OREGON
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 1, 189G.
NO. 19.
VOL. 13.
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TELEGRAPHIC RESUME
Events ot the Day in a Con
denied Form.
OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS
IUuii of Importance From Domeatlr
and foreign loareai Cream
of the Dispatches.
Captaln.Uoneral Weyler has decided
to release Key. Alberto Dim and bit
brother Alfred from custody, on oon
ditlon that.they will leave Cuba imme
dlately.
The trUl of Soott Jaokson for the
murder of Pearl Bryan ba com
mciuoed at Newport. The speed made
in seouring a jury astonished the oourt
aud the oounsel ou both sides.
A diipatoh from Panama says: Borne
fears are eutortained here that trouble
will ooour when the eleotiona for
deputiea take place. The membera of
the liberal party will rote for the first
time alnoe 1885.
A dispatoh from Ottawa to the Lon
don Timet layr. Sir Mackenzie
Howell, the premier, bas announoed
the resignation of tbe mlniatera will be
banded in in a few days. It la expect
ed Sir Charles Tupper will be tbe new
premier.
Estrada Palma, preaident of the Cu
ban junta, iaiued an address to the peo
pie of the United States, in wbloh he
declares that the introduction now of
reforms in Cuba by tbe Spanish goy
eminent will have no effect upon the
revolution.
Tbe Rome Tribuna.oommenting upon
the rupture of the peaoe negotiations
between Abyssinia and Italy, violently
attacks the government, declaring tbe
mlniatera tube responaible for the "dis
honor suffered by Italy through King
Meuelok's attitude."
An official dispatoh from Batavia
says tbe endangered post in Aohin ter
ritory hat been relieved, after fight
with the rebels under Toekodjoban,
who lost TO killed and bad 800 wound
ed. The Dutch lots was one officer
wounded aud 88 soldiers killed and
wounded.
Tbe bouse committee on military
affairs have decided to report a resolu
tion authorising the speaker to appoint
a committee of five members to investi
gate the charges of mismanagement
of tbe soldiers' home at Leavenworth,
t Kan., made by Representative lUue of
that state.
The schooner Prosper, Captain
Hulm, returned to San Franolsoo to
have a leak repaired. She statred for
Cook's inlet on April 8 with a number
of goldbunters, and waa about 800
miles up the ooaat when a leak was
sprung forward, on tbe evening of
April 17.
Baron von Uammerateln, the former
editor of Beus Zeitong, Berlin, and
leader of tbe conservative party, was
senteuoed to three years penal servi
tude, to be deprived of olvil right for
five years and pay 1,600,000 marks.
The charges against blm were forgery,
fraud and breaob of trait.
While leaving work at look 9, a
skiff whiob oontained nine men, up
set and three were drowned at
Charleston, W. Va. Tbe dead are:
Henry Mahun, colored, of Galllpolia,
O. ; Kiohard Dickinson, colored, former
home unknown; - Jordan, white, 16
yoara old. Tbe other sis swam ashore.
A movement it on foot in Chicago
for tbe purpose of orystalllaing publio
opinion againatanexoluaive arbitration
treaty with Great Britain. Tbe meas
ure is being vigorously pushed by many
prominent oltisens who desire chat ar
bitration treatiea shall be made with
every nation, instead of England
alone.
Tbe committee on text books of tbe
board of education, of Omaha, Neb.,
has determined to Introduce a book of
Bible selections into tbe publio schools.
A majority of tbe school board la in
favor of tbe movement The commit
tee will submit its report at the next
regular meeting, and its adoption is
regarded as a certainty.
Colonel Caleb Doraoy, of Oakdale,
Cal. , a wealthy and prominent mine
owner and rancher, was shot and killed
at the Doraey mine, 1 1 miles from Co
lumbia, at 9 o'clock Wednesday morn
ing, by his mining partner, J. T. New
oomer, over a dispute tbat ensued upon
Doraey't charging Newcomer with
cleaning up and misappropriating the
amalgam without the oolonel't knowl
edge. Chief Washakie and the principal
men of the Shoshone tribe and Chief
Sharp Nose and the leading men of
the Arapahoea have just olosed their
oounoil with Indian Inapeotor Mo
Laughlin regarding the purohase by
the government of tbe Big Horn hot
springs. The two tribes have agreed
to aoept $ 00,000 for the territory five
miles by ten, embruoing the springs.
It it again positively denied that
negotiations are in progress between
Madrid aud Washington on the subject
of granting borne rule to Cuba. Honor
Cauovas de Castillo, the premier, tayt
the reforms projected for Cuba will be
applied only when olrcuntstanoet are
in favor of such a movement. Tbe
premier alBo says the reform would
not be applied to Cuba uutil asked for
by Captain-General Weyler, who bat
said nothing on the subject. Benor de
Castillo says he will not be a party to a
bourse maneuver by keeping silent re
garding this report
Wesley Dawes sad C. B.
Jefferson oounty, Tenn., aoousedof!
tbe murder ot Givens' wife, have been
lodged in the Knox oounty jail for safe !
keeping, as violence was feared unless
the prisoners were removed from the
soeue of tbe orime. Daw es la a nephew
of Givens, and hat made a confession
of tbe murder, stating that be bad 1 een
persuaded to do it by his nnole, who
had tired of his wife and was infatu
ated with another woman. The deed
was oommitted with a double barreled
shotgun while Mrs. Givent was at her
window sewing, having been enttoed
there by her husband.
Tbe New York Herald lays :
Through special correspondence, newt
of important executions in Ban Domin
go has reaobed tbe United State. The
minister of war, General Ram&n Cas
tillo, and Jose Kstay, governor of the
provinoe of Maoorls, were executed at
Maoorla, on Maroh 98, by order of
Ulyslt Hureaux of Ban Domingo. The
governor of San Domingo, General
Pioardo, boarded the steamer Presi
dent with 160 soldier, went to Ma
oorls, and at 6 o'olook In tbe morning
of tbe day mentioned, had tbe offtolals
shot. About 7,000 Cubans have fled to
San Domingo during the last tlx
mouth.
From Menominee, Mioh. , come word
tbat tbe Menominee and Fenoe river
are out of their bank, and tbe flood
are causing heavy losses to logging in
terest. Tbe logging oamp of Isaac
Monroe, on Fenoe river, baa been flood
ed, caused by a log jam, and the em
ploye barely esoaped. The oamp with
it equipment and provision was
swept away. Many farmer in tbe
Menominee valley have been .driven
from home, and bave suffered great
lost In stock and crop. One hundred
men are guarding tbe log booms at
various point on tbe river. Tbe back
water in thi olty has driven sewage
into tbe oity water main, and 60 oases
of typohid fever bave resulted.
There was a large increase in Berlin
during tbe past week of death from
influenaa and pneumonia.
Tbe oouferenoe for international ar
bitration beld in Washington, which
has been a very harmonious one, ha
just olosed.
Russia ha ordered seven ironclads
and ten oruisers for her Paoiflo fleet, in
view of Japan's extensive naval prep
arations. The bsttleship Massachusetts made
18. IS knot on ber trial trip in Boston
harbor, and ber builders win a bonus
of $100,000.
In Glasgow, Soocland, the steamer
Marsden oollided with the British bark
Firth of Solway, near Kiah lightship,
causing the latter to aink.
A crap game on Grant avenue in
San Francisco was held up by two
men. About $160 was taken. They
were captured by the police soon after.
Miss Laura White created a sensa
tion in Ardmore, I. T., by publioly
horsewhipping Professor Linn, a drug
gist, because be bad charged ber with
theft I
A Rome dispatoh say tbe cabinet
has decided against reopening the cam
paign in Abyssinia in tbe autumn, on
the ground that suoh a course would be
disastrous to Italy.
It is said in Washington tbat there
is a strong possibility that tbe dele
gates from territories who have state
hood bills in charge will not attempt
to secure congressional aotion until tbe
next session.
A serious conflict between Christians
and Turks has occurred at Eplskopi,
island of Crete. There were two days'
fighting, and fifty persons were killed
aud wounded. The Cretans have ap
pealed to Oreeoe for aid.
In Houghton, Mioh., sixty trammers
bave struck in Quinoy mine to enforce
a demand for hisber wares. Tbe mine
is still in operation, but the trouble 1
will probably extend to the miner of
the (jainoy and other mine.
The London Chronicle baa a dispatoh
f.-om Brussels, whloh say tbat tbe
Baroness Herri, a lady 80 year old,
was strangled, her body mutilated and
ber house robbed at Ixella, a fashion
able suburb. Tbe murderer esoaped.
Tbe treasury defloit for the flsoal year
ending June 80, 1896, will be approxi
mately $36,000,000. Thi is the opin
ion of ofllolals and other beat qualified
to rnako an intelligent estimate of tbe
result of the flsoal operation of tbe
jear.
A Madrid diapaton say the minuter
of finanoe, Senor Juan Navarro, ha
notified the cabinet of the necessity of
relief measures on aooount of the pro
longed drought, which ha caused a
rapid rise in the prioe of oereali, also
injuring livestook.
A $10,000,000 bloyole trust la being
formed in New York. A prominent
member say the trust will out the
prioe of high-grade wheel from $100
to about $06, eliminating jobber'
profit and advertising expenses, and
will make money at tbat
Senator Warren, from the oommittee
on olaims, bas reported the amend
ment to the sundry civil appropriation
bill for tbe payment of tbe French
spoliation olaims, which have been al
lowed by the oourt of olaims. It car
ries an appropriation of $1,090,000.
The two association of manufac
turer of wire and out nail have olosed
a three day' oonferenoe in Chicago.
In oonsequenoe of the rise in the steel
market, it wa decided to raise the
price of both wire and out nails 16
cents per hundred weight, to take effect
May 1.
A Louisville A Nashville fruit train
and the Evansville & Terra Haute pas
senger train oollided at a orossing near
Mount Vernon, Ind. Alexander Dris-
ooll, a brakeman, was killed; Jame
Covintgon, an engineer, and F. R.
Thompson, a brakeman, were seriously
injured.- . ,
A mob of armed men, about fifteen
in number.entered the jail at MoMinn
ville, Tenn., dragged the jailer from
his bed and forced him to give up tbe
key. William and Victor Hollis
were taken from tbe jail, carried on
horsebaaok five miles from MoMinnville
and hanged.
THE MILITIA IS CONE
Tents Folded at Midnight and
Sand Island Evacuated.
HELD BY UNCLE SAM'S SOLDIERS
It Is Reported That Traps In and Bor
dering Upon the I.Und Will
Also Bo Removed.
Astoria, Or., April 87. The Wash
ington militia was ordered off Sand
Island, the order demanding their
withdrawal coming from General Otis,
commanding the department of tbe
Columbia.
The order reaohed Major Kenzie, in
command at Fort Canby, late last
evening, and in less than an hour after
ward the militiamen found themselves
at Ilwaoo making preparation for a
qulok return to Seattle and a per
manent oessation from imaginary hos
tilities. After dispoar easing tbe militia,
Major Kenzie left bis troop in posses
sion, but how long they will remain
cannot now be stated. It 1 possible,
however, that as soon a all trap fring
ing the chore of tbe island bave been
removed, the soldier will return to tbe
quiet tontine of barraok life at Fort
Canby.
The full import of the orders received
by Major Kentie ha not been learned,
but it is understood that they include
the removal of all the trap in and
bordering upon tbe shores of the
island.
Tbe dismissal of the militiamen, al
though olaimed by resident of Wash
ington to have been due to the aotion
of the oltisens of thi state in protest
ing against the construction of the
traps, wa in reality brought about by
the freedom with whiob tbe militia
men made themselves at home at Fort
Canby. During tbe time they were
encamped on Sand island, they used
the government building at Fort
Canby for sleeping quarter. Com
plaint wa made, with the result that
the matter wa laid before General
Otis. Instruction were at onoe tele
graphed by the latter to Major Kenzie
to demand the immediate withdrawal
of tbe militia.
Upon proceeding to Sand island
with a detachment of troops, Major
Kenzie asked tbe captain of the militia
by what' authority be wa oooupying
the island. The reply was:
"By virtue of authority vested in me
by tbe governor of the state ot Wash
ington." "Are you aware of the faot that you
are occupying a government reserve?'
asked Major Kenzie.
"I am," answered tbe militia offl
oer, "and my order are to protect tbe
live and property of the oitiseni ot the
state of Washington."
"In tbi instanoe," said Major Ken
ale, "I am tbe agent of tbe United
State government, and, a ruoh, I
shall allow yon just twenty minute in
whiob to vaoate. In tbe event of your
failure to do so, my order are to plaoe
tbe detachment under arrest"
Thi conversation took plaoe about
midnight, and the militiamen were
hastily summoned from their beds and
ordered to paok their tents. The mili
tia on Chinook beach, whiob is also a
government reservation, were also or
dered to move.
There i much rejololng here among
the fishermen over tbe aotion of the
federal authorities. It seem to be gen
erally believed that Major Kenaie will
not atop with the ejeotion of the Wash
ington troop from Sand island, but
will alio canse the removal of the fish-trap,-
a well a all other ttaps which
now surround the shores of tbe island.
A FOUR DAYS' SIEGE.
Defense of a Spaniih Fort by a Small
Body of Troopa.
Havana, April 97. Diapatohe re
ceived here from Manaanillo, provinoe
ot Santiago de Cuba, give tbe details
of the gallant defense of Fort Seanja
by a small force of Spanish troops.
The fort, it appears, was beseiged by
about 8,600 insurgents of the provinoes
of Puerto Principe and Bantiago de
Cuba, oommanded by Roderignea,
Pabi, Capote and other. The attack of
the insurgents waa carried on with
vigor tor four days, during whiob the
detaohment of troop defended the
plaoe day and Bight, although the sol
diers suffered terribly from laok of
water. ;
The Insurgent had with them two
rapid-fire gun, one ot them belonging
to Pabi' oolumn. The other waa re
cently landed near Guayaja, and wa
manned by American gunners. The
latter made excellent practice, firing
about 916 shot from their piece and
destroying the small reservoir used for
the storage of water, riddling the bar
racks, beating down the store bouse
and doing great damage to the fort
Three times the insurgent sent meg
sage to the fort offering to aooept sur
render of tbe garrison with honor, but
the Spaniards refused to give up the
fort and oontinued fighting with great
enthusiasm. They announoed their in
tention of aooepting death before sur
render. News of the siege of Fort Seanja
wa carried to Manaanllo, and General
Nunea, with a oolumn of troops, soon
afterward left that city on board four
small gunboat and two tugboat, for
the Rio Canto, and, protected by the
gun of the warships the troop were
landed at two points in the vicinity of
tbe beseiged fort Tbe insurgent no
sooner saw the troop landing than
they beat a retreat
Tbe Grecian government ha it
sued permit! allowing the Amerioan
school of arohaeology to oonduot exoa
vatlons at Corinth for historical and
oisntifio purposes.
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.
Condenaed Kaoord of tha Doing of tha
nation's Lawmakeri-aeuate.
Washington, April 24. The senate
today disposed of tbe sectarian school
question by adopting a oompromlse
framed by Senator Cookrell, of ' Mis
souri. The Indian bill, a It oame
from the bouse, provided that "no
money herein appropriated shall be
paid for education in sectarian
schools. " This provision is struok out
by the Cookrell amendment, a adopt
ed, and it is declared to be the settled
policy of tbe government to make no
appropriations for sectarian sohools
after July 1, 1898, thus giving two
years for tbe abandonment of sectarian
sohools, instead of an immediate aban
donment - The amendment was adopt
ed by the decisive vote of 88 to 94.
The Indian bill waa not completed
when the senate adjourned. During
tbe day a bill was passed providing for
government regulation of excursion
fleet attending regattas; also a resolu
tion calling for information as to tbe
arrest of Bishop Diaz in Cuba.
Washington, April 96. Several mi
nor bills were passed at tbe opening of
tbe senate today. Prior to taking up
tbe Indian appropriation bill Call asked
for an agreement by wbiob tbe senate
would take up his resolution directing
the president to dispatoh a naval force
to Cuba for the protection of American
interests, but on appeals not to inter
rupt the Indian bill be withdrew, stat
ing tbat be would call up bis resolution
later. Tbe Indian bill waa then taken
up, the question being on Piatt' amend-1
ment extending the service ot the
Dawes oommittee, with a view to tbe
making of a roll of the Cherokee and
kindred nations. Tbe oommittee is
given directions toward terminating
the tribal relations of the Indians and
dividing their lands in severalty. Tbe
debate was protraoted. The Indian
appropriation bill, as thus amended,
waa then passed. , At 6 o'clock the
senate went into executive session, and
soon after adjourned.
Washington, April 27. Tbe move
ment for international arbitration was
referred to in the prayer of Rev. Hugh
Johnson, in the senate today: "Let
the armies be disbanded; let the world
be at peace," be Invoked.
The sundry oivil appropriation bill
waa then' taken up. At 2 o'olook tbe
bond resolution wa laid before the
senate, and Peffer, its author, proposed
amendments to meet tbe criticisms in
the recent speech of Hill. A Vene
zuela debate oame up when tbe item of
tbe aunrdy oivil bill waa reaobed, au
thorizing the Venezuela commission to
pay rent for it quarters out of tbe
$100,000 appropriated for it expenses.
Gorman suggested tbat legislation was
in order. In great baste and a great
emergenoy, congress bad appropriated
$100,000, at the suggestion ot tbe presi
dent, for tbe purpose, as was supposed,
of preventing a war. But now it ap
peared that tbe legislation waa not
effective in getting quarter for the
oom mission.
- Ho ma. ...
Washington, April 24. The Fifth
Alabama distriot waa not represented
in tbe bouse last night Cobb had been
unseated, but the seating of his contest
ant went over until today, when the re
port was adopted, 144 to 65, and Good
win was sworn in. . On motion of
Cookrell, a bill was passed to organize
the territory heretofore known as Greer
oounty, Texas (decided by the su
preme oourt to be a part of Oklahoma),
as Greer oounty, Oklahoma. By an
amendment adopted, the present ooun
ty officers were confirmed in their ten
ure until the eleotion in November
next Piokler, chairman of the oom
mittee on invalid pensions, then called
up his general pension bill. He took
the floor and made an extended speech
in support of tbe measure. At the con
clusion of hi remarks the house, at
4:40 p. m., adjourned.
Washington, April 26. The house
today, on motion of Talbert, unanim
ously adopted a resolution calling on
the secretary ot state for all informa
tion relative to the arrest and imprison
ment in Cuba of Rev. Diaz. Consider
ation ot the Piokler general pension
bill was resumed, and MoClellan
spoke in opposition to the measure as
Intended to be a republican sop to the
senators, and a reflection on the ad
ministration and pension laws by the
present exeoutive officers. The best tbe
majority could do for the old soldier,
he said, wa to bring in this bill,
which is reported to put upon the pen
sion rolls tbe names ot bounty jumpers
and men who had deserted from the
rank of the Confederacy.
Washington, April 97. This was
private bill day. By unanimous con
sent bills were passed empowering the
city of Tusoon, A. T., to issue bonds
to the amount of $100,000 for the con
struction of a water and sewer system,
and to authorize the return, free of
duty, of articles exported for exhibition
purposes. Jones presented a report on
the oontested eleotion case of Oornett
vs. Swanson, of the fifth Virginia dis
trict, in favor of the Demooratio sit
ting member. Tbe pension bills which
were favorably acted upon Friday
night were paased. Among them was
one to pension tbe widow of tbe late
Brigadier-General Ferdinand Vander
vere, at tbe rate of $60 per month.
The house then proceeded with the de
bate on the pension bill, and adjourned
at 6:80. , y. -
Bole Owner of Defender.
New York, April 27. Tbe Herald
says: Mr. William K. Vanderbilt,
tbe head of the syndicate that built and
equipped Defender, has become the sole
owner of tbat yaoht Mr. Vanderbilt
ha bought out the interests of the
others, as it was agreed in the plans
that he had a right to do, any time af
ter the America's oup matter had been
deoided. What Mr. Vanderbilt will do
with the famous oraft is merely a mat
ter of oonjeoture. .
PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Items ot General Interest
' From All Sections.
DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS
All the Cities and Towns of tha Feci tie
Statea and Territories
Washington.
The first number of the Cheney Free
Press has been issued.
A hat manufactory is to be started
up at Spokane, employing 16 men.
Harry F. Budd, a paper hanger,
dropped dead in Seattle last week from
heart disease.
Tbe town of Ritzville is advertising
for bids for its funding bonds, in the
snm of $6,700 on May 19, 1896.
Young & Chandler shipped 600 hogs
from Dayton to Nebraska, and five oar
loads of cattle to Taooma last week.
The Snnset Telephone Company is
surveying the right of way for a new
line between Montesano and Taooma.
A house belonging to Charles Bolt
burned near North Yakima. It was
worth about $1,200 and was insured
for $600.
T. G. Williams, ot Kelso, has re
ceived a oon tract from the Northern
Paoiflo to supply that road with 6,000
oedar fenoe posts.
Troop A, of North Yakima, is can
vassing tbe projeot of purchasing appa
ratus for a gymnasium, to be located in
the armory in that oity.
Tbe Meeker bopyard, at Puyallup, on
the west side of Aokerson street, south
of the electric line, is being plowed
np and will be sowed to grain.
The number of Spokane ladies who
remove their hats when attending the
theater ia estimated to be three times
as great a it wa three year ago.
It i olaimed that over 1,000 head ot
cattle have been bought by Montana
stockmen from Big Bend farmers, for
shipment from Davenport thi spirng.
The name of Bender and Barnes,
two stations on the line of tbe North
ern Paoiflo, below Prosser, have been
changed respectively to Gibbon and
Chandler.
At a meeting of tbe Spokane Ba&As
sooiation, the proposition for holding
two terms of tbe United States oircuit
oourt of appeals eaoh year at tome plaoe
outside of San Francisco was indorsed:
The oity oounoil of Spokane has voted
not to allow the claim of Huber & Rib
let, for $19,400, tor service a consult
ing engineers on the new water works
and a lawsuit will in all probability
follow.
The receipt of the Aberdeen post
office for the flsoal year ending March
80 were $8,060, an increase ot 20 per
oent over last year. This will entitle
Postmaster Clark to an increase in sal
ary to $1,400.
Louis Kluckow, a young rancher
accused of assault with intent to kill
on Alfred Conrad, was found guilty in
the superior oourt at Taooma. The
penalty ia from two to fourteen year in
the penitentiary.
Three sober oitiaens are reported to
have seen a reptile, in Silver lake, near
Medical lake, with a head and faoe ot
a monkey, large eyes that shone like
balls of fire, and with a row of fin on
its baok webbed together.
Tbe oity physician of New Whatcom
think that diphtheria wa brought to
tbat oily by dogs. There are several
dogs going baok and forth every day
between Whatcom and Lummi, where
there ha been diphtheria.
The United State civil servioe com
mission has ordered that an examina
tion be beld by its looal boaA in Walla
Walla Saturday, June 6, oommenoing
at 9 o'olook a m , for the grades of
olerk and carrier in the postoffloe ser
vioe. Robert MoRae, of Harrington, has
made a reoord, of whioh be says: "Be
jabers, I defy ony mon in Lincoln
oounty to bate it " He is 64 year old,
and, with three horse, aged 26, 20 and
IT years, respectively, put in 70 acre
of wheat in 14 day, lowing it by
hand.
Klickitat oounty present a prosper
ous appearance. A vast acreage ot
grain has been sown this season, and
all bids fair to produce an abundant
yield. One observer estimate that tbe
wheat orop of Kliokitat oounty will
thi year be somewhere near 1,000,000
bushels.
William Green, an engineer on the
Great Northern, while passing a little
way station near Wilson creek, uncon
sciously put his hand out of the cab
window, when the hand oame ia, vio
lent oontaot with the mail catcher on
the depot platform, breaking several
bones, besides tearing the flesh badly.
The Spokane Chroniole says: "Imag
ine a line of squirrels ranged side by
tide as olosely as they could be placed,
extending from the corner ot Howard
and Riverside to the old Seattle, Lake
Shore A Eastern traoks a mile beyond
the mouth of Hangman creek imagine
that kind ot an invading army, and
you have a pretty good idea of the
92,000 squirrels for whioh Spokane
county commissioners have already
paid a bounty this spring. And yet
there are plenty left "
Oregon.
Sheep-shearing hat begun in Morrow
oounty.
Sheep buyers have begun to arrive in
Crook oounty.
The gypsum plant near Huntington
will be in operation toon.
Benton oounty ia calling in warrant
issued prior to July 28, 1890.
A little child of German parents
fell into a pond of water, near Middle-
ton, in Yamhill oounty, recently and
drowned.
The name ot Willow Junction ha
been ohanged to Heppner Junction.
Tbe Queen City concert band, organ
ized in Baker City, has begun blowing
with a wilL
Curry oounty is advertising for bids
from nonresidents to expert the books
of the oounty.
Crook oounty' liabilities are $87,
806.06, and ber estimated reaouroea
$61,226.81.
Brownsville Presbyterians are asking
bid for the construction of a new
church building.
gJLane county' indebtedness i now
about $17,000, while three or four
year ago it wa about $46,000.
Superintendent R. Reoknagel ar
rived in Baker City, with a $6,000 gold
brick, tbe produot of two week' run
at the North Pole mine..
The owner of the Peaoook and other
properties in the Seven Devils country
are letting contracts for the hauling of
1,600 tons of copper ore to the nearest
railroad point
Recently a lot of tobaooo, two bolts
of outing flannel, candy, and a number
of pocket knives, in all about tbe value
of $60, were stolen from tbe store of
J. 1. Mayes, in Riddle.
There will be dozen of new dwell
ing houses required in Cottage Grove
and Lemati to aooommodate the great
flow of immigration to South Lane this
year, aays the Leader.
Ed. Joy's right leg and shoulder
were broken and be wa injured inter
nally by being, struck by falling tree
while at work logging on Lake creek,
in Harney oounty recently.
The gang of tramp along the O. R.
Se N. eaat of tbe mountain struok Tbe
Dalles and made nuisanoes of them
selves. There are now three in the oity
jail locked np for vioiou oonduot
A large amount of wheat i being
received daily at the warehouse in
The Dalle. It is part of last year's
orop that was beld by the farmers who
were not satisfied with prioe last fall
R. J. Newman, a sheep herder near
Ashland, was found sitting in an out
bouse on J. J. Murphy's ranoh. Hi
head had fallen forward, and life wa
extinct Newman (offered from neu
ralgia trouble.
A. R. Graham baa been endeavoring
to secure the establishment ot a beet
sugar faotory in Coos bounty, and the
Mail aay that there i a fine prospect
that such a faotory will be located on
Coo bay or the Coquille.
Tbe residenoe of Mrs. Annie Urqu
hart, in the pines near .Tbe Dalles,
burned to the ground, and nothing wa
saved except an organ and a sewing
machine. There waa $1,060 insurance
on the house and oontenta.
An addtion i being built to the
Eugene sawmill for the purpose of
making boxes. A number of boxes of
different size have already been made
at the mill, and it i expected that the
local trade will be supplied.
George F. Davis, a wool buyer well
known in Idaho, Oregon, Washington
and California, died recently in Bakers
field, CaL Mr. Davis had personally
attended to the business of Koshland &
Co. at Pendleton during wool seasons.
Idaho.
J. B. Perry, who killed hi mother
at Wallaoe with a hatchet, ha been
bound over without bail for murder in
the first degree. He waa taken to
'Murray.
! Pea body, who has been connected
with the Oregon Steam Navigation and
the O. R. & N. companies linoe their
'organization, and agent at Lewtaton
for ten years, died of Bright' disease.
He leaves a wife and three grown chil
dren. Ibaoh, a new mining oamp on Indian
creek, is attracting considerable atten
tion just now, and already a number
' of new prospectors have gone into that
distriot It i reported tbat two noted
' experts will visit the oamp in - tbe
course of a month for capitalists,
The contractor in obarge of the grad-
ing on the Lewiston Water & Fire
Company's diron, near lewiston, nas
imuorted Italian laborer, who take the
' plaoe of resident laboring men. Threats
have been indulged in, but no demon
itration on the part ot tbe disap
pointed men bave been made. The
i company is not responsible for the
aotion oi me contractor.
Montana.
Nearly 100 tons of ore are treated
eaoh day from which bullion valued at
from $1,200 to $1,600 is realized.
I The Iron Mountain Mining Company
is asking for bids to run a tunnel 6,600
feet in length on their properties in
Missoula oounty. :,
' The Boston & Montana Company ot
Butte bas tor sometime past produoed
, 6,600,000 pounds of oopper per month
at its Great Falls plant
Colonel Brown, who has published
the Basin Times for the past two years.
has deoided to remove to Butte and
will publish the Butte Time.
I All tbe bodies of the six unfortunate
men who were killed by tbe explosion
in the St Lawrenoe mine have been
recovered, but just bow the terrible
catastrophe happened will probably
never be known.
The Montana Stuooo Company, whiob
bas recently put in a plant at Kibbey
to develop and put to use one of tbe
natural mineral products of the oounty,
is meeting with great encouragement
Their produot, consisting of plaster of
paris, has been demonstrated to be of
' suoh purity and excellence that a St
Louis firm, to whom was consigned a
sample, has notified the company that
they will purohase regularly a suffi
cient quantity to keep the plant already
ereoted and another just like it busy
day and night to fill tha order.
AMNESTY PROCLAIMED
Gen. Weyler 's Latest Move to
End the War in Cuba.
PARDON FOB LEADERS AUD MEN
Surrender Mnet Be Made to the Mili
tary Authorities Surrender of
l.OOO Insurgent.
Havana, April 27. Captain-General
Weyler ha just issued the following
proclamation, oalled out by the condi
tion ot affairs in Pinar del Rio. After
the usual beading and preamble, the
proclamation say:
"It having reaohed my knowledge
that rebel parties in tbe provinoe of
Pinar del Rio are in distress, through
the oonstant pursuit by tbe troop and
the impossibility of breaking the mili
tary line between Mariel sad Majana,
and through other insurmountable dif
acuities, and being fearful of surren-,
dering nnder the tear ot the death sen
tence, the oertainty of whioh ha been
falsely disseminated among them, I'
proclaim and command:
"First The rebel leaders who sur
render within 20 days from this date,
with their firearms, will be at onoe
pardoned.
"Second Those who are not leaders,
but who surrender nnder tbe same con
ditions, with their firearm, will alio
be pardoned.
"Third Those surrendering without
arms will be likewise pardoned, but
the military authorities will designate
their plaoe of residenoe.
"Fourth Tbe surrender must be
made to tbe military authorities of the
oolumn operating in the field.
Valeriano Weyler."
Hurrender of IOOO Inaurgenta.
Havana, April 27- It wa reported
here tbat 1,000 insurgent in Pinar
del Rio bad surrendered uncondition
ally to tbe authorities. Private in
formation ha been received of an en
gagement between the Spanish oolumn
under General Melqnizo and the insur
gents under Aguirre. The latter lost
62 killed. : -
TWO WERE ELECTROCUTED
WTemurderere Herrmann and Fat talk a
In tha Death Chair. -
Sing Sing, April 27. Wife murderer
Hermann waa successfully executed
here. Two oontaots of the current
were neoessary, owing, the attending
physician stated, to the presence of air
in his lung.
Charles Pustalka, another wife mur
derer, entered the death chamber at
11:41. The current wa turned on at
11:42, for one minute and twenty sec
onds. It was turned on the second
time at 11:44.
At 11:48 Pustalka was pronounced
dead.
Louis Hermann killed his wife July
17, 1889, in the apartments of Char
lotte Palmer, 804 East One Hundred
and Fifth street He bad just been
released from the penitentiary, after
having served a year' term there. He
found his wife at the plaoe named, and
chided her for not having visited him
while he wa in prison. She did not,
receive her oonviot husband with any ,
great show ot love, and in a rage be,
shot her three times. One bullet en
tred tbe right temple, the second passed
through ber breast and the third lodged,
in the abdomen. .He made no attempt
to escape.
The crime for whioh Charles Pus
talka met the penalty of death wa the
murder of his wife in New York oity
on the morning of August 28, 1896. ,
Pustalka, after having spent tbe night
away from home.entered the apartments
on the top floor of 616 East Thirteenth
street, and while his wife wa sleeping
stabbed her in the throat with a long
knife. He then seized the woman by
the bair and dragged her into the
kitchen, wbiob adjoined tbe Bleeping
apartment, and inflioted wound after
wound upon her. When his wife was
dead the murderer opened the front of
her dress and took from ber breast $200
and left the house. He waa arrested in
a saloon oalled tbe Cafe Waldorf,
whioh waa owned by hi wife. He sat
at a table holding a revolver in bis
right band, ind when taken into cus
tody told the offioers that he intended
to kill hi stepdaughter, who wa as
sociated with Mrs. Pustalka in tbe
cafe. Tbe couple had been married for
12 years and bad five children. Mrs.
Pustalka had been .married previously,
and had one daughter by her first bus
btnd. This girl, Lizzie Soboenlin,
was associated with her mother in the
Cafe Waldorf, and it is claimed by
the murderer that his stepdaughter bad
caused the trouble between himself and
wife. :
Paining Contempt In V, 8. Courts.
Washington, April 27. Senators
Hill and Thurston, a sub-committee of
tbe senate oommittee on judioiary, ex
pect to be able soon to report the bill
defining contempt ot court in United
States courts. They probably will
MnnmmAnH nmandmAnlji in tha Mil
taking away the rights of appeal in
' oases of direct contempt, and make the
' granting of a jury trial optional with
the courts in oases ot indirect con
tempt Tbe bill grow out of the ar
rest and imprisonment of Eugene V.
Deb and the decree of the United
State supreme court upon the case, and
is being pressed by the labor organiza
tion. The oounty , board of Outagamie
county, Wis., baa appropriated $1,600
to build a workhouse where tramp
will be tent to hard labor. The oounty
baa been overrun with, tramp for ev
eral years, and the coat of maintaining
them in Idleness ha been from $10,.
000 to $19,000 yearly. Tha workhouse
plan i expected to oorreot thi.