The ilooc River .. . ... V G acier It's a Cold Day When We Get Left. VOL. VIII. HOOD RIVER, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1897. NO. 39. THE MS OF THE WEEK POWERS CRY HALT1 THE DYNAMITE GUN. KILLED WITH AN AX. New OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS Comprehensive Review of the Import ant Happening of the Past Week Culled From the Telegraph Columns. Dr. Langley Hall, 83 years of age, a pioneer of Oregon, died at Oakland. The office of the Pittsburg Post was almost totally destroyed by fire. The loss is $60,000, well insured."' , Harry .Banquist was knocked over board by the boom of his fishing-boat and drowned in the Columbia near As toria.' , '' " ' J. Danach, a traveling man, was held up and robbed of $70 by three masked men while driving through a grove near Eoseburg. , , , . Capt. Chas. Swanson, of the ' pilbt schooner Jessie, was drowned in As toria harbor while attempting to board his vessel from a small rowboat. Cuban sympathizers held an open-air meeting in Tacoma and denounced Pre mier Canovas. The Spanish flag was trailed in the mud and then burned. A resolution was adopted praying that Weyler might be subjected to the same torture by his victims. , 1 The' arrangements for the inaugura tion of President McKinley are rapidly nearing completion, and the indications are that in point of brilliancy and at tractiveness the ceremonies,, the decora tions and the festivities incident to inauguration week will be more lavish than those of former years. A'prominient churoh member of Pen dleton, Or., has headed a subscription list with $5 for the relief of Jim Hems worth, the Rossland miner who 'saved the lives of his two , companions by thrusting his arm into the cogs of a rapidly turning windlass and in that way prevented a heavy bucket of ore from falling on the heads of his com panions in the shaft below. Charles Frohman and his manager, C. B. Dillingham, of the Garden thea ter, gave p special, performance of "Heartsease" (by courtesy of Henry Miller and his'company), to the clergy men of. New York. The theater was 'closed to all except the clergy, and no seats were sold. The box office men and ushers were dressed in long black coats and black ties, and the playhouse and its strange audience had every ap pearance of a church. There were 1,063 ministers "and their friends pres ent, including a number of "ministers from New Jersey.- The only denomina tion that sent regrets was the Metho dists. The Prince of 'Wales has bestowed upon Dr. Nansen, the Arctic explorer, the special medal of the Royal Geo graphical Society " ! " San Francisco capitalists are said to be engineering a plan to get a lottery bill through the Nevada legislature, having been encouraged to make the at tempt by the ease with whioh the prize fighting bill was passed. V " " The house committee on Pacifio rail roads has decided to ; report favorably the bill drafted by Representative Har rison, which provides for the creation of a commission to settle the indebted ness of the Pacific roads to the govern ment - ! It . is said that Speaker Reed will forestall legislation, other than tariff, at the extra session of congress by ap pointing only two committees, those on ways, and means and on mileage, and reserving the appointment of other com mittees until the regular session. While' the action is unprecedented, members say it would be legal.: " . George Davies," a prominent com mission merchant of Cleveland, O., was shot " and killed 'by his wife at their residence in that city. ; The tragedy was the result of a long series of quar rels.' Mrs. Davies when taken into custody wept bitterly, and said her hus band had treated her unkindly . and called her bitter names. During the voyage J from - Hampton Roads r of Admiral Bunco's blockade squadron, which, reached Charleston, three men were lost overboard from the battleship Maine, one man was crushed to death on the cruiser Marblehead, an other was fatally injured and six others were so badly hurt that several may lose limbs. The officers say the voyage was made in the worst gale ever experi enced by the fleet. ' "A press representative who visited the poor hpuses of the famine district ofjndia says the inmates were found to be in a deplorable condition. The buildings were overcrowded and med ical attendance was, lacking. A man outside of one of , them was dead and another was dying.'; A girl of 6 years of age weighed only ten pounds, and several adults were under fifty pounds in weight. . The skin in all cases was drawn over the faces, showing the out lines of the skulls and the limbs arid joints had the appearance of those of articultated skeletons. It is estimated that the present famine is the greatest of the century, and will greatly surpass that of 1876, both in area and severity. The famine belt is 1,800 miles long by 4Q0 miles wide. From All Parts of the World and the Old. Further Hostile Actions by Greece to .' ; '(,.,', Be Prevented. . ,(,,,. ,; Berlin, Feb. 17. A semi-offloial statement of the Cretan question has been published here as follows: "In reply to the representations of the ministers of all the great powers at Athens to the Greek government yester day, pointing out the danger to Euro pean peace from the attitude taken by Greece contrary to international , law, M. Skouses, minister of foreign affairs, declared Greece would occupy Crete. . "In view of this fact the imperial government no longer considers it con sonant with its dignity to take further diplomatio steps at Athens. After an exchange of views with the cabinets of Other great powers the commmander of the German warship Kaiserin Augusta, which will arrive at Canea within the next few days, has received instruc tions in conjunction with the com manders of the naval forces of other great powers assembled in Cretan wa ters to prevent any hostile act upon the part of Greece, and also to co operate ' with them in every . possible way with a view to restoring order and averting bloodshed." CLOSING RUSH BEGUN. ' Lower Home of Concrete to Begin Night Sessions. ' ' i Washington, Feb. 17. The general rush of business which marks the cli s ing days of congress ' was forcibly brought home to the members of the house today by the adoption of a special order for night sessions tonight and to morrow, for consideration of private pension bills. By the terms of the or der these sessions will terminate at 11:80 P. M. On motion of Hitt, the house con curred in the senate amendments to the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill. ' This was suspension day and the speaker recognized Reeves, Republican, of Illinois, to move the passage under suspension of the rules a substitute for the senate bill appropriating $250,000 for closing the crevasses in the Mis sissippi levee at Pass L'outre, La. The substitute appropriated the same sum to be deducted from the sum due under the Fads contract in case .the courts should decide he was liable for repairs tinder his contract with the government. The bill was passed. ... ; - i , Clavton-Bnlwer Treaty Discussed. Washington, Feb. 17. A bill was passed providing penalties for starting fires which may be communicated to inflammable growth on public lands. Davis of Minnesota presented a resolu tion requesting the submission of all correspondence with the German' em pire relative to , American insurance companies. The resolution was agreed to without comment. Morgan's resolution for the abroga tion of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty then came up and precipitated a parliament ary fight. " Upon motion of Hoar the senate went into executive session. As the doors were closed Morgan took the floor on the Clayton-Bulwer abrogation' resolution. V He was ap parently very . angry and his . remarks were along the line the open session in dicated. i vv' '' Conference Bill Taken Up, -Washington, Feb. 17. The , house committee ' on coinage today ' took up again the bill for . an international monetary conference. Representative Hartman, the Montana member of the committee, urged that action be taken as soon as possible in viewof the ap proaching death of the 64th congress. r, Bnrned a Gambling House. Chicago, Feb. 17. Citizens of Elm hurst, a small town twenty-five miles west of here, burned to the ground the large shed recently erected there by Barney Zachariah, the Chicago gam bler, , in which poolselling, faro and roulette had been conducted for several dayB. . Almost every day 400 or 500 gamblers from Chicago visited the re' sort. A few days ago the residents raided the pollroom, but could , find no evidence of gambling. Six men, how ever, supposed to be connected with the movement, were arrested. -' During the night two watchmen were employed to watch the place. ' Early yesterday morning a mob of indignant citizens at tacked the building, and after driving away the watchmen, set 'fire. ; to the huilding. ', The gamblers say they will re-open as soon as another can be built. 7 Held Up a Saloon. Chicago, Feb. IT-. Four robbers armed with revolvers entered J. Myer's saloon at Fourteenth street and New berry avenue and held up the place. The barroom was crowded with, cus tomers at the time, and the robbers or dered every one to keep in the rear of the saloon and hold up their hands. No one attempted to disobey, and while three of the men kept them covered with pistols the fourth went . through the pockets of each man, securing sev eral watches and some money. He then took $15 from the cash register. The men were driven into a small Toom in. the rear, and after fastening the door, the robbers ran into the street and escaped before the imprisoned vic tims could release themselves. A clever Parisian has invented a ma chine that can split a human hair lengthwise into thirty-six strips. Cretan Insurgents Bombard ing the Town. GOVERNOR RAN AT FIRST SHOT Fighting In the Neighborhood of Halepa Greece Sends More Troops to the Island Turk Fired Upon. Canea, Crete, Feb. 16. The Chris tians occupied the heights surrounding the town this morning, and began to bombard Canea. . As soon as the firing commenced, Georgi Berovitch, governor of Crete, with thirty recently enrolled Montenegro gendarmes, boarded the Russian man-of-war. : The Greek con sul also embarked on board another vessel. The Turks from the fortress replied to the fire of the Christians. It is re ported that the fighting was attended with bloodshed. The military gover nor has been removed from his post. The foreign consuls also embarked on board the various vesssels lying off the town of Canea. - The Greek consul at Heraklion went on board the Greek warship Naurachos Miaulist The Christians at Heraklion are also hurrying on board the ships. The Fighting at Halepa. London, Feb. 16. A Canea dispatch dated Sunday to the Times says the village of Halepa, the residence of the consuls, was in a state of great trepida tion Sunday in , consequence of the ap proach of the insurgents, who, joined, it is stated, by the Greek volunteers, assmebled in force on A,krotari penin sula, made an advance in the neighbor hood. The Hellenic flag hoisted on the arrival of the .Greek warships was dis played on the summit of an adjoining hill. All of the members of the fam ilies of the consular agents were trans ferred to the warships. ' The Greek consulate was garrisoned with an im pressive show of force by native Chris tian sailors in anticipation of an attack from the Mohammedans from the vicin ity of Canea. , The insurgents advanced yesterday toward the isthmus connecting the pen insula with the mainland, and engaged the Turkish artillery throughout the afternoon. ; The Mohammedans at Canea were in a state of great excite ment, and, owing to rumors of . an in tended attack on the consulates at Canea, special precautions were taken at the -offices of the British consul. About 400 bashi-bazouks and a company of regulars hurried out from Canea and attacked the Christians, who were finally -: attacked and pursued into the interior of the peninsula. .. ,; ' ; '' ' It is reported tonight that the Chris tians have succeeded in making a stand, and that they now maintain their position. . ...... Heraklion is more quiet, as a large part of the Chirstian population has embarked on the men-of-war. The governor has demanded a written assuarnce from the consuls that the Greek fleet is not to molest the trans port conveying troops to Sitia.; This transport was compelled to return Fri day by the firing from a Greek w,arship. This assurance was given by the British vice-consul, and by Captain Grenfell, of the turret ship Trafalgar. Captain Grenfell subsequently promised the government to prevent the Greek war ships from bombarding the town, pro vided the Mohammendans would ab stain from aots of violence. Her majesty's steamships . Rodney and Dragon have arrived. The Turkish troopship, whioh ar rived Sunday has put out to sea, pur sued by the Greek transport Mykale. Ibrahim Pasha, military governor, has resigned. " .: ' The Governor's Resignation. London, Feb. 16. A Times dispatoh from Canea dated Sunday night' says that the resignation of Prince Georgi Berovitch as governor of Crete has al ready been accepted, and he departed Sunday afternoon for Trieste. : Despite the official statements, there is reason to believe he left his post without the sultan's permission. In his letter to the consulate representing the ' powers, he only stated that he bad tendered his resignation. '..': ' Although well intentioned, Bero vitch Pasha has shown a lamentable lack of courage during the recent trou bles, according to the correspondent. He practically abandoned the direction of affairs at a critical moment. It must, in fairness, be said that the task imposed upon him was one of extraor dinary difficulty. . Without gendarm erie, without law courts, opposed by military subordinates, thwarted in Constantinople, and harrassed by his administrative council, he , had no means to make his authority respected. It must be also borne in mind that the sudden disappearance of Turkish ' offi cials is often due to occult influences. The position of the next governor will not be envihble. . Athens, Feb. 16. It is evident the Grecian government has taken a seri ous step in sending troops to Crete for the purpose of protecting the Chris tians. ' A force consisting of a regi ment of infantry, battery and artillery, embarked at Piraeus yesterday . oa board three steamers. It Has Enabled Rivera to Hold Final v del Bio, Cincinnati, Feb. 16. The Commercial-Tribune's special from Jacksont ville, Fla., says: Colonel Frederioo Perez Carbo, late dispatch chief gen eral to Maceo, received a letter from General Ruis Rivera from the Pinar del Rio section today. It spoke in the highest terms of his men, their enthus iasm in the cause, and denied in strong terms that that province was pacified. i "The Spanish do not come out of their' entrenched camps," wrote the general, "and when we want to fight them, we have got to go to them. We have full control of all the open coun try." .v..,.-, , . ;' V . His army consists of over 6,000 men, all well armed, and the health of the troops is generally good.' Several im portant engagements have taken places and in every one the Cubans have been victorious. ' . While the men regret the death of General Maoeo, they are full of patriot ism, and the fight is being conducted on the plans outlined by Maceo. One expedition had landed there not long ago with needed supplies, and the gen eral was in good spirits over the out) look for Cuban independence. ...... Rivera spoke of the good work ac complished by the dynamite gun, com manded by young Lunn, of Jackson ville, and said that he wanted another, In one of the last expeditions, an am ple supply of ammunition for it had come over, and it was being used very often to the damage of the Spanish. Artemisa has been laid in ruinB al most by the gun, and other places had felt its power. . ' , .... )' . ... COLD-BLOODED MURDER. The Spanish Mode of Warfare in Ma. tanxas Province. Cincinnati,. Feb. 16. The Commercial-Tribune's special from Key West says: A letter from Matanzas today tells of the cruel butchery of a camp of pacifioos by a band of Spanish guerril las under. Major Consartez. The pa cificos were encamped near a lake ten miles south of Matanzas. They were afraid to come - into the city because small pox and other diseases were so prevalent. Major Consartez was sent to bring them in. Surrounding the camp, his soldiers burst in upon them with wild yells, shooting as they ad vanced. Five fell at the first fire, two being women. Alarmed and scarcely knowing what to do, the others rushed into the shallow water of the lake, en deavoring to hide under the leaves of the big lilypads and other large-leaved plants. The troops selected their hu man targets and began shooting them, and only ceased when not a head was visible. Major Consartez's official , re port says that his detachment had been attacked at the lake, and that they killed ten insurgents in the fight that followed.- Twenty paciflcos, men, women and children, were killed. ' A Spanish Outrage. Washington, Feb. 16. Representa tive ' Cummings, of . New York, has offered a resolution requesting the president to give the house any in formation concerning the , incident of the stripping of two lady passengers on board the steamer Olivette in the har bor of Havana by Spanish soldiers and detectives. The resolution reoites that the alleged occurrence was described in a New York . paper. The resolution was referred to the committee on for eign affairs, and a report is . expected next week. Mr. Cummings said as to the resolution: . . ' ''If. an Englishwoman on an English vessel had been stripped by Spanish officials, as it has been alleged that an American woman was stripped, within forty-eight hours Morro castle would come down, or some apology would be made for it. I doubt if even Japan would have stood it Furthermore, if the American government stands it, in my opinion it indicates a total loss of manhood and the keenest sympathy with savage inhumanity. " . ' , . To Protect the Advertiser. St Paul, Feb. 16. The American Land and Title Register, in its issue of February 15, will have some novel suggestions for legislators in regard to a state bureau Of advertising. The ar tiole is headed A Needed Reform," and says: . - v. . "We suggest to the honorable mem bers of the various state legislatures now in session all over this land the establishment of a bureau of advertis ing on the same ' general lines as the state bureaus of insurance. Thou sands of .dollars , are annually stolen from 'the merchants of every import ant city in this country by itinerant advertising solicitors who are either frauds themselves or paid servants of fraudulent concerns. A simple system of registration would do away with this condition of affairs." Marked copies of the issue of the pa per will be sent to every member of every legislature in session now. ', Venezuelans See the Treaty. Washington, Feb. 16. Information has been' received from Venezuela that the arbitration treaty signed in Wash ington by Sir Julian Pauncefote and Senor Andrade has safely reached Car ' acas, and will be laid before the Venez ' uela congress as soon as it convenes. ' It is said on the best authority that the ratification of the treaty is practically assured A Rossland Miner's Unpre cedented Heroism. AT THE RISK OF HIS OWN LIFE Prevented an Ore Bucket From Fall ing Upon Two Men by Throwing Himself Upon a Whirring Windlass. Spokane, Feb. 15. A rare act of heroism, such as deserves to be recorded in history and song, was performed at Rossland, B. C, today, which saved the lives of two miners and proved plain Jim Hemsworth to be one of nature's noblemeni . ' ' Jem Smith and Frank Conson were' working at the bottom . of ,a narrow shelf of the Young America mine, at a depth of nearly 150 feet, engaged in loading ore into an iron-bound bucket, while Jim Hemsworth's duty consisted in hauling the bucket to the surface by means of a windlass. The heavy bucket filled with ore, had almost reached the top of the shelf, when the iron orank of the windlass snapped in two like a bit of pine, hurling Hemsworth to the ground. , , Springing to his feet half, dazed by the blow, Hemsworth saw the windlass whirring around at a frightful rate of speed as the loaded buoket shot down the shaft upon the men below. He had not a second to lose. There was just one chanoe to save them, and he took that chance. Jumping forward, he threw his body upon the cogs of the whirring windlass, thrusting ;his arms and shoudler between the swiftly re volving wheels. Their iron Jaws ornnched and tore the . flesh, crushed nerves, bone and sinews, tore ghastly wounds from finger-tip to shoulder, but the windlass stood still. With aa awful jerk the buoket stopped just above the heads of the two . men far down the shaft. : . Pale as death, with the blood flowing in streams and suffering intense agony, Hemsworth never uttered a cry nor even a sound, as the jaws of the wheels pinioned him fast as in a vice. Super intendent Shields, who "Witnessed the accident from a short distance away, rushed to Hemsworth's aid and blocked the machinery. ' As Hemsworth staggered back and was about to fall, Shields oaught him in his arms, at the same time exclaim ing: "My God, Jim! This is awful!" "Oh, what's the difference?" replied the plucky fellow, "so long as I saved the boys?" , ., His wounds were dressed and the in jured man made as comfortable as could be under the circumstances. The attending physicians are at this time unable to state how serious Hems worth's . injuries are likely to result, but unless he is hurt internally they hope to save his life. His arm, how ever, in all likelihood will have to be amputated at the shoulder. ; ' ; ANNEXATION OF HAWAII. Thurston on a Missionary Visit to This Country. ' San Francisco, Feb. 15. Lorin A. Thurston, ex-minister of Hawaii to the United States, arrived from the islands today. Thurston, as president of the Annexation Club of Honolulu, expects to accomplish considerable missionary work in aid of the annexation move ment before his return home. His mis sion is not an official one, he says, and he has not been sent here either by the government or by the Annexation Club. He says, however, that if the opportu nity presents itself, he proposes to exert his best efforts to aid the annexation movement. He says: "The all absorbing theme of discus sion in the islands just now in annexa tion. As $he day for the inauguration of McKinley approaches, interest in the annexation question is becoming in tensified and widespread. The Annex ation , Club has been reorganized, and now has a membership of 6,000. ' Of this number, a third or a fourth are natives. The natives are. ' joining the movement with the idea that the an nexation of the islands to the United States' is their only salvation from, the Japapese, who are elbowing them in various fields of labor. . "The census of the islands has just been completed.. The census shows a population of 81,000 natives 8,000 half castes and mixed races, 24,000 Japa nese, 21,000 Chinese, and 25,000 whites, including Americans and Eu ropeans. The official Veturns have oc casioned some surprise. It was gener ally ' presumed that the Japanese population was greatly in excess of the figures given. " Hnndreds of Mohammedans Killed. London, Feb. 15. A late dispatch to the Times from Canea says the entire Mohammedan population of Malevsi, Temenos, Pirgiotiga and Monofastl en tered Heraklion, attacking and assault ing the Christians in the streets and pillaging the shops and houses. . It Is stated the soldiers assisted in this, work of plundering. The local prefect at Sitia reports 800 Mohammedans killed in that district, and he is afraid the Mohammedans in the town of Aitia will massacre the Christians out Of revenge. A German Farmer Murdered by His j . Partner. . , . Seattle, Feb. 16. In the outskirts of Eliot, a sparsely settled community sixteen miles, from . Seattle, Edward Folzke, a German farmer, was killed with an ax Friday . evening, about 7 o'clock, and the perpetrator of the -crime attempted to cover up his work by dragging his victim's body into the house, to which he applied the torch. . The cabin was entirely destroyed, and the dead man's fate is told by a large , pool of blood outside the door and an ax whioh shows blood stains and black hair on it- The sheriff and coroner investigated ' the case this afternoon, with the result that Andrew 8. Kraus, Folzke's partner, is locked up in the county jail, charged with murder and arson.. No one saw the orime commit ted, but circumstantial evidence is strong against Kraus. The two men had lived together for eight years, and when sober were close friends, but i when drunk they frequently quarreled. Kraus . denies all knowledge of the orime, , claiming he slept in ka cabin some distance from the scene of the murder. Blood spots were ' found on his overalls. ' , ' : Newspaper OlBoe Fire. Pittsburg, Feb. 16. The , office of the Post, on Fifth avenue, was almost totally destroyed by fire this morning, causing a loss to the paper ' of about $60,000, well insured. The loss on the building is ' not yet known. The only other tenant in the building was Gleason, the railroad ticket, broker, . whose loss is small. The Commercial Gazette, next door to the Post, was in imminent danger, but good work by the fire department saved that plant, the only damage being caused by water. The Commercial Gazette's presses and engines are, for the time being, disabled. The paper's edition tomor row morning, will be printed at the Press office. Both the Post and Com mercial Gazette were promptly tender ed the use- and services of maohines, presses and offioes of the other news papers in the city. The Post will be issued from the office of the Leader until a new plant can be established. Preparations for the Inauguration. Washington, Feb. 16. The arrange ments for the inauguration of President McKinley two weeks from next Thurs day are . rapidly nearing completion, and the indications are that in point of brilliancy and attractiveness, the cere monies, the decorations, and the festiv ities incident to inauguration week will be more lavish than those of former years. In the decorations of. the ball room, finer -results are expected than ever before. All spectacular effects will be avoided, and a more artistic and harmonious arrangement of flowers, lights and bunting will be- secured. About $13,000 will be spent by the inaugural committee in decorating the main ballroom and the private rooms Set apart for the use of the presidential and vice-presidential parties.' ' A Bace With Death. . Chicago, Feb. 16. Six men had a race with death on the lake last night and won by a hair's breadth. They were' the crew of the big supply tug A. C. Vanraalte. ' This tug carries sup plies to the crib off Sixty-eighth street;' and while returning to her dock she sprang a leak while bucking a tremen dous ice floe. ? " , Then for three hours the six men bat-. tied with the ice and faced death while they were tryig to keep their boat afloat long enough to reach her dock.. The tug managed to ,get intot Calumet river, but the fire was dead," The men, were up to their knees in water. In answer to ' signals of distress the fire boat Chicago responded and took the ' crew ashore. . . r Drunk and Beekless. . ; Portland, Or., Feb. 16. N Frank Nagle, a shoemaker, was run over and instantly killed near Weidler's mill last night by the Northern Pacific in coming passenger train. No. 1,' which arrived at the Union depot at 7:80. The man was in an intoxicated condi tion, and was evidently attempting to cross the track in front of the rapidly ' approaching train, in which reckless effort he sacrificed his life. The pilot 'of the engine struck Nagle in the head and back, carrying him a distance : of seventy -five feet under the pony ', truck of the engine, and leaving the .fright fully mangled remains lying beside the track, near the foot of Savier street. ' Italian Claims Filed. ' New York, Feb. 15. The corre spondent of the Herald in Rio Janeiro, Brazil, telegraphs that the Italian min ister has presented new and heavy claims for outrages upon Italian sub jects. The wrongs for which redress is demanded are alleged to have been committed by Brazilians in the state of Matto Gressoa during the revolution whioh occurred in the administration of President Peixoto. Burled in a Snowsllde. Brigham, Utah, Feb. 16. A snow slide rushed down on the Cottonwood canyon last night and struck the cabin ocenpied by John Andereon, Andrew Anderson and Andrew Miller, burying the men under tons of snow. After six hours' work, Andrew Miller and John Anderson were taken out badly bruised, but not dangerously hurt. The dead body of Andrew Anderson was re covered an hour later. ; ' t