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County Clerk VOL. XXXIV. CORVAIiLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1897. NO. 5. If Epitome of the Telegraphic i-v flews 0f the World. - TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES Am Interesting Collection at Item From - the New and the Old World In a i X '- .'Condensed and Comprehensive Form. By a collision between two passenger trains at Harrisburg, N. C, three men were killed outright and several others seriously injured. C. BBellinger, United States dis trict judge-' for Oregon, has been ap pointed by Governor Lord a member of the board of regents of the state Uni versity at Eugene. ' 1 - The" Heldageblatt, the Dutch news paper of Cape Town, declares that lead- - . . ing. .officials, of the Transvaal speak openly of war with England as inevit able, and aver that it will be carried right tip to Table bay. . .' 7' A. dispatch from .Montevideo states .. . . - that a serious engagement has occurred ' between the federal troops under Colonel fc --'-'-. Cits&Ha and the insurgents near Minas. :'.' . .-.The federals aerSaid to have been de Jeated." "The insurgents have captured the town of Sarandl 'del Yi.' The government of Japan has decided to send two warships to Hawaii, stop-J- aV pinianeanwhile all emigration. A - . nuinfier pfgrejected'emigrants have ai rijedat Kobe. The press is urging ' flie'gverffment'to take a firm attitude .'r r toward -:the -Hawaiian and American r-) .. .gover.me.pts. " Hot winds have taken the snow from j, ? the mountains above Pendleton, Or. ,' t- A-.f.nd the Umatilla river is up to as high 'a stage as at any. time this spring. v s Part of the railroad bridge above town i?f T., Ktffl gone out, compelling the abandon ment of the' branch line between there . "vnd Walla AValla. The water is still rising, and promises to do more damage. 'J3 The Turkish'- parte? in a protest to J.-.L-: the powers against Greek invasion, says t tt- that the regular Greek army occupied ' i'v-. Turkish territory near Grevno and com mitted acts of hostility by destroying , . three posts. The protest further de-'-'"'clares-that these acts virtually consti fZ!ina&vpt..igre88ion and a casus belli, and "denounces Greece as an ag- Mvgressor jn the war. ' ' tVt. r-JZr,i r1 Fife greatt damaged the dwelling Tlhotfse oecmpiod by, James Jackson, a rel- ' atlve of President Andrew Jackson, and inheritor Of the relics of the deceased rv' -relics-' was'Gen era I Jackson's carriage, ,the wheels of which were made of tim ,berfrom theLold-. war frigate Constitu . tion." The carriage' was destroyed along ''i!;.with-many-)the.r'relics, valued at $10,- - A Salt Lake. paper prints what is o.. -claimed to be a. confession by J. W. T " Fetzer; Who is under arrest at Dillon, ' -s Mont, in which he-says he killed Dr. " " -C.-H. Nichols, superintendent of the insane asylum at Washington in 1873. He sayS.-he has ten or fifteen other vic tims, but will' not plead guilty unless he ean get a death sentence. Fetzer was arrested last week in Salt Lake and . turned 'over ft, Montana authorities, charged with swindling the state. Carter Harrison has been elected " ' ' mayor of Chicago; - r .The president has named Theodore ' Eoostfvett. :pf .NewvTork, to be assistant secretary of the navy. ' The board of control of the state of Washington unanimously appointed J. B. Catron warden of the penitentiary at Walla .Walla. i The Orego'n City land office, in an swer to numerous letters of inquiry, - ' announces that no date has yet been ' announced by the president for the opening to the public of the Klamath reservation. A London dispatch says the arch bishop; of Canterbury will personally deliver into the hands of Mr. Bayaid, " on the latter's return to London, the log of the Mayflower, which the con sistorial court recently decided to pre ;T sent to the. United States. There is a scarcity of onions in the California markets. Dealers say that all the California onion crop was ship ped as soon as gathered to the Eastern and Southeastern states, and that a eorner has been effected in the Wash ington and Oregon crop. The prisoners in the Clatsop county jail at Astoria, dug a hole -under an old sink in the jail and some of them made ? - an effort to escape. Sheriff Hare ar , rived just in time to catch Peter Fus-. . tin, who had crawled through the hole and hidden under the sidewalk. William Kothlage, an inmate of the county jail at Union, committed sui cide in his cell, by hanging. He was insane and was in jail waiting to be transported to Salem. The body was taken to La Grande for burial, in ac cordance with the last request of the deceased. .The supreme courtroom in Washing- ton, D. C., and the corridors without were crowded with spectators, attracted by the appearance of William J. Bryan as counsel .in a case. The case on ' - hearing involved the constitutionality ' of the law of the state of Nebraska to Tegulate railroads, to classify freights -.-and to fix rates. .. cGreat enthusiasm was manifested in . Athena,-Greece, during the fetes or ganized to celebrate the anniversary of ..the declaration of 1821 of the inde pendence of Greece from Turkish rule. The . scenes throughout ' the day, al though, very brilliant, were lacking in - the usual imposing military display, on. account of the large number of ' trdops sent to the frontier. The ab sence of pleasant exchange between the people here was also in striking con trast with other, years. Otherwise the , , ; usual customs were followed. l':';-'' 'Laella Hoyt, .23 years old, daughter '"'of 'A.1 J. Hoyt, a citizen of Vallejo, Cal., has confessed that on July 4 last she burned the residence of William Varney, a neighbor. Miss Hoyt had - assisted Mrs. Varney in her household - - duties and the Varney family had been very kind to her. When asked why she burned the house, -she said "she could not help it. An irresistible im pulse came upon her, and she held a lighted candle to the wallpaper until it ignited. She is now suspected of firing a number of barns that have been de stroyed -"ently, but she will not admit A TRIPLE MURDER. An Indian Chief Killed Three White Miners. Mojave, Cal., April 14. News of triple murder committed Friday night at Panamint, a mining camp 120 miles east of Mojave, by an old Indian chief known as Panamint Tom, reached here' today. His victims were William Lang' don, of Tulare; Jules Goldsmith, of San Francisco, and Frank Reed, resi dence unknown. The men had had trouble with the Indian 'over the trans fer of some mining property, in which the" Indian fancied he had been cheated. On Friday evening, shortly after dusk Panamint Tom, in the manner peculiar to his race, sneaked unawares upon hi victims, shooting all three of them be' fore they had an opprtunity to defend themselves. Langdon was instantly killed, but as Goldsmith and Reed were only mortally wounded, the Indian clubbed them to death with his gun He left the scene on foot, closely pur sued by several miners, bent upon lynching the murderer, and after hard run of fifteen miles he surrendered himself to Frank Montgomery, of Los Angeles, into whose camp he ran for safety. If the murderer is not lynched he will be brought to Mojave. A BURGLAR'S SUICIDE. Killed Himself After Shooting kane Police Officer. a Spa Spokane, April 14. Police Officer McPhee lies in a critical condition, with a bullet wound in his neck. The dead body of the man who shot the officer lies in the city morgue. M& Phee had the man under arrest and waa taking him to the station, when the prisoner sprang back and fired a re volver at the officer. The ball struck McPhee in the jaw, went through the neck and lodged near the vertebrae. The man who did the shooting was Arthur Chappelle, of Dayton, Wash where he has a wife and five children. He was wanted for burglary. After shooting McPhee he ran through the city several blocks and concealed him self in an outhouse. He was pursued Dy .ueputy sheriff Ferguson and a crowd of angry citizens. As the deputy pulled the door open a shot was fired inside, and the. officer thinking he was being fired upon shot at the man inside. Chappelle fell to the floor and was dead in a moment. It was then seen that he had shot himself through the head. Ferguson's bullet passed through the burglar's arm and made a flesh wound in his side. ANOTHER BRYAN MURDER. Evidence of a Fonl Crime Illinois. Fonnd in Mount Vernon, 111., April 14. Boys passing through some woodland five miles northwest of the city, today, found a woman's head lying near the public road leading from Mount Vernon to Itichview. They reported the dis covery, and a party was organized for a search for the body. It was found 200 yards from the spot where the head lay, with the flesh stripped from the bones, both the trunk and head being so badly decomposed as to render recog' mtion impossible. The - testimony of the inquest went to prove that the body was that of a woman who was in that locality in November. She refused to divulge her name, but said her home was in Carmi, 111., and that she was going to St. Leu's. The theory is that another Peral Bryan murder has been committed. It is said a suspected party left the country about the date of the woman's disappearance. The Senate Adjourned. Washington, April 14. The senate met at noon for the first time'since the death of ex-Senator Voorhees, who un til recently was a conspicuous member of the body. The opening prayer of Rev. Dr. Milburn, the blind chaplain, made an eloquent reference to Voor hees' brilliant talents, impassioned ardor, kindling eloquence, genuine pa triotism and the unselfish dedication of his great powers to every cause human and divine which enlisted his support. Immediately following the prayer Senator Gorman, of Maryland, moved that as a mark of respect to their late associate the senate adjourn, adding that many senators desired to attend the funeral. The motion prevailed, and at 12:05 the senate adjourned. Ohio Town Has a Sliding Mountain. East Liverpool, O., April 13. An avalanche has started near here. An entire hill is moving, and at three points near here the street railway system is blockaded. Two big dwell ings near Wellsville are doomed, and the Pennsylvania tracks were moved by the pressure of the hill. The un dermining of the hill for the Wellsville road has left no protection and the en tire face of the hill is slipping, from summit to base, including a small for est and tons of rock. The Wellsville road has dropped from sight in two places and the expected avalanche will bury the Pennsylvania tracks and the street-car line and will endanger the big sewer pipe works. Fighting in Uruguay? New York, April 14. A Herald dis nalch from Montevideo savs. Tt is r- ported that a serious- engagement has occurred between the federal troops under Colonel Casalia and the insur gents near Minas. The federals are said to have been defeated. The in surgents have captured the town of Sarandi del Yi. Relief Work in Tennessee. Memphis, Tenn., April 14. This morning Lieutenant Bowan, in . com pany with Captain Fitch, left the city aboard the steamer Itaska. Helena is the objective point. Captain Fitch will make another inspection'of levees, while Lieutenant Kowan will al'd fn a proper distribution of supplies ..pur chased with a part of the .government appropriation. " -" Alger Says the Worst is Over. Washington, April 14. Secretary Alger thinks the worst. of ; the, flood., danger is passed in the Mississippi val ley, and with a force of the war depart ment which is in the field co-bperatirjg"' with the local relief committees, there is small danger that suffering wjlt be permittedto go unchecked and:iBre lieved. -.: -, .., .;. . A memorial statue to Dr. Parke, who was the surgeon of Stanley's expedi tion in Africa, has been erected at the south side of Leinster Lawn in, Dublin, Ireland. - - 1 11URE RIDI Encouraging News From the Mississippi Delta; CROPS MAY YET BE HARVESTED Indications Are the Flood Will Dis appear by May 1 The Govern ment Agents Aiding the SniTerers. Memphis, April 13. The water in the Mississippi delta is slowly receding. Reports received tonight from the over flowed country are most encouraging. The day has been an ideal one, and every planter in the delta is in better spirits. At Greenville the river, as well as the backwater -surrounding the town, is stationary tonight. Everything is in readiness for the receipt and distribu tion of provisions . from the govern ment, and as soon as the army officers arrive the work will be actively entered into. At Lulu, Miss., a decided improve ment is noted. There is still some suffering in the back country, but it is being alleviated by the planters, and today a representative of the govern ment arrived and will assist the desti tute at once. The Yazoo & Mississippi Valley rail road has been busy all day with pile drivers replacing washouts. The road will probably have trains running into Lulu and Clarksdale on Thursday. It is now believed the water will dis appear by May 1, and, if this proves true, a fair crop can be made. The river is falling at Memphis-to night At Vicksburg and all points south a steady rise is noted. DURRANT SENTENCED. The Prisoner Taken to San Quentin to Remain Until His Execution. San Francisco, April 13. Theodore Durrant was this afternoon taken to San Quentin prison, there to be con fined until his execution, which was fixed by the court today for June 11. This is the second time Durrant has been sentenced to death for the same crime, and he received this judgment, like the other, with calm indifference. His attorney, after the sentence had been pronounced, made several further attempts to secure delay for his client, but Judge Bahrs, who pronounced sen tence, was not impressed with the logic of Durrant's attorney, and de clined to modify his sentence in anv way. The murderer's attorney moved successively to strike from the sentence the allusion to Durrant's confinement in San Quentin, then filed a notice of appeal from the order and asked for a certificate of probable cause, and finally asked for a stay of execution for four hours, that the application for a writ of probable cause might be taken to the supreme court. All these motions were denied. When taken to the ferry en route lor tne prison, uurrant's nerve broke down at the sight of the crowds, who rejoiced in his passing to the snauow oi tne gal lows alter so many and protracted delays. He murdered Blanche Lamont over two years ago. and was arrested a week after commit ting the crime. FORTY LIVES LOST. Perished in the Swollen Streams of South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska. Sioux City, la., April lS.Forty lves at least have been lost in the floods' in South Dakota, Iowa and Ne braska. Two persons are known to be lost on the Floyd, three have been drowned on the Big Sioux, two on the Missouri and two on the Coon river, all in the immediate vjcinity. Similar cases are being reported daily from points farther away and a sharp watch is kept by the authorities for floaters in the Missouri. Many people are missing, of whose death their friends have no positive in formation. Most of them have proba bly been carried down the Missouri, and their bodies probably will never be recovered. The bodies of two more victims were brought into Sioux City last evening, Danford Magee and Harry Flavill, who were drowned while attempting to ford, the Elkhorn, in Nebraska. There has been a general fall in all streams in the locality. Shot In the Eye by a Child. San Francisco, April 13. Joseph Hertzel, aged 54, was accidentally shot in the right eye tonight by Tessie Neu- berger, a 9-year-old girl. While Hert zel was repairing a boy's" parlor rifle, Tessie Neuberger, who lives in his house, seized the weapon and asked Hertzel to "play soldier."-'".After marching around the room, the. child raised the weapon to her . shoulder and pulled the trigger, the bullet entering Hertzel's right eye and lodging, 'in the brain. Realizing what he had doheV tne frightened onild ran Kfc. Iier mother and informed her of the' occurrence; The latter at once visited Hertzel's room and found the occupant lying on the floor. Hertzel 'was removed to the receiving hospital. He believed to be fatally injured. Panthers when taken very young make very docile and affectionate pets. Weyler Refused L.ee's Request. ' New York, April 13. A Herald spe cial front Havana says: General Wey ler replies to General Lee that he cannot grant permission to Mrs." Marriott to go beyond the lines to secure the body of Mr. Crosby, of the Chicago Record. Mr. Marriott went a week ago - to the Spanish lines nearest he scene of Cros by's death. -" Weyler bays he would like to oblige in the matter, but is not will ing to assume the responsibility of pro tecting Marriott where he cannot do so. Cable Car Runs Into a Bicyclist. ' ". San Francisco,April 13. A G. Maas, a deputy in ' the assessor's office, ' .was struck in the back and . fatally in jured by a Haight-street cable' carotins morn ing, while 'riding a bicycle On" Market street. His spine was fractured, and he received such other injuries that no bope is entertained for his recovery. Missouri has" no-ffinesteS '-iieaTly" $20, 000, 000 in schoolhouses, apparatus, grounds, libraries and outbuildings, the salaries of teachers and incidental expenses. !-'-- .- - THE SPECIAL ENVOYS. Commissioners to the Monetary Confer ence Appointed. Washington, April 14. The presi dent tonight announced the appoint ment of Senator Edward O. Wolcott, of Colorado; Hon. Charles J. Payne, of Boston, and ex-Vice-President Adlai E. Stevenson as commissioners to an inter national monetary conference. The appointments are made under the act approved March 8, last, for the promo tion of an international agreement for bimetallism, and the appointments do -not require confirmation by the senate. It has been generally conceded that Sen ator Wolcott would be made a member of the commission. He has been an active leader in the movement for a monetary agreement and is widely known as an advocate of the silver cause. His trip to Europelast summei was generally conceded to be at least semi-official, as the representative of the new administration. His tour ex tended over several months, and em braced the leading European capitals. Ex-Vice-President Stevenson, the Democratic member of the commission, though generally known as an advocate of bimetallism, was a staunch supporter of Mr. Bryan and the Chicago platform. He and Senator Wolcott, however, are said to be in accord on the financial question. General Charles J. Payne, .who may be termed the minority member, is a Bepublican, and was a McKinley man. He is one of the most prominent busi ness men of Massachusetts, and is said to be a deep student on the financial quesiton. While he is classed as a sup porter of bimetallism, based on interna tional agreement, he is regarded as allied with the sound-money faction. He is a graduate of Harvard, being a member of the class of '53. General Payne is largely identified with rail roads and other corporations, being a director of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy road, and other large concerns, and a director of the Boston Institute of Technology. He was an intimate friend and associate of Professor Walker, the financial authority. It is not known when the commission will meet and organize. When organ ized, however, it is believed Senator Wolcott will be made president. It is believed the commissioners will not go abroad before May 1, at which time the new ambassadors will be at their posts and render the special envoys the assist ance necessary in the consummation o' their mission. TWO MILLS TOO MUCH. Special Tax jLevy of the City of Port land Is Illegal. Salem, April 14. Opinions were handed down by the supreme court to day, as follows: H. W. Corbett et al.r appellants, vs. the City of Portland et al., respondents; reversed. Opinion by Bean, J. v ' Suit was brought in this case to re strain the collection of a special tax, levied by the city of Portland for the payment of interest charges on its bond ed and other indebtedness. It was set out in the complaint that, on June 30, 1895, the Portland city council, by ordinance, levied a tax of 8 mills for general municipal purposes, and on the same day, by another ordinance, an additional tax of 2 mills, for the pay ment of interest on bonded and other indebtedness of the city. For this lat ter ordinance plaintiff held there was no warrant of law. The complaint al leged by the ac$ of incorporation, the levy of taxes for general and municipal purposes shall not exceed in - any one year 8 mills, and out of the sum real ized therefor and other revenues of the city it must pay the interest charges and all other general and municipal ex penses. It was further alleged that prior to commencement of the suit, plaintiffs paid, or tendered and offered to pay, the full - amount of the 8-mill tax, and that defendant Sears, sheriff of Multnomah county, threatens and will, unless restrained, attempt by levy and sale to collect the remaining. 2 mills. The defendants' contention was that the 2-mill tax was not without author ity of law and alleged that without it it would be impossible to successfully conduct the affairs of the city, it being the opinion of the mayor and council that both taxes were indispensable to meet the public exigencies. . . An injunction restraining the collec tion was granted, which, on trial in the lower court, was dismissed and an ap peal was taken. ' Levee Has Given Way. - Memphis, April 14. The mighty sweep of the waters south of Vicksburg has at last had its effect upon the lower levees, and tonight a telegram from Tallalah, La., reports that the levee which protected Davis island has given way, and that the island will in all probability be" flooded. Twenty-five hundred people inhabit Davis island, which consists of about 1,000 acres of land. . The place is situated, in Warren county, Miss. .Through, the upper delta, the flood situation' shows little,' change since last ep6rtjs'.; The work of government relief tas -be&n adtively . inaugurated. Many people are being fed and housed at Greenville, -Rosedale, Helena, Friar's Point and other points along the river. The. "relief steamer is now plying up the .St. Francis river withstood and forage for man and beast. .- Bad Fire at St. Louis. St Louis, ?April 14. A five-story building on Main street and Park ave nue, occupied by the St. Louis Refrig erator & Wooden Gutter Manufactur ing Company, was partially destroyed by fire this forenoon. The loss is $60, 000. Two firemen, and a boy were in jured by falling walls, but not fatally hurt. - - " . - ' The men who design war maps have experienced a slight dash of the return of prosperity. ,. ' "' ; The Tfews From Tacoma. "' Tacoma, April 14. The: state board of horticulture is in session in this city today. 4, .The members- .criticised the small ' Appropriation" to continue their work", " only $ 3,000 being available. Idaho's- appropriation was $10,500 for the same work. , ' v Chicago, April ' 14. The "Illinois" steel works at Soutn Chicago-' resumed operation's- -this -morning. About 100 rail-finishers whose striking involved 2,500 men, were not re-employed' The finishers were not upheld by officials of the union. ' . ; -'.- President of Great Northern Writes of Asiatic Trade. ) ' v NEW MARKET FOR OUR WHEAT Hill Says That He Is Building Up Trade in the Orient and Suggests . That Tariff Duties Be Reasonable. Washington, April 12. James J. Hill, president of the Great Northern railroad, and also interested largely in transportation to the Orient," has writ ten a letter to a Western senator in which he points out the possibilities of trade in China and Japan, and suggests that tariff duties be so adjusted as not to prevent trade with the countries across the Pacific. ' President Hill says: "The Asiatic trade of the greatest importance to this country, and partic uiariy to sucn portions or it as are in terested in raising wheat. A year ago last fall wheat sold for from 18 to 22 cents per bushel in the Palouse country, south of Spokane, and this year it has sold for from 65 to 70 cents. About three years ago I sent an agent to China and Japan to investigate thoroughly what steps could be taken to introduce the general use of wheat and flour in those countries, as against their own rice, and found it simply a matter of price. I then took up the consideration of building steamers for that trade, de signed to carry cargoes- of flour and grain at low rates. l lound that we could build the ships, but, owing to the sailors' union fixing the wages of sailors at $30 a month, and engineers and other ship employes at about twice the wages paid by European steamers, it was impossible for us to compete with the English, German, Italian and Scan dinavian ships on" the Pacific After the war with China, the Japanese used a large amount of their war indemnity for a subsidy to their merchant marine. and we opened negotiations with the General Steamship Company, of Japan, which is owned by leading men of the empire. We found their subsidy was about equal to the cost of their coal and the wages of their sailors. They pay their sailors $5 a month Mexican, or $2.50 in gold, enabling them to hire twelve good sailors for the wages of one American sailor. After some protract ed, and difficult negotiations, we con cluded a contract with them for a line of steamers between Chinese and Jap anese ports and Seattle, on condition that they would carry flour from Puget sound to Asiatic ports at $3 a ton, against from $7 to $8 a - ton formerly charged from West coast ports in the United States. The low rates fixed the rate for all lines between the Pacific coast: and Asia, and has resulted in carrying Oet-abnt 28,00,000 bushels, or its equivalent in flour, from the last crop. There is left about 5,000,000 bushels between now and their harvest. "Thus you will see we have been able to find new mouths which have never before used wheaten bread, to take the entire California, Oregon and Washington wheat crop out of the Eu ropean markets. Thia will reduce the amount going to Europe about 20 per cent, and is three times the quantity shipped to Europe from Argentina dur ing the past year. The price of wheat this year, as compared with last is 2Q to 25 cents higher, and I think it may be said that from 15 to 18 cents of this rise is clearly due to the withdrawal of the Padific wheat from the European markets. I see in this morning's re ports a telegram that European ships are loading with barley, rye and mer chandise from San Francisco for Eu rope, after waiting months for cargoes of wheat, and that no more wheat will go to Europe from the Pacific coast. "The only way we could bring about this reduction in the transportation of flour to Asia was by diverting the tea and matting business, which has here tofore gone mainly on English ships, from Asia direct to New York, and car rying these commodities to the Pacific coast, by a low rate,' and transporta tion inland by rail, to distribute the commodities to points between Minne sota and New Yorfc " .. . "I have given you the 'facts, so you will understand the situation and be able to see that, unless these ships can bring their main cargoes of merchan dise to the Pacific ports at rates that will compensate them for the traffic, the business must go as heretofore, to New York, and the rates on flour to Asiatic ports will be again at the old figure, or at an advance of about 50 cents a barrel, which would, in my judgment, destroy the business that has just been built up with that coun try. The province of Amoy alone, which is near the coast, contains over 80,000,000 people, and, at 20 pounds of flour per capita per annum, would con sume the product of 40,000,000 bushels of wheat. The large districts of Tien Tsin and Shanghai, both within easy reach of the sea, would consume about as much more as soon as the trade could be fully opened. It is not outside j the range of possibility to say that we couia iip wneat at uevii's ljake or points west, as long as the demand for- flour continues to grow as it has for the past six months." There are over 2,000 miles of rail ways in operation in Japan. Rebel Stronghold Captured. Cape Town, April 12. A dispatch from Vreysburg says volunteers have captured and burned the insuregnts' stronghold at Ganssepe. Lieutenant Harris is among the killed. Wealthy Woman's Sudden Death. " Chicago, April 9. Mrs. Julia Nel son, 18 years old and the possessor of $100,000, died suddenly in a cottage in West Erie street today. Asphyxiation by coal gas is supposed to have been the cause of death. ... Tried to Stop a Runaway. San Francisco, - April 12. William Hanbrich, engineer of the Golden Gate park water works, met with a sudden death this afternoon while attempting to stop a runaway horse. . He jumped at the animal's head as it approached him, evidently intending to grasp the bridle,: but misjudged the speed at whrciuit was moving and was struck violently either by.the' shaft of the cart or the wheel, and his brains were dashed out. . The driver, Peter Roy, was also seriously cut. Hanbrich was 88 rears of age today. RIVERA WILL NOT BE SHOT. Spanish Minister Says His Execution Was Never Contemplated. Washington, April 12. Advices re ceived by the Spanish minister state that General Rivera, who is lying wounded near Havana is not in a seri ous condition, and that his wounds are not likely to' prove fatal. Inquiry as to the status of the prisoner elicited a statement by the minister to the effect that at at no time has the Spanish government or General Weyler had any idea of shooting Rivera. Havana, April 12. General Ruiz Rivera remains at San Cristobal. He is recovering from his wounds. In the event of a summary; trial, it is not likely he will be sentenced, but he will be held as a prisoner of war. A Ramor That Rivera Waa Freed. Key West, April 12. News was re ceived last night that the Cuban insur gents had made an attack on the train upon which General Rivera was being taken from San Cristobal to Havana. Reports say the insurgents were suc cessful in their attack, and that Rivera was freed. It is impossible to get a confirmation or denial of the report as yet, but the Cuban sympathizers here believe it to be true and are according ly jubilant. -.. - BRYAN WAS HURT. Piazza From Which He Was Speaking Fell Injuries Not Serious. St Augustine, Fla., April 12. Hon. William Jennings Bryan was injured here this evening by the caving in of the piazza from which he was speaking. Nearly 400 men and women were pre cipitated about twenty feet to the ground, and many of them were in jured, but none fatally. Mr. Bryan was picked up unconscious, and re moved to a physician's office, where an examination revealed that he had " re ceived no injuries of a serious charac ter. It was deemed best, however, to abandon the.reception. to have-been given this evening. - Mr. Bryan arrived at 5:50 P. M., and was greeted by several hundred people. At 8:30 he addressed fully 3,000 people from the piazza of the San Marco hotel. At the close of the speech hundreds of people flocked about him, and the strain was so great that one section of the piazza forty feet square fell through. Only One Bid Received. wasnington, April iz. xne navy department received today but one bid in answer to an advertisement calling for proposals for supplying 8,000 tons of armor for' three battle-ships, the Illinois, Wisconsin and Alabama, and it was irregular in lorm. It came from the Illinois Steel Company of Chi cago, and proposed to supply 8,000 tons of armor at $260 a ton, on condition it be given a 20-year contract to supply all naval armor. In such case the re mainder of the armor would be sup plied at $240 a ton, the armor to be paid for in gold coin. An alternative proposition, content plated the erection of an armor plant by the government and its supply with steel by the Illinois company. No awards were made, and the whole mat ter will probably be referred to con gress. An American Has the Contract. Havana, April 12. Michael J. Dady, of Brooklyn, N. Y., has secured an important contract to improve the sanitary condition of Havana. It is said the contract will involve an ex' penditure of about $15,000,000. Work will be begun next winter, and it will give immediate employment to from 4,000 to 6,000 men on, sewers and pav ings, etc. AH the preliminaries of the agreement have been decided upon, and it is reported that Mr. Dady has as security bonds issued by the city of Havana to the amount of $12,000,000. mr. uady is now nere . witn bis engi neer, Mr. Byrne; and the papers are to be sent to Captain-General Weyler for his approval. Mailcarriers A-Wheel. Oakland, Cal.. April 12. The post- office at Fifteenth and Broadway will soon be headquarters for the most con siderable and energetic cycling club in the city, for the mailcarriers are to ride wheels. The equipping with wheels of Oat land s mail delivery service means more than, would appear at first. It means possibly another collection and distribution of mail matter each day, and a consequent improvement of the general service. The hours of each car rier will be shortened and he will be supposed to make good time. It is possible that the territories of the men will be extended, but this does not mean a cutting down in service, rather an enlargement, as the post master would be enabled to extend his routes and reach much further from the heart of the city. Palmer Got a Verdict. Canton,. 0.r April 12. Tyndale Palmer was yesterday given a verdict by a jury in the court of common pleas for $1.50 in a libel suit against he Evening Repository. The suit is one of the last of the many similar ones brought by Palmer against newspapers using a press dispatch in regard to a land deal. The petition asked for $50,000. President McKinley is one of the stockholders of the paper. Fighting for Durrant's I.ife. San Francisco, April 12. The attor neys for Durrant today asked the su preme court for a writ of error. The petition was denied, and the attorneys will now appeal direct to the United States supreme court for a stay of exe cution pending the preparation of pa pers fer an appeaL Eagles do not have different mates every season fcs do birds generally ; they pair for life, and sometimes occupy the same nest for many years. r The President's Outing. Annapolis, Md., April 12. Presi dent McKinley arrived at 5 o'clock this evening, and was received with a pres ident's salute from the naval academy. Superintendent Cooper and a party of officers called on the president and a number of documents and newspapers were sent aboard the Dolphin. San Francisco, April 9. L Rosen krantz, an attorney, filed a petition in insolvency today. He owesabon $40, 000 and his assets are about $300. His Indebtedness was contracted for living xpeuseg. ' WASHlJNtiTUN LETTEE TARIFF AND CURRENCY UNDER DISCUSSION. Farmers' Interests Well Cared for In - the Dingley Bill International . Bi metallism Gaining Ground Silver ites Quarreling Among Themselves. E. F. Parsoks, Special Correspondent. ' Washington, D. C. The debate on the tariff bill in congress during the past few days has developed some in teresting facts, both as to the relations of the new bill to the farmer and the effects of the present law upon ' him. The contrast between the effect of the McKinley law, and the Wilson law, upon the the farmers of the country is shown to some extent by a comparison of the values of the farm animals of the country at the beginning and close of the operations of each of these acts. The total value of farm animals in 1891J the year following the enactment of the. McKinley law, was $2,329,rt7,- 770, and in 1893, the year in which its destruction by the free trade congress began, was $2,483,506,681, an increase of over $150,000,000. The values in 1897 are given by a recent report of the department of agriculture at $1, 655,414,612, a falling off of over $828, 000,000. While more than half of this reduction is in the ' single item of horses, whose . values has been - depre ciated in.: part by other causes, a very large proportion of -this loss is directly traceable to the general depression in industries and lack of earnings due to the low tariff law. . ; The Silverltes Quarreling. The quarrel in the ranks of the free silver Democrats grows apace. Con gressman Bailey, of Texas, who was the successful anti-Bryan candidate for the speakership nomination in the house is attempting to tecure the lead ership to which that nomination en titles him, and is being antagonized by the Bryan people, headed by McMillan, Wheeler and others. Mr. Bailey and the Bryanites have failed to agree on the tariff question, Mr. Bailey's views being far less extreme than those of Mc Millan, Wheeler and other associates, and the differences of opinion which thus develops, both with reference to tariff and the extreme views of the Bryan wing on other important subjects, promises a wide and permanent breach in the ranks of the silver Democrats. The supporters of the free coinage of silver are having a hard time. Their theory that wheat and silver moved abreast was knocked in the head during the closing weeks of the campaign, and is still in the same condition, wi. vit i having remained at a good price wniie silver has still depreciated, having reached almost the lowest point in its history. Coupled wth this misfortune to their cause, is the announcement that Japan, to which they had "point ed with pride" as the leading exponent of their idea, is about discarding the silver system and going to the gold standard. Between their November defeat and these two incidents which followed it, they are losing courage and also adherents. Fight on the Tariff Hot Successful. The free traders have had one of their most relied upon arguments against the Dingley bill badly punctured in the very first days of its use. They started out immediately after the publication of the Dingley bill with the assertion that it would be a failure because the McKinley law, upon which it was based, was a failure as a revenue producer. This statement has led to an examina tion of the workings of the McKinley law, and it is found that from the date of its enactment, October 1, 1890, to the date of the meeting of the congress which enacted the Wilson law, the earnings of the McKinley law were $14,575,486 in excess of the expendi tures of the government, thus creating a "surplus" during all of the time in which it acted normally. That its earn ing capacity .was badly crippled from the time that congress began work upon a low tariff measure, was quite natural, as every importer who expected lower rates of duty, stopped importing, and as a consequence, the customs revenues fell off very greatly. But during the time that it acted normally the Mc Kinley law was a success. Trusts Get a Black Rye. The greatest disappointment which the enemies of the Republican party have met with in attempting to analyse the Dingley bill is the fact that they are not able to scream "Sugar trutl" They remember painfully the scandal which attached to the passage of the Wilson law through which the sugar trust benefited enormously and had hoped that the - publication of the Dingley bill would furnish them basis for the cry "You'r another," but the most inegnious and unscrupulous effort to charge friendship for the sugar trust upon the Dingley bill fails utterly. On the contrary, those most familiar with the subject assert that the measure is not only free from suspicion of this character, but will result adversely to trusts and combinations which have flourished under the Wilson law. Advocates of the beet sugar indus try are delighted over- the new tariff bill, and predict that the next few years will see a wonderful development in the production of beet sugar in the United States. International Bimetallism. While there has been no official an nouncement as to the immediate policy of the administration regarding inter national bimetallism, the developments have been such as to warrant the con clusion that the negotiations for an in ternational conference are to be under taken through authorized representa tives of this government at a very early date. :, Whether this will be by the ap pointment of special representatives for this purpose is not yet clear. It is known that negotiations are being seton foot already and that the adminis tration hopes to be able to bring about conference in the coming autumn, which will be participated in by the great nations of the world. Mean time thtftfriends of free coinage in the United States without the co-operation of other nations are losing ground, and many of them recognizing the fact that international action is the only pratic ible method of restoring the use of iilver. : The old theory that silver and farm products-have kept pace in values nd that silver money was therfore the true measure of value bos lost Us bold. WEEKLY MARKET LETTER. Downing, Hopkins & Company's Review of Trade. Buyers of wheat have been slaughter ed this week and many holders have loosened their grip on hitherto well held lines, believing as they did, in ' the many crop reports telling of damage ; in the Southwest, and more particularly in stories from Indiana and Eastern Missouri. . Their faith appears to have ; been misplaced. They received no as sistance from the general public, and ' people who are chronic sellers saw the opportunity and persistently fought , the campaign, and their efforts have met with success. The result has been ; a -pevere liquidation of the previously existing speculative interests, and there . can but be little doubt that the mar- , ket a the close of the week is more ; nearly evened up than at any time in several years past. Wheat has lacked ' a good cash demand for some time, and without it there is only the conclusion to be drawn that value should decline. The fact that red wheat commands a high premium has not had the slight est effect in preventing or even staying ' the depression that set in early in the -week and which caused a loss of 5 cents in the future deliveries and a propor tionate break in the cash grades. A great many inclined to the belief that : the break was due to manipulation and not from legitimate causes. This theory is rather doubtful and can be ques tioned. The market is always more or less subject to manipulation, but to the extent of the decline that has occurred ' this week does not seem probable. We are of the opinion that , the current weakness is due to disappointment with " the rate of flour consumption, which is smaller than had been expected, and with the larger arrivals than had been -looked for, and, although the public is ; suffering this disappointment, it has no ' need to despair, for, at the slow rate of ' current consumption, the world ends the crop season lower in supply than in any season before since the price was 90 cents a bushel for an average of a sea- son. For various reasons it is apparent that the present price is to be tempor ary only. Market Quotations. Portland, Or., April 13, 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, 74 75c; Val- ley, 76c per bushel. Oats Choice white, 3840o per per bushel; choice gray, 87 39c. Hay Timothy, $14.0015.00 ton; clover, $11.5012.50; wheat and oat, $10.00 11.00 per ton. ii.tr ley Feed barley, $17.50 per ton; brewing, $18 19. Millstuffs Bran, $14.50; shorts, $16.50; middlings, $26. Butter Creamery, 40c; dairy, 80 82 s; store, 17 K 30c per roll. 'Potatoes Oregon Burbanks,55 65c; Garnet Chilies, 65 75c; Early Rose, 80 85c per sack; sweets, $3.00 per cental for Merced; new potatoes, 8o per pound. Onions $2.002.75 per cental. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.50 3.00; geese, $4. 00 5. 00; turkeys, live, 11 12c; ducks, $6.00 7.00 per dozen. Eggs Oregon, 9c per dozen. Cheese Oregon, 10c; Young America, 12Jc per pound. Wool Valley, 11c per pound; Eastern Oregon, 7 9c. Hops 9 10c per pound. Beef Gross, top steers, $2.00 3. 50; cows, $2. 25 3. 00; dressed beef, 4 6c 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 $4.505.25 per cwt. Seattle, Wash., April 13, 1897. Wheat Chicken feed, $27 per ton. Oats Choice, $23 24 per ton. Barley Rolled or ground, $20 per ton. Corn Whole, $19 per ton; cracked, $1920; feed meal, $1920. Flour (Jobbing) Patent excellent, $4.80; Novelty A, $4.50; California brands, $4.90; 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; Eastern W'ashington, $14. Butter Fancy native creamery, brick, 22c; select, 22c; tubs, 23o; ranch, 15 17. Cheese Native Washington, 12c. Vegetables Potatoes, per ton, $16.50 18; parsnips, per sack, 75c; beets, per sack, 60c; turnips, per sack, 60c; rutabagas, per sack, 50c; carrots, per sack, 40 50c; cabbage, per 100 lbs, $1.50; onions, per 100 lbs, $3.25. Sweet potatoes Per 100 lbs, $4.00. Poultry Chickens, live, per pound, hens, 1010c; ducks, $66.50; dressed turkeys, 15c. Eggs Fresh ranch, 12c. Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef, steers, 7c; cows, 6c; mutton, sheep, 9c per pound; lamb, 5c; pork, 6c per pound; veal, small, 8c. Fresh Fish Halibut, 46o; salmon, 56c; salmon trout, 710c; flounders and soles, 3 4c. Provisions Hams, large,ll; hams, small, llc; breakfast bacon, 10c; dry salt sides, 6c per pound. San Francisco, April 13, 1897. Potatoes Salinas Burbanks, 90c $1.10; Early Rose, 65 75c; River Bur banks, 5070c; sweets, $1.501.75 per cental. Onions $3. 00 3. 50 per cental. Eggs Ranch, 1012c per dozen. Buttei- Fancy creamery, 13c; do seconds, 1212Jc; fancy dairy, 12o; seconds, 10a Cheese Fancy mild, new, 6c; fair to good, 5J6c; Young America, 7 8c; Eastern, 1414Ja Wool Choice foothill, 10 13c; San Joaquin plains, 8 11c; do 12 months, . 8 9c per pound. Hay Wheat and oat, $7 7. 50; best barley, $6.50 8.00; alfalfa, $5 8; clover, $6 8; compressed wheat. $6 9.50; do oat, $6 7 per ton. Tropical Fruit Bananas, $1.00 2.00 per bunch; pineapples, $2 4. Citrus Fruit-Oranges, navel, $2 8.50; seedlings, do,. 75c$1.25; com mon lemons, 75c$l, 25; good to choice, . $L60U75; fancy, $2 per box. ; Apples Good to choice, $125. 2; fancy, $2 2. 65 "per box. Hops 8 12c per pound. -