The Corvallis gazette., September 25, 1896, Image 1

vol: xxxiii.
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPT. 25, 1896.
NO. 28.
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Comprehensive Review of the I port
sat Happenings of tba Past Weak
Cullad From tha Telegrarph ColnmnH
Ridtaard Williams, the ex-customs
inspector, of San Franoiaoo, convicted
of extortion, has been sentenced to six
years' imprisonment and f 1 0,000 fine.
A bakery at Wood burn, Or., was
destroyed by fire, and a baker named
Ruhl was burned while trying to save
some of his effects from the building.
The loss is $3,000. -
Hops aggregating in quantity over
76,000 pounds have been contracted by
Marion county growers to Charles
Green & Son, the purchase prioe being
5 oents a pound.
Ed son Keith, for forty years a promi
nent citizen of Chicago, threw himself
into the lake at the foot of Thirteenth
street in that city, while temporarily
insane, as a result of chronio dyspepsia
and insomnia. '
The American ship Luzon, Captain
Park, whioh left New York May 21
for Shanghai, passing Anjeron August
18, grounded on a bai at Woo Sung.
It id probable the ship will be floated
after she has been lightened, but she
must be drydocked before putting to
sea again.
"Kill me, kill me; shoot me out of
this misery." This was the agonizing
cry of Anton Dusbaok, who has been
employed in the Guggenheim smelting
works near Woodbridge, N. J. Dus
back was working near a tank of sul
phuric acid, when he lost his balance
and plunged headforemost to a fate
more horrible than death. His eyes
were badly burned and his hair eaten
off. He cannot recover.
From Pittsburg, Pa., comes word
that Russian spies sent out by the gov
ernment of the czar have stolen Ameri
can armor-plate secrets and propose to
turn their acquisition to profit by fur
nishing information by means of which
Russia may-make ber own sheaths for
battle-ships. - This in brief is the dis
covery which has been kept quiet for
somemonths by the officials of the Car
negie Company, and whioh has worried
the naval authorities and offioials of
this oountry and of the steel company.
The engineer and ordinance depart
ments of the array are preparing for
the execution -of the legislation of the
last oongress, looking to the improve
ment and strengthening the fortifica
tions and coast defenses of this country.
Plans for these important works have
been formulated, and in most instances
the approved projects are under head
way. The appropriation of 112,000,000
made by the last oongress has been al
lotted so as to accomplish the greatest
good with the means and facilities at
hand.
One workman, John Nonan, was
killed and three perhaps fatally in
jured by a falling- pile of bricks in Chi
cago. The accident was caused by the
oaving-in of the old brick foundations.
The bark Gainsborough, from New
castle for San Francisco, coal laden,
went ashore near Diamond Head, four
miles from Honolulu, and is a total
loss. The orew with the captain, his
wife and ohildren, left in boats and
were picked up by a tug.
Frank Hepburn, a son of Congress
man Hepburn, of Iowa, fought a . duel
in Chester, Ark., and was killed by
the second shot from his antagonist's
weapon. The duel was the outcome of
a joke whioh Hepburn perpetrated
upon W. K Sims, a saloon proprietor.
An examination of the papers left by
Henry Dixon, an Englishman who died
in the almshouse in Witchita, Kan.,
reveals the fact that Dixon was of noble
birth, and that his wife was the grand
daughter of the Earl of Albermarle
and daughter of Lady Georgiana Hill,
who eloped with Thomas McGann, the
Fenian agitator. The story was told
in an old diary found among Dixon's
papers.
' An infuriated mob of laborers bat'
tied with the police of South Chicago
for the possession of a wagon-driver
whom they threatened with lynching,
because his runaway horse knocked
down several of the orowd. After a
fierce struggle in which stones and
clubs were freely used, the driver,
Peter Zisliski, was rescued from his as
sailants. In addition to the half dozen
men trampled beneath the hoofs of the
frantio horse, a number of the crowd
were severely beaten by the police.
Reports made by three vessels that
have arrived recently in New. York
arouse the gravest fears that the three
masted ship State of Maine, which left
New York September 4 with a oargo of
ooal for Shanghai, has been burned at
sea, and that all on board, some twenty-six
men, have perished. The State
of Maine is well known along the Pa
cific coast. She has been to San. Fran
cisco a number of times. She held the
record between San Francisco and New
York. The captain was a part owner
in the vessel.
The dwelling of James Madison, a
farmer living near New Era, Or. ,
burned to the ground while Mr. Madi
son was away from home. The. build
ing was worth abont $300 and Madi
son had $1,000 in paper money, notes
and accounts and $40 in gold In the
house,. all of which was lost. There
was no insurance. .
A man named Baker, in - charge of
the pumps at the White Swan mine,
near Baker City, fell down a 400-foot
shaft and was instantly killed. He
had relatives in Portland. , -
The citizens of Bedford, twelve miles
south of Cleveland, O , are horror
stricken over a highly sensational mur
der which took place there. James
McMillan, who had separated from his
wife, decoyed her from her father's
house, kidnapped her, drove to a dense
wood, and there hacked her throat
with a'jacknife. Pursuers frightened
him away. He stole a horse and buggy
and started across the country, pursued
by a posse. '
Ninety-four per cent of ' the ' street
railroads of the steate of New York are
iow operated by electrioity.
A Mysterious Shooting;..
Arnold Flosch, of the oloak manu
facturing firm of Bernard Pasternek &
Co., of New York, is in a hospital
with three pistol-shot wounds. His
son, William B. Fosoh, is in custody
on suspicion of having attempted to
take his fathers' life. The shooting oc
curred in the apartment of the elder
Fosoh, at the Hotel Peleter. He lived
there alone, his wife having died three
years ago.
Work of a Mexican Hob.
A mob attaoked the. Amerioan Pres
byterian chnroh in Amusa Calienta,
Mexico, and broke windows and doors
with stones. The minister's bouse was
attacked. The mob also broke every
window in the college in the same
city. Minister Ransome has been ap
pealed to to use his best offioes with
the government to secure the punish
ment of the offenders. '
A Storm in Pennsylvania.
A storm of wind, hail and rain,
Which swept the eastern part of Penn
sylvania Saturday night was the most
severe that has visited that section for
a long time. Scores of buildings were
unroofed, some utterly ruined, thou
sands of panes of window glass and
many skylights shattered, and apple
and other late crops almost destroyed.
Pour Killed and Six Injured.
Four men were killed and six badly
injured in a collision on the Cincin
nati, Hamilton & Dayton railway,
near Connersville, Ind., by a payoar
and freight train. The paycar was fol
lowing the regular freight, eastbaund.
Both were running as extras.
Another Bank Fails.
Tbe private banking house of Gardi
ner, Morrow & Co. , the oldest bank in
Central Pennsylvania, has closed its
'.doors, owing to the general depression
in business. Tbe firm says it expects
to pay every dollar of its indebted
'ness. '. Impure Water In Schools. '
The public sohools of Chicago are
iliable to be closed at any moment on
the order of the health commissioner,
because the water supply afforded them
by the board of eduoation without
filters is impure.
' Fire In Chronicle Building.
A fire broke out in the stereotyping
room of the Chronicle building, San
Franoisoo, whioh destroyed $2,500
worth of property before it was extin
guished, the firemen being handicapped
by the height of the building.
This Doa Deserves s Medal.
James Feenan, a well-borer, who re
sides alone in a small cottage at Berk
ley, CaL, narrowly escaped being
burned to a crisp, while asleep in his
home. He was saved by a little dog,
who kept up a frantio howling and
tugged at his master's clothes until he
awakened him. In escaping from the
house Feenan was seriously burned and
is now in a serious condition. The
firemen who were battling with the
flames had a narrow escape.- Some
giant powder that had been stored in
the house exploded and blew to pieces
all that was left of the building.
Tale of Brutal Savagery.
The state penitentiary board of Ar
kansas has ordered the disobarge of a
number of state employes for cruel and
inhuman treatment to convicts in their
charge. Two colored convicts had es
caped, and when oaptured they were
severely whipped. Iron rings were
welded abont their necka and one end
of a chain fastened to the rings and the
other to their waists. They were un
able to straighten up when a member
of the board saw them. The chains
were drawn so tight the men were un
able to raise their heads and were com
pelled to work in that oondition.
Not a Hostile Act.
The Brazilian minister in Rome has
cabled to Buenos Ayres that he has bad
a conference with the Italian minister
of foreign affairs. The foreign min
ister declared that in sending the
cruiser Piedmont to Brazil, the Italian
government had not intended any hos
tile act against Brazil, being assured
that full satisfaction would be given
for the insult to the Italian flag. . - -
Cached Powder in a Stove.
Three men of Brighton Park, Chi
oago, were injured, one of them seri
ously, by putting powder in a stove to
dry. They were preparing to go hunt
ing, and placed the powder in the
oven and forgot about it The build
ing was completely wrecked, and their
escape from instant death is considered
miraculous.
A Woman Firebug.
Ethel Woods, an unmarried lady of
about 22 years, of Danville, 111., has
been arrested for arson. Her lover,
George Allen, deserted her, and it is
charged that she attempted to burn
down the house . in which he slept.
When the fire was discovered the whole
side of the house was in flames.
A Mysterious Fire.
The stock of woodenware, household
goods, etc, of the Carlos Unna Com
pany, of Portland, Or., was damaged
to the extent of abont $8,000 by fire.
The firm is unable to account for the
origin of the fire. The stock was in
sured to tbe full amount of the loss.
Three times as many herrings are
consumed as any other kind of fish.
Panie In a Schoolhouse. . -
- A child tipped over a cupboard in an
anteroom in the Ogden school in Chi
cago, and the sound of breaking so
frightened the younger ohildren that
they were terrorized and rushed from
the building. The report that a fire
was in progress in some way gained
circulation, and for a time there, was
no controlling the-little ones. No
lives were lost, but many of the chil
dren were badly bruised and trampled
upon. ; - .-; . . ;
- For Injuries Received.
Mathilda M. Scott, wife of J. Harry
Scott, received injuries in the sleeping
berth of a Pullman palaoe car, on her
way from Portland to San Francisco,
and has brought suit against the Pull
man Palace Car Company, and the
Southern Pacific Company for $25,000.
She states that she and hevbushand oo
oupled a whole section, and that dur
ing the night the sliding headboard,
whioh did not , fit properly in "the
groove, fell upon her, severely braising
her faoe and knocking out some of
her teeth.
H
Only a Spark Needed to Pre-
eipitate War. ' ; "
THE TURK CLEARED FOR ACTION
Awaiting tha Word to Slaughter 'All
Christiana and Bombard the Foreign
Colony Awaiting the Command.
London, Sept 23. The Berlin cor
respondent of the Times quotes a Con
stantinople dispatch to tbe Vossiohe
Zeitung from an unusually well-informed
correspondent, whioh is said to
have evaded the censorship of the
Turkish officials, and which says:
"Everything wai ready for a general
massacre of Christians, and a bombard
ment of the foreign quarter' of Constan
tinople, should the European warships
attempt to pass the Dardanelles. 'There
were forty-eight guns plaoed in posi
tion on the heights above Para, and
the Turkish fleet in the harbor was
cleared for action. The street patrols
were composed exclusively of palaoe
troops, while the Sopatchis and Kurd
ish cavalry, although apparently un
armed, loitered in the streets, awaiting
the word of command. "
The Times has a dispatch fronrSe
battopol, whioh declares that a portion
of the Russian Black sea fleet, consisting
of four ironolads, three gunboats and
several torpedo-boats, is cruising off
Otohiookoff, at the mouth of the
Dneiper, under orders. On receipt of
a telegram from the Russian ambas
sador at Constantinople, they will join
tbe admiral, leaving Seabstopol . with
the remainder of the fleet, and go di
rect to the Bosphorus. The whole fleet
has been' placed on a war footing, and
has embarked three battalions of in
fantry and troops. The south of Rus
sia has also been placed on a war
footing.
" Still In the Same Vein.
London, Sept 23. The St James'
Gazette this afternoon publishes a dis
patch from Milan, Italy, that the Seool
says the departure of the Italian flying
squadron for the Levant is the initial
step toward forcing Turkey to grant
the reforms demanded in the case of
Armenia, and it is taken' by Italy and
supported by the United States and
Great Britain. The Secol adds that in
the event of the sultan's refusal to
grant the reforms he will be deposed.
A dispatoh ' from Rome to the St.
James's Gazette says that tbe Italian
ships will co-operate with those of
Great Britain and the United States.
DEATH OF TWO HOPPICKERS.
Mrs Dolan Fell From a Bridge Graf
- Accidentally Shot Himself.
Portland, Or., Sept 23. Two hop
piokers met death by accidents at
Champoeg, one by falling from a bridge
early yesterday morning, and the other
by the accidental discharge of a shot
gun this morning. The first was a
Mrs. Mary Dolan, who lived in South
Portland. She had been picking in a
yard about a mile and a half to the
eastward of Champoeg with some
friends, and, in going home about 4
o'clock in the mornings they had to
cross a bridge over the Champoeg mill
race. The bridge was being repaired
and it was considerably torn up. Mrs.
Dolan stumbled over a jack-screw and
fell a distance of twenty-seven feet,
breaking both thighs and suffering in
ternal injuries that caused her death
in about two hours. The deceased
was about 50 years of age and left six
children. She was the wife of Wil
liam B. Dolan, of 234 Gibbs street
this city.
The victim of the shotgun accident
was Hermann Graf, 18 years of age,
whose home was with his pareiita, at
407 Engene street He had borrowed
the gun to go shooting pheasants. He
laid the gun down along with the
muzzle toward him. One barrel was
discharged, and sent its deadly load
into his abdomen, tearing a hole
through which the intestines protruded.
He lived half an hour..
Fate or the Fishers.
Boston, Sept 23. The catboat
Hebe, of Dorchester, with six men,
whioh started on a fishing trip Satur
day morning, has not returned. It is
thought that the boat capsized during
a squall, and that the men are
drowned. Those aboard were: John
Cannon, Michael F. Burke, Martin J.
Burke, Joe Burke, all brothers; Pat
rick C. MoCormack and Henry Don
nelly. . - v
A Boy Fatally Shot.
Victoria, B. C, Sept 23. Yester
day morning the 14-year-old son of Mr.
Holmes, a milkman living on Gordon
Head road, was dangerously wounded
by a pistol shot Young Holmes and
a neighbor's son were playing with the
pistol, when it was discharged acci
dentally. The bullet entered the abdo
men, cutting through the intestines
and inflicting what will prove to " be a
fatal wound.
A Jealous Swiss Kills His Wife.
Aspen, Colo., Sept 23. Antonio
Cuaze, a young Swiss, living on a
ranch twelve miles from this city, to
day shot and killed bis' wife and her
mother, Mrs. Quinn. Jealousy was
tbe cause. Cuaze was arrested. -
Call.'ornla Grape Crop.
San Diego. CaL, Sept. 23. Grape
cutting has commenced at Esoondido.
Tbe prioe of raisins is so low that
vineyards are undecided whether to
attempt the sale of the crop or let it
rot on the vines. , Tbe product of the
valley is second to that of El Cajon
valley.
A new hypnotic has probably been
found in Jamaica dogwood. . The
fluid extract has been found efficacious
in dentistry.
f Afraid of Yellow Fever. '
Washington, Sept 23 "Instruc
tions have been sent to quarantine offi
cers of the United States along the
South Atlantic coast," said Surgeon
General Wyman, of the marine hospi
tal service, "to be more rigid than ever
in their inspection of vessels coming
to this country from Cuban ports,-owing
to the number of filibusters said to
be homeward : bound." This . course
has been rendered necessary. Recent
advices from Santiago do Cuba are
that danger from tbe introduction of
yellow fever is by no means over.
A NIQHT OF TERROR.
lawlessness at x,eadvllle Brought to
- . an End.
! Leadville, Colo.,. Sept 23. The
work of dynamite and buckshot is in
:evidenoe at the city morgue, where lie
'five bodies, yesterday full of the vigor
ious life of the mountains one riddled
with bullets while doing his duty, two
(horribly mangled by the dynamite they
iwere using to destroy life and property,
jand the others full of leaden pellets re
ioeived while they were fighting in the
shadows to destroy the lives of men
who had taken their places in the
, mines. An additon was made to the
'death list at 6 o'clock this evening by
!the discovery of the body, of Michael
Daugherty on the ground near the Em
met mine, where be fell while leading
.the rioters who went to - the Emmet
'flushed with their victory at the Colo
rado. .
There were many people in upper
windows and on house roofs provided
rwith night glasses, who in the bril
jliant moonlight saw the savage attack
ton the Emmet and the more than gal
lant repulse of the murderous rioters.
These watchers say that the first volley
from the mine was delivered at close
range, and that the attacking men fell
like grain before the sickle. How
many met the fate of Daugherty it may
'remain for time and a search of long
abandoned shafts in that vicinity to
,telL It now seems that the rioters
dragged away their dead and woupded,
Indian fashion, for a great many peo
ple hae been about the Emmet today,
and this is the only discovery of tbe
kind. ,
The story of the defense of the Em
met is a thrilling one. Easily accessi
ble, and surrounded only by a light
board fenoe, it seems wonderful that it
was not quickly overwhelmed, its men
slain and the building demolished.
But the fifteen buokshot found in
Daugherty'a body and the story of the
fearful effect of the first volley from
tha mine tells how quickly the rioters
lost stomaoh for the bloody business.
The work at the Maid of Erin was hap
rpily done for naught. Had this mine
been blown up, the great pumps which
drain it and many other mines would
have been destroyed, and the ensuing
damage frightful to contemplate. This
morning's work, particularly with the
fire department, has destroyed the last
vestige of sympathy for the strikers,
and this faot was evidenced at a large
ly attended meeting of representative
citizens this afternoon. . Their pro
ceedings were seoret, but entirely har
monious, and the measures deoided
upon, if stringent, will be benefloial in
.the highest degree.
A DAY OF PRAYER.
Suggested by Chicago Ministers, Ow
ing to the Folitical Situation.
Chicago, 'Sept 23. At a union
(meeting of Christian ministers of all
'denominations today, which was called
by D. L. Moody and whioh completely
.filled the Central Auditorium, the sug
gestion was made that - in view of the
present political and industrial crisis,
it would qe desirable to have a day of
humiliation and prayer throughout the
nation. The suggestion so manifestly
reflected the feelings of all present that
the call to all Christians patriots of the
nation was at once proposed and
adopted by a rising vote.
"To the Christian oitazens of the
United States. In common with a
large number of our fellow-oitizens of
every religious and political creed, we
believe our nation is in the throes of a
great conflict, portending most serious
consequences, unless there be merciful
interposition of the divine hand. We
believe this to be true independently of
any settlement "of the presidential oon
test, one way or another,
i "On one hand that mysterious fao
itor known as 'publio confidence' is de
clining, as illustrated by the depression
in both financial and industrial circles,
while on the other, political class and
even sectional feeling is running un
usually high, and likely to become in
tenser as the day of election draws
near. Not only ia it true that ques-.
tions requiring most careful and dispas
sionate consideration are very likely to
be determined in many instances by the
heat of passion, but after their deter
mination, the results may prove bane
ful over a wide surface and for a
lengthened period. We could not view
the situation, perplexing and forebod
ing as it is, outside its relation to the
mind of God. We believe in bis pres
ence and agency among us. He is gov
ernor among nations. But we believe
this to be the- time for Christian pa
triots to follow the example of our
forefathers in the earlier crisis which
have confronted us, and pray unitedly
to him that keepeth covenant and
mercy for them that love him and keep
his commandments, that he would visit
.us with especial grace -
"We therefore affectionately invite
and earnestly urge our Christian fellow-citizens
throughout tbe length and
breadth of our land, irrespective of de
nominational or political affiliations,
to join with us in observing Thursday,
October 8, as a day of fasting, confes
sion, and prayer to Almighty God that
he will allay passion and restrain evil
amnng us; that he will strengthen our
faith and inspire hope; that he will
'impart wisdom, and bestow patience,
and that he will forgive our iniquities
as a nation and grant us his salva
tion." ' ' ': '--''
Bank wrecker Goes to Prison. .
Indianapolis, Sept 28. Francis A
Coffin found guilty of complicity in
wrecking the Indianapolis National
bank, and refused a new trial by the
United States supreme court, was this
morning taken to the penitentiary at
Michigan City, to serve out bis , sen
tence of eight years.
. The only fur-covered, four-footed
mem ber ' of the animal kingdom which
lays eggs like a fowl is the native
beaver of Australia. :
- The Colombia Goes to Pieces.
San Francisco, Sept 23. The wreck
of the Pacific Mail steamship Colombia
has gone to pieces at last It remained
intact on the beach at Pigeon Point
much longer than was expeoted, being
favored ; by extremely fine weather.
Sunday afternoon, however, a south
wester started the plates, and this
morning at daybreak, when the tug
Alert, with tbe schooner - Volar) te, in
tow, arrived at Pigeon Point to take
another bolt or two out of the wreck,
the hull was broken up and scattered
noon th&beaah.
An Ohio Farmer Most Cruelly
. Treated by the Mob.
BEATEN AND BURIED ALIVE
the Family Was Under Threat and
A raid to Communicate to tha
. Authorities Their Story.
Toledo, O., Sept 22. The whitecaps
have created another sensation in this
county .by 'whipping a man named
Huntsman, who lives at Holland sta
tion, ten miles from here, and burying
him alive. According to report, the
story has only just leaked out, although
the outrage was committed Spetember
9 The family was under threats and
-afraid to communicate to the authori
ties tbe story, but neighbors learned of
the facts and informed the police today.
The faota, as reported to the police,
are that two of the Huntsman children,
coming from the postoffioe,were picked
up on the road by two men in a buggy
and accused of stealing a pocketbock
containing $30. Tbe next night, a
party of men came tov the Huntsman
house, and, after calling Huntsman out
of bed, seized and dragged him out
side and beat him and misused him in a
frightful manner. 'Then they carried
him to a grave, and, putting him in it,
covered him with earth. -
After awhile, they dug him up again,
and then beat and abused bim a seoond
time, and finally buried him again.
Then they dug him up the seoond time
and again lashed him and drove away.
The two ohildren were also lashed.
The affair occurred about midnight
Huntsman is a respectable, well-to-do
farmer.
A GIRL KILLED HERSELF.
Irank Laudanum Beeauso of Ber Love
1 for a Fickle Tonth. .
Kansas City, Sept 22. Vive May
Walton, the 17-year-old daughter of a
barber, committed suicide last night
by swallowing two ounces of lauda
num. At daylight this morning her
body was found in a dooryard a short
distance from her father's home. Miss
Walton was enamored of George W.
Duffy, a laborer. The tragedy fol
lowed a sensational scene in a ball
room, whither Duffy had gone in the
company of several ladies who are
visiting his mother. Miss Walton ap
peared at the ballroom very much agi
tated, the tears rolling down her cheeks,
and, taking young Daffy by the arm,
led him out of the room. Then she
handed him a two-ounce bottle labeled
laudanum. She -told him she had
swallowed tbe poison. She also hand-,
ed him a note whioh he thurst in his
pocket Daffy then dismissed her and
returned - to his pleasure. When the
police learned of the suioide, they
found Daffy and obtained tbe note. In
it the girl deolared she intended to take
her life because of her love for the fiokle
Duffy.
GAVE THE WRONG ORDERS.
Collision Between Two Railway Trains
Near Butte.
Butte, Mont, Sept 22. By a colli
sion between the Union Pacifio express
train, from Salt Lake and the West,
due here at 11:35 A. M., and a mixed'
train on the Montana Union, bound for
Anaconda, .near Rocker, four miles
west of here, at 1 1 o'clock this morn
ing, the engines of both trains and ex
press and smoker of the Union Paoific
train, were wreoked, and quite a number
of people seriously injured.
All of the injured were on the Union
Pacifio express, whioh uses the Montana
Union tracks from Silver Bow junotion
into Butte. The passengers hurt were
all in tbe smoker, which was tele
scoped for a third of its length by the
express car.
The aooident is attributed to a con
flict of orders. The trains - were to
have passed at Silver Bow junotion.
It is said that the dispatcher subse
quently released the Union Pacifio and
failed to change the orders to the
mixed train. .
The trains met on a straight piece of
track, the express going twenty-five
miles an hour and the mixed train
fifteen miles. The engineers of both
trains reversed, and put on the air
brakes and then jumped with their fire
men. None of them were hurt Both
engines were demolished. The express
car of the Union Pacifio train jumped
the track and telescoped the smoker.
The passengers of the mixed train
wore in the rear of the train and es
caped with a shaking up. The injured
were all brought to this city and taken
to the hoppitals.
A Judge on a Strike.
St John's, N. F.. Sept 22. It is
announced that Sir Jamea Winter,
judge of the supreme court, is about to
resign to resume the practioe of law be
cause of the recent reduction of sala
ries making it impossible for him to
support the dignity of the postion. He
has entered suits against the govern
ment for amounts.
Murder and Suicide. '
F. J. Fowler, of Still well, O. T.,
found his runaway wife in St. Joseph
Ma, and shot hex and then shot him
self. Both are dead. - - .
New York, Sept 21. The largest
chunk of gold that has ever been in
this city was today wheeled down
Broadway. It was taken from the
Grand Central depot to the United
States assay office in Wall street in a
common express wagon, guarded by
five detectives. . Tbe big lump weighed
4,737 ounces and it is worth $85,000.
It was shipped to tbe assay office by
the Bank of Montreal, Canada, - and
belongs to tbe Cariboo mining company
of British Columbia.
Aided In Wrecking a Bank. "
New Orleans. Sept 22. Lewis Gal
tot was arrested today for aiding and
abutting Bookkeeper Louis Colomb in
defrauding the Union National bank.
Gallot, who was a dealer in photo
graphic supplies and a speculator, put
about $5,000 in the bank in 1890, and
during the four years succeeding, it is
said, he bad drawn out $203,000. . Co
lomb always kept a ballance to his
credit of from $300 to $800. When the
system of bookkeeping was changed to
the skeleton system, Colomb in closing
the aooount, left a balance off 1,000 to
GaUott's jredit f
THE TRADE REVIEW
Downing, Hopkins A Co.'s Weekly Mar
ket Letter.
: : Portland, Or., Sept 23.
While the conservative investor has
been waiting for the skies to clear tbe
trade on 'change has made heroio ef
orts to pnt prices on a higher plane,
and to infuse new life into speculative
transactions. These efforts have met
with partial successs. Two very seri
ous obstacles have been constantly in
the way of success. First, the general
public, frightened by the cry of hard
times, fights shy of all forms of trad
ing. Second, the overproduction of
the whole agricultural world has caused
a depression which has been most dis
couraging to those who attempt specu
lation only on the buying side. But tbe
local trade has made a good fight
Prices have gone lower and lower until
bear plungers found themselves at
tempting the impossible in forcing fur
ther declines. There has been a long
period of narrow markets at close to
the lowest prioes ever recorded on the
Chicago exchange. The past woek
brought the first upheaval in any quar
ter. Natural conditions have favored
buyers to an extent that attention has
been withdrawn from the political
field. There has been fresh vigor in
tbe pits by reason of the return of
many speculative leaders from abroad
and from the summer resorts. These
have taken hold with more confidence
than those who have been through the
tiresome trade of the summer months.
But the ohanges in the routine news
and statistics, the all important laws
of supply and demand have favored
buyers and helped prices. The latest
government estimate on tbe .crop totals
places wheat, corn, and oats at muoh
lower figures than established by popu
lar judgment While the trade dis
credited the totals in a way the mar
kets were relieved because the official
exhibit was hot excessive. The Wash
ington report oame when markets were
making headway and the influence
was a negative one it simply was not
bearish and depressing. The advances
scored are encouraging. Wheat shows
improvement of 5 oents from extreme
low point
The export sales at the seaboard have
been heavy. : Chicago has been on an
export basis. St Louis, in the center
of - the winter wheat : belt, has been
kept busy supplying a very urgent mill
ing demand from the interior, and re
ceipts at that point have fallen off
sharply.
There are evidenoes that New York
carriers are putting big money into
wheat in the Northwest and that a
great volume will be taken to the sea
port for carrying profits and to meet
any emergency abroad during the long
term when lake navigation is impossi
ble. This tends largely to effset the
very heavy receipts at Minneapolis and
Duluth, which are largely the result of
tight money. Country elevators will
not carry the farmers' grain this win
ter. Tbe forwarding of this great
volume of grain to terminal markets
will increase the visible supply, but
the grain will be in shape for an urg
ent foreign demand, whioh European
trouble may force at any time.
' Exports of wheat, flour included as
-wheat, from both coasts of the United
States last week amounted to 3,566,
826 bushels, against 3,709,000 bushels
the previous week, and as compared
with 2,538,000 bushels two years ago,
and 4,727,000 in the like week of 1893.
The Amerioan visible supply of wheat
increased 2,053,000 bnshels, and now
totals 49,655,000 bushels.
KILLED WITH A CLUB.
Henry Brnsco Struck on Back of Head
by E. Sutherlin.
Oakland, Or., Sept 23. Saturday
evening at 10 o'clock ' Ed Sutherlin,
George Nolta and Henry Bruso went
to the residence of James Brown to
have a chioken supper. Nolta proposed
that he and Brown should take a drink
of liquor. Brown had his baby in his
arms and Nolta said, after Brown had
drank, "Give the baby some." Bruso
remonstrated, and a quarrel ensued be
tween Nolta and Bruso. Brown order
ed Nolta and Bruso out of the house.
Sutherlin followed, and the quarrel
was renewed. Sutherlin got a large
club and struck Bruso on the back of
the head, fraoturing the skull and
knocking him senseless. Sunday two
physicians were summoned and tre
phined Bruso'a skull, but he never re
gained consciousness, and died this
evening at 6 o'clock. Sutherlin was
arrested, and had a preliminary hear
ing at Roseburg. . He was held to
answer without bonds and was placed
in jail at Roseburg.
Forced Acceptance or Bank Notes.
Madrid, Sept 23. Captain-General
Weyler, of Cuba, has issued a procla
mation whioh threatens severe penal
ties for the non-acceptance of the notes
of the Bank of - Havana air their face
value, although they have already
suffered a discount of 16 per cent The
government is enforoing this proclama
tion despite the resistance of the com
meroial classes and of the general pub
lio. ' - '
Another Bankwrecker Arrested.
, New Orleans, Sept 23. Joseph N.
Wolfson, a prominent lawyer, was ar
rested tonight for aiding -in fleecing
the Union National bank out of
$36,000. -
John Bardsley Pardoned.
Harrisburg, Pa.j Sept 23. Gover
nor Hastings has signed the recom
mendation for a pardon for John
Bardsley, ex-oity treasurer of Philadel
phia, who, in 1891, was sentenced to
fifteen years for embezaliag nearly
$1,000,000 of city and state money.
German : investigations seems to
show that towns strung with telev
phone wires are less lialbe to lightning
stroke than others. "
Sharkev-Corbett Fight Arranged.
San Franoisoo, Sept 2S. Thomas
Sharkey and James J. Corbett are to
fight ten rounds in this city for a purse
of $12,000. This afternoon, the board
of supervisors granted a permit to the
Eureka Athletio Club, to give an exhi
bition on Tbanskgiving eve in this
city. It was announced that the prin
cipals in tbe oontest would be Sharkey
and Corbett The battle will be
fought in the Mechanics' pavillion.
The latest works on anthropology say
that it oannoot be proven that any race
of giants ever peopled tbe globe.
1'
Weyler to Commence a Yig
. prous Campaign.
DEATH-DEALING YELLQW FEVER
Over Fifteen Hundred Patient it. tha
Military Hospitals Guerrilla Forces
Join Insurgents and Loot the Town.
Havana, Sept. 21 There was muoh
animation in tbe captain-general's pal
aoe yesterday. General Weyler hied a
conference with various commanders
of columns, also with the commanding
officer of marine and and the chief of
the medical department These con
ferences are the precursors of an ap
proaching campaign, whioh ia intended
to be vigorous and resolute.
Captain-General Weyler will assume
personal oommand at Pinar del Rio,
Ahumida and Palmeroa, taking ohnrge
respectively of military and political
affairs at Havana. Among other meas
ures General Weyler thinks of adopt
ing as a prelude to the campaign is the
revocation of the edict of pardon, oblig
ing families having connections in the
ranks of the insurgents to move into
other provinces, and making concentra
tion in villages obligatory, considering
all persons found in the oountry as ene
mies or supporters of the enemy;
Captain-General Weyler's order re
cently issued putting line officers in
oommand of regular guerilla and vol
unteer forces, is bitterly resented and .
in oonsequenoe thereof many de&ertions
are occurring.
At Sagua la Grand, where Captains
Ir gyen and Quintero, of the regular
army, were lately appointed, one thiid
of tbe men have disappeared. .At Cam
rons, a Santa Clara town, the. 1 oal
Spanish guerilla went over to the en
emy in a body a few days ago, and re
turning with the insurgents, assisted
the latter to capture a government fort
in the suburbs. They then raided the
town, looted stores and ransacked vari
ous private residences, seized tha local '
archives and oarired off the municipal
seal.
At Bayamo, Santiago de Cuba, a
mounted Spanish guerilla force armed
with Mauser rifles at the expense of
Bayamo merchants, reoently went over
to the rebels, joining Calixto Garcia.
The captain is a nephew of Garcia', and
obtained his commission from Martinez
Compos, former oaptain-general.
According to the latest information
Maoeo has moved south of his former
position. No steps will be taken to
follow him until the commencement of
the concerted operations above referred
to.
Captains Carrerez and Oliverette, of (
the Sauga la Grand guerilla forces, -who
have long been the terror of resi
dent naturalized aliens and native paci
ficos of that vicinity, have beep relieved
of their commands 'and both thrown
into a local fortress to await oourt
martiaL Carrerez is alleged to have
captured and shot prisoners of war, as
well as paoifioos, without the formality .
of a trial.
According to the official returns.
the number of men suffering from
yellow fever in the military hospitals
throughout the islands is 1,555. The
death rate ia said to be under 15 per
cent
La Luoba, this afternoon, says the
governor of the Spanish bank is re
sponsible for the actual monetary con-
nice tie -wens to roe paiaoe yestnraay
in order to confer with Captain-Genera
Weyler, but was unable to see
him, and it is rumored the governor
of the bank has been dismissed.
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.
Assessed Valuation of Street Hallways
Considered.
Olympia, Wash., Sept 21. Attor
ney Grosscup, of Taooma, representing
the Taooma Railway & Motor Com
pany, appeared before the state board
of equalization today and oalled atten
tion to the faot that the cable roads in
Seattle were assessed at $4,000 a mile,
whereas in Taooma they were . assessed
at $16,000 a mile, and asked the board
to adopt measures to equalize these
values. Mr. Grosscup, while here,'
learned that tbe state board was not
officially oognizant of the number of
miles of any street railway or the rate ,
per mile at whioh it was assessed; thai
ween tbe board made the state levy it
simply determined what amount each
company should pay, and tbe county -auditor
computed the amount due from
his county on the basis of the assess
ment, as equalized by the county board.
An Expedition From Mississippi.
Mobile, Sept 21. Senor J. G. Sab
ral, an attache of the Spanish legation
of Washington, has been here several
days. He has informed the custom
house officials here that he has infor
mation that a large Cuban expedition
party has assembled on the Mississippi
coast with a view of sailing in a day
or two. ' '
Tynan Is an American.
New York, Sept 21. The records
of the court of oommon pleas show that
P. J. Tynan, the dynamite suspect un
der arrest at Boulogne, has been a citi
zen of the United States since August.
1888. .
Constantinople, Sept 21. The po
lice announce they have made an im
portant disoovery of bombs, explosives
and inoriminating documents in an
Armenian bouse in the Dauborg Souta
ria. Two of the leaders and many
members of the Armenian committee
have been arrested in connection with
the disoovery, and have confessed their
guilt They have also denounced
many of their aooomplioes to the police.
The police have-hope of being soon
able to unearth the whole plot
KoloflT Arrested in New Tork.
New York, Sept 21. George Carlos
Roloff, a Cuban, was arrested today on
a charge of aiding and abetting tbe
sending of filibustering expeditions to
Cuba. He was fo mally held in $3 000
bail by United States Commissioner
Alexander. He is said to be a. major
general in tbe army of General Go
mez. He came to this oountry about
two. months ago for the purpose of fit
ting out a filibustering to aid Cuba.
He - ia charged with being oonneote 3
with the Laurada expedition , s-J
others .