OREGON
VOL. XIV.
HT. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1897.
NO.
NEWS OF THE WEEK I
From all Parts of the New
and Old World.
BRIEF AND INTERESTING ITEMS
UnrntmlK till. of th Import
ant annoalng of the Oun
: rl WnI
David O. Swalui, United Btate
unity, retired, judge-advocate general,
died In Washington, 13. 0,, aged 68, of
Bright' disease. : ....
Tim twenty-third annnal session of
tliu American Bakers' Association con
vened lu Detroit, Mich. About 600
delegates were present
Two $1,000 counterfeit notes were
presented to the treasury department
lor redemption. - They were mads over
80 year ago and are clever Imitation
ot tht originals.
By a decision of Acting Secretary
Ryan, of the interior department, th
decision Mug prepared by Assistant
Attorney-General Vandervcnter, it ha
been settled that any parson oan taka
160 acres of land, and if tha person ha
heretofore- taken any part of the 100
seres, he or she is entitled to make up
the full amount.
Railroad official in St. 'Joseph report
that there is danger of oar famine on
Western roads, caused by the immense
grain urops. All roails entering that
city are tuxed to their fullest capacity
now and the switching force has been
increased 25 per cent. The Burlington
company has Issued orders thnt no more
goal Ira loaded in the tight box-cars,
itock-oar being used instead.
Dr, J. M. Blelr, a reputable phyaU
eian, of New York, announce that be
has discovered a new care for consump
tion by electricity. Be will read a
paper before the county medical society,
giving the detail of the plan, which
Is in effect the Sterilising of the effected
lung in what is known a electroly.
Ho olaims to bave cured dotsn per
ion claused hopeless cases complete
ly, and many physicians of high stand
ing are snid to agree that the cures are
join pit) te and effectual.
The report of the commissioner of
education, Dr. William T. Harris, for
the year ended July 1, 1800, has just
been completed. It show total en
rollment in that year in the schools
and colleges, both public and private,
of IS, 007, 187 pupils. Tlds was an In
crease of 808,657. The number in pub
lic institutions was 14,405,871, and in
private Institutions 1,838,888. In ad
dition to all these, there were 418.000
pupils in the various special schools
tnd institutions, including business
stdlegnt, muslo conservatories, Indian
md reform schooli, making the grand
total enrollment for tba whole country
18.415,197. .
Frank Mannlngar, an aged painter,
ill, penniless and proud,' starved to
Jeath in bis room in West New York.
N. J.
Angiolillo, the Italian anarch
ist who murdered Premier Canovas,
lias been tried by court-martial and
sentenced to be garroted,
A Canadian I'aoitie train struck a
earrintfu containing five persons at a
erosslng near Ht. Therese, Quebec, kill
ing two, women and Injuring three oth
ers, 'v.
A special from Rome says it Is report
ed the pope will excommunicato Prince
Uenry of Orleans and the Count of
Turin, as dueling I forbidden by tba
lioman Oatholio church.
It is stated that President MoKlnley
has expressed himself in favor of the
admission of New Mexico to statehood.
A hill to that effect will oe introduced
at the next session of oongress.
A Southern Pacific freight train
truck a burning stump that tumbled
flown the mountain side In Cow crook
sauyon in Southern Oregon, completely
demolishing the engine and four cars
and killing Fireman Robert MeEwan
snd an unknown tramp. ',..;
Justice Stephen , J. Field, of the
United States supreme court, has es
tablished the record for thu longest
service on that benoh. The service ot
Chief Justice John Marshall had been
tl e longest in the history ot the oourt,
covering 85 years. Justice Field's
service exceed that of Marshall, lie
was appointed In 18(13 by President
Lincoln, and 1 In his 81st year. He
has reached the age of retirement, but
he prefers to remain in active service
on the bench, and there la .no present
Indication that ho will retire.
ThoffiW Jefferson Sapplnglon, on
old-time resident ot St. Louis county,
Missouri, who saved General U. S.
Grant from capture by Confederates,
died near Sapplngton, a suburb of St.
Louis. In 1804, when Orant came back
to make a short visit to bis furm near
the latter city, Mr. Sapplngton, who
was a first lieutenant in the Second Mis
souri militia, learned that a nn miter of
the moat radical sympathisers with tho
South had planned to capture General
Grant and take him South a prisoner.
Mr. Sapplngton determined to thwart
the scheme. He hurried to St. Louis
and met General Grant just as he was
starting out for his farm. The result
was a disappointment to the men who
Were lying in ambuaii lor urant.
V J. H. Prawl shot and mortally wound
ed Daniel Maloney, ex-city marshal
of The Dalles. The .(trouble arose over
a horse race that occurred in Klickitat
county two month ago.
' For the second time within a .little
over two years the Utioa mine, the most
famous gold producer on the mother
lode, in Angel's Osmp, Cal., caught
Are through the carelessness Of somo
nf the workmen. No lives were lost,
hut the oroDertT wa considerably
damaged.
CHASING A FILIBUSTER.
frolmbln Cairn of tin Firing Off the
Florid t'nrnut,
St. AuugstinM, Fla., Aug. 84. Last
night heavy firing at son by rapid-fire
gun and the rays or a searchlight
brought out the iiooplo of this city.
The whole affair was carefully noted by
the officers of thomrst artillery from
their quarters in Ht. Francis barracks,
who are rosltlve that the vessel fired
not less than 40 shots, first rapidly and
then at Intervals, ceasing as If the ob
ject of the chase was caught. Then
the rapid ' firing would be remained,
The ship, probably a war vessel, could
not come nearer tan about five mile off
shore, and was evidently chasing
lightdraught boat, as the flashes came
from the starboard gun.
The coast is indented by a sand strip
reaching ont to about one mile off this
bar, and it form the cone of Anoatasia
lighthouse, straight down the coasts for
14 miles to Matansa inlet. I tie Ht.
Augustine bar bad but seven feet of
water on it at the stage of the tide
when tha firing commenced, which
would have prevented the coming over
of the Three Friends or Dauntless, were
those the vessels chasod. There was
only four feet of water on Matsnzas
Inlet, and unions a vessel could make
this harbor she would either have to
put to sea or surrender. Fur this reason
indications point to the fleeing boat
taking an easterly course. " When the
firing commenced a squall was on and
the night was very dark.
LICENSE REVOKED.
Finding of tho Hoard ot Inquiry on tho
Wroeklug of tho M.iloo,
Seattle, Aug. 14.- The hoard of in
quiry on the wrecking of the steamnliip
Mexico in Dixon eutranon August 6 has
revoked the pilot's papers of Captain
Thomas, master of the steamer. The
papers of Pilot Council, who was on
the bridge at the time of the disaster,
bave been revoked for a period of 80
days.
Although the decision of the board
has not been made public, It is stated
on good authority that it found that
the blame lay with Captain Thomas,
who had retired. It was held that he
should have been on deck, especially as
he placed his vessel in a dungurons po
sition. Further, it was found that
the rook on which the steamer . struck
was West Devil's Neck, and was there
fore known to the navigating officer of
the Mexico, and he should have tuken
care to keep his vesssel out of the way.
Captain Thomas' pilot papers in Al
askan water are revoked entirely, and
liis master's papers are suspended for
80 days. Captain Thomas has been in
the employ of the Pacific Coast Steam
ship Company s master for more than
a year past. Be came here from Hun
Francisco, which is hi home. By all
who have come In contact with hiin he
Is regarded as an exceptionally capable
officer. It is understood that he will
be retained in the service of the coin
Pny. . . - r
ROBBED BY DEPOSITORS.
Tho Coihlor Kill" and th Vault ot
tha Honk Looted.
Shepherd, Mich., Aug. 84. Elmer
E. Htrublo, cashier of the Farmers'
bank, was shot this morning by .rob
liers. He was getting ready to go to
Mount Pleasant and was in ibe vault
when tha shots were fired. All the
carh in the bank was taken, but the
amount ia not known. Cashier Strnble
died about six hour after the shooting.
It is reported tonight that tho robbery
was committed by several desierate de
positor, who, believing the bank was
about to fail, followed titrable to the
bank, and npon being refused their
money, shot the oaahior and looted the
bank. ' The prosecuting attorney is said
to have the names of all the men and
arrest are hourly expected.
'Th W roc It at Lima.
Toledo, Aug. 84. Following la a list
of those fatally injured in the wreck
of the Detroit & Lima railorad near
Lima, O., last night: Mrs. John
Biirnhnni, of Lima, skull crushed; Mrs.
William Murray, of Lima, injured in
ternally; Mrs. T. N. Scan Ion, of Lima,
body out and bruised and injured inter
nally; Mrs. H. F. Bennett, ot St.
Mary. 0. injured internally and bead
badly bruised; Mrs. J. D. Breo, injured
internally. Twenty-five others were
more or lees Injured. , ,,
The train was an excursion train run
from Lima to Toledo, and return, by
the People's Tea Store, of Toledo. The
aooldent resulted from failure of the
freight train to stop at the junction.
Several passengers were pinioned In the
debris of the cars, and the trainmen had
to out awoy timber to release them.
Trifling Caiwo for a Murdor. -
Winnipeg, Aug. 84. Near White
wood, Adam Grega, aged 88 years,
killed his father, Andrew Grega, agod
0, with on ax, nearly severing the
head from the body. Tho murderer
then bade adieu to his wife and walked
84 miles to town, where he gave him
self up. The murder aroBe from a quar
rel over chickens. .--,
Indian on tho Way to lloitteld.
' Port Townsend, Aug. 84. Two
thousand Indians from British Colum
bia passed up the Sound in canoes to
day for the hopfloUls of the Pnyallup,
Btnck and White river valleys, where
nix weeks' work in harvesting the crop
is promised. , , , '
Tramp rrnk PoUon.
Jefferson, Is., Aug. 84. Trumps pur
chased a pint Of alcohol at a drug store
here, saying It was to be used in mak
ing liniment for a lame horse. The
druggist gave them wood alcohol, warn
ing them that it was poisonous. They
went to the woods and mixed it with
water. Three of the live drank it and
died the following morning. The two
tramps whodeclined to drink journeyed
to the east The dead men were mimed
Emerson, Regan and Montaguo.
FUNDS FOR MINERS
Scheme by Which Strikers
Hope to Raise Money.
THEY WILL START UP THE MINES
Hop to Soeur th Co-oporetloa of
Frlnndljr Operator Kou Between ':
Workr nd Mon-Worker.
Pittsburg, Ang. 24. Development
In the coat mining situation in Pitts
burg district will be watched with un
usual interest this week. Both sides
were apparently at rest today, but it
was duveloted that at the conference
tomorrow there will probably be dis
ruption. By many it is believed that
M. D. Ratohford, president of the
miners' organization, will not be pres
ent It is claimed he will stick to his
sssertion that he wilt not agree to arbi
trate unless all the states involved are
represented. It is a well-known faiH
that the operator of other states wilt
not join local operators in a movement
for arbitration. If Kutchford is obdu
rate, the conference will be useless.
This, in brief, I the situation and it
is apparent that both side are making
preparation for movements that will
be to their benefit.
From a reliable source it wa learned
that if the operator start mines on the
linos laid downother mine will also
be sturted by the miners. It is pro
itosed to select operators who are not
represtnted at the conference, and who
are trim lly to the miners. They will
be given permission to mine coal at the
rate demanded and the coal stored. - By
this means it is exiwcted to get a fund
from the union miners that happen to
be working, and with this fund pay ex
penses of a fight against imported lalior.
The miners' officials are making ar
rangements to have a fund on band to
send foreign labor home jost as fast as it
arrives. With mine operated under
the jurisdiction of the labor leaders,
and with friendly operators who desire
to make a profit, they hope to have an
avuilublo and lurge fond. This plan
has been outlined, and will be submit
ted to the national officials if the con
ference proves a failure.
Reliiiious services were held in the
several camps today, and all were
largely attended. Notwithstanding the,
religious air pervading the camp, a con
flict between workers and strikers took
place in the afternoon, during which
three strikers were badly hurt, but none
are in a serious condition, rive oi trie
men who are working for the New
York & Cleveland Gas Coal Company
this afternoon went to W. A. Semon's
boarding house, half a mile from Oak
Hill tipple, where a number of strikers
are quartered, for the purpose of tier
suoding the strikers to go to work. The
meeting was a stormy one, and resulted
In Antonio Podosky being shot near
the heart, the bullet going nearly
through hi body. , Gonronng Pimold
was shot in tho eye and Bostiste Dal
meise was out with a razor The in
jured men are all striker. This was
the only disturbance recorded at lite
camps today. The aggressive woikmen
escaped before the men in the Oak Hill
camp were aware of the fight.
The report that Sandy Ureek camp
will be abandoned is denied by the
strikers today, and they say that the
men will lie sent there from Plum Creek
and Turtle Creek. "
In addition to the general missionary
work for the week, the leaders have de
cided to direct especial work to the pre
vention of operations at the Sandy
Creek mine. The strikers say they
will resume their marching tactics in
the morning, claiming that under the
ruling ot Judge Goff, in the West Vir
ginia cases, they are given this right
Samuel Do Arm itt says tonight that
160 to 175 men will be at work in the
Plum Creek mine tomorrow.
It is announoed that the New York
A Cleveland Gas Coal Company will
make eight eviotions tomorrow from
different company houses. It is not
probable there will be any trouble. ;
The sheriff does not say tonight what
course he will pursue in the morning
should marching begin, but thinks be
is ready to meet every emergency.
Sympathy for the striker by the
furmers and citisens is not diminishing
in the least. Today there were about
700 visitors to the camp from Sandy
oreek, and many farmers who came
brought wagonloads of provisions.
Cltiaens of New Texas sent word that
they had plenty of food for the men and
wanted them to oall on them when
needed. . -
Botch ford' Knpeotntlon.
Columbus, O., Aug. 84. President
Ratohford said tonight before leaving
Pittsburg that he expocted as the re
sult of the conference tomorrow with
the Pittsburg operators a conference of
ttUooiil operators and miners of the
country would be called soon to con
sider a settlement of the strike. He
did not anticipate any other result from
this conference. Secretary Pearce will
also attend the oonferenoe.
Lagos, West Coast of Africa, Aug. 84.
The king of Benin, after Wandering
in the bush since the capture of Benin
City by the British last Februory,
came in on August 7, with 800 un
armed blacks, and surrendered to the
British commander. ,
Murder Followed by Suicide.
Nashville, Aug. 84. J. B. Rich, a
young white man, shot and killed his
wife tonight, at the home of her mother,
In the East Nashville. He then killed
his brother-in-law, shooting him twice.
He shot himself twice, inflicting fatal
wounds. Rich, a week ago, filed a bill
for divorce, alleging infidelity. Today
he was arrested, charged with kidnap
ing one of the children, and it is sup
posed tha arrest enraged him and led to
the commission of the crime.
WHEAT WENT TO A DOLLAR,
Prlo Jtchd Tht Mark In Mersrol
tern C'ltlo.
Minneapolis, Miiin., Ang. 28.
Wheat (old for tl a bushel in Minne
apolis today. When September option
went to 90 cent Charles A. Pillsbury
offered 1 spot for 1,200 bushels of
Old No. 1 Northern, which is selling
at a premium. The offer was accepted.
James Marshall offered the same price
for 5,000 bushels, but it ha not yet
been acoopted. . . .,
, A bov th Dollar Mark.
Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 23. The
wheat market was the most exoiting
ever experienced in the history of the
exchange. Quotations jumped up 4o
and brought the price beyond the dollar
mark. There were sales of No. 8 red
at $1.01 and No. 2 Pennsylvania red is
quoted at 91.02. This is the highest
quotation in many year.
! In th Chicago Pit.
Chicago, Aug. 28. Today 90 to
90 6-8 cent was bid for September
wheat at the opneing of 'ohange. Even
at this price an adavneeof 8 cents
since yesterday, offerings were tew and
far between and the market quickly
ran np to 91' cents. Then the bear
rallied. Fortunately holder of wheat
let go in sufficient quantities to relieve
the tension and the price declined to
89 7-8 cent. At noon the market be
gan to advance again, and oon sur
passed by a cent the early advance,
September going to 92 cents.
On Hollar ot New York.
New York, Aug. 28. Wheat opened
amid the greatest excitement at
to 4 cents adavnee orer last night.
September sold at the same instant all
the way from 97 to (3 cents in different
parts of the pit. Traders were fairly
riotous in their effort to buy wheat
At 1:40 P. M. there wa much excite
ment in the wheat pit on the produce
exchange when September wheat sold
at 91. . The strength was due to talk of
1,000,000 bushels being taken for ex
port ;' '
BUYING CUBAN ESTATES.
Gorman Will Go la for Coflo Planting,
Abandoning Sugar.
London, Aug. 28. The correspond
ent of the Chronicle, in a letter from
Cuba, tells of further cruelty and dis
tress in the island. He says the pa
oitioos are dying by the hundreds, un
til their owl ies taint the air close to a
Spanish fort ' The correspondent re
marks that a private letter has been
received at Havana from Senor Sagasta,
the liberal leader in Spain, in which
he says:
"The atrocities are raising a thrill of
horror in Europe, and I fear it is im
poHaible to raise a fresh loan, without
whloh we cannot retain Cuba."
The correspondent further says:
"German syudioates are- bnying the
devastato eatates at nominal sums
and intend to go in extensively for
coffoe planting, abandoning sugar.; This
will directly concern the United States
and French sugar trusts, and will prob
ably lead to extensive sugar-growing
in Georgia and Florida."
A Vitriol Thrower by Proxy.
Chicago, Aug. 23. Charged with
conspiracy to destroy the beauty and
possibly the life of his wife by-vitriol,
Dr. James O. Ducker has been arrested
and hold by Justice Underwood in
bonds of 98,600 for a preliminary hear
ing tomorrow. The sensational story
which resulted in the arrest of the doc
tor was told by Charles E. Hill who
claims that he was engaged by the phy
inian tn throw the vitriol in the
woman's face. The agreement, as re
lated by him, was mat lie snouia iaae
a package to Mrs. Ducker and then
throw tha nniil. Ha first made a pre
liminary investigation and met Mrs.
Ducker. He says t&t ner Deauty ana
manner made him ashamed of himself
and he told her the story.
: Swallowed HI Palso Tooth. '
1Virt.Ha Kan. .'Ana. 28. O. T.
Simons, a well-known real estate brok
er, died here from the effects oi swai-
inwino nlate of three false teeth three
years ago. The post mortem disclosed
the Isot that tne teetn were sun uxixeu
In tl.a ooniihaonit. Till IWlClll ISr BCCi-
dent made it impossible for Simon to
eat ordinary food, and forced him to
live entirely on liquids. TJie swallow
ing of liquid food always oaused intense
noir. RunnaHv hi stomaoh rebelled
against food ot any sort, and he liter
ally starved to deatn. - :
Ont HI Own Throat.
Seattle, Aug. 88. Hugh T. Wil
Iisma, a well-known character in the
butter business and known as the
Man." cut his throat this
morning in an ineffectual attempt at
self-destruction, lie is in wtw typnoia
fever, and this morning tried to shave
himself with a rsaor while the nurse
was away. He shaved one side of his
face and then slashed his throat He
say he did not wanv to live. Hi
wound may not prove fatal.
Kport W gjrrtd.
c'.lma Ana General Blood.
UlJUiap ..0
commander of the British forces operat
ing against the Insurgent iriDesmen on
the frontier, ha readied Galagai, with
out opposition. He reports the village
desertetd and adds that .reports of the
Afridas rising are exaggerated.
Gradually Getting Japan's Trad.
Washington, Aug. 23. A statement
prepared by the treasury department
shows that for tho first time in the hia
tory ot trade relations with Japan, the
United States is entitled to be con
sidered as a serious competitor with
Europe. . A recent British report from
the legation at Tokio reviews the for
sign trade of Japan the past year. In
the supply of raaohinery, rails, nails
and pig-iron, the United State assume
leading plsioe.
THE KLONDIKE MAILS
United : States and Canada
Reach an Agreement
GOES SEMIMONTHLY TO DAWS05
AI-KI Again Sail Worth Th Steamer
. Quosn Will Take Up a
Hotel In Section,
Washington, Aug. 28. The Cana
dian and the United States govern
ments have agreed to co-operate in aug
menting the postal facilities of the
Klondike region, and the result will
ihortly be evidenced tn a substantial
doubling of the mail service from the
ooast into that district. Canada made
a proposition for exchange of mails at
Circle City and Dawson City, agreeing
to perform the service from Dawson
City to Dyea by means ot a contract of
her own, with reimbursement to be
made by this government for its share
of the service. '
; This differs from this country's prop
osition in that under the latter the
United State was to let the contract
snd look to Canada for reimbursement
tor the latter' share. The counter
scheme, however, is satisfactory to the
postoffice department here.
The Canadian service -provide for
the exchange of mail at Fort Cudaby
and two other stations between Daw
ron City and Dyea. The exact route is
not out.ined, but in all probability it
will strike off directly southward from
Dawson City, which is on , the British
Bide ot the line, down to Dyea. At
present, the district gets the benefit of
mails once a month. The new arrange
ment will furnish an additional ser
vice, giving semi-monthly mails, .the
trips probably being sandwiched be
tween the dates designated in tha pres
ent contract of the United States.
Canada's proposition for carrying
the mail one round trip a month be
tween Dawson City and Dyea was for
mally aocepted this afternoon by Act
ing Postmaster-General Sballenberger,
and the Canadian government notified
of the action. In the communication,
this government is stated to be ready
to assume it share of the responsibil
ity, and Canada is urged to put the
service into operation at th earliest
possible moment Dyea, which is 100
mile above Juneau, on Lynn canal,
snd Dawson City will be declared inter
national postal exchange offices." Tbe
British mails will be carried by the
United States from Victoria to Dyea.
The service will bring about the crea
tion of a postofflce at Dawson City, and
also at Fort Cudahy, Forty Mile, and
probably at other points, although
these mentioned are beyond Dawson
City. The service will be under the
immediate supervision ot the Canadian
mounted police, and the carrier will
be equipped with dogs and sledges, and
will have Indian drivers The first
contract will be at least one year.
Wherever the British mails can be ex
pedited by carrying them over the
present Circle City route between tha
dates of the new service this will be
done. .., .v-r,"..
Last April an order was leaned by
the postoffice department discontinuing
the steamboat mail service from Seattls
to Jnnean, beginning April 18. v Thil
order has now been modified to read
"omit service from that date to the
8lst of this month, when the perform
ance of the Bervioa is to be resnmed."
ffneen Will Carry a Hotol.
. Seattle, Aug. 23. At 6:80 tonight,
the Al-Ki sailed for Dyea and Skaguay.
She carried 145 passenger and 600
tons of freight Among the cattle on
board were 25 long-borned steers.
Shortly after the oollier Willamette
left for Dyea, the passengers organized
for police protection, the organisation
being named tbe Willamette and Klon
dike Protective Society. Care was
taken to prevent fire and all suspioious
characters were watched. Before the
boat readied Dyea, eight suspected men
had been imprisoned. y .
Valentine scrip jumped in price to
935 and 946 per acre, as the result of
the rush to the Klondike gold fields.
Large blocks of scrip bave been sold in
this city, the intention being to locate
property at Skaguay. Next Sunday
the steamer Queen leaves for 8t
Michaels, with lumber. The A. ' 8.
Kerry Lumber Company sends the
frame and lumber all fitted to build a
hotel there to accommodate 150 people.
The Queen will reach there in three
weeks. ..- i.'-..:'' "
Deputy Sheriff Calderhead has a let
ter from ex-Deputy Adam Baker, dated
Skaguay, August 7. He went on the
Rosalie. The passengers formed a
company to unload.. Trouble ensued
by one man . assuming to boss. The
miners drew guns and then took their
individual goods ashore. 5
The river, but a mile from camp, is
600 feet wide and swift, and there is
continued loss of goods by horses fall
ing in the ourrent. Packs must be cut
away to save the : horses. Several
horses were drowned August 6 and 7.
Tired men are selling outfits at less
than cost Thirty men are building a
bridge half a mile up. It i a private
snap. All would be well it the pros
pector would work together.
Foil Through Hatehwajr to Peath.
Port Townsend, Aug. 88. John
Riley, a sailor on the British ship Cor
unna, whloh arrived yesterday to load
wheat at Tacoma tor the United King
dom, fell through hatchway of the
ship this morning and broke ins neck.
Savor Storms in Btleala.
Berlin, Ang. 28. Th greater part
of Silesia has been visited by severs
storms, and several person have been
killed by lightning.
MINERS TO RETALIATE.
, Sheriff I-otj. will II Snod for Ob-
I.... (trusting Koad. .
Pittsburg, Aug. 23. It was reported
among tbe strikers today that suit wa
to be entered against Sheriff Lowry for
obstructing the rends in Plum snd Pat
ton townships. The strikers contend
that he exceeded bis authority in clos
ing tbe roads to them, and that the
matter will be tested in th courts.
The sheriff said no ohange would be
made in his methods for a few days.
Attorney Kaoffman, representing tbe
New York A Cleveland Company, say
the expense of employing deputies is
great, and that tbe order of tbe court
will be enforced rigidly and at once
If the campers do not leave, DeArmitt
will petition the oourt to issue attach
ments for contempt.- The sheriff ba
said, however, that be would not inter
fere with th' campers, but will not per
mit the striker on the highways.
Forty-seven coal companies of the
Pittsburg district have signed the uni
formity agreement.
Doputlo Wr Outwitted.
Pittsburg, Aug. 23. This morning
the striking miners encamped at Turtle
Creek stole march on the deputies
guarding tbe Oak Hill mine. While
the deputies were watching for a de
tachment of campers to appear on the
road to the mines, the strikers were
making a long detour so as to approach
the mouth of the pit from the other
side, and they succeeded in getting
there without being observed. When
the deputies commanded . by Deputy
Sheriff Hanna appeared, a copy of tbe
injunction was read to John Large,
leader of tbe strikers, and they left tbe
place. - 5'
The striker express the belief .that
one of the mines to be operated by tbe
mineowners in their effort to break
tbe strkie will be the Plum Creek mine,
and thet the miners now at work at
Oak Hill and Sandy creek will betaken
to Plum Creek and the other two mines
olosed down. To offset this move the
strikers will go to camo at Plum Creek.
Everything was quiet about Plum
Creek this morning. Tbe strikers fol
lowed out the programme outlined by
Captain Bellingham, and sent men
singly and in pairs to patrol the roads.
The deputies did not interfere with
them.
Th Conference Coneluded.
Columbus, O., Aug, 28. The
miners' offioials have adjourned, after
having mapped out a statement to tbe
effect that the time has come for united
action by the labor oragniztiaons.
Doatgn Upon tho Life of Din.
; St. Louis, Aug. 23. A special to the
Globe-Democrat from San Antonio,
Tex., says: F. B. Gonzales, editor ot
El Grito del Pueblo, a Spanish paper
published in the town of Beeville, is in
receipt of a letter of recent date from
an influential friend in Mexico, in
which it is stated that the authorities
have discovered an Italian anarhcist
who has just arrived in that country,
with the intention of taking the life of
President Diaa. Tbe anarchist, the
letter says is kept under the strictest
surveillance and will be arrested the
first demonstration he makes, or as
soon as tbe chain of evidence oan be
linked a little closer. The letter is
from an official in the City of Mexpiuo,
and Mr. Gonzales vouches for his reli
ability. . It is believed that the anarch
ist who ha marked President Diaz for
his victim belongs to the bloody band
whose aim is to assassinate the rulers
of rU the great nations, and that his
coming to America ia in pursuance of a
general plan.
Michael Angiolillo Garroted.
San Sebastian, Aug. 83. Michael
AngioMllo, who shot and killed Senor
Canoava del Castillo, prime minister
of Spain, was executed at 11 o'clock
this morning, according to the sentence
f the court-martial imposed npon him
Monday last Angiolillo heard calmly
the news that he was to be executed to
day, but appeared surprised at and bit
terly complained of the frequent visit
of the priests, declaiming they would
obtain nothing from him. An execu
tioner from Bourgea performed the gar
roting, just prior to which priest ex
horted the anarchist to repent, to which
Angiolillo responded:
"Since you cannot get me out of pri
son, leave me in peace. I myself will
ettle with God."
Tbe execution took place in the pri'
on at Vergara.
. Hor Clothe Caught Fir.
San Francisco, Aug. 23. Maggie
Gnoterslat, a girl 19 years of age, had
a narorw escape from burning to death
last night, and only saved her life by
plunging headlong into a watering
trouh to extinguish her flaming gar
ments. She was a domestic at 179
Noe street, and was using turpentine
and oil before a gas jot The mixture
caught fire, and in her fright the girl
upset the stuff on her clothes. In a
moment she was in flames.. Rushing
to the street she threw herself into a
trough in front of a store and rolled in
the water until the fire was extinguish
ed. She sustained severe burns and
may not recover. ..
Canova' Suceor. 1
San Sebastian, Aug. 23. The queen
regent today conferred the premiership
upon General ' Azcarraga, who is also
minister of war. , The cabinet will not
be modified.
Cotton Mill Start l.
Manchester, N. II., Aug. 23. No
tices were issued today that the Amos
keag cotton mills will start up Septem
ber 18. The Ainoskeag mills employ
about 15,000 opeartives. -
Palem, N. H., Aug. 83. Mills 9 and
6, of the Naumkeag Steam Cotton
Manufacturing Company's plant, start
ed on full time this morning after
nearly six months of 42 boar' schedule.
NORTIIWESTBREVITIES
Evidence of Steady Growth
and Enterprise.
ITEMS 07 GENERAL INTEREST
from All th Cities and Town of
' th Thriving Slat- Stotoa
. , -Orego ; i
Lane oonnty warrants are selling at
102 cents on the dollar.
Seven carloads of old wheat were
hipped from Sheridan last week.
A Polk county farm located near An-
tioch was sold for 910,000 last week.
Tiie foundry at Oswego has started
np on a two weeks' order, and may run
longer. ,''
The board of management of the
Commercial Association of Umatilla
county has decided to send an exhibit
of Umatilla product to the Spokane
fruit fair.
An injunction has been granted by
Judge Fullerton against Coos county,
restraining the sheriff from selling the
property of the Southern Oregon com
pany, attached for delinquent taxes.
There are 26,000 acre planted in
prune in Oregon 16,000 of them in
the Willamette valley, . 6,600 in the
Rogue River valley. The coast coun
ties and Eastern Oregon have 2,000
acres. :r , t f.
A miner arrived in Marihflold a few
day ago from the Salmon Mountain
mines with about five ounce of gold.
He had with him one Jigge worth
about 938.- He found tbe geld on John
son creek.
The Klamath . River Lumber Com
pany's mill at Pokegama started np in
full blast-.last week, and will be kept
in operation right along, a big drive of
4,000,000 test of logs having arrived.
About 25 men are employed.
Engineer J. G. Holoombe is making
preparations to survey the Tillamook
and Nehalem bars. Alfred Williams
and FredArthnr have engaged to assist
in mftKing tne aounamg. , n is uuno
with a view of preparing an estimate
for tits improvement of the bars.
Elk and deer hunters on the Lower
Nehalem and Salmon berry rivers report
game very scarce this year. Two snd
three years ago elk were so plentiful
that they could be easily tracked, but
this season they are so scarce that
tracks are not to be found, only rarely.
There are nine combined harvesters
operating in Sherman and Gilliam
counties. Bv this method of harvest
ing, farmers near the railroad are en
abled to start their machinery and
teams going in the morning and by
noon have their wheat in tho ware
houses. -
Progress in laying the rails on the
Astoria 3c Columbia River railroad has
been delayed by bridge construction at
Jobn Days. A temporary bridge will
be completed this week, and tracklay- ,
ing beyond that point will then go
ahead. Work on the grade-is progress
ing rapidly. v . ,,, .t.
- The Oregon Land Company has leased
the evaporator ot the Salem Canning
Company, an hJUding several evap
orators of lis own. It expects to handle
2,000 bushels a day of fruit and vege
tables, with a Special view to the Al
aska demand, for wh oh orders are al
ready on hand. . . ,
; The total salmon pack of the Colum
bia river is 474,600 cases, according to
reliable statements from all packers.
Tbe Fishermen's Union cannsry-n-wfs"
the list, with 52,000 cases. Fully 80
per cent of the pack is royal Chinook, ,
and the general quality is excellent
Most of the steelhesds and bluebucks
were utilised for cold storage. .
Washington.
Seven cents is now paid for fish in
Blaine. ,
The season - for shooting ducks and
geese began on the 15th inst. ,
Huckleberries from the Bine moun
tains are selling in Dayton for 60 cents
a gallon.
The Star route daily mail service be -
tween Blaine and New Whatcom wilt
be re-established September !.
The assessment of Douglas county
this year is increased nearly 91,000,000-
over the valuation of last or any previ
ous year.'' - ' Vv'V'"-; "'.'"
v Tha Northern Pacific Railway Com
pany became owner of 9,000 more acres
of land in Chehalis county, having re
corded s government patent for that
amount of land last week.
.The Island County Horticultural So-'
eiety has met and decided to hold a
fair at Coupevills about the middle of
September. Tbe executive committee
is busy selecting premiums. The fair
will be larger and will be continued
longer than last year.
: The state land commissioner is pre
paring a schedule of the state school
and granted lands In each county of the
state. Tneae list are to be posted in
the county auditor' office of the sev
eral counties tor information, of those
seeking to lease. : A schedule for Yaki
ma ba already been completed, and
other counties will be taken up as fast
ss possible. 1
Better wages srs being paid at pres
ent for harvest hands than ver before
in the history of Adams . county.
Farmers have bid aa high as 93 per day
tor help to do the same work that had
been done is th past for 91-60, and not
half enough men could be secured even
at that figure, Ail spring-sown grain
is now rips, snd in order to save it
farmers muni harvest soon. , ;
The constitutionality ot the grain in
spection act, passed by the legislature
of 1895, is to be tested in the supreme
court
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