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THE NEW TARIFF BILL TO CUT THEM IN TWO The Long Struggle Over It Comes to a Close. The Great Northern Rail road's New Policy HOUSE RECEDES P1M M I TSSTAND IN EEGABD TO ELEVATOR BATES. I lia (tonal lllll Aeecpted In Ita Entirety -Heparate UIIUPiMMd Making Sugar, Coal and Irun Free Cochran and Turanry Deliver Scathing Hpeeohea. Washington, August 13. The long struggle over tlio tariff bill came to a dune at (1 o'clock thin evening, when the 1 louse by a vote ot 102 to 105 decided to discharge the Holme conferrees from further consideration of the bill, receded from its opposition to the 034 Senate amendment and agreed to the same. It was a complete victory for the Senate. The limine made an absolute surrender. The result grew directly out of the Bon utiimal course of events at the Senate end of the capitol, precipitated by Sena tor Hill Friday. Up to that time the 1 louse confurrees had stood firmly against the Senate amendments, especially on the three dinputed schedules coal, iron ore and sugar and the temper and voice of the House was for war to the end. Hut the indications that the Democrats of the Senate might not be able to longer hold a majority of voters in line for the Senate bill ami the bill be thus placed in jeopardy forced the House I'emocrats to immediate action. The Democratic con fenecs of the House at last admitted they were beaten, and another vote could not be risked in the Senate. It must be the Semite bill or no bill. The whole question was precipitated with the cau cus held just before the House convened to-day, at which after a thorough review of the Bituution and speeches in favor of receding bv Speaker Crisp, Chairman Wilson anil others it waB decided to take the Senate bill and afterward pa a separ ate hills placing coal, iron ore, Bi g ir and barb wire on the free list, and by bo doing place tlio House on record and at least partially overcome the humiliation in volved in its defeat. The programme arranged in the caucus was carried out to (lie letter in the House after a special order. The scones in the chamber throughout the day and evening were exciting and at times sensational. The galleries were packed, and the members applauded and cheered their respective leaders to the echo. Under the terms of the order only two hours were allowed for debate on the main proposition to receue irom and agree to tlio Senate amendments to thri tarilF bill. A parliamentary skir mish preceded the pitched battle, but the points of order raised by the Ite pub licans were swept aside. The Speaker ruled the House with an iron hand. The principal speeches for and against the main proposition were imuo vy nutton and Crisp on tne one nana ana ex Sneaker Reed and Burrows on the other, There was no time for preparing, and all tlio speeches were hot from the forge of the brain ana were greetea witn rounds of cheers and applause. Bourke Coekran of New York and Tareney of Missouri, both Domorratie members of thnWavB and Means Uommittee. deny ercd scathing and sensational speeches, denouncing the surrender of the House as cowardly and indefensible. The Speaker replied to Coekran, whose effort was a brilliant one. with such temper that the latter took it as a personal at' front, although the Speaker disclaimed such intention, and made a vicious lunge at Speaker Crisp. There was no attempt on the part of the Democratic leaders to claim a vic tory. All iidiuittcd they were accepting the inevitable, justifying their action on the ground that the senate bill was net' ter than the McKinlcy law. The most startling feature of the day perhaps was Mr. Cockran'a eloquent appeal to Chair man Wilson to name the Democrats in the Senate who threatened the defeat of all tariff legislation if the attempt to adjust differences between the two Houses was persisted in, but Wilson made no response. When the vote came to be taken at 6 o'clock thirteen Democrats Moses of Georgia, Bartlett, Coekran, Hendrix, Duiiphy and Covort of New York, Da vey, Mover and Price of Louisiana, Ev erett of Massachusetts, Gorman of Mich igan, Johnson of Ohio and Tarsney of Missouri voted with the Republicans agaiiiBt the resolution, The Democrats then put through one after another what the Republicans de scribed as the popgun bills, placing coal, iron ore, sugar and barb wire on the free list, and which in the debate they maintained would be proposed only to go to death in the Senate. BRUTAL MURDER, and Babe Murdered and the Mother House Set on Fire. Seattle, August 14. Mrs. Philomena Miller, wife of John Miller, the foreman malter at the Bayview brewery, and her eighteen-month-old daughter, were bru tally murdered last evening by men who were evidently after $200, which had been taken home by Miller Sunday After supper Miller left about 7 o'clock to attend a meeting of the brewery work' men's union, and his two elder children went out to play in front of the house. Thev returned about 8 o'clock to find the house enveloped in smoke and their mother nowhere in sight. They called two women, who discovered the dead body of the woman on the floor of the middle room and the child's body on bed in the same room. The head and hands of the woman were mashed to pulp. A trunk in the front downstairs room and one in the rear upstairs room had been ransacked, but the one in the front unner room containing $200 in gold, haa not been disturbed. Miller fell on his wife's body in a paroxysm of grief, and simply rolled In tier blood in agony. The bed clothes and chairs had been soaked in coal oil from a broken lamp and fired. A Queer Alliance. - London, August 14. The correspond ent of the News, at Vienna states that Great Britan." France and Russia have agreed to jointly interfere in case the Japanese attempt to attack Pekin. Altgeld to Springer. Springfield, I'l., AuguBt 13. Gov ernor Altgeld to-night wired Represent ative Springer M follows : " Secure free sugar if possible; the whole American people are interested in this. Free bi tuminous coal could only benefit New England and seaport towns and help a few men who owii foreign mines. The country west of New York care nothing about it. Our soft coal is sold for nearly starvation prices.v Free coal will benefit but a small section. You should not stand in the was ot a measure for the relief of the whole country, and it is Vital that such bill be passed at once." VOL. 1. THE CHINESE TREATY. full Text of Measure to Go Into Effect t'pun the Kiehang e of llatlBeatlon. Wahiiinuton, August 14. The Senate in executive session approved the Chi nese treaty. Its full text is : Whereas, The 17th of November, A. D. 1880, and of Kwanhsii the sixth year, the tenth month, the fifteenth day, a treaty was concluded between the United States and China for the purpose of regu lating, limiting or suspending the com ing of Chiuese laborers to and their residence In the United States; and, Whereas, The government of China n view of the antagonism and much deprecated and serious disorders to which the presence ol the (Jhinese labor ers has given rise in certain parts of the United States, desires to prohibit the emigration of such laborers from China to the United States; and, Whereas, Ihe two governmeents are desirous of adopting reciprocal meas ures for the better protection of the citizens or subjects of each within the jurisdiction of the other; now, therefore, the President of the United States has appointed Walter Q. Gresham, Secretary of State, as his plenipotentiary, and his Imperial Majesty, the Emperor of China, has appointed Yang Yu, ofHcer of the second rank, Subdirector of the Court of Sacrificial Worship and Knvoy Extra ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, and the said plenipotentiaries having exhibited their respective full powers, found to be in due form and good faith, have agreed upon the following articles: Article 1. The high contracting par ties agree that for a period of ten years, beginning with the date of exchange of the ratifications of this convention, the coming, except under conditions herein specified, of Chinese laborers shall be absolutely prohibited. Articled. The preceding article shall not apply to the return to the United States of any registered laborer who has a lawful wife, child or parent in the United States or property therein of the value of $1,000 or debts of a like amount due him and pending settlement. Nev ertheless every such Chinese laborer shall before leaving the United States deposit as a condition of his return with the Collector of Customs of the district from which he departs a full description in writing of his family or property or debts, as aforesaid, and shall be furnished by said Collector with such certificate of his right to return under this treaty as the laws of the United States may now or hereafter prescribe and not inconsist ent with the provisions of this treaty ; and should the written description of the aforesaid Chinese laborer prove to be false, tlio right to return thereunder or of continued residence shall in each case be forfeited. Such right of return to the United States shall be exercised within one year from date of leaving the United States, but such right of return to the United States may be extended for an additional period, not to exceed one year, in cases where by reason of sicknes" or other causes of disability be yond his control such Chinese laborer shall be unable to sooner return, which facts shall be fullv reported to the Chi nese Consul at the port of departure and by him certified to the satisfaction of the Collector of the port at which the Chi nese subject shall land in the United States, and no such Chinese laborer shall be permitted to enter the United States by land or sea without producing 10 uio proper officers of the customs the return cenincaie uerein rwiuircu. Article 8. The provisions of this con vention shall not affect the right at pres ent enjoyed of Chinese subjects, officials, teachers, students, merchants or travel ers for curiosity or pleasure, but of labor ers cominir to the United States and re siding therein. Jo entitle sucn unineee subjects as are above described to ad mission in the United States (hey must produce a certificate from their govern ment or the government where they last resided, certified to by the diplomatic or consular representative of the United States in the country or port irom wnicn thev dnnart. It is also airreed that Chi nese laborers shall continue to enjoy the privileges of transit across the territory of the United States in the course of their journey to or from other countries, subject to such regulations by the gov ernment as may be necessary to prevent said privilege of transit from being abused. Article 4. In pursuance of article a ol the immigration treaty between the United States and China, signed on No vember 17, 1880, at Pekin, it is hereby understood and agreed that the Chinese laborers or Chinese of any class, either permanently or temporarily residing in the United States, shall have for the protection of their persons and property all rights that are given by the laws of the United States to the citizens oi me most favored nation, except the right to become naturalized citizens. And the government of the United States reaf firms its obligations, as Btated in said ar ticle 3, to exert all its power to secure 'protection to the persons and property of all Chinese subjects in the United States. Article B. The government of the United States having by act of Congress, mnmvMl Mav 1. 181)2. as amended bv the act approved May 5, 1893, required all Chinese laborers lawfully within the limits of the United States by the first named act to be registered as in said acts provided, with a view of affording them better protection, the Chinese gov ernment will not object to the enforce ment of such acts, and reciprocally the government of the United States recog nizes the right of the government of China to enact and enforce similar laws or regulations for the registration, free of charge, of the laborers, skilled or un skilled (not merchants, as defined by Raid acts of Congress), citizens of the TTnUorf Status In China, whether resid' inn within or without treaty ports, and the government of the United States agrees that within two months of the Aatanl oTclianffBnf ratifications of this convention, and annually thereafter, it w furnish to the government oi niim (AtviafoiHi and rnnnrts showing full name, age, occupation and number of the place ni residence oi an iifl ciuwjun i u TTnkfld States, including missionaries, ociflino Wh within and without treaty Dorts of China, not including diplomatic . .. as -- - .V. tT.lt.J Dtatsi and Otner omcers m un uui residing in umna upon uuicim uumu, together with their body and household servants. . ' Article fl. This convention shall re main In force for a period of ten years beginning with the date of the exchange of ratification, and if six months before the expiration of the said period of ten years neither government shall be fnrmnltlv given notice of its termination bv the other, it shall remain in force for - 1 1 , J A anotuer use perioa oi too yuan. IIILLSIIORO, OREGON, THURSDAY, NO SIGHS OF YIELDING German Socialists and the Berlin Ring Brewers. THE V0RWAERTS TAKES A HAND. Both Partlei Hare Suffered Greatly, But the Boycott le Continued and the Vight Prolonged Big Saloonkeepers Refute Boyeotter Their Halle. Berlin, August 13. The struggle be tween the Socialist boycottere and the ring brewers does not grow less. Al though both parties have suffered enough to welcome an end, neither thinks of yielding a point. The Vorwaerts, which leads in the fight for the Socialists, with daily columns of exhortation for friends and denunciation of enemies, says that the list of boycotted houses carries now some 2,000 names. Many of these houses, however, are the smallest back yard sa loons, whose business interests are scarcely worth considering. The big Berlin saloonkeepers still refuse to let the boycotters use their assembly halls. The loss to the landlords on this account ia heavy, although a part of it is covered with subsidies from the Landlords' Asso ciation. The lack of proper rooms for their anti-ring rallies has caused the So cialists much inconvenience, and un doubtedly has kept their plan of cam paign within reasonable bounds. They threaten the hall owners with severe penalties as soon as the main struggle with the brewers shall cease. Many owners are receiving menacing letters, warning them that they will do forced out of business if they do not come over to the hociai Democratic side. Theodore Wachtor, the person who forsook his calling to devote his energies to spread ing Boc alism, has had trouble with tne Social Democratic leaders, and has been set out in the cold by them. He wished to combine Socialism and Christianity in ins teachings, and the mixture ex cited the disgust of the infidels who control the party organization. He has gone to Dortmund to found a party of his own. He will call hie followers Christian Socialists. He hopes that the regular leaders will repent and let him exploit hia theories at the Frankfort National Congress, but he is likely to be disappointed. BTR1KKK AND POLITICIAN. Knox Will Run for Sheriff of Yolo County In California. Sacramento, August 14. Harry Knox, the ex-strike leader, will run for Sheriff of Yolo county, and his friends confidently expect his election. There is good reason to believe that he will be elected because of the assurances he has received from a great number of voters of Yolo county, representing all politi cal faiths, that they will support him hould he allow his name to go before the People's party ticket. This morn ing the Chairman of the People's party County Committee waited on Knox at hia home in the town of Broderick across the river, and told him he could have the nomination by acclamation if he consented to permit his name to go be fore the convention. Knox said that he was not a politician and was not particu larly anxious to run. He was a. poor man, and did not have, the requisite wealth necessary to meet his campaign expenses. He was assured by the Chair man that all his expenses would be met, and that his candidacy would not cost him adollar. Knox said that on that condition he would consent to run, and be authorized the Chairman to announce to the people of Yolo county that he would be a candidate for Sheriff at the coming election. ANARCHISTS OF FRANCE. Their Trial Haa Ended, and Only Three Were Convicted. Paris, August 15. The trial of the an archists before the Aeaizes Court ended to-day in the acquittal of all but three of the accused. After counsel for the defense had finished their speeches, Fauer, Graves, Bastard and Bernard ad' dressed the court, protesting their in nocence. Their remarks were couched in moderate language, denying in every respect the rant of the anarchiBts. The case was then given to the jury, who spent two hours in considering the Questions nut to them bv the Judges. The verdict was that the charge against the prisoners of belonging to a criminal association was not proven. Artiz, Cheri- cotte and Bertani were found guilty of robbery and having been in illegal pos' session of weapons. All the others were declared not guilty of the charges against them, and were discharged. Artiz was was sentenced to fifteen years' imprison ment at hard labor; Uhericotte to eight years and Bertani to six months. The end of the trial was marked by no incidents. Those who haa been ac quitted left the courtroom quietly. WAB SHOULD BE STOPPED. If England Will Not End It, Then United States Should. the London, August 14. The Daily News recommends concerted action by the Eu ropean powers to stop the war between China and Japan. It says : "China and Japan respectively em body conservative and innovating forces, It is therefore natural that Western na tions should sympathize with Japan, her ultimate victory were probable or even within range of practical nosaibil lty, there might be plausible arguments againBt interference, but the permanent defeat of China is almost impossible, and the reBult, unless the powers inter pose, will probably be the extinction of the Japanese autonomy and the jealous exclusion of ' foreign devils ' from Japan as well as China. If mutual jealousy prevents the European powers from act ing, there remains the alternative action by the United States. That may be con trary to one aspect of the Monroe doc trine and opposed to American ideas, but the situation is exceptional enough to justify a departure from precedent ana usage. The fighting cannot continue without seriously injuring the trade of the world." MONTHLY CROP REPORT. A Decline In Corn of Nearly BU Points. Twenty- Washington, August 11. The month ly report of the Statistician of Agricul ture shows a decline in corn of nearly twenty-six ports since July 14. The average for the entire breadth is 69.5 againBt 95 for the month of July. The condition for August, 1893, was 96. The great decline is due almost wholly to the extensive and unprecedented severe drought that has set in since the last re port, and to the hot, dry winds that have swept over the States of Nebraska, Kan sas, Iowa and parts of other Western States. In some localities the crop has been injured beyond recovery, while in others timely rains would go far toward assuring fair yields. The averages lor the principal States are: Ohio MlMourt S2 Kenmckr..............80 K.nsu ...4 Indiana., ,...jin near, la .si ..7& Soalh Dakota..... Illinois., Iowa..... The condition of wheat has fallen since last report 1.3 points, being 67.1, against 68.4 for month of July. The condition by States is as follows : WUcomln. ...... 79'SOHth Dakota.. .....7 Minnesota...... Iowa .., Kanaaa Nebraska 7! 82 80i 41 North Dakota.. Washington .... Oregon The advices as to winter wheat from correspondents and others indicate a good yield of excellent quality. The condition of oats has declined 12 points since date of last report, being 76.7 against 77.7 in July. The condition for August, 1893, was 97.3. The condition of spring rye is 79.8 against 81.7 last month and 78.5 last year. Barley is 69.7 againss 78.9 last month; potatoes, 74 against 92.3 last month; tobacco, 79 against 81 last month ; cot ton, 98.1, an increase of 2.2 points over July and 3.5 points over June. THREE MEW PROJECTS. Principal Improvements In and Harbor Bill. the Blver Washington, August 11. The river and harbor appropriation bill, which has been agreed to in both Houses, provides for three new projects, which have long been sought by the Senators who have the credit of securing their adoption. They are the boat railroad to overcome the obstruction at the dalles of the Co lumbia river in Oregon and Washington, another for a canal to connect Lakes Union and Washington with Puget Sound, and the third to begin the con struction of a lock in the Mississippi river between St. Paul and Minneapolis, to extend navigation to the last-named place. The railway project contemplates a hydraulic lift to raise steamboats out the water, placing them upon a tramway car running upon eight or more tracks, transporting them thirteen miles and re turning them to the water. The esti mated cost is t2.000.000. The canal. which is to connect the waters of Puget Sound with the fresh waters of Lakes Union and Washington, it is understood. will be of great commercial benefit, be cause it will give ships an opportunity to anchor in iresn water alter long voy ages in the rocinc. Another benefit is to be gained by having naval vessels while not in commission stationed in fresh water. LITTLE'S BEPOBT. It Causes Two Suits Against President Belnhart of the Atchison. Nkw Yobe, August ll.-Matilda Wal lace has brought two suits in the Supe rior Court of the city against J. W. Reinhart as President of the Atchison and Topeka road one to recover $60,000 damages and the other to recover $5,300 damages. The grounds in the action are that Reinhart issued a statement June , 1893, giving the Atchison and Tope- ka's surplus at $1,918,380 above the op erating expenses, and September 2, 1893, made another statement, showing the excellent condition of the company and the amount of securities held in its treasury. The petitions further charge that June 30, 1893, the defendant caused to be published in the New York World statements showing the condition of the company's affairs, and sets forth that the statements in the com plaint are con firmed by the report of Stephen Little, the expert accountant who made the statement for the reorganization com' mittee. The plaintiff avers that on the representations made by Reinhart she purchased 1,700 shares of Atchison and Topeka Block, and that she is damaged thereby to tne amount ot tne sums sne asks to recover. The complaint has been served on President Reinhart. Committee to Visit the Coast. Washington, August 11. In the Sen' ate to-day a resolution was offered by Ransom of North Carolina and re ferred to the Committee on Contingent Expenses, instructing the Committee on Commerce to sit during the recess and to visit and examine the Pacific Coast with a view of determining the best place on that coast (between certain points) for a deep-water harbor, and also to examine as to river and naroor lm provements on the Pacific Coast. Chinese Paokera Attacked. Santa Rosa, Cal., August 11. Trouble has occurred at the Randolph fruit packing warehouse. The owner of the establishment, which opened to-day, had procured about 100 Chinese Irom sacra mento for packing fruit, and a large crowd of white men met them at the warehouse. The manager was forced to send them away from the city. Prince Komataw Returning, London, August 11. A dispatch from Paris says that the Mikado's cousin. Prince Komataw, who has been study ins maritime forts in Europe, has left Paris for Havre en route to Japan, re turning bv way of the United States, Fifty Japanese officers, who have been studying in Paris, have started for home. To Extend It Provisions. Washington, August 11. Doolittle of Washington has introduced in the House a bill to enable any person authorized to enter lands under the mineral laws to enter lands that are chiefly valuable for building stone nnder provisions of the act for placer-mining. Well-Known Brewer Dead, Philadxlfhia, August 11. Louis Burgdall, the well-known brewer, died at his residence to-day. Burgdall was worth about $50,000,000. AUGUST 16. 1894. iVE BE FIRED OUT. Mr. Pullman's Old Tenants to be Evicted. LAST MOTE IN THE Bid STRIKE. The Outlook for the Present Population of the Model Town I Not Foil of Cheer-old Employee Kuat Make Way I for the New Men. Chicago, August 13. The Post print ' the following from Pullman : Pullman's tenants will be evicted, i Vice-President Wickes said so to-day. The company claims that it must find kouses for its new employes to live in, and as the strikers have been camping in the Pullman flats without paying a cent of rent for the past three months, they must leave. This move is the very last in the big strike, and it will forever discomfit the employes. The company's houses cover about 3,000 people at pres ent. These 3,000 consist of the striking workmen and their families. There are about 1,000 new men in the shops that have families, and that desire to live near their work. The old employes must make way for the new. Mr. Wickes was asked to-day : Win the company evict the ten ants?" Something: of that kind must be done," he replied. "We must find quarters for our new employes." " Have you taken any actual steps in the matter yet?" "Xo, not yet; but we will soon do so." "When?" " I cannot say exactly when, but very soon." Mr. Wickes spoke in a manner from which one might gather that the lawyers were already looking about and would be prepared at any minute to go ahead with the work of eviction. " Will it not be a troublesome proc ess?" " Oh, I don't know. I suppose it can be done easily enough. It must be done. anyhow." The eviction ib the very last thins the people there have looked for. One wom an of Fulton said : Surely they will not put ns out. Where would we go? We have not money enough to buy a bushel of coal. We have no clothes, and the American public will not stand by and see thou sands of families rendered homeless." But that is doubtless what mast be done ; so it is necessary that the com pany take decisive action. The outlook or tne present population ot the model town is not full of cheer; in fact, it is desperate. RUSSIA ALEBT. She Will Resolutely Protect Her Inter- eats In Corea. Bkbltn, August 14. A dispatch to the Tageblatt from St. Petersburg says : " In addition to the eight Russian warships which saited recently from Vladivostok under sealed orders for Corea, the commander-in-chief of Eastern Siberia has been instructed to hold troops in readi ness to march at any moment. Russia wishes to maintain a strictly neutral position, but as soon as a constitutional change occurs in Corea Bhe will reso lutely protect her interests.'' Tne dis patch states France has declared her readiness to co-operate with the Russian fleet in the far East. The correspondent learned from the same diplomatic source that it is China's intention to continue the war until Japan's strength has been exhausted and she is compelled, perhaps by the powers, to sue for mercy and for pardon for the Kow Shung affair, which greatly irritated the nation. v Mr. Pullman Returning Home. Fittbbubo, Pa., August 11. Qeorge M. Pullman waa a passenger last night on the Pennsylvania limited for Chi cago. This will be his first visit to Pull man since the great strike ended. He was closed-mouthed on the affairs of the strike, saying that he had been away so long that he was not conversant with the situation. His advices were that the trouble was settled, and that no out break was probable. He said that the strike had coat everybody connected with it a heap of money, but he had no figures with which to make an estimate. Mr. Pullman was accompanied by Robert T. Lincoln, ex-Minister to England. Mr. Lincoln said he was interested mainly in the Japan-China war, and he thought that the Mikado's subjects would win. Hade Himself Obnoxious. Ottawa, Ont., August 11. Word has been received here that the British gov ernment will at once recall General Her bert, now in command of the Canadian militia, to join his regiment, the Grena dier Guards, in which he holds the rank of Colonel. General Herbert waa sent out to Canada by the British government to put the Canadian stilitia on a more substantial footing, and some of the truths he told about the demoralized condition of Canada's military organiza tion did not please the political heads, Ever since General Herbert came to Canada, four vears ago. he has been in hot water, and the climax was reached a few weeks ago when he suspended his Adjutant-General, and he was forced by me government to reinstate mm. Reforms Projected In Italy. London, August 11. The Rome corre spondent of the Central News says that the reforms projected by the Italian gov ernment with a view to financial re trenchment reduces the number of prov inces in Italy from 69 to 29, reduces the number of tribunals from 180 to 69, abol ishes tne courts of cassation in Palermo. Naples. Florence and Turin, converts twenty-three universities into private institutions, and creates state universi ties in Rome and Naples. Has a Claim Against Pern. San Francisco, August 11. Peter Mc- Manus, a naturalized citizen of the United States, is in the city en route to Washington, where he will lay a claim before the Secretary of State against the Peruvian government for imprisonment and subsequent expulsion from Cuzco and a violation oi tne rights oi an Amen can citizen. NO. 21. ON THE MOSQUITO COAST. the Captain of the Columbia Does Net Anticipate Serious Trouble. Washington, August 10. The Navy Department received a dispatch from Captain Summers, commanding the Co lombia, which was telegraphed from New Orleans on the arrival of yester day's steamer from Bluefields. His re port is exceedingly brief. He says he baa landed a force from the two Ameri can ships, and that men have also been landed from the British war vessel. The American force will be maintained aahnrA aa tna am affaira nra nnaettlerK He does aot anticipate serious trouble, and seems to look for a speedy termina tion of the difficulty between the Nica raguans on the one side and the Mos auito Indians and negroes on the other. The impression is gained from naval officers from the dispatch that the Nica- raguans, who have now concentrated a considerable force at Bluefields, will continue master of the situation, and that very little resistance will be offered by the supporters of Chief Clarence. It is thought probable that either the Mar- blehead or the Columbia will be relieved from duty on the Mosquito coast in the coarse ot a week or ten days. Chief Clarence. War is again rack inir Nicaratraa. This time the Indians of the Mosquito Territo ry have risen against the government. A picture of Robert Henry Clarence, the boy chief of the Mos quitos, accompanies this sketch, tie waa driven from the reser vation by the Nicara- iwiw nuucuia UUI was uiaeu uaca by the British May 21, 1894, and recently issued a declaration of sovereignty, proclaiming himself the hereditary chief of Mosquito and calling upon all law-abiding and loyal residents to obey his authority. The trouble in this country dates from February last, when the Nicaragnan government tried to gain control of the Mosquito Indians by sending a military force to occupy Bluefields, the capital of the Territory. The Indians assert their rights of self government under the provisions of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. WHO IS ANDREW HIGHTONT He Claims Portland as Hia Home, and Baker City as Well. Boston, August 13. A man about 66 years old, who is booked at the police headquarters as Andrew G. Highton, was arrested to-day for passing worth less checks. Highton tells some con flicting stories, among them that he be longs in Portland, Or. ; Denver, Colo., and Baker City, Or. He says he is one fifth owner of the Ornament and Sur prise mine on Greenhorn Mountain, Grant county. Or., and is in Boston to secure capital with which to work the mine. The police think their prisoner is an old-time forger and spurious cneck utterer. Highton called at the National City Bank in the Exchange building on State street, and offered for deposit a draft for $15,000 drawn on N. Clarnel of Seattle, Wash., who, he says, is one half owner in the mine. When he presented the draft he told the cashier that he did not want it collected until the last of the month. The bank prom' iaed to accommodate him in this re spect, but informed him that he would not be given any money until the bank bad sent the draft West tor collection. To Boycott the Abattoir Combine. San Fkanoibco, August 10. Henry Miller, senior member of the wholesale butchering firm of Miller & Lux, which some time ago joined forces with Armour, Swift & Morrison of Chicago in estah liahing abattoirs and packing-houses at Baden, San Mateo county, has decided to withdraw from the combine and loin in a boycott against it. Miller says that, while the plan might work in Chicago, it won't do for San Francisco. He says there is a great feeling among dealers against the combine, and that the objec tion is not againBt refrigerated meats, but against the Baden concern. The in tensity of feeling is such that dealers won't buy from the combine. In con clusion Miller says that the position he ia in is precisely like that of a man who la living apart from his wile without be ing divorced. His firm still retains stock in the concern, but they have drawn out because they are convinced that Chicago ways are not successful here. The Wine Growers' Trust. Ban Francisco, August 11. At a meet ing of the wine growers this afternoon E. Eppstein, President of the associa tion recently formed to organize a trust embracing all the wine-growing interests of the State, reported that seven of the leading wine merchants nad signed articles of incorporation and forwarded them to the Secretary of State at Sacra mento. The company is now prepared to treat with the committee of seven wine growers recently appointed to se cure options on the grape crop of the state. The Oleomargarine Law. Washington, August 11. Fonnan from the Committee on Agriculture to day made a favorable, report to the House on the bill to make oleomarga- rine and all other imitation dairy pro ducts subject to the laws of the State or Territory into which they are trans ported. It is claimed that the original package decision of the Supreme Court haa permitted unscrupulous dealers to pack oleomargarine in original packages and thus protect it from the restrictions .i a. .y . ! oi we various state laws. Many Idle Men in Cincinnati. Cincinnati, August 11. One thousand unemployed men appeared at the city hall yesterday demanding work. They were-im patient and persistent in their demands, but beyond a few threats were orderly. The city authorities are greatly troubled at the outlook, and it is likely more bonds will be isaued to afford more public work. Many mills and factories are iaie. Coal Striker Giving TJn. . Mobkys, 111., August 11. The coal strike which began April 21, and has prevailed in Grundy county up to the present time, crippling all Industries and branches of trade and driving thou sands to the verge of starvation, was officially declared off to-day. ninShuanahY 1 Elevate Men Are Alarmed, no They Think Mr. HUl'i Policy Means Buln for Their Intereata The Cut le ia the Interest of Diecontented Farmer. Ddluth, Minn., August 10. The East ern Minnesota, a part of the Great Northern system, to-day issued a circu lar cutting charges of handling and stor ing wheat in terminal elevators at this point in two, in order to help the farm ers of the Northwest, who have been growing more and more discontented as a result of the decrease in prices. Own ers of the other elevators at once called on General Manager Farrington and threatened to have the certificates of the Great Northern elevators ruled off the Duluth board if the schedule was put into effect. Mr. Farrington dared them to do it, saying they would take their business elsewhere if they adopted such a foolish policy. The elevator men are in consternation, as they think J. J. Hill's new policy means ruin for their interests, which involve millions. Mr. Hill, according to Mr. Farrington, looks upon a terminal elevator aa he does a freight shed, and wants to make no charges at all for handling and storing wheat. He would have abolished charges altogether but for the ruin it would have brought to elevator interests. The elevator men are thoroughly alarmed. It is claimed Duluth and Minneapolis mills will be injured by the change. THE DREAD TYPHOON. It Is Expected to Reduce Naval Opera tion to a Minimum. Washington, August 12. In speak ing of the probabilities of the pending war between Japan and China an of ficial of the Japanese legation recalled the fact that the season of the monsoon and the typhoon is now rapidly ap proaching. The presence of the former is not regarded as a menace to sea ma neuvering, but fear is felt of the latter. The typhoon is a revolving wind storm, whose effects are disastrous. It is be lieved by the officials of the legation that the naval movements during the typhoon season at least will be some what circumscribed. The Chinese will not venture areat distance from their coast, but will keep close to port. Japan, it is thought here, win wage an aggres sive war against China, and some of her objective points, in all probability, will be the Chinese ports. Already news has reached here of high gales off the Chinese coast that have compelled all craft but the staunchest steamers to seek shelter in port. Naval officers say that when the dreaded typhoon sets in there is nothing to do but to ran irom u. When vessels are not sunk by the ty phoon they are frequently driven far out of their course ; so it will be seen that naval operations between Japan ana China are likely to be conducted at great risk. For this reason the operations of the fleets will probably be restricted to a minimum. NKW PACIFIC BOOTH. Hawaii is to be Abandoned by Canada aa a Port of Landing. Ottawa, August 11. It appears from an official statement issued by the Do minion government that it has been de cided to abandon Hawaii as a port for the landing of the Canadian-Australian Pacific cable. Tenders are invited for seven different routes and upon three different plans. Plan No. 1 invites tend ers for the construction of a cable to be the property of the government, but to be guaranteed by the construction com pany ; plan No. 2, for a cable to be run by the company undertaking the work on the basis of a subsidy, the tender to stipulate the amount of the subsidy re quired and the number of years for which it will be operated ; the third plan calls for a tender for the construction and operation of a cable for a stipulated guarantee of earnings to be made by the company tendering. The parties tend ering are asked in each case to tender for seven different routes, under the three separate plans mentioned, the gov ernment to regulate the amount of tolls to be charged by an order in the coun cil. DYNAMITE AND THE DAGGER. Santo Says He Was Tired of Looking on an Infamous World. Paris, August 11. The mother of Caesario Santo, the assassin of Presi dent Carnot, haa written to Mme. Car not asking her to intercede with Presi dent Casimir-Perier for the life of her son. The mother received this letter from Caesario: " Dear Mother I write you a few lines in order to inform you I have been con demned to death. What must you think of me? You cannot think I am an as sassin and malefactor. You know my good heart, and my tenderness was al ways shown to you. Well, my heart is the same to-day. If I have committed this act, it was simply because I was tired looking on such an infamous world. I thank the priest for coming to me, but I do not care to confess. I salute you, my brothers, sisters and others, with a thousand kisses." Creedon and Fltialmmona. St. Louis, August 12. Dan Creedon, the Australian middle-weight now play ing at one of the theaters here, received a telegram from New York this evening, asking him if he would meet Bob Fitz Bimmonsat the Seaside Athletic Club in a six-round go for $1,000. His reply was that he would meet Fitzsimmons for any purse and a side bet of $1,000 to a finish, at 168 pounds, and that no other proposi tion would be entertained. r j ,. Switchmen Again Org-anlalug, Kansas City, August 13. At a mass meeting to-night 400 local switchmen helped to organize the Switchmen's Union of Kansas City, which is a starter in the direction of a new national switch men's organization to take the place of that recently disbanded. An address was issued to the switchmen of this coun try and Canada, asking them to send delegates to a national convention to be held here early in the fall for the pur pose of perfecting the new organization. H. J. McGnire of the Knights of Labor was refused permission to speak at the meeting, wluch adopted resotntiona against affll ation with the Knights, .1