VOL. XXXIII
. CORVALXIS, BEiNTCXN7 COUNTY,
OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY J, 189T.
NO. 42.
I BS OF THE WEEK
From All Parts of the New
eWorld and the Old.
OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS
Comprehensive! Review of the Import
ant Happening of the Past Week
Called From the Telegraph Columns,
An ocoult temple wili be built in Sn
Francisco by. theoaophists, and f unds
have -already been subscribed. '
A strike instituted at Georgetown,
Mass.:, ' has thrown ont of work 200
men, and promises to embrace the en
tire six shoe factories of the town. A
threatened cot in wages was trie' cause
of the strike.
A family of ten persons and a num
ber of oattle have been engulfed by
the subsiding 'of a bog of "lOtt-Apres '
rear Castle island, county Kerry, Ire
land. Jt is stated that other persons
were drowned.
The foreign office informs the Asso
ciated Press-that no communication to
any power regarding Cuba and the
United States has been made by GreaA;
Britain,' and it is added that no repre
senatiops directly or indirectly have
been made on the subject to the United
States by Great Britain. If any other
power have done so, the foreign office
is not aware of the fact
The 'constructors of the Siberian rail
road have undertaken to build a line
through Mantchuria, starting from a
point on the river where the Siberian
toad j ins the trans-Baikelia line and
terminating at Mikolskaya, Russia.
The ministe) i;tl press of St. Peters
burg points out that this line will
make Russia the intermediary of peace
ful civilization between Europe and
Asia. '
A special trom Paris says it is sug
gested that Great Britain, France and
Italy, tbje powers most interested, offer
their services in the Cuban question in
order to prevent a conflict between
Spain and the United States, and ter
minate the revolt.
Dr. E.- Forbes, representing a Lon-
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' from the Oritnt'in' San Francisco, with
cases 'of medical instruments valued
at $80,000. He claims they are works
of art, and should be "admitted free of
duty. The customs authorities are
withholding: the instruments, however,
until the duty is paid.
The postmaster of Des Moines, la.,
had his oarfiera' look up worthy cases
of poor families and delivered presents
to them on Christmas morning. Sev
eral hundred dollars was" subscribed by
business men for the purpose. Scores
of letters were received from poor chil
dren telling what they desired Santa
Claus to bring them. r "' "'' ""7"
Senator Mi tchell, of - Oregon, baa
proposed an amendment to the sundry
civil appropriation bill, providing for
auxiliary fishcultural stations at points
to be selected by the commissioner of
fish and fisheries in Oregon,. Washing
ton ard California, for the propagation
of salmon, trout and other fishes. The
amendment appropriates $17,600 for
the purpose.
Jerry Burke, the colored boy, who
backed Mrs. John Fobs and her daugh
ter, Mrs. Cavanaugh, with an ax, at
their home at Clio, Livingston parish,
Louisiana, last Sunday, was captured
by a posse of citizens about a mile
from the scene of the crime. In view
of the fact that the ladies are not dead,'
the plan to burn him at the stake was
abandoned, and he was simply riddled
with bullets.
The secretary of the treasury has
sent to congress a computation of the
Pacific railroad debts as made by the
government actuary. The statement
shows that the advances to the Union
Pacific, including the Kansas Pacific,
by the government, will, at maturity,
the first of next July, amount to $92,
846,285, of which sufficient has been re
paid to reduce the amount to $53,289,-.
593. The balance due on acoount of
the Central Pacific on July 1 next will
be $60,318,377.
Dr. Thomas Powell, of Missouri, re
cently made some remarkable experi
ments before a party of doctors in Los
Angeles in order to prove the efficacy
of his remedy for certain diseases. He
alarmed the physicians present by in
jecting bacoillus tuberculosis and bac
cilli diptherial into himself, appearing
to take them without evil effect. He
also injected some bactina into two
guinea pigs, which promptly died.
His next experiment will be to inject
sputum from a woman 'dying of con
sumption into himself.
The annual statement of construc
tion published by the Railway Age, of
Chicago shows that during 1896 only
1,802 miles of railway lines were built
in the United States. This Is one mile
less than the total reported for 1895,
and the smallest mileaee built in anv
year since 1875. The number of lines 1
on which this track was laid is 163. I -
which is eleven less than the number '
of new lines added in the previous j
Tear. Trar.k vm.a laid in thirtv-piicht
of the forty-four states and territories.
The longest mileage was built in Cali
fornia 187 miles on eight lines.
Notice has been posted at all the
Philadelphia & Reading coal and iron
collieries, numbering forty, and also
at a number of individual collieries,-1
that work would be suspended for a -I
week. Twenty thousand men and boys '
will be idle. '' j
The executive committee of the
monetary conference with headquraters '
in Indianapolis, Ind., are sending out j
a call to all commercial organizations
who intend to send delegates to the con- f
ference. It is now believed that about 1
500 delegates will be in attendance. j
A serious riot occurred at Aqueduct,
four miles from Schenectady, N. Y.,
o i the. trie canal, where 300 Italians
a e employed on the canal improve
ments. A body of about 150 men from
Schenectady, who are unemployed,
marched down with guns, knives,
club, pickaxes, etc., carrying a red
Bag. and compelled the men to stop
working. The sheriff and a large force
of deputies quelled the riot and arrested
the ringleaders. The mob returned
later and attempted to burn a shanty
where fifty workmen slept. Small
pay and excessive prices for food are
the causes of the trouble.
ACCEPTS OUR -OFFICES.
Spain Asks the United Stales
as Mediator.
to Act
"Washington, Deo. 30. It has. been
learned from an authentic source that
j Secretary Olney and Senor Dupuy de
Lome have practically terminated the;
negotiations of . the Cuban question,
wnicn are to be submitted to congress
when it convenes, January 5. The
terms of the agreement are based on
recent official communications from
Premier Canovas addressed tot the sec
retary of state. " ' -
The premier states clearly the terms
which Spain will accord to the insur
gents, and practically asks the United
States to propose these conditions to
' her rebellious subjects. In return for
; our good offioes, Spain assures this gov
( ernment she sincerely deplores the great
j commercial loss which we have bus
i tained on account of the 'Cuban dis
turbances. She assures us she is even
now considering a reciprocity treaty
which will deal mainly with Cnban
products, and which will be framed
in such advantageous terms toward this
government that our losses, both in
commerce ,and in the destruction of
American property in . Cubi. will be.
most generously compensated.
Premier Canovas bays Spain cannot,
as a self-respecting and respected na
tion, stand before the' world as having
been coerced into measures by the
United States. She has freely granted
all she now offers, and. that in the face
of a rebellion. But she accepts the
good offices of the United States to act
as mediator, and to guarantee to the
insurgents amnesty and the enforce
ment of the new reform law which she
is about to proclaim in Cuba.
The form of government offered is,
the Spanish ftatesman declares, the
limit of -independence which can be
granted to a province by any nation
without absolutely severing the bonds
of union with the mother country.
Autonomy as enjoyed by the Canadians
can never be granted in Cuba. What
Spain is willing to grant the insur
gents, if they lay down -their arms,
and what she asks the United States to
guarantee, is an act which provides
for a council of administration which
Bhall control all matters pertaining to
the commerce of the West Indies- aad
all estimates upon the general taxation
and expenditures of the island, as well
as its general home government. ' -
Spain's Backdown.
New York, Deo. 30.- A Madrid dis
patch to the World jaays:
- An evidently inspired editorial in
the Epoca today, foreshadowing the
possibility of an understanding be
tween the Spanish government and
President Cleveland, has caused a pro
found sensation in Spain. The Epoca,
the organ of the conservative party,
now in power, says:
''American intervention in Cuba is
perfectly " logical on the grounds of
material interests and national senti
ment.. It might become an inevitable
necessity of -American borne 'politics,'5
and it is . eminently to the interest of
pur own"- country- 'to avoid . a conflict
while we can do so with honor, main
taining our dignity and sovereignty."
The present active efforts of Spanish
diplomacy are all aimed, it is asserted
in diplomatic and political quarters
here, at convincing the American state
department that exigencies of dome'stio
policy make it impossible for Spain to
enter into any formal agreement or
convention with the United States for
the settlement of the Cuban question.
Strenuous efforts are being made by
the Spanish and other European gov
ernments to prevail upon President
Cleveland to be content if Sp .iu assents
tacitly only to his interference, and
satisfies American opinion for the time
being by voluntary and prompt insti
tuting in Cuba and in Porto Rico of
the reforms voted by the oortes. This
is an understanding,, however, that
Preimer Canovas will ask the cortes
this year to authorize complete colonial
autonomy -" and reduction of colonial
tariffs, to prepare the way for a rt ci
procity treaty with the United States.
The Spanish generals agree that it is
possible to reduce the irisnrrecu in in
Cuba to the three eastern provinoej in
a few months with the forces ii ,w on
the island, but they share the opinion
of General Weyler that complete pa
cification of the rest of the island
would require a much longer time, un
less the rebels should be convinced
that resistance is sure to tliaiinish in
consequence of the Spanish government
coming to an understanding, even un
official, with the United States to set
tle the Cuban question.
Crime of a Trt mp. - '
Grafton Wis., Dec. 29. John
Holmes, a farmer near here, was shot
last evening . by Ferdinaud Fragen
knecht, whose object was .presumably
robbery. Two shots, lodged in Holmes'
head and one passed through hisr neok.
He cannot : recover. ' After firing 'the
shots Fragenknecht fled. He was
quickly pursued by a posse of citizens, .
who caughthim and were on the point
of executing - him when the police in
terfered, and after much trouble suc
ceeded in lodging him safely in i iil.
Tne murderer
He asked Mrs
evidently is a tramp.
Holmes for . a meal,
which was given him, and he then
pulled a revolver and shot the old
farmer while his wife was in another
room. She ran out shouting, "mur
der," and a crowd soon collect 3d and
followed and captured the' man.
Italian Village Demolished. .,
London, Deb. 80. A special from
Rome says a landslide entirely de
stroyed the village of Santa Ana de
Pelago,' demolishing 118 houses and
rendering 150 . families homeless.
There was no loss of life.
A Ferryboat Burned.
New York, Deo. 30. The double
decked ferryboat New Brunswick.
owned by the . Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, was burned to the water's
edge today. The loss is $120,000.
Result of a Christmas Fight.
Oakland, Cal., Deo. 30. Frank Dar
rique died at Livermore this afternoon,
presumably from the effects of a severe
beating received on Christmas day at
the hands of Louis Petitfice. The lat
ter who has been in custody dince Sat
urday, will be charged with murder.
Both men were employed at the Paris
vineyard, three miles south of Liver
more, and quarreled on Christmas,
Darrique was shockingly beaten abont
the head and badly cut up, although
as far as known Petitfice only used bis '
fists. There were no witnesses, and
the cause of the fight is not known. I
II III
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Venezuelans Not Ready
Ratify the Treaty.
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A DELAY IN THE" PROCEEDINGS
They Insist That Inc'dental Negotia
tions Shall Be ( losed First Gen
eral Arbitration Treaty Completed.
'- Washington, Deo. 30. Secretary Ol
ney left the state department at 12
o'clock today and went direct to the
British embassy, where he held a long
conference by appointment with Sir
Julian Pauncefote, the British ambas
sadcr, relative to the status of the Ven
ezuela treaty. Mr. Olney 's call fol
lowed the arrival of Minister Andrade,
of Venezuela, and James J. Storrow,
counsel in the Venezuela .case, wio
reached Washington late last evening.
The result of the conference was
guarded with the usual secrecy which
prevails at meetings between the secre
tary and an ambassador, but there is
good reason to believe it was the occa
sion for going over several new phases
of the Venezuela question.
The officials are reticent, and will
ay only in general terms that the pros
pect of an acceptance of the settlement
by Venezuela is good. It is under
stood, however, that there are impor
tant limitations to the acceptance
which appear to make the case .less
hopeful of an immediate and satisfac
tory conclusion than has been expected.
The plan of an extra session of the
Venezuela congress to ratify the treaty
baa been practically abandoned. There
appears also to be, a question as to the
nature of r Venezuela's acceptance. '
President Crespo and the government
authorities have expressed satisfaction
with the general settlement,, so . far - as
they secure arbitration, yet they have
not yet expressed official approval of
all the details of the settlement. On
the contrary, there seems a very
earrrest de lire at Caracas for more ex
act information of the terms of the
treaty between Venezuela and Great
Britain. - '
A present there is no disposition to
awtfit the gradual maturing of this
complete treaty, and it is little short
of settled that the treaty --will have to
be forthcoming, and all the incidental
negotiations closed .before the desired
Venezuela ratification is secured.
In official and diplomatic ' circles,
there continues to be a satisfactory and
hopeful view of trie situation; It is
felt all obstacles will be cleared away
in time, and there is a disposition to
minimize obstacles as being under the
head, of minor details.
A f the same . time, the practical
abandonment of the extra session of
the Venezuela congress and the dispo
sition to olose all negotiations on the
anal treaty before acceptance is given
do not increase the prospect of a speedy
conclusion of the case. '
Oa.the question of general 'arbitra
tion .between the United States and
Great Britain, Mr. Olney and Sir
Julian have made their final draft of.
the treaty, and it is in the hands of
Lord Salisbury, awaiting his approval.
No doubt exists of its approval, and
it is expected to come daily.
THE PACIFIC ROADS' DEBT.
President Cleveland Preparing to Bring
the Mattir to a Settlement.
Washington, Deo. 80. The Even
ing Star today says:
The president has had several con
ferences of late with the attorney-gen
eral, and the secretary of the interior
and the secretary of the treasury, with
a view to speedy action for the adjust
ment of obligations of tho Paoifio rail
roads to the government.
It has been settled that steps will
shortly be taken for the foreclosure of
the government mortgages on these
roads, unless congress shall make
provision ior settlement oi the ques
tion at the present session. With the
amount already matured, more than
$13,000,000 of the principal of the
subsidy bonds issued in behalf of the
Union Pacifio line, and more than $6,
000,000 of similar bonds issued in aid
of the Central Paoifio road, will have
fallen duo and been paid or must be
paid on or before January 1 next.
Without reference to the application of
the sinking fund now in the treasury,
this state of affairs will, in the opin
ion of the president, as stated in his
annual message, "create suoh-a default
on the part of the companies to the
government as will give it the right to
at once;. institute proceedings to fore
close its mortgage lien." '
In addition to the above stated in
debtedness maturing January 1 next,
there will mature thereafter, br Jan
nary i; 1899, the remaining principal
of such subsidy bonds which must also
be met by the government. These ag
gregate $41,000,000, of which $20,
000,000 are on account of the Union
Pacifio, and $21,000,000 on acoount of
the Central Paoifio Company.
Lost on the Swedish Coast.
Hull, England, Deo. 30. The Wil
son line steamship Volo is a total loss
at Wingu, off the coast of Sweden.
The crew and passengers were saved.
The Volo was a screw steamer built at
Hull in 1890, registering 841 tons net
Serious Fire In Washington.
-Washington, Dec 80. The large
furniture house of Julio Lansburg, on
New York avenue, was burned this
evening. The loss on building stock
and adjacent structures damaged will
amount to about $160,000. The loss
on the stock alone is plaoed at $100,
000, on which there is $60,000 insur
ance. Folding beds which are hung from
the center and drop down at both sides
have just been devised.
Bank Closes Its Doors.
West Superior, Wis., Deo. 80.
The Bank of Superior, doing business
in the East End, suspended today. - An
assignment was - made by the directors
to Henry S Butler, who has taken
possession. - The bank has $25,000
eapital and $6,000 surplus, which is
largely tied up in investments. Big
proportional deposits of $100,000 was
a oonstant menace. A slight run Sat
urday caused the closing. The deposits
are mostly small amounts. : Officers of
tne bank expect to liquidate in full
unless there is a continual decline in
asset. '
THE SULTAN IS OBDURATE!
Absolute! v Refuses o Permit Further
Interference.
Constantinople, Dec. 30. The Rus
sian ambassador on Saturday, acting iq
concert with representatives of 'Griat
Britain, France, Italy, Germany and
Austria, had an audience with the siil?
tan, Abdul Hamid, one of many such
interviews within the past year, on- the
same subject, the better administration
of affairs in the Turkish empire '
The Russian diplomat began by
warning the sultan and the Turkish
government that if the revenues ceded
for payment of the. Turkish debt WiJro.
touched, European control of the
finances of the empire would becoCie
inevitable. M. de Nelidoff, the Rus
sian ambassador, further informed t'jie
sultan that the czar guaranteed his per
sonal safety and- engaged himself . to
maitain the sultan's supremioy in the
eve at of severe measures being necea-
.. 4.1 l a 1 ' ml
B-ary upuu inB pars ui ine powers. iae
sultan; however, remained obdurate
refusing to consent to any measure of
control, financial or otherwise, by the
powers. f
The Russian ambassador ' said the
condition of the Turkish empire placed
the throne and the caliphate in immi
nent peril. Thereupon Abdul Hamid
remarked impressively: -
"I may be the last of the caliphs,
but I will never become a second khe
dive." I
In addition to these warnings, M. de
Nelidoff sent a note to the Turkish gov
ernment and to the palace. The ut
most significance is attached to it in
diplomatic circles.' He pointed out' in
precise terms the necessity for the sul
tan following the advice of the powers
and acting in complete agreement with
their plans for improving the situa
tion, warning them once more that
the sultan? refusal to do so involves
the most disagreeable consequences.
The ambassadors of the powers will
meet again to discuss the situation,
apd will reassemble in future twice a
week until they complete their recom
mendations to the sultan and his ad
visers. The envoTS acting together
will henceforth maintain the strictest
secrecy regarding their deliberations
and the action taken or contemplated
and will ' not even inform the envoys
of other powers of the decisions reached.
'These latest steps upon the part of
the powers are once again reported to
have produced-a profound impression
at Kiosk and in pursuance of the is
suance of an amnesty decree the Ar
menian prisoners in Asia Minor and
this city and vicinity are being released
daily in batohes of fifteen.
. , . JUSTICE IN CHINA.
rtrates and Counterfeiters are Promptir
Beheaded. ,
San Francisco, Dec. 30. According
-to the latest advices 'from the Orient
Li Ka Chuck, superintendent of the
Canton police, on November 23, seized
- a large - number ' of counterfeit coins.
The chief coiner, Tse Sang, and others,
were arrested. An imperial deoree
from Peking commanded the immediate
decapitation of the three named offend
ers, and enjoins' 'the viceroy to deal
with the others as he thinks necessary
according to law, as a warning to the
people. The offloials who effected the
seizure were all promoted in rank.
The Canton viceroy reported in an
other memorial the capture of two no
torious pirate junks. In effecting the
capture one military officer lost his life.
A deoree' was issued on the 19th of
November authorizing the execution of
the captives and ordering the officials
concerned in the capture to be promot
ed in rank and that the matter of the
military offioer who had lost his life
be referred to the board concerned for
rewards and posthumous honors.
An Investigation Asked For.
New York, Deo. 30. Several life
insurance companies have asked Coro
ner Tutb.il 1 to make a thorough investi
gation as to the cause of the death of
David Blakeley, manager of Sousa's
band, who expired suddonly in his
office in this city in November last
The body is to be' disinterred in odrer.
to determine whether certain sums in
a Chicago accident insnranoe company
can be collected, Blakely having suf
ferel a severe bicycle accident some
weeks prior to his death.
An Immense Blast Fired.
San Diego, Deo. 30. The Southern
California Mountain Water Company
fired the largest blast at Morena made
in -the history of the state. The
amount of rock disloged was 150,000
tons. Giant and black powder was
used. All the deposits of powder
which were plaoed in tunnels at differ
ent levels m the bills were connected
by electric wires, which completed a
cirouit. -
A Big Crniser Floated.
Cronstadt, Dec. 30. The armored
crniser Rossia, of 12,130 tons displace
ment, the largest vessel in the Russian
navy, which ran on a sandbank in the
beginning of November and has been
frozen in ever since, has been floated
after fifty-one days of incessant labor
with steam icebreakers.
Bombay, Dao. 30. The bnbonio
plague is increasing, there having beeri
2,094 cases and 1,494 deaths from that
cause up to date. The exodus from
the city continues, and the natives are
threatened with malarial law unless
they conform with the sanitary regu
lations. ,
Hundreds of Cocaine Fiends.
Hartford, Conn ; Deo. 30. The co
caine habit as taken such a hold on
many residents of Manchester that steps
are being taken to obtain the restriction
of the sale of the drug. The evil had
its inception when a local druggist a
year ago made a preparation of cocaine
and menthol which could be used as
snuff. It was intended as a specific for
asthma, but the prescription was passed
around, and now hundreds of persons
have become slaves to the snuff. -
Sentenced to Death.
Denver, Colo., Deo. 80. Allen Henz
Downen, a highwayman, convicted of
'the murder of Joel G. Ashworth, who
was shot on the street on the night of
June 27, was today . sentenced to be
hanged the third week in January.
Downen, who originally confessed to
this murder and many other crimes,
broke down and tearfully protested his
innocence.
Fatal Floods In Greece.
Athens, Deo. 80. Floods ooourred
in the Liviada distrust They have
been accompanied by some loss of life.
Coal-Mine Horror in Prince
ton, Indiana.
SIX MINERS WERE KILLED
The Mine, Was New and the Air
Shaft Had Not Been Completed
Pathetic Scenes ''About- the Pit,
Princeton, Ind., Djc 29. A terrifio
explosion .of firedamp occurred in the
mine of .the Manle Coal Company, of
this city, at 3:30 this afternoon, and
as a result six men were instantly
killed and four. were injured. - One of
the four men taken out is dangerously
injured. The dead are? "
- Robert Mauler; married,.:- treasurer
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JS: '
James Riley r
mffftied: John Ernst, married: Carl
Fabre, married; Robert Pony lite, and
John Hclmes, married.
It was at first thought twelve had
been killed, but Dave Nolan, James
Turner, a man named Colgate and a
colored man were taken out alive before
midnight. '
The work of resoue continues and
will be kept up by relays, bat there
have been no more bodies found- since
midnight. Meantime, the scenes about
the mine during the night become more
sad as the hours pass.
- The men were at work making re
pairs of damages resulting from a simi
lar explosion last Sunday. Besides
the regular, miners and blacksmiths,
others were - assisting in the work,
while Robert Manle, son of President
John Maule, "and treasurer and super
intendent of the company, was superin
tending the work. The mine has been
in operation only a short time, and the
air shaft is not quite completed. The'
gas which collects in portions-of the
mine, was ignited by an -open lamp. '
, A year ago yesterday, Prinoeton was
jubilant over the striking or a-seven-foot
coal vein by the Maule company,'
but tonight many homes . are scenes of
great sorrow, made so by the awful ex
plosion in the mine, . When the mine
was opened, the finest machinery was
put in, and "it was the intention of the
owners to make it the finest in the.
( state. The air shaft was n at started
until the mine had been prepared to
operate. -Work on it has progressed
slowly, and there are still about ninety 1
feet to excavate before-4t is completed.
Gas has frequently aooumulat'ed in
pockets, and several men . have been'
burned by: small explosions. -
About two, months ago a serious ex-
i plosion occurred, in wbioh one man
was killed and Frank Turbie, who was
injured in today's explosion, was inv
jared."!; The state mine inspector in
vestigated, and work . went on with a
f mall force. It was well known that
gas ' accumulated and there was no
way to dispel it yetv. -The.miners went
to their daily work without thinking
of the danger they were constantly in.
Last Sunday a jet of gas was fired by a
blast, and it burned all night. . In t':e
morning the descent of the cages forced
gas to this jit and a terrifio explosion
occurred, but fortunately there was no
one in the mine. .
Today abont twenty men were en
gaed in repairing the damage done' by
the explosion, when the firedamp again
let go with terrifio force, and with
deadly effect The escape' of some' of
the men from . instant death seems al
most a miracle, when it is considered
that th'e huge cages were blown from
the shaft bottom to the top of the top
house, over 500 feet above, by the force
of the explosLn. These cages were
wreoked so they were useless, and an
iron bucket was improvised for a rescu
ing party as soon as possible after the
accident. -
The first persons brought up were
Turbie, Grim, Davis and Booker, col
ored men. The first was badly burned
and was carried to an ambulance.
Grim and Davis were appaiently unin
jured. Booker was cut and burned.
his jaw broken and one eye was torn
from its socket. Then . the rescuing
party began to bring up the dead.
The scenes around the mine were
most pathetic. Weeping piteously in
anguish were wives, whom the crowd
vainly tried to comfort Mothers,
daughters, sons and other relatives of
the men in the mine with blanched
faces stood wringing their hands, and
some were kept from going down the
shaft with great difficulty. Slowly
the work of bringing the bodies to the
surface proceeded. It was believed
mat tne men still in tne mine were
dead, and those waited only for their
dead.
Seattle, Deo. 29. A little girl 4
years old, daughter of a poor wood
chopper, burned to death Christmas
day at the family's home, near Lake
Washington. The father was at work
during the day, and the mother was in
town, doing a little marketing, leaving
the five children, the eldest a girl of
12, at home. While playing around
the room, the youngest approached the
stove and in some way her clothing
caught fire. The other children rushed
from the house, calling ior their
father. By the time he reached home'
and succeeded in putting out the flames
the child was so badly injured that
she died in a short time. The flames
had been drawn into the lungs.
Waylaid, Robbed and Nearly Boa-ted.
Erie, Pa., beo. 29. Roscoe Finley,
the tax-collector in Greenfield town
ship, this county, was waylaid, beaten
into insensibility, robbed of $300 and
then dragged into his own barn, which
was fired by the would-be assassins,
last night But for the fact that a
neighbor, who had been attracted by
the fire, entered the barn to release the
cattle and horses and stumbled over
Finley 's body, he would have been
cremated. The barn was burned.
Destroyed by Fire. . .
San Franoisco, Deo. 29. The Cali
fornia glue works, at Sixth avenue and
Q streets, were destroyed by fire last
night The building was insured for
$10,000 only, and the net loss will be
$40,000 at least It is supposed that
the Pre was caused by the careless
handling of a lamp by Henry Hellier,
the wjtohman, who lost his life in the
flames. ' When found, his charred re
mains lay near a pile of broken glass,
onoe a part of the lamp, and it was evi
dent that bis clothes bad been saturat
ed with oil. -
PERISHED TO A . MAN.
Brave Tartr of Texans Fighting for
Cuba Killed in a Hot Fight.
New York, Deo.'- 29. A special to
the World from Key West, says:
The Lone Star company, of the Pa
triot Army of ; West Cuba, consisting
of fifteen Texas sharpshooters, perished
to a man after battling more than five
hours , against vastly superior' Spanish
loroes in Pinax del Rio province, kill
ing double their own jj umber and
wounding probably as many more.
Havana officials are jubilant, passen
gers say, over the news of this victory,
a unoan ,- Dana , was -observed near
Pinar del Rio city Thursday morning,
and General Melquiz. sent two squads
oi cavairy io . attacK at. Alter a run
ning fight, the band, which proved to
be composed of the fifteen Texans, was
chased into a "bottle," a bit of hum
mock having one opening. The Texans,
seeing they were in a hole, retreated to
the: further end and, fortified them
selves behind some boulders. The
Spanish troopers -dismounted and sur
rounded them; pouring in a fire from
both sides. The brave Texans replied
and kept np the fight more than five
hours. By that time, six of the fifteen
had been killed and four wounded
while twenty-five Spaniards , had bit
the dnst and ten or more were wounded.
A nag' of truce was sent in by the
Spanish, and the Texans were called
on to surrender, but the Americans re
fused, shooting, " We remember Ma-
ceo." ... .
This infuriated the Spaniards, and
they fought with renewed fierceness.
Twice they charged, but the rapid fir
ing of the brave little band drove them
back. By getting-on a high ridge be
hind the Texans' position,, the Span
iards were enabled to kill all but two
of those left Those two gallantly con
tinned to fight and held off the enemy
an hour longer. Then, ' overcome by
thirst and enfeebled by loss of blood,
flowing from a dozen- wounds, they
were cnt to pieces by the Spanish, who
finally dashed up as the Texans cried,
"Vive Cuba libre."
ESCAPED' LYNCHING.
A Murder. r Owes Bis Safety
ernor Stone.
to Gov
Jefferson City, Mo., Deo. 29. The
presence of Governor Stone at the ooun
ty jail tonight probably- saved Tobe
Lanahan, colored, from being -lynched
At 8:30 o'clock, a mob of fully 1,000,
whites and blacks, surrounded the jail,
threatening to avenge the most revolt
ing murder ever committed in Jeffer
son City, j Early this morning the
body of a 14-year-old negro girl, Millie
Gaines, was found in a yard baok of
Joseph Stampfli's furniture store.. The
child bad been outraged, her-'skuli
crushed and her body mutilated in a
horrible manner. Suspicion pointed
to Tobe Lanahan, -and he was arrested,
In the basement of -the furniture store
incriminating evidence vMfanncU:
-The news' spiead. over the city, and
by night there was great excitement.
When a lynching was finally threat
ened, Governor Stone, aocotnpanied by
Mayor Sliver and Assistant Attorney
General Jordan,, went to the jiil and
Governor Stone spoke to the mob. He
appealed to them to leave the punish
ment of the crime to the state.. As
citizens of the capital of the. state, he
implored them not to permit, in the
very shadow of the capital, such a
crime as was contemplated. When the
enraged men were finally Induced to
withdraw, the prisoner'' was removed
to the' state;- penitentiary. Armed
guards from the state armory assisted
in the transfer of the' prisoner.
.Another Big. Tunnel.
Seattle, Dec. 29.-T-H. C. Henry, the
millionaire contractor, today confirmed
the report that he had secured the contract-to
.build the approaches to the
Great . .-Northern railroad's - tunnel
through .the Cascade mountains, and
that men were already on their way to
oommence preliminary work- Mr.
Henry refused to state the amount of
the contract It will take about six
months to do the work, and then every
thing will be" -ready to commence on
the tunnel, which will be' one ot the
greatest engineering feats known in
railroad history. The tunnel will be
' miles' long, and will reduce the
altitude" of the road 1,000 feet.
Mallcarrier Protected Himself. .
Burlington, Ky. , Deo ' 29. A col
ore! people's Christmas celebration be
gan at Big Bone springs 'Wednesday
night, and continued all night. Chas.
Elwart, a mail carrier while passing
the place yesterday morning, was as
saulted by Harvey Foster, colored,
armed with a ra"zor. Elwart shot Fos
ter dead. He has been arrested. El
wart's reputation is good while that of
Foster is bad. .
Disastrous Fire.
Potsdam, N. Y., Dec. 29. The
Windsor hotel, four saloons, two cloth
ing stores, three ' restaurants, one ' gro
cery,, two livery stables, and two. bar
.ber shops, composing a large portion of
the business section of the town, were
burned today. 'The loss is estimated
at $100,000; partially insured.
; ... , A Postofflc'e Block. Burned
Amesbury, Mass., Deo. - 29. The
postoffioe blook was badly damaged by
fire today. The loss p'n the building
and property of the various occupants
will- amount to $60,000; insurance
about $40,000. - The fire ' probably
caught near the boiler in the basement.
Abandoned Bark's Crew Reecued.
-New Orleans, Deo. 29: The steamer
Queensmore, Captain Cross, from Lon
don, arrived today, having on board
Captain Tobiasson and son,, mate and
crew" of the Norwegian bark ' Neptune,
picked np-on December 9, in latitude
45, longitude 13 west. The bark had
a crew of nine men, all told, and was
from Belize, Honduras, bound . - for
Havre, with a cargo of logwood.
When abandoned there was ten feet of
Water in her hold.
'Took His Own Life.
Chicago, Ded. 29. Suffering from
depression, caused . by finanoial re
verses , Otto Wasmansdorff, a well
known banker of this city, fired a bul
let into his brain and died almost in
stantly. He killed himself in a front
ball bedroom' at his home on Cleve
land avenue.
The Latest In NnniDf Bottles.
' Nursing bottles are now made with
a porous filtering body located in the
neck, Tbich strains the milk as it
TAisei tL-rdagh it
A TRAP IS SET FOR GOMEZ
Spaniards Forming Three
s. Lines to Crush Him.
OPERATIONS ARE IN MATANZAS
Weyler . Expected to Strike a Hard
, Blow, So That Spain Can Call for
'Another' Loan Cubans Confident.
Cincinnati, Deo. 28. A special to
the Commercial Tribune from Key
West says:
Havana advices are that Gomez's
advance guard has captured the town
of Las Passega, in Santa Clara prov
ince, taking the entire garrison and all
the stores. A battalion of fresh troops
was sent from Havana, to Matanzas
this morning, to be sent to the front
Great exertions are being made to get
a strong force to oppose General
Gomez, and three lines are being forced
to get the Cubans entangled between
them and crushed.
Funds Banning Low.
New York, Deo. 28. A Madrid
special to the World says:
It is rumored that General
has delayed fresh operations
Weyler
against
tne insurgents in order to give time to
discover the disposition of banas and
their chiefs since the death of Maoeo,
with a view to feeling bis way to pre
pare the ground for finishing the pres
ent liUDan war use tne past insurrec
tions in Spain and Cuba, where official
negotiations proved more telling argu
ments than foroe of arms, directly the
insurgents saw no more hope of for
eign aid.
It is also believed in diplomatic oir-
cles that Spain will take advantage of
tne disposition of President Cleveland
and becretary Olney to negotiate
quickly and directly with the United
States to secure a neutrality by grant
ing, discriminating concessions 'in the
contemplated Cuban tariff, and fair
promises of colonial autonomy before
the accession of MoKinley.
One of the principal reasons of the
Spanish government for insisting upon
Weyler making a decisive attempt to
clear the provinoea of Pinar del Bio,
Havana and Matanzas, within a few
weeks, is the urgent necessity for scor
ing a military sucoess before Spain has
once more to appeal to the native and
foreign markets for fresh" loans, when
sue snail nave exnaustea tne money
obtained by the recent interior loan,
which will be in Maroh of next year.
At present the minister of the col
onies- disposes of this cash, and Cuban
bonds to the value of about $5,000,000
only remain out of the proceeds of the
loans. The expenses of the war in
Cuba are $12,000,000 monthly, and in
the Philippines at least $4,000,000.
up to tne present time, tne Spanish
treasury has assisted the Cuban treas
ury by guaranteeing advances made by
foreign and native bankers upon Cuban
bonds, and by pledging the sources of
imperial revenue for the recent $80,-
000,000 loan..
The moment is fast approaching
when the Spanish parliament and tho
Spanish taxpayers must be asked to
provide, in the shape of additional tax
ation, $26,000,000 annually for the in
terest and sinking fund of $250,000,000
thus far raised, to meet only in part
the expenses of the Cnban war, up to
March, 1897, and which the Cuban
budget and the Cuban taxpayers oould
not possibly undertake to pay, even if
the war were soon terminated, con
sidering that their budgets showed de
ficits, averaging $5,000,000 annually,
before the present insurrection.
Rivera Warns Weyler.
New York, Deo. 28. A special from
Key "West to the World says:
Steamship passengers say that Gen
eral Rivera, who is in command of the
army of Maceo, bas sent a formal
warning to General Weyler. General
Rivera notified the Spanish captain-
general that if he persisted in his
threats to kill pacifioos found in the
country, the Cubans will make reprisals
on all Spaniards whom they may cap
ture. General Weyler is affecting to dis
regard the warning. Those near him,
however, say he will not dare to oarry
out his ideas as ruthlessly as he intend
ed. His guerillas still have full au
thority to capture or to kill paoifioos in
the country and to foroe their families
into the garrisoned towns. As the
troops in such places have little extra
food and the residents none to spare,
this order lays a great hardship upon
the poor country folk. Hundreds will
soon be starving.
General Rivera is moving out ot his
entrenchments. All indications point
to an important engagement soon.
General Weyler has visited various
points on the trocha and San Christo
bal. He is always accompanied by a
large force.
There is skirmishing daily along the
trocha and on the outskirts of Arte
misa. A battle has been fought in Santa
Clara province between guerilla bands.
The Cubans forced the Spanish to re
tire into Remidios with heavy loss.
Regia, across the bay from Havana,
was attacked again last night almost
under the guns of the fortress. . Sev
eral houses were burned and a running
fight maintained for two hours. .
A Drunkard's Act.
Los Angeles, Cal.j Deo.; 28..Whiie
leaving the Santa Fe train at the First
street depot in a drunken condition.
Mason -Birkley stumbled, fell and
threw his 6 year-old boy Harry under
the movibg train. The child was
crushed to death.
Candlesticks, with chimneys, and
having perforations in the bottom of
the tray for the admission of air, are
made by an Englishman.
Canght by the Fire.
Albany, Or., Deo. 25. Yesterday,
at Foster, eighteen miles above Leb
anon, a man named Wadli, who recent
ly purchased the flouring mills at Fos
ter, went from the mill to the house
after his books. He found the house
on fire, gave the alarm, rushed in to
save his books, was overcome by the
heat, and burned to death in the pres
ence of bia father, brothers and a erowd
that had assembled. His charred re
mains were reoovered after the bouse
had burned down. He was a single
man, recently from Minnesota.
A MOB OF BOHEMIANS.
Tiled to Lynch, a Motorman
Who Ban
Down a Boy. , . ".
Chicago, Deo. 28 George & Den-"
mars, 7 years old, was killed by a
trolley-car at Troop and Eighteenth
streets, this afternoon. . Fred Bernier,
motorman, was threatened with lynch
ing, for killing the boy, rand was with '
great difficulty ' rescued - from the .
mob of Bohemians, who. incensed at .
the terrible accident, surrounded the
oar and dragged Bernier from the plat
form, determined to hang him. Patrick
Hanley, the conductor, managed to
save Bernier from the mob, and then a
riot call was sent to the Maxwell street
station. The police took charge of the '
motorman and conductor and locked
them up.
- After the boy had been killed, Motor
man Bernier took, refuge in. the oar,
which stood within a few feet of where
the accident occurred, and in an in-.
stant it was beseiged : by angry men.
Ho attempted to keep them ont by
latching the doors on the inside, but
they broke the doors in, knooked him
down and kicked and beat him for a
few moments in a shocking manner.
He managed, however,- to get away
from them, and ran to the door of the',
drugstore, where he was handed a pis- ,
tol, and was admitted inside by Mr.
Kvitek, the proprietor, before any '
farther barm befell him. The crowd
surged around the store and yelled:
"Break it inl Killhimr
It looked for a minute as if the store
would be raided, but Mr. Kvitek had '
made use of the telephone. He called
on the Maxwell station first for an am
bulance, but by that time matters bad
got so warm that he requested a patrol
wagon. In a few minutes the wagon
brought a number of officers, who did
all they oould to quiet the mob. When
some degree of quiet had been restored
the polioe arrested the endangered men
and took them to the station. There
the men seemed unoonoerned, and de
clined to make a statement-
There were many versions, given ot
the accident Well-informed people
living in the neighborhood said they
bad been expecting something of the
kind for a long time, and were only
surprised that it did not happen sooner.
THE SON'S SACRIFICE.
Benton Wilson Went to Prison , te Save
. Bis.Father.
Spokane, Wash., Deo. 28. Benton
Wilson, who went to the penitentiary
for a long term of years for murder,
came into Spokane . last night, and to
day went to Mica, where his parents
live. He had been unexpectedly par
doned. . : -
The olrcumstanses under whioh Wil-
son was sent to jail were
uliar.
Two years ago, 30m
jys an- -
eartnea tne DOdy 01 &
t was
subsequently . . identiflei
- of.
James Johnson, brother-:
Ben-
ton Wilson. The body
bund two
miles from the Wilso:
homestead..
Benton Wilson and his tather were ar
rested and oharged with murder. The
father was first plaoed on trial, and
the case looked blaok for him.: Per
ceiving this, Benton arose and con
fessed to having murdered his brother-in-law.
He said Johnson had abused
his wile, Wilson's sister; had returned
to the farm and had threatened his
wife, if she Sid not oome baok to the
city. Wilson said that he accompanied
them to a lonely stretch of woods, and,
at an opportune moment, fell upon him
and clubbed him to death. For this
he was sentenoed to a long term of
years in the penitentiary. It is a case
of a son sacrificing his life to save that
of his father.
CHARGED WITH SMUGGLING.
American Arrested for Driving Into
Prohibited Alexlean Territory.
San Diego, Cal., Deo. 28. Harry
Mansur, the American who was arrest
ed several weeks ago by the Mexican
customs officials at Tia Juana for al
leged infraction of the laws governing
the free zone, has been released by the
Ensenada authorities and is again at
his home on this side. His release was
obtained through the intervention of
Hon. Anthony Godbe, American vice-
consul, and a cash bail was obtained,
which allowed Mansur- to leave the
country.
Mansur said today that bis ease was
temporarily settled, and he did not ex
pect it to oome up again for six months
or a year. It is probable the cash bail
will be quietly accepted and no further
action taken, especially aa Mansur's
infraction of the law was slight.
Mansur's wife s family lives at Ro-
sario, about two miles south of the
free cone. Mansur had often visited
them, taking his team and paying no
attention to the law, being an old resi
dent and acquainted with the officials.
But a new administration of the Tia
Juana custom-house, Senor Motavel
a sco, caused Mansur to be arrested for
smuggling a horse into the country,
and imposed a heavy fine . upon him.
Failing to pay the fine, Mansur was ar-.
rested and sent to Ensenada to be dealt
with by the higher authorities. Sinoe
that time nntil a day or so ago he bad
been in jail.
A steel fly wheel twenty five feet
in diameter and requiring 250 miles of
wire in its construction, has been
made in Germany.
Oakland, Cal., Deo. 38 Dr. J. W.
Robertson's sanitarium was partly
burned this morning. It was occupied
by thirty patients, suffering from ner
vous disorders. . The first care was for
the patients, many of whom were still
in bed. There was great confusion,
but they were all safely removed. The
bouse was formerly Livermore college,
and, while only two stories high, oc
cupies a large area. The damage will
be under $5,000. A defective fine
caused the trouble. .. ."
A Oouble Harder. . .
Corning, N. Y.,' Deo. 28. A bor-:
rilbe double murder occurred at Rath-.
bunville, fifteen miles west of this oity,
last night William Alien. William
Harrington and Floyd Myers obtained
a buffalo robe while in an intoxicated
condition. Myers had the robe at his
borne, and Allen and Harrington drove
there at 10 o'clock last night and de
manded it They were met by Myers,
who bad a shotgun with him. When
they demanded the robe, Myers shot
them. They were in the buggy at the
time, and the horses started at the re
port oi the gas. Both men r dead.
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