The Corvallis gazette., May 21, 1897, Image 1

VOL.. XXXIV.
CORVALLIS, BEXTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1897.
NO. 10.
Epitome' of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
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Am Interesting Collection of Items Proas
the New and the Old World In a
Condensed and Comprehensive Tons
More than 100,000 cases Of salmon
i.;..frave been left over from last year's
pack at Astoria.
The' famous Tombs prison in New
. York is to be torn down to give way to
a new and handsome structure.
1 Ciouse Clodius, aged 17, was struck
..' by lightning and seriously injured at
bis home on Mill creek, Walla Walla
county, Wash.
. , Portland, Or., will celebrate the
Fourth' of July this year. Committees
have been appointed and plans dis
cussed to have the finest celebration
ever seen in that city.
Adolph L. Luetgert, a weir-known
sausage manufacturer of Chipago, has
been arrested accused of. murdering his
. wife and burning her body in acid to
'''.h;ide the. tracts of his crime.
Thie New York Herald's special from
i .Madrid says no doubt remains that the
work of pacification, in the Philippine
j, islands.is at-a standstill. The gravity
; pf ' tFfe situation there has been fully
revealed by a correspondent in Manila,
;; -who gives many incidents with dates to
,bOW-.tha the insurgent bands are still
active, i 4 '-: - '
A. ' Special "reports from the principal
. i ;; fruit and grain centers of California an
bouce"'a general rainfall, which in a few
cases has injured the . hay crop and in
other sections has come too late in the
0?U season to be beneficial. The California
wheat crop will be generally light, but
growing cereals look much better along
7 ; the foothills than on the plains, ;'
... Firms and individuals in this coun
.H ' try interested in trade with Cuba, and
,y who 'desire peace in the island as soon
as possible, have sent to the secretary
of state a memorial, setting forth how
s . jtheir business intersets are suffering,
' and giving facts about the8truggle in
jk.. Cuba, in the, hope that -measures may
' ,' : be devised to terminate the war.
The general traffic manager of the
' .-,:X O. K. &NJ says that all the railroads
.. -ii. interested have agreed to put into effect
the . new grain rate on June 9 next.
; . ;'This" action will be in accord with the
': "law passed by the last Washington leg
";.i. islature, making a reduction of 10 per
cent on previous rates. It is estimated
. that ;the new rate will effect a saving
for the farmers of. Eastern Washington
and of Northern Idaho of from $150,
: 000 to f 200,000 a year.
George FrancisXrin .has .reoprned
"" his claim to the city of Omaha, and he
' intends to press it to the last. - If he
. . wins he will be worth $20,000,000; if
he loses, he will be no poorer than he
' ; . is now. .r' Certain oi his friends have in
vestigated the matter, and they are
' . ' " convinced-that his cause is just and
that, the claim growing out of the old
UnionPacific litigation and subsequent
proceedings in which he was legally
v-i - declared a lunatic is valid. .
" ; -Four' men-were drowned at the' Cliff
T house in San, Francisco. . '.
Two blacksmiths of Brownsville, Or.,
have invented a new machine for pul
verizing" clods. It has been tried, and
I it is said, .works, to perfection. They
' ' have Applied for a patent.
Of the 114 Chinese who came on the
' steamer Victoria to Tacoma, only fifty
. : will be admitted. The other sixty-four
. : will bereturned, orders from the secre
tary of the treasury to that effect hav
ing' beerfreceiYed. -
Judge Day, of Ohio, qualified as as
sistant secretary of state. Bockhill,
-whom be succeeded, will remain until
Assistant Secretary Day becomes en
tirely familiar with pending negotia
tions, when it is 'expected lie will be
appointed to some foreign mission.
" Harry Flynn was drowned in Lake
. Michigan, near Chicago, and 1,50C
' people saw him die and were unable to
- . aid him. During the . excitement
which prevailed Albert Mattari, a spec
tator, dropped dead. It is supposed
that heart disease was the cause of the
second accident.
The, O.' R. & N. will send experts to
the . Seven Devils mining district to
... make estimates of the probable traffic
of that region. The company is figur
... ing on dividing the freight business
with the' Union Pacific. The construc
- - tion of a sawmill near Riparia is a part
of the company's plan.
The cabinet has decided to send one
of the new gunboats now building on
the Pacific coast to Sitka, Alaska,
about July 1. Great activity in Alas
'..... ka, growing out of the gold discover
. ies, has made the president and cabi
net deem th is step. ad vuuble for safe-'
guarding American in teretb
The recall of the f -rrrs fw.i Crete
has bsen received with rsignation by
.. the Athens public The Delyannis or-
gana. attack the government bitterly
for appealing to Europe, but most of
- the papers accept this as inevitableand
violently attack the Ethnike Hetairia,
asking it to render an account of its
action.
. Eli Maokay was run over and killed
in the Southern Pacific yards at Salem,
Or.
The steamer Nicaragua, which has
. just arrived in New York, brings the
news of a disastrous earthquake in the
, islands of Guadaloupe and Montserrat,
of the Leeward group, in the West In
dies. -One hundred people lost theii
lives, and the property damage is enor-
mous. Twelve brick houses in Guada
loupe, and six in Montserrat were de-
- molished, and scores of others cracked
and seamed by the shock.
- A Head body is lashed to the iron
"davits inthe stern of the schooner Gen
eral Siglin, which is being driven aim
; c Jessly about in the North Pacific ocean,
110 miles west of the Queen Charlotte
islands, and directly in the storm track,
as shown in the -pilot chart of the hy
drographic office for May. The limp
. form that hangs' on the davits is the
only thing aboard indicating the past
occupancy of human beings. This was
the news brought by the sealing schoon
er Willard Ainsworth, that has arrived
in Seattle from a cruise to the north, I
and it places beyond doubt the fate of
the General Siglin and those aboard.
CUBA HAS AN INNING.
President's Message Brings on a Sharj
Debate In the Senate. '
Washington, May 19. Cuba . en
grossed the attention of the senate to
day. The public interest in - the . sub
ject was shown by the great crowds
which beseiged the galleries throughout
the day. - . -
Two phases of the subject were pre
sented. First came the question of the
relief of destitute and starving Amer
icans in Cnba, and at 2 o'clock Mor
gan's resolution caused spirited debate.
The first question was presented in the
president's message. Immediately fol
lowing its reading, Davis, chairman oi
the committee on foreign relations, pre
sented a favorable report on a joint res
olution originally introduced by Gal
linger, appropriating $50,000 for relief
of American citizens in Cuba. The
resolution is as follows:
' 'Resolved, By the senate and house
of representatives of the United States,
in congress assembled, that the sum of
$50,000 be and the same is hereby ap
propriated out of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated for
the relief of destitute citizens of the
United States in the Island of Cuba,
said money to be expended at the dis
cretion and under' the direction Of the
' president of the United States in the
purchase and furnishing of food, cloth
ing and medicines to such citizens and
for transporting to the United States of
such of them as deisre and who are
without means to transport them
selves." . ..
Davis asked for immediate consider
ation of the resolution, and there was
no objection. The only speech made
was that of Gal linger, who spoke
briefly. He said be had been impressed
at the great mass meeting attended by
3,000 persons yesterday with the state
ment made there by a correspondent
who had traveled through stricken dis
tricts of Cuba. This gentleman had
stated that there was an abundance of
food in Cuba, and that it was needless
to give relief in that direction. The
real trouble, he said, was that the Cu
bans were herded in the towns and pre
vented from going out to get the food.
The most effective relief, Gallinger
said, would be a demand by the presi
dent and the government that the Cu-1
bans be released from their bondage in
the towns and permitted to. go-Where
they could secure food. The senator
was ready to assume his share of re
sponsibility for such a step. Still, if
the resolution just reported gave some
measure of relief, he would heartily
support it without urging the other
plan of relief he had suggested. . .
The resolution was then put on its
passage, and, without division, it
passed unanimously, there being no re
sponse to the call for tlie noes. It had
taken exactly eighteen minutes for the
reading of .the message, the presenta
tion of the committee report and the
brief speech and final passage of the
resolution. -
Washington. May 19. The house
conferees on the Cuban question today
made a party issue of it and adjourned
without taking any action. President
McKinley's message was received with
out demonstration, and on its heels
Hitt asked unanimous consent for con
sideration of a bill in response to the
president's request.
Bailey asked for consent to consider
in connection with the bill an amend
ment embodying Morgan's resolution
for recognition of the Cubans as bel
ligerents. Dirigley would not consent
to consider the amendment, nor Bailey
to consider the bill . without amend
ment, so, the question, was sidetracked.
The Special Message.
Washington, May 19. President Mo
Kinley today sent to congress a message
recommending that an appropriation of
$50,000 be at once made for the relief
of destitute Americans in Cuba, and
the removal to American soil of such as
wish to come, but art without means
to make the journey.
The president's message to congress
was as follows:
"To the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives of the United States
"Official information from our con
suls in Cuba establishes the fact that a
large number of American citizens in
the island are in a state of destitution,
suffering for want of food and medi
cines. - This applies particularly to the
rural districts in the central and east
ern parts of the island. The agricul
tural classes have been forced from
their .farms into the nearest towns,
where they are without work or money.
Local authorities of the several towns,
however kindly disposed, are unable to
relieve the needs of their own people
and are altogether powerless to help
our citizens.
"The latest report from Consul-General
Lee estimates that from 600 to 800
Americans are without means of sup
port. I have assured him provisions
will be made to relieve them. To that
end I recommend that congress make
an appropriation of not. less than $50,
000 to. be immdeiately available for use
under direction of the secretary of
state. It is desirable that part of the
sum which mays be appropriated by
congress should, in the discretion of the
secretary of state, also be used for the
transportation of American citizens,
who, desiring to return to the United
States, are without means to do so.
"William McKinley,
"Executive Mansion, May 19, 1897."
Protest Against Tobacco Tax.
Cincinnati, May 19. The tobacco
manufacturers of the first Ohio and
the Sixth Kentucky districts met and
passed resolutions protesting against
the proposed increased rate of tax on
manufactured tobacco from 6 to 8 cents
per pound. A committe of three has
been appointed to present the protest to
the United States senate.
More than one-third of Great Britain
is owned by members of the house of
lords.
Wilmington, Del., May 19. Hon.
Thomas . F. . Bayard, formerly ambas
sador to England, arrived in this city
from New York this afternoon, with
the log of the Mayflower in his posses
sion. He deposited the log in a safe
deposit vault for safekeeping until he
conveys it to the governor of Massachu
setts. Chino, Cal., May 19. As a result of
a drunken brawl this afternoon at a
winery here, Dario Romero was fatally
stabbed ' by Joaquin Alvarado, in the
abdomen. Alvarado was arrested while
attempting to escape. . j
THE GflUSEJFGUBfl LIBRE
Friends of the Patriots Meet
in Washington.
SYMPATHY FOR INSURGENTS
Senator Chandler Would Send an Army
to the Island to Stop the Atrocious
War Spain's Action Compared.
Washington, May 18. An enthusi
astic audience of men and women,
many of them well known in Washing
ton, packed the Columbia theater to its
doors this afternoon, at a monster mass
meeting held in behalf of the cause of
the Cuban insurgents. The theater was
appropriately decorated. Seated on the
platform and participating in the exer
cises were Senators Gallinger and Allen,
ex-Senator Butler, of South Carolina;
Rev. Hugh Johnson, pastor of the Met
ropolitan Methodist church; Rev. How
ard Wilbur Ennis, and a number of
others identified with the interests of
the insurgents.
General William Henry Brown, pres
ident of the Cuban League, called the
meeting to order arid introduced Sena
tor Gallinger as the presiding officer.
The latter made a' brief address and
read a number of letters and telegrams
of regret, among thenf being those from
Senators Frye and Burrows, and. Com
mander Clarkson, of the Grand Army
of .the liepublic. : .
Senator Chandler sent the following
letter of regret: - ' .
"Washington, May' 18. SenorA. A.
Guirre, Washington Dear Sir: ' Al
though unable to attend the meeting
tonight, I send a few words of sym
pathy, and of hope for the relief and
independence of Cuba. As I wish to
see the United States declare and main
tain the independence of the island, as
France did that of the American colo
nies and made the United States a
nation, of course I shall, as a practical
friend, vote for every method pending
to the same beneficent end. I hope and
believe that congress and the president
will soon formally recognize a state of
war and Cuban belligerency. This step
followed as it will be by all the other
independent nations of the Western
hemisphere, cannot fail to insure the
Cuban independence ' which is sought
for- Moreover, without -delay, we
ought to send a fleet to enter the har
bor and an army to land upon the soil
of Cuba; first, to -protect the lives and
property of American citizens, and sec
ond, to stop the atrocious and uncivil
ized methods of warfare adopted by the
Spanish generals. '" ":"-'
, "In advocating all these measures, I
am consciousof no passionate hostility
to Spain. In 1861- she recognized the
Southern Confederacy within less than
three months after its military struggle
began; and, surely, if she cannot hold
Cuba 'Withont making one vast desert
and graveyard by driving the inhabit
ants into the cities to starve, and by
hanging, shooting or garroting Cuban
officers and soliders for rebellion and
incendiarism, she ought to lose the
island. If, between 1861 and 1865, One
Confederate general had been thus put
to death, all the powers of Europe, with
one accord, would have sent their fleets
and armies 3,000 miles across the ocean
to end such barbarism and to establish
and maintain, the Southern Confederacy.
Yet, General Robert E. Lee and all his
generals were as truly guilty of rebel-'
lion and incendiarism as was Theodore
Mendez Gonzales, who was shot for that
offense at Cabanas fortress in Havana
Monday last.
"We blame England for abandoning
the harmless and peaceful Armenian
Christians to massacre by the Moslems
and for submitting the liberty-loving
Greeks to slaughter by the Turkish des
pot. England reports that we dare
not stop the methods of uncivilized
warfare applied at our very doors in
the American Crete the fair island of
Cuba; and both charge and counter
charge are justly made.
"In helping to make Cuba independ
ent, we are observing a traditional and
universal American policy; the duty to
promote at the first good opportunity
the severance of Cuba from Spain. In
1896, the Democrats pledged them
selves to do this by their declaration of
sympathy for the people of Cuba in
their present struggle for victory and
independence; and the Republicans de
clared that the United States should
endeavor to 'restore peace and give in
dependence to the island.' There
need be little fear that these pledges
will be violated. President McKinley
willingly recognizes the binding force
of the platform upon which he was
elected, and will soon do his part to
ward making Cuba free and- independ
ent. He may proceed with what will
seem to impatient spirits tobe undue
caution, with the cries and groans ring
ing in his ears of unarmed men, women
and children enduring inhuman cruelty
and dastardly murder, but he will not
fail to be faithful in his pledges, and
he will before long register the decree
which went forth in his triumphal elec
tion that Cuba should be taken from
the control of Spain, and made peaceful
and independent. In this faith in a
great party and its president, let us
rest patiently and most hopefully.
William E. Chandler."
The letter was received with enthuS'
iasm. "
Chicago, May 18. Judge Gibbons
rendered a decision today declaring the
American Tobacco Company an illegal
corporation, and prohibiting its agents
from carrying on its business in this
state. The decision sustains an infor
mation filed last December by Attorney-General
Maloney, asking that the
American Tobacco Company be enjoin
ed from selling paper cigarettes, on the
premise that it was an illegal trust
monopoly and a conspiracy in the busi
ness in question.
In Memory at O'Connell.
Genoa, May 18. Today, a bronze
medallion in memory of Daniel O'Con
nell, the Irish patriot and orator, was
unveiled in the facade of the Palazzo
de Asrita, where he died on May 18,
1847. ; The unveiling was preceded by
a solmen mass and procession in the
cathedral of San Scio, the most ancient
Christ a in foundation in Genoa.
. The poles of Jupiter are flattened al
most exactly like those of the earth.
The phenomenon can be plainly seen
with the telescope- -
THEY'RE AT IT AGAI
Greeks and Turks in a Fierce Engage.
nMM.
merit Two Thousand Killed.
5- Headquarters of the Greek Army,
DoiDckos, May 19. The Turkish attack
on the Greek right wing began at 2 P.
M. , but the flank attacks are considered
to be feints, and it ia believed the
main attacks of the Turks will be made
on the Greek center, where-Crown
Prince Constantino is in command.
Two Greek cannon are doing great exe
cution on the principal Turkish column,
which is advancing through the hills.
Tlie Turkish infantry at several
points is in contact with the Greeks.
The attack on General Smolenski, near
Almyros, is only a strategic operation,
and the Turks will endeavor to cut be
tween the two Greek armies, occupy
the road leading to the Othery moun
tains, and thus cut off the retreat of
the crown prince.
- Must Hot Be Crushed.
Constantinople, May 19. Represen
tatives of the powers yesterday drew up
a note which will be presented to the
Turkish government as soon as one of
the embassadors receives the necessary
instructions from his government. This
note does not deal with, peace condi
tions, but merely repeats the request
for an armistice and declares the pow
ers will not permit Greece to be
crushed.
Although it is assumed in some quar
ters that the porte, in accordance with
Eastern usages has demanded .more in
order to obtain less, it is pointed out
that if the Turkish government desired
to bargain it would not have formulat
ed its conditions officially.
The " powers have agreed to protest
against the cession of Thessaly to Tur
key and the abolition of capitulations.'
- Two Thousand Killed, . ,.
Constantinople, May 19. The gov
enror of Janina telegraphs, that a divi
sion -of Turkish troops under Osman
Pasha, after having fought two days be
fore Arta against superior forces, suc
ceeded in inflicting great losses and
dislodging the Greeks from their strong
position. - -
Constantinople, May 19. Osman
Pasha telegraphs' from Louros, Epirus,
that after a desperate battle near Arta,
Saturday, the " Greeter retired to Arta
with a loss of 2,000 men killed. The
Turks had 250 killed and wounded.
London, -May 19. According to a
dispatch from Athens to the News, the
Greek retreat in Epirus became so dis
orderly that it caused a panic in Arta,
where the prisons have been broken
open and many prisoners have escaped.
' Athens Is Excited. .
" London, May 19. The correspondent
of the Telegraph, at Athens says: This
afternoon has been one of great excite
ment.,, The whole "city turned out to
discuss the news of the, fightings nd
the newspapers issued special editions.
The impatient crowds gathered-around
the offices of the ministry of marine,
questioning everybody coming ' out
and finally invading the building.
The minister of justice, M.' Triauta
filaca, announced the news as it was
received to the anxious crowds. The
ministers have been sitting in council
until a late hour. Word has been re
ceived that Gen. Mavromichaelis has
been severely wounded in the leg, and
obliged to relinquish his command to
another officer. - -'
Lull' in the Battle. ' " "
London, May 19. The latest news
from the seat of hostilities by way of
Athens shows that the battle yesterday
ceased about 9 o'clock in the evening,
but will probably be resumed this
morning. Thus far no account of the
fighting has been received from the
Turkish side. It is evident from the
Greek account that the Greek forces
have suffered a serious 'defeat, and if
the left wing has given way, as appears
probable, Edhem Pasha may be able to
cat off the Greek retreat and separate
General Smolenski at Sourpri from the
iuain army.
Turk Must Come Down.
London, May 19. The conditions
nronosed bv the norte as the terms of
peace with Greece have been freely die
cussed in the lobbies of parliament to
day, and the idea of the retrocession of
Thessaly, and of such an indemnity as
is already suggested, is ridiculed as im
practicable and absurd. At the outside
an indemnity of 5,000,000 or 6,000,
000, and a slight strategio rectification
of the frontier, are considered as likely
to be the terms as finally settled upon.
. - Arid Land Act Not Operative.
Olympia, Wash., May 19. Assistant
Attorney-General Vance has handed an
opinion to Governor Rogers, in answei
to an inquiry addressed by the governor
after his tour of investigation of the
arid lands of the state, as to whether
there is any arid land act in the state
which is operative, and which gives the
governor the power to appoint a com
missioner of irrigation or other officer
to execute the provisions of what pur
ports to be an arid land act.
Mr. Vance advises - the governor that
he is compelled to hold that the arid
land law of this state is inoperative, for
lack of a legislative provision for an
officer to execute the intent of the law,
and that there is no authority vested in
the governor to create an office not pro
vided, for by law.
Drowned 'While Fishing.
Banta, Cal., May 19. J. H. F. Lil
lienthal and H. DeHahn were accident
ally drowned at Paradise Cut dam yes
terday. The men were fishing for shad
in a boat, but drifted too close to the
falls and the boat capsized. The bodies
have not yet been recovered.
Brazil Signs Extradition Treaty.
New York, May 19. The Herald's
correspondent in Rio de Janeiro tele
graphs that the extradition treaty with
the United States has been signed. .
Mexican Train Wreck.
; Mexico, May : 19. The north-bound
passenger train on the Mexican Central,
which left here Sunday morning, was
wrecked at 9:30 o'clock this evening
between Leon and Francisco, owing to
the breaking of a wheel. The engine,
tender, ' baggage-car and third-class
coach were capsized. , The San An
tonio sleeper was thrown down the bank
and turned over, while' the special
alctpjr Newport was thrown on its side.
FaL'sengrs were badly shaken up, and
there was some scalp wounds inflicted.
Some of the passengers returned here
for treatment ' . .
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The Country Editor Knocked
iBut Was Not Admitted.
WILL SOON BE ACCOMMODATED
Bo Made a. Pressing Appeal to Be
Looked Up in San Quentin Prison
for. Eight Tears' for Manslaughter.
San Francisco, May 17. W. A. Se
horn," editor of the Willows Journal,
Glenn county, made a pressing appeal
today at .San Quentin to be locked up
for eight years for manslaughter.
. "I have no warrant for your commit
ment," said Warden Hale, "and must
refuse your request."
''Then I shall stay around here until
Ham locked up," was the reply.
: Sehorn waited at the prison till late
in the. evening, hoping he would not
have to spend another day outside the
"walls.. -'. At last, he went to the hotel
near the prison gates, there to remain
until, necessary papers for his incarcera
tion are furnished. . ..
" "I have been found guilty of man
slaughter," Sehorn explained, "and as
the supreme court has affirmed the de
cision of the Glenn county court, I
hastened here to surrender myself.
My first obligation is to my bondsmen,
those good friends of mine who stood
by me in my hour of trial. I want to
release them so ' they may not feel un
easy about me. That is the reason I
desire to begin to serve my sentence.
It may look strange, my trying to break
into jail, but I realize there are eight
long years for me within San Quentm's
walls, and I am eager to begin at once
to serve my time. It would look more
natural for a man to stave it off as long
as possible, but in my case I can have
no peace of mind till the punishment
begins." .
Sehorn was convicted of shooting and
killing Dr. J. E. Putman, a druggist at
Willow8,"two years since. Seborn still
maintains that -he shot in self defense,
or rather, with a strong conviction that
he was defending his own life in shoot
ing.': Twice the jury disagreed. ' On
the t'hird trial, Sehorn was found guilty
of manslaughter and sentenced to eight
years' imprisonment. Last Monday
the judgment was affirmed by the su
preme court. - -
A BLOODTHIRSTY INDIAN.
Killed. Pour White Men and Is Looking
for More to Shoot.
Eldorado Canyon, Nev., May 17.
An Indian .called Ahvote shot and
killed two teamsters .of the Southwest
ern Mining Company, named Lee
Franzen and Ben Jones, on the ore road
between the mines and, the mill this
afternoon, and then, went to the cabin
olXhrstopher, Neilson, 87 prospector,"
and kilied -him also.' The teamsters
left the mines this afternoon on the
down trip, ' but did not arrive at the
mill on time. Manager Charles Gracey,
supposing they had broken down, did
not suspect anything out of the way
until an Indian came in about 6 P. M.,
and reported that Ahvote had taken a
gun .and might kill the teamsters.
Gracey at once sent a man up on horse
back. Six miles up the canyon, the
latter found the teams, while the bodies
of the teamsters lay on the ground near
their wagons. . He returned and warned
the people at the mill. A. H. Gracey,
the foreman, . drove fourteen men in a
wagon to - the -scene, and brought the
bodies down to the mill.
Franzen had several bullet holes in
his - body, and Jones one. A party
went -to Neilson's cabin early this
morning and found him dead in bed.
A Chinaman, 'just arrived, reports
that Charley Monaghan, who lived
alone on the bank of the river, was also
shot dead in bed. It is feared that the
Indian has several more victims who
live alone on the route he probably took
after killing the teamsters.
More Chinese for Nashville Exposition.
Tacoma, Wash., May 17. Collector
Saunders today received directions from
the secretary of the treasury to admit
the remaining sixty-foufof the 114 Chi
nese bound for the Nashville exposition,
who were brought here three weeks ago
on the steamer Victoria. The telegram
from Washington says that this action
is taken upon the urgent request of the
Nashville exposition officials. The
first fifty of the lot were sent East last
-week, including the 261 recently admit
ted at San Francisco. This makes S75
Chinese already admitted for attendance
at the exposition, in addition to a con
siderable number brought over by the
Canadian Pacific line. The Chinese
have certificates entitling them to re
main in the country one year after the
exopsition closes, but, like the Chinese
admitted on similar terms for the At
lanta exposition, it is considered doubt
ful if they can be collected and sent
back when their certificates expire.
Explosion at a Fireworks Factory.
Cincinnati, May 17. There was an
explosion at the powder mills of the A.
L. Due Fireworks Company, at Read
ing, O., this afternoon.' Samuel Sher
boli was fatally injured.' Frank Moore
and George -Buckenbruck were slightly
injured. These three were the only
ones in the building when the explosion
occurred. - The loss was only $300.
' Wants Damages for Torture.
San '- Francisco, May 17. Thomas
Reynolds brought suit today to recover
$20,000 damages from Charles Herrold,
Henry Leppold and William Riordan.
The suit grows out of the action of the"
defendants some months ago in hanging
Reynolds up in a barn to make him
confess to . the burglary of Herrold's
blacksmith shop on the San Bruno road.
Reynolds was convicted by a jury and
is now serving a term . in the state
prison. ' ' r - - ' '- - .
Date for the Tariff Debate.
Washington, May 17. The senate;
committee on finance reached an under
standing today by which it was prac
tically agreed . that the debate on the
tariff bill should begin Monday, the
24th inst. Senator Aldrich will call
up the bill Thursday of next week for
the purpose of making a statement.
There will be no further effort to get
the bill up until the following Monday.
This concession was made out of defer
ence to the wishes of the Democratic
members, and because of the delay in
getting, comparative statements in
tape. '
A PLEA FOR MERCY.
Theodore Durrant Makes Hi Appeal to
' Governor Budd.
Sacramento, May 17. An appeal for
the life of Theodore Durrant, the - con
demned murderer of Blanche. Lam on t,
was today heard in the court of last
resort. Governor Budd sat in final
judgment in the case, and Eugene
Deuprey, attorney for Durrant, argued
eloquently for the life of his client.
The governor listened to the argument
in silence, and only once did he show
any sign of being impressed. That was
when Attorney Deuprey asked him to
compare certain .writing of Rev. Dr.
Gibson with the writing on the pack
age sent by the murderer to the mother
of his victim. The governor scrutin
ized the writing closely, and asked to
be given the originals for comparison.
Durrant's attorney had come pre
pared to spring a sensation in the case
by producing a document,, purporting
to be a confession of a San Quentin
convict named John Rosenburg, that
he was the murderer of Blanche La
mont, and Durrant had nothing to do
with the case. The alleged confession
was introduced, but was devoid of in
fluence, owing to the fact that the gov
ernor had learned of the matter, and
had ascertained positively that John
Rosenburg did not arrive in California
until seven months after the crime was
committed. -
The governor said nothing that would
give an intimation of what he would
do in the case, nor did he show that he
was particularly impressed by any ar
gument that was advanced.
GUNBOAT NASHVILLE,
Averaged Nearly Seventeen Knots on
Her Trial Trip.
Bridgeport, Conn., May 17. "The
fastest vessel of her class in the world,"
was the verdict accorded by the officers
at the conclusion of the speed trial of
the new gunboat Nashville today on
Long Island sound.
The speed required by the govern
ment was 13.07 knots.. The average
speed made ' by - the vessel was" 16.76
knots, making an excess of speed very
near three knots. With a bonus of
$20,000 for. each excess knot, ' this
means a total of $60,000 for the build
ers. -"
The time for the thirty miles out
was 1:35:36. The elapsed time for the
second run was 1:48:16. . The gunboats
Nashville, Wilmington and Helena
were provided for by act of congress
approved March 3, 1893, and in Janu
ary of the year following their building
was awarded to the Newport News
Shipbuilding Company, of Newport
News, Va. So thoroughly have they
carried out their contract that, not
only have the vessels won the highest
praise for their workmanship, finish
and performance, but their excess de
velopment of speed has already .netted
the contractors the snug bonus of
$161,452., ,: . .
TO REGULATE, VIVISECTION. 1
A Bill Beported in the Senate by
Gallinger. . '
Washington, May 17. Senator Gal
linger reported in the senate today the
bill for the regulation of vivisection in
the District of Columbia, unanimously
adopted by the senate committee of the
District of Columbia, providing, first,
for the use of anaesthetics in all pain
ful experiments on living invertebrate
animals, the so-called inoculation ex
periments, tests of drugs and medi
cines, and cases of recovery from sur
gical procedure being expressedly ex
empted from this requirement; second,
for the licensing of -all experimenters
by the district commissioners, except
those who are duly authorized officers
of the government; third, for the pro
hibition of' vivisection in the public
schools, and in exhibition for the gen
eral public; fourth, for the inspection
of all places of experiment by inspect
ors to be appointed by the president of
the United States.
Died Trying to Save Others.
Oakland, May 17. Samuel W. Em
mons, a Southern Pacifio - flagman, sac
rificed his life today while warning a
group of persons at the pier of an ap
proaching train. The accident occur
red at the wagon-crossing on the mole,
just beyond the eastern approach to the
big depot." A party of four men
walked along the roadway, not noticing
the approach of a train. In his anxiety
to save them from accident, Emmons
did not observe a local train that was
backing down, and stepped aside to
avoid another train right in front of
the local. . The brakeman on the rear
car yelled, but the car struck the while
haired flagman with terrific force,
fracturing his skull. He fell in such a.
way that the wheels only caught his
right foot, otherwise he would have
been mangled horribly.
Emmons, who is 68 years old, was
conveyed tojthe receiving hospital, but
never recovered consciousness.
Sent to Jail for Filthlness.
San Francisco, May 17. W. B.
Bradbury, a local millionaire, was to
day sentenced to twenty-four hours' im
prisonment in the county jail for vio
lating the civic ordinance prohibiting
expectorating on the floors of street
ears. This was Bradbury's second
offense. . He ' claims the privilege of
spitting when and where he pleases as
an inalienable American privilege, and
will make test case of his punishment.
Philadelphia, May 17. Ex-Postmaster-General
John Wanamaker, at a ban
quet of the Business Men's Leaguue,
this evening, made a remarkable
speech on national and state politics.
After commenting on the failure, of
promised prosperity to appear in conse
quence of President McKinley's elec
tion, Wanamaker said that the low
state to which the political religion of
the nation was brought by unscrupul
ous bosses must eventually result in a
new party. :
Protesting Against the Dingley Bill,
, Paris, May 17. The syndioal cham
ber of textiles and daperies has ad
dresed a communication to tha United
States pointing out the dangers which
the Dingley' tariff involves to the in
dustry and the trade of the whole world.
New Florida Senator.
Tallahasse, Fla. May 17. Stephen
R. Mai lory was elected United States
senator today on the 25th ballot. . ;
; It ii estimated that 2,000,000 tons of
pure silver are held in solution by all
the waters of the earth.
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iiUitMtni id Minn ii
The Condition of Americans
in Cuba Revealed.
8ENATE COMMITTEE REPORTS
American Citizens Destitute and Help
less in the Towns of the Pearl of the
Antilles Action. Soon to Be Taken.
; Washington, May 15. There was a
sudden and violent outbreak of Cuban
sentiment today at the capitol, and
during the early hours the drift - of
opinion was strongly toward speedy
and radical action by both congress and
the executive, but later there was some--what
of a reaction - upon its becoming
known that the president, while keenly
alive to the situation, and anxious to
learn everything possible that could
guide bis conduct of . our Cuban and
Spanish relations, felt that further in
formation was necessary, and for the
immediate present the question was
not one of. recognition of the belliger
ency or independence of the Cuban in
surgents, but of relief for the American
citizens, destitute and helpless in the
towns of the Pearl of the Antilles.
The foreign relations committee, it
should be stated, while agreeing upon
the necessity of relief for the suffering
Americans, is favorable to more radical
measures, and a number of its mem
bers are earnestly desirous of instant
action by the executive in aid of the
insurgents, but have not succeeded in
converting the administration to their
views that present action is appropriate
and imperative.
. The event of the day was a report to
their colleagues by a subcommittee
which yesterday examined the state de
partment's Cuban. reports. This state
ment, though not given to. the public,
was so far disclosed in character as to
give rise to a, good deal of excited com
ment among senators and members.
The report, based upon facts present
ed by the United States consuls in
Cuba, it is said, brings out in strong
relief the destitution which exists not
only among the Cubans, but among
Americans and pacificos now in the isl
ands who were driven from their farms
and into the towns by Weyler's orders,
and are thereby prevented from sup
porting themselves. :
For several days past, the subject
matter of this report has been under
discussion quietly among a few of the
friends of Cuba in congress, and they
have lost no opportunity of impressing
upon the president their convictions
that it is his duty, as the chief, execu
tive, to delay no lenger in taking active
steps to terminate the present condi
tion of affairs in Cuba. These, repre
sentations, however, have not been suf
flcient to induce hasty action. The
president is moving Ateadiry and with
all speed that safety and sound judg-
sent warrajoija She jeollectiofoi facta
touching the conditions that exist upon
the island today: To this end, Mr. Cal
houn is now in Cuba, officially on - an
other mission, but -also charged . with
the observation of the conditions that
prevail. When he has reported to the
president and the latter has obtained
what be regards as a sufficient store of
information, based on facts that cannot
be questioned, he will be ready either
to take himself, or to suggest to con
gress, such action as thes facts war
rant.
Meanwhile, he has under considers
tion the best means of affording relief
to Americans suffering as a result of
the conditions on the islands.
Today, the president saw, by ap
pointment, Edwin W. Atkins, of Bos
ton, who is largely interested in Cuban
sugar plantations. Mr. Atkins gave
him a faithful picture of the economic
conditions that prevailed in Havana
and in other parts of the island when
he left.
Committee's Beport.
The senate committee on foreign re
lations today had the Cuban question
under consideration on the basis of the
subcommittee appointed yesterday to
confer with the president and Secre
tary Sherman. The report was pre
pared by Davis and Foraker, Republi
can members, Morgan, the Democratic
member, declining to participate in it.
The report consisted of a concise
statement of the contents of official re
ports from the American consuls- in
Cuba, bringing information up to with
in a week. This report confirms the
newspaper reports as to the situation
on the island, and even goes' farther in
depicting the deplorable situation than
do most of the newspaper stories. Es
pecial stress is laid' upon the condition
of American citizens. It is positively
stated that hundreds are in a starving
condition and wretchedly clothed.
Deaths are daily reported. Americans
are scattered in all parts of the island,
and are shown no consideration what
ever because of their American citizen
ship.'
The Americans are generally person!
who reside on the plantations,, but whe
have been driven from their homes tc
the towns, and, being among strangere
and without employment, are compell
ed to subsist on almost nothing. The
are not allowed to return to their plan
tations, even to pick berries or secure
the least article of subsistence. The;
are theoretically under the care of tb
Spanish army, but the army is withoiv
a commissariat. They have no meani
of leaving the island. Their conditioi
is pronounced wholly deplorable.
The committee was especially im
pressed with this recital, and the opin
ion was generally expressed that thi
situation should be remedied, if possi
ble. It was considered as placing evei
a worse aspect upon the question of on
relations with Cuba than the imprison
ment of Americans, of which there an
now comparatively few instances.
The report also indicates a generally
wretched condition of all 'the inhabi
tants of the island, because of scarcity
of food and money, especially in th
centers of population, and because also,
of the pressure of the most malignant
diseases, such as yellow lever, small
pox and dysentery.
The reports indicate that the Span
ish army is not so strong now as it wat
a year ago, largely on account of these
ravages, while they indicate no dimin
ution of the insurgent forces. .The re
ports were from various consuls, . in
cluding Consul-General Lee.
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Downing, Hopkins ft Company's Bevlew
of Trade.
The week's contribution of statistic!
was on the whole more bullish than th
average of late. Bradstreet's report
showed a decrease of 6,000,000 busheli
in the world's visible supply. Oni
own visible supply decreased 2,550,000
bushels, and the world's shipment!
were 5,000,000 bushels. These facts,,
however, are no longer regarded. Th
trade generally has settled down to an .
acceptance of the fact that there ia
plenty of wheat to run' well into the
next crop year, and that at the present
rate of demand the important consider
ation is not as to the stocks on hand,
but as to the prospects for the yield
this fall. The consideration relied upon
in this respect of the statistic was that
short crops abroad would cause an unu
sual drain upon American supplies.
Vet in the last seventeen weeks the
American official visible has decreased
but 21,000,000 bushels in round num
bers, while in the same period last yeai
it deoreased 14,000,000 bushels, and in
the same period in 1895 it decreased
23,000,000 bushels. During the same
period the world shipments this yeai
were 72,264,000 bushels, of which
America furnished 89,462,000 bushels.
It appears, therefore, that the theoret
ical requirements of 7,000.000 busheli'
a week is very strictly a theory as dis
tinguished from a condition. Condsid
erations of this kind make the average
trader apt to pay little attention to the
o ba mo ft ftvo.v.vu. net.
has now quite disappeared from the
market, and it seems that domestic
conditions as to weather, etc., are like
ly to have most influence in making
prices for the immediate future.
The crop reports thai have come in
from abroad of late are indicative oi
short harvests in some of the most im
portant wheat-producing countries;'
but, of course, it is too early for anj
trustworthy showing in that regard. .
There are still many reports of pooi
prospects. The drouth continues to a
degree in California, although some
rain has fallen there.
Market Quotations.
Portland, Or., May 18, 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, 75 76c; Val
ley, 77c per bushel.
Data flhninn whita. RROtiOn Tier
bushel; choice gray, 87 89c.
iiay Timotny, 91s.uu14.0u per
ton; clover, $11.5012.50; wheat and
oat, $12.0013.50 per ton.
Barley Feed barley, $16.50 per ton;
brewing, $1819.
Millstuffs Bran, $14.50; shorts,
$16.50; middlings, $26.
Butter Creamery, 80c; dairy, 20
22c; store, 1780o per roll.
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks.45 50c;
Garnet Chilies, 5565o; Early Rose,
3540o -per -sack; sweets, $2.75 per
cental for Merced; new potatoes, lo
per pound.
"T Poultry Chickens., mixed, $2.50
3.00; geese, $4. 00 7. 00; turkeys, live,
12c; ducks, $4.00 6 00 per dozen.
Eggs Oregon, 10llc per dozen.'
Cheese Oregon, Uc; Young
Wool Valley, 13 Mc per pound; East-.
ern Oregon, oiojoo.
Hops Tc per pound.
v a n
cows, $2. 50 3. 00; dressed beef, 5
6c per pound. .
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, $3. 00 3. 60; dressed mut
ton, 6 5o per pound.
Hogs Gross, choice, heavy, $4.00
4.50; light and feeders, $3.503.00;
dressed $5.00 5. 50 per cwt.
Veal Large, 84c; small, 4)
5 per pound.
Seattle, Wash., May 18, 1897.
Wheat Chicken feed, $28 per ton.
Oats Choice, $23 24 per ton.
Flour (Jobbing) Patent excellent,
$4.80; Novelty A, $4.50; California
"brands, $4.90; Dakota, $5.65; patent,
Barley Boiled or ground, $20 per
ton.
Corn Whole, $20 per ton; cracked,
$21; feed meal, $21.
Millstuffs Bran, $15.00 per ton;
shorts, $18.
Feed Chopped feed, $18.00 per ton;
middlings, $22; oilcake meal, $30.
Hay Puget sound, per ton, $13.00;
Eastern Washington, $18.
Tnn1r.i-v T!iinlrAnfi- livA. ner tvrand.
hens, 12c; ducks, $6 6. 50.
Butter Fancy native creamery,
brick, 17c; ranch, 1315; California,
1516K-
Cheese Native Washington, 12a
Vegetables Potatoes, per ton, $13.00
14; parsnips, per sack, 76c; beets,
per sack, $1.26; turnips, per sack, $1.25;
rutabagas, per sack, 50c; carrots, per
sack, 75c; cabbage, per 100 lbs,
$2.00; onions, per 100 lbs, $2.00.
Sweet potatoes Per 100 lbs, $3.50.
Eggs Fresh ranch, 13 14c.
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef,
steers, 7c; cows, 6o; mutton, sheep,
8 per pound; lamb, 5c; pork, 6c per
pound; veal, small, 8a
TO v tt1:i t. A f7 c.
.ft. ftou ftlOll ftll, - 2S w,
salmon, 68o; salmon trout, 7 10c;
flounders and soles, 8 4c.
Provisions Hams, large,ll); hams,
small, breakfast bacon, 10c; dry
salt sides, 7c per pound.
Fruits Lemons, California, fancy,
$2.60 3; choice, $2; Oal fornia fancy
navals, $3. 50 4.
San Francisco, May 18, 1897.
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, 70c
$1.00; Early Rose, 6070c; River Bur
banks, 50 65c; sweets, i' $1.25 per
cental. - -; -
Onions $3. 00 8. 60 per cental.
Eggs Ranch, 14 15c per dozen.
Butter Fancy creamery, 15Mo; do
seconds, 14 15c; fancy dairy, 14c;
seconds, 1313a
Cheese Fancy mild, new, 7o;
fair to good, 67c; Young America, .
7K8)c; Eastern, 1416a
Wool Choice foothill, 10 13c; San"
Joaquin plains, 8llc; do 12 months.
10c per pound.
Hay Wheat and oat, $7 10; best
barley, $6. 60 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, $2.50
3. 75; seedlings, do, $1.501. 75; com
mon lemons, 75o$1.50; fancy, $2.00
per box.;"; '" v
- Apples $1.25 2 per box; Eastern,
3.50 jper barreL
Hops 812o per pound.