The Corvallis gazette., December 17, 1897, Image 1

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VOL. XXXIV.
CORVALLIS, BEKTOK COTJlfTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1897.
NO. 40.
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CURRENT EVENTS OF THE DfiY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
in Interesting Collection of Items From
the New and the Old World In a
Condensed and Comprehensive Form
'' Wheat fell over 7 cents per bushel in
Chicago Monday.
Senator White of California has in
troduced a bill in congress to strengthen
the eight-hour law as applicable to gov
ernment work.
The controller of the currency has de
clared a dividend of 10 per cent in favor
of depositors of the Moscow National
bank, Moscow, Idaho.
Judge Sanborn in the court of ap
peals at St. Louis has granted a post
ponement of the proposed sale of the
Kansas Pacific for 60 days.
One of the interesting items in the
agricultural appropriation bill is pro
vision for $ 10,000 for an agricultural
experiment station in Alaska.
Brigadier-General Otis, stationed at
Denver, has received a telegram from
Fort Duchesne stating that all the Ute
Indians have returned to their reserva
tion, i
A dispatch from Havana states that
Gomez is being hard pushed by a
Spanish column under command of
General Pando, in the province of
Puerto Principe.
George C. Green, a carpenter of Mo
desto, Cal., fatally shot his wife and
wounded his daughter, Mrs. W. E.
Liedman with a revolver. He then
turned the revolver upon himself, but
only inflicted a scalp wound.
The agricultural department issues
the following: A special wheat in
vestigation instituted by the depart
ment of agriculture indicates a crop of
630,000.000 bushels. These figures are
subject to slight modification in the
final report.
The legislative, executive and" judi
cial appropriation bill, as reported to
the house by the committee on appro
priations, carries a total of $21,502,425,
being $780,861 less than the former
bill. The number of salaries provided
for is 10,000, being 193 less than the
number provided for in the current
law.
Hans Frohmah "cnrled" a pair of
eight-pound dumb-bells 14,000 times
in an hour and 45 minutes in a New
York gymnasium. When he had fin
ished his 12,000 curl in one hour and
20 minutes, it. was proposed that Froh
man stop, but he insisted on continu
ing, and executed the 14,000th curl in
the time stated.
It is announced St. Louis will --soon
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,hu,-agosfis win famish nhe'TrieBary j
apual. xne noteiisvto oe tnenrajijiibtting the killing of fur seals in the
modern structure of the kind west of
the Mississippi. The company hopes
to close all contracts and commence
construction next season. :
The United States supreme court has
rendered a decision in the case of
Thomas Brain, under sentence of death
in Massachusetts for murder committed
at sea. He was accused of murdering
the captain, mate and captain's wife
of a vessel bound' for South America.
The opinion reversed the decision of
the court below on the ground that
Bram's testimony should not have been
admitted.
A vessel has sailed from Portsmouth,
N. H., for the Klondike.
The National Guard asks for
propriation of $2,000,000.
an ap-
There is a possibility of a rate war
between Western railroads.
A party has left San Francisco to
survey a new route to the Klondike.
At Salinas, Cal., two burglars clever
ly jailed the jailer and a deputy
sheriff.
A tremendous rich gold strike is re
ported on Dog creek, a tributary of the
Yukon. .
The son of a New York millionaire
flied in the county hospital in San
Francisco.
The Georgia senate wants to send
state convicts to Cuba to light for the
insurgents.
Senator Perkins has - introduced a
joint resolution authorizing the presi
dent to appoint a committee to draft a
code (f laws for the territory of Alaska.
The man who helped hang Frank
Butler, the "murderer of the moun
tains," in Australia, was arrested in
San Francisco, accused of larceny of a
coat.
One of the most horrible lynchings
ever known in Nevada has occurred at
Genoa, 14 miles from Carson. Aram
Uber, who last week shot and killed
Hans Anderson in a Millerville saloon,
was taken by a mob of masked men and
hanged to a cottonwood tree half a
mile from the jail. When taken from
his cell, the victim had nothing on nut
a shirt. This was .torn off by the
lynchers, and the nude body was left
dangling in the air for six hours. As
the body was being pulled up the mob
riddled it with bullets. When, satis
fied that the man was dead the vigil
antes dispersed and returned to their
homes.
The insurgents have literally wiped
out the Spanish town of puisa of 800
inhabitants.
Senator McBride of Oregon, has in
troduced a bill in the senate to aid in
the construction of an aerial tramway
and railway line from Dyea to Lake
Bennett.
Three thoausand horses, worth $300,
000, lie beneath the snow on the White
pass trail. Six hundred campers rep
resent an investment of $500,000 for
outfits and provisions.
It is said that more than one-third
of the senate opposes Hawaiian annex
ation. - An attempt will be made to
annex by.legislation.
The nresident has transmitted to
congress the report of Major Moses P.
Handy, special commissioner to the
Paris international exposition, giving '
(details of his mission. In his letter oi (
transmittal the Dresident savs: "The
xeport gives a clear and comprehensive J
presentation of the situation. The
commifjsoner recommends that an'ap-j
propriation of $919,600 be granted, so
that .a creditable, display in behalf of
the United Statss may be made." '
STAMPEDE FAIRLY ON.
Fear-Mad Men Rush From Dawson sni
Fam'as.
Victoria, Dec. 15. By. the steamer
Topeka, from Dyea, news is received
that more than 1,000 ill-provisioned
men stampeded from Dawson during
the latter part of October, and impelled
by. the haunting fear of famine are now
madly forcing their way over the moun
tains. Auk, the Indian mailcarrier who
brings this report, left the Yukon cap
ital fully 10 days after the Dalton
party. He says the vanguard of the
terror-stricken army is following less
than a week behind him. Auk de
clares that fully 25 per cent of the
stampeding army will never live to re
cite the terrors of their flight from the
North.
Dyea parties headed . by George F.
Dlmer hope to go to the relief of the
hungry men at Dawson. They will
make the United States government an
offer to deliver 50,000 pounds of pro
visions within 50 days after starting
for Dawson for the sum of $75,000.
They already have 50,000 pounds of
provisions cached at Lake Bennett,
which they will take into Dawson this
winter. Ulmer will go south by the
next steamer to lay his proposition be
fore the secretary of war by wire.
It is stated that material for the pro
posed railroad over Taku pass has been
shipped from the East.
The steamers Bella and Weare, it
now appears, did not land more than
100 tons of provisions on their arrival
in Dawson in the. early part of Octo
ber, owing to their having been held
up at Circle City. .-.
The only bright view of the present
situation is that the trails crossing the
passes above Dyea and Skagway have
lately been greatly improved and with
in a month will be in excellent condi
tion. .
A Steamer for Alaska.
Tacoma, Wash., Dec. 15. Already
the rush to Alaska has set in, the
City of Seattle having left Tacoma
this morning for Skagway. Her pas
sengers from the Sound will reach the
hundred mark. Several women were
on board. She carried a full cargo of
fieight.
A LIGHT DAY'S WORK.
Nothing of Importance Accomplished in
the House or Senate.
Washington, Dec. 15. Mr. Lodge,
of Massachusetts, made an effort in the
senate today to secure an immediate
vote upon his immigration bill, which
is substantially the same measure that
was passed by the 54th congress and
vetoed by President Cleveland. Mr.
Allen, of Nebraska, objected to an im
mediate vote, and suggested 'that the
final vote on the; amendments' and the
bill be taken onj that dajf, January 17,
at 8 P. M. Thi8.:suggesti6n was accept
ed by Mr. Lodge.' and tie order lor a
vote at that time was rofade.
;.D:-fef . xhaixc-ttn" ftlf po'VieiiUoo on
foreisfo relations) called jup the bill pro-
North Pacific ocjan, button suggestion
of : Pettigrew, who desired "L to offer
amendments, it went over until tomor
row. The bill granting settlers the right
to make second homestead entries of
160 acres was passed.
Butler spoke at some length on his
postal savings bank bill. Such a sys
tem would, in his opinion, insure
greater comfort in the homes of the
plain people of the land, as a great ma
jority of them would certainly become
depositors in such banks. This would
cultivate among them thrift and econ
omy, and enable them to provide for
themselves in illness and old age.
In the House.
Hie blind chaplain of the house in
his invocation today referred eloquent
ly and feelingly to the death of the
president's mother. Cannon, chairman
of the committee on appropriations,
secured unanimous consent for the pas
sage of the urgent deficiency bill, which
he explained carried but three items
$5,000 for the construction of a build
ing at the naval academy, $30,000 for
payment of temporary employes of the
house and senate, and $150,000 for the
payment of mileage of senators and
representatives.
The rest of the session was taken rip
by a personal debate between Hepburn
and Norton, which ended by a vote
sustaining Hepburn, and the house then
adjourned.
Her Aim Was Good.
Sacramento, Dec. 15. At an early
hour Sunday morning a burglar entered
the. residence of Sergeant of Police Mc
Manus and proceeded to ransack the
parlor. Mrs. McManus heard the bur
glar at his work.but decided not to wake
her husband. She picked up a re
volver from a table by the bed and
awaited developments. In a few mo
ments the burglar reached the swinging
doors leading from the parlor into the
room adjoining the bedroom, and when
he opened the doors, she opened fire.
He made his escape, but the trail of
blood left showed that her aim was
good.
Oklahoma Bank Failure.
EI Reno, O. T., Dec. 15. The Stock
Exchange bank closed its doors this
morning, and J. M. Cannon has been
appointed receiver. The liabilities are
stated to be $50,000, and the assets are
claimed to be worth $70,000.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 15. The No
vosti says that in the absence of pro
tests from the other powers, Germany's
evident determination to remain at
Kiao-Chou indicates that the partition
of China has actually begun, and will
proceed quickly. Another newspaper
expresses the belief that the United
States, among other powers, may ob
ject to the permanent occupation of
Kiao-Chou by Germany. Russian
officials, however, appear indifferent to
the step taken by Germany.
Lightship Launched.
Portland, Or., Deo. 14. Lightship
No. 70 was successfully launched from
the ways at Wolff' & -Zwicker's yard,
at 11:30 yesterday morning, and is now
moored at the contractors' wharf wait
ing to receive her boiler, masts and
spars. Three thousand people, stand
ing on the East Water-street elevated
roadway, the roofs of surrounding
buildings and the Madison and Morrison-street
- bridges saw her enter the
water. Not an accident nor a hitch
marred the event.
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Was
Discovered North
Her Station.
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RESCUED BY THE MANZANITA
rhe Captain Did Not Know He Had
Lost His Anchorage Came Near Go
ing Onto Clatsop Spit.
Astoria, Or., Dec. 14. The Colum
bia river lightship, for the second time
in three weeks, was towed into the har
bor this evening, this time by the
light-house tender Manzanita, Captain
Gregory. She had a very narrow es
cape from wrecking on North beach
last night, and both vessels nearly
went on Clatsop spit this afternoon.
After the Manzanita made her sec
ond trip to the mouth of the river this
morning, the following dispatch was
received:
"Fort Canby, Dec. 14. At midnight
one of the Canby lifesaving crew went
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miles north of her proper position and
drifting inshore. At 1 o'clock this
morning, the ships' lights went out,
showing that the crew realized their
danger and had probably got up steam
and started their propeller. They are
probably safe. '
The tug relief also went down early,
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is morning and, with -the Manzanita, i
this
beat about until davlight. It was 11
o'clock before they could pass out; the j
Relief got out first. The lightship was
then 10 miles north of her station and j
four miles off the cape. She was under !
steam and slowly making her way to !
the harbor. The Manzanita passed
her a hawser and took her in tow.
At 1 o'clock, while coming in, the
hawser snapped, throwing the Manza
) ita into the trough of a nasty sea. AH
hands feared the worst. The parted
hawser got tangled up in the wheel of
the lightship, rendering her helpless.
For a few minutes, it seemed that both
vessels must be thrown onto Clatsop
Epit, near the jetty. By tremendojs
exertion and heroic work on the part of
the crew of both vessels the hawser of
the lightship was passed to the Manza
nita and the dangerous voyage -again
commenced. Slowly they made their
way into the lower harbor, when again
the hawser broke, near Fort Stevens.
Once more a tow line was patched up,
and at 5:45, the lightship dropped one
of her small anchors abreast Smith's
point, where she now lies in safety.
The captain of the lightship stated
that he did not get adrift until mid
night, Saturday. The Cape lookout
reported him adrift at 4 o'clock in the
afternoon and at midnight, 10 to 12
miles north of his station. The light
ship lost 135 fathoms of chain and
mushroom anchor. ; She will be reflt-
)ted- foiiiornrw. 1 . -
: The six vessels jwhich were in the
offing last night put to sea when the
lightship's lamps were put out, and
none of them could be seen this morn
ing. -.
Sometime last night, the ' second
mate, two sailors and . an apprentice
boy on the British bark Ochtertvre de
serted. They stole one of the ship's
small boats and made theii escape.
Early this morning the sheriff was no
tified and started up Young's bay in
search of the deserters. The boat was
discovered by another party, on the
Dwyer, and put into Hungry harbor,
on the Washington shore, when the
men saw they were pursued. When
the pursuing steamer reached the shore,
the boat was found with a hole in her
bottom and brought back. The sheriff
will go for the men at 5 o'clock to
morrow morning. The men took to
the woods.
Collision in San Francisco Bay.
San Francisco, Dec 14. A ferry
boat came in collision with the barken
tine Bay City at 8:25 this morning.
There was a heavy fog and- strong tide
at the. time. The ferry-boat missed
her slip and went in toward Mission
street dock. Her bow merely scraped
the stern of the barkentine, but her
guard struck it heavily on the star
board quarter, tearing the timbers and
opening all the seams above the water
line. The barkentine was to have
sailed tomorrow for. Honolulu with a
general cargo, but it will take -considerable
time to repair the damage.
Mar Lynch a White Man.
Albuquerque, Dec. 14. A serious
affray occurred at Seiigman, Ariz.,
wherein Charles Carter was killed by
Bill Fott. The latter claims that he
was authorized by ,a constable to arrest
Carter, and when the latter resisted, he
shot him dead. Carter, was very popu
lar, and had a number of friends, who
are threatening to lynch Fott. Trouble
is almost hourly expeoted, and : the
sheriff of Yavapai county has collected
a large posse to protect the body of
Fott from violence at all hazards.
Murdered His Aged Father.
Cleveland, Dec. 14. Patrick
Kenna, an ' aged man, and . his
Me
son, John, aged 86, while at the
table this evening, quarreled
supper
The
father threw a knife at the son, and
the latter struck the old man with a
chair, inflicting injuries which caused'
death in a few minutes. The man was
arrested. . .
Collision in a Tunnel.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Dec. 14. A heavy
freight train crashed into a train of
empty coal cars, in the Vossburg tun
nel of the Lehigh Valley railroad, this
morning, blocking the tunnel com
) tely. The wreck took fire, . and
I-
I'urned furiously all day. Engineer I
John Thomas and his fireman, J. D.
Egan, were terribly hurt. The other
trainmen escaped injury, but they had
the greatest difficulty in making their j
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escape from
the tunnel,, crawling for
800 feet
Caught in the Act.
Baltimore, Md., Dec. 13. The resi
dence of Isaac E. Emerson, president
of the Emerson Drug Company, and
commander of the Maryland Reserves,
was robbed last night, and diamonds
valued at nearly $10,000 were stolen.
After a desperate struggle the thief was
captured as he was leaving the house.
Fatal Duel With Swords,
Bucharest, Dec. 14. A duel with
swords has been fought between M.
Lahrvary, director of the Independence
Boumaine, and M. Felipeisoo, director
of La Epooa. M. Lahrvary was killed
MRS. M'KINLEY DEAD.
, The President and Other Members of
the Family at the Deathbed. I
1 Canton. O.. Dec. 14. Mrs. Nancv
Allison McKinley passed from this life
at a lew in mines past a hub luurumg,
with all her children and other imme
diate relatives at her bedside. She did
not suffer any in her last hours, bnt
gradually passed from the deep, palsied
sleep, in which she had rested almost
constantly for the past 10 days, into
the sleep of death.
No word could be secured from the
honse for some hours before dissolu
tion. At 2:35 an undertaker was sum
moned and the first publicity was given
of the death.
The end was almost beautiful in its
peacefulness.
She seemed to sleep so
.
eoundlythat.it was difficult to tell
whether she had yet breathed her last.
This condition continued for half an
hour. The president and all of the
family were by her side.'
There was no recognition, however.
Her last "consciousness was hours before
her final taking away.
The tenth day of Mrs.
McKinlev's
illness was marked by a number of
material changes such as improved the
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condition of the patient,
and as dark
ness approached it was felt by those
I around her that Bhe had finished the
I last day of her life's journey. She was
resting comparatively easy at that
j time, bnt was a great deal weaker. At
the dawn of day it was felt that the
' end was at hand, for about that time
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spells common to the illness, ana lor a
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that it was thought no rally was possi
ble; but the rally came, and with it a
small amount of liquid nourishment,:
the first she had taken since Monday;
This was followed by such peaceful re
pose as to revive the hope, which was
realized, that she would live through
the day.
In the afternoon another period of
anxiety was experienced by the watch-
I ers. Another sinking spell came, and
for a time it seemed as though it woftld
be the last. After that, she continued
weak and low.
The doctor called at 5:30 o'clock and
reported that he found a material
change for the worse, such as he. regard
ed as certain to bring about final disso
lution during the night. He had not
even a faint hope that she could live
until morning. -
AN IMPROMPTU COURT.
Trying to Fix the Responsibity
for the
Smith Murders.
Hazelhurst, Miss., Dec. 14. In an
open field, without a house in sight, on
! a high hillside, witn a crowd ot eager
men waiting to avenge the terrible
murder that has taken place in Law
rence county, in case a conviction was
reached by the impromptu court, the'
scene lighted by . flaring pine-knot
torches held aloft in the hands of th
waiting -aobriir three fnegtoesV Giiest
Berry, Will Powell and Tom Wallen,
were standing trial for their life last
night at Bankstone Ferry.
The negroes were arrested with
Lewis, who was lynched Friday, at the
place of the original crime, but were
released on their promising to appear
next morning as witnesses. , They did
not put in an appearance when the
trial was ready to 'begin. Search was
made for them by the mob, and the
negroes were caught and brought bacK.
Then the suspicion that thev were im
plicated in the original crime arose.
According to their own ' story, they
were with Lewis the night before. The
three men testified that they slept in a
cottonhouse a mile and a half from the
Smith house, where the terrible butch
ery took place, and that Liewis was
with them all night; at least he was
there when they went to sleep and was
there when they awoke the next morn
ing. ' .
There are about 200 men in the mob
constituting a committee of the whole
for the trial.. Reliable reports today
from a messenger who was at the scene
say that the mob is very' moderate in
its acts, and has cooled down consider
ably. Berry and Wallen, though badly
scared,: maintain their denial of any
complicity in the crime. . '.
A telephone message from Hon. Wal
ter Catchings, of Geogetown, states that
two other negroes have been arrested
on suspicion."
Wesson, Miss., Dec. 1.4. The three
negroes arrested in the Monticello
neighborhood in connection with Char
ley Lewis, the negro lynched for , the
quintuple butchery of the Smith family,
after a long trial were . declared not
guilty, but were given until Monday to
leave the, county. .
Convicted of Wife Murder.
Bakersfield, Cal., Dec,, 14. David
Davidson, the Kandsburg wife-murderer,
was today convicted of murder in
the first degree, with the penalty of
life imprisonment. He is said to be
the son of a prominent St. Louis ' phy
.eician, The defense wis insanity, and
during the trial Davidson . appeared ob
vious to his surroundings, but experts
declared that he was shamming.
Education of Ief Children.
Washington, Deo. 14. The bouse
committee on education has reported
favorably the bill to aid the educators
jn the states and territories in teaching
articulate speech and vocal language to
deaf children before the are of school
age. . ''
- A Mexican Execution.
Matamoras, Mex., Dec. 14. Panta
son and Victoriano Guillen were shot
in the jailyard this morning for the
murder of Dr. Manuel Carpio. Five
policemen were in the firing platoon,
and neither man was killed by the first
discharge. -
Antigo, Wis., Dec. 14. L. E. Buck-
man, cashier ot the aeiunct Antigo
Dant waa arrested today on a charge
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of embezzlement.
His shortage will
reach $13,000.
Control of the Flint Bottle Trade.
Pittsburg, Dec. 14. The Commoner
and Glass Worker is authority for the
statement that an Organization num
bering fully 7 per eent of the glass
workers of the country has been
formed, and under the name of the
American Flint Bottle Company, tha
association will assume control of the
flint bottle trade of the country within
a week or two. ; ..
Gas is to be utilized in. the burning
of brioks in Attica, N. Y., where a gal
well has been struck on ground near
brick kiln. - ;
Uis Island Immigrant St&-
iion Fire in a New Light.
RESULT OF A DELIBERATE PLOT
I Thieves May Have Fired the Building
j to Cover the Robbery of the Rail-
It road Ticket Office.
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ISew York, Dec. 13 Facts have
rome to light that suggest the possi
bility that the mysterious fire that de-
..etroyed the great immigrant buildings
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on Ellis island a few months ago, was
started by thieves, who had carefully
planned a $10,000,600 robbery, eays
tie. Journal and Advertiser today. - Ten
of the trunk lines leading to the West,
including the New York Central, the
Pennsylvania, the Erie, the Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western and the New
Tor Ontario & Western,
unite in
maintaining a railroad on the island,
and at all times there are quantities of
tickets there.
.4 General Ticket Agent Robinson, of
the Ontario & Western, says that on
the night of the fire a conservative es
timate would place the value of tickets
in the island office at $10,000,000.
f The tickets, with much cash, were
locked in drawers in wooden cases and
desks, and the entire parcel was sup-
J posed to have been totally destroyed.
The different roads posted notices that
if tickets of a certain form and series
should be presented, they should be
taken up and fare demanded.
J A few daj'S ago a ticket issued by
the Ontario & Western from Chicago
to Kansas City was received from a pas
senger and found to be one of the tick
ets supposd to have been burned. The
part of the ticket calling for passage
from New York to Chicago has not vet
been presented.
Now the officials are asking how
many other tickets out of the $10,000,-
000 worth are in existence. It is
deemed not impossible that the entire
lot was stolen and held until conductors
Bhould forget the warning.
. Commissioner Senner, who was in
charge of Ellis island at the time of the
fire, deems the hypothesis by no means
improbable.
' "The origin of the firej was never
learned," he said. "It began in a
tower of the main building some dis
tance from the offices occupied by the
railroad people. Every one of the gov
ernment guards were busy getting the
immigrants safely out. It is not im
possible that thieves deliberately start
ed the fire in the expectation, justified
by events, that the ticket office would
be quickly deserted."'
General Ticket Agent Robinson said
he could scarcely believe that any such
wholesale robbery had taken place.
'I hssve.coiDmniwcated with other
roads, and they have had no such tick
ets presented as yet. I think it more
likely that the report of sales for the
day preceding the fire was not correct..
Of course, though, if someone had used
that ticket, if it was honestly disposed
of, it should have turned up sooner.
An investigation will be made."
TRAIL TO KLONDIKE.
Several Lives Lost in White Hone
. . Rapids.
Victoria, Dec. 13. Five or six, and
perhaps given, lives have been lost in
the White Horse rapids, Lewis river,
during the last two months, according
to John Hepburn, who .arrived from
there today. A boat built for four or
six men was found below the rapids one
morning, but there was no trace of the
occupants. They must all have been
drowned. " Other parties lost their out
fits, but managed to save their lives.
There is npw very little open water
between the rapids and the lakes, most
of it being frozen oyer.
At White Horse rapids there are
about 30 people, and there are 85 at the
foot of - Marsh lake. There are jt least
100 more below White Horse rapids,
and many others have gone into the
Hootalinqua country to prospect during
the winter. Hepburn had heard of no
strikes being made on the Hootalinqua
or tributaries, but' a man. named Davis
washed $1,600 from the river bars last
summer. Hepburn' believes that rich
strikes will be made on the Hootalin
qua this winter.
At Tagish house, the weather was
bitterly cold, the thermometer regis
tering 42 degrees below. People were
met making their way down all along
the route to head of Lake Bennett.
Among the goldseekers was a woman,,
who was pulling her sled all alone, and
she was making fair time.
Lake Bennett was still open 15 miles
from the foot, on November 17, and
the mercury stood at 24 below. s
Attempt on the Sultan's Life,
. London, Dec. 13. The Athens corre
spondent of the Chronicle says that on
Monday last, two soldiers in the im
perial service at the Yildiz Kiosk, the
palace of the sultan, made an attempt
on the sultan's life. This was frus
trated by the attendants of .the sultan.
The sultan had the men tortured in the
hope of extracting .the names of the
instigators, bnt both succumbed with
out revealing anything.
China Gives In.
London, Dec 13. A dispatch from
Pekin says. that today the tsung-li-
yamen telegraphed the viceroy of the
province of Pe-chi-li, north of the prov
ince of Shan Tung, that China, having
complied with her demands, Germany
undertakes to evacuate Kiao Chou at a
date to be fixed hereafter, and will re
ceive instead as a , coaling station the
Sam-Sub. inlet, in the province of Foo
Kien, over against the island of For
mosa. V'"'
An TJnpreceded Order.
Dublin, Deo. 18. The Evening Tel
egraph says that the war office has sent
an order to Dublin for the sharpening
of all swords and bayonets in the pos
session of the regular troops in Ireland.
The order is unprecedented, and a per
fect mystery to both officers and men.
Opposition In Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, Dec. 10. The chamber
of commerce has declared itself opposed
to the annexation of Hawaii, and to
day passed a resolution declaring that
annexation would materially injure the
beet-sugar industry of that state
THE ALASKA RUSH.
(Vestern Roads Preparing to Ignore the
Canadian Pacific.
Chicago, Dec. 13. The Western
roads have for some time been figuring
earnestly on the business that is ex
pected to set in in the late winter and
the early spring toward Alaska. They
have been doubtful whether the pur
chasers of transportation would wish
to buy tickets through to Dawson City,
or only to the ports on the coast, and
today the roads took their first action
hearing on the question of Alaska rates.
They have decided to get out their rate
sheets showing the rates -to Alaska and
will ignore entirely the claims of the
Canadian Pacific for the differential on
the business. " The rates of the Cana
dian Pacific will not be shown on the
Sheet at all. , ' . , -f
In the days of the old rasfeonti
nental Association, the Canadian Pa
l ific was allowed a differential of $5 on
(ts Pacific coast business, and it claims
the same now, but the roads of the old
association, and those of the Western
Passenger Association, after the pro
mulgation of the supreme court deoi
I ion regarding the formation of pools
and associations, absolved them from,
all- further obligations to allow the
differentials of the Canadian Pacific.
The latter road has never seen the mat
ter in that light and it will make a
Bght that is very likely to demoralize
:he rates to Alaska, and North Pacific
oast ports.
FIGHT ON THE BORDER.
Three Mexican Guards and One Des
perado Killed.
Denver, Dec. 18. News is received
)f a desperate fight that occurred near
;he border of Arizona and old Mexico.
Three guards of the Mexican service
tnd one desperado were killed.. The
latter was Franco Phallard, one of
plack Jack's gang, and an outlaw from
Texas, whose two brothers were killed
while members of Billy the Kid's gang.
A tew days ago the border guards
learned of a raid that was designed by
Black Jack to loot a town across the
river. A start was made from Leander
Springs, and the guards had no diffl
sulty in finding them. The two forces
met face to face at a turn in the road.
There were eight outlaws against three
officers, but the latter opened the at
tack with orders of "hands up." Two
of the outlaws turned their horses for
the hills, bnt Phallard dismounted,
and drawing his Winchester, opened
fire and killed the three officers before
he fell with a wound in his side which
proved fatal.
Phallard is the last of the Sam Bass
gang of trainrobbers, who cleaned out
Custer City many years ago.
HIS LAST HOPE GONE.
The California Supreme Court Decides
Against Durrant. ,....,,..
San Francisco, Dec. 13. Late this
afternoon the supreme court dispelled
the last hope of W. H. T. Durrant, the
murderer of Blanche Lamont and Min
nie Williams, by disposing in a sum
mary manner of his two appeals.
In a written opinion, from the pen of
Chief Justice Beatty, which is con
curred in by all but one of his col
leagues, the court affirms the judgment
of Judge Bahrs, in remanding the pris
oner to San Quentin until the time set
for his execution, but reverses that sen
tencing Durrant to be hanged on Novem
ber 11, and remands the case to the
superior court, with instructions to pro
ceed according to law..
As the remittur was 'ordered .issued
forthwith and the court holds that ex
ecution can only . be stayed now by the
issuance of a certificate of probable
cause, it only remains to resentence the
condemned murderer, which will prob
ably be done tomorrow.
Justice Garoutte alone dissented from
this opinion, maintaining that Dur-
ntBppeals. should have been dis
missed, as tne time required Dy law ior
their perfection had been allowed t
lapse.
BRAVE PORTLAND GIRL.
Rescued a Woman From a Burning
Victoria Lodging House.
Victoria, B. C, Dec 13. Through
the courage and ' promptitude of Lily
Baldwin, a Portland girl, a life was
saved here under sensational circum
stances, yesterday evening. There had
been an explosion of gasoline in the oil
tent factory of Tryon & Co., and the
entire premises were soon blazing. On
the upper floor was the American lodging-house,
whose proprietress, Mrs.
Fox, was ill in bed. In the. ..confusion
she was forgotten until the Portland
girl, a lodger, remembered' her. She
ran upstairs and carried down the
landlady, who by that time was uncon
scious from suffocation. Both escaped
with slight burns, although their dan
ger was imminent.
Rich Strike in Montana.
Butte, Mont., Dec. 13. Reports
from the Lowland mining district are
that a rich strike of gold and silver
quartz has been made in the Ruby
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t t Sewer Gas Explosion in London.
London, Dec. 13. An explosion of
sewer gas, which tore up the street,
shattered windows and damaged the
house adjoining that of United Statei
Ambassador Hay, caused much excite
ment among tha inhabitants of Carlton
House terrace today. -
McBride Asks Aid for the
Starving Klondikers.
LENGTHY DEBATE BEGUN
Pension Matters Considered in Both'
Houses Pacific Railroad . Question
Comes Up Doings of the House.
Washington, Dec. 11. The senate
did a consideralbe amount of business'
today,' although no very important
matter was considered or passed.
There was very little debate. Senator
Gallinger, chairman of the committee
on pensions, called attention t6 the
increasing demand for private pension
legislation and requested senators in
the future to be careful to see that their
bills for private pensions were meritori
oua before they were introduced. An
attempt was made by'McBrideto secure
an appropriation for the relief of the
Klondike miners, but the net result
was a resolution calling on the secre
tary of war;for all information he had
on that subject.
An hour was devoted to the consider
ation of private pension bills and 45
were passed.
The resolution of the Pacific rail
road committee asking information re
garding the sale of the Kansas Pacific
was passed which gave Gear and Thurs
ton opportunity to make short speeches
congratulating the country upon the
settlement of the Pacific railroad ques
tion. Some work was laid out for next
week. Carter securing the right of way
Monday and Tuesday for his census
bill, and Lodge had the immigration
bill made the unfinished business dur
ing the week.-
In the House.
The house today entered upon the
consideration of the pension appropria
tion bill and stirred up a debate that
promises to continue for several days.
Several Southern Democrats offered
criticisms of various classes of pension
ers, and Private John Allen, of Missis
sippi, who led the assault in a speech
replete with his characteristic humor,
presented a series of amendments de
signed, as he said, to correct some of
the glaring evils. They prohibit the
granting of pensions to widows whose
applications were not filed during their
widowhood, and the granting of pen
Bions to widows whose applications were
based on marriages contracted after the
passage of this act, and to permanently
insane or idotic minors who had reached
their majority. The Northern Demo
crats, however, vied with the Republi
cans in their professions of friendship
for the soldiers, and one of them Nor
ton of Ohio declared that the Republi
camr eoruld hot make the "biirfbo'Tafge
for him. It was admitted on both sidis
of the house during the discussion that
the $140,000,000 carried by the bill
for pensions would not cover tKe ex
penditures, but as congress would be in
session, Cannon said it would be easy
to make good any deficiency that might
occur.
THE HOUSE PROGRAMNE
Financial Legislation Will Not Be Un
dertaken Immediately.
Washington, Deo. 11. Although no
formal action has been taken, a prettv
general understanding has been reached
by leaders in the house as to the course
of action in the near future. It in
cludes the disposal of appropriation
bills as fast as they are ready.
The bankietcy bill will be reported
before the holiday recess, but will not
be taken up by the house until after
recess.
It is understood that for the present
there will be no effort to take up finan
cial legislation on the floor of the
house. This is due mainly to the im
pression that the committee on bank
ing and currency will not be able to
reconcile many conflicting interests in
side the committee. When it becomes
evident the committee on banking and
currency is at standstill, then the ways
and means committee will frame a bill
on broad lines, calculated to meet the
present financial requirements. The
disposition of house leaders will be te
keep radical legislation to the rear.
The Aided Railroads.
Washington, Dec. 11. In the house
today, Mr. Fleming, of Georgia, intro
duced a bill authorizing an investiga
tion of the books, accounts and methods
of railroads which have received aid
from the United States. It provides
that, in the presideut's judgment the
secretary of the treasury shall redeem
or otherwise clear off the paramount
lien, mortgage or other encumbrance
of government-aided , railroads by pay
ing the sum lawfully due out of the
treasury, or may bid and purchase for
the .United States the property, subject
to such encumbrance, at any sale or
sales made under any order of the court
or any judgment or decree of foreclo
sure of such encumbrance, or of any-
or mortgage or interest of the
ted States.
. Indian Affairs.
Washington, Dec. 11. The house
mittee on Indian affairs today be
lts investigation of the problems
ndian territory. It was a long ses
, and the result was a call for the
kes commission and all others inter-
d to appear before it next Tuesday.
Louis, Dec' 9. The dead body
jOO Fook Guey, known as the king
ithe highbinders, who several days
tried to rob another Chinese, was
d tonight in a room in Chinatown.
he time of the attempted robbery
men fired at each other, and a
of blood left by Loo Fook, while
ng his escape, showed that he had
wounded.
'ast Time on the Union Pacific
nver, JJeo. 13. A KepuDiican spe-
rom Cheyenne says a record-break-
last run was made by the Union
Pacific eastbound fast mail this mean
ing between Cheyenne and North
Platte. The train, which was run as
the second section of the eastbound No.
2, made the run between Tipton and
Wamsutter at the rate of 73 miles an
hour. From Cheyenne to Sidney, a
distance of 102 miles, the running
time was: 97 minutes. 'From Sidney
to North Platte, 14 miles, the time
was 117 minutes, being the fastest rw
im the history of th road.
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Office of Downing, Hopkins & Co., Chicago
Board oi Trade Brokers, 711-714 Chamber of Com
merce Building, Portland, Oregon.
Light speculation was the dominating
factor in the wheat market last week.
Its force was felt more keenly than at
any time since prices left 64 cents five
months ago. The bear element is
working on the idea that all the bullish
influences have been discounted by the
advance in prices of 86 cents from the
low point in the spring. .Wheat that
cleared last week was all bought a
month or more ago, and prices were ad
vanced at the time. .Now that the
stuff is moving out, the bulls think
that prices should continue to go up,
because the stuff is being delivered to
the buyers. The latter are not taking
hold as freely, but export sales during
the week were heavy. For three
months the market has backed and
filled around 90 cents for May, getting
5 cents above it recently, and has been
2 cents below it. The bears have been
unable to maintain a break for more
than a day or two below 90 cents. De
cember sold 4 cents to 17 cents
premium over May. The .position of
the bulls and their intention are as
much of a puzzle as ever. They stand
ready to pay for 5,000,000 bushels of
wheat, and are very liable to get it be
fore the first of the year. Elevator
people, however, are not disposed to
make any deliveries until navigation is
closed, as they want to keep the wheat
in their houses. TheLeiter party have
from 5,000,000 to 7,000,000 bushels
bought. There are also scattered lines
that will reach above 2,000,000 bushels
held by parties outside of the pool. .
The claim is made that there is no
shortage, except on the part of the ele
vator people. The latter have been
bringing wheat down from Duluth. It
is a deal that no one except rich men
can afford to be in. The bulls claim
that the wheat brought down from the
Northwest by the elevator people has
not shown any profit. If such is the
case, it seems rather strange that two
such shrewd business men as Armour
and Weare should be so actively engaged
in it. Government report gives crop of
winter and Spring wheat at 350,000,000
bushels. Visible supply of wheat de
creased 101,000 bushels, and now totals
84,744 bushels.
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla, 72 73c; Val
ley and Bluestem, 75 76c per busheL
Four Best grades, $4.25; graham,
$3.40; superfine, $2.25 per barrel.
Oats Choice whlte78435cr choice'
gray, 82 33c per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $19 20; brewr
ing, $20 per ton.
Millstiffs Bran, $17 per ton; mid
dlings, $21; shorts, $17.
Hay Timothy, $12.50 13; clover,
$10 11; California wheat, $10; do
oat, $11; Oregon wild hay, $910 per
ton.
Eggs 1825c per dozen.
Butter Fancy creamery, 5055o;
fair to good, 40 45c; dairy, S040e
per roll.
Cheese Oregon, 11 c; Young
America, 12c; California, 910o
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $1.75
2.50 per doezn; broilers, $2.002.50;
geese, $5.50 6; ducks, $3. 00 4. 50
per dozen; turkeys, live, 10 11c per
pound.
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, S545o
per sack; sweets, $1.40 per cental.
Onions Oregon, new, red, 90c; yel
low, 80o per cental.
Hops 8 14c per pound for new
orop; 1896 crop, 46o.
Wool Valley, 14 16c per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 7 12c; mohair, 20
22o per pound.
Mutton Gross, best eheep, wethers
and ewes, $3.00; dressed mutton,
5c; spring lambs, 53c per pound.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4.00;
lightand feeders, $3. 00 4. 00; dressed,
$4. 50 5. 00 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, $2. 75 3. 00;
cows, $2.25; dressed beef, 45c per
pound.
Veal Large, 4J5o; small, h
6c per pound.
Seattle Market.
Butter Fancy native creamery,
brick, 28c; ranch, 16 18c.
Cheese Native Washington, 12c;
California, 9jc.
Eggs Fresh ranch, 30 32c
Poultry Chickens, live, per pound.
hens, 10c; spring chickens, $2.50
8 00; ducks, $3. 50 3. 75.
Wheat Feed wheat, $22 per ton.
Oats Choice, per ton, $1920.
Corn Whole, $22; cracked, per ton,
$22; feed meal, $22 per ton.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton.
$22; whole, $22.
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef,
steers, 6c; cows, 5c; mutton sheep.
7c; pork, 7c; veal, small, 7.
Fresh Fish Halibut, 4 5c: salmon.
S4c; salmon trout, 710o; flounders
and sole, 3 4; ling cod, 4 5; rock cod.
5c; smelt, 24c
Fresh Fruit Apples, 50c$1.25 per
box; peaches, 75 80c; prunes, 35 40c;
pears, 75c$l per box.
San Francisco Market.
Wool Nevada 11 13c; Oregon,
1
14c; Northern 78o per pound.
Hops 10 14c per pound.
Millstuffs Middlings, $20221 Cal-
ifornia bran, $17.5018.00 per ton.
Onions New red. 70 80c; do new
silverskin, $1.40 1.60 per cental.
Eggs Store, 2388c; ranch, 27
80c; Eastern, 14 20; duck, 2025c per
dozen.
Cheese Fancy mild, new, 12)c; fair
to good, 7 8c per pound..
Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencias.
$1.503.00; Mexican limes, $2.00
3.00; California lemons, choice, $1.75
2.25; do common, 50c $1 per box.
Hay Wheat, 1214; wheat and
oat, $1113; oat, $1012; river bar
ley, S78; best barley, $1012:
alfalfa, $8 9. 50; clover, $8 9. 60.
Fresh Fruit Apples, 8585o pei
large box; grapes, 20 40c; Isabella,
60 75c; peaches, 50o$l; pears, 75c
$1 per box; plums, 20 350.
Butter Fancy creamery, 26 27c:
do seconds, 24 25c; fancy dairy, 23
24c; good to choice, 1722o per pound.
Potatoes New, in boxes, 85 80c,