VOL. XXXIII.
CORVALLiIS, BEXTOX COIJXTY, OR EG OX, FRIDAY DECEMBER23, 1896.
XO. 41.
CONGRESS IN SESSION.
CARLISLE'S REPORT.
DRIFTED ON THE BEACH. .
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
I OF THE WEEK
From All Parts of the New
World and the Old.
OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happenings of the Past Week
Culled From the Telegraph Columns.
The convention of the American Fed
eration of Labor has adopted a resolu
tion declaring that no official of tho
federati n should affiliate with any
political party.
Antonio Jorco, a religions fanatic,
who murdered his father near Vine
land, N. J., last week, has been killed
by the sheriff. He was trying to mur
der his keeper, and the sheriff felled
him with a club.
In anticipation of severe fighting
there, two German warships have been
ordered from Hong Kong to Manila.
The government is acting in this mat
ter in agreement with other powers for
the protection of their subjects.
A Paris paper publishes interviews
with prominent mm of France and a
foreign diplomat, all of whom reproach
. Great Britain and Spain for abandon
ing France in the Mexican expedition
of 1862, the object of which, they say,
was to create an American government
to counterbalance the power of the
United States.
The Russian ambassador, M. de Neli
doff, has had an audience with the
sultan of Turkey, at which he vrged
the introduction of reforms and the
granting of amnesty to imprisoned
Armenians. The sultan asserted that
the reforms agreed upon by the powers
already had been executed and prom
ised to issue an amnesty decree in a
few days.
M. Phillipe Eugene Cuissart. radical
deputy for the first division of Laen,
France, is dead. .
A Rouen dispatch says the French
steamer Marie Fanny is a total loss,
off the island of Alderney. The cap
tain was saved. Fourteen members of
the crew were drowned.
Ernest Chase, of Detroit, Mich., cut
the throat of ia wife, and with the
same weapon cut his own throat from
-ear to ear and fell dead beside her.
The . tragedy was the climax of a life
". of unhappiness. . "
Alexander Salvini, son of Tom a so
Salvini, the great Italian actor, died
in Florence, Italy. He died of intes
tinal tuberculosis. The Italian news
papers publish eulogistic obituaries of
the deceased actor.
The London News has a dispatch
from Berlin with reference to rumors
of reprisals against American patro
leum. , It says that German consumers
are likely to suffer more by this move
than American exporters, Russia being
: iYarcaiy a33 to supply Garmany.
Governor McGraw, of Washington,
has offered a reward of f 250 for the ar
rest and . conviction of the person or
persons who placed dynamite or other
explosive? under the building occupied
by L. A. Plant and brother, at Prairie,
- in Skagit county. . This is in addition
to the reward,of $250 offered by the
commissioners of that county.
neprensiiuiave finis, ox wregun, lias
introduced a bill extending until Janu
ary 1, 1899, the time in which settlers
upon forfeited railroad lands can make
payments. The bard times have made
it diffioult for settlers to make their
payments, and Mr. Ellis has been
asked to secure an extension. There
ought to be no objection to the bill,
and it will no doubt pass, if time can
be obtained for its consideration..
Senator Squire, of Washington, has
prepared an amendment which be in
tends offering to the sundry civil ap
propriation till, directing the secretary
of the interior to apply $ 25,446 upon
the penitentiary at Walla Walla. -This
is the amount that still remains unex
pended of the appropriation of $30,000
made by congress for the purpose of
building a penitentiary ki Washington.
It is the intention to have the balance
used to construct a wing on the peni
tentiary. Hon. A. G. Blair, Canadian minister
of railways and canals, and Colonel
James Domville, member of parliament,
were in Seattle recently and while
there Mr. Blair recited the results of
his investigations of Crow's Nest Pass
railway in British Columbia. He says
the country is undoubtedly such that it
will demand better railway facilities ,
Cdonel Domville, one of the leading
liberaliJts in the Dominion, says gov
ernment aid should be extended to the
Crow's Nest Pass railway. His idea
is to run it as a public highway.
The net results of the experiments of
the board which is investigating the
battleship steel has resulted in the con
demnation of nearly the whole amount
now stacked up in the Newport News
Ship-Building Company's yard. Six
out of twelve test pieces, which should
have been folded back on the vessels
without breaking, either broke short off
as readily as cast-iron, or tore apart
with less brittleness, but none the less
certainty of failing to meet contract re
quirements. These tisclosures will
lead the board to extend their investi
gations much farther than anticipated.
Another race riot occurred near May
field, Ky. , and a hundred shots were
fired at the residence of Tom Chambers,
colored, and the house afterwards
burned. A number of negroes have
been warned to leave town, and more
trouble is expected.
The Southern Paoifio train was held
Tip by masked men about 200 miles
from San Antonio, Tex. Three men
ordered the engineer to stop the train,
and, while one stood guard at the en
gine, the two others went through the
express car and secured about $70.
H. C. Allen was found frozen to
death forty-two miles east of Buckley,
Wash., on Silver river, in the Gold
Hill mining district The body was
found forty rods from Allen's cabin.
He had gone out on a trapping exepe
dition. Not returning, a rescue party ;
went out from Buckley, and, after a
week's search, fonnd the body, which,
was buried in the mountains In the
spring it will be brought out by the
G. A. R. post to which he belonged. .
Governor Morton has refused to
pardon John Y. McKane, a memer of
the Tweed gang, who is now confine c
In prison in Albany, N. Y.
Senate.
Seventh day The session of the sen
ate developed the most eventful and
exciting debate that either branch of
congress has heard in a long time. It
brought forward the recognized leaders
of the various parties and elements, in
cluding such conspicuous figures aa
Sherman, Frye, Teller,- Gorman, Vest,
Aldrich, Piatt, Mitchell of Oregon,
Chandler, Hale and Allen, in notable
statements on the leading questions
which have engaged the attention of
the country of late. Not only was the
line laid down on tariff and finance,
but the debate partook of all the pent
up feeling resultant from the national
contest. It was dramatic in its inten
sity, and at all times absorbingly in
teresting to the crowded galleries and
body of senators. The debate came un
expectedly when Vest called up the
Allen resolution for consideration of
the Dingley bill, in order to make re
marks on it. But it remained for Sher
man to formally announce that the
Dingley bill was dead. He said he
could not always speak for his asso
ciates, but, in view of what had been
said on the floor, he felt that he could
safely announce now that the Dingley
bill could not be pased, and that it was
useless to waste futher time on it
Eighth day The senate today passed
the immigration bill, known as the
Lodge bill, With a new section provid
ing that the exclusion shall nqt apply
to persons arriving from Cuba during
the continuance of ' the present disor
ders there. The strength of the bill
was greater than had been expected,
the final vote being 52 to 10. As
passed, the bill amends the immigra
tion laws so as to exclude from admis
sion to the United States all persons
over 16 years old who cannot read and
write the language of their native
country or some other language,, but an
admissable immigrant over the age of
16 may bring in with him, or send for
his wife or parent or grandparent or
minor children or grasdobildren, not
withstanding their inability to read or
write. The Cuban section added to
the bill provides that the act shall not
apply to person's arriving in the United
States from any port or place in the
island of Cuba during the continuance
of the present disorders there; provided
such persons have heretofore been in
habitants of, that island. The house
amendments to the bill concerning
lands of the Atlantic & Pacific Rail
road Company were nonconcurred in
and Hill, Piatt and Clark named as
senate conferees.
Ninth day The main event of the
day was the presentation by Mr. Came
ron of the report of the committee on
foreign relations favorable to his reso
lution, recognizing the - independence
of Cuba. The proceeding was brief
and perfjmotory, the report not being
read, and an agreement was speedily
reaohed by which the resolution and
report go over until after the holidays.
Aside from the Cameron report Morgan
of Alabama presented a further report
on the - same - lines, -embodying 'the
views of himself and Mills. The offer
ing of the reports severd as a prelude to
several brisk exchanges between sena
tors. Mr. Gear made an unsuccessful
attempt to take up the Pacific railroad
funding bill, and then gave notice it
would be urged after the holidays.
House
Seventh day Bailey of Texas, creat
ed a ripple of excitement in the house
today by asking immediate considera
iton of the resolution to investigate the
construction of the battle ship Texas.
Dingley of Maine, thought the resolu
tion ought to be considered by the com
mittee on naval affairs before being
aoted upon; he therefore objected. On
motion of Chairman Hull of the com
mittee on military affairs, the house
went into committee of the whole for
consideration of the army appro
priation bill. Several amendments
looking to the abandonment of the
army and navy hospital at Hot Springs,
Ark., and the surrender and transfer
of the reservaiton to the interior de
partment were offered.
Eighth day The house today passed
the third of the regular appropriation
bills (that for the support of the army),
and entered upon consideration of the
legislative, executive and judicial bill.
The latter bill carries $21,669,369, or
$36,399 more than the law for the cur
rent year. Fair progress was made to
day. It is expected this bill and the
military academy appropriation bill
will be passed before the holiday re
cess. Tie army bill, as passed, makes
no provision for the army and navy
hospital at Hot Springs, Ark. .
Ninth day Almost the whole day
was devoted to a debate on the pro
vision of the bill relating to the con
trol of the new congressional library.
Both the appropriations - and library
committees offered plans for the future
care- of the building. - After a some
what acrimonious contest, the appro
priations committee gained the vic
tory, defeating the . substitute of the
library committee by a vote of 27 to 85.
An amendment designed to place the
employes of the library under civil ser
vice law was also defeated, 27 to 73.
Librarian Spofford's salary was raised
from $4,000 to. $5,000. The senate
amendments to the immigration bill
were nonconcurred in. Bartholdt,
chairman of the immigration commit
tee, sought to have the bill .and amend
ments recommitted to his committee.
New York, Deo. 23. The competi
tion between the Amerioan sugar re
finery and the firm of Art) tickle Bros.,
coffee merchants, is on in earnest
Another reduction of one-half a cent
per pound in the wholesale price of
roasted coffee was made today, the
second reduction this far, and there is
a margin yet of four or five cents, it is
said, before rock-bottom prices can be
reached; that is the price at which a
bare margin of profit can be, made by
the roasters, if any at all.
Spain's War Preparations.'
Madrid, Dec. 22. El Heraldo as
serts that the minister of war; General
Azcarraga, Is preparing numerous
pamphlets on the geography, topog
raphy and military condition of the
United States to distribute to the chief
offloera of the Spanish army.
An eminent oculist asseits that orjera
glasses hired in theaters often spread f
eye diseases. r .
Sun spots are believed to be openings (
in the sun's photisphere, or luminous (
envelope, through which the orb is
lean.
Twenty Men Were Imprisr
oned in Afterdamp.
RESCUE WORK BEGAN EARLY
Fourteen Were Taken Out Alive
Touching; Scene About the Mine
Bock Fell on Dynamite Magazine.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Deo. 23. A ter
rific explosion oocurred this afternoon
in Baltimore shaft No. 2, of the Dela
ware & Hudson Company. Over
twenty miners were imprisoned, but at
a late hour tonight fourteen bad been
rescued alive, and there was hope of
releasing the others before the deadly
afterdamp claimed them as victims.
Immediately after the disaster be
came known, rescue gangs descended
the shaft, but it was some time before
the ventilation had been so managed
that they could work in safety. The
party which entered the mine at 9:45
tonight succeeded in pushing their way
to the plane wnere the imprisoned men
had been working, and there they
stumbled over the bodies of a number
of unconscious men. As quick as the
work could be accomplished they were
brought to the surface, where a corps
of dootors were in waiting. Wrapped
in blankets, some of the victims were
sent to their homes and some to hospi
tals. The physioians have hopes that
all -may reoover. Had they been in the
dump five minutes longer all would
probably have died of suffocation.
- John Healey, one of the rescuers,
who was first to discover the bodies on
the plane, says the men were huddled
closely together. They had apparently
abandoned all hope of rescue, and were
resolved to die together. The supposi
tion is that the men, when they real
ized their danger, made their way to
the highest point on the plane. The
smoke found its way to them, how
ever, and they were all but suffocated
when found.
The theory of the explosion is that
there was a fall of rook on the slope
where the dynamite was stored; that
the dynamite exploded and the smoke
filled the plane. -
Grief . was turned to joy when the
resoued men were brought to the sur
face. Women and children wept and
strong men clasped each other in their
arms. It is probable that those who
were in the immediate vioinity of the
spot where the explosion occurred were
the only ones killed, and they may not
be over four or five in number. The
mine is in the northeast section of the
city, and employs, when in full opera
tion, about 350 men and boys. About
one-third of this force was at work to
day, and the number of workers was
further reduced after 3 o'clock, when
the day shift came out
When the explosion occurred, an hour
later, there were probably , sixty -men J
in the mine. Of this number, forty
or thereabouts succeeded in getting 1
safely to the surface. Those imprison-
ed were at work in a plane fully a j
mile from the shaft. They were driv
ing a tunnel, and were in what waa
considered a safe place.'
- The first knowledge of the catas
trophe came to the surface by the noise
of the explosion. The men in the engine-house,
who had charge of the
hoisting carriages, gave the first alarm.
A rescning party was organized, but
it was after several efforts had been
made that the imprisoned men were
reaohed. .
A FATAL BOAT RIDE.
Three Young; Men -Attempted to
Cross
the Swift Hood River. . . -
- Hood River, Or., Dec 23. Charles
Bell, Carl Woods and W. W Edger
man, working on the flume of the irri
gation ditch where it crosses Hood
river, about twelve miles from town,
built a boat to be used in carrying lum
ber over at this point The river is
very rapid, and, while crossing this
afternoon, the boat became unmanage
able and started down stream, striking
a rook, capsizing and throwing the un
fortunate men out and at the meroy of
the cold, rushing water. Bell, being
an old log driver, managed to reach
shore in safety. Woods and Edgerman
were drowned. The bodies were not
recovered. .
A resoue party will endeavor to re
cover the bodies before they float out
into the Colubmia. - Woods and Ed
german were both single men. ' Woods
was a resident of Hood Biver, but Ed
germ an' s residence is unknown, as he
had but lately arrived here. -
American Students In Paris.
Paris, Deo. 23. At a meeting of the
connoil of the university of Paris, Vice
Rector Girard read a communication
from the professor of politioal science
upon the Amerioan students In Paris.
The memorandum had agreed with the
views of Professor . Henry Moissan, thepany was appointed receiver for both
distinguished chemist and a member
of the French institute, pointing out
that American universities are sympa
thetic to France, and that their stu
dents wished to study in French uni
versities. But, he added, they needed
to return to America with a diploma.
The council finally deoided to examine
the suggestion of granting diplomas to
American students. .
An Uprising Feared.
Berlin, Dec. 23. A dispatch- for the
Franfort Zeitung from - Constantinople
says a rising of the young Turks party
is feared there. Fifty young Turkish
officers escaped arrest, fleeing from the
city, and a number of army officers of
high rank have been taken to Yildia
palace to be tried by court-martial. At
the palace it is further stated that the
usual precautions for the safety of the
sultan hava been doubled, and every
suspect approaching the palace is ar
rested, . .
, The Durrant Case.
San Francisco, Dec. 23. What may
prove to be Che beginning of the end of
the Durrant case took place in the su
preme court today. The brief of Theo
dore Durrant was filed, although there
has been much discussion as to whether
it could now he file 1, the usual time
for doing so having elapsed. How
ever, .Durrant was finally granted re
submission. Attorney-General Fitz
gerald also filed a brief, ably replying
to the defendant's counseL Durrant
is now given ten days in which to file
a brief in reply. v - , : -
I Statement of the Government's Flnan.
cial Condition Debt Is Increasing.
Washington, - Deo. 23. Secretary
Carlisle, in his annual report on the
state of the finances shows the revenues
of the government from all sources to
have teen $409,475,408, and the expen
ditures $434,678,654, which leaves a
deficit for the year ended June 1,
1896, of $25,203,245.
In addition to the ordinary revenues
collected daring, the year the cash in
the treasury was increased by the fol
lowing sums:
. From the sale of 100,000,000 4 per
oent thirty-year bonds $111,166,246;
aud from the issue of 4 per cent bonds
in liquidation of interest accrued on
refunding certificates converted during'
the year, $4,130, making a total of
$111,170,376.
. As compared with the fiscal year
1895, the receipts for 1896 increased
$19,-102,215, of whioh the following are
the principal items of increase:
Customs ......... .'.Z.-..Z. . 7,863,134
Internal revenue 3,341,192
Profit on coinage of bullion doposited,
etc .... 1,256,512
Postal service 6,dl6,oso
' There is shown to have been a de-
! crease in ordinary expenditures of $4,-
015,852.
ESTIMATE FOR THIS YEARv
The revenues of the government for.
the current fiscal year are thus esti-
mated upon the basis of existing laws:
From customs 1148,000,000
I From internal revenue loj,utM),U00
Miscellaneous sources .................... 2ti,uuu,u00
From postal service 8v,793,120
Total estimated revenue f 407.793,120
The expenditures for the same period
are estimated at $472,293,120, leaving
an estimated deficiency for the year of
$6 1, 500,000.
These estimates of receipts and ex
penditures, the secretary . says, are
made upon the assumption that there
will be no snbstantial change in exist
ing business conditions, and that the
present scale of public expenditures
will not be reduced. But if onr "ordin
ary business' activity should be resumed
and the consumption of articles subject
to taxation should increase to its
normal proportions, there may be, in
fact, no deficiency in our revenues.
LAWYER STEEVES ACQUITTED
Jury Came
to an Agreement
After
Three Days.
' Portland, : Or., Dec. 23. Xenopbon
N. Steeves is a free man This morn
ing at Hillsboro at 10 o'clock the one
juror who hung out for conviction cap
itulated, and a verdict of acquittal was
returned to Judge McBride's court -
For over twenty-four hours the ballet
stood eleven for acquittal and one for
conviction. Saturday the jury stood
ten for acquittal and two for oonvio
tion, but yesterday one of the obstinate
jurors gave up and sometime last night
the twelfth man voted "not guilty"
and the jury went tor sleep. This
morning when .the baliff of the court
was ; called he, was .informed that an
agreement hatflnTBacllBd':3 'f
Juror Catohings was indisposed from
the long confinement He became so
ill yesterday that he had to be taken to
a pbysioian. . .
The great expense of the trial and
the time and care expended in trying
the dase demanded a verdict one way
or another, and when the result was
announced in Portland general satis
faction was expressed. The Steeves
jury locked up last Friday evening
and up . to- last night it was generally
expeoted there would be a disagree
ment Steeves returns i to Portland this
evening. He was the recipient of
many congratulations from friends to
day on his aoquittaL His friends in
Portland have been confident of his ac
quittal throughout, and have resolutely
stood by him during the trial.
A HEAVY FAILURE.
Rational Bank of Illinois Closes Its
Doors Was a Large Concern.
Chioago, Deo. 23. The National
Bank of Illinois, one of the oldest and
best-known banking institutions in the
city, with assets of between $12,000,
000 and $15,000,000, closed today.
The following notice was posted on the
doors before banking hours:
"This bank is in the hands of the
national bank examiner, by order of
the controller of the treasury." ', ,'
This action was decided upon at a
meeting of the directors last night
after the bank had been suspended from
the Clearing House Association of
Chioago.
Of the sixteen banks that cleared
through the National Bank of Illinois,
two are closed E. S. Dyer & Co and
Warmansdorf & Heineman. These two
are mortgage loan banks and savings
societies in a small way, and their
failure is not expeoted to affect any
business houses. The assets of E. S.
Dyer& Co. are given at $1,000,000;
liabiliites, $1,200,000- Warmansdorf's
assets are $650,000; liabilities, $400,-
000. The Security Title & Trust Com
firms.
Six banks have made arrangements
to clear through other banks, and the
remainder of the sixteen are making
similar arrangements as fast as possible.
The failure was a great sui prise in
financial and - business circles. " The
cause of the suspension, as given in
resolutions, are "unwarrantable and
injudicious loans" -
' Ca dlnal Batolll's Church.
Rome, Deo. 22. In the presence of
numerous prelates and the best-known
members of the Amerioan colony, Car
dinal Satolli today took formal posses
sion of the titular churoh of Santa
Maria del Ara Cooli, to 'which he was
assigned by the pope at the last con
sistory. Cardinal Satolli delivered an
eloquent disooarse in connection with
the, ceremony.
The room in whioh Napoleon died is
now used as a stable. -
" A Big Lump of Gold. '
. New York, Deo. 21. One of the.
largest nuggets of pure gold of wbioh
record has been made that was fonnd
in North or South America, is now in
the office of Carter, Haley & Co., Wall
street It was found in a placer mine
in Dutch Guina, on the north coast of
South America. It is in the shape of
an irregular honey-combed- triangular
plate about ten inches long on the base
line by six and a half inches thick. It
weighs 15,64 pounds troy and seems to
be pure enough to sell for $20 an ounce,
or $8,768.60 for the whole mass,.
A New West Virginia Drink
r. ..... proved Fatal.:
PHYSICIANS DOING THEIR BEST
S . -'. C 1 -
Three Who Partook of It Died In
-. ts '
Terrible Agony, Three Are Insane
and Many - -Are Dangerously 111.
V. Wheeling,' 'W. Va., Dee. 32. Ad
ditional details from Ben wood, the new
oil field in Monroe county, O., concern
ing the poisoning from drinking "es
sence of cinnamon," a substitute for
whisky, sold at a speak-easy, confirm
th, first reports, . Three well-knwon
m?4 are dead, several are 'seriously ill,
Land three insane.
J It seems that one of the stockkeepers
a- Benwood got hold of the fact that a
Wheeling drug firm was putting up a
preparation called "essence of cinna
mon," which contained a large per
centage of alcohoL The merchant laid
in a large supply of the stuff and in
formed the people about that he had a
good thing. It was received yesterday,
and he sold a great deal of it Several
who partook of the "essence'-' soon
beomne ill and three of them, after ter
rible suffering, died. .
The symptoms were the same in all
cases. The first man taken ill was W.
H. Price, on whose farm the Fisher
Oil Company drilled its first welL Be
fore a physician could arrive, he was
dead. He died in awful agony. Mr.
Price was one of the most prominent
and wealthy citizens. His royalties on
his farm aggregated $3,000 a month.
He leaves a widow and one . child.
Charles Herbert, a butcher of Sarges,
O., was the next attacked and he was
quickly followed to eternity by Thomas
Clegg, an oil driller. Others who
were attacked by the same symptoms,
but are stilly alive, are Colonel Clegg,
Henry Both and a cook in jl boarding
house. About fifteen other persons are suf
fering from the . eff eots of the poison.
A number of physicians are on the
ground, and hope to save their lives.
PIANO LAMP EXPLODED.
five Persons Burned to Death, ia a
; . Ktv York Fire.
New York, Deo. 22. The .explosion
of a piano lamp on the second floor of
the four-story residence, 514 East
Fifty -eighth street, resulted in the loss
of five lives tonight
: The dead are: Aaron Goldsmith, 45
years old; , Clothilde Goldsmith, his
wife, 83 years old; Bertha Goldsmith,
Harry Goldsmith and Frank Gold
smith, aged 10, 8 and 6 years respec
tively. .- : .' - -v -
The only other person in the house
at the time of! the fire was Mary Rosa,
a servant, who saved her life by jump-
f in gnrNif'ihsrndows-Tlie family
was together during the evening. Ac
cording to the story told by the ser
vant, she was on the third floor of the
house in the act of putting Harry and
Frank, the two youngest boys, to bed,
when she heard the cry of fire ooming
from the floor below, with calls to her
to come down. She ran out of the bed
room and hurried downstairs, the chil
dren following her. As soon as she
looked into the front room on the sec
ond floor, she saw the whole front end
of the room ablaze. Then she beoame
frightened, and ran into a a rear room
and jumped from an open window to
the ground. What more happened she
does not know, but says that the fire
was oaused by the upsetting of the
large piano lamp.
A PHYSICIAN DROWNED.
Iiost Bis Life In Trying
to Save His
-Boat.
San Diego, Cal., Deo. 23. Dr.
Joseph Rodes, one of the best known
physicians in this city, was drowned
today at La Jolla, about twelve miles
from this city. . The doctor, in com
pany with his brother-in-law, John
Keenan, had been fishing. When oom
ing in, their boat upset in the surf.
They clung to it until they were res
cued by two fishermen, W. E, Gonl
man and Bob Stewart Rodes and
Keenan were taken aboard the fisher
men's boat, which started for shore.
The doctor, however, suggested that
they right their own boat and take it
in.
While trying to do this, a breaker
capsized the fishermen's boat and all
four men were thrown into the water.
Dr. Rodes was struck on the head by
one of the boats, and although Keenan
held him . up in the surf, life was ex
tinct when the doctor was brought
ashore. It is supposed the blow on
the head stunned him.
Dr. Rodes leaves a widow and two
children. He came here from Phila
delphia, where he has wealthy rela
tives. An Ail-Around Fight.
Ashland, Pa., Dec 22. During a
free fight on Center street last night,
Michael and John Gouldin, William
Evans and Anthony Cummings
were badly cnt about the face and
arms. . Robert MoCormick, ex-chief of
police, was stabbed in the back.
Michael and John Gouildin are not ex
pected to reoover. The affair has
caused considerable excitement
Forty Miners Were Killed.
Budapest, Deo. 32. The colliery
disaster at Resohitza resulted from an
explosion of fire damp, and has proved
more serious than at first reported, forty
persons having been killed and twen-ty-seevn
are still missing. There are
two tonws in Western Russia, one of
whioh is called Rezhitsa and the other
Resohitza. .
It is usually considered that an adult
should drink about three pints of liquid
a day. ;.. r : - " .
x Diax Had a Narrow Escape.
City of Mexico, Dec 22. President
Diaz and Finance Minister Limantour,
'accompanied by other personages, nar
rowly escaped being the victims of a
frightful aooident The carriage in
which they were seated was crossing
the tracks of the Hidalgo railroad as a
tra'ui was backing rapidly down. The
presence of mind of the coachman, who
put on brakes, saved them.
,Z?he laboratories, - museums, 'insti
tutes, etc, connected with the univer
sity of Berlin cost the state $530,000
Spar.
German Bark .Potrimpos High and Dry
on Washington Coast.
Astoria, "Or., Deo. 22. The fourth
deep sea vessel to go ' ashore on ' the
Washington beach this year was strand
ed at 7:30 o'clock this morning at Pa
cific Park, about six miles north of
Ilwaco, close to - the . spot where the
Strathbhme went ashore in 1891.
This time the vessel is the German
bark Potrimpos, Captain Henry Helle
wege, in ballast from Mazatlan, Mexi
co, to the Columbia river. The officers
and crew numbered eighteen, and all
were saved by the Ilwaco beach life
saving crew, who arrived on the scene
soon after the disaster . occurred. Just
before their arrival, however, six sail
ors from the vessel landed in one of the
ship's boats. It is very lucky that all
hands landed without- mishap, as the
surf breaks heavily all around the ship
at high water. - Two of the crew of
the ill-fated Glenmorag were killed in
attempting to do just what part of the
Potrimpos' crew -did, namely, launch
ing one of the ship's boats in the surf.
The ship is in good condition, hav
ing received no serious injury while
crossing through the surf. - She now
lies so high on the beaoh that at half
tide a person can walk to ber dry-shod.
Acoordiog to the captain's story, at
daybreak this morning he sighted land
and was on the lookout fox a pilot or
tug, but the vessel soon ' became per
fectly helpless and drifted towards
shore. The captain ordered both
anchors out The order was no sooner
given than it was carried out, but the
current, whioh sets in very strongly
all along the beach at certain stages
of the tide, was too strong, and the
ship dirfted through the breakers and
on to the beach, both anchors still be
ing out
.The Cape Disappointment lifesaving
crew left for the scene of the wreck on
a special train, but arrived too late to
assist in landing the crew.
The'sbip lies broadside on the beach,
high and dry, but if work is com
menced immediately, and arrangements
made so that lines can be passed oat to
a tug, she can be safely pulled ' off at
the next high tide, which ocours on
the 24th inst The vessel is in plain
sight of the stranded Glenmorag. - ;
. The men and officers have oome
ashore, and Jhe captain will stay by
until some definite plans are agreed
upon. - -
"BOUNDARY TREATY.
Will Be BatiBed by the
Venezuelan
Congress.
New York, Dec 22. A special from
Caracas, Venezuela, says:
There is no doubt that the Venezue
lan congress will ratify the Guiana
boundary arbitration treaty. with Eng
land, negotiated by the United States;
that President Crespo is entirely satis
fied with it is known officially. Your
correspondent has talked with the gov
ernors of four states of the Venezuelan
republic, and all favor the raticfia-
tion of We treatyr',r'' '
President Crespo received Senor Jose
Andrade, Venezuela minister to the
United States, who came from Wash
ington recently, bringing with him a'
draft of the treaty for ratification.
The president reoeived at the same time
James J. Storrow, the Boston attorney
who prepared and submitted to the
boundary commission appointed by the
United States, Venezuela's brief answer
to the British bluebook summary of
the case. Senor Andrade and Mr.
Storrow sailed Sunday for New York.
The ratification of the treaty by con
gress, whioh meets in February, is al
most pertain.
' A BAD WRECK.
Three Pastengers on si Freight Train
Were Killed and Seven Hurt.
' Dallas, Tex., Dec 23. A special to
the News from Shreveport, La., says:
. About 5 o'clock this morning there
was a bad wreck on the Texas & Pa
cific railroad, near Sodus, La. Al
though no information is given by rail
road official, it is learned from private
sources that three men were killed and
seven badly injured. It appears that,
as a west-bound freight was bound up
a steep grade, a collision occurred at
the foot of the grade, the crash splin
tering several cars. None of the train
men were injured, as they were in the
caboose. The oonductor and crew res
cued the injured, and they were sent
to the Charity hospital.
Following are the wounded: C. L.
Gates, of St Paul; Dave Miller of St
Louis; Frank Terry, of Argentine,
Colo.; Charles Williams, Jerry Hen
derson and George Brown, residences
unknown. The names of the killed
are not known.
Political Agitation la Moscow.
London, Dec 32. The Vienna cor
respondent of the Daily Mail reports
that, as an outcome of the agitation in
Mosoow, one student has been sen
tenced to death and others to - twelve
years' imprisonment This politioal
aigtation oame to a bead in efforts to
hold meetings commemorative of the
Khodinsky plain disaster, during the
coronation of the czar, which were
prohibited by the police. - :
Anarchists Sentenced to Death.
Barcelona, Dec '22. Eight of the
anarchists who recently had their trial
in this city for 'throwing a bomb into
the Corpus Christi procession last June,
have been sentenced to death.
- Football in Mexico.
Columbia, Mo., Deo. 33. The Mis
souri . Tigers, the crack team of the
Missouri state university, have re
ceived an invitation from President
Diaz, of Mexico, to play a game of
football in that country, and have made
arrangements to start for the - City of
Mexico immediately. The ' game will
be played at the Indianola grounds De
cember 37. The Tigers returned home
recently after playing a series of suc
cessful, games in Texas .. '
' ' Protest Against Choctaw Treaty.
South MoAUester, 7. T. , Dec 23.
The people of South MoAlester held a
mass meeting last night, and entered
a decided protest against the treaty be
tween the Choc taws . and Dawes com
mission, claiming the treaty is unfair,
unjust and oppressive to non-citizens,
causing them to pay . double value for
improvements, a practical confiscation
of the property of the poorer classes, if
it becomes a law.
. Of the 300,000 fossil insects collected
from all over the world it is said that
only twenty of these are of the butterfly.
Ill
Severe Earthquake Shocks
Felt in England.
THE MOST VIOLENT IN HISTORY
Wlnsdor Castle Booked Panie In Sev
eral Palaces A : Large Ares Af
fected Death Reported From Fright.
London, Dec 31. An earthquake,
the most violent ever experienced in
this country, has shaken every shire
from Durham to Surrey, and from Lon
don to the Welsh coast The subter
raneous disturbance was first noticed
about 5:30 this morning, and lasted
from four to five seconds. At many
points two distinot shocks were experi-
l enoed. . The most severe shocks were
felt at Cheltenham, Ledbury and Dean
forest The earthshaking was 'accompanied
by a loud rushing sonnd. Buildings
were violently shaken, furniture shift
ed, doors thrown open, picture and
other ornaments upset - The-inhabitants
were panio stricken and fled from
their houses.
The earthquake also visited Bir
mingham and various points in Shrop
shire, and was violent in Worcester
and the country surrounding that city.
The shocks were followed by a
tremor of the earth. The greatest
alarm prevailed everywhere. Chim
neys were overthrown, windows, etc,
smashed. At some points on the coun
try road persons were thrown down; a
number of people were thrown out of
their beds. - Hereford cathedral was in
jured. The dull rumbling beneath the
earth's surfaoe- was followed by two
loud crashes and a terrible lifting and
rocking.
The panio of Hereford was so great
that one woman died from fright
People rushed wildly into the streets.
Many chimneys fell crashing into the
thoroughfares. All the pinnaolea of
St Nicholas' church toppled over and
a part of the pinnacle of the cathedral
fell.
At Liverpool the earthquake was
preceded by heavy thunder and a fear
ful bail storm. In London the earth
quake was only slightly felt
At Bridgennorth, near Shrewsbury,
before the disturbances, the streets
suddenly seemed to he on fire, and there
was a violent rise accompanied by a
thaking of the earth. People going
abroad in that vioinity say they were
enable to walk owing to the vibrations.
There was great excitement among the
people about Poole, who thought the
end of the world had oome.
Houses shook for nealry. a minute at
Bristol and Clifton, causing much
alarm. Railroad employes at Crewe
report that they felt the rails oscillate
At Eversham -the shock was followed
by a brilliant light in the sky.
-"The disturbance was violent fit War
wick Castle. The Earl of Warwiok
felt his bed lifted as though by some
.force beneath it, and the furniture in
the room shifted. The- inhabitants of
the Slough were awakened by a shock
so severe that they thought the Mid
dlesex powder factory had exploded.
Near Stockport, and at Melton-Mow-bray,
the noise which accompanied the
earthquake shook resembled a discharge
of gun cotton under water. Many
strange experiences were reported in
connection with the earthquake.
The earthquake shock seems to have
been felt in greater or less degree
throughout the length and breadth of
this island, throwing from bis feet the
laborer toiling in the highway and
penetrating in effects to the abode of
royalty itself. The shock was felt dis
tinctly at Windsor castle, and some of
the royal household were shaken in
their beds. Furniture, china and "orna
ments were rattled in several rooms on
the north side of the castle. An officer.
describing the effects as they seemed to
him, says the castle literally rocked.
The sensation was first supposed to be
due to an explosion at Hounslow.
ICE RINK BURNED.
Costly Building in Pittsburg De
stroyed. Pittsuburg, Deo. 31. The beautiful
and costly Casino building in Sohelloy
Park was destroyed by fire early this
morning; The flames originated from
the bursting of a large ammonia cylin
der in the ice machine of the skating
rink. The loss is estimated at $500,-
000.
The explosion occurred at 3:15 A. it.
The fire department responded prom pt-
ly, but considerable time was lost get
ting effective streams on the building
on account of a deep hollow, whioh ex
tends alongside where the fire started.
Noxious vapors which filled the in
terior prevented .the Semen from en
tering the Casino and fighting the
flames from the inside
By 4 o'clock the whole structure was
burning and made a grand sight The
Casino cost $300,900 and the equipment
more than $100,000 more.
Daring the conflagration a bridge
across the hollow was crowded. When
the fire appeared at the eastern end of
the balcony and oommunicated with
the bridge there was a general scatter
ing. Many spectators were out off
and compelled to pass into the park.
Strikers are Left.
Hamburg, Deo. 21. The polioe have
prohibited the strikers from patrolling
the port The strikers now offering
to go to work are rejected, the employ
ers having decided not to take any back
until the strike is ended.
For a Blaine Statue.
Washington, Dec 31. A bill intro
dnced today by Representative Bull,
of Rhode Island, appropriates $50,000
for the erection of a monumental statue
to James G. Blaine in Washington.
Wealth of Pe.-uvlan Mines. '
Lima, Pern, Dec 31. An interview
with Harrison and Hilfiker, manager
and engineer of the Santa Domingo
mines, at Carbava, confirm reports
hitherto sent of the wealth of the dis
trict. : Mr. Hilfiker. expects to make
an arrangement with the government
to construct a road twenty-one miles
in length, wbioh is necessary for the
sncoess of the undertaking. The con
tract is in the hands of Americans.
A scheme is on foot to have a geneial
oensns of the whole world token to mark
the end of the century.
Downing;, Hopkins A Co.'s Be view of
Trade.
Comparative quietness ruled in wheat
last week, the volume of business fall
ing off largely on account of the
smaller cash demand and the fact that
some mills have closed down. This
circumstance was seized upon by the
short dealers as an exouseto beat prices
down. They did not stop to consider
that mills in the Northwest shut np
shop temporarily that is the mills lo
cated at the head of the lakes did for
the purpose of making some necessary
repairs, and also to get ready for Janu
ary business. However, any excuse
will do for the seller to hammer values
down, no matter how absurd or ridi
culous it may appear. As a : result of
this one piece of news from Dulutb and
Superior, May wheat in Chioago sold
down to 79c, with, however, a quiok
recovery. Another thing that helped
the descent was the continuation of the
December deliveries by elevator people
They were very light on the first of the
present month, as is well known by
everybody in the trade, but since that
date have increased to such an extent
as to lead to the impression that ware
housemen wanted to take their profits
and let the wheat go out Outside
holders of December were, of course;
alarmed over these deliveries, and liqui
dated post haste, thus the wheat found
a final lodging place at point of ori
gination. The foreign news is just as mystify
ing as ever, cablegrams bring only par
tial encouragement, quoting ' prices
weak and depressed one day with 1 title
or no change, and the next day "a turn
dearer." Russian shipments were fair
last week. The visible supply for the
week made a good decrease, showing a
reduction of 2,028,000 bushels. This
was a surprise and much larger than
the trade expeoted.
In corn there is a very interesting
market to report Prices have not
changed since the last review.
In oats dullness is the rule. The
market is uninteresting. Quotations
show a loss of abont lo.
GENERAL MARKETS.
Portland, Or., Dec. 22, 1896.
Flour Portland, Salem, Cascadia
and Dayton, f4&0; Benton county and
White Lily, $4.40; graham, $3.75; su
perfine, f2 50 per barrel.
Wheat Walla Walla, 7880c; Val
ley, -3(a84cper bushel.
Oats Choice white, 4345c per bush
el : choice gray, 40(S.42c.
Hay Timothy, 13 00 per ton ; cheat,
?6.fi08; clover. $8.ti0g 9.00; oat, $8.00
10; wheat. $10.
Bablbt Feed barley, $21.00 per ton;
brewing, $22.
Millstuffs Bran. $15 00; shorts,
$16.50; middlings, J23.O0; rye, 90c
per cental.
Buttsb Fancv creamery is quoted at
r50c; fancy dairy, 85c; fair to good,
2022$c.
.Potatoes. California, 55c; Oregon,
60 (d 70c per sack ; sweets, 2c per pound.
..Onions 85c per satk..
Poultry Chickens, mixed. $1.60'?
2.00: broilers, $1.502 00: geese. $5.00:
turkeyB, live, 10c; ducks, $2.003.00
per dozen.
Eggs Oregon, 30c per dozen.
Chsesk Oregon, lie ; Young Ameri
ca, 12c per pound.
Tallow Prime, per pound, 2)3c;
Ko. 2 and grease, 22c.
Wool Vallev. 10c, per pound ; East
urn Oregon, 68c
Hops New crop, 910c.
Bbbf Gross, too steers, $2.35; cows,
1.752.25; dressed beef, 345o per
pound.
MuTTON-r-Gross, best sheep, wethers,
$2.00 ; ewes, $2.00 ; dressed mutton, 4o
per pound.
Vial Net, small, 5cJ large, 4c
per pound.
Hogs Gross, choice, heavy, $3.00
3.25 : light and feeders, $2.50; dressed,
$3.604.00 per cwt.
Seattle, Wash., Dec. 22, 1896.
Flour ( Jobb ing) Patent excellent,
$5.25; Novelty A, $4.75, California
brands fS.CO; Dakota, $5.50; patent,
$6.25: buckwheat Hour, $6.50; per cwt,
$3.50; graham. $4.00 per bbl; 10-lb
sacks, $2.50 per cwt ; rye flour, $5.00
per bbl ; 10-lb sacks, $2.50 per cwt ; rye
meal, $4.50 per bbl; per cwt, $2.40;
rolled oats, $5.766 per bbl; hominy,
$2.50 per cwt: cracked wheat, $3.25;
rolled wheat, $5.25 per bbl ; whole rolled
wheat flour, $2.60 per cwt; pearl barley,
per 100 lb sacks, $3.60; split peas, 4)4 c;
table cornmeal, yellow, $1.65 per cwt in
10-lb sacks: 50s, 1.60; white, 10s, $1.75;
60s, $1.65 ; flaked hominv. $2.50 per keg.
Wheat -Chicken feed, $27.00 per ton.
Oats Choice, $24(916 per ton.
Barley Rolled or ground, $20.00 per
ton.
Corn Whole, $22 per ton; cracked
$23 ; feed meal, $23.
Mxllstcffs Bran, $16.00 per ton;
shorts, $19.00.
Feed Chopped feed, $19.00 per too,
middlings, 24 ; oilcake meal, $28.
Hay Puget sonnd, per ton, $910;
Eastern Washington. $13.
Bcoab Golden O in bbl, 4c per lb ;
extra C in bbl, 4c; dry granulated in
bbl, 5c: cube, t3c; powdered, 5c
spot cash.
Butter Fancy native creamery, brick
6c; select, 23c; tubs, 21c; ranch. 18c
Cheese. Native Washington, l'12c.
Poultry Chickens live, per pourid.
here, 7dc ; dressed, 910c ; 'lucks, $2
3.50; dressed turkeys, 11(5 12c
Eggs Freeh ranch, 3 1(5 be; Eastern,
25c per doz.
Provisions Hams, large, 12c; bams,
email, 12jc; breakfast bacon, 10c;
dry salt sides, 6c per lb.
Fbkbh Meats Choice dressed beef,
steers, 5c; cows, 4jc; mutton, sheep, 6c
per pound; lamb, fie; pork, 6c per
pound ; veal, small, 6c.
San Francisco, Dec 22, 1896.
Potatoes Garnet Chile, 0850c;
Salinas Burbanks, 50 (S 75c: arly Rose,
C0(ati0c; River Burbanks, 26(a 35c;
sweets, 75ctl.10 per cental.
Onions 5060c perea -k for yellow,
35c for pickle.
Eggs Store, 23(324?: ranch, 30c:
ducks, 25o per dizen.
Buttert Fancy creamery, 23c: do
seconds, 21 22c; fancy dairy, 21c;
seconds, 1718c
. Cheese Fancy, mild, new, 1112j;
fair to xood, 910c: Yonng America,
1112 : Eastern. 19 a 22- per pound.
Hops 8 10c per pound for new.
Wool San Joaquin and Southern
coast, poor, 4(95; do good, 46c; San
Joaquin foothill, good to choice, 66
7fcc ; do year's fleece, 435c ; Nevada,
heavy, 6w7c; do. choice, 8 8Jc; North
ern, choice, 10llc per pound.
Hay Wheat, $81'.60 wheat and
oat, $7(810; oat, S63 barley, $7. 00pr
8 60; alfalfa, first crop, $4(35 do second
crop. $6.506.50;r clover, $68; stock,
$4.60(S5 60 ; per ton.
Citrus Fruit Mexican limes, $3.60(3 .
6.00; California lemons, $11.25; do,
good to choice, $l.&p2.00; fancy, $2.50
(g3.00 per box.
Tropical Fruit Bananas. $1.00(32.00
per bunch ;- pineap;ries, $2.604.0Q,
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