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VOL. XIV.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1897.
NO. 16.
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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.
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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.