COR VALLIS, BENTON COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPT. 18, 1896.
NO. 27.
VOL. XXXIII.
TRANSPORTATION.
East arid South
-VIA-
The Shasta Route
- . OF THE
Southern Pacific Co.
EXPRESS TP.A1NS RUN DAILY.
? Lsae Portland Arrive 8:10 A X
12:10 a H' t l.eave Albany Arrive I 4:45 A K
10:45 a m Arrive 3. fraucitco Leave 7:00 r n
Aiove trains stop at . Ea-t Fortland, Orefron
City, W x,dburn, bkm, Turner, Marion, Jeffer
"). Alb.ny. Alrtany Jtmet on. Tang nt, Hnedds,
Haltey, Ilt.rrisbu.rg. Junction City, Eugene,
Creswell, btaiiis, aid all tat ion from Ruse
born to Ashland, inclusive.
ROSKBPRG MAIL DAILY.
o... 1 1 i u,n lor Hand Air.vel 4 40pm
12.25 p h Leave - Albany Arrive J 12:5, p sr.
o:ai r M Arrive Rost burg Leave b:w a m.
I'tillman B ffet cleepers and second-class
shaping iars attached to all through trains.
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4:00 pm Lave Portland Arrive 1 10:15 A M
:16 PM Arrive Salem Leave I 8:00 A M
- WEST 8IDB DIVISION.
Between rortland and Corvallls Mall train
daily (except Sunday).
730 i h I Leave Pun laud Arrive 1 6:20 p M
12:1a p m Arrive Cofvallla Leave 1 1:85 P M
At Albany and Corvallls connect with trains
of ike Oregon Central & Eastern Ry. i
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7:2 p m Arrive McMitinville LeaveJ 5:50 A u
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lowest rale from A. K. Miller, agent, Corvellis.
R. KOEHI.ER, Manager.
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STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Steamship " Farallon "
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llnmbol'lt Bav. Passenger acc mmudations
nnwrpasped. (shortest route between the Wil
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Psclficcoast. No undertow surf bathing abso
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orthrs vrishing to combine hunting and
f shin; with acqualic sports, this resort has no
qu-l. leer. bear, elk, cougar, brook trout and
sal men trour, can be found in abundance with
in a few hours' drive of the bay.
Redared rates to all points.
J. C. MAVO, - EDWIN STONE,
T.F.& P. A. Maaager. -V
H. L. Walosn, Agent, Albany.
DR. L. G. ALTMAN
H0M0EOPATHIST
Diseases of women and children and general
practice.
Office over Allen A Woodward's drug store.
Office hoars 8 to 12 A. M., and 2 to 5 and 7 to 8
At residence, corner of 3rd and Harrison after
hoars and on bunaays. .
G.R.FARRfl, M..D.
Office In Farra A Allen's brick, on the corner
of Second and Adams.
Residence on Third street in front of court-
houfe.
Office hours 8 to t A. if ., and 1 to 2 and 7 to
r. at. All ca-ls attended promptly. . . -.
BO WEN LESTER
DENllSfT
Office upstairs over First National Bank.
Strictly Flrst-CIass Work' Guaranteed
Corvaliis. Oregon -
JEW
Bids for the New Vessels Have
i Been Opened. - -
TERMS AE VERY REASONABLE
The Lowest Bidders Were the Newport
Kews Company. The Cramps t
Soma, and the Union Iron Works
Washington, Sept 16. The bids for
building three more battleships, of
about 11,000. tons eaoh, were opened
at the navy department today. - The
terms offered were, reasonable and the
Bbips can be - constructed and fitted
with armament at a total cost within
the lynit of the amount authorized ty
oongres. Contrary to speculation, no
attempt was made to bind the govern
ment to pay for the ships in gold or
its equivalent. The bids were as fol
lows: Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry-
dock Company, of Virginia, one ship,
(2,695,000; John H. Dialogue & Son,
Camden, N. J., one ship, $2,661,000;
Bath Iron Works, Maine, one ship,
$3,.680,000; Cramp & Sons, Philadel
phia, one ship, 12,650,000; two for
(each), $2,605,000; Union Iron Works,
San Franoisoo, one ship, $3,674,950.
The lowest bidders are in order,
the Newport News company, Cramp
& Sons, and the Union Iron Works,
the last named company being allowed
a margin of 4 per oent above the lowest
Eastern bid, to offset the difference of
prices between the Atlantic and Paoiflo
coast. The department under act of
congress, must award the oontraots fox
building these ships by Ootober 9 next;
The vessels must be completed within
three years thereafter. The limit of
cost fixed for each ship was 13,760,000,
including hull and armor. '' It is be
lieved tho armor can be supplied by
the department for less than $1,000,
000. - . - - X -
The new vessles are to be combina
tions of the best features of the Iowa
and ' Eearsarge, now under construc
tion, modified by such improvement!
as experience - has suggested. They
will be 868 feet long on the water line,
and seventy-two feet wide in the mid
dle. Tbe vessels will be. propelled by
engines of 10,000 horse-power and
will be expected to make a speed of
sixteen knots an hour.
Offensively, eaoh of the three new
ships will possess two very powerful
batteries-. The main hatterv will be
composed of four 13 inch breechloading
nfles and fourteen 6-inch rapid-firing
rifles. -The secondary battery designed
to repel torpedo-boats and light craft
and to swamp tbe unarmored parts of
an enemy, wilt' consist of sixteen 6
pound . rapid-fire guns; four 12 -pound
rapid-fire, four machine or Gatlihg
guns and one field piece. -. V ' "
In addition to the force, an allowance
of gun cotton for. submarine mining
and eight automobile torpedo to be
discharged from the two tubes on each
broadside, amidships, will be carried
for that silent and more deadly phase
of naval warfare. "
THE MAINE ELECTION.
Republicans Claim the Largest majority
In Its History. .
Augusta, Me., Sept. 16. Maine has
followed the example of Vermont and
deolared for the Republican tioket by
the largest majority in its history.
According to the latest returns tonight,
the plurality for Powers, Republican,
for governor, will be over 45,000, and
probably in the neighborhood of
60,000.
Hon. Thomas B. Reed 1b re-elected
to the house by over 10,000 plurality.
The returns show a plurality of about
10.000 for . Dingley f or congressman
from the Second district; over J2.000
for Milliken in the Third district, and
practically the same -v for Bou telle in
the Fourth district
" In the state legislature, the Demo
crats will apparently ha ve" less than
half a dozen of the represenatives in
the house and not one in the senate.
,Tne successful candidate for gover
nor is the Hon. Llewellyn Powers, of
Houlton, Republican. '
Hon. Thomas B. Reed, of Portland,
from the First distriot; Nelson Ding-
ley, of Lewiston, from the Second dis
trict; Seth Milliken, of Belfast, from
the Third distriot, and Charles A. Bou-
telle, of Bangor, from the Fourth dis-
rtrict, who have for years represented
Maine in the national house, are the
congressmen re-elected.
To Cure Texas Fever.
San Franoisoo, Sept 16. Dr. J,
Sidney Hunt, an eminent physician of
Queensland, and for many years physi
cian of the Brisbane board of health,
arrived here yesterday. Dr. Hunt has
been sent here by the Queensland gov
ernment to investigate and find a rem
edy for the Texas, fever, as it is known
in the southern part of the United
States, which has broken out' among
the cattle on the big ranges in North'
ern Queensland. . . .
Explosion of Fire Damp.
Pittsburg, Sept 16. A dispatch
from Walker's Mills, Pa., reports an
explosion of fire damp this morning in
the oldest Hawknest coal mine. One
man was killed. Tbe other miners are
closed in.
San Franoisoo,' Sept 16. The. Brit
ish ships Ditton and Cedarbank sailed
out of port yesterday for a race in dis
tance more than half around the world.
Each is wheat laden, the Ditton, Cap
tain Moody, being bound for Qneens
town, and the Cedarbank for Hull.
Their oapains, it is said, have put up
quite a neat sum on the sailing quali
ties of their ships, and a good deal of
interest has been aroused over the race,
so that news of either vessel will be
watched for with eagerness.
Revenue Cutter Gresham Launched.
Chioago, Sept 16. The reveunue
cutter W. Q. Gresham was launched
this afternoon. A few treasury de
partment officials were in attendance.
The christening-ceremony was per
formed by Miss Ruth Hanna, daughter
of 91. A. Hanna. The Gresham will
take the place of the Andy Johnson
and will patrol Lake Michigan. She
will not be completed until late in the
falL
Experiments made at Paris by Dr.
Bertillon have nroven that kleptomania
is easily cured by hypnotic suggestion, ,
ALASKA'S DEMANDS.
The People Want a Territorial Form of
; : Government.
Chicago,' Sept 16. Congressman
Aldrioh, of this city, who has just re
turned from a- six weeks' trip to Alaska,
brings the 'news that the people of that
distant territory think it has outgrown
its swaddling clothes, and wants to
govern itself. A demand is made for a
regular territorial government, a new
set of up to-date laws and the privi
iege of sending a delegate to congress
like Arizona, New Mexico and. Okla
homa. -
The restless Alaskans have already
caused to be introduced in the national
house of representatives several bills
to bring about these projects on which
they have set their hearts. The fail
ure of congress to advance these bills,
has, Aldrioh says, disgusted the people
of Alaska. There are many Americans
in Alaska who point with unconcealed
disgust to congressional neglect and
then to the -jealous care with which
the British are fostering the interests
of their citizens on the Canadian boun
dary of Alaska.
Congressman Aldrich says he' thinks
it is not time yet for Alaska to have a
delegate in congress. The population,
though containing some 2-,000 voters,
is scattered over such an immense area
that, he says it would be impossible for
the votes to be counted and returned
within the time limit now provided by
our election laws.
- But, he says, a new set of laws is
absolutely necessary for Alaska. That
country is now run with tbe guidanoe
of obsolete and ill-fitting statutes.
They are largely such laws as were in
the Oregon code before 1884. ' No new
itatutes have been added, and while the
oivilization of Alaska has grown at a
tremendous rate within the last twelve
years and tbe population more than
doubled, the laws under which the
Alaskans live have not advanced a step
toward keeping pace with'the progress
in every other direction. .
Alaska is not governed like other
territories. It has no legislature and
but few officers, and even these-it does
not elect itself ; they are. appointed by
tbe president , Alaskans set forth all
these complaints to Congressman Aid-
rich, while he was there. -
NEW WHATCOM BANK.
Second Suspension of Bennett National
Within a Tear.
New Whatcom, Wash., Sept 16.
The Bennet National bank posted no
tioe of suspension this morning, "on
account of the withdrawal of deposits
beyond its power to respond." The
notice further says that "All depositors,
will be paid in fulL" When oalled
upon by the Associated Press corres
pondent, the officials, 'while not ready
to make a detailed statement, said that
the total liabilities are, in round num
bers, $50,000, and tbe assets approxi
mately $125,000, of- which $90,000 is in
bills receivable. No paper is hypothe
cated, and it is believed that the assets
are more than sufficient to meet all
olaims.
Tbe statement of tbe bank's affairs
at the close of the business July 14,
showed deposits of over $106,000, and
the cash resources of $52,000. Since
then more than half of the deposits
have been withdrawn, tbe cause being
generally ascribed to the general lack
of confidence, due to financial agita
tion. .
This is tbe seoond suspension of the
Bennett bank within a year, the heavy
run of November 4 and 6 last, due to
tbe failure of the Bellingham Bay Na
tional, having forced it into the hands
of a receiver for about six weeks. It
reopened December 19.
U. H. GRAHAM KILLED.
Waa Kan
Over by a locomotive
at
- Grants, Oregon.
Grants, Or., Sept. 16. A shocking
accident happened here at 9:05 o'clock
this morning. J. H. Graham, a brake
man on freight train Ho. 23, was run
over by the locomotive and instantly
killed, his body being completely out
in two. Graham had run ahead to
olose the switch, and stepped .upon the
pilot Of the moving engine. He at
tempted to cross from one side to the
other, and in doing so met his fearful
fate. ' The remains were sent to The
Dalles Graham was a brother of
Master Meohanio J. E. Graham, of the
O. R. & N. Co. The train was in
charge of Conductor Rice and Engineer
Johnson.. No blame rests upon any
one living. . -
Blavin Knocked Ont Kllrain.
Baltimore, Sept' M. Jake- Kilraiu
and Frank, otherwise known' as ."Pad
dy" Slavin, the. Australian, were the
stars in a lively fistic contest which
took place at the Eureka Atlhetio Club,
near this city, tonight When Kilrain
stripped, he looked to weigh no less
than 250 pounds, and the flesh hung
from him in rolls. Slavin, on the con
trary, was in the pink of condition.
Slavin hit hard, but Kilrain was not
effective. -:. Three times the pugilists
came togteher, and then Slavin hit his
man a. terrific short arm blow under
the heart, and followed with his right
on the jaw, and the one-time champion
fell like a log.
The execution of some of the finest
Frenoh tapestry is so slow that an ar
tist cannot produce more than a quar
ter of a square yard in a year. .
Crime In a Kentucky Town. '
Mount Sterling, -Ky., Sept 16.
James Bush, of Thompson's station,
came here last night and went to where
his divorced wife was stopping, oalled
her to the door, shot .her in the breast
and then fled to the woods, followed by
a posse of a lynching-turn-of-mind.
About the same hour, at a bagnio, one
Duff, of Clark county, was fatally dis
emboweled in a fight supposedly by
Ed. Foreman, who has been placsd un
der arrest
A Fatal Accident.
Dubuque, la., Sept 16. Mrs. Wil
liam Vyerberg and daughter, 20 years
old, were drowned at Thompson's mill.
A heavy rain during last night swelled
the creek until the water ran over tbe
approach to a temporary bridge.'. . They
attempted to drive through the water
onto the plank, but the horse stepped
off the side of the submerged approach
and all went down. Mrs. Vyerberg's
body was found a mile , down ' the
stream, but her daughter's body has
not been recovered. They were -on
their way to town to attend a church
dedication. ; - -
ARMY CHANGES.
Proposed Moving- of Three) Beglmerits
of Artillery.
Washington, Sept 16. Major-General
; Miles baa . recommended to the
secretary of war an important ohange
in stations of artillery regiments.
The regiments involved are the Fifth
artillery, stationed on the Paoifio
coast; the Third artillery, stationed in
Florida, and incidentally the First
artillery, located at Fort Hamilton, N.
Y. His recommendations do not
specifically mention the latter regi
ment, but it is known to be his inten
tion to recommend that this regiment
be ordered to Florida to take tbe place
of tbe third, in case the secretary ap
proves the plan for sending that regi
ment to the Presidio, in California,
and for bringing the Fifth East The
Fifth was on duty in New York har
bor five years ago, when the last obange
between regiments on the Altantidand
Paoifio was made, so that it will oome
back to its old stamping ground if the
scheme of General Miles prevails.
Secretary Lamont is generally op-
posd to extensive movements of troops
merely for the sake of a change of sta
tion, mainly because of the expense
involved. - Although a smaller number
of regiments is involved in the present
plan of General Miles than the last,
the long journey across - the continent
of the two regiments would make
heavy inroads upon the transportation
fund. Secretary Lamont is known to
be reluctant to incur the expense,
though his final decision has not yet
been announced.
One of the strong points in the secre
tary's forthcoming annual report will
be the record of economy ooupled with
effloenoy which has characterized the
present administration of the war de
partment For the first time in many
years a balance instead of a deficiency
will be shown . in various appropria
tions. For a number of years past the
mileage fund has been short, resulting
in officers being compelled to await for
a special appropriation by oongresB be
fore they had refunded to them the
money spent out of their pockets to
comply with orders issued by the war
department The new system of re
cruiting and paying the army by check
accounts in a large measure for the
saving in the mileage fund.
CAME " FROM COOK'S INLET.
Returning; Miners Tell of the Condition
of Those Left Behind.
Seattle, Sept 16. Seventy-six
Cook's inlet prospectors were brought
down by the sohooner Sophie Suther
land, whioh arrived this afternoon.
About two thirds of them paid, their
passage in gold dust and the remainder
fell back on the stock of money they
had taken into tbe country. Those
of the prospectors who were, seen said
that the rapidity with which miners
were leaving the inlet had reduced the
number there to -about 500, exolusive
of a number at Coal bay. They calcu
lated that $590,000 had been expended
in taking men in and out of the coun
try, while the amount from the mines
would not be more than $100,000 at
the highest
The Polly Mining Company, near
the junction of Mill's and Canyon
creeks, they considered to have the best
paying mine in the country, and said
$35,000 would be shipped out by that
mine in the - falL Canyon creek, be
tween Six-Mile and Mill's creeks, and
two miles up Mill's creek, . they
thought was a fair estimate of the pay
streak in the country, and said a dozen
or less men are the only ones doing
welL -
Starvation was a remote possibility,
as the departing prospectors have dis
posed of their provisions at a sacifioe.
The majority are able to leave the
country, and not more than 100 will
be destitute. One man, who oame out
by the steamer Bertha, saw the steam
sohooner Excelsior lying at Sitka and
learned that she is to go to the inlet
and carry out a load of passengers free.
A Peaceful Settlement, ' "
- Buenos Ayres, Sept. 16. A corres
pondent in Rio Janeiro, Brazil, tele
graphs that the Brazilian foreign min
ister, 8enor Cerquiria, has informed
a oircle of friends of high standing
officially that he regards the prospeot
for a peaceful settlement of the Italian
question as extremely favorable. Senor
Cerquiria says the good will of the
government at Rome is assured but he
does not disguise the fact that thequir
inal will certainly demand full satis
faction for all wrongs, suffered by Ital
ians in Brazil, before it will consent to
enter into a negotiation for a final dis
position of the matter.
. Signer Bruno, tbe Italian;' represent
ative in Santa Paula, deolared in an
interview with Senor Cerquiria - that
the situation was still grave. Seven
thousand insurgents have left Santa
Paula for Argentina. The! United
States gunboat Castine will accompany
tbe Argentine fleet in its evolutions
in Brazilian waters. - ;'
Three Miners Poisoned.
Victor, Colo., Sept 16. Charles Mo
Govern, Charles O'Tool, and George
Stevens were found dead this after
noon in a cabin a mile from Victor.
The men, with Harry Doyle and John
MoDevitt, had been occupying the
cabin for some time, and all had been
drinking heavily. The two latter have
been arrested on suspicion of poisoning
their companions.
Doming, N.. M., Sept 16. Fifty
Tomoohie Indiana surrounded tbe ous-tom-house
at Palomas, Mexico, thirty
miles south of this city, today. - The
officers repulsed them. Three of the
Indiana started for this town, two of
Whom were wounded. One " was
caught just south of town, and is under
arrest at this place. It is said there
are 800 Tomoohie Indians in the
Florida ' mountains, fifteen .miles
south of here. - The town is greatly
excited. .
T. ' , Disabled in a Gale.
Boston, Sept 16. One of the worst
disasters of the recent northeasterly
gale whioh swept this coast, for 24
hours was. reported this morning on
tbe arrival here of the Gloucester fish
ing schooner Siegfried, Captain Alden
Geel, from the South, channel fishing-
grounds, with a crew of 10 men of the
Gloucester fishing schooner Silver Dart,
Captain Alfred Spurr, as passengers.
Tbe. Silver Dart was disabled a mile
and a quarter northeast from Highland
light, Cape Cod, and the .Siegfried
rescued the crew.
I FALL OF I
Deposition of the Sultan Can
. not Be Long Delayed.
THE POWERS ARE PREPARING
The Mussulman, However, Does Not
Show Any Appreciation of the Fate
. - Which la Impending; Over Him.'
Constantinople, Sept 15. To tioae
who have eyes to see, there is more
and more evidence of the approach of a
crisis in the affairs of tbe Ottoman em
pire. But the Turk himself offers no
sign of the appreciation of the fate im
pending over him or of the limit that
has apparently, been reached in tbe
patience of the European powers with
the process of extermination of the
Armenians that has been steadily and
relentlessly, pursued by the Turks.
There is no diminution in the ranoor
displayed by the Mussulmans toward
the Armenians, and no sign of the re
linquishment of the Turks' contention
that the Armenians are persistent and
determined revolutionists and agitators
against the' sovereignty of the sultan,
and, as such, invite the stringent re
pressive measures that have been used
against them.' "
- Some oolor has to be admitted to this
contention of the Turks, from the fact
that some of the envoys of the powers
have reoeived a circular note from the
Hinitichak revolutionary committee,
declaring that if the reforms demanded
by the Armenians at the timolol the
raid by them upon tbe Ottoman bank
are not granted, there will be a more
serious outbreak against the Turkish
authorities and over a muob wider area
than was the last, which resulted in
the apparently indiscriminate slaugh
ter of Armenians in this city.
; Since Friday there has been a large
increase of the patriots of cavalry in
Therapia, the suburb of Constantinople
in whioh are situated he French and
English ambassadors' residences, and
in Buyukdere and Pera. This is the
sultan's precautionary measure against
future outrages, in compliance with
tbe warning contained in the note from
the powers. ' These troops, it is under
stood, . come under the authority of
those who are warned that they will be
responsible for the outbreaks involving
the destruction of property and loss of
life. But the troops are at the same
time instructed that they are author
ized to use their arms in ' self-defense
if they are attacked. These . so-called
precautionary measures have not im
proved the situation, and have rather
served to extend the feeling of terror
ism on account of the feeling of doubt
as to what secondary and veiled mean
ing may be hidden behind the letter
of instruction to the troops. Mean
time, the British relief committee is
busy with the work of helping the dis
tressed Armenians. '
The official Turkish estimate of the
number of victims of the massacres in
the city is 1,100. Other estimates run
pretty much all the way upward from
this figure. The official estimate is
ooupled with the allegation that many
of those killed were in reality Turks,
but that they were buried with the
Armenians and that their number went
to swell the ' supposed number of
Armenian victims. This is undoubted
ly designed as an apology and explana
tion of tbe assertion contained in the
note of the - powers that the savage
bands-whioh pillaged their houses were
not accidental gatherings of fanatical
people or undirected mobs, but there
was every indication of their especial
organization and of its being known, if
not directed, by the authorities.
In foreign circles here the state
ments that Turks were killed along
with the Armenians is denied. But
the actual number of victims of the
disorders was certainly 6,000, and will
probably reach 6,000. The military
authorities state that three soldiers
were killed and thirty were wounded.
' All Mussulmans who have yet been
tried by the extraordinary tribune,
appointed to pass judgment on those
implicated in the recent massacre, have
been acquitted of tbe charges of com
plicity. The evidence against many
of these was deemed by foreign resi
dents here conclusive, and the failure
to hold them adds to the conviction
that tbe porte has no intention of com
plying with the demand of the powers
that the culprits shall be brought to
punishment , In .view of this failure
to punish the authors of outrages upon
Armenains, v the . state - of terrorism
among' tbe 'Armenians continues un
abated, and the exoius of these people
goes on with no diminution. The ap
pearance of the refugees, many of them
In a state of destitution from the hasty
nature of their Sight, and all laboring
under extreme apprehension of a blow
likely to fall at any time, evokes tbe
universal compassion of the foreigners
Who see them- .
An Impending; Customs War.
" London, Sept.. 14. The Berlin cor
respondent of tbe Times says that
there are persistent rumors there of an
impending customs war between Ger
many and Russia." . . . It is stated that
Russia intends to' retaliate for some
vexatious restrictions upon Russian im
ports, imposed at the instigation of the
German agrarians. "
".A Farmer' Feud.
Birmingham, Ala., Sept.15. Near
Limestone,- Sumpter county, on Fri
day, H. C. Dooley shot and killed Sam
W; Sibley, after " having reoeived a
charge of shot, in his own body. Both
were farmers, and shotguns Were their
weapons.
, Prince Ton Hohenlohe Dead.
Prince Elon von Hohenlohe, deputy
to the reichstag, is dead. He expired
suddenly of heart disease.
' Tho Sultan Probaoly Insane.
London, . .. Sept - 15. Mrs. Emily
Crawford, writing . in ; the Sunday
Times, says: "A friend who has been
admitted to Yildiz palace for profes
sional ..reasons ' says . that ' the sultan
ought to be deposed in his own inter
est, and that if he is not he will be
murdered by the jealous palace min
ions. He never sleeps in the same bed
for two Highta' running. . He believes
that emissaries are in the building, and
his camarilla maintain the1, delusion
It becomes a grave question whether bp
is not inaane,-like his brother-Murad.
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USED MAILS UNLAWFULLY.
Matrimonial Swindle Worked by
few York Woman. '
Newburg, N. Y.. Sept 15. Mrs
Anna Gossner, a Swedish woman of
80, who has a husband and six chil
dren, was arretted in this city last
night on a warrant charging her with
using the United States mails unlawfully-
' The warrant was -obtained by
Postoffice Inspeotor McDuryea, on
oomplaint of William A. Siloott, of
Mount Vernon, O. . Mrs. Grossner is
alleged to have advertised in a matri
monal paper that herhusabnd had died
and left: her a fortune, but that the
estate was ' not settled up yet She
wanted the assistance of a, wealthy
gentleman, and stated she would go to
his home for an interview if money to
pay her fare was sent her. It is al
leged that she Obtained $40 from Sil
cott in this manner. Mrs. Grossner 'b
husabnd laft here yesterday morning
for Toronto, and the family was to
follow. Mrs. Grossner and her baby
are in jail, and the other five children
are at the Children's home. The
woman will be given an examination
by - Reoorder Hyndmann tomorrow
morning. - , . .
V STABBED TO DEATH.
A Murder Followed a Wrestling: Bout
at San Benito.
Hollister,. Cal., Sept 15- Logan
B. Cornwall! aged 82 years, was stab
bed "-. to the heart and died instantly
last night at San Benito, thirty-five
miles south of here, by George Smith,
a chum of the deceased. Both men
were skylarking and indulegd in some
wrestling, in whioh Cornwall threw
Simtb. This angered the latter some
what, and, another bout taking place.
Smith was . thrown again, Cornwall
falling upon him. - Smith reaohed into
his pocket and pulling out a knife,
slashed at Cornwall several times.
Two outs, six and five inches long,
were made across his abdomen, and one
stab was directly over his heart, which
was fatal. Cornwall rose, walked
about fifteen feet and expired. Smith
went home and, upon the arrival of
Sheriff Holbrook this morning, surren
dered himself and was placed in jail.
He deeply deplores his act, as he and
Cornwall were warm friends and bad
been raised from boys together. ' Corn
wall leaves a widow and two children.
WENT THROUGH A BRIDGE.
Fatal Railroad Accident In Kortherv
- California.
Eureka, Cal., Sept 15. A fatal
railorad aooident ocourred this after
noon five miles north of Areata, whioh
resulted in the death of four persons
and the serious, if not fatal injury of
several others. The train whioh leaves
Areata at 4:30 for Corbel, went through
the bridge across Mad river, both
coaches, engine and box car being pre
cipitated to the river bed below, about
forty feet Those killed were: Sandy
Cameron, brakeman; Annie Holland;
Mrs. Kirkham, of Riverside; a child,
whose name could not be learned. ;
, A relief train immediately went to
the scene and brought the dead and In
jured to Areata. The injured were
given all possible attention. Drs. Felt,
Wallace and other physicians were
summoned and attended to the injured.
This is the worst aooident that ever oc
curred in Humboldt, and the telephone
and telegraph offices were beaeiged for
news. Tbe news spread quickly and
exoited groups discussed the aooident
on the streets and about the offices.
STOPPED H'S OWN FUNERAL.
Mistake Made by the Friends of a Miss
ing; Salesman.
San Franoisoo, Sept 15. Matthew
Roche, a missing dry-goods salesman,
made his appearanoe today just in time
to interrupt his own funeral servioea
and to prevent the interment of a corpse
that had been identified by a score of
former associates as his. The body
bad been picked up on the beach Fri
day morning, and as Roche had been
missing -for some days, was out of
work, despondent and given to drink,
his ex-employers and several of his
friends, who -called at the morgue,
readily identified it as his, and made ar
rangements for bis decent , buriaL
While the cortege was on the way to
the cemetery, Roche telephoned from
the city and county hospital to the
coroner's office that he had just read in
the papers an account of his death and
that some one had made a' mistake.
The funeral was promptly stopped by
he coroner, and the body taken back to
the morgue, where it now awaits iden
tification. The unknown man is said
to closely resemble Roche in figure,
features and age.
Five Fishermen Drowned. . .
Halifax, N. a W., Sept 15. Henry
Warford and his four sons, of Green
Bay, N. F., were drowned in the
straits of Belle Isle while on their way
home in a small schooner from a fish
ing cruise. - !
Alice My the Vag-god.
San Franoisoo, Sept 15. Alice
Edith Diokerson-Blythe, the woman
who claimed to be the contract wife of
Thomas Blythe, and as such claimed a
half interest in the dead millionaire's
estate, was arrested this afternoon and
booked at the city prison upon a charge
of vagrancy. During the past two
years the woman has been arrested on
all of a score of time.
San Franoisoo," Sept 15. An. old
lady from Seattle, who gave her name
as Mrs. Weber, oame near being as
phyxiated by gas at the Park hotel last
night ' She was found unconscious at
8 o'clock this morning, and was taken
to. the receiving hospital, where she is
slowly recovering. . She said she came
to the city for treatment at the Ger
man hospital. - The old lady got up in
tfae-night to take her medicine, and, it
is thought, Accidentally turned on the
gas. -" - "' ... -
Her Thirteenth Divorce.
San Farnoisoo, Sept 15. Mrs. ' Es
ther German, wife of a Russian furrier
Of this city, has plunged into the sea
of matrimony tihrteen -times, but that
she is not Superstitious is evident from
the faot that she is vigorously, resisting
the suit for divorce now .being insti
tuted by her thirteenth spouse. Ger
man olaims that at the- time he mar
ried her he bad $600, but that after se
curing his money, she turned him ; out
of the house, and wh jn he attempted
to return, caused his arrest on a charge
of battery. - ; . .
JMpped in the Hud.
'London, Sept 16. It is generally
believed here that the polioe, by the
arrest of Edwin Bell at Glasoow, J.
Wallace and John E. Kearney, at
Rotterdam, and P. J. Tynan (No. 1),
at Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, have
nipped a widespread dynamite plot in
the bud. ' At Rotterdam tbe police
captured a number of infernal ma
chines and correspondence which may
result in further arrests. Tb men ar
rested in Rotterdam were in bed when
arrested. Many infernal maohines
were found in their possession, togeth
er with a quantity of correspondence in
cipher. The correspondence is said to
have contained plans for dynamite out
rages, including an attempt upon the
life of Queen Victoria.
. . At ast a Decision. -
Washington, Sept 16. The Span
ish government has yielded to the de
mands of the United States for a trial
by a civil court of the Competitor pris
oners. Authentio information to this
effeot has reached the state department
unofficially, and the formal announce
ment is expected in the next mail from
Minister Taylor in Madrid. The
Spanish government reaohed this con
clusion some time ago, but has delayed
the formal announcement of its deci
sion until after the cortez adjourns, in
order to escape criticism from that
body for making concessions to tbe
United States.
An Italian Bark Wrecked.
Highland Light, Mass., Sept 16.
The Italian bark Montetabor, from
Trapani for Boston, with a cargo of
salt, was wrecked on Peaked Hill bar
at midnight. To escape death by
drowning it is presumed Captain Be
lassa shot himself and the mate cut
bis throat with a razor. Four of the
crew of ten, all of whom were swept
overboard, were drowned. The re
maining six reaohed shore on the ves
sel's deckhouse.
BUTCHERED BY SPANIARDS.
Cubana Massacred In the Matanzas
Province.
Key West, Sept 15. Advices from
Havana by the steamer Masootte give
details of a massacre of Cubans in
Matanzas province by Spaniards under
General Molinas. The butchery ocour
red on Laa Calas sugar estate. Molinas
heard an insurgent band was en
camped on the estate and ordered a
raid. The" insurgents bad gone when
the Spaniards arrived, and Molinas
ordered the buildings on the estate de
stroyed. The Spaniards surrounded
the homes of the employes, applied the
torch and shot the Cubans as they
rushed out Eighteen men and four
women were killed outright, while
thirteen others, including three chil
dren, were wounded. Molinas was a
pleased spectator of the masaacre, and
reported it to Weyler as a "glorious
viotory." . . . .
Thursday insurgents . raided and
burned the town of San Franoisoo de
Paulo, a suburb of Havana. The
Spanish garrison of 800 men surren
dered, but were released after being
disarmed. The smoke and flames
were visible in Havana, and caused
great excitement
Weyler seems to have completely
lost his head. He is having leading
oitizens of Havana arrested by the
wholesale. Weyler says the men ar
rested, have been plotting to have him
recalled to Spain. Tbe arrests have
profoundly stirred Havana.
THE FIRST BIG BET.
McKlnley and Bryan Supporter Back
Their Beliefs With Colu.
San Franoisoo, Sept 15. The first
big bet of the presidential campaign so
far recorded was made here last night,
when Charles D. Lane, manager for
Alvina Hayward, and Henry Brat
nober, the mine promoter, affixed their
signatures to notes in. which eaoh
pledged to pay the other $25,000 in
case the candidate of bis choice is not
the choioe of the people in November.
Tbe parties to the wager have known
one another for many years. Lane was
chairman of the recent silver conven
tion, and is an ardent supporter of W.
J. Bryan and the white metaL Brat
nober is just as enthusiastic a supporter
of Major MpKinley.
- -'The two friends -were on the point
of taking a "nightcap" at the Grand
hotel bar, when the political situation
was broached. In the heat of the de
bate Bra tnober offered to bet $100,000
on McKinley's success, and Lane
promptly aocepted the bet, but by mu
tual consent it was subsequently de
olared off. Just before parting, how
ever, JBratnober remarked to his friend
that he guessed Lane .had saved him
self $100,000 by not making tbe bet,
and the latter thereupon offered to bet
any amount on Bryan at even money.
Bratnober rained $25,000, the bet was
made, and a couple of minutes later
their respective notes were signed and
deposited in the hotel safe. .
Its Success Assured.
- Omaha, Sept 15. The committee
having charge of subscriptions for the
trans-Mississippi exposition today re
ported that the $300,000 guarantee re
nnnired before the congressional appro-
I priation would be effective has been se
, cured. Three hundred and fifteen
thousand dollars unconditional sub
scription have been reoeived, and $40,
000 conditional.
To Avoid Trouble.
Buenos Ayres, Sept 15 The Her
ald's correspondent in Rio Janeiro
sends word that President Moraes of
Brazil has had a conference with Gen
eral Cerequira, the minister of state,
over the Italian troubles. It was the
object of the conference to devise a plan
to avoid trouble in the diplomatic rela
tions between Italy and Brazil. The
congress has adjourned until October.
- There is some talk of having a sloop
regatta at Bay Centre soon.
Surrender of Matabeles.
Cape Town, Sept. 14. Advioes from
the Mattopo Hills say that the chiefs
and head men conferred with the Brit
ish officials. The natives were offered
peace on surrender of their arms, and
those guilty of murdering settlers and
others in cold blood. The ohiefs agreed
to this, saying they were sick of war.
Some impis, however, are unwilling to
surrender, and are going toward Zam
be8ie. .''.--. -' :'- - - .' ' w;;: . f i;
A hundred years ago tbe deaths from
mall-pox in Germany were 65,000 a
fear. -
The Fleetwood Record-Holder
Beat btar Pointer. .
WENT AGAINST A STRONG WIND
Made a Mile In 8:01 1-8. Kquallng tho
World's Record Made by Hubert J.
Two Tears Ago at Terre Haute.
Glenn Falls, N. Y , Sept 14. Tbe
first of the series of three raoes between -the
great pacing s&llions, John R.
Gentry (2:03 J), and Star Pointer7
(2:04), for a purse of $5,000, with
$500 by the association should the
traok reoord xtt 2:08 be beaten, took-d
place today on the traok of the North
ern New York Horse-Breeders' - Asso
ciation at Glenn Falls. Last week, at
Fleetwood, John R. Gentry lowered .
the colors of Robert J., Frank Agan
and Star Pointer, winning the most
remarkable harness raoe on record,
pacing the fastest three sonseoutive
heats known. Today the Bame hand-
some stallion equaled the world's reo
ord made by Robert J. at Terre Haute
two years ago, going a mile and win
ning the heat by almost a full length
in 2:01 . The average time for the
three heats of today's raoe was just
one-quarter of a seoond slower than the
world's reoord, made at Fleetwood last
weekX This match ' brought out up
ward of' 7,000 people. Th.,horsea
looked fit to make the raoe of their"
lives. Shortly before 2:30 the first
heat of the big race was oalled. Gen
try oame first on the traok, and reoeiv
ed an ovation as he passed the grand
stand. Star Pointer followed quiokly.
and waa equally well received... The
pools were selling 1 to 2 on Gentry and
6 to 6 on Star Pointer. They closed at
5 to 2 on Gentry.
They were given the word on the
seoond soore. Star Pointer had the
pole. They started very level, and
held the position from the wire to the
half mile pole, with Gentry at Point
ers' saddle. Andrews let out a little
and Gentry olosed up the distance, but
a moment later went back to Pointer's
seat As they sped around into the
home stretch, the stallions were as if
in one harness. Then, with a furious
drive, the Fleetwood reoord holder,
pushed his nose ahead and won the
beat in 2:03.
The seoond heat was oalled at 4
o'olook. At that time quite a breeze
was blowing, and this seemed to
dampen all hopes of a reoord-breaking
performance. The horses were given
the word on the first soore. They went
along as one horse to the five-eighths
pol8, where Star Pointer, who was on :
the outside, . straining every muscle, -managed
to show his head in " front
Into the stretch they oame, and as An
drews shook up his horse Gentry, with
a wonderful burst of speed, flew past
his rival, passing under the wire a full
length in front with a world's reoord
to his credit of 2:01 , . , '
Every person in the big crowd went
wild, for it seemed, even before the
time was posted, that a- reoord had
gone down. After such a wonderful
performance, the ' third heat proved
somewhat of a disappointment . They
got off on the first soore, and, after,
traveling the first half neck and neck,'
Star Pointer went back to Gentry's
wheel. He closed again to the stretch,
when Andrews again made his drive
and Gentry took the third heat in
2:05. - -
Concentrating Artillery Regiments,
San Franoisoo, Sept 14. Colonel .
Shatter, formetly a resident of Angel
island, has removed from there, his
household furniture and other goods -and
chattels being transferred on the
government steamer General Mo
Dowell, and landed at Fort Mason.
This new move has no particular sig
nificance, except that it is oarrying out
the orders issued a couple of months
ago by the war department It is un-,
derstood that the purpose of the order
is to concentrate artillery regiments on
the seacoasts. To do this all the at
tached batteries of the regiment, scat
tered in outlying stations, are ordered
in to headquarters where General
Graham will have them immediately
under his eye at the Presidio. The
infantry oompanies must take the
place of all artillery in the garrisons
heretofore occupied by the latter, there
by scattering Colonel Shatters' ' regi
ment over considerable territory, with
headquarters at Fort Mason. It is the
intention of the department to abolish
a number of the smaller posts now
scattered in this state and Oregon with
a view to concentration of troops.
Shot in Self-Defense.
Santa Monica, CaL Sept 14. Wil
liam Kearse, an Irishman of good fam
ily, threatened to kill bis father-in-law,
J. M. Morirs, and went to Morris'
bouse tonight to finish the job. He
tried to break in the door, and Morris
shot him dead. Morris has been re
leased on his own reoognizanoe.
The aurado Seised.
Wilmington, Del., Sept 14. The
steamer Laurada arrived today from
Port Antonio, and was . seized by the
federal authorities on the belief that
another filibustering expedition was .
nnntamnlntarl.
y
Madagascar Prospectors Attacked
' London, Sept. 14. The Malgassy
mail .MViivnl Viat hnn naa nt on
attack upon a number of English and
Amerioan gold prospeotors in Mada- '
gascar by the Tahavolds. The pros
pectors were obliged to flee for their
lives, abandoning their baggage.
.' Bath now boasts of three canary '
birds batoned out of one egg. The lit- .
tie fellows were about the size of bum- .
blebee.1, but' -are alive and growing.
' - ' ;. aster Oregon Mines.'
" Baker City. Or., Sept 14. The auo
oess of the-Bonanza haa attracted to
that region an army of prospeotors, and
new strikes are reported daily. After
makihg'due allowance for" personal in- -terest
and enthusiasm, it is safe to say
that some of the hunters have found
veins that will produce ore of value
next season. Some of the most prom
ising of these prospects are the result -
of reopening olaims abandoned, years
ago. The interest has also extended to y
the old placers, and several are being 1
reopened so as to be worked as soon as
there is a supply of water next eaaos.'