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EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome ot the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TEBSB TICKS FBOM THE WIRES
aa Iuttreitlng Collection of Item. From
the Iwt Heuilaphere. Presented
In a Condensed Form.
Samuel Cozine, an old Yamhill coun
ty pioneer of 1843, died at his home ia
McMinnville, at the Age of 73 years.
The Illinois legislature is considering
a bill giving free school books to all
pupils of the public sohools of the state.
An east-bound Union Pacific passen
ger train crashed into a freight train
near Green Rivor, Wyo., and severely
injured three men.
The Neuvrei Preese of Vionna says
that Great Britain has proposed that a
collision between the Greek and Turk
ish troops on the frontier of Thessaly be
prevented by the formation of a neutral
SQna mile wide between the Greek
and TffrkfSh- soldiers, as was done in
1886.
irs. Marcy Smith was drained from
the bedside of her dying son in Oak
land, Cal., in a orazed condition. For
a week she had stood guard in a little
cottage where her only boy, Harry, has
been at death's door from pneumonia.
The mother, worn out by much watch
ing and suffering for want of food,
gradually lost her reason and was taken
way by force to prevent her doing
harm to those who had oonie to nurse
her boy. , .
Police' Telegraph : Operator Harry
Greenhoff, of .the East Chiougo avenue
station, narrowly escaped death while
making a heroio rescue of a child from
beneath the wheels of an engine on St.
Paul bridge. '- So near did he beoorae to
being crashed that his coat was torn off.
The child he rescued was but 4 years
old, and had wandered on the bridge in
front of the fast freight train, when
Greenhoff saw its danger and rescued it,
at the peril of bis own life.
be question of opening the Cascade
for the hording of stock
stir amoncr nrominont
pastern Oregon. The vari-
ociations in . Wasco, Gil-
: and Sherman counties pro-
ylse to raise a fund of $500 to pay the
xpenses of a delegate to Washington to
properly present the matter to con
gress. The question is a vital one to
sheepmen, as the dosing of the reserve
to them means such a scarcity of range
that successful sheepruising in Eustern
Oregon will be impracticubio on a largo
scale. ,
Theodore Durrant has by no means
given up the fight for his life. George
A. Knight has been added to his coun
sel, and is now preparing a petition ask
ing the supreme court for a rehearing
of the application previously made and
denied, for a new trial., If this peti
tion, which will be sumbitted without
argument, be denied, as the district
attorney anticipates, there will only re
main the possibility of securing the in
' terferenoe of the federal courts in Dur
rant's behalf. Failing in that, only
the action of the president can step be
tween the condemned man and the gal
lows. Five men were injured, two fatally,
in a railroad accident at La Grange,
111. A meat train bound for Hammond
jumped the track on the Belt Line of
the. Chicago, Hammond & Western
road. The engine was ditched, two of
the cars were telescoped, and the re
mainder of the train thrown from the
traok. ' . .-.
A small band of unemployed work
men have begun the construction of a
boulevard in Golden Gate Park, San
Francisco, to pay for whioh public sub
scriptions have been taken. Ex-Mayor
Sutro warned the workmen to keep off
his land, and as the boulevard extends
across Sutro's property, work had to be
suspended. Sutro has promised to sign
a deed for the strip, however. , : .
Miss Blanche Berard, the oldest
postmistress in the country) who has
held office for a half century,' has re
signed. Administrations and presi
dents changed, postmaster-generals
came and went, postofflces were reor
ganized and reclassified, great political
upheavals annihilated every brunch of
the government, but she remained un
disturbed at West Point. N. Y. , ,
A Havana special to the New York
, World says: Through Cubans hereit
is learned that a train carrying Spanish
troops was blown up by dynamite while
passing over a deep gorge south of Can
delaria, Pinar .del Bio province, and
neary 2E0 soldiers were killed or in
jured. The locomotive and six cars"
were demolished. The tragedy occurred
about the 10th inst
Governor Rogers, of Washington, has
issued his Arbor day proclamation,
ecommending that Friday, April 80,
!bU7, De devoted by the people of
ashington to planting trees, shrubs
d vines and in other ways beautify
ing their homes. In connection with
the governor's proclamation, State Su
perintendent Brown has prepared a
programme to be rendered in the dif
erent grades of the public schools from
the first to the grammar grade, inclu
sive. , . '
Charles Rodatinsky, a farmer, with
his wife and baby1, started from Omaha
in a .covered :-wag?s$(wUh gasoline
stove. The stove exploded, the team
ran away, and. the occupants of the
wagon were'futally burned. .
W. 0. Wills, of Hay creek, Crook
county, acting upon the request of citi
sensofhis section,' has asked Gover
nor Lord to interoede in behalf of the
Eastern Oregon people in the matter of
the exclusion of stock from the Cascade
reserve, by making a special request of ,
(be president, I
FIRST DAY OF DEBATE.
The Mouse Take Vp the Tariff BUI
In Karneit.
Washington, March 24. The first
day of the tariff debate in the house
was rather tame, from both a specUou
lar and an oratorical standpoint. The
galleries were well filled all day, and
the members on the floor batoned oon
soientiously; but there was an absence
both of that sharp cross-firing whioh
keeps the nerves on edge and that bril
liant eloquence which inspires and holds
the imagination. The opening of the
debate was delayed ovor two hours by
the full reading of the billot 163 pages,
and this, to begin with, had a some
what depressing influence. The Repub
lican leaders insisted on this to avoid
the possible appearance in the future,
should the consideration of the bill not
be completed under the five-minute
rule, of a claim Ihut the bill had not
been read in full iu the house, a thing
which happened in the cases of both
the MoKinloy and Wilson bills. Only
four speeches woro made at today s sos-
Bion. Dingley, ohairman of the ways
and means eomnnttoo, opened in an
hour's speech for the majority, I'm
Wheeler firod the broadside for the
opposition.
The pluns of the Democrats had mia
carried. Bailey, lender of tho opposi
tion, had decided to close the debate
and McMillin had been selected to re
tlv to Dinelov: but at the last moment
it was learned that McMillin hud been
unable to prepare himself, owing to tho
illness of his wife. The task, there.
fore, devolved upon Wheeler. Tho
latter was unprepared, but, noveftho-
less, took the floor for an hour. Bell
blazed the path for the Populists. Tho
only other speaker at the day session
was Hopkins, a member of the ways
and means committee. '
Bailey of Texas presented to the
house tonight tho minority report on
the tariff bill. It . wa signed by all
the Democratic mombors of tho ways
and means committee, and gives the
grounds of . their opposition to the bill.
It says:
' "This " bill wns framed with tho
avowed purpose of 'protecting the man
ufacturers of the United States against
foreign competition, and it is perfectly
obvious 'that,: if it accomplishes that
purpose, it must result in compelling
the consumers of this country to puy
more for thcir'uianufacturod goods, and
for tli is reason' we think it should not
pass. We rest our opposition on tho
broad principle that congress was in
vested with the powor of taxation as a
means of collecting from each citizen
. his fair proportion toward the support
of the government, and that it is
gross perversion of that sovereign powor
to .employ. Jt as a means of enabling
, favored classes to ' levy unjust charges
upon the great body of the people.
The report says the disapproval of
the bounty system, as applied to tho
sugar industry, has been so pronounced
that the committee dared not insert it
in the bill, and, in the opinion of tho
signers, the' payment of bounties is
preferable to the tariff tux, as being
mgre. direct and -simple. The report
concludes:
'We are unable to offor a substitute
for the pending bill, because we have
' not been allowed a reasonable time to
prepare one. Congress oonvonod in ex
traordinary session Monday, and this
bill was introduced the Bame day and
referred to the committee on ways and
means, ..wnicn met tno next morning,
and on Thursday it was ordored to be
reported to the house. The ' majority
of the committee had the three months
of the last session of the last oongress
in which to prepare their bill, and yet
they rofused to allow the minority
three weeks in which to prepare a sub
stitute. We. were unwilling to pro
pose a measure that had not been care
fully matured, and we must therefore
oontent " 'ourselves " with , protesting'
against the'psissage of the committee's
bill."
In the Senate.'
"Washington, March 24. The senate
today agreed to a resolution requesting
the presidont for information as to the
'death of Dr Ruiz, in Cuba.
. Among the bills reported was the
Lodge bill, restricting immigration.
- Pettigrow reported the bill for free
homes on public lands, and gave notice
of an endeavor to secure aotion at the
earliest possible moment. , ' .
Several other bills relating to Indian
affairs and public lands were reported
and placed on the calendar ' '
"Appointed by IttoKinler.
Washington, March 24. The presi
dent today sent the following nomina
tions to the senate: -.
State Joseph L. Bristow, of Kan
sas, fourth assistant postmaster-general.
Interior Dinger Herman, of Oregon,
commissioner of the general land oflice.
Justice J. D. Elliott, attorney for
the district. of South Dakota.
Treasury Ernest G. Timme, of Wis
consin, auditor for the state and other
departments (fifth auditor), i
Navy Commodore Joseph N. Miller,
to be rear-admiral. ,
Chinese Girls Will lie Deported.
San Franpispo, March 24 Special
agents of the treasury today arrested
sixty Chinese girls, -who, it is Baid,
were improperly landp4. at this port
while the Dick Williams investigation
was in progress, and n6 Chinese inter
preter was employed by the depart
ment. All the women who have. .no
registration papers will be deported, v.
Rog'alni HU Freedom.
Washington, March 24. Another
Amorican who has been held under ar
rest in Cuba, has been released. He is
Francis Cassoanas, arrested at Sagua.l
it?
agua, , j
t
a.
on J.1 ebruary 18. The arrest was
nounced by Consul-General Lee
great outrage, whereupon the stat i.,
partment began at once to movei I ,.
A
nan ot the man, with the rew 1 1
he was sent at liberty yesterday -(
The number or Americans t , ..
?er
arrest in Cuba it reduced if ' V
THE 0AKESIS SAFE
Arrives in New York After
a Terrible Voyage.
CREW STRICKEN WITH SCURVY
Six Men Died on the railage Cap
telu'i Wife Took Her Tun
at the Wheel.
New York, March . 23. The long
overdue dipper ship T. F. Onkos, which
left Hong Kong1, July 4, 18U6, 260 days
ago, with a general cargo, for this port,
and which had been given up as lost,
was towed into port this morning, by
the British tank steamer Kuskeck,
Captain Muir, who picked hor up last
Thursday. The orew were sick With
scurvy, and six had died.
The Kasboek was bound from Phila
delphia for Fiumc, Austria, with a
cargo of oil, and left the former port
Saturday, March 13. On tho following
evening, at 11 o'clock, blue lights wore
seen. Captain Muir ordered the steam
er's .course altered, and the steamer
bore rip to the distress signal. At 1
o'clock, she was close alongside the ship
and stood by until daybreak, when
signals were observed flying from the
ship, asking that a boat be sent along,
side, as tho ship's crew were so help.
less us to bo unable to man their own
boats. Chief Ollloer C. P. Holshem
and three seamen at once put off in the
Kasbeck's yawl, and, when within
speaking distance, heard a tale of suffer
ing and sickness from those on board
tho ship such as made them shudder.
Captain Reed, of the Oakos, roported
.that his orew were all laid up with
sciirvy, and that the provisions were
well-nigh exhausted. ' He was unable
to navigate tho ship with the fow hands
he had at his command, and begged
that he at once be supplied with fresh
food, and vegetables and taken in tow
for tho nearest port. Mate Helshem
returned to the Kuskeck with the mes
sage, and Captain ItTnir at once decided
to ta ;o the vessel in tow.
T ie weather; whioh had beon Hirer
en ing, now became boisterous, and I
northerly gale sprang up. Neverthe'
less, preparations were made to pass a
hawser to the Oukes, when tho boat,
with a load or provisions was sent.
The sea was rough at the time, but
Chief Oflloer Ilelslioin volunteered to
attempt to board her, and, as the en
gineers reported the propcllor to be
working well, it was decided to send a
hawser aboard. . Accordingly, a line was
dragged by tho boat, and after a deal of
hard work, two hawsers woro made
fast.
Mr. Helshem and his boat's orew of
three did most of the workon the ship,
They found only the second and third
matos able to help thorn. The provl
sions they brought were a godsend to
the scurvy-stricken survivors of the
ship's crew, and they began to gather
hope that they might live to see land
again. From the time the hawser was
passed until New York was reached,
no inoident of importance occurred.
Captain Reed, of tho Oakes, told a
terrible story of suffering and privation
Wlien the Oukes sailed from Hong Kong
.the .crowwiis" apparently inthe best of
health, with the exception of Captain
Reed, who -had-been ailing for some
timep.but who under the careful nurs
ing of. his "devoted wife, thought him
solf on tho road to recovory. When
about six -days out In the China sea, a
temno typhoon was enoountorcd, last
ing several days, during which the fore
and main topmasts were sprung. The
voHssel was obligo'd to run before the
gulo, which hud no sooner blown itself
Out. than ,it "was - followed by a second
typhoon, whioh blew with great fnry
for twenty-four days.
The vossel had then got well out in
the North Pacific, and so far off her
course that Captain Reed dooidod to
shape his course via Cape Horn, rathor
than bf- Cape of Good Hope, hoping
thereby to make better time. The
weather remained fine until Cape Horn
was rounded, 107 days out. In the
meantime the Chinese cook had been
taken do?h with a severe cold and died
November 11. Afterward a seaman
named Thomas King was taken dowfl
with what appeared to be scurvy, and
died December 20. In duiok succession
Seaman Thomas Olden was taken siok
and died January 12; Thomas Judge,
another seaman, was taken ill with
cancer of 'the stomach, and later Mate
Stephen Bunker showed symptoms of
scurvy. The latter died February 4,
and was quickly followed by George
King, an old man, who died on the 9th.
On the 17th Judge sucoumbed, making
in all six deaths.
One by one the other sailors Were
obliged to quit work, until on Maroh 1
nobody was loft except the second and
third mates, the oiptain and his wife.
All woro , well-nigh .exhausted, and
.when a 'strong' northerly' gaje blew, up
that day, tile brave. woma.ri was obliged
to take the wheel, and for eight hours
without relief and without as much as
a drink of water, she kept the ship, on
her course. , ,
The provisions were running short,
although a supply had been obtained
January 12 from the American ship
Governor Robie, from New York for
Melbourne, when off the island of Trin
idad,', and. tho jcrew--wa8 deft . without
jjther than "the' bSrest. jiecessities. "A
sharp lookout was .kept for passing ves-
but nothing was seen until the
Kjj,skbeck hove in sight. The only
TrtJiLduring the voyage, with the ex-
VTtDyof the Robie, was a northbound
- -Jftret & Holt steamer, which passed
jfiakes off Pernambuco, but was too
'jf oS to distinguish signals.
The
Oakes is a three-masted ship,
built by the late Commander Gorrine,
at Philadelphia, in 1883. She regis,
ters 1,897 tons. On March 18 she wai
reinsured at 90 guineas premium.
BLOCKADE HAS BEGUN.
Greek Bhlpe Will Be Prevented From
Approaching Crete.
Canea,, March 23. The situation in
Crete today may be described as one of
expectancy. This morning the fact
that the blockade had formally begun
was generally communicated from
Cunea to all points In the island in
the telegraphic circuit.
Pillaging still continues. Three
Turkish soldiers who were caught in
the act of pillage Saturday night Hal
epa fired on the gendarmes, who re
turned the fire, killing one of them.
Some doubt is now expressed by offi
cials here as to whetlior Colonel Vassos,
commander of the Greek forces in
Crete, will be able to hold out long,
owing to tho soaroity of provisions. It
is denied by the officials that there is
friction between tho admirals and the
consuls.
Foreign Warihlpi at Crete.
London, March 28. The Athens
correspondent of the Times says a
strong gule is blowing across the Agean
sea, which will make the blockade ex
oeedingly.diflloul't. ' It Is reportod the admirals purposely
refrained from interfering with vessels
which have recently landed provisions
in Crete, one having discharged a car
go at Akrotiri almost under the eyes of
the admirals.
The necessity of removing the Turk
ish troops from the island becomes
more and more imperative. Absolute
ly nothing else, continues the corres
pondent, will convince the Cretans of
Europe's sincerity. It may be regarded
as certain that they, will even prevent
the departure of the Greek army by
foroe until tho Turks have gone. There
is no time to be lost. It is impossible
that Greece and Turkey could long sup
port the armies they have mobilized.
Each will favor provoking a struggle
to seeing its troops starve.
THE AMERICAN TARIFF.
Arouiei the doruinn l'reii to a Spirit
of Anlinonlty.
Berlin, March 28. The German
press displays special Interest in tho
new Americun turiff. The Cologne
Giwetto-pnblishos the full text of the
bill, ami all leading newspapers pub
lish extracts from it, and editorials on
the subjeot. These latter brejithe a
spirit of fierce animosity, and a strong
desire for reprisals. The Kleiner
Journal sayB: , '
"If this bill becomes a law, Europe,
and especially Germany, must fool it
to be an intentional blow . in the face.
A largo part of our exports is thcroby
prohibited, and exports of another
part Is rendorod extremoly difficult.
Many of our industries will be forood
to completely reorganize their system
of production, raise the quality of their
goods and specialize. This will require
a period of experiment and delay. In
the meanwhile, much of the commerce
and industry will bo lost.
Referring to the currency plans of
the United States, the Kleiner Journal
says:
"We deom silver to be a danger to
gold countries, espeoially to Germany,
even greator than the tariff. The re
mainder of our commorce in Amerioa
will bo put on a, shifting basis, and
grout losses are threatened to our finan
cial investments in the United States.
Our holdings in the Northern Pacifio
railway alone amount to 2,000,000
marks, and billions of German capital
will be imperilled."
The Tagebliitt, National . Zeitung,
Cologne Gazotto, Weiser Zeitung, and
Hamburger Nachrichten publish simi
lar artioles.
A MURDER AVENGED.
Pearl Bryan's Slayers Died on the
Scaffold.
Newport, Ky., March 23. The mur
der of Pearl Bryan, fourteen months
ago, was avongod today. Scott Jack
son and Alonzo Walling were executed
at 11:45 A. M. from the same scaffold.
There was a double trap, but only one
lever, and when Sheriff Plummer pulled
tho lever, both dropped the same in
stant. Walling, however, lins-ered a
moment longer than Jackson. The
neck of neither was broken, and both
struggled hard in the process of strangu
lation. The arrangements were complete,
and the performance was so perfeot that
it was without any incident unusual on
such occasions. Both mon were nervy ,
to the last, and on the gallows protest-1
ed thoir innocenoe, and died with their ,
seorots, so that it may never be known '
what was done with the head of Pearl
Bryan, or where she lodged the two
nights previous to her murder, or
what part each took in the decapita-'
Mon, or whetlior otherB were imnlicnt.
ed. There wore over 800 men men
within the encjDSure to. witneBS the '
hanging, and many thousands gathered
around the jail ... yard, but the special
deputies and police maintained order.
The execution was, quiokly dispatched,
as neither man had anvthhur to nv nn
the gallows, exoept to declare hifl inno
cence, and Rev. A. J. Lee was brief in
his remarks. , -
Capitol BUI Vetoed. ,
Olymnia. Wash.. March. 28 Thn
capitol buildinir proieot has been nut
to sleep for two years more. Governor
Rogers today refused to give the meas
ure his Offlcal Banotion', and stated as
his reason that it was npt legally passed.
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Destroyed by Fire. I
Ottumwa. Ia.. March 28. A dionn.
trous fire broke out this eveninu in a
brick business block on Main Htmnt
owned by the Seth Richards estate, and
destroyed property valued at 1180,000.
After a hard fight the fire department
succeeded in getting the fire under con
trol. The property dostroved was In. '
Bured for f 100000. " '
The gardener should remember that
harmless snakes are expert and vora
cious bug catchers.
A TERRIBLE DISASTER
Exposure,
ness,
Starvation, Mad.
Then Death.
LOSS OF THE V1LLE 8TE. NAZAIRE
Aa . Oeean Trag ed of Eieeptlonal
Horror-Klghtjr Llvei Lout
Sturloi of Burvlvora.
New York, Maroh 23. Of eigty-two
persons comprising the passengers and
crew of tho steamer Villo Ste. Nazaire,
which sailed from this port March (j
for Port au Prince, Hnyti, only four
are known to have survived the disas
ter whioh befell the craft a few hours
later, These four passed through an
experience such as fortunately has been
the lot of but few, seeing one after an
other of the thirty-one others who left
the steamer in j a lurge boat perish of
exposure to the cold or die of hunger,
some suffering, during tho seven days
in which thoy drifted helplessly with
out sail or compos, pangs that drove
thorn to madness before death came to
their relief. S
Among the survivors is Renor Tagado,
a San Domingian, who was compelled
to witness the death of his wife and
four children without being ublo to al
leviate their sufferings. What became
of the forty-four persons besides these
mentioned above can only be surmised,
although there is a remote possibility
that one or more of the three bouts in
which they left the sinking steamer in
the midst of a fierce storm off Cape
llatteras, has been picked up by a sail
ing vessel.
The Ville Ste. Nazaire was a single-'
screw bark-riggod steamer of 2,010 tons
register. She was owned by tho Com-pogiiieTruns-Atluntique
Generate. The
accident vividly reoulls tho fate of the
same company's steamer Villo do Havre,
which went down November 23, 1873,
with 226 people on board. Tho Ville
Sto. Nazaire Was commanded by Cap
tain Juguena, a sailor of experience and
ability. Hard weather was experienced
from the time the steamer lef this port
until the water began pouring into and
over hor, and it was determined to
abandon her. The passengers and crew
took four boats, the fifth having been
crushed In the attempt , to lower it.
There bad been, no, time to provision
the boats.
It wu night, and in the
midst of a storm the transfer was made.
Captain Borrl, manager of tho West
Indian line of the Compagnie Truus
Atlantique Generate, was one of tho 35
men who embarked in the larger of the
boats, and upon him developed the
command of that frail refugo for so
many souls.- He, Senor Tagado, Lautz,
the third engineer, and Muiro, the
ship's doctor, are the only ones surviv
ing. They w'ulr brought to Perth Am
boy yesterday by the schooner Hilda,
which came upon them March 14, as
they were drifting at sea with the dead
bodies of four of their fellow-passengers
in a small boat. The survivors , were
almost dead from starvation and expo
sure, and were top weak to relieve the
small boat of the weight of the corpses,
The four rescued men were brought to Masso sucoeeds him as president, and
this city from Perth Amboy in the tug , that Dr. Capott,- ex-professor 'of the
Idlowild last night. Captain Berri is Havana universityj will be appointed
being attended by Dr. L. Doplezze, who i. vice-president. '
entortains doubts of his recovery, and General Qrtfntin Bandera has -re-declares
that he must have endured , turned to CamaBuev.
most terrible harBhips,
The Ste. Nazaire cloarcd from Now
York for Port au Prince on March 6.
On the following day, according to the
story told by one of the survivors, the
leak was discovered, but it was not
thought to be sufficiently serious to war
rant a return to port. By the middle
of the second day, howevor, the leak
had increased to a dangerous extent,
and a portion of the cargo on the port
side of the vessel was damaged by the
water, which had oommonced to pour
in in great quantities. A terrible ;
storm arose, on the night of the second
day, and the heavy seas, together with .
ZJ. i V :i C lT80npe'. .
vessel from h Pwreok an impossibility,
Realizing that( the ship was doomed,
he captain ordered the four hfeboats
o be lowered, and into them crowded
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woro ouuu swept upari oy wie winu and
waves.
The boat which was found by the
Hilda six dnys after tho sinking of the
steamship is the only one of the four
boats that has been-heard of. Thirty
five persons, it is said, were crowded
into the boat from whioh the survivors
were taken. One by one all but the
four resoued men died from exposure or
hunger, or wore swept into the deep by
waves which broke over the small bontt t 4 o'clock this morning. Ho was
The bodies of the dozen who died in j one f the two men employed on the
the boat during the first days of its tor- h'K't shift. The belting that operates
rible voyage were thrown over board the large grinders flew off the pulleys,
by the survivprs. But thoso who with-, Bni the signal was given the engineer
stood the elements and managed to live to shut down until it was replaced,
without food or drink, at last became ! this was being done, and while the
too weak to rid the boat of its ghastly i shaft" was revolving, slowly, Soeley
freight, and were compelled for days to reached up and caught hold of the belt,
gazo upon the stiffened oorpses of their It is supposed his arm went through a
unfortunate companions. Agent Forget, I loop," and, becoming entangled, the
of the French line, is doing all in his young man was sent whirling with the
power to make the survivors comforta- j shaft. The first revolution threw him
ble. - - against the ceiling; killing him. Be-
Captain Berri, who is 66 years of ago ore t,ie maohinery could be stopped
and a trusted employe of the Frenoh i tne bocJy na heen mashed to a pulp,
line, is under the care of a dootor. Seeley was 20 years of age, and a na
The physician found his patient's throat tive Of Illinois, '.He had lived here
fearfully parched and his lungs in the about a year and had relatives on
same condition. After examination.
the dootor said that with careful treat
ment he might recover. It would be
over a week, however, before he could
take any solid food. The captain's
body is oovered with bruises from being
thrown about the boat while she was
tempest-tossed.
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Decorated by the Pope.
Rome, Maroh 22. The pope has
oonferred decorations upon several
Frenoh officers who saved Roman Cath
olio religious houses during the fires
at Canea
LOCOMOTIVE BOILER BURST.
Killed Engineer and Tlreman, bat Pu
engeri Knew Nothing of It.
Chioago, Maroh 23. The boiler of
the locomotive, which was hauling the
Chicago and Boston speoiul, on the
Lake Shore Sc Michigan Southern road,
blew up this morning, instantly kill
ing the engineer and fireman and com
pletely demolishing the engine. The
dead are: Alexander Franks, engineer,
of Chioago; Edward B. Smith, fireman,
of Chicago.
The enigneer was hurled 200 feet
into the air through a network of tele
graph wires that were stretched along
the tracks and had his right leg torn
off. The fireman was thrown against
a oattle car with such force that almost
every bone in his body was broken.
None of the rest ot the train crew nor
any of the passengers were injured.
' The train to which the engine was
attached is one of the fastest on the
Lake Shore, and leaves Van Buren
Street depot at 10:30 in the morning.
The accident occurred about 1 1 o'clock,
as the train had just pulled out from
Knglewood, and was running at the rate
of twenty miles an hour. A peculiar
feature of the explosion was the fact
that although the report was so loud it
was heard by residents half a mile
away, and the force so great that the
engine was literally blown to atoms,
none of the passengers in the rear part
of the train heard the report and were
not aware that anything unusual had
happened until they looked out after
the train had come to a sudden stop.
The train went about 1G0 feet after the
explosion took place, and, although the
stop was quite sudden, none of the pas
sengers were thrown from their seats,
and not ono of the coaches was dam
aged by the explosion or by the sudden
stop.
The force of the explosion was ap
parently upward and outward, as parts
of the engine were thrown into the air
100 feet, and pieces of the , boiler wore
tossed into a swamp, a distance of 200
feet, while the baggage our, directly
behind the engine, was not damaged
in any way.
It is not known just what caused the
explosion, officials of the road saying
that it will not be determined until
what remains of the engine is taken
apart and examined. It was thought
at first that ther wag no water in the
boiler, but this theory was abandoned,
as it was a through train, and the en-
i gine had just been taken from the
,ft,lmiimiiHP
boiler was defective in some respects.
but this was denied by offloials of the
road. The latter say the locomotive
was in good condition in every respect,
j had been' in service about three years,
and was considered one of the fastest
engines on the road.
The train that it was pulling was
known as No. 10, and is a through train
from Chioago to Boston. . . ,
PRESIDENT CISNEROS DEAD
Htno
Becomes Head of the Cnban
, . ltepabllo.
Havana, March 23. It is reported
from Camaguey that Salvador Cisneros,
president of the Cuban republic, is
dead: that. Vice-Prpunlnnf Rnrtlnmo
- a large nociy oi insurgent . is con
centrated near Sanoti Spiritus, and a
combined movement of Spanish troops
against them is expected.
For the last few days, Captain-Gen-eral
Weyler has been greatly annoyed
by a serious affection of the throat with
supperation of the glands of the aeso
phagus. On Wednesday, after a con
sultation with his physicians, it was
decided that for. a time the patient
must have absolute .rest. As he suf
fered severely '.fjm. dysentery when in
the- field! hW mmlinnl nrivlaara rami 1.1
not allow hltri td return there for some
time on that account also.
In addition theUdNelson, several
other American boys have arrived at
Havana within 'the last few days with
the intention of joini the , J
8rmVi but the ad fven them f
"turn to the United States.
The boy,
Robert Emmett Soully, of Somorvillo,
N. J., who came to join the insurgents,
will probably be Bhipped back to New
Vork at the request of his family and
ot the American state department.
. Caught by Belt.
Astoria, Or., March 28. Charles
Soeley, an employe of the Young's
Eiver pulp mills, met a horrible fate
Young's river.
Spanish Official Report.
Havana, March 28. During' the ten
days ending Thursday, the insurgents
have lost 428 killed, among them being
one leader, eight officers, besides eight
privates who were taken prisoners and
88 who surrendered. They lost 164
firearms and 1,000 Bide arms: The
Spanish lost during the same period
three offioers and twenty-four soldiers
killed! sixteen officers and 268 soldiers
wounded,
Evidence of Steady Growth
and Enterprise.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
From All the Cities and Towns of
the Thriving SUter States
Oregob
The Grant county court has declared
that taxes for the year 1896 will not be
delinquent until May 15, 1897.
The county treasurer of Umatilla re
ceived from the sheriff last week $1,
662.79, the first installment of 189
taxes turned over by the sheriff., ,
Carl Parker has started for the John
Day country to buy 80,000 head of
sheep, if that number can be bought,
for Foss & Co , says a Baker. City
paper.
President William H. Hampton, of
the Miner's Association of Southern
Oregon, has called a meeting of the ex
ecutive committee, to be held in
Grant's Pass, in Ue near future.
George and Edward Sally, two boys
who were born and brought up in
Baker county, were sentenced to the
penitentiary by Judge Eakin, in Baker
City, George to two years, and Edward
to one and a half years. George ie 23
years old, and Edward is 18.
The Grant county court has awarded
the contract for putting in steel fix
tures at the county jail to the Mosler
Safe Company, of Portland, for $2,750.
Among the improvements will be steel
cells, closets, bathtubs, etc. The work
is to be done this spring, and after
that it is hoped there will be no more
escapes from this jail.
T. A. Walker helped Engineer Nich
olson in his recent geological surveys
around Coquille. Among other things
found was one of the government's ini
tial points at the courthouse block,
which had been tampered with. A
fine of 250 is provided for arrest and
conviction of the party or parties med-
dling with or defacing these posts.
J. B. Tucker, a farmer of Weston,
says that wheat in his Beotion of the
oounry is looking fine, and he' does not
think that there is any danger of its
being hurt from this time on. He said
that where he lived the wheat was-,
much more likely to be injured than
in the wheat belt west of Weston, be
cause of the altitude, which causes
more thawing and freezing.
Three horses belonging to R. R.
Cleveland, of Beagle, Jackson county,
died last' week of a disease similar to
spinal meningitis. The d isease seemed, ,
to weaken the spine, and the animals -grew
rapidly worse, resulting in their
deaths within four days from the day
of the first symptoms. During the ill-.
ness, they ate and drank heartily until
within a short time before death.
George' R. McEenzie, the expert ac
countant appointed by Judge Fullerton,
to go through the books of Lincoln
county, is now busily engaged at his
task. He says that his instructions'
from the court are to go through tha
books and accounts of the sheriff, clerk .
and treasurer, oheoking up the same,
and find out how much money has
been reoeived by these officers, .and
what disposition has been made of it.
Waihlngton.
Garfield is working to have a cream
ery established there. :
William Rowe, an old Walla Walla
county pioneer, was buried' last week
in Walla Walla city.
Fishermen, on Willapa harbor art
busy tarring their nets and otherwise,
preparing for the fishing season.
The people of Kettle Falls-are build
ing a bridge acroass the Colville river,
for the use of farmers coming to town
Frank Smith, a tree pruner, living
near Walla Walla dranlr thrna Kittla
of a patent medioine one day last week,
ana aieo tne next day.
A majority of the Indians on th
Yakima reservation are said to favoi
the nronnsitinn to baII thoir. lunrt. Vn,
a few of the more wealthv anions? them
are against it.
Ah Sam and Ah Mum, two Chinese
laborers, were Arrpatpil in Walla Walla
last weeK, cnargea with Deing unlaw
fully in the United States. They- will
ba Bent before United States Judge
Hanford, in Soattle, for a hearing.
Even the wheat raising district oi
Walla Walla has its mines. A carload
of gold-bearing ore from Blue and Mil)
creeks, has been shipped to the Tacoma
smelter. ' Should the experiment prove
successful,' a large force of men may be
put to work at the mines. ;
The referenoe library of the Cheney
normal school has received a valuable
addition of about 200 volumes, consist
ing of literary, scientific and historical
works by the njost eminent writers oi
ancient and modem Mines, The liter
ary work consists, .ot both prose and
poetry. "
. The telephone company is distribut
ing poleB between Myers Falls and Spo
kane. Teams are daily hauling polei
betweeri.tle falls and Chewelah. Pres
ident Oakes. and Secretary Aris say
they expect soon to have the line in
working order between the falls and
Spokane. '; ' ' '
A tree on the Northern Pacifio traci
between Aberdeen tfand Montesans
caused Fireman Hampden to jum
from the engine one day last week.
The engineer stuck to his post and th
engine knocked the tree, whioh turned
out to be rotten, all to pieces. Thi
fireman was found unconscious, badly
bruised, and bleeding, but he is recov
ering from his injuries.
Fifty-three persons joined the Meth
odist church during the ""cent revival
meetings in Colfax.
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