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The Hood River Glacier. i ' . . . . . . , . . ' " It's a Cold Day When We Get Left. , . ' ' . ' ' VOL. 6. , " HOOD RIVER, OREGON, SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 10, 1894. NO: 24. v : : ; : : r" : : ' ; : . " . r 3eed Iiver (Slacier. PUBLISHED EVERT SATURDAY MORNING BY S. F. BLYTHE, Publisher. ! V . SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. ! One year ....12 OC ' Six months , .,...., 1 00 vs Three months ...... , 60 i Bnifleoopjr sCenU THE GLACIER Grant EvanS,.Propr. Barber Shoo jRf ' ""Second St., near Oak. - Hood River, Or. Shaving and Hair-cutting neatly done. . Satisfaction Guaranteed. GERMAN EMBARGO The Secretary of Agriculture Decries Retaliation. : r : . - ..-.- .. FOR SANITARY REASONS ONLY 1 . The Action Not That of Federated Ger many, But Individual on the Part or Separate States Damage to Our . In terests hy this Aot Overestimated. Washington, November 1. The an " nouncement that the embargo placed upon American cattle by the Senate of Hamburg had been extended to the 'vTigth of an exclusion of American cat tie and dressed meat from every part of Germany was received with surprise by department officials to-day. ; That Texas fever wasXmerely a ground which Ger- ' many'couldadopt for enforcing retalia tory measures against the United States L because of the supposed discrimination slnst German interests in the sugar schedule of the tariff bill was the preva lent impression. - The German Ambassador, however, assured the Secretary ot State to-day . that the measure of exclusion was in spired solely by sanitary reasons and t had no political motive behind it. Gov- , eminent officials are obliged to take this view of the case, since any other view might seem a reflection upon the Am bassador. Secretary Morton, who has just returned from a trip abroad, had a consultation with Secretary Gresham about the matter to-day, but the strin gent measures ' just adopted were not : known.- He assured Secretary Gresham that the exportation of Texas fever into Germany by American cattle was alto gether improbable, if not impossible, ac cording to the opinion of the experts of the department, who have devoted much time to investigating the disease during ' ' the past year, and said he was confident the supposed discovery of Texas fever was a mistake. 1 When the dispatch from Berlin was shown the Secretary of Agriculture he ' expressed surprise. Exclusion of dressed meats he was at a loss to understand, , because they are all inspected by compe tent officials in this country before they are shipped. Texas fever, moreover, can only be carried by live cattle. The live cattle exported from this country are ' also inspected at the ports of shipment to see that they are not diseased. V v Secretary Morton said he had no doubt that the German officials intended to act in the interests of the public- health -in excluding American cattle, as the sani tary regulations of that country are un- V usually stringent upon all such matters. i The Secretary thinks that the dam--!ge to be inflicted upon American inter- , ests by this act is greatly overestimated, as our exports of meat to Germany are comparatively light. From his observa tion on his recent trip Secretary Morton is convinced the exportation of live cat tle cannot be made to pay as well as . - shipping dressed meats. The establish - ment of increased facilities for shipping i " meats in cold storage, he thinks, will greatly increase the American business. Rewards In Mall Robbery Cases. Washington, November 1. -In view of the great number of postoffice burgla ries and highway mail robberies the Postmaster-General to-day issued offers of reward as follows: One thousand dollars for the conviction 6f any person in any United States court of the charge of robbing the mails while being con veyed to a mail car attached to. a rail way train ; $500 for the conviction of any person in any United States court on the charge of robbing the mails while being conveved over any post route other than a railway ; $250 for conviction of any person ,in any United States court on the charge of attempting to rob the mails - being conveyed over any post route; $150 for the arrest and conviction ; of any person in any United States court on the charge of breaking into a postof fice and stealing, and $200 reward where the amount exceeds $500. ' , " , On the New Orleans Levees. New ..Orleans, November I. Little work is being done along the docks to day. The colored flaborers remained away, owing to the feeling against them bv the whites. On the Cotton Exchange and in snipping circles it iscnargeu mat, reign of terror exists on the front, and egroes cannot be induced to go to work. TWELVE DOZEN LOST. The Steamer Wairarapa Wrecked Off the New Zealand Coast. : ' Sydney, N. S. W., November; 2. The Union Line steamer Wairarapa, bound from this port to Auckland, N. Z., was wrecked Sunday evening on Great Bar rie's Island off the northwest coast of New Zealand. The night was very dark, and the officers and lookout on the steamer were ignorant of the proximity of the land until the steamer struck on the rocks. Captain Mcintosh, the mas' ter of the Wairarapa, was on the bridge at the time. He,' together with most of the crew, was lost. The sea was rough when the steamer went aground. At tempts were made to lower some of the boats, but several of these were either smashed by being thrown against the side ot the steamer Defore the lines were cast off or -were capsized before they could be swung head to the .sea. Most of those in the boats perished. Those remaining on board , made attempts to rescue them. 'In the meantime the peo ple on shore were striving to assist the wrecked people. The steamer had two or three life rafts, and these were thrown overboard, but remained attached to the vessel by stout lines. Then some of the passengers scrambled down the side with the aid of ropes and jumped upon the rafts, which were then cut loose. They drifted rapidly ashore, and the people on them were taken on; when they came in reach by men, who went out in the water as far as possible to meet them. A line was finally thrown across the steamer and the breeches buoy rigged. A number of lives were saved by thjs means. Altogether 111 of the passengers and thirty-three of the crew were drowned. . Some of the sur vivors have arrived at Auckland, but the number saved is not positively known. ' STOBY TOLD jBOM' AUCKLAND. Auckland, November 2. The Wairar apa struck, at midnight, when most of the passengers were asleep. They were aroused by the shock of the steamer striking and rushed on deck in great ex citement. Life boats were rapidly served out. There were many pathetic and heart-rending scenes. Despite the con fusion there was no panic. A heavy sea was breaking over the vessel, and the boats were launched with great difficul ty. The steamer, after she struck, set tled rapidly and was partly submerged. This added to the danger and , difficulty in launching the life boats.' A large number. sought refuge on the bridge, but many were swept from it by the seas. Others took refuge in the rigging, where thev remained until daylight, when two of the crew swam ashore with lines, by means of which a sort of breeches buoy was rigged and a number of persons hauled ashore. All who reached the shore were attired in scanty clothing. They remained on the docks for thirty hours, subsisting on oranges that had been washed ashore. WORDEN'S CONFESSION. All of the Defendants Implicated Except ;.';' Himself, j Woodland, Cal., November 2. De tective C. J. Stillwell occupied the wit ness stand in the Worden case to-day, and brought out the confession of the defendant, implicating all of the de fendants except himself in the train- wrecking. 1 Stillwell said Worden made the statement to him in the county jail. Stillwell was sent for by Worden, who first wanted $500 to expose those con cerned in the wreck. When visited the second time he eave him a statement concerning the wreck, in which Worden admitted hiring the carriage, driving through the line of soldiers and being with the men up to the arrival at the second railroad crossing, where he claims he gave out and returned to Sacramento ; also that Compton, a member of the Mediation Committee, bought the giant powder . and gave it to the -wreckers. Worden said Hatch, .Barrett, Appelman, McMann, Dyer and others were in the carriage. Two of the men are now in Oregon, and Barrett is in Oakland. In the. confession Worden said that the man who rode on the front seat of the surrey after passing the second crossing was Albert Wheeler, who closely resembles him. The confession gave all the details of Worden's movements on that day, and does not implicate any of the Medi ation Committee except Compton. This afternoon letters from Worden to Carroll Cook were introduced, in Which Worden asked Cook to visit him and he would make a clean breast of the whole affair if they would release him. The confes sion is in Worden's handwriting, and he makes no effort to deny the authenticity of it. This closed the case for the people. '.' Germany and Samoa. Berlin,- October 30. The Colonial Secretary under the ' Presidency of the Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg has petitioned the foreign othce against a a double protectorate of Germany and England in Samoa. The society de mands that, if any change be made in the agreement, the protectorate shall be made exclusively German. To Restore the Parthenon. Athens, November 2. An' official ex amination shows that the Parthenon was seriously damaged by the earthquakes that occurred last spring. The structure is reported to be in a dangerous condi tion, and measures to restore it will be taken at once. ' Fraudulent Chinese Certificates. ' Washington, October 30. Commis sioner Miller scouts the idea that there has been a wholesale issue of fraudulent Chinese certificates on the Pacific Coast as represented by Special Agent of the Treasury Hurley. He has forwarded Mr. Hurley's report to Internal Revenue Collector Wellborn of San Francisco for examination and report. SOUTH CAROLINA Attorney-General's Opinion on Her Dispensary Law. TREASURY OFFICIALS RIGHT South Carolina Officers Have No Author . ity to Enter the Government Bonded - Warehouses And Seize Whisky for the Purpose of Confisoatlon. .Washington, October 31. The Attorney-General to-day rendered an opin ion in the South Carolina dispensary case presented by Governor Tillman, in which he sustains the opinion of the Treasury Department, Holding that the State has no authority under the law to enter the government bonded ware houses for the purpose of seizing whisky declared by the State law to be subject to confiscation. In the course of his opinion'he says : " The legal status of distilled liquors in a bonded warehouse of the United States and under the control of the Col lector of Internal Revenue is definitely stated and settled by Section 834 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, which declare that all property taken or detained by any officer or other per son under authority, or any revenue law of the United States shall be irreplevi able, and shall be deemed to be in the custody of the law and subject to the orders and decrees of the courts of the United States having jurisdiction there of.' It cannot be held as has been sug gested, and perhaps might well be, that, since the tariff act of 1894, the taxes due on distilled liquors in a United States bonded warehouse can be paid only by the distiller. Whether that be bo or not a tender of such taxes by the Sheriff is necessarily ineffectual as against the statute above quoted, since it is beyond the power of an internal He venue Uol lector to accept it, and thus nullify the provisions and defeat the policy of a statute which aims to absolutely exempt such liquors from the operation of the process of a State court. Such tender, which for the reason stated the Collector is incompetent to accept, must be also ineffectual because no officer of South Carolina has been given the right or power to. make it, the constitution of South Carolina not authorizing any such tender n6Y providing any fund which can be used for that purpose." - ROCKEFELLER SUED. Heavy Damages Claimed for Fraudulent Representations. . Duluth, November 1. Alfred Merritt to-day brought suit against J, D. Rocke feller and F. D. Gates, his private secre tary, for $1,226,000, in which amount he claim's he was damaged by what he al leges to be fraudulent representations in the forming of the Lake Superior con solidated ' iron mines. V The plaintiff claims that at various times in August, 1893, in New York city, before he had transferred his interests in Various iron mines and the Mesaba railroad, the de fendants proposed that the Penokee and Gogebic consolidated mines, which, with others controlled by Rockefeller, were to be taken into the JLake superior con solidated mines, were solvent and the company prosperous ; also the Spanish American and the Aurora; that their stocks were well worth what Rockefeller was to secure. Mr. Rockefeller and Wet more promised to lend Merritt on his consolidated stock money at 40 cents on the dollar of par value. All these repre sentations and promises plaintiff claims were i fraudulent. Defendants' at the time knew that each of the companies controlled by Rockefeller owed . large amounts outside of their funded debt, and that the Penokee Company was at the time insolvent; that instead, of mak ing the value of the Lake Superior Con solidated Companies' stock worth 50 cents on the dollar, as Rockefeller prom ised, and publishing it to the world, the stock of these other mines caused its value to decrease to $10 per share of $100.,- v. j ' .',.; -v ; WHAT IS CONTRABAND? , , Treasury Officials Studying- Up Author ities on the Question. ' ' Washington, November l.-jThe treas ury officials were looking up authorities to-day oh the question as to what consti tutes contraband of war, in view of the fact that they may be called upon very soon to make a ruling in the matter as affecting exportations from this country to the seat of the Chinese-Japanese war. The proposed consignment of lead to Yo kohama, Japan, from Tacoma, Wash., has led them to a study of the authori ties, which seem to show that a number of considerations enter into the question of what is contraband of war, some of which are:'. "To whom are the goods consigned ? What is the condition of the country and what is the nature of the goods, etc?" All of these conditions, taken connectedly, go to make out 4 case of contraband of war, and each con signment of goods must stand by itself. The Tacoma (Wash.) case has not yet been officially brought to . the attention of Secretary Carlisle, but the matter is nevertheless receiving investigation as to whether pig lead is contraband or not. -.'' .'.. Sketching Hons; Kong's Defenses. . London, October 31. The Times pub lished a Hong Kong dispatch saying that William Hill, an American, has been ar rested and fined $100 for sketching the defenses of Hong Kong. AGAIN THE SUGAR TRUST., It Is Now Said There Was an Attempt to Bribe theCorrespondents. Washington, October 31. The Even ing Star publishes the following story, which gives promise of an outcome of interest to the public : :. .-... If current reports are true, there is a syndicate writer in New York, whose name is to be found at the foot of arti cles in many cities of the Union, who may have a very unpleasant quarter of an hour with the Washington corre spondents before the next session of Uongress shall . end. The story has reached here, vouched for by authority that would seem to be credible, that one of the incidents of the sugar trust cam' paign in Washington last winter was the raising of a purse by the sugar trust peo ple to be given to this enterprising corre spondent to be distributed in Washing ton among the press people where it ' ' 11-nn 1 il el r fl,a mnal trrtrtAtf ir Vi a ftntn- ion of those who furnished the money, and that place was the pockets of those representatives of the press of the coun try here who, with or without right, were supposed to have influence in Con gress and in the making of public opinion throughout the country. There are in timations even that the men who fur nished the money did so under . the im pression it was to be distributed pro rata among the representatives of the preBS in Washington in the expectation that the comments upon the operations of the sugar trust would be either less se vere or that they would be altogether withheld. It is, of course, assumed that the distributor of this fund was to re ceive his commission. There are intima tions even that a list was furnished of the names of correspondents to whom this fund was to be distributed, and that the expectation was that it would be ex pended in part ' in dinners, in part in ways that would be appreciated by those for whom it was intended. If there is anything in this story, it is safe to say that not $1 of .this alleged, fund ever passed to the representative correspond ents for whom it is represented that "it was intended. The man who undertook to disburse this fund did so with the full knowledge that it would not be safe for him to approach any of. the gentle men whose names may have appeared on this pretended list for any such pur pose whatever. He not only is not on relations of confidence with them, but he never calls upon any of them when in Washington. Efforts are being made to ascertain the truth of this report, and if it shall be found true, the correspond--ent in question will hear more later, possibly in the courts and- probably be fore a committee of investigation. A 'N Recommendation tot the Navy. Washington, November 1. In! his annual report to the ' Secretary of , the Navy Judge-Advocate-General - Lemly comments most favorably upon the working of the hew law permitting Sail ors in our navy to be' naturalized, j He says the good effect of this cannot be overestimated, and hopes the time is not tar distant when the records of the de partment will show that the naval serv ice is composed entirely of American citizens. The Judge-Advocate-General renews previous recommendations that laws be passed limiting punishments by courts-martial and establishing an act of limitation for naval onenses, permitting testimony to be' taken by depositions, and requiring the attendance of civilian1 witnesses. The report comments upon the faults of the present system of ex aminations for promotion and retire-1 ment, and suggests the establishment 01 methods similar to those of the army and marine corps. , . -. . . Colonel Going in the Steerage. San Fbancisco, November 1. The steamer San Jose sailed for Panama and way ports yesterday, and it was ex pected. that Colonel Cienfuegos would be one of her passengers on his way to join his young wife at Acapulco. The Colonel was willing, but his purse was light, as his' gallant commander, Antonio Ezeta, had left him only steerage passage. Having been released from jail on Sat urday, he could not get a ticket until yesterday morning, and then he found the steerage packed to its very limit. Cienfuegos begged to be taken in the cabin, promising to pay the difference at Acapulco, but Purser Garland could not do it, he said, and the Pacific Mail would not. The result was that the ship sailed without him, but he says he will go in the steerage November 18. , , Tynan's Will Set Aside. v. Modesto, Cal., November 1. The probate proceedings in the case of Dr. T. E. , Tynan have been set aside by Judge Minor of the i Superior Court. Tynan, a millionaire, made a will in San Francisco and disappeared. The will was filed for probate and an adminis trator appointed. After two years Ty nan returned. He then filed a petition to be restored to judicial life, hence the order setting aside the probata proceed iagt. Brought to Time by Sutro. San Fbancisco, November 1. It is an nounced that the Market Street Cable Company, comprising " nearly all the street railways of the city and controll ing the only roads to the Cliff House, will next week reduce the fair over its lines to 5 cents for a ride from the ferries to the beach. It is supposed that the action of Adolph Sutro in commencing work on an electric road to the Cliff, over which the fare waa to be 5 cents, influenced the Market-street system to make the reduction. . Arotlo Explorers Return Safely. i St. Petebsbubg, October 30. Trevor Battys and Hyland, his companion, who were supposed to be on an Arctic island, arrived here to-day. The rescue expe dition planned by his brother has not started. , . THE ; EARTHQUAKE Its Destructiveness Greater Than First Reported. WHOLE CITIES IN TOTAL RUIN In One Province Alone Two Thousand '.' Are Dead and Fully Twenty Thou . sand Homeless The Capital of the Province of La Rioja Destroyed. Buenos Aybes, October 30. The earth quake which was felt throughout the Argentine Republic yesterday was most severe in the provinces of San Juan de la Frontera and : Rio Janeiro. ; Many churches, theaters and private houses were destroyed. Twenty persons are known to have perished. The inhabit ants are in a state of panic, fearing a repetition of the shocks. The govern ment is sending aid to those who have lost their homes, and everything possible will be done to alleviate their suffering. Though the shock was felt in other parts of the country, it was less severe than in the two provinces above named.' s A correspondent at La Rioja, capital of the province of the same name, tele graphs that the city has been ruined by last night's earthouake. , The churches and schools and public edifices are all thrown down. The' people are earn Dinar out in the neighborhood. Comparatively lew were killed, lor there was a general rush into the open country. The first shock came at 4 :30. At times the shocks lasted twenty seconds. The scene was a horrible one, women shrieking and faint ing on every hand when the walls came crashing down. Two sisters of mercy were killed and many more are now en tombed in the ruins. The Governor fears ' that the killed ansl wounded throughout the province must number at least z,UUU, as many of the outlaying towns also suffered. From San Juan come reports that the shocks continued during the night, but were slight in character. Not a house in the town is without damage. v ; . Couriers continue to arrive here with news of the damage wrought in the va rious departments and towns. The vil lage of Del Abordon has been completely swallowed up in the huee gaps which opened in the ground. ine national government is sending special trains with food, tents and every kind of assistance as well as laborers to clear away the wreckage. La Prenzsa has opened a public subscription list and the town of La Rioja has contributed 10,000 milreis. It is estimated' that at least 20,000 people are homeless. South of Buenos Ayres only a slight shock was felt. The wave appears to have passed away to seaward near the mouth of La Plata river. - .. . ' : La Rioja, the town which has been destroyed by the great, earthquake, is the capital of the province of La Rioja in the northwest of Argentina. It con tains about 4,500 inhabitants. The pro vince is rich in minerals, and manu factures wines and brandy, but its situ ation inland is an obstacle to the devel opment of its resources. . .' .-!. Greater Love Hath No Man. f' Pbinceton-, Ky., November 2. News reached here to-day of the lynching of Eddy Martin in Crittenden county, yes terday by a mob. ' Martin was seized by a dozen or more men, who asked for in formation of . Bill Goode, the lawless fauper Commissioner - of Crittenden county. He was also asked about the latter's crimes, especially that of horse stealing. The mob told' him they had come to hang him; but, if he would turn Mate's evidence on Bill Goode, he would be spared. .Martin said;; "If these are the only terms, gentlemen, let the hanging proceed. Bill Goode has Iwuin v.tt f-'rnA nnA T r,l. 1 1 ..V. I 1 .1 1 I If The mob quickly did its work, and left the body swaying from a limb upon a lone country road. . . :. .....', The Lady and the Tiger. ' , Pabis, November 2. Victorien Sar- dou's new Greek drama, " Gismondi," was brought ut with great success at the Renaissance theater this evening. Sara Bernhardt, who had the title part, enjoyed a great personal triumph, She was supported strongly by M. (iuitry in the leading male part of Asmeric. The scene is laid in Athens in the fifth, cent ury. The Queen's son' fails into a pit and is in danger of being torn by a tiger. sne promised to .marry the man who would go to the rescue. . Asmeric, the son of a nobleman, saves the child, and is imprisoned by the Queen, who regrets her promise. After several love scenes and a few more hardships Asmeric be comes her husband. ; . - . Henry Roohefort Sentenced. Paris, November 3. Two Judges of Seine Assizes, sitting without a jury, to day pronounced condemnation upon Henri Rochefort, sentencing him to three months' imprisonment for having published an article in the IntraDsige ant insulting the judiciary. M. Farjat, manager ot the intransigeant, was tried for complicity in the offense, and was acquitted. M. Farjat was tried by a jury. The anarchists, Paul Reclus, Pon get, Cohen, Martin and Duprat, were condemned in default to twenty years' imprisonment each at hard labor. . Arrested for Treason. Pabis, November 2. Captain Dreyfus, an officer in the French army, has been arrested for treason, it being alleged that he had sold plans ot trontier torts to the Italian war officials. ' . AFTER PORT ARTHUR. The Beleaguered City Expected to Fall In a Short Time. ; Loncon, October 31. A dispatch to the Times from Shanghai says it is re ported there the . Japanese have com pletely surrounded Port Arthur, and that the Chinese forces defending that place cannot hold out long. The Central News' correspondent in Tokio telegraphs : It is not believed here that the Japanese will attack Port Ar thur before the end of the week. TOO MANY PEISONEE8 ALEE AD Y. . Tokio, October 31. General Noznn, who commands the advance force of the Japanese army, has abandoned the pur suit of fugitives from Kulienchao, as he does not wish to be burdened with any more Chinese prisoners. The Japanese march upon ieng Huang Uheng has be gun. .: .. - . . -.'-' DEFEAT CAUSES CONSTERNATION. '' Tientsin. October 31. News of the defeat of the Chinese north of the Yalu river has caused consternation here. Chinese officials .do not attempt to deny the serious nature of the disaster. : : ESCAPED FBOM PING YANG. - ' London. October 31. Advices from Moukden state that General Tso's force was not annihilated in the battle of Pins Yang. . The greater part of it escaped, and reformed under General Nieh. It is believed at Moukden that the Japan ese will require a much larger army than they possess to secure the Chinese pal ace treasure. - .' i : ' : GENERAL OYAMA'S JfBMY. London, October 31. rhe Japanese legation here . has a dispatch saying a second army under General Oyama left its rendezvous in Corea October 23, and made a successful landing at Talien Wantswan. , . THIBD JAPANESE ABMY. London, October 81. The Times pub lished a dispatch from Yokohama saying i that a third Japanese army, numbering 20,000 men, is assembled at Hiroshima. IN A NEW LIGHT. General Wallace: Thinks tie War May Make China Our Competitor. x San Fbancisco, October 31. General ' Lew Wallace said in an interview that he fears the present war between Japan and China will ultimately lead Up to the competition of China as a producer with the United States and with European nations. Speaking on this subject, the General said : . .--" When China finds from the results of the war with Japan that a complete change of methods is necessary, she will not confine her regeneration to methods of warfare. The greater danger is that she will become a factor in business life. If you consider the Chinese in California a menace at 75 cents a day, how will the world regard them at 6 and 10, as they are found at home? Suppose the effect of the war should drive them into man ufactures, for instance, how will other nations compete with their cheap labor ' and habits of abstemiousness, which en able them to live for so little? . Are we of this country, for instance, to meet a wage of 5 or 10 cents a day with a simi lar wage as the only means of successful competition. We talk of overproduction now ; what will it be with China as a great producer instead of a great market?"- ' ' .'- - - -General Wallace thinks that the per ception of this possibility by European nations will compel them to interfere to bar the progress of the victorious Japan ese before they go too far. Qey go i BRIGHT OUTLOOK. Hawaiian Sugar Crop of Next Tear, Will Be a Success. San Fbancisco, October 30. The out look for the Hawaiian sugar crop of 1895 is very flattering. For years 'this indus try has been in a depressed condition. This .has been due in part- to successive seasons of drought. The dry seasons have taught the sugar growers a lesson. Most of them no longer depend on the elements alone for their water. Im mense reservoirs for the storage of water have been built in the mountains, where the rainfall is always very heavy. From these reservoirs the water is conducted to the plantations across hills and sandy places by means of wooden or iron aque ducts, in some cases as far as forty miles. For one the Hawaiian Commercial and , Sugar Company has expended nearly $150,000 in the development of its water supply this year and now has over seventy miles of ditches. The sugar crop of 1894r which will begin to come into the market very soon, is estimated at 150,000 tons. .' . An Infidel as a Reformer. , Lexington, Ky., November 2. C. C. Moore, the Lexington infidel Prohibition editor, who took such a peculiar part in the Owens-Breckinridge contest, has now undertaken to reform the fallen women of Lexington. He believes the house of reform idea does not go far enough, and to-day made his first tour of the slums of the town, and says he believes that the women will lead a better life if some inducement of social standing or fin an- ; cial support is offered, so they will not be entirely dependent. There are more of this class of women in Lexington than any other city in the' world with the same number of inhabitants. - : , Will Go Out of Business. ' Montbeal, Quebec, October 31. The steamship line, which has plied for years between Montreal and Liverpool during the summer months and Portland and Liverpool during- the winter, is to be wound up. This action has been de cided on owing to the great falling off in receipts caused by the depression in the shipping business during the last few years.