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The Mooc River lacier. It's a Cold Day When We Get Left. . ; ' . ' ' v - : VOL. IX. ' HOOD EIVEE, OREGON, FEIDAY, FEBRUAEY 4, 1898. , SO. 37. DEFEATED IN THE HOUSE. PILOT'S hRST TRIP. CAUSED BY BRUTALITY. THE KEY TO THE Epitome of the Telegraphio News of the World. TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES 4n Interesting Collection of Items From the Now and the Old World In Condensed and Comprehensive Form There were 834 deaths from, plague during the past week at Bombay. - The Italian government has called ..out one class of the army reserves, ovf ing to the bread riots. Chief of Police Jansen, of Milwaukee, has decided to put a stop to all boxing oontests in that city in the future. Mrs. Julia Dorr, the well-known authoress and poet, is reported to be critically ill at her home in Rutland, vt. Mrsv Hearst, widow of ' Senator Hearst, is viBiting the City of Mexico, and has been received with public honors, , Bishop, the man who assassinated the Brazilian minister of, war last No- vember, has committed suicide i in ' prison. ' , . ,,,.'. There is much excitement in Bolivia and the press is urging the govern ment to prepare for an impending war with Peru. ,: . ' Over half a million pounds o , "haptha were burned and several per ' sons lost their lives during a conflagra tion at Baku, Russia. . ' . Bear Admiral McNair, who has been snoceeded in command of" the Asiatic squadron by Commodore Dewey, has arrived in San Franoisco. ; 1 Three men were killed and four in jured in a head-end collision between two freight trains on tlio Louisville & - Nashville, near Upton, Ky. A ledge of free milling quartz ten ' feet wide arid assaying as high as $501) a ton was struck in the Roanoko , mine near, Mokelumne hill, Oal., at a dopth of 400 feet. - .- ,. An anti-trust bill, explicit in its terms and naming a penalty of $10,000 fine or from 10 to 15 years' Imprison ment, has been introduced in the house ; by Greene of Nebraska. ' ' The Central Lahor Union, of New York, has passed a resolution opposing the bill pending in the New York leg islature for the opening of the theater in that city on Sunday. - George S. Yantio and A. M.. Hyde, of Sheboygan, have started on a jour ney to the Holy Land, whore they go to oarry assistance to a colony of Dan kards, who went to Palestfne in No vember, 1895. 1 George C. Howard, superintendent of schools of. West Bridgewater, Mass., mdderator at the last town meeting and ex-state representative, is a self- confessed forger to the exent of $600, and is under arrest. , ', V, Rosb W. Latshaw, of Kansas Citv, ex-justice of the peace, was acquitted hy a jury in the oriminal court of the t charge of attempting to bribe a iuror in the recent trial of Dr. Goddard for' the murder of Fred J. Jackson. : The New York Pigeon and Poultry Society will open the ninth annual ex hibition at Madison-Square "garden, According to the report of the secre tary, nearlv 6,500 birds have been en tered : in the several classes. Many entries have been received from Canada and the far West." ',: 'Mrs. Luoille Blackburn Lane, daugh ter of ex-Senator Blackburn, of Ken ' tucky, - who aooidentally shot herself with a revolver two weeks ago, is again in a serious condition, after a period of improvement, and her relatives and physioians are apprehensive lest the wound, with new complications which, have set in, may result fatally. A grain elevaior ' was destroyed by fire in East St. Louis, entailing a loss of $1,000,000. Judge Lewis E. MoComas. has been been elected United States senator to Bucoeed A. P. Gorman, of Maryland, ', The reorganized Union Pacific rail road had to pay $20,402.50 fees to in corporate under the laws of Colorado. - The observations of, the eclipse in British India were successful, condi tions being most f a voi able. " Many valuable photographs were secured. 5 William Hepburn, an alleged count erfeiter, has been arrested in a lonely . cabin in Placer county, Cal. , and all 1 the paraphernalia for counterfeiting was found in his possession. . ' Russia will demand the immediate payment' by Turkey of tho 28,000,000 war indemnity yet due, as a means of making the sultan more docile in the treatment of the Cretan question. The National Stockgrowers' conven tion is in session in Denver, Colo. About 1,000 delegates, representing 21 states ! and territories of the West, Northwest and Southwest are present. On Friday a gale sprung up on Putin-Bay, Lake Erie, and' the ice com menced to break 1 up.. Two hundred fishermen occupying shacks ' built On the ice, were in imminent peril, but made shore in safety, assisted by res cuers, who put off in boats and battled with the ice floes. i Bailor Taken Oft the Stetson a Raving .'.','-.-' '-. Maniac t. Portland,. Or., Feb. 3. If the story of John Burke, who oame around the Horn on the Amerioan ship Geo. Stet son in the capacity of sailor, can be believed, the officers of this ship are guilty of the most barbaric cruelties that have been reported at this port in many a day. The- Stetson arrived at Astoria with a cargo of ooal Thursday, being 74 days out from Baltimore where she took -. on cargo. Captain Murphy is in command, and George Harvey is first officer. The victim of the brutality of the officers, and especially that of First Mate Harvey, is a seaman named Amos Stone, son of a wealthy jewelry mer chant of Boston. ., Stone is said to have been taken off the Stetson at' Astoria', a raving maniac, having arrived at this oondition as a result of the treatment he received on the voyage. ''Stone was singled out as. the speoial object of Harvey's brutality soon after we left Baltimore," said Burke in narrating - his story "' "Harvey for some reason, knocked him insensible with an iron top maul, and as the rest of us feared we would be treated like wise we were at the point of turning back four hours after we left port. As soon as' we saw what had happened, we scampered up" the masts to turn to. The mate, however, informed the cap tain, who bullied , us into remaining with the ship. Stone, as a result of the injury he re ceived, was laid up for some days, dur- ing whioh time he was given but little to eat. As soon as he had reoovered sufficiently to venture ' out and , report for duty, Harvey kicked him off the foreoastle. From that time on Stone was unable to leave his cabin. He was starved anb beaten almost daily and by .the time we reached Astoria he was skin and bones and a raving man iac. As we were rounding the Horn, where the seas were very bad, Harvey would open the door of Stone's cabin so as to let the water in to soak 'his clothes and bedding. . I, have also seen Harvey open the door to Stone's cabin and with a heavy leather strap beat him until big welts . stood ' out on his legs and back. Stone, "who' was al ready losing his reason, would not wince under this scourging and stood like a statue, without saying a word in remonstranoe. An effo't was made to obliterate the marks on Stone's body before the ship reaohed Astoria, but without sucoess, and he will carry the marks with him to the grave'. During much of ' the time that (Stone was cooped up in his cabin he had nothing but refuse to eat and the place was the most foul smelling I' was ever in. He was abused like a dog even during the time he was in irons. It made me sick to look at him, even as i aooustomed as I am to see displays of brutality on the high seas." . . v tsurke's story is corroborated in ev fry detail by Ernest Weyl, Ira Dierks and Charles Russell, three a others oi the crew. DYING BY' HUNDREDS. - . t -From Harrowing Tale Comet the , Newfoundland Coast, . . , New York, Feb. 2. The Red Cross line steamship Portia arrived today four days overdue from St. John's, N. F., and-Halifax, after a - desperate en counter with a paok of ioe Off the New foundland ooast,"and with a harrowing tale of blizzards and destituion in. the coast section' 6f ? that country. 5 Hun dreds of men, ' women,' and children dead or dying from exposure and star vation with . abundance ' close 'by and hundreds more threatened with a like fate are the conditions reported by the Portia. The Portia was penned in by huge Arctio floes in plain sight of St. John's unabeto move. She" managed 'to es cape by the merest acoideht.' Many otber craft,- several of -them relief vessels sent by the Canadian government to suocor destitute fisher men, had to abandon their errands of mercy and return to St. John's, where they were still in the ice when the Por tia struggled into clear water.; ' ; Among the ..detained fleet , at St. John's were a dozen or more sailing vessels loaded with codfish for England and Brazil, The oity of St. John's was in a terri ble condition on account of the bliz zard, the streets being rendered impas sable. - Railroads had suspended work and the poor were ,, suffering through hunger and cold. -The price of food advanced until beyond the ' reach of the poor. ;' . , Several miles off shore the Portia passed the steamer Grandland, fast in the ice,- and in a perilous condition. TO GO TO SAMOA. Warship Will Be Sent There to Protect .Our Interests. New York, Feb'. 2.' The American flag will soon be displayed in Samoan waters by a man-of-war says a Herald correspondent. The vessel will be the Mohican, f which has been converted into a tr'airiirigHship. "Binoe the arrival n Washington of; ' ex-Consul-General Churohill, the president and assistant secretary of state have '"been oonvinced that American interests demand that an American- man-of-war shall 1 visit Samoa. Chairman Hitt on Hawaii's Strategic Importance.; PROTECT OUR WEST COAST Secretary Long Opens Bids for Pro viding; the Government With an ' Armor Plant Sixty-Nine Received. Chicago, Feb. 1. The Post's Wash ington correspondent sends this inter view with Chairman Hitt, of the house committee on foreign relations: , "The gist, in my opinion, in the whole Hawaiian situation lies in the strategic position of the little group of islands as" a- basis of operations for guarding our west coast. There is a strong resemblance in this case to the Bermudas, execpt that the Bermudas are not so commanding. That is, there are other' islands to the south of them whioh would, in oase of conflict, to some extent take their place with Eu ropean powers, even if they possessed the Bermudas. In the . possession of the Hawaiian islands we would have what might be considered safety for our Western - coast , against the naval powers, except Great Britain, which could still get coal for her ships from the British Columbia ports and use that base, for naval operations. The subor dinate features, the question of sugar, the oharaoter of ; the population, the mode of government,' etc., take up a great deal of attention, but I think they are of minor importance. .'.'We have now by treaty certain ex clusive rights, but that, is a terminable treaty. The Hawaiian republio 1s, theoretically, an independent nation, but is wholly incapable of defending itself and preserving its independence, and the moment that we come into a conflict, any naval power, presenting itself-will take possession. Once it is possessed by a power like Japan, Eng land or Germany, it will be the story of tho Bermudas over again, only a stronger and more effective Bermuda on our Western coast. : With a coaling station 8,000 miles out, we could double the time and length of. effective cruises of our warships going out from San Francisco.. Having no neighbor ing islands, it leaves the immense ex panse of the Northern Pacific utterly inhospitable to our opponents, if we hold it. It is thus of great value as a base , for defense or for an enemy to operate against us. I have thought for many years that these islands were of essential import ance to us. ' The impression that I got when in the state department in 1881 remains with ma When the question of extending the reciprocity treaty was then under consideration, I was impressed with these faots. - The sugar question and its branches is a matter of competing interests.' Once incor porated, they all go into the hopper to gether, as completely as the beetroot of Nebraska and the cane of Louisiana. Armor Plant Bids. . . Washington, Feb. 1. Proposals were opened today in the office of Secretary of the Navy Long for the construction of a government armor plant. There were 69 bids, covering every phase of the advertisement. There were only two -bids to furnish a complete plant, and only one of these named a figure. The Hungtington, W. Va., chamber of Commerce offered to follow specifica tions and build the complete plant for $3,325,905. " " Another offer to supply a complete plant came from the John P. Holland Company, of New York, but no figure was named, the company simply offer ing to do this for a sum of money and within a period less than estimated by the armor board in iti report. The bid Was accompanied by the expression of an opinion that armor should be ex cluded in the construction contracts of all vessels, by which policy congress and the country would understand the full cost of ships and their protection, the price of armor would be reduced, and its delivery expedited. - Another proposal that commanded some attention was the bid of the Readio Engineering Company, of Co lumbus, O. This was a very compli cated proposal to supply each of the numerous buildings, furnaces, etc., re quired, as well as 150 acres of land, at sums specified in each case. A special point of interest about the bid was an accompanying offer from the chamber of commerce of Columbus to donate $500,000 to thegovernment in the event the bid should be accepted. It will take some time to schedule all of the bids, but as soon as they can be arranged they will be sent to con gress by Secretary Long for the inlorma tion of that body in case it desires to embark the government in the manu facture of armor. Steamboat Inspection In Alaska. Washington, Feb. 1. Secretary Gage today sent to the house a recommenda tion for steamboat inspections in Al aska. He points out that the tide of travel to the Klondike fields has result ed in the establishment of an extensive steamboat service on the Yukon. He says suitable protection resulting from the inspection of steamers should be given the traveling public visiting the Klondike ret? ion. and he suhmita the J bill to accomplish that end. The Teller Resolution Burled by a Ma , Jorlty of Fifty Totes. Washington,-Feb. 2. The house to day buried the Teller resolution, de claring the bonds of the United States payable in silver, under an adverse majority of 500 votes. 'The Repub lioans were solidly arrayed in opposition, with two exceptions Lin ney of North Carolina, who voted with the Democrats and Populists, and White of North Carolina, the only col ored member or the house, who an swered "present," when his name was called. The desertions from the Demo cratic side were MoAleer of Pennsyl vania, and Ellioft of South Carolina, Both voted with the'' Republicans against the proposition. Speaker Reed, although it is not cus tomary for him to vote, had his name called, and, amid the cheers of his fol lowers, went on record in opposition to the resolution. ' The vote was reached' after five hours of debate, under a special order, adopt ed at the opening of the session today, The limited time allowed for debate, and the pressure of members for an opportunity to be heard, was so great that the leaders on both sides were compelled to farm out the, time by minutes. This detracted much from the continuity of the discussion, but it in some measure intensified the inter est in the galleries, which were crowded all day, and the combatants on the floor were cheered by their respective sym pathizers. Many of the senators from the other side of the capitol were pres ent to listen to the arguments. The majority, under the leadership of Ding- ley, who made a carefully prepared speech, sounded the key-note of the op position, assumed the position that the last clause of the resolution was in reality a disguised declaration for the free coinage of silver, while the assault ing Democrats, under the direction of Bailey, maintained that the defeat of the resolution was another step in the direotion of the establishment of the gold standard, to which he alleged both the president and Secretary Gage had irrevocably committed the Republican party. The debate was at times fast and heated, but there were no sensational incidents, beyond the hissing of Rhea, when he said that, as the author of the "crime ot '78," the hottest place in hades would be reserved for the present secretary of the state. - , - The vote on the resolution was: Ayes, 182; noes, 182. Today's session of the senate lasted six hours, two of the general appropria tion Dills that lor the army, carrying $23,243,492, and that for the legisla ture, executive and judicial depart ment, carrying ' $21,658,520 were passed, the latter, consisting of 121 pages, occupying the attention of the senate during the greater part of the session. After a brief executive ses sion the senate adjourned. CRIME OF IOWA BRUTES. Frozen Bodies of Mother and Daughter , Found Near Burlington. Burlington, la., Feb. 1. The dead and frozen bodies of Mrs. Fanny Rath burn and her 12-year-old daughter Mary were discovered this afternoon in pools of blood at their lonely home west of this city. The woman's head had been, split open with an ax. The body of the child was found in a bed room off the kitchen with the throat cut fr0'h to ear. Evidences of a horrible struggle for life were present on all sides. Evidently the girl had been brutally assaulted by the mur derer, and her torn ' clothing indicated she had fought desperately for her honor. Having accomplished the deed, her assailant bad cut her throat The girl's hand showed cuts .received in at tempting to defend herself. Blood was saattered all over the' bed and on the floor. The body of the woman was found to be badly eaten by rats, and presented a horrible sight. -, Several arrests have been made, and the police are actively engaged in run ning down several clews. It is be lieved the crime was commited several days ago. The woman was a widow of good reputation, and quite poor. Mecca of the Powers. Constantinople, Feb. 2. The Rus sian auxiliary oruiser Sara toff am, be longing to the volunteer fleet, with 12 quick-firing guns and 1,600 troops on board; passed the Bosphorons yesterday on her way to Vladivostock. According to' a dispatch to the London Times, from Odessa, cabled to the Associated Press last night, the Russian volunteer fleet will convey in the quickest time practicable over 10,000 Russian troops to the far East. Aged Couple Murdered. . Grayson, Ky., Feb. 2. "Virginia Bill" Riley, an old citizen of Elliott county, aged 80 years, and his wife, about 70 . years old, were murdered tonight at their home, and robbed of from $800 to $1,200. There is no olew to1 the murderers. A maul was the in strument used. San Franisco, Feb. 2. Hulda John son, aged 8 years, was run down and killed by an electric car this evening, n front of the residence of her parents. The child attempted to oross the track in -front of a rapidly approaohing car, when she was struck. " Was Surprised Near Camp by - a Spanish Battalion. FIVE OTHERS WERE CAPTURED The General's Body Carried to Havana Spaniards Killed Four and Wonnded Several Others. Havana, Jan. 81. At noon, Lieutenant-Colonel . Benedicto, . with the Spanish battalion, surprised, near Tapiste, this province, the camp of the insurgent general, Aranguren, - killing Aranguren and four privates, capturing five of the insurgents and wounding others who made their escape. The body of Brigadier-General Aran guren was brought by train to Havana this afternoon and delivered to the military authorities. After identifica tion it was sent to the morgue. Brigadier-General Aranguern was evidently about 22 years of age, of fair complexion, with blonde hair and small mustache. ' The body, whioh shows two bullet wounds, one in , the head and one in the right leg, is dress ed in oassimere pantaloons, gray wool en coat, yellow shoes and gaiters, com paratively new. It is said that the gaiters and vest once belonged to Col onel Ruiz, the aide-de-oamp of General Blanco, who, having gone last Decern ber to Aranguren 's camp with terms Of surrender, was exeouted by Aranguren or with his approval. According to one account, Aranguren was surprised while on a visit to young woman on the Pitata farm, be tween Campo Florida and Tapiste. He was wounded, and, in trying to es cape, was shot dead. , Among the pris oners is the father of the young wo man. He was the dynamiter of Aran guren s band. MISSION OF THE MAINE. Havana Newspapers Insist That It Is . One of Peace. New York, Jan. 81. The last ripple of visible excitement in the arrival of the Maine has died away, says the Her ald's Havana correspondent, and the ship as she lies at anchor attracts no more attention than any other vessel in the harbor. The papeis made the brief est possible allusion to her arrival, and La Union Constitutional, the conserva tive organ, prints a Washington dis patch to the effect that the visit of the Maine to Havana is merely an act of courtesy showing the friendly feeling to Spam, and- to counteract the anti Spanish utterances in congress. La Union adds that the visit will be re turned by Spanish ships in American ports. - In spite of this, there is a strong un dercurrent of feeling in Havana, as evinced by the excited talking of angry groups assembled in the cafes. The general impression among radicals is that the cause of Spain has been be trayed by the Blanco government, and the nation humiliated by what they re gard as the first step in the direction of American intervention. This has in tensified the hatred of General Blanco and his associates and of the cause of autonomy, and this hatred may at any moment find vent in an outbreak of fury, in which case members of the government may be forced to depend for their personal safety on the Maine, for while the peril is obvious, the troops concentrated during the riots have been dispersed and no new pre cautions have been taken. ' - The arrival of the Maine created en thusiasm among the Amerioans, who realize that the long period of suspense has passed and that their safety is ab solutely assured. , Up to the present time no one knows what precipitated the sudden dispatch of sailing orders to the Maine at Dry Tortugas. Captain Sigsbee . had not the remotest idea why he was sent, but he was not much surprised when the Dupont arrived from Key West with or ders to stait without a moment's delay. Being in total ignorance of the situa tion, he had no conception as to what sort of a reception to expect. He ap proached the harbor from the west ward, partly for the purpose of inspect ing the Spanish batteries and watch ing for any hostile demonstration, and partlT. for the purpose of displaying the flag and character of the Maine, so as to give the authorities ashore oppor tunity to make preparations to avoid a panic which might have been preoipi tated by the Maine's sudden entrance. The battleship was prepared for any emergency. After picking up a pilot the Maine went rapidly up the harbor to a berth near the Spanish flagship. It will be impossible to give the crew their liberty while in Havana, and as yet no shore leaves have been givencto officers, the captain " being the only man who has gone ashore. For this reason it is believed that the navy department will not keep the Maine here long, but will replace her by an other vessel of the squadron the mo ment the health of the crew becomes impaired. James Eaton has been matched to race Charles Kaiser, of Switzerland, at St. Louis, early in February, purse and $1,000 side bet for a Wreck of the Cor na Said to Have Been Due to Carelessness. V ; Seattle, Feb. 1. Twenty-five of the pasengers of the ill-fated steamer Co rona, which was wrecked on Lewis island last Monday morning, arrived here tonight on the steamer Al-Ki, which rescued them from the lonely island. E. W. Pollock, who was a passenger, on the Corona, in describing the wreoi; said: "The accident ocourred at 9:10 A. M. in the morning. The gong had just sounded to awaken the passengers for breakfast, and about 100 of them had already risen. Captain G. H. Pierce and Pilot H. F. Coffman were, on the bridge. It was Coffman 's first trip as pilot. There was light ' enough to see gllul 2B Ull nu BUI VO tjui I V4 1J -LJ f while the ship was going at full Bpeed, without warning a terrible shock oc curred, followed by a grinding succes sion of lesser shocks. Instantly it was realized the ship had struck a rock, and a scene of great confusion followed. mi 1 . l j u i ii.,. u:H xuo wueei was rBverecu, uuh tuo amy remained on the rock. Thre sea was calm. ; Captain Pierce ordered the ashore first, and by 10 o'clock the pas sengers were all landed. The stock and some ljaggage and provisions were then taken ashore. , The passengers re mained on the island until Thursday, patiently waiting for a passing steamer to take them away - from a place of great personal discomfort. Thursday the steamer A'l-Ki arrived, and 200 of the castaways boarded her. About 100 catching a nortn Douna vessel. , "About 10 o'clock Thursday night the Al-Ki met the steamer Oregon, bound from Portland", to Dyea and Skagway. The two steamers were lashed together and all but 25 of the Corona's people were transferred and ctartori TinrtVi aanln " ...... -- "h-- It is not believed that the injury to the Corona is serious. ' , , Pilot Coffman, who was on duty at the time of the wreck, tells the follow ing story: "The directions on the' chart say to steer, direct from Gibson's islands to the northwest side of Kennedy's island. In this water there are no soundings marked on the chart less than seven fathoms of water, -and seven fathoms is only found at the extreme end of Lewis island, close to the shore. , The soundings taken all around the ship al ter the aocident ranged from 5 to 10 fathoms, with the exception of where the ship struck, which was only 2? fathoms. , "It is 6 miles from Gibson's island to the northwest side.' . I kept the ship due northwest . for 17 minutes af ter passing' Gibson's island, and then altered it to northwest by north. ,, Seven minutes later she struck." Mr. Coffman declares that -he fol lowed, the directions laid down, and that he is dot to blame. . Against Pilot Co ff man's statement Vll C4 W 1IU TV CAD VII S11U jJl A V-V U JJ U 1 DO 19 Steamer Pilot ' Thompson's statement, who went off duty at 4 o'clock the morning of the accident. He says that the reef upon which Coffman ran the ship is well known .among marin ers, and that she was two miles out of her course. He characterizes the ac cident as sheer carelessness. - SWINDLED IN MEXICO. Americans Buncoed In a Fake Mining Deal. City of Mexioo, Feb. 1. Another bold swindle has been brought to light here by which New York business men have been swindled out of $21,000. It appears that last autumn an American giving the name of Frederick P. Gra ham, claiming to be a half brother to the criminal lawyer, John Graham, of New York, and married to a grand niece of Sir Robert Peel, persuaded , three or four New Yorkers to go into phosphate mining in the state of Oaxa-' ca, reporting that very rioh phosphate was on the market, and that he con trolled it. Graham further represent ed that he had organized here a com pany known as the Mexican Phosphate Mineral Company, and when the par- Graham was made treasurer and presi dent. Reoently two parties from New York came here to inspeot their prop erty, and now thev find that there ifl no phosphate, and that Graham has fled with the cash, which had been de posited to his order in the bank of the city of Puebla. j Graham played the game very bodly, representing that he was in close touch with the highest officials, and could bring influence to proteot the property, and in case other things were wanted, they would) be forthcoming. : ' The police are Bure Graham is one of the pans? who swin dled Franke, of Chicago. CHILKOOT ROAD COMPLETED. Time From Tidewater to Hheud waters Shortened to One Day. Tacoma, Feb. 1. Hugh C. Vfallace, president of the Chilkoot Railroad & Transportation Company has advices of the completion of the company's aerial tramway over Chilkoot pass, in Alaska. The company's system is a railroad from Dyea to Canyon City, thence a system of aerial, tramways over Chil koot pass to Lake Lindermann. This marks a new era for Klondike travel.