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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