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CORVALLIS, BEATON COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. NOV. -13. 18.j6.
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I NEWSJFJHE WEEK
From All Parts of the New
World and the Old.
OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS
Oeaaprohensive Review of the Import
suit Happening;! of the Fast Week
Called From the Telegraph Columns.
In an opinion filed in the supreme
oonrt of Illinois, the Torres s land title
act is held to be unconstitutional.
Rev. E. L. Benedict shot and fatally
wounded Harry McWhorter, a promi
nent druggist, of Larrabee, la. The
shooting was in self defense.
There ia a shortage of dry wines in
California, and the manufacturers wish
to advanoe the prices, hot to this the
dealers object, for fear of foreign com
petition. President Zelaya, of Nicaragua, has
issued a decree making lard dnty free
from October to April, and flour and
oorn, which are also scarce, are made
free of duty.
The country home at Clover Bend,
Lawrence county, Arkansas, of Miss
French, authoress and magazine con
tributor, well known as "Octave
Tbanet." was destroyed' by fire. A
large and vlauable library was burned.
Serious rioting has occurred at Shot
aput, near Bombay. Five thousand
men looted 1,500 bags of grain. The
police fired upon the mob, killing four
men and wounding six. A further
outbreak is feared as Shotaput is one ol
the worst famine tracts.
JA St Petersburg dispatch to the
London Times quotes the Novosti ae
saying that towards the close of the
war with Japan, China offered to cede
the island of Formosa to England with
out condition, with a view to excluding
the Japanese, but that Lord Rosebery,
then prime minister, promptly declined
the offer.
Mrs. Walter M. Castle, of San Fran
cisco, recently sentenced in London to
three months' imprisonment without
hard larbor, after having pleaded guilty
to a charge of shop-lifting, has been re
lea led from prison on medical grounds,
by order of the home secretary. Sir
Matthew White Ridley.
The report that was recently sent out
from Constantinople that sixty Arme
nians were massacerd there early last
week was not exaggerated. On the
contrary, the affair turns out more seri
ous than was at first announced The
massacre occurred at the village of
Everek, where nearly one hundred per
sons were killed and all the Armenian
houses pillaged.
A tramp, while going over the Balti
more & Ohio, near Mitchell, Ind.,
found enough dynamite on the track to
blow an engine to pieces as soon as it
struck it. He ran to the nearest
switch, tore off a lamp, and returning,
signaled the approaching express train.
He was shot at by the wreckers and
was found nnoonsoious by the train
men. In Richmond, Mo., a mob collected
around the jail and attempted to get
hold of Jesse Winner and Lon Lackey,
charged with the murder of Mrs. Eva
Winner and her two children. Their
evident purpose was to lynch them. A
brother of the murdered woman ad
dressed the mob and pleaded with them
to leave the law take its course. They
accepted his counsel and retired.
Samuel S. Tucker, a painter, met
Or. James S. Wintermute on the street
in Tacoma, and suddenly drew a re
volver, shooting Wintermute through
the body. Tucker then turned the re
volver on himself, shooting himself
through the head, blowing his brains
out. - Wintermute was "not killed and
may recover. The latter professes not
to know the cause of the shooting.
Superintendent Keeue who shot Mort
Roderick, the supposed robber, at the
Cariboo mines, was acquitted by the
coroner's jury.
John B. Bartbelman, a sewing-machine
agent shot and killed his divorced
wife in Los Angeles, CaL They quar
reled over the possession of their 8-year-old
daughter.
In Ashland, Ky., Tobe Stanley, a
mine superintendent, was shot and
killed by Ike Barker on his way to the
polls to vote. Stanley opened hostili
ties by cutting Barker across the faoe
with, a buggy whip. Family troubles
were the cause. '
About twenty fist fights occurred
near the polls in Lexington, Ky., oh
election day. Pistols were drawn in
half of them. An editor attempted to
assault Colonel Breckenridge, . who
drew his pistol. They were separated
before anyone was hurt.
S. R. Clough, a hotel proprietor of
Minneapolis, Minn., was so deter
minedpto vote that he arose from hia
sick Den to go to tne pons, lie nan
been handed his tballot for marking,
when suddenly he toppled over dead.
His heart had stopped beating.
In Davenport, CaL, on election day
William Granville ' entered the polling
place, and, pointing a pistol at Lewis
Chandler, an election clerk, attempted
to fire it, and snapped the trigger three
times before his hand . was caught.
There was no provocation for the deed.
Ex-Chief Justice W. E. Miller died
at bis home in Des Moines, Ia. , at the
age of 73. He was a member of the
supreme oourt from 1870 to 1876.
The supreme court of Oregon has
handed down its third opinion in the
branch asylum case, and this time has
affirmed the judgment of the lower
oourt in restraining the state treasurer
from honoring the $25,000 warrant
issued in payment of a site purchased
for the location of the proposed asylum
building in Eastern Oregon.
Napoleon Sarony, the famous photo
grapher, died in New York. Next to
Brady he has probably photographed
more celebrities than any other artist
in the United States. Sarony was 76
years of age, a native of Quebec. He
began bis career as a lithographio ar
tist, and was in the fiont ranks of his
profession In 1858, he went to Eu
rope to study. Afterwards, be took
up the business nf photography at Bir
mington, England, where he remained
until 1866. ' Then he established
himself in New York, meeting with
wonderful success from the first day he ,
opened his gallery.
Ah Extra Session of Coflrrg!
An extra session following tmmedi
fttely the inauguration of Mr. MoKifl
ley is, iri the prevailing opinion in
Washington, Certain. NO oBS pro
fesses to have word frond Mr. McKin
ley direct on the Subject, but there is
good authority for saying that Mark
Hanna, during a recent visit in New
York, said enough to give the impres
sion that an extra session is on the K
publican programme. Senator Quay
believes an extra session is certain.
8 tor to on Lake Erie.
Great damage has been done to the
shipping interests on lake Erie by a
high wind. The canal boat Mayside
Way, while being towed up the river
from Tonawanda, broke her hawser
and was blown on the rocks along
shore. The captain was resoued with a
rope, but his mules were crushed to
death. The boat became a total wreck.
An old exoursion steamer was blown
across the channel near Buffalo and
will be a total losn.
finlclde of a Capitalist.
Joseph D. McDonald, a prominent
and wealthy citizen of Fremont, Neb.,
shot himself, causing almost instant
death. The cause for the rash act was
mental unbalance, the result of finan
cial reverses in mining investments in
Colorado. He was a railroad contractor
and built' all of the South Platte
branohes of the Northwestern road in
Nebraska cn the Elkhorn system, and
was reputed to be worth over $100,000.
Of Interest to Miners.
A New York attorney has received
a cablegram announcing that the high
ccurt at Pretoria. South Africa, has de
clared void the MaoArthur-Forest pat
ents for the cyanide process for the re
covery of gold. This decision was
given In a suit brought by the com
bined gold-mine owners of Johannes
burg and the Transvaal. The - an
nouncement is said to be of great inter
est to gold mine owners.
Mrs. Castle Sentenced to Prison.
Mrs. Walter M. Castle, of San Fran
cisco, who was arrested in London,
charged with shoplifting, has bad her
trial. She pleaded guilty, and was
sentenced to three months' imprison
ment without labor. Mr. Castle was
acquitted.
Harper's Magazine.
An important feature of Harper's
Magazine for several months to come
will be Ponltney Bigelow's series of
papers on the "White Man's Africa,"
treating in the author's original and
striking way the new continent recent
ly opened up to European exploitation.
The first paper, in the November
number, will give a novel view of
Jameson's raid from material placed in
the author's hand by an English phy
sician and a Boer official thus present
ing both. sides of this remarkable epi
sode. The series is the result of a
journey to South Africa undertaken by
Mr. Bigelow for Harper's Magazine,
and is to be illustrated from photo
graphs specially made for the purpose.
Thanksgiving; Proclamation.
The president has issued the follow
ing Thanksgiving proclamation:
"By the President of the United
States:
"The people of the United States
should never be unmindful of the grati
tude they owe to the God of nations
for his watohful care, which has
shielded them from disaster and point
ed out to them the way of peace and
happiness. Nor should they ever re
fuse to acknowledge with contrite
hearts their proneness to turn away
from God's teachings and to follow
with sinful pride after their own de
vices. "To the end that these thoughts
may be quiokened, it is fitting that, on
a day especially appointed, we should
join together in approaohing the throne
of graoe with praise and supplication.
"Therefore, I, Grover Cleveland,
president of the United States, do here
by designate and set apart Thursday,
the 26th day of the present month of
November, to be kept and observed as
a day of thanksgiving and prayer
throughout our land. On that day let
all our people forego their usual work
and occupations and assemble in their
acoustomed places of worship; let them
with one aooord render thanks to the
Ruler of the Universe for our preserva
tion as a nation, and our deliverance
from every threatened danger; for the
peace that has dwelt within our boun
daries; for our defense against disease
and pestilence during the year that hat
passed; for the plenteous rewards that
have followed the laboraof our hus
bandmen; and for all the other bless
ings that have been vouchsafed to us.
"And .let ua, through the mediation
of Him who has taught us how to pray,
implore the forgiveness of our sins and
a oontinuanoe of heavenly favor.
"Let us not forget on this day oli
thanksgiving the needy, and by deeds
of charity let our offerings of praise be ;
made more acceptable in the right of
the Lord.
"Witness my hand and the seal ol
the United States which I have caused
to be hereto affixed.
"Done at the City of Washington,
this 6th day of November, in the year
of our Lord, 1806, and of the independ
ence of the United States of America,
the 121st
(Seal.) "Grover Cleveland,
"By the President.
"Richard Olney,
"Secretary of State."
Xailonkalanl Pardoned.
The Hawaiian government hai
granted full pardon to ex-Queen Lil
krakalani with the restoration of hex
civil rights. When found guilty ol
treason she was aentenoed to five years'
imprisonment and fined $5,000. She
was released on parole one year ago
and has since kept such good faith with
the government that a full pardon has
been granted. -
The Cascade locks, after eighteen
years of labor, has at last been opened.
Eighty Years of Age.
Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court Stephen J. Field celebrated the
eightieth anniversary of his birth. A
constant stream of visitors called on
him all day to offer oongratualations.
The supreme bench, headed by the ohief
justice, paid its respects to the distin
guished member. Messengers brought
elaborate presents. Rev. Henry M.
Field, the justice's brother, is spending
some time with him. Justioe Field is
now reaping the benefit of the treat
ment taken last rammer in California,
and his eightieth birthday found him
ia good health and sprits.
William McKinley and Garret
Hobart Are Chosen.
THE END OF A BITTER CONTEST
Tne Two Northwest States Divided, Or
egon doing; for McKinley and Wash
ington for Bryan -Klec oral College.
' With three states yet in doubt, it is
known that the Republican national
tioket is elected by a majority of nearly
100 in the electoral college, and of
1,000,000 plurality of the popular vote.
New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois,
Massachusetts and Ohio have rolled up
nnprecedentedly tremendous majorities,'
from 100,000 to 800,000. The rest is
detail, to be settled by complete re
turns. There are now three states in the
doubtful column Kentucky, Wyoming
and South Dakota. In Kentucky it
will require the official count to deter
mine the result, owing to irregulari-
ties. In Wyoming, the uncretainty is
due to the slow returns. The latest re
ports, however, indicate that Bryan
will get two of the three votes. South
Dakota's vote on presidential electors
is tied, and an official count will be re
quired to determine the result. Repub
lican managers have closed their offioe
with the above declaration.
The Republican candidate is now
sure of 260 electoral votes. The other
states that were considered doubtful
i Kansas, North Carolina, Tennessee
I and Virginia have gone for Bryan,
i His vote is 167, and with Kentucky,
Wyoming and South Dakota would be
187.
The Electoral College.
The folllowing table gives the stand
ing of the electoral college as far as
returns indicate:
STATES.
Alabama ................... .
Arkansas
California
Colorado ......
Connecticut..-.
Delaware
Florida
Georgia -.
Idaho..
Illinois. -
Indiana................. .....
Iowa .
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine ..
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska.........
Nevada ......
New Hampshire .....
New Jersey.
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania.
Rhode Island...
South Carolina
South Dakota-
Tennessee
Texas.
Utah
Vermont...
Virginia
Wash ington.....
WestV irginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming..
13
11
Totals 200 167
The returns show interesting features
and in some respects have been a sur
prise to the leaders of both political
parties. The New England states
have, as was expected, given heavy
pluralities for MoKinley, without ex
ception. The Republican ticket was
successful in Massachusetts beyond
what was claimed for it by the most
enthusiastio prophet of Republican suo
oess. New York and Pennsylvania have
given the Republican candidate be
tween 275,000 and 285,000 each.
The Virginia electors will, without
question, be for Bryan, but they have
been elected by a heavily reduoed vote.
The Republicans have given Texas up.
Illinois has given McKinley about
175,000 plurality. In the guberna
torial race Altgeld has been beaten,
but is 60,000 ahead of the Democratic
national ticket.
Ohio has given MoKinley 62,438
plurality.
Returns by counties in Iowa have
been completed. The total vote oast
in the state is in exoess of 610,000
votes, estimating the Prohibition and
Palmer votes together at only 6000.
Of these votes 286,751 were cast for
McKinley, and 219,118 -for Bryan.
McKinley's plurality, 67,633. This
ia the largest vote ever oast in the
state..
In Kentucky the. situation is ma
terially changed f iom early advices.
At first the Republicans claimed the
state by about 15,000, but late returns
show large Democratio gains-, and now
the state is claimed for Bryan, but this
the Republicans will not concede.
California has given MoKinley a
plurality of 6,000.
Kansas has given Bryan 4,000 plu
rality. With nearly oomplete returns from
Michigan Pingree's plurality is esti
mated at about 70,000 and McKinley's
15,000 less. Of the congressional dele
gation 12 are Republicans and 2 fu
sionists. Tennessee's 12 electoral votes will be
cast for Bryan, but the Republicans
may elect the governor.
South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi,
Alabama and Louisiana are all for
Bryan by about the normal Democratio
majorities.
Nebraska has gone for Bryan, not
withstanding the Republican olaims.
Wisconsin is almost sure for the Re
publicans. Minnesota, which was regarded as
doubtful by both parties, 'wiU hove
25,000 plurality for MoKinley.
Colorado has given Bryan a heavy
plurality, and Adams, without doubt,
has been elected governor.
Idaho, Montana, Utah and Nevada
have all gone for Bryar by heavy ma
jorities. -.V:
Delaware is in the Republican ool
nmn. Maryland has given MoKinley as
large a plurality as it gave Cleveland
in 1892.
MoKinley 'a plurality in West Vir
ginia is 18,000.:
The latest information from North
Dakota show that it is very rare for
MoKinley.
NORTHWEST STATES,
- " Oresjon. '
Complete returns have been received
from 22 out of the 82 counties in Ore
gon, and the returns from the 10 other
counties are praotioally complete. The
number of votes reported is 91,542, of
which MoKinley has 46,792 and Bryan
44,750, or a plurality of 2,042 for Mo
Kinley. Less than 600 votes remain
to be added to the 91,542 in order to
give the full number of votes cast for
MoKinley and Bryan.
The following table shows the vote
by counties:
-Counties. ; - McKinley. Brran
Baker .......'. ........ 957 1,836
Benton 976 " 730
Clackamas......... ... 2,666 : 2,389
Clatsop 1,849 1,135
Columbia . ... 675 600
Coos. . 1,106 1,660
Crook. i.........i... 600 696
Curry ..... .....,..... 276 v - 268
Douglas ........... 1,903 2,046
Gilliam ... 537 472
Grant ... .. 672 828
Harney 218 405
Jackson . 1,376 2,383
Josephine.. 1,100 1,609
Klamath 346 462
Lake 889 416
Lane 2,221 2,588
Lincoln 576 568
Linn ; 2.064 2.786
Malheur . 210 466
Marion 8,020 2,631
Morrow 586 512
Multnomah ..' 11,830 6,450
Folk 1,248 1,307
Sherman 426 419
Tillamook . 685 626
Umatilla 1,410 1,674
Union 1,275 2,103
Wallowa 408 688
Wasco..- 1,487 1,187
Washington 2,085 1,566
Yamhill ; 1,615 1,565
Totals 46,792 44,750
Washington.
The later reports from Washington
indicate that Bryan's plurality will be
near 10,000. The Bryan vote was the
strongest in tho more thickly populated
portion of the state. The number of
votes thus far reported 77.175 about
equals that of two years ago, so that,
allowing for the increase, there remains
about 10.000 more to hear from.
John R. Rogers, Populist, has been
chosen governor over P. C. Sullivan,
though by a majority probably 2,000
under the electoral ticket
The entire fusion tioket has been
successful by majorities ranging from
3,000 to 8,000. The legislature is
Populist on joint ballot, though there
is a possibility that the Republicans
may control the senate, as they have 14
hold-overs out of a total of 84 mem
bers of the upper house.
The returns' from Washington as re
ported for presidential electors appear
in the table below. No returns have
been received from Okanogan and
Skamania counties:
Counties. McKinley. Bryan.
Adams 160 261
Asotin 73 85
Chehalis 1,586 1,476
Clallam 254 284
Clark 1,495 1,478
Columbia - 436 568
Cowlitz 1,487 1,456
Douglas 58 121
Franklin 36 107
Garfield .. 478 636
Island - 196 178
Jefferson 677 . 467
King 6,370 7,568
Kitsap 653 562
Kittitas 616 831
Klickitat... ... ..... 700 500
Lewis 1,519 1,491
Lincoln 421 926
Mason....... 371 641
Okanogan
Pacific 859 433
Pierce 4,525 6,119
San Juan 400 250
Pkagit 177 248
Skamania
Snohomish 1,497 2,250
Spokane : 2,706 6,624
Stevens 144 572
Thurston 1,052 1,364
Wahkiakum 199 284
Walla Walla , . 1,523 1,633
Whatcom- 1,500 1,750
Whitman 1,206 2,728
Yakima 861 1,139
Totals .......34,145 43,030
The New Lawmakers.
Washington. At Republican and
Democratio congressional headquarters
the chairmen have been figuring on the
oomplexion of . the next house. Chair
man Baboook says he has oomplete re
ports from 193 congressional districts,
which have elected Republicans; that
there are 135 districts that have elect
ed Democrats and Populist', and 28
districts in which the returns are in
complete. These may all be classed as
doubtful, he says, with the prospects
that the Republicans will secure at
least one half of them, which would
make a total Republican membership
in the fifty-fifth congress of 207. He
claims that, under uo circumstances,
will thy Republican membership fall
below 200.'
Senator Faulkper, chairman of the
Demociatio committee, although he
does not oonoede the Republicans a
majority in the next house, gives them
176, within three of a majority.
The Democrats have made gains as
follows: Delaware, 1 ; Illinois, 1 ; Mis
souri, 4; New York. 1; total, 11.
The Republicans have gained as fol
lows: Maryland, 3."
The Demo-Populists have gained 1
in. Colorado and 1 in Missouri.
The Next Senate.
Washington. From returns thus fat
received, the next senate will probably
6tand as follows:
Republicans, 44.
Democrats, 82.
Independents and Populuts, 12.
Doubtful, 2.
On the currency question, the senata
undoubtedly will have an anti-silver
majority.
Republicans who bolted the St. Louis
ticket and platform are classed as inde
pendents. They are: Teller, Dubois,
Mantle, Cannon.
Another Utah senator to be eleoted
to succeed Brown will undoudtedly be
independent.
Mr. Bryan' Congratulations.
Mr. Bryan sent the following tele
gram to Mr. MoKinley: .
"Hon. William McKinley, jr.,
Canton: Senator Jones has just in
formed me that the returns indioate
your election, and I hasten to extend
my congratulations. We have submit
ted the issue to the people, and their
will is law; W. J. BRYAN."
The woman who always has some
thing in hand seldom feels the neces
sity of wearing gloves.
Flrenten to Be Reinstated.
Peoria, Not. 9. F. P. Sargent,
grand master of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen, telegraphs from
San Francisco that he met with oom
plete success in his negotiations with
the Southern Paoifia Members will
be put on the same footing as they were
before the strike of 1894, and the same
footing as those other ' organizations.
Complaint was made that they had
been tabooed.
A woman may be quite given to
ringing ber bands and yet not be very
muoh of a hello. '
THE TREASURY GfilNS GOLD
Government feels Effect
Better Times.
of
RESERVE RAPIDLY CLIMBING U.
Present Treasury . Deficit Likely to
Be Materially Reduced Before Bc-
Kioley's Inauguration -Next March.
Washington, Nov. 11. The treas
ury today lost f 27, 000 in gold coin,
and $21,200 in bars, which leaves the
true amount ' of gold in the reserva
1121,526,864. The available cash bal
ances if230, 894, 0 1 8. -
The net gain in gold today at New
York and San Francisco was f 1,034, -700.
-
The resources of the traesury are be
ing severely tixed to meet the demand
for paper notes of all denominations
in exchange for gold. In many cases,
the gold-holders ask for United States
notes of large denominations in ex
change. The latter are as valuable for
reserve as is the gold, but they express
willingness to accept Sherman notes,
or, if necessary, silver certificatas, if
the government is unable to furnish
United States notes. The demand for
large denominations is not imperative,
the prinoipal thing being to get paper
money.
Reports from all parts of the coun
try tend to show that nearly all of the
gold withdrawn during the last sev
eral weeks was for the purpose of
hoarding, and, now that the supposed
danger is past, the gold is being
offered at the several snbtreasuries or
is being deposited in banks, and so ia
finding it) way into the government
coffers.
The rush of gold offers i? so great
that in New York, at least, the assist
ant treasurer has been compelled to re
fuse gold until such time as he was
able to handle it, and in a number of
instances, currency has been shipped
from one subtreasury to another to
meet the unusual demands.
The reserve today passed the $120,
000,000 point, and the officials have
no doubt that it will reach a mnch
higher figure . before the close of the
year.
The increase in business generally
predicted, it is beliaved. will result in
greatly increased receipts from customs
and from internal revenues, so that the
present treasury deficit ia likely to be
reduced to some extent before the in
auguration of McKinley.
BY GOVERNOR LORD.
Annual Thanksgiving; Proclamation
Issued
The annual thanksgiving proclama
tion has been issued by Governor Lord,
of Oregon. The proclamation in full
is as follows:
"For the manifold blessings vouch
safed t us during the past year, it is
fitting that we, as a grateful people,
should make due acknowledgements to
Almighty God. In recognition of thie
duty, and in conformity with a time
honored custom, and in accordance
with the proclamation of the president
of the United States, I, . William P.
Lord, governor of the state of Oregon,
do designate and set apart Thursday,
the 26th day of November. 1896, at
Thanksgiving day.
"On that day I recommend that th
people abstain, as far as practicable,
from the occupations of every day life,
and that they assemble in their usual
places of. worship and offer praise and
thanksgiving to God for the peace and
prosperity bestowed upon us, for the
health and happiness with which h
has blessed us, and for our freedom
from pestilence and calamities Lei
us also devote the day to the enjoyment
of hospitality and the strengthening ol
family ties; to relieving the wants ol
the needy and distressed, and the doing
of charitable deeds; to inspiring senti
ments of loyalty to our country, and
respect for its laws and the mainten
ance of public order; to cultivating t
just regard for the rights and opinions
of others, and inculcating a sense of
duty that will lead us to fulfill as far
as lies in our power, our obligations as
citizens and individuals."
A BICYCLE BUILT FOR TWO
How Two Young People Secured Mari
tal Bliss.
San Franqisoo, Nov. 11. On a bright
red bicycle built for two, young Peter
Metcalf and younger Clara Byrne rode
to Stockton Thursday last, and were
married there. It was an elopement,
and neither the mother of the bride
nor the parents of the groom beard of
the marriage until last night, the
young couple having resolved to keep
it a profound secret. They were ac
companied to Stockton by Edmund
Langer, a youthful friend of Metcalf,
a retired capitalist, worth over half a
million dollars. The bride is the
daughter of Mrs. Winifred Byrne, and
sister of Frank Byrne, the well-known
bicycle rider, who holds the world's
amateur competition record.
The parents of the young couple de
clare that they will not tolerate their
union, and insist that the marriage be
annulled.
Bids on New York Bonds.
New York, Nov. 11. Bids on f 16,
000,000 34 per cent gold bonds of the
city of New York were opened today in
the controller's office It is understood
that the issue was largely overbid. One '
hundred and eigthy-five proposals were
received. All tne leading bankers j
were represented. roe premiums
range from 1 to 5 per oent.
table stand Dy, is a loai oi various
kinds of nuts higlhy spiced.
East Elwood Industries.
Elwood, lnd., Nov. 11. The Mc-
Cloy chimney factory, which has been :
plate glass factory, which has been idle j
since last August, will resume on tne
20th inst, with 700 employes. The big
window-glass plant in East Elwood
will start up about the middle of the
month. . . -
A recent invention in aluminum al
loys is Wolframinum, discovered by
William Berg, a German contractor of
aluminum - military equipments, who
also invented the viotoria alloy.
WEEKLY MARKET" LETTER.
Downing;, Hopkins A Co.'m Review of
. . ( Trade.
Portland, Or., Nov. 11. Wheat has
reached a very high point since our last
letter, which was only natural and to
be expected after so rapid a decline,
and the situation grows stronger daily
and all the best authorities in the grain
trade throughout the world predict con
tinued enhancement in values of farm
products and say 'America holds the key
to the situation. ' . Exports are enormous
and ocean freight room cannot be se
cured at any price. Tramp steamers
from all corners of the world have been
attracted to our shores. On the Great
Lakes there is a blockade of grain-laden
vessels at ' several ports, and trunk
line railroads as well as those through
out the Northwest, are unable to supply
half of the demand for cars. There is
every prospect of another advance that
will carry prices far - beyond anything
we have yet seen, and we hope our
friends will take advantage of the
breaks to buy wheat and make some
money.
The supply and demand exhibit of
the world argues as strongly as ever
for a higher range of values, but these
conditions neither warrant blind en
thusiasm nor license riotous specula
tion. Pyramid builders will deal
gently with wheat, if they are wise;
for, just as Egypt owns and repents the
monumental folly of ber ancients, so
must the prodigious builders of these
times put on sackoloth and ashes if
they insist upon ignoring the law of
commercial prudence. The immense
surplus of wheat that for several years
past menaced values, and aided specu
lators in raiding the markets, has
-vanished Wheat is once more worth
I what the acutal buyer will pay for it.
We need not expect that importers
will buy a year's supplies within the
space of a week or two. Even though
I every bushel that can be brought for
' ward from the field of production may
j find a ready market before we harvest
another crop, it does not follow that
such demand will he thrust upon us
wholesale as it were,
j These being facts it were well to
proceed cautiously. Violent specula-
tive fluries must be short lived and
should not be allowed to control the
movements of the millers and owners
of grain.
i
i A HORRIBLE OUTRAGE.
Another American Citizen Maltreated
by AYey ler'a Soldiers.
Key West, Fla., Nov. 11. Advices
received from Havana last night per
steamer Olivette give details of an out
rage on an American citizen and the
butchery of nineteen non-combatant
Cubans, including four women, by
Spanish soldiers. The massacre oc
curred last Thursday near the town of
San Francisco de las Layas, Havana
province.
A detachment of Spanish soldiers
surprised six insurgents, who, how
ever, made their escape, which angered
the Spanish and they began to raid the
houses in tho neighborhood, alleging
that the inhabitants were in sympathy
with the rebels. They went to the
sugar estae of Frederick L. Craycroft,
who came here from Indiana about
three years ago. Some of the soldiers
entered the house, and two of them
seized Mrs. Craycroft and assaulted
her. The husband in desperation
rushed to his wife's aid, but was struck
down by a sword in the hands of an
officer. Two terrible gashes were
made in his neck and his right arm
was nearly severed. The Spaniards
looted the house, took I860 in cash and
then raided other houses on the estate.
They burned eight buildings and shot
nineteen inmates, four of whom were
women.
Craycroft, when he had recovered
sufficiently, "wrote to Vice-Consul
Springer at Havana. It is understood
that the vice-consul cabled an acoount
of the outrage to Seoretary Olney.
The Spanish authorities are greatly
disturbed in Havana because several
thousand insurgents from Gomez's
army have entered Matanzas province.
So serious does Weyler oonsider the
situation that he has withdrawn 6,000
troops from Pinar del Rio and des
patched them into Matanzas to stay
the advance.
During the seige and subsequent cap
ture of Guayamara City by the insur
gents, the Spaniards lost 260 killed and
wounded. Three hundred and seventy
Spaniadrs surrendered to Garoia, com
manding the besieging force. Garoia
sent word to General Castelanos that
they would be exchanged for Cubans
held by the Spaniards.
The Flood of Gold.
New York, Nov. 11. The banks
are contemplating the resumption of
specie payments which they suspended
in February, 1892, by refusing to sup
ply gold for export and for payment of
government dues. That aotion threw
the burden of supplying gold upon the
treasury, and eventually forced the is
sue of bonds by the government, which
aroused so muoh oomplaint. Since the
election the metal has been coming into
the banks in such a flood that they see
their way clear to what can be termed
a resumption of specie payments. By
this action of the banks gold will be
put into circulation, and no occasion
whatever will exist for hoarding it.
They will also resume the task of sup
plying gold for export and thus relieve
the treasury of a great strain.
Manchester Silk Mills.
Manchester, N. H., Nov. 11. The
big silk mills of the Cheney Bros, be
gan a full time schedule today. The
works have been running at a reduced
time for more than three years. The
change effects 2,500 employes.
Plymouth, Mass., Nov. 11. The
Hayden mills, at Chiltonville, which
have been idle for two ' years, will be
started at once, giving employment to
200 operatives. The mills manufacture
oc tton duck
Texas Cotton Crop Ruined.
Dallas, Tex., Nov. 11. The cotton
orop of 1896 is ruined. A killing
frost has (alien and the fields are as
black as soot. There is not a particle
of life left in the plants. A few
more bales can be picked out, but fully
90 per oent has been marketed.
Piqua, O. , Nov. 11. The corrugat
ing works, the Snyder-Bentwood
works, the rolling, and the Orr linseed
mill started today, giving employment
to 500 men. The American strawboard
works will start as soon as repairs are
mad
II SORRY LOT OF
The Al-Ki Brings Another
Load From Cook's Inlet.
EVERY STATE REPRESENTED
Very X,ttte (iold Dust in the Crowd
A Politician and Hi Money Soon
Farted Didn't Make Expenses.
Port Townsend, Nov. 10. The
steamer Al-Ki arrived this morning'
from Alaska, having aboard 343 re
turning miners . from Cook's inlet
They left Cook's inlet Ootober 5, on
the schooner Excelsior, whioh brought
them to Sitka, where they were com
pelled to remain three weeks before
getting a boat to the Sound. Nearly
every state in the Union is represented
in the crowd. Nearly 109 transferred
here for San Franoisoo, the remainder
proceeding up the Sound. Except two
men named Pieroe and Price, who
eaoh brought down twenty-five pounds
of golddust, very little wealth was
represented. Those two fortunate ones
have each worked a claim for thirty
montbn. Not one out of ten had made
expenses of the trip, and, as a whole,
it was a dilapidated-looking crowd. .
Among the passengers returning on ,
the Al-Ki were two enthusiastio poli
ticians, one a Republican, the other a
Democrat. Eaoh had golddust to the
amount of $400. Notwithstanding the
fact that the election had taken place
several days previous, nothing had been
heard by the returning miners as to
election results, so each miner staked
his dust on his favorite candidate. A
fellow passenger held the stake., and
when the Al-Ki approached the wharf
this morning both men were on the
bow of the ship and simultaneously
yelled to those on the wharf, "Who is
elected?" The answer settled matters,
and the stakeholder turned over the
dust to the winner. ......
TO SETTLE CUBAN AFFAIR.
Object or Ramon Williami' Visit to
Madrid.
New York, Nov. 10. The Morning
Advertiser will say tomorrow:
It was reported in this city yester
day that the ex-consul-general to Ha
vana, Ramon Williams, might be ex
pected here from Europe in about ten
days. Although the fact Of Mr. Wil
liams' presence in Spain escaped the
vigilance of the newspaper correspond
ents in the Spanish capital, it is nev
ertheless true that he has been in
Madrid for three weeks past, and in the
immediate circle of his family it was
announoed that he was to - leave for
New York by one of the North German
Lloyd liners on Saturday last.
While the faot cannot, for obvious
reasons, be definitely learned, it Is gen
erally believed by his personal friends
that Mr. Williams' visit to Spain has
been as an agent of the United States,
with the view of making some arrange
ment by whioh a peaoeable solution of
the Cuban question might be brought
about.
It will be remembered that, on re
turning from Havana, Mr. Williams,
spent some time in Washington, where
be had several lengthy interviews with
President Cleveland and Seoratary
Olney. He then left for Europe, sail
ing September 18, it being generally
supposed that his trip was taken for
rest and in the interest of his health.
He first visited England and then
crossed over to France, and, as it now
transpires, proceeded thence to Madrid,
' where he has been for a little over
i three weeks.
FIGHTING SALVATIONISTS.
Scuffle for a Pistol Created a Stam
pede in San Francisco.
San Francisco, Nov. 10. During the
progress of a religious servioe at Sal
vation Army headquarters this morn
ing, P. Scbipper, a band sergeant, and
C. R. Shaw, another member of the
army, became involved in a souffle for
the possession of a pistol belonging to
Shaw. During the scuffle the weapon
was discharged, the ball striking
Schipper in the right thumb. Sohipper
was taken to the reoeiving hospital,
where his wounded hand was dressed,
and Shaw was removed to the city
prison, where he was charged with as
sault to murder. The discharge of the
pistol stampeded the meeting. It Was
thought at first that a murder had been
committed, and men and women tum
bled over one another in their efforts
to get out of the hall or to draw nearer
to the place where the shooting oc
curred. Is Parnell Alive?
London, Nov. 10. The Sunday
Times says a firm of London publishers
wrote last week to Professor Haddon,
of Dublin, anent the matter of prepar
ing a life of Parnell. Professor Had
don replied, saying that a general be
lief exists that Parnell is alive on an
obsoure ranoh in a western state.
Shortly after the announcement of Par
nell's death, Professor Haddon ap
proached the widow, mother and per
sonal friends of Parnell with a view of
obtaining materials for a biographioal
sketch. Documents and statements con
cerning Mr. Parnell were refused, the
reason being given in confidence that
Parnell is still alive.
Washington, Nov. 10. A red-letter
chapter in the history of amateur ath
letics was written on Georgetown field
today by Bernard Wefers, who beat
two world's records, for 100 yards and
300 yards. The first was made in the
remarkable time of 9 8-5 seconds, and
the second in 30 2-5 seoonds. It was
Wefer's last appearance of the year,
after a most remarkable campaign.
The hundred-yard raoe was a special
event, and was done on the spur of the
moment. .
Wheat Will Advance.
London, Nov. 9. A special artiole
in the Times on the wheat question ex
presses the opinion that the price will
continue to advanoe, and advises the
wheat produoera not to play into the
traders' hands by overstocking the
market.
Killed While Stealing; a Ride.
Wellsville, N. Y., Nov. 10. Two
men and a boy, who were stealing a
ride on an Erie oar loaded with pig iron
piping, were instantly killed last night
by the jarring of the car by a switch en
gine and the shifting of the pipes.