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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
lhe city authorities of Memphis.
Term., have issued an appeal forafti foi
tne sufferers along the submerged Mis
sissippi valley.
The Turkish porte is endeavoring to
negotiate with the Ottoman bank for a
loan of f 200,000, for the purchase of
cannon, but it is not believed the at
tempt will be successful.
A iKKly of coolies numbering: 5.000.
who struck recently against an increase
or taxes, engaged in an anti-foreign
demonstration in Shanghai. China.
Two men were killed, and it was neces
sary to call the marines to assist in
quelling the riot.
The Pacific can factory at Astoria,
Or., turned out 22,000,000 cans last
year, 8,000,000 of which were shipped
to the Sound. Superintendent Kendall
says he expects to manufacture more
funs this year than last. The company
paid $22,000 duty on tinplate on April 1.
The California Associated Cycle
iuds nave effected an organization,
which practically severs their connec
tion with the L. A. W. A constitution
and liy-Iaws were adopted, officers elejt
ed, and the clubs officially assumed
control of track and road-racing in the
state of California.
As a result of the serious disagree
ment between President Erazuriz and
the minister of the interior, growing
out of the appointment by the latter of
governors and other officials not satis-
lactory to the president, the entire
Chilean cabinet has resigned in order
to give the president full liberty of ac
tion. .
Bradstreet's reports that the tinplate
factories of the United States are pro
ducing at the rate of 280,000 tons, or
4,ooo,ouo boxes a year. The official
figures in tons of the decrease in imports
from Great Britain, are as follows:
1893, 225,628; 1894, 220,879; 1895,
222.901; 1896, 113,051, showing a fall
ing off of 50 per cent in two years.
Governor W. T. Thornton has wired
to Washington his resignation as gov
ernor of New Mexico. His commis
sion will expire on the 15th inet., but
he has always declared he would resign
as soon as the Borrego gang of conspira
tors was executed.- Most of the gover
nor's time for the next year will be
spent in theSoiiora, Mexico, gold fields.
A snowslide occurred at the Corinth
mine in the fclucan country, killing
mree men and carrying away the head
or the Aerial tramway recently erected
tnere. John U. Brown, a hotel pro
a. e tt .
. pneiur oi u jaarrison not springs, is
thought to have perished in a elide
while out prospecting in the Harrison
lake district. Brown whs tracked to
the slide by Indians, but no further
trace of mm can be found.
A bill making immediately available
Jo0,000Ior saving life and property
along the Mississippi has been agreed
to in congress in an amended form and
sent to the president for his signature.
united Mates Minister Denby, at
renin, has notified the department of
fitate that, as a result of the efforts of
the British government, China has con
sented to open to commerce Ye.t river
winch is situated in Canton, and at the
mouth of which lies Hong Kong.
Representative Spaulding, of Michi
gan, has introduced in the house a joint
resolution providing for the annexation
of Hawaii to the United States. It
gives consent of congress that the Sand
wich islands be made into the state of
Hawaii, with a republican form of gov
ernment. v-
Captain E. W. Reed, of the ship T.
F. Oakes, was arrested in New York
on a warrant issued by the United
States court. The Oakes is the shin on i
which, during its last voyage, there was
much suffering and several deaths, re
sulting, as alleged, from insufficient
food.
An attempt was made to destroy Al-
toona, Fa., four incendiary fires being
kindled in different parts of the city be
tween tne nours of 11 and 1:30 o'clock
Prompt work by the tire department
alone saved the town from possible de
struction, 'lhe entire loss will aggre
gate between $50,000 and 60,000."
ord is received in Brooklyn of the
ueatn trom jungle fever last January,
in central Ulrica, ol Samuel H. Ar.
Resolves That Rivera, the Cuban Leader,
Should Not Be Shot.
Washington, April 7o The senate
today by unanimous vote adopted a
resolution reciting the reports that Gen
eral Ruiz Rivera, the Cuban com
mander, is about to be tried by drum
head courtmartial and shot, and ex
pressing tne judgment of the senate
that if these reports are true, the presi
dent oi tne United States should protest
to xne apanisn government against such
a violation of the rules of civilized war
iare. mis resolution does not go to
the house of representatives and be
comes effective as a measure of advice
to the president by its adoption todav.
Although opposition was withdrawn on
the final vote, there was spirited oppo
sition in tne early stages of the debate
and a test vote on the comparative
strength or the Cuban and anti-Cuban
sentiment in.the senate. The test oc
curred on a motion to refer the resolu
tion to the committee on foreign rela
tions. . Hale, who has been prominent
ly identified with the opposition to
Cuban resolutions, made the motion to
refer and it was supported by Hoar,
another prominent figure in the opposi
tion to Cuban resolutions. The debate
was very spirited and at times quite
personal, Allen and Gallinger clashing
with Hoar. The Hale motion to refer
was defeated, 21 to 27, and the resolu
tion was adopted, 44 to 0. Hoar and
Hale refrained from voting.
lhe Allen resolution, as it passed the
senate, is as follows:
Whereas, Information has come to
the senate that General Ruiz Rivera, a
leader of the Cuban army of independ
ence, recently captured by the Spanish
forces, is to be tried by drumhead court
martial and shot; therefore,
Kesoived, lhat, in the opinion of
the senate, it is the duty of the presi
dent of the United States, if such in
formations is found to be true, to pro
test to the Spanish government against
such a violation of the rules of civilized
warfare."
Another Cuban resolution comes up
tomorrow, that of Morgan declaring
that a state of war exists in Cuba and
recognizing both parties as belligerents.
After the disposal of the Cuban-ques
tion, the day was given to speeches,
lilkins- speaking for two hours on the
development of the American merchant
marine and Lindsay advocating the
passage of the bankruptcy bill, now be
lore tne senate.
Late in the day a joint resolution by
oaie. was agreed to, directing the sur
geon-general of the marine hospital
service to aid the Mississippi river flood
sunerers by the distribution of tents.
blankets, food and medicine under tbe
epidemnic fund of 1893. and. to nur.
chase further supplies under the pres-
cuv t-piuemic iuna ior distribution.
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ALASKA FORTUNE-SEEKERS
of the
Disastrous Break Near
Tunica, Mississippi.
WILL FLOOD A LARGE AREA
Will Colonize a South Sea Island
ban JJrancisco. Aoril 1. Annth
soutn bea island scheme is on. The
South Sea Island Trading Company is
organizing, to make a venture for
wealth and happiness. St. John's
island, one of the Solomon group, is
the objective point. Captain Paul
uusch, leader of the enterprise, has
about completed negotiations for the
purchase of the bark Simpson, now ly
ing in Oakland creek.' The Simpson is
aDout ieuu tons burden, and it is pro
posed to fit her between decks in the
same way that the old passenger sail
mg vessels were. Comfortable accomo
dations can be made in this way for
150 or 200 men, and still leave room
for a large cargo, besides provisions for
a year.
lhe plans include the trading and
commercial idea as well as the colon
ization scheme. It is intended to take
a cargo suitable for trading in the
islands. Applications have been re
ceived from people who wish fat-fain
the enterprise from points as far distant
as bt. Louis. A woman writes from
Boston to say that she would like to
join, and, if necessary, she would dig
guise herself as a man.
Appalling Suffering; In the Tie-van
tated Region No Land on Which
. to Bury the Dead River Rising,
Memphis, April 6. Another disas
trous break in the Mississippi levee oc
curred this morning at 8 o'clock at
Flour lake, six miles below Tunica.
Miss. The crevasse is fully fifteen feet
deep and the water is pouring through
the opening with fearful velocity. This
will probaoly be the most destructive
break that has occurred in the delta.
The most fertile farm lands of Missis
sippi lying in Coahoma, Flore. Quit
man and Tallahatchie counties, in the
northern part of the state, will be in
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unuaicu ana me newiy-piaced corn
crops will be laid waste. Fortunately
no loss or lire is reported, the inhabit
ants of the stricken section having made
preparations for just such a catastrophe
as exists.
lhe condition of the poorer classes
throughout the flooded area is indeed
critical tonight. Thousands of refugees
are Deing nuddled on the levees and
spots of dry land waiting for relief.
The towns of Rosedale and Tunica re
port that everything is being done for
tnese poor people, but that funds and
provisions are fast becoming exhausted.
In the little city of Rosedale alone 1,200
reingees are being cared for by the citi
zens. Half a hundred towns stand in
six feet of water and the stream is
creeping np slowly but surely.
Advices just received tell of a break
two miles south of Helena, Ark. . This
is the levee for which the people of
Southeastern Arkansas have made such
a desperate fight. The waters from
this break will, flood a great area and in
all probability will back up into the
streets of Helena.
The relief steamer Lee arrived at
Marianna, Ark., late this afternoon.
naving made an expedition up the St.
Irancis river. There were on board
160 refugees and 200 cattle. The
steamer went up the St. Francis river
as far as Cutoff and then worked her
way down stream, rescuing people from
perilous positions.
The suffering along the St. Francis
is appalling. The water through the
entire neighboring country is tonight
irom six to fifteen feet deep. The re
lief boat had on board the body of Mrs.
MacMahon, of Raggio City. The body
was found at Raggio and taken to Ma
rianna for burial, there being no land
at the former place on which to give it
interment. The St. Francis is rising
irom tnree to nve inches daily.
At Memphis the river is slowly ris
ing again, the gauge registering" 36.4
feet. This is a rise of one-tenth since
the last report. At points below Vicks
burg, the river is rising. It is the gen
eral opinion of river men here that if
the levees below Vicksburg hold the
great volume of water in its regular
channel, it will be little short of a
miracle.
The Usual Crowd on Board
Steamer Al-KI.
Port Townsend, April 7. When the
steamer Al-Ki left here for Alaska this
afternoon she carried 247 white passen
gers and 46 Chinese, and every availa
ble space on board, including the dining
tables, bad been appropriated as sleep
ing quarters for the horde of fortune
seekers. The greater part of the crowd
is bound for recently discovered dig-r
gings at Klondyke, some distance be"
yond Circle City, which are said to be
the richest ever brought to light in that
far-off land.
Together with the large crowd of
passengerst there are twelve horses to
be used for packing, to say nothing of
the usual quota of does of all sizes and
breeds, to be utilized with sledges.
JB reignt accommodation was likewise
taxed to the ntmost, the cargo of gen-
eral merchandise for Alaska merchants.
and supplies belonging to the miners,
being augmented here by a stamp mill
outfit and two small steamers shiDned
in sections to the Mackenzie river.
The latter will be unloaded at Dyea and
from there packed on sledges over the
summits and glaciers to their destina
tion, where they will be nut together.
lhe stamp mill outfit is consigned to
tne bum JJum Mining & Milling Com
pany, at the town of Sum Dum, in the
southeastern extremity of Alaska, 300
miles this side of Juneau.
Senators the Friends of the
Oppressed Islanders.
BETTER THAN CANNING THEM.
WASHINGTON LETTER weekly market letter.
FOUR RESOLUTIONS READ
California Clubs Soon to Withdraw.
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oan .rrancisco, April 7. There is
dissension in the ranks of the Pacific
Amateur Athletic Association. The
association of late has taken a firm
stand in upholding what it calls ama
teur spirit in all branches of sport. -
a lew w!ek ago the various clubs
represented enacted a rule which
placed the ban upon all boxing exhibi
tions, no matter what their character
might be. Then came the enforcement
of the registry act, which makes it nec
essary for all athletes to register, a non
compliance with which will bring upon
tne reiractory athlete the penalty of ex
pulsion, lhe meager $35 prize, the
limit of guerdon to the victorious ath
lete,- is another sore point in the laws
of the association, and productive of
much opposition among boxers and
wrestlers.
lhe Pacific Association is a branch
of the Amatenr Athletic Union,- and
in prosecution of these laws it follows
the .rules of the head organization.
Much dissatisfaction has been exhibited
on the part of local athletes against
these laws, and as a result the Olym
pic, Keiiance and two university clubs
win probably withdraw in the near fu
ture.
THE FOREST RESERVES.
Selected by
the National
Science.
Acad
emy
of
mour, a young physician in the service
of the Belgian government. Dr. Ar
mour was well known socially and
among the medical fraternity of Brook
lyn, lie obtained his education at the
Long Island college hospital. He is a
nephew of Justice Walker, of Ohio.
Governor Rogers, of Washington
lias nopes of being able to retain all
companies of the state militia now in
service. While the meager appropria
te... ......li . n .,
"imi nut anow more man six, or
at most eight, companies, if they re
ceived the full allowance, arrangements
may oe made to al row one-half of the
runner appropriation to ' companies in
smaller towns where armory rent is
cheaper and expenses are less.
Two men were killed and four seri
ously injured by an explosion in the
South Water-street canal, Chicago. The
explofion took place 2,300 feet under
the lake, where an excavation was be
ing made for a water-supply inlet.
A careful canvass of Western and
Northwestern roads develops the fact
there is no demoralization of rates.
The most imperative orders have been
issued by the executive officers of each
Western line, forbidding the cutting or
manipulation of rates.
The New York Herald's correspond
ent in Montevideo, Uruguay, telegraphs
that the United States cruiser Yantio
ran aground at Port Nueva Palmvra. at
the mouth of the Uruguay river. Tugs
are at work attempting to pull off the
cruiser. She is in a dangerous position.
The gunboat Helena, in her speed
trial succeeded in making 15.8 knots
an hour over the entire course. This
gives the Newport News Shipbuilding
- & Drydock Company a bonus of 56,000,
whicb, in proportion - to the contract
cost of the ship, is the largest bonus
ever paid. The trial was satisfactory
is every respect
The Guiana Boundary.
-New York, April 7. The World
this morning published the following
uopngni caoie aispatcn from Caracas,
Venezuela:
The congress of Venezuela has unan
imously and enthusiastically ratified
the Guiana boundary treaty with Great
Britain which was negotiated by the
United States. The measure was first
read in the house of representatives by
Senor Arangueren, who spoke eloquently
in its favor. The second reading was
wnnoui incident, it came up on third
reading Monday, and after a speech by
Senor Bricano, the house voted for the
treaty unanimously amid great cheering
ana entnusiastic demonstrations of
gratitude to "Uncle Sam." The treaty
" unanimously gratified by the
Beiiate ioaay. i-resident Urespo will
sign it next .Friday. x
Instructions to Customs Officials.
Washington, April 7. The secretary
of the treasury has issued a circular of
instructions to customs officers through
out the country, carrying into effect
section 27, of the pending tariff bill.
xnis section requires the secretary of
the treasury to make provisions for the
collection or the increased rate of du
ties contemplated by the bill, and with
mat view he is required to retain sam-
peis or goods purchased and imported
aiter April l, 1897. and prior to the
aate on which the bill becomes a law.
The Iowa Made Good Speed.
Boston, April 7. The battleship
Iowa received a taste of what will Vw.
expected oi ner on Friday in a prelimin
ary trial off tbe New England coast to
day. The Iowa made a maornifinwi
performance, although it was abruptly
brought to a close by the tantrums of
tne new engines. Built under the con
tract requirements of 16 knots An Tinnr
she easily added a full knot and a frac
tion to that figure, with conditions not
altogether in her favor.
-A Chicago Bank Fails.
Chicago, April 7. The Globe Sav
ings bank, organized . in 1891. with
Eastern capital, assigned this morning
to the Chicago Title & Trust Comnanv.
Ex-Governor John P. Altgeld assisted
in organizing the bank, and was the
first vice-president. The last state
ment; published February 13, showed
a capital of $ 200,000 and a surplus of
$12,600, with deposits of $142,000, and
aavings $313,000.
Sugar-Bounty Bill Passed.
Paris, April 7. The senate today
passed the sugar-bounty bill.
The Break Near Tunica.
Tunica, Miss., April 6. At 8 o'clock
this morning the Flower lake levee.
rwhere it crosses Yellow bavou. eave
way under the tremendous pressure of
water. The crevasse widened ranidlv
and is now 100 yards wide throughout.
The water is rushing with a deafening
sound that can only be compared to that
of Niagara falls. The levee was twen
ty feet high where it broke. The peo
ple not only on farms near the break,
but on those some distance from the
levee, back of it have lost laree num
bers of cattle. So rapidly did the
crevasse widen that the water rushing
tnrougn it was sufficient to reach the
lake parallel to the Yazoo & Mississippi
Valley railroad at Bushby, which is five
miles east of the break, in a remarkably
short space of time and within an hour
had raised the lake eight feet The
water will no doubt be running over
the railroad at Bushby and Carnesville
before morning.
The country affected by the break is
one of the finest in the delta. It will
cause submergence of the entire south
western and south central part of Tu
nica county. Tbe flood will pass into
(joahoma county, overflowing Lulu and
the region around Moon lake, broaden
ing as it goes. A portion of the cur
rent will travel to Coldwater through
the Yazoo pass, while much of it will
travel southward, inundating some of
the finest fields in Coahoma countv.
Thence it will travel down Cassidy
bayou and Sunflower river, finally
reaching Yazoo, traversing almost the
entire length of the Yazoo and Missis
sippi levee district
The river at noon began to fall at
Austin, four miles above, and had
fallen four inches at 5 P. M. During
the same time, the river fell one-half
inch at the Harris farm, eight miles
north of the break. Above Austin the
levee is from two to three feet above
flood plane, but there are no weak
places which threaten immediate danger.
New York, April 6. The steamer
Fuerst Bismarck, which arrived from
Mediterranean ports today, brought
nearly 1,000 Italian immigrants.
Washington, April 7. In compli
ance wnn a resolution of inquiry, the
secretary of the interior sent to the sen
ate copies of the correspondence on file
in bis office bearing npon the executive
order of February 22. establishing a
number of forest reservations in West
ern states -
The most important document of the
series is a letter from Secretary Francis
to President Cleveland, dated Februarv
6, recommending these reservations.
From this letter it appears the reserva
tions were selected and the boundaries
established upon the recommendation
of the National Academy of Science,
which had investigated the question
through a committee composed lareelv
of college professors, at the instance of
becretary Smith. Secretarv Francis'
letter shows that he warmly approved
the selections made, covering 21.379.840
acres, and he suggested the issuance of
the proclamation on Washington '
birthday. He said the area of the
reservations proposed would exceed that
of all of those already established by
about 4,000,00 acres, but that "as our
public forests are being rapidly de
creased, and the loss resulting there
from is incalculable," he did not think
this apparently large area should mili
tate in any degree against the recom
mendation of the committee.
There is also a letter from Secretary
Francis to Senator Allison, recommend
ing legislation permitting mining and
prospecting on all forest reservations.
For Recognizing Insurgents as Bel
ligerents and Calling for Infor
mationAllen Would. Save Rivera.
wasnmgton, April 3. The Cuban
question was revived in the senate to
day after a long period of comparative
cairn, jp our distinct Cuban resolutions
were brought forward in rapid succes
sion. The last and most important
one came from Morgan. It declared
that a state of war exists in Cuba, and
announces the policy of the United
States to maintain a strict neutrality
as between both parties to the conflict,
with full recognition of the insurgents
as belligerents. . Morgan save nnt.ino
that he would call the resolution np at
the next meeting of the senate, with
ine expectation of securing final action.
. " Of the other resolutions two were
agreed to. One calls on the president
for letters of General Gomez to "himself
and to Cleveland, and for other infor
mation. The other, by Mills, instructs
the committee on foreign relations to
report wbat obligations the. United
States has assumed by compelling Cuba
to remain subject to Spain. Both res
olutions were passed without opposi
tion. Still another came from Allen
and proposed a protest against the re
ported purpose of the Spanish anthori
ties to try General Ruiz Rivera, the
Cuban officer, by military drumhead
court-martial. This led to an animated
controversy between Allen and Hoar,
mi. , ..
-me discussion went over to come up
with the resolution for the recognition
oi unban belligerency at tne next meet
ing.
-The tariff bill, passed by the house,
was received by the senate as soon as
the session opened today. Without
motion or comment, the presiding offi
cer, Mr. Hobart, referred the bill to
the committee on finance.
An interesting incident of the ses
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eiun was oenator unandier's refusal to
agree to a final, vote on the Jtreatv to
day. He called attention to the press
aispatcnes in regard to the situation in
Crete, and said he did not feel disposed
to enter into negotiations with any
power. whose guns were trained upon a
community of Christians struggling to
throw off the yoke of Moslemism. He
also spoke of England's conduct toward
the Boers of the Transvaal as deserving
oi condemnation, and a cause for hesi
tation m the negotiations. He said he
would probably in the end vote for the
treaty, but he was not wa tbe mood for
it today. . -
Alarm at St. Joseph.
St. Joseph, Mo., April 6. The first
alarm was felt here today over the rise
in the Missouri river. The stream rose
seven-tenths of a foot today and is still
climbing. Keports from the countrv
seventy-miles north of here state the
.Nodaway, One Hundred and Two.
Nishnabotna and other streams are all
out of their banks. Just south of this
city, the river is cutting badly and the
Burlington road has a large force of
men protecting its tracks at Burns lake.
Rising Rapidly at St. Louis.
St, Louis, April 6. The river at this
point receded half a foot between dark
and dalyight, but this morning the wa
ter began to rise again and tonight the
gauge shows 27.5 which was about the
stage of the river yesterday evening.
The water is now rising rapidly and on
the river front lively preparations are
being made against the threatening
overflow. - .
The poles of Jupiter are flattened
almost exactly like those of the earth.
The phenomenon can be plainly seen
with the telescope
Went Through a Bridge.
Pittsburg, Pa., April 7. -The wooden
span or the north-end approach to the
Ohio connecting bridge collapsed about
6 o'clock tbis morning, while the Fort
wayne treight train was crossing and
tne engine and tnirteen .cars were pre
cipitated to McClure avenue, fifty feet
oeiow. Dirman Haggerty was killed
instantly, and Engineer William Gra
ham so badly injured that the cannot
recover. The engine was completely
wrecKea, anu tne cars, which were
loaded with coal and -iron, were
entirely demolished. The loss will be
very heavy. The Ohio connecting bridge
crossed tne unio river at Wood's run.
and connected the Panhandle and Fort
Wayne roads of the Pennsylvania Com
pany. .
Guns Shipped From Bethlehem.
Bethlehem, Pa., April 7. The Beth
lehem Iron Company made a shipment
for. the government to Sandy Hook of
twenty-four cannon, loaded on flat
cars. The shipment was made up prin
cipally of eight and ten-inch guns, be
ing finished complete, ready for mount
ing.
" Astoria, Or., April 7. Lyman Bab
cock, foreman of the Clatsop mills, met
with an accident this morning that will
probably result in his death. While
standing on a chute at the mills, watch- j
ing the progress of a log as it was bein?
hauled into position, he was struck by
a heavy chain and knocked headlong to
the beach below. He struck on his
back across a log. His back was broken
and he sustained internal injuries.
His physicians have not given np hope
for his recovery. -
Ohio Hotel Burned.
Dayton, O., April 7 The Phillipo
bouse was partly destroyed this morn
ing by fire which started in the laundry.
Two persons were seriously injured and
several others hurt The fire was con
fined to the west wing. . The loss is
about $15,000; fully insured. John
Bryant, an actor, fell or jumped from
the third floor through the skylight,
and received a fractured skull.
From figures recently published at
Munich, it appears that there are now
in Central Europe 15,644 gas engines,
which aggregate 52,694 hone power. ;
- - " Appropriation Bills.
wasnmgton, April 3. The senate
committee on appropriations todav
agreed to report the sundry civil and
Indian appropriation bills practically
as agreed to before the adjournment of
the last session of congress. . A few
verbal changes were found advisable
and an important change was made in
the provision in regard to the opening
of the Uncompac hre Indian reservation,
in utan.
This provision was presented as a
senate amendment at the last session.
and agreed to by the house. The house
struck it out when it passed the bill at
the beginning of the present session.
lhe senate committee again recom
mends the inclusion of the provision-
but reduces the number of claims of
gilsonite one person may take from
four, as originally provided, to two.
A change was made also in the pro
vision for the right of inheritance of
children born of white fathers and In
dian mothers, so as to provide that the
mother shall belong to her tribe "by
blood." The original provision made
it by blood or descent." The bill
probably will not be reported until next
week. The deficiency bill was not
considered.
Japan Said to Offer a Market for Moun
, tain. Range Horses.
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aan jc rancisco, April e. it is more
than probable that a new market is
about to open for the great herds of
range horses of the Pacific coast Since
the close of the Chino-Japanese war,
the Japanese government has been re
organizing its army and from now on a
large cavalry force is to be maintained.
Previous to the war, the Japanese cav
alry was about 20,000 strong, and was
supplied from government horse-breed
ing establishments. When, however,
at the outbreak of hostilities, drafts
were made upon these establishments.
it was found that only 5 per cent of the
animals were really serviceable.
Officials at Tokio have recently been
considering tne small, weedy range
animals of Australia, and it is said that
when United States Consul Bell, at
Melbourne, learned of this fact, he
called attention to the American range
horses as being even better suited to
the needs of the Japanese government.
beveral Japanese residents in this
city, who are considered authorities on
the matter, and who have made a study
of Japanese horses and the Japanese
horsemen, are emphatic in their in
dorsement of the American range horse.
president Tetsutrao Aoki, of the
Yokohama Specie bank, of this citv.
.... ... . . - -
said today that undoubtedly the Ameri
can horse will fill all requirements
The horse most snitable for the
Japanese cavalry," he said, "should be
as tough as rawhide, not over gentle
and not too dainty in the matter of fod
der. I would unhesitatinlgy say that
the best horses for the home govern
ment could be selected from herds that
thrive so well on the plains of Eastern
Washington, Eastern Oregon, Califor
nia and the other mountain states. It
only remains for those most interested
to bring the matter properly before the
Japanese government in oder to open up
a big market for these animals."
NEWTARIFF BILL SATISFACTORY
TO THE FARMERS.
WRECK ON SHORT LINE.
Copper Amendment Forgotten.
Washington, April 3. Through an
oversight, during the consideration of
the Dingley tariff bill, the house neg
lected to adopt the amendments to put
copper on the free list prepared by the
ways and means committee. Conse
quently there is no provision for copper
in tne Dili. JNot having any special
mention, copper falls into the basket
clause at 25 per. cent ad valorem.
" In the original draft of the bill, the
McKinley rate of 1 cent per pound on
copper was retained. The subject was
brought to the attention of the commit
tee a second time, and as it appeared
no copper is imported into the United
States and some is exported, the com
mittee saw no reason why it should not
be included in tbe free list A clause
providing for it in the metal schedule
was stricken out by the house, but the
amendment putting it on the free list
was not offered. .
The Debt Statement.
Washington, April 5. The monthlv
statement of the public debt shows that
at the close of business March 31 the
debt, less cash in the treasury, amount
ed to $1,003,862,200, a decrease for the
month of $8,638,254. This decrease is
awjumcu iur uy a corresponding in
crease in the amount of cash on hand.
The Westbound Passenger Train Ditched
With Fatal Results.
Salt Lake, April 6. The westbound
through passenger train on the Oregon
Short Line was ditched near Malad,
Idaho, at 10 o'clock yesterday morning.
The engine and the first four cars
passed over the switch safelv, but the
fifth car, a tourist sleeper, a passenger
coach and two Pullman sleepers were
completely overturned and demolished
with fatal results. P. Kennedy, of
Kansas City, was killed, and several
were injured seriously. .
lhe accident was caused by a broken
switch-frog. It is believed that tramps
had tampered with the switch shortly
neiore tne tram passed.
The officials of the road started from
Salt Lake immediately upon hearing of
tne accident, taking a number of phy
sicians, 'ine injured were" taken to
Boise, where they will be cared for.
The track was cleared by 7 o'clock in
the evening. The damage to the rail
road was about $4,000, not including a
coach or the Oregon Railroad & Navi
gation Company, which was entirely
destroyed.
CHARITY AT HOME.
Governor teedy Says Kansas Has No
Corn for India Sufferers.
Kansas City, April 6. A special to
the Times from Topeka, says: The
Christian Herald relief committee tele
graphed Governor Leedy from New
York today, asking how much corn
Kansas would give the famine sufferers
of India. The - governor has not re
plied to the telegram. He said tonight
tnat ne tnougnt .Kansas should give her
spare corn to the sufferers along the
Mississippi river, leaving England to
take care of India. '
Philadelphia. April 3. All -hard
grades of refined sugar advanced 1 cent
today, and the principal soft grades
16 to 1-8 cent. This is the third ad
vance this week, and is said to be due
to the annouced change in the tariff
law. powdered, cubes and crown A
are now quoted at 5 cents, while gran
ulated, crystal A and diamond A are
marked up 4 cents. . These are the
highest prices that have been realized
for the high-grade sugars for more than
a year. .
.- Petition for Reciprocity. , - .
Kansas City, Mo., April 3. The
board of trade, the Kansas City Live
stock Association and the Commercial
Club, representing the leading business
men of the city have adopted a me
morial to the United States senate and
house of representatives, urging the
adoption of a strong "reciprocal clause
in the present tariS bill, by which we
can continue the increase of our trade
witl) -all Latin-American . countries,
especially Mexico."
'The resolutions are the outcome of
agitation started by the International
Trade Association. -
Nunez Busy Fitting Out Expeditions.
New York, April 6. The United
States authorities here have information
that Colonel Emilio Nunez, who is
wanted for organizing and taking part
in a dozen or more filibustering expedi
tions, has within the past few days re
turned to this country from Cuba. It
is also hinted that Nunez is hiding
hereabouts, having come to New York
with Dr. Joaquin de Castillo, who, af
ter forfeiting his bond, surrendered
himself last week and was allowed to
give new bail for trial. Colonel Emilio
Nunez distinguished himself as a daring
cavalry leader during the ten years'
war. It is said that since the breaking
out of the present struggle Nunez has
been engaged in organizing and sending
men, arms and ammunition to Cuba,
He was tried here last winter for break
ing the neutrality laws in one of the
Bermuda expeditions, but the jury disagreed.
. Crazy Farmer's Deed.
Humansville, Ma, April 6. What
is almost certain to result in a double
tragedy oocurred last night near Wen
bleau, Hickory county. Sam Smith, a
young farmer, attacked his aged step-
motner, Mrs. bmith, with a corn-knife.
Her sister, Mrs. Cox, ran to her assist
ance, and Smith hacked both women on
their heads, shoulders and arms, until
they were unconscious. He then went
to the home of a neighbor and reported
that he had killed them. Both women
are close to 60 years old, and neither
can live. Smith was arrested, and
taken to Hermitage He is believed to
be insane. The cause of the trouble
was a refusal of Mrs. Smith to rent her
farm to her stepson.
Will Not Be An Ambassador.
Washington, April 6. The state de
partment has received notice from the
Turkish government that it finds it in
convenient to raise the grade of its mis
sion in Washington to that of an em
bassy on account of the increased ex
pense incurred. This decision of the
Turkish government will prevent the
president, under the existing law, from
nominating ex-Secretary John W. Fos
ter as ambassador to Constantinople, as
it is understood was his desire. :
Apple Bngs in Missouri.
Sedalla, Mo., Ap-il 6. Small green
bugs have made their appearance in
some of the largest apple orchards in
this section, and fears are expressed
that they will destroy a great part of
Central Missouri's' apple crop. One
orchard, containing 1,000 trees, has
been invaded by the bugs, which lit
erally cover the buds. '
i Paris, April 6. The Gaulois reports
that the pope intends to intervene be
tween the powers and Greece with a
view to effecting, if possible, a peace-:
able solution of the Cretan difficulty.
Business Already Improving y,,der Me
Kinley's Administration Protective
Tariff Becoming Popnlar With All
the Leading Political Fartips.
Gkohgk Melville, Special Correspondent.
Washington, i. C The new tariff
bill which the ways and means commit
tee has reported to the new congress is
proving satisfactory to the farming and
manufacturing interests. No classof
citizens have received more Careful at
tention than the farmers in the work
which the committee has performed in
framing this bill. This relates not
alone to the mere question of protection
to farm products, but the fostering of
manufacturers which shall thus furnish
an increased home market, and provi
sions for demanding reciprocity from
foreign nations, by which special ad
vantages may be had for our farm pro
ducts in foreign markets. The commit
tee has put a good deal of work on the
wool schedule, and when thev complet
ed the bill they felt that they had got
ten it into more satisfactory shape than
they expected, and especially into a
shape which will be satisfactory to the
farmers generally and give them a much
better protection than they had under
the McKinley law. While the rates
upon the finer grades of wool are prac
tically tnose oi the McKinley law, those
relating to the coarser grades are ma
terially changed, and in a way which
will be very satisfactory to the wool
producers. Under the classifications of
the McKinley law large quantities of
wool intended for use in manufacturing
cloths were imported under the head ol
carpet wools and paid carpet wool rates
of duty. - The new schedule and classi
fication which the committee has adopt
ed will, it is believed bv the member
of the committee, prevent this and re
quire wools brought in for manufactur
ing cloths to pay the proper rate while
those properly classified as carpet woolf
will pay rates very little higher than
those named by the McKinley law.
uy this new classification, the com
mittee believes that it will give to the
wool growers a very satisfactory rate ol
protection, and, at the same time, in
crease materially the revenue produced
from wool under the McKinley law.
The fact that enormous quantities ol
wool used for manufacturing cloths
were brought in under the title of car
pet wools, reduced materially the reve-
ues which would have been realized
had they paid the rates of duty which
the law fixed for wools used in the
manuiacture of cloths, blankets, etc.
While the rates are not those proposed
by the Wool Growers' Assiciation, the
reclassification which prevents the
coarse wools being brought in at carpet
rates of duty, will prove in some degree
an offset for the failure to adopt the
rates requested by this association.
While the rates finally determined upon
are considerably below those named by
the Wool Growers' Association and
will to that extent perhaps be unsatis
factory, there is reason to believe that
members of the association generally
did not expect to get as high rate of
duty as asked, and that by reason of the
new classification they will be particu
larly well satisfied with the work of the
committee.
The completion of the bill enables
the members of the committee to make
estimates of the inorease of revenue
which the bill will produce. These
estimates range from 65,000,000 to 75,
000,000 per annum increase over the
present law. Should these expectations
be met, the bill, when it becomes a law,
will produce sufficient revenue to meet
the running expenses and add from five
to seven millions per month to the
treasury reserve. It is believed that if
this expectation is realized and a oom
fortable surplus constantly maintained
in the treasury, the danger of renewals
of demands for gold in exchange, for
green DacKs and treasury notes will
rapidly disappear. In general it may
be said of the bill that the rates of the
McKinley law were made a basis for the
present measure, the general plan being
to make no higher rates than those im
posed by the McKinley law, and to keep
below it in such cases as possible. .This
has been done in a large proportion of
the articles upon which rates have been
named. The number of articles taken
from tha free list and placed upon the
dutiable list is not as large as had been
anticipated, but the committee feel con
fident that the bill will prove a satisfac
tory revenue producer, and that the
rates of protection given by the com
mittee will be generally accpetable to
the interests affected.
Downing, Hopkins & Company's Review
of Trade. - -
One could write yards of matter and
fill innumerable columns of space in
attempting to describe the wheat mar
ket and its variations this week, giving
a reason for each and every movement. -A
well-known operator puts it correctly
and tersely when he says "the market
is suffering from too much news and
too many statistics." There is all
kinds of news in wheat, and statistics
enough to supply everybody, but
whether traders are any better for hav
ing so much information is a question. -Figures
themselves don't lie, but it is
said liars can figure, and they evidently
have been doing it in a manner that
may -be satisfactory to themselves but;
certainly not soul-filling enough for the
public who are growing rather chary of
statisticians and their methods.
' In speaking of figures, it must be
confessed that they are unusually favor
able for higher prices, but they, like
bad crop reports, are ignored. The
visible supply for tbe week was cut 1,
407,000 bushels. The total is now 39,
023,000 bushels, compared with 61,-'
045,000 bushels last year; for the same
week one year ago, a difference of 22,
000,000 bushels. The world's stock for.
the week underwent a decrease of about '
5,000,000 bushels. World's shipment
for three weeks have been under 4,000,
000 bushels, while the supposed or esti
mated requirements of the importing
countries is 7,250,000 bushels per week.
Wheat and flour on ocean passage de
creases steadily, and this week was re- '
duced 1,500,000 bushels. If that is
not a phalanx of figures towararnt pur
chases of wheat, the buyer had better
go out of the business. Sad to relate,
however, statistics have little effect
upon the market, and professional sel
lers go right ahead, never thinking that
there is the barest sort of possibility of
a day of reckoning before the new crop
is in the shock.
Corn has held its own, and there is
very little change to be noted in the
market. That corn possesses merit on
its own account has been and is daily
demonstrated by the course of the market
Market Quotations.
Portland, Or., April 6, 1897.
Flour Portland, Salem, Cascadia
and Dayton, $4.10; Benton county and
White Lily, $4.10; graham, $3.40; su
perfine, $2.75 per barreL
Wheat Walla Walla, 76 77c; Val
ley, T8c per bushel.
Oats Choice white, 4042o ' per
bushel; choice gray, 36 38c. -
Hay Timothy, $13.0014.00 per
ton; clover, $11.5012.50; wheat and
oat, $9. 00 11. 00 per ton.
Barley Feed barley, $17.50 per ton;
brewing, $1819.
Millstuffs Bran, $14.50; Bhorts,
$16.60; middlings, $26.
Butter Creamery, 40 45c; dairy,
3040c; store, 1730o per roll.
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks,5060c:
Garnet Chilies, 6575o; ECVly Eose,
8090o per sack; sweets, $3.00 per
cental for Merced; new potatoes, 3o
per pound.
Onions $2.002.25 per cental.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00
4.00; geese, $4.005.00; turkeys, live,
ll12c; ducks, $4.005.00 per dozen.
Eggs Oregon, 9c per dozen.
Cheese Oregon, 12c; Young
America, 13c per pound.
Wool Valley, 11c per pound; Eastern
Oregon, 79c.
Hops 9 10c per pound.
Beef Gross, top steers, $2.00 3. 50;
cow's, $2.253.00; dressed beef, 46c
per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, $3.503.75; dressed mut
ton, 6c per pound. "
Hogs Gross, choice, heavy, $4.00
4.25; light and feeders, $2.503.00;
dressed $4. 50 5. 00 per cwt
Bimetallic Conference Will Be Held.
It is understood by those who are
familiar with the details of Senator
Wolcott's trip and the plans which have
been formulated by the president and
others, in view of his report, that the
proposed bimetallic conference may not
he called until autumn. The president
and those who have advised him on
this subject have concluded that the
subject generally should be prety thor
oughly digested and plans formed be
fore tbe delegates come together. They
have no doubt as to the practicability
of bringing about an international con
ference, and they feel assured that the
proposition is likely to be met with
much greater cordiality than on former
occasions. It is known that the British
government, while it has no expectation
of returning to bimetallism, in the-com-monly
accepted sense, is willing, in
fact anxious, to reopen the Indian
mints, and may be willing to establish
a mint in London for the coining of
rupees for the Indian market, and in
addition to this make a material in
crease in her silver currency and en
couraging some action on the part of
other nations. The German government
occupies a very similar attitude and
will be governed, it is understood, to a
certain extent by the action of England.
The reports brought back bv Senator
Wolcott are more encouraging as to the
attitude of England than had been an
ticipated by the most ardent friends of
international bimetallism. -
It is not assumed by the French bi-
metallists, or those of the European na
tions generally that international bi
metallism or bimetallism of any sort,
upon anything like this present ratio.
can be brought about by the co-opera
tion ol any two or three nations, but
Mr. Wolcott comes back very hopeful :
of favorable action by the governments
of all the great European countries, and
tauB favorable action by the conference.
Seattle, Wash., April 6, 1897.
Wheat Chicken feed, $27 per ton.
Oats Choice, $2324 per ton.
Barley Boiled or ground, $20 per
ton. ' '
Corn Whole, $19 per ton; cracked,
$1920; feed meal, $1920.
. Flour (Jobbing) Patent excellent,
$5.00; Novelty A, $4.60; California
brands, $5.85; 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, $30.
Hay Puget sound, per ton, $10.00;
EasternWashington, $14.
Butter Fancy native creamery,
brick, 26c; select, 24c; tubs, 23c;
ranch, 1517.
Cheese Native Washington, 12Jo.
Vegetables Potatoes per ton, $16.50
18; parsnips, per sack, 75c; beets,
per sack, 60c; turnips, per sack, 60c;
rutabagas, per sack, 60c; carrots, per
sack, 40 50c; cabbage, per 100 lbs,
$1.50; onions, per 100 lbs, $2.90.
Sweet potatoes Per 100 lbs, $4.00.
Poultry Chickens, live, per pound,
hens, 10 11c; ducks, $66.50; dressed
turkeys, 15c.
Eggs Fresh ranch, ll12o.
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef,
steers, 7c; cows, 6Jc; mutton, sheep
9o per pound; lamb, 6c; pork, 6c per
pound; veal, small, 8c.
Fresh Fish Halibut, 46c;
salmon, 56c; salmon trout, 710c;
flounders and soles, 84c.
Provisions Hams, large.ll hams,
small, t breakfast bacon, 10c; dry
salt sides, 6c per pound.
San Francisco, April 6, 1897.
Potatoes Salinas Burbanks, 90c
$1.10; Early Rose, 65 75c; River Bur
banks, 60 70c; sweets, $1.001.75
per cental.
Onions $1. 75 2. 25 per cental.
Eggs Ranch, 1012o per dozen.
Butter Fancy creamery, 13Jc; do
seconds, 1218c; fancy dairy, 12c;
seconds, 11 12a '
Cheese Fancy mild, new, 6)c;
fair to good, h 6c; Young America,
78c; Eastern, 1414o.
Wool Choice foothill, 89c; San '
Joaqnin plains, 68c; do 12 months,
8 100 per pound. -
Hay Wheat and oat, $7 10; best
barley, $6.608.00; alfalfa, $5 8;'
clover, $4 8; compressed wheat, $6
9.50; do oat, $6 7 per ton.
Tropical Fruit Bananas, $1.00
2.00 per bunch; pineapples, $24.
Citrus Fruit Oranges, navel, $2
2.60; seedlings, do, 75c$1.25; com
mon lemons, 50c$l; good to choioe,
$1.502; fancy, $4 per box.
Apples Good to choioe, fl1.75;
fancy, $22.26 per box.
Hops 9 18X0 per pound.
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