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OREGON -1 - i. A VOL. XIV. ST. HELENS, OREGON, Fill DAY, MAY 7, 1897. NO. 20. NEWS OF THE WEEK From all Parts of the New and Old World. BEIEF AND INTERESTING ITEMS Comprehend v ! of tha Import' nt Happening Car rent Week. Four live were loit in ft tenement house flre In Brooklyn. N. V. The bunking firm of Seliar, Kooli A Co. fulled lor 166,000 in Chicago. Fire consumed the elovator and otliot property of the low Elovator Company atr-eona, iu.j iosr, $200,000, Lieutenant Etoff, grandson of Prosl dont Kroger, haa been acquitted of the ohargeof slander against Queen Vic toria. ', Tralnwreoker threw switch and wrecked a train on the Houitnn St Tex hi Central and killed one man and in jured aeveral. The aohooner Annie wan crushed In an iee floe oft fit. Johna, N. B. The crew of twenty-flv men barely escaped with their Uvea. N. Burrii, Son & Co., of Norfolk, Va., one of the moat prominent and widely known banking flrmi In the Booth, baa failed. I The insurgent against Spanish rule I tn the riiuippine telanda are still 10,- I 000 strong and offering etont resistenoe I in the mountain. I The Ifaneard union of printer and puuuniiora in Miimon, wmoii ooiiapaei in 1891, hat paid a quarter of a million sterling of tta indebtedness. The mlneownera of Leadvllle, Col., met and aubaoribed 950,000 toward draining the mine!, and it ia estimated that opening the niinea will put 700 men to work. The Democratic member of the finance committee object to reporting the tariff bill direct to the senate. They rely upon the Nevada aenator to secure amendment! In full committee, The French finning vessel Gallant, Captain Pierre, from St Main (or Mi quelon, atmck an Iceberg on the Grand banks, near St John, N. F., on the 18th inst, and almoat immediately foundered. 6he had seventy-three fishermen on board, and all took to the IxHita. Only one of theae boata hna so far been heard from. When it left the vessel, tta complement waa ten men, Three perlahed from exposure and hun ger. The bodies of the flrat two were thrown overboard, but the survivors, in their desperation, were driven to oan mbaliam, and ate the third. The boat waa picked up by a schooner. The sur- vlvort are In a allocking condition, and are so badly frostbitten that their armt mint be amputated. It ia reported that the Oregon deleuiv tion in eongreaa ha reoommemled Pro fessor II. B. Miller, prealdent of the state agricultural college at Corvallia, for a diplomatic appointment to Ger- . liany. Company O, Oregon National Guard, Allan J. walker, captain, has beendiS' banded by order of Governor Lord. The oompany'a headquarter were at Myrtle Point, Coo comity. The resignation of Captain Walker, made necossary by hi removal from the tale, waa the cause for muking the or The prealdent has sent to congress the report of the boundary oommiaaion ap- pomtwl to locate the boundary line be tweon Mexico and the United ,8tntos, west of the Rio Grande river. The president' message merely trnnamita tne paper filed by the commission with the atate department, consisting of prinieu voiumea and maps. A dlapatoh from Coulee City, Wash.. aay that while Griff Jonea. Charles Deeter and Kay Weston were rounding up a band of yonng homes on lower crab oroek, they undertook to swim the horaea, below Rooky ford, aoroa the atream. While orossing the horaea be came entangled and unruly, and Jonea and Weaton were thrown Into the water and drowned, while Deeter managed to reach the ahore. Private John N. Stamm, of Walla Walla barracka, waa accidentally shot during target practice, and it ia not possible for him to recover. Sergeant Manes' pistol Snapped while aiming at the target. He returned to where Stamm waa standing, and waa explain ing to him the reason why the car tridge failed to explode. In doing this he pulled the trigger, and the revolver waa discharged, the bullet striking Stamm In the groin, and passing entire ly through the body, perforating the Intestines, and coming out of the back. The governor of Oregon and Wash ington have received copies of the call for the annual meeting ot the trans Mississippi congress, to be held thia yw in Bait Lake City, July 14 to 18, with a request that they designate a number of oitizena to represent the "tea, inolnding, "at least one speaker, who w 11 be prepared to present some general subjeet in which the state is in terested." The objects of the congress are to secure closer trade relations and national legialation of benefit to statea west of the Miasissippl. W. J. Bryan has been made president of the eongreaa. The fourth annual meeting of the Paciflo Coast Women'a Congress has opened In San Francisco. John Forepfiugh and two prominent Spaniard were killed In railroad ao- -iuear rampa, Fla. A carelesa motorman left hia post, and the trolley, car was run down by a fast mail train. Supervisor Rakestraw ia preparing M 2 Jli'V0"1 e,,notinal institute .?Mud.,n.Portland 0r- August. o oola and agenciea in the west will be represented. RAILWAYS IN MEXICO. Vngllsh Contractors Preparing to Hulld i:. "! Linn. City of Mexico, May 4. An import. ant company haa been incorporated nere, with a capital of 11,000,000, tl larger part ot the share being taken by Pearson & Hon, the English contract tors having In hand the drainage of the valley ol Mexico and the port work at vera cms, with a lew Mexican share. holder. The new company will known a the Mexican Land, Navlga tion as Railway Compuny. The first oh ject of the company la to build a rail way from some suitable point on the National Tuhuantopco road to a desira fble point in the atate of Vera Crua. The government gives a subsidy of over 8,000 aoroa of public land per kilo meter of railway constructed. On some 400,000 aorea ot land thus acquired the oouipany will aettle European and other colonists. Among other pinna of the company is to acquire railway In the southern part of Vera Cru. and also the railroad line haa already been located, and construction will begin I two months. THE LEVEES ARE HOLDING. Wont Is Apparently Over the lied River. North of New Orleans, May 4. Dunatchea from all point along the river today show that the levee are holding. full of one-tenth at Providence strength ena the belief ot engineers that the worst ia over from the month of Red river to the Arkansas line. The dungci pointa now are from Red river landing southward. At Plaquemine today the river rose four-tenths, and the .levee worker in that vicinity are having hard time keeping the line tn a condi tion of safety. The gauge here show 18.80 tonight. Major ltichardann, ohief of the atate engineer, came to the city at the gov ernor'i order to act aa advisory engl neer on the local work, and declared the defense well constructed. Here and elsewhere the day waa devoted to hard work, and no mishap have occur red. There is considerable alarm about Davia levee, but extensive reinforce ments will be begun there tomorrow Tli HI Water at St. Louis. St. Louis, May 4. -The continued high water has excited a great interest, aa was evinced by the enormous crowd that flocked to the river front today, The river continue to rise, marking 30,90 at 4 P. M. At a number of places along the levee the railroad track were under water. The termi nal association, whose tracks are partly under water, expresses no uneasiness. One of the official atated it would take five feet ot water before all their river tracks had been submerged, and that they had engines which would work in three feet of water, therefore it would take a rise of eight feet beyond the present stage before the company would be lucovenieneed. Situation at Matches. Natohes, Miss., May 4. With the exception of a half-tenth rise during the rst twenty-four hours, the river situation remain unchanged. The weather having cleared, the situation tonight seems more hopeful. While the lovo are in fair shape, they have many streams of water running through them, necessitating a large ditch to be dug to carry off the water at Vidalia. They are being worked on by a large force and closely guarded. In many pluoes the river ia within less than a foot of the top, and the current is very wift . Circulation of Currency. ; Washington, May 4.-The monthly statement of the controller of the cur rency shows that on April 80 the total circulation of national bank note waa $232,802,344, a gain for the year of $8,700,809, and a losa for the month of $1108,650. The circulation based on United States bond was $208,768,649, a gain for the year of $6,865,410, and a loss for the month of $999,158. The circulation secured by lawful money was $24,088,696, an increase for the year ot $3,835,589, an Increase for the month of $93,608. The amount Of United States regis tered bonds on deposit to secure circu lating notes was $382,749,800, and to secure public deposti, $16,818,000. ' Gunboat Ordered Into CommUalon. Washington, May 4. The first result ot the laying-up of the big cruiser Co lumbia i manifested In the prepara tion of orders by the navy department for the commisson of two new gunboats, Helena and Annapolis. The Helena will go into active servioo fur the first time on June 1, and the Annapolis a week later, on the 7th. These boats will be kept on the North Atlantic sta tion for about three months, when, be- ng thoroughly shaken down, they will be sent to one of the foreign stations, probably China, to relieve some of the larger cruiser now in need of. over hauling. ' f A FIRE AT PITTSBURG Three Million Dollars' Worth of Property Destroyed. A CO-OPERATIVE SCHEME. BEGAK ITS WHOLESALE GROCERY thm Building Burned War Fine tractare Situated the Baslneia District. Moatlj Alaaka Mall Service. Washington, May 4. -The first regu lar mail service authorised for an en tire year in Alaska has been contracted for by the postoffloe department, the service being from Juneau to Circle City, 900 miles each way. The con tract calls for one round trip a month, beginning July 1, 1897. William F. Sailor, of this city, is the contractor, the contract prioe being $6,999. Battle-Ship Oregon's Injuries. Washington, May 4. The full reiort of Naval Constructor Capps and Cap tain Barker, upon the condition of the Oregon, after her mishap at Bremer ton, on Puget sound, has been received at the navy department Aa indicated by the telegraphic report, the injuries were not of a nature to disable the ship, and although there ia a long list of bent frames and plates, caused by contact with sunken piles, there was no leakage and no necessity to repair the benta. Pittsburg, May 4. The greatest fire that has visited this city since the memorable one in 1845, started ahortly after midnight this morning, in the im mense wholesale grooery establishment of Thomas 0. Jenkins, on Penn avenue and Liberty street Three large blocks, extending from Liberty to Penn ave nue, and from Fifth to Sixth streets. hav been reduced to smouldering rnin. The loss will exceed $3,000, 000, and I well covered by insurance. Among the buildings destroyed are Jenkins' wholesale grooery establish ment; Home's six-story dry-goods es tablishment; Home's office building-, the Duquesna theater, and the Metho dist Book Concern. The flre started in the oellar of the Jenkins building, In a nlle of barrels filled with waste paper. The flames were discovered by Watchman Hunter. He had melld smoke early in the evening, but believed that it came from the outside and paid no attention to it ine names leaped rapidly up the ele vator shaft, and he made a vain effort to extinguish them with buckets of wa ter. An air shaft used to ventilate the great building fanned the flames, ana ne louna it impossible to do any thing. He made hia escape from the building with great diffionltv because of the immense volume of smoke. The alarm waa turned In about the same time by Officer Milton Bailey, who no ncea amoxe issuing throtiKh the win dOW. '-!..:.:.,".,'. .'. , , The flre made rapid headway, and by 13:80 o'clock flames benan to pour out of the Penn-avenue front All the fire department of the city and of Allegheny was summoned, and the firemen fought oraveiy to check the nroeress of the conflagration. The flre, however, at tacked the Immense quantity of bar reled oil, sugar and molassea and flour that this building contained, and 13:45 ooiook the Penn-avenue and Liberty atreet front were mas of flames. The flre ate its way ao rapidly that the nremen narrowly escaped falling debris Flame filled Penn avenue completely, and snot into the air 300 feet or more, presenting one of the most magnificent gnta seen lor years. The building of Joseph Home & Co, opposite, caught, and the firemen worked desperately to prevent its loss At 1 o'clock the Home building waa burning from cellar to roof, and the flames had communicated to Home immense office building adjoining. The structure was of atone, six stories height It was occupied by W. P. Grier& Co., china dealers; Bon Marche Glove Company, Snaman's carpet house, and score of physicians. -'" Hook's cigar faotory and Hall Bros, building next fell, and they were quick' ly followed by the Duquesne theater, Methodist Book Concern building, and the Surprise clothing store. The lat ter was an immense five-story building, running back 800 feet. The flre was the moat magnificent sight seen in Pittsburg in years. When the Jenkins and Horne buildings bad became en veloped in the conflagration, Penn avenue was one mass of flumes, and sheet of fire, with heavy columns of smoke, were aont 300 feet into the air. The glare of the flames could be seen for miles, and the atreets for blocks around were brilliantly illuminated. As soon as the flre attacked these building), several streams ot water were turned on them, but the water had no more effect than If it was not an ex tinguieher. The flames from the burn ing oil in the Jenkins building rolled out against it, and in five minutes the two beautiful Home building were burning briskly. The firemen then left the Jenkins building to its fate and used their unit and desperate efforts to save the Horne buildings. All the streams that could be summoned were turned on these buildings, but they were now one mass of flames. The flre department then turned its attention to the sur rounding oudiidings, but the raging flames rapidly ate their way to all sides. At 4 o'clock, the flre was finally mas tered, but was atill burning with in tense fury within the blocks bounded by Fifth and Sixth streets east and west, and Liberty street and Penn ave nue north and south. The loss, it is now believed, will be greatly in excess of the first estimates, and is estimated at $3,000,000. A number of firemen were Injured by falling walls and live wires, but none of them seriously. , Struck fur Eight Hours. New York, May 4,-Two hundred and fifty union plumbers, steamfitters and gasfitters struck at Newark today for eight hours' work, with no reduc tion of wages. They were working nine hours. The carpenters and lath ers have won their fight. The brick layers and masons receive the same pay as last year. Chicago Unemployed Propose to March . . to Utah. , Chicago, May 8. The Record says: Another movement similar to that which General Coxey organised a few year ago, and which is designed to take an army of unemployed men on a long trip across the country, is being quietly organized, and it is said that in June it will "move," having it starting point in thia city. u amors irom mat which was pro ductive ol tne famous "keep-off-the grass" by-term, in that it doe not have the national capital as its objective point, and it is not designed to ask the national government tor aid for any one. If the present plana are carried out, when the "army" reaches the end of its destination it will at once go to work a a co-operative commonwealth, and the leaders will attempt to prove that the working people oan provide for themselves out of the abundance of the earth without dividing the products of tneir moor. ; It ia said that with the adjournment ol the convention of the American Jtanway union, which will meet in this city in June, the time will have arrived for the order to march, and It is further said that President E. V. Debs and other men prominent in rail road organization are among the prime movers in the scheme. Utah is to be the haven of rest, and once there every man will be on an equal footing with his neighbor. There will be no city councils to do business with when pub lio improvements are needed and the people decide to make tbem. The people will do this themselves. ; It is said that figures have been gnth erea wnicli show that there are now 100,000 men and women out of employ ment in Chicago. It is not expected that anywhere near thia number will make the trip to Utah, but it ia be lieved by men prominent in the move ment that the army will move with several thousand men, and that it will pick np more on the way. ii is propoeou to organise the co operative commonwealth along the same lines as those laid down by the social ists, the means of production and die tribntion are to be the common prop. erty of the community, and may be used by any member thereof. Whether the proposition will be sub mitted to the convention of the railroad organization haa not been deoided, but it said that it is more than likely it will be. .. . SPEED WAS TOO GREAT. AN INSURGENT VICTORY FISHERMEN DROWNED. Benson Aselgned hy Jury for Portland Street-Car Accident. Portland, Or., May 8. The coroner' jury impaneled Wednesday to hold an inquest over the bodies of Catherine Baillie, Newton Hansen, W. W. Blanch- ard and M. C. Benninger, who died from the effects of injuries received in the street-car accident on Eaat Morrison street last Tuesday, rendered a verdict yesterday afternoon in which they found that the accident waa mainly due to the high rate of speed traveled by car No. 63 at the time of the accident. An opinion was also expressed in the verdict that the forward axle of the front truck was broken at the reverse ourve, where the car showed indica tions of having flrat left .the rails. Much evidence was taken during the day from both persona on the car at the time, and from others familiar with mechanics and the track on East Mor rison street. The majority ot those on the oar stated that it waa traveling faster than is permitted by the city ordinances. One witness, Mr. Philip Flood, who stood on the front platform with the motorman, stated that the oar waa not going faster than waa customary at" that point, and that it was thoroughly un der the motorman a control until the ourve waa reached. Spaniards Repulsed . at gatory Hills. Pur. WERE DRAWN INTO AMBUSCADE A Withering Flre Was Poured Upon the Spaniard From All Sides , Loss Waa Heavy.' jxew xorit, May b.a Herald dis patch from Havana says: The engagement which the Spanish had with General Roderiguea in the Purgatory hills, and which was report ed as a decisive Spanish victory, turns out to have been the reverse. The Spanish columns encountered the insurgents and attacked sharply, relying on their superior forces. The rebels retreated toward their camp, and suoceeded in playing their old trick of drawing the Spanish into an ambus cade. Oeneral Castillo arrived with reinforcements while Roderiguea was engaging the Spanish and fell on their flank. The fishting lasted five hours. and in killed, wounded and prisoners, the Spanish lost 280 men. News comes from Santiago de Cuba that 200 volunteera headed by a priest and a prominent physician have joined the insurgents because they were dis satisfied with the conduct of the Span ish autboritiea, and believed that Gar cia would succeed in retaining his su premacy in the eastern province. Ihe situation at Banes continues to command attention. Four cruisers and several gunboats have been ordered there to land a force to march on the port in the direction of Holquin. The rebel foroe in and near Banes is est! mated at 8,000. ' General Weyler came Quietly back to Havana yesterday morning after a six week's trip to Santa Clara, during which, if he accomplished anything irom a military standpoint, the (act has been most effectually ooncealed. It is now reported that he is going to Spain soon, but the report is probably due to the fact that his son sailed April 80. It wa reported last night that an in surgent chief of importance had been sent to Pinar del Rio. He ia believed to have been Quintin Bandera, but the statement lacks confirmation. , From Matanzas and other towns in Havana, Santa Clara and Pinar del Rio oomes the news that starvation and dis ease are on the increase. . One Capslsed ' la the Breaker Clatsop Spit. Astoria, Or., May 8. The first drowning of the Ashing season occurred about 8 o'clock this morning, when one of Seaborg's boats capsized in the breakers near Clatsop spit In the boat were John Hendrickson and his boat puller, August Koshela. The wind waa blowing heavily at the time, and when Hendrickson' boat overturned few men had their net out. The boat nearest the capsized craft went to it assistance, and succeeded in rescuing tne Doatpouer, but Hendrickson sank, It is probable the body will never be re covered. The deceased was a Russian Finn, about 85 years old, and unmar ried. He had lived in this country eight years, and had a brother and sla ter living in Astoria. . News was received here late this af ternoon of the finding of a body of an' other fisherman. One of Kinney's boats drifted up on Long Beach, near Ocean Park. ' The net was fast to the boat and tangled in the web was the body of the unfortunate man. His name waa not learned. It is probable the boat- puller was also lost It is reported tonight that one of Booth's boata capsized this afternoon near Clatsop spit, and that both captain and boatpuller drowned. , The report is evidently true, although neither the number of the boat nor the names of the men were given. The report was brought up by fisherman, who had learned nothing more. TOUGH ON AMERICANS. dis- A Cuban Officer Captured. New York, May 8. A World patch from Havana says: Advioes from Sagua la Grande say that Rafael Fernandez, adjutant on the stan ol the insurgent General Roban, has been oaptured. He is an American. ne ia connnea in the military prison at Sagua., Mis case is receiving atten tion at the hands of Consul Barker. Cuban Reform to Be Applied. Madrid, May 8. The queen regent. at the cabinet meeting today, aigned a decree providing for the application ol the . agreed-upon reforms for Cuba. frt .. . . .. ., xue action was aue to tne receipt ol a oable message from Captain-General Weyler announcing the western part of tne island waa pacined. AMERICUS CLUB'S BANQUET. Allen Miner In Koealand May Kara . Become British Cltlaen. Rossland, B. C, May 8. The pro posed law aa to alien miners having to deolare intentions to become citizens (before they can take out a miner' cer tificate is causing much talk here, and 'there are still hopes that it will not be come a law, although it has passed the legislature. Strong petitions against ;it are going up from all parts of British Columbia, the principal argument be ing that without American energy the mining wealth of the country would hot have been discovered, and without it thia wealth cannot be developed, Eighty-three Americana today applied lor miner's licenses at a fee of $6 each per annum, some for one year, some for two, and some for three years. There are many prospectors from the Ameri can side who have previously taken out licenses lor several years, and these, the new law, if it becomes a law. will not be able to touch. There will prob ably be a rush of American miners at other points to get miners' certificates before the law is signed. THE GUTHRIE CALAMITY. Front CONFEDERATE MONUMENT. m Eulogy on Unrolled at Dallas With Jeffereon-DaYla, Dallaa, Tex.. May 8. The Confed erate monument ereoted through the efforts of the Daughters of the Confed eracy, at Dallas, was unveiled this morning. It is of Texas granite, the shaft being fifty feet high. At the top of the column stands a private. At the base on four pedestals are life-sized statues of Jefferson Davis, R. E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson and Sidney Johns ton. Jefferson Davia, jr., pulled the cord that unveiled the statue ot his grand father. Lucy Hays did the same for Robert Lee, and a little grandaugbter of Stonewall Jackson completed thenn veiling by pulling the cords which re moved the veils from the statues of Jackson and Johnston. After the young ladies representing Southern states decorated the monu ment with flowers, John H. Reagan, the only surviving member of the Con federate cabinet, delivered a eulogy upon President Davis. Heavy Cuatom-Houie Business. New York, May 4. There was a big rush of importers today to pay duties, and the receipts reached $3,407,829, a record exceeded by only two days in the history ot the custom house. The heaviest duties paid today were on sugar and tobaooo. During the last twenty years the rail ways of the world have absorbed 60, 000,000 tons of steel, or almoat half the total prod not. Went Through Bridge. Warrenton, O., May 8. An engine and fourteen cars of a freight train, on the Wheeling & Lake Erie railway, went through a bridge near here today, and plunged into. creek. Engineer James Garletter was soalded to death. Fireman Edward Munn and Brakeman C. E. Keyser, both received broken legs and were otherwise injured severely. Uruguayan Revolution Falling. Buenos Ayres, May 8. The Uru guayan insurgents aoense the revolu tionary committee here of inaction. The leading chiefa are withdrawing from the movement, and ita failure is freely predicted. - ' Bunker Convicted of Kmbesilement. New Orleans, May 8. William P. Nichols, president of the defunct Bank of Commerce, was tonight convicted ot the embezzlement of $260,000 of the bank's funds. Decorations Were Burned, but the Speeches Were Made. Pittsburg, May 8. The eleventh an nual banquet of the Amerious Club, in memory of General Grant, waa held tonight, in spite of the fire in the ban' qnet hall which destroyed the decora tions and threatened for a time to put stop to the ceremonies. The club had made great preparations for the event, and the decorators had been at work for several day and had adorned the ceiling with four row of inverted pyramids, constructed of red, white and blue bunting. The pyramids, several hundred in number, entirely covered the ceiling, and the points ot them ex- tended to within about eight feet of the floor. An eleotrlc light was suspended from the top of each, and a bunch of smilax festooned from point to point. The effect wbb very beautiful. The windows were artistically draped, and in the center of the north wall was a llfesize portrait of the hero of Appo mattox. The club management wished to se cure a photograph of the decorated hall, and in the attempt to secure a flash light picture an explosion occurred which was followed by flames which practically destroyed the entire decora tion of the hall. Men were at once put to work to remove the debris, and the banquet was delayed only an hour, the dismantled condition of the room prov ing but a Blight detraction from the evening's enjoyment. There were 324 diners seated at the table, with U. S. Trent as toastmaster. Fatal Sawmill Bxploaion. Pittsburg, May 8. A boiler explo sion at Alderman's sawmill in the Kanawah valley, W. Va., last night, killed two men and seriously injured five. The killed are: Perry Devers and George Conley. The injured are: W. Hickman, Thomas Hickman, Will iam Balton, William Alderman, John MuCauley, The three former will probably die. The mill was badly wrecked, and the losa will be heavy. Fire More Bodiea Recovered the Debrl. Kansas City, May 8. A special to the Times from Guthrie, O. T., says: Five more bodies were recovered from ithe debris left by Wednesday's storm in West Guthrie. ; The bodies of George Owen and Mrs. Charles Ruffint were found on the west bank of the river. . The bodies of Henry Simmons and Mrs. Watson and child were found nnder a pile of hay near the Cimarron. Mrs. Watson had her child clutched to ber breast, in which position both met death. Scores of organised searching parties are at work, but progress is slow, since tons of debris must be dug over in the search. It is believed the rushing waters of the Cimarron oonoeal many corpses. The Cimarron is two miles north, and when the flood came the waters of the Cottonwood joined it The Cimarron's bottom contains quick sand, and it is one of the most treacher ous streams in the country. It flows into the Arkansas in Pawnee county. and it is believed several bodies, if not buried in the sand, have been carried to the Arkansas, which ia also very high. NORTHWEST BREVITIES Evidence of Steady Growth and Enterprise. ITEMS 07 GENERAL INTEREST Tev THE PRESIDENT ASSENTS. Petition far a Duty on Ride. Coulee City, WaBh., May 8. The Stookraiaers Association of the Big Bend has sent a petition to Washington asking that congress place a duty on hide. Eastern Washington cattle men want the Dingley bill amended. Dr. Traell Green Dead. Eaaton, Fa., May 8. Dr. Traell Green, an eminent physioian and fa- meua scientist, died today at hia home in this city. He wa 84 year old General Miles Will Go to the Seat of .-, War In Greece. , Washington, May 8. General Mile today received the formal assent of the president for his projected trip to Tur key and Greece. The order read: "The president grants you permis sion to proceed, as soon as practicable. to the seat of war in the Levant, and if authority therefor be granted to you by the respective governments con cerned, to visit the Turkish and Greek armies, or both, as, in your judgment. may be desirable. The president fur ther grants you authority, while in Europe, to visit such other countries aa may, in your opinion, offer the best opportunity for military observation, and at such times as yon may deem most expedient." uenerai Miles will be gone two or three months, as in addition to mak ing a personal study of the military features of the contest between the Turks and Greeks, he proposes to in' spect the military establishments ot the prinoipal European powers Ger many, France and England, and possi bly Russia. The result of his observa tion will be embodied in an official re port to the president Alonzo Lowe of Greenfield, Ind. , ha lifted one of his horses clear of the groupd, and he can shoulder alone and carry a barrel of sugar. A Severe Earthquake. " Washington, May 8. The United Statea consul at Guadeloupe, Weat Indies, has telegraphed the Btate de partment, under date of April 29, from Pointe-a-Pitre, as follows: "A severe earrthquake occurred here. The loss is heavy and many were in jured." - - Seven mile an hour ia the camel's limit, nor can it maintain this rate over two hour. Its usual speed is five miles an hour. An the Cities and the Thriving Slater , . Oregon Wild pigeons are flying along Coo river, and the gunner are out. Six carloads of wheat were shipped from Eugene to Portland last week. There is much aotivity in Douglas Munty hopyarda this year, and few, if my, yards will go uncultivated. In digging a well on the Warm Springs reservation recently, George Krause found human bones and teeth at l depth of forty feet Six or eight Greeks in Astoria sold out their nets and other fishing gear last week, and, with the money, started !ack to aid the mother country in her itruggle with Turkey. The semiannual statement of the Inancial condition of Grant county Vfarch 81 last showed that the county's liabilities amounted to $138,004, and the resources to $87,944. Two pairs of Mongolian pheasants from Oregon have been turned loose in Rockbridge county, Virginia, where they will be carefully protected in the sffort being made to propogate them. The firm to secure the government work of the upper Coquille is arranging For the commencement of the work, rhe improvement will be confined largely to points between Robert's land ing and Rackleff's mill, or about one mile below Myrtle Point Hood River haa doubled the acreage jf its strawberries this spring. The new plants will not bear this year, but next year should have a full crop, and this next year should furnish 1,500,000 pounds ot crimson luscionsness, or 750 ions, says The Dalles Chronicle. Dairying in Curry county is in full alast. The number of cows has not been decreased by the hard winter, but, ' wing to the inrceased demand for cat tle and the better prices paid, more sslves will be raised and the output of , sutter will probably not equal that of last year. ' . The Tillamook Lumbering Company a operating ita water pipe faotory night is well as day, for the purpose of filling ' in order for about 2, miles of pipe, , which is required to extend : the water system at Kalama, in Washington. It rill require about 60,000 feet of lum- ' ber. The pipe will be shipped on the iteamer Harrison. . t Union county butchers are becoming ; wmewhat uneasy over the prospect of lecuring beef cattle for this season's business. : Heretofore it has been an ' iasy task to secure all the beeves they needed at any time, but the unusual de- mand for cattle this season threatens to change former conditions. Not only ' are buyers purchasing all the salable steers they can find, but they appear Just as eager to secure dry cows. Washington. Potatoes are plentiful in the Kittitas ralley, and are selling at $9 a ton. The business men of Snohomish are working to get a hospital for that city. A farmers' institute will be held in Ellensburg during the first week in June. . ' A movement has been started in Oakesdale to raise a fund to help the ' Greeks. Frank Terry is to be the new Indian tgent for the Crows at Puyallup Indian reservation. Klickitat county formers shipped three tons of bacon from The Dalles to Rossland last week. Mate Jenner, an old '49er, drowned in Pemiahmoo bay, near Blaine. 'last week. His boat capsiied during a heavy wind. Stevens oounty millman are begin ning to ship their lumber to British Co iumbia. A great deal of brick and ' lime goes the same way. The monthly report of the Spokane public schools for April shows that the enrollment ia 656 larger than that at . the end of April last year. . A $10,000 damage suit against the town of Asotin was decided last week by jury in favor of the town. Tekoa ia said to have a Young La dies' Pedestrian Club, the members of which get up at 6 o'clock in the morn- ing and take walks for their health. The injunction restraining the con struction of the Snohomish oounty, courthouse has been dissolved, and once more Everett will try to get the county seat on a firm foundation. ,. . ' The corporations throughout Wash ington are generally complying with the new law requiring the payment of an annual fee ot $10. Last week in one day $40 waa received from this source by the secretary of state, Indian Commissioner Barge has re turned to North Takima from Mon tana, and will be joined this week by Commissioner Hoyt, when negotiations with the Yakima Indians will here-' sumed. Commissioner Goodwin haa gone East on a leave of absence. A resident of Walla Walla last week took 1,300 stock hogs to Nebraska. The bogs were bought for 8 cents a pound by a Nebraska man, who bought 80,000 bushels of corn at from 10 to 11 cents a bushel before the hogs arrived. The experts at work on the books of Whatoom oounty have finished the work in all the county office except the treasurer's, and are at work in that de partment now. The work in that oftfue will take about two month' time, aa there are over 18,000 receipt to check over. .... ......