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IIILLSHOKO, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1898.
NO. 43.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK
From all Parts of the New
and Old World.
BRIEF AND INTERESTING ITEMS
Co.iiprohi'ii.lvQ Review of the Import
ant I'lippi'iilngs at the Cur
rent Week.
United Stule Consul Powell, ut
Seoul, Corea, bus cabled the state de
partment that tlio emperor died Mon
day, Tho Spanish minister o( flnnnce lias
abandoned the idea of Moating a loan
on tlit) guarantee of tlio Almuden quick
i Ivor mines.
Tlio members of the family and the
Immediate friends of Secretary Altior
are seriously disturbed about his ill
ness. H'ih physicians now four that
.ho bus typhoid fever. General Alger
4-if been confined to hia bud for more
tiJin throe weeks.
Tlio inula spinners of Lowell and
Now Bedford, Mush,, wore given per
in i Hsiun to strike by ttiu mule spinners'
union, and no hshchkiik-ii t of 25 cents
pur week wuh levied on the members
tif tlio union. Delegates representing1
every mill center in New England wers
present.
A dispatch to the London Mail from
Hong Kong says it in reported there
that England, Julian and RiiHsiu Iihvu
nrrived ut an agreement respecting
f Corea. Tlio details of the agreement
nru not known to the correHpomlcnt,
but tlie diifpntolt says the British fleet
it) returning to Hong Kong.
The Crefik Council, in spite of tha
messago of Secretary liliHH, through In
dian Agent Wis.lom, warning them not
to do so, has passed an act appropria
ting 130,000 to bo used in employing
tittoriu'jH to fight the coiiHtitutionality
of the net of congress giving tlio Unitej
States eourti full jurisdiction after
January 1.
Francis D. Newton, a prosperous
farmer of Brookfleld, Mass., his wife
rjurah, and their 10-year-old adopted
daughter, Ethel, wore found murdered
in their beds. The crime wan discov
ered by neighbors, whoso curiosity was
aroused by the bellowing of unfed bat
tle. Te throe had boon k.llod with
an ax. A hired mnn named Paul is
missing. (
John Lincoln, of Bolshow, Mo , has
applied to the Marysville board of ex
aminutiou for a pension. Lincoln and
hia sister, Mrs. Washington Hoshor, of
Marysville, wore second cousins ol
Abraham Lincoln. John Lincoln en
listed early in the '00's in the Fourth
Missouri and served in that regiment
for three years, lie then enlisted in
the 13l.li Missouri cavalry, and served
to the end of tlio war. Before he was
dually mustered out ho fought Indians
on the plains for some time.
Fred Lewis, a prisoner in the Seattle
city jail, oommitted filicide in his cull
by hanging himself with a pocket hand
kerchief, which was fastened to a hook
lined in suspending a hammock. Lewis,
who was a waiter in n hotel, hnd a light
on New Yenr'H day with Joseph Kurtz,
.the head cook, in which ho struck
, Kurt, on the head with an icepick,
inflicting a wound from the effects of
which Kurtzdied. Lewis wuh arrested,
but no form ul charge had yet been made
against him, pending the result of
Kurta' wounds. When the news of
Kurtz' death was conveyed to Lewis,
he showed great agitation, and a short
time afterward took his own life. "
' A line of steamers is to be estab
lished between Valparaiso and San
Ftnncieoo. ......
Fivo shots fired by an unknown por
tion into a saloon at Picton, Col., killed
Robert Mamlollni, tlie proprietor, and
Davo Evans, anil carried away a portion
of the chin of Dick Owens.
Vladinier BonrtzeftV editor of the
Narodnaya Voltz, and Wierzbeoki,
jirinter of that paper, have been com
mitted for trial in London for publish
ing, articles inciting persons to ussas
Binate the czar.
The trustees appointod by Mrs.
Phoebe HoarsMo obtain architectural
plans of the buildings and grounds for
the University of California havo coin'
plated the plan of an international com
petition which is to be issued immedi
ately. " Colorado will not join the combina
tion proposed among certain Western
states to biennially inspect the books
of large Eastoru life insurance com
panies as a condition precedent to per
mitting them to do business in those
Btates. ''
Morris Mueller and Viotor Goldstein
atteinptod to drug William Smith, a
passer-by, into a second-hand Btore in
St. Louis. Smith drew a pistol and
tired several shots. Mueller is in the
hospital dying, Golistein has some
bullet holes in his arm, and Smith is in
jail.: .
The building trndes council of San
Francisco has indorsed the notion of
Labor Commissioner Fitzgorald in urg
ing the annexation of Hawaii, ad vocal
ing the eight-hour labor law and the
anti-immigration law, and striving to
have a clause inserted in' the spooinca'
tion for the new postofflee requiring all
stone to be dressed in San Francisco.
E. G. Triplett, presfilont of the
Algorn agricultural ajid medical college
for colored people, near Rodney, Miss.,
was shot and fatally woundod by some
unknown assassin.
James V. Miller, of Pittsburg, has
closed a 'contract to deliver 4,000,000
tons of64per cent Messaba iron ore
On the dock's at Cardiff, for the Cardiff
Iron Founders' Cnmpanv. This is the
largest ore deal ever consummated, the
amount Involved being 120,000,000, on
which Miller gets a commission ol
1500,000,
BRAVE WOMAN AND A HATPIN
CoinUlimtlon Which Foiled Two IIhiiiI Ita
til Chicago.
Chicago, Jan. 12. Two men who
last night tried to rob Conductor War
ren, of a Uliie-lsland avenue cable
train, were foiled by a woman passen
ger named Miss Sadie Williams. Be
sides Miss Williams there were three
other passengers, another woman and
two men and the gripmnn on the train.
Neither tho male passengers nor the
gripmau came to the help of the con
ductor, who was having a desperate
fight with the robbers. Just an the
robbers were getting the lst of tlio
fight Miss Willliams concluded to take
a hand. Grabbing her long hatpin,
that fastened her hat to her hair, she
made a plungo with the pin on tlio rob
ber nearest her. All her strength was
lent to the thrust, and the man screamed
with pain. He released his hold on the
conductor and turned on Miss Williams.
She struck him again and he quit tlio
fight.
Miss Williams went for the next man
and made a thrust for his eyes, Tlie
point of the pin struck his cheek.
"Take her off I" cried the robber. He
turned to look for his companion, who
by that time was on the platform, mak
ing ready to jump. lie was asked to
come buck, but he did not. Meantime
the young woman was striking for more
vital parts than his face. ' She reached
with her pin for his stomach. His
thick clothing saved his lite.
The conductor was bleeding and in a
half-dazed condition: When ho caino
to his senses there wore but two passen
gers on tho car. The others, whose
names could not be learned, had gone.
So hud the robbers.
When the excitement was over Riid
tlie ronners nail uisappearoil mips 11
Hums replaced her hat and then askei
the conductor if he was hurt. He was
not. Then she fainted. She was soonA
revived, however, and escorted to herr
home.
Miss Williams resides with her
parents, anil is employed in one of the
down-town offices. She is small of
frame, but it is said that she has the
oourage of a soldier.
ANNEXATION QUESTION.
Problem With Which the Neiiate Dun
Heguti to Wrestle.
Washington, Jan. 12. Bishop Mer
rill, of Chicago, delivered tho invoca
tion at the opening of the senate today.
A bill was reported favorably from the
Indian committee preventing railroad
companies from charging more than !5
cents a mile for passengers through In
dian territory. A resolution looking
to the filtration of water used in the
City of Washington caused Senator
Halo to say that in no part of tho Uni
ted States was there a city whoseciti
zeiifl are to imposed upon and abused as
to water supply as theoitizensof Wash
ington. At 12:50 P. M., on motion of Davis
of Minnesota, chairman of the commit
tee on foreign relations, the senate
went into executive session to consider
the Hawaiian treaty.
Immediately after the treaty was
called up Puttigrow offered a motion
for conducting the debate in open sen
ate, which was antagonized by Chair
man Davis, of tlie foreign relations
commit too, and others, the principal
portion of tlio debate for the Hrst two
liours of the session being upon this
motion.
The senate finally decided not to de
bate tho Hawaiian proposition in open
boss ion.
In the House.
The attondamee in the house was
light today, but tlie galleries were well
tilled. The civil service donate was
resumed, and Coonev, Democrat, of
Missouri, took the floor. He .opposed
the whole civil servioe reform idea,
which he denounced as a cheat and a
narrow swindle. A civil pension list
and office-holding class, he argued, were
logical and inevitable if it was to be
maintained.
Dorr, Republican of West Viiginia,
followed with a set speech in opposition
to the law.
Cox, Democrat qf Tennessee, said he
was so uttorly Opposed to civil service
reform that he would vote to strike out
the appropriation for the commission
and for the repeal of tho law.
Little, Democrat, of Arkansas, an
tagonized the principle, theory and
practice of the law.
Buttered by a Hurricane.
Queenstown, Jan. 11. The Norwe
gian bark Hovding, Captain Reynolds,
which arrived here yesterday from Pen
Baoola, was terribly battered by a li ti f-
ricane, December 20. She was sub
merged for a time and the wheelman
drowned. Atterward, a huge sea
washed over the captain. One of his
legs caught in the spanker sheets, and
he was dragged into the boiling surf.
A few minutes later another wave
washed him on deck. The flesh was
torn off his leg. The cabin was gutted
and the charts and compasses de
stroyed'. Several of the crew were in
j u red '
Mrs. Nack's Light Sentence. ,
New York, Jan. 12. Mrs. Augusta
Nack, jointly charged with Martin
Thorn, the arch -murderer of William
Guldensiippe, the bathrubber at Wood
side, L. I., in June last year, was to
day sentenoed to 15 years in the state
prison at Auburn.
Declared Unconstitutional.
San Franclsoo, Jan. 12. The law
prohibiting merchants from making
gifts as an inducement to trade, which
was primarily aimed at trading-stamp
enterprises, today reoeived a knock-out
blow from Judge Campbell, who decided
tho law to be unconstitutional, as an
unwarranted invasion of the liberties of
the oitizen. This disposition affects a
number of Eastern oompanies, which
have recontly commenced operations
' here.
FROZEN TO DEATH
Fate of Two Douglas County,
Washington, Ranchers.
WANDERED NEARLY 100 MILES
Trttvnlf.il In a Circle Had Storm Came
tip Immediately After Thejr
Started un the Trip.
Coulee City, Wash., Jan. 11. Wil
liam Putnam and Parrish Johnson,
who left bore December 20 for their
place DO miles northeast of Waterville,
were found frozen to death about 80
miles from here by a search party.
They had lost their way and wandered
in a circle for nearly 100 miles. John
son was an old settler.
Spokane, Jan. 11. In July last,
William Putnam, a farmer in the
Pleasant Hill country 12 miles west of
Bridgeport, was committed to the in
sane asylum at Medical Lake, where he
remained until about three weeks ago,
when he was released and given into
the charge of his father-in-law, Pa
rish Johnson, who also resides in the
Pleasant Hill country. When last
seen, three weeks ago, Johnson and
Putnam were 10 miles west of Coulee
City, and were starting for home on
snow-shoes. They intended to strike
across an unsettled part of the country,
a distance of 80 miles, where there are
no houses.
Immediately after they left the house
of Mr. Holt, at St. Andrews, it began
to storm. Mr. Johnson was a man
ever 60 years of age. Mr. Putnam was
lu robust man formerly, bnt his indoor
life of late must have-wholly unfitted
him for such a journey as he under
took. The men were advised to keep
the stago road and go via Bridgeport,
but on account of the extra distance,
and it is thought, to save expenses,
they risked their lives by taking a most
perilous iourney, and with no suitable
preparation. Saturday the searching
party came upon the body of Johnson.
His feet were in a badger hole, and his
left hand indicated that in desperation
he had cut or gnawed it and sucked his
own blood. Putnam was found seven
miles further on.
DISTRIBUTION OF SUPPLIES
llavuna Sufl'erera Receive Aid From t'
Tiilted Htatet.
Havana, Jan. 11. About J o'olock
this afternoon, while service was in
progress in the cathedral, a man named
Ramon Vivesa entered and fired sev
eral revolver shots... The.bullets struck
the image of St. Peter, destroying the
chalice and a hand. The shooting
caused the greatest alarm, and the peo
ple dispersed amid wild confusion.
Vivesa, who was promptly disarmed by
those near, has been sent to a lunatic
asvlhui.
Toduy, at the residence of Dr. Villi-
osoia, of the special committee ap
pointed by Senor Bruzon, governor of
Havana, and Consul General Fitzhngh
Lee, to superintend the work, took
plnce the first distribution of supplies
received from the United States consul
ate for the reOonoentrados.
La Discussion has phrases of profuse
gratitude to the American charity. It
published a special supplement, the
proceods of the sale of which will be
turned over to the relief fund. In a
ading editorial, La Discussion asks
the insurgents, in the name of human
ity and for the sake of their mothers,
wives, sisters and children dying of
starvation, to lay down their arms and
to make peace with the government.
Insurgent Leader .Nunez and nve
other insurgents have surrendered in
the province of Santa Clara.
It is reported that the fierce criti
cisms that have appeared in El Recon-
trado on Senor Fernandez de Castro,
are inspired by Senor Bruzon, civil
governor of Havana, and have caused
much comment and created a division
among the autonomists, who ar at
tacking each other.
JUDGES FOR ALASKA.
Senate Committee Will Recommend
Appointment of Three.
Washington, Jan. 11. Senators
Thurston, Carter and White, constitut
ing the committee on territories, hold
a prolonged session today. They prac
tically decided to recommend that the
territory be given three judges instead
of one, and that the judges be author
ized to appoint United States commis
sionerst this power being now vested
iii the president. They discussed the
advisability of allowing a delegation
in congress, and-, while they did not
decide to recommend this oourse, they
considered it with more favor than
heretofore. There'" is great pressure
for this concession. The prinoipal ob
jection urged against it is the diffi
culty of getting convenient polling
places, , ,
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Murder Followed by Suicide.
Bedford, la., Jan. 11. James R.
McCown, a justice of the peace and
prominent citizen, who last night Bhot
and killed his divorced wife trying to
obtain possession of their children, was
found dead today in the yard of Sheriff
Lane. He had evidently shot himself,
for there was a bullet hole in his head.
Tire of a Driver Bunt.
New York, Jan. 11. The Mm of one
of the six-foot drivers on an engine on
the Baltimore & Ohio burst as the train
was rushing past Netherwood, N. J.,
this morning. Three persons were
slightly injured. The train was mak
ing fully 50 miles an hour when the
accident occurred.
Bread riots have occurred in the pro
vince of Girgenti, Sicily. , .Rioters fired
upon and looted the municipal build
ings. Troops have been oalled out.
MOTHER LODE FONUD.
ileported DUcovery of the Hource ol
Klondike Gold.
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 12. The steam
er City of Topeka, which arrived here
this afternoon from Junau, had among
her passengers nine men who left Daw
son City December 9. They were:
W. J. Jones, Port Townsend; D. D.
Stewart, Juneau; A. Colder, Nova
Scotia; F. C. Arnold, San Francisco;
W. G. Stenger, Colville, Wash.; Harry
Miller, Colville; J. Cordroy, Denver;
George Anderson, Tacoma, and Robert
Johnson, Taooma. They were 24 days
in coining from Dawson to the coast.
Their journey was unattended by spe
cial incidents. The coldest weather
recorded was 18 below zero. The
party brought out with them about
$50,000 in gold dust and drafts. Dog
teams were used in making the trip.
Tlie party brings no new feature in
reference to the food situation at Daw
son. Tliey all agree that food is scarce,
but that there is no danger of starva
tion. If a large number of persons had
not gone down the rier to Fort Yukon
and Circle City to spend the winter, a
different tale would have been told. F.
C. Arnold said:
"There is no danger of starvation.
Of course, there is not food enough,
but that was always true in the Yukon,
and always will be. There is a big
warehouse full of beef at Dawson.
Next winter will be far worse than
this, because there will be many more
people there."
In reference to the proposed govern
ment relief expedition, all agree that,
while it is not needed to avert actual
want, it woull be welcomed neverthe
less. W. J. Jones brings news of the dis
covery of what is supposed to be the
mother lode and quartz origin of the
placers of the Klondike district. The
discovery was made at four different
points within 24 hours, one of them at
the Dome, a high mountain to the east
of the source of Eldorado creek, by
Frank Slavin; the second one at claim
No. 81, Eldorado, by A. H. Jose and
partner; . tlie third one on Nugget
gulch, at No. 16; and the fourth some
where in the 20s on Bonanza creek.
Tlie trend of the vein is northwest by
west, westerly from the Dome. It is
found at about 80 feet below the surface
and under the muck and alluvial de
posit. The ledge is about 18 inches
wide, and maintains a uniform width.
It is generally sprinkled with free gold.
Mr. Jones brings down samples of the
ore, and every one who has seen them
say the rock is precisely the same in
character as is found in the Comet
mine at Bemer'B bay, Southern Alaska.
Mr. Jones said that old timers in the
Klondike had made a similar observa
tion. 'In no instance was the quartz discov
ery made by the men who owned the
placer claims, and the locators of the
quartz ledge thus acquire a separate
and distinct title from the locators of
the placer. The discovery of this ledge
on No. 31, Eldorado, was made by a
man who was working the placer for
the owner. A shot was put in and
about 80 pounds of ore blasted out.
The greatest excitement prevails, and
no man will listen to any suggestion to
sell his claim until further development
has been made.
Tom Nash, an employe in the saloon
where the recent fire occurred, has beet)
arrested for arson.
Regarding the output of gold in the
spring, Mr. Jones says:
"It will be from $15,000,000 to $25,-
000,000. This opinion is concurred in
by the managers of the transportation
companies, and Alexander McDonald,
the richest man in the Klondike. Five
millions of dust is now stored in Daw
son, $3,500,000 of which would have
come out this tall had the boat reached
Dawson."
ANTI-SEALING LAW.
Work a Hardship on Residents in the
Vicinity of Niagara Falls.
Niagara Falls, Jan. 12. The United
States customs offloers stationed at both
bridges have been notified to seize any
thing that looks like sealskins. Nearly
all of the Canadians Were notified to
leave their saoks, gloves "and caps on
the o'ber side if they did not want
them confiscated.
The situation at Niagara Falls is
probably different from that at any
other point on the frontier. Both sides
of the river are thickly settled, and the
Canadian and American populations go
back and forth daily. On the Cana
dian side, back of the high bluff, a
number of wealthy American families
have country seats, and a great many
of the women in these families, as well
as Canadian women, who wear sealskin
coats, pass over the river to the Ameri
can side daily, while out driving and
making calls. Several sealskin bats of
Canadians' were seized belonging to
gentelmen engaged on business to Buf
falo and New York, and many a man
went on to his destination tonight
wearing a little traveling cap, after
having left his name and something by
which he could identify his sonfiscated
headgear.
The law also affects the Canadian
railroads running from Chioago east
ward. These include the Michigan
Central, the Grand Trunk, the Cana
dian Pacific, the Wabash and the Le
high Valley. " " .
The sealskin garments taken from
their wearers are turned over to the
appraisers at custom-houses, where the
owners, after filing an application, must
wait until notice has been sent to the
seoretary of the treasury for a decision
in the matter.
A Heavy Theft.
Butte, Mont., Jan. 12. Elling El
lingson is under arrest here, and Phil
Murphy in Helena, on the charge of
stealing a carioau oi ore irom tne Mol
den Chief mine, in Jefferson county.
The ore, which was worth $6,000, was
shipped to the Colorado smelter here
for treatment.
A GENEROUS OFFER
Cuba Is Ready to Buy
Liberty. Her
VALUE PLACED AT 1250,000,000
OITers by Spain of Anything Short of
Independence Will Be Scorned
Views of Gomel.
.New York, Jan. 10. The Herald
prints the following letter from Gen
eral Maximo Gomez, commander in
chief of the Cuban army, dated "In the
Field, December 26, 1897:"
"You ask me for my opinion regard
ing what effect the autonomous regime
about to be implanted by Spain in
Culm, might have towards the pacifica
tion of the island. The Cubans in
arms do not propose to give up, shall
never yield, in their struggle with the
metropolitans, until they have estab
lished their absolute independence.
No matter what number of liberties is
granted to Cuba by any Spanish gov-
rsnment, even in case Spain should re
serve for herself no other right than to
keep the Spanish flag over Cuba as a
symbol of nominal sovereignty, she
will not succeed in ending the war.
"Tlie Cuban people will admit of no
other solution, of the present conflict
than that whereby Cuba shall be recog
nized as a member of the sisterhood of
free nations. In this attitude of abso
lute radicalism we are sustained by
two great motives, which, unified as one
single force, impel the Cuban people as
a whole as well as individuals to adopt
the grand resolution of their existence
sentiment and interest; the former
because the Cubans feel that they have
been profoundly hurt by the horrible
war methods employed against them
by Spain, the latter because they are
allrmly convinced that only as free
men will they be able to enjoy piace
and command the necessary credit to
reconstruct their country, which had
been devastated by Spain herself.
"In short, Cuba not only wishes, but
needs to be free. It is about time
that Spain should recognize that fact,
and leaving aside all chaotic autonomy,
should manfully confront the true
problem. Let the Spanish nation ac
knowledge Cuba's independence which
she justly claims, and receive a com
pensation which is right and equitable.
And even let her claim from our gov
ernment some advantages in the Cuban
tariff to foster her own industries.
Then, and only then, will the rainbow
of peace lighten the horizon which is
now reflected by the glare of the glow
ing fields and the firing of the cannon. "
The Herald also prints an interview
with Gomez at a date later than the
above. The correspondent found
Gomez in the best of health ami spirits
and fully convinced that the long strug
gle is drawing to a close.
"The Intransigents, of Cuba," said
General Gomez, "have been the only
ones willing to continue the struggle,
because they feared that Cuban triumph
would result in their prosecution and
the- confiscation of thoir property.
They are utterly mistaken. I, Maximo
Gomez, whose word has never been
broken, assure them of absolute protec
tion. I know these people represent
the thrifty business element' of the
island, and believe they are destined to
rank among the most valued citizens of
the republic. The triumph of our
cause will bring to them assurance and
permission to follow their vocations in
peace. There will be no levolution,
either political or Social. All we ask
of them is to help build the fortunes of
the island and repair the waste of war.
"I say the same thing, too,' to' the
Spanish officers in the field. They
have been fighting us not because they
hate Cuba, but because they love Spain.
They have proved themselves to be
loyal sons of the motherland, and
when they have laid down their arms
we will gladly extend to them the right
hand of fellowship. We will bury the
bloody past and go forward shoulder
to Rhoulder to build up Cuba's laboring
classes, which have been almost de
stroyed, and we shall need them to till
the soil. The rank and file of tin
Spanish army will fill the gap."
'; Speaking of terms on which Cuba
might win freedom, General Gomez
reiterated his statement that Cuba is
still waiting to purchaset her liberty.
It is believed that $250,000,000 would
be an equitable amount now. He said
he had no doubt that an arrangement
would be made with American capital
ists to form a syndicate, collect customs
duties and pay Spain in installments.
In this way the general said there
would be a positive end to the war by
the establishment of friendly relations
with. Spain.
"When peace is declared," he said,
"we want to reckon on Spain as being
among our friends."
Keferring to the ability of Cuba to
carry on the war, Gomez said his forces
were ample, and declared that Cuba
oould continue the fighting even if the
soldiers had to go naked; that the war
cost the . Cubans .nothing, whereas
Spain's life-blood was being rapidly
drained by her enormous expenses. He
spoke in terms of affectionate admira
tion of America, describing her as the
light of Cuba, and said he would wel
come intervention as affording an in
stantaneous solution of the problem,
but deprecated annexation, although
willing to aooept a proteotorate.
Minneapolis, Jan. 10. A praotical
test of the long-distanoe. telephone was
made today between the Minneapolis
office and Lowell. Mass. Charles
Glidden, president ol the Traders' Na
tional bank, of Lowell, was in Minne
apolis, and presided over the meeting
of the bank directors in Lowell. The
line Was made of three copper metallio
circuits, and was over 1,500 miles in
length.
LYNCHING IN COLFAX.
Chad wick Marshall Hanged to the
Courthouse Wall.
Colfax, Wash.. Jan. 11. Chadwiok
Marshall, the suspected murderer of
young Hayden, near Farmington, on
the night of October 22, was taken from
jail by a mob at 2 o'clock Saturday
morning and hanged to the west wall
of the courthouse.
There was a suspicion that a mob
was collecting, but the officers made
no preparations to resist. The trail
from Spokane that night arrived an
hour late, at nearly 1 o'clock. A few
minutes afterward the prisoners in the
jail saw a body of masked men march
up Mill street east of the jaiL
Jailer H. B. Treff, who was the only
officer about the courthouse, was
awakened and informed that an officer
wanted a prisoner locked up. He
dressed and came out, and was con
fronted by masked men with cocked re
volvers. Treff was informed that the
mob wanted to hang "Blackey" Chad
wick Marshall and "Dakota Slim"
McDonald, and demanded that Treff
give up the jail keys. The officer led
the way to the sheriff's office, opened
the safe, got the keys and gave them
to his captois.
Twelve members of the mob than
entered the jail, taking Treff with
them. They first went into the
woman's wing, where "Dakota Slim"
was confined. When the mob came to
his cell door "Slim" protested his in
nocence, and said:
"Take 'Blackey," who admits his
guilt, and if be implicates me I will
go."
The mob thought this only fair, an4
went into the east wing of the jail, the
cell wing proper. "Blackey's" cell
was unlocked and the inmate awakened.
He had only time to say: "Don'thurt
me. Before God I am innocent,"
when a member of the mob struck him
a heavy blow over the head with an
iron bar, stunning him.
A rope was then fastened around
"Blackey's" neck and he was carried
and dragged out of the jail and up the
narrow stairs to the superior courtroom
and to one of the west double windows,
where a rope was tied around a stand
ard between the windows and "Black
ey's" body was pitched out head fore
roost at the end of an eight-foot rope
and left dangling against the court
house wall in plain view of the people
on Main street.
While this was being done, part of
the mob went to "Dakota Slim's" cell
again. During their absence, the pris
oner had stuffed the keyhole of the cell
door with rags and fastened a sharp
knife on the ead of a broonfstiek.
With this spear he kept jabbing
through the barred doorof the cell,
preventing anyone approaching the
door to pick the rags out of the keyhole.
His cell had two doors, the inner one
of solid Bteel and behind this he pro
tected his body.
Finally, a member of the mob, catch
ing a glimpse of "Slim's" shoulder,
aimed and fired at him, the bullet
splitting on the door and one portion
striking the wall outside of the cell.
The larger half of the bullet passed
through "Slim's" sleeve, cutting the
skin and striking the wall, splattered
and rebounded, four small pieces strik
ing him on the breast.
"Slim" fell to the floor, shoving the
solid door to with his foot at the same
time, and exclaiming "Mv God, they
have killed me." One member of the
mob was heard to say, "Let's be suie
we've killed him." Another said
"Let's give him another shot and fin
ish him." Finally, the mob decided
"Slim" was dead and left. "Slim's"
injuries, however, were not dangerous.
The mob was at the jail less than 10
minutes. They turned Treff loose.
"Blackey's" body was not cut down
until about 8 o'clock. The mob's visi
tation was of the quietest character.
Treff's family, with rooms directly
beneath the jail, did not know of any
disturbance until Treff told them after
the body was taken down.
A ooroner's inquest was held this af
ternoon, the verdict being that
"Blackey" was killed by parties un
known to the jury.
SAID TO BE SETTLED.
Reported Agreement Between England,
Japan and Russia.
London, Jan. 11. A dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Hong Kong, dated
yesterday, says it is reported there that
England, Japan and Russia have ar
rived at an agreement respecting Corea.
The details of the agreement are not
known to the correspondent, but the
dispatch says the British fleet is return
ing to Hong Kong.
The Hong Kong correspondent of the
Times, under date of January 6, says:
A high Russian official has left Pek
ing for Canton to disouss oertain mat
ters with the viceroy, who has been or
dered to agiee to his demands.
Will Sue For Teace.
Havana, Jan. 11. It has been ru
mored sinoe yesterday that General
Fitzhugh Lee will accompany General
Blanco when the latter takes the field.
It is further reported that Senor Es
trada Palma, the delegate to the
United States of the Cuban insurgents,
will arrive here shortly and accompany
the captain-goneral and General Lee
to the field, and that a conference with
General Maximo Gomez will follow.
The reports have caused a sensation in
this city.
Six Buried in a Quarry.
Allentown, Pa., Jan. 11. News was
received here this afternoon that six
men were buried in a cave at Walter
Beach's Blate quarry, Slatintown, about
15 miles from here. Two have already
been taken out dead, and it is believed
that four more have lost their lives.
Vibrations of the earth, followed by
a noise like a heavy distant exposion,
disturbed the inhabitants of Exeter and
other New Hampshire towns.
WILL DIVIDE CONTRACT
Portland and Seattle Furnish
Yukon Relief Supplies. .
NUMEROUS BIDS WEEE DECEIVED
Could Not Be Considered Because They
Did Mot Conform With Specifica
tions of the Government.
Portland, Or., Jan. 10. The awards
on the bids for supplies to be furnished
for the government relief expedition,
which were received at the office of
Captain Allison, chief commissary offi
cer, Vancouver barracks, at noon yes
terday, were made and given out by
Captain Brainerd today.
Portland and Seattle were the only
cities submitting bids fr the supplies,
and the contract will be divided be
tween these points.
The proposals submitted were quite
numerous, and it was no small task to
segregate and classify them in such a
manner that the proper awards might
be made. Captain Brainerd stated
that the awards in each case bad been
made to the lowest bidder when the
proposals conformed with the condi
tions and specifications named in the
advertisement.
In a number of cases, proposals
which would otherwise have reoeived
consideration had to be laid aside for
the reason that they contained condi
tions not in conformity with the adver
tisement. For instance, several bid
ders submitted their bids on goods to
be delivered at some certain point, as
at Skagway or Dyea, while the adver
tisement gives the government the op
tion as to the point of delivery.
The following orders have been re
ceived from the war department;
"First Lieutenant Guy H. Preston,
Ninth cavalry, having reported at these
headquarters in compliance with tele
graphic instructions f-om the major
general commanding the army, is here
by assigned to duty with, and will as
sume charge of, the pack trainB report
ing from the department of the Platte.
The train, men and animals, will be
thoroughly organized and outfitted for
winter service in Alaska, including
harness and appliances necessary to ad
mit rising the animals (in tandem) in
hauling sleds, should that method of
transport be found expedient. The
chief quartermaster will meet prompt
ly all requisitions for supplies necessary
to carry out the requirements of this
order. The train will be ready for the
service indicated by the 12th inst.
"First Lieutenant James A. Ryan,
Ninth cavalry, having reported at
these headquarters, in compliance with
par. 2, S. O. 113, series 1897, from
headquarters, department of the Platte,
is assigned to duty with the pack train
organized for service in Alaska, and
will report to First Lieutenant Guy H.
Preston."
The Seattle Hardware Company, of
Seattle, was awarded the contract to
furnish sleds and woolen stockings
with which to equip 50 men from com
pany H, Fourteenth infantry, who are
to go in advace of the relief expedition.
G. P. Kummelin & Sons, of Portland,
were awarded the contract for sleeping
bags.
ENVIOUS OF GERMANY.
Russia Wants a rertnanent Hold o.
Fort Arthur. ,
London, Jan. 10. According to a
special dispatch from Shanghai, Russia
is edeavoring tS obtain terms similar to
Germany's for the occupation of Port
Arthur and the Kiao Tung peninsula
from a point considerably north of La
Lien Wan. It is believed that the at
titude of England and Japan will frus
trate her designs.
The Hong Kong correspondent of the
Daily Chronicle says:
The Russian occupation of Port Ar
thur completely blocks the entrance to
Peking, and it is imperative that the
court should be transferred to Nanking
(the southern capital).
It is learned on excellent authority
that in the event of Great Britain's
guaranteeing the new Chinese loan, the
concessions required will be the open
ing of the new treaty ports to all na
tions alike. According to a special
dispatch from Shanghai, the existenoe
of an Anglo-Japanese alliance is openly
asserted there in well-informed quarters
an alliance to maintain the status
quo in China and Corea and to declare
the independence of Corea under the
joint guaranty of England, Russia and
Japan.
Rishop Hartsel In Afrlea.
New York, Jan. 10. A correspond
ent of the Associated Press at Delagoa
bay writes that Bishop Hartzel, of the
Methodist Episcopal church, is being
received with great enthusiasm on his
African trip.' One donation included
6.000 acres under the British flag in a
mountainous and healthy region. The
bishop is on his way to Beira, 50 miles
further north on the east coast, from
which point he will go inland to locate
his concessions. His plan is to make
this point a base of operations to ex
tend missions' northward to the equa
torial regions and northwestward to
Angola, on the west coast, from which
a chain of Methodist missions is already
being pushed. ' The bishop's wife ac
companies him. ir::
Twisted Fits' Arm.
Oskosh, Wis., Jan. 10 Oshkosh has
a strong man, August.-Shane, a Danish
fisherman, over six feet tall and weigh
ing 300 pounds, who, while Fitzsim
mons was there, challenged him to an
arm-twisting contest - Fitzsimmons ac
cepted. -; The. two men clasped handi
and braced their elbows upon the counter.-
At every trial the pugilist's hand
was forced down to tbe counter. Fits
aimmons acknowledged his defeat and
accepted it good-naturedly. ,
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