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Bit BUCHANAN BEAD The Wife Murderer Success fully Electrocuted. STRUGGLE Willi FIRE ARGUS, A Heavy Loss of Property in ' San Francisco. THE THK VICTIM'S SOLEMN SILENCE Ni It u ma and No Unpleasant Feature 4 niiu n.vry nysiciau i'resem Declared It Was a Success. Sing Sing, July 8. With two eloo trio currents, consuming not ovor a niinutu, Dr. Buchauan was put to (loath in Hing Sing prison today, just before ihioii. Like all tho others who lmvo priHiodcd him, ho wont to duath calmly, and did not say a word iu the duath chamber. Tho only appearance of flight or weakness wan tho fact that ho oloHod hid eyes whoti he ontorod, and did not open thorn again. Two contacts wore made, hut physicians ami electricians claim that the second contact wum merely precautionary, and that the victim diod instantly. There wore 110 buniH and no uuplouHant fea tures, and evory physician proHcut de clared it a success. The body was claimed by friends and the ease will go into history uh a case celebre. This morning Mrs Buchanan, wife of tho condemned murderer, uiudu an unsuccessful effort to induce Governor Morton to commute her huHbniidH' sou tonce to life imprisonment. At 6 o'clock thin morning the woman Hank on her knees and pleaded for her hus band'8 life. Grief almost prevented her from speaking. Govoruor Morton was overcome. Tears stood iu hit) eyes as ho lifted her to her feet, and told her he could not grant her request. The following dispatch, addressed to Warden Sago, and signed by Lawyers Arthur O. UuttH and George W. Gib bons, was received at the prison from Now York: "Tho opinion of tho attorney-general is misleading, and misstates the facts as to the appeal. The Buchanan case is in tho supreme court of the United Btatos, and by tho United States laws your authority is stayed. You must choose botwoon your supposed duty to the slate and obedience to the supreme laws of your country. " Mrs. tiuchaiiau arrived on the train reaching here at 10:80 this morning, anil was taken to the rosidenoe of the pastor of the Presbyterian church. Wardou Sago sent hor word that she could not see the the prisoner, for when she arrived the prison officials were al ready preparing him for the electric chair. At 11:14 the witnesses wore called to tho execution chamber. Electrician Davis was at the switchboard. In a closed box was a oonvict, who, upon a signal, was to turn the switch. When the party was Boated the electrician put a bank of incandescent lights on the ohuir and sent a curreut through them. There were 1740 volts in the bank. When the current was switched off tho warden and two guards ap peared at the door with Dr. Buchanan, lie walked in and without a word took his seat. In about thirty seconds he was strapped and in forty seconds pro nounced dead. The voltavge of 1740 was kept on thirty seconds more. No Appeal to Washington. Washington July 3. Up tJ the hour of Dr. Bucauau's death no appoal had been filed iu the United States supreme court. The oourt officials are of the opinion that the electrocution settles all legal complications and there oan be no further action in the form of col lecting damages from the state of New York as has been suggested. VALUABLE PROPERTY AT STAKE Tho Alleged Kstate of a Pioneer Set tler of the Mississippi Valley , St. Louis, July 8. Attorney Harri son K, Bunco has prepared papers and will shortly oommenoe suit to recover title to proporty valued at $1,000,000, including two-thirds of the ground now occupied by Shaw's gardens and ex tending through Tower Grover Park, aud twelve sections comprising nearly half of Franklin county. The prospective litigants are heirs of Louis Denoy, one of the pioneer set tlers iu Mississippi valley. They claim a clear title to the property through Spanish and French grants. In addi tion to this they claim to have leases to several blocks from Broadway to the river and from Kansas to Krauss streets. On this property mills, fac tories and residences have been built, until ti now comprises one of the best parts of South St. Louis. Louis De noy leased the land from the grantee in 1820, for ninety-nine years, at a monthly rental of $1, which was paid up to 1850. The heirs claim to have a clear title and are arranging to prove their title and pay up the rental and take poses sion. SutHcient Money for the Canal, San Antonio, Tex., July 3. A. Bosuhme, general manager of the Texas Coast Canal Company, announces that his oompany has secured sufficient funds to inaugurate the great enter prise of clearing a line for inland water trafflo on the Texas coast by means of drodgiug whore necessary the natural isle-bound ohannel extending from Sa bine Puss to the mouth of the Rio Grande river. The total territory tributary to the proposed coast canal is about 7,800 square miles. The Bridge Seized for Taxes. Council Bluffs, July 8. The bridge spanning the Missouri river between this oity and Omaha, the property of , the Omaha Bridge & Terminal Com pany, has been seized by the sheriff for $3,000 taxes. The company refuses payment on the ground of excessive valuation. . International Penitentiary Congress. Paris, July 8. The international penitentiary congress was opened to- t. day at the Sorbonne by the minis$erof interior with a brilliant ceremony, President Faure, M. Ribot, minister of finance, and other ministers and dip lomats, and 700 delegates were pres ent, representing twenty-five oountries, including America and England, the ' latter being represented for the first time at such a congress All questions relating to prisons will be disoussed. VOL. 2. THOSE INTERNATIONAL GAMES Yale Accepts the Challenge of the En glishmen Conditionally. New York, July 8. Yale today mailed a reply to the joint challenge of Oxford and Cambridge for a contest in track athletics in this country. The representatives of Oxford and Cain bridge are thus enabled to consider its terms prior to the contest between the athletes of those universities next Weduosday. The full text of the let ter is: "We regret very much that Harvard, for reasons which are satisfactory to it, seems unwilling to join ns in accept ing the joint challenge of Oxford and Cambridge to Harvard and Yale for a match in track athletics in the United Status in the autumn. The action of Yale in response to your challenge is as follows: "We accept the challenge npon the ooudition that the three-mile (a race that is unknown at our university) be dropped from the list of events, as pro posed iu your letter; that the English team and the Yale team bo composed of men who shall prove eligible to oom pete in the Oxford-Camrbidge match of this year. We suggest Saturday, October 5, for the date of the match, and New York as the place. "If because of Harvard's unwilling ness to join Yalo in such a match as the one proposed by your universities, Oxford aud Cambridge deem it unwise to jointly meet Yale, unassisted by Harvard, Yale hereby challenges the winner of this year's Oxford-Cambridge match to contest for suprem acy." THE BUFORD MONUMENT. It In Formally Dedicated on the Gettys burg Battlefield. Gettysburg, July 23. The formal dedication of the Buford nionoument took plaoo today in the presence of a large gathering of civic and military organizations. The war department, the state of Pennsylvania, the West Point class of 1848, of which Buford was a member, the staff of General Reynolds, who was killed at Buford' s side, and the various commands with which Buford was identified were pres ent. The ceremonies opened with an oration by General J. H. Wilson, in which the speaker gave General Buford credit of having exercised his judgment in opening the battle, which the speaker said, was promptly confirmed by General Hancock, who was sent here by General Meade, commander of the Army of the Potomac, to decide whether or not the battle should con tinue here. After General Wilson's oration, the spiking of guns by Major Calef, who commanded the battery, occurred. The statue was then deco rated with laurel wreaths, amid the firing of minute guns by Battery C, Third United States artillery, which with the mounted regimental band and two troops of the Sixth United States cavalry, has been detailed by the sec retary of war to be present. A review then took place. Heavy Damages Asked. Taooma, Wash., July 8. Mrs. Peter Cramer filed a suit today in the federal oourt against the Northern Pacific rail way for $20,000 damages on account of the death of her husband September 29, 1894. Cramer was a fireman on a switch engine at Kalama. The morn ing of September 29 he was in his en gine, on the trsanfer boat Tacoma, when another engine started back with half of the passenger train. By some means, and, the complaint charges, through the neglect of the company to provide adequate safeguards, tho part of the .train backing down to the ferry broke from the control of the engineer, rushed upon the ferry with great veloc ity and hurled the engine on which Cramer was at work over the end of the ferry into the Columbia river, re sulting in his death. The Aluminum Process, Pittsburg, July 3. The Carnegie Steel Company, limited, filed an an swer in the United States distriot oourt today to the bill of complaint filed by the United States Mathis Company, which is a suit to restrain the Carnegie oompany from using the aluminum process in the manufacture of iron and steel. The answer is a denial that the company is using the process desoribed; that the latter's patent on the improve ment is invalid, and, if valid, the pro cess is without value. The answer claims that the Carnegie company is not now, and never has been, engaged in the manuaeture of castings of iron and steel by the, process in the manner desoribed in the bill of oomplaint. Behrlng Sea Seizures Mo Surprise. Washington, July 8. No surprise was manifested at the state department over the reported seizure by the Rush of the Salva, a Canadian sealer. The fact that there is a sealing fleet in the prohibited waters and that the officers of the revenue cutters have been in structed to prevent illegal sealing in dicates, the officials say, that a great many seizures are likely to ooour before the season is over. Zella Will Give Ruhmann Half. . New York, July 8. An agreement was made in Jersey City today be tween Albert Ruhmann and his wife, Zella Nicolaus, by which ajshare of the proceeds of Mrs. Ruhmann's $40,000 suit against George Gould is guaran teed to Ruhmann if the case is suo ceessful. Ex-Judge William T. Hoff man has been engaged' as associate counsel in the case against Gould. - Porkpaokers Fall. Cincinnati, July 8. Sigmud Freit sohe & Co., pork-packers, assigned to day to Moss Ruskin, who estimates their assets at $110,000, and liabilities at $58,000. Mr. Freitsohe says the as assignment is only a suspension, caused by the high price of hogs and the low price of lard. ' IIILLSBORO, SHOWING FOR A YEAR The End of the Fiscal Year ol the Government. DEFICIT FOKTY-THEEE MILLIONS This, Added to Last Year's Excess of Expenditures, Makes Over a Hun dred and Thirteen Million. Washington, July 2. The treasury deficit for the fiscal year just closed will be found by the debt statement to be approximately $48,250,000. This, added to last year's deficit of nearly $70,000,000, makes the excess of ex penditures over receipts since June 80, 1893, about $118,250,000. The total receipts of the government this fiscal year, exclusive of postal revenues, amount to nearly $313,000,000 and the expenditures $350,250,000, of which pensions took $141,891,523. Last year the aggregate receipts, exclusive of postal revenues, were $297,722,091 and the expenditures $307,525,279. The receipts this year therefore were $15,278,000 larger than last, and the expenditures about $11,275,000 less. The postal service deficit is about $11, 000,000, which is considerably in ex cess of that of any recent year. The internal revenue department of the government has contributed this year to the receipts nearly $143,000,- 000, as against a little more than $147,000,000 last year. The customs this year make a better showing than last by about $21,000,000. Last year the receipts from this source amounted to nearly $132,000,000. Of this amount sugar contributed about $17,350,000, the imports for the nine and a half months, during which the 40 per cent ad valorem duty has been collected, amounted to about 43,350,000 pounds, of which 42,300,000 pounds were cane sugar and the remainder beet. During the fiscal year the number of national banks in existence has de creased from 3,775 to 3,722. Forty one national banks have been organiz ed during the year; sixty have gone into voluntary liquidation and thirty- six have been placed in the hands of receivers. The national bank circula tion has increased $4,887,791 from $207,353,244 July 1, 1894, to $211,- 091,085 July 1, 1895. From July 18, 1894, to May 7, 1895, the nearest dates to the year obtainable, the loans and discounts of national banks have increased from $1,933,389,352 to $1,976,304,445, or about $43,000,000. During the same time individual de posits have increased from $1,677,801, 200 to $1,690,961,299, or about $13, 000,000. The lawful money reserve held by banks show a heavy increase from $344,105,757 to $438,931,970, or nearly $75,000,000. RUSSIA AND JAPAN. Eighty Thousand Men Are Now Massed at Vladivostok. Tacoma, July 2. The Norwegian steamship Osoar II which arrived early this morning, eighteen days from Vladivostock, Siberia, brings news that the indications are good for another Oriental war. Captain R. Anderson of the steamer says: "Unknown to the outside world Rus sia has massed 80,000 men at Vladivo stock and it is believed in Siberia that preparations are being made for an ad vance on Japan. Russia has been se cretly but actively at work and in the event of trouble with Japan is prepar ed to hurl a formidable navy and land fcroe into the coveted territory which Japan has wrested from China These ships and troops have been massed at Vladivostook where the scene is decid edly warlike. The entrance to the har bor at Vladivostook is planted full of torpedoes and no vessels are allowed to pass without Russian naval officers on board as well as experienced Russian pilots who know where the torpedoes are placed. My vessel was escorted in this manner, both going in and com ing out of the harbor. Inside the har bor the entire Pacific fleet of. Russian warships is massed ready to steam down the coast at a moment's notice. In short 80,000 troops have been con centrated and the inference is clear that Russia is prepared for trouble in case the Japanese give occasion. "The massing of these ships and troops at Vladivostock has been done secretly by Russia, unusual precautions having been iaken to prevent the spread of any intelligence regarding the naval force Bhe has quartered there. What Russia's designs are, oannot, of oourse, be told, and are purely conjec tural, but it is dear that if she builds a railway to the north from Vladivostook to the Yellow Sea, her intention is to obtain an Eastern port and hold it at all hazards. "The whole country looks like war, and the situation is considerably strained, but the peace element is hop ing that the tension may be relieved and matters settled without a resort to arms." It was intimated to Captain Andes, son before he left that tm government would be pleased if he dn not take the pains to spread his knowledge of the operations at Vladivostook, but he did not hesitate much this evening when asked to tell what he knew, as he thinks the world is entitled to know the facts. The Oscar II carried to Vladivostock a cargo of cement, used in constructing the trans-Siberian railroad. Captain Anderson says the construction of the road is being rapidly pushed, the czar having given orders to finish it as quiokly as possible. As soon as this line is finished, the Russian govern ment intends extending it from Vladi vostook southward, through Manchuria and Corea, to an open port on the yel ow sea.JJ OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 4,-l95. JAPAN AND RUSSIA. The Japanese Consul-General In New York Does Not Look for War. New York, July 1. "I really don't think war between Japan and Russia is imminent," said Mr. Hashiguch, the Japanese consul-general at New York, in an interview. He added: "However, Japan will not be bul lied. If Russia attempts to interfere with affairs in Uorea, Japan will insist upon her rights. We are just begin ning to recover from an exhausting war, and are in no hurry .to get into another quarrel; but I wish to say em phatically that Japan is not afraid of Russia. I will go so far as to assure you that there are Japanese, and they are not carried away by enthusiasm, who would not be astonished to see a Japanese army in St. Petersburg within the next two years. "Mr. Waeber, Russian minister to Corea, is a very clever man. He is oevr 50 years old, and has been minis ter at Seoul for more than ten years. He was once Russian consul at Yoko hama. He is a skilled and experienced diplomat, and I have no doubt he has been greatly influenced in bringing about the present situation. "You see there is no limit to Rus sia's aggressve and grasping spirit. If Russia could do us out of the fruits of our victory over China by intrigue and threats, there is no doubt she would be glad to do so; but Japan is ' not easily scared. We know something about war, and we realize that from a strat egic standpoint Russia would find it difficult to make much headway against us." THE CABINET COMPLETE. Make-Up of the Ministry Organized by Premier Salisbury. London, July 1. The Marquis of Salisbury has completed the work of forming his new cabinet. The new ministry is: Premier and secretary of state for foreign affairs, Marquis of Salisbury; president of oouncil, Duke of Devon shire; lord high chancellor, Baron Halsbury; lord of the privy seal, Vis count Cross; chancellor of the ex chequer, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach; sec retary of state for home affairs, Sir Matthew White Ridley; first lord of the treasury, A. J. Balfour; secretary of state for the oolonies, Marquis of Landsdowne; first lord of the admir alty, George J. Goschen; secretary of state for India, Lord George Hamilton; president of the board of trade, C. T. Ritchie; president of the local govern ment board, Henry Chaplin; lord lieu tenant for Ireland, Baron Ashbourne; secretary for Scotlnad, Baron Balfour, of Burleigh; chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, Sir Henry James. The other appointments are as fol lows: Financial secretary of the treasury, Robert William Hanbury; under secre tary for foreign affairs, George N. Curzon. ' A Cut by the Governor. Olympia, Wash., July 1. Governor McGraw today issued an order dis banding eight companies of infantry and two cavalry troops, upon recom mendation of the new .bsigadier-gen- eraL The companies disbanded are: Company H, First infantry, Van couver; company I, First infantry, Port TownRend; company B, Second infantry, Goldendale; oompany C, Seo ond infantry, Centerville; company G, Second infantry, Spokane; company I, Second infnatry, Clyde; oompany K, Second infantry, Tekoa; first unat tached company, Waterville; troop C, First cavalry, North Yakima; troop D, First cavalry, Spokane. The commanders of the companies disbanded have been instructed to col lect and preserve all state property for which they are responsible, until the possession thereof is demanded by the adjutant-general. The brigadier-general also suggests the formation of a new infantry oompany at Spokane. Da Gaina's Suicide. Buenos Ayres, July 1. From one of the rebels who escaped capture by gov ernment troops after the insurgent de feat near Santa Ana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, details of the last battle in which Admiral Da Gama took part, and of his suicide have been secured. The admiral, at the head of a force of 400 sailors, was engaged by a brigade of government soldiers numbering 1,200. The battle lasted five hours, and at least 800 men were killed or wounded. Some of the insurgents ad vised Da Gama to retreat, but he re fused and they abandoned them. With a handful of men the admiral repulsed five attaoks of the government oavalry, but the struggle was hopeless, and see ing that all was lost, Da Gama ordered a retreat and cut his own throat Da Gama's body was taken to Santa Ana by the government troops and there horribly mutilated. The throats of many of the captured rebels were out by the victorious soldiers. Will Return as British Subjects. San Franoisoo, July 2 Volney F. Ashford and Fred Alundenburg, who were exiled from Hawaii for alleged implication in the recent rebellion, have annouoned that they will return to Honolulu. They will not go as fill' busters, as has been reported, but under the protection of the British flag. They claim to be British subjeots, and they now say they have received assuranoe from Great Britain that they will be supported in their claim of a right of residenoe in Hawaii. A Million-Dollar Mtate at Stake. Parkersburg, W. Va., June 28 E. E. MoMahon, who claims to be the only heir to the estate of Lord Alfred MoDonald Grenville, is in the oity tak ing depositions to establish his claim. MoMahon claims to be the son of Mrs. Mary Bensley, deceased, formerly of California. If he oan prove this, an estate worth more than $1,000,000 awaits him. THE DANGER II SUGAR Some Interesting Facts Not Known at Home. UNCLEAN AND GERM -LADENED Chinese Wares Being Largely Con sumed In Oregon and Washington That Are Unfit for Ise. Portland, Or., June 26. The steam ship Tacoma arrived at Victoria rei. cently from Hong Kong, China, with me latest oriental advices, and reports the plague in that unfortunate oonntrv again raging violently. It is said by natives irom Amoy that this awful pestilence has suddenly broke ont in the Tungan district, China, with ter- riDie violence, 40 per cent of the in habitants actually dvinar of the and few escaping the sickness. Those wno are a Die ro leave are doing so only to carry the plague elsewhere. Referring to the report a well-known business man stated to the press repre sentative tonitrht that the Tnmrnn Hia. trict is one of the sources of supply for raw sugar lor the Hong Kong sugar re fineries and as laree nnnnHtiea nf thara sugars were shipped to the Dominion oi uanaoa ana tne United States that the people hardly appreciate the fright ful results that might follow the in troduction ol the plague into America through the use of unclean merchan dise. . In view of all this a recent article published in a leading nnaat. nana which dealt exhaustively with the sub ject is of general interest and is pro duced below. After some mnnral ro. marks on household economy this siaieu: FIG. 1. The principal sources of sncar snnr.lv are the refineries situated in the differ ent parts of the United States; but a very large portion of the stock that is manufactured by these refineries is im ported Irom Germany, the Sandwich islands and the West Indies. Another point of importance for refined sugars is China, but the sugars from that country are only used in any quantity on the Pacifio coast Not less than $1,500,000 was sent to China for sugar consumed on the Pacifio coast dnrino the year 1894, and the business threat ens co increase. NOW there are two very imnnrtant factors to the development of this w estern country, The nrst is to pro duoe these articles that are in demand and which- can take the place of im ported products for which our money has to be sent awav. Thfi aannnd in tr. enoourage the population in onr im- meaiate section to consume those ar ticles that are produced as far as nossi- ble on the coast There are several suc-ar factm-ina in Caliornia, doing a large business. In 1894 they spent for labor alone $500, 000. While there is room for other fac tories, there is nlentv of supply the demand; and the importing oi umna sugars Has been carried on simply because there is a tendency on the part of our people, consumers and merchants, to buy the cheapest article that is offered, irrespective of quality. We do not think the consumer is alto gether to blame for this. The retail grocer takes that susar which will afford him the greatest profit Unless the oonsumers are watchful, they can not be sure that thev are not eatinir an. gars that are manufactured by the oneap coone laoorer or the Orient, Where hand labor, thornr h nasty, ia an ' o 1 cheap that there is no inducement to use macninery. custom house figures absolutely show that, there wer im. ported into the Portland and Port xownsend (uregon and Washington) distircts in 1894, 11,000,000 pounds of FIG. 2. refined sugars from Hong Kong, and all of this sugar was handled in a sur reptitious way by our retail grocers (for our wholesalers will not buy it, the retailer getting his supplies direct from the importer's brokers), and sold as Amerioan sugars. Ask any grocer if he handles China sugars, and he will answer "No." What has beoome of the 11,000,000 pounds imported? It probably goes without saying that the Eastern, or Oriental countries, are the hotbeds for the development of all kinds of horrible, loathsome human diseases, the cholera, small-pox, lep rosy, etc. In one instance, in 1892, the steamer Palmas, which brought 2,000 to 8,000 bags of China sugar to Victoria, had smallpox on board, and there were later oases of the same dis ease among the stevedores who helped to discharge the vessel. In 1894, the great sugar refineries of Hong Kong were compelled to oease operations for laokof labor due to the plague, and NO. 15. now we are told that the black plague has broken out this spring. ' In view of the introduction of quan tities of Chinese sugars, it may be as well that the public is informed on the very highest possible authority, of the danger that may7 be attendant upon their use. Professor Cameron, public analysist, Dublin, a gentleman who has made it his special busine.s to ex amine all kinds of foreign sugars, re fined and others, says that certain kinds of them should never be used. He states that they contain great numbers of disgusting insects, which produce disgusting disease. Their shape is accurately shown in the ac companying cut, which is magnified 200 diameters. Figure 1 is the under side and figure 2 the upper. The pro fessor's description is as follows: "The insect (the acarus sacchari) is a formidably organized, exceedingly lively and decidedly ugly animal." Probably enough has been said here to awaken some interest in this subject and it is hoped readers of this article will stipulate when they order sugar that it is produced on the Pacific coast, and show that they want sugars made by home refineries, which employ white labor only. Statistics show that this country has sent abroad in a single year $116,000, 000 for sugar alone, or a per capita consumption of 67 pounds. . Of this immense consumption 1,700,635 tons were foreign sugars, and yet it has been asserted by one of the most prominent men connected with this business that California alone, if the interest were properly developed, would produce enough raw beet sugar to supply the demand of the entire United States. What a boon it would be to Oregon if we could locate in the central portion of our territory a refinery for making beet-sugar. FISHERY RESERVATION. Some Indians Refuse to Aecept Their Fro Bata of Proceeds of Its Sale. Wenatchee, Wash., June 29. Mon day evening Indian Agent Irwin ar rived in Wenatchee for the purpose of securing the names of all Wenatchee Indians willing to accept their pro rata of proceeds resulting from the sales of the Wenatchee fishery reservation. Tuesday almost every Indian in this vioinity was in town, but not more than half of them were willing to ac cept their portion of the money. Chief Felx and his band, consisting of about thirty Indians, willingly handed in their names, but the remainder, under old Chief Halmilk, would not yield unless their chief would accept This he would not do. Chief Halmilk wants another reservation set aside for their benefit, or the whole sum result ing from the sale, $20,000. The reser vation which they request, in lieu of the Wenatchee fishery, commences at the old mission and extends six miles down the Wenatchee river. It is now occupied by white settlers, who have good improved farms. Consequently Halmilk's request is next to impossible for the government to grant Last spring Chief Halmilk, after de ciding that he wanted a reservation set aside from the old mission down the river, went so far as to order the set tlers, now occupying the land, to move off, claiming that the land belonged to him and his Indians. He carried the matter to such a point that the settlers became alarmed and appealed to the department at Washington. Halmilk stopped futher efforts to secure the lands, however, and the settlers were promised protection by the government in case of trouble. Would Not Discuss Publicly. Washington, June 29. Monsignore Satolli returned today after an absence of some time at school commencements. Inquiry was made of him as to the status of the difficulty between Bishop Bonacum, of Nebraska, and Fathers Murphy and Fitzgerald, who had threatened to appeal to Washington unless the bishop withdrew certain ac cusations he had made in dismissing them. In response to the inquiry, Monsignore Satolli sent word that the case was not one which he would dis cuss publicly, further than to say that the diocese was in a very bad condition and the priests were in an unfortunate position. He would not state what ap peal had been made or what action would be taken. The Evidence Considered Insufficient. Washington, June 29. There will be no more attempts on the part of the government to prosecute the 130 mem bers of the A. R. U. in California, charged with participating in the strike of last July. The attorney-general advised the United States distriot attorney at San Francisco to use his own discretion in the matter, and he replied that he would dismiss the cases now pending. The reason for this action is that ev idence against the men is insufficient The oost of the prosecution already tried was $20,000, and no convictions were secured. As there is no additional evi dence to be used it is considered impos sible to conviot them. Hetty Green Compromised. New York. June 28. Hetty Ornnn has secured another bargain. Miss Irene Hoyt, who sued Hetty for slan der, thought her case was worth Sinn. 000. Hetty evidently thoncrht. an hv for she has settled the matter out of oourt at a muoh smaller figure. Miss Hoyt, in her oomplaint, charged that before Referee Henry H. Anderson, Mrs. Green made use of the following language: "Did you ever see snnh a set of buzzards? Oh, it is sad to think of poor Irene Hoyt. Joe Choate and tne otner Duzzards got hold of her and she's in an asylum now. Barting was the star witness for Choate in that case." BUSINESS PORTION ENDANGERED Water Pressure Mot Sufficient for the Drain Upon It, and the Klre Haa to Burn Itself Out. San Francisco, June 29. Something like $2,000,000 worth of property was destroyed by fire in the lower part of the city tonight Almost three entire blocks, covered with dwellings, lumber yards and expensive manufacturing plants, went up In smoke despite the efforts of the firemen to subdue the flames. A little while before 6 o'clock the fire started in the rear of Carriok, Williams & Wright's box factory, on Fifth street, between Bryant and Bux ome, Fourth and Fifth streets, were re duced to piles of glowing embers. Then, to complete the ruin, the fire jumped Fourth street, fanned by a stiff breeze, and licked up the western half of two blocks divided by Brannan, be tween Third and Fourth. Fortunately the breeze which prevailed during the hottest part of the conflagration died away or more of the town would have been burned. The water pressure was not sufficient for the drain made upon it by the full complement of engines, and in some places the fire was left to burn itself out Everything possible was done by the department, but the blaze was too fierce for the fighters. It was the worst fire in years and one of the most stubborn that the fire men had tried to handle in years. They fought the encroaching tongues"of "fire in one place only to see them shoot up in another. The dry, wooden build ings were like so muh kindling wood, and tall, three-story frames were snap ped up in an instant But one brick structure stood in the path of the devastating element, and that was St. Rose's church, on Bran nan, near Fourth. The church was only partly completed, but was de stroyed, with rectory and school house. Several hotels, lodging-houses and a hundred or so humble homes were swept out of existence during the hours the fire raged. Probably 500 poor families have been made homeless, besides losing all their possessions. Another hnndred or more of small manufacturing establish ments, such as box and furniture fac tories, machine shops, etc. , have been destroyed. Three big wineries, con taining millions of gallons of wine, wool ware houses, freight houses and railroad yards, docks, lumber and coal yards, had narrow escapes. Only one fatality has been reported. Miss Gil roy was covered with burning oil and perished. During the first few hours of the fire there was not much excitement in the oity, but when it grew dark and the sky became a mass of flame, the people from all parts of the city rushed to the scene. The police could do nothing with the mob that swept through the fire lines, and die only impression made on the crowd was when a fire engine would come tearing along the street The mass of humanity would part, fighting and struggling to get out of the way. . Among the residents of the fire dis trict there was a panic Hundreds of families tried to save their property, and in many instances had to be driven away from their homes by the firemen. Last of Da Gama. Buenos Ayres, June 28. Insurgents under the command of Admiral da Ga ma, in the province of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, have been defeated by the government troops at Campos. Ad miral Osario was wounded and cap tured, and subsequently died. Ad miral da Gama, finding himself over powered, committed suicide. General Tayores assumed command of the reb els. Saldanga da Gama was born in Rio de Janiero and was descended from a noble Portuguese family, the most illustrious of whose members was the celebrated Vasoo da Gama. He was prominent in the revolution last year, sharing the supreme command with Admiral de Mello,. To Connect Cleveland and Toledo. Cleveland, O., June 28. It is stated that a projeot is on foot, with the Hon. Tom Johnson as its chief promoter, to connect Cleevland and Toledo by an electric railway. A number of short electric roads are already in operation, or under course of oonstruciton, be-, tween the two cities. These lines are controlled by Mr. Johnson, and it will only be necessary, it is said, to build from Fremont, O. , to Toledo to com plete a through line. A Defaulter and Still In Office. Omaha, June 28. Though City Treasurer Bollin is a self -confessed de faulter of over $25,000, and has tender ed his resignation, he is still in office. The mayor and oity oounoil are at log gerheads over the appointment of Bol- lin's successor, and the council, to prevent the mayor from appointing his candidates, refuses - to declare the of fice vacant Bollin may continue in offloe. A German Coaling Station. Caracas, Venezuela, June 27. It is rumored that the German claims are to be settled by the cession of one of the islands to Germany for a ooaline sta tion. Semi-official advices here any that Sir Vinoent Barrington has strong ly urged on England the importance of the amicable settlement of the questions pending with Venezuela. The rive Clvlllllied Tribes. Enfala, L T., June 88 The inter national oounoil of the five civilized tribes met here today, with W. A. Dunoan, of the Cherokee nation, in the ohair. The oouncil took up the propo sition of the Dawes commission. Chief Harris, of the Cherokee nation, Gover nor Brown, of the Seminoles, and other ohiefs spoke against any change whatever in the tribal relations or land tenure of the tribes, and against any change as proposed by the Dawes commission,