The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-03-08
ment Of the jurisdiction of the United
States in BehriGg sea.

ment oil the Jurlsdlctlon OF the Cnlteo
States in BehriGg sea.
In regard to the former question it is
understood the negotiations have pro-
ceeded so far towards settlement on a
e basis satisfactory to both governments
e that operation of the modus uiUendi al
n lowing American fishermen license to
= purchase bait has been extended lndef-
o nitely, without any documentary for
!. malities.
! THE PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE.
i, WASHINGTON, March 2.-The delegates
to the International Amerlcan conference
: are beginning to talk about the final adj
iournment, which will probably take
i; place in April. Most of all the COM
mltees have made reports, and several of
them have been adopted. Others are
nearly repdy TO report to the conference.
The committee on arbitration has agreed
TO recommend the adoption of thst
method for settling international differ
ences, but has not yet arrived at an agree
ment on details. The committee on the
monetary convention will make two re-
ports, one OF which will recommend the
coinage of common silver dollars to be
legal tender in commercial transactions
between citizens of the several nations.
The other report, prepared and presented
by Coolidge, OF the United States delg
cation, will recommend the issue of Ger
tifcates by the United States upon any
b ullion that may be deposited in the
United States treasury by tie authorizes
of the Central and South American states.
Vice. President Morton and party ar
rived to-day, and will remain until to-
morrow.
DENUNCIATIoN OF THE CLAN Ma GAEL.
PHILADELPHIA, March. 2-The distrl.
button of q four page paper entitled
"Clan-Na- Gaer' in front OF the Roman
Catholic churches of this city to day
aroused the indignation of some OF the
Catholic clergy. Rey. Fitzmaurice, Of
st. Michae!s church drove the disturbers
from in front of his church. At mass he
made speech in which he denounced
the Clan-na- Gael in strong language. He
said the organization had brought more
disgrace on the Irish people and done
more harm to the Irish cause than this or
the next generation will be able to repair.
Every ran IN the congregation" he |
said, "should consider it an insult as an !
| Irish Catholic to have such trash circu-
lated in front of the church. The Clan
na-Gael has used the Catholic church as
cloak to hide their doings. l ask you
70 throw those papers IN the gutter and
not let one of them enter your home"
PRIESTS MYSTERIOUS DEATH.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, March IA man
supposed tu be the Rev. Father Z. Far
ron, of Baltimore, died IN hospital here
this afternoon under circumstances which
make his physicians believe he had been
severely beaten 10y unknown parties. He
registered at the St. Charles hotel Febru-
ary 30 as P. Herbert. He went away
Yesterday and was not seen again until
this morning, when he was brought back
in what the hotel people thought was a
patrol wagon. He was found very ill
and taken to the hospital, where he soon
died. Before his death one of the doctors
asked if he had any relations to cUmmuni
cate with, and he replied IL have no
Que; if / must die, cannot help it."
His body was badly bruised. Papers
found show him to have been connected
with the Jesuit institute at Frederick,
Md, aud also Catholic church at Balti-
more. He evidently had been wanderer
for some time past. The Catholic authori-
ties in Baltimore have been icommuni-
Gated with.
PERILS OF THE SEA.
NEW York, March 2.-Nearly every
vessel which has come to this port for the
past four mouths has brought tales of ter
rib.e weather at sea, but it is doubtful if
any has reported such harcships as those
endured by Captain Smith and seven
sailors, who came to port few days ago,
81,
the ill-tated British bark Meteor at the
bottom of the ocean. They were twenty
three days in gale Of wind, hove 10 un- !
der heavy canvas. Then Que OF the {
officers and numter of ships crew w,re l
swept overheard by high waves and |
drowned. They were nine days sur t
rounded by icebergs and field of ice s
over fifty miles long. The rudder was i
carried away and the bows and sides {
crushed In. Then they were rescued by /
friendly steamer, just as their own ves- 1
sci was about to sink from under their
very feet. This is the story they tell of I
tneIr suffcripgs. Their experience in the i
Ice was particularly thrilling. Once, f
after she managed to clear the field, I
sailing vessel was discovered couple of q
miles distant. Signals of distress were :
made, but the stranger sailed off, leaving I
the men to their fate. The vessel was
leaking badly, and they had to work Al
the pumps constantly. Fortunately for
them, a few hours later the British steam
er Marengo hove in sight and took them : :
off.
BEN BUTLER's EYE. :
BesTON, March 2-The operation on S
General Ben Buffers famous leiii, Iuen- '
toned in these dispatches couple OF j
weeks ago, has proved entirely successful, i
and the sight of his left eye has been COM I
pletely restored. The Generals right I
eye, too, has been developing of late G
years dropping lid on a miniature scale. 8
1t is now velled more than the left eye, $
and will probably be made the object of t
another operation in the near future.
IMPROVED PASSENGER SERVICE. |
CHICAGO, Marcf. 2.-The Northwestern
and Union Pacific lines to-day inaugu
rated an improved passenger service. A !
solid vestibuie train will hereafter leave
Chicago daily at II P. NJ, and run
through to the Pacific coast, delivering
passengers without charge at Denver in
thirty three and halt hours, Portland in
eighty two hours and San Francisco IN
elghty-hve hours. {
THE FUR SEAL LEASE.
WASHINGTON, March 2.-The Atlantic :
and Pacific Trading Company has flied :
protest against the fur seal lease being :
awarded TO the North American Com !,
merciGl CumpanE. The protest alleges :
that the bid of the TeRis-AIills syndicate :
is illegal, inasmuch as it was accompan-
led By two other bids, both of which !,
were higher than tile one accepted. 7
Other legal points are made. The pro-
test is signed by Attorney General Mich :.
onor, of Indiana, and w. W. Dudley as :
attorneys for the corporation.
FIRE IN SPOKANE FALLS. (
SPOKANE FALLS, March Sat 10 e
o clock to night fire broke out in row a
of frame buildings at the north approach C
of Monroe street bridge, which caused t
loss of about $50,000, The flames were +:
first discovered in the Rerieo job printing ?
office and spread in both directions. No v
wind was blowing at the time, which was n
very fortunate, as the whole block OF il
large frame buildings would have surely h
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