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. THE OREGON .MIST. ;
VOL. XI V. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FHIDAY, JULY 2, 1897. NO. 28.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
From all Parti of the New
and Old World.
BRIEF AND INTERESTING ITEMS
Comprehensive Review of the Import,
nl Happenings of the Cur-
reus Wok.
A Louisville gt Nashville express
' train wui hold np by a lone robber,
who secured about $4,000, ,
Mr. Henry Soott, of Chicago, and
Mm. Mnrla liny, formerly of Chicago,
were killed by runaway at Du
buque, la.
John If. Mom and Levan Berg hare
been arrested in Seattle, charged with
tlie murder of Mlohael J. Lyons, tha
Port Blakely saloonkeeper.
Charles Petorsnn, a Swedish laborer
about 25 yeura old, committed suicide
on a farm near Elloiisburg, by cutting
liia throat with a pocket knife.
President W. II. Cromwell, of the
Blackburn university, and instructor in
Latin, baa resigned, to take tne iuin
obair in Pugt Sound university, Taco
ma. John Qnlncy Adami, a Northern Pa
ct . ' switchman, while running over
tha topa of eara at Mlrsoulu, Mont., alld
and fell between the oara and waa
killed.
Louis Siokm liter wa instantly killed
and Albert Hlckmiller, Cbarlea Faille
and George Steluheldor fatally injured
by the Erie fast eipreaa near Mans-
fluid, O.
The River Kur ha orerflowed ita
bank near the railroad depot of Naw
thig, Russia. Kiueteen men belong
ing to the Nljnl Novgorod dragoon
were drowned.
Every boat bring to Port Townsend
men to look over the proosed fo tide
tion aitea with a view to bid (or the
oontraota for construction. Ail the
Western, at well a several Eastern and
Southern ttate are represented.
A moeting of representatives of O.
A. R.i Loyal Legion and Woman's Be
lief Cor, ho been held at Indiunnp
oil. Ind., to perfect plan for the erec
tion of a monument and cure of , the
grave o( Nancy Hank Lincoln, mother
of Abraham Lincoln, In Spencer coun
ty, thi ituta. ' ;
Christian Boa died of heart disease,
at hi home in Philadelphia. He wa
the father of Charley Hod, and up to
bl laat illness Mr. Rosa never gave up
the search for hi miming boy, whose
abduction Hurtled Philadelphia on July
1,1874, and became an nnaolved my,
tery the world over.
A terrible explosion of a torpedo on
the Meiican International, near Eagle
Pais, Tex., oomplotoly wrecked a loco
motive and killed the engineer and fire
man. ' 1
A tldewalk collated in Chicago and
100 people, moatly children were
thrown to the ground, ten leet below.
A number were aorloualy Injured and
one fatally.
Mr. Know, wife of J. W. Know,
living near Latah, Wash., gave birth
to three girl and one boy. Euoh child
ia well formed and weigh 4 pound.
Mother and children are doing well.
The wall of a saloon gave war with
out warning in Watertown, 8. D., bury
' ing number of persons in the ruin.
The place wa crowded at the time.
The work of clearing away the dobri
resulted in the finding ol one body.
. five other were seriously Injured
It ha been discovered that the act ol
the last session of the Colorado legisla
ture in regard to negotiable Instru
ments, repealed the statute establish
ing the Fourth of July, Thanksgiving,
Christina, New Year', Washington'
birthday and Memorial day aa legal
holiday. .
A mob of 800 infuriated peasants at
Odsaa, Russia, seised and savagely
lynched one Dunkirk,' a murderer, who
wai being conveyed by the police to
Jail. Dunkirk wa charged with the
commission of 13 murders. The po
lice have arrested 85 ringleader of the
lynching party.'
Alma Fallmer, lOyeart old, ha been
convicted of theft, and ordered Rent to
the reform school at Whittier, Cal.
From the bottom of a mortar box she
took an old plank, with which to build
playhouse. She wa convicted of
petty larceny by an Alumeda judge,
and now (he ia behind the bur await
ing tier removal to the reform school.
A telegram reooived In Seattle from
United State Senator Wilson y that
plum for tbe fortification at Magnolia
bluff, the army post near Seattle, have
been approved, and an assignment of
$400,000 made. General Weeks, quar-,
termaster-general United State army,
ha been ordered to Seattle, and direct
ed to proceed with the work immedi
ately. The basement and entire lower por
tion of the postoflloo building in Port
land, Or., wo wrecked by a terriflo ex-
plosion of gas Monday. The head Jani
tor, whose thoughtlessness caused the
explosion by taking a lighted candle
into the basement, wa severely burned
about the head and arms. A clerk in
tha (tump department was also hurt,
but not seriously. -
An official denial hag been made at
'Madrid of tbe statement that the Unit
ed States government ,hns sent a fresh
note to the government of Spain on the
subject of Cuba.
Two dead bodies, those of D. W.
Bradley and Phillip Patterson, have
boon taken out of the wrecked Mulhol
land block at Watertown, S. D. The
injured who were rescued are: David
WatorhouHo, who will die; Henry Zock,
S. McDowell and Mrs. Austin. It is
believed there are -more bodies in the
ruin,
SHERMAN AND THE TRUSTS.
Haw He Would Restrain the Conibl
: nations.
New Vork, June 80. Secretary Sher
man, who arrived in New York lust
night, it quoted in an interview in the
World a laying:
"The matter of trust lithe most im
portant question of the day. A com
bination of persons engaged In a com
mon business would seem on its faoe to
be a fair enough matter, but in reality
such combinations prevent healthful
competition and control the output and
price.
"The present national trust law (the
Sherman law) is not strong enough. I
framed it myself, and the senate com
mittee on judiciary made change In it
which materially weakened It effect.
I prefer to make unlawful all combina
tion In restraint of trade. They put
all Industrie in control of a few men.
They have no right to open competi
tion in all Industrie and trades. Re
straint of trust onii be made effective
when we oun get the proper kind of
law. The supreme court has upheld the
present law, but ha pointed out it de
fect. I think these defect can and
will bo remedied.
"The trust people tay the effect of
their combination ia to lower price of
products, which tliey control. I do not
believe it. . The tendency to control
output and put price up must natural
ly me with control of any important
industry or trade. When a man makes
hi money on a fair basis of trade, no
man envies him or has a right to.
When lie makes fortune with the
trusts which put out competition or re
strain trade, he i denounced, and this
hut been done by all peoples and at all
times. It ia unfair competition and
unfair combination that have roused
this cry aguinst trusts.
"The currency queition'cannot be de
cided at thi session of oongress. No
body is ready to decide It. The East
ern state are pretty thoroughly in fa
vor of the gold standard. The South
seems to be slowly coming around to
the same view. Bat the Western states,
which are heavily in debt, want a
cheer " currency, and, of course, are
advocating silver. Whether it will be
settled in time to take it out of tbe way
as an issue for tbe next presidential
campaign I cannot tell. I am not a
prophet."
LOSS OF THE TRAVELER.
A. Terrible Story of Mhlpwreek and
. Buffering.
Philadelphia, June 29. The details
of the recent total loss of the Philadelphia-bound
sugar baric Traveler, Cap
tain Christie, at Port Mutliurin, Rod
rlguei island, and the death from Java
fever of ton member of her crew, in
cluding Captain Christie, have just
been received at this port from Mauri
tius, and bring to light one of the most
thrilling cases of shipwreck and suffer
ing in the annal of shipping. Two of
the sailors, driven to deeration by
witnessing the sufferings of their ship
mates, committed suicide by leaping
ovorboard, preferring death in thia way
rather than from tlie ravage of the
fever, which thoy felt ure would over
take them. : One by one the men died
off until the mate and second mate were
the only officers spared, and tbe former
Anally suooumbed to the dread disease.
Captain Christie and seven men had
died and their bodies had been oast
over the ship's aide. For nearly two
week the vessel drifted to tbe north
ward and eastward of Iiodriguea island
and ran into Port Muthnrin. An effort
wanuade to get medical aid from tbe
shore. That night the wind rose, and
the following sunrise tbe vessel drove
on the reef and became a total lota.
She afterward entiiely disappeared.
The Traveler, a well-known Liver
pool bark, built of iron in Dunbarton,
Scotland, and laden with about 6,600
nags of sugar, valued at (6,000, left Java
for Philadelphia Christmas week, and
although she came to grief February 8,
nothing waa known of it until last
month. Captain Christiot was welt
known here, having sailed out of Phil
aadelpiha number of timet on deep
water voyages. Tbe ship was owned by
J. R. Hawes & Co., of Liverpool, waa
I, 430 torn register, and wa built In
1879. The vessel wa Insured in Eng
land, tmt the oargo wa beld by Amer
ican com panic. .-"' ;.
Ths Tailors' Troubles. '
New York, June 29. -A large num.
ber of contractor who entered into set
tlement with the Brotherhood of Tail
orsjust week, have according to a num
ber" of those prominent in the Clothing
Contractor's Association, ignored the
new agreement, closed their shop and
turned their employe adrift. . The num
ber of -contractors who are said to have
thus acted 1 set down at 400, employ
ing between 1,000 and 1,600 operator.
Leader Sohoffeldt characterised the
statement a a lie made out of whole
cloth.
In the face of this denial, a huge
force of the tailors was found congre
gated at the tailors' headquarter.
Many of them said they had been
locked out, and made no concealment
of tbe fear entertained by them that
they were face to face with another pe
riod of idleness.
Fatal Mine Accident In Chile.
Valparaiso, June 89. Twenty-six
miner have been killed by a fall of
rock in the Llbrar mines, in the pro
vince of Attakampa
Soolall'ts Denounce Debs.
Detroit, June 29. About 800 Detroit
socialists met this afternoon and de
nounced Eugene V. Debt' movement
for an independent community in
Washington. The soheme wot charac
terised by all the speaker! aa the old
oommunistio theory, and impossible of
achleevment.
The timber wealth of the United
States gives a yearly product of over
II, 000,000,000, or more than twice the
value of the output of tbe mine.
SENATORSTRUCK DUMB
A. Startling Halt Occurred in
the Tariff Debate.
FETTIOREW'S Qim FAILED HUT
He Afterward Recovered The Senate
tarts Through the BUI for
the Second Time
Washington, June 29. An abrupt
and startling bait in the tariff debate
occurred In tlie senate at 8:30 o'clock
this afternoon, when, in tlie midst of a
passionate speech, Senator Pettigrew of
South Dakota, was stricken with par
alysis of the vocal oords, which brought
his vehernmt speech to a close with a
sentence half uttered. The senator was
not physically incapacitated, except in
the sudden loss of the power of speech.
Although he took hi seat unaided, hit
associates felt that grave possibilities
were involved in such an attack. They
wore quickly Jjy hit tide, and he wa
ministered to with a little confusion
aa possible. He left the chamber soon
after and was taken home by his
friends. The debate proceeded, but no
farther progress on the tariff bill was
made, and the awe-like feeling occa
sioned by this incident led to an ad
journment at 8 o'clock, i
The senate today began ita second
passage through the bill, the' purpose
being to dispose of all item previously
passed over. The paragraphs consid
ered were in the chemical and earthen
ware schedule, and failed to elicit more
than technical debate, except in the in
stance terminating with Pcttigrew's
affliction.
The Republican tariff manager are
hopeful of being able to complete con
sideration of tbe tariff bill in the sen
ate by next Wednesday night. The
Democratic loaders do not concede the
possibility of an early conclusion. They
generally place it a week further off, or
about the 7th or 8th of July, but admit
the end may oome by Saturday of next
week. ,
' Of the problem still unsolved by the
Republicans, lead ore, iron ore, gyp
sum, tallow and a few chemical are
giving the most trouble, but there i no
doubt of an adjustment on all of these
which will hold the full party vote.
The disposition is to bold the rates at
present fixed on load and iron ore, with
the intention of making change in con
ference. Advocates of a high rate on
load ore, apparently, are prepared to
meet their opponenets half way in con
ference and accept a rate of 1J cents.
The finance oommittee has practical
ly decided to abandon tbe propoeod tax
on bank chocks, which at one time was
so favorably considered, and also to an
Increase of 44 oents a barrel in the beer
tax and a change In tbe tobacco tax.
There la oroe difficulty in the judi
ciary committee in agreeing upon the
form of the anti-trust amendment, but
all probabilities point to the incorpora
tion of Pettna proposition directed
specially at the sugar trust and of very
little more. It ia expected the reci
procity amendment will be ready for
presentation next Tuesday.
There will probably be objection to
retention of the house provision for the
continuance of the Hawaiian .reciproc
ity agreement on sugar, but the finance
committee will favor such an arrange
ment, and the probabilities are that
the Republican will support it solid in
the pending action upon the annexation
treaty. , .
The question of the duty on tea is
again receiving the attention of the
committee.
The inclinations of the committee
are still against tbe tax, and if kept in
it will only be on account of the ne
cessity for so doing.
Washington, June 89. The Repub
lican tariff managers are still hopeful
that the present week may prove to be
the last week of the tariff debate in
the aenate.. All the schedules have
been gone over once, leaving nothing to
be done but to consider the paragraphs
in the variona schedules, whioh were
passed when reported in their regular
order, because of difference of opinion
among Republicans themselves.
' Many of these differences have been
adjusted in Republican ranks, but the
Democrats will naturally take advan
tage of their knowledge of the feeling
existing among their opponents to de
bate some of the questions at length.
It 1 understood now that coal, leather
and hides and load ore will each be vig
orously discussed, as will also the ques
tions, more briefly, of reciprocity, the
treatment of trusts, and the disposition
of the Hawaiian reciprocity treaty.
In view of the determination of the
Democrat to exploit all these ques
tions, and other a well, it would seem
impossible to conclude the senate's
work on the bill before the end of the
week, and the final work will be re
served for the following week.
: Tbe house will continue this week
it polioy of adjourniong from Mondoy
toThursday. After that day, its course
will depend on the action of the tenate.
If a vote should be had on the tariff
bill Wednesday or Thursday, the
house will probably remain in session
to receive tbe bill, disagree to the sen
ate's amendments and appoint con
ferees. Otherwise, an adjournment will
be had from Thursday to Monday.
A Russian Ironclad Bunk.
St. Petersburg, June 28. The Rus
aian turret ironclad Gangoot, one of
the beat vessels in the Imperial navy,
ran upon a reef near Trensend thia
morning during' a storm, and sunk al
most immediately. The orew is re
ported saved.
Perhaps the Karth Is FUt.
Lima, June 29. Professor Arropo
rath, of the Cordova university obser
vatory, asserts that the moon is not
satellite of the earth, but a planet
CORBETT'S CLAIM.
Farther Consideration Has Been Post
poned Until Next Session.
Washington, June 88. The senate
oommittee on privileges and elections
today oosidered the report prepared by
Senator Hoar in the case of Hon. H.
W. Corbett, recommending that Cor
bett be seated a senator from Oregon.
The committee declined to act upon tlie
report, but ordered that it be printed
for the use of the committee, together
with any views which might be sub
mitted by the member opposing Cor
bett. The result of this proceeding will be
to postpone further consideration of
the Corbett claim until the next session.
The Union PaalAe Question.
Washington, June 25. The senate
committee on Pacific railroads today
agreed to report favorably a resolution
introduced by Senator Harris, of Kan
sas, expressing the sense of the senate
that the United States should redeem
the Union Puciflo from prior liens and
take steps to foreclose the government
mortgage.
The resolution wa amended by the
addition of a provision at the instance
of Senator Morgan, requesting that the
president suspend proceedings to carry
into effect an agreement alleged to
have been made to sell the interest of
the United Statea in tbe Union Pacific
railroad and in the linking fund until
the further action of congress had refer
ence thereto.
The action of the committee was
unanimous.
THE HOUSE CHAIRMANSHIPS.
Speaker Reed Will Name the Heads of
the Committees.
New York, June 28. A special to
tlie Journal from Washington says:
Speaker Reed will name his commit
tees the day the present session closes.
The new list of tbe most important
chairmanships of committees is given
below:
Accounts, B. B. O'Dell, New York;
agriculture, J. W. Wadsworth, New
York; appropriations, J. G. Cannon,
Illinois; banking and currency, J. H.
Walker, Massachusetts; claims, C. N.
Brumm. Pennsylvania; District of Co
lumbia, J. W. Bubcock, Wisconsin;
coinage, weights and measures, C. W.
Stone, Pennsylvania; education, G. A.
Grow, Pennsylvania; elections. No. 1,
L. W. Koyce, Indiana; elections, No.
2, G. W. Prinoe, Illinois; election of
president, vice-president and represen
tatives, W. O. Arnold, Pennsylvania;
enrolled bills, A. L. Hager, Iowa; for
eign affairs, R. K. Hitt, Illinois; im
m ration, R. Bartho di. Missouri; In
dian affairs, J. Sherman, New York;
interstute, W. P. Heppburn, Iowa; in
valid pensions, Wiltred 8. Kerr, Ohio;
judiciary, D. B. Henderson, Iowa; la
bo J. J. Gardner, New Jersey; manu
factures, G. W. Farris, Indiana; mer
chant marine and fisheries, Sereno E,
Payne, New York; military, J. A. T.
Hull, Iowa; militia,. B. F. Marsh, llli
nt i mines and mining, R. O. Cous
ins, Iowa; naval affairs, C. A. Bou
telle, Maine; Paoific railroads, II. H.
Powers, Vermont; patents, Joeiali D.
Hicks, Pennsylvania; pensions, H. O.
Loudensluger, New Jersey; postofHces
and postroads, Eugene F. Loud, Cali
fornia; public buildings and grounds,
David B. Mercer, Nebraska; publio
lands, John F. Lacy, Iowa; railway
and canals, C. A. Chickering, New
York; territories, W. S. Knox, Massa
chusetts; rivers anil harbors, W. B.
Hooker, New York; war claims, E. M.
Mahone, Pennsylvania. :
Believed to Rave Starred to Dekth.
San Franci8po, June 88. Fortune
do Con to, an artist, highly educated,
Once patronized by New York's aristoc
racy, erstwhile dean of the art depart
ment of the university of Southern
California, and for some ; months past
an earnest worker here, is dead. Par
alysis is given a the cause of death,
but It is believed he wai a victim of
starvation.
Papers found among his effects in
dicate that he was a member of the
famous Orleans family and that hi
name was Sainte Salin de Conte. His
fattier was Carlos de Conte, at one time
ambassador to England, and who died
about 80 years ago. :
Ikiis Is One Dr.
Seattle, June 88. There were three
violent deaths in Seattle and immedi
ate vioinity today.
A Chinaman, who was a prisoner in
the county jail, borrowed a razor from
tlie jullor, so that he might shave him
self, but slashed his throat with it and
diet! instantly.
The second case was that of a 4-year-old
boy, who foil into Cellar river, at
Maple Valley, and drowned.
'The third was that of an old man
named Skinner, whose body was picked
up on the tideflats this afternoon. He
had probably fallen through the trestle
at night. He had a sister living in
Milwaukee.
Storms in Missouri.
Kansas City, June 28. A passenger
train on the M., K. A T. road near
Montrose ran into box cars that had
been blown from a sliding, and killed
an unknown man who had sought shel
ter in the cars. Mrs. Rickabaugh wui
instantly killed by lightning near Al
bany while aitting at hor window. Al
bert Rooster, a farmer, waa also killed
by lightning near St. Cbarlea.
Dauntless Filibusters Released.
Key WeBt, Fla., June 28. The orew
and Cubans who were arrested on board
the Dauntless, were today discharged'
on the ground that there waa no evi
dence to show they were a military or
ganisation or Intended to commit acts
hostile to Spain. :
A Jailful of Italian Strikers.
Trenton, N. J., June 88. One hun
dred striking Italians at Morrlsville
were arrested today, and placed in the
lockup.
WILL PENSION THEM
Senator McBride's Measure
Is Favorably Reported.
GOOD NEWS FOR WAR VETERANS
Senator Oalllnger Helping MeBrlde in
the rVork-Kstlinated That ,3
Veterans Are Yet Living.
Washington, Jnne 88. The senate
committee on pensions has reported a
general bill for amending an aot grant
ing pensions to survivors of Indian
wart. The bill was introduced by
Senator McBride, and provides for pen
sioning the survivors of the Oregon and
Washington war of 1847 and 1850.
Senator Oallinger, who made the re
port, said:
"It will be gratifying to the Indian
war veteran to receive a message that
this bill has been favorably reported,
and that this long-delayed aot of jus
tice i in process of settlement.
These veteran average 15 years older
than the veteran of the late civil war,
and that statement alone is sufficient
to show that at least the bounty of tbe
government can be bestowed upon them
for a very brief time."
Of the Cayuse war the report says:
There were 683 volunteer and no
regular troop engaged.
The estimate as to' Cayuse war is
based upon the percentage of survivors
of the Mexican war and widows of sol
diers of that war, who are now alive
and have pensionable service, tbe Cay
use wav having occurred while the
Mexican war was in progress.
It is shown that 13 per cent of claims
filed by Mexioan war survivors and 10
per cent filed by soldiers' widows have
been rejected on conditions that do not
enter into tbe Indian war act, towit, a
service of less than 60 days and age
limit, etc.
Taking this estimate and computing
with the American table of mortality,
there should be 144 survivors and 83
widows now living.
These volunteers were not mustered
into the United States service, but un
der a subsequent aot of oongress tbe
state of Oregon was reimbursed for
their service by the United States.
The following is what tbe report savi
of the Oregon and Washington terri
tory wars:
The war department reports that 850
regular! were engaged, and the auditor
for the war department 6,897 militia.
Of the regular! probably 75 per cent,
or 687, served in the Mexioan war and
other wars, leaving 813, and of tbe mi
litia 20 per cent, or 1,876, served in
other wars or rendered more than one
lervioe in the Oregon and Washington
territory wars, leaving 5,108 militia;
a total of regulars and militia of 5,816.
Of this number deduct 6 per cent, or
819, for desertion and casualties,
whioh would leave 4,997 survivors at
close of the wars.
From an examination of a number of
claims it appears that these survivors
should now be 65) years of age, and
from the American table of mortality
48 per cent, or 2,899, are now living .
The number of widows is based upon
the pe'eentage of widows of Mexican
war soldiers who are - living, wbicb
would show 1,840 widows of soldiers of
Oregon and Washington territory dis
turbances living.
THE "CUBAN ELECTION. -H
Cuban Exiles In America Hay Vote fot
': Representatives-''
New York, June 28. Cubans who
live in tbe United States, and have
been contributing toward the expenses
of the war, are to have a voice in the
direction of affairs of the young repub
lic, whose constitutional assembly is to
meet at Camaguay September 3. There
will be a general election of members
of the assembly before long throughout
those parts of Cuba where the insur
gents are strong enough to hold one,
and it has been decided that represen
tatives may be elected by Cubans in
the United States.
Orders will be issued containing all
details as to polling the vote, etc Every
Cuban above 16 years old who two
months previous to the eleotion has
contributed a certain amount to the
cause of the patriots will be entitled to
vote. ' Aa to tbe nominations, they are
not yet made. .
The local junta ia Issuing a fine sou
venir coin to commemorate the strug
gle. It is the same size aa the United
States dollar, and contains the same
amount of silver. This coin will be sent
to different bankers in this city who
are in sympathy with the cause, and
any customer who is willing to accept
ne for $1 will get it.
Killed in a Rossland Mine.
Los Angeles, June 28. Manager
Jack Williams, of the Columbia opera
company, who is now in thia city, re
ceived a telegram from Frank turtiss,
a member of the company, now at
Rossland, B. C, which states that Cur
Use' wife, who also Was a member of
the company, and known on the stage
as Pauline Williams, was killed in a
mine shaft at Rossland. Tbe couple
were married in San Francisco two
weeks ago, and were on their wedding
trip. The identity of tbe girl is not
known, even to her husbanl, who asks
Williams for information. '
Beginnings of a Revolution.
Madrid, June 28. Disturbances have
taken place at Oviedo, capital of the
Spanish province of that name. The
gendarmes who were detailed to sup
press the disorders fired upon the riot
er, killing two workmen and wound
ing five others. A renewal of the dis
turbance ia feared.
Mitchell Sails for Europe.
Washington, June 88. Ex-Senator
Mitchell has sailed for France and will
return with Mrs. Mitoholl.
; M'KINLEY AND LABOR UNIONS.
The President Shows His Friendliness
Toward Them.
New York, June 28. A Washington
dispatch to tha Journal aays:
"I regard the organization of labor as
the natural and legitimate effort to se
onre its rights," said President McKin
ley today.
Thi strong declaration in favor of or
ganized labor'wai made in the course
of a conversation with Samuel Gom
pers, president of the American Federa
tion of Labor, and Frank Morrison, the
secretary of the organization. Gompers
and Morrison came to the White House
at 4 o'clock. Tbey were admitted at
once and the meeting became io inter
esting that the president neglected his
drive. For an hour, labor interests
and labor legislation were discussed in
all their various phases. The anti
pooling bill, to restrain the operation
of pools and trusts, caused the labor
people some anxiety. Gompers ex
plained that the labor organization'
were afraid that .tbey themselves would
be classed as trusts, and the penal ites
ef the act applied to them, rather than
to the : large combinations usually
knewn as trusts. He thought an
amendment should be made specifically
exempting labor unions. President Mc
Kinley agreed that labor union should
be protected, and spoke of measure in
which be had taken an interest in
former years. He did not, however,
seem to think there was much danger
of their being classed as trusts or sub
jected to penalties. .. ,
"Unless you believe as some peopie
do," said Gompers, "that labor union
are an evil, I think you will agree
with me that their existence is being
endangered by this bill."
"I do not desire to bo classed with
those who consider trade unions an
evil," replied Mr. MoKinley, and be
emphasize J it with the words at the be
ginning of this dispatch.
BURNED AND SANK.
Pate -f the Lumber Schooner Apple
- and Amelia.''
New York, June 88. Fathoms deep
on a bed off the treacherous Florida
Keys lies the charred hulk of the
American schooner Appia and Amelia,
which burned to the water's edge and
sank June 15. Her captain, W. C.
Williard, and his crew of eight men,
who barely escaped with their lives
from the burning vessel, just arrived
here on the Mallory liner Concho.
The Appia and Amelia sailed ont of
tbe port of Pascagoula, Miss., June 3,
bound for this port. Lumber filled
every available space below decks, and
it wai piled high on the decks. When
tbe fire broke out near the after batch,
Jnne 15, Captain Willard was deter
mined to save his schooner if possible,
and while three men were told to form
a bucket brigade, the others with tbeir
felt hats soaked with water and drawn
down over tbeir faces, to protect them
from the heat, made a bold dash at the
smoking hatch, succeeding in tumbl
ing the lumber overboard, while their
mates kept them drenched with water
drawn from the sea.
It was all in vain, however, for the
flames orept along the deck beams and
burst from tbe ..forward hatch. It waB
then apparent that the schooner was
doomed, and the longboat was hastily
provisioned. Without waiting even to
secure the shipV papers, her skipper
and crew piled into the boat and were
soon afloat They were pioked up by
a pilot boat and landed at Key West,
where they obtained passage on thr
Concha . . ;
To Spread tbe Gospel.
San Francisco, June 28. The Morn
ing Star, with its captain and crew of
Christians, is ready to make another
tour among the cannibal islands of the
South seas. The vessel will be manned
by men who will preach the gospel to
the natives. Three young ladies will
also go out as missionaries. - They will
make their future residence on some
of the little islands, where they will
continue their work for life. :, - f
The Morning Star is a barkentine
rigged vessel with auxiliary steam en
gine, and is owned and maintained by
the American board of missions.
The ladies of the party are Miss Cha
pin, who will start a training school
on Kosale, of the Caroline group, and
Miss Beulah Logan, who . has been at
tending school in Buffalo. Miss Logan
will join her mother on the Caroline
group, and take np kindergarten work
among the natives.
Thlrd-Class Wool.
Washington, June- 28. After a con
test lasting throughout the day, the
senate completed the paragraphs of the
wool schedule relating to raw wool and
advanced to the features relating to
manufactured woolen goods. The day
was devoted largely to a discussion of
the effect of the rates on tbe prioeof
wool, and the speeches were on techni
cal lines in the main. .
Quay made a strong effort to have
the ad valorem rates on third-class wool
adopted, but he was defeated, 19 to 41,
Tbe committee . rates were , then
agreed to, via: Four cents per pound
on third-class wool valued at 10 cents
or less per pound, and 7 cents per
pound on third-class wool valued above
7 cents per pound. Tbe schedule was
completed up to paragraph 364, relat
ing to cloths, knit fabrics, etc.
New York, June 28. A dispatch to
the Journal from Havana aays: A dis
patch from Plaoetos insists that the
backbone of the revolution in the Santa
Clara district in broken. It also de
clare that a majority of the Moneaga
doa Insurgent forces are without arms;
that all lack munitions, and are suffer
ing from scurvy and smallpox. "Their
food supplies are said to be fast dimin
ishing on account of the activity of the
Spanish columns engaged in the destruc
tion of the crop.
NORTHWEST BREVITIES
Evidence of Steady Growth
and Enterprise. ,
ITEMS 07 GENERAL INTEREST
From All the Cities and Tewne ef
. the Thriving Sister States
Oregon. .
Marsh field is to have a new water
system, to be completed in about three
months.
Miss Edna Soutbwick, living near
Milton, waa kicked by a horse and died
from the effect in a few hours.
A cloudburst ruined the Harris grade
on the road leading from Sherman
county to the free bridge on the Des
chutes. '; .
The Bandon lighthouse is being re
cemented on the outside, to afford the
building better protection from the
heavy weather.
Joseph Smith was struck by a log
and instantly killed at Hartley Se An
derson' logging camp, in Clatsop county-
-J . .
A special train of 11 cars have ar
rived loaded with fat hogs from Ne
braska, on the way to Troutdale. Only
a few months ago stock hogs were be
ing shipped from Oregon to be fed.
Crook county haa shipped not less
than 100,000 sheep, and between 8,000
and 10,000 cattle this spring. It ii laid
that the increase for the year would
counterbalance tbe export
One wool-buying firm of Dallas has
bonght and shipped 26,000 pounds of
wool, and haa about 8,000 pounds more
to come in. The firm paid from 12 to
13 cents, tbe latter price now ruling.
It is reported that 10,000 head of
horses have been bought in the section
of country between Umatilla and Cas
tle Rock, in Washington, by the Linn
ton cannery, at an average of $1.60 per
head.
Sheriff Agee is constructing at Rose
burg two new fruit dryers, making five
in all, with a capacity of 800 bushels a
day. All the tree seem to be well
filled, and it is estimated that the
amount of dried prunes in that vioinity
will not fall below 400,000 pounds.
Miss Harriet Shrum Carothers, of
Albany, a graduate of the Oregon blind
school, a few days ago received check
from Augusta, Me., of $100 as tbe
first prize for the most words made
from a long word or sentence. Miss
Carothers spent a week in preparing
the long list of about 1700 words.
Captain Phil Shannon, of Wapinitia,
states that he was with a party crossing
the mountains during one of the Indian
wars, and the roads being bad two can
non the party had with them were
cached. One of the oannon was
brought to the oonntry by General John
C. Fremont. Captain Shannon say he
could easily find them. ;
Washington. ''''
Frank Shipman was drowned in the
Skagit river near Mount Vernon.
There is now roughly estimated to
be 12,000,000 feet of Ioga in Shelton
bay."
Another large cannery may be built
by an English company at Blaine this
fall. w ')
The manufacture of jute bags at the .
penitentiary approaches the 8,000 mark
daily. :; j,
The wool clip in Kittitas eounty
this year will aggregate about 600,000
pounds.
The state fair commissioners met in
Yakima and decided not to hold a fair
this year.
: Mark Conkling, aged 10, was
drowned while bathing in Green bike,
near Seattle.
During one of the cold nights recent
ly a band of sheep in Yakima county
"piled up," resulting in loss of 10S
head..;;!,; . -y;: ' .. "' . ' . ,
The state has leased from Thurston
county a room in the oourthouse, to be
used as headquarters for the bureau of
labor. : . ' .-. : '
The new state law making Saturday
afternoon a legal holiday, so far as ne
gotiable paper is oonoerned, is now in
effect.
The dryhouse of the Lamont Shingle
Company, near Laurel, in Whatoom
county, burned, together with 400,000
shingles. ,, :;..;;'.... :.::,-":; .;.;; ..-V
The O. R. & N. Company ha begun
uit against the officials of Whitman
county to recover the overplus of. taxes
paid this year under protest..
Mason county has a cherry tree
which measures fully 10 feet in circum
ference, while the diameter of the
space covered by the limbs is 68 feet. .
The supreme court has instructed the
superior court of Pierce county to de
clare Angelo V. Faucett, tbe duly
elected mayor of the oity of Tacoma.
Mr. Carpenter, a farmer', living 12
miles south of Pomeroy, near the
mountains, committed sniclde by
shooting himself through the head with
a shot gun.
The courthouse in Colfax has become
so filled with bedbugs that the officers
took a half-holiday recently while the
janitors : fumigated the biulding by
burning sulphur.
During the past month about 8,000
head of cattle have been shipped
from Prosier to Nebraska. ' '
Over 10,000 cayuses are being pas
tured en the Yakima reservation. Sis
hundred head were sold the other day
for $1 per head. Thousands more can
be had at that figure or less. .
: Two new shingle mill are under cone
struction at Porter, Cbehalis connty.
TheOljrmpia Shingle Company, operat
ing at that place, has just eoDipMud
sew dryhouse of modern design.
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