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",, 1 OlLLSBR r IIILLSBORO, Oil EG ON, THURSDAY, FEBUUAllY 18, 1897. NO. 48. VOL. III. i - . I 7m An ni'trl powers CRY halti I ,,T i tut nvpAurnnrv "." w.th an ax. i iimrD'C lironiQV! THE DYNAMITE GUN hi N S I IH Hh AY W AKtr. I nl Mil nKr It 1 A IttiiU-llJ .iLliv-Jill i . i ... i iim.i . I m I. 11 U7 mj m. w mm mm . a wai . - . i rir..B to l I A utrmu nrmn murru wj .- rirtr. Epitome ot the Telegraphic News of the World. TERSE TICKS FROM TflE WIRES Aa Interesting Collection or Items From tho Twl Hemispheres Presented U a Condeneed Form. Dr. Langley Hull, 83 years of age, a pioneor of Oregon, died tit Ouklund. Tho office of the Pittsburpr Post was almost totally destroyed by lire. Tho low) is (00,000, wull insured. Hurry Bawiulst wan knocked over board by tho boom of bin fishing-boat and drowned in tho Columbia near As toria. J. Danach, a traveling man, was hold tip and robbed of f 70 by three masked jnim while driving through agrovo near ltoseburg. , .Cant. Chas. Bwanson, of the pilot sohutner JesHie, was drowned in As toriu'hnrbor while attempting to bourd his veHHul from a small rowboat. Cuban sympathizers held an open-air meeting in Tacoina ami denounced Pre mier Cauovas. The Spanish flag wag trailed in the mud and then burned. A resolution was adopted praying that Weylor might bo subjected to tho same torture by his vietimu. The arrangement! for tho inaugura lion of President MuKinley are rapidly "earing completion, and tho indication! are that in point of brilliuncy and at tractiveness the ceremonies, the decora- - Tions and tho festivities incident to Further Hostile Actions by It Prevented. Berlin, Fob. 17. A semi-official statement of the Cretan question ha! been published here as follows: "In reply to tho representations of the minister! of all the groat powers at Athens to the Greek government yester day, pointing out tho danger to Euro pean peace from the attitude taken oy Greece contrary to international law, M. Skouses, minister of foreign affairs, declared Greece would occupy Crete. "In view of this fact the imperial government no longer considers it con sonant with its dignity to tako further diplomatic steps at Athens. After an exeluuigu of views with the cabinets ot other great powers tho cominmandor of tho Gorman warship Kaisorin Augusta, which will arrive at Canea within the next few days, hus received instruct tions in conjunction with the com mander! of tho naval forces of other great powers assembled in Cretan wa ters to prevent any hostile act upon the part of Greece, and also to co- operato with them in every possiiiie way with a viow to restoring order ana averting bloodshed." CLOSING RUSH BEGUN. Says Private Dalzell's Re marks Will Lead to War. SECRET REVOLUTIONARY BANDS Are Being Organiied In Zvery Part of tho Country to Beeort to Revolution. special inauguration week will bo more lavish than those of former years. A promiuiont church member of Pen dleton, Or., has headed a subscription list with 1 5 for tho relief of Jim Hems worth, tho Rosslmid miner who saved the lives of his two companions by thrusting his arm into tho cogs of a rapidly turning windlass and in that way prevented a heavy bucket of ore from fulling on tho heads of his com panions in the shaft below. Charles Frohman and his manager, C. B. Dillingham, of tho Garden thea ter, cave a special performance of "Heartsoaso" (by courtesy of Henry Miller and his company), to the clergy men of Now York. The theater was closed to all excopt tho clorgy, and no souts were sold. Tho box ottlce men and ushers wore dressed in long black coats and black ties, and the playhouso and its strange audience had evory ap ' pearance of a church. There were 1,002 ministers and thoir friends pres ent, including a number of minister! from New Jersey. The only denomina tion that sent regrets was tho Metho dists. Xhe Prince of Wales has bestowed upi Dr. Nansen, tho Arctic explorer, the special modal of tho Royal Geo graphical Society. Ban Francisco capitalists are said to be engineering a plan to got a lottery bill through the Nevada legislature. having been encouraged to make tho at tempt by the case with which the prize fighting bill was passed. The houso committee on Pacific rail roads bus decided to report favorably the bill drafted by Representative Har rison, which provides for the oreation of a commission to settle the indebted ness of the Pacific roads to the govern ment It is said that Spenkor Reed nil. forestall legislation, other than tariff, at the extra session of congress by ap pointing only two coinmittoes, those on ways and means and on mileago, and reserving tho appointment of other com mittees " until the regular session. While the aotion is unprecedented, mombors say it would be legal. George Davies, a prominent com mission merchant of Cleveland, O., was shot and killed by his wifo at their residence in that city. The tragedy was the result of a long scries of quar rels. Mrs, Davies when taken into custody wept bitterly, and said her hus band had treated her unkindly and called her bitter names. Durinu tho voyage from Hampton Roads of Admiral Bunco's blockade snnndron. which reached Charleston throe men were lost overboard from tho battleship Maine, one man was crushed to death on the cruiser Marblehead, an- othor was fatally injured and six others woro so badly hurt that several may lose limbs. The officers say the voyage wSnade in the worst galoever experi enced by the Coot A nrcss representative who visited the poor houses of tho famine district of India says the Inmates wore found to k in i denlorable condition. The buildin.s were ovororowded and mod Wl attendance was lacking. A man outside of one of them was dead and nnntlmr was dvinnr. A girl of 6 years of age weighed only ten pounds, and several adults were under fifty pounds in wniffht. The skin in all oases was drawn over the faces, showing the out ' lines of the skulls and the limbs and joints had the appearance of those of articultated skeletons. It is estimated that the present famine is the greatest of the century, and will greatly surpass that of 1878, both in area and severity. The famine belt is 1,800 miles long by 400 miles wide. Lower Uouse of Cejigresa to Begin Night Brulimi. Washington, Feb. 17. The general rush of business which marks the cli s ing days of congress was forcibly brought home to tho members of tho houso today by the adoption of a special order for night sessions tonight and to morrow, for consideration of private pension bills. By tho terms of the or der these sessions will terminate at 11:80 P. M. On motion of Hitt, the houso con curred in the senate amendments to the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill. This was suspension day and the speaker recognized Reeves, Republican, of Illinois, to move the passage under suspension of the rules a substitute for the sonato bill appropriating 050,000 for closing tho crevasses in the Mis sissippi levee at Puss L'outre, La. The substitute appropriated the sumo sum to be deducted from the sum due under tho Bads contract in caso the courts should decide he was liable for repairs under his contract with the government. Tho bill was passed. Clnyton-llnlwer Treaty Ilcued. Washington. Feb. 17. A bill was passed providing penalties for starting tiros which may bo communicated to inflammable growth on public lands. Davis of Minnesota presented a resolu tion requesting the submission of all correspondence with the German em pire relative to American insurance companies. Tho resolution was agreed to without comment. Morgan's resolution for tho abroga tion of tho Clayton-Bulwor treaty then came up and precipitated a parliament ary light. Upon motion of Hoar the senate went into executive session. As the doors wore closed Morgan took tho floor on the Clnyton-Bulwor abrogation resolution. He was ap parently very angry and his remarks were along the lino tho open session in dicated. Conference Bill Taken Up, ' Washington, Feb. 17. The houso committee on coinage today took up again the bill for an international monetary conference. Representative Hartman, the Montana member of the committee, urged that action be taken as Boon as possible in view of the ap proaching death of the 64th congress. Burned a Gambling Home. Chicago, Feb. 17. Citizens of Elm- hurat, a small town twenty-flve miles west of here, burned to the ground the large shed rocently erected there by Barney Zachariah, tho Chicago gam bler, in which poolsolling, faro and roulotte had been conduoted lor several duys. Almost every day 400 or BOO gamblers from Chicago visited tne re sort. A few days ago the residents raidod the pollroom, but could find no evidonco of gambling. Six men, how ever, supposed to be connected with the movement, were arrested. During the night two watchmen were employed to watch the place. Early yesterday morning a mob of indignant citizenB at tacked the building, and alter driving away the watchmen, sot fire to the building. The gamblers say they. will re-open as soon as another can be bunt. Beld Up a Saloon. Chicago, Fob 17. Four robbers armed with revolvers entered J Myer's saloon at Fourteenth street and N6W borry avenue and held up the place. The barroom was crowded with cus tomers at the time, and the robbers or dered every one to keep in the rear of the saloon and hold up their hands. No one attempted to disobey, and while throe of the men kept them covered with piBtols the fourth went through the pockets of each man, securing sev eral watches and some money. He then took $15 from the cash register. The men were driven into a small room in the rear, and after fastening the door, the robbers ran into the street and escaped before the imprisoned vic tims could release themselves. A clover Parisian has invented a ma ohine that oan split a human hair lengthwise into thirty-six strips. Brained His Father With an Ax. Pinovillo, Ky., Feb. 17. Gilbert Michael Munckacsy, the celebrated ntii in limiplnsslv insane. A Vienna Hi: ht-",W. for months. ' Rrnok was killed yesterday by his son While at UOdeSDUrg, suuuinig muu iiihu in 4jco..o wimV, ... ..uu. spinal paralysis, Munkacsy was brood- objected to Willis' proposed marriage. Ing and melancholy. Suddenly, in an t The son finally brained his father with excess of madness, he attacked and an ax, and then told his mother about nearly strangled tho attendants and one ' the deed. ' of tho doctors. Accordingly he was Wo Viwlr Vah 17 ..William P St alarming rapmii, uuu -mttm. Hiort suddenly AIOU1WVIWV1W vwe "I at his home In this city last night Chicago, Fob. 16. A Times from Denver says: J. R. Sovereign, grand master work man of the Knights of Labor, has writ- ton a sensational letter to the Indus trial Advocate, with Private Dalzell'i exhortation for war with a foreign na tion as his text. Ho declares that se cret revolutionary societies, known as the Iron Brotherhood and the Indus trial Army are being organized in every part of the country, with their mem bers leagued together to resort to war as a means of obtaining "remedies for the populace" which they cannot se cure by the ballot. He deprecates Private Dalzoll's talk as being in a line which might tend dangerously to fan this sentimont into open flame. He asserts that should a revolution come, he will not be among the cowards nor on he side of the plutocratic classes. His lottor is dated at Sulphur Springs, Ark., February 5, and is in part as fol lows: "Private Dalzell, in a recent article in the Washington Post, writes a long tale of woo. Ho mentions our 2,000, 000 enforced idlers, our many tramps, the overcrowding of our penal institu tions, the increase of landlords and tenants, the hopeless increase of debt, and a long list of other lamentable con ditions. Concluding, he says: 'Civil ization, as Napoleon said of armies, travels on its stomach, and it is very hungry, for the most.'" But where can it be filled? Hence all this unrest, all this wild war talk and discussion of silver and gold and tariff by people who have neither silver nor gold, nor anything to pay customs. Relief shall not come in that way. It never did. It will come in the old way in war, and not otherwise; either insurrection ary, which God forbid, or foreign, which heaven hasten, if it shall quiet these peoplo and give them rest, if only the honored rest of the patriotic grave, fighting for humanity." Replying directly to sentences quot ed, Mr. Sovereign says that what the people of tho United States need is an agitation at home that will force them to test against their own social and economic disorders, but that it should come through insurrection, with all its revolting horrors, is a proposition re pulsive to all the higher impulses of humanity. Continuing, he says: "Insurrections, like great conflagra tions, start from a spark, and are quenched with a deluge. One reason in favor of insurrection to idle, starv ing and debt-burdened people is more potent in exciting war than a thousand reasons against insurrection are in pre sorvine oeace. For that reason, Dal- ell at this time is a dangerous writer." Mr. Sovereign then devotes consid erable space to a history of two secret Revolutionary orders known as the Iron Brotherhood and tho industrial Army, now being formed in this country, and for fear Mr. Dalzell may not know what these societies are doing, he quotes several sentences from the pre lude of a sooret circular now being dis tributed by one of the secret societies, via.: "Comrades: There comes a time in the affairs of men and nations when desperation compels the human mind to pause and bring to its aid that ele ment of reason discarded. We have reached snch a crisis in the destinies of this Amovican republic. One hundred years of national existence has demon strated that the fabrio policy of our government contains within its warp and wOof the elements of its own de struction, with the fact that the ballot has proven a most lamentable failure as a safeguard of free institutions. In the closing of the nineteenth century we see a olass despotism establishing itself upon the ruins of the republic An oligarohy is now in power, and al ready the hideous phantom of imperi alism overshadows us, as embodied in the plutocratic claims of the federal court and aots of unbridled military despotism, characteristic of the federal government of today. "What is to be done? We have ap pealed in vain to the ballot. Every trial of strength in the political arena haB resulted in victory for the unscru pulous money power. History proevi that you cannot be freed through the ballot" Continuing Mr. Sovereign says: "Scarcely a day passes that I do not receive one or more appeals to join one or the other of the revolutionary orders being formed in this oountry, and Offers of money and arms are frequent ly reoeived if I will give my efforts to the cause of revolution. Thus far I have persistently deolined to give aid or encouragement to such a movement But if . through the writings of such men as Dalzell, revolution comes, in spite of all efforts to prevent it, I will not be found among the cowards, nor on the side of the plutooratic masses." In conclusion, Sovereign fires a part ing shot at Dalzell, by warning him to desist from recommending war as a re liof to the people. One word, he says, in favor of war with a foreign country, would multiply tenfold a deBire for revolution at home. Seattle, Fab. 16. In the outskirts of Kllet, a sparsely lettled community sixteen mile from Seattle, Edward Folzke, a German farmai, was killed with an ax Friday evening, about 7 o'clock, and the perpetrator of the crime attempted to cover tip hie work, by dragging hia victim'! body into the house, to which he applied the torch. The cabin was entirely destroyed, and the dead man's fate is told by a large pool of blood outside the door and an ax which shows blood stains ana DiacK hair on it. The sheriff and coroner investigated the case this afternoon, with the result that Andrew 8. Kraus, Folzke's partner, is locked up in the county jail, charged with murder and arson. No one saw the crime commit ted, but circumstantial evidence is strong against Kraus. , The two men had lived together for 'tight years, and when sober were close friends, but when drunk they frequently quarreled. Kraus denies all knowledge of the orime, claiming he slept in a cabin some distance from the scene oi ma murder. Blood spots were found on his overalls. Sacrificed Himself to Save His Two Companions. ONE OF NATURE'S H0BLEMES Newepaper Offloe Fir. Pittsburg, Feb. 16. The office of the Post, on Fifth avenue, was almost totally destroyed by fire this morning, causing a loss to the paper of about 60.000. well insured. The loss on the building is not yet known. The only other tenant in the building was Gleason, the railroad ticket broker, whose loss is small. The Commercial Gazette, next door to the Post, was in Imminent danger, but good work by the fire department saved that plant, the only damage being caused by water. The Commercial Gazette's presses and engines are, for the time being, disabled. The paper's edition tomor row morning will be printed at the Press office. Both the Post and com mercial Gazette were promptly tender ed the use and services of machines, presses and offloes of the other news papers in the city. The Post will be issued from the office of the Leader until a new plant can be established. Preparations for the Inauguration. Washington, Feb. 16. The arrange ments for the inauguration of President McKinley two weeks from next Thurs day are rapidly nearing completion, and the indications are that in point of brilliancy and attractiveness, the cere monies, the decorations, and the festiv ities incident to inauguration week will be more lavish than those of former years. In the decorations of the ball room, finer results are expected than ever before. All spectacular effects will be avoided, and a more artistio and harmonious arrangement of flowers, lights and bunting will be secured. About "$13,000 will he spent by the inaugural committee in decorating the main ballroom and the private rooms set apart for the use of the presidential and vice-presidential parties. A Kaee With Death. Chicago, Feb. 16. Six men had a race with death on the lake last night and won by a hair's breadth, lhey were the crew of the big supply tug A. C. Vanraalte. This tug carries sup plies to tho crib off Sixty-eighth street, and while returning to her dock she sprang a leak while bucking a tremen dous ice floe. Then for three hours the six men bat tled with the ice and faced death while they were tryig to keep their boat afloat long enough to reach her dock. The tug managed to get into Calumet river, but the fire was dead. The men were up to their knees in water. In answer to signals of distress the fire boat Chioago responded and took the crew ashore , Druuk and Reekle.s. Portland, Or., Feb. 16. Frank Nagle, a shoemaker, was run over and instantly killed near Weidler's mill last night by the Northern Pacific in coming passenger train, No. 1, which arrived at the Union depot at 7:30. The man was in an intoxioated condi tion, and was evidently attempting to cross the track in front of the rapidly approaching train, in which reckless effort he sacrificed his life. The pilot of the engine struck Nagle in the head and back, carrying him a distance of sRventv-five feet under the pony truck of the engine, and leaving the fright fully mangled remains lying beside the traok, near the loot oi savior street. Italian Claims Filed. New York, Fob. 15. The corw spondent of the Herald in Rio Janeiro, Brazil, telegraphs that the Italian min- ister has presented new and heavy olaims for outrages upon Italian sub' jects. The wrongs for which redress is demanded are alleged to have been committed by Brazilians in the state of Matto Gressoa during the revolution whioh occurred in the administration of President Peixoto. Burled In a Snowillde. Brisrham, Utah. Feb. 16. A snow slide rushed down on the Cottonwood canyon last night and struck the cabin occupied by John Anderson, Andrew Anderson and Andrew Miller, burying the men under tons OI snow. Alter six hours' work, Andrew Miller and John Anderson were taken out badly bruised, but not dangerously hurt. The dead body of Andrew Anderson was re covered an hour later. FreTented an Ore Backet From Fall ing Upon Them by Throwing Him self Upon a Whirring Wlndlau. Spokane, Feb. 15. A rare act of heroism, such as deserves to be recorded in history and song, was performed at tRosaland, B. C, today, which saved the jlives of two miners and proved plain Jim Hemsworth to be one of nature's noblemen. Jem Smith and Frank Conson were working at the bottom of a narrow shelf of the Young America mine, at a depth of nearly 150 feet, engaged in loading ore into an iron-bound bucket, while Jim Hemsworth's duty consisted in hauling the bucket to the surface by means of a windlass. The Heavy bucket filled with ore, had almost reached the top of the shelf when the iron crank of the windlass snapped in two like a bit of pine, hurling Hemsworth to the ground. Springing to his feet half dazed by 1 the blow, Hemsworth saw the windlass whirring around at a frightful rate oi speed aB the loaded buoket shot down the shaft upon the men below. He had not a second to lose. There was just one chance to save them, and he took that chance. Jumping forward, he threw his body upon the cogs of the whirring windlass, thrusting his arms and shoudler between the swiftly re volving wheels. Their iron jaws crunched and tore the flesh, crushed nerves, bone and sinews, tore ghastly wounds from finger-tip to shoulder, but the windlass stood still. mtn an awful jerk the bucket stopped just above the heads of the two men far down the shaft. Pale as death, with the blood flowing in streams and suffering intense agony, Hemsworth never uttered a cry nor even a sound, as the jaws of the wheels pinioned him fast as in a vice. Super intendent Shields, who witnessed the accident from a short distance away, rushed to Hemsworth's aid and blocked the machinery. As Hemsworth staggered back and was about Jo fall, Shields caught him in his arms, at the same time exclaim ing: "My God, Jimi This is awfull" "Oh, what's the difference?" replied the plucky fellow, "so long as I saved the boys?" His wounds were dressed and the in jured man made as oomfortable as oould be under the circumstances. The attending physicians are at this time unable to state how serious Hems worth's injuries are likely to result, but unless he is hurt internally they hope to save his life. His arm, how ever, in all likelihood will have to be amputated at the shoulder. It Baa Xaabled Klrera to ael Bio. Cincinnati, Feb. 16. The Commercial-Tribune's special from Jackson ville, Fla., says: Colonel Frederioo Perez Carbo, late dispatch ohief gen eral to Maceo, received a letter from General Rnis Rivera from the Pinar del Rio section today. It spoke in the highest terms of his men, their enthuS' iasm in the cause, and denied in strong terms that that province was pacmed. "The Spanish do not come out of their entrenched camps," wrote the general, "and when we want to fight them, we have sot to go to them. We have full control of all the open coun try." His armv consists of over 5,000 men. nil wrII armed, and the health of the troops is generally good. Several im portant engagements have taken place, and in every one the Cubans have been victorious. While the men regret the death of General Maceo, they are full of patriot ism, and the fight is being conducted on the plans outlined by Maceo. One expedition had landed there not long ago With needed supplies, and the gen eral was in good spirits over the out look for Cuban independence. Rivera spoke of the good work ac complished by the dynamite gun, com manded by young Lunn, of Jackson ville, and said that he wanted another. In one of the last expeditions, an am ple supply of ammunition for it had come over, and it was being used very often to the damage of the Spanish. Artemisa has been laid in ruins al most by the gun, and other places had felt its power. THE BIG FIGHT LOCATED Carson City Is Chosen Dan Stuart by THE PUGS WILL MEET MARCH 17 COLD-BLOODED MURDER. The Spanleh Mode of Warfare In Ha taneai Province. Cincinnati, Feb. 16. The Commercial-Tribune's special from Key West RaTs:--A letter from Matanzas today tells of the cruel butchery of a camp of pacifioos by a band of Spanish guerril las under Major Consartez. The pa cifioos were encamped near a lake ten miles south of Matanzas. They were afraid to come into the city because small pox and other diseases were so prevalent. Major Consartez was sent to bring them in. Surrounding the camp, his soldiers burst in upon them with wild yells, shooting as they ad vanced. Five fell at the first fire, two being women. Alarmed and scarcely knowing what to do, the others rushed into the shallow water of the lake, en deavoring to hide under the leaves of the big lilypads and other large-leaved plants. The troops selected their hu man targetB and began shooting them, and only ceased when not a head was visible. Major Consartez's official re port says that his detachment had been attacked at the lake, and that they killed ten insurgents in the fight that followed. Twenty pacificos, men, women and children, were killed. Corbet! Meet the Oorernor of HeTada and exchange Congratulation! Sharkey and Mane. Carson, Nev., Feb. 15. Dan Stnart has at last arrived and has announced that the big fight between Corbett and Fitzsimmons will occur in Carson, March 17. Although Stuart had reit erated all the way up from Texas that he had not decided where the fight wa to be held, it did not take him long to make up his mind after he got here. The pugilistio impressario gives as a reason for the selection of Carson in -preference to Reno, that the Carson people had worked hard for the passage of the prizefight bill, while Reno citi zens were opposed toit Stuart thinks :" that the facilities for the accommoda tion ad transportation of big orowd at Carson are fully sufficient, and says that he has made very satisfactory ar rangements with the railroad. If the matter can be arranged to suit him, Stuart will offer ibig purses tor a live-bird shooting tournament, which he expects will be attended by all tho noted shots of the country. No announcement as yet has been made from any offioial source as to where the pavilion will be built, but it probably will be in the heart of the city, and a few minute's walk from the railroad. A local agent gives it out that the first building, owing to the short time in which to ereot it, will not be a permanent one, and theref ore there will be many places in the heart of the city where it can be erected without in terfering with anyone. There will be many other attractions at tne same time, if present plans are carried out, and most of them will be in the pugil istio line. Just what men will meet In the ring besides Corbett and Fitzsim mons, Stuart will not say, beyond that two of them will be Sharkey and Ma her, if these men ean come to any agreement, and will fight for a reason able purse. ANNEXATION OF HAWAII. Thuraton of his recovery are very re New York, Fob. 16. After two days' play, the great international team chess match between the United King dom of Great Britain and the United States, ended in a win for Great Brit ain, shortly before 6 P.M. Pittsburg, Feb. 18. Mars, Pa., town of 800 inhabitants, on the Pitts burg & Western railroad, twenty-three miles north of this city, was badly scorched this morning. The fire start ed at the passenger station. It de stroyed the National Oil Wells Supply Company's large buildings and a nan t dozen smaller ones. The loss is esti mated at 1100,000, about one-third of which is insured. It is believed the station was set on fire after it had been looted by thieves. on a Missionary Vlalt to Thie Country. San Francisco, Feb. 15. Lorin A. Thurston, ex-minister of Hawaii to the United States, arrived from the islands today. Thurston, as president of the Annexation Club of Honolulu, expects to accomplish considerable missionary work in aid of the annexation move ment before his return home. His mis sion is not an offioial one, he says, and he has not been sent here either by the government or by the Annexation Club. He says, however, that H the opportu nity presents itself, he proposes to exert his best efforts to aid the annexation movement. He says: "The all absorbing theme of disous- sion in the islands just now in annexa tion. As the day for the inauguration of MoKinley approaches, interest in the annexation question is becoming in tensified and widespread. The Annex ation Club has been reorganized, and now has a membership of 6,000. Of this number, a third or a fourth are natives. The natives are joining the movement with the idea that the an nexation of the islands to the United States is their only salvation from the Japanese, who are elbowing them in various fields of labor. The census of the islands has just been completed. The census shows a population of 81.000 natives 8,000 half castes and mixed raoes, 24,000 Japa nese. 81.000 Chinese, and 25,000 whites, including Americans and Eu ropeans. The offioial returns have oc casioned some surprise. It was gener ally presumed that the Japanese population was greatly in exoess of the figures given." Hundreds of Mohammedan) Killed. London, Feb. 15. A late dispatch to the Times from Canea says the entire Mohammedan population of Malevsi, Temenos, Pirgiotiga and Monofasti en tered Heraklion, attaoking and assault ing the Christians in the streetB and pillaging the shops and houses. It is stated the soldiers assisted in this wori of plundering. The local prefect at Sitia reports 800 Mohammedans killed in that district, and he is afraid the Mohammedans in, the town of Aitia will massacre the Christians out of re venge. A BpauUh Outrage. Washington, Feb. 16. Representa tive Cummings, of New York, has offered a resolution requesting the nrpsident to eive the house any in formation concerning the incident of the stripping of two lady passengers on board the steamer Olivette in the har bor of Havana by Spanish soldiers and detectives. The resolution reoites that the alleged occurrence was desoribed in a New York paper. The resolution was referred to the committee on for eign affairs, and a report is expeoted next week. Mr. Cummings said as to the resolution: "If an Englishwoman on an English vessel had been stripped by Spanish officials, as it has been alleged that an American woman was stripped, within forty-eight hours Monro castle would come down, or some apology would be made for it. I doubt if even Japan would have stood it Furthermore, if the American government stands it, in my opinion it indicates a total loss of manhood and the keenest sympathy with savage inhumanity." To Protect the Advertiser. Rt. Paul. Feb. 16. The American Land and Title Register, in its issue of February 15, will have some novel suggestions for legislators in regard to a state bureau of advertising. The ar tiole is headed "A Needed Reform," and says: "We suggest to the honorable mem bers of the various state legislatures now in session all over this land the establishment of a bureau of advertis ing on the same general lines as the state bureaus of insurance. Thou sands of dollars are annually stolen from the merchants of every import ant city in this country by itinerant advertising solicitors who are enner frauds themselves or paid servants of fraudulent concerns. A simple system of registration would do away with this condition of affairs." Marked copies of the issue of the pa ner will be sent to every member of every legislature in session now. Veneiuelana See the Treaty. Washington, Feb. 16. Information has been received from Venezuela that the arbitration treaty signed in Wash ington by Sir Julian Pauncefote and Benor Andrade has safely reached Car acas, and will be laid before the Venez uela congress as soon as it oonvenes. It is said on the best authority that the ratification of the treaty is practically assured. Corbett and the Governor. Reno, Nev., Feb. 15. There was si big orowd at the depot to meet Jim Corbett when he passed through on his way to San Francisco. Governor Sad ler, of Nevada, was among those who came down from Carson to take a peek at the world's champion. Just as soon -as the train stopped the governor clam bered aboard and was introduced to Cornett by A. Livingston. . "I am pleased to meet you, Mr. Cor bett," said his excellency, making a. critical survey of Corbett'e towering figurs and broad shoulders. "And I am pleased to meet you," re plied Corbett "You proved by signing that glove contest measure and giving the peopla what they wanted that there was no hypocrisy about you. It needed some governor with the courage of his con victions to break the ice in matters of this kind. It is to be hoped your ex ample will be followed, and that there will be less hypocrisy about things of this kind in future." HARRISON'S REPORT. pun Garfield, Wash., Feb. 15. At the meeting of Whitman county farmers to protest against the proposed abolition of state grain weighor and inspector, resolutions were passed and sent to the legislature, stating that suoh officer is neoessary to the farmers of f Eastern Washington. Resolutions were also adopted recommending moderate reduc tion in freight and passenger rates, and fixing the maximum rate on wheat be tween any two points of the Btato at $3.50 a ton. Advantage! of a Commtieloa in Deal ing With Pacific Boada. Washington, Feb. 15. Representa tive Harrison, of Alabama, today made, a report to the house from the commit tee on Pacific railroads for the settle ment of the affairs of the Pacifio roada by a commission. Mr. Harrison says that it has been demonstrated that itis impossible to place,, lr .rmfTlh such a afmeiTfhat intelligent aotion can bo taken. The report oontinues: "The debts due to the government are daily growing larger and means ot payment smaller. Foreclosure pro ceedings are pending against the Union Pacifio, and this road is likely to be sold, and the government's claim against the same disposed of before the next regular session of congress. If this should occur, the most valuable and important part of this great line of railway across the continent will have passed to other hands without the pre servation to the government of the many valuable rights and privileges it now has." It is argued that a better price can be obtained for the Union and Central Pa cific jointly, but that congress cannot conduot the necessary negotiations. The advantages of a commission con sisting of secretaries of the treasury and interior and the attorney-general, are pointed out, one of them being that all information relating to the roads is in these departments. The Ohio River Flood. Evansville, Ind., Feb. 16. The river is still rising. The guage indicates 85.1 feet, 4.1 feet above the danger line. A large amount of loose gorge ice, mixed with all kinds of drift from bottom lands above, has been carried down with the current The immense uiles of ice whioh were left by the gorge still hang on, and are creating the greatest apprehension among river men and merchants of this city over the position in which the oity is left An Kleotrlo Billiard. Butte, Mont., Feb. 15. The most peculiar storm ever known In this sec tion set in at 11 o'clock tonight. The wind rose to almost a hurricane and snow began to fall. With the- storm, were the most vivid flashes of light ning and terrifio peals of thunder. The President's Laet Reoeptloa. Washington, Feb. 15. President and Mrs. Cleveland gave their annual re ception to the army and navy and ma- rine corps at the White Houbo tonight. It was the final state reception of thai official term of Mr. Cleveland, and,, with the exception of that given by Mrs. Cleveland to the public last week,; the orowd was the largest of the season,: and probably equal to that seen at anyi time during the incumbency of th president In the executive mansion. r pects mote-