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If The Hooc liver It's a Cold Day When We Get Left. VOL. IX. HOOD EIYER, OREGON FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1898. NO. 44. CURRENI EVEN1S OF THE DM Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES -n Interesting Collection of Items From : the New and the Old World In Condensed and Comprehensive Form - Representative King, of Utah, Intro ";" . duced Tuesday a joint resolution recog ' nizing the independence of Cuba. The , submarine boat Holland has made another trip in New York. At a depth of 15 feet under water she showed good speed, and was handled with ease. A dispatch to the Berlin Vossiohe : 1 Zeitung from Dare's Balaam, 25 miles Bouth of Zanzibar, East Africa, says that last month a party of German for esters was attacked, and three Germans and many of the native carriers were massaored. . The Vienna newspapers announoe that Japan, between 1805 and 1905, ) will have devoted 194,000,000 yen to the building of warships. Forty-seven have already. been ordered with short terms of delivery in England, France, , Germany and the United States. ' r While returning home from church in Wellsville, O., Oliver Reed asked Sarah Walton to marry him, and upon ' her refusal he shot .' her : through the heart. ' He then blew his brains out dying in a short time. Papors found ' on his body show the deed was premed itated. , ' ' v . . ' , t The house committee on naval affairs has completed the naval appropriation bill. ' The bill is calculated as carrying between $86,000,000 and $37,000,000, of whioh about $8,000,000 will be ex . ! pended on this year's work on the three . . battle-ships, six torpedo boats and six -! torpedo-boat destroyers. , Replying to a resolution of inquiry, the attorney-general sent to the senate Tuesday a statement that the records of his department do not show that any writs of injunction or restraining or ders have been issued by United States courts against labor organizations or their members engaged in strides in J897 and 1898, .. .,, . - ' A dispatch to the New York World from Madrid says: - Instructions have been given since Friday night to the press censor to stop all- foreign and do- mestio press telegrams and even tele ' phone messages containing news un . palatable to the government. " Unau thorized details of naval and military - preparations of the movements of war ships, particularly of the flying squad ron, of the purchase of vessels of war : and stores abroad are especially inter ' dieted. -: ' . , ' Roland Worthington, the veteran journalist, died at his home in Boston, ..'-'aged 81 years. He entered the news paper business as an employe of the counting-room of the Boston Adver tiser. In 1846 he took oharge of the BoBton Traveler. When Daniel Web . 8ter made his famous speech at Marsh : field in August, 1848, Mr. Worthing : ton published a verbatim report and had it sold by the newsboys in the streets, an innovation whioh : called : down the severe criticism of the other Boston papers. . The British Columbia, Seattle & Pa . cifio Coast Railroad Company has made - application to the oity counoil of Se- attle for a franchise 80 feet wide over 1 ..;. Railroad avenue. It was stated to the . council that it was the purpose of the company to construct a railroad from Portland, Or., to Seattle, and thence ; to', the British Columbia boundary. ' ' The oompany was willing that a condi- tion be imposed in the franchise that "-' the work of construction should begin ' in 80 days, and the line be finished within 18 months. The two incorpo ; ratora of the company are Henry J. Brokaw and Austin J. Fletcher, well known financiers of New York. The road will cost between $4,000,000 and ' $5,000,000. '. . The Republican leaders of the house are pressing for an early adjournment, and it is said that their course meets the full approval of the president. . All save three of the appropriation bills have gone to the senate. . The action Of ' the appropriations committee in prepar ing the general deficiency bill at thii - - time is the best evidence of the inten ' tion to secure early adjournment. The construction of five modern dry dooks has been agreed on by the house committee on naval affairs. They are to be located at Portsmouth, N. H.; Boston, League Island, near Philadel- ' phia; Algiers, La., and Mare island, Cal. These docks ore to be of wood, except those at Algiors and Ports- mouth. The material of construction of these will not be determined upon until later. , . , General Superintendent McQuirehas announced that large gangs of men are -' at work all along the line of the Astoria & Columbia River railroad, and only 11 miles of Mils are yet to be laid. The last Bpike will be driven about April 1, with appropriate oeremonies. The man to drive it has been selected " from the ranks of the men who have worked faithfully during the winter to push the line through. ITS CONTENTS KNOWN. Summary of the Court of Inquiry's Rc port Received. , ,- ' Chicago, March 28. A special to the Tribune from Washington says: Late last evening Secretary Long ad mitted that a telegraphic summary of the report of the oourt of inquiry had been received, and he also admitted that Admiral Sicard had received the report last evening and would forward it to Washington without delay. With the telegraphic summary received as a basis the state department' has already proceeded to notify Minister Woodford officially of the oharacter, and he in return by this time has probably com munioated the - news to the Spanish government with an intimation that it must be prepared to present a aatisfaa tory reply within a few days, i THEORY WAS NOT TENABLE. Spaniards Privately Admit the Maine , Disaster Was Mot an Accident. New York, March 28. A dispatch to the Tribune from Havana says: The Spanish inquiry into the Maine disaster has gone to pieces in seeking to establish the aocident theory. ' This admission is privately made in govern ment cirolea. The nature of the board's report will not be obarged to unknown causes, but the Spanish find ing will be with a view ' of making a case to be passed on by a third party. The work of the Spanish divers has not been thorough. Apparently they have found no little evidence on which a theory of internal explosion can be based that the Spanish oourt is not willing to stand unequivocally on the theory of accident, whioh it let out to maintain. The facts have been known for three or four days. They may ac count for the statements from Madrid that the Maine incident will not be a cause of war between the two countries, and also hints at arbitrating the dis pute on the question of facts. This talk is semi-official. The Span ish recognize the improbability of suc cessfully controverting the oase whioh will be presented when the report of Captain Sampson and hia associates on the American board of inquiry is pub lished. They have had an inkling that the evidence on whioh the external ex plosion due to foul play will be charged, ia meant to satisfy, not simply the Amerioan people, but the judgment of experts throughout the world.. How strongly the conclusion of the American board is fortified will soon be known. The one received from Madrid is to have a counter-case ready, so a suspen sion of the world's judgment can be asked until diplomacy can arrange a satisfactory settlement.' The evident hope of Blanco's government ia to keep the Maine incident entirely distinct from other Cuban questions. . Not withstanding this lack of confidence in their own theory of accident, it cannot be learned that the authorities are do ing anything to uncover the conspira tors who are responsible for the blow ing up of the Maine. , RELIEF BILL PASSED. A Substantial Tribute to the Blaine's Herolo Crew. - Washington, March 23. The house today unanimously passed the bill for the relief of the survivors and victims of the Maine disaster. The bill reim burses the survivors, offioers and- men for the losses they sustained to an amount not to exoeed a year's pay, and directs the payment of a sum equal to a year's pay to the legal heira of" those who perished. There was quite a spir ited debate over an amendment suggest ed by Cannon to give the survivors a year's pay out of hand instead of at tempting to reimburse them for aotual losses. Some old alleged scandals in connection with the reimbursement of the survivors of the Samoan disaster were raked up, but the debate in the end was saved from a rather sordid tone by a beautiful tribute paid to the gal lant dead by Cousins of Iowa, in a short but eloquent speech. He aroused the galleries to spontaneous applause. The remainder of the day was occupied in the consideration of the old olaim of John Roach, the shipbuilder, for $381,- 000. No action was taken upon the olaim. . . The senate, after passing some minor bills, to which there was no objection, adjourned at 1:55 o'clock until tomor row. . ..- Belief for Stricken Cuba. Concord, N. H., Maroh 23. Senator Chandler, in an editorial in the -Concord Monitor today says President Mc Kinley ia about to take action in the name of the United Statea to relieve famine and sickness in Cuba. "Food and medioine and clothing," he says, "given by the generous people of the United States, will be sent with the appioval of Spain, if she consents, or will be carried by Amerioan ; sailors and soldiers without her approval, if she doea not oonsent. The end of starvation and torture is near at hand. Every humane person in this whole land should sustain and bless the presi dent in hia coming proclamation, whioh is to cause the name of William Mo Kinley to be held in sacred reverenoe by Cuban generations as long as. will be the revered name of Abraham Lin-, coin by the colored race in America,", """ i 1 ' - . r 1 ' . ft' 'l Barcelona is now the most doouIous oity of Spain, the result of .a census ' juBt taken showing 520.000 inhabitant? i to Madrid's 607,000. , v . , England Surprised That We Should Excite Ourselves. WILL BE AN UNEQUAL CONTEST Spanish Comment on the Lee Incident -A Fall in Securities Threats of Carlists Germany Will Mot Interfere. London, Maroh 22. The Daily Mail, in an editorial refuting some of "the American accusations of British cold ness," says: ". ''Among many reasons for Great Britain's apparent noninterest, not the least Is our better knoweldge of the Spanish and their paper navy and our conviction that the Anglo-Saxon will always defeat the Latin. Indeed, the trend of British thought ia towards surprise that the greatest of republics thould excite itself unduly about so poor a foe. The Amerioana should re member that while we are full of trust in their capability to deal with Span ish impertinences, ' we are fully oc cupied with greater troubles threatened or active in various parts of the world. They have our full sympathy at a time when France, Germany and Russia are backing Spain and almost as openly as they are opposing British efforts for the freedom of its foreign trade through out the world. "But there is no ocoaion now to talk of an offfiensive and defensive alliance. The disproportion between our mission and America's makes it impossible. There will be time to propose thia way of recementing the race when America is ready to faoe the splendid responsi bility it entails." ; ' The Madrid - correspondent of the Standard says: . ; "Senor Polo y Bernabe, the Spanish minister at Washington, has been au thorized to make all concessions possi ble in order to obtain the epeedy con clusion of a fair reciprocity treaty. By America's expressed desire, this also includes the Philippine islands. - Both the Cuban and Spanish cabinets are anxious to expedite the negotiations to the uttermost. , Senor : Polo y Bernabe wires that he has found the American state department very favorably dis posed on this point, but that more re-, serve than ever la shown in interna tional dealinga pending the settlement of the Maine affair." The Chroniole repeata editorially its declaration that Michael Davitt's at tempt to show -that England hates America has been "ludiorously unsuc cessful," and challenges him to obtain a half dozen votes in support of a pro Spanish resolution In any open meet ing in any town in England, Scotland or Wales. The Berlin correspondent of the Times confirms the statement that Germany has no inclination to inter fere in the Cuban question. It cites the Berlin Post, saying that Germany's commercial interests, as well as her regard for the German residents in the United States, forbid euch an inter ference. ' -'.' PATRIOTIO NEW YORKERS. ' Enthusiasm Shown at a Maine Benefit f - Performance. - New York, March 22. Over 4,000 people rose simultaneously tonight in the Metropolitan opera-house and joined with the chorus on the stage in singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" with more enthusiasm than has been exhibited in the opera-house for many months. It was upon the occasion of the performance for the benefit of the Maine monument fund. On the great stage stood the well-known singer Ca naille d'Arville, and behind her .were massed the combined choruses of the Broadway theater, the Casino and the Whitney and Castle Square companies. As a background, an immense Ameri can flag waved from a tall pole. Each of the singers carried a small flag, and the moment the patriotic air was start ed, the entire audience arose and joined in the melody.' At the conclu sion, there were tremenduous cheers and - a great demonstration. ' Then "My Country" was sung.' The enter tainment, aside from the subscriptions, netted about $12,000. Many of the best known actors and actresses took part in the performance, , and among the spectators was Miss Evangelina Clsneros, who came in for much ap plause at one time in the evening. Labor Union Refused to Aid. . . Boston, March 22. At today's meeting of the Central Labor Union, subscription blanks oalling for the con tributions to the monument fund for the victims of the Maine explosion, which were . sent out by Mayor Quincy's committee, were ordered re turned, because they did not bear the label of the allied - printing : trades council. ' Resolutions were adopted urging the labor organizations of this country to erect a monument to the coal strikers who were shot at Latti mer, Pa., and requesting the. secretary of the Amerioan Federation of Labor to issue, subscription blanks for that purpose'. ' ,- ''' '.";'. , .,' . Johannesburg, . March 22. The Standard and News, in a seemingly in spired article, says: "War .is almost inevitable, unless England abandons bet claim to suzerainty." DEATH IN THE FLAMES. Many Killed and Injured in a Hotel : Fire in Butte. . Butte, Mont., March 23. The Hale house, a large three-story brick build ing on East Broadway, used as a lodg ing and boarding-house by miners in the employ of the Anaconda Company, was entirely destroyed by fire, which broke out shortly after 3 o'clock this morning. So far as known, two men are dead from injuries in jumping from windows, another is dying and 20 are missing, while a searoh of the ruins may disclose the fact that many tran sient lodgers lost their lives also. The casualties were- as follows: ., ... .. . Dead ; ' : .." Matt Doyle, aged 45, miner at the Mountain Consolidated,: jumped from third-story window, turned over in the air and struck on head. . - Frank Rhodey, aged 40, lately from Portland, Or., jumped from third-story window, turned over and struck on head and shoulders, fracturing ' his skull; dying. ; Hugh Boyle, aged 80, miner at Ana conda mine, started to lower himself from third-story by means of impro vised rope, which parted 50 feet from the ground. : He was just recovering from the effects of a broken leg through an accident a month ago". Six men were severely injured. ; There were 250 men and women iri the building when the fire broke out. Of these, it ia believed about 200 es caped without injury. The fire started in the bakery south of the center of the building, and had a good start be fore discovered. The blaze was first discovered by Billy White, Jake Yuoh and Jack Dooley, who were awake at the time, and, smelling smoke, went down stairs to make an investigation. Two of the men immediately attached a small hose to a hydrant and began to throw water upon the fire. 1 After a few minutes' work, however, the men realized that the task was a hopeless one, and they retreated to give the alarm. They summoned the watch man and rushed to the upper portion of the building, shouting that the house was on fire. By thia time, the fire had broken through' the first floor, and smoke filled the hallways. : Dooley and his companions realized that there was no time . to lose, and they began kicking in the doors of the rooms. The men thoughtfully awakened the women help first ' By this time, the alarm had been turned in, and the de partment responded promptly. When the firemen arrived, men in their under clothing and others half dressed were clambering down the fire escapes in the rear. ' Others, and the servant girls were at the windows in the front of the building, frantioally calling for help. They were cut off from the rear of the building ,by the dense smoke. Ladders were run up, but not before many of the frightened people had jumped: Others, including all the fe male help, were gotten out by the fire men. On the side of the buidling, many had made ropes of their bed clothes and sought to escape in that way. Some of them suooeded, ' but in other cases 'the ropes broke and the men dropped many feet to the ground. V A SERIOUS BLAZE. A Jersey City Bailroad Depot Damaged to the Extent of $100,000. ' New York, March 23. The Penn sylvania railroad depot in New Jersey City was damaged by fire early today to the extent of $100,000. The mammoth train shed and large office building es caped. Much mail matter was de Btoyed. ' ,. . Train and ferry traffic is seriously crippled. All of the frame portions of the depot, with the shed covering the approach to the several ferry slips and the waiting-room and restaurant, were destroyed. The rolling stock . was promptly run out of the shed when the fire was discovered, and the ferry boata were simultaneously hurried out into the stream and over to this oity. There were several acres of glass on the roof of the big train shed, and, be ing melted and cracked by the intense heat, it fell upon the firemen and made their work more perilous. The Key stone restaurant, where the greatest damage was done, was one of the most spacious . and handsomely fitted up restaurants in the country. . Bailroad to the Yukon. v San Franoisoo, March 28. At a meeting, of capitalists interested in the construction of a railroad to the Yukon country, W. O. Alders presented a re port based upon reoent explorations and from observations made during an ex haustive surveying trip to Alaska, and showing that . a 1 route up Copper river was not only feasible, but practicable. ., It was decided to organize a party of surveyors who are to start as soon as the weather conditions will permit, probably by May 15. The programme is to start for Orca and proceed up Cop per river to its head, and thence across to the Yukon to its junction with American boundary line. From Copper River. J. Seattle, . Maroh 28. The schooner General Siglin arrived tonight from Copper river. : Captain Johnson states that 800 people have crossed ' the Val des glacier and are now making their way into the interior. The day the Siglin left Copper City,' which is now of 600 inhabitants, the theft of a quan tity of bacon had been discovered. No tioes were being'posted that the thief if caught would be hanged- v Sufficient on Hand to Last Two Years. MINES TURNING OUT WELL Encouraging Reports From the Minoob ' Country Skagway Gambling; Housei ' Are Closed Down. Skagway, Alaska, , March 18. (Via Port Townsend, March ' 21. Ben At water arrived here last night from Cir cle City and Dawson, N. W. T., bring ing 100 pounds of mail from the abov places. Atwater's former home wai in Morrison, 111. He went to the Yu kon country in 1886, and has resided there ever since. Atwater, accom panied by H. C. Pettit, of Snohomish, Wash., left Circle City January 10 and Dawson February 8, with dog teams. The trip up the river and lakes was a hard one, the weather being bitterly cold.., ''''.'--, Atwater says that there is food enough in the Klondike oountry to last the present population two years. As a oonsequenoe of the food scare the output of the mines will be curtailed. He estimates it at about $8,000,000. , ; Atwater : says ' that many claims which were considered to be only wild oat properties on various creeka are turning out well. Dominion is pay ing finely, and will have a big cleanup next spring.. Sulphur and Hunker are also good, and so is Indian. Quartz ledges have been found on the latter creek which look well. , There ia quite a settlement at , the mouth of Stewart river, but no reports have as yet been received from the prospectors who went up the river early in the winter. ! On Walsh cr.eek, five miles below Big Salmon, dirt has been found which yields 75 cents to the pan. A stam pede: oocurred irom Circle City about January 10 to American creek, about 800 men leaving for that section. At water met 800 or 400 men from Daw son making their "way to American creek. - American creek is 50 miles from Forty-Mile, and about 25 milea below the international boundary on the Alaska side.- The reports from the Minook coun try are very encouraging. A courier from Minook arrived at Circle City just before Atwater left that plaoe, with about 50 pounds of mail. - Thia At water brought out. The courier had with him a quantity of gold from Minook, and he stated that , the pros pectois had struck it rich in that sec tion. , . , . . Atwater says there are but few oases of . scurvy in Dawson. The hospital contains but 45. inmates, and these have eithei met with accidents or are suffering from chronio diseases. The general health of the people is good. As a result of the agitation here against the "sure-thing", men led by "Soapy" Smith, . United States Com missioner Smith and Deputy United States Marshal Mclnnes closed all the gambling-houses on Wednesday night. It is said that an arrangement was made whereby the gambling will be re stricted to so-called legitimate games, and all sure-thing or bunco games will be prohibited. . The sure-thing men are leaving the town in twos and threes. The weather here for the past week has been mild and spring like, and the warm south wind and the sun are play ing havoc with the winter trail, which follows the river for a distanoe of eight miles. . Hundreds of people are making their way over the divide, however, undeterred by" wind or weather. The snow has entirely disappeared from the streets, which are now muddy beyond conception. The strike of the longshoremen for 75 cents an hour has been declared oS by a vote of the local union. The rate now paid is 50 cents an ; hour, the steamship companies agreeing not to employ Indians in hauling freight on the docks. --' '. -' .,'-'- ' " Lived on Don Diet. Seattle, Maroh 21. H. C. Pettit, who arrived here from Dawson City this morning on the City of Seattle, says that a large party left Cirole City in January, with supplies for. the Tan ana Indians on the headwaters of Tan ana river. The Indians number about 800." Every winter they depend on a run of moose and cariboo for food. The run did not materialize ' this winter, and, after they had exhausted the,ir supplies of salmon, they were forced to eat their dogs, the supply of which was small. -' ' . . A trapper passing through ' the dis trict became acquainted with their sit uation. He immediately carried the news to Circle City,' and a relief expe dition was at onoe eent out. Down From Copper Blver. .. Seattle, March 21. The steam schooner Rival arrived today from Copper river. The Rival encountered a terrible storm on the way down and was forced to put into Yakutat bay for three days. Of the 1,000 prospectors that have landed at Valdes, 600 have started into the interior. The remain der are camped on the ice at Valdes. , The Rival reports having spoken the schooner Moonlight, northbound, with all well on board. The schooner Gen eral Siglin arrived out safelv. dis charged and is now returning, ' THE OMAHA EXPOSITION. Oregon Commission Asks for Moral and Financial Support. ' To the Loyal Men and Women of Ore - gon: . , The Oregon commission, consisting" of the following members: W. S. Mason, J. E. Haseltine, Henry E. Dosch, J. F. Batchelder and R. D. In man, of Portland; C. C. Beekman, of Jacksonville; J. A. Wright, of Sparta;, J. G. Day, of Ollala; Phillip Metchan and E. P. MoCornaok, of Salem; H. B. Miller and O. J. Olsen, of Grants' Pass; B. F. Alley, of Baker City; J. . O. Hanthorn, of Astoria; E. J. Frasier, of Eugene; W. E. Hurd, of Granite, and O. N. Denny, of Corvallis, appointed by Governor Lord, organized on the 9th : . day of Maroh, with .W. S. Mason as president, J. E. Haseltine as vice-president, Phillip Metsohan as treasurer, Henry E. Dosch as superintendent and J. F. Batchelder as secretary and the undersigned executive committee. The commission presents to the peo ple of the state the following statement and appeal: .... ... .' , The : resources of Oregon are mani fold. We have the finest of agricul tural, fruit and grazing lands, wh,ile . our timber forests, salmon fisheries and blooded stock can not be surpassed. Besides this our mineral lands both in . Eastern and Western Oregon are richer and broader in extent than in any of the other Pacific coast states. Not-' withstanding all this, the resouroes of Oregon are not known to the outer 1 world as they should be. .-..'' ' : For the purpose of advertising to the world these resources, the above com- , mission has been appointed to devise ways and means to have our state . represented at the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition to be ' ' held at Omaha from June 1st to No-1 vember 1st, 1898. - i - The exposition is primarily intended : to embraoe the industrial resources of ' the states west of the Mississippi river, , but Eastern states, the British colonies, ; Mexico and Central and South Ameri- , ; can republics will ' participate, and many Eastern governments will be rep resented. The buildings and grounds and the arrangements will make the ' exposition in extent and completeness second only to the World's Columbian fair.' ' ' V'"" ;" "": ' : To the intelligent people of thia state it is unnecessary to make a de-'' -tailed statement of the manifold ad- ' vantages to be derived from an exhibi tion at Omaha of the various products t which go to make up the resources of , Oregon, as a meana of attracting the agriculturist, the stock and fruit -grower, the miner, ' the manufacturer and the capitalist seeking investments' or a new field in which to follow their avocation or invest their accumulated wealth. ';""' --'-.'. - ;- .- Therefore we give briefly the ' plan . which the commission have adopted to ' accomplish thia end, which ia as fol lows: - ',. . . : In the absence of a state appropria tion for the purpose of making an Ore gon exhibit at Omaha, the commission must rely upon the voluntary contribu tion of its publio spirited people. The commission has made a careful esti mate of the cost of an exhibit, and find ' that it can be carried successfully with : -the sum of $20,000. . It ia a foregone conclusion, that the legislature of 1899, with the business sentiment of the state at its back, will -redeem these certificates vX their face value. .. : -. , . ' On this basis the commission will , at an early date solicit subscriptions throughout the state. Ceitifioates signed by its officers will be given for the amount subscribed, the -total issue of such certificates and the -expenditures thereunder not to exceed the authorized amount of $20,000. . r When the legislature makes an ap propriation to reimburse the subscrib- -ers, - these certificates, properly . en dorsed, will be full evidence of such" subscription and will be paid upon presentation from the funds at the dis- .. posal of the commission. . . The oommiasion will publish on the first of each month the names of sub- scribers and the amount of their sub- ' soription, and on the 81st of December, i 1898, statement in detail of receipts ' and disbursements. ' V ": ''V- ; Mr. H. E. Dosch, our superintend ent, is now in Omaha making' his se lection from the choice space that has ; been reserved for the Oregon exhibit. . The commission present this appeal for moral and financial support to the loyal people of the state. -W. 8. MASON, J. E. HASELTINE, H. E. DOSCH, PHILLIP METCHAN, . E. J. FRASIER, - J. F. BATCHELDER, ' ' , . Executive Committee. , , To Be Boycotted. - v Grocers who operate bars where in toxicating liquors are sold are to be boycotted by the Catholic total absti nence soieties of Chicago. A resolu tion calling upon all friends of temper ance to refuse to patronize groceries of this kind was passed unanimously by the county board of the federated or ganizations of total abstainers. . Sternal Fires. . Near the Caspian sea there are sev eral "eternal fires," so called by the natives, where natural gas isues from the ground, and has been on fire for ages. ; s CT: . .:. . , i '!