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W A S H IN G T O N CO UNTY H A .T C H IT . EUROPEAN CROP SHORTAGE. dgrl cultural th e Summarl... t h « Situation. dome cam e dow n . S o rto o a A c c id e n t In • C in c in n a t i O p e r a H o u s e —T h r e e W o r e K i l l e d . Washington, Oct. 18,-T he monthly Forty Years on the report of the agricultural department Cincinnati, Oct. 18.—Three persons on the European crop condition, sum were killed and over 30 others were judicial Benoh. marizing the crop reports of European | more or leas seriously injured by the correspondents to Statistician Hyde has t falling of the dome of Robinson’s lieen made publia The following is uu , opera-house this evening. T0 HIS COLLEAGUES abstract: About 8:45 o’clock, soon after the Recent information, while it may in raising of the curtain at the perform some oases modify the crop estimates ance of “ Dangers of a Great C ity," i of S e rv lo e I . o n g e r T h a n T h a t for particular countries, does not essen plastering began to fall from the dome fo rm e r C h i e f J u a t lc e —A Hue- tially change tiie situation as regards ceiling, 40 or 50 feet above the people Ha* Not I ' 1 B e e n N a m e d . the deficiency in the principal crops ot j in the parquette. The house was well ^gton, Oct. 18.—Associate.I us- Europe. The outlook for wheat in the filled, but not crowded. The plaster- ! ing fell in small particles at first, but -h«n J- Field today formally Australasian countries continues good, enough to alarm some of the timid, who ¿ ¿ t h e supreme court of the hut the prospects in Argentina are | |retired. somewhat less bright, owing to the States, «fter 34 years of service A little later the plastering began to ‘tribunal. The correspondence drought ami frosts. Accounts f-om In , shower down in great chunks. There dia are quite favorable, both as to the i justice Field and th e president was a rush from the gallery, whioh was (lli made public today, shows Kharif crops harvested or to be harvest not very well filled. The balcony was resignation was tendered in ed this fall, and as to the seeding of soon emptied. Those in the dress circle President McKinley, how tiie Kabi crop to be harvested next retired as promptly as possible, and, which latter includes the wheat 'not respond until October 9. spring, crop. strange to say, without apparent panic, Justice F ield’s resignation j The crowding of those to the door ob Tiie annual estimate of the world’s •take effect until December 1 , wheat crop issued by the Hungarian structed the passage of tiie people from i jot again sit on the supreme ministry of agriculture gives the follow tiie parquette, which acoounts in a revised results for 1897, compared measure for the number of oausalties. Colleagues of the supreme court ing Nobody expected at tiie moment any with 1896: Ulled upon hitn and expressed Wheat production of importing coun other danger than from the falling plas ¿his retirement and extended tries, 800,771,000 for 1897; 886,639,000 tering. ^gratulations upon hits long for 1896. Suddenly, and with a great crash, is associate justice—the longest Wheat production of exporting coun the great central truss of the ceiling, -d. tries, 1897, 1,341,806,000; 1896, 1,452,- 80 feet long and 80 feet Wide, came following letter was given out 902,000. plunging down. Tiie ends of it struck noon: Total wheat production of both im on the two gallery wings and doubled ington, Oct. 16.—Dear Mr. porting and exporting countries in 1897, it up in tiie center, sending down into losliee and Brethren—Near the 2,142,677,000; in 1890, 2,238,541,000 (lie parquette a great scattering of the last term, feeling that the bushels. joists and timbers. Nothing on the of my long office had become too Net deficit, 1897, 202,895,000 bush nage was harmed. There were moans from the injured, which, as often hap for my strength. I transm itted els; 1896, 130,534,000. pens, were loudest from those least istion to the president to take Extremely pessimistic reports as to on the lirst day of December the extent of the crop failure in Russia hurt d this lie lias accepted with have been circulated, lint the liberal The news spread rapidly, and there expressions of regard. My ju- quantities of wheat coming forward for was a rush of patrol wagons and firemen perience covers many years of shipment have led dealers to receive to the scene. The salvage corps, with Having been elected u mem- such reports with incredulity. It is its wagon, was first on tiie ground, and tie supreme court of California, I probable, however, that much of the it was followed by the police patrol od that office October 13, 1857, ; Russian grain going to Western Euro- wagons, whioh carried the injured to _it for live years, seven months 1 pean markets is out of the more liberal the Cincinnati hospital. The list thus far showed three dead, •days, the latter part of the time i harvests of former years, and there is chief justice. On the 10th of I evidence there going to show that the five dangerously if not fatally wounded, 1863, I was commissioned liv orop of 1897 is at any rate considerably tnd 26 more or less seriously injured, in addition to these, a large number, (Lincoln justice of tiie supreme below the average. probably 25 or 30, were so slightly in the United States, taking the Consul Eugene Germain, of Zurich, jured as to be able to walk home. of office on tiie 10 th day of the Switzerland, after an investigation of Of the seriously injured at th* ag May. the European fruit prospects, expressed m tny resignation takes effect the opinion that there will bo a good hospital, several will suffer amputation jou of service on this hencli will market for American apples and dried jf limbs, yet every one is refusing to led that of any of my prede fruits this season if growers would be submit to the operation. A score of while my entire judicial life careful to put up choice stock only. surgeons volunteered their assistance to the hospitals oorps. A sufficient num re embraced more than 40 years, He «ays: ber was accepted be pardoned for saying th at dur- “ Nothing smaller than eight cases in this period, long in comparison French prunes will pay to ship to F O R T Y -F O U R CABES. brevity of human life, though Euroue, and all other dried fruifs must pect it has gone witli the swift- he uniform in size and attractively [U g h - W a t e r H a r k In t h e F e v e r - H t r lo k e n i tale that is tol I have not packed.” C it y . to declare in every case com E V A N G E L IN A IN NEW Y O R K . ire me for decision conclusions New Orleans, Oct. 18.—Fever cases my deliberate convictions exer- ran up rapidly today. By 10 o’clock lueli abilities and requirements T h e C uban H e r o in e A r r iv e d F r o m H a there had been 17 cases reported, and led. by 6 o’clock 44, so that early in the va n a on th e S tea m er Seneca. evening the prospects were excellent ita pleasant thing in my memory New York, Oot. 18.—Fvangelina Cis that this day would show the high- yappointment came from Presi- neros, who recently escaped from a roln, of wliose Hppointees 1 am Spanish prison in Cuba, was a passen water mark. There were three deaths. An excellent feature of the situation, survivor. U p to that time, ger on the Ward line steamer Seneca, been no representative here which arrived today from Havana. however, is that recoveries and dis Pacific coast. A now empire Miss Cisneros asked to be excused from charges of patients are numerous. This in the West, whose laws were saying anything about her imprison is the 40th day of the fever, and the of another country. Tiie land ment and e 8 ca[ie. On the passenger list total number of recoveries exceeded the •ere from Spanish and Mexican she was registered as Miss Juana Sola. total number of cases now under treat both of whicli were often over- She was traveling under the care of a ment, show ing the success which local the claims of first settlers. To gentleman who accompanied her from physicians are meeting with in treating «derout of this confusion, con- Havana. Several newspaper reporters cases. The weather is a trifle cooler this passed an act providing for an- and four women went alongside tiie evening, but is still warm enough to *at on this bench, witli the in- steamer, and after the health officers’ rapidly develop cases. that it should be filled by some inspection was over they accompanied Douglas Bolte, a negro leader, was familiar witli these conflicting Miss Cisneros to this city. lynched at a small settlement on Bayou tod with tiie m ining laws of the Miss Cisneros’ escape and safe arrival Barteria, about 15 miles from this city. aod it so happened that, as I had on the Seneca was one of the most dar His offense was running the quarantine the principal of these laws, and ing feats ever attempted and success gauntlet. soreover, chief justice of Oalifor- fully carried out. On Saturday, when The Knights of Honor have organized was the wish of senators and the Seneca was to leave Havana, detec a committee and notified the grand offi otatives of this state, as well us tives watched the gangways with extra cers that they are prepared to look after from Oregon, th at 1 should suc- caution. Their vigilance would prob any member of the order that may be the new [Hjsition. ably have prevented the departure of sojourning in this city pending the pro- appreciate tiie magnitude of Miss Cisneros from Cuba had it not vailing fever, so that fraternal care and rs. Tiie burden resting upon been for refrosiimeuts, including wine, attention may be accorded such mem ike last 15 or 20 years has been served them by friends of Miss Cisneros bers as may become afflicted. «• Tiie volumes of our reports aboard the Seneca. ikat f alone have w ritten «20 D o w n an E m b a n k m e n t . A few minutes before the Seneca • If to these are added 57 opin- was ready to sail, a slim young fellow St. Lonis, Oct. 18.—A special to the the circuit court and 365 pre- oame runnng across the wharf. He Republic from Selma, Ala., says: A while I was on the supreme court had no baggage and was fashionably horrible accident occurred on the Mo jdfornia, it will he seen I have dressed. The detectves stopped bm. bile & Birmingham road, near Mill- thedecision in 1,042 cases. It “ My name is Juan Sola,” he said, house, 20 miles south of this city, at -•aid that all of our decisions and he showed his passport. Every 2:30 this afternoon, the engineer and •ot met with th e universal ap- thing was satisfactory. So the senor fireman being killed, and several per °f the American people, yet it is was allowed to go aboard. It is said if sons wounded. The dead are: Ollie peat glory of th a t people that it had not been for the wine, the Munn, engineer, and Jerry Codd, fire -»nd everywhere has been yielded strange figure of Senor Sola might have man. The injured are: J. E. Broad- street. conductor,and Quarantine Officer ¡obedience to them. That fact aroused suspicion. ient of the stability of popular Miss Cisneros’ friends, when they Newman. While approaching Millhouse, the ■ton*, *nd demonstrates th at the saw everything was satisfactory, disem cof the United States are capable barked and watched the ship pull out, train was running 20 miles an hour. carrying the fugitive to safety under Without a moment’s warning, and T^ernment. from some inexplicable cause, the truck I look back over the more than the stars and stripes. of the tender jumped the track, caus -°I a century that I have sat on J I am more and more im- ¡ with the immeasurable import- - this court. Nowand then we _rooken of as an aristocratic fea- republican government. But - most democratic of all. 8en- ent their states, and repre- * their constituencies, but this •nds for the whole country, and, ’11 '* truly of the people, by the I°r the people. 6,1 Indeed no power to legislate, •appropriate a dollar of money. neither the purse nor the But it does possess the power 7®* the law, and in that is ■ the safeguard which keeps the 'nighty fabric of government nwhing to destruction. This B P0Wer. the power of resist- v*the only safety of a popular *nt, and it is an additional as- *ben the power is in such •yours. 'this I give place to my suc- j I can never cease to linger ■‘«« of the past. Though we ■differed in our opinions, it ^oon an honest difference, ** not affect our mutual re- r**P«ct. These many yeart Iboen years of labor and ol they have brought their own *nd we can all join in thanks- “ •author of onr being tbal permitted to spend s« lives in the service of oui J. FIELD.“ ing the whole train to go down a 12- Helena, Mont., Oct 18.—Today ar foot embankment. The engineer lived ticles of incorporation of the Kiondike- until eveniug, dying in terrible agony. A H e le n a -A le a k * C o m p a n y . Yukon-Copper River Mining Company were filed here by Chicago, St. Louis and Minneapolis capitalists. The capi tal stock is $ 12 , 000 , 000 . As the name indicates, the company is formed for the purpose of mining in Alaska. The shares are of par value of $10 each. The main office is to be located at Helena. _______________ T h ir d V ic tim o f t h e M ob . Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 18.—As tbs result of the racial trouble which began in Cleveland county on Angust 23, when a riot occurred at a negro picnio near Kendall and aeverai white men were killed and cut, Tom Parker waa lynched last night near Kendall. This makes the third negro to meet a violent death as the result of the picnic riot It is not known who composed the mob. H o ra e le s s B r e w e r y W a | o n a . St. Lonis, Oct. 18.—Anton Steuver, president Of a local brewing oompany, says that in a few days the big brewery wagons will be propelled by gasoline engines instead of horses. Herbert Mulherren, a yonng man of this oity, is the inventor of the engine, which weighs only 300 pounds and whioh will run 10 hours on five gallons of gasoline, which can be bought for five centa per gallon. No engineer ia required, and it is self-oiling. The gearing ran be re versed and the wagon suddenly stopped or instantly backed without atopping the engine. The 300-ponnd machine will furnish 4)$ horse-power. It will be a great saving to ooncerns using a number of horses. Berkeley, Cal., Oct. 18.—Gold from silver is not an impossibility, accord ing to Edmund O’Neill, associate pro fessor of chemistry at the university of California. In a lecture delivered to the chemists of the University Science Association, on the transmntion of W o rk in g- R iv e r W iner* metals, be described the possibility of Pittsburg, Oct. 18.—Thirty-fire hun making gold from silver, and declared dred miners of the river district, who there was an excellent basis to snpport ■— idle for two weeks, owing to the claim for the nnion of metals, and have ■ * been the differential, resumed that the ultimate selntion of the profc- a dispots over work today, pending settlement by Havsns, Oct. 18.—It is reported in official circles that another filibustering expedition has been landed in the River Arimu, province of Santa Clara, and suoceeded in joining the insurgent forces. arbitration. Tl QKB » ■ » PACIFIC COAST TRADE. P o r t la n d M a rk e ts . Wheat—Walla Walla, 79080c; Val ley and Blneatem. 82 0 83c per bueheL Flour—Best grades, $4.60; graham, W hat Russia W ill Propose $3.70; superfine, $2.60 per barrel. at the Conference. Oats—Choice white, 3 3 0 34c; choice gray, 31032c per bushel. Barley—Feed barley, $11020; brew MAY BE CAUSE OF TROUBLE ing, $20 per ton. Miliatuffs— Bran, $14 per ton; middlings, $21; ahorta, $15.50. Hay—Timothy, $12013.60; clover, H e r S y ste m o f P r e s e r v in g t h e H e r d s — California wheat, $10 O n ly M n e h e lo r S e n t* K l l l e t t - R e g u l a - $10011; do oat, $11; Oregon wild hay, $ 9 0 t io n . R ig id ly K n fo rc e d . ! 10 per ton. Washington, Oct. 18. —Although the Eggs—20c per dozen. format conference on the Behring sea Butter—Fancy creamery, 45 050c; question will not open until the arrival fair to good, 35 0 40c; dairy, 25036c of the Japanese delegates, yet the pres per roll. ence here of- two of the Russian dele Cheese — Oregon, 11 )^o; Yonng gates lias permitted the authorities to America, 12 . 1 , 0 ; California, 9010c per inform themselves quite thoroughly as pound. to the attitude of Russia ou the protec Poultry—Chiokens, mixed, $2,000 tion of the seals. 2.60 per dozeu; broilers, $1.6002; $405; ducks, $ 3 0 4 per It has brought out the fact that geese, Russia takes an advanced position in dozen; turkeys, live, 8 0 9 c per preserving her herds, and has more pound. stringent laws and regnlations in that Potatoes.—Oregon Burbanks. 8 6 0 direction than any of the other coun 40c per sack; sweets, $1.40 per cental. tries interested. By the Russian sys Onions—Oregon, new, red. 90o; tem, a zone of 30 miles is established yellow, 80c per cental. around the seal islands belonging to Hops—8015o per pound for new the empire. The seals found within crop; 1896 crop, 607c. these zones are regarded as exclusively Wool—Valley, 14 016c per pound; Russian, and no one other than the in Eastern Oregon, 7012c; mohair, 20c habitants of the islands can take a seal per pound. w ithin these limits. This gives tiie Mutton—Gross, best sheep, wethers Russian citizens exclusive rights over ¡.and ewes, $2.5002.60; dressed mutton, the seals, not only on the islands, but 5c; spring iambs, 6% per ponnd. Hogs—Gross, choice heavy, $4.50; extending 30 miles westward. British or Japanese sealers cannot operate light and feeders, $ 3 0 4 ; dressed, $5.60 within the zone, except to buy skins of 0 6 j>er 100 pounds. the Russian inhabitants of the islands. Beef—Gross, top steers, $2.7603; Tiie Russians themselves are permitted cows $2.50; dressed beef, 4 0 6 ^ c per to kill only bachelor seals, there being pound. strict regulations against killing fe Veal—Large, 4 % @5c; small, 5 >4 06o males and pups. The females are per pound. guarded with special care, as the kill S e a t t le M a r k e t s . ing of one female is regarded as equiva Butter—Fancy native creamery, lent to the killing of three seals, name ly, the female herself, her pup on land brick, 23025c; ranch, 10015c. Cheese— Native Washington, 10 0 and her unborn pup. The Russians see th at these regula 12o; California, 9% a Eggs—Fresli ranch, 26a tions are enforced. A fleet of govern Poultry—Chiokens, live, per pound, ment ships patrols the 80-mile zone, and any foreign sealers who attem pt to hens, 10 c; spring chickens, $2.60 ©3; ducks, $8.50@4. operate w ithin these limits are seized. Wheat—Feed wheat, $27 per ton. As a rule, seized sealers are taken to Oats—Choice, per ton, $21022. Vladivostock, their catch confiscated Corn—Whole, $22; oraoked, per ton, and punishment inflicted. This has led to many protests, but Russia has main $ 22 ; feed meal, $22023 per ton. tained her rigid regulations within the . Barley—Rolled or ground, per ton, 80-milc zone. A notable case was that $ 22 ; whole, $ 22 . Fresh Meats—Choice dressed beef, of tiie ship Dahlia, cleared by a Uni ted States consular officer, hut manned steers, 60 ; cows, 6 )<c; mutton sheep, by a Japanese crew, which attempted 60 ; pork, 6 * 4 0 ; veal, small, 6 . Fresh Fish—Halibut, 4c; salmon, to take seals on the Russian islands. The sealers were met with armed resist 4 0 5 c; salmon trout, 80 ; flounders ance, and several of the Japanese were and sole, 8 *?'04; ling cod, 4 0 5 ; rook cod, 6 c; smelt, 2> y04a killed. Claims for indemnity were m ale against Russia, but never paid, as Ran F r a n c is c o M a r k e t s . the imperial authorities maintained Wool—Choice foothill, 8012c; San their right to protect their property Joaquin, 6 months’ 507o; do year’s against invasion. staple, 7 0 8 c; mountain, 10012c; Ore It is understood to be the wish of gon, 12 0 14c per pound. Russia in the forthcoming conference Hops— 11014o per pound. not to stop at the protective regulations Millstuffs — Middlings, $20022; already made, but to carry them fur California bran, $15015.50 per ton. ther by increasing the width of the Onions—New red, 7O08Oo; do new zone considerably beyond 80 miles. siiverskin, 90c@$1.10 percental. The Russian authorities have found by Butter—Fancy creamery, 27028c; do experience that many of the female seconds, 26026c; fancy dairy, 23 0 24c; seals go more than 80 miles to sea in good to choice, 200 2 2 o per pound. search of food. The wish is to mako Eggs—Store, 16025c; ranch, 3 4 0 the zone so wide that it will extend to 37c; Eastern, 15021; duck, 20 o per the furthest point to which the females dozen. go for food.. Cheese—Fancy mild, new, 9>£c; fair to good, 7 0 80 per pound. T H E LAW A FARCE. Potatoes—New, in boxes, 30090c. Citrus fru it— Oranges, Valencias, C u s to m s O f f i c i a l » M a k i n g F o r tu n e s O u t $1.5O03;Mexican limes, $303.5O;Cali- o f I m p o r t a t i o n o f C h in e s e . fornia lemons, fancy,$2.60;do common, New York, Oct. 18.—Colonel J. $ 1 0 2 per box. Thomas Scharf, Chinese inspector for Hay—Wheat,$12 015; wheat and oat, tiie southern district of New York, has $11014; oat, $10012; river barley, sent to the secretary of the treasury $ 7 0 8 ; best barley, $10012; alfalfa, his resignation. He says that in his $809.5(^ clover, $8010. opinion, based on four years of practical Fresh fruit—Apples, 60075c per experience and close observation, the large box; apricots, 2O04Oo; Fontain- Chinese exclusion act ia a farce, and | bleau grapes, 20030c; muscats, 2 0 0 has resulted in the corruption of the 35c; black, 80c; tokay, 26030c; treasury department. peaches, 25 0 50c; pears, $101.40 per Colonel Scharf ia an ex-officer of the Confederate army. He was appointed inspector in 1898 under the Cleveland administration, and immediately after his arrival here preferred charges against customs officers, whom he ac cused of assisting in the smuggling ol Chinese. He has never succeeded in bringing about the dismissal of any ol the men he accused. He says his fail ure in that direction was cansed by the influence of the Canadian Pacifio rail way in high quarters. Colonel Scharf talked on the subject last night. He said frauds existed, and he believed men in the employ and confidence of the government are mak ing $16,000 a year each from the illegal importation of Chinese. The corrup tion, he believes, from evidenoe in his | possession, girdles the continent. Chinamen who have no right to come are admitted all along the Canadian border, at the port of New York, at Se attle and other points along the Pacific coast. He expects to see some revela tions which will startle the oountry. The investigation committee of con gress, already provided for, begins its work this winter. P a r d o n fo r C u b a n K il l * * . Madrid, Oct. 18.—At the cabinet council today, it was decided to pardon all Cuban exiles not included in pre vious amnesties, and to suspend the de cree of September 21, relating to the legislative reforms in the Philippine islands. Th« decree ordered a vigorous suppression of political associations and the secret pect of blood societies. A lle g e d B r u ta lity a t F o r t M t r a a a . Chicago, Oct. 18.—The finding of an inquiry ordered by the department of war into the case of Captain Levering, of Fort Sherman, has been telegraphed to Washington. The inquiry was be gun late yeeterday by order of Secretary Alger. Six witnesses were called upon to give the facts as to the alleged bru tality perpetrated by Levering oa Private Chaa. Hammond. Secretary Alger’s interest ia the case waa aroueed by newt pa per publioatiooa box; plums, 35040c; crab apples, 200 35a _____________ U n iq u e H o n o r t o n W o m u n . The only woman who ever received the freedom of a Scotch city ia Miss Jessie McKie, of Dumfries, who re ceived this honor in oompany with Mr, Balfour, first lord of the treasury, from the mayor of her town. This signal distinction has been bestowed on her as a mark of the respect and gratitude of her fellow citizens for tier efforts to- improve and beautify the town of Dum fries. As there are only two other lady burgesses in the United Kingdom, the inhabitants of Dumfries could hardly have ohosen a more flattering method of conveying their appreciation of Miss McKie’s generosity. Miss Lettioe llbeM, who has this year obtained a first-class in the Ox ford final-honors school of modern his tory, ia • daughter of Sir Courteney Ilbert, K. C. S. I. The early years of Miss llbert’s life were spent in India, but on the return of Sir Courtenay Ibert to England to take up the post of assistant parliamentary counsel Miss Ilbert became a pupil at the Baker- street High school. In 1893 Miss Ilbert passed the higher examination of the Oxford and Cambridge joint board, and in the following year she went up to Somerville College, Oxford, where she obtained the Margaret Evan* prize. Not aatisfled with her brilliant career at Oxford, Mist Ilbert has de cided not to rest on her laurels, and baa just been elected to studentship at the London School of Economics. N «w ■ .m e t r ic l . o r o m o l l T i . A new electric locomotive, the Fosee (Rocket), has been tnrned out by the Cail Work* for the Paria-Havre line, M rs the New York Hun. It can draw 600 tons at the rate of 86 miles an hour, 250 tons at 66 miles an hour, and without any load can make 76 miles an hour. The locomotiva weighs 196 tons and ita tender 50 tons. * It is practical ly a stationary steam engine of 1,400 horee power, eetting in motion the else, tro- magnets th at drive th* TENDER O F Babitaaeo MEDIATION. • f t h e P r e s id e n t's N o U U S pain . M esera New York, Oct. 18.—Tba Herald publishes the following, baaed on higto authority, which it claima is subeta»- tiaily the instructions issued by Presi dent McKinley to Minister WoodCesd to be presented to the Spanish queen: None but the most kindly relations exist between the present adm inistra tion and Spain, and as far as lies in tba power of the administration they w ill continue. The belligerency resolution whioh passed the senate at the last 1 sion of oungress merely bore evidss of the tremendous popular feeling throughout this oountry in favor e i Cuba. The house, to be sure, voted down the resolution passed by the sen ate; but this waa with a view to post poning the issue and not doing anything for the moment that could be construed as hostile to Spain. The house, like the senate, is strong ly in sympatny with Cuba. This feel ing of sympathy throughout the United States will undoubtedly take shape ra soon as congress convenes, and it is necessary for the president to communi cate to congress such recommendations as he deems best to make in regard ts Cuban affairs. Under the circumstances, the gov ernment of the Unitted States tenders its best offices to mediate between Spain and Cuba, and it offers to medi ate so as to bring the war to an end on such terms as will be honorable to both parties. This government expresara the hope that Spain will reply by U>o end of October, so as to give the pren den t a chance to report to congress by the time it convenes. The Herald also publishes the follow ing, which it claims details the real circumstances which led to the down fall of the old cabinet; Nearly all of the Spanish bonds had been floated in France, and the recant loans were placed there, but the latest application for further loans liad not been favorably responded to. The only means, therefore, of raising money wan through the Bank of Spain, through which application was made at the rate of 50,000 posetas, or $12,000,000 n month, in order to carry on the war in Cuba and the Philippine islands. Th» Bank of Spain declined to make fur ther advances to the government sev eral weeks ago, and the cabinet there upon removed tiie governor of the bank. The recently appointed governor of th» bank thereupon tried to force upon tb» hank committee, or board of direotoew the application of the government fee additional loans, but his efforts failed. This was followed by the determin»- tion of the cabinet to take steps to rw- duoe the interest rate on the govern ment bonds of 6 to 6 per cent to 8 j¿ , and 4 per cent respectively. Irnme-1 diately the cabinet was delnged w ith protests. Some of tho objections oam» from persons high in authority and im— a position to dictate terms to Spain. The combined weight of conserva tives in Spain, which embraced, as in dicated, the bulk of the holders of Span ish bonds, wliose interest would be cu t in two, immediately answered th is proposition with the suggestion th a t it wonld be far better to stop all w ar expenses than to adopt snch a rad ic a l course. In fact many of the conserva tives said it would be better to gain anything in the way of indem nity which Spain could obtain by the sacri fice of sovereignty and accepting a » offer to grant liberty to Cuba, if i t could be brought about in a way th a t wonld not be dishonorable to Spain. The queen yielded to this, and the re sult was the resignation of the old cabi net and the calling upon Sagasta IN form a new one. T h e i r A im W a s T r u e . Delta, Oot. 18.—William Ha raid aad Under-Sheriff Radford, of Siskiynu county, were shot and killed and Dep uty Sheriff Stewart seriously wounded this morning while the latter two wet» attempting to arrest Herald for coae- plioity in the robbery of the T rek» and Fort Jones stage on September I f last. This morning Radford and 8tewa*t presented themselves at H arald’a bora» . and asked for Herald. The latter r»> plied by opening fire upon the oflloera with a big revolver. The flret shot task effect in Stewart’s leg, while the secoeM bullet struck Radford in the left breast. \ killing] him almost instantly. S tew ed then emptied his gun s t Herald, w h e fell mortally wounded. He died1 shortly afterwards. C l i f i r C a p to r« at C h lia g «. Chicago, OcL 18.—Chief Deteotive Golleran and his assistants captured four of the most successful and daring burglars of the United States and Oaa- ada, and $25,000 worth of stolen prop erty, which awaits identification al lira central station. The prieonera ere: “ Sheeney Joe” Rnbenstein, the leader, and brains of ths gang; James Wil liams, Harry Rogers and Jam«e F lah er ty. Letter* in the men’* poeeeaeie» showed that they had been taking a l y in g trip from coast to coast, rohM sg right and left The police of tb* e n tire country have been searching for lb* men for the past six months. A S e w B h i I m P o r t. Vladivostock, Oot. 18.—The found»» tion stone of what ia intended to be » great commercial port of Rnaeia in tki» part of the world eras laid today wills considerable ceremony. ■•Ifak m rj A g n i i to It. London, Oct. 18.—Tho British far* eign office today intimated to Ambas sador Hay that the meeting of seal ex perts of Great Britain. Canada and th * United States will occur as agreed upom by the Marquie of Salisbury. It is learned that Professor Dorsey Thosey- son, the seal expert of th* British for eign office, starts for th* United Stale» Immediately.______________ Enameled ware can he