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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 1896)
rm OREGON M H 8 VOL. XIII. EVENTS OF THE DAI Epitome ot the Telegraphic Newt of the World. TEBSB TICKS FROM TUB WISES Aa Interesting Collection of Items From the Twt Uemltplierea I-re seated la a Condensed Form. ' A dynamite explosion ooourred at Ktmkl by which several persons wers auiea. The ltat report! from Russia are to the effect that tha wiuter crop through odI the tooth, excepting lu tUe Cau casus, la In a fairly favorable ooudiiton. A Singapore diapatoh to the Loudon Timet says tbe Bpaulards bave been de bated by the insurgents la the Philip, pin islands, with tha loss of 800 of their men. The strike in the gsa work, In Dor dtiam, wbiob necessitated tbe calling in of the auldlera to aulit in tbe works to save tbe olty from being left in dark usm, baa euded In oomproinlse. v At Webster's sawmill, on Deep ('reek, in Washington, Engineer II. V. Elmore was caught by a shaft and in etautly killed. Tbe body was fright fully niaugled. Tbe first serious frontier iooldunt in a lung time occurred near Monster, when Merman forest guard shot an alleged French poacher, Inflicting a flesh wonud. Tbe French government will Inquire into tbe oase. While the employes of the Tbiels uainel factory, of Hamburg, Germany, were going to work a body of strikers ; attacked tboin aud a free fight followed. ' bhota were fired, several persons serl ously wounded and mauy arrests made. A Paris dispatch ssys the trial of Basin's patent roller boat, wbiob it is alleged would shorten the Atlantio pas aage to niuety-sis hours, is expected to occur In the middle of Oeoembor across the English obsunel from Havre, in the presence of distinguished naval author Ities and possibly of President Faure, who la Interested in the experiment A disastrous prairie fire swrpt over tha Beuttnole oountry, Oklahoma. Six teen persona, it is reported, wore burned to death by the ragiug flames. A Catbolto mission was saved by tbe herolo work of sisters Freda and Kirk. Tba two sisters fought the flainea for two hours with blanket, and saved tbe lives of twenty Indian pupils. Tbe Are wss started by outlaws, who were fleeing from a posse of deputy marshals. Most of the people burned were half breed Indians. Tha sugar planters of the Island of Mauritoa bava decided to join with those of tbe British East Indies in rep resentations to tbe government of Ureat Britain regarding tba angar bounties paid by foreign countries, with tbe view of bringlngg about some counter noting luflueuoe to enable planters there to compete more fairly with their for eign rivals. Delegates have beeu ap pointed to present tha grievances in the proper quarter. Hon. Lafayette Lane, an ex-oon- greesman of Oregon, died at bis resid ence at Hosebnrg, ur,, November an. Tha railroad track from Coq utile City lo Marabfleld and Myrtle Point was greatly demolished by last week's freshet, many bridges being afloat aud tha roadbed badly damaged in many place. Last week's snow storm was much mora severe on tha Bound than in Port land. At Taooma folly nine inches oovered tha ground, retarding to a con siderable extent railway and street-oar traffic The Sound ottiea bava received no through Eastern mail for a week. Baker oonntv's assessment roll bsa bean filed, and shows tba total value of property In tba oonnty to be f 3,s7f ,98; total value of taxable property, til. 168,879. Washington oounty's assess ment shows tbe total value of property lo be $4,817,488; total taxable prop arty, 14,481,648. Bon. T. T. Ueer, of Marion county, is spokan of as the most likely candi date for tha honor of oarrying tba elec toral vote of Oregon to .Washington and represent tha Webfoot state in tbe eleotoral oollege. Tbe saga of Waldc bills polled tha largest vote of all tha Oregon electors, and bas always been unusually popular with bis party. Tba numerous hold-ups wbiob have ooourred in Taooma and Seattle during tha paat two weeks have caused many eltiaena to take tba precaution of de positing tbeir money and valuables In some aafa plaoe before venturing into tba streets after night. In none of tha bold-ops wbioh bava ooourred bave tba robbeti secured mora than a few dol lars for their pains. Owing to the many protests received by Superintendent Irwin against his decision to allow tha holiday teachers' meeting to go by dotault, it is likely tbst be may reconsider his decision and make another effort to secure a meeting plaoe. Tha teachers think that among tbe numerous towns of Or egon there surely must be at least one where a suitable hall for holding tba .meeting may be secured. A Caahlsr Speculated. ; Lebanon, Pa., Nov. 85. Tha amount of tha defaloation of Cashier John H. Holler, of the First Nation al bank, will reach f 100,000 or mors. Sunday, Holler aent out for General Oobin, dlreotor of tha bank, and made I olean breast of the affair. Tbe di rectors are able to make good the loss, and say tba depositors will not suffer. Softer was a heavy speculator in real estate, and owiug to tbe stringency of If tba timet oould not realise. Vprlalua In lrmuer A Bueuos Ayros dispatch states that toe revolution nnder way in tbe Urn gnayan republlo is gradually gathering strength, Its exact proportions are as ye, unknown, as the telegraph coin panles have been seized by the novern. raeut sud nothing is allowed to oome out. It is reported, however, that there bave been several bot skirmishes on tbe frontier between the rebels and government forces. Several houses hsva been burned, it la said, and ser arai were Killed on eaob side. A Nervy Jeweler. Four men entered Jaoob Niedlikow's jewelry store in Milwaukee, Wis., and attempted to rob the plaoe. Two oov ered the proprietor with revolvers and ordered him to open tbe ssfe. Ha nan pled with tba men, who opened fire on him, shooting bim in the hand. Tbe Jewler's wife entered and several shots were fired at her Snd her obild. Tbe robbers were then frightened off, and Dei eg pnrsued were oaptured. Woman Fires Upon Burglars. At Coland oreek, Virginia. Mrs. Kilxabeth Belcher, who is reputed to nsva money at ber borne, beard bur glare working at a back door. She stole out with a Winchester, saw three men at tbe door and fired tbrea shots at them. Tbe burglars fled. They were iraoxea more than Ibree miles by wooa stains. Klevaa. Thousand Msa Oat. Tbe Amerloan Company's lighters ana ship olesners in Hamburg, tier msny bsve joined tha big strike there, ana eleven thousand men are now onl Rebellion In Madafaiear. rt. . . . uispatones irons Antananarivo say rebellion in Madagasoar is rampant. and in the vicinity of the capital trads is paralysed. llleaatrona rire la Portland. The extensive plant of tba Inman. Poulsen Lumber Company, of Port- lund, Or., waa almost completely de stroyed by Are Thanksgiving evening. Tbe fire waa discovered by tha night watchman, and in an incredible space o( time tbe eutlre plsnt was a seething cauldron of flames. The loss sustained is about 185,000, covered by insurauoe in numerous companies to tbe extent of about 140,000. Tbe most distressing result of tbe fire is that 160 men are thrown out of employment, temporarily at a sesson of the year when they can ill afford to be Idle. Tba firemen on duty did good servloe, but oould not do much except to prevent tbe spread of tbe flames. Just bow the fire originat ed is difficult to determine, but it is supposed to have been oaoted by spon taneous combustion. Mr. Robert D. Inman, of tbe oopmany, aays that at tboogh sustaining a heavy loss be is not at all disheartened and will rebuild aa soon as possible. It waa fortunate that a strong east wind was blowing aa it carried tbe flames out over tbe river sud the lumber piled np in tbe yard south of tbe mill escaped almost alto gether. Hsd the flames reached the lumber, the loss would bsve fallon heavily upon tbe mill oompany.as more than 176,000 worth of lumber was stored there. Americans la London, The seoond Thanksgiving dinner of the Amerioan Society, uf London, took plaoe In the grand ball of tbe Hotel Cecil in tbatoity. Henry 8. Weloome, chairman of the society, presided, in tbe asbenoe of the United States am bassador, who, with Mrs. Bayard, was "oomnianded" to dine with the qnoen, at Windsor oaatlo. Tha dinner waa on a more elaborate soale than any of tbe previous gstberings of the sooiety, and about 800 ladloa aud gentlemen were present Tbe ball waa splendidly dec orated. A special featnre of the orna mentation, in addition to tbe stars and stripes, which were everywhere dis played, was a quantity of Amerloan corn speolally brought over for tha pur pose. Many Amoriouu rttrhei were on the menu, and some immense pump kins bad a share in providing tbe good things for tbe table. Bebiud tbe chair occupied by Mr. Welloome waa a repre sentation of tbe statue of Liberty and a large American eagle, aud near the obairman, on a pedestal, was an enor mous pumpkin, sent aa a present to Mr. Bayard, whose absenoe was much re gretted. In the middle of the dinner there was a surprise for tbe guests when eaob one received a leather-bound souvenir book oontttiuing tbe portraits of Mr. Bayard and tbe Amerioan presi dents, including President-eleot Mo Kiuloy. Mr. Bayard's letter of spology for not attending, and wishing "God speed to tbe land we all love," waa fol lowed by a telegram iroui tne umwa Statea ambassador at Windsor castle, in which he said: "Your charming souvenir of the day we oelebrate bas just been reoeived, and tbe oopy for ber majesty will be presented before your dinnor is over. All who love tbe United Statue and Great Britain will j iin in tbe mutual oougratula tlons over tha peaceful relutlons of the English-speaking people of the world." Mr. Bayard's seutimeuts were greeted with loud ohecrs, and Mr. Welcome, the chairman of the sooiety, in allud ing to Mr. Bayard's regretted absenoe, tuid that it was a good omen that the United States ambassador waa tbe guest of the queen at a Thanksgiving dinner. The toast to the queen was honored with unusual energy. Oreaon's Trial a Buooeaa. The bHttlesbip Oregon has j nst re turned from a short oruise, undertaken to give a board of inspection an op portunity of looking her well over. It whs given out unofficially that tbe trial had been a very great suooess, and that tlio board was highly pleased with the ship in all details, though the real And inga will not be made publio until tbey are sent to headquarters in Washing ton In tbe form of an official report, and from there given out 8T. ' HELENS, HAS A FULL CALENDAR House Not Likely to Dispose of Much Legislation. THE IMP0BTAHT BILLS MAY PASS Fourteen Bnndred Have Bean Iteported by the Varlons Commit. tees-Fandln Blll'a Vhnnee. Washington, Deo, l.It is not nrob able that the bouse, at the coming ses sion of oongress, can dispose of muob or tne proposed legislation wbioh en oumbers its calendars. Little Is usually aocompiisnea at tbe short session be yond tbe passage of the regular anpclr bills. Still, tbe house, with its instru mentalities for the expedition of busi ness, oan aooomplisb a great deal in a brief time, The question of additional revenues for tbe government will depend on tbe senate, to wbioh body the house sent tue Uingley bill almost a year ago. Shoold it be impossible, or be deemed inexpeaieni to press that measure through tbe senate, there is of oonrse a possibility that the proposal to in crease tbe revennea by an additional tax on beer or tbe Imposition of a duty on tea, ooffee, etc, may take tangible rorm, ana, it so, such legislation must originate, nnder the constitution, in tbe lower branch of oongress. There are on the several calendars of tha bouse 1,465 bills reported from the various oommittees, and tbe portion wbioh will pass at tbe ooming session mnst be necessarily almost infini tesimal. Most of them are of oonrse, private billa (of wbicb there are 1,100), bot there are also SCO billa on the cal endar on tbe state of the Union, and 99 pnblio bills on the regular bouse oalen dar. Some of these are of very great publio importance, and those Interested will no doubt do all in tbeir power to secure aotion lor tbem. Tha power lodged in tbe hands of the oommittee on rnles, wbiob givea the members of that committee control of the house programme, will make that committee the praotioal arbiter of what ahall be submitted to tbe house for aotion. That oommittee is com posed at present of the speaker, Hen derson of Iowa, Dalaell of Pennsyl vania, and MoMillin of Tennessee. Tbe death of ex-Speaker Crisp oreates a vaoanoy at tbe bead of the minority of the oommittee, wbioh mnsi be filled by tha speaker. Tbe names principal ly mentioned In connection with the vaoanoy are Bailey of Texas, Cathoings of Mississippi, Turner of Georgia, Biobardson of Tennessee, and Dookery of Missouri. Tba bill, whloh, in many respects is fraught this time with most lneterest, and wbioh will press hardest for con sideration is tbe Paoiflo ralload funding bill. Tbe bonds guaranteed by tbe government are payable early in the ooming year, and either an extension or a foreclosure stares the roads in tbe faoe. For eight years, funding bills nave occupied a good share of tha atten tion of congress. The present bill, of wbioh Mr. Powers of Vermont is the author, was reported shortly before the blosa of the last aession. Everything will be done by those Interested in it to secure consideration. The friends of tbe Nicaragua canal are also bending every energy to secure aotion on the bill reported by Mr. Doo- little, whloh provides for a guarantee by tha United States of $100,000,000 of bonds for the construction of the canal, j The war claima oommittee, which showed fight on several oooasious at the last session, promise to renow aggres' alvenesa this winter, especially for the passage of tbe olaiins awarded under the Bowman not and the French spolia tlon olaims. These claim i, the former amounting to $563,469, and the latter to $9,708,196, were put on the sundry civil bill at tbe last session as a rider of tba senate, but the bill was vetoed by tha president, and they were then dropped. Mr. Mahon, who is chair man of tba war olaims oommittee, will also press tha Pennsylvania border claims, wbioh bava been pending in oongress for years. Tbe Lond bli', to oure the abuses or the law relating to second-class mail matter, of whloh newspaper matter is transmitted at one oent per pound, and whloh has been tbe subject of much oritloism by tbe postofitoe department because of the advantage taken of the law in various waya for the transmis sion of books and pamphlets, will also be pressed, as will be the Piokler serv loe pension bill, wbioh ooonpiesa ravor able position on the oalendar as a privi leged report Dynamited a Train. Havana, Deo. 1. Several well-known Insurgent leaders have dynamited a military train running along the trooba from Juoaro to Moron in the western portion of Puerto lrinoipe. Several oars were smashed, and the Insurgents then attaoked an Iron-plated oar, in whioh was the train's esoort of twenty five men and officers. An armored en gine was sent in pursuit of the column. Colonel Arminan, arriving upon the soene, the insurgents retreated, leaving eight killed and oarrying away tbeir wounded. The military esoort of tbe train bad one offloer aud eight soldiers wounded and two killed. A(ad Oouplo Asphyxiated. Fredonia, N. Y., Nov. 80. Rev. Holman Reynolds and bis wife were to spend Thanksgiving day with their neioe, Mrs. Frank Howard. When the aged couple did not appear Mrs. How ard visited tbeir house and found Mrs. Reyonlda at the point of death and Mr. Reynolds dead. Esoaping gas was the cause. ' Tbe war department estimates for the next fiscal year aggregate $53,876,-688. OltEGON, FltlDAY, DECEMBER' 4, 1896. NEW8 Of THE ORIENT. Yokohama Excited Ovar SI yiterloua Folsonlng Oaee. San Franoisoo, Deo. 1. The steam ship Doric arrived tonight from Hong Kong and Yokohama, bringing tbe following Oriental news: ... Yokohama sooiety is torn np over a mysterious poisoning case. B. : H. Ca rew, a gentleman occupying a good so oial position, and seoretary of tbe Yok ohama United Club, who was married to a lady of aubstantlal inoome, was taken ill October 15, and died Ootober 359. A coroner's Inquest was held, and It was discovered that be had been poisoned. Tbe evidence showed that Mrs. Carew, just before bis illness and after be was aiok, bad purchased arse nio in such quantities as to alarm tbe druggist She said sbe wanted it for malarial fever. Mrs. Carew told a re markable story of a mysterious veiled woman dressed in black, who called on her husband Ootober 10. Mr. Carew was not at home, and the woman left, after making an appointment to meet bim. Mr. Carew appeared to be great ly worried when tbe woman failed to keep tbe appointment, and wrote ber a letter, addressed to Annie Lake. Mr. Carew was taken ill Ootober 16, and on Ootober 20, while sbe was out, the same mysterious woman called at the bouse. Sbe asked where Mr. Carew's bedroom was situated, and tbe servant, after telling ber, went to bed. . That was tbe last seen of the mysterious vis itor, but Mrs. Carew reoeived from ber a letter written by Carew, wbioh bad been thrown in a waste basket. After Carew died, and the inquest was in progress, the woman wrote to Messrs. Lowder As Hall, stating that she bad fooled the chemist, the doctor and that silly little wife." Tbe police bave been nnable to find any traoe of tbe woman in black. Tbe ooroner's jury brought a verdiot that Mr. Carew died from tbe effects of araenio poisoning, but by whom the poison waa adminis tered there was no evidenoe to abow. Mrs. Carew was then arrested, and obarged with the murder of ber hus band, but was later released on bail. Her trial was in progress when tbe steamer left SHE STRUCK A ROCK. Tha Steamer Dallea City Sank Near Sprat-no. The Dalles, Or., Dec 1. Tbe steam er Dallea City, belonging to Tbe Dalles, Portland A Astoria Navigation Com pany, struck a rook near Sprague land ing yesterday and sank in six feet of water. Tbe weather waa extremely blustering, with a down-stream wind blowing hard when the Dalles City left tbe Cascades. At 6 P. M. sbe was op posite Sprauge, feeling ber way can tiously through tbe darkness. The boat waa heavily loaded, there being fifty cattle, as many hoga and a large consignment of wool on board.- Sud denly a violent jar waa felt, and im mediately the steamer's bow was turned toward a sand bar lying in tbe middle of tbe river, and in less than three min utes she was beaohed. The bole in ber bull was a large one, and in a few minutes she had settled till her stern rested nearly seven feet nnder water. The oause of the aooideut was the freese at the Cascade locks, as this pre vented tbe Dallea City from going through to Portland, and delayed her long after ber usual time of leaving the looks. Tbe passengers, although suf lerlng somewnat from Irlgbt, were made comfortable by tbe ofiioers and crew, and are loud in their praue of Captain Jonhston and the other offlaers. Judge Smith, of Goldendale, says that guod management and coolness prevent ed a worse aocident ,THE FLORIDA COAST. Concentrating artillery Troope at Penea eola for Gun rraottca. Fensaoola, Fla., Deo. l.It lam mored in military oiroles that the troops of the First artillery, now stationed at various posts on the Gulf and Atlantio coast, are to be oonoentrated here for praotioe with the modern heavy guna, whioh will soon be in position on Santa Bosa ialand. Tbe selection of a site for another battery leaves no donbt in the minda of military men that Pensaoola la to be heavily fortified as rapidly as possible, and aa tbe troops need praotioe in the handling of the modern guns, this har bor is deemed by military men to be the best that oould be selected for tbe pur pose. They would have tbe open gulf for target praotioe, and at least 1,000 men oan be comfortably quartered at Fort Barrrancas and tbe navy yard. - FELL DOWN A WELL. Mlraenloua Kaeapa From Death or a Young tatorla Lady. Astoria, Or., Dec 1 Miss Rene Wirt, eldest daughter of John Wirt, of this olty, had a most miraculous es cape from death this afternoon. The young lady went to a well on her fa ther's property for drinking water, and wbile so engaged, fell in. The well, whloh oontained seven feet of water. was nearly lorty left deep, and only five feet in diameter, but, strange to say, Miss Wirt was unhurt in falling. Upon reaohing the surfaoe of the wa ter, aha clung to tbe sides of tbe well for nearly a half hour until help ar rived, when she waa quiokly hoisted to the surfaoe. BURNED TO DEATH. Entire Family Cremated tn a Farm. Houaa Fire. Perry, N. Y., Deo 1. The home of Luther Greenman, a farmer, four miles northeast of this village, waa destroyed by fire this morning and tbe family, consisting of five persons, were burned to death. The building waa entirely oonsumed. All the bodies were recov ered in a horribly charred oondition. The fire was caused by a defeotive flue. THE FRfctU JM UP CUBA Bourke Cochran's Eloquent Plea for the Patriots. OS UBGED AN ISTERVEHTI05 It Is Tim; Be Declared, That tha Frealdent Should Make Known . : Bla Views. , New York, Nov. 80. St. Leo's oburch was crowded with Cubans and tbeir sympathizers this morning, when a requiem mass was celebrated In memory of the eight Havana medi cal students who were executed by the Spanish in the oity of Havana, on No vember 27, 1871. Tbe servioes were oonduoted by the Bev. Father Dooey. Referring to the Cuban struggle for liberty, Father Duoey said the spirit displayed by tbe patriots .is even greater than that of tbe patriots who founded this country. Another service was held tonight in Cbickering ball, wbioh waa crowded. Bourke Cookran, Charles A. Dana, En rique Verona and Dr. Bamett were tbe speakers. All tbe members of the Cuban junta bad seats on tbe platform. Bourke Cookran'e speech was one of tbe most eloqnent ever made by bim. He nrged intervention by this govern ment in the interest of oivilization and humanity.. He said tba annexation of Cuba would put this country on a foot ing with barbarous Spain. When, however, tbe Cuban ahould breathe tbe air of freedom and desired to become a part of thia republlo then tbey could be treated as equals and not the sub jects of oonquest Further, he said that if necessary, tbe Cubana should be allowed to purchase their freedom from Spain, and that, in the interest of peaoe, the United Statea should guar antee the payment of the bonds. However, it is time, be declared, that the exeoutive should mske known his views upon the Cuban question. and if the word was spoken, freedom would be secured without tbe firing of a sin gle shot But if interference should become necessary in tbe oause of hu manity, he favored a final resort to arms. In conclusion, Mr. Cookran said: "This government must speak upon tba Cuban question. Never before bas so muob power been vested in the exec utive. Will our president pronounce tbe word of doom or liberation? If be declares Cnba libre, that flag (pointing to the atara and atripes) will be the symbol of liberty and progress to man' kind."- A HOLD-UP THAT FAILED. llvo Man Tried to Rob an fleetrlc Car, Bat Were Beaten OO. Kansaa City, Nov. SO. At midnight four men, led by Osoar Bridges, said to be a bridge and parachute jumper, made an unsuccessful attempt to rob an eleotrid oar filled with passengers for Independence. Bridges was arrest ed after a desperate tussle with tbe motorman and brought hera The other men escaped, bot their names are known. The gang is said to be the same that hold np the west-bound Chi oago Sc Alton passenger train just out side Indpendence about a month ago. This afternoon the polioe gave ont the men'a names as Osoar Bridges, En gene Ridgeway, Ernest Ridge way and Alexander Repine. All are nnder 23 years of age. Tbe Ridgeway boys live in Sheffield, a small suburb near the scene of the hold-up. Eugene is a barber, Ernest a professional highway man. Repine haa respectable parents. and Uvea at Centeropolis, a suburb of Kansaa City. ' WILL MOVE TO PRINCETON. Frealdent Cleveland Furchaaei a Borne . There. Prinoeton, N. J., Nov. 80. Rumors bave been current here aonoernlns President Cleveland's intention of making bis permanent home at Prinoe ton. Nothing definite oould be learned until thia evening when Professor An drew West returned from Washington, after having had an interview with the president Professor West gave out the following statement: . President Cleveland bas today pur chased the residenoe of Mrs. A. J. Sli deU, on Bayard avenue, in Prinoeton, and will make Prinoeton hia perma nent home soon after the expiration of bis term aa president Negotiationa looking to this end have been in prog ress about three weeks, and were, con anmated today by the purchase of tha property." A Myaterx Cleared Dp. Tabor, la., Nov. 80. While hunt ing near Sidney today some boys dis- aovered the badly decomposed body of a man, wbioh on investigation proved to be that of Moses Yowoll, who disap peared from Sidney about two months ago. i Yowell was postmaster at Sid ney, and the postoffice authorities, sua peoting that all was not ooneot in that office, sent an iuspeotor to investigate the matter, who discovered a shortage of abbout $800. Yowell stated that tne money was at nis noose, and was allowed to go after it, but failed to re turn. , ' . Ottawa, Ont, Nov. 80. A scandal la being investigated in the militia de partment. It has been discovered that blankets whioh bave been sunpliod to the miliita weie made half of wool and half of shoddy, when tho oontiaot oalled for tbeir -eing all wool. It is aald that there was oollusion between tbe department and tbe oontraotors. Aotive natures are rarely melancholy. Aotivity and sadness are incompatible. Milk is alwsvs sold by weight In Arabia. TWO VOTES CAST. A Kaneas Townahlp Holds a Peculiar .. . fteoord. Topeka, Kan., Deo. 1. According to official returns reoeived at tne secretary of state's office, there was one township in Kansas, where only two votes were oast at the recent election. It waa Garfield township, in Seward oonnty. One of the voters oast a straight Repub. lican ticket, wbile tbe other voted the Populist tioket straight, with the ex ception of oonnty attorney. There was a tie on all other officers, and the candidates for township o Sloes oast lots to see who should serve. Garfield township bas about twenty inhabit' ants, eight of whom are voters. There are four Populists and four Republi oans. On election day three of tba Populists paired off with three Repub licans, and six did not vote. Tbe other Republican wanted to pair off with tbe remaining Populist, but the latter would not do it, because he bad grudge against tbe nominee of his own party for oonnty attorney, and said he wanted to vote for tbe Republican nominee. This necessitated the cast ing of two ballots, with the result aa stated. A regular voting precinot waa maintained thr entire day, and five voters reoeived $3 eaob for serving aa judges and clerks of eleotion. AN EXPERIENCE WITH ROBBERS Haeked Men Extort Money Mlsaearl Baneher. from St Joseph, Ma, Deo. 1. F. M, Arnbold, living near thia oity, reports a terrible experience with masked rob bers, who entered his bouse at an early hour in the morning. Mr. and Mrs. Arnbold were awakened and found three masked men in their bedroom, The robbers covered tbem with pistols and demanded to know where their money waa concealed. Arnbold denied that he bad any money, and bis wife was too terrified to speak. The man and woman were then dragged into tha cellar and were held there while one of the robbers went to tbe rooms above and heated an iron poker to a white heat and returned with it to tba oellar. When they threatened to apply this to Arnbold's naked feet, be weakened and told them where they oould And what money he bad. There was bnt $18 in the rancher's oache, and so angry were the robbers that they demolished much of the furniture in the house before leaving. ORGANIZED ASSASSINS. Mada Deaperate Attempt! to Kill tha Family of an Oklahoma Baneher, Perry, O. T., Deo.. 1. Great excite ment continues near Tonkawa, twenty milea north of here, over an attempt to murder the family of R. Brooke and bis wife. Reports from that commu nity are that a seoond attempt waa made last night to murder Brooke. A month ago, Charley Graham, Bill Jones and Kenneth McDonald attempt ed to assassinate Brooke and bis wife one night, and Brooke killed Graham, who proved to be a noted outlaw. Graham, before hia death, confessed. implicating several men in the oom munity. He aald these men employed him to kill Brooke and his wife and burn their house. Yesterday, several of those in jail escaped, and laat night masked men went to Brooke's borne, but were repulsed by Brooke and his wife, who stood them off with Win' chesters. . " . - Kalama Haa a Fire. Kalama, Wash., Deo. 1. Fire broke out in the Methodist oburch Sunday night about 8 o'clock. Servioes were being held at the time, but tha congre gation passed ont of the building with' out difficulty. Before tbe fire oompany reached the scene, the building waa a mass of flames, and it waa soon oom pletely destroyed. Tbe loss waa about $2,000. As the fire oompany was on ita way to the engine-bouse, the Ka lama hotel waa found to be burning, having oaught from flying sparks. The blaze waa extinguished in short order. Bparks from the burning church ignited tbe root of W. H. Girard'a general merchandise store, and, pass ing over the Uowlits oonnty bank and the City drugstore, also set fire to the opera-house. Watohers were on these buildings, however, and put out tbe Are wherever it appeared, Conditions in India Improva. London, Deo. 1. Tha Earl of Elkln, vioeroy of India, telegraphs to the gov eminent that rain there la too late to be of much benefit to the autumn orop, bnt it is in time for tbe late sowings. Prices, he says, show a tendency to fall, though the full effeot is not yet apparent in the Deocan. Tbe condi tion of the people la good and the pres sure upon them 1b due to prioea rather than to the failure of the oropa. ' Since the rain, prioea bave fallen 20 to 60 per ocnt in tbe northern distriots. Lord Elkin's dispatob also gives details of bow a quarter of a million of people in the distressed districts of India are engaged in relief work. Eleotion Biota in Bulgaria. Sofia, Deo. 1. The eleotion s to the sobranje, whioh ooourred today, were aooompanied by serious disturbances, and the troops and polioe bad to be called out to disperse the mobs here and in tha provlnoes, as the result of whioh many persons were wounded. The po lio fired on tbe orowd at Zarobrod, killing several persons. Anti-Maeonle Blots. Paris, Nov. 80. An anti-Masonia congress at Lyons, whose resolutions were a oovert attaok on politioal free MMOnry nd on Jewlah nention, ended in serious riotlns. lastinv nntil midnight The military had to olear the streets, and many persons were seriously injured, inolndlng M. Thel- erry, of tha France Libre. I Labor is drudgery only when wa do not put heart In our work. NORTHWEST BREVITIES Evidence ot Steady Growth and Enterprise. ITEMS OF 6K5KKAL INTEREST From All tha Cltlae and Towns of tha Thriving iliter States ,',. Oregon. . Baker City bas a movement well un-. dr way to secure a publio library. Tbe Eagle woolen mills, at Browns ville, now employs sixty-one men. ' There are about 500 head of oat tie for1 aale in Eagle valley, Union oonnty. - The Santiam river was reported to bave been higher laat week than ainoa the flood of 1891. Senator-elect Harmon, of Coos, Curry, and Josephine counties, makes pnblio bis approval of a registration law. The people of Wallowa county wans a special session of the oirouit court. . They bave an overt took of oriminala they wish to dispose of. Prairie City, Grant oonnty, bas been selected as tbe next meeting plaoe of the direotors of the first Eastern Ore gon Distriot Agricultural Sooiety. The hospital, employe's quarters and laundry at tbe Warm Springe agenoy bave been completed and are now awaiting to be turned over to tbe gov-. ernment aa soon aa tbe new agent ar rives. . ' The body of Ferdinez, the cook of the ill-fated Arago, waa found laat ' week on the beach, fifteen miles north of the Umpqua. Tbe remains were identified by papers found in tba. pockets. Seven milea of the new motor rail way grade between Waterloo, Sodaville and Lebanon, are aald to be now ready . for the laying of rails. On aooonnt of tbe bad weather work baa been discon tinued nntil next spring. The oontraotors who have been awarded tbe oontract for furnishing and plaoing rook on the north jetty, on 1 Coos bay, are preparing to begin work immediately, and are employing men with that object in view. Harry Clay, a ahaenbuver. recently reoeived about 6,000 head ot sheep from ' sheepmen in the neighborhood of Mono- ment, and drove to Arlington, from which plaoe he shipped to Chicago. , His band will be fed and placed on tba market later on. Tbe material is on band and tha foundation of the cradle laid at Wall Bros' mill in Myrtle Point, for tbe con struction of a new steamer to run on ' the upper Coqnille. The machinery of ' the old Cumtnx will be nsed, and tha new steamer will bave the same name. A correspondent of the Independence) West Side says: "Fifty-one years sgo. the hand that pena these lines waa paddling a canoe down the Willamette . river. The writer started from the old William Pratber plaoe, went to Luoka- miute, stepped into the canoe, and in three days was in Oregon City. He put into the canoe what flour it would bear, and in Ave days was baok again at the plaoe from where be started." ; Trathlng-ton Tbe shipments of farm produota from Garfield during tbe month of Ootober' last, not counting wheat, amounted in value to about $6,000. A bayataok with a dozen ohiokens upon it went down the Columbia river laat week. The fowls were resoned for . Thanksgiving purposes at Freeport , , There have been shipped out of Aber deen by express since tbe lirat of Au-, gust 815,000 pounds of fresh . Ash, wnioh' brings the value of the season's output of salmon np to almost $100,000, or $1,000 per day. Tbe work of floating tbe Glenmorag' bas been stopped for the present AU' the men bave been discharged, exoept tbe old hands. The heavy . weather makes it impossible to do anything just now. When work oan be resumed is nnoertain. ! ' ' The Spokane Falls 3c Northern Tele-' graph Oompany has completed the ' stringing of an additional wire from Spokane to Northport, and thenoe eon-. neoting with Rossland. The business of the oompany will probably necessi tate tbe plaoing of another wire over tbe line to Nelson soon after the first of the year. i 'y,-: The total oargo sbipmenta by sixteen of the leading mills of Washington in the month of Ootober, as officially re-, ported to the West Coast and Pugtt Sound Lumberman aggregated 87,727, 012 feet of lumber, and 4,149,885 lath. Of tbe lumber, 14,944.547 feet went foreign, and 23,280,465 feet went ooastwise. Tba total exoeeds Septem ber by over 4,000,000 feet A winter muskmelon, or oasaba, is a peouliar variety of fruit that is being exhibited by Robert Seorest Tbe seed was brought to Oakeadale by J. J. Durant, from tba Yakima oountry. Tbe seed was planted in the spring and melons were pioked this fall. The fruit looks like the ordinary melon, tbe only difference being that the winter melon will not ripen until it has been laid away for a considerable time. . Tbe massive jam of logs whioh has been wedged in between the narrow walls ot the mountains on the Kalama river, and known aa tbe "jam," is finally gone. Tbe reoent high water took It out olean and deposited it in the boom at the month of tbe river. This mass oi logs nas been lu mere lor, years, making a perfect aud safe bridge over tbe river, and had been a binder- anoe to lodging on the Upper Kalama.1 ' A new town to be known as Silver', baa been started in theMethow district
