VOL. XIV. ST. HELENS, OHEOON, FRIDAY, AUGUST G, 1897. NO. 33. NEWS OF THE WEEK From all Parts of the New and Old World. BRIEF AHD INTERESTING ITEMS Comprofcl Review f the Import sal STeppealugs of the Cat ' V; . ;' . Mat , Weak. ' , Crockery In to be advanced !!! price because of the new tariff. Mr, lloiigeii, aged 7B, was burned lo death in her home near Burlington, b'kngit county, Wash. The July ran of lalmon, although Into, ii promising well and the fisher men on the lower Columbia ara report ing Urge catches. The flux grown for fiber on the Cor vallil college farm ha been pulled. A portion of it attained the length of 08 inches, while the average length ii about 40 Inches. . The first mall for the Yukon valley under the new contract left Juneau July 18 in charge of F. V. Hoyt, car rier. It consisted of 1,6118 letter, be ing an accumulation from luat April. The treasury official have discovered I number of inconsistencies In the new luriff law, some of them, it Ii (eared, Incapableof rueonoiliatlon. It la point ed out that section 803 place the duty M plum at SB centa per bushel, and ; icotion 364 fixe the rate at 3 centa per pound. ; An error In the paragraph re ferring to curranta wa corrected In onnfurunoe. . - The desire of Germany to Institute an European control of Greek finance till hamper the settlement of the in demnity question. It ia understood thitt tlie Voio-Larlss railway will be transferred to the Greek administration, with the stipulation that the tame fa cilities shall be granted to Turkey for the tmnoporation of troop aa are grant ed to Greece. : A dispatah from Ottowa nnnonncea that the Canadian government ha do cldiid to impose royalty on all plaoer diggin on the Yakon la addition to IS registration fee and $100 annual ssHcssraeut. The royalty will be 10 per oont each on claim on which there ia an output of $600 or lone monthly, and SO per cent on every claim produc ing above that amount yearly. Beside this royalty, It lit liven decided in re gard to all future cluima ataked ont on other stream or river, that every al ternate claim fhonld le the proicrty of the government, and ahonld be reserved for publio purpose and told or worked by the government for the bene lit of the revenne of the Dominion. The ateamor Hope, after coaling at Camphleton, O. Ii., sailed for the Aro tio region with Lieutenant Peary and party on board. . A. A. Fischer, a German, aged 84, Ixtcauae of ill-health sucked gaa and died in San Francisco. lie left a note inking that the gaa he consumed be paid for. Tliomaa Renberge, welldiggor, and William Butler, a veterinarian, well known in Wabash, Ind., were drowned In the Mississippi river near there while fishing. Captain J. T. C. Nash bns bonded the Golden Standard quart mine, owned by the Kubli and Judge Wat sou, near Gold Hill in Jackson county, Or. The prloe I 1186,000. . ; The fund for the Omaha World' fair now amount tp 1100,1 98. paid is private subscription. The atite give another f 100,000. There will be no trouble In swelling the stock to 500,- ooo. ; .; ,V';"V, ;;-v,-';.'.. That Japan will continue to oppose the Hawaiian annexation treaty la aliown by the latest new from the Jap anese government, under date of July 10, which Is now made publio for the first time, While couched In polite and diplomatic language, the protest i anfflciently Arm in tone to show that Japan will continue to wage a diplo matic war, and possibly go further to prevent the consummation of the an nexation policy. Itecent advlcea from Tern, which have been confirmed by O. de Miranda, petroleum magnate now in San Franoiscn, atate that the wonderfully rich strikes reported from the Clon dyke region have been totally eclipsed by lubulou discoveries ot gold In that South American republic In an In terview Mr. Miranda eald that there no longer seemod to be any doubt that the famous Inca gold field, which have boon considered a myths among the intelligent people of Fern, have at last been discovered. The schooner Norma arrived at Hon olulu from, the South sens on the 16th. While the vessel waa cruising on the long voyage Captain Roeohill secured sufficient evidence to warrant the be lief that England ha been taking for mal possession of a number of small, Mile island in that portion of the globe, without topping to inquire who the owners might be. There are many lagoon island that are very fertile, but uninhabited. These are now be ing brought under cultivation for En glish oompanie. who are planting coooanut grove and other tropioal ru I ta for the export trade. The recent appointment of T. V. Powderly aa commissioner-general of Immigration ha been signed by the president. Mr. Powderly' nomina tion to the oflloe failed of confirmation In the senate because of the opposition of labor organizations. After having accomplished one of the most remarkable and perilous trip ever reoorded In the marine history of the Pacific coast, the little stern-wheel teamer H. C. Grady, Captain Denny, teamed through the Goldon Gate and docked at Sau Francisco. ELDER ON THE OCEAN, The Portland Mtatr Clean fuf the Kew Jtldoiedo. Astoria, Or., Avg, 8. A4:18o'clock this morning, the O. K. A N. steamer Elder, with 888 passengers from Port land and 35 from Astoria, bound for theClondyke, slowly left her dock, and, In the dim light of the early day, aet her nose toward the fur north, the land of promise to the goldhuntors. Hundred were on the docks even at that hour, and every passenger was on deck to bill a lust farewell to friend and civilisation. A the ateatnergot under way, a mighty shout wa given by those on shore, which echoed from the distant hill and wa answered by those on board. Last word of warning and advice were spoken, and anon the big ship waa but a shadow in the dis tance. Several joined the ship here at the last moment. One man traded a dia mond and 9500 gold watch for another' outfit; and one man bought half in terest in the outfit of another whose fiartner left him, and a man from Port and, who jumped on the steamer at the last moment, found an ontflt here all packed, which the person who or dered it failed to call for. Without question, he paid the Invoice price aud hod it loaded on the steamer. - During the day, the passenger of the steamer were entertained by the citl sena, and jolly time waa had while the ship's machinery, which wa (light ly dainamged on the trip down the river, wa repaired. The Shooting la Scottdale. Scottdale, Pa., Aug. 8. Coroner Owen today held an inqueat on the re main of William Camming, the non union mill worker who waa killed last night In a quarrel with atriker. A large number of witnesses were ex amined, but the only one who gave positive testimony wa Constable Long necker, who testified that he wa stand lug 'within a few feet of the parties when the shooting took place, and plainly saw the flash from the revolver in the hand of William C. Hubb. The jury found Hubb guilty, and he wn arrested. Hubb was a roller in the employ of the Scottdale Iron A Stesl Company before the strike, and ia one of the best known men in town. While opinion differ as to the effect of Cnmming'a death, it is believed that the trouble last night will end the riot ing and bloodshed, and the striker will be more moderate in their actions. The town tonight is quiet. . . Five Violent Deaths. Terre Haute, Ind., Aug. 8. Thiha been a sad duy for Carlisle, a town SO mile south of here. Fonr person were drowned at Hyatt' Ferry, in the Wabash river, and one waa ground to fragment by an Evansville & Terre Haute freight train. The dead are: Mr, and Mra. Grant Ammond, Mr. and Mrs. Abner Morris and Charles Hi nes. The first four were seen to go in bathing, and later their clothing wa found on the river bank. It ia be lieved one of the women wa ceixed with cramp and the othora were drowned In trying to rescue her. Charles Hinea was found lying oloee to the Evansville & Terre Haute track, at Carlile. The head waa crushed in, the right band torn off and the body almost severed. It ia thought llines fell from the train while stealing a ride. ; v - The Fantsutekers Complaint. : Now York. Aug. 8. -The general strike of the pantsmakera union, branch of the socialist trades alliance, w.ent Into effect today in 880 shop in Greater New York. The atriker are enthusiastic, and believe this effort on their part will end the sweating sys tem and reatore the old rate ot wage. Under the present system they are able to make only 11.60 for a week' work. Under the old schedule, which they want restored, the operator made from 10 to $13 a week. There are nearly 8,000 operators, and, in consequence of the strike, 5,000 finishers are idle. , . Shipwrecked Sailor Reach Homo. New York, Aug. 8. Among the passenger today per the Clyde liner New York from San Domingo wo Cap tain Hall and six shipwrecked sailor of the American aohooner Belle Hooper, which waa lost July 8, on Silver cape, 60 miles northeast of Maoaris, and be came a total losa The crew wa obliged to abandon the vessel and take to the boat, and wa picked up by the Norwegian steamer Bratten and landed at Macorls, and then aent home by the United State consul. : Potters Want Their Wfi Raised. Trenton, N. J., Aug. 8. The work ing potter of this city held amass meeting last night at their clubhouse, and decided to ask the manufacturers for the restoration within 60 days of the 13Ji per cent cut In their wages made in 1804. The men claim that the Increased tariff rate on pottery made by the Dingley bill justifies the request, .... A committee of the men will lock a conference this week with the manufacturers on the subject, The Sheet-Iron Workers' Strike. Phillipsburg, N. II., Aug. 8.The Amerioai. Sheet-Iron Btrikcra held a meeting, at which the committee re ported the result of ita conference with Superintendent Danby. , The company offered the men work at cut wages, but they refused to accept the proposition, and decided not to depart from their stand.'" '"- 1 Now Norwegian Tariff taw. 8 The utorthlllff has issued a maximum customs tariff against all countries, accoramg mi ( favorable , treatment to , Norwegian nmiliiDts and shins than is aocoraea to other countriea. ? They Tried to Change Beats. Rminn Ainr. 8. -Bobert Stott, aged on .Tnlin Peters, aeod 31. were . drowned by the capslaing of. a lowboat , on the Charles river tonight during an Utempt to change seats. HIE SEAL CONFERENCE A Diplomatic Triumph for the United States. WILL MEET LATE IX OCTOBER A Permanent Agreement Will Probably Bo llenohed A London Paper's Opinion. London, Aug. 8. Much satisfaction ia expressed in official and mercantile circle at the prospective settlement of the seal question by aid of the Wash ington conference, especially a such an arrangement will remove a cause of hot discussion between the United States and England. Although at the outset of Mr. Foster' journey diplo mat and newspaper here ridiculed the idea that there wua anything ncc esary to be done, Ambassador Hay and Mr. Foster have completely changed this view, and Great Britain ia finally doing everything possible to meet the demand of the United States. Doubt less this is partly owing to the support Mr. Foster's idea received from Bua sia and Canada. Sir Wilfred Laurier and Mr. Davies have all along favored conciliatory attitude toward the pro posals of the United States. The conference will meet on the third or fourth week in October, the exact date being left to be determined by the arrival of the British expert from the sealing ground. Great Brit ain will be represented by Sir Julian Pauncefota, the ambassador, and Pro fessor D'Arcy Thompson. The United States will probably be represented by John W. Foster and Japan by the Jap anese minister at Washington) Buasia by a committee headed by Dr. Matena, professor of International law at the univemity of St. Petersburg, who wa delegated by Russia to hold the pour parle witli Mr. Foster. Canada will be represented by Sir Wilfred Laurier and Mr. Davie. The conference will dinuss the whole qneation a raised by the United States, will draft a scheme of protection for the seals, with details for carrying out the same, and will decide all open claims. Ita report will be a referen dum, but, aa Kussia and Japan are en tirely favorable to the pretension of the United State, and as Great Brit ain in indifferent so long aa Canada i satisfied, the conference may be said to be a diplomatic triumph for the United States, and a personal triumph for Mr. Foster. Unless it result in a divided report, which ia not expected, the government concerned will imme diately embody the scheme in a perma nent agreement in the form of a refer endum, so thut It can be executed in the season of 1893. St. James' Gazette, referring to the conference, eays: "Americana will consider another conference a a climb down for the British, and not unnat urally. Sherman' dispatch will be regarded aa the direct cause. The United State make a quite unwar rantable demand. We ignore it. The American state department aenda a menacing and Insulting dispatch. We promptly yield. It is the Vcnexuelan business and Cleveland message once again, and once again it will confirm the American political mind in the conviction that John Bull alwaya knuckle down when bullied and threatened. Our statesmen are prepar ing a future disaster for both countriea by carelessly encouraging Una danger ou delusion." MEASURES OF RETALIATION. Ban Franoleeo Outntten Will A peal to the Government. . Ran Frnnniaen. All. 8. Merchants ,t thia eilv. whn have Drofited bv the Clondyka excitement are considering eriouely the advisability ol communi cating with the treasury department in Wnaliinuton and askina for retaliatory measure -against the new Canadian tariff. It ha been estimated Dy many of them that nearly 11,000,000 have nnnn Axnenilml within the last few weeks in thia city In the purchase of supplies and outnta lor tne xuaon mines. :.. :" Since the new wa Diiblished that the Canadian government had imposed a high protective duty on all goods coming across the border and would lend a force of mountod polioe to col lect the duty there ha been a large falling off in purchases. No definite plan bus yet been decided upon by the projectors, except that they contem nlutn hnlilinff a meeting with a view of securing the assistance of the chamber of commerce and board or trade in itir thering the movement. It ia thought tlmt. tha nnnnlnr sentiment throughout the country will result in substantial assistance from other state and etepB will be taken a soon a a temporary itroaiiiaatinn ia nffeoted tO have the merchant of Portland, Seattle and Ta- coma unite in the projeot- ; : : Oreeea Will Not Submit. Berlin, Aug. 8. The Post say Rn a ml flArminv have counselled rireece to submit to the condition im posed by the powers. M. Rail!, the premier, replied omoiauy wiai, urwi would never entertain the idea of finan- nial ontrol DroDOsed. and that ne would help herself." Her Hundnd-and-Thlrd Birthday. urU.n W .T.. Aiiir. 8. Mrs Christiana French oelobrated her 103d birthday at her home here today, in honor of the event tfrer was a family reunion. An expert at figures say 13,000 Te- Mnloa a miartar nf them OmnibUPSCS, pans through the Strand in London ev ery day, and the narrowness of the itreet cause each ot tnoir oo.uou oc cupant to waste on an average three minute. BAD WRECK ON BIG FOUR. A Faet Paeaenger Train IMtuhed and Poor Men Killed. Cincinnati, O., Aug. 3. A Time Star special from Tborntown, Ind., says the Chicago express on the Big Four, due in Cincinnati at 7 A. M., was wrecked about 3:80 o'clock. A coup ling pin had been driven into a switch o a to hold it open, and throw the fast train from Chicago to Cincinnati off the track a it passed thia point. The engine) aad tender, mail, express and baggage cars were thrown from the track and wrecked. The coaches and Wagner sleeping cars remained on the track, and none of the passenger were seriously hurt, although they had a bad shaking up. ( ' Both Winslow, the engineer, and B. C. Kickmere, the fireman, and two un identified tramp were killed outright. The train was passing Tborntown at a high rate of speed when the engine struck the switch that bad been opened and fastened open. , The two tramp who were killed were stealing a ride on the front.end of . the mail car, and their remains cannot be identified. A relief car wa sent from Indianap olis to Tborntown early this morning, and a soon a the track was cleared a new train waa made np for Cincinnati, and other point. - Officials of the railroad company have instituted a thorough investigation as to the perpetrators of the wreck.. All the available detective were set at work today. IMPRISONED AMERICANS. Utt of Tboee Bllll Homalnlng la Cuban . ' . Prisons. , ' . . Washington, Aug. 2.- Consnl-Gen-eral Lee ha informed the atate depart ment that in the event of the release of the American, Lewi Somelian, now confined at Havana, there will remain of American citizen imprisoned in Cuba in addition to the five Competitor prisoner only the following: Manuel Fernandez, confined in Fort Cabanas; Rafael Ferninandez Diaz, at Sugua la Grande; Jolia Thomas Sainz and Frank A. Gramont at Santiago. All of these prisoners are charged with rebellion with arms in hand, and are held subject to the ordinary mili tary jurisdiction. The United States consul at Manzanillo has cabled the sec retary of state a contradiction of the story that Albert Slusser, an American, has been captured by Spanish troops and taken to that place. He say that nothing ia known of Slusaer' arrest. Seven Fenona Killed. San Jose, 111., Aug. 3. At 7 o'clock this evening a cyclone struck the farm of A. McDowell, two miles north, and his house and barn were destroyed. Seven people were killed and'.' three seve-ely injured. The kil'ed are: A. C. McDowell, McDowell' grand son, wife of Samuel Brownlee, three of Brownlee'e children, Mi8 Jessie Groves. Severely injured: Mra. M. C. McDow ell, hereon Cbarlea and daughter Mary Mis Jessie Grove waa a neighbor of the McDowells and wa spending the day there. The storm came directly from the north, and entirely destroyed the McDowell house, barn and walnut grove. It then roe and went over the town of San Jose. At Mason City, lightning struck the spire of the .Pres byterian church and set it on fire. Believe Annexation Certainty. San Francisco, Aug. 3. Ellis Mills, the retired consul-general at Honolulu, arrived from the islands on the steamer Alameda. - Mr. Mills waa succeeded by William Hayward, and with hia wife, be is en hia way back to bis home in Virginia. Speaking of political affairs in the islands Mr. Mills said: "Annexation is now regarded univer sally by the people of Hawaii a a cer tainty. Their enthusiasm' over the annotation movement ia more intense now, if such a thing be possible, than it has ever been, and almost every body has an abiding faith in the happy result that they all wish for and antici pate. It ia confidently expected that the whole matter will bo settled when congress meets thia fall." A Whaler Lost In a Storm. Ban Francisco, Aug. 2. A liieennge ha been received announcing the loss of the whaler Cape Horn Pigeon, in the ; Japanese lea, during . a furious storm. Capatin Scullam and the crew of 18 were saved, but 90 barrels of sperm oil went down with the vessel Two thousand pounds of bone had been shipped home a short time before the disaster. , The Cape Horn Pigeon was owned by J. and R. Wing, of Bedford, Mass. : ' ; "' " .- Tha Treaty Renounced. Berlin, Aug. 2. The commercial treaty between Great Britain and the German Zollverein, which has been in force since May 80, 1895, was renounced today by Great Britain, and ceases to ha niwrative a rear hence. The Reioh- lanzeiger say the supplementary con ventions which were concluded wiien the treaty was extended to the German states joining the Zollverein will ex pire with the main treaty next summer. . : A Ilanrflna; In Texas.' c.n Antnnin. Tex.. Ainr. 3. Maximo Martinn was haiicred at Flovesville this afternoon for a triple murder commit ted on June 6 last. , He killed Jesus Carille and wife, an aged couple, and Juamta Aoo3ta. A Disastrous Pennsylvania Storm. tiintnn Pa.: Aiiir. 3. A terrible ..in ami thunder-storm occurred in thia oity and county. The Episcopal church, nna nf th finest buildimTS in the oity. was blown to the ground, as well as several other houses in tne immediate Tioinity. Crops are practically ruined. Rnn Nov.. Anz. 2. A draw bar fell down on the Eaten freight train five miles east of Palisade, on the Central Paoiflo, ditching three freight oars and killing two tramps. HURLED TO HIS DEATH Professor McClure's Fall on Mount Rainier. DEATH WAS OSTAKTA5E0US Ho Was With tho MasamaaTho Body Was Found by a Searching Party , '.V aad Taken to Taeoma. Tacoma, Aug. . Porfeesor S. B. McClure, of Eugene, a member of the Mazamas' society that made the ascent of Mount Rainier Tuesday, lost his foot ing while descending the mountain Wednesday and fell 800 feet. He struck on a pile of rocks and wa in stantly killed. Hia body wa recovered several hour later by a searching party, and was brought to Tacoma tonight. The Mazamas encamped in Paradise valley Monday, and about 80 of the party began the acsent to the peak that day, arriving at Gibraltar rock that night, where they camped, w Early Wednesday morning Professor McClure, Professor Baillie, Professor Mitchell, of New York, and Dr. E. Dewitt Connell, of Portland, started ahead ef the main party, and arrived at the mountain top about noon. Pro fessor MoClure carried a barometer for the purpose of taking observations on the top of the mountain. Returning, they met the remainder of the party near the summit, and, ar riving at Gibraltar rock, awaited their return. They arrived at Camp Mulr about 9:80, on their way to Paradise valley, and soon after leaving that point, lost their way. The leader and the rari ons members of the party began cau tiously to search for the trail. The lights of the oamp in Paradise valley were' plainly visible, and, although it waa a tramp of nearly four, hours, the way to this camp seemed so plain that nobody felt the least alarmed. - Professor McClure ventured toward the edge of a cliff, and announced that be saw a large pile of rocks a few hun dred feet distant, and thought be had discovered the trail. Dr. Connell stood within 60 feet of him, keeping np a conversation, and .attempting to direct his movements. Darkness had fallen, and the only light came from the snow, which ren derd the members of the party only half visible. Dr. Connell says he had just answered Porfeesor McClure's call, and was peering intently in another direction, when he heard sudden crash, like the falling of rock. He looked in the direction where Profeasor MoClure had stood a moment before, but he was not to be seen. He at ones called to him, but received no re sponse, and the members of the party began a systematic search, but, failing to find McClure, concluded that he had fallen off the cliff. ; It was nearly an hour before the trail to oamp was found, and the mem bers of the party, with the exception ol Dr. Connell and a lady and gentleman from Oregon, started to come to report the accident. ' . .'..,. . A searching party was instantly or ganized, and under the direction of Dr. Nunn, of Portland, began the search for Dr. McClure's body. The plaoe ol the accident was so closely described by the members of the party who had been With Dr McClure that the search era were soon able to reach the point on the side of the mountain directly underneath.; Daylight broke about 8:80, and the body of Dr. McClure was found lying on a great pile of boulders, forming a great, forbidding shelf. Professor McClure's body foil a sheet 800 feet, and bounded about 40 feet out ward toward the edge of the cliff. It lay within 13 feet of the face of the mountain, and, bad it fallen over, would have dropped two or three miles, and in all probability would have dis appeared into one of the huge crevasses which seam the mountain there. Professor McClure carried a heavy roll ot blankets and bis barometer, itrapped upon his back. The barometer was broken, but all of his papers and notes of observation were found in hit pockets intact. . , ? . Dr. Connell had remained on the mountain all night, to enable the searching party to locate the spot where the accident occurred by shouting to them through the darkness. The lady who remained at this point was put into a sleeoing bag, and passed a fairly comfortable night. The Sun's Eclipse. St Louis, Aug. 3. A partial eclipse of the sun was observed here this fore noon. Ira R. Hicks, an astronomer, said: "It was a peculiarly beautiful exhibition, my telescope showing vio lent perturbations. To the southwest appeared an enormous spot : with a black chasm in its center into which, like nodding plumes, waves of Are seemed to fall. Toward the northeast of the giant spot and just above the line of ths moous pathway Were two smaller spots of similar description. These indicated unusual activity in the sun due to a season of storms on that planet. The earth always feels the effect of extradordinary sun perturba tions, and I predict we shall have storms and electrical displays as the re sult of the solar disturbance." Fisherman Drowned. Vancouver, B. C, Aug. 8. -A fisher man named Ibbotson was drowned Monday at .Green's slough near Lad ners. It is stated he was nnder the in fluence of liquor at the time. Mrs. Lease Will Relga as Queen. Topeka, Kan., July 81. Mrs. Mary E. Lease, the Populist orator, has been elected as queen of the fall f 'stivities, a harvest demonstration.- Sbe will reign as queen for a week and wear 130,000 crown. . AT HAVANA'S VERY GATES. Cabana Kald the Suburbs of the Span ish Stronghold New York, Aug. 2. A dispatch to the Herald from Havana says: Ha vana's outposts have been again at tacked by a large body of rebels, who before the Spanish troops could be gathered to resist had swept through the suburbs, carrying all before them. Tbey used, it is believed, rapid firing guns and a large quantity of dynamite. The attack was mode late lust night. Today there is an inclina tion among the Spanish officials in Havana to deny the fact that the rebels had evaded the forts and swept into Havana limits. The facts, however, remain and the path left by the rebels through the suburbs southeast of the city may be plainly traced. At the first sound last night the Spanish soldiers in the city and suburbs sprang to arms. They proceeded hur riedly to the southeastern part of the city .where the. booming of heavy guns or dynamite could be heard plain ly all over Havana. Then the sound of firing increased, and finally after a few hours, died away, showing that the rebels bad retired. Several wounded Spauisb soldiers were brought to Ha vana and removed to hospitals after the engagement, and several were killed. The reticence of Spanish officials pre vents any knowledge of the result of the attack becoming general. It ia a fact, however that great damage was done by the insurgents on their bold raid, and that a considerable quantity of dynamite waa used. There was great excitement in Ha vana during the rebels' attack. Hun dreds aroused by the heavy firing, poured into the streets and the word passed along, "Tne rebels have attacked the city," created almost a panic in some quarters.' There is still much excitement here, due largely to the re fusal of the officials to give out infor mation. .,' This attack on Havana was not unex pected. For weeks past the rebels have been within sight of the capital and hare practically moved without inter ference. The insurgent leaders near Havana are Brigadier-General Castillo, with a large force at Mariano, nine miles southwest, and Colonel Nestor Aranguren, of Gnanahacoa, across the bay. General Alexander Roderiguez, rebel commander of Havana province, with a large force, is near Minar and Colonel Arangnreu is at Colorado. . It is believed the rebel raid was led by Aranguren, who is noted as one of the most daring of the rebel chiefs. Captain-General Weyler has left Ha vana for Matanzas, and the belief is ex preened that the knowledge by the in surgents of this intention on his part led to the attack. ' It is understood that large bodies of insurgents have recently crossed from Pinur del Rio and Matanzas. and .that the rebels' strength in this province has assumed formidable proporitons. Quintin Banderas with 800 men is among those who have come into the province from Matanzas. Mob Fired on at Scottdale. Scottdale, Pa., Aug. 2. Wild excite ment prevails here tonight. As the afternoon tarns of nonunion men, who have taken places of striking ironwork ers at the Scottdale works, were going home, one of them beoame incensed at .he remarks of some boys, and fired at them. A large crowd gathered about the station at the time, and they start ed after the nonunion man, who fired five shots into the crowd before he reached the boarding-house. The hotel was surrounded by-an excited crowd, and it Was with difficulty that Burgess Porter got them cooled down, and had he not had the assistance . of strike . leaders there is no telling what the crowd would have done. Another nonunion man, whose name could not be learned, drew a revolver and fired several shots. He was knocked down and pretty badly beatetn before he could be reached by the officers and taken away. The sec ond crowd is massed about the station and nonunion men -are afraid to ven ture out... . ' ''' "'.' f ;;r .':.: Destructive Hall Storm. Denver, Aug. 2. A Republican spe cial from Sioux. Falls, 8. D., says one of the most destructive hail storms known passed this morning. The storm started three miles west of Dell Rapids and went southwest, destroying absolutely everything in its path around Galveston. - Everything is a total loss. One branch of the storm that passed over Hermantown and Lu verne, Minn., went in two paths, one north of Luverne and the other south clear across Nobles county, -The path of this branch of the storm is fully 10 miles wide, ft is estimated that fully 1,000,000 acras of crops were destroyed by tsi. storm. Hundreds of farmers have lost 'every vestige of a crop.- . .'.'Ammunition Kunntug Low.. . . f Bombay, Aug. 3. The situation at Camp Makakland has become serious. Word has been received that natives in large force made a second attack on the forta today. The fighting was severe. Thirteen of the British were killed and 80 wounded, among the tatter being Lieutenant Catello. The tribesmen lost 100 men. The worst feature of the situation ia that the garrison is short of ammunition, and it ia feared the whole supply will be exhausted be fore reinforcements arrive. It ia re ported that Madmullah has mustered at least 40,000 tribesmen. By the Breaking of the Dam. Middleton. Conn., Aug. 3. At 8 o'clock this morning a dam 40 feet wide, containing water from which three factories get power, burst, letting downs tremendous volume of water. Huge stones of whioh the dam was built crashed into the faotory of William Wilocx's lock shop and the lower floors of . the factory were flooded. Forty workmen were compelled to nee for their lives. Much damage has been done. - NORTHWEST BREVITIES Evidence of Steady Growth ' and Enterprise. ITEMS 07 GENERAL INTEREST From All tho Cities and Town of tha Thriving Sister States '. Oregon. . . .-.( - The Washington county court is de bating the question of building a county jail. , ., A new wheat warehouse has been built at Mission to take the place of the one that burned recently. The estimated sum of money that has left Grant county during the last year for bicycles is 84,600. This sum would give a bicycle to about every twentieth voter. . -. ; ,;. ' A brass shoe weighing 1,800 pounds was cast at the Astoria iron works last week. The shoe is to be put on the. keel of the Manzanita to hold the stern post, rudder and screw. Work is piling up at the Pendleton foundry so rapidly that it has been found neceassary to work nights. A night force has been hired and in a few. days the bum of the machinery will be. heard almost without cessation in the establishment. , The citizens of Marshfleld, Myrtle Point and other towns in Coos county have complained somewhat of a sugar famine, but Coquille has been worse off. There has been a shortage of flour, sugar, butter, eggs and fruit jars, and, steamers and trains would come and go without replenishing the stocks of flour and sugar. The 12th annual oatalogue and guide book of the atate normal sohool at Drain, in Douglass county, has been published. A feature of the catalogue, not usually fonnd in such publications, is the remarks addressed to the differ ent classes, to those who expect to be come pupils, to the instructors, and to the school directors throughout the state. ': The Odd Fellows hall in Pendleton is being moved and the contents of the copper box deposited in the corner-stone of the building May 8, 1879, have been removed. The articles contained in' the box consist principally of a number of coins, two business cards, several newspapers, a copy of the old constitu tion and by-laws and the family record of Lot Livermore. : The report of the officials of the La Grande land district, which includes Baker, Grant, Morrow, Umatilla. Union and Wallowa counties, shows a' total land surface area in the district of 8,843,000 acres, of which 15,860 acres are reserved, 2,820,426 acres have been disposed of, leaving a total of 5,- ' 871,315 acres yet undisposed of,, of which 4,894,601 acres are surveyed and 1,476,614 acres, unsurveyed land Union connty embraces a total land sur face area of 8,028,000 acres; 678,814 acres have been disposed of, and there ia yet available 1,349,186 acres, of which 867,353 acres are surveyed and 481,833 acres unsurveyed. Of the land in Union yet undisposed of, 75 per cent its timbered, 20 per cept graz- ing land, and 6 per cent farming land. , .Washington.' H. T. Jones has been tendered and has accepted the position of chief grain, inspector for Spokane. The salary i (1,200 a year. All arrangements have been made by the Fishermen's Protective Associa tion, on Gray's harbor, to run the can nery at Aberdeen this season. . The Whitman County Union Vet erans' Association of Old Soldiers and Sailors, at ita first annua) reunion last week, decided to meet next year in Pullman. 'v;:-"''.' The contract for revenue cutter sup plies for the coming year has beeq awarded to the Adams Hardware Com pany, of Port Townsend, says tha Leader. 5 .':. Dealers are offering 52 cents a bushel for wheat in Pomeroy, but there are few takers. One farmer sold 8,000 bushels at that figure, and received part down. '.' )?"-. One of the Seattle banks ib issuing letters of credit available at Juneau. St. Michaels and Circle City, Alaska, Fort Cudaby and Dawson City, North west territory. The Port Angeles school district has decided by a vote of five to one to val idate its oustanding warrant indebted ness, amounting to $18,000, issued in excess of the legal limits. The receiver of the nail works at Port Townsend baa postponed the sal of the goods and chattels of the works until August 24, at the request of a majority of the creditors. The shipments of fruit from the city of Walla Walla during the last four months have brought to that place ti5, 000 in cash, being 40 per cent more than for the corresponding period a year ago. ' ' ;':,;, Very few idle men are seen on the streets of Walla Walla as compared with the number there a week ago. Those willing to work secured Jobs from the farmers, most of whom are harvest ing full blast. . The berry-pickers around Lsko What com are bringing into Whatcom 100 gallons of wild blackberries every night. One night last week 181 gallons were brought in. The berries retail at 60 cents a gallqn. A raft of 845,000 feet of logs has been received at Port Townsend. The logs are to be cut into lumber and used in building a wharf that will be usih in connection with the building of the foritfications at Marrowstone point by the Paoiflo Bridge Company,