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r-- i fn r 'HL" if iHiTii' "rr -ri-jir ifcllr iiliitHHIHrPMi.')l)'..'Y nn OREGON MI . VOL. Ill ST. HELENSOREGON. FRIDAY. NOV. 20. 18. NO. 48. EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome ot the Telegraphic Newt of the World. TKKSK TICKS FROM TUB WIRES 4b Iot.re.llng Collection or Ita I Freai Ih Tw ll.nl.phar.f rnmM . la a Vond.n.ed Form The British iteamar Btratbolyde, from Calcutta for Galveston, went athor la tba OiiloutU river. General Wayler baa taktn personal oharga ot tha Hpaniah army In Cuba, lie reviewed aba troopi al Martol, and then look np tba marob to tba interior. Tbe Chicago Tribune prluta Hat of 875 mllla and faotorlea wbloh have ra an med bottom within tba pail ten day, giving employment to 165,408 men. A Conttantlnopla dispatch aaya while ooanaellog American mission arte to remain at their poata in Ana tolia, Hlniaiar Terrell baa adviaad the removal of the children of missionaries to ptiioea of aafeiy. Three men were injured by tba berat ing ot a naptba retort in atraw fao tory In Mtlford, Nine. Tbair tnjnrlea proved fatal. Tbe men were blown ont of tbe building, and when picked np the akin peeled from their faoea and breast. Fourteen bnildlnga In the bnainoaa portion of Traverse City, Mlob., were destroyed by Are, entailing a lota of 150,000. Ed Newberry, hotel porter, waa burned to death. It la rumored other Uvea were loat, but no other bodltta bare been recovered. Thirty guttata eaoaped through the windowa of the Frout-atreet hotel in their night olothing. From Ureeroounty, Oklahoma, oomea tbe newa of a battle between oflloere of Greer and Waebita ooanttee and a large body of Meiloan boreethievea, in which oue robber waa killed outright, eater a I wounded and two oflloere wounded. Tba Meiioana bad been , ateallug bono and committing numer ous depredation In weatarn oountlea in Oklahoma. Rev. E. L. Benedict abot and fatally wounded Harry MoWhorter, a promt neut drugglat, of Larrabee, la. The ahootlng waa in aelt detente. Prealdent Zelaya, of Nloaragua, baa iaaued a deorea making lard duty free from October to April, and flour and oorn, which are alio aoaroe, are made free of duty. Tbe oountry borne at Clover Bend, Lawreuo county, Arkansas, ot Miai French, autboreaa and uagaatne con tributor, well known aa "Octave Tbanet." waa deatroyed by Are. A large and vlauable library waa burned. Serious rioting baa occurred at Shot aput, near Bombay. Five tbouaand men looted 1,600 baga of grain. Tba polioa fired upon tbe mob, killing four men and wouuding all. A further outbreak la feared aa Shotaputli one of the woral famlue traota. 'A Bt. Peteraburg diapatoh to the London Timet quote the Novoatl aa aaying that towarda tba oloee of the war with Japan. China offered to oede the ialand of Formoaa toEugland with out oondltlon, with view to eieluding the Japanese, but that Lord Roaebery, then prima mlnlatar, promptly daolined the offer. Mra. Walter M. Castle, of Ban Fran. olaoo, recently aentenoed in London to three monlba' impriaonment without bard larbor, after having pleaded guilty to obarge ot shop lifting, baa been re lea ed from priion on medioal grounds, by order ot tba home aeoretary, Blr Matthew White Ridley. Tha report that waa rroently aent ont from Constantinople that sixty Arme nian! wen maaaaoerd there early laat week waa not exaggerated. On tba oontrary, tbe affair turna out mora aeri oua than waa at flrat announoed. The mataaore ooourred at tbe village of Kverek, where nearly one hundred per aona were killed and all tbe Armenian houeea pillaged. A tramp, while going over tbe Balti more & Ohio, near Mitchell, Ind., found enough dynamite on tba traok to blow an engine to pieoea aa aoon aa it atruok it. He ran to the nearest awitob, tore off a lamp, and returning, ' algnaled tbe approaohlng eipreaa train. He waa ahot at by tbe wrecker and waa found uuoonaoioaa by the train men. . . In Riobmond, Mo., a mob oolleoted around tbe jail and attempted to get bold ot Jeaae Winner and Lon Laokey, oharged with the murder of Mra. Eva Winner and her two children. Their evidont purpote waa to lynch them. A brother of the murdered woman ad dremed the mob and pleaded with them to leave tbe law take lta ooorae. They accepted hla oounael and retired. Samuel & Tooker, painter, met Dr. Jamea 8. Wintermute on the atreet In Taooma, and auddenly drew a re volver, ahootlng Wintermnte through the body. Tucker then turned the re volver on himaelf, ahootlng bimielf through the bead, blowing hla bralna oat. Wintermute waa not killed and may reoover. The latter proteose not to know tha oauae of tha ahootlng. There ia a ahortage ot dry winea in California, and the manufaoturera wiah to advauoe the prloea, but to thia tbe dealer object, for fear ot foreign com petition. The auprema court of Oregon baa handed down lta third opinion in the branch aaylum oaae, and thia time hat affirmed the judgment ot the lower oourt in restraining the atate treaaurer from honoring the 135,000 warrant issued in payment ot lite pnrobaaed for tha location of tha propoeed aaylum (wilding in Eaitero Oregon. Bobbery Wat tbe Matins. The pameiiger (rain on the Louis ville & Nashville railroad, bound for New Orltiaua, waa wrecked near Mont gomery. Ala., in a very wild oountry by trainrobbera. A rail bad been torn up and nailed down again three or four luobee out of Hue. Tbe train waa com pletely wrecked and tba traok waa torn UD fur 900 Varda. Three mrnim were lerloualy Injured. Robbery waa tba Tiueui purpoae ox tne wreokera. About One Million D.ad. A atrange dlieaie la aatd to have de veloped In the vonn aalmnn at tha Clarkamaa hatchery, by which about nan or tne ,uuo,ooo brought from the Balinon river have haan nV.trnv,! The only viilble aign of tbe dlaeasa la a nsau wmte apot on tbe belly of the flab. A During Jail Unlivery. Frank Crawford, aliaa Harrv Davla. broke jail in Toledo, O., by taw ing nia way through the iron grating at tba top of tbe jail and letting bimaalf to the around with a onilt. Davla held for trial on tha obarge ot murder ing Marsh! Maker, of North Balti more, O., latt August. . i t)d Caue.lled Stamp.. D. N. Deeblaumford, barber, of Blstous, Cel., waa fined I00 by Judge Morrow in the United States dlatrlot oourt for Ming oanoelled pontage tamp. Seven indiotmenta atood against Deeblaumford, but be waa per mitted to plead guilty to one, and re ceived only a One. rail Dead While Pitying "Crap. " While playing "crape" at the Btar aloou gambling table in Colfax. Wath., an old man, who baa been about town for eotne time, and who went by tbe name of Eugene Jaoquea, fell dead over tbe table aa be waa throwing the dice. Tha oauae ia attributed to bear! disease. . A ue..rul f ip.dlllun. Tba expedition which reoenlty left New York for Cuba conveying import ant dispatches from the' New York junta and monitions of war la reported to have landed aafeiy. FIjM at Lead rill.. 1 A fight occurred in a aaloon in Lead villa In Which live men ware .tahHert one ot whom at leaat will die. Fifteen or twenty men were engaged In tbe affrav. A tinrtvnf An.ftrii.ti. w... fnl. lowed into tbe aaloon by atriking miner., who called tbem "eoeba." The Auttriana rnuuitail thia. Than the fight began in whiob knivea were tne only weapon. When the polioe arrived, all the fighter bad eaoaped except tbote who were too badly wounded to flee. Tba Knight or Labor. The oeueral aaaflmhlv nf tha Knioht. of Labor, in session in Roohester, N. x., adopted a resolution deolaring for tba enactment of a graduated income tax law. Failing to procure thia at the banda of the next oongreta it ia tbe declared intention of the Knighta to us all thair tnrlnaiuui tn h.vaa Hnm.nH fn. tuoh a tax incorporated into . ihe plat- lurni or one or tne areas nolitiaal n.r. tiea, and falling in that they will ael up a new political party. Aa Increased Appropriation. Estimates for the entire Indian serv loe for the flaoal year ending June 80, 1806, to be aubmitted to con great al tba opening of tbe aetaion. call for an appropriation of f 7,890,000 in round number. Tbia U 9100,000 more than the appropriation for the ourrent flaoal year. The Increase la due to the policy of tbs government adopted at the laat aeaaion of oongreet to abolish gradually oootraot Indian aohoola, and plaoe all the Indian aohoola absolutely under government oontrol. A Urnveyard My.tery. The diiuiembered body of an un known woman waa found in a aballow grave near 81 Joaeph, Ma Two employee at tbe asylum olaim to have aeen two men go into tbe field at night, dismount, and, after opening tbe grave, ride away, leaving it uncovered. The body baa the appearanoe of having been buried eeveral week. Tbe polioe are myatiSed by tbe And, and have no clue upon which to work. A Train Ditched. The Union Faoifio passenger west bound, No. 8, atruok a broken rail near Ogallala, Neb. , A tourist oar, two ohair cars and one Pullman turned over in a ditch. Fifteen psssenger were hurt, but none aerioualy. One woman ooinplaina of tevere paint in her back and may be eerionely injured. One man waa badly out on the bead. No other were aerioualy injured. Poatoffl. In Fatal? Bobbed. the pottoffloe at Paialey, Or., waa robbed by two unknown men reoently. Deputy Foetmatter Herbert Aldrioh witnessed the robbery and fired at the robber a they left the building, wounding both, one ao badly that be waa aubaequently captured by ther lff'a posse. The other itarted away to the eouth, leaving blood ataine in the road. D.ad If Nitroglycerin. Lewi Conn, a nitroglycerin alei man, in Moundaville, W. Va., while attempting to dig np gallon of the exploaive be had buried, waa blown to atom by the plok be was uting ooniing in oontaot with the ohetnioal. Hla re malna were aoattered ' for 100 feet. An Knraged Negro Lawyer. Torino thn nroarres of a petlv case in tbe oounty court in Guthrie, 6. T., I. E. Baddler, a negro lawyer, attacked and aeverely wounded Tbomaa H. Jonei, a prominent attorney and ex-member lAffUUtiirfi. Srtddler be- Ul tun oame enrg6d at aomotibng Jone aid, knooked bim down with an iron oourt aaal. and Juinpod upon him before: otbera could interfere. Baddler had ljuat been elected juttioe ot tbe peace on tha Republican ticket. He i in jail. NEW MARITIME RIVAL Commissioner ot Navigation Says Japan is Gaining. RKC0MMKNDS A FfiKK-SHIF BILL atr.nglr Oppo... tba Fropo..d PI.' rlnlnntlug Outl. on Oargoa Bronght by Foreign .!. Washington, Nov. 17. Tbe report of tha commladon of navigation for 1896, after referring to the neoeaalty for the paaaing ot a f ree-ahlp bill, atatet that onr maritime rank on the Paoiflo I now threatened by a new rival, Ja pan, wbiob, under liberal and progres sive law, baa Just established a trana PaciOo ateamtbip line to tbe United Btatna, and with the oo-operation of Amerioan oapital, ia preparing to ex tend tbia aervloe. In 1880, the tonnage of Amerioan veaaela entering the United Btntee from tbe porta of Asia and Ooeanloa waa 888,895, and of foreign veatel. 443,861 ton. In 1895, the Amerioan tonnage entering waa 808, 481, tbe foreign 657,306. Tha large and profitable carrying trade onoo oonduoted between Aaiatio and European porta by Amerioan vea aela, wbiob aeldom entered Amerioan porta, baa almoat entirely paaaed away. We bava already aeen the Amerioan flag, the commissioner laya, almost wholly diaappear Jfrom the mid-Atlantic, tare aa borne by tbe mail a tea inert of tbe Amerioan line, and tbe figure tend to thow that the carrying trade of the Paoiflo la dipping from u. Before it ia altogether loat, Commissioner Chamberlain tuggett that oongrea in quire into the conditions ot tran-Paoiflo transportation. For tbe oontrol of thia trade, the United State baa obvlou natural advantagea. Within the laat - Ave yeata, Japan'a aeagolng ateel steamer have increased from thirteen, ot 87,701 ton, to fifty three, ot 106,888 ton. The number of Amerioan ateel and iron steamers on tbe Paoiflo ooaat la forty-three, of 68,- 635 tone. Tbe report reooommende an immedi ate extension of tbe aot of 1893, under wbio tbe ateamihipa New York and Paria were admitted to Amerioan regie tor, and the ateamahipa 8t Louie and 8t Paul were built. In tbe United Btatea. Under existing law, it ia im possible to establish on tbe Pacific a mail aervloe even approximating our Atlantlo mail aervloe, a equal condi tion, which were necessary to tbe re cent oreation of the latter, do not exiat there. The report oppotea at length the proposition to impose 10 per oent ad ditional discriminating dutiea on all oargoea brought into tba United Btatea by foreign veaaela. It point our that tor over eighty yean, the United Btatea has followed tbe polioy ot reciprocity in shipping. Every other maritime nation of considerable rank haa adopted and now pursues tbe aame polioy. Our total import for 1895 were valued at $781,969,965, of whiob f 590, 588,863 were brought in foreign vettel. Tbe discriminating duty bill would put an aditional obarge ot (59,000,000 on our international exchanges, baaed on the figurea of 189, an amount ap proximately equal to our entire ocean freight bill on lmporta and exporta. In 1895 ooffeeimportawere $95,000, 000, of wbiob $60,000,000 worth of ooffee imported into tbe oountry from Braail, of $54,000,000, oame in foreign vetsela. For tbe extra sum, Mr. Cham berlain aaya, wbloh under the discrimi nating duty project the Amerioan peo ple would be required to pay for Bra illan ooffee alone, there could be estab lished iteamahtp llnea, inoluding twen-ty-flve ateamera, equal to the St Lout or St, Panl, or a muoh larger number of the olaaa required for South Ameri can, Aaiatio and African trade. Tbe report quotee artiole from our treatiea with the thirty-five principal nation in tbe world, allot whioh, it ia contended, mnat be abrogated, at tbe expente ot disturbance of our trade relation with tba world, if the polioy ot discriminating dutie i to be adopt ed by tbe United State. Tbe report alto favor tbe enactment of the omnibna bill relating to navi gation and to Amerioan aeamen, in the form favorably reported by tbe aenate oommittee on commerce at tbe laat aea aion, rather than in the form in wbloh these bill patted tbe houae of repre aentatlvea. It renew the argument for the repeal of compulsory pilotage on coastwise tailing vessels, and point ont that oongrei haa apent over $37,000, 000 in the improvement ot aeventeen barbora, at wbioh compulsory pilotage i (till exaoted from domeatlo eailing vessel. By the abolition of uaeleaa registry bonds, Amerioan abipownera have been aaved $80,000 annually, and Amerioan lake ahipownera about $15,000 annu ally In Canadian obargea impoaed for yeara, in contravention ot tbe polioy of reciprocity. The adoption ot the measurement law, the report itates, ha effected saving ot tbouaand of dollar to Amerioan abipping in foreign porta, and in domeatlo lloensea and ohargea bated on net tonnage, beside bringing our law on thl lubjeot abreast of the law of tire progressive maritime na tion. ' No Forolgnar. Noad Apply St Loots, Nov. 17. A apeoial to tbe Republic from South MoAleiter, L T., aaya tbe Creek oounoil ha just patted a law whioh provide a penalty ot $100 fine and 150 lathe on the hare baok for any oitixen of the nation who ahall hereafter give employment to any nonoitixen or rent or lease landa or property to a nonoitiaen ot the United State. 1 The Sanskrit language i eaid to bav about 100 root worda Wayler Hat Mat Macao. Jacksonville, Fla.,Nov. 18. Cipher dispatches jutt received report a ileroe battle in progress in Plnar del Rio. It i believed that Maoeo and Weyler have met Report of firearm bave been alomit incessantly beard for sev eral b )ur. The insurgent forces are well located in the bills, and are pour ing a rrot fire into tbe Bpanisb troopi, whiob are repeatedly driven back in their attempts to capture the Cuban stronghold. Tbe insurgent! bave the advantage of position, bning at a great ; elevation, but the Spaniarda are mak ing desperate attack. From a distance It lookt at if aeveral town are in flamot. K.oap.d l-rl.on.r A.tnrn.. La Plata, Md., Nov. 18. George Matthew, who on October 8 walked out of jail here, where he waa being held for murder, today walked In again and told the jailer to look him up. There waa a reward of $650 for bis capture, and, although there were aome eager detective looking for bim, none oould find him. Matthewa said today be remained near bia home in the lower part of the oounty ever since bia escape. He laid be bad alwaya in tended to itand trial, and left the jail merely because he got tired of the con finement. Matthew ia aocuied, with Mr. .Tame J. Irvin, ot killing tbe woman' butband. Wright Lair Valid. Waahington, Nov. 18. Tbe United State tupreme oourt haa rendered an opinion luttaining the constitutional ity ot tbe Wright irrigation law, Cali fornia, and overruling the deoielon of tbe United Statea circuit oourt for the California diatriot which waa against tbe law'a validity. IMMIGRATION FALLING OFF. Onlv Th.ee Hundred nod Forty Thou sand Allan. Caine Laat T.ar. Washington, Nov. 17. The com-miaiioner-general ot immigration, in bis annual report, shows that during tbe laat flaoal year tbe arrival! of im migrant in tbii country aggregated 848,365, Of whioh 840,468 were landed and the remainder debarred and de ported at tbe expente of the variona steamship linea by wbioh they oame. Tbe oommiasioner-general state that be know of no Immigrant landing in tbii oountry during this year who i a burden upon any publio or private in ititution. The amount of money brought Into tbe . oountry by immigrant waa at leaat $4,491,887, and probably was largely in excess of that The statis tics at hand, tbe commissioner-general atatea, "do not justify tbe oonolucions that our alien population ia growing in undue proportion." : P.aca In Abjra.lnla. . ' Rome, Nov. 17. Under date of Adiaabeda, October 20, Major Verax aini, Italy' envoy plenipotentiary to tbe Negoa Menelek, of Abyasinia, ba telegraphed to tbe Italian government aa follow: "I have today, with great aolemnity, signed a treaty of peaoe and conven tion for tbe release of the prisoners (in Menelek' hands). The treaty provides for the restoration of tbe statu quo pending tbe appointment of delegate ! by Italy and Abyssinia a year henoe, to determine tbe frontiers by friendly agreement It reoogniaea tbe absolute independence of Ethiopia and abrogate tbe Uooialli treaty. Italy undertake! in tbe meantime not to oede the terri tory to any other power. Should abe desire spontaneously to -abandon tbe territory, it would return to tbe Ethi opian rule. Book Dealars Vietlml.ed New York, Nov. 17. Joaeph J. Simpson, aged 80, waa arraigned be fore Magistrate Mott, in Jefferson market oourt, yesterday, oharged with larceny. He waa arrested at tbe re quest of the polioe of Boston. It i aid that Simpson ia one ot the gang that baa been operating extensively in Boston and Philadelphia, Bookdealer were their victims. One of the gang would secure a position aa book agent, to tell publication on installments. One ot hi confederate would buy a set of books through the bogua agent, wbo would receive tbe commission for the tale. Tbe confederate would then disappear with the book, and dispose of them to dealers in old books. Simp son waa held in $1,000 to await extra dition papera from Boston. , A Negro Fiend Lynched. MoKenale, Tenn., Nov. 17 Lajt night near here, Cbarlea Allen, a ne gro, waa lynobed, being abot to death by a band of men, for tbe raping ot , Miss Bettir Seals, a respectable white girl, aged 14, and an orphan. Tbe negro oommited the outrage about dusk yesterday, as tbe gill wa re turning from the - ootton field. The orie of the girl bronght assistance, after tbe negro bad fled. She told her story, pursuit wa instituted, the ne gro captured and identified, and under guard waa atarted to MoKenaie. The new reached MrKenaie, and a crowd left at once for the scene. Tbe guard, bearing ot the crowd, ohanged their oourse, and about a mile from town unknown partiea attaoked them and completely riddled the prisoner with bullets. In keeping the acoounta at the Bank of England over fifty ledgera are filled daily. J Two W.ra Killed by a Train. Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 17. The Buff alo, Rochester & Pittsburg passenger, due at Buffalo at 7:45 last night, struck a wagon at a crossing uear Col I den and killed a farmer named Lovell 1 Winsblp, and bia daughter, a sohool teacher. London, Nov. 17. Tbe Cbroniole'a Rome correspondent ia assured that aa a result ot tbe Bismarck disclosures, Austria will propose to counteract thr effeot of secret treatiea. THE BILL MAY PASS Good Prospect for Prompt Tariff Legislation. WO OPPOSITION IS ANTICIPATED A Fou.blllty That tha Dlngloi- Bill Will Bo Ke-eaaetad Cleveland 1. Still Fro Tradar. Washington, Nov. 16. In view of the reoent atatementa of aome of the ailver senator that they would not op pose the Dingley tariff bill, and the opinion of Senator Morgan that tbe Demoorata would probably permit tbe legislation without obstruction on their part,, the prospect for the bill are deemed fair, if tbe Republioana decide to pas it Upon tba latter oon'in genoy there ia a division of opinion among Republican. . Senator Sher man, of Ohio, takes tbe ground that tbe passage of tbe Dingley bill at the coming aeaaion would obviate tbe necea aity for an extra aetaion of oongrei, a it would furnish all the revenue need ed for the present and would be aufiV dent for all purpose until oongres ahall meet in regular aeaaion and pre pare a revision ot the tariff carefully and deliberately. Another reason advanced in rapport of tbe proposition for the passage of tbe Dingley bill at this time i the eoggea tion that tbe custom-house should be looked a aoon aa possible by an in crease of tbe tariff ratea against tbe im pending flood of cheap foreign goodi which come in through anticipation of a certain increase in tbe rate at aome future day. The faot ia reoalled in tbia connection that juit tuoh a flood of obeap gooda poured into tbe oountry prior to the McKinley bill going into effect, and in anticipation of the in creased rates carried by that bill. In the single month prior to the taking effeot of that bill, tbe importation jumped to $78,838,188. Thl waa an increase over the preoeding month of $15,000,000 and of the same month a year previous ot nearly $35,000,000. According to the arguments advanoed the ill-effect of inch a condition are obviou. It i held that it discounts the revenues of the inooming adminis tratiou, because tbe market i surfeited with good and tbe importation would be light for the first few months of the tariff law. For tbe aame reason it ia claimed barm ia worked to the Ameri can manufaoturera and . laborers, tbe people whom the new law ia to benefit, for it outs off the market ot the Ameri oan prodnot However, it i stated that Preiident Cleveland would veto the Dingley bill or any other tariff measure passed at the coming aeasion of congress. Hia support ot Bound mrney principle! and hia praotioal oo operation with the Republican party in tbe election juit over can in no way be construed, it ia aaid, aa meaning that the president ia in any way in amypathy with the party on other ques tions. LITTLE CORINNE'S WILL. Will E.tabll.h n Homo for Agod and Unemployed Aetraaaae. San Franoisoo, Nov. 16. Corinne, the aotresa, now playing at the Colum bia theater in thia oity, executed her will yesterday. By ita terms her real estate, her jewelry, every oostome and every bit of her personal property will be sold tor what it will bring. The lump aum should aggregate $750,000, and with it a good-aized tract of land ia to be purchased just out of New York. Upon this the "Corinne Home for Aged and Unemployed Aotresses" will be built and fntnre generations of poor and. discouraged women will rise up and call the danoer with the flashing teeth blessed. Corinne has chosen two Eastern men of unimpeachable reputation to be the trustees of tbe institution, and ahe haa planned many detalla in advance. Her idea is that the home should be open so that aotreases oan go or come aa their necessities diotate. All religions and nationalitiea will be weloome. The home will be sufficiently endowed, but made, ao far as possible, self-supporting by meana ot gardena and sewing that the women may da Corinne wants it to be in all sense a home, and her idea ia to aave girl who cannot find em ployment from working into sin. She wants to extend tbem a helping band nntil they oan struggle to their feet again. Death or nn Alleged Murdoraas. Medford, Wis., Nov. 16. Mrs. John Deuts, oonflned in the oounty jail the past three months awaiting trial on the obarge of murdering John Dahlen, died suddenly last evening. Her husband, John Dents, ia also awaiting trial on the same charge. ' Dents, hia wife and Arthur Wallner, their son in-law, were arrested for Dahlen'a umrder Deoember 83, 1895. . Pol.on.d by a Blr.d Girl. Oswego, N. Y., Nov. 16. Fanny Sohofleld, a oountry girl, 18 years old, haa been lodged in tbe oounty jail on tbe obarge of murder in the first de gree in poisoning two small ohildren ot Albert Field, ot Colose, whose hired girl she was. An autopsy revealed artenio in large quantities. Boston, Nov. ' 16. A private' cable gram rooeived in this city from Ham burg statea that the first shipment of apples, received there from Bo-ton, had just been disposed of, and netted from $3.50 to $24 per barrel, aooording to quality. These are considered remark-' ably high prloes, especially aa there baa been a deterimned effort in some quarters of Germsny to keep out the Amerioan product by circulating' absurd stories about apples containing germs ot disease. A BLIND LAD SAW. Tha "X" Rays Enabled Bim to D la cm Objeata. : Ban Franoisoo, Nov. 17. Lnoien Ba oigalupi, a totally blind lad, bai aooi dentally found out that be can aee ob ject! by the use of the cathode ray. Sooh la the aasertion of Dr. Waverly Clark, who ia overjoyed over the die oovery ot the new use of the mysterious beam. Tbe discovery that at leaat aome of tbe blind oan tee by tbe ray came about by oa relets remark mad by Dr. Clark, an entbualaatio student of tbe cathode ray. Bacigalupi had been pupil at tbe institution for tbe deaf and blind at Berkley for aeveral years. . . Friday last be oame to thia oity, with a dozen unfortunate lads from the same place. They went to the Baldwin theater. Afterward Baoigalupi stepped into his father' phonograph and "X" ray parlors, under tbe Baldwin hotel. Dr. Clark joined in conversation with Peter Baoigalupi, and bia ton, and aa a audden thought came to bim, he aaid: "Luoien, step into the "X'-ray room and find out if yon oan aee anything." Baoigalupi started the apparatua and handed hla son tbe fluorotoope. Aa Lnoien adjusted it to bia eyes and turned it toward the rays, he shouted: "Papa, I oan aee light" All three became exoited. Tbe over joyed father plaoed a solid block of wood, on the back of whioh were a key, a screw and some nails, in front of the green light and asked hia son if he oould see anything. Lnoien im mediately replied: "Yes, I oan aee a key and aome things that look like nail." Physician, father and ton were now greatly exoited, and another teat waa made. A purse, half-bound with ateel, and in whiob a key bad been plaoed, was put before the light in a folded magazine. Lnoien wa asked what he aaw, and replied that there waa a key inside of a dark rectangular pieoa of metal of aome kind. Tbe test was , considered complete, and Dr. Clark and Peter Baoigalupi bave been busily engaged telling the ttory over and over again to their friends. It haa aet i the medioal men to thinking, and a j large number of other similar experi ments will be made. A study will be made of the matter, and it ia believed wonderful results can be obtained. THE WHOLE FAMILY CRAZY. An Extraordinary Cao or Bollglout Mania. - I Boomanville, Ont, Nov. 17. A moat extraordinary case of religious mania ia reported from a farmhouse , near the Long Sault There, for number of yeara, resided Elijah Rioe, hia wife and fifteen ohildren. The eldest son, Louis, 83 years old, recently became insane, and announced himself I as tbe "prinoe of the sandhills," and I declared that Christ bad appointed him j to reform the world. The mania extended to the father, mother and the other children, who j neglected the farm and spent their ; time in singing and praying. Re oentlv the father conoeived the idea that Louis was pursued by tbe devil, and that it must be beaten out .of bim. Louis waa knocked down with a leg of a ohair, and Mr. and Mra. Rioe and two sons pounded him into insensibil ity. When this waa done, they were satisfied the devil was driven out Their next move waa to celebrate the Feast of the Passover, and one of the little children waa to be sacrificed aa the "pascal lamb." One of tbe sons, a mere boy, told tbii to a olergy man, who informed the polioe. On visiting the farm, they found Rioe and hia son Louis suffering from intense mania, and bad them removed to the Kingston insane aaylum. The doctors say tbe other members of the family will reoover. NIAGARA HARNESSED. Switch In the Big Power-Honaa Turned at Midnight. Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 17. At mid night tonight, the turning of tbe awitob in tbe big power-house at Niag ara falls oompleted tbe oirouit whioh caused Niagara river to flow np bill, ao to apeak, by returning a fraotion of ita resistless energy wbiob haa already awept past the gates of Buffalo, baok into that oity, twenty-seven miles dis tant The harness waa buckled that hitohe the faotory wheel of Buffalo to the greatest cataract on earth. Thia morning the atreet oars ot this oity were moved by fall power. Tbe awitohes in the Buffalo street railway power house were turned on exactly at midnight by the chief engi neer of tbe General Electric Company. Everything worked smoothly. A Football Accident. Lawrence, Kan., Nov. 17. In the football game here between the atate university and Doane college, of Crete, Neb., T. L. Serf, quarter-baok of tbe Nebraska team, was so badly injured that be died tonight at 11:30, without regaining consciousness. Kansas bad the ball, and Serf tackled to bring bis man down, and in doing ao alighted on the baok of his neok. He was carried from the field and in a few hours ral lied, but about 11 o'clock began toaink rapidly, and died a few minutes later. Three ot Kansas' star players tonight decided to forever abandon football, and the -Doane team ia so broken np that it may disband. No blame is attached to any one. It was purely an accident Boolall.t Outrage In Oraece. Patraa, Greece, Nov. 17. A social ist killed a rich merohant named Frango Poulo, in tbe open atreet here, and was afterwards arrested. This is the first outrage of the kind whiob bai ooourred in Greeoe. Monroe Doctrine in Cuba. Parii, Nov. 17. The Rappel sug gests that Lord Salisbury's recognition of tbe Monroe doctrine in the Vene zuela agreement will embarrass the settlement of the Cnban troublea. NORTHWEST BREVITIES Evidence pt Steady Growth and Enterprise. ; ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST from AH th. Cltle. and Town of tha ' Thriving Slater State. Oregon. Blaokleg, a fatal disease among cat tle, is reported aa being the cause of the death of stock in many localities in Grant oounty. ' Morrow oounty'a warrants will here after bear upon their faoe a pbotolitbo graph of Hon. J. L. Morrow, "the fa ther of tbe county." Lane county warrants bave all been called in up to Marob 38, 1896. There are now about 1,450 warrants outstand ing. They sell readily at par. The Beaver Hill Coal Company baa a foroe of men at work at Beaver Hill, Coos oounty, laying tbe maina for a complete system of water works. It is estimated by those in a position to be fairly aoourate, that 40,000 bead of oattle from the Harney oountry have been abipped from Ontario thia season. The placer mining season is rapidly drawing to a close. The output in Eastern Oregon bai exceeded all ex pectations, and indications point to an increased ootpnt next season. j Farmt for renting in Cooa county j are bard to get hold of thia fall, and I many men who deaire to rent have been i unable to get plaoes. Usually there ! are more farms than renters, j J. Bloodswortb, ot the Flat, Union ( oounty, lost two ot bis best fattening bogs reoently by feeding tbem .dry barley. Tbe barley beards oolleoted i under their tongues until the hogs were j choked to death. j A number of quail and Denny I pheasants bsve been turned loose on ! the John Day river and Canyon creek, in Grant oounty. Aa tbe law strictly i forbids their destruction in the coun J ties of Eastern Oregon, it is presumed these birdt will be given a ohanoe to multiply and stock tbe valley. . Tbe Astorian saya that tbe Foard 8c ! Stokes Company, of Astoria, received from Dublin, Ireland, a letter from a j wealthy firm in that oity ordering . 1,000 Oregon draft horses to be shipped , to Ireland as aoon as the horses can be secured. The letter specifies that the horses must be without mark or; blem- . iah. Mustanga or branded horse will , not be received. , A resident ot Coo river, who is in ' terested in tbe fishing industry, informs , the Coos Bay Mail that great numbers i of salmon are wantonly killed every fall in Daniela creek, and, in fact, in nearly all the oreeks which empty into the main river. . The salmon go up these oreeks to spawn, where they ' prove an easy prey to boy a, who kill i them with.plubt or throw them on the ' banka with pitchforks, just ont of pure j "ousBedness," aa the fish are unfit for food. Everybody on the bay is more or lea interested in the fishing indus try, wbioh annually puts a large aum of money in circulation, and steps should be taken to see that the law ia enforoed, and that the salmon are pro tected during the close season. :. : Washington.' Th oity marshal of Walla Walla haa been authorised to collect poll-tax from Chinamen, and 10 per cent waa allowed him for an interpreter. Fewer than 100.000 bushela of wbeat lemain in tbe warehouses in Garfield, and what there is, ia tbe property of large wheatraiaera, who oan afford to hold. Biuoe Belknap shot a oatamount on Long Prairie laat week. The brute had beoome quite bold and bad de atroyed considerable poultry in that vioinity. I The muoh-discussed deal of tha I Northern Faoifio Railway Company ' tor a location for a depot of ita own in f eittle haa been consummated, and the deeda to the property filed. : k Sinoe the reoent fall of snow upon the Huokleberry and Calispel ranges, many deer have been seen along the foothills overlooking the Colville val ley. Tbe snow storm haa also caused other animals to approaoh the settle ment. y.y;.:; The farmers of the Colville valley are abipping large quantities of hay, potatoes, cabbage and egg to British Columbia. Shipments from farm pro duota from that valley this year will show up aa largely as from any other section on the Northern railway. A large number of sheep were killed at the Mission-street crossing of the Great Northern in Spokane tbe other evening, and were the next day taken out beyond Hillyard and buried with all due ceremony. The railway com pany furnished a oar and locomotive for tbe occasion. Hill creek, a tributary of Coal creek, in Cowlita county, waa flooded tha Other day and aeveral hundred tbouaand feet of loga were splashed into thr main stream. It ia a great sight to witness the flooding ot logs out of mountain stream, and the neighbors always turn ont to see it Judge John N. Scott, brother-in-law of ex-President Harrison, i spoken of already as oolleotor ot the port ot Port Townwnd. j The sloop Surf Duok, trading be tween Aberdeen and Qoeeta, was found outside the bar early last week upset. The tug wbloh discovered her and tow ed ber in found no trace of her owner, . Captain Hank, and be waa nnaouoieaiy I drowned. Tbe sloop must bave bean caught in a squall and thrown on her I beam enda. :