VOL. XXXIV.
NO. 29.
CURRENT EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the Worlds
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
In Interesting Collection of Items From
the New and the Old . World In a
Condensed and Comprehensive Form
Over 5,000 textile workers have been
locked out at Loebau, Germany, and in
its vicinity.
Michael Simmonds, a railroad, brake
man, aged 28, shot and tried to kill bis
sweetheart, Miss Jenny Long, aged 19,
at Baltimore, and then committed,
suicide.
Rose the 19-yeabr-old daughter of
John Miller Murphy, died at Olympia,
Wash. Her death was caused by an
overdose of laudanum, taken to allay
neuralgia pains.
Engineer E. Bennett Mitchell was
killed and Fireman John H. Cawley
Beriously injured by the explosion of a
locomotive on the Northern Central
railway at Georgetown, Pa.
Secretary Wilson has secured an or
der from the postoffice department to
attach the government frank to pack
ages of sugar-beet seed to be sent
throughout the country for analysis.
. The latest news from Guatemala re
ceived here states that a price of $100,
000 has been placed on the heads of
Prosper Morales and his aide, Manuel
Fuentes. It is asserted that an order
to this effect has been promulgated by
President Barrios.
As a result of the breaking of a cable,
three colored men who were being car
ried up in an elevator shaft of the
Northwest Land tunnel, at Chicago, fell
95 feet to the bottom of the excavation.
One of them was killed instantly, and
the other two sustained fatal injuries.
Word comes from.Kaslo, B. C, that
three men who were out on the lake
about 500 yards were drowned by the
boat capsizing. A stiff breeze was
blowing, and, as the boat reached the
beginning of the swift undertow oppo
site Kaslo, the men tried to change po
sitions, and the boat was overturned.
In a recent interview. Lieutenant
Peary, who has just returned to Boston
from the Arctic on the whaling bark
Hope, said: "The 100-ton meteorite
in the hold of the Hope fell from the
skies hundreds of years ago, and has
long been the source of iron supplies for
the Esquimaux. I discovered it in
May, 1894, and since that time have
been trying to secure it and bring it to
America."
The duel between Count Badenft the
Austrian premier, and Dr. Wolff, ' the
German nationalist leader, has caused
the wildest sensation. Count Baden i
sent his -seconds to- Br Wftlffrwhosw-'f
cepted the challenge. " The premier
sent a telegram to the emperor, asking
permission to fight the duel, and at the
same time : tendering his resignation.
In reply he received not only permis
sion to fight, bnt also the imperial ap
proval. Count Badeni then made his
will, after which he spent the evening
at the Jockey Club and a pleasure re
sort. His wife and family knew noth
ing about the affair "until the duel was
over. It is thought that, as the premier
has set example, with the emperor's ap
proval, there will be a serious epidemic
of dueling. " .' " .
Commander Booth-Tucker has ar
rived in Denver to complete the ar
rangements for establishing a Salvation
Army colony in the Arkansas valley.
In Joseph Hay ward's saw mill, near
Macon, Mo., a large boiler exploded
and killed three . workmen,' Charles
Heator, Walter Fergurson and Albert
Yost. The mill was blown to frag
ments. The United States steamship San
Francisco, the flagship of the European
squadron, has arrived at Tangier,
Morocco, in order to investigate and
obtain redress, if necessary, for the re
ported flogeing of American citizens at
Mogador, and also to enforce the prom
ised settlement of former claims of the
United States against Morocco.
The inexorable discrimnating law of
China, which condemns a paicide to
death by the slicing process, whether
he be the perpetrator of a wilful crime
or the victim of an accident, is terribly
illustrated by a case now vexing the
people of Shanghai. A boy of 1 1 was
swinging some article about his head in
play, when it happened to strike his
mother, who died from the effects of
the blow. He was condemned to be
-sliced to death, and, though efforts have
been made to save him from this fear
ful end, so far they have not been suc
cessful. A dispatch from Vienna says that
the steamer Ika, with a c"rew' of 10,
Bnd carrying 50 Australian passengers,
was entering the port at Fibme, on
the river Flumara, while the bora was
blowing hard, when she collided with
the English steamer Tira, which was
leaving. The bows of the Ika were
stove in and she stink in two minutes'.
Boats hastily put off and saved the
captain and seven others, but most of
the passengers perished. The casualty
took place in full view of thousands
who crowded the pier in the greatest
excitement and alarm. ,
Arthur Jordan, a Scotch explorer,
who claims to be familiar with the
country between Spokane and the Klon
dike, will leave Spokane with six men,
October 10, for the Yukon country.
J. J. Browne is at the head of the syn
dicate which is outfitting the party to
prospect on Stewart river. Mr.
Browne's son, Guy, will be a member
of the party. They will go via Ash
croft, taking the Hudson bay trail there
toLakexeshn, down the lake to the
TT i.- 1 1 lnn tUn at-Mnm 1
the Yukon, thence to Stewart river.
The Japanese government has taken
up 2,000 out of the remaining 30,000
shares of the Formosan railway, and
has persuaded Formosans to take up the
remainder. Locomotives and cats are
expected from America. The work
will be proceeded with immediately.
The government survey boats have
about commpleted the work, of . estab
lishing a series of lines of true . mag
netic bearings along the ceast and in
the , .principal harbors between Puget
matnsi n i r Uo ri I 11 nrrr fstas rhn nnrtknOA
of affording means for masters of . vea- J The average cost of criminal ' prose
sels to adjust the compasses of their sqtiona in England at present is $185
vessels in a convenient manner, v. jaaob.
SUPREME COURT DECISION.
Payment of State Warrants Will Soon
Begin.
Salem, Sept 30. The supreme court
convened today, Justices Wolverton
and Bean being present.
The petition for rehearing in the case
of E. D. Shattnck, appellant, vs. Har
rison R. Kincaid, secretary of state,
respondent, was denied. This is the
mandamus suit brought by the appel
lant to compel the respondent, as sec
retary of state, to audit" his clsim and
issue a warrant on the state treasurer
in payment thereof, for salary as cir
cuit judge of the fourth judicial dis
trict, f
This suit was commenced in Judge
Hewitt's court, department No. 2, cir
cuit court of Marion county. Upon
the filing of a- complaint the court
issued an alternative writ of manda
mus, addressed to the defendant and
resondepnt, as asked, to show cause for
not complying with the plaintiff's de
mands. A general demurrer to the writ
was filed by the defendant, and the
court ordered a pro forma judgment,
sustaining the demurrer. The plaintiff
refused to amend or further plead, and
the court ordered the writ quashed, and
gave judgment for the defendant, dis
missing the proceeding. From this
judgment appeal was taken to the su
preme court. A lengthy opinion was
rendered, in which it was held that the
demurrer should have been overruled
and the case remanded. A petition
for rehearing was filed by the secretary
of state's attorneys, without his advice.
One petition, prepared by N. B. Knight,
was published before being filed with
the court. The petitions were both
overruled. -
Secretary Kincaid said today that he
has no disposition to delay the matter
further, and it being satisfactory to
both parties to the suit, it is under
stood, the supreme court has agreed to
issue a peremptory writ, and the secre
tary of state Will begin issuing war
rants right away.
Average Keeps Up. . s
New Orleans, Sept. 80. The yellow
fever situation here continues exasper
atingly the same. A daily average of
18 to 20 new cases and 2 deaths has
kept up. But, while theie is no sign of
an epidemical visitation, the slow prog
ress of te disease puts obstacles daily
in the way of the merchant public, who
are anxious to again resume trade with
the surrounding country. The record
today was not unlike that of many
other days, in that it showed a death
through sheer neglect of the patient.
There have been 21 cases up to date
having a fatal termination. The facts
are incontrovertible that at least one
half died through neglect or lack of
attention. Business is showing feeble
signs of revival,' and the' railroads are
putting forward superhuman efforts to
secure a modification of the quarantine
regulations. Dr. Olipbant's trip up
the road tomorrow, at the invitation of
the Southern Pacific Comranv. with a
view dngbdtefiafion'fVhe-'
existing, quarantine, will settle it
whether trade is to stagnate- for several
weeks longer or whetner it is partially
to be resumed at once.
Today two deaths were reported.
There have been a total of 177 cases
to date. A number of patients were
discharged today.
T. E. Gill, proprietor of the. Biloxi
Manufacturing - Company, died - this
morning at Biloxi. V - f t f'f 7
Scarcity of Sailors. .
San Francisco, Sept. 80. Over 30
vessels have finished loading wheat in
San Francisco this month, and the mat
ter of securing sailors for them has re-,
solved itself into a serious problem.
"What's the good of a charter to a
vessel when a captain cannot produce
sailors to man her?" was a remark
made by a disgusted British skipper
yesterday. "Many a good ship is load
ed and ready to sail, but is compelled
to swing at her anchor because the
master cannot procure men at the rul
ing rate. It will come to a split up
pretty soon, and the sailors' wages will
advance, contractor no contract."
The situation is about as follows:
Nearly all the British ships in port are
under contract to certain shipping mas
ters. These latter have agreed to sup
ply men all the year around whenever
required, and at no time are wages to
exceed $20 per month and $40 advance.
At the present tim3 the rate in Port
land and on Puget sound - is (30 a
month and $60 advance, consequently
sailors in this port will not ship at the
lower rate. At the present time the
ships Bothwell, St. Mirren, Dalgonar,
Glencaird, Kensington, Largiemore,
Leicester Castle and Matterhorn, and
the barks Cloncaird, Forfarkshire and
Iverlochy are lying in the stream
awaiting crews. Some of them are at
an . expense of $250 a day, and at that
rate will soon eat up the etxra wages
demanded by the men.
By Rail From Trail.
Trail, B. C, Sept. 80. The last
spike on the Trail-Robson branch of
the Colnmiba & Western railroad was
driven this morning in the presence of
many .spectators. Tomorrow, the first
freight train will bring coke from Rob
son, and a regular passenger service
will be inaugurated as soon as the Can
adian Pacific railroad affords proper
connections at Robsonor Nelson. " The.
road is 21 miles long, and runs up the
Columbia river from Trail to Robson,
connecting tHere with the Canadian Pa
cific branch to Nelson.
Turkish K aiders In Persia.
Teheran, Sept. 30. The inquiry
made into the fighting which took place
on the Turko-Persian frontier, in
August last, shows that the raiders
were Turkish Kurds, who crossed the
frontier with the full knowledge of the
Turkish military authorities, sacked
nine villages and massacred 300 Mus-
aulmans and Chrisitans, including
women and children. The Persian
government is demanding full satisfac
tion from the Turks for the outrages.
. A New Coastwise Record. ' -
San Francisco, Sept. 30. The re:
cord for fast return passages between
this port and Tacoma was broken today
by the steamer Washtenaw, Captain
I Gosscup. She came down, the coast in
I 76 hours, making the round trip-, in 7
, rlays 4 hours, , which includes the
time consumed in loading and unload
ing. The best previous record, 7 days
8 hours, was held - by the steamship
Mackinaw, a sister vessel. , J,; ' ,,,'
THE .ARID LUND QUEST
Considered by the National
Irrigation Congress.
A GATHERING OF ENTHUSIASTS
Delegates From Thirteen States in At
tendance Address of Chairman E.
R. Moses Its Sixth Meeting:.
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 80. Aside from
the disappointment over a slightly
smaller attendance from outside states
than was expected, the conditions for
the opening of the sixth national irri
gation congress were most auspicious.
Delegates from 13 states were present
this morning. Irrigation topics were
discussed with animation by well
known authorities.
E. R.- Moses, chairman of the nation
al executive committee, said in part: "
"The. people of the United States
must know of their country in order to
judge- intelligently of the wants and
needs of any part of it, and they must
have love of country so strong in their
hearts that they forget self, section,
birthplace and state in their great de
sire to build up America, the 'land of
the free and the home of the brave.7
When this is done there will be no
longer a flaunting of the bloody shirt
at every opportunity, and in every
spread-eagle speech no constant repeti
tion of a 'solid South,' a 'grasping
East,' a 'frigid North, and a 'wild and
woolly West. The time has come
when this nation must ever be alert in
making due and ample preparation for
the comfort and happiness of her peo
ple. "The people living in this section
are happy, while many of the 2,000,000
or more idle and homeless people in
the crowded cities of the East are look
ing for the time when these Western
lands are made available for settlement.
Philanthropists and humanitarians see
the great opportunity for solving one of
the most vital and serious questions of
the times the settling of the worthy
unemployed and homeless upon these
lands white politicians and statesmen
realize the fact, if they do not carry it
into practice, that the safety and per
petuity of this government lies in hav
ing homes for its worthy homeless citi
zens. "The time has come to the minds of
all who fully know the conditions of
the East and the West, that this coun
try can no longer remain half settled
any mcie than it could have remained
half free and half slave. Individual
and co-operative efforts have gone as
far as'they can go. Uncle Sam .pwns
this unsettled land, and it .has now
come to the parting of the ways; either
the government must open these lands
for settlement, or turn them over in fee
simple to the states and territories in
them for settlement.
"The settlement of the West means
only that the products of the soil go
East for the products of the factory.
Settlement of the surplus population
in the West relieves the East of a finan
cial burden, which gives only tempor
ary relief. The opening of the West
will not only give homes to the present
homeless, but to future thousands, in
stead of forcing them abroad, like Eng
land, France and Germany do their
homeless people for want of territory.
"If any bill is passed for the reclam
ation of arid lands it must first be
drafted by this body of the people of
the West The last irrigation congress
passed upon a bill a very good one for
a starter known as the public land
commission bill. It was introduced in
the bouse of representatives near the
close of the session and awaits resur
rection. It has some firm supporters
in both houses, and with proper efforts
on the part of this congress could be
come a law.
"More acres are under cultivation by
means of irrigation than ever before,
and perhaps more miles of irrigating
ditches have been built in the last few
years than in ' all previous years.
Through theBe annual congresses an im
petus has been given another line of in
dustry, that has worked ' night and day
to perfect pumps and machines tojdraw
water from the bowels of the earth at
such a minimum cost as to make it
profitable to irrigate in this way. The
ingenious mind bas been set to work to
conserve the storm waters that run in
torrents to the sea. Even the East and
South have been awakened to the fact
that they can ditch, drain and employ
the water at proper times and receive
their results.
"Irrigationists are satisfied that con
gress will have to adopt the plan of
preventing the overflow of large streams
by the storage of the waters near the
heads of such streams in such a man
ner as to feed the streams at times of
low water and other times to be used
in irrigation, navigation and manufac
turing industries; and in this way the
damage to life and property now caused
by overflows willJ:!"be . prevented and
large tracts MfricT lands can be re
claimed by these waters and opened for
settlement. The nation would soon
find it a paying investment if congress
would apply the appropriations annual
ly made to prevent floods, temporary
makeshifts, to the storage of the wa
ters, as well as for the use of agricul
ture and horticulture.
- "Following in the wake of irrigation
and closley allied to it is colonization.
The people of the West do not want
these lands made tillable unless they
can teem with life and are settled with
Jthe best brain and brawn of the old and
the young, the rich and the poor, who
desire homes in this sunset land of
America."
The jubilee visit of the colonial pre
miers has led to the discovery that the
Prince of Wales pronounces premier as
in French, premi-ay. . '
Epworth League Anniversary.
' Canton, 111.', Sept. 30. The Epworth
League anniversary is being held in
connection with the Methodist Episco
pal conference here. - Miss Libbie
Hamsber, of Monmouth, state superin
tendent of junior league work, reported
that there were now 6,000 chapters,
with a total membership of 350,000.
Iltinois has 600 chapters, . the largest
number of any state.
i Queen Victoria reigns over one con
tinent, 100 peninsulas, 600 promontor
ies, 1,000 lakes, 1,000 rivers and 10,
000i land.
TWO FACTIONS, FIGHT. .V
Bloody Battle' Between' Polish Miners
-at Girardsville.
Girardville, Pa., Sept. 29. At least
nine men received fatal injuries and
possibly two score " others were more or
less seriously wounded in the bloody
riot here late last night and early this
morning. The battle was the outcome
of a quarrel over the Hazel ton troubles.
Thirty-six men are known to have been
wounded, and about 50 more are being
secreted by their friends, who fear that
they will be sent to jail.
Twelve of the-- ringleaders were
brought before Justice Elias Kissinger
and 10 before Justice H. B. Johnson.
All were charged with assault with in
tent to kill, housebreaking and rioting,
and were held in heavy bail for court.
Many warrants have been issued, but
have not been served as yet.
- Dr. Charles Scblessman attended the
22 wounded, nine of whom he says will
die. Drs. William Monaghan and
James Donohue attended 14 others, and
how many the other physicians cared
for is not known. Three others have
been reported dead, but this cannot be
verified. ' - ..- . -..
Several hundred Polanders board at
William Cullacabbage's hotel, on Sec
ond street. Joseph Cavendish is pro
prietor of the hotel at the east end of
town, where several "hundred ' more
Polanders make . their . headquarters.
Bad blood has existed between them
for a long time, and the recent strike
troubles at Hazleton embittered them
still more. Last night matters came to
a crisis. . Cullacabbage, it is charged,
and bis followers, to the number of
several hundred, armed with guns, rev
olvers, knives, axes and clubs, marched
to Cavendish's hotel, where several
hundred - of their enemies were, cele
brating pay-day. The Cavendish men
ascertained that their foes were march
ing upon them, and, arming themselves
hurriedly, awaited their arrival. After
a demonstrative march, the Cullacab
bage contingent arrived, and immedi
ately stormed the saloon.' ' ?
Then a bloody battle ensued. . The
men fought like demons, the shooting
was fast and furious; axes. knive9,
clubs and other weapons were used with
deadly effect The battle lasted almost
an hour, when the Cullacabbage men
were routed, leaving their wounded men
behind. .. Everything in the house was
smashed and the floors strewn with
wounded men. The walls were bespat
tered with blood and ehreds of human
flesh. v
After the rioters had returned to their
headquarters, the Cavendish gang armed
themselves to the teeth, and marched
to their enemies' rendezovus, where a
battle, still bloodier than the first, re
sulted. The police force and the con
stables of the surrounding region were
called to the scene, but were unable to
cope with the rioting horde, who con
tinued hostilities until morning.
VERDICT NOT UNANIMOUS.
Coroner's Jury Differs Regarding Blame
for Latimer Tragedy.
Hazleton, Pa. , Sept. 29. The coro
ner's jury which investigated the death
of the strikers at Lattimer in the
deputv coroner's office, after an hour's
deliberation rendered the following ver
dict: ';'':
"That from the circumstances of the
case and the evidence offered, the said
Clement Platok, with others, came to
his death by gunshot wounds on Sep
tember 10, 1897, at the hands of Sheriff
James Martin and deputies, . and in
this, we, the jury, do all agree, and we,
Phil J. Boyle, Thomas T. Thomas,
Barton Fresh and Peter McKieman, of
this jury, do further say that the said
Clement ' Platok, with others, was
marching peacefully and unarmed on
the public highways, and they were in
tercepted by said Sheriff Martin and
his deputies, and mercilessly shot to
death, and we do further find that the
killing was unnecessary, and could have
been avoided without serious - injury to
either persons or property, and we find,
finally, that the killing was wanton
and unjustifiable; but in this, we, John
Mau and F. J. MoNeal, of this jury, do
not concur; and 'we, the jury, do fur
ther say that there was strong suspicion
of unlawful violence at the hands of
persons unknown to this jury, as to
make this inquest necessary."
A Severe Experience.
New York, Sept. 29. The four
masted . . schooner . Goorwin Stoddard
arrived in port today from Fernandina,
Fla., and reported a severe experience
during the hurricane which prevailed
off the Southern coast during the past
week. On September 18 Nils Svenson,
one of the crew, a Norweigap, fell from
the spanker masthead to the deck and
was instantly killed. On the 22d the
schooner Katie J. Ireland was sighted
flying a distress signal. She was sink
ing and had lost all her boats. The
Stoddard took off the crew of the Ire
land, consisting of Captain , Crockett
and seven men, and the Ireland sank
one hour and 40 minutes later. None
of the rescued men saved any of their
effects. -' ' ; . -. V."
London, Sept. 29 The correspon
dent of the Daily Telegraph at Vienna
says: "I learn from a reliable source
that the Vienna cabinet would imme
diately intervene in a conflict between
Spain and the United States. - The
news of the ultimatum created excite
ment in political circles, and the uni
versal opinion was that such action
would be an justifiable."
Telegraphers In" Trouble. .
Peoria, 111., Sept. 29. Walker V.
Powell, grand chief of the Order of
Railroad Telegraphers, and H Phelan,
grand secretary and treasurer, were to
day held in $600 bonds to the federal
garnd jury on a charge of violating the
alien contract labor, law, they waiving
examination. They bad promised a
place in the headquarters office to a
representative of numerous Canadian
lodges, and discharged a man to make
a vacancy for him. ; '
. Miles of Timber Destroyed by Fire.'
Rapid City, S. D., Sept. 29. A de
structive timber fire has been raging in
the Big Horn country. C. W. Green,
agent of the interior department, who
has charge of public timber, has just re
turned and reports 54 square miles in
the heaviest timber i destroyed.- - - The
estimated loss is over $500,000.1 The
fire was finally extinguished by a snow
storm. ' - --.-is-r.-j:'----'
; In every mile of railway there are
seven feet and four inches that are not
covered by the rails the place left be
ween them for expansion.
I! HI DIES PASS
Only
One Life Was Lost
' the Avalanche.
in
SEVERAL SERIOUSLY- HURT
Warm Weather and Continuous Rains
Caused Section of Glacier to Break
; Loose Thrilling: Race for Life.
Victoria, B. C., Sept. 28. The
steamer City of Seattle- arrived from
Skaguay at noon, bringing the follow
ing special to the Associated Press:
-- Finnegan's Point, on .Chilkoot trail,
Sept. 22. Sheep camp, nine miles
above here, was nearly wiped off the
face of the earth yesterday morning by
a section of a glacier breaking loose
from the main body, which came crash
ing down the canyon for 2 miles,
carrying death and destruction in its
wake. The first report ' that was
brought down last night by - men who
had braved the perils of : the flood and
precipice to get out, was that not less
than - seven were killed and dozens
maimed and hurt, as well as thousands
of dollars worth of property destroyed,
bnt later reports, . confirmed by hun
dreds of witnesses, have brought the
certain death loss down to one man
named Choynski,? of San Francisco.
Several were hurt somewhat but none
fatally. There may be other deaths,
but so far no other bodies can be found.
The loss of supplies will reach
$25,000. Many have lost their all
after toiling for weary days to get them
this far on the way, and many profes
sional packers that had been working
for weeks and months, working as men
never worked before, lost their earnings
in the twinkling of an ye.7 : ; - ,
' The warm weather and - heavy rains
of the past few days had formed a lake
on the glacier, and the wind, ' blowing
for 24 hours from the north, had finally
broken off a section, probably half an
acre in extent,w hich, with the water
behind it, started on its fatal journey.
: Persons who were camped at Stone
house say it looked like a volcano turn
ed loose over 100 feet in height and 25
feet : in - width. ' When it -started it
made a noise as if 1,000 cannons had
been fired, and the startled inmates oi
the tents sprang to their feet in all
stages of undress and rushed outside to
see what was the matter. One glance
up the canyon was enough. Some
rushed into their tents to . gather the
most valuable things they could lay
their! hands on, while others took to the
foothills.
? From Skaguay the City of Seattle
brought 210 persons, 192 men and 18
women, who were unable to cross White
pass and who preferred a return to civ
ilization to risking death : by exposure
at Skagnay. . T. P. McCauley, a fonn
"er member of the state legislature from
Tama7ar&lntra
Bengers. He wag nortn six weeks and
says during that time there were only
two days in which either rain or. snow
did not fall. Many persons who started
over from Skaguay are too poor to return
without sacrificing their all and have
camped for the winter on the trails :'n
many cases occupying the same tents
with their horses.
-- From now on the rush from Alaska
back to the Sound will be greater than
was the rush to Alaska- after -the first
trip of the Portland.
- The City of Seattle brought the news
of a murder and suicide at Skaguay.
George Buchanan foreman of the Skag
uay Bay Improvement Company, shot
and killed Mrs. Stella Kossuth, the pro
prietor of a lodging bouse and restaur
ant and then killed ' himself. He was
madly jealous of her. On the night of
the 21st he called her to his room and
as she was running from him shot her
in the back of . the head. She died in
12 minutes. He turned the revolver
on himself, and the bullet went crash
ing through his temple, killing him in
stantly. Buchanan was about 24 years
of age. Mrs. Kossuth Was a widow,
about 28 years of age.. Her mother,
Mrs. Crawford, formerly kept the Con
tinental hotel, at Skaguay.
i Purser Thorndyke says there are over
1,000 men all in all on the trails, who,
if they could get to the coast, would do
so. There were others among the pas
sengers who lost their outfits at Sheep
Camp, and still others who had theirs
destroyed by the incessant .rain that
had been falling. Some few sold their
outfits, but those who could not find
buyers left their outfits along the trails
to be ruined.
Those who came down predict that a
still larger contingent will come down
by' the steamers following . them, ' as
winter is beginning in earnest. Ice is
forming on the river and on the lakes,
and if those at Lakes Lindeman and
Bennett do not soon start down they
will be also too late to do so this year.
On the summit snow is nearly six feet
deep, and at last reports snow was still
falling heavily there. - "
With some of those at Skaguay, the
state of affairs seems to find favor,': for
there are some of the miners who will
make an attempt to get in with sleds
and dog trains when the lakes are
frozen. No one has. gone in of late,
and, in fact, very few have attempted
to do so, for the trail is in such bad
condition that it is absurd to think of
doing so. . ;'
The report comes from- Dyea that a
large number of boats were swamped
while running White Horse rapids and
in Miles canyon, - and that four men
were drowned. Nobody seems to know
the names of the men, but a packer
named Reynolds stated that it was a
fact that four men had lost their lives.
A Greenwood (Me.) farmer found &
sheep , and a lamb in his pasture the
other day with their noses so full of
porcupine quills that they were unable
to graze. A -;: : . . ' -.'-;
Killed His Mother, Then Himself.
"Manistee, Mich., Sept. '28. Victor
Anderson, of . Whitedale, committed
suicide after murdering, his mother by
firing four shots into her heart. It
was premeditated murder, as evidenced
by a letter left by Anderson, in which
he says life became a burden to him,
and with his mother he- would leave
this world. - Anderson was a farmer at
Whitedale. ..;;' .'
A Scotch collie ' has' jumped from a
church tower in Norfolk,. Encland. 80
feet to the ground unharmed, save for
(baking up. It was the rector's dog.
TERRIBLE SUFFERING.
experiences of a Tonne American and
His Sister.
New York, Sept. 29. The Journal
and Advertiser says: Three years ago
Miss Eloise Brunett was the belle of
Cienfuegos, - Cuba. She was rich.
Now she lies : upon a cot - in a 10x10
room in a small house on the ontskirts
of Philadelphia, her body burning with
fever.'her mind racked by terror of the
Spaniards, her memory full of the hor
rors of an experience abounding in star
vation, suffering and peril.
In a similar condition, aggravated by
wounds, is - Dr. Arid re Brunett, who
served as a major in the Cuban army.
The father of these refugees was an
American, who owned a large estate at
Cienfuegos. He died in 1893, and his
son, Dr. Brunett, went to Cuba to set
tle up the estate. . The Spanish admin
istration of such affairs made this a
long and difficult. task. In September,
1895, General Bego raised the Cuban
standard in the Cienfuegos district, and
the g Cuban-American was one of
the first-to join him
It was impossible for his sister to re
main on the plantation, and she there
fore went into the Cuban service as a
nurse. For 20 months she shared the
hardships of the patriots. She re
mained bravely in the Cuban arniy,
caring for the sick and wounded, help
ing to cook the scant provisions and
proving herself a heroine on many oc
casions. : After two months of this life they
both contracted malarial fever, and
were so ill that they had to leave the
insurgent army and seek shelter, and
they found neither and were compelled
to take refuge in a cave, where they
lived for 23 weeks, having no food but
green pumpkins, sweet potatoes and
water from a stagnant pool. Both suf
fered terribly from fever, a nd were
often delirious. Finally the brother
managed to climb the hill and attract
the attention of a Spanish planter, who
took them to Sierra, whence they were
taken by boat to Cienfuegos.
When they landed at the wharf Miss
Burnett had no shoes, and her dress,
which she had worn for three months,
was in shreds. They were almost un
able to walk, and were dragged along
by the Spanish soldiers, who struck
and cursed them. ' The Spanish eom-
'mander examined them separately to
find excuse to put them to death, but
failing in that, he permitted them to
go to their sisters, who lived a mile
away, on condition that they report in
person every three or four days. This,
in their condition, entailed the most in
tense sneffring, but the order was piti
lessly enforced.
Dr. Brunett appealed to the Ameri
can consul, Owen McGarr, for aid, but
It was refused. Then followed a long
correspondence with the state depart
ment at Washington, and in the end the
consul was ordered to help them. They
received passports on August 13, and
.sailed September 7. ' ; Their passage
was paid; ..all the way. to New York m-
Y Dr., Brunett and his sister have filed
a claim at Washington against the
Spanish government for destruction ot
their property. . '
' STRUCK A SAND DRIFT-
A Fatal
Accident on the
O. K. N.
Railway. . '".
! The Dalles, Or., Sept. 29. An acci
dent occurred on the O. R. & N. road
at 12:30 o'clock last ' night which re
sulted in the killing of the engineer,
Charles Johnson, and the probable fatal
injury of the fireman Hockman. '
Train No. 22, an east bound freight,
pulled out of The Dalles last night on
time. For some days severe windsH
have prevailed along the road, resulting
in sand drifts on the track. Between
The Dalles and John Day river No. 22
had lost considerable time, and when
the accident occurred Johnson was
speeding his engine along in an effort
to make up his schedule.
' The night was dark, and when a
quarter of a mile east of John Day
station the engine ran into the drift. ..
The locomotive left the track, turn
ing on its side as it plunged down the
embankment, carrying with it the ten
der and two freight cars.
Neither Engineer Johnson nor Fire
man Hockman had time to jump. Both
went down with the wreck. Johnson's
life was crushed out in an instant, he
being fairly buried beneath the engine.
Hockman, the fireman, was pinned
down by the locomotive, and, with
both legs broken, the unfortunate man
received the vent of the escaping steam.
A wrecking train was sent out and
Engineer Johnson's body was recovered
and conveyed to his home in this city.
Fireman Hockman was .sent by spe
cial train to St. Vincent's hospital,
Portland. Dr. Mackenzie, -, the com
pany's surgeon, is with the injured
man, and an effort will be made to save
the poor fellow's life.
Only two cars, according to railroad
authorities, left the track, in addition
to the engine and tender. The wreck
was cleared at noon today and the track
opened for traffic.
Making Loans to Farmem.
Victoria, 'Australia, has inaugurated
an official loan office. Small loans up
to a maximum of $3,000 are to be
granted to farmers and others to enable
them to improve their holdings. The
loans will bear interest.at 5 percent.
The money will be provided from the
savings banks.'
Death Rather Than Separation.
Shamokin, Pa., Sept. 29. The bod
ies of Arthur W. May, aged 24 years,
and Miss Cora Eastman, aged 18, both
of Shamokin, were found in the black
smith shop of Joseph Sminkthis morn
ing. . May had shot his sweetheart and
then blew out his own brains. The
couple had been lovers for a long time,
and last week they arraged to go away
and be quietly married. Being opposed
by the parents of the girl, they evident
ly decided to die together.
Fear of Lynching Drove Him Mad.
.Columbus, :' Kan., . Sept. 29. Ed.
Staffieback, one of the notorious family
of murderers in . jail here, has gone
stark mad through fear of lynching at
the hands of a mob. Staffieback is con
victed of murder in the first degree for
the killing of Frank Galbraith, one oi
the several persons supposed to have
been murdered in the den of the Staffte
backs, at Galena, this county.
" Connecticutpapers say that the oldest
man in the state is Mannel Oliver Levy,
of Stonington, who was born in Portugal
104 years ago.
TO END THE CUBAN WAR
Negotiations Opened Between
Washington and Madrid.
NO ULTIMATUM WAS SENT
The Present Negotiations Have for
Their Object a Peaceable Solution
of the Cnban Question.
Madrid, Sept 27. The Correspon
dencia de Espana asserts that negotia
tions are proceeding between the
United States and Spain for a friendly
settlement of affairs in Cuba.
EI Epoca, after denouncing as "sen
sational" the story of an ultimatum,
points out that the Cubans have not
been at war with Spain without the
moral and material co-operation of the
American people.
There is a great deal of comment as
to the origin of the ultimatum canard.
It has been attributed to a foreign ambassador,-
but all the ambassadors deny
responsibility for it. The people do
not think that war is inevitable.
It is asserted that the liberals will
soon form a cabinet, and that on the
return of the queen from San Sebastian
to Madrid Captain-General Weylerwill
be recalled from Cuba and autonomy
established in the island, thus leaving
no pretext for the intervention of the
United States.
Would Europe Sustain Vs.
Washington, Sept. 27. State depart
ment officials, refuse to discuss the
statement made in the cable disptach
from Madrid, namely, that the coun
tries of Europe, with the exception of
Austria, justify the interposition of the
United States in favor of a termination
of the Cuban war. Still, it is recalled
that while Mr. Woodford was tarrying
in an apparently purposeless manner in
London and Paris, instead of proceed
ing to his post in Spain, it leaked out
that the United- States ministers at
various European . courts had been in
structed to sound the governments to
which they were accredited, with a
view to learning how intervention in
favor of Cuba would be regarded.
Although it was generally supposed
at the time that this effort would not
succeed, there is now good reason to ac
cept the statement in the Madrid cable
as fully warranted by the facts.
No Ultimatum Was Served. .
New York, Sept. 27. A special to
the Herald from London says: In
reference to the sensational telegrams
from Madrid about ' the alleged ulti
matum and inevitability of war between
the United States and Spain, the
Herald correspondent had a conversa
tion with a distinguished American
diplomat, who, though not personally
concerned in the American-Sp. nish ne-
jii1iti".inA;,i4
exact state of affairs, but who, for ob
vious reasons would not allow his name
to be mentioned. ; He said:
"I cannot, of course, pledge in ad
vance the government of the United
States, but so far as the present is con
cerned such a step is not in contempla
tion. The United States has probably
intimated through Mr. Woodford that
the present state of affairs is most de
plorableand that if we could be of any
assistance in bringing this condition
of things to an end we should be glad
to offer our services, But you may say
absolutely that no ultimatum bas been
sent to Spain by the United States."
Denied by Tetnan.
Madrid, Sept. 27. The Duke of Te
tuan, the Spanish minister of foreign
affairs, in the course of an interview to
day wjth the correspondent of the As
sociated Press, denies that the govern
ment had received an ultimatum from
the United States in regard to Cuba,
and said he had received a cablegram
from Senor de Lome, the Spanish min
ister to the United States, to the same
effect, and denying the existence of an
ultimatum.
Election In Cuba.
. Havana,. Sept. 27. According to ad
vices from Puerto Principe, Senor Bar
tomoloe Masso has been elected vice
president of the Cuban republic, Gen
eraUGomez minister of war, and Cal
ixto Garcia major-general, General
Gomez remaining commander in-chief
of the army of liberation.
Armed insurgents continue to sur
render, among them Captain Ojeda
and 10 men in Havana province, and
the local leader, Bias Varela, in the
province of Pinar del Rio, who surren
dered with nine others.
Three days ago the insurgents dyna
mited a pilot train between Punta
Brava and Las Mangas, Pinar del Rio.
The engineer, Pedro M Hones, son of
the well-known poet, was seriously
wounded.
The beef famine increases. There
is no meat in Havana today, and the
importation of American refrigerated
beef is urged.
It was officially announced today
that two1 insurgent officers and 21
armed insurgent cavalrymen, who be
longed to the insurgent force under
Trellez, surrendered yesterday to Span
ish authorities at Yagurmas, province
of Santa Clara. Trellez, it is added,
was killed the previous night by three
of his followers.
Ammunition Wagon Exploded.
" London, Sept 27. A dispatch from
Bucharest says that while a battery of
artillery was passing through the town
of Pilisti, Roumania, 65 miles north
west of Bucharest, an ammunition
wagon exploded. , Four men were
blown to pieces and 1 1 injured so seri
ously that they have since died. Eight
horses were killed. r
Warshaw, Ind., Sept, 27. Fred
Hessel, a wealthyjcitizen, was fatally
in jured by an angry bull.
Whisky on the Willamette.
Port Townsend, Sept. 27. Four
hft'urs were spent here this morning by
customs officers in searching the steam
ship Willamette previous to her de
parture for Alaska. - The search was re
warded by the discovery of 100 cases of
whisky, which were seized. The
steamer carried a full cargo of freight
and 110 passengers.
A Decatur, Ind., Sept. 27. William
Darweohter, a young' man employed at
the stone orusher of Calvin Miller ft
Co., fell into the ' crusher ' and was
crushed to pieces, .
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Downing, Hopkins A Company's Reriewi
. of Trade.
.A low range of values for wheat has
been established during the week as the
result of diminished speculation, in
creased receipts and accumulating
stocks, the market closing weak under
these- conditions, with still lower ten
dency. Clearances continue large.
Export sales have been only moderate,
and there seems to be a pause in the
European demand. The diminished
volume of speculation is probably the
weakest feature in the market at -present,
as the trade generally have accept
ed as a fact that Europe wants all the
surplus food products that we have to
spare. The presence of a so-called
"bull clique" has been largely respon
sible for the decreased trade and done
much to check the advance. The in
creasing stocks would not prove suffi
cient to depress values, but in conjunc
tion with the lessened export demand
and absence, of speculation the current
of the market has been turned and un
til conditions are changed a lower range
of values is to be expected temporarily.
Corn values have suffered a severe
decline, due in part to local speculative
conditions. The salient points of
weakness in the market, however, have
been the large receipts, enormous stocks
and the insufficiency of - the cash de
mand. The forward movement is now
falling off. Farmers have practically
ceased selling. The cash demand is
also improving and a stronger market is
probable next week. Crop prospects
are unfavorable.' Serious damage has
occurred since the last government re
port was compiled, and the next report
will show a very large decrease in the
estimated yield. Present values are
below the average for years past and in
vite speculative buying: The shortage
in the world's wheat crop wonld in it
self warrant better values for corn, but
in connection with the serious shortage
in the potato crop, etstimated at
1,000,000,000 bushels, it is apparent
that corn will be in greater export de
mand than ever before. We regard
present weakness as but temporary, and
certain to be followed by much higher
values.
Portland Markets.
Wheat Walla Walla, 79c; - Val
ley and Bluestem, 8182c per bushel.
Flour Best grades, $4.40; graham,
$3.70; superfine, $2.50 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 37 88c; choice
gray, 36c per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $1920; brew
ing, $1920 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $14 per ton;
middlings, $21; shorts, $15.50.
Hay Timothy, $1212.50; clover,'
$1011; California wheat, $10
do oat, $11; Oregon wild hay, $9
10 per ton.
Eggs 16 17, per dozen.
Butter Fancy creamery, 4550o;
fair to good, 35 40c; dairy, 80 85c
per roll. .
Cheese Oregon, 11 o; Young
"America? IS&c; ; Calif ornk ?'fid? per
pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00
3.50 per dozen; broilers, $2. 00 2. 75;
geese, $6 7; ducks, $4 4. 50 per
dozen; turkeys, live, 9 10c per
pound. -
Potatoes. Oiegon Burbanks. 40
45c per sack; new potatoes, 50o per
sack; sweets, $1.40 per cental.
Onions California, new, red, $1.25;
yellow, 80o per cental.
Hops 1315o per pound for new
crop; 1896 crop, 6 7c
Wool Valley, 1415c per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 10 12c; mohair, 20c
per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 22c; dressed mutton,
5c; spring lambs, 5 per pound.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4.50;
light and feeders, $3 4; dressed, $5
5.50 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, $2. 75 8;
cows $2.25; dressed beef, 4 5c per
pound.
Veal Large, 4J5c; small, SQBo
per pound.
Seattle Markets.
Butter Fancy native creamery,
brick, 23 24c; ranch, 14 16c.
Cheese Native Washington, 10
11c; California, 9&
Eggs Fresh ranch, 2021o.
Poultry Chickens, live, per pound,
hens, 10c; spring chickens, $2.50
3; ducks, $3. 50 3. 75.
Wheat Feed wheat, $30 per ton.
Oats Choice, per ton, $22 23.
Corn Whole, $24; cracked, per ton,
$23; feed meal, $22 per ton.
Barley Boiled or ground, per ton, '
$22; whole, $22.
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef,
steers, 6c; cows, bc mutton sheep,
55c; pork, 7c; veal, small, 6.
Fresh Fish Halibut, 6 7c; salmon,
3 )5e; salmon trout, 710c;flounders
and sole, 8 4; ling cod, 4 5; rock
cod, 5c; smelt, 2a'4c
San Francisco Markets.
Wool Choice foothill, 8 12c; San
Joaquin, 6 months' 7 9c; do year's
staple, 79c; mountain, 10llc; Ore
gon, 11 14c per pound.
Hops 10 13o per pound.
Millstuffs Middlings, $19.5020;
California bran, $13.5014.50 per ton.
Onions New red, 70 80c; do new
silverskin, 85c$l per oental.
Potatoes New, in boxes, 85 85c.
Butter Fancy creamery, 27 28c; do
seconds, 25 26c; fancy dairy, 23 24c;
good to choice, 20 22c per pound.
Eggs Store, 1825c; ranch, 80
32c; Eastern, 20 25; duck, 20o per
dozen.
Citrus fruit Oranges,' Valencias,
$1.503; Mexican limes, $5; Cali
fornia lemons, fancy, $3; do common,
$1.502.50 per box.
Fresh fruit Apples, 60 65c per
large box; apricots, 20 40c; Fontain
bleau grapes, 1525c; muscats, 20
85c; black, 20 30c; tokay, 20 30c;
peaches, 85 50c; Dears, 85c$l per
box; plums, 20 40c; crab apples, 20
85c.
Hay Wheat,$12 15; wheat and oat,
$11 14; oat, $1012; river barley,
$78; best barley, $1012; alfalfa,
$810 clover, $8 10.
. Convicts Cry for Pie.
Massachusetts convicts -are getting
fastidious. Not content with Boston
baked beans for breakfast every day
they have just sent in a petition for
custard pie every Sunday.
The loftiest inhabited place in the
world is the Buddhist monastery of
Hahne, in Thibet. It .-is 17,000 feet
above the i