. . ., j i River The Hooc Glacier. It's a Cold Day When We Get Left. HOOD KITEll, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1898. VOL. IX. NO. 39. A TERRIBLE DISASTER. SPAIN . MUST DISAVOW IT. SPAIN SUES FOR PEACE. Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES Vn Interesting Collection of Items Fro in the New and the Old World In a Condensed and Comprehensive Form An immense land grant baa been ob tained from Mexico by Japanese, who will shortly launch a big colonization project. The main industry will be coffee raising. Rev. C O. Brown, the California minister who figured in the Overman case, has been formally dropped from membership in the Chicago Congrega tional Association.. ' The outlook in France is gloomy, and many prominent men fear a down fall of the government may result from the recent agitation. ' One writer de clares that anarchy prevails in the army, the law and the streets. Dispatches from Guatemala state that anarchy reigns supreme through out the country, as a direct result of the assassination of President Barrios and the plotting of the leaders of vari ous factions to got into power in the republic. ; , The house library committee has made a' favorable report on the bill to appropriate $10,000 to erect a statue In Monterey, Cal., to Commodore John D. Sloat, who, on July 7, 1846, landed at Monterey . and declared the land United States territory. , ' ' A dispatch to ,the New York World from Havana says: General Blanco's fiasco In Eastern Cuba, the postponing of ' the elections, De Lome's retire ment, and the recent activity of the in surgents make, the outlook black for autonomy and for Spain. The failure f the; scheme of election will be proof to all nations that autonomy is dead, and the government is naturally de laying the evil hour. ', . There is a rumor jin Havana that the palace authorities have a letter written by Consul-General Lee, the contents of which are as interesting, even exciting, for Spain, as the ' De Lome letter to Canalejas .was for the the . United States. Another report was set afloat that Genearl Lee had resigned., This, however, is known to be untrue. A strong effort is being made to get Gen eral Lee in the same boat'with De LomeJ The members of the autonomist cabinet do not like him. There Is a general impression among the pan-American diplomats in Wash ington, -says a correspondent, that Costa Rica - and Nicaragua are very riear war. 'Both governments have as sumed belligerent attitudes, acoording to information whioh has rea'ohed Washington, and it is the expectation of Central Americans in Washington that President Zelaya will demand a disavowal of Costa Rioa's responsi bility in Connection with the revolu tion in San Juan del Sur. Two British warships are now in Nicaraguan wa ters, and more are expected. One of these now in Nicaragua is at Corinto and the other at San Juan del Sur. Tho annual report of the civil service commission for he fiscal year ended June 80, 1897, has been presented to the president. It begins with a state ment to show that after an experience of nearly 15 years the hopes of the ad vocates of , the oivil service law have been largely realized. In practice the law has proved effective in the direc tion of, economy. . Considering the few changes in the service under the merit . eystera, following the wholesale re movals system the economy and effici ency of the one stands in striking con trast to the extravagance and ineffici ency of the other. The report speaks highly of the promotion' system, based on the;efficiency record. . , , The Rhode Island locomotive works . of Providence, has filed a petition in insolvency., ... . ' C. S. Kellogg, aged 76, was found frozen to death near Reno, Nev., in the Silver Hill mountains. Jfc-Potter Palmer, of Chicago, is to build a mansion at Newport which will cost between $2,000,000 and $3,000, 000. ; - Dordane, a nephew of ex-President Duensk, of Salvador, is insane in a San Francisco hospital. A New York Herald dispatch from San, Joan del Sur says: , Conservative refugees who have been threatening an attack on the government sinoe their failure last September rushed through the village without the slightest warn ing and surprised the barracks. There was one fatality on each side. Further fighting is anticipated. A force of ma rines from the U. S. battleship Alert has been landed to proteot American interests. . , . Judge Hanford, of the federal court, sitting in Tacoma, has rendered a deci sion in the case of the Tacoma Grain Company vs. the ' Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company and the Great Northern railway, whioh is vital Im portance to wheat growers of the state and shippers.' The deoision sustains the constitutionality of the recently enacted railway transportation law, fixing a maximum charge for hauls within the state. . , - - Reported Lots of the Steamship Clara Nevada Sixty Lives at State. Nanaimo, B. C, Feb. 16. News ar rived here from Union at 6:80 o'clock this evening by the Canadian Pacifio Navigation steamer Islander, that , the fine steel steamer Clara Nevada, which sailed for Skagway from Seattle two weeks ago, was lost with all on board. The details of information received are as follows: ; The Clara Nevada left Skagway for Juneau on her home trip, February 5, and, when off Seward City, in Berner bay, about 80 miles south of Skagway, she was seen by the inhabitants of Sew ard City, all ablaze, and from stem to stern was one mass of hungry flames. While the long wharf at Berner bay was crowded with spectators of the awful scene, a loud report was heard, which resembled the explosion of boil ers, and nothing more was seen of the ill-fated steamer. The following day the Beach, was strewn with wreckage, which ies;mbled that of the Clara Nevada. It is feared the unfortunate 40 passengers and the entire crew are lost, as no trace could be found of them along the, beaoh of Berner bay. The sea was rough, and a furious gale was blowing. It is thought she was trying to make Berner bay for shelter. This is the first trip of the Clara Nevada, and she was due to leave Seattle last Saturday on her seoond trip, with all the berths sold. The steamer Rustler had left for the scene, but no report from her is obtain able. The Islander reports terrible weather at Skagway and long the coast." . The Steamer's Officers. Seattle, Wash., Feb. 16. In the ab sence of oontrary news, the report of the wreok of the Clara Nevada is credited in this city., The Clara Ne vada was commanded by Captain C. H. Lewis, and her crew consisted of 28 men. The officers are: Pilot, Ed Kelly; first officer, Smith; engineer, David Reed; purser, Forster Beck; steward, O'Donnell, and freight clerk George Rogers. " . It cannot be ascertained how many passengers the Clara Nevada had aboard, as no report has been received of the number who took passage at Skagway and other Alaskan portB. The Nevada was formerly the Hassler, which was built at Camden, N. J., in 1872 for the United States coast and geodetio purvey service. Last summer she was condemned by the government for the reason that she was out of date, and sold to the Pacific ' & Alaska Transportation Company, who had her thoroughly overhauled before placing her on the Alaska run. She was con-. lOnys sidered "perfectly seaworthy. REPORTS CALLED FOR. Morgan Desires Full Information Re garding,Cuba Matter. ' Washington, Feb. 16. During the short open session of the senate today two phases of the Cuban question were adverted to briefly. The amendment of Allen to the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill recognizing the bel ligerency, of , Cuba was reportod ad versely by the foreign relations com mittee, not, as Morgan explained, on the merits of the amendment, but be cause the committee d;d not approve of tacking such legislation to appropria tion bills. Morgan's restriction calling upon the president for the reports of United States consuls in Cuba and for infor mation as to whether any agent of the autonomous government in Cuba had been accredited to this government and recognized by it, was adopted without dissent. A feature of the ses sion was a speech in advocacy of the free coinage of standard silver dollars by Allen. During the remainder of the afternoon the senate was in exr ecutive session. Considerable excitement was oaused among the members of the house tpday by the rumor broadly circulated before the house convened that important ac tion relative to Cuba was to be taken. It turned out to be simply a resolution of inquiry unanimously reported by the foreign affairs , committee last week calling on the state department for in formation asito the condition of the conoentrados in Cuba and the progress jnade. in Spain's effort to induce the Cubans to accept autonomy. The reso lution was adopted without division. Another resolution was adopted calling for the correspondence relating to the exclusion of our fruits, beef and horses from Germany. . The remainder of the day was deovted to District of Columbia business STRIFE IN GUATEMALA. Anarchy Reigns Supreme in That Utile ' Country. New York, Feb. 16. Dispatches from the Herald correspondent in Guatemala states that anarchy reigns supreme throughout the country, as a direct result of the assassination of President Barrios and the plotting of leaders of various factions to get into power in the republic. . " General Mendizabela, who was called upon by the military to assume the presidency, is now marching on the capital, Guatemala, City, with a foroe of troops. Besides the military, Gen eral Mendizabela has influential lead ers, such as General Najera, behind him. ; . : . . Attacked European Steamer's Passengers. SEVERAL SEVERELY INJURED I : ; Antl-Foreign Feeling Crowing England Negotiating With China for the Open ing of a New Treaty Fort.' San Franoisco, Feb. 15. The Ori ental & Occidental steamer Gaelic ar rived today from "Hong Kong, Yoka hama and Honolulu, bringing the fol lowing Oriental advices: The Hong Kong Telegraph says that continual trouble is being reported from vessels manned by Japanese crews, the Japanese resenting any instructions or surveillance from European officers, and showing an especial aversion for European passengers. Several cases have been reported whereby officers were marked for attack by the Japanese and warned to withdraw from the serv ice, the retention of their positions be ing inevitably followed by a murderous attack from an ambushed 'Japanese enemy. t A case in point is reported from the linei Hakata Maru, from Japan via Hong Kong, for England. There were 88 passengers on board the liner, many of whom were repeatedly , attacked by the Japanese crew whenever they left their own statemrooms after nightfall. New Year's day, the Telegraph says, all the Japansese sailors and waiters became drunk, and, clad only in breech clouts, made an organized attack on the English officers and passengers. The Japanese, who were armed with knives, crowbars and belaying pins, brutally beat the chief engineer and his -third assistant and attacked ' a passenger, Thomas Hall,, in his berth, cutting his head open with a marlispike. . .Accord ing to the account in the Telegraph, the passengers and officers were driven to the bridge, where 40 Englishmen, un armed kept 200 Japanese at bay during the entire night by brandishing their walking-sticks; The Shanghai , Recorder deplores any partition of China, which, it says, will certainly be unfavorable to missionary workadding that H will be a sad thing, not only for China, but for all. con cerned, if the powers undertake such action, predicting that partition would be the beginning ol continuous strife and bloodshed. The Recorder calls upon Great Britain to interfere and that China shall not be divided, but that she shall be reformed and saved, predicting that in such interfei ence England would have the support of Japan and the active acquiesence of the United States. ' Three Chinese were hanged simul taneously in the Victoria jail at Hong Kong January 12, the drop being made to acommodate all three and they fall ing together.. The executed men were members of a gang of ship thieves, and in raiding a store killed a Chinese em ploye. The criminals were disbanded soldiers. . . -; The annual cotton report from Shang hai states that the year 1897 was one of extraordinary vicissitudes ' to the trade. The year began with-' an enor mous amount of unsold goods on hand. Prioes declined steadily until the end of August. Then came a stringency in the Chinese money market, resulting in widespread disaster among the cot ton dealers, very few importers escap ing heavy losses. The turning'point if believed to have been reached, however, the year 1898 opening with an im proved demand and an increased num ber of transactions, although Shanghai jobbers can hardly continue in business on the prices obtained. , ; Japan's foreign trade during Decem ber last was as follows: Exports, 19, 265,782 yen; imports, 11,170,103 yen. The exports of gold, and silver bullion amounted to 6,580,862 yen and the im ports to 676,182 yen. - A New Treaty Fort. Peking, Feb. 15. England is nego tiating with China to open Yung Chun Fu, in the province of Hun Nan, as a treaty port, and is negotiating also on the subject of the navigation of inland waters. The Chinese government has paid the agreed indemnity of 4,000 ($20,000) to M. Lyaulet, the French man kidnaped by Tonquin pirates in 1895. ,. ": " The new year'B audience for the foreign ministers lias been fixed for February 15, and the banquet by the tsung-li yamen will be given . the fol lowing day. The ministers had de clined an audience, but the tsung-liyamen has now arranged the matter. " ' , Secession in Brazil. New York, Feb. 15. Advices from the Herald's correspondent in Rio de Janeiro state that there is some reason to believe that representatives of the states of Rio Grande du Sul, Panama, Santa Catherina, and Minas Geras will soon meet and proclaim their separa tion from Brazil and establish an in dependent republic ; .Ordered to Skagway. " . Seattle, Feb. 14. A letter received here today from Sitka, Alaska, states that the gunboat Wheeling, which is stationed there, has been ordered to Skagway. Formal Repudiation of the De Lome tetter Requested at Madrid. , New York, Feb. 16. A special to the Herald from Washington says: The De Lome incident is still unset tled. The cipher dispatoh received from Minister Woodford was not satis fsctory. .' It was taken to the president by Assistant ' Secretary Day,, and after a short conference between them Mr. Day sent another telegram to Minister Woodford. Officially ..nothing will be said about these two communications, further than that the incident is not yet entirely closed. r It is said that Minister Woodford's cable was a report of his interview with the Spanish minister of foreign affairs, which showed that no direct disclaimer had been made by Spain of that feature of the De Lome letter which has been interpreted to indicate the insincerity of the Spanish govern ment in the matter of autonoihy and in the negotiations : for a commercial treaty. , Absence of such disclaimer is not entirely satisfactory to the presi dent. Accordingly Minister Woodford has been given further instructions on the subject. Without making any express de mand for a disavowal, Minister Wood ford is requested by his new instruc tions to impress upon the Madrid au thorities the importance to all con cerned of some distinct repudiation of Senor de Lome's declarations, whioh the president can - believe correctly represents the position of the Spanish government. .,''"'.'.. Mr. McKinley believes that when the Spanish minister of foreign affairs fully appreciates the interpretation which has been put upon Senor de Lome's letter in some quarters of the United States, he " will hasten to dis avow it. Minister, Woodford has been told, in a positive way that the presi dent would like to have done; in other words, that he must use delicate di plomacy to seoure the end desired, and the president is sincere in the belief that another interview between Minis ter Woodford and the minister of for eign affairs in Madrid will, end the whole trouble. . As far as that feature of the case, the De Lome letter criticising the presi dent is concerned, the inoident is olosed. . That was established when the state department received Senor Du Boso as charge d'affaires of the Spanish legation to sucoeed Senor de Lome. The other phase of the letter, the president considers, should very properly be made the subject for 'fur ther negotiations, in ' order that Spain should have an opportunity to show that Senor de Lome falsely represented her position when he made the state ment he did. 1 , Spain Will Disavow It. - New York, Feb. 16. The World's Madrid correspondent describing the formal statement of regret at the cen sure of De Lome's conduct, which he says is about to be made by Foreign Minister Gullon, says the statement will be in the form of . a note in reply to a communication from the Ameri can government, and will set forth the substance of what tthe , foreign minister paid in an .' .. interview with United ' States Minister YVcfodford, February 10, " when the latter submitted the , note from the government at Washington Informing the Madrid government of Senor de Lome's offense and requesting his re call. The cabinet had supposed that the prompt acceptance of Senor de Lome's resignation wo,uld be sufficient satisfac tion for America, the writing of the letter to Canalejas not being an official but a purely private offense. Conse quently the telegram from New York representing that the United States government expected further satisfac tion for the minister's conduct was a surprise. It has been arranged that the new Spanish minister shall arrive in Wash ington before the arrival of the dele gates form Spain, Cuba and Porto Rico, appointed to participate in the drafitng of a commercial treaty, which Premier Sagasta considers to bp of the very highest importance. ' , '. All rumors about the sending of Spanish ironclads iand torpedo-boats to Cuban waters are premature. Spaniards Said to Have Opened Letters New York, Feb. 16. It is now known on : the highest authority that the real reason for sending the torpedo boat Cushing to Havana was that the authorities have been tampering with the mail sent to the battle-ship Maine, in Havana harbor, says the Washington correspondent of the Herald. This re sulted in Captain Sigsbee, of the Maine, sending a protest to Washing ton, with the suggestion that a regular service be established between Key West and Havana by means of torpedo boats. On the strength of this protest the Cushing was sent to Havana. Although it has been freely reported fiat official ' mail has been tampered ith in the past, Secretary Long said last night that he had received no re ports from Captain Sigsbee saying that the Spanish authorities had interfered with his letters in any way. . "The dispatch' Of the Cushing. to Havana," he said "was in line with the department's action in pending the Maine on a friendly visit to that port and the Montgomery to Santiago da Cuba. I expect she is now on her way baok to Key West." ... Recent Action in Washing ton the Cause. 4 ADMITS WRITING THE LETTER Spanish Cabinet Says Diplomatic Rela ' tions With United States Will Not Be Affected by the Incident. , Madrid, Feb. 14. At a meeting of the Spanish cabinet, held today, un der the presidency of the queen-regent, the minister of foreign affairs read a dispatch from Senor Dupny de Lome, saying that the published letter to Senor Canalejas was written . by him, and tendering his resignation. The cabinet decided to accept his resigna tion, and be was so notified, the lega tion to be entrusted to the first secre tary. 1 :' Senor Sagasta, the premier, and other members of the cabinet, state publicly that the De Lome incident will not affect the relations between Spain and the United States, and that a new envoy competent to conduct the commercial negotiations . will be se lected. , , ' ' ' Regard Himself as a Private Citizen. Washington, Feb. 14. The state de prtment this morning gave out for pub lication the substance of the cablegram sent Saturday to our minister at Madrid in reference to the De Lome letter. The statement was as follows: ' There has appeared in the publio prints a letter addressed by the Span ish minister to Mr. Canelajas. This letter the minister admits was written by him. It contains expressions con cerning the president of the United States of such a character as to termi nate the minister's usefulness as a rep resentative of the government to this oountry. General Woodford, therefore, was instructed at once to say to the minister of state that the immediate recall of De Lome is expected by the president It is stated that tip to this time no response has been received from the Spanish government. Y , Up to 10 o'olock de Lome had not re ceived from the Spanish government an aceptance of his resignation, but it is believed It will soon be given, and the minister's offialal connection with the government as Spanish representative to the termination without th'e neces sity of action by this government by giving the minister his passpoits. De Lome regards himself now as a private citizen, although technically still the Spanish representative, : . . . ; ', ; De Lome Anxious to Go. , New York, Feb: 14. Diplomatio relations between the United States and Spain through Minister de Lonrd-h: are at an end, and correspondence will be conduoted exclusively through Min ister Woodford in Madrid until Spain sends a new minister to Washington, or designates a charge d'affaires, says the Herald's Washington correspond ent. ... Minister de Lome has cabled his res ignation to his government. Assistant Secretary of State Day admitted that this was true, by saying that Minister de Lome did not deny the authenticity of the letter to Canelejas, and by stat ing that a cablegram bad been sent to Minister Woodford in Madrid, the con tents of which would not be made pub lic until it had reached its destination. While no official statement will be made as to the contents of this cable gram until its substance has been oom munioated to the Spanish minister of foreign affairs, it informs Minister Woodford of the publication of the let ter, says that De Lome does not deny its' authenticity, and directs him to suggest to the Spanish foreign office that , De Lome cannot "be regarded as persona grata and to suggest that another minister be sent to Washing ton. -. , . " - .. . ' . While naturally regretting the un pleasant incident whioh has terminated his diplomatic career in Washington, Minister de Lome will not regret being relieved of the onerous duties which have developed upon him as the Span ish representative here during the Insur rection in Cuba. As soon as he learned that the letter had been obtained by the junta he realized that its publica tion would make his official stay in Washington as Spanish minister impos sible, and he immediately, cabled his government the facts and tendered his resignation. When the letter appeared he again cabled to his government, stating that the letter bad been pub lished and reiterating his wish to be relieved. , . This Is not the first time that De Lome has placed bis resignation at the disposal of : the Sagasta ' ministry. When Senor Sagasta came into power, the minister . being of the opposing party in Spain, tendered his resigna tion, and he has offered his resignation again in all on five separate occasions since that time. He has been retained by Senor Sagasta, however, on account of his intimate knowledge of the Cuban question and of the' situation in the United States. rt. . : Holland Dogs for Alasfaa.' Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 14. Thirty dogs direct from Holland were shipped to Alaska today on the bark- Shirley. Negotiations Have Been Opened With the Insurgents. . Havana, via Key West, Feb. 15. It was resolved at a meeting of the cabi net, to open negotiations with the in surgents in the belief that the resolu tion could not be suppressed by force of arms. Anticipating that the insur gents would not accept the new terms, it was resolved that the colonial gov- ' ernment wojld open negotiations, thus saving the Madrid government from the responsibility. , The' following propositions were formally tendered to the insurgents: "First The volunteers will be dis solved and a Cuban militia formed. "Second The insurgent colonels and generals will be recognized. "Third Cuba will be called on to pay only $100,000,000 out of the $600, 000,000 indebtedness due for both wars. ., ... "Fourth Cuba will pay $2,000,000 a year for the crown list. , , "Fifth Cuba will make her own treaties without interference by the Madrid government, v.. "Sixth Spanish produots will have a 10 per cent margin of protection over similar products from other countries. "Seventh No exiles or deportations will be made, even in war time, to Spain, Africa or penal settlements elsewhere. .. . "Eighth Death sentenoes for re bellion shall be abolished. "Ninth Martial law cannot be or dered by! the oaptain-general without the assent of both the house and sen ate, if those bodies are in session, or without the, assent of a majority of the cabinet, if the house and senate are not in session. "Tenth The archbishop of Santi ago de Cuba shall always be a native Cuban. , V . "Eleventh The aotual insurgent party shall have three seats in the first cabinet. ' "Twelfth An armistice of 15 days shall be granted for the discussion of the terms of peace." These terms are accepted by the autonomist party in full, with the ex ception of Senors Galvez, Montero, Zayas and Delonte. A GENERAL WALK-OUT. Textile Workers in New England Tote . ... ;, : ; to Strike. ' BoBton, Feb. . 15. At a meeting in this city of 55 representatives of textile unions in New England, it was unani mously voted to recommend that all unions call out the operatives in every cotton mill in New England. . . The resolution was practically the outcome of the recommendation which President Gompers made to the Feder ation of Labor last Sunday, in which he urged the different unions to unite on some settled policy on the mill situ-' ation in New England. At the meet ing, a oommittee of four was named to take charge of the matter, and after a conference, this committee recom mended that a general meeting be held to take definite-action. ' Today, the representatives of the various ' national textile associations assembled and for four hours discussed the situation from - every, standpoint. The primary object of the meeting was to devise some methods of rendering assistance to the New Bedford strikers. It was pointed out that if the strikers at New Bediord could hold out for four weeks without receiving more than 20 cents per operative per week in the way of outside assistance, other mill operatives could stand a similar strain, and that if all went out it would pre cipitate a crisis that would have to be met within a short time by the manu facturers. It was also shown that the mule spinners were in excellent condi tion, as regards funds; that the United : Textile Workers and the New England Federation of Weavers were In good shape, but that'the rest were short of funds. The resolutions were disoussed, and at length the matter was put to a vote, one being registered against the motion.' The different unions voted to order a strike in every mill until the adjustment of wages oould be arranged. It now remains for the unions to take action, but what this action will be is a matter of conjeoture. If all should acquiesce and vote to strike, 47,000' operatives would undoubtedly; oease work, and the manufacture 'of cotton goods throughout New England would be at a standstill. If, on the other hand, only a few unions should vote to strike, the refusal of the f others would still keep a large portion of the mills in operation. Inasmuch, " however, as the meeting was the- outcome of Gomper's sugges- " tion, and as he admonished the mem bers of the Federation of Labor to join hands and assist the New Bedford strikers, it seems probable that nearly every union will carry out the recom- mendations and that one of the greatest strikes ever seen in this country is im pending. '" - .. Crime of a Jealous Husband. Ogden, Utah, Feb. ' 15. Last night Jack Douglass, of Ogden, shot and, in- stantly killed hisife Emily, atHunts ville, in Ogden valley. He then turned the gun on himself and tried three times to end his own life, but without sucoess. The action was the result of jealous rage. ' Moline, 111., Feb. - 15. The Audi torium opera-house, with its contents was destroyed by fire this evening,