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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-21
CUBA HAS AN INNING.
Presidents Message Brings on SHARP
Debate in the Senate.

Washington, May 19.-Cuba en-
crossed the attention of the senate to-
day. The public interest in the sub
ject was shown by the great crowds
which beseiged the galleries throughout
the day.
Two phases of the subject were pre-
sented. First came the question of the
relief of destitute and starving Amer
leans in Cuba, and at 2 O'Clock Nor
gan's resolution caused spirited debate.
The first question was presented in the
presidents message. Immediately fol-
lowing its reading, Davis, chairman OF
the committee on foreign relations, pre-
sented a favorable report on joint res
olution originally introduced by Gal
linger, appropriating $50, 900 for relief
Of American citizens in Cuba. The
resolution is as follows:
Resolved, By the senate and house
of representatives of the United States,
in congress embled, that the sum of
$50, 900 be and the same is hereby ap-
propriated out of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated for
the relief of destitute citizens of the
said money to be expended at the dis
cretion and under the direction Of the
president of the United States in the
purchase and furnishing of food, cloth
ing and medicines to such citizens and
for transporting to the United States of
such of them as deisre and who are
without means to transport them
selves"
Davis asked for immediate consider
alton of the resolution, and there was
no objection. The only speech made
was that of Gallinger, who spoke
briefly. He said he had been impressed
at the great mass meeting attended by
5000 persons yesterday with the state
ment made there by correspondent
who had travelled through stricken dis
tricts of Cuba. This gentleman had
stated that there was an abundance of
food in Cuba, and that it was needless
to give relief in that direction. The
real trouble, he said, was that the Gu
bans were herded in the towns and pre-
vented from going out to get the food.
The most effective relief, Gallinger
said, would be demand by the presi-
dent and the government that the Cu-
bans be released from their bondage in
the towns and permitted to go-where
they could secure food. The senator
was ready to assume his share of re-
sponsibility for such step. Still, if
the resolution just reported gave some
measure of relief, he would heartily
support it without urging the other
plan of relief he had suggested.
The resolution was then put on its
passage, and, without division, it
passed unanimously, there being no re-
sponse to the cali for the noes. 1t had
taken exactly eighteen minutes for the
reading of the message, the presenta-
tion of the committee report and the
brief speech and final passage of the
resolution.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-21

London, May 19.-According to a
dispatch from Athens to the News, the
Greek retreat in Epirus became SO dis
orderly that it caused a panic in Arta,
where the prisons have been broken
open and many prisoners have escaped.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-21

The senate committee on foreign re-
lations today had the Cuban question
under consideration on the basis of the
subcommittee appointed yesterday to
confer with the president and Secre-
tary Sherman. The report was pre-
pared by Davis and Foraker, Republi-
can members. Morgan, the Democratic
member, declining to participate in it..
The report consisted of a concise
statement of the contents of official re-
ports from the American consuls in
Cuba, bringing information up to with
in week. This report confirms the
newspaper reports as to the situation
on the island, and even goes farther in
depicting the deplorable situation than
do most of the newspaper stories. Es-
pecial stress is laid upon the condition
Of American citizens. 1t is positively
stated that hundreds are in a starving
condition and wretchedly clothed.
Deaths are daily reported. Americans
are scattered in all parts of the island,
and are shown no consideration what
ever because of their American citizen
ship
The Americans are generally persons
who reside on the plantations, but who
have been driven from their homes te
the towns, and, being among strangers
and without employment, are compell
ed to subsist on almost nothing. They
are not allowed to return to their plan
tations, even to pick berries or secure
the least article of subsistence. They
are theoretically under the care of the
Spanish army, but the army is withou
commissariat. They have no meani
of leaving the island. Their condition
is pronounced wholly deplorable.
The committee was especially inn
pressed with this recital, and the opin
ion was generally expressed that th'
situation should be remedied, if posi-
ble 1t was considered as placing ever
q worse aspect upon the question of ou:
relations with Cuba than the imprison
ment of Americans, Of which there ar.
now comparatively few instances.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-21

Chino, CAL, May 19.-As result of
drunken brawl this afternoon at
winery here, Dario Romero was fatally
stabbed by Joaquin Alvarado, in the
abdomen. Alvarado was arrested while
attempting to escape.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-21
Drowned while Fishing.

Banta, Cal, May 19.-J. II. F. Lii.
lienthal and H. DeHahn were accident
ally drowned at Paradise Cut dam yes
terday. The men were fishing for shad
in boat, but drifted too close to the
falls and the boat capsized. The bodies
have not yet been recovered.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-21

The poles of Jupiter are aattened al
most exactly like those of the earth.
The phenomenon can be plainly seen
with the telescope
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-21
TO REGULATE vulsEcTloh.
A Bill Reported in the Senate by
Gallinger.

Bill Reported In the Senate by
Gallinger.
Washington, May 17.-Senator Gal
linger reported in the senate today the
bill for the regulation Of vivisection in
the District of Columbia, unanimously
adopted by the senate committee of the
District of Columbia, providing, first,
for the use Of anaesthetics in all pain
full experiments on living invertebrate
animals, the so-called incubation ex-
periments, tests of drugs and medi
cines, and cases Of recovery from sur
gical procedure being expressedly ex-
empted from this requirement.; second,
for the licensing of all experimenters
by the district commissioners, except
those who are duly authorized officers
of the government; third, for the pro-
hibition of vivisection in the public
schools, and in exhibition for the gen.
eral public; fourth, for the inspection
of all places of experiment by inspect
ors to be appointed by the president of
the United States.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-21
New Florida Senator.

Tallahassee, Fla, May 17.-stephen
R. Mallory was elected United States
senator today on the 25th ballot.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-21

Oakland, May 17.-Samuel w. EN-
mons, Southern Pacific fagman, sac
rifced his life today while warning a
group of persons at the pier of an ap-
preaching train. The accident occur
red at the wagon-crossing on the mole,
just beyond the eastern approach to the
big depot. A party of four men
walked along the roadway, not noticing
the approach of train. In his anxiety
to save them from accident, Emmons
did not observe local train that was
backing down, and stepped aside to
avoid another train right in front of
the local. The brakeman on the rear
car yelled, but the car struck the white
haired fagman with terrific force,
fracturing his skull. He fell in such a
way that the wheels only caught his
right foot, otherwise he would have
been mangled horribly.
Emmons, who is 68 years old, was
conveyed to the receiving hospital, but
never recovered consciousness.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-21
TWO Thousand KuIed,

Constantinople, May 19.-The gov
enror of Janina telegraphs that divi-
sion of Turkish troops under Osman
Pasha, after having fought two days be-
fore Arta against superior forces, sue
ceeded in infiicting great losses and
dislodging the Greeks from their strong
position.
Constantinople, May 19.-Osman
Pasha telegraphs from Louros. Epirus,
that after desperate battle near Arta.
Saturday, the Greeks retired to Arta
with loss of 2,O0O men killed. The
Turks had $50 killed and wounded.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-21

Mexico, May 19.-The north-bound
passenger train on the Mexican Central,
which left here Sunday morning, was
wrecked at $50 O'Clock this evening
between Leon and Francisco, owing to
the breaking of wheel. The engine,
tender, baggage-car and third-class
coach were capsized. The San An
tsnio sleeper was thrown down the bank
and turned over, while the special
sleeper Newport was thrown on its side.
Paesengrs were badly shaken mp, and
there was some scalp wounds inflicted.
Some of the passengers returned here
for treatment.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-21
Brazil SIGNS Extradition Treaty.

New York, May 19.-The Herald's s
correspondent in Rio de Janeiro tele-
graphs that the extradition treaty with
the United States has been signed.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-21

It il estimated that 2, 900, 600 tons of
pure silver are held in solution by ell
the waters Of the earth.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-21
Market Quotations.

EOTClauu, w., May 10, 1891.
Flour-Portland, Salem, Cascadia
and Dayton, 81. 90; Benton county and
White Lily, $4.00; graham, s.. 40; su-
perfne, $2.75 per barrel.
Wheat-Walla Walla, 75@76c; Val
ley, nc per bushel.
Oats-Choice white, 38@4Oc per
bushel; choice gray, 37@39c.
Hay-Timothy, $13.00@14.00 per
ton; clover, $11. 80 OLA. 30; wheat and
oat, $12. 2.O0@13. so per ton.
Barley-Feed barley, $16. so per ton;
brewing, $1s@19. -
Millstuffs = Bran, $14.50; shorts,
$16.5O; middlings, $26.
Butter-Creamery, soc; dairy, 20@
221ac; store, 17H @80c per roll.
Potatoes-Oregon Burbanks, 45 q SOC;
Garnet Chilies, 55@65c; Early Rose,
35@40cF per sack; sweets, $2.75 per
GENITAL for Merced; new potatoes, 1 20
per pound.
Poultry-Chickens. mixed, $2.50@
800; geese, $4.00@7.00; turkeys, live,
121Sc; ducks, $4.0O@6 90 per dozen.
Eggs-Oregon, 10@111c per dozen.
Cheese-Oregon, 11hc; Young
America, 12Hc per pound.
Wool-Valley, 12 1ac per pound; East
.ern Oregon, $3.50.
Hops-7c per pound.
Beef - Gross, top steers, So. so;
cows, $2.5O@3.O0; dressed beef, 90
61ac per pound.
Mutton-Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, $3.00@3.50; dressed mutt
ton, 5@5Hc per pound.
Hogs-Gross, choice, heavy, 81. O0@
4.5O; light and feeders, $2.50@s.00;
dressed $5.00@5.5 SO per cwt.
Veal-Large, 81 @4c; small, q
per pound.
Seattle, Wash, May 1S, 1897.
Wheat-Chicken feed, $2S per ton.
Oats-Choice, $23@24 per ton.
Flour -(Jobbing)-Patent excellent,
$3.50; Novelty A, $3.50 California
brands, 81. 90; Dakota, $5.65; patent,
IS. 40.
Barley-Rolled or ground, $40 per
ton.
Corn-Whole, $40 per ton; cracked,
$21; feed meal, $21.
Millstuffs-Bran, $500 per ton;
shorts, $1S.
Feed-Chopped feed, $500 per ton;
middlings, $22; oilcake meal, $50.
Hay-Puget sound, per ton, $1,000;
Eastern Washington, $18.
Poultry-Chickens, live, per pound,
hens, 12c; ducks, $6@6.5O.
Butter - Fancy native creamery,
brick, TIC; ranch, 1905; California,
l5@16H.
Cheese-Native Washington, 12c.
Observation-Disclosures, per ton, $500
Ola; parsnips, per sack, 75c; beets,
per sack, $1.25; turnips, per sack, ,$1.25;
rutabagas, per sack, SOC; carrots, per
sack, 75c; cabbage, per 100 lbs,
So. 90; onions, per 100 lbs, $2.00.
Sweet potatoes-Per 100 lbs, $3. so.
Eggs-Fresh ranch, 13@ 14c.
Fresh Meats-Choice dressed beef,
steers, &c; cows, 6hc; mutton, sheep,
81sc per pound; lamb, 5c; pork, 6 1ac per
pound; veal, small, Sc.
Fresh Fish - Halibut, 4@5c;
salmon, $3.50; salmon trout, 7@10c;
founders and soles, S@4c.
Provisions-Hams, large, IL Il; hams,
small, 1124c; breakfast bacon, loo; dry
salt sides, 7e per pound.
Fruits-Lemons, California, fancy,
$2.5O@3; choice, 81; Gal fornia fancy
navals, $s. 50@4.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-24
STATE PRESS.

A prominent merchant informs US that
a careful estimate places the amount of
cash Gin money and express orders n
checks) that leave the town every day
to pay for retail purchases made of mer-
chants in the larger cities, at $3.50. That
is nearly 100000 a year. Now, think how
much the Spendin of this amount here
in Fayetteville would add to the bust
ness of our merchants. This leakage
has been going o. for years, under the
impression of those who contribute to it
that goods were cheaper elsewhere
Fayetteville Observer.
We are told that there are several hum
dred bales of cotton on the Roanoke
farms not picked for want of labor, much
Of which must necessarily be injured if
not wasted altogether. And while we do
not agree with the director concerning
the use of cOnvictS on railroads., yet he
certainly is right in his protest against
hiring them out to work on private
farms, and working on strictly private
properties. as has been done, and is now
being done, we believe. The construction
of railroads in the state is Of such a
general public character as to justify
the use of convicts thereon, but the rails
ing of truck and Strawberries for mar
ket is as uncalled for as opening a pub
lie laundry at the penitentiary.-Raleigh
Post.
II do not wish to wrong Senate But
Ter. 1 published what he said because /
thought It right to do so and not as part
of a plot, as Mr.. Butler charges. / did
not consult with any one before publish
ing it, nor have l done SO since except
as TAR as 10 get testimony to subStanti-
ate my statement. If 1 have maligned
Mr.. Butler there is a course open to him
by which he can obtain vindication, and
l receive the punishment the crime de-
serves. If l have libeled him. by all
means let him file his complaint with the
proper authorities and have me punished
for the same. To be sure such a course
on the part of the senator might prove
a boomerang and he might come out of
it with the seal Of SANDER and liar
tampe upon his brow. / am willing to
take the risk on my part-are you will
ling to take it on yourSSenator Marion
Butler?"-Editor Campbell in The Argo-
maui.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-24
PUBLIC OPINION

A beet sugar factory was finished at
Rome, n. Y, some time ago at a cost Of
1888, 900. 1t has received 1900 tons OF
beets this season. and the output will be
II, OO barrels of graduated sugar. Eight
hundred farmers in the surrounding
country are raising the beets. South
three times over with the cane sugar in
dustry, il addition to what is already
done. with the right kind of get up and
Post.
If the extraordinary revelation from
Wall street, printed in the last issue of
The Criterion. be a true bill and capable
Of proof. the president of the United
States should be i~mpeached. AS it stands,
only half of the event prophesied has
happened, and it remains to be seen
whether the other half, making the per-
feet whole of wickedness, will occur in
the ripeness Of time. But if it can be
proved that a Wall street magnate, in
terested in the ~prolongation of the war
in Cuba SO that a syndicate may buy the
island for a song, when Spain is weary
and Vuba is ruined, actually was clos
eted several times with the president
prior to the writing Of the message, then
William Mckinley should be impeached
of high treason to the American people,,
to civilization and common humanity.
But can it be proved? Is the charge
true? We hope not. Still, it seems rath-
er strange and ugly that Mckinley's
message should give the lie so fatty in
its Cuban section to the pledge of the
platform to which he gave allegiance and
on which he was elected.-New York Cri-
teriOn.
The failure of retail trade to grow as
anticipated, or at least ~prophesied by our
prosperity boomers, has set such BOOM
erS to manufacturing explanations. The
fact that the ultimate consumption of
goods is not increasing is of most seri-
Gus import, for until such consumption
does increase retail stocks will not be
worked down, they cannot be turned over
more rapidly, and the demand for man
ufactured goods cannOt expand and re-
main expanded SO as to keep open all
the mills hat have kept abreast of the
times and give employment to all fac
tory employees. And so the time when
Increased consumption of goods will show
itself by increased sales Of goods at re-
tail, when a healthy increased demand
for goods will make itself felt and cause
prices to advance is a~nXiously waited
for, anxiously waited for by the Is, 900
operatives of Fall River. whose wages
have just been cut by 10 per cent. be-
cause of lack Of demand and falling
prices for cotton goods. Our prosperity
boomers, declaring this time will soon
come, have to find temporary causes in
order to explain why it has not already
come. And explanations from time to
time have been many, but quite unsatis-
factory.-Philadelphia American.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-24

princewho had inherited affmdtiess for
tune. and there were others who in
sisted that the man was either capable
OF converting the baser metals into
gold or else he had been a great pirate
or an old world bank robber. Toward
the end people did not care to be in
innate with h strange a though
hundreds were indebted to his liberal
ity for their fortunes. Carieen realized
the situation, and one fine day walked
out OF the great palace OF St. Cloud.
and urned his back upon the country
withsso little ceremony hat those who
knew him best were most astonished-
He stopped in San Antonio long
enough to make a firm OF lawyers
familiar with his affairs. He was next
heard from In London in company
with a woman OF great beauty. and
shortly afterward a few lines floating
about in the newspapers told the story
of the suicide in the great English
metropolis Of a rich Texan who had
left a million on deposit in the Bank OF
England. It was Carleen-John Car
leen-and he died as he had lived-a
mystery. And 50 ended the greatest Of
all Texas mysteries. He came a mys-
terry, lived 10 years in a cloud OF mys-
terry and disappeared in rnystery-San
Saba cTex.) Correspondent Globe
Democrat.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-24

Corn-Spot easy: Nc. 2 ~ {. o. b.
af1oat. OpIions steady with wheat n
ruled dull. selling OF late under liQulda-
ton and closing unchanged. May closed
at 341xc: December closed at CSC.
Oats-Spot quiet: No. 2 21&Mzskc. OPP
tons inactive and barely steady all day.
closing unchanged. February closed at
21Sc: May Z1Ac: December TIC.
Lard-Steady: continent S-6.
Pcrk-Steady. 4
Eygs-Steady. western fresh 2p123c.
Petroleum-Dull.
Cotton Seed Oii-Easier: prime crude
1SulSt4e: prime summer yellow 21trc: OK
summer yaliow &c: butter oil eau rec:
prime winter yellow &c.
Conee@Opened barely steady af s 20 10
points decline and ruled inactive and fea-
tureless, with a weak undertone follow
ing unfavorable European cables and
record breaking American visible sup
ply: closed quiet. with prices s to 10
points net decline.
Sugar-Raw strong: fair refining : e-lec:
centrifugal IS test 4 Lice: refined Arm.
NAVAL STORES.
New york-Rosin steady. Turpcntino
firm at 1aSnc.
Charleston-T1rpcntinc firm at Doc htd.
Sixc asked: sales none. Resin firm and
unchanged. sales none.
Savannah-Spirits OF turpcutinc opened
firm at Spac. with sales OF l.o6: closed
firm at &c with further sales OF 80 casks:
receipts 51k. Ros!n Arm: sales 2Sp
receipts s.te. guotc:'A II q u S.sn: r. r.
SIS: - SIS: III SIS: I $50. X SIS, ~
so; w q SIS: W W S.&.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-24

San Francisco, December 22.-News
has reached this city Of the shooting In
Guatemala OF a number OF political
prisoners, including two men who are
known all over the Central American
republic. The execution occurred last
month at Huehuetenango. The prin-
cipal victim was Captain Hurculano
Ruiz, brother-in-law Of General Daniel
Fuentes. now in this city. Another
victim was the Honduran colonel,
Francisco Zellaya- He was accused OF
aiding the revolution party and was
executed by order of Barrios. the COM
mand being carried out by General
Luis Molina Three other prominent
Guatemalans suffered death in the
same manner.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-24
Sparks

The fight between Walcott and Ira
-cey has been finally set for Monday
might. Both men have completed their
training and are in excellent condition.
Sir Charles Upper, former prime
minister of Canada, was a passenger
vpn the White Star Line steamer Ma
'jestic, which arrived at, New York
Wednesday.
An explosion OF fire-damp o place
Wednesday at the Kaiser StuhlZwei
pft in Prussia, with terrible results.
Eight bodies ave been brought to the
surface and seven men, living, but Sc
verely injured. There are five still
missing.
A handsome granite monument,
erected in Arlington national cemetery
AIT the grave of Major General William
w. Belknap, who was secretary OF
war during the administration Of Pres
'ident Grant, has been turned over to
the government.
Walter c, Sanger broke his own
worlds record for half a mile unpaced,
riding the distance in one minute fiat.
Actor E. J. Radcliffe, accused Of beat
ing his wife, was convicted Of assault
in the third degree. The Jury came in
at / o'clock this morning.