The Oregon mist., May 22, 1896, Image 1

E -OREGON
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ST. HELENS. OREGON, FRIDAY. MAY 22, 1896.
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MIST
EVENTS' " OF THE ".DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News ot the World.
TERSE TICKS FKOM THIS WIBKS
Aa Interesting Volle.tlon of It.no. from
the Two Hemispheres Presented
In Condensed Form. .
Dr. Salmon, the oldest Freemason
In the world, died In Loudon. He u
108 your old.
The last olean-up of the Apollo mice
I Unga, Alaska, waa $87,600, tbe
produot of a three mootba' ran.
Aooordiug to the monthly orop report
Jait Issued, the average condition of
. winter wheat ia 89.0 In May, 1800.
Anti-mlsslonary rlota bare broken
oat In Klang Yin. TheJBlrtlsh minion
wai looted and burned. ' The mission
ary escaped. ,
The dockers' atrlke In Rotterdam
haa aianmed an ugly aspect Tbe olvlo
guard, police and marines have been
called ont to protect tbe workers.
WiUUin Demring, the reaper man
faoturer, baa made a donation to the
Northwestern university amounting to
$215,000. The gift is in real estate
and bonds.
Miss Made Todd, aged 20, daughter
of Dr. Lyman P. Todd, waa killed in
Lexington, Ky., by a trolley oar while
she waa bicycling. She waa oousin
of Robert Linooln. ' : . v.
. Tbe president baa approved tbe aot
making provisions for the deportation
to Canada of the Oree Indians from
Montana, and their delivery to the
.Canadian authorities.
Tbe Abysalnians in Maasowah have
liberated the Italians who were made
prisoners at Agama, and it ia aaid that
Haa Mangasola will liberate tbe re
mainder within week.
1 Matblaa Jensen, of Astoria, haa in
vented a maoblne for the manufacture
of glllnete which, be claims, will knit
S00 fathoms of net in ten hours. He
intends to apply for a patent
.. Jack B. Alexander, a great nephew
of Jell Davis, . was shot and mortally
wounded at bis saloon in Paris, Ky.,
by John Steers, brakeman. lie bad re
fused to trust Bteers for a drink. ,
' Henry Cuy lor Banner, editor of Puok,
died at bia residenoe in Nutley, N. J.,
from taberoular consumption, f Mrs.
Bunner and tbree children were at bis
bedside when death oame.
Csrl Albreobt, the man who brutally
murdered his wife upon the streets of
Marehfleld, Or., February 18, baa been
sentenoed by Judge Fuller ton to be
banged June SB, 181)6, at Empire City.
The Spanish oaravela which esme
over during the world's fair have been
given to tbe Field museum, in Chioago,
and will hereafter float ia the lagoon
directly in front of the museum build
ing. A oave-in of the Standard mine at
Burke, Idaho, instantly killed a miner
named Sohoflold At tel. Tbe deceased
waa about 80, and single. He had
been in tbe Coeur d'Alene several
years.
Tbe senate passed Mitchell's bill
pensioning the veterans of Indian wars.
This bill will pension all who served
in the early Indian wars in Washington
and Oregon, their widows-and depend
ent survivors.
The supreme oourt at Pendleton has
decided that women are not eligible aa
candidates for tbe offloe of oounty
aohool superintendent. There are at
present fifteen women candidates for
this office in the state ; v
In Van Buron, Ark., Jailer Stamps
waa assaulted by two prisoners wbo,
after beating him Insensible, took bis
keys end liberated five others. Stumps
is probably fatally injured. Tbe pri
soners wore not oaptured. t t.
D. W. Watson, a wood-dealer, was
instantly killed in 8eatlte in a runa
way. In falling off bis leg wss oaught
and torn oft. Hia body was dragged
about 100 tec, bia leg being left be
hind. He died instantly.
Tbe inorease in the price of bolts
and nuts in the iron trade tbe past
three weeks is the evidence of a report
ed gigantic pool of manufacturer! in
these goods, the organisation ot whioh
is now in progress In Boston.
While the , 9-year-old daughter of
William Ashby, of Flue valley, was
oroaaing Pioneer oreek on a footbridge
in company with another ohkld, both
were precipitated into tbe water and
the Ashby ohild was drowned.
, At Ban de Vie, Mo. , while sitting
up with her siok child near the open
fireplace! Mrs. John Edwards' olothes
oaught Are, and the flames oommunl
Cated to the cradle. The baby was ore
.mated and the woman seriously burned.
A convention of tbe Western Federa
tion of Miners met in Denver, Colo.
Colorado, Idaho and Montana were
largely represented, and delegates were
present from most of 'the Western
states and from British Columbia.
Over 600 union oarpentors in De
troit, Mioh., struck for eight hours a
day at 96 cents per hour. The bosses
are willing to make the minimum
wages 20 cents per hour and promise
to oonoede the eight-hoar day on Janu
ary 1 next. .
Ex-Polioe Captain Edward B. Car
penter, of Mew York baa been sen
tenoed to three months in the peniten
tiary and to pay a fine of $1,600. Car
penter pleaded guilty to having receiv
ed bribes of $1,000 from the Liquor
Dealers' Association.
' An effort was made to burn the large
Bunker Hill concentrator at Wardner,
Idaho. Tbe concentrator was fired and
portion of tbe flume blown up at the
same moment, extinguishing the lights
and stopping all tbe machinery. Tbe
fire was promptly extinguished by one
of the mill hands. Mo arrests have
been made. '
Hank Bonkolkan, while fishing in
the lake at West Lake Park, near Los
Angeles, brought to the surface tbe
body of a well-dressed young woman,
about 20 years of age. Tbe body had
evidently been in the water only a
short time.. Tbe identity of tbe girl is
not yet discovered.
The strike of forty-four firemen of
the Armour packing plant, in Kansas
City, has assumed international pro
portions, and there is no telling where
or how it will end. The strikers have
already petitioned the national oounoll
of tbe Federation of Labor to deolare
an International boyoott against the
Armour produots.
All roads in the Central Passenger
Association will hereafter carry bl
cycles free.
Alfred C. Field, negro, oonviotea
of tbe murder ot Mrs. Kandolpb, was
hanged in Chicago. -
Tbe schooner Mary Ayer was sunk
In collision with the steamer Okano,
In Lake Michigan, off Grosse point,
and five of ber crew were drowned,
two being saved. A
An explosion at Bida, in the Nupe
country, west coast ot Africa, on the
Mger, has rased to the ground tbe
palaoe of the Emir Melekl, and has
killed 200 people. ;
The Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern
railroad was sold at a cot ion in Seattle
and was purchased by Judge H. G.
Btruve. representing the bondholdesr'
committee, for $1,000,000.
Ties piled on the Chioago, Milwau
kee A St. Paul railroad at Waldo, a
few miles south of Milwaukee, Wis.,
deraile I a south-bound freight train.
Three men were killed and two injured.
At the Eliot Square building In
Buffalo. N. Y Thomas Purdy and Val
Jenly were working at the bottom of
tbe elevator shaft when workingmen
at the top dropped down an iron bolt,
killing both.
In Uneretaro, Mexico, a oave-in oo-
ourred at the opal mines and ten men
were burled with earn and stones.
word was brongnt rrom tne aoene snai
four of the miners were killed and
several others injured.
The Oauloia published in Paris, says
that Senor Canovas del Castillo, the
Spanish premier, is about to ask the
intervention of the European powers
with regard to the. interference of tbe
United States in Cuban affairs.
At the lEeotroial Exposition in pro
gress in Mew York a message waa
flashed over the wires ot tbe Western
Union and Paoiflo Postal companies,
oovering a distanoe of 16,000 miles,
and reply reoeived In four minutes.
Tbe fruitgrowers of Snake river are
oonsiderlng the formation ot a union,
so that fruit can be handled at smaller
oost than previously. The plan is to
have a Spokane oommisslon bouse
handle the fruit direct from tbe river.
Forty men .were let out in tbe Oem
mines, in Wallace, Idaho, and will not
be re-employed until development work
is finished. This is said by some to be
significant on aooount of the reoent ex
plosion at the Bunker Hill and Sul
livan mines.
Catherine A. Lacy, 82 yeara of age,
ot .Phoenix. Aria., waa burned to
death. She bad risen at 4 o'olook, and
in lighting a fire ignited tbe curtains.
From this her clothing oaught, and
before help arrived she waa fairly
oooked, dying in a few minutes.
A dispatch from Vladivostok saya:
Quiet has been restored at Seoul,
Corea, and the king will return to his
palace from the Bussian legation,
where he haa been since the disposi
tion and massaore of the late ministry.
The Bussian marines are returning to
their vessels.
Tbe steamer Mexloo just arrived in
the Sound, brings the following Alas
ka news; Tbe North American Com
mercial Company's soboonor Seventy
Six, wbloh left Kodiak December 11
last for Wood island, is lost with all
hands. A heavy gale sprung up just
after she left, and the has not been
heard of sinoe. I
Trouble between the Indians on the
Tongue river reservation, in Montana,
and the white settlers in the neighbor
hood is probable, and troops have been
asked for to avert a possible outbreak.
This is the result of depredations com
mitted by the Indians on the outtle
of tbe whites,
Nearly half the business portion of
the suburban town ot Blue Island,
near Chioago, 111 , was destroyed by
fire. Altogether twenty-six buildings
were oonsumed, entailing a total loss
of about $160,000. A shifting wind
was blowing almost a hurricane at the
time ot tbe fire, and it spread rapidly.
C. J. Curlts, editor of tbe Weekly
Herald, ot Astoria, Or,, sad W. H.
Weeks, candidate for reoorder on tbe
Populist tioket, engaged in a Ustio en
oountar, in wbioh Curtis oame out sec
ondbest - Weeks was the aggressor,
and the provocation was an artiole in
the Herald in whioh Weeks was the
victim of an abusive attaok. '
Seoretary of State Prioe haa just re
oeievd tJie diploma medal awarded the
state of Washington at the world'a fair
for grains and grasses. The medal is a
bronze pleoe, on the faoe ot, whioh la
the figure ot Columbus, inolosed in a
handsome aluminum ease. The diplo
ma is awarded for the yield and gene
eral exoellenoe of variety of grains and
grasses exhibited, ' "
At a meeting of the Colombia River
Fishermen's Protective Union held in
Astoria, it was deoided unanimourly to
reject the proposition of the Scandina
vian Packing Company to give 4)tf
oents per pound for salmon. The sen
timent of the meeting waa strongly
against any compromise, the men re
maining just where they stood at the
opening of tbe season, and were Ann la
their demands for 6 oents per pound.
DEATH IN ITS TRACK
Sixty Persons Killed in Sher
man, Texas, by a Cyclone.
OVER A HUNDRED WERE INJURED
Bto.t of Those Will Also Dle-The Tor.
nado t am Without Warning
Plowod Thronah the Town
Sherman, Texas, May 18. Just a few
minutes before 6 o'olook this afternoon,
a cyclone, not exoeeding two blocks in
width, but oarrylng widespread destruc
tion and death in Its wake, swept
thorngh the western half of the city,
traveling almost directly north. The
spproMob of the terrific whirlwind was
announoed by deep rumbling noise,
not unlike reverberating thunder. A
fierce and driving rain aooompanied it
It is very conservative to estimate
that tbe list of fatallltes will reach 60,
while the injured will- reach 100. At
least fifty houses are wrecked. Most
of them were small oottages, exoept in
Fairvlew and Washington avenue,
where the handsome residences of L.
F. Ely, Captain J. G. Sailer, Mrs. Pat
Msttingly and James r alias also suo-
oumbed. The loss will reaob at least
$160,000, and but little tf any ot it
was covered by oyolone insursnoe.
About the most grapbio description
given by any of the injured was that
of W. 8. Bostwiok, wbo said:
"I was at John Irvine's bouse when
I heard the noise of the approaching
storm. Just as I looked out, I saw
Captain Berge's bouse blown into tbe
sir, snd then Mr. Shearer's bouse.
The air was filled with great trees and
timbers and every oonoeivable article.
It was a black, serpentine oloud, twist
ing, writhing in the oenter, but at the
bottom it seemed to be moving stead
ily. Then came an awful crash, .a
sense of suffocation, and when it was
over the bouse Waa gone and myself
and family were scattered about the
yard and under the debris."
St. Louis, May 18. -A special to
tbe Republic from Deniaon, Texas,
says: Additional particulars oi tbe
oyolone have teen received. After
passing over 8herman, It went south
east At Carpenter bluffs, seven miles
east ot here, the dwellng of John De
vant was blown down and Devant and
wife, bis hired man, named Armour,
and a little ohild reoeived injnires from
whioh they may die.
Howe, Texas, May 18. Today's ter
rible oyolone struck this town, leaving
death and ruin in its wake. The path
of the oyolone at thia point waa a quar
ter of a mile wide. Ten farmhouses
snd as many barns were wrecked.
Eight persons were killed outright and
many injured. Bark was ripped from
trees and much stock was killed.
Denton, Texas, May 18. A oyolone
struck tbe town of Gribble Springs,
eighteen miles north of Denton, this
afternoon. Several persons were killed
and many wounded so badly they osn
not live. The property loss is great.
WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW.
Bu.ln.u Continue. Doll nnd Feature
I... In All Fnrta of tho Country.
New York, May 18. Bradstreet's
weekly review ot trade saya: General
trade throughout tbe oountry remains
quiet, wholesale merchants' oontinue
conservative and distribution of gen
eral merchandise ia almost of a band-to-mouth
oharaoter. South and South
west both remain dull and featureless
and unohanged from last week. At
larger Eastern centers travelers are
preparing to start out, but unfavorable
features in reoent weeks with respect
to cotton and woolen and steel and iron
Industries show no ohangev Collec
tions in most directions continue satis
factory. Demand for iron and steel is
disappointing and quotations for Besse
mer pig have been shaded. ,.
Exports ot wheat, flour inoluded as
wheat, from both ooasts of the United
States, this week amount to 1,827,000
against 1,188,000 last week; 2,897,000
in the corresponding week one year
ago, 3,430,000 two yeara ago, and as
compared with 8.887,000 In the like
week In 1898. The reoent average
weekly oommeroial death rate is con
tinued at total of 263 buainess fail
ures throughout the United States this
week,, against 266 last week, 210 in
the week a year ago, 188 in the corre
sponding week of 1894 and as oompared
with 368 in the like week in May,
1898.
There are 84 business failures
troughout Canada this week. Last
week the total was 88.
, Canadian Stock Shipper.
Toronto, May 18. Cattle exporters
here are making a vigorous fight
against an attempt now being made to
ship Ameriaan cattle to European ports
by way of Montreal. It ia claimed
this would seriously injure the Cana
dian export trade in Franoe, where
Canadian live oattle are now permitted
to be landed. Some Canadian oatlte
have been shut out of England, and
exporters have built up a large trade
with Franoe. Thia, they say, will be
entirely ruined if American oattle are
shipped with Cspadian stock. The
Cattle Feeders' Association met in
secret today and deoided to send a dep
utation to Ottawa to lay before the
government an emphatio protest sgainst
the admission of Ameriosn oattle Into
Canadian porta.
Ooanreu of American Republic
London, May 18. The Times Rio
de Janeiro dispatch says tbe presi
dent's message on tbe opening of con
gress supports tbe idea ot a oongress of
American republios.
WILL INJURE TOBACCO TRADE
fleet la Thia Country, ol Weylers
- Latest Order. f v ,. '
New York, Msy 30. Importerts of
tobaooo from Cuba were inclined to
doubt today the authenticity of the dis
patch from Havana that General Wey
ler has forbidden the exportation ot to-
baooo from Cuba. General Weyler, it
is understood, has taken this , step be
cause of tbe flnsnoisl assistance ren
dered to the cause of tbe rovdlntion in
Cuba by tbe Cuban and Spanish olgar-
makers In this oountry and presumably
elsewhere out of Cuba. A member of
a wholesale grocery bouse that imports
more tobaooo and olgars frqm Cuba
than any other firm, speaking ot this
latest , alleged order by tbe . Spanish
oommander-in-ebief in Cuba, said to.
day: ' .'
"It the telegraphio dispatches oon
oerning this matter are correct, the
whole manufacturing tobaooo trade in
this oountry will be demoralised. Tbe
prioe of Havana cigars constantly fluo
tastes, as far as tbe dealers rare con
cerned, although tbe consumers perhaps
do not know it. There has been a
gradual inorease in the prioe of tobaooo
the last two or three months, but it is
impossible to say bow much tbe prioe
of domestio olgars is to be increased by
our failure to get tobaooo from Cuba.
Some Sumatra leaf ia used in ; making
oigars, but it is not so satisfactory ot
course, as tbe Havana. The . enforce
ment of General Weyler's decree would
greatly interfere with the factories in
Florida. But it Is early yet to proph
esy. I think the manufacturers in this
oountry have Cuban tobaooo on hand
sufficient to last a few months. The
importation of leaf tobaooo from Cuba
ran from 10,000,000 pounds in 1886, to
31,000,000 pounds in 1808, falling to
30,000,000 in 1895. The value of tbe
tobaooo ranged from $4,000,000 in
1886, to $9,000,000 in 1893 and $7,-
000,000 in 1896. Tbe value of matin
faotures'of tobaooo (olgars) imported
from Cuba in 1886 was $3,100,000, and
the importations gradually increased
until 1890, when their value was $3,
900,000. Then the importations or
"values," deoreasd until in 1896, the
total value of the manufactures of to
baooo (oigars Imported) was Only $3,
040,000." . .- ;
BAD FIRE IN WASHINGTON.
Thro Fireman Killed nnd Qunrtor
n Million In Property Burned.
Washington, May 20. A conflagra
tion, wbioh resulted in tbe loss oi
almost $260,000, in which three fire
men were killed and four seriously, in
jnred by falling walls, ooourred in this
city about 8 o'olook tonight. Twenty
two buildings, with their contents,
were destroyed in two hours. The
burned distrct consists almost entirely
of oommisslon and wholesale jobbing
houses, in the square bounded by B
street, Louisiana avenue. Ninth and
Tenth streets. , Thomas Griffin, Daniel
Conway and Assistant Foreman Guiles
were the firemen killed.
The fire started in a Postal Tele
graph Company's branch offloe, located
on B street, and is supposed to have
been caused by lightning, a severe
thunder storm having just passed over
tbe city. The buildings were filled
with a mass of inflammable material,
whioh made it difficult for the firemen
to oo pe with the progress of the flames,
which spread with great rapidity. Af
ter two hours hard work the flames
were under oontrol. ..' ..
A rough estimate plaoea the loss on
the buildings n Louisiana avenue at
$76,000. The other losses art mostly
on stock. Much of the property is
held by the : Van -Ness and Semmes
estate, and is believed to be well in
sured. .. ' ,'
Forty Indlens Reported Killed.
Omaha, May 30. A special to the
Bee from Humboldt, Neb., says: The
train arriving here thia evening brings
reports ot the frightful results of : the
oyolone on the Pawnee reservation, ad
joining thia oounty. They assert that
40 persons were killed by the oyolone
on the reservation. No particulars are
obtainable, aa all communication by
wire is cut off. '''.- Those killed are sup
posed to be Indiana, as there are few
whites on the rservatlon.
County'. Exemption.
Olympia, Wash., Msy 80. Opinions
were handed down today by the su
preme oourt in the oases following:
State of Washington ex rel. J. Summer
field, appellant, vs. H. W. Tyler, au
ditor ot Spokane oounty, respondent
In this proceeding the relator sought to
oompel the payment of a judgment
against Spokane oounty. Suoh a show
ing was made aa to entitle the relator
to the relief sought, it judgment was
such that it oould be enforced against
the oounty. Tbe supreme oourt holds
that munioipal corporations, and es
peoially counties, are not liable to
garnishment,, unless made so by ex
press statutory provisions. Aotion of
the superior oourt affirmed.
A Hot-ioaded Spanl.h Senator.
Madrid, May 30. In the senate to
day Senor Giron, liberal, protested
against the slanders on Spain, wbioh
were uttered in the United States sen
ate. ; He intended, he said, to denounce
the intolerable oonduot of pirates and
brigands -against Spain. The day had
come, be aaid. when we should have to
consider the wretohed acts of intoler
ance of the dollar princes, with the
affairs of Spain. He protested also
against the Washington slanders
against the queen regent. The Duke
of Tetuan, minister of foreign affairs,
replied to Senor Giron that the govern
ment might join in the latter protest,
but that they oould not approve the re
mainder of Senor Giron's remarks.
President Cleveland and the United
States government had given proof ot
their respeot for the principles of Inter
national law, he maintained. . .
GROWING NORTHWEST
Progress and Doings in the
, Pacific States.
CONDENSED BUDGET OF NEWS
rrom All tho Cities nnd Towns of the
Faelfle States nnd Territories
Washington.
Steps have been taken for the forma'
tion of a mining stook exchange in
Spokane.
An ordinance prohibiting gambling
waa defeated by tbe Olympia council
last week.
Tbe Blankensbip mill at New What-
oom has been ordered sold to satisfy
olaims amounting to $9,000. -
A six-ponnd howitzer has been' sent
over from Olympia by Governor Mo
Graw to tbe militia at Ilwaoo.
Cashier Taylor, of the Puget Sound
National bank, of Everett, baa prao-
tioally arranged with Controller Eckels
to take the bank out of the banda of
Receiver' Church in the oourse of a few
months. . :
A reoent decision of the superior
oourt in Clallam oounty was to tbe
effect that school directors oould employ
teachers beyond the term of office of
the directors with whom the oon tract
waa made.
The Walla Walla firemen are making
great preparations to attend the annual
meeting and tournament of tbe Eastern
Oregon and Washington Firemen's As
sociation, whioh will be held in Pen
dleton June 3, 8 and 4.
Hal Dickson, of Fomeroy, Waah , is
packing a large number of eggs accord
ing to directions given him by Rev.
Sproat, wbo aays they will keep two
years it desired, and then no one can de
tect them from a fresh egg.
The May term of the United States
distriot oourt convened in Walla Walla
last week, Judge Bellinger, of Port
land, presiding in plaoe of. Judge Han
ford. There were four criminal cases
on tbe docket snd several civil suits.
. J. C. Wallace, ot Chelan Falls, will
experiment with sorghum this season.
He will plant seven or eight sores,
and several of his neighbors will plant
from one to four acres each. A full
manufacturing plant has bean ordered.
The Whitman county commissioners
recently offered $300 for the arrest and
oonviotion of the party or parties guilty
ot administering poison to horses in the
Creston neighborhood, which seems to
have had the effect of stopping the
deadly work. ;.
About 300 trout were sold on the
streeta of Ellensburg last week by two
Indians, for 40 oents for the lot. They
averaged about tbree and a half inches
in length and the venders olaimed to
have caught them with hook and line,
but an investigation would probably re
veal some carefully concealed trapa in
the waters about town, aays the Capital.
Dayton ia proud of her water works.
For ordinary use the supply well at the
springs three miles above the oity fur
nishes all the water needed by a oity
twioe tbe size. In case of fire, the
rJiervoir holding 700,000 gallons is
made use of. The water haa a fall of
more than 160 feet, and the foroe ie so
great that three men are necessary to
hold the nossle of the fire hose.
Senator Squire telegraphed to N. H.
Bloomfield, of Portland, that the appro
priations for all river and harbor im
provements in the state of Washington,
as reported from the committee on oom
meroe, had passed the senate, includ
in i the full amount. $67,000, for the
Columbia river at Vancouver. -A
small amendment waa adopted extend
ing the survey of the north fork of the
Lewis river to the head of navigation,
or Etna.
Treasurer Misb, ot Snohomish ooun
ty, saya that he will soon be able to
turn over to tbe oounty all but about
$5,000 of the money which was tied up
in the failure of the Puget Sound Na
tional bank. , This will have a good
effeot on the oounty 's oredit v The com
missioners had entered an order remov
ing tbe treasurer from offloe on May 1,
but tbia showing is so good that they
have oonolnded that it is to the ooun
ty 's interest that Mr. Mish remain.
E. W. Purdy, treasurer of What
oom, baa begun suit against the per
sons on the gurantee bond for the ooun
ty money deposited in the Bellingham
Bay National bank. - Tbe amount
looked up in the bank ia $7,898. 18.
The parties who stood good for this
amount and bonded themselves for its
repayment to the amount of $35,000
are J. J.- Donovan and wife, J. J.
Eden - and wife,' M. MoMioken and
rife, J. W. Morgan and wife and C.
P. Wheeler.' Each of these is held for
$5,000. , -
United States Sealskin Inspector
Fowler has been busy at Port Town
send, inspecting the catches of six In
dian sealing schooners that have just
returned from the oape. ' The catches
are not large, but the weather has been
so rough that It haa been impossible
for the sealers to get more than 85
miles off shore at any time, and the
best hunting grounds have therefore
not been visited by them. The skins
are all prime ones, and the sealers are
satisfied with their work, considering
the unfavorable weather.
' Oregon.
Umatilla oounty has $14,809 in its
treausry.
' A map of Jackson oounty haa just
been completed and published.
Baker City wants the next meeting
of the State Press Association.
Subscriptions are being asked in tbe
upper Rogue river valley for helping to
improve the road from tbe summit of
the Cascades to Crater lake. -
Citizens of Cottage Grove have be
gun active work on the Bohemia wagon
rood. . i
Tbe oontract has been let for the
erection of a Presbyterian church at
Brownsville.
Walter Denny, an Ashland boy, ex
pects to be a fireman on tbe new battle-ship
Oregon. '
A tie train recently took about 8,000
tiea from Henderson to tbe creosote
works at Latham.
Klamath Falls is setting a good ex
ample to ' more : ambitous towns in
Oregon by forbidding bicycle riders to
ride on sidewalks under penalty of fine.
Lane oounty warrants are now In
demand. Local capitalists are paying
1 per oent premium for them. Thia
has happened occasionally for the past
three years.
The trapdoor (f an Astoria streetcar
was carelessly left open one day last
week, and Mrs. J. P. Swenson, carry
ing a little ohild in her arms, boarded
the car. She stepped into the opening,
injuring herself severely. ......
Tbe new flume of the Klamath Wa
ter Ditch Company is progressing
rapidly. Tbe ditch ia being raised to
run around the foothills, and 136,000
feet of lumber has been sawed at Carr'a
mill, to be used in the flume, of which
,000 feet is already on the ground.
Tbe sewing machine company that
threatened to oon test the right of the
oity of Aasbland to impose a peddler's
license fee ou its agent haa compro
mised by taking out a lioense for three
months, under protest, to give it an
opportunity to fight the ordinance later
R. C. Kiger, Benton county's stock
inspector, is urging upon sbeepraisers
the necessity of dipping sheep in or
der to eradicate scab. There are sev
eral bands in Benton yet afflicted with
the scab, and these Mr. Kiger wants
dipped a few times immediately after
shearing. If this matter is given
proper attention now, he says the dis
ease can be entirely wiped ont
Thoams G. Keene has petitioned the
Marion oounty oourt to refund the
taxes paid by him in the years 1893
and 1894, on the southeast quarter of
section 33, township 10 south, range 8
east It appears that laboring under a
misapprehension, he paid taxes to the
sheriff of Marion oounty instead of
Linn oounty, in which the land lies.
Meanwhile the land has been sold for
taxes. .
The Prinerille Review says tbe city
fathers are very economical, judging
by the furniture in the oity halL A
Review man waa in attendance, at a
case before the reoorder one day last
week. The only articles in the room
were two benches, one table, two pine'
boxes and a goods box with shelves in
it, used for a seoretary, and a good
stove, so that a person can keep warm
if tbe marshal succeeds in capturing
enough old sidewalk boards foe fuel.
Umatilla oounty is to follow Mult
nomah county in making a test ot the
salary law. Aotion haa been brought
whioh will bring a decision on a direct
issue as to whether the sheriff is en
titled under it to draw from tbe ooun
ty treasury mileage and fees in execas
of the $2,600 salary allowed him by
law. Suit has been commenced in the
circuit oourt, injunction being prayed
for to stop the county oourt from allow
ing, and the olerk from issuing scrip
for suoh pay. Charles Brownfield has
sued out the injunotlon.
, Idaho.
8tar mail servioe baa been estab
lished from Bruneau Valley to Wioka
honey, thirty-one miles and back onoe
a week, by a- schedule of not to exoeed
ten hours running tune each way.
This is operative from July 1 next to
June 80, 1900.
Tbe miners emplocd in tbe De La
mar mine are ont on a strike, and ask
that their wages be restored to the
amount paid them before the out two
years ago. No disturanoe is anticipat
ed, and the Miner's union saya that none
will be tolerated by them.
The Idaho Mining Journal says that
the mining outlook in the various
camps tributary to Boise is very en
couraging, although on account of the
rams and oold weather, work la several
weeks behind. Those mines that are
being developed are reporting their ore
veins wider, richer and better defined as
work progresses. To hear of a rich
strike in this mine or that mine is an
every day occurence. ,
The old Nioolia mining camp whioh
has lain comparatively idle for the past
seven years, will make quite a respect
able output of ore. The original Viola
mine, owing to its being in litigation,
will probably remain idle, but there
are other mines in that vioinity wbioh
have prodnoed sufficient ore during the
past winter to justify the letting of
oontraots to freight the output to Du
bois, where it will be shipped to Den
ver. Montnna.
' The reoent rioh strike in the Helena
mining district in the Overland mine
has to a great extent aroused some ot
the old-time spirit of enterprise. Hel
ena will yet be a mining camp in all
its glory.' .;
The Rossland Miner says that it is
now definitely deoided that the O. P.
R. will build directly into Rossland'
this year. It will build from opposite
Robson to Trail and will utilize the
narrow gauge for whatever Rossland
business it may get It la proposed to
lay a third rail on the tiea of the nar
row ' gauge and haul standard gauge
oars over tbe road with the narrow
gauge engines of the Columbia & West-
Australia ' baa furnished more
orimes and disasters this year than in
any previous year for over a quarter of
a oentury.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Daily Proceedings in Senate
, and House.
IMPORTANT BILLS INTRODUCED
nbatnnee or the Mensnres Being- Cod
sldered by the Fifty-fourth
Session Rannte.
Washington, May 16. The Dupont
oase, involving the right of Henry A.
Dupont to a seat in the senate from the
state of Delaware, was taken up in the
senate today, with a view to oonolud
ing the debate and taking a final vote.
A brief colloquy between Gorman and
Mitohell developed that a difference of
opinion existed as to the character of
the vote to be taken. When Gorman
spoke of tbe unanimous agreement to
vote, Mitchell admitted the correctness
ot the statement, bat added significant
ly that the character of the vote would
be determined when the vote waa
reached, wbioh was open to tbe mean
ing that the oase would be postponed
until next session. Piatt spoke in sup
port of Mr. Dupont's claim.
- Washington, May 18. By a vote of
81 to 80, tbe senate determined today
that Henry A. Dupont waa not entitled
to a seat in the senate from Delaware.
This closed a long and animated con
troversy, which had been one of the
-most notable oontesta of its kind in the
history of the senate. Tbe result wss
in doubt up to the last moment, and
this lent added interest to the final
vote. There had been some question
as to the direction of Stewart's vote,
but it waa with those ot the Democrats
and Populists, and was tbe decisive
vote in declaring Dupont not entitled
to a seat . Before taking the vote,
Piatt spoke for Dupont, snd Vilas
sgainst him. Baoon spoke sgainst the
issue of bonds without authority of con
gress. Resolutions were proposed by
Morgan for an inquiry as to our treaty
rights with Spain, snd Gallinger relat
ing to the need of additional enact
ments. Washington, May 30. The conferee
on the river and harbor bill expect to
have their first report ready tomorrow '
night Of the senate amendments fo
far passed upon, the house has yielded
about one-half. The main question in
dispute is tbe additional contracts au
thorized by the senate. The senate
amendments authorizing ' oontraots to
the extent of $1,763,000 for bayou
Flaquemine, La., and the house provi
sion of $315,000 for the Calcasieu riv
er, Louisiana , together with the Dela- ,
ware river projects, the boat railway '
on the Columbia river and tbe Lakes
Union and Washington canal at Seat
tle, are still in dispute. The fight
over the Santa Monica and San Pedro
deep-water harbor has been resumed in
the conference. '
. Bouse. .'. "
Washington, May 18. Tbe house
committee on coinage, weights- and
measures today decided by a unani
ous vote to authorize a favorable ' re- '
port on the resolution -introduced by
Representative C W. Stone providing
that the president be authorized slid
requested to invite an expression from"' '
other principal commercial nations of
the world as to he desirability and
feasibility of the adoption of interna
tional coins, to be ourrent in all coun
tries adopting them at a uniform value,
and to be specially adopted for invoioe
purposes. If expressions thus obtained
from other nations are such as, in the
judgment of the president, render a
oonferenoe. desirable, he ia authorised
to invite it at a time and place to be
designated, by him to consider and re-
port a plan for the adoption and use '
of suoh coins, composed of either gold
or silver, or both. The president is
authorised to appoint tbree representa
tives, subject to confirmation by the
senate. . '::
Washington, May 18. The bouse to
day oooupied itself in passing the pri
vate pension bills, whioh were favor- .
ably acted upon during the two special
days given to their consideration. Erd
msn and Talbert threw such obstacles
in the way aa they oould. Thirty-four
bills were held up because they were
not engrossed, but 100 were passed,
leaving about sixty yet undisposed of. .
At the opening of tbe session Howard
rose to a question of privilege, to de- '
nounoe tbe fabrications some newspa
pers printed five months ago, that fie
had entered the hall of the house in an
intoxicated -condition, and had been
carried out by two colored porters.
Washington, May 80. Tbe house
committee on ways and means today .
deoided to report favorably on tbe bill
to permit customs officials to deliver
paokages not exoeeding $5,000 in value '
to express companies and other inland
carriers, under bond, after an appraisal
on the wharves. Jewelry and precious .
stones are exoepted. It also authorizes
Evans to oall up in the bouse, undi r
a suspension of the rules, a bill to per
mit the bottling of spirits under bond
in distilleries. The oommittee on
banking and currency today deoided to
definitely abandon tbe attempt to report
a general banking bill this session, and
the oommittee adjourned until the next
session ot oongress.
Natural Ons Ulseovered.
Ardmore, I. T., May 18. While
workmen were engaged in boring a
well on the farm of J. 8. Wheeler,
about twenty-five miles west ot here,'"
a strong ourrent of natural gas was
encountered. When struck, it created
a noise like- thunder, - and when a
mutch was applied to the mouth of the '
well it flamed uix The find will be
developed. '' :'
i Tbe, planet piars .resembles the,
earth more closely than any other of .
( the solar system that we know suy ,
thing about