreme court of California,
I assumed that office October 13, 1857,
holding it for live years, seven months
and live days, the latter part of the time
being chief justice. On the 10th of
March, 1863, I was commissioned by
President Lincoln justice of the supreme
aourt of the United States, taking the
.iiith of office on the 10th day of the
.following May.
"When my resignation takes effect
my period of service on this bench will
have exoeeded that of any of my prede
cessors, while my entire judicial life
will have embraced more than 40 years.
I may be pardoned for saying that dur
ing all this period, long in comparison
with the brevity of human life, though
iu retrospect it has gone with the swift
ness of a tale that is toW, I have not
.shunned to declare in every case- com
ing belore me for decision conclusions
which my deliberate convictions exer
cise of such abilities and requirements
as I possessed.
"It is a pleasant thing in my memory
that my appointment came from Presi
, dent Lincoln, of whose appointees I am
the last survivor. Up to that time,
there had been no representative here
from the Pacific coast. A new empire
had risen in the West, whose laws were
those of another country. The land
titles were from Spanish and Mexican
grants, both of which were often over
laid by the claims of first settlers. To
bring order out of this confusion, oon
gress passed an act providing for an
other seat on this bench, with the in
tention that it should be filled by some
one familiar with these conflicting
titles and with the mining laws of the
-coast, and it so happened that, as I had
framed the principal of these laws, and
was, moreover, chief justice of Califor
nia, it was the wish of senators and
representatives of this state, as well ai
those from Oregon, that I should suc
ceed to the new position.
"Few appreciate the magnitude ol
our labors. The burden resting upon
us for the last 15 or 20 years has been
enormous. The volumes of our reporti
show that I alone have written 620
opinions. If to these are added 57 opin
ons in the circuit court and 365 pre
pared while I was on the supreme courl
'of California, it will be seen I have
voiced the decision in 1,042 cases. II
may be said that all of our decisioni
have not met with the universal ap
proval of the American people, yet it ii
to the great glory of that people that
.always and everywhere has been yielded
a willing obedience to them. That fact
is eloquent of the stability of popular
institutions, and demonstrates that the
people of the United States are capable
of self-government.
"Ab I look baok over the more than
third of a century that I have sat on
this bench, I am more and more im
pressed with the immeasurable import'
ance of this court. Now and then we
hear it spoken of as an aristocratic fea
ture of a republican government. But
it is the most democratio of all. Sen
ators represent their states, and re pre
eentatives their constituencies, but this
oourt stands for the whole country, and
as such, it is truly of the people, by the
people, and for the people.
"It has indeed no power to legislate.
It oannot appropriate a dollar of money.
It carries neither the parse nor the
sword. But it does possess the power
of declaring the law, and in that
founded the safeguard which keeps the
whole mighty fabric of government
from rushing to destrnction. Thii
negative power, the power of resist
ance, is the only safety of a popular
government, and it is an additional as
surance when the power is in such
hands as yours.
"With this 1 give place to my sue-
cessor, but I can never cease to lingei
in memories ol the past. Though '
have often differed in our opinions,
has always been an honest difference
vhich did not anect our mutual re
gard ana respect, inese many years
have indeed been years ol labor and of
toil, but they have brought their own
rewards, and we can all join in thanks
giving to the author of our being that
we have been permitted to spend so
much of our lives in the service of our
country. STEPHEN J. FIELD."
nje
J 1.
llgrloultural Department
the Situation.
Washington, Oct 18. The monthly
report of the agricultural department
on the European crop condition, sum
marizing the crop reports of European
correspondents to Statistician Hyde has
been made public The following is an
abstract:
Recent information, while it may in
some oasos modify the crop estimates
for particular countries, does not essen
tially change the situation as regards
the dofioiency in the principal crops of
Europe. The outlook for wheat in
Australasian countries continues g
but the prospects in Argentina,' s
somewhat less bright, owing t.,.-e
drought and frosts. Accounts from In
dia are quite favorable, both as to the
Kharif crops harvested or to be harvest
ed this fall, and as to the seeding of
the Kabi crop to be harvested next
spring, which latter includes the wheat
crop.
The annual estimate of the world's
wheat crop issued by the Hungarian
ministry of agriculture gives the follow
ing revised results for 1897, compared
with 1896:
Wheat production of importing coun
tries, 800,771,000 for 1897; 886,639,000
for 189(1.
Wheat production of exporting coun
tries, 1897, 1,341,806,000; 1890, 1,453,
902,000. Total wheat production of both im
porting and exporting countries in 1897,
2,142,577,000; in 1896, 2,238,541,000
bushels.
Net deficit, 1897, 202,895,000 bush
els; 1896, 130,534,000.
Extremely pessimistic reports as to
the extent of the crop failure in Russia
have been circulated, but the liberal
quantities of wheat coming forward for
shipment have led dealers to receive
such reports with incredulity. It is
probable, however, that much of the
Russian grain going to Western Euro
pean markets is out of the more liberal
harvests of former years, and there is
evidence there going to show that the
crop of 1897 is at any rate considerably
below the average.
Consul Eugene Germain, of Zurich,
Switzerland, after an investigation of
the European fruit prospects, expressed
the opinion that there will be a good
market for Amerioan apples and dried
fruits this season if growers would be
careful to put up choioe stock only.
He ays:
"Nothing smaller than eight cases in
French prunes will pay to ship to
Europe, and all other dried fruits must
he uniform in size and attractively
packed. 1
RUSSIA'S PROPOSITION
8erlous Accident In a Cincinnati Opera
House Three Were Killed.
Cincinnati, Oct. 18. Three persons
were killed and over 80 others were
more or less seriously injured by the
falling of the dome of Robinson's
opera-house this evening.
About 8:45 o'clock, soon after the
raising of the ourtain at the perform
ance of "Dangers of a Great City,"
plastering began to fall from the dome
ceiling, 40 or 50 feet above the people
in the parquette. The house was well
filled, but not crowded. The plaster
ing fell in small particles at first, but
enough to alarm some of the timid, who
retired.
. A little later the plastering began to
shower down in great chunks. There
was a rush from the gallery, which was
not very well filled. The balcony was
soon emptied. Those in the dress circle
retired as promptly as possible, and,
strange to say, without apparent panic.
The crowding of those to the door ob
structed the passage of the people from
the parquette, which accounts in a
measure for the number of causalties.
Nobody expeoted at the moment any
other danger than from the falling plas
tering.
Suddenly, and with a great crash,
the great central truss of the ceiling,
80 feet long and 80 feet wide, oame
plunging down. The ends of it struck
on the two ' gallery wings and doubled
it up in the center, sending down into
the parquette a great scattering of
joists and timbers. Nothing on the
tage was harmed. There were moans
from the injured, which, as often hap
pens, were loudest from those least
hurt
The news spread rapidly, and there
was a rush of patrol wagons and firemen
to the scene. The salvage corps, with
its wagon, was first on the ground, and
it was followed by the police patrol
tvagons, which carried the injured to
the Cincinnati hospital.
The list thus far showed three dead,
Sve dangerously if not fatally wounded,
and 26 more or less seriously injured.
In addition to these, a large number,
probably 25 or 80, were so slightly in
jured as to be able to walk home.
Of the seriously injured at the
hospital, several will suffer amputation
sf limbs, yet every one is refusing to
submit to the operation. A score of
surgeons volunteered their assistance to
the hospitals corps. A sufficient num
ber was accepted
She Wants the Sealing Zone
Extended.
ONLY BACHELOR SEALS KILLED
Government Fleet I'atrols the Thirty
Mile Limit Japanese Delegates
Have Not Vet Arrived.
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
EV ANGELINA IN NEW YORK.
Ha-
FORTY-FOUR CASES.
The Cuban Heroine Arrived From
vana on the Steamer Seneca.
New York, Oct. 18. Evangelina Cis-
neros, who recently escaped from a
Spanish prison in Cuba, was a passen
ger on the Ward line steamer Seneca,
which arrived today from Havana.
Miss Cisneros asked to be excused from
saying anything about her imprison
ment und escape. On the passenger list
she was registered as Miss Juana Sola.
She was traveling under the aire of a
gentleman who accompanied her from
Havana. Several newspaper reporters
and four women went alongside the
steamer, and after the health officers'
inspection was over they accompanied
Miss Cisneros to this oity.
Miss Cisneros' escape and safe arrival
on the Seneoa was one of the most dar
ing teats ever attempted and success
fully carried out. On Saturday, when
the Seneca was to leave Havana, deteo
tives watched the gangways with extra
caution. Their vigilance would prob
ably have prevented the departure of
Miss Cisneros from Cuba had t not
been for refreshments, inoluding wine,
Berved them by friends of Miss Cisneros
aboard the Seneca.
A few minutes before the Seneca
was ready to sail, a slim young fellow
came runnng across, the wharf. He
had no baggage and was fashionably
dressed. The detectves stopped hm.
"My name is Juan Sola," he said.
and he showed his passport. Every
thing was satisfactory. So the senor
was allowed to go aboard. It is said if
it had not been for the wine, the
strange figure of Senor Sola might have
aroused suspicion.
Miss Cisneros friends, when they
saw everything was satisfactory, disem
barked and watched the ship pull out,
carrying the fugitive to safety under
the stars and stripes.
A Helena-Alaska Company.
Helena, Mont., Oct 18. Today ar
ticles of incorporation of the Klondike-Yukon-Copper
River Mining Company
were filed here by Chicago, St. LouiB
and Minneapolis capitalists. The capi
tal stock is $12,000,000. As the name
indicates, the company is formed for
the purpose of mining in Alaska. The
shares are of par value of $10 each.
The main office is to be located at
Helena.
Third Victim of the Mob.
Little Rock, Ark., Oct 18. As the
result of the racial trouble which began
in Cleveland county on August 23,
when a riot occurred at a negro picnio
near Keudall and several white men
were killed and out, Tom Parker was
lynched last night near Kendall. This
makes the third negro to meet a violent
death as the result of the picnio riot
It is not known who composed the mob.
High-Water Mark In the Fever-Stricken
City.
New Orleans, Oct. 13. Fever cases
ran up rapidly today. By 10 o'olook
there had been 17 cases reported, and
by 6 o'olook 44, so that early in the
evening the prospects were excellent
that this day would show the high
water mark. There were three deaths.
An excellent feature of the situation,
however, is that recoveries and dis
charges of patients are numerous. This
is the 40th day of the fever, and the
total number of recoveries exoeeded the
total number of cases now under treat
ment, showing the suocess which local
physicians are meeting with in treating
cases.
The weather is a trifle cooler this
evening, but is still warm enough to
rapidly develop cases.
Douglas Bolte, a negro leader, was
lynohed at a small settlement on Bayou
liarteria, about 15 miles from this city.
His offense was running the quarantine
gauntlet.
The Knights of Honor have organized
a committee and notified the grand offi
cers that they are prepared to look after
nny member of the order that may be
sojourning in this city pending the pre
vailing fever, so that fraternal care and
attention may be accowled such mem
bers as may become afflicted.
Washington, Oct. 18. Although the
formal conference on the Behnng sea
question will not open until the arrival
of the Japanese delegates, yet the pres
ence here of two of the Russian dele
gates has permitted the authorities to
inform themselves quite thoroughly as
to the attitude of Russia on the protec
tion of tho seals.
It has brought eut the fact that
Russia takes an advanced position in
preserving her herds, and has more
stringent laws and regulations in that
direction than any of the other coun
tries interested. By the Russian sys
tem, a zone of 80 miles is established
around the seal islands belonging to
the empire. The seals found within
these zones are regarded as exclusively
Russian, and no one other than the in
habitants of the islands can take a seal
within these limits. This gives the
Russian citizens exclusive rights over
the seals, not only on the islands, but
extending 30 miles westward. British
or Japanese sealers oannot operate
within the zone, except to buy skins of
the Russian inhabitants of the islands.
The Russians themselves are permitted
to kill only bachelor Beals, there being
strict regulations against killing fe
males and pups. The females are
guarded with special care, as the kill
ing of one female is regarded as equiva
lent to the killing of three seals, name
ly, the female herself, her pup on land
and her unborn pup.
The Russians see that these regula
tions are enforced. A fleet of govern
ment ships patrols the 30-mile zone,
and any foreign sealers who attempt to
operate within these limits are seized.
As a rule, seized sealers are taken to
Vladivostock, their catch confiscated
and punishment inflicted. This has led
to many protests, but Russia has main
tained her rigid regulations within the
80-mile zone. A notable case was that
of the ship Dahlia, cleared by a Uni
ted States consular officer, but manned
by a Japanese crew, which attempted
to take seals on the Russian islands.
The sealers were met with armed resist
ance, and several of the Japanese were
killed. Claims for indemnity were
ma.ie against Russia, but never paid, as
the imperial authorities maintained
their right to protect their property
against invasion.
It is understood to be the wish of
Russia in the forthcoming conference
not to stop at the protective regulations
already made, but to carry them fur
ther by increasing the width of the
zone considerably beyond 80 miles.
The Russian authorities have found by
experience that many of the female
seals go more than 30 miles to sea in
search of food. The wish is to make
the zone so wide that it will extend to
the furthest point to which the females
go for food..
TENDER OF MEDIATION.
Portland Markets.
Wheat Walla Walla, 7980o; Val
ley and Blnestem, 82S3c per busheL
Flour Best grades, $4.60; graham,
$3.70; superfine, $2.50 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 83 34c; choice
gray, 81 32c per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $1920; brew
ing, $20 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $14 per ton;
middlings, $21; shorts, $15.50.
Hay Timothy, $12 12.50; olover,
$10 11; California wheat, $10
do oat, $11; Oregon wild hay, $90
10 per ton.
Eggs 20c per dozen.
Butter Fancy creamery, iSOo;
fair to good, 8540c; dairy, 2535o
per roll.
Cheese Oregon, 11 o; Young
America, 12ac; California, 9 10c per
pound.
Poultry Chiokens, mixed, $2.00
2.60 per dozen; broilers, $1.602;
geese, $45; ducks, $3 4 per
dozen; turkeys, live, 89c per
pound.
Potatoes. Oregon Burbanks, 85
40c per sack; sweets, $1.40 per oental.
Onions Oregon, new, red, 90o;
yellow, 80o per cental.
Hops 815o per pound lor new
crop; 1896 crop, u7c.
Wool Valley, 1416c per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 7 12c; mohair, 20c
per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, $2.503.60; dressed mutton,
5o; spring lambs, h per pound.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4.60;
light and feeders, $3 4; dressed, $5.50
8 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, $2. 75 8;
cows $2.50; dressed beef, 45o per
pound.
Veal Largo, 45e; small, 56o
per pound.
Seattle Markets,
Butter Fancy native creamery,
brick, 2325c; ranch, 1015o.
Cheese Native Washington, 10
12c; California, 9,c.
Eggs Fresh ranoh, 26a
Poultry Chiokens, live, pel1 pound,
hens, 10c; spring chickens, $2.50
3; ducks, $3.50 4.
Wheat Feed wheat, $27 per ton.
Oats Choice, per ton, $21 22.
Corn Whole, $22; oraoked, per ton,
$22; feed meal, $22 23 per ton.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$22; whole, $22.
Fresh Meats Choice dresBed beef,
steers, 6o; oows, Sc; mutton
6o; pork, GJ-gc; veal, small, 6.
Fresh Fish Halibut, 4c; salmon,
45o; salmon trout, 8o; flounders
and Bole, 324; ling cod, 4 5; rock
cod, 6o; smelt, 2 4c.
THE LAW A FARCE.
Out
Down an Embankment.
St. Louis, Oct. 18. A speoial to the
Republic from Selina, Ala., says: A
horrible accident occurred on the Mo
bile & Birmingham road, near Mill-
house, 20 miles south of this city, at
2:80 this afternoon, the engineer and
fireman being killed, and several per
sons wounded. The dead are: Ollia
Munn, engineer, and Jerry Codd, fire
man. The injured are: J. E. Broad
etreet. conductor, and Quarantine Officer
Newman.
While approaching Millhouse, the
train was running 20 miles an hour.
Without a moment's warning, and
from some inexplicable cause, the truck
of the tender jumped the track, caus
ing the whole train to go down a 12
foot embankment. The engineer lived
until evening, dying in terrible agony.
Horseless Brewery Wagons.
St. Louis, Oct. 18. Anton Steuver,
president of a local brewing company,
Bays that in a few days the big brewery
wagons will be propelled by gasoline
engines instead of horses. Herbert
Mulherren, a young man of this city, is
the inventor of the engine, which
weighs only 800 pounds and which will
run 10 hours on five gallons of gasoline,
whioh can be bought for five cents per
gallon. No engineer is required, and it
is self-oiling. The gearing can be re
versed and the wagon suddenly stopped
or instantly backed without stopping
the engine. The 800-pound
will furnish 4 horse-power,
be a great saving to concerns
number of horses t
Havana, Oot. 18. It is reported in
official circles that another filibustering
expedition has been landed in the River
Arimaj, province of Santa Clara, and
succeeded in joining the insurgent
forces.
River Miners Working-.
Pittsburg, Oct 18. Thirty-five hun
dred miners of the river district, who
have been idle for two weeks, owing to
a dispate over the differential, resumed
work today, pending settlement by
arbitration.
machine
It will
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Customs Officials Making Fortuues
of Importation of Chinese.'
New York, Oct. 18. Colonel J.
Thomas Scharf, Chinese inspector for
the southern district of New York, has
sent to the secretary of the treasury
his resignation. He says that in his
opinion, based on four years of practical
experience and close observation, the
Chinese exclusion act ib a farce, and
has resulted in tho corruption of the
treasury department.
Colonel Scharf is an ex-offlcer of the
Confederate army. He was appointed
inspector in 1898 under the Cloveland
administration, and immediately after
his arrival here preferred charges
against customs officers, whom he ao
oused of assisting in the smuggling of
Chinese. He has never succeeded in
bringing about the dismissal of any of
the men he accused. He says his fail
ure in that direction was caused by the
influence of the Canadian Pacific rail
way in high quarters.
Colonel Scharf talked on the subject
last night He said frauds existed,
and he believed men in the employ and
confidence of the government are mak
ing $15,000 a year each from the illegal
importation of Chinese. The corrup
tion, he believep, from evidence in his
possession, girdles the continent.
Chinamen who have no right to come
ore admitted all along the Canadian
border, at the port of New York, at Se
attle and other points along the Pacific
coast He expects to see some revela
tions which will startle the country.
The investigation committee of con
gress, already provided for. begins its
work this winter.
Pardon for Cuban Exiles.
Madrid, Oct. 18. At the cabinet
council today, it was deoided to pardon
all Cuban exiles not included in pre
vious amnesties, and to suspend the de
cree of September 21, relating to the
legislative reforms in the Philippine
Islands. The decree ordered a vigorous
suppression of political associations and
the secret pact of blood societies.
Berkeley, Cal., Oct. 18. Gold from
silver is not an impossibility, accord
ing to Edmund O'Neill, associate pro
fessor of chemistry at the university of
California. In a lecture delivered to
the chemists of the University Science
Association, on the transmution of
metals, he described the possibility of
making gold from silver, and declared
there was an excellent basis to support
the claim for the union of mstals, and
that the ultimate solution of the prob
lem was an achievement science expect.
San Francisco Markets.
Wool Choice foothill, 8 12c; San
Joaquin, 6 months' 67o; do year t
staple, 7 8c; mountain, 1012o; Ore
gon, 1214c per pound.
Hops 1 1 14a per pound.
Millstuffs Middlings, $2022;
California bran, $15 15.50 per ton.
Unions Jew red, 7080o; do new
silverskin, 00efl.10 percental.
Butter Fancy creamery, 2728c; do
seconds, 25 26c; fancy dairy, 23 24c;
good to ohoioe, 20 22o per pound.
Eggs Store, 1625o; ranch, 84
37o; Eastern, lotgai; duoK, auo per
dozen.
Cheese Fanoy mild, new, 9o; fair
to good, 78o per pound.
Potatoes New, in boxes, 8090o,
Citrus fruit Oranges, Valencias
$1.508;Mexican limes, $33.50;Cali
fornia lemons, fancy,$2.50;do common,
$12 per box.
Hay Wheat,$12 15; wheat and oat,
$1114; oat, $1012; river barley.
$78; best barley, $1012; alfalfa!
$8(39.50 olover, $810.
Fresh fruit Apples, 6075o per
large box; apricots, 2040o; Fontain
bleau grapes, 2080o; muscats, 20
85c; black, 80c; tokay, 2530o
peaches, 20 50c; pears, $11.40 per
box; plums, 86 40c; crab apples, 20
85o.
Unique Honor to Woman.
The only woman who ever reoeived
the freedom of a Scotch city is Miss
Jessie McKie, of Dumfries, who re
ceived this honor in com pan v with Mr.
Balfour, first lord of the treasury, from
the mayor pf her town. This signal
distinction has been bestowed on her as
a mark of the respect and gratitude of
her fellow citizens for her efforts to
improve and beautify the town of Dum
fries. As there are only two other
lady burgesses in the United Kingdom,
the inhabitants of Dumfries could
hardly have chosen a more flattering
method of conveying their appreciation
of Miss McKie's generosity.
Miss Lettioa Ilbert, who bos this
year obtained a first-class in the Ox
ford final-honors school of modern his
tory, is a daughter of Sir Courtenay
Ilbert, K. C. S. I. The early years of
Miss Ilbert's life were spent in India,
but on the return of Sir Courtenay
Ibert to England to take up the post of
assistant parliamentary counsel Miss
Ilbert became a pupil at the Baker
street High school. In 1898 Miss
Ilbert passed the higher examination
of the Oxford and Cambridge joint
board, and in the following year she
went up to Somerville College, Oxford,
where she obtained the Margaret Evans
prize. Not satisfied with her brilliant
career at Oxford, Miss Ilbert has de
cided not to rest on her laurels, and
has just been elected to studentship at
the London School of Economics.
Substance of the President's Resent
Note to Spain.
New York, Oct. 18. The Herald
publishes the following, based on high
authority, which it claims is substan
tially the instructions issued by Presi
dent McKinley to Minister Woodford
to be presented to the Spanish queen:
None but the most kindly relations
exist between the present administra
tion and Spain, and as far as lies in the
power of the administration they will
continue. The belligerency resolution
whioh passed the senate at the last ses
sion of congress merely bore evidence)
of the tremendous popular feeling-
throughout this country in favor of
Cuba. The house, to be sure, voted
down the resolution passed by the sen
ate; but this was With a view to post
poning the issue and not doing anything
for the moment that could be construed
as hostile to Spain. , -
The house, like the Benato, is strong
ly in sympatny with Cuba. This feei
ng of sympathy throughout the United
States will undoubtedly take shape aa
soon as congress convenes, and it is
neoessary for the president to communi
cate to congress such recommendations
as he deems best to make in regard to '
Cuban affairs.
Under the circumstances, the gov
ernment of the Unitted States tender
its best offices to mediate between
Spain and Cuba, and it offors to medi
ate so as to bring the war to an end om
such terms as will be honorable to both
parties. This government expresses)
the hope that Spain will reply by the
end of October, so as to give the presi
dent a chance to report to congress by
the time it convenes.
The Herald also publishes the follow
ing, whioh it claims details the real
ciroumstanoes which led to the down
fall of the old cabinet:
Nearly all of the Spanish bonds bad-
been floated in France, and the recent
loans were placed there, but the latest
application for further loans had not
been favorably responded to. The only
means, therefore, of raising money was) .
through the Bank of Spain, through
which application was made at the rat
of 60,000 pesetas, or $12,000,000 a
month, in order to carry on the war in
Cuba and the Philippine islands. The
Bank of Spain declined to make fur
ther advances to the government sev
eral weeks ago, and the cabinet there
upon removed the governor of the bank.
The recently appointed governor of thai
bank thereupon tried to force upon th
bank committee, or board of directors
the application of the government for -
additional loans, but his efforts failed.
This was followed by the determina
tion of the cabinet to take steps to re
do oe the interest rate on the govern
ment bonds of 6 to 6 per oent to
and 4 per cent respectively. Irame-'
diately the cabinet was deluged with'
protests. Some of the objections cam
from persons high in authority and in
a position to dictate terms to Spain.
The combined weight of conserva
tives in Spairr, which embraced, ai in
dicated, the bulk of the holders of Span
ish bonds, whose interest would be cut
in two, immediately answered this
proposition with the suggestion that
it would be far better to stop all war
expenses than to adopt such a radical
course. In fact mrny of the conserva
tives said it would be better to gain
anything in the way of indemnity
which Spain could obtain by the sacri
fice of sovereignty and accepting an
offer to grant liberty to Cuba, if it
could be brought about in a way that
would not be dishonorable to Spain.
The queen yielded to this, and tho rer
snlt was the resignation of the old cabi
net and the calling upon SagasU t
form a new one.
Their Aim Was True.
Dolta, Oot. 18. William Harald and
Under-Sherift Radford, of Siskiyou
county, were shot and killed and Dep
uty Sheriff Stewart seriously wounded,
this morning while the latter two were
attempting to arrest Harald for com
plicity in the robbery of the Yrekav
and Fort Jones stage on September 38
last.
This morning Radford and Stewart
presented themselves at Harold's bound
and asked for llarald. The latter re
plied by opening fire upon the officers
with a big revolver. The first shot took
effect in Stewart's leg, while the second
bullet struck Radford in the left breast,
killing him almost instantly. Stewart
then emptied his gun at Harald, wh
fell mortally wounded. He died'
shortly afterwards.
Alleged Brutality at Fort Rhermaa.
Chicago, Oct. 18. The finding of an
inquiry ordered by the department of
war into the case of Captain Levering,
of Fort Sherman, has been telegraphed
to Washington. The inquiry was be
gun late yesterday by order of Secretary
Alger. Six witnesses were called upon
to give the facts as to the alleged bru
tality perpetrated by Lvrir!g on
Private Chaa. Hammond. Secretary
Alger's interest in the case was a;ousd
by ne .vpapr publications.
Clever Capture at Chicago.
Chicago, Oct. 18. Chief Detecthm
Colleran and his assistants captured
four of the most successful and daring
burglars of the United States and Can
ada, and $26,000 worth of stolen prop
erty, which awaits identification at th
central station. The prisoners ares
"Sheeney Joe" Rubenstein, the leader,
and brains of (he gang; James Wil
liams, Harry Rogers and James Flaher
ty. Letters in the men's possession
showed that they had been taking a fly
ing trip from coast to coast, robbing'
right and left The police of the en
tire country have been searching for tber
men for the past six months.
Mew Electric Locomotive.
A new electric locomotive, the Fusee
(Rocket), has been turned out by the
Cail Works for the Paris-Havre line,
savs the New York Sun. It can draw
600 torn at the rate of 86 miles an
hour, 250 tons at 68 miles an hour, and
without any load can make 75 miles an
hour. The locomotive weighs 126 tons
and its tender 60 tons. It is practical
ly a stationary steam engine of 1,400
horse-power, setting in motion the electro-magnets
that drive the dynamos.
A New Russian Port.
Vladivostock, Oot. 18. The founda
tion stone of what is intended to be a,
great commercial port of Russia in this
part of the world was laid today with
considerable ceremony.
Salisbury Agrees to It.
London, Oct. 18. The British for
eign office today intimated to Ambas
sador Hay that the meeting of seal ex
ports of Great Britain, Canada and the
United states will occur as agreed upon
by the Marquis of Salisbury. It is
learned tbt'. Professor Dorsey Thomp
son, the seat expert of the British for
eign office, starts for the United States
Immediately.
Enameled ware can be well cleaned,
by using powdered pumice stone, 1