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VOL. XIV.
ST. ilELISNH, OUHGON, FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1897.
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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.