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nn MI nn H J VOL. 13. ST. HELENS, OREGON. FRIDAY, NOV. 27. 1896. NO. 49. OREGON SVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome ot the Telegraphic . News of the World. TF.aSK TICKS FROM THE WIBK8 Aa Interesting Collection of Items Froa III. Two Hemispheres Presented, la Uoudeueed Fern. 1 Mrs. Mary B. Btevent, of Ylj j while noting m obaplaln of the Daugh. I tort of Rebekab, at their annual Minion I In Springfield, 111,, and at aba waa just ' beginning prayer dropped to tbe floor i and died of heart disease. . A Into rider In the Aranrioan aoldien ' of Buffalo Bill's Wild Wont ahow, waa I wont brutally murdered by a comrade In Omaha, Neb, The motive waa evi dently robbery, and tbe murderer baa fled from the olty, after a tniat remark able exhibition, of coolness after bia crime, Edward W. Cnrry, ohalrmsn of the Democratic state oommittee, died In Dea Molnea, la., of blood poisoning, the result of an initiation Into the Elks' lodge a few weeka ago. . fie waa tested In the eleotrlo ohair and waa borrllby horned b fore those operating It realised what they were doing. Mm. Foley, a widow, aged 60, and ber unmarried daughter, fanny, aged 40, were found murdered In their home near Liberty, Wo. It wat a cold-blooded murder for tbe oole purpoae of rob bery. Tbe robber or robbera Aral die patched tbe women, then ransacked tbe bouae. Kitty dollars, all that waa se oared, wai taken from the foot of a bed on which the women bad slept A correspondent of the London Pally Mail at Bt, Petonborg aaya be la able to oonOrm tbe report that consternation existed while the cut waa on bia visit tn EtcUnd over tbe dlaoovery of a plot gatnatbla life. Tbe Belgian police seised a parcel of bombs, which were en ronto for Parts, Just before tbe oaar waa leaving England. On the aame night tbe Peril police arretted forty auapeota. In the absence of absolute proof tbe matter waa dropped. , Tbe Philadelphia Reading Rail, road Company waa reorgaoiaed at Philadelphia. The railroad waa told under foreclosure on September 88. Under the plan ot reorganiaation there i will be three oompanlee tbe Philadel phia & Rnadtng Railway Company, the Phllahelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company, and tbe Reading Com pany. Tbe latter la known at tbe Na- j tional Company, bet an application baa ! been filed in tbe oourt to have tbe title j ohanged. , It bat been definitely decided by 8a perintondent Irwin tbat the holiday session of tbe Oregon State Teaobera' Ataooiatlon will b held at Salem thlt year, beginning on Monday, December 28, and oontlnulng for one week. John B. Frye, a returned Alaaka miner, met an old euhoolmate from Germany tn Taooma. Thoy roomed together one night, and In tbe morning Frye mlaaed f 000 In gold, hia tola pos sessions. Hit old schoolmate had atolen it and made hla escape. An angry mob attempted to lynch an old German named Breokman In Cberrytllls, Kan., for hia brntal treat ment of hit daughter. She waa beaten (ntn inaonalbllitv and died from ber in juries. :. Tbe aherlff prevented tbe mob j from encoring Breokmu ana be was hurried to Jail. ,. A three-atory ttruoture at the corner of Front and DavU ttroeta, Portland, owned by the Aintworth citato, waa partly dettroyed by fire. Tbe building wai oooupled by tbe Oregon Cracker Company, whose plant wai ruined, entailing a loat ot abont f 30, 000. The damage to tbe building will amount to H0.0OO.,',, ,;. Tbe Cariboo Gold Mining Company, of Spokane, hat declared a dividend of 8 eenta a abare. Tble makea a total of I1SS.000 paid in dividendi ttnne February, 1 BUS. Tbia la tbe mine wboee manager waa held up by a high wayman and robbed of 111,000 In gold bullion not long ago. The robber waa afterwards killed by the foreman of tbe mine. The board ot Are oommlaalonert in fipokane hai deoided to request the retlgnatlon of Chief Winebreuer, of the fire department Mayor Belt, af ter a long oontest, hat secured oontrol of the commissioners, and extensive removal! are probable in the varioua departments. It it thought that Clair , Bunt, of the water department, will be the next out to go... Uorglart broke Into the bouse of John Mirka, an old wiser, ot Cleveland, O. . lie was known to have hit money bid- den somewhere about the premisei and tbe robbert tried to force blm to tell them hit teoret hiding plaoe. He re futed and they tortured him. He waa bound band and foot and a lighted lamp placed at hit foet until the lloah waa literally cooked. The old man writhed in hit agony, but protested that he had no money. Tbe flendt then applied the flame to hli hands, then to hla body, until be finally tank Into un oonsoioutnett, iu wbioh condition ho waa found in the morning. The bur- , glari got nothing. It it understood the next stop in the Veneauola, affair will be that Venezuela will empower bar plenipotentiary to aettle and tign with the Britlnh pleni potentiary a treaty referring the bound ary dispute to arbitration. It it sug gested that the treaty bo signed in Washington. Jack Walker' saloon, in Baker City, Or., wat visited by four masked men, who robbed the till of Its content, 1 10. The robber corncrt'd the meu In . the saloon with shotguns and pistols, and made good their iope. , Pfflrera va. a) and It. Deputy United 'States Marshal Mo Gliuohy hsa had a fight with Black Jack's bandits, at Bepar, N. M., kill ing the notorious Hob Hays, and wounding George Mutgrove, alias Davis, who escaped, None of the posse whs injured. Black Jaok, Frank An derson, Bill George and another es caped, Hnd the poire it la pursuit. Thn fight occurred nenv the Southern I'adflo road. Thlt It the molt desper ate gang that bat ever infested Arisona. nana fur Uncle Ram's Soldiers. It la reported that partial ordert have been placed by the United Btstos gov ernment with the Winchester Arms Company, ot New Haven, Conn., for 100.000 guns of tbe Lee pattern. Tbe information is given by a commercial agent who maoe a business oall upon the company. He was told by the offl era that the government waa contract ing fur the rifle oa account of a pos sible war with Spain. , nirti W.ra CrotMd, O. O. Udell, a ttreet car conduotor, ot Los Angeles, Cel., while telephoning to tbe central ttation waa knocked down and imtantly killed by u eleo trio shock. The telopbone wires and troiloy wires ot tbe street railway had become crossed, Hiruck by a T ain. Al Polliuk, a young lawrer, and tbe Mlies Lulo and Llzrio Lind, daugh ters of tbe proprietor of the Llnd hotel, were instantly killed by a railway train while attempting to nroaa the track lu a buggy at Couoord, Ky. Monl.r al Bait l.aka. The body of Edorado Dolveoohlo waa found in the suburbs of Salt Lake with two bullets holes In the ride. No mo tive It known for the murder.. Bares Midnight Oil. President Cleveland Is burning mid night oil in tbe preparation of bia an neal message to oougreaa. Tb mes sage it being written In sections and will be put together in oonsnontlve form just before it goes to congress. All of Mr. Cleveland's messages bare been distinguished by neatness and clean penmanship, and tbe forthcom ing will be no exception. He la writ ing every word of It by band. Peace In Armenia. A Qonatantluople dispatch aaya Mon algnere Mahal Ormanlan't election at the new Armenian patriarch la an ex cellent alga of peace in tbe future. An Imperial larde will be Issued, approv ing the election, and tbe next day the patriarch will enter upon hit functions. He baa already deoided tbat religious oounollt shall take Immediate atepa to examine tbe rules of organia law, wbioh will doubtless be modified. a.lllni Their Chlldran for Bread. Rev. R. P. Mackay, of Toronto, Can ada, foreign secretary of the Presby terian oburob. hai received a letter from one ot the missionaries in India which telle of a terrible tale ot distress and suffering because of the failure of the wheat crop in that country. Peo ple are on the point of starvation; parents are telling their children for bread, while tome are leaving them to perish from want Meat Stand Trial. Mrs. Suite Martin, ot San Francisco, declared innoornt ot murdering her husband, must stand trial for insanity. Uer counsel claims tbe 'proceedings are irregular, but Judge Wallace refuted to release her, ansd the osse was con tinued two days, when the jury will past upon ber inoutal condition, LI Hung Chang ULsjuited. A Singapore dispatch says it Is rumored that Li Hong Chnug will re turn to private life, boing disgusted with the treatment he received ( u his return from hit Journey around th world. This dispatch alo states that the new Japanese-Chinese treaty gives no oouoeasions to foreiguura. ' Another Mank rails. The First National batik of Sionx City, la., baa closed ita doors. The failure it due to heavy withdrawal! The bank ii one of the oldest Institu tion! in the city, and wai considered one ot the soundest. The amount of liabilities haa not yet been mad ' known. . '. ' . , In.urs.ntiD.feat.il. An official dispatch from Manilla sent to Madrid says the insurgents bave been defeated in an engagmeent with the Spaniah troop fought near Santa Crui. The enomy lost 600 men killed, the government loaa boing alight Th. ahortaa. In Caraala. Aooording to tbe offloial report the yield of principal cereala in fifty gov ernments of Eoropeau Uuasia and tht Caucaiui in 1896 it 10,860,000 quart era below the average of the last thiv teen years. A Colli. r HoTor. A firedamp explosion ooourred In a oolliery near Berlin, Germany... Twenty-five bodies have been reoovered. Forty or fifty men are known to be atill entombed. , 1 .' f'" f Fatal Holler Kxploilon. ' The boiler of Reno Bros.' sawmill, twenty unlet northeatt ot Sedalia, Mo , exploded, demolishing the mill, kill' Ing John Reno aud severely aoalding Edward Reno. , , II. ar Dau.ed a Stamp da- . r..j. jian(nl, m.i hiit rlnrinff a A X HI I" UIDIIHIWM a"j - bull and bear fight at Figuerat, In "Spain, noar tllQ ironner vi -."v bear broke his obaiu and aorambled among the audienoe. Many persons were injured In the ttnropede before the bear wai killed. ' By a olevor ruse a man disguised at postman easily secured a 1 tered letters of the value of 49.000 franot from a mail cart In the Rue du Allomague. Paris, and deoamped. LOT OF THE FARMER A Prosperous One Compared With Many Callings. SECRETARY MORTON'S REPORT Treats of rood Insp.ctlon, Farm Mortgages, the W.ath.r Knr.au, rrae leads, foreign Market.. Waahlngton, Nov. 24. Beoretary Morton, in hla fourth aunaul report, juat made pablio, ahows that with 1280,000, wbteh may be saved from the appropriations for the current filial year, there will bave been covered back into the treasury since March 7, 1898. over $3,000,000 of a total appro priation of fll,i7(M6S. That this great economy was effected without any lots of efficiency, he attri butes in a large degree to the improve ment in the personnel of the force un der oivil servioe rule.whiob he doolaret to be "absolutely indiappnaable to the maintenance of an eoonomio and effi cient administration of tbe publio serv ice." . To oomplete the "alrsndy perfect syi tern of oivil servioe" lu his department, the secretary recommends tbe appoint ment of a permanent director in charge of bureaus and suiontiflo Invmtigations Tbe inspection of animals intended for food ia treated of ut length, and sirens It laid upon the increased effici ency of the work, due to the extension of oivil-service rales, which has been rapid in this servioe. The total number of ante-mortem inspection of cattle, sheep and bogs during tbe year wai 85,017,479, an In crease over the previous year of over COperoent The total number of post mortem inspeotioni wat 23,184,853, an increase ot 25 per ocnt. For the take of economy, the exports of miorosooploslly inspected pork to oouutriei not exacting such inspection, have been greatly disoooraged. The total amount thus inspected was In round numbers 23,000,000 pounds, of which 21,600,000 pounds went to coun tries requiring inspection. Clearanoes were issued to 801 vessels narrtfinirrt.tt.lM and flhMm. Tha nnm. ' ber ot cattle tagged for export was 887,800, and 432,608 inspected sheep were exported. The percentage ot loss in transit waa oonsiderable lens than ever before. , Mr. Morton urges strongly that gov ernment luspeotiou should be extended to all animals intended for human food, whether for consumption iu tbe United States or abroad. - . Tbe oattle aud meat trade of Great Britain It reviewed at length. Of live j meat arriving In the United Kingdom dnring tbe first ilx months of 18U6, tbe j United States supplied 75 per oent of ! the cattle and 4 per cei- of tbe sheep. Tbe testimony of the department's representatives abroad it that the cat tle from tne United Btatet arrive in English porta in excellent oondition. The Glasgow market ia especially oom mended to American shippers. The report shows a steadily increas ing demand in Eugland for Amerioan horses. During the first nine months of tbe present year, more of these ani-, mail were shipped to that oountry than j in any previous entire year. j , Tbe aeoretary again takes occasion to t express his opposition to the gratoitout diminution of seeds and to evpreal tbe j hope that the praotioe will be disaon tlnued. The report ooucludet with a j comprehensive review of tbe oondition of Ameriosn farmers. Seventy-two per , oent of tbe farm a in the United States, I occupied by their owners, are absolu- tely free from mortgages or other in- oumbranoet. The secretary refutes the ; idea prevailing tbat the farms of the Went and South are more heavily bar-. dened with mortgages than those of the , East and Northeast. States along the j Norm Atiantio, be aaya, are quite heavily enoutubered with farm mort gages, and New Jersey carried a debt of tbia kind greater iu proportion to itt farm valuation than any other ttate In tbe Union, Tbe frequent itateroent ; tbat tbe farmers are almost universal ly in debt, despondent and suffering, he says declares to be without any foundation, a belittlement of agricul ture and an indignity to every Intelli gent and praotlcal farmer. Tbe farm era are not mendicants nor wards of the government to be treated to annui ties, but the representatives of the old eat, most honorable, most essential oc cupation of the human raoe, upon which all other vocations depend for lubaistence and prosperity. TRAINWRECKERS FOILED. Planned to Hold Up tha Cnlon Facifle, but railed. Salt Lake, Not. 2t Just before the 7:45 Union Paoiflo southbound train reaobed Keyeivllle, fourteen miles north, an employe of the road discov- ai man nlanino- obstruction! On the traok. When he approached aud spoke, j he waa answered by several shots, after which the men fled. They had placed ties aorost the traok, and it is believed , it was tbe intention to hold-op the pas- , aenger train, due in a short time. The polios of Farming'on have arrested ! three suspiolous oba aoters found in the : vlolnlty. " . " j ' ' Accidentally Aaphyxlatad. New York, Nov. 24. An unknown : man and woman were found dead in their bed in a room at the Standard ho-! tel today, having been suffocated by : illuminating gaa, which was flowing j from an open and unlighted burner in j tbe aprartmetnt. The police are still j Investigating, but they have found . nothing tending to indicate murder or euioide. and they are of the opinion that tbe entire affair ia due to an ao-aide' WORLD'S WHEAT MARKET. A Scheme to establish an international ' rrlM, Washington, Nov. 84. The Post thla morning tayi: A oonferenoe of nation! on the sub ject of the world'! wheat market la un deritood to be deaired by at least one of tbe great foreign wheat-growing em pire!. It li stated in offloial circlet here that Ruiita il partioulary friendly to tuoh Idea, and is believed be to milk ing overtures, not only to the United States, but to England, the Argentine Republic and Austria, wbioh are the principal wheat-growing nation of the world. The idea suggested, as out lined here, is that tbe nations, iboull they see fit to unite in an agreement upon the tubjeot, oonld fix a prioe for wheat to be maintained uniformly through vartout seasons of overproduc tion and unsatisfactory crops, oausud by drought or continued rain, and thus make the principal grain staple upon wbioh tbe millions ot consumers de pend for food, almost as unchangeable in value at gold Itself hai become. Tbli would enable tbe producer, In the event of an unusually large crop, to store hit wheat and obtain thereon a loan tbat would tide him over until wheat was in domand In the wolrd's market, when be would get a full and fair prioe for It. A FLAX MILL TO START. Promotion ot Indu.lry In Oregon la Falrlv lender Way. Portland, Or., Nov. 24. Mrs. W. P. Lord, wife of Uovernor Lord, untiring tn her effort) to promote tbe flax in dustry In Oregon, held a conference In Portland yesterday with Dr. Thornton, of Washington, and Henry L. Deniel, relative to the project. The conference yesterday waa the result of long corre spondence among interested parties. The plan, as given by one of tbe con ferees, is to organize a stock oompany of f 100,000 capital, and to contract with farmers to furnish a specified quantity of flax per year, tbe contract to be based upon a reasonable estimate ot the amount Oregon soil will produce per acre. Enough flax thus guaran teed, machinery will at once be ordered and a manufacturing- plant ...located somewhere in the state. Balem stands a good ohauoe to be selected. as the site. The purchase of the old Bootoh 'mills is under consideration. A SHOOTING AFFRAY. California Man Want After Hla Wlfj bul Got Void Lead Inatead. Jackson, Cat, Nov. 24. A shooting affray ocourred early this morning on the Payton ranch, three miles east oi Amadon City, resulting in the instant killing of J. Thomas, at the bands of W. Payton, his brother-in-law. Thomas, married a lister of Payton. Their married life waa unhappy, and their matrimonial jara lod to several separations, tbe wife returning to her folks on more than one occasion. The last leparation took plaoe a few dayt ago. About 6 o'olook thla morning, Thomas repaired to the Payton place, and, routing the inmates, said be had oome for bia wife. He was told it was no time to oome, whereupon Thomas drew a pistol and commenced shooting, one shot taking effcot in Payton't boulder. Payton then went into the house, got bia shotgun and fired at Thomas, killing him Instantly. A Bridie Have War. Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 24. A party ot a dozen young people, who left Enaley City last night, in a wagon for a hay-ride, bad their merriment trans formed into death and disaster before they had proceeded a mile. A new bridge has just been oom pie ted aoroa Village creek. While crossing the stream the bridge gave way, precipitat ing the wagon and ita load of human freight fiiteen feet below Into the wa ter. William Shannon waa injured about the bead, and died today. Mag gie Hartigan was injured about the head and back, aud will probably die. Charles Barnes was badly injured about the bead and internally. Several others of the party were seriously in jured. Tbe oause of the accident wai tbat the stringers of the bridge wen too short and graaually worked off the sills. Tbe water In the oreek was six feet deep, and but tor the timely work of those least injured, the ladies and those more seriously injured would have been drowned. 'A Murder and Suicide. Mayfleld, Ky., Nov. 84. A murder and suicide ooourred here today. R. Baker, a farmer, recently sued for di vorce. He and hia wife had not lived together for aome time, and bitter feel lug exittod between them. Today, Baker went to see hia wife at hla resi dence, and when she would not listen to hit overtures, he shot and killed her, aud then shot himself twioe. ; Both died almost instantly. r; Emperor William Disgusted. London, Nov. 24. The Daily Mail's Berlin correspondent says he fears tbat Einperor William is disgusted with the proceedings' of the reiohstag, and it determined to dissolve that body un less the increased naval credits are voted. Ee regarda tberd as the mini mum consistent with the efflolenoy of the navy, and oonsidora the navy will prove a splendid electioneering cry. , An Antwerp Fire. Antwerp, Nov. 24. A disastrous Ore has occurred in the market known as Lacite. . A number of stores and bouses were destroyed, and the damage done ia estimated at tSOO.OOO. Working Honrs luerraaed. Little Rook, Ark., Nov. 24 Owing to a heavy increase in traffic, on the Mistourl Paoiflo Iron Mountain road, the working hours at the shops here have been inoreaBed to nine hours per day. Seven hundred men are rpmfred THE KAISER MURDER Victim's Husband Held to Answer for the Crime.. OTHERS ARB ALSO IMPLICATED It Is Alleged Tha Ha Killed Hla Wife to Defraud Insurant Companies. Norrlstown, Nov. 28. Charles O. Kaiser has been held to answer for tbe murder of his wife, Emma P. Kaiser, who waa shot and killed on a lonely road near Bridgeport, on tbe night of October 28. The verdict rendered by tbe ooroner's jury tbis evening holds him responsible for her death, and adds that he was aided by unknown persons In a scheme to defraud Insur ance companies. Wben the murder waa committed the couple were driving home from Gulf Mills, a village near Bridgeport, where tbey had been delivering por traits from their store in tbis city. Tbe first news of the crime was ob tained from Frank Mencill, a Norrii town hotel-keeper, who found Kaiser madly oiroling abont the road, shriek ing "murder," while In the carriage near by lay the corpse of his wife, with a bullet in tbe head. - Kaieer's story was tbat tbe murder bad been committed by highwaymen, who robbed them of valuable jewelry and money. Next day, however, the goods were found under stones along the road, and anspioion was directed toward him. Subsequent developments proved the woman's life recently had been insured in a number of companies for her husband's benefit tor an aggre gate sum of (10,000, and tbat the couple had not lived happily together. A mysterious ' man and woman, known to bave been Intimately associ ated with Kaiser, are implicated. They held meetings with him some days before tbe murder, and were seen in the viinity ot the spot where It oo ourred at nearly tbe same time. . Fight at a riorida Dance. Ocala, Flo., Nov. 23. While a dance was in progress Monday night at the home of John Baggett, tix miles north of here, Noah Wilson and his son John bad a quarrel with the brother of a girl whom they had intuited. The Wilsons finally drew their pistols and opened fire, shooting down Joseph Howell, Nelson Howell and George Avery. Nelson Howell, who was shot three times, is mortally wounded. The other two men are badly wounded, but have a chance to recover. After tbe Wilsons had emptied their pistola tbev drew knives and threatened anyone who molested them. They then started to leave, when John Wilson waa seized by Mamie Avery, sister of one of the men who was shot. With a slash of his knife Wilson almost out off the right side of the girl's face and she fell fainting to the floor. The Wilsons then fled and have not been captured, though posses have been pursuing them all day. Tfiey are desperate oharaotera and have been In many rows In this county. . The 'Army of tha Tennea.ee. St Louis, Nov. 23 This forenoon the twenty-eighth reunion of the army ot the Tennessee convened in the par lors of the Southern hotel. General G. M. Dodge, ot Iowa, the president, celled the meeting to order. Among those present are: J. A. Williamson, of New York; Colonel Fred Grant, P. T. Sherman; Congressman H. R. Bel knap, of Chicago, and many others of national reputation. Nothing but rou tine business was transacted today. Tomorrow the eleotion of officers will ooour. General Howard, who com manded tbe right wing of General Sherman's army on the march to the sea, delivered the annual oration to night His tubjeot was "The Last Two Battles of Sherman, Including the Surrender." Brltl.h Bark Zinlta Floated. Hoquiam, Wash., Nov. 23. The British bark Zinlta, wbioh went ashore north of Gray's harbor the 9th inst., was floated at high tide today. Tbe vessel was taken off by the Glasgow Salvage Company, under the manage ment - of Captain . William Burns, Three thousand tons of ballast were re moved, but the rigging ' was not stripped. Anchors were set several days ago, and at high tide today the sails were hoisted, steam in the donkey engine kept up the strain on the anchor liueB, while the tug Traveler, from here, had out a aix-inoh nawaer. After several pulls tbe vessel glided out into deep water, safe and apparently sound. The vessel saved one anchor, but waa obliged to leave one, aa it oonld not be oleared. -- Mayor Water. Acquitted. Hot Springs, Ark., Nov. 23. Mayor W. W. Waters was aouqitted today of the murder ot Harry Martin, a hotel drummer, last spring. The jury wai out but a short time, when it returned a vordiot ot not guilty. Waters killed Martin in a street fight oaused by an assault upon the former on account ot an acousatlon tbat he violated his promise to protect the drummers In the event of his eleotion to the mayoralty. Cincinnati, Nov. 28. After three days' deliberation, a jury in the Unit ed States oourt, Judge Lor ton presid ing, reached a verdict for the defense today . in tbe case against Herman Keck, charged with violating the law prohibiting bringing skilled , laborers from foreign countries under oontraot. The defendant had oonduoted the in dustry of diamond outting in the United States since 1895, and was therefore by the terms of the law per mitted to import skilled laborers. SAN BENITO WRECKED. The Collier Total Lea and SlK of tb. Jr.w Drowaed. Point Arena, Cal., Nov. 24. The steamer San Benito, bound from Taoo ma to San Francisco, went aibore seven miles north ot Point Arena tbis morn ing. The steamer atruok on a sandbar and broke in two. . Tbe Ban Benito carried forty-four men. During tbe severe storm last night, the must bave lost ber bearings. The wind blew ter rifio and a heavy sea was running. The vessel .truck about 1 o'clock In tbe morning, and an hour later broke just aft of tbe smokestack. Boats were lowered, but one oapsized immediately with five men in It, four of whom were drowned. Another boat, with four ot tbe crew, capsized nine times, losing two men. The three men by beroij means reached tbe shore. Daylight found the rest of the orew clinging to the rigging. Such a heavy sea was running tbat it was impossible to ren der assistance. The drowned are: Jobo Sherman, messboy. C. Condon, second assistant engi neer; married. O. W. Soott, first assistant engi neer; married. Michael Pendergast, fireman. Two men, names unknown. Tbe steamer Point Arena reached the soene at 11 o'clock tbia morning, and aent out a boat, and, by great bravery and skilled seamanship, ree oued seven men. In making a teoond trip,- the boat was almott swamped, and waa compelled to abandon all efforts on account of the great breakers washing over the wreck. A sailor was washed overboard and reached shore almost dead. He was revived by a doctor on the beach. At 4 o'clock this afternoon, a sailor jumped overboard, and attempted to swim ashore with a line. The should erstraps of bi. life-preserver broke and tbe man went down. . . Lighthouse Keeper Brown, an In dian, Lasarua, William Cauniprey and Al Cunningham manned a boat and made two heroio efforts to connect tbe wreck with the shore line, but were unsuooessfuL The steamers Point Arena and Alca sar are off the wreck, but can render no assistance until the sea calms. ' A passing steamer landed a gun at Point Arena this afternoon, and tbe line will be shot to tbe wreck tonight. Both parts of tbe ahip are fait in th sand, fifty feet apart. The sailors olsim the aooident was on account ot the foghorn not blowing, but the night was clear and the light oouia oe seen many miles. Carried a Lljht Cargo. Taooma, Wash., Nov. 24. The steamer San Benito left here Wednes day at 4 P. M. with 4,600 tons of Car bon Hill ooal. This wai 600 tons short of ber usual winter cargo. She arrived Monday at 8 P. M. The Northern Paoiflo br&noh to Carbon Hill mines being closed by washouts, j Captain Smith wired the situation to j San Francisco and was instructed to sail with a light oargo. Thursday r ooal began ooming in, and he could have gotten away Friday morning with ; a full oargo. Captain Mountford, the ' Southern Paoiflo agent here, thinks tbe : light cargo ahould have been in the steamer's favor. , ! The Son Benito has been between Ta-; oom a and San Farnoisoo alnoe tbe San Pedro was wrecked near Victoria in 1891. For a yesr previous she had been , running to Comox, B. C. The South-1 ern Paoiflo brought her around from ' Newport in 1890. . She made the; round trip between here and San Fran-! Cisco every eleven days, and in tbe summer season carried 6,500 tons pet trip. " ' There are several members of tbe San Benito's orew belonging to this port, and much uneasiness is felt re garding their safety. Five Child-en Cremated. Hamilton, Mo.,. Nov. 24. Five chil dren of Mr. and Mrs. Snyder Neal, liv ing five miles north ot the oity, were burned while their parents were attend- j ing a dance. They had eight chil- j dren. The oldest, a boy of 15, and a ' baby accompanied the parents to a so cial party. About 11 o'olook the gatb-: ering broke up. Soon after starting ' home, the Neala and those accompany-; ing them, discovered the Neal residence on fire; When they reached the burn ing building, the father saw hia 11-year-old girl lying burning In the front ; door, clasping her 8-year-old brother! in her arms. The flames prevented the rescue. Th children were then dead. ' The father fell in a swoon, snd haa been a raving maniao ever since. ' It is thought the Are waa oaused by an in-, oendiary. Nora, 9 years old, is the " only survivor. ' j Tha Kartb. Slipped. Meadow Lake, Or., Nov. 28. A bad ' landslide ooourred at thla plaoe. Such ' damage waa incurred that the present proprietor will not attempt to restore it. Tbe slide ooourred last Saturday. ! For more than a mile in lensth and 800 feet up the mountain side the earth gave way. The dam and flume, power generators for the large ahingle mill, were carried away, together with much of the buildings and machinery, in- eluding two large turbine water wheels. ; faoe. ; The Instrument is about ten Water over the entire lake, whioh is inches long, and looks aa though it had one-half by one and one-half miles, wat been fashioned out of hoop iron. It ia raised more than seven feet. The loss now in tbe possession of Colonel Sears was a heavy one. at the oounty clerk's offloo, in Walla . . : "- Walla. ' '. 1 : : An Appeal to Charity. The motormen and conduootrs of the San Franoiaoo, Nov. 24. Twenty- Taooma Street Railway Company have five men, who form the nucleus of a been appointed speoial policemen, wltb soheme to establish a colony of artisans out salaries. They are empowered to on one or more ot the South Sea arrest boys under 16 years of age who islands, met tonight at the Turk-street attempt to board oars while they are in temple and decided to appeal to the publia lor roods with which to pur chase a schooner and an outfit They figure It will oost $1,000 for a sohooner and $3,000 fur enough supplies to es tablish fifty men. A speoial appeal for aid will be made to the churobes. NORTHWEST BREVITIES; Evidence ot Steady Growth and Enterprise. . ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST Cram All tha Cities and Towna of tha ' Thriving Slater States . , .' Orearoa. . Grant's Pass is to have a custom quartz mill aoon. Cattle are being shipped from Pen dleton to Kansaa City. Having secured tbe Coos county . courthouse tbe Coqllle people are now talking of a 10,000 building. It waa shown by the recent eleotion tbat Wallowa county's vote fell short ' i abont 100 from what it was in June. j A petition is being circulated for ; signature in Lebanon, asking the coun ty oourt to raise the bounty for ooyote scalps to $5. ! Work ot rebuilding the bridge over' tbe Walla Walla river, south of Mil ton, will be begun at onoe, but the ' bridge will not be ready for travel for ' two weeks or more. 1H;A Crook oounty' man haa just re turned from Tennessee, where he went som time since with a oar load of horses. He reports having found a ready mar-' ket for hit horses, though the price Was low. V;:'., The oitizens of Ashland have organ ized "a registration law" olub, the purpose being to secure the enaotment this winter by the legislature of a law ' providing for a system of registration: of voters. On the banks of the Willamette slough, near Soappoose landing, there are perhaps more than 6,000 cords of wood which bave been placed there by people living in the vioinity of Soap poose. This is the result of one years' work.--" The Indian school at Fort Bidwell now seems an assured faot. The special agent who haa been looking after tha I matter will proceed to -open the school in a short time. It will require a corps ' of seventeen teaohera in all. Tne WOolgrowers of Grant oounty will meet this week for tbe purpose of , organizing a woolgrowers' association for tha mnim nroteotion of all aheeo- ; mea Md to consider the proposition o levying a tax to be used for the exter mination of ooyotes. . Municipal 'authorities of Silverton are in correspondence with persons at Eaton Rapids, Mich., who are desirous' of ooming to Silverton to start a woolen mill, if a sufficient bonus can be raised j tT Silverton people. The Eastern oom psny wants enougn money to pay freight on the machinery, furnish a site and put up a building. As the East-bound overland was leaving Latourell one day last week,, a rock waa hurled through the window, of an O. B. & N. car, striking Mrs. Harding, wife of Condnotor Harding of Tbe Dalles, who was occupying one of the berths. For a time it waa thought Mrs. Harding was seriously injured but her injuries proved to be only slight - - Washington. A number of mutton sheep have been sold in Ellensburg reoently for $1.75 a head. .:. ; The expenses of conducting the eleo tion in Whitman county amounted to $2,408.53. : Ten thousand bushels of red chaff and olub wheat were sold in Walla Walla last week at 78 cents a bushel. Three Immense wagon loads of fruit trees passed through Ellensburg last week en route from Yakima to the Wenatcbee oountry. f Governor-eleot Rogers has announced publicly tbat he will not be a candi date fox the United States seiiatorship before the next legislature. ' A wood famine ia atill threatened in Garfield. But very little Can be brought in there, and the supply of dry wood in the mountains is said to bo praotioally exhausted. The other night a large rook, weigh ing about ten tons, came rolling down the hill and landed in Herring's ware house in Stella, Wahkiakum oounty. The fall of the rock shook the whole town. - i As a reault of two days' hunting on the Columbia, between Pasoo and Wai. lula, a correspondent of tbe Walla Walla Gazette says he killed three geese, two eagles, one ooyote, six jack-' rabbits, two cottontails, one sage hen I ...... .a n.nob... "" - There is talk of organising a ooyote drive on a large scale in Garfield. It g proposed to make a oirole six or eight "iles in diameter, embracing a largo part oi tne couniry ikhwwmi oarueia and the mountains to the east, and sur round the "varmints," , While digging a well on a farm near Walla Walla last week workmen found a knife imbedded in a clay for- mation, eighteen feet below the our- motion. Mr. G. A. Van Anda, of Rockland, has a oow that is capable of making a j world's record. She is fifteen-sixteenths Jersey, and has made 431 ; pounds of butter, besides furnishing j the family with all the milk and oream tor their own use.