VOL. XXXV.
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1898.
NO. 32.
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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.