The Hood River Glacier.
It's a Cold Day When We Get Left.
VOL. IX.
, HOOD RIVER, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1897.
NO. 6.
AMERICANS : TO BE TRIED
MADE GOOD PROGRESS.
SHERMAN AND THE TRUSTS.
Epitome of the Telegraphic
: News of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting; Collection of Items From
the New and the Old World In
Condensed and Comprehensive Forum
.Nine children have beet) killed and
many others injured by the oollapae of
a church wall at Bolino, in the province
of Cuido Real. .
George D. Ladd an attorney," and
one of the most prominent wealthy
business' menof Peru, 111., committed
suicide by shooting. J '. i' ; i
The estimate of Chicago's population
by the publishers of the directory just
printed is 1,828,000, an increase of 76,
000 over last year. . K. ' .
Minnie Rose,-" aged 20, whose ' mind
was unbalanced by the great tornado
of last year, committeed suicide at St.
Louis by taking a dose of Paris green. -
Signor Valtganero, cashier of the San
Coovannl mine at Iglesias, Sardinia,
while on his way from the mine with
a large sum, ,was robbed and murdered.
A fresh' attempt "on the part of the
sultan to secure Germany's support for
theretention of Thessaly was met with
refusal and advice to conform to Eu
rope's wishes .; w . ' 1 ''
One of the most sensational tragedies
ever enacted in North Texas took place
in" the Methodist ''church in' Pleasant
Valley, Dallas county, in the course of
the services. As a result Augustus
Garrison and Frank Jones are dead and
Thomas Jones fatally wounded., .
The volcano Mayn -' has , been in a
state of violent eruption, and the flow
of lava has done great damage in the
province of Albay, particularly to the
village of Libon, where the tobacco
crop has been completely destroyed.
There has been considerable loss of life.
' During a thunder storm, lightning
struck " a convict camp near Dakota,
Ga., and as a result four conviots are
dead, 10 are dying and 20 escaped dur
ing the panic which ensued. The camp
is at the. lumber . mills of Grees Bros.,
and about 150 prisoners from the state
penitentiary were at work there.
On June 14 ' men: f rom ' the United
States cruisers Marion and Philadel
phia were landed at Honolulu. ; While
on maroh to the drill grounds an order-
ly brought an order, and the battalion
returned on board. - This ; action was
taken, it is understood, on account of
a rumor to the effect that the Japanese
oruiser Naniwa would land a force of
men to take charge of the Hawaiian
custom-house. The Japanese failed to
act and it is believed that Admiral
BeardBlee's prompt action caused the
captain of the Naniwa to change his
mind.' '';.'.. .. .
A tLouisville :,&. Nashville, express
train was held up by a lone robber,
who secured about $4,000.
Mrs. Henry Scott, of Chicago, and
Mrs. Maria Hay, formerly of Chicago,
were ( killed . by v a runaway at , Du
buque, la. " '
John H. Moss and Levan Berg have
been arrested in Seattle, charged with
the murder of Michael J. Lyons, the
Port Blakely saloonkeeper.
Charles Peterson, a Swedish laborer
about 25 years old, committed suicide
on a farm near Ellensburg, by cutting
his throat with a pocket knife. ..
President W. H. Cromwell, of the
Blackburn, university, and instructor in
Latin, has' resigned, to take the. Latin
ohair in Puget Sound university, Taco
ma.i :;y ;
A terrible explosion of a torpedo on
the Mexican International, near Eagle
Pass, Tex.; completely wrecked a loco
motive and killed the engineer and fire
man. ;: '.. ' :(; ,
John Quincy Adams, a Northern Pa
cific switchman, .while running over
the tops of cars at Missoula, Mont., slid
and fell between the cars ' and was
killed. , ' " ' '. .' ' .
Louis Siokmiller was instantly killed
and Albert Sickmiller, Charles Faille
and George Steinhelder fatally injured
by the' Erie fast express near Mans
; field, O. .. ' ''''
The River Kur has overflowed its
banks b near the railroad .depot of Naw
thig, Russia. Nineteen men belong
ing to the Nijni Novgorod dragoons
were drowned. ; , '
Every boat brings to Port Townsend
men to look over the proposed foi titra
tions sites with a view to bid for the
contracts for , construction. . All the
Western, as well as several Eastern and
Southern states are represented.
A meeting of representatives of G.
A. R., Loyal Legion and Woman's Re
lief Corps, has been held at Indianap
olis, Ind., to perfect plans for the erec
tion of a monument and care of . the
grave of Nancy Hanks Lincoln, mother
of Abraham Lincoln, in Spencer coun
ty, this state.
Christian Ross died of heart disease,'
at his home in Philadelphia. He was
the father of Charley Ross, and ,up to
his last illness Mr. Ross never gave up
the search. for his missing boy, whose
abduction startled Philadelphia on July
1,1874, and became an unsolved mys
tery the world over.
... , " '
The Famous Competitor Case Comes
; . Up at Havana July 1.
New York, June 80. A Journal dis
patch from Havana says: Consul Gen
eral Lee has finally been notified that
Ona Melton, the American newspaper
correspondent, Captain LaBored and
others belonging to the captured
schooner Competitor, and one or two
Americans incarceratedwith them . in
Cabanas fortress, will be called for trial
July 1. The hearing will be before
civil judges, and judgment will be
based on the declarations previously
made within the walls of the . prisons
on evidence taken by a government
official or crown prosecutor, acting on
behalf of the Spanish admiralty and
war department. The court will listen
to no new. testimony, save in support
of the written. , declarations , already
filed. ... '.' ' . . x
; George Ferran, the only witness the
Competitor men were permitted to call
on their behalf, was arrested immedi
ately after his examination, and is still
in prison. ' His sworn statement was
that the vessel was beyond the three
mile limit, and had the American flag
at her masthead when seized. ' This
statement displeased the Spaniards,
and Ferran was therefore detained here
and charged with perjury. ,
- Consul-General Lee has as yet re
ceived no instructions to employ .coun
sel to defend the prisoners. -- -
A Spanish magistrate said the men
would undoubtedly be .found guilty
again and sentenced to death or long
terms of imprisonment, but added: ... -,
"Their friends should not fear their
being executed or deported.' Our peo
ple are too diplomatic to force Ameri
ca's hand."
The rebel generals, Rivera and Bal
lacoa will not be shot. General Wey
ler has received a cable from Minister
of War Ascarraga to indefinitely sus
pend the court-martial sentence of
death, pending the close of hostilities,
when their pardon may be expected. ,
General Weyler himself has taken no
steps to stop . the court-martial -and
shooting of other and less important
prisoners of the war. ' - '
During the last three days at Ma
tanzas, at Sagua, Santa Clara, Sancti
Spiritus, Cienfuegos, and Pjnar del
Rio, dozens of executions occurred. '
At Sagua two Cuban girls accused of
sending out . clothes to their brothers
fighting under' the insurgent chief,
Roban, were convicted of aiding the re
bellion and sentenced by a military
court to respectively 12 years and six
months' imprisonment in- the, African
penal colony. . ' ..'
Operations by the Cubans.
New York, June 80. A Herald dis
patch from Key , West says: . Private
advices just: received from Santiago
province give further details of the
fighting during last week around
Gibara and Banes, between insurgents
and Spanish1 forces. , The-advioes say
the insurgents under General Calixto
Garcia and Colonel Torres, numbering
between 5,000 and 6,000 well-armed
and equipped men, attacked both of the
seaports simultaneously, but met with
a stubborn .resistance from the Span
iards who had been advised of their'
coming and were prepared.- ' " ''
The demonstrations against Banes,
which is less than 10 leagues distant
from Gibara, was merely a feint by the
rebels to divert attention and draw
the Spanish forces from Gibara, whioh
was the. only point really to be attacked
and which they knew had been strongly
fortified and garrisoned.
.The ruse was partially successful,
and Garcia, with his forces, entered
Gibara. His success,' however, was
only of short duration, as he was subse
quently driven, out, after a hot right,1 ,
during which many -were killed and
wounded on both sides : ' j ' ' ,
Colonel Machado, a veteran of the
lO-yeard' war, and who is actively en-1
gaged in promoting the present strug
gle, says: :.',. '' , . .'. ',' '' ,.,
My advices from Cuba are that Gomez i
has planned his summer campaign and
put his plans in operation'. Already
columns of thousands of well-armed
men under efficient leaders have been
distributed throughout the different
provinces.
' General Garcia's attack on Gibara
and other important operations by our
forces will, be directed by General
Gomez from Santa Clara, where he will
pitoh his headquarters. ; ' ) . ..,.' , j
A Successor to De Lome. .
Havana, June 80. Senor Santos Guz
man, the leader of the uncompromising
Spanish party in Havana, is reporetd
to have informed his adherents that
Senor Castelar is about to be appointed
Spanish minister to Washington, the
position now held by De Lome.
5 ... , I, . r
A Strike at Milwaukee.
Milwaukee, ' June 29.-i At a meeting
today of the Amalagmated Association,
employes of the Illinois Steel Company,
a strike was ordered to begin Thursday.
The company submitted a scale pro
viding for a decrease in pay, which the
employes Tefused. The strikers will
number 500 men and 400 others will be
thrown out of work by the closing of
the plant. v .
. A Rebuff for the Sultan. ..
Constantinople, June 80. A fresh
attempt on the part of the sultan to se.
oure Germany's support for retention
of Thessaly was met with refusal and
advice to conform to Europe's wishes.
Particulars of the . Accident,
Near Kansas City.
SWOOLEN CREEK THE CAUSE
The Conductor Is Still Alive Those
Who Were Injured Will Recover
; All the Mail Was lost.
Kansas City, June 29. Seven coffins
were forwarded to St. Louis today from
Missouri City." They contained the re
mains of the victims of last night's
wreck on the Wabash road. A correct
ed list of the dead is as follows:
W. S. Mills, postal .clerk, St. Louis;
O. M. Simth, poBtal clerk, St. Louis;
Gustave A. Smith, postal clerk, St.
Louis; F. W. Brink, postal clerk, St.
Louis; Charles ; Winters, postal clerk,
St. Louis; Edward Grindrode, baggage
man, St. Louis; Charles P. Greasley,
brakeman, St. Louis.
', The conductor of the train, C. C.
Copeland, of St. Louis, who was re
ported laBt night among the dead, is
still alive. He was removed this morn
ing to the hospital at Moberly with a
faractured skull and several ribs brok
en. He lingers between life and death,
but the surgeons express a hope that he
will recover. ' Conductor Copeland was
supposed to be dead when taken from
the ' wreck, and his body, with a hand
kerchief drawn " over . tbe face, was
ranged in a row with the seven dead
corpses. A few minutes later some one
observed a sign of life, and he. was
quickly transferred to a stretcher and
given every possible attention.
Of the 19 others injured, not one is
in a critical condition. ' Among them
all there is not one broken limb, though
many of them were thrown three-quarters
of the length of the coaches in
Which they were riding. Mrs. Wilkins,
of Kansas City, is the most seriously
hurt. Two small bones of her left
band are broken, and she suffered a se
vere laceration of the thigh, as well as
bruises about the face and neck. The
wounds of most of the others are triv
ial. " . . ''' '
All indications are that death came
to at least four of the five unfortunate
mail clerks almost instantly. Their
car pitched end first through the tres
tle, and they must have been drowned
in the raging stream while in an un
conscious' condition. The remains of
the four .were carried from the wreck,
and were recovered some distance down
the stream. There were signs of life
in the body of the fifth mail clerk when
the rescuers dragged : him from the
wreck, but he died a few minutes later
on the bank of the creek! .
' Last night it was feared there were
more bodies in the stream, but a care
ful search today proved that the fatal
ities were limited to those already
named.
. Today, but a small stream was flow
ing beneath the trestle where the wreck
occurred. In ordinary weather it is a
dry creek bed. The storm of last night,
.which was almost a cloudburst, had
swollen' the little stream to torrential
proportions. The flood carried away a
wagon bridge a short distance above
the Wabash trestle. The wreck of this
bridge was hurled down upon the rail
road trestle and oarried away a row of
wooden supports in the center.
The scene of the wreck, whioh is
only 20 miles ' northeast ot Kansas
City, near Missouri City, was visited
today by many persons. A wrecking
train worked there all day, repairing
the trestle and raising . the shattered
coaches, and tonight trains are moving
over the road as usual. - '
The postal authorities report that
probably nearly all of the mail carried
on the train was ' lost or destroyed.
When the wreck occurrred, the five pos
tal, clerks are supposed to have all of
their pouches open, and to have been at
work ditstributing the mail. The oar
was so broken and splintered that most
of the mail floated , off. The Wabash
train each evening carries all of Kan
sas City's mail for the East, and it is
always heavy and valuable. . x
Insurgents Turn Highwaymen.
: Havana, June 29. A stage coach
bound from Havana for San Jose de las
Lajas, a nearby settlement, was stopped
on the road by a large band of insur
gents, who killed with their machetes
tne 18 scouts who were escorting the
coach, six guerillas, one Spanish officer,
a doctor, a carpenter, and three other
passengers, who attempted to save their
lives by flight. The only occupants of
the coach who were not killed by the
insurgents . were a woman and a child.
The insurgents captured a considerable
amount of private booty, $17,000 worth
of medicine, and $3,000 in cash. They
also secured a convoy consisting of two
carts laden with provisions and sup
plies. General Weyler has liberated 14
women and 15 children who were taken
prisoners in an iunsrgent camp. 1
La Lucha has a dispatch from Tunas
stating that in the last engagement be
tween the Spanish forces and the insur
gents under General Gomez, the horse
ridden by Gomez was shot under him.
Only a pound, of maple sugar to' a
tree was the report of the manufac
turers in the Cambridge district of Ver
mont this yeaj, -
The Much-Discussed Hide Paragraph
Disposed of.
Washington, June 80, The senate
made good progress on the tariff bill
tday, disposing of the paragraphs relat
ing to hides, which have been the
source of much controversy. As final
ly agreed on, the duty on hides is
placed at 20 per oent ad valorem" in
place of 1 cents per pound, as origin
ally reported by the finance committee.
The discussion was protracted into a
gold debate on trusts and from that
back to the sugar trust.
Among other paargraphs disposed of
during the day were all those relating
to gloves, a substitute for the paragraph
on live animals, iron ore and stained
glass windows. '' :.
The paragraph relating to stained or
painted glass windows was changed
slightly in phraseology, and the duties
agreed to as reported. -'
In the iron ore paragraph the pend
ing proivsion gave a duty of 40 cents
per ton on iron ore, including' mangan
iferous iron ore and the dross or resid-uum-from
burnt pyrites, with a proviso
relating to the account to be taken of
moisture in weighing the ore.:
Allison offered new amendments,
which were agreed to, adding to the
first clause of the paragraph as reported
"manganese ore, $1 per ton," also fit
the end of the proviso, "basic slag,
ground or unground, f 1 per ton."
Paragraph 142, card clothing, was
agreed to as in the house bill..
In the paragraph on crosscut saws
the committee made a change, insert
ing steel handsaws, finished or unfin
ished, 10 'cents per pound, and 20 per
cent ad valorem.
In paragraph 137, iron and steel
bars, cold drawn, etc., change pras
made from 1 cent to of a cent per
pound, in addition to the rates upon
plates, etc., and on steel circular saw
plates from to of a cent in addi
tion to the rate for steel saw plates.
, Aluminum was changed, making the
rate, crude, 7 cents; in plates, etc.) 12
cents. '..-."! . '
On bronze powder, the duty ' on
bronze metal in leaf was increased from
5 to 8 cents per package. . .
A new paragraph was agreed to viz:
Hooks and eyes, 6 cents per pound
and 15 per cent ad valorem. ; '
t At Quay's request, the change in
paragraph 187 was reoonsidered, and
1 cent restored as the duty on iron
bars, eto., in addition to the rates on
plates, eto.
Allison proposed a change in para
graph 426, relating to hides, making
the rate 20 per cent ad valorem instead
of cents, and also striking out the
proviso relating to drawbacks. The
paragraph as amended reads: "Hides
of'cattle, raw or uncured, whether dry,
salted or pickled, 20 per cent ad valor
em." ..
Smith stated in response to question
that the proposed 20 per cent ad va
lorem was much greater than the 1 a
cents specific duty, being about 4 cents
per pound by the ad valoem rate.
Piatt of Connecticut introduced the
suggestion that he had telegraphed to
the New York custom house in refer
ence to the importation of hides and
had received an answer stating that the
importation in the last 11 months was
70,000,000 pounds, valued at $7,000,
000, and that the price of French
green hides averaged about 10 cents a
pound, and South American hides
about 5 cents, ' - ?
' Allen said that, while not an advo
cate of a general protective system, yet
he concurred with the view that if
there was to be such bill, every seo
tion should share in the benefits it
gave. He spoke of the benefits of a hide
duty to the farmers.
The discussion branched off to the
prosecution of trusts, Allen and Hoar
discussing the law. Hoar said that
while the question of trusts could he
dealt with to some extent by striking at
their imports, as in the law of 1894, yet
he feared the most serious phases of the
evil must be dealt with by the states.
' The vote was then taken on the hide
paragraph as amended by the commit
tee, and it was agreed to 39 to 20.
One Democrat, Rawlins, and Allen,
Butler, Heitfeld, Jones . of Nevada,
Stewart, Mantle and Teller voted with
the Republicans in the affirmative.
The balance of the vote was en party
lines. The committee presented a sub
stitute for paragraph 425, band or belt
ing leather, eto. It was agreed to 80
to 19. ."; '"'
The bill was laid aside at 5 o'clock
and after an exeoutive session, the sen
ate adjourned.
Shot by a Burglar. ,
St. Louis, June 80. A special to the
Post-Dispatch from Red bud, 111., says:
Miss Lilian Blais, aged 21, a highly
respected young lady of this city, had
a terrible experience last night with a
burglar. She was awakened by a man
with a beard or mask who was search
ing her father's clothes. Miss Blais
screamed, and the robber thurst a pistol
to her breast and fired, the ball taking
effect just above the heart. Miss Blais
is not expected to recover. Blood
hounds were put on the trail of the
burglar. '
An Attempt That Failed. '
, Omaha, Neb., June. 80. A special
to the Bee from Deadwood says an at
tempt was made to hold up the Butte
County bank at Bellefourche at noon.
The robbers were driven off after a
fight.
Pension Measure Favorably
Reported.
THE SURVIVORS MADE HAPPY
The Bill Provides for Pensioning Sur
vivors of Orugon and Washington
Wars of 1847 and 1886. .
Washington, Jnne 28. The senate
committee on pensions has reported a
general bill for amending an act grant
ing pensions to' survivors of Indian
wars. The bill was introduced by
Senator McBride, and provides for pen
sioning the Burvivors of the Oregon and
Washington wars of 1847 and 1856.
Senator Gallinger, who made the re
port, said: ,
"It will be gratifying to the Indian
war veterans to receive a message that
this bill has been favorably reported,
and that this long-delayed act of jus
tice is in process of settlement.
These veterans average 15 years older
than the veterans of the late civil war,
and that statement alone is sufficient
to show that at least the bounty of the
government can be bestowed upon them
for a very brief time."
Of the Cayuse war the report says:
There were 682 volunteers and no
regular troops engaged.
The estimate as to Cayuse war is
based upon the percentage of survivors
Bf the Mexican war and widows of sol
diers of that war, who are now alive
nd have pensionable service, the Cay
use war having occurred while the
Mexican war was in progress. ;
- It is shown that 12 per cent of claims
Bled by Mexican war survivors and 10
per cent filed by soldiers' widows have
been rejected on conditions, that do not
enter into the Indian war act, towit, a
service of less than 60 days and age
limit, etc. ( :; ,
Taking this estimate and computing
with the American table of mortality,
there should be 144 survivors and 82
widows now living.
These volunteers were not mustered
into the United States service, but un
der a subsequent act of congress the
state of Oregon was reimbursed for
their service by the United States.
. The following is what the report savs
of the Oregon and Washington terri
tory wars: ' '
The war department reports that 850
regulars were engaged, and the auditor
for the war department 6,397 militia.
Of the regulars probably 75 per cent,
or 637, served in the Mexican war and
other wars, leaving 218, and of the mi
litia 20 per oent, or 1,276, served in
other wars or rendered more than one
service in the Oregon and Washington
territory wars, leaving 5,108 militia;
a total of regulars and militia of 5,316.
Of this number deduct 6 per cent, or
819, for .desertion and casualties,
which would leave 4,997 survivors at
close of the wars. .
From an examination of a number of
claims it appears that these survivors
should now be 65 years of age, and
from the American table of mortality
48 per cent, or 2,399, are now living .
The number of widows is based upon
the pe'centage of widows of Mexican
war soldiers who are living, which
would show 1,840 widows of soldiers of
Oregon and Washington territory dis
turbances living. . ',
THE CUBAN ELECTION.
Cuban Exiles In America May Tote for
Representatives.
New York, June 28. Cubans who
live in the United States, and have
been contributing toward the expenses
of the war, are to have a voice in the
direction of affairs of the young repub
lic, whose constitutional assembly is to
meet at Camaguay September 2. There
will be a general election of members
of the assembly before long throughout
those parts of Cuba where the insur
gents are strong enough to hold one,
and it has been decided that represen
tatives may be elected by Cubans in
the United States. ,
Orders will be issued containing all
details as to polling the vote, eto. Every
Cuban above 16 years old who two
months previous to the election has
contributed a certain amount to the
cause of the patriots will be entitled to
vote. As to the nominations, they are
not yet made. - , ,
The local junta is issuing a fine sou
venir coin to commemorate the strug
gle. It is the same size as the United
States dollar, and contains the same
amount of silver. This coin will be sent
to different bankers in this city who
are in sympathy with the cause, and
any customer who is willing to accept
one for $1 will get it.
Killed in a Bossland Mine. . '
Los' Angeles, June 28. Manager
Jack Williams, of the Columbia opera
company, who is now in this city, re
ceived a telegram from Frank Curtiss,
a member of the company, now at
Rossland, B. C, which states that Cur
tiss' wife, who also was a member of
the company, and known on the stage
as Pauline Williams, was killed in a
mine shaft at Rossland. The couple
were married in San Francisco two
weeks ago, and were on their wedding
trip. The identity of the . girl is not
known, even to her husbanl, who asks
Williams for information,
How He Would Restrain the Combi
nations. . . New York, June 29. Secretary Sher
man, who arrived in New York last
night, is quoted in an interview in the
World as saying:
"The matter pf trusts is the most im
portant question of the day. A com
bination of persons engaged in a com
mon business would seem on its face to
be a fair enough matter, but in reality
such combinations prevent hearthful
competition and control the output and
prices. . . .
"The present national trust law (the
Sherman law) is not strong enough. I
framed it myself, and the senate com
mittee on judiciary made changes in it
whioh materially weakened its effect.
I prefer to make unlawful all combina
tions in restraint of trade. They put
all industries in control of , a few men.
They have no right to -open competi
tion) in all industries and trades. Re
straint of trusts can be made effective
when we can get the proper kind of
law. Tbe supreme court has upheld the
present law, but has pointed out its de
fects. I think these defects can and
will be remedied.
"The trust people say the effect of
their combinations is to lower prices of
products, which they control. I do not
believe it. The tendency to control
output and put prices up must natural
ly ocme with control of any important
industry or trade. When a man makes
his money on a fair basis of trade, no
man envies him or has a right to. ;
When he makes a fortune with the
trusts which put out competition or re
strain trade, he is denounced, and this
has been done by all peoples and at all
times. ; It is unfair competition and
unfair combination that have roused
this cry against trusts.
"The ourrency question'cannot be de
cided at this session of oongress. No
body is ready to decide it. ' The East
ern states are pretty thoroughly in fa
vor of the gold standard. The South
seems to be slowly coming around to
the same view. But the Western states,
which are heavily in debt, want a
cheaper currency, and, of course, are
advocating silver. Whether it will be
settled in time to take it out of the way
as an issue for the next presidential
campaign I cannot tell. ; . I am not a
prophet." : , , .
LOSS OF THE TRAVELER.
A Terrible Story of Shipwreck and
'.' Suffering. ; '''. ;
Philadelphia, June 29. The details' .
of the recent to.tal loss of the Philadel- -.
phia-bound sugar bark Traveler, Cap
tain Christie, at Port Mathurin, Rod
riguez island, and the death from Java '
fever of ten members of her crew, in
cluding Captain Christie, have just
been received at this port from Mauri
tius, and bring to light one of the most
thrilling cases of shipwreck and suffer
ing in the annals of shipping. ' Two of
the sailors, driven to desperation by
witnessing the sufferings of their ship
mates, committed suicide by leaping
overboard, preferring death in this way
rather than from the ravages of the . .'
fever, which they felt sure would over
take them. One by one the men died
off until the mate and second mate were
the only officers spared, and the former
finally succumbed to the dread disease.
Captain Christie and seven men had
died and ,their bodies had been cast
over the ship's side. For nearly two
weeks the vessel drifted to the north
ward and eastward of Rodriguez island
and ran into Port Mathurin. An effort
was made to get medical aid ' from the
shore! That night the wind rose, and
the following sunrise the vessel drove
on the reef and became a total loss.
She afterward entiiely disappeared. V
' The -Traveler, a well-known Liver
pool bark, built of iron in Dunbarton,
Scotland, and laden with about 6,500
hags of sugar, valued at $6,000, left Java
for Philadelphia Christmas week, and
although she came to grief February 8,
nothing was known of it until last
month. Captain Christiet was well'
known here, having sailed out of Phil
aadelpiha number of times on deep
water voyages. The ship was owned by
J. R. Hawes & Co., of Liverpool, was
1,420 tons register, and was built in
1879. The vessel was insured in Eng
land, but the cargo was held by Amer
ican companies. :
The Tailors' Troubles.
New York, June 29. A large num
ber of contractors who entered into set
tlement with the Brotherhood of Tail
brsjast week, have according to a num
ber of those prominent in the Clothing
Contractor's Association, ignored the
new agreement, olosed their shops and ?
turned their employes adrift. The num
ber of contractors who are said to have
thus acted is set down at 400, employ
ing between 1,000 and 1,500 operators.
Leader Schoffeldt characterized the
statement as a lie made out of whole
cloth..' .;': : .''."
In the face of this denial, a huge
force of the tailors was found congre
gated at the tailors' headquarters.
Many of them said they had been
locked out, and made no concealment
of the fear entertained by them that
they were face to faoe with another pe-
riod of idleness.
Fatal Mine Accident in Chile.
Valparaiso, June 29. Twenty-six
miners have been killed by a fall of
rock in the Librar mines, in the pro
vince of Attakampa.. .
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