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VOL. 13.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, Fill DAY. OCT. 9, 189G.
NO. 42.
OREGON
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome ot the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TEfiSK TICKS FKOM THK W1R7.8
Am Interesting; Collection of Il.m. Fnoin
h Tf. Ilenil.nheres Presented
In dendensed Form.
The Idnho mines, located la the bio
onin district, iirltUh Columbia, bare
jimt declared ft dividend of ,.10,000.
The owners of tlio property expeut ill
future to receive dlvlduud of from
10,000 to 130,000 monthly.
The bnrge Sumatra, the consort of
the VV. II, Arnold, from Chicago, with
loud of railroad iron, foundered off
Government plor, near Milwaukee.
Four sailors were drowned. The cap
i.ilu, uiwte end cook were rescued by
life-saving crew.
Jeuule Love was shot In the bend end
instantly killed by William Hwansoti
lu St. Louie. The testimony of several
witnesses goes to show that the bullet
which eutlod the woman's life wai In
tended for William Lee, a negro wi'b
whom Bwanson bad been quarreling.
Jealousy about the woman la the cauao
alleged.
A vlolous fit Bernard dog attacked
a puny of tohool children In Marys
villa. Cel. Laura Uanmanii, aged 7,
wee bitten about the face and bead and
wilt probably die; Baby Knobs", wa
altuoat torn to ehreda, it. arms ami
breast were terribly bitten, and It can
not reoover. Albert Kuoha waa bitten
tlirougb the wrist, and wilt recover,
unleat rabiei follows. A little girl
waa bitten In the leg, bat will rooovor.
"Doe" Payue and Lon Book with,
middle-weights, met in Cleveland, O.,
for a OuUb fight for f U50 a tide and
the gate receipts in Lavso't gynina-
el am. lu the eeveuth roand, when i
Payne waa all but knocked out, the '
police borat In the doora and stopped ;
the flgbt, arreatlng all the principal!, j
seconds and referee. Two hundred j
epeotatora were in atteudunoe, and I
only ton of tbvut escaped, Jumping :
from the windows. All of the patrol
wagoua in the elty made trip after trip ,
oonveying the crowd, which contained ,
many prominent citizens, to the ata-
tlon. j
It la reported that Lewii Uimni, of .
Cleveland, O., the holder of the Amerl- j
ean S4-buur Indoor blyole record, la
mentally unbalanced from the effect j
of bta remarkable performance In that
city laet week. (Jimm rode 488 nillea
and 1,118 yarda In S3,1,' boura, break
lug tbe Amarloan record by more than
113 mile. Ho would have fallen from
bla wheel at the finish but for tbe
judge, who notloed the movementa of
the rider and serried bioi from tbe
track. ...
Manuel Gregory, colored, waa ahot
in Chattanooga, Tenn., while attempt
log to rob a house. Tbe bullet, fired
at a distanoe ot twelve foot, atruok
Gregory In the bead and flattened oat
at it it bad boon mado of paste. Tbe
uegro ii not seriously injured.
Hon. William Col Hoi Whitney and
Mr. Kdltb 8. Kandolpb, were married
at 13ar Harobr, Mo. It waa an In
formal affair. There were no bride
muida and no beat man. Tbe entrance
to the ohoroh waa a mane of rosea,
laurel bydrangeaa and potted plants.
O. M. Browning, controller of Indian
affaire, baa made hia annual report to
the teoretary of tbe interior. Qe aaya
that with no oatbreuk or diaturbance
during the year, tbe progroaa of the In
dians in general education andoivillaa
tlon has been uninterrupted and sub
atantial. Tbe main effort now, as tor
many years, moat be to put the In
dian upon bla allotment, teach blin to
support himself, protect him from en
croachment and injuatioa, and educate
bla children in books and industries.
Tbe steamer Umatilla, from San
Fransiaoo to Puget aonud, struck on
the rooks off Point Wilson promon
tory, In Discovery bay, near Port
Townaend. All of tbe passengers were
landed safely by means of small boats.
Tbe starboard bow of the steamship
was stove in badly and the steamer la
leaking aerioosly, but reata above the
water supported on the rocks. The
oauae of the disaster is attributed to
tbe fogs so prevalent in Northern wa
ters at this season.
The Cuban junta has reoeived an
offer from an English syndioate of a
loan of 10,000,000 for 180,000,000
payable in twenty years, President T.
Kstrada Palma and tbe other members
of tbe junta held a oonferenoe as soon
as the offer was reoeived. . Tbe presi
dent was asked what action waa taken
and stated: "We have taken no de
cided action as yet," be said. "We
bave reoeived a number of similar
offers from bankers, who see that we
are almost oertain to win, and we
have tbem all under advisement. We
will probably accept tbe best terms, tbe
offer of tbe English syndioate seems to
nail for very large interest, but the
faot that they may never get it baok
niuat be ooualdered. During the Inst
year of the Mexioan war for independ
ence Mexican bonds sold for fJ. 60 on
the hundred."
The dredge Enterprise ia now at
Casoade looks engaged In olearlng the
eand from the upper entrance. The
inner wall on the south side baa been
oompleted, and tbe oonorete foundation
for the north wall la done. Several
oouraos of masonry remain to be laid
ripen this latter wall. It is the gen
eral feeling that the looks are Bearing
completion, and any further delay
would be an nnweloome surprise. With
tbe completion of . this work, The
Dalles expects to make rapid growth
and attract oapltal from abroad.
A Touch or Womanly Oraoe.
The members of the party eompoaed
of federal generals who are tonring the
oouutry in the iatereata of the Kopub
llcan party unite in saying that tbe
moat pleasing incident so far of their
journey was a dolloate bit of courtesy
shown by Mrs. . Bryan, wife of tbe
Demooratlo candidate for president,
wbo, while the procession in honor ot
the visiting generals was moving past
her bouse in Lincoln, Neb , displayed
over. her door a large portrait of Wil
liam MoKlnley, tastefully draped In
the national colors. It was tonoh of
womanly garoe, beautiful as it waa un
expected, and Ueneral Alger says that
he will cherish it as sweet reoolleo
tlon pluoked from an aorimonloua
campaign nntil the end of his days.
Matub Ctrl, un Strike.
Bather than- nave their teeth ex
amined and repaired, half of the 800
girl employes of Edwin Mould's big
match faotory at Paasalo, N. J., bave
gone on strike, and deolare tbey will
never work for such a horrid man
again. Phosphorous, wblob ia used in
making matches, if allowed to aot on
decayed teeth, will evutually aubjeot
them to disease and leave them orlp
pled for life, Damage aulta may re
sult Gould, therefore, ordered tbe
girls to submit to an examination by a
dentist, but they refused.
Will Hoadjuat Vfa( Kates.
The Carnelge Steel Company, of
Homeatead, Pa., baa notified lu em
ployes in tbe mills that a "readjust
ment" of the exlatlng wage scale is de
sired by tbe oompany. This, tbe men
say, means anotbor out In wages. Un
der the agreement with the workmen,
euob aide is required to give a uluetv
days' nolioe of any change desired in
the wages paid. Tbe present scale
expiree January I, when tbe new scale
will be put into effect
torin on tbe Potomac
Reports from the upper Potomao
how that blgb winds did great dam
age to property this aide of the moan
taiu. In addition to tbe wind, there
waa a cloudburst that aoon changed the
small tributaries into raging torrents,
oarrying away muob farm property and
washing away many bridges. Un a
short spur of tbe railroad leading to
Berkley Springs, thirteen brldgos were
oarrted Off.
The rawer, Have Agreed.
There is, says Loudon diapatob,
very good reason foi bellvelng that an
Important agreement has been reaohed
between the great powers and that all
danger ot a European war baa, for tbe
present passed away. It miy now be
hoped that the danger haa been con
jured by dtplomaoy, wblob alone waa
capable of dealing safely and ade
quately with the problem.
Mine, to Ha Worked.
Preparations are beiug hurried for
the resumption of work in the Bison,
Little Johnny, Mehala and ttesurreo
turn mines, at Leadville. At leaat 600
men are expected to go to work aoon.
A Head -End 'olll.lan.
Two freight tralna collided at Phil
ton, on tbe Baltimore & Ohio railroad,
134 miles eaat ot Pittsburg, Pa., mak
ing one of the worst wreoka In the his
tory of the road. Twelve tramps have
been taken from tbe wreck, sis of
whom were dead. Tbe other six are
in serious condition. Tbe two en
gineers and firemen were Injured seri
ously and one perhaps fatally. Tbe
orew of the fast freight train lost con
trol of tbe train on stoop grade. ; It
was going at high rate of apeed when
it atruok the other train, every oar be
ing thrown to a common oenter in tbe
collision and ground to atome.
It Waa a Hold Mot.
A plot to ovethrow the government
of Nioaragua and kill Preaident Zel
aya, haa been discovered and frustrat
ed. Some of the most prominent peo
ple are implicated in the plan, wbioh
was well prepared. Since the olose of
the last rebellion, in whloh Zelaya waa
victorious, bit enemies and ft majority
of bla former allies, namely, tbe con
servative!, have been plotting to upset
the government by force of arms. The
barraoks and palaces were to be as
saulted simultaneously, and Preaident
Zelaya was to be asaaaiinated. Tbe
barraoks were to be blown op with
dynamite In oase the assault failed.
Another War Deflelt.
A comparative statement of the re
oelpte and expenditures of the govern
ment for the month of September shows
the total receipts to have been 134,684,
(44; expenditures, $26,579,686, leav
ing ft deficit for the month of 91,005,
891. Tbe deficit ot the three months
of tbe present fiscal jear ia 135,184.129,
as compared with defiolt of $U,884,
658 in the corresponding months last
yeaf. Reoelpts for the lait month show
a loat as oompared with September ot
last year ot nearly (8,800,000 from dia
tom a, and about (680,000 from internal
revenne.
Reviewing Stand Collapsed.
Daring tbe parade at the Iowa semi
centennial celebration, at Burlington,
Ia., the reviewing stand oontnining
Vice-President Stevenson, Governor
Drake, ot Iowa, and staff, and many
other prominent people, collapsed,
throwing all to the ground and injur
ing thirty people. Vice Preaident
Stevenson aud Governor Drake escaped
with slight bruises.
Part of Fas Burnad.
A Tanglor dispatch aays: The Jew
ish qnartor of Fez, the principal city
of the empire ot Moroooo, has been
burned. Soveral persons perished, and
many were fatally Injured. Five
hundred of the resideuta of the burn
ing qnartor were compelled to flee in
an unclad condition to the oonntry
unlit the flumes were quenohed. It is
estimated that there were 10,000 Jews
in Fez, out of total popalatiou of
100,000. '
JOINED THE MEIBUND
Roumania and Greece Pre
paring for Turkey,
WILL ASSIST THE POWERS
Servla Will follow a. Soon as
Queen Natalia's luflu.ooa Can
lis Ovareoiue.
Berlin, Oct 6.- The sensational
news that Roumania and Greece bave
joined tbe dreibnnd, and that the
formal agreements to this end were
signed at Kuobarest during the pretence
there of Emperor Franols Joseph of
Austria, after the opening of tbe canal
through the iron gates of the Danube,
is being disouased in political oircles
here. Tbe statements made are be
lieved to be correct, and are reoeived
at being of prime importance, for tbe
dreibund will thus bave valuable allies
in these two countries in the event of
the diaruption of Tnrkey or any teriout
complication in the Eaat
King Cbarlet of Roumania bat long
been anxiont to join tbe dreibund, but
it waa only lately that binding bar
gain aooeptable to all parties was drawn
up. , It is expected that Servia will
also adhere to the dreibund, as soon as
the influenoe of ex-Queen Natalie, wbo
is ft Russophlle, is overcome.
Tbe general opriaing of the Wahehet,
the powerful and warlike tribe of Ger
man Eatt Afrioa, is causing some an
xiety in colonial circles here and else
where. The Wabobes, wbo met with
orusbing defeat from German troops a
couple of yeara ago, have this time
been incited by Arab chiefs, and tbey
must bvae excellent weapona and equip
ments. Tbe rebellion teems to be
spreading around tbe whole Tangan
yika region, and the troops available
are muoh too weak to oope with it In
the meantime Governor Wiaamann ia
lingering here, unwilling to return to
bla poat in Eaat Afrioa, owing to bia
shatter! bealtb, though be ia being
nrged to do to. Moreover, tbe govern
ment is not inclined to ask the reiob
stag for large increase of the German
East Afrioa troops, in view of the big
colonial budget, although the present
forces are qolte inadequate.
A CHINESE ASSASSIN.
Made Bold Attempt to Murdar Ran
Praucleeo Draffa'at.
San Franoisoo, v Oot 8. One of tbe
boldest attempts at murder ever made
in Chinatown took place today shortly
before noon, when Gin Lun Choe, one
ot the proprietors of the Cbee Sang
Tong Company, druggists, was de
liberately shot in the baok by an al
leged hired asaaaain, in the presenoe
of at leaat half a dozen spectators.
As ft direct result of the shooting,
Gin Lun Cheeia now lying at tbe point
of death in the receiving hopaital, and
Ah Chang and Ah Wan are incarcerat
ed In the city prison, one identified by
the wounded Chinese as he wbo did
the ahooting. and the other as the man
who directed blm to do it Officer
Freel saw the ahooting, aud arretted
the Chinese, whom tbe wounded man
identified. Gin Long Chee waa shot
tbrongb tbe tpine. He says:
"Chin Kim Leon told tbe two men
who are arrested to kill me, because
Chin Kim Leon owed me money. I
asked bim to pay me; for tbia reason
be told them to kill me. When the
man shot at me, I turned my head and
taw and recognized bim. Chin Kim
Leon wat standing by tbe two men. I
beard the tall man tell tbe thort man
to thoot, and be pointed hia finger at
me." -
CHOCTAW SCHOOL BURNED.
Four
of the StndoBts War Cremated
ad Others Injured.
Antlera, I. T., Oot 6. At 11
o'olock last night, Spenoer'a academy,
looated ten milca west ot here, burned,
together with all the furniture and
four Choctaw boys.
Tbe origin of the fire it supposed to
be incendiary, at no one waa occupying
tbe room in wbioh the fire broke out,
and there bad been no fire in it tbia
season. Superintendent J. B. Eter,
who wat in charge of the school, heard
the flames, and when he gut np, the
stairway was on fire. He ran on the
outside and woke all tbe boys and
barely aaved bia own lite. Tbe boys
threw their beds ont ot the windows
and jumped to the ground on them.
One of tbe boyt who waa burned to
death wat cripple, and tbe other
three were in rooms in which there
were no windows. It ia said the moans
and groant were heartrending in the
extreme.
Michigan forest Fires,
Marquette, Mioh., Oot. 6. Destruc
tive forest fires are burning two milea
sontb ot this city, along tbe line of the
Marquette & Western railway. Dur
ing the afternoon, a brisk tooth wind
wat blowing and there wat some an
it last the fires might be driven
upon the oity, but change of the
wind to the west ftvertea tne aanger.
Nestoria Junotion on the line of tbe
Dulutb. South Shore Atlantio road,
seven miles west ot here, it in serious
danger. '
San Francisco, Oot 6. Frederiok E.
Luty, stock operator and mining
man, committed snioide today by shoot
ing himself in the head while in ft hall
way over tbe Anglo-California bank.
No motive for tbe deed is yet known,
and tomporary insanity is the reason
advauoed by hit friends. Luty wat
teoretary of half doaen mining com
panles, but his acoounts re apparently
straight. Luty was 60 year sold, and
left a wife aud family, wbo are well
known socially.
Oam ml Ocean'. Mv.Uirlea,
Ban Francisco, Ont. 7. Tbe mis
sionary bark Jobn Williams, that for
nearly thirty years orulsed among tbo
South Sea islands, oarrying the gospel
to the islanders, is missing and almost
given up for lost She was built in
Aberdeen for tbe London- Missionary
Society, and wat launched in 1800.
She wat constructed and fitted out es
pecially for the work in the Sooth
Seas, and during her career she made
visits to nearly every known inhabited
coral reef and ialand In tbe Paoiflo
ocean south of the equator, oarrying
tupplies to tbe permanent missionaries
regardless of creed, and assisting in
eiery way to advance the oauae of
Cbriatianity.
Trains are Tied Up.
Peoria, 111., Oct 7 J. R. T. Ana-
ton, grand teoretary and treasurer of
tbe Order of Railway Telegraphers, baa
reoeived dispatches from Montreal
showing that tbe tie-up on th Cana
dian Paoiflo la oomplete. Nothing it
moving except a few passenger trains.
Saturday night the dispatchers at
Smith's Falls, the only ones wbo re
mained at work and who bad oharge of
838 miles of tbe road, went out The
telegraphers, Anston't dlapatoh saya,
stand firm and teem to have the sym
pathy of tbe poblio all along tbe Can
adian Pacific. At many places objeo
tion it made to any one else attempt'
ing to perform telegTapbio duties.
CONSTANTINOPLE EXCITED.
Authorities Believe the Bevolutloulete
Will Fire the City.
London, Oct. 6. A diapatob from
Conatantinople describee Stambonl at
being in ttate of siege. Tbe precau
tions at night, it appears, are rigoroos.
The fire engines are kept ready to set
to work at a moment's notice, at tbe
authorities are convinced the revolu
tionist are determined to set fire to
the oity. Tbe Cbiiatiana are in dread
ot another uprising of tbe mob, and
the respectable Mussulmans share in
tbe feeling of anxiety of tbe Christiana.
It bas been annonnoed that the
Turkish government bas entered into
negotiations with tbe Armenian revo
lutionary oommittee, with a view of
obtaining a cessation of dynamite out
rages, tbe porte granting ft general
amnesty to Armenians and promising
to carry oat reforms throughout Asia
Minor. Little faith, bowever, ia
plaoed In Turkish promises.
Tbe brilliant fetes and military pa
ardes attending tbe opening of tbe
iron gates of tbe Danube are looked
upon at beiug of tbe highest poliitcal.
importance. It is stated military
convention between Austria and Rou
mania will be concluded daring tbe
stay of Emperor Francis Joseph at
Buobareat, binding both powers to
prevent Russia from orossing tbe Dan
ube. It is further atated that a gigantio
engineering scheme was also consid
ered at Bucharest, the plan being to
connect Buoharest with the Black tea
fortress.
After a long discussion the new Tu
nisian treaty between France and Italy
has been signed, tbnt solving one of
the most ticklish questions between the
two oountries, the adjustment ot which
would bave been impossible a little
while ago. Italy, nnder tbe new
treaty, snrienders her rightt to try ber
own tubjeota in ber own courts in
Tunis, and reoeives in exchange com
mercial concessions, among which is
the right to bave Italian vessels ad
mitted to French porta nnder'tbe same
conditions aa French vessels, Italy
making similar concessions to Franoe.
DEFENDING THE MINES. .
General Brook. Will Place Cannon on
Carbonate Hill.
Lesdville, Oct. 6. General Brooks
and hia officers bave practically decided
to make provisions for defending the
endangered mines by plaoing cannon'
on Carbondale bill, which oommanda
most of them. Tbe next object of at
tack, if farther attacks be made, it
pretty well understood to be the great
pumping plant of the Maid of Erin
mine, which draint the Mahals, Emmet
and Marian mines, wbioh are now re
suming work, at well at many others.
The pumpt belong to Smith & Moffat,
and their expenses are borne by tbe
three mines named. If these pumps
were orippled, the rain of the mines by
water would reduoe the normal pro
duction of the camp tally one-third.
General Brooks will toon decide upon
the location ot the guns and other de
fenses. ' ' -'.
French HomlHi Caiilnges.
Paris, Oot. 6. Out ot thirty-eight
antomoters, of whiob thirty-six were
petroleum maohines and two driven by
steam, Wbioh started in the race, Sep
tember 34, from this oity to Marseilles
and baok, 1,603 kilometers, only eleven
bave oompleted the round trip, reaoh
ing here this afternoon. All the ma
chines finishing were petroleum driven.
Michelin't motor oyole oompleted tbe
trip in seventy-two honrt aontal run
ning time. The journey waa divided j
into ten stages, at whioh the arrival j
and departure of contestants wat timed.
There was uo running at night. The
maohines whioh finished wore in good
order in spite of the terrible weather
experienced.
Tbe English language ia spoken by
about 135,000,000 persons, while the
Chinese ia spoken by 400,000,000.
Another Culneae Ambauador.
Washington, Oat. 6. Minister Yang
Yu, of China, today bad a call from
v.. KTiav thA iinrtArial nommArniiftl
ambassador of the empire, and his'
suite, who arrived here at a late boar
last night Tbe ambassador, who ia
Chinese offloial, bad no diplomatic
functions, but hia visit it purely ot a
oommeroial nature, and be is making ,
trip through tbe United States and
conducting an inquiry particularly into ,
tbe state of his oountiymen here. :
WRECKED BY WIND
Desolation in the Path ot the
Hurricane.
HUNDBED8 RENDERED HOMELESS
rba Town of Cedar Key. Traveled tu
the round Sixty-Seven far
son. Killed lu tbe State.
Jacksonville, Fla., Oot 5. Com
munication with tbe interior is re
stored, and tbe news of tbe destruction
of life and' property by Tuesday's hur
ricane becomes appalling. Hundreds
of persona are bomelest and must
suffer from hunger unless relief shall
be quickly furnished. Reports to tbe
Citizen from many different towns, in
cluding all of the important point! in
Levy, Lafayette, Suwanee, Columbus,
Bradford and Baker counties, show
that sixty-seven persona were killed,
and sixty-two injured. Tbeae are the
known cacsaltiea. To this total, prob
ably considerable number mast be
added to cover those not yet beard
from.
The lost of life wat greatest at
Cedar Keys, on the Gulf of Mexico,
where the hurricane entered tbe state.
Over half o( tbe known deaths occur
red at that place. Tbe destruction of
valuable timber, turpentine trees, farm
crops, phosphate works and buildings
of every description in tbe oounitet
mentioned forming a belt aorost tbe
state from southwest to northeast, will
aggregate hundreds of thousands if
not millions of dollars.
, Full and authentic advicea from
Cedar Keys late tonight show tbe al
most total destruction of the twn, and
the loss of thirty-nine lives. This it
believed to include tbe oomplete roll of
the dead. At Shell Mound, great
pleasure resort near that plaoe, a party
ot five men, three women and three
children were camping out Some sur
veyors making their way home aftr
the storm found eleven bodies strewn
on the shore, under logs and brush.
They were close together, which would
indicate tbat they weie timulanteously
killed by the tidal wave. ' Eight other
bodies bave been found on tbe beach.
Twenty fitheremn are still missnig, all
of whom are probably dead.
Daring the hurricane at Cedar Keys,
the water came up with the wind, and
down the piincipal streets rushed ft
mad torrent, upon which floated bouses,
boats and debris of every description.
While the tempest was at its height,
the Bettelini bouse, tbe Sohemmer
bouse and Jobn Sberill'a residenoe took
fire and were burned. Tbe destruc
tion of pioperty was very great, the
lost being estimated at (350,000.
GREAT FISH STORY.
Four Hundred and Twelve Tona Ware
Caught In One Haul.
Seattle, Oot 6. -A Port Townsand
dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer aays:
Tbe catch of aalmon in Southwestern
Alaska ia about SO per cent more than
tbat of lafit year, and about equal to
the pack ot tbe preceding year. What
is believed to have been the largest
number of fish ever taken at one haul
was made at Karluk this summer. In
one haul 75,000 fish were caught
Each fish averaged about eleven
pounds, and the entire catch weighed
about 413 tone. . It is almost impos
sible for a person unfamiliar with fish
ing to realize tbe vast pile ot fish in
such a haoL
The Theater Hat Queetlon.
San Franolsoo, Oot 6. Alfred Bou
vier, the manager of tbe Baldwin thea
ter, thinkt he bat solved tbe feminine
head-gear problem and that diplomacy
in such dilemmat aa hit will prove bet
ter than force. The plan he haa de
vised for persuading tbe ladies to re
move their hats consists in tbe follow
ing protest, which, engraved on ft
oaid, will be presented on a ailver sal
ver to the woman who weara a bigb
hat to the play in the future:
'The management sincerely regrets
any personal annoyance thia may cause
you, but must respectfully request that
you remove your hat, as complaints
bave been lodged tbat it interferes
with the comfort and enjoyment to
which those seated baok of you are en
titled. (Signed) The Baldwin, San
Franoisco."
Report of tha Astoria Health Ottloer.
Salem, Or., Oct 5. J. A. Fulton,
health officer of the port of Astoria, has
filed with tbe governor bis report for
tbe qnarter ending September 80. H
shows tbat during July eight vessels
entered and left, the snatitary condi
tions of eaoh being good. Ten entriea
and departures are shown for August,
one oase of fever being found aboard,
and one of scurvy. Disinfectants are
reported used in the fever cases. Dur
ing September fifteen vessels entered
and cleared, and the sanitary condition
of eaub is noted sb good.
An Eight-Year-Old Murderer.
Zanesville, O., Oot 5. The 8-year-old
son ot Andrew J. Andrews, of
Irville, secured his father's gun today,
during the absenoe ot the family, and,
pointing it at bis baby brother, fired,
killing him instantly. Tbe fratricide
is not thought to be accountable.
Woman Beaten to Death.
St Joseph, Mo., Oot 8. Advioes
were received here tonight- ot a brutal
mnrder whloh ooourred at Arkoe, a
small town about thirty-five miles
north of here. Mrs. Edith Bomley wat
found ln ber home dead, with evi
dences of a desperate struggle with hei
assailant ' She bad been beaten to
death, but the murderer made his es
cape and nothing fs known ot bim.
Bloodhounds will be put : upon bit)
trail.
FREDERICK COUDEHT BACK.
Unearthed Valuable Information Per
talnlng to Tanesneln Hvundarv.
New York, Oot 6. Frederiok B.
Condert, tbe eminent lawyer and mem
ber of the Venezuela commission, ap- i
pointed by Preaident Cleveland to in
vestigate tbe Venezuela boundary ques
tion, returned to thia oity today from
The Haa-ue. on tbe French liner La i
Bourgogne. Mr. Condert went abroad
for tbe purpose of examining the old
Dutch records relating to tbe Vene-
cueia rjounaary, ananaaspent oonsider-'
able time over government archives, ;
with tbe result tbat quite an array of ;
new testimony bearing upon tbe point Polk county warrants are at ft dls
at issue haa been unearthed. Mr. ' count.
Condert wat teen tonight concerning j The clerk of Lane county will re
the result of his trip. He said muoh eive bids until Ootober 7, 186, for
had been accomplished. i keeping tbe county poor for one year.
"Immeuiately upon my arrival at; Prinevllle propoet to have four day.'"
The Hague," sa d be, I met Professor , mmnoingNovember 11. and
Barr. of Cornell university, who, fts offer,".,70 in wbich M abou,
the representative of tie commission. he mo,t off9r,d
bad already apent much time in gather- ,D NortEWMt oironit.
ing data. Together we went through ". ,.T , . .
the record, very thoroughly. Then we nie wdw MoGuirebat instruct
went to London, where many of tbe i f h; to enforce the game law
reoords were transferred at the time of I ln L,n,a county, nd ulreftdy two war
the purchase of Guiana, in 1615- Many j fanuta en issued. There is said
of these record bad already been pub-
lisbed by the British government and
very fairly. We found other useful
evidence, however, and both in Lon
don and Holland met uniform courtesy
in tbe prosecution ot our search."
"Were all the records prior to 1815
transferred to London at tbe time of
the sale?" be waa asked.
I "No, indeed," said Mr. Condert, ' trolling on Yaquina bay, caught ft big
"not all of them. We found some ! salmon of the obinook variety. Cap
; very valuable papers in the old Dutoh j tain Stevens ia nearly 90 yean of age,
records. i but be continues to pull bis own boat.
Just how valuable the records were ! and enjoys tbe sport of fishing as well
! or what tbey tended to etabliah, Mr. ' as in bis boyhood days,
j Condert would not disclose, but raiter- Mrs. F. H. Kearney, of Pendleton,
erawmena uli mey were v.iu-
Another useful source of informa
tion, be said, wat the propaganda at
Rome, where tome of the most valu
able records were found.
"The pioneert in this territory," be
said, "were monks, obiefly of tbe order
ot Capuchins, and their reports to
their borne order contain muob infor
mation, wbicb both parties to tbe oon-
troversy bave been allowed to avail j
themselves of. : j
Regarding the correspondence which i
has passed between Secretary Olney j
and Lord Salisbury recently, Mr. Cou
dert said'
"I und'erstend'tbat this correspond-
enoe deals with the subject of arbitra-
tion generally and cannot be tpeoifio-
ally applied to Venezuela controversy.
Tbe recent visit of Joeeph Chamberlain
did not. in my opinion, bave any con
nection with thia case. So far aa I
know officially, nothing further bat
i been accomplished in tbe matter than
when I left, and if any negotiations are
' luajno iwmTiAfaul hw .ha ATumM nf tl.ca
government to settle it, they are un -
known to me. I cannot aay when tbe
commission's report will be ready, nor
whether it will be finished before Preei-
dent Cleveland's term of office ex-
pires.
CHANGED THEIR MINDS.
Foit Bal
11 Indiana D.ollue
to Sell
j Their Lands.
Pocatello, Idaho, Oct 6. United
: States Commissioners Hoyt, Goodwin
and Barge, met the Indian chiefs, fif
! teen in number, of the Bannock and
! Shoshone tribes of the Fort Hall reser
1 vation, at Rosa Fork, today, for tbe
purpose of forming a treaty with the
Indiana for the relinquishment of a
' portion of their reservation. Fully
i 1,000 people came from surrounding
j towns to witness the negotiations.
Tbe Indiana had been promised a feast
by the commissioners and bad looked
1 forward to tbe occasion for many
! weeks. They were there in force to
.participate in the festivities which
promised so much enjoyment When
j about to go into counoil, one of the
Banncck chiefs, Jim Ballard, a leader
j of the faotion opposed to the sale of the
reservation lanas. roue up ou mireo-
rode up on horse
back, bedecked with paint and feathers,
and forbade the chiefs of both tribes
assembled to participate in the festivi
ties. Ballard evidently had the chiefs
under his control, for they refused to
partake ot the dinner or listen to any
argument Tbe chiefs admitted tbey
had concluded to make favorable
.,- .,.t..i
of.pVeoial train, bearing hundred, of
whites to witness the oouncil, ohanged
their minds.
A Brutal PrlseBght.
New York, Oot 6. Jack Collier,
of Rockaway Beaob, and Kid Harris,
of Kentucky, fought seventeen ot the
flarnaat rounds with bare knuckles
' over witnnsed bv old-time snorts at Far
Rookaway. They were on their feet
when time waa called for the eigb-
! teenth, but were to badly out and
Drulsea aoout tne iaoe inas tney were
unable to see each other, and the bat
tle was stopped. Harria' ear ia half
1 gone; his cheek, from eye to jawbone,
. is out open and his face and! body are
one mass of outs and bruises. Both of
his eyes are - closed. Collier had both
j eyes closed, his left cheek out open to
! the bone, and waa badly bruised about
the body. -
. , . . . .. .
"r "l " Th.t tl
Mediterranean sea prove tbat tbe
j . 1U 4 .. .
Tried to Steal History Plates.
- San Franoisoo, Oot 6. Tbe offioers
of tbe Bancroft Company are still with
holding the name of the burglar who
j attempted to steal 1 0,000 worth of
' history plates from their basement
iney now . mvu, u. uo
was fonwrly . P
le- .'J' n T 7 1 "!
member, of the Bancroft Company tbat
the burglar bad no other or
atealing the p ate. than to melt tbem
tnd tell them for old lead.
!
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. ! NORTHWEST BB EVITIES
1 Evidence ot Steady Growth
" and Enterprise.
ITEMS OK GENERAL INTEREST
i
j ,
; from ah tha cities and Town, of the
Thriving Slater State.
Oregon.
i gwu u,,-, j.-,-
sold, shooting from tbe road, etc
Ibex and mountain abeep have been
j seen tbis summer on the almost inao
j cestible cliffs and craga of Canyon and
: Strawberry mountains, says Jhe Can
yon City News. In early days these
' kinds of game were quite plentiful.
Captain William Stevens, while out
bM reoeny, returned from Tbe Dalle..
having won the distinction of being
the first woman to ride across tbe aand
wastes between Pendleton and The
Dalle on bicycle. Her husband wat
with her, and tbey rode with flat tire.
Indiana who rode into Harney oounty
with the intention of doing lot of
hunting thia fall were told to "data
wa" by tbe cltlzena. The tiwaabot
considered it good policy to leave the
grizzlied pioneers in possession of the
wild game in Harney oounty'a forests,
and quietly departed.
Probably the largest salmon ever
' nrougni to tne voquiiie maraei. aays
j tbft Herald, wat oaugbt on the lower
o1" " weighed forty-
! fiT pounde dressed, and ftbout sixty
I ponnda gross. It was ft rre variety
' that section, blueback or Colum-
bia river aalmon.
The cannery at Empire City ia now
1 receiving tbe largest catch of flab ever
known to come into Coos bay. One
night last week a Mr. Peterson caught
what hrrmoht him tha rnnnd anm of
; $85, at the present low prioes for flab
j 85 cents apiece Ar obinook salmon
weighing from 80 to 60 pounds eftob.
j The board of trustees of tbe Oregon
: Soldiers' Home held its regular cuater-
ly session in Roseburg last week and
I transacted the reuglar routine of ex-
amining olsima and billa against the
j home. They inspected the home and
j tbe hospital, and approved tbe bills ot
! John Hunter, contractor, for 13,000,
1 as per contract; recommended furniab
, ing tbe hospital at cost not to exceed
I fl,500, and that a barn be built for not
more than f 500.
. ' Washington.
The eleotrio light plant in Waits
: burg is about ready to be started up. ,
The Kalama river boom oompany is
; putting in a very substantial boom at
the mouth of the river.
The Bellingbam Bay bank Is expeot
' ed to deolare a dividend of 10 par oent
soon. One dividend of 15 per oent has
already been paid.
' Tbe claim ia made by tbe Oakeadale
Sun tbat from four to six oents more
: has been paid for wheat there than at
' snT other plaoe in Whitman county.
Tha KarmAra- Warehonae Comnanv.
of Garfield, haa reoeived 75,000 bushels
of wheat thus far this season. The
other warehouses there are having a
good run, but bave not made public
any figures.
Postmaster Haynie, of Pasoo, has re
fused to accept campaign literature
i whioh was enolosed in franked en
jpe. 1 B-B
lioan,' whioh bad been sent out by the
chairmen of all political parties. The
matter baa been referred to Washing
ton for a decision.
Work has begun on the telehpon
line of the Spokane A British Colum
bia Company, between Marcus and Col
ville. Ten men are at work cutting
I and delivering poles along the line,
Work will be pushed from both ends at
fast as poles can be gotten out. Th
oompany is taking cedar and tamaraok
" - -
peots to nave tne line oompieiea ana
in operation by January 1. .
. Work will beoommenoed aoon on tht
old Plaoerfield mine on the Columbia
river, neat the Colville reservation.
Tbe mine ia not a new one. It wai
formerly owned by "Wild Goose Bill"
and others, but these did not develoi
the prospeot, because of a lack of wa-
! ter. In after years Chinamen worked
' the mine during the spring, while tha
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snow from tbe surrounding mils wai
iuiuuu vt vtaicu.
The contraot bas been let by tht
Northern Paoiflo Railway Company foi
the filling in ot the spaoe spanned by
the Cedar oreek tiestle, four milei
southeast of Garfield. Tbe trestle is a
long one, eighty-three feet high at tht
highest point, and will require vaal
IJIJUn(UVUlhWiU ... -
, .j,,, work to flH lt. The oost ot
mkiDg ,he fill is estimated at ,47.000,
A new trestle could be built for .bout
b , M haT, to
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