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The Hoot River S acier It's a Cold Day When We Get. Left. VOL IX. IIOOD .RIVER, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1898. NO. 35. Epitome . of the Telegraphic News of the World. TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES In Interesting Collection of Items From, the New and the Old World In Condensed and Comprehensive Form The Peoria, 111., water -works were ' sold under decree of court to bond holders for $1,500,000. V Destructive brush fires in the oolony of Victoria, Australia, have done an enormQUS'amount of damage, In a fight over a game of cards at Sandy Forks, Ky., eight men, all col ored, were killed, and four 1 seriously wounded. - . W. J. Trenholm, former comptroller of phe currency, has retired from the presidency of the American Surety Company. Governor Budd, of California, has ordered an inquiry to be made into the mental condition of Salter D. Worden, the 'trainwrecker. ' While at small arms practice at Tampa; -Fla., four men on the oruiser Marblehead were injured by an explo Bion, two seriously. Funds have been secured in London, and three immense sugar beet factories will be ereoted at Chicago, Marysville and Red Bluff, Cal. Mrs. Eliza Kohler, widow of a well known San Francisco liquor dealer, has made an assignment, with liabilities Of $383,174; and assets, $323.7.35. Since the serious illness of Cornelius Vanderbilt, William K., his brother, has become the actual dominant force in the New York Central railroad. The court martial of Captain O. M Carter, whioh has been in session (at Savannah, will sit (at , Augusta here after for the. convenience of, witnesses A Chicago syndicate, wi'rf $1,000,' 000 has purchased the 1,200,000-acre Lopez ranch in Northern Mexico, which has on it yaluable deposits of asphalt- um. ' ' . . ' ' , .', Amerioan sohooner George W. Whit- ford has been ordered forfeited by the Colon supreme oourt for loading a car go at Porto Bello in violation of port regulations. ' Charles MarBh, arrested at. Kansas City for swindling J. F. Calhoun, of Spokane, is the well-known confidence man, known by the alias of Boston Charley. . . The Oakland, Cul., authorities have suspicions that Joseph Raeside,' the trainer, whose mangled body was found alongside the railroad track at Shell Mound, was murdered. The board of experts engaged in con sidering 1 and adopting standards " to govern the importation of tea for the coming year, has decided upon four out of the eighteen standards. : , ' ' Sanford B. Dole, president of the Hawaiian republic, has arrived at San Francisco, eh route : to Washington, where he will discuss annexation of the islands to the United States. . Ships Aryan, for San Francisco, and Dirigo, for Shanghai, left New York together, on . Friday. Heavy bets were put lip by the masters as to.whioh ves sel would arrive at her destination first. Mrs. J. M. Farleigh, of Chicago, and Mrs.;;Mary Miller, of Dexter, Mich., have started for Montana to lay claim to an interest in the $1,000,000 estate "of a deceased uncle, John D. Allport. Edwin T. Enrle has brought suit in the United States circuit court at San Francisco against the Armour Packing Company to recover $100,0000 damages for violation of plaintiff's patent on a refrigerator. The controller of the currency has declared a dividend in favor of the First National bank of Helena, Mont.,' of 10 per cent. ', The Western Union Beef Company has sold 8,000 head of steers off its Texas ranch to Clinton Anderson, of , Wyoming, and will retire from busi ness.1 t ' - ; ; ' , ,' Ore assaying $852 in gold and $70 in silver to the ton was discovered two miles from Adams Springs, Lake coun ty, California, and the district is wildly . .excited.' . . , : ' George Dobbs and Mrs. Emelie New, jointly indicted for the murder of the latter's husband at Eureka, Kan., have been convicted of murder in the second degree. . - " ' Patrick A. Largey, president of the State Savings baiik, and one of the best . known citizens of Butte, was shot and killed in the bank building by Thomas J. Riley. s : , ' k The Steer mansion at Nyatt, one' of the best known residences along the shore o, Narrniransett bay, Rhode Island, was burned to the ground Sat-. .urdaynigUt. ' ' : '.' , Art insaneman named Ramon Vivesa created a sensation in the cathedral at Madrid, hyV firing several revolver shots. 1 He Tas arrested and will be sent to an instne asylum. Civil Enghuer A. G.Menreal, U. S. N., will be brought to court-martial on account of the iaulty character of the work of construction of dry dock No. 8, approved by him CUBA'S TIME NOT YET. House Refused to Take Up Belligerency Resolution. Washington, Jan. 20. Cuba had a hearing in the house today, and for a time it looked as though parliament ary precedents would be set aside and the senate resolution, recognizing the insurgents as belligerents, would be at' taohed as a rider to the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill. :' DeArmond, a Missouri Demoorat, precipitated the issue by offering the resolution as an amendment, but a point of order against it was sustained. DeArmond appealed. He urged the Republicans, who had professed friend ship for the struggling Cubans, to override the decision of the chair as the only chance of securing action' on the proposition. Bailey, the leader ,of the minority, and other Democrats joined in the ap peal. The excitement became intense, but the appeals of Dingley, the floor leader of the majority, as well as other Republican leaders, to their associates not to join in the programme succeeded Colson warned his side that, unless he was soon given an opportunity to vote his sentiments on the Cuban ques tion, he would co-operate in any revo lutionary methoJ to seoure action. The Republican taction kept to the front the point that the minority was seeking to override the rules of the house, and they got every Republican in the house, sustaining the chair., by the, vote of 152-114. A Democrat, Fleming, voted with them, on. the ground that he could not violate the rules. ' . -. '. During the debate, Bailoy challenged Hitt to give the house an assurance that an opportunity would be offered to vote on the resolution passed by the senate at the last session, but he re ceived no reply. : Before the diplomatic bill came up, the army bill -was passed. Today's session of the senate was brief. Pactically the only business accomplished, aside from the routine proceedings, was the passing of the ur gent deficiency appropriation bill. The measure, as finally passed by the sen ate, carries $1,918,810. The Teller resolution, providing that bonds of the United States may be paid in standard silver dollars, was! favorably reported by a majority of the finance committee, and notice was given that it will be called up at an early date. An effort was made to fix a time for the final vote oh the pending census bill, but it was abandoned until tomorrow. Idemnity for Lynching. Washington, Jan. . 20. President McKinley today sent to the senate a message with a report from the secre tary of state relating to the lynching in 1895 at Yreka, Cal., of Louis Morena, a Mexican citizen, and the demand of the Mexican government lor indem nity. The president says: s ', Following the course adopted inv the case or tne iyncning .pt the three Italians in Louisiana, in August, 1896, I have recommended the appropriation by' congress, out of humane considera tions and without reference to the question of liability of the government in the premises, the sum of $2,000, to be paid by the secretary of state to the government of Mexico, to be -distrib uted among the heirs of Louis Mo rena. The president also sent to the senate, in response to a resolution, a report of the secretary of state and the corre spondence relating to the arrest in 1897 in Colombia of Harry K. Spring and Charles W. Nelson. Greatest on Record. Washington, Jan. 20. According to statistics at' the treasury department, the value of , exports by the United? States for the calendar year 1897 aggre gated $1,100,000,000, " an increase of $98,000,000 over any preceding year. Another record was smashed with the trade balance of $356,000,000 in favor of Uncle Sam, the highest point ever reached in the history of this country. ' ' Exports for the fiscal year which ended June 80, 1897, were $1,032,000,- 000, thus furnishing a third record, for the top notch prior to these figures was reached in 1892, when the exports amounted to . $1,015,000,000. Bread stuffs furnished the bulk of the expor tation in every instance. , Indian Appropriation Bill. Washington, Jan. 20. The Indian appropriation bill, as reported to the house ' today, carries $7,727,204, against estimates of $7,875,517. Of the amount recommended, $270,000 is reimbursable to the government. The total amount for the support of Indian schools, from other than the treaty funds, is $2,574,540. For fulfilling treaty stipulations $3,250,249 is ap propriated. Bnough of the Sealing Question.' London, Jan. 20. Great Britain has again declined to reopen the sealing question. It seems that her previous refusal gave as its reason that while the negotiations were pending between the United States and Canada, Great Britain could not reopen the matter. To this the United States replied that no negotiations were pending,, and re newed the reauest, but the foreign office sends its regrets that the govern ment does not see its way clear to re open the question. -'.' FATAL AGCIDENT IN TUNNEL Two Men Crushed Beneath Rock and Debris. RECEIVED NO WARNING OF IT One Victim Is Dead, While the Other Is Probably Fatally Injured The Tunnel Impassable. .-, Williams, Ariz., Jan. 20. An acci dent occurred at the Fairview tunnel, nine miles west of here, in which one man was killed and one fatally injured A number of others had an almost miraculous escape. ; Sparks from the engine of a passen get train ignited the timbers in the roof of the tunnel. A gang of men was quickly dispatched from this city under Foremen Matthews and Parker. The men fought the flames all last night. When the flames were jdl but out, me men were aiarmea Dy a ioua crasn In another moment a solid mass of rock and burning timbers came falling down Roadmaster Lyons and Foreman Mat thews were caught under the mass of rock and timbers. They were soon taken out, but Lyon died in a few min utes, and it is not believed Matthews will live until morning. No through trains will be able to pass through the tunnel for several days, as it is a sheet of fire from end to end. Passengers are being transferred around the mountain through the OVERLAND TRAIN DERAILED. Disastrous Wreck on the Southern Near Colfax, California. Auburn, Cal., Jan. 20. One of the most disastrous railroad wrecks that ever happened on this branch of the Southern Pacino road occurred this af ternoon about a mile above Colfax, the accident derailing overland train No. 2, going west. Trains are drawn over the mountains by two engines, and it is supposed that the front engine broke an axle. The two engines were tele scoped, and the baggage car thrown off the track. " vHackett, one of the oldest engineers on the road, was killed outright, and the body of his fireman, Lightner, was found under the engine, horribly man gled. Brown", the second engineer, and his fireman jumped and escaped influry. J. J. Burke, the express messenger who had a miraculous escape at the recent Reno wreck, was again favored, and escaped with severe, though not serious injuries. Many of the passengers were badly shaken up, though none were in jured. Two wrecking trains, with Su perintendent Wright, are out from Sac ramento, and a speoial train was made up at Colfax. The accident occurred just below one of the most dangerous places on this or any other railroad. At Cape Horn, the angle is 45 degrees, and there is no ob struction between it and the abyss thousands of feet below. NO SUBSIDY WANTED. Pacific Cable Company Opens Negotia- ' ' tions for a Contract. Washington, Jan. 20. James A. Scrymser, president of th Pacific Cable Company, appeared before the.. house committee on interstate and foreign commerce today to advocate a contract with the United States, which, he said, would not call for a subsidy, whereby the oorripany would transmit all official messages for $175,000 per. year for 20 years, from San Francisco to Hawaii, China and Japan, with a proposition to extend it to Australia for $75,000 addi tional per year. He said that during the Venezuela trouble it had cost the government $5,000 fori, one diplomiAio message, and no one knew what the ag gregate expense was in this connection. It would take 8,000 miles of cable from San Francisco to Honolulu. , He was sharply questioned by the committee as to the monopolistic features of his proposition. He said his company was responsible, and had experience, and would do what they proposed. . TROUBLED THE WRQNG ONE. One Indian Shot and Killed and An other Wounded. Walla Walla, Wash Jan. 20 -Word has just been received from Wallula of a shooting affray, which occurred near that plaoe late this afternoon. From the meager particulars received, it -appears that, about 5 o'olock this evening Indian Jim, accompanied by his son and several other Indians, went to the farm of William F. De Long, with whom they had trouble, and ordered him to vacate the premises. 'They threatened to burn his house and com mit other depredations. De Long went into the house, got a gun, and, in order to protect himself and property, shot and killed Indian Jim's son and wounded another Indian. When the other Indians saw their companions were shot, they hurried away. ; The report of . the shooting soon reached Wallula, and caused great excitement, a mob organizing for the purpose of pursuing the fleeing Indians. Sheriff Elhng8Worth and ' Deputy United States Marshal J. B. Wilson were notified of the shooting at 9:30 o'clock tonight, and will leave early is the morning for the scene. BIG STRIKE NOW ON. Over One Hundred Thousand Cotton Operatives Affected. Boston, Jan. 19. The fight between employer and employe in the New England cotton mills is on, and what it will lead up to cannot be foretold. The great corporations in New Bedford are silent, and thousands of operatives are idle, while here and there discon tent has cropped out all day, the most serious being at Biddeford, Me., when 8,200 persons refused to work, thus closing two mills, and at Lewiston, where one mill was crippled by 800 .weavers staying out. The general wage reduction is estimated to affect 127,000 persons in about 150 mills. Tonight finds the textile operatives everywhere intently interested in the New Bedford strike, for there the real strength and endurance will come, and upon the outcome will depend the ques tion of an industial battle the entire length and breadth of the New England states. The chief point in this will be discipline. From the point of view of the millowner the New Bedford situa tion is now a lock-out. Intervention by the state board of arbitration this week is hardly likely to be allowed, and, no overt act on the part of the strikers and no attempt to open a mill is expect ed for a number of days. The New Bedford strikers will receive strike money from operatives elsewhere, but the sum total will be reserved until a protracted battle brings on want and hardship, whioh the unions will then try to relieve. All the New Bedford mills opened at the usual time. ' When noon came the lights went out," speed stopped, over seers and second hands prepared to make everything snug, and mill gates were closed indefinitely. The labor unions did little work today except to carry out plans of campaign which will be developed only as fainthearted weavers seek to return to work. Of the other strikers, little has been developed in them as yet to forecast the future. All of the employes of the La- oonia and Pepperell mill works in Biddeford struck because they were anxious to, while the weavers alone in the Androscoggin mill simply took matters into their own hands, regard? less of other departments. These two strikes, with identical- issues, will serve only as minor fights along the line, unless the strike fever grows and they become the nucleus of a general light in Maine cities. One other minor fight now is at Bur lington, Vt., where the Queen City mills shut down indefinitely because the operatives refused point-blank to accept the reduction. The trouble, however, began a number of days ago, but reached , the acute stage today. Taking today's events throughout? it may be said that things came to pass just as expected. It is the immediate future which awakens apprehensions. WORK BEING PUSHED. Klondike Relief Expedition Will Not Be Abandoned- Wash i ngton , Jan. 1 9. Arrangem en ts for the departure of the government expedition for the Klondike are being pushed. Under date of January 12, Sifton, minister of the interior for Canada, . wrote Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn as follows: "Referring to the conversation which passed between us on the subject of furnishing an escort for your relief ex pedition, I have given instructions that a sufficient number of men be sent for ward to Skagway for the purpose, and I have no doubt they will be waiting upon the arrival of your people on or before the 1st of February. " ' !" Sifton telegraphed the following Sat urday evening: "Ottawa, Jan. 15. My reports in dicate no immediate danger of starva tion at Dawson, but great necessity for provisions being distributed between Fort Selkirk and Skagway at various posts. I believe ioe has formed all the way through. Our provisions are be ing pushed down by horses and dogs.' I intend to keep supplies moving until the waterways are open in the spring, to avoid the possibility of disaster." Eight Killed Over Cards. Middleboro, Ky., Jan. 18. A spe oial from Hynen says there was a fight on Sandy Fork. Eight men .were re ported killed, 48 follows: John -Wil liams, Doc Wilson, Bob Colwell, Tom Shelton,- Peter Barrough, Mark Paine, Eli Howard and Abel Coombs, all col ored. Sim Paine, Harry McComas, Ed Martin and Lew Gossman are serious ly wounded. Intense excitement pre-: vails and further fighting is expeoted.' The fight occurred over a game of cards. The extraordinary bloodletting began Wednesdacr, when a partv of ne groes, who were playing cards, got into a dispute concerning the wayhe game was progressing. Drunkenness added to the brutality of the' fight. - Four men were killed, and subsequently the fighting was renewed by friends on both sides, until the mortality list is equal almost to the casualties in a mil itary engagement. The feeling aroused gives rise to apprehension , of more crime. i , Seven Persons Drowned. . ' Colon, Jan: 19. A boating party, consisting of United States Consul Ashley, Dr. Haffman, the German ooBnsul; Master Mechanic Mott and four others are supposed to be drowned.' The body of a boatman has already been recovered. ' ' ' 1 Will Provide a Loan on Cer tain Conditions. CHINA AFRAID TO COMPLY But Considers Offer an Advantageous One France and Russia Would Make a Strong Opposition. London, Jan. 18. The Peking corre' spondent of the Times says: Yesterday Sir Claude McDonald, the British am bassador to China, in an interview with the tsung-li-yamen (board of for eign control) stated that England was willing to assist Cihna to liquidate th Japanese indemnity, and would provide a loan of 12,000,000, at par, to run 50 years, the service to be 4 per cent net, including sinking fund, the condi tion to be as follows: . . First The opening of three treaty ports, Talien Wan, Siang In and Nan Ning, thereby increasing the customs revenues. Second A declaration that no por tion of the Yang-tse-Kiang valley shall be alienated to any other-power, Third The right to . extend , th Bnrmah railway through Hunan (the most southwestern province in China) In the event of her default. China is to plaoe certain revenues under the con' trol of the imperial customs. On this basis, the negotiations will proceed. China regards them as advantageous, but fears the threatened opposition ol France and Russia, especially to the opening of Talien Wan and Nan Ning. The Times, commenting On the re-, port, suggests that Slang In, Which th correspondent describes as in Hunan province, is a telegraphic error, and means either Siang Yang, in Hu Poi piovince, or Siang Tang, in Hunan province. . - " ' m A BOY MURDERER. Story of Unparalleled Depravity Comei From Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Jan. 18. The body ol 5-year-old Percy Lockyar, who Is be lieved to have been murdered Friday night by 15-year-old Samuel Hender son, was today found in the bottom of "Reddie's" oreek, Sixtieth and Catha rine streets, and there seems little doubt in the minds of the police thai young Henderson is guilty of the crime. He is locked up in a cell at police headquarters. " The body of the child, when found. was weighted by two heavy stones, one at the neck and the other around hit ankles.. His skull was crushed in, and there was a knife-thrust just above th heart and some wounds on his breast, side and forehead, while on one side oi his face was a long cut extending from below the eye to the chin. From what the police have been able to learn, the crime seems to have been I one of the most horrible charaoter, and ii . all its details are true It stamps young Henderson as a degenerate of tb worst type. He does not seem to real ize the enormity of his crime. Aftet his arrest he admitted a knowledge ol the knife-trust, but said it was due to the child accidentally running against an open knife, Henderson became alarmed at this, and said he threw the body into the creek. Today, however. when shown the mutilated body of the child, he admitted that he was respon sible. for those outs as well, but persists that it was an accident. . , The police however, believe that h planned the murder, and that he alsc purposed ending the life of anothei small boy, Willie Addison, aged 7 years. Henderson, it is claimed,. ha been reading trashy-novels, and has shown a desire to emulate the "heroes" of these tales. The polioe assert that Henderson accompanied Lookyar and Addison to the woods, as he told yes. terday, but, instead of any accident happening to either, Henderson tied both children to a tree. Addison broke away and ran home. It was then, it is said, that the Lockyar boy's deatli was accomplished. Dr. Morton, the coroner's physician, who examined the thrust above the heart," said that it caused the death of the boy. The police searched for the body during all of, last night, and it was not until after daylight that it was found. Henderson will be given a hear ing tomorrow. ' A fact that has come out in connec tion with Henderson's crime is thai his father, John D. Henderson, was on tjial in October, 1892, charged with killing a man named Nason. The kill ing was the outcome of a quarrel. Henderson was arrested and pleaded guilty to manslaughter. He was re manded for sentence, but some time later it was shown that the death was largely accidental, and there was no murderous intent. He was admitted to bail and Is now a free man. Disabled Steamer Driven Seaward. St. John's, N. , B., Jan. 18. The disabled steamer supposed to be the Parkmore, that was lying off this port last night, has been driven seaward by the severe storms. Great anxiety it felt for her safety. A tug went to search for her this morning, but failed to find her. Three other tugs are get ting 'ready to sail at daybreak tomor row. It is feared the steamer ia help- LATEST FROM DAWSO.., Twenty-Two K.ondikers Arrive on the ' Steamer Corona. Seattle, Jan. 19. Twenty-two per sons arrived here tonight from Dawson City on the steamer Corona, bringing with them a small amount of gold dust, and drafts on the North American Trading & Transportation Company and the Alaska Commercial Company amounting to between $800,000 and , $1,000,000. In the party was one,,'' woman, the only woman to come out this winter. , The party consisted of Andrew Oleson, K H. Jenkins, Leon ard Sedgwick, E. Thomassini, D. Camp bell, L. V. Grady, W. M. Kaufman, T. E. .Brenler, , Joe Brand, H. C. Bolong, Carl Hunt, Colonel Brosius, J. J. Baker, B. Tragedio, Chris Nueber, James Wardell, J. O. Berth, James O'Brien, W. H. Welsh, H. T. Coffin, 11. L. Burt and Miss Lou Keller. The amount of drafts brought down represents the proceeds , of sales of claims to the Cudahy, Healy, Vukon & Klondike mining companies and private .; parties. The largest individual amounts were brought by the following: D. Campbell, $180,000; E. H. Jen kins, $125,000; i Leonard Sedgwick,, $100,000; Andrew Oleson, $120,000; T. E. Brenier, $46,000; Joe Brand, $15,000. In reference to the food situation at ' Dawson, tonight's arrivals corroborate previous reports that, while food is scarce, there will be no starvation. They consider that it will be impossible , to get a relief exedition in at this sea son of the year. " Relief expeditions can easily reach the foot of Lake Labarge, but the trou ble will begin when the Yukon river ia reached. The Yukon is filled from shore to shore with great ioe ridges from 10 to 20 feet high, the ioe being thrown up in great blocks, and stand ing at all sorts of angles. Men with dogs can make their way by hugging the shore, but no great amount of sup plies Can be carried with dog teams. A roadway can be cut through these ice ridges, but it would require a great amount of money, and it is doubtful if the work could be completed before the ice moved out of the river in the spring. The proposed use of reindeer in this country is considered entirely imprac ticable. . Heavy snow storms have occurred . this week on the Chilkoot pass, and travel baa been practically impossible . for days at a time. Inspector Stuck land. of the Northwest mounted polioe stationed at Tagish, was delayed five . days near the summit by snow and Wind. ' A detachment, consisting of 80 men of the Northwest mounted police, have atmed at-Skagway. They were to ' have been stationed at different posts in the interior, but, owing to the short age of provisions, and the cost of trans porting supplies," the detachment will remain at Skagway for the present HIS SATANIC MAJESTY. j Indiana Parson's Son Played the Devil In a Reallstlo Manner. Chicago, Jan, 19. A special to the Times-Herald from Bourbon, Ind., says: Rev. Jr. AiJtm, pastor ol the Bethel church,' on Sunday night took for his theme "His Satanic Majesty." He is an eloquent man, and he painted the arch-fiend in 'vivid colors. ,, At the climax of the description, a being dressed to represent a devil, with a large head and switching tail, ambled up the aisle, blowing smoke from its nostrils and bellowing: "I am the devil, and I want all of you." The audience became panic-stricken. Men, women and children were hurled to the floor and trampled upon in the made rush for the door. In the confu sion the stove was upset and the build ing caught fire. ' Before the horrified members had regained their senses, the fire had 'made such headway that all attempts to save the church were in vain. ' .... : . This morning George Aikin, son of the pastor, confessed that he, in com pany with other Doys, rigged up a devil suit, and, knowing the subject .of his father's sermon, concealed himself and awaited the arrival of the. audi- ' TO STAND BY THE GUNS. Two Additional Regiments of Artillery Asked For,. , Washington, Jan. 19. In a com- municaK'ni to congress today on the care and preservation of the government fortifications and their armament, Act ing Secretary Meiklejohn calls on con gress for an additional force of two reg iments of artillery, imperatively re quired to keep the guns and mortars -throughout the country in good condi tion, and to use them effectively when required. He incloses reports of Gen eral Miles and others on the subject, and says the most practicable and eco nomical plan having if! view the pur poses for which the fortinoations and armaments are provided, as to quarter the artillery force by units of organiza tion in batteries, behind the guns they are to use', as far as the existing force . will go, oaring for the remainder by suitable detachments from those garri sons. The present authorized strength of the artillery foroe of the army is in adequate to the proper care and preser vation of thoir armament. - ' 3