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it The Hood liver Glacier. It's a Cold Day When We Get Left. VOL. 6. HOOD RIVER, OREGON, SATURDAY. MAY 11, 1895. NO. 50. 3eo& Iftver (5 lacier. . PUBLISHED.. EVfRY SATURDAY MORNING BT S. F. BLYTHE, Publisher. '' ' SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. One year ...ft 00 Six months , 1 00 Three month?.... ; r 60 8n(le copy t Cent GRANTj EVANS. ROBT. HUSBANDS. THE GLACIER BARBER SHOP, "Second St., Near Oak, Hood River, Or! i EYANS .4, HUSBANDS, Proprietors. Shavins; and hair-cutting neatly done. Satis faction. guaranteed. . A STRIKE IN CHICAGO Mob of Striking Steelworkers ' Dispersed by Police. they; demand more wages The Strikers Were Poles and Hunga rians, Who Attempted to Dri?e Machinists From Work. " Chicago, May 9. A serious strike ooourred this morning at the Illinois Steel Company's plant Twelve hun dred men threw down their tools and walked out. ' The strike resulted from a demand by the furnace men for an in crease of wages. The oompany refused to grant the raise. The strike olosed two blast furnaces, two others were undergoing repairs, and the remaining four were at onoe : shut down until the conclusion of the strike, the oompany deciding that it was unwise to attempt to run until the ma'tter was settled. This action of the oompany thfew about 8,600 men out 'of work,' none '. remaining . except the watchmen and machinists. The strik- ers were at first disposed to be orderly and.peaceable; but later affairs took on an ugly aspect, and it was found neoes sary to call on the police to drive them out ......,, Shortly before 6 tonight a crowd of 1.600 men foroed their way past the watchmen at one of the gates, and pro ceeded to take possession of the prop erty." They marched first : to where some of ' the laboring men were still at work, and compelled them ' to quit work. Not much trouble was experi . enceci with the laborers, but when the strikers reached the machine shops, where about ' 400 machinists are em ployed, they met with a different recep tion. The machinists have a scale of their own, and, as the fight of ' the other men made no particular difference to them, they refused to quit or . allow themselves to , be' driven out of the yards. The strikers, who for the most part" were Poles and Hungarians, made several attempts to persuade the ma chinists to leave their work, but find ing themselves unsuccessful, they began ari attack on the machine shop with stones and such missiles as ' they could find: x The machinists for the most part stood their ground, and gave the strik ers as good as they sent. The fight was growing,, warm, and broken heads and bloody noses were growing very com mou, when the police arrived. They were under command Of Captain Jen kins,? who at onoe made a charge .on the mob,, with his handful of "officers. The strikers at first refused to ' give ground, and the polioeused their clubs freely. -This did not have the desired effect, and Captain Jenkins ordered his men to' draw their revolvers and. fire over their heads. As soon as this was done, th mob broke and fled wildly from the premises of the oompany. The fight lasted only a few minutes, and there was no more rioting. Twenty-eight men, who were leaders in the attack, were arrested and locked up, charged -with rioting. They are Poles and- Bohemians. . ..- - During the riot in the yards, four men were" painfully injured. - Jack Shepard, a maohinist, was struck in the . head with a hammer and , badly hiirt. Edward Shaska, a strikerwas badly- bruised. . . Polioeman Leinecker w'ai'. h'it with a coupling pin and : had his head badly cut with a brick. . t More Rebel Victories. : f ' Tampan Fla., May 7. Passengers by the steamer Masootte tonight bring re ports ".that the forts of San Ramon de las .Yagus, -.with 290 men, and the La conia military . post, with the same number of inmates, in Santiago prov ince", were' both captured last Week by 1,760 insurgents under Maoeo. Cap tain Malla; who was in charge of a de tachment which was captured while escQrtihgprbvisions near Bayam,- was taken to Havana to be tried Friday. It is thought he will be shot Saturday. There is much dissatisfaction among the Spanish officers over Gallao'g execution. BRICKYARD SLAVERY. Women and Children Foroed to Do the ; Hardest Kind of Work. Chicago, May 9. The statement made at the Trade and Labor assembly on Sunday that women and ohildren worked in Chicago's briokyards, ap pears to have a foundation in faot No one connected with the industry de nies that women work in the yards but say their work is what is technic ally called "stacking" brick. This consists of turning the bricks over and piling them in rows. It does not sound like very hard work, but when it oomes to either stacking or turning over SO, 000 bricks a day, it will be seen that the task is not an easy one. Most of the rough labor is done by Poles and it is said that this is the race which allows its women to work in the yards. Contrary to expectation it is neither widows nor single women who do the work, but the wives and mothers of families, who labor in the yard right beside their husbands. Not much can be learned from the employes themselves, ' but the police who have traveled around the yards tell bad tales. They say it is no uncommon sight to see little girls turning bricks who are so tired that they crawl on all fours from pne pile to anohter. Their backs are bowed and bent and they cry when they try to stand up straight. The women, for their work, are paid $ a weeK. Tne cnudren get $3 or rather their parents get it. Owing to the hours in ' the yards, the school in spectors can do nothing, bcause most of the children attend afternoon school. Work at tne yards begins at 3:30 or 4 o'clock in the morning, and is over when the sun gets - hot about 10 o'clock. Then the ohildren can go to school and the mothers can go to their housework. PERSECUTED ARMENIANS. The Refugees Forced to Sign an Address of Thanks to the Sultan. London, May 9. The Daily News today publishes advices from its corre spondent at Khars, saying 8,000 of the survivors of the recent massacre in Ar menia who returned to their homes under promise of protection for the Khurds, are being daily persecuted and tortured at the hands of the Turkish officials, supported by gendarmes. For two months, it is added, the of fioials have tried to force the refugees to sign an address of thanks to the sul tan, stating they met with only kind ness at the hands of the troops, and that all troubles were caused by Khurdish raiders and tne sultan's troops took no part in the slaughter. Those refusing to sign are beaten, placed in chains and suspended for hours by the feet. Women are outraged, ohildren shamefully treated and the soldiers dragged women and girla and foroed them to sign the address. , , ' - . ... MAY PROVE AN ALIBI. Durrant's Attorneys are Working Along This Line. t! :n San Francisoo, May 9. Theodore Durrant's attorneys have discovered evidenoe which they believe will en able them to establish an alibi for their client so far as the Williams murder case . is concerned. A Market street hairdresser, . states that Minnie Will iams, who was a 'regular patron, en tered his shop at 8 o'clock on the even ing of her disappearance. She had her hairdressed, leaving the shop at 8:25. As it is estimated that by taking a car immediately she could not reach Eman uel church until 8:60, Durrant's coun sel argue that Durrant could not there after have escorted her to the church, outraged and murdered her, and then walked to Dr. Vogels', where he ar rived at 9:15. Selling Below Cost. ' Chicago, : May 9. People; were in line all yesterday at a Chicago depart ment store buying $5 gold pieces for $4.75, and $1 silver pieces for 90 cents. It had been advertised on Sunday that 1,000 $5 gold pieces and 1,000 $1 silver pieces would be sold on these terms, providing ' people brought ' the even change.' The object, as advertised, was to illustrate to the Illinois state senate that the store was not afraid to sell things at or below cost This came about through the recent senatorial in vestigation of Chicago's department stores. , '-- Favors Intercollegiate Football. Cambridge," Mass., " May '9. The question of intercollegiate football was brought up again today in the' first meeting of the Harvard1 faculty sinoe the return of President Elliott from abroad. No " official statement ' was given out, but it was learned from authentic sources that a motion prohib iting the students from taking part ', in intercollegiate football contests . failed to pass by a good majority. ;. - Mo Reply From England. Ottawa, Onfc, May 9. Hon. G. Fos ter, leader of the government in the house of commons, announced today that the Canadian government had re ceived no reply from the imperial au thority as to its request on the : British government to communicate with Wash ington regarding the British Columbia sealers' claims for indemnity against the United States for illegal ; seizures im Behring kmu I JAPAN BACKS DOWN Possession of Liau Tong Sur rendered Unconditionally. THIS IS FORMALLY ANNOUNCED Peace Envoys Will Meet at Chee Foo and Formally Exchange Ratifl ' ' ' cations of the Treaty. 'Yokohama, May 8. The government has unconditionally relin quished all claim to the Liau Tong peninsula, in accordance with the re quest by Russia, France and Germany. London, May 8. A dispatch from Paris says Japan has surpassed the hopes of the friends of peace and even the conditions . arranged by Russia, France and Germany. Like every power who knows its own mind, Japan is prompt in her resolutions and does not seem to desire to prolong the con' troversy by the adoption of half meas urea. .' o . - A St Petersburg dispatch to ; the Times says that Japan's reply to the powers, renouncing definite possession of the Liau Tong peninsula, was re ceived with surprise. Much attention is given the words "definite pnosses sion." If they mean the temporary occupation of the peninsula until the indemnity shall have been paid, Ja- pan's answer is not likely to end the matter. ' ' While averting war it will be only the beginning of a diplomatic campaign, in a leader tnis morning the Times says: , We welcome Japan s decision with satisfaction as removing a - danger to the peace of the far Fast Had Japan allowed herself to become implicated in a struggle with Russia the peaoe of the world would have been jeopardized. DURRANT'S TRIAL. Re Will Have Abundant Time to Pre- pare for His Defense. San Franoisoo, May 8. Theodore Durrant will pass several quiet weeks in the county jail before he is placed oh trial for his life for the murder of Blanohe Lamont and Minnie Williams. The police will not hurry him to trial, desiring to give him abundant time to prepare for his defense. The case will therefore not be called until July. Chief of Detectives Lees said today that the supreme court had passed strictures on the police, department for having brought to speedy trial Fredericks, who shot . Bank Teller Herrick. Though Lees believes the criticism unjust, he said the supreme court would be given no opportunity "for-finding the same fault in Durrant's" case. He added that the case of the prosecution is complete, and is ready for trial at any time. The polioe are dissatisfied with the evidenoe of Organist King, . who, in a palpable effort to shield Durrant, stated at the preliminary examination that he de tected the odor of escaping gas April 8, although this statement is controverted by; the janitor and : two plumbers. Threatening letters have been received by the schoolgirls who . identified Dur rant as Blanohe Lamont' s escort from school on the day of her disappearance. The girls have been warned that if they testify against Durrant again they will reooive physical violence. . ; ' ' Keweenaw and Montserrat Wreckage. Seattle, May 8. The Sitka Alaskan, of April 27, brought down by , the steamer Topeka, whioh arrived here to day, says: . ; . . The schooner'Maud S. entered Yaku- tat April 15 with about 250 sealskins." Captain MoKeil said that in Rose- har bor, i Queen Charlotte island, the In dians had & large sign bearing the name Montserrat" nailed on one of ."their houses, and in the house was found a smaller board bearing -the, name "Ke weenaw."" The captain further,-stated that while at Cross sound he found some pieces of" finished woodwork, evidently belonging to some wrecked vessels. This is the first news ever reoeived of the steam colliers Mtmtrserrat and Ke weenaw, whioh were lost last; winter while n toute from Nanaimo to. San Franoisoo with ooal... It is supposed they sank simultaneously. . They' were in the same storm and only a few miles distant from each other.,,. ...,. .... J I. . , ' No . More Prizefights. '. ,'..,,,' ,, New Orleans, May 8. The state su preme court today handed down a decision-reversing the decision of the dis trict court, in which the lower oourt ruled that prizefighting as recently con ducted herd might be continued.' ' The decision was rendered in the appealed case of Louisiana vs. the Olympio Club. The supreme court rules that the recent alleged. . boxing exhibitions were nothing more nor less than prizefights, and that as suoh they are prohibited by state law: The injunction originally prayed for is granted and prizefighting in New .Orleans will hereafter be pro hibited. Associate Justice Watkins filed a dissenting opinion. ; i. . : i- 1 -'..'"'. Never give poultry brine. In giving salt mix a teaspoonful to a quart of dry Mtl and then wt it THE STOLEN FAIR WILL. An Unexpected Ruling Was Made In the '" " Case Yesterday. , San Francisco, May 8. In the fight for the Fair millions, the big four executors or tne nrst will, wnion so jnysteriously disappeared ' from the county clerk's office, will have a de oided advantage. "Judge Slack ruled today that the stolen will must be dis posed of before the latter will pro; duoed by Mrs. Nettie Craven, can be considered. The first will filed will therefore be the first obntested. This is considered a matter of great import anoe to the proponents, as the tactics of the Fair children will be to evade the forfeiture clause under, the first will, supporting the, second, the provisions of which are more to their liking. The decision giving priority to the proving of the first filed will was an unex pected blow to the children, who ex pected that the Craven will would take precedence, because of its later date. The petition for the probate of the first will will be heard Wednesday, when it is supposed the attorneys for the child ren will present their grounds of op position. Then, it is understood, the attorneys for the executors will protest against consideration of this opposition on the ground that the time for filing the contest has lapsed, that point hav ing been allowed to pass in efforts to secure recognition for the Craven will. . - WILL GO TO THE STATE. The Failure of the Captain to Make His , Will Robs His Fiancee. . , -t San Franoisoo, May 8.- A pathetio romance has just come to light in the settlement of the estate of Captain Frederick G. Clark, who is supoposed to have been lost at sea with the ill fated sealing schooner Dagmar, in 1878. He wanted his money to go to his fiancee, but as he failed to make a will the state of California will get it The public administrator has just filed his final account in the case, which was placed in his hands first in September, 1894. Though there is no legal way by which the dead captain's wishes may be enforced, it has come to the knowledge of . the public administrator that he wanted his money to go to Miss Nellie Ormond,' of Boston, to whom he was engaged, v i - ' , Captain (Jlark first met the young lady on his return from the civil war. He and, her brother had been bivouac companions, and when young Ormond was wounded the captain nursed him faithfully. By a starnge misfortune Captain Clark was seriously hurt while in Boston and his devoted nurse was Nellie Ormond. After his convales cence they were engaged. - The captain came to San Francisco and entered the service of the Alaska Commercial Com pany, and it was arranged that he should marry the girl on his return trip, which, as fate willed it, cost him his life. ; - a ..,:'- ; Captain Clark's companions often heard him speak of his fiancee, and his business associates heard him say time and again that he wanted all his money to go to her if anything ever should be fall him; but as he died without mak ing a will, and as none of his relatives can be found, his estate, which amounts to $5,000, will go to the state. THE COURT OF APPEALS. Decisions Concerning Cases in Oregon ...,J ': . ..( ' and Washington. San Francisco, May- 8. The court of appeals handed down two decisions today ' covering cases in Washington and Oregon. : Dexter Hatch appealed from the decision of the superior court of Seattle, wherein E. C. Ferguson had carried a suit to substantiate the right of the widow, of Ezra Hatch to .dispose of certain claims in a pre-emption right, and. . which had evntually been taken to the circuit court of the United States for the. district, of Washington, on "a plea of error, where ther judgment of the lower court was affirmed. Judges McKenna, Hawley and Gilbert could find no, error in the decision of the oourt appealed from, -and returned an opinion sustaining the court below. The appeal of Melvin Short, on be half of the heirs of Marshall B. Short, and Sven Anderson, on. behalf of the heirs of John A. Peterson, representing an appeal from ' the decision of the- United States circuit court of ' Oregon,- wherein the appellants were liable for the claims levied against the barge Co lumbia,' was dismissed by Judge Mc Kenna on the' ground that the lower oourt had made no error. ' ,".'' , ' Pension Ruling Reversed. ; Washington May 8, The action Of the pension bureau, in construing the legal meaning of dependence under the act of June 27, 1890, has been reversed by Assistant Secretary of - the Interior Reynolds, in a decision on a depen dent mother's case. The ruling pro vides where the "property possessed by the mother having no other means of support is so small that it will not yield an income sufficient to support her dur ing life, it should hot deprive her to a right to' a,, pension.' ; By "adequate means ; of support' '. the law is ; inter preted to! mean not merely enough to supply the necessaries of life for a lim ited period of years, but a comfortable maintenance of the pensioner during the remainder of her life. HE PLEADS POVERTY Secretary Herbert Declines to , ; Go to Kiel. GAYETIES OF A NAVAL REVIEW A Suggestion That Congress Should Provide Funds for an Interchange A . ' of Hospitalities. Washington, May 7. Secretary Her bert s declination of the invitation from the German government; to be present at the Kiel naval ceremonies was due to the fact that he is not a man of wealth and did not feel that he could afford to undergo the round of festivi ties to which he would be asked as member of the president's cabinet and secretary of the American navy with out returning some of the many civil ities, and to entertain at all would cost him a large sum of money. , : From reports received here the cere monies incident to the opening of , the great canal will be of the most elabor ate character, and it is anticipated that the naval pageant will be the most bril liant of modern days' and far surpass the naval review at New York, both in the humber of ships present and their size, and power. , Secretary . Herbert was at first inclined to witness the sight, and was about to accept the invi tation when the fact that he would be expected to do his part, of entertaining foreign admirals, German official's and other dignitaries was brought to his at tention, and he promptly realized that to accomplish this would result in' a great inroad upon hig salary as secre tary of the navyi . - v The offioers of the United States fleet will also be called upon to , draw liber ally on their pay to keep up their end with the rounds of gayeties that will follow the ceremonies. Now that four United States vessels have been assigned to the Kiel celebration, the question of the navy department's being always without a fund on whioh the admirals of fleets can draw for the purpose of extending courtesies to visiting , ad mirals and staff officers is again being discussed and compared with the even liberal policy of other great naval pow ers to their fleet commanders when or dered to participate in occasions of ceremony requiring social obligations. Great Britain, France and Germany have recognized that their admirals cannot afford to spend their salaries in the entertainment of people whom they are brought officially in contact with, and provide sums expressly for the pur pose of wining and dining them when occasion demands an interchange of hospitajitites. The admiral command ing the British Mediterranean fleet is allowed $8,000 a year for the sole pur pose of entertaining visitors, while the admiral of the channel squadron is per mitted to spend $5,000 a year also for this purpose. . . . 1 Under our system of naval admin istration the national government does not contribute a dollar for like pur poses. , Seoretary Herbert believes that congress should appropriate each session a sum which could be available for fleet oommanders on foreign stations when they are compelled in their official ca pacity to entertain foreign representa tives of other governments. ' THE ISLAND OF FORMOSA. Fears Entertained for the Safety of the - ! Foreigners There. ' Hong Kong, May 7. The situation on the island of Formosa is serious, and fears are entertained ,for the safety of foreigners there. . British and German marines have been landed at An Ping, on the southwest coast, to proteot the foreign- residents, ; and Taku harbor, south of An Ping, is being patrolled by blue jackets in armed launches. The "blacSk-flags" are mostly unruly. The "black flags" are the irregular .forces. They are not in China's pay, though sometimes she has a little authority over them. :' , Warfare 'is their profes sion, and they .depend upon . it for bread, as they raid and rob Chinese and others indiscriminately.- They have no law, but the commands of their lead ers. - They are much bolder and more warlike than the average Chinese, and have little fear of. death. ' The French were greatly troubled by them in Ton quin. It is said if the Chinese can turn the "black flags" upon any spe cially hated enemy they consider . it a great stroke of . enterprise. , It is also said when the French, during the'Ton- quin campaign, complained to Vioeroy Li Hung Chang against the outrages of the "black flags";' to demand that he seoure their punishment, the vioeroy said he had no more control over them than the French had. They were rob bers, scamps and China had disavowed them. n.. v .', : I '.' .. 'i.. ;. . An Offer For the Fair Wheat. " San Franoisoo, May. 9, An offer of 80 cents a cental is said to have been made for the Fair syndicate wheat in bulk, 175,000 tons, more or less. This would make the total purchase price $3,720,000, but the offer was refused, the bid being considered too small. To INCORPORATE AT OLYMPIA. Washington Concerns Authorized to Do " - Business in the State. ' Olympia, May 7. The following ar ticles of incorporation have been filed in the office of the secretary of state: Mayer Hardware Company, of , Ta coma; capital stock, $2,500, divided into fifty shares of $50 each; incorpora tors, M. P. Mayer and Lou Flannigan; to carry on a general wholesale and re-, tail hardware business. King Broom Company, of Seatte; capital stock, $1,000 divided into 100 shares of $10 each; incorporators, T. G. Wilson, H. C. - Sovenson; for the clearing and improvement of Snoqual mie river and driving logs; , Olympio Land & Mining . Company, of Port Angeles; incorporators, L. Levy, W. F. Hooker; capital stock, ' $100,000, divided into 10,000 shares of $10 each; to handle . real estate in Washington. ,. . ' - Palouse Mica Company; .capitar, $100,000, divided into 10,000 shares of $10 each; incorporators, O. T. Cross, J. B. Duke and William Goodyear; to purchase and operate mines, mining property, etc. ; i ; - w i., .- Paris Belle Gold Mining Company; of Spokane; capital, $800,000, divided into 800,000 shares of $1 each; incor porators, C. Glass, P. T. Byrne, JH. Yates; to carry on the business of- min ing in the United States and British Columbia. " ' Klicktat Fish Company; capital, $1, 000, divided, into 1,000 shares of $1 each;, incorporators, G. W. Smith, F. A. Seufert, T. J. , Seufert and J. W. Condon; to engage in the fishing indus try on the Columbia river. . Mountain Sprite Mining Company, : of Taooma; capital stock, $500,000, divided into 600,000 shares of $1 each; , incorporators,' Nelson , Bennett, M. V. B. Stacy and Henry Blackwood; to operate mines and handle mining machinery in Washington and British Columbia. ' - Stanwood Land Companyof Everett; capital, $25,000, divided into 250 shares of $100 each; incorporators, W.. R. Stockbridge, George J. : Ketchum and Augusta Stockbridge; to do a gen- , eral real estate business, loan money, etc. ' ' .' ' -' ' Washington Asbestos Company, of Tacoma; capital, $1,000,000, divided into 1,000,000 shares of $1 each; in corporators, S. H. Ouimet and E. W. Ouimet; t manufacture and deal in asbestos. " Herald Publishing Company, of Seattle, incorporators, J. F. Hickman and A Byars; capital stock, $1,000, divided into 10 shares of $100 each; to do a printing and publishing business. STILL AFTER GEORGE GOULD, Zella Nieolaus Continues to Make It r Warm for the Millionaire. Trenton, N. J., May 7. The papers in the case of Rossella Ruhman, better known as Zella Nioolaus, against George Gould for $40,000 were filed this morning in . the office . of the su preme court. The papers aver that the plaintiff was in possesion of a check or deposit certificate of $40,000, which she after ward lost in Jersey city. ' It was found by George J. Gould, who has refused to sign it, although repeatedly asked to do so. She oharges that Gould fraudu lently converterd the certificate to his own use. ... The petition sets out that the plain tiff is only 19 years old and asks the oourt to appoint Lawyer Alexander Simpson as her next friend to prosecute the suit. ' " " ' The oourt granted the request Gould must file his answer within thirty days from the time the summons was served on him at Communipaw last week. -GUNNER JOHNSON'S DEATH. His Brother Determined Upon a Thor ough Investigation. . San Francisoo, May 7. Fred John-' son, brother of Gunner Johnson,- who was killed on board the cruiser Olym pia while engaged in target practice off Coronado beach, has reoeived a letter from the messmates of his deceased brother, in which the- writers declare to be true the published stories regard ing jiieutenant-(Jommander Sturdy. Accompaning the letter is an affidavit, dealing in detail with Sturdy's treat ment of the Olympia's crew. ; Johnson has visited the navy -yard and states that he is prepared to prove that the death of his brother . was the result . of . gross carelessness on the part of at taches of the ordnance department at Mare island. Johnson will leave for ' Washington soon, where he will present the data in his possession to the secre- ' tary of the navy and demand an invest-' igation into the death of his brother. '. An Indian Agent Sued. ' South McAlester, I. T., May 7. A number of prominent citizens of the Osage nation have brought suit against Major Freeman, agent of the Osage In dians. Freeman confiscated several thousand feet of lumber owned by cit izens of Blaokman. It was being used in building a bridge across the Arkan sas river, which would open up the Osage nation to the surrounding towns for trade. Complaint has been lodged with Seeretary Smith against the agent.