The Corvallis gazette., August 29, 1895, Image 1

VOL. XXXII.
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1895.
NO. 24.
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TRANSPORTATION.
East and South
VIA
The Shasta Route
OF THE
Southern Pacific R'y Co.
EXPRESS TKAINd RUN DAILY.
18 iV) P M Leme INn-Uand Arrive 8:10 A H
2 10 P a I imre Albinr Arrive, 4:5ah
1um5 . m Arrive S. Kminlco Love 6:00 f m
A ovp ira ns a'op a' Ea-t 1'ortland, Or-eron
Citv, Woidburn. -m.1 m, Turner, Mar. on, Jeffe
mhi. Ubniy. l imiiv Janet on, Tang u ,S n-d ls,
IUl-ev, II rigour. Junction :U, Ir.niK, Ka
gen--, Cie-weM, l aliix. Bid all btalions from
ICteliur. U At iiaiiil, i.u liiMiw.
KoSKB' HU MAI I. DAILY.
8 .1 A H I l.eaie
12. 5 p I eave
t,:2 r M I Airive
i ..rllaiu Arte 4 40 r 11
Albiu Arrival 1:1. pm
Hub b tr Liiv.- :0 M
Pullman B ff-jt lee,ers and tec -i d-. las
lu. ping - ar- adache.1 lo ad through traius.
SALEM IAS-EHGEK DAILY.
4:n p ii ! L ave
6.1 P a j A r ve
P -Maud
8 lie ii
Anive , 1 ':15 a m
Lave I 8:H A M
WKHT SfliK HI VISION.
Between 1'ortland and Cnrval'ls. Mail train
dnily ( iCei.t Sundaj).
7-:a) a M L"a-e P..r land Anlve 8 40 p X
12: l I M . Arrive Corvallis Ltave 1 .00 P M
At Albany and CorvnlIU connect with trains
of .ne Dug n Central & ateru Ky.
EXritE! TKAIr-B DULY (Except Fut day).
4:4 P M jave runiann Anivv o a jb
7.2, P a Arrive M vMlnuville Leave 5:i,0 a m
llir- HUH M fie , nil iviiim .u hid noa'iii
Maie, an l a .d Knione can le ciia nrd at
lowori ratelrom A. K. Militrr, agent, Corrallis.
R. KOEUI.EIt, Minager.
E. V. R0GEU8, A. O. F. & e. A., Portland, Or.
E. UeNEIL, Beceiver.
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EAST
GIVES THE CHOICE OF
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ROUT IE S
VIA
GREAT
NORTHERN RY.
SPOKANE
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AND
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DENVER
OMAHA
AND
KANSAS CITY
LOW RATES TO ALL
EASTERN CITIES
OCEAN STEAMERS
LEAVE PORTLAND EVERY 5 DAYS
FOR..
SAN FRANCISCO
For full details call on or address
W. H. HURLBTJRT,
Gen'l Pass. Agent,
Portland, Ob.
OREGON CENTRAL
AND EASTERN R.R.CO.
Yaquina Bay Route
Connecting at Yaqulna Bay with the
San Francisco & Yaquina Bay
STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Steamship "Farallon
A 1 and nrst-cla In eery respect. Balls from
Yquin f r San Francis k ai out every vlithl
d. I'nasenBf r c immaltl"ii uniirp.aed.
'Bhoi tot 'itu beteeu tue Willamette valley
and Jal.Iornia.
Fare From Albany or Points West to
Sau Francisco:
f!abin 12 Pteemge $ 8
C.iMn Kn'in I nip irond lor 60 days 18
JTor sailing Ua s ai piy to
W. A. CirvtMINOS, Anent
Corvadll. Orijrn.
EDWIN STOV, Manager, Cnrvalll", Oregon.
CI I. Vs. CLARK, Rap't, Corvalli., Oregon.
THE NEW WAY EAST
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To po'nts in WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA, DAKOTAS, MINNE-
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TON, PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK, BOSTON, and ALL POINTS in the
United States. Canada and Europe. . .
The Great Northern Railway is a new transcontinental line. Runs buffet
library observation cars, palace 'sleeping and dining cars, family tourist sleepers
and first and second class coaches. - , . .
Having a rock-ballast track the Great Northern Railway is free from duet,
one of Ihe chief annovances of transcontinental travel.' -
Round trip tickets with stop-over privileges and choice of return routes.
For lurther information call upon or write, - - . .
- C. S. SMITH, Occidental Hotel, Corvallis, Oregon, or
C. C. J)0KAVANf Gen'l Ag't, 122 Third Street, Portland, Oregon.
ECZEHA, greatest of skin dis
eases, is the cause of more intense
suffering than all others combined.
Tender babies are
among its numerous
victims. The itching,
burning, cracking,,
bleeding, and scalig
of the skin and scalp
are almost beyond endurance.
Sleep is out of the question.
Most remedies and physicians
generally fail even to relieve. If
CUTICURA remedies
did no more than cure
Eczema, they would
be entitled to the grati
tude of mankind.
They not only Cure
but
A single application is often
sufficient to afford instant relief,
permit rest and sleep, and point to a
speedy, permanent cure.
Speedt Cent Tbeatmest. 'Warm baths
wilh Cuticura Soap, gcntlo applications of
Cutic. ra (ointment), and mild doses of Ctm
cura Uesolvent (tho new blood purifier).
Raltl th-Ofihntit Ihe wor'il. roTTR Dnco ft CbeiC
Coki.. Sole f -op-i.lo. llfIAn. U. H. A.
lluw lo Cure Hty'kiii UUei,e.," free.
FinJ Comfort
' and Strength in
Cuiicura'pl-Plasler
DR. WILSON
Office over First National bank.
KrHidence, two Dlovks wot uf CnurthODse.
Office hours, lo 10 A. M.. 1 to 3 r. M.
Buudays and eveuiugs by appoinirutnt.
DR. L. G. ALTMAN
H0M0E0PATHIST
Diseases of women and children and general
practice.
Offici over Allen & Woodward'B drug store.
Office houis 8 to 12 A. H., and 2 to 6 and 7 to 8
P.M.
At retidenre, ro-ner of 3rd and Harrison alter
huurs and on buudays.
BOWEN LESTER
DENTIST
Office upstairs over First National Bank.
Strictly First-Class Work Guaranteed
Corvallis, Oregon
F. M. JOHNSON
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW
Cobvallis, Oregon
Docs a gpnernl practice in all the courts.
Also agent fur all the firsl-clats insurance com
panies. NOTARY PCBIJC
JUSTICE PEACE.
E. E. WILSON
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW
Office in Zeiroff building, opposite postoffice.
-
H. 0. WILKINS
Stenographer and Notary Public
Court reporting and referee sittings mde
spec allies, as well as ty1e-writiux and other
rdporting.
Ollice epposite postofflce, Corvallis, Or.
E. HOLOATE.
n. I.. HOLGATE.
Justice of tLe Peace.
Notary Public.
HOLGATE & SON
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Corvallis - - - - Oregon
J. R. BtiYSON W. E. YATE8 J. FEBD YATES
Bryson, Yates & Yates
LAWYERS
CORVALLIS
OREGON
Mob
A SECOND BULLFIGHT
An Exhibition of Cruelty Not
Enjoyed by the Crowd.
THE BULL'S AGONIZING DEATH
Xo Attempt Was Made to Stop It, bat
at the Close trie Manager Was
A grain Arrested. .
Cripple Creek, Colo., August 27.
Another ball 'was killed in the arena of
Gillette today in the presence of 6,000
people, and the work was done in all
the regal splendor of Spain and Mex
ico. The first brill tnrned into the
arena was an exceedingly tame animal.
Even after the darts were thrown into
him he refused to fight, and the multi
tude in the seats cried for a new ani
mal. Tho next animal driven in made
a fight for his life, but its fight was
quickly over. Chivella, the king of
the arena, not only of Mexico, but
Spain, made a stab at the animal and
left him practically dead, but the Mex
icans teased the creature and made
him dart at them. One came within
an ace of losing his life, and there was
great excitement in consequence. Sev
eral women in the audience fainted.
At the ring not a single shout of ap
proval was beard, not an applauding
hand was raised. For four minutes,
which to many seemed stretched to
ten, the bull had fought with death
and men in the full sight of them all,
blood spurting from gaping sword
wounds just back of his right shoulder,
welling from his mouth and nostrils,
flecking his own sides 'and forming
pools upon the ground. For over two
of these minutes the bull stood motion
less, save for heaving sides, as he gave
long gasps for breath. Then he felL
For a few seconds he lay quite still.
Then he slowly struggled to his feet
and leaned against the heavy barricade
to the building, as if for support, piti
fully weak from the crimson streams
fast coloring the ground about Then
he gathered himself together and start
ed slowly forward, staggering and wa
tering from side to side, stopping an
instant as there came a fresh gush of
blood from his open mouth, then on
another step. - For twenty feet the bull
advanced, weak, bloody and faltering.
Then he fell again. Still his fresh,
warm blood welled up a little over the
clotted mass upon the animal's shoul
der, at every step lessening the pulsa
tion of the heart.
A Spaniard in the gaudy costume of
the bullring stepped up to the quiver
ing beast and sent the sharp point of a
sword blade into the neck of. the ani
mal, snapping the spinal cord. The
legs of the bull drew up convulsively,
quivered an instant, then life, clung to
so desperately, and so long, was gone.
It was simply an exhibition of cruel
ty, and was not enjoyed at all by the
crowd. x
Over a hundred deputy sheriffs were
in attendance, and the manager was
again placed under arrest, but no at
tempt was made to stop the proceed
ings. I ilgrims Still Going to Lonrdea.
London, August 27. A dispatch re
cieved here from Lourdes says that
fourteen additional trains, all crowded
with pilgrims from Paris, arrived to
day. It is alleged that seventeen of
the pilgrims died while on the way to
Lourdes, and that 2,500 sufferers are
there, some of them lying helplessly
about the depot and streets, clamoring
to be carried to the sacred grotto.
Grant's Grandson to Wed.
New York, August 27. The Adver
tiser savs: It is reported that Alger
non Sartoris, the only son of General
Grant's dughter, Mrs. Nellie Grant-
Sartoris, is engaged to a wealthy
young lady of this city. Her name
has not been made public. Young
Sartoris is not yet 20 years of age.
A Victory for the Poolrooms.
San Francicso, August 26.- Pool
room proprietors triumphed over race
track officials today. Judge Wallace
decided that poolrooms were not in vio
lation of any existing ordinance.
G,R. FARRA, M. D.
Office in Farr & Allen's brick, on the corner
of Sfcond and Ad ims.
U'-sldeuce on third street in front of court-
h ne.
OtU e hours 8 lo 9 A. if., and 1 to 2 and 7 to 8
p.m. Au ca.ls atteiii.ei promp.ly.
Joseph H. Wilson.
Tboxis E. Wilson
WILSON & WILSON
ATTORNEYS -AT-LAW
Office over First Ntlral Bunt, Corvallis, Or
Wilt practice In -ll the stat and federal courts
A tut:if)rtitiir. noilt't oiiA. Notnrv in r,Hf i mti.
veyauciug.
BENTON COUNTY
ABSTRACT .- COMPANY
Complete Set of Abstracts
of Benton County.
Conveyancingand Perfecting
Titles a Specialty.
Money to Loan on Improved City and
Country Property.
J. B. MARKLEY & CO., Proprietors
Main Street, Corvallia,
IN DURRANT'S DEFENSE.
Counsel's Efforts to Prove an Alibi In
the Williams Case.
San Francisco, August 27. The at
torneys for Theodore D arrant have at
last consented to make public some of
the important evidence by which they
expect to clear their client of the
charge of murder in the Minnie Will
iams case. They have two witnesses by
whom they expect to prove that Theo
dore Durrant was on Market street at
the very moment when the prosecution
insists that a fiendish murderer was
mutilating the body of the dead girl in
the library of Emanuel church.
Accepting the conclusion of the pros
ecutor that Miss Williams was killed
soon after U o'clock April 3, the defense
will place upon the stand Marius Bur
nett and Edward McPherson, who will
swear that at that hour they saw Dur
rant down town. The defense will try
to show that the police have the testi
mony of both these young men, but
have given it no thought and no
weight because it would not fit precon
ceived theories of the crime. Durrant
himself will trace his movements on
that night, and will have the record
and testimony of the Christian Endea
vor Society to corroborate what he
will say. He carried the record with
him from his home. He will swear
that he was busy in their inspection
on the way down town. Burnett and
McPherson will testify that they saw
the book under his arm when he was
down town, and entries in the book it
self will prove that he collected dues
from some of the members, at least, in
Dr. Vogel's house.
It is now admitted that Durrant's
story of his movements the night Min
nie Williams was murdered, that he
went to the armory, is untrue. The
story he will tell in court is that he
started for the signal corps armory, but
became absorbed in the Christian En
deavor accounts, which he carried with
him, and rode on down town. Then
he met Burnett and McPherson, and
afterward hurried to Dr. Vogel's
house.
STOPPED BY A WARSHIP.
Chill Claim Gnano Fields Which Were
Supposed to Belong to Pern.
Philadelphia, August 27. Captain
Stitch, commanding the British bark
Stuart, now discharging at Port Arago
nitrate taken on board at Taltall, tells
of a peculiar experience he had with
the Chilian authorities at Lobos, a
guano depot, 200 miles off the coast of
Peru. The Stuart had been chartered
to proceed to that place and load guano
for Liverpool. She had reached there
in safety and had on board about 190
tons of cargo, when the Chilian man-of-war
Esmeralda came up and stopped
them taking on board any more cargo,
claiming the land belonged to Chili
and not Peru. The captain was forced
to leave Lobos and proceed to Taltall,
where the 190 tons was transferred to
a vessel bound for Liverpool, and she
was then chartered to load for Philadel
phia. The captain says that all means
for the handling of guano were de
stroyed by the Esmeralda, and those
engaged in the working of the gnano
deposit were placed undei arrest, ilow
the case will be settled is not known,
but agents of the Stuart will at once
institute proceedings to have the ship
reimbursed for the time and money
lost through the operation.
Why the Total Is Large.
Tacoma, August 27. Judge Jen
kins, of Millwaukee, and Receiver
Payne, of the Northern Pacific, left to
day for St Paul over the Canadian Pa
cific. In regard to the Chicago dis
patch, stating that the Northern Pa
cific Railroad Company had lost $10,-
000,000 while under the management
of the receivers, Receiver Payne said,
before leaving, that the amount might
as well have been placed at $50,000,
000. He said that among the money
the receivers had paid out was the in
terest on the first-mortgage bonds, in
terest on the collateral trust notes, in
terest on the receivers' certificates, and
interest on the sinking fund. They
had also paid the expenses of surveying
and platting 7,000,000 acres of rail
road lands.and had also made improve
ments in lining tunnels with brick and
replacing wood bridges with steel
bridges. He also said the road had
done well under its present manage
ment,
New York's Hop Crop in Danger.
New York, August 27. The World
says: The bop crop in this state is in
danger of ruin because of the refusal
of hop-pickers to work for the prices
which the growers are willing to pay.
It is renorted that the srowers expected
to have their crops harvested on the
same basis as the wages of last year,
and rhfl hon-nickers have organized a
union to enforce their demands, and if
them demands are not granted at once
they will strike. The hop-pickers in
the counties of Madison ana uneiaa,
in this state, claim thev are having a
hard time of it Last year they sup
posed they would receive $ l a aay ano
miWl When sflttlinsr. thev claim thev
id. instead of il a day. only 30
cents a basket It was a good worker
who could fill more than two oasKets a
day. .
The Situation in Ireland.
Baltimore. Auaust 27. Bishop
Folnv. of Detroit, the traveling com
panion of Cardinal Gibbons during the
trin thrnno-h Knrone. savs Of Ireland
that he found it the impression among
nnnumtiTA man in that countrv that
the factionalism in the ranks 01 the
Irish party had thrown Ireland back
fnllv twentv-five vearn. Peonle seem
dismayed by the wrangling of those
whom they had elected to parliament.
-
Killed While Fierhtlnir the Natives.
Brussels, August 27. Lieutenant
Pelzer, the Belgian officer command
ing the Kassi district of the Congo
state, has been killed while fighting
theumvea. .
PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
Condensed Telegraphic Re
ports ot Late Events.
BRIEF SPARKS FROM THE WIRES
Happenings of Interest in the Towns and
Cities of Oregon, Washington
and Idaho.
An excursion of 300 people is coming
from South Dakota to see Spokane's
fruit fair in October.
Ida K. Winchester is suing Walla
Walla for $13,000 damages on account
of a fall on a sidewalk.
Threshing has begun in the Falouse,
Wash. Some wheat is going forty
bushels to the acre, but the average
will be about twenty-seven.
Pierce county. Wash., farmers have
decided that it is too late to hold a
county fair this year, but have organ
ized for a big fair next year.
The Warm Springs Indian reserva
tion school will begin September 1.
The attendance is limited to fifty-five
pupils on account of lack of supplies.
Mr. Hume's Rogue river cannery has
closed, after a successful season. The
run of fish has been immense, so that
the cannery could not pick all the
catch.
It will be impossible for the coming
term of court in Tillamook county,
Oregon. , to dear up the business that
is waiting for it Over 100 cases are
on the docket
One of the prominent features of the
Eastern Oregon fair to be held at
Baker City on September 23 will be a
mining exhibit from all the mines
tributary to Baker City.
An injunction has been sued out to
restrain Albany's city treasurer from
paying $9,073.98 in bonds held by the
Portland Bridge Company. D. B.
Monteith, a heavy taxpayer is com
plainant Douglas county's assessment roll for
1895 foots up $2,073,052, a slight fall
ing off from last year, owing to a re
daction of 15 per cent on real estate.
The personal tax rolls show the assess
ment of 10,877 horses, 11,288 cattle,
6,605 sheep and 2,792 hogs.
A report from Colfax, Wash., says
the farmers of that vicinity and over
Whitman county generally will come
out in a better condition this fall than
they have for some time. It is owing
to the fact that they have not incurred
any debt during the past year.
Patrick Kervin, one- of the promi
nent mining men of the coast, super
intendent of some of the Comstock
mines, arrived at Grant's Pass one day
last week and immediately left for
Kerbyville. Considerable speculation
is being indulged in as to what is his
mission here.
Professor Henry F. Wegener, the
newly elected principal of the Tacoma
high school, is a native of New York
city, but spent his boyhood days on his
father's farm on Long island. He has
had much experience in teaching, and
has a particular fondness for biology.
He is about 48 years of age.
Mrs. S. C. Slaughter, of Tacoma,
and Mrs. F. A. Turner, of Olympia,
are interesting other women in the
state in the cotton states' exposition to
be held in Atlanta September 18 to De
cember 31. It is proposed to have the
women of Washington and their work
represented at the exposition.
The Stevens county auditors office at
Colville, Wash., has been flooded with
mineral location notices during the
past three months. It is estimated
that daring that time no less than 800
notices of location of mineral ground
have been filed. The locations are
pretty well distributed over the entire
county.
F. F. McCully tells the La Grande
Chronicle that the Wallowa telephone
stock is all sold, and contracts have
been awarded to W. E. Beidler and A.
O. Jacob to set the poles ready for wire
between Wallowa store and Elgin, said
contracts to be completed by October 1,
1895. The wire will be strung on the
poles aa soon as practicable.
The First Baptist church of Seattle
has extended a call to Rev. S. C.
Ohrnm, of Boston, and it is expected
that a definite and favorable answer
will be received from him. . He has
been connected with the congregation
of Dr. A. J. Gordon's church, the
Clarendon street church, of Boston,
and is very highly recommended.
Walla Walla county, Wash., hap
1,681 farms, with 227,821 acres in culti
vation, 10,498 being irrigated; 90,314
acres of wheat; 2,853 of oats; 13,980
of barley. The wool produced this
year was 150,300 pounds The amount
of capital invested in lands is $3,734,
088, and in buildings $1,275,135. In
machinery the farmers have invested
the sum of $42,728. There are 19
dairies in the county and 262 cow?
furnishing milk therefor. The capital
invested in the dairy business is
$10,815.
Successful experiments are being
made this year with Mexican barley in
Whitman county, Wash. This cereal
is beardless and without hulL A field
sown by Mr. Frew, near Pullman,
yielded seventy-six bushels per acre,
and went seventy-six pounds to the
sack. The grains are so extremely
hard that they will necessarily have to
be crushed before feeding to either
horses or cattle, and crushed or soaked,
or either boiled for feed for hogs. The
grain is so dense and contains such a
large amount of nourishment that it
will be necessarily fed in small feeds
and with a large amount of hay.
DUNRAVEN IS CONFIDENT.
Be Thinks the Valkyrie Is Equal to
the Defender.
New York, August 26. A special
to the "World from London says:
Just before Earl Dunraven sailed for
America he spoke freely and chreefully
of the approaching contest He was
highly pleased that the Valkyrie has
arrived safely. Asked if he was un
easy at any report, he replied:
Not at alL There was nothing to
be uneasy about I oonsider that she
made a very fair passage. She is a
strong boat and well equipped to
weather any Atlantic gale." .
Do you attach any importance to
opening of seams in her bows?"
Not the slightest. She evidently
got a bit shaken and the putty worked
out of her seams.' That happens to
every new boat after her first race. It
is easily remedied. We have just re
ceived a cablegram from New York
that the Valkyrie is in perfect condi
tion, and will be got out of the dock
soon and put in trim at once and will
be sailing this week. "
Will she have an opportunity for
any trials in America before competing
with the Defender?"
'No, there are no boats there with
which the Valkyrie oould have a spin."
Will her speed show to better ad
vantage in light or strong winds?"
How can we tell? Just remember
we have sailed her only three times al
together. What can we tell of her
qualities after such short experience?"
The same question being put to Mr.
Watson, he said:
The Valkyrie's greatest speed will
be exhibited in a stiff breeze. The
ied of every yacht is shown in a
strong wind, but on what "points she
will prove superior to the Defender re
mains to be proved."
'Do you think the Vakyrie will
win?"
Dunraven replied: "If I did not
think so I would not race. We have
done all we could to build the fastest
boat, and I think we have a fair
chance. I shall sail on the Valkyrie
in all the races. So will Mr. Watson.
Our crew will number forty-two all
told, with a few extra hands. The
crew are all Englishmen, all young.
active yachtsmen, and I am snre they
will render a good account of them
selves. Some of them have sailed on
preceding Valkyries."
Mr. Watson was asked if he consid
ered the Defender a formidable rival.
'Oh, yes; she's a mighty good boat
You see what she has done with the
Vigilant. By such performances she
has proved herself to be a flyer. The
Defender has shown more speed than
the Vigilant"
ADLAI VERY AFFABLE.
Made Himself Very Agreeable on the
Alaska Trip.
Tacoma, Wash., August 26. Vice-
President Stevenson returned here from
Alaska this morning, accompanied by
Mrs. Stevenson, Misses Julia and Leti-
tia Stevenson, John C. and W. W.
Stevenson, of Bloomington, 111., the
vice-president's brothers. The journey
was made primarily to improve the
health of Miss Julia Stevenson, who
was greatly benfited by the trip. To
day the party were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. John A. Parker, and received a
number of callers. They leave tomor
row at 7 A. M., going direct to Mis
sion, B. C, to catch the east-bound
Canadian Pacific train. They will
spend several days at Banff Springs, in
the Rocky mountains, going thence
home. Mr. Stevenson thoroughly en
joyed the Alaskan trip, and was one of
the most active sightseers of the large
party which went north on the Queen.
At Sitka the party was tendered a
reception, which was attended by the
territorial officials, a large number of
the inhabitants and the officers of the
United States steamship Pinta. The
Queen's passengers declare the vice
president was one of the most affable
men on the. steamer. He was promi
nent in all the social festivities of the
excursion, and Wednesday night, at a
meeting of the passengers, he made an
address.
In an interview, he says that the
United States has a rich possession in
the territory of Alaska. He declined
to discuss politics.
England Wakes Up.
London, August 26. The Chronicle
says that at the request of Lloyds, a
committee for the board of trade is con
sidering the advisability of sending a
representtative to Washington to ar
range a joint scheme to destroy floating
derelicts, especially in the North At
lantic It is probable that Messrs.
Cummings and McDonna will be
chosen.
More Mafia Outrages.
Rome, August 27. The gendarmes
and police surrounded the village of
Favara, near Girginti, and arrested
forty-two members of the Mafia society
on charges of murder and other out
rages.
The Liberal Leaders to Meet.
London, August 24. The political
committee of the national liberal club
is summoning a national conference of
libebrals for October 29 and 30, in or
der to oonsider the result of the gen
eral election and to discuss the politi
cal situation in general.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
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EXCESS FOR AUGUST
Expenditures Will Exceed Re
ceipts by Five Millions.
SO TREASURY OFFICIALS FIGURE
This Is Based Upon the Showing Mado
for the First Two-Thirds of
the Present Month.
Washington, August 24. Tho ex
penditures of the government for tho
first two-thirds of the present month
exceeded the receipts by $,,009,293.
Only $1,250,000 remains to be paid on
account of pensions, and the treasury
officials estimate that the deficit will
be reduced during the next ten days to
about $5,000,000. The excess of ex
penditures over receipts last month was
$8,478,366.
The recent payment of salaries at tho
agricultural department in silver dol
lars has called attention to the fact
that on two previous occasions em
ployes were paid in gold. The de
partment books show that August 3 1 ,
1893, $19,000 in gold was paid to em
ployes and $800 in gold was paid to
certain employes August 15, 1894. In
commenting on this statement, Secre
tary Morton said that while under the
recent payment there had been strenu
ous objections on the part of those paid
in silver coin, the previous disburse
ment of gold met with no protest
whatever. He added that he would,
if necessary, put into actnal practice
the proposition to pay two Mexican
dollars for every United States dollar
when the present value of 53 cents was
lowered to make the plan consistent.
Officials of the state department
were asked today if the declaration by
Great Britain, that Hawaiia's course
toward British subjects in the last in
surrection was proper, would affect in
any way the the claims of the United
States made on behalf of certain citi
zens involved in the same aflaiis.
They replied' that, as the United States
and Great Britain were not working in
conjunction, the action of Great Brit
ain could not bind the United States.
The cases of persons claiming United
States citizenship would stand or fall
on the question whether or not each in
dividual had a fair trial.
Unofficial information received at
the navy department indicates that the
Port Royal drydock is not yet all it
should be, and, possibly, if an attempt
were made to dock a big ship like, tho
Indiana or other first-class battleships,
there might be a great deal of trouble.
The weak spot of the dock is at the
entrance, and whether it is due to tho
soft condtion of the soil around the en-"
trance or some defect in the bidding of
the dock, will not be made plain until
the official report of the board that was
present at the time the trial was made.
No statement can be obtained as yet
from the treasury department concern
ing the charges against Congressional
Librarian Spofford, but it is stated
there that even if the published state
ment of the irregularities in his ac
counts are found to be true, it is un
likely that he will be liable to any
penalty, except aismissal from office,
should that action be decided on by tho
president, to whom he is directly re
sponsible. His accounts, it is held,
merely render him liable to the charge
of malfeasance in office, from which
only dismissal could result.
Acting Secretary McAdoo today re
ceived a note from the Turkish minis
ter to the United States, saying tho
Turkish government bad informed him
that a thorough investigation had been
made of the alleged outrages on Amer
icans at Tarsus. It was learned that a
cook in the family of Professor Chris
tie, of St Paul's institute at Tarsus,
bad been assaulted by native Turks.
No Americans were concerned in the
matter or injured. -The minister also
stated that the Turkish officers would
be tried and punished.
The Last of "Wild Bill."
Spokane, August 24. "Wild Bill,"
or W. J. Walters, well known in Spo
kane, committed suicide in Colfax jail
last night. He was arrested about
four months ago in Spokane for selling
whisky to Indians, and has been kept
in confinement at Colfax. Last night
he complained of toothache, and was
allowed with three old men the privi
lege of the outer or large room. Komo
time during the night he arose, and,
while the others were asleep, procured
a cord and hanged himself in the jail.
Walters obtained the title of "Wild
Bill" from being a wild and reckless
fellow, daring and making gun plays,
and getting into all kinds of scrapes
and fights, both with white men aud
Indians. He was a great horseman,
riding all kinds of animals without the
slightest fear. He generally went
heavily armed, and for these reasons
was given the appropriate name of
"Wild BilL
Cholera Imported From China.
St Petersburg, August 27. Seven
deaths from cholera ' have occurred on
board the steamer Baikow, which ar
rived at Vladivostock August 6, from
Che Foo, China, since which time six
teen cases and twelve deaths havo oc
curred at Vladivostock.
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