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CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL. 30, 1897.
NO. 7.
VOL. XXXIV.
ITS OF THE DiT:
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting Collection of Items From
the Ken and the Old World In a
Condensed and Comprehensive Form
It is reported that the Oregon delega
tion in congress has recommended Pro
fessor H. B. Miller; president of the
state agricultural college at Corvallis,
for a diplomatic appointment to Ger
many.
Company G, Oregon National Guard,
Allan J. Walker, captain, has beeiidis-
banded by order of Governor Lord.
The company's headquarters were at
Myrtle Point, Coos county. - The
resignation OfcCaptain Walker, made
necessary by his" removal from the
state, was the cause for making the or
der. The president has sent to congress the
report of the boundary commission ap
pointed to locate the boundary line be
tween Mexico and the United .States,
west of the Rio Grande river. The
president's message merely transmits
the papers filed by the commission
with the state department, consisting of
printed volumes and maps.
The Odd Fellows of Walla Walla
royally observed the seventy-eighth an
niversary of the order. Excursions from
the surrounding towns swelled the
crowd present. Business houses were
closed and all buildings were beauti
fully decorated for the occasion. The
main part of the programme was the
laying of the cornerstone of the new
Odd Fellows' Home.
A dispatch from Coulee City, Wash.,
says that while Griff Jones, Charles
Deeter and Bay Weston were rounding
up a band of young horses on lower
Crab creek, they undertook to swim the
horses, below Iiocky ford, across the
stream. While crossing the horses be
came entangled and unruly, and Jones
and Weston, were thrown into the water
and drowned, while Deeter managed to
reach the shore.
Private John N. Stamm, O- Walla
Walla barracks, was accidentally shot
during target practice, and it is not
possible for him to recover. Sergeant
Manes' pistol snapped while aiming
at the target. He returned to where
Stamm was standing, and was explain
ing to him the reason why the car
tridge failed to explode. ' In doing this
he pulled the trigger, and the revolver
was discharged, the bullet striking
Stamm in the groin, and passing entire
ly through-the body, perforating the
intestines, and coming out of the back.
- The governors ofOregon and VVasl
T' Tngtorxihiv'reoeived copies 'at the calf
for the annual meeting ot the trans
Mississippi congress, to be-held this
year in Salt Lake City, July 14 to 18,
with a request that they designate a
number of citizens to represe-rt the
states, including, "at least one speaker,
who will be prepared to present some
general subjeet in which the state is in
terested." The objects of the congress
are to secure closer trade relations and
national legislation of benefit to states
west of the Mississippi. W. J. Bryan
has been made president of the congrtss.
A number of Japanese have left San
Francisco for Mexico, where a colony
will be formed on laud granted them by
the Mexican government.
The body of Captain Evan Davies, of
the British four-masted ship Delcairnie,
who drowned over four months ago in
the harbor at Astoria, has been picked
up by a fisherman. The remains were
positively identified by papers found in
.the pocket.
" The great coon and varmint hunt on
Fox island, Washington, in which sev-
eral hundred hunters participated, was
anything but a success as a varniint
'killing bee, though all who attended
Twere well satisfied, as the courtesies of
the islanders made the outing a most
enjoyable one. 4
Seth L. Milliken, representing in the
house of representatives the third dis
trict of Maine, died at Washington.
For some time he lwd suffered from
a serious affection of the bronchial
tubes, which last week developed
alarmingly, and was accompanied by
kidney and liver complications.
A dispatch from Baker City, Or.,
Bays that Powder river is higher than
it has ever been known to be, and ia
doing great damage. Only one bridge
remains in the city, and if the warm
weather continues, it will go out. The
Kumpter Valley railroad is flooded for
miles, and trains will not be running
" for weeks. The northern residence por
tion of the city is inundated.
Chief Justice Fuller, of the United
States supreme court, has refused a
writ of habeas ocrpus in the case of El
verton R. Chapman, a broker, who re
fused to testify in the sugar speculation
investigation as to whether, senators
had speculated in sugar stocks while the
Wilson tariff bill was before that body.
The sentence of the supreme court of
the District of Columbia to 30 days in
jail and $100 fine was affirmed, and
Chapman's application for writs of cer
tiorari and habeas corpus were denied.
:. As a result of a terrible accident in
a mining camp near Rossland, B. C. ,
six men were killed and several others
injured. Twelve men were asleep in
the camp when a landslide, 300 feet
long and six feet deep, and fifteen feet
wide, overwhelmed them.
A train near South Lyon, Mich.,
struck a vehicle on a crossing and in
stantly killed Harry Clark and Miss
Sarah Fisher. Miss Ethel Just was
seriously injured. Chirk was a student
at Ann Arbor, and Miss Fisher, attend
ed' the state normal school at Ypsilanti.
Reports from the wheat-producing
regions of the Northwest Potlatch,
Palouse and Big Bend are that fall
sown grain is as far advanced as it was
at this time last year. The sudden
wave of warm weather tended to make
vegetation grow rapidly. Colfax,
Wash., reports prospects for the largest
crop in years in Whitman county. Gar
field sends similar tidings. Stevens
county grain fields also look well. In.
the Big Bend, the largest acreage since
s plow was pat in the ground has been
; flown, and farmers expect the largest
yield in years. Fruit and wheat we
. . J 'i! i T. 1 K
GENERAL GRANT'S TOMB.
Was Dedicated With the Most Im
posing of Ceremonies.
New York, April 29. Never but
once iif the history of the world and
never before in the history of the Unit
ed States has such a tribute been paid
to the noble dead" as when today, with
wondrous pageant by land and sea, the
nation dedicated the tomb that now
holds the body of Ulysses S. Grant. It
was an occasion more of triumphant
eulogy and national pride than of a
funeral rite, for in the twelve years
since first the nation mourned for
Grant, the keenness of the grief bad
worn off, and there lives in the hearts
of men the hero-worship which found
such tumultous vent today. The great
est of our citizens, our soldiers and our
sailors today stood side by side with
men of fame, and almost every nation
of the earth paid,, without regard to
race, creed or party prejudice, the last
and long-delayed honor of the living to
the dead, while the greatest throng that
ever filled the city of New York added
its surging peans to the loud belching
of guns and the tramp of marching sol
diers. " And in that throng there was
no North and no South, for since the
soldier-priesident had said, "Let us
have peace," the gray had blended with
the blue.
Before the presidential party left the
city to take part in the dedication cere
monies, the flag-decked streets were
black with people, who cheered vocifer
ously as the great men drove by. When
the tomb was reached, a strange sight
met the eye. All around the oval, in
the center of which stood the monu
ment to Grant, were what seemed to
be black hillocks. This somber back
ground was formed by thousands of
spectators, who filled the stands built
up from the ground on both sides of the
tomb to the level of the steps that led
to its massive doors. To the south,
where the loop around the oval .met
the riverside drive there were two solid
lines of humanity. On all four sides
of the monument oval stands were
packed to overflowing, while facing
these crowds was the great mass of
eager sightseers who had not been offi
cially provided for.
The solemn services of dedication
seemed to throw a strange hush over
this vast throng. The president stood
bareheaded in the 'wind. When he
spoke he was heard distinctly by the
60,000 people who stood directly in
front of him. ' . -
General Porter's oration in honor of
the hero seemed to impress the crowds
less than the sight of the pale-faced,
bareheaded president beside the widow
of the dead general, ex-President Cleve
land and the gray-haired statesmen and
soldiers. It was their presence rather
than their words that lent solemnity to
the occasion, and when it was all over,
and Mayor Strong had formally received
from the nation the trust of the tomb,
and the president and party disappeared
in theJ uiicheo;,t,?nt, a sigh j'of rej iet
wetif up from the erowd,Kfor at last the"
hero laid in the tomb befitting such re
nown and fittingly dedicated by a grate
ful nation.
GREECE UPSET.
The Country Is on the Verge
of a
Revolution.
Athens, April 29. Popular feeling,
points to a revolution in favor of a re
public. -The citizens are greatly excit
ed at the revelations made by ex-Min-isterRalli,
as to the conduct of the cam
paign. Today, large meetings have
been held in Constitution square and
other places, and fiery harrangues have
leen delivered by well-known orators
in denunciation of "those who would
betray Greece."
The fall of the ministry is regarded
as certain.
This afternoon 500 men formed them
selves into a volunteer body, forced
their way into the gunsmiths' shops,
armed themselves with rifles and re
volvers, and paraded the streets in front
of M. Ralli'8 residence. Several depu
ties addressed them, exhorting them to
remain calm and await the progress of
events. Finally they proceeded to the
royal palace, where, after making a
demonstration, they dispersed without
further disorder. This incident has
made a great sensation.
The legislative assembly, in the
absence of -a quorum, suspended ' the
extraordinary session until tomorrow
morning. A majority of the deputies
have signed the manifesto exhorting
the people to be calm.
M. Ralli and the opposition leaders
had a conference at the palace with the
king this afternoon. After the con
ference, a representative of the press
had an interview with M. Staloudis,
one of the opposition leaders. He said
the leaders of the opposition had im
pressed the king with the fact that it
was his first duty to organize the Greek
forces. To this, the king had assented.
The leaders also pointed out that a new
ministry must be a product of a vote
taken in the legislative assembly.
Flood Flows Up Stream.
St. Louis, April 29. Points on the
Mississippi and Missouri rivers above
here report a serious condition of
affairs, the water having risen to the
danger height. Thousands of acres ol
farm land on both the Illinois sides ol
the Mississippi have been inundated,
and- considerable stock has been
drowned and crops destroyed. Accord
ing to the weather bureau, both rivers
will continue to rise.
' Fir for Tea Chests.
Taooma, April 29. The steamer Vic
toria, sailing Friday, will carry to
Japan a pioneer shipment of 200,000
feet of fir lumber, to be used in making
tea chests.
Francis Joseph Goes to Russia.
Vienna, April 28. Emperor Francis
Joseph, with Archduke Otto and Count
Gluchowski, the Austro-Hungarian for
eign minister, has started for St. Peters
burg. Louisiana Levee Breaks.
New Orleans, April 29. A break in
the levee occurred at 11 o'clock last
night at Melrose plantation, thirty
miles below the city, on the west side
of the river. Superintendent Landrik,
of the Grand Isle railroad, is on the
scene with men and material, and ia
sanguine of closing the break, which
is from thirty to forty feet wide.
Missing French Steamer.
London, April 29. It is feared the
French steamer Henri, from Swansea,
for Marseilles, has been lost, with
thirty of her crew.
Ill ! fl il
Terrible Fight for Life in a
Submerged Car.
CAUSED t BY
A BROKEN AXLE
Three Were Killed and Eighteen
Injured, Some Seriously Firemen
Help in the Work of Rescuing
Portland, Or., April 29. A frightful
street-car accident occurred at 6:45 yes
terday morning, in this city, on East
Morrrison street, between Eighth and
Ninth, involving the death of three
persons and the injury, more or less
severely, of nearly a score of people.
Car 52, of the City & Suburban line,
running between Mount Tabor and the
West Side, in charge of Conductor
Stephen Guthrie, with John G. Kieffer
as motorman, jumped the track while
crossing a bridge at high speed, -and
dashing over the roadway through the
frail wooden guards, built for the pro
tection of pedestrians, and plunged into
a slough of water twenty feet below.
Conductor Guthrie left Mount Tabor
station with his car at 6:35. It was
the hour when many living on that side
of the river and employed on the West
Side, leave their homes for the day's
work, and the car was well filled after
leaving Sunnyside. The usual early
morning trip was without incident un
til a minute before the terrible catas
trophe. There is an easy grade for sev
eral blocks until East Ninth street is
reached, and it has been the custom to
speed the cars along at more than a
moderate rate. Suddenly, just as the
car reached where there is a slignt jog
in the track, the ominous bumping of
the wheels on the plank roadbed told
that the car was off the track, and its
speed through some means appeared to
have accelerated. The drive axle of the
front truck had broken. Before the
passengers could realize the danger that
confronted them, the car had swerved
sharply to the left, and, with a start
ling crash, the forward trucks struck
the wooden curb, and the car plunged
through the frail sidewalk and guard
railB, into the waters of the slough be
low, turning half over in the descent
and landing on its side. Motorman
Kieffer, who had remained at his sta
tion, vainly endeavoring to control the
car by the brake, jumped from the front
platform as the car struck the sidewalk
and a man who stood beside escaped the
same way. Some of the passengers on
the rear platform were thrown off by
the shock, and one or two succeeded in
saving their lives or escaping serious
injury by jumping. There were thirty
one passengers on the car, and as near
as could be ascertained, twenty -one
persons, including Conductor Guthrie,
were aboard when the headlong plunge
w4saBBga aagasaisgia
A scene of indescribable confusioi
"followed. The crash of the breaking
timbers was mingled with agonizing
shrieks and pitiful cries of the wounded
and struggling passenegrs in the half
submerged car. They were shut up
like rats in a cage, and the marvel is
that any were able to escape a horrible
death. The car with its human freight
lay on its side, but did not at once go
to the bottom. There was breathing
space for the frantic humanity within,
and a terrible struggle at once began to
reach the windows. There was a grab
bing for a hold of some kind, and a
rapid and instantaneous smashing of
gan to emerge from the wreck, and the
windows. - Heads ana arms at once De
able-bodied climbed to comparative
safety on the outside. One or two who
had jumped while the car was flying in
the air were slowly and painfully swim
ming to theBhore; and hats, canes, din
ner baskets, and other small- movable :
articles began to appear on the surface
of the water. .'.
The car remained in its half-sub- J
merged condition, very close to the (
steep bank for a few seconds long
enough to prevent the certain death of .
many of the crazed prisoners and then j
it gave a sudden lurch, and the water i
rushed in through the windows and j
other orifices. The upper side sank to
the level of the water, and the under
side rested on the uneven bottom. The
water was from six to ten feet deep.
The passengers who had been able to
extricate themselves from their impris- ,
onment began . to help others out i
through the shattered windows. These '
were able to ma&e their way to the bank
over planks run out by rescuers who
had already began to assemble.
Passengers who had fortunately es
caped from the car aided in giving the
alarm, and, within a few minutes' time,
many persons were rushing to the res
cue. Some thoughtful person turned
in the fire alarm, and the warning bell
started the East Side battalion to the
scene. - '
Firemen and others performed gallant
service in the efforts to save life. New
ton Hanson, a lad of 16, was taken out
alive, but died in a short time.
Frantic efforts were made by the
a irti,:
firemen to extricate
be seen in the
Baillie, who could be seen in
wrecked car with a heavy timber across
her body,
strangled
before the firemen could get
her out. '
The lifeless body of Blanchard was
next taken out. He had been drowned.
The dead are:
William W. Blanchard, of Sunny
side, 48 years of age; assistant miller
at Acme mills.
Katherine Baillie, 25 years of age;
until recently of Illinois.
Newton Hansen, of Sunnyside, 16
years of age; employed at Great East
ern Tea Company.
Eighteen people wrere injured, some
seriously.
There will be 1,093 churches within
the boundaries of the Greater New
York.
Hohenlohe'e Visit to Fronee.
London, April 28. The Times corre
spondent at Paris has been informed
that the object of Prince Hohenlohe's
visit to M. Hanotaux, the French min
ister, was to discuss the situation in
the Transvaal and to persuade France,
and through her, Russia, to support
Germany in resisting Great Britain's
imperious attitude toward the Boers, in
exchange for Germany's support of
France in the Egyptian question.
One inoh of rain- falling upon one
square mile is equivalent to 17,500,000
gallons' of water...
THREE MEN DROWNED.
Fishermen
Lose Their .
Bonneville.
Lives Near
Bonneville, Or., April 28. Three
Finnish fishermen John Sunquist,
Anton Johnson and a man named Suyne
were drowned yesterday morning in
the Columbia, in the narrow channel
between the Oregon side and the island
directly above this place. Only- the
body of Sunquist has been recovered.
The men bad been visit'n their nets,
which were set in an eddy, near the
shore, and were tacking back to Bonne
ville. There is a fearful current in the
river in the channel, particularly at
the present stage of water, and naviga
tion" is alway dangerous. When in one
of the most hazardous places in the
stream, the wind, which was blowing a 4
gale, caught the sail and capsized the-a
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peared.
A man named Olin, who was walking
along the track of the O. R. & wit-
essed the accident, and endeavored to I
get a boat, out to the rescue, but was
unable to launch it in the rapid cur-;j
rent Seeing that all efforts to save-
t'f-e men would be in vain, he ran down .
the track abreast of the boat, which
was drifting swiftly down stream, and
caught it after it had lodged on a boom
near the mouth of Tanner creek, -below
Bonneville. . . " ; ,i I
A taut rope extended from the boom
into the water, which pulled and
tugged in the current, as if there vias.
an anchor attached to it. Pulling it?)
up, Olin was horrified to see that it eutm
ported the body of a man, and lifted
out Sunquist, dripping and lifeless.
He immediately searched about in
hnnft that. the nt.her two men had se-.Li:
cured themselves to the boat, but conldf
finfl Tioitlioi tf Tittr-n and thoir hnrllpfl'j.
have not as yet been recovered. , .
Sunquist's presence of mind in secur--
ing himself to the boat might havet
saved him in easy water, but it availed
only to save his body in the terrible
water below the cascades. "
FORMAL SESSIONS.
Ko Business Transacted in Either House
of Congress. ;
Washington," April 28. The senate
chamber had a deserted appearance
when the session opened today, many .
of the senators having, gone to .New
York to attend the Grant ceremonies-
Harris of Tennessee was at his desk
for the first time in many weeks, and
was congratulated on his recovery from
a serious illness.
In the absence of the vice-president
and President Pro-tem. Frye, Nelson
j occupied the chair. Dr. Milburn's
opening prayer was an eloquent refer
' ence to the gathering of thousands to
j pay tribute to the great chieftain,
Grant, and he prayed that the glow of
1 patriotism . freshly kindled - . may !
I strengthen our government and the -
I union of states.- --' -Wi''
irom tne nouse. an enort was maae to
send it to conference, but Gorman ob
jected, saying it had been understood
that no business was to be transacted.
Thereupon, at 12:25 P. M.,' on motion
of Morrill, the senate adjourned.
In theHouse.
Washington, April 28. The house
held a purely formal session today.'
Many of the members h'ad gone to New
York to attend the Grant monument
exercises, and, under the arrangement
made last week, after the reading of
the journal, adjournment was imme
diately taken. The president's message
transmitting the report of the Mexican
boundary line commission was, how-
ver, " received before adjournment.
There was less than fifty members pres
ent. '
Accident in London.
London, April 28. A tremendous
explosion occurred on the undergound
railway at 5:30 this evening, as a train
filled with men from th ecity was mak
ing its usual stop at the Aldersgate sta
tion. The glass roof of the station was
blown out, and the platform was strewn
with debris. Many of the gaslights in
the waiting-rooms and on the platforms
were extinguished, and the station was
left in semi-darkness. A panic ensued.
When comparative quiet had been re
stored, it was fonnd that a first-class
coach had been wrecked, and that its
occupants were lying about maimed and
bleeding. Ten of the injured were
found to be in a precarious condition,
and were removed to the hospitals. A j
number of persons who were standing
on the platform were also hurt. Much i
of the wreckage was hurled across the
station. .
The cause of the explosion ia not
known, but it ia believed to have been
the result of n accumulation of gaa
which became ignited in some way.
Many persons, however,' believe the dis
aster was not due to accident, but was
' caused by the explosion of a bomb,
i which had been placed in the station
with the intention of wrecking it.
Fatal Boating Accident.
San Francisco, April 28. Charles
W. Lehmann, a young banking clerk '
employed by the German Savings & j
Loan Society, went yachting yesterday j
i with a party of friends, and while be-
ing transferred form one of the yachta
' to anotu" 8,,P?ea ",e "e.r OI j
side of the frail craft and tipped it 60
that it filled rapidly and sank, throw-
ing the three occupants into the bay.
In the confusion which ensued, Leh
mann was not seen to rise, and as he
was nnable to swim, he was undoubt
edly lost, although the accident occur
red close to the shore.
Muravleff'a Appointment Confirmed.
St. Petersburg, April 28. Emperor
Nicholas has formally confirmed the ap
pointment of Count Muravieff as Rus
sian minister of foreign affairs, and he
has conferred the decoration and order
of Vldimir upon M. de Kotzebu, the
Russian minister to the United States.
Chicago; April 26. Two hundred
Greeks said good-by to Chicago last
evening, and, amid scenes of wild en
thusiasm, started for the seat of war in
their native country. Before another
week has passed it is altogether prob
able that Chicago will not have a score
of Greeks within her limits. Already
arrangements are now under way for
the departure of another party of 200
Grecian patriots who will leave soon.
A Russian landowner at Batorun dar
ing the big oil strike there had an in
come of about $30,000 a day from his
wells. :'
Larissa Evacuated by Con
stan tine's Army.
LEFT THEIR GUNS SPIKED
Greek Forces Obliged to Give" Way
Before the Turks Osman Pasha's
' Plan of Campaign Details of Retreat.
Athens, April 37. Larissa has been
completely evacuated by the Greeks,
who spiked their guns and carried away
all the moveable cannon and munitions
of war. - '
communication with
Larissa is interupted, but it is under-
stood that the retreat ot the Greek army
was conducted with the best of order.
The excitement and disquiet at Athens
because of the sudden abandonment of
Larissa continues, but the tranquility
of the city is unbroken. , - -
.; The foreign warships have been sig
naled off Phalerum.- A special dis
patch received from the frontier asserts
that the Turks, while attacking Mati,
were tepulsed several times yesterday.
At 6 o'clock in the evening, the Greek
forces were obliged to give way. The
Greeks retreated in good order on Ka
racles, where they are intrenched.
The wounded remain at Larissa un
der protection of the Red Cross flag.
-.The evening papers counseled the
people of Athens to receive th bad
news with patience and sang froid, con
sidering that the army fought coura
geously in defense of the national hon-
or, Paying the price by
heavy sacn-
1CCB.
Semi-Official Announcement
Athens, April 27. The semi-official
announcement
was made this after-
noonr i "In, a fierce engagement at
Mati yesterday the troops fought hero
ically until 6 o'clock in the evening,,
and compelled the Turks to retreat,
whereupon the Turks .were heavily re
inforced, and our postions were shaken
and a retreat ordered. It is not yet
known if the retreat was general."
A second dispatch from headquarters
of the staff says: "Our troops are con
centrated along the line of Pharsalosis,
, and in consequence of these operations
t e j
wHimuereu .cv.mu.o.
The Betreat From Larissa.
Athens, April 27. About 4 o'clock
; yesterday r the official in charge of the
telegraph office at Larissa, observing
a
cloud of dust raised by the advancing
cavalry of the Turks, asked leave to dis
mantle the office. He was directed to
leave it. Since 3 P. M. Saturday, the
Larissa office had made no response to
calls from Athens. .
. - A. . Reveni . dispatch says Edhem
JPaeba.-orV learning that' the Greeks had
been ordftiRt to'Tatl tefcratteinpfwetW
deliver a cruenmg diow wiin - oonBiuer-
able force, which had been resting
thirty-six hours, and succeeded ' in
breaking through the Greek lines in
several places.
A report has reached ; here that a
Turkish force of 12,000 men, having
pushed its way through the. passes at
.Viodendros, Analipsia, Nezeros and
;Rapsani, has descended on Derili. The
Greeks have retreated to Makrychori.
' It would appear, however, that the
position at Reveni itself, and at Bough
azi is unaltered. The Greeks, as a re
sult of the orders of Crown Prince Con
stantine, stopped just short of seizing
Damasi. .
Details of the Retreat.
London, April 27. A dispatch to
the Times from Milouna says:
The Greeks abandoned Kritiri during
the night and fled. The Turks are now
marching on Larissa. Edhem Pasha
will not allow his troops to enter the
town, which, but little damaged, is sur
rounded by a cordon of cavalry. An
officer with a squadron of horse has
been dispatched for the protection of
the Greek monastery in case of any dis
order. - "
The Greeks, in their hurried flight,
forgot to cut the telegraph wires be
tween Milouna and Tyrnavos. The
Turkish cavalry has reached the envir
ons of Larissa and has taken several
Greek soldiers captive. These say a
perfect panic prevails in the town.
Edhem Pasha makes his headquar
ters in Greece tonight. The sultan has
sent him the Immiaz order in bril
liants. The coast road between Elas
sona and Milouna has been cleared,
and 'thus a supply of provisions and
ammunition is assured. The discipline
of the army is excellent. Today it s
rumored here that the Crown Prince
Constantine has fled. The Turkish loss
so far has not been great, only about
400 at the most.
The Post's. Athens correspondent
says: A terrible panio took place on
Friday night during the retreat, which
became a miserable rout, the Turkish
.cavalry using rifles, bayonets and re
volvers indiscriminately. The -correspondents
of the London Times and the
Reuter Telegram Company were nearly
killed. Mr. Williams, who represents
the Daily Chronicle, remained at Tyr
navos. Other correspondents lost their
sketches and their baggage.
The Daily Telegraph's Elassona cor
respondent says that Edhem Pasha's or
ders with respect to the inviolability
f private property are strictly respect
ed by his troops. The Greek villages
are not sacked, and only a few "spirit
stores' have been burned.
The Standard's correspondent at Mi
louna says the Turks captured large
stores of provisions and ammunition at
Tyrnavos.
Canadian Detective Shot.
Tlofrnit MinTi.. Anril 97. f!hrls.
Mahoney, a government detective from
Windsor Ontario, was shot and fatally
wounded today, while attempting to'
capture two negro robbers at Belle
River, Ontario.
Quarter of m Million Loss.
Bingham pton, N. Y., April 26.
Fire started in some unknown way at
Whittier today and destroyed property
of the estimated value of $250,000.
The insurance is estimated at $80,000.
Among the buildings burned are the
Beach house and Hnick house, the
Baptist church and a large number of '
stores and offices.
Parisian street-peddlers sell trained
toads that climb little ladders and dive
into water. The toads cost about
.twenty oents each.
FLOOD - AT OTTUMWA.
3e Moines River Rose Suddenly and
Broke the Levees.
Ottumwa, Ia., April 28. The Des
Moines river, which last midnight was
stationary at high-water mark, estab
lished by the great flood of 1892, sud
denly began to climb, and by 8 o'clock
today had added fifteen inches to the
record. The levees broke in many
places, railroad embankments were un
dermined and hundreds of families
were compelled to quit their residences
in great haste. In Ottumwa, 500 fam
ilies were compelled to move, a large
number making their escape in boats.
At Bradyville, eighteen, miles north of
this city, 150 families vacated their
domiciles, and the principal streets are
navigated in rowboats. v At South Ot
tumwa, the river flows parallel " with
the' main street It broke across this
street this morning, and caused a panic
and scramble for higher ground. Five
thousand people reside in this suburb.
Several hundreds deserted their resi
dences and removed their goods. The
water stands four feet deep in Fairview.
Farm lands are completely inundated.
A large reservoir situated at the sum
mit of Court hill is the source of consid
erable fear. The recent downpour
has swollen the sources of supply, and
the reservoir is now so full that it
threatens to burst and flood the pop
ulous districts just below.
Rich farming lands above and "Below
this city are inundated. The flood
there has not reached a high stage, but
has spread out in many places to a
width of five to six miles. No loss of
life has been reported, but the damage
to property will be very large.
Railway traffic is almost at a stand
still. All the small streams in South
ern .Iowa are out of their banks. Rail
road bridges are gone and travel by high
way is out of the question. The Bur
lington line between Chicago and Den
ver is cut in two by five miles of Inun
dated tracks. Through passenger and
freight trains are being run over the
Galesburg & St. Louis and the Hanni
bal & St. Joseph rSads to Omaha. The
Rock Island also has five miles of track
under water west of here. Train serv
ice was kept in motion with Keokuk
until late this afternoon, when a large
section of track went out at Cliffland,
effecutally blocking the Rock Island
east and west. The Milwaukee & St.
Paul roundhouse and yards are under
water, and part of one approach to their
bridge has been washed away. Trains
are running only between Ottumwa
and Marion. The Chicago Great West
ern line is entirely shut off. So is the
Iowa Central. The Wabash still has
entrance from the south, but is shut
off on the north end.
Work on " the levees has progressed
since last Friday, but the sudden rise
this morning destroyed a great part of
the labor. Large forces are employed
tonight in an endeavor to prevent fur
ther breaks. The suburbs have thus far
wa, a large residence section, is entire
ly flooded, and the water is still rising:
The inhabitants cling to their homes,
however, hoping that the worst is over.
The Report From St. Louis.
St. Louis, April 28 The Mississippi
,river registered a. decline here this
monring, but above, at Keokuk, Han
nibal and other places, a rise of 1.6
feet is shown and the Missouri is also
booming. At Kansas City the advance
for the past forty-eight hours has been
fully two feet, while at Boonville it is
one-half foot. There are places near
Quincy where the water spreads over
the low lands from bluff to bluff, mak-
ing the river from eight to ten miles
wide.
The levees can stand a foot or two
more of water, but the danger lies in
the continual rising of surface-water on
the inside, which is now almost to tha
top of the banks.
Memphis Relief Work Ended.
Memphis, April 28. The Memphis
flood sufferers' relief committee acting
in conjunction with the war depart
ment, ordered the formal closing of
Camp Congo, at the home established
for flood refugees early in the overflow
season. All planters were notified t
send in transportation for farmhands aU
once, as no further rations would be is
sued. Condition t Hannibal.
St. Louis, April 28. A dispatch
from Hannibal, Mo., says: Flood con
ditions are becoming alarming. The
government gauge at 10 o'clock this
mnrnini, tcyififaroH Alorhtppn fpAt And
eleven inches, beinir nearlv two feet
above the danger line. The water is up
to Front, street, an! cellars on Main
ati-odf a ro filial
' it all the stock arguments of those who
Bridge Over the Kw Damaged. j imagine we can become rich and pros
Kansas City, Mo., April 28. One I perous by. buying our manufactured ar
span of the Northwestern railroad , tides abroad instead of making them at
bridze across the Kaw has been forced, i home and employing our own labor.
out of plumb by a great mass of drift
wood. '
Water Almost In Winnipeg.
Winnipeg, April 28.- The Red river
continues to rise, and the flood situa
tion is serious. The water ia higher
than in thirty years. Emerson, St.
John and other towns between Winni
peg and the Dakota boundarv line are
under four feet of water, and the people
..... . . .
are hying in barns or the upper stories
The railroads cannot
run trains, and all communication is
shut off with several points, Winnipeg
will have the water in a day or so. The
water is now within a few inches of
the electric power-houses, and soon the
citv will be in darkness.
Salt Lake, April 26. A private tel
egram from Price,- Utah, says the posse
which left Castle Gate yesterday in
pursuit of the men who robbed the
treasurer of the Pleasant Valley Coal
! Company had an encounter with the
bandits and wounded one of them,
whose name is supposed to be Fowler.
The robbers were going toward Cedar
mountains. ' -
; Japanese Will Be Deported.
' San Francisco,April 26. Thirty-five
Japanese, said to be contract laborers,
now held at the quarantine . station,
have no right to land, according to
United States District Attorney Foote,
who so informed Immigration Com
missioner Stradley. The men came
from Victoria on the Umatilla.
Pretoria, April 28. Te case against
Lieteannt Etoff , grandson of President
Kruger, charged with slandering the
queen of England, has been dismissed
on the ground that the"evMence is con
flicting. '
THE DINGLE Y TARIFF
FEW CRITICISMS AND THOSE
EASILY ANSWERED.
Current Comment Upon the Bill as It
Was Passed by the Lower House
Opinions of Able Writers.
It will only be another evidence of
the capacity of the Democrats to blun
der if at this time they make any fac
tious attempt to delay the prompt pas
sage of the bill. If the new tariff can
be put into effect by the first of" May
instead of the first of July it will save
to the treasury $15,000,000 revenue. If
the delay takes place, that sum, and
perhaps even, a larger one; will be
turned into the pock'-ts of speculators,
who will hasten to import foreign goods
before the new tariff can be enforced.
The element of time is therefore an im
porant one in the problem, and the Re
publicans of the house have good rea
son to push the measure forward as
rapidly as possible and to allow no con
cession whatever to obstructive tactics,
San Francisco Call.
A Hint to the Senate.
Before the senators take up the Ding
ley bill the last sentence of the St.
Louis tariff plank should be emblazoned
in large letters on the walls of the sen
ate chamber: "The country demands
a right settlement and then it wants
rest." Behind that sentence is the
voice of the people. Will the senate
heed it? Chicago Times-Herald.
The Importers' Little Game.
When the importers allow the bill
to pass some months hence several
hundred million dollars' worth of goods
will have been brought in by them.
That will ''swell the revenues' this
spring and - summer,' but they will be
lean for two years or more to come.
Then, next, there will be a lack of
revenue. The consumers will begin
to ask why that is the case when they
are paying more for goods. The disap
pointed people will put this question to
the politicians, and they will be unable
to answer it satisfactorily.
The men in the factories and mills
will ask how it is that under a law de
signed to give them -more protection
there is less demand for their services.
The politicians can explain to them
that such vast stocks of goods were
brought in prior to the enactment of
the tariff law that the market is over
supplied and there is no demand for
American products. But will that ex
planation be satisfactory?
If the people are not satisfied then
1898 may be a repetition of 1890, and
1S00 may be a repetition of 1893.
Chicago Tribune.
Even the South Supports It.
That the bill also received the votes
of five southern Democrats is signifi-
ment on- this question, and is a grati
fying augury of- the good time coming
when the protective policy will meet
with - popular acceptance among the
new leaders of the new South as the
only policy that can develop the vast
resources of that section of the Union.
Exchange.
Shrddy Shut Out.
One of the 'most pleasantly remem
bered fruits of the McKinley tariff,
while it lasted, was the practical exclu
sion of foreign shoddy cloths by prohib
itive duties. The repeal of those duties
lw tiA Wilson-Gorman act let in UDOn
j the country a flood of shoddy importa
tions, by means of which our people
have been swindled as never before.
The Dingley tariff goes even further
tha i did the McKinley bill in the effort
to shut out ehoddy and give our people
honest clothing once more. It levies
duties on shoddy cloths ranging from
100 ti 175 per cent. These duties will
make the importation unprofitable, in-
' asmuch as it will be cheaper to buy
j home-made fabrics really made of wool
' and lasting several times as long.
! American woolen manufacturers resort-
ed to the use of shoddy with reluct
i ance, and with . protection for honest
weaves sucn . use win very..iiKeiy oe
abandoned. Pioneer Press. -
The Same Old Scolds.
The same old crowd are now picking
the Dingley bill to pieces. They are
attacking the bill as a whole and in de
tail, and the strongest and wisest pro
visions will be the points where the
free trade attacks will be the most bit-
! ter and relentless. They are claiming
it as a return to McKinleyism, a bill to
' foster monopoly, a measure to increase
taxation, and they are leveling against
Those who believe in the opposite doc-
I trine must be prepared for all this, and
j must meet it promptly and squarely,
j The best way to do this is to refuse to
j be led off into any discussion of sched
: ules before the objects and principles
underlying this important measure of
relief are fairly laid before the people.
In the first place, both President Mc
Kinley and Mr. Dingley have told us it
i- t. : .1 e .1 - t-
j is necessary w ujumcwi a ucuwv ui aw
50.000.000 per annum from this
method of taxation. Until the United
States is able to pay as it goes there can
be no financial stability and no indus
trial prosperity. Robert P. Parker.
Why Do the Kickers Kick?
In the course of the tariff debate in
the house, some of the lecturers on free
trade theories have gone into figures,
and have made out that the Dingley
tariff bill proposes in the aggregate
higher duties than the McKinley law.
These gentlemen forget that the free
list was enormously enlarged in the law
that bears the name of the statesman
in w president of the United States.
They forg t also that one object of the
Mcii.ir.ley law was to reduce revenue.
Standard Union.
Don't Want That Kind of Perfection.
Republicans can be trusted to make
all the amendments to the bill that are
necessary or desirable.' They have al
ready done this in a number of in
stances. The bill will not be passed
without due consideration. It was not
perfects when it came from the commit
teeand it will not even be perfect with
tha amendments " that will be added.
Perfection has only been reached by the
Wilson tariff, which causes a deficit of
$40,000,000 per annum. The people do
not hanker after that kind of perfc
Us Baltimore AmarcAA.
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Downing;, Hopkins ft Company's Review
of Trade.
The past week has been a very active
one in the wheat market, prices ad;
vancing materially and substantially.
Liquidation by the long interest has
ceased and the speculative short sellers
have been liberal buyers to cover pre-
vious sales. The principal causes for
this reversal have been the renewed ex
port demand and the unprecedented
large sales of flour, mostly for hom
consumption. In addition, crop pros?
pects in American are much less favor
able. The winter wheat crop now
promises no important increase com
pared with that of last year. The ex
cessive moisture has generally retarded
the seeding of.spring wheat, particular-
ly in the Northwest, where severe
floods in the Red river and Jim river
valleys- promise to seriously delay
spring seeding, and is certain to pre
vent any large increase in acreage sown
as compared with last year.
Hot winds in California have caused
extensive damage and advanced prices -in
San Francisco markets equal to 12c
per bushel
The total crop yield now promises not
to be sufficiently larger than that of
last year- to meet the increasing demand
for American breadstuffs by importing
countries. In this connection it should
be remembered that since the war with
China, Japan has subsidized her mer
chant marine with the war indemnity.
The consequent reduction in ocean
freight rates has led to large sales of
wheat and flour to Japan and China,
amounting to 28,000,000 bushels during
the present crop year. The opening
up of this new market for our wheat is
certain to have a stimulating effect on
values. Nothing but the lack of specu
lation prevents an advance in prices.
The export demand, if continued, with
our present small stocks, may lead to
increased speculative activity and fur
nish the market with that support the
lack of which caused the recent de
cline. Market Quotations.
Portland, Or., April 27, 1897. '
Flour Portland, Salem, Cascadia
and Dayton, $4.00; Benton county and
White Lily, $4.00; graham, $3.40; su
perfine, $2.75 per barrel.
Wheat Walla Walla, 73 74c; Val
ley, 75e per bushel.
Oats Choice white, 88 40c per
bushel; choice gray, 37 39c.
Hay Timothy, $14.00 15.00 per
ton; clover, $11.5012.50; wheat and
oat, $12.00 13.50 per ton.
Barley Feed barley, $17.50 per ton;
brewing, $18 19.
Millstuffs Bran, $14.50; shorts,
$16.50; middlings, $26.
Butter Creamery, 85c; dairy, 25
27c; store, 176 30o per roll.
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks.55 65c;
Garnet Chilies, 60 70c; Early Rose,
8085o per sack; sweets, $2.75 per
cental - for Meroed; new potatoes,. Bo
per pound. ' -'' ' "';v, . '-'' ":'f i
Onions $2. 50 2. 75 per cental.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.75
3.50; geese, $4. 00 5. 00; turkeys, live,
11 12c; ducks, $6.00 7.00 per dozen.
. Eggs Oregon, 9c per dozen.
. Cheese Oregon, 11 o; Young
America, 12 Jc per pound.
Wool Valley, 12c per pound; Eastern
Oregon, 68o. .
Hops 5 8c per pound. ' '
Beef Gross, top steers, $3.50;
cows, $2.253.00; dressed beef, 4
6c per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, $3. 50 3. 75; dressed mut
ton, 6o per pound.
Hogs Gross, choice, heavy, $4.00 '
4.25; light and feeders, $2. 50 3. 00;
dressed $4. 50 5. 2 5 per cwt.
Veal Large, 34c; small, 4)t3
5 per pound.
Seattle, Wash., April 27, 1897.
Wheat Chicken feed, $27 per ton.
Oats Choice, $2324 per ton.
Barley Rolled or ground, $20 per
ton.
Corn Whole, $20 per ton; cracked,
:$2021; feed meal, $1920.
Flour (Jobbing) Patent excellent,'
i$4.80; Novelty A, $4.50; California
brands, $4.90; Dakota, $5.65; patent,
$6.40. 1
Millstuffs Bran, $14.00 per ton;
jshorts, $18.
i Feed Chopped feed, $18.00 per ton;
middlings, $22; oilcake meal, $30.
Hay Puget sound, per ton, $11.00;
Eastern Washington, $15.
Butter Fancy native creamery,
ibrick, 20c; ranch, 1415; California,
- - v . . -
Cheese Native Washington, 12o.
Vegetables Potatoes, per ton, $15.50
16; parsnips, per sack, 75c; beets,
per saok, 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, 10c; ducks, $6 6. 50.
Eggs Fresh ranch, 1213o.
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef,
steers, 7c; cows, 6c; mutton, sheep,
f8o per pound; lamb, 5c; pork, 6c per
pound; veal, small, sc.
Fresh Fish Halibut, 4)6c;
salmon, 68c; salmon trout, 710c;
flounders and soles, 3 4c.
Provisions Hams, large.ll; hams,
small, llc; breakfast bacon, 10c; dry
salt sides, 6 Jc per pound.
Fruits Lemons, California, fancy,
$2.508; choice, $; Cal fornia fancy
navals, $3 3. 50.
San Francisco, April 27, 1897.
Potatoes Salinas Burbanks, 90c
$1.10; Early Rose, 60 70c; River Bur
banks, 50 65c; sweets, $1.501.75
per cental.
- Onions $2. 50 3. 00 per cental.
Eggs Ranch, 10 12c per dozen.
Butter Fancy creamery, 13c; do
seconds, 1212c; fancy dairy, 12c;
seconds, 0llc
Cheese Fancy mild, new, 6J7c;
fair to good, 56c; Young America,
7 8c; Eastern, 1414c.
Wool Choice foothill, 10 13c; San
Joaquin plains, 8 11c; do. 12 months,
8 10c per pound.
Hay Wheat and oat, $8 10; best
barley, $6. 50 8.00; alfalfa, $58;
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
3.50; seedlings, do, $11.50; com
mon lemons. $1.50$1.75; fancy, $2
$2.26 per box.
Apples $1.252 per box; . Eastern,
$3.76 4 per barrel. .: -
Hoot $Giai per '