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TP H '1? MI VOL. XIV. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1897. NO. 15. OREGON EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome ot th Telegraphic Newi of the World. TERSE TICKS I EOK THE WISES the Tw HlphrS Frot4 la dnttual Wmwm, In anticipation of n Increase in tha American tariff, Canadian distiller! ar hipping large quantities of whisky to the United statea. ; Senator Lindsay, from the commltteo on Judlolary, Iiai reported tiie bankrupt or bill substantially aa It waa reported by Senator Teller, during (he kit con- great. ; ; Nineteen bnalnena bnildlnga in Bloomington, Wit., were burned. The fire originated In saloon at 1 o'olook In the morning. The total loss la $80,- 000, with light Insurance. The senate In executive amnion oon firmed the nomination of Willli Van doroiitor, of Wyoming, to be assistant attorney-general; Charles Schaller to be major, ordnance department of the " "XT' ,. :' ' '. Representative Evans, of Kentucky, haa introduced a resolution in congress requesting the preaidont to give notice that the United States would terminate at the end of twelve months the exist tng commercial reciprocity convention with the Hawaiian republic , A draft ot the treaties between the Transvaal republic and the Orange Free State have been concluded at Bloemfon- teln, the oapital of the latter republic. and are published in Pretoria. They give the burghers in eacu state a Iran cbise In either republic and the two re publics agree to support one another in case of attack. The treaties most be ratified by the volksraada of both re- ." publico.' The secretary of the treasury has au thorised the oolleotor of customs at For. dinando to lame clearance papers to the suspected filibuster Bermuda, now at that port. Theae instructions were ill sued upon reoeipt of an affidavit mode by the captain ot the Bermuda, pledge ing himself not to enter, Cuban porta nor to take on ansa or ammunition to be transferred to another vessel on the high aeoa or to do any act in violation ot the laws of the United States. The strike on the Erie canal, at Pen dleton, N, Y., has assumed a serious aspect. The stonemasons were) attacked by sixty Italians, because they refused to quit work. Sheriff Kinney ordered the Italians to return to their cabins. They refused, and were reinforced by Polacks, whereupon the sheriff and posse fired a volley at them.'' The men ran from the field. : Three Italian pa drones have been arrested and brought to Lockport. Twenty-five men are at work on the' canal under guard ot a dosen deputy sheriffs. Samuel Cosine, an old Yamhill coun ty pioneer of 1843, died at his home in McMinnville, at the age ot 78 year. The Illinois legislature It considering bill giving fre school books to all pupils of the public schools of the state. Mrs. Marcy Smith wot dragged from the bedside of her dying son in Oak land, Cl., in a orosed condition. For week she bad stood guard in a little ootUge where her only boy, Harry, has been at death 't door from pneumonia. The mother, worn out by much watch ing and suffering for want ot food, gradually lost her reason and was taken way by force to prevent her doing harm to those who had oome to nurse her boy. Police Telegraph Operator Harry Greenhoff, of the East Chicago avenue station, narrowly escaped death while ' making herolo rescue of a oliild from ! beneath the wheels ot an engine on St Paul bridge. So near did he become to being crushed that hisooat was torn off. The child he rescued wot but 4 years old, and had wandered on the bridge in front ot the fast freight train, when Greenhoff saw Its danger and rescued It, at the peril of hit own life. The question of opening the Cascade timber reserve for the herding of stock is creating a atir among prominent stockmen of Eastern Oregon. The vari ous stock associations In Wasco, Oil Ham, Crook and Sherman counties pro pose to raise fund ot $500 to pay the expenses of a delegate to Washington to properly present the, matter to con gress. The question la vital one to . sheepmen, as the dosing ot the reserve 1 to them means inch a scarcity ot range , that successful sheopraiaing in Eastern ' Oregon will be impracticable on large wale. Theodora Durrant has by no meant given ap the fight tor his life. George A. Knight has been added to his coun sel, and it now preparing a petition ask ing the supreme court for reHearing of the application previously made and denied, for a new trial. If thit peti tion, which will be sumbitted without argument, be denied, at the distriot attorney anticipates, there will only re main the possibility ot securing the in terference ot the federal courts in Dur ranft behalf. Falling In that, only the action of the president can step be tween the condemned man and the gal- loWt. v ' : - ; The Brooks locomotive works, of Dunkirk, N. Y., has resumed on full time. The force has been greatly in creased during the past week. It is expeoted the fall force will beemployed in all the departments before April I. Sylvester Scovel, the correspondent, who wot imprisoned in Cuba, has ar rived in New York on board the Begur noa, from Havana. t Mr. Scovel was in the best of health; and stated that a great deal of sympathy had been wasted on him, as he had been treated with great consideration ant kindness. WORLD'S WHEAT CROP. The Yield of Lat Year the Imallest In tlx Yun. Chicago, March 80. The Times. Herald's Washington special says: mi. ..... . . .. ine worlds wneat crop lor 1KD0 was 8,488,8011,000 bushels. This fact will ho officially announced by the secretary of agriculture in a report to be issued this week. Although the total wheat crop wa 118,000,000 bushels lent than in 180B, it was larger than earlier est! mates indicated. This was largoly due to an increase of 09,000,000 bushels In the final estimates of the central statis tical bureau, over the November est! mate of the minister of agricultuie of that country. The crop for 1898 was the smallest In six years. Regarding the distribution ot the prop of the United States for 1800, the report will state: ; The Increase In price which beiran in the fall of 1888 to stimulated sales that many parts of the country are now left with only sufficient for seed. All sec tions report an exceptionally small per- ceniage on nana, the general average Doing 80.6, against 28.8 last year, and jsliowing but 88,000,000 bushels in farmer's hands March 1. An unusnul ly small amount of the crop of 1895 re mainsbut 8 per cent, against 4.7 per cent of the 1894 crop so held a year ago. A larger proportion than usual must be retained for home consumption. The average percentage so retained is 48.8, against 41.1 last year, when the inducements to export were weaker. TWO AMENDMENTS ADOPTED. Hon Proceeding Vary Tariff Hill. Slowly with Washington, March 80. The prog ress of the bouse on the tariff bill to day was even slower than yeaterday. Only five mora pages of the 103 pages of the bill were disposed of, making fourten pages in all in the two of the five days allowed for consideration under the five-minute rule. At this rate, only thirty-one pngna of the bill will be disposed of before the bill comet to a final vote. Only two amendments were adopted today, each an amend ment on the wayt and means commit tee. All the Questions involved in the tariff, with occasional incursions into the realms of the financial theories, furnished fruitful topics for the mem bers. Fully two hours were spent in the discussion ot whether the foreigner or the oonsuiner paid tax. This ques tion bids fair to consume much more time before the debate closes. Bailey, the leader of the apportion, was absent almost all day, and Rich ardson and McMlllin bore the brunt of the hard fighting. The Democratic policy, so far as it has been disclosed, seems to be to attack the bill at every point, making trusts the especial object of assault. The Republicans are trying to advanoe the consideration by refrain ing from debate, but they are forced by the attacks of the opposition to defend their measure. MUTILATED COINS. The Penally fur Faxing Defoe : Money. Washington, March 80. Letters by the bushel have been pouring in on the treasury department, asking tor infor mation concerning the new law in rela tion to the passing of mutilated coin, although those seeking the information might, in a majority of cases, have se cured it from the United States dis trict attorney or secret service officers ot their respective localities. In brief, it may be explained that the law is in the main an extension of that against counterfeiting. It provides that the passing of mutilutod or defaced coins or the mutilation of defacement of coin for any purpose shall be held to be a criminal offense, puniuhuhle by imprisonment for a period of one to five years and a fine of 100 to $ 3,000. Under this law the practice ot present ing ladies with coins of gold or silver, with the initials of the donor engraved thereon, to be worn as bangles, will be a criminal offense. .The law also drives out of existence a number of people who have made a living by purchasing mutilated coins at a reduction from their face valuo and plugging up the holes so skillfully that the original mutilation could not be discovered. Even this kind of tamper ing with money will be regarded as an offense under the statute. The Lnarada's Voyage. Philadelphia, March 80. The fa mous filibustering steamer Laurada ar rived in the Delaware last night, after having successfully landed tiie most important expedition yet sent from this country to Cuba, and tonight is anchored in the river below Wilming ton. Hope for the Laurada's safety had been practically abandoned by all except those connected with the Cuban junta. ". ' ' '. " Wichita Lands to Be Opened. Perry, O. T., March 80. Recent advices from Washington are that the Wichita oountry, owned and occupied by the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache Indians, will be opened ny May i. J.ne gold and silver excitement in the Wich ita mountains has drawn hundreds on the border of this oountry, and the opening is expected to be of more note than any previous opening of the In dian territory lands. Washington, March 80. Snce the change of administration, over 80,000 annlicationt for positions have been filed at the postofflce department. Tb number is said to be somewhat smaller than four years ago. All the papers have been recorded and classified and the oases made up to date. Up to the close of business today the appoint ment division of the interior depart ment hasreoordod 1,000 applications for presidential positions under the Interior department. A CYCLONE IN TEXAS Great Damage Done In the Vicinity of Austin. LOSS OF LIFE IS REPORTED tlonie Wore Unroofed and Trees 1 Were Split Aaonder by ",. the Terrldo Wind. Austin, Tex., March 80. Today the city and country was visited by a cy clone that did great damage. The wind oame from tiie southwest, and blew at a rate of about aixty miles an hour for nearly twenty minutes, tearing down trees or splitting them asunder with terrifio force. Several clectrio towers were blown down, and quite a number of houses in the residence portion wore blown down, and in several cases nar row escapes from death are reported. The new unoccupied residenoe of Burt McDonaly was blown down, strik ing against the residenoe of William Vlning, knocking in one side of the building. Two children who were in the room playing narrowly escaped. The roofs of a number of residences were torn off, and in addition to doing much damage to the state university, the wind blew off the entire roof ot the adjoining dormitory. Great damage was done to the building, and the prop erty of the 80 studenta therein, many of whom fled for their lives when the roof was carried away. The roof was carried 100 yards, crushing the roof of a cottage in which four people were seat ed, but none were even Injured, though they were entombed by falling debris. A ohurah just to the north of the university hod the entire east side blown in and waa unroofed, the wind Carrying the roof a block away. The residenoe of Dr. Graves, immediately north of the church, wot lifted from its foundation and twisted completely around and set down in the same place. o badly damaged, however, that none (of the doors could be opened to permit the escape of the frightened inmates. The small town of Clarksville, near this city, was swept by the wind, and many horses were killed by flying de bris, while a number ot small houses were blown down, though fortunately the inmates were not killed. Several were badly maimed, however. With the terrific wind came a driving rain, that wot little short of a flood, and twept everything before it Persons arriving on the evening trains bring reports from the surround ing country that the storm was general in this section. The small town of Bua was roughly, handled by the storm, quite a number of houses being blown down, and one or two persons killed, though their names are not obtainable, owing to the; faot that most of the telegraph wiresj are down, and news is very meager. This is the worst storm that has ever visited this section, and it has laid waste everything in its track, but for tuuately so far few deaths are reported! The storm wat over in an hour, and the sun came out as brightly as though nothing had happened. At Culvert. Calvert, Tex., March 80. Late de tails of the storm show that the loss ot property will reach into the thousands. Many fine dwellings were demolished. At Calvert an old lady and two child ren were in their house and were fa tally injured by the collapse of the building, which was partly burned, notwithstanding the torrents of rain. The loos to property in and around Cal vert is estimated at 9100,000. Many roofs and ohimncys were blown down. People living here for twenty-five years say they never witnessed inch a fearful storm. All telephone as well as tele graph lines were prostrated. - Bad Fire la Fortamouth, Virginia. Norfolk, Va., March 80. A fire oc curred at Portsmouth this morning, making many farailies homeless and causing (100,000 damage. Fire origi nated in Whitehirst'a hall, corner of Green and Glasgow streets, and burned the block to London street A high wind swept the flames southward, and at 3 A. M. the steeple ot the Catholio ohurah, three blocks away, caught fire from a brand. In less than half an hour the edifice was in ruins. The flames spread to a row of residences on High street, and, while they were burning, the flying sparks caused an other blase In Newton, about i mile away. Assistance was rendered from Norfolk and while the fire was at its height the militia was called out to protect property and aid the firemen. ,.' '.' ' Made New Record. '. - San Francisoo, March 80 The Mer chants' Exchange has a dispatch from London announcing the arrival of the British ship Militiades, which sailed from this port on Deoember 99, making the trip in eighty-four days. , This is the fastest time on record tor a sailing vessel between San Francisoo and Lon don. The Miltiadea was grain laden, oharterod by G. W. McNear. To AbolUh Capitol PunUhment. Denver, March 89. The state senate passed the Engley bill providing for the abolition ot capital punishment. The bill recently passed the house, and now only awaits the governor's signa ture. . .. ' ' New York Hotel Mjr.tery, New York, March 80. Anthony Marshall, who was found unconscious yesterday in the Marine hotel, while two women were lying dead in the same apartment, all having been over come by illuminating gas, died today in the hospital where he hod been taken, without recovering his senses. The two women were identified by rela tives at the morgue. : Dr. Koch is said to have discovered another anti-tuberculin. COULD NOT TOUCH IT. Hone Dflmwriti Tried to Amond the Tariff Hill, i Washington, March 29. The tariff bill was thrown open for amendment under the B-minute rule in the house today. Seven, weary hours of work only served to dispose of nine pages of the 168 pages of the bill. All the amendments offered by the Democrats were rejected. Three slight amend ments by the committee, were adopted, and also an amendment by Mahaney to increase the duty on white lead from )i cents to 8 oents per pound, the rate In the act of 1890. The present duty is cents Mahaney said the in crease was asked for by a concern which was independent of the lead trust. It was adopted by a strict party vote. Tiie discusaion covered a wide range of political topics, and at times was interesting. . By far the most important feature of the day was the attempt of Dockery, Cooper and others, backed by the entire opposition, to secure a vote on an amendment' offered in a multitude of forms, which provided that in case it should be shown to the satisfaction of the president that any article made dutiable by the. bill was controlled by a trust or combination, the duty upon such article should be suspended. Ding ley made the point of order that the amendment was not germane to the du tiable list, and would not be in order nntil the tree list was reached. For almost three hours this point of order was gono over and mode the subject of criminations and recriminations. The Democrats contended that if the amendment was ruled out it would never be voted upon, as the free list, in all human probability, would not be reached before the final vote was taken. The olmir sustained the point of order. An appeal was taken, but the chair was sustained by a strict party vote 158 tO 104. ... 77; .... ... . In the Senata. : Washington, Maroh 29. Another brief discussion of the civil service bill occurred during the open session of the senate today, Mr. Gal linger presented several forms. issued by the civil serv ice commission to substantiate his re cent statement that certain applicants for office were required to hop on one foot for twelve feet. He said his state ment had been challenged by several penny-a-liners and by one member of the civil service commission. The sen ator read tho "hopping provision" and several other questions as to the weight and height of typesetters, which he characterized as absurd. Referring to the size and weight requirement, Gal linger said: "Phil Sheridan could not ,:' have served the government if the civil service commission aould have got at him."' .-. The latter was referred to the civil service committee. A resolution was adopted asking the president for information as to the death ot American sailors at Santiago de Cuba; also resolutions asking the attorney-general for information of any proposition to sell the Union Pacific railroad. , Owing to the public demand for copies of the recent decision of the su preme court sustaining the anti-trust laws applicable to railroads, it was de termined to print the majority and mi nority opinions as a senate document Large Bum to Charity. New York, March 89. The World confirms the report that Baroness Hirsch is about to expend $1,600,000 in charity in this city. Oscar Strauss, ex-minister to Turkey and trustee of the Baron Hirsoh fund, which expends for charitable and educational purposes the income of 13,400,000 annually, says that Baroness Hirsch has appropri ated a sum sufficient to buy land and put up a building for the Baron Hirsch trade sohool to be established. She has further appropriated $1,000, 000 for the building of model houses for the poor in the tenement district or wherever the trustees of the fund may determine. In addition she will build a working girls' home on plans similar to those of other homes she has built abroad. The baroness has authorized the edu cational alliance, whose work is chiefly among the Russian Hobrews, to pay off at her expense the 1 00,000 mortgage on its property. Probably a Murder. , Tacoma, Wash., March 89. Peter Olson, a horse trader, who always car ried large sums of money on his per son, was struck on the head tonight with a large cold chisel, by some per son unknown, and will die. Olson was in a lonely part of the city, and was not found till about 8:80 P. M. Just how long he had been lying there is not known. When found, there was only a $10 bill in his watch fob, but near his body was a 60-cent piece and his keys. The police have no due fur ther than the cold .chisel the deed was done with. The doctors say Olson can not recover nor regain consciousness, as the weapon was driven in his head to the base of the brain. Oermany Step Out. ; Constantinople, March 29. It is as serted here tonight, on what is regard ed as reliable authority, that, in conse quence of the refusal of Lord Salisbury to join in a blockade of Greek ports, Germany has given notioe to the pow ers of her intention to withdraw from the concert. - ' Flro In The Dalles Coreet Factory.. The Dalles, Or., March 29. From ashes in a paper box was started a fire in the corset factory over the Van Nor den jewelry store at 8 o'olock this morning. Prompt action by the fire department prevented serious damage. Van Nordon's loss amounts to $200, fully oovered by insurance. 7 A great international congress of science will be held at Dover, England, and across the channel at Boulogne, France. . GENERAL DEBATE ENDS I Tariff to Be Discussed in Five-Minute Speeches. NOTHING EXCITING OCCURRED Credential of the New Florida Ren a tor Were Referred to tho Election Commute. Washington, March 27. The four days' general deabte in the house on the Dingley tariff bill closed tonight. The bill will now be open for debate nnder the five-minute rule for five days, when the vote will be taken. Bailey, the opposition leader, who was to have closed the general debate for his side today, was unable to make his speech, owing to a sore throat, and a mutual arrangement was made for an hour's debate on each side just before the final vote is taken. The speech-making today was not of a very lively order, but the crowds m the galleries continued. Five members of the ways and means committee spoke today Tawney, Dal acll, Russell, Payne and Stone. Tiie other speakers at the session were Tal- bert, Clark, Muguire, Gunn, Cox, Mc- Rae, Grow, Simpson, Curtis, Burke, Lentz, Colson, Haw ley, DeArmond and Fitzgerald. . . . '"',;7- The Routine Report. wasnington, March 27. This was the last day of the general debate on the tariff bill in the house. Talbert, Democrat, of South Carolina, in the presence of a scant audience, opened the debate. The house rapidly filled, Talbert talked a great deal about robber barons. Champ Clark, Democrat, of Missouri, followed. Ho said as a Democartic politician he rejoiced in the passage of the pending bill, because after it bad become a law every storekeeper would be obliged to make a Democratic speech every time be made sale. The pass age of this bill, bo said, would give the Democrats s hundred majority in the next congressional election. After brief remarks by Muguire, Deni' ocrat, of California, and Gunn, Popa list, of Idaho, Tawney, Republican, of Minnesota, member of the ways and means committee, took the floor for twenty minutes. Tawney defended the lead schedule, winch had been attacked by Gunn. The latter said he had no criticism to make of the rates. He only asked that they be collected. Tawney asserted the classification of this schedule wob snoh that the duties could not be evaded. The purpose of the framers of the schedule was to give American labor employment in smelt ing Mexican and Canadian ores, and at the same time fully protect the Ameri can lead miner. Simpson, Populist, of Kansas, enter tained the house for five minutes. He read from McKinley 'a speech at the Minneapolis convention a declaration that the foreigner paid the tax, whUh be ridiculed. The last congress, he said increased the appropriation $50, 000,000, and now, according to Mc Kinley 's theory, taxes on . foreigners were to be increased to pay for extrava gance. The foreigner should be glad, he said that the last congress bad not been a two-billion-dollar congress. If the taxes of the foreigner could be suffi ciently increased, he-observed sarcastic ally, the surplus could be distributed among our people and every day would be Sunday here. (Laughter.) Simpson said he was himself a farmer who farmed farms, not farmers. If the Republicans had desired to do some thing practical for the farmers, why, he asked, had they left hides on the free list? Simpson announced himself a free-trader. Cox and Mi-Rae of Arkansas followed. The latter ridiculed the. idea that pros perity had existed under the McKinley law, or would exist nnder the Dingley bill, if it became law. Grow, the venerable ex-speaker, made a general speech in favor of the theory of protection. The latest Democratic cry of more money and less taxes, he said, was preposterous. Dulzell reviewed the results of the Wilson and McKinley laws and de nounced the ad valorem system as giv ing opportunity for immense underval uation. The Senate Prooeedlug. Washington, March 27. The senate had a half-hour open session early in the day and thon was four hours in ex ecutive session on tho arbitration treaty and resumed the open session to go on the bankruptcy bill. The latter meas ure, generally known as the Torrey bankruptcy bill, was read at length and Nelson offered a substitute differing in a number of particulars from the com mittee bill. Tho debate has not yet opened. Amended credentials were presented in behalf of John W. Henderson, ap pointed by the governor of Florida to the seat vaoatod by Call. : It brought out a statement from Hoar, acting ohair man of the committee on privileges and eleotions, that action on the pending election oases was delayed by the un certainty as to the committee organiza tion in the senate. The revised cre dentials were referred to the elections committee. ' Spoouer suggested that the question had already been elaborately argued and settled settled both ways. "The inference from that sugges tion," pursued Stewart, "is .that we vote on theae cases aocording to our political convictions." The manner of settling this is by means of an international agreement for the free coinage of silver," re marked Hoar, facetiously. ; "When that is accomplished, the senator from Nevada will have no further objec tions." ; ALL GOING TO PI EC to. We tern Tram Aasoelatlona Are Break- ' Ing V. , . , Chicago, Maroh 29. The Chicago tk Northwestern, the Missouri Pacific and the St Louis ft San Francisco filed no tices of withdrawal .today from all the traffic associations ot which they were members. The Louisville 6c St. Lonit Air Line also withdrew from the South ern States Association, of which it wat a member. , A meeting of executive officers of Western roads wat held today at the office of the third vice-president of the Santa Fe to talk over the situation. At the close, however, it wot announced that no concerted action had been de cided upon, and none wat likely to be. The more the decision of the supreme court it considered, the more clearly does it appear that not a vestige of ground it left traffio associations, aa they have heretofore been conducted, an which to stand. All that now re mains for the roads to do is to direct their energies toward securing legisla tion that will open some way for them to conserve their interests and prevent their revenue from being dissipated. None of the associations attempted to do anything today. No circulars were issued by any one of them, and no at tempts were made to enforce observ ance of agreements. As yet, no rate cutting has been resorted to as a result of the action of the association. The roods are attending to routine busi ness, and seem to be afraid to take ag gressive action of any kind. A mass meeting of passenger men, representing the Western, Transconti nental, Ohio river and Southern lines, was held today. It was entirely in formal, no resolutions being adopted or concerted action of any kind agreed to. BRYAN'S ROYALTIES. A Committee Appointed Kipend Half tho Amount. Lincoln, Neb., March 29. W. J. Bryan will give half the royalties from the sale of his book, "The First Bat tle," to the cause of bimetallism, and has appointed a committee, whose duty it will be to properly expend the funda reserved for that purpose. The com mittee is composed of the following per sons: Senator J. K. Jones, ot Arkan sas; Senator H. M. Teller, of Colorado; Senator Allen, of Nebraska, and A. J. Warner, president of the National Bi metallic Union. In answer to his publishers, W. B. Conkey & Co., Chicago, stating that $16,000 was due him as royalty on the first month s tales, Mr. Bryan at once instructed them to forward $4,500 to Mr. Jones; 1,500 to Warner, $1,500 to Allen and $500 to Teller, and certified checks for these amounts were sent to day. ' Mr. Bryan based his division on the vote he received from the fonr parties represented by the gentlemen named. Brother Fought a Duel. Greensburg, Ind., March 89. G- , and Calvin Holmes, brothers, fought a duel to the death near Moore's Hill, yesterday. They were twina, 82 years old. They were members of a promi nent and wealthy family. Miss Higgs, over whom they fonght, is 20 years old, the daughter of one of the wealthiest families in the county. About a year ago George Holmes began paying attentions to Misa Higgs, and was favorably reoeived. Lost Christ mas hit brother Calvin returned from college and met the young lady at a neighborhood dance. They at once seemed smitten with each other, and this aroused the jealousy of the girl's lover. Nothing wat known of hit feel ings, however, until Sunday night when Miss Higgs jilted him for his brother, and a quarrel ensued. . Yesterday the brothers met in the road. They quarreled and struck each other, when Calvin fired. . Several shots were exchanged, when George dropped dead. Calvin is wounded over the heart. .7-:-' Tho Tohat Maaaaere. ' Constantinople, March 29. ' The Greek patriarch issued an official re port that there were 700 persons, in cluding a number of Greeks, killed in the recent massacres at Tokat. The porte, fearing an outbreak here, has ar rested eight Armenian suspects. It is stated that the sultan is solicit ing an explanation, through the Turk ish ambassador at St Petersburg, of the concentration of Russian troops upon the Turkish frontiers. On the other hand, the rumor is revived of the existence of a secret treaty, by tiie terms of which Russia undertakes to uphold the integrity of Turkey; who thereby becomes her vassal. It is al leged there can be no other reason for Russia's unexpected attitude toward Greece. Found Half Starved. Tocoma, Wash., March 29. Offloer Desmond, while partolling his beat to day, beard a child screaming. On in vestigation he found a half-starved ohild chained to the wall of a foul cel lar. Frank Tocum claims to be the father of the child. The child was turned over to the Society for the Pre vention of Cruelty ot Children and the police are investigating the matter and will probably arrest Yocum. : . An electric roller for massage pur poses is composed of plates of copper and lino and generates its own elec tricity. Klncald Unchanged. Salem, Or.. March 29. The state board of agriculture held a meeting here today. The members of the board claim that the act creating the board carries the appropriation, and Secretary of State Kinoaid was waited upon to ascertain if warrants would be issued for the fair. Secretary Kincaid reas serted hit former declaration! that no warrants would be drawn for the agri cultural societies, unlest oompelled by update of oou- . NORTHWEST BREVITIES evidence , of Steady Growth and Enterprise. ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST From All tho Cities and Town of : tho ThrlTlna- tutor ft tea Oregon '.7V" . About forty tons of corn are oelng shipped from Nebraska to Dallas. The principal of the Jacksonville public schools it paid $1,000 a year. Eleven hundred sacks of potatoes were shipped south by the latest steamer out of Coos bay. An eagle wot shot on the Siuslaw last week that measured seven feet from tip to tip and weighed ten pounds. The grand jury in Douglas county re ported that the county jail in Roeeburg is insecure, for the safe custody of pris oners. Frosts in Umatilla county have in placet taken off the tops of the grain a little, but no serious damage has been sustained. Farmers in Sherman county have about finished plowing and arc now waiting for the ground to dry enough to begin seeding. A boy living near Centerville, in Washington county, a few days ago shot a hawk on the wing that measured four feet six inches from tip to tip. Lambing has begun on some of the sheep ranches in Sherman county, and, in spite of unfavorable weather, a good percentage of the lambs is being saved. Commissioner Lee, of Fremont, Neb., who at one time mode annual purchases of sheep in Grant county, has returned again thit year, and will buy a band. The sheriff of Crook county prevent ed a jail break last week by discovering in tmie a hole in the jail wall that one of the prisoners had dug out with a case-knife.' Coyotes are Increasing so fast near Hayes bill, in Josephine county, that the number of quail, large gray squir rel and other small game is rapidly dis appearing. The county court of Harney, at its recent session, ordered the new Burns road opened. The road is to extend straight westward from the bridge near Saver's mill, to the south end of the town of Burns. It costs tu i city of Pendleton about $50 every time a fire alarm is turned in, whether the fire amounts to any thing or not, and it ia suggested that some mora economical arrangement thonld be made with the firemen. Joseph Hall, who was found dead near Medford lost week, with a bullet hole in hit head, bavine been shot ' from behind, was a bachelor, and about 45 years of age. He had lived on ELk creek, where he waa killed, about two years. Washington. .- - A warm wave brought relief to the etockraisert in Adams county lost week. The plan of spreading disease among the squirrels by inoculating some ot : them and turning them loose will be tried in Adams county. . ; : , The severe weather and a lack of feed was the cause of several hundred head of stock dying, one man losing at the - rate of seven head a day. Scarcely any plowing has been done around Oakesdsle, but as the snow is now , rapidly melting, and the ground is not frozen, a large acreage will be put to wheat. The commissioners tent to. North Yakima to treat with the Yakima In dians for the sale of their lands have left for Montana, being unable to ac complish anything. - The Indians along the Sans Poil are busy pulling up the location stakes that . were driven on the Colville reservation bars by the locators that expected to tee the reservation opened. A band of horses and oattle has been started from Rock oreek valley for the bald hills of the., SU Mary's, where there is plenty of feed. The farmers in Rock oreek valley have run out of feed. Taxes are being paid into the county treasury in Spokane at a rate that may make it unnecessary for the county to negotiate a loan for $36,000 with which to pay interest on the county's funding bonds. ... '. 7. : The hunters of Pierce county will meet to the number of about 100, and drive Fox island, from end to end, on April IT, for the purpose of slaughter ing coons and othor "varmints" on the idland. Gin Pon, a Chinese, who was con victed of murdering Lee Tong in Spo kane, has been denied a rehearing by the supreme court, and will now be re sentenced to hang, unless there should ' be an appeal to the United States su preme oourt. , A sawmill and box factory is being erected near the Great Northern depot in Wenatchee. This location will be convenient for fruit shippers this season as they . can unload their fruit, and, without going out of the way, take on a load of boxes for the return trip. Tacoma's lumber manufacturing con cerns are unusually busy just now. The St. Pa" I and Tacoma mill is running day and night to get out the orders. The Wheeler-Osgood Company began to ran day and night last week. The 00m pany haa reoently been getting out the largest order ever placed with a Ficifio Northwest firm for lumber for Africa. The Tacoma mill is kept busy turning out the fir lumber. The printers' copy of the senate journal of the recent legislature is ready to be turned over to the state printer.