The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913, September 11, 1896, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textr OREGON MI Torn VOL. 13. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPT. 11, 1896. NO. 38. EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome ot the Telegraphic News of the World. TKBSK TICKS FROM TUB WIEE8 Aa Iotere.tltig Collection of item. From the T. Hemisphere. Presented la Condensed I'otob. , A waterworks system. In the Well prnoiuot ot Hpokaue wa burned to th ground, entailing a loss of about $3,000. The bank, ot Brattle wilt retaliate upon those ot Canada for discounting Aumrioiiii tnonay by demanding a dis oooijt upon all coins presented, whloh oome a or oat the northern border. Officer Frank Toal, ot Vallejo, Cel., while attempting to arrest Dan Wynne, mi iliot by the latter and killed. Wynne was hit by ballet from the oflloer'e revolver and is expected to die. Joapob. Oroaa wti hanged, in Pitts burg, Pa. .for the murder of Tereaa Bobak, whom be ahot January 8, be cause ahe refuiod to marry him. Be elan ihiit himself, but the wound did not prove serious. Indiana living in the vicinity of En turpirie, Or., are threatening to avenge the death ot the half-breed who waa re cently lynched at Asotin for outraging a young lady, by general maassore of the aettlera tn that locality. The set tler have taken preoautiona against urprlae by the dueky brave. The French mining ayndloate whloh baa made extensive purchase ot min ing properties in Oregon and Waab iugtoo recently, haa made another deal whereby it aoqaire possession of the . pluoer grounda on Snake river near Bturglll'a bar. Thepnrobaeeprioe la not named, but the first payment ii $36,000. A Loudon ' dispatch say that in otB olal ol relet it la believed the Marqula ot Salisbury baa determined to purine hie own onuare at C'onatantinople in future, and ha given the British am bassador, Bir Philip Currie, preoiae and significant instruction with greater power to command naval aid in en forcing the demand ot Great Britain. The atoppuge of the pumps in the Leadville nitnea where a atrike la in progreaa will oauae ooualderable dam age, and promiuent mine oOloial aaya it will take nionthe to repair the dam age done in the flooded mlue. The atrikera profeaa to view the altuation aa being more favorable to them, and to have information that the compact be tween the manager! la broken irretriev ably, and tbat aome ot the leading mluea will reaume work within a week, ooncndiog the demands ot the union. A meeting ot the buoineea men waa held recently ta petition the union to declare the atrike off, but did not de cide upon definite action. Viola Foster, ot llurm, Or., who waa aooldeutally ahot last week, by a gun in the baud ot her father, died from the effecta of hur wound. In the grain warehouse at Lewlaton, Idaho, have been received tbla eeaeon 18,000 buaholaof wheat, and more la eomlng in at the rate of about 8,500 bushnla day. While engaged in .digging well on hia farm near Greenville, Or., Lewie Uartwlcker wai overcome by nozioua gsses and died before be could be brought to the surface. "Captaju Jack" Crawford, who claimed to be the original poet scout of Oregon, waa accidentally killed by a falling rook in the Blewett gold mine, near Blewett, Waah. A part of the Equitable powder plant, four and half mllea eaat of Al ton, 111., blew up, and three peraona loat their Uvea. The ahock waa felt for twenty mile. Buildingi were dam aged in Alton. The boaiueiia part of Laddonia, Mo., waa gutted by a $30,000 fire which atarted from an unknown oauae in the drugstore of Frank Beagles. Bight business plaoea, including the Farmera' & Traders' bank, were burned out A terrible explosion ooourred at Fin- hole, Oal., the California po"(, worka being blown up. Three people were killed and the entire plant of the powder worka wat destroyed. Im menee flaaurei were opened in the ground. Peter WUdaner, a proaperoue atook. man of Eastern Oregon, committed aulolde at bia home near Upper Wil low oreok by ahootlng blmaelf through , the head. Poor , health ia the motive aaaigned tor the ooin mission ot the . rash act. A fatal wreck to paasenger train No. 1 on the Atlantic A Pacific occurred at Williami, N. M. The engine ran into an open awltob, derailing it and the mall our.. Fred Down, the engineer, waa oaught between the oab and tender and badly aoalded. Frank Flicklnger, the fireman, wai oaught under the en gine and killed almoat inatantly. The f aat passenger train aervloe rec ord in the Weat waa broken by the Union Paoifio's overland limited. ,The regular aohedule time of the train la over 60 mllea an hour, lnoludlng atopa. One day recently the train waa an hour latent Grand Inland, ISO milea from Omaha, with ilxteen ooaohe.- The time waa fully made up before the train reaohed Omaha. The announcement that wedding had occurred in whioh the contracting partiea were member! of the houaohold ot Gray Gable, exoitod the people of Bandwlob, Muaa., aluoe report had it tbat the ceremony had been performed In thia little town. Report for once proved true, and Rev. J. D. O'Keefe authenticated the rumor that the happy and handaome oonple whioh left the parochial realdenoe wai oompoaed of no other than the coachman and governeaa in the family of the preai o deni Work ot Fiend, At Chadron, Neb., an unknown fiend ntnrated the bedroom floor and beda upon which were aleepfng Aailatant Postmaster W. A. Dauley, hi! wife and two children, with kerosene, then eel Are to the room, . When the fire men mooeeded in removing the own pants both babiea were dead, and the parent unconscious. The motive for the orlme li unknown. Now Seoratary Fmncl.. Ex-Governor Franoli, of Missouri, took the constitutional oath ot offloe as secretary of the interior, auooeedlng Hoke Smith. The oath was adminis tered by Associate Juitloe Harlan, of the supreme ooort, in the office of' the seoretary of the treasury. , Secretary Franols will take formal charge of bis department immediately. Karlhqunke lu Iceland. A report ootnes from Iceland tbat the severest earthquake since 1 784 ocourred there. The report atatei that two ohoruhea were destroyed, cattle killed and farmi destroyed, No people were killed. The center of the dieturbanoes appearod to be the voloano Ileola. Grand Army Election. The Grand Army ot, the Republic, it tboir annual meeting in HI. Paul elected Major Clarkaon fur commander-ln-ohlef unanimously. All other can didate! withdrew In bli favor. Gen eral Mullen waa tendered the position of vice-coin msnder according to estab lished custom. To Ksp.1 Americans. . Information la reoelved that the local government at Mosul, Turkey, bai got up a petition to the central government at Constantinople, asking for expulsion of the American missionaries from that distrlot, on the ground that they are disturbers of the peace, stirrers up of aeditlon and rebellion. The rhlllpplne Kevott. A dispatch to the London Time from (long Kong saya the revolution in the Puiiltpines is lew serious than it waa at first reported, and that no danger 1 feared for the Uvea and property ot foreign subjects. TJnfoonded Rumor.. The Pall Mall Gasetto beads its edi torial column with, the following: "The rumors industriously circulated that the editorship of the Pall Mall Gasotte has been offered to Mr. Edward Bok are entirely unfounded." Another Bank Fellur.. The First National bank, of Helena, Mont, has failed. The reasona stated in its published notioe la that it was inable to meet withdrawals. Tb creditor! will be paid in full fl.n.ral BjohoavaloaPs Condition. General Count von 8ohouvaloff, gov-arnor-goneral of Buslsan Poland, and formerly Russian ambaaador at Berlin, la suffering from a paralytio stroke. Hi! ooudltion ii oritloaL , Hundred. An lionaeleo. ; Fire destroyed the immense five story brick plow foundry and imple ment f aotory ot 8. R. Wbite A Bros , in Norfolk, Va. A brisk wind scatter ed spark in every direction, and de stroyed number of dwellings. Hun dreds of tamiliea, white and oolored, are made homeless. Twenty-five house were destroyed. The total loss ti 1300,000. Accident on a Cable Line. Four people were injured, one per haps fatally, by an aooldent on the de pot incline of the Ninth-street cable line in Kansas City. The grip-book on the train broke and permitted it to go baokwarda at a high rate ot speed. Rt.cl Work. Clo... The Edgar Thompson Steel Works, of Carnegie, Pa., bai closed down in definitely. The suspension was gen eral surprise. At least 1,500 men were thrown out of work. A Bad Railway Accident. A street oar wa run Into by a Min neapolis freight train near the state falrfgroundi in Minneapolis and eight peraon injured. The engine strnok the tore part of the oar. : rti la a Mlii.. . The Superior mine, in Hurley, Wis., oaught fire and ba been burning foi aome time. There ii no possible way to save It, and it will prove a tot.' lOSS. . .. : ' Drowned Whll. tla'hlng. Lieutenant JatnesW. Benton, qurter master of the United State army at Fort Robinson, N. D.. wa drowned while bathing in a plunge. A Defensive Alllanea. Fire in the faotory ot 8. White & Bro., at Norfotk.V., totally destroyed it A number of building in the lane leading to Main street caught fire and the flame spread rapidly, oonsuming the entire block. The union etook yards were destroyed. The. flames oomunioated with the row of houses adjoining the stookyards on the south, and they were burned. One hundred families are made homeless. The loss is estimated at $30,000. Chill to Manufacture Cotton flood. Chili i contemplating a revision of ber tariff laws, whioh, when effeoted Will have an Important bearing on a number of American produota, princi pally cotton whioh Chili will plaoe on the free list, with the hope that the in troduction of the raw product from the United State! will enoourage the manufacture ot the finished produot In Chih. . Believing right hai everything to do With feeling right ' " The London City mlsaion reclaimed 1,748 drunkard last year. Tried to B.onpo From Jail. Cincinnati, Sept 0. Jaokson and Walling, Pearl Bryan's murderers, ar not hereafter to have the privileges heretofore acoorded them tn Irvington jail. Through visitors and gifts ot food a plan ot escape waa made which wa to bav been oarried into effeot at 6 o'olook this morning. Jaokson waa discovered in a whiapered oonveraatlon with a oolored burglar named Walker. The plot wa revealed by prisoner. Walker wa dragged from hi cell and a new revolver wa found In hi pocket and a saw In bis cell. Several saw were found in Walling' cell. Jaok son' cell wa aearobed, but nothing wa found. Visitors hereafter will be elosely watobed. ; Indian Outbreak Threatened. ' Hermoslllo, Mexico. Bept 9, There is much uneasiness felt throughout the western part of this state over the threatened outbreak of the Taqui In dians. Large numbers of the peace able Indians have quit their work on ranobes and railroads snd are flocking into the mountains where the leaders ara supplying them with arm and ammunition. An attack by the In dian on the town of Torre i threat ened and a strong guard has been plaoed around tb place by the munici pal authorities. The Minas Prietas mining camp Is also being well guard ed against the Inldan. rir.t to raa. tb. Locks. Cascade Locks, Or., Sept 0. The big gates of the Cascade lecks were thrown open today and the little steamer Sadie B. and two scow were permitted, to float down through the canal to the lower river. The gates worked admirably, not a ditch occur ring to check the progress and every thing proved to be in perfect order. There was no particular demonstration or oelebrstion of the event, 'though about all the residents of Cascade Locks were out to see the passage. The hydraullo machinery tbat operate the gate proved to be adequate for the work they are intended to perform, and caused the ponderous gatea to wing around like toys. I. tb. World'. Champion. Putney, England, , Sept 9. Jake Gaudaur, of Toronto, today won the rowing obampionahip of the world and $3,500 in addition to tbe Sportsman cup, defeating James H. Stanabcry, of Australia, who recently defeated "Wag" Harding for the championship. The oourse waa the usual obampion ahip oourse.four straight miles straight away, from Putney to Mortlake, Troop, lor th. Philippine.. Madrid, Sept 0. The cabinet has decided to send a battalion of marines to tbe Philippine islanda. TO OPEN THE BIG FAIR. Ureal Preparation, for the Eventful September IS. Portland, Or., Sept 8. Great pre parations are being made for tbe open ing night of the Oregon Industrial Ex position, Saturday, September 10. 01 all the opening nights of expositions in Portland, that of last year was the most pleasant and successful. Its musical feature were especially de lightful To this occasion tbe oom mittee is devoting special attention, with tha determination to make it even more of a success tban the initial night of a year ago. Mayor PenncyerhHS been invited to formally open the ex position, a did tbe late Mayor Frank a year ago, by prefsing the eleotrio button that will set the the maobinery in motion The president of the gen eral committee, Mr. Ellis G. Hughes, will deliver a brief address upon the purposes of the exposition, and the work ot the committee in preparing it for the entertainment and instruction of the people, and for the benefit ot the oommunity and the state. The choral feature of the evening will be one ot special excellence, and the programme will soon be announced. Tbe Apollo Choral Society will be an imporaut faotor in the various great musical event of the fair. An Bxplo.lon at Sea. Madrid, Bept 8. An explosion, heard off the ooast near the towu of Muroa, in the province of Cormcna, during the night, is tbe cause ot muoh excitement and speculation amqng the inhabitants. It seem evident tbat a disaster has occurred, a muoh wreck age is strewn' along the coaat It is supposed two veeaels oollided during the night and foundered. Nothing has been discovered to ihow tbe Identity of the vessels, nor is it known how great wa the loss ot lite loooinpanjlng the catastrophe. ' - l.a Mllllw Woun'i kaini. London, Sept "8. Tbe Chrouiole annoocoei that the queen baa oonsented to receive a petition containing the alngatures of 7,000,000 women against the liquor traffic and opium traBio. The algnaturea were gathered by the world's W. a T. U.i and those of Mi Franoea Willard and Lady Somerset head the list ' Armenians My.terloo.lr Disappear. London, Sept 8. The Constanti nople correspondent ot the Daily News note the mysterious disappearance ot Armenians from the city and says of it: "It is belierod that they bave been done to death after being promised pro tection by the police." . An Old Farmer Murder. d. - Exoelsior Springs, Ma, Sept. 8. Matthew Clark, an old bachelor farm- r, was today found murdered, lying on the roadside near his home. His head hnrrUhY battered and he bad evi dently been killed for his money. There 1 no oiew, ana particulars are meaner. Clark had lived alone for years, and was well-to-do. If the word "boom" were not in ex istence now it would be hard to find a word to flttinsly take its plaoe. THE VICEROY SHOCKED Li Hung Chang's Experience With Electricity. CURIOSITY CAUSED HIM TROUBLE The Ambaaaador Tak.s Particular In J toro.t la Bollroad.-rir.t Might In n Ble.plng-Cnr. Niagara Falls, Sept. 8 The speoial train bearing Li Hung Chang and hi party arrived here at noon today. Rain was fallirg at the time, and the visitors dampened their silk blouses and gold laoe somewhat in the jonrney to the Cataract house, where room bad been engaged. Immediately upon arriving bere, LI aat tor a dentist, and bad his teeth examined. The rain was a great disappointment, as the viceroy was very dealrousof visiting the Ameri can Fall in the afternoon. There wa no cessation in the downpour until af ter 8 o'clock, when tbe aun struggled through tbe clouds. Carriages were summoned, and the visitor spent two hour in inspecting the wonder of Niagara. At the eleotrio power-honae of the Niagara Fall Power Company, the distinguished visitor bad an experience with American elcotrioity, tbe result being aa startling as it was unexpected. With his usual curiosity and desire to make a personal investigation of tbe maohinery before him, he poked at a switchboard with bis walking stick. The metal ferule closed the circuit In stantly, and Li's stick was violently torn from bis grasp. : He was naturally muoh astonished at tbe effect of the stick's contact with tbe switchboard, but fortunately he suffered no damage beyond a good scare. However, be deoided that he had seen enough, and went to his rooms, where be remained until bedtime. Last night Li and party passed their first night in an American sleeping oar. Their meal, which wa especially prepared by the Pennsylvania dining car people, wa quite elaborate. The menu card waa decorated with the American and Chinese flags intertwined and a fao-simile of the autograph of Earl Li, done in yellow. After eating a rather hearty suppor, Li sent for George W. Boyd, assistant general passenger agent of tbe Penn sylvania Company, who piloted the trains over tbe lines of hisoompany and spent about two hour questioning bim about railroads. He bad a map of tbe United State before him, and onoe he branched off to the war of the Rebel lion, asking the names of the states tbat seceded from tbe Union. Li asked particularly about the battles in whioh Grant participated, and all of them were indioated on the map for hia bene fit He dwelt long on this subject, and marveled that, although the South ern foroes succeeded in approaohing quite close to Washington, they were never able to capture that important point Tbe story of the assassination of Lincoln also interested bim greatly. He inquired what became of Booth, and where Linooln la buried, and then queried: "Do not the Amerioan people regard Linooln as a very good man?" Tbe deep interest he shows in rail road matter oonvinced those who paid attention to the aubjeot that his prin cipal object in visiting this country ii to study American railroad construc tion and management with view to the adoption of some of the features in a proposed general extension of tbe Chinese railway lytem. In fact, the vioeroy intimated today tbat he is ne gotiating for tbe aervioe of an Ameri oan oivil engineer, who, It he accept the offer made- him, would go to China in the near future and take charge ot the railway extension scheme now being outlined. Li says there are only about 300 milea of aingle-traok railroad in China at present Only three train are run each day, and there 1 no trafflo at night, the system being crude and the liability to aool dent oenstant menace. Transplanted Lobater. Ottawa, Sept 8. The department ot fisheries ha received intelligence that the lobster transported to British Columbia have been seen. This indi cates that the experiment has proven uooesaful, and it proves that the water is suitable and necessary food is found there. Seven hundred lobsters were taken over and planted in five plaoe on July 0 last - One of the lobsters wai oaught a few daya ago and ahown la Viotoira as a curiosity. A Dook Laborers Strike, London, Sept 8. It is reported among the delegate to the trades uuion congress, wbioh opens at Edinburgh next week, that all plans for a gigantio strike of dook laborer ot the world at large has been perfected in everything but the minutest details, and the most important labor movement ever con ceived may be commenced this autumn. Burglary nt Bpnnale. Spangle, Wash., Sept 8. Burglars entered Kuuth & Wise's saloon last night, opened the sate by breaking the combination, and secured a small amount of money, a watoh and some jewelry. -- Sntnll Boy Drowned. Aberdeen, Sept 8. Henry Sagen dart, aged 18 or 14 years, the son of A. Sagendart, ot this city, was drowned yesterday afternoon in the Chehali river just below town. The boy, In oompany with a number ot others, was in swimming off the lower end of Weatherwax's boom, when he wa taken with a cramp, and, after a long struggle in the water, he sank and waa drowned. , The body ha not been re covered. . UNDER A FALLING WALL. Eleven firemen Killed at Benton Her. bor, Michigan. Benton Harbor, Mich., Sept 8. The most horrible holocaust, with the greatest loss of life, known in this part of the state occurred last night, when Tore' opera bouse took fire and in the fight to save the building and other block adjoining, eleven firemen, one volunteer, met their fate at one time, the deaths being instantaneous with five of them. Sis lived only a few hour in awful agony, while several other met with severe injuries. During the evening, tbe play, "A Faotory Girl," had been given by looal talent, and tbe theater had closed but half hour before tbe fire wa discovered. The building was filled from the basement to tbe fourth floor with a suffocating smoke, which burst into sheet of flame throughout the entire adnience room, before the fire depart ment oould respond with a single stream of water, there being some oon- fusion at the outset, owing to the lack of book and ladder facilities, altnongn tbe looal Are oompanies bad dosed a two days' tournament, exhibiting great skill in their work. The St Joapeb department was called on for assistance. They ap proaobed the building through an alley, unloading ladders in tbe rear of tbe building, and, while hoisting them, the upper walls fell over without warn ing, covering the men. This wa wit nessed by hundred of spectators. Tbe killed were as follows: Frank Watson, St Joseph, Mioh.; leaves a widow. John Hoffman, Benton Harbor, crushed into an unrecognizable mass; leave a widow and five children. Thomas Kidd, Benton Harbor, un married; killed by live wires. Frank Wondley, Benton Harbor, killed by live wires; leave a widow and three children. Ed. H. Hange, St Joseph, drayman; head crushed. Soott Rioe, bellboy at Benton hotel, skull fractured and internal injuries; lived but a few minute. Will Millen, Benton Harbor; leave a widow and seven children. . Louis Hoffman, Benton Harbor, head smashed; leaves two email children.. -Arthur C. Hill, of St Joseph, fore man of St Joseph hose oompany; legs broken, badly burned; lived one hour. Frank Beaver, St. Joaeph, leg broken, badly out and burned; lived three hour. Robert Bote, St Joaeph, burned and internally Injured; lived one hour. The -injured were: John A. Craw ford, Benton Harbor, ex-chief ot the fire department, overcome by beat and smoke; will recover. . Will Fecund, St Joseph, leg bruised. Frank Woodley and Thomas Kidd were on top of the adjoining buildings with hose when they encountered live eleotrio wires, on whioh they were hanging when found. Policeman Charles Johnson narrow ly escaped, a falling bricks tore his ooat halt off, while another offloer was protected by telephone pole. ' The work of removing the debris was commenced at onoe, and those pinned were removed in a few minutes, ex cept C. A. Hill, whose body was recov ered at 4 o'clock thi morning. It was believed that several more bodies were under tbe pile of bricks, and search wa oontinned until every doubt wa passed. - Tbe cause of the fire is a mystery. Guy Presoott is under arrest, as being one who knows of the origin. When asked by the reporter of the cause, he remarked that be "was not going to give anybody away." The building was erected seven years ago at a cost ot $40,000. A two story brick block owned by Joaeph Frick, whioh stood adjoining; waa de molished by the falling walls, which crashed through to the basement with out apparent resistance. The opera house block was occupied by the Even ing News, 8. Austin' bakery, J. Bern stein, clothing; John Holme, barber shop, and a fruit paoking firm in the basement The Frick block wa used for a retail boot and shoe business, and a dwelling. Tbe building and stocks destroyed, with losses, will aggregate about $80,000. A high wind prevailed, which caused the walla to tall outward, and adjoin ing buildings were saved only with the greatest efforts. A large quantity ot stage scenery, belonging to Henry Emery, ot the Katie Putnam oompany, J. A. Simon, and W. C. Hooks, was destroyed, without Insurance. Thousands witnessed the conflagra tion, and with difficulty tbe crowds were kept ont of danger's way. Tbe work of clearing np tbe street was oontinned throughout the day. The Arrest of Tolon. Havana, Sept. 8. Samuel 8. Tolon, a prominent meiohant of Cardines, and a naturalized Amerioan oitiien, who was arrested Thursday aa tbe Ward line steamer Seneca was on tbe point of sailing, waa arrested after he bad aotually gone on board tbe Senega. It ia stated that his tioket was issued at the last moment, and outside the regu lar hours for issuing tiokets, and a speoial passenger list was made up for him. Mr. Tolon, when arrested, wai unwilling to go on shore, but the cap tain and ooniignee ot the Seneca per suaded him to make no violent opposi tion. Cleveland, Sept 8. The grapegrow er of Northern Ohio are afflicted with a big orop. The vine are blaok with the fruit whioh ia selling at five oenta ! a basket of ten pound in the vine ' yards. There is no profit at suoh a ! price, for the basket oosts 3 oenta and ' picking as muoh more. It ia said tbat no grapes will be aent to market but i that the remainder of the orop will be old to winemakers. Thi year'a orop ia the heaviest ever known in thia sec tion of the oonntry. NOTABLE INCREASE OF SALES. Brnd.tr.et. It' port Show. Much Im- proved Condition of Trade. New York, Sept 7. Bradstreet' weekly trade review says: . There is somewhat better feeling among whole sale merchants as to prospects for autumn sale in seasonable goods. Tbla extends to some industrial lines, notably iron and steel. Chicago sale of iron this week are larger than for all of August, and Pittsburg sale are larger and prices are better on the out look for harmony among steel-makers. Tbe most notable increase of sales of seasonable goods ba been at Chicago, among dry goods and hardware job ber. St Louis also reports a moder ate demand, so doe St Paul, where a state fair attracts visitors, Baltimore wholesale trade is checked by restricted bank credit, but is still larger than a year ago. At the South, relatively tbe most active demand ia at Charles ton, Augusta, Nashville, Birmingham and New Orleans. The most encoursging feature to tbe movement of prices lies in advance of quotations for wheat on tbe stronger statistical position and free export movement, higher prioes for iron and steel at Pittsburg and Chicago, and with a gain in demand and a further appreciation in quotations for cotton on renewed report of damage to the orop. Petroleum and leather are also higher. Trade on the Paoifio ooast, except in certains export lines, is of small volume. There are 83S business failure throughout the United Stiteta thi week, sixteen more than last week. Weekly totals continue higher than in like periods in preceding yean, except in 1893. Export of wheat, flour included aa wheat, from both ooaats of tbe United State and Montreal, amount to 3,869, 863 bushel, against 8,380,000 last week, 3,360,000 in tbe week a year ago, 3,870,000 tvo years ago, and 4,903,000 in the corresponding week three years ago. DREW TRE COLOR LINE. A White Murderer Objected to Swinging With Two Kegroefc Paris, Tex., Spet 7 At 11:35 this morning, George L. Wheeler (white) waa banged for the murder of Robert McCabe in the Chickasaw nation, June 13, 1895. He lay in wait for hia vlo tim and shot bim in the presence ot his 6-year-old son. ' Immediately after the removal of Wheeler' body, the trap was again adjusted, and Silas Lee and Hickman Freeland, two negroes, who mudrered Edward T. Canady, Jeff Maddox, Paul Applegate and an unknown on . tbe shanty-boat on Red Rriver on Novem ber 14, 1895, were plaoed upon the gal lows. They were dropped at 13:05. All three of their necks were broken. Tbe negroes were Hanged separately, at the request of Wheeler, aa he did not want to be barged with them. . Kate Field'. Will Found. Washington, Sept 7. The will of Miss Kate Field haa been found in a packet which she left with Mrs. De vine, proprietor of the Shoreham hotel, before leaving for Honolulu. Tbe packet waa opened in the presenoe of Judge MoGill, the recorder of will. Mis Field named H. H. Eohlsaat, of Chicago, and J. Sanford Beatty, . of Washington, as executors of her estate. She made Mr. Beatty the principal benefioiary. Miss Field, in her will, specified that in case ahe should die away from the United States, her body should be brought to this oonntry nd cremated. ; The document will be plaoed on reoord in Washington. Af ter Miss Filed' death her paper were taken possession of by the United States consul-general at Honolulu, and that offioial was recently authorized by the state department to make a search of the paper for the will and if it waa found to provide the administrator of the estate with a oopy. . The finding of the will in Washington make th search unnecessary. ' The Annnnl Farce. Washington, Sept 7. A telegram waa today received by Captain Shoe maker, chief of the revenue cutter serv ice, from Captain Hooper, at Unalaska, in command of the Behring sea patrol fleet, stating that the cutter Perry had eiaed the British schooners Ainoka and Beatrice and the Amerioan schoon er Jamea G. Swan, oaught sealing in side the prohibited area. The British sohooners, according to order, were turned over to the oommander of the British ship Pheasant Tbe Amerioan vessel no doubt was sent to her home port, probably Sitka. or San Franolsoo. This make five seizure forth present season. '. ' "' . Idaho Wheat tor Portlnnd. Moscow, Idaho, Sept 7. Four thou sand bushels ot new wheat are already in the warehouse here. The prioe paid ia generally 84 cents. The Paoifio Coast Elevator Company estimate that It warehouse, with a oapaoity of 90, 000 bushels, ill be filled by Septem ber 30. There are also two other ware bouses here whioh will b filled. The bulk of this wheat orop will go to Port land. Dealers prediot that 95 per oent will be shipped to Oregon City by the O. R. AN. ; Our Ideals should be made for us, rather than by us. . Will Banl.h the Arabs. . Zaniibar, Sept 7. It is now con sidered probable that the leading Arab who supported 8eyyid Khalid In hi attempt to usurp the throne ot Zanzi bar will be banished and their property confiscated. It will be devoted to the aettlement of the claims, amounting to 80,000, arising from the looting of tore and residences whloh followed the raid of the insurgent from the palaoe after the beginning of the bom NORTHWEST BREVITIES Evidence ot Steady Growth and Enterprise. ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST From All the Cities and Town, of the ' Thriving il.ter States Oregon. One hundred and twenty-five ton of Riverton coal went to San Francisco on the last trip of the steamer Moro, from Coquille. " About 120 men are now employed on tbe government worka at Cascades. Twnety-flve are stonecutters, and the remainder laborers. Tbe third annual district fair for Jackson and Josephine counties will be held at the Central Point fair ground! for five dayi, beginning September 83. Sawmill men of Elgin are shipping considerable lumber to Utah points at present R. M. Steel has over 4.00O, 000 feet at hi Gordon oreek mill, which be will plane and ship in the near future. Extensive arrangement are being made for the district fair whioh will be held at the grounds near Central Point, in Jaokson county some time thts month. Over $3,600 are offered in purse and premiums. Some counterfeit 60-cent diver pieoea are in circulation In Salem. Tbey are of light weight, but otherwise the imi tation is exoellent, there not being tbat greasy- and glassy appearance notice able on other spurious coin. Many of the hopgrowers in the vi cinity of Independence bave their pick ers already engaged. The picking sea son will begin thi week, but there will not be more tban half the acreage picked thia year that there wa last , A wager of $300 waa made the other day in The Dalle upon the result of the election in California. ; A promi nent Democrat staked hia money that Bryan will carry the state, while a prominent Republican put up , bis money on MoKlnley. Hop oontraota for 110,000 pounds have thua far been filed with the Linn ' county clerk. In year heretofore, but few hop have been contracted in that oounty, but thi year the Inability of growers to obtain picking money has compelled them to contract The Mlnam la said to be fairly alive with hunting and fishing parties. In addition to a number of Indian from the Umatilla reservation, there are many sportsmen from the Grand Ronde valley in there, besides quite a number from Baker and Wallowa counties. : Preliminary work at tbe woollen -mills at Pendleton, ia progressing rapidly. In a few daya suffloient wool will have been dyed in eleven colors to supply material to warrant the man agement in accepting orders. Addi tional men have been employed and bave been put to work making yarn. : That Astoriani are not yet perfectly familiar with railroad may be seen by thi item from tbe Astorian: "A prominent physician the other day, in returning from Seaside on the 'flyer,' mistook the airbrake safety valve for the oardoor handle, and in attempting to open the door, suddenly (topped the train, muoh to the surprise of the con ductor and passenger. Explanation followed, and the train proceeded on it way." J: ' .'.'"Washington. . The Hughea sawmill haa been moved from Montesano to Satsop. . The property of the Spokane Falls Water Power Company ha passed into the hands of a receiver. ; ' . ' - Walla Walla la overrun with hobo and the offloer of that town are having bard work making them move on. The new mill being constructed by tbe Northwestern Lumber Company, at Hoquiam, la rapidly nearing comple tion. " :r. The Chinook trapmen are reported to bave subscribed $40,000 for the purpose of building a cannery, which they ex pect to operate themselves next season. North Yakima ia to have a new do pot The structure is to be of frame, with two waiting rooms, tioket offloe, . baggage and express rooms, eta, with a speoial exhibit window at the oorner, for the purpose of exhibiting fruits and flowers. . Goldendale ia now blessed with an exoellent supply of water, pure and oool, since the pipe line baa been com pleted. The water supply of Golden dale now oome through twelve mile , of pipe from the headwater of the Lit tle Kliokltat The stockmen above Grand Ronde river are making a general round-up of their cattle, separating those that are fit for beet, whioh they will dispose of, and tbe other will be driven to the ' high summer range, in order to keep the bnnobgrasa good on the winter range along Snake river. The semi annual civil-service ex amination for oustoms positions in the Puget sound district will be held at Port Townsend, Tuesday, October 8. Partiea desiring to take that examina- ; tion should write for the proper blanks, addressing the secretary of the board of. clvil-servioe examiner at tbat place. The yearly run of smelt is on at Bel llngham bay. Any one who oan use ' an ordinary garden rake and can spare the time to walk to the beach when the tide begin to ebb may enjoy an abundance ot thi delicious food flyh. Bushels of them have been taken with rake and scoop net. They generally , run until autumn, and may be oaught thi way almoat any day when the tide i right Fourteen carloads of sheep were shipped from the Yakima: range last , week to Chioago, '4-.