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Newspaper Page TextVOL. XXXV. CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1898. NO. 32. r MM I MB D Happenings Both at Home and Abroad. A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED interesting Collection, of Items From Many Places Calledj From tho Press Reports of the Current Week. A reception was tendered the array heroes at the Omaha exposition. Colombia will risk iio future trouble and diplomatic rela have been reversed. tions with Italy It is reported that Gen. Maximo Gomez has been selected for president of the Cuban republic. A military plot against the French government was discovered and fius trated by prompt action. The International Typographical Union in biennial session at Syracuse, N. Y., voted to abolish the referen dum. A cabinet crieis ha$ occurred in Cape Colony, South Africa, and the assembly has voted a want of confidence in the government. Murderer John Miller was hanged at San Quentin, Cal., for the killing of James Ghilds in Ban Franoisco, in No vember, 1896. The American peace commissioners were entertained in Paris with a pri vate theatrical performance, arranged in their honor by Figaro. Frauds amountingito millions of dol lars have been discovered in the Chilean arsenal. Senor Navarre, the chief ac countant, has committed suicide. It is reported in Manila that Macab ulous, chief of the five northern prov inces of the Philippine islands, has rebelled against Agninaldo, and that fighting has taken place between the opposing factions. News to the effect that large num bers of political prisoners have been horribly tortured in Ecuador by order of the government, has been brought to San Francisco by the steamer Pan ama. Han Ky, the Corean minister ol justice, has been dismissed for having permtited the brutalities perpetrated by the populace on the bodies of the men recently hanged for conspiracy to poison the emperor. Chief Sweenie, of the Chicago fire denartment, while directing li is men at work on a fire, fell into a manhole and was severely injured. The engineer of the building, John Meldrum, was killed, and two other men were scalded by escaping steam. Liouteuan Briands has written a let ter oaying tak tho TCjT.gp'oi tbc Obd'atS from Forto Rico was not fraught with danger or suffering. The sensational newspaper stories of fire on the trans port and to the effest that the wounded and sick soldiers being brought home were badly fed. are denounced as un founded and ridiculous. "A plan to dismember the republic ol Switzerland is under discussion in Europe. Mrs. Nancy Geer, wife of the governor-elect of Oregon, expired suddenly of heart disease in Omaha. All Spanish civil courts in Philippine territory now subject to American con trol have resumed business. The government now has 55 warships, In course of construction. When com pleted, the United States navy will rank third. Secretary Alger has wired Govoraor Tanner, of Illinois, placing the Fifth Illinois volunteer infantry at Tanner's orders, in case the state militia is in sufficient to end the coal troubles. The Spanish mail steamer Reina Maria Christina has sailed from Ha vana for Spain with 1,073 officers and troops, 651 cases of military archives and a heavy oargo of ammunition. As a result of eating canned lobsters, shrimps, and clams, two Knights of Pythias, J. I. Jones and Charles Young, who live near Rainier, Or., are dead, and Walter Furrow, of the same lodge and town, is critically ill from the same poison. The government has apportioned the prize money for the men of our war ships. Sampson gets the lion's share, Dewey the next largest sum, while Schley will receive less than gome ol the captains. The men will receive from 30 to $200 each. The imperial Chinese government has granted to the Peking syndicate of London the right to open and work mines and to construct and operate railroads in the empire free from Chi nese control. This is the first conces sion ever granted by the Chinese gov ernment to a foreign syndicate. The annual report of Land Commis sioner Hermann estimates that over 11,000,000.000 feet of public timber has been ' destroyed by fire during the past 35 yefars. The report says forest fires form; the main subject for the at tention of the land office, now threaten ing. ,-.s K.,ey do, not only the growing iorerts but the forest lands whose pro ductiveness they retard indefinitely. Minor News Items. Dr. G. Q. Colton, the noted Ameri can dentist who died in Rotterdam some time ago, had pulled over 1,000, y (t00 teeth in the course of his practice, and was the first dentist to use "laugh ing gas" in practice. RoDert Roberts, an English writer on religious iffairs, the author of over 100 books and editor of the Chrietadel- phia, of Birmingham, England, was found dead in his loom in San Francis co from heart disease. Maj. T. C. Tupper, who died recent ly at Cleveland, O. , was on the active list of the aimy for 32 years, having enliste i as a private in the Sixth United States cavalry in 1862. George Mulligan, a Klondike miner, lost a purse containing $61,000 in cash and checks in a San Francisco street car. Gripman John Donahue found it and restored it to him. One hundred and twenty-three mem m bers of the sacred college of cardinals ' have died since Leo XIII ascended the papal throne, and 67 of this number e-were of his own creation LATER NEWS. The Fifth Illinois volunteers have been Clustered out of service. Services in honor of Ohio's soldier dead were held at Columbus. All hostile Pillager Indains, except one, have agreed to surrender. A large Anglo-American syndicate is being formed to buy op Cuban bonds. Jerusalem is crowded with Germans awaiting the arrival of Kasiei Wilhelm. A new president and a cabinet will be elected in Cuba the latter part of the present month. The immediate establishment of a fever hospital at Havana is urged by surgeons in charge there. The transport Pennylvania arrived at San Francisco from Manila and Hon olulu, with 29 sick soldieis. The war investigation board has left Washington for the Southern army camps on a tour of inspection. Naval Constructor Hobson expresses himself as confident that the wrecked Spanish cruiser Cristobal Colon can be saved. The departure for camps of the South of troops now in the East has been post poned, owing to the prevalence of yel low fever. A cash balance in bank exceeding $300,000 now stands to the credit of the Trans-Mississippi exposition. The attendance is also increasing. Illinois manufacturers have urged President McKinley. to establish open ports in the new American possessions. The president's reply was encouraging. Insurgents at Lagaepi, Philippine islands have refused to allow the Ameri can steamer Hermossa to land there, on the ground that there were Spaniards aboard. Eight hundred soldiers have sailed from San Francico for the Philippines. The expedition included the Oregon recruits and the Washington volun teers. The United States is now formally in possession of the island of Porto Rico as a sovereign. American flags have been raised on tho public buildings and forts in the city, and saluted with national salutes. Advices form the North say Ameri can doctorB and American lawyers are foibidden to practice in Dawson. In the meantime the hospitals are crowd ed with patients, and typhoid fever has been epidemic. The discrimination will cost many lives in the Klondike. The O. R. & N. steamer, T. J. Potter ran into and sunk the G. W. Shaver on the lower Columbia. The accident occurred off Deer Island, five milee from Kalama. The Shaver was struck in the middle and in a short time was testing at the bottom of the river. The night was dark and a heavy fog pre vailed. The Oregon legislature adjourned sine dk Sataiday. A genuine blizzard visited the Middle Western states, doing considerable damage. A Polish priest has sued the Catholic church for $50,000 for excommunicat ing him. It is said in London that the FrencI must either withdraw from Fashoda ox go to war with England. The German government has now decided to appoint permanently a naval attache at Washington, who will reach his post in January. The British ship Blengfelt, from New York, burned off Margat, England, early Monday morning. Eleven of the crew, besides the captain's wife and children, perished. Seven barges, containing 300,000 poods of naphtha have been burned at tho petroleum port of Astiakhan, Rus sia. Three persons were killed in the conflagration, and several others in jured. The war department has received a detailed description of the fortifica tions of Havana. Besides old guns, there are 43 new guns. These guns are principally ol the Hontoria and Ordonez pattern, but there are a few Krupps among them. In a head-end collision between two freight rains near Great Falls, Mont., due to a misunderstanding of orders. Engineer Charles Goddard and Brake man Robert T. June were killed, and Fireman A. L. Ritchie was probably fatally injured. The government will undertake the transportation of Christmas boxes for soldiers at Manila. A steamer will start fiom San Francisco early in No vember, so packages must be forwarded soon. Only small quantities of sweet things will be accepted. It is announced that Montreal and Quebec are to be thoroughly fortified as part of the scheme for the defenses of Canada. Colonel Dalton, chief of the imperial defense commission, is in Montreal, completing plans for the fortifications of the cities. A curious method of aiding charities has been initiated in Paris, where, it is announced, the saloons of the high aristocracy, whioh have hitherto been extremely exclusive, will be opened to strangers, on reception days, for a money consideration, which will be ap plied to the charitable works of which the lady of the house is a patron. The French wheat crop is estimated at 123,000,000 hectoliters, the largest since 1874. Owing to the overproduction of yarn, the ingrain oarpet spinners of the Pennsylvania district have decided to shut down their mills for an indefinite period. At white lake, near Forestport, N. Y., a deer hunter while sta'king mis took a moving object in the woods for a deer and fired, killing instantly his 16-year-old son. Lady Gay, a noted dog owned by Samuel B. Stannard, died at Mr. Stan nard's kennel in St. Louis. The collie was valued at $5,000 and has taken first piizes all over the country at bench shows. Dr. C. H. Wetmore has tendered his resignation as superintendent of the state insane asylum at Topeka, Kan., to Governor Leedy. Among other sensational charges the doctor accuses Chaiiman Jumper, of the state board at charities, with being on a continual feVumnh for the past 15 months, and openly charges subordinate officials with attempting to ruin pare women. Warlike Preparations at Port Arthur. FORTY THOUSAND MEN READY Keport That Qreat Britain Has De manded the Restoration of the Em puror of China. London, Oct. 19. The Odessa corre spondent of theStandaid says hat Rus sia lias hastily concentrated 40,000 men at Port Arthur, to be in readiness for any emergency at Peking. Must Be Restored. London, Oct. 19. A dispatch to a London news agency from Shanehai says: ' 'Reports from Japanese sources are in circulation here to the effect that Sir Claude MacDonald, British minister at Peking, has informed the Chinese gov ernment that sovereignty appertains solely to the emperor, who has been forcibly abducted and deposed, and that he must be restored to his posi tion, while Kang Yu Wei and the oth er reformers must be pardoned. Fail in" in compliance, Great Britain will enforce these demands. "A rebel'ion in Hunan province is certain. Foreigners are preparing for a hurried departure." WANTS OUR PROTECTION. Liberia Seeks the Shadow of the Stars and Stripes. Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 19. Bishop Joseph C. Hartzell, of the Methodist Episcopal church, whose bishopric is in Africa and who is attending the meeting in this city of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, stated tonight that he had been commissioned by the negro republic of Liberia to go to Washing ton and ask that the republic be taken under the sheltering wing of the United States. Threatened ininads upon its territory by the Germans, French and English prompter the government to seek the shadow of the Stars and Stripes. "I am on my way to see Secretary Hay," he said, "as the special repre sentative of the republic of Liberia, to secure a protectorate, either quasi or actual. What they want America to do is to say to the European powers in Africa: 'We have an interest in Li beria; this country belongs to us.' "Whether the actual protectorate can be established or not will depend upon how far the Liberian government is willing to go, assuming that the United States answers favorably." SPAIN QUIT TOO SOON. Took Algrer Seriously and Now Has Cause for Reg-ret. Washington, Oct. 19. Information has reached the war department that a high officer of the Spanish army, very recently made the statement that had the Spaniards been aware of the condi tion of the American army, its inability to withstand the hardshi) S ot a cam paign, its lack of medical and other supplies and general inefficiency, as told in the American papers, the Span iards would not have given up, but would have continued the fighting for a long time to come, fully believing that they would have been able to pre vent the captuie of Cuba by American arms. This statement is known to have been made to the American of cers now in Cuba, and causes some un easiness in official circles, as it may mean that the Spaniards are not yet ready to yield the island, under the terms of the protocol. LOWER POSTAL RATES. Efforts to Have International Postage Reduced to Two Cents. Washington, Oct. 19. Third Assist ant Postmaster-General Garrett, in his annual report, recommends immediate negotiations with the postal adminis trations of England, Germany and France to reduce the international postal rates to 2 cents a half ounce or ft action thereof. The report says: "The department now realizes noth ing in the way of revenue lrom ocean letters, practically all the postage paid on them going to the steamship com panies carrying the mails. If the rate should be reduced, the same state of things would exist; the steamship com panies would suffer no hardship and the stimulus given to correspondence by the reduction ol rates would no doubt eventually give them as much compensation in the way of postage as they now get." Murder and Suicide. Flint, Mich., Oct. 19. W. P. Mur ray, of Clinton, la., today shot and killed his wife, Harriet, an incurable inmate of Oak Grove asylum, located here. A letter was found in Muriay's pocket, saying that the only way to re lieve his wife from her suffering was to kill her, and that, as it was against the law to do so, the only thing he could do was to shoot himself also. Death Before Disgrace. Berlin, Oct. 19. Gruenenthal, su perintendent of the imperial printing office, has committed suicide. He was charged with the theft of bank notes to the amount of over 4,000 marks. Flour for Japan. Washington, 0:t. 19. According to figures transmitted to the state depart ment by Consul Gowey, at Yokohama, there has been astonishing increase in the expoits of American flour at Japan. In 1892 tbe total import of that flour was 1,200,000 pounds, but in 1896, the business had swelled to a total of 32,000,000. pounds, with a marked in creasing tendency. During 1897 the quality of imports fell off slightly, but the value increased $86,183 as com pared with the preceding year. The Irish Excited. Dublin, Oct. 19. There was great excitement all night long at Ballln robe, county Mayo, due to serious col lissions between the people there and the police, growing out of an Irish league meeting announsced for yester day evening. About 20,000 people assembled, and Messrs. Michael Davitt and William O'Brien, who were to be the speakers, were met outside the town by a detachment of 200 police and were prevented from entering the place. The police were foe red to charge bte crowd frequently. CRISIS WAS REACHED. Judge Day Made Positive Demands on Spain. London, Oct. 19. A dispatch to the London News Agency from Paris says: "Today the confeience readied a crisis for the first time. Judge Day presented the demands of the American commission in threatening words. He said that delay was the only possible object obtainable by the persistent efforts of the Spanish commissioners to saddle the United States witj the Cu ban debt, and would be tolerated no longer, as the United States would neither assume nor guarantee any part of the debt. "The Spaniards replied that this placed Spain in a position of repudiat ing or of reducing the face of the Cuban bonds from 50 to 60 per cent, paying only half the stipulated interest on reduced value. Before they would adopt either atlernative they would sur render to the United States the entire Philippines. "Judge Day responded that the sur render of the Philippines would proba bly be demanded, irrespective of the Cuban or any other debt. "This, to the Spaniards, the first in timation of the intentions of the Unit ed States as to the Philippines, resulted in a whispered conference, followed by a request for an adjournment in order to communicate with Madrid. Judge Day said that President McKinley had instructed him to demand the entire surrender of Porto Rico, and the deliv ery of every town to the United States officers before midnight, together with the evacuation of Havana on or before November 1, when the United States would be at the gates of the city ready to take possession. "There was no alternative offered in the case of either of these demands; the session consequently was very brief." DEATH IN THE STORM. Pitiful Fate of a Yonng Roy Meal Florence, Colo. Denver, Oct. 19. A special to the Rocky Mountain News from Florence, Colo., says: On Saturday William Lei lin and his 10-year-old boy came tc Florence, from their home, six milee from Florence, to do some trading. After spending the day about town, at 6 P. M. they started home in theii wagon. It was raining when thev left town, but when out about five miles the rain turned to a blinding snow storm. The father lost his way, and wandered about among scrub pines and in the hills all night. The wagon and team was abandoned, and an effort was made to reach home on foot. As the night wore on the little fel low became cold and numb and froze tc death in his fathet's arms. The fathei managed to keep alive by walking, un til he could walk no more from numb ness of limb. Daylight broke, and Lei lin knew he was not far from home, but was unable to walk. At 9 o'clock his cries were heard by his wife, whe went to his rescue. Neighbors were summoned and the old gentleman was assisted to his home, but he was so near dead that he could not give an intelli gent account of the night's wander ings, but the dead body of the boy told a pitiful story of a lack of sufficient clothing to keep him warm. He wore knee pants and a small coat, bnt no un derwear nor outer coat. His shoes and stockings were almost completely worn out. "Booty" Tobaoco Admitted Free. Washington, Oct. 17. Assistant Secretary Howell, of the treasury de partment, has consented to the admis sion, free of duty, into Santiago, of 100,000 pounds of Cuban tobacco in the possession of General Franco Sanchez, having charge of the insurgent army at Mayari. This is a lot of "booty" tobacco, and the proceeds of the sale will be expended for the benefit of the Cuban army, which needs supplies ol clothing and subsistence. The ques tion was referred to the war depart ment by General Lawton, and in turn sent to the treasury department for lte recommendation. Preparing for War. Paris, Oct. 19. Confirmation is given at the ministry of marine to th report that Admiral Fourar, now ai Tunis, has been ordered to return to im mediate active service, and orders have been issued that the largest possibh number of gunners go to Brest to man the forts. These preparations are thought to be the result of the Fasho da affair with Great Britain. Papers here say three British iron clads are engaged in gun practice of Dizert, a French naval station in the Mediterranean. Near Boiling Point. Bayonne. Franoe, Oct. 19. AdWioes received here from Madrid point to ef fervescence in military circles there. Members of the Military Club openly and severely criticise the government for concluding what they term as a "humiliating peace," and some of them even suggest the establishment of a militaiy dictatorship under the present dynasty. The officials at Madrid deny tbe re port current on the Continent that Captain-General Blaco has resigned. . Many Lives Lost. Margat, England, Oct. 19. The British ship Blengfelt, from New York, burned off this place early this morn ing. Eleven of the crew, besides the captain's wife and children, perished. Four Were Killed. Reading, Pa., Oot. 19. Four men were killed by the explosion of a Wil mington & Northern freight engine at Joanna station this afternoon. The dead are: William Herflioker, engineer, aged 50; George Mills, fireman, aged 35; Willis Woodward, a brakeman; Harry Huydam, conductor. AH lived at Birdsboro, this county, and all were married and leave famil ies, except Huydam. Duchess Was Careless. Paris, Oct. 19. The Duchess of Sutherland, while on board a train bound for Calais, lost a satchel contain ing jewelry worth $150,000. She left the train at Amiens, and returned here to report the loss to the police. It is believed the satohel was stolen. San Franoisco, Oct. 19. The steam er Doric, which arrived today from the Orient, brought opium valued at $270, 000 on which a duty of $100,000 will have to be paid. Among the Doric's passengers were 10 Spanish priests who are bound for Venezuela. FIRST Flatly Refused by American Peace Commission. SETTLED BY THE PROTOCOL Americans Positively Decline to As sume Responsibility for the Cuban Debt Two Week's Labors. Paris. Oot. 18. The American and Spanish peace commissions closed their first two weeks of labor here today, and the progress made has been chiefly by negative action, owing to the atti tude of the Americans. The first article of the protocol pro vided that "Spain will relinquish all claim to sovereignty over and title to Cuba." The Americans opened their case by the assumption that little or no action was necessary regarding Cuba on the ground that its disposition was definitely fixed by the terms of the pro tocol. Notwithstanding at the meeting last Thursday, the Spaniards submit ted suggestions and propositions amounting to holding that the United States should take over all or part of the Cuban debt. Tuesday, Senor Mon tero Rios, president of the Spanish com mission, verbally repeated it at length, and reiterated the same in summarized form. The Americans at their own session, Wednesday, took up the Spanish pres entation and determined the formula tion of the answer of the United States. Careful, exact, and full was the prepara tion of the answer, and, therefore, it became impossible, as intended, to serve a copy of it on the Spanish before the hour of opening the session, so that the oral discussion might begin promptly. Whatever may have transpired at yes terday's session, whether the Spaniards were or were not advised that the United States declined to assume the Cuban debt, it may be distinctly said that with such light as it now has. the United States commission will consist ently and to the end refuse to assume all or any part of the Cuban debt. The Spaniard's will, if indeed it has not al ready been done, have impressed upon them the fact that by the signature of the protocol, they utterly relinquished all claim of sovereignty over and title to Cuba. Thus possibly progress has been achieved negatively, for, with the pres ent light, the Americans decline, or will refuse the responsibility of a single peseta of the so-called debt. FIRST AT SAN JUAN. New York Regimeut Enters the Capital of Porto Rico. Washington, Oct. 18. The follow ing dispatch was received at the war cfepartment this evening: "San Juan, Oct. 18. The Forty seventh New York arrived at San Juan at 6 P. M. EDDY, Colonel." It is presumed by the war depart' ment officials, inasmuch as nothing is said to the contrary, that the regiment was permitted to land at San Juan. It was feared objection might be raised by the Spanish officials to the landing of the regiment at San Juan before formal possession was yielded to the American forces on the 18th inst. The Forty seventh New York has the honor of being the first American organization to enter the capital of Porto Rico. Commands of the Districts. Ponce, P. R., Oct. 18. The StarB and Stripes will be formally raised at San Juan Thursday. Brigadier-General Fred Grant will be given command of the district of San Juan, comprising the jurisdictions of Arecibo, Bayamo and Humacoa. with the adjacent islands. Brigadier-General Guy V. Henry will be given command of the other portions of Poito Rico. THE CRISTOBAL COLON. Hobson Is Confident of Raising the Spanish Cruiser. Santiago de Cuba, Oct. 18. Naval Constructor Hobson, who has arrived here from the wreck of the Spanish oruiser Cristobal Colon, will leave to moirow for Guantanamo on business connected with the Infanta Maria Teresa, which he expects to get off to the United States before the end of the month. For the last few days he has been engaged in preparing to raise the Cristobal Colon, a work which is prac tically impossible from the sea because of the dangerously heavy swell. The operations will, therefore, be conducted from tbe shore. Mr. Hobson has built a trolley line out to the ship, a distance of 150 feet, with a suspension bridge; and the compressed air pump is now in position. On his return from Guan tanamo he will push his operations vig orously, as he feels absolutely certain of raising the hull uninjured. Tbe naval board appointed by the president to investigate disputed points in the conflict whioh resulted in the destruction of Cervera's fleet, find that "although the American fleet in the battle off Santiago on July 3 obeyed the general orders of Rear-Admiral Sampson, given in advance to meet just such an emergency, it was essen tially a 'captains' fight.' " Much credit is given the battle-ship Oregon for its good work. Electric Shock Killed Him. Seattle, Wash., Oct. "17. Louis Kay ser, aged 38, an engineer, was killed this morning in the Seattle steam laundry, as a result of a shock received while putting in an incandescent lamp. Ore Barge Sank. Chicago, Oct. 17. The barge Church ill, loaded with ore from Duluth, sank in the rough water off Waukegan to day. Captain Kane, of Detroit, and deck-hand, John Hansen, were drowned. The barge was valued at $10,000. Woman Suspected of a Terrible Crime Winnipeg, Manitoba. Oot. 18. A Dominion City dispatch says a cold blooded butchery took plaoe in the Ga lician settlement, east of there, some time within the last 24 hours. A Ga lician man and his four children were found dead in the house. The wife la missing, and is suspected to be guilty of the crime. The weapon used was an ax. The man's head was nearly severed from the body, and the chil dren's bodies were more or less muti lated. It is understood the couple had frequent quarrels. The name of the family could not be learned. THE LIZARD WRECK. Bodies of Many of the Victims Have Been Recovered. London, Oct. 18. The Atlantic Transport Company issued the follow ing statement this evening regarding the fate of the passengers and crew of the steamer Mohegan, whioh was wrecked last Friday evening off the Lizard, between the Manacles and Low lands: "Of the passengers, 11 have been saved, 10 bodies have been recovered, and 33 are missing. Of the orew and cattlemen, 39 have been saved, 14 bod ies have been recovered, and 51 are missing." Since this statement was issued, nine other bodies have been picked up, in cluding two that have been identified as those of passengers. The reports of the various correpondents differ widely as to the rescues, recoveries and losses, though none agree as to the exact num ber of those saved or of the bodies re covered. The bodies of the following passengers have been recovered: T. W. King, Edna King, Master King, Mrs. Weller, James Blackey, Miss H. M. Cowen, M. Fallows, B. Franklin Fuller, Mrs. L. M. Luke, George Seymour, Miss L. H. Warrener. The latest advices from Falmouth this evening say that 38 bodies have been identified, mostly the bodies ol sailors. Four are as yet unidentified, including those of two elderly ladies. One appears to be German. She wore a watoh and wedding ring, both en graved "1871." The other wore a sil ver brooch with the letters "D" in pearls. This is probably the body of Mrs. Charles Duncan. Nine of the bod ies have been brought to Falmouth; the others were taken to the village church at St. Keverine. The rescued passengers are being sheltered in cottages along the shore, and the crew at the sailors' home at Falmouth. Tugs have been cruising in the vicin ity all day. despite the very rouirh weather, in the hope of picking up other bodies. The cause of the disaster remains the profoundest mystery. Nobody at tempts to explain how the Mohegan got so far north of her true course from six to seven miles. There was no fog at the time, while the wind on her port quarter was not sufficient to prevent her answering the helm. It has been suggested that her compass was faulty; but daylight lasted long after Eddy- stone light was passed. The sailors say the fact that the Lizard light was visible should have served to give the alarm. GOMEZ IS OBSTINATE. The Cuban General Refuses to Disband His Army. New York, Oct. 18. A dispatch from Havana says: It is generally be lieved a serious breach has taken place between the executive department of the Cuban republic and the leaders of the military forces. Word was received here that General Wood has received a communication from President Masso, advising that nothing be done by the Americans that can be construed as re cognizing the Cuban government. Mas so has been joined by his colleagues in declaring that the time has arrived for disbanding the Cuban forces. This course will be vigorously com batted by General Gomez. General Juan DucaBse, one of the clgsest advisers of Gomez, has arrived in Havana to consult the opponents of Masso and all those who favor a Cuban republic and oppose further American intervention.. General Ducasse declares that Gomez will lead the insurgents back into the field before he will sub mit to disarming them while the Amer ican and Spanish soldiers remain in Cuba. Colonel Waring's first inspection of the city filled him with surprise. Con ditions are much worse than he expect ed. Everything is favorable foran out break of fever. In normal times deaths in Havana number about 800 a week. They now average fully 100 a day. The deaths are mostly the result of per nicious fever. ANARCHIST PLOT. Kins; Humbert, as Well as the Rm peror, Was to Be Assassinated. London, Oct. 18. The Alexandria correspondent of the Daily Mail, tele graphing regarding the anarchist plot against Emperor William, whioh was discovered Friday, says: The plot against the kaiser is hourly proving more important, each arrest disclosing new ramifications. Thedoo nments found disclose a plot to kill King Humbert already well matured. Fifteen persons, all Italians, have been arrested. The original plan was to throw a bomb of guncotton and ful minate of mercury on Emperor Wil liam's carriage in a narrow street of Cairo. When the Egyptian trip was abandoned, elaborate arrangements were made by the conspirators to send con federates to Jerusalem to carry out the plot during the dedication of the Ger man Church of Our Redeemer. Insurgents Overdo It. Manila, Oct. 18. The insurgetus at Lagaspi have prevented the American steamer Hermanos from loading or un loading, on the ground that there are Spaniards on board. They also refused to allow any of the men of the United States cruiser Raleigh to land without permission from General Aguinaldo. THE PEACE JUBILEE. Opened With a Service of Thanksgiving-. Chicago, Oct- 18. The national peace jubilee, of Chicago, was tonight inaugurated with a thanksgiving ser vice at the Auditorium. President McKinley attended and listened to ad dresses by a Jewish rabbi, a Roman Catholic priest, a Presbyterian olergy man and a noted colored orator. The applause for the president was terrific, and at one time he was compelled to rise in his box and respond to the fran tic cheering of the audience. The ser vices, however, were of a religious character, and at times the solmen' si lence of the vast aessmblage was much more eloquent than oould have been the wildest applause. The vicar of an English parish re cently declared that he believed in the immortality of animals, and that he would far rather meet them in heaven than many human beings of his ac quaintance. Thereupon a considerable part of his congregation rose in high dudgeon and left the church Foundered Off the Lizard With Great Loss of Life. OVER 150 PERSONS DROWNED On the Way From London to New York, She Struck the Kocks In a Terrible Gale. London, Oct. 17. The Atlantio Transportation Company's steamer Mohegan, formerly the Cleopatra, of the Wilson-Fuiness-Leyland line, which left London for New York yes terday with 50 passengers and a crew of 150, is ashore off the Lizard, between the Manacles and the lowlands. It is rumored that there has been a great loss of life. A coast guard message reports that the passengers are "drowning like rata." Anothei account says: "Bodies are washing ashore, one being that of a lady lashed to a plank, with both legs severed." Particulars of the disaster are diffi cult to obtain. It appears that when the Mohegan struck a gale was blowing and the sea was running high. Lifeboats put off from the Lizard and from Falmouth, one returning filled with passengers. Several were drowned, however, it is reported, on the passage of the lifeboat to the shore. Another lifeboat saved six persons. The coast at that point is extremely dangerous, and has been the scene of numerous wrecks. Some years ago there was a movement set on foot to get a lightship placed there, but it failed. A dispatch from Falmouth says the Mohegan foundered and was probably blown ashore by the heavy east wind after her machinery was disabled. All the Falmouth tngs went out bnt were unable to approach the vessel. A lifeboat has landed 80 of theMohe gan'e passengers and returned for more. One lady died after she was brought ashore. It is rumored that the position of the Mohegan is serious and assistance is urgently needed. According to a dispatch just received from Falmouth, out of 200 passengers constituting the passengers and crew of the Mohegan, only 31 have been saved. This intelligence was forwarded from the coast guard by telephone to Fal mouth. The coast guards are watch ing for bodies and wreckage. The life boats have gone into Port Houstock. The steamer Mohegan, then the Cleo patra, arrived at New York on August 12 last, on her maiden trip from Lon don. She is a single-screw steel vessel of 4,510 tons register, 480 feet long by 52 feet beam, and about 36 feet in depth of hold. She had accommoda tion for 125 passengers and a capacity for between 7,000 and 8,000 tons ol freight and 500 cattle. Her com mander is Captain Griffiths, commodore of the Atlantic Transportation Com pany's fleet. She is one of the five vessels recently purchased from the Wilson-Furness-Leyland line by the Atlantic Transportation Company to replace the Mohawk. Mobile, Mars, Michigan and Mississippi, whioh were sold to the United States government to be used as transports. COMMERCE OF THE PACIFIC Will Be Increased by the Retention oi the Philippines. Seattle. Wash., Oct. 17. D. E. Brown, general agent of the Canadian Pacific Railway & Steamship Company at Hong Kong, speaking today of the growth of trade betweeen this country and the Orient, said: "The trade of the last five year should more than double In the next five years, owing, in the first place, to inoteased transportation facilities, and in the second place to the close rela tions that will have to exist hereaftei between this country and the Orient at the result of holding the Philippine islands. We are perfectly willing that the United States should hold on to the Philippine islands, and when onoe the matter is definitely settled, and business is again in full swing, it will not be long before the commerce of the Pacific will be as great as that of the Atlantic. Especially will this be the case when railroads shall open up China to the commercial and industrial world, and make this Northwest coast itl landing point." Plot Against Emperor William. Alexandria, Egypt, Oct. 17. The Alexandria police have arrested nine Italian anrachists since last night, and have thereby frustrated a plot against Emperor William, now on his way to the Holy Land, to be present at the oonsecration of the Church of the Savioi at Jerusalem. The first arrested was a cafe keeper, a well-known anarchist, in whose house the police discovered two wire bombs of great strength and full of bullets. This arrest was made in consequence of the notification from the Italian consul-general at Cairo that two anarchists bad left Cairo for Port Said. France Joins Abyssinia. Rome, Oct. 17. The ltalo says: "France has concluded a treaty with Abyssinia against England in the Fa shoda affair." Rushing Work on Gunboats. Boston, Oct, 17. The gunboat Wil mington has received sailing orders for next Tuesday, and simultaneously the navy-yard officials got word to rush work on her and have her ready by that date without fail even if it was neces sary to work overtime in all depart ments to do so. Her sister ship, the Helena, is under orders already to sail for China the following Tuesday and work has been pushed on her rather than on the Wilmington. Settlers Want Rifles. Washington, Oct. lfy A dispatch was received at the war department from Minnesota today, asking for 500 Springfield rifles and 50,000 rounds of ammunition, for the use of the people of that state in protecting themselves against hostile Indians. No action has yet been taken on the application. Wholesale Massacre Planned. London, Oct. 17. The Peking cor respondent of the Daily Chronicle says: There is a rumor in circul ation that plot ia on foot fo a massacre of the European". WEEKLY MARKET LETTER. Reported by Downing, Hopkins St Co., Inc.. Board of Trade Brokers, 711 to 714 Chamber ol Commerce building, Portland, Oregon. Since Leiter failed the outsider has not been interested in Chicago prioes. The disastrous outcome to tbe man with so many millions was a terrifying lesson to the small bull. Explanations did not count. Whether Leiter made egregious errors or not was of little consequence. The defeat, after a year's campaign, of tbe bull leader who for so long seemed tbe greatest who had ever arisen, took the heart from every one who had believed in his cause. It was only last June that the disaster took place; about four months ago. It seems a long interval, but it is really a short one, and it would be remarkable if it were not still in everyone's mind. What new bull leader would now invite the comparisons which would inevitably be made; what banking concern would hazard the criticism which would fol low any favors toward a buying cam paign in grain? Have the losses of last summer's collapse been forgotten yet? There must be a good deal imaginative about any bull deal. Not one advance in twenty is a mere matter of consump tive demand or of actual scarcity. There must be a great deal of theory with advancing prices; people must forget prudence, become venturesome, permit more or less exhiliration. Would it not be like holding a picnic at the close of a funeral to permit much bull spirit within four months of the Leiter failure? The present movement of wheat to market is the heaviest ever known 11, 000,000 bushels received at primary points last week. There was never any such total as that in six days before. Is not the speculator doing pretty well in taking care of that property and in also maintaining prices? Is not the fact that such a volume of grain is financed and the price sustained evidence that the volume of speculation is larger than the very narrow fluctuations would indicate? Seattle Markets. Tomatoes, 5075cper box. Cucumbers, 1015cpei doz. Onions, 85 90c per 100 pounds. Potatoes, $10 14. Beets, per sack, $1. Turnips, per sack, 5065c. Carrots, per sack, 65c. Parsnips, per sack, $1. Beans, green, 23o. Green corn, $1 1.25 per sack. Cauliflower, 75c per doz. Hubbard squash, ljc per pound. Celery, 40 50c. Cabbage, native and California' L 25 1.50 per 100 pounds. Apples, 50c 90c per box. Pears, 75c$l per box. Prunes, 40 50c per box. Peaches, 50c$l. Plums, 50c. Cantaloupes, $1.25 per box. Butter Creamery, 26c pgir pound; dairy and ranch, i,6 20c per Eggs, 26c. Cheese Native, 1212c. Poultry Old hens, 13 14c per pound; spring chickens, $3 4. Fresh meats Choice dreBsed beef steers, prime, 67c; cows, prime, 6c; mutton, 7)c; pork, 78c; veal, 56c. Wheat Feed wheat, $19. Oats Choice, per ton, $22(3 23. Corn Whole. $23.50; cracked, $24; feed meal, $23.50. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $2425; whole, $22. Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.50; straights, $3.25; California brands, $3.25; buckwheat flour, $3.75; graham, per barrel, $3.70; whole wheat flour. $3.75; rye flour, $4. Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $14; shorts, per ton, $16. Feed Chopped feed, $1721 per ton; middlings, per ton, $17; oil cake meal, per ton, $35. Hay Puget Sound mixed, $9.50 10; choice Eastern Washington tim othy, $13. Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla, 60c; Val ley and Bluestem, 6263c per bushel. Flour Best grades, $3.35; graham, $2.85; superfine, $2.25 per barrel. Oats Choice white, 3638c; choice gray, 34 35c per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $3122; brew ing, $23 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $15.50 per ton; mid dlings, $21; shorts, $15.50; chop, $15 per ton. Hay Timothy, $1011; clover, $9 10; Oregon wild hay, $9 10 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery, 60 55c; seconds, 4045c; dairy, 4045o store, 25 35c. Cheese Oregon full cream, 11 12c; Young America, 12J'2c; new cheese, 10c per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2. 50 3 per dozen; hens, $3.003.50; springs, $1.253; geese, $5.006.00 for old, $4. 50 5 for young; ducks, $4.00 5.00 per dozen; 'turkeys, live, 12 lc per pound. Potatoes 55 60c per sack; sweets, 22c per pounn. Vegetables Beets, 90c; turnips, 75c per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab bage, $11.25 per 100 pounds; cauli flower, 75o per dozen; parsnips, 75c per sack; beans, 3c per pound; celery, 70 75c per dozen; cucumbers, 50c per box; peas, S3c per pound. Onions Oregon, 75c$l per sack. Hops 1015c; 1897 crop, 67o. Wool Valley, 10 12c per pound; Eastern Oregon, 8 12c; mohair, 25c per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, 3l2c; dressed mutton, 7c; spring lambs, 7 L2e Per lb. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4.75; light and feeders, $3.004.00; dressed, $5.506.60 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, 3.50$8.75; cows, f3.50.uu; aressed Deet, 56c per pound. Veal Large, 56c; small, 6 7c per pound. flan Francisco Market. 0 Wool Spring Nevada, 11 14c per dound; Oregon, Eastern, 10 12c; Val ley, 15 17c; Northern, 9 11c. Millstuffs Middlings, $17 21.00; bran, $14.50 15.50 per ton. Onions Yellow. 3550e per sack. Butter Fancy creamery, 28c; do seconds, 252?c; fancy dairy, 21 22c; do seconds, 2024c per pound. Eggs Store, 1822o; fancy ranch. 80 84c. Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia, $3 2.50; Mexican limes, $tt6.50; Cali fornia lemons, $2.00. 800; do choice. 98.0034.60: per box.