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Encouraging News From the
Mississippi Delta.
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Sufferers.
M em phis, A p ril 18.— T h e w a te r in
th e M ississippi d e lta ¡ b slo w ly receding.
R ep o rts received to n ig h t from th e o v e r
flowed c o u n try a re m o st en co u ra g in g .
T h e d a y h as been an id eal one, a n d
ev ery p la n te r in th e d e lta is in b e tte r
s p irits .
A t G re e n v ille th e riv e r, ax w ell as
t h e b ack w a te r a n rro u n d in g th e tow n,
is s ta tio n a ry to n ig h t. E v e ry th in g is in
readineaa for th e re c e ip t and d is trib u
tio n o f pro v isio n s from th e g o v ern
m e n t, a n d as soon as th e a rm y officers
a rriv e th e w ork w ill be ac tiv e ly e n tered
in to .
A t L u lu , M iss., a decided im p ro v e
m e n t is noted. T h e re is s till some
su ffe rin g in th e back c o u n try , b u t it is
being a lle v ia te d by th e p la n te rs, and
to d ay a re p re se n ta tiv e of th e g o v ern
m e n t a rriv e d a n d w ill assist th e d e s ti
tu te a t once.
T h e Yazoo & M ississippi V alley r a il
road h as been b usy a ll day w ith pile-
d riv e rs rep lacin g w ash o u ts. T h e road
w ill pro b ab ly h av e tra in s ru n n in g in to
L u lu a n d C lark sd ale on T h u rsd ay .
I t is now believed th e w ater w ill d is
a p p e a r by M ay 1, an d , if th is proves
tru e , a fa ir crop can be m ade.
T h e riv e r is fallin g a t M em p h is to
n ig h t. A t V icksburg an d a ll p o in ts
so u th a stead y rise is noted.
DURRANT SENTENCED.
Thr
I’ rI » o n e r T a k e n t o S a n
Q u en tin
t o R e m a i n U n t i l HI» E x e c u t i o n .
Ban F ran cisco , A p ril 18.— T heodore
D u rrn n t was th is afte rn o o n ta k e n to
San (Quentin prison, th e re to be con-
lined u n til h is ex ecu tio n , w hich w as
fixed by th e c o u rt to d ay fo r J u n e 11."
T h is is th e second tim e D u rra n t h as
l>ecn sen ten ced to d e a th for th e sam e
crim e , an d h e received th is ju d g m e n t,
lik e th e o th e r, w itii calm in difference.
Ifis a tto rn e y , a fte r th e sen ten ce had
been pronounced, m ade several fu rth e r
a tte m p ts to secure d e la y for h is c lie n t,
b u t J u d g e B ah rs, w ho p ronounced se n
tence. w as n o t im pressed w ith th e
logic of D u rra n t’s a tto rn e y , a n d d e
c lin e d to m odify h is sen ten ce in a n y
wav. T h e m u rd e re r's a tto rn e y moved
successively to s trik e from th e sen ten ce
th e a llu sio n to D u r r a n t’s co n fin em en t
in San (Q uentin, th e n filed a n o tice of
apjieul from th e o rd e r and asked f o r a
•e rtifle a te of probable cause, an d fin ally
asked for a stay of ex ecu tio n for four
ho u rs, th a t th o a p p lic a tio n for a w rit
of p ro b ab le cause m ig h t be ta k e n to th e
su p rem e co u rt. A ll th e se m o tio n s w ere
d en ied . W hen ta k e n to th e fe rry en
ro u te for th e prison, D u rra n t’s n erv e
broke dow n a t th e sig h t of th e crow ds,
w ho rejoiced in h is p assing to th e
shadow of th e gallow s a fte r so m an y
an d p ro tracted d elay s. H e m u rd ered
B lan ch e L am o n t o v er tw o y e a rs ago,
an d w as arre ste d a w eek a fte r c o m m it
tin g th e crim e.
FORTY
LIVES
LOST.
ish m t In t h e S w o l l e n
s t r e a m * of
tto u th D a k o t a , I o w a an«l N e b r a » k a .
Sioux C ity , la ., A p ril 18.— F o rty
liv e s a t le a st have been lo st in th e
floods in S o u th D akota, Iow a and N e
braska. T w o persons a re know n to be
lost on th e F lo y d , th r e e have been
dro w n ed on th o B ig Sioux, tw o on th p
M issouri a n d tw o on th e Coon riv e r, all
in th e im m e d ia te v ic in ity .
S im ila r
cases a re b ein g re p o rte d d a ily from
p o in ts fa rth e r aw ay an d a sh a rp w a tc h
is kept by th e a u th o r itie s for floaters
in th e M issouri.
M any people a re m issin g , o f w hose
death th eir frie n d s have no p o sitiv e in
form ation. M ost of th e m h a v e p ro b a
b ly been carrie d dow n th e M issouri,
and th eir bodies p ro b ab ly w ill n e v er be
recovered.
T h e l>odies of tw o m ore v ic tim s w ere
brought in to Sioux C ity la s t e v en in g ,
D anford M agee a n d H a rry F la v ill, w ho
were drow ned w h ile a tte m p tin g to ford
Uie E lk h o rn , in N eb rask a. T h e re lias
been a g en eral fa ll in a ll stre a m s in th e
locality.
N h o t I n t h e K y e l»y a C h i l d .
Ban F ra n c isc o , A p ril 18.— Jo se p h
H e rtz e l, aged 54, w as a c c id e n ta lly sh o t
in th e r ig h t eye to n ig h t by T essie Neu-
berger, a 8-year-old g irl. W h ile H e rt-
aol w a s-re p a irin g a boy’s p a rlo r rifle,
T essie N eu b e rg e r, w ho lives in h is
house, seised th e wea|>on an d asked
Ile rta e l to
“ p lay soldier. ”
A fte r
m a rc h in g aro u n d th e room , th e c h ild
raised th e w eap o n to h e r sh o u ld er and
p u lle d th e trig g e r, th e b u lle t e n te rin g
H e rta c l's rig h t eye an d lodging in th e
b ra in . R e a lisin g w h a t sh e had done,
th e frig h te n e d c h ild ra n to h e r m o th e r
a n d in fo rm e d h e r of th e occurrence.
T h e la tte r a t once v is ite d ll c r t z e l’s
room a n d found th e o ccu p an t lyin g on
th e floor. H e rts e l w as rem oved to th e
rec e iv in g h o sp ita l. H e is believed to
be fa ta lly injured.
P anthers w hen ta k e n v ery young
m a k e very d ocile and a ffe c tio n a te pete.
W * y l« H r R e f u s e d li P f l' « R p q « M t .
Ind ian
THE
MURDER.
C hirr K ille d
M iners.
Three
W h ile
M ojave, C a l., A p ril 14. — News of a
tr ip le m u rd e r co m m itted F rid a y n ig h t
a t P a n a m in t, a m in in g cuinp 120 m iles
e a st of M ojave, by an old In d ia n chief
know n as P a n a m in t T om , reached here
to d ay . H is v ic tim s were W illiam L ang-
don, of T u la re ; Ju le s G o ld sm ith , of
S an F ran cisco , an d F ra n k K eed, re s i
d en ce u n k now n. T h e m en h ad had
tro u b le w ith th e In d ia n over tiie tr a n s
fer of som e m in in g p ro p e rty , in w h ich
th e In d ia n fancied he had been cheated.
O n F rid a y evening, sh o rtly a fte r dusk
P a n a m in t Tom , in th e m a n n e r peculiar
to h is race, sneaked unaw ares upon Iiis
v ic tim s, sh o o tin g a ll th re e of th e m b e
fore th e y had an o p p rtu n ity to defend
them selv es.
L angdon was in s ta n tly
k ille d , b u t as G o ld sm ith and Keed w ere
o n ly m o rta lly w ounded, th e In d ia n
clu b b ed them to d e a th w ith h is gun.
H e le ft th e scene on foot, closely p u r
sued by several m in ers, b e n t upon
ly n c h in g th e m u rd e re r, and a fte r a
iiard ru n o f fifteen m iles h e su rren d ered
h im se lf to F ra n k M ontgom ery, of Los
A n g eles, in to whose cam p h e ra n for
safety . If th e m u rd e re r is n o t lynched
h e w ill be b ro u g h t to M ojave.
BURGLAR’S SUICIDE.
A
K ille d
H im »elf A fter S h o o tin g
k a n e F o l i c e OHirer.-
a
Spo
S pokane, A p ril 14.— P olice Officer
M cP hee lies in a c ritic a l co n d itio n ,
w ith a b u lle t w ound in h is neck. T he
dead body of th e m an w ho sh o t th e
officer lies in th e c ity m orgue. Mc
P h e e hail th e m an u n d e r a rre s t and
w as ta k in g him to th e s ta tio n , w hen
th e p riso n e r sprang back an d fired a re
v o lv er a t th e officer. T h e ball stru c k
M cP hee in th e jaw , w ent th ro u g h th e
neck an d lodged n e a r th e v erteb rae.
T h e m an who d id th e shoo tin g was
A rth u r C h ap p elle, of D ayton, W a sh .,
w tiere he h as a w ife an d five c h ild re n .
H e w as w anted for b u rg la ry . A fte r
sh o o tin g M cPhee he ra n th ro u g h th e
c ity sev eral blocks and concealed h im
self in an outhouse. H e w as p ursued
by D ep u ty S heriff F erg u so n and a
crow d of a n g ry citizens.
A s th e d e p u ty p ulled th e door open
a sh o t w as fired in sid e, and th e officer
th in k in g h e was b e in g fired upon shot
a t th e m an insid e. C h ap p e lle fell to
th e floor an d was dead in a m om ent. It
w as th e n seen th a t he had sh o t h im self
th ro u g h th e head. F e rg u s o n ’s b u lle t
passed th ro u g h th e b u rg la r’s arm and
m ad e a flesh w ound in h is side.
ANOTHER
tiv irie n c e
of
a
BRYAN
SPECIAL
COUNTY
Found
In
W ash in g to n , A p ril 14.— T h e p re si
d e n t to n ig h t an n o u n ced th e a p p o in t
m e n t of S en ator E dw ard O. W olcott, of
C olorado; H on. C h arles J . P ay n e, of
B oston, an d e x -V io e-P resid en t A d lai E.
S tevenson as eom m issioners to an in te r
n a tio n a l m o n etary conference.
The
a p p o in tm e n ts ure inaile u n d er th e a c t
approved M arch 8, last, for th e prom o
tio n of an in te rn a tio n a l ag reem en t for
b im e ta llism , and th e a p p o in tm e n ts do
n o t re q u ire co nfirm ation by th e sen ate.
I t h as been g e n erally conceded th a t Sen
a to r W olcott w ould be m ade a m em b er
o f th e com m ission.
H e h a s been an
activ e lead e r in th e m o v em en t fo r a
m o n etary a g re em en t, and is w idely
know n as an advocate of th e silv er
cause. H is tr ip to E u ro p e la s t anm m ei
was g e n e ra lly conceded to he a t least
sem i-official, as th e re p re se n ta tiv e of
th e new a d m in is tra tio n .
H is to u r e x
ten d ed o v er several m o n th s, and em
braced th e leading E uropean c a p ita ls.
E x -V ic e -P re sid en t S tevenson, the
D em ocratic m em ber of th e com m ission,
th o u g h g e n e ra lly know n as an advocate
o f b im e ta llism , was a stau n ch supfiorter
of Mr. B rv an and th p C hicago p latfo rm .
Ho an d S en ato r W olcott, how ever, are
said to be in accord on th e financial
q u estio n .
G en eral C h arles J . P ay n e, w ho m ay
be term ed th e m in o rity m em b er, is a
R ep u b lican , and w as a M cK inley m an.
H e is one of th e m ost p ro m in e n t b u si
ness m en o f M assach u setts, and is said
to be a d eep s tu d e n t on th e financial
quesiVon. W h ile he isclassed as a sap -
p o rte r of b im e ta llism , based on in te rn a
tio n a l a g re e m en t, h e is regarded as
a llie d w ith th e sound-m oney faction.
H e is a g ra d u a te of H a rv a rd , b e in g a
m em ber of th e class o f ’58. G en eral
P a y n e is larg ely id en tified w ith r a il
roads an d o th e r co rp o ratio n s, being a
d ire c to r o f th e C hicago, B u rlin g to n &
C¿uincy road, an d o th e r large concerns,
an d a d ire c to r of th e B oston I n s titu te of
T echnology.
l i e w as a n in tim a te
frien d and asso ciate o f P rofessor W alk er,
th e fin an cial a u th o rity .
I t is n o t know n w hen th e com m ission
w ill m e e t an d o rganize. W h en o rg an
ized, how ever, it is believed S en ato r
W olcott w ill be m ade p re sid e n t.
I t is
believ ed th e com m issioners w ill not go
abroad before M ay 1, a t w hich tim e th e
new am b assad o rs w ill be a t th e ir posts
an d re n d e r th e special envoys th e a s s is t
ance n ecessary in th e co n su m m atio n of
th e ir m issio n .
TWO
MILLS
TOO
MUCH.
S p ecial T a x L e v y o f th e C ity
lan d I * I l l e g a l .
of
Port*
th e
to w n of
R a d K i r * a t St. I . o u t . .
St. L ouis, A pril 14.— A five-story
building on M sin street an d P a rk ave
nue, occupied by the SL Louis R efrig
erator A Wooden G utter M anufactur
ing Company, was partially destroyed
by fire th is forenoon. T he loes is $60,-
000. Two firem en and a boy were in
ju re d by fa llin g w alls, but not fatally
hurt.
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N ew York, A pril IS .—k Herald sp e
K « l l « f W o r k In T e n n e « « * e .
c ia l from Havana says: G eneral Wey-
M em p h is, T e n n ., A p ril 14.— T h is
ler rep lies to General Lee th at h era n n o t
grant perm ission to Mrs. M arriott to go m o rn in g L ie u te n a n t R ow an, in co m
beyond th e linea to secure th e bcsly of p a n y w ith C a p ta in F itc h , left th e c ity
Mr. Crosby, o f th e C hicago Record. aboard th e ste a m e r Itask a. H e le n a is
C a p ta in F itc h
M arriott w en t a w eek ago to the th e o b je c tiv e p o in t
lin es nearest th e scene o f Croe- w ill m a k e a n o th e r in sp ectio n o f levece,
W eyler sa y s he would lik e w h ile L ie u te n a n t Rowan w ill a id in a
The men who design war maps have
ib lig e in th e m atter, but is not w ill- p ro p er d is trib u tio n of su p p lie s p u r- . experienced a slig h t dash of the return
to assum e th e resp on sib ility o f prr- chased w ith a p a r t o f th e g o v e rn m e n t o f prosperity.
,ing M arriott w here he cannot do so. , a p p ro ’ ristio u .
CROP
REPORT.
A » .r » « s C o n d itio n o f t h . W h ea t
l l r l o w I . a » t Y e a r ’ ».
C o m m issio n e r » to t h e M o n e ta r y C onfer-
en«*« A p p o i n t e d .
Salem , A p ril 14.— O p in io n s w ere
M o u n t V ernon, 111., A p ril 14.— Boys h an d ed dow n by th e suprem e co u rt to
p assing th ro u g h som e w oodland five day, as follow s:
H . W . C o rb e tt e t a l., a p p e lla n ts , vs.
m iles' n o rth w e s t of th e city , today,
found a w o m a n ’s head ly in g n e a r th e th e C ity of P o rtla n d e t a l., resi>ondents?
p u b lic road leading from M ount V ernon reversed. O p inion by B ean, J .
S u it w as b ro u g h t in th is case to re
to R ich v iew . T h ey rep o rted th e d is
covery, an d a p a rty w as organized for stra in th e co llection of a special tax,
a search fo r th e body. I t w as found 200 levied by th e c ity of P o rtla n d for th e
y a rd s from th e sjiot w h ere th e head p ay m en t of in te re s t charges on its bond
lay, w ith th e flesh strip p e d from th e ed and o th e r indebtedness. I t w as set
bones, b o th th e tr u n k and head b eing o u t in th e c o m p la in t th a t, on J u n e 30,
so b ad ly decom posed aa to ren d er recog 1895, th e P o rtla n d c ity council, by
n itio n imiKissible. T h e te stim o n y of o rd in an ce, levied a ta x of 8 m ills for
th e in q u e st w e n t to prove th a t th e body gen eral m u n ic ip a l purjioses, an d on
w as tiia t of a w om an w ho was in th a t th e sam e d ay , by a n o th e r o rd in an ce, an
lo c a lity in N ovem ber. She refused to a d d itio n a l ta x of 2 m ills, for th e p ay
d iv u lg e h e r nam e, b u t said h e r hom e m e n t o f in te re s t on bonded an d o th e r
w as in C arm i, III., an d th a t sh e w as in d eb ted n ess of th e city . F o r th is la t
going to S t. Louis. T h e th e o ry is th a t te r o rd in a n c e p la in tiff h eld th e re w as
a n o th e r P e ra l B ryan m u rd e r has been no w a rra n t o f law. T h e co m p la in t a l
c o m m itte d .
I t is said a suspected leged by th e a c t of in co rp o ratio n , th e
p a rty left th e c o u n try a b o u t th e d a te of levy of taxes for general and m u n ic ip a l
purposes sh a ll n o t exceed in any one
th e w o m an ’s d isap p earan ce.
y e a r 8 m ills, and o u t of th e Bum re a l
Th«» S e n a t e A d j o u r n e d .
ized th e re fo r a n d o th e r revenues of th e
W ash in g to n , A p ril 14.— T h e sen ate c ity it m u st p ay th e in te re s t charges
m e t a t noon for th e first tim e since th e and a ll o th e r g en eral and m u n ic ip a l e x
d e a th o f ex -S en ato r V oorhees, w ho u n penses. I t w as fu r th e r alleged th a t
til re c e n tly was a conspicuous m em ber p rio r to co m m encem ent of th e su it,
of th e body. T h e o|>oiiiiig p ra y e r of p la in tiffs p aid , or ten d ered and offered
Rev. Dr. M ilb n rn , th e b lin d c h a p la in , to pay, th e fu ll am o u n t of th e 8 -n iill
m ade an elo q u e n t reference to Voor- ta x , and th a t d e fe n d a n t Sears, sh eriff
liees’ b rillia n t ta le n ts , im passio n ed of M u ltn o m ah co u n ty , th re a te n s an d
ard o r, k in d lin g eloquence, g e n u in e p a w ill, aniens re stra in e d , a tte m p t by levy
trio tism a n d th e unselfish d e d ic a tio n of a n d sale to collect th e rem ain in g 2
h is g re a t pow ers to every cau se h u m a n m ills.
an d d iv in e w hich e n liste d h is support.
T h e d e fe n d a n ts’ c o n te n tio n w as th a t
Im m e d ia te ly follow ing th e p ra y e r th e 2 -n iill tax w as not w ith o u t a u th o r
S en ato r G o rm an , of M ary lan d , moved ity of law an d alleged t h a t w ith o u t it
th a t as a m a rk of resp ect to th e ir late it w ould lie ¡ni]m ssible to successfully
asso ciate th e sen ate a d jo u rn , a d d in g conduct th e a ffairs of th e c ity , it being
th a t m an y sen ato rs d e sired to a tte n d th e o p in io n o f th e m ay o r and council
th e fu n eral.
T h e m otion p rev ailed , th a t b o th tax es w ere in d isp en sab le to
a n d a t 12:05 th e se n a te ad jo u rn ed .
m eet th e p u b lic exigencies.
A n in ju n c tio n re s tra in in g th e c o llec
O h i o T o w n M m . m S l i d i n g M o u n t a i n .
tio n was g ra n te d , w hich, on tr ia l in th e
E a st L iverpool, O ., A p ril 13.— A n low er co u rt, w as d ism issed an d a n a p
A valanche h a s sta rte d n e a r here. A n peal was ta k e n .
e n tire h ill is m oving, an d a t th re e
p o in ts n e a r h e re th e s tre e t railw ay
L f l v e f I I » » G i v e n XV n j .
system is blockaded. Tw o b ig d w e ll
M em phis, A p ril 14.— T h e m ig h ty
in g s n e a r W ellsv ille a re doom ed, an d sw eep o f th e w a te rs so u th of V ick sb u rg
th e P e n n sy lv a n ia track s w ere moved h as a t last had its effect upon th e low er
by th e p re ssu re of th e h ill. T h e u n levees, an d to n ig h t a te le g ra m from
d e rm in in g o f th e h ill for th e W ellsville T a lla la h , L a., rep o rts th a t th e fevee
road h as left no p ro tectio n an d th e e n w h ich p ro tected D avis islan d has given
tir e face of th e h ill is slip p in g , from w ay, an d th a t th e islan d w ill in all
su m m it to base, in c lu d in g a sm a ll fo r p ro b a b ility be flooded.
T w enty-five
e st an d to n s o f rock. T h e W ellsv ille h u n d re d people in h a b it D avis islan d ,
ro ad h a s d ropped from sig h t in tw o w hich c o n sists of a b o n t 1,000 acres of
p laces an d th e expected a v ala n ch e w ill lan d . T h e place is s itu a te d in W arren
b u ry th e P e n n sy lv a n ia tra c k s a n d th e co u n ty , Miss.
stre e t-c a r lin e an d w ill e n d a n g e r th e
T h ro u g h th e u p p e r d e lta , th e flood
b ig sew er p ip e w orks.
s itu a tio n show s R u le ch an g e since last
reports. T h e w ork of g o v ern m en t re lie f
K l | [ h t l n f In U r u g u a y .
M any
N ew Y ork, A p ril 14.— A H e ra ld d is h as been a c tiv e ly in a u g u ra te d .
patch from M ontevideo says. I t is re people a re b eing fed and housed a t
p o rted t h s t a serious en g a g e m e n t has G re e n v ille , R osedale, H elen a, F r i a r ’s
o ccurred 1 «»tween th e fed eral troojm P o in t a n d o th e r p o in ts along th e riv er.
u n d e r G ujonel t ’a sa lia and th e in s u r T h e re lie f ste a m e r is now p ly in g u p th e
g e n ts n e a r M inas. T h e federate a re 8 t. F ra n c is riv e r w ith food a n d forage
sa id to h a v e l«>en d efe a te d . T h e in for m an a n d b east.
su rg en ts h a v e c a p tu re d
S a ra n d i d e l Yi.
GOVERNMENT
ENVOYS.
MURDER.
F o u l C rim e
Illh io U .
HATCHET
W ashington, A pril 13.- T h e
NEW MARKET FOR OUR WHEAT
Say«
Trade
*
That
That
in
He
the
T ariff
1«
B u ild in g
O r ien t
llu lie«
He
and
report
of th e d e p a rtm e n t of a g ric u ltu re for
A p ril m akes th e average co n d itio n of
w in te r w heat 81.4, a g ain st «9.5 on
D ecember 1, 77.1 last A p ril and 80.5
a t th e sam e d a te in 1895. L eading
w in te r w heat stales show as follow s:
P en n sy lv an ia, 98; O hio, 88; M ichi
gan, 85; In d ia n a , 65; Illin o is, 40; M is
souri, 60; K ansas. 80; C alifo rn ia, 99.
The average rye co n d itio n was 88.9,
against 82.9 last year.
T he condition of th e soil a t th e tim e
of seeding w as gen erally favorable
th ro u g h o u t th e co u n try , a few scattered
counties rejiorting it too d ry or too wet,
so th a t by D ecem ber 1 a crop nearly up
to th e stan d ard was in d icated . T he
falling off since D ecem ber was greatest
in Illin o is, b u t w as strongly show n in
e v e 'y neighboring state.
T he average
of 18 per cen t for th e w hole co u n try is
<iue to th e sh arp freezes of early w inter.
Snow covering w as am ple in th e Rocky
m o u n tain s states and w estw ard , but
elsew here to th e E a st it was scanty.
T here was little dam age along th e A t
lan tic slope, w here th e w in te r was m ild
and th e favorable in d icatio n s continue,
no im p o rta n t w h e a t s ta te show ing a
condition under 95.
T he condition of w in te r w heat is re
ported below th e average in G reat B ri
tain , F ran ce and H o llan d , because of
excessive rains, b u t favorable in C entral
and E astern E urope.
In Southern
R ussia th ere has been exten siv e re
sowing, b u t th e w et w e a th e r has so d e
layed field w ork in W estern E urope
th a t th e sp rin g w h eat area w ill be
greatly c u t dow n, th e shortage in
F rance alone being 730,000 pounds.
President of Great Northern
Writes of Asiatic Trade.
H ill
C rop
I'P
S uggest.
H ean on ab le.
W ashington, A pril 12.— Jam es J .
H ill, p resid en t of th e G re a t N o rth ern
railro a d , and also in terested largely in
tra n sp o rta tio n to th e O rien t, lias w r it
te n a le tte r to a W estern senator in
w h ich h e points o u t th e p o ssib ilities of
tra d e in C hina and Ja p a n , and suggests
th a t ta riff d u tie s be so ad ju sted as not
to p rev en t tra d e w ith th e countries
across th e Pacific.
P re s id e n t H ill says:
‘‘T h e A siatic tra d e of th e g reatest
im p o rtan ce to th is co u n try , and p a rtic
u la rly to such portions of it as are in
tereste d in ra isin g w heat.
A y ear ago
last fall w h e a t sold for from 18 to 22
c en ts per bushel in th e P a lo n s e country,
so u th of Spokane, an d th is y ear it has
sold for from 65 to 70 cents. A bout
th re e years ago I sent an a g e n t to C h in a
a n d J a p a n to in v estig ate th o ro u g h ly
w h at steps could be ta k e n to introduce
th e gen eral nse of w h e a t and flour in
those countries, as a g a in s t th e ir own
rice, an d found i t sim p ly a m a tte r of
price. I th e n took up th e consideration
of b u ild in g steam ers for th a t trad e, de
signed to carry cargoes of flour and
g rain a t low rates.
I found th a t w e
could b n ild th e ships, but, ow ing to
th e sa ilo rs’ union fixing th e wages of
sailors a t $30 a m onth, and engineers
an d o th e r ship em ployes a t about tw ice
th e w ages paid by E uropean steam ers,
it w as im possible for us to com pete w ith
th e E n g lish , G erm an , Ita lia n and Scan
d in a v ia n sh ip s on th e Pacific.
A fter
th e w ar w ith C hina, th e Jap an ese used
a large am o u n t of th e ir w a r in d em n ity
fo r a sub sid y to th e ir m e rc h a n t m arine,
and we opened negotiations w ith th e
G en eral S team sh ip C om pany, of Ja p a n ,
w hich is ow ned by leading m en of the
em p ire. W e found th e ir subsidy was
ab o u t equal to th e cost of th e ir coal
an d th e wages of th e ir sailors. T hey
pay th e ir sailo rs $5 a m o n th M exican,
or $2.50 in gold, e n ab lin g them to Lire
tw elve good sailors for th e w ages of one
A m erican sailor. A fter som e p ro tra c t
ed an d difficult n eg o tiatio n s, we con
cluded a co n tract w ith th em for a line
of steam ers betw een C hinese and J a p
anese p o rts and S e attle, on condition
th a t th ey w ould carry flour from P nget
sound to A siatic ports a t $3 a ton,
a g a in s t from $7 to $8 a ton form erly
charged from W est coast ports in the
U n ite d States. T h e low rates fixed th e
ra te for all lines betw een th e Pacific
coast a n d A sia, and lias resulted in
carry in g o u t about 28,000,000 bushels,
or its eq u iv a le n t in flour, from th e la st
crop. T h ere is left a b o u t 5,000,000
b u sh els betw een now an d th e ir harvest.
“ T h u s you w ill see we have been
ab le to find new m o u th s w hich have
n ev er before used w heaten bread, to
ta k e th e e n tire C alifo rn ia, O regon and
W ashington w h eat crop o u t of th e E u
ropean m ark ets. T h is w ill reduce the
am o u n t going to E urope aliont 20 per
cent, and is th re e tim es th e q u a n tity
shipped to E urope from A rg e n tin a d u r
ing th e past year. T h e price of w heat
th is y ear, as com pared w ith last is 20
to 25 cents h ig h e r, and I th in k it may
lie said th a t from 15 to 18 cents of th is
rise is clea rly d ue to th e w ith d raw al of
th e Pacific w heat from th e E uropean
m ark ets. I see in th is m o rn in g ’s re
p o rts a telegram th a t E uropean ships
a re loading w ith barley, rye and m er
ch an d ise from San F rancisco for Eu-
roi«>, a fte r w a itin g m o n th s for cargoes
of w h eat, and th a t no m ore w h eat w ill
go to Euroj«! from th e Pacific coast.
“ T he only w ay we could b rin g about
th is red u ctio n in th e tra n sp o rta tio n of
flour to A sia w as by d iv e rtin g th e tea
and m a ttin g business, w hich lias h ere
to fo re gone m ain ly on E n g lish ships,
from A sia d irect to New Y ork, and c ar
ry in g th ese com m odities to th e Pacific
coast, by a low rate, an d tra n sp o rta
tio n in la n d by ra il, to d is trib u te th e
com m odities to points betw een M inne
sota and New York.
“ I have given you th e facts, so you
w ill u n d e rsta n d th e s itu a tio n and be
ab le to see th a t, unless th ese sh ip s can
b rin g th e ir m ain cargoes of m erchan
d ise to th e Pacific ports a t rates th a t
w ill comj«>n8ate th e m for th e traffic,
th e business m u st go as heretofore, to
N ew Y ork, and th e ra te s on flour to
A siatic p o rts w ill he ag ain a t th e old
flgnre, or a t an advance of abont 50
cen ts a b a rre l, w hich w ould, in my
ju d g m e n t, destroy th e business th a t
has ju s t been b u ilt u p w itii th a t coun
try . T h e province of A m oy alone,
w hich is n ear th e coast, co n tain s over
80.000,000 people, an d , a t 20 pounds of
flour per c a p ita per a n n u m , w ould con
sum e th e product of 40,000,000 bushels
of w h eat. T he large d is tric ts of T ien-
T sin and S h an g h ai, both w ith in easy
reach of th e sea, w ould ' consum e abont
as m uch m ore as soon as th e trade
could be fu lly opened. It is not ontside
th e range of possibility to say th a t we
could sh ip w h eat a t D e v il’s l a k e or
p o in ts w est, as long as th e dem and for
flour co n tin u es to grow as it has for the
p a st six m o n th s .’’
T h e re a re over 2,000 m ile s of ra il
w ay s in o p eratio n in J a p a n .
SHE
MAY BE BLOWN
S team er Y a q u in a W ith a L ot o f
m ite, on a S a n d b a r.
UP.
Dyna
H nenem e, C al., A p ril 13. — The
steam er Y aq u in a, in approaching the
w h a rf h ere a t 10 o ’clock today, struck
a sandbar, opening h e r seam s. She be
gan tilling, and im m ed iately settled,
w ith only h e r deck above w ater. A
line w as ru n ashore and efforts m ade to
beach her, b u t so fa r she has only been
hauled in a sh o rt distance.
T he Y aquina is loaded w ith 200 tons
of m iscellaneous fre ig h t, in clu d in g ten
tons of d y n a m ite for Los A ngeles. T he
w eather is fine, b u t fears are felt th a t,
should th e w eath er become a t all bad,
th e pounding of th e ship m ay explode
th e dynam ite.
A t 9 P. M. th e Y aq u in a was lying in
about ten feet of w ater, on an alm ost
even keel, about six ty feet w est of the
w harf, and 300 feet from shore. T he
w ind from th e w est is fresh en in g . A t
high tid e and w ith m ore w ind she is
very a p t to orasli in to th e w h arf. Some
th irty tons of freight have been landed,
hut the w ork has now ceased, a w a itin g
th e arriv a l of th e B onita in th e m o rr-
ing.
J a p a n '. L atest M ore.
Y okoham a. A pril 13— T he g o v ern
m ent of Ja p a n has decided to send tw o
w arships to H aw aii, stopping m e a n
w hile all em igration. A nu m b er of re
jected em igrants have a rriv ed a t Kobe
T he press is urging th e g overnm ent to
tak e » firm attitll(| e t0W, H th<i ^
w aiian and A m erican governm ents.
R e b e l S tro n g h o ld C aptu red.
W e a lth y W om an ’«
Progress
of
THE
t h e R enat* f -
t h e T ariff g
W a sh in g to n , A pril
Mean sen ato rs Who are .
c o m m ittee of th e senate
finance in th e preparation
bill ure in c lin e d to ¡«j«-
of p re s e n ta tio n of the bjfi
a little beyond th e lim it;
by th e m . T h ey expre*
th a t it m a y be two wee
p resen t tim e before it win
to be rep o rted .
T h e c o m m itte e is making
progress w ith th e bill, »-
th e sch ed u les have received
tio n , am ong th e m being
cottons. N one of the
q u estio n s, how ever, have
of.
T h e com m ittee hu
w isest to leave the r f
sugar, hid es, coal, lead,
and a ll th e o th e r impor
u n til th e sim p le r matter«
te rm in ed . T h e y take the
th e y can s e ttle the dig-
m ore s a tisfa c to rily after
tu re s of th e b ill are tho
ed an d th e probable rev
m in ed . M any of the small
cordingly h av e been decided
W hile no d etailed info-
lie secured, i t is under«-
d u ctio n s hav e been made,
sit ion of th e com m ittee ia
q u ite g e n e ra l reduction,
found to be a task not c
p lish, because of th e insiste
ators upon h a v in g a high d
ti d e s in w hich they are
T h ere a re indeed many d
increase, an d some of th*
pressing th a t m em bers of
tee find th em selv es consider*
rassed b etw een th e ir desire
sen ato rs w hose votes will t
to th e success of th e bill and
viAtion tiia t th e interest of
dem and red u ctio n rather tha
FIGHTING
HAS BE
G r e e k I r r e g u l a r . Cri>«.p<| th
a n d A t t a c k e d Turk
E lassona, M acedonia, A
B ands of G reek brgiands ha
T u rk ey a t K ra n ia , in the
G ervno. T u rk is h troops hav
gaged w ith th em and fightin
proceeding since 5 o ’clock this
A t T u rk is h headquarters
looked upon as of the grav*
tion in view of th e exciter:
Edit ini P a sh a lias sent ord"
ev e ry th in g in readiness for an
of th e T u rk is h a rm y in force.
A d isp atch received at Tur
q u a rte rs h e re from Grevno
fighting betw een G reeks and
tin u es. T h e T u rk s, followi
in stru ctio n s of E d h im Pasha,
rounded th e G reek irregula
g reater p a rt o t th e Turkish
sta tio n e d a t G rev n o is now
It is im possible to distingnis
the in v ad ers a re supported by
sta n tia l p o rtio n of the Greek
COLORADO BAD MAN.
tho co rresp o n d en t is inform
m om ent th e T u rk is h officer«
A
Hardened
C onvict K ills
a M a n , th e presence of uniform s of G
W ounds T w o and Is F a ta lly Shot.
lars in th e ra n k s of th e i
’ C ripple C reek, C olo., A p ril 13.— A h im P ash a w ill order anadva
shooting affray occurred th is m orning e n tire T u rik sh arm y . The sit
a t M cE lroy’s h a ll, in A ltm a n , Colo., not serious.
in w hich Ja c k Cox in s ta n tly killed
Bob D ailey and w ounded H a rry M inor
NOT ON THE MAR
and Sam Loshey, and was th e n shot
fatally. A fter k illin g D aily, Cox ran P u b l i c L a n d s in W a s h i n g t o n I T
into th e street, w h ere h e m et Tow n
F r o m Sale.
M arshal O ’B rien, a t w hom lie fired.
O lym pia, W ash ., April
T he m ashal retu rn ed th e tire, shooting board of s ta te lan d commissio
Cox, w ho now lies at th e h o sp ital in a one of th e m ost im portant o:
dying condition. Th.* shooting grew ever issued by th a t body,
o u t of a quarrel. T he m en h ad been
w ith d ra w from sale all state,
gam bling and d rin k in g all n ig h t. Cox school or o th e r lands.
Hen
a a convict pardoned from the p e n ite n ap p licatio n s fo r purchase of t!
tia ry by G overnor W aite. T h is is th e
lands of th e s ta te w ill be re’"
first m urder in th e sta te since th e leg
speoial dep o sits already r*
islatu re passed th e law ab o lish in g cap
tu rn ed . T h is does not appl
ita l p u n ish m en t.
purchase of tim b e r and ma
state lands, n o r to such appli
S en ator V onrheea H ead.
have p rio r rig h ts under exist
W ashington, A p ril 13. — D aniel to p u rch ase tid e lands.
W olsey Voorhees, ex -U n ited
S tates
T h e reason for th is step is"
senator from th e state of In d ian a, died tiia t to sell now, in the pr~
a t 5 o ’clock th is m orning a t h is hom e cial strin g en cy , would be to
in th is city.
low est price ever likely to be
T he senator had been in bad h e a lth th u s d e fe a tin g th e objects f-
for several years, and for th e tw o years th e sev eral g ra n ts were made
past had taken little p a rt in th e pro state.
T h e com m issioner o
ceedings in th e senate. H e h as been a lands is ord ered to lease all th
con stan t sufferer from rh eu m atism of I«issible to p e rm a n e n t oocn"
th e h eart, an d h is frien d s, th erefo re, im provera to th e fu lle st extent
had come to expect th a t th e y m ig h t ted u n d e r e x is tin g laws.
hear of his death suddenly. T ho last
S h erm an Pigeon h ole«
reports of him , how ever, w ere th a t he
was show ing some sig n s of im prove
W ashington, A p ril 12.—T
m ent, and his d e a th , therefore, w h ile reso lu tio n p ro te stin g against
not e n tirely unexpected,
caused a proceedings by th e Spanish
shock.
C uba a g ain st th e captive i
leader, R ivera, h a s reached
S h ip p in g S tork F rom A rito n a .
.
d e p a rtm e n t, th ro u g h the Whit«
Phoenix. A riz., A p ril 13.— O ver 200 Secretary S h erm an , regardi"
carloads of sheep and c a ttle have left m erely d e c la ra to ry o f th e sen*»]
th is valley w ith in th e p ast w eek, th e senate, and offered in an
S anta Fe tak in g out 140 carloads of s p irit, has filed it away, and
sheep, or 34,000 ' ead, b illed to C hi- lik ely to carry o u t its sug
cago.
These com prise th e h eav ie st lodge a p ro test w ith the Sp*®
shipm ents ever known in A rizona. T he e m in e n t, p a rtic u la ry in view of
sheep are m ain ly from N o rth ern A ri fo rm atio n he lias received that
zona, w intered n ear P hoenix.
is not to be shoL
C ape Tow n, A p ril 12.— A disp atch
A Railway r o l l l . i n n .
from V reysburg says v o lu n teers have
C harlotte, N . C ., A p ril 13.— T he
ca p tu re d and b n rn ed th e in sn re g n ts’
northbound F lo rid a special on th e
stro n g h o ld a t G anssepe.
L ieu ten an t
H a rris is am ong th e killed.
r*ilWaT *n,‘ * '« * • * » t h -
tvinnd passenger tra in collided a t 1 1 1 5
Sudden Death.
Chicago, A p ril 9.— Mrs. J u l ia N el
son, 18 y ears old am i th e possessor of
$100,000, d ied su d d en ly in a cottage in
W est Erie street today. A sphyxiation
by coal gas is supposed to have been
the cause o f dent) .
P R U N IN G
I
i w n T ^ T f i . “ H a rri’ bnr*. » « M i l
“^ Ut t b m ~ n « f e » n o rth of th is
i n g / s several
e v e 7 others.
J k r ~ P en,° n * ,D<1 W oun‘1-
j m
f r J ™ u qT r U k L ith *
L ee gold h as been stru c k
Citv m th« Black H ill.
deal of
near
H ill
W i l l C h a rte r a M erch
W ashington, A p ril 12.-
of th e act of congress an
secretary of th e n a v y to I
trib u tio n s fo r th e sufferi
In d ia, S ecretary L ong has
to procure im m ed iately
steam er from th e mere!
N o naval vessel is avail:
purpose.
H r a n k A l r o h o l W i t h F<
San Diego, C aL , A |
aailor on th e c ru ia e r Phil
today, tw o o th e rs a re in i
tio n , and several o th e rs <
ly ill. D arin g th e n ig h t
c h est of wood alco h o l, an
q u a n titie s , w h ich th e y
egga and condensed m ilk,
B oston, A p ril 12.— T l
foreign wool at thia port
rBBCh a total of 40,000 ba
breaking number.