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.t J? OREGON M 1 VOL. XIV. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FKIDAY, JUNE 4, 1897. NO. 24. NEWS OF IE WEEK From all Parts of th New and Old World. BBIEP iKD IHTE&E8TIK0 ITEMS u,nliiMli Relew of the Imnort I Happenings nf tfce 0un ' '" ' tent Week. Caswell' mllU at Lewiston, Me., vera blown up. Four men wart killed and several were Injured. , The mills re a total wreck, and the Ioh I ItnaW. 1 A dispatch from Berlin ay thai the powen, Including Turkey, have , sentod to the appointment of Prince Franoi Joseph of Battenburg M gov ernor-general of Crete. A dispatch to the Dally Mail from Borne says the king of Greece fi be ginning to reassert himself and will soon be able to dismiss M. Belli and to appoint M. Kalaptano ai premier. ' At Colfax, Wash., John Leonard, who murdered Jaoob Malquist last July, was eentenoed by Judge McDon ald to be hanged July 1. The sentence did not affect the priioner. He had nothing to say. WhihfOeorge Allen, George Warren and bia eon Willie were crowing the Grand river at Fruits, Colo., in a tem porary ferry, the oable broke and all three were drowned. The river ii very high, and la half a mile wide at that .place. ;- The Mew York Herald 'a eorrw pond en t in Onatemala cable that the gov ernment haa issued a decree impend ing epeola payment! for six months. The banka lend the government 1,000, 000 peaoa to be repaid in liz montha in . silver. Oflloera of the Cuban league have de ... ........... .i . i....a UIUOU W M.WIIl'. Ml. raining VI . IUUU of $1,000,000 in the United State, be lieving that thl will enable the Co ban to eatabliah their independence. The fund 1 to be raised in tw ways by donation and by the sale of gold bond at 0 per cent, payable "ten yean after the evacuation of Cuba by the Spanish troop." B. C. Brloe, whoae claim to pro ofs for making gold and diver from chemically pure antimony and other bare metal baa been under investiga tion by a committee of expert, with only negative results, lias made appli cation to the commissioner of patent for another teat. In bi request he a ert that the other commission did not follow hi direction in important par ticular. The deoree of the Turkish govern ment calling for the expulison of all Ureek from the Ottoman empire, haa been auipended, in view of the peace negotiations. Governor Ellerbe haa announoed that he will appoint Congressman John L. McLaurin to be United State enator, in succeasin to the late Sena ;. tor Earle, The Cretan oilier nave sent a docu ment to the Greek government deolar ing.that they are almost unanimously in favor of polltioal union with Greece, but asking the advice , of the govern ment a to the beat course to pursue consistently and with due regard to na tional Interests. . President MoKinley sent a cablegram to Queen Victoria, congratulating her on the celebration of her 79th birthday. The message was as follows: "To the Ambassador of the CnitedJStates, Lon don: The president desires you to con vey to the queen his sincere congratula tion and those of the Amerioan people upon the celebration of her 79th birthday."- Governor Lord ba appointed 3. V. B. Butler, of Monmouth, to succeed himself; Judge John J. Daly, of Dallas, vice J. a White, and K. C. Pentland, of Independence, vloe P. Haloy, mem bers of the board of regents of the slate normal school at Monmouth, Or., each to hold for six year. Judge G. C. ' Blakely, of The Dalles, has been ap pointed a member of the Oregon state board of pharmacy, vloe M. M. Davis. The 70-year-old widow of Colonel Samuel Colt, the millionaire firearm manufacutrer, haa been sued by Nor man Colt, of Seattle, and James B. Colt, of Washington, D. 0., for a big lioe of the estate which has been In control of herself or her son since the colonel' death in 1863. Mrs. Colt i accused of alienating her husband' affection from his nephew by fraud and deceitful statements, while he was in a weak mental and pbyiloal state. Plaintiff also aver that the million aire' death was hastened by an over dose of medioine. Seven year ago James Braaell made proposition to the English govern ment, to send out 15,000 prospector covering an area of 10 mile through British Colombia, in a nothwesterly dlreotlon from Kossland. The cost of snch an expedition was such that tlis English and Canadian government would have nothing to io with it, the haszard being one that the home sec retary would not countenance. The proposition, however, baa met with the approval of a syndicate of English capitalists, who sends forth ISO men from San Francisco, with .James Bra aell at the head. In a blast In a mine at Forbestown, Cal.. Santine Kavonl, a Portuguese suffered frightful Injuries. His eye balls were dislodged and left banging on his cheeks, his shoulder was partly torn away and his scalp out open. He still lives. General Miles has been afforded by the sultan and the Turkish officials very faollity for studying the Turkish army. He is pursuing the work with great vigor, and 1 kept very busy. The officials are most kind In offering very aid. THE. GLASS SCHEDULE.- flare ike Damoorati a Chance to Eitend ' the Tariff Ilat. Washington, June 1. Progress on the tariff bill in the senate was oheoked today, the plate-glass paragraphs prov ing a source of controversy lasting throughout the day. As a result, lit tle more than a page of the bill was disposed of. The finance committee suooeoded without difficulty in resist ing proposed amendments from Demo cratic member of the committee, al though each amendment was debated at great length, An exciting incident occurred dur ing the afternoon, when Senator Mor gan was called to order by Uallinger, who was temporarily in the chair, for severely criticising the inaction of the house of representative. Morgan de clared that the speaker of the bouse wa enforcing an automatic rule, by which representatives were assembled and dispersed, and he characterized this Inaction as an outrage against pop ular rights. Frye first gave warning that a pro teat would be made against criticisms of the other house, when Morgan ve hemently related his criticisms. Hale made a point of order against him. The temporary presiding officer direct ed Morgan to resume his seat, and then ruled that he was out of order. The Alabama senator somewhat chagrined, was about to appeal from the decision when Hale withdrew his point of or der, and further action was avoided. Morgan resumed his criticisms dur ing the tariff debate, and made the point that congress was not now in ses sion iu accordance with the constitu tion, the bouse having vacated ita functions. After a sharp contest with the tariff leaders, Quay succeeded in carrying a motion to adjourn. NO HOPE FOR DURRANT. Governor Badd Hefuaes to Interfere In HU Behalf. Sacramento, June 1. Theodore Dur rant will be banged -on June 11, one week from next Friday. Governor Budd this evening telephoned that much In effect to Warden Hale, of San Quentin, at the same time ordering the doath watch plaoed upon the prisoner. Immediately after telephoning this message to Hale, the governor was driven in a hack to the depot, where he took the train for San Francisco. Notwithstanding the fact that the governor has made known hi decision, and the telephone message has leaked out, the same secrecy has been made regarding the statement which the governor baa prepared, and it will not be given out until tomorrow. Bui-rant's Parents Will Nee Him Win. San Quentin, Cal., June 1. Theo dore Durrant has made the declaration that if he must meet his fate on the gallows, he will die like a man. The mere suggestion of suicide is repulsive to blm, he says. He also deola-es that he will die in the presence of his parents, who will insist on attending the execution as bis invited guests. The elder Durrant says that his wife is a woman of determination, and she will press her legal rights to the limit. Under the law, Warden Hale cannot deny her admission if she presents at the prison gate an invitation of her son, requesting her presence at the banging. ' , A Driver's Carelessness. Denver, June 1. -At 8 o'clock this afternoon a spring wagon driven by Henry Marsadu, a carpenter, and con taining eight children ranging from 8 to 9 years, waa struck by a special train on the Denver & Bio Grande railorad, and as a result four children are dead and the other are terribly Injured, two so badly that they will die. Mar sau, with hi three children, had been pending the day at the home of Christo pher Schoneweiss, in the southern portion of the city. When ready to tart for home he took a load of chil dren gathered up in the neighborhood for a short ride. It is claimed by the police that Marsau was intoxicated and paid no attention to the signals of the engineer, but drove upon the track while the train was in plain sight and but a few feet away. The engine truck the wagon, demolishing It and crushing and mangling the children in a horrible manner. W armed the Dynamite. , Denver. June 1. A voeclal to the , Rooky Mountain News" from Cripple Ureea- says: wnuam uarr, agea xo, and Frank Curtis, aged 81, miner in the Norman tunnel, live miles south of this city, were killed today by a pre mature explosion of dynamite. Carr wa warming four sticks of dynamite overs Are. The bodies were hardly recognisable. Drowned In a Tank. Abbott, Tex., June 1. Mrs. Nannie r. Rarr. hnr i.vear-old babe, and her 1 lister, Miss Hattie L. Alexander, aged 1 14, were all drowned in a tank near the house. The boy was playing in the 1 shallow water and inadvertently step 1 ped off Into a deep hole in the center of the tank, and the others were drowned in trying to rescue the little follow. j A Monument to Firemen. Chloago, June 1. Next Monday the firemen of Chloago will dedicate a mon ument to the firemen and citiaens who ' t .loath In the cold-storage building fire at the world' fair ground. The Garment-Workers' Strike. New York, June 1. The big strike of the garment-makers entered upon its , third week today, adoui x.ouu opera tors, whose employers have signed the new agreement, have returned to work, leaving about 22,400 still on strike in this oity and vicinity. Leader Meyer cs .i. ii.t .-.! in. AYTWAflSAii himself as OUHUDIIloiu r - - satisfied that the operators would not return to work under. th old condl- Tion. GUNS FOR THE Successful Expedition From North Carolina Coast IN CHARGE OF CAPTAIN 0'BSIEN The Tag Alesande Jones, Schooner John D. Long and the famous Dauntless. Participated. Wilmington, N. C, June 1. The Messenger print a detailed account of the loading of the tug Alexander Jones and her departure with the schooner John D. Long on a Cuban fili bustering expedition. The fact were obtained from a member of the orew of the Alexander Jones, which re turned to port aeveral daya ago. Hi story substantially is as follows: . On Thursday night, May 18, the Jones took on a cargo of rifles, ma ohetos, rapid-fire guns and ammunition at the Wilmington, Newborn & Nor folk railroad depot in the southern limits of the city. Before she had en tirely finished iter cargo a rumor was started that officers were approaching, and that the revenue cutter Morrill wa getting op steam. Taking alarm at this, the Jones pulled out id start ed down the river at 10:45 P.' M., and in a few hours crossed the bar and an chored outside. The schooner John D. Long, having meanwhile been loaded with coal and other material at the Wilmington & Weldon railroad wharf, was shortly towed out to sea by the tug Brandon, going past the cutter Colfax. On the schooner was General Nunea and another officer of the Cuban army, a Cuban pilot and Captain John O'Brien, of the filibustering tug Daunt less. At the sea buoy, they went on board the Jones, anchored near by, and Cap tain O'Brien took charge of the ex pedition. A hawser was made fast from the Jones to the schooner, and early Friday morning the tug steamed to the south with her in tow. The Brandon returned to South port. On the way down the coast no port was entered, but off the beach on the coast of Florida, 62 Cubans were taken on board. The Jones then towed the schooner to the Bahamas, and in the vicinity anchored in the open sea on Tuesday, May 18. On Thursday morning, May SO, the filibuster Dauntless hove in sigbt, and came alongside the Jones and the schooner. She coaled from tlis choooner, took charge of arms from the Jones, and with Captain O'Brien in command, headed for the Cuban coast, about 60 miles away. She left the Jones between 8 and 9 o'clock Thursday night, made a successful landing near Matanzaa,' and, after an absence of 84 hours, returned to the Jooc, took another cargo of war ma terial, and started for Cuba Friday night On the last trip, General Nu nes and the 63 Cubans left the Jones, and went on the Dauntless, accom panied by Captain O'Brien. When the Dauntless left with her second oargo, the Jones coaled from the schooner, towed her off Cape Canaval, Florida, and turned her loose. She sailed baok and got into Southport yes-, terday morning. . The cargo carried from here was val ued at 178,000, and is said to have been the second largest ever landed in Cuba. The member of the crew referred to says there is no truth in the story that the Jones was chased and fired on by a Spanish war vessel. The Jones never saw the amoke of a war vessel while on her trip. Calhoun Is Attacked. Havana, June 1. In a leading ar ticle this morning, El Diario de la Ma rina makes a scathing indirect attack upon Commissioner Calhoun, by oriti clsiilng articles which have appeared in a Washington newspaper over the signature of Mr. Pepper, who. in the guise of an intimate friend of President MoKinley and Mr. Calhoun, accom panied the latter to Cuba. El Diario de la Marina maintain that many incidents of the interior working of the mixed commission, which are wholly private, have been divulged in Mr. Pepper' letter, thus tending to compromise Mr. Calhoun. The paper also resents Mr. Pepper' unfriendly attitude toward Spain in his report on the Cuban question, ex pressing disgust that while he blame Spain for the natural result of the war, he had no word of oensure for the Cu ban Insurgents, whose torches are de stroying the wealth of the island. In dosing its article, El Diario de la Marina calls attention to the fact that two New York newspapers, whose Cu ban representatives are scarcely favor able to Spain, maintain bureaus in Ha vana under the same roof with United States consul-general, intimating with out muoh delicacy that the correspond ents of these newspapers are virtually under the wing of General Fltshugh Lee, and draw most of their inspiration from him. Mr. Fishback, accompanied by Mr. Pepper, went Into the Interior today to visit Guanajay. Mr. Calhoun spent the day with General Lee at the Amer ioan consulate. Captain-General Weyler went from Tunas to' Jaoaro on Friday, but re turned to Tunas today. The insurgents dynamited a passen ger train between Santa Clara and Es-1 peranxa. The baggage oar was capsised and the locomotive and three passenger oars were derailed, but no lives were lost. ; Paris, June 1. -The Athens corre spondent of the Journal asserts tbat Crown Prince Constantino, after th retreat from Domokos, attempted to commit suioide with a revolver, on learning of the intense feeling against him. He wa prevented by officer. THE RIO GRANDE FLOOD. Head ga to of the Canal and Leva Broke Inundating El Pann. El Paso, Tex., May 81. The head gate of the large canal running through the southern part of the city, and the levee separating the canal from the river, gave way at 3:80 this afternoon, and the water came through in torrents, inundating the Santa Fe freight yards, and a half mile south flowed in behind the main temporary levee, erected in the past week to hold hack the water, which had settled itself t a height of from 6 to 10 feet on the southern rivet front. A general alarm was sent out by , the Are department, and all the assist- ance possible was given to those in the miust oi the nooti. some 70 residences between the Santa Fe freight yards and the canal on the river front were in undated within half an hour after the break, but nearly everything mov able was carried to high ground, A new levee is now being constructed foi a distance of two miles along Fourth street to hold the water back and turn it again into the river. A great many bouses are filled with refugees, but there are yet 200 families shelterless. These families are encamped along the edge of the mesa, in the north side of the city. At 10 o'clock the flood has broken through the second levee on Fourth street, and the waters have advanced to Second street, causing several hundred more poor families to flee from their homes. There will be over 400 home less families on the streets of El Paso tonight, and large number of them are without food, as they are laboring people, who have been fighting the flood Instead of earning bread for the past 15 days. The water is running into the county jail and around the Texas Pacific depot. . The river is re ported falling. El Paso, May 81. At 10:30 o'clock the water broke through the reserve levee on Fonr.h street, and now covers ' one-half of tlj city. The destruction to property will be immense. Every available man and vehicle is occupied in moving families and household goods to high ground. The business port 10s may be invaded before morning. A SPANISH WARNING. Havana Paper Tells now Wa Would Ba Worsted In a War. Havana, May 81. El Diario de la MaYing in a leading editorial says: "We see in the American newspapen evidence that there are certain social classes in the United States not suffi ciently alive to the1 importance of the advice, 'Don't monkey with the lion's tail. These classes are remarkable for the eagerness with which they evade jurisdiction in affairs, which, like the Cuban war, are exclusively the affairs of Spain.. The persistence with which they recognise the belligerency of the insurgents is craay and ridicu lous. The important conservative in terests of the United States should not forget that the patience of Spain may soon become exhausted. The Spanish government has given abundant proofs of Its good will by ignoring the many inconveniences that have been caused by resolutions in congress. Those in terests ought to be thankful to us for our abnegation. ' v "But in case the sword should be unsheathed, Spain would certainly not be the heaviest loser in the fight. Spain has sent 900,000 troops to Cuba to settle a domestic difficulty. Wbat would she not do in the event of a for eign war, with the nation which for a century has abused our patience by ig noring Spanish honor and chivalry? President MoKinley should consider this carefully, and if he is to deal with us as enemies let him take the advice of an enemy and no longer trifle with US.". -,;... - BIG BLUBBER SOCIAL. Whale Killed Off Flattery by Neah . Bay Indians. Port Townsend, Wash.. May 81. Yesterday, while cruising in the neigh borhood of Cape Flattery, the attention of Captain Clinge'r, of the tugboat Holy oke, waa attracted to s great oommot ion to the southward. Steaming to the scene, the oaptain and crew of the Holyoke were rewarded with the spec tacle of a vicious fight between a oanoe fleet of Indians on one side and a large whale on the other. The Indians handled their ounces well, and from every point of the compass an attack was being made, harpoon after harpoon sinking from sight in the sides of the monster, whioh lashed the waters high into the air in its vicious attempts to crush the canoes and drown ita tor mentors. The Indiana were too wary, however, and finally tired the whale out. Then a well-directed harpoon thrust finished him. v Having dispatched their game, the Indians were in a quandry as to get ting the big fellow ashore, but Captain Clinger wa equal to the emergency. A small hawser was passed into a canoe and taken to the dead whale, where it was attached to many harpoon ropes. Numerous canoes then hooked on to one another behind the whale, and the procession started for Neah bay, where it was met with great rejoicing by the natives who had remained at home. The whale waa beaohed and the Neah bay tribe of Indians are now enjoying a big blubber social. The dead whale measured 63 feet in length, being the largest ever .captured in North Paoiflo waters. Chicago, May 81. George, M. Pull man has reoeived from Archduke Ba ner two magnificent medals and a rich ly wrought diploma, a tostimonal of honor and merit in founding and build ing the most perfect town in the world. This distinction came as the result of an exhibit in the international hygienic and pharmaceutical exposition in Prague, WILD FREIGHT TRAIN Causes a Terrible Wreck on the Short Line. NINE KILLED, EIGHT INJURED Runaway Ran Into the West-Bound Passenger Train at American fall, Hear Fooatellu. Boise, May 81. The most disastrous wreck in the history of the Short Line railroad occurred at American Falls at 4:80 this morning. A runaway freight train crashed into the west-bound pas senger train. Nine men were killed outright and eight others seriously in jured. Both engines were demolished, the station buildings shattered to pieces nd 18 or 20 cars smashed. The dead ares O. W. Shields, residence unknown; D. L. Thompson, of Dayton, Wash.; John B. Cooper, of Wellsville, Utah; J. Steffen, of Dillon, Mont; five un known men. Excepting Cooper, these men were beating their way on the freight Most of them were eheepshearers. Cooper was just about to take the passenger train going west. The passenger train had pulled into American Falls, and was standing at its accustomed place waiting for the freight to pass it on the sidetrack. American Falls station Is situated in a depression, and there is quite an up grade in both directions. The first warning of any danger was when Engineer Heckman heard the freight whistle to back up. He at once reversed bis engine, but the rails were wet and the grade heavy, and it was an instant or two before the train re sponded, and in that moment the freight train thundered around the curve and across the bridge, going at the rat of 60 miles an hour. The passenger train had hardly begun to move before the freight dashed into it. Both engines were demolished and the freight cars piled up one on the other, jamming in the side and demol ishing one whole end of the station building. Just as the engines met, Engineer Heckman jumped and came to the ground in the midst of flying timbers and debris. John Cooper, Frank Burke and Night Telegraph Operator Charles Goodwin had been talking on the plat form an instant before they saw the wild freight coming. Cooper ran into the depot and was killed instantly. Burke and Goodwin ran out behind the building and escaped. Brennan, who was on the platform at the same time, was burled in the wreck. . The station building waa demolished to the partition between the depot and the private rooms where Agent St. Clair and his wife and three children were asleep. The dead and mangled bodies of two of the killed were hurled . against this partition. Beams were forced through it and over the bed occupied by the children, but miraculously not one of them was injured, although the room was twisted and shattered almost to fragments. The freight train bad run away on the hill west of American Falls. . It is thought tbat some of the sheep shearers or hobos had cut off the air. The air brakes would not work, and on the hill the train waa found unmanage able. Conductor Cook and Brakemen Davia and Westron were on top setting the brakes, and Fireman Cosgrove had climbed back to help set the brakes, but they proved of no avail. The train shot down , the grade and across the bridge Into the passenger train. Only the cool nerve of Engineer Heckman in remaining at his post and reversing his engine saved the lives of dozens of his passengers, as well as of the family of the station agent sleeping in the building. The wreck presented a scene of inde scribable destruction. The cut in front of the station and the spot where the station stood were piled high with broken oars, demolished buildings and the shattered engines. Ties were torn up and telegraph poles and wires were down in the ruins, The dead were recovered and the in jured cared for as rapidly as possible, and at 11 o'clock a special left the Falls with the wounded for the hos pital at Salt Lake. ; A CUBAN CONFERENCE. Important Meeting to Be Held la Phtla , ,: delphla Next Week. Philadelpnia, May 81. It is defii- nitely settled that the most .important conference-held In America in connec tion with the Cuban cause will assem ble in Philadelphia some time next week. General Palma will preside. With him will be Quesada, the charge d'affaires. They are coming here, it is said, to prepare plans that may meet with entire approbation of the ad ministration. It is said that as soon as Senator Sherman became secretary of state he sent for Quesada. That interview has had more to do with the coming confer ence than anything that has occurred in Cuban affairs since the inauguration of the war two years ago. Looking for a Sunken Safe. Taooma, Wash., May 81. Diver O'Ksef, of San Francisco, i now try ing to find the safe of the Northern Pacifio railway, that was buried in the Sound in the landslide two years ago. Several futile attempts have been made to find it. It contains 910,000, and the finder is promised (4,000 to re cover it. There are more American vessels on the great lakes than on the ocean, and their combined tonnage is greater. MADE MONEY IN SUGAR. Senator Tillman Want the Newspaper Charges Investigated. Washington, May 81. After a long period of silence, Senator Tillman startled the senate today by a speech no less dramatic in its deliverr than sen sational in its allegations. He pre ceded it by presenting a resolution for the appointment of a special committee of five senators to investigate charges of speculation by senators while the tariff bill was before the finance com mittee. In advocating the resolution, Tillman threw aside the usual conven tionalities of thi senate and with plain ness of speech seldom heard about the halls of congress called on bis associates to investigate the published charges of senatorial speculation, and if found true, to purge the senate of those who debauched it. Aldrich. in charge of the tariff bill, answered Tillman in a sweeping denial. The Tillman resolution was referred to the cork mi tee on contingent expenses of the senate. Considerable progress was made on the tariff, IS pages being covered. Several votes were taken during the day, but the finance committee had a liberal majority in every instance. The Democratic members of the com mittee made a strong effort to reduce the rates on window glass, but their amendments to this effect were defeat ed. . . Tillman's resolution quote the sen ate resolution of May 17, 1894, author izing the original inquiry and then, after reciting the proceeding in the Chapman and Havemeyer trials, pro ceeds: ..'"'' "i. " "Whereas, In the last 80 days sun dry newspaper correspondents have openly charged senators with speculat ing in sugar stocks, while the sugar schedule is under disonssion, and have ulso charged that brokers in New York Knew in advance as to what the senate finance comn.lttee would report as to the sugar schedule, all of which in volves a question of the highest- privilege, towit: The right of the sen ate to protect its members from slander and to protect the body as a whole from these open charges of corruption, there fore, be It : "Eesolved, That a oommittee of five be appointed with power to send for persons and papers, to employ a sten ographer, and to administer oath to inquire into the truth or falsity of the charges made in May, 1894, and into the charges recently made, and the soope of the investigation shall cover everything emb-aced in the resolution of May 17, 1894, as well as the meth ods pursued by the American Sugar Re fining Company, better known as the sugar trust, in controlling legislation in its favor at the present time, and es pecially whether it haa in any wise contributed to or controlled the elec tion of a senator in this body at any time." ' The presiding officer (Frye) prompt ly ruled that the resolution should go to the committee on contingent ex penses, but Tillman obtained consent to make a statement. ' "We have arrived at a time," he be gan, "when the senate can no longer afford to. rest under damning accusa tions made against senators. If there are men here debauching the senate, :hen we should be purged of them. If these reports are slanders, then the press galleries should be purged. ' We cannot afford io lay back on our dignity any longer and say we will not investi gate." . . JAPAN'S POLICY. , Claims There Is Na Deelre to Annex the Hawaiian Islands. New York, May 81. The World Bays: Marquis Ito, who has just ar rived in this city en route for London and the queen's jubilee, ' politely re fused to be interviewed, on the plea that he was too fatigued after his long journey, but Marquis Kido, who speaks English fluently, ' answered for him some questions concerning the policy of Japan. - : "The rumors of Japan's desire to annex Hawaii." he said, "are mere idle gossip. We sent a man-of-war there to protect the interests of our countrymen. That is all. After our experience in Formosa we do not want to annex Hawaii, nor anything else at present." ' Marquia Kido said the Japanese have the most amicable feeling toward Americans and hoped pleasant rela tions would always continue. "I want to correct one mistake that is quite general. Marquis Ito is not being sent to England as a special rep resentative at the queen's jubilee, but as a member of the suite of Prince Arasngawa, a member of the imperial family, who will fill that position for the government on that occasion. We will sail soon and join the prinoe in ROYAL FAMILY IN DANGER. Ring George I Preparing to Leare Athens. London, May 81. The Post's Con stantinople correspondent says: Today the embassies received word from their respective ministers at Athens that the position of the Greek royal family is now critical. King George is praoti cally barricaded in the palace, and it is reported he is making preparations to leave Athens in order to evade the fury of the populace. Athena, May 81. Elaborate mea sures have been taken to preserve or der. ' Besides the police and gend armes, a civil guard haa been selected from the most trusted . inhabitants. The minister of the interior is resolved to deal severely with anti-dynastie movements. The fact tbat the war shins at Pharleum are ready to land troops and artillery In the event of dis orders occurring has deterred tna revo lutionists from making a demonatra tion. - '- NORTHWEST BREVITIES Evidence of Steady Growth and Enterprise. ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST Vroin All the Cities and Towns at the Thriving Meter Xtates Oregon. - A peoial term of circuit court for Grant county will be held at Canyon City, July 19 next. Fred and Tobey Hanna of Olex, Gil liam county, last week,, after plowing wa over, killed 1,200 squirrels. Mrs. Mary Patterson, for many years resident of Umatilla county, died at her home in Pendleton, at the ripe age f 84 years. There was an Indian war dance in the Armory ball in Condon, Gilliam county, last week, by a band of red skins in that town. Coos county has 71 public school houses and 8,098 legal voters for school purposes. Curry county haa 18 school bouses and 620 legal voters. Lane county is only a little more than six months behind in her payments of county warrants, and warrants are sel ling at 2 per cent premium. J. W. Blake delivered 7,000 head of sheep at Lone Rock in Gilliam county last week 8,000 wethers ; to Harry Clay and 4,000 ewes to several other parties. A few days ago a band of 600 head of horses, owned by George Holstein, G. W. Mood and Dan Tartar, was started from the Eagle valley range, in Uma tilla county, over the trail for South Dakota to find a market. : The warehouses in The Dalles are . filling with wool, but no sales of the 1897 clip have thus far been reported, say the Times-Mountaineer. While there are a number of woolbuyers here, the market is still dull, and will likely show no activity until the bulk of the wool is in. , William Sayers, an old man about 60 years of age, was killed last week at Lost river gap, Klamath county, by his team running away. - There was no eye-witness to the accident, but Sayers was evidently thrown from the wagon, striking upon his head among the rocks and crushing his skull. ; The residence of Rev. J. H. Grant, in Gray Butte, Crook county, burned last week. The library, valued at $500, burned, as did most of the clothing an furniture. Mr. Grant was not at borne, and, in saving the children, Mrs. Grant's hands were severely, burned and her hair was singed. . , . - Frank Davenport, of Hood Biver.who has the contract for building the big irrigating flume and ditch on the west side of Hood river valley, and is one of the principal stockholders, says' the ditch will be completed about the mid- die of July. It will cost $26,000 and furnish 2,000 inches of water ' Washington. A. T. Hammond, of Everett, was found dead in his bed, having died dur ing the night of heart disease. Funds have been subscribed in Port Townsend to build a trail along the Little Quilioene river, and into the Olympics. -s Tbe enrollment at the Castle Book school has increased to more than 200, and the directors found it necessary to employ a fourth teacher. George Guthridge has conynenoed an action in the superior court against the city of Walla Walla for damages in the sum of $16,726 on account of injuries receivd while acting as engine driver in the fire department. . :, , . The Tacoma saloons, which have been allowed to keep open all night, must close their doors from now on between the hours of S and 6 o'clock A. M. Chief H.oge has issued orders to that effect, and says he intends to enforce them to the letter. . Cnder the new law, the inmates of the school for defective youth, at Van couver, will probably not spend their vacations at home this summer, unless their parents are able to pay their tran' spoliation, as no provision for such ex pense is made by the new law. The sulphur mine now located near the Natohes trail about 16 miles front Buckley were first discovered by a camper whose fire took hold of the rocks, which burned and created such a smell that he had to move two or three miles to get away from the fumes., The fish commission steamer Alba tross last week lowered the deep-sea fish net off Cape Flattery, and when the net was drawn up with great difficulty an enormous shark was found, weigh ij 660 pounds, and being 10 feet long. It had devoured all the small fish in the net. The shark waa out op afterwards and thrown overboard. Stockmen who have been making a round-up of their horses on tbe range in Asotin county complain that many of their finest and most valuable geldings are missing and oannot be found, al though every nook and corner of the range has been hunted over, says the Sentinel. All the old mares and 1 and 2-year-olds were found on their usual feeding grounds.. Land Commissioner Robert Bridge is in Spokane leasing school lands. Section 16 lies close to the business sec tion of the city, and has over 160 dwellings, stores, etc, built by squat ters. The section is platted into 2,080 lots, and haa wide streets, but owing to the title being in the state, water, sewer, and gas connections have never been extended through it. In most in stance the squatters are leasing the land on which their improvements ex ist, paying an average yearly rental oi $3 for corner lot and $1 for inside tats.