The Corvallis gazette., August 13, 1897, Image 1

VOL. XXXIV.
CORVAILIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1897.
NO. 22,
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting Collection of Items From
the New and the Old World In, a
' Condensed and Comprehensive Form
'Freight rates have baen reduced con
siderably ly the-O.-R. & N. and N. P.
to British Columbia points.
The Seattle Coal. & Iron Company
men at Issaquah, Wash., have quit
work. They want more pay, and object
to a deduction by weight for carloads
having slate and shale. '--1 -:
The government armor board met in
Washington and accepted the offer of
Cramps to furnish diagonal . armor for.
the battleship Indiana. The govern
ment price was satisfactory.
The New York Tribune, in discussing
events that led up to the assassination
of Canovas, makes the statement that
the government is responsible for the
rise aiid progress of anarchy in Spain.
An explosion of a lamp started a fire
in a load of hay in a livery barn in
Iiewifcton, Idaho. ' The flames spread
with, great swiftness, and before they
could be suppressed caused a total loss
of $11,000.
F. L. Johnson, while driivng a band
of horses near the Pine Creek reserve,
in Baker county, Oregon, bent over to
drink out of a stream in the ravine,
his revolver fell out of his pocket, and,
exploding, killed him instantly.
" Tlie supreme court of Oregon has de
cided that the secretary of state must
audit accounts and draw warrants due.
The decision reverses the lower court,
and is the outcome of complications
arising from the failure of the legisla
ture to organize in January.
An official dispatch received in Con
stantinople says several thousand Ar
menian agitators from - Persia invaded
Turkey and killed 200 of .the Migiiki
tribe, Includjng 'women and children.
The wife of the chief was put 'to death
with the most cruel tortures, and sev
eral other victims had -their noses -and
ears cut off. " i
- ConsnlrGeneral Hajward, in a rfeport
to the state department, states that
ing 247, of 243,983 tons, entered Ha
waiian portsi while vessels of all other
nationalities numbered 139, of 234,014
tons. These are the only foreign ports
where a majority of . the carrying trade
is now under the American Gas. .
rt.-lli Viaa tviti-faafifirl tYiaf ' Via. ItMIaiI
j3enor Canovas to avenge 1 he-Barcelona
'anarcnists, ana . tne insurgent, leaaer,
Don Jose fiizal, who ,was executed at
4i0 last,- is -the. X4etigatGr-of the,' Philip.
pine revolution, lit. itizai uemeu tnat
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uc naa icuci igiiug uui lie nuiuihtou
thatie had drawn up the statutes of
the Philippine' league.
A dispatch from a press correspondent
in Medeltin, Panama, says that Charles
Eadford, of Alabama, has been con
demned to death for the murder several
months ago of Charles Simmonds, a
wealthy . merchant of Calli. In all
probability the sentence will be com-
m 1 1 !.- 1 III I H IIIIIiriNllll 5M ( .M IHIHI
punishment there' is never exercised ex
cept in exceptional cases.' .
A Portland, Ind. , dispatch says: A
south-bound Grand Rapids- & Indiana
freight train wfent through the bridge
'spanning, the Wabash river a mile
;rorth of - Geneva. The engine and
tenner feu into tne river and cars piled
on them. - Engineer Barney Reid and
Fireman James Gallagher went down
wth the engine The former had' both
legs crushed, and was. otherwise badly
injured. He will die. Fireman Gal
lagher and Brakeman -James - Clifford
were severely injured
The natives'o'f -Ne'w Guinea are mur
dering Australian. miners. . ...
The corn crop in Kansas is now said
to be damaged 50 per cent by the pre
vailing hat weather.
Senators Quay and Morgan are to go
to the ' Sandwich- Islands to 'post them
selves on the country and its possibil-
The internal revenue office has issued
orders to local-collectors to seize tobacco
prize packages under the . provision of
the new tariff law. .
Over 100 tramps and harvesters took
.possession of a freight train on the
Northwestern line, near Omaha, Neb.
The train was "idetracked, and the
sheriff and police were called upon for
assistance. After an hour's delay the
tramps were dislodged. The sheriff
liatl a ucspciatc " 11 1Jrlut w jail
the men, hut was successful. The sur
rounding country is overrun with
tramps.
The following is an extract from a
private letter received in' San Fran
cisco frpm' Manila, Philippine islands:
"Here things are in a frightful mess.
Spanish dollars have been introduced
at 10 per cent less value than Mexican.
Everybody wants, to sell out. Native
brokers are all over; -the place trying to
sell their possessions, and find no buy
ers. In the sugar provinces, cane
plants are being burned up for lack of
rain."
Assistant Secretary Howell has ren
dered a decision in which he holds that
ralfskins should ha classed as "hides
r ..- t ff 1 ii c .1 .... :,. i.l I
ui uaibici, auu mo uicxciuic uutiauio
under the new tariff, but at 15 per cent
ad' valorem.
In the engagement of Cbakdara the
British troops suffered but slight loss,
but the native loss was heavy. Six
muusuDU Lriueauii'ii were preparing 10
attack the fort when they were at-j
tacked by the British column, under
Colonel Meikeljohn, and completely
routed.
A cloudburst occurred near Castle
.Kock, Colo,, doing considerable dam
age to property. One hundred bridges
in one district were washed away.
Ivory .Law, a well-known young
farmer, of Shelbyville, Ind., returned
.10 me iiuluo ui ma Bisier, ju.ro. jLuiitw
McPherson, after a spree and was repri
manded by her. . Law grew angry and
resented the words by going to a barn
and securing a whip, with which he as
saulted his sister, wearing it ont upon
her. . The woman was frightfully in
jured and will die. A crowd beaded
ry the woman's husband is bunting for
STEAMER MEXICO SUNK.
First Disaster Connected - With th
Alaska Rush.
San Francisco, Aug. 13. A spelia
from Victoria to the Chronicle says: '
For several days anxious inquiries
have been made regarding the Pacific
Coast steamer Mexico, which was
booked to leave tomorrow on her second
trip to Dyea.
The steamer Topeka, which arrived
here this evening, reports that the
steamer Mexico, on August 5, while go
ing into Dixon entrance from Sitka dur
ing a heavy fog at full speed, struck
West Devil's rock. After two hours
the steamer sank in 500 feet of water,
stern first. ' ; -
The captain exhibited great ooolness,
and, with the officers, did everything
that was possible.
The passengers and crew were saved,
with their hand baggage, in small boats.
After rowing till midnight, they ar
rived at Meflakahtla.
The time the ship struck is believed
to be 4 in the morning. . v," ..
. The ship is a total loss. rTbe passen
gers and crew are on the Topeka.
Captain Wallace and his officers
quietly waited their turn to be lowered
over the-side into the boats. This was
performed without a hitch, with splen
did discipline.
After the passengers were safely off
the ship, the officers and crew turned
their ' attention to the hand baggage,
which the passengers had in their cab
ins, and the treasure and valuables be
longing to the steamer.
There was no time to attempt to save
anything stowed below decks, and as it
was, everything in the cabins was not
secured, though the captain and crew
stayed on the steamer until it was no
longer safe to do so.
- .They had not been away from her
many minutes when she made a final
plunge and went down, stern first.
She struck on her starboard bilge keel
and a gaping hole was torn in her side.
Only a short time before, orders were
sent to the engineer to send her full
ahead, and, consequently, she went
right through the rocks.
Had she been an iron vessel, few
would have lived to tell of the accident.
She would have gone down like a rook.
At New Metlakahtla, where they had
to spend several days awaiting the ar
rival of the Topeka, news of the wreck
having been sent to her by the steamer
Al-Ki, the passengers and crew had
their wants attended to by Rev. Mr.
Duncan and his Indians.
Of the 775 passengers, 40 were tour
ists, who made the round trip, and oth
ers were coming south from different
Alaskan porta. Included in the latter
were naturalists who bad spent the
summer in Western Alaska colleoting
specimens for the Columbia museum.
Their specimens, instruments and notes
went down with the steamer.
A Four Days' Clean-Tp. " :
tRedding, Cal., Aug. 12. J. B. and
R. B. Graves boarded the piverland
train tonight," Kavinlnth"eir posses
sion $42,000 in gold, the result of
four days' work on Morrison gulch, a
tributary of Coffee creek, beyond Car
ville, in Trinity county. . They have
been mining on the gulch for a year
past, and ran a tunnel into a ledge of
red and black iron formation 3 feet
wide. They struck several pockets of
pure gold embedded in the ledge, one
of the purest yielding $4,000, while
several others yielded from $3,000 to
$ 300. On August 4. at a point 25 feet
from the mouth of the tunnel, and 12
feet from the surface, they uncovered a
large pocket of pure god. In four days
they took out 163 pounds, avoirdupois
weight. The largest piece was there
feet long, two feiH wide and five inches
thick. The pocket yielded $42,000.
The ledge is still intact, and averages
from $300 to $500 per ton.
The Electrical Chair.
Dannemora, N. Y., Aug. 12. Frank
C. Conroy, the Ogdensburg wife-murderer,
was executed by electricity at
Clinton prison today.. Conroy was pro
nounced dead i)4 minutes after the first
shock. He walked between Fathers
Belanger and Cotter until supported to
the chair, his eyes upon the crucifix and
praying. He met his fate calmly.
On ,the morning of May 20, 1896,
Frank Conroy returned to his home in
Ogdensburg from Montreal. Walking
into the house he accused his wife of
unfaithfulness. Angered at her denials,
he .snatched up a carving-knife and
hacked her head and throat until she
was dead. His two little daughters,
aged 5 and 7, witnessed the murder.
Dressed Beef on the Rise.
Kansas City, Aug. 12. The whole
sale price of dressed beef by all the big
packers has been raised. The lowest
price on dressed beef now is 6 cents,
whereas on Saturday fair to good West
ern beef could be bought for 4 to 5
cents. Better grades.. were raised in
proportion. The best grades of bacon
were also raised 1 cents per pound.
The dealers claim that the raise in
price is proof positive that the big com
bine, about which so much has been
heard lately,- is a fact, and that it has
begun the expected squeezing process.
They declare that they will go into a
combine of their own' and butcher their
own meat. The packers deny that
there is any combine.
The greatest length of England and
Scotland, north and south, is about
608 miles." '
Delewsre Iron Works Resume.
Wilmington,- Del., Aug. 12. After a
shutdown of six weeks, the Delaware
iron works, at Newcastle, resumed
operations yesterday, giving employ
ment to between 400 and 500 persons.
Chicago Wheat Advances.
Chicago, Aug. 12. September wheat
sold today at 79Jc, the highest point
reached during the present campaign.
The advance today was primarily on
bullish advices from abroad. .
Fire In a Texas Town.
Houston, Tex., Aug. 12. At Bar
num, Polk county, between 12 and 1
o'clock, fire destroyed the planing mill
and dry kiln, lumber yard, lumber
store and a number of tenant houses be
longing to W. T. Carter & Bros. , a
number of oars, two small bridges be
longing to the Kansas & Texas railroad.
Loss $290,000; insurance as yet not as
certained. - - - "
'North Adams, Mass., " Aug. 12.
Henry Reed and sister were found dead
in their home today. They had appar
ently been murdered by burglars.
18
Over One Hundred Ohio Strik
ers Gathered There.
STILL MORE ARE COMING
Strikers In Pittsburg; District Claim a
, Large Desertion Mas . Occurred at
. the De Armitt Mines.- ' '" '-
Wheeling, Aug. 12. West Virginia
was invaded by Ohio miners this morn
ing. About 125 miners from the Mill
Creek region marched through the city
and reached Boggs' Run mine, below
Wheeling district now being operated.
They announce that they will stay un
til the Boggs' Run miners join the
strike, and today 200 more from Bar
ton, Maynard, Pascoe and other mining
communities in Ea stern "'Oh-rOT' are" to
come. Miners along the Wheeling &
Lake Erie have also announced a will
ingness to participate in this demonstra
tion, which may last several days.
With the West Virginia strikers
gathering at Boggs' Run there are now
about 400 men there. At this showing
of force the 100 Boggs' Run miners did
not show a front this morning. , It will
be a difficult matter to get the men at
this point out.
QUIET AT DE ARMITT'S MINES.
Strikers CJaim a Large Dosertion Has
Oecarred There. .
Pittsburg, Aug. 12. The striking
miners camped at Plum Creek claim a
large desertion has taken place from
the De Armitt mines, and that the
working force is too small to dig coal
enough to supply the water works of
Pittsburg. The officials of the New
York & Cleveland Gas Coal Company
claim they are working 200 men, the
same number that is usually at work
following payday.
There was no disorder over the pay
ment of the men, although both strik
ers add deputies expected trouble. The
total amount paid over was $7,000.
The diggers received from $25 to $46
for two weeks' pay. Many say they
had little difficulty in earning $2.50 a
day, and they do not see how the strike
can benefit them. The company dis
charged 29 foreign workmen, and last
night all of them took up quarters in
the strikers camp.
It is claimed a number of the West
moreland Company miners have offered
their services to the county deputies
when the strikers arrive. - -
Fifty deputy sheriffs were transferred
from Plum Creek to' Turtle Creek this
morning to see that order, is preserved
while the diggers at Oakhill are being
paid. All but a few of the Oakhill
miners joined the strike two days ago,
and Superintendent' De Armitt says
they will not be paid. . --.. -.v
The proposed march on the Spring
Hill mine of Alexander was not made
this morning on account of heavy rain.
The Labor Tribune has received a let
ter from a correspondent at Birming
ham, Ala., stating that agents are at
work there procuring negroes to taje
the place of striking miners in' the
north. - The latter say smallpox is
prevalent among the colored people in
that section,- and asks that the author
ities be warned of the danger of spread
ing the disease through the north by
permitting the importation of negroes.
The injunction secured against the
miners' officials at Buenola was served
op President Dolan when he stepped on
the train at that place last night, but
lie disregarded it and addressed a large
meeting near the mine a short time
later. This morning Judge Collier
extended the injunction to make it in
clude 15 additional defendants.
A body of strikers marched to Can
Donsburg this morning, and are now
encamped near the mines which are in
operation. Operator Kirk says if ' the
strikers interfere in any way with his
men he will have the entire party ar
rested. ,
Situation at Kvanaville.
Evansville, Ind., Aug. 12. The
marching miners, notwithstanding the
court's injunction issued last evening,
lined up on the publio highways lead
ing to the Ingel mines this morning and
as the men came to work at 5 o'clock
they were again appealed to by the
strikers with the result that, the few
men who had intended to work decided
to join the strikers. The entire force
is now out, and the marchers are devot
ing their energies to other mines of the
city.
- The Power of a Notary.
San Francisco, Aug. 12. A. M. Law
rence and T. T. Williams, managing
editor and business manager, respec
tively of the Examiner, were today or
dered committed to the county jail by
Notary L. D. Craig, for refusing to
answer certain questions in connec
tion with the case recently instituted
against them and W. R. Hearst by
Claus Spreckles. This is said to be the
first instance in which a notary has ex
ercised this power in the state. Among
the questions which the newspaper men
refused to answer were one as to the
identity of the author of the article
upon which the libel suit in controversy
is based; and another as to whether or
not Williams held a power of attorney
for W. R. Hearst.
Chilean President Gives Cp.
New York, Aug. 12. A special to
the Herald from Valparaiso says it is
reported that the president has declared
that it is impossible to continue to gov
ern Chile under present conditions.
The conservatives, he says, are too ex
acting. ' It is expected that the coali
tion scheme will go out of existence..
Waterville, N. Y., Aug. 12. The
first bale of the New York state 1897
crop of hops was shipped to Boston to
day. The price paid was 25c per pound.
Fell Down a Shaft.
Central City, Colo., Aug. 12. Henry
Kemper, a young German, fell down
the shaft of the Buell mine today, and
was instantly killed. He was on his
way down in the bucket with two tim
bermen, when a large rock fell, striking
the bucket in such a way as to throw
Kemper out The same rock struck
Richard Harvey on the head, inflicting
a serious wound.1 ' ' v." , . -
: The expnese of the Vatican at Rome
would be covered if every ; Catholic in
the world contributed three-quarters of
g cent a year. :
MORE REGULATIONS.
Canada Will Now Reduce the Sise of
Mining Claims. . -
Toronto, Aug. 11. A special to the
Globe from Ottawa says the Dominion
government has received several im
portant decisions in regard to the Yu
kon country and . the working of the
gold fields there. - It has been decided
to appoint an administrator for the dis
trict, who will have entire charge of
all the Canadian officials there and be
the chief executor for the government.
Joseph Walsh, a former commander of
the No-thwest mounted police, is to be
appointed to the position, - :The party
of mounted police to leave Manitoba
next week for the gold country has been
increased from 20 to 85. They will
take with'fhem two Maxim guns. '
The mining rules have been amended
in an important particular. At present
a miner is at liberty to stake out a claim
of 500 feet,' running along with? the
stream and back to the bank. This has
been reduced to 100 feet, and the new
regwlifiSn 'Will go into- force' imme-'
diately. A court for the administration
of civil and criminal questions in the
gold districts has also been decided
upon. : Justice McGuire, : of Prince
Albert, is to preside over the court.
STEAMER WILLAMETTE LEAVES
The Old Collier Sails With an Immense
Cargo. - ' - :
Seattle, Wash., Aug. 11. The
steamer Willamette, with the largest
number of passengers ever carried by a
single steamer to Alaska, is now on her
way to Dyea, She carries 815 passen
gers, 200 head of live stock and over
2,000 tons of freight. - - ,i
A seething crowd of people thronged
the wharf to bid good-bye to Klondike
bound prospectors, and every whistle in
the harbor gave lustily a parting salute.
Freight was piled in every conceiv
able nook and corner. . In the hold,
pilothouse, cabins, dining rooms and
staterooms were piled an indiscriminate
mass of clothing, hay, grubstakes, lum
ber and supplies of ail descriptions. .
Down below" were the horses, crowded
together in . little cubbyholes, called
"stalls" only by courtesy. The horses
didn't like the prospect. That is-ti
say they made considerable objectioi
before they consented to be swung on
the boat by means of an engine and
large box. -
The work of loading the big steam
ship Willamette began at midnight.
Of the 800 people on board, 565 took
passage here, 175 at Tacoma and 85 at
San Francisco. ,
APPEALING FOR FOOD.
Their Families Are Starving While the
Strikers Refuse to Work.
Pittsburg, Aug. 11. Appeals for
food and provisions were numerous at
the headquarters of the miners' officials
in this city today. It appeared as if
there was a wail from every section of
the district, and miners in person were
present to ask that the suffering ones,
be looked after. Secretary Warner was
kept busy answering the appeals. He
said tonight that be bad sent more than
$1,000 worth of provisions into various
parts of the district. : The appeals are
now coming in from the families', the
heads of which are at , the various min
ing camps using their influence to keep
other men from working.
A series of meetings are to be held
all over the district It is expected to
keep up the interest in every section
and strengthen every point where there
is the least indication of weakness.
The vigils on the mines of the New
York & Cleveland Gas Coal Company
are to be kept up, and the vigor in
creased from day to day.
Early this morning the . miners of
West Elizabeth made a march on the
mines of the Elizabeth Mining Com
pany, formerly operated by Horner &
Roberts. - About 50 men were going to
work. After a consultation the men
asked that they be allowed to finish
loading a flat. They agreed to go out
as soon as it was loaded, which will
take several days. Officials of the
company made an effort to get permis
sion from the miners' officials to con
tinue work on a 69-cent basis. This
was not given, and it is expected that
the mine will be idle as soon as the fiat
is loaded.
From New York to Alaska.
New York, Aug. 11. The first sl.ip
sailing from New York direct to the
Klondike gold fields is advertised to
leave about August 21. It is to be
sent by the New York Ss Alaska Gold
Exploring and Trading Company. The
company has not yet selected its vessel,
but it promises to dispatch a steamship
capable of carying 200 passengers and
1,500 tons of freight. It says the ship
will make the voyage around Cape
Horn to Juneau in 50 or 60 days.
More than 50 names have been listed
for the voyage. . Not more than 200
passengers will be allowed to embark.
The cost per passenger, including berth,
meals and transportation of 500 pounds
of baggage direct to Juneau is to be
$175. . ; . - " .'; :'- '; -
More Steamers for Alaska.
Sah Francisco, Aug 11. Two steam
ers will sail for the north today with
their carrying capacity taxed to the ut
most. The Umatilla will be sent to
Seattle by the Pacific Coast Steamship
Company, and the South Coast will
also be dispatched. The Umatilla will
take, away about 400 passengers and
transfer them to the City of Topeka at
some Puget sound port.
- Although the South Coast is not yet
loaded she is - very low in the water,
and seafaring men say that with her
load in a rough sea she will have great
difficulty in getting through.
The Gypsy's Prediction.
. , Malaga, Aug. 11. Old inhabitants
of this city relate that when Canovas
del Castillo was a young assistant mas
ter at a school here, a gypsy woman
told his fortune. She predicted that
he would become great, and would meet
with a violent death. '
Fire In Farmington. - - "
Farmington, Wash., Aug. 11. Fire
broke out shortly after 2 o'clock this
morning in the rear of Rice's harness
shop, at the east end of Main street.
In less than 20 minutes the whole block
was in flames. Efforts were directed
toward saving the surrounding prop
erty and preventing the spread of the
fire. After a hard fight, lasting . until
long after daylight, the fire department
and citizens were successful. -; By " 6
o'olock the fire was well under control,
and the danger of a general conflagra
tion was past. - About one-half of the
stores on Main street were destroyed.
i.-'t
Two Hundred Prostrations
4: : During the Week. .';
HEAVY DAMAGE BY STORMS
Several Persons Killed by lightning
Suicidal Epidemic in , Paris Morgue.
Full to Overflowing With the Dead.
London, Aug. : 10. A long spell of
hot weather was broken by severe thun
de stormsjon Thursday and Friday, in
which several persons were killed and
a number of buildings were badly damaged-
and others sustained ' lesser in
juries. The thermometer registered 90
on Wednesday, and at Cambrigde the
beat . wa9-18-deg. above the average,
which ha'sfrnry thrice- been reported
dtot3feT-' as Quarter of 1 a teB ttrry .
There were over 200 prostrations from
the heat treated in six London hos
pitals on Thursday. There was only
one-third of an inch of rainfall in July,
the crops are seriously threatened and
the experiences ' of the 1896 water
famine in the East End of London are
already looming up.
The heat which has been unusually
prolonged, has affected the London
death, rate. There were 2.023 deaths
last week, of which 1,250 were children-
bringing up the death . rate to
23.6 per 1,000. There were many sun
strokes, and general discomfort was ex
perienced. The judges and counsel in
the Jaw courts doffed their : wigs and
gowns. - '
- Paris, Aug. 10. There has been a
veritable epidemic of suicide in Paris
for some weeks past, the recent tropical
heat adding to the number of cases.
The tragedies commenced with the self
destruction on July 7 of the four young
dressmakers in thePoissoonoire quarter
of Paris, who suffocated themselves in
a small room with the fumes of char
coal,' dying together. Since then almost-daily
one or more women have
committed suicide, and the self murder
of men has. been equally numerous.
The bodies of men are found daily hang
ing to trees in the Bois de Vincennes.
In one alley of that park alone six
bodies of suicides were found during
the , past week, and the morgue is so
full of dead bodies found in the river
Seine that there is no further room for
them. -. " ;
. A Blow at the Canadian Pacific.
Washington, Aug. 10.- Some mem
bers, of the tariff conference committee
injected into the conference a line that
wilbdestroy with a single blow the vast
advantage the Canadian Pacifio railroad
has heretofore enjoyed over roads in
the United States, and will stop the
Asiatic importations from Victoria, B.
C.,-which have always gone to Ameri
caqiortg cf the CanadiajOineT2-ii' -
Section 22 of the tariff bill provides
that "a discriminating duty of 10 per
centum ad valorem in addition to the
duties imposed by law -shall be collected
and paid on all goods, wares or mer
chandise' which shall be imported in
vessels ; not of - the United States or
which being the production or manu
factue of any foreign country not con
tiguous to the United States shall come
into the ports of the United States
from such contiguous country."
As it may be interpreted by the
treasury department, this clause will
mean that hereafter all importations
from Asiatic countries brought into
this country in bond over the Canadian
Pacific from Victoria- will have to pay
a differential duty of 5 per cent in ad
dition to the duty regularly imposed by
the tariff bilL
v Toung Desperado Captured.
Colfax, Wash.,,Aug. 10. William
Herbert, aged 20, burglar, horsethief,
dime novel reader and desperado, has
been captured and is now in jail at Col
fax, after a pitched battle with the
officers who had chased him to the
Coeur d'Alene Indian reservation.
Herbert was twice shot, once through
the hip and again through the waist.
He made bis way, after being wounded,
to the house of an Indian woman and
asked for shelter. The Indian woman,
hearing of a reward of $100 for Her
bert's arrest, secreted his weapons and
informed the officers. . Herbert seems
to glory in his crimes, which include
holding up a woman for the purpose of
robbery,. shooting at officers, and other
acts. : He is weak from loss of blood.
The wound in his hip may prove dan
gerous. -..'
: . Cartridge Plant Explosion.
Sofia, Bulgaria, Aug. 10. A terrific
explosion, occurred yesterday at the car
tridge: factory of Fastchuk, on the Dan
ube, 139 miles " northwest of Varna.
Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria on re
ceipt of the news of the disaster visited
the sufferers from the explosion, who
had been taken to the hospital, and
caused money to be distributed to the
famines of the victims. Of the 300
boys and girls employed in the factory
56 are known to have been killed, the
bodfiea of that number having been re
covered, while 27 are so badly injured
that their recovery is impossible, and
30 lf88 seriously hurt are now in the
hospital. ' - v
. . The trouble" with tongue tied . people
is that the membrane connecting the
tongue with the lower jaw is too short.
Los Angeles Scorcher's Performance.
: Lor Angeles, Aug. 10. Today Ralph
D. Mussey, of the East Side Cycling
Club at the Los Angeles Athletic
Club's mile track, rode 25 miles and
412 yards in one hour. The first mile
was covered in 2:14, and the last in
2:17. The fastest mile ridden was the
20th, in 2:12. The average time
per mile was 2:23. .-'.... .. :
Earl Dundonald has invented a new
gun carriage for Maxim guns which can
be used on the roughest ground.
. The Battle at Canudos.
' New York, Aug. 6. A dispatch to
the Herald from Rio Janeiro via Buenos
Ayree says the latest official advices
from Canudos state that 2,000 govern
ment soldiers were killed in the recent
big battle. The rebel loss was 1,000.
The number of wounded cannot be esti
mated as -yet, as the reinforcements
which have gone forward continue to
find the injured in the forests and in
the huts, suffering for; food and water.
"Nothing' is . so fierce but love will
soften nothing so sharp-sighted . but
lore will throw a mist before bis eyes.
ENGLAND AFTER SHERMAN.
British Newspapers Consider His Be.
- ' . marks H Ighly. Offensive. :
London, Aug. .11." Commenting on
the interview of the New York World
with Secretary Sherman, St. James's
Gazette this afternoon says: - r 1
"Sherman's utterances afford no ma,
terial for denial by his. friends of the
statement that he is suffering from
senile decay."
- St James's Gazette refers to the
Kalnoky incident when it saysr
"Austria properly severed diplomatic
relations with Great Britain, and Glad
stone apologized for bis attack on the
dual monarchy, and asked why there
is one law in Europe and another in
America?" '-"-'"'. "
The Globe says: "Secretary Sher
man had better -rid himself of. the idea
that Uncle Sam is going to boss this
country either on gold or on the fish
eries. The idea of Europe being afraid
of a third-rate naval power like the
United States could only have occurred
to a lunatic or to Sherman. " 4":
The utterances attributed to Secre
tary Sherman upon which the com
ments of the London papers was based
are as follows:
'England is a' great country, but it
is not - always safe to assume she is
ready to follow up every quarrel with
blows. She quarrels oftener than she
fights. It would be exceedingly diffi
cult for her to fight us all alone about
our seal catch ings. Russia and Japan
are in a similar position, and any quar
rel between the United States and
England on this score would probably
involve those other oountries."
AWAKE TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.
Strange Case of a Carpenter Living at
St. Louis.
.
. St. Louis, Aug. 11. John O. Sutte,
a carpenter and builder, has been
awake 25 years. His last slumber came
so many years ago that he has forgotten
what it is like to lie down at night and
awake . refreshed and rejuvenated.
Sleep is an unknown quantity with
Sutte. He either lies upon his bed
and gazes on the stars, or, if in a rest
less mood, takes long walks into the
country, returning at daybreak to begin
work in .his little shop, just north of
the house. His neighbors call him
"The man who never sleeps. " .
Sutte attributes his sleeplessness to a
noise which continually roars in his
head like a cataract. At times it
sounds like the buzz and whirr of
wheels sawing their way through heavy
timber. Again the sounds resemble
escaping steam, but at times they
mingle in a horrible deafening roar.
Owing to the noises in his head,
Sutte does not hear readily. He says
that the ringing in his ears was caused
by an overdose of quinine which was
administered to him in 1872. He took
62 grains at one dose, and when he
awoke next day he heard a noise in his
head which has remained there ever
since, keeping him awake every day
and night for 25 years Sutte is 70
years old. : He carries his age grace
fully and does not look the worse for
his long siege of wakefulness - " V
HER BOY WAS UGLY-
A Quitman, Georgia, Mother Commits a
Terrible Crime.
Quitman, Ga., Aug. 11. Fishermen
discovered the body of a 6-year-old boy
floating on the surface of a pond near
this place and later identified it as the
son of Mrs. Idella Powell Banks, a
widow, owning a farm just outside of
Quitman.
The actions of the mother when noti
fied of the discovery aroused the suspi
cions of the coroner and she was subse
quently arrested .and placed in' jail.
Here she was visited by a minister, to
whom she confessed having murdered
her child. The reason she gave was
that he was too ugly to be permitted to
live, and was a constant source of em
barrassment to her on that account.
She said that she walked by the pond,
and when she tried to push him in he
resisted with ' all his feeble strength.
She broke down completely in jail, and
says she wants to be hanged as soon as
possible. The child's face was dis
figured by a birthmark. -
A Grewsome Discovery.
. Valley, Neb., Aug. 11. A grading
company at work near here exhumed 19
skeletons. All the bodies were in a
good state of preservation, and were
evidently buried with their clothes on
and without coffins. Five were fe
males. The bodies had probably been
in the ground 15 or 20 years, but no
resident of the locality can recall any
burying ground located here, nor does
rumor relate of anything in the past
that will account for the presence of
the skeletons. The bodies were covered
with only a few feet of earth, and were
placed in a large trenoh. Apparently
the skeletons are those of white people.
Fall in Spanish Securites.
. London, Aug. 11. On the stock ex
change here today Spanish securities
fell one-half a point on the news of the
assassination of Premier Canovas del
Castillo. Later in the day Spanish se
curities recovered three-eighths of the
loss. '
- The chemist of the agricultural de
partment in Washington thinks that
the oil made of sunflower seed, which
he says is a perfect substitute for olive
oil, is the coming salad oil. -
A Head-End Collision.
r Iudianapoils, Aug. 11. The Chicago
express on the Pennsylvania line and a
Monon switch engine came together in
a head-end collision at Market street
crossing this morning. William Mar
tin, the Monon engineer, was instantly
killed and both engines completely
wrecked. No passengers were injured.
The tongue of most serpents is really
forked, though this : member seems to
be of no 'particular use to the reptile. -
Chehalls Broke a Coast Record.
Butte, Mont, Aug. 11. Chehalis
broke the coast record for mile heats in
the free for-all pace today; time,
2:09J. 2:09, 2:07 . In the first
and second heats, Edith W. chased him
out, and in the third, Searohlight
pushed to the finish. ; : . - 1
A Husband's Vengane.
- Oskaloosa, la., Aug. : 11. Michael
Devine fatally shot Alexander Gowery,
at Colon, a suburb, today. KDevine'a
wife was also slightly wounded.' De
vine charged Gowery with breaking up
his home. He surrendered to the sheriff.
SUGAR WILL RISE
A DEMOCRATIC VIEW OF THE
1 DINGLEY LAW. r .
It Will Greatly Augment the Sugar Pro-:
' d action la Both the North and South
Confidence Being Restored in Bus
iness Circles Everywhere. .
. F. Paesons, Special Correspondent.
cr Washington, D. C. There are few
men in the Unietd States better posted
on sugar production and its possibilities
than Congressman Meyer of Louisiana,
a Democrat, who has' spent a lifetime
in the heart of the sugar producing dis
trict of - the United States. He says
frankly, that he believes sugar produc
tion, both as to cain and beets, will re
ceive a greater, stimulus from the en
actment of the new tariff law than any
thing that has been done for it. It
may be added' in this connection that
the rate ofpiotectiongiren to sugar by
the hew law is greater than ever given
to this interest under any preceding
law. Possibly the actual amount of
protection per pound may have been
greater under other laws, but the fact
that the cost of producing sugar and
that prices the world over " are now so
low, makes the ad valorem rate of
protection which is given by this law
greater than any in the past.
"It seems to me," said Congressman
Meyer, talking to a correspondent upon
this subject, "that sugar production
in the United States ought to be great
ly stimulated by this law. I believe
that we can and should, ' and I ' hope
certainly that we will produce in this
country all the sugar that our people
require." - ;
"Do you refer to beet sugar, Mr.
Meyer, or to cane sugar when talking
about producing enough for the people
of this country?"
"Both. We shall, I feel sure, in
crease our production of cane sugar
very greatly. This increased produc
tion will undoubtedly stimulate our
producers and increase the number of
producers. We ought to increase largely
the qauntity of cane sugar produce in
this country."
"Is there additional area not . occu
pied suitable for that purpose, Mr.
Meyer?"
"Yes, plenty of it. ". In Louisiana
there is a good deal; in Texas and
Florida also much land is suitable for
this purpose. "
"Do you expect to see the produc
tion of beet sugar develop thoroughout
the North?"
"Undoubtedly. Conditions have
been so thoroughly tested by those
studying this subject that there can
be, I think, no doubt of the entire
practicability of producing beet sugar
in a broad strip of country stretching
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and I
look to see that interest develop very
rapidly under this new law."
"Will the, additional protection
which this law gives - prove any more
advantageous to the beef7 sugar vcn fer
prise than to cane?" -
"In one sense, - it may. The cane
sugar industry is already pretty well
developed, while that of the beet su
gar is not. It takes less capital to go
into the production of sugar beets than
it does to produce cane sugar because
beets can be transported more readily
to the factories even at a considerable
distance. - Cane is so heavy that the
cost of transporting it any distance
would be too great This makes it im
practicable to produce cane sugar in
the way that ' beet sugar is produoed.
In the production of beet sugar, the
beets are grown on farms and trans
ported to a factory which handles the
beets of quite a large number of farms
and does so successfully. In the pro
duction of cane sugar, it is not practi
cable to do this to any considerable ex
tent as the cost of . transporting the
cane any distance would make it im
practicable. So I look for a more rapid
development of beet, sugar production
by reason of this fact, I believe that
we are going to see a very great in
crease in the sugar production of this
country and that the farmers of a great
belt of country, who can produce beet
suagr readily,. will be participators in
the benefits which will come from it."
Democrats Disappointed.
There are a good many disappointed
people in Washington just now, also
several in other parts of the country.
The cause of their disappointment is
in the developments following the en
actment of the new tariff law. The
hope of the Democratic leaders was
first to befog the atmosphere. with their
cries about trusts and especially the
sugar trust, and second, to show - that
the new law was no revenue producer.
In both cases they seem likely to be
disappointed. Certainly their effort to
make the Dingley bill as it became a
law advantageous to the sugar trust as
compared with' the Democratic law
which it repealed, was an absolute fail
ure Nobody believes that; the men
who made the assertion do not believe
it themselves; in fact they know bet
ter. Now it seems likely that they are
to be disappointed in an opportunity
to complain of the new law as . a reve
nue producer. It is certainly starting
off in a way which surprises its ene
mies and delights its friends. In the
few days in which it has been in opera
tion, the customs rates under it have
been very satisfactory, far in advance
of those under the Wilson law in a
corresponding period of its history.
Silver bullion fell to the lowest price
ever known last week.
Business in Mexico is in bad shape,
owing to the. continued fall in the price
of silver, and there is talk of going to
the gold standard.
"The bouse sugar rate is written in
the tariff bill, not the corruptly pur
chased senate rate. It is a great vic
tory for right, for justice, and the peo
ple." New York World (Dem.) '
Wheat goes up and silver goes down
despite the assertion of silver orators
of last fall that these two commodities
kept pace in the markets of the world.
"The new tariff cuts - very severely
into protection granted the sugar re
finers under the Wilson bill." From
"Sugar Trade JournaL ". .
"If the promise of the harvest fields
is fulfilled it will be hard - for theorists
to persuade a thriving people that they
need monetary panaceas to keep tbem
3it of . the poor-house." New York
World. . '
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Downing, Hopkins Company's Review,
of Trade..- : t
The short sellers of wheat have but
a single argument left to. support their
views, viz: The admitted faot that the
wheat crop of this country will be at
least 100,000,000 bushels larger than
that of last year. The current news
during the week has been extremely
bullish and developments have materi
ally strengthened the position of spec
ulative buyers. Probably the most im
portant annoucement was Beerbobm's
estimate placing the European shortage
compared with last year at 224,000,000
bushels. This has been emphasized
and confirmed by the active cash de
mand and enormous sales for export.
An additional aid in enhancing values
has been furnished by the farmers
stacking their wheat at a greater ex
tent than usual. ' Should the coal min
ers' strike continue a fortnight longer
it will prove a powerful, although un
natural, factor in enhancing - values, -and
in all probability result in a more
serious congestion ot the market for
September delivery than has prevailed
for July contracts. The promise of an
abundant wheat crop in America, the
absence of competition in supplying
the requirements of importing conn
tries, and the consequent increased ex
port demand for American wheat, all
tend to benefit the American farmer.
Wheat will prove a profitable purchase
on all reactions and the general tend
ency is toward a still higher range of
values.
The American visible this week shows
a decrease of 164,000 bushels, and now
totals 17,650,000 bushels against 46,
429,000 a year ago. There is much to
be said regarding both sides of the corn
market, but after all is said it is still a
fact that values are extremely low due
to panic and overproduction. - The
growing crop is not yet assured, and
with the'enhancing values ruling for
wheat compared with producing years,
the increasing activity in general trade,
corn must participate to a greater or
less extent in the general improvements,
according as the crop promise to be
above or below that of last year. In
any ev:nt, present values promise to be
well maintained, and there is little
if any inducement for speculative short
selling. Should the growing crop meet
with any mishap much higher values
will quickly obtain.
Portland Markets.
Wheat Walla Walla, 78c; Val
ley, 81c per bushel.
Flour Best grades, $4.15; graham,
$3.65; superfine, $2.25 per barrel.
Oats Choioe white, 88 40c; choice
gray, 3739c per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $16 16.50;
brewing, $18 19 per ton, " .
Millstuffs Bran, $14,- per ton;
middlings, $21; shorts, $15.50.
Hay Timothy, $1218; clover,
$10H; California wheat,. $10
11; do oat, $11; Oregon wild hay, $9
10 per ton. .
Eggs 12 12c per dozen.
Butter Fancy creamery, 35 40c;
fair to good, 80c; dairy, 25 80c per .
roll.
America, 12)c; California, 9 10c per
pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00
3.50 per dozen; broilers, $1.502.75;
geese, $34; duoks, $2. 50 3 per dozen;
turkeys, live, 10 11c per pound.
Potatoes. Oregon Burbanka. 35
45c per sack; new potatoes, 50o per
sack; sweets, $1.902.25 per cental.
Onions California, new, red, $1.25;
yellow, $1.60 per cental.
Hops 10 llc per pound for new
crop; 1896 crop, 4 6c.
Wool Valley, 11 13c per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 79c; mohair, 20c
per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 22c; dressed mutton,
4o; spring lambs, 64 per pound.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4; light
and feeders, $2. 50 3; dressed, $3
4.25 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, $2.753;
cows $2.25; dressed beef, 45c per
pound.
Veal Largo, 33c; small, 4)
per pound.
Seattle Markets.
Butter Fancy native creamery,
brick, 18c; ranch, 10 12c
Cheese Native Washington, 10
11c; California, 9c.
Eggs Fresh ranch, 1819o.
" Poultry Chickens,, live, per pound,
hens, 10llc; spring chickens, $2
3.50; ducks, $2. 50 3.75.
Wheat Feed wheat, $28 per ton.
Oats Choice, per ton, $23.
Corn Whole, $22; cracked, per ton,
$22; feed meal, $22 per ton.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$22; whole, $21.
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef,
steers, 6c; cows, 5)c; mutton sheep,
6c; pork, 6c; veal, small, 6.
Fresh Fish Halibut, 4c; salmon,
4 5c; salmon trout, 710o; flounders
and sole, 34; ling cod, 45; rock
cod, 6c; smelt, 24c
San Francisco Markets.
'Wool Choice foothill, 9 12c; San
Joaquin, 6 months' 810o; do year's
staple, 79c; mountain, 11 13c; Ore
gon, 10 13c per pound.
Hops 79o per pound. '
Hay Wheat,$12 15; wheat and oat,
$11 14; oat, $10 12; river barley,
$78; best barley, $9 12; alfalfa,
$7 8.50 clover, $7. 50 9.
Millstuffs Middlings, $18.5022;
California bran, $14 16 per ton.
Potatoes New, in boxes, 40 60c.
Onions New red, 7080o; do new
silverskin, 8595o per cental.
Fresh fruit Apples, 20 30c per
small box; do large box, 40 65c Boyal
apricots, 20 86c common cherries,
1525c; Boyal Anne cherries, 2540o
per box; currants, $1.00 1.50 per
chest; peaches, 25 40c; pears, 20
40c; cherry plums, 2030c per box.
Cheese Fanoy mild, new, 8c; fair
to good, 7o per pound.
Butter Fancy creamery, 2228c( do
seconds, 20 21c; fancy dairy, 19
20c; good to choice, 16 18o per pound.
Eggs Store, U14c; ranch, 16
20o; Eastern, 12 14; duck, 14o per
dozen. . --.
Citrus fruit Navel oranges, " $1
2; seedlings, 76c$1.25; Mexican
limes, $4. 505.50; common lemons,
$1 2. 50 per box. .- ;
Electrically welded steel barrels are
being made in England. ' They are
used to hold lubrioating and lighting
oila and acetone, which is an element
In the manufacture of oordit