NO. 37.
A'OL. XXXIII.
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY, NOV. 27, 1896.
I NEV3 OF 1 UK
From All Parts of the New
World and the Old.
OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS
OomprelienilTe Rerlew of the Import
nt Happenings of tbe Put Week
Called Fran the Telegraph Columns
Hon. Lafayette Lane, an ex-con-
gn-ssinan of Oregon, died at his resid
ence at Rosebuxg, Or., November 23.
Baker oountv'a assessment roll has
been tiled, and shows the total value of
property in the county to be $2, 274, 284;
total value of taxable property, $3,
163.879. Washington county's assess
ment shows the total value of property
to be 14.827,435; total taxable prop
erty, $4,461,645.
Hon. T. T. Geer, of Marion county,
is spoken of as the most likely candi
date fur the honor of carrying the elec
toral vote of Oregon to Washington
and represent the Webf oot state in the
electoral college. The sage of Waldc
hills polled the largest vote of all the
Oregon electors, and has always been
unusually popular with his party.
The numerous hold-ups which have
occurred in Taooma and Seattle during
the past two weeks have caused many
o.tizens to take the precaution of de
positing their money and valuables in
some safe place before venturing into
the streets after night. In none of the
hold-ups which have occurred have the
robbers secured more than a few dol
lars for their pains.
Mrs. Mary B. Stevens, of Yale,
while acting as chaplain of the Daugh
ters of Bebekfth, at their annual session
in Springfield, 111., and as she was just
beginning a prayer dropped to the flooi,
and died of heart disease.
A late rider in the American soldiers
of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, was
most brutally murdered by a comrade
in Omaha, Neb. The motive was evi-
dently robbery, and the murderer has
fled from the city, after a most remark
able exhibition of coolness after his
crime.
Edward W. Curry, chairman of the
Democratic state committee, died in
Des Moines, la., of blood poisoning,
tbe result of an initiation into the
Elks' lodge a few weeks ago. He was
seated in the. electric chair and was
borrilby burned b fore those operating
it realized what they were doing.
Mrs. Foley, a widow, aged 60, and
her unmarried daughter, Fanny, aged
40, were found murdered in their home
near Liberty, Mo. It wasa oold-blood-ed
murder for the sole purpose of rob-
hanr T'Via mJihnr nr riihhfrs first dis-
-pacebed -the women, then ransacked the
house. Fifty dollars, all that was se
cured, was taken from the foot of a
bed on which the women had slept
A correspondent of the London Daily
Mail at St. Petersburg says he is able
to confirm the report that consternation
existed while the czar was on his visit
in Egland over the discovery of a plot
against his life. The Belgian- police
seized a parcel of bombs, which were en
route for Paris, just before the czar was
leaving England. On tbe same night
the Paris police arrested forty suspects.
In tbe absence of absolute proof the
matter was dropped.
The Philadelphia & Reading Rail
road Company was reorganized at
Philadelphia. The railroad was sold
under foreclosure on September 23.
Under the plan of reorganization there
will be three companies the Philadel
phia & Reading Railway Company,
tbe Philahelpbia & Reading Coal and
Iron Company, and the Reading Com
pany. The latter is known as the. Na
tional Company, bnt an application has
been filed in the court to have the title
changed. '
George W. G. Ferris Dead.
Pittsburg, Nov. 25. George W. G.
Ferris, who conceived and built tbe
world-famous Ferris wheel, died at
Mercy hospital in this city, at 11
o'clock this morning, of typhoid fever.
His illness was brief, and it was only
Friday that he was taken to the hos
pital. Attending physicians say his
system was greatly ran down by over
work. Chinese Returning- Home.
Taooma, Nov. 25. The steamer
Walla Walla today arrived from San
Francisco with over 100 Chinese pas
sengers, who will sail on tbe Olympia
for the Orient, leaving Thursday. Sev
eral dozen Celestials have arrived from
tbe east to take passage on her. The
exodus of Chinese to their native land
is greater this fall than usual.
A Cashier Speculated.
Lebanon, Pa. , Nov. 25. The
amount of the defalcation of Cashier
John H. Hoffer, of the First Nation
al bank, will reach $100,000 or more.
Sunday, Hoffer sent out for General
Gobin, director of the bank, and made
a olean breast of the affair. Tbe di
rectors are able to make good the loss,
and say tbe depositors will not suffer.
Hoffer was a heavy speculator in real
estate.
One cannot know what a man really
is by the end of a fortnight.
The railroad track from Coquille City
to Marshfield and Myrtle Point was
greatly demolished' by last week's
freshet, many bridges being afloat and
the roadbed badly damaged in many
places. '
Last week's snow storm was much
more severe on the Sound than in Port
land. At Taooma fully nine inches
covered the ground, retarding to a con
siderable extent railway and street-oar
traffic. The Sound cities have received
no through Eastern mail for a week.
Owing to the many protests received
by Superintendent Irwin against bis
decision to allow the holiday teachers'
meeting to go by deiault, it is likely
that he may reconsider his decision
and make another effort to secure a
meeting place. The teachers think
that among the numerous towns of Or
egon there surely must be at least one
where a suitable hall for holding the
meeting may be secured. '
The Prince of Wales' celebrated
"Norwich Gates," at Sandringham,
are considered the finest specimens in
the kingdom of wrought iron.
Officer, va. Bandits.
Deputy United States Marshal Mo
Blinohy has had a fight with Black
lack's bandits, at Separ, N. M., kill
ing the notorious Bob Hays, and
wounding George - Musgrove, alias
Davis, who escaped. None of the posse
was injured. Black Jack, Frank An
derson, Bill George and another es
caped, and the posse is in pursuit.
The fight occurred -near the Southern
Pacific road. This is the most desper
te gang that has ever infested Arizona.
Guns for Uncle Sam' Soldiers.
It is reported that partial orders have
been placed by the United States gov
ernment with the Winchester Arms
Company, of New Haven, Conn., for
100,000 guns of the Lee pattern. Tbe
information is given by a commercial
agent who maae a business call upon
the oompany. He was told by the offi
cers that the government was contract
ing for the rifles on account of a pos
sible war with Spain.
Wire. Were Grossed.
C. C Udell, a street car conductor,
of Los Angeles, Cal., while telephoning
to the central station was knocked
down and instantly killed by an eleo
trio shock. The telephone wires and
trolley wires of the street railway bad
beoome crossed. . ,
Struck by a Train.
Al Polliok, a young lawyer, and tbe
Misses Lulu and Lizzie Lind, daugh
ters of tbe proprietor of the Lind hotel,
were instantly killed by a railway train
while attempting to cross the track in
buggy at Conoord, Ky.
Murder at Bait Lake.
The body of Ednrado Delveoohlo was
found in tbe saburbs of Salt Lake with
two bullets holes in the side. No mo
tive is known for the mnrder.
Burns Midnight Oil.
President Cleveland is burning mid
night oil in the preparation of his an
nual message to congress. The mes
sage Is being written in sections and
will be put together in consecutive
form just before it goes to congress.
All of Mr. Cleveland's messages have
been distinguished by neatness and
olean penmanship, and the forthcom
ing will be no exception. He is writ
ing every word of it by band.
Peace In Armenia.
A Constantinople dispatch says Mon
tignore Mahai Ormanian'a election as
the new Armenian patriarch is an ex
cellent sign of peace in the future. An
imperial iarde will be issued, approv
ing tbe election, and tbe next day the
patriarch will enter npon his Amotions.
He has already decided that religious
councils shall take immediate steps to
examine the rules of organio law,
which will doubtless be modified.
. Selling Their Children for Bread.
Rev. B, P. Mackay, of Toronto, Can'
ada, -foreign ' secretary of the Presby
terian church, has received a letter
from one of the missionaries in India
whiob tells of a terrible tale of distress
and suffering because of the failure of
the wheat crop in that country. Peo
ple are on the point of starvation;
parents are selling their children for
bread, while some are leaving them to
perish from want
Must Stand Trial.
Mrs. Susie Martin, of San Franoisoo,
declared innocent of murdering her.
husband, must stand trial for insanity.
Her counsel claims tne proceedings are
irregular, but Judge Wallace refused
to release her, ansd the case was con
tinued two days, when the jury .will
pass npon her mental condition.
1.1 Bung- Chang Dlngusted."
A Singapore dispatoh says it is
rumored that Li Hnns Chans will re
turn to private life, being disgusted
with the treatment he received on bis
return from his journey around the
world. This dispatch also states that
tbe new Japanese-Chinese treaty gives
no concessions to foreigners.
Another Bank Falls.
The First National bank of Sioux
City, la., has olosed its doors. The
failure is due to heavy withdrawals
The bank is one of the oldest institu
tions in the oity, and was considered
one of the soundest The amount of
liabilities baa not yet been mad
known.
Insurgents Defeated.
An official dispatch from Manilla
sent to Madrid says the insurgents
have been defeated in an engagmeent
with the Spanish troops fought near
Santa Cruz. The enemy lost 500 men
killed, the government loss being slight
The Shortage In Cereals.
According to the official report the
yield of principal cereals in fifty gov
ernments of European Russia and the
Caucasus in 1896 is 16,950,000 quart
ers below the average of the last thir
teen years. ..
A Colliery Horror. - '
A firedamp explosion occurred in a
colliery near Berlin, Germany. Twenty-five
bodies have been reoovered.
Forty or fifty men are known to be still
entombed.
Fatal Boiler Explosion.
The boiler of Reno Bros. ' sawmill,
twenty miles northeast of Sedalia, Mo ,
exploded, demolishing the mill, kill
ing John Reno and. severely scalding
Edward Reno. '
Bear Caused a Stamp de.
A Paris dispatch says that during a
bull and bear fight at Figueras, in
Spain, near the frontier of . France tbe
bear broke bis clain and scrambled
among the audienoe. Many persons
were injured in the stampede before
tbe bear was killed.
By a olever ruse a man disguised as
a postman easily secured a bag of repis
teted letters of the value of 43.000
francs from a mail cart in the Rue du
Alletnagne, Puris, and decamped..
The Omaha Exposition,
fjnvernnr Lord, of Oreeon. is in re
oeipt of a request from John A. Wake
field, secretary of the Trans-Mississippi
International Exposition, urcinsr the
appointment of a vice-president for tbe
state oi Oregon, xne exposition is to
be held at Omaha, beginning in June
and endinsr in November. 1898. The
governor is anxious to learn of resp -n
sible citizens who will accept such ap
pointment ' ' . .' r-. .
Denmark allows every subject, male
or female, who is sixty years oi age, a
mail pension. .
WITH CLUBS AND KNIVES
Slavs and Hungarians Fight
at Cleveland, 0.
TWENTY MEN ARE INJURED
Fuss Began Between Two Hen Whose
Respective Coteries of "Friends Soon
Joined In the Melee One Will Die.
Cleveland, O., Nov. 25. Almost
the entire population of Franklin ave
nue hill composed largely of Slavs and
Hungarians, with the exception of the
women and babies, engaged in a fight
last night. It was the bloodiest battle
of the year around the river front and
Columbus-street districts. Fully forty
men were from start to finish engaged
in the terrible enoounter. At least
twenty persons were more or less seri
onsly injured. ' -
The following are the only ones
whose names could be learned:
Sylvester Carter, aged 60, five cuts
in the back and six outs in the head,
will probably die.
James Carter, 25, four cats on the
bead, will recover. .
John Sprends. 33, clubbed "on the
head, will recover. ,
Joseph Sprends, 19, clubbed on the
back and head, not seriously injured.
William Malloy, out in the back and
head repeatedly, may die.
The fight started on the street be
tween James Carter and John Sprends
over a trivial .matter. Carter jostled
Sprends in passing, which led to angry
words, and later to tbe fight Other
men soon came upon the scene, among
whom were friends of both combatants,
and within a few minutes there was a
throng of fighting and oursing men
armed with knives and clubs, whiob
were used with bloody effect. When
the police arrived many, of the partici
pants in the battle had fled, but a num
ber who were unconscious or too badly
injured to escape were taken to the po
lice station. The others were remove!
in ambulances to the hospitals. It is
said there is a broken head today in
nearly every house on the hill.
A COLONIZATION SCHEME
Land Grant to Be Settled on the Co
operative Flan.
Topeka, Kan., Nov. 25. Optiona
have been obtained on 2,000 aores of
land in Crawford county, where it is
proposed to locate a colony organized
on the oe-operative plan. Among the
leaders of the. movement are Chairman
Briedenthal, of the Populist state com
mittee; Congressman-elect Ed. R.
Ridgley, a f usionist; Chris D. Hoff
man, of Enterprise, and ex-Stats Treas
urer W. H. Biddle, all well-known
citizens."- The-main- idea ia oaring for
the thousands of unemployed.
"It is believed," said Mr. Brieden
thal, "that a plan of organization em
bracing both production and distribu
tion, where labor is given employment
at the usual wages, and capital is sim
ilarly employed, the profits being
shared between both, and where labor
is given the opportunity to apply pay
ments for a home will, if put in opera
tion, result in a few years in a prosper
ous, contented and happy community
of home owners, emolovins themselves
and owning their own industries, free
from debt or other inoumberanoe, it
being understood that the plan pro
posed will embrace the idea of resident
members ultimately absorbing the en
tire capital.
"It is expected that a central oom
pany will own the land and oonduot all
industries and business of the commun
ity, but this company would ultimately
consist of members of the community
nnlv. I believe the dan is feasible.
and there is no doubt in my mind that
It will ha carried ont successfully.
The plan offers opportunities to a class
who have no opportunities elsewhere.
CHILD BURNED TO DEATH.
Its Mother, Who Was Crazed With
Orlef, Tried to Kill Herself.
Spokane, Wash.,- Nov. 25. Russell
Warren, the 2-year-old child of Solo
mon S. Warren, burned to death this
afternoon in the apartments of the Hol
land block. Mrs. Warren went out for
a few minutes, and when she returned
she found the child on tbe floor with
his clothing in flames. He had appar
ently turned on the gas in the gas
stove, struck a match and was knocked
down by the concussion. He lived
about two hours, in great agony. His
father was at Lew is ton, Idaho, and
was summoned home by a telegram.
The child's mother got a revolver and
attempted to kill herself, but was
quickly disarmed. She was crazed
with grief, but was somewhat calmer
this evening. Solomon Warren is a
brother of ex -Chief of Police Joel E.
Warren, of this city, and of Felix
Warren, a well-known driver.
He Left tbe Jewels.
Cincinnati, Nov. 25. A stranger to
day stole a tray of diamonds from
Clemens Oskamp's store on Vine street
Being closely pursued he dodged into
an adjoining building, where he left
his overooat and diamonds in a wash
room and escaped. The diamonds were
worth $8,000.
Sntc'de of a Millionaire.
New York, Nov. 25. Hjlmas Ro
maine, of Patterson, N. J. , whose es
tate is estimated at about $1,000,000
committed suicide on his farm at Ro
chelle Park, Bergen county, N. J., to
day, by shooting himself. Romaine
was identified with many local enter
prises. - He was formerly president of
the Patterson Railway Company.
Executive ability is tbe faoulty of
getting somebody to do your work.
American Iron for Austria.
Detroit, Nov. 25. F. A. Goodrich
& Co. today received an order for 2,000
tons of charcoal pig-iron for Budapest,
Austria. . The iron is required for the
manufacture of oar wheels, and tbe or
der is the largest ever reoeived for ex
port by any Amerioan firm.
Cut In Wages Caused a Strike.
" Richmond, Va., Nov. 25. About
100 men, employed at the factory of
the Virginia & North Carolina' Wheel
Company, went on strike today on ao
oonnt of a 10 per cent reduction is
wages.
X" RAYS AND THE BLIND.
Edison to Try Bis Experiment on
Millionaire Rouss.
New York, Nov. 25. Charles Brad
Way Rouss is arranging with Mr. Edi
son for treatment with Roentgen rays
in the hope that his sight may be re
stored. Since the electrician began
his experiments in applying "X" rays
for the restoration of sight no one has
taken more interest in the subject than
the millionaire merchant, who, for
more . than two rears, has been prac
tically blind.
"That is a single ray npon which to
base my hope,"' said Mr. Rouss. "I
have tried every oculist and every treat
ment that promised relief, and offered
$1,000,000 for a cure, but it has all
been of no avail. If there is power in
this man called the "Wizard'' to re
lieve me I want to know it ". i :
John P. Martin has for some time
acted as Rouss' proxy, hoping for a
restoration of his own sight, and has
submitted to all kinds of treatment,
but without favorable results. Now
he is to he a subject of the rays. Be
fore Martin becomes tbe subject of the
experiment, Edison wishes to investi
gate further and solve preliminary
problems. When this has been done,
a most elaborate and carefully prepared
line of treatment will be entered upon
with Mr. Martin as patient Every
step and effect will be carefully noted
and the result reported to eminent ocu
lists for their professional opinions.
Then if the treatment shows any ten
dency to restore sight or even to retard
tbe waste of the optio nerves Mr. Rouss
will be given the same treatment
THE LOST COLLIER.
Eight of Ber Crew Lue Their Lives in
the Surf. -
Point Arena, CaL. Nov. 25. The
steam collier San Benito, which went
aground a few miles north : of this
place, will be a total wreck. Eight of
tbe vessel's crew have been drowned,
and the remaining thirty-five, after
suffering terribly from exposure, were
taken from the wreck today by boats
from the rescuing steamer Weeott In
the terrible fog of Sunday morning,
the San' Benito crashed ashore in a dan
gerous locality, and is now resting on
the rocks gradually beating to pieces
by the combined action of gale and
surf. When the steamer grounded two
boats were lowered, but they were all
drowned. The captain and remainder
of the orew stuck to the ship until
taken off by the rescuing steamer. So
far as known those drowned are:
O. W.. Soott, first assistant engineer.
C. H. Condon, second assistant en
gineer. M. Prendergast, fireman. "
John H. Sheridan, messboy.
Three seamen, names unknown.
. A Fatal Bunting Accident.
' Oakland, Cal., Nov. 25. A distress
ing .booting acci4ejjt.opcniediePtet.
day on the Newark marshes. Matthew
Peterson, son of a well known contrac
tor of this oity, was shot and killed by
Albert Kline, a San Francisco commer
cial traveler, bis companion in a duck
hunting trip. The shooting occurred
late in the afternoon not far from
Newark. Peterson and Kline were
seated near a blind in a duck pond,
awaiting a flight of birds. A flock of
ducks started near them, Kline called
to his companion to go to the blind, a
small platform bidden with tnles. As
Peterson rose Kline reached for his
SuUtgUlJ. xue YY Cfljjuu wan uiuuuj,
and slipped in his hands. Tbe contents
of both barrels were emptied into Peter
son's head as the triggers were acci
dentally pulled.
Peterson was conscious almost until
be died. He made a statement to the
physicians and to the local justice of
the peace exonerating his companion.
He said the shooting was purely aooi
dental. --.
A Pallbearer Killed.
Double Springs, Ala., Nov. 25.
John Wei ton i"3t a horrible death at
Shilob burying-ground near ' here,
while acting as one of the pallbearers
at the funeral of Junius Roberts, a
farmer. The coffin was lowered into
the grave by straps. The strap held
by Welton and another man snapped
as the coffin was being lowered. Wel
ton lost his balance as the strap broke
and fell headlong into . the grave,
which was six feet deep. : At the same
time the rear end of the coffin whiob
had been held by the broken strap also
plunged downward. The falling coffin
struck Welton on the head and banged
him against the si.de of the grave,
which was of hard soil. Welton was
extricated, but died two hours after
ward. ;
. A Football Player Nearly Killed
Chicago, Nov. 26. During a foot
ball game this afternoon, Gavin
Wright, 15 years old, was tackled
around the neck and thrown to the
ground, the other players piling on top
of him. The ligaments of Wright's
neck were snapped and he reoeived a
concussion of the " brain. He cannot
live twenty-four hours.
' Russia Proposes to Partition.
- London, Nov. 25. The Daily Mail's
Berlin correspondent says the Grand
Duke Nicholas, of Russia, on a recent
visit to Vienna, took with him a pro
posal for the partition of Turkey among
the powers and to make Constantinople
a free port Russia to have Asia
Minor and England to have Egypt.
Insult to the Spanish Flag.
New Castle, DeL, Nov. 25. It has
been learned here that the Duke of Te-
tuan, Spain's minister of foreign
affairs, has cabled to Senor de Lome,
minister to the United States,' to pro
test to the Amerioan government
against the insult to tbe Spanish flag in
this oity last week, when a local mili
tary company carried tbe Spanish col
ors from tbe armory and burned them.
The shortest time for circuiting the
globe at present is sixty-six days.
'. Well Being Bunk in the Capitol.
Salem, Or., Nov. 25. The work of
sinking a well on the artesian plan
was beenn on the state capitol grounds
today. Secretary of State Kinoaid has
contracted with tbe Watson Bros , oi
Portland, to bore into tbe earth until
water - to hia taste shall be found.
Four-inch pipe is' to be used: Tbe well
ia fain sunk close to the Intersection
of tbe walls in the northwest angle of
the capitoL It is hoped to have the
work completed in time ior tne mem
bers of 'the legislature to drink from
tbe fountain. 1
HED IN THE- COW
Three More Lives Lost in the
Turbulent Stream.
MUCH DAMAGE TO PROPERTY
The . Town of Hamilton, In Skagit
County, Totally Wrecked by the
' Flood of That Kiver No Lives Lost.
Cbebalis, Nov. 24. Additional
though meager details of the floods in
the upper Cowlitz valley, in the eastern
end of this county, were received to
day.' A letter written by L. A. Davis,
to Mrs. Davis, at Cora, states that
great damage was done in that vicinity.
She says the mailcarrier just-informed
her that A. K' Brown, his wife and
20 year-old daughter were drowned in
the Cowlitz. , Brown's house and barn
were swept away.
; Siler, a well-to-do farmer, lost a
valuable team and all his livestock.
York, a neighbor, lost much stook. The
water ruined many farms, destroyed
promising orchards, and swept away
barns, houses, fences and stock for
many miles in its oourse.
John Shumaker, the farmer whose
wife and five children were drowned,
died from ; exposu-e. When found by
neighbors he was exhausted and de
mented. Superintendent Sheldon said today
he had ascertained that the, loss of the
Cbebalis Water Company at the pump
ing station on the Newauknm, near
town, was more serious than supposed.
It will probably amount to several
hundred dollars. V -
A Skagit Town Wrecked.
Seattleg Nov. 24. Notwithstanding
yesterday's severe snow storm, all the
trains in and out of Seattle are run
ning, although the schedule time has
been masbed to pieces. Seattle is still
in tbe clutches of Bnow and slush. ".
Probably the town in Skagit oonnty
to suffer he most by the flood of the
Skagit river was Hamilton. The town
is a complete wreck. The big brick
store building of Barker & Fountaine
is a heap of ruins, and the goods are
buried under the fallen walls. Every
thing is in: a horrible shape. The
streets are washed out, sidewalks gone,
and the town is filled with trees,
stumps and rubbish. Everyone is dis
couraged ! and heartbroken, and the
scene beggars description.
No lives were lost, although there
were several, close calls. The water
was in every bouse in the lower part of
town, - ar-3 some of the people were
prisoners upstairs until Sunday noon,
when they were taken off in boats. -
The track of the Seattle & Northern
railway between . Woolley and Hamil-
stroyed, and it will probably be two
weeks before the road is in good work
ing condition again. The loss to up-
river ' ranohers win be Heavy, as con
siderable stook was lost
MURDERER CONFESSES.
The Omaha Hotel Mystery Is Cleared
Away.
Omaha, Nov. 24. Charles H. Ell
iott, now in the county jail, has con
fessed to the murder of Gay Hutson
pillar, his friend, in the Windsor hotel
here last Tuesday. His . . confession
covers twenty typewritten pages. He
says Hnjsonpillar was about to leave
for Montana, and continues:
"I owed him $15, and wanted him
to sign a receipt for it, and he would
not. - I told him I would not pay un
less he did. He called me a fool, and
said be would take it out of my hide."
Elliott then picked up a coupling pin
and struck bis friend, and . becoming
alarmed at his hard breathing, went to
a drugstore and bought fifteen cents'
worth of chloroform, saturated a towel
with it, and put it over Hntsonpillar's
face. , Elliott then left the hotel and
took the Northwestern train east, and
was arrested at Cedar Rapids. He did
not know at the time that Hutsonpillar
was dead. He adds:
"I took only $21 of his money. The
rest of the money found on me, about
$65, was sent me by my unole at
Akorn, O."
The Terror's Gnu Trial. -
Atlantic Highlands, N. J., Nov. 23.
The monitor Terror did today What
no other ship in . the United States
navy ever did. She fired solid shot at
sea from her four 10-inch guns in one
volley. All were fired as if one piece.
They were fired by electricity from
the bridge. Nearly 1,000 pounds of
powdecwas burned in doing it, and a
ton of metal was hurled into the deep.
That volley represented $500 worth of
material destroyed. Tbe recoil of the
guns represented no less than 56,000
foot tons, and yet the Terror showed
scarcely a tremor as tbe guns plunged
back from the discharge and then slid
into their places. That same energy
would have lifted one ton 56.000 feet
in the air. That reveals the possibili
ties of such craft as the Terror, whose
largest guns are of the 10-incb size.
It is beoause of the fact that the Terror
may mark another distinct advanoe in
naval affairs by Americans that thiv
was of unusual significance.
. Banotauz' Speech Approved.
Paris; Nov. 24. French newspapers
generally approve.the speech made by
M. Hanotanx, minister of foreign
affairs, in the chamber yesterday, in
reply to M. Milleraud, socialist, as to
whether convention between France
and Russia aotually existed, and, if so,
what were its main .lines. The news
papers recognize : that M. Hanotaux
could not be 'more explicit Tbe so
cialist newspapers alone, complain of
bis reticence.
; Died From Ber Burns.
Los Angeles, CaL, Nov. 24. Mrs.
Addie Diloe, a widow residing at Re-
dondo, was burned so badly this morn'
ing she will die. Her apron caught
fire from a stove and her clothes were
entirely burned from her body and the
flesh horribly roasted before help came.
:.. Russia Bfjects French Proposal.'
London, Nov. 24. A Times dispatch
from Vienna says Russia has rejected
the ,Trenoh proposal to improve Tur
key's finances The Austrian papers
comment npon this aa a disagreement
between France and Russia.
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Downing, Hopkins & Co.'s Bevlew of
'.. Trade.
Portland, Or., Nov. 25. Wheat
traders who base their operations on
the prospective rather than the present
soaroity of wheat have bad their posi
tion fortified ' during the past week by
reports of unfavorable seeding in
Russia and France, it being too wet in
the latter and too dry in Southern
Russia for the crop to make good prog
ress.1 They were also encouraged by
reports of damage by locusts in Argen
tine. Millers took wheat freely in all
markets, and operators bought a few
cargoes at Chicago and at the seaboard.
The millers appear to have the buying
craze about as badly as the speculators,
but tbe condition of the flour trade ia
not such as to make one radically bull
ish. In the Northwest : the millers j
have sold so much flour for export that
foreigners have supplied their wants
for tbe time being, and export sales for
the week shows a decided falling off.
While it is admitted that there is no
big surplus of wheat,' and that exports
are the heaviest since September, 1893,
and we have sent out 67,000,000 bush
els of wheat and flour from the United
States and Canadian ports sinoe July
1, or 26,000,000 bushels more than last
year, and that our exports of flour up
to the first of the year will be heavy,
there is every possibility of our having
enough to eat nntil another crop is har
vested.
A trade paper is credited with the
statement that, estimating our total
crop this year at 400,000,000 bushels,
we have left only about 22,000,000
bushels available for export. That is
a trifle less than one-third of the 67,-
000,000 bushels already gone from
both coasts since tbe close of last June.
We are not informed as to tbe basis. of
this estimate, but may remark that,
even if the crop were 50,000,000 larger
than this, which hardly is a supposable
oase in view of recent advices, there
still would be left little more to go ont
in the next eight months than has been
taken away in the first third part of the
crop year. , There is little use in turn
ing out exact figures for quantity when
so muoh uncertainty exists in regard to
the actual yield, but enough is known
to make it reasonably certain that the
United States does not contain as muob
wheat in publio and private stores, in
cluding those of the farm, as will be
wanted for home oonsumpiton and ex
port between this and the time of our
next harvest, and we think a good
many of onr people will waken up to a
perception of this fact, and of its vast
importance long ere the departure of
the last cargo which has been bought
by shrewd foreigners at 15 to 20 cents
per bushel less than they would have
to pay for the article today. It well
may be said that sharp declines here
are in order, but they will only furnish
opportunities for buying to greater ad
vantage, as we should have to go back
many years in the record to find a
season' wben''the "Britisb people were
so completely dependent npon tbe
United States for bread aa they are
today. .
THE COMING SESSION.
Senators Look for Little Save Boutine
Legislation. -:
Washington, Nov. 25. Members of
the senate are coming to Washington
each day, and from interviews with
each of the arrivals it is apparent that
the senators expect little save routine
legislation, inoluding the passage of
the annual appropriation bills, at the
short session of congress. .
Senators Cockrell, of Missouri, and
Hawley, of Connecticut, both gave ex
pression to thier opinions today, and
both likewise agreed in the opinion
that nothing need be expected at the
ooming session in the way of helping
along an international bimetallic, con
ference. Senator Hawley does not be
lieve tbe Dingley bill will be enacted
into a law, adding:
"The Dingley bill is confessedly a
mere makeshift, with all the defects
inoident to horizontal increase or de
crease of duties. If it should be passed
as it is, it seems to me it would be tbe
duty of the president to assemble con
gress as soon as possible after March 4
for a diligent consderation and revi
sion of the whole tariff in a considerate
and conservative spirit, to the end that
a bill might be passed that wonld stand
the test of years, subject, of oourse, to
an occasional correction where new in
ventions and changes in trade may de
mand it. It is to be remembered, also,
that the Dingley bill expires by its
own limitation in August, 1898, and
it is impossible to evade the question;
therefore, the more speedy aotion there
is taken, tbe better."
An Armenian Scrap. .
Lynn, Mass., Nov.-25.. The timely
arrival of the police prevented a riot at
an Armenian meeting last night 'The
meeting was an attempt to amalgamate
two branches of tbe Heobagist Revolu
tionary Society, an Armenianv organ
ization, to whioh nearly every one of
the 300 Armenians in this city belong.
Soon it was evident there was a strong
sentiment against the movement and
one of the speakers was interrupted.
He resented this and aroused tbe ire of
some in tbe audienoe. Some person in
tbe gallery hurled a chair, which pre
cipitated a free fight on the floor, in
which knives were drawn, but the po
lice rushed in and cleared the halL
Vancouver, B. C, Nov. 25.' A. C.
Stewart, a schoolteacher in tbe Mount
Pleasant publio school, was probably
fatally shot this afternoon. He was
examining a 38-oaliber revolver in
Riokard's cigar store, whioh was not
thought to be loaded, but one cartridge
had somehow been left in the gun. He
was in the act of taking the revolver
from Rickards when it went off, the
bullet striking him in the left breast
Tbe doctors think there is but little
hope of Stewart's recovery.
Bismarck Warns Germany.
Hamburg, Not. 25. The Hambur
ger Naobricbten, Bismarok's organ,
flatly acouses England of trying to kin
dle an European blaze under the pre
text of helping the Armenians. The
N a oh rich ten says further that Europe,
with inconceivable blindness, is play
ing into England's bands, and warns
Germany not to be allured by the dan
gerous adventure.
- With 20,895 newspapers and period
icals in America and Canada tbe people
ought not to suffer for information and
opinions. -
! Of
Both Spaniards, and Natives
Tired of the War.
EDITOR C0E0NAD0 INTERVIEWED
Weylers Latest Edict Many Non
comba ants Murdered by Bis Sol
diers Morro Castle Executions.
New York, Nov. 23. Manuel M.
Coronado, editor of the Cuban patriots'
paper. La - Discussione, published in
Havana, who escaped from that city in '
the last days of October, after General
Weyler had ordered his arrest, reaohed
New York this morning. He brought
with him important news for the junta
in this city, and early this afternoon
visited the headquarters. Of his escape
be said: '
"When I learned by private tips that
3eneral Weyler had ordered my arrest,
made immediate preparations for es
cape. The ordev was not a surprise.
I had secured a disguise in tbe oostume
of an ordinary sailor. When my house
was surrounded by troops. I hastily
shaved off my heavy mustache, and,
donning my disguise, whioh- also in
aluded a heavy false black goatee, I
stepped into tbe house adjoining and
made my escape to the street, as I
thought, unobserved. I jumped into a
oarriage. An alarm was given and tbe
police pursued me in another. I worked
an old game. I told my driver to keep
ahead, and, watching for an oppor
tunity, jumped from the carriage and
walked back on the pavement, mingled
with the crowd and made my escape to
the country.
A few days afterwards I prefer
not to give dates, I shipped aboard a
sailing vessel as a common sailor. The
oaptain knew me, however. We
reached New Orleans after an unevent?
ful trip, and I came to New York by
rail, arriving this morning."
In reply to a question as to the gen
eral feeling of the people living in
Cuba, he said, through an interpreter:
"Today we might say that Spain
holds Cuba by sheer force of arms.
The whole country, Spanish and Cuban
alike, desires peace at almost any sacri
fice, and although it may seem strange,
tbe Spanish element are quite as pro
nounced in this feeling as the Cubans,
and wish peace and independence for
Cuba. -
"It is thought that Cuba again un
der Spanish rule would be unable to
pay the enoromus war debt already in
curred or to stand the tremendous tax
that would now invariably be imposed
by Spain upon Cuba, and another up
rising would, under those - conditions,
follow. Spain would have to expend
great sums of money to keep Cuba in
submission. The war debt now is esti
mated at $500,000,000, and ia accumu
lating at the rate of $12,000,000 a
month.
"If Cuba gains her independence in
this struggle, and I hope and maintain
that she will, she will start afresh with
wonderful possibilities for her. Spain
will soon be f oroed, by lack of funds,
to withdraw her troops. The opinion
I express is not that of transient Cuban
residents, but of merchants and laud
owners, Spnnish as well as Cuban.
Tbe Spaniards express this opinion in
private only, as publio expression would
insure their execution as rebels.
Weyler does as he pleases. His
latest edict is that all persons, men,
women and ohildren, who are found
outside of the Spanish lines, shall be
considered rebels and shot as such.
This edict was published only in the
official gazette in Havana, which cir
culates among officers and officials only.
There was no way in which those out'
side of these circles could learn of the
edict. There is no railroad to Pinar
del Rio from Havana, and it is in this
province that the edict has cost many
lives. People taken under this edict
are marched outside of tbe gates of tbe
city and shot down by soldiers. Tbe
reports of prisoners captured by Weyler
are -only the capture of these poor
devils.
"The former practice of the Spanish
authorities of shooting prisoners in
Morro castle and throwing tbe bodies
into the water for sharks, has been
stopped, beoause not long ago several
bodies drifted into the bay of Havana.
The authorities explained to inquiring
citizens that the men bad probably
drowned. Bullet holes in the head,
however, dispoved this. The people
would welcome anything to hasten tbe
end, not only on account of the loss of
DTonertv and life, but on aooount of
the massacres."
Indian Bunters Unrestrained.
Denver, Nov. 23. A speciil to the
News from Lander, Wyo. , says: Par
ties arriving here from Hobaok canyon
report that a large party of Bannock
Indians from Fort Hail reservation are
slaughtering elk, antleope and deer in
that vicinity, and that this nas been
going on for some weeks without mo
lestation on the part of the authorities
of Uintah county. White men of that
vicinity say that there ia no money in
the oonnty treasury to prosecute these
Indians, consequently they are allowed
to do as they please. An effort will be
made in the next legislature to pass
such laws as will provide to proteot
game, x
London, Nov. 23. A Daily News
ninnatch from Paris oontains an inter
view with Mr. Jewett, United States
consul at Sivas, Turkey, who is on his
wav to New York. Mr. Jewett seemed
to think, savs the dispatch, that M
Hanntanx. the , French minister for
foreign affairs, was too confident tt tha
sultan's sincerity in his promises to accord-
reforms. Mr. Jewett attaches a
oreat deal of importance to the young
Turkish aeitation in Turkey. He will
return to Armenia in r ebrnary.
' Mrs. Wy lie's Suicide.
Los Angeles, Nov. 23. Mrs. Fannie
Wylie committed suicide this morning
by taking morphine. . Mrs. Wylie was
the mistress of Thomas Starr Wylie,
whose suicide a few weeks ago, be
cause of tbe liaison between tbe two, ia
still fresh in tbe publio mind. She at
that time made an unsuooessf ul attempt
to end her existeneo, and threatened
to make a better job the next time.
The woman left behind a note saying
she loved Wylie in life, and had gone
to join him in death. She also request'
ed that her remains-be placed near
those of Wylie.- '
i
WORLD'S WHEAT MARKET.
A Scheme to Establish an International
Price. '
Washington, Nov. 24. The Post
this morning says:
A conference of nations on the sub
ject of the world's wheat market is un
derstood to be desired by at least one of
the great foreign wheat-growing em
pires. It is stated in official circles
here that Rusisa is partioulary friendly
to such idea, and is believed be to mak
ing overtures, not only to the United
States, but to England, the Argentine
Republic and Austria, whioh are tbe
principal wheat-growing nations of the
world. Tbe idea suggested, as out
lined here, is that the nations, should
they see fit to unite in an agreement
upon the subject, could fix a price for
wheat to be maintained uniform.y
through various seasons of overproduc
tion and unsatisfactory orops. caused
by drought or continued rain, and thus
make the principal grain staple npon
whioh tbe millions of consumers de
pend for food, almost as unchangeable
in value as gold itself has beoome.
This would enable the producer, in the7 -event
of an unusually large crop, to
store his wheat and obtain thereon a
loan that Would tide him over nntil
wheat was in demand in the wolrd's
market, when be would get a full and
fair prioe for it.
A FLAX MILL TO START.
Promotion of Industry in Oregon Is
Fairlv Under Way. ' '
Portland, Or., Nov. 24. Mrs. W. P.
Lord, wife of Governor Lord, untiring
in ber efforts to promote tbe flax in
dustry in Oregon, held a conference in
Portland yesterday with Dr. Thornton,
of Washington, and Henry L. Deniel,
relative to the project. The conference
yesterday was the result of long oorre-'
spondence among interested parties.
Tbe plan, as given by one of tbe con
ferees, is to organize a stook oompany
of $100,000 capital, and to oontraot
with farmers to furnish a specified
quantity of flax per year, the contract
to be based upon a reasonable estimate
of the amount Oregon soil will produce
per, acre. Enough flax thus guaran
teed, machinery will at once be orderea
and a manufacturing plant located
somewhere in the state. Salem stands
a good ohanoe to be selected as the site.
The purchase of the old Sootch mills is
under consideration.
A SHOOTING AFFRAY.
California Man Went After Bis Wlf a but
Got Cold Lead Instead.
Jackson, Cal., Nov. 24. A shooting
affray occurred early this morning on
the Payton ranch, three miles east of
Amadon City, resulting in the instant
killing of J. Thomas, at the hands
of W. Payton, his brother-in-law.
Thomas, married a sister' of Payton.
Their married life was unhappy, and
their, matrimonial jars led to -several
separations, the wife returning to her "
folks on more than one occasion. The
last separation' took place a few daya
ago. About 5 o'olock this morning,
Thomas repaired to the Payton place,
and, rousing the inmates, said he bad
come for his wife. He was told it was
no time to come, whereupon Thomas
drew a pistol and commenoed shooting,
one shot taking effect in Payton's
shoulder. Payton then went into the
house, got his shotgun and fired at
Thomas, killing him instantly.
A Bridge Gave Way.
Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 24. A
party of a dozen young people, who left
Ensley City last night, in a wagon for
a bay-ride, had their merriment trans
formed into death and disaster before
tbey had proceeded a mile. A new
bridge has just been completed across
Village oreek. While crossing tne
stream the bridge gave way, preoipitat-
ing the wagon and its load of human
freight fiiteen feet below into the wa
ter. William Shannon was injured
about the head, and died today. Mag
gie Hartigan was injured about the
bead and back, and will probably die.
Charles Barnes was badly injured about
the head and' internally. Several
others of the party were seriously in
jured. The cause of the accident was
that the stringers of the bridge were
too short and gradually worked off the
sills. The water in tbe creek was six
feet deep, and but for tbe timely work
of those least injured, the ladies and
those more seriously injured would
have been drowned.
A Murder and Suicide.
Mayfield, Ky., Nov. 24. A murder
and suicide occurred here today. R.
Baker, a farmer, recently sued for di
vorce, tie ana nis wue nan not uveu
together for some time, and bitter feel
ing existed between them. Today,
Baker went to see his wife at his resi
dence, and when she would not listen
to his overtures, he shot and killed her,
and then shot himself twice. Both died
almost instantly.
Emperor William Disgusted.
Tendon. Nov. 24. The Daily Mail's
Berlin correspondent says he fears that
Emperor William is disgusted with the
proceedings of the reiohstag, and ia
determined to dissolve that body un
less the increased naval credits are
voted.. He regards them as the mini
mum consistent with the efficiency oi
the navy, and considers the navy will
prove a splendid electioneering ory.
An Antwerp Fire.
Anhrnrn. Nov. 24. A disastrous fire
has ooourred in the market known as
Laoite. A number of stores and bouses
were destroyed, and the damage done
is estimated at $300,000.
Working Bours Increased.
Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 24. Owing
to a heavy increase in traffic on the
Missouri Paciflo Iron Mountain road,
the working hours at the shops here
have been increased to nine hours per
day. Seven hundred men are benefited.
Canadian Line Opened, r
Vancouver, B. C, Nov. 24. A train
has arrived over the Canadian Paoifio
with some twenty-five passengers, who
bad been held at North tsena oy stiaes,
but who walked over the elides and .
reaohed the connecting train. - The
traok is fast being opened and a tele-.
gram received . at the time of writing
states that a through train will arrive
today, v: v ;--; .'v. '. '.
: Paris papers report the death, at the
age of 112, of Mme. Darielle.Rostkow
ski, the widow of a Polish officer and
mother of fifteen obildren. '