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THE
OREGON
MIST
VOL. XIV.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FJtlDAY. HE1TEMKKK 24, 1897.
NO. 40.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
From all Parts of the New
and Old World.
IIRIEF AND INTERESTING ITEMS
Coniprehenalve Itavlew uf the Import-
ant Happening of the Cur
runt Week.
A great (look strike ia Imminent at
Havre In consequence of .the refusal by
th employers to grant an Increase in
wage.
Chicago I sweltering, with no indi
cations (or cooler weather, and in the
Ohio ' valley the liottit September
weather on record prevail.
The Michigan orop report (or Reptetn
tier, iuiied by the secretary of state,
My the wheat orop will he 28,000,000
bushel, the large! (or Ave year.
The celebrated Arigm-Craven will
content bus (won decided in Hun Fran
cico. The Fair heir have won their
caw, and new trial bu been denied,
A Washington correspondent of i
New York paper suy the United State
I getting ready to deal with Spain vig
orously, and that the department ha
already decided upon a plan i action.
A treinciidou explosion occurred at
tho vamp clone by the Chinese animal
of Kiangnan, near Shanghai. Forty
bodies have been dug out of the dohri.
Two fine Krnnp gun, 1,900 new pat
tern ilnle.(lro and maguxine rifle,
with 130,000 rifle cartridge were de
stroyed.
Probably the Urgent and finest tor
aulas ever found on American coil ha
just been received In Denver . from
Houthern Mesioo, It weigh in the
rough 1 76 karat, and It I entlumtcl
by compftentexpert that it will weigh
fully 88 Karats when cat ami polished.
It ha the host color known, being a
delicate ky blue, just a thnde ll(hler
than a bloebird'a wing. Thin, with
number of smaller tono running from
40 to 10 kurnta, wa taken froin a newly
discovered mluo, the location of which
ii In Lincoln oonnty, New Mexico,
Absolutely no detail of this discovery
Inn be learned. The large stone U
estimated to be worth $0,000.
A dispatch from Madras uys: A
moat aerioii accident bu occurred at
the Champion re!( mine. Forty per
on are known to have been killed.
The home of Tlioinm Hawkins, a
farmer who live near Green wood.Cul.,
wa destroyed by tire and hia 6-year'
old daughter perished in the flume.
The Kraaer river salmon pack I the
largest ever known in the Northwest.
Altogether 3,600,000 dsn o( theockcye
variety were caught off the mouth of
the river during the season. ....
The Japan Mail, discussing the llk
trade, ay! Price in Japan are now
steadily rising, order on a large eale
having leen received from abroad by
many foreign firm In Yokohama.
A tornado truok the town at Port
Arthur, Tex., killing ix people, and
injuring aeveral more, besides destroy
ing muoh valuable property. The
town wa practically leveled by the
cyclone- . . .
George F. Reglner, chairman of the
Democratic county committee, shot and
Instantly killed Simon Fransdel, a
young butcher, at Monmouth, III.
Kranadel had bnon paying attention to
' Kcginor's daughter ogaint her (at)ier'
wIhIiu. ....
The atartling new come from Fort
Loekhard that the combined force of
the A(ridi and Orsksai nmnlier 47,
000 men. They are now ail collected
near Khnn-Khi valley, and a miwaacre
i (eared at any moment
John L. Sullivan, ex-ohnmplon pu
gilist, ha annoiinoed that be will run
lor mayor o( Boston, and expected to
poll 8,000 or 13,000 vote. Sullivan
say hia principal platform will be to
license gambling pluce and disorderly
house. : :
A later aooonnt of the Mexican hor
ror, y: The people killed at Pan
uelu quarry exposition, numbering 34,
were asphyxiated by the dense guise
generated by the explosion. Among
the number were several horsemen,
who perished with thoir horse, and
the bodies of the men and hone lay
together in a horrible maimer.
Iter. E, F, B. Howard ha escaped
from the Ohio penitentiary, at Colum
bus. Ho wa a famous United State
prisonor front Tennessee. He wa
trusted in the front office and walked
away. Howard wa convicted at Clarks
ville, Tonn., and sentenced (or nine
year and lined $1,200 on 83 oounts of
lining the United Statesman for fraud
ulent purpose.;
Further detail of the capture of
Victoria de hi Luna province of San
tiago do Cuba, my thut the insurgents,
alter capturing the town, killed with
the machete 40 guerilla (or having
made a stubborn resistance. It I ex
plained that the Spanish hoisted the
red oross flag over the hospital, and
that the insurgents, mistaking it for
parliamentary Aug, sent an oflioer in
that direction. , The Spanish claim
that the insurgent commander did not
respeot the dug over the hospital, and
bombarded the building, killing or
wounding 66 men. ,
,-.' The secretary o( the treasury and the
postmaRter-general, after consultation
with the president, have decided to
change the color of the currency 8-cent
postage stamps from carmine to green,
of the shade now used on postal notes.
The 10-oent postage stamp, which i
now printed in green, will be changed
to some other color, possibly carmine.
It is thought that green Is a more desir
able color than carmine, besides saving
the government about 110,000 In the '
difference in coat between the two
Ink. . I
TROCHA NORTH OF MOBILE.
Cltlsens Determined That Quarantine
hall He lieapeeted..
Mobile, Ala., Sept. 81. There has
been an accumulation of oases today.
The president o( the board of health
state that, bad the physician recog
niaed and reported promptly the sus
picious case, many of these case
would have been announced several
day ago. The number announced to
day i 11, making 18 in all 10 far an
nounced, of which number three have
died, two of which were previously re
ported, and one was today discharged.
Three suspicious case are under sur
vei lance.
Frank Donaldson, one of the day's
new oases, died tonight. C. L. Swayslo
the Associated Press operator at the
Itoglater office, was taken sick tonight.
There, ha been a quarantine line
drawn from Chenabogue oreek, north of
Mobile, some Ova miles northwesterly
to the Mississippi, to form an absolute
embargo against Mobilian penetruting
into the interior it Alabama, This
trooha I guarded continuously.
Some 800 people from this city start
ed out Into the country this morn lug,
Intending to take rultigo at Tamil from
10 to J6 mile out. They encountered
the gnards at the trooha and wore
stopped there. At 0 o'clock most of
the immigrant were still there in the
open air, fearing to return to the city
and not able to go further.
The people here are still In a panic,
and leaving when they can.
Tw Deaths In New Orleans.
New Orleans, Sept. 81. A triflng
improvement In the (over sit nation
marked the close of the day's woik on
the board of health. There were two
death today, a against one yesterday,
but there were fewer new oases. At 6
b'olock this evening there wori still two
ease nnder Investigation by theexierts.
Of the case investigated today, four
were declared by the exierts to be yel
low fever, and, as usual, I hoy were
widely scattered. Thi is the record:
Deaths E. Harmon and Santa Oral
fato. . ,
New canes Marie Dubois, Iiafacl
Fourticn, C U. Uormon and Mul
chier. '
As a general rule, the patient who
are suffering with yellow fever are re
ported tonight to be improving, with
the exception of Dr. Lovell, whose con
dition is not considered satisfactory.
There have been a total of 85 cases
here, and the deatli rate ha not
reached 10 per oent, thus allowing the
niijdnosaot the type of the fever now
prevailing.
Marlon Dowden, a member of the
Ouachita guards, who were gnarding
the city, wa accidentally shot this
inorninii at Monroe by Henry MeOor
miok, a fellow member, and it is not
thought that he can recover. .
Sunplclaus C In Cairn.
Springfield, III., Sept. 81. Secretary
ICgan, of the state board of health, tele
graphed the board from the Cairo yel
low-fever quarantine station tonight
that the marines hospital at Cairo have
been pronounced suspicious by the state
board of hetlth physicians. The sheriff
of Alexander oounty has quarantined
the ground. r
Deaths at Oaeaa Spring.
Ooean Spring, Mis,, Sept. 81.
Since last reports, three death have
occurred here, Walter F. Bransford and
Mis Mamie Goodrich, both of yellow
fever, and Oscar Elder, formerly from
Michigan, who ha been sick about 13
day. His ailment was not pronounced
yellow fever. .
'"';; Forty-Sevan at Kdwarda. .
Vlokshurg, Miss., Sept. 81. The to
tal case at Edwards and vicinity of
true yellow (ever'is 47. The latest re
port tonight makes the total oases of
the day 15. : - -
Thna to Interfere.
London, Sept. 81. The Speaker says
it reicards the capture of Victoria de las
Lnnas by the Cuban insurgents as be
ing a salutary lesson, taking the ground
that it give t-pain a shock "which it
ia hoped will check here in her drift
toward bankrupcty and civil war."
While not expressing sympathy with
the motives, the Speaker adds:
"The United Status can find excel
lent reason to intervene whenever she
likes."
The Speaker advises Spain to recall
Captain-General Weylerand to arrange
terms with the Cubans through the In
termediary of the United States, ex
pressing the opinion that otherwise
Spain may have greater danger to fuco
after the United State congress meets.
An Ie Locomattva.
Washington Sept. 81. Secretary
Alger I now engaged in an attemmpt
to solve the question how to got sup
plies into the Klondike gold region and
thereby prevent the threatened starva
tion. The problem has taxed the Dest
thought of Alger and his brother cabi
net offloer. It is believed By Alger
that by mean of a novel character of
transportation, the gold country may
be penetrated In the midst of the Alas
kan winter. He has opened correspond
ence with a Chicago inventor, wno
make a locomotive specially adapted
for use in log camps, but which may be
readily adapted to navigation of the
Yukon when froien. With these ma
chines placed on the river it Is hoped a
sufficient amount of food can be carried
to relieve all distress.
Klllod by the Portland Freight.
Beddinn. Cal.. Sent. 81. While try-
ing to boord a Portland special freight
train tonight, an unknown man wa
run over and fearfully mangled. He
was decapitated and hia leg were
ploked up 100 yards apart He wore a
miners' union pin and a copy of the by:
laws of a Colorado union wa found in
hia pocket. '
Barbara Curran, of Orrington, Me.,
ha yeast which came from Ireland in
1846.
SKACUAY JAM BROKEN
Miners Are Reaching Lakes
by a New Trail.
TWO THOUSAND HAVE CROSSED
Many Will Beach the Yuhon With Their
Pravlolons Katan Vp-Honr the .
Maw Hoad Was Made.
Seattle, Sept. 81. The most oon
iplcoou figure of the grand confusion
at Skaguay and the White pass 1 with
out doubt Sylvester Scovel, the corre
spondent of the New York World, who,
recogniaing the necessity for tool and
dynamite to put the trail in passable
condition, contributed both at an ex
pense of several thousand dollars, en
abling many to get through to the gold
.fields thi fall. , Mr. Scovel 1 now in
the city, having arrived today on the
steamer Kosalie, on a (lying trip to com
municate with the World.
Mr. Scovel brings the news, which
will come with comforting assuranoe
to thousands of iieople who have (rienda
on the congested pass, that at least
8,000 men, with complete outfits, will
get through to the Yukon river, though
he believe that only a small fraction
of thi number will reach Dawson City
before winter. .
From the best Information which he
could obtain, gathered from all rouroes,
he believes that 3,600 mon have gotten
over the Chilkoot pass and have gone
on down to the mine. These men,
however, have, with few exceptions,
gone in with little or no supplies, the
average amount taken by eaoh man be
ing not over SOO or 600 ponnds, not
more than enough to get hi in to the
scene of the great gold fields, where pro
vision are not to be had.
"Instead of following along the Skag
uay rivor bank, whore there is an easy
grade, though of course greatly ob
structed with boulders, and in place
entirely blocked by precipitous ints
which jut out into the river, the have
gone off to the aide in their great rush
to get through in a hurry. The trail
crofsc and recromes the river end
makes long detours which would be un
necessary by the use of a little dyna
mite. The sum of 15,000 would build a
pack trail to the summit, and t3.000
more would complete the trail to Lake
Bennett. Not more , than $15,000
would be required to build a good
wagon road the entire distance.
"A man with two horse and an out
fit weighing 3,000 pound could, by the
use of the trail thus improved, take iu
his outfit in five trips at the outside,
and the expenditure of less than 18
days' time. The possibility of making
this trail a good one has been told me
by (our different engineer of high
standing, sent up into that country by
different railway companies, whose
name I am not at liberty to state. A
railroad could be built on the same
route, but of course what is wanted is
an immediate inlet (or the people there
and on the way. A trail that can be
packed over with horses is absoltuely
neede i, for men are not going to pack
On their backs. The Chilkoot trail, of
course, cannot be nsed for horse pack
ing. "The men who have gone to the
Skagnuy paoa with determination and
grit have succeeded in getting over it
with their outfits, while those devoid of
these qualities have given it up in dis
appointment. It U from the latter
class that you have heard so much of
the terrible hardships of the trail ten
durfeet who were either unaccustomed
to work or afraid of it.
"When I arrived at Skaguay and had
been over the route and had secured a
thorough knowledge of the condition
surrounding it, I saw that the confu
sion would continue to increase unless
the men would organise and make a
united effort to fix up the trail. But
none of tha men were willing, to put
the money necessary to buy dynamite
and tools into the hand of any oue
man; they did not know each other and
were suspicious and distrustful. Every
man wanted to push on, but was un
willing to do anything to help other.
I doubt if even at the Greek retreat
from LariBsa was there such a desire
to get ahead of others. But the trail
wa deep in mad and blockaded, and
there was no head nor authority. In
this dilemma, recognising theced of
immediate action, in behalf of the
New York World I provided ample ex
plosive and tool, being sure that with
moan in their hands the American on
the trail would pull out of the mud.
This they did. When the news ar
rived that the World had provided the
necessary dynamite and tooW, tha men
organised and went to work 800 of
them. Three points of rock which
jutted out into the river, and whioh
necessitated long and laborious de
tours, were blasted out, saving from
two and a half to three mile of travel,
making a passable route for hundred
Of men and horse." , .
Muscats From the Swank.
Ellensburg, Wash., Sept 81. W.
A. Ford came down from the Swauk
today with seven beautiful gold nug
gets, each worth $30, the result of oue
day' work on hi claim. This make
a total of $420 taken out within
month.
Deadly Coal Oil Can.
San Francisco, Sept. 81 Mrs. May
Ann Calvert was frightfully burned
thi afternoon at her home, 824 Jessie
street, and is now dying from her in
juries. She poured coal oil in tha
kitchen stove and an explosion fol
lowed, Mrs. Calvert' hair and dress
catching fire. Neighbor attracted by
her Boreams found the woman with her
head in the kitchen sink and her cloth
ing in flame. Her body wa literally
mas of burn. . "
REMEDY FOR CATTLE FEVER.
A Denver Physlelan Is Bald to Have
., Vlscovared It.
Denver, Sept. 20. After many
month of effort and repeated experi
ment, a oure for cattle fever ha been
found. Dr. V. A. Norgnard, of this
olty, is the discoverer. Solution after
olutiton wo tried by him in the effort
to find one that would be effectual and
cheap, a well a immediate in it re
sults. . .
The plan is to exterminate the inseot
known as tha tick, which abounds on
fever-stricken cattle, and through the
means of which the disease is com
municated. To do this the cattle are
forced to swim through a solution in a
vat. What the solution is, is not
known at present, but crude petroleum
is used. . .- .
When the successful experiment was
tried 87 head of very "ticky" cattle
were forced to swim through the solu
tion, and it was noticed that while
standing on the dry board there was al
most a perfect rain of ticks falling off
the cattle. They were put into a spe
cial pen, and the next flay, just 17
hours after the experiment, a rigid ex
amination was made and the examiners
failed to find a single tick in the Whole
herd. There was no damage done the
eye of the cattle dipped, and not a
single bad effect resulted.
If the remedy proves to be all that it
1 claimed it can do, the cattle market
will experience somewhat of a revolu
tion, and about 500,000 head of cattle
will be shipped north each year during
the now prohibited season, which ex
tend from February 16 to November
16. The "fever line," from beyond
the limit of whioh no cattle can be
shipped to the North during the pro
hibited ' period, as it now stands,
stretches from ocean to ocean and Ari
zona, New Mexico, Texas, Arkansas,
Mississippi, Alabama, Virgin, part of
West Virginia and Louisiana form the
district affected.
State Veterinarian Ooswelt is much
pleased with the results of Dr. Nor
gaard's experiments, and says without
doubt the long-sought remedy has ben n
found.
A convention of men from all state
and territories that handle cattle has
been called to meet at Fort Worth,
September 37, and at this meeting it is
expected the new scheme of dipping
cattle will be shown, and should it
prove a success, many Of the states will
be ready to so modify their law that
the oattie of the South oan enter North
ern market.
a bad Collision.
Train Cama Togather .Near Chippewa
Falls, Wisconsin.
Milwaukee, Sept. 20. A special to
the Journal from Chippawa Falls,
Wis., says: A disastrous wreck oc
curred on the Wisconsin Central rail
road six miles west of this oity this
morning, resulting in the death of five
people and the serious injury of four
other.
Two free train, through a mistake
in orders, while going 40 miles an
hour, met on a curve and oame together
with terrific force.
The dead are: Engineer Warren,
Engineer Smith, : Fireman Smiley,
Brakeman . Miller, an unknown man
man riding between the oars.
It is thought others are bnried in
the wreck.
The two -brakemen were taken from
the wreck about 7 A. M. and are sen.
ously injured. Two passengers in the
caboose are slightly injured. Engineers
Warren and Smith and Fireman Smiley
and Brakeman Miller, all killed, were
resident of this city. Their bodies
were terribly mangled. It is not
known where the blame lies, but it is
rumored both trains were given the
right o( way.
Engineer Knew Hia Bulne.
St Louis, Spet. 20. A special to the
Republic from Muskogee, I. T., says:
A daring attempt was made last night
to hold up the south-bound passenger
train on the M., K. & T. at Bond, a
flag station south of here. A short
time before the train was due, the rob
bers, about eight in number, took
charge o( the section foreman and com
pelled him to signal the train to stop.
The engineer in charge of the locomo
tive was an old and trusted employe,
who had been held up several times
before He proceeded to obey the sig
nal, but when his engine was within
100 yard of the signal, he notioed sev
eral men near the track and at once
suspected their business. Opening the
throttle, he sped by them as though no
signal had been given. : The robbers
having been foiled in their attempt,
fled, and are still at large.
Cremated In Their Dwelling.
Chatham, Ont., Sept. 20. Three
daughters of Preston Howard were
bnrned to death this morning in their
home, at Port Alma. The rest of the
family escaped from the burning build
ing. The girla were aged 18, 10 and 8
years. : One of thorn had escaped , but
met her death in returning to assist her
sister. ;. ;' ' -'P.-
Lastera Are Out.
Brockton, Mass., Sept. 90. One
thousand operators on the Chase lasting
maohinea in the shoe ' factories in
Brockton and vicinity, struck today.
The trouble grew out of a recent strike
of lastera at the factory of Churchill &
Alden.
. A Hint to Shippers.
Washington, Sept. 80. United
States Consul Hill, at Santos, Brazil, in
a report to the state department, sug
gests to the shipping interests that in
chartering vessels for that port with
the intention of escaping dutiee, the
words "free of wharfage and dook
dues" should be inserted. The author
ities there recently held that the words
"free of wharfage" alone were not
ufOoient to exempt the craft from
charge of the dock company, and this
ooft tha Virginia $800.
GUATEMALA UPRISING
Determined Revolt Against
the Rule of Barrios.
ARE LED BY INFLUENTIAL MEH
Rebel Foraea Numbering About Three
Thousand Attached the City
ot Quesaltenango
' New York, Sept. 20. A special io
the Herald from Panama, Colombia,
says: Guatemala now faces an nprii
ing far more lerions than the one of a
few months a)'0, telegraphs the Herald
correspondent in the city of Guatemala.
The present rebellion is led by men of
great wealth and influence, and is
slightly gaining in strength each day.
Advices just received from Guate
mala are to the effect that 8,000 rebels
attacked the city of Ouezaltenango on
the morning of September 18. The
garrison there consisted of less than
1,000 soldiers, but they fought valiant
ly. The attack continued far into the
night, when the rebels, despite their
superior numbers, were repulsed. They
Vigorously renewed the attack at half
past 9 o'clock on the morning of the
14th, and the advioes state that the
latest report is that the fighting stil'
continues.
i The garrison still holds the cit(
against the rebels, but the -fall of tht
city is inevitable, on less the reinforce--
ments now hurrying forward srnv
within a few hoars.
The present revolution is headed by
General Prospero Morales, who, until
a few month ago was minister of war
in the cabinet, General Fue Barrios, a.
brother-in-law of President Barrios, and
Feliciano Guitera.
These three men were candidates (or
president to succeed Barrios for the
constitutional term from 1898 to 1901.
Their antagonism to the president
dates (rom the time he declared himseKJ
dictator of Guatemala and announced
hia intention of having a law passed in
defiance of the constitution, permit
ting a president's election for a second
term. This meant another term for
Barrios, and met with solid opposition
from the upper classes of Guatemala.
In view of this growing discontent,
the three presidential candidates de
cided to meet Barrios with ballets in
stead of ballots. The first movement
in the plot was to get possession of the
barracks at San Marcos, where a large
quantity of arms and ammunition was
stored. This was done by bibery,
nearly all the soldiers at Kan Marcos
at that time joining the rebel move
ment, t
. The rebel force is now 6,000, and is
growing. This is made possible by the
wealth and standing of General Mo
rales and his chiefs and the great dis
content in the financial circles of the
country, growing out of the business de
pression there.
DAMAGE NOT . GREAT.
M .ports as to the Con lltlon of Eastern
Washington Wheat.
Spokane, Wash., Sept 80. The re
ports that from one-third to one-half of
the wheat crop bad been ruined by
rains north of the Snake river are in
correct. A Tacoma grain bnyer, who
has just returned from a tour of the
Palouse towna and oonntry, from Ri
paria, on the south, to Spokane on the.
north, atatea that, if the damage by
rains exceeds five per cent he is. no
judge of grain. Where the rainfall
wa greatest, the grain is bleached, bat
ha thoroughly dried and is being
threshed and will grade high.
The only important damage report,
ad is to 80 ton of wheat in tacks
stacked on the Snake river awaiting
t ansportation. Much of it was ruined.
The "Potlatch country reports that
not five per oent damage haB been done.
About Moscow, Idaho, and on the
Kea Percea reservation three per cent
will fully cover all ioesees. ..
In the Big Bend country, the great
wheat belt of Central Washington, the
prospeots are glowing. Not two per
cent of the crop, which is the largest
ever raised, is damaged, or will be lost.
C. P. Chamberlin, general manager
of the Central Washington railroad,
which handles nearly all the Big Bend
wheat, says absolutely no loss will oc
cur to standing or staoked grain from
rain. ' ; .v--;:'.
FltUbarg Mine Working.
Pittsburg, Sept 80. Between 15,-
000 and 18,000 coal miners in Pitts
burg district returned to work today in
accordance with the action taken Sat
urday at the convention authorising
the men to resume work in all mines
complying with the provisions of the
scale of 66 cents, made at Columbus.
The remainder of the 23,000 miners of
the district will be at work before the
close of the week. It is estimated that
the strike cost the people of Pittsburg
district from $5,000,000 to $7,000,000.
Of this amount the miners lost about
$2,860,000 in wage.
Tha strike against the DeArmitt
will continue indefinitely, arrange
ments having been made to assess the
working miners 6 per oent of their
wages to defray the expenses of keeping
np the fight until the 65-oent rate is
made uniform throughout tha district.
Odessa Grain Dealers Kmbarr ataed.
London, Sept 30. An Odessa dis
patch says the rise in the price of grain
ha had a disastrous effect there, many
houses being unable to complete their
oontraota, and several ot them being
inable to meet their pamenta.
Bpanlah Steamer Loit.
Madrid, Sept. 80. Word boa been
1 oeived here that the Spanish coasting
iteamer Taal has been lost off Manila,
Philippines. Several of the passen-
rata drowned.
ATTEMPTED DIAZ' LIFE.
Aruulfo Arrayo, an Italian, Tried to
Stab tne Mexican Freeldent.
St Louis, Sept. 80. A special to
the Post-Dispatch was made this morn
ing to assassinate President Diaz by a
supposed Italian named Arrayo. There
was s general review of troops in the
city today. Jnt before the review
President Diss, in company with the
minister of war, was passing through a
public park, when suddenly a foreigner
sprang from behind bush with a poin
ard and made a lunge at the president.
The minister ot war instantly seized
the assailant, threw him to the ground
and held him. The police came to the
scene and placed the would-be assassin
under arrest.
Hia Life tha Penalty.
City o( Mexioo, Sept. 80. A most
sensational ending to the attempt on the
life of President Diaz occurred tonight,
when Arnulfo Arrayo was lynched by
.band of common people determined
on revenge. It was an act unprece
dented in the history of this country.
At 10 o'clock a number of men forced
their way into the municipal palace,
ascended the stairway, overcame tha
guards and made their way to the office
of the inspector-general and killed Ar
rayo, wboru they found there. The
killing was a wild and savage scene,
and was followed by a wild and noisy
retreat.
The police succeeded in capturing a
number of people. When the police
entered the room they found the body
of the dead man lying in the middle
of the floor. It was literally riddled
with bullets and wounds made by
knivea and other steel instruments.
The men who were captured lost
night would not say anything. The
body was removed to the fourth ward
police station in the municipal build
ing, the path to which ia marked by
trail of blood. ;
AN INDIAN STRIKE ENDED.
Bold Man V4 lib a Con Eaaily Got Across
the Faas. -
Port Townsned, Wash.. Sept. 20.
A letter received here this morning
shows that David E. Brown, a former
mailcurrier here, has broken the record
in crossing Chilkoot pass. Brown left
here for Juneau on tl" Queen, August
39. From Juneau be took a small boat
for Dyca; in nine days after kissing his
wife good-bye he wrote from Luke Ben
nett that lu bad crossed the pass and
had engaged passage with other travel
ers in a boat from Lake Bennett to
Dawson, paying $450 cash for the pas
sage down the river. His outfit weighed
only 850 pounds, and he was well pro
vided with money. The time on the
trail from Dyea to Lake Benntet was
45 hours. Brown was accompanied by
two Indians, who carried bis freight
across the pass for 88 cents a pound.
He made a contract with the Indians
at Dye, and at Sheep Camp they struck
for 45 cents per pound, but Brown
forced them at the point of a revolver
to fulfill the contract at the original
price, which they did, as Brown drove
them ahead, himself bringing np the
rear with 100 pounds on hi bark, and
the revolver in his hand.
BIG GOLD DISCOVERY.
Rich Quarta District Mear International
Boundary Line.
Seattle, Sept. 20. Sumas, the ter
minus of the Seattle & International
railroad, at the Canadian border, ia in
a condition of wildest excitement over
the reports that are brought in from a
newly discovered quarts district eight
miles south of the international bound
ary line, northeast of Mount Baker,
and 45 miles from Suams. Samples of
free-milling ore brought to this city foi
assay run as high as $10,000 in gold to
the ton. The infection is spreading,
and parties Is. this city are preparing to
leave tomorrow for the Mount Baker
mines. Mining experts in Seattle say
they believe the reports, and that the
discoveriet re in s district that ie sim
ply a continuation of the Okanogan,
Methow, Slate Creek and Ruby Creek
districts, across the northern tier of
counties in the atate. Sumas is prac
tically depopulated, and every man who
oan get an outfit and a horse is leaving
for the mines. If the reports are con
firmed there will likely be a great ex
citement, as the mines can be reached
and worked all the year round, good
roads and trails leading to within (our
miles of the new mines.
To Offset Klondike Tle.
San Francisco, Sept. 20. George
Muderia, the well-known mining ex
pert, who has been making a careful ex
amination of the Coffee creek district,
in Trinitv comity, has sent a report to
Secretary Durden, of the atate mining
bureau. He says that the value of the
recent finds in that section has been
greatly exaggerated. Gold oan be
panned from surface dirt only in small
quantities, paying from 25 to 80 cents
a pan. ; Any large strike that may be
made in the f urture will accrue to the
benefit of those having plenty of capital
to buy machinery and properly work
claims.
France's Grain Meeds
Paris, Sept. 11. The Matin, in an
article on the grain supply, aaya it will
be necessary to Import 20,000,000 quin
tals of wheat this season, on account of
the failure of arops. The importation
of this quantity of wheat will yield
140,000,000 francs duty.
Counterfeit Foetal Cards.
Denver, Sept 20. The postoffioe in
spector's officers here believe they have
unearthed scheme to defraud the gov
ernment Postal oarus supposed to be
counterfeited have been found in the
Denver mails and arrest are likely to
follow. It ia claimed that the card
are sold in large quantities to mer
chant and investment houses, and im
mense profits are being realised. It i
supposed that at least ona of tha oper
ators ia located in tbit city.
NORTHWEST BREVITIES
Evidence of Steady Growth
and Enterprise.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
From All tha Cities and ' Towna rf .
tha Thriving Slater Itatee
. Oregon.
Six hundred case of big salmon were
put up at Wist's aannery, at Nchulem
last week.
Mr. Stadleman, of The Dalles, has
received news of 8,000 boxes of prunes
shipped to New York. The prune
were eold at from 40 to 60 cents.
Helix, In Umatilla county, is hav
ing a bit of a boom. A good many
sale ot town lot have been made re
cently at double lost year' prices.
Muoh wheat is being piled up in the
warehouses in The Dalles, where it is
waiting the arrival of some man who
wants to pay 80 cents s bushel (or it
The closed fish season ended last week
and numerous wheels were set in mo
tion near The Dalles. Nearly all of
them made good catches, and the fisl
srmen anticipate an extra good ri n
this fall.
Scio has well-developed case (f
scarlet fever in the family of Frtd
Smith. . The attack is a liht one, anil
is not regarded as at all serious. All
doe precaution is being taken to pre
vent the spread of the disease in town.
Professor P. A. Snyder recently inar'e
a requisition on the United Ctttes fish
commission for 2,000 brook trout, snd
has received a letter from Commie ion
er Brice stating that arrangements had
been made to have the fish dclivereu at
Hood River within 40 days.
The O. B. &. N. is in the market
for 75,000 railroad ties to be used be
tween Pendleton and Huntington, and
next year they will contract for 450,
000. As the age of the tie is six yeans
the tie business will be constant source
of employment as long as the timber
lasts in the Blue mountains.
The fish . commissioners last ' week
cast a seine a Lake Wallowa, !n Wal
lowa county, and made a haul of over
1,000 fish known as "yanks," but
which are a species of salmon. It was
a bonanza (or several Indians who hap
pened to be there at the time, and a few
palefaces reaped a little benefit oIro.
There are a good many Indians in
Joseph, Wallowa county, Just now.
Indian after Indian can be seen on the
street with a melon under his arm, go
ing to his klootchman and pappooses.
These redskins come from the Noz
Peroes reservation to hunt and fish in
Wallowa country. Phillip, chief of tha
Nez Perces, is with them.
The Elmore, Sanborn & Co. 's can
nery at Garibaldi, in Tillamook coun
ty, is in operation again, and fishing is
going on on the bay. The number of
fish boats allowed to operate for the sea
son is limited to 20, and the price paid
is 25 cents (or chinooks snd 12 cents
for silversides, the extremely low price
of canned salmon being alleged as the
cause of the reduction.
Heretofore the Southern Pacific Com
pany's tracks, in Douglas county, has
been assessed at $3,500 a mile north of
Bosebarg, and $3,000 a mile south of
that city, but th year Assessor Britt
raised the valuation to $5,000. Tha
land of the company was formerly as
sessed at 85 cents to $1.25 an acre, an
average of about 73 cents. This year
Assessor Britt has lumped the land at
75 cents an acre. . The company offi
cials asked to have their roadbed as
sessed the game as lost year, and their
land uniformly reduced to 85 cents an
acre. .
Washington.
The Adams oounty bank has already
paid out $15,000 for wheat shipments.
The county superintendent of schools
in Whitman county has divided that
county into six enbinstitute districts.
The hydro-smelting process of smelt
ing ore was tried at the new plant in
Lakeview, Pierce county, last Tuesday,
and proved to be quite a success. -.
The Prettyman school house, two
miles north of Oakesdale, burned lust
week. Nothing waa insured, except
the building and on that there was
only $150.
A petition is being circulated in Seat
tle,' asking that the civil-service sys
tem be abolished. The petition must
be signed by 20 per cent of those who
voted at the last municipal election be
fore it can be considered. This means
1675 names mast be secured.
The state has selected 18,758 acres in
township 24 north, range 11 west, for
charitable educational, penal and re
form schools. The plat selection was
filed September 8, and the plat of the
township was filed July 6. All set
tlers who have not made their filing
before the end of 90 days from July 8
will lose their land. This will work a
hardship for that country, as this ia
perhaps the best vacant township left
in the state, and only a small portion
of it has been settled upon. No fur
ther filings will be allowed after Oc
tober 4. So that settlers already there
must make their filings by that time
in order to hold their claims.
Wilbur F. Brock, of Walla Walla,
who has returned from a summer out
ing, says that the trout of several of
the Blue mountain stream are being
exterminated by reckless fishermen,
who use blasts. It is contrary to the
statutes of both Washington and Ore
gon to fish with powder, but in many
places the laws for -the protection of
the fish are not being enforced. In
the Wallowa, Little Salmon and look
ing Glass the dynamiters are caiiHing
devastation in almost open defiance uf
tha law.