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CONDON, GILLIAM CO., OIIEGON, TIIUKSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1899.
NO. 42.
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No, 4 Vis Hiiokan, leava 1:'J p. at.
No. M Loot! freight, lv ..7:' p. m.
wnrr bovhd.
No. l-Portland, leave 12:47 a. m.
No. a Portland, leave 4;W a. ro.
No. !B Local freight, leave 11 M a. m.
J, E. CHANK, Agent, Arlington.
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Attornej-at-Law, Sotarj Public
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tnlliHittons and iTobalu Huilueaa glvsu Careful
attention.
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PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
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nmcOrrnn are., between Csthollo Chare
and residence ol a. I'. eliull.
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rotlctlonand Inauranr. Terms reasonable.
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Arlington, Or.
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tiBlee. I'rarltr In all Ilia (lata and federal
ruiirtaul Oregon and Wealiliigii.l. All kind
olU. . land aud legal builuoas Irenaaeted.
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ATTORHEY-AT-LAW.
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con now, ok room.
The Regulator Line.
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dai,
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W. H. HUltLBUftT,
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EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TKRSK TICKS FROM TIIR WIRES
a InUntnlliig Collaotlon of Itain Wnn
tha Two llamlapharaa Prwaantad
n a Vundenaad Farm.
Tho annate will take up the enrrennj
bill on January 4.
The Negro tiprlulu waa canned by
tho Filipluo junta at llnnu Kong.
Two Chicago electrtoiauN are hoira tv
an entitto In Hungary worth 4,0U0,
000.
Fire In Florence fl. C. dentroywl
the city hall, hotel, bank and five
torue.
The controller of the treasury find
that Admiral Kumpaun wa allowed too
ninch pay.
The remain of tho late Liootenant
Drumliy wero aunt to Atlanta, Uu., for
Interment.
Kiuht Uvea were lost In the burning
of two bill tcuoroeut houaea In New
York city.
Goebel U making preparation for hi
coming fight Rgalnxt Governor Taylor,
of Kentucky.
The tranport Hancock and City of
Puebla have reachad Manila with two
regiment of infantry.
All aged employe of the l'euiuiyl-
vanla railroad will be retired and pen
ioned January 10, 1900.
England ha at Innt decided
to vend
Thia U
more cavalry to Booth Africa.
according to ISuller' wlahoa.
Senator Mcllride, of Oregon, lia in
traduced a bill to increaaa the pay of
letter-carrier in largo citiee
Senator t-honp and party will vlait
Ariaona and New Mexico to report oa
their application foi etatehood.
Ocueral Lawton wa killed while In
front of hi troop at Han Mateo, La
son. lie wa snot in ine ureaw ana
died immediately.
Chairman Joavph II. Manloy, of
Philadelphia, believe that only metro.
polltan new "paper abould be repre
sented at national convention.
The inpremo court of Ohio ha ran
dered it decision in the bribery cae
of Attorney-General Monnett againit
the Standard Oil Comiwny. The at
torney-general furnUhed information to
the effect that he wa approached by
Charle Squire, of New York, with a
bribe of 1400,000 if be would permit
the cage pending aealuot tho Standard
Oil Company to uo by default. It wa
claimed that Mr. Squire wa the ropre
tentative of the Standard Oil Com-
tanv. The decision dUiuinac the cno
on the ground that thi fact wa not
etttablinhed.
The New Y ork rtock exchange wa
thrown Into a panio by two large fail
urea.
The houne pesaed tho currency bill
by a vote of 180 to ISO. Eleven Demo
crat voted for it.
The weather bureau at Fort Canby
has been eloaed aud the work will here
after be done at Aatona.
The verdict of the Jury in the Mo-
Daniel ease wa manalaut;hter, with the
extreme penalty recommended.
Howard Tnttlo, a former Portland,
Or., boy, denie that he ia the man
who lumped Into the bay near San
Francisco,
Yamhllll county hopgrower have
decided to so into the pool and have
sent delegate to the Oregon llopgrow
era Association.
The La Ma Ire Optical Comvany, ol
France, with a capital of 11,000,000,
will entablitih branch factorie in 1111-
noia'and Connecticut.
The executive committoo o( the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineer
Save decided to build a00,000 build'
ig in Cleveland, O.
A South Pacific naval station will
be ectabllehed a oon a conditions ia
the Philippine admit of the with
drawal of aome of the ship there.
The German navy may be used ia
conjunction with those of France and
llusaia to exert pressure to prevent re
inforcement reaching South Airlju
The president of the Drown univers
ity assert that it England whip the
Boer it will bring on a war of nation
la which the United State must par
ticipate.
In the eteer-tying contest at Denver,
Col., Ed. Ilarrell defeated "Ooo
Ooodln, tying the steer in 5 minute
80 seconds. Goodln claimed th
world's championship.
It fe probable that tho distressed
bark reported ashore near Point Uouilla
on November 18, is the long-missing
Colusa, which sailed from Honolulu on
October 9 for Esqnimault
. Lieutenant Thoma M. Brumby, flag
lieutenant to Admiral Dewey during
the Manila eampaiKn. who ha beon
ill with typhoid lover for several week,
died at Gorlleld hospital, Washington,
D. O.
Th Chicago & Northwostern road
added 208 miles to its lines during
1809.
Governor-elect Nash, of Ohio, is
widower, and the social duties of hia
administration will dovolve upon his
stepdaughter, Mrs, Baboock.
Mis Mayine Jester, a niece of But
falo Bill, i said to be the only female
press agent on the road. She left th
newspaper business to go into this new
field.
LATER NEWS.
Ex-Senator ISradbury, of Maiae, ia'
Puller' Iosho at Colenso were 1,119
men.
Chicago poolrooms were closed by the
police.
London papers fret under restraint of
censorship.
Sol Smith Russell will retire from
tho stage for a year.
Lieutenant Churchill ha arrived
safely at Delagoa bay.
Swift & Co. are to be paid for a lot
of beef that ipoiled.
A receiver ha been appointed for th
Globe National bank of Boston.
Near Norwood, O., a man was shot
and killed for cutting telegraph wires.
Both salt and borax have been dis
covered in Lake county lakes, Southern
Oregon.
The United State government will
oon erect a mammotb reuigeratmg
plant in the Philippines.
Prioe of bop ha already materially
advanced in consequence of the pool
formed by Oregon grower.
President Kroger baa entered protest
against England's being permitted to
purchase war supplies in this country.
Port Macaibo has been officially de
clared open to commerce, and the Ven
ezuela revolution la considered at an
end.
The Filipinos have placed a large or
der with a continental firm for artil
lery. They are said to have plenty of
money.
The warden of a California prison is
confronted with a problem. A pris
oner whose term ha expired refuse to
leave the penitentiary.
Ex-Unite 1 Stales Senator Wash
I nrns, of M an) ta, ia suggested by In
dlana politicians for the head of the
proponed Oriental commission.
Dwight L. Moody, the fomons evan
gelirt.is dead at hi borne In East
Northfleld, Mass. The cause of hi
death was a general breaking down due
to overwork.
The Venezuelan government troops
completely defeated the rebel under
General Hernaa lea. It is believed
that many prisoner were taken and
that a Urge quantity of ammunition
wa seised. General Hemandes tied,
Mlaaioaalre in Thibet have a hope
less and dungeroua task before them
After three year' work not a single
convert has been obtained. The Budd
hist priests, owing to China's iuternal
troubles, are in absolute control, and
will make physical war on the Intro
duction of Christianity.
Oregon pheasants are to be ' 'planted"
in Illinois.
General Chaffee may be sent to the
Philippines to succeed General Lawton,
Prayer-meetings are being held in
Holland for the success of the Boer
army.
The navy ia In need of more training-
vessel and two flrst-claas ones will
soon be asked tor.
Three wagon loads of mail will leav
in the transport Grant for the aoldie'
in the Philippines.
The Santa Fe is now a competitor
against the Southern PaclUe for South
American business.
A Paris dispatch says that the bank
of Russia ha advanced the bonk of
England 8,000.000.
Two big lawsuits have been insti
tuted in Chicago court between Mon
tana cattle companies.
Samuel Gompers has been unanl
niounly re-elected president of the
American Federation of Labor.
The Interstate commerce commission
will grant railway more time to equip
their car with safety appliances.
A marvelous quarts discovery is re
ported from Dawson. The ore assay
$800 to the ton, and the ledge Is a mile
wide.
Senator Fairbanks has introduced
bill granting a pension of $2,000 yearly
to the widow of General Lawton.
similar bill has been introduced
the house.
The National Association of Retail
Druggists i strengthening its focrea to
fight the cut-rate druggist tnrougbout
the country.
Nestor Ponce de Leon, a lineal de
ccendant of Ponoe de Leon, discoverer,
of Florida, is dead at Havana. He
wo treasurer ol the Cuban junta dur
iug the war.
Boers, with a sense of humor, sent
Baden-Powell, at Mafektng, a message
in a live-pound shell: "Don't drink
all the whisky; leave some lor us
when we get in."
The consul from the Orange Free
State in New York city reports that
many Americans have applied to him
for enlistment in the Boer army. The
majority of the applicants were sold
iers who fought in the Sponish-Amorl
can war.
England's troubles are multiplying,
Abyssinia now threatens to turn npon
the British. Emperor Menelik can put
200,000 mou in the field and ia said to
havo beon preparing for war over the
Question of territorial rights. His
armament is in excellent condition.
Governor Stone, of Pennsylvania, ex
presses the opinion that every husband
should deed to bis wito tne nomosteaa
Senator Depew has leased the Cor
coran mansion at Washington for his
full senatorial term of six years at an
aggregate rental of $50,000.
A monument, a granite shaft 70 feet
high, is to be erected on an eminence
at Erie, Pa., overlooking the lake, in
memory of the late Captain V. F. Grid
ley, of the Olympia.
SLID INTO THE SEA
errible Disaster in a Vil
lage of Italy.
LOSS OF LIFE REPORTED HEAVY
An Enormous nook Fall, Carrying Wlt
It Hotels, Villas and tw
auous Monastery.
Rome, Dec. 25. A terrible disaster
took place thi afternoon at Amalfl, the
popular tourist resort on the Gulf of
Salerno. About 2 o'clock an enor
mous rock, upon which stood the Cap
puocini hotel, slid bodily into the sea
with a deafening roar and without a
moment's warning, carrying with It
the hotel, the old Capuchutn monastery
below; the hotel fiante Calerina and
everal villa. Many people were bur
led in the debris, which orushed four
vessel to the bottom of the tea, des
troying their crews. The mass of earth
which slipped was about oo.uou cubic
yards. (
The population is in a state of terror,
fesrinir fresh calamities. Troops have
arrived upon the scene and have begun
rescue work. It ia believed that the
loss of life Is heavy, including a num
ber of monks and the occupant ol the
hotel. As yet la is impossible to i
certain the exact number.
Amalfl Is a small, but lively town ol
7.000 inhabitants, situated at the en
trance ol a tjeep ravine, surrounded by
imposing mountains, and rock of th
most picturesque forms. The Capnch
lan monastery was founded in 1212 by
Cardinal Pietro Capuano, for the Cls
terlans, but cam into possession of th
Capnohian in 1S83. Th building,
which stood in the hollow of a rock
that rose abruptly from the sea to a
height ol 2S0 teet, contained fine clois
ters.
TRAGEDY AT A REHEARSAL.
Eleven School Children Hamad
Death at Qulnejr, 111.
Quincy, 111., Dec. 25.--While th
school children of St. Francis' paro
chial school, Seventeenth and Vine
streets, were lehearsing this afternoon
for an entertainment to be given Tues
day evening, the dresses of one caught
on fire from a gas jet and 10 minute
after four of them w ere burned'to death.
two died an hour later, and five other
died before midnight. Half a dozen
others were burned more or less ee
verely.
The dead are: Irene rrieberg, May
Wavering, Mary Althouff, Bernardino
Freond, Colletta Middendorf, Mary
Hiokey, Wilhelmina Gottendorf, Olivia
Timpe, Addle Fotterer, Joseuhine
Bonne. Margaret Wamer.
All Of these are between 9 and 1 1
years old. Helen Zebbing and several
other teachers, rather Mcholas and
Professor Mushold, were painfully
burned trying to rescue the children.
The school hall was filled with chil
dren, and many" would have been killed
in the panio which followed had it not
been for the prompt efforts of tm
teachers and Sisters who were in
charge of the entertainment and were
present. The children rushed for the
doors, but prompt efforts quieted them
and no one was hurt in the rush.
BROOKE'S FAREWELL!
Ilanauet Tendered the Retiring Oo'
ernar or Cuba.
Havana, Deo. 25. Sixty-five persona
were present at the farewell banquet
tendered to General Brooke today at
the Paris restaurant. General Mario
Menocal presided, and Ernest Lee Co
nant acted as toastmaster. Major Gen'
eralWood, In response to words of wel
come, said:
"The United States is in Cuba in
the person of representatives, who in
tend to carry out a great work and to
fulfill strictly the promises of the
United States oongrees. As for myself,
I can only do what the president has
sent me to do, but I hope to enjoy the
esteem and confidence of the Cuban
eople as General Brooke has enjoyed
hoin."
General Brooke said:
"I shall always remember the long
hours of toil in Cuba, but I shall also
ever recall the kindness shown me by
all Cubans, especially by those who
realise that the Americans are tlieir
best friends."
Mining Under Butte.
. Minneapolis, Minn., Deo. 25. A
speoial to the Times from Butte, Mont.
says: Alexander Tarbet, a Salt Lake
mining man, today closed a deal with
the owners of the mineral rights to the
Destroying Angel and Copper Bottom
Lodge claims, by which he secured
control of the interest for $300,000
The vein run through the business
portion of the city, and the Destroying
Angel was uncovered recently by per
sons who were excavating for the foun
dation of a hotel. It has developed
into the richest copper vein in this dis
trtot, and the new owners intend to
tunnel under the city. As soon as the
deal wa closed this afternoon, they
started to sink a shaft, which will be
put down 1,000 feet at the corner of
Broadway and Ariaona streets, within
a half block of the two principal hotels
and the oity hall.
Forty Children Drowned.
Brussels, Deo. 95. Upwards of
school children were drowned today in
an ioe accident at Frelinghem, near the
French frontier. The children of the
district had been given a holiday, with
permission to play on the frosen river
Lysus. When the merriment was a.
full height, the ioe broke suddenly and
the children disappeared. A few were
rescued half dead but the majority
were drowned. Thirty-six bodies hav
been recovered, but others tre still
missing.
INVESTIGATING FREIGHT RATES
Interstate Coiamlsalon Is Looking Iiitj
Proposed Advanees.
Washington, Deo. 28. Hearing was
begun today, by the interstate com
merce commission in the matter of the
changes in freight classification and
freight rates by carriers using classifi
cation. Many complaints have been
filed with the commission, alleging
that discriminating changes in freight
classification have been agreed upon to
take effect January 1 next. To deter
mine this question a hearing was held
today.
Chairman Gill, of the "official class
ification committee," was the first wit
ness. He maintained the propose ad
vances were due to the increased cost
railroad plants snd maintenance,
and that advances had been applied to
classes of freight that could well pay
them. He intimated that for some
reason still further advances probably
would have to be made.
PRICE OF FISH IS CLIMBING.
mfay Heath Fifteen Cents Change
El-
peeted In tha Combine.
Astoria, Deo. 23. That fish are in
demand is evidenced by the rise in the
price of eteelheada from 6 cents to 6
cents per pound, and an advance to 8
cents for cblnook salmon. The demand
is growing every day, and it is confi
dently expected by those who are in a
position to know that before the winter
season is over the price for salmon will
reach as high as 15 cent per pound.
It is semi-officially announced, and
with reasonable confidence . for belief,
that at the annual meeting of the can
nery combine, to be held on January 8,
h ere will be a number ' of changes.
Several of the present officials will
drop out, and engage In the cannery
business on Puset sound. It is also
qnite definitely decided that the com
bine will not engage in the cold-storage
business next season.
British Steamer Seised.
Chicago. Dec. 23. A special to the
Record from Victoria, B. C, says:
According to Hong Kong advices, the
British steamer Labuan. which left
Sandakan on November 95, with clear
ance pa pei s, was seized by the United
States steamer Castile at Ualdera bay,
and sent to Manila under a prize
crew. Captain Pfort, master of the
Labuan, reported that permission was
sought to proceed to Cota Rata to bring
away several families, a they were in
danger of being killed by the Moros,
but that permission was refused, and
the commander of the Castile ordered
the British vessels to be seized.
A prize crew was then pnt on board
and the steamer wa then sent back
Manila. The seizure was at once
protested by the master of the steamer.
Word From Methuen.
London, Dec. 23. The war office has
received the following from General
Forestier-Walker, British commander:
"Cape Town, Dec. 23. Methnen
wires that he has received a rude reply
from General Cronje respecting his
representations as to Lieutenant Chan
dos-Fal-Gell, saying this omcer is re
garded as a spy. General Cronje also
states he will hold no further commun
ication with Methuen."
On December 18, the British wa
office received the following, date
December 17, from Forestier-Walker:
"Methuen reports that Lieutenant
Chandos-Pal-Gell was taken prisoner
lost Thursday evening, while meeting
a flas of truce. He waved a handker
chief in response, and waa unarmed
A Klondike Bomnnee.
Chicago, Deo. 23. Dr. Luella Day,
who. two years ago, left here, for the
Klondike, and whose death in a mow
lide wa reported later, arrived at the
Auditorium hotel today and was regis
tered by Edward McConnell, also I
Klondiker. a his wife. Mrs. McCon'
nell struck it rich near Dawson, and
her husband, who had already been
years in the Alaskan gold fields, owns
several rich claims.
Mrs. McConnell declared that after a
couple of years which she and her hus
band intend to spend in traveling, sne
will return to Chicago and erect
home and hospital for the treatment of
crippled children.
Canal Bill Is Doomed to Walt.
New York, Deo. 23. A special t
the Herald from Washington says
Legislation providing for the construc
tion of a trans-isthmian canal is not
probable under the present session of
congress. Both the Nicaraguan canal
committee in the senate, presided over
by Senator Morgan, and the house com
mittee on interstate and foreign com
nierce. presided over by Mr. Hepburn
of Iowa, propose to take tho matter up
without waiting for the report ot tne
Walker commission. It is extremely
linnrobable, however, that they will
be able to get a bill through either
house of congress before that report is
available.
Glassworkers Wages Raised.
Pittsburg, Deo. 23. D. C. Ripley,
president of the United, States Glass
Company, announced today that the
w ages of blowers and gatherers in thoir
employ would be advanced 5 per cent
January 1. The increase affects 1,200
employes.
Mabinl, formerly a member of the
Filipino cabinet, says that the future
peace of the Philippines depends en
tirely upon the form of government the
Americans establish.
Degradation of Karl LI.
Feklns. Deo. 23. Li Hung Cham
has been appointed noting viceroy of
Canton. It is believed this is prepar
atory to his degradation in compliance
with French demands.
Sheep to Return to Oraslng.
Heppner, Or., Deo. 23. Sheepmen
had commenced to feed, but this morn
ing the light snow which fell Friday
night began melting, and the warm
wind will soon restore grazing.
IDEAS COME TOO HIGH
Marconi Wants the Earth for
His Invention.
X
WE WILL MAKE A BETTER 0SE
Cankee Genius Will Bo Set to Work at
Oneo to Build an Apparatus tot
Wireless Telegraphy.
New York, Deo. 25. A special to
the Tribune from Washington says:
Rear-Admiral Bradford has asked au
thority from the navy department to
establish a bureau at tho naval training
station at Newport for the develop
ment of a naval system of wireless tel
egraphy. It is proposed to detail sev
eral officers having high electrical
knowledge at this station and to fur
nish facilities for study and experi
ment, in the belief that something bet
ter than Marconi's apparatus may be
devised.
The project to secure Marconi's sys
tem for the navy has been practically
abandoned. In the first place its range
was found to be exceedingly limited,
especially when vessel were rolling in
a seaway, and their topmasts continu
ously varied in height above the water.
Then there was the insuperable objec
tions of interference, two stations be
ing unable to hold Intelligent commun
ication when a third station within
their circle ol sensitiveness undertook
to send a message to either point. This
defect destroys the value of the system
where more than two ships cruised in
squadron or where an enemy chose to
send disturbing messages.
Finally, Marconi' term of $20,000
for the first year and $10,000 annually
thereafter were regarded as exorbitant
for th use ol his half-developed inven
tion. He declined absolutely to modify
hi proposition, which -compelled the
navy to take 20 sets of apparatus or
more, and to pay $o00 outright for each
set, and $500 a year each as royalty
for their use. He refused to send twe
or three sets for experimental pur
poses, and gave American naval officers
to understand that he did not care to
do business on a small scale when Eu
ropean navies were fighting for the ex
clusive use of his coherer and other es
sential features, in spite of the system's
radical shortcomings, as discovered on
this side ol the Atlantic. Marconi's
attitude toward the army was scarcely
different, and the signal corps is going
ahead on a sytem ol its' own, which
avoids the Italian's patents, and al
ready ia said to be producing better re
sults.
Rear-Admiral Bradford believes that
aome of the electrical experts of the
naval equipment bureau, if the oppor
tumty is given them, will produce ap
paratus to meet the peculiar conditions
of the navy without appreciable expen
diture, and in all probability the ex
periments he desires will be ordered
One station will be located at the
training station and the other at the
torpedo school, on islands about a mile
i part, and as progress is made other
rations will be set up at various point?
a Newport harbor, where torpedo-
ooata are always available, with vessels
in motion or for miniature fleet evolu
tion. Several forms of apparatus from
American inventors have already been
submitted for teet, and doubtless others
will be received when the work is act
ually started.
Ended In a Free Fight.
Paris, Dec. 25. A pro-Boer demon.
stration, convened this evening at the
Tivoli Vanxhall by the executive com'
mittee of the Jeuness Royaliste, ended
in a riot. The socialists entered in
force and broke up the meeting, amid
indescribable uproar and shouts of
Vive la social levolution," and "A
has Deronlede," with counter cries of
'Vive Deronlede" and "Vive Parmee.
Several nationalists who were present
endeavored to speak, but they were
quite inaudible. A free fight ensued,
and the proprietor of the hall turned
off the gas. The combatants then
lighted newspapers and continued th'
fight, smashing the fittings of the hul
and using them as weapons. Finally
the police cleared the room, but they
were compelled to charge several times
before order was re-established.
The Lighthouse Is Dark.
Victoria, B. C, Dec. 25. The light
house steamer Quadra left this alter-
noon for Egg island. Passing steamers
report no beacon showing at the light
house there. The keeper is frail, and
it is feared he may have died. He has
a little daughter. 3 years old, with
him.
Separata Sleeping Cars for Negroes,
Atlanta, Ga., Deo. 23. Governor
Candler today signed the bill prohibit
ing the sleeping-car companies operat
ing in the state from furnitthiug berths
to negro passengers, except in coaches
used especially for the accommodation
of negroes.
Wear Tork Aldermen Favor Boers.
New York, Deo. 25. The board of
aldermen today adopted a resolution
praying "the God of battles" to make
the Boers successful In the war against
England. The resolution now will go
to the ooouncil, and if that body con
curs., will come before Mayor Van
Wyok tor his approval.
Instantly Killed.
Roseburg, Deo. 25. A George Noah,
engineer at the Oregon Brewery & Ice
Company's plant, in this city, while
attempting to put on a pump belt, was
caught by a large pulley running at
jhigh speed, and instantly killed. The
body was dreadfully mangled. No one
was present. The other employes on
the premises heard a scream, rushed to
the spot, and stopped the engine. The
victim's brains were scattered all over
the engine-room,
PROTECTED HER HOME.
tonng Woman Shot anil Killed nn In.
trader.
Natlck, Mas., Doc. 25. Lewi
Perry, aged 88, Spanish war veteran,
was shot and killed today by Miss
Lizzie Morse, at her home in West
Satick. Four shots were fired, two of
them taking effect, one in the heart.
Miss Morse, who was placed under ar
rest, says that the circumstances justi-
!ed her in shooting Perry. The Morse
family is one of the wealthiest and
best known in town. Miss Morse and
the member of her family claim that
Perry and Arnold Slappen, on bicycles,
rode up to the Morse house, demanded
admittance without stating their busi
ness, and, upon being refused, smashed
everal windows. Miss Morse went to
the bureau drawer and loaded a 22-cal-iber
revolver. Sua claims that the
men went around to the front of the
house, where Perry finished smashing
the gloss In one of the windows, and
climbed in, in spite of her remon
strances. After gaining an entrance,
be grabbed Miss Elreta Morse and
wrenched from her a croquet mallet,
with which she tried to protect hersell.
Lizzie rushed to her sister's assist
ance and informed Terry tnat sne
would shoot hia if he did not leave
the house. He gave her a terrific blow
with the mallet and felled her to the
floor. She managed to get up again,
and told Perry to get out of the house,
when he dared her to shoot. She then
fired tour shots at Perry, who managed
to climb through the window and then
fell dead. .
WANTED HIS PICTURE IN PRINT.
New Tork Man Shot His
Wife and
Killed Himself.
Blnghampton, N. Y., Dec. 25. Jol n
Edgar Gardiner, in order to get his
picture into print, shot his young wife
and then killed himself today. Gardi
ner was 60 years of age, hia wife 29.
They bad been married but a short
time, and were living apart on account
of hia bad habits. On several occasions
he had asked how she would like to
see their pictures in a local paper. His
wife took fright at this, and forbade
him to speak to her on the subject. I'e
called at the house today and ask, i
ier to come ont, as he was going W&-t
rihe declined, and he forced his way in
to her apartments, saying, "See what
I have brought you," drew a revolver
and shot her twice, one bullet passing
through her arm, the other entering
her side. The woman was able to rush
from the house to . a neighbor's.
When the police officers arrived Gardi
ner walked to the center of a room in
full view of the officers, and, placing
the weapon to his head, killed mm-
ilf.
Crater Lake Park.
Washington, Deo. 25. Among the
familiar bills of the last congress to re
appear this year are two that were in
troduced by Representative Tongue, of
Oregon. One is his bill for creating
a public park, including Crater Lake,
and much of the surrounding country,
and the other i his bill providing for
the examination and classification ol
the land in the Roseburg and Oregon
City land districts within the grant
nade to the Oregon & California Kail-
oad Company. Both bills are prac-
tically the same as were presented in
the last congress.
The Crater lake bill proposes to set
aside a tract of 249 square miles, with
out drawing it from settlement or sale
and making it a public park or pleas
ure ground, to be known as the Crater
Lake National Park. This park, if es
talbished, is to be under the control of
the secretary of the interior, who will
preserve the lands in their natural con
dition and prevent all residence, min
ing, lumbering or other business opera
tions within its limits. The old pro
vision for restaurants and waiting
rooms is again inserted, as are the pro
visions for governing and protecting
the park. It is proposed that the costs
and expenses of creating the park shall
be borne by the general government.
It was this last provision that arousal
Speaker Reed against the bill last con
gress, for he contended that any ex
pens attached should be borne by the
state. Now that Reed is out of con
gress, the bill may have a better chance
of becoming a law.
Wages Advanced.
Pittsburg, Deo. 25. The Carnegie
Steel Company posted today, at its va-
rions works in this city, notices reading
substantially as follows:
'Taking effect January 1, 1900, com
mon labor at these works will be in
creased to $1.50 per day, and all other
day turn and tonnage labor (with cer
tain exceptions), will be increased in
proportion."
The exceptions are the tonnage men
working under sliding scales, where
the rates of wages increase and decrease
in proportion to the proceeds of the
products. This adjustment is 7.41 per
cent advance on the wages now being
paid, making a total of 25 per cent of
increase made by the company volun
tarily since the last general scale.
Five Thousand Bills Introduced.
Washington, Deo. 25. The ofiie.lali
of the house of representatives have
struck a balance on the recent deluge
of bills, showing that up to the recess
the records stood: Total bills intro
duced, 6,015; joint resolutions, 86;
simple resolutions, 66; grand total,
5,175 measures of all kinds.
Street Car Dynamited.
Springfield, 111., Doc. 25. For the
third time sinoe the strike was de
clared against the Springfield consoli
dated railway, November 10, a street
, car waa dynamited at 11:30 o'clock
last night, ine car was oiown ou tne
.rank and completely wrecked. No
passegners were aboard, and the motor-
man and conductor were no. injureu.
The explosion happened in the heart ol
th oity, at Eighth street and Capitol
, avenue, and caused great excitement.