iS INSURGENT VICTORY
Spaniards Suffer a Crushing
Defeat in Matanzas.
TOWN OP HOLGUIN CAPTURED
inflict Kages at Many roints With
I'nabated Fury Spanish Lose
Convoy In Pinar Del Rio.
New York, Nov. 8. A, dispatch to
the Herald from Havana says: Tim
iwrorgent troops in the field are very
active. On October SO the Spaniards
sustained the most severe loss they
have met for some time. On the bord
ers of Matanzas province General Mo
lina was defeated by the insurgents un
der General Betancourt. General Mo
lina was on his way to Havana with a
brigade of troops to participate in
Blanco's reception. At Aguacate he
heard the rebels were encamped in
Purgatory hills, and broke his march to
attack them. The fight was a long
one, and the Spanish loss was large.
lo was finally forced to retreat.
In Pinar del Rio province the rebels
under command of Captain Lorr at
tacked a convoy that left San Cayetano
and captured a large supply of clothing
and ammunition.
A report apparently well-founded, is
current in Havana to the effect that
Holgnin has been captured by rebels
under Genreal Cebreoo. That it has
been attacked, and that 75 Spaniards
were killed is admitted, but the capture
is denied.
General Luque with heavy reinforce
ments left Havana yesterday for Hol
guin. In a hook on the Cuban war just pub
lished here, General Weyler writes the
introduction. In one places he says:
"The system of warfare carried on by
mo during this campaign is not a new
one. It is the same as that pursued
by the Americans of the North when
. they fought their brethren of the
South." . J A -v .
A million dollars in paper currency
lias mysteriously disappeared from the
treasury here. The money was intend
ed for the payment of the navy, and the
, troops. This fact, coupled with an at
tempt to deprive the army and navy of
their pay for the months of April, May
nd June is causing great indignation.
RELEASED FROM NIORO CASTLE.
Two Survivors of Maceo's Original Ex
pedition' Set Free.
New York, Nov. 8. Tho Journal
says: Of the 42 persons who landed
with General Maceo near Baracoa,
nearly two and a half years ago only
three survive. The other, including
Maceo, have perished on the battlefield,
or in hospitals in Cuba. Two of the
itnrvivors Bre young Americans, Frank
Agramonte and Julio Sainz. Word
has been received in this city that,
through the efforts of Dr. Pulaski
Hyatt, United States consul at Santi
ago, they have been released from Moro
castle, and will sail for New York next
Saturday.
Agrumont is the son of Professor
Emilio Agramonte, of this city. His
family is one of means, so that the
burden of his imprisonment has been
lightened through their efforts.
Bains is an orphan and Dr. Hyatt
has provided him with food and com
forts out of the 50,000 fund appro
priated by congress for the relief of
Americans in Cuba.
The young men, both about 24 years
of age, sailed with Maceo. The party
was intercepted near Baracoa. In tho
skirmish 10 soldiers and a Spanish
officer were killed. Agramonte and
Sainz were separated from their com
panions and were captured a few days
later.
Owing to the death of the officer,
the affair assumed a serious aspect.
The boys asked help from Mr. Hyatt
and their youth appealed to him am)
he saved them from being shot. They
pvere imprisoned in Moro castle. For
two years and a half the boys have been
inmates of the prison. The governor
of the prison allowed any article with
Hyatt's stamp to be given them.
Jnst before General Weyler left for
Spain Hyatt wrote to him, recalling a
promise to release the boys. Now
news comes that the release of the
young men was among the last official
acta of , the genreal. The boys have
eent word that they will sail for New
York on the Niagara.
Ore From New Disooverlos.
Salem, Nov. 8. Some large speci
mens of gray quartz ore were brought
out from the claims located by the
Geener party near Quartzville, and are
on exphibition in Salem. The speci
mens are of free-milling ore, and it is
the purpose of the party to have them
tested soon. It is hardly probable
anything can be done toward develop
ing the mines before next Bpring. The
new discovery has been named the
Khoda.
Barcelona Anarchists Murdered.
Madrid, Nov. 5. A dispatch from
Barcelona says that 112 persons who
have been confined in the fortress of
Montjuich for a year on suspicion of
complicity in anarchistic plots and
outrages were released todav.
Investigating the I'te Trouble.
Washington, Nov. 5. The war de
partment is investigating the recent
reported uprising among the Utes in
Utah. It has been practically decided
to send an inspector from the interior
department to investigate and report
on the trouble.
The water is so dear in the fords of
Norway that objects an inch and a half
in diameter can b dj"t''iw;t)r an at
-tlf:B ofl&U feet. "
REPORT OF CRUCIFIXION.
Story That It Was Found in the Vatican
Denied.
New York, Nov. 8. A dispatch to
the World from Rome says: The World
correspondent visited the Vatican to ob
tain authoritative information regard
ing the reported finding in the Vatican
archives of Pontius Pilate's report to
Emperor Tiberius of the crucifixion of
Christ. One story current was that
the original report had been found,
and that the pope had ordered a careful
study of it. Another was that the
document discovered was not Pilate's
report, but a manuscript of A. D. 149,
referring to it, with other fragmentary
writings of the third and fifth cen
turies, touching the tame matter,
which have come to light before.
The correspondent found the Vatican
authorities very reticent. Some of the
officials werb even chary of admitting
that anything had been discovered at
all, and were extremely apprehensive
lest they might be repesented as giving
color to an expectation that contempor
ary accounts of the nlost solemn event
in the world's history are in existence.
The subkeeperof the Vatican archives
said:
"His holiness naturally is extremely
cautious about permitting the publica
tion of any document with the imprint
of the holy see the authenticity of
which may afterwards be reasonably
contested. His holiness has been pro
foundly interested in the possibilty of
the discovery of the original document
referred to, the one dated 149, but so
far searoh has been fruitless.'" -
The correspondent gathered that the
manuscript of A. D. 149 only refers
to the earlier report, and contains no
details of any value, and that a care
ful, exhaustive searoh for the original
is now boing made in the Vatican by
experts specially commissioned by the
holy father, who are also to search for
reference to it in documents written
earlier than A. D. 149.
The first indication of the possibility
of tbeexistene of this document was ob
tained accidentally by an erudite monk
engaged in looking through the archives
of the fifth century and gathering facts
concerning the early history of the pap
acy. He followed the clew back to
manuscripts of the third century and
then again laboriously pursued his task
until further allusion was found in the
document of A. D. 149. There the In
vestigation is brought to a standstill
for the present, and the pope has given
strict injunctions that no translation
or references in the documents shall be
published until submitted for his sanc
tion. The attitude of the Vatican authori
ties on the matter is one of skepticism
as to the likelihood of any original au
thentic information being unearthed.
THE OHIO ELECTION.
Republicans Have the Legislature as
the Count Stands.
Columbus, O., Nov. 8. The Ohio
legislature stands 74 Republicans, 70
Democrats and one doubtful on the
official returns received up to tonight,
with a dozen or more o' the 88 counties
very close.
There have been no material changes
except in Wood county, which will be
claimed by both parties until the
courts pass on the action of the super
visors. There have been no unusual
proceedings before the returning boards
of any of the counties, except that of
Wood, although both parties have had
their representatives and attorneys in
the oounty seats, wherever the vote
was olose.
Chairman McConville, of the Demo
cratic stat" committee, has not changed
his claims of a Democratio majority on
joint ballot, and will not, do so until
the official returns of all counties are in
and show the final result to differ from
the figures he has at hand.
Chairman McConville and others
from the Democratio state headquarters
went to Cincinnati to confer with John
R. McLean and other party leaders re
garding the contests that are to be made
in the close counties.
Chairman Nash insists tonight that
the legislature stands 75 Republicans to
70 Democrats, and that tho majority on
joint ballot for senator will not be less
than five. He says he is tonight satis
fied with the situation in Wood county.
What he feared was that the official
count might wipe out the small Repub
lican plurality in that county. ' Since
the offioial tally sheets show a plurality
of 81 for the Republican representative,
Judge Nash says he is willing and
ready to have the court pass on the case.
He says the law provides that the mem
bers of the boads of election cannot go
behind the returns, and the supreme
court has held that they nave no minis
terial powers v hatever and cannot hear
evidenoe or use their discretion in
throwing out votes. That is left to the
courts, and to each branoh of the legis
lature in passing on the credentials of
its members.
Body Cnt In Two.
Gillette, Colo., Nov. 8. Samuel
Coulter, an employe of the Midland
Terminal railroad, was killed riding on
the front of a switch engine. The
engine had been sent after some box
cars and went into them at full speed.
Coulter was caught by the lower edge
of a car and his body cut in two at the
hips, the upper part being thrown from
the tracks, while the lower extremities
landed under the telescoped car.
Stored in Warehouses.
Rosalia, Wash., Nov. 8. Dp todato,
800,000 bushels of grain have been
stored at Rosalia, and a large quantity
is yet to come in. Threshing will be
finished this week.
Tekoa Warehouses All Foil.
Tekoa, Wash., Nov. 8. All the grain
warehouses of Tekoa are full, and
storage sheds are being built. Tne
tt.tal quantity shipped will aggregate
1.000,000 bushels.
COUNTRY IT WILL TAP.
More About the Proponed N-W Railroad
in Washington
Tacoma, Nov. 8. Colonel William
Bailey, of New York, who bought the
Tacoma & Lake Park railroad at auc
tion several days ago, will extend the
line to opposite The Dalles on the Co
lumbia river. . The name of the road
has been changed to the Tacoma &
Columbia River railway. The road is
of standard gauge, and now extends
from Tacoma to Lake Park. It is in
tended to prosecute the work steadily
all winter, and until the line is com
pleted. A branch line will eventually
be built to Mount Rainier. The exact
route of the extension has not been'
made public.
To the Columbia River.
The Dalles, Or., Nov. 8. The Ta
ooma & Coljmbia River railroad is the
name of the new company that will
operate a freight and passenger line
between Tacoma and The Dalles. Col
onel William Bailey, of New York, is
at the head of the oompany, the prin
cipal portion of the stock being sub
scribed bv New York ctmiinlintH.
When it was known that Colonel
Bailey was the purchaser of the Lake
Park road, a couple of weeks ago, it
was saia tnat the road would probably
be extended to the rich mineral tracts
abou tEatonville and Mount Ranier,
uui no one dreamed that the extension
would be carried as far as the Colum
bia river.
It now transpires, though, that ac
tive operations will be commenced al
most immediately, and pushed with
vigor until the two cities aro connected.
It is hoped to tap a section of country
mat is as yet praotioally unknown, but
which is thought to be exceedingly
rioh in timber, minerals and fertilitv.
The road will go by way of Eatonville,
JMisquaiiy, iilton river ooiU fields and
on across the Cascades to Tim Tillpq.
Negotiations are nearly completed for
terminal lacinties that will be convoni
ent to all shippers. i . . ;;
Taooma will be the nnerntf vn hpnd
quarters of the new road, the head
office being at 60 Broadway, New York.
A frieght and passenger office hai
Deen opened in Tacoma. The first
work will consist in straightening out
the old Lake park road -and getting
the roadbed in shape.
The Montana Karthauake.
Salt Lake, Nov. 8. A special to the
inbune from Pocatello, Idaho, says:
At 2:28 o'clock this morning a severe
shock of earthquake was felt the entire
aiBtance from Silver Bow to Monida,
Mont, and at 7 o'clock a second shock
was perceptible, but not so severe. At
Divide, Melrose, Red Rock, Lima and
Monida, the windows rattled, dishes
fell to the floor, flower pots were
thrown from their stands, lamp chim
neys and other glassware suffered de
struction, clocks Btopped, and buildings
were made to sway and orack. At
Dillon, especially, was the first shock
severe. The courthmi
cracked and the plaster fell from the
veiling.
An Aeronaut's Fate.
Cbioaeo. Nov. 8. Aeronaut
Young was drowned in the lake at the
iooi oi Monroe street this afternoon
while attempting to descend from his
balloon in a parachute. Young ascend
ed from the winter circus on Wabash
avenue. A brisk wind was blowing,
and the airship quickly veered to the
east Immediately over Lake Front
Park, Young was seen to loosen his
parachute, and make read to desert
the balloon. Evidently something went
wrong, for the aeronaut failed to drop,
and the balloon suddenly exploding fell
into the lake. Young was seen to
struggle violently to free himself, and
then sink. The lifesaving crow dragged
the lake for the body, but was unable
to bring it up.
Test of a German Aalrship.
Berlin, Nov. 8 An aluminum air
ship, fitted with a benzine .motor, was
tested today in the presence of a num
ber of generals and the chief of tho air
ship department. The ship rose 1,000
feet, ftoated in the air a few minutes,
and at first obeyed the man steering it,
but later a strong wind rendered the
ship unmanageable. The test was oon
idered partly successful.
Smallpox Among the Utes.
Santa Fe, N. M., Nov. 8. Captain
N. C. Nordstrom, Indian agent, who
has returned from the northern part of
the territory, says that smallpox has
broken out among the Ute Indians, and
that quarantine has been established
to keep the disease from being oom
municated to the Jaroilla Apaches.
A Satisfactory Test.
Washington, Nov. 8. The ordnance
bureau has made u test at Indian Houd,
firing a 10-inch armor-piercing oappe l
shell at a 14-inch plate. The latter
was nickel steel Harveyized. The shell
went through the plate and exploded on
the other Bide. The test was consider
ed satisfactory.
The Search for Andree Begun.
Berlin, Nov. 8. TheLokal Anzniger
announces that a steamer fitted out
by the governor of Tromsoe, under in
struotions from King Oscar, loft Trora
soe island in search of Professor Andree.
She will proceed to Spitsbergen, from
which point Andree's balloon ascended
last July.
Swears Revenge on Weyler.
Havana, Nov. 8. General Pin ar
rived on the same steamer that brought
General Pando. He is under arrest to
answer charges made against him by
General Weyler, who accuses him of
extorting money from sugar-growers at
Cienfuegos. General Pin swears that
he will have revenge on Weylor.
A grain of fine sand would cover 100
of the minute scales of the human skin,
and yet each of these scales in tarn
covers from 300 to 600 pores.
NORTHWEST BREVITIES
Evidence of Steady Growth
and Enterprise.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
From All the Cities and Towns oi
the Thriving Sister States
Oregon.
The brickyard at Weston has sold be
tween 600,000 and 700,000 bricks thiu
year.
A nunter the other day brought in
to Salem a Mongolian pheasant, the tail
of whioh measured 21 inohes. ,
A farmer of Goshen has 900 turkeys
in pasture at his farm. The turkeys
eat, twice a day, two bushels of wheat.
An Umpqua sportsman turned loose
five pair of wild turkeys on the head
waters of the Umpqua river the other
day.
Twenty Mongolian pheasants for
breeding purposes have been shipped
from the Wilammette valley to Harney
county.
A sperm whale came ashore on the
Nehalem beach, near the Arch rocks,
last week. The whale was about 66
feet long. ; . ,
The town council of Marshfleld has
passed an ordinance which fixes a
wharfage charge for all steamers that
use the wharf at the foot of A street.
' The two warehouses in Mission,
Umatilla oounty, have reoeived 400,
000 bushels of wheat this season.
About half of this has been shipped.
, An artesian well that is being sunk
on Fred Haine's Cow creek ranch, in
Harney county, is now down 480 feet,
and the water has risen to within six
inches of the surface. " ' ' 1
The work on the railroad bridge
across the Santiain river, between Spl
cer and Soio, is progressing. All of
the piers have been completed, and the
other work is being pushed.
Jrweph Vey, a sheepraiser of Butter
c. sk, Umatilla county, lost 900 of his
14,000 head of sheep while his bands
were ranging on the mountains be
tween Grand Ronde and Hilgard re
cently. , The ! sheepmen of Morrow oounty
have made up a fund of $1,000 for the
purpose of Bending dotectives into
Grant oounty to ferret out and prose
cute the persons who have been shoot
ing sheep. ,-. '.
It was reported in Salem last week
that the surveying party now out in the
Cascade mountains, back of the San
tiam country, operating under State
Senator Alonzo Gesner, of Marion
county, had made a rioh find of gold
bearing quartz.
' The warehouses in Elgin are getting
so full of grain that a night force has
to be used to pile each day's receipts
up higher, so as to make room for the
next day's business. , Unless more
shipping is done soon, it will be neoes
sary to raise the roofs.
Three families of Norwegians ar
rived in Coquille a few days ago, ad
ding to the population, somewhat.
One family brought nine children with
them, while the two others reported 24
ohildien the grand total for the three
families being 33 children.
The sheriff of Crook county has been
enjoined from collecting the 1 per cent
on delinquent taxes ordered by the
county court The court held that
oounty courts have no authority of law
for imposing any penalty on delinquent
taxes, other than the neoessary costs of
levy and sale of property.
Washington.
The town of Grey,in Whitman county,
is to have a flouring mill.
The Adams County bank paid out
$80,000 for wheat hut week,
Yakima orchardists are offered 80
cents a box for apples this year.
Pasco horse dealers shipped 250 head
of "beef" horses to Linnton this week
for the cannery.
The Spokane city sinking fund com
mission has recommended the issue of
$300,000 in municipal bonds to take up
outstanding warrants. "
Throughout ' Eastern Washington
thousands of sacks of wheat are lying
in the fields, because of the lack of
storage room in the warehouses.
In Sprague 6,000 bushels of wheat
are being marketed daily. The Sprague
roller mills do a business of $300,000
annually, and the business men want a
bank.
The Northern Paoific Raiiway Com
pany paid to the Cowlitz county treas
urer last week $2,105.93, whioh was
one-half of the company's personal
taxes for 1897.
The Moxee Company, in Yakima
county, is trying a sagepuller that re
quires four horses and two men to op
erate it, but the machine clears easily
six more acres a day.
It is reported in New Whatcom that
B. A. Seaborg, of Astoria, who owns
five Columbia river salmon oanneries,
has decided to establish a large cannery
in Whatcom county, and is now pre
paring to commence construction, but
has not determined whether to locate
at Wbatoom or Blaine.
A mast and part of the deck of a ship
have washed ashore at the Westport
bathhouse. They are supposed to be
partn of the Orion, the vessel that wis
run down a few weeks ago.
There are now 874 prisoners at the
Walla Walla penitentiary. At the
jute mill extensive repairs are still
going on, 60 prisoners being employed.
The mill will start about the middle
of November, and will run all winter.
Thirty persons are engaged in hauling
clay from near Dixie. About 1,000,
000 brick are on band at the yard.
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Office ot frowning, Hopkins & Co., Chicago
Board of Trade Hrok crs, 711-714 Ch amber oi Com
merce Building, Portland, Oregon.
In describing the local conditions of
the Chicago wheat market for Decem
ber delivery it is simply a matter of
opinion whether to assert the market
is manipulate'! or not. The latter
supposition is the more reasonable.
Stocks of contract wheat have been ex
h mated by the unprecedented expert
and interior demand. High values ob
taining have induced speculative short
sales, with the resulting oondition of a
constantly oversold and congested mar
ket Granting all of which to be true,
the general conditions whioh ordinarily
control values are so extremely favor
able to high prioes that it is a matter
of great doubt as to whether specula
tion has played any important part in
advancing and maintaining values.
Export clearances of wheat and flour
for the week have been large. The ex
port demand continues urgent and
promises to increase rather than di
minish. StockB at market centers
show but a small increase for the season
compared with previous years, al
though the forward movement of the
crop has been unusually large. Reoeipts
at primary points are beginning to fall
off, and it is becoming more and more
apparent that the spring orop of the
Northwest has been over-estimated.
The continued drought assures only a
moderate acreage seeded to winter
wheat, and that under favorable condi
tions. Crop advices from Argentine
continue conflicting and contradictory.
Advices from Australia assert that
thoir orop will be below an average and
give no surplus for export Franoe
continues to buy wheat freely. From
all reports, public and private, it !b a
certainty that European stocks are un
usually small and European require
ments abnormally large. The prospect
for the immediate future seems to fully
warrant present values for wheat, and
should any disaster overtake the Argen
tine crop it is probable that they will
be fully maintained if not materially
advanced during the balanoe of our orop
year.
The situation regarding corn values
shows a decided improvement during
the week, although still possessing ele
ments of radical weakness. Stooks, al
ready larger than evor before recorded,
show no immediate signs of decreasing.
On the other hand, the cash demand,
both for home consumption and ex
port, shows a gratifying increase. Val
ues are now 15 cents per bushel below
an average for the last ton years, and
the new crop is certainly below an av
erage in yield. There is little to war
rant a decline in supplies. - ,
Tortlnnd Market.
WheatWalla Walla, 76 76c; Val
ley and Bluestem, 77 78c per bushel
Four Best grades, $4.00; graham,
$3.70; superfine, $2.40 per barrel.
Oats Choice white. 83 O 34c: chninn
gray, Hi 32c per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $1920; brew
ing, $20 per ton.
Millstiffa Bran, $14 per ton; mid
dlings, $21; shorts, $15.50.
Hay Timothy, $1213.50; clover,
$1011; California wheat, $10; do
oat, $11; Oregon wild hay, $910 per
ton.
Eggs 22. 25c per dozen.
Butter Fancy creamery, 4560o;
fair to good, 8540c; dairy, 2585c
per roll.
Cheese Oregon, ll)o; Young
America, 12c; California, 910o
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.60
8.00 per doezn; broilers, $2.002.60;
geese, $5.00; ducks, $3.004.00
per dozen; turkeys, live, lOo per
pound.
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, 8540o
per sack; sweets, $1.40 per cental.
Onions Oregon, new, red, 90c; yel
low, 80o per cental.
Hops 813o per pound for new
orop; 1896 crop, 67o.
Wool Valley, 14 16c per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 712o; mohair, 20
22o per pound.
Mutton Gross, best bheep, wethers
and ewes, $2. 50 2. 60; dressed mutton,
5o; spring lambs, 6o per pound.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4.50;
lightand feederB, $3.004.00; dressed,
$4.605.00 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, $2. 75 8. 00;
cows, $2.25; dressed beef, 45c per
pound.
Veal Large, 46oj small,
6o per pound.
Seattle Market.
Butter Fancy native creamery,
oricK, iiotsaoo; ranon, 1015c
Cheese Native Washington, 10
12c; California, Olo.
Eggs Fresh ranch, 29 32a.
Poultry Chickens, live, per pound,
hens, 10c; spring chickens, $2.60
8.00; ducks, $3.604.00. .
Wheat Feed wheat, $26 per ton.
Oats Choice, Jier ton, $20.
Corn Whole, $22; cracked, per ton,
$22; feed meal, $22 per ton.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$22; whole, $22.
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef,
steers, c; cows, 6$o; mutton sheep,
6c; pork, 6 c; veal, small, 6.
Fresh Fish Halibut, 84c; salmon,
45c; salmon trout, 8o; flounders
and sole, 34; ling cod, 45; rock cod,
5c; smelt, 4c.
Fresh Fruit Apples, 25o$l per
box; peaches, 75 80c; prunes, 116 40c;
pears, $1 per box.
San Francisco Market.
Wool Nevada 11 12c; Oregon, 12
14o; Northern 1416o per pound.'
Hops 10 14c per pound.
MillHtuffs Middlings, $2022; Cal
ifornia bran, $16.0016.60 per ton.
Onions New red. 7080c; do new
silverskln, $1.00 1.15 per cental.
Butter Fancy creamery, 3728o;
do seconds, 2526o; fancy dairy,
24c; good to choice, 2123o per pound.
Cheese Fancy mild, new, 12Jc; (air
to good, 7 8c per pound. .
A KNIFE FOR MORAES.
Attempted Assassination of tho Faei
dent of Brazil.
New York, Nov. 8. The Herald's
correspondent in Rio Janeiro telegraph
that an attempt has been made to assas
sinate the president of Brazil, Dr.
Prudente Jose de Moraes. The presi
dent's brother, an army officer, was
probably mortally wounded while
shielding the chief executive. General
Betancourt, minister of war, who was
one of the president's party, was shot
and killed.
Rio Janeiro is now under martial
law, every soldier having been ordered
to arms, and it is feared another revo
lution is at hand.
The attempt to kill the president,
and the killing of the minister of war,
it is believed, is the work of monarohiel
sympathizers. Another rumor is that
they were the result of the feeling
aroused by the proposed arbitration
treaty with France.
Wild excitement prevails in the city.
Startling rumors are heard on all sides.
The belief is general in certain classes
that the followers of Antonio Consell
heiro, the leader of the fanatioal move
ment, who was recently killed far
Canudos, have invaded Rio to strike
their first blow for revenge.
If was the day set apart by President
Moraes and his cabinet to do honor to
Rrear-Admiral Barbosa, one of the con
querors of Conseilheiro'8 friends is
Canudos. - Admiral Barbosa was one of
the chiefs of the Brazilian troops who
several weeks ago hacked and shot down
thousands of the followers of the fierce
Conseilheiro, who had gathered hit
forces in Canudos.
It was believed then that the crash
ing defeat of the fanatics there and the
death of Conseilheiro had put an end to
Brazil's monarch ial enemies.
Thousands of persons gathered to see
President Moraes and his cabinet extend
publioly the thanks of the republio to
Barbosa and bis troops, just returning
on the steamer Canudos. Many mem
bers of congress and persons high in
naval, military and ecclesiastical circles
were present, as were also the diplo
matic representatives of several foreign
countries. . .
The victorious troops were passing in
review before President Moraes, when
a soldier dashed out of the naval arsenal
toward the president's party, drawing a
dagger as he went .
Fearing his intention, and unable to
stop the soldier, Colonel Moraes, brother
of the president, stepped between the
executive and his assailant, and tried
to ward off the dagger thrust. In this
he was suooeBsful, but the colonel re
ceived the dagger in his own body, the
soldier in his frenzy striking several
times before be was Beized by those in
the rear. The troops were thrown into
a line in front of the president's party
and tried to force the crowd back. i
While President Moraes and the
members of bis oablnet were bending
over the body of Colonol Moraes, a shot,
was beard and General Betanoourt, the
minister of war, staggered and fell be
hind the body of Colonel Moraes, with
a bullet in his head. "
This added to the excitement of tne
erowd, which was, by this time, wildly
surging to and fro, the troops using
their bayonets to keep it back, and
those behind pressing forward.
Finally, fearing another attempt to
kill the president and the members of
his cabinot, more troops were called,
and a strong guard was formed around
the official party. Then Colonel
Moraes and General Betancourt were
lifted and borne to the palace. Colonel
Moraes was seriously, probably mortally .
wounded.
General Betancourt died a few min
utes after he was taken into the palace.
In the meantime, fearing an attack on
the palace, President Moraes ordered
that the crowd be dispersed, and the
troops finally succeeded in doing so,
though a serious conflict at one time
seemed imminent, owing to an attempt
to lynch the president's assailant
The news of the affair spread with
remarkable rapidity, and within 1
minutes the city was in a fever of ex
citement. Rumors of a revolution wet
rife on all sides, and there seemed good
reason to fear an uprising.
In order to avoid a possibility ot this,
orders were issued from the palace
calling all the troops in the city to arms
and declaring the city under martial
law.
The soldier who tried to kill Presi
dent Moraes is under arrest. He be- '
longs to the Tenth battalion. He re
fused to give any reason for his attempt.
The person who shot General Betan
court is unknown. No one know
whence came the fatal bullet.
The citizens generally attribute tho
deed to revenge on the part of Conseil
heiro'h followers. Some well-informed
men have brought up the theory that
the attempt on the president's life grew
out of the proposed arbitration treaty
with France on the Ampapo question.
This treuty tho president vigorously
upheld, despite tremendous opKsitio
in congress and among the people.
lllg, and Yet It Is Round.
Lona Creek. Or.. Nov. 8 Tl
on exhibition in a store at this place a
monster turnip. It was raised in tho
garden of Mr. Allun Porter, near thia
city; weigns i, pounus, and meas
ures 89 inches in circumference. It
seems to be perfectly sound, and not
pithy, as is generally the case in veg
etables of its size.
Hon Hales at Dallas.
Dallas, Or., Nov. 8. H. G. Campbell
sold 158 bales of hops here today at
U!4 cents to 1. A. Kurley, represent
ing Horst & Luchmund. A number of
Other sales are reported at prices tang
ing from 6 to 10 cents.
A Steel Works Kinloslon.
Milwaukee, Nov. 8 By an explo
sion at the Illinois steel works last
eTeriinf five men were injured, two
fatally. The fatally injured are Pelor
ilundt and George Kolinski.