M M OF THE WEEK
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From All Parts of the New
World and the Old.
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OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS
Comprehensive Review f the Import
ant Happenings of the Past Week
Called From the Telegraph Column.
Vv4--Owing to the .prevalence of yellow
J 'fever in Guayaquil, all steamers from
- - lust jwrt wiu De pmceu in quarantine
Five miners were instantly killed in
Alderson, L T. The explosion is sup
posed to have been caused"- by the fire
boss unscrewing his safety; lamp, which
ignited the gas. -'
A big strike of coal miners has oc
curred on the Wheeling division of the
Baltimore & Ohio road, aft' the result
of the refusal of operators to pay- the
sixty-cent rate, as promised , at the late
joint convention of miners and-' opera
tors. About 1,200 men are out, and
- nearly every mine is closed.
The report that miners aSfe id. be im
ported from Missouri to .operate the
Virginius mine and Revenue tunnel
near Ouray, Col., is stoutly; denied at
the office of A. Reynolds, the principal
owner. Preparations to resume work
are going forward at the Revenue tun
nel, and the old miners will be em
ployed. . ': -'
A band of masked regulators went
to the house of C. AV. Reddick, a few
miles west of Newport, Idaho, and
called him to the door. They seized
him, dragged him outside, took him a
short distance from the house and gave
him a terrible beating with horsewhips
THE RECALL OF WEYLER.
The Order, It I Bald, 'Will Very Soon
Be Issued.
New York, Jan. 6. News has been
received by the Cuban junta . from
Washington that the Spanish govern
ment has positively determined to re
call Captain-General Weyler.
General Primo de Rivera, it is said,
will succeed General Weyler in Cuba.
He is captain-general in the Spanish
army, and in favor with the Canovas
government. -
Minister Taylor, it is said, informed
Secretary Olney several days ago that
the authorities at Madrid were on the
point of relieving General Weyler of his
command in Cuba and of appointing as
HI
THE ARTICLES SIGNED.
Pacific Coast Lumber Trust
a Thing of the Past. ,
IstFifropMunhhDFlmw
UlLlllHLIl uumiuuuuiiL UUllil 1
WILL APPOINT CIVILIANS.
DIFFICULTIES FROM THE START
Increased Supply of Lumber and Ina
bility to Keep Up Price Were
the Bocks on Which It Split.
Seattle, Jan. 6. The Post-Intelli-
Expedition
Grief Off Florida
fltnhnnoDi Ha Agreed to Meet Cor
bett on March 17.
New York, Jan. 6. The only hitch
which nowseems possible to prevent-, Cuban.
.tne meeting of uorbett and"" ltzsim
inonswill be the failure of Stuart to
secure a place where , they may settle
the Iong-talked-of contest. On" De
cember 7, James J. Corbett affixed his .' ELEVEN OF THE
singature to the articles of agreement.
This afternoon, Fitzsimmons, accom
panied by his manager,' met Dan Stuart
at Jersey City, and Fitzsimmons signed
his name underneath Corbett's on the
articles
As to the side bet, Fitzsmmons said
Came
Coast.
to
CREW MISSING
his successor Captain-General Rivera. I mPan7. f California, the most stu-
fi aJT I pntupfromlOOOtoliO.OOote-
Reasons
change
were given
was deemed
in brief
advisable
why- a
and
I pendous trust ever organized on the Pa
I cific" coast, is a thing of the past. No
statement was made as to She probable ' such.oombme was ever before effected
time when the orders would bepromul- l"c wuum ui aiuaritei m mis ena
gated. 1 of tne rorld, and inability to maintain
It is. learned the Madrid government
is displeased at the fact that General
Weyler, with about 200, 000 troops, has--,
not put down the Cuban revolt. He
has expended large sums of ; money,
but so far has made no decided head
way in accomplishing his main object,
that of quelling the insurrection and
restoring peace and good order in Cuba.
His troops have been victorious on oc
casions, but they also have met defeat
and the total result, considering
Spain's outlay in life and treasure, is
far from satisfactory.
There was very little auibbline and it
j looked as if all parties concerned were
- in earnest about washing to decide who
is to be the recognized heavy-weight
champion of the world. .-; -.-'. . , ..-
.ran.- l ii - ' . i- A
fa urnninHnn ivfco -ii'4 axMUies can lor a .purse 01 10,
predict ZJSZttSZZ the ''Jfef ' J !JP? ech
tionT. The conditions- of its agreement Pcipals to pos$2,500 m the
WiW. JU-V hands of a stakeholder to guarantee an
o oiVoi JL v1 V i. , appearance in the ring, the one failing
anrari-rr;T,in,r' : . p forfeit to
of thT"mHi a vJL otiier and Stuart.
. uiuiuciO Ul W
trust. - i '
Vessel Sprung;
a Leak
Bar
The
Crossing the
After Leaving- Jacksonville
Pumps. Would Not Work.
Jacksonville, Jan. 6. The steamer
It .had a hard row to hoe from the
start.'-but' its plan 'was the . best evei
gottenup on Jthe Pacific coast, inas
muchas it .controlled every cargo mill
on thftrfCoast except three, and at one
time tne outlook was rosy indeed. But, '
Too mnch may have been expected of . ufef bnslness proposition, supplj
Weyler; just as the exaction was too nd ,demand. keeness of competition,
great in the case of Campos. Still,
the one great requirement, success, has j
not been fulfilled, and Weyler has con
sequently -fallen in official esteem in
Madrid.'
A SNOW-BOUND TRAIN.
and switches. His condition' is critical
The alleged offense of Reddick was im
proper attentions to a married woman
of the neighborhood. , '
It is stated that C. P. Huntington
has a corps of engineers in -the field
making a preliminary survey, for a rail
road from Port Alvarado, south of Vera
Cruz, to the port of Salina Cruz 'oh
the Pacific,' and that, if he can secure
advantageous routes, he will ask .the
government lor a concession lor the
purpose of operating the line in con
nection with Pacific Mail steamers, do
ing away with the Panama route.
The steamer Caranza, from Rotter
dam, is reported lost off Cape Abjba.
Six members of the crew were Saved
and fifteen are missing. ' .
Police Officer Bratton was bacflyishot
while trying to capture two burglars in
a store in Tacoma. He fierd at one bur
glar, when another, who was watch
ing, opened fire and shot Bratton twice
in the back of the head. He will prob
ably die.. :
Eddie Chandler, about 1 1 years old,
wan arownea in ronnera river,: in fo-
catello, Idaho. He threw his hat on
the ice and tried to get the dog to'iget
' it, and, failing in this, he went on the
ice and broke through into deep water.
The river was dragged and the body
found in about an hour. .
One of the last official acts of Mayor
Rader of Los Angeles, CaL, wiU betto
attach his signature to an ordinance
making expectortations upon the side-
public buildings or the floors of street
cars a misdemeanor, punishable by
either fine or imTn-isnmriAnf- nr ImtVi
umei iazen oi tne secret service at
Washington, has issued a circular warn
ing against a- new counterfeit $10
national banknote on the Union' Na
tional bank of Detroit. The note is the
product of the same hand which -pro
duced' the recent counterfeit on the
National Bank of Commerce of New
York. One distinguishable feature is
that the back of the note is upside
down.
Miss Celia Strahm was killed by hei ..
brotner-in-law, Elden Buroker, at
Dixie, eighteen miles west of Walla
Walla. Miss Strahm was visiting the
family, and after the family had re-
upon returning the noise awakened
Buroker, who drew a pistol from undei
his pillow and shot Miss Strahm. He
mistook her for an enemy, whom he
had heard was intent on doing him
harm.
Janan has a larcpr carrvinor frail a nn
the Pacific than the United States, and1
Americans who arp nwir pnnnffVtji
watch the shifting scenes in this new
. and rapidly developing contest for com
mercial supremacy find little matter
for pride in present tendencies. Tbjs
is the statement of United States Con
sul Bell, of Sydney, contained in his
report to the state department upon the
opening of the new Japanese steamship'
line between Yokohama and Australia.
The president has extended the civil
service rules so as to include all officers"
. and employes in the federal peniteri
jtiary at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.,'
thoueh it is to annlv to all such erov-'
ernment institutions and to all peni
tentiaries hereafter created immediately
upon their establishment. Attorney
General Harmon is subjecting the re
cent civil service schedule as affecting
the department of justice to a rigid
scrutiny. The present amendment is
to overcome a defect in the rules pro
mulgated and iutner amendments on
similar lines may be expected.
. - The New York Herald's correspond
ent in Managua, Nicaragua, sends
word that the government is about to
effect a forced loan of $500,000 to pay
debts contracted by the present admin
istration. The authorities in Jamaica have pro
hibits! the importation of cattle from
Colombia. By way of retaliation it is
suggested that the government should
issue a decree against the importation
of laborers from Jamaica, many of
whom are now at work on the Panama
canaL
A novel strike is now on in Van
couver, B. C, the chain gang having
refused to work. The city council re
cently decided to make the prisoners
.worK wnetner wei or nne weatner,
holidays and week days alike, this be
ing thought to be the only way to rid
the city of tramps and other tough
characters. . New Year's day the pris
oners struck and refused to go to work.
Since then they have been put on a
bread and water diet, and Chief of Po
lice Stewart has- reported that the men
were getting tired of such humble fare
and he expected that the strike would
Vhortly end, .
An Auburn -Man Had Been Boxing
When He Fell Over Dead. -
. Seattle, Wash., Jan. 6. A dispatch
to the' Post-Intelligencer from Auburn,
King county, says that Ernest B. Funk
died suddenly tonight in Goodrich's
saioonf Immediately before his. death
he had a friendly' boxing' bout with i
friend, lasting about five - minutes.
Fnnk had not apparently overexerted
himself or received a single.blow, anc
was taking off the gloves when he feli
forward on his knees and face. It wai.
thought at first that he had fainted,
but physicians "were called, and whet
they arrived they prnounced bim.deadL.
He had suffered for years from inflam.
matory rheumatism. Physicians saicf
.his deaths Vas; probably 'caused from
heart trouble He .was a faborer;; aiiid.
drank but Bttler It is not known tha
he had any relatives in the state.
Passengers on the Banta Fe Road Did
Not Go Hungry.
; Topeka, Kan., Jan. 6. Passengers
on the Colorado' express, westbound,
on the Santa Fe road, had a trying ex
perience in Sunday's blizzard. At 1:30
o'clock in the morning, at .a point ten
miles east of Dodge City; Kan., the
train stuck fast in a deep cut that. had
been filled with snow, and until noon
following not a wheel was turned.
..The passengers were warm and com
fortable in the cars, and when, after
nearly ten hours' imprisonment, they
began clamoring for something to eat,
the trainmen proved equal to 'the emer
gency. In the express ' car the con-
i ductor found several crates of eggs and
several pails of fresh oysters. The ex
pressman had some cornmeal and salt
and pepper, which he had-been carry
ing for an - emergency. The trainmen
then turned in with these articles and
prepared a Sunday dinner, that-was
served tg the hungry passengers on
pieces 'of pasteboard, shortly before
noon. Six tramps who had been rid
ing on the brakebeams were called in
and partook qf the.express messenger's
bounty. "
Railroad traffic .throughopt; Kansas
was considerably ' delayed on Sunday,
But today reports from throughout the
state indicate that the storm is subsid
ing, '.
DIED AFTER
-A'-
BOUT.
. Death of C H. LeVis. ;
. Portland, Or.,", Jan. 6. C. H. Lewis
the best-known of Portland's mer
chants, passed peacefully away at 2:4'
this morning,, after .an illness- of tw
days, from paralysis. He was sur
rounded by his family, at big death,, bu'
was. unconscious Jo. the last Mir
Lewis was stricken with, paralysis Sat
urday afternoon while on his way t
business. He was immediately taken
to his home and given fl the'.assistanii
that medical skill could provide," bul
gradually sank and lingered until Mr
death. His wonderful vitality was all
that held death at.bay so long. -. Th
paralysis at first Extended" v only '' over
one side, and Dr. Holt C, Wilson, this
nephew and physician, hoped that the
stroke might be only temporary. But
paralysis at Mr. Lewis' advanced age
almost invariably prpveS:fatal, andthe
case of Portland's greatest merchant
proved rio exception to the rule. .
Awarded the Comet Medal.
Lick Observatory, Jan. 6. The
comet medal of the" Astronomical So
ciety of the Pacific . has been awarded
to Mr. C. D. Perrine, assistant to
tronomer in Lick Observatory, for his
discovery of an unexpected comet on
November 2, 1896. -
man's cupidity, and necessities, and
natural opposition had to be considered,
and' the rocks upon,- which the Centra!
Lumber Company broke were sharp.
In the first place, the projectors con
fidently believed that the demand ii
1896 would exceed that of 1895."
That being the belief, they were con
fident that price-cutting would be im
possible. But the demand did noi
come up to expectations, the proportioi
oi suppiy ana demand being 4 to 1, in
stead of 8 to 1, as compared with eight.
een montns ago. The anticipatioir- o:
enhanced values prior to the formatioi
of the company, furthermore caused
the piling up of great stocks of lumbe:
in San Francisco, and other Californit
distributing points, at lower prices, s
that when the new list became opersT
tive the inevitable resulted.
No one purchased lumber from th
mills, but everyone scrambled for th
small trade, in sight in. the endeavor t
get rid of the stock in the yards. Thei
came a clash between the retailers and
the members of the. Central Lumbei
Company eame out second-best. To-'
day lumber is selling at barely cost ix !
San Francisco. . :
However, during this period the
millmen in Washington, Oregon "and
British Columbia were simply specta? '
tors. They could not understand why 1
orders were not coming-in, and why!
their dividends were so small. At the '
same time, one mill in. British Colum-
biarour - in - Washington - and" four in
Oregon, not members of the company. I
had started into the cargo trade, and j
were cutting the price from fifty cents
to $3 per 1,000, and were running over-!
time, while the Central Lumber Com
pany's mills were idle or running only
part or tne time. This caused hard
feelings toward the company, especially
As a guarantee
of good "faith, Stuart ",-agrees to post
f 5,000 with a stakeholder, to be divid
ed betvf een Corbett arid Fitzsimmons,
if "he (Stuart) fails to carry out the
provisions incorporated in the agree
ment. Stuart further agrees to post
the remainder of the purse, $10,000, in
the hands-of a stakeholder, thirty days
prior to the date of the contest, and
that the: said $10,000 will be forfeited
by him to Corebtt.and Fitzsimmons, 'if
Stuart fails to bring off the contest on
March 17- -. Five-ounce gloves are to
be used.
. George' Siler,' of Chicago, is agreed
upon as referee, and Fitzsimmons de
cided that Al Smith of New York,
was satisfactory as stakeholder for
him. Stuart refused to say where he
expected to bring the mill off, but the
articles called .for him 'to notify the
pugilists of the place- .one month prior
ff-to the- date, of the contest- .;:
Fitzsimmons' right hand Was bandaged-
fronaithe effects "of his fight with
Sharkey, when he received an injury
to one of his knuckles in delivering a
blow. Julian, his manager, would
not say where or when Fitzsimmons
would go, into training, as he had not
yet made arrangements.
A FIENDISH PLOT.'
Negroes Confess to an Attempt t
Wreck an Express Train.
St. Louis, Jan. 6. A Republic
special from Birmingham, Ala., says:
Four of the five trainwreckers in jail
here today confessed . to the formation
of a fiendish plot to wreck and rob the
Southern railway's fsfet express from
Washington, at " McComb's tres'tie,
twelve miles east of the city, on the.
night of December 19, and this con
fession leads 'to the belief that the same
gang removed therailwhich wxecked
the Birmingham .mineral train at Ca
haba river bridge, "causing the death of
twenty-six people and injuring eleven
others, on December"' 27, although
those under arrest are as yet silent as
to the wreck. . ...". .
Last week' five negroes, "Andrew
Feagan, Tom Ingram, Torn , Parker,
Emanuel Billings and Rome Scales.
tport for; Cienfugos, Cuba, on Thursday,
sv.itn- a oarco of small arms and ammu-
liipD,-; foundered off . New- Smyrna at
pa eari nonr tnis . morning. ; Tw.enty-
!iifiaa-w$r$ onboard.' the steamer,
jMia so iar as Known seventeen' were
saved. ' One boat . was washed ashore
empty, and another landed with twelve
men. Another boat landed later with
the captain and four others. Another
eoat is still missing. The steamer is
leported - to have sunk about twenty
miles out to sea. -
. The Commodore struck twice while"
crossing the bar at the mouth of. Abe
river, and bad been leaking, almost
from the start Major Kioardo Del
gado, one of the crew, arrived here this
evening fromr New Smyrna, aocom
named by eleven other , survivors,- all
Of the latter . being Cubans. Major Del
gado was met at the train byJ. A.
fiuay, the Florida representative of
tl.e Cuban junta, to whom he told the
story of the wreok.
iueigaao reported tnas fie was
a-vakened about midnight Friday by
tie report that the steamer was leak
ing. The pumps would not. work, and
tte men set at work to bail the steam
ei out This proved ineffectual, and
soon, the engineer reported that it was
impossible to go further, as the water
had put out the fires under the boilers.
The Commodore was then twenty
miles -out to sea and was running to
ward Mosquito inlet light The boats
were lowered and Delgado and eleven
others got into one boat and pulled
away. The sea was rough. It was
3:80 A. M., and everything was dark.
Delgado was of the impression that the
other boats were lowered at the same
time, but was not certain. He knew
nothing about the sinking of the steam
er, or whether any others were saved.
among the smaller millmen, who were ' were arrested by deputy sheriffs and
compelled to operate their plants ir! or
der . to meet obligations. On topf
this came accusations that the larger '
railroad detectives, it is said, on a con
fession of one of the number.; All were
miners at tne Jienry H.Uen mine, near
McComb's trestle. Today, all ' but
Feagan confessed. Parker, who did
most of the talking, says Feagan. was
the leader of the plot; that he proposed
the wrecking, of the trains one night at
a dance, as a good scheme by whiGh to
get Christmas money, and that the five
agreed to engage in the work, with the
understanding that those who failed to
stand to the agreement would be killed
by the others. . .-
, When the time eame; for. action, all
weakened " but " Feagan and Parker.
They went to McComb's trestle, ninety
feet high, by night, and entered upon
the work of drawing spikes and remov
ing bolts from the rails. The plan was
to club to death and shoot those pas
sengers who were not killed by the
crash when the train fell to the ravine.
Not until the second night was the
death trap ready. They waited by a
campfire in the . ravine below. - The-
fast exprl8same, but Engineer Hawes
saw that a rail was out of place and
managed to .stop his train, only,S how
ever, after every' wheel had left the
track.' Seeing their plot had failed,
Parker says' he ' and Feagan VSe3,
mounted on a mule. - - -- iH
Here the confessions, endbut asT he
firms were
themselves. Finally one mill broke its
"agreement " with the company, and
others followed suit in' short order. --Stetson's
Mausoleum.
New York, Jan. 6. "When I die I
am going to ; have one ofvthe finest'
mausoleums in the country, and "will '
limine iiuoc uui j.u , yuuuuiu IxrllltJfccXJf
look cheap in, comparison," was there
mark the friends 'of the late John Stet
son used to hear from him frequently.
'The idosyncrasies of the famous the
atrical manager and financier were so
Jiumefous that this announcement never
occasioned any special comment
His project now seems in a fair way
to be carried out, and that very soon,
as the plans for the mausoleum are now ,
being considered by the " executors of ,
the Stetson estate. - It is to be ofj
granite, and will have ponderous bronze
doors. On the panels of these doors '
will be scenes .from the play from
which he made a large part of his for- j
tune, and in which his wife captivated
the pubtto'; heart, and showed she was
a 'charming actress as well as one oi J
me most aanng oareoacK riders tnat
ever entered a .circus ring.
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All t.lll. 1111J.TL ITU HI HUflira I I 1 1 1 1 1 .u.u..v wfc.vjv.t.o.:
"The-Crasl of Society," in which thei QaKaba" wreck waSliSe $Ic!omb?s, at-
late Mrs. Stetson, as Mrs. Eastlakevtentpted -wreck in every detail, except
Chapel, took the role of the leading that it was successful, even to the ex-3
lady, will be faithfully represented. tent o" sacrificing twenty-six lives and
. . But the most curious thing of air the wounded; -and dead being robbed
will Deannze nronza norse -suainc on ' vy me YvreuneiH, u is reiraraea : as a - . - . lj .
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Attitude of jSurbpessh Powers.'
vonaon, jan. o. i.ae epeotator, in
an article on the position of the United
States and . Europe as affected by the
Cuban question, after remarking that
the Washington government had an
unpleasant -experience in the attitude
of tie European powers, proceeds to ex
plain the reason for the European an
tagonism to the United States, and
points -out that the great financiers of
faris-; wno.i nold eaniBn bonds,- an
alarmed at the possibility that Spain,
after fighting to the bitter end, might
be compelled to suspend payment, and
consequently,, they . are urging the
French government to intervene be
tween Washington and Madrid.
ximperor wuiiam, it is said, ap
proves of this, for - apart from his
flreams of colonial expansion, which
could best be gratified- in Brazil, he is
not fond of American diplomacy.
. The Italian government, according
to the Spectator, will support Spain,
"owing to the Italians in the United
States having been treated as if they
were red Indians." '
, The Spectator adds that the Austrian
emperor will" support Germany ,in
maintaining the independence of Spain
by weighty family reasons, not wishing
to see the queen regent, who is Ian
Austrian arohduchess, and -her son,
driven out of Mad rid. by a -popular re-
?volt, following the loss of Cuba.
; The dreibund, therefore, and France,
the Spectator says, are ready to counsel
President Cleveland to be moderate, and
"avoid threats whioh Spain oould not
tolerate, and whioh might lead to a
widespread maritime war."
The Spectator continues:
"The United. States, could conquer
any American state, and might, if they
exerted themselves, defeat a single Eu
ropean power; but they cannot defeat
all Europe combined; even if England,
from reasons of . kinship, remained
neutral.- The fact is. patent that the
United States will not be allowed to
order Spain out of her colony without
remonstrance from Continental Europe,
whjush might le followed by $he action
of the combined fleets of the five poweri
and- tne landing or armies in Cuba and
the French West Indies.
Corps of Inspectors of Stent Will Be
" lnci eased.
Washington, Jan. 5 Secretary Her
bert has practically decided to increase
the present naval corps of inspectors of
steel used in the construction of naval
vessels of the United States by the ap
pointment of a number of expert civil
ians. At a conference held by the sec
retary - with Assistant Secretary Mo
Adoo, .. Naval Constructor Hichborn
and a number of bureau chiefs, the sub
ject was fully disoussed, and it was the
opinion of all present that the situation
demanded this action. ' It was repre
sented that the number of naval in
speotors . snitable for the duty was not
sufficient for the needs of .the. service.
Captain MoCormick and Chief Engi
neer Smith, of the Norfolk navy-yard.
are expected to arrive here soon, when
the details preliminary to the appoint
ments will be completed. It is thought
that the civil service commission will
be called upon to furnish at once
twelve or fifteen men who. by rigid ex
amination, have proved themselves ex
perts in this line, and when secured,
they probably will be distributed
among the works now furnishing the
steel and iron used in the construction
of our naval vessels. The experts will
be sent to Bethlehem, the Cranegie
tne rnoenix, the Vail, the Thorlow and
the Midvale works. -
SLAVERY IN NICARAGUA.
A Terrible State of Affairs In the Labor
Market.
Managua, Nicaragua, Jan. 5. A
terrible state of affairs prevails in the
labor market here, and the system of
selling labor has reduced very large
numbers of men, women and children
to a state of slavery. Owners of coffee
estates recentiyheld a meeting, with
the object of influencing the govern
ment of Nicaragua to establish in Cuba
a labor agenoy to induce Cuban la
borers to migrate to Nicaragua. Men
and women here are now endeavoring
by every possible means, excepting an
armed revolution, to escape from the
servitude incident to the sale of their la
bor, authorized by the constitution of
Nicaragua and enforced as vigorously
as possible by military power, until the
money for goods advanced to them and
interest thereon, and heavy fines for
delinquency, have been paid in full by
labor, at low rates. This year's crop
of coffee in Nicaragua is estimated at
about 80 per cent of a full crop. The
deficiency has been caused by insuffi
cient .rains during the year. The
twigs on which the coffee crop of
1897 is to be borne are from drought
so small and abort as not to be able to
yield a full crop in many estates in
Nicaragua next year. ,
- A number of persons in Nicaragua
especially in the eastern portion, are
making preparations to cultivate sugar
cane instead of coffee, as heretofore. ; '
' r A Battle fear Manila.
Madrid," Jan. 5. A dispatob from
Manila says a great battle has been
fought in the Philippine islands, re
sulting in the signal defeat of the in
surgents, 1,100 being killed. Addi
tional details indicate that the battle
was fought at Bulacan, a town in the
provinoe of Luzon, located on the river
Bulacan, twenty miles northwest of
Manila. General Enzbro, a leader of
the Philippine . islands insurgents, is
said to have been killed in the conflict
ui tne opaniaros, swenty-nve were
killed and sixty-three wounded. ' It is
also reported that seven canon were
captured from the insurgents.
; A dispatch from Manila to Premier
Canovas del Castilo, giving additional
details of the battle at Bulacan, an
nounces that 8,000 of the insurgents
were killed, instead of 1,100, aa at first
reported.
. Prime Minister Canovas has also re
ceived word from Cuba whioh indi
cates the settlement of the difficulties
in that colony will be hastened.
ttllljlEOlDM
Iriple Murder in an Atlanta
Boarding House.
i"h act of an insane man
Quests Were at Dinner When One
of the Boarders Concluded That
All Must Oo Two Badly Hnr,
" Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 4. A triple mnr
Jerwaa committed New Year's eve in
I boardixia-house'kept by Mr. and Mrs.
a.; W. Allen, at Poplar Springs, a sub'
arb of this cityV: ' .
-Justas the inmatesof the house were
sitting down at the supper table, Theo
dore Flannagan, a boarder, entered the
lining-room, smiling and greeting the
guests -with "Good evening, my
friends." - He added: "The old year
is going, and I think all of us would
be better if we were done with it"
He then whipped out a revolver and
ihouted: "Prepare to meet your God
tonight"
Without further warning, he fired
into the affrighted people. The first
bullet went crashing through the brain
Df Mrs. Allen, an old lady of 65. She
tell to the floor dead, wtthout a word.
a. W. Allen, aged 70, was the next
victim to fall. The next bullet killed
Miss Ruth, Slack, the 18 -year-old
daughter of Colonel Slack, of Greens
boro, Ga. , who had arrived at the
nouse on a visit Otner boarders ran
out into the street to seek safety, two
of them badly wounded by the flying
bullets. Flannagan is now in jail,
having narrowly escaped lynohing. He
feigns drunkenness, but the testimony
of all who were present was that the
man was perfectly sober when the
hooting occurred. -
THE BLIND SAW.
An "X"
Bay Penetrated Sightless
In Mew York.
Xyei
A Passenger Trlan . Wreck.
Moines,. Jan. -. 4. A passengei
train on the Keokuk &. Western, south
tomb. It will be
Mrs. Kate Stokes
trick horse.
a reproduction of committed both deeds, and further de
velopments arts expected very soon.
Stetson's favorite
Deeds to Settlers.
Tacoma, Jan.
Pacific railway management-is issiilnB
deeds to settlers for lands purchaselt"Bi
the late Paul Schulze, general land;
agent, where they can show receipts
London, Jan. 6. Advices from Blan
tyre, a mission town in British South
Africa, announces 1 that the British
force, sent last month against the An
goni Zulus, under Chief Chikusi, who
had invaded Southwest Nyassaland and
burned the British station , besides
massacreing the inhabitants of a num
ber of villages, has routed the Angonis
with heavy losses, after some sharp
fighting. Chief Chikuski was captured
and hanged. Five men of the British
force were wounded.
Tne Panama Canal.
New York, Jan. 6. A Herald dis
patch from Panama says: Much com
ment has been caused here by the pub
lication of a dispatch from Paris which
states that extraordinary efforts are be
ing made to reorganize the Panama
Canal Company. The fact is that a
new canal company was formed two
years ago and work has been going for
ward on a large scale for some time.
At present the company employs nearly
3,000 men. . ...
t ; Your correspondent interviewed sev
eral officials of the company. They in
formed him the report was premature.
Tacoma Shingle Mill Burned.
" Tacoma, Jan. 6. The big ' shingle
mill of the Puget Sound. Shingle Com-!
pany, at Old Tacoma, burned late to-!
night, causing loss of over $10,000,
which is partly covered by insurance, j for money paid, but of;, which Schulze
im.. : 1 1 1 , -l .. j - j j . r. - , '
ucuauucu ui company, oixiy eases
are involved aggregating $150,000.
The purcashers were afraid their pay
ments would not .be recognized.
Schulze committed suicide in this city
a year and a half ago. ".; ;
The mill has been under, repairs for
several days, preparatory to its opera
tion by the new lessee. It had a daily
capacity of 200,000 shingles. Incen
diarism 4s : believed to .have been the
cause,, though no motive is known. -
era"i; pa&rigers and bne.jRerbap9 fatally.
. It was a heavy- train. .loaded wit"i
.6bMBgl4(oai'.''s1'ttate ac-
6. The n'ev Northerns ;soeiation. -'r The ground under the track
was softened by rain so that the raili
spread; "' One: coach '.and baggage-oaz
I were turned: b psi down, ' And others
tipped overr Several 'ipasengers wew
bruised.; Eugene fftapmari;'" a son oi
Dr. R. U. Chapman, of Des Moines,
was seriously cut in the left temple
and may die. Conductor EdCavanaugb
was so severely hurt A relief train
was sent from Des Moines to bring the
injured to Des Moines.-- ,
Baltimore, Jan. 6. Richard Corne
lius, cashier, and for forty-two years
connected, with the National Farmers' j
and Planters' bank, of which Enoch
Pratt was president up to the time oi
his death, was discovered to be short '
in his accounts about $60,000 today.!
About 10 o'clock Mr. Cornelius was '
notified of the discovery, and left the
bank. At 1:15 this afternoon his dead
body was found in the duck pond at
Druid Hill Park. He committed sui
cide by drowning.
Boiling Mills Resume Operations. -
Cleveland, Jan. 6. The plate and
sheet mill of the Cleveland Boiling
Mills Company, which has been closed
down since 1893, will resume opera
tions within a few -days, giving em
ployment to probably 200 or 800 hands.
St Paul, Jan. 6. As a direct result
of the closing of the Bank of Minnesota
two weeks ago, which created new dis
trust among depositors and started runs 1
on a number of city banks that were '
reputed not to be as strong as the de
positors wished, three St. Paul banks,
the Germania, the Allemania and the
West Side, none of them national in
stitutions, all closely associated, closed
their doors today, "one being in the
hands of the state bank examiner and
the others making assignments. .
They Had Troubles, Too.
- Chicago, Jan. ; 6 Because theii
parents thought them too -young U
marry, Nellie lUren, 10 years old,
and Obbie Heath, one year' younger,
decided to oommit suicide. The gir
killed herself by drinking carbolic
aoid, but the nerve of the youth failec
him at the last minute, and he stood bj
and watched his sweeheart die.
Barges Broke Away. -"
' Batesville, Ark., Jan. 6. During
the heavy storms of yesterday, White
" Trade competition in Chicago has be
come so tremendous that coffins ar
now offered at actual cost
MeOarveys First Bide on a Train.
: Salem, Or., Jan. 5. James MoGar
vey was brought to the asylum today
river rose fifteen feet in a few hours. " Josepmne'.- county. McGarvey
to, -Boo i j is a nacneior. 66
Millions for a University.
Stockholm, Jan. 6. The conditions
of the will of M. Alfred Nobel, who re
cently bequeathed a fortune estimated
at $10,000,000 to the Stockholm uni
versity, bare been made public It is
announced- the interest of $2,000,000
will be divided into five annual prices. 1
The fleet of government barges moored
here broke away at midnight and drift
ed; down the river.- - Captain Keefe and
three men, named Smith, "Williams and
Galvin, were on one of the barges, and
have not been heard f rom since.
, Struck for an Advance.
Bellaire, O., Jan. 6. The 250. min
ers in the Maple Hill and Boggs mines,
at Barton, near here, struck- today for
an advance of six cents, '
years old. and hai
been working in the mines of Southern
Oregon since 'coming to this ooast in
.1853. He crossed the plains,, with an
ox team, and his ride to Salem todaj
is the only time he has ever been on a
railroad train. He was a partner ol
Alex Watts, working the , horsenead
mines, and .severely stabbed hia part
nf in the breast with a butcher-knife
a few days ago for attempting to arrest
hia work of destroying a pipe line. -J
Rubbed a Church.
Oakland, Cal , Jan. 5. The com
munion service of the Sacred Heart
church was stolen by irreverent thieves
last night. They stripped the' taber
nacle on the altar of all its vessels, and
carried the safe which .contained most
of the service to a convenient point
near the church, where they blew it up.
The work was evidently done by ex
perts. The crime was not discovered
until this morning.
The principal artioles stolen were a
silver chalice, taken from the safe, two
ciboriums, also of .silver, and a silver
paten. ; Melted down, the value of the
silver would . hardly exceed $20.
Sacred Heart church .was robbed in a
similar-manner six y ars ago, and Fa
ther L. Serra, the pastor, this morning
eaid that it was possible that both rob
beries were committed ' by the same
thief. The - ohuroh . was recently pre
sented with a very valuable communion
service, and it is thought that this was
what the thieves were after.
. As Seen by the Times'.
London, Jan. . 5. The . finanoial ar
ticle in the Times expresses the opinion,
that the feeling of the stock exohange
that another period of cheap money and
booming prices is coming, is. not justi
fied "There may be short , periods of
cheapness," says the Times, "bnt un-
less there is some nnforseen change in
.the whole situation, money will tend to
be comparatively scarce for the whole
year." - - -;''
Will Earn Their Own Living.
London, Jan. 6. A Vienna dispatch
to - the Daily Mail says: It is stated
that their finances will soon compel
the Prinoess of Chimay-Caraman and
the gypsy Rigo to abandon their luxu
rious mode of living. The princess
has signed a contract to sing in a musio
hall, Kigo playing the violin in the
orchestra.
It takes 72,000 tons of paper to make
the postal cards used in the United
States each year.
Growing Weary of the Proceedings.
' Victoria, Jan. 5. The Behring sea
olaims commission held both forenoon
and afternoon sessions today, the com
missioners and oounsel alike being de
sirous of reaching an early conclusion.
Daring the past four days there has
been nothing of interest in the dry de
tails of values presented in evidence.
' . ' Bains In the Famine Districts.
: London, Jan. 6. Official dispatches1
from India say that rains have benefit
ed nearly all the famine districts there,
and that the average price of grain ia
tea seers per rupee.
New York, Jan. 4. The Herald
Bays: The i ray has given a glim
mer of light to eyes that. had been
sightless for ten years. , The subject of
the test was John F. Martin, who is
submitting to experiments as a substi
tute for Charles Broadway - Bouss.
Martin has submitted to a series of
tests, perhaps half a hundred.
Two attendants took him to the office
of Dr. David A. Edson. The blind
man, though he has grown accustomed
to experiments, was visibly nervous".
He was placed in front of the electric
apparatus, the fluoroscope was placed
at his eyes and the "X" ray turned on.
There was an instant of the snapping
of the current, then absolute stillness,
as all in the root watched the face of
the man In front of the electric glare.
At- length - Dr.- Edaon eaiJ, -'Do yOtr
gee anything?'
"No," answeied Martin.
His lips had scarcely framed the re
ply, when there rang from him, "I can
see I can see light," and the joy in
the tone moved all who heard it Dr.
Edson at that turned off the ray.
Martin .was deeply moved by the
gleam which had penetrated his long
darkness and he was led to a seat to
compose himself before the experiment
was continued.
Dr. Edson questioned him about the
effect of the ray, but the blind man
only repeated that he had seen light
Again the fluoroscope was placed be
fore him. This time he received the
impression of light more quickly, and
when he had reveled in itfor a moment
a piece of metal was passed in front of
the fluorosoope. Martin detected the
movement instantly.
It is a shadow," he said, "but it
is like the sun going behind a cloud'."
Enough had been done for a day, and
the man, rejoicing in even this little
relief that had come to his years of
blackness, was led from the office. '
OUTRAGE AND MURDER.
FLOOD AND BUZZARD.
Terrible Weather In the Mississippi
! Valley States. i
vmcago, jan. 5. 'rom all parts oi
the West, reports of damage by flood
and storm during the last twenty-four
hours are coming. In Illinois, heavy
rain has fallen, streams are flooded,
making the roads impassable and dam
aging winter wheat Joliet ia threat
ened with one of the worst floods in its
history. Hickory and Spring creeks
are out of their banks, and tne Des
plaines river and the lower level of the
canal has raised sixteen inohes today.':
Families are moving out of their
houses, and lowlands are flooded. Wa
ter is sweeping through the lumber
yards, and the Rock Island track is sub
merged in the ' vicinity of Lacon.
Wheat has been damaged badly by the
twenty-four hours' rain, and the roads
are impassable. The Sanagmon river
is rising, threatening destruction to -
thousands of bushels of corn. It has
rained for sixty hours, and is still rain
ing, but growing colder..
In Northern Michigan the rain ia
also severe. Near Menominee,' it has
rained for forty-eight hours. Logging
has been suspended. Ice gorges at
Fisher and other points on the Menom
inee river threaten serious consequences .
to Menominee and Marinette.
r In Minnesota a blizzard raged all
ay with alternating rain and sleef.
South Dakota suffered a severe snow
storm, which prevailed all day. The
snow drifted and a railroad blockade
is feared.
Nebraska is suffering from the worst
blizzard it has experienced for years.
Snow was twelve inches on the level
tonight, and the wind piled great
drifts six and seven feet high. Trains
are delayed in the vicinity of Hastings.
Tonight a blinding snow is falling and
sharp wind blowing. At Grand .
Island there are several feet of snow in
the Union Paoifio yards.
JUMPED INTO THE LAKE.
Took
A.Man and Woman Charged With Kill
ing a Little Girl.
Topeka, Kan., Jan. 4. Al B. Wil
liams, aged 32, and Mrs. Jane Mayes,
aged 21, -living north of this place,
weie arrested today, charged with the
outrage and murder of Anna Belle
Williams, the 12-year-old girl whose
body was found Wednesday near Eu
dora. The body bears evidence of a
dreadful assault on its person. The
finger marks on the neck and body
shows that the murderous fiend who
committed the assault covered up his
foul work in sealing her lips with
death by strangulation. Williams is
the father of the girl and accuses the
Mayes woman of the deed. The pair
agreed to take the girl to Kansas City,
in order to have her placed on a poor
farm, the; woman to aocom pany the
girl. She says that when th?y reached
Eudora she became sick, and a su-ange
man offered to take care 01 ine girl.
That is the last she saw of Belle. The
pair are in jail, and the officers expect
to prove a deliberate scheme to make
away with the girl. .
Stoneham, 'Mass., Jan. 4. The
strike at the shoe factory of B. Jenkins
& Co. was settled today, over 400
operatives returning to - work. The
strike was ordered because of a 10 per
cant reduction in wages, and . a . com
promise has been effected. ' ' . .
Darien Island Inundated.
; New York, Jan. 4. A Herald spec
ial from Panama says: The island of
Aoordu, in the- gulf of Darien is par
tially inundated. Forty -five houses have
been washed away and three persons, it
is known, were drowned. The full
extent of the damage is not known as
yet, but the indications are that it will
be heavy.
Mexico pays $12,000,000 interest a
year on that portion of her debt held
in foreign countries.
Banker Hammond, . of Chicago.
Bis Own Life.
Chicago, Jan. 5. W. A. "Hammond,
vice-president of the National Bank of
Illinois, committed suicide during the
night by jnmping into Lake Michigan.
Hammond called on Percy Palmer,
an old friend and confidential adviser,
at 8 o'clock last evening. He talked
gloomily about future prospects. About
11 0 clock Hammond went home, and
at 11:30 retired for the night. He and
his wife slept in adjacent rooms.
Early this morning Mrs. Hammond
discovered her husband gone, and noti
fied friends, who found a trail of scraps
of paper which led to the edge of the
pier at Dempster street , The rain bad
soaked the scraps of paper and made,
the contents almost illegible. , ,
The lit esavmg orew was notified, and -
began a search for the body, A tug
Wttsaiaa. sent frora Chicago -iLqt .th a
same purpose. v - ;
Sixteen-year-old W. F. Rodney with
a oompamon, was walking along the
beaoh in the vionity of Church street,
when they sighted the -body floating
only a few feet from the shore. An
ambulance was called and the body
was removed to an undertaking estab
lishment, where it was soon identified
by friends. Mrs. Hammond is com- '
pletely prostrated and under the con
stant care of a physician. The ex
banker was the father of four children.
Hammond is said to have been the
business head of the bank since Presi- .
dent Schneider was too feeble to do
practical work, and the large loans to
the Calumet Eleotrio Company and
others, whioh resulted in closing the
bank, "are understood to have been
made by Hammond. -
Hammond was ' aooused of being a
"kiter," deceiving the directors of the
bank and depositors and -deliberately
violating the national bank laws. His
alleged irregularities were said to have
begun many years ago, when it is al
leged he began to use the money and
credit of the bank in outside specula
tions in such a manner as to deoeive
the directors and bank examiners.
Even old employes of the bank are said
to have been unaware of what was go
ing on. -
SURPLUS IN DECEMBER.
- An Insane Father's Deed.
Norwioh, Conn., Jan. 4. While
suffering from religious mania, Elias
Doufe-lass, a farmer, attempted to kill
his son, who is SO years old, by strik
ing him on the head with an ax, mak
ing four severe wounds. He then
built a fire,' and was making prepara
tions to burn his own body and that of
his son when neighbors broke into the
bouse and rescued both. The son is
not expected to live. The elder Doug
lass - claims - he was" influenced by a
spirit to kill his son and himself. He
will be committed to an insane asylum.
Government Receipts Larger Than
Expenditures.
Washington, Jan. 5. The monthly
comparative statement of the govern
ment's receipts and expenditures
shows the total receipts for December
to have been $25,857,114; expendi
tures, $23,812,664, which leaves a sur
plus for the month of $2,014,450. For
the six months of the fiscal year, how
ever, the deficit is shown to be $37,
902,897. This is the second time with
in a year receipts have exoeeded the ex
penditures. The surplus this month is largely
accounted for by partial receipts from
the recent sale of first mortgage bonds
for the Paoifio railroads belonging to
the Central Pacific sinking fund, which
appears in the statement as a repay
ment to the civil and miscellaneous
expenditures. The independent bond
transactions surplus would have been
about $500,000. Receipts from cus
toms in December amounted to $10,
779,412, an increase for the month of
about $800,000. Internal revenue re
ceipts aggregated $58,198,998, a nomi
nal gain over November.
French Shipbuilders Are Slow. -
Paris, Jan. 5. There is muoh talk
of the impossibility of the French
dockyards executing quickly enough '
the new nava1 programme, and the
question of whether ironolads shall be
purchased in England has excited a
patriotio disoussion.
An Earthquake at Ottawa.
Ottawa, On t, Jan. 5. Ottawa was
visited by an earthquake shortly after
midnight. No serious damage is re
ported.
A Countess Burled Alive.
London, Jan. 5. A speoial dispatch
from Warsaw says a painful sensation
has been caused there by the alleged
burying alive of a prominent society
woman, the Countess Helen Poleka.
who was supposed to have died on the
25th, and was interred on the follow
ing day. Rumors were oiornlated that
the countess was not dead, and her
body was exhumed, and held for sev-.
eral days. It showed no signs of putre
faction. . ' She . was afterward pro
nounced dead and the booy again in
terred. -