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The River acier It's a Cold Day When We Get Left. VOL. IX. nOOD RITER, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1898. NO. 38. NO ESTIMATES MADE. HAWAII'S CHAMPION. WRECK ON THE NORTHERN. r Gpitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES Vn Interesting Collection of Items From the New'and the Old "World In Condensed and Comprehensive Form A Peking correspondent says pool old ' China is afraid to borrow from either Russia or England. She is en deavoring to secure an extension from Japan in the payment of the war in demnity. . News has been received of a landslide at Quesnelle Porks,' Cariboo. Three miners, William Allen,' Joe Rich and Alex McLean, were buried. The slide was 1,000 feet wide, 800 feet long and 25 feet high. .Insane jealousy prompted the wife of William V. Place, an insurance ad juster of Brooklyn, to kill her 17-year old stepdaughter and almost take her own life and that of her husband The crime was fiendish in its nature. the weapon being an ax. Claua , Spreokles' daughter, Mrs. Mason,' who reoently deeded back to her father $1,600,000 in property, h& cause her parent did not approve of her recent marriage, now regrets Jier hasty action and would like to again come into possession of the estate. ' The steamer Capilano, which has just returned from the northern halibut fishing grounds, reports the drowning of two of her fishermen, named Robert Loughead, of Ontario, and Michael Driscoll. The captain of the Capilano reports the roughest weather in his ex perience. The house of representatives has re ceived the official report of the death of Colonel Ruiz, the Spaniard who was executed for carrying a message from Blanco imploring the Cubans to accept autonomy. Aranguren, the Cu ban general, who is. supposed to have ordered Ruiz put to death, is not cen sured in the official report. .' It is annouced that Hetty Green will build a railroad through Oklahoma The proposed road will run from Med- ford on the Rock Island to Sherman, Tex., where it will conneot with B. R, Green's road. There the line will be conneoted with the Hutchinson & Okla - homa, and will give the territory an other -connection with the Gulf. The road it is said will be built the present year. One of the biggest silk manufactur ing houses in Europe, with mills at Cienfield, Germany, is to remove to this country, locating at Paterson, N. J., and build what is intended to be the largest silk mill in the United States. The incorporation papors filed in Paterson give the name of the con cern'as the Andigor-Meyer Silk Com pany. ' Employment will be given to 1,200 weavers. The! trial of M. Emile Zola and M Perreiux, manager of the Aurore, who are,, being prosecuted by the French government as the result of a lettor whioh the novelist caused to be .pub' lished in Aurore in December last, strongly reflecting upon high officials conneoted with the Dreyfus case, is creating a great amount of excitement inj'Pans. When Zola entered the , courtroom the first day of the trial cries of spit upon him " came from the spectators. Thomas Thompson, ex-minister to Brazil, ex-representative, ex-seoretary of state, and one of the most prominent Democrats in California, cut his throat while temporarily ' insane at San Jose, The British Atlas Company, of Pana. ma, has Offered to purchase railroads from ocean to ocean and steamers owned by the government foi $1,-500,-000 sijvor. The government demands $ 2, 500,000. : Word has been received in Spokane from Washington that the committee on agriculture has reported favorably . Senator Warren's amendments for the establishment of a division of irriga tion in the agricultural department. The most violent storm known since 1851 swept the shores of Cape Ann Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning, oausing heavy loss of life and about $200,000 damaged More than a dozen vessels are ashore near Glouces ter, at least four more are lost and many others are damaged. The water front of Gloucester harbor and i.'.ong the cape is do.tted with wrecks and wreckage, schooners, sloops and other vessels having been driven ashore by the fierce gale. , A Washington special says: Repre sentative Ellis, of Oregon, is very anxi ous to have the land sonth of Hood River and Mount Hood excluded from the Casoade forest reserve, and opened up to settlement. He holds that this land, being very fertile and well located,"- should be given up to farm and sohool purposes, and opened to those wishing to avail themselves of its many advantages. Just now the in terior department has the matter un der consideration, but from what Mr. Ellis has heard from officials there, and from his ool leagues in congress, he feels tolerably oertain of succeeding in having this land thrown open to settlement. Cougress Has Not Provided for Contlnu ing Deep Waterways Work. New York, Feb. of war invites the 9. The secretary attention of .con gress to the desirability of continuing the work now in progress under the board of engineers for deep waterways during the fiscal year ending June 80,' 1899, as no estimate for this work was included in the estimates submitted heretofore, says the Tribune's Wash ington correspondent. In brief, the duties imposed on the board by oongress are to examine and investigate oertain projects for deep waterways from the head of Lake Su perior to tidewater, the Hudson river, and to prepare plans and estimates of the cost. The commission in 1897 estimated the oost at not less than $600,000. After careful consideration the board is of the opinion that $225,000 can be profitably expended on the work dur ing the year ending June 80, 1899. It therefore recommends that this sum be appropriated, and says that if a smaller sum is granted the cost of ad ministration and supervision for the whole work will be increased. The board says that it will be glad to sub mit full information regarding its work and plans and sumbit estimates, verbal or in writing, to the department or to congress if desired. .. . The resolution signed by Major Raymond, of the corps of engineers, who is president of the board, is submitted for transmission by Acting Seoretary Meikeljohn. The Jamount reoommended for the year end ing June 80, 1899, is $150,000. Such Burveys, examinations and in vestigations are to be made by the board 01 three engineers designated and ap pointed by the president for this pur pose in 1897, in compliance with act of June 4, 1897 REPEATS HIS CONFESSION. Belew Freely Admits That He Killed His Brother and Sister. Buisun, Cal., Feb. 9. Frank Belew has repeated to the district attorney his confession of the murder of his brother and sister. ' He said that before be left the ranch on the afternoon of the day he put the poison in the kettle, he emptied the powder out of its paokage and folded it in a newspaper, throwing the bottle away. He thinks be burned this paper. He also said: "When I held Susie's hand while she was dying I did not give her water or broth to drink or anything else.- All that I gave her was some ice. It is not true that my brother Tom knew any thing of the poisoning. He is entirely innocent. I am sorry for Tom and Arthur, but I don't see why they want to worry.'" Arthur Belew cried bitterly when he met his brother in his cell, but the prisoner seemed stolid. Tell me with your own lips, Frank," said Arthur, "that you have made this confession.'1 I can hardly be lieve it." "That's what I did," was the answer. "It is . true. I killed Susie and Louis, but I don't really know why I did it." . The murderer has expressed a desire to plead guilty, but rather hesitated about this after a visit from his attor ney, Reese Clark. The attorney asked permisison to bring a physioian to the jail, and there is little doubt that this means that insanity has been chosen the line of defense that will be adopted. The case will be brought be fore the grand jury on Tuesday. Under Sheriff RobinBon says Watch man Wells thought Belew tried to com mit suicide last night by putting a handkerohlef down this throat. Wells thinks the ' attempt was made, but Belew vigorously denied it. WAR IS IMMINENT. Revolutionist Element in Nicaragua Preparing to Strike a Blow. New York, Feb. 9. A letter dated San Jose, Costa Rica, a week ago, states that there will soon be a revolu tion in Nicaragua, and asserting that Costa Rica is backing the movement, says the Panama correspondent of the Herald. , The revolution in Nicaragua will be a great setback to the work of the United States canal commission rocaraguan exiles in this city are jubilant at the outbreak, and predict that President Zelaya, although success ful in crushing in his four years of office many revolutions, will have to fall now. This movement is a result of a fusion of the conservative party with the dis sident conservative element. It is learned here that Dr. Adam Cardenas, who was president of , Nicaragua from 1888 to 1887, is at the head of a band which invaded San Juan del Sur from the Costa Rican frontier. , The junta refuses at present to disclose its plans, but says the rebels are well supplied with arms and money. Members of the unta will probably leave here for Sal vador on February 10. Even this country is favorable to the cause of the rebels. A large number of Nicaraguan exiles in Salvador are ready to join the revolution. Honduras in return lor Nicaragua's aid in putting down the Puerto Cortez uprising, headed by Enrique Solo, reoently, will support President Zelaya, but he is not expected to receive any comfort from Salvador. ' . Citizens of Dyea and Skag' way Want Martial Law. ASK FOR GOVERNMENT AID Local Authorities Are Unable to Cope With the Situation, Owing to Hordes of Bad Characters. Seattle, Feb. 8. A petition is being circulated in Skagway and at Dyea ask ing the war department to send 800 troops there that law and order may be preserved. The petition also asks that martial law be declared. The petition is being signed by nearly all the best element. It reads as follows "To the Honorable Secretary of War, Washington We, the undersigned oit izens and business men of Alaska, te- speotfully petition and set forth: "That there is an extraordinary con dition of affairs existing at and near Dyea and Skagway, Alaska, which calls tor prompt attention from the proper authorities. -is a result .of the recent discoveries of gvXl in and near Dawson City, N. W. T.,x Canada, during the past two years, there is an enormous rush of people to that oountry from all parts of the world, and it is estimated that there will be 250,000 peopln start for the gold fields of Alaska and North west territory during the present year, and not less than 75 per cent will at tempt to get in by way of the Chilkoot and White passes. Even at this early' date, the full capacity of every steam and sailing ship on the Pacific coast is taxed to its utmost capacity to carry the passengers and freight that are be ing offereil, and they are being dumped off at these two points to the number of 800 a day, which will soon be largely increased. , "In view of the fact that there is no local civil government in the territory of Alaska, and no one with sufficient authority to enforce the laws of the land, much less to prevent crime and disorder, and in view of the large num ber of the, undesirable and oriminal class, who are now nocking to our community to prey upon the unwary and ianocent pilgrim, and in order to have sufficient numbers to prevent disorder and blockades on : the trails leading to the Lakes Lindemann and Bennett, and to proteot the property of citizens of the United States, we, the undersigned, petition that immediate action be taken by the proper au thorities; ' "And, believing this to be an ex. traordinary emergency, we believe that martial law should be declared in all this part of Alaska, comprising the communities of Dyea and Skagway and the trails leading therefrom to the international boundary.' And that sufficient troops, not less than 800, be immediately dispatched to these points to enforce the laws and preserve order, It is stated that Governor Brady has ordered one of the government vessels, now stationed at Sitka, to this place, to preserve order. The cutter will arrive in a few days. wooa prospects have been found on the big Salmon river. Prospect holes have been sunk to the depth of 54 feet, but water interfered with the work before bedrock was reached. Inspector of Mines MoGregor, who started for Dawson some weeks, ago, with several tons of supplies and a number of horses, has abandoned the trip. McGregor got as far as Lake La barge, where he received orders from Major Walsh, administrator ' of the Yukon distirct, who is camped at Big Salmon river, to abandon the trip be cause of the impossibility of reaching Dawson with horses. MoGregor has gone to isig Salmon to oonfer with Major Walsh. y The recent order of the Canadian customs officials at Lake Tagish, pro hibiting any person to pass therewith less than 1,000 pounds of provisions for each man, has had the effect of stopping many people who had started for Dawson with less than that amount ACCIDENT AT A DANCE. ' Supports of an Overcrowded Balcony Gave Way. Chicago, Feb. 88. A panio among 200 dancers was narrowly averted last midnight at the North Shore hall. Thirty spectators were crowded into the little balcony watching the dance. The supports became loosened and slipped back to the wall. The baloony sank gradually, allowing the spectators to slide topsy-turvy to the polished floor. When the creaking and pulling indioated that the balcony was falling, the large number of people gathered underneath quickly stampeded toward the central portion of the hall, leaving John Krusie behind. Krusie was caught by the falling timbers, and had bis side crushed in. As the north end of the balcony commenced to fall, the musicians became panic-stricken and, Beizing their instruments, made a dash for the door. The dancers followed. Several police stationed at thu door Bliut it and held it against thet panic stricken dancers, thus averting a cer tain oatastrophe on the narrow stair way. . Of the 80 persons in the gallery, Krusie alone sustained serious injuries; All of the others, however, were pain fully bruised. Senator Teller Urges the Ratification of - the Treaty. Washington, Feb. 9. Senator Teller occupied the entire hours of the execu tive session in the senate today in dis cussing the Hawaiian annexation treaty. During the course of his speech Teller -took ocoasion to say that he should have been glad to discuss the treaty in opsn session and to the re' mark he added the opinion that the time had almost come when the ques. tion of annexation should be debated on a bill looking to legislation by both houses of congress rather than on the basis of the treaty. While he though there might be. a bare possibility of se-i buring the 60 votes necessary to ratify the treaty, he considered that under the present cicrumstances this was exceed ngly doubtful, and he thought the jsooner the fact was recognized and a change of front made, the better it Would be from all points of view. Senatorial Routine. A communication was received by the (senate from the secretary of war .pre Bonting the urgency for immediate ac jtion to control the disorderly element that is assembling in Alaska. ' Chandler .presented a memorial call ing the senate's attention to one of the thrilling events of the civil war. The memorial was prepared in 1884 by the late Admiral Worden, who, as a lieu tenant in the navy, commanded the Monitor in the historic fight in Hamp' ton roads between that vessel in and the Merrimao. Chandler said that Admiral Worden conceived the idea that it would be proper for the govern ment of the United States to pay the officers and crew of the .Monitor the sum of $200 each in the nature of prize money, but after having prepared the memorial, concluded not to present it to congress, lest his motives might be misconstrued. Chandler said he now took occasion to present the memorial himself, and he hoped that congress might see its way clear, in view of the wonderful victory by Admiral Worden, to do something substantial for the surviving members of his family, who are not in good financial circumstances. He asked that the memorial be refer red to the naval affairs committee. A house bill authorizing the secre tary of the treasury to purchase or have constructed a suitable revenue cutter for use on the Yukon river, at a cost not to exoeed $40,000, was passed Washington, Feb. 9. The house to day passed the military academy bill, with only one important amendment. The debate on the measure was desult ory and .touohed a variety of political topics. As passed, the bill carries $453,540, being $26,032 less than the amount carried by the current law. The bill to limit the period for the refunding of the certificates of deposit of 1879 to Deoember 81, 1899, was ased. Tomorrow the house will take up the Aldrich-Plowman contested elec tion case. A Spanish Victory. Havana, Feb. v. 'According to in formation from Spanish sources, a col umn of troops commanded by Lieuten ant-Colonel Hervas has been engaged with an insurgent force at Canalaveja, province of Santa Clara. After inflict ing some loss on the enemy, the Span iards followed the insurgents in the di rection of Arroyo Honda and later be came engaged with 600 insurgent infantry and 60 insurgent cavalrymen, who occupied an entrenched position. The Spaniards, it is claimed, after some lively firing, dislodged the insur gents, who retreated with a loss of 27 killed, and leaving one wounded pris oner. The loss oi the Spaniards is said to have been insignificant. Armed Troops Obnoxious. Chicago, Feb. 9. A special from Ottawa says: An official announcement was made in the Dominion house of commons tonight that armed troops of the United States will not be permitted to accompany the American relief ex pedition to Dawson. The government also stated that the question of allowing United States troops not under arms to do so was under considertaion by the cabinet, and was also the subject of negotiation with the Washington authorities. It is generally conceded that an unarmed body of American troops will be permitted to accompany the expedition over Canadian territory. Rescued Crew of Sinking Schooner. New York, Feb. 8.-r-It is reported that the schooner Ida K. Hull, Captain Gabrielson, which arrived today from Savannah, met the schooner Jacob Reed, Captain Bunker, in a sinking condition, took her crew off and brought them to this port. The Reed sailed from Ferdinands, for New York. The locality in which the reported rescue was effected could not be learned tonight. ' . Dole Returns Home. Washington, , Feb. . 8. President Dole, ceased to be a guest of the nation tonight when he started for Buffalo, and thus began his return journey to the Hawaiian islands. The president arrived at the Pennsylvania station a few minutes before his train was ready, and was not kept waiting, but imme diately went to the private car Coronet, ' which he . will occupy , on his trip to Buffalo. .. So Says Caffery of Oregon's Governor in Corbett Case. FINAL VOTE TO BE HAD SOON Fortifications Bill In the House Large Number of Old War Claims Reported to the Senate. Washington. Feb. 5. One of the features of today's season of the senate was the speech by Cattery in support Of the resolution renorted hv the com mittee on privileges and elections, de daring that Henry W. Corbett is not entitled to a seat in the senate from Oregon. Mr. Corbett was appointed by the governor of Oregon, after the failure of the legislature to elect, to succeed Senator Mitchell. Cafferv maintained that no governor of a state had the authority to appoint a man 'to nil a vacancy a vacancy beginning with a new term alter the legislature had had an opportunity to elect and had failed to do so. The agricultural bill was under con sideration ' during the greater part of the afternoon, and final lv nassed. After a brief executive session the sen ate adjourned. ' The house spent the day ostensibly considering the fortifications appropri ation bill. In reality, the major por tion of the time was consumed in the disoussion of political topics. The ex istence of prosperity in the South was again the main Question of dispute, The featue of the day was the discov ery by Simpson, the Kansas Populist, and the exploitation of the alleged fact that Dingley, chairman of the ways and means committee, wore a London made pot-hat. Dingley explained that the hat was made in New York; that the London trademark was simply placed there to please the Anglo-man icacs who always preferred things be cause they were English. All attempts to increase the appropriations in the bill or to amend it in any respect were voted down today. Bundle of Old Claims.' i Washington, Feb. 5. Senator Teller chairman of the committee on claims, today introduced two bills in the sen ate, embodying the results of the ooni' mittee's investigation under the pro vision of the general deficiency act of the last session, urging that commit tee to investigate and report on nicri torious claims against the government which are before the oommittee. One of the bills involves numerous claims before the court of claims, and there is an omnibus measure providing appro' priations under general heads, as fol lows: ' Court of claims cases (mostly under Bowman act), $1,841,963: Frenoh spo liation claims, $1,043,117; under na tional contracts, $795,500; account churches and schools, $365,974; claims of states, $4,693,128; miscellaneous claims, $897,104; claims for adjust ment and settlement (in part), $180, 859; total, $9,765,253. All but about $2,000 of the claims of states allowed are for the refunding of moneys advanced for raising troops during the war of the rebellion by Cal ifornia, Oregon and Nevada. Provision is made for the investigation by com petent tribunals of the claims of Flori da and Tennessee against the United States, and the claims of the general government against these "states. Both of these contentions are of long stand ing. Provision is also made for adjust ment of the claims of 15 other states, amounting hi the aggregate to $129, 260, whioh are tlie results of expend i tures made by the various states in equipping troops during the war of the rebellion. In these cases, an official investigation is ordered, and no appro priation is made. Many of the . claims on navy cori tracts date back to the civil war, and are on account of insufficient allow ance for vessels built under the pres sure of the times. Settlement is made under the head ing "saiscellaneous," of quite a num ber of claims which admit of on ipecific grouping. These claims are varied in character, and cover Nan ex tended portion of the nation's history. A large number of them grew but of the civil war. . Teller presented a com prehensive review covering all the feat ures of the bill in detail. Resolution for Non-intervention. Washington, Feb. ,5. During the discussion of the appropriation bill in the senate, Cullom, yielded to White, for the introduction of this joint reso lution: 1 I "Resolved, That of right it belongs wholly to the people of the Hawaiian islands to establish and maintain their own form of government and domestic polioy; that the United States ought in nowise interfere with them, and that any intervention in the political affairs of these islands by any other govern ment will be regarded as an act un friendly to the United States." The resolution was passed by the senate May 81, 1894, having been , re ported by Turpie, of the committee on foreign relations. White asked that the resolution lie on the table. East Bound Train Ran Into a Washout Near Pasco. Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 8. A special to the Ledger from Pasoo, Wash. , says: The overland passenger train that left Taooma at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon was wrecked at 4 o'clock this morning at a email bridge 80 miles east of Pasco, between Hatton and Connell. Ttoo men who were riding on the platform of the baggage car were killed, and another, who was on the platform of the mail oar, next to the tender, had his leg and one hand crushed. The mail clerk was cut' slightly about the head. The men who were killed were John Leland and an unknown tramp. Leland was from St. Louis. They both . had some money, but we'e beating their way east. The man who was injured was one ot the Elondikers who was wrecked on the Corona. He was returning home with a companion, and both were rid ing on the platform of the mail car. -They refused to give their names. The train was in charge of conductor Campbell and Engineer George Ladd. It was running slowly on account of a bad track. The accident occurred on a small bridge over a dry stream, which had been swollen by the reoont heavy rains. The stream usually is not more than 25 feet wide. The enigne passed over the bridge, but the engineer felt the structure give way beneath him and promptly applied the emergency brake. The bridge sank as the mail car left it, and the baggage car and an empty emigrant car went down with it. The engine left the track and turned partly over. The engineer and fireman stuck to their posts, and were unhurt. The mail car was thrown on its side, stripped of its trucks, and badly smashed. The car was set on fire by the lamps, but the blaze was quickly put out before much damage was done. The express and baggage cars were turned over on their sides, and . smashed. The ''escape of the messen gers and olerks was almost miraculous. The passengers in the sleepers 'were awakened by the shock, but were un injured. TROOPS START NORTH. The Relief Expedition Sails on the ' Steamer Elder. Portland, Feb. 8. With 871 pas sengers, including the first detachment of troops for the Alaska relief expedi tion, 56 horses, 50 dogs" and 1,150 tons of freight, the steamer Elder left Alaska wharf for the far north at 10:30 o'clock last night. Though the wharf was well filled with sightseers, it was not crowded to suffocation, for many of the Elder's passengers were from outside of Portland, and had no friends here to see them off. ' Some 200 tons of the Elder's freight was for the government relief expedi tion, 400 tons was ' miners' outfits, and 550 tons general freight. All the freight save a few outfits was aboard while the passengers were embarking. Everything went off smoothly, and when the gang plank was pulled in, and the big steamer swung out into the river, she was given as rousing a cheer as that which followed her on her first trip northward. ijapanese Going to Klondike San Francisco, Feb. 8. The Call says: Japan is going to invade the Klondike. A standing army of 5,000 able-bodied laborers are preparing to go to the gold fields, and in a month or so they will make a descent upon Dawson City. One of the Nippon Yu sen Kaisha steamers will bring them here, but as they will not land on the soil of the United States, there will be no one to stop them, unless Great Britain takes a hand in the rru.tter. One of the Japanese steamers that has been carrying laborers, will be used to carry the men to their destination. It is added that the Japanese will be brought over by a syndicate, and trouble on the Klondike is predicted. Shipwrecked Crew Rescued. New York, Feb. 8. The Portuguese ateamer Oevenum, which arrived today from Oporto, brought ten of the crew of the American bark Serene, whioh was wrecked Deoember 81 at Leixoes, near Oporto, during a heavy northeast gale, as heretofore reported. -The bark dragged her anchors and went ashore On the rocks. The crew landed with difficulty, saving only the clothes they wore. Captain Bailing remained with the vessel to look after the owner's in terests. The Serene sailed from Phila delphia November 1 for Oporto with a cargo of case oil. She was built in Baltimore in 1867, and was owned by parties in New York, whence she hailed. She registered 522 tons. j The White Squadron. Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 8. A spe cial to the Citizen from Key West says: Ships connected with the white squadron have displayed remarkable activity during the last few hours. The cruiser Marblehead put out from port today and joined the fleet. The Nash ville, which left here Thursday, fully supplied with coal and ammunition. has returned to the harbor.. The tor pedo boats have returned and the Cush- ing and Tryon are in port. The Du pont will arrive tomorrow. The sup ply boats during the past week have transported large quantities of provi. eions to the fleet