NEWS OF THE WEEK
From all Parts of the New
and Old World.
BE1EF AKO I5TEBESTIKQ ITEMS
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A woman's Klondike syndicate M
been organised in New York city.
The tranaatlantle liner St Paul has
again lowered tier record across the
; ocean. -
Mrs. 0. A, Bhurte and bar two chil
dren were suffocated by imoke in their
home at Arlington! Or.
Word has been received in New York
from Calcutta that tlie Indian relief ex
pedition which loft Ban Franolsoo taut
June, hfti arrived safely. The cargo,
it l said, will be more acceptable even
than expected.
A wind, rain and hallstom which
panned over Northern' Wisconsin did
more than (100,000 damage to the to
baooo farmer! on Coon prairie, the
iiuart of the growing section of the
county. Fully four-tlfthi of the orop
ie destroyed. .
A rich gold And ia reported from the
Sparta district in Union county, Dra
gon. The find haa caused no little ex
citement, and big amount of quarts
haa been boxed op for shipment direct
to the mint. It ia estimated that it
will go at least $40,000 to the ton,
For a month or more people living
near Bald Knob, Ark., have been find
ing valuable pearls in a lake nar that
place. Hundred, of people have been
opening mussel ahella In toaroh of the
pearls, and aome of the gotna have been
found, aome bring told for aa intiuli aa
300.
Either oraied by liquor or laboring
under a delusion that he waa being per
secuted, John Thomas, a propultir
lately from Fort Steele district, atarted
fuxilade with a revolver on the atreets
of Spokane., whloh reatilted in mortally
wounding two men and painful injuries
to another man and boy.
A apeoial to the Toronto Globe from
Ottawa aayt that the Dominion govern
ment haa received eeveral important
declaioni in regard to the Yukon coun
try, and the working of the gold fields
there. It haa been decided to appoint
an administrator for the district, who
will have entire charge of all the Can
adian officials there and be the chief
executor for the government.
Freljjht ratea have been reduoed con
siderably by tlie O. R. & N. and N. P.
to British Columbia points.
The Seattle Coal St Iron Company
men at Isxaquah, VYaah., have qoit
work. They want more pay, and object
to a deduction by weight for carloads
having alato and shale. .
The government armor board met In
Waahington and accepted the offer of
Cramps to furnish diagonal arnior for
the battleship Indiana. Thsv govern
ment price waa satisfactory.
The New York Tribune, In discussing
events that led up to the aasnsainstlon
of tJanovss, makes the statement that
tlie government ia reaponalble for the
riaa sod progress of anarchy in Spain.
An explosion of a lamp atarted a flr
In load of bar in a livery barn in
Lewiston, Idaho, The flames spread
with great swiftiwsa, and before they
could tie suppressed caused a total loss
of 111,000.
F. L. Johnson, while driving a band
of horses near the Pine Creek reaerva,
in Baker connty, Oregon, bent over to
drink out of a stream in the rsvine,
hil revolver full oat of his pocket, and,
exploding, killed him instantly.
An official dispatch reoeived in Con
stantinople says several thousand Ar
menian agitators from Persia invadod
Turkey and killed 300 of the Mlgrikl
sribo, including women and children.
The wife of the chief was put to death
with the most cruel tortures, and sev
eral other victims had their noses and
eurs out off.
Consul-General flayward, in a report
to tlie state department, states that
during 1800 American vessels number
ing 247, of 343,081 tons, entered Ha
waiian ports, while vessels of all other
nationalities numbered 189, of 334,014
tons. Tiiese are the only foreign porta
where a majority of the carrying trads
is now under the American flag.
Uolll has confessed that he killed
flenor Canovaa to avenge (he Barcelona
anarchists, and the insurgent leader,
Don Joss Bixal, who was executed at
Manila, Philippine islands, December
410 last, as the instigator of the Philip
pine revolution. Dr, Bisal denied that
Hie was a rebel leador, but he admitted
ithat he had drawn np the statutes of
(the Philippine) teagne.
A Portland, Ind., dispatch says: A
south-bound Grand Rapids Se Indiana
freight train went through the bridge
spanning the Wabash river a mils
north of Geneva. The engine and
tender fell into the river and cars piled
on them. Engineer Barney Bold and
Fireman James Gallagher went down
with the engine. The former had both
legs crushed, and waa otherwise badly
Injured. lie will die. Fireman Gal
lagher and Brukeman James Clifford
were severely injured
As a result of war between Atlantio
coast lines, freight Is being carried
from NewYork to Galveston for S cents
a hundred weight.
According to a dispatch from Copen
hagen, received in London, Captain
Mortensen, of the bark Anaager, bound
from Dublin to Onega, at the mouth of
the Onega river, on the White sea, re
ports that on July 18, when about two
days' sail east of North cape, the north
ernmost point of Europe, then being in
Artie waters, he saw a ool United bal
loon, which he believed to be Andres's.
DROWNED IN THE SURF.
Tbs Undertow si Atlantic City Claimed
Two Vtutlms,-
Atlantic City, Aug. 17. Two ven
t n r eiome bathers were drowned in tlie
surf today. They were Thomas C.
Laswell, aged 81, of Princeton, In1.
end an unknown man, supposed to he
an excursionist from Philadelphia.
Laswell came here this morning with
his friend P. M, Parrott, also from
Princeton, on his first visit to the sea-
shore. The yonng men went into the
surf shortly before noon, and Laswell,
who seemed to he unaware of the dan
gerooe undertow, was soon beyond his
depth and calling for help. The life'
guards made a bruvo effort to save him,
but the surf was so heavy that they
were unable to reach the drowning
man. Laswell struggled In iho witter
for about 15 minutes in full view of
about 10,000 people, gathered on the
pier, board walk and beaoh.
Parrott nearly lost Ins life in at
tempting to save that of his friend,
and waa taken from the water in an ex
hausted condition. Late in the after
noon the body of Laswell came ashore.
It was turned over to a locul under
taker, who prepared it for shipment to
Indiana.
When Laswell checked his valuables
at the bathouse where he obtained his
bathing suit, he laughingly remarked
to the olerk: "I will leave my ad
dress, so that In cane I am drowned
you can send my valuables home."
The lost was a tragedy in less than an
hour., .
The second drowning occurred about
S o'clock, and the body of the man had
not come ashore to a late hour tonight
The surf today was the heaviest of
the season, owing to a gale which pre'
vailed, and between 96 and 80 persons
were rescued, many of them women.
A NARROW ESCAPE.
Toang Lady Cang-ht on a Railroad
Trestle Near CaehelU.
' Cbehalls, Wash., Aug. 17. A young
lady who lives near Newanknm, while
walking on the railroad track toward
this town one afternoon a short time
ago, had a very narrow escape from
death under the wheels or a pasmnger
train. She was upon tho long trestle
south of town when the train came.
She started to run, hoping to reach the
end of the trestle before the train
cauirht her, but, after running a short
distance, she fell. , As soon as the en
gineer saw her he put on the brakes.
When the train came to a standstill,
the nose of the cowcatcher touched her
prostrate body. Bhe was assisted to
raise and went on her way unharmed,
except for a few trifling scratches.
When the train got onder way the pas
sengers held a meeting and pnraod a
resolution commending Kugineer Jones
warmly for the coolness and prompt
ness with which he aoted.
THE COTTON CROP.
Estimated at Klna and Three-Uaan-toi
Mllll as Hales.
New Orleans, Aug. 17. II. M.
Neill, the well-known cotton statisti
cian, has issued a circular on the
growing crop. After referring to tho
correctness of his estimate mmle in
July, 1804, of the crop of that season,
Mr. Neill says:
v "At this moment for this year the
promise is equal to any previous year
in every state but Texas, and even al
lowing that Texas should fall short of
her maximum product by 1,000,000
bales, the outlook now is for a crop of
at least S, 750,000, with 800,000 to
1,000,000 more within the range of
possibility. This flgnre of 9,750.000 is
very conservative. If there are good
rains in Texas, her crop will also be
near perfection, and the possibilities
for tlie total orop would then be some
thing enormous." ; '
'' Mines Mnil Close.
Denver, Aug. 17. It is probable
that the great silver mines of Creede,
Colo., will be closed down on account
of the low prioe of silver, unless the
railroad and smelting rates are re
duced. Several conferences have been
held between the mine-owners and the
smelter and railroad officials, and it is I
suid the latter evinced a disio8ition to
make every concession possible in order
to keep tlie mines in operation,
. It is also understood that the miners
at Creede are willing to accept a re
duction in wages from $8 per day of
eight hours to 13.75 in wet mines and
13.50 in dry, rather than have the
mines closed. '':
."'. The Work of Whltaenps. ;
Cincinnati, O., Aug. 17. For three
months, a band of whitooaps has been
causing terror in the vicinity of Ken
sington, Ky., and a determined stand
will be made against them. About two
weeks ago, they called at the homo of
Ward Bolan, superintendent of Ken
sington sub-division, and by foroe com
pelled him to go to the woods with
them. Thore they whipped and beat
him in a most brutal manner. Later
they found a man named O'Hara camp
ing on Kensington lake, with a woman,
he claims was his wife, and they beat
the man and woman shamefully,
Impure air is not always of tho same
weight, there being various grades of
Impurity. But an absolutely pure nir
always wolghs .81 of a deg, .'rain' per
cubic inch. The woigliing of nir is a
good test of its purity.
Wasoo, Or., Aug. 17. Last night,
about midnight, tire broke out in a
sleeping tent in which the small chil
dren of Mr. Oi Huck'a family were
sleeping. One little one, about Oyoars
old, was burned until only the chaired
trunk remained. The tiro originated
from a lighted caudle, which was al
lowed to burn too low. In trying to
save the child, Mr. Hnck waa overcome
by smoke, and came ueur losing his
life. His hands, foet unU logs were
rightfully burned.
ITHEY FOUGHT if OUfl
A Prince and Count Met
the Field of Honor
on
BOTH COMBATANTS WOUNDED
t'rlnee of Orleans Seriously Cut an the
Shoulder and Abdomen, the Count
' Slightly Wounded on the Hand.
Paris, Aug. 17, The Count of Turin
and Prince Henry of Orleans fought a
duel with swords at B o'clock this morn
ing in the Bois Marechaux, at Vaores
son. H. Lentieff acted as umpire.
The seconds of Prince Henry were M.
d Leontieff, . governor-general of the
equatorial provinces of Abyssinia, and
M. Bnoul Mourichon. The Count of
Turin's seconds were General Count
Avagudro do (juinto and the Marquis
Curio dl Ginooe. , ,
The fighting was most determined,
and lusted 20 minutes. There were
Ave engagements, of whiuh two were at
close quarters. Prince Henry received
two serious wounds in the right shoul
der and in the right side of the abdo
men. The Count of Turin was wounded
in-the right hand. Prince Henry was
taken to the residence of the Due de
Chartres and received medical attend
ance. .'.'' ',;'' -
The condition of Prince Henry of Or
leans this evening is as satisfactory as
could be expected. The doctors, after
a consultation, have expressed the opin
ion that no important organ was
touched, but absolute rest is necessary
for recovery. .
Owing to rumors at Naples and else
where, the public had not expected a
dnel to come off. It was, therefore,
quite private.
The official account furnished by the
seconds recites fully the circumstances
leading up to the encounter. The
Count of Turin, considering the letters
of Prince Henry of Orleans to the
Figaro offensive to the Italian army,
wrote to him on July 0 demanding a
retraction. This letter could not be
answered until August 11, the day of
the arrival of Prince Henry in France.
He replied to the count's demand by
telegram, maintaining the right of a
traveler to record li is experiences.
The official account then describes the
arrangements for the duel, gives the
names of the respective seconds, and
says that at their first interview they
agreed that an encounter was inevitable.
By common aocord the conditions were
settled as follows:
The wea)ions to be dueling swords,
each combatant to use those of his
own country, but the blades to be of
equal length; each combatant to be at
liberty to maintain the ground he gains
and each to be allowed the space of 15
metres within which to advance or re
tire; each assault to continue four min
utes; the combat to be resumed in the
positions occupied, and only to termi
nate on the decision of the four seconds
or the advioe of the doctors that one of
the adversaries Is manifestly in a state
of inferiority; the conduct of the meet
ing to be intrutsed alternately to the
two parties, lots being drawn at com
mencement. This latter feature of tlie
arrangement was due to formal objec
tion of the seconds of Prince Henry of
Orleans to direction of the encounter by
a fifth party. :
At a later meeting yesterday the sec
onds decided upon the reodesvous.
The process-verbal then proceeds to
describe the encounter. It says that in
the first assault Prince Henry waa hit
in the right breast, though the weapon
did not penetrate the thorax, A On the
strength of the report oi the doctors,
the seconds decided that the combat
must go on.
The second assault was stopped De-
cause the comnatania came to ciose
quarters. In the third assault the
Count of Turin was hit in the back of
the right hand, but the wound was
slight. In the fourth assault, the um
pire, Major Leontieff, declared that
the sword of Prinoe Henry was bent,
and stooped tlie engagement long
enough to lumish the prinoe with a
new weapon.
In the fifth assault, the combatants
again got into dose quarters, and were
Immediately stopped, Prinoe Henry in
a counter blow being bit in the rneht
lower region of the abdomen. The
doctors on both sides examined the
wound, and declared that Prince
Henry was rendered by it clearly infer
ior to his antagonist.
Major Leontieff and M. Mourichon
proposed that the combat be stopped,
and this was done by common accord.
While his wound waa being dressed,
Prinoe Henry raised himself up on the
ground, and extended his hand to the
Count of Turin, saying: 4
"Allow me, mouseigneur, to shake
hands with you."
The count extended his hand. The
physicians present were Dr. Tiupetand
Dr. Hartman on behalf of Prince
Heury, and Dr. Carle, on behalf of the
Count of Turin. This aooouut of tlie
fighting was signed by the seconds.
The details of tho duel show that
the encounter was sharp and deter
mined. Immediately on the crossing
of swords, Prinoe Bonry vigorously
pressed his adversary. The. Count of
Turin retreated to the limit of the
ground, and, resuming the offensive,
touohed his opponent. The third and
fourth assaults ended in the long en
gagements within guard.
The Temps says that the wound in
the abdomen of Prince Henry is seri
ous, but' not alarming. Had the
Count of Turin's steel gone half a oen
tiinoter deeper, the prince would have
been perforated. ; :
At a reoent wedding In India the
entire week was given up to feasting
and merry-making, and nearly 150.000
of the groom's tribe assembled for the
occasion.
THE ELDER RETURNS.
The Offleera Bring- the Latrat New.
.... FVoin the North.
Astoria, Or., Aug. 16, The O. B. &
N. Co.'s steamer Ueorue W. Elder ar
rived tonight from Dyea, after a very
pieasant trip oown. Bne brought "ac
commodation" mail, and one passenger.
The officers of the steamer gave the
latest news from the north. '
, The passage up was delightful. The
ocean all the way was as smooth as a
mill pond, and very few ot the paseen
gets were sick. The livestock fared ex
tretriely well. Not one animal was in
jured in tlie slightest, and all were
landed in safety.
When the Elder arrived at f-kaguay
bay men immediately came aboard and
offered fabulous prices for horses An
imals such as are being canned at Linn-
ton an selling lor from $600 to 700,
but none oonld be purchased from thi
Elder's passengers. One of the passen
gers had a large bull, for which be was
offered $000. Tne offer was rot used.
There is plenty of grass to feed the
livestock, and horses are greatly in de
mand . 1 - '
The men were charged 28 cents per
100 pounds to have their luggage taken
ashore. All the baggage was landed
safely. The late for taking stuff over
Chilkoot pass is 25 cents a pound.
Tlie officers state that there is abso
lutely no truth In the reports that men
are selling their on tills at Dyea. They
say that every one who can possibly get
over the passes is going. The weather
at Dyea is all that could be desired,
and but little difficulty will be ex peri
enced in making the trip. .
' The most important item of news
brought by the Elder is to the effect
that White pass is being placed in a
passable condition. One hundred mi
nors, who were delayed by the oondi
tion of the road, banded and agreed to
corduroy the road. Timber is plentiful
in the vicinity, and the work should
shortly b completed. - When this is
done horses can easily be taken over the
traiL '-"
Two drownings and a mining-camp
inoident resultant occurrred at Dyea.
On August 8, Dwiglit Fowler, of Seat
tie, lost his life. He was carrying a
load on his bock and parcels in each
band over a log, when be supped and
fell into the Skaguay river. Fowler is
said to be the son of well-known Seat
tle people.
The other fatality occurred August 6.
Thomas Wall, of N. nainio, while at
tempting to ford Dyea river on a pack-
horse, was lost. He left a wife and
three children in Nanaimo, who are in
destitute circumstance.
Two men named Young and Cleve
land are engaged in packing near where
the drowning occurred, and recovered
the bodies. They took them to Dyea,
here they demanded $10 for their
services. The citizens immediately
called a mass meeting and aerved no-
notice on one of the men to leave town
within 24 hours. He applied for pas
sage on the Elder to Juneau, Dut as she
was not bound for that port, he was
compelled to leave town until he could
secure transportation.
The day the steamer left citizens call
ed another meeting for the purpose of
considering the advisability of serving
a like notice on the other man. lhe
partners were making from $200 to $300
a week each, carrying ireigni, oui
their demand for pay for bringing in
the bodies of the men has lost ttiem
fortunes.''
On August 8 a man was shot and
killed for stealing freight on Chilkoot
nass. One of the men in oharge of a
pack train caught him in the act, and
his life waa the penalty. His name
could not be learned by the officers or
passengers of the Elder. :
At Dyea, according to a letter re
ceived from a B. Scovey, of this city,
there is a scarcity of provisions. The
writer says that the stores were crowd
ed, and that all the flour was sold.
There will be no difficulty in securing
more. The demand was created by
men who left with money instead of
provisions. .-.
- There was but one returning passen
ger. Theodore Lang, who sailed on the
Elder, was attacked with rheumatism
and forced to sell his outfit and return.
The passage down was made in good
time, the steamer being but 71 hours
from Sitka. She left np for Portland
at 7:16 tonight
The route from Skaguay via White
pass is more level and easier traveling,
though 25 miles farther. , But the pros
peotor is landed on Lake Bcnnet, the
second lake aoove Linderman, where
travelers by Chilkoot pass are landed.
Besides, there is plenty of timber on
Bennet to build boats, while there is
none on Linderman.
Every day, hundreds are arriving
theie, and scows and small steamers
are making fortunes in lightering goods
from steamers. '
Letters from Astorians who went on
the Elder advise others not go this fall,
as they cannot get through except at
great expense and hardship.
, Top Notch for Wheat.
Walla, Walla, Aug. 16. The top
notch wheat market for the season was
reached today. The market opened
flrin at 75 cents for bluestem, 78 cents
for club. Several lots were sold at
these figures, when the price jumped
nn one cent mid several thousand bush
els were sold for 76 cents This after-
be nrice dropped back to 75
cents, at which figure it olosed.
No Mora Fl Brandy.
Ban Francisco, Aug, 16. Acting
Collector Thomas has retoeived a rul
ing from Seoretary Gage, of the treas
ury, relating to the distillation of cer
tain fruits, particularly in California.
Last May the Tenny Fruit Packing
Company, of Fresno, ditilled some fig
brandy, but. the treasury department
has decided that the distillation oi ngs
is illegal. The brandy' in question
will be released, but hereafter the law
wilt be strictly enforced. ;
STRlRMS ARE WARNED
Interference With De Armltt's
Miners Must Cease.
IS ONLY A TEMPORARY OEDEB
Court Will Reader a Final DecUlon
President Dolan Uaelarea Trouble
Will Follow It Enforcement.
Pittsburg, Aug. 16. The much-
talked-of injunction against the Unit
ed Mineworkers was filed in the county
court today by counsel for the New
York & Cleveland Gas & Coal Com
pany. The defendants are named The
United , Minneworkers of America,
Patrick Dolan, president; William
Warner, secretary and treasurer, and
others.
The plaintiff company sets forth that
It is a corporation under the laws of
Pennsylvania, with a capital of $1,000,
000 invested in coal lands of Pennsyl
vania. Three of their mines, employ
ing 1,200 men, are the Plum Creek,
Turtle Creek and Sandy Creek. The
bill then recites the conditions prevail
ing at their mines since the strike was
begun and alleges the strikers bave
paid no attention to the sheriff's warn
ings, and that the lives of miners and
property of the company are in danger.
Judge Collier granted a temporary
injunction, restraining and enjoining
the defendants from assembling, march
ing or encamping in proximity to the
mines and houses of the miners, for
the purpose by intimidation, threats
and opprobrious words, of preventing
the miners of the plaintiff from work
ing. It further restrains tlie defend
ants from inducing or compelling any
employe or miner to quit work. A
hearing was fixed for August 18.
The injunction is regarded as tne
most sweeping yet issued. President
Dolan expressed surprise when in
formed it had been granted and added:
"It will make no difference to us.
We will go right along as usual until
the matter is tested in the courts. We
will stay there regardless of every
judge in Allegheny county, and if they
attempt to enforce the injunction they
will have to build more juils to accom
modate the men."
WILL FORCE THE ISSUE.
Strlkere to Test the Legality of Judge
Melllwayne'e Order.
Pittsburg, Aug. 16. The striking
miners at Cannonsburg have determined
to foroe the injunction issue by contin
uing their daily marches and meet
ings in the neighborhood of the Mo
Govern and Cannonsburg mines in
spite of the order of Judge Molllwayne,
forbidding marches on the roads lead
ing to the mines. The purpose is to
bave the men arrested in order to teat
the legality of the injunction.
Patrick Dolan stated it had been de
termined to keep up the marohea, and
as fast as one group was arrested an
other one will take its place until there
will be so many of them in jail that
opinion will be aroused on the question
of urging a new form ot injunction.
In these movements the support of
all the leading trades unions of the
country are said to have been pledged
at a secret meeting in Columbus during
the last 10 days, presided over by
Samuel Gompers.
Information has been received by
the Pittsburg operators that the mineis
of the Bell, L-wis & Yates Company
have struck in Reynoldsville, and the
rest of the mines of the company are
idle. The company ia one of the heav
iest tonnage prodnoers in the northern
field, : About 8,000 men are employed.
The usual march of miners waa made
at Turtle Creek at 4 o'clock this morn
ing, but more men went into tlie pit to
day than yesterday. Firms from all
sections are coming to the rescue of the
Btrikers. A certain cereal company at
Akron, O., sent a dispatch offering to
donate two tons of Corn meal. The
offer was accepted. The Fishermen's
Protective Association, of Astoria, Or.,
haa started East by fast freight 100
oases of canned salmon for the miners
The luJuacHoa Extended.
Washington, Pa., Aug. 16. J. H.
Cook, a coal operator of McGovern,
came into court this afternoon and com
plained that the strikers were again
trespassing on his property, that An
drew Savage, leader, already enjoined,
was there, and he thought they had
instructions to go where they pleased in
disregard of the injunction. At his re
quest the court made another including
the United Mineworkers of Amerioa,
President Ratohford ;. and Seoretary
Pierce, and the Pittsburg district mine
workers, President Dolan and Secretary
Warner, in the injunction.
Work of Train wrack re.
Dallas, Tex., Aug. 16. Tbe north
bound M., K. & T. train was wrecked
this morning near Caddo Mills by some
one removing the fishplates and bend
ing the rails. Every car but the rear
sleeper was turned over. - Messenger
Rawlins was instantly killed. Several
passengers were injured, but how seri
ously could not be learned. The in
jured will be taken to Greenville. A
wrecking crew has reached the scene.
No further particulars are obtainable.
Work In the Fields.
Spokane, Aug. 16. There ia an un
precedented demand for harvest hands
throughout Eastern Washington and
Northern Idaho. Fears are expressed
that enough men cannot be foound to
harvest the large orop.
The cells in the jail at Dover, N. H-,
are arranged in a circle and revolve, so
that the inmates can successively see
the country at all points of the com
pass, . .
STRATEGIC BASEOFTHE PACIFIC
Such Is Han-all From a Military mint
of View.-'
Washington, Aug.16. "From a mil
itary aa well as a commercial point of
view," said Director Smith, of the bu
reau of American republics, "The Ha
waiian islands, owing to their location,
are of great importance. Hawaii may
be said to lie but one-third the distance
of the accustomed route from San Fran
cisco to Japan and China ports, from
San Francisco to Australia, from ports
of British Colombia to Australia and
British India, and about half way from
tbe Isthmus of Panama to Yokohama
and Hong Kong. The construction of
a ship canal across the isthmus would
extend this geographical relation to
the ports pf tbe Gulf of Mexico and of
the Atlantic seaboard of North and
South America. A glance at the map
'will at once make clear the fact that no
other point in the North' Pacific has
such a dominating relation to the trade
between Amerioa and Asia as a place
for coaling and a depot of supplies for
vessels. ' '- . -
"From a naval standpoint Hawaii
is the great strategio base of the Pacific
Under present conditions of naval war
fare, created by the use of steam, aa a
motive power, Hawaii would secure to
the maritime nation -fiossessing it an
advantage aa depot for the supply of
ooaL Modern battle-ships, depending
absolutely upon coal,, would be enabled
to avail themselves ot their full capa
city of speed and energy only by having
some half-way station in the Pacific
where they could replenish their stores
of fuel and refit. A battle-ship or
cruise sarting from an Asiatic or Aus
tralian port with the view of operating
along the coast of either North or South
America, would be unable to act effec
tively for any length of time at the end
of so long a voyage, nnless she were
able to refill ber bunkers at some point
on the way.
"On the other hand, if the United
States possessed Hawaii, she would be
able to advance her line of defense
2,000 miles from the Pacific coast, and
with a fortified harbor and a strong
fleet at Honolulu would be in a position
to conduct either defensive or offensive
operations in the North Pacifio to a
greater advantage . than any other
power. ' '
- STILL HAS FAITH.
Captain Windrow Bay That Andrea
- Will Yet Return.
Chicago, Aug. 16. Captain John
Windrow, of San Francisco, does not
believe the story that Professor An
dree's balloon was seen floating in the
ocean by a ship's captain. The captain
is visiting his brother. Dr. S.Windrow,
of 238 Lasalle avenue. He has re
turned from Sweden, where he visited
his rleatives among whom is the fam
ily of Professor Andree's brother. . The
captain said:
: "I was in Stockholm when the news
arrived . that Andree had left Spits
bergen in his balloon. His family,
that ia, his brother's Andree is not
married fully believe that he will be
beard from. Andree told them that if
no news was received from him in two
months, probably nothing would he
heard for a year, as he then would have
landed in euch a locality that it would
require months for him and his party
to reach a locality where they could
communicate with the outside world.
My own belief is that Andree has
struck a southwest wind, as these are
the winds that most usually prevail at
this time of the year in the northern
latitudes, and that he has been carried
into Siberia, and it may be months be
fore he will be heard from.
"As to the story of a vessel having
a balloon floating in the sea.
that is a good yarn for landsmen.
There is not a captain so inhuman, so
absolutely without senses that , he
would not at once send a boat to inves
tigate tbe thing, and, anyhow, the bas
ket and provisions that Andree carried
with him weighed six tons and would
sink the balloon when immersed in
water. Never fear, Andree will be
beard from, depend upon it."
Filled the Baby With Wind.
Pittsburg. Aug. 16. Mrs. George
Ruthman, of Beaver Falls, heard a pe
culiar noise on the back porch of her
residence. ; She found her two sons,
one aged 7 and the other one year
older, in a corner. The babe was on
his back. The elder brother had in
serted the tube of a bicycle pump in
the baby's mouth and was filling him
with wind as fast as he could work the
pump. The infant was unconscious
and its little stomach waa inflated like
a balloon. The mother pulled the tube
from the child's mouth and the air fol
lowed with a sharp sound like the ex
haust of an air brake on a railway
train. The baby recovered conscious
ness. ,
Cigarette Making Stops,
New York, Aug. 16, Twenty-five
hundred men and women who made to
bacco cigarettes are out of work be
cause of the failure of the internal rev
enue department in Washington to
supply the deputy collectors in this
city with the new $1 revenue stamps,
provided for in the new tariff. .
The President Will Attend. -
' Columbus, O.,' Aug. 16. President
MoKinley has accepted an invitation
to attend the Ohio fair at Columbus,
opening August 81.
Denver, Aug. 16. A special to the
News from Del Norte, Colo., says:
A messengor just arrived from Sum
mitville, bringing news of a powder ex
plosion, which occurred in the lower
working of the Little Annie mine at
Snmmitvilie, by whioh four men lost
their lives. Foreman Robert Jones is
one of the dead. The names of the
others have not been learned. . The
explosion occurred at 4 o'olock and
oauaed a cave-in and the men were aut
omated before they could be reached.
NORTHWEST BREVITIES
Evidence of Steady Growth
and Enterprise. -
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
From All the Cities and Town of
tho ThrlTlng Sinter States
' . Oregon.
The spring fishing season on the Co
lumbia has olosed. The pack will be a
trifle over 400,000 cases. - : ,
The city council of Marshfleld is con
sidering the advisability of imposing a
tax on business bouses for the purpose
of keeping the city's streets in repair.
Subscriptions for Astoria's annual
regatta are pouring in, and the necessary
amount will be completed' in s few
days. A carnival queen will be elect
ad this year.
During the month of July, in Jackson
county, warrants to the amount of $2,
073.34 were drawn, while scrip repre
senting $3,105 waa redeemed daring
the same time.
Harvesting is well under way and
tome wheat has already been hauled to
market. The crop is turning ont even
better than was expected, and the esti
mate of 3,000,000 bushels will, it is
claimed, be too low for Sherman connty.
County Commissioner Eissell, of
Gray's river, has discovered gold on
that stream. It assays from $1 to $3
to the ton. With a paity of Astorians,
K is sell will prospect the headwaters of
the stream. . He ia of the opinion that
better finds will be madet ,v i
One of the largest hay corps in the
history of Lincoln county has just been
harvested. The quantity is large and
the quality ie first-class. The excel
lent haying weather that has prevailed
has enabled tbe farmers and ranchers
to care for the crop in good shape.
An expert in coal mining, who has
much to do with coal in the East, has
given the Evans creek, Klamath coun
ty, coal a thorough test, and pronounced
it the pure anthracite. The mine now
ahows nine solid feet of coal, and the
elate streaks which were found when
the vein was first opened are pinching
out. It is said that the coal can be
put into the Valley towns for $6 per
ton.
A new scheme for getting rid of hop
lice is credited to a Southern Oregon
man. He goes out during the heat of
tbe day, takes a pole with a hook on
the end of it, hooks it ovep the wires on
which the hops are supported, and
shakes the vines with all his might.
He can shake off most of the lice in
this manner, and believes It is just as
effective as spraying, and much faster.
As soon as the lice strike thadast
the ground they die. s : ' .
One of the measures of interest to
Oregon which died in the late session
of congress before it could get any con
sideration waa a joint resolution intro
duced by Senaotr MoBride, directing
the seoretary of war to cause an ex
amination to be made of the harbor of
Astoria and to submit a plan for its
improvement by inoeas'ng its depth.
width and extent, together with esti
mates of the cost of such improvements.
It is proposed to appropriate $3,000 for
the purpose. This proposition will
probably have to go into tbe next river
and harbor appropriation bill. ,
-- , Washington. "
The school census Chehalia oountv
shows there are 8,186 ' children
school age in the county; decrease in
a year of 189. ; .
The board of control has called for
bida to supply the state, for use at the
state penitentiary,' with 3.850 bales of
jute, 750 by steamer and 1,500 by .
sailing vessel. -
The assessed value of all property in
King county is $18,313,409, as again?!
$43,739,734 in 1896. The value of all
property in the city of Seattle is $34,
106,633, as against $30,143,648 in
1896, an increase of $3,404,494.
; Whatcom county's hay crop this year
will be simply enormous. It is esti
mated that one ranch, having 160 acres
in cultivation, situated about seven
miles south from Blaine, will produce
about COO tons. The value of this hay
orop is estimated at between $4,000
and $5,000.
The concrete foundation for the light
house, at Westporrt, is about completed.
It consists of a solid mass of concrete
40 feet square and 13 feet thick. The
stone and timber for the tower is about
all cut to proper sizes and shapes, so
that the building of it will now go
forward rapidly.
The state board of land commission
ers has rejected the application to pur
chase certain lands in Chinook. Paoifio
county, made by C. R. Johnson et al.,
because of the faot that land lying be
tween the meander line and ordinary
low-water mark was formed by ac
cretion from water and belonged to the
state by reason of its sovereignty.
Almost every field of grain in Kit
titas county is now suid to be beyond
any possibility of damage. Cutting
haa begun, and next week will be un
der way generally. There is a soarcity
of harvest hands over the country. The
yield about Waterville and Bridgeport
ia placed at fully 1,000,000 bushels.
It is estimated that thore are 105,000
acres of grain in Garfield couunty this
year, and that Garfield county will pro
duce over 8,000,000 bushels of golden
cereal this year. . , :
Reports from Asotin prairie stats
that wheat is yielding more to the acre
than was expected. Some of the poor
est pieces of wheat land which it was
thought would do well if they went 18
bushels to the acre, averaged over 30,
and one field went 37. At this 'tt
the best fields will yield over 40 btulioiu
to tbe acre, . -