The Corvallis gazette., August 20, 1896, Image 1

VOL. XXXIII.
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20. 18.
NO. 23.
TRANSPORTATION.
East and South
VIA
The Shasta Route
OF THE
Southern Pacific Co.
EXPRKSS TRAIN j RUN DAILY.
8 50 P M Usnve I'urtland Arrive I 8:10 A M
12:10 a M I lare Albany Arrive i 4:45 AH
10:45 a Arrive 8. Fraiicii-co brave 7:00 p u
A love l ruins stop at En-t Portland,, Oregon
City, Wondbnrn. sale m. Turner, Marion, Jeffe--fon,
Albany. Alnauy Junction, Tang ut.Snedds,
Haisey, llrrisburg. Jnnctiou i:lry, Eugene,
Creswell, Diains, and all stations from Kose
biirtf to AsMand, inclusive.
KOSEBCRG MAIL-DAILY.
8:3) a M Leave
12:25 p k Leave
b:2u r m Arrive
fnnlaiiil
Albany
Kosburg
Air ve 4 :-J0 p m
Arrive 1 12 5p h
Leave I 8:00 a n
Pullman B ffet vleepers aud second-i lass
sleeping ars attached to all through trains.
SALEM PASSENGER DAILY.
4:00 P )t I L ave
6:15 P M I Arr.ve
Portland
8nlen
Arrive i 1):15 a m
Leave I 8:00 a m
WbWT SIDE DIVISION.
Between Portland and Corral! Is
daily (.-xcept Sunday).
Mail train
7- II L' ave
12:li p M , Arrive
Por laud
Corvallis
Arrive 6:20 P M
Leave 1 :35 P H
At Albany and Corrallis connect with trains
of the Oregon Central A Eastern Ry.
EXPRESS TRAINS DAILY (Except Bu: day)
4:45 p M j Leave
7:26 P m Arrive
Portland
M.-Mimiville
Arrive 8:25 am
Leae 5:..0 a m
ThruUKh tickets to all points in the Kasiern
Mate, Canxda and Knrone can Le oDtatned at
low-t rate from A. K.Miller, agent, Corvallis
R. KOE1ILER, Manager.
. E. P. ROGERS, A G..F. & P. A.. Portland, Or.
E. McNElL, Beceiver.
. TO THE
IE AST
GIVE3 TBS CHOICE OF
TWO TRANSCONTINENTAL
JE& OUT IE S
- VIA
"great
northern ry.
SP0XANE
MINNEAPOLIS
VIA
UNION
PACIFIC RY,
DENVER
OMAHA
AXD
-' - AND
ST. PA
SASOTYS
X)W KATES TO ALL
. EASTERN CITIES
OCEAN STEAMERS
EAVE PORTLAND EVERY 5 DAYS
FOR
SAN FRANCISCO
For fu'l details, call on or address
W. H. HURLBURT,
, Gcii'l Pass. Agent, Portland, Oregon.
OREGON CENTRAL
AND EASTERN R.R. CO.
Yaquina Bay Route
Connecting at Yaqalna Bay with the
San Francisco & Yaquina Bay
STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Steamship "Farallon "
Palls from Yaquina every 8 days for San Fran
cisco, C os Bay, P..rt Orlord, Trinidad and
Bumbol It Ba. Passenger acc mmodattnns
nnsurpHssed. Shortest route between the Wil
lamette valley and California.
Fare From Albany or Points West to
San Francisco:
Cabin... ... 9 ' Steerage ... ..I 6
Round trip, good for 60 dars, SL6.
To Cfoa Bav and Port Orioid Cabin . 6
To Humboldt Bay Cabin 8
Yaqnla Bay.
The mist nonnlar seast le re -nrt on the Xorth
Pacific coast. No undertow surf batbi ig aLso-
lntely ssfe. ...
vorttinst wishing to combine hunting and
fisbin;wiih acqualic pori, this r sort has no
tqu .1. Deer, bear, elk, cougnr. brook trout and
saimon trour, can be lotind lit abundance with
in a few hours' dr ve of the bay.
Reluced mtes to all polut.
J. C. Mayo, EDWIN STONE,
T. F. & P. A. Manager.
H. L. Waldkn, A :ent, Albany.
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.
V. E. WAITERS, Prop.
Office at Courthouse, Corvallis, Or.
ollUo ifvio
DR. L. G. ALTMAN
H0M0E0PATHIST '
Diseases ol women and children and general
practice.
. Office over Allen & Woodward's drag store.
Office hoars 8 to 12 A. M., and 2 to 5 and 7 to 8
P. M.
At residence, corner of 3rd and Harrison after
hoars and on Sundays.
G. R. FARRA, M. D.
Office In Farra & Allen's brick, on the corner
of Second and Adams.
Residence on Third street in front of court
house. Office hours 8 to 9 a. m ., and 1 to 2 and 7 to
p. M. All cads attended promptly.
BOWEN LESTER
DENTIST
Office upstairs over First National Bank.
Strictly First-Class Work Guaranteed
Corvallis, Oregon
F. M. JOHNSON
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW
Cobvallib, Oregon
Does a general practice in all the courts.
Also agent for all the first-class insurance com
panies. - ' . N .
NOTARY PUBLIC.
JUSTICE PEACE.
E. E. WILSON
ATTO R N E Y - AT - LAW
Office In Zeiroff bulldlrjg, opposite postoffice.
Jossfh H. Wilson.
Thomas E. Wusoh
WILSON & WILSON
ATTORNEYS -AT-LAW
Office oyer First National Bank, Corcallls, Or
Will practice In all the state and federal courts
Abstracting, collections. Notary public. Con
veyancing. E. HOLQATE. H. L. HOLGATE.
Notary Public Jmsiice of the Peace.
HOLGATE & SON
; ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW .
Corvallia '- - - Oregon
W. E. YATES. J. FRED YATES
YATES & YATES
r LAWYERS
CORVALLIS OREGON
A SHY DANCER.
Stories Told by Westerners of the Antics
of the Sand Hill Crane.
The sand hill enaio is a very bright
bird. A Recreation writer says that its
very name is syiipryauons of vigilance
and alertness. It feeds on the treeless
plains cr-iu the b.-vmii wheat stubble,
where it can see a long way beyond gun
shot, cr one of a flock-is posted us sen
tinel, and this bird stands with bill half
open, ready to give an alarm. It can be
killed by decoying it with pasteboard
figures cnt to proper ftfze and shape -and
painted bnt mounted birds are better.
A pit is dug deep . enough to conceal a
man, the dtxioys are pnt ont, and the
cranes are shot as they come over. The
best region to shoot them is in the Co
lumbia river watershed and south of it
in the Pacific coast states.
When one shoots a bird of the size
and build of a crane in midair, it col
lapses, like a card house or a tent. Bnt
snch apparent collapses are sometimes
deceptive, as, for instance:
"Before I could reach him. he soared
Off into the air with wheeling flight
Again he hit the ground with - fearful
violence, but again he got ' on his feet
Running up, thinking to get him alive
for a decoy, I tried to tap him on the
head and stun him.' He showed fight
and I used my gun as I backed off, and
he took to his wings." U
The sand hill crane is something of a
fighter of men if wounded, and the only
safe crane is a dead ona Their bills are
long and sharp and are capable of put
ting out a man's eye.
The sand' hill crane has some curious
habits that make him of more than pass
ing interest to the student of birds. Out
on the prairies parties of them have balls
in the spring, to -which the select birds
seem to be invited. These balls are pic
ture sque affairs from the human'stand-
point There are curious dances,' which
are sort of solitary waltzes or pretty
slow jigs. Sometimes the birds leap
over one another's backs and flap their
wings, giving their peculiar cry. Some
times rival birds have fierce duels, using
their keen bills like lances, battleaxes
and swords.
Clnb Dinners In Gotham.
When the clubs of New York were
fewer and -their houses were smaller
than they are now, the restaurants had
monopoly of all the big dinners of a
semipublic character. Every one of the
dozen or more large clubs in New York
now has a kitchen where a dinner can
be prepared for several hundred people
with as much attention as the largest
restaurants could give to it Many
large dinners have been given at the
new Metropolitan club. During the
winter the Lotos gives half a dozen din
ners in its clubhouse, each one of which
is attended by 200 or more people, and
as many as 275 perse ns have been dined
them The University and the Manhat
tan clubs give large dinners from time
to time. Or course sucn a runner neces
sitates the services of extra waiters, but
it does not strain the kitchen servica
New York Letter.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome ot the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting; Collection of Items From
the Two Hemisphere Presented
In a Condensed Form.
Malloh Rezza, who assassinated the
shah of Persia in May last, was hanged
at Teheran in the presence of an im
mense ooncourse.
Ben Noyer, who was arrested upon
suspicion of having robbed the Wilhoit
stage, has been released from jail with
out having been given an examination
upon the charge.
In a fight at Vodena, Macedonia, be
tween 150 insurgents and 500 Turkish
troops, the former were reinforced after
four hours and routed the Turks, fifty
of whom were killed. .
Frank Farnsworth Barnard, aged 42,
a tenor singer well known in theatri
cal circles, committed suicide in New
York by shooting himself in the right
temple with a revolver.
The cyolists of Olympia.Wash'. , have
formed a club, with membership of
150, for the vigorous prosecution of a
good roads crusade. - They propose to
immediately begin the improvement of
the various roads leading out of the
city.
The four-story mill of the S perry
Flour Company, at Paso Robles, Cal. ,
was burned together with three adjac
ent cabins and a blacksmith shop.
The mill was valued at $85,000, and
the stock of wheat and flour on hand
was worth $12,000, and it was a
total loss. There was $20,000 insur
ance on the building.
A dispatch from Egypt -says: "To
show the futility of any hope of Mrrest
ing the course of cholera - at present,
during the week before last fresh out
breaks occurred in sixty-nine different
places and last week in eighty-seven. ! governed, is necessary,, especially when
During the seven days to August 1, ' the control of -this government threat
1,200 deaths were reported, and in the j ens to fall into the hands of aristoo
following six days 1,700 deaths." 1 racy, monopoly and despotism. '
Judge Noble denied the application j "Sec. 2. We greet with hearty ap
of the Brown Hoisting Company's proval the new declaration of indepen-locked-out
employes for an injunction denoe enunciated by the Democracy of
to restrain Mayor MoKisson, of Clave- j the United States of America at the re
land, from calling additional militia j cent convention in Chicago; indorse
into service; to restrain the Brown ; every ' principle of its platform, and
oompany from arming its employes ! pledge our united support to the candi
and to compel the company to carry ' dates there seleoted. - We recognize in
out . the agreement made, with the , the nomination of . William Jennings
looked-out men on July 27.
ormachiuery vt the '
"Andarm. fall Harming Jk Pur-kino"
Company, owned by ' Dan Grover and s
B. T. Ryan, burned. The cannery was
worth $8,000. A stock of dried fruit
worth $700, 300 sacks of wheat and a
large quantity of tin was also de
stroyed. There is no insurance. Two
adjacent cottages owned by Dan Grovei
and J. T. Ryan, valued at $700, were
also burned.
At San Antonio de los Banos, a pro
prietor named Domingo Hernandez,
who was 70 years old, has been hanged
by the insurgents. , -
At the Novelty theater,' London, in
a stabbing soene, the . spring dagger
made for stage use failed to act and an
actor was stabbed to the heart so that
he died in a lew minutes. .
Senor Marcel de Azacarra, Spanish
minister of war, is considering a
scheme to introduce conscription in !
order to facilitate - the recruiting of
foroes for the Spanish army servioe in
Cuba. . , '
Miss Clara Barton, president of the
Amerioan branch of the Red Cross So
ciety, has started on her return to the
United States, her mission of distribut
ing relief to the Armenians ' having
been ended.
A. W. Fawoett, the recently deposed
sua - i-i - : i.
mavor of T a noma, announoea that the
fight for oooupanoy of the offioe is not !
yet ended by any means, and that he
will immediately carry the contest to
the supreme oourt for settlement .
John Thompson and Jay Leonard
were killed by lightning in a violent
storm at Sandusky, O. They were
working on the new government pier
at Cedar Point, with augers in their
hands, which attracted the lightning.
- The body of a newly born male in
fant was discovered floating in the
Willamette river near New Era one day
last week. :; A- coroner's inquest' was
held over the remains, but nothing was
developed which would tend to throw
any light upon the mystery, as to why
the body of the babe was thrown into
the river. - ,
The steam schooner Point Arena,
bound from San Francisco to Mendo
oino, went on the rooks near Point
Reyes. Captain Johnson, her master,
was on the bridge when she grounded.
He at once began to baok her, and
within ten minutes she was free of the
rocks. As soon as the vessel was
loosened the water began to rush in
through a hole in her port bow, just
forward of the forward hold. Captain
Johnson headed for San Francisco, and
came up under a full head of steam,
the pumps being kept in action all the
while. By the time she reached the
Mission slip, where she was docked,
there was four feet ot water in her for
ward hold.
A. W. Pile, of California, secretary
of the national silver committee, was
found dead at Washington D. O. , un
der circumstances which lead to a sus
picion of foul play. He had been mis
sing for four days. His body was
found under . the aqueduct bridge.
When last seen he had considerable
money, bnt the money was missing
when the body was discovered. A sil
ver watch, however, had not been dis
urbed. There is no evidenoe of sui
ide. Mr. Pile was the son of ex-Congressman
Pile, of California.
PEOPLE'S PARTYTICKET.
Beanlt of
the Fusion In : the State of
Washington.
r Last week, at Ellensburg, the Demo
crats, Populists and free silver Repub
licans of the state of Washington held
their respective conventions. After,
much' debate and concessions on the
part of the three conventions, a com
bined ticket to be called , the "People's
Party" ticket, was agreed upon and
placed in the field. It is as follows:
For governor John R. Rogers, of
Pierce, Populist- ,1,
For lieutenant governor Thurston
Daniels, of Clarke, Populist
For secretary of stated-Will D. Jen
kins, of Whatcom, Populist
For state auditor Neal Cheatham,
of Whitman, Populist )
For state treasurer C W. Young,
of Whitman, Populist ' .
For commissioner of poblio lands ;
Robert Bridges, of King, Populist.
For justice of the supreme court
John B. Reavis, of Yakima, Democrat
For attorney-general Patrick Henry
Winston, of Spokane, Silverite. ;
For state printer Qwin Hicks, of
Thurston, . Democrat
For superintendent of publio instruc
tion F. J. Browne, of King, Silverite.
For congressmen James Hamilton
Lewis, of King, Democrat; W. C
Jones, of Spokane, Silverite.
For presidential electors H. N.
Caton, of Whitman, Democrat; L N.
Maxwell, of . Whatcom, Democrat;
Charles E. Cline, of Whatoom, Popu
list; B. A. Newman, of Spokane, Pop
ulist . :
Democratic Platform.
Following are the three platforms
adopted at Ellensburg:
, "Section 1. The representatives of
the Democratic party of the state of
Washington, in convention assembled,
do hereby reaffirm our allegiance to the
principles of the party as formulated
by Thomas Jefferson and firmly main
tained by Andrew Jackson. We be
lieve that a constant recurrence to those
fundamental principles of a free and
popular government, based upon indi
vidual liberty and the ooneent of the
Bryan and Arthur SewalL an inspira
- ion from-the- Snpre& Ruler of . Na-f
tions, by whose favor our-country has
passed ' through every hour of trial and .
' Aa nnl tit Vt a nwtaaifttl sT TOTtf!
as the op
struggle. i portunity, sufficient to the
great as the greater need required.
"Sec 3. . We demand the free and
unlimited coins ge of silver and gold at
the ratio of 16 to I, without waiting
for the consent of any other nation on
earth. We denounce the pretense of
Republican international bi-metalism
as a subterfuge; an attempt to estab
lish a gold aristooracy with the aid of
those who may be duped by a meaning
less phrase. ,
"Sec. 4. ' We denounce the - present
Republican administration of our slate
as extravagant, oorrupt, scandal-breeding
and a willful abuse of the people's
rights. With a pretense of honoring
the memoiv of the srreat names of cham
ninna of the oeoole. it now bows down
.... . . . . . .
to political bosses ana nas not enroiiea
upon its banner the name of any man
unsubservient to the dictates of the
money power. v
"Seo. 5. We call the attention of
the common people to the perpetuation
in our state of the gigantio Repulbioan
ring, which uses the public' patronage
to control future elections to perpetu
ate itself in the control of. the publio
purse; uses the gigantio earnings : of
corporations (by the methods of Federal
receiverships) to diotate the election or
our representatives in congress and the
senate; abuses the franchise of the pub
lio press by opening the columns of its
newspapers to but one side of publio
discussions; demands of and receives
from its votaries absolute prostitution
of individual liberty to the dictates of
machine politicians.
"Sec. 6. We invite the serious at
tention of the laboring olasses in our
state to the attempted oontrol of the
elective franchise by threats on the part
of the Republican leaders. They do
not hesitate to threaten their employes
with discharge unless they submit to a
sale of the free voting right guaranteed
them by the, constitution. - Nor will
they stop at threats, but will openly
carry out the shameful abuse of power
unless checked by the righteous indig
nation of a free people
"Sec 7. We pledge the people of
this great state that when given the
oontrol of its government we will re
duce the burden of state taxation to the
lowest limit consistent with a just and
careful administration of the govern
mental funotions. We will stop the
present squandering of the great pub
lio, domain. We will, so far as now
remains possible, use the public lands
for the benefit of the whole people, and
not for " the purpose of pulling the
purse-strings of private corporations.
We will reduce the burdens laid upon
production by the greed of transporta
tion companies, aided by legislation
purchased from Republican legisla
tures. To this end we favor a law pro
viding for freight rates not exceeding
those of the Helm bill, and we favor a
8-oent jer mile passenger fare. We
will endeavor to make possible the car
rying ' out of our system of publio
schools, now closed as the result of Re
publioan extravagance. 'Free common
schools are the nursery of good govern
ment ' They should when necessity
demands, 'be preserved even at the ex-
pense of every other function of govern-
ment The Republican control of the
towns, cities, counties and state has re
sulted in the bankruptcy of our school
distriots, and we demand the ovethrow -of
such oontroL
"Sec 8. We condemn the refusal of
the Republican party, of this State to
divide it into congressional distriota,
and pledge our party' to fair division of
the same.
"Sec 9. - We condemn our present
election laws, contrived to throttle op
position to the ring in power; pledge
our party to their unconditional repeal,
and the enactment of suoh laws as will
enable each voter to vote as he pleases
and have suoh vote counted.
"Seo. 10. Whereas, the railroad
companies of this state have from time
to time issued free passes to legislators
and other publio officers, there ty influ
encing their action, we demand that
the legislators shall promptly pass ade-'
quate laws to enforce the constitutional .
provision against the granting of free
passes to publio offioers and the UB6 of
same by suoh officers.
Sec 1 1. We demand better laws in
relation to mortgage foreclosures; the
abolition of deficiency judgments, and
that the possession and use of real prop
erty remain in the mortgagor during
the full period of redemption. Pro
vided: That suoh laws shall not inter
fere with the obligation of existing con
tracts. . "See. 13. We pledge ourselves to
place before the people amendments to
the contstitution reforming the present
extravagant judicial system and system
of state commissions. .
"We recognize in the coming eleo-'
tion a crisis in the affairs of govern
ment Free government is self-government
We are threatened with a de
struction of the principle of - self-government
The national ' banks, the
transportation and manufacturing cor
porations, the gold manipulators of
Wall street and Lombard street claim
the right to govern us. Democracy
wears no collar; it serves no master; it
has on its side the plain, every-day peo
ple of the country and state, and to
them we appeal with an unquestioning
belief that in this hour of trial and
tribulation right will conquer, wrong
will . be dethroned, ever-controlling
masses will overthrow olasses, the peo
ple will again assume authority and'
prosperity return, heralded by the an
nouncement of a '.overnment of the
people, by the people and for the peo
ple. "
The Populist Platform.
; "We, the representatives of the Peo
ple's party of the state of Washington,
in convention assembled,, reaffirm our
allegiance to the principles enunciated
at Omaha and St Louis, and most
heartily commend them to the. favor
able consideration of all lovers of free-
om
' Firmly believing that the present
ByBtem o representative government is
inadequate, and that it enables the few
to control the policy of the government
to the detriment of the interests of the
people at ' large, and further believing
that no permanent relief will be pos
sible nntil the people can speak more
directly on laws whiioh they are re
quired to obey, we demand that the
people shall be given a direct vote on
all important legislation, and that all
officers shall be made the servants of
the people, subject at any time' to recall
or dismissal, and not, as at present the
masters of those who create them.
"We demand the enactment into
. law of the following propositions. The
material reduction of excessive salaries
of all exeoutive, legislative and judicial
officers; lessered freight, passenger,
telephone and telegraphio rates within
the state; the adoption of the Torrens
system of registering land titles; a
general system of non-interest bearing
warrants, receivable for taxes through
out the state; that school books be fur
nished to the people's pupils in our
publio schools at the expense of the
state, that in case of sale of property
under foreclosure decrees the debtor
shall retain possession of the property
throughout the rdemption period, and
the prohibition of deficency judgments,
and that the period of redmeption
shall be two years instead of one; lib
eral exemption from taxation of per
sonal property and improvements in
or upon land; that the next legislature
shall take the necoessary legal steps to
submit to the electors of this state to be
voted upon at the next regular election
an amendment to the state constitution
conferring the elective franbhise upon
women citizens of this state; that the
legislature pass a law in conformity
with our state constitution making it
a felony for,' any county, city or state
officer to accept or use a railroad or
other transportation pass, and that the
law shall also be applicable to those
who offer suoh passes, and we condemn
all oity, county and state officers who
may. have accepted and used such
passes as betraying the trust reposed
in them by the party and as violative
of their duties as citizens.
"We oondemn the chief exeoutive of
this state for his ill considered and un
just vetoes of the deficiency judgment
bill and the free text book bill, after
having recommended it in bis former
message." ' .
Free Silver Platform.
"We believe that the widespread
prostration of our industries, the de
cline in agriculture, the embarrassment
of our oommeroe and the ever-increasing
distress of all our producers, the
conditions and existence of which is
admitted by all, are directly traceable
to a contraction of the currency result
ing from the demonetization of silver,
and we demand the immediate restora
tion of silver by a law requiring its
free, unlimited and independent coin
age at the present legal ration of 16 to
1 at our mints. - We call the attention
of the public to the faot that the people
of the United States produce and con
sume of . all the important products of
industry more than one-half as much
as all the balance of the earth cont
bined; that the tonnage of onr rail
j roads exceeds by 60,000,000 tons an
nually the tonnage of all the foreign
railroads added to the entire water
traffic of the world, and that as a con
sequence of suoh enormous industrial
energy our people annually transact
fully one-third of the entire volume of
the world's business, and we therefore
denounce as oowardly, pusillanimous
and un-Amerioan the declaration of the
national Republican platform that this
country cannot regulate its own finan
cial system without foreign aid or in
terference, and regard the suggestion
of an international agreement as in
sincere and contemptible, and we de
mand the repeal of any and all laws
authorizing the destruction of the legal
tender quality of money by private
contract
. "We demand the foreclosure of the
mortgage held by the government on
the Union Paoifio railroad, and should
the government, through such fore
closure come into the ownership and
possession of the same, we favor its
operation by the government"
RAN INTO A TRUCK. ,
Motorman at Buffalo Slakes a Distress
ing Blander.
Buffalo, N., Y. Aug. 18. Early this
morning fire truok No. 6, with a crew
consisting of Lieutenant Hedden and
seven firemen, while responding to an
alarm, collided with a trolley, car at the
corner of Woltz avenue and Syoamore
street The truck was stretched across
the street-oar track when the, trolley,
which was running at full speed,
struck it. Every fireman on the truck
was injured. John F. Clark was
pinned under the wreck and crashed
to death, his lungs being perforated by
the round'of a ladder. Fred Jatkey
went under the truck and received con
cussion of the spine. He cannot re
cover. The others injured are: Lieu
tenant Hedden, hip bruised; Michael
Rosenberger, left leg sprained and con
tusions; John W. Btchtel, arm sprain
ed; Nicholas Noeller, hip bruised; An
thony Mannard, bruised. The motor
car was smashed to pieces, but the mo
torman seoaped with but slight injur
ies. Both the motorman and oondaotor
of the car have been arrested. James
Cowan, the motorman, says he heard
the fire gong but did not slow up, as
he thought be could cross the street
ahead of the truck.
TORNADO IN ALABAMA.
Fifteen Tenons Killed and Others More
or lees !ijured.
Selma, Ala., Aug. 18. News was re
ceived here today from Augustine,
Perry county, fourteen miles from a
telegraph station, that a terrible aud
most destructive tornado swept over
that place last evening, leveling every
thing in its path. - Twelve negroes and.
three white people were killed by
houses falling .in on thenij. and. ten
other persons were more or less injured.
Twenty-four horses and mules were
crushed to death by falling barns. The
tornado was followed by the heaviest
rain that has fallen in that section in
fifteen years. Creeks and branches
were converted into raging torrents,
sweeping away cotton, corn and other
crops, causing heavy losses to planters.
DARING TRAIN ROBBERY.
This Was the Time the Desperadoes
Were Captured.
Detroit, Aug. 18.- A special to the
Free Press from Charlotte, Mioh., sajs:
"A special Stock train which went
east on the Chicago & Grand Trunk at
12:30 last night was' boarded by four
men at Bellevue, thirteen miles west
Of here, all masked and heavily armed,
and at the point of their guns compelled
the two men in charge of the stock to
empty their pockets of all money, and
a number other articles of small value
The robbers escaped, but were all
captured by a posse this afternoon, and
lodged in jail here. They gave - their
names as James O'Donnell, Frank
Wright, Ed Marlow and Frank Edison,
and ages from 18 to 22 years.
Dnrrant Said to Have Been Insane.
San Francisco, Aug. 18. The latest
theory in connection with Theodore
Dnrrant is that he was insane at the j
time he committed the murders of j
Blanche Lamont and Minnie Williams, j
in the Emanuel Baptist church. Some j
time previous to the murders, he was j
sick and confined to his room for six
weeks, being delirious part of - this,
period. His friends now say be had j
not recovered from this attack at the .
time he oommitted the murders. It is j
still nnoertain when the supreme court
will consider his appeal, which is now j
formally before that body. Durrant's j
attendants at the county jail ridicule
the idea of insanity.- I
Fearful Heat in Texas.
Dallas, Tex , Aug. 18. The sun
went down last night upon a parched
and withered earth, the meroury regis
tering 105. It came up boiling hot
this morning, and at 10 o'clock reached
105. 'At 10:30 tho meroury registered
108 dpgreea, the hottest weather on rec
ord for this seotion. Men panted like
tired hounds from the chase, and
sought in every way to avoid the intol
erable heat At 11, o'clock a little
shower of rain with a gust of wind
came up, and gave the people relief.
This was the closing day of the most
extraordinary heat period ever experi
enced in Texas.
Loss of 100,000 by Fire.
Creokford, 111., Aug. 18 Fire gut
ted the Woodruff blook, on Seventh
street, early this morning, causing a
loss of over $100,000. T. L. Goldman,
who conducted a department store, is
the principal loser, his loss being esti
mated at $55,000, with an insnranoeof
$35,000. The loss on the building is
$25,000. partly insured.
. Roughness is needless cause of dis
content Severity breedetb fear, but
roughness breedeth bate.
BIG BILL OF DAMAGES
Spain's Claims Against
United States.
the
ON ACCOUNT OF THE Fl LI BDSTEKS
Precedent Established Against Great '
- Britain In the Alabama Award.
Will Be Invoked.
Washington, Aug. 18. The Spanish
government is preparing a big bill of
damages to be presented to the United
States on account of the numerous ex
peditions alleged to have gone from our
shores to the relief of the Cuban insur
gents. In support of its claim foi
reparation, it intends to invoke the
precedent established against Great
Britain in' the oelebrated Alabama
claims award, made by' the Geneva
arbitration tribunal. There have been
reports heretofore that Spain, at the
proper time, would present a series of
claims on account of the use the insur
gents have made of the United States
as a base of supplies of hostile opera
tions in Cuba. These were nothing
more than rumors until today, when
the government officers received oopies
of a report from the Spanish legation,
made by its legal adviser, Mr. Calder
on Carlisle. . The report is handsomely
printed in pamphlet form, and. with
its five appendices, makes a book of
over 300 pages.
The Wiborg case, recently decided
by the United States supreme court, is
cited and refered to as the one solitary
oonviction . obtained in the United
States since the beginning of the pres
ent Cuban insurrection. The attorney
says it is thought proper to show from
the case of the severe award against
Great Britain what the United States
expected of a neutral nation, and also
to reoall the attitude of Spain towari
the United States during the civil war.
The principles indicated and enforoed
by the United States against Great
Britain, as those whiob should have
governed her oonduct would seem, the
report says, to be clearly applicable to
the duties and legislation of the United
States towards Spain in the recent in
stance. In reviewing the Geneva awardT the
report says that it was clear that the
United States made its complaint'
mainly upon the fitting out and ship
ping from England of vessels and sup
plies. In concluding the first seotion
of his report Mr. Carlisle says the
powers invested in the president of the
United States have not been effectively
used for preventing the carrying on of
military expeditions forbidden by the
statutes. The United States, he says.
Contended . at Geneva that no nation
can, under cover of the deficiencies of
its own laws, disregard its duties to
ward another power. Whatever pre
text and attempts may be made to carry
on these expeditions, as peaceful and
lawful voyages, the fact remains, says
the attorney, that from the begginning
of the insurrection, the base of supplies
for war material has been in the United
States. This branch of Mr. Carlisle's
report concludes as follows:
"To tolerate this state of affairs and
these acts is a violation of the treaties
of neutrality under the law of nations
as they have been proclaimed to the
rest of the world by the United States.
To prevent and pnnish these aots,
which are in violation of the statute
laws of this country, it is believed that
the federal government has all the at
tributes of sovereignity with respect to
the subject under discussion Nor is
it perceived what distinction or differ
ence in principle can excuse the exer
cise of the diligence oommensnrate
with the existing emergency which in
the sight of the world they require!
and enforoed against Great Britain at
Geneva."'
In conclusion, after a review of tha
proclamations of various presidents of
the United ' States, the attorney says
that, while it could not be insisted that
one nation is bound to take notice of
the existence of an insurrection in an
other country, as it is bound to recog
nize a state of publio war, it is never
theless bound to take notice of such
condition to the extent that it gives
warning to the citizens and inhabitants
in the discharge of obligations whioh
one friendly nation owes another, and
as a measure of precaution must pre
vent the violation of this obligation.
He declares that the proclamation
cited in the appendices fully illustrate
the recognition of this principle by the
United States, which is especially ac
centuated by the proclamation of Presi
dent Cleveland on June 12, 1895. He
concludes this portion of his report by
saying:
"The laws made by the munioipal
authorities of the United States oannot
measure or limit the international re
sponsibility of the United States."
' The offioials to whom oopies of this
pamphlet were addressed did not care
to discuss the matter for publication,
but all privately expressed the opinion
that the only object of its preparation
was the basis of a claim to be presented
against the United States by Spain on
account of filibustering expeditions.
A Turkish turban of the largest size
contains from ten to twenty yards of
the finest and softest muslin.
Florenoe, Ala., Aug. 18. A terrific
storm passed over Florenoe about 5
o'clock this evening. Great damage
was done, but no fatalities have been
reported. Two frame houses were
blown down, and awnings, chimneys
and trees were wrecked. Trees were
' uprooted all over town and on Court
. street, large plate glass windows were
j broken by the fury of the wind. The
i storm came from the northwest, one
I cloud being met by another black cloud
I from the southwest