. t 4 VOL. VI NO. 137 HO CENTS A WEEK. ALBANY, OREGON SUNDAY, MAY 10 1891 1 A STRiNSE PASSENGER When mv packet ship, the Her mione, wa: preparing to sail from Liverpxd for New York I waa warned to take precautions against receiving as passenger a certain Mary Youngersou. who. while nursing her sick husband a man considerably her senior, had toisoned him to death, laid hold of all the valuables and money she could get and then made off. It was thought that she would try to leave England on some outward h'juiid ship imut nkely for Anieu o, where she had friends and therefore I sharply scrutinized the passengers, eight in number, who were brought on to my vessel in a tender. As they stepped aboard I was relieved to percieve that none of them tallied with the description 1 had received of Miss Youngson, who, I was told was a beautiful woman, over thirty-live yeais cf axe, about 5 feet 6 inches in height and very slender, with brown hair, dark eyes and clear complexion. Two ot the female passengers who now came aboard were mar ried ladies, and of dark complex ion There were also two young ladies of about twenty-one ; one a Miss Lorton, plain and stout; the other a Miss Merwin, slender and tall, apparently not less than 5 feet nine niches, with the most child inli, innocent looking face for one of her age that 1 ever saw. .She had brown hair and eyes and Imbylike features and smooth, glowing cheeks, which were con Mantlv dimpled with smiles. As she slightly lifted her long skill we saw that n:steai ci shoes or Loots she woie ornamented buskins of some kind of soft leather, which made no noise when she walked. Afterwards we learned that she had Mely sprained her feet and could not yet stand harder leather. From the first 1 could see that my son Tom, a young man of twenty-five and eh ef officer, was greatly impressed by this virl. 1 was surprised at the end of one short week after we sailed to learn that he had actually projHjsed to her and been accepted. "Site is so arilese, so ingenious, so free from guile of any kind," said he "that you can read her heart at once. We are to be married on coming back to Liverpool, a the house of her aunt, who is expect ing her. With her usual cVilctish frankness she informed me Miat. although having a small for uue in three per cents, left her by her father, who was a merchant, she is at present short of cash, which would hinder her from purchasing on landing certain little articles she desired t jward a wedding out tit. I was so touched by her fhy, infanti'e wy, blended with timid distress at having to tell me thi, that I at once went to my room and procured the $5000 United States bond, whi-h you know I lately huuht with my saving-,and gave it to ner, telling her where she could get it cashed, and bade her then to take out of it what -ver she needed." "Why, Tom, yon don't fay so?" 1 cried, rather startled. ' Of course," he answered "Why not? We are engaged, and it ought to be the same about money matters as if we were mar ried." He went below, and I gat long in the clear moonlight, thinking it over as a hasty, fcsliBh piece of business, when suddenly I was startled by the cry of the lookout forward. "Sail hoi rightahead!" The stranger a large ship put her helm a-port, so I had no doubt she would pass us safely enough ; but as she was going by, her helmsman raising his wheel too Foon, her bow swung off, and her jibboom caught under my spanker sheet, lifting the spar and snap ping it oil' with a crash. There was noise and confusion as we worked briskly to keep the two vessels apart and prevent fur ther damage, in the mijst of which several of the passengers came running up, somewhat frightened, to find out what the matter was. "It is not) ing; we are all right now !" I cried, to reassure them, as the other ship swung clear of MS. Miss Merwin had emerged from the companion way alter the others, and as 1 looked toward her form, distinctly revealed by the moonlight and one of the lanterns, 1 stood stock still in the utmost astonishment, for, a true as 1 am a living man, her stature now seemed at least thr e inches shorter than I had hitherto seen it. I as the only one w ho noticed her at that time, and on meeting my gaze she drew back as quick as' a flash and vanished in the cabin. The strange phenomenon I had witnessed for a moment almost took away my breath. My whole ' mind whs faxed upon this one thing, and when my son came un a few hours later to take the deck I described the singular change I had noticed in Miss Merwin's stat ure. lie stared at me at first as if he thought me mad, then broke out ,int an incredulous laugh, saying that my eyes or the imperfect light must have deceived me. I knew better, however, but linding 1 could not convince him I old him to wait until the young lady should appear at breakfast in the morning, when he might see for himself. Two hours later the second mate came up to relieve Tom, who then went below. The officer, seeing me seated in a reverie on the Quarter deck, walked amidships, where he stood looking carelessly forward. All at once, judge of my sur prise when, on raising my head, I beheld, leaning against the rail near me, a person 1 had never seen before a slender, middle aged man, of rather low stature, with hair covering nearly every part of the face excepting the eyes, which glittered like fireballs in the moon light! "Why, ha'loa! Who are you? Where did you come trom !"i cried. "Pray don't excite yourself." he cooly answered. "I am a de tective, and got aboard in the har bor through the connivance of one of your crew I am not going to tell you which one who also sup plies me with food. I have been all along in the stateroom next to Miss Merwin'a with my carpetbag, Had you locked in the room you would have seen me, but you probably missed tl. key. or thought it waa lost." "That is true; but" "Here is my war.ant," he inter rupted, handing me a paper, which, on reading it by the lan tern's liirht, I found was a signed document, apparently from the proper authorities instructing John Clews, the bearer, a detective, to conceal himself aboard the Hermione and act as he might see fit in his endeavor to detect the murderess. Miss Youngson, who it was suspected was a passenger in disguise aboard the vessel. "She is here," was his confident reply when I remarked that there must be some mistake. "I have not watched through the hole I bored in the partition for nothing." "Why. man!" icnea, aghast, "she cannot be the guilty one. She is innocence itself as artless aa a child. Besides, she is very tall and young, whereas I have been told that the murderess was much shorter and near'y twice as old." He laughed in a way which to me was indescribably disagreeable. "It is not Miss Merwin I allude to," he said. "You will remem ber that the stateroom of Miss Lorton is also next to mine." "What!" I exclaimed, almost as much surprised as before, "you suspect that stout young lady who .' "I don't suspect," he inter rupted: "I know her to be the ciiminal." "But she is young, plain and stout; the accused woman was slender" "Bah!" he again interrupt. "Disguise! That will explain all. It is easy for a woman of that kind to make herself look younger and toutsr than she really is. Should we fall in with a good Liverpool bound ship I shall arrest this woman and take her on board of it with ute. I will go back to my room now. You may or may not see me again before we sight a home bound craft.1' With that he glided like a shadow into the cabin. "Now, then, I had something to keep me awake, to drive all thoughts of turning in from any mind. So, after all, that woman, that murderess, was aboard my ship! I commenced to walk the deck in no pleasant frame of mind, and the morning light stole around me before 1 was aware that the hour was so late. When breakfast was ready in the cabin Miss Merwin was absent from her accustomed place at the table. During the progress of the meal I looked more than once at Miss Lorton the stout young lady who. the detective bad posi tively asserted, was Mary Young son, the poisoner. The quiet dignitv ana compos ure of her manner, the frank, hon est expression of her face, and its undeniable plainness, seemed to me so natural, so real, that 1 mar veled how the detective contrived to penetrate through so perfect a disguise. Feeling tired out after breakfast I slept until near noon. When I went on deck Tom was superintending the repairing of the spanker boom. "It is very strange, he said to me uneasily, "Miss Merwin has not yet shon herself." The day wore on without our seeing her. Even at supper titne she did not make her appearance. Tom looked pale and concerned. Finally he went and knocked at ber door, calling her name. There was ne response. "I do not know what to make of it," he said to me on deck. "Oh, fatker!" he added wildly, "is i possible she can have suddenly died?" "I don't think so," I answered, "she seemed t be in good health" and then thought to myse'f. "Were it not that we are where we are, and she a different sort of person, I might suspect that she had absco -dt J with your money." As night approached her non appearance excir' 1 general com ment, and 1 was advised to break open the dr r, wnich was locked. 1 did so. ana we iouna ner room empty. Her trunk was still there, but she was gone. "My God ! what can have become of her?" he groaned. In fact, it certainly was a very peculiar case, and coupled with my previous observation of the strange shortening of the woman's statute it seemed to me to partake almost of the supernatural. "May she not have gone on deck last night and fallen over board?" inquired one of the pas sengers. "Impossible!" I answered. "It was clear moonlight. I was on deck all night, aud besides, I had good lookouts posted about the ship. The thing could not have happened unknown to us." We looked to see if we might not find a note or something explana tory, but in vain. Then I ordered a thorought search to be made throughout the ship. This was done; but no, she was not to be found, though every nook and corner was looked into. Then it occured to me to speek to the detective about it, and as soon as I could do so unobserved I knocked at his door. He cautiously opened it, but on seeing who was theie he invited me in. I told him what had happenc i, not even omitting to mention the suddden change I had previously noticed in the young lady's height. As I proceeded I observed that his keen eyes seemed to grow larger, while the thick beerd that covered the face of this singular man kept twitching, as it every hair was in stinct with life. "Give me time," he said solemn ly, when I bad finished, "and I will solve this mystery. In a few days 1 may be able to do it per haps not for a week." I left him and went on deck. Tom was there, looking so down cast and forlorn that I resolved to acquainted him with the presence of the detective, and tell him what he said, and so, perhaps, brighten him up a little. I did so, but my words had an effect I had not expected. Reflec ting a moment, he cried out: "Father, I believe that man is a humbug! But whether he be a detective or not, 1 now suspect that he is a thief and a murderer ; that he knew Miss Merwin's hav ing that $5,000 bond, and that in order to possess himself of it he has killed her and thrown her body overboard !" I started at him in amazement, and told him I feared that his grief had disturbed his reason. How waa it possidle, I asked him, that the man could have gut the body overboard without oar know ing it? "He co.ild have choked her to death, carried her to one of the open cabin windows, anil dropp d her through tha'," he replied. "Impossible," I answered, with out the splash being overheard by .lie nun at the wheel, or by i. nie one on deck. Besides, I doubt if he could have squeezed the body through either of our cabin win dows, which, vou know, are very small," Tom, however, seemed to think it could have been done, owing to Miss Merwin being so slender, and in Kpite of all my efforts, I could not entirely rid his mind of that horrible idea, Days passed, for we had head winds, which kept us off our course but as yet the detective had noth ing to tell me, though he said he soon might be able to explain the whole affair. A strange affair enough. Never beiore had I such an experience, or anything approaching to it, in any craft I commanded. The pas sengers were equally puzzled ; it was the talk of all aboard the ship. As for Tom, he grew paler, thinner wilder every day, At last, one afternoon, when we had entered St. George's channel, tie came up to me and said, in a husky voice": "It is as I thought! Quick! I have something to show you ! Make no noise; I followed him. We both wore light slippers, and without noise entered the room Miss Merwin had occupied. He pointed to a crevice, which he had evidenly made in the partition, and looking through it I saw the detective in the next apartment, kneeling hv his open carpet bag, from which now pro truded the identical buskin. I could not mistake them which Miss Merwin had worn. Spread one before him he held a $5,000 bond evidently the one which my son had given to the voung ladv ! "You see," he whispered. "Was I not right? He has murdered and robbed her!" Low as the whisper was the man evidently heard it, for he pushed the busikins, and after them the bond, hastily down into the bag, which he tten closed. Before 1 could hinder him lorn rushed out and threw himself ag-inst the detective's door wiih a for 1 which broke the lock and ad mitt 1 him into the room. He Hev at the man, clutched him and shook him, when the felllow drew a dirk, but in his futile struggles to use it for I held his wrist and soon disarmed him his beard fell off, showing it was a false one, and at the same time his shirt bosom was torn aay about the throat. Then both Tom and I uttered a simultaneous cry of sur prise on perceiving that this pre tondrd detective was a woman over thirty-five years of age- or. in o jer words, it was Miss Merwin herself deprived of the cosmetics and other appliances which had, while in the natural attire of her sex, made her lcok so much younger than she was. The whole truth dawned upon me at once. This woman I suspect ed was in reality Mary Youngson, the murderess, for her face and height now answered to the des cription I had of her, and we found while looking for my son's bond in her carpet bag, some articles bearing her name, and others marked with that of her victim. In fact, afterward, while ill, she confessed to being Mary Youngson. Her motive in disguising herself waa apparent. She had feared, after I discovered the strange shortening of her stature, that I might suspect who she was ; and besides, the better to escape from Tom and get off with his $5,000. The mystery of her having as Miss Merwin looked bo much taller than she really was we found ex plained by her buskins, which C roved, lfke those sometimes worn y actors on the stage, to be pro vided with very thick eork soles, to give an appearence of elevation to the stature. On the night she so astonished me by the difference in her height she had, in hnrry and alarm, come up in her slippers, having for gotten to put on her buskins. It is hardly necepsary to say that the detective's warrent she had shown me was forged, written by herself ; no scarcely need it be mentioned that Tom was now disgusted with this woman and entirely cured of his infatuation. Subsequently she died of a malignant fever while being con veyed a prisoner back to England thus escaping the punishment she so richly merited for her odious crime, although there were not wanting those who stoutly maintained that the charge had by no means been conclusively brought home to her. How ever, after occupying the public mind for more than the proverbial nine days, the "Youngson Cise," as it was called, gave place to a fresher sensation. Edward Heins in New York Press. CONDITION OK CHOI'S. Frost lajure Fruit In the Eastern and Southern States. Wash igton, May 9. The weekly weather crop bulletin says: The weather during the past week has been generally un favorable to growing crops, owing to an unusually low temperature and a deficiency in rainfall over the greator portion of all the agri cultural districts east of the Rocky mountains. The previous rapid growth in the central valleys and the Northwest has been greatly in terrupted by a cold wave which extended as far south as the Gulf and South Atlantic states uuring the week, attended by damaging frosts as far south as Tennessee and the Carolinas. While frosts did little damage to staple crops, it is generally believed that early fruits were seriously damaged in Ohio and the Central Mississippi valleys. The Great Austrian Lottery. Lonon, May 9. Petitions have been presented to the Austrian government asking for the sup pression of the lottery system by which people in Austria, Germany and all over the world are swin dled by the Austrian government. The lotteries bring about $GC ),000 annually. The agents in Berlin and other leading European cities are, it is alleged, in the habit of defrauding purchasers of the lottery bonds by taking under false pretenses sums much in excess of the value of the bonds, and in Berlin alone many cases of priva vation and sufferingare attributed to this form of fraud. The Retiring- Sea Matter. London, May y. The Times, in an editorial this morning on the Behring sea correspondence, says : "Secretary Blaine's important con cessions make it possible for the arbitration award to be given lung before the Sayward case was de cided; therefore it is scarcely necessary to diicuss his last argu ment. In the meantime the ques tion of a close time for seals is most pressing, and Blaine's delay causes daily increased surprise. The Sunday Closers, Kansas City, May 9. In the Y. M. C. A. convention to-day the committee on resolutions present ed resolutions on the subject of the world's fair. The resolutions provide for an exhibit of the association at the fair and requests its managers to keep the exposi tion closed on Sunday. A Merchant Found Dead. AfBLRN, Cal., May 9. T. E. Stephens, merchant and well known pioneer resident, was found dead at his residence this morning. He had fallen from his seat in such a way as to strangle himself. An inquest will be held. A Itecord Demolished, Princeton, N. J., May 9. At the annual handicap game, open to all amateurs, this afternoon Luther H. Carey ran 75 yards in 7 35 seconds, breaking the world's amateur record. Back to Work. Chicago. May 9. Major Gen eral Miles and family returned to day from an extended trip through Mexico and the west. Farmers Alliance. Orboon City, May 9. Delegates representing nine farmers alliances were in town to day and organized a county alliance. Red School house Klein's. shoes at SUE IS A FKAUD. A Spiritualist Who Makes a Bus iness of Vying. - Chicago, May !). Col. Blundy, editor of one of the leading spirit ualistic publication in the country is skeptical of the death of Mme. Blavatsky, high priestess of theo ophy. "I have been on the look out for such a report for some tome," said Col. Blundy. "About a year ago I received a letter from Prof. Eliot Coues, formerly of the Smithsonian institute and theoso p' at, btating that the Madame I a Id probably die before long and come to life again, and he warned people to be on the lookout. She has died several times according to the belief of her followers." IT IS GETTING WOK9E. The Italian Consul at New Orleans Talks L'nreasonable. New Orleans, May 9. On the 7th inst. Mr. Corte, Italian consuj to this city, addressed a communi cation to Foreman Chaffee, of the grand jury, charging among other thing "that the extra judicial body appointed by the mayor w as from the beginning premeditated for political purpose, and the kill ing of the prisoners." This state ment has given the mayor great offense. The extra judicial body to which reference is made beirg the committee of fifty apj intfd by his honor immediately after the killing of Chief Hennessey. That they should be characterized as a murderous body for political purposes has occasioned great in dignation. The committee has commenced the preparation of a report which will give in detail their connection with the matter, l'his will be snumitted to the mayor and council Tuesday, and on the basis of the report the mayor will take the necessary action leading to the recall of the Italian consul. Portland Leads Again. Sr-OKANK, May 9. Seattle , Spokane 15. Tacoma, May 9. Portland 8, Tacooaa 4. WILL HE APOLOGIZE AN OHKGON EDITOR THREAT ENED BY VIGILANTES. Walla Walla Soldier Are Insulted by the Gerval Star and Tell the Editor What lie Can Do. Gebvais, Or., May 9. Fdit t McCollum, of the Gervais Star, lias received a letter from Van couver, Wash., signed "Vigilance committee," calling upon him to apologize for a certain alleged in sult to the I'nited States army through the columns of his paper. Several days ago the Star in an editorial commented on the lynch ing of Hunt by the soldiers at Walla Walla, and yesterday the editorial was reprinted in the Ore gonian. Among other things the Star said : "The act was done by a mob of low-bred and vicious soldiers, of which the army is and has been composed for some time." The committee requests McCollum to make a full apology through the Oregonian, and state that if such an apology,is not forth coming they w ;d Ipay Jiim "a nightly viBit." A SEVEKE KEItlKK. The Governor f Nebraska Sat Down On Hard. Omaha. Mav '..The citv coun cil to night adopted the following: "Whereas, one .lonn M. lhayer has been invited to attend the re ception to President Harrison in tins city next weauesuay, there fore be it Resolved, That he be treated as a private citizen and not as gover nor ol Nebraska, and that he be considered a usurper of the office he now holds." five republican council men voted against the adoption of the resolution. 8c lid for Conxoliilution. Portj and, May 9. Between three and four hundred taxpay ers assembled at the tabernacle to night and organized the consolida tion league. The object of the or ganization is to aid in the consoli dation of Portland, East Portland and Alhina in June. John Me Craken was elected president. They Are In It. It will pay you well to call fjt the corner of Second and mir. worth streets, at Mueller tt !ar rett's, where you can find a splendid variety of groceries, veg etables, poultry, etc., for your Sunday dinner. Call early "and avoid the rush. Little Giant and Conies' Bros, boys, misses and child ren's shoes different styles all sizes anc. widths made solid all TiiRoc;u. Try a pair nothing better medium in price. Every pair warranted. Samuel E Yorsu. Amri lea Takes the Lead. America now takes the lead as an iron producing country, united with China, we could do the wash ing and ironing of the world. Mueller & Garrett are taking the lead in the grocery business of Albany, as their cash figures please every one. NICARAGUA CANAL. Its Great Importance to the United States. IT WILL VET BE COMPLETED. The Secretary Tells of tie Value It Would Be lu the Chilian Aff iir- Au Estimate of Its Cost. .- New York, May 9. Warner Miller, who has just returned fiom Greytown, Nicaragua, says in re gard to the canal : "Few people have any idea of the value of the canal to this country, but thinking men know it is an absolute necessity. I bad a long chat with Secretary of the Navy fiacy, and he spoke of the imperative necessity of the canal. He said to me that in war alone it would be of incalculable value. 'In such a state of affairs, as exists at pre.sent between the United States and Chili,' said the seere tarv to me, 'I could send the West India squadron into the Pacific ocean inside of forty eight hours. That is now impossible, and we ntist virtually sustain two navies. If the canal existed in fact, the money now spent in the mainte nance of tin Pacific suadron lould he ex .ended for the benefit of the navy in its entirety and the facility with w hich either ocean could he reached, would enable us to save money in connection, re pairs iitid equipment.' 'The canal will positively lie finished in six years," concluded Miller. "It will take i bout $75,000,00 to finish it, mid at present we have spent only ahuiit $.Yli(ii,( i I. Our plans are pcrlecl, smmI we knn to a pound jut how lunch we must excavate.'' SPEEDING llo.MIJWAHK. die Journey is One Can tiiiiion Ovation. Clear Ckkek, I'tah, May 9. The run of the presidential train from Salt Lake over the Hio Grande Western railway, was one continuous ovation, the people at each point visited being very demonstrative in their welcome. The first stop w;is at the sugar factory just east of Ix-hi, where the president addressing the crowd Haiti : "This sugar indtifet-y you have estahlislieil here is very in teresting to hie, and I hope it is to j open the way to a tiir.i? when we , liall have a home supply for evt-iy I household. At Provo the travel lers were greeted with a national b.' :ite and the children were drawn ti in line. The president, post-1'iHaier-general and Secretary Kusk spoke. A cordial reception also accorded the party at spring ville. The people of Castle Gats, a mining station on top of the spur of the Wahsatch mounta:ns turned out en masse to welcome the pres ident and party. When the train rolled in at 8:30 this evening it was greeted with a national s.ilute from dynamite cartridges exploded by electricity. The president made a short complimentary . ad dress to the people from the rear platform. WILLIAM 19 MASTEK. And Itlsinaick Will Not Be In It The Kelchstag Adjourns, (Opyriicht lb'll by N, V. Associated I'rc. ) Berlin, May 9. The reichstag to-day finally passed the sugar bill by a vote of 159 to 210 and approved the spirit taxation amendment bill. The house then adjourned until November 11, after giving three cheers for the emperor. The talk in the lobby attributed the expedition with which the reichstag closed to the fears of the government of the sudden appear ance of Bismarck in the house with bombshell utterances against the Austro-German commercial treaty, government labor meas ures, and its general international policy. Pcputies Stumm and Knudsdorf went to Freiderichs rube Wednesday with the object of asking the prince what his in tentions are. Bismarck advised energetic opposition to the sugar bill and promised to lead active aggression against the govern ment's project wlan he took his seat in the house, lie would not appear as the leader of any part. His sympathy remained with the old cartellers, and it grieved him to see the former coalition broken and the factions attacking each other. The tenor of the prince's speech confirms the predictions regarding his attitude in the reichstag. The prince wants to iorni a coalition of conservatives and national liberals against the government. The emperor's per ception of the coming danger in cited him to give expression to his stan l in his speech at Husseldorf, which was an outspoken menace against the systematic opposition. Papers differ over the exact words used by his majesty on thi occa sion. The accepted version makes him say, after referring to the opponents ol his labor and commercial policy : "One alone is master in this country, it is I, none other shall I suffer near me.'' The ofli -ial version of the speech was modified after day's of delib eration. On this the authorities are trumpeting, but the words re mained and they will abide, branded in the memory of the nation. . 1 .4 Bnrk Carrolltou Beaches San Fran Cisco In Bad Trim. Sax Frscisco, May 9. The bark Carrollton, Captain Lewis, twenty-seven days from Port Ange les, bound Otinalaska, put into port last night leaking, and with her cargo shifted. She left Port Ar-jeles April II, with a cargo of 2:200 tons of coal and piles, but on the 22nd, in latitude 50 north, longitude 141 west, she was struck by a heavy galofrom the eoutu west trfitt forced' her to heave to under lower main topsail for twen-ty-fouihours. Heavy seas started her deck load on the 25th. For forty eight hours the vessel scudd ed under lower topsails. The ring holts of the deck were torn out, the starboard side of the forward house was carried a A-ay, as well as the galley and everything attached. The starboard water tanks were stove in and the cabin tilled with water. The Carrollton was strain ed and badly, and because of the deck-load shifting the pumps could not be reached, so the donkey en gine was started, and it wm just possible by this means to keep her from the water. On the 20th the crew refused to go any further, as the bark was leaking at the rate of eight fee it twenty-four hours. o she was headed for this port. She is now leaking at the rate of two feet in twenty-four hours. A LONELY BIUK. A Neusbuy Killed at Tacoina !y An Electric Car. Tacoma, May 9. Frank Carol an a ten-year-old boy from Hastings, Minn., ran away from home and arrived here yesterday. He made the trip in four days with only fifty cents. A twelve-year-old Italian news boy, name unknown, fell under the wheels of a motor of the Taco ma ct Puyallup railroad this eve ning on the railroad near Thir teenth street, and was almost instantly killed, his head being cut in two. He was stealing a ride and attempted to jump off the front platform when the train was in motion. SHE IS CAUGHT Til K BOBEKT AND MINNIE BKOIGHT INTO I'OKT. The Arms Said to. Have Been on Board Her Have Mj sterloualy IlHHieared, Wasiiishtox, May 9. It was not apparent this morniug that the navy department was exer cising itseif greatly to recapture the Chilian steamer Itata. Secre tary Tracy left the city early this morning in company with Com modore Folger, to insect officially the new ordnauee-proving ground at Indian Head, about forty miles down the Potomac, without leav ing any trace of an order relating to the matter. If there is any serious disposition on the part of the navy department to send the Charleston in chase of the Itata it would appear to have abandoned, i ut there is reasons to believe there is some hope entertained by' the government officials that the Itata did not stait at full speed for Chili. SUE IS CAI'Tl'REI). Los Angei.es, May 9. The Schooner "Roliert and Minnie" was captured this afternoon about three miles from San Pedro by deputy Marshal Anderson on board the tug Falcon. She made no re sistance and was towed into San Pedro harbor and tied up ta the wharf. The arms said to have been on board her had disappeared, and it is believed they have been transferred to the steamer Itata. A Long Fight. Fokt Wayne, Ind.,May 9. The much advertised fiht between George Siddons and Tommy White took place in this city this evening. It was declared a draw at the end of the 49tb round. Sid dons injured his hand in the 4Sth round aud his left eye was closed. White's upper hp is badly swollen and he was weak. Killed by a Marshal. St. Loi is, May 9. A dispatch from La Grange, Tex., says Fritz Hemuth has been shot aud killed by ex-Unit?d States Marshal Kankin. The killing is the result of an old feud. Arrested for Murder. Boston, May 9. The Globe will say to-morrow: By order of the Colorado authorities lr. Thatcher Graves is tacitly under arrest for the murder of Josephine A. Bar nahee. The Markets. San Francisco, May 9. Wheat Hhjpping,M.70(i$1.721i percental ; milling, Tl-',.J(;l.S.i per cental. Good Kesults. Our cash system of business is just what every one is now taking advantage of. Our goods are the purest and our prices the lowest. People who pay cash for their goods will find it to their advan tage to buy of Mueller A Garrett's cash groceres. Suits to order this week at cost. Zaches, the tailor, opposite post-office. IN A LEAKY CONDI A SWEEPING FIRE. Whole Counties a Solid Mass of Blaze. IN THE I'ATII OF THE BLAZE Tears Are EnWrtainei Tbat More Towds Will Be Burned-An Enormous Loss of Property. pETiioiT.May !. A fire is raging in the upper central counties olthe peninsula to-day .the like of which was never known. The line of llames reaches, almofct without break, from Msson comity on Lake Michigan to Iohco county on Ike Huron, and the forests of Lake Osceola, Clare, Gladwin, Ogemau and Alcona aie all a blaze. Another fire of scarcely less magnitude ex ists in the upjer peninsula. Ihe incline of the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic railroad, through Marquette, Houghton. Baraga and Ontanogon counties, is in the path of tiie flames. Two railroad bridges are already gone, and the telegraph lines are in a bad share. Fears are entertained that the fires will reach some of the tow ns. Last night the llames swept into Oscoda and bu.ned out $200,000 worth of property. Great appre hension is felt at Au Sable. An appeal for help has been sent to Alpena. It is feared that the city will be swept awav if the wind shifts. .... Reports from Marquette, Midi., eav the forest fires are burning all over the Copper fount ry. At Chassell several faun houses anil bams went up in smoke and a bridge was consumed. At stur Tlmmas Neston estate and lliamond Match to., loose heavily. Lake Mi 2nor, from Marquette to Keweenaw p.;,t i fiiirlv black with smoke and all the fog whistles are kept blowing constantly. I he loss w in be very heavy. At Tawas, cn Fast shore, for two days past the a i liia I .null iiii.-k with smoke from forest fires raging in the woods back of town and which exteua u the count v line. Ishpeinmg is 8urrounded;hfire,but no danger to lo town has resulted. Telegraph pjlci and railroad ties are being destroyed and communication is likely lo be cut oil' at any time. Nothing but a drenching rain of two days duration can prevent tre mendous damage. Grams Hai-iks, May .9. I Jeer Lake, Near Meed City, a hundred miles north has telephoned this city for aid and a steamer has gone. Forests are a blaze and the Oyster bout & Fox's immense lumber yards, with $250,000 worth of lum ber is surrounded by lire. TIJE IMCECIOl'S METAL. The I'niU-d States Has More Gold Than Any Other t'ouutry. WKinvimis. Mav 9. Director of the Mint Leech has been watch ing the How of gold from this country to Kurope, but sees noth ing in ttie tuie to excite sunn. Within a few weeks tiermany nan .1. ..,. .i n na fur :. C;.iK0 in gold bars and $9,52S,000 in coin. France i. o ....'.i.,.! for i;.io:).0000 at the .,,i;.,,r r.ito rf ..vi-liunire. According to Uech it is unnecessary to look further for causes of no'd ship ments. The I'nited States, he says, has more gold than any other country on hand at this time. New York Lumber Boycott. New York, May 9. - In view of .i... i .t !.., a linvr-titt. was de- dared against one of the lumber dealers ol this cr.y oy ue union because his men refused to go out w hen the recent strike went into ell'ect, the united lumber trade of New York. Brooklyn and Jersev City have determined not to deliver anv lumber o any building in New York City alter Saturday, Mav 9 until the boycott is raised". Alibnt 100,000 men are allected. (jrUestitnte Strlkernlu Europe. IjNhoN, May 9. A dispatch from Berlin says that there is a serious break among the striking miners of Westphalia, and that many are w illing to go back on the "owners terms. The destitu tion in the lortmund district is most touching, and contributions are being taken up among all classes to prevent actual starva tion among the striker's families. The owners are not w i'ling to em ploy isolated seceders, but wis.i all the s riKcrs io omre once. I She GoinK to Chill. Sas 1ii:;o, May 9. The I'uite l States man of w ar Omaha steamed out of the harlior t -day and stood out to sea in a south-easterly di rection. New and complete stock of spectacles an 1 eye glasses just re ceived at F. M. French's. Lvery pair fitted by Johnston's Patent eye-meter, every pair fully war ranted to lit. We are the people! Who carry the most complete line of hard ware, stoves and ranges in the valley, Mat thews & Washburn. Call early and secure the best pantaloons to order at cost. Zaches, the tailor, opposite poit-otlice. 1 1