VOL, 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.
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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 ; . ... .