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CONDON, OILLIAM CO., OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1897. NO. 46.
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Camprahaaelea Review af tha Import
; Bat Bappaalage af tha Paat Weak
i Called aTraaa tha Telearaph Colaiana.
Agfttit W, R. Kaamll, of tha Pacific
CoHRt Klovator Company, of Moacow,
Idaho, hai purchaaed over 20,000 bunli
ell of what at 70 conti. The lait large
purchase , waa 8,000 bnhI. Rome
wheat in that auction 1 being held at
high aa 75 oenta.
.Another attempt ha been made to
get the etramled Glenmorag off from
the Mtnrii of North beach . Thii trial
proved nnaticceftafal like the previou
attempti and it ii now thought the
Olenmorag will be abandoned to the
merclt'i of the wave.
Very Kev. Thou. J. Conaty, D. D.,
hai been inatalled aa rector of the
Cutholio nnivereity of America in
Waehington, D. C. It wai a notable
event in the hintory of the inatitntion,
and drew together a diatinguiihed aa
emblage of churohmen and educator!.
While hunting near Elk Point, 8.
D.jW, J. Murphy, aged 17, became
epparated from hii companion! and waa
froacn to death. When flrit mimed he
waa luppoeed to have returned home,
and not until gome time later did
aearohing partiea it art after him. Hia
body waa found. .
Jamei Stephen!, who in Raid, to have
tarted aeveral Incendiary Area in Walla
Walla during the lummer of 1800, hat
been convicted of araon in the guperior
court for letting fire to the Hamilton
Kourke warehouae, January 0, 1806.
The defenae had very little evidence to
offer, and the Jury, after being out one
hour, returned a verdict of guilty.
In digging a well at Quiloene,Wah.,
at the baae of the Olympic range of
mountains, a vein of coal waa di Hoov
ered. It ia thought it ii a good vein,
and it ia located within one mile of the
Port Townaend Southern railway.
Within the pait three yeara over (100,-
000 hag been spent in prospecting for
coal in Uiil county, and thii ia the flrat
coal yet discovered.
An earthquake occurred on tha island
of Kiehma, In the Persian gulf, attend
ed by enormous Ions of life, Knhma ii
near the entrance of the Persian gulf
and is the largeat island in that body
of water, being surrounded by many
imallcr Wands. Its length ia seventy
miles and ita average breadth twelve
miles. The population is estimated at
6,000, chiefly arabi.
Two people were seriously injured
and a score of othora bruised and bat
tered ai the result of a rear-end collision
of two traina in the Oakland yards.
Instead of holding the Berkley local
train as usual, the signalman allowed it
to proceed on the main track, just aa
the innset limited wag approaching.
Before the latter train could be stopped
it crashed into the rear car of the lo
cal, completely demolishing it.
The senate committee on fisheries
have listened to an argument by Pro
feasor Elliott in advocacy ot the bill
providing for a new international agree'
ment for the protection of fur-bearing
seals. Profeasor Elliott exhibited a
largo number of charts, showing the
habits of seals. He contended that
from an economio and humane point of
view, it would be far better for the
United States to kill all the remaining
wttls outriirht than to permit the
slaughter to continue under present
regulations. - ' , .
The First National bank, of New
port, Ky., hita closed ita doors. Heavy
investment! in real estate ii said to be
the cause.
An important pooliug arrangement
has been brought about between the
Alaska Packers' Association and thi
Alaaka Improvement Company that
will materially , affect the salmon in
dustry in Northern waters and the
price of canned salmon in the country
next season. It ia said that the entire
produot of the coming season will be
pooled and marketed at uniform rates.
Louis Contencin, chevalier of the
crown if Italy, former president of the
Italian chamber of commerce in New
i York, and formrely Italy! consul-gen
i erul to the two Sicilies, died at hia
home in New York. He had been one
of the moat prominent Italian! in thii
country and was a man of marked abil
ity, to which Italy- frequently paid
honorable tribute.-.
A Washington special says the ad
ministration is determined that Peru
shall pay the claim for $300,000 grow
ing out of the outrage committed in
1885 upon V. II. MoCord, a consul of
the United States. ; A cable dispatch
has jnst been sent to Mr. McKenaie.
the United States minister stationed at
Lima, directing him to inform the
Peruvian government that the case
must be settled without delay. A com'
munication received from the minister
a few days ago stated that Peru desired
to investigate the case. Secretary
Olney at onoe advised Mr. MoKencie
that Peru had had more than ten yean
to investigate, and tha time wai quite
jumoiint.
TURPIE HAS RUN DO UN.
Sad af Bis Thrae Day' Ipeeoh Agalaet
tha Caaal Bill.
Washington, Jan. S3. The senate
wai on the verge of a deadlock today,
and for a time there were prospect! of
a protracted test of endurance, extend
ing the aeision late into the night
Morgan, in charge of the Nicaragua
canal bill, wai determined to secure a
time for a final vote. Thii wai resist
ed, however, by Turpie and Vilas.
Thereupon, Morgan announced he
would ask the senate, to "lit out" the
bill, remaining in continuous session
until a vote wai forced. Thii evoked
sharp criticism. Vilas finally made a
dilatory motion, which, on roll-call,
disclosed the absence of a quorum, and
Morgan waa obliged to give up hia plan
lor today, although he expects to exe
cute it, if an agreement for a vote ii
not reached.
Turpie concluded hia ipeech against
the Nicarauga canal bill, the third day
being a continuation of the former bit
ter invective directed against the meas
ure. During the day, Chandler presented
the credential! of John Edward Ad-
dicks, claiming the vacant leat aa sena
tor from Delaware. The claim of
Henry A. Dupont for the lame seat haa
already been presented.
In the course of a discussion over lav
ing electric conduit! in the Washington
treets, Hill spoke against trusts and
monopolies in general, aa a aerioui
menace to the public welfare. '
Washington, Jan. S3. After a two
days' debate, in the course of which
considerable partisan ' passion waa
aroused and an ineffectual attempt
made to filibuster for the purpose of
gaining time, the house today decided
the contested election case of Yost vs.
Tucker, from the tenth Virginia dis
trict, by denying the seat to Mr. Yost
and confirming Mr. Tucker'i title
thereto. The Kepublilcani were badly
divided, fifty-four of them joining with
the Democrat and supporting the
claimi of the Democratic conteitee.
When the supporters of Yost'i conten
tion found they were defeated by a
narrow margin of eight votea (the vote
being 1 19 to 137 against him), they in
augurated a filibuster in the hope of
gaining time, and for two hours there
waa a attoression of roll-calls, but they
were final. 7 overpowered and the reso
lution! confirming Tucker'i title to hia
eat were adopted. Yoit is a member
elect of the next house, and Tucker.
who ii a ion of Randolph Tucker, haa
been a member, of the last four con
gresses. He declined a renomination
because he did not agree with hia party
en the money question.
WANTED HIM TO DIE.
Aa Caaatural Daarhter Allowed
Bar
Father to Kill Blnaealf.
Oakland, Cal., Jan. 25. Knowing
t-hat her aged father had taken poison
with micidal intent, Nellie Curran, 23
yeara old, went to bed, without, calling
a physician, and arose thii morning at
the usual hour to find the old man
dead. Thomas Curran waa 54 yean
old, and has for years been employed
by the railorad ifompany. He lived at
1004 Atiantio street, and lNellie Unr-
ran, tils daughter, kept house for him.
For the pats few months the old gentle
man haa been in poor health, and about
three weeks ago took a large quantity
of laudanum to end his troubles. Phy
sioiana saved hia life on that occasion,
but his desire to end hii life never left
him. Last night Curran came home at
the regular hour. He secured a bottle
of cbloieform during the day, and, after
taking it, bade hia daughter good-bye
and told her his troubles would soon
end. - His lifeless body wai found thii
morning and removed to the morgue.
"Thia ia a peculiar case," said Coro
ner Baldwin. "Thia old man'a daugh
ter told my deputy thii morning, when
he visited the house, that she knew her
father had taken poison, but did not
call a physician because she thought it
too late, and then her father wanted to
die, anyhow.
The young woman will be given a
chance to tell her story to a coroner's
Jury.
STARVATION IN CHICAGO.
Bupplloe for tha Needy, bat Mo Oaa ta
Dlatrlbute Them.
Chicago, Jan, 85. Men, women and
children are starving in Chicago in
light of relief, because the county com
missioners, blind and deaf, do not al
low the county agent enough help to
distribute supplies. The county treas
ury ia rioh in its surplus, and there are
an accumulation of appeal! from hun
gry families. Hundreds of these ap
plications are more than two weeks
old. The heads of the families were
discouraged then, and aa a last resort
appealed to the county for aid. They
have aeen their wives and children
grow weaker and colder, and no aid haa
come, no bread, no coal. These men
are desperate now.
The county agent is helpless to save
these famine-stricken men, women and
babies. He has rejief on hand, but no
way to distribute it, because the com
missioners have tied his hands, and are
deaf to the cries of the hungry.
A warning haa been given that the
deserving poor are becoming dangerous
and that hunger is likely to drive them
to deed! in whioh their cry will be
"bread." Men who gave thii warning
know whereof thiy speak
II Hi THE BITTER END
President Palma, of the Cuban
Junta, Issues aStatement. -
NO THOUGHT OF COMPROMISE
fneargeaU Will Rot Aeeept Aaton-amy-Thay
Are righting for Their
, ladepeDdeaea aad nothing Blea.
New York, Jan. 25. Thomas Es
trada Palma, preiiednt of the Cuban
junta, tonight issued the following
statement:
"So much has lately been said of the
probability of the termination of the
Cuban revolution by the aewptance, on
the part of the Cubans, of autonomy or
reforms, that 1 feel it incumbent upon 1
me, aa the accredited representative of
the Cubans, to make a brief statement
on the subject:
"Reform! were passed by the Spanish
cortes, but the outbreak of thii revolu
tion waa not thereby stayed for one
hour. There wai and ia but one idea
for which the Cubans are fighting. We
had enough of so-called reforms,
enough of promised autonomy. Every
intelligent man would rightly condemn
the leaden and participants in this
movement if anything short of inde
pendence wen the basis of a treaty of
peace with Spain. It is claimed that
General Oomea is willing to treat with
Spain on the basis of autonomy, and
that a letter to that effect has been re
ceived by me. There is no such letter.
Gomel is made of too stern material to
surrender on any auch terms, particu
larly when, in hia latest letters to me,
he writes of his own convictions that
this winter's campaign will lie moct
successful.
"But, even though any one of our
foremost leaden should be inclined to
terminate the war by the acceptance
of autonomy (which is barely within
the bounds of possibility), while he
himself might surrender, he would do
so alone. We Cubans an not worship-
I pen of individualities. We an stead-
tan louowen 01 our meais. ineaeain
of our glorious Maceo brought sorrow to
the hearts of every Cuban, but we did
not falter; hia forces did not surrender;
the revolution received no perceptible
check. The leader who proposed peace
under the Spanish flag would find him
self without followers. No treaty of
peace can be made by the Cubans un
less ratified by a specially convened as
sembly. It is beyond the bounds of
possibilty to expect that the Cubans,
after two yeara of sanguinary strife,
when they find themselves in a posi
tion such aa has never before been their
good fortune to occupy in point of num
bers, equipment and resources, will
now weakly accept terms of compromise.
Every Cuabn, every American, knows
that the apparent generous And concili
atory spirit of Spain springs not from
her strength, but from her weakness.
How can we, then, under the circum
stances, be expected to waver?
"If the Cubans in the field an too
strong to even consider such proposals,
the Cubans in the cities an too well
advised of Spain's plans and Spain's
precarious situation to counsel this step.
In the cities, Spain's only stronghold,
men of position, of refinement, of
wealth, have but lately signed a state
ment, in which they unequivocally say
to those in this country, who seem to
labor under the error that autonomy
would be a solution of the so-called
Cuabn problem, that nothing short of
independence is acceptable to them.
They base the statement, not only on
political, but also on economic reasons.
"What form of autonomy would help
Cuba, when saddled not only with her
previous debt, but with the added bur
den of the cost of the present war? The
future of the country would be ruin
and starvation. News of our success
in the field may be suffocated by the
censor; pacification of the island prov
inces may be falsely proclaimed, as in
the case of Pinar del Rio; decrees al
lowing grinding of sugar may be issued
when all cane has been destroyed;
promises of reforms and autonomy may
be given and amnesty promulgated,
and foreign countries may, by these
means and mendacious Spanish diplo
macy, be caioled into the neiiet that
Spain is mighty, is generous, and that
we an weak, are ungrateful, but we
Cubans will continue to fight lor inde
pendence, first, last and all the time.
Our leaden may fall, but others will
take their places. The opportunity
will find the man. Gomea has written
that, even should he fall, the revolu
tion ia strong enough to continue its tri
umph. The only excuse we will have
for having begun the war will be its
triumph; the only fitting monument
for our fallen comrades will be the in
dependence of their country."
Powerless to Bava Them.
New York, Jan. 25. The three
masted schooner Nahum Chapin, of
Rockland, Me., coal-laden from Balti
more to Boston, went ashore near
Quogue, L. I., at an early hour this
morning, and her entire crew, consist
ing of nine men, was lost in sight of
hundreds of people who had gathered
on the beach, but wen powerless to
render assistance.
Mexico raises fifty different kinds of
fruit which can be exported.
ATTACKS THE TREATY.
rtt!grew Airs Bis Oplnloa
a tha
i Veneaaela Qaeetloa.
Washington, Jan. 22. The senate
today proceeded with the consideration
of the Nicaragua canal bill, Turpi con
tinuing his speech in opposition. He
haa not yet concluded, and tomorrow
will be the third day of his speech.
His remarks today were bitterly an
tagonistic to the Nicaragua Canal Com
pany, the senator characterizing its
methods as those of Peter Funk.. Mor
gan will ask to have a time fixed for a
final vote as soon as Turpie closes.
. The legislative, executive and ju
dicial appropriation bill, carriyng ap
proximately $23,000,000, was passed
during the day.
Pettigrew severely criticised the leg
islative authorities for, concluding the
Venezuela boundary agreement, which
he said, was a complete surrender of
Venezuela to Great Britain. His reso
lution calling on the secretary of state
for information was referred to the for
eign relations committee. Unanimous
consent was secured for taking up the
bill for an international monetary con
ference on Tuesday next.
la tha Bouae.
Washington, Jan. 22. Before the
Yost-Tucker contested election case
from the tenth Virginia district was
called in the house today there was a
call of committees. A bill was passed
to amend the laws relating to the gen
eral land office so aa to reduce fees to
be charged for taking testimony from
fifteen to ten cents per hundred words
and withdraw the privilege 01 excess
fees now allowed at land offices west
of the Rocky mountains.
The . contested election case was
called up by McCall of Massachusetts,
chairman of the committee on election,
at 12:30 P. M., and the house spent
the day debating it. Much, interest
was manifested in the case, owing to
the fact that the Republicans on the
committee which reported the case
wen divided, four siding with Henry
St. George Tucker, the Democrat, and
sitting member, and but two, Walker
of . Indiana and Thomas of Michigan,
with the Republican contestant, Yost.
The latter is a member-elect of the
next house, and Tucker is one of the
most prominent and popular Democrats
on the floor. Tucker had 892 plurality
on the face of the returns, but several
imperfect ballots wen rejected under
the then existing Walton law of Vir
ginia, which, the contestant claimed,
if counted, would have reversed the
result. Yost himself was accorded the
privilege of addressing the house in his
own behalf. He was very sarcastic in
his reference to the Democratic elec
tion official! of the Old Dominion
state, characterizing them as "chival
rous Virginians, who assaulted the
mentally weak and unarmed and robbed
them of their rights."
He concluded with an eloquent ap
peal to the house for justice.
"The stigma of foul elections," said
he, "disgraced and debauched the
South for years; ita deadly influence
paralysed the public conscience; but
now, thank God, in Virginia, at least,
the shock of this ballot broke the stupor.
The fear of the negro rule disappeared.
But, lashed by the scourge of public
opinion, the guilty tricksters still dare
to bring infamy to the doors of con
gress. If you accept their machina
tions, you approve their methods and
give them fresh license."
Caaaoa Baa a Plan.
Washington, Jan. 22. Senator Can
non, of Utah, has introduced the fol
lowing as a substitute for the Repub
lican national conference bill:
"Within ninety days after March 4,
1897, the president of the United
States Bhall invite the leading com
mercial nations of the world to appoint
representatives to an international
monetary conference to convene on or
before October 1, 1897, at such place in
the city of Washington as the president
may designate, and also within said
ninety daya after March 4, 1897, the
president shall appoint five commission-
en to represent the United States at
such conference; the duty of which
United States commissioners shall be
to urge the adoption by aaid conference
of a plan for the free and unlimited
coinage of silver and gold at some ratio
ranging between 15 and 16 to 1 be
tween the nations represented at such
conference.
Bnreaa of Mlnee.
; Washington, Jan. 22. Senator Per
kins, of California, today introduced
bill which is intended to pave the way
to the establishment of a bureau or de
partment of the government to be de
voted to the mining industry. The
resolution recites, 1y way of preamble,
that the mining interests ot the United
States have no clear representation in
the organization of the government, and
it provides for a commission, to be com
posed of the commissioner of the gen
eral land office, commissioner 'of labor
and director of the geological survey,
"whose duty it shall be to determine
the best methods of ascertaining all
facts of general importance relating to
mines and mining within the United
States, whether by a mining bureau, 1
secretary of mines and mining, a com
missioner of mines, or a commission,
to report to the secretary of the inter
lor a bill providing means, or securing
all necessary information concerning
miring and related industries ia the
Unitae' state "
Cubans Used a Torpedo With
Deadly Effect.
PLANTED IN THE RIVER CAUTO
Destroyed tha Veaael aad Killed and
Woaaded All tha Crew Coort'i
Deelaioa la Three friends Caaa
Havana, Jan. 20. The gunboats
Centinela and Relampago left Manza
nillo on the night of January 16, with
the object of going up the river Canto
to Fort Gtiamo, in compliance with the
orders of General Bosch. At 10 o'clock
in the morning of January 17, both
gunboats were near Mango landing,
when an explosion of a torpedo, which
had been well planted in the river,
unk the Relampago. Those of the
crew who survived swam toward the
shon, but wen fired on from the banks.
At thia critical moment a boat was
launched from the Centinela, which
rescued the men in the water. In view
of the instructions and the fact that the
commander of the Centinela and nearly
all of the crew of both boats had been
wounded, the expedition had to return
to Manzanillo.
Senor Martinez, of the Relampago,
was seriously wounded in the exlpo
sion, as well as Gunner Francisco Mar
tines and three seamen, while Pay
master Antero, Chief Officer Masquero,
Engineer Pazadela and the assistant
pilot and four othen were slightly
wounded. Six of the officers and crew
were killed outright, and all of the rest '
received wounds of more or less severity.
On the Centinela the commander,
Senor Puerto, was seriously wounded,
while one of the crew was killed and
Corporal Manuel Cabanas, the pilot,
Assistant Engineer Martinez and six of
the crew were wounded.
Oahaa Kxpadltloaa Rot Illegal.
Jacksonville, Jan. 20. Judge Locke,
of the United States court for the south
ern district of Florida, rendered hia de
cision today in the Three Friends case
upon the exceptions of the defense to
the libel of the government for violat
ing the neutrality laws. The point
was raised by counsel for the defense
that inasmuch as the Cuban insurgents
had not been recognized by the United
States they were neither a people nor a
body politic, as defined by section 5288,
under which the libel waa drawn. This
was sustained by Judge Locke, and the
district attorney was given ten days in
which to file an amended libel. The
point was one that had never been
raised before.
FIEND IN HUMAN SHAPE.
Tha htaa Who Wracked tha Alabama .
Mineral Trmia Confesses.
New Orleans, Jan. 20. A special to
the Times-Democrat from Atlanta aays:
Sam Palataka, cross-eyed, a fiend in
expression, revolting in countenance,
haa confessed to having perpetrated trie
horrible Cahaba bridge disaster, which
occurred three weeks ago in Alabama.
Stolidly and with immovable lines of
criminal harshness on his face, he ad
mits that, single-handed, he sent twenty-five
persons to a horrible death, and
wounded and maimed a score more.
There was no romantic reason back of
the work of this courageous coward, a
man who dared discovery, , which, in
Alabama, meant certain death, to drive
a train to destruction in order to gain
a few dollars.
Palataka was arrested in Eaton, Put
nam county, in Middle Georgia. His
first captors believed him half-witted,
as he gave himself away. Those in
charge of him today in Atlanta, as he
was on his way to Alabama, say he is
absolutely reckless and entirely without
human feelings. Today he spoke of
the fearful wreck with no sign of emo
tion. "I did it," said Palataka. "I want
ed money. It's nobody's business what
I wanted it for. I did it. I found it
very easy. I say this for the benefit of
those who want to wreck trains. It's
just aa easy to wreck a freight train.
There's no money in freight. I did
not get any money out of the wreck. I
moved a rail, put it across the track,
and the whole business seemed to fall.
There were plenty of dead folks with
money one had $500 but before I
could get at the money the live ones
got up and then the crowds came and
I skinned out."
At a Hungarian Wadding.
New York, Jan. 20. John Ornis, a
rejected suitor, caused a riot and blood
shed at the wedding of Agnes Hafri,
whom he had loved in vain. The
bridegroom, Michael Roman, and three
guests, were stabbed before the polioe
moved upon the wedding feast, which
had become a riot, and arrested the
enraged and disappointed lover. Ornia
is a tall, powerfully built Hungarian.
When Roman and Agnes were be
throthed he concealed his chagrin and
was the first to congratulate the couple.
After the ceremony last night, how
ever, the guests turned to Ornis and
chided him for his ill luck in not win
ning such a fair girl. A second later a
scene of wild confusion ensued. The
furniture was overturned, women fled
shrieking from the flat, and some of
the men tried to overpower Ornis, who
. cut right and left with a knifr .
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