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VOL. VI NO. 137
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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.
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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.
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