VOL. XXXIV.
COIIVALLIS, BENTON QPITNTY,; OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE II, 1897.
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Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting Collection of Item From
tin-New and the Old World In a
Condensed and Comprehensive Form
The extensive plant of the Truck
Lumber Company, of San Francisco,
was completely destroyed by fire.
Alfred,- Pearce, . in attempting to
board a train at Mendota, Cal., was
run over and.: horribly; mangled. He
died at the hospital few hours after
the accident.' ' ' J",.-' :
Lansing, la. V Was ! visited by a sup
posed earthquake. fAn explanation has
been foundin the fact that a meteor
was seen to fall near the city at the tim
. of the shock.
James Williams, editor of the Chron
icle, of Armore, L T., was shot and
killed by a prominent attorney of that
city for an attack made through the
- columns of Williams' paper.
The grasshoppers are doing consider
able damage in Morrow county, Or.
Gardens have been completely ruined
around Lexington, and in many places
entire fields of wheat have been eaten
up.
The . pleasure steamer Hermosa, of
San Francisco, while 20 miles off the
Golden Gate, was shaken up consider
ably while oir her last outward trip by
colliding with a whale. The whale
was nearly cut in two and the steamer
will have to go to the drydock for re
pairs. - '. - -
The South American delegates who
attended the formal opening in Phila
delphia of the commercial museum,
bade farewell to that city, and have
started on a tour of the industrial cen
ters 01 una country; xae trip was
planned for the purpose of enabling the
delegates to get an idea of the vast di
versity of this. country's manufacturing
interests.
News comes from Grant county, Or.,
of the tragic death of Jeff Conley, a
-, sheepman, at his cabin in the moun
- tains. He went to the creek to get wa
ter, and as he stooped over, his pistol
fell from his belt against , the pail h
was carrying, and the weapon was dis
charged. The bullet passed . through
his body, resulting in death the follow
ing day.
An Astoria dispatch says the past
week has seen a radical change for the
better in the run of salmon. The de
liveries of fish have been remarkably
large, even for this time" of the year.
The canneries are all : running at full
capacity. Not .only are the fish un
usually numerous, but the run as to
quality is extraordinarily fine. As an
example,- .fisherman pne morning, af
. ter ar few hours' work, turned into one
of the lower town canneries 80 chinook
salmon, which averaged by actual
weight more than 50 pounds apiece.
Daep mystery surrounds the death of
Isaac JJoffmatfj of. a prominent firm of
San "Francisco , clothiers. He was
found dead with two bullet holes in hia
head in his office. Foul play is sus
pected. . ' .
Frank Castile,' acdused of murdering
John Beck at a mask ball at Cleveland,
JUicitat county,. Wash., has been
A Terrible Kailroad Collision
in Wisconsin.
Hudson, Wis., June9. Five men
were instantly killed and four were
badly injured by a collision on the
Omaha railroad near Hudson junction
this afternoon. The , trains were run
ning at a high rate of speed, and a
sharp curve afforded the crews no pos
sible escape. The way freight, west
bound, was running at the rate of 18
miles an hour, when, upon nearing a
sharp curve on a down grade, it came
upon a work train backing east at a
speed of 35 miles an hour.
The collision was something terrific.
On the rear of the work train was the
boarding car, in which were four men
belonging to the ' work crew. They
were never aware of their danger, and
were undoubtedly instantly killed.
The car took fire, and three bodies were
burned in the wreck. The fireman of
the work train was instantly killed, but
the body was recovered. Both engines
were totally wrecked.
The wreck was caused by the diso
bedience of orders by Engineer James
Owens, of the work train, and the con
ductor, who were given right-of-way
for the west-bound track. They forgot
their orders, and took the east-bound
track, and did not discover their error
until too late Owens is nearly erazy,
and a guard has been placed over him.
The damage is estimated at $60,000.
Montana Settlers Fear the
Wandering Cheyennes.
MANY OFF THE RESERVATION
NTO A STONE QUARRY.
Twenty Cyclists Injured Jn a Road Race
in New Jersey.
county Attorney Porter Alleges That
Agent stouch Is Thwarting the Ef
forts of the Civil Authorities.
Denver, CoL, June 8. A special to
the Kocky Mountain News from Miles
City, Mont, says:
.The rumor sent abroad that Bettlers
were returning with their families to
their homes is not true. About 50
families, refugees from the Indians, are
sun in this city, and others are coming
in daily. As many as seven and eight
families are huddled together in one
cottage with no thought of returning to
tneir nomes while the Indians are off
their reservation.
A school teacher, who had 1 been
teaching on Otter creek, near the reser
vation, and about 60 miles from here,
arrived last evening, having ridden the
entire distance on a bicycle in one day.
She reports seeing several small bands
of Indians prowling among the hills on-
loot. Over 200 Indians are off Jhe
reservation, scattered in small bands
roaming through the hills and commit
ting depredations,' and devouring every
thing in. their, line of march. There
are said to be 1,300 Indians on the
reservation. The dance houses donated 1
Pew York, June 9. While turning a u to the Indians - some time ago by Cap
in
acquitted after a trial lasting five days,
belf-defense was the plea. The case
cost Kiickitat county more than $1,000.
The monthly statement of the publio
debt shows that the debt, less cash in
the treasury, at the close Of business on
May 23, 1897, was $996,684,052, a de
crease for the month of $1,560,080,
which is . principally accounted for by
an increase of over $2,000,000 in cash
in the treasury. The debt, independ
ent of the cash, was increased during
the month by $463,215.
The -director of' the mint has about
completed his figures of the gold and
silver production in the United States
during the calendar year 1896. He
finds the production of gold to have
been about $53,000,000, an increase of
over $6,520,000 as compared with 1895.
The production of silver is given as 57,
700,000 fine ounces, an increase of 1,
900,000 ounces over 1895.
Claus Spreckles has
in San Francisco to recover $1,000,000
damages from William R. Hearst, pro
prietor of the' Examiner, for alleged
libel. The matter complained of was
contained in an article commenting
upon the recent visit of John E. Searles
to that city, and an alleged deal, by'
which the Salinas and Watsonville
sugar factories passed into the hands of
a combine.
- Senator Pettigrew has introduced in
congress a bill to provide for the sub
mission to a popular vote at the con-,
gressional election of 1898 of the fol
lowing questions:. Shall congress at '
once enact a law providing for the im-
mediate free and unlimited coinage. of !
" silver and gold at the ration of 16 to 1? !
Shall the constitution of the- United i
States be so amended as to provide for !
the election of United States senators 1
sharp corner at the foot of a steep hill,
20 riders in a nve-mile road race near
Passaie, N. J., ran into a big stone at
the mouth of a stone quarry, and every
wheel was wrecked. That none of the
riders was killed is extraordinary.
.Sixty Cyclists had entered the con
test, and by the time the steep hill was
reached 20 riders were bunched. They
did not slow up for the hill, but dashed
down at full speed. As they reached
the sharp corner they attempted to turn
into the river road. The momentum
was too great, however, and every man
lost control of his wheel. As the lead
ers went down amid their wrecked
wheels, their followers ran into them,
amid the wildest confusion. .
A cry of horror went upfrom the
spectators on the hill, and several
women fainted. Half a hundred men
were soon a't the scene of the accident,
and the work of extricating the injured
was begun. Several of the riders were
dragged out unconscious. - George
Peddy, of Lindhurst, was thrown 20
feet away, half dazed, between piles of
stone, with a broken leg. He had been
among the first to strike the obstruc
tion. The stone- which the leaders
struck weighed fully 10 tons, and upon
all sides of it lay bleeding and bruised
riders. Parts of wheels and racing
suits were scattered all around. The
men were freed from the wreckage and I
assisted to a shed near by, where the
spectators bound up their wounds.
Peddy was the only one seriously hurt
but none escaped without some injury
and many of them had to be taken
home in carriages.
Fatal Boiler Explosion.
Mexico City, June 9. A boiler ex
ploded this morning in the print works
of Norcega Bros., in Pile b la, causing
the death of 60 or more persons, the
number not being positively known, as
it nas been impossible to remove the
debris caused by the explosion. A A
part of the boiler was carried high in
the air, and precipitated on the roof of
a house in the neighborhood, killing an
old man and three children. An iron
beam from -the works was hurled
through the roof of another house, car
rying away a part of the front wall and
balcony. A fireman three blocks from
the scene of the explosion had his head
completely torn off. Troops are now
on the spot, and laborers are searching
for the remains. - , .
Cyclist Killed While Racing.
Providence, R. L, June 9. Artbm
Lahiff, a cyclist, while racing against
an electric - car, met a tragic death.
Just outside the Rogers Williams' Park
the roadway is quite steep. Trolley
cars are in the habit of bowling down
the incline at a high rate of speed, .and
many cyclists have tried to beat them
in races. Last evening when a car
commenced suit ! beaded down the hill Lahiff was along
side. ie was measured up by the mo
torman for a race and the contest began
in earnest. Suddenly Lahiff was seen
to tumble and make a complete somer
sault over his handlebars. He struck
with great force while going at his fast
est clip, and his; neck was broken.
tain Stouch and others, will be torn
down and the large drum taken away
from them, and all-"bad medicine":
made hereafter will have to be made in"
the open air. - .
Sheriff Gibb and Stock Inspector
Smith leave tomorrow for the scene of
the trouble, with warrants properly
executed for the arrest of .White Bull,
Yellow Hair and Sam Crow. Sheriff
Gibb says he is confident that Captain
Stouch, the agent, will co-operate with
him in the arrest of the men.
The following message' was sent to
Senator Carter tonight by County At
torney T. J. Porter:
"Agent Stouch yesterday turned over
Stanley, but he has not secured any
evidence against him, and seems de
termined to keep the sheriff from mak
ing any investigation. Five other In
dians are suspected, and vigorous
efforts to secure evidence should be put
forth. Stouch absolutely refuses to co-
.operate .with the sheriff in securing
evidence, and is dejaying and thwart
ing the sheriff in every possible man
ner. Thursday he again ordered the
sheriff's deputies off the reservation
Indians claim to the sheriff that Stouch
agreed to accept the surrender of Stan
ley in full satisfaction of the murder.
Stouch is certainly inefficient, and I
therefore urgently . request . that he be
immediately instructed to co-operate
with the sheriff in securingi evidence
agayist all these murderers -and. urge
that he be replaced by some competent
man."
A BABY KIDNAPED.
Spain Has No Pity for Those Crowded
Into the Fortified Towns.
Chicago, June 9. The Tribune's
special correspondence dated Havana,
Cuba, June 2, says: '.
Spain holds the rural population of
Cuba as prisoners of war in the prison
camps. Unlike any other nation which
claims to be civilized she does not feed
her prisoners of war.
There is no means of learning the
exact number of concentrados. ' An
American consul who has made, a
careful study, says it is more than 25,
000. The best opinion places the num
ber between 190,000 and 200,000. In'
not all places are they hemmed in bv
"cities ditches and barbwire fences as at
camp Florida, but they are everywhere
under military guard.
Execution of Theodore Dur-
. rant Postponed. 'J
WORD EN WAS ALSO RESPITED
Stolen From the Ann's of
Who Had Its Keeping.
San Francisco, June 8. Saturday
mornings the 19-montbs-old baby of
Charles Wincklemann, ' a well-known
sporting man, was -kidnaped froni the
custody of Mrs. Becklow, at 807 Fell
street. The parents had, not been liv
mg together for some time and the
baby had been given by its- father into
the care of Mrs. Becklow. v:The mother
was permitted to visit the child. When
she called Saturday Mrs. Becklow was
dressing the boy. . There was a ring at
the door bell, Snil when Mrsy . Becklow
responded, the baby r was... roughly
J grabbed from her arms by a maii, Who
carried it to a buggy; near by, where an
accomplice was awaiting him, and
drove away. Since then nothing has
been seen of the hoy. or . his abductors-
a Woman
and of the president and vice-president
by direct vote of the people? ult ii
made the duty of the secretary of each
state to forward the result of the vote
to the ' president, who is required to
transmit the statements to congress. "
The plague of beri-beri continues to
ravage the province of Santiago d
Cuba. There are municipal doctors
who inhumanly allow hundreds of peo
ple to die without offering them the
Biiguieab uasiBiauce.
The revolt of the striking convicts
. at San Quentin, Cal., has been finally
quelled. While threats of bullets had
apparently no effect on the mutineers,
a four-inch . stream of water from the
fire hose had, the effect of completely
subduing the most refractory.
The comparative statement of the
government receipts and expenditures
during May jmbws that the total re
ceipts were $29,797,390, and the ex
penditures $29,109,259, leaving the
surplus for the month $688,131. The
statement for May, 1896, showed a de
ficit of $3,182,875. The receipts from
customs daring the last month amount
ed to $16,885,011, an increase, as com
pared with May, 1896, of nearly $6,
000,000. The receipts from internal
revenue amounted to$10,673,011, a de
crease of $877,098. The deficit for th
11 months oi the present fiscal year
amounted to $32,273,131.
Fatal Explosion in a Mine.
Monongahela, Pa., June 9. By an
explosion of gas in the Black Diamond
mines of the Brown Coal Company,
this morning, several men were injured,
but not fatally. The explosion oc
curred at 7 o'clock, and a rescuing
party went immediately into the mine
and all the men were taken out before
they were overcome by the deadly after-damp.
The gas is 'said to have
been ignited by an open lamp. " . , .-.
Hurt in a "Railway Accident.
.... Chicago, June 9. Three men and
one woman were seriously hurt this
morning when, a rail .which had been
lowered on a flat car was struck by an
express train on the Illinois Central
road.
In the absence of a decree' of fdivorce,
neither the father nor the mother can-k clothing has its inconveniences and
. An Appeal From Matanzas.
New York, June 9. A special to
the Herald from Havana says:
A strange appeal on behalf of the
starving and dying concentrados in
Matanzas, who excited pity in the
hearts of General Lee and Mr. Cal
houn, has been made to the people of
the United States.
Since the United States government
has begun measures for the relief of its
I citizens in Matanzas. the desrerate
plight of the Cuban reconcentrados there
has resulted in a petition aimed bv a
hundred of them, in which they beg in
the name of common humanity that
they may be included in th charity.
The petition is headed, "An appeaL to
the United States." It is now on its
way to Washington. The principal
part follows? ' --
First and foremost, let it be said
that in unhappy Cuba we can do
nothing to help our suffering country
men. The pacihco8 that have huddled
in our city would be looked upon as
traitors for so doing,' and as such we
would be summarily dealt with. We
must not feel . for them; we must lie
blind and deaf .--to their sufferings, and
do nothing that can in any way inter
fere with Weyler's policy of extermina
tion. "We have to witness day after day
scenes of horror which - no language
.can describe, and yet no voice can be
lifted' tq protest against them. 7 To
Spain we cannot appeal for succor. She
isi well acquainted with the present
condition of affairs in Cuba, and so far
not a farthing has come to us from her,
and yet we Have . sent her our money
freely whenever the Spanish people
have been in want or distress.
. "Upward of 10,000 of the victims of
this savage system of warfare have
been crowded into Matanzas without
providing for their, most natural wants;
and after they have been compelled to
abandon all they have in the world,
they are to be seen " in crowds, from 8
o'clock in the day until- late in the
night imploring charity. -.
"In any other country this state of
affairs would have brought on disturb
ances and riot; yet our people, suffer
ing at they are, have not done anything
that could in any way disturb order.
Can there be a better illustration of a
peaceful disposition? ' .
"Tender, loving mothers of America,
to you in particular we appeal in our
humane undertaking. Send us the
mighty aid of your motherly co-operation;
enlist in our orusade against
crime and barbarity and the blessings
of thousands will rise to heaven as a fit
tribute hymn in your praise. Think
that at your very doors there are
mothers who love as dearly as vou
love, and who day after day see their
little ones perish in our streets out of
sheer hunger, and in most cases with
out a piece of rag to cover their naked
ness. - - -
As for us, we cannot do our work
openly. We have to beg for food for
the hungry and clothing for the naked,
concealing ourselves and our names as
if we were'doing something wrong, and
we therefore suggest that if any relief
is to come it should be entrusted to
the American consuls for distribution,
and we would also suggest that the
seudingof help in the way of provisions
It Will Be at Least Six Months Before
the Supreme Court Can Act Upon
' Their Cases.
San Francisco, June 7. While he
blesses his good fortune and section 766
of the. United States revised statutes,
Ibeodure Durrant may look forward
with some assurance to at least seven
more months of life. Today, with the
end of his life only five days away, the
simple act of an appeal to the United
States -supreme court arrested the pro
oess of the state courts and set ' him far
sutside the shadow of the waiting scaf-
loid. His execution is now stayed un
til after the supreme court of the United
States meets again, which will not be
antil next October, and passes upon
the appeal from the circuit court, which
was allowed today. Even if the appeal
snouia pe dismissed early in the term,
the 30 days allowed by the state law
between the time when the day for ex
euuwoii is nxeo ana tne day or execu
tion would carry the matter pretty well
toward the end of the year. The possi
bilities for further delay are so numer
ous that practically he has an insurable
lease of life into the new year.
The attorneys for Durrant appeared
before Judge Gilbert, in the United
States circuit court, today, and applied
lor a wru oi supersedeas lor the pur
pose ot staying execution of the sen
tence; but this was denied, Applica
tion for leave to, appeal from this de
cision to the supreme court of the
United States was then made and
granted.
No formal stay of execution, how
ever, has been given. Attorney -General
.Fitzgerald has not yet advised
Warden Hale not to proceed with - the
execution on the 11th, but he has
given such advice to Warden Anil, of
Folsom, in the Worden case, and the
Durrant case stands on precisely the
same footing., Currant's attorneys re
gard their immediate labors on his be
half as at an end. and are preparing for
thier next effort, which will ha hofnra
i -.
Shot His Benefactor.
Lexington, Ky., June 9. J. B.
Payne, a descendant of the best families
of Kentucky, shot Percy Stackhouse, a
driver and trainer of trotting horses,
inflicting perhaps a fatal wound.
Payne is reduced in circumstances, and
was living at Stackhouse's home. A
quarrel over a slight matter brought
about a collision, in which Payne used
his revolver. He has been held for
trial, and it is said will be defended by
his kinsman, W. C. P. Breckenridge.
make any legal claim to obtain the ex
clusive custody of the child,
Torpedo Boat's Speed,
New York,- June 8. The United
States torpedo-boat Porter came out of-
the drydock yesterday' with new paint
on her bottom, which had ' been swept
bare within three weeks ' by friction
with the water, occasioned by her re
markable speed. " Her final trial is un
derstood to have been fixed for Tues
day. Today, Lieutenant; Fremont; W
command, took her down around Scot
land figntship and back again. The
stretch from the battery to Scotland
lightship-is 21 miles, the round trip is
42 miles, and the time in which the
Porter traveled this distance was one
hour and 50 'minutes, and she did it
easily, for at no time was more than
200 pounds of steam pressure developed,
and that for only a short time.
A Strike Deferred.
Pittsburg, June 8. There will be no
strike of the 23,000 miners in this dis
trict. This was decided at the miners'
convention today. . It was decided to
defer the matter until the national ex-1
ecutive board should consider it ' ad
visable. The entire plant of Jones & Lauch-
lin was closed down today on account
of the strike and 35,00 men are now
idle. -
A Wrecking Expedition.
Boston, June 8. The steamer Orion
will leave tomorrow for St. Lucia,
where the steamer Ethel Gonda went
ashore Wednesday night, while on -a
voyage from Buenos Ayres for this port.
The steamer will take out three sets of
submarine divers, steam pumps, in
fact, a whole set of wrecking gear.
Outrages by Turks.
Athens, June 9. It is officially an
nounced the Turks have committed ex
cesses in Epirus, violating women,
defiling churches and engaging in gen
eral pillage. Turkish irregulars, it is
further announced, have committed
similar excesses in the villages around
Larissa. - ,
The biggest poultry ranoh' in the
world is to be located near San .Fran
cisco. It is expected to yield 90,000
broilers and somewhere near 2,000,000
ggi a year. - ,
The bacillus of the mumps has been
discoverred by a German bacteriologist,'
Vrofessor Von Lieyden.
Murderer Kll!eJ by an Officer.
Cairo, 111., June 8. Richard Cald
well, of Memphis, shot and killed Mary
Jenkins this afternoon because he was
jealous of the favors she had bestowed
on others. Immediately after the shoot
ing he fled to a lumber yard back of
town, where he was found two hours
later by the officers. He was arrested
with some difficulty, when he opened
fire on the officers. His first shot
passed through the wrist of Deputy
Sheriff George W. Moore, who returned
the fire, killing Caldwell instantly.
Moore was acquitted of all blame by a
coroner's jury this evening.
it migm give tne omciais an oppor
tunity to interfere and thwart the ob
ject in view. . ' ; '
Very respectfully, "
,'One Hundred Citizens of Matanzas. "
QUAY OFFERED AMENDMENTS.
One Was to Strike Out the Fronosed
. , Duty on Tea,
Washington, June 9. In the senate
today Quay presented several proposed
amendments to th'e tariff bill. . One of
them proposes to strike out the duty on
tea and substitute a duty of 1 per cent
ad valorem on articles proposed by the
bill to be placed on the free list, these
duties to 'continue until July, 1901, af
ter which the articles shall be exempt
from duty.- Another amendment pro
poses a proviso to the paragraph fixing
a duty on iron ore, so ore from foreign
mines owned by American citizens and
imported for their own use and not for
sale shall be exempt from duty.
lne lumber paragraph, which has
been more stubbornly contested than
any feature of the bill thus far. was
disposed of by defeating the motion of
Vest to place white pne on the free list
ayes 20, noes 38. The contest was
mainly significant in breaking party
lines, which have been maintained
with feW exceptions, during the earlv
stages of the debate. On the final vote
eight Democrats voted against Vest's
proposition. - ' - -
In the Home,
Washington, June 9. The house to
day passed the senate amendment to the
act to authorize the construction of a
steel bridge across the St. Louis river,
.and to authorize the construction of a
bridge across the Pearl river, in Mis
sissippi. By a vote of 91 to 79 it then
adjourned. ,
Worden Also Respited.
Saramento, Cal., June 7. Warden
Anil, of Folsom prison, telephoned this
evening that he had received a tele
graphic message from the attorney
general, advising him not to proceed
j with the hanging of Worden. Worden
. had been found.guilty of trainwrecking.
The attorney-general said that his
, written opinion would reach Folsom
, tomorrow by mail. Acting upon this
advice, the execution will not take place
as intended. Warden Aull says that
he has notified Worden, and has had
the gallows taken down. ' . The law un
der which Worden is permitted thus to
extend his lease of life, the warden
ays," was passed - by congress during
the reconstruction days, in - order to
make it possible in certain cases to
reach the federal supreme court over
the head of the state courts in the
South. If it were a matter, he says,
m which the issue did not involve hu
man life, he would probably test its
legality; but in this case, as a state
official, be will be governed by the ac
tion of .'-the attorney-generaL As the
United States supreme court will not
meet until October, Worden will
at least several months longer on earth.
Salter Worden was delirious with
joy when he learned this evening that
he was not to be hanged tomorrow.
At first the annonoement 'dazed him,
and then he rese on his trembling legs
and thanked Warden Anil for the good
news. The condemned man said that,
while he was prepared to go bravely to
the gallows, he felt all along that some
thing - would be done to save , him.
The announcement of the stay, he said,
made hyn more nervous than if he
would have been standing on the gal
lows. All the preparations for his
hanging had been completed. Worden
has been returned to his oell in mur
derers' row,
Socialist's Fnrions Attack on President
'-- of the French Chamber.
jjuiiuuu, onne o. xne .fans corre
spondent oi the Times says: The
scene m the chamber of deputies Satur
day during the - Juares incident, when
m. .tsrisson, president of the chamber,
suspended the Bitting and sent for the
military "guard to remove M. Richard
the socialist deputy, who had referred
to some of his colleagues as "police
Epies, was one of unwonted scanedal
and violence. M. Brisson, after busi
ness Was resumed, declined to hear
Juares, who interpellated the govern
ment on what he called an "attempt to
muzzie a deputy.," basing his refusal
on the ground that no notice of inter
pellation had been given. A furious
uproar followed. M. Brisson was pale
witn anger, put icept himself well un
rter control. Never in the bitterst in
vective employed against an oppor
tunist minister by demagogues of the
extreme lett was there greater violence
tnan in the language by which M.
.tsrisson, whox owes his seat largely to
me bochisi vote, was the unjust object
A SHOOTING BURGLAR.
Wounded Two Men in Everett and Made
His Escape.
lacoma, June 8. A special to the
ledger from Everett says: Late Satur
day night, Marshal Chapman and Po
liceman Marshall were notified that a
robber was attempting to enter the store
ot Ij. U. Metzger. Together with M,
J. liUlespie, they watched the burlgar
uniii ne nad Droken into the store and
then attempted to surround and arrest
him. Marshal Chapman went to the
bacJt door and Policeman Marshall, fol
lowed by Gillespie, entered the, front
iioor. wnen tne two men were close
upon the burlgar, he heard the foot
steps, and, thrusting a revolver in the
face of Gillespie, he fired. The shot
entered Gillespie's mouth, breaking
four of his teeth, tore his tongue and
fractured hia jawbone. A second shot
from the gun of the burglar whizzed
past Gillespie's head and a third shot
strusk him in he fleshv part of th
ight leg. As the Jobber passed Gill
espie, he fired at Policeman Marshall,
the bullet lodging in the officer's right
forearm. The burglar then, made his
way across lots and escaped to the tim
ber. Marshall Champman hurried to
the front of the store, upon hearing the
firing, but did not reach the scene in
time to intercept the burglar. -
LOVESICK DOMESTIC.
She Sought Oblivion In the Waters of
- Pudding River, '
rvai8, Or., June 8. Susan Pulard.
agea 18, a domestic employed by Jacob
Bingman, dissapeared a . week ago to
day. This morning her body was found
floating under the Parkersville bridge,
two mnes east of here. The testimonv
showed that it was a case of suicide on
account of love. At 5 o'clock on the
day she disappeared, she was seen
passing through Parkersville, and her
hat and cloak were found on a log a
snort distance above the bridge, show
ing that she deliberately entered the
water. A watch on her person showed
had stopped at 6:25. Coroner
Clough held an inquest and the jury
decided it a case of suicide from unre
quited love. The woman's parents
live in Clackamas county.
WASHINGTON LETTER
SECRETARY WILSON TALJCS OF
BEET SUGAR FACTORIES.
Be Has Comprehensive Flans Relating
to the Testing of the Beets as Well
as to the Factory Fart.
e. F. Fabsons, Special Correspondent.
Washington, D. C The secretary of
agriculture is having a large map of
the United States made for his office
which will show a broad red stripe
traversing the country from ocean to
ooean.
This stripe will inclnd those areas
in which it is thought likely that suc
cess can be attained in the beet sugar
industry. This map and particularly
this stripe will interest especially two
great classes of citizens of the United
States, the farmers nd the capitalists.
Having distributed sugar beet seeds
to about 20,000 farmers," said Secre
tary Wilson, "I want to take un the
practical end of this subject now and
rhow to the capitalists as well as the
farmers where they can afford to make
such experiments and enter upon such
business inevstments as are likely to be
a success financially and otherwise."
You still have faith, then in the
beet sugar enterprise from a practical
standpoint?"
Undoubtedly; and it is evident
that the people of the United States
have faith in it. We have supplied in
the last four weeks 20,000 farmers of
the country with sugar beet seeds for
experiments during the coming season.
They are scattered through practically
every state north of the extreme south
ern line of states. The people as far
south as the Carolinas, Tennessee and
Texas believe that they can grow sugar
beets successfully. And we are quite
willing to give them full opportunity
to make that test everywhere. If thev
succeed in extending the beet suear
territory dow'n to the very line of the
cane sugar area there ought to be no
difficulty in producing in the United
btates all of the hundred million dol
lars' worth of sugar for which we are
now going abroad annually."
lne practical business end of this
experiment," continued Secretary Wil
son, as he glanced at the map of the
United States hanging upon the wall
of this office, "is the next thing to be
taken up. We have supplied people in
all parts of the country with sugar beet
seeds and they can now go on with
their experiments in growing them.
Meantime we shall begin our more
techinical equally important investi
gations to determine what part of the
country is most likely to be a successful
field for operations both in the actual
- Collided in the Thames. '
London, June 8. The steamers
Bittern and Ystroom, both bound for
Amsterdam, collided in the Thames,
early this morning. The Ystroom
foundered, two of her passengers being
drowned. The remainder of her pas
sengers and her crew were taken on
board the Bittern, which was damaged.
The Bittern's second officer and car
penter were drowned. :
Three Uvea Loit at a Fire.
San Francisco, June 8. A fire in
the southwestern part of the city at
noon today cost three firemen their
lives and entailed a loss of $100,000.
The killed are: John Maholey, of
chemical engine No. 6; Frank Keller;
ot hose cart No. 2; James Hallinan,
driver of truck No. 1.
Union Trying to Get Into Salt Like.
Satl Lake, Utah, June 8. Humors
are current here that the Southern Pa
cific and Union Pacific roads are nego
tiating for the purchase and completion"
of the Salt Lake & Ogden railway, in
order to get a direct track connection
with Salt Lake. The road is now com-
pleted and running trains from Salt
Lake to Farmington, 17 miles north of
this city.
Aged One Hundred and Five
Boston, June 8. Mrs. Charity
Green, 105 years of age, an inmate of
. the Home for Aged Colored Women,
I died today. Mrs. Green was born a
slave at Portsmouth, Va. She came
iu utmnin in ioo, ana Decame a tree
i
nuuiail
Fou 1 Play Suspected.
Montreal, June 8. It was learned
today that Comte Henry Dumesnil de
Somery, of Belgium, whose body was
found in the St. Lawrence nearSorrell.
on Saturday, had engaged passage on a
. vessel for France, with a view of re- '
turning home to renew his old position
. in life. His death has caused some
supsicion of foul play, and an investi
gation will take place.
Market Quotations.
Portland, Or., June 8, 1897.
Flom- Portland, Salem, Cascadia
and Dayton, $3.75; Benton county and
White Lily, $3.75; graham, $3.40; su
perfine, $2.60 per barrel. -
Wheat Walla Walla, 74 76c; Val- !
ley, 76c per bushel.
Oats Choice white, 3840o per
bushel; choice gray, 37 39c.
Hay Timothy, $13.00 14.00 per
ton; clover, $11.5012.50; wheat and
oat, $10.0012.00 per ton.
Barley Feed barley, $18.50 per ton;
brewing, $18 19. '
Millstuffs Bran, $14.50, shorts,
$16.50; middlings, $23.50.
Butter Creamery, 80c; dairy, 20
22c; store, 17X80o per roll.
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks,4050c;
growth of the beets and the production I "a?1 nlue8' f000! r'7 Kose,
of the highest grades in a,lffr contt. I S P ck; sweets, a.75 per
. w O n I ltT,
Priests Roasted Alive.
Vancouver, B. C, June 8. The
iSteamer Hupeh arrived today from the
Orient under a special charter to the
Canadian Pacific railway with a cargo
of 3.800 tnnN. nnnaintino nriniina!ltr sif
have j npw tafl flnrl pnrina Afta AiasxLn;
" - wu. .wu. LV1 UlULIIUIll
her cargo here, the Hupeh leaves for
San Francisco, and will then return
here to load for the Orient. The offi
cers of the steamer state that when in
the Philippine islands, on their last
trip, a British resident informed them
that the Spanish government had cap
utred 25 Roman Catholic priests, sup
posed to be in sympathy, with the
rebels, and 'had roasted them like
suckling pigs. They also state that the
rebels, being short of ammunition, are
using cocoanuts for cannon balls, with
which they are committing great havoc
among the Spanish troops.
Water Tanks Fell.
New York, June 7. Five
tanks, each containing 13,000 gallons
of water, fell five stories through the
new building of David S. Brown &Co.,
soap manufacturers, at Twentieth ave
nue. Fifty-first ; . arid .. Fifty-second
streets, this morning, burying two men"
under tons of debris. The body of
William Fraser, 49 years old, a sur
veyor in the employ of the .Otis Ele
vator Company, was taken frorh the
ruins. Jacob Jacobson, a carpenter, is
missing. . The contractors and architect
f the tanks were arrested, charged
with homicide. It was claimed by an
expert that the mortar used:was noth
ing more than mud. There were 15
men in the building at ihe time.
. Tank Steamer Sank a Schooner.
London, June 8. The British tank
steamer Aral, from New York for Do
ver for orders, collided with and sank
enormous the schooner Pearl, bound from London
lor fort Talbot, .off Wolf rock last
night. The captain's wife and two of
the Pearl's crew were drowned. The
t captain ana iwo memDers oi the crew
i have been landed at Salcombe. The
j British steamer Orellena was damaged
py colliding in a dense fog with the
Norwegian bark Midnatssol, from Ship
Island, March. 25, for Buenos Ayres,
which was at anchor in the river Plata,
and has been towed to Montevideo full
of water. The Orellena was last re
ported at Coronel May 12.
Confessed and Disappeared.
Dover, Del., June 7. While 'the di
rectors of the First National bank were
examining the accounts of William N.
Boggs, the paying toller, they received
a letter from him saying he was $38.-
, 000 short and had left town. He gave
j the details of his irregularities, which,
had extended over 10 years. .
A company has been formed to lav a
pipe line from the Indiana oil fields to
Chicago. The-distance is 170 miles.
and six-inch pipe is to be used."'
Attempt to Abduct a Child.
Oakland, CaL ,June7. A daring at
tempt was made this afternoon to ab
duct the 12-year-old child of Attorney
J. B. Bandolph, by a man whom the
i father says he knows, but whose name
he refused to divulge. The would-be
abductor had carried his captive several
blocks, when a passing, bicyclist, at
tracted by the child's struggles, inter-
tered and the man took to his heels.
' t 1 ! i . t . i
xiauuuipij ncujur tsuya lie Knows me mo
.ive, but will not explain it.
Brazilian Troops -Defeat Fanatics.
rew York, June 8. A dispatch to
the Herald from Buenos Ayres says:
The Herald 's correspondent in Dio de
JJaneiro, Brazil, telegraphs that the
late- reports - from Canudos,. Bahia,
state that 8,000 fanatics under Con-
selheiro, were defeated by the Brazil
ian troops. The fanatics made a stub
born and despearte resistance, but were
finally compelled to flee in great disor
der before the federal artillery.
v The Elevator Fell.
New York, June 9. The elevator in
the postofflce nsed for carrying freight
and employes, fell from the fifth floor
to the basement today. The accident
was caused by the breaking of the ele
vator rope. The injured are; Captain
J. J. Cox, special examiner, internal
injuries; George W. Daly, postoffloe
clerk, internal injuries; John Murphy,
laoorer, broxen ankle, ' other injuries:
Joseph Luff, broken back; Thomas Mc
Govern, of Brooklyn., broken back:
Frank Birdsall, railway postal clerk,
broken leg.
nigh-Hat Ordinance Approved.
San Francisco, June 7. Mayor Phe
lan today approved the1 order- of the
board of supervisors prohibiting the
wearing of high hats in theaters, and
the order, which is now a law, will be
rigidly enforced in the local playhouses,
: Retaliation in France.
Paris, June 7. In the chamber of
deputies today, Baron Des Rotorons
submitted a motion to raise the duties
on American products if the United
States nit's a prohibitive duty on
French I roducta. -
. Denver,' Colo., June 8. A special to
the News from El Paso, Tex., says that
Francis Schlatter, who claimed to per
form miraculous cures by divine power,
was recently found dead in the foot
hills of Sierra Mad re, 35 miles south
west of Casa Grande, in the state of
Chihuahua, Mexico. He had been
fasting, and apparently starved to
death. While in Denver, from August
23 to November 13, 1895 about 200,-
000 people visited Schlatter to receive
treatment, -r
Sulfide of a Dairyman. -
Salinas, Cal., June 8. Joseph Fe
rieola, a Swiss dairyman, committed
suicide yesterday, in Blanco by shoot
ing. His body was 'discovered in the
cellar of John Breschini's - house. A
gun was fastened between two barrels,
with the muzzle next to the dead man's
right ear. The right arm.with which he
had pulled the trigger, was extended,
while a charge of No. 6. shot had en
tered his ear. -
Thomas Maguire found a $280 nugget .
in . Helbrook gulch, Siskiyou county,
California
sugar
This is a subject which the capitalists
of the country especially want to know
about. It takes money to establish a
beet sugar factory. .It is not practica
ble for the farmer who raises a few
acres of beets to turn i them into sugar
upon his own farm. The factory must
have Buch expensive machinery and be
operated upon such a large scale as to
absorb the production of several farms
if it is to be a financial success. So
the capitalists who are waiting to .put
their money into beet sugar factories
are entitled to all the information
which we can give them as to the sec
tion or sections of country where beet
sugar is most likely to be successfully
produced and likely to be most success
ful in production. To this end they
ought to have the best information that
can be obtained in regard to climate,
soil, transportation conveniences and
other elements which enter into a de
termination of these questions. The
next step which I propose to under
take, then, is to put into the hands of
some competent person or persons the
study of this subject inlcluding climate,
rainfall, character of soil and other
matters of this kind in the various
parts of the various states. The rec
ords of the climate and rainfall for a
term of years can readily be obtained
almost anywhere. Samplse of soil can
also be obtained and analyzed. Where
it is practicable to make these analyses
at the state experiment station this
will be done; where it is not practic
able the samples of soil will be for
warded here or to such other conveni
ent Joints as may be selected and an
alyses made. In this way, while the
farmers are experimenting .with the
growth of the sugar beets we expect to
De maKing equally important experi
ments and researches from this stand
point and by combination of these ex
periments be able to indicate to the
people desiring to invest in the estab
lishment of sugar factories, the loca
tions or the strip of country where they
are most likely to meet with success.
" Yott think, then, that there is capi
tal in the country ready to go into the
beet sugar manufacturing country?"
"Undoubtedly, and plenty of it. A
number of factories are already in pro
cess of erection and people with capital
are willing and ready to establish
many more of them as sooias they de
termine what sections of the country
are best adapted for practical beet
sugar production. I hope to have a
broad line extending across that map
from the Atlantic to the Pacific in a
comparatively short time indicating the
practical beet sugar belt of the country
in which capitalists as well as farmers
may safely enter upon the work of sup
plying the people of the country with
sugar."
"Your other experiments in behalf
of the farmers, Mr. Seoretary, are mak
ing good progress?" ;
"Yes. Oar first. shipment of butter
to Europe in the experimental form
which we are trying to utilize is going
forward now. ..The butter has reached
New York, several tons of it, from the
best creameries of the United States
and in various forms as to size of pack
age, method of' production, . sajting,
method of paoking, etc. Every pound
of butter whioh we are sending is so
recorded as to its method of production
and otherwise that we know its history
and will be able to judge by its recep--tion
and popularity what ought to be
done in future shipments. There is
now a gap between the point where re
frigerator cars stop in New York and
refrigerator vessels start from New
York to Europe. We have men there
now seeing that the shipments of but
ter are not exposed to the sun in their
passage from the one refrigerator sys
tem to the other, and have indicated
to the railroad people the necessity of
covering this gap in some way which
feel assured they will do at no di
tan tro
cental for Merced; new potatoes, 1 4o
per pound. V
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.25
2.50; geese, $4. 00 6. 00; turkeys, live,
12o; ducks, $3.00 5. 00 per dozen.
Eggs Oregon, lie per dozen.
Cheese Oregon, llc; Young
America, 123,0 per pound.
Wool Valley, 12c per pound; East- :
ern Oregon, 6 8c.
Hops 7c per pound. ,
Beef Gross, top steers, $3.50;
cows, $2. 50 3. 00; dressed beef, 5
6c per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 2c; dressed mutton, 1
5c per pound.
Hogs Gross, choice, heavy, $4.00
4.50; light and feeders, $2.503.00;
dressed $5. 00 5. 50 per cwt
Veal Large, 3)4c; small, 4)
So per pound.
June 8, 1897.
feed, .$26 per
Seattle, Wash.
Wheat Chicken
ton.
. Oats Choice, $21 22 per ton.
Flour (Jobbing) Patent excellent,
$4.60; Novelty A. $4.30; California
brands, $4.85; Dakota, $5.65; patent,
' $6.40.
I Barley Rolled or ground, $20 per
ton; whole, $19.
I Corn Whole, $20 per ton; cracked,
I $20; feed meal, $20.
I Millstuffs Bran, $15.00 per ton;.
' shorts, $17.
Hay Puget sound, per ton, $13.00;
Eastern Washington, $17; California,
$1314.
Feed Chopped feed, $18.00 per ton;
middlings, $22; oilcake meal, $30.
Poultry Chickens, live, per pound,
hens, 11c; spring chickens, $2.503.50;
ducks, $5 6.
Butter Fancy native creamery,
brick, 15c; ranch, 10 12.
Cheese Native Washington,' 11
llc; Eastern, 11c; California, 9c
Vegetables Potatoes, per ton, $12.00
14; parsnips, per sack, $1; beets,
per sack, $1.00; turnips, per sack,$1.00;
rutabagas, per sack, 50c; carrots, per
sack, 75c; cabbage, per 100 lbs,
$1.75; onions, per 100 lbs, $1.60.
Sweet potatoes Per 100 lbs, $3.50;
new potatoes, 1 o per lb.
Eggs Fresh ranch, 14l5a
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef,
steers, 7c; cows, 6)c; mutton, sheep,
6)o per pound; lamb, 6c; pork, 6)c per
pound; veal, small, 67o.
Fresh Fish Halibut, 4 5c;
salmon, 68o; salmon trout, 7 10c;
flounders and soles, 34c.
Provisions Hams, large, 11c; hams,
small, llc; breakfast bacon, 10c; dry
salt sides, 6c per pound.
Fruits Lemons, California, fancy,
$3.003.50; choice, $2.50; Cal fornia
fancy navals, $3 3. 60.
San Francisco, June 8, 1897.
Potatoes Oregon Bnrbanks, 90c;
Early Rose, 60 70c; River Bur
banks, 50 65c; sweets, $1.25' per
-cental.
Onions New, 40 50c.
Eggs Rancb,12 14o per dozen.
- Butter Fancy creamery, 17c; do
seconds, 15)16c; fancy dairy,
1415o; seconds, 11 12a
Cheese Fancy mild, new, 7J8c;
fair to good, 77c; Young America,
89o; Eastern, 1415o.
Wool Choice foothill, 10 18c; San
Joaquin plains, 8llo; do 12 months,
8 10c per pound.
Hay Wheat and oat, $7 10; best
barley, $6.508.00; alfalfa, $58;
clover, $68; compressed wheaL
$6. 50 10. 00; straw, 35 50c per bale.
. Tropical Frnit Bananas, $1.00
2.00 per bunch. ;
Citrus Frnit Oranges, "navel, $2.00
2.60; seedlings, do, $1.253.50; com
mon lemons, 75c$1.50; fancy, $2.00
2.25 per box.
Apples $1.25 2 per box; 'Eastern,"
$3.50 per barreL
Hops 8312o per pound,
f ,-