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Lincoln County Leader J. K. MTKWAKT. PuMUIier. TOLEDO ORI-XiON GDRRDir EVENTS OF THE DAY Comprehensive Review of the Important Happening of the Past Week Culled From the Teleg-raphlo Columns. In anticipation of an increase in the American tariff, Canadian distillers are shipping large quantities of whisky to the United States. Senator Lindsay, from the committee on judiciary, has reported the bankrupt cy bill substantially as it was reported by Senator Teller, during the last con gress. Nineteen business buildings in Bloomington, Wis., were burned. The fire originated in a saloon at 1 o'clock in the morning. The total loss is $50, 000, with light insurance. The senate in executive session con firmed the nomination of Willis Van deventer, of Wyoming, to be assistant attorney gciiciai; Luuiieg scunner to be major, ordnance department of the army. Representative Evans, of Kentucky, baa introduced a resolution in congress requesting the president to give notice that the United States would terminate at the end of twelve months the exist ing commercial reciprocity convention with the Hawaiian republic. A draft of the treaties between the Transvaal republic and the Orange Free State have been concluded at Bloemfon tein, the capital of the latter republic, and are published in Pretoria. They give the burghers in each Btate a fran chise in either republic and the two re publics agree to support one another in case of attack. The treaties must be ratified by the volksraads of both re publics. The secretary of the treasury has au thorized the collector of customs at Fer dinando to issue clearance papers to the suspected filibuster Bermuda, now a. that port. These instructions were is sued upon receipt of an affidavit made by the captain ot the Bermuda, pledg ing himself not to enter Cuban ports nor to take on arms or ammunition to be transferred to another vessel on the hiifh seas or to do nny act in violation of the laws of the United States. The strike on the Erie canal, at Pen dleton, N. V., has assumed a serious aspect. The stonemasons were attacked by sixty Italians, because they refused to quit work. Sheriff Kinney ordered the Italians to return to their cabins. They refused, and were reinforced by Polacks, whereupon the sheriff and posse fired a volley at them. The men ran from the field. Three Italian pa drones have been arrested and brought to Lockport. Twenty-flve men are at work on the canal under guard of a dozen deputy sheriffs. Samuel Cozine, an old Yamhill coun ty pioneer of 1843, died at his home in McMinnvillo, at the age of 73 years. The Illinois legislature is considering bill giving free school books to all pupils of the public schools of the state. Mrs. Marcy Smith was dragged from the bedside of hor dying son in Oak land, Cal., in a crazed condition. For a week she had stood guard in a little cottage where her only boy, Harry, has been at death's door from pneumonia. The mother, worn out by much watch ing and suffering for want of food, gradually lost her reason and was taken away by force to prevent her doing harm to those who had come to nurse her boy. Police Telegraph Operator Harry Greenhoff, of tho East Chicago avenue station, narrowly escaped death while making a heroic rescue of a child from beneath tho wheels of an engine on St. Paul bridge. So near did he become to being crushed that his coat was torn off. Tho child ho rescued was but 4 years old, and had wandered on the bridge in front of the fust freight train, when Greenhoff saw its danger and rescued it, at tho peril of his own life. Tho question of opening tho Cascade timber reserve for the herding of stock is creating a stir among prominent stockmen of Eastern Oregon. The vari ous stock associations in Wusco, Gil liam, Crook and Sherman counties pro pose to raise a fund of $500 to pay the expenses of a delegate to Washington to properly present the matter to con gress. Tho question is a vital ono to sheepmen, us tho closing of tho reserve to them means such a scarcity of range that successful sheepraising in Eastern Oregon will be impracticable on a largo scale. Theodore Durrani has by no means given up the tight for his life. George A. Knight has been added to his coun sel, and is now preparing a petition ask ing the supreme court for a rehearing of the application previously made and denied, for a new trial. If this peti tion, which will bo suinbitted without argument, bo denied, as tho district attorney anticipates, there will only re main tho possibility of securing the in terference of tho federal courts in Dur rnnt's behalf. Failing in that, only the action of the president can step be tweeu the condemned man and the gallows COULD NOT TOUCH IT. House Democrats Tried to Amend the Tnrltr lilll. Washington, JIarch 29. The tariff bill was thrown open for amendment under the o-minute rule in the house today. Seven weary hours of work only served to dispose of nine pages of the 162 pages of the bill. All the amendments offered by the Democrats were rejected. Three slight amend ments by the committee, were adopted, and also an amendment by Mahaney to increase the duty on white lead from 2 cents to 3 cents per pound, the rate in tho act of 1890. Tho present duty is 1 cents Mahaney said the in crease was asked for by a concern which was independent of the lead trust. It was adopted by a strict party vote. The discussion covered a wide range of political topics, unci at times was interesting. By far the most important feature of the day was the attempt of Dockery, Cooper and ethers, backed by the entire opposition, to secure a vote on an amendment' offered in a multitude of forms, which provided that in case it should be shown to the satisfaction of the president that any article made dutiable by the bill was controlled by a trust or combination, the duty upon cuch urticlu should be suspended. Ding ley made the point of order that the amendment was not germane to the du tiable list, and would not be in order nntil the freo list was reached. For almost three hours this point of order was gone over and made the subject of criminations und recriminations. The Democrats contended that if the amendment was ruled out it would never be voted upon, as the free list, in all human probability, would not be reached before the final vote was taken. The chair sustained the point of order. An appeal was taken, but the chair was sustained by a strict party vote 108 to 104. In the Senate. Washington, March 29. Another brief discussion of the civil service bill occurred during tho open session of the senate today. Mr. Gallinger presented several forms issued by the civil serv-. ice commission to substantiate his re cent statement that certain applicants for office were required to hop on one foot for twelve feet. Ho said his state ment had been challenged by several penny-a-liners and by one member of the civil service commission. The sen-, ator read the "hopping provision" and! several other questions as to tho weight and height of typesetters, which ho characterized as absurd. Referring to the sizo and weight requirement, Gal linger said: "Phil Sheridan could not have served the government if the civil service commission could havo got at him." The latter was referred to the civil service committee. A resolution was adopted asking tho president for information as to the death of American sailors at Santiago do Cuba; also resolutions asking the uttorney-general for information of any proposition to sell the Union Paciiio railroad. Owing to the public demand for copies of the recent decision of tho su preme court sustaining the anti-trust laws applicable to railroads, it was de termined to print tho majority and mi nority opinions as a senate document. Large Hum to Charity. New York, March 29. The World confirms the report that Baroness Hirsch is about to expend $1,000,000 in charity in this city. Oscar Strauss, ex-minister tnTnrL-nv nml trout.. nf lw Baron Hirsch fund, which expends for enaritamo and educational purposes tho income of $2,400,000 annually, says that Baroness Hirsch has appropri ated a sum sufficient to buy land und put up a building for the Baron Hirsch trade school to be established. She has further appropriated $1,000, 000 for the building of model houses for tho poor in tho tenement district or wherever tho trustees of tho fund may determine. In addition she will build a working girls' home on plans similar to those of other homes she has built abroad. The baroness has authorized tho edu cational alliance, whose work is chiefly among the Russian Hebrews, to pay off at her expense tho $100,000 mortgage on its property. l'rutmhly a .Murder. Tacoma, Wash.. March 29. Peter Olson, a horse trader, who always car ried largo sums of money on his per son, was struck on tho head tonight with a large cold chisel, by some per son unknown, and will die. Olson was in a lonely part of tho city, and was not found till about 8:30 P.M. Just how long ho had been lying there is not known. When found, there was only a $10 bill in his watch fob, but near his body was a 00-cent piece and his keys. The police havo no clue fur ther than tho cold eWel the deed was done with. The doctors say Olson can not recover nor regain consciousness, as the weapon was driven in his head to .i.i.. i urn u.tso oi uio urain. tiormttny Steps Out. Constantinople, March 29. It is as serted here tonight, on what is regard ed as reliable authority, that in conse quence of the refusal of Lord Salisbury to joi:i in a blockade of Greek ports, Germ.iny has given notice to the pow ers of her intention to withdraw from the concert. I 111 IS WRECKED Ran On a Rock Near Queen Charlotte Islands. THERE WAS NO LOSS OF LIFE I Accident Occurred In a Blinding I Snow Rtorm Passengers Camped on Beach Now at Bella Bella. Seattle, Wash., March 29. A Nanai mo, B. C, special to the Post-Intelli-genoer says: Tho steamer Barbara Boscowitz ar rived from northern ports this morning with eighteen of the passengers and crew of the steamer Willapa, which sailed from Seattle for Dyea, March 10, with as much freight and us many pas sengers as she could carry, the steamer having run aground on Regatta reef, seven miles north of Bella Bella, oppo site the lower end of Queen Charlotte islands. Tho accident occurred last Friday morning at 2:30 o'clock during a blind ing snow storm and heavy gale. At the tune she struck the engines stopped and the steamer, drifting with the wind and tide, slid on a rock, bow first, with out a jar, but could not be pulled off, and as the tide was falling rapidly, she was soon hard und fast. A' strong sea soon swept the stern to windward, the bow acting as pivot. The vessel, get ting into shallow water on the les of the reef, settled down on a sharp rock with the falling tide, listing her over on her bow. In spite of the large num ber of passengers, there was no panic or disorder, Captain Roberts showing admirable coolness. The passengers stayed on board sev eral hours, until it was found that the tide was rising as fast in the hold as outside, ami the pumps had no effect. The women were then taken in the boats to Campbell island, a distance of two miles, and afterward the men, dogs and baggage. A camp was formed, and sixty or more passengers made as com fortable as possible, the deserted shackB on shore serving ns cookhouses. The ship Btores, which were not damaged, were brought ashore. Until Sunday no vessel passed, and during that time the captain and crew worked removing supplies, baggage and freight, much of which, being such goods as rice, beans and flour, was lost. There were nine horses on board, but, as they could not be removed without steam, they were shot in the hold. During the two days after the acci dent the steumer was badly battered by winds and seas, and Sunday was only a derelict, being sprung and badly broken up. Captain Roberts and crew stayed by to remove the cargo to the island. Tho steamer Boscowitz reached the wreck on hor way south Sunday after noon, and brought all the passengers and food to Bella Bella, where they are now staying, tho purser, engineers and twelve Yukoners only coming down to Nanaimo and Victoria. The contingent at Bella Bella had only about ten days' supplies, and hoped for the arrival of a steamer soon. The Boscowitz reports that the steamer Dora, which left here with a full list and cargo of coal several days before the Willapa, went on the rocks on Green island, near Port Simusoh, last week. The tide, however, was on the rise at the time, and sho got off the rocks in a few hours, but, finding that sho was taking water rapidly, she was run on tho beach. The passengers and crew were safely landed, and an effort is being made to effect sufficient re pairs to bring her to Seattle. To Can Beef In Mexico. - Washington, March 29. A syndi cate headed by Solon Humphreys, who has interested J. Pierpont Morgan and others, is getting ready to establish a beef-cunning establishment in Mexico if the cattle duties proposed by the Dingley bill are enacted. As tho law now stands there is a big profit in bring ing lean Mexican cattle across the bor der and fattening them for the North ern market. The bill will shut these cattle out of our markets and compel tho Mexican owners to find a new out let. Humphreys and his syndicate will havo a million-dollar concession from Mexico, which they propose to utilize for cattle-raising, and in connection with this they propose to put $1,000, 000 into a beef cannery. The establish ment they are plunning will compete with tho output of Chicago and Kansas City firms to foreign markets. Governor Choice. Olympia, Wash., March 29. The governor has selected George P. Wright, of Columbia county, chief grain inspec tor, vice P. W. Lawrence, of Tacoma. Milton Evans, of Walla Walla, will succeed R. C. McCroskey, of Garfield, on the state grain commission. These appointments will soon be made. A number of tho militia companies have sent remonstances to Governor Rogers against being mustered out, sig nifying their willingness to bear their own expenses during the next two years. This privilege tho governor is willing to giant, as the only reason for mustering them out was to keep ex penses within the appropriation granted. AVhat companies will be let out is not announced yet, But ten will go. Throe Seattle companies will be consolidated into two. ALL GOING TO PIECES. Western Traffic Associations Are Break Ing l'p. Chicago, March 29. The Chicago & Northwestern, the Missouri Paciiio and the St. Louis & San Francisco filed no tices of withdrawal today from all the traffic associations ot which they were members. The Louisville & St. Louis Air Line also withdrew from the South ern States Association, of which it was a member. ' A meeting of executive officers of Western roads was held today at the office of the third vice-president of the Santa Fe to talk over the situation. At the close, however, it was announced that no concerted action hud been de cided npon, and none was likely to be. The more the decision of the supreme court is considered, the more clearly does it appear that not a vestige of ground is left traffio associations, us they have heretofore been conducted, on which to stand. All that now re mains for the roads to do is to direct their energies toward securing legisla tion that will open some way for them to conserve their interests and prevent their revenue from being dissipated. None of the associations attempted to do anything today. No circulars were iocmed by any one of them, and no at tempts were made to enforce observ ance of agreements. As yet, no rnt- cutting has been resorted to as a result of the action of the association. The roads are attending to routine busi ness, and seem to be afraid to take ag gressive action of any kind. A mass meeting of passenger men, representing the Western, Transconti nental, Ohio river and Southern lines, was held today. It was entirely in formal, no resolutions being adopted or concerted action of any kind agreed to. BRYAN'S ROYALTIES. A Committee Appointed to Expend Half the Amount. Lincoln, Neb., March 29. W. J. Bryan will give half the royalties from the sale of his book, "The First Bat tle," to the cause of bimetallism, and has appointed a committee, whose duty it will be to properly expend the funds reserved for that pnrposo. The com mittee is composed of the following per sons: Senator J. K. Jones, of Arkan sas; Senator II. M. Teller, of Colorado; Senator Allen, of Nebraska, and A. J. Warner, president of the National Bi metallic Union. In answer to his publishers, W. B. Con key & Co., Chicago, stating that $16,000 was due him us royalty on the first month's sales, Mr. Bryan at once instructed them to forward $4,500 to Mr. Jones; $1,500 to Warner, $1,500 to Allen and $500 to Teller, and certified checks for these amounts were sent to day. Mr. Bryan based his division on the vote he received from the four parties represented by the gentlemen named. Brothers Fought a Duel. Greensburg, Ind., March 29. GeoTge and Calvin Holmes, brothers, fought a duel to the death near Moore's Hill, yesterday. They were twins, 22 years old. They were members of a promi nent and wealthy family. Miss Higgs, over whom they fought, is 20 years old, the daughter of one of the wealthiest families in the county. About a year ngo George Holmes begun paying attentions to Miss Higgs, and was favorably received. Last Christ mas his brother Calvin returned from college and met the young lady at a neighborhood dance. They at once seemed smitten witli each other, and this aroused the jealousy of the girl's lover. Nothing was known of his feel ings, however, until Sunday night when Miss Higgs jilted him for his brother, und a quarrel ensued. Yesterday tho brothers met in the road. They quarreled and struck each other, when Calvin fired. Several shots were exchanged, when George dropped dead. Calvin is wounded over the heurt. The Tofcat Massacre. Constantinople, March 29. The Greek patriarch issued an official re port that there were 700 persons, in cluding a number of Greeks, killed in tho recent massacres at Tokat. The porte, fearing an outbreak hero, has ar rested eight Armenian suspects. It is stated that the sultan is solicit ing an explanation, through the Turk ish ambassador at St. Petersburg, of the concentration of Russian' troops upon the Turkish frontiers. On the other hand, the rumor is revived of the existence of a secret treaty, by the terms of which Russia undertakes to uphold tho integrity of Turkey, who thereby becomes her vassal. It is al leged there can be no other reason for Russia's unexpected attitude toward Greece. Found Hair Starved. Tacoma, Wash., Starch 29. Officer Desmond, while partolling his beat to day, heard a child screaming. On in vestigation lie found a half-starved child chained to the wall of a foul cel lar. Frank Yoctim claims to bo the father of the child. The child was turned ovor to the Society for the Pre vention of Cruelty ot Children and the police are investigating the mutter und will probably urrest Yocum. 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