The Hood River 6 laeier. ' ' ' It's a Cold Day When We Get Left. VOL. IX. HOOD RIVER, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1897. i . NO. 1. ' 1 1 - ; - . .- J , ' : '. '. ; Li '" , DEMANDS ON SPAIN. SUNDRY CIVIL BILL. , VICTIMS OF A FIRE. Epitome of the v Telegraphic News of the World. TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES An Interesting Collect ion of Item From the New and the Old World In a Condensed and Cotnorehenslve Form Governor Ellerbee has announced that he will appoint Congressman John L. McLaurin to be United States senator, in successin to the late Sena tor Earle. ' The deoree of the Turkish govern ment calling for the expulison of all Greeks from the Ottoman empire, has been suspended, in view of the peace negotiations. J. B. Hunter, cook on the steamer Joseph B. Kellogg," died suddenly on that steamer as she lay tied up a Kelso, Wash. A physician was called, who pronounced it death from rheumatism of the heart. The Cretan chiefs have sent a docu ment to the Greek government declar ing;that they are almost unanimously in favor of politioal union with Greece, but asking the advice of the govern ment as to the best course to pursue consistently and with due regard to na tional interests. President McKinley sent a cablegram to Queen Victoria, congratulating her on the celebration of her 79th birthday. The message was as follows: "To the Ambassador of the United States, Lon don: The president desires you to con vey to the queen his Bincere congratula tions and those of the Amerioan people upon the celebration of her 79th birth day." ' -x Governor Lord has appointed J. V. B. Butler, of Monmouth, to succeed himself; Judge John J. Daly, of Dallas, vice J. C. White, and - E. C. Pentland, of Independence, vioe P. Haley, mem bersof the board of regents of the state normal school at Monmouth, Or., each t hold for six years. Judge G. C. Blakely, of The Dalles, has been ap pointed a member of the Oregon state board of pharmacy, vioe M. M. Davis. The 70-year-old widow of Colonel Samuel Colt, the millionaire firearms manufacutrer, has been sued by Nor man Colt, of Seattle, and James B. Colt, of Washington, D. C, for a big slice of the estate which has been in control of herself or her son since the colonel's death in 1862. Mrs. Colt is accused of alienating her husband's affection from his nephevf s by fraud and deceitful statements, while he was in a weak mental and physical state. Plaintiffs also aver that the million aire's death was hastened ' by an over dose of medicine. .... Seven years ago James Brazell made a proposition to the English govern ment to send out 15,000 prospectors covering an area of 10 miles through; British Columbia, in nothwesterly direction from Rossland. The cost of such an expedition was such that the English and Canadian governments would have nothing to do with it, the hazzard being one that the home sec retary would not countenance. The proposition,- however, has ; met with the approval of a syndicate of English capitalists, who eends forth 150 men from San Francisco, with James Bra zell at the head., William J. Bryan has accepted an in vitation to speak at Gladstone Park, near Oregon City, on the 12th of July, the day before the annual Chautauquan assembly will open. His subject will be "Bimetallism." . .Jollowihg the reoommendation of Commissioner Hermann, of the general land office, the attorney-general has in structed the United States district attor ney for Oregon to suspend for the pres ent the legal proceedings pending in that district growing out of sheep pas turing within the limits' of the Cascade range forest reserve. Captain Miller has information that the war department h'as appropriated 24,000 for a transporation fund for the "army pOBt at Spokane,' which, makes' a total of $196,000 this year. The sun dry civil bill carries $50,000 more, all to be spent this year. The intention is to transfer two oompanies to Spokane, probably from Fort Sherman. As fast as the barracks buildings are built, other companies will come from Forts Walla Walla and Sherman. ; ; A special to the New York Journl from' Havana says: The opening of private letters by Weyler's postofflce employes has been made the subject of energetic protests by more than one lo; cal consul. The representative .of a leading South American republic went personally to the palace to complain that his mail, both official and private, had been tampered with, while Dr. Brunner, of the United States marine hospital service, detailed here as as sistant sanitary inspector, attached to the American consulate, received sev eral letters from his wife, the envelopes of whioh had been clipped off at the postoffloe before delivery. They were , delivered operi, no attempt whatever having been made to conceal the fact of violation. . Upon the doctor'; com plain General Lee sent a sharp note of protest to the captain-general's office. Venezuela, Mexico and China to Protect Subjects In Cuba. New York, May 26. A dispatch to the Journal from Havana says: In a demand recently made upon Spain through the Venezuelan consul, Persident Crespo's government insists that citizens of that republic residing in Cuba shall, in case of arrest upon political charges, be accorded equal privileges with citizens of the United States here, including exemption from trial by military tribunals and assur ances of a speedy judgment by civil courts. Venezuela claims this right under the favored-nation clause in her own treaty with Spain, and the point bas been allowed. Now Mexico is understood to be pressing Madrid and Havana authori ties to have her oitizens here accorded the same privileges. One Trujilio, a Venezuelan, recently arrested as a po litical suspect, was released yesterday at the demand of Consul Punango, on condition that he leave Spanish terri tory. , . China's Havana representatives have received instructions from home that in future the lives and property of Chi nese residents in Cuba must be re spected, otherwise China may coricede belligerent rights to Spain's enemies in the Philippines. Private advices from Caracas indi cate that President Crespo stands ready to follow suit in case the Washington government should finally recognize the belligerent rights of the Cubans. Indeed, it was whispered here tonight that a vessel was formally cleared from Maracaibo some days ago for the re bel port of Banes in Eastern Cuba, loaded with arms and ammunition for Calixto Garioa's army. General Weyler Interviewed. New York, May 26. A dispatch to the Journal from Ceinfuegos, Cuba, says: , In an interview with Captain Gen eral Weyler,upon his arrival here from Placeras, in reference to Senator Mor gan's resolution, the general said: , "I am not surprised with the aotion thus far taken, nor shall I be if the house concurs in the - senate resolution and sends it to the president. Your jingoes are in the saddle, and evidently bent upon forcing the country into some foreign complications in order to distract attention from the fast-ap-proaohing internal crisis: "The few scattering bands of Cuban dynamiters, railroad wreckers, horse and cattle thieves, ;' plantation burners and highwaymen now in the field here, who hold no port and possess no seat of civil government, have no right to expect recognition. Such ' distinction at President MoKinley's hands, isBued in the face of my own proclamation officially declaring the greater part of the island to be already pacified, would hold the Washingotn executive np to the ridicule of European powers, and prompt a healthy outburst of sympathy for the Spanish cause, especially from neighboring Old-World governments, also possessing colonies in the West In dies. In brief, recognition may aid the Cnban junta in placing a few bonds in the United States, but it will at the same time assure the successful issue of our proposed new Spanish loan in Paris, London and Vienna, and enable us to carry on the war with renewed vigor. "Personally, I shall be glad.: If rec ognition comes, our position will then be more clearly defined. It will work a virtual abrogation of our special trea ty with the United States, plaoe Yan kees residing in Cuba in an identical position before the courts with other foreign residents, and I shall be trou bled less by constant complaints and often ridiculous demands from Ameri can consuls. It would also relieve the Spanish government of all responsibil ity for the destruction of foreign prop erty not actually within the line of Spanish defenses, and further simplify matters by assuring us the right to board and search American vessels whenever suspected." Continuing, the captain-general ex pressed delight at the proposition to have consuls here furnish free trans portation to all Americans who desire to go to the United States, but said he considered the plan to distribute to res ident Americans as an indirect and un justified attempt to interfere in local affairs. . The Luetgert Murder. Chicago, May 26. While lying un der a bed in the home of Frank Bialk, the former night watchman at the Luetgert factory, one of Captain Schut tler's detectives is said to have lis tened to a conversation between the ac cused wife murder and the watchman. The admissions made by Luetgert on this occasion are said to have caused the immediate arrest of the men, and the story of what his employe will be told tomorrow in Justice Kersten's court. Other portions of Bialk's testi mony will be nearly as Interesting. He will swear that Luetgert ordered him to remain away from the vat room on the night of May 1, that twice during the night he sent him out for a bottle of medicine. Upon his return with , these articles Luetgert each time op ened the barred doors, reached through I the opening, took the bottle and hast ily closed and barred the door. Several witnesses were examind in the case today, but nothing of import" , noe was developed Spain Will Most Likely Re : fuse to Believe It. FACT WILL BE HARD TO PROVE Calhoun Says Spanish Officials in Cuhs Have Hindered Him in His Invest! . gations General Iee's Report. ' Chioago, May 25. A special to thi Times-Herald from Washington says: ; "?he state department has received, according to a minor official, a semi official report from Mr. Calhoun, whe was sent to make special inquiry into the circumstances of the death of Ruiz. The report is that Dr. Ruiz was mur dered, though it will be impossible to establish this fact to the satisfaction of the Spanish government. , Calhoun has read the report of the autopsy, made by Dr. Burgess, who says the wounds in the head oould not have been inflicted by Ruiz himself. Dr. Ruiz was evidently struck from be hind, probably with a bar of iron, which fractured his skull and caused hemorrhages. " The report of Mr. Calhoun, it is said goes further, and declares that the Spanish officials, instead of doing any thing to assist the investigation, are placing every obstacle in the way, and using every effort to so frighten the witnesses that it will be impossible to secure full testimony. Consul General Lee's Report. , Washington, May 25. A telegram Was received at the state department from Consul-.General Lee saying the number of Americans in need of relief in Cuba may reach 1,200. The con sul at Matanzas reports 250 there, and the counsul at Sagua 450. - , The Morgan Resolution. Madrid, .May 25. Newspapers, here consider the adoption by the United States senate of Morgan's belligerency resolution will tend to strengthen Pre mier Castillo, checking the proposed liberal attack on the ministry. CHASED BY SPANIARDS. Exciting Experience of a British Fruit Steamer Off Cape Maysi. Philadelphia, May 25. After being chased twice by Spanish gunboats and passing through a" perfect storm of shot, which splashed . in the water across the vessel's ; bow, the British fruit steamer Ethelred passed through the exciting ordeal unscathed, and ar rived at this port tonight, after a five days' run from Port Antonio, Jamaica. When the Ethelred left here May 12, it was the intention of Captain Hart to accompany her, but he was ar rested as he was about to step' on the gangplank to go aboard. As it was, his invalid daughter was a passenger. It is supposed that agents of the Span ish government in this city had notified the Spanish authorities at Havana that Hart would be on the vessel, henoe the effort to hold up the Ethelred in Cu ban waters. The first encounter with the Spanish cruisers occurred off Cape Maysi on the trip down. Just atter dusk, on Sunr day evening, May 16, a gunboat with out any lights shot out from under the Maysi capes, . and, crowding on all steam, steered directly for the fruit vessel. . ' . ' After steaming for an hour without gaining an inch, the gunboat turned a searchlight on the other vessel. AH steam possible was crowded on the Ethelred, which was beginning to show a clean pair of heels to the Spaniard, until a cloud of smoke' belohed from the cruiser's side and a second later a solid shot cut the water a half mile ahead of her bow. Then came a sec ond and third shot, each nearer than the others. Captain Israel kept on his course, and after an hour's chase the Spaniard dropped from the raoe. The second chase.j, happened , last Thursday in the exact spot where the first attempt to hold tip the vessel oc curred. . Just as the Ethelred' rounded Cape Maysi, a big Spanish gunboat f the newest type started from the cape and gave chase to the Ethelred. For two hours the chase was kept up, en livened now and then by a solid shot throwing up a sheet of white spray just ahead of the swift vessel's bow. It1 began to look as if the Spaniard meant to chase the Ethelred dear to the Dela ware capes, when another steamer was sighted and the gunboat sheered off and gave vigorus chase to the newly discovered steamer. Railway Across Nicaragua. Managua, Nicarauga, May 25.- For the last three weeks Charles Smith, J representing a syndicate of - English capitalists, has been quietly but active ly engaged in enlisting the interests of willing officials in behalf of a foreign freight railway across . Nicaragua against the American Canal Compa ny's contract. For two months prior to coming here he was in Costa Rica pormoting the same project. Last of Greek Soldiers Leave Crete. Canea", Island of Crete, May 25. Colonel Staikos, with the last detach ment of the Greek expeditionary foroe, embarked for Greece this meriting. Agreed on by the Conferees and Will Carry 850,000,000. '. Washington, May 26. The conferees on the sundry civil appropriation bill, have agreed. The most important amendment to the bill was that revok ing the order of President Cleveland, of February 22, 1897, setting apart 21,000,000 aores of land as forest res ervations. This is changed to provide that lands embraced in reservations not disposed of before March 1, 1898, shall again be subject to such operations as they were previous to the order of Feb ruary 22, or as they may be modified by the president. The general proviso ions for the government forest reservai tions are retained as provided in the senate amendments. A provision is inserted allowing settlers to take other lands in the publio domain. The appropriation for Pearl harbor iq reduced to $10,000. An amendment for improving Salt mon bay, Wash., is stricken out. The appropriation for a government exhibit at the Omaha expostion is left at $200,000, the $75,000 increase made by the senate being stricken out. An amendment Xr the investigation of the sugar production remains in the bill. Appropriation for the improvement of the Lower Mississippi river is in creased to $2,983,833, and made imme--diately available by contract or other wise in the discretion of the secretary of war. The net reduction from the senate amendments is $500,000. The total of the bill as agreed to is $53, 622,651. ' The Proposed Duty on Taa. . 1 Dubuque, la., May 26. Tne whole sale' grocers of Iowa who have been caught on the short side of tea ! have sent a delegation to Washington to see what Senator Allison can do for them. Before the tariff of ten cents a pound on tea was publicly suggested by the senate committee these grocers sold for future delivery in such quantiites that one Chicago hquse stands to lose $100, 000 if compelled to furnish taxed tea, and Iowa houses will also lose heavily. The importers have discounted the future and have sold their stocks at a liberal advance on former prices. '' One Chicago and New York house is report ed to have cleaned np $250,000, and other importers are supposed to have done equally well. The grocers tried to cover, with the result that the de mand for immediate shipment raised, in Japan 1 cents. Some of the gro cers, rather than stand this, decided to countermand their orders and take their chances of securing a modification of the tariff bill. The delegation sent to Washington was appointed at a conference in Chi cago last week and headed ' by F. A. , Hancock, of Dubuque. They 'will ask that the tariff bill be amended to pro vide for a rebate on the tax on all tea imported to fill orders taken before the senate bill was reported. ;. . - 1 Burled in the Mississippi.' " St. Louis, May 26. Thet'ashes of Rudolph Rosin were cast into the Mis sissippi' river last evening, from, hear the center of the Eads bridge. Rosin had spent most of his life in the vicin ity of Cincinnati. About a . year ago he visited his birthplace in northern Germany - and while there was taken, sick and died. During his illness he prepared a will in which he provided that his body should be cremated and his ashes returned to his Cincinnati relatives, and kept by them until May 28, 1897, the anniversary of his birth, and then thrown from the Eads bridge of St. Louis into the Mississippi river, . Last evening a well-dressed man walked on the bridge from St. Louis. He carried a small black box. . When near the center he stopped, opened the box and emptied what appeared to be a few handfuls of ashes into the river below. v Without priest or prayer, eY that remained of Rudolph Rosin was thus cast into the great river. Dunham Arrested Again. San Jose, Cal., May 26. Sheriff Lyndon is' in receipt of telegrams from Lagrange,' Tex., which indicate that possibly - Dunham, the murderer so much wanted, may be under arrest there. ' Last night a telegram' was re ceived from Sheriff Lossein, of La grange, saying Dunham is'in jail there. This afternoon the following came from the sheriff at Lagrange: "Description of Dunham corresponds with your description given the Pink erton agency. ' His identity was given away by Furgason, a chum of his, to whom he made the statement of being the murderer from California." ; A Warrant has been wired to La grange. Florence Is Happy. ' San Francisco, May 26. The decis- ' ion of the United States supreme court was received by Mrs. Hinckley, of this city, today with undisguised satisfac tion as it virtually settles her title to : the Blythe estate forever. The appeal taken to the supreme 'court by the "Kentucky" Blythes from this state was their last effort to secure their al leged rights as against Mrs. Hinckley, who, being an alien, had 'no legal right to inherit property, in this country, according to the construction of the law of inheritance. , v k . A Frenoh statistician has culculated that the eye travels about 6,000 feet in reading an ordinary-sized novel. No wonder the eye gets tired. THE WAR JSAJ 1 Armistice Declared Between 'Greece and Turkey. AMOUNT GREECE WILL , PAY A Mixed Commission Will Establish a -Ventral Zone The Powers Consider ing Terms of Peace-Lamia Deserted. London, May 24. The armistice agreement between Turkey and Greece stipulates that a mixed commission of officers of superior rank shall establish a neutral zone between the two armies, and that no advance on either flank shall be permitted. It is understood Turkey wants the commission to be constituted of foreign military attaches, with the two armies. V ! Crown Prince Constantine, it is said, sent a personal appeal to the czar to not allow the Greek army to bo crushed by a force four times greater than it self, and that, as a consequence, the ;zar insisted on the armistice. The Papers Signed. Athens, May 24. An armistice be tween the Turkish and Greek troops in Thessaly, to extend 17 days, was form ally concluded today. Constantinople, May 24. An armis tice was formally concluded today for seven days between the Turkish and Greek troops on the frontier of Epirus. The Armistice Is General Constantinople, May 24. The arm istice concluded today is general, and includes the land and sea forces of both combatants. ' The ambassadors of the powers met this afternoon to consider terms ot peaoe. Y vVhat Greece Will Pay. ' Athens, May 24. M. Ralli, the pre mier, in the course of an interview to day, said: ..' ,! ' "The indemnity which Greece will pay to Turkey will be in proportion to the resources of Greece and her finan cial position. The cession of territory is out of the question. Greece cannot accept a modification of the strategic frontier which would render easy raid ing of Greek territory by armed bands, and which .would compel Greece to maintain a numerous army in order to prevent incursions." Turks Sorry to Quit. London, May 24. The correspondent of the Standard at Constantinople says: The armistice has caused widespread discontent among the Turkish troops in Thessaly and Epirus, and the mili tary commission has ordered the most prominent . grumblers to be sent home under escort. The priests who' are, with the . army have been instructed to preach special sermons exhorting the soldiery to be loyal and obedient. An imperial order prohibits the: sale of drawings, photographs or poetry deal ing with the war, or with , the exploits of the commanders, the objeot of the prohibition being to prevent an indi vidual general becoming a popular hero. . The Conditions of Peace.. London, May 24. The Rome corres pondent of the Mail says he learns on good authority that the powers have agreed upon the chief conditions of peace namely, an indemnity of 5,' 000,000, guaranteed by a control of the Greek customs, and the rectification of the frontier, the details as to which have not yet been settled. Negotiations Will Be Direct. ' Constantinople, May 'x 2 4. Although it is not definitely deoided, it is thought peace negoitations will . be conducted between Turkey and Greece direct, and afterward, following the precedent of the treaty of San Stefano, the treaty will be submitted to a European confer ence, probably to be held at Paris. Lamia Is Deserted. .,.'., Lamia, May 24. This town is de serted, with the exception of the pre fect, newspaper correspondents, tele graph operators and a few others. ; Greeks Ignored Flag of Truce. Berlin, May 24. A telegram re ceived from Constantinople this after noon says the effort of the Turkish commander in Epirus to treat with the Greeks for an armistice resulted in a failure, owing to the Greeks having ignored the flag of truce and having at tempted yesterday, with two battalions of troops to make a fresh incursion into Turkish territory. The Greeks, it is further stated, also shelled the Turkish position. In conclusion, the Constantinople dispatch says the Turkish government disclaims all responsibility for what may follow. The Caneans Co-Operate. London, May 24. A dispatch from Canea says the Caneans have deoided to co-operate with the admirals com manding the fleets f the foreign pow ers in organizing the government forces. For the Paris Exposition. Washington, May 24. The senate committee on international expositions decided to report favorably a resolution providing for an appropriation of $850, 000 for proper representation of this government at the Paris exposition of 1900. ' Two Persons Perished and Three In jured in New York. New York, May 25. Two persons were killed and three seriously injured . in a fire which was started shortly aft er 4 o'clock this morning in the four story and basement brownstone build ing, at 149 West Twenty-third street. Several persons narrowly - escaped death. The dead are: , Mrs. Catherine Mossway, 83 years old; died at hospital from suffocation and burns. Beatrice Mossway, 4 years old, daughter of the former, suffocated in her room. ' The injured are: Mrs. 'Mary C. or Carrie Bowles, boarding-house keeper at 28 Hollis street,' Boston, dangerously hurt; Miss MacDonald, slightly burned on the face; F. . S. Phaps, slightly burned on the face.. . While a tenant named Lamont was crawling the narrow sill to reaoh the adjoining, house, the body of a woman struck a large sign which hung on the outside and to which he clung for sup port. . The sign was torn from its fas-: tenings and fell with a crash to the street. The woman was Mrs. Bowles, . who had precipitated herself from the third floor to the street below when she found that egress from the house by way of the stairs was choked by the flames. , She was pioked up and taken to the hospital. The origin of the fire is not known, , but it is believed that a belated tenant lit a matoh in the hallway to see his way and carelessly tossed: the still burning match away. The fire started at the foot of the stairs, and the light wall acted as a flue to carry the flames to the roof instantly. ? . AT MARK HANNA'S FURNACE. A Number of Workmen Seriously Hurt t ' "' -; in Newcastle. ' s . Newcastle, Pa., May 25. This morn ing, the big Rosena furnace, in this city, owned by Senator ; Mark Hanna and ex-Senator Cameron, let go, and the next instant a heavy volume of coke, iron ore and coal came crashing through the roof of the casting house, burying in the neighborhood of 80 men under the debris. . Manager Reis was taken out with skin hanging in shreds -from his hands and arms, and his legs were terribly burned and bruised. A . number of , others were badly burned and bruised. '-, A second accident of the day hap pened about SO minutes later. - It was a cave-in at the big 70-foot cut of the Newcastle Traction Company, which is making a track to the new Cascade ; Park. Michael Kurdy was buried un der at least 75 feet of sand, gravel; clay and rooks, and was dead when taken out Peter Herinsky was terribly erushed about the shoulders and hips, but will probably live. 'Drowned Near Rltzville. Ritzville, Wash., May 25. Coming as it did upon the heels of the tragio suioide of Mrs. Vehrs Yav, the sensa tional drowning this afternoon of Dan Sinclair, one of Ritzville's most promi-" nent citizens, in Cow creek, has-: given the staid old residents of thia town a shock that they will long remember. Sinclair, in company with five young men, started at 9 A. M. for a general . day's outing, their destination being about 12 miles from ,town. Upon ar riving at the' creek the party ate lunch, and all went in bathing. Sinclair, who was unable to swim, had waded ' out a few yards from shore, and -accidentally stepped off into a deep and treacherous pool, and, before his excised opmpan ions could rescue him,(had sank for the last time. The news was brought to this place, and everything possible was done to reoover the body, but with out avail. Giant powder will be used tomorrow in an effort to raise the body. Sinclair was 24 years of age, and leaves an aged , father and mother to mourn his loss. - v - . Fight at a Koad house. Denver, May 25. One man was killed and another - fatally wounded at Joe Lewe's roadhouse," about' five miles south of the city, at 6:45 this evening. Lewe has had trouble with Jacob Ki s thard,' a neighbor, over the water in an irrigating ditch in which both' are in terested, v Today Kisthard and his two sons were working on the ditch, .when some of Lewe's employes went to the ditch to protect his interests. With them went some of his guests, inclnd-' ing Samuel H. MoCall, a well-known gambler, and John MoKenna. A quar rel ensued, during which Samuel Kis thard drew a pistol and shot McCall and MoKenna. ' Kisthard came to Denver and surrendered to the police. McKenna ' is not dead, but cannot re cover. t Murder Over Cards. Pittsburg, May 25. A fight over cards today at Snowden, a mining town, resulted in the murder of Albert Grier by George Douglass, colored. A game of poker was in progress, when Douglass was bluffed by James Smith -into laying down three queens againut -a bobtail flush. This enraged him and a fight ensued. Douglass then went to his house and returned with a gun. The crowd rushed indoors to escape him, and he fired through the door, hitting Albert Grier and killing him instantly. Douglass fled, pursued by a crowd, but was captured in the woods, and they were about to lynch hi when officers rescued.