VOL. XXXIV.
CORVAL.L.IS, BEATON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1897. ,
NO. 2.
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World. .
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting Collection of Item From
the New and the Old World In a
Condensed and Comprehensive Form.
Samuel Cozine, an old Yamhill coun
ty pioneer of 1843, died at his home is
McMinnville, at the age of 73 years,
The Illinois legislature is considering
a bill giving free school books to ai
pupils of the public schools of the state.
An east-bound Union Pacific passen
ger train crashed into a freight train
near Green River, Wyo., and severelj
injured three men.
The Neuvrei Presse of Vienna sayi
that Great Britain has proposed that s
collision between the Greek and Turk
ish troops on the frontier of Thessaly be
prevented by the formation of a neutral
zone a mile wide between the Greet
and Turkish soldiers, as was done in
1886.
. Mrs. Marcy Smith was dragged from
the bedside of her dying son in Oak
land, CaL, in a crazed condition. Foi
a week she had stood guard in a little
cottage where her only boy, Harry, hat
been at death's door from pneumonia.
The mother, worn out by much watch
ing and suffering for want of food,
gradually lost her reason and was taken
away by force to prevent her doing
harm to those who had come to nurse
her boy.
Police' Telegraph Operator Harrj
Greenhoff,"of the East Chicago avenut
station, narrowly escaped death whiU
making a heroic rescue of a child from
beneath the wheels of an engine on St,
Paul bridge. So near did he become tc
being crushed that his coat was torn off.
The child he rescued was but 4 years
old, and had wandered on the bridge in
front of the fast freight train, when
Greenhoff saw its danger and rescued it,
at the peril of his own life.
The question of opening the Cascade
timber reserve for the herding of stock
is creating a stir among prominent
stockmen of Eastern Oregon. The vari
ous stock associations in Wasco, Gil
liara, Crook and Sherman counties pro
pose to raise a fund of $500 to pay the
expenses of a delegate to Washington tc
properly present the matter to con
gress. The question is a vital one to
sheepmen, as the closing of the reserve
to them means such a scarcity of range
that successful sheepraising in Eastern
Oregon will be impracticable on a large
scale. "
- Theodore Durrant has by no means
given up the light for his life. George
A. Knight has been added to his coun
sel, and is now preparing a petition ask
ing the supreme court for a rehearing
of the application previously made and
denied, for a new trial. If this peti
tion, which will be sumbitted without
argument, be denied, as the district
attorney anticipates, there will only re
main the possibility of securing the in
terference of the federal courts in Dur
rant's behalf. Failing in that, only
the action of the president can step be
tween the condemned man and the gal
lows.
Five men were injured, two fatally,
in a railroad accident at La Grange,
111. A meat train bound for Hammond
jumped the track on the Belt Line of
the Chicago, Hammond & Western
road. The engine was ditched, two of
the cars were telescoped, and the . re
mainder of the train thrown from the
track.
A small band of unemployed work
men have begun the construction of a
boulevard in Golden Gate Park, San
Francisco, to pay for which public sub
scriptions have been taken. Ex-Mayor
Sutro warned the workmen to keep off
his land, and as the boulevard extends
across Sutro's property, work had to be
suspended. Sutro has promised to sign
a deed for the strip, however.
Miss Blanche Berard, the oldest
postmistress in the country, who has
held office for a half century, has re
signed. Administrations and presi
dents changed, postmaster-generals
came and went, postoffices were reor
ganized and reclassified, great political
upheavals annihilated every branch of
the government, but she remained un
disturbed at West Point. N. Y.
A Havana special to the New -York
World says: Through Cubans here it
is learned that a train carrying Spanish
troops was blown up by dynamite while
passing over a deep gorge south of Can
delaria, Pinar del "Rio province, and
neary 250 soldiers were killed or in
jured. The locomotive and six cars
were demolished. The tragedy occurred
about the 10th inst
Governor Rogers, of Washington, has
issued his Arbor day proclamation,
recommending that Friday, April 30,
1897, be devoted by the people of
Washington to planting trees, shrubs
and vines and in other ways beautify
ing their homes. In connection with
the governor's proclamation, State Su
perintendent Brown has prepared a
programme to be rendered in the dif-.
erent grades of the public schools from
the first to the grammar grade, inclusive-Charles
Rodatinsky, a farmer, with
his wife and baby, started from Omaha
in a covered wagon with a gasoline
stove. The stove exploded, the team
ban away, "and the occupants of the
fwagon were fatally burned.
W. C. Wills, of Hay creek, Crook
county acting upon the request of citi
zens of his section, has asked Gover
nor Lord to intercede in behalf of the
Eastern Oregon people in the matter of
the exclusion of stock from the Cascade
reserve, by making a special request of
the president.
The final segregation of the Oregon
JShort Line from the Union Pacific sys
tem has taken place, and all trains are
moving under the new Oregon Short
ILine management
The monthly statement of exports
and imports of merchandise, gold and
feilver, from and into the United States
n February last, issued by the bureau
bf statistics, shows as follows: Mer-
handise exported, $79,773,398; mer-
bandise imported, $58,193,108- of
hich nearly $33,000,000 was free of
uty; gold exported, $366,697: gold
m ported, $544,700; silver exported,
4,660,363; silver imported, $763,943.
FIRST DAY OF DEBATE.
The Bouse Takes Up the Tariff Bill
in Earnest.
Washington, March 24. The first
day of the tariff debate in the house
was rather tame, from both a spectacu
lar and an oratorical standpoint. The
galleries were well filled all day, and
the members on the floor listened con
scientiously; but there was an absence
both of that sharp cross-firing which
keeps the nerves on edge and that bril
liant eloquence which inspires and holds
the imagination. The opening of the
debate was delayed over two hours by
the full reading of the bill of 162 pages,
and this, to begin with, had a some
what depressing influence. The Repub
lican leaders insisted on this to avoid
the possible appearance in the future,
should the consideration of the bill not
be completed under the five-minute
rule, of a claim that the bill had not
been read in full in the house, a thing
which happened in the cases of both
the McKinley and Wilson bills. Only
four speeches were made at today's ses
sion. Dingley, chairman of the ways
and means committee, opened in an
hour's speech for the majority, and
Wheeler fired the broadside for the
opposition.
The plans of the Democrats had mis
carried. Bailey, leader of the opposi
tion, had decided to close the debate
and McMillin had been selected to re
ply to Dingley; but at the last moment
it was learned that McMillin had been
unable to prepare himself, owing to the
illness of his wife. The task,- there
fore, devolved upon Wheeler. The
latter was unprepared, but, neverthe
less, took the floor for-an hour. Bell
blazed the path for the Populists. The
only other speaker at the day session
was Hopkins, a member of the ways
and means committee.
Bailey of Texas presented to the
house tonight the minority report on
the tariff bill. It was signed by all
the Democratic members bf the ways
and means committee, and gives the
grounds of their opposition to the bill.
It says:
"This bill was framed with the
avowed purpose of protecting the man
ufacturers of the United States against
foreign competition, and it is perfectly
obvious that, if it accomplishes that
purpose, it must result in compelling
the consumers of this country to pay
more for their manufactured goods, and
for this reason we think it should not
pass. We rest our opposition on. the
broad principle that congress was in
vested with the power of taxation as a
means of collecting from each citizen
his fair proportion toward the support
of the government, and that it is a
gross perversion of that sovereign power
to employ it as a means of enabling
favored classes to levy unjust charges
upon the great body of the people."
The report says the disapproval of
the bounty system, as applied to the
sugar industry, has been so pronounced
that the committee dared not insert it
in the bill, and, in the opinion of the
signers, the payment of bounties is
preferable to the tariff tax, as being
more direct and simple. The report
concludes:
"We are unable to offer a substitute
for the pending bill, because we have
not been allowed a reasonable time to
prepare one. Congress convened in ex
traordinary session Monday, and this
bill was introduced the same day and
referred to the committee on ways and
means, which met the next morning,
and on Thursday it was ordered to be
reported to the house. The majority
of the committee had the three months
of the last session of the last congress
in which to prepare their bill, and yet
they refused to allow the minority
three weeks in which to prepare a sub
stitute. We were unwilling to pro
pose a measure that had not been care
fully matured, and we must therefore
content ourselves with protesting
against the passage of the committee's
bilL"
In the Senate.
Washington, March 24. The senate
today agreed to a resolution requesting
the president for information as to the
death of Dr. Ruiz, in Cuba.
Among the bills reported was the
Lodge bill, restricting immigration.
Pettigrew reported the bill for free
homes on public lands, and gave notice
of an endeavor to secure action at the
earliest possible moment.
Several other bills relating to Indian
affairs and public lands were reported
and placed on the calendar
Appointed by McKinley.
Washington, March 24. The presi
dent today sent the following nomina
tions to the senate:
State Joseph L. Bristow, of Kan
sas, fourth assistant postmaster-general.
Interior Binger Herman, of Oregon,
commissioner of the general land office.
Justice J. D. Elliott, attorney for
the district of South Dakota.
- Treasury Ernest G. Timme, of Wis
consin, auditor for the state and other
departments (fifth auditor).
Navy Commodore Joseph N. Miller,
to be rear-admiral.
Chinese Girls Will Be Deported.
San Francisco, March 24 Special
agents of the treasury today arrested
sixty Chinese girls, who, it is said,
were improperly landed at this port
while the Dick Williams investigation
was in progress, and no Chinese inter
preter was employed by the depart
ment. All the women who have no
registration papers will be deported.
Regains His Freedom.
Washington, March 24. Another
American who has been held under ar-'
rest in Cuba, has been released. He is
Francis Casseanas, arrested at Sagua,'
on February 13. The arrest was de
nounced by Consul-General Lee as a
great outrage, whereupon the state de
partment began at once to move in be
half of the man, with the result that
he was sent at liberty yesterday.
The number of Americans now under
arrest in Cuba is reduced to eight.
Another Lumber Trust Forming;.
San Francisco, March 24. The lum
bermen of this city are again trying to
organize a trust with the hope of rais
ing the price of lumber from $4 to $6 a
thousand. Dealers now claim that the
actual cost of milling the lumber is
greater than the present prices, and the
combine proposes to gradually increase
the prices until business will insure a
profit. The former combination of
lumber mills collapsed last year be
cause several mills outside the combi
nation offered lumber at prices lower
than those of the trust. The disinteg
ration of the trust followed. i
1 VICTIMS OF II CYCLONE
Georgia Children Perished in
a Schoolhouse.
MANY WERE FATALLY INJURED
The Disaster Occurred at Arlington
The Storm at Other Places
Floods From the Gulf to Canada.
New Orleans, March 24. The Times
Democrat Eufala, Ala., special says: '
This city was swept by a cyclone this
morning, in which death and disaster
played a 'dreadful part. Hourly the
record becomes more appalling.
For several days there has been sum
mer mildness all through Southwest
Georgia and Southwest Alabama, and
the country tributary to the Chatta
hoochie river. Yesterday, the ther
mometer went to 80, and the air was
as oppressive as ever it felt during the
June solstice. With the coming of
night, the skies were beclouded and
rain began to fall about midnight. To
ward morning the leaden skies and in
creasing wind told of a storm, which
soon came along ' with terrific and
wrenching force. When the storm
struck, shutterrs, roofs, etc., gave way,
and for two hours there was terror and
desolation, when the cyclone passed off
to the northwest, coursing along the
Chattahoochie valley.
The reports that soon came in told of
the terrible devastation. The town of
Blakley, in Georgia, was almost lifted
out - of existence, and people seeking
refuge indoors were as badly knocked
around by cracking and falling timbers
as were those on the outside, who were
unable to dodge fence rails and flying
missiles.
The most shocking story of all, how
ever, was that which came from Arling
ton, Early county, Ga. It was about 8
o'clock when the pupils of the Arling
ton academy began to assemble, and
there were about fifty present when
Professor Covington, noticing the
storm, called them in for shelter. On
and on came the storm, with a roaring
sound, increasing until it lifted two
cabins across the way into midair,
crushing them into splinters.
The sight of this so affrighted the
children that they clung piteously to
Professor Walker and Professor Coving
ton, who vainly tried to quiet them.
A crackling noise was heard, and the
shutters and swinging doors were
wrenched from their hinges. Then
came a twisting and a careening, and
the north partition gave way, falling
with- deadly effect upon the group of
children who were clinging to the pro
fessors. The doors and windows gone,
the storm shrieked through the rocking
building, and the little ones, thrown,
on the floor, were crushed under flying -and
falling debris. The cries of the
wounded and the groans of the dying
are described as heartrending.
The people of the town, regardless of
the wreckage of their homes, ran to the
school, where they knew their children
were, only, to find many dead and
wounded and pinioned beneath the
debris. Professor Walker had his arms
and legs broken, and cannot live.
Eight were found dead, and a great
many received serious injuries, among
them Prof. Covington, who will die.
The scenes around the building were
most pitiful. The rain began to pour
in torrents as soon as the wind passed
off, and hundreds of people were
drenched to the skin while clearing the
wreck.
Some remarkable escapes were relat
ed. One little girl, almost suffocated,
was lying under three of her compan
ions, whose bodies had formed a buffer,
which saved herom the severity of
the blows of the falling debris.
Along the banks of the river up from
Appalachicola there is but one story of
death and destruction. The storm
came from the Gulf of Mexico, and, en
tering the Appalachicola valley, tra
versed its confluent streams to their
source.
From Henry county, Ala., around
Abbeyville there comes stories of death
and wreck, but no names have been re
ceived. A family of five were reported killed
near Geneva.
A second disaster, that of floods, is
now. upon the county. The rivers and
creeks are swelling, and on both sides
of the Chattahoochiei south of this
place, the fields are overflowed,' destroy
ing all the winter's work, carrying
away outhouses and cabins and floating
off stock. . j
Late tonight news comes of the
drowning of a family of eight persons
on the Alabama side of the river, in
Henry county. Richard Manson, with
his wife and six children, lived in a
cabin on the river bank, at the crossing'
of the Central railroad from Columbia.
The water rushed in, surrounding the
cabin, and all were lost.
. Against the Railroads.
Washington, March 24. The su
preme court has decided the case of the
United States versus the Trans-Missouri
Freight Association against the rail
roads. The opinion was rendered by
Justice Peckham. It reverses the deci
sion of the court relow and holds the
anti-trust law of 1890 to toe applicable
to railroad transportation and the traffic
agreement pool to be illegal.
A Fire at Huron. 1
Huron, S. D., March 24. Property
worth $75,000 "was destroyed by fire
this morning, including the Alliance
building, occupied by the government
land office, which saved most of its
records. The United States weather
bureau lost all its instruments and;
most of its records for seventeen years;
Five little girls, the children of indi
gent parents, have been adopted by the
wife of a millionaire, and will be reared
as her own.
The False Work Fell.
Spokane, March 24. While thirty
men were at work on the Seattle, Lake
Shore & Eastern bridge across Spokane
river, two miles below the city, the
false work gave away. Fred Fisher,
Chalres Miller, Archie Montford and
William English were thrown into the
river, thirty feet below. In his fall,
Fisher struck a timber, and : recieved
fatal injuries, dying shortly after being
taken to the hospital. Miller was
slightly injured by failing timbers.
Montford and English leaped far out
into the -stream and escaped with a
ducking.
LOCOMOTIVE BOILER BURST.
Killed Engineer and Fireman, but Pas
sengers Knew Nothing of It.
Chicago, March 23. The boiler of
the locomotive, which was hauling the
Chicago and Boston special, on the
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern road,
blew up this morning, instantly kill
ing the engineer and fireman and com
pletely demolishing the engine. The
dead are: Alexander Franks, engineer,
of Chicago; Edward B. Smith, fireman,,
of Chicago.
The enigneer was hurled 200 feet
into the air through a network of tele
graph wires that were stretched along
the tracks and had his right leg torn
off. The fireman was thrown against
a cattle car with such force that almost
every bone in his body was broken.
None of the rest of the train crew nor
any of the passengers were injured.
The train to which the engine was
attached is one of the fastest on the
Lake Shore, and leaves Van Buren
street depot at 10:30 in the morning.
The accident occurred about 11 o'clock,
as the train had Just pulled out from
Englewood, and was running at the rate
of twenty miles an hour. A peculiar
feature of the explosion was the fact
that although the report was so loud it
was heard by residents half a mile
away, and the force so great that the
engine was literally blown to atoms,
none of the passengers in the rear part
of the train heard the report and were
not aware that anything unusual had
happened until they looked out after
the train had come to a sudden stop.
The train went about 150 feet after the
explosion took place, and, although the
stop was quite sudden, none of the pas
sengers were thrown from their seats,
and not one of the coaches was dam
aged by the explosion or by the sudden
stop.
The force of the explosion was ap
parently upward and outward, as parts
of the engine were thrown into the air
100 feet, and pieces of. the boiler were
tossed into a swamp, a distance of 250
feet, while the baggage car, directly
behind the engine, was not damaged
in any way. '
It is not known just what caused the
explosion, officials of the road saying
that it will not be determined until
what remains of the engine is taken
apart and examined. It was thought
at first that . there was no water in the
boiler, but this theory was abandoned,
as it was a through train, and the en
gine had just been taken from the
roundhouse.. It was rumored that the
boiler was defective in some respects,
but this was denied by -officials of the
road. The latter say the locomotive
was in good condition in every respect,
had been in service about three years,
and was considered one of the fastest
engines on the road.
The train that it was pulling was
known as No. 10, and is a through train
from Chicago to Boston.
PRESIDENT CISNEROS DEAD
Masso Becomes Bead of the Cuban
Republic.
Havana, March 23. It is reported
from Camaguey -that Salvador Cisneros,
president of the Cuban, republic, is
dead; that Vice-President Bartlome
Masso succeeds him as president, and
that Dr. CapoCt, ex-professor of the
Havana university, will be appointed
vice-president.
General Quintin Bandera has re
turned to Camaguey.
A large body of insurgents is con
centrated near . Sancti Spiritus, and a
combined movement of Spanish troops
against them is expected.
For the last few days, Captain-General
Weyler has been greatly annoyed
by a serious affection of the throat with
supperation of the glands of the aeso
phagus. On Wednesday, after a con
sultation with his physicians, it was
decided that for a time the patient
must have absolute rest. As he suf
fered severely from dysentery when in
the field, his medical advisers would
not allow him to return there for some
time on that account also.
In addition to the lad Nelson, several
other American boys have arrived at
Havana within the last few days with
the intention of joining the insurgent
army, but the advice given them is to
return to the United States. The boy,
Robert Emmett Scully, of Somerville,
N. J., who came to join the insurgents,
will probably be shipped back to New
York at the request of his family and
of the American state department.
Caught by a Belt.
Astoria, Or., March 23. Charles
Seeley, an employe of the Young's
River pulp mills, met a horrible fate j
at 4 o'clock this morning. He was '
one of the two men employed on the I
night shift. The belting that operates '
the large grinders flew off the pulleys, I
and the signal was given the engineer j
to shut down until it was replaced. I
As this was being done, and while the ,
shaft was revolving slowly, Seeley j
reached up and caught hold of the belt.
It is supposed his arm went through a '
loop, and, becoming entangled, the
young man was sent whirling with the
shaft. The first revolution threw him
azainst the ceiling, killing him.' Be- 1
fore the machinery could be stopped
the body had been mashed to a pulp.
Seeley was 20 years of age, and a na
tive of Illinois. He had lived Tiere
about a year and had relatives on
Young's river.
Spanish Official Keport.
Havana, March 23. During the ten
days ending Thursday, ..the insurgents
have lost 423 killed, among them being
one leader, eight officers, becides eight
privates who were taken prisoners and
88 who surrendered. They lost 164
firearms and 1,000 side arms. The
Spanish lost during the 'same period
three officers and twenty-four soldiers
killed; sixteen officers and 268 soldiers
wounded.
In the Last Congress.
Washington, : March 23. A great
many bills have already been intro
duced in congress, many of them bills
which were pending in the last congress.
Representative Ellis has introduced
quite a number of the bills which were
pending in the last congress, among
them being the following:
. The bill granting pensions to sur
vivors of the Indian wars, including
, those in Oregon and Washington. This
bill passed, the last senate, and a large
majority of the members of the last
house approved of the measure, but con-
j sideration could not be agreed upon.
iRKOF A FRENZIED MAN
A Missouri Tragedy That Re
sulted in Five Deaths.
WAS JEALOUS OF HIS WIFE
After Nearly Exterminating - His
Whole Family, The Murderer Blew
Off 'the Top of His Own Bead.
Richmond, Mo., March 23. A
tragedy resulting in the death of five
members of one family is reported from
Orrick, a small village thirty-five miles
southwest of here. B. Rainwater, a
farmer,' shot and killed his wife; his
mother-in-law, Mrs. William Artman;
his brother-in-law, James Thurman,
and his little stepdaughter, Ethel Gen
try. Thenj after so nearly extermin
ating a whole family, the murderer
blew off the top of his own head.
The tragedy occurred last night at
the home of William Artman, sr., father-in-law
of the murderer. The fam
ilies lived a mile apart on the bank oi
the Missouri river, three miles south
of Orrick. Last week Mrs. Artman,
sr., was taken sick, and sent for her
daughter. Ethel Gentry, Mrs. Rain
water's daughter by a former husband,
went with her - mother. On Saturday
evening, Rainwater, who had been
alone at home for several days, went to
the Artman house to spend the night.
In the evening he went to church with
Johnny Artman, and upon their return
he appeared in a good humor. At bed
time Rainwater proposed to young Art
man that they go out and shoot some
dogs that ' were barking outside. Art
man consenting, they took a shotgun
and revolyer and went out. They had
gone but-fifty yards from the house
when Rainwater, who was walking be
hind the boy, leveled his shotgun and
shot Artman in the back. Leaving the
boy for dead, Rainwater returned to the
house, where all the other members of
the family were by this time in bed.
In a big room, Mrs. Rainwater and
her daughter, Fanny Gentry, and a 10-year-old
daughter of the Artmans, were
in bed. Entering the ' room and level
ing his gun at the aged Mrs. Artman,
the murderer shouted: "D n you I
I've got you all now!" Mrs. Artman
threw Tip her hands as he fired. The
charge carried off all of her fingers and
tore away one side of her face. She
was instantly killed.
Turning around, he literally blew his
wife's head off with the other charge
in the shotgun. Then drawing the
revolver, the murderer fired two bul
lets into the body of Fanny Gentry,
one passing through her lungs and
the other entering the brain. She,
too.died instantly;- For an unknown
reason1 Rainwater spared the aged Mr.
Artman and the young Artman girl.
- He then deliberately reloaded both
barrels of the gun and went into the
door-yard. There he encountered
Johnny Artman, whom he had left for
dead. The boy crawled almost to the
door. Rainwater killed him with an
other charge of buckshot, which tore
away a part of the boy's head.
The murderer completed his most
horrible crime by leaning " against a
fence, and, with the charge of buckshot
remaining in the gun, blew off the top
of his head.
The tragedy was not known till this
morning, when the aged Mr. Artman
and his little daughter, who were be
side themselves with grief and fright,
called in some neighbors who were pass
ing. Rainwater had been considered
jealous of his wife, and had frequently
quarreled with her, but there had been
nothing in his conduct to warn . the
family of his murderous intentions.
THE MAJOR WANTS WAR.
Artbnr Wagner, of the United States
Army, Believes in Bloodshed.
msas City, March 23. Major Ar
thur S. L. Wagner, United States army,
in an interview' with a reporter here,
said:
"The Cretan imbroglio feels full of
war. It is time that Europe had a
bloodletting. War will clear up condi
tions as a thunder storm clears the
atmosphere."
"What do you think of war for
America?" was asked.
"America has needed a war for some
time," replied Major Wagner. "A
foreign war a few years ago would have
prevented the so-called hard times, and
the discontent of the period."
."And a war now?" queried the re
porter. - "A declaration of war by Spain
would be a godsend. "
"War," added the soldier, "not only
clears up the political and national at
mosphere, but it purges the moral at
mosphere. The loss of life and horrors
of fire and blood seem beyond being
condoned; nevertheless, as the greatest
good for the greatest number, war is
the only remedy for the evils of long
peace. American people are for war
right now. These peculiar outbreaks
are the symptoms of a demand for war.
The inevitable result of unbroken peace
is what we see in China today."
A new source of true gutta percha,
capable of adding . 100 - tons a year to
the world's supply, is reported to have
been found in a creeping plant growing
in French Soudan.
Syndicate to Aid the Kmperor.
Berlin, March 23. It is reported that
a syndicate with a capital of 100,000,
000 marks has undertaken to employ
Herr Krupp, the m gunmaker, to build
the warships which the reichstag re
fuses, and that they will be placed at
thedisposal of the government when
the reichstag from time to time votes
the money for them in coming years.
The intelligence and affection of the
horses are greatly overrated.
Work for Women Doctors.
London, March 23. The Chronicle
learns the government will propose to
deal with the question of contagious
diseases among British troops in India
by placing the inspection and examina
tion of women in the hands of women
doctors. ; ..-."-'
- A Rhode Island Centenarian.
Woonsocket, R. L, March 23. Mrs.
Mary Skiffington died here, aged 102
years. She was born in Ireland, and
had been a resident of this oity for forty
years. She dropped dead while walk
lng about the jtouse.
BLOCKADE HAS BEGUN,"
Greek Ships Will Be Prevented From
Approaching Crete.
Canea, March 23. The situation in
Crete today may be described as one of
expectancy. This morning the fact
that the blockade had formally begun
was generally communicated from
Canea to all points in the island in
the telegraphic circuit.
Pillaging still continues. Three
Turkish soldiers who were caught in
the act of pillage Saturday night Hal
epa fired on the gendarmes, who re
turned the fire, killing one of them.
Some doubt is now expressed by offi
cials here as to whether Colonel Vassos,
commander of the Greek forces in
Crete," will be able to hold out long,
owing to the scarcity of provisions. - It
is denied by the officials that there is
friction between the admirals, and the
consuls.
Foreign Warships at Crete.
Condon, March 23. The Athens
correspondent of - the Times says a
strong gale is blowing across the Agean
sea, which will make the blockade ex
ceedingly difficult.
It is reported the admirals purposely
refrained from interfering with, vessels
which have recently landed provisions
in Crete, one having discharged a car
go at Akrotiri almost under the eyes of
the admirals.
The necessity of removing the Turk
ish troops from the island becomes
more and more imperative. Absolute
ly nothing else, continues the corres
pondent, will convince the Cretans of
Europe's sincerity. It may be regarded
as certain that they will even -prevent
the departure of the Greek army by
force until the Turks have gone. There
is no time to be lost. It is" impossible
that Greece and Turkey could long sup
port the armies they have mobilized.
Each will favor provoking a struggle
to seeing its troops starve. '- .
THE AMERICAN TARIFF.
Arouses the German Press to a Spirit
of Animosity.
Berlin, March 23. The German
press displays? special interest in , the
new American tariff. The Cologne
Gazette publishes the full text of the
bill, and all leading newspapers pub
lish extracts from it, and editorials on
the subject- These latter breathe a
spirit of fierce animosity, and a strong
desire for reprisals. The Kleiner
Journal says:
"If this bill becomes a law, Europe,
and especially Germany, must feel it
to be an intentional blow in the face.
A large part of our exports is thereby
prohibited, and exports of another
part is rendered extremely difficult.
Many of our industries will be forced
to completely reorganize their system
of production, raise the quality of their
goods and specialize. This will require
a period of experiment and delay. In
the meanwhile, much of the commerce
and industry will be lost.
- Referring to the currency planB of
the United States, the Kleiner Journal
says: .
"We deem silver to be a danger to
gold countries, especially to Germany,
even greater than the tariff. The re
mainder of our commerce in America
will be put on a shifting basis, and
great losses are threatened to our finan
cial investments in the United States.
Our holdings in the Northern Pacific!
railway alone amount to 2,000,000
marks, and billions of German capital
will be imperilled."
The Tageblatt, National Zeitung,
Cologne Gazette, Weiser Zeitung, and
Hamburger Nachrichten publish simi
lar articles. .
A MURDER AVENGED.
Pearl Bryan's Slayers Died on the
Scaffold.
Newport, Ky., March 23. The mur
der of Pearl Bryan, fourteen months
ago, was avenged today. Scott Jack
son and Alonzo Walling were executed
at 11:45 A. M. from the same scaffold.
There was a double trap, but only one
lever, and when Sheriff Plummer pulled
the lever, both dropped the same in
stant. Walling, however, lingered a
moment longer than Jackson. The
neck of neither was broken, and both
struggled hard in the process of strangu
lation. The arrangements were complete,
and the performance was so perfect that
it was without any incident unusual on
such occasions. Both . men were nervy
to the last, and on the gallows protest
ed their innocence, and died with their
secrets, so that it may never be known
what was done with the head of Pearl
Bryan, or where she lodged . the two
nights previous to her murder, or
what part each took in the decapita
tion, or whether others were implicat
ed. There were over 300 men men
within the enclosure to witness the
hanging, and many thousands gathered
around the jail yard, but the special
deputies and police maintained order.
The execution was quickly dispatched,
as neither man had anything to say on
the gallows, except to declare his inno
cence, and Rev. A. J. Lee was brief in
his remarks.
Capitol Bill Vetoed.
Olympia, Wash., March 23. The
capitol building project has been put
to sleep for two years more. Governor
Rogers today refused to give the meas
ure his official sanction, and stated as
his reason that it was not legally passed.
Destroyed by Fire.
Ottumwa, la., March 23. A disas
trous fire broke out this evening in a
brick business block on Main street
owned by the Seth Richards estate, and
destroyed property valued at $180,000.
After a hard fight the fire department
succeeded in getting the fire under con
trol. The property destroyed was in
sured for $100,000.
- The gardener should remember that
harmless snakes are expert and vora
cious bug catohers.
Another Battle in Manilla.
Madrid, March 23. Another battle
has taken place in the province of Ma
nilla, Philippine islands. ' The govern
ment troops stormed the insu'gents in
their trenches. The insurgents lost, it
is stated, 800 killed and ' many wound
ed. The government losses, killed and
wounded, did not exceed twenty.
The long-standing question of provid
ing a statue to Darwin in his native
town (Shrewsbury) has been settled by
the Shorpshire Horticultural society
undertaking to defray the entire cost,
estimated at from $5,000 to f 6,000.
I
An Ocean Tragedy of
ceptional Horror.
Ex-
ONLY FOUR WERE RESCUED
Terrible Experience of Those on the
IU-Fated . Ville Ste. Nasaire Was
Unsea worthy When She X.eft Port.
New York, March 22. Of eigty-two
persons comprising the passengers and
crew of the steamer Ville Ste. Nazaire,
which sailed from this port March 6
for Port au Prince, Hayti, only" four
are known to have survived the disas
ter which befell the craft a few hour
later. These four passed through an
experience such as fortunately has been
the lot of but few, seeing one after an
other of the thirty-one others who left
the steamer in a large boat perish of
exposure to the. cold or die of hunger,
some suffering, during the seven days
in which they drifted helplessly with
out sail or compass,, pangs that drove
them to madness before death came
their relief.
Among the survivors is Senor Tagado,
a San Domingian, who was compelled
to witness the death of his wife and
four children without being able to al
leviate their sufferings. What became
of the forty-four persons besides these
mentioned above can only be surmised,
although there is a , remote possibility
that one or more of . the, three boats in
which they left the sinking steamer in
the midst of a fierce storm off Cape
Hatteras, has been picked up by a sail
ing vessel.
- The Ville Ste.. Nazaire was a single
screw bark-rigged steamer of 2,640 tons
register. She was owned by the Com
pagnie Trans-Atlantique Generate. The
accident vividly recalls the fate of the
same company's steamer Ville de Havre,
which went down November 28, 1873,
with 826 people on board. The Ville
Ste. Nazaire was commanded by Cap-,
tain Jaguena, a sailor of experience and
ability. Hard weather was experienced
from the time the steamer left this port
until the water began pouring into and
over her, and it was determined to
abandon her. The passengers and crew
took four boats, the fifth having Ln
crushed in the attempt to lower it.
There had been no time to provision
the boats. " It was night, and in the
midst of a storm the transfer was made.
Captain Berri, manager of the West
Indian line of the Compagnie Trans
Atlantique Generale, was one of the 85
men who embarked in the larger of the
boats, and upon him developed the
command of that frail refuge for so
many souls. He, Senor Tagado, Lautz,
the third engineer, and Maire, the
ship's doctor, are the only ones surviv
ing. . They were brought to Perth Am
boy yesterday by the schooner Hilda,
which came upon them March 14, as
they were drifting at sea with the dead
bodies of four of their fellow-passengers
in a small boat. The survivors were
almost dead from starvation and expo
sure, and were too weak to relieve the
small boat of the weight of the corpses.
The four rescued men were brought to
this city from Perth Amboy in the tug
Idlewild last night. Captain Berri is
being attended by Dr. L. Deplezze, who
entertains doubts of his recovery, and
declares that he must have endured
most terrible harships.
The Ste. Nazaire cleared from New
York for Port au Prince on March 6.
On the following day, according to the
story told by one of the survivors, the
leak was discovered, but it was not
thought to be sufficiently serious to war
rant a return to port. By the middle
of the second day, however, the leak
bad inoreased to a dangerous extent,
and a portion of - the cargo on the port
side of the vessel was "damaged by the
water, which had commenced to pour
in in great quantities. A terrible
storm arose on the night of the second
day, and the heavy seas, together with
the big leak, rendered the escape of the
vessel from shipwreck an impossibility.
Realizing that the ship was doomed,
the captain ordered the four lifeboats
to be lowered, and into them crowded
the passengers and orew. The boats
were soon swept apart by the wind and
waves.
The boat which was found by the
Hilda six days after the sinking of the
steamship is the - only one of the four
boats that has been heard of. Thirty
five persons, it is said, were crowded
into the boat from which the survivors
were taken. One by one all but the
four rescued men died from exposure or
hunger, or were swept into the deep by
waves which broke over the small boat.
The bodies of the dozen who died in
the boat during the first days of its ter
rible voyage were thrown over . board
by the survivors. But those who with
stood the elements and managed to live
without food or drink, at last became
too weak to rid the boat of its ghastly
freight, and were compelled for days to
gaze upon the stiffened corpses of their
unfortunate companions. Agent Forget,
of the French line, is doing all in his
power to make the survivors comforta
ble. Captain Berri, who is 55 years of age
and a trusted employe of the French
line, is under the care of a doctor.
The physician found his patient's throat
fearfully parched and his lungs in the
same condition. After examination,
the doctor said that with careful treat
ment he might recover. It would be
over a week, however, before he could
take any solid food. The captain's
body is covered with bruises from being
thrown about the boat while she was
tempest-tossed. -
Decorated by the Pope.
Rome, March 22. The pope has
conferred decorations upon several
French officers who saved Roman Cath
olio religious houses during the fires
at Canea. ' - -
Catalonia Wants Autonomy.
Barcelona, March 22. The Cata
lonia commission issued a manifesto
demanding autonomy similar to the
scheme proposed in the case of Cuba
for Catalonians. The authorities are
taking precautions in view of the pos
sibility of an outbreak in Catalonia. "
Jubilee Thanksgiving Day. :
London, March 22. It was an
nounced this evening that June 22 has
been fixed upon for the jubilee thanks-,
giivng day for the celebration of the
60th year of the reign of Queen Vic
toria. June IS will be a bank holiday.
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Downing, Hopkins & Company's Beview
of Trade.
There was a fair "trade in speculative
wheat the past week, the market being
subjept to frequent but moderate ..
changes. The feeling manifested was, "'
on the whole, firm, though at times the
market exhibited rather an easy under
tone, the week closing with about 1 c
advanced There has been fair buying
of late by certain interests . which has
led many traders to believe that the
market is having support from opera
tors who of late have favored the short
side, and no doubt this huying was
something of a power this week. Con
ditions of supply and demand have not
changed since our last review, and cer
tainly do not warrant lower prices for
wheat. Values may drag a little lower,
owing to lack of speculative support,
but natural laws cannot be ignored
with impunity any more in business
matters than in physical life. It is an
assured certainty that American sup
plies of wheat will be more nearly ex
hausted before next harvest than at
any time since the late European war.
It is equally certain that the amount of
wheat on passage will fall below the.
lowest previous record. Stocks or
wheat at home and abroad are being
rapidly depleted. That values should
decline under such conditions is one oi '
those inexplicable phenomena that
should invite rather than repel specula,
tive investment.
Thomas Bellas, the most indefatig
able compiler of figures in Chicago,
having a bullish tendency on wheat,
draws attention to the visible supply
now, compared with former years. Mr.
Bellas says: "The. visible supply of
wheat in this country has decreased
from the first of the year, or during the
close season, 12,929,000 bushels, and
should it continue to decrease only in
the same prroportion till the first week
in May (and it is almost certain to de
crease some millions more when spring
shipments begin), it will stand at that
time 29,493,000 bushels, compared
with 55,458 000 bushels last year at
the same time. It will be the small
est stock in the first week of May in.
twelve out of fifteen years."
Market Quotations.
Portland, Or., March 22, 1897.
Flour Portland, Salem, Cascadia
and Dayton, $4.25; Benton county and
White Lily, $4.25; graham, $3.50; su
perfine, $2.75 per barrel.
Wheat Walla Walla, 78 79c; Val
ley, 79c per bushel.
Oats Choice white, 38 40c per
bushel; choice gray, 36 37c.
Hay Timothy, $13 13.50 per ton;
clover, $11.0012.00; wheat and oat,
$9.00 11 per ton.
Barley Feed barley, $17.50 per ton;
brewing, $18 19.
Millstuffs Bran, $15.00; shorts,
$16.50; middlings, $26.
Butter Creamery, 45 50o; dairy,
80 40c; store, 17 30c per roll. .
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks.60 70o;
Garnet Chiles, 70c; Early Rose,
80 90c per sack; sweets, $3.00 per
cental for Merced; new potatoes, 63$'c
per pound.
Onions $1. 75 2. 00 per cental.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.50
8.00; geese, $3. 50 4. 50; turkeys, live,
ll12c; ducks, $3. 00 4. 00 per dozen.
Eggs Oregon, 99c per dozen..
Cheese Oregon, 2c Young
America, 13Jc per pound.
Wool Valley, 11c per" pound; East
ern Oregon, 79c.
Hops 9 10c per pound.
Beef Gross, top steers, $2. 75 3. 00;
cows, $2. 25 2. 50; dressed beef, 4
6c per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, $3.003.25; dressed mut
ton, 5 6c per pound.
Hogs Gross, choice, heavy, $3.25
3.50; light and feeders, $2. 50 3.00
dressed, $4. 50 5. 00 per owt.
Seattle, Wash., March 22, J8f"'
HVheat Chicken feed, $2 7 per '
Oats Choice, $23 24 per tc
Barley Rolled or ground, $2i
ton.
Corn Whole, $19 per ton; cracktl,
$19 20; feed meal, $19 20.
Flour (Jobbing) Patent excellent,
$5.10; Novelty A, $4.75; California
brands, $5.35; Dakota, $5.65; patent,
$6.40.
Millstuffs Bran, $14.00 per ton;
shorts, $18.
Feed Chopped feed, $18.00 per ton;
middlings, $22; oilcake meal, $29.
Hay Puget sound, per ton, $10.00;
Eastern Washington, $14.'
Butter Fancy native creamery,
brick, 26c; select, 24c; tubs, 23c;
ranch, 15 17c
Cheese Native Washington, 12c.
Vegetables Potatoes, per ton, $17
18; parsnips, per sack, 75c; beets, per
sack, 60c; turnips, per sack, 60c; ruta
bagas, per sack, 50c; carrots, per sack,
40 50c; cabbage, per 100 lbs, $1.50;
onions, per 100 lbs, $2.00.
Sweet potatoes Per 100 lbs, $4.00.
Poultry Chickens, live, per pound,
hens, 11c; dressed, 10 11c; ducks,
$4. 00 5. 00; dressed turkeys, 15.
Eggs Fresh ranch, 12e-
Eresh Meats Choice dressed beef,
steers, Gc; cows, 6c; mutton, sheep,
7c per pound; lamb, 5c; pork, 6c per
pound; veal, small, 8c
Fresh Fish Halibut, 4 )6;salmon,
6 6; salmon trout, 7 10; flounders
and soles, 3 4c.
Provisions Hams, large, 11c; hams,
small, llc; breakfast bacon, lCc;
dry salt sides, 6c per pound.
San Francisco, March 22, 1897.
Potatoes Salinas Burbanks, 90c
$1.10; Early Rose, 70 80c; River Bur
banks, 6070c; sweets, $1.251.75 per
cental.
Onions $1.502.00 per cental.
Eggs Ranch, ll12)c per dozrn.
Butter Fancy creamery, 15 16c; do
seconds, 15 16c; fancy dairy, 14
14c; seconds, 12 13c.
Cheese Fancy mild, new, 7c;
fair to good, 68c; Young America,
89c; Eastern, 1414c
Wool Choice mountain, 6 7c; poor
do, 4 5c; San Joaquin plains, 35o;
do foothill, 6 8c per pound.
Hay Wheat and oat, $7 10; best
barley, $7. 00 8. 50; alfalfa, $5 8;
clover, $6 8; compressed wheat, $6
$6.50; do oat, $6 7 per ton.
Tropical Fruit Bananas, $1.00
2.00 per bunch; pineapples, $2 4.
Citrus Fruit Oranges, navel, ; $2
3.25; seedlings do, 75c1.25; com
mon lemons,'" 75c$1.00; good to
choice, $1.60 2. 00; fancy, $2.25
per box. .
Apples Good to choice, $11.75;
fancy, $2 per box. ; v