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The iver Grlacier. It's a Cold Day When We Cet Left. VOL. IX. HOOD RIVER, OREGON,- FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1898. v XO. 40. T Epitome of. the Telegraphic News of the World. - - TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES An Interesting Collection of Items From the New and the Old World In a Condensed and Comprehensive Form The Bethlehem Company's steel mill, gjving , employment to 1,000 hands, has resumed work, after an idle ness of some months. . The Carpenter Steel Company, of Beading, Pa., is-'working a double turn on orders from the navy department for steel projectiles, W J. Seanlan, the once famous Irish actor, died of paresis in a New York insane asylum, where he had been confined for five years.," ' - . . Owing to the demand for the Klon dike trade, Northwest ship builders re port an unusual activity in their line, many of them refusing further con tracts. ' '' '" . ' Luther C. Billings, pay director in the United States navy, lias been found guilty of falsehood and scandalous con duot by a court maitial at Washington, and sentenced to dismissal from the service. ..The Great Commonwealth Develop ment and Mining Company has applied to the Dominion parliament for a rail road charter from Edmonton to the Alaska line by way of Peace, Laird and Pelly rivers. , . ' The board of directors of the Eastern Oregon & Washington Firemen's Asso ciation have met in Walla Walla and selected La Grande as the place for holding the next annual meeting and tournament of the associations, June 14, 15 and 18. . . ' ' ' ' -Western roads have assumed the ag gressive in the war witli the Canadian Pacific road. They have thrown that road out of the Western immigration clearing-house. The effect of this ac tion will be that the Canadian Pacific will be 'shut out from participation in immigrant travel arriving at New York or Boston. ; , A sweeping reduction of over $8,000, 000 from the amount carried by . the current law is made in the sundry ciyil appropriation bill, reported to the house Tuesday, the aggregate1 ap propriation carried being $44,749,893. The total is $18, 2.14, 541 less than the regular and supplemental official esti mates made for the fiscal year 1899, and $8,861,880 less than the appropria tions made for the current fiscal year. : A Port Townsend, Wash., dispatch says: " As a consequence of the unfa vorable criticism that, has followed the sinking of : the steamer Clara Nevada and the 9 trouble that attended the de parture of the North Pacific for the north, carrying goldseekers, Colonel Huestis, collector of oustoras, has de termined to compel vessels bound for Alaska to carry only the number of passengers allowed by the federal per mit. . -' ; The hew wharf at Tampico, con structed by the Central railroad, under government supervision, was totally . destroyed by fire Sunday. The cauBe of ;the fire is unknown. .'. The construc tion of the wharf was commenoed in July, 1892, and it was to be one of the finest on the Spanish-American coast. Its length was 2,575 feet, and all is burned The custom-house under con struction and nearly completed, was damaged to the extent of about $800, 000. - The total loss on wharf, custom house and merchandise is nearly $2, 000,000; fullly insured. . . ;, . The seoretary of the interior has dis missed the appeal of the state of Ore gon from the decision of the land office holding for cancellation the indemnity school selection of lands in The Dalles land district of Oregon. Authentic reports have, reached Shanghai of recent date from all sec tions of the Chinese empire, indicating that riot and attack upon foreigners is the order of - the day. The attacks seem to be those of - isolated ruffians rather than a concerted action onthe part of the populace. , . Another rich strike is reported as having been made in the Blue Jay mine, on, Yorrison gulch, a tributary of Coffee oreek,i Trinity county, Cali fornia, by the Graves brothers. The new pocket is said to be worth $60,000. It will be remembered that a $40,000 strike by the Graves brothers caused a rush to Coffee creek last summer. The senate committee on education and labor has decided by a unanimous vofe to report favorably the bill pre pared by the trainmen, of( the country, and recently introduced in the senate by Kyle, providing for tlje arbitration of railroad strikes by a board of arbi tration to be chosen by the strikers and but? iutciohabo vuiuuiuivd wuiiuiitct ,A special from Washington says: ' A cablegram received by the secretary of state from Minister Woodford, at Mad rid, announces that the government of Spain has disavowed the letter of Do Lome to Senor Canalejas. This dis claimer, as the administration officials are pleased to call it, is regarded as satisfactory, and the president has au thorized the announcement that the incident is closed. (iOinWOfJHtDfl NEWS FROM SKAGWAY. Miners and Packers ' Resist Troops- Several Shooting Affairs. Victoria, Feb. 23. Three steamers, the Danube, the Thistle and the Tees, returned today from ' Skagway, each with a few Dawsonites on board. There was very little gold on board and no late news. Passengers from Skagway bring news of a blookade of the Dyea trail by miners and packers, who re sisted the demand of a detachment of United States troops to go over the trail before them. It was feared at Dyea that trouble would arise over the affair. ' Another shooting affair occurred at Skagway in front of a saloon. Tom Byan shot and wounded a newcomer, whose name was not given. Ryan w. as promptly arrested and taken to Sitka for trial. : Mike Quinlan,. formerly of Minneap olis, has been appointed marshal of Skagway. A jail is being provided. Two men, whose names are not known, were detected robbing a caohe at Sheep Camp, and one of them, while trying to escape, turned and fired at his pursuers, who returned his fire and dropped to the ground. Thinking that he had killed them, the fugitive turned the revolver on himself and sent a bullet through his brain. The other man was taken back to Dyea, with placard on him, setting forth that he was a thief. lie was afterward lodged in jail. ! Complaints are being made at Skag way in relation to the number of men arriving there by each boat without means of subsistence. ; Among the returning Dawsonites was George Beldon, one of the last men to go up the Yukon last fall. He was one of a syndicate which purchased the little steamer from the Creek mission for $10,000, and made an attempt to reach Dawson, but got onlv to Circle City, where the boa.t stuck in the ioe Beldon made his way by dog sled to Dawson and thence to the const. TO FIGHT FOR THEIR FLAG. British Troops Are Beady to Leave for Africa. London, Feb. 23. Great activity is manifested at the colonial office in the West African department, and among high military officers who are going out to Lagos Hinterland. ; The latter are inclined to discredit the news which reaohed the Akassa Niger ooast protectorate yesterday to the effect that two French expeditions are advancing towards Sokoto, the capital of the sul tanate of that name, which is within the British sphere of influence, but add that if the news should be confirmed it must be followed by a declaration of war. " - ' , - London, Feb. 28. The St. James's Gazette, commenting on the West Af rican crisis, says: "If the invasion of Sokoto is directed from Paris, it admits of bu one in terpretation. It would appear that the French cabinet, . foreseeing revolutions which would be caused by the trial of Zola, had determined to bring affairs in Africa to a crisis to seoure a renewal of its popularity." w ' ON AMERICAN SOIL. Another Wonderful Strike Maile in the Yukon District Below Dawson. , San Franoisco, Feb. 23. News has reaohed here from Dawson City of a rich strike on American o reek, 180 miles down the Yukon river. The dispatch adds that 75 men left Dawson for the new diggings, which are on American soil, 25 miles across the boundary line. ' Two Millions in Mines. Tacoma, Feb. 53. Joseph Ladue, recently from the northern gold fields. Bays: -. ' "The North American Transporta tion & Trading Company is the only one now buying olaims in the Klon dike I understand that they are anting as agents for the Kothsohilds. I met Mr. Cudahy on the train from .Chi cago to San Franoisco, and he told me that they had just received $400, 000 in drafts which had been given in payment for olaims there. He said the company was acting as agent in purchasing, and I learn that the Boths cbilds are preparing to. spend $2,000, 000 for the purchase of, mines. It looks a little -. as - though the great English banking house would make stupendous efforts to control most of the claims on the Klondike." . : ' Overproduction of Oil. ; Los Angeles, Feb. 23. It is stated that the overproduction of oil in the Los Angeles oil fields at the present time is nearly 500 barrels a day. Drowned Near Victoria. Viotoria, B. C, Feb. 23. Harold Scott, ayoung Englishman, who lives on one or the adjacent islands, and Fred Smedley were drowned on Satur day by the capsizing of their boat. Federal Court Reversed. ' ' Washington, Feb. 23. In the case of William G. Bice and others, under mdiotment in Texas for violating the "anti-trust law of that state, the United States supreme court today held that the federal circuit court had interfered in granting a writ of habeas corpus when no proper exigency arose for such interference, and therefore reversed the decision, remanding the prisoners to the cuBtody of the state officials. The court did not enter upon the merits of the anti-trust law. . House Adopts It by a Ma jority of Twenty-Four. SUBSTITUTE FOR NELSON BILL It Contains Both the Voluntary and Involuntary . Features Amendments Defeated Vote Stood 157 to 87. Washington, Feb. 22. After four days of consideration, the house todAy passed the bankruptcy bill, reported by the committee on judiciary as a sub stitute for the Nelson bill, passed by the senate at the extra session last sum mer. The bill is known as the Hender son bill, and contains both the volun tary and involuntary features. It is considered less drastic than the measure passed by the -last house by a vote of 157 to 87. The involuntary feature, however, has but 16 articles. Today a motion to strike out the involuntary features was defeated by a majority of 83, the vote being, ayes, 158; noes, 125. Eighteen Republicans voted against the bill and 12 Demo crats for it. The Populists, with one exception, voted against it. : CANAL IS FEASIBLE. Conclusions of Engineer Conley, on His Return From Nicaragua. Chicago, Feb. 22. That the Nica ragua canal, in thegeneral plans of the Warner Miller MaritimeCompany, is entirely feasible, and that the difficul ties have been greatly overstimated; that there is no reason why contract ors on , the Chicago drainage . canal should not undertake the work of con struction, and finally that the harbors of Greytown on the Altantic side, pre sent no difficult engineering problems which cannot be solved at a reasonable cost, are the conclusions of L, E. Cooley and E. F4 Cragin, who returned to Chicago last night from their trip through the Central American states. They were enthusiastic over the possi bilities of the canal. . Mr. Cooley made the following comparison be tween the Chicago drainage canal and the Nicaragua canal: ' r, Chicago. Nicaragua Rock excavation, yds .13,000,000 16,000,000 Earth excavation.....'.- 84,000,000 ; 28,000,000 Masonry 400.000 1,280,000 Dredging Slight 66,00(1,000 J Mr. Cooley's remarks about the en gineers agreeing over the feasibility of the plans for the canal in their general outlines probably foreshadows the re port of the United States commission. The remark by him that the two gov ernments would give anything to any body who would build the canal is sig nificant, as the concessions to the Maritime company expire in 1900 and 1001. A NEGRO'S ADVICE. While Closing Ballot Box A gainst Igno. 1 rant, Open the Schoolhouse. - New Oreleans; Feb. 22. Booker T. Washington, Jihe prominent colored leader and educator of Tuskogee, Ala., in an open letter to the constitutional convention, now in session in this city, in 'which, after explaining the motiv which prompt him to address the co vention, among other things, says: "Since the war, no state has had suoh an opportunity to settlo the race question, so, far as concerns politics, as is now given to Louisiana. "The negro agrees with you that it is necessary to the salvation pf the South that restriction be put upon the ballot. I know you have two problems before you;, ignorant and corrrupt gov-, eminent on the one hand, -and on the other, a way to restrict the ballot so that control will be in the hands of the .intelligent, without regard to race. With this sympathy with you in your effort to find a way out of the diffi culty, I want to suggest that no state in the South can make a law that will provide an opportunity or temptation for an ignorant white man to vote, and withhold the same opportunity from an ignorant colored man, without injuring both men." Any law control ling the ballot that is not absolutely just and fair to both races will work more permanent Injury to the whites than to the blacks. "1 beg of you further that in the de gree that you close the ballot-box against . the ignorant, you open the schoolhouse. i More than one-half of the people of your state are negroes. No state can long prosper when a large percentage of its citizenship is in ig norance and poverty, and has no in terest in government. V "Let the very best educational op portunities be provided for both races, and added to this, the enactment of an election law, that shall be incapable of unjust discrimination, at the same time providing : that in proportion as the ignorant secure education, property and character, ' they will be given all the, rights of citizenship. Any other course will take from half yonrcitizeps interest in the state and ' hope and am bition to become intelligent producers and taxpayers to become useful and virtuous citizens." ' Murderer Luetgert Sentenced. Chicago, Feb. 22. Judge Gary todav denied the motion for1 a new trial and formally sentenced Luetgert to life im prisonment. , . - RECOVERING THE DEAD. Special Telegraphic Service Has Been Discontinued. . Washington, Feb. 28. Today's de velopments in the Maine disaster were of a negative character, greatly to the disappointment of a considerable num ber of persons, who Wjere looking for some startling discovery by the divers working m the sunken hull. ' What threatened to be another inter national incident growing out of certain alleged utterances by Lieutenant-Corn mandei Sobral has been dismissed sum marily as shown by the following state ment given out at the department of state: "The department of state learns from the Spanish charge d'affaires that Lieu tenant Commander Sobral, to whom unfavorable utterances respecting the discipline of the United States navy had been attributed in a newspaper in terview, was relieved of his functions as naval attaohe to the Spanish legation in the United States some time ago, his successor, Lieutenant-Commander Doty Kamon Carranza y Keguera having been appointed on the 24th of January last in his capacity.". For very obivous reasons, Captain Sigsbee at Havana, is making the most strenuous efforts to hasten the reoovery of the bodies, probably 100 in number, still imprisoned in the wreck of the. Maine. It was a knowledge of the cap tain's desire that probably led Consul General Lee to inform the navy depart ment of the need of more divers. This had the desired effect, for the navy de partment took aotion to send more help Admiral Sicard telegraphed from Key West this afternoon that he had sent five divers to Captain Sigsbee and asked if that was sufficient. The acting chief of the navigation bureau, Captain Dickens, at once took the sensible course of directing the admiral to put himself in communica tion with Captain Sigsbee and learn his needs at first hand. ' The business pi the navy department is getting back to its normal condition, as is evidenced by the fact that an order has been issued to discontinue the special telegraphic servioe which was established with Key West, and hereafter the office at that place will close at 10 o'olock at night, as formerly. Commander Forsythe, the'command ant at Key WeBt, has also asked permis sion of the department to stop his daily bulletins, and this has been granted, with an understanding that he will re port any deaths that may occur among the sufferers in the hospital there. . To day he reported that they were all get ting along nicely. , The exohange of official condolences still oontinues. Today, Seoretary Long sent a telegram as follows to Captain Enlate: . . Commanding Officer of the Spanish Cruiser Vizcaya, Tompkinsville, N.. Y. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your telegram of condolence for the loss of the Maine and to thank you for the exression of sympathy." , A similar response was made, to a cablegram from Vioe-Admiral Spann, at Vienna, expressive of sympathy for the terrible disaster to the Maine. The social courtesies which the gov ernment intended -to extend to the offi cers of the Vizcaya have been aban doned on acsount of the Maine catas trophe. ' i As a result the stay of the Vizcaya at New York probably will be materially shortened, and she is likely to sail within the next three days. The ship will probably proceed direct to Havana, not stopping at Charleston or other ports, as had been suggested during the earlier preparations. The Vizoaya will not coal at New York, ac cording to the understanding here, nor will it be necessary for her to take coal before reaching Havana. This deter mination gives relief to the authorities, as the taking of coal in time of public excitement is attended with more or less risk, the coal affording an opportu nity to extremists for the secretion of explosives, despite the utmost precau tion that may be taken. - ' Numerous letters and telegrams hav been reoeived at .the department from individuals desiring to join the, navy, asking to be enlisted immediately. A telegram was received this morning from an organization in Detroit, offer ing the im radiate services of 10,000 citizens of that city in case of war. Patriotic offers also have been received from other places. .- Owing to the delicate situation, the board of inquiry, which is now in ses sion has decided to make nothing whatever public ' It is not known what the. testimony may develop or when, and it is only fair to the Span ish government not to tell the pubho the testimony until all has been re ceived and the findings have been con sidered. . . - '., Untimely Indignation. Dayton, O., Feb. 28. Great indig nation was shown toward the Spaniards today. .The National Cash Eegister Company is holding a convention of agents from all over the world, and among other countries Spain is repre sented. In-, honor of the various na tions, the different flags were displaye'd at the faotory. Objection was made to the Spanish flag by the workmen and 12 Spanish flags displayed about the works were pulled down and torn into shreds. : President John H. Patterson, of the company, ordered 24 Spanish flags put up to replace the ones torn down. This made the 2,000 workmen angry, and trouble is feared. Till A Court of Inquiry to Look Into Maine Disaster THE WRECK WILL BE RAISED Many Absurd Rumors Afloat Concerning Cause of JDlsaster Burial of the Dead and Caring for the Wounded. Washington, Feb. 19. The govern ment has settled back into a waiting attitude in respect to the terrible Maine disaster in Havana harbor. The great shock caused by the news has given way to a calmer and more judicial state of mind, and, realizing from the events of the day that the court of inquiry is the sole dependence in the search' for the cause of the Maine's disaster, the naval offloers are now resigned to await the results of that inquiry by a court opened today by the navy department There was little news' to add to the sum of information as to the disaster re ceived during the forenoon. No tele grams oame, and the only news gleaned was a denial of some absurd story or other that had crept into piint or be come ourrent gossip. All the news of the day came in the late 1 afternoon In the shape of Captain Sigsbee's report of the authorization of the funeral of his dead sailors,' and General Lee's graphio story of the terrible struggle for life in the dark .hull of the Maine. The officials at the navy department devoted the day to the effort of correct ing the list of living and dead, to an swering frantic telegraphio appeals from relatives of men on the battleship. and laBt, but not least, in meeting with unwavering courtesy and patience the exacting demands upon theirtime by the press reporters. ;. The disposition of the survivors, Cap tain Dickens, acting chief of the navi gation bureau, has arranged for as well as could be done from this distance, The wounded sailors in the Havana hospitals, on the Spanish flagship and elsewhere, when not in condition to be brought back to Key West, will' be carefully looked after by Mies Clara Barton, who has been given carte blanche to buy anything and everything necessary, food and delicacies, and hire nurses and physicians. The wounded able; to get across to Key West will be taken care of in the marine hospital there.. The sound survivors will be quartered in the army barracks there, As for the Maine herself, notwith standing discouraging reports from Lieutenant. Howe as to her condition, the navy department will try to raise her. They say they are bound to ra move the hull from the smalL- harbor, in any case, and it may be as easy,' or easier, to raise her as it would be to destroy the hull and, machinery by the use of divers and dynamite. It is be lieved the work can be done by private wrecking corporations, and negotia tions are already afoot for placing the contract, based" on work by the day, at an estimated cost of $200,000. At the navy department specific de nial was given of the report emanating from Madrid that a torpedo flotilla was about to leave Key West for Cuba, It was stated that only 'two torpedo boats, the Cushing and Ericsson, are at Key West, and these have not been ordered, and will not be ordered, ac cording to the present plans, to Cuba. It was strongly asserted that no pres ent purpose existed of sending another warship there. . On the streets there was noticeably as excitement than yesterday, when the people were loth to believe that the loss oi the Maine could be traced to oft affi other tharf Spanish sources. ' All the flags throughout the city, in cluding those on the capitol and the de partment buildings, are flying at half mast, and among the others is con spicuously that of "Cuba libre," which flies from the staff of the Hotel Raleigh, the headquarters of the Cuban junta. . Believes a Harvey Torpedo Did It. Chioago, Feb. 19. Emil Gathman, the inventor, believes the Maine was destroyed by a Harvey torpedo. 1 He is conversant with Havana harbor, and from personal examination is familiar with the equipment of the Maine. Mr. Gathman served two yeats as a naval apprentice aboard the training ship Portsmouth when Captain Sigsbee was her commander. Three years ago he was a member of the engineering corps which conducted the second trial trip of the Maine. The Insolence of Weyler. Barcelona,' . Feb. 19. Lieutenant- General Weyler, who arrived here to day, expressed . the opinion, in . the course of an interview, that the dis aster which had befallen the United States warship in Havana was due "to the insolence of her crew." He an nounced his intention to ask the gov ernment's permission to go to Havana and stand as a candidate for the cham ber of deputies for the Havana district. Divers and Wrecking Gear. Key West, Feb. 19. The coast sur vey steamer A. D. Bache arrived this afternoon from Dry Tortugas in com mand of Lieutenant Barnet Early to morrow morning she will leave for Ha vana, taking divers and such wreckage gear as is obtainable. QUESTION OF IDEMNITY. Frederick B. Coudert Interviewed on ; the Maine Matter. ' New York, Feb. 22. The Herald tomorrow will say: Frederick B. Coudert, formerly . counsel , for the Unlted'States before the Behring sea commission, and a well-known author lty on international law, was inter-,' viewed regarding the matter of an in demnity, if it can be shown that the Spanish at Havana failed to take proper precautions to insure' the safety of the Maine. -; , v ; "Spain should pay indemnity for the loss of the Maine," Mr. Coudert said, "provided the accident Is found to be due to the negligence of Spanish officials. The vessel went to Havana on a friendly visit and was entitled to full protection. It was proper that extraordinary . precautions should be taken to insure her safety. It was well know that there were individuals be longing to the Spanish nation who-had ill feelings towards the United States. If any danger was known to exist in Havana harbor, it was to be expected that Spain should inform the captain of the Maine of the fact and use every means to prevent any acoident to the vessel. If, on the other hand, a man. uu i 1 l t : t l.i i . oome aboard the Maine and blown up the vessel,' the fault plainly would have been , with , the officers of the vessel. Jt was their duty to keep the strictest watch- over everybody who. came on board. The destruction of the Maine by accident or by the act of ir responsible individuals would not justi fy a declaration of war. Carnot, for inofanna n, n a oaaoooinaia hw an Italian, yet France did not blame Italy. Italian subjects were killed by a mob several years ago at New Or leans. Italy was justifyed in demand- Jng an indemnity, which she received. because the men when slain were m charge of officers of the law, who should have made every effort to pre vent their prisoners from being killed. It did not result in war.," SAILORS WANT REVENGE. No Doubt in Their Hinds That Spain Did It. ' Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 22. A spe cial to the Citizen from Key West, says: Sailors of the battleship Maine suffering from wounds, . in the Key West hospital, are smarting over the delay of the government in punishing what they term a Spanish outrage. ' In their minds there is no doubt as to the cause of the explosion, and they think the delay in taking summary action by the president saying he is morally cer tain that there Was. an aooident, is to soothe Spaniards into a feeling of se curity to secure time for his ultimatum. If no action is taken, not a man among them will again pace the deck of an American man-of-war, bu( if business is meant, it will take a strong force to keept them from hurrying to the front, wounded though they are, to take a hand in what they look upon as per sonal vengeance. ; "We were warned not to go to Ha vana," one said . today, "being told that danger awaited us there. When we got there it was current rumor that the harbor bottom was honeycombed with mines. . We first chose our an chorage and rested there, for several hours, but the harbor master compel led us to weigh and proceed to a spot marked by a buoy. ,- We . were reviled on the streets of Havana, sneered at until our blood boiled, and found out for our own safety that it was safer for us to make our visits to the city in force. No man dared to go . alone. There was no knowing what would , happen to him. The explosion itself is the best evidence that it was a mine or torpedo. : There were two sharp and distinct reports. The first was like a peal of thunder close at hand, and then darkness and chaos, made more horrible to the' screams of dying men, the fierce shouts of those fighing for egress and the - moans : of those hemmed in to die by fire or by dro-vm- ing. V ' ' - - ' ' - - - y ,"'.:, COMMANDER BARNET'S VIEWS. Investigation May Show tho Magazine ; Intact. Havana, Feb. 22. Lieutenant-Com mander Barnet, of the ' coast survey boat Bache, said to a press correspond ent today: ; "You want the faots. '. I cannot tell you. There are 5 ohanoes out ol 101) that the investigation will show that the forward magazine of the Maine did - not' blow up - first, if it exploded at all, and that it was not the cause of the terrific consequenoes that followed. The oondition of the wreck when first studied and a later careful scrutiny make this an almost absolute cer tainty." .: ' Chaplain Chidwick has recovered considerable sums of money with let ters and other personal property from the bodies taken from tho wreck. In the effects, the initials can be seen on the coat lining and may serve to iden tify the wearer, but the harbor water is so filthy that the marks are nearly all illegible. Chaplain Chidwiok is one of the hardest-working officers, and upon ,him devolves some of ' the mot revolving duties of the situation. It is apparent that efficient work is not possible with the divers and ap paratus - at hand and the arrival of others is anxiously awaited. Father Power, of the Jesuits, arrived yesterday from Tampa.
