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VOL. XIV. ST. HELENS, OllEGON, FRIDAY, Al'JtlL 23, 1897. 3STO. 18. EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome ot the Telegraphic Newt of the World. TERSB TICKS FROM THB WIRES A a Intereitlag Collection of Itami troai the Tw. imiipMNi rreseated IK Condense Vans. The fireman was killed and another tmlnhnnd injured by a collision of two fust freight train near Langtry, Tel. The Yreka stage was robbed near Yreka, Cal., by a lone hlghwaymsn. The passenger were not molested, and the express box whtuh wna broken open by the highwayman, contained only $50. . ' ' The member of the Washington etata board of horticulture which met in Taooma recently lay that the report of damage to fruit tree by the aevere cold weather last winter are greatly ex aggerated. An abundant yield ia now predicted. Answering a question regarding the proieot of the government sending out invitation for a bimetallic confer ence, Mr. Balfour reiterated, in tiie house of comniona, that there wa nothing In the situation which would lead him to suppose that anything could be gained by Great Britain tak ing the initiative in promoting an in ' ternational bimetallio conference. The etoamor Edith, chartered by the Ataika Steamship Company to take paaiienger and freight from the w rocket l Willapa to Jnnean and Dyea, ha re turned to Port Townsend. The Wil lutva I reported a being a total wreck. Her hull broke on the rock and aank to the bottom of the tea. The loo on the Willapa and cargo la eNtimated at $00,000; insurance on the boat, $28,- 000.' v Representative Tongue of Oregon I making an effort to have anthracite coal placed on the dutiable lint, because It come in competition with the coal produoed in Oregon and VYaahington. lie prepared and had circulated a peti tion to the finance committee of the annate, asking that thia be done, and getting forth the reaaona. Thia peti tion wa ilgned by nearly all the Pa cific coaat aenator. The following proclamation baa been Issued by the Greek irregular, who have begun the invaaion of Macedonia at Baltino: "Brother and Soldier of Ctiriat and Liberty: We hoist the flag of liberty, the Greek flag. Under ita shadow let u unite, with the watch word, 'Liberty or Death.' Tho justice of oor cause i recognized hy all free people blessed by Uod. Let u push onward, brother Greeks; God ia with tie." By a collision between two passenger traina at Harrlsburg, N. O., three men were killed outright and several other seriously injured. C. B. Bellinger, United gtatea dis trict Judge for Oregon, ha been ap pointed by Governor Lord a member of the board of regent of the state Uni verity at Kugene. The Holdagebla'tt, the Dutch news paper of Cape Town, deelarea that lead ing officials of the Transvaal speak openly of war with England a inevit able, and aver that it will be carried right up to Table bay. A dispatch from Montevideo state that a serious engagement has occorred between the federal troop under Colonel Camilla and the insurgent near Minas. The federal are aaid to have been de feated. The insurgents have captured the town of Sarandi del Yt, Hot wind have taken the snow from the mountain above Pondleton, Or., and the Umatilla river la up to a high a stage a at any time this spring. Part of the railroad bridge above town ha gone out, compelling the abandon ment of the branch line between there and Walla Walla. The water la still rising, and promise to do more damage. Fire greatly damaged the dwelling house occupied by James Jackson, a rel ative of President Andrew Jackson, and inheritor of the relics of the deceased president, at Clifton, O. Among the relics was General Jnckson's carriage, the wheels of which were made of tim ber from the bid war frigate Constitu tion. The carriage was destroyed along with many other relics, valued at $10, 000. The Turkish porte, in a protest to the powers against Greek invasion, says that the regular Greek army occupied Turkish territory near Grevno and com mitted acts of hostility by destroying three posts. The protest further de clares that these acts virtually consti tute an act of aggression and a casus belli, and denounce Greece a an ag gressor In the war. A Bait Lake paper prints what is claimed to be a confession by J. W. Fetaer, who Is under arrest at Dillon, Mont., in which he say he killod Dr. C. H. Nichols, superintendent of the insane asylum at Washington in 1878. He ays he has ten or fifteen other vic tims, but will not plead guilty unless he can get a death sentence. Falser was arrested last wock in Bait Lake and turned over to Montana authorities, charged with swindling the state. A oablegram received at the state de partment in Washington from Consul Vifquain, at Panama, announces that yellow fever has made its appearance at that port. Michael Davitt, M. P., in an inter view at Oakland, Cal., expressed the opinion that home rule will soon be won for Ireland. He thinks that the liberal will carry the country at the next general election, and that the Irish party will have the balance of power, thus being in a position to dictate term (O the liberals. FOR CZAR'S WARSHIPS. Illinois Steel Company to Bid on a Big Contract for Armor I'lata. Chicago, April 20 The Illinois Stool Company has received through tho Russian minister at Washington a proposition looking to the company bidding on arnior-plato for the two Russian war ship. ; Tho contract Is to be for 8,000 tons, and In case of award the Chicago concern would turn into its treasury in tho neighborhood of $8, 000,000. It is said the offers of the Illinois Steel Company to furnish the United Ktates government with armor-plato at the remarkably low figure of $240 a ton lias startled the war departments the world over. For the past two years the Russian government has been com ing to the United States for nearly all tho armor-plate used in constructing its new ships of war, but the contract have heretofore been awarded to either the Carnegie or the Bethlehem com pany, each of which have supplied the armor for a Russian man-of-war. The war scare in the fur East has evidently started the most active preparations in the czar' naval department. The contract which the Illinois Steel Company is asked to bid on is the largest ever awarded by the Russian government. It is hinted that it is the purpose of the latter to got in it con tract ahead of the United Ktates. President Gates wa seen today, but he refused to discuss the matter further than to say the report was correct, and that he had written the Russian minis ter at Washington, to whom the offer wa made, for all necessary particulars for proceeding with the bids. The niattor will be laid before the directors of the company next Wednesday in Now York. HOHENLOHE RESIGNS. The U.rtnin Binnlre Will Man a Change of Chaneellors. -Berlin, April SO. Prince Hohenlohe, the imperial chancellor, a press corre spondent understands, in a letter dated from Baden Baden, April 18, forwarded hi resignation to the emperor. A brisk exchange of telegraph messages followed. His majesty insisted upon the chancellor returning office for the present, in spite of the cogent reason cited in Prinoc Hohonlohe's letter, urg ing that his resignation at this juncture would seriously embarrass the emperor. Prince Hohenlohe again and again in sisted that, apart from other serious reasons, his health just now is of the worst. The prince subsequently went to Paris, where his wife bad preceded him.; As reason animating him to resign, Prince Hohenlohe urges his inability to carry out hi solemn promise to sub mit to the reiohstag and to the diet two bills, one placing the Prussian law reg ulating political meetings upon a more 1 literal and modern basis, and the other reforming the procedure of military trials.' The prince's inability to carry out his promise is said to be doe to the ex treme reactionary attitude of Baron von dor Horst, Prussian minister of the interior. At this moment it is Impos sible to say how the crisis will end, bnt in the critical situation of Europe a change of chancellor would be danger ous. WHEAT TAKES A JUMP. Now York float Up Four Cant on Ke- ports of War In tha East. New York, April 20. There waa tremendous excitement in the wheat market today. Prices advanced 4 cents a bushel in a little over two hours. Dealings ran up into the millions. The shorts were completely stampeded, and their order to buy flooded the market from start to finish. War news and foreign buving were the factors which occasioned the tumult. The foreign buying wa by far the heaviest een in a long time. No limit waa set on the execution of foreign orders, which read "Buy wheat." and it was bought in at Buy figure. During the regular session May went from la;i to 78 cents, ana later on the curb to 70 cents. To other influenes was added the export de mand at the close. Liverpool taking tirtv-five loads. The market was at a fever heat all day, and left off at its wildest point. Total sales were be tween 8,000,000 and 6, B00, 000 bushels. " Hopas to Ba Pardoned. ' Havana. Anril 20. A Dress corre- nnmiRnt went to Cabanas toduV and saw General Rivera and Colonel Baca- loa. He found Rivera in a large, dry and well-ventilated cell. At the mo mnt nf tli visit the General was lvinn down, but he had been able to leave his bed the day before. -His wounus are healing rapidly, and he is hoping to be pardoned as a special lavor 01 uis i,r,iurn f!n nnnl HilflllllOU IS SlUUlaNV situated, and the two officers have a I aorvant wlm attends them. Tliev have comfortable beds and good meals sent in daily from a restaurant near oy. Neither has any special oomplaint to make. Colonol Bacalloa Is also confi dent of a pardon. The correspondent touay saw uweu Melton and Alfred Laborde, Of the Competitor orew. They are loking well. Briiradier-General Moncada has been promoted to be second in command under the chief of staff of Captain-Gen- oral Weyler. Sun Frannlscn. AdHI 20. Two 12 (nth onna fnr baT defense, one to be mounted at Lime point and the other at Fort point, have reaohed uns city. They are practically duplicates, differ- t only in the nature oi mmr muuui . Rnth wnra made at the Water- ..iiLt and were shinned from Highland beaoh, Sandy Hook, after be ing tested. Each gun weighs 118,880 pounds, measure 48 feet in length, and will throw a hot weighing 1,000 pound. WAR HAS COMMENCED Turkish Army at Last on the Offensive. NO FORMAL DECLARATION MADE Tha Troop of the Sultan Hava In vaded Thesaaly wo Fierce Battles Fought. Constantinople, April 80. Thecoun cil of minister, after a session at the palace today, declared that war had broken out on the frontier, owing to the incursion by the Greeks on Turkish territory, and Edhim Pasha, the Turk ish military commander, was ordered to assume the offensive. The announcement of an actual ex istence of a state of war on the frontier was at first misunderstood, reports that the council of minsters had declared war upon Greece being widely circu lated. It was also reported that the council of ministers had decided to re call Aasiin Bey, the Turkish minister at Athens, and given passports to M. Maurooordato, the Greek minister at Constantinople. The situation is summed up in a de tailed circular sent this evening to the Turkish representatives aoroad. Thia circular recalls the invasion of Turkish territory, and states that the last in cursion was participated In by Greek troops, thereby establishing war. The circular expresses the hope that the iwwers, in a spirit of justice, will agree that the entire responsibility for war falls on Greece. Turkey has no idea of conquest, the cicrular adds, and, as a fresh proof of pacific sentiments, the sublimo porte offers to retire the Turkish troops on the frontier if Geeoe will retire her troop from the frontier and Crete. Tha Turks Heavy Fire. London, April 20. The Times' cor respondent, at Elassona says: 1 visited the hospital today and found all admirably conducted. But the scene waa most distressing, the wound ed screaming in their agony and fever ishly tearing the bedding in their de lirium. In Saturday's hill fighting, the Turks had the advantage. They were judiciously ambushed behind the rocks, and from their sheltered positions maintained an incessant fire. Today 'a fighting atMilouuapass took place around three outlying block houses, which were captured, then retaken, captured again and again re taken. The Greek positions suffered from the splendid Schrapnel practice of the Turkish batteries at a range of 8,800 meters. Columns of smoke could be seen rising in every direction from the Greek positions, caused by the Turkish shell fire. The Greeks defend ed with the greatest courage, but were not able to stand against the slow and steady advanoe of the Turks. , As evening oame on three out of the outworks surrendered and asked the Turks to cease the shell firing. , The latter now held the advanced line, ex cept at one spot. The principal fighting done by the Turkish infantry was at Skuuiba and Dumenie, to the right of the pass. Diplomatic Relations Severed. Constantinople, April 80. Tewflk Pasha, the Turkish minister of foreign affairs, visited the foreign envoys yes terday and informed them that the Turkish frontier had been crossed on Friday night by fresh bands of Greek, among whom were a few regulars. It was this news which led to the calling of a council of ministers and precipitat ed the decision to announce that war hod broken out between Turkey and Greece. The Greek minister here, Maurooor dato, was, at the same time notified of the rupture of diplomatic relations be tween Turkey and Greece. His pass ports will be handed him and he will leave Constantinople. At the same time, the archives of the Greek lega tion will be removed. In addition, all the Greek merchants in Turkey were informed that they were given a fort night's notice to leave the Ottoman empire. The Invasion of Greene. Constantinople, April 20. The porte has received a dispatch from Edhim Pasha, the Turkish commander-in-chief at Elassona, dated Saturday even ing, saying that, in consequence of an invasion of Turkish territory by Greeks, hla troop have seized the height of Pernar and Velsohko. The fourth di vision has entered Greek territory. sorted Out of Elassona. London, April 80. A Times dis-i patch from Elassona say that the Greek consul is leaving the town this evening, under escort There is no news aa yet from Metzovo, but from Sarkos to Kalaterina, all the troops are engaged, except the reserves. Hifiza Pasha, who was killed at Milouna, served in the Crimean war of 1877. Crossed Into Macedonia. Athens, April 20. A telegram from Trikhala, sent at 8 o'olock this even ing, says the Greek brigade defending Reveni haa advanoed into Damaai plain and occupied Viglia, which commands the plain, after capturing tho Turkish battory thore. It is reported that sev eral bands have entered Macedonia. Greek Bands Near Salonlca. Salonica, April 80. Greek bands have landed at Elevetheropol), west of Tavala, and are marching on Goyson. Their design is evidently to cut the railway line to Salonica. Turkish troops have been cent in pursuit, and there haa been fighting, but the result is not known here. Don't trust to the fallacy that wild boasts can be controlled by the human eye. THE FLOOD DISTRICT. A Serious Break Has Occurred In the Louisiana Levee. - Vicksburg, Miss., April 19. The levee at Biggs, in Madison parish, four and a half miles below Delta, La., broke at 10 o'clock tonight. The crev asse wa 120 feet wide twenty minutes after it gave way. Delta is directly opposite Vicksburg. The Queen & Crescent route train dispatchers' office reported the break at 12 o'clock to night. The news was sent to Delta at once, the operator being roused out of bod, and the message of warning sent along the line of tho railroad. The levee is a great one, and has been en gaging special attention of the authori ties for weeks. - Several hundred con viets have been employed upon it in ad dition to other laborers, and so greatly had it been strengthened that only to day the belief was confidently expressed by men living beside it that it would hold. The disaster will be a great one. The situation along the Louisiana levees across the river for fifty miles above and below this oity dwarfs every other feature of the flood problem into temporary insignificance. The rise shows no sign of diminution, and the remaining levees are actually in danger of being overtopped by the water now pouring out of tiie Yazoo baain in a sheet twenty-five miles wide for a dis tance of ten miles opposite this city. In spite of the evident danger and of the repeated warnings of the weather bureau, very few persons are removing stock to the highlands, though 100 head of mules were brought to this city tonight from Sparta plantation, in Louisiana, ten miles above here. At several points the water has reaohed the top of the levee and is being held back by sacks and lumber. THE WOOL. SCHEDULE. Western Senators Combine to Secure Important Changes. Washington, April 19. Western senators, after several conferences, have reached an agreement to stand together for important changes in the wool schedule of the Dingley bill. The sen ators most prominently identified with the movement are Messrs. Mantle, Car ter, Shoup, Warren and Burrows. They have not only agreed upon a line of amendments, but have decided to insist on their inclusion in the bill. The meetings have also been attended by many prominent woolgrowers. The proposed amendments are direct ed mainly to closing the many loop holes for evasion and fraud which wool n en agree abound in the Dingley law, and were also found in the McEinley law. An amendment was agreed upon providing that an additional duty of 4 cents a pound should be levied upon skirted wools and wools, as imported in 1890, and prior to that time. The principal change, however, to be proposed is upon wool and camel's-hair of the third-class. The Dingley bill proposes an ad valorem duty of 82 and 68 per cent, respectively, upon wools of this clabS valued under and over 13 cents per pound. It is proposed now to strike out the Dingley bill clauses relating to third-class wools and to in sert instead the following: "On wools of the third-class and camela'-liair of the third-class, the value of which shall be 8 cents or less per pound in the wool markets of the United States, the duty shall be Scents per pound, and on all wool and hair of this class, the value of which shall not exceed 8 cents per pounnd in tha gen eral markets of the United States, there shall be an additional duty of one-half of 1 cent per pound for eaoh increase of 1 cent per pound in the value there of."; .; .. SPAIN FORCED TO GIVE UP. Withdrawal of Her Army From Cuba Will Soon Begin. Washington, ; April 19. According to information received from trust worthy sources here the withdrawal of at least a part of the great army Spain has maintained for several years in the island of Cuba will begin when the rainy season sets in within a few days. The initial movement will be the de parture Of 10,000 Spanish troops from Havana for Spain, and within a short time 80,000 troops, it is understood, will withdraw. The Spanish insist posi tively that it means only that little or nothing of the insurrection remains; that Gome has only about fifty or 100 followers, and to watch these under con ditions in which the campaign has been necessarily conducted, a few thousand are quite as effective as the' 180,000 men now in Cuba, The Cuban contingent, on the other hand, insists that the Spanish finanoial resources are exhausted and the troops are to be withdrawn because of lack of money to keep them in service. Chinese "Actors" Will Be Admitted. Washington, April 19. Secretary Gago has instructed customs officers at Pembina, N. D., to admit the 150 Chinese who are en route to the Nash ville exposition. This action ia taken on instructions of the director-general that their admission is necessary, un der concessions made to exhibitors and Others. ' - Struck for Mora Wages. Patterson, N. J., April 19. Having been denied an increase of wages, 500 employes of the, Kearney Foot File works Btruok today. England Heeds Our Warning. , London, April 19. Gerald B. Hamp ton, with Professor Thompson, went to Behring sea in- 1898, to inquire into seallife, has left England again on a similar mission. The report made to the foreign office in January set forth that the effoct of pelagic sealing is not nearly so serious as the Americans have stated, but the commissionera favored some common measure between the two governments for the pieserva tion of the seals. , SANDOVAL'S MISSION The Cubans Will Endeavor to Frustrate It. THE PRESIDENT'S CUBAN POLICY Spaniah Soldiers In Santa Clara Balded an Katate and Tore tip an . American Flat;. ' Philadelphia, April 19. A private meeting of Cubans and Cuban sympa thizers was held in this city today, at which it was decided to take steps to frustrate what the Cubans claim is the real object of Major Luno Sandoval's visit to this city. This is said to be the arrest of the members of the Cuban junta in this country. It has been stated that Major Sandoval oame to Philadelphia to purchase munitions of war to be shipped in the general way to General Weyler in Cuba. Leading Cubans, however, assert that it is to gather information that will culminate in the arrest of General Estrada Pal ma and General Quesada in Washington. The former is the minister of the Cuban republic, and the latter charge d'affaires at the capital. It is asserted that Major Sandoval has been commissioned by General Weyler for this express pur pose, and is known to have in bis pos session documents found on the steamer Laurada on one of her trips to Cuba, showing the parts played by Generals Palma and Quesada in her movements. Should the arrest of the junta lead ers result, and the issue be made in court as to the liability of such a pol icy, there will be a question of juris diction that will not only involve the interstate commerce laws, but also ques tions of belligerency and the customs comity of nations. M'KINLEY'S CUBAN POLICY. The War Must Be Fought on Civil , laed Liuea. New York, April 19. A Tribune dispatch from Washington says: The policy of the administration in reference to Cuba ia not likely to be criticised as was that of its predecessor on the score of indifference to the rights of American citizens. Secretary Sherman will see to it that imprison ment of suspects entitled to the pro tection of the United States for an in definite period is no longer indulged in by Spanish officials in Cuba. He will even go further and make it plain to the Spanish authorities that they can not, in the closing of the 19th century, be permitted to carry on war on princi ples widely divergent from modern civ ilization. . In short, notice has been served on the Spanish government informally as yet, but still in unmis takable terms that this government recognizes a state of civil war on the island of Cuba which demands a treat ment of prisoners taken in action by either side somewhat different from that which seems to have been accorded them thus far. The immediate cause of this notice being served on tha Spanish govern ment waa, of courte, the capture of Cuban General Kivera and the rumor that he would be forthwith tried by drumhead court-martial and shot. The president, immediately after the news of the fate in store for the pris oner was received, ordered the secretary to draw up a protest against the con templated action of General Weyler. Upon second oonsideartion, however, the protest took a less formal shape. Instead of being diverted to the Spanish minister in writing, Senor deLome waa sent for by the secretary of state and informed as to the views of the admin istration in the matter. This protest, it is assumed, was no less explicit than that-which Secretary Sherman had pre viously drafted. At any rate it had its effect, for General Rivera is still living. TORE UP AN AMERICAN FLAG. i. - . ' , An Outrage by Spanish Soldiers In Santa Clara. ' New York, April 19. A Herald dis. patch from Sagua Grande via Key West cays a report has just reached there of an outrage perpetrated near the town of Encircujada, by Spanish troops, who destroyed the property owned by the wife of the British vice-consul, Mr. Harris, of Sagua Grande, and tore up an American flag which the manager of the estate, George Harris, who is an American citizen, had draped over his bed. -. jv-; - ;v: . The estate of Mrs. Harris, oalled La Palma, is about two miles from Encir crujada. The troops broke open the doors and removed articles . of value. Finding the flag in,tbe manager's bed room, the soldiers carried it out with many epithets and tore it into bits. Being satisfied with their vengeance on the bit of bunting, in the absence of its owner, they departed. The matter was reported to Mr. Har ris on his return, aud he promptly laid it before the British and American consular officials in Sagua, who will cause a thorough investigation. It is said ' the Spanish assert that they had seen insurgents leaving the estate, but this is denied by, the mana ger. The American oonsnl at Sagua, his friends say, will make a full report on the flag incident. He is Mr. Bar ker, one of the most vigorous American representatives on the island. War of Devastation. Havana, April 19. In view of the approach of the rainy season, Captain General Weyler has ordered the erec tion of an infirmary on the trocha and the extension of the military hospitals. New hospitals will be constructed at Trinidad, Casilda, Isabella and Sagua. The oaptain-general has ordered the demolition of all houses inside the cul tivated zone. This is on the theory that the peasants will remain at night in the blockhouses and remove their families to the towns. , ACCIDENT ON THE Y ANTIC. A Gunner Blown to Atoms and Tare Others Injured. New York, April 19. The Herald publishes the following special corre spondence from Montevideo, Urugay: When the United States steamship Yantio was at stationary target prac tice at Chico bank. La Plata river, about seventy-five miles southwest from Montevideo, a sickening accident occurred. The required shots had been fired from the 60-pound rifle on the forecastle and the eight-inch rifle forward. Three shots had been?flred from the nine-inch smoothbore muzzle- loader, and only one more shot was re quired from this last gun to complete a very successful target practice. The nine-inch gun was then loaded. On acount of the narrowness of the Yantic and the smailness of the gun porta it is necessary for a man loading the gun to lean out of the port, clasp ing one arm about the muzzle of the gun and work the sponge and rammer with the other arm, partly exposing his body in front of the muzzle. The bore bad been sponged out with the sponge, freshly dampened in the divi sion tub, and the charge of eleven pounds of black powder had been ram med home by P. Murphy, a seaman, assisted by O. Gormansen, another sea man, on the other sile. C. Hayden, the coxswain, was holding his thumb on the vent in order to prevent the air from reaching any lighted fragments of the previously exploded cartridge that might have remained in the chamber. ; Apparently none of the precautions extinguished the burning bits of cloth, for the cartridge exploded while Mur phy was withdrawing the rammer and he was blown off the boat. No trace of him was found, although boats were instantly lowered and search made. Gormansen lost an eye and was seri ously injured and one arm was broken. Hayden's hand was badly burned, and the upper half of the port was shat tered. After the accident the Yantic returned to Montevideo. GRANT MONUMENT. Work on the Structure la Practleall) Completed. New York, April 19. Speculators are actively canvassing the houses along the line of the Grant monument parade, endeavoring to secure window privileges. - In many cases entire houses have been secured and permits for erecting stand in front of them ob tained. It is estimated that the stands to be constructed will seat at least 75, 000 persons. The Grant monument is now com pleted, the only work remaining to be done being the polishing of the marble and the brushing of the bronze doors. The armored steel case containing Gen eral Grant's body will be opened so that the coffin can be taken out. , It is officially denied that any of the rivets which fastened the covering of this casing were sold by workmen as souvenirs. The rivets were not removed, as the workmen simply drilled through the top of them, which was all that, was necessary to open the case. The steel case is to be disposed of at the will of Colonel Grant It will probably be destroyed. Carleesness Caused a Death.' Chicago, , April ; 1$. Policeman Krafts accidentally shot and killed his sweetheart, Miss Lottie E. Jacobs, last night while cleaning a revolver. The bullet entered Miss Jacobs' left arm near the elbow, followed the bone up wards and pierced . the heart. The woman fell to the floor dead and Krafts, not waiting to learn the extent of her injuries, : rushed from the house in search of a physician. In the mean time the police had been notified, and when Krafts was confronted . by Cap tain Barr, then for the first time he learned that the woman was dead, and it was all that Captain Barr could do to prevent the man from killing him self. The couple were to have been married soon. Hit hy a Spent Bullet. Santa Fe., N. M., April 19. Fran cisco Navarro, 10 years old, is dying at the United States Indian school from a gunshot wound inflicted under extra ordinary conditions. Two miles down the valley from the Indian school Dep uty Sheriff Alexander Allan and a party were rabbit shooting and a stray bullet from Allan's rifle, after cover ing all this distance, passed over the three-story school building and fell among sixty school children who were playing on the campus. It struck the boy Navarro below the heart. A Priest Asphyxiated. Beading, Penn., April 19. Fathei Phillip Berseford, rector of St. Jo seph's (Catholio) parish, was found dead in bed in the parsonage adjoining the edifice this morning. Death was due to suffocation from illuminating gas. His age was about 50 years. The gas was discovered pouring from jet partly turned off. The supposition is that death was the result of an acci dent. ' . Gasoline Stova Xxploded. Riverside, Cal., April 19. Word was received today from Corona that a young child of a family named Fran cisco burned to death there through the explosion of a gasoline stove. Ohio Tillage Destroyed. lPpamnnt fY . Anrll 10. TriA ftnlim Vnu S it amm ni tirtn rtf t Vi a vi 11 q rr if T.inrl. sey was burned this morning. A dozen rmildin-a were burned, entailina a. loss of 115,000; insuranoe tlO.OOO. Mixed Up in the Scandal. Paris. April 19. Ex-Deputy Plant- eneu has been arrested on a charge of complicity in the Panama canal scan dal. NORTHWEST BREVITIES Evidence of Steady Growth and Enterprise. ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST Wnm All the Cities and Towns of tho Thriving SUtor States ' Oregon. A baseball association has been or ganized in The Dalles. . The woolgrowers of Grant county will meet at Mount Vernon the first Saturday in May. The steamer Areata took out from Coos bay on her last trip more than 2,500 sack of potatoes. Eastern Oregon hills will rejolee in fine crop of bnnchgrass this year, ow ing to abundant moisture. The Columbia county court haa ex tended the time in which taxes may be paid to June 15. No penalty will bo added before that time. A proposition to bond the Eagle Point, Jackson county, school district for 11,000 was defeated last 'week by a vote of forty-five to thirty-four. The Huntington Herald says that a vuiflin vuhki, bin. cling iiivUjj I m, uu . engaged in secret revolutionary work, passed through that town last week. The firemen of Baker City have al ready begun to work to make a great, success of the firemen's tournament, that will be held in that city June 8, 9 and 10. The students of the Normal school in Drain planted twenty graceful trees on Arbor day. The senior class planted an elder, which gives every promise of thriving. Goose lake, in Lake county, is mnch higher this spring than it has been for. a number of years. A number of. houses and haystacks are completely surrounded by water. A chamber of commerce has been or ganized at Marsh field with purpose "to assist in the establishment of indus tries and to encourage all enterprises that will be a benefit to the com munity." Judge Fullerton has announced that he will issue no order restraining the county court of Coos county from or dering the building of the new court house till both sides have had a full hearing. A weekly shipment of sturgeon is be ing made from Huntington, and some good-sized fish have been brought in lately. Fish weighing between 800 ana sou pounas are not an uncommon thing there. They are taken from Snake river, near Old's Ferry. A farmer of Yamhill county last year raised four or five tons of flaxseed, which he ground into feed after a great deal of experimenting and adjusting of his self-made grinder. He sold hi product at a good profit to produce dealers and druggists of McMinnville. The ground flaxseed sella for feed at S cents a pound, which is about an aver age return of (40 per acre. Washington. There is talk of building a telephone line from Thorp to EllenBburg. The bridge across the Colville river at Kettle Falls haa been finished. The fees received by the county clerk of Cowlita county, last month, exceed ed the clerk's Balary by $35. , The Chuckanut stone quarries have received orders to get out stone for the government lighthouse at Coos bay. ; There were 60 births in Whitman county during the first quarter of thia year, 80 boys and 30 girls. There were 48 marriages and 25 deaths. ' The Thurston county commissioners counted over the funds in the treasur er's office last week and found $9,447.76 in warrants, and 12,653.21 in cash. ' A cloudburst last week flooded all of the gulches leading into Bussell creek, in Walla Walla county. A few of the farmers' houses were flooded, but not much damage was done. The printing of the session laws for the teigslative session just closed is all completed, with the exception of the index, which is now being pushed day and night, and will soon be done. " The Spokane land office has decided that a woman who has been divorced from her husband cannot maintain any homestead rights accruing to him, on account of prior martial relations with him. , i The log drive of the Palouse Lumber Company has ended, the logs now be ing in the boom at the mill in Palouse. Mr. Codd has a drive of 1,500,000 feet on the way down the - Palouse river to Colfax. Hon. h. F. Barge and Judge Good win, Indian commissioners, are expect ed to return to North Yakima the lat ter part of this month and resume ne gotiations with the Yakima Indians, looking to the opening of the reserva tion. . . ' A corporation has been organized in Davenport, with a capital stock of (4,000, the object of which corporation is to build a two-story building, the upper part of which will be used for lodges and the lower part for a publio hall. . Whatcom county baa more miles of planked road than anr other county in the state, and proposes to continue to network the county with these useful highways of commerce, having just warded a contract for seven miles to be built for $11,71. The receiver of the First National bank, of Olympia, has received infor mation from Controller Eckles that a dividend of 80 per cent has been de clared in favor of the creditors of the bank. . The dividend will be payable In about thirty day.