The Corvallis gazette., May 28, 1897, Image 1

VOL. XXXIV.
NO. 11.
Epitome of the Telegraphk
News of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting Collection of Item From
the New and the Old World In a
Condensed and Comvrehenslve Form
Governor Ellerbee ias announced
that he will appoint Congressman
John L. McLaurin to be Ciiiied States
senator, in successin to the late Sena
tor Earle.
Tlie decree of the Turkish govern
ment calling for the expulison of all
Greeks from the Ottoman empire, has
been suspended, in view of the peace
negotiations.
J. B. Hunter, cook on the steamer
Joseph B. Kellogg, died suddenly on
that steamer as she lay tied up a Kelso,
Wash. A physician was called, who
pronounced it death from . rheumatism
of the heart.
The Cretan chiefs have sent a docu
ment to the Greek government declar
ing'that they are almost unanimously
in favor of political union with Greece,
but asking the advice of the govern
ment as to the best course to pursue
consistently and with due regard to na
tional interests.
President McKinley sent a cablegram
to Queen Victoria, congratulating her
on the celebration of her 79th birthday.
The message was as follows; "To the
Ambassador of the United, States, Lon
don: The president desires you to con
vey to the queen his sincere congratula
tions and those of the American people
upon the celebration of her 79th birth
day." Governor Lord has appointed J. V.
,B. Butler, of Monmouth, to succeed
himself; Judge John J. Daly, of Dallas,
vice J. C White, and E. C. Pentland,
of Independence, vice P. Haley, mem
bers of the board of regents of the state
normal school at Monmouth, Or., each
to hold for six years. Judge G. C.
Blakely, of The Dalles, has been ap
pointed a member of the Oregon state
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The-70-year-old widow of Colonel
Samuel Colt, the millionaire firearms
manufacutrer, has been sued by Nor
man Colt, of Seattle, and James B.
Colt, of Washington, D. C, for a big '
slice of the estate which has been in
control of herself or her son since the
coionei s aeatn in iooa. mrs. uoit is
accused of alienating her husband's
affection from his nephews by fraud
and deceitful statements, while be was
in a weak mental and physical state.
Plaintiffs also aver that the million
aire's death was hastened by an over
dose of medicine.
Seven years ago James Brazell. made
a proposition to the English govern
ment to send out 15,000 prospectors
covering an area of 10 miles through
British Columbia, in a nothwesterly
direction from Rossland. The cost of
such an expedition was such that the
English and Canadian governments
would have nothing tS io with it, the
hazzard being one that the home sec
retary would not countenance. The
preposition, however, has met with
the approval of a syndicate of English
capitalists, who sends forth 150 men
from San Francisco, with James Bra
zell at the bead.
William J. Bryan has accepted an in
vitation to speak at Gladstone Park,
near Oregon City, on the 12th of July, !
the day before the annual Chautauquan
assembly will open. His subject will 1
be "Bimetallism."
Following the recommendation of
Commissioner Hermann, of the general .
land office, the attorney-general has in
structed the United States district attor
ney for Oregon to suspend for the pres
ent the legal proceedings pending in
that district growing out of sheep pas
turing within the limits of the Cascade
range forest reserve.
Captain Miller has information that
the war department has appropriated .
$24,000 for a transporation fund for the '
army post at Spokane, which makes a
total of $196,000 this year. The sun- j
dry civil bill carries $50,000 more, all
to be spent this year. The intention is
to transfer two companies to Spokane,
nrobablv from Fort Sherman. As fast
as the barracks buildings are built,
other companies will come from Forts
Walla Walla and Sherman.
A special to the New York Journl
from Havana says: The opening of
private letters by Weyler's postofHce
employes has been made the subject of
energetic protests by more than one lo
cal consul. The representative of a
leading South American republic went
personally to the palace to complain
that his mail, both official and private,
had been tampered with, while Dr.
Brunner, of the United States marine
hospital service, detailed here as as
sistant sanitary inspector, attached to
the American consulate, received sev
eral letters from his. wife, the envelopes
of which had been clipped off at the
postoffice before delivery. They were
delivered open, no attempt whatever
having been made to conceal the fact of
violation. Upon the doctor's com
plaint General Lee sent a sharp note
of protest to the captain-general's office.
An expedition has just left Philadel
phia that has for its object the explora
tion of the country around Mount St.
Elias, Alaska, and possibly the ascent
of that mountain, which for a long time
v an wuDiucim viicj uiguco, ui oiuci ibn
A number of people have been poi
soned in Oakland, CaL , by eating straw
berries. The physicians declare that
the strawberries have been in contact
with some poisonous matter used Dy
growers to destroy plant insects. There
have been traces of Paris green in some
of the fruit offered for sale.
It is reported in London that the an
onymous philanthropist who contribut
ed 25,000 to the fund proposed by the
Princess of Wales to feed the starving
on the occasion of the queen's jubilee is
William Waldorf Astor.
. From Clark's lens works, Cambridge,
h.fl hMn ah inruvl in n Hner.ial riarlor car
two discs which form the lens for the
great Xerkes telescope, the largest lens
ever made. . Every precaution was
taken to insure the safe transportation
of the . costly lens. - They were insured
for their full value, $00,000. The lens
represent nearly six years of careful la-
SUNDRY CIVIL BILL.
Agreed on by the Conferees and Will
Carry 50,00o,000.
Washington, May 26. The conferees
on the sundry civil appropriation bill
have agreed. The most important
amendment to the bill was that revok
ing the order of President Cleveland,
of February 22, 1897, setting apart
21,000,000 acres of land as forest res
ervations. This is changed to provide
that lands embraced in reservations not
disposed of before March 1, 1898, shall
again be subject to such operations as
they were previous to the order of Feb
ruary 22, or as they may be modified
by the president. The general provis
ions for the government forest reserva
tions are retained as provided in the
senate amendments. A provision is
inserted allowing settlers to take other
lands in the public domain.
J The appropriation for Pearl harbor is
reduced to $10,000.
An amendment for improving Sal
mon bay, Wash., is stricken out. The
appropriation for a government exhibit
at the Omaha expostion is left at
$200,000, the $75,000 increase made
by the senate being stricken out. An
amendment for the investigation of the
sugar production remains in the bill.
Appropriation for the improvement
of the Lower Mississippi river is in
creased to $2,933,333, and made imme
diately available by contract or other
wise in the discretion of the secretary
of war. The net reduction from the
senate amendments is $500,000. The
total of the bill as agreed to is $53,
622,651. The Proposed Duty on Tea.
Dubuque, la., May 26. The whole
sale grocers of Iowa who have been
caught on the short side of tea have
sent a delegation to Washington to see
what Senator Allison can do for them.
Before the tariff of ten cents a pound
on tea was publk-ly suggested by the
senate committee these grocers sold for
future delivery in such quantiites that
one Chicago house stands to lose $100,
000 if compelled to furnish taxed tea,
and Iowa houses will also lose heavily.
The importers have discounted the
future and have sold their stocks at a
liberal advance on former prices. One
Chicago and New Vork house is report
ed to have cleaned up $250,000, and
other importers are supposed to have
done equally well. The grocers tried
to cover, with the result that the de
mand for immediate shipment raised
in Japan 7 cents. Some of the gro
cers, rather than stand this, decided to
countermand their orders and take
their chances of securing a modification
of the tariff bill.
The delegation sent to Washington
was appointed at a conference in Chi
cago last week and headed ny F. A.
Hancock, of Dubuque. They will ask
that the tariff bill be amended to pro
vide for a rebate on the tax on all tea
imported to fill orders taken before the
senate bill was reported.
Burled In the Mississippi.
St. Louis, May 26. The ashes of
Rudolph Rosin were oast into the Mis
sissippi river - last evening, from near
the center of the Eads bridge. Rosin
had spent most of his life in the vicin
ity of Cincinnati. About a year ago
he visited his birthplace in northern
Germany and while there was taken
sick and died. During his illness be
prepared a will in which he provided
that his body should be cremated and
his ashes returned to his Cincinnati
relatives, and kept by them until May
23, 1897, the anniversary of his birth,
and then thrown from the Eads bridge
of St. Louis into the Mississippi river.
Last evening a well-dressed man
walked on the bridge from St. Louis.
He carried a small black box. When
near the center he stoppedpopened the
box and emptied what appeared to be a
few handfuls of ashes into the river
below. Without priest or prayer, all
that remained of .Rudolph Rosin was
thus cast into the great river.
Dunham Arrested A grain. .
San Jose, CaL, May 26. Sheriff
Lyndon is in receipt of telegrams from
Lagrange, Tex., which indicate that
possibly Dunham, the murderer so
much, wanted, may be under arrest
there. Last night a telegram was re
ceived from Sheriff Lossein, of La
grange, saying Dunham is in jail
there. This afternoon the following
came from the sheriff at Lagrange:
"Description of Dunham corresponds
with your description given the Pink
erton agency. His identity was given
away by Furgason, a chum of his, to
whom he made the statement of being
the murderer from California."
A warrant has been wired to La
grange. J
Florence Is Happy.
San Francisco, May 26 The decis
ion of the United States supreme court
was received by Mrs. Hinckley, of this
city, today with undisguised satisfac
tion as it virtually settles her title to
the Blythe estate forever. The appeal
taken to the supreme court by the
"Kentucky" Blythes from this state
was their last effort to secure their al
leged rights as against Mrs. Hinckley,
who, being an alien, had no legal right
to inherit property in this country,
according to the construction of the
law of inheritance.
A French statistician has culculated
that the eye travels about 6,000 feet in
reading an ordinary-sized novel. No
wonder the eye gets tired.
A College Assignment.
Terre Haute, Ind., May 26. The
trustees of the Coates college for wom
en, founded by the late John Coats, of
Grenncastle, made an assignment to
day. The liabilities amount to $14,
000, while the assets consist chiefly of
unpaid subscriptions to the college,
which will be hard to realize upon.
Alonzo Lowe of Greenfield, Ind., has
lifted one of his horses clear of the
ground, and he can ehoulder alone and
carry a barrel of sugar.
Must Be Completed September 1.
Omaha, Neb., May 2b. Judge Man
ger, of the United States distirct court,
this morning made an order that the
divorce decreed by Judge Brewer be
tween the Western Union and Union
Pacific telegraph companies must be
completed by September 1.
Marysville, May 28. Early this
morning a premature blast occurred in
the Dannebroge mine at Brown's val
ley, 12 miles east of here, which re
sulted in the death of a young miner
named Butler and the serions injury of
another miner.
Spain Will Most Likely Re
fuse to Believe It.
FACT WILL BE HARD TO PROVE
Calhoun Says Spanish Officials In Cuba
Have Hindered Him In His Investi
gations General Lee's Report.
Chicago, May 25. A special to the
Times-Herald from Washington says:
The state department has received,
according to a minor official, a semi
official report from Mr. Calhoun, who
was sent to make special inquiry, into
the circumstances of the death of Ruiz.
The report is that Dr. Ruiz was mur
dered,' though it will be impossible to
establish this fact to the satisfaction of
the Spanish government. -
Calhoun has read the report- of the
autopsy, made by Dr. Burgess, who
says the wounds in the head could not
have been inflicted by Ruiz himself.
Dr. Ruiz was evidently struck from be
hind, probably with a bar of iron,
which fractured his skull and caused
hemorrhages.
The report of Mr. Calhoun, it is said,
goes further, and declares that the
Spanish officials, instead of doing any
thing to assist the investigation, are
placing every obstacle in the way, and
using every effort to so frighten the
witnesses that it will be impossible to
secure full testimony. .
Consul General tee's Report.
Washington, May 25. A telegram
was received at the state department
from Consul-General Lee saying the
number of Americans in need of relief
in Cuba may reach 1,200. The con
sul at Matanzas reports 250 there, and
the counsul at Sagua 450.
The Morgan Resolution. .
Madrid, May 25. Newspapers here
consider the adoption by the United
States senate of Morgan's belligerency
resolution will tend to strengthen Pre
mier Castillo, checking the proposed
liberal attack on the ministry.
CHASED BY SPANIARDS.
Exciting Experienee of a British Fruit
Steamer Off Cape Maysi.
Philadelphia, May 25. After being
chased twice by Spanish gunboats and
passing through a perfect storm of
shot, which splashed in the water
across the vessel's bow, the British
fruit steamer Ethelred passed through
the exciting ordeal unscathed, and ar
rived at this port tonight, after a five
days' run from Port Antonio, Jamaica.
When the Ethelred left here May
12, it was the intention of Captain
Hart to accompany her, but he was ar
rested as he was about to step on the
gangplank 'to go ; aboard. " As it was,"
his invalid daughter was a passenger.
It is supposed that agents of the Span
ish government in this city had notified
the Spanish authorities at Havana that
Hart would be on the vessel, hence the
effort to hold up the Ethelred in Cu
ban waters.
The first encounter with the Spanish
cruisers occurred off Cape Maysi on the
trip down. Just atter dusk, on Sun
day evening, May 16, a gunboat with
out any lights shot out from under the
Maysi capes, and, crowding on all
steam, steered directly for the fruit
vessel.
After steaming for an . hour without
gaining an inch, the gunboat- turned a
searchlight on the other vessel. AH
steam possible was crowded on the
Ethelred, whioh was beginning to show
a' clean pair of heels to the Spaniard,
until a cloud of smoke belched from
the cruiser's side and a second later a
solid shot cut the water a half mile
ahead of her bow. - Then came a sec
ond and third shot, each nearer than
the others. Captain Israel kept on his
course, and after an hour's chase the
Spaniard dropped from the race.
The second chase happened last
Thursday in the exact spot where the
first attempt to hold up the vessel oc
curred. Just as the Ethelred rounded
Cape Maysi, a big Spanish gunboat of
the newest type started from the cape
and gave chase to the Ethelred. For
two hours the chase was kept up, en
livened now and then by a solid shot
throwing up a sheet of white spray just
ahead of the swift vessel's bow. It
began to look as if the Spaniard meant
to chase the Ethelred clear to the Dela
ware capes, when another steamer was
sighted and the gunboat sheered off
and gave vigorus chase to the newly
discovered steamer. -
Railway Across Nicaragua.
Managua, Nioarauga, May 25. For
the last three weeks Charles Smith,
representing a syndicate of English
capitalists, has been quietly but active
ly engaged in enlisting the interests of
willing officials in behalf of a foreign
freight railway across Nicaragua
against the American Canal Compa
ny's contract. For two months prior
to coming here he was in Costa Rica
pormoting the same project.
Last of Greek Soldiers Leave Crete.
Canea, Island of Crete, May 25.
Colonel Staikos, with the last detach
ment of the Greek expeditionary force,
embarked for Greece this morning.
Pittsburg, May 24. E. R. Fleischer,
a real estate man, was robbed and mur
dered on his way home shortly after
midnight. The crime was committed
on the Lincoln-avenue bridge. After
robbing Fleischer, his assailant threw
him over the bridge into a ravine, 90
feet below. When found half an honr
later he was still living, but died on
the way to the police station. He was
a member of high degree in the Ma
sons, Odd Fellows and other organiza
tions. London, May 25. London is already
plunged into the queen's jubilee pre
parations, and for the next six weeks if
promises to be the most uncomfortable
oity in Europe. Along the route of the
procession the fronts of buildings are
disfigured by hideous scaffoldings, pre
paratory to building seats. , Even
churches like St. Martins-in-the-Fields
have been sold . to speculators,
who have almost completely covered
the edifice . mentioned with building
preparations, a little sign reading:
"Services as usual" being about the
only indication left of the church prop-
DEMANDS ON SPAIN.
Venesuela. Mexico and China to Protect
. Subjects In Cuba. -
New York, May 26. A dispatch to
the Journal from Havana says:
In a demand recently made upon
Spain through the Venezuelan consul,
Persident Crespo's government insists
that citizens of that republic residing
in Cuba shall, in case of arrest upon
political charges, be accorded equal
privileges with citizens of the United
States here, including exemption from
trial by military tribunals and assur
ances of a speedy judgment by civil
courts. Venezuela claims this right
under the favored-nation clause in her
own treaty with Spain, and the point
has been allowed.
' Now Mexico is understood to be
pressing Madrid and Havana authori
ties to have her citizens here accorded
the same privileges. One Trujilio, a
Venezuelan, recently arrested as a po
litical suspect, was released yesterday
at the demand of Consul Punango, on
condition that he leave Spanish terri
tory. China's Havana representatives have
received instructions from home that
in future the lives. and property of Chi
nese residents in Cuba must be re
spected, otherwise China may concede
belligerent rights to Spain's enemies
in the Philippines. . ,
Private advices from Caracas indi
cate that President Crespo stands ready
to follow suit in case the Washington
government should finally recognize
the belligerent rights of the Cubans.
Indeed, it was whispered here tonight
that a vessel was formally cleared from
Maracaibo some days ago for the re
bel port of Banes in Eastern Cuba,
loaded with arms and ammunition for
Calixto Garioa's army. -
General Weyler Interviewed.
New York, May 26. A dispatch to
the Journal from Ceinfuegos, Cuba,
3ays:
In an interview with Captain Gen
eral Weyler,upon bis arrival here from
Placeras, in reference to Senator Mor
gan's resolution, the general said: "
"I am not surprised with the action
thus far taken, nor shall I be if the
house concurs in the senate resolution
and sends it to the president. Your
jingoes are in the saddle, and evidently
bent upon . forcing the country " into
some foreign complications In order to
distract attention from the fast-approaching
internal crisis:
"The few scattering bands of Cuban
dynamiters, railroad wreckers, horse
and cattle thieves, plantation burners
and highwaymen now in the field here,
who hold no port and possess no seat
of civil government, have no right to
expect recognition. Such distinction
at President McKinley's hands, issued
in the face of ray own proclamation
officially declaring the greater part of
the island to be already pacified, would
hold the Washingotn executive np to
the ridicule of European powers, and
prompt a healthy outburst of sympathy
for the Spanish cause, especially from
neighboring Old-World governments,
also possessing colonies in the West Int
dies. -:; In ' brief, recognition may - aid
the Cuban junta in placing a few bonds
in the United States, but it will at the
same time assure the successful issue
of our proposed new Spanish loan in
Paris, London and Vienna, and enable
us to carry on the war with renewed
vigor.
"Personally, I shall be glad. If rec
ognition comes, our position will then
be more clearly defined. It will work
a virtual abrogation of our special trea
ty with the United States, place Yan
kees residing in Cuba in .an identical
position before the courts with other
foreign residents, and I shall be trou
bled less by constant complaints and
often ridiculous demands from Ameri
can consuls. It would also relieve the
Spanish government of all responsibil
ity for the destruction of foreign prop
erty not actually within the line of
Spanish defenses, and further simplify
matters by assuring us the right to
board and search American vessels
whenever suspected."
Continuing, the captain-general ex
pressed delight at the proposition to
have consuls here furnish free trans
portation to all Americans who desire
to go to the United States, but said he
considered the plan to distribute to res
ident Americans as an indirect and un
justified attempt to interfere in local
affairs. - -
The Luetgert Murder.
Chicago, May 26. While lying un
der a bed in the' home of Frank Bialk,
the former night watchman at the
Luetgert factory, one of Captain Schut
tier's detectives is said to have lis
tened to a conversation between the ac
cused wife murder and the watchman.
The admissions made by Luetgert on
this occasion are said to have caused
the immediate arrest of the men, and
the story of what his employe will .be
told tomorrow in Justice Kersten's
court. Other portions of Bialk's testi
mony will be nearly as interesting. He
will swear that Luetgert ordered him
to remain away from the vat room on
the night of May 1, that twice during
the night he sent him out for a bottle
of medicine. Upon his return with
these articles Luetgert each time op
ened the barred doors, reached through
the opening, took the bottle and hast
ily closed and barred the door.
Several witnesses were examind in
the case today, but nothing of import
ance was developed.
Por .Townsend, May 26. Sealers
are now fully realizing the fact that
disasters never come singly. After a
remarkably hard season and nnprece
dentedly light catch, they are able to
get an offer of only $5 per skin. The
fleet of Neah bay Indians, seven boats
in all, 10 men to each boat, averaged
only 47 skins. The Indians say they
will never again go on a sealing expe
dition as it takes upward of $200 to
buy supplies for the boats for a sea
son's cruise. '
Washington, May 86. The resolu
tion appropriating $50,000 for the re
lief of American citizens in Cuba
reached the White House at half past
12 o'clock today, after being signed in
both houses while they were in open
session. The president signed the res
olution immediately. He will at onoe
consult with the state department re
specting the adoption of measures :f
relief in addition to- those 'taken last
week, when Consul-General . Lee was
authorized to draw upon the state de
partment for $10,000 for procurement
of immediate supplies,-
Armistice Declared Between
; Greece and Turkey.
AMOUNT GREECE WILL PAY
A Mixed Commission Will Establish a
Neutral Zone The Powers Consider
ing Terms of Peace Lamia Deserted.
rr iLondon, May , 24. The armistice
agreement between Turkey and Greece
stipulates that a mixed commission of
officers of superior rank shall establish
a neutral zone between the two armies,
and that no advance on ' either flank
shall be permitted. , It is .. understood
Turkey wante the commission to be
constituted of foreign military attaches,
with tSe two armies.
Crown. Prince Constantine, it is said,
sent a personal appeal to the czar to
not allow the Greek army to be crushed
by a force four'' times greater than it
self, and that, as a consequence, the
czar insisted on the armistice.
The Papers Signed.
Athens, May 24. An armistice be
tween, the Turkish and Greek troops in
Thessaly, to extend 17 days, was form
ally concluded today.
Constantinople, May 24. Ah armis
tice was formally concluded today for
seven days between the Turkish and
Greek troops on the frontier of Epirus.
The Armistice Is General.
1 Constantinople, May 24. The arm
istice concluded today is general, and
includes the land and sea forces of both
combatants. The ambassadors of the
powers met this afternoon to consider
terms ot peace. ,
. What Greece Will Pay.
Athens, May 24. M. Ralli, the pre
mier, in the course of an interview to
day, said:
"The indemnity which Greece will
pay to Turkey will be in proportion to
the resources of Greece and her finan
cial position. The cession of territory
i is out of the question. Greece cannot
I accept a modification of the strategic
I frontier which would render easy raid
I ing of Greek territory by armed bands,
ana wnicn wouia compel urreece io
maintain a numerous army in order to
prevent incursions."
Turks Sorry to Quit.
London, May 24. The correspondent
of the Standard at Constantinople says:
The armistice has caused widespread
discontent among the Turkish troops
in Thessaly and Epirus, and the mili
tary commission has ordered the most
prominent grumblers to be sent home
under escort. ,The priests who are with
the army have been ' instructed to
preach special" sermons exhorting the
soldiery to be loyal and obedient. An
imperial order prohibits " the ""sale of
drawings, photographs Or poetry deal
ing with the war,' or with the exploits
f the commanders, the object of the
; prohibition being to prevent"" an indi
j vidual general becoming a popular hero.
The Conditions of Peace.
- London, May 24. The Rome corres
pondent of the Mail says he learns on
good authority that the powers have
agreed upon the chief conditions oi
peace, namely, an indemnity of 5,
000,000, guaranteed by a control of the
Greek -customs, and the rectification
of the frontier, the details as to which
have not yet been settled.
Negotiations Will Be Direct.
Constantinople, May 24. Although
it is not definitely decided, it is thought
peace negoitations will be conducted
between Turkey and Greece direct, and
afterward, following the precedent oi
the treaty of San Stefano, the treat
will be submitted to a European confer
ence, probably to be held at Paris.
' ' Lamia Is Deserted.
Lamia, May 24. This town is de
serted, with the exception of the pre
fect, newspaper ' correspondents, tele
graph operators and a few others.
Greeks Ignored Flag of Truce.
Berlin, May 24. A telegram re
ceived from Constantinople this after
noon says the effort of the Turkish
commander in Epirus to treat with the
Greeks for an armistice resulted in a
failure, owing to the Greeks having
ignored the flag of truce and having at
tempted yesterday, with two battalions
of troops to make a fresh incursion intoq
Turkish territory. The Greeks, it is
further stated, also shelled the Turkish
position. " .
In conclusion, the Constantinople
dispatch says the Turkish government
disclaims all responsibility for. what
may follow.
The Caneans Co-Operate.
- London, May 24. A dispatch from
Canea says the Caneans have decided
to co-operate with the admirals com
manding the fleets of the foreign pow
ers in organizing the government
forces.
For the Paris Exposition.
Washington, May 24. The senate
committee on international expositions
decided to report favorably a resolution
providing for an appropriation of $350,
000 for "proper, representation .of this
government at the Paris exposition of
1900. - ,
Farmer Cadets In Camp.
Pullman, Wash., "May 24. The
Washington agricultural college cadets,
125 in number, ' under command of
Lieutenant Stockle, U. S. A., nave
gone into their annual camp and will
remain for a week. '
- Pittsburg, May 24. It is stated that
an international bicycle tube trust has
been formed by const lidation of the
four largest tube manufactories in Eng
land and the two tube plants at Elwood
and Greenville, Pa. . .
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" A South Dakota Twister.
Omaha, . Neb. , May 24. A special
to the Bee from Howard, S. D., says a
cyclone passed. over the northern part
of Miner county last night. The great
eat damage . was done at Carthage.
Patton. and Jackson's elevator, the
Northwestern depot and several small
er buildings were destroyed. No lives
were lost so far as known." The dam
age is extensive to farm property.
Glato bricks with a hollow center are
found quite desirable in Germany for
the construction of conservatories.
VICTIMS OF A FIRE.
Two Persons Perished and Three In
jured in New York.
. New York, May '25. Two persons
were killed and three seriously injured
in a fire which was started shortly aft
er 4 o'clock this morning in the four-
story and basement brownstone build
ing, at 149 West Twenty-third street.
Several persons narrowly escaped
death. The dead are:
Mrs. Catherine Mossway, 33 years
old; died at hospital from suffocation
and burns. " .
Beatrice Mossway, 4 years old,
daughter of the former, suffocated in
her room. " . .
The injured are: Mrs. Mary C. or
Carrie Bowles, boarding-house keeper
at 28 Hollis street, Boston,, dangerously
hurt; Miss MacDonald, slightly burned
on the face; F. S. Phaps, slightly
burned on the face.
While a tenant named Lamont was
crawling the narrow sill to reach the
adjoining house, the body of a woman
struck a large sign whioh hung on the
outside and to which he clung for sup
port. The sign was torn from its fas
tenings and fell with a crash to the
street The woman was Mrs. Bowles,
who had precipitated herself from the
third floor to the street below when she
found that egress from the house by
way of the stairs was choked by the
flames. She was picked up and taken
to the hospital."
The origin of the fire is not : known,
but it is believed that a belated tenant
lit a match in the hallway to see his
way and. carelessly tossed the still
burning match away. The fire started
at the foot of the stairs, and the light
wall acted as a flue to carry the flames
to the roof instantly.
AT MARK HANNA'S FURNACE.
A Number of Workmen Seriously Hurt
in Newcastle.
Newcastle, Pa., May 25.-This morn
ing, the big ' Rosena furnace, in this
city, owned by Senator Mark Hanna
and ex-Senator Cameron, let go, and
the next .instant a heavy volume of
coke, iron ore and coal came crashing
through the roof of the casting bouse,
burying in the neighborhood of 30 men
under the debris. Manager Reis was
taken out with skin hanging in shreds
from his hands and arms, and his legs
were terribly burned and bruised. A
number of others were badly burned
and bruised.
A second accident of the day hap
pened about 30 minutes later. It was
a cave-in at the big 70-foot cnt of - the
Newcastle Traction Company, which is
making a track to- the new Cascade
Park. Michael Kurdy was buried un
der at least 75 feet of sand, gravel, clay
and rooks, and was dead when taken
out. Peter Herinsky was terribly
orushed about the shoulders and hips,
but will probably live.
Drowned Near Ritsvllle.
- RitzvilleWash., May aS.-Coming I
as it did upon the heels of the tragic
suicide of Mrs. Vehrs Yav, the sensa
tional drowning this afternoon of Dan
Sinclair, one of Ritzville's most promi
nent citizens, in Cow creek, has' given
the staid old residents of this town a
shock that they will long remember.
Sinclair, in company with five young
men, started at 9 A. M. for a general
day's outing, their destination being
about 12 miles from town. Upon ar
riving at the creek the party ate lunch,
and all went in bathing. Sinclair, who
was unable to swim, had waded out a
few yards from shore, and accidentally
stepped off into a deep and treacherous
pool, and, before his excited compan
ions could rescue him, had sank for
the last time. The news was brought
to this place, and everything possible
was done to recover the body, but with
out avail. Giant powder will be used
tomorrow in an effort to raise the body.
Sinclair was 24 years of age, and
leaves an aged father and mother to
mourn his loss.
Fight at a Roadhouse.
Denver, ,May 25. One man waa
killed and another fatally wounded at
Joe Lewe's roadhouse, about five mi lea
south of the city, at 6:45 this evening.
Lewe has had trouble with Jacob Kis
thard, a neighbor, over the water in an
irrigating ditch in which both are in
terested. Today Kisthard and his two
sons were working on the ditch, when
some of Lewe's employes went to the
ditch to protect his interests. With
them went some of his guests, includ
ing Samuel H. McCall, a well-known
gambler, and John McKenna. A quar
rel ensued, during which Samuel Kis
thard drew a pistol and shot McCall
and McKenna. Kisthard came to
Denver and surrendered to the police.
McKenna is not dead, but cannot re
cover. - " Murder Over Cards.
Pittsburg, May 25. A fight ovei
cards today at Snowden, a mining
town, resulted in the murder of Albert
Grier by George Douglass, colored. A
game of poker was in progress, when
Douglass was bluffed by James Smith
into laying down three queens against
a bobtail flush. This enraged him and
a fight ensued. Douglass then went
to his house and returned with a gun.
The crowd rushed indoors to escape
him, and he fired through the door,
hitting Albert Grier and killing him
instantly. Douglass fled, pursued by a
crowd, but was captured in the woods,
arid they were about to lynch him
when officers rescued.
A Tictlm of Cigarettes.
Camden, N. J., May 25. W. M.
Ross, son of Mr. and Mrs. William
Rosa, of . Stockton, this county, com
mitted suicide today by hanging. The
boy was in good spirits when his par
ents started to church. On their re
turn they found him hanging lifeless.
He was addicted to the use of cigar
ettes, for which he was ohided by his
father. It is believed that he could
not break off the habit, and in despair
took his life.
A Farmer's Recklessness.
Greeley, Colo., May 25. Hiram
Warren and .wife were "killed, and
James Warren, a relative, was badly
injured by being struck by a train -on
the Rio Grande railway, two miles
west of Kersey. Warern tried to whip
his horses across ahead -of the train.
They were farmers living near Kersey.
Rochester, May 25. Otto Kapper
ling, aged 18, while racing on his bicy
cle with a train on the Iron De Queiot
Bay railroad,- today, caught his pedal
in the step of a car and waa thrown
vadar the wheels and killed, v .
WASHINGTON LETTER
PROSPERITY DELAYED BY THE
DEMOCRATIC SENATORS.
Why Bnslness Activity Cannot Resume
Pending Tariff Legislation Interest
ing Washington Gossip A Reply to
Mr. Cleveland's Recent Criticism.
E. F. Parsons, Special Correspondent. -.
Washington, D. C. Those Democrats
and Populists who have taken advan
tage of the suspension of activity pend
ing the tariff legislation to criticise the
Republican part for the "delay of pros
perity," have been knocked out in the
first round by a plain statement of facts
by two or three leading Republicans
who show the impossibility of resump
tion of manufacturing while a new tar
iff is pending. . .
"Of course it is absurd that such
complaint should be made and that
people should think it worth listening
to," said Chairman Dingley, talking of
these criticisms. "It is certainly un
reasonable to assume that business ac
tivity in manufacturing lines could re
vive pending action upon tariff rates."
"Is it not a fact, Mr. Dingley, that
the knowledge that a tariff change is
in immediate prospect proves more de
pressing to the manufacturer than any
other condition?"
"Momentarily, yes. I do not know
that the word depressing is just the
One, but certainly it does have the ef
fect of making it impossible for him to
make contracts even where he can meet
them, and of making it difficult to get
contracts at all. Dealers are unwill
ing to make contracts for future deliv
ery of goods during the pendency of the
tariff bill because they do not know
what the rates of duty on imported
goods of the same class will be. Man
ufacturers are unwilling to make con
tracts during the pendency bt the tariff
bill because they do not know what
they will have to compete with in for
eign goods nOr do they know what they
will have to pay for the raw material
which they bring in from abroad for
use in manufacturing."
"So the present period is probably
the most difficult one for the manufac
turer to do business, to say nothing of
the impossibility of increasing business
or adding to the number of employes?"
"Yes. Then it ought to remembered
too that importers are rushing goods
into the country at the greatest possi
ble speed, and that nearly a year's sup
ply of foreign goods will be in the
warehouses of the country by the time
the new law goes into effect in spite of
everything we can do to prevent it.
This means that the manufacturers will
not be able to resume activity to any
great extent for several months yet.
The people ought to understand this.
I have no doubt that the new law will
bring increased activity in manufactur
ing, and thus produce prosperity in
every branch of industry. 1 But it is
unreasonable to expect that this can
happen either before the new law goes
into effect or immediately after it, since
the stock of foreign goods will be so
great that the demand for home manu
factures cannot begin until this enor
mous accumulation of foreign goods is
absorbed by the people of the country."
Replying to Mr. Cleveland.
Ex President Cleveland's recent crit
icism of the fact that the Republicans
are pushing for prompt, action on the
tariff has led to a review of the first 18
months of his second administration in
which the business of the country was
paralyzed by failure to act on the prom
ised tariff measure. This review places
in rather bad light the criticisms of
Mr. Cleveland upon what he terms the
"hot haste" of the Republicans in car
rying out their tariff pledges. It is as
follows:
March, 1893 General strike began
among the clothing cutters in New
York; strike of employes on Toledo &
Ann Arbor road.
April, 1893 Strike of 4,000 workers
on Fair grounds at Chicago.
May, 1898 Strike of 20,000 coal
miners in Ohio; failure of a large num
ber of Western banks, following the
failure of the Columbia National bank
at Chicago.
June, 1893 Runs on savings banks
in Chicago and failures of numerous
banks in various parts of the country.
July, 1893 Announcement of sus
pension of work in 800 silver mines in
the United States; numerous bank fail
ures; four bank failures in Denver;
runs on other financial institutions;
numerous business failures; many
bank failures in the West and all other
sections of the country.
August, 1893 Failure of- numerous
commission houses in Chicago; failure
of Madison Square bank in New York;
riots in New York and encounters be
tween anarchists and socialists only
prevented by police; close of long and
unsuccessful coal miners' strike in
Kansas.
" September, 1893 Strike of "Big
Four" employes.
October, 1893 Troops called out in
Alabama to suppress riots of railroad
strikers.
November, 1893 Strike of railroad
hands in Lehigh Valley, numbering
several thousand; strike of 30,000 hat
makers at Danbury, Conn.
December, 1893 Riots in Pennsyl
vania mining regions.
January, .1894 Strike of many thou
sand potters in New Jersey against re
duction of wages; Secretary Carlisle
offers a $50,000,000 loan for pnblio
subscription; striking miners in Penn
sylvania destroy property at Brantsville
and elsewhere.
February, 1894 Sale of $50,000,000
of bonds by Secretary Carlisle; many
large silk factories in New York close
on account of strike; all the mines of
the Masai lion district closed by strikes;
assemblages of riotous unemployed
workmen in Boston dispersed by police.
Maoh, 1894 General strike among
silk weavers at Paterson, N. J.; West
Virginia striking miners burn railroad
bridges; riots at Paterson, N. J., among
striking silk weavers; United States
troops called upon to quell a riot at
Denver; state troops ordered to Cripple
creek for the suppression of mining
troubles; Coxey's organization marches
towards Washington. '.-;
May, 1894 Further bloodshed in
the coke regions of Pennsylvania,
August, 1894 Woolen mill employ
ees strike in Utica, N.' Y.; employes of
40 mills strike at Fall River,
VICTORIA'S DIAMOND JU3ILEE.
Completion of 0O Years as Soverelsrn to
Re Observed in Portland, Oregon.
In all parts of the British empire the
celebration on the 21st and 22d of June
will be universal, and the British resi
dents of Oregon are not going to be be
hind any other state in showing their
loyalty, by practical charity and rejoic
ings. - '
The British-born residents of the
United Kingdom residing in Portland
are getting in readiness to celebrate the
60th anniversary of the reign of her
majesty. Queen Victoria, during tlie
present year.
On June 21st, 1897, Queen Victor a
will have occupied the British throne
just 60 years, the longest reign yet re
corded for a British sovereign. This
period has been one of the most pros
perous the English people have experi
enced. Her majesty is associated with
the happiness of the nation in an in
separable manner, so that the periods of
her career are noted as events of the
national life.
The respect and affection of subjects
born during her reign is to be shown
by notable celebrations in every part
of the world.
In Portland the different British so
cieties have had under contemplation
for some time arrangements for the- oc
casion. Members have been notified
and committees appointed to confer on
the subject. Mr. James Laidlaw, Brit
ish consul for the port, called a meeting
recently for the purpose of securing con
certed aotion. About 50 persons re
sponded, which will give a fair idea of
the number of British-born people in
Portland when the percent of a certain
class that can be induced to attend a
called meeting of this nature is con
siderd. .
An organization was perfeoted, Mr.
Laidlaw being made president; Donald
Macleay, J. C. Robinson, William Mao
master and William S. Sibson, vice
presidents; R. Lea. Barnes, treasurer,
and William R. Mackenzie, secretary.
At a subsequent meeting a general
committee of 25 was appointed.
At subsequent meetings of the gen
eral committee resolutions as under
were adopted:
"That the chairman appoint a finance
committee to collect funds to com
memorate the event, the funds so col
lected to be used for such purposes as
a suoBequent meeting snail aetermine.
"That the object for which funds are
to be collected by the committee , shall
be the endowment of a bed or beds in
the Good Samaritan hospital, for the
use of persons of British birth, and to
be called 'Queen Victoria's Diamond
Jubilee Bed."'
In conformity with the foregoing, we
have now to appeal to the British-born
residents of the state of Oregon for
funds to carry out the purposes set
forth in the resolutions. We do so
with the utmost confidence that our ap
peal will meet with a hearty response,'
from all parts of the state, feeling surei
that no more noble commemoration of
this diamond jubilee year can be had,
nor one more characteristic of her
majesty, Queen Victoria than to provide
in perpetuity a place where the desti
tute sick can receive the comforts and
attendance they require free of all ex
pense. The object is not a local one, but the
benefits will be open to persons other
wise eligible from all parts of the state,
and we feel certain that amongst the
thousands of British-birth resident in
Oregon there is not one who would not
freely contribute according to the meas
ure of his ability.
As an indication of what funds are
required, it may be mentioned that the
cost of endowment of one bed is $3,500.
JAMES LAIDLAW,
Chairman, on behalf of the finance com
mittee.
Subscriptions may be sent to R. Lea.
Barnes, Esq., treasurer, Bank ot Brit
ish Columbia, Portland, Oregon; to the
secretary, William R. Mackenzie, room
208 Worcester block, Portland, Oregon,
or to any member of the committee.
The plan outlined by the general com
mittee consists of having a concert in
the O. N. G. armory, Monday evening,
June 31, Mr. Francis Sealy having been
appointed chairman of the concert com
mittee. , It is also the intention to have
a banquet at the Hotel Portland, Tues
day evening, June 22, Mr. Percy H.
Blyth having been appointed chairman
of the banquet committee. All the net
proceeds from the concert and the ban
quet are to go to the hospital fund.
It is hoped that many British-born
residents throughout the states of Ore
gon and Washington will come to Port
land and join in the celebration. Any
information desired by out of town resi
dents will be gladly furnished on appli
cation to the secretary or any member
of the general committee. As this is
the only means we have of reaching our
friends outside the city, it" is to be
hoped that they will correspond early
nd give us their co-operation.
A Gentleman's Weight.
A stranger upon being presented to
Speaker Reed asked his weight. "Two
hundred pounds," was the reply.
You must weigh more than that,"
said the candid visitor. "No gentle
man ever wpichn morn than 20(1
pounds," responded the speaker, sol- .
smnly.
A French florist has offered 1,200 to
any one who can produce a plant whiob
will yield blue roses.
Theosophy and Coal.
Four years ago certain masculine.
short-haired theosophical ladies were
advised by Mahatmas to bore for coal
an the Red Bluff, St. Kilda, Melbourne,
says the Sydney Bulletin. About
f 8,000 cash and 4,000 feet of borings
have been put into th venture, and
about thirty tons of rich ocean mud and
excellent road metal taken out, but no
eoal.
A well-known artist declares that in
ninety-nine cases out of a hundred the
left side of the human face is the more
perfect in outline.
A Perfumed Stage Effect.
At the Royal Opera at Budapest a
aaw ballet has been produced called the
"Red Shoes." In the course pi this
ballet a dance called the "Rosenwalzer"
takes place, the .dancers representing
white, red and yellow roses. . While
the dance is in progress a delightful per
fume of roses fills' the whole -house.
This is ingeniously effected by means .
f sprinklers, whioh send through; the
TjU i ....
ranniawrs an exceedingly one spray o
fOM water.