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CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1899.
NO. 28.
2GON
UNION
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting Collection of Items From
the Two Hemispheres Presented
in a Condensed Form
William K. Vanderbilt, jr.. is to wed
Miss Virginia Fair, of San Francisco.
Only about $ 400 worth of property
was recovered from the wreck of the
Maria Teresa.
Gold shipments from Australia for
the year 1898 amounted 12,820,000.
- Shipments to America increased by
2,000,000.
A dencit in tlie Herman beet sugar
crop of at least 350,000 tons is figured
upon by United States Consul Diedrich,
at Madgeburg. He says that the back
ward season resulted in a deficiency.
Negotiations aie progressing in the
matter of the payment of the Cuban
troops, so that on laying down their
arms they may be enabled to enter
upon civil pursuits and earn their
living. Probably no further appropria
tion by congress will be necessary to
enable the president to carry out the
plan, if it should be decided, as the
monev will eventually come out of the
revenues of the island.
Immediately upon the ratification of
the peace treaty by the senate, the
president will recommend to congresi
the enactment of legislation looking to
the settlement of the claims of Ameii-
can citizens for damages sustained in
Cuba, Poito Rico and other Spanish
possessions which formed the seat of
war. Claims to the amount of $26,
000,000 on this score have already been
lodged with the state department.
Near Austin, Tex., a passenger train
escaped a serious wreck through the in
tervention of a bird. Some one haa
tied a rail securely across the track. A
few miles before reaching the spot a
bird, blinded by the headlight, flew
against the glass, breaking and extin
guishing the light, which necessitated
running slowly to the next station.
The train, at reduced speed, struck the
obstruction, tearing up the track and
damaging the front of the engine, but
no one was injured.
-,;.Part ofj?ed. Rock mountain, accord
in; to a dispatch from Airolo. a village
of Switzerland, canton of Ticino, has
fallen into Airolo, destroying a hotel
and several houses. The scene of the
disaster presents a terrible spectacle,
the debris of the avalanche covering a
square mile. The hotel, with eight
houses and 12 other buildings, were
swept into a great heap of matchwood.
A new terror was added by the outbreak
of fire amid the ruins. Three dead
bodies have been recoveied. It is esti
mated that the damage will reach
40,000.
Admiral Dewey is now the senior
officer of the American navv, having
reached that position without congres
sional action through the retirement
of Admiral Bunce.
The American Newspaper Publish
ers' Association has presented to the
Anglo-American joint high commission
a carefully prepared argument in favor
of free paper and free pulp. '
Senator McBride has offered an
amnndment to the naval bill, which
provides for the construction of a stone
drydock on the Columbia river and
appropriates $200,000 for immediate
use in beginning the work.
One-half the largest foreign order for
finished steel ever sent to this country
has been offered tiie Illinois Steel Com
pany, of Chicago. The order amounts
to 12,000,000, and is for water pipes
to be used by the Australian govern
ment. The Carnegie Company will
supply half the amount.
Senator McBride has introduced a
bill appropiiating 14,000 for the pur
chase or construction of a launch for
the use of the customs officials at As
toria. A craft capable of giving a good
speed and one that will stand knocking
about is badly needed in the customs
service at Astoria, and Senator Mc
Bride's bill is intended to supply the
deficiency.
The German ambassador, Dr. Von
Ilolleben, has returned to Washington
after an extended absence, during which
he held several important conferences
with the authorities at Berlin relative
to American affairs. It is expected
that his leturn will soon bring about
exchanges with the state department,
and perhaps directly with the presi
dent, relative to a number of cuirent
questions in which both couutiies are
interested.
William F. Moore, convicted of
robbing Martin Mahon, a hotel-keeper
of New York, by the "badger game,"
was sentenced to 19 years in the state
prison. The charge against Moore was
that he conspired with his wife, Fayne
Moore, to 10b Mahon, and that Mahon
was enticed by the woman to apart
ments occupied by the Mooies and
there compelled by the husband to pay
blackmail. Moore was convicted on
his second trial, the jury in the fiist
instance having disagreed. Fayne
Moore formerly resided in Portland, Or.
Minor New Item.
Prof. Kitridge, of Harvard, is said to
he the only man living who can read
Eliot's Indian Bible.
The French vintage of 1S9S is offi
cially estimated at 32,282,000 hecto
liters, which is 68,000 hectoliteis he
low the vintage of last year.
James IT. Southall, convicted of deal
ings in fraudulent government time
checks, was sentenced in St. Paul to
state's prison for 10 yeais at hard la
bor. '
LATER NEWS.
William Stockley and his wife were
ourned to death in their home at Dal
las, wis. llieir three children werfc
saved with difficulty.
A dispatch from Rome says a mob of
4,000 people had assaulted an internal
revenue sentry box, and stoned the
gendarmes around Niscemi, Sicilv, as
a protest against ex :ommunication. A
number of persons were wounded.
John Wellmer, of Lafayette, Nicol
lett county, Minn, was shot in the head
and hip by two tramps, to whom he
had given shelter. They bound Mrs.
Wellmer to a lounge with a clothes line
and escaped with Wellmer's team.
The grip, and the ailments attendant
upon it, that are now included in its
train of ills, have piostrated an unus
ual number of residents of Washington,
D. C. An observant pharmacist esti
mates that 10 per cent of the District's
population is suffering in one way or
another from the new generic grip.
The governor's office at the state-
house in Springfield, 111., was entered
by parties unknown and $580 stolen
from a drawer. The crime is sairound
ed in mystery, as all floors of the build
ing are guarded by watchmen. The
theft was discovered by Colonel J. M,
Tanner and an investigation is pend
ing.
One of the most notable celebra
tionns in the history of American col
leges was in commemoration of the
100th anniversary of Transylvania uni
versity, at .Lexington, iiy. It was no
table on account of its many famous
alumni, including Jefferson Davis,
president of the Confederate states, and
Justice Harlan, of the supreme court
or me united states, scores of con
gressmen and men prominent in public
life.
King Charles has opened the cortes
gerares at Lisbon. In the course of his
speech fiom the throne, King Charles
said that during the war between the
United States and Spain, two friendly
nations, Poitugal proclaimed, and, as
was her duty, maintained strict and
absolute neutrality. His majesty said
he greatly sympathized with the czar's
disarmament proposals, and made a
reference to the colonies which appar
ently disposes of the rumors of the sale
of Delagoa bay.
In Chuna the Yellow river floods
have destroyed the crops, and famine
has resulted. Thousands of. natives
are starving. Thousands of- hungry
and ragged refugees are moving down
the river in boats, only to find the
walls of the cities lower down closed
against the starving hordes. The gov
ernment appropriated 800,000 taels for
their relief, but less than one-fifth has
been distributed. It is claimed dis
honest officials have pocketed the bal
ance. A relief fund has been started
at Shanghai. Rev. B. Craig Patter
son, of the Chian Kian mission, appeals
to American friends for aid.
The British government favors the
canal being built by the United States
with guarantees of its neutrality in case
of war.
Ordres have been issued for the dis
patch of additional troops to Cuba to
assist in the maintenance of good gov
ernment there.
A crisis is imminent at Berlin. The
emperor and chancellor cannot agree,
and a new cabinet is looked for. The
principal trouble is over the wholesale
expulsions of Danes and Austrians.
The new year brings Ireland the
greatest experiment since Catholio
mancipation, namely, the initiation
f the local government act, which
really, in many of its features, is an
extension of the emancipation acts and
policy.
The war department has come to the
conclusion that it will be necessary to
accord General Brooke, military gover
nor of Cuba, the assistance of a special
cabinet approaching in functions the I
late autonomist cabinet of Cuban ad
ministration of the civil affairs of the
island.
The situation at Iloilo is grave. Fif
teen hundred natives, fully armed,
are at Melo, a suburb of Iloilo. Seven
teen thousand more, it is reported, are
waiting orders to embark at several
points on the island of Negros, 15
hours' sail from Iloilo. All the women
have withdrawn, and many families
have taken refuge with the Americans.
Unless congress should pass a law
uthorizing him to remain on the ac-
ive list, Rear-Admiral Dewey will be
placed on the retired list on December
26, 1899. Only one other retirement
will occur this year, that of Commo-
ore H. L. Howison, now commandant
of the Boston navy-yard. There is a
tiong sentiment in naval circles in
favor of the passage of a law which
will permit the retention of Admiral
Dewey upon the active list for 10
years, as was done in the case of heroes
f the civil war.
The American line steamship Paiis,
which has an ived in New York from
Southampton, after a tempestuous pas
sage, reports that Tuesday, December
n latitude 49:29 north, and longi
tude 31:29 west, at 83:0 in the morning,
she sighted a steamer flying signals of
istress. She proved to be the Britieh
tank steamer Vindobala, Captain
Clark, from Rouen, France, December
15, for Philadelphia, in ballast. She
showed the signal letters, "Must aban
don vessel." The Paris rescued her
crew, and no lives were lost.
The will of the late Charles P. Wil-
er, oi Wellsley Hills, Mass., be
queaths 1102,000 to Mount Holyoke
college.
The shortage in the California wine
crop of 1898 and the fairly good demand
that has existed during the past year
ave resulted in advancing prices.
M. Coiistantin, a young Frenchman
of 19, who lives in Paris, is eight feet
tall and probably bigger than other
man who has ever lived. He ia per
fectly proportioned.
A SOCIALIST MAYOR
John C. Chase Inaugurated
at Haverhill, Mass.
FIRST INSTANCE ON RECORD
Wilt Use His Power Strictly on
Line of Socialism Specific Reo
minendations Made
Haverhill, Mass., Jan. 4.
Chase, elected on a socialist
took the oath of office as
Haverhill today. In his
John C.
platform,
mayor of
inaugural
speech, Mr. Chase assured the members
of the city governrnnt and the people.
that "every atom of power possessed
by the mayor would be exercised for
the defense and support of principles
of socialism, insofar as they.may be ap
plicable to a municipality." 4
The mayor then referred to the de
sirability of preserving equal rights
upon which "the liberty and happiness
of every man, woman and child ' are
conditioned, and asserted that these are
principles of attainment "only through
the establishment of the co-operative
commonwealth." Continuing, Mayor
Chase -said:
"I believe that every power the mu
nicipality possesses should be placed.
at the disposal of the people in the in
terest of civilization. With that aim
in view. I submit the following recom
mendations "First The passage of an order es
tablishing the minimum wage for
Btreet employes at $2 for eight hours'
work.
"Second Union wages and condi
tions to prevail in al1 brick and stone
mason's work performed under the di
rection of the street department.
"Third All citv printing-to bear
the union label."
The mayor then took up the subject
of the unemployed, which he haid had
developed from the displacement of la
bor by machinery and the concentration
of capitah' and was a question which
no municipality could solve, as it had
become a national and lntei national
one.
"Yet," he said, "some little relief
at least can be afforded by this city
government. I, therefore, recommend,
first that vou proceed to secure a tiact
of land suitable for the raising of food
products, and that such of the unem
ployed as desire may be permitted to
use this land., the city to furnish proper
seeds and tools; second, the enlarge
ment ot the fuel yard at the "city farm
to such proportion as will permit all
who desire to earn, by their labor, such
fuel as they may require; third, the
appropriation of such an amount of
money as circumstances may warrant,
to be used in providing employment
directly upon public works, not in com
petition with the regular employes of
the city, but upon special works, two
kinds of which 1 herewith suggest:
First, improvement of the park system;
second, construction of a system of bi
cycle paths through all principal thor
oughfares." Mayor Chase condemned the system
of contracting with the lowest bidder
for city work, and said the system should
not be tolerated. He said:
"Low bids mean cheap work; cheap
work means cheap money and low
wages, and low wages lower the stand
ard of citizenship. The city should
perform its own work and furnish its
own materials, giving employment to
ts citizens."
The mayor advocated Increased ap
propriations for educational purposes,
and municipal ownership of the electric
lighting plants and street railways.
OLD GLORY EVERYWHERE.
Stars and Stripe., Adorn the Wreck of
the Maine.
Havana. Jan. 4. It developed today
that the company of the Indiana regi
ment which waved the Cuban flags dur
ing the parade was not arrested, as
cabled last night. Investigation
showed that the flags were distributed
to them by Cubans in the crowd, and
the act of waving them was thoughtless
and not prearranged.
Twenty-five Cuban horsemen, well
mounted and armed, joined the column
at the Prado, rode to Central Park and
debouched into .a side street. They
aroused considerable enthusiasm.
Three bluejackets from the Texas,
at about 12:30 yesterday, rowed to the
wreck of the Maine and hoisted a large
Stars and Stripes to the peak of the
wreck. The flag was saluted by the
shipping in the haibor.
An immense American flag was also
hoisted on top of a 200-foot spar at
the paval dock, where it could be seen
for miles around.
Miners Narrow Escape.
Carlinville, 111., Jan. 4. Early this
morning the tipple and top works rf the
Carlinville coal shaft, situated just out
side of town, took fire and burned
fiercely. There seemed from the very
start no chance of saving them from
total destruction. Between 70 and 80
men were in the mine, and it vas only
after herculean efforts on the part of
the mine managers and those of the
miners who escaped at the first alarm
that the entombed miners were all re
leased from their perilous position. The
property losses aggregate only a few
thousand dollars.
Australian Wheat.
Vancouver, B. C, Jan. 4. A fore
cast of the Australian wheat harvest
indicates a yield of 12,150,000 bushels
last harvest. One of the most interest
ing features of the estimate is a visible
surplus of 2,250,000 bushels available
for export, while 1,000,000 bushels of
old wheat remain on hand. The value
of the wheat harvest on' the basis of the
current market rates is given at 1,
837,500. The quality of grain this
year is aaid to be considerably better
than last.
DEWEY AND LEE.
il enrjr Watterson 'Names Them
fo
President and Vice-President. . .
Louisville, Ky., .'Jan. 3. Henry
Watterson, in a leading editorial this
morning in the Courier-Journal, -under
the caption, "The New Year's Outlook
for the Democratic Party," nominates
Admiral Dewey for viesident and Gen
eral Fitzhugh Lee for vioe-president.
In part, he says: .
"To come down to hard facts, old
horse-sense sitting ki the rocker, the
issue of free silver being relegated to
the limbo of bastes, shades, the tariff
issue peacefully rep-.wing upon the shelf
where the Cleveland administration
left it to wait for free trade , under new
conditions the season of famine ended
and the season of plenty arrived what
are the Democrats to do- for a national
platform and ticket? ; . . '
"There is but one thing for ; them to
do. The voters have about made up
their minds that party pledges are fab
ricated chiefly to be broken. Let the
Democrats, banking on this circum
stance, put up a ticket without a plat
form; let them nominate candidates
for president and "vice-president who
area platform in themselves; and, if
they can induce the great admiral and
the gallant general to accept, here is
the card to win with:
'Ior president George Dewey of
Vermont. ' j
"For vice-president Fitzhugh Lee,
of Virginia.
"Platform The . Stars and- Stripes,
God bless them. ' '
"Even now the Republican, leaders,
who rarely fail to take time by the
forelock, and "who never . let go their
grip upon the shore, line, are planning
to make their campaign of 1900 on the
broad principle of national unification
and expansion. Tfrey are -pot going to
handicap themselves with any ancient'
platform rubbish. High tariff is ; no
'onger wanted by ;the manufacturers,
for whom it was invented.' The bloody
shirt, having served-its turn, has gone
to the old clothes basket The presi-
dent knows his business. - - -;'.-'.'.-.
"At the opportune moment we-ehaH
see William McKinley and Joseph
Wheeler march down to the-footlights,
hand in hand, the .flaabove ibe.m
beneath them emblazoned on a strip of
red, white and blue,", 'The land we love
from end to end,.- or words to th:tt
effect. And their what? What are
the Democrats goVng to do about it?
How are they goin to meet it?"
GHASTl
Woman Deserted
Lovur
Piokupti?.' Set V
more dramatic than
otteu essayed in
the most realistic fiction was enacted
in the jail-yard here on Saturday,
A woman and her lover mounted the
scaffold to pay the penalty for the mur
o'er oi ner imsband. xhe man was
sullen and allowed the noose to be
placed around his neck without resist
ance. The woman was in hysterics
and had to be supported by the hang
man and his deputy. Just as the hang
man had finished adjusting the rope
around tlie man's neck and was about
to place the black cap over the head of
the half-fainting woman, a jailer
rushed out of the prison and up to the
foot of the scaffold and cried to the
hangman to stop, waving in his hand
a reprieve.
The man showed little feeling as the
rope was removed; the woman sobbed
with joy. But her happiness was
short-lived. The reprieve was for the
man only. When the hangman an
nounced the message the woman clung
to her lover in fienzy, but with a curse
he flung her off, refusing to bid her
farewell as he stumbled down the gal
lows steps.
The woman was then placed on the
trap and hanged.
RIOS" VANDALISM.
The Spanish Commander Destroys That
Which He Cannot Carry Away.
Madrid, Jan. 4. Rios, the Spanish
commander, cables that he has arrived
at Manila, after having completed the
evacuation of Visayas and the northern
part of the island of Mindanao and af
ter blowing up 14 forts and the fleet of
gunboats on Lake Lani. He adds that
1,600 Spanish troops are concentrated
at Zamboanda under the command of
General Montero. Official circles here
are warmly discussing the attitude of
Great Britain, owing to her pressing
demand that" Spain sell her a coaling
station in 'the Balearic islands and
other strategical points, so as to render
Gibraltar unassailable. The negotia
tions on the subject have been in abey
ance owing to Premier Sagasta's ill
ness, but it is believed that Spain, in
fluenced by Russia and France, will re
sist the demand of Great Britain.
Fatal Folding; Bed.
Springfield, 111., Jan. 4. Mrs. Lu-
oretia Kent, a widow, met her death in
a manner horrible in the extreme. Her
fate was revealed when a friend, enter
ing the house, found her dead body.
One hand was pinioned inextricably
under a heavy folding bed. The body
was decomposed, showing that death
had occurred, several days ago. When
found ' the woman's broken hand was
etill clasped in the bed as in a black
smith's vise. How the ''accident hap
pened will never be known definitely.
The woman lived alone in the house.
and that accounts for the tardydis-
covery of the body.
A Soldier Murdered. "
Huntsville, Ala., Jan. 4. Private-
Starr Dare, company E, First infantry,
whose home is in San Francisco, died
at the second division hospital today
from a gunshot wound received Christ
mas night. Mack Lightfoot, Dare's
murderer, has been committed to jail
without bond.
Peking, Jan. 4. Tlie imperial gov
ernment will send 5,000 foreign drilled
troops to suppress the rebellion in the
province of Sze-Chuen.
.Vs. ii ii i n n
A CHANGE OF FLAGS
Spanish Gold and Crimson
Comes Down in Cuba,
A STIRRING DAY IN HAVANA
Several Cuban Generals Took Fart In
tlie Ceremonies General .
iirooke's Reception.'
narana, Jan. 8. The sovereignty ot
Cuba passeu from Spain to the United
States at noon Sunday. -
'The form of the transfer was simple,
consisting of only an exchange of
speeches in the salon of the palace, the
hauling down of the Spanish flag and
the raising in its stead of the flag o
the United States on the ftagstaffs on
the palace 'roof. Salutes were fired
from the heavy guns of the forts and
"the warships before and after the
change of flags. The raising of the
Stars and Stripes was greeted with
sheers' bv the people, who covered the
roofs of the buildings around the palaoe
anu plaza. :. --v -
Ko crowd was permitted to gather in
the streets in the vicinity of the palace
to witness the epoch-making function
At 9 o'clock, a guard, composed of the
Second battalion of the Tenth infantry,
marched into the Plaza de Armas, un
der - command Of Captairt Van Vleet,
and formed around the square. Cap
tain-General Castellanos watched them
with interest from the balcony of his
apartments as they entered the square
and were stationed at all the streets
approaching the plaza. . No one was al
lowed to enter without a pass, and all
the doors of . the palace facing the
square were ordered to be closed. : Only
those..'. who could get on thr roofSi.Jand.
balconies of houses in the neighborhood
saw ' what was going on before the
palace. -; :'-x --H'xff '''
;.. With the guard was the band of the
Second Illinois regiment, which had
been selected for the occasion as the
best band in the Seventh army -corps
With the band-were the buglers oi the
Eighth and Tenth infantry. v;-
i iiie woatner was warm, tne - sun
bursting at intervals . through the light
llouds, and the soldiers in , blue, who
yere forced to stand m ' the sun, found
the heat oppressive. . The , troops were
iornied in . extended order- around the
ree' paces apart, and the band
in front of the palace en
oss fise street at the edge of
At 11:55, Major-Genial Lee, military
governor of the province of Havana,
with his btaff, joined General Brooke.
The latter then crossed the street to the
palace, General Lee on one side of
him, and General Chaffee on the other,
followed by the other American gen
erals and the Cuban officers. The Cu
bans wore dark blue uniforms, brown
felt h-Us and gray gloves, and they car
ried machetes.
A flourish of trumpets greeted the
procession and the Spanish troops pte-
H'ented arms as the Americans entered
the palace, xne Cubans remained out
side until escorted in by members of
General Brooke's staff, the Spanish sol
diery retmaning all the while at "pre
sent arms."
As soon as all were in, the Spanish
troops formed a column of fours and
marched around the right side of the
plaza to the docks, while the band of
the Second Illinois volunteers played
the Spanish loyal march.
As Captain-General Castellanos was
escorted to the wharf to take his de
parture the band played the Spanish
royal march. General Castellanos
thanked the generals accompanying
him and as he stepped into the launch
he wept. Crowds of Spaniards all
dressed in black, gathered upon the sea
wall and silently watched the fleet pass
out. Men and women wept together.
TRANSFERRED TO DENVER.
General Merriam Will Command
De-
partinent of the Coloratto.
San Francisco, Jan. 3. Major-Gen-
eral Henry C. Merriam, who is now
in . San Francisco in command of the
departments of California and the Co
lumbia, is to be transferred to the de
partment of the Colorado. His head
quarters will be at Denver. He le
ceived official instructions to this effect
from Washington today. He will go
to Denver on or aobut January 10 next,
at which time General Shafter is ex
pected here to resume his own com
mand in the department of California.
General Merriam savs he has not the
least idea who will be placed in charge
of his old headquarters of the Colum
bia, the headquarters of which are at
Vancouver, Wash.
Fell 'ive Hundred Feet.
Ishpeming, Mich., Jan. 8. A cage
accident in the Lake Superior mine
today caused the death of six Finnish
miners and serious injuries to three
more. The dead are: Matti Tarn-
minen, lakko MiitKaia, J. a. ivujanp-
pa, J. W. Paavai, Alfred Sinna and
Gust W. Johnson. The men were go
ing down the shaft in a cage to work.
The suppositiqn is that something
dropped on the cage, forcing one side
of the frame worK down, so as to let
the men slide off into the shaft. Oiie
of the wounded men said he thought a
rope had broken. Another heard some
thing strike the cage.
Bed Key, Ind., Jan. 3. An explo
sion of gas, followed ny nre, at tne
.Ohio & Indiana Pipe Line Company's
compressing station near here caused a
loss estimated at $ 100,000. Engineer
W. F. Robinson" was badly burned.
Thirty or more towns are deprived of
natural gas by the destruction of the
station.'
When a young woman g"ts a new hat-
she is never satisfied until the man she
loves most and the girl she hates most
have both seen it
PROSPEROUS TO THE END
The Old Tear Goes .Out With Business
Booming-. -
Kew York, Jan. 2. Bradstreet'i
says: Concisely stated, the reports re
ceived as to the year's, business in all
sections of the country point to an un
precedented volume of domestic and
exoprt trade, which is reflected in bank
clearances that break the high record
of 1893. . The general level of puces o
staple securities at the close of the
year is at the highest point reached for
five years past. Railroad earnings ex
ceed all previous years, and finally
there was a small number of failures,
ana lower naibiities tnan reported in
any year for at least five years past.
These gen. ral results in the country at
large have been achieved, too, not with
standing the outbreak and conclusion
of a foreign war, and in spite, also, of
unfavorable conditions in some indus
tries, notably textile manufactures
.which, combined with, unfavorable
weather early in the . year and the
lowest price for cotton on record, exer
cised an unfavorable influence.
But the close of the year finds an im
provement even in these directions, and
returns as to retail trade and particu
larly holiday business, are strikingly
good, in all sections. Bast reports as
to distributive trade naturally come
from the graingrowing sections of the
country, which were the first to meet
au improvement resulting from free
foreign demand for our cereals, but in
dicationXare not wanting that this im
provement x is gradulally percolating
throughout tlie entire business com
munitv, and cospled with the unprece
dented export trade in manufactured
goods, and the fact "that-we are selling
f 2 worth abroad for every dollar s worth
we buy, renders possibles-tie gains re
ported in distributive trade of 1898
over 1897, ranging from 10 fo40per
cent, with likewise good export from
the. manufcturing centers, excepting
the textile industrries already men
tioned. - '.x- . - - -" '.
. The export trade of the country for
the year, as above, intimated, is the
heaviest ever known, and will probably
exceed $1,250,000 in value, thus being
nearly double the -imports. Our ex
port ' trade in manufactured coods, it
must be observed, is the heaviest ever
known, and for the first time in
our country's history exceeded the value
of imports of similar goods.
There were 11,538 failures in the
United States in 1888,' involving liabil
Hies of $141,137,117, a decrease from
1897 in number of 11.2 per cent, and
in liabilities of 9.5 per cent. Com
pared with 1896 and 1895, the propor
tion of decrease shown is even larger,
fewer by 25 per cent, and liabilities
smaller bv 64 per cent. , Decreases are
also shown when compared with 1891,
a year of large trade, but of numerous
and costly failures; but com
pared with 1892 there is an increase
shown of 13 per cent in number, and
20 per cent in liabilities.
TEN THOUSAND DROWNED
Another Awful Calamity Occurred at
Hankow.
Victoria, B. C." Jan. 3. The steam
ers Victoria and Yamaguchi Maru have
arrived with news from the Oiient un
to December 15.
Another serious calamity, writes the
Hankow correspondent of the North
China Daily News, has befallen the
people of Hankow; about 10,000 of the
inhabitants have met death by drown
ing. About noon December 3 half the
storehouses extending along the edge of
the river Han suddenly broke away and
tumbled into the water on top of all
the boats there. The houses and boats.
with all the people in them, dis
appeared in a moment. About 100
buildings and the same number of
boats are gone.
JNens comes of more murders of mis
sionaries. J. he Japanese Herald says
an English missionary has been mur
deied by natives and soldiers at Tsing
Ping. A French missionary has been
burned to death at Swatow, and a Ger
man missionary has been mortally in
jured in Shan Tung. The murder of
an American missionary, Mrs. Butter
field, of Central China, is reported.
Advices state that since the attack
on the Russian troops at Andijan some
me back, discontent and dissatisfac
tion have been rife throughout the
province. This feeling has asumed
such proportions that the Russian au
thorities have already strengthened
their garrisons. They have, moreover,
occupied the larger villages in force,
and superseded the civil by a military
administration. Not more than 200 or
300 fanatics were engaged in the attack
on the Kusians, yet more than 1,200
men were arrested on suspicion and
flogged in order to extort information.
Not only were the actual malefactors
punished, but their relatives of all de
grees were also imprisoned. In addi-
ionto this, a fine of 300,000 ronbleB
has been inflicted on the district.
A Prosperous Year. fi
Washington, Jan. 3. The published
tatenient of the government receipts
and expenditures shows that during
he half year ending December 31, the
receipts aggregated $245,961,890,
against $207,760,574, for the same per
iod last year. According to the tieas
nry these receipts are the largest since
1866, when they reached $558,032,620,
for the entire fiscal year, and 1897,
when they amounted to $490,634,010.
Disastrous San Francisco Fire.
San Francisco, Jan. 3. Fire which
started early tonight in the business
building at 917 Stevenson street caused
a loss of $50,000 before it was
extinguished. Of this amount about
$40,000 falls on the Krough Manufac
turing Company, makers of pumps and
hydraulic machinery. The San Fran
cisco artistic metal works, whioh oc
cupied part of the structure. , were
totally destroyed, the loss being placed,
at $10,000. The origin of the fire ii
unknown.
TRAGEDY AT SEASIDE
Three
Men Killed in a Des
perate Fight.
TIIE WORK OF A DESPERADO
Charles . Wlllard ' Murdered Sheriff
- Williams and Deputy I.amers, and -Was
Shot bv Deputy Miller.
Seaside Or., Jan.- 2. The burning
of the Fulton cottage, at this place,
last Wednesday morning, culminated
this afternoon in the bloodiest tragedy
in the history of this county, as a re
sult of which three men are ooid in
death and one other is badly wounded.
The dead are: , ;
Sheriff J. Wr. Williams. Deputy
Sheriff James Lamers ami Charles Wil
lard. '--'-;:' - v
Deputy Sheriff A. E. Miller was
shot in the leg.
It was considered certain by every
one that the burning of the cottage was
for the purpose of concealing a rob
bery, and suspicion pointed to Charles
Willard ai the guilty person, particu
larly as he was seen a shoit time after
the fire coming from the locality with
wheelbarrow load of coods.
Acting on the suspicion then arousdd '
Sheriff. Williams this morning secured
a search warrant, and in company with
Senator O. W. Fulton and others, went
to Seaside to search Willard's prem
ises, and also all' the cottages of whioh
he had charge during the winter season. -
About 3 o'clock this afternoon, Sher
iff Williams, Senator Fulton and Dop
uties A. E, Miller and James Lamers,
the two latter being' residents"'f Sea-1
side, went to the cottage of Mrs. Susie
Lewifcton, where "Willaid was .living,
to search it. - : .'- . .. .'.' ' "
"?n rapping at the door "they - were
answered immediately'-;, by Willard,
who tdW them to wait until he dressed,
but from"gnbsequent events it is certain
be wanted tripe to get his guns leady .
for action. - After a few moments he
opened the door," and on being told
what was wanted, told.the sheriff, in a
polite manner, that he ' was welcome to
search any of the resiliences iu his
charge. K 'x':. x .::---':' , .'
Leaving Fulton, ; Lamers and the '
sheriff in the house, he picked up his
rifle, and telling Miller to follow lim.
he started for John L Carlson's cottaw
which he had in charge, and which he
said some one had endeavored to break
"i. . Thp- tij'y "Vm Hfnrfla
joined by Williams and Fulton. The
latter asked Willard to como back to
the Lewiston cottage. He made no
objection.
It was on nearing the cottage the
second time that the tragedy occurred.
Senator Fulton, had identified some
shotgun cartridges in the house as be
longing to him, and began questioning
Willard as to where he got possession
of them. This nettled Willard, al
though he answered that a friend had
given them to him, and he began to get
ugly.
Fulton and Miller went inside the
cottage, leaving Willard, Sheriff Wil
liams and Lamers standing outside.
They had just proceeded to the rear
room when two shots were heard in
quick succession, and on running to
he door. Sheriff Williams was scon to
throw up his hands and fall backwards
over the bank. In front of the house
were Willard and Lamers, in a desper
ate hand-to hand struggle, although
the latter had been shot through the
right groin and was fast growing faint.
and his assailant was fighting with the
desperation of a demon. Fulton sprang
at Willard's head, and pulling him to
the ground jumped on his face. Miller
wrenched the rifle from his hand, threw
it on the ground, and taking out his
revolver beat the desperado over the
head.
Senator Fulton, in the meantime.
picked up the rifle and told Willard to
remain quiet, or he would kill him.
The latter, however, watched his op
portunity, and jumping to his feet
started to run away, when Fulton fired,
missing him the first time, but strik
ing him in the face the second time,
carrying away the greater portion oi
his mouth and .nose. Willard fell, ap
parently dead, and Fulton started to
obtain help to care for the injured men,
leaving Miller on guard" with the rifle
in hand. Miller stepped back to aid
Lamers, who was lying on the ground
desperately wounded, when Willard
was noticed to be fumbling with his
belt. Quicker than a flash he drew a
revolver and fired three bullets, the
first one bitting Miller in the left leg.
ust below the hip. Millor returned
the fire with the rifle, the first bullet
nflicting a flesh wound in Willard's
shoulder, and the second hitting him
iu the left side, near the groin, killing
him instantly.
By this time help had arrived, and
an examination was made of the in
ured men. Sheriff Williams was
found to have been shot through the
right breast, and although his pulse
was beating feebly when examined, he
showed no further signs of life. La
mers was shot in the right groin, and
he lived about 30 minutes after being
removed to Giimes' hotel. Miller, the
ther deputy was wounded in the leg,
but his wound is not of a serious na
ture. Discarded Woman's Deed.
Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 2. George
P.King, ciiief deputy in the office of
City Engineer Dockweiler, was shot.
and probably fatally wounded this
evening by Theresa Kerr, w hom he had
cast off.
Yxtradition Treaty With Itrazil.'
New York. Jan. 2. A dispatch to
the Herald from Rio de Janeiro states
that the Brazilian congress has ap
proved a treaty of extradition with the
United States.-
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