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Lincoln County Leader. J. r. HIWtBT, Pnbllsher. TOLEDO OBEGON THE NAVAL BATTLE Five Warships Sunk Off the Month of Yalu River. ADMIRAL TING WAS KILLED. The Ironclad Chin Yuen and Another Chinese Warship Bunk and the Jap anese Loit Three Vessels Colonel Von Banneken Reported Killed. Shanghai, September 19. A naval engagement has taken place off the mouth of the Yalu river, where a Chi nese squadron was covering the landing ot a large force. The landing was ef fected, but in the meantime the Japan ese fleet attacked the squadron. In the fighting that followed the Chinese iron clad Chin Yuen was sunk by the fire of the attacking fleet. The Yong Wei, be longing to the Chinese sqnadron. in at tempting to get out of the range of fire and in maneuvering for a position was run aground. Another Chinese ship is also reported to have been sunk. The Japanese are also reported to have sag tained a heavy loss, three of their vessels laying ueen suna oy ine lire lrom the vnineee. Aumirai ring, (Jolonel von lianneken and other fnri-iirnpra or a ra. ported as having been killed during the attack. No estimates are made of the losseB oy either side. HATTLK OK l'INO YANG, Thousands of Chinese Prisoner! to be Sent to Japan. London, September 10. The officials of the Japanese legation here have re' ceived the following cable dispatch : "Our army surrounded Ping Yang the 15th instant, and after severe fighting gained a great victory and captured the city. The number of the enemy killed wounded and taken prisoners is immense, The Japanese lost eleven officers and 200 soldiers, killed and wounded." The British Minister at Toklo has cabled the foreign office announcing the Japanese victory. A Central News Ping Yang dispatch, dated yesterday, says that 14, (XX) prisoners marched through that place yesterday ; others are arriving hourly, and will be shipped to Japan. The report that there are 60,000 Chinese between Ting Yang and the Yalu river is discredited. The force around 1'ing rang was tne nower ol the armv and really the only effective part. The China men compoBing the levies now made nave io iuea, ui mouern wanare. An' other 1'ing Yang dispatch savs that im mense quantities of ritles and stores are stacked in the public squares. The Chi im'bo prisoners are fairly well treated They will be Bent to Japan in batches of 1,000 each. The (Shanghai correspondent of the l all Alall uazcue status the Japanese in ine anacK on ring l ang were enabled by brilliant moonlight during the night, throughout which tho battle lasted, to do great execution with their Held guns The 1'ing Yang Harrison numbered 20.' 000. The Japanese are advancing on Monkden. The correspondent adds it is reiwrted J.I Hung (Jliang lias been d potted. Another Shanghai dispatch says llinng lias been deprived ol lus three' eyed peacock feather because of hismiB' management ol the (Jorean campaign The Secretary of tho Chinese legation says with relerence to tho reported Bill ciile of LI Hung Chang that tie receive): a message from Chumr. dated Tien Tsin to-day, in which ho expressed fears the Chinese would have great difficulty in retaining 1'ing Yang. The Central News says that alter the first feeling of surprise at tho Japauene victory mis worn on it is admitted by i. I.. ... i. ...... if i'Aji:iin w uu nuuw lilt) runiuuuvw quuir ties of the armies that the result is i natural one. Marshal Yamagata, the JapancBU commander-in-chief. was trained in European schools, and the other Japanese commanders and stall officers were similarly educated. The best friends of the Chinese do not lie liove them capable of holding the ports on the Gulf of l'e Chi Li against the Japanese. Chang May be Further 1'iiulslied. Washington, September ll. A dis' patch from Charles Pcnby, tho United Stutea Chargo d'All'airvs in China, Bays the Emperor of China lias deprived Viceroy Li Hnng Chang of two of his decorations for his failure to properly conduct military operations, and that he would probably be subjected to still greater punishment. CAK-MU1ITINO. The Southern l'lti'llto Kiptirhiientliig With a Mew System. San Fbancihto, September It), A new system for lighting railway cars, which has been in use on many of the Eastern roads for some time, will soon be adopted by the Southern Pacific Company. Un dur the new system each car will be sup plied with a cylinder containing crude petroleum In sufficient quantity to gen crate gas to meet the requirements dur ing a trip. The first experiment with this method of lighting was made last night at the Oakland yards with one ol the mail coaches ol the Central Pacillc division, which had Ihhmi lilted up for that purpose. The light was thoroughly lesion, ana women wnn pencil satis faction and with far better results than that derived by the use of coal oil lamps, now commonly used, or gasoline, which is lined on some ol the roads running out of Chicago. It is the intention ol the Southern Pacillc Company to introduce the new system on all the mail coaches of its road as rapidly as the work can be done, and if it is found to work as well as it did in the test, passenger coaches will also be lighted In tho same manner. Petroleum gas is already being used on some of the latest models of Pullman cars. Amnesty at an Knd. Lima, September H). Tho limit of Un law ot amnesty having expired, tho Peru vian government has issued a decree de claring that its opHinciita are guilty of rebellion, and that it Is not responsible for acts committed under insurrectionary authority. Revolutionists Arrested. Valparaiso, Septemlior lt. A revo lutionary plot instigated by follower! of tha late General Baluiaceda has been discovered and twenty ringleader arrested. PEATT WILL CONTEST. The Fight Promises to be a Very Inter esting One. Los Anoeles, September 19. The trial of the sensational contest over the will of Mrs. Anna A. Pratt, who died a few months ago, shortly after the deci sion was rendered in the famous family squabble over the guardianship of her person and estate, was commenced in the Probate Court to-day. The late Mrs. Pratt left an estate estimated to be worth 700,000 at least and an oleographic will, dated April 28, 1881. By its terms ahe named as her executors Mrs. Louisa G. Cross, her sister; Charles P. Pratt, her son, and Mrs. Lulu C. Goodepeed, her daughter. Charles P. Pratt subsequent ly died, and a codicil was attached June 3, 1885, to the effect that in the event of tne marriage of Kate A. Pratt, her son's widow, the 110.000 left to her in the original will was to be given to her chil dren. mis document is contested by Mrs. Lulu Goodspeed and K. L. Camn- bell, the legally appointed guardian of the minor heirs of Charles P. Pratt, de ceased, who contend that at the time the will was executed Mrs. Pratt was under duress and undue influence. It is fur tlier claimed that the contestants are in possession of another will, which, i shown to be genuine, will completely cnange ine aspect oi aiiairs. The light promises to be one of the most interest ing heard in the Probate Court for some time past. DOWN ON HIS KNEKH. Reformed Gambler's Prayer In Mayor Kustls' Office. Minneapolis, September 10. There was a sensational scene in the office of Mayor Eustis. John P. Quinn, a re formed gambler evangelist, now in the city, had charged in a talk before the Y. M. C. A. that not only was there gam' bling in Minneapolis, but that the au thorities knew it and licensed it. This charge brought Quinn a note from the Mayor asking him to call at the Mayor office, tjuinn promptly appeared with hie colleague, li. if. Gueuel, a lawyer evangelist. Newspaper men witnessed a warm debate between the Mayor and ex-gambler. The gambler charged and the Mayor denied that there waB public gamming, ana mat gamming was li censed by the authorities. Quinn wound up his talk by getting down on his knees in the Mayor's office and praying for the blotting out ol the gambling lie Is and for divine light for the Mayor that he might see the path of duty. The Mayor gave me evangelist a caustic scoring lo charging things that were untrue and he could not prove. NEW UNION DKI'OT. Work to Begin Soon and be Hurried to Completion. Poktland, Or., September 10. Work will be resumed Bometime between Oc tober 1 and October 15. The exact date has not yet been determined, as there are some matters yet to be arranged be tween General Manager McNeill of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Com' pany and the receivers of the Oregon Short Line in New York. This in one of the principal objects of Mr. McNeill trip to tho Kast. While the depot is to all appearances jimci'icttiiy uumpiuieu, mure im uo,ouu yet to be spent on the building and ground, and aliout six months' time will elapse after work is resinned before all the work on tho grounds will be fin iHlied. ilie lining ol the lake is com pleted, and the yards are ready for track laying and the street improvements. As for the depot itself the exterior work will be through with when the 140-foot clock tower, now as high as the roof of the main building, is built. Counterfeiters Captured, Yhkka, Cal., September 10. Govern nient Detective Harris has captured man mimed Ewlng at Scott Valley, whom he charges with making and circulating spurious silver coins. Eight dollars in counlerleit money was found in the pos session of the prisoner. A confederate named Johnson escaped. The gang mini hurs fifteen in all. and have been circn luting counterfeit money throughout Norwern ualilorma and ttouthurn Ore gon. Tho counterfeits consist ot iinnr- tors, halves and dollars, and are good imitations, the work being well executed Harris arrested two of the gang a few uays ago in enasta county. Wounded by an Killlor. San t BANi'isio, September 10. B. M Gopehovitch, editor of a Slavonian nowB' paper called the Scbcn Aniericanac, tO' day shot and wounded li. Bulich, countryman, llulich was wounded in the head and hand, and will probably die. Tho shooting grew out of an arti cle published in Gopehevitch's nam' The shooter waB arrested and the wound ed man taken to the receiving hospital The trouble lietweeu the two men is of long standing, and at one time they iiircuicniM to iigm a duel. abort In Ills Accounts. Sacuamknto, September 18. N. N Denton, one of the trustees of the Sixth Btreet Presbyterian Church and its treasurer, it is said, ia several hundred dollars short in his accounts. He is a poor man. and the monev cannot be re covered. He has beon expelled from the church, but will not lie prosecuted on u....... l.i.. r n muiuiuui nib 1IIIIIIIV. lilts llCUiHUI)llS extended over a period of a year. His failure to pay the minister's last month's salary brought lus shortage to light Hitherto he has stood well in the com munity. Cnrlln Strikers on Trial. Cahkon, Nev., September lit. The triol of live Carlin strikers, charged will conspiracy to delay United States mails, is progressing in tho United States Cir cuit Court. A large number of witnesses were examined lo-dav, and various tele grams between tho strikers and Debs and Knox have been placed in testi mony. The testimony is verv interest ing, and the court is crowded dailv. The fact was brought out to-dav that the railroad is back of 1'ie prosecution. nranlnn Nearliig the fcnd. Akw Ioiik, September 111. Actor Scaulon was removed from Bloom ingdale to the new insane asvliim at M lute rutins to-dav. rVaulon is verv weak, and it ia not believed he will lust much longer. Mvllouald's Trial Continued. San Francisco, September 18. The trials of Kichard McDonald, Jr., H. T. Graves, A. L. Jenkins and Charles Mont gomery, charged with cmliezxlciucnt on grand jury Indictments, have been con tinued until October 1. The Yield of Kalslns. Fresno, Cal., September 18. Since most of the first crop of raisins have been picked and cured, those who are best posted on the v e il aav tlmm will Imj a shortage of 600 to 1.000 carloads in this part of the vallev. Tha oualitv is vary tin. THE BOYS IN BLUE The Expected Order for Changes in Location Made. TROOPS MOVED EASTWARD. When the New Posts In Montana and Colorado Are Completed Troops Will be Further Concentrated List of Posts That Will be Abandoned. Washington, September 18. The or der anxiously awaited in army circles providing for extensive changes in the location of the United States army was issued to-day. Thev provide garrisons for the old recruiting depots, and also contemplate a considerable concentra tion of troops. Several of the smaller stations east of the Mississippi, aa well a few in the Western country, are given up aa no longer necessary. The regi ments which are to be brought East in whole or in part are the Third and Sixth Cavalry, the Thirteenth and Seventieth Infantry and the whole Twentieth In fantry, now stationed at Fort Leaven worth. The Tenth Infantrv. that has heretofore been scattered between five posts from the Pacific Coast to the Mis sissippi Valley, will now come together at oiii ana neno, wnue tne whole fifth Regiment, formerly occupying five sta tions, will be assembled at FortMcPher son, Ga. Aa soon as some changes are made in the quarters at Jefferson Bar racks and Columbus Barracks, the two troops of cavalry now ordered to the former will be joined by four other troops, and the remainder of the Seven teenth Infantrv will be sent to Columbus Barracks, making the latter a regimental post. David's Island will be occupied bv fl ..CM..... . 1 I buu mviucijr no liluucril lUrilllCaUOn, which has been constructed there to com mand the sound entrance to New York hsrhflf pnn i Ttw r00! vip the enra- ment required as an artillery garrison tort Columbus on Governor's Island will hereafter be an infantry poBt, to be umnmieiy increased to a tun regiment, ine toiai number oi companies now serving east of the Mississippi is 100. In luture it will be 119, occupying thirty one posts, the gain to the East, of course, comes from the West, but the number of posts remaining west of the Mississippi is forty-nine, and those are garrisoned by 245 companies, without counting the Indian companies, of which there are seven. It will be seen, there. fore, not more than two-thirds of the regular army still remains in the West. Congress has ordered the building of two new posts, one in Montana and one in Arkansas. When these are com pleted other points will be given up and iroops sun luriner concentrated, uen- eral Howard's command will be creased to nineteen companies. The d& partment of the Platte fosses seven Colorado four and Dakota eight. The order itself is as follows : cavalby. First Regiment Troop A from Fort Myer, Va., department of the East to department of Colorado. Second Regiment The Junior Major and three troops from Colorado to Fort Kilcy, Kan., and Troop F from Fort Worth to Fort Rilev; the Lieutenant' Colonel and Troops B and I from Fort Howie, A. T to 1'ort Logan. Col Third Regiment The Senior Major ana iroops u, and U, now tempo rarily at Fort Sheridan, 111., to Fort Kthan Allen, Vt., the movement to take place October 1 ; headquarters and two troopB, one of them Troop I), from Okla homa Territory, by October 1 and the Junior Major to Jefferson Barracks, Mo, Sixth Regiment From the depart ment of the Platte to the departments of the Missouri and East; headquarters junior major and rroopa A, K, U and H now temporarily at Fort .Sherman. 111. to F'ort Myer; the Lieutenant-Colonel from Jefferson Barracks and the three remaining troops to Fort Ix-avenwortli the movement to commence October 1 The Indian Troop L will remain at Fort Mourn ra. Seventh Regiment Senior Major and Troop V from F'ort Myer to Fort Stanton, N.M. j the Lieutenant-Colonel to Fort Ri ley. Eighth Regiment Troop II from Fort slyer and troop U lrom rort Leaven worth to the department of Dakota. Ninth Regiment Troop K from Fort Myer lo the department of the Platte. lentil Regiment Troop I from F'ort Leavenworth to the department of Da kota. Troops of tho Seventh, Eighth and ninth Regiments, as in the foregoing, nm muic iijiuii tuu niriviu ui tiieiucom ing troops for Fort Myer. AKTIU.KKV. Third Regiment Tho Junior Major ana two uaiieries to Jackson ilarracks La. infantry First Regiment One com nan v from San Francisco Imrlvor to San Diego Har- racKB, to relieve company u, Tenth ln- laniry, wmiout unnecessary delay, 1-if tit Regiment I'o be concentrated at F'ort Mcl'herson, Ga. j Company A at rort lA'avenworin ana t at Houston Tex. Sixth Regiment Companv A from Fort Wood, N. Y and Fa from Newport It.,-......!,. ... L-... HM 1 -.. 1 iwiimnn w i-uib llllflline, rty. Seventh Regiment Company II, now at rort 1-eavenworth. and G at Camp l:l.. l.... ... l- t r i inn, iiuiio iu rort jAigtin. Kigtith Regiment Headquarters and three companies from F'ort McKinney to Fort D. A. KuBsell Tenth Regiment The department nf Missouri headquarters and four compa nies to Fort Reno and four companies to Fort Sill, the distribution to include two companies at tort Leavenworth. Twelfth Regiment Headquarters and Companies F. and 11 from Fort I-eaven- worth and Companies B, C and D from rort nuiiivan to fort Mobrara. Fourteenth Regiment Cum nan v Tl from F'ort 1-oavenwortli to Vancouver iiarracks. Seventeenth Regiment From Fort D. A. Russell to the department of the r.asi; Headquarters and Companies A, D, E and G by iVtoln-r 1 to Columbus Barracks, O.; the Lieutenant-Colonel, Major and three companies remaining to the same station. Nineteenth Regiment fomninr r irom fort .Mackinac to tort itraddock twentieth Regiment From the de partment of Dakota to Fort Leaven. worth. Indian Companv I will remain at F'ort Assinaboine. 1-OSTB ABANDONED. In connection with thn f.invmn,. II,,,.., posts will bo abandoned under the usual orders to be promulgated hereafter: rort .Miircy, i. m. ; rort Howie, A.T ; Fort McKinnev: Fort Sullivan. 1) Fort Supply. O. T. : Fort Mackinac. Mich.: NewiMirt Barracks. kv M.utnt Vernon Barracks, Ala. Accompanying the new order, the War epartmetit makes public this state- ment : ' The order for llm iliuHinlimi.nMi nt three recruiting nosla IVvia I.L.I Columbus Barracks and Jell'erson Bar racks ia contained in the announcement that troops to occupy thea stations would toon bt designated." MIRACLE AT LOCEDE9. One nick Almost Unto Death Made Strong and Healthy. Niw Yobk, September 18.-The Her ald prints the following from its Rome correspondent under date of September 2: Another pilgrimage from across the Atlantic, this time from Canada, baa ar rived in Rome, and waa received this morning by the Pontiff with great cere mony and graciousness. They came to Rome last Thursday from Lourdes, where they were daring the national pilgrim age. Aa they steamed into the famous town of Bernadotte their American col leagues were just leaving. In an inter view with M. Rivet, the'director of the pilgrimage, he informed me that, al though some of the party started out wnn ramer vague ideas ot Lourdes, they were all enthusiastically devout and de lighted while there, and it was with great difficulty that thev went awav. even with the prospect before them of being received by the Holy Father. The first day ot their stay ten miracles were reg' uttered at the bureau, and their faith was strengthened to exultation by the complete restoration to health of one of their party. Mrs. Burque, the wife of a pnysician oi Montreal, sutlering from minor, tooK tins pilgrimage as a last re' sort, having been given up by the doc tors in Canada. It was againBt their advice, and even in Paris no one could relieve her in anv wav. and she was told that, if ahe took such a journey, it was at the riek of her life. She persisted, being strong in her faith ; and, though much exhausted on arriving, a few days later she re-embarked for Paris, radiant with health, perfectly cured and devout ly thankful to " Our Lady of Lourdes." The reception at the Vatican was much like that accorded last month to the American pilgrims, the Pope seeming to have a special love for his children across the water. He murmured from time to time: "Ohl ce sont mes Canadiens, Oh! que je suia content." M. Rivet presented the Holy Father with $2,500 ior reter-s pence, and was elected a mem ber of the order of Advocates of St. Pe ter, i hey left to-day via Florence, Ven ice and Geneva to sail for Canada from Liverpool. CKUISKR NEW YORK. Waiting for a High Tide to Take Her On" the Dry Dock. N kw 1 ork, September 18. The cruiser New York is in the dry dock at the Brooklyn navy yard, and cannot get out until there is such an unusually high tide as that on which she went in nearly a month ago. The New York took ad vantage of a spring tide to get into the dock to have her bottom scraped and cleaned. It was expected another spring tide would float her out. But the spring tide did not come, and officers and crew have orders to go and "watch the tide." She may have to wait another month or more, and even when she does come out her woes are not over. It has been learned that the blocka on which the cruiser rested were not fitted so as to be moved while the vessel is in the dry dock. These blocks cover more than 100 square feet of the vessel's liottoin, mak ing large spots which it has been im possible to scrape or paint. She there fore must be moved out of the dry dock, the blocks must be moved, and she niUBt then be put back so that different parts of her bottom may rest on blocks permitting the painting of the present foul spots. VARIOUS INDIAN AGKNCIES. Sioux the Largest Tribe and Osage the ltlcheat. San Fbancihco, September 17. C. C. Duncan, one of the five United States Indian inspectors appointed to travel and investigate the various Indian agen cies, is in this city. Inspector Duncan has just returned from Round Valley, where 0,000 acres of land have been ap portioned to 600 Indians. He says the most of the reservation has little value, being composed largely of hills. Some of it has been sold at a low price. The business of the agency is pretty well closed, the Indians having been put in a nearly self-supporting condition. In spector Duncan has been visiting a great many agencies on this Coast and else where lately. He says that last year the statistics of the Indians showed that they had increased instead of decreased for the first time in twenty years. He added : "The reason is that they are reiving on themselves. The Sioux constitute the largest tribe some 17,000 that are under the government. The Osages are the richest people in the world. There are but 840 of them, but they have if7, 000,000, which brings them in an interest of $350,000 a year. Besides this they own a large area of profitable lands. The Coeur d'Alenea of Idaho are the most civilized of any except the Chero kees. They live in good houses, and are otherwise advanced from the sale of their hinds some time ago. Thev re ceived (050,000 or $1,100 for everv man, woman nnd child; so thev are well nxed." OOT TUK BUST OF SQT lUItKI.S. field of Wheat In the Pest licit Yields Twenty-Three Bushels. Diamond, Wash., September 17. W. N. Ruby has just finished threshing his 600 acres of wheat southwest of here. It yield Jil'g bushels per acre. The grain waa all cut with aelf-binders. This field of wheat was in one ot the worst sec turns of the squirrel belt, and the suc cess achieved in fighting them proves that tho pests can be poisoned if the worn is vigorously and thoroughly at tended to. 1 he granary idea is ouite a popular one among our larmers, a numberot new ones having been built this season. iNoone who will take the trouble to Visit tliepn lit orchard, three mi es nni-th of here, can longer doubt the adaptabil ity of the Palouse country for fruit-raising. Tliisorchard covers NSacresof both hill Bud valley land, and some of the trees are twentv vears old. The trees are thrifty in appearance, and all varie ties are loaded to the ground with the choicest oualitv of fruit. The emn thin year is the heaviest ever grown, over 100 tons having already been shipped to iuHmiv anu .uoniana pointa. Frrnrh Knvoy to Bladagnarar. Lost ox, September 17. The Daily News' corresHindent in Taris says that Le Myre do Vilers, the special FVench Envoy to Madagascar, will demand the entire Bay of Diego Duaret on the north east coast ot the island, and the whole peninsula between that part of the coast and Cape Amber, the moet northern pointful land. Hewillrequire for France the right to buy land and obtain conces sions of mining, water and other privi leges, while for other nations euch con cessioiiB will not be valid, unless first ex amined and approved oy the French Prvaident-Uencral. These sweeping de mands, the correspondent thinks, are likely to rouse much opposition in the United States and Oarwany. UNREQUITED LOVE Portland Once More the Scene of a Double Tragedy. CASE OF MURDER AND SUICIDE A Weil-Known CItII Engineer Shoots and Kills Mrs. Mabel Calvin and Him-self-They Were People of Splendid Family Connections. Poktland, Or., September 17. It was about 1:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon when John W. Stengele, a well-known young civil engineer, ahot and killed Mrs. Mabel Calvin of Worcester, Mass., who has been visiting with relatives here, and then, placing the deadly re volver to bis own head, blew out his brains. The tragedy occurred on the sidewalk on the south aide of Yamhill street about 100 feet west of Thirteenth street. Three shots were fired in quick succession, and the man and woman fell side by side on the pavement. Stengele died instantly, and his victim gave only one or two gasps after the arrival of sev eral bystanders who witnessed the shoot ing. Unrequited love prompted t double crime. The news of the terrible affair created intense interest, owing to the splendid family connections of both the dead and also their large circle of acquaintances throughout the city. Mrs. Calvin was a daughter of S. Forehand, President and principal owner ot the forehand Arms Company of Worcester, Mass., who is reputed to be worth several million dollars. She came here about eighteen months ago for the purpose of securing a divorce troin her husband, and had been making her home with her relatives Mr, and Mrs. Jewett, at 472 Yamhill street. Stengele had been in Oregon five years. and for some time waa employed at his profusion of civil ccgiucbricg. More recently he had been working for the city as receiving clerk in the work of con structing the new water works. He had exemplary habits, and waa well thought ot by a nost ot acquaintances, and had friends all over the State, who will think it incredible that he would commit so foul a crime. His mother is quite wealthy, and lives in Chicago. This letter explains that the shooting was premeditated, it is as loilows: Portland Hotel, September 16, 1894. My Dear Uloheesy: Uould any one overlook the fact that I am mad? I have done a lot of worrying, and you can now see why I am not well and why I do not sleep and eat aa 1 used to. l ou know we were to be married as soon as Mabel got her divorce, and you know of our in timacy for the past vear or more. found to my Borrow after watching her mat i was not tne only man in the case. We had a row once before, but then I waa not as positive as now, and we made up. You have proved the onlv friend I have ever had. I hope you will never make sucn a a l of yourself as I have made of myself. I cannot stand life any longer, although I have been fairly successful all along. There is enough money in my pocket to pay for burial, etc. I am not particular how I am put away. Mabel is the only woman I really love. I cannot live without her, and if you knew how I have been treated of late, you would not blame me. "It is almost impossible for me to write; I am so nervous. I realize what I am about to do perfectly, and I cannot for the life of me check myself. This desire to kill her and then myself came over me a few days ago. I cannot live any longer. Uest wishes. Jack." Mrs. Calvin was a strikingly hand' some woman. She had a particularly graceful carriage and a sweet face, but her most striking mark of beauty was ner ciear, neaiiny complexion, bhe had dark eyes and hair, and was of medium height and buxom figure. Her father supplied her with sufficient means to Batisly every whim, and although she had au extensive wardrobe of the latest style garments, they were all of subdued and modest shades. She spent two montiis during the past summer season at the seaside, and is well remembered by many who met tier there. THE YACUT RACE. Propositions From the British Not to Our Liking. New Yokk, September 17. Both Lord Lonsdale and Lord Dunraven are seri ously talking of building a yacht to race for the American cup, and, judging by the comments in English papers, a num ber of important concessions will be asked of the New York Yacht Club. It is said that, if the Englishmen decide to cnauenge witn a seventy or an eighty- "Aiin, iiiev wouiu iiKe tne Mnr v ni-b- Yacht Club to meet them with a hnt nf similar size and not have the Vigilant, Jubilee or Colonna put against their smaller craft. Thev also sav thnt l,m, would like to have the races decided off Newport to avoid excursion steamers. While no formal proposition has thus far been made to the New Ynrlr Vai,t Club on the subject, the questions have been informally discussed among the members, and those in authnritv snv fiot neither proposition finds favor here or woiiiu oe accepted under anv circum stances. THINK they have A CLl'E. Orllcers Believe the Short Line Train Wrecker Is Charles Somen. Boise City, September 17. Officers here believe that the leader of the gang that attempted to wreck a Short Line train Thursday is Charles Somers, a notorious train robber. He lias an aunt living in this city, and it is said he has been here recently. He is credited with having boasted of eating at the same table with the Chief of Police in a Boise restaurant. Oilicera say he lias head quarters in Owyhee county. Somers was arrested in San Francisco about a year and a half ago for train robberv in Mississippi. He was tried and sentenced hut escaped from the penitentiary. One of the guards disappeared at tlie same time, and is supposed to be with him now. Local banks were notified some time ago by Tinkerton of Somers' pres ence in this section and advised to beon the lookout for him. The Marshal's party in pursuit of the gang has not been heard from. rutting Her Hntne In Order. New Yokk, September 18. At the fair of the season, when the la9t of the social celebrities are departing from Newport, Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt has given orders to have the famous marble nalaea t,m ; order. Many rumors are atloat. One is to the effect that ahe intends to take up her abode in Khode Island in order to secure a divorce, the laws in that State being almost as liberal aa those in South Dakota. Another report sava Mr. and Mrs. Vanderbilt have patched nn tl,i. troubles, and that thev am in fii-a tn. gethur in their Newport home. cocnt kalsoky. The imperial Prim. Minister Address.. toe Mungriitu. Bcda-Pesth, September 22. -Count Kalnoky, Imperial Prime Minister, in a speech to the Hungarian delegation to day expressed the opinion that Hungary had just cause to complain in regard to the anti-Hungarian agitauou m mania. He would not, however, blame the Roumanian government, because the books and maps used in the schools designated Transylvania aa Roumanian territory. These, he eaid, were issued by Chauvinist circles, and the Rouman ian government waa totally irresponsible for them. A continuance oi tne irieuu. j relations with Roumania, he believed, . the best means to cause Roumanian inedentiem to disappear. In regard to Di.;o r.nnnt. Kalnokv said the tail of Premier Stambulott had been foreseen. 1T .Anamol tUl inn? IOr LUC Hll- patience of his adversaries to tolerate him further. , Prince Ferdinand, he declared, was a man of fine intelligence, and cer tainly did not desire the imperial inde pendence of the country which he had done so much to consolidate. In reply to an interpellation in regard to Italy Count Kalnoky said the entente be- .,,-uor, A nutria nnd Italv was tOO strong to be shaken by incidents like the dis course of Signor Bonghi attacking the .iroiinl Tiptmrdinir a policv of inter national measures against anarchy, he said it would be of small practical value. A delegate, interrupting, recalled a re mark made by Count Andrassy that "A moderate policy like Kalnoky'a might lead to fatal consequences." Count Kal noky replied: " If Count Andrassy had lived until now, he would have been satisfied with ' .. 4 l! l tne results oi mat pom y. Another delegate asking an explana' t.inn AA tn nn indenendent election of a Pope to comply with the guarantee of the Italian government. Kalnoky re- nlipd : " Kegaroing our lnnuence, mere io no reason to renounce it. We are prepared to maintain its full value." Archbishop Samassa, who was present in the delegation, spoke in behalf of an independent conclave. He insisted that the question of the succession of the Pope might become critical at any mo ment. Although the papacy was an ecclesiastical institution, it was also a political institution of the highest im portance. The position of the Pope to day, he declared, was even higher than when he distributed the crowns of Europe. The great powers would fail to elect a Pope unless it was supported by the voice of the church. The Em peror of Austria had a traditional right to exclude Cardinals from taking part in an election who did not possess his ap proval, but that right could be controlled by the conclave. It was therefore of the greatest importance that Austria should be represented in the connclave by Car dinals, who, besides being diplomates, were also in touch with the permanent policy of the Holy See. NEW DEPARTURE. The Goulds Are at Present Interested In Slaking Matches. r- - . a . New Yokk, September 21. The Gould family has now branched out of railroad and telegraph interests and entered the manufacturing. The Continental Match Company, which has its offices in Tem pie Court and a plant in Passaic, N. J. is a competitor of the great Diamond Match Trust, and is owned and con trolled by Edwin Gould. It is under stood the other brothers are interested. FMwin Gould's name appears as one of the incorporators. The charter of the company in Trenton sava: "The Continental Match Comnnnv. formed for the manufacture of matches and other wooden articles: capital, l. 000,000; President, Ixlwin F. Gould; v ice-rresiuent, vv. r. rlutclnnson; Sec retary and Treasurer.Wallace A. iWna ' Mr. Gould in an interview about bis new match company said: "The companv is formed for the nnr. pose of selling matches and not for the purpose ot hghting trusts or companies. We have what I consider unusuallv val uable patents, and before we forme'd the company gave them a thoroughly prac tical examination. We will be ready to put our goods on the market in a few weeks. Yes, if necessary, the capital of the company may be increased to $5, 000,000 or $10,000,000. I do not care to say now much ol the stock I personally own. It is a controlling interest, how- ni'ap II SCHOOL CENSUS. The Returns of the Superintendents In Washington. ULYMi-iA, September 21. The table below is compiled from the reports made oy tne county bchool Superintendents to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction for the year ending June 30, 1894, and shows the number of school children for the year 1804, the total value of all school property and the amount of oonds now outstanding: county. AiUras Children . Value. .;3,4.'8 12.1114 12S.129 41,9)10 77,7t.6 71,2til 82,391 37.H.V S,SlS ti.tlO 144.1SO 99S.41S 22,534 S2.IW2 29,075 23,194 4o,;(94 049,198 13,H',7 r,978 2,lil8 217,158 l42,',9 29,745 140,9" '.M.594 3li9,(H0 Hondo, A.-mtln .... : .... 712 .... 8,216 .... l,5i .... I.'IO .... 2,494 .... 2,,Vi2 .... 1,205 ... 119 .... 447 .... 1,22s ....1M10 .... 2,:is8 .... o,::iil si'3 .... !04 .... 1.IM1 ....13,(l2ii .... HO) ... 8,211 ... 414 ... 4,421 .... 9 !M0 .... 2,U .... 8..V3 .... 4,977 ... S.lWl .... 2.MS 111.490 4,400 81,050 34,300 ai.uAa 4 249 9,500 21,260 I'hohslls CtiiUtim Clarke Columbia ... Cowllti DOUKlilg Franklin Inland Jefferson.... Mnir Kittitas 101,251 6:6,350 4 550 I.ewli Milium 51.675 OkanoRan... J0.100 18 800 36,810 hcuic Fierce Sun Juau Skasit 317,345 3,6011 100,850 l'ii,9oi) 3H,35ll 8, .500 91 ,SOO 159,300 1-2,745 Skamania.... nohonilsh. SjHikane Stevens Thurston ln'enm Whitman...., Yakima The rptm-na .m . 80.S20 25,200 field. Kitsap. K i ll r " kiakuni and Walla Walla wuntiea. To Help Oklahoma Farmers. Perry, O. T.. Sentemhor on ti. farmers of L and 0 counties will be sup plied with all the seed wheat they want to sow this season by the Mock Island road, arid the business men of Perrv and the Atchison and Topekaare makbL ar- P, U and K counties with all the wheat thev can mir.t II,. I . " . "eal Th wheat will d lifi ireight, and interest need not k M until next SentemW a interest. ' " " P" cent Shlrtinakers to Strike. kwWk, September 21.si.;...,. era to the number of 3,0) are preparing or. general strike against the present tow wage, and the sweating svstem -g"SStoi geDeral movement THE WHISKY TRUST Judge Gibbons Sustains Demur. rer to Amended Pleas. OUSTER JUDGMENT DIRECTED. If the Decision Is Sustained, It Will ej the Corporate Existence of the 1),. fendant What Assistant Attorney. General Schofleld Says About It. Chicago, September 20. Judge Gib. bons to-day sustained the demurrer to the amended pleas of the Whisky Trust to information in quo warranto filed by Attorney-General Maloney, and di. rected the Attorney-General to prepare a judgment of ouster against the trust. The decision is on formal matters left unsettled by the main decision three months ago. Defendant will appeal. I the decision is sustained, it will end the corporate existence of the defendant The Attorney-General will prepare the judgment of ouster, as directed by the court. This will be entered, but the de fendant's appeal will operate to suspend it, and nothing definite will result until the Supreme Court passes on the same The proceedings to-day end the case in the lower courts. Judge Gibbons in making the final order, eaid: "The legal effect of the pica? i to admit the ownership and control ol eighty-one or more distilleries by the respondent, which up to the time of their acquisition or absorption by it were owned and controlled by separate and distinct corporations. It is not the wealth represented by the capital stocks of a corporation, nor the value of its property, which brings it within the ban of outlawry, but it is the effect upon the puuuc, growing out oi a comoinauon ol corrorstior! or irttoroatQ the invi"'1" result of which, whether so intended or not, is to govern the supply and regulate the price of distilled spirits. In its con federated form it possesses a power and influence which no single corporation could wield. Its ramifications extend into and their power is felt in every city in the Union. Corporations may flourish and expand, but competition and in dividualism must neither be thwarted nor crushed." Assistant Attorney-General Schofleld said: " If to-day's decision is sustained, the property of the Whisky Trust will, of course, go first to the creditors, then to the owners, but whether a receiver will be appointed, if the decision is sustained, or some other means of distributing the property adopted I cannot say." UNITED STATUS ARMV. Why the Latest Order of General Scho fleld Was Withheld. Washington, September 20. It wai perhaps with a view to the unexpected execution of the plan for the concentra tion of troops and the reduction ol t number of army posts that the formal order to give it efl'ect was withheld until Congress had adjourned and but few Senators and Representatives remain' in Washington. By the terms of the order nine posts are abandoned. They are in the West, namely : Fort Marcy, N. M. ; Fort Bowie, A.T,; Fort McKinney, Wyo. ; Fort Sully, 8, D. ; Fort Supply, O. T. ; Fort Mackinac, Mich., and Newport Barracks, Ky. These posts were much too numerous in Western States, causing an expendi ture with regularity of large sums of money by the garrisons and encouraging business generally. It was not supposed that they could be abandoned without some opposition, and already a flood of protests have begun to pour in upon tlu War Department, remonstrating against the changes in every case. General Schofleld, who is acting as Secretary of War, has to bear the brunt, but he ia laying aside the papers until the return of Secretary Lamont, who must pass upon them in the end. THE HERO OP HINCKLEY, Engineer Root Gives His Honey Retrsrd to the Fire Sufferers. Minneapolis, September 20. A num ber of prominent citizens of Minneeota, including Senator Washburn, E. A. Pilii bury, Mayor Eustis, Rev. Wayland Hojt and the General Manager of the St. Paul and Duluth road, have presented Janiei Root, the engineer who saved 200 tas- sengers by running his train through the fire at Hinckley, with a handsome testi monial. Senator Washburn after a brief speech handed to the now famous engi neer a beautiful embossed page with handsome leather covers, containing I resume of the deed of Root and eulogii- ing ins act. Mayor Eustis complimented Root on hiB heroic action, and handed him $25 in cold, a testimonial from a member of the Raymond excursion party which had passed through the city re cently. With a trembling voice the en gineer renlied: "I nnlv 1M mv dutv. and one that any brotherhood engineer noum nave done. 1 ask you to accept the flIOnGV AH mv HliVtBprirtt inn fnr tllfi f6" lief of the Hinckley fire sufferers." The Tariff Bounty Clause. Washinqto,-, Sentember 20. The Miles Planting and Manufacturing Com pany of Louisiana, engaged in the plant ing and growing of Bugar cane, this aft ernoon applied to Judge McComas in the District RnnroniA Pnrt fnr ti man damus against the Secretary of the Treas- "j auu uie commissioner ot tnternm Revenue to compel them to continue the inspection of sntrar nlnntatinna as re quired by the McKinley sugar bounty law. The petitions state that an inspec tion of their plant had been refused by the treasury officials on the ground that the lately enacted tariff law annulled and rescinded the granting of a bounty to eugar nrodncprs- tl.nt tha tariff act does so operate the petitioners deny. Judge McComaa directed that Secretary Carlisle be required to show cause Octo ber 4 why a mandamus should not iseue. Requirements of tha Contract Met- Washington. Sentember 20. The War Department has been notified 1J Major Phippe, Presidentof theOrdina Board, which conducted the recent tots of dvnamitn trim Uiiarlo. at. Sandy Hook, that the guns worked well, and that all of the requirements of the con tract had been met. Consequently the battery and plant will be accepted, and the nnpiimatii nn,nont' viU M paid 1160,000 for one 8-inch and two lS-ineh guns with all of the boilers, compressors and machinery, and the sheila used in the test and the reserve projectiles for exhibition. This expe"' ment having resulted well, work will J pushed on the dynamite battery for t-M oan Francisco harbor.