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" 1 jffiT Hi llsMr Srgus. VOL. III. iiillsuoik), ()Ri:gox, tjiujisday, decemhcii 1890. NO. 41. 7 EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome ot the Telegraphic News of the World. TKfiSK TICKS FROM THE WIRES THE SULTAN IS OBDURATE. Am Interesting Collection of Items From Ilia Two Hemispheres 1'reseuted In a Condensed Form. All ocoult temple will be built in Hi Francisco by theosophists, and fundi have already been subscribed. A strike instituted at Georgetown, Mass., has thrown out of work 300 wen, mid promises to embrace the en tire six ihae factories of the town, A threatened oat in wages was the oauw of the strike. A family of ten persons and a num ber of oattlo have been engulfed by the subsiding of a bog of 100 acres lear Castle island, county Kerry, Ire- and,'" It it statod that other persons were drowliod. The foreign offloe informs the Asso oiated Press that no communication to atry power regarding Cuba and the United States has been made by Great , .Britain, and it is added that no ropre ' ionations directly or indirectly have " been made on the subject to the United States by Great Britain, If any other powers have done so, the foreign office is not aware of the fact. The constructors of the Sibortau rail road have undertaken to build a line through Mantohnrla, starting from point on the river where the Siberian road Joins the trans-Balkelia line and - terminating at Mlkolskaya, Russia. The ministerial press of St Peters burg po'iuffi out that this line will make Uussia the intermediary of peace r ful oWliaation botwcear Europe and 'Asia. fromfar Is says it is sug- Brltuln, Franoe and Vers most interested, offer i in tlte Cuban qeeition in fpreveut a ooufliot between the United States, and ter- to frin A speoial gested that Italy, the their servj, order Spain the revolt. D E. Forbes, representing a Lou dour firm, arrived on the last steamer the Orient in San Franoisoo, with see of medical instruments valued 180,000. He olaims they are works of art. and should be admitted free of duty. The customs authorities are withholding the instruments, however, until the duty is paid. The postmaster of Des Moines, la., had bis carriers look up worthy oaBes of poor families and delivered presents to them on Christmas morning. Sev eral hundred dollars was subscribed by business men for the purpose. Scores of lotters were reoeived from poor chil dren telling what they deaired Santa Clans to bring them. - Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, has proposed an amendment to the sundry oivil appropriation bill, providing for ancillary fishoultural stations at points to be selected by the commissioner of fish and fisheries in Oregon, Washing ton arid California, for the propagation of salmon, trout and other fishes. The amendment appropriates $17, 000 for the purpose. Jerry Burke, the colored boy, who haoked Mrs. John Foss and her daugh ter, Mrs. Cavanaugh, with an ax, at their home at Clio, Livingston parish, Louisiana, last Sunday, was captured by a posse of citizens about a mile from the scene of the crime. In view of the faot that the ladies are not dead, the plan to burn him at the stake was abandoned, and he was simply riddled with bullets. The secretary of the treasury has sent to congress a computation of the Paoiflo railroad debts as made by the government aotnary. The statement shows that the advanoes to the Union Paoiflo, including the Kansas Pacific, by the government, will, at maturity, the first of next July, amount to $02, 848,285, of which suffloienthas been re paid to reduce the amount to $58,289, 693. The balanoe due on acoonnt of the Central Paoiflo on July 1 next will be $00,818,877, Dr. Thomas- Powell, of Missouri, re oently made some remarkable experi ments before a party of doctors in Los Angeles in order to prove the efficacy of his remedy for certain diseases,' He alarmed the physioians present by in Jeoting baooilluB tuberculosis and bao oilli diptherial into himself, appearing to take them without evil effect. He also injected some baotina into two guinea pigs, which promptly died. His next experiment will be to inject sputum from a woman dying of con sumption into himself. The annual statement of construc tion published by the Railway Age, of Chioago shows that during 1806 only 1,802 miles of railway lines were built in the United States. This is one mile less than the total reported for 1895, and the smallest mileage built in any year siuee 1875. The number of lines on which this traok was laid is 103, whioh is eleven less than the number of new lines added in the previous year. Track was laid in thirty -eight of the forty-four states and territories. The longest mileage was built in Cali fornia 187 miles on eight lines. Notioe has been posted at all the Philadelphia & Beading coal and iron collieries, pumberlug forty, and also at a nmi; U individual collieries, that work would be suspended for a week. Twenty thousand men and boys will Be idle. The exeoutive oommittoe of the monetary conference with headquraters in Absolutely llcfiiifti to Permit Further Interference. Constantinople, Deo. 80. The Rus sian ambassador on Saturday, acting in ooncert with representatives of Great Britain, Franoe, Italy, Germany and Austria, had an audience with the sal tan, Abdul llarnid, one of many such interviews within the past year, on the same subject, the better administration of affairs in the Turkish empire The Russian diplomat began by warning the sultan and the Turkish government that if the rovenues oeded for payment of the TurkiKh debt were touched, European oontrol of the flimnoPB of the empire would become inevitable M. do Nolidoff, the Rus sian ambassador, further informed the sultan that the czar guaranteed his per sonal safety and engaged himself to uiaituin the sultau's supremacy in the eve at of sevore measures being neces sary upon the part of the powers. The sultan, however, remained obdurate, refusing to oonsent to any measure of oontrol, financial or otherwise, by the powers. The Russian ambassador said the coudition of the Turkish empire placed the throne and the oaliphate in immi nent, peril. Thereupon Abdul Hamid remarked impressively: ,- I maybe the last of the caliphs, but I will never become a second khe- dive." In addition to these warnings, M. de Nelldoff sent a note to the Turkish gov ernment and to the palace. The ut most significance is attached to it in diplomatic circles. He pointed out in precise terms the necessity for the sul tun following the advice of the powers and acting in complete agreement with their plans fur improving the situa tion, warning tbem once more that tiie sultan's refusal to do so involves the most disagreeable oonseqnenoes. The ambassadors ot the powers will meet again to disouss the situation, and will reassemble in future twloe a week until they complete their recom mendations to the sultan and his ad visers. The envovs acting together will hencoforth maintain the strictest secrecy regarding their deliberations and the action taken or contemplated and will not even iufjrm the envoys of other powers of the decisions reached. These latest steps upon the part of the powers are once again reported to have produoed a profound impression at Kiosk and in pursuanoe ot the is suance of an amnesty deoree the Ar menian prisoners in Asia Minor and this city and vioinity are being released daily in batches of fifteen. RETURN OF A1RADE ACCEPTS OUR OFFICES. Venezuelans Satisfied Boundary Treaty, With MINISTER DECLINED TO TALK to Aet JUSTICE IN CHINA. rirates and Counterfeiter! are Promptly llelieacletl. Ban Franoisoo, Deo. 80.-According to the latest advioes from the Orient Li Ka Chuck, superintendent of the Canton police, on .November 23, seized a large number of counterfeit ooins. The chief ooiner, Tse Sang, and others, were arrested. An imperial decree from Peking oommauded the immediate decapitation of the three named offend ers, and enjoins the viceroy to deal with the others as be thinks necessary according to law, as a warning to the people. The oflioiuls who effected the seizure wore all promoted in rank. The Canton vioeroy reported in an other memorial the capture of two no torious pirate jmiks. In effecting the capture one military officer lost bis life. A decree was issued on the 19th of November authorizing the exeoution of the captives and ordering the officials oonoerned in the oapture to be promot ed in rank and that the matter of the military offloer who had lost his life be referred to the board oonoerned for rewards and posthumous honors. An Investigation Aaked For. New York, Deo. 10. Several life insurance companies have asked Coro ner Tuthill to make a thorough investi gation as to the cause ot the death of David Blakeley, manager ot Sousa'a band, Who expired suddenly in hia office in this city in November last. The body is to be disinterred in odrer , to determine whether certain sums in a Chioago accident insurance oompany oan be oolleoted, Blakely having suf ferel a severe bioyole aooident some weeks prior to his death. An Immense It Inst Fired. San Diego, Deo. 80. The Southern California Mountain Water Company fired the largest blast at Morona made in the history of the state. The amount ot rock disloged was 150,000 tons. Giant and black powder waa used. All the , deposits of powder whioh were plaoed in tunnels at differ ent levels in the hills were oonneoted by eleotrio wires, whioh completed a circuit. ' A Biff Cruiser Floated. Cronstadt, Deo. 80. The armored oruiser Rossia, ot 12,180 tons displace ment, the largest vessel in the Russian navy, whioh ran on a sandbank in the beginning of November and has been frozen in ever sinoe, has been floated after fifty-one days of incessant labor with steam icebreakers. Bombay, Dec 80. The bubonio plague is increasing, there having been 2,094 oases and 1,494 deaths from that oause np to date. The exodus from the city oontinues, and the natives are threatened with malarial law unless they conform with the sanitary regulations. No Indications of Coming Trouble in President Crespo's Republic Law yer Storrow' Views. New York, Deo. 29. Senor Jose An drade, Venezuelan minister to the United States, accompanied by James J. Storrow, counsel for Venezuela be fore the United States boundary com mission, arrived in this city this after noon on the steamer Caracas and left for Washington tonight. When the steamer arrived at her pier, Mr. Andrade was met by the Venezuelan consul and gome of the at taches of the office. When asked oon oerning the reports whioh have been printed in rcferenoe to the boundary treaty being not acceptable to the Ven ezuelan government, the minister said: "I have written and telegraphed all I have to say, and I understand it has been published in your papers. I can not say anything more on this ques tion." He was asked if it was true that he had been empowered by President Crespo to signify the acoeptanoe of the treaty, and he replied: "That is a matter I cannot discuss." He said there was no sign of disturb ance in Venezuela. raverytmng was very peaceful, and he did not antici pate any trouble when the congress would meet. When pressed to say more about the treaty, he showed the reporters a copy of a Venezuelan paper, which he said expressed his views on the matter. This newspaper, the Venezuela Herald, had several articles on the treaty, and the following is an extract from one of them: "Minister Andrade is going to Wash ington and takes with him a copy of the agreement. It is, in all essential particulars, the same treaty offered b Venezuela forty years ago. Under the fifty-year clause, the only territory ' whioh Great Britain will have is the ! settlements between the Esequibo and Poorrau rivers. By the fifty-year cluuse we exclude Great Britain from the Orinooo ootmtry and the Cuyni river, wnion is tne portion ot toe ooun try that Venezuela has been especially desirous of keeping. Attacks have been made on the government, but they are based on no solid argument, and it surprised us not a little to hoar suoh rumors concerning the boundary ques tion after everything has been settled. The United States has been the friend and representative of Venezuela, or to put it exactly, through its friend, the United States, Venezuela has negotiat ed the treaty." Mr. Storrow was also disinclined to talk of the boundary question, but said the treaty was satisfactory to Vene zuela. He said there were a couple of correspondents who attacked the treaty in the papers, but to use his own words, "they went off halfoooked." Mr. Storrow olaimed the people are well satisfied with the treaty, and con sider it about the best arrangement that oould be made. He said publio feeling toward the Americans was most kind ly, and he referred to the letter writ ten by President Crespo to President Cleveland thanking him for the inter est Americans had taken in the Vene zuelan matter. . pain Asks the United States as SledlNtor. Washington, Dec. 80 It has been learned from an autbentio source that Secretary Olney and benor Dupuy de Lome have praotioally terminated the negotiations of the Cuban question, which are to be submitted to congress when it convenes, January 5. The terms of the agreement are based on recent official communications from Premier Canovas addressed to the sec retary of state. The premier states clearly the terms which Spain will aocord to the iosur- r gents, and practically asks the United ! States to propose these conditions to her rebellious subjects. In return for our good offices, Spain assures this gov ernment she sincerely deplores the great commercial loss which we have sus tained on account of the Cuban dis turbances. She assures us she is even now considering a reciprocity treaty which will deal mainly with Cuban products, and which will be framed in such advantageous terms toward this government that our losses, both in oommeroe and in the destruction ot American property in Cuba, will be most generously compensated. Premier Canovas says Spain cannot, as a self-respecting and respected na tion, stand before the world as having been coerced into measures by the United States. She has freely granted all she now offers, and that in the faoe of a rebellion. But she accepts the good offices of the United States to act as mediator, and to guarantee to the insurgents amnesty and the enforce ment of the new reform law which she is about to proclaim in Cuba. The form of government offered is, the Spanish statesman declares, the limit ot independence which oan be granted to a province by any nation without absolutely severing the bonds of union with the mother country. Autonomy as enjoyed by the Canadians can never be granted in Cuba. What Spain is willing to grant the insur gents, if they lay down their arms, and what she asks the United States to guarantee, is an aet which provides for a oouncil ot administration which shall oontrol all matters pertaining to the commerce of the West Indies and all estimates npon the general taxation and expenditures of the island, as well as its general home government. RAKED BY SOLID SHOT Thrilling Adventures ot the Steamer Three Friends. CHASED BY SPANISH WAESHIP8 The Filibuster Fired Upon and Dis abled an Armed Coaster Landed Her Men and 8 applies. PERISHED TO A MAN. On the New Orleans Levee. New Orleans, Deo. 29. John Hurt, a Montana miner on a trip around the world, was robbed of $7,500 in Ger man money, a oolleotion of. rare ooins, deeds to mining property in Butte, Mont., and a gold nugget worth $300 by several oolored women on the levee today. For three hours Hurt was on the verge of insanity, but the police suoceeded in restoring his lost valuables and his mental equilibrium and locked up the thieves as well. Hurt has re cently visited his family in Germany, and made a tour through the South African mining country. He always oarried his valuables in a leather belt. This morning, while making a tour of the levee, he was decoyed into a base ment and quickly relieved of his pouoh and its oontents. Hurt furnished a de scription of his assailants, and the po lice did the rest. The old German wept for joy on recovering his treasure. Hundreds of Cocaine Fiends. Hartford, Conn., Deo. 80. The oo caine habit has taken suoh a hold on many residents of Manchester that steps are being taken to obtain the restriction of the sale of the drug. The evil had its inoeption when a looal druggist a year ago made a preparation of cocaine Indianapolis, Iud., are sending out and menthol whioh oould be used as Rivera Is All Bight. New York, Deo. 29. At the head quarters ot the Cuban junta body today General Estrada Palma stated that the Cuban army was now as strong as it ever had been, and the Cubans have full faith in General Rivera, who suc ceeded Maceo in command. "General Rivera," said General Palma, "has 6,000 armed men, with provisions enough to last six months in his mountain stronghold. "There will be no general laying down of arms on the part of the Cu bans, suoh as was reported by General Weyler. As for Dr. Zertuoha's oharge that Maoeo was driven to death by de spair, by reason of non-support from his Cuban allies in this country, it is simply infamous and unworthy of contradiction." oall to all commercial organizations who intend to send delegates to the con ference. It is now believed that abont 600 delegates will be in attendance. snuff. It was intended as a speoiflo for asthma, but the prescription was passed around, and now hundreds of persona have beoome slaves to the snuff. Allentown, Pa. ( Deo. 28. Five per sons were injured and killed this after noon in a grade crossing accident. A passenger train on the Central railroad of New Jersey struck a trolley oar. T. J. Ware, aged 49, the motorman, was instantly killed. Four people were in jured. None of the injuries are seri ous. The locomotive struck the trolley-oar at the front platform, carry ing the motorman a distanoo of fifty feet. The others were hurt by flying fragments of the oar. Spain's Backdown. New York, Dao. 80. A Madrid dis patch to the World says: An evidently inspired editorial in the Epoca today, foreshadowing the possibility ot an understanding be tween the Spanish government and President Cleveland, has oaused a pro found sensation in Spain. The Epoca, the organ of the conservative - party, now in power, says: "American intervention in Cuba is perfeotly logical on the grounds of material interests and national senti ment. It might become an inevitable necessity of American home politics, and it is eminently to the interest of our own oountry to avoid a conflict while we can do so with honor, main taining our dignity and sovereignty." The present active efforts of Spanish diplomacy are all aimed, it is asserted in diplomatic and politioal quarters here, at oonvinoiug the American state department that exigencies of domestio policy make it impossible for Spain to enter into any formal agreement or convention with the United States for the settlement of the Cuban question. Strenuous efforts are being made, by the Spanish and other European gov ernments to prevail upon President Cleveland to be oontent if Spain assents taoitly only to his interference, and j satisfies American opinion for the time I being by voluntary and prompt iusti ; tuting in Cuba and in Porto Rioo of j the reforms voted by the oortes. This j is an understanding, however, that I Preimer Canovas will ask the cortes this year to authorize complete colonial autonomy and reduotion of colonial tariffs, to prepare the way for a reci procity treaty with the United States. The Spanish generals agree that it is possible to reduce the insurrection in Cuba to the three eastern provinces in a tew months with the forces now on the inland, but they share the opinion of General Weyler that complete pa cification of the rest of the island would require a much longer time, un less the rebels should be convinced that resistance is sure to diminish in oonsequenoe of the Spanish government ooming to an understanding, even un official, with the United States to Bet tie the Cuban question. Crime of a Tr-nip. Grafton, Wis., Deo. 29. John Holmes, a farmer near here, was shot last evening by Ferdinand Fragen kneoht, whose object was presumably robbery. Two shots lodged in Holmes' head and one passed through his neck. He cannot reoover. After firing the shots Fragenkneoht fled. Ho was quiokly pursued by a posse of oitizens, who oaught him and were on the point of exeouting him when the police in terfered, and after much trouble suc ceeded in lodging him safely in jail. The mnrderer evidently is a tramp. He asked Mrs. Holmes for a meal, whioh was given him, and he then pulled a revolver and shot the old farmer while his wife was in Another room. She ran ont shouting "mur der," and a crowd soon oolleoted and followed and captured the man. ; Italian Village Demolished. London, Deo. 80. A speoial from Rome says a landslide entirely de stroyed the village of Santa Ana de Pelago, demolishing 118 houses and rendering 150 families homeless. There waa no loss of life. A Ferryboat Burned. New York, Deo. 80. The double deoked ferryboat New Brunswiok, owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, was burned to the water's edge today. The loss is $ 130,000. New York, Deo. 28. A World speo ial from Key West says: The lone-star flag of Cuba has met the red and yellow banner of Castile npon the seas. The sbarpnel, shell and rifle volleys of a brave filibuster have made answer to the roar of Spanish twelve-pounders, and have gained for Cuba Libre the first viotory on the ocean. j The filibustering steamer Three Friends sailed from Fernadina, Decem ber 13, carrying a valuable cargo of munitions of war for the Cuban insur gents. After eluding the vigilance of the United States warships and revenue outters, and dodging every sail upon the ocean, the little steamer, with about fifty men, was within bailing distanoe of Cuba, on the sixth night out. Surprised, trapped and fired npon, she threw shot into the Spanish naval coaster, frightened off a big gun boat, and escaped from a swift oruiser, steering out to sea. The Three Friends put in again to the coast, and safely landed her oargo on the border of the great Zapata wamp. Not before in Cuba's struggle for liberty has the flag of Spain been fired upon at sea. No other filibuster, after having been attacked by the en emv, has Btood by her guns and ful filled her perilous mission. The account of the history-making trip is thrilling in the extreme. As soon as the enemy was sighted the captain, undaunted, declared he would land at the San Juan, where he bad been ordered, if he had to go through hell to do it He then told bis men they would have to fight They broke open the rifle and oartrigde boxes and soon the entire party were armed. Sharpshooter Gorman gathered bis riflemen along the stern rail upon the upper deck. Major Morales was in oharge. A flash from the coaster and another in 'quick suocession and a solid shot splashed in the water several rods from the vessel. The Three Friends was under full steam en deavoring to esoape from the Spanish cruiser. They were now about 800 yards apart. Then the Spaniard fired for the third time, falling a few rods astern of the filibuster, hut in a direct line. "Use the Hotahkiss," commanded Major Morales. Gunner Miohael Welsh heard the oommand with joy and called out to Captain O'Brien to swing the ship around. In a minute the filibuster was amlost broadside to the ooaster. The latter boomed forth again, but the smoke had not oleared away before the Hotohkiss in the prow of the Three Friends belohed forth and sent a shell between the short masts of the coaster, squarely over her engines. The shell slid not burst, but the Spaniards seemed paralyzed with fear. Several men on the lower deck opened fire with rifles, and this was followed by a rattling volley from the line of men on the upper deck. The sharpnel fired from the Hotohkiss ended the fight, as the Spaniards sailed away, firing rockets calling for assistance. The call for assistance was promptly answered, for while the filibuster was swinging into position to allow the Hotchkiss to play npon the enemy, a gunboat double the size of the ooaster appeared on the port side. She opened fire with heavy guns, but did not have the range. Gunner Welsh rammed another sharpnel into the gun on the prow and yanked the lanyard. The shell flew straight for the gunboat and burst di reoily over her. It was answered by a still heavier thunder from the gun boat, returning shell for shell. The shot from the Spaniard disabled two of the lauding-boats of the filibuster, but did not do other damage. The Hotoh kiss was again loaded with sharpnel, and the next disoharge struck the ooaster amidships. Then the Three F.ciendB put on steam, leaving the war ship, possibly disabled, , but, at all events, silent and defeated, ont of eight behind a point of land. As the cargo of the Three Friends was being landed, the Spanish ooast patrol oame up and a fieroe fight ensued between them and the Cubans sent by General Gomez to escort the oargo into his camp. After two hours of fight ing, the Spaniards were driven off and the cargo was landed and safely oar ried into the interior. The vessel then lay to for several days in a secluded oove and started tor Florida last Monday. She was pursued by several gunboats as she entered the Windward Pass, and a ball from one ot them tore a hole in her bulwarks. A barrel of oil on the furnaoe fires soon ran up the steam, and the fast oraft swept away. Emerging from the keys, two oruiser i were found waiting for her, and a race ensued. The Spanish ves sels fired on her for half an hoar. Brave f arty of Texans Fighting for Cuba Killed in a Hot Fight. New York, Dee. 29. A speoial to the World from Key West, says: The Lon Star oompany, of the Pa triot Army ot West Cuba, consisting of fifteen Texas sharpshooters, perished to a man after battling mora than five hours against vastly superior Spanish forces in Pinar del Rio provinoe, kill ing double their own number and wounding probably as many more. Havana officials are jubilant, passen gers say, over the news of this victory. A Cuban band was observed near Pinar del Rio oity Thursday morning, and General Melquiz sent two squads ot oavalry to attack it After a run ning fight, the band, which proved to be composed of the fifteen Texans, was chased into a "bottle," a bit of hum mock having one opening. The Texans,' seeing they were in a hole, retreated to the further end and fortined, them selves behind some boulders. The Spanish troopers dismounted and sur rounded them, pouring in a fire from both sides. The brave Texana replied and kept un the fight more than five, hours. By that time, six NORTHWEST BREVITIES Evidence ot Steady Growth and Enterprise. ITEMS OF GE3E&AL INTEREST had been killed and four wounded, while twenty-five Spaniards had bit the dust and ten or more were wonnded. A flag of truce was sent in by the Spanish, and the Texans were called on to surrender, but the Amerioans re-; tlle laBt ten months valued at 1105,000, insert, snouting, " we rememoer maoeo." This infuriated the Spaniards, and they fought with renewed fierceness. Twice they oharged, but the rapid fir ing of the brave little band drove them back. By getting on a high ridge be hind the Texans' position, the Span' From All the Cities and Towns of the Thriving Bister States Oregon. A project is on foot in Brownsville to have a free reading-room. Stookbuyers are paying $13 to $17 far 2 -year-old steers, and f 15 for cows, in Qran-iaounty. -Cattle on -the range in Grant oounty are looking thinner than ever at tms time of the year. Kmntra tiifcv'e tnwn rrAaenrAr no of no indebtedness. v ' The oolored miners at Beaver Hill, in Coos oounty. are organising a nf , flfflnn'suDDosedlv of Masonry. f !bere are about thirty taxpayers Wallowa county, who pay taxis. On property valued at over $5,000 each. Elgin has shipped" 787 carloads of crain. stook, wool, lumber ana ties in Strange as it may seem in midwinter the buncbgrass is growing on Grant county's hills, says the Canyon City News. .. Mr. Herrick expeots to have work begun on his oannery at The Dalles in a few weeks, to put it in shape for the iards were enabled to kill all but two ' Pn8 ot salmon. of those left Those two gallantly con tinued to fight and held off the enemy an hour longer. Then, overcome by thirst and enfeebled by loss of blood, flowing from a dozen wounds, they were cnt to pieoes by the Spanish, who finally dashed np as the Texana cried, "Viva Cuba libre." ESCAPED LYNCHING. A Murderer Owes Bis Safety to Gov - ernor Stone. , Jefferson City, Ma, Deo. 29. The presence of Governor Stone at the ooun ty jail tonight probably saved Tobe Lanahan, oolored, from being lynched. At 8:80 o'olock, a mob of fully 1,000, whites and blaoks, surrounded the jail, threatening to avenge the most revolt ing mnrder ever oommitted in Jeffer son City. Early this morning the body of a 14-year-old negro girl, Millie Gaines, was found in a yard back of Joseph Stampfli's furniture store. The ohild, had been outraged, her skull orushed and her body mutilated in a horrible, manner. , Suspicion pointed to Tobe Lanahan, and he was arrested. In the basement of the furniture store incriminating evidence was found. The news Bpiead over the city, and by night there was great excitement. When a lynching was finally threat ened, Governor Stone, aocompanied by Mayor Silver and Assistant Attorney General Jordan, went to the jail and Governor Stone spoke to the mob. He appealed to them to leave the punish ment of the crime to the state. As oitizens of the oapital of the state, he implored them not to permit, in the very shadow ot the oapital, suoh a crime as was contemplated. When the enraged men were finally induced to withdraw, the prisoner was removed to the state penitentiary. Armed guards from the state armory assisted in the transfer ot the prisoner. . ' Another Big Tunnel. Seattle, Dec. 29. H. C. Henry, the millionaire oontraotor, today confirmed the report that he had seoured the con tract to build the approaches to the Great Northern railroad's tunnel through the Cascade mountains, and that men were already on their way to oommence preliminary work. Mr. Henry refused to state the amount of the oontraot. It will take about six months to do the work, and then every thing will be ready to oomm,enoe on the tunnel, whioh will be one ot the greatest engineering feats known in railroad history. The tunnel will be 2) miles long, and will reduoe the altitude of the road 1,000 feet. Mailearrler Protected Himself. Burlington, Ky., Deo. 29. A ool ored people's Christmas celebration be gan at Big Bone springs Wednesday night, and oontinued all night. Chas. Elwart, a mail carrier, while passing the plaoe yesterday morning, was as saulted by Harvey Foster, oolored, armed with a razor. Elwart shot Fos ter dead. Ee has been arrested. El wart's reputaiton is good while that of Foster is bad. Disastrous Fire. Potsdam, N. Y., Deo. 29. The Windsor hotel, four saloons, two cloth ing stores, three restaurants, one gro cery, two livery stables, and two bar ber shops, composing a large portion of the business section of the town, were burned today. The loss is estimated at $100,000; partially insured. A I'ostoffloe Block Burned. Amesbury, Mass., Deo. 29. The postoffioe block was badly damaged by fire today. The loss on the building and property of the various occupants will amount to $60,000; insurance about $40,000. The fire probably caught near the boiler in the basement S. B. Edson, representing Mson Bros., ot Gazelle, Cal., who has been in Lanj oounty for some time buying cattle, will ship about 850 head, eight carloads, to Gazelle. The cattle are mostly 8-year-old steers. In answer to a request from the Mil ton board of trade tor a conference upon the quesiton ot dividing Umatilla county, the Pendleton chamber ot com merce has written that the question of division is one for the people of the oonnty; but that, as an association, it is opposed to division. Last summer P. Boler, who lives in Springfield preotnot, in Lane county, raised several hundred bushels of canary seed, and sold it in Portland, Salem and Eugene. He reoeived 4 oents per pound for the seed. It is hAttar than th nannrv seed r: California and the other statesf ins considerablv more to the tt An old couple, while on tHelr way to The Dalles last week in. a two-horse hsok, were npset in a snowdrift on a steep grade on Ten-Mile, and went rolling down the hill. A -young nan went to their assistance tried to get the horses out ef the drift, and the horses and baok went tumbling after. For tunately, no one was seriously hurt, nor was much damage done to the rig. Harold Parker has returned to Baker City from Omaha, after an absence ot several months. Last spring Mr. Parker left Huntington with 18,600 sheep, the property pf Gutnerie, Foss & Co., of Omaha, to be driven over land to Clarke, a station near the me tropolis of Nebraska. Although it took Mr. Parker four months or more to make the drive, he was so suooenful that be lost bat ninety sheep. . A Missouri Duel. n St Louis, Deo. 28. A Republio speoial from Now Madrid, Mo., says; John Adams and Charles Simpson met at a danoe in Pemisoott county last night at the residence ot Jospeh Canot, and, drawing their pistols, fought to the death. Each man emptied the oon tents of his revolver into the anatomy of the other. Simpson died on the floor and Adams outside the door. An old feud was settled. Abandoned Bark's Grew Rescued. : - New Orleans, Deo. 29. The steamer Queensmore, Captain Cross, from Lon don, arrived today, having on board Captain Tobiasson and son, mate and orew of the Norwegian bark Neptune, picked up on December 9, in latitude 45, longitude 18 west. The bark had a orew of nine men, all told, and was from Belize, Honduras, bound for Havre, with a oargo of logwood. When abandonod there was ten feet of water in her hold. Washington. ' A great deal ot wheat has been told in Ellensburg lately. The oity treasurer of Fairhaven has issued a call for warrants numbered from 2970 to 8080 inclusive, drawn upon the general fund, there being funds on hand with which to pay them. Bnokley oitizens are now circulating a petition for the establishment of a wagon road from that town to the Summit mines, and pledges of assist ance are said to be numerous. The aggregate value of real property in Klickitat oonnty in ! f 896, as equal ized by the oounty ,boaid, is $1)613,506. The population ot the oopnty is 7,500. The oounty has fifty-six organized school distriots, with an attendance ot 2,580 pupils. The Washington state board of pilot commissioners for the Columbia river and bar have submitted their report to the governor ot vessels bound in and out ot the Columbia river from July 1, 1896, to October 5, 1898. It shows that there were sixty-four bound in and sixty-one bound out between these dates. The oity ot Ellensburg has been or dered by the oourt to make a speoial tax levy of tour mills a year for four "years to pay the amount ot the judg ment in the Lorenoe case, wherein a verdiot for. damages against the oity was rendered, beoause of an aooident resulting from a defeotive sidewalk. The judgment now amounts to abont $10,000. Superintendent Barnett, ot the St Lonis mine, was in Everett the other day from Bilvertoh. He brought down five paok horses, and had to make them swim the Stillaguamish river three times. It was a perilous undertaking, for the stream was high and swift. The company bat a drilling outfit ready to put in the mine as soon ss the maohinery oan be transported byrsil, and then work Will be oontinued all winter. .:".-Kl. i Ex-Sheriff James H. Woolery, of King oounty, has been circulating a petition in Spokane to secure a pardon for Adolph Krug, Seattle's defaulting treasurer; who was sentenced to seven years in the penitentiary. He has been successful in securing a number of sig natures. The work of raising the Strum ibiu. gle'and sawmill, at the mouth ot the Arkanssw oreek, whioh went into the Cowlits river last week, is progressing slowly, owing to the water falling lowly and loose sand.
