TO REBUILD SPRAGUE
Temporary Structures Are AU
ready Under Way.
AID FROM THK HOUND CITIES
f
The Mei-vhunta of the Klre-Htrlckcn
Town Are Liming No Opportunity
tu Resume lluiilnesa.
Spruguo, August 7. Toduy hits boon
the busiest iu tho hititory of Bpruguo
r many yours; touts, temporary build
ings und shucks of all descriptions lire
going up u every huud. A Hpirit of
hopefulness is mimifostod by every
busiuuss limn in tho city. There is uo
suffering, us supplies reuuh the city oil
every tniin. All uro hustling under
cover, und tomorrow most of the
buiued out firms will roopeu,
Tho Northern! Pueiliu station is near
ly erected, uud u gang of meu is work
ing tonight to IIiiihIi it. Btutiou Agent
Mocks will move iu tomorrow. Mas
tur Mouhuuio Wuruor, of Tueoiuu, in
hero assisting Master Moehuuio Moir
iu cleaning the debris uwuy and mak
ing order out of ohuos. F. W. Gilbert
ruturnod to Spokane this evening, after
laboring without sleep for two days,
iho wreeked engines are being tukeu
to the Tauoiuti mauhiuo shops. The
telephone oflloe will opou tomorrow
over the First National baulc. The
total amount of insurauuo is $72,000.
The adjusters uro arriving, aud the
losses will bo paid us soon us possible.
No uuswer bus yet boon received to a
tolngruiu seut to Keudriuk by business
meu asking if tho shops will bo rebuilt
hero. Tho ooal is still burning, aud
presents a magnificent sight at uight.
The traoks have been repaired through
tho eity, uud wires stretehod both east
and west. Tho relief station is iu
charge of J. T. Jordan aud 0. M. Tut
tie, und the needy are receiving prompt
attention.
THE ARGUS,
A VIGOROUS PROTEST
Japan Not Willing to Accede
to the Powers' Demand.
VOL. 2.
IIILLSBORQ, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1895.
WILL ENDEAVOR TO HOLD ON
NO. '20.
ATTEMPTED VIOLENCE. knFf MIK n,Vr flnrl THE CLOTHING-MAKERS. lDmrr Tm)T7r0Tl CONDmoN OP
iiiu i!LiunvLj nuii wu l rarri, iiirt i n iv h i -
V ilUU 111 II IA1 I i
Bodily
The Flrat Effort to Uo Durraut
Harm Made Today. '
Ban Frunoiaco, August 7. The first
attempt to do violouoe to Theodore
Durraut, on triul for the murder of
Hluucho Lamont, since his iuoarcora
tiou was made today as tho defendant
was leaving the oourtroom. The pris
oner was in the oustody of tho chief
jailer, when a wild-looking young man
rusneu ironi tne crowd towards Dur
rant, with the evident intention of as
saulting him. The jailer threw him
off before ho could reach Durrant, and
the ussailaut then tried to draw his
pistol. He was seized by two deputy
snerins ueiore no oould aim his weapon,
it is ueiievea tnut tne assailant was in
sane. A seventh juror to try Durraut
was secured in the morning session of
the oourt in the person of H. J. Smyth
a retirod farmer.
A serious complication of some kind
has arisen in tho Durraut case. The
exact nature of the trouble is not
known, but it is believed that the law
yers of both sides are dissutisflod with
Northern I'ik HUi Luna Kxaggernted.
tit. Paul, August 7. A roporter
who went to tho ollloe of the Northern
Paoillo receivers tonight, seeking in
formation in regard to tho great fire at
bprague, Wasln, found Receiver Oakes
hard ut work with a large stuff of
olerks deep in examination of pay-rolls
uud vouchors. In the absence of Gen
oral Manager Koudrick Mr. Oakes had
taken upon himself the duties of that
ollleo, aud is working day and night ou
tne. measures of economy introduced in
meutiug the competition of the Great
Northern Company.
lho amouut of tho loss by the fire
has been exaggerated, so far as the
property of tho road is affected. Mr,
Cukes Btatod that it was a blessing in
dUgiiiso, for the proporty destroyed
wus well insured, aud eight of tho eu
ginos burned wero of an old and use
less typo, uud have been for sale for
several years. The shops, if rebuilt,
Will bo of modem construction, ufford
ing butter results than heretofore pos
siulo with the old plant
Tucoiuu 1 1 in Hunt Provisions.
luoomn, August 7. A meeting
called by Mayor Orr, was held at the
chamber of commerce this morning to
'lake action for tho relief of tho Buffer'
ers by the Spruguo fire. , A relief com
mittee was appointed uud canvassed
.part of tli9 business district this after
TfffcuiiiHiiig $260 in cash and a qutiU'
i&jfr provisions, a tnousuufl pounds
iuaheut und fish wore forwurded by ex-
press this afternoon, and a carloud of
i provisions will be sent tomorrow, the
Northern Paoiflo forwarding them free,
Aid From Spokane.
Spokano, August 7.-rAt a reliof
meeting held here today $233 was sub
scribed for tho Sprague fire sufferers.
The mayor aud a number of oounoil-
nion wero present. It was agreed to
appropriate $500 more at tomorrow's
oouueil meeting. Then, if more is
needed, it will be raised by subscrip'
tion. In reply to a telegram asking
what was wanted, Aoting Mayor Don
oer, of Sprague, telegraphed:
"Can't tell what is wantod till we
see what we got tonight. Thanks."
Sunt to the Ellunabtirg Shop.
Elleusburg, Wash., August 7. The
railroad shops here began running on
increasod timo this morning, as a re
sult of the Sprague Are. liepairs are
alroady coming to these shops from the
Kant, and a number of Sprague me
chanics will soon be hero to assist in
the work.
ltellef From Taooma.
Tacoma, August 7. At the oitizeus'
meotiug today, presided over by Mayor
Orr, it was docided to send relief at
once to Sprague sufferers. A carload
of provisions was dispatched tonight
Money, clothing and building material
was also donated.
State Aid Tendered.
Olympia, Wash., August 7. G6v
ernor McGraw tendered to the dis
tressed people of Sprague the use of the
state tents and camping utensils, but
today received a dispatch stating that
they were not needed.
one of the jurors accepted and wish to
nave him excused. Within the last
day or two information is said to have
boon obtained with regard to one of
tho jurors which would have prevented
him from sorviug if it had been known
beforo he was aoooptod. The attorneys
for both sides held a cnsultation over
the matter tonight, but at its clone ro,
fused to discuss the subject
judge Murphy expects to got through
wirn ine juurraut trial in less than a
mouth. The oourt aunouoed that the
author aud actors in the play "The
Crime of a Century," would not be
punished for oontempt of oourt in pro.
ducing it, as he considered the man
Bgor or tne theater alone to blame in
produoing the play despite judioial in-
teriorouoe.
is
Coughlin and George.
Salt Lako, August 7. Conghlin and
George, the slayers of Sheriffs Stagg
ana uawes near JScho Monday last,
have been oaptured and are safely
lauded behind the bars in the oouuty
jail. The young desperadoes had suc
cessfully eluded the officials of three
counties for nearly a week being en
gaged in the meantime in two en
counters at short range. When the
sheriffs' posses and the Salt Lake citv
police were scouring the country east
of this city, the two men made their
way through the linos, stole two horses
in the suburbs Saturday night, and
reached Tooele county on their way
west Sheriff MoKellur, of Tooele
county, was notified of their move-1
ments, and surrounded them this
morning in Willow canyon. The men
were taken by surprise, and surrend
eroa without firing a shot Thev said
it was the first opportunity they had to
surrender without being shot down
like dogs. They arrived here at
o clock this afternoon. The jail
besieged by orowds anxious to see the
prisoners.
Situation In Armenia.
London, August 7. The Daily News
has advioes dated Armenia, Julv
which says: The oondition of the Ar
menians is worse than ever. They re
gard iahakir Pasha as their worst en
emy and his appointment as a oon
temptuous defiance of Europe's de
maud. Deliberate persecution, slauirh
ier ua puiage or tne Armenians are
pursued today with the same ruthless
vigor and fiondish ingenuity as in
former years. Every day news ar.
rives of fresh murders, wholesale im
prisonmeuts and pillages. The au.
thoritios in the great towns from time
to time march heavily-manacled earns
of limping and wounded Armenian
prisoners through the streets. If the
sultan is oourting revolntion he will
surely have his way, Unless the perse
oution is stopped the country will soon
be iu such a blaze that nothing short
of Russian occupation will extinguish
it.
Illinois Colored Miners
to Flight.
Put
GIVEN A TASTE OF MOB VIOLENCE
Their Discharge Having Been Denied,
the White Mluera Took the Matter
Into Their Own Hand.
Spring Valley. 111.. August 6. "The
iiocation, a patch of some hundred
odd company houses near No. 3 shaft,
inhabited almost exclusively by ne
groes, was this morning visited by
a vuugeiui moo oi ouu white miners
rrom this city, and given a taste of
mob violence.
Last night, near midnight, five ool
ored men hold up a white man, Barney
noie, between this oity aud "The Lo-
oation," and after robbing him of near
ly 100, tired three shots into him and
lelt him for dead. Role is the third
man shot at "The Location" in the
past few weeks.
When the white miners of this oitv
heard of the outrage they assembled on
tho public square, and decided to march
in a body to General Manager Dalziel's
nouso and demand of him the dis.
onarge of every colored man in "The
Location." A brass band was se.
cured, and the mob repaired to the
general manager's house. He refused
to grant what the white miners want
ed. They then told him that as he was
not disposed to run them out of town
thoy would take the matter no them-
selves, and with that they marched to
ward No. 8. By the time the mob ar
rived at "The Looation" most of the
negroes, having been notified of the
wrath of the whites, had fled to the
woods. About a dozen were caught
and treated to most violent kicks.
Stones were hurled at them and shots
fired. Two were shot, but not seriously
hurt The boarding-house for colored
men at No. 3 was then attacked. All
the inmates fled for their lives. The
mob ransacked the houses, breaking
furniture and committing other dem-e.
dations. By noon today everv nearn
had fled. All the afternoon a gang of
men witn pistols and shotguns scoured
the woods hunting for negroes to shoot
Tung
Every Contractor Will Sign Agreement,
Klae the Strike Continue.
New York, August 8. The execu
tive oommittee of the Garment-Makers'
Union held a meeting today to discuss
the attitude of the contractors, as laid
down by becretary Wilkowsky at the
midnight conference. Should a single
contractor decline to sign the agree
ment, the Brotherhood of Tailors will
refuse to declare the strike off, but it
is believed that all the contractors will
submit to the terms of the brotherhood.
At today's meeting the executive
committee of the garment-makers de
cided to obtain reports from all the
shops and have them read at the meet-
lug in Cooper Institute tomorrow.
It is possible that the union will
decide to ignore the action of Sen.
tary Wilkowsky in making the surren
der, and will prolong its resistance to
the strikers.
Aoting Chief Conlins had a confer
ence today wich Secretary Wilkowskv.
of the contractors' association. The
acting chief said he had reason to be
lieve that at least 150 shops would
start up for business with nonunion
men, and that he was ready to furnish
police protection hioh would natur
ally be required in such an event. He
said, however, that Secretary Wilkow-
sKy had given him no assurance that
such would be the case. He said that
Mr. Wilkowsky told him that some
shops might open, but that they would
not be oompelled to call upon the po
lice for protection. In the meantime.
however, the off platoon of police has
Deen oraered to remain on dutv as thev
have for the past week.
Condensed Telegraphic Re
ports of Late Events.
BRIEF SPAEKS FE0M THE WIRES
THE NEW DYNAMOMETER.
of
Survlvora of the White.
Port Tawnsend, Wash., August 7.
Bin survivors of the lost sealing
T sohoouer White, which was lost last
i 1 11 -..1 ; j . .,
Bluing iu .aiaaitu, nrriveu uiuay. All
tho survivors are horribly mutilated,
: having lost either fingers, toes, arms or
feet They are bound to their homes
S in San Francisco.
Xo I nd Inns In Jackaon'a Hole,
Lander, Wyo., August 7. The sher
iff's posse whioh went to Jackson's
Hole returned tonight. They report
that no Indians were seen on the 400
mile trip, oxoept those on the reservation.
"'m Hearing of the Stanford Appeal.
' "7)au Francisco, August 7. United
- States Judges McKenna and Morrow
today fixed the date for the hearing of
the appeal in the Stanford case for
September 1 0. The government appeal
will be heard in the federal oourt of
appeals by Judge Gilbert, of Oregon,
and Judge Hawley aud Judge Mor
row, of this district. The anneal is on
jpthe demurrer of the Stanford estate to
the suit of the United States in its ac
tion for $15,000,000.
New Line to Coata Idea.
New York, August 7. A line of
steamers has been established with
weekly servioe between New York and
Port Limon, Costa Rioa. The first
steamer of the new line to arrive at
this port will be the new British
steamr City of Kingston, due on the
9th mat, with a oargo of bananas,
The City of Kingston will sail from
New York August 31, with a oargo of
American produce, and will be fol
lowed by the steamers Sama and George
Dumers, every Wednesday, for Port
Limon direct, and leaving Port Limon
every Saturday for New York, carry
ing mails. The steamers are fitted
with saloons on deck for first-class pas
sengers. It is expected that the trip
lrom port to port will be made within
eight days.
Co dee Company Organized.
San Francisoo, August 7. Articles
of incorporation were filed with the
county olerk today by the Oaxaoa Cof
fee Plantation Company, which is
formed of the following well-known
men: Ex-Governor Romuldo Pacheoo,
Carlos Halla, Major-General O. D.
Green, U. S. A,, Charles W. Kohlsaat,
Dr. P. J. Ferrall, Captain W. J. Rus
sell, ex-Mayor L. R. Ellert and Gov
ernor Eli H. Murray. The purposes
for whioh the corporation is formed are
the acquisition of lands, mines, rail
roads, eto. , in Mexico, besides doing a
mercantile and banking business there,
but primarily and principally, carry
ing on the cultivation of coffee on a
large scale in the oelebrated ooffe dis
trict$of Oaxaoa, whence oomes the fin
est brand of ooffee. The capital of the
oompany is (500,000.
Struck a ltleh Vein.
Rawlins, Wyo., August 7. A big
strike was made by the Pennsylavnia
Mining Company at Seminole Satur
day. In a new shaft they were sink
ing, an eighteen-inoh vein of free-milling
gold ore was struck that runs over
$500 per ton.
at,
Sheriff Clark arrived late this after
noon with a band of deputies. No
more trouble is anticipated, unless the
negroes attempt to come back. There
is a terrible prejudice here against
them for frequent and bold outrages
tney are charged with committing.
There is much feeling agaiiist Dalziel,
at whose instance, it is alleged, they
were imported. Everything is quiet
tonignc, nut trouble is expeoted if the
negroes go to work.
A later investigation shows that
there were more negroes seriously hurt
tnan at nrst reported. Two persons
were fatally injured and twelve others
severely wounded.
The rioters were all Italian miners.
There has been bad blood between them
and the negroes ever since the latter
were imported here, and it is asserted
that they have been waiting for a good
excuse to drive them out This was
furnished by the shooting of last night.
ON THE RESERVATIONS.
The Missing Indiana All Accounted For
aud Everything la Quiet.
Market Lake, Idaho, August 8.
When General Coppiuger heard of the
excitement among the settlers of S,wan
valley, he ordered company C, Eighth
infantry, to proceed there at onoe.
This was before the offloial investiga
tion disclosed the fact that the Indians
in that vicinity were all peacefully re
turning to their reservations. The
oompany will probably not remain
long at Swan valley.
A speoial telegram from the Ban
nook agency says that Indian Agent
ieter wired General Coppinger from
the reservation, where he arrived last
night, that all the Indians who had
been absent from the Fort Hall reser
vation have returned, and that all is
quiet Agent Teter also sent the fol
lowing telegram to Washington to the
commissioner of Indian affairs:
au inoians absent irom reserva
tions have returned. They have had
big oounoil, and have requested me to
telegraph you their hearts felt good
and they had not harmed a white
man."
Adjutant Stilzer and Colonel Foote.
of the Wyoming National Guard, and
the representatives of Governor Rich
ards, arrived here lust nght from Jaok
son's Hole. General Stilzer savs the
Indians are by no means blameless in
the affair, as olaimed by Agent Teter:
that they do not even respect the regu
lations of their treaty, formed twenty
five years ago, but trespass on private
property, and even drive antelope right
into the ranchers' doors and kill them.
Considerable stock, he says, has been
killed by their promiscuous shooting.
General stilzer denied the assertions
that the settlers will resist arrest. He
believes the state will stand by them
and will weloome any legal test of the
questions involved as to the rights of
settlers and Indians in the Jackson's
Hole oountry. He says the troops have
a month's rations with them, and will
probably stay so long at least. He
agrees, with all others who are ac
quainted with the Indians, that their
nature will not allow the killing of
their brother braves to go long una-
god after the soldiers withdraw
from Jackson's Hole. . '
n Important Invention by Offlcera
the Northern I'aolflc.
Taooma, August 6. An important
invention has been perfected by H. H.
Warner, master mechanio: General
Manager Kendrick and Chief Engineer
jBcnenry, oi the Northern Pacific. It
consists of an instrument for measur
ing the drawing force of engines and
an ingenious dynamometer. The
measuring is done by means of a dia
phragm working in a cylinder or ves-
sel containing oonflned fluid, as water,
on or glycerine. As the engine draws
on the load behind it, the diaphragm
presses against the liquid, operating a
needle or indicating gauge, whioh re
cords every ounce of pressure exerted.
The dynamometer has been sent to
St. Paul and back on a freight train,
returning here Friday. Officials say it
will greatly reduce operating expenses
by enabling the making-up of trains
on each division aooording to the pow
ers of the engine, while heretofore
they have been made up of so many
loaded cars, and there was no way of
aoourrately proportioning the weight
of the train to the drawing power of
the engines on each division.
Its use will result in a reclassifica
tion of engines on the Northern Pa
oiflo as soon as enough of the instru
ments oan be made for use on all
trains. The invention results from a
conversation had a few years ago be
tween the inventors regarding the need
oi such an instrument.
Happenlnga of Intereat in the Towna and
Citiea of Oregon, Washington
and Idaho
A committee of fifty has been organ
ized in Port Townsend, Wash., to nro
. , , ii i . .....
uiuio wo weiiare oi that city.
Lawrence Gronlund, the socialist
on a visit to Seattle, to try to make
converts to his way of thinking.
a party of copper-miners has been
inspecting a copper mine on Bear creek
in Wallowa county, that is said to be
quite rich.
George Edgar, who administered to
Aaa Myers, in Baker county, has been
held in $300 bonds to answer to the
next grand jury, on charge of man
slaughter.
ine rort Townsend, Wash., Herald
nas suspended publication. It is nn
derstood that the plant will be moved
to North Yakima, where a daily will
De established.
mi. -. . . . .
iue toiai valuation of all property
in King county, Wash., is placed at
$4,4,810,688 by the last assessment
This is $2,648,250 less than the assess
ment of last year.
The A. P. A.'s of Pierce county,
Wash., have decided to have a paper,
to be called the American Citizen.
The first number will amwuir uhnnt
August 15, and the paper will be pub
lished weekly.
It is claimed that the orchard of E.
H. Hanford, adjoining the townsite of
Oaksdale, Wash., and containing 220
acres, is the largest in Whitman
county, if not in the state, owned by
one man and in one single tract
Hopgrowers from near Salem are
said to be out after pickers at 40 cents
a box, agreeing to come and get them,
When a wagon-load of pickers can be
gathered together, and to return them
back home after picking is over.
The first tunnel at the Santiam. Or..
mines has been run in forty feet, and
tree gold ore has been struck. Consid
erable activity is apparent in the San
ciam region, and the hills are being
murougmy prospected tor new claims.
The Baker City national bank is now
ready to pay its second dividend to de
positors. . Twenty per cent or about
f 14, 000, will be pain out Receiver
Beard hopes to be able to pay 100 cents
on the dollar to depositors by the time
tne anairs or the bank are closed.
mere seems to be little evidence
against W. D. Allred, who was arrest
ed and brought to Klamath Falls, Or.,
oharged with the Ager-Klamath Falls
stage robberies. So far, the driver'
opinion that he recognized Allred
voice is all the evidence amounts to.
Thla Year'a Crop Will Be
Ever Known.
Chicago, August 5. A local paper
ys: xne crop oi corn this year will
De tne largest that has ever been
known. It is estimated at present
mat tne yield will exceed by 200.000.
uuu uanma me record or any previous
year, ine condition did not exist a
month ago. At that time continued
drouth in nearly all corn states made
the
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A Diplomatic View.
Washington. August H T,
the Largest matin nnrna i
"""""is""1 waiening
.. mLeicBi, at present the set
tlement of the question of the evacua
tion of Port Arthur in accordant ui.
the demand which Russia.
Germany are reported to have made
upon the Japanese to evacuate the en
tire Liao Tung peninsula without ref-
erenceto China's fulfillment of her
port of the Shimonoseki treaty obliga
tions. It is made auite clear at th.
Japanese legation here that Janan will
nut acceae to this demand, if
really
uuuuuk auDious lor an average
yield. But the rains came, heaw and
continued showers, just at the time made, without a vigorous protest
ujubi, iieeaea, and toclav nrosnentv JaDan". naid an v. i
hovers closer over millions of homes gation in dismissing tho .u.
than for many years.
How much depends on the corn crop
reuiizeo. ny iew. The crop will
bring more money, if marketed, than
all other products oombined. The es
.vw. J ; 1 j . ...
jieiu oi corn ior cms year is
rrom 2,250,000,000 to 2,500,000,000
Dusneis. At the present price, which
is 85 cents for December or May de
livery, the cropjwill be worth $800,-
today, "will fight before she will
the advantage she has in the Tinnin.
sula, without a full settlement of the
indemnity awarded her for the surren
der of the concession. It is too imnnrt.
ant a lever to let go of, simply beoause
it may suit Russia's Duroose to aslr it
It is our understanding here that the
evacuation is to depend upon the rav.
man .1
"" uiuemnitv. .mnan Aor.
000,000. A decline of 5 cents a bushel tainly regarded the matter in that light
would mean a difference of $115,000,
in the value of the crop.
10 emphasize the immensity of this
produot, it may be said that the state
or Iowa alone will raise enough corn
this year to supply more than five
bushels to every man, woman and child
m the United States. Illinois, Iowa,
Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and
Kansas comprise what is termed the
corn belt This section furnishes nearly,
ii not quite, two-thirds of the entire
corn produot.
So favorably have the reports be
come or an enormous orop that the
managers of the various railroads that
traverse the valleys of the MississiDui
and Missouri rivers are already making
arrangements and perfecting their
equipments for handling the crop. The
lorce or wornmen has been increased in
number of shops, and all rollini?
stock is being overhauled and made
available for use, in addition to new
ireight cars that are being hurried
rapidly in construction.
The government report of Julv 18
indicated that there would be an un
usually large yield of corn, but since
that report was issued, the conditions
have vastly imnroved. Sfwrptu
Morton has called for a special report
on corn from all weather staHnna
when the treaty was amended at the
mstanoe of the European powers. It
may be claimed that the question is
no longer between China and Japan,
but rather one between Japan and the
European countries interested in th
settlement But this position is not
tenable. It is China to whioh Japan
must look for the money she is to re-
ceive, and it is Chinese territory that
is involved in the controversy; and if
it is a matter of keeping faith with the
European powers, let them make urwi
the indemnity if they do not want J.
pan to continue at Port Arthur. "
I he representatives here of th Mi.
kado's government are evidently not
impressed with the belief that Fran
and Germany are so much concerned
over this settlement as has been repre
sented. Diplomats, generally, also
find it hard to realize that Russia
should be so much in earnest in press
ing Japan to the wall in these mattBra
as she is reported to be. They say that
having gained every advantage sought,
Russia would naturally be expeoted
now to press her olaims in a way not
to further wound the feelimra nf -.h
Japanese.
"Russia' said a member nf tVi
diplomatic corps, "has succeeded in
preventing Japan's getting any foot-
THOSE UNION PACIFIC RAILS.
Shank
The Insurgents Defeated.
Madrid, August 6 An offloial dis
patch has been reoeived here whioh
says the Spaniards have defeated the
rebels under Jose Maceo near Santiago
de Cuba, and that several of the rebels
vers killed.
on Trial in Nebraska for At.
tempting to Steal f hem.
Grand Island, Neb., August 6.
George H. Shank, who, with one Rals
ton, was oharged with attempting to
load $25,000 worth of rails stolen from
the Union Pacific company, and shin
the same during the night of July 4,
was given a preliminary hearing yester
day and was bound over to the district
oourt in the sum of $500. President
Patriok, of an Eastern road now build
ing, testified to a oontraot with Shank
to furnish 1,000 tons of new and five
tons of relay rails, and that he has
oome here to ascertain why they were
not shipped.
Shank and Ralston claimed to have
bought the rails. The state attempted
to show that several days before the
alleged attempt was made, Ralston, in
the presenoe of Shank, openly boasted
that he would take the pile of rails in
dispute. It was shown against Shank
that the plan was to load the rails that
night and ship them, and that Shank
and Ralston had made a trip on
branch roads to find more rails.
among
Back From Mount Rainier.
Seattle, August 6. Major Edward
S. Inraham returned from an ascent of
Mount Rainier, with a party of tour
ists, among whom were several scien
tists. He took with him the first mer-
ourial barometer ever carried to the
summit, making observations both up
and back. From the readings will be
deducted the accurate height of the
mountain. MiBs Howard, of the state
agricultural college, Pullman, who
was with the party, is the first woman
to asoend the mountain this season.
one experienced great hardship, and
does not oare to repeat the trip.
An Alleged Cattle-Thief Murdered.
Cheyenne, Wyo., August 6. A man
has been found murdered on Horse
Creek, about forty miles from here.
The body is believed to be that of
William Lewis, a ranchman. Last
year Lewis was arrested on a charge of
norse-steanng, but was aquitted. Sev
eral times sin se this trial. Lewis and
his foreman have been shot at bv un
known parties.
Five Hundred Turks Killed.
London, August 6. The Chroniole
has a dispatch from Constantinople
whioh sayB: "A man from Uskun who
traversed the disturbed distriot reports
that a severe engagement has taken
plaoewith the insurgents near Strumit
is, in whioh the Turks lost 500 killed
and wounded, and the insurgents 100
wounded, all of whom were plaoed in
hospital t Salonioa."
juage x-arser, or tne superior oourt
or fierce county, Wash., has decided
that in the collection of delinquent
taxes tne treasurer must not retain the
full amount of the penalty and interest
in the general and salary funds, but
must divide it proportionally
the funds specified by law.
It is feared that the watermelon oron
of Yakima, Wash., will be a small one
this year, says the Repnblio. In the
Moxee valley, from where so many big
maun oi luscious melons came last sea
son, there wll be hardly enough to sup
ply the producers. The cold, baok
ward spring is said to be the cause.
and even replanting failed.
btewart Johnson, the Lake Chelan,
Wash., steamboatman, says that from
about the first of September on till
snowfall hunting will be the best. The
big game will then be gathered in
droves and herds on the middle tide
lands; bear will be fattened on the
late berry patches and grouse will be
piump and plentiful as blackbirds in a
tuia berry swamp.
Benjamin F. Manning, county. treaS.
.... TITl-ii .
ui vyiiiuiiiiu county, wash., says
uo noes not tninK tne county will re
sume tne issuance of warrants this
year. October 11, 1894, the commis
sioners found that the legal limit of
inaeDteoness or the oounty had been
exceeded by about $80,000, since which
time no warrants have been issued ex
oept on the salary and emergency fund.
The trial of John McDowell for kill
ing his son-in-law, John MoCulbe,
February 26, 1895, at the Summitt.
Or., was oompleted at Toledo the other
day. The jury returned a verdict of
guilty of manslaughter, and Judge
r uiierton sentenced McDowell to two
years in the penitentiary. McDowell
is 69 years of age, and the reports of
the murder when it happened were de
oidedly against him.
Aooording to the Salem Journal,
prices for wheat vary considerably
among the six flouring mills of Marion
oouuty, Or. During six months the
highest price paid by the Salem mills
was 44 cents, lowest 87; while the
lowest price paid by the Aumsville
mill was 40 cents and the highest 60.
The average prioes were as follows:
Salem, 40 cents; Jefferson, 45 cents;
Aurora, 50 oents; Sidney, 48 cents;
Gervais, 47 3-4; Aumsville, 55.
The state grain commission will es
tablish the following grades: On
club, blue stem and other varieties of
wheat there will be four grades first,
seoona, tnird and rejected. On bar
ely there will be brewing barley, No.
1 feed, No. 2 feed and rejeoted." The
rejeoted does not mean that it will be
excluded from the market, as it may
mean wet wheat or very light shrunk
en wheat, and the dealer will be guid
ed aooordingly.
whioh will be furnished soon. The hold whatever in the Asiatio continent"
nravinna rrT-n., -.iij i j.. . . . 1
previous greatest yield of any year was
in lasa, when the acreage was 78,
189,651 and the yield 2,112,892, bush
els. THE NAVAL MANEUVERS.
Bequest of the Japanese Government to
Witneaa Them Denied.
New York, August 5. A Herald
dispateh from Washington to the navy
department has refused permission to
the Japanese government to have one
of its officers witness the maneuvers of
the North Atlantio squadron. The re
quest was preferred by the Japanese
minister some days ago, and he has just
received a reply containing the refusaL
The department authorities state in
this communication that the maneuvers
will be extremely simple in character
and will be simply preliminary to
others to be held in the future.
Japan is not the only nation inter'
Anl. 3 -' XI- - . .
ooieu m me coming naval maneuvers
of the North Atlantio squadron. Other
nations have determined that they
would like to have an offioer witness
them, but none has gone to the length
which Japan took. Besides informing
tne Japanese government of their re-
fusal in this connection, it is under
stood the reply says they will be glad
to have a Japanese officer witness the
maneuvers of our squadron when our
navy is more familiur with drills, ex
ercises, eto. The vessels will leave
about August 7 for Newport, where
they will remain for a short time, and
then go to Portland to attend a fair to
be held there. Great interest is being
manifested in the maneuvers, and con
siderable benefit is expected to result.
Another Federal Investigation.
San Franoisoo, August 5. The
Chronicle publishes an article in regard
to alleged rrauds in the railway ser
viue on uie raomo ooast wnich it says
promise to lead to one of the most far-
reaching federal investigations ev
held here.
It is alleged by Railway Postal Clerk
E. S. Clover, and others, that the
United States mails were fraudentlv
stuffed, with the advice and consent of
Superintendent Samuel Flint, of the
eighth division of the railway service,
auring tne month or June, 1894. in or
der that the weights carried during
that month, which formed the basis for
estimating the compensation to be paid
tne railroads ror the next four years.
might appear unduly large. Railway
postal clerks of long standing say there
are great opportunities for stuffing the
oars in suoh a way as to rob the gov
ernment of millions eaoh year. The
Chroniole says that this looal scandal
opens up a wide field for congressional
investigation.
ouu it ie eviueut irom recent accounts
that Europe is reaping a diplomatio
harvest in Corea to whioh Japan is en
titled. It has always been Russia 'a
policy to treat a conquered nation so
leniently as to soon Russianize them.
Why she should not treat Jnnnn
liberally and make the Paoiflo island
her actual, as she is her natural, ally,
passes'my comprehension."
There is good reasons for believing
"D uuyauese are taxing every oppor
tunity to impress upon the Russians
the advantage to them of friendly co
operation between the two countries in
the Eastern Paoiflo. Whether this is
to be done with a view of Japan oon
tinning to hold Port Arthur, notwith
standing the existence of the treaty, is
not so clear, but there are some who
interpret tne Japanese taotios to mean
this. It seems dear, at any rate, from
all that can be learned here, that Ja
pan will hold on to the footing she
now occupies on Chinese soil until the
indemnity is paid or until she is driven
out by a more formidable display than
can be made in a diplomatio conference.
Fought as They Left Church.
Baton Rogue, La., August 6. A
sanguinary battle occurred last night
Gideon church, where protracted
meetings are being held. The feud be
tween the O'Neil and Pioou families
resulted in Henry and Albert O'Neil,
brothers, being attacked by Hill and
Wallaoe Picou and Carlo Edmundstnn
as they oame out of the church. The
attaoking party was armed with shot
guns, and the O'Neils were almost in
stantly killed. The Picons and Ed
mundstons were arrested.
Coughlin and George Escape.
Salt Lake, August 6. The
Coughlin and George, who were pur
sued by offloers yesterday in City Creek
oanyon, made their escape in some
way, and all traok of them has been
lost
Nothing to Prevent the Flght
Dallas, Tex., August 3. Ex-City
Judge Charles Feoklor, regarded as
one of the dearest legal minds in Dal
las, stated the law governing prize
fighting as follows: "The last legis
lature adopted a new criminal oode
whioh made prizefighting a misde.
meanor, punishable with a fine of not
less than $500 nor more than $1,000,
and an imprisonment of thirty days.'
This law went into operation July 20.
The legislature also subseouentlv M1
ed a civil oode and it enacted that a
fight may take plaoe by taking out a
license for $500. This law in
effect September 1, thirty days before
me omett - jntzsimmons contest
There is no doubt the supreme court
will hold it is or will be the law after
the 1st of September. The civil code
was adopted last and, therefore, will
take precedence over the other. " This
opinion is oonourred in by every lawyer
in Dallas, who has read the law, and
there is no power to prevent the Cor-bett-Fitzsimmons
fight.
Bread Blots at Tabreaa
Teheran, Angut 6. The soarcity of
bread and the olosure of the bazaars to
prevent disorder has led to serious
rioting in Tabrez. The troops dis
persed the rioters, twenty of whom
were killed. The mob carried the
corpses to the Russian oonsulate and
demanded protection against the sol
diers. The oonsul thereupon, visited
the governor, who promised a reduo
tion in the prioe of bread. Nothing
has been done in the matter and the
troops were still firing on the mob
when this dispatoh was sent.
Blocked by Loinax.
Chicago, August 5. The Wpatovn
roads today made an attempt to arrange
a meeting for the perfection of the
passenger association, but it ended in
nothing. The preliminary meeting
had been scracely opened in the office
ofChirman Caldwell when word wa
reoeived from General Passenger Agent
Lomax, of the Union Paoiflo, that he
would not be able to attend any gen
eral meeting. This blooked the whole
game, and everything was deolared off.
Panama Strike Ended.
Colon, August 8. The Panama rail.
way yesterday handled 1,800 tons of
transit freight The strike is nriA
and the strikers are receiving the usual
WafSS.