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Newspaper Page TextVOL, XIV. ST. HELENS, OREGON, Fill DAY, JULY 23, 1897. NO. 31. NEWS OF THE WEEK) From all Parts of the and Old World. ' New BRIEF AND INTERESTING ITEMS Cooia""' Review f tha Import ant Happenings of the Cur- " . raai Waak. . . Th Minnesota slate board of par don ruftinna to pardon the oungor brother. The National Republican League con vention mat in Detroit.' Delegate war present from nearly'all the tat The departure from Portland of tha tlritlxh shlpGlenelvan bring the grain float for tha present season op to 77 vessels compared with 68 tha year be fore Adriua from Constantinople indioata thnt tha sultan la obdurate regarding tha acceptance of the peace proposal. Eillieni Pasha la hastening back to Do hiokos, and the furlough! of all Turkish oftloori have been canceled, in readlnes for a renewal of hostilities. Advices from the aoutb of France show that the destruction by the floods there was greater even than earlier re port! indicated..' The losse are estl matei) at 800,000,000 franoa In the aggre gate. Hardly a village ha escaped damage, and the number of persona drowned la nearly 800. .,.,:' K. M. Walte, about 70 yeara old, who waa tlie oldeat printer n Oregon, dropped dead in Salem. The prlntera were to play the barber a game of buaehalL Walte carried a printer'! towel aa a banner for the printera In the parade. He fainted from the beat and never regained consciousness. The parliamentary South African commission, whlub ha been inquiring into tlie iransvau raw, naa raw npon ita report The roKrt will ex press an emphatic opinion that what ever justification there might have been for aotion on the part ol tha peo ple of Johannesburg, thera was none whatever for Cecil Hhodoa' conduct in subsidising, organising and stimulat ing an armed insurreotion against th government of the Transvaal. . Henrique Laidley, Portuguese vice, consul t 8n Francisco, is at Monterey, Cal., at the request of the Porttigues minister at Washington to make a thr ougb Investigation regarding the dis ..,,, nvir tha haulina down of tha iwtniruese find from the tola above Maimvl Ortin'a grocery atore and Ui horning of tha flag. Ortin'a nottSoaf thin to tha minister t Washington re? sotted in tha investigation, Laidley declarea if tlie affair is not satisfactory explained the Portuguese government will demand an apology from the Unit ed States. ' Report from the North say the Al aska Commercial Company's steamer Arntia wua o rushed bT lea, - Tha International Gc Itlmlnlna 0n ntlon at Denver aeleoted Ea't Lake Cltv aa Ita iext meeting plaoa. By the ixplotlon of a lamp Samuel nr m mln. anil 1, la wife. - - . . . Marv. were burned to death in bed at 1'lttaburg. wiva thnnaand wmnsht nail worker nl Ronth Ktaffordsbir and North iVnraeflterahlra have itruok for 10 per oont advance in wages. Preparations are on foot in Dublin for the Parnell anniversary demonstra tion in October, and It is uenevea in it will be larger than aver. . Tl.a n-lli.h irnvarnment baa notified the collector Pf custom at Vancouver that no duty win n cnargeo. on Baimoq brought from the United States. ' iri.. .tmAnt nf the Bank of Snaln. which has been formally gaaetted, haa innrunsod the adverse comment on tha tm ok management. It shows a note circulation of 188,000,000 peaata in axons of the authorised issue. Wi,n onn mnn are bmnloved On tha hrnnch line rrom ioon. crowing iu Klonan hike. About 450 men are on ...nh nJ ( tha line working toward the center, and tha contract requires .l.ot irmilino he concluded bvOoluber 18. '.------- ... , . n expected mat trains win u ii mml Ivr Dncember 1. Twelve - Irr t . - milea of wagon road have been oomplet- ad from the crossing iniunu. The difficulty growing out of tha, boundary dispute between Costa Eloa . --.! VU...iin, la nnarlllff tha mint linn a..vnio - -- where diplomacy and arbitration wili be out ol tne question, ine uounoarj pommisBion appointed by ex-Prosldent iiAwuinn.1 alinrt.lv hnfore he relln- nulshad hU OH"" has anspendod work for two aipo'in to watcij me aunuiiB f pOtn SIUUS BOiore pr(5niin iiuu. What. a aul1 tn tin the arruntont ol made is rpiiortod from AUfku, Borne gold prospectors several months ago ran auross wjiat seemed to. ba a lk of oil. h l'K9 n Ieu r iniuunerable springs, and the sprround- t.... H ...lM. .... fnll i.r rtal TliM fUg lllllltliua wpip fui, n w" ...y brouglit sitmples to Beuttie and testa proved It to be of as high grade as any aver taken out of Pennsylvania wells, , It la said there is enough oil d coal : In the discovery o supply the world, It is close to the ocean; In fact, expert! , say that tha oil ooxes out into tbe salt waver, TVifl nt.,h aBmIh , i, f slssippl commercial -congress Is being 1... I I I.. LJ..I. T .. 1 v ...... .... . iiuiu ,,i Dai, Mttav. xstyvry Bbaia hiiu rltory weit of the Mississippi river will ue reprcaeniea. i represented. A statement prepared at the mint bo an shows tha number of silver dollar ined at tha United Stataa mints dur, res u anl na.l Iro lha flunal - wua 91 QOB 701. On ,B -."I .."VI. 1 JUKI Tf '11. ..P " whioh the seigniorage, or profit to tha government, 'amounted to IH, 836, 104. The profits have been turned Into tha treasury tram time to time, as the coin ge progressed, THE OONFEREES AGREE. All the Tariff Difference Have at Last Mean Settlail. Washington, July 30. When tha Repuhlloan conferees on tlie tariff ad journed at 0 P. M. today, the an nouncement was made on behalf of each house, that they had agreed on all the items of the bill, and that tlie re sult of tha partisan conference would be submitted to the Democratic mem bers of the conference at a full meeting to be held next day. ; This announcement had boon made Informally to the Democratic members of the conference at noon, and had formed tha subject of general specula tion about the senate during the after noon. It appeared, after tha informal statement waa made, that there was still much to be done In the way of putting tha bill in shape, and tne con f..r aimnt six hours in cloae applica tion to the work In band. They were, for the moat part, merely running over the.bill, but thore were still rates to be agreed upon which had been passed over until the sugar schedule should be Snally dixpoted of. Tlie revision was ....t uii .mi. inliiliul tlnrlnif the after noon session, and some of the members returned to renew the work tonight The members of the conference still nmauwji tliA atrlrtitat silnnoe in rtward to the oonditions made, giving out no omclal oonnrmaiion as w me unnngei made in tlie bill. It Is learned, how ever, from an entirely reliable source, that a very large majority oi inoiteneie amendments wora accepted. This was rendered neoessary by several clrcum atancea. A number of amendments made by tbe senate were verbal, others were trivial, and still others were made necessary to seoure harmony oi con struction, and would have been made by the house If that body had bad tha bill nnder consideration for so long a time aa the senate. All such changes as these are accept ed without question by the house oon- fiiuu T)i ulan aMhnted ill most x. i . - --,1 1 cases all these alteration" made by the senate, in orlr to secure me pumK tl.. hill In that hndv. Benutor Jones of Nevada, holding, at ha did, theprao- .. . . t V....t. I.. ,1.. ... tioat oaiance o power, uuui ! ann ate and in the conference, was enabled to secure many concessions for Western interosta in the senave, ana uicso ne held far Without exception In the con. feronoa. He oven succeeded in securT inn a dea-ree of nroteotion for hoot sugtir greater than was given either in the senate or nouse oiu, The bill, as agreed upon, will, when made public, present an entirely new ingar schedule, at It'ust, in the main I,... n nf tha ilntv nn raw - and reflned sugar, tha fourth presented since tha Dill emergen irum mo ira-m vaya and means committee. IN EVENT OF TROUBLE, The Navy Department Will Not 8a Caught Napping. Ban Francisco. July 20. The Bulle tin saya this evening that it has re ceived Information that the navy de partment has determined not to be paught napping in the event of trouble with Japan over the. aunexution of th? Hawaiian Islands. All orders of the department, which would have result ed in moving ships of the Pacific and Asiatic squadrons from headquarters to distant points, have been tuuiporarily suspended. While the authorities at Washington deny that there is any effort to keep alt availublo vessels af nt.rta where orders ean reach them at short notice, naval office's admit that such a scheme is being carried out, ana ih.i ivilura hava hau tanned to tha Asiatio squadron requiring the fleet to make no move ana iioki ubuu m n-imi- ness to return to the const or proceed tp Hawaii on short notice. The report that the ' coast dolense monitors Monadncwk and Monterey will lie sent to Honolulu la denied, and the statement la made that they will be held on the coast. Tnniilrlea Imve been received i at Mare island from headquarters as to the condition of tlie Baltimore, now under repairs there, with a view of nnttinsr her In commission In case of einergenoy, although Ulidur ordinary Conditions Site WOUUI not uo remy iur service until St'ploraher, or even later. THE TORPEDp BOATS. Nt Naval Appropriation Hill Will Favor tha Coaat. ' Washlngtqn, 37 80. It U safe tq say that the next naval appropriation i.i 11 will nnntnln a nrnviaion for lottina the contract for biillding some of the tprpedo-ooats on tne raoino coam. j.ho hill naaon.1 nrnvilllia to the IllBt COh ' Uined a provisiqn which allowed th Paoitto coast 0 per cent more mini shipyards pn the Atlaptlp opust. Thlf difference gave the Paotio biddera aq opportunity to' epinpete. The chiUHe ... mnltiAil Irnni the oinrcnt bill bV mistake, or through design on the parf . .. . .i .1. u. .... .... . i . pf those wno nau u " chargo. By a singular ooinoldonco, the men who had the bill In charge during the Inst st-sslon oome from statos which ore largely interested in ship, building ou the Atlantic coast. The bill was passed during the closing days Of congress and rushed through .bur. rledly, as must bo expected, in tha short sessions pf congress every two years, The Paolflo cpast Interests will be lopked after next tlmo, Drowned to tha Urvakor. " Astoria, Or., July 80. -Two Finn fishermen were drowned iu the broakers u'.i....,l.ii; at tha mouth of the river. Their names are not known, the fact of tjiei, drqwiiing having Just been learn- e(J 1(,y belonged to the now flslier- ' , oflnnery, . Their names are not known, the fact of men's cannery. Simla, India, July 80. There hns been a satisfactory rainfall throughout .n.iknAii nrovincn. end the author- itlca intend to reduce considerably tlie ' extent of the relief work. . OFFFORTHE CLONDYKE The Rush for the New Eldc rado Begun In Earnest. ONE HUNDRED SAIL OS THE AL-KI Tha Kxeltament Intanao the Sonad , aad in Janaaa Large Humbera - t Kaw Yorkars lataraatad. Beattle, July 30. One hundred men took passage today on the steamer Al Ki, most of them starting on what is called the overland trip to the Clon dyke. From Juneau they will go 100 mile further by water, to Dyea, thence over tbe mountain passes, down lakes Llnderman and Bennett to the Yukon river and down that river to tha new discoveries. Among the crowd were many men well known in Beattle; men who have been long identified with its growth and development. The Al Ki was billed to aait at 9 o'clock this morning. At 6, crowds began to gather on the deck. At 9, it was announced she would not sail till 1 o'clock. The crowd kept growing larger. At 1 o'clock It waa said she would not get away till 6, and at that hour she threw off her lines and pulled into the bay, thousands of people that lined the water tront sending her Godspeed with cheers and shouts. Every inch of her passenger and car go space was taken. The steamship Portland, whose arri val Saturday morning, with her load oi treasure caused tremendous excitement here, la due to sail for St. Hiohaela, at tlie mouth of tlie Yukon, next Tuesday, but it is likely that she will not get away for a day or two later. This boat will not carry a pound of provi sions except for tha North American Trading & Transportation Company, whioh operates it. But IU passenger accommodations are all engaged. At Bt, Michaels, tha passengers and freight will bo transferred to a Yukon steamer. Captain Carroll, of the excursion steamer Q,aeen, which arrived tonight, denies the reports sent out that there will not be an able-bodied man left in. Juneau on account of the exodus to the. Clnndyke, Juneau merchant are very Short of goodatiavlng outfitted pros pector and miner until their stocks have run extremely low. It is undeni ably trua that many men from Alaska town bav gone to tbe placer diggings Inadequately supplied with food or money, and that much suffering -will re sult. Tha miner have posted notices along the var'POS trails and routes to the gold fields that men without provi sion would Teoeiye scant weloome. Port Townsend.July 90. The steam er Al-Ki will sail for Alaska at mid night will all tbe patsenger and freight accommodations filled. She carried 40 horses and 1,000 sheep for Dye, whera they will be landed and dnvep, across the summit V the Yulwq Yalley. ptockmen say fha sheep are tha finest band ever collected in Eastern Wash ington. Any kind of fresh meat on the Yukon sells at 80 cents per pound. The Al-Kl carries 86 first and 68 aeoond-olass passengers, nearly all for tlie Clondyke, Maw Tarkara Intaraitad. Tew York, July sq. This city ha $een tonqhea witn trip goiq lever, -j ne past 84 hour ha seen oome to the front at least 8,000 Argonauts, who will b on the way to the Clondyka re gion lust a soon as arrangements can be made for transporation. Tbia citj furnished more '49ers than any state In the Union. It would not be strange at ail if tbis citr 'should, within, tha next six months, assuming there is a corroboration of the favorable report, ba mora largely represented on tha bouts slowly Hemming the currents of tha Youkon than tlie entire Paoiflo coast . Some notion of how the erase is snrnadinot mav be had from the fact (ha wtb)n 48. JlWim nil ndwrtisemoiU palling lor tnosa wno uesireq to join an expedition to Alaska and who had from 1800 to 89.000 to invest wa an swered by mpre (ban 1,800 applicant. In tliia nartloular case there waa soma misunderstanding, inasmuch as tbj( miMinanv nublisbins tbe call, is, iu the main, a fading company, while the, annlicant were eager tp go as urpspeot; ors. or tn ally themselve with what ftVAti in lirht ba "frruh-stake' concerns. Jlowever, 8 men have enlisted in ita Service, and Win ian ipr vie vioniae repion within three week?. Thej will go aa employe of the oompany, easen,; tially, but in til? fYPfl f ll?!r JlrTlfc ina & paring claim P.r becoming inter: aatud Tn one. the company will aid tliero by sdvn(iin ;oey wifnolant t. qerplOp proinWIJ PVroa, Alaska loi(d af th Mint, Washington, July 80. Mr. Treston, Hirm-tor of the mint, reoelved a tele gram from tha superintendent of the Han Pranolso mint stating that 500, 000 in gold had arrived at tha,t point from Alaska, a.nq mm q tJUHi amqqn, WH expected, a,vriva nex( Wai Pair-haired people are bacoiplng less. humerop Uian jormeriy, Antlors. L T.. July so, Tha Clioq taw-Cbiokasaw union party propose to treat with the Dawe commission, provided the United State will buy l thn Jilioctaw and Chiokasaw and putright, They will form a colony, go Into Mox(co, buy a lot of land from Mexico and have their own laws. They say that a white man shall not move among them. The full-blood are very favorably Impressed with the move, but none but the ignorant Choctaw will go into Buoh a scheme. OFF FOR THE POLE. frofoaeor A ad rat atarta aa His Ballaaa Tromsoe, Island of Tromsoe, Fin- mark, Norway, July 10. The steamer Bvenskund, from Spitzbergen, reports that Herr Andree, the : aeronaut, ascended in bis balloon n Sunday after noon, at 3:80. Tbe ascent waa made under favorable cirenmstanoes. As the wind conditions were more favorable on Sunday morning than they had preivously been, the order wa given that the start should be mads as quickly as possible. Tbe preparations occupied three and a half hours. The balloon, which was christened tha Eagle, made a successful ascent amid the shouts of the crowd which had gathered to witness its departure. Despite the lightness of th wind, the balloon rose rapidly until an altitude of about 600 feet had been attained, when it was forced down nearly to the surface of the sea. After a few sandbags had been thrown out, however, it again ascended. Tbe weather was clear, and tha Eagle was viailbe for an hour, traveling in north-easterly direction. When last seen, it was moving at the rate of 39 miles an hour. '. Aadraa'a Laat Word. Stockholm, July 19. Tbe Aflora- bladet haa received the following tele gram from Herr Andree, via Tromsoe, written just before tbe balloon waa cast loose:- . ! "In accordance with our decision, as was announced, at 1:85 in the morning preparations were made to start; and now, at 2:80 in the afternoon, we are ready to ascend. We shall probably be oarired in a north-easterly direction. 1 hope gradually to get into regions witb mora favorable wind conditions than exist here. "In the name of all my colleagues, I send our warmest greetipg tc otfr coun try and friends, ANDKEE." King Oscar ba reoelved a telegram, dated Vorges Bay, July 11, and signed "Andreo,'.' conveying the humble greet ing and warmest thanks of the mem bers of the expedition oq t9 point of their departure, The Aarooaot's Prcparatlona. Professor 8. A. Andrea expeots, should all go welt, to reach the north pole by balloon, ' He planned to make bis first attempt in July, 1890. The balloon and all material necessary for the ascent were taken to Spitzbergen, and everything waa made ready; but, on account of unfavorable conditions, it was found necessary to postpone the trip until this year. PAIP THE. PENALTY. John Newman. Alias Frank Butler, la llaaged at Sydney. Sydney. N. 8. W., July 19. John Newman, alius Frank Butler, convicted of the murder of Captain Lee Weller, iu the Blue mountain district, in 1896, was hanged here yesterday. He broke down at last, tha remarkable stoicism which he bad exhibited since hi arrest in San Francisco last February giving way, and he confessed hie guilt of this as well Brother shocking grime. He admitted that bi right name waa John Newman, and that he was bom of good family in Staffordshire, England, in 1858. He professed the profoundest penitence for his misdeeds and at the last moment willingly received he re ligious convolution, usually offered the condemned. ' The execution was effeotted without incident. Few spectators were admit ted, thosa present being principally officers of the court and attendants di rectly concerned in carrying out the law'a decree. ' The case is one that ha egoited in-, terae interest thrPPgbtm' th colonies, apd great satisfaction (a expressed in the thorough work performed by tha detective in securing evidenoe leading not only to the oaptureot Newman, but his speedy conviction and execution. New Flak for tha Coaat. San Francisco, July 19. A consign ment of fish new to, ths c$ast, and of onibs, arjyed this morning from the jWt They are sent here by direction of 'Commissioner Brice, of tbe United 8tatea fish commission, and are en route In oar No. 8, of that branch, pf the government. Tha fish, ire, the. tan togs, and are ' to be pfanteq op the, foefa of the Paoiflc pceaa near 'F, allones, while, hf, cabs, whiph are of (he blue shell variety, irnd unknown on this coast, will be consigned to the waters of the bay, but in a spot to be kept secret in order to give hem tlmi to acclimate themselves and, multiply and spread before they fal fntOj he. pets of the Igl fishermen,. paq Bom h.jr a Tralaj, Austin, Tex,, July l?.,This morn, pig at o'olocl? a freight train. In the International & Qw Northern rail road yards ran oyer four white boys, all pf Fort Worth, who were sitting on the track asleep, killing three of them instantly and badly wounding the fourth. The killed are: Jonh Bridge, Charles Bweeney, K. L Jfpptgoinerj. The injured, bpj wsj Jlanry Estis, The train ran over the boy a it cama into the yards. On leaving it an hour later a negro named k, F, Cog, f Waco, who attempted to. grab, a brake bar to steal a ride, lost hj hold and full under the cars, being mangled ipta an unrecognizable pulp, A Caraar In fJyola Tabiag, Juondon July J 9, There is great ex cltemcnt on the Birmingham stock ex change owing to th belief that there Is a comer in oycle tubing, There ha been a heavy advance in price and tev eral speculator hav been badly pinched. .' - ' A bee is never cauhgt in the rain, itnd you will notice that ants, wasps and spiders will prepare their: nests against the coming of a storm many hours In adaanna. TIIEBALANCE OF TRADE Exports of Merchandise Last Year Larger Than. Ever. 13 OVEtt ONE BILLION DOLLARS Tha Kicaaa Over Imports Waa Greatest In tha Hlatory of , the Country. - tha Washington, July 19. The annual statement of imports and exports of the United States, issued by the bureau of statistics, makes the remarkable show ing that never before in the history of tlie country have the exports of mer chandise, which includes practically all the exports except gold and silver, reached so high a figure as during the fiscal year ending June 80, 1897, nor has the excess of exports over imports ever been so large. The only time these figures were approached was in 1892, when the United States was mak ing heavy shipments of grain to Eu rope, to feed tbe people suffering from deficient harvests. The statement of 1897, with comparisons, ia as follows: Exports of domestio merchandise, f 1,032,998,770, an increase over 1896 of about 1170,000,000. Total exports of domestic and foreign merchandise, 11,051,897,091, as com pared with $882,006,938 for 1896. The total imports of merchandise during tbe fiscal year Just closed amounted to 1764.873,905, of whioh $381,932,605 Was free of duty. The total imports were about 115,850,000 less than laat year, and the excess of exports over imports for tbe year waa $387,618,186. .. Tli is is an exoess of about $165,000, 000 over last year, and an exoess of about $28,000,000 over any previous year. "" The exporta of gold, including ores, for the fiscal year 1897 amounted to $40,859,780. as compared with $118, 409,447 for 1896. The imports of gold amounted to $85, 013,575, an increase of about $51,500, 000 over 1896. The exporta of silver during 1897 amounted to $61,946,638, and the im ports $20,538,227. The excess of gold imports over ex ports therefore was $44,653,795, and the exoess of silver exports over im ports, $31,418,411.. Never before baa the silver movement, both export and import, reaohed so high a figure. WOMEN AT THE ROCK PILE. Female frlaonera In Kaaaaa City Will Not Be Put to Work. ' Kansas City, July 19. Women prisoners are not to be put to work on the rock pile with men in Kansas City, Kan. Tbe board of police commission ers, who decided last week that this should be done, have found public sen timent too itrongly opposed to their plan. In deference to the first outburst of popular opposition, the police com missioners proposed to rescind that part of the order compelling tlie women to wear men's overall's, but this failed to tally to atop the flood of protest, and the onler is wholly rescinded, " : The agitation here has devolped the fact that the same rule is enforced by the police of Leavenworth, Kan. Leavenworth's women prisoner are made to break rock, and to wear over alls. They are worked separate from the men, and break rooks with small hammers, u,ndrashed in the jail yard. The Leavenworth pffioera declare that their women prisoner, aa a rule, do not object to the work. A PROPOSED AERIAL VOYAGE. rrom tha Summit of Plka'a Peak to Colorado Spring!. : Colorado Springs, Jn,ly J,The an nouncement waa made today that W. D. Felts -will make an aerial excursion from the summit of Pike's peak to Colorado Springs, a distance of 10 miles, in an air line, and drop 8,000 feet In making the flight, Felts will U.30 ft series of rigid aeroplane, modeled, af ter the wings of a ppndpfc The body of the voyager will hang suspended from an easy harness. In order to steer the apparatus, Felts has provided a movable vane, which will be operat ed at the will of the navigator. Fet announced today that he wowld first alight on Cameron's oeoa, distance p five miles, flud. drop of 4,000, feet, From, this V "d he would make a tfo scent of 4.000 feet more to Colorado Springs,, bere, b,e would alight. A aavo.h.af Vaaaed Bar Death. 'Chicago, July 19. A scorcher ia re sponsible for the death of Mrs. M. A. Morton, who wa yesterday killed in a runaway accident The scorcher, with elevated back and lowered head, while bowling along at a, rapid rate, collided with the hp,rse, driven by Mra. Morton. The frightened animal became upcon trollable, and dashed down the street, colliding with a !am.Ppot and throwing the un.fortu.nate. woman from the ve hicle. Site was Instantly killed. She had been an Invalid for years, The scorcher waa thrown from hi wheel, but remounted and rode away before he could be apprehended. The horse was badly Injured and died in a few minutes. Minora' Da la Wallao. Wallace, Idaho, July 19. Tha ain-gle-handed drilling contest resulted in viotory for C A. Patterson, of Mur ray, he drilling 17 8-8 inches. There was voting for the most popular young woman on Miners' Union Memorial day, at 25 cents a vote, and 6,000 votea were cast Miss Jennie Graham, of Burke, won the prise, a gold watch, with 1,645 votes. The new Yerkes teleaoope bring tbe moon within about 800 mile. COAL AND OIL TO BURN. Company Organised to Develop Ba Gently Discovered Alaskan Fields. 8eattle,Wash., July 19. The Alaska Development Company was organised today, to develop the coal and oil fields recently discovered in Houtheastorn Alaska by P.. C, Johnson, of Los Oa to, Cttl. The report made to the company by Mr. Johnson and T. J. .Hamilton, of this city, the experts who made a thorough examination of the property, shows that the discovery is really the most wonderful find tha world has ever known. The oil fields are located within a few hundred feet of tidewater, 850 miles west of Juneau. The statement is made in good faith that the oil is dripping directly from the oil rock and, in places can be dip ped up in buckets, while the surround ing coal beds are inexhaustible. . Thirty thousand feet of pipe has al ready been ordered from Pittsburg, and as soon as received here a steam schooner will be chartered to carry it and take material to tbe place of tbe discovery. , A prominent oil man haa given a ;uarantee of all the capital necessary .o build a refinery there as soon aa may be necessary to handle the prod uct The oil is pronounced of the best quality ever seen and tbe quantity 1 unlimited. IN HAVANA PROVINCE, The Cnbaa Patriot Are Still Marching .Westward.- ; - New York, July 19. A Herald dis patch from Havana says: The inva sion of Havana province by insurgent forces on their march westward is now an accomplished faot Tbe local pa pers are prohibited ' from publishing even accounts of "official" viotories in that province, the object being to dis credit tlie news of nnosual activity. General Weyler ' may suppress news, but be cannot conveniently hide wounded soldiers, and these keep com ing in. The Herald's correspondent at Ma tanzaa writes that Colonel Alvarea Ar mandez, with 70 men, waa completely routed July 11, near Jaguey Grande, by the insurgent General Carillo. The Spanish lost 20 killed and about the same number wounded. During the fight 95 of the Spaniards deserted and went over to the insurgents. ; A report is current and generally be lieved in Matanzaa that the insur gents have attacked and partially burned Cardenas. ' There are fully 5,000 rebels in the vicinity of Matanaa and Cardenas. General Weyler baa not sucoeded in capturing Gomez, and has evidently given up the idea, for he bas left Sancti t-piritus and ia now at Cienfue- gos on bis way back to Havana. THREE WERE DROWNED. A Scow Goes Over a Dam With Fatal Results. Manchester, N, H., July 19. Five oung men employed in Baldwin's bobbin Bhop ventured out on the swollen Pisoaquog river in an old scow without oars, depending for the guid ance of the boat upon a man with a board. The rains of the last two days had caused a flood and the river waa a raging torrent. The men were unable to control th old bulk and in a abort time it waa swept over the dam, the occupants in their efforts to prevent this losing th board they used fox paddling. When the boat went over the dam it fell bot tom upward with the men beneath it. Three got clear, but only two were able to reach shore, and, although the other man was an expert swimmer, he was drawn under by the strong current. The drowned were: Frank Simmard, Joseph Lavoi, George Tirrien, They were all single, Thomas Tir rien and William Lavoie were swept close inshore, and by hard swimming got within reach of those who bad gathered along the bank, and were dragged out THE DAY IN CQNQRESa. Pa MBc Ra,l)ro,ad ATalre Are Disonsaed to the Senate. Washington, July 17. Paciflo rall ied affairs occupied the attention of .he senate throughout the. day, and tha Harris resolution relating to the pend ing proceedings against the Union Pa cific finally went over. Early in tha day, Wewart and White indulged tn sharp personalities in connection with the contest over the. San Pedro deep Watef barber, The joint resolution was passed, accepting the invitation of France to participate in the Paris expo sition of 1900. Stewart moved a reconsideration of the action of the senate in passing the resolution directing the secretary of war to proceed in. tha construction of a breakwater at Ban Pedro, Cal, It re opened the long-standing controversy over the location ol a deep-water har bor on the coast, and a long and exalt ing debate between Stewart and Whit ensued- . ' ' la the House. Washington, July 17. No business wa transacted by the house today, Immediately after tlie journal was ap proved a reoess waa taken on Cannon' motion until Monday, Cannon having given asauranoes to Bailey that, in hi opinion, a partial or complete confer ence report of deficiency bill would b ready by that time. . . General Forsytho'a Petition. Washington, July 19. General George A. Forsythe, U. 8. A. (retired), 1 a . 1 1 o nu.ii.ri c icuiniawro n,ki.v, which wa presented to the housa of representatives yesterday hy Mr. Bel knap, of Illinois. rhe, petition pray the house to, strike he sugar schedule, from, tle tariff bill. The moat scathing arraignment of the sugar trust thus far made before congress, is conveyed ia tha statements set forth by Ueaersi Forsyte In uppor q( bi prayer. NORTHWEST BREVITIES Evidence of Steady Growth and Enterprise. ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST From All tha Cities and Towns el tha Thriving Bister States -. Oregon. One hundred teachers registered at tbe recent summer school at Pendleton. It ia thought the salmon pack at As toria tbia season will, exceed 650,000 case.'-''-': Henry Anderson Humatod, a steve dore, was found dead in a scow on th Willamette river at Portland. A wagon loaded with mining ma chinery turned over on Harry Weaver near Olalla, fatally orusbing him. G. L. Wood, of Ockley Green, near St Johns, committed suicide by swal lowing tbe content of a two-ounce bot tle of morphine. ' ." '. - The present year' wool clip 'of Umatilla county ba nearly all been disposed of and tha buyer have left for other flelda. : At Susanville two robbers bound and gagged a Chinese merchant and stole from him f 400 in casta and a large quantity of gold dust It is estimated that Umatilla county will harvest nearly, if not quite, 6,000, 000 bushels of wheat this year. Tbia, at 50 cents a bushel, will bring $3,500, - 000. "V" . ' ; 'V' The Independence and Dallas Hop- growers' Association hava agreed to pay 80 cents a box for picking. . The Day ton association will pay SO cent a box, or 60 cents per 100. ;, ., . The Portland Horse Packing Com pany, whose plant is located, at Linn ton, has received an order for 6000 bar rels of cured horse meat from dealer in Paris, jranoe, and the order is now being filled. , i . In Linn county there are 71 church organizations, 46 church edifices with seating capacity or 13,846; 31 balls, with a seating capacity of 1,165; valu ation of church property, f 117,276; number of communicants, or mem bars, 8,495. ; Tbe superintendent of the state peni tentiary haa filed bis report for the quarter ending June 80 with tbe secre tary of state. It shows there were 860 convict at the cloee of the quarter, an increase of three over the preceding quarter. . During the quarter 46 were received, 44 discharged, and one re captured. On tbe trial of the case of Hartin vs. the Southern Paciflo in Boseburg, last week, it developed that there waa no law in this state requiring that engine honld whistle at crossing. But th ruling of the court i that in order to reduoe tbe danger of crossing to a minimum approaching trains should give proper warning. ''.''!,':. Waaatnaton, . Everett bas 1,855 children of school sge, a gain of 806 over last year. Tbe capacity of the Cheney roller mills is being increased from 80 to 150 barrels of flonr a day. Mrs. C. L. Myers owns the largest hay ranch in Lincoln county, between. 6,000 and 7,000 acre. At the potlatob on the Chebali res ervation tha Indians treated their whit visitorato a clam bake. : , Tbe supreme court has granted th petiton for a rehearing in the case of ex-Treasurer J. W. McCauley, of Taoo ma. .'' It is estimated that the wheat crop of Adams county will average 40 bush els per acre. Harvest hands ar in de mand, , , , , , , Tha old oourthouse block at Spraguo, together with the buildings, have been sold and turned over to a Methodist college. " - Mra. Flora Fife, wife of Colonel W. J. Fife, well-known theatrical and military man, died suddenly in Tacom of typhoid pneumonia. . . .. , Chauncey Lamb, who was injured by a horse and carried from Florence, Ida ho, to Colfax, on a stretcher, died iot Colfax after intense suffering. ' Tbe Ooldendale ' telephone wir has been successfully strung across the Columbia, and that city la again con nected with tha outside world. The three Simpson earn pa on th Kamiiobie road, in Thurston county, got out 65,000,000 feet of toga from June, 1896, up to June of this year, Dr. Blalook, of Walla Walla, an au thority on fruit raising, saya pear should be picked a week to 10 days be fore fully ripe, for commercial ship ment, . . Captain Matthews, who is now build ing in Hoquiam a three-masted schoon er, has just returned from San Fxanoia oo with a contract to construct a steam schooner at once for Captain Kimball, of San Francisco. ... . , A bundle of the ballots that wens stolen in Tacoma, after . the oity elec tion, mysteriously reappeared the other day. The bundle was found on Con troller Ben ham's desk, but no 'on know how it got there. Bam Lash say that be was waylaid and robbed of 180 cash while near Shiloh. Tha robbery waa in broad daylight, being about 4 o'clock In th afternoon. Alexandet Fraser, who , served) through th Crimean war, was found dead in bis cabin in Everett, Ha wa Sitting In an asy chair, with bi clothes and hat on, clutching a revolv er, whioh was recognised a bis own. He had placed tha weapon cloaa to tha middle of hi lore-head and poll i th UigZK ; . ... .