E OREGON
VOL. 13.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FIliDAY, MAY 15, 1896.
NO. '21.
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MIST.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News ot the World.
TEJISK TICKS FKOM THE WIRES
An Interesting Collection of Items from
lb Two Hemispheres Freeented
In a Condensed Form.
George Baag, SB year old, killed
himself In Ban Francisoo by taking
strychnine. He was a member ot
aololda olub.
The Firal Congregational ohurob,
San Francisoo, of wbloh Key. O. 0.
lirown was pastor, will bo cold to the
blgbeat bidder.
Tha controller at the nnrranm haaila.
elared a dividend of IS per oent in furor
of the oredttora of the insolvent 8 took
Growers' National bank, of MUet
City, Mont
At Alonso provlnoe, In Bnelva,
Spain, a miscreant set fire to a build-
lug In wblob a danot waa In progress.
Bis peraona were burned to deatb, and
many war Injured.
A telegram reoelved from Bauto Do
mingo ay that tha preatdent, Ulyse
ueureaux, bas bad the minuter of war,
Castillo, and Governor Eat, of Ma
oorla, abot for oonsplraoy.
Senator Kyle, from the committee on
foreet reservation, baa reported favor
ably the bill antborlaing the pnrobaae
oi toll roada in Yoaemita National
Park, and making them free.
Twenty apeolal agente of the general
land omoe in Washington, D. (J., have
been ordered impended from May 10
to J one 80, lnoloslve, on aooonnt of an
inadequate appropriation for the oar
rent fiscal year.
me uenver obamber of oommeroe
aotboriaea the atatement that no con-
trlbationa for the Cripple Creek fire
aafferera from other state are needed,
The oontribntiona In light In Colorado
amount to nearly 160,000.
The senate oommittee on public
landa baa agreed to preai upon the ten
ate ateering ooinmlttee oonaideration of
the bill granting 6 per cent ot the pro
eeeda of the aale of public landa to the
atalea where the aale have been or may
be made.
i Tbe aobooner Viking, wbloh arrived
In Ban Francisoo, brought newa of the
probable loaa of tbe aohooner Norma.
Tha N rnia aailed on February 0 with
ten persons aboard, tor the Booth aeaa,
and ahonld have arrived at ita destlns
tion six week ago.
A diapatob from Valparaiao says
in statistics or the general army
taif, wbloh have just been tuned,
show that the national guard now nam'
bera throughout Chile 400,000 men.
Tbe figure were made np Immediately
after tbe late enrollment.
A dliptoah form Havana aaya: An
American newipaper man named Ham
ilton, captured on board tbe Key Weat
filibustering aohooner Competitor, will
be releated, but the other penona cap
tared at the aama time will be abot. In
aplta of proteata from Waablngton.
Tbe New York flerald'a correspond
ent In Salvador wrltea that oongreaa
baa approved the treaty of Amalpa
wbloh unite tbe republlo of San 8al
vador, Nicaragua and Honduras, wbloh
will henoeforth be oalled by tbe name
Republic Major de Centro America.
At Port Townaend an nnoffloial teat
of the new revenue laanoh Sooat show
ed her to be able to eaaily make four
teen to aliten knota an honr. Revenue
offloera are delighted to think that the
first government boat constructed on
Puget sound Uiuoh an eminent auooesa.
It is aaid, on what la considered good
authority in Washington, that the ex
pert aooountant employed by the secre
tary of atate has found a shortage of
187,000 in the trust fond aooonnt of
F. J. Kleokhoefer, until .recently the
disbursing offloer of the atate depart
ment. . . , ,
Tbe seoretary of the treasury baa ao
oepted offers for tbe aale of attestor
government buildings as follows: Boise
City, Idaho, Bera M. Jackson, 117,600,
bounded by Seventh and Eighth and
Bannook streets; Helena, Monk, O. F.
Ellis A Co., 120,000, oorner. Park ave
nue and Clark strreet
The American Medioal Association
met in its 47th annual session in tbe
Grand opera boose In Atlanta, Ga.
Tbe association haa over 1,600 mem
bers, being tbe largest body of physl
olana and surgeons in Amerioa, and
probably in tbe world. Dr. Beverly
Cole, of California, presided.
The Herald's correspondent In Quay
quill, Ecuador, telegraphs that the
provlnoe of Manabi Buffered terribly
from earthquakes. In Puerto. Viejo
houses were thrown down, many per
sons were burled alive In tbe ruins and
many Injured. Tbe provlnoe of Man
abi is in tbe northeastern part of Ecua
dor. Almost 80,000 government employe
were brought at one sweep under tbe
protection ot tbe oivil servioe by tbe
isasanoe ot an order by tbe president,
making a general revision of tbe oivil
aervloe rales. The order is the most
Important ilnoe the Inauguration of the
aystem more than a decade ago. It
takes effect immediately.
All of the trans-Atlantlo steamship
lines have advanoed the rate on gold
from 1-89 to 6-83. For some time past
the companies have held the opinion
that the rates oharged were not fair to
them, considering tbe risks involved.
The opinion Is expressed that this ad
vanoe in freights may oheok the present
outward movement of gold.
James Creelman, correspondent of
tbe New Yorkk World, and Frederick
W, Lawreuoe, correspondent of tbe
New York Journal, have been expelled
from Cuba, on tbe ground that tbey
oaiumiuated General Weyler, the gov
eminent and army, and attributed the
insurgents' orlmes to the Spanish army,
They have been ordered to leave Cuba
by tbe first steamer sailing.
Renters and owner ot land in the
Umatilla reservation met in Pendleton,
Or , and organised a vlgilanoe commit'
tee, to shoot down cattle straying upon
grain lands. The movement 1 oaused
by - the Indians tearing down fences
and taming stock loose. It is expected
this aotlon will provoke a test law case
to more dearly define to what extent
the Umatilla Indian i a eltlxen.
J, Simons, the oook. on tbe pilot
boat aohooner Ban Jose, waa washed
overboard and lost while tbe schooner
waa oroaslng tbe Columbia river bar
bound in. The weather was rough
outaide, and a bearvy swell on the bar
tossed the little schooner about oon
iderably, one huge wave striking her
midships and turning her over almost
on ber beam ends. Simons was stand
ing at tbe time In the oookpit, and the
reoedlng wave carried blm over the
side. The crew waa unable to render
any assisatanoe, the unfortunate man
disappearing as soon a be went over
the aobooner a side. ;
It is said that tbe war oot Bpaln
iuu,uuu,ouoo annually and 10.000 sot
fliers every year.
A fight between negroes and Bun
garlaneat Keystone, W. Va., resulted
in two negroes and one Bun beina-
xuea. Wilson wortblngton .and Geo.
juanara were also Injured.
Rear Admiral Kirkland haa been or
dered to oommand the Mare Island
navy-yard in place of Captain H. L.
Howlaon.who la ordered to special duty
in connection with the Oregon.
Carl Albreobt, who killed bis wife
in Marabfleld, Or., February 18 last,
waa oonvloted at Empire City
of murder in the flnt degree. The
ury brought In a verdiot alter fifteen
minute' deliberation.
The railroad station In Florin, CaL,
wa entered by burglars. Tbe burglars
robbed the railroad station, the post-
omoe and wells-Fargo express offloe,
wblob are all la the same building. A
small sum of money waa taken.
The Northern Pacific A Manitoba
Terminal bondholders have been ad
milled to tbe Northern Paolfio Morgan
isation and bare aooepted 60 per oent
in new threes and a like amount In pre
i erred stock a a basis of settlement
Crased with drink and brooding over
trouble wblob be considered a disgraoa
to himself and relative, Frank Wal
ton, aged 80, threw himself in front of
an engine on the Rook Island traok
near Liuooln, Neb., and was ground to
pulp. :
In tbe Canadian prohibition case, the
.-ivy oounoil has deolded that parlia
ment cannot pas a general prohibitory
law, nor oan the provlnoes abolish tbe
trafflo in liquor, but tbey oan pas laws
to regulate it by lioensea, under reason
able conditions.
Notioe has been alven by the Boo line
of ita intention to put into effect
round-trip rate of 60 from St Paul
and Minneapolis to Kootenai point.
Tbe tioketa will have limits In both di
rection of forty days and final return
limit of ninety day a.
The city of L'Anae, at the head of
Kewana bay, Mioblgan, baa been wiped
out by fire. Tbe L'Anae oompuny'a
lumber mill and nearly all the business
nouae were burned. Two bundled
persons are homeless. The total loss 1
1360,000; insurance small.
A dispatch from Panama aaya:
Puerto Vijo, the capital ot Manabi,
with a population ot 10,000, ha been
entirely destroyed by two earthquake.
The shooks were su weeded by floods,
inundaltng tbe city. Many lives are
supposed to have been loet
In a boxing matoh between John
Houlihan and Pat Nolan, wbloh came
off In Farmlngton, Conn., Houlihan
waa knocked out in the eleventh round
and rendered unoonaolona. He was not
resuscitated, and it is. belired his in
juries will prove fatal.
It Is atated In Kansas City that the
firm of Swift tt Co. will shut down
their big paoking plant at that point
for an indefinite period. Their plant
gives employment to 1,800 men, and In
oapaoity ranks second among the paok
ing establishment of Kansas City,
In Rome, N. Y., J. Wataoa Hit
dreth, tbe boy trainwreoker, reoelevd a
life sentence. Hi companion, Plato
and Hibbard, who pleaded guilty of
manslaughter in the first degree, were
aetenoed to twenty years' imprison
ment on two indlotments, or for forty
year In all. : "
William Laverone and Jack Roberta,
highwaymen, oaptured a few day
since, overpowered the jailer In Ma
dera, CaL, beating him severely over
the head with a briok. Tbey took bia
keys and arms and escaped. They are
desperate oharaeters and It la feared
will kill some of the posse before they
are oaptured.
News is reoelved of a brutal murder
oommitted in Ooonto, Wis , in a dis
pute between two farmers about a team
of horses, in which a man named O) sen
shot one named Llssot Be then car
ried the body to a brush pile and aet
it on fire. A deputy sheriff arrested
Olsen and bad blm handooffod by one
band, but by a desperate effort the man
escaped and hid in the woods.
As an indication of the unprecedent
ed mining - aotlvity In the atate of
Washington, the records in ' tbe offloe
of the seoretary of atate at Olympia
show that there have been filed for rec
ord In tbe last three months artioles for
eighty-three mining corporations.
These, in connection with others,
have netted to the state an amount tor
recording fees little short of the run
ning expenses of tbe secretary ot state'a
offloe for the same time.
FOR PERMANENT HON
American Federations ot La
bor Meet at New York.
TWO MILLION MEN REPRESENTED
Propose to Unite All Amirlcu Labor
Organisations Favor Arbitra
tion of All Dlffloultles.
New York, May 18. The Herald
this morning says:
A long step toward a permanent
union between tbe American Federa.
tions ot Labor, which together control
about 3,000,000 organised working'
men, was taken at last night's meeting
of tbe Central Labor union, wbiob is
purely local body, unattached to
either, but oontalning onions owing
allegiance to both. A letter waa re
oelved from Samuel Gompers, president
of tbe federation, asking tbe Central
Labor Union to sink all differences and
join the federation. When the letter
was read, Charles W. Hoadley, of the
Eleotrloal Workers' Union, a Knight
of Labor, warmly endorsed it. A mo
tion by James C. Edward, a Knigbt of
Labor, to refer Gompers' offer to affil
iated union for a vote, wa carried by
a large majority.
A letter waa reoelved from District
Assembly No. 76, Knight ot Labor,
wbiob controls tbe street railway
union of Brooklyn, alleging tbat Preai'
dent O. L. Rossiter, of tbe Brooklyn
Height trolley road, violated agree'
ments entered into with it, by disorim
inating against union men.
The distriot assembly explained that
it did not wish to tnoonvenienoe the
public by another strike, and asked
tbat tbe members of tbe Central Labor
Union patronise the rival roads.
Railway Bmployos Convene.
8t Louis, May 18. One of the moat
important meeting of railway em
ploye ever beld took place at tbe bead'
quarters of the Order of Railway Con
duo tors, on Market street yesterday. It
represented officially six national or
ders and brotherhoods. In fact, tbey
may be oalled international, a the
membership of eaob includes men em
ployed on lines in Canada and Mexioo.
There were some 000 present. The
chief result of the convention was tbe
adoption of a resolution to form a fed
eration of tbe six orders named. Every
speaker favored tbe federation and ev
ery man present voted for it. Tbe only
difference ot opinion was on tbe ques
tion of admitting the American Rail
way Union. As first submitted, tbe
proposition lnoluded Eugene V. Debs'
order, but an . amendment to strike it
out was carried with only two or three
dissenting votes. Tbe offloer of the
grand lodge ot the six orders represent
ed at the meeting were authorized and
Instructed to formulate a plan tor unit
ing the six under a general connoil,
similar to the governing body of tbe
Federation of Labor. ' Tbe convention
adopted resolution favoring arbitra
tion and appeal from deoisiona of tbe
federal oourts, after which the conven
tion adjourned sine die.
SOURCE: OF THE MISSOURI
It Is Discovered by a Minnesota Goo-
. grapher.
8t Paul, May 18 Colonel J. V.
B rower, Minnesota's state geographer,
haa made tbe sensational discovery tbat
the source of the Missouri river is not
Red Rook lake, Montana, as previously
stated. Colonel B rower has explored
tbe whole region of the upper Missouri
and today made public the result of his
discoveries. Be says the longest upper
branch of the Missouri does not flow
through the lower Red Rook lake in
Montana, but comes from a bole in tbe
mountain, voloanio In it oharaoter, at
tbe summit of the Kooky mountain,
west of Belery't lake, Idaho, and at a
point bordering the boundary between
tbat atate and Montana. Tbe minia
ture river, at ita commencement, striv
ing to secure existenoe from the Inner
walla of the surrounding voloanio vent,
near perpetual snowbanks, has by ita
eroding oapaoity oat it way out from
that rugged and precipitous mountain
uplift of enoromn aiae until a solid
rook of mountain baa been severed In
twain, a oanoyn formed and assuming
the proportions of river, from the
flowage of innumerable creek, coming
in at the side, reaches tbe valleys be
low flowing into and through upper
Red Rook lake, twenty milea from its
source in tbe mountains, thence west
wardly, northerly and northeasterly,
pant Red Butte and Beaver Bead rook
to Three Fork, thence to the MiHisslp-
and thenoe to tbe Gulf ot Mexioo,
through and past thirteen states, dis
tance of 4,881.
Tbe Hod Cross la Armenia.
Constantinople, May IS. The work
of the agents of the - American Red
Cross Society, under the direotion ot
Miss Clara Barton, it president, is
very successful. . Tbey bave been re
lieving a very great deal of distress by
distributing seeds and tools, especially
in the Barpoot distriot, where Dr. J.
D. Bubbell's party has been urged to
make a lengthy stay.
A Red Cross medioal oorpa i being
formed here, and will be plaoed at tbe
disposal of Ira Harris, for the work in
the Marasb and Zeitoun district. where
typhus fever and dsyentery are raging.
By a vote of 423 to 98. the Methodist
general conference, in session In Cleve
land, O., decided the four women dele
gate might retain their seats. This
does not mean tbat tbe women have
won a complete victory. The decision
was tbe result of a compromise, and
with tbe understanding that it should
not prejudioe tbe olaims ot women in
the future or establish a preoedent for
future conference to follow.
WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW.
Prevailing Confldoneo In Batter Thin.
. 'to Coma, .
New York, May 11. R. G. Dun
Co. 's weekly review of trade says:
"Tbat the export of 18,860,000 gold
this week have produoed no monetary
distrubanoe is at onoe proof of tbe
soundness of flnsnoial conditions and
of tbe prevailing confidence In better
things to come. Muob of the nesita
tion at present is due to temporarily re-
dnoed demand in all Industries, and in
Iron and steel the power of the new
combination 1 being tested by refusal
of orders, so tbst production exoeeds
consumption, but consumption exceed
new buying. The general irregularity
of prioes and slackness of demand for
finished product do not prevent the
marking up of prioes by combinations,
but are largely due to doubt whether
snob price a are fixed can be main
tained. Pig-iron I weaker in the
East, and also at Pittsburg, and most
finished products are weaker, with
remarkably low demand. Minor metal
are tnaotive, with oopper weak, tin
steady and lead aligbtly lower, and
American tin-plate thirty oent below
foreign.
Trader in wheat have lifted prioe
a little, and yet nobody, question the
correctness of Western reports lndioat
ing more than ordinary yield of winter
wheat and unusual progress in the
planting of spring.
With the narrow stock usual at this
time of the year, a speculation for ad
vanoe always has many opportunities,
but Western reotepta aie still 40 per
oent larger than last year, while At
lantic export, flour included, are for
tbe week 948,667 bushels, against 1,
616,000 a year ago. After a fall to
68X oent. tbe prioe rose about 8 oent.
Corn is also a shade lower, but without
a definite reason.
Failures for tbe week bave been
388 in tbe United States, against 837
last year, and 84 in Canada, against 84
last year." -
POST EXCHANGES.
Right of Government to Maintain Than
Without Interference.
Omaha, May 11. Judge Sbiraa, of
the federal oonrt, today pasaed upon
the habeas corpus oases at Fort Hobln
son, in wbiob Lieutenant Langdon and
Sergeant Braden had been beld under
state authority for selling liquor with
out license as offloiaU in obarge of tbe
post exchange. The opinion of Judge
Sbira wa a comprehensive and elabor
ate statement of law pertaining to mil.
itary reservations in general through
out the United States. It exhaustively
reviewed all tbe authorities. Be up
held in tbe opinion a oomplete and
absolute jurisdiction of tbe general gov
eminent over the military reservation
in qoetsion, and, further, that the
amendatory act of Nebraska seeking to
reolaim authority to enforoe its liquor
law upon this reservation was nega
tory.
This settles tbe question of the right
of the government to maintain ita post
exohanges without interference in any
manner by state authorities.
Postal Card Dana,
Chicago, May 11. Untied State
Judge Grosaoup and tbe present federal
grand jury view "postal card dun"
oases alike. At tbe last term of the
distriot oourt, the former advised As
sistant Distriot Attorney Rosenthal to
use discretion in the prosecution of per
son who unwittingly, and in many
oases on aooonnt of poverty, had offend
ed against the statute inhibiting postal
cards which bear written or printed
matter reflecting discredit on the re
cipient Yesterady two more case ot
tbe same sort were brought before the
grand jury and that body wa prompt
in throwing tbem out
Judge Grosaoup say tbat if a man
simply asks for what la due him he
commita no offense. It is further stat
ed that the statute In question is In
voked ohiefly by debtors who are desir
ous of swindling or getting revenege
upon those they owe and that the ohief
sufferers are the poor and ignorant
Tha Nicaragua Canal.
Washington, May 11. Governor
MoCorkle, of Weat Virginia, appeared
before the house oommittee on oom
meroe today to advocate the construc
tion of the Nicaragua oanaL . Be spoke
in behalf of the ooal interests in his
own and adjacent state, declaring that
that section would be able to control
the ooal markets ot the Paoiflc coast,
of North and South Amerioa, with the
shipping failitlea wbiob would be
afforded by the canal. At present all
ooal need on the Paoiflc ooast, he
atated,' is mined in Australia, Japan
and Vanoouver island. Be predicted
that with the advancement of tbe Jap
anese they would monopolise the ooal
business ot the ooast unless the canal
should be built, when the freight rates
would enable West Virginia to under
sell tbe Japaneae; .
Civil Service List Kxtended. ;
Washington, May 11. The presi
dent has issued an order exetnding the
oivil servioe rule to the interstate oom
meroe commission. This brings all
offices in tbe commission here and out
side of Washington in the classified
servioe, except the ohief executive of
floe requiring presidential nomination
and confirmation by tbe senate. This
order makes a total of about 88,900
government positions now tnoludedln
the civil servioe.
To Faroe a right.
New York.May 19. A World special
from Eavana says 6,000 volunteers are
to be sent to tbe trooha to relieve regu
lars needed to operate against Maobo.
Ten siege guns have been sent to the
trooba. Weyler is anxioua to foroe a
general engagement in Pinar del Rio be-fo-e
the heavy rain set in. It is esti
mated that he has now about 60,000
troops In Pinar del Rio. Maoeo's
fnroes is about 16,000. ,. i
There la only one sudden death
among women to eighty among men.
I PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Items ot General . Interest
From AO Sections.
DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS
All tha Cltlas and Towns af the Faalfle
B tat, and Territories
Washington.
Over 100 sores will be devoted to
water-melon in tbe Wenatobee valley
this season.
Howard Wolf, of Yakima, has be
gan a four years' term at tbe peniten
tiary for robbery. '
Tbe Christian church at Puyallup
expect to worship in a new meeting
bouse before many months.
Tbe fishing year promise to be a
lively one at Bellingham bay. Several
new trap bave been located.
A burglar entered the residenoe of F.
Page, in Woodland, Clark county, last
week, and scoured $28.60 in money.
Pierce oounty commissioners have
deolded tbat tbe county must dispense
with tbe aervioe of a deputy surveyor.
A good deal of work is being done at
tbe Ilwaoo cranberry farm in preparing
to properly flood and cultivate tbe
plants.
When Brigadier-General Boutelle
wa in Ilwaoo last week, he gsve the
Journal to understand tbe militia
would remain for some time yet
Seattle's oounoil is at work drafting
a new liquor lioense ordinaaae to su
persede tbe present voluminous oode.
No radical changes are proposed.
A Brotherhood of the Aged has been
organized at Tekoa, in Whitman ooun
ty, by gentlemen over 60 years of age.
They will hold meetings twice a month.
The Ainslle sawmill, at Winlook has
been sold to a syndicate from Essex,
On t, for $16,000. Preparations are
being made to put the mill in shape
and to start up as soon as possible.
Mrs. C. S. Wilson, of Spokane, haa
been chosen by the Sorosis Club, of
Spokane, to represent it at tbe federa
tion of women's olubs, which will meet
in Louisville, Ky., May 86, 37 and 28.
Deep-sea sailors are few on Puget
sound just now. Vessels going foreign
bave unusual difficulty in securing full
crews, and the boarding-house men are
kept more than busy supplying the de
mand for able seamen.
' Tbe little town ot Chinook, opposite
Flavel, is having quite boom. A
large ball building and church are
among the new edifioes. A temperanoe
agitation has resulted in the denial of
saloon lioense to all applicants.
The Fidalgo Island Canning Com'
pany, Anaoorte Paoking Company
and P. L Cook each haa a new cannery
plant at Anaoortes well under way.
The two former have main buildings
80x836 feet, and several smaller build
ings.
The Rosalia oreamery is doing a
good business. It receives about 7,000
pounds ot milk per day. Tbe farmers
axe getting a lot of good milch oows,
and are putting up barns and sheds, as
they oan sell milk as well in winter as
in summer.
Walla "Walla is likely to take ad
vantage of an aot of the last legisla
ture, enabling cities to establish and
maintain by taxation publio libraries.
donation of .$1,000 in cash or books
is required, and the tax must not ex
ceed bait a mill.
The 6-year-old son ot Mr. Larson, a
farmer living near Ferndale, in What
oom oounty, mysteriously disappeared
last week, and nothing haa ainoe been
learned of his whereabouts. There la
suspicion tbat be haa been stolen by
some Lummi Indians.
Auditor Lyons has received for rec
ord patent from the United State
to tbe Northern Paoiflo Railroad Com
pany, oovering about 86,000 acre of
land in Cowlita oounty. Tbe patent
was dated March 81, 1896, just in time
to make said lands taxable for this
year. ;, ,
A church building has just been
dedioated in tbe Moxee valley, with a
seating oapaoity of 800 and costing
$1,700. This leads tbe Yakima Times
to recall the f aot that, aooording to the
Indian legend, an evil spirit ruled in
the Moxee valley and the night never
caught a red man encamped there. A
daylight journey was always planned
aorosa tbe haunted valley. f ,.
George Wilson, a surveyor, was ar
rested In North Yakima recently,
oharged with grand larceny. Be had
obtained entrance into the residence of
Fred R. Reed, and carried off a case of
table knives, valued at $40, a $68
oamera, a pair of field glasses, a half
dozen spoons, a pie knife and other ar
ticles. Wilson confessed to having
taken tbe plunder, some of whioh was
pawned, and tbe balance sold.
A settlement of the strike of the
eleotrioal workers in Spokane was
effected last week, and all tbe men at
onoe went back to work. The men
from the offloe who had been sent out
to trim lamp were recalled, and tbe
regular trimmers took their places and
completed tbe work. The settlement
is said to be satisfactory all around,
as tbe men have all they asked for, al
though in a slightly different way than
the request was made. The demand
was pay ana a ball lor overtime lor
all members of tbat union. Tbe settle
ment wss to put the men involved on
salary, whioh is said to be even higb-
er
than was asked by them.
Oregon.
The Hood F,iver box faotory is very
busy making sound boxes and orates
for the ooming strawberry crop.
It la estimated that S6,180 white bal
lot will be required for the 86 pre
oinots of Marion oounty at tbe ooming
election. . . . , ,
One day last week tbe Albany cream
ery, lnoluding tbe Sbedd skimming
station, took In 18,000 pounds of milk,
from which 680 pounds of butter were
made.
Sheriff Johnson, of Lane oounty,
turned over to County Treasurer Gray
$11,974.93 of tax money, whioh made
$70,468.36 collected, leaving balance
of about $60,000 yet to ome.
Herriok's cannery at Tbe Dalles, was
started up last week on two and one-
half ton of fish. About twenty-one
operatives are employed. The cannery
baa a oapaoity of from ten to fifteen
tons daily.
Tbe tag Tonquin is to take into
Silets bay a supply of nail and build
er ' hardware, to be used in the erec
tion of tbe cannery building. The Ton
quin will be the third vessel known to
have entered tbe bay.
A. J. Palmer, while working In the
timber, near Yonoalla, in Douglas
oounty, was struck by a falling tree.
His collarbone waa broken, and he was
otherwise severely bruised; but it is
thought be will reoover.
The Dayton Herald enumerate tbe
following hale and hearty old timer
in that vicinity: A. P. Robertson, of I
Unionvale, Is over 83 years ot age, and
oan do a good day's work on tbe farm.
John Baxter, of Dayton, over 83, is
hearty; so is James Baxter, wbo
over 84. The two latter, although of
tbe came name, are not related.
Grant's Pass enjoys the distinction
oi baving a delegate to each of tbe na
tional conventions. Abe Axtell baa
been selected to represent Oregon in
tbe Populist convention, J.W. Howard
in tbe Democratic, and R. A. Booth in
tbe Republican. All expect to be pres
ent in person.
Tbe Dalle Times-Mountaineer says
it ia rumored that the Dufur flouring
mills bave been sold to a resident of
Portland. It ia stated that the prioe
paid lor the mills was $10,000, and
tb wheat stored in the warehouse,
amounting to about 13,000 bushels,
wa sold at 60 oent a buaheL
The sheep-raisers of Grant oounty
bave not lost many lamb, says the
Long Creek Eagle. Regardless of the
stormy weather that prevailed during
the month of April, some sheepmen
claim their increase in lambs will reach
about 100 per oent, while tbe average
will be between 80 and 90 per oent
H. P. Moore, on tbe Illinois river in
Curry oounty, says he is suooessfully
raising figs. He ha a tree on which
tbe first orop will soon ripen, and tbe
others are ooming along fast Last
year the tree ripened fig and will do
so again this year, thus showing tbst
tney oan be raised in this vicinity.
He has an olive tree, whioh he will
oultivate as an experiment, to see if it
will thrive in tbat section.
Mr. Schanno, says The Dalles Chron
icle, has made special inquiries regard
ing the probable fruit crop the oom
ing season and finds that it will gen
erally be good, with only rare excep
ions. From Grants, Hood River,
Mosier, Three Mile and the oonntry
south come very enoouraging reports
tbat all kinds of fruit will mature a
full orop, exoept tbat in plaoes some
varieties of peaches are partially affect
ed. Xdaho.
A postoffloe haa been established at
Chappin, In Fremont county.
Parties ooming in from tbe , Nea
Perce reservation aay that the rains
have made the road impaisable.
The postoffloe department has for
warded the commission of Mary A.
Starrb, the new postmaster of Jesse.
The wiigon of a settler and family,
while asoending the grade at Big Can
yon, near Kendriok, on tbe Clearwater
river, went over the grade, down the
hillside and into the river. The whole
family went down with the wagon.
Fishermen rescued the settler, bis wife
and children, with some difficulty, but
the wagon, horses and household furni
ture of the settler were lost
Joseph Crawford, a trapper, found
the remain ot Andrew Allen, on the
North Fork, three mile above the
mouth of Pritohard creek. Allen wa
an old-timer, and well known in Mur
ray. He left in November, 1898, on
a hunting trip. Search waa made a
few day later for him, but hi track
were covered by the first snow of the
year. Nothing was known of what
became ot him until his dlwovery.
The remains found were bones, a gun,
army buttons and a hatohet There
was an empty shell in the gun, prob
ably fired for help while he waa perish
ing. .
Montana.
There has been reoeived at the Hel
ena land offloe 761 patent for land in
tbat distriot
Tbe woolmen of Montana at a recent
meeting, endorsed tbe position taken
by Senators Mantle and Carter in vot
ing against the Dingley revenue bilL
They claim that the interests of tbe
wool grower and manufacturer and the
miner are too closely allied to admit of
tbe least discrimination of one against
the other by legislative aotlon.
Helena ha carried off first honor in
the matter of postoffloe reoeipts for the
year ending Maroh 81, in this state.
Her total reoiepta tor the year were
$41,087.80, while those of Butte were
$40,691.88. Both cities are, however,
ot the first-class order, and the post
masters reoeive $4,000 per annum.
The government mineral land com
missioners are at work in all the dis
trict of the state, and they are receiv
ing the aid of prominent mining men
from the different districts. There is
not the slightest reason for a single
pleoe ot mineral land being classified
as agricultural providing oitiaen lend
their assistance. .
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Dally Proceedings in Senate
and' House.
IMPORTANT BILLS INTRODUCED
abstaaoe of tha Measures Being Con
sidered by tha Vlfty-Fourtb
Saasion Senate.
Washington, May 8. In tbe senate
today, Cullom reported proeress in the
conference of the two house on tbe
legislative, exeoutlve and judioial ap
propriation bills, although many items
were yet open. The main feature of
the agreement i on tbe salariea of the
United State distriot attorney and
marshals, a schedule of rate ranging
from $3,600 to to $6,000 per year be
ing submitted. The river and harbor
bill was then taken up. All amend
ments were agreed to until tbe item
for a deep water harbor in Santa
Monica bay, California, was reached.
when it went over on the reauest of
White, in view of a sham oontest
whioh is expected. At 3 o'clock, the
bill was laid aside, and tbe bond reso
lution was taken up, Hill taking tbe
floor to continue his speech. Peffer at
tempted to have a time fixed for a
vote, but Hill again declined to consent
Washington, May 9. By a decisive
vote today the senate decided to in
augurate an investigation of tbe bond
sales conducted by tbe secretary of tbe
treasury during tbe last three years.
Tbe resolution demanding the investi
gation is very explicit It request
that tbe committee on finance be di
rected to investigate and report gen
erally all tbe material faota and cir
cumstances oonneoted with the sale of
United State bonds by the secretary of
the United States treasury during the
year 1894. 1896 and 1896; what
amount of available funds waa in the
treasury at the time of such issues; the
obligations of the government, and the
reasons for the withdrawal of gold from
the treasury, and the classes of persons
who made such withdrawals.
Washington, May 11. All Oregon
and Washington item in the river and
harbor bill went through tbe senate
without opposition today, including the
appropriation tor tbe boat railway at
Tbe Dallea and the Seattle canal. .
There will be a fight on both items in
tbe oonterenoe. With the bond resolu
tion out of tbe way, tbe senate gave ita
attention to tbe accumulation of minor
measures before going on with the
river and harbor bilL Mitchell of Or
egon gave notioe that when tbe last ap
propriation bill was passed, be would
press the joint resolution for election of
senators by the people, not for the sake
of having further speeches, but to ac
tually adopt ' the resolution. Bills
were passsed to establish a classifica
tion division in the United States pat
ent offloe, and granting permission for
the erection of a monument in Wash
ington in honor of Samuel Hahne
mann, and appropriaitng $4,000 for a
foundation.
Washington. May 8. The house to
day served notioe on the senate and the
country that it had transacted it busi
ness and wa ready for final adjourn
ment by the passage, without division,
of a resolution for final adjournment
on Monday, May 18. The reading waa
received with an outburst of applause
from members on both side of the
house. Wheeler denounced the ma
jority for proposing to desert their
post. He asserted tbat during the
campaign of 1894, tbe Republican
party had pledged itself to the relief of
the people from existing depression.
'Caused by the Democratic party," in
terjected Miliken. . Dingley made no
reply to Wheeler, and the resolution
was. adopted without divslon. The
boose then prooeeded, under the special
order adopted yesterday, to consider
private pension bills, and aoted on
them at the rate of about one every
five minute.
Washington, May 9 The net result
of a three and a half hours' session of -the
house today was the passage of a
bill to amend tbe aot to allow appeala
from the supreme oourts of the terri
tories to the oourt of appeals. Fickler
attempted to secure bia revenge for tbe
defeat he suffered last night, when the
house refused to remain in session to
pass private pension bills, by blocking
legislation today. He made tbe point
of no quorum at every opportunity, and
finally tbe house, losing patience, ad
journed. Piokler threatens to keep np
his taotios until he accomplishes his ob
ject,, which be says is to secure farther
consideration of private pension bills.
Washington.May 11. Tbe member
of the house voted themselves $100 -per
month for olerk hire during the re
cease of oongress. Under a resolution
passed by tbe fit ty-seoond oongress, tbe
members of subsequent oon greases re- '
oeived $100 per month for clerk hire
during the sessions. Today tbe propo
sition to extend this allowance to mem
bers during the recesses ot oongress
came up in the form of the Hartman
resolution, adversely reported from tbe
oommittee on aooounta. It occasioned
some very deep debate. It had tbe
support of Cannon, ohalrman of tbe
appropriation oommittee, but wa op
posed by Dingley, tbe floor leader of
tbe majority. Aldrioh said it would
involve an additional expenditure of
$316,000 per annum. The resolution
waa amended so as to exoept members
who are chairmen of committees, bav
ing annual clerks, and as amended
was passed, 180 to 108.
Bolln Convicted.
Omaha, Neb., May 13, Shortly be
fore noon the jury in the case of Homy
Bolin, the defaulting city treasarer.
returned a verdiot of guilty on evtt.y
t count The amount of tbe defalcation
in the finding aggregate $106,600.