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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-.