Eagene City .Guard.
I. I. OAMrBKLL. rroprlstor.
EUOENE CITY ORKGOX.
NEWS-OF THE WEEK
(ntorostlns; Collection of Currant InnM
la Condonso4 Form Vrom
Both Continent
A terrible railroad aocident ha. oc
curred Id War.aw. While a passenger
train wu .tationary at the tennlnua,
a heavy freight train ran into it, owing
to the error of a pointsman. Eleven
(ereona were killed and 83 othere were
erlously injured.
The receipt! of the emtoma ao far
thia flical year undoubtedly will fall
considerably abort of estimate, made
by the manager, of the new tariff bill
daring Its pendenoy in oongret. At
that time it wa. estimated that the
custom, would yield about $180,000,
000 during the flrt year. The indica
tion, are now .aid to be that the re
ceipt! from thia source will not aggre
gate more than 1165,000,000.
- A plate-of armor, repreaentlng lot
of 600 ton. for the turret, of the battle
hip. Kearaarge and Kentucky, wa.
tested at the Indian Head proving
ground Tuesday. For testing tor
poses, two eight-Inch (belli, one a Car
penter projoctile and the other
Wheeler iterling, were fired at the
plate, one at high and the other at
low Telocity. Neither penetrated nor
cracked the plate, but both partially
welded tbemeelve. into It.
Word coin oi of a wreck on the Santa
Fee near William., Aril., in which
three men lost their live, and much
valuable property was deatioyed.
After tli. first section o( freight train
No. 88 had pulled onto! William, the
air (but control, the brake, gave out
and the train dashed down the steep
grade with rapidly increasing Telocity.
The hand brake were unavailing to
chock the .peed, and when a point
about 10 mile, west wa. readied the
train left the track. Two engine, were
coupled to the train, which wal a very
heavy one. Engineer. Newton and
Watson, and Flroruan Dorry wero pin
ned under their respective engine, and
lost their live., it i. .aid, by being
burned to death.
The oclebration in honor of Oregon',
martyred missionary, D-. Marcus Whit
man, wa. begun in Walla Walla, Wash.,
Monday. Large crowds were in attend
ance. The opening address v. us, made
by Itev. L. li. Hal lock. A monument
is to be erected over the grave of Dr.
Whitman.
Senator Lodge, of the committee on
foreign relations, was at the state de
partment early in the week. Ho would
say nothing about the Cuban situation
except that the committee had accom
plished a great deal. The first businesa
would be to confirm the annexation of
Hawaii, which woul I be done by rati
fying the treaty, or by legislation.
Asphyxiation caused the death of
three men in the Orand Trunk railway
tunnel at Port Huron, Mioh. The
train which wa. being hauled through
to the Canadian aide, broke in two.
The engine backed duwn to get the de
tached portion of the train, but for
hours nothing wa. heard ol the crew.
Finally a searching party found the
dead bodies, anil also rescued two brake
men, in an unconscious condition.
Three member, of the searching party
were also overcome, but wore rescued
by another party. The tunnel ga.
arise, from the bard ooal used by the
locomotives.
Colonel Domvllle, M. P., who went
north in the Interest of the Kloukide
Yukon Btewart Company, of London,
say. his company will build a wagon
road through White pass, placing steel
bridge, over the canyons. Work is to
eommouce immediately, and the road
is to be ready by February. They will
build ateamei. to run from Lake Ben
nett to White Horse rapids, around
which they will have a tramway.
From the end of thistrawmay they will
have steamers to run direct to DawfOn.
These steamers, he says, will be ready
when the river opens. The waon road
through White pas. i. to be followed
immediately by a railway.
One of the bill, that will be pushed
in the coining session of congress Is
that introduced by Representative Sha
froth, of Colorado, which provides for
changing the time when congress shall
meet. It is a very sensible bill, and
ought to he passed. The first session
of congress after an election would be
in the January following the election
in November. This session could last
as long as would be necessary. The
congress eluded In ' November could
legislate bofore another election was on.
hand. The second session could meet
in December previous to the coining
congressional election, and the congress
would expire before the election took
place. As the matter now stands the
first session of oongress I. given over to
politics by representative, who wish to
be re-elected. Tho short . session is
often a discredited and defeated eon
gress and oftentimes enact, very bad
legislation because it will not be called
to account before the people. Pos
sibly, Mr. Slmfroth's bill will get a
hearing, though such reform, as this
move very slowly.
Emperor William opened the session
of the German reiohstag in person for
the first time since 1804. The cere
mony took place in White hall, in the
royal castle. Hi. majesty read the
speech from the throne.
The steamer San Bins has arrived in
Fan Francisco from Panama and way
port. She brings the new. that tlx
Salvador coffee crop- for this scaFon
will be oue-thlrd larger than ever be
fore, and will do much toward makirg
up the loss occasioned by the re volu
tion. The London papers assert that China
lias practically agreed to cede England
a strip of territory near Hong Kong,
and nil the surrounding island in or
der to enable Kngland to fortify them
securely and to increase tho garrison.
Secretary Qage is quoted as .iylng
that in the annual estimate he would
send to con g reus he would name about
930,000,000, and not above $25,000,.
0 )0, as the amount of the treasury do-
fl lit for the flcal year ending Juue 80,
lwus. 1 he secretary said be expected
tha reoeipts from customs to increase
stMilily, and In iho spiing months he
an.ii ipued quite large importation.
TO BE A 8EAT . OF WAR.
the BtrajgU for nremaey In Asia Is
Wiilnf Warm.
San Francisco, Deo. 6. The Call
ays: The report that the Russian gov
ernment 1. buying large quantitle. of
army supplies in the United States ha
been .verified. Cable message from
Vludlovstook asking merchant to bid
on large lota are frequently received.
Yesterday Dodge, Sweeney & Co., of
this city, received Vladivostok cable
to figure on 1,200 ton of iiipplie. -
Traveler, arriving from Asia report
that the garrison at Vludivostock has
been largely reinforced by the arrival
of troops on steamer and tailing ves
sels from the Black sea.
The concentration of Russian troop
at that point and the haste that Japan
i. making to increase her power on the
tea lead, some of our merchant, to
predict that the impending conflict be
tween Russia and Japan may open as
early a. next dimmer. The recent
heavy order for army supplies to be
forwarded to Vladivostok are regarded
as significant of important movements
In the Orient.
It is believed the completion of the
trans-Siberian railroad with its tor
minus at Vludivostock will largely in
crease the trade of Sun Francisco, and
there i. talk of establishing a line of
steamers to that place, touching at
Alaskan port. A local subsidy of
$:J3,0()0 a mouth ha. already been sub
son Iwd for an Alaskan line.
WORK ON PANAMA CANAL.
lb Ditch Is laid to Bo Ons-Thlrd
Flnlshad.
. Washington, Dec. 6. Consul-General
Uudger, at Panama, ha. made a
report to the state department on the
condition of the Panama canal. He
say. it is whispered that England is
doing all in her power to obtain control
of the canal. France may not push
the work forward, but some other na
tion or some other company will surely
do so if those in charge forfeit their
rights. .
The canal, when completed, will ex
tend from Colon, on the Atlantic, to
Panama, on the Pacific, 64 miles. All
along the route are sheds full of new
and costly machinery. It i. estimated
the latter has cost 1100,000,000, and
thore has boon expended on the canal a
total of '375,000,000. A conservative
estimate is that the canal is about one
third finished, but with the new ma
chinery on hand, it i. .aid the remain
der of the work can be completed for
1170,000,000;
Wreck In Minnesota.
Fergus Fulls, Minn., Dec. 6. A coast
train on the Great Northern, west
bound, was wrecked near Barnesville
last night. A switch engine at Barnes
ville wa. pushing a couple of carloads
of coal np a chute. In some way the
engine refused to stop and the cars be
gun to go over the trestle, dropping 25
feet. The engine was reversed and the
engineer and fireman jumped, and jiiBt
a the engine readied the dropping-off
place the coupling broke and It backed
down onto the track. It then went
west at a furious speod for two miles,
where it struck the coast train, whose
engineer Jfrod Griewold. and Fireman
Carter jumped, and were badly injured.
The engines came together with ter
rific force, demolishing both and throw
ing five cars off the track,. The dam
age will reach 1 15, 000.
Luctgcrt Juror Under Suspicion.
Chicago, Deo. 6. One of the four
men selected as jurors in the Luutgert
trial i. under suspicion. Reports have
come to Mr. Deneen which imply
that the man is interested in the de
fense, a. he has for 20 years been a
friend of the sausago-mukor, ami ha.
declared his belief that Luetgcrt is in
nooent. Tonight Mr. Deneen had two
of Irtpector Schaack's trusted men as
signed to him and placed the investiga
tion in their hands. A report is ex
pected tomorrow, and it may result In
the discharge of the juror and proceed
ings against him. No additional juror,
wore secured today.
i.
Tho Alaska Boundary.
Ottawa, Dec, 0. Hon. Clifton Sif
tou, minister of tho interior, has re
turned from an extended trip to the
Klondike. Speaking of the Alaska
boundary question, he said:
"There are curtain phases which
have to tre looked carefully over, aud
Mr. King, our chief astronomer, wont
out witli ine for that purpose. As to
whether there will be a commission to
settle the question appointed by the
United States and ourselves, 1 do not
know. The subject is a very' grave
one."
Sifton will cause the mounted police
force in the district to be increased.
China Declines to Yield.
London, Deo. 6. A special dispatch
from Shanghai announoes that the em
peror of China has declared he would
rather forfeit his orown than agree to
tho condition! demanded by Germany
as redress for the murder of the two
German missionaries, Noes and Honle,
and the destruction of German property
in the province of Shan Tung.
Admiral Deidrach, the German com
mander of Kiao Chnu Buy, tho dispatch
further states, has proclaimed martial
law in the district around Kiao Chou.
China, the dispatch concludes, asks
that her dispute with Germany be sub
mitted to arbitrators appointed by Hol
land and Belgium.
Buiila on Her Guard.
St. Petersburg, Doc. 6. Great re
ticence is observed in official circles re
garding the politioat situation in the
far East The opinion prevails that
Germany will not permanently occupy
Kaio Chan bay. Russian newspaper,
protest agaiuat the occupation, a Wing
calculated to injure the interests of the
Russians in the far luut, aud they say
that the Russian government ought to
demand it evacuation or else it equiv
alent. ,
. H. H. Clark Out of It.
St. Louis, Doc. 6. Mr. S. II, II.
Clark, one of the receivers of the Union
Puuiiiu, today announced that he had
been offered the presidency of that com
pany by the reorganisation committee,
but owing to ill-houlth had refused the
position.
f Franco's Vintage Decreasing .
Paris, Deo. 0. According to the offi
cial leturns, the lust vintage amount to
80,000,000 hectoliters, a fallling off of
13,000,000 hectoliters from 1HU0, and
about 9.1,000 bit toll tors under the avert
ago of the previous 10 vcaia.
NOT ENOUGH FOR AM.
lack Dal ton lays Many Klnndlkers
Will Bo Disappointed.
Spokane, Deo. 6. -Jack Dalton and
hi. partner, J. M. Maloney, arrived
here todav. They are making a busi
ness trip to New York.
"The statement that Klondike min
ers will starve is much overdrawn,"
Dalton said. "The food supply is
short, but men will not die from hun
ger. They will suffer from' short ra
I lions, and are sadly in need of relief."
I "How should relief he sent in?"
i ' "I would not care to say. Many
' foolish schemes are talked about. Hup
' plies should be sent to Dawson City,
I but inexperienced men cannot laud
them there."
"Do you expect much of a rush over
your trail?"
"There will be rush on every trail.
Far too great. Most of them will go
straight to Dawson City, and then start
for home again. Unless a man bus
money to buy cluims, he stands a poor
ihow of getting anything in that vicin
ity "
"Where i the most promising coun
try for prospecting?"
"It is hard to say. There were re
ports of strikes on tributaries of tho
Stewart river, but nothing remarkably
rich. Almost every story thnt has been
told of Klondike ha. been exaggerated.
There I. much gold up there, but not
enough for the thousands who are
planning to go."
Mr. Dalton said that he did lint be
lieve there are over 2,000 men all told
now in the Klondike region.
"There i no trouble," he said, "in
getting down from the head of Teslin
lake to Dawson City. I have been
over that portion of the route."
Experienced miners are gathering
hero to go over the inland route in the
spring. Dr. 1 1 mights, who is lit Teslin
lake, writes that the country there is
excited ever reports of rich strike on
the Uootulinquu. This stream i. the
outlet of Teslin lake.
ADVICES FROM THE NORTH.
Iyen Landowners Refused tho Ilallroad
the Right of Way.
Victoria, B. C, Deo. 0. The follow
ing Alaskun advices were brought down
on the steamer Comnna, which arrived
today from Juneau, Dyea and Skagway:
The Chilkoot Railroad & Transporta
tion Company endeavored to build
through the townsite of Dyea. They
wore resisted by a large force of men
acting in the Interest of Mealy & Wil
son, the original locator, bf the town
site, who forced them to withdraw. In
the melee a man named Peterson acci
dentally shot himself, inflicting a seri
ous wound. In connection with the
disputes over theownershipof the town
sites of Dyea and Skagway, United
States Comiuissioer Smith has decided
that an improved land and hold it if ho
show, a bona fide intention to im
prove it.
Steps have been taken for the organi
sation of a municipal government at
Skagway.
When Lake Bennett froze np, a num
ber of loaded bouts were caught in the
ice.
Brooks' pack train made its way over
the White pass, last month, with the
thermometer 22 below coro. Brooks
says now that the trail is broken bo
will keep it open all winter.
Captain A. F. Pendleton, of Boston,
was a passenger on the Coruuna. He
claims to have located a large deposit of
garnets on the Stickeen, near Fort
Wrangol.
A ratal Wreck.
Minneapolis, Dec, 0. A wreck oc
curred on the Great Northern railway
this morning, near Durham, Mont , on
the Blackfiot reservation. The truin
was the eastbound passenger, and was
being pulled by two engiuea, on account
of drifting snow. Wiien Hearing a cut,
tho engines suddenly left the track and
full upon their sides. The accident is
supposed to have been caused by a
broken rail, hngincor William Clark,
of Kalispel, was instantly killed, and
Engineer Nelson, of Havre, had both
legs broken above the knee, and was
otherwise badly injured. The firemen
were both hurt, but not 'seriously.
Three curs left the track, but the pas
sengers escaped with a shaking up.
Vte Preparing for Trouble.
Denver, Doc 8. A dispatch from
Meeker, Colo., says: Mailcarrier Hul-
sey came In from Range lick, in tho
western part of this county, and re
ports the Utes are gathering about the
place. About 40 Utes and 800 horses
are on Douglass creek. They are sullen
and say they came to hunt, and thnt
game wardens will not stop them this
time. If the wardens attempt to arrest
them, tho Indians will make trouble.
On the Free List.
New York, Dec. 8. The United
States board of genoral appraisers today
decided that under the Dingley tariff
act, imported calfskins, raw, are not to
be classified as oncured hides of outtle,
which are subject to a duty of 15 per
cent ad valorem, but are wholly ex
empt from duty, and come nuder the
head of raw skins included in the free
list. .. The decision is important to the
shoo and leather manufacturers.
More German Troops for China.
Berlin, Dec. 6. The naval depart
ment has sent instructions to Kiel -to
dispatch 600 artillerymen with field
guns and 1,000 marines to China.
Counterfeit Sliver Certlflcnte.
Washington, Deo. 6. The discovery
of a new counterfeit 5 silver certificate
of the series of 1891, with the portrait
of Grant, ia announced by the treasury
secret service. The note ia neither as
long nor as wide as the genuine. Ap
parently it is printed from plate, made
by the photo-mechanical process, and
is well executed, especially the letter
ing, seal and entire back of the note'.
General Grant's portrait ia different
from that in the genuine.
Automatic Uua Tested.
Washington, Dec. 8. By direction
of the secretary of the navy, a special
board of officers at Indian Head made i
final test and inspection of the new six
pounder automatic gun. This weapon
has been tired at the rate of 41 rounds
P'r minute, and in use dispensed with
tho service of a man nt each gifn.
Rome, Dec 8. A dispatch from
Oniieo, in the province of that nanio,
in Piedmont, south of the Leontinc
Alps, say Unit 2u houses in the village
v; i InV" !.) horned. Oii
uiau wo burned to a crisp.
GENERALPANDO SHOT
Spaniards Discredit It in the
Absense of Proofs.
SPANISH DEFEAT AT MATANZAS
anta Clam the Reported Seen of Pan
do's Last flght-Bmallpos
In tan Domingo.
New York, Dec 6. A Herald di
patch from Havana wys: A report
that General Pando, who wa. placed in
charge of military operation, in Cuba
by General Blanco, ha. been killed in
an engagement with insurgent In
Santa Clara province, ha. just reached
Havana. Tbi. ha caused the utmost
excitement In palace and social olrclos,
and every effort i being made to get
now from General Pando' force to
verify the startling new.
No detail of the killing of the com
mander iiave been received, but the
statement i that he wa (hot in a bat
tie with Insurgent while on the march
from Bagua la Grande to the southern
coast of Santa Clara, where he wa to
take a ship for Manxanillo.
Officer at the palace declare that the
tory must be thoroughly confirmed be
fore they will believe it.
General Pando' plan wa to march
right through the heart of the territory
where General Guinea' force are said
to have control. Simultaneously with
the report of Pando' death come news
of a battle near Matanxa in which the
Spanish force were driven from the
field. This engagement wa bitterly
fought, and it i asserted that the
losses of the Spaniard wa very heavy.
The same report says the Cubans
will not allow any cane grinding, and
also that the Spanish towns do not fa
vor grinding, because they hold the
zones of cultivation and grow tobacco
with cheap labor, which they would
lose if the reooncentrados return to
work on the estates.
A letter received by local paper
from correspondent in the East gives
new. of big fighting last week near
Bayamo between the rebel Chief Rahi
and General Linares. General Rabi
had only 600 men when General Lin
ares had two columns. No details of
the fight are .at band, but the Spanish
loss is said to have been heavy, one col
umn being nearly destroyed.
A foroe of 1,000 Spaniards, with ar
tillery, have forced the rebels into the
hills of Pinar del Rio. They must re
main there or come out and fight, a
thing the Spanish commanders think
they are not likely to da Small band
are still moving about with great cau
tion. Report, of the condition and move
ment of rebel in the east are most
conflicting. It is said that Gomez i
coming west with 40,000 men, but it is
also said that Gomes is still at the
camp where he has been for the last 10
months, and is being attended by Dr.
Candea, staff surgeon.
Smallpox In Ian Domingo.
Havana, Dec 6. The deplorable
condition of the country grow more
and more apparent Refugees and re
concentrados are growing more aud
more miserable. According to report,
from San Domingo smallpox i. making
terrible ravages among the concentrados.
Since April last more than 4.000 have
died in the city alone, to say nothing
of the suburban towns, which are like
wise affected.
The local authorities take no steps
whatever to check the mortality. The
streets of the city are thronged with
famine stricken wretches, who succumb
to disease under perhaps some lonely
porch, and sometimes fall dead in the
gutter, where they remain.
DUE TO THE KLONDIKE RUSH.
Big War In Passenger Rates to Ar
rive Boon.
Milwaukee, Dec. 2. The war in pas
senger rates between Chicago, Milwau
kee and St. Paul is likely to continue,
and railroad men look for the liveliest
kind of cutting in rates further west,
owing to the big rush to the Klondike.
A well-known railroad man said today
that since the rate dropped to $7, reduc
tions in fares will likely result as fur
west as Portland. The nominal rate ia
$49. 70 second-class on the St. Paul road,
and 59.70 first-class. With $7 from
Chicago to St. Paul as a basis, the fare
will probably be changed to $47 second
olasa and $57 first-class. He added that
this wa merely a preliminary for the
establishment of an entirely new sched
ule of rates to the West January 1,
which will be much lower. All the
roads are preparing to make special
rates to the point, nearest the Klondiko
region, and each road is after ail there
is in it.
Outlaws Were Frustrated.
St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 6. A special
to the Post-Dispatch from San Antonio,
Tex., says: "Advices were received
here this morning of an attempt to hold
up and rob a passenger train on the
Mexican National railroad near Mon
terey, Mexico, by nine masked and
well-armed Mexicans. The passengers
made resistance, and the outlaws were
unsuccessful. They are being pursued
by soldiers, and if captured will be
shot.
Killed Her Babies.
Philadelphia, Deo. 6. -Anna Nig
gle, the young wife of 8. Niggle, a pic
ture frame dealer, living at 788 Jackson
street, tonight killed her two babies,
one aged 8 years, and one aged 6
months, by smothering them with illu
minating gas. The woman attempted
tooommitt suicide in the same man
ner, and the returning husband fonnd
hi children dead and hi. wife in an
unconscious condition. She may re
cover.
The Mexican Murderess.
Bakersftold, Cat., Dec 6. Because
Emillio Ramos refused to buy a drink
for Ysabel Molina, an ex-oonviot. to.
day. the latter waited ontaiile the
saloon, and when Ramos appeared, she
shot him dead and fled. A large
posse has been searching for tha mur.
deress. The Mexican population of
this city i greatly excited, and many
Mexicans are ioininn in the search for
Molina.
The fastest river in the world is the
Sutlei, in British India, with desoent
of 12,000 feet in 180 mil.
DECISION BY OAQC.
Pnteh gar "''J; m D'"rt-'"1
WMhlngton.Deo.B.-Th;!
of the treasury today decided '
Netherland. government pay. W
on raw and refined augara exported
from that country, and hence, under
,h. new tariff.., .11 ...gar. from b
Netherland. entering the Ui tad
State are subject to a disruiminatln
duty equ.l to the export bounty paid.
The exact rate of thii countervailing
duty ha. not yet been definitely worr
fined, but It ia .aid that It will ap
proximate 48 cent, per 100 pound on
raw uiar and a .light advance on
those figure on refined.
It i known that the secretary ha
also com. to the conclusion that the
Belgian government pay. an export
bounty on ngar, and a decree to till
effect may I expected in a abort time
The additional dutie will applj
from September 22 lust.
The amount of raw sugar importe.1
from the Netherlands during the hi
year wa over 88,000,000 pound, of
which about 25,600,000 was not almvr
No. 16 Dutch standard. Tho uga
imiwrts from Belgium during the lusi
year aggregated over 123.000,000
pounds, of which nearly 121,000,000
was below No. 16.
THE CASE CLOSED.
Consular Agent CUrk. nt Hum,
Pern.
Forced to llesign.
Washington, Doc. 0. Seorelury
phorman has closed the oaso of hmll
Clark, consular agent at Pinra, Peru
which attracted much attention some
mouths ago, by calling for the resigna
tion of Clark. April 22 laHt, Clark
was ousted from the quarters used be
low as the United States consuls'
office, and above as residence. Ii
was stated that the consulate had been
sacked, the house plundered, and in
dignity put uixin this government
through its representative. The state
department promptly o.tlled on Mr.
Clark for particulars, which ho .aid he
would furnish.
Tho Peruvian minister, Seimr Egl
nuern, put a different phase on the
mutter, by submitting statement tha'
Clurk was in arrears to a conr iderablr
amount on rent for tho building: thai
nulv flm lower nor lion wait used for
I consular purines, although ho hac
j placed the United States eout of-arma
on all the door of the house, tbm
using the American emblem for igno
ble purpose. The courts had given a
regular decree against Clark, it was
stated, directing him to vacate the
premise, for non-payment of rent, and
in pursuance of this decree he was
ejected.
Secretary Sherman waited until re
cently for Mr. Clark' statement, and
a this was not furnished, after five
months, the secretary directed on;
minister at Lima, Mr. Dudley, to call
on Clark for his resignation, unless the
j prOOIS Ol ll.e alleged mini" in
iiaml. Mr. uuniey nus eviucimr nui
received the proofs, for he has notified
the state department that he has called
on Clark for hi. resignation.
GHOST MADE HIM CONFESS.
Wllllsra Kern Implicates Ills ftsrevt
heart In tho Killing of Ills Him.
Waterloo, la., Deo. 0. William
Kern, under arrest for tho murder of
his father, Jerome Kern, has m-.ide a
confession in which he implicates his
sweetheart, Delilah Falzo. Kern's
father opposed his marriage to the
woman, and Kern states that she
plotted killing both his parents, and
prevailed upon hi in to attempt the
carrying out of her plot, that-' they
might acquire possession of the family's
farm and live there together.
Jerome was lured by the son into the
woods, and there the girl shot him.
The dead man's clothing whs then sat
urated with oil and set on Hie.
Kern was scared into his confession
by detectives, who haunted him in the
guise of a ghost of his father. He also
confessed that the murder of hie
mother was to have been accomplished
at a later date. .
Charcoal-Burner's Crime.
Milford, Del., Dec. u. Sulvago Bide-back,
a charcoal-burner, attempted to
kill his family last night. He said to
his wifo:
"I have just learned how to use the
kind of a sword tho Cubans use. Now,
I want all of you to stand up."
The mother and four children arose
and Biderback tied their hands with a
rope, which he fastened to the rafters.
Obtaining a corn-knife from an adjoin
ing room, he commenced cutting his
family, inflicting somo dreadful wounds.
Before ho could comploto his work, hi
son camo in. Biderback seized a mus
ket and disappeared. The villagers
threaten to lynoli him. The condition
of Mrs. Biderback and the children is
serious.
An Eccentric Clergyman.
Toronto, Dec. 6. Rev. William
Bates, rector of the Anglican church at
Thornhill, was arraigned in the police
court on a charge of having "shop
lifted" two dozen lead pencils, four
books, a hairbrush and a quantity of
stationery from stores.' The clergyman
wore a long cloak and the police allege
tnat ne was caugtit secreting articles
which he had not bought under this
garment. Mr. Bates is a graduate from
Cambridge and one of the most schol
arly men in tho church. His friends
state that he has been somewhat eccen
tric for some years, and if guilty he
oommitted the act in a fit of mental
aberration.
Patronising Home Indus' rj. '
Washington, Doc 6. A policy of
using, wherever possible, American
ma'de good in the supplie. of the pos
tal service is announced in a letter ad
dreeesed today by First Assistant Postmaster-General
Heath to M. Lewis, su
perintendent of the division of postoflice
supplies.
Lost In a Montana Ullssnrd.
Butte, Mont., Dec 6. The body of
Herbert W. Sherman, of Butte, was
fonnd in the snow just below his oabin
over the range in Madison county to
day. He was interested in mining
claims, and left November It) to go to
tbem. Nothing being heard of him,
search was instituted and he wa found
near hi cabin. He evidently got lost
in blinding mow torm, and, becom
ing exhausted, laid down and froze.
The Coliseum at Rome wa built by
Vespasian to accommodate 100.000
spectator..
ORIOON STATI'NEWS.
Brief Bsvlsw ml the Wsell Throwghool
the lUto.
Balem ba. at last a chamber of com
merce orgnleJ and in working order.
The government improvement work
at Bandon b. .topped, tha appropria
tion having been fully expended. .
An old-fashioned freight train ar
rived in Lskeview from the south last
week. It consisted of 10 wagon, and
82 horse. '
The entrance to Coo. bay harlior I
marked by a new whistling buoy
placed there by the lighthouse tender
Mancanlta last week.
During tha recent heavy itorma the
oyster beds at Willapa harlair were
burled In drifting sands until at least
half the crop will be lost.
The Baker-Canyon Telephone Com
pany now ha. the long-distanoe line
between Baker City ami the Oram
county town in working order.
Lyons' brooinhandle factory, in
Coo county, ahlpH 40,000 of it. best
product to San Francisco last week. A
portion of the consignment will La
forwarded to Australia.
Captain Berry, the aged" lighthouse
keeper at Port Angeles, died in the
Sisters' hospital at Port Townsend
Sunday. He ha been keeper or the
light at Angele. for the past 20 year.
The farmer, who supply the Coiinille
creamery received 20 S, tents pound
for butter fat, delivered during Ooto
her. Two thousand :lollur. wa dis
tributed among those who supplied the
creamery.
A Polk county farmer ha been ex
perimenting with tobacco culture, and
haa been to successful that cigar uiudo
with tobacco grown by him are aiJ to
be a good a the average cigar smoked
iu Oregon.
It ia said that the next grand Jury in
Curry county will not meet until Sep
tember next. If tbi. i. the vase, it ia
apt to le a long time before the Van
Pelts will have to answer the thargo of
killing A. Coolidgo.
A drove of about 129 nicet'iui young
mules, which had been boiig.it in Lake
county, were secured at the low average
price of $15 per head. They will be
taken to Huntington and then shipped
to the Eastern market.
Joe Siver, who is making a tour of
the United States fioiu New York and
return on a bicycle, wu fined $10 in
Harrisburg for riding on the sidewalk.
He was allowed to go on condition of
his leaving the city nt once.
The checks for the second divi.loud
declared by the cont oiler of the cur
rency in favor of the creditors of The
Dalles National bank have la-en re
ceived by Receiver Wilson, and are
ready for delivery to the tiwiiei.
The Albany iron works is a very busy
place these days. The company
shipped out 10 Ion of machinery la.it
Friday, including a quart mill manu
factured fur Southern Oregon mine,
and machinery for the state pumping
station at Salem.
One hundred and forty-four bale, of
hops, aggregating over 27,000 pound,
belonging to five growers in the vicinity
of Laurel, were sold Monday for 18
cent per pound. Tuesday 43 ha lee,
aggregating over 8,500 pounds, were
sold to J. M. Russell & Co., f or 1 1 4
cents per pound.
The grain ucreage in Jackson county
for the coming year will in unlikeli
hood auprass in extent any year in tho
history of Rogue river valley, and if
conditions prove favorable, the greatest
number of bushels of grain in the his
tory of the county will be harvested in
1808. This, says the Tidings, is the
opinion of well-informed persons.
During tho last few months a Croik
county firm has purchased 16,000 hem
of sheep, and are now haudling about
22,000 head. They are all in their
wiutor range, and each flock is within
convenient distance of big stacks of
hay, more than sufficient to carry th?m
through tho hardest winter. The
sheep are all reported to be iu flue con
dition and thriving.
Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Albert celebrated
their 60th wedding anniversary in
Salem Monday. They weie married
at Wheeling, W. Va., in 1837. Mr.
Albert ia 82 years old, and Mrs. Albert
81. A reoeption was hoM at their
home and a large number of friends
paid respect to the venerable couple.
The guests included seven children, be
sides grandchildren and great grand
children. The controversy between two quarrel
some momliers of the Vernoni church
was submitted to a jury, or committee,
of church members. One of the mom
Iters was expelled. The other was cen
tred and reduced from .full member
ship to six months probation. It was
ruled by the committee that no one in
the Nohalem valley is entitled to
church membership unless he is imbued
with love and righteousness.
The Eastern Oregon Sheep Associa
tion of Baker City offers a reward of
$1,000 for information that will loud
to the arrest and conviction of any por
son or persons found guilty of wilfully
injuring the sheep or property of any
member of the association. And a fur
ther reward of $350 for information
that will lead to the arrest and convic
tion of any person or persons gulity of
robbing sheep camps the property of
the members of the association.
Messrs. Rice, Flint & Co, have
struck a vein in their Black Repub
lican tunnol, In Michaol orcok mining
district in Southern Oregon, showing
very promising oro containing p0ld and
copper. No assays from this lowest
level has been made. The. third tun
nel is in 210 feet, and will be pushed
somo 50 feet further to orossotit thia
and another parallol vein further in.
Promising ledges are being uncovered
in the district. A number of placers
are running light.
The immediate necessity of a quaran
tine station at the mouth of lie Colum
bia river will bo the subject of a joint
memorial soon to be addressed to con
gress by the Portland and Astoria
Chambers of Commerce. The matter
was taken up by the Portland chamber
with Ropresontatlves Tongue and Ellis
before thoy left for Washington, and
both promised to use every effort to
secure an appropriation for this purpose.
W ith the increased traffic of the port,
a itation has become indispensable, and
no mean will be neglected to place thia
Iot clearly and forcibly before con-
German School, in .
Attacked h . a
J 10T,
en.
TWENTY-FIVE PER80J
iBrajndlarr rir.. .
'. Now th.
Pragne, Bohemia, DM.
mation establishing msni.TT
wade in an mrti J Uw ,
orb. today. Detachment!
headed by an officer tnd . r'S
misslonor, marched from 7
point After tatoo on Z fhl
commissioner read aloud th. i
decree ordering military
By evening order had WT 'w,l,
which has not bee ToL
Throughout the early mo,Z ,lt.
reigned. The wlndo",
looting wa. varied with
between the rioter, ;:irC:
lice. The shop, of il,.,
man jeweler, were plu(lered i?"
rioter, drank their fill in (w "
-"7"
casket, run out wu
Incendiary fires were start! t,
directions, and the fir, VJl?
kept galloping from one endoftu!"
to the other for hours.
When the firemen arrived it ,
Stack." U,dJ.
Inaotna case the rioter, wrecks ,u
railroad engine. During the dVIi
cial train were employed csrrjiZ
inforcementa to the scene. Th.
now 10,000 wldier. here, foil
ped lor a long campaign.
Official returns for the 24 bouris
ceding show that four perioni ,
killed and 150 dangeromly ,OTo
Three hundred and fifty received lZ
injuries. Twenty shops ere
out. The authorities are not eonUnt
of the continuance of order, the lm.
tite of the mob having been whettedbv
ucceasful plundering which hu
directed in a systemutio wy by tW
leader, of secret societies. BoimJm,
saved their premise, by placing eruci
fixe between lighted candles lotto,
shop window.
An Escltlni Ilsr.
Prague, Bohemia, Dec. 6. -Tin
afternoon a mob attacked the 0(rnm
school. The infantry fired four mi.
ley. One report says 25 pertonitnt
killed and scores were wounded. Tl
city is in a panic ami many are fleeing.
Nearly 8,000 reinforcement. M
enna for this oity tonight.
CHARLES YERKES' SCHEME.
Proposes to Turn tha Chlrs.o Blmh
to Uoulerard.
Chicago, Dec. 6. Twenty mile, of
dock on the lake front and the tnta
formation of the Cbicugo river into
boulevard by covering it with i col tm
from end to end i what Cbarlei I.
Yerkes prooses for Chicago.
The street-car magnate appeared be
fore the city council today and vigorou
ly opposed the proposed deepening of
the river and the lowering of the fou
nds. He urged that the city ibould
grant the land front it own. betttn
Randolph street and Park row to i cor
poration with $50,000,000 cub to
build 20 docks, each a mile long, which
at the end of 60 years will revert to
the oity at the bare cost of cocetrue
tion. "Build them of stone," slid h,
"and Chicago will have the finest
docks in the world, not excepting Uiose
at Liverpool."
Mr. Yerke frankly declared it to be
his opinion that money spent totetoti
fy the, lake front is merely thron
away. ' If his lake front harbor plu
was carried out, he suggested that th
river be covered with culvert, and mule
into a boulevard, extending from tb
mouth to the end of the North tod
South brandies, making, the spesker
said, the most magnificent boulevard ji
the world.
BURNED TO DEATH .
Th Bad Fnto of a Child Nssr Xl
Yakima.
North'Yakima, Wash., Dec. 6. Ths
home of State Senator Lesh, i W
mile, from this city, was totally tfe
stroved by flro last night. Mr. Lew'
lK-year-old child wa. burned todeitn.
The child's nurse had a very narrow
esoape. The fire originate.! in s air
tight stove in the nursery. Mr.
wife died 15 months aoin giving
to twin girls, one of whom died tW"
months ago, the other being tbi W
tim of last night's fire. The rem
of the little one were recovered tod t,
and the funeral will he held Sat w
Senator Losh started home toOjy W"
Washington, where he has been Wf
eral weeks in consultation with ua
ner Hubbard, president of the , Mow
Company, for which Lesh u "
The 'dwelling burned was th.Pg
of the Moxee Company, and com i
000. The contents were insured J
$1,500 in two companies, but one
for $1,000 expired a few days .go
Horseless oarriages have been
duced in the fire department oi r
tiro-Savers Drowned
Margate, England, Dec. -;. a
teer lifeboat casized this morn- J
Naylad rock. Of 14 men comPJ
her, crew, 10 were drowns. I.
the accident occurred, the
on her
way to tne r.-nn. . ia
of the
of the Persian f.mpire. a
day the Persian Empire w
p.r.; F.mnire. wlw .'
ITV" i.ls City.
tow for
with wl
or London, me - ,B.
whioh steamer the Vi,,
ad been in collision, pr.wuw
nire had
her voyage.
Anoth.r Flore.
London. rJeafi.-Fierce.wrmiJ
broke out over the coasts
last night, ndth.enereroIf.
ing the early part of the wee
r
curring. Heavy naa, TW
storms accompanied the g 4
Dover and Calais channel wu
temporarily auspended. ki
sels are reported to have been
on Goodwin sands. A nuniu i
sels were wrecked off the ori
eeneo ou ' . gnee
rof the storm on
and the fury i
ish seaboard was nnexainpiw- j
snow have fallen in sever1 V
France.