VOL. XIV. HT. JIELENS, OKEfJON, Fill DAY, DliCJiMBISK 25, 1890. XO. 1. EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome ot the Telegraphic Newt of the World. TKRSR TICKS FROM TUB WIRES An Ititeroitlng Collection of 1 Urn. Frow Ilia Two lleiulapharea Preaonted In Uomteuaed Form. M. Phillips Eugene Cuisaart. radical deputy for the flrt division of Laen, Fruuoe, is dead. A Rouen dispatch say tba Frenon burner Marls Fanny Is a total low, off the island of Alderuoy. The cup. tain win lured. Fourteen members of die crew wen drowned. Ernest Clime, of Detroit. Mioh., ont the throat of lila wife, and with the nine weapon out hia own throat from ear to ear and fell dead beside her. Tlio tragedy was the climax of a life of ouhappiueas. Alexander Srflvlnl, ion of Toraaaa Salvlnl, the great Italian aotor, died In Fioronoe, Italy. lie died of intes tinal tuberculosis. The Italian news paperi publish euloglstlo obituariei of Ilia deceased aotor. C. 8. Jackson, of Pendleton, Or., ha itarted popular lubtoription to help the Cubaus. Mr. Jackson aayi be baa been asked by protniuent oitiaeni of Oregon to bead the tuoTement. Lo oally, there baa already been offered bearty support " The London News has a diapatob from Berlin with reference to minora of reprisals aHaluat A merlon n petro lmm. It says thst German ooneumer are likely to auffer more by thla move than American exporter. Hnul. Kui,. scarcely able to aupply Germany. Governor MoGraw, of Waahington, baa offered a reward of 93S0 for the ar rest and oonviailon of the pereon or person who placed dynamite or other explosive awler theHrttntfiMoupied. 't MiTd brother, at Prairie; in bkegtt oowfty. Thia ia iu addition, to the uX ( tuo offered by the. oouiiniaslouera of tliut oounty. The aanill Ore loaa on the Paoiflo ooaat wblob ha marked tlila year over ita immediate predecessors ooniiuued last mouth to oompenaaUi for tba fall log off iu premiums. For tba entire ooaat the atuouut waa only f 284,01)8. made up of fin, 107 on builJinga and 136,081 on thotr oonuints. The loaa fur November iu 18US waa 9296,884, and in 18U4 9038,135. Representative Ellia, of Oregon, baa introduced a bill extending nntil Janu ary 1, lbUU, the time In wbiob settler ui m forfeited railroad landaoan make payment. The bard time have made it difficult for settlers to wake their payuieuta, and Mr. Kllia baa been an lied to secure an extension. There ought to be no objection to the bill, aud It will no doubt paai, if time oan be obt lued fur lta consideration. Senator Squire, of Waahington, bai prepared an amendment which he In trude offering to tbe aundry civil ap propriation bill, directing tbe aecretary of the inteilor to apply 935,440 nPn tbe penitontiary at Walla Walla. Thia ia the amount that (till remain unex pended of Ui appropriation of 980,000 made by oongrea for the purpose of building peniteutiary in Washington. It i the intention to have tbe balance naed to oonatruot a wing on the poni tentiary. . Hon. A. O. Blair, Canadian mlnleter of railway and canal, and Colonel James DomviUe, member of parliament, were In Seattle recently and wbil there Mr. Blair reoitod the reiulta ot lila Investigation of Crow' Neat Paa Tallway in British Columbia. Ha say the oountry i undoubtedly toob that it will demaud better railway facilities. Ctlouel DomviUe, one ot the leading liberalise in tbe Dominion, aay gov ornmeut aid ihould be extended to the Crow'a Neat Paa railway. Hi Idea la to run It aa a public highway. , The net reolt ot the experiment of the board which i inveitigating the battleship (tool ha resulted in the con demnation ot nearly the whole amount now stacked np in the Newport New Uhlp-Building Company' yard. Sis out ot twelve teat piooea, which ihould have been folded baok on the vessels without breaking, either broke abort off aa readily aa caat-iron, or tore apart with leas brittleneai, but none tbe lei oertuiuty of failing to meet contract re quirement. Theae diaoloaore will lead the board to extend their investi gation much further than anticipated. The Medford. Or., distillery, which ha been in litigation for tbe paat year, ha been luld atauotlon by the receiver, for 18,000. iThe original ooat of the plant wa 110,000. a) The heavy raina of tbe paat few day have again oaoaed Mill oreek, in Salem, to rise and overflow it bank, in con- eqnenoe of which Chnrob and Marion atreet aud adjaoent property ara flooded. In Pierre, 8. D., in the mandamu oaae to compel tb iaauano of oertifl on tea to Republioan eleotor on a par tial onnvai, the court ha held that the board ha a right to adjourn and eoure complete jroturu. Thi give the vio tory to tbe Uryan elector. Kx-Treasurer G. W. Bogg, ot Ta coma, i again in jail in that olty, be having aurrendered himaelt to the aher iff at Spokane. Bogg'a attorney are preparing to petition the (upreme oourt for a rehearing of hi oaae. Tbe Newaukum river, in Waahing ton i booming aluoe the reoeut rain, and'haa done oonalderable damage to nerty. The dam at the lumber mill of Stone & Son, near Uhehali. ha been waahed out and between 93.000 and 18.000 worth of damage to tbelr property reaulted. CONQRES8 IN SESSION. enate. Bixth day Soustor Morgan, of A , bama, held the attention of the aoni, and well-fllled galleries for an hour day by bii earneat advooaoy of a atro and deolslve policy in dealing with t Cuban queatlon, The prouiincno i Morgan in the Cuban dobate of laat e. ion, when be bad charge of tho Cuba reaolutioni reported from theoominti tee on foreign relatione, gate eipeoia; 1 n tnrua. 1.1. ...... I- .. .1 i t u uiDinwiiuuH ityie,' MJinoogn mi worda bad a directneaa and severity in ploturing the horror exieting in Cuba unb a la aoldom beard in the aenato. Mr. Morgan apoke freely of the coaai. bllitle of war, weloomina it if ncea aary to guarantee the protection of American oitiaeua. He aaeerted that Bpaiu' bankruptcy would orevunt the oolleotiou of any indemnity for wrong. The aenator queationed the wiadom ot tbe prealdent'l poaition. that srantinv of belligerent right would be "uu- Minut. ll Seventh day Tbe ceaaion of the en. te developed the moat eventful and xuitlng debet that either branoh of oongre ha beard in a long time. It brought forward the reooanlssed leadera of the varlou parties and elements, in- oiuaing auotj oonaplouon figure a Bberman, Frye, Teller. Oorman, Veat, Aldrioh, Piatt, Mitchell of Oregon, Chandler, Hale and Allen, in notable tutementa on tbe leading queatlon wbioh' bare engaged the attention of the oountry of late. Not only wa tbe line laid down on tariff and finance. but tbe debate partook of all the pent- op feeling resultant from the national oonteat. It waa dramatio in ita inton-1 ty, and at all time abaorbingly in ereeting to the crowded galleriea and fcody of senator. The debate oame un expectedly when Veat oalled np tbe Allen resolution for consideration of the Dlngley bill, In order to make re mark on it Bnt it remained for Sher man to formally annonno that tbe Dlngley bill wa dead. He aald be oould not always apeak for bia aaao olatea, but, in view ot what bad been aid on the floor, he felt that he oould tofuly announoe now that tbe Dlngley bill oould not be paaed, and that it wai nation to waite futher time ou It. Eighth day The senate today pawed the immigration bill, known aa the lodge bill, with a new section provid ing that the exclusion aball not apply to persons arriving from Cuba during tb oontlnuanoe of the proaent dleor Sera there. The strength of tba bill wa greater than had been expected, tbe final vote being Hi to 10. Aa passed, the bill amende tbe immigra tion laws so aa to exclude from adula tion to tbe United Statea all persona aver 16 years old who oannot read and write the language ot their native lountry or some other language, but an tdtntsaable Immigrant over the age of 16 may bring in with bim, or send for bis wife or parent or grandparent or miuor children or grandchildren, not withstanding their inability to read or write. The Cuban section added to Die bill provides that the act shall not apply to persona arriving in the United States from any port or place in tbe island of Cuba during the continuance 9f the present disorders there; provided luoh person have heretofore been in habitant ot that Island. The bouae moudinenta to the bill concerning land of the Atlantic & Paoiflo Rail road Company were nouoonourred in nd Hill, Piatt and Clark named a lenate oouferees. House. Sixth day Tbe bouae today entered opon consideration of the Loud bill to amend the law relating to the transmis sion ot seooud-olaaa mail matter. The bill ha been widely discussed In the public press, and met with the most in tense opposition from oertain qoarters. It denies the right of serial novels to admission to the mall at the news paper rate of one cent per ponnd; de oie to newspaper the ample-oopy privilege; prohibit the return ot un sold publication at the pound rate and make acme other change in the pres ent law, designed to oorreot exlating abnses. . Seventh day Bailey of Texas, creat ed a ripple ot - exoltement in tbe bouse today by aaking Immediate considera tion of the resolution to Investigate the oonstruotion of the battle ship . Texas. Dlngley of Maine, thought the resolu tion ought to be considered by the com mittee on naval affairs befoie being aoted npon; be therefore objeoted. On motion of Chairman Hull of the oom- mittee on military affairs, the bouae went into committee of tbe whole for consideration of the . army appro prtation bill. Several amendments looklna to the abandonment of tbe army and navy hospital at Hot Springs, Ark., and the surrender and transfer of the reservaiton to tbe interior do partment were offered. : Eighth day The house today paased the third of the regular appropriation bills (tbat for the support of the army), and entered npon consideration of the legislative, exeoutive and judicial bill, Tbe latter but carries f3i,o,86B, or 986,81)0 more than the law for tbe our rent year. Fair progress was made to day. It is expeoted this bill and the military aoademy appropriation bill will be passed before the holiday re cess. The army bill, a passed, makes no proviaion for the army and navy hospital at Hot Springs, Ark. Beoretary Olney has reoeived cable grams from the United Statea legation at Petropolia, Braall, announcing that Brazil has aooepted the rules for tht prevention ot oolllaion at aea, framed at the maritime oonferenoe , held at Washington. Tbe chief maritime na tion of the world have now given nwent to the international rule, and they will go into effect July 1, next year, a humane end that has been reached only after protracted negotiations. WASHINGTON ROADS Commissioners File Theif Annual Reports. -Vv r"EBY ELABORATE AND COMPLET Appropriation (tot Completion of Itate Koad-iriiry CoinBliiliin.fi KMrart. 1 I'loiymoia. Wash.. Deo. U. Tba . ... '1 date road commission' h e Sled heir final report wit, AeSovernor. til very elaborate and oorr"(lete, fllu sjted with photograph- ken from itferent polnti in tbe bauntaini along HI proposed Cascade road. Altogether 4 report doea greaA oredit to tbe oom--Uslon. The retiring board, believing tbat ti state road should bo carried on to till completion on all it buanohes, hijecommended the following appro ptttionc for widening into a wagon road ot tl f part of tbe present four-foot road foi'p point even mile above Marble mabtain to Gilbert Landre'a cabin, to mfce the road available for heavy wtfon traffic, 94,000. 1 Improvement ot the trail be twe Landre'a cabin and Perahall'i cabl4 91,000. Frj widening into a wagon road of tii preient tour-foot road from Per ahatfa cabin, near Cascade paa, to the loath of Bridge creek, including the Iicstrootlon ot a bridge at tbe lat ter ebint. 93.800. I'm the oonstruotion of a wagon road front tbe mouth of Bridge oreek to the bead of Lake Chelan. 98,000. Put the improvement of the trail from the mouth of Bridge oreek to Twitap psaa, 91.000. For; widening Into a wagon road of tbe present four-foot roadway from the mining camp of Gilbert to the month f tbe Twitsp, inolading a bridge orosa Twitsp river, near tbe latter point, (2.S00. For txtending tbe wagon road on the Colvllle Indian reservation from Crow'a Neat, its present terminus, on Granite oreek, to Eureka oamp, 91.300. For tbe oonstruotion of a wagon road from Curlew lake, on the Colvllle reservation, to tbe present terminus ot the wagon road on Sherwood (or Dead man) creek, 97,000. Total appropriations recommended, 931,000. Tbe Washington state dairy commis sioner, in bis report to tbe governor to U yoar inn, my, h twm mm baa been one of lower prioea for dairy produota than any previous season, but Mys further tbat when one oonaiders the general average low prioea of all farm products, it oannot be wondered at that dairy products should oome in tor their share of the general depres sion. Our markets have, however, maintained, exoept for a very abort period, a generally higher average prloe than in any of our neighboring pro ducing states. The question of competition with California and Oregon produota, says the commissioner, is a serions one. A solution of the question of meeting this oompetition most be found with tbe understanding tbat it ia impossible to keep this butter out when our mar kets warrant ita importation, and thia question will be a very hard one to grapple with. Daring tbe past yenr there have been several new creameries and obeese fao toriea started, the majority, however, being to a oeratin extent experimental in nature and necessarily small; but several with large oapaoitles have been built. Following is an approximate eati-J mate of our imports: Butter, about 977,600 pounds; obeese, about 87,500, bei.!g about one half the importation ot tbe previous year. The exports from here to Alaska have been the rneana of relieving onr markets at various times. With our inoreased trade in that terri tory and a probtble demand from the Orient, the outlook for the future is not without hope. Tbe total estimated value of ' our dairy products is $840,643. The expense of the oommisalon for the year has been 93. 695. . Tho Cruller Brooklyn. Philadelphia, Deo. 83. The oruisev Brooklyn, wblob has been .lying at League Island navy-yard ainoe going into commission tonr weeks ago, will atart on her first official crniae next Saturday. She will steam tor the naval station at Newport, R. 1. After her torpedoes have been taken on board, the cruiser will prooeed to Brooklyn where the oitizens of that municipality will . formally present to the ship a handsome silver servioe. After this oeremony and the attendant festivities are oonolnded, the ship will go to Hampton Roads and join the At lantic squadron. Smelting Works to star tip. Kanaa City, Deo. 83. It 1 an nounoed tbat tbe Kanaa City Smelting A - Refining Company' works, wbioh for ome time past have been operated with a reduced force, will atart up January 1 in all departments. The greatest number of men which have ever been . employed by tbe works, namely 609, will be exoeeded by 100 bands. Police Oltloer Hilled. Kansas City, Deo. S3. Patrolman Oeorge W. Noah, the oldest man in point of servioe on tle Kansas City polios foroe, waa found dead in a gully a mile from the oity this morning. A "bullet had pieroedl his heart, and it is "believed he was killed fn a fight while trying to arrest some one. Of all the men, women and children in Great Britain every seventh person is a depositor in the Poatoffioe Savings bank. DRIFTED ON THE BEACH. Osrman Bark Potrlmpoa Hlgb and Dry on Waibington Ooaat. Astoria, Or., Deo. S3.-The fourth deep-tea vessel to go ashore on tbe Washington bench tbla year wa strand d at 7:80 o'clock thi morning at Pa oiflo Park, about fix mile north of Ilwaoo, olose to the spot where the Stratbblane went aabore i i 1891. Tbis time tbe vessel if the German bark Potrlmpoa, Captain Henry Helle wege, in ballast from Mazutlan, Mexi co, to the Columbia rlveri The officers and erew numbered eighteen, and all were saved by the Ilwaoo beach life (saving orew, who arrived on the scene soon after the diaaater occurred. Just before their arrival, however, six sail ors from' the vessel landed in one of tbe ship's boat. . It is very Jooky that all bands landed .without mishap, a tbe urt break heavily all aroond the ahip at high water. Two of the crew of tbe Ill-fated Glenmorag were killed in attempting to do just what part ot tbe Potriinpos' orew did, namely, launch ing one of tbe ship's boats in the surf. Tbe ship is in good condition, hav ing reoeived no serious injury while crossing through the surf She now lies so high on the beach that at half tide a person can walk to ber dry-shod. According to tbe captain's story, at daybreak this morning be sighted land and was on tbe lookout for a pilot or tug, but the vessel soon became per fectly helpless and drifted towards shore. The ' captain ordered both anchors out. Tbe order wa no sooner given than it wa carried out, bnt tbe current, wbioh seta in very strongly all along tbe beach at oertain stagea of the tide, wa too itrong, and the ihtp dirfted through tbe breaker and on to tbe beach, both ancbori still be ing out. ( The Cape Disappointment lifesavmg crew left for the scene of the wreok on a apeoial train, but arrived too lata to assist in landing tbe orew. Tbe ship lies broadside on tbe beach, high and dry, but it work is oom menoed immediately, and arrangemests made so tbat lines oan be paaaed out to a tug, she oan be safely pulled off at the next high tide, which ooours an tbe 34 th inst Tbe vessel is in plain sight of the stranded Glenmorag. The men and -officers have oome ashore, and tbe oaptain will stay by until npon. some definite plans ara agreed BOUNDARY TREATY. Will, Be Kntlflod by tho Yonoinclaa Congreu. - ; New York, Deo. 83. A special from Caracas, Venezuela, lays: ff . There is no doubt tbat tbe Venezue lan congress will ratify the Guiana boundary arbitration treaty with Eng land, negotiated by the United States; that President Crespo is entirely satis fled with it is known officially. Yonr correspondent baa talked with, the gov ernors of four states of the Venezuelan republic, and all favor the raticfla tion of the treaty. President Crespo reoeived Senor Jose Andrade, Venezuela minister to the United States, who oame from Wash ington recently, bringing with him a draft of the treaty for ratification, The president reoeived at tbe same time James J. Storrow, the Boston attorney who prepared and submitted to the boundary commission appointed by the United States, Venezuela's brief answer to the British bluebork summary of the case. Senor Andrade and Mr. Storrow sailed Sunday for New York. The ratification of tbe treaty by oon gress, which meets In February, is al most oertain. A BAD WRECK, Three Pas.ongora on a freight Train Wore Killed and Seven Hurt. Dallas, Tex., Dec 23. A special to the News from Shreveport, La., says: About 5 o'clock thia morning there waa a bad wreok on the -Texas & Pa oiflo railroad, near Sodas, La. Al though no information is given by rail road offioial, it is learned from private sources that three men were killed and seven badly Injured. It appears that, as a west-bound freight was bound up a steep grade, a collision occurred at tbe foot of the grade, the oraab splin tering several oars. None of the train men were injured, as they were in the caboose. The conductor and orew res oned the injured, and they were sent to the Charity hospital. Following are the wounded: C. L. Gates, of St. Paul; Dave Miller ot St. Louis; Frank Terry, of Argentine, Cola; Charles Williams, Jerry Hen derson and George Brown, residenoes unknown. The names of the killed are. not known. Political Agitation In Moscow., London," Deo. 23. The Vienna cor respondent of the Daily Mail reports that, aa an outoome of the agitation in Moscow, one student has been sen tenced to death and others to twelve years' imprisonment Tbis political aigtation oame to a head in efforts to hold meetings commemorative of the Khodinsky plain disaster, during the coronation of the ozar, wbioh were prohibited by the police. . Annrohlata Sentonoed to Booth. . Baroelona, Deo. 83. Eight of the anarchists who recently had their trial in this oity for throwing a bomb into the Corpus Christ! procession last June, have been sentenced to death. Football In Mexico. Columbia, Mo., Deo. 83. The Mis souri . Tigers, the crack team of the Missouri state university, have re oeived an invitation from President Dias, of Mexioo, to play a game ot football in that oountry, and have made arrangement to start for the City of Mexioo immediately. The game will be played at the Indianola grounds De cember 87. The Tigers returned home reoently after playing a series of suc cessful games in Texas NOT A PENNY LEFT Burglars Made a Clean Sweep In Oregon City. THE POSTOFFICE IS ROBBED Broko Open 8mt and dot Stamps and Caah Amounting to About twenty Klgbt Hundred Dollars. Oregon City, Or., Deo. 81. When Postmaster S. R. Green opened the poatoffioe a little before 7 o'olook this morning he fonnd that somebody had been there before him. The door lead ing from the poatoffioe proper Into tbe front corridor was ajar. Tbe rear door was also open, though the iron shutter bad been pushed together so that a casual inspection from the out side would not show anything wrong. This led to more careful scrutiny, and the outside door of the safe wa found to be open. Upon swinging the inner door back, the postmaster discovered that tbe aafe bad been robbed of every thing of value postage atampa, cash, and even bi private paper, including three note amounting to about 9500. A few pennie bad been left in the till at tbe stamp window, and these were also taken. Upon checking np the business of the office this afternoon, it was ascertained that stamps of the value of 93,169.69 and 9034.93 in cash were missing. Tbe registered pack ages were mostly notice sent ont from tbe land offloa here, and contained nothing of negotiable value. Two of them bad been tom open and their character ascertained, and the remain der were unmolested. In addition in tbe 93,784.61 above mentioned, 99 be longing to Miss Gray, the assistant : postmaster, was also missing. A gold filled watch and obain that were in the registered mail were left Entrance through the back door ot the poatoffioe was effeoted by prying open with a jimmy tbe strong iron bars that guard the outside of the door. So much force was used tbat the bar that fastens the doors inside was greatly bent, and the doors bore dis tinct marks of the iron instrument. t The inner doors seem to have been opened with a skeleton key. Tne burglars bored two holes in the outer door of the sate, one just missing the combination, and the other being just right to expose the tumblers. A match shed sufficient light through tbe hole to enable the tumblers to be watched as tbe dial knob waa turned, and thus the door was opened without further violence. The inner door, however, bears marks showing that a considera ble effort must have been made before it yielded. A ragged bole, about eight inches in diameter, was made in the lower part of the door with a oold- obisel or some similar instrument, and through tbe bole the lock inside oould be released. That done, the oontents of the safe were entirely exposed to the thieves. The indications are that two men were engaged in the aotive work of tbe burglary, with a third as a lookout j rbers u no evideuoe that anything was hurriedly done. AMERICANS IN NICARAGUA. Public Improvement Contracts Awarded . ' tu American Cltisena. New Orleans, Deo. 81. Eduardo Taluro, of Blueflelis, general adminis trator of the oustom-house of tbe Nic araugan republic, who has ' arrived here, gives an interesting aooount of the contract awarded to Americans in Nioaragua and the struggle between Amerioan interests. "Theoontraot for a telephone ser vice in Blnefileds was awarded to Americans, as well as the oontract tor the construction of tbe charity hoapi- tal; the paving of street?; the con struction of an eleotrio-light servioe and tbe deepening of tbe ohannela be tween Pearl lagoon and Blueflelds bay. Tbe most important oontraot ia for the oonstruotion of a telephone overland from Blueflelds to Managua, which will plaoe the former port in direct cable communication with the United tates. . Senor Taluro declared that President Zelaya is especially favorable to Amer icans, but be is muoh hampered, and opposed by Minister Luciano Gomes, who ia vary hostile to Amerioans and favorable to the extension of German commercial interests. The probabili ties are there will be a split between Zelaya and Gomez, who is backed in his policy by the conservative party of Nioaragua. Froieo 8 MOT In Sleigh. Middletown, N. Y., Deo. 81. Percy Midcllebrook, Frank Roe and Patrick Powers, sons of prominent oitiuens of Florida, took a ride in a sleigh last night, returning at midnight Roe and Powers attempted to assist Middlebrook from the sleigh, bnt found be was frozen stiff. ' . Revolt In Poitngaeao India. Bombay, Doc 81. Advices from Goaj Goa, Portuguese India, say tbat tbe insurgent Ranes have attacked Pernem, and have bnrned and saoked the treasury. A force ot 600 Portu guese troops were sent against the Banes and soattered them, killing sev eral of their number. Killed by a Fall. San Franolsoo, Cal., Deo. 81. Frank Brown, foreman of the carpenters em ployed at tbe new ferry depot, fell sixty feet today. He struok iron gird ers in . falling, and reoeived injuries whiob oaused death. Wheat Shortage In New South Wnlea. Sydney, N. a W., Deo. 81. The government statistician estimntes that the wheat yield of New South Wales is 7,854,000 bushels, wbioh is 1,350, 000 bushels below the local wants. 8EALSKINS CHEAPER. Owlae; to tho railing OK n tho Do- . BUS. , San Franolsoo, Deo. 81. The aleek and costly aealakin seems to be some what oat ot fashion. Tbe tale of a falling demand In tbe produot of Bear ing sea and tbe Paciflo has just been told bytb yearly sals at Lampeon's, London Telegrams have been re oeived in tbis oity, stating tbat the prloe for the Alaskan fur was 16 per oent less than that of last year; tbat of Copper Island (Russia) furs 1, per oent, and that of Coast fnrs, inolading California and Japan, 30 per oent lower than in 1895. This news oomes as a snrpirse to lo cal tradesmen, for the catch of tbis year was muoh lower than tbat of 1895. The entire catch of tbe Canadian seal er in Japanese water and Bebring aea amounted to 55,677 seals. In 1895, the oatob of tbe Canadians amounted to 74,134, and 1894 to 97, 474 skins. The oatch of the American pelagio sealers entered at tbis port amounted to only 6,040 seals, a against 15,000 In 1895. To the former number, 80,067 skins ara added as tbe oatob of tbe North American Com mercial Company on the seal islands. MINING TOWN BURNED. nestown, Cnl , Bad No Henna of righting fire. '; 8onora, CaL, Deo. 81. The little town of Jamestown, located right in the heart of the mother lode' riohest section, was visited by a oostly fire this morning. The fire originated in a bakery, and the whole business section was at the flames' mercy, and tbe disor ganized bucket brigade fought furious ly but feebly against odds. When it waa seen that the volunteers were nn albe to successfully cope with tbe fire, telegrams were sent for assistance to near-by towns, and many persons re sponded. Giant powder waa used to check and confine the fire when the limited water supply and crude means of getting it on the fire tailed. Nine buildings, all on the north side of tbe street, were consumed with almost the entire contents. Tbe loss ia 940,000, with barely 95,000 insoranoe. A favor able breeze saved the town from com plete destruction. A HORRIBLE ATROCITY. Bneket of Lye Water Thrown In Face ot Woman and Child. CbiUtootne, U., Pea 81. There is great excitement at Bethel, a small (town three miles sooth ot Kingston, this county, occasioned by a horrible j atrocity which occurred this afternoon. ! Two married women named Moon and Shell got into a quarrel over a trivial matter, which resulted in the Shell 'woman throwing a bucket of strong lye water into the face of Mrs. Moon and her Infant daughter. Both have their eyes burned out and their heads and faces were also horribly burned. The baby died in a short time, and the mother is in terrible agony, her death being looked for at any moment Mrs. Shell made her escape, but is being pursued by several hundred men and boys, assisted by dogs, and if cap- ; tnred a lynching will follow. The po lioe oi thia oity nave been snmmonei to the scene. Herrmann, tho Magician, Dead. Rochester, J. Y., Deo. 21. Her mann, tbe magician, died today ol heart disease in his private car at Great Valley, near Salamanca, on bii way to Bradford. His remains will be forwarded to New York. Hermann completed bis engagement at the-Lyceum theater in this oity last night, and later was entertained at the Gene see Valley Club. (Professor Hermann, whose ' father was a sleight-of-hand performer, made bia debut aa a magioian when he was bnt 8 years old. He has traveled all over Earone and America and has I amassed a great fortune. Of late years ! be has made New York bis home. ' He spoke seven different languages fluent - ly, and had traveled around tbe world i three times. He was naturalized in Boston in 1876.) Pardoned by Cleveland. Seattle, Wash., Deo. 31. Today Sheriff Van de Vanter, of this oonnty, reoeived notification from Washington, D. C, tbat Mrs. Margaret Morrison, a young woman of Port Townsend, had been granted a conditional pardon by President Cleveland. She' waa sen tenced to eight month' imprisonment and fined 950 and costs for smuggling opium from Victoria. She has now been in jail five months, and her little daughter has been permitted to share the same cell. President Cleveland grants the pardon on condition that the fine and costs are paid. They now amonnt to over 9100, but the money will be subscribed by sympathizers. Goto' leprosy medicine, a new cure put forward by a Japanese physician, is being tested in the San Francisco (Cal.) pesthonse. Let's take hold hands, Mr. Grocer, and dance I We've got some beautiful business for you and with you, and for and with your customer. . ' v'v Schilling's Best is the tea. Pay every customer's money back that don't like it We'll pay you. There's money in it Alc)iiliiitCo-paoy San rraeci.ee IS KORTHWESTBREVITIES Evidence ot Steady Growth and Enterprise. ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEBEST From All tho Cities and Town of tho Thriving Sl.ter atnte ' . -Oregon. The sheen insDeotor of Benton conn. ty says there are verv few anahhv ahann in tbat oounty. Prominent men in Hennnnr uv that they will build a telephone line from aeppner to Lou a Creek, in OranS county, if they oan arrange for a satis factory bonus. . The legal complications thst bava so long arrested the operations of tba Divilblss quartz mill in Coos county, have finally been satisfactorily adjust ed, and tbe miners of tbe Johnson creek district will now have free use of the mill. , Superintendent Morrison, of the Westeren Union oonstruotion dfpart ment, hat finished receiving and stor ing at Flavel 2,000 poles tor tbe main telegraph line between Astoria and Portland. It required two aores on whioh to stack this material. While leveling off tbe grounds about the bouse on bis Blind Slough ranch, in Clatsop, Martin Impo fonnd bniried two feet in the earth an Indian stone weapon, shaped like a ship's marlin spike, having a hola bored through the handle, whiob had evidently been made by a atone implement says the Astorian, . Some very old residents claim that Rogue river was np where the Grant's Pas depot now stands in 1862. The river bed has deepened and widened very much since then, and there ia very little probability tbat it will ever overflow its left bank again. The winter of '63 made gullies and gulohet -where all waa level before. Fully 100 men are hard at work along the Alderbrook water front cut ting wood for their winter 'a use, says the Astorian. During the recent freshet hundreds of cords of wood, and about 3,000 shingle bolU from the Cowlitz river were thrown npon the beach. It was an interesting sight to see these men cutting huge logs into stove-wood lengths, and rolling them up the beaoh to their homes. They uaedT a large instrument like a pair of ice tongs with wbioh to drag the logs along. . Fisher and William Logan, brothers, were oaugbt out in the cold snap of last month in Crook oounty, while driving osttle. They left their cattle and tried to reach the cabin that was their des tination, but, thinking they oould not find it, they built a fire under a rim rock and remained there all night It was the coldest night, and others who were out say it waa thirty-four degress ' below zero. . The men made them selves a oomfortable aa they oould. They had no blankets, and while sit ting around the fire both fell asleep. and after awhile young .Logan waa awakened by Mb clothes catching On fire. On waking up he found that both of his feet were frozen. Thay also discovered when daylight came that they were in sight of the cabin. Waahington. There are said to be fully 500 oases of measles reported and unreported in Walla Walla. Tbe Northern Paoiflo Railway Com pany paid 99,008.60 taxes into the Lewis oounty treasury last week. Burglars attempted to open the safe in. the office of Indian Agent Erwin, at Fort Simooe, one night last week, but failed to get away with anything ot value. Tbe United States revenue outter Bear baa been taken to Quartermaster harbor to be put on the drydock for re pair to ber hull. A 93,000 oontraot ha been. let, and extensive repairs are to be made. Work will be resumed at the Cowee- man shingle mill, in Cowlitz oonnty, aa soon as the water recede sufficiently to permit of it Attorney Fisk will have charge ot the plant It ia the inten tion of tbe oompany to pay off all claims as soon aa possible. A mandamus sued ont to oom pel the commissioners of Jefferson oounty to make a speoial levy to pay certain road warranta was quashed last Saturday at Fort Townsend. The effect ot the de cision is thought to be to invalidate the road warrants issued under the law of March 7, 1890. It is estimated that to build the tele- pohne line from Eastern Washington to Puget sound points it will take 16, 000 poles, 1,884 miles of No. 10 bard drawn copper wire, 16,000 cross-arm and braoes and 83,000 pins and Insu lators. The estimated cost of material and labor is 973,000. Tbe Washington Mining Company has been incorporated for 91.000,000. The stock Is divided into a million shares of the par value of 91 eaoh. Tba trustees for the first six months are J. Lynch Montgomery, of New York; Ralph L. Clarke and T. E. Jefferson, of Spokane, and John L. Retallack, of Kaslo. . The last season's work at Hall & Bishop'a logging oamp, in Clallam county, ia one to be proud of. At the beginning of .the year two miles of rail road were put down, and since then tbe loggers have been busy getting out logs. The season's out amounted to 7,- 000,000 feet, most ot which was towed to Hadlook, and from there was dis tributed to different points on the Sound and British Columbia. . Forty men were employed in the eamp throughout the year, at an average ot . 93 60 per da ,