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EGON H VOL. XIV. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1897. NO. 16. r OR .Lv.il. JL rV7 1L EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome ot tht Telegraphic Newt of the World. TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIEES A a hUrattlBt Colleotlsa or Item From th Two Bonilsnher rroMated ! Condensed tn A bill making Immediately available $900,000 for Having life ml property along th Mississippi hat been agreed to in congress in an amended form and sent to tlia president for Ml lignature. United BUt.- Minister Denby, at Pekln, has notified the department of state that, aa a result of the effort! of the British government, China ha con sented to open to commerce Went river, which la altuated in Canton, and at the mouth of whioh Ilea Hong Kong. Representative Spanieling, of Michi gan, haa Introduced in the house joint reaolutlon providing for the annexation of Hawaii to the United State. It givea content of congress that the Sand wich island be made into the state of Hawaii, with republican form of gov ernment. , Captain E. W. Reed, of the ahlp T. F. Oakea, waa arrested in New York on warrant Issued by the United Btatea court. The Oakea la the ahip on which, during Us last voyage, there waa much suffering and several doatha, re sulting, aa alleged, from insuffloleut food. The issue raised between Peru and the United Statu with regard to the imprisonment of Ramsey, the American sailor, is becoming a serious matter. The Pornvlan government refuse to accede to the demand of the United State minister, McKensie, to set Ram sey at liberty immediately. An attempt waa made to destroy Al toona, Pa., four inaendiury Area being kindled in different parts of the city be tween the hours of 1 1 and 1 :80 o'clock. Prompt work by the fire department alone saved the town from possible de struction. The entire low will aggre gate between $50,000 and $00,000. Word la received In Brooklyn of the death from jungle fever lust Jannary, in Central Africa, of Samuel H. Ar mour, a young physialun in the service of the Belgian government. Dr. Ar mour was well known socially and among the medical fraternity of Brook lyn. He obtained hi eduoation at the Long Island college hospital. He I a nephew of Justice Walker, of Ohio. ' Governor Rogers, of Washington, ha hopes of being able to retain all companies of the atate militia now In service. While the meager appropria tion would not allow more than sis, or at most eight, companies, if they re ceived the full allowance, arrangements may be made to allow one-half of the (former appropriation to ooinpanie In smaller towna where armory rent la cheaper and expenses are less. : It is reimrted In Washington that President McKInley will shortly send a commission to Cuba to participate in the investigation of the Ruls murder. The United Press, having It prin cipal office in New York, haa made an assignment for the benefit of it credit or. , The collapse waa due to the with drawal of four New York dailies. Eight lives were lost by the wrecking off Pensacola bar, Fla., of an oyster sloop bound hence from Ht. Andrews. The craft wn caught in a squall, was swamped and sank within a few min utes. The sultan of Morocco has prohibit ed the usual pilgrimage of his subjects to Mecca, on account of the prevalonoe of plague in the districts th rough which they must travel on their journey to the hrine. Captain Meyers, of the steamer Dan. nbe which haa arrived in Victoria, re port that the steamer Willnpa la now a complete wreck, waves having pound ed her to pieces. The captain and pas sengers are still at Bella Bella. The secretary of state has sent the following Identical note to all maritime powers, about thirty or thirty-six in number: "The Grant municipal in augural committee has requested the president to officially invite the mari time nation to send warships to par citipate in the ceremonies on April 87 next, when the Grant Monument Asso ciation will formally deliver to tho city of New York the tomb ot General Grant, ereoted by voluntary subscrip tion, at Riverside park. It will be gratifying to this government if this Invitation oould be accepted." The secretary of the treasury is in re ceipt of Information from the minister of Toklo, Japan, that during the pres ent session of the Japanese diet, a gov ernmental coinage bill will be presented for consideration by that body, which will, If passed, change the standard of value In Japan from silver to gold. It is proposed to fix the government ratio between the two metals at 82 to 1. The unit of value will be a gold yen, which will be one-half the weight and value of the old gold yen, which is the same weight and fineness as the gold dollar of the United States. The proposed unit of value will, therefore, be the ex act equivalent of GO cents in United States money. . ; Two men were killod and four seri ously Injured by an explosion in the South Water-street canal, Chicago. The explosion took pluce 8,800 feet under the lake, where an excavation was be ing made for a water-supply inlet. A oareful canvass of Western and Northwestern roads develops the fact there is no demoralization of rates. The most imperative orders have been Issued by the executive officers of each Western line, forbidding the cutting or manipulation of rates, BETTER THAN CANNING THEM. 1 Japan Said to Offer a Market fur Moun tain Bang Worses. San Francisco, April 6. It is more than probable that a new market ia about to open for the great herds of range horses of the Pacific coast. Since the close of the Chlno-Japanese war, the Japanese government ha been re organising its army and from now on a large oavalry force is to be maintained. Previous to the war, the Japanese cav alry was about 30,000 strong, and was supplied from government horse-breeding establishments. When, however, at the outbreak of hostilities, drafts were made upon these establishments, It was found that only S percent of the animals were really serviceable. Official at Toklo have recently been considering the small,' weedy range animals of Australia, and it is said that when United State Consul Bell, at Melbourne, learned of this fact, he called attention to the Amerioan range horse as being even better suited to the needs of the Japanese government. Several Japanese resident in thi city, who are considered authorities on the matter, and who have made a study of Japanese horses and the Japanese horsemen, are emphatic in their in dorsement of the Amerioan range horse. President Tetsutrao Aoki, of the Yokohama Specie bank, of this city, said today that undoubtedly the Ameri can horse will (III all requirement "The horse most suitable for the Japanese cavalry," he said, "should be a tough a rawhide, not over gentle and not too dainty in the matter of od der. I would unhesitatinlgy say that the best horses for the home govern ment could be selooted from herds that thrive so well on the plains of Eastern Waahington, Eastern Oregon, Califor nia and the other mountain atate. It only remain for those most interested to bring the matter properly before the Japanese government inoder to open up a big market for these animals." WRECK ON SHORT LINE. The Weitbound Paeaenger Trula Dltehed With Fatal Keeult. Salt Lake, April 6. The westbound through passenger train on the Oregon Short Line was ditchod near Malad, Idaho, at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. The engine and the first four cars passed over the switch safely, but the fifth car, a tourist sleeper, passenger coach and two Pullman sleepers were completely overturned and demolished with fatal result. P. Kennedy, of Kansas City, was killed, and several were Injured seriously. The accident waa caused by a broken switch-frog. It la believed that tramp had tampered with the switch shortly before the train passed. The officials of the road started from Salt Lake immediately upon bearing of the aooident, taking a number of phy sicians. The injured were taken to Boise, where they will be cared for. The track was cleared by 7 o'clock in the evening. The damage to the rail road ws about $4,000, not Including a coach of the Oregon Railroad Sc Navi gation Company, whioh was entirely destroyed. CHARITY AT HOME. Governor Leedy Bays Kansas Haa Xo Cora for India SuOrr. Kansas City, April 6. A special to the Times from Topeka, says: The Christian Herald relief committee tele graphed Governor Leedy from New York today, asking how muoh oorn Kansas would give the famine sufferers of India. The governor has not re plied to the telegram. He said tonight that he thought Kansas should give her spare corn to the sufferers along the Mississippi river, leaving England to take care of India. Munos Busy Fitting Out Expedition!. New York, April 6. The United State authorities here have information that Colonel Emilio Nunes, who is wanted for organizing and taking part in a doacn or more filibustering expedi tions, has within the past few days re turned to this country from Cuba. It is also hinted that Nunc is hiding hereabouts, having oome to New York with Dr. Joaquin de Castillo, who, af ter forfeiting his bond, surrendered himself last week and was allowed to give new bail for trial. Colonel Emilio Nnnes distinguished himself as a daring oavalry leader during the ten years' war. It is said that since the breaking out of the ' present struggle Nune haa been engaged in organising and sending men, arms and ammunition to Cuba. He waa tried here last winter for break ing the neutrality laws in one of the Bermuda expeditions, but the jury dis agreed. . 1 - - ! ' . Crasr Farmer" Deed. Huraansville, Mo., April 6. What i almost certain to result in a double tragedy oocurred last night near Wen bloau, Hickory county. Sam Smith, a young farmer, attaoked his aged step mother, Mrs. Smith, with a corn-knife. Her sister, Mrs. Cox, ran to her assist ance, and Smith hacked both women on their heads, shoulders and arms, until they were nnoonscious. He then went to the home of a neighbor and reported that he had killed them. Both women are olose to 60 yean old, and neither oan live. Smith was arrested, and taken to Hermitage. He 1 believed to be insane. The cause of the trouble wa a refusal of Mr. Smith to rent her farm to her stepson. Will Not Be An Ambaeaador. ; ; Washington, April 6, The state de partment ha received notloe from the Turkish government that it finds it in convenient to raise the grade of Its mis sion in Washington to that of an em bassy on account of the increased ex pense incurred. This decision of the Turkish government will prevent th president, under the existing law, from nominating ex-Seoretary John W. Fos ter as ambassador to Constantinople, a it ia understood was hi desire. STOPPED BY VESUVIUS Sanguilly's Cuban Expedition Was a Failure. ACTIVE WORK OF THE CRUISER Captured th - Tugboat Alexander Jones Bermuda Overhauled Out ; side tho Three-Mile Limit. Jacksonville, Fla., April 6. The Jrulser Vesuvins prevented a Cuban expedition from leaving Fernandina last night, and captured the tug Alexander Jones, of Wilmington, N. C. The cruiser left her suddenly yes terday afternoon upon information from Spanish Vioe-Consul Fotous that in expedition would leave Fernandina it 13 o'clock at night The cruiser went down the river and anohored off Fernandina bar. At 13 o'clock a tug with only two lights at the mastheai wa seen to approach and a flashlight at the Vesuvius was thrown upon her. Die tug proved to be the Alexander Jones, and the captain gave as an ex ause for his presenoe that he was wait ing for tow. An offioer from the Ve uvius wa placed aboard, and the cruiser went to sea in search of the Ber muda, which waa expected.' . A steamer was finally seen coming from the sooth, having the same sig nal displayed as those of the Jones. The flashlight was used, at which the iteamer turned and started in another direction. A signal from the Vesuvius brought the steamer to a standstill, however, and she was seen to be tho Bermuda. She waa outside the three mile limit and under the British flag,' to the commander of the Vesuvius had no authority to detain her. The Ber muda apparently had no cargo, stand ing very bigb out of the water. The Jones wa escorted into Port Fernan dina and turned over to Collector ot Custom Baltsell, who plaoed a deputy aboard. The tug will probably be fined for violation of the navigation law In having only two light dis played. The plan of the Cubans was for Gen eral Sangnilly to leave this city with a party of Cubans for Fernandina. A tug wa to tow two lighter loaded with arms, ammunition and men to the bar, where they were to be met by the Jones, with coal and provisions aboard, and everything was to be transferred to the Bermuda. The quick aotion of the Vesuvius prevented their plan from be ing carried out. IMPORTANT UNDERTAKING. I'nlqne Scheme of O. K. JtV to Beaeh SeTea Davlls Country. Lewiston, Idaho, April 8. The O. R. As N. Co. ha undertaken an Import ant improvement on the Upper Snake river. The development of the Beven Devils mining district haa created a de mand for a new traffio route for the transportation of concentrate and smelting ores. The Oregon Short Line 1 approaching this mining belt from the south, and will-pas east of the range of rugged mountain. The most important copper deposits are on the west side of the mountain, and near the Snake river. This fact and the fur ther fact that the Portland market is nearer than the Denver market haa stimulated the Interest In this new line. It is claimed that Marous Daly and other copper magnates are active pro moters of this scheme. The present plan of the company is to extend the Summerville branch of the O. R. & N. to Snake river, Bixty miles above the mines, and to improve the river for that distance so that navi gation will be entirely practicable. It is known that the present condition ot the river is dangerous and of unsatisfac tory depth. The plan of improvement now under consideration ia unique. Captain Eph Boughman has been sent to the scene ot proposed operations to pass upon the feasibility .of the new system. The river, after an even course of 100 miles, enters Big canyon, which is a veritable chute of ten miles, with perpendicular walls hundreds of feet high on each tide. At the bead of this chute the river is very narrow, and the walls are very high. The plan of improvement is to blast down the bluff walls and dam the river, creating a smooth chan nel past and above all the present ob structions to navigation. The work is generally supposed to be to meet an emergency. It i estimated that freight can be forwarded over this line within ninety days. As the camps advance, the freight traffio will also in crease, and it i believed a railroad down the Snake will be a commercial necessity in the near future. The faot that a Western outlet is sought tor this new and important mining district is a subject of congratulation. It will oer tainly extend the transporation facili ties to the relief of interior points like Lewiston and build up the terminal cities on these lines of traffic. Work of Counterfeiter!. Counterfeit $10 gold pieces have made their appearance . in Spokane. They have appeared in two kinds. One is of a base metal resembling copper. The other is a gold piece carrying aa excess of alloy. Two Women Seriously Wounded. Kincaid, Kan., April 6. Mrs. W. H. Burkey and her daughters, Eftle and Jennie Klrby, were shot and seriously wounded today by George Miller, of Moran. After his murderous deed, Miller drove away and hunted np Dr. Bplawn, whom he told to go to the home of Mrs. Burkey and "do some bullet pulling." Miller was arrested later and attempted to kill the officer, who wounded him and then safely landed him in jai RIVERA TO BE SHOT. Indignation In Havana at HI Intended Execution. New York, April 6. A Havana dis patch to the World says: General Rivera probably will be shot soon, as General Weyler has given or ders that he be tried by court-martial and shot Immediately. He may be put to death on Saturday, in spite of his wounds, or the Spanish may, cure him, and then shoot him. ; The certain exe cution of the brave, wounded prisoner of war excites indignation and disgust here. No other alleged civilized na tion Is capable of such an aot. Colonel Baocaloa, who tried to carry off bis wounded commander on his back, although himself wounded, will die with him. - It is predicted that these executions will provoke General Gome to shoot all Spanish piiaoners hereafter Instead of releasing them. The Cubans are not disheartened at the loss of General Rivera. Tbey say General Roloff is in Pinar del Rio, and will become second in command of the whole army. - Insurgent in great number are coming from the East, and concentrat ing in Havana province. They have plenty of ammunition and good cav alry. A World courier from Santa Clara reports seeing one column of 1,600 well-mounted, well-armed insur gent passing west toward Matanzus. Thi same courier says a very large ex pedition has landed near Reraedios, and that most of the arms are for the western provinces. General Weylor remains in Cienmegos. He, ia better, but still sick, and is " doing nothing effective. Permission asked by Mr. Marriott, a colleague of Mr. Crosby, the corre spondent of the Chicago Record, killed in the field, to go and secure the body and effects, has been refused by the au thorities. Minister de Lome wired the request, and General Lee seconded it Mr. Marriott took General Lee's letter to the palace, but General Ahumada refused to see him, saying the request could not be granted. NO TIME WAS LOST. The Mew Board or Control In Charge In Washington. Olympia, Wash., April 5. The new board of audit and control waa organ ised this morning, with Governor Rog ers ex-officio chairman. M. H. Holmes, of Seattle, was appointed clerk of the board, at a salary of $1,000 per an num. The board appointed Dr. F. L. Goddard, of Tacoma, superintendent of the hospital for the insane in Steila ooom, to succeed Dr. Waughop. The resignation of H. L. Achilles, com mander of the soldiers' home in Orting, was called for, and 8. M. Allen, of Se attle, was appointed. Warden Mus grove, ot the state penitentiary, waa re moved, and Deputy Warden C. E. Reed was placed in charge for the present. The salaries of two accountant at Eastern and Western Washington hos pitals for the Insane were reduced to $1,000 yearly for eaoh. . .Traveling Auditor Ernest Lister will leave for Steilacoom in the morning to investigate the condition of affairs at the asylum there, after that he will go east of the mountains. The board appointed J. B. Gehr olerk of the penitentiary. The Boy Showed riuek. North Yakima, Wash., April 5. Harry Steele, a boy of 14, was knocked 'down in this city this morning by sev eral freight cars, during a flying switch. He fell between the rails, but was "nervy" enongh to lie quiet until all of the car passed over him, though ! the whMtla nniumi nvnr Fiia rivht hand and mashed it so that amputation of three finger was necessary. The oars were loaded with rock, and were not seen by the boy, who was watching the engine on another track. The boy showed pluck all through the affair, saying he was glad it wasn't hia head that had to be amputated. . ' Bobbed and Beaten tn Spokane. Spokane, Wash., April 6. J. M. Olmstead, a groceryman, waa held np early this evening at the corner of Sixth and Washington streets by two highwaymen. The men aaked for his money. He refused to give it up, and they set upon him and beat him nearly into insensibility. They then took from Olmeteaef $40 in gold and silver and made their escape. The means of identification are small. This ia the third hold-up ot the week. Two Anibueaadors Nominated. ' Washington, April 6. The president today sent the following nominations to the senates Andrew D.White, of New York, am bassador extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Germany. William F. Draper.of Massachusetts, ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Italy. Chandler Hale, of Maine, secretary of the embassy at Rome, Italy. Samuel L. Graoey, consul at Fu Chai, China. Anson Burlingame Johnson, of Col orado, consul at Amoy, China. French Fort Tax Adopted. Paris, April 6. The chamber of dep uties adopted the port duties bill, im posing a tax upon foreign vessels ot 1 frano 85 centimes per metric ton upon merchandise and upon each head of cattle or hogs landed. The War In tho Philippine!. ; Madrid, April 6. A dispatch from Manila announces that the troops have attacked Bundocan, with aught losses. The insurgent lost 149 killed. The Spanish squadron has bombarded Mala bong, setting fire to the town. Many insurgent ware killed. t . Clo.ed a Mlaaourl Bank. Bowling Green, Ma, April 5. State Bank Inspector Austin ha closed the Oitlsenr bank of this city. THE FLOOD SITUATION Prospects Appear Better on the Mississippi. THE SITUATION AT GREENVILLE Tho Blver Falling at Cairo River In North and South Dakota) Canting Great Damage. Memphis, April 6. The flood situa tion in the Mississippi delta above Greenville ia decidedly better tonight, as regards the threatened loss of life and f other destruction of levees. The half dozen crevasses on the Arkansas and Mississippi shore between Helena and Greenville have drawn an immense volume ot water out of the main chan nel, whioh is spreading over the low lands, but not with that degree of ra pidity that cuts off escape by the in habitant of the low countries. The river shows a decline from a point be low Helena to the Wayside crevasse. The decline above Greenville in many place is as great as ten inches. How ever, Helena, Ark., is not out of dan ger, for the waters from the St. Fran cis basin in Arkansas are still swelling the channel of the main river from the south of Helena, aa no break occurs until Westover is reached, ten miles below that city. The damage to the farming country in the delta cannot be exaggerated. Five counties will be for the most part under water for thirty daya and the main line and branches of the Yazoo Sc Mississippi Valley road will have more than 100 miles of track inun dated. : . Opposite Perthshire, at the upper crevasse, a mile of track haa been com pletely washed away. Probably twenty railroad stations and small towns are flooded tonight, among them being Gunnison, Rosedale, Perthshire, Terry, Riverton, Dahomey, Storm, Benoit, Beulah, Wayside, Longwood, Refuge, Swift Water and Australia. The greatest danger now ia to the south of Greenville, aa the leveea from Wayside to the month of the river must begin to feel the pressure of the move ment of water back into the channel from the delta through the White rive? country and St. Francis basin. From Memphis to Crawley' ridge, the rivet is forty miles wide. A' line east and west on " the water across Roaedala would probably be fifty milea long. All of this water must pass out between the two walls of the levee, in many places but a few mile distant one from the other. Another rise of 1-10 of a foot in the river at Memphis is shown by the official bulletin. The gauge to night registers 86.4 feet At Cairo, an encouraging fall in the river is shown, while Paducha reports a fall of 7-10 of a foot. At Vicksbnrg the river is sta tionary. Shreveport and other points below Vicksbnrg report a continued rise. The Louisville Sc Nashville has com munication with" Nashville, after a cee sation of two weeks. The local relief oommittee this after noon sent a boat to the Francis river country, both to bring out people and carry supplies and food to man and beast. It is said that the destitution in the territory to be covered is tearful, but the news of it did not reach Mem phis until today. Situation at Greenvlllo. Greenville, Miss., April 5. Over 10,000 people are homeless in the flood ed districts. Many towns and cities are submerged, and desolation reigns over this lovely valley. A dismal waste of water cover the surrounding coun try on every side of Greenville, and the city is a desolate island, connected with the outside world by a mere thread, a telegraph line running east. Railroad communication is cut off north and south. Northern Rivers. Omaha, April 8. A Beft special from Sioux Falls says: The'Big Bioux river Is higher than ever known, and is still riBlng. Lake Kempestka, where the river has its source, has risen five feet, and is still rising. At Castlewood, the lowlands are flooded. At Brook ings, the same condition exist. At Egan, the water ia rising rapidly, do ing muoh damage. At Sioux Falls, business alone the river has been sus pended. The water ia still gradually rising, and will soon put out the fires in the Bell elenrio lighting plant ana the pumping station. The bottoms above the oity are a sea, and muoh tear ia expressed, as the flood from the north is still to come. Damage to bridges in Minnehaha county alone so far is $50,000. - At tho Twin Cities. St. Paul, April 5. The Mississippi river is at the high-water mark of 1881 and danger lurks along its path. It reached a stage of 10.7 in 1881, and late this afternoon the gauge showed, 15.7, and still rising. Yesterday morn ing at 7 o'clock the river showed a height of 18.5, and thi morning, it wa 15.8, a rise of almost two feet in twenty-four hours. .' Minneapolis, April 5. A huge ice jam, whioh formed in the Mississippi at Forty-second avenue north, broke late yesterday afternoon. An immense volume of water, big cakes of ice and thousands of feet of log went tearing down the river over St. Anthony falls. The water rose two feet inside of an hour, flooding many houses. It la esti mated that 85,000 feet ot log were swept away. The damage will reach $100,000. Cxar Will Boon Vlelt Franoe. Paris, April 5. The Evenement an nounoes that President Faure ha been officially informed ot the approaching visit of the caar and caarina to JTrance. OREGON IN CONGRESS. Measures In trod need and Championed by Oar State Delegation. Washington, April 3. Senator Mo- Bride haa introduced a large number of bills, several of which were pending in the last congress. He hope to get fa vorable action on some ot them, and expect that those which were favorably reported in the last congress will receive early consideration in thi eongrees. One bill appropriates $650,000 for the pnblio building at Portland, and fixes that sum, with what has heretofore been appropriated, aa the limit of the cost of the building. This will bring the total cost of the building to $1,000, 000. The bill provides that when the building ia completed it shall be used as a custom-house, for appraisers' stores, courtrooms, signal service offices and for the United States surveyor-general. Anoter bill fixes the boundary of the Warm Springs Indian reservation on the northern side. It provide that the boundary shall be the same as de fined in the treaty of 1855, and astound by Commissioner Fullerton, Dufur and Payne in 1891. " Other bills introduced by the Oregon senator are a follows: Admitting veterans of Indian wars to the soldiers' homes; removing the charge of desertion from the name of James K. Parker; to reimburse the states of Oregon, California and Ne vada for money extiended in the rebel lion, of which amount Oregon would receive $305,915; providing for a quar antine station at Astoria, and appropri ating $30,000 for the same; to establish an assay office at Baker City; directing the accounting officers of the treasury to allow Orville T. Porter for all sum tolen or appropriated by hia deputy while Porter was marshal for Alaska; to pay William A. Starkweather $3, 170, the amount paid by him for clerk hire while be was register of the land office at Oregon City; to pay Peter Grant Stewart, of Oervaia, $7,500 for land taken by the government at the mouth of the Columbia river in 1853; to pay H. W. Shipley $3,487 for work done by him in excess of hi contract in con structing buildinga at the Nec Perca agency, in Idaho; to pay Avery D. Bab cock and wife $3,000 for the use and occupation of their land by the govern ment; to pay D. J. Holmes, of Port land, $895 lor money expended by bun on a claim from which lie wa ousted when it waa found the land he occupied was in the Warm Springs reservation; to pay John W. Lewis $531 balance due him aa salary as register of the land office at The Dalles; to pension George Hughe of Portland, at $50 per month; to pay John Campbell $1,165 for prop erty taken during the war. Senator McBride baa introduced a bill making Colonel George H. Men dell, late of the corps of engineers, a brigadier-general on the retired list. He recite in the bill the good work that Colonel Mendell has performed, and point ont that when General Casey retired Colonel Mendell was next in line for promotion, but that anotbei was made brigadier-general instead. Another, bill by Senator McBride al lows persons making . claims upon pub lic lands to make proofs before any offi cer qualified to administer oaths in homestead cases, whether the lands are in the county or not. At present the making of such proof must be before an officer in the county where the land is situated. .'.'.':.-!;,-;,;','; Another bill applicable to all public land states the law to settle accounts between the United State and Missis sippi, which allowed for school pur pose all lands embraced in reservations which would have have been numbered 16 and 86. The states are to be al lowed $1.35 per acre for the loss of such lands.' Represenative Ellis has introduced a bill to prohibit the sale of intoxicat ing liquors in the oapitol building. This bill wag passed by the house at the last session of congress, and was re ported in the senate. No one, with very few exceptions, wanted it passed, but men did not want to go on record as opposing it. The bill might have passed the aenate if it ever came to a vote, but Senator Hill, of New York, would never allow it to reach ' that stage. He was always ready to talk it to death whenever it appeared. Mr. Ellis may push it along, and it will no doubt pass the house if it ever oqmee to a vote again. , All members of the Oregon delega tion indorsed Binger Hermann for. com missioner of the general land office. His successor, Mr. Tongue, and other members of the delegation called per sonally upon the president and urged his appointment. Mr. Ellis went among the members of the bouse, and especially those from the West, and got their signature to a paper in whioh Hermann waa indorsed for the place on the ground that it would be to the in terest of the West. ' From the Bonanxa. Baker City, Or., April 8. Albert Geiser, superintendent of the Bonanza mine, brought in about $10,000 in gold bullion this afternoon. In addition to this, he has shipped sixty tons of con centrates, valued at $60 a ton. On ac count of the many improvements which were made this month, the mill waa only kept running for fifteen days. ' A Russian land owner at Batoum during the big oil strike there had an income of about $30,000 a day from his wells. : - Big Wool Sala at Caldwell. Salt Lake, April 3. A special to the Tribune from Caldwell, Idaho, says: ; One of the largest wool sales of the year was completed here Monday. Col onel James Clinton, jr., representing Hecht, Liebman & Co., of Boston, pur chased of Robert Noble 400,000 pounds of the clip of 1896. , The terms are private. . - '-. Light requires eight minutes and eighteen seconds to pass from the sun to th earth when at its mean distance- NORTHWEST BREVITIES Evidence of Steady Growth and Enterprise. ITEMS 09 GENERAL INTEREST. Vrona All tho Cltlos and Town of, tho Thriving gleter tate Oregon. Sixteen hundred sheep were sold in' Huntington last week at an averagar price of $3 per head. Clerk C. A, Jennings, of Lane oonn- ty, issued a marriage license last week to Thomas V. rurcell, aged 87 years. and Elizabeth Hoffman, aged 67 years. More beef cattle have been shipped from Gazelle this season than any pre- ceding winter, say the Lakeview Ex- aminer. About 700 carloads have gone since September. A barge loaded with 150,000 feet of lumber belonging to Goering & Co. , sank near the fishermen's cannery lit Astoria. The lumber was washed up on the beach, and can be saved. Seufert Bros, have bought the lease held by The Dalle Canning Company on their cannery above The Dalles, and will soon begin' putting it in repair. They expect to put the cannery in good condition before the fishing season opens. ' . " .. The Coquille river is catting away the sand behind the south jetty, at Ban don, and will in time, if let alone, cut a channel clear through to the ocean, leaving the breakwater in the river, says a correspondent of a Coquille City paper. : Two shifts are at work at the Jewett mine, in Josephine county, and the work is progressing at the rate of about four feet per day. About 250 tons of good ore are on the dump, and a new mill will be erected as soon as the road get better. Dr. J. H. Hawkina and Joe Lyons," of Douglas county, have imported twenty prairie chickens from Eastern Oregon and turned them loose in the vicinity of Drain and Snowden. Their effort to introduce this favorite game bird into Southern Oregon will be ap preciated by sportsmen. A trapper who has been bunting and trapping on the Malheur river south of the agency valley this winter, report to the Vale Advocate one of those prodigies of nature known aa a -wild man. . The Advocate saya the biped ia of giant stature, being at least seven , feet high, having long and massive arms that reach to its knees, while th whole body is covered with curly, glossy hair. In the chase after the escaped con victs from Idaho, one of the officer, Hugh Fulton, had a peculiar accident, and a narrow escape from death. At Vale, when be was mounting his horse, the animal backed into a well sixteen feet deep. Fulton went down first, and the horse after him. By a remark able chance, the animal did not fall on him. Fulton received a oonple of broken ribs. The. horse sprang to it feet and began to strike at Fulton, and came near crushing hi skull before a rope could be lowered to the endangered Washington. Beef cattle are scarce in Yakima. ' , The office of registrar of the univer- ., aity of Washington has been abolished. ; The log drives in the Palouse are making some progress, although the river is too high for speedy driving. . Governor Rogers has announced the appointment of E. A. McDonald, a sil ver Republican, of Tacoma, aa dairy commissioner. Several of the stockmen about Water ville are preparing for a spring round up to see how many of their stock they have lost during the winter. A force of men ia now at work grad ing the Northern Paoifio railroad at Ritaville. The company intends grad ing the track from Cheney to Connell. A farmer living near Zillah is report ed to have raised thirty-five tons of potatoes on five acres of land without cultivating the ground after the first planting. The Puyallup Commerce says that hops are already up a few inches, that the big Meeker yards have had their first plowing, and the .men are now scalping. : ". ' ' News has been received in Walla Walla that it is Governor Rogers' in tention to retain company C, of the National Guard, in the service, if jw sible. .' , - The principal of the Cheney normal school has announced that the school will continue until commencement, June 16, despite the tact that the gov ernor has vetoed the appropriation. The Olympic reserve is included be tween the 47th and 48th degree of lat itude, and the laSd and 134th degree of longitude. The reserve taken in about two-thirds of the Olympic pen insula. ; The warehouse at the end of the long wharf in Ococca collapsed during .a strong gust of wind last week. Th bnilding haa been a familiar landmark since the birth of Ocosta, and will b greatly missed. The Commercial Club of North Yak ima has sent for a lot of sugar-beet seed to be distributed among farmer of th Yakima valley. A patent ha been received at th Spokane land office conveying title to the Northern Pacifio Railway Company to 35,000 acres of land in southeastern Stevens and northern Spokane counties. The land lies iu township 39, range 44, in which the town of Milan is situated; and in township 81, range 45, and township 81, range 46, just north o Newport.