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Newspaper Page TextTP H W 1L JJJJ VJ VOL. XIV. ST. ilELISNH, OUHGON, FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1897. NO. U2. HP JL ON M NEWS OF THE WEEK From all Parti of th$ New and Old World. BUIKF AND INTERESTING ITEMS Comprehensive llerlew of the Import. ' ant Happening ut the Car- rent VHb The president lia signed the defi, olcnity appropriation bill. MiH Jenn Ingelow, the distinguished poetess and novelist, died In London, She wa in her 77th year. " The formation o( a aafomaker' com bine, whiob will Include almost every manufacturer in title country, i now under consideration In New York. , The new light draught gunboat An napoll been placed in commission .t il, mv. nr,l in Hrnoklvn. The ceremonies were witnessed by a large j number 01 spectator ana muny navm officers. ; .. " .. , - John A. Crelghton Will held up at the guts ol hli home in Omaha, Nob., ami MVerely beaten about the head and robbed of a valuable diamond stud and a considerable uin of money, John Kohenck, Oreighton'i brother-in-law, who answered hla cries (or hlp, was also robbed , of a valuable diamond. 1 Crelghton injurle are very severe. Senator Prllohard announces that the civil servie investigation by tho sen ate committee on civil service reform will be discontinued until (all. Tliia ommuittee will visit Omaha in October unci tukti testimony in the case of Rome alleged vlolatlona o( the civil service law there and upon their rut mi) may rume their hearings in Washington. Yellow Hair and Ham Crow, the two Cheyenne Indian who were arrested a accessories with Eugene Standing Elk (or the murder of John Hoover, over whose death the late trouble on the Rosebud reservation occurred, broke jail at Mi luii City, Mont., by digging ' through an 18-lnuh wall. A posse is out scouring tiie country for them, but with little hope of catching them. President McKinley has received the resolution adopted by the Pittsburg miner anting him to uaa hi good office in the settlement of tiie coal strike, but ha not yet nent a reply, lie ha also received many oommiinioutloua and (uggestiotts on the subject, but it . ii improbable Unit be will take any action in the matter in the absence ol tome definite plan for the settlement of the strike. The freight department of the North ern PaclHc haa issued a apeulat joint tariff of 00 centa on flour and wheat manna, in carload lota, minimum weight 84,000 pound, effect August, 6, from point in Idaho and Washington to point in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri. The trunk line have asked the Western roads to join them. In a movement to allow the trannpor tatlon ol 800 pounds of baggage to trn Pacific passenger having first-class ticket to the Paeiflo coaet and reduced fare order for the ocean passage. The request will likely be granted. Col. O. F. Crocker, vice-president of the Southern Pacific railroad, died at hi borne in Ban Franoiseo. , The miner' itrike in the Eastern states Is assuming a desperate aspeot. ', The miners have appealed to the ruil vaymen tor help. , CM. Bhults, of Chicago, has bought the Tacoma Ledger and ha pluced J. M. Bradley in editorial management. The price paid waa $18,000. ' ', There is a great rush from Seattle nd the Sound to the gold field at Clondyke. One miner ae that many will go there who will never return. John Durbin, one of Oregon's oldest pioneers aud oitiaena, died at the home ol hi -.grandson," Duncan Rons, near Kalorn. He was nearly 103 years old. The pioneer jubilee has been unbared in at Suit Lake, and this week will be witmesed one of the grandest celebra tions eve( seen in the inter-mouutain country. The Japan official press state that it i probable that the Japanese govern ment will agree to the proposal of Ha waii and submit the dispute between tho two countries to arbitration. The famous Broadmoor Casino, a 1100,000 pleasure resort at Colorado Springs, Colo., was burned to the ground. The entire loss will bedouble that amount. There was scarcely any insurance. Two maskotl men robbed tho Suo and Fox postofllee, 60 miles from Guthrie, O. T., and secured a quantity of regis tered letters, stamps and a small sum of money. They were alter $30,000 being paid the Indians. W, A. Bcllwood, a well-known Philadelphia morubunt, has been ar rested (or obtaining Jewelry under false pretense. He pawned the Jewelry to gut money to bet on horse rnoes, and In this way lost $18,000. , The Ceutrut Labor Union of Now York, aftor a long wrangle, adopted the following resolution! "Resolved, That the appointment of T. V. Powderly as commissioner of immigration is tho greatest offllcul insult ever offered by the federal government to organised la bor." Edhem Pushn, commundcr-in-oliiu of the Turkish (orcca in Thensaly, was the recipient of an infurnul machine, which exploded while it whs being opened, severely wounding Kdheiu Pasha in the arm. , The tariff bill makes a new vonccs elon to American vessels In the foreign trude or trade between the Atlantic and Pacific, by exempting from Interna tional revenue taxes distilled and fur inentod liquors, totmcoo and cigars used 1 supplies on sucb vesguls, THE YOUNQSTOWN STORM, Dtli and Il.tr followed In Its -. Wikt. Youngstown, O., July 20. The storm which struck this city and vicin ity at 7 o'clock lust night was very dis astrous, Cartbeny Mayer was struck by lightning and instantly killed. The Mahoning river rose two feet in an hour and washed away several bridge. ' Crab oreek, an insignificant stream rose 15 feet in an incredibly abort space of time, doing great dum age in the tower portions of tiie oity. House were washed away from their foundation and men, women and chil dren were rescued from second-story window, a bathtub being used in lieu of a bettor craft. Hquaw creek Park, near tiie oity, wa practically wied out of existence. . Train are beginning to wove after 18 hour delay. ' The estimated ios to this oity alone approaches $100,000. The storm wa local, in many reieot resembling a cloudburst, the eople being given tittle warning. : Great loss of life wa narrowly avert ed at Bpilng Common foot bridge. Men, women and children insisted on re maining to watob the angry water below in spite of the (act that the tsructure wa unsafe. Finally two policemen with drawn clubs eltmred the bridge, and a (ow second later the brldgo was swept away, Hcpnrt from rural district show that farmer suffered greatly. In Trumbull county IS barn were struck by lightning and burned. Crop were destroyed and buildings generally dam aged, but no loss of life is yet reported. A RAILROAD CHANGE. MaNvtll, of tba O. H. K. 1-re.ldant of W. Y. May K Spokane, Wash., July SO. A St. Pant Sclal to the Spokesman Review ay! . ", Upon good authority it is reiorted here that tho efforts o( President J. J Hill, of the Great Northern, to acquire control of the Korthorn Facitlo are still short of consummation. According to the latest story In railroad circles, a three-cornered fight 1 now in progress for the control of tiie great property. Mr. Hill stands at one point of the tri angle, the present management at an other, and McNeill, of the O. K. & N., at the third. If the present management should obtain control by defeating the efforts of Hill, It is understood that Julius Hannafurd, at present traffic manager, will be made president of the company. Mr. Hannaford has been called to New York, aud it is believed his mission has to do with this Interesting struggle. Mr. McNeill, former president and general manager of the O. R. Sc. N., i loading the third movement. He has the backing of the Russell Pago inter est It Is known that Mr. McNeill ha strong hopes of success. President Hill was instrumental in having Mr, Mohler appointed to McNeill' place as mana ger of the O. It. A N., and it it thought the roorganlaer of the Oregon road i out for revenge as well a power. A t'ulonulo Clondyk. Silver Cliff, lolo., July 510. If a And which has just been mode here turns out as expected, Colorado may have a Cloudyke of it own, and this old Cus ter county camp will take on a new life. The discovery wua made yesterday by Joseph Foulk, a well-known Custer county roan, who ba been looking over the ground about half a mile sou tii west of town and near the water vtorks. Foulk got out some quart heavily charged with lylvauite. The rock showed some free gold. It was bronght to town and tested. Borne of the syl vunite was rousted, and bronght out great gold nuggets. .' The new of the discovery quickly spread, aud within a few hours there wa a great rush to the new diggings. A dozen claims were lukou up, and be fore night and today the whole of Sil ver Clilf seems to be going to tiie scene of the And The now camp is directly between the Zoo and Rattlesnake mountain camps. A Canvlot's Snnilonal Confawlon. Indianapolis, Ind., July 80. Noah Bancy, a eouviot at Michigan City state prison, has written a confession which, if proved true, will have the effect of giving Rev. W. K. Uinshaw his liberty. Hinshaw was convictotd two years ago and sentenced to life im prisonment for the murder of his wife. The trial of Hinshaw wa one -of-tbe most sensational in the history of the state. According to Baney, the real murderer of Mr. Hinshaw are John Whitney and Guy Van Tassel, In dianapolis men. Banoy's statement recites the details of the crime as told him by Whitney and Van Tassel, who drove from Indianapolis, to Bellovue in his bui;gy. 1 Baney says the purpose of the visit to the Hinshaw homo was robbery, and Mrs. .Hinshaw -was shot by Van Tassel, who shot to frighten her back into the yard. One Hundred nil Twenty Live I.mt. London, July 88. A dispatch from Singapore says the Chinese Btoamer Chiengunn, bound from Singapore (or Malltaoita with 180 passengers, was wrecked off Malacca yesterday. On hundred and twenty persons, including the captain, were drowned. Tho re maimler of the ship's company were rescued by a passing steainor. Jmhii Hacks Down. Yokohama, July 80. The Japanese oabinet today agreed to the proposal of tho Hawaiian government to submit the question ut issue before tho two govern ment to arbitration A FaUl boiler Kxploslnn. Bridgeport. Conn., July SO.-The boiler of the steamer Nutmeg State ex ptoded while she was lying at the wharf tore this evening. Three men were killed and five injured a a result of the explosion. DRAVE DEED OF NAVAL EN8IGN lea of Admiral Ohermrdl Perforn . itBllant Rescue. New York, July 86. An aooident on board the battle-ship Texas while lying at the Cobb dock in the navy yard came very nearly resulting futally to two of the crew and also led to another sot of bravery on the part of Kneign W. R. Oherardi, son of Rear Admiral Ban croft Oherardl. The seoond whaloboat o( the Texas was oast away shortly before 8 o'clock. Two men wore in the boat, which wa hoisted to the davits on the poit side at the time. John Avaplan, a landsman, and a sailor named Speer were getting ready to lower the boat, when the former, it i laid, accidentally struck the detaching lever, releasing the boat, which (ell about 80 feet to the water. The two men (ell overboard and the boat filled with water. Tiie shock waa o great that the men were (tunned and unable to keep afloat. The cry of "man overboard" wa raised on the hip. Ensign Gherardi rushed on deck, and, throwing off his coat, plunged over the ship' side. Three seamen followed him. Avapian, who tank almost in stantly, was Just down for a second when til gallant ensign rescued him. Hpeer was rescued by the other men. Avaplan and gpeer soon recovered from the shock. The gallant rescue, which was wit nessed by officers and men of the ship In the vicinity, elicited hearty cheers and praise (or the rescuers. Ensign Gherardi, who is an exceedingly-modest young officer, came in for a special share of commendation. ' When attached to the Maine last February, in storm off the Carolina coast, Ensign Gherardi saved the life of a drowning sailor under the most perilous oircumstance. ALASKAN TOWNS DESERTED. Clondjke Kanh Is rut Depopulating the Com! Settlemente. Ban Francisco, July 86. Among the arrival from Alaska on the steamer Bertha waa Dr. C. F. Dickinson, of Kodiak Island, which lies just at the head of Cook inlet He say the gold excitement all over the territory of Al aska is something unprecedented, and that people are flocking to the Clnn dyke in a way that threatens to depop ulate many of the trading posts and coast towns. "When I left Kodiak, two weeka ago," said Dr. Dickinson, "the people were leaving ail that section and flock ing in the direction of the Clomlyke. In a way, the situation is appalling, (or many of the industries are left prac tically without the means of operation. Mine that are paying handsomely at Conk inlet have been deserted. "In my opinion there are just aa good placer diggings to be found at Conk inlet as in the Clondyke region There is not a foot of ground in all that country that does not contain gold in more or less appreciable quantities. The great trouble ha been that people have not bad either the courage or opportunity,- I do not know which, to thoroughly prospeot the country. I think that in another month the coun try will be practically deserted. There is room about Cook inlet for thousands of men, and there is certainly no better place In the world for a poor man." BETTER WAIT TILL SPRING. Tba Present a Bad Time ta Start tor -; the Clnndylie. . . New York, July 80. The World says: The Cloudyke (ever has not abated a particle. The offloes of the railorad oompanines and ticket agenciea are visited by adventurous spirits eager to seek their fortune in the Alaskan gold fields. From information ob tained by reporters, those seriously con sidering making the trip will do well to postpone their . departure for some time. Under the most fuvorable oir cumstatnee the working day In the Yukon gold fields cannot exceed 100 in the year. For the other 866 days the earth is covered with snow, the ground 1 fro sen, and the rivers closed with ice. Anybody starting from New York at this season would reach the Yukon river just about the beginning of the long Alaskan winter, and it would be far more comfortable to him to remain in the states and go to the new Eldo rado at a more seasonable time. He Claims the Clondyke. Now York, July 88. W. J. Arkell, of the Arkell Weekly Company, of this city, has announced that he expects to claim the gold fields in the Clondyke district, by right of discovery, (or the estate of K. J. Glave. Glave was the explorer who headed the expedition to Alaska in 1890-91, organised by W. J. Arkell. of Leslie' Weekly. A Sudden Bustle at the Navy Yard : New York, July 80. Order have been received at the Brooklyn navy yard to have all the vessels that are un dergoing repair there ready for aea duty by the end of tho week. The ves sels are to join the ship of the North Atlantio squudron and the work of making the necessary repair to them is being hurried. , 81 Were Drowned. Hamburg, July 88. A boat contain, ing 48 employes of the Hamburg en gine works oapsixed in the river Elbe today. Six were drowned. Te Abollnh a tleeleea Ofllee. Chicago, July 80. A special to the Chronicle (rom Washington says Presi dent MoKinloy will ask congress at the regular session next winter to abolish the office of commissioner of railroads. The president thinks it a useless office. The place is now held by General Wade Hampton. Emperor Menelek o( Abyssinia will soon be able to oommunioate with the outside world by telegraph. A line i being laid (rom Harrartobls capital. WORK ACCOMPLISHED The Dingley Tariff Bill : comes a Law, Be- A SEXATE MAJORITY OK TEN Allen end file Colleagues Protected to Ut that l.aet-Wa Signed by the . : V . 1'rtteldent Immediately. - Washington, July 87. The Dingley tariff bill i now the law of the land. The last step necessary was taken at the White House when the president affixed hi signature at 4:80 today. , The tariff bill passed it legislative Stage at 8 P. M. today, when the senate, by the decisive vote of 40 to 80, agreed to the conference report on the bill. The announcement wa greeted with enthusiastic applause by the crowded chamber. This closed the great labor for which the B5th congress assembled in extraordinary session, and after stubborn resistance, at times threaten ing a deadlock, the senate concurred with the bouse in a resolution (or the final adjournment of the session at 9 o'clock tonight. The president's mes sage for a currency commission was re ceiver! by the bouse, but the bouse bill oreating a commission was not acted upon. . --: J; : ; An analysis of the vote on the tariff conference report show that the affirm- ative vote was by 87 Republicans, one Democrat (MoEnery), one silver Repub lican (Jones of Nevada), and one Popu list (Stewart.) The negative vote was oast by 28 Democrats and two Populists (Harris and Turner), Teller, silver Republican, and two Populists (Allen and Butler) did not vote. One Populist (Kyle) and one silver -Republican (Pettigrew) were absent without pairs, which was equiv alent to witholding their votes. A CURRENCY COMMISSION. The President's Mvm Recommending the Appointment Washington, July 87. The presi dent' message, recommending the ap- ' pointment of a currency commission, ia as follows: "To the Congress of the United States: In my message, convening congress in extraordinary session, I culled attcn tion to a single subject that of piovid ing revenue adequate to meet the rea sonable and proper extienses of the government. It seemed to be the most ' pressing subject for settlement then. A bill to provide necessary revenues for 1 the government has already pasted the house of representatives and tho senate . awaits executive action. " Another question of importance was that of the , establishment of our ourrency and banking system on a better bas'a, which ' I commented upon in my inaugural address in the following words: I " 'Our finanoial system needs revis ion; our money is all good, but its i value must not be further threatened. ! It should all be put upon an enduring t basis, not subject to easy attack. The J forms of our paper money offer, in my judgment, a consiitm tfiiiourraeenieiifc iu the government, and imperil a safe balance in the treasury.' Nothing wss settled more clearly at the late national election, than the determination upon .the part of the people to keep their eurreivcy etable In value and equal to the most advanced nations of tiie world. I The soundness of our currency is no . where questioned. No loss can occur . to its holders. The system should be simplified and strengthened, keeping our money just as good as it is now ! with less expense to the government and the people. . I "The sentiment of the country is strongly in favor o( early action by -con areas in this direction to revise our ourrency laws and remove them from partisan contention. A notable assem jbly of business men, with delegates from 89 states and territories, was held at Indianapolis in January of this year. The financial situation commanded their earnest attention, and after a two days' disoussion, the convention recom mended to congress the appointment of a monetary commission. ; I commend this report to the consideration of con gress, .'..i, -.1 '.,-.; "The authors of the report recom mend a commission to make a thorough investigation of the monetary affairs and need o( this country, In all rela tions and aspects, and to make proper suggestions for any evils found to exist, and the remedies therefor. ; This sub ject should have been called to the attention of congress at the special ses sion. It ought not to be postponed till the regular session. I therefore urge and recommend that a special commu nion be created, non-partisan in its character, to be composed of well-informed citizens o( different parties, who will command the confidence of con gress because of their special fitness for the work, whose duty it ball be to make - recommendations of whatever changes in our present barking and ourrency laws may be found necessary and expedient, and to report their con clusions on or before the first day of November next, in order that the same may be transmitted by me to congress (or its consideration at its first regular session. "It Is to be hoped that the report will be so comprehensive and sound a to receive the support of all parties and the favorable action of congress. At all events, such a report cannot fail to be of value to the executive branch ol the government, as well as to those charged with public legislation, and greatly assist in the establishment of an improved system of flnanoo. "WILLIAM M'KLNLEY. "Executive -Mansion, "July S-I - THE SESSION'S WORK. A Review ot the Legleletlon That Was Attended To, r The extraordinary session of congress which has just closed was called by President McKinley two day after he took the oath of office on the steps of the capitol. It met in pursuance to hi proclamation, at noon, March IS. The special - message transmitted by him to both houses on the opening day was brief. It explained the deficiency in the revenues, reviewed the bond issues of the last administration and urged congress promptly to correct the then existing conditions by passing a tariff bill that would supply ample revenue, support the government, and the liquidation of the public debt ' No other subject of legislation waa mentioned ia tbe message, and the tariff has been the all-absorbing feature of the session. Tbe Republican mem bers of the ways and mean committee of the preceding house bad been at work throughout the short session, which ended March 4, giving hearings and preparing the bill which was to be submitted to the extra session. Three days after the session opened the tariff bill wa reported to the house by the ways and means committee and 18 days later, Maroh 81, it passed the house. It went to the senate, was re ferred to the committee on finance, and the Republican members of that com mittee spent a month and three days in its consideration and in preparing the amendments which were submitted to the senate May 7, and exactly two months later, July 7, it passed tbe senate with 878 amendments. The bill then went to conference, where after a 10 days' struggle, on July 17, a complete agreement was reached by which the senate receded from 18 amendments and the house from 611. The other 848 were com promised. The conference report was adopted by the house on July 19, at tbe conclusion of 13 hours' continuous de bate. The report was taken up in the senate July 20, and adopted July 24. The tariff bill was signed by the presi dent tbe same day. Congress did not devote its session entirely to the tariff, although.it did subordinate everything else to this one measure. The four appropriation bills which failed on March 4 last( would, in themselves, have compelled 'President McKinley to call congress in extra ses sion, even if the necessity (or a revision of the tariff had not existed. These appropiration bills were the sundry civil, the agricultural, the Indian, and the general deficiency. Those bills were introduced and passed by the house in the initial form in which they existed at the time they failed of enact ment into law at the preceding congress, but they - were amended in some important particulars by the senate, and when they finally became laws, contained more ot less new legislation of interest and importance. The gen eral deficiency bill carried a provision accepting tbe invitation to take part in the Paris exposition in 1 900, and ap propriated f25,000 to defray prelim inary expenses, and appropriated $150, 000 (or a new immigrant station at New York to replace the one destroyed by fire. By far the most important piece of new legislation in the Nil, however, was that limiting the cost of armor plate for three new battle-ships to 5300 a ton, and in case of the secretary oT the navy finding it impossible to make contracts for armor within the price fixed,, he was authorized by this provision to tike steps to establish a government ri'mor-plate factory of sufficient capac ity to make the armor. In executing i.iis authority, he must prepare a de rcription and plans and specifications of the land, buildings and machinery suitable for the fuott ry; advertise for proposals and report to congress at its next session. In the Indian bill, after a severe struggle in both bouses, the question of sectarian schools was settled by the fol lowing declaration of the policy of the government: , "That the seoretary of the interior may make contracts with sectarian schools, apportioning aa near as may be, the amounts contracted for among schools of various denominations for tbe education of Indian pupils during the fiscal year 1898, but shall only make such contracts at such places as non-sectarian schools cannot be pro vided for suoh Indian children, and to an amount nut exceeding 40 per cent of the amount so used for the fiscal year 1895." ' ' - Tbe question of opening to entry tbe gilsonite deposits in the Uncompahgre reservation was also compromised by opening such agricultural land as have not been allotted to the uncompaligre Indians on April 1, 1898, to entry, but reserivng to the United States title to all lands containing gilsonite, asphalt or like substances. In the sundry civil bill the most im portant new provision was that sus pending the order o( President Cleve land, setting aside about 81,000 acres a forest reservations. The law also inoludes a general scheme of legisla tion for the government and protection for the forest reservations of tbe coun try. - The Republican leaders of the house decided at the opening of the session to pursue a policy of inaction in order to throw the responsibility for delay ing the tariff bill upon the senate, and therefore tbe committees were not an nounced until the close of the session, and only urgent matters were consid ered. Fifty thousand dollars were ap propriated for tbe relief of American citizens in Cuba at tbe solicitation of the president; (300,000 was appropri ated for the relief of the Mississippi flood sufferers. A resolution was passed authorizing the seoretary of tho navy to transport supplies contributed for the relief of the starving in India, and $50,000 waa appropriated for the entertainment and expenses of the delegate to the uni versal postal congresa The Hawaiian treaty of annexation negotiated by President McKinley wa still unacted upon when congress ad journed. In open session, after much debate, the senate passed the Cuban belliger ency resolution, a bankruptcy bill, in cluding both voluntary and involun tary features, the "free home" bill. But none of these important question received consideration in the bouse. The following minor and joint reso lutions became laws, managing to es cape objection from any member: Authorizing the secretary of war to receive for instruction at the military academy at West Point Carlos Gutier rez, of Salvador. - To amend an act entitled, "An act to provide for tbe entry of land in Greer county, Oklahoma, to give pref erence rights to settlers and (ot other purposes," approved January 18, 1897. Appropriating $10,000 not expended for the relief of tbe Mississippi river flood sufferers, for the flood sufferer at El Paso, Texas. Authorizing foreign exhibitors at the trans-Mississippi and international ex position to be held in Omaha during 1898, to bring to the United States foreign laborer from their countries respectively, for the purpose of prepar ing for and making exhibits. To provide for the immediate repair of dry dock No. 8, at the New York navy yard. ' Making appropriation for the im provement o( the Mississippi river. To supply deficiencies in appropria tions (or the fiscal year ending June 80, 1897. Three bills authorizing the construc tion of bridges across tbe Pearl river, in Mississippi, the St. Louis river, be tween Minnesota and Wisconsin, and across tbe Clich river in Tennessee. HOUSE COMMITTEES. The Name of the Men OlTen the Most , Important Plaeee. Speaker Reed has announced the following house committees. The committees on ways and means, ac count and mileage were announced at the beginning of the session. The following are the chairmen and the far Western congressmen given places on the more important committees, the names ot the chairmen being given first: Foreign affairs Robert Hitt, of Il linois: Francis Newlands, Nevada. Appropriations Joseph G. Cannon, Illinois. Judiciary David B. Anderson, Iowa. - . !. Banking and currency Joseph H. Wallaeck, Massachusetts; F. G. New lands, Nevada. . Coinage, weights and measures Charles Stanoe, Pennsylvania. Interstate and foreign commerce W. P. Hepburn, Iowa; A. J. Barham, California. . Rivers and harbors W. B. Hooker, New York. Agriculture J. S. Wadsworth, New York; T. H. Tongue, Oregon. Miltary affairs J. A. Hull, Iowa; Marcus Smith, Arizona. Naval affairs C. A. Boutelle, Maine; B. G. Hilborn, California. Postoffices and postroada Eugene J. Loud, California; IL B. Ferguson, New Mexico. Public lands J. F. Lacey, Iowa; W. R. Ellis, Oregon; J. H. Lewis, Washington; Marion Devries, Califor nia; Marcus A. Smith, Arizona. Indian affairs J. A. Sherman, New York; M. A. Smith, Arizona. Territories W. S. . Knox, Massa chusetts; M. A. Smith, Arizona. Publio buildings and grounds D. S. Mercer, Nebraska; Hilborn, Cali fornia. : - , Pacific railroads Powers, Vermont. Invalid pensions Ray, New York; Castle, California. Immigration and naturalization Lorenzo Samdofred, Ohio. Labor J. J. Gardner, New Jersey. Militia B. F. Marsh, Illinois. Minor committee chairmen Elec tions No. 1, R. Taylor, Ohio; No. 8, Henry Johnson, ? Indiana; No. 8, James A. Walker, Virginia. Levee aud improvement of Missis sippi river Richard Bartjoldt, Mis souri. , Eduoation G. A. Grow, Pennsyl vania, v Merchant marine and fisheries) S. E. Payne, New York, Railways and canals Charles A. Checkering, New York. Manufacutres George W. Garish, Indiana. Mines and mining Charles H. Grosvenor, Ohio. Patents J; N. Dicks, Pennsylvania. Pensions H. C. Ludenslager, New Jeney. Claims C. N. Brumm, Pennsyl vania. I War claims T. M. Maher, Pennsyl vania. i Private land claims G. VV. Smith, Illinois. I. Distriot of Columbia J. W. Bab cock, Wisoonsin. i A Probably Fatal Quarrel. Bloomflold, 111., July 87. At Dree- , den, a little town ten miles east of here, two brothers, Butler and Morton Records, became engaged in a quarrel, 1 and Morton attacked Butler with a chair and was about to strike when Butler drew a revolver and shot him through the left lung. Butler surren-' dered himself to the authorities. Mor ton will die. r Ire Caused a Fnale. . Paducah, Ky., July 87. During performance o( the "Streets of New York at the summer (Jasino theater last night, which was attended by about 600 people, fire broke out among the scenery, owing to a lamp exploding upon the stage. A panio ensued, and men, women and children fought fran tically for egress. Fortunately no fatal ities resulted, but a large number were burned and seriously Injured by being trampled upon. NORTHWEST BREVITIES Evidence of Steady Growth and Enterprise. ITEMS OF GEJiEBAL INTEREST from All the Cities and Towns et the Thriving Sinter State --Oregon. Tbe Golden Standard quartz mine, near Gold Hill, in Jackson county, wa bonded last week for $126,000. The offloers of the Mathloma have engaged a crew in Corvallis to work on a wing dam that is to be put in at Black Dog bar. Estimates put on the wheat crop of Eastern Oregon are that there will be' in the neighborhood of 15,000,000 bushels harvested this season. The wagon bridge across the Yam hill at Sheridan is unsafe, because of decayed piers. Travel over the bridge will be interrupted for two or three weeks. , The Falls City correspondent of the Dallas Independent says that hop in that precinct are looking well, haying has begun in earnest, and fall-sown oats will soon be ready for the binder. ; Hon. C. V. Brook says that the crop of wheat in Sherman county is the largest on record. A conservative esti mate places tbe output to be harvested, at 8,000,000 bushels, all of excellent quality. There seems to be some doubt as to whether the fish hatchery at Mapleton will be operated this season or not, the claim being made by some in.autbority that the results of last year do not jus-, tify the expense, The barbers of The Dalles have en tered into an agreement not to shave any of their customers on Sundays. The barber who violates the agreement will bave to furnish his fellow shavers with a wine supper. The grasshoppers that were devastat ing the fields around Olex, in Gilliam county, migrated to the west and south last week. The sun was partly ob scured the greater part of the week, while they were flying over. ...... The illustrated commencement num ber of the University of Oregon Month ly has been completed. Besides con taining three orations and two poems recently delivered, and an unusual number of interesting articles, it also has 16 steel engravings of the literary societies, graduating olasa of '97, edi torial staff, board of regents and Presi dent Chapman. ' ' ' s One of the leading wool buyers esti mates that about 8;600,000 pounds of wool bave changed bands at The Dalles this season. This week the purchases bave been large. One dip of 60,000 pounds was sold at 18 cents. There are 6,000,000 pounds more to be sold, and when all this is turned into money it ought to make a sum large enough to be felt in business. ' . ' . Washington.."'"."'"' The potato bugs have put in their appearanoe for the first time in the Pa louse country. s 1 The Pacific soldiers' reunion began " in West port, Chehalia county, lust . week, and will continue five weeks longer. . ,. , John P. Fay has been elected presi dent of the board of regents of the uni versity of Washington, to succeed John Wiley, deceased. It is reported that the light-draft boat that is to navigate the Okanogan river is about completed at Wenatohee, and will make a trial trip in a few days. " As a result of the starting of the ice factory at Aberdeen, a schooner has been fitted out there to fish (or halibut off Cape Flattery and further north. ' Shipments of cattle over the Central Washington (rom Big Bend points con tinue, several trains being sent out each week, loaded with cattle for East ern points, v i;' ..'''Vy-:''5V. : Haynie, In Whatcom county, is soon to have a shingle mill, located where the old Stoops' sawmill stood a few years ago. The machinery for the mill has arrived. : A convention of superior court judges is being held in Seattle for the purpose of adopting a uniform system of rules and recommending needed changes in the practice act. , The Whitman Monument Association submitted plans and specifications for the proposed Whitman monument last . week, and the contract was awarded last week to a marble works in Walla Walla.:.:,,' :,;;.; .,.:,:,.:. - The salmon are said to be running well down the Sound, and the pros pects are favorable for a good catch. The salmon are most plentiful just now in Bellinghamm ohannel, gulf of Georgia. The ones running now are sookeyes. The first piano brought to the Paeiflo Northwest is attracting considerable attention at the Ferry museum, in Ta ooma, where it has recently been placed. The Instrument was brought to Oregon City in 1847 or 1849, coming by way ot tbe Horn, and was the property of Gen eral McCarver, founder of the city of Tacoma. From Oregon City it was re moved to Tacoma in 1869. - The sack-shipping reason has opened at the Walla Walla penitentiary. Or ders amounting to 600,000 sacks are be ing filled as rapidly as possible. Tho jute mill is running with 888 men, and turning out between 7,000 and 8,000 socks daily. Tbe prloe obtained at present is 6 cents. Eleven cars of jute have been received by the peniten tiary. This is but a part of a large consignment which is to be received from time to time on a contract let last fall. It is thought that the mill can be kept running throughout tiie J w.