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HILLS150KO, OKKUOX, THURSDAY, FEHHUAHY 11, 1897.
NO. 47.
' EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome ot the Telegraphic
" New of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
Aa Interesting Collection of lUmsFrom
lb Two Ilamlapheree Presented
In a Condensed form.
The Homestead steel work started up
this week In all dopartmcnta, giving
employment to 4,000 uion.
Mrs. Mary Scott, a pioneer of 1804,
died at her home, in Walla Walla, at
th ngo o( 70 yearn. Her h unhand,
John Scott, died only three months ago.
The president has algiiod, on the rec
ommendation of the seoretury of the
interior, an order, reducing the num
ber of pension agencies in the United
States' f roni eighteen to nine. It is said
this will nave at leant f 160,000 per an
num. Hon. J. P. Boyer died at his real
deuce in Walla AValhi. Mr. Boyer was
7fi of the lient known men of that
oity. In business, in church, in nodal
lifo and in almoHt every matter of pub
lic interest he was for many years one
ot the most prominent men of the In
land Empire.
A Santa Fo train was hold up and
robbed by two niUHked men near Nel
son, A. T. One of tho robbers while
uttemptlng to break into the express
car was Bitot and killed by Messenger
tiuiumori, Tho other escaped, taking
with him about half a dozen registered
h packages, the through mail pouches
being unmolested.
A grand hall, on a luxurious scale, in
honor-of President and Mrs. Diaz, was
given Saturday night at tho palatial
residence of Publo Escanrton, of the
opulent family of that namo, It was
in point of importance, tasto and dis
play, what tho Bradley-Martin ball
will be in Now York. '
News has been received of the whole
sale killing of pacitlcos at Juhaco, Ma
tanzas province, last week, by one of
Weyler's captains, named Marios. He
f raided a small village, expecting to (lnd
an insurgent hospital there. Being
disappointed he arrested twenty of the
men, and, putting them in Hue, ho or
dered every odd numbered man shot,
promising to spare the others. No
sooner. had these been dispatched than
lie had tho others put to the machete.
Rev. Myron Reed, pastor of tho Den
ver Broadway Temple Association,
preached a sensational sermon lust
Sunday, in which, lie discouraged the
collection of grain and money for the
starving people of India, while there is
so much suffering and need in our own
country;''' Rev. Rood declared that
present conditions in India were
1 brought abjiut by British misgovcrn
Vncrit and should thorofore bo relieved
by tho British , people.
.. Two drunkerctrampa, named Shep
pard' and Irving," respectively, wore
looked up togothor at Merced, Cal., and
a few hours lator, when the cell was
opened, Klieppard was found lying dead
on tho floor, with a red mark upon his
neck indicating that he -had. been
strangled. Thirty-five cents in change,
which Sheppard had when locked up,
were found in Irving'B possession.
The latter was charged with his.com
paniou's murder.
The Pennsylvania state oapitol has
been destroyed by fire. The legislative
halls are in ruina and a now struoture
must riBe from thoushes of the building
that has served us a meeting place of
the state .legislature since 1822. The
' flames within the short spaoe of au
hour,' ate up $1,500,000 worth of prop
erty. The inefficiency of tho Harris
burg volunteer fire department is gen
erally Married. ' '" '
A 'Special cablegram from Frankfort-
1 on-tlie-Main to the New York Post says
that the Berlin committee, of holders ot
'Orogon' Railway. &': Navigation Com
pany 5 per cent bonds have received ft
point bid of 45" from the Northern Pa
cific and. Great .Northern railroad com
panies for all the stock of the Railway
oV-Navigation Company represented by
tlieiti, the" purchase price to be payable
July l;with 3 per cent interest.. The
"bid it cdnditional 'Ori it acceptance by
tleast 8;0OO,0'0O of Btpck'.; jilt is un
derstood! thei -Union PacifiOwUt also
. become Interested' later in'tlie purchase. ,
George Edward Butler, the most
J noted criminal of late years, lias just ar
.Jirived in San-' Francisco on the Swan
hilda from Australia. He was imme
diately arrested by Australian .detec
tives and will be,: taken back to answer
'to .'his numerous crimes. He is known
to have killed at least twelve men, and
it is' ' said his crimes may reaoh forty.
His cold-blooded method was to insert
an',Mad"; in Australian papers for a
prospecting partner.; W'.en he found a
man that suited his purpose he would
lure him to some desolate spot and
there request him to dig. When the
unsuspecting victim would' have dug
deep enough in the earth, Butler would
come behind him, and either shoot or
stab him. . He would then rob him,
bury the body in the newly made
grave, destroy all traces of his crime
and return to the city for a fresh vie
tim. V His crimes show that he was ut
terly devoid of any senso of humanity.
A houso-.vas destroyed in China
town, Portland, by fire, the loss being
in the neighborhood of $18,000, with
very light, insurance.
" One half of the famous Naglee brandy
of Sari Ffanoisco, has beon shipped east
e route to Europe. This brandy be
longed to the estate of General Naglee,
who made part of " it in 1869, and was
the property of his daughter, Mrs. Rob-
bins, of San Jose. The shipment con
sisted of seven carloads. It is probably
the most valuable shipment of brandy
ever pad from California.
WORK OF CONGRESS.
Proceeding of th tenet Id Open
lMlon.
Washington, Feb. 10. The senate
was in executive session most of the
day, considering the Anglo-Ainericun
peace treaty, so Unit little time was
given in open scsnlon to the transaction
of regular loigslative work. t '
Early in the day, the bill rearrang
ing the judicial districts of Texas was
passed over the preNidont'i veto by the
unusually heavy majority of 75 to 1,
the negative vote being that of Cutlery
of Louisiana.
Speaking of the bill, Mills said tho
burden of tho president's objection was
that tho judge of the oonrt, the'clork
and tho marshal opposed the change.
For years the development of Texas had
demanded the change, but every time
it was attempted there was the opposi
tion of court officials who desired their
convenience consulted, rather than the
convenience of the public. And so, in
this oaso, said the senator, the presi
dent had accepted the views of the
court offlciuls rather than those of tho
representatives of tho people.
Tho effect of tho vote is to mako the
bill a law without further referonoe to
the president, as it has already passed
over tho veto in the house.
Pettigrow sought to have the bill rel
ative to amending the timber culture
laws recalled from the president to cor
rect an error. Hill interposed the legul
point that it was beyond the Kiwer of
congress to tako a bill out of the hands
of the president to amend it on matters
of substance. It might overcome the
veto power by withdrawing a bill from
tho president when it was liable to be
vetoed. The resolution went over.
At 1 o'clock, on motion of Sherman,
the senate went into executive session
and so remained until adjourning at
6:25.
In th Home.
Washington, Feb. 10. The house
devotod' the whole day to Dirtriet of
Columbia business, and eight bills of
more or less local importance wore
passed.
The certificates of election of the
principal electors, forwarded to the
house by the secretary of state, wore
submitted and ordered to lie on the
table, in anticipation of the counting
of the electoral voto.
The report on the immigration bill
was presented, and notice given that it
would he called up tomorrow. Barthold,
who fought tho first report, has signod
the present report, and it will be
adopted, it is believed, practically with
out opposition. . The speaker appointed
Grosvenor and Richardson as tellers on
the part of tho Iiouhc to count the elec
toral vote.
A resolution was adopted requesting
the secretary of tho interior to inform
the house what action had been taken
to enforce the terms of tho treaty of
1868, with the.Nuvajo Indians, by
which these Indians are required to re
main within the limits of their reserva
tion. At 6:10 P. M. tho house ad
journed. '
EDISON'S NEW DISCOVERY.
With th New Invention Snrgeons Cnn
8e Through th Body.
New York, Feb. lO.-rThomas A.
Edison is about to give to tho world
another discovery as wonderful in its
way as the fluroscoje, by means of
whioh he puts the X rays to practical
nse in revealing the bony struoture of
the body.
"It was," said he, "tho action of
the X ray on crystals of platinocyanido
of barium which oaused Roetgcn to
make the original discovery. Imme
diately afterwards I discovered that
tungstate of calcium was more power
ful, and I conBtruotcd a practical instru
ment for utilizing the crystals in con
nection with the X ray. Tungstate of
calcium ia not sufficiently sensitive to
transform the strange Jigbt discovered
by Roentgen to a light, that would, so
illuminate the. interior of the .human
body aa to render its most delicale tis
sues visible, in ottier words, to make it
transparent.''' " r
Mr. Edison set aoout (6 find a crystal
whioh' would possess the quality. He
has' discovered one. Its name he will
jot yet neveal, say ing he is still experi
menting with it, and desires .ttt. exhaust
fls possibilities, before, announcing it to
ttie world. '.,,, ....... , :..r. ,., fj-
By,m,eana of newly discovered, cy-ys-ials"
Edipon wtfl now disclose to "the eye
'of surgeons organs and tissues that hive
hitherto been seen only, in' the dissect
ing room. It is probable that when he
perfects his new discovery the slightest
derangement of the system will ' "tie rep. j
Tealed to the doctor's sight, -" v
' Stoned bjr Mob.
Philadelphia, Feb. 10. jW'hen ex
priest Joseph Slattery concluded hia
lecture at the Industrial Art hall last
evening and appeared at the door to
take hia carriage to his hotel., a mot)
gathered. Two policemen got in the!
carriage with Slattery and his wife and
drove off. '
The crowd at the hall was held in
check by the police, but parties of men
and boys armed with stones and bricks
were lying in wait in the alleys along
Broad street. Aa the . carriage passed
these points, volleys of atones greeted
it. Policeman Clemens was cut over his
right eye; Policeman Dorris was light
ly cut" and; Slattery had a similar in
jury. They reached the hotel safely,
but the carriage was badly wrecked, ..
Cumberland, Md., Feb. 10. An ex
cursion train on the Cumberland &
Pennsylvania railroad, a feedor of the
Baltimore & Ohio, went down a trestle
at Franklin mine, Md., at midnight.
There were fifteen passengers on board.
John Howard, fireman, jumped from
the engine sb it was toppling over, and
received injnirea from whioh he died.
Engineer Ross was also, fatally injured.
The accident was caused by the center
props of the trestle being knocked down
and carried away by an ice gorge.
EXPENSE COT DOWN
President Reduces the Num
ber ot Pension Agencies.
FROM EIGHTEEN TO SINE
Th Changs, It I Certain. Cnn B
Med Without Inconveniencing
the Pensioners.
Washington, Feb. 9. The president
has signed, on the recommendation of
the secretary of tho interior, an import
ant order, reducing the number of pen
sion agencies in the United States from
eighteen to nine. The object of the or
deris to effect a very large saving to
the government without inconvenienc
ing the pensioners. The secretary
demonstrates that by this reduction of
pension agencies, the cost of disburse
ment of pensions can be reduced by at
least $150,000 per annum.
The change was made possible by an
amendment to the law governing the
disbursing of pensions, which amend
ment was approved March 20, 1890. It
required that all pensioners should,
after that date, be paid by checks re
mitted by mail. Reports from the
pension agencies in reply to in'juiries
as to the operation of the new law were
to the effoct that under it pensioners
re paid muoh more promptly; that the
possibility of error is minimized, and
that upon the whole, it is much more
satisfactory to the pensioners than the
former luw. The agents also advise
that the pensioners receive their pen
sions when remitted by mail at their
homes, where, being surrounded by
family influences, the pensioner is
much more likely to make a business
disposition of his pension money. Un
der the previous law, many pensioners
oolleoted their quarterly payments in
person and under the influence of bad
associations were often induced to ap
ply these payments unwisely and de
prive their families of the benefits
thereof.
This executive order will go into
effect September 1, next, its action
having been posponed to that date in
order that no pensioner should suffer
inconvenience in consequence of delay
of receiving his pension, and to give
ample time for the removal of the rolls
and records from the agencies discon
tinued. The consolidation was made
by uniting existing agencies and the en
tire jurisdiction thereof in order that
no expense should be incurred by the
making of new rolls.
FIVE MEN WERE HURT.
Th
Southbound Oregon Kxprvss Knn
Into Near Chleo.
San Francisco, Fob. 9. A Chronicle
special from Chico says: .
What might have proved a very dis
astrous wreck, but was fortunately un
attended by loss Of life, occurred at
Nord, about eight miles from Chleo,
early this . morning. Tho northbound
Oregon express, being fifteen minutes
behind time, the southbound train was
ordered to sidotrack at Nord and wait
for the northbound to pass. As the
train pulled up on the sidetrack, it
was found that, as a box car had been
left standing, it was necessary for the
express to slacken speed and push the
box car ahead. Just then the north
bound train was seen approaohing down
the track with no intention of stop
ping. It was impossible for the en
gineer on the northbound to seethe
headlight of the southbound, as it was
behind, the box 'car. Before all the
cars of No. 16 could got on the side
track, the other train struck them.
The engine struck the smoker: first,
plowing its way along to the next car,
which was the tourist car, turning it
completely over, but leaving the trucks
on the track. In this car the passen
gers were thrown from their seats to the
lower side of the Car, which was lying
in a deep pool of water alongside of the
track. The passengers at first thought
they had :been thrown from a trestle
into some river. "
In this car wore seven deserters from
the regular army, handcuffed together
and "guarded by six soldiers. Fortun
ately, the lamps In the car immediately
went out, and only a few coals of fire
fell from the stove, and those were soon
extinguished by the water that Came
Yushjhig ;;in. . through the broken win
dows. ,.. .. j , ;'
The passengers in this car were soon
released from their perilous position,
'and it"-"Was found that only" one was
seriously injured, one of the deserters
having an arm broken.
The damage to the engine of the train
was slight, a piece of scantling having
pierced the front.
Slot Machine! for Africa.
Tacuma, Wash., Feb. 9. The ship
Senator, now loading lumber and wheat
here for South Africa, will carry to
Delagoa bay three tons of nickel-in-the-alot
machines, which arrived today
from San Franoisoo. They will be dis
tributed from Delagoa bay throughout
South Africa.
Caught In an Avalanche.
Berne. Switzerland, Feb. 9. Five
men in sleighs and seven horses have
been ' ovewhelmed by an avalanche
near the hospice of Fluela, on the road
leading from Davostlah to Engadine.
Redwood City, Cal., Feb. 9. T. A.
Siddall, a resident of Millbrae, has
been brought in irons to the county jail
by Constable Booth. He is acoused of
poisoning his wife, who was discovered
in an unconscious condition by neigh
bors. The atteding physician saya her
condition is due to an overdose of mor
phine. Siddall acknowledges admin
istering the drug, but says it was at the
request, of the physcians. The woman
is not expected to live, and may pass
away at any moment.
THE ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS.
, Senntor Thunton Reeumed Hie Speech
' on the Pacific Ballroad.
i Washington, Fob. 9. Thurston, of
Nebraska resumed hia speech upon the
Pacific railroad debt. In the course ot
I Thurston's remarks, Morgan of Ala-
bama asked whether the roads were
not paying expenses, to which the Ne
braska senator replied he could not say,
not having data before him.
Thurston said it was "nip and tuck"
whether the court should authorize pay
ment of interest on the first mortgage
bonds of the Union Pacific. He said
the Union Pacific never earned enough
to pay all its interest obligations.
Following Thurston's speech, the sen
ate, by unanimous consent, went to the
calendar and passed the following
bills:
For tho relief of the Mobile Marine
Dock Company, for the establishment
of a soldiers' home at Hot Springs,
Ark.; to place Rear-Admiral McCann
on tlie retired list; amending the law
in regard to collisions at sea; a resolu
tion of inquiry relating to the capture
of the Competitor by a Spanish war
ship; for a public building at Joplin,
Mo., and for the relief of James Tal
free and Pay Clerk Bluke, of the navy,
on account of a fire at Yokohama.
When the joint resolution acknowl
edging the independence of Cuba was
reached on the calendar, Morgan insist
ed that it should be taken up, notwith
standing objections. He subsequently
withdrew the request, several senators
protesting. Morgan gave notice, how
ever, that when the senate should next
come in contaot with tho resolution, he
would insist upon its consideration.
The vice-president announced the ap
pointment of Lodge of Massachusetts
and Blackburn of Kentucky as a com
mittee to make arrangements for the
counting of the electoral vote.
The Competitor Papere.
Washington, Feb. 9. The resolution
passed by the senate today relative to
the capure of the Competitor by a
Spanish warship was introduced by
Senator Morgan June 8, 1896, and calls
upon the president for information re
garding the capture. Since that time
the president has transmitted to con
press part of the correspondence rela
tive to the Competitor and the prison
ers. . "
t'onaular and Diplomatic Bill.
Washington, Feb. 9. The consular
and diplomatic appropriation bill was
' reported to the senate by the committee
: on appropriations today. The commit
! tee restored the American consulates at
Horgen, Switzerland, and Alexandrct
ta, Asiutio Turkey. " Itfclso extended
the franking privilege to the bureau of
American republics.
Decided Agalnet Waton.
Washington, Feb. 9. It became
known today that the house committee
pn elections, which had charge of the
electien contest brought by Thomas F.
Watson, of Georgia, recently Populistio
candidate for vice-president, against
Representative Black, decided yester
day to confirm Black's title to the seat.
The verdict, it is understood, is unani
mous. A Pension for George Hughes.
Washington, Feb. 9. Representative
Ellis says the George Hughes pension
bill has passed the senate and has been
reported from the house committee at
$50 per month. He expects to have it
reached and passed in time to be signed
by the president before congress ad
journs. ..,
LAST PUBLIC RECEPTION.
Mrs. Cleveland's Farewell Drew a
Large Crowd to the White Bouse.
Washington, Feb. .-Mrs. Cleve
land's farewell public reception this
afternoon drew a large crowd, despite
a drizzling rain. The White House
was artistically decorated with red and
white roses'and smilax, and gronps of
big palms and garlands of vines beauti
fied the parlors. Throughout the re
ception, hich was from 8 to 5 o'clock,
the Marine band furnished the music.
Mrs. Cleveland was gowned in violet
and white striped moire . silk, the
bodice of deep cream lace. She wore a
bunch of violets, ,but no jewels. . Mrs,
Stevenson, wife of the vice-prisidont,
and the ladies of the cabinet,' were the
assistants of the mistress of the White
House, while sixty-five ladies assisted
in the Blue parlor. Mrs. Stevenson,
standing next to Mrs. Cleveland, was
richly dressed in black corded silk.
. Drowned Herself and Children.
Salt , Lake, Feb. 9. A . Tribune
special from Butte says: At Big Tim
ber, in the eastern part of the state,
Mrs. John Cort drowned herself and
three children in the Yellowstone river
this afternoon. The bodies have not
been recovered.
"Black Jack" Captured.
Silver City, N. M., Feb. 9. United
States Marshal Hall received a tele
gram this morning informing him of
the capture at El Paso, Tex., by the po
lice, of John McDonald, alias "Blaok
Jack," the notorious leader of the gang
of border bandits, who have been com
mitting robberies in Southwestern New
Mexico and Southern Arizona during
the past year. Two members of the
gang were recently killed in fights
with marshals, and it is believed Mc
Donald was seeking new companions
on the Texas border.
Hamburg Strike a Failure.
Hamburg, Feb. 9. At a meeting of
the striking dock laborers today, it was
voted to resume work today after the
leaders had declared the battle lost and
funds exhausted.
Fishermen Fixed the Price of Fish.
Astoria, Or., Feb. 9. At the meet
ing of the fishermen's union tonight, a
majority of 200 present voted to make
the price of fish this season i)4 cents
I par no"i-
PROTECTIVE TARIFF i
Four Schedules ot the Bill
Have Been Completed.
THE AGRICULTURAL DIVISION
Practically B-Enaetmnt of th
MoKinley Law Chemical, Win and
Pottery and Olas Schedules.
Washington, Feb. 8. The daily aea
siona of the Republicans of the ways
and means committee, which have been
in progress for somo weeks, have
brought the tariff bill, which is to be
laid before the next congress, to a stage
where the character of the measure can
be somewhat gauged and where several
of the most important schedules are
definitely fixed. In their conferences
up to this week, the tariff-makers have
dealt largely with the general charac
teristics of the schedules which they
have had under consideration, and de
voted themselves to sifting the great
masses of figures, letters and partitions
presented to them." Four schedules
have been fairly oompleted the chem
ical, agricultural, wines and spirits and
the earthen and glassware schedules.
Today's meeting was the most im
portant of the series, for it resulted in
the framing of the agricultural schedule,
which was made a re-enactment of the
McKinley law, with few changes ex
cept on unimportant products. The
most imporant step in connection with
this schedule was the establishment of
rates of $5 a head on cattle more than
1 year old, and of 25 per cent ad val
orem on 'cattle valued at more than $20
a head.
The McKinley rates on other live
stock, including the rate of $2 on cat
tle of 1 year old or leBs, are restored.
The Wilson rates were 20 per cent ad
valorem on livestock, and, while the
new duty of $5 on cattle does not reach
the McKinley figure of $10 on cattle
more than 1 year old, it is said that
with the ad valorem on the more valu-
able grade8r it will prove adequate to j
shut out Mexican cattle. It is against ;
the Mexican stock that the increase is ;
particularly desired, on the representa-j
tions of Western cattlemen that, their.;
business has been ruined by the jmporV j
tationa from Mexico under the Wilsop
law, which amounted to more than, i stand ready to put in a factory of sum
200,000 head. - v j cient capacity to use all the beets pro-
Much interest centered upon barley,
which the eommitteeputs.back to the
McKinley duty of 80 cents a bushel, he
cause the farmers contended that the
Wilson tariff had turned over the mar
ket into the hands of the Canadians,
while the maltsters, who have been
using Canadian barley, have made a
bard fight against any increase.
The McKinley rates have been re
stored on fruits and berries, mainly
for the benefit of the fruitgrowers of
the Pacific coast. The fruit exchange
of the country had prepared a schedule
of rates below the McKinley bill and
above the Wilson .rates, although they ! after endeavoring to exercise a like su
did not succeed in having their schedule j pervision over both foreign and coast
adopted, j wise markets. . It is understood that
Among the products in the agrioul- j the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Coni
tural sohedule which are returned to S pany, of this oity, and the Bellingham
the McKinley rates are breadstuff's and I Bay Improvement Company, of New
rice, dairy products, potatoes and j Whatcom, will not join.
staroh, castor beans and flaxseed, meats
and meat products, and poultry, vege-
tables and salt.
The demand of the farmers for the
McKinley rate of $4 a ton on hay in
stead of the Wilson " rate of $2, was
granted. Chioory is placed at 1 cent a
of the growers in the central states,
who believe they can capture the home .
market with protection.
RUM IN THE CAPITOL.
Th. Prohibitionists Stirred Up th Ir
of Seuator Bin.
Washington, Feb. 6. The session pf
the senate today was one of unusual ac
tivity, with sharp colloquies and vigor-;
ous speeches, whioh drew large crowds
in the galleries, The ball was .sej -rolling
early in the day when Morrill "en-1
deavored to pass the bill prohibiting
the use of intoxicating ' drinks in the
capitol building. ... This aroused the.pp
position of Hill, who denounced the
busybodies and mischief-makers' 1 in
spiring .this , olais of legislation.' -The
senator spoke. for fullest enjoyment of
individual" liberty consistent "with the
common good. The speeeh was not j
enly notable .for the vigor which Hill j
threw into it, but also for its effect in j
prolonging the debate until 2 o'olock,
when the bill was displaced by thei,
Nioaragua bill. The., immigration bill;
W - wvy, --0-vl. Head-Knd
in nhnvna at tha tnononra arlniiTinCT:
nroa lAmmitraii tik Ann tornn ra liAiioro. -t
. aoH ,.t areola
for a modification of the bill. Before
this was done, however, a warm per -
sonal and political colloquy occurred
between Lodge and Chandler, on one
hand and Gorman on the other. Vilas
added another day to his speech against
v,o xm,.,o.,. ,n.i wii .H W nt
concluded when the senate adjourned.
A Shipyard Burned.
Glasgow, Feb. 8. The shipyard of
the Fairfield Shipbuilding Company,
Dover, near here, has been almost com-
pletely destroyed by fire. The damage t
ia estimated at $250,000. Four thou
sand persons are thrown out of em
ployment. Porter Accepts It.
Washington, Feb. 8. The Conneoti
out delegation this morning received a
telegram from J. Addison Porter, dated
Canton, formally advising them that
he had been offered the position pf pri
vate secretary by MaK"-"" Jtid had
accepted. J?
the
Official Plr arns.
Bombay, Feb. 1 rding to
nfflnial mtnrna. thh n'ave been, t
no to
r
date, 5,000 cases of plague, and 8,841
Hantha. -
A COWBOr OUTRAGE.
A Gang of Ruffian Insult and Maltreat
an Opera Company.
Spokane, Feb. 9. Russell Harding,
superintendent of the Great Northern
' railway, haa received the following
; telegraphio report from hia agent at
j Shelby Junction, Mont., of the out
rages perpetrated by a gang of drunken
cowboys, in which members of the Co
lumbia opera company suffered severe
indignities:
"The cowboys began their disturb
ances by firing shots around the Great
Northern and Canada train as it came
into the station with the opera folks.
While the theatrical people were sitting
in the waiting room, one of the cow
boys came in and began to use profane
and insulting language. During the
altercation I had in getting him out, I
struck him with my fist. I then locked
the door to keep him out. He went
away, and immediatley returned with
several of lift chums, armed with six
shooters. He was shouting that he
would shoot the agent. He kicked the
door open, and scared every one out of
the depot by flourishing his revolver.
The agent retreated to the warehouse,
where he remained a few minutes.
The ringleader of the cowboys went
out, and followed the theatrical people
to the hotel. He assaulted one by
striking him on the head with his gun,
and struck two or three others with his
fist. I am advised that he threatened
to run the station agent out of Shelby.
A warrant is now in the hands of the
sheriff, who will probably make arrests
tomorrow. I. M. Kingsbury."
For three hours the drunken hood
lums kept up their terrorism, insulting
women, attacking men, firing revolvers
and otherwise acting like demons.
Sugar Beet Cnltnre.
Medford, Or., Feb. 9. A mass meet
ing was held at the opera-house yester
day afternoon, for the purpose of mak
ing arrangements for testing sugar-beet
raising in this valley. A large num
ber of farmera were present, and about
eventy-five have consented to put out
a quarter of an acre each for the pur
pose of ascertaining the amount of
beets the soil in this vicinity willtro-
duce, and also the amount of sugar the
beets contain. Merchants of this city
have subscribed a sufficient amount to
procure the necessary seed for making
the test, so that the farmers will only
be out the use of the land. If the test
Js favorable, parties in San Francisco
duced in this valley
New Lumber Combine.
Tacoma, Feb. 9. It iu announced
here today that the cargo mills of the
Northwest, including Washington and
British Columbia, are likely to be
brought under the control of a new
lumber combine which is being formed
,for the purpose of controlling and ex
tending the foreign lumber trade and
the maintenance of uniform price lists
and grades. 'Ihis organization wui De
i the successor of the Central Lumber
; Company, whioh reoently went to pieces
Young Man and Womau Killed.
Caliente, Cal., Feb. 9. A horrible
accident occurred here today, in which
John Hardesty, a. young man, 32 years
of agei'Veho recently came7 from New
port, NV.C, and Miss Gora Akers, of
Fresno, were insta'nlty killed, being run
j ver 'by a light imglm Whije crossing a
Hardesty'"- arid-Miss Akers
! with two others were; leisurely crossing
the bridge when the engine, -came
around i' cirve tad rushed 'npidh them.
Missv Akers was throvfn under the
:.f hl8. her body .being cut in two.
j.Hardesty,. in endeavoring to save the
life of his compahion, was also thrown
under the engine, both his legs being
out off - above the knees. The others
'succeeded, in crossing the trestle safely.
v. Dashed Into a Funeral.
' "Alameda, Cal., Feb
ter 4 o'clock this aftl
eiuure local train das
abrupt curve near Bu'enTVTila'avenue
into a iunerui prooessioii, wiucu was
crossing ' the track. The engine just
missed the hearse and struck the hack
immediatley . behind it, in which were
five of the mourners. The vehiole was
completely wrecked; but its oooupants
fortunately, escaped with a few nasty
cuts and bruises. Herbert Crowe, tho
driver of the hack, was thrown between
the horses and was seriously kicked by
one of .them. .
id Collision j
,., Feb. 9. A.headrt
I MonTgomery, ai., icu.
end collision between freight trains;
; m( on ,lne it
, ANoahviHe, nearMyers' switch twenty
' mllf? from , caused by tte
carelessness of the telegraph operr.
J ,th .
train. - Sink Kirkland, enigneer, aged
; 28, of Montgomery, and Brakeman
iWeller. of Middleboro, Ky., .were
; killed, and the fireman is said to be
j fatally hurt. After the accident-, tie
operator took to the woods and has not
been seen since. . . ,
Occasional instances, havfiheen found
of perfectly; pure, native ironn njfttge-r-
London, Feb. 9. A dispatch from
Tashkend, Asiatic Russia, says. that. the.
governor of the trans-Caspian terri
tories reports an outbreak of the plague
at Kandehar, Afghanistan, A large
body of Russian troops has accordingly
been ordered to form a cordon around
' the Amoo-Daris, or Turkestan region.
' A dispatoh' to the Mail from Bombay
says that the plague is getting beyond
alloontroi. Saturday in aeains were
. , ... i .t.
reported.
, "tower of
Civen me vultures ui uiu
silonce" are dying.- "
LIMITED HOME. ROLE
Proposed Cuban Reforms Re
ceiyes Royal Sanction.
THE QUEEN REGENT SIGNS IT
The Reform Consist In th Creation of
An Assembly to Be Called th
Council of Administration.
Madrid, Feb. 8. The queen regent
signed a plan for reforms in Cuba. The
scheme includes numerous and elab
orate decrees and will occupy several
pages of the official gazette.
The reforms consist chiefly in the
creation of an assembly to be called
the council of administration, com
posed of thirty-five members, of whom
twenty-one are to be elected by the peo
ple and six by different corporations.
The remainder will' be one magistrate,
one university professor, one archbishop
and five former senators or deputies.
The council of administration is em
powered, firstly, to prepare a budget;
secondly, to examine into the fitness of
officials appointed; third, they make
may a tariff, subject to the condition
that Spanish imports will have the ad
vantage over the general tariff.
The governor-general will represent
the home government, and have the
right to nominate officials who shall be
Cubans, or Spanish who have resided
two years in Cuba. Nevertheless he
may freely nominate high function
aries, such as magistrates, prefects, etc.
Other decrees concern the organiza
tion of provisionafrmunicipalities whioh
are to be liberally representative. The
municipal councils in general will be
empowered to elect their president and
have exclusive' control of the publio
education.
According to another decree the gor
ernment reserves to itself extraordi
nary powers in the event of any dis
turbance of the public order,' and Cuba
will continue to elect senators and dep
uties to the cortes aa at present
Altogether the reforms are much
broader in the direction of decentralisa
tion than those granted to Porto Rioo.
The powers of the governor-general are
much extended, while the council ot
administration is fairly representative
of all parties and interests. The Span
ish government will continue to vote
the budgets and treaties for the colonies.-
Spanish products, according te
the reform scheme, will be allowed a
rebate of 40 per cent of the Cuban tariff
compared with other imports.
ON AN EXPLORING TOUR.
Expedition
to Leave or
California.
the Gulf of
San Francisco, Feb. &-The schooner
H. C. Walburg, wbioh, during the re
cent Hawaiian revolution, sailed out ol
this port for the Hawaiian islands' with
a cargo of arms and ammunition for the
rebels, has been sold recently and is
fitting out for a more peaceful, cruise.
When the Smithsonian Institution
decided to send an exped$tionVtb' explore
the .Gulf of California and ' its shores,
arrangements were commenced to pur
chase the vessel for the use' of the ex
plorers. The schooner -is now fitting
out for this oruise.;. Professor An
thony, of San Diego, will be in charge,
and with him will be Professor Mo
Gregor, of Stanford university, a bot
anist, and Henry B. Heading, an
ornithologist. " "
The expedition will be in the gulf
about six months, and in that time, the
explorers intend to visit Tihur'ri island,
that has frequently been reported to be
inhabited by cannibals,;,:"? jftsctO
WILL t NOT. REACH , .-. YOTE .
Arbitration Treaty to Go ;Ov'! UrNeirt
Session of Congress, ftiv lv.
Chicaeo. Feb. 8. A - TimesHeraild
smnni n 1 fvnm Wn Q Vl 1 n frikn do
Tbeunderst
eg.
one "doubts that
be debated, but the "opposition
makes no secret of its intention to con
sume so muoh time in discussion that
a vote cannot be reached, ,-. : s
It will be an easy matter to do this,
as the business of the senate-' is ' fast
reaching that stage in -ybich there will
be a great struggle for ., precedence.
Already the friends of' the Nicaragua
can'al .,bill, the-. immigration -bill, the
bankruptcy, bill . and other measures
' are fighting for time. ,,in a short time
! the- regular appropriation ' bill's " will
i liivn tri ha taken .Ho. and thT wilt Hia.
pies almost all other business,-, .d
suc circumstances it will be compara-
such circumstances it will be oomnara-
tfVeVy- easy t6' crowd the treaty into the
backgrovmd. The sentiment ; df the Sen
ate. is, general)?; agalnBa0Pn, debate,
en'the treaty! ,' , , ',
, , Desmet, ; SS,. : D.tfelkM 5-rSrl
train standing on a sid&traok aj Arlirjgf
ton last evehing 'Was ritn into by an" en,-.
gine going west. Conductor-AcHlngi-ton,
Brakeman Hoslah; John Leftusv
and; Mr. Harrison were killed. . Three
passengers; W.- Rice, : "of Helena; Vf.
h, Loftu9, of;New Haven, IaVand'-&'
iGriffjng, of: Deamet were , injured.1;
TheVacidebt "was the result of a dense
foki' '1 !'.'' ; -i: -
Tacoma, Felv 8.-A,V W.,.Llridei
strom, a farmer, "living, pa Anderson's
island, came home late tonight and, in
a fit of anger took down a shotgun and
blew out the brains of his 6-year-old
son. When he saw the terrible deed
he had accomplished, he placed the
muzzla of, the gun to his head and blew :
out his- own brains. s The trouble. Is'
said to have started . from . domestic
Causes." Coroner Hoska has gone to ther
scene, and; further particulars are not
obtainable- -.