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VOL. XIV.
ST. HELENS, OHEGON, FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1897.
NO. 20.
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news ofIITeek
From all Parts of the New
and Old World.
BRIEF AND INTEHESTING ITEMS
Comprehensive Betlew of the Import
ant Happenings af the Cur
rani Hk.
Tlie Orti(in state Sunday srIimI
anion met In convention at Tbe
Dulles. The secretary reports that (lur
ing the your 20 now Sunday oho)li
were organised. There had been a loss
from enrollment of last year of 128
iclioola, 9,644 officers and teacher am'
15,97e scholar.
At special meeting of the
Frunolsoo chamber of commerce
question of the advisability of
Ban
the
noxing Hawaii wni considered, a
memorial was drawn op for premu
tation to both the bouse of congress,
urging prompt action looting to the an
nexation ol the Hawaiian republic. :
The administration baa iloter mined
to aolve the Behring question by
branding all anal pup found on Prlby
lor island thia season. Instructions to
thia effect have buen trammitted to
Protestor David Starr Jordan, the acal
expert, vrho will soon luave Han Fran
oiaco for Buhring sea.
It haa been decided at the admiralty
to bnild new yaolit for tlie queen and
the design haa boon submitted to and
approved by her majesty. The new
vessel, which will be built at the Pem
broke dockyard, will, In general out
line, resemble the groat Atlantic linora.
It will be 630 feet long, with only 60
feet beam, and be Btted with powerful
engine, ao ai to have great speed.
Representative Crnmpacker, of Indl-
' ana, haa introduced In tlie house a reso
lution for a constitutional amendment
providing that hereafter no noncontig
uous territory ahull be annexed to the
United Btate except In puriuanco of a
treaty negotiated by the president, con
curred In by two-thirda of the bounce of
oongreaa and rati Hod by the legislaUre
of three-fourth of the slates, and no
oontlguoua territory except by treaty
concurred In by two-thirda of each
houae, the vote of concurrence not to
It taken Into th house of rfllircKtMlta-
tivea until two yeara have elapsed from
the time ol taking tlie tow iu me ton
ate.
Nine children have been killed and
many othere Injured by the collapse ol
a church wall atSollno, iu the province
of outdo iieai.
v George D. Ladd, an attorney, and
one of the moat prominent wealthy
buaineaa men of Porn, III., committed
auioide by ahooting.
The estimate of Chicago's population
by the publishers of tlie directory juat
printed I 1,888,000, an Increase ol 76,-
000 over laat year.
uil. Kim. airaJ 80. whose mind
waa onbalanoed by the great tornado
of laat year, commllteea suiciuo at au
Ixrais ty tailing a uoaeoi runs green.
A ..H........W (Mm flarn. aaVfl tll fwl
eral council haa refused to ratify the
commercial treaty with Japan, owing
to the prohibitive duty placed by Japan
uoon clocks and araionea..
The Bpaniah government ha signed
nontraat lor a six tier cent loan oi a,
nnn.nnn to moot the exnenaos ol the
Philippine war. It will be guaranteed
by the Philippine customs.
f i- nf Ihm mnut aunantionAl tragedies
V'l'V " " . - -
ever enacted in North Texas txk place
in the Methodiat church in . Pleaaant
Valley, Dalla connty, in tne course oi
the services. As a reeult Auguatua
Garrison and Frank Jonea are dead and
Thomaa Jonea fatally wounded.
Tim volcano Mavn haa been In a
ata f violent emotion, and the flow
OI lava IIUS uuue grwa unmnHn h
province of Albay, particularly to the
village of Llbon, where tlie tobacco
crop baa befn comploTtM'OJ';
'"( Thee-haa" lieanjnsidcrabie IBs 3 life.
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During a thunder atorni.JiMtrtwmg
trunk- a onnvlct onion near Dakota,
Oa., and aa a reault lour convict are
dead, 10 are dying and 20 escaped dur
ing the panic which ensued. Tlie came
is at the lumber milta of Grees Bros.,
and about ISO prisoner from the atata
penitentiary were at wora mere. ;
fttvaral mvatnriona robberies have 00
eurred on ateamera touching at Hong
Kong. The atenmer layuan on arriv
ing there recently from Australia, re-
nnrlaH that hoXal OOlltalllillB tSS.000
in gold aoverelgna had been stolen from
her treasure room. A lew auys mier
it nnn In uold leaf was stolen from thl
treasure chest of the stenmor Loosook
while ahe waa loading at Hong Kong
for Bangkok.
On June 14 men from the United
fttntea cruisers Marion and Fhiladel-
nhla were landed at Honolulu. While
nn marnh ta tlia drill urounds an order
ly brought an order, and the battalion
returned on board. Thia action wut
taken, it Is understood, on account ol
at nmne in tku ffant fltut tVia TtttianaH
orniser Nanlwa would land a (orce of
men to take charge of the Hawaiian
custom-house. The Japanese failed to
ant. and It ia believed that Admiral
Beardslee'a prompt aotion caused th
captain of the Naniwa to change hil
iuiuu.
. A dispatch from Madrid says that on
acoount of Senor Bilva'a reount belli
oose speech and constant news of Span
ish defeats from Havana province, a
feeling is reviving there in favor of wat
with the United States.
The Union Ravings Bank & Trust
Company, of Tacoma. has closed IU
doors and went into tho hands of a re-
ceiver, as direct result of the recent
supreme court deolalon deciding that
large amount of the city's warrants art
invalid.
FINISHED ITS WORK,
IV. 0. T. T. Cunvantlon In Vanaouva
Has Adjournal!,
Vunrouver, Wash., July 6. After a
nont pleasant and harmonious lour
ays' session, the 14th annual oonven-
ion ol the W. O. T. U., of Western
Washlniiton closed tonight. The an
nual election of officers today resulted
as follows:
President, Miss Mary L. Page, of
niympiu; vice-president, Dr. Kiln J.
FifluWl, Tacoma; corresponding tecre-
ary, Mrs. Alios R Hideout, Olympla;
wording secretary, Mrs. Ellen J.
riiayer, Everett! troaturer, Mrs. S. E.
4hortliill, Tacoma; organizer, Mrs.
Muttie N. Graven, Centralia; all being
elected; delegate-at-large to the na-
loual convention, Mrs. J. (J. Stone, ol
Seattle, and Mrs. Mattie Grldley, Van-
jouver, State delegate.
Betxirts were prescnteil by tbe super-
intendeiit of their respective depart
ments of the work accomplished during
he year ill the departments ol purity,
jtirity in literature and art, school of
inethods; temple work; lumbermen;
narcotics; parliamentary usage; sanitary
ind economic cookery; Christian letter
ii lesion and others. ; :
most pleasing feature of the session
was the "JBimporinm," given near uie
done of tbe session. This consisted ol
practical illustrations of the different
lepartments of W. V. T. V. wok.
Many of them were very Impressive.
A delicious luncheon waa furnished tlie
white ribbon visitors in the Methodist
Episcopal church. The address of Mrs.
Narcbwa White Kinney, of Astoria,
resident of the Oregon W. G. T. U-,
in "The Spirit ol tbe Age," waa elo
quent and was well received.
Resolutions were passed directing
the legislative department to urge the
passage of laws favoring prohibition,
the Indorsement of the universal nee of
the W. tt T. U. text-book, "Heart
Culture," in the public schools; favor
ing crusade for the abolishment ot the
sign "Ladles' Entrance" In front ol
drinking saloons; favoring woman suff
rage and Inviting all political parties
in the United States to insert the
suffrage plank In their platforms.
An animated discussion toon place
during the closing hours aa to whether
it Is neoessary tor the w. u. i. u.
workers to lay aside the badge of the
society, the white riblwn, to insure de
led swoons during political cam
nutans, as ainieara to have been the
Idea in other states. Tbe discussion
was one-sided, being decidedly in favor
of the ladies, when engaged in politioal
or legislative work, retaining their
badge of white.
The convention closed with another
snlendid address by Miss Belle Kear-
nev. national oriranicer. ol juiasisaippi,
on' "A Message for Our Young Women
and Their Brothere."
It was decided to meet next year in
Tacoma, unless the national convention
should be held In that city, In which
ense the convention will be held in Ev
erett
TAX ON STOCK AND BONDS.
Lodge rraparas a Draft of Amena
' mens. . .
Washinicton, July 6. Senator Lodge
today prepared draft of an amend
ment to the tariff providing for a stamp
tax on stocks and bonds in aocoordanoe
with the action of the Republican sena
torial caucos last . night, and submitted
it to the. finance committee. As pre
tmrttd the amendment provide! for a
tux of ecenta per share of fiuo or trac
tion on the faoe value ol the capital
stock, or on bonds on their issuance;
and ol 8 cents for each $100 or fraction
on each transfer of atooka or bonds.
United States and state bonds are ex
cepted as are individual bonds to secure
morteaaes. and also uie sioca. anu
bonds of mutual benefit building asso
chttioiis. - The amendment has Deen
submitted to the Republican members
of the judiciary oommittee and ap
proved by thjem aa to form. ;
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i Kichaori!. of Wanthor Reports.
WaeftlTiaiton. July 0. An arrange-
miUJiaBben. completed between the
invited States and Mexico lor the ex
c&ngw-rrf-HcSther reports. Tbe co
operation with Mexico ia similar to
that now in operation ueiween vanaua
and the United State. ' Professor
Moore, obiet of the weather bureau,
under Secretary Wileon't direction, has
been in consultation with Senor Angus
tin N. Che vex, director-general of the
Mexican telegraph, for some daya, per
tecting the scheme. Senor Cbavea was
specially authorixed by the president of
the Mexcan republic and his seoretary
of t.nlillo works to establish a a daily
telegraph weather service to collect ob
servations by telegraph, and to issue to
the Mexican marine porta warnings of
hurricanes and other severe . disturb
ances. He tironoses to have the Mexi
can observations taken daily at the
same moment that observationa are
taken at the weather stations in the
United States, and to plan the Mexican
weather service alter that of the Unit
ed States, which he considers the most
efficient in the world. V
Tlie two services, by the arrangement
effected, will work in harmony. The
motrie system of meosurementa will be
used by Mexico; but thia ia easily re
duced to our system.
n . .-,.lnrtn Innrnanl at ill at.
ratVol 1,00,0000 aaunnally, and the
morc-se Unuch greater than that of
any other eountry in the world, ,
San Diego, Cal., July 6. Three San
Franciscans olaim a direct title by deed
. t..t nf land contalninn 8.000.000
of acres in the best part of Lower Cali
fornia. They are wimara juourmuie,
J, M. Porter and C. K. Dray, all
wealthy men. The land, however, is
at present claimed by the Mexican Land
and Townsite Company. The deed of
the San Francisco claimants will be
taken to the City of Mexico- by Mo
Crindile, who will endeavor to obtain its
legal recognition.
A HAliROWIXG STORY
Yellow Fever on a Pacific
Mall Steamer.
TEl'TII SUrrHESSED BY OFFICERS
Viva-Boar BanJ Concerts fllv oa
Hoard, While the raMenet
Ware Slok and nrlng.
New York, July 6. Passengers who
arrived tonight on the steamship AI-
lianoa tell a harrowing story of their
experienoe aboard the Pacific Mall
steamer City of Para, which left Fana-1
ma for San Francisco May 18 last. It
seems that three daya after clearing
the isthmns yellow fever broke out
among the crew and passengers of the
Pacific liner, which caused a panio
aboard, and resulted in the death of
the commander ol the vessel, Captain
Marteraen. Three-fourths of the pas
sengers, it is said, were attacked by the
disease, and at least a dozen found wa
tery graves. When the vessel Dually
reached San Francisco, the fuota of the
terrible voyage were suppressed, and'
the sickness and deaths were attributed
to tropical dysentery. But the passen
gers who came here tonight say that
the symptoms were plainly those ol yel
low fever.
The disease was raging on the isth
mus, but when the passengers went on
board the City of Para they were told
by the officers that they need have no
fear. There was no effort at fumiga
tion, and when Mrs. Cuptain Mitchell,
ifeof an Englishman commanding one
of tbe vessels of the Chilean line, ap
peared on ' the City of Para, heavily
veiled, there was no uneasiness, inree
days out she died from the so-called
tropical dysentery. She was buried at
sea, and the next to be taken down was
Captain Marteraen. Before be died,
the fever bad spread all over tbe Bhip.
In the first eabin and steerage alike the
fellow death went, and how many were
prostrated wtii pronainy never oe
known. The officers suppressed every
scrap of newa they could, and Dr. Ren
sin insisted on his original diagnosis. -
At Punta Arenas, the Echeveria fam
ily, one of the richest" in Costa Rica,
took passage on the City of Para, not
knowing that yellow jack was raging
on board. The vessel proceeded on its
voyage. Up the coast there were two
or three funerals a day, and those who
were not affetced were puiiic-strickeu.
After muoh pleading, a number of
passengers were put ashore at Corinto
and Sun Jose de uuatemaic . it is al
leged that the officers of the vessel sup
plied the passengers with spoiled meat,
and this is believed to have aided the
yellow fever to spread.
At San Salvador, a band came
aboard, and while the passengers were
still sick and dying, the musicians
gave five-hour concerts daily.
Yellow Jack Again.
San Francisco, July 6. Tbe Pacific
Muil steamer Acapuloo arrived this
morning from Panama flying tbe yel
low flag, four deaths having occurrred
on board from tlie pernicious fever. .
WELBURN'S SHORTCOMINGS.
Affaire af the Internal Revenue Collee
tor Won. Thaa Frrat Supponod.
San Francisco, July 6.Iiivestiga
tion into tbe affairs of the office of the
collector of internal revenue for this
district reveals a much worse condition
oi things than was at first supposed.
E. C. Atkins, the "dummy" deputy,
has admitted under oath that he ac
cepted an appointment from O. M.
Welburn, under promise to give the
ex-col leotor tbe full salary attached to
the office, which is f 1,000 per annum.
Besides drawing checks for expenses for
lamer amounts than required, Welburn
is accused of having absolved favorite
liquor-dealers , from payment of their
federal licenses, and being guilty of
various other irregularities. In order
to get at tlie facts, tbe books and ao
counts of every attaohed office are bo
lus examined, and it is apparent' that
the office was oonducted in a shocking
ly loose manner. Two dismissals, Chief
Deputy Loupe and Bookkeeper Chinn,
are confidently expected as the result
of the investigation, though neither is
suspected of dishonesty. , ,
To Prepare for a Kalr.
Spokane, Wash., July 8. The oom.
mittee soliciting for the annual fruit
lair deoided today that the required
amount was practically assured, and it
would go ahead with the preparations
lor the fair. Twenty oitixeng have
signed a 5,000 guarantee against the
possibility ol loss. In addition to this,
business men and others have oontrib
nted a cash fund of between $1,000 and
5.000. M an v cash prizes will be
offered. Exhibits are coming from
Washington, Idaho, Montana, Oregon
and British Columbia. Excursions will
h run from tlie Northwest and the
East. Manv Eustern commission and
railroad men are comiiiK. The fair
Will lust 13 days.
Forestry Megulatlonn Approved.
Wttshinaton. July e.The forestry
regulations, approved by Commissioner
Hermann, of tlie general land office,
and which were announced some days
ago. have been approved and promul-
gated by Secretary Bliss.
Anacortes, Wash., July 6. Robert
IIVK, - f C ( -
h,. mv-atnrinilfdv ilisa OBBttred.
u miciirina' noniiinnv tnifiii wuion-
linn, - .-
He was seen in 'the evening when he
'went on duty, in tho morning notmng
oould be found of Wolf or the dory that
he UBed. His clothing was found on
the beach. It is thought by the fisher-
l.a !, ilnrv went adrift, and
that Woll was drowned in an attompt
to swim attor it. won was a uacnuior,
46 years old, and bad lived in Auacor
I tea for several years.
ATONED FOR HIS CRIME.
t,. W, Mellon, the Murderer, Kxeented
- at Grants Pan.
Grant's Pass, July 6. Lemuel W.
Me I mm was executed here today. He
abandoned all hope yesterday, and was
taken into the Episcopal chnroh and
baptized by Rev. Isaac Dawson.
He spent the day in reading and
in writing letters, and was more calm
than any one else about the jaiL He
slept welt last night and ate hearty
breakfast this morning. He refused to
disenss theerlmeor his position, saying
only when asked that he waa innocent.
He was very muoh affected by the
church ceremonies and the singing, and
wept quietly..
There waa a great many people in
town to witness the hanging. Sheriff
Hiatt issued 100 invitations, and lie
sides those in the enclosed space the
court-house yard ia well filled. . Tbe
board fence around tbe scaffold is so
constructed that a good view of the pro
ceedings oan be had from the main
yard and street. About 600 people wit
nessed the execution.
Rev. Dawson went inte the jail at
8:45 tills morning. Melson made a full
confession of (the crime. Sheriff Hiatt
had the death warrant at 8:40, and at
10:03 Rev. Dawson prayed bis last
prayer
At 10:01 Sheriff Hiatt and his depu
ties, with Melson, ascended the scaf
fold. When asked if he had anything
to say, Melson said:
"I am guilty of killing Perry, and
am sorry lor it. May God have mercy
on my guilty soul."
Melson was perfectly composed and
calm. He bid the sheriff good-bye,
and at 10:18 the drop was sprang. Mel
son's neck waa broken and death waa
instantaneous. At 10:23 he was pro
nounced dead by the physicians and cut
down. He will be boned in tbe pau
per graveyard at the expense of the
conutT. He wrote a long letter to his
wife yesterday.
Story of Xeleon's Crime.
Grant's Pass. July 6. In Maroli
1896. Charles Perry disappeared from
the Waldo copper mine, near Waldo,
Or., where be waa employed and was
known to have had considerable money
with him at the time. Inquiry by bis
friends lor several months failed to dis
close his wherabouta, and fearing that
he had met with foul play, a search'
ina party waa organized on August 35,
and after two days' travel in the Sis-
kvou mountains, the party found tbe
body of Perry in an old well near a de
serted mining claim, .there was a Dui
let wound in the right side, and on the
ground near by waa. shell from a 41
caliber Colt'a revolver, which the bul
let taken from the wound fitted. With
thia evidence the party returned to
Crescent City. Cal.
It was learned that while at the cop
per mine Perry had often been told by
L. W. Melson, his friend, of a fine
mining prospect between there and the
coast in the Siskiyou mountains, and
that Melson left the copper mine on the
day of Perry's disappearance. He re
turned next day and went to Crescent
City Cal., aaying that Perry had gone
to Wa do.
Melson began spending money freely,
though previous to that time be waa
known to have been possessed of very
limited means. It was also learned
that Melson had sold a revolver which
proved to be tbe one from which the
bullet found in Ferry's DOdy had oeen
fired. In his possession was also fonnd
watch whioh proved to be Kerry's,
Melson was placed under arrest at
Crescent City, but it was ascertained
that the murder waa committed in Ore
gon, and the prisoner was brought to
Grant's Pass, Or., for trial. He was
convicted and sentenced to death May
14, 1897. The evidenoe throughout
the trial waa conclusive ot Melson 'a
guilt.
Melson was about 43 years old, and
came to the Pacifle coast from Ken
tucky 13 years ago, locating in Clatsop
county, Or. He went to Del Norte
county, Cal., about four years - ago,
where he was married, and where be
leaves a wife and two children.
Melson'a wife did not visit him dur
ing his incarceration, and expressed no
desire to see him, but wrote to him fre
quently, saying that she was not sur
prised at the verdict of the jury. She
expressed very little sympathy for him,
but requested him, it guilty, to never
confess hil crime on acoount of the
children.
Charles Perry, the viotim, was 60
years ot age, and came to the Paoifio
coast two yeara ago from Connecticut,
where his wife and seven children now
reside. He was considered a sober and
industrious man.
Iadlani Drank Painkiller.
Brainord, Minn., July 5. Five In
diana, including Chief Wee Sug, are
dead at Malone's Point, on Mille Lacs
lake, and several others are expected to
die, as the result of drinking painkiller,
hair oil and other preparations contain
ing aloobol. Indian payment has been
going on there, and the redskins gorged
themselves with thia stuff, whioh wai
bought from Malone's trading post.
The Indian riders are scouring every
part of tbe reservation to bring the
band together, and serious trouble may
result, as the redskins think Malone is
to blame for the deatha.
It has been computed that between
86,000,000 and 87,000,000 babies arrive
each year. ,
Zdhem Pasha Beatgna. .
London, July B. A Standard dis.
patch from Constantinople says that
JEklhem Pasha, oommander of tbe Turk
ish forces In Thessaly, has tendered
bia resignation of command to the sul
tan on the ground that under tbe pro
posed peaoe condition he will be unable
to guarantee the discipline of the
army, : '
All the human beings that ever lived
oould find standing room in Pennsylvania.
TRIAL AGAIN DELAYED
Competitor Crew Must Lan.
guish in JaiL
SPANISH OFFICIALS ABB TIMID
Hesitated ta Bring the Men to Trial fof
Diplomatic Beaaona Have Wot
Bet a Future Date. ,
New York, July 5.-vA Herald dis
patch from Havana says: The trial ol
the Competitor crew did not take place
en July 1, as had been reported. It
may not take place for several montns
yet, unless the United States presses
the matter. The authorities here hes
itated to bring the men to trial for dip
lomatic reasons. Tbey realized tlie
fact that if the laws ol Spain mean any
thing, and are not to be brought into
disrepute, the sentence ol the Compet
itor filibusters must De a severe one.
On the other hand Spain does not de
sire to aggravate any hostile feeling
that may already exist in the United
States against her.
It waa just about the middle oi June
that Consul-General Lee, by direction
of his government, pressed here for an
early tiral. He pointed out that a long
delay had already taken place and de
clared it unjust. To tbe consul's letter
General Weyler sent a most indefinite
reply. He began by excusing the past
delay on the ground that proceedings
on tbe part of tbe prosecution had con-
aumed much time, and now, he saia,
the lawyers who had been assigned to
the prisoners bad been given until the
end of July to prepare the defense. In
conclusion he stated that it was "im
possible to say when the trial would be
brooch ton." Tbis means that it haa
been thought best to delay tbe trial in
definitely., ;
In the meantime the Competitor
orew are languishing in prison. Some
of them cannot stand tbe confinement
much longer. They are not treated
badly, so far as Spanish treatment of
prisoners in Cuba goes. Americans
cannot realize what the confinement in
Cabanas during these hot months
means. - When Melton, for example,
was taken prisoner, he was a remark
ably fine specimen of a man. Today
he is broken down beyond recognition.
His shoulders are bowed and his frame
wasted to skin and bone.
Disease among Spanish troops in San
tiago de Cuba has been so severe that
when General Weyler ordered the move
into the interior against the rebels, the
only soldiers available were convales
cents. All over tbe island disease
among Uie Spanish troops ia increasing
at a fearful rate. Out of the thousand
men in the Vegar battalion in Pinar
del Rio, nearly 700 have been rendered
unfit for service by malaria. The hos
pitals in Havana are crowded to over
flowing. ' ""?;. :;
General Ruia Rivera is dangerously
ill. The prisoner's doctors have per
formed a delicate operation upon him,
and he is now in a critical condition.
1 The Herald's correspondent in Ma
tanzaa reports a fierce engagement on
Saturday last between Spanish troops
and a large body of insurgents. Be
tween 60 and 70 Spaniards were killed
and wounded. The rebel loss is not
known. General Meline, who was with
a column of men, came to the assist
ance of the Spaniards and was badly
wounded during the engagement.
There are in the vicinity of Matanzaa
3,300 insurgenta well armed ; and
quipped.'
: The rebel leader Guaracha captured
and killed two Spanish spies near the
city limits of Matanxas. The Herald
correspondent vouches for the statement
that tbe Spaanish maoheted 17 paciB
cos, men and women, who had left
Matanzaa for a plantation to get food. '
Bivera'e Condition.
Havana, July 5. A press correspond-
ent has bad an Interview with uenerai
Rivera, in San Ambrose hospital, to
Which he was removed from Cabanas
fortress by the advice of attending sur
geons. General Rivera expressed him
aell as satisfied with the medical and
surgical attendance provided, as well
as with the nurses. All the food sup
plied him is excellent. Hia meals are
served from a restaurant near by at his
own expense. ' ' , ,
Terrible Suicide ot Three Men.
St. Louis, July 6. Just west oi
Wellsvllle, there is a coal chute belong
ing to the Wabash line. As passengei
train No. 6 waa dashing through this
chute, Engineer Robinson saw three
men liyng with their heads upon the
rail. He tried to stop his engine, but
the distance waa too short, and in an
tho A nlnne examination Of
aijobnuv ... " ' " o
the bodise revealed the fact that the
men must have been perfectly sober
When they took their places beside the
track.
Canovaa Aagry at Beporte . :
Madrid, July 6. Senor Canovas dal
Castillo, the Spanish premier, and the
Duke ot Tetnan have had a long con
ference on the subject of tbe latest
news from the United States. The pre
mier has notinea tne reporters wm
otgive them any news hereafter, on
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the ground that they publish it in a
form calculated to influence the stock
xohange.
Steel Mills Cloae Sown.
Pittsburg, July 8. Asa result of the
failure of the joint wage conference of
tlie Amalgamated Association of Iron
and Steel Workers and the manufac
turers to agree upon scale at the
Yonngstown conference yesterday, all
the onion mills olosed down today, and
between 75,0 and 85,000 men are
Idle. ' .'
Pet toads axe sold at I pence apiece
in Paris.
CLOSE CALL FOR JACK TARS.
Thirty Men Scalded oa Board of the
Monitor Puritan.
New York, July 5. Thirty men nar
rowly escaped death in the boiler-room
of the monitor Puritan. That they
were not scalded to death ia due to the
presence of mind of one of tbe orew.
The Puritan ia moored at the foot
of the main street of the Brooklyn
navy-yard, and haa been nndegoing re
pairs to her boilers. The repairs bad
been completed and the men were only
putting on the finishing touches at the
time of the explosion. Orders had been
given to start the fire under the boilers,
and get up steam, so tbat both engines
and -boilers could be given a thorough
test, as tbe vessel bad been ordered to
sea for target practice.
Engineers were in the engine-room,
giving instructions to firemen. There
was suddenly a slight hissing sound of
escaping steam In the room, but tbe
mm continued to work. Then a sharp
report and a flood of hot water and
steam from one of the boiler started
them to their feet. In an instant the
room was filled with steam that was ao
dense the men could hardly see.
, When the burst of steam came from
the boiler Angnst Wilson, the boiler-
maker, in charge, ordered the men to
get out ot tbe room. Wilson was the
laat to get out, and while he was trying
to find the entrance to tbe engine
rooms Chief Engineer Cowie, of the
Puirtan, who heard the report of the
explosion, rushed into tbe room. Cowie
made several attempts to get to the
valves, but was held back by Wilson,
When the steam was nearly exhausted
the valves were closed, but not until
tViwie had been burned about the head
and neck. The injnred were attended
by the ship's surgeon.
The cause of tbe accident was the j
blowing out of tbe crown sheet in one
of tbe boilers. ' It was a miracle, the The steel cells and all necessary ma
officers say, that none of the men were ( terial for making the interior of Grant
killed or greater damage done to the county's jail secure have arrived in
veseel. As it is, the monitor will havo ' Canyon City and are being put to
to remain at tbe yard for some time, gether.
so the boilers can be put in trim.
BAD FOR WORKING CLASSES.
A Seriona
Labor Problem Mow Con
fronts Chile.
New York, July 5. A special to the
Herald from Valparaiso, Chile, says:
If the government does not soon take
steps to better the condition of the t
working olaeses throughout Chile, there
will be a dark, despairing outlook in
store for them. The Heraldo here says
the closure of the engineering estab
lishments will cause others to follow
and leave more than 1,000 working
men's families exposed to hunger. It
adds tbat this may cause the paralyza
tionol several nitrate establishments in
Tarapaca province, throwing 1,800 men
in the streets and causing the stoppage
of all building work throughout Chile.
W'orkingmen are preparing to hold a
monster meeting next Sunday to pro
test against tbe delay ot congress in
discussing the reform customs tariff
law, which has been submitted to that
body. The workingmen will also pro
test against the idle political discus
sion in congress on the resolution f
the government railway directors to
order five locomotives from the United
States after having promised to protect
the national industries.
Could Not tlve Apart.
Guaymas, Sonora, July 6. A sensa
tional double snicide has ocurred here.
Senor t lodomiro Maytorena, a widely
known and popular young man, had
been engaged for some time to Senorita
Ampora Ynigo, the daughter of an
equally aristocratic family. Another
suitor found more favor in the eyes of
her stepmother than did young Mayto
rena, and the latter waa notified to
cease paying his visits. .
Tbis led to clandestine meetings, and
when a mutual friend attempted to in
terfere, a personal encounter resulted.
For this the yonng man waa about to
be arrested when he took two pistols.
one in each band, pressed each to his
temples and nred two Dana, ootn enter
ing the brain. When the shocking
news was conveyed to the young lady
ahe took poison, and is reported to
have ainoe died.
A Collection of I voriee. .
San Franoisoo, July 5. John I
Bardwell, of thia city, has presented to
Golden Gate Park museum one of the
largest collections of delicately carved
ivories tbat can be found in the Unit
ed States. There are 700 pieces in all,
ranging in value from $25 to $1. 000
each. They represent every conceiv
able kind of animal and vegetable life,
with protecting gods and goddesses.
' . Will Not Give Up Theeaaly.
London, July 5. A dispatch to the
Times from , Constantinople dated
Wednesday says: Tewfik Pasha will
I . .
announce to
tlie ambassadors of the
' powers
tomororw that tho cabinet
maintains the indefensible right oi
Turkey to retain Thesealy by virtue of
conquest .- ;
The Mors Palled.
Washington. July 6. The Bepubli
can managers ot the tariff bill have
been making an effort on the floor of
the senate to secure a unanimous agree
ment to take a vote on tbe tariff bill
tomorrow. The opposition declines to
,
t P" ' The Democrats
say they hesitate out of caution to pro
vide against a possible surprise. ..
: Will Not Hang.
Colfax. Wash,. July 6. John Leon
ard the murderer ot Jacob Malqnist,
will not be hancad today, hia case hav
ing been appealed to tbe United States
suDreme oourt. Leonard was takon
Sookane. tbe officers fearing mob viO'
Woe. The fear seems to bave been
groundless. - ' " '
On a globe 80 miles in circumference
it would taket be strongest mioroscope
to find a man were be redued propor
tionately.
NORTHWEST BREVITIES
Evidence of Steady Growth
and Enterprise.
ITEMS OF GENEEAL INTEREST
Pro i All tbe Cities and Towns
f
tbe Thriving Slate (tates
Oregon.
Mayville's new church is said to be
the handsomest one in Gilliam county. '
Ben Ross, of Gordon Creek, recently
turned out 65 railroad ties in 10 hours
There is quite a demand for home
steads in Lane county by intending set
tlers. The Siuslaw agricultural society has
decided to hold a fair at Lorane hall,
on October 15 and 16. ,
Tbe Western Union has received In
Astoria 135 miles of wire for the new
line to be constructed between Astoria
and Portland. .
A rock-drilling contest lor 250 a
side has been arranged to take place at.
Sumpter between men o! the Bonanza
and Kachaol mines.
Joseph, in Wallowa county, has long
been without a saloon, bnt the council
at its latest meetng voted in favor of
granting a license. . " r
It is said that grouse and sage hens
will be plentiful in Grant county tbis
year. The season has been favorable
for their hatching and rearing.
The Dalles has the firemen's tourna-
ment thia fall, and the enterprising
school board is talking of delaying the
opening of school a week on that ao-,
count.
Five United States fish onmmission
ers will soon visit Pelican bay and Har
ney lake, to make, an examination of
those waters and see what the chance
is for putting in fish. .
There were shipped by the O. R. & .
N. Company during the past shipping
season 18,800 crates of strawberries
an increase over last year ol 8,800
crates. One-third ol the shipments
were made to Montana markets.
An Astoria paper says the fact that
the British ship Duchalbnrn was una
ble to secure but about 1,500 cases oi
salmon for England when she expected
to have had 10,0000 cases is good evi
dence that the price of salmon is on the
rise. ".
In 1891 the state of Oregon brought
suit against Baker county lor dock
taxes amounting to about 14,000. AI-, ,
ter fiye years of litigation Referee B.
F. Bonham, appointed by the supremo
court, baa rendered bis findings to the
effect that Baker county must pay all
but about 98,000, barred by the statute
of limitations. .;. "
Washington.
The Ferndale cheese factory has be
gun operations. . -
Coamopolis shipped 49 oars of lumber
East within one week. . ;
Mange is prevalent among the range
horses in Garfield county.
The Ellensburg cheese factory is
making between 500 and 600 pounds of
cheese a day.
A circus is gladdening the hearts of
tbe small boys ; throughout the Big
Bend country.
LeRoi Mining Company, of Spokane,
declared its fifteenth dividend. The
dividend is $35,000.
Terrv Clancey, section foreman ' near
Buckley, was struck by a freight train
nd probably fatally injured. : . .
A number of tbe offiicals and in
mates of the state penitentiary are sick
with tonsilitis, but tbe epidemic is not
feared. ..if
Judge Richardson, of the: superior
court, for Spokane, has decided that a
person cannot be incarcerated to bo
held as a witness in a trial.
Tbe receiver of the Central .Wash
ington estimates that that road will
haul at least 1,600,000 bushels of
wheat from the Big Bend this fall. -
Senator Wilson has telegraphed to
friends on Gray's harbor that the
amount of the appropriation for the
Gray's barbor jetties is $350,000, and
not $300,000, nor $400,000, as has
been published. '
State Grain Inspector Wright is con
sidering the advisability of making
provisions for inspecting corn importa
tions from Eastern states. During tlie
last year large shipments of corn have .
come in, because we low pnoe oi mat
cereal compared with oats, which was
not subject to. inspection. The inno-.
vation is proposed both for purposes of
revenue and to ascertain the amount
of grain thus consumed.
Because of the oloudburst on Mill
creek, in Walla Walla county, the fish
are dying by hundreds. They oome to
the surface of the muddy water, appar
ently suffocating, and in a lew minutes
leave the water entirely to die by the
hundreds, on the rocks, too exhausted,
evidently, to return to the stream a foot
or two away. The dead fish are thick.
They are fine ones, too, many of them
being 18 and 14 inohes long. :
B. W. Hollo way, a Friday Harbor
jeweler,' man of 28, dropped dead in bia
office. The physicians found on exam
ination, that an artery had been rup
tured. Six weeks ago he took out a
life insurance policy for $3,000. ;
Judge Hanford has issued a deroos
permitting the treasurer of Okanogan
county to turn taxes into the salary
fund. Previous to this the oonnty offi
cials had received no pay since liiHt Jan
nary, the sheriff even being compelled
to board and care for ths prisoners at
bis own risk.