THE OREGON MI
VOL. XIV. ST, HELENS, OIIEGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1897. NO. 27.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
From all Part of the New
End Old World.
B&Iir ASD INTEBESTIXO ITEMS
ant Happenings of Ik One
Ml Weeh.
Tim president has appointed J. B.
Brady, of Alaska, to the govurnonililp
of that territory. ,
George J, Huukott, a minor, wa
criiMliml to death., m tha result of an
sauidnnt In tho Brown Bear mine at
Dcadwood, Cal. if .
, Jamiia P. Harlan, brother of Asso
ciate Justice Hurlun, wa accidentally
killed by being run down by a train In
Louisville, Ky.
The 19th annual session of the grand
encampment of the Indian War Vet
eran of the North Pacific Count, ti Id
program In Portland, Or. -.
A rock and mnd elide near Ulooille
waet tunnel, British Colombia, on the
Canadian Pacific railroad, killed Ave
men and fatally injured another.
As a result of earthquake! In India
tho postofnce at Ohlttagong has been
wallowed op, some street are cloaed
to trafllo and thousand of poor eople
are home lent and living In the open air.
lleporta from all portion! of Wash
ington and Oregon, eaet of the Cas
cades, toll of the rainfall the pnat
week, which haa beeit general In thi
taction. The correspondent all agree
that the laat vestige of danger to the
'97 wheat crop 1 romoved. The crop
yield will be enhanced 88 per cent.
' The rain hat canted additional benefit
by wiping out the graaahopper pent.
Senator MoBride, of Oregon, tint been
making an effort to tecum the restora
tion of the boute rate of $8 per 1,000
on lumber, planed, grooved and
tongued, instead of $3.60, a reported
by tlie annate committee on finance,
lie tayt that the lumber dressed in thit
manner ia worth at least twice at much
in the Portland market at the tawed
lumber, which payt a duty of $ 3 under
the bill, at agreed to. Bcnator Mo
Brido aayt that the ImportHtiont of
dreatod lumber will quite seriously in
terfere with Industrie in Oregon and
Washington.
The universal poatnl congress, the
fifth convention of the kind in the
world, hat finished itt labort in Wash
ington, D. O, The aixth congress will
be held in Rome in 1003. All the
countries ot the world were represented
at the congress just closed, with the
exception of Cores and the Orange Krea
State, and these two tent word that
they hoped toon to entor the portal
union. The oongre, among other
thing, tucoeedud in establishing uni
form colon for pontage ttampt, ar
ranged for facilitating intermediary
trantit ratet and diminishing the tariff
quite materially on a graduated scale
for the ensuing six years.
Howard A. Scott, who murdered hit
wife in October last wae electrocuted
in Sing Sing priton, N. Y.
A fast freight train on the Santa Fe
railroad wai ditched near Elinn, Mo.,
and three trampt and a brakeman were
killed.
The United State government Im
migrant atation, on Ellit inland, New
York harbor, wai destroyed by Are,
but with no low of life.
Assistant Quarantine Officer Ulnl
declared that the disease on the City
of Para, now at Angel inland quarantine
itation, San Franoisco bay, it yellow
fever. ..V'
A aerloui landslide occurred near
Briega, canton of Vulait, Switsorlund.
Part of the forest there and a number
of building! havo been burled, There
Wat no lost of life,
Sir Henry Irving unveiled a memorial
itatue to Mrs. Sarah Scott-Siddons, the
famoui English actress, on Kiiddington
green, London, where her remain
were interred 88 year ago.
While Protestor Marksburn and
Richard were practicing on a flying
trapese at Fiesta Park, Lot Angeles,
they fell to the ground and Hichardt
sustained, internal .injuries which will
probably reault fatally.
Firemen extinguished fire at the
home of Grant Prestut, a laborer, at
Dayton, O. They found the charred
bodies of Rose Preatol, aged 10, and
Albert Preatel, aged 9 year. The
ehildron played with matches and tot
fire to the house.
The southbound express on the Grand
Rapid & Indiana, wa derailed near
Riggeville, Ind. The rail are mild to
have spread, ditohing the engine, ten
der, mail and baggage cars. The en- j
glne wat totally demolished, instantly
killing the engineer. ;
The Paoifio Mail ttenmaihp City of
Para, now in quarantine In Ban Fran
clsoo, brings detail of the loss in mid
Pacific ot the British ship Buckhurat,
on April i last, the having picked up
part ot the crow of the ill-fated vessel
on May 8, whon 800 miles off the
Nicaragua coast, and landed them at
Punta Arenas. The Buckhurat caught
fire, and the crew after working ten
days to quench the flame, wero com
pelled to abandon her.
The Bait Lake Tribune hat published
a itory that a party of desperadoes from
the notoriout "Robbers', Roost," in
Southern Utah, have gone to Wyo
ming and are located at Wamsutta, a
small station east of Rock Springs.
Their purpose, it it claimed, wat to
hold up the Union Paclfio express train
or else to rob the paymaster of the
Sweetwater mine.
Henry L. Bnehlcr, of Baltimore, Md.,
the oldest Odd Fellow in the world, If
dead.-
CUBANS TAKE A FORT.
early All the Spaniards RllUd or Bit
1 Taken Prisoners. - .'
Havana, Jane 83. A few dayi ago a
party of soldiers arrived her from Fort
Mogolos, five league from the city of
3ant Clara, They tay that an attaok
wat mode upon the fort by a band of
Insurgents and that most of the garrison
died defending the tort. All the am
munition was captured and all the sur
vivor of the garrison excepting them
wive were taken prisoner by the Insur
gents. '
Official advice itate that a hot en
gagement occurred at Mantna, Pinar
del Rio. The Spanish marine and in
fantry foroc were lurgely outnumbered
by the Insurgents, and after several
hours' fluroe fighting, the regular were
compelled to seek refuge in a near-by
town. They met with large losses ia
killed and wounded, many of whom
were left on the fluid.
From the Curaooa troolia coma re
port that largo force of Insurgents
have approached the trooha with the
Intention of crossing. They are be
lieved to be under command of Gomes.
Captain-General Wayler will go to
Santiago de Cuba by the end of the
present month to assume command of
military operation. He will take
with him 40,000 men.
TheJrm ot Alejundra Gonralet, pur
veyor to the military hospital in Santa
Clara, have refuted to furnish the hos
pital with supplies of provisions, owing
to the fact that they have not received
payment for their good for seven
months. They claim the government
now owes them over $100,000.
There are actually 18,000 sick sol
diers now in the government hospitals
ind the authorities have been compelled
to reopen the Keg la sugar warehouse
for the purpose of receiving the suLer
lng troops.
PUT OUT OF THE CHURCH.
A Wain KB Ejected Whc She Attempt)
ta Defend Her Husband, .
New York, Juno 88. Herman War
lawiak, the Christianised Hebrew who
ha been seeking admission into the
Presbyterian church as a minister, and
who for a long time had the support of
Rev. Dr. John Hall, of the Fifth-ave
nne Presbyterian church, was today
publicly denounced before tho congre
gation ot that church as an immoral
person and guilty of gambling. He
was alto suspended from the com
munion of the church. When the
judgment was read to the fashionable
congrcgatlou, Mrs. Wartauwiuk, wo
was present, declared in a loud voice
that her husband was innocent. She
was put out of the church, while the
pastor announced a hymn to quiet the
congregation. Mrs. Warszawiuk said:
"My husband is innocent. I cannot
hear him harshly spoken of before so
many people and not defend him."
The ushers, at a signal from Dr.
Pritchard, of Alexander chapel, who
had taken Dr. Hjtll'i place for the day,
led Mrs. Wnrszawiak from the church.
The congregation had begun losing the
hymn. .The lady at first resisted, but
was prevailed upon to leave. Not
withstanding the singing of the hymn,
the exoitement, though suppressed, wa
Intense, After the incident the serv
ice went on a usual.
DRAGOONS IN THE AIR.
neoeMful Trials of Flying Machines
In Germany.
Berlin, June 83. Naval experts at
Kiel are now testing the practical use
of dragon-shaped airships, which uiny
be put on board vessels tor use during
naval. engagements and in ruconmiiter
lug. Some of the balloons rose 000
feet, remaining fust to the duck rf the
torpedo boat steaming 14 knots an hour,
enabling the batlooiiists to make obser
vation of stations of vessels at great dis
tances. The observations made were
communicatee) by telegraph or tele
phone from the balloons to persons on
the decks of tlie vessels below, enabling
them to change the course of the latter
accordingly. The whole seiiu of
experiment occupied a fortnight, mid
were eminently successful.
Oakland Bookkeeper Hold I'p.
r.,l-i.i,.,l flat .Tiiiio 95 PMivurd
Eliason, a bookkeeper, was within a
few doors of his home last night, when
a tall man leaped at him from behind
m nlmnn nf trima. Tha vnnnu mini was
grabbed by the throat and thrown
down before ne could give a cry.
TUh tlia ffuitnail eenrohpd bin victim's
clothing, taking all his money und val
uables. Tlie roituery was com in men
about midnight, in a thickly settled
portion of the city, whioh ia well light
ed by. elootrio ligius. as soon as um
robber had secured his plunder he re
leased the man and watched him start
for his residence, having warned him
to make no outcry.
Queen Begins Her Julillee.
London, June S3. Queen Victoria
fwm the celebration of her jubilee
Sunday, as was befitting her entire car
eer, before the altar of hor fathers.
London, the United King
dom and tha empire, in every oathe-
.1 ... I nltiiwh nr nhannl ol the tau-
lished Church of England, were neiu
.... almilnr ta those at St Goorue'
DDIIIvv. - - "
chapel, Windsor, where her majesty
paid her devotion anu onerou suiniev
thank to God.
' Window Glass Factory Destroyed.
Munoie, Ind., June 38. The window
ua fuotnrv at Orestes. 18 miles west
of Munoie, burned tonight. The fao-
tory employed 400 men, ana tne ion
will be about $100,000.
A Fatal "X" Bay Operation. ,
Boston, June S3. Franklin B. Born,
of Medford, died at the Massachusetts
general hospital as a rosult of an opera
tion guided by "X".rny photographs for
tbe removal of a bullet from his brain.
ENTIRE STATE SHAKEN
California Visited By a Se.
vere Earthquake.
OCCURRED SHORTLY AFTER NOON
the Old Mission at Monterey Was Dam.
fed, and the l Hotel (wared
-Tho Los at Holllster.
San Francisco, June 83. Two sharp
and severe shock of earthquake were
folt here today, the official time of the
first at taken by the United State
weather bureau,, being 13:14:04. It
wa followed almost immediately by a
second shock. The vibration! were
from weit to east. Clocks wero
topped, and suspended lamp and dec
oration were broken in tome places,
bat no real damage is reported. The
shock were the most severe experienced
here for many year. The earthquake
wai general throughout the state.
, Monterey Mission -Hotel Del Monte.
Monterey, Cat., June 83. An earth
quake shock wai felt at noon today. It
Muted a panio among the congregation
of the San Carloi mission church. A
portion ot the adobe wall was thrown
down among the frightened worship
pers, and several fainted. Other dam
age was done to the hiitorio adobe
building.
At Del Monte, three distinct shock
preceded the rumbling noise. The ho
tel creaked and swayed, and the guest
rushed from their room. Picture and
glassware were thrown down.
At Pacific Grove, a decided earth
quake shock wa felt at 18:15 P. M. It
continued for several second, and wa
preoeded by a deep, prolonged rumbling
noise. A panio was threatened among
the congregation of the Methodist
church, but was averted by the min
ister's presence of mind. Person in all
parts of town were terrified.
Mneh Damage In Holllster.
Hollister, Cat., June 33. Shortly
after noon today, the most severe earth
quake thock since 1868 did many thou
sand dollar damage to building and
their content. Nooausalties occurred,
though several narrow escapes are re
corded. Every brick building in town
has suffered, and in the courthouse the
wall and ceilings have lost moat of
their plaster. Immediately after the
earthquake, a firewall of the McMahon
house fell upon the adjoining buildings.
Hundreds of window panes were oracked
or broken, and in some instance entire
window (ashes were thrown into the
street from the teoond-ttory ot the
buildings.
Every Hons In Qllroy Felt It.
Gilroy, Cat., June 33. The heaviest
earthquake ever felt here lasted only a
few seconds, bnt did much damage.
Numerous chimneys were toppled over,
house walls oraoked, heavy plate-glass
tore windows shattered, and a general
wreckage of bottle and shelfware in
house and store canted. People
rushed out of their homes, thinking the
last trumpet hod sounded in earnest.
In tome house blinds were wrenched
from their hangings, and an unusual
scene of petty destruction is presented
In nearly every house and store in town.
Barns Fell at Decoto.
Decoto, Cal., June 33. There were
two heavy shocks ot earthquake at
13:18 today. The vibration teemed to
be from north to south. One or two
old barns in the neighborhood fell to
the ground. There was another shock
at 13:55 P. M, lighter than the first.
Some Vlsallans Frightened. , ,
Visalia, Cal., June 83. Two severe
earthquake shocks were felt at 13
o'clock. The vibration were from
west to east. Suspended lamps vibra
ted for 15 minutes, houses were shaken
and some people ran outot door. The
shook wa the most severe felt here in
years. : -
Cracked Newman Brick Building.
Modesto, Cal., June 83. A shock of
earthquake was felt about noon. Many
people in the upper stories of brick
buildings ran into the streets In alarm.
'At Newman, this county, a brick
building of one story wa cracked
lightly. - ": ' ' : ,
Defended His Home.
San Frnnoisco, June 33. John Shin
lok, who the police say is an ex-conviot,
lies in the receiving hospital with
fractured skull, the result of a blow
from "a hatchet wielded by Paul Jen
kim, a peddler. Thii afternoon, Shin
ick oalled on Mrs. Jenkins, during the
absence ot her husband. According to
her story, he insulted her and knocked
her down. At this juncture Jenkins
appeared, and seeing his wife covered
with blood, demanded an explanation.
For a reply, Shiniok seised Jenkins by
the throat and proceeded to strangle
him. After desperate struggle, Jen
kins managed to free himself from
Shinlck' grasp, and picking up a
hatchet, truok his assailant over the
head, fracturing the skull. Shiniok
renewed the attack and vainly endeav
ored to got possession of the weapon.
During the struggle Jenkln again
Btruck him with the hatohet, Inflioting
an ugly soalp wound. Jenkln wa ar
rested and charged wun assault to mur
der. . '
Fire Children Frightfully Burned.
Buffalo, N. x"., June 83. Fire last
hiohi nartlv destroyed the home of
1 Joseph Metanskl, in South Buffalo, and
friirhtfullv burned.
iiya VM..V..V.. ' -- ---o
Sophie, aged 10, died in a hospital thi
morning. Roy, aged 13; Brown, aged 7;
Verona, aged 8, and Ceoilia, aged 8,
are lying on cot at the hospital, and
the attending physicians soy there is
little chance for their recovery. Me
tanskl Is also In the hospital. His arm
and faoe were burned in the attempt te
gave hi children.
DISCRIMINATION MUST CEASE.
American Cattle Are All High and the
OoTOrnment Will Prove It.
Washington, June 31. The action
outlined in the interview with Bellamy
Starrer before hit sailing for Europe,
looking to making vigorous representa
tions to Great Britain, Germany and
Belgium and doubtless to France, for a
modification of the discriminating
measures against American cattle, is
the result of the Indefatigable efforts
of Secretary of Agriculture Wilson to
oombat the prejudices of the Old World
against onr farm products and to secure
to our exporters at least the same rights
as are enjoyed by those of other coun
tries. Ever since the new administra
tion began, Secretary Wilson has been
pushing this matter. He has had fre
quent interviews with the president
and Secretary Sherman on the subject"
Several new diplomatic appointees have
had conference with the agricultural
department officials, at which questions
of this kind were discussed and the
situation explained.
The state department is now co-operating
in the movement and in various
ways has instructed its representatives
going to the countries named to state
their cause to the respective govern
ments, setting out the discriminations
Imposed on our products, together with
data showing them to be unjustifiable,
Those statements will also show that
the restrictions placed on American cat
tle preclude any material danger of
loss by disease or otherwse.
Official reports of experts in the field
will be cited to demonstrate that
American cattle products show a great
er exemption from disease than those
of practically all other oountrier.
These representations will be accom
panied by the significant warning that
if the unjust discriminating measures
are continued, proper aotion will have
to be taken by this government. Diu
orimlnatinp nations will be given to
understand that the rights of Ameri
can exporters must be recognized, or
else privileges accorded foreign pro
ducers will be withdrawn.
SHE SHOT TO KILL.
A Ten Contractor Killed by a Young
" ' Woman.
St. Louis, Mo., June 81. A special
to the Republio from Paris, Texas,"
says: Ed Kilgore, a contractor and
builder, met bis death at the hands of
Miss Fanny Jackson and her three
brothers today. Kilgore was sitting
in the waiting room at Ladonia station
when Miss Jackson, accompanied by a
sister and three brothers, entered, the
men taking positions at the doors.
The girl drew a revolver and fired at
Kilgore. The bullet went wide, and
truck her brother, Brode Jackson, in
the forehead. Kjjgore dashed down
the railroad track behind some freight
ears. Bud Jackson, another brother,
intercepted him and shot him in the
back. After Bud Jackon had emptied
his revolver, Mies Jackson walked up
and fired two more shots at Kilgore,
exclaiming:
"You coward, you have slandered me
long enough."
Examination showed that nine shots
had taken effect, any one of which
would have proved fatal.
Fail Into a Trap.
Havana, June 31. A large force un
der General Quentln Bandera suoceded
in destroying a body ot Spanish near
Sabana. Bandera placed his men in
ambush and then instructed five scouts
to approach a fort where the Spanish
were barricaded. The Spaniards sallied
from the fort in pursuit of the scouts,
who fell back, leading their pursuers
into the heart of the Bandera ambush.
A hot fight ensued, first with musketry,
but finally hand to hand. All of Ban
dera's men were armed with machetes.
Ten of the insurgents were killed, and
the entire pursuing party of the Span
iards. At Alguisa, a town of 8,000, 178 per
sons died last month from hunger and
destitution.
3f polygamy Among Indians.
Perry, O. T., June 81. The Chey
enne and Arapahoe Indian were
wrought up over the new law which
goes into effeot July 1, relating to poly
gamy. After that time each of the 40
Cheyenne Indians who have more than
one wife will have to choose one of the
two, three or more wives that he has,
and the cast-off wives must leave blm.
To the squaws who have become en
lightened as to their situation, the mat
ter has become tragic. Every squaw
who wants to remain with her husband
is doing her best to please him, so that
she will be the luoky wife. There are
40 of these polygamists, and in all they
have over 100 squaws.
Drowned While Bathing.
Greenville, Tex,. June 81. Last
night, while bathing in a pool six miles
from this city, Cashier King, of the
First National bank; Miss Austin, of
this city, and Ida Soheneok, of Sher
man, Tex., were drowned. Mr. King
and Msa Austin were together, and got
beyond their depth.. King called for
help, and Fred Norsworth, who was
with Miss Scheneck.went to the rescue,
but both were drowned before help
reached them. Miss Scheneok, becom
ing frightened, followed Mr. Nors
worth, and, jumping on his baok, near
ly drowned him also. All parties were
prominent. '
Lake Steamers In Collision.
Milwaukee, June 19. The steamer
Virginia, ot the Goodrich line, with
300 passengers on board, ran down the
ohooner Eveline, bound from Menomi
nee, Mich., to Chicago, near this port
laat evening. The Eveline's oabin was.
shifted forward and her yawl was de
molished. A panio "prevailed amongj
the Virginia's passongers, but tin
steamer continued on horoourse to Chi
oago and the Eveline was towed to the
Milwaukee drydock
PRESIDENT TO SENATE
full Text of the Hawaiian
Annexation Message.
PAST NEGOTIATIONS REVIEWED
History Is Cited to Show Annotation
to Be the Logical Destiny
of the Island.
The following is the text of the mes
sage sent to the United States senate
by the president to accompany the
Hawaiian treaty:
"I transmit hereby to the senate, in
order that after due consideration the
constitutional function of advice and
consent may be exercised by that body,
a treaty for annexation of the republio
of Hawaii to the United States, signed
by plenipotentiaries of the parties on
June It. For a better understanding
of the subject I transmit in addition
the report of the secretary of state, re
viewing negotiations which have led
to this important result.
"The incorporation of the Hawaiian
islands into a body poltious is a neoes
sary and fitting sequel to the chain of
events which from an early period of
our history has controlled the inter
course and prescribed the associations
of the United States and the Hawaiian
islands. The predominance of Ameri
can interests in that neighboring terri
tory was first asserted in 1830 by send
ing to the islands a representative of
the United States. It found further
expression by the signature of a treaty
of friendship, commerce and navigation
with the king in 1826. It was signally
annouoed in 1843, when the interven
tion of the United States caused the
British government to disavow the
seizure of the Sandwich islands by a
British naval commander, and to recog
nize them by treaty as an independent
state, renouncing forever any purpose
of annexing the islands or exerting
a protectorate over them.
"In 1851 the cession of the Hawaiian
kingdom to the United States was for
mally offered, and although not then
accepted, this government proclaimed
it its duty to preserve alike the honor
and dignity ot the United States and
safety of the government of the Ha
waiian islands. From this time until
the outbreak of the war of 1861 the
policy of the United States toward Ha
waii 'and the Hawaiian sovereign
towards the United States was exem
plified by continued negotiations for
annexation or for a reciprocal commer
cial union. The latter alternative was
at length accomplished by the reciproc
ity treaty of 1875, the provisions of
which were renewed by the convention
of 1884, embracing the perpetual cession
to the United States of the harbor of
Pearl river.
"In 1888 a proposal for a joint guar
anty of the neutrality of the Hawaiian
Islands by the United States, Germany
and Great Britain was declined on the
announced ground that the relation of
the United States to the islands was
sufficient for the end in view.' In brief,
from 1820 to 1806 the course of the
United States toward the islands has
consistently favored their autonomous
welfare with the exclusion of all for
eign influences save our own to the ex
tent of upholding eventual annexation
as a necessary outcome ot that polioy.
"Not only is a union of the Ha
waiian territory to the United States
no new scheme, but it is the inevit
able consequence of the relation stead
fastly maintained with that mid-Pacific
domain tor three-quarters of a century.
Its accomplishment has been merely a
question of time. While it failure in
1893 may not be a cause for congratula
tion, it is certainly a proof of the dis
interestedness of the United States, the
delay of four years having abundantly
sufficed to establish the right and abil
ity of the republic to enter as a sov
ereign government into a conventional
union with the United States, thus
realising a purpose held by the Ha
waiian people and proclaimed by suc
cessive Hawaiian governments through
some 70 years of their virtual depend
ence upon the benevolent protection of
the United State.
"The report ot the secretary of state
exhibits the oharaoter and course of re
cent negotiations and features of the
treaty itself. The organization and
administrative details of incorporation
are necessarily left to the wisdom of
oongreae, and I cannot doubt that when
the fnnciton of the constitutional treaty
making' power shall be performed with
the largest regard for the interest ol
this rich domain and for the welfare of
the inhabitant thereof.
"(Signed) . VM. M'KENLEY.
"Executive Mansion, Washington, D,
C June 1."
Interested In Flngree's Scheme.
- Lansing, Mich., June 81. Governor
Pingree's fame as the originator of the
potato-patch scheme for the poor haa
crossed the ocean, and his plan is being
adopted in several European countries.
Letters have been received at the ex
ecutive office from Budapest, Hungary,
and from Nottingham, England, re
questing information regarding the
plan. Copies of the message which the
governor delivered to the Detroit com
mon council upon the subject when hi
was mayor ot that city, were sent te
the inquirers.
Davis Will a Forgery. -
San Francisco, June 19. During thi
trial of the Davis will contest today,
sensation was oreated by G. R. E. Max
well, paying teller of the First National
bank, of this oity, who was oalled as an
expert to pass upon the signature of the
alleged will, by declaring the signature
a forgery and expressing the oonviction
that the forgery was committed by
Alexander Boyd, partnor ot the dece
dent, who holds the same relation te
the legatees a did Dvi
OUR TRADE WITH" CUBA.
A Decline From One Hundred Millions
to Twenty Millions.
Washington, June 31. A significant
report on our trade with Cuba trom
1887 to 1897, prepared by Chief Hitch
Cock, of the foreign markets section of
the agricultural department, has been
promulgated by Secretary of Agricul
ture Wilson. The statistics show very
( leirly the effeot of present hostilities
in Cuba on the commercial intercourse
of the United State with that island.
During the last fiscal year, 1896, the
total value of our Cuban trade amount
ed to only 947,648,610, as compared
with $103,864,804 in 1893, the year
preceding the breaking out of the war.
This was a falling off of more than 50
per cent in these return. Returns al
ready available for the current fisoal
year indicate a still further decline,
the records for the nine months ending
March 81, 1897, placing the total value
of the trade for that period a low as
114,926,817- At this rate, the figures
for the fiscal year 1898 will hardly
reaoh (20,000,000, or leas than one
fifth the value recorded in 1893.
The report also demonstrated that in
past years our import from Cuba have
generally been much in excess of our
exports to that island, the balance of
trade being decidedly against the Unit
ed States. ,
GENERAL WOODFORD'S TASK.
The New Minister Will Bring Spain
to Terms
Chicago, June 21. A special to the
Times-Herald from Washington says:
Spain is to be brought to terms. Gen
eral Stewart L. Woodford, the new
minister to Spain, after dining with
President McKinley lost night, spent
the evening at the White House. He
received instructions ae to his work in
the Spanish capital, for which he will
start in a week or two.
General Woodford's task is divided
into three parts. His first mission will
be to present a demand for reparation
and indemnity for the death of Dr.
Ruit. His second task is to prepare
the Spanish government for the inevit
able, and the inevitable is the loss ot
Cuba as a colony. The third phase of
his work is the presentation ot a dis
tinct proposal from the United State
as to the disposition of Coba
lt is as to the first and second chap
ters that General Woodford is now con
ferring with the president. He will
receive full instructions as to the third
either before he sails or as soon as he
shall have had an opportunity to report
upon the state of mind in whioh he
finds the Spanish ministry and the
queen regent.
President McKinley also instructed
General Woodford to impress upon the
public men at Madrid these vital points:
First The United States is not actu
ated by an unfriendly feeling toward
Spain. . .
Secoand The United States does not
desire to take advantage of Spain's
troubles with her colony to bring about
the annexation of Cuba to this country.
Third Unless Spain will herself
make a move toward meeting the in
evitable, toward giving Cuba freedom,
the United States will be compelled to
interfere and in the case of interven
tion annexation might naturally follow.
' The Tornado's Path.
Lincoln, 111., June 81. A tornado
which passed over the central and
southern portions of Logan county this
afternoon destroyed thousands of dol
lars' worth of property and completely
demolished the immense oow barn on
the farm of the state institution for the
feeble minded. Twenty-six persons
.seeking refuge from the storm were
buried in the debris. Four of the refu
gees, boy pupils from Chicago, were
taken out dead. ; Five other were se
verely injured, one of whom, the farm
superintendent, will probably die.
Italians Fonght Frenchmen.
Paris, June 31. In a fight between
Italians and French workmen at Bar
cine yesterday, two Frenchmen were
killed. The district is intensely ex
cited and the police are taking steps to
quell further disturbances. Another
affray between French and Italian
workmen has token place near Aries.
.Troops have been sent to the scene.
Cyclones Add to Spain's Misery.
London, June 81, The Madrid cor
respondent of the Mail says: A suc
cession of cyclones and fierce hail
storms have destroyed the erops and
vineyards in the provinces of Vallado
lid and Guadalajara. In the district of
Newcastle, houses have been flooded,
hundreds of cattle drowned and a num
ber of lives lost.
Spanish Dereat In Philippines.
New York, June 31. A dispatch to
the Herald from Madrid says an offi
cial telegram from Manila announces a
desperate combat in the Philippine
islands against the rebel general Agui
naldo. The Spanish losses were over
100 killed and wounded. The new
has caused a profoundly painful im
pression. '
' Railroad Speed
Nyack, N. Y., June 31. The steam
yacht Ellide, built for E. Burgees War?
ren, of New York, in her trial trip over
a measured course, made the mile in
one minute and 80 seconds, which is at
the rate of 40 miles an hour, the fast
est time on record. . .
" Accidentally Shot HnwM.iii.
Nevada, Cat., June 81. While mov
ing a loaded shotgun last night, Mary
Avery, aged 17 dropped the weapon
accidentally and the hammer striking a
step, the contents of one barrel were
discharged into her right shoulder, al
most severing the arm, whioh subse
quently was amputated. She will
probably recover
' It is said that' the Greenland whale
sometimes attain the age ot 400 year,
NORTHWEST BREVITIES
Evidence of Steady Growtb
and Enterprise.
ITEM 07 GEXEEAL INTEREST
from AH the Cities and To was ot
the Thriving alitor States
" Oregon. ,
Astoria now has a paid fire derjart
tnent. Pendleton is considering the proposi
tion of buying in its own paper, as an
investment for funds.
The locks at the Cascades were
opened for the season last week, as high
water is over for this year.
Baker City's praise are loudly sung
by all the visiting firemen who took
part in the tournament there.
Indian Agent Harper says that many
fish are being taken in the Umatilla
river by persons using dynamite.
Winana Bros. ' brought ' into The
Dalles 1,800 pounds of salmon one day
last week. The run is light, but the
fish are of excellent quality.
Seven emigrant wagons passed
through Lake view. Three of them were
bound for Indiana, and tbe rest for Ne
braska. They were from Rogue river
valley.
The bicyclists of Astoria are talking
of building a bicycle path, and it is
suggested that the county join them in
building a good road to John Day's and
Knappa.
Lane county's jail has been without
an occupant since the March term of
circuit court, the longest period it bas
been empty during tbe present sheriff's
term of office.
The Lane county court has let the
contract to build a 100-foot strain beam
truss bridge, with orlb pier, across
Salmon creek, for 1 890. Seven bid
were handed in by four bidders.
The grasshopper are doing consider
able damage in the vicinity of Lexing
ton, Or. Gardens have been com
pletely ruined, and in many places
entire fields of wheat have been eaten
UP.
The graduating olass at the Corvallis
college this year number 17, against 48
last year and 61 the year previous.
The reduction in the number is largely
due to an extension of the course from
three to four years. .
There will be no grain raised in the
northern part of Morrow county this
year, and but a small amount of bay,
the grasshoppers having destroyed
everything in sight The portion of
the county that they have not visited
will raise an average orop.
. The Weston Leader says that a num
ber of pioneer relics were exhibited at
the reunion tent there recently. Thomas
Spenoe's contribution waB a pocket rifle
100 year old, made in Massachusetts.
It is a harmleBB-looking affair now, but
was considered a trusty weapon by Mr.
Spence's father, who, armed with it
alone chased a band of Indian borse
thieve for three day.
. Washington.
The free text-book proposition wa
voted down in Mount Vernon.
Steamboat men at Gray's harbor are
talking of putting a steamer on North
river, above the jam.
I The number of deaths in Seattle dur
ing May was 88. Eight of these were
children and two were from drowning.
j At the school election in Walla
Walla the proposition to furnish free
text-book was defeated by a vote of 81
to 14.
I Winfleld Scott Rich, of Cambridge,
Mass., has been engaged as principal
of the Spokane high school, at a salary
of 1,800 a year, . .
All law passed by the last session of
the Washington legislature, to which
no emergency clause is attached, hava
become operative. a h . ;
Bemis' shingle mill, in Cowlitx coun
ty, that has been delayed on account of
the jam of bolts In the Toutle river,
will be started up at once.
An ordinance has been passed by the
Olympia council denying to all ptoyole
riders the use of tbe sidewalks for
riding during the dry season, ,
Three Seattle wheelmen ' made the
run from Seattle to Olympia and return
last Sunday, covering the entire dis
tance of 154 miles on their bicycles.
The Atlas Lumber Company, at Mur
ray, is putting an additional engine
into its sawmill. Last month the com
pany shipped more than 70 carloads of
lumber East. - v-'.
The Lewis county commissioners at
their latest meeting, decided to post
pone indefinitely the proposition to is
sue funding bonds to take up the coun
ty's floating indebtedness. .
Two rolls of steel wire cable were re
ceived in Shelton, Mason county, re
cently for Simpson's logging oamps.
Each roll is 4,000 feet long and weigh
5,000 pounds. They cost in St. Louis
$3,000...
Miners in the Swank district in Kit
titas county have begun work' for the
season and clean-ups are yielding well.
Two large dams on Baker creek, to hold
85,000,000 gallons of water, are to be
built this summer. ;
Tbe state land commission has ar
ranged to put six land cruisers in the
field teoverlook the.JBewiownships re
cently surveyed, and make state selec
tions therefrom. ,: Some of the cruiser
are already taking to the field.
Fish Commissioner Crawford was on
the Sound and at the Baker lake hatch
ery last week. The report that the
hatchery will close down on account of
the failure of the legislature to appro
priate funds, he says, is incorrect The
hatohery is maintained out of the li
cense fund,