iver Glacier. It's a Cold Day When We Get Left. VOL. VIII. HOOD RIVER, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY' 14, 1807. NO. 51. CUBA IN THE SENATE. The Hooc 1 THE FIRE ON THE LEONA. IS TO PROTECT CITIZENS. IVV Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES An Interesting Collection of Item From tho Now nd the Old 'World In a Condensed and Comprehensive Form The Brussels exposition has been formally opened. King Leopold and the diplomatic corps were present. Prince Bismarck was .honored at ' Friedrjchsruhe, Germany by a ' torch light prooession given by his townsmen. The agricultural department crop re port pnts the condition of wheat at 80.3 against 81.4 last month and 72 on May 1 last year. , , . ' The interests of United States citi zens at Puerto Cortez, the seat of the revolution in Honduras, will be looked after by the cruiser Marblehead. The vessel is now on her way there. A petition is now being circulated in New York and signed by bankers and business men, urging President McKin ley to do all in his power to effect a speedy settlement of the Cuban insur , rectioni ; - . Lewis L. McArthur, member of the legal firm of Bronaugh, McArthur, Fen ton & Bronaugh, of Portland, Or., and one of the prominent lawyers of the state, died in Walla Walla, Wash.', of heart disease. ' The supreme court of the United ',- States has decided the Berliner patent case in favor of the Bell Telephone Company. The decision is against the government and has been pending since ' 1891. According to the decision the Bell Company will control the patent for ten years. : Frank Barz, his two sons and a brother, Chris Barz, prosperous Ger man farmers of Kedfleld, S. D., were asphyxiated in a well on their farm. Frank Barz was overcome by gas while at work in the well. The others de scended one at a time in an attempt to rescue him, and all met the same fate. The British ship County of Had dington, which has just arrived out at Cardiff, Wales, reports a terrible acoi dent. whioh happened last December, just as the vessel was getting away from the Columbia river, after letting go the tug's hawser. Four seamen were sent aloft to unfurl the main topgallant sail, and one of them named Edward Butt slipped and fell to the deok, break ing bis neck and both of his legs, death being instantaneous. The body ' was buried at sea the same day, and the ship proceeded on her way, making a good run home. According to a dispatch to the Lon don News ,from St. Petersburg, a ter rible crime, the result of superstition, has been committed at Tirespot, In the government of Kherson, where are a number of hermitages ocoupied by sectarians. Recently, seventeen of the hermits disappeared, and it was be lieved that they had emigrated in fear "ot the impending day of judgment. But a hermit named Kowalin has oon tes8ed that he walled them up alive in response to their earnest entreaties, that' they might receive the martyr's crown. The police have examined the spot and verify the story. A collision occurred at the Girdleness lighthouse, near Aberdeen, Scotland, between the British steamer Coldyne and the Grangoe. The Coldyne sank i and eleven of her crew were drowned. A ponderous rock, weigh in? ten tons, while- being swung from a flat car, crashed through the sides of two cars on the westbound Chicago & Alton passenger train near Chicago, wrecking the cars and injuring a number of peo ple. , Another citizenship question has arisen between this government and Germany. An American citizen named Mayer has been impressed into military service ,by the German government. The state department has requested his ftelease. . ; v Eight-year-old Emelia Kilssling.who drank some lemonade which was kept in a tin bucket over night, died at ! Danville, Cal., from the effects of the poison. Eighteen scholars who drank 1 of the stun" are sick. ' The ladies of the Rebekah lodge used a part of the lemon ade at a social. The remainder was presented to the school children next dy-, . ' Consul-General Mclvor, at Kanaga wa, Japan, reports to the state depart' ment that, according to ourrent reports, the Japanese government is about to send a commission to Washington for the purpose of influencing a reduction of the increased import duties, which, . according to the American papers.it , is proposed to levy on silk. The im perial diet has passed a bill allowing a bonus to exporters of raw silk. : There will be an encampment of the Oregon National Guard this year. It will be the latter part of June or first of July. It will ' continue from six to ten days. An effort is being made by the agricultural board at Salem to have the encampment postponed until Sep tember 80, and to have it then held on the 'state fair grounds, in conjunction with the fair. The selection of a place has been left to General Beebe, - Some Oppodition . Shown to Senator Morgan's Resolution. Washington, May 12. The Morgan Cuban resolutions was'discusssed at considerable length in the senate. For the first time since the debate began, the opposition sentiment expressed it self. The speeches were not ot a kind to stimulate the galleries,, being in the main calm and dispassionate reviews of the situation in Cuba. Hale maintained that it would be most unwise to embraass the president by the adoption of the resolution at a time when he was investigating the subject. He intimated also that the acceptance of the resolution would lead to the withdrawal of the Spanish minister, and a termination of diplo matic, relations between Spain and the United States. The senator said few real Americans were imprisoned in Cu ba. ' He had never heard of a genuine Yankee being among them. They were all Sanguillys or Delgados ot Ruizs. Returning to his associates, Hale said that no one ever heard of a Jones or a Smith or a Frye as a viotim of one of these outrages. The senator said the real motive for the Morgan resolution was shown in the recent statement of . Morgan that the passage of the resolution would prevent Spain from making a loan, and thus prevent her from putting down the insurrec tion. Gallinger dissented from this state ment, showing the question of a loan was but one ground on which the friend of Cuba had favored the recogni tion of Cuban belligerency. There were, he said, other and higher grounds. Morgan also dissented. Referring to the reports that another Spanish loan was being negotiated, Turpie said: . "Spain is now on its last legs finan cially. Shall we fill up her treasuiy? Are we oharged with supporting and maintaining the Spanish credit? It is our duty to support the ' armies and navies of Spain on land and sea in her vain efforts to subject the patriots of Cuba once more to the oppression of the Spanish yoke? I think not. But the senator from Maine says that if we pass the resolution, the Spanish minister will ask for his passports, break up dip lomatic relations and go home. I do not vttach much importance to that consequence.' Ministers have hereto fore received their passports and gone away without destroying the political, geographical or physical equilibrium of the American hemisphere. I do not attach the slightest importance to the fact that the ' Spanish minister may be instructed to ask for his papers, sus pend diplomatic relations and go home. Vest secured an agreement to a reso lution directing the committee on com merce to inquire into the causes of the recent floods on the Mississippi river and report to the senate next December. Among the favorable reports was one for a public building at Aberdeen, S. D., to cost $100,000. ; ;r- 4 . Chandler,; from the committee on census, reported a bitl for taking the twelfth census. ' ' A resolution was agreed to reauest ing the secretary of war for information as to the steps to locate a deep-water harbor at Po't Los Angeles, or San Pedro,' Cal.,'-in accordance with the report of the commission. ' - t f In the House. . ' Washington, May; 12, The house today resumed the transaction of publio business, which had been suspended since the Indian, appropriation bill was sent to conference, three weeks ago. The consideration of the senate amend ments to the sundry civil appropriation bill was entered upon '; under a special order providing for a recess each day until disposed of. Simpson- pursued his tactics of the last few weeks, attempting to harass the majority with points of no quorum, but without success. 1 Nothing was done except discuss the various amend ments. ' ' - -' -ww,-.. f , GREECE'S GREAT MISTAKE. On the Eve of Victory, the Retreat From Larlssa Was Ordered. London, May 12. The Athens corre spondent of the Daily Chronicle says: The real and only cause of the Greek retreat to Pharsala was the blunder of one of who mistook the retreat of the enemy for a forward movement de signed to outflank the Greeks, and therefore ordered a . hasty retreat. Crown Prince Constantino left Larissa because he believed the exaggerated re ports of danger to his forces. It is a fact, however, that on the evening of the retreat, Edhem Pasha, despairing of breaking the Greek lines, had order ed his army to retire to Elassona, while the sultan h'ad dispatched a special commissioner to the GreeSf government. The state of the Turkish army at the moment was simply pitiful, and terror reigned at the Yildiz kiosk. The Archbishop at San Qaentln. San Francisco, May 12. Archbishop Riordan visited San Quentin peniten tiary today and, in the presenoe of 1,000 convicts, administered the sacra- ment of communion and confirmation . to sixty-two, who constituted the tri ennial class. Great interest was man ifested by the prisoners, the majority of whom were present to witness the . oeremonies, and all devoutly - followed the servioe from beginning to end. Sixteen Burned to Death on Steamship Leona. , THIRTEEN WERE IN STEERAGE Vessel, Bound From - New York to Galveston, Was Off Delaware Capes When Flames Were Discovered. New York, May 11. The Mallory line steamer Leona, which left her pier on Saturday, bound for Galveston, took fire at sea, put back and arrived in port tonight with sixteen corpses on board. The dead were thirteen steerage pas-, sengers and three members of the crew, who succumbed to a terrible fire whioh occurred off the Delaware capes at an early hour this morning. ,' The horror of the story can hardly be told tonight. Those who are dead were penned up below decks, and, al though frantio efforts were made by the officers of the vessel to save them, the fire had gained such headway before the danger was discovered that all es cape was cut off. The steamer carried in her cargo many bales of cotton. It is not cer tain how the fire originated,. but when discovered it burst forthwith such fury that it was impossible to reach the steerage. Even' then the steerage pasv sengers were apparently unmindful of the danger, else the smoke and flames had reached them., The saloon passen gers were first roused, and in such a manner as to occasion little alarm. When it beoame apparent that the fire had cut off the' steerage, the captain and his men poured great quantities of water down the ventilators, and -the most frantio efforts were made to aid the escape of those penned up. In this way eight steerage passengers made their escape. The dead are: Bridget Sullivan, R. Catine,.Mrs, C. Gnzza, Miss Guzza, Miss Hannah Solo manson, Mrs. Valicks, -Miss Valicks, Sophie Schwartz, Maria Wades, two un known children, two unidentified; Al fred Hardy, waiter, New York; Alfred Lang, waiter, New York; H. Hartman, butcher, New York. The steamer left here Saturday at 3 p. m. She had eleven saloon passen gers and carried a general cargo of mer chandise. . Captain Wilder was In com mand, with First Mate Wallace and Second Mate Sweeney assisting. The engineer was Taylor, with three assist ants, and a crew of seventy-five men, inoluding firemen and deckhands. THE SHIP FRANCIS BURNED. Fire Discovered While Oft" the New Jersey Coast Crew Saved. Beach Haven, N. J., May 11. The full-rigged ship Franois, of New Bed ford, from San Francisco for New York with a general cargo, oaught fire in her hold while off this coast yesterday afternoon. She was headed for the beach, where she struck last night. Her captain and crew were safely landed by the Little Egg Harbor lifesaving crew. The vessel was burned to the water's edge, and the cargo will prove a total loss. The fire was first discovered at 4 P. M. and was burning fiercely in the hold. All hands were ordered on de "., and the pumps manned to extinguish the flames, but they had gained too much headway, and it was as much as the men could do to prevent the fire spread ing so rapidly as to necessitate their taking to the boats. The captain saw that his only hope lay in reaching shore, where' he could possibly have a ohanoe of saving the ship and part of the cargo. With this end in view, he headed the Franois to ward the beach, while the crew kept pouring water in the hold. ' It was well after dark, and the position of the men on board was perilous. With her bow pointed well on shore, the ship struck hard and fast. r Meanwhile, the fire was raging even more furiously than before, and all hands were forced to leave with nothing but the clothes on their backs. They were assisted in reaching shore by the life guards, and were supplied with needed clothing and nourishment. Today.'the tugs Merritt and North America arrived, and endeavored to put out the fire. They were unable to accomplish anything, and finally gave it up. 'The captain and mate left on one of the -tugs for New York, and the crew will go by train. launching- of the Umatilla Beef. Portland, Or., May 11. In the pres ence of a great crowd of cheering spec tators, who stood on the shore, ' on steamers in the river, on buildings and on barges, Umatilla Reef lightship No. 67, was successfully launched by Messrs. Wolff & Zwicker from the ways at Steffens' yard at 2:50 yesterday afternoon. Not a hitch nor a pause marred the launohing of the vessel. From the knocking away of the first prop under her bow to the moment when the last obstacle was removed, and she gradually gathered headway for her plunge into the river, every thing moved with the smothness and regularity of clockwork. The launch ing was witnessed by fully 5,000 peo ple, and such a shouting, hurrahing and waving of handkerchiefs has sel dom attended any publio celebration in Portland. . . Said to Have Been Caused by the Care lessness of the Crew. - New York, May 12. There was a grewsome sight presented on the Mal lory steamer Leona today. Thirteen bodies, blackened by fire and smoke, were lying in the steamer's steerage. The men and women on deck looked as ! though they had passed through an aw ful ordeal. Nobody was allowed either to leave or board the vessel until after the. coroner viewed the bodies and gave permission for their removal. . Coroner Hoeber, as a matter of form, placed Captain Wilder under .arrest He was paroled in custody of Mr. Mal lory. -. : " '-' ' ' Thomas Doyle, aged 67, of Paterson, N. J., who was on his way to Vallejo, Cal., to see his uncle and aunt, will be detained until the inquest. Doyle was among the steerage passengers who oo cupied bunks on the starboard side of the vessel. He said that among the passengers who could speak English' was a young Irish girl, Lizzie Sullivan, on her way to Los Angeles, Cal. Doyle stated he was lying asleep early Sunday morning, when awakened by a suffocating feeling. The apart ment was filled with smoke. He made for the companionway leading to the upper deck. At the entranoe to the companionway the steward was shout ing. Doyle started up, and found two men preceded him. He fell back, hav ing lost his balanoe, and when he start ed up again was assisted by some one from behind, who pushed him- up. ' On reaching the deck, Doyle says hisvfirst thought was for Lizzie ' Sulli van. He started into the women's side of the steerage to resoue her, but was pulled back by members of the crew. The crew worked like beavers to put out the flames. The matches, burlaps, etc., which caught fire, Doyle says, were stored only a short distance from the steerage apartments. . Samuel D. Schillraut, from Hungary, on his way to settle at Columbus, Tex., said: "Many lives might have been saved if the crew had done anything to help the smothering passengers." Schilleraut says the general impres sion was that the fire was caused by a lighted match dropped into the cargo. He declares he "saw members of the crew smoking, and they were very care less in throwing away matches. Along the shore today it was thought strange the fire was not discovered earlier. It must have been smoldering for seyeral days. , The bodies of the victims were taken to tie morgue today. MAY VISIT THE WEST. President Invited to Attend the Salt . Lake Celebration. -y Washington, May 12. By appoint ment, a large delegation of Western senators, representatives and prominent men called upon the president just be fore 10 this morning to invite him to attend the semioentenary celebration of the founding of Salt Lake City, Utah. There were among the callers, Senators Cannon, Rawlins, Shoup, Perkins, White, Warren, Carter and Wilson, Representative King, Delegate Mark Smith, Judge Barch and P. H. Lan nan, proprietor of the Salt Lake Tri bune. ' . '"' ; .;. The president received the visitors cordially, had them shown into the cabinet room (a rather unusual cour tesy), and seated them at the cabinet table. '. Mr. Lannan presented the invitation to the celebration, plainly but neatly engrossed on one large sheet of parch ment paper, bearing at the top a repre sentation of the buffalo Bkulls which formerly dotted the plains in every di rection and were used by pioneers as signboards for the benefit of other travelers. On this skull was the in scription: .'-' . "Pioneers camped here June 3, 1847. All well; made fifteen ; miles today. Brigham Young." The invitation itself began with the statement that the delegation had come in the name of the people of Utah and the whole intermountain country, to urge the president to visit the state the 24th of. next July, the fiftieth anni versary of the entry of the pioneers into the valley of the Great Salt lake. The formal invitation was read, and then the members of -the delegation added strong verbal requests that the presi dent should make the trip. , The president expressed a strong de sire to acoede to the invitation. It would not, however, he said, be pos sible now to make, an engagement so far in advance, but he could promise to attend the celebration if, at the time set, congress was not in session, and the state of public business wouldper mit. ''' Should Amend Revenue Tax Bates. Washington, May 12. In reply to a senate resolution inquiring as to the effect of the present rate of the internal revenue tax on distillation of spirits, collection of revenue, etc., Secretary Gage today replied that according to tables of previous years the highest revenue rate would be 7Q cents a gal lon. He recommends a rate of 90 cents and if a reduction be made, to return to the bonded period of three years. Among other changes he recommends is that a special tax of not less than $500 or more than $1,000 a year be im posed on the industry of distilling, to be determined by the oapacitv of the distillery, . Turks Force Them , to Re treat From Pharsala.- fiOTH SIDES LOSE HEAVILY f he Greeks Transfer Their Supplies , to ; Domokui Volo Is Evacuated Edhem Pasha Still Pushing South.' Larissa, May 10. A dispatch from Pharsala, dated 1! A. M. today, de scribes the battle there, which begun yesterday morning. A Turkish corps appeared on the summit of Mount Tekke yesterday morning. Securing a formidable entrenched position on the hillside, they attacked the Fourth regi ment of Evzones about noon. The lat ter made a strong resistance, but were finally compelled to slowly fall back. The Turks then cannonaded and de stroyed the village of Ordskiniwof, whioh is about two hours"' march north of Pharsala. The crown prince having ordered the army to draw up in line of battle, the Greeks advanced about 2 P. M. ' The Turks, numbering 80,000, imme diately desoended the slopes of Mount Tekke and planted batteries, which be gan to bombard the regiments. Owing to superiority of weight, the Turkish cannon inflicted heavy losses upon the Greeks, and especially near the station. The Turks continued to advance until they came into close quarters, and then the crown prince decided to retire to more commanding positions. All the ammunition and supplies have been transported to Domokos, oh the heights of which the Greek batteries were prepared for action. The Turks have burned the village Df Tatia, and have massacred a priest ind the entire family in the village of Dioskani. - Steady Advance of the Turks. Lodon, May 10. The Daily Mail's correspondent with the Turkish forces at Pharsala, telegraphing, yesterday morning, says: , ' , ' V Yesterday's battle was the most de cisive of the entire war. It was not intended at the beginning that the fight should be a regular pitohed en gagement, but on the arrival of Edhem Pasha at the outposts a furious firing began. The weathrer was cool and the sky somewhat cloudy after a thunder storm. The village of Pharsala could be see, huddled, as it were,,, under a line of low, peaked hills. Higher and roundabout were black hills rising be hind the others, while between us and the tillage ran the small stream known to the anoients as the Raipeus, crossed by a bridge at the railway. Between the stream and the village were the Greeks, in an excellent posi tion, well defended , by earthworks. Their advance line .consisted of two bridges, and their reserve of two half brigades, altogether about 20,000 men. Against them were 50,000 Turks. The artillery began the engagement, the Greek practice being much better than usual, but after two hours they began to retire aoross the river. This was a great mistake, as they were thus inclosed between the river and the mountains, with no room to deploy. The sight was superb. In many cases the Greeks fought with the cour age of despair. The great black masses forming the rear guards to hold the bridges covered the whole rich green plain. The endurance and dash of the Turks was magnificent, too. - I reached the battlefield with a regiment whose men ' immediately began to run for ward, dancing under fire, and shouting like - children when they saw the en emy. The Greeks repulsed them vigor ously and followed up the repulse. The Turks had formed in a semi-circle of thundering batteries and crack ling battalions. The division on the extreme right tried to cut off the retreat to Domokos, while the remainder of the force flung itself upon Pharsala. J t " The battle was but littlelike the bat tles described in books. There was n,o firing of volleys, no bayonet assaults, no cheering, no rush only, a steady, leisurely advance into the open in per fect order. There was some individual firing, and the soldiers shouted, "Allah 1 Allahl" until the constant repetition swelled into one heavy, moritonous shout. I saw men suddenly fling up their hands and fall face downward, but the Greek fire in the main Was ineffec tive. .. Before 5 o'clock, the last village north of the river had been taken. Then the village of Vasili and the en trenchments near the river wi.s stormed, with conbiderable loss to the Turks, and the battle ceased at night fall, the flanking division having estab lished itself behind the Greeks and cut off the best line of retreat to Athens. '- Edhem Pasha Announces It. , Constantinople, May 10. The min istry of war has received the following dispatch from Edhem Pasha, the Turk ish commander in Thessaly, dated yes terday evening: '"The Turks today won a great vio tory. 1 Turkish shells .are commencing to fall near Pharsala. Details will be forwarded later. Sabah says a division of Turkish troops commanded by Hakki Pasha earried the first line of Greek defenses at Velestino and the attack ii proceeding against the other lines.", The Marblehead Ordered to Puerto i .. Cortez, Honduras., Washington, May 11. The interests of the United States citizens at Puerto Cortez, the seat of the revolution in Honduras, will be looked after by the cruiser Marblehead. The vessel is now on her way from Key West, orders hav-" ing been given her commander, yester day to proceed at once. -These orders were issued at the request of the state department officials, who felt that the United States should be represented there by a warship, so that if occasion should arise there might be no delay in affording the necessary protection to citizens of this government. Latest information, received by the minister of the Greater Republic in this city is, that the rebels at Puerto Cortez were awaiting the shipment of arms from Belize, ' British " Honduras, about which some trouble had arisen, owing to the representations made to the officials of that country. Nicaragua and Salvador, it is said, already have dispatched troops to the scene of trou ble, but as the -journey is a difficult one, it is probable that they have not yet arrived. ! . , - Stabbed at a Dance. . Lafayette, Or., May 11. A serious Btabbing affray oocurred about two miles north of here, on the Will Green place, at 2 ; o'oldck this morning. A ; neighborhood dance was in progress, and the Garner brothers, of Lafayette, were therev They seemed to be dissat isfied with everything from early even ing until the dance ended in a row. It seems a certain dance was called while others wanted a different dance. , Then the row began. The men were outside the house on a porch, and there were about six or seven of them, all fight ing. Pistols were, brought out and knives were used. After a few blows. Will Hill said he was stabbed in the abdomen, and went over to where Wirt Garner was standing, and, with several others, accused him of being the assail ant. "Hills's abdomen was cut, the gash being about two inches long. ; The doctors say there is very little hope of the man recvering. Some of those who participated in this row were un der the influence of whisky. The Gar ner brothers were arrested this , morn ing.. ,. ,- SHOT FOUR MEN. Sensational Affray in Which a Woman Acted the Leading Part. , Little Rock, Ark., May 11. A sen sational shooting, in which a woman shot and seriously wounded four men, occurred at Lowell, Ark. , today. The shooting was done by Mrs. Duerling, and the wounded men are T. Bryant, of Lowell, and three citizens of Spring dale, names unknown. . The shooting was the result of relig ious excitement caused by a woman known as Mrs. Benedict, who has been holding a series of "holiness meetings" -in the neigborhood. . Mrs. Benedict gathered about her some twenty con verts, among them Mrs. Duerling, who deserted her husband. Citizens of Springdale decided to run them out of Tye county. The posse followed Mrs. Benedict and Mrs. Duerling to a house at Lowell, where the women fortified themselves, and when the men arrived Mrs. Duerling fired on them with a re volver. She was arrested and charged with attempted murder. Suburban Mail Delivery. Washington, May . 11. A vigorous policy of extending the mail facilities for. the suburbs of the large cities as far as possible by both steam and , electric cars has been adopted by Second Assist ant Postmaster-General Shallenberger. Many of the big cities will have addi tional service for the suburbs if the residents of those places co-operate with the department to make it a suc cess, and the statement will be a wel- ' come announcement to numerous places, where feeling is evinced that the demands of . the suburbs are not met. Mr. Shallenberger is giving the matter careful attention, and as an in- itiative has just . made Contracts at Pittsburg for additional .train service to Various suburbs there, within a , range of about thirty miles from the city, whereby from one to three mails a day will result from the use of accom- modation trains. -Electric cars will ' figure largely in the future postal operv ations, owing to the large number of settled districts where the stdam roads ' do not touch. ' Major McNamara Killed Himself. Kansas City, May 11. Major Henry McNamara, a veteran of the Fenian army that invaded Canada in 1866, and again in 1870, and who was later prom inent in the Invinoibles, the Clan-na-Gael and kindred Irish societies, killed himself last night rather than suffer' the disgrace of being sued for a $20 debt. An acquaintance who loaned him the money threatened arrest if it were not paid. McNamara had been un able to sectire work, , and could not meet the demand. Major McNamara was 60 years old, and came West from Boston. He was a newspaper writer, and had done more or less work on dailies in the Southwest for years. He left a widow., ;. A Montreal Fire. ' ' Montreal, May 11. Fire last , night wrecked the building of E. A. Small & Co., wholesale clothiers, on Beaver" bill. The damage to the building and stock is $125,009. " ; t -