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The Hood River Glacier; It's a Cold Day When We Get Left. VOL. VIII. HOOD RIVElt, OltEGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1897. KO. 47. Epitome- of the Telegraphic News of the World. .-TERSE ticks from the wires An Interesting Collection of Item From the New and the Old World In a Condensed nd Comprehensive Form. By a collision between two passenger trains at Harrisburg, N. C, three men were killed outright and several others seriously injured. C. B. Bellinger, United States dis trict judge for Oregon, has been ap ' pointed by Governor Lord a member of the board of regents of- the state Uni versity at Eugene. The Heldageblatt, the Dutch news . paper of Cape Town, declares that lead ing officials of the Transvaal speak openly of war with England as inevit t able and aver that it will be carried right up to Table bay. A dispatch from Montevideo states that a serious engagement has occurred between the federal troops under Colonel Casalia and the insurgents near Minas. . The federals are said to have been de feated. The insurgents have captured the town of Sarandi del Yi. . The government of Japan has decided to send two warships to Hawaii, stop ping meanwhile all emigration. A number of rejected emigrants have ar rived at Kobe. The press is urging the government to take a firm attitude toward . the Hawaiian and American governments. Hot winds have taken the snow from "' the mountains above Pendleton, Or., and the Umatilla river is up to as high , a stage as at any time this spring. Part of the railroad bridge above town has gone out, compelling the abandon-, ment of the branch line between there and Walla Walla.. The water is still rising, and promises to do more damage. The Turkish porte, in ' a protest to , , the powers against Greek invasion, says that the regular Greek army occupied Turkish territory near Grevno and com mitted acts of hostility by destroying three posts. The protest further de olares that these acts virtually consti ' tute an act of aggression and a casus belli, and denounoes Greece as an ag gressor in the war. . Fire greatly damaged the dwelling house ocoupied by James Jackson, a rel ative of President Andrew Jackson, and inheritor of the relics of the deceased president, at Clifton, O. Among the relics was General Jackson's carriage, the wheels of which were made of tim ber from the old war frigate Constitu tion. The carriage was destroyed along ' with many other relics, valued at $10, 000. . ' ...... . ,. . .... A Salt - Lake paper prints what is ' claimed to be a confession by J. W. Fetzer, who is under arrest at Dillon, Mont., in which he says he killed Dr. C. H.' Nichols, superintendent of the ' insane asylum at Washington in 1873. He says he has ten or fifteen other vic tims, but will not plead guilty unless he can get a death sentence. - Fetzer was arrested last week in Salt Lake and turned over to Montana "authorities, charged with swindling the state. Carter Harrison -has been elected mayor of Chicago. The president ,has named Theodore Roosevelt, of New York, to be assistant secretary of the navy. The board of oontrol of the state of Washington unanimously appointed J. B. Catron warden of the penitentiary at Walla Walla. . , The Oregon City land office, in an " swer to ; numerous letters of inquiry, announces that no date has yet been announced by the president for the opening to the public of the 'Klamath reservation. -"-- . ' ' "- - A ' London ' dispatch says the arch- bishop of Canterbury will personally deliver into the hands of Mr. Bayard, on the , latter's return to London, the log of .. the .Mayflower, which the con sistorial court recently deoided to prer sent to the United States. , , ' , , There is a scarcity of onions in the js: California markets. .Dealers say that all the California onion crop was ship ped as soon as gathered to the Eastern and Southeastern states, and that a corner has been effeoted in the AVash ington and Oregon crop. The prisoners in the Clatsop county jail at Astoria, dug a hole under an old sink in the jail and some of them made an effort to escape. Sheriff Hare ar ' rived just jn time to catch Peter Fus tin, who had crawled through the h61e ' and hidden under the sidewalk. William Rothlage, an inmate of the county jail at Union, committed sui cide in his cell, by hanging. He was insane and was in jail waiting to be transported to Salem. The body was taken to La Grande for burial, in ac . ', cordance with the last request of the , deceased. The supreme courtroom in Washing ton, D. C, and the corridors without were crowded with spectators, attracted by the appearance of William J. Bryan as . counsel in. a case. The case on hearing involved the constitutionality of the law of the state of Nebraska to regulate railroads, to classify freight! Vd to flv ratqa, THE SPECIAL ENVOYS. Commissioners to the Monetary Confer ence Appointed. Washington, April 14. The presi dent tonight announced the appoint ment of Senator Edward O. Wolcott, of Colorado; (Hon. Charles J. Payne, of Boston, and ex-Vioe-President Adlai E. Stevenson as commissioners to an inter national monetary conference.. The appointments are made under the act approved March 8, last, for the promo tion of an international agreement for bimetallism, and the appointments do not require confirmation by the senate. It has been generally conceded that Sen ator Wolcott would be made a member of the commission., He has been an active leader in the movement for a monetary agreement, and is widely known as an advocate of the silver cause. His trip to Europe last summei was generally oonceded to bp at least semi-official, as the representative of the new administration. His' tour ex tended over several months, and em braced the leading European capitals. Ex-Vice-President Stevenson, the Democratio member of the commission, though generally known as an advocate of bimetallism, was a staunch supporter of Mr. Bryan and theChioago platform. He and Senator Wolcott, howeve, are aid to be in accord on the financial question. - General Charles J. Payne, who may be termed the minority member, is a Republican,, and was a McKinley man. He is one of the most prominent busi ness men of Massachusetts, and is said to be a deep student on the financial quesiton. While he is classed as a sup porter of bimetallism, based on interna tional agreement, he is regarded as allied with the sound-money faction. He is a graduate of Harvard being a member of the class of '58. General Payne is largely identified with rail roads ; and other corporations, being a director of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy road, and other large concerns, and a director of the Boston Institute of Technology. He was an intimate friend and associate of Professor Walker, the financial authority. It is not known when the commission will meet and organize. When organ ized, however, it is believed Senator Wolcott will be made president. It is believed the commissioners will not go abroad before May 1, at which time the new ambassadors will be at their posts and render the special envoys the assist ance necessary in the consummation of their mission. TWO MILLS TOO MUCH. Special Tax Levy of the City of Port land la Illegal. Salem, April 14. Opinions were handed down by the supreme court to day, as follows: H. W. Qorbett et al., appellants, vs. the City of Portland et al., respondents; reversed. Opinion by Bean, J. Suit was brought in this case to re strain the collection of a speoial tax, levied by the'city of Portland for the payment of interest charges on its bond ed and other indebtedness. It was set out in the complaint that, on June 80, 1895, the Portland city council, by ordinanoe, levied a tax of 8 mills for general municipal purposes, and on the same day, by another ordinance, an additional tax of 2 mills, for the pay ment of interest on bonded and other indebtedness of the city. For this lat ter ordinance plaintiff held there was no warrant of law. The complaint al leged by the act of incorporation, the levy of taxes for general and municipal purposes shall not exceed in any one year 8 mills', and out of .the sum real ized therefor and other revenues of the city it must pay the interest charges and all other general and municipal ex penses. It was further alleged that prior to commencement of the suit, plaintiffs paid, or tendered and offered to pay, the full amount of the 8-mill tax, and that defendant Sears, sheriff of Multnomah county, threatens and will, unless restrained, attempt by levy and sale to collect ' the remaining 2 mills. . ' ' The defendants' contention was that the 2-mill tax was not without author ity of law and alleged that without it it would be impossible to successfully conduot the affairs of the oity, it being the opinion of the mayor and council that both taxes were indispensable to meet the public exigencies. An injunction restraining the collec tion was granted, which, on trial in the lower court, was dismissed and an ap peal Was taken. . "levee Hag Given Way. Memphis, April ; 14. The mighty sweep of the waters south of Vicksburg has at last had its effect upon the lower levees, and tonight a telegram from Tallalah, La., reports that the levee which protected Davis island has given way, and that the island will in all probability be flooded. Twenty-five hundred people inhabit Davis island, which oonsists of about 1,000 acres of land. The plaoe is situated in Warren county, Miss. Through the upper delta,, the flood situation shows little change since last reports. The work of government relief has been actively inaugurated. Many people are being fed and housed at Greenville, Rosedale, Helena, Friar's Point and other points along the river. The relief steamer is. now plying up the St. Francis river with, food and forage for man and bea Encouraging News From the Mississippi Delta. CROPS MAY YET BE HARVESTED Indication! Are the Flood Will Dis appear by May 1 1 The Govern ment Agent Aiding; the Sufferers. Memphis, April 13. The water in the Mississippi delta is slowly receding. Reports received tonight from the over flowed country are most encouraging. The day has been an ideal one, and every planter in the delta is in better spirits. At Greenville the river, as well as the backwater surrounding the town, is stationary tonight. Everything is in readiness for the receipt and distribu tion of provisions from the govern ment, and as soon as the army officers arrive the Work will be actively entered into. ' At Lulu, Miss. , a decided improve ment is noted. There is still some suffering in the back country, but it is being alleviated by the planters, and today a representative of the govern ment arrived and will assist the desti tute at once. ' The Yazoo & Mississippi Valley rail road has been busy all day with pile drivers replacing washouts. The road will probably have trains running into Lulu and Clarksdale on Thursday. . It isnow believed the water will dis appear by May 1, and, if this proves true, a fair crop can be made. -v.. The river is falling at Memphis to night. At Vicksburg and all points south a steady rise is noted. DURRANT SENTENCED. The Prisoner Taken to San Quentla to Remain Until Hi Execution. . San Francisco, April 1 8. t Theodore Durrant was this afternoon , taken to San Quentin prison, there to be con fined until his execution, which was fixed by the court today for June 11. This is the second time Durrant has been sentenced to death for the same crime, and he received this judgment, like the other, with calm indifference. His attorney, after the sentence had been pronounced, made' several further attempts to secure delay for his client, but Judge Bahrs, who pronounced sen tence, was not impressed with "the logic of Durrant's attorney, and de clined to (modify his sentence in any way. The murderer's attorney moved successively to strike from the sentence the allusion to Durrant's confinement in San Quentin, then filed a notice of appeal from the order and asked for a certificate of probable cause, and finally asked for a stay of execution for four hours, that the application for a writ of probable cause might be taken to the supreme court. All these motions were denied. When taken to the ferry en route for the prison, Durrant's nerve broke down at the sight of the crowds, who rejoiced in his passing to the shadow of the gallows after so many and protracted delays. He murdered Blanche Lamont over two years ago, and was arrested a week after commit ting the crime. . FORTY LIVES LOST. Perished in the Swollen Stream ol '. South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska. Sioux City, la.,. April 13. Forty lives at least have been lost in the floods in South Dakota, Iowa and Ne braska. - Two persons are known to be lost on the Floyd, three have been drowned on the Big Sioux, two on the Missouri and two on the Coon river,- all in the immediate vicinity. Similar cases are being reported daily from points farther away and a sharp watch is kept by the authorities for floaters in the Missouri, y Many people are missing, of whose death their friends have no positive in formation. - Most of them have proba bly been carried down the Missouri, and their bodies probably will never be recovered. The bodies of two more victims were brought into Sioux City last evening, Danford Magee and Harry Flavill, who were drowned while attempting to ford the Elkhorn, in Nebraska. There has been a general fall in all streams in the looality. Shot in the Eye by a Child. San Franoisoo, April 18. Joseph Hertzel, aged 54, was accidentally shot in the right eye tonight by Tessie Neu berger, a 9-year-old girl. While Hert zel was repairing a boy's parlor rifle, Tessie Neuberger, who lives in his house, seized the weapon and asked Hertzel to "play eoldier." After marching around the room, the child raised the weapon to her shoulder and pulled the trigger, the bullet entering Hertzel's right eye and lodging in the brain. Realizing what she had done, the frightened child ran to her mother and informed her of the occurrence. The latter at once visited Hertzel's room and found the occupant lying on the floor. Hertzel was removed to the receiving hospital. He is believed to .be fatally injured. , Panthers when taken very young make very docile and affectionate pets. i KIPLE MURDER. An Indian Chief Killed Three White , ' ''. . Miners. Mojave, ,Cal., April 14. News of a triple murder committed Friday night at Panamint, a mining camp 120 miles east of Mojave, by an old Indian chief known as Panamint Tom, reached here today. ' His victims were William Lang don, of Tulare; Jules Goldsmith, of San Francisco, and Frank Reed, resi dence unknown. The men had had trouble with the Indian over the trans fer of some. mining property, in which the Indian fancied he had been cheated. On Friday evening, shortly after dusk Panamint Tom, in the manner peculiar to his race, sneaked unawares upon his victims, shooting all three of them be: fore they had an opprtunity to defend themselves.' Langdon was instantly killed, but as Goldsmith and Reed were only mortally , wounded, the Indian clubbed them to death with his gun. He left the scene on foot, closely pur sued by several miners, bent upon lynching the murderer, and after a hard run of fifteen miles he surrendered himself to Frank Montgomery, of Los Angeles, into whose camp he ran for safety. If the murderer is not lynched he will be brought to Mojave. . .''.A 'BURGLAR'S SUICIDE. Killed Himself After Shooting a Spo kane Police Officer. Spokane, April 14. Police Officer McPhee lies in . a critical condition, with a bullet wound in his neck. The dead body of the man who shot the officer lies in the city morgue. Mc Phee had the man under arrest and was taking him to . the station, when the prisoner sprang back and fired a re volver at the officer. The ball struck McPhee in the jaw, , went through the neck and lodged near the vertebrae. The man who did the shooting was Arthur Chappelle, of Dayton, Wash., where he has a wife and five children. He was wanted for burglary. ' After shooting McPhee he ran through ' the city several blocks and concealed him self in an outhouse. He was pursued by Deputy ., Sheriff Ferguson and a crowd of angry citizens. As the deputy pulled the door open a shot was fired inside, and ,the officer thinking he was being fired upon shot at the man inside. Chappelle fell to the floor and was dead in a moment. It was then seen that he had shot himself through the head. Ferguson's bullet passed through the burglar's arm and made a flesh wound in his side. ANOTHER BRYAN MURDER. Evidence of a Foul Crime Found in ' Illinois. Mount Vernon, 111., April 14. Boys passing through some wdodland five miles northwest of the city, today, found a woman's head lying near the public road leading from Mount Vernon to Richview. They reported the dis covery, and a party was , organized for a search for the body. It was found 200 yards from the spot where the head lay, with ' the flesh stripped from the bones, both the trunk and head being so badly decomposed as to render recog nition impossible. The testimony of the inquest went to prove that the body was that of a woman who was in that locality in November. . She refused to divulge her name, but said her home was in Carmi, 111., and that she was going to St. Ltuis. The theory is that another Peral Bryan . murder has been committed. ' It is said a suspected party left the country about the date of the woman's disappearance. . The Senate Adjourned. Washington, April 14. The senate met at noon for the first time sinoe the death of ex-Senator Voorhees, who un til recently was a conspicuous member of the body. The opening prayer of Rev. Dr. Milburn, the blind chaplain, made an eloquent reference to Voor hees' brilliant - talents, . impassioned ardor, kindling eloquence, genuine pa triotism and the unselfish, dedication of his great powers to every cause human and divine which enlisted his support. Immediately following the prayer Senator Gorman, of Maryland, moved that as a mark of respect to their late associate the senate adjourn, adding that many senators desired to attend the funeral. The motion prevailed, and at 12:05 the senate adjourned. Ohio Town Has a Sliding Mountain. . East Liverpool, O., April 13. An avalanche has started near here. "' An entire hill is moving, and at three points near here the street railway system is blockaded.' Two big dwell ings near . Wellsville are doomed, and the Pennsylvania tracks "were moved by the pressure of the hill. The un dermining of the hill for the Wellsville road has left no protection and the en tire face of the hill is slipping, from summit to base, including a small for est and tons of rock. The Wellsville road has vdropped fronr! sight in ' two places and the expected avalanche will bury the Pennsylvania tracks and the street-car line and will endanger the big sewer pipe works. ; . - Fighting in Uruguay. New York, April 14. A Herald dis patch from Montevideo says. It is re ported that a serious engagement has occurred between the federal troops under Colonel Casalia and the insur gents near Minas. The federals are said to have been defeated ifliORIKIflllW President of Great Northern Writes of Asiatic Trade. , NEW MARKET FOR OUR WHEAT Hill Says. That He Is Building TJp .' Trade in the Orient and Suggests That Tariff Duties Be Reasonable. Washington, - April 12. James J. Hill, president of the Great Northern railroad, and also interested largely in transportation to the ,Orient, has writ ten a letter to a Western senator in which he points out the possibilities of trade in China and Japan, and suggests that tariff duties be so adjusted as not to prevent trade with the countries across the Pacific. President Hill says: - - ; - ;' ' '.'The Asiatic trade of the greatest importance to this country, and partic ularly to such portions of it as are in terested in raising wheat. A year ago last fall wheat sold for from 18 to 22 cents per bushel in the Palouse country, south of Spokane, and this year it has sold for from 65 to 70 oents. About three years ago I sent an agent to China and Japan to investigate thoroughly what steps could be taken to introduce the general use of whent and flour in those countries, as against their own rice, and found it simply a matter of price. I then took up the consideration of building steamers for that trade, de signed to carry cargoes of flour and grain at low rates. I .found that we could build the ships, but, owing to the sailors' union fixing the wages of sailors at $30 a month, and engineers and other ship employes at about twice the wages paid by European steamers, it was impossible for us to compete with the English, German, Italiaii and Scan dinavian ships on the Pacific. After the war with China, the Japanese used a large amount of their war indemnity for a subsidy to their merchant marine, and we opened negotiations with the General Steamship Company, of Japan, which is owned by leading men of the empire. We found their subsidy was about equal to the cost of their coal and the wages of their sailors. They pay their sailors $5 a month Mexican, or $2.50 in gold, enabling them to hire twelve good sailors for the wages of one American sailor. After some protract--ed and difficult negotiations, we con cluded a oontract with than for a line of steamers between Chinese and Jap anese ports and Seattle, on condition that they would carry flour from Puget sound to Asiatio ports at $3 a ton, against from $7 to $8 a ton formerly charged from West coast ports in the United States. The low rates fixed the rate for all lines between the Pacific coast and Asia, and has resulted in carrying out about 28,000,000 bushels, or its equivalent in flour, from the last crop. There' is left about 5,000,000 bushels between now and their harvest.. "Thus you will see we have been able to find new mouths which have never before used wheaten bread, to take the entire California, Oregon and Washington wheat crop out of the Eu ropean markets. This will reduce the amount going to Europe about 20 per cent, and is three times the quantity shipped to Europe from Argentina dur ing the past year. The price of wheat this year, as compared ,with last is 20 to 25 cents higher, and I think it may be Baid that from 15 to 18 cents of this rise is dearly due to the withdrawal of the Pacific wheat from the European markets. I see in this morning's re ports a telegram that European ships are loading with barley, rye and mer chandise from San Francisco for Eu rope, after waiting months for cargoes of wheat, and that no more wheat will go to Europe from the Pacific coast, h "The only way we could bring about this reduction in the transportation of flour to Asia was by diverting the tea and matting business, which has here tofore gone mainly on English ships, from Asia direct to New York, and car rying these commodities to the Pacific coast, by a low rate, and transporta tion inland by rail, to distribute the commodities to points between Minne sota and New York. . - "I have given you the facts, so you will understand the situation and be able to see that, unless these ships oan bring their main cargoes of merchan dise to the Pacific ports at rates that will compensate them for the traffio, the business must go as heretofore, tc New York, and the rates on flour to Asiatic ports will be again at the old figure, or at an advance of about 50 cents a barrel, which would, in my judgment, destroy the business that has just been built up with that coun try. The province of Amoy alone, which is near the coast, contains over 80,000,000 people, and, at 20 pounds of flour per capita per annum, would con sume the product of 40,000,000 bushels of wheat. The large districts of Tion Tsin and Shanghai, both within easy reach of the sea, would consume about as much more as soon as the trade could be fully opened. It is not outside the range of possibility to say that we could ship wheat at Devil's Lake or points west, as long as the demand for flour continues to grow as it has for the past six months." There are over 2,000 miles of rail ways in operation in Japan. GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT. Average Condition of the Wheat Crop Below Last Year's. Washington, April 18. The report of the department of agrioulture for April makes the' average condition of winter wheat 81.4, against 99.5 on December . 1, 77. 1 last April and 80. 5 at the same date in 1895. Leading winter wheat states show as follows: Pennsylvania, 98; Ohio, 88; Michi gan, 85; Indiana, 65; Illinois, 40; Mis souri, 60; Kansas, 80; California, 99. The average rye condition was 88.9, against 82.9 last year. The condition of the soil at the time of seeding was generally favorable throughout the country, a few fcattered counties-reporting it too dry or too wet, so that by December 1 a crop nearly up to the standard was indicated. The falling off since December was greatest in Illinois, but was strongly shown in every neighboring state. The average of 18 per cent for the whole country is due to the sharp freezes of early winter. Snow covering was ample in the Rocky mountains states and westward, but elsewhere to the East it was scanty. There was little damage along the At lantic slope, where the winter was mild and the favorable indications continue, no important wheat state showing a condition under 95. The condition of winter wheat is re ported below the average in Great Bri tain, France and Holland, because of excessive rains, but favorable in Central and Eastern Europe. . In Southern Russia there has been extensive re sowing, but the wet weather has so de layed field . work in Western Europe that the spring wheat area will be, greatly cut down,: the shortage in France alone being 730,000 pounds. SHE MAY Bl BLOWN UP. Steamer Taquina WMh a Lot of Dyna ; mite, on a Sajidbar. ' Hueneme, -Cal.r April 13. The steamer Yaquina, in approaching the wharf here at 10 o'clock today, ' struck a sandbar, opening her seams. She be gan filling, and immediately settled, with only her deck above water: A line was run ashore and efforts made to beach her, but so far she has only been hauled in a short distance. The Yaquina is loaded with 200 tons of miscellaneous freight, including ten tons of dynamite for Los Angeles. .5 The weather is fine, but fears are felt that, should the weather become at all bad, the pounding of the ship may explode the dynamite. . . At 9 P. M. ,the Yaquina was lying in about ten feet of water, on an almost . even keel, about sixty feet west of the wharf, and 300 feet from shore. The . wind from the west is freshening.' At high tide and with more wind she is very apt to crash into the wharf. Some thirty tons of freight have been landed, but the work has now ceased, awaiting the arrival of the Bonita in the morn ing. J- " ,'.' ': '.' " COLORADO BAD MAN. A Hardened Convict N Kills a Man, Wounds Two and Is Fatally Shot. Cripple Creek, Colo. , April 18. A shooting affray occurred this morning at McElroy's hall, in ' Altman, . Colo., in which Jack : Cox instantly; killed Bob Dailey and wounded Harry Minor . and Sam Loshey, and was then shot fatally. After killing Daily, Cox ran into the street, where he met Town Marshal O'Brien, at whom he fired. The mashal returned the fire, shooting Cox, who now lies at the hospital in a dying condition. Tl3 shooting grew ont of a quarrel. The men had been gambling and drinking all night. 1 Cox is a convict pardoned from the peniten tiary by Governor Waite. This is the first murder in the state since the leg islature passed the law abolishing cap ital punishment. , .. Senator Voorhees Dead. . Washington, April 18. Daniel Wolsey . Voorhees, ex-United States senator from the state of Indiana, died at 5 o'clock this morning at ' his home in this city. : ' "v The senator had been in bad health ' for several years, and for the two years past had taken little part in the pro ceedings in the senate. He has been a constant sufferer from rheumatism of the heart, and his friends, therefore, had come to expeot that they might hear of his death suddenly. The last reports of him, however, were that he was showing some signs of .improve ment, and his death, . therefore, while not entirely unexpected, caused a shock. ..'' " - Shipping Stock From Arizona. ' Phoenix, Ariz., April 18. Over 200 carloads of sheep and cattle have left this valley within the past week, the Santa Fe taking out 140 carloads of sheep, -or 84,000 head, billed to Chi cago. These comprise the heaviest shipments ever known in Arizona. The sheep are mainly from Northern Ari sona, wintered near Phoenix. i : Japan's Latest Move. Yokohama, April 13. The govern ment of Japan has decided to send two warships to Hawaii, stopping mean while all emigration. A number of re jected emigrants have arrived at Kobe. The press is urging the government to take a firm attitude toward the Ha waiian and American governments.