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The Hood River Glacier. It's a Cold Day When We Get Left. VOL. VIII. HOOD lilVEIV OK-KGON, FIUDAY, FE1MIUAHY 5, 1897. NO. 37. From All Parts of the Nevf World and the Old. OF INTEREST1 TO OUR READERS Comprehensive Review of the Import ant Happenings of the Past Week Colled From the Telegraph Golnmns. The Oregon state senate on Tuesday, by a vote of 18 to 12, refused to pro ceed to the eleotion of a United States senator.' The Benson house, with thirty members present, took a ballot, and cast! 29 votes for John H. Mitchell and 1 for George II. Williams. The one vote "came from Huntington, of Wasco. . It is understood among Massachusetts Republicans that ex-Congressman John D. Long has been tendered and has ac cepted the office of secretary of the - navy in the incoming administration. The Chine'se New Year in San Fran cisco was a gloomy festival. . No fire crackers were discharged, the edict of the chief of police positively forbidding v any noisy demonstrations. A high binder riot was feared and many sus picious characters have been arrested ' by the police. ' .The statement of the public debt just issued shows the debt, less cash in the treasury, on January 81, to have been $1,007,008,817, an increase for the month of $14,078,785. This increase ig partially accounted for by a decrease of nearly $18,000,000 in the cash on hand. A Berlin dispatch says the court at Mayence has condemned Percy Bar tholow, United States consul at that ' place, to pay a fine of 200 marks for as saulting and severely injuring an in ' mate "of his house by striking him on the head with a revolver. The assault was committed in October last, and in November it was reported that pro ceedings had been abandoned upon his settling with the man privately, but this appeared not to have been the caBe. Ex-Congressman James Wilson, of Iowa, has announced his acceptance of the cabinet portfolio recently tendered him by President-elect McKinley. Mr. Wilson in an interview said: "It is true I have been invited into President elect McKinley 's cabinet. I have ac cepted. That is all there is to say about the matter." ' It is generally known that Mr. Wilson will be seore . tary of agriculture, he having wired to Senator Allison that that portfolio had been offered and accepted. , Attorney -General Harmon has given instructions to the United States attor- ney at Jacksonville to proceed against the alleged filibuster Three Friends, under section 4297, of the revised stat utes, for engaging in an act of piracy. , ; The action is taken by the attorney general in view of the recent decision of Judge Locke, of Jacksonville, which held in effect that the Cuban insur gents were not a people, state, district, or colony within the meaning of sec tion 5288 of ' the revised statutes, un der which the libel was, brought In other- words, that the expedition in which she was engaged was ' not a po litical one. t . ; Two men lost their lives in a hotel fire in Fort Smith, Ark. August Baltz, driver of a brewery Wagon in Seattle, fell from his .wagon through a hole in a wharf at the water front and drowned before he could be rescued. , ' Two painters at work on a building 100 feet above the sidewalk in San Francisco, fell to the pavement, one being killed instantly and the other fatally injured. , The suspending rope . broke. . ' 1 The secretary of war has authorized the removal of a strip of earth fronting Percival's dock, in Olympia, not includ ed in the present oontract for harbor j improvement, to facilitate the landing of vessels on the whole frontage. ' This will give an available dockage of 1,000 ' feet, with a depth of water of ten feet V) ' at low tide. , ; , . An unparalleled accident occurred at the Illinois steel plant, at Joliet, ,, whereby Nelson Johnson was decapi-. tated. r ! He was employed in ' the rod , mill, and in falling from a high plat form his head came in contact with the edge of a platform, and the connecting rod of the engine out his head off at the neck. ; . ' . . ' 'Among the bills recommended for passage in the lower house in Indiana has been one making it unlawful to play football In the state. The bill went to the committee on rights, which decided that it was only fair that the house should have a fair chance at the bill. The bill as it, stands does not discriminate in favor of professional football. ' . ' Delegate Murphy, of Arizona, has : introduced a bill in congVess to assist the wandering Papago Arizona Indians to establish homes and induce them to cease their depredations upon the cat tle herds of white citizens. Twenty five thousand dollars is appropriated to purchase the Quijatoa well and ma chinery, in Pima county, and the com x missioner of Indian affairs is author ized to appoint a fanner to assist and to pump water for tkeir use. OBSTRUCTION TACTICS. Vilas and Daniel Prevent Progress on the Canal Bill. Washington, Feb. S.-J-The Nioaragua canal bill occupied the senate most of the day, but no progress was made to-, ward a vote. Morgan, in charge of the measure, sought to secure an agreement to vote tomorrow, but the opponents of the measure, led by Vilas and Daniel, resisted any agreement. While dis claiimng any purpose of obstruction or filibustering against the bill, the Oppo sition insisted it was of such grave mo ment as to demand complete discus sion. Vilas was appealed to from many quarters. Hoar added a high tribute to the Wisconsin senator, and it was hoped Vilas' term, about , to' close, would not develop any obstruction to defeat not only the canal bill, but also the bankruptcy bill,- and many other important questions. Davis, in a sim ilar strain, said the sentiment in the West was -most urgent for speedy con sideration of the bankruptcy bill. Daniel reinforced Vilas in saying that ho present arrangement for a vote was possible. Many new diplomatic questions connected with the canal had arisen. He had several amendments to propose. The measure was" too mo mentous to be hurried to a vote. . The debate became general, the California senators, White and Perkins, urging speedy ' action, and Cattery and Vilas opposing precipitate action. - ; . 1 - In the House. . Washington, Feb. 8. This was com mittee suspension day in the house. Immediately after reading the journal the committee was called. The senate bill to provide times and places for holding United States court in Utah was passed. Sherman, Republican, of New York, of the committee on interstate com merce, called up what he called the "anti-soalper" railroad bill. Half a dozen members jumped up. , "I suggest that a time be fixed for the considera tion of - that bill,'? said Terry, Demo crat, of ' Arkansas. "It is a very im portant measure, and should not pop up here like a jack-in-the-box without notice." W. A. Stone, Republican, of Penn sylvania, raised the question of con sideration against the bill. The house, by a vote of , 84 to 88, refused to con sider it.' Bills were passed to authorize the Co lumbia & Red Mountain railroad to construct a bridge across the Columbia river; to : prevent the carrying of ob scene literature and articles designed for indecent and immoral use from one state or. territory to another state or territory. , A CURE FOR DIPHTHERIA. Alleged Startling Discovery or an '. i Cskland Physician. Oakland, Cal. ,' Feb. "3. An interest ing problem is suggested to the medical world,by a rceent experience of Dr. F. H. W0laey. He was called to treat two children suffering from the fever which follows vaccination, and while they were under his care both developed diphtheria, from which they recovered quickly. . - The physician is now almost con vinced that there was a clash between the two ferments in the blood, and that the virus of the vacoine vanquished the toxine of the diphtheria. ; He watched the cases very closely, and he felt so certain of the correctness of his conclu sion that in the notice of the cases which he sent to the health office he announced that the diphtheria had been lightened., by vaccination. The pa tients are now strong and well at a time when such sufferers are usually weak from the effects of the disease. In discussing the matter Dr. Wolsey said: "The thought suggested by these ' recent cases of mine is the an tagonism, of one disease for another, like ; erysipelas to cancer, which is an entirely new idea as applied to diph theria. Whether or not it will prove of any proatical value is a question, upon which I feel rather doubtful, but it is nevertheless of great interest scien tifically and throws new light on suoh subjects. It may incidentally ' be a point of vantage for experiments in other directions. " Are Revivalists Insane. . Berkley, Cal., Feb. 8. Dr. David Starr Jordan has declared that revivals are a species of insanity or moral drunkenness rather than the result of a change of heart. This startling state ment was made by the president of Stanford uiflversity in a lecture deliv ered at .Berkley yesterday,, under the auspices of the Unitarian society. His audience, which filled Stile's hall, was oom posed largely of members of the university faculty and students, but even these exponents of advanced thought were rather startled by the em phatic views expressed by the head of the Palo Alto institution, and a decid ed furore was predicted when the re port of his utterances reaches-the ortho dox ministry.' . " Advised Against Emigrating. London, Feb. - 2. The emigration officii," acting on information furnished by J. A. Van Sittart. British consul at Chicago, has issued a warning advising Englishmen against emigrating to South Dakota, under conditions involv ing payments to colonizing agents or companies. THE BOUNDARY OF ALASKA Treaty Signed for the Set tling of the Dispute ' NORTHERN PORTION ONLY Its Report Will Be Followed, by Negotiations ' for the , Settlement of the Southern Section of .Line. Washington, Feb. 2. Secretary Olney and Sir Julian Paunoefote, at 11 o'clock today, signed a convention for the definition by a commission of so much of the boundary lino between Alaska and the British possessions as is marked by the 141st meridian. , The treaty provides for a commission of four members, whoase names will be agreed on hereafter. The commis sion , will meet in London or Washing ton. ,-, , The formal name of the treaty is: "A convention between the United States and Great Britain for the de markation of the 141st meridian west longitude, as may be necessary for the determination of the boundary between their respective possessions in North America." ?, Its purpose is to settle beyond doubt the exact location of the meridian, and thus prevent the clashing between the miners who have been attracted in large numbers to the vicinity of the boundary; and the location of these two countries. The 141st west meridian is to be selected as the boundary line by Secretary Olhey and Sir Julian Paunce fote, but was laid down as the line of division in the treaty of cession by which Alaska was passed by Russia to the United States. The difficulty has been to tell just where the meridian actually runs, by no means an easy task in suoh a country as Central Alaska. In even more hospitable climes, the task of defining physically suoh an ab stract line as a meridian is beset with difficulties; It was a matter of no surprise .that in the present case the two oountries should clash often, now that the territory is known to include extensive and valuable gold deposits. As laid down on the charts, the mouth of Forty-mile creek, the Mecca of : the goldhunters, debouches into the great Yukon river just near enough the mer idian to cause each side, American and British, to set up the claim that it is in their territory. As at present marked, the northern limit of the meridian which forms the boundary is 800 miles west of Macken zie bay, and the southern extremity close to Mount St. Elisa. It is said at the state department that there, is no reasonable chance for friction or a radical difference among the scientists who are to undertake the work of laying down the meridian, as this is mainly an astronomical calcula tion. The work of the commission will be final, for no appeal will lie from their decision. The convention just signed does not, however, settle the whole Alaskan boundary question, which has been pending for many years. It does pro vide for the setltement of that portion relating to the northern boundary, about half of the aotual boundary line between Alaska and the British posses-' sions, and fortunately the portions which demand instant treatment to re move the possibility of dangerous fric tion. The south portion of the line, however, remains to be fixed, for it was not only very insufficiently described in the Russian treaty of cession as a line running laong the tops of a moun tain range skirting the coast from the southern edge of Alaska . to a point where it connected with the 141st mer idian, but investigation by the coast and geodetic survey is said to have de veloded the fact that there is no such mountain range. Superintendent Duf field, of our coast survey and Mr. King, one of the British crown surveyors, under a special treaty, made a careful survey of the territory, in the vicinity of the supposed boundary, with a view to the gathering of ; information on which , to base negotiations for the drawing of a new. boundary line,- for it had become apparent that the Russian definition was wortlhess, arid that the subject must be treated do novo. The reports of the surveys are expected to be made very soon, and then . negotia tions will be set on foot for the crea tion of a commission to locate the southern seotion of the boundary line. Klamath Commission Dissolved. Washington, Feb. 2. The Klamath boundary commission has been , dis solved. Secretary Francis has accept ed the resignation of Chairman Cole man, to take effect tomorrow, and the members, ex-Surveyor-General Ham mond, of Claifornia, and Captain Ap plegate, of Klamath Falls, Or., dis continued their connection some time ago. Mr. Coleman will remain here, acting in a confidential capacity with Secretary Francis until the latter leaves office. . The commission investi gated the boundary lines of the Klam ath Indian reservation in Oregon, and their report was approved a few days ago and forwarded to congress. . 1 An elaborate scheme has been form ulated for providing Johannesburg, South Africa, with a comprehensive lyttim of slsetria railroads. A BEER MONOPOLY. Another Engli-h Syndicate Buying , . Up Breweries. ' . ; Cincinnati, Feb. 2. The Enquirer says: Three representatives of a gigan tic London syndicate are in this city for the purpose of gobbling up all the biggest breweries here, and success has so far crowned their efforts. . They have purchased an option on sixteen, and the deal has progressed so far that the dealers have begun taking stock and summing up all the saloon chattel mortgages they hold, for the purpose of knowing just how they stand. The deal will be closed the coming week, The amount to be paid for the lot ag gregates $9,000,000. One-half will be paid in cash, and the other half in pre ferred stock, with guaranteed interest, so that the present owners will have some voice in the future administra tion of affairs. The syndicate intends consolidating, under the laws of, the state, and making them all one grand corporation. The older breweries were the more eager to make the sale, ow ing to the condition trade has been in generally for some time. -'.i - ' . The deal has been under way with local brokers several months. One of these brokers Was "in ( London during the summer. . It is stated that the syn dicate also has options on the Fay-Egan woodworking machinery plant of this city, the Hoven, Owen & Rentschler engine works at Hamilton, and other factories. 1 CORN AND CHEMICALS." Said to Have Supplanted Barley and Malt In Beer-Making. St. Louis, Feb. 2. A dispatch from Milwaukee says: The tremendous drop in the barley malt product has stirred up the maltsters, and they evince a disposition to make some interesting disclosures. They freely declare that in many breweries a barrel of beer is being made with the use of but a half bushel of barley malt, while the Ger man standard for pure beer is three bushels. The claim is as freely made that corn and chemicals have practical ly supplanted barley in the production of the beverage of the world. , , When the attention of Mr. Aug. A. Bnsch, vice-president of the Anheuser Busch Brewing Association, was called to the above article, he expressed no surprise in seeing the dispatch from Milwaukee, calling attention . to the tremendous drop in the barley malt product, but wondered" why more had not been said in public print with ref erence to the matter. Continuing he said: "We do not now, nor have we ever, used corn in the production of any of our beers, and we have always contended that first-class beer canhot be made by using corn as a substitue for barley malt." ? , THE PULPIT AND THE STAGE. Aotor Bearne Lectured In a Kansas City Church. ' Kansas City, Feb. 2. Before the richest congregation in this part of the country this evening, , James A. Hearne, actor and : playwright, deliv ered a lceture'on "The Theater as It Is." ' The lecture was one of a series of popular discussion which have been running at the First Congregational church, of which Dr. Henry Hopkins, LL. D., a relative of the founder of the Johns Hopkins 'university, is pastor. The greatest interest . had . been aroused by the announcement of the lecture, and the audienece that greeted Mr. Hearne was probably the largest in number that ever gathered at a church edifice in this city. Mr. Hearne, with his "Shoreacres" company, is making a tour of the West. In the course of his address he said: . "The province of the theater as an institution is to jdo good, but greed on one side and vicious tastes on the other have somewhat corrupted the theater. The theater is a factor of society just as. much as is the church,' and, in spite of all the stigma that is attached to it, and all the vice and pernicious -power it is charged with, it is still an educa tor, and its influence is for, good, and not for evil. The church and the the ater should work together. I claim they have, stood too long .apart; that for the good of the race - they should join hands at once and aid each other to free mankind." LANGLEY'S AIRSHIP. Mad Two Suceess'ul Flights of Over a Half Mile. .Washington, Feb. 1. The report of Professor Langley, secretary of the Smithsonian institution, just submit-N ted to the board of regents; contains the following about his flying machine: t "The writer has, during the inter vals of his official duties, continued to experiment in this manner until he has reached a measure of success which seems to justify him in making the statement here that mechanical fights have now been attained." On May 26 last a mechanism built chiefly of steel and driven by a steam engine made two flights of over half a mile. Since thai time the result has been - nearly doubled.. . In each case there was no support from gas. The machine was 1,000 or more times heav ier than the air in which it was made to move. Dr. Alexander Graham Bell witnessed the first of these, and commu nicated the statement of results to the academy of France. Southern Pacific Train in Hands of Highwaymen. ' WORK DONE NEAR ROSEBURG Express Car Burned and Safes Blown -Open No '.Passengers Were Hurt and "the Highwaymen . Bsosped. Grant's Pass, Or.; Feb. 1. The north-bound overland, due at Roseburg it 11:40 P. M., was held up two miles west of Rosebnrg tonight. The train was in charge of Conductor Sam V eaten and Engineer Morris. As soon as possible after the hold-up began, Fireman Hendricks, of the train crew, slipped out of the engine and ran on to Rosebnrg and gave the alarm. Arming himself quickly, he started back to the scene of the trouble. - Superintendent Fields, who was at Roseburg, ; quickly took a posse of a dozen armed men and an engine and started for the trouble. Heavy explosions of dynamite or powder were distinctly heard at Rose burg when the hold-up was in progress, and a light of either torch or fire was Been from the city, but .just what oc curred was not then kown. 7 Fireman Hendricks stated that the train was first flagged by the highway men, but he was in too great haste to make any detailed statement. ' , ' It is learned that the express-car was looted and burned, and the safe blown open. No one was hurt, and the high waymen escaped. v As Told by Officials. Portland, Or., Feb. 1. The following particulars were given out ' by the Southern Paoific officials here: . t Train No. 15, north-bound Oregon express, was held up last night at Shady point by two or three men? two miles south of Roseburg. The express car was detached from the train by the robbers, and the door blown open with dynamite. The two smaller safes i the car , were then blown open and looted, though it is hot thought the robbers secured much. The express car then took fire. The conductor and trainmen "worked hard to save it after the robbers had gone, but the flames had too good a start, and the car and contents were destroyed. ' The train was on' time at Shady point, where Engineer Morris saw s man at the side of the track, waving flag.'. ,v" He slowed up for the signal, and just as he brought the train to a stop, a man farmed with two revolvers came over . the back of the car and covered him. At the . same time, another armed man, who was the man who had flagged him, appeared at the side of the cab, and, presenting a revolver at him, ordered him not to attempt to move the train, but to come down at once and go with them to the express car. The fireman in the meantime had got down on the other side. The two robbers and the engineer then went to the express oar, where the. robbers ordered the express messenger to open the door. This the messenger refused to do. ... . ; The robbers then uncoupled the ex press car, returned to the engine and kicked the train back, leaving the ex press clar separated. '' In the meantime, the express mes senger had seized the opportunity t step out of the car. , . After breaking the train the robbers returned to the express car," and, with heavy charges of dynamite, the detona tions of which were heard at' Roseburg, blew the door open. ;, Entering the car, they attacked the two smaller safes, which they succeeded in entering. The messenger thought the robbers did not succeed in getting into the big safe, and consequently they could not have secured muoh. The mail oar was also visited by the robbers,' and it is believed some registered -, mail ' was taken. But they did not pay muoh at tention to the mail car. ; The explosions set fire to the express oar, and when the robbers drew off, it was a mass of flames. The train crew worked liked , trojans, but were unable to save it, and the car and contents were almost totally destroyed. : Superintendent Fields, who was in Roseburg at the time, took a special engine and went to the wrecked train as soon as he heard of the robbery. The passengers were considerably shaken up, and some of them frighten ed, but no one was injured. : The hold up will make the, train from eight to ten hours late in' getting into Portland. An imperfect description of one of the robbers ' was secured. It is pre sumed they were masked. Gage for Treasurer. Canton, O., Feb. 1. At 7:80 o'clock this evening, Lyman J. Gage, president of the First National bank of Chicago, emerged from the dining room of the McKinley home here, and, said to a reporter: "Mr. McKinley offered mo the treasury portfolio. 1 I told him I wou,ld accept the high honor and fill the position to the best of my ability." Beyond this Mr. Gage had little to say. He declined to dismiss any feature of the polioy of the incoming administra tion, ." ENOUGH VOTES TO PASS. The Tariff Blll'i Chances In the Senate " Are Good -. i . AVashington, Feb. 2. It is now ab solutely certain that a majority can now be counted on in the senate to pass a tariff bill. It is not certain just where the votes are coming from, but the Republicans say that votes will be secured. ' It is certain that some of the Democrats may vote for a tariff bill, or, at least, refrain from voting when the bill comes up. There seems also a probability that the silver faction will either vote for the bill or allow , it to pass without their opposition. Senator McBride has reported favor ably from the committee on public lands, Senator Mitchell's bill, extend ing $he time for payment by settlers on forfeited lands. It is expected that the bill can pass both houses at this session. ; It will be signed because the interior department has recommeded it, and has suspended entries on the lands pending the passage. . . i-. The committee on Indian affairs has reported favorably Representative Her mann's bill to provide for a final set tlement with the Kehalem band . of Tillamook Indians. It appropriates $10,500 as a settlement in full. Senator McBride 's bill for the classi fication of mineral lands in Oregon is now in the house awaiting action by that body. It passed the senate' with out .any difficulty. There has been Home lime nitcii vu see n uie uluiuuub bill for California and Oregon can pass, but as this seems, very doubtful, an effort will now be made to pass the Oregon bill as a separate measure. Mnch depends upon the willingness of the speaker to allow the bill to be called up in the house. As usual, the speaker is the arbiter of legislation, and very little can go through whioh he does not approve. v i - The bill of Senator McBride- appro priating $30,000 for a quarantine sta tion at Astoria went through the sen ate one afternoon without creating even a ripple. There were very few persons present, and no one cared to object to the measure. The next ques tion which arises is whether it. -can re ceive consideration in the house. This is scarcely probable. Not that there is any prejudice against Astoria in the matter, but the house is spending just as little money as possible these days. The house has passed two of Mr- Herrmann's pension bills, both for sur vivors of the Oregon Indian wars of 1855-66. The beneficiaries are Dan Giles, of Coos county, and James L. McKinney, of Douglass county. A CRUISER DISABLED. Serious Accident to the Brooklyn In the Delaware River. Philadelphia, Feb. 2. The United States steamship Brooklyn, the latest pride of a peerless navy, calculated to withstand the fiercest onslaughts of shot and shell, today lies almost en tirely helpless because of a narrow ledge of sunken rock in the Delaware river, above Marcus hook,: Pa., on whjch she struck heavily yesterday nffofnnnn TJ aw lvnTAi si itti til a m . niiibi s-i wA . . iJ v tun v uuiu w - par.tments forward were stove in, and it was only by the merest good fortune that the big vessel did not sink. This would undoubtedly have been the re sylt had not her inner compartments fully withstood the shock. As it was,, she was pulled clear of the rocks and is now tied to the big stone icebreakers at Marcus hook, protected from the heavy ice gorges in midriver. ! The vessel is seriously damaged, and it is impossible to say when she will be able to go into service. At present, she is in no danger of further damage, being protected in the safe anchorage afforded by the icebreakers. How the accident occurred can only be estab lished by a court of inquiry, find this, Captain Cook, of the Brooklyn, has already asked for. The exact place where . the vessel struck was on , Schooner ledge rock, between Chester and Marcus hook, and the time about 1:45 o'clock. ' What makes the accident even more deplorable is the fact that itvwas the first time the ship had been handled by the present officers and crew since go ing : into commission in December. Sinoe then she had been lying at League island navy yard, and certain small repairs had delayed her sailing.' ' Burned to a Crisp. New York, Feb. 2. John Connors, 50 years old, met a shocking death on the steamship Eastern Prince, lying at the East Central Pier at Atlantic dock, Brooklyn. Connors was sent , with others to make repairs to the interior of one of the boilers. Before begin ning operations the men lowered into the boiler a charcoal furnace with whioh the iron work was to be heated. Connors climbed through the manhole, and when at 12 o'clock one of the workmen called to Connors and re cieved no answer a workman was low ered into the boiler and Connors was found dead. The upper part of the man's body was burned to a crisp. He had evidently been overcome by the fumes and had fallen on the furnace. ' It is estimated that the total wealth of our forty-fire States ii $64,062,103,. 860, 'it -r it''. 'lVrnfiTfi'itivi-riii'-ia''iiifii T-'ii iri'i