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OREGON
VOL. XIV.
ST. HELENS, OHEGON, FRIDAY, OCTOJIEU 22, 1897.
NO. 44.
MIST.
NEWS OF THE WEEKI
From all Parts of the New
and Old World.
BRIEF AND INTERESTING ITEMS
Lomprehenalve Itevlew of tha Import
ant Happenings of tho Cur
; rant Week.
The state department received word
that Aliforouok Bey has been appointed
Turkish mlnlnter to ttio United Statee,
" Hon, Charles VV. Jones, former
United State lermtor from Florida,
illod at Dot roll, attar a alcknes of ev
ral work.
Tha mitional council of Swltaerland
liaa adopted bill making Imuranca
auainit aioknowl compulsory in case of
all dupendent persons.
It la reported that an Engliah ayndl
data hua purchased, for $9,000,000, tha
l.lK plant of the J. I. CaaS Machine
Company, at Milwaukee. ..
Jackson am! Willinmi, the O. It. A
N. trainrobliers, were sentenced to the
Oregon penitentiary for a term of 80
yean and erven montha each.
Heavy shipment of wheat to Europe
oontluiie. Over 60 grain-laden vessel
have left Ban Francisco during the last
two montha, and six more are ready to
nil. :
The naval nrmor board will leave
Washington aoon for the South to look
at certain places, with a view of ascer
taining their aduptihllity for aitee for
the proposed armor plant. ,
The cruiser Baltimore ha beta put
Into commission with LImiteiiant-Com-uiandor
Gottfried Biocklinger, her Brit
lieutenant, in command. The Balti
more wilt meet the Philadelphia In Kan
Francisco on the lutter'a arrival.
The monthly treasury statement of
the principal article of domestio ex
port ahow that during September laat
the export of breadstuff from the
Unite.! States amounted to $31,629,940,
an Increase, aa compared with Septem
ber, 1806, of over 100 per cent, and an
inoieaae of about 800 per cent over Sep
tember, 1 805. .
General Weyler announces that he
rill embark from Cuba on October 30.
Benjamin Nelson waa found dead on
the floor of hla cabin near Hendricks,
Or. . .,
The general grand chapter of Royal
Arch Masons la In session at Baltimore.
Delegate are present from all parte
of tho wotld.
The whalera that wintered In the
Arctic last year are having liard luck
this aeason. Only one of them lucced
ed In killing a whale this sununor, and
the floot that will return thia fall will
bring only a small revenue to their
' owner.
Sunday waa the sixth anniversary of
the death of Charles Stewart Parnell.
Five thousand nationalist paraded the
streets of Dublin to the bleak Gluanev
in cemetery, where they heaped high
the grave of their fmiiout and talented
leader with flowers brought from all
the oonntioa of Ireland. r
Senorita Evangelina Claneroa, the
Cuban girl who eecu)ied from Casa de
Rooogias, In Havana, ia aaid to have
arrived in New York city.
American '
friend accompanied her by train from
New Orleans. On reaching Jersey City,
Mis Cisneroa wa taken in a closed car
riage to the headquarters of the Cuban
sympathizer.
Cuban of New York celebrated the
39th anniversary of the beginning of '
(he 10 year' .war' by a man meeting, I
presided over by Tomua Estrada Palma, j
president of the junta, All the shak
ers emphasized, amid great applause
from tho audience, the firm resolution
of the Cuban people to carry on the
itruggle nntll absolute independence of
Cuba ia accomplished.
. axjL t v.iw Mohn. i
" i,ir ), been . battle between !
ny i
settlor and ahevpherdera, and that ,
three of the farmers were killed. The
trouble Is the outgrowth of the strained (
relatione that have existed in that eo- (
tion between the settlors and sheepmon
for some tune, It has boen no uncom-
mon tiling lor sioun lo uo umnuuu mu j
. .. . . . . l. - . : . 1 I
haystack to be burned, and even for
settler and sheepmen to exchange
shots, but no ono has heretofore been
killed.
The United States board of geogra-
phlcal names which meets at Washing.
ton. D. C, at state intervals, ha Just
s..,A i n tnrv d ia nam mar.
rendered decisions determining the
spelling of 149 geographical name.
These include a number in Alaska, sig
nificant at tliiB time in view of the
Klondike excitement. Many varia
tion of nomenclature for the same
place are encountered, and the board'
notion settles the uniform usage. A
to Klondike, the decision 1 to spell It
aa here Kiven, and not Clondyke. The
! j -f
in 10., ... ... ....-
Linn canal, which now appears in the
newspapers auiiom, usuj- u.ioi ....
form of Dyea, the starting point for
the overland route, I an Indian word,'
i.ii. v.... I.. 'mun. k,m.
wiiiiiii tinn wifTj.iv., Ulan; i
A.imirui Mtt,i. In ino. wrote it I
: ;.w
Ty-Y Kranse,
Deiah Sc
. . m , mL. Lj - i .u-
tn 1883, Taiya,
The board adopts the
form Taiia.
Tn Itto annual rnnort. Mvron H. Mo
n..l .1 Arlonm Htnnnsses
.L. '...,i r .infoh, anH the
rnni omenta as to oonnlation. educa-
tion and wealth are fully met. I fact that President MoKlnley ha re-
More than 1.000 revolutionist and ceived new that a new ayiidioate of
refugee have fled from Guatemala to New York men, a well a the Hunt
Mexico, dreading the vengeance of Bar- Ington-Gnuld combination, etaudsrea.!y
rios. The refugees know their property to bid at the alo of the Union Pacific,
will be confiscated, a the government providing , the terms of payment are
has Issued a decree to that effeot. Some satisfactorily changed, within a few
people took the precaution to deposit day he may order a postponement,
their valuable with the Briti.h consul The sale waa advertised to take place on
t tytMaUeuMgo. Novembers. .
THE RUSH TO THE NORTH.
Nearly ,000 Men Mlarted for the Kloa
dike in Two Months.
TacomA, Oct. 19. The railroad com
panies have for the past month had a
mini at work compiling statistics of th
amount of buslnesa done between the
Hound and Alaska during the rush in
cident to the gold excitement, Ao
cording to these figures, which have
been very carefully gutiiored and veri
fled, 1,348 persons took passuge foi
Ht. Mlcliaela, and 7,638 went to Wran
gel, Juneau, Hkaguay and Dyea, be
twaon July 17 and September 11.
During thia same period, 13,000 tons
of freight wore shipped to St. Michaels,
and about 34,000 tons to the four above
named lower ports. Thia inoludes
business done at British Columbian
porta,
In addition to Uie large passenger
and freight list, 8,860 moles and
liorse were shipped north, 1,110 head
of beef and other cattle, as well as over
8,000 doge. The report closes with a
note, which says: "in the above figures
nothing la included fro n outside the
Hound district. Probably, if Portland
and Han Francisco freight and passen
gers were included, it woold nearly
double the already almost incredible
figures of 86,000 tons of frieght aud
8,876 passenger moved to the north'
inside of two months." I
Of the passengers tlmt have returned, '
the report says: j
, "The number cannot ao far be ascer
tained, aa many have gone to Portland
and San Francisco direct, but a fair es
timate of tha number that will reach
their final destination this winter is as
follows: Of the 1,200 who embarked
for St. Michaels, not more than 400
could possibly reaoh the diggings by
way of the river, with the limited
means of transportation then on the
river. About 800 -will be scattered
along the river ' banks to a point 1,000
miles or ao from the mouth. The re
mainder will either winter at Ht. Mi
chaels or return on the boats now at
that port. Of the 8,000 that took pas
sage for tower ports, not to exceed 8,
600 have succeeded In getting away
from the lakes, aud about 85 por cent
of thia number will fail to reach the
Klondike diggings by reason of mishaps
on the rivers and frost overtaking
them.
"Bo far, over 3,000 persona have re
turned to the Bound, and a conservative
estimate I think would be that fully
aa many more will reach the Sound
by the middle of November: of which
.
number, unfortunately 78 per cent will
be flat broke.
"As several thonaand ton of provi
sion got up the river, and a there
was a reasonably fair supply for the
want of the minei before the present
excitement, I see no reason why w
should look for any famine, aa, accord
ing to the flgurea of my report, not to
exoeed 8,600 new miner will reach
the digging this year, and 80 per cent
of theae will have provision enough
to last them for aix or nine month at
least. So, what with the provision
from Portland and San Francisco, I
think the atoriea told about miner
starving are not founded on fact."
CHAS A. DANA DEAD.
Tho
Veteran Editor Faeeed Away nl
Ml Long Iilaad Home.
New York, Oct. 19. Charlea A.
Dana, editor of the New York Bun.
dieJ 18:80 ww"0011! ' !en
cove. Long Island
Mr, Dana's death had been expeotext j
for several hour, ana In family and
physicians all sat at hi bedside when
the end came. Hi condition had been
auoh for several hour that member of
hi family had kept themselves in con
stant readiness to go to hi bedside at
nnv moment. On Sattmiav niominir he
had a relapse, and It waa apparent that
recovery waa impossible. Several times,
however, he rallied, but toward night
hiumn to sink. During the nluht there
- . - . ' . !
w,)re feeble rallies, but they did not last
0g. This morning it waa seen that
tho end was but a few hour off, and
hit attendants remained almost con-'
tantly at hi bedside. The end came
quickly. she wanted him to understand that
The extreme heat of Friday and Sat the applause was a much for him aa
nrday had much to do with hastening , for hor. For some moments the two
hi death. On Friday, Mr. Dana'atood forth while the cheering con
showed signs of distress, and everything tlnued. Then Mis Ciflneroa wa led
possible was done to relieve him. He baok to the rear platform, where she
had been weakened by hi long illness,
and during the aummor wa several
llIUBIi Hlt,USl VV. uo mis uiMu w
fatal collapse, but each time rallied.
He did not improve much with the
Mnmini, iwil weather, anil the sinkinff
i)OOBme mQre frennent. On Fri-1
'd Mr Danawas b,9 ,0 tke only
. . ....
tll),'gl)ie.t nourishment, and this oon-
dltion continued
Paul Dana and hi sinters, Mrs; Dra
per, Mr. Underbill and Mrs. Brannan
were at hi home on Saturday morning,
and were warned to remain there. They
were at the bedside when death came.
The cause of Mr. Dana' death waa
oirrhoai of the liver. On June 9 he
was at hi office, apparently strong aud j
ii"i"'j' y - : , ; i
and cvar aiterwarna,visitea new
york , wa. 78 yeari oU)
Preparations for the burial finve not
. hnnn nmr,i.ui
Canadian Independence.
. . ,.1
Montreal, Oct. 19. An organization
- iL rWrlUn Imleriflndenon 1
ti.o lima haA nm for Oannda to throw
the time had come for Canada to throw
off ita connection with England.
- May fostpono tho Solo.
' New York. Oct. 19. The Herald
publishe the following: Owing to the
LOSS OF THE TRITON
At Least 150 Persons Perished
in the Disaster.
ONLY FORTY-SIX WKIIE SAVED
atorlei Told by tha SurvlTori-The Cap.
tain Committed Suicide aa tho
Ship Wont Down.
Havana Oct. 19 The gunboat Maria
Christina, which left this port yester
day for the scene of the wreck of the
Triton, bound from Havana to Bahia
Honda, Pinar del Mo, which sank yes
terday between Dominica and Muriel,
has returned, accompanied by the tug
boat Suri, which went with her. The
two vessel arrived here thia evening,
the gunboat having on board 19 and the
tugboat 38 members of the Inst ship's
company, of whom 13 are civilians and
the rest aoldiera. The whereabouts of
the rest of the company is unknown.
The Triton struck during a heavy rain.
Her cargo shifted and IB minutee later
she sank in 130 fathoms of water.
A scene of terrible confusion and
panic ensued as soon as the passengers
realized the meaning of the crash. In
a wild struggle they rushed for the
boats. The first boat that waa lowered
Capsized immediately and all ita occu
pant were drowned in the whirling
waters. The next was struck by an
enormous wavo and turned over, drown
ing 30. The frail oraft righted again,
aud eight who had beeu thrown out re
gained it Some were good swimmers
and .kept themselves afloat for hour.
Other floated about for hour on
plunks. ;. ,".
Four soldiers on planks, whom the
strong eurrent carried east of Havana
opposite Morro castle, wore saved thia
morning by a pilot boat. They de
clared that last evening there wore
many others near them on planks, but
when the morning came they disap
peared and probably became food for
sharks. . . .
Those who were rescued toll heart
rending etoriee of the acenea during the
terrible quarter of an hour before the
Triton sank. An army captain with
his daughter went down locked in a Inst
embrace. A mother with twin 10
months Old drifted helplessly away on
tun uicd, ul a wave All . ma vwicr
,a(iei amJ pl,j,(,rBn were dr0Wlie().
the
.. . , .I, . i . - ... i.
Just as the Triton wa sinking, Cap
tain Rickardo, her commander, commit
ted auioide by shooting himself. ,
It 1 impossible to give the exact
number of those who were lost, but it
Is estimated that they were no fewer
than 160. No passenger lint has been
found. .The vessel, which carried a
general cargo, was not insured. The 43
rescued persona suffered severely, from
exposure. All of them were more or
less- bruised and many of them badly
wounded, t . " i
THE CISNEROS RECEPTION.
Now Yorkers Yelled Thomtiolvoo Hoarse
Over tho Cuban Girl.
'New York, Oct. 19. The popular
reception in Madison square tonight
waa an extradorinary demonstration.
Fully .83,000 person, nearly one-third
of them well-dressed women, crowded
the upper half of Madison Square Park
a.t.l Al -.1 Drnnilwa. fs, 1 1 a .vinm-atn.
latoary speeches to be finished, and the
Cuban heroine to appear on the stand
erected south of the Worth monument.
Mis Cossio y Cisneros appearance
waa the signal for a tremendous dem
onstration by the great crowd which
stretched out for 100 yards before her.
n,i II. , . i .1 . '
e men yeueu mm waveu meir ,
the women waved their handkerohiefa,
nd the band pluyed a Cuban battle
song- J
With a boqnet in her right hand and
a pleased but diffident expression on
her face, Miss Cisneroa bowed to her
auJionce, for hers it whs, and then
turned to Mr. Decker, Indicating that
bowed and smiled to the crowd on that
aide of the platform. Then Bhe de
scended the steps to the carriage,
which was driven around the equare
and baok to Delmonioo's.
rn..:.,..n .nMd(..nM nf r ; aa
,v.. t, itf,m thr .-ore .
!'nmb,r of short sneeche. intersoersed
-
with selection by the band. Senator
Thurston and Henry George were
among the speaker.
A ltevonao Vml Aground.
Charleston. 8. 0 Oct. 19. The
United 8tatea revenue practice vessel
Salmon P. Chase came into Charleston
hartmr onriT this mornins. alter an
exciting inoident Just off Fort Sumter.
ane oara, inuig w m u
went aground on Cummings point shoal
iitation looke(, .erioiiVfor a fev
The situation looked serious for a lew
momenta, but the prompt arrival of as
sistance from the oity averted trouble.
The Chase wa pulled off by the tug
Cecilia, and towed to anohorage in the
stream by the revenue cutter Colfax.
daniter Ot yeuow raver u pa in
danger of
Florida. .
For Fnnilno Suflerert In Inland.
Spokane, Oct. 19. C. L. Whitney,
of Walla Walla, is due here to urge the
Northern Paoillo officials to provide free
transportation for one or more carload
of potatoes and other vegetables, which
the people of the Walla Walla country
are willing to contribute to the famine
sufferers in Ireland. The matter haa
been referred to Western Land Agent
Cooper, at Tuooma.. It is thought that
three carloads of food product can be
gathered in the Walla Walla valley
alone. .
EUROPEAN CROP SHORTAGE.
Agrlcaltural Dopartmont lanimarUos
tho Hltoatlon.
. Washington, Oct. 18. The monthly
report of the agricultural department
on the European crop condition, sum
marizing the crop report of European
correspondents to Statistician Hyde has
been made public The following is an
abstract: '
Recent Information, while it may in
some oases modify the crop estimates
for particular countries, does not essen
tially change the situation as regards
the deficiency in the principal crop of
Europe. The outlook for wheat in the
Australuaian countries continues good,
but the prospects in Argentina are
somewhat less bright, owing to the
drought and frost. Accounts from In
dia are quite favorable, both as' to tiie
Kharif crop harvested or to be harvest
ed this fall, and as to the seeding of
the Kabi crop to be harvested next
spring, which latter include the wheat
crop.
The annual estimate of the world'
wheat crop issued by the Hungarian
ministry of agriculture gives the follow
ing revised results for 1897, compared
with 1896: .
Wheat production of Importing coun
tries, 800,771,000 for 1897: 886,839,000
for 1896.
Wheat production of exporting conn
tries, 1897, 1,841,806,000; 1896, 1,459,-
'908,000. - ..-: ? ' :'
Total wheat production of both im
porting and exporting countries in 1897,
3,148,577,000; In 1896, 2,288,641,000
bushel.
Net deficit, 1897, 303,896,000 bush
els; 1896, 130,584,000.
Extremely pessimistic report a to
the extent of the crop failure in Russia
have been circulated, but the liberal
quantities of wheat coming forward for
shipment have led dealer to receive
such report with inoredulity. It is
probable, however, that much of the
Ruasian grain going to Western Euro
pean markets ia out of the more liberal
harvest of former year, and there ia
evidence there going to show that the
crop of 1897 is at any rate considerably
below the average.
Consul Eugene Germain, of Zurich,
Bwitzerland, after an investigation of
the European fruit prospect, expressed
the opinion that there will be a good
market for American apples and dried
fruit thia aeason if grower would be
careful to put up choice atock only.
He aye: .
"Nothing maller than eight case in
French prune will pay to ship to
Europe, and all other dried fruit must
be uniform in size and attractively
packed."
EVANGELINA IN NEW YORK.
Tho Cuban Horolno Arrived From Ho
nu on tho Stoaraer Soneea-
New York, Oct. 18. Evangelina Cis
neros, who recently escaped from a
Spanish prison in Cuba, was a passen
ger on the Ward line steamer Seneca,
which arrived today from Havana.
Miss Cisneroa asked to be excused from
aaying anything about her imprison
ment and escape. On the passenger list
she wa registered a Mia Juana Sola.
She waa traveling under the cire of a
gentleman who accompanied her from
Havana. Several newspaper reporter
and four women went alongide the
steamer, and after the health officer'
inspection waa over they acoompanied
Miss Cisnero to thia oity.
Mies Cisneros' escape and safe arrival
on the Seneca wa one of the most dar
ing feat ever attempted and success
fully carried out. On Saturday, when
the Seneca was to leave Havana, detec
tives watched the gangway with extra
caution. Their vigilance would prob
ably have prevented the departure of
Miss Cisneroa from Cuba had it not
been for refreshments, including wine,
served them by friend of Miss Cisneroa
aboard the Seneca. . -
A few - minutes , before the Seneca
Was ready to sail, a slim young fellow
came runnng across the wharf. He
had no baggage and wa. fashionably
dressed. The detectvea stopped hm.
i "Mv name is Juan Sola," he said.
and he showed his passport. : Every
thing waa aatisfactory. So the enor
waa allowed to go aboard. It is said if
it had not been for the wine, the
strange figure of Senor Sola might have
aroused suspicion. '
Mis Cisneros' friends, when they
saw everything was satisfactory, disem
barked and watched the ship pull out,
carrying the fugitive to safety under
the stars and stripes.
A Holona-Alatkn Company.
Helena, Mont., Oct. 18. Today ar
tiolos of incorporation of the Klondike-Yukon-Copper
River Mining Company
were filed here by Chicago, St. Louie
and Minneapolis capitalists. The capi
tal atock ia 13,000,000. As the name
indicate, the oompany i, formed for
the purpose of mining in Alaska. The
shares are of par value of 110 each.
The main office Is to be located at
Helena. : '.- " :--
Thlrd Victim of tho Mob.
Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 18. Aa the
result of the racial trouble which began
in Cleveland oounty on August 93,
when a riot occurred at a negro picnio
near Keudall and several white men
were killed and out, Tom Parker waa
lynched laat night near Kendall. : This
make the third negro to meet a violent
death aa the result of the picnic riot.
It is not known who composed the mob.
Havana, Oct. 18. It is reported In
official circle that another filibustering
expedition haa been landed in the River
Arimai, province of Santa Clara, and
auoceeded in joining the insurgent
forces. ''"'' : ''
Rlvor Minor Working.
Pittsburg, Oct. 18. Thirty-five hun
dred miners of the river district, who
have been idle for two weeks, owing to
a dispute over the differential, resumed
work today, pending settlement by
arbitration.
HIS WISH GRATIFIED
After Completing; Long Term,
Justice Field Resigns.
FOETY YEARS OF JUDICIAL LIFE
Tho Afd Jurlat's Lottor to Bis Col
Loagoeo Roilanntlon to Toko
Kffoct Doooutber 1.
Washington, Oct. 18. Associate Jus
tice Stephen J. Field today formally
retired from the supreme court of the
United State, after 84 yeara of service
in that tribunal. The correspondence
between Justice Field and the president
which was made public today, show
that hi resignation was tendered in
April last. President MoKinley, how
ever, did not respond until October 9.
; While Justice Field's resignation
doe not take effect until December I,
he will not again sit on the supreme
court. .
. His colleagues of the supreme court
today called upon him and expressed
regret at his retirement and extended
their congratulations upon his long
service as associate Justice the longest
on record.
The following letter was given ont
this afternoon:
"Washington, Oct, 16. Dear Mr.
Chief Justice and Brethren Near the
close of the last term, feeling that the
duties of toy long office bad become too
arduous for my strength. I transmitted
my resignation to the president to take
effect on the first day of December
next, and this he has accepted with
kindly expressions of regard. My ju
dicial experience covers many years of
service. Having been elected a mem
ber of the supreme court of California,
I assumed that office October 18, 1857,
holding it for five years, seven montha
and five days, the latter part of the time
being chief justice. On the 10th of
March, 1863, I was commissioned by
President Lincoln justice of the supreme
court of the United States, taking the
oath of office on the 10th day of the
following May.
. "When my resignation take effeot
my period of service on this bench will
have exceeded that of any of my prede
cessors, while my entire judicial life
will have embraced more than 40 years,
I may be pardoned for saying that dur
ing all this period, long in comparison
with the brevity of human life, though
in retrospect it has gone with the swift
ness of a tale that is tol-l I have not
shunned to declare in every oaser com
ing before me for decision conclusions
which my deliberate oonviotiona exer
cise of such abilities and requirements
as I possessed. .
"It is a pleasant thing in my memory
that my appointment came from Presi
dent Lincoln, of whose appointees I am
the last survivor. Up to that time,
there had been no representative here
from the Pacific coast. A new empire
had risen in the West, whose laws were
those of another country. The land
titles were from Spanish and Mexican
erants, both of which were often over
laid by the claims of first settlers. To
bring order out of this confusion, oon
cress passed an act providing for an
other seat on this bench, with the in
tention that it should be filled by some
one familiar with these conflicting
titles and with the mining laws of the
coast, and it so happened that, as I had
framed the principal of these laws, and
was, moreover, chief justice of Califor
nia, it was the wish of senators and
representatives of this state, as well ai
those from Oregon, tn&t 1 sbouiu sue
ceed to the new position.
"Few appreciate the magnitude ol
our labors. The buiden resting upon
us for the last 15 or 20 years has been
enormous. The volumes of our report,
show that I alone have written 620
opinions. If to these are added 67 opin
ons in the circuit court and 865 pre
pared while I was on the supreme court
of California, it will be seen I have
voiced the decision in 1,043 cases. It
may be said that all of our decision)
have not met with the universal ap
proval of the American people, yet it ie
to the great glory of that people that
always and everywhere has been yielded
a willing obedience to them. That fact
is eloquent of the stability of popular
institutions, and demonstrates that the
people of the United States are capable
of self-government.
"As I look baok over the more than
a third of a century that I have sat on
this benoh, I am more and more im
pressed with the immeasurable import
ance of this court. Now and then we
hear it spoken of as an aristocratic fea
ture of a republican government. But
it is the most democratic of all. Sen
ator represent their states, and repre
sentatives their constituencies, but this
court stands for the whole country, and,
as such, it is truly of the people, by the
people, and for the people.
, "It has indeed no power to legislate.
It cannot appropriate a dollar of money.
It carries neither the purse nor the
word. But it does possess the power
of declaring the law, and in that is
founded the safeguard which keep the
whole mighty fabric of government
from rushing to destruction. Thia
negative power, the power of resist
ance, is the only safety of a popular
government, and it i an additional as
surance when the power is in suob
hands as yours.
"With tbi I give place to my uo
cesaor, but I can never cease to linger
In memories of the past. Though we
have often differed in our opinions, it
haa always been an honest difference,
which did not affect our mutual re
gard and respect. These many years
have indeed been yeara of labor and ol
toil, but they have brought their own
rewards, and we can all join in thanks
giving to the author of our being that
we have been permitted to spend so
muoh of our lives in the service of our
country. STEPHEN J. FIELD."
THE DOME CAME DOWN.
Sorlons Accident In Cinclnnntt Opera
Honae-Three Woro Killed.
Cincinnati, Oct. 18. Three persons
were killed and over 80 others were
more or less seriously injured by the
falling of the dome of Robinson's
opera-house this evening.
About 8:45 o'clock, soon after the
raising of the curtain at the perform
ance of "Dangers of a Great City,"
plastering began to fall from the dome
ceiling, 40 or 50 feet above the people
in the parquette. The house was well
filled, but not crowded. The plaster
ing fell in small particles at first, but
enough to alarm some of the timid, who
retired. .
A little later the plastering began to
shower down in great chunks. There
was a rush from the gallery, which was
not very well filled. The balcony wi s
soon emptied. Those in the dress circle
retired as promptly as possible, and,
strange to say, without apparent panic.
The crowding of those to the door ob
structed the passage of the people from
the parquette, which accounts in a
measure for the number of causalties.
Nobody expected at the moment any
other danger than from the falling plas
tering. . .
Suddenly, and with a great crash,
the great central truss of the ceiling,
80 feet long and 80 feet wide, came
plunging down. The ends of it struck
on the two gallery wings and doubled
it up in the center, sending down into
the prrquette a great scattering of
joists and timbers. Nothing on the
stage was harmed. There were moans
from the injured, which, as often hap
pens, were loudest from those least
hurt
The news spread rapidly, ,and there
was a rush of patrol wagons and firemen
to the scene. The salvage corps, with
its wagon, was first on the ground, and
it was followed by the police patrol
wagogii, which carried the injured to
the Cincinnati hospital.
The list thus far showed three dead,
five dangerously if not fatally wounded,
aud 36 more or less seriously injured.
In addition to these, a large number,
probably 25 or 80, were so slightly in
jured as to be able to walk home.
Of the seriously injured at the
hospital, several will suffer amputation
of limbs, yet every one is refusing to
submit to the operation. A score of
surgeons volunteered their assiotance to
the hospitals corps. A sufficient num
ber was accepted
FORTY-FOUR CASES.
HIsh-Water Mark In tho FeTor-Striuken
, . ; City.
New Orleans, Oct. 18. Fever cases
ran up rapidly today. By 10 o'clock
there had been 17 cases reported, and
by 6 o'clock 44, so that early in the
evening the prospects were excellent
that this day would show the high
water mark. There were three deaths.
An excellent feature of the situation,
however, is that recoveries and dis
charges of patients are numerous. Tint
is the 40th day of the fever, and th
total number of recoveries exceeded the
total number of cases now under treat
ment, showing the success which local
physicians are meeting with in treating
cases. .:.
The weather ia a trifle cooler thii
evening, but still, warm enough tc
rapidly develop cases.
Douglas Bolte, a negro leader, wai
lynched at a small settlement on Bayou
Barteria, about 15 mile from this city.
His t,5ense was running the quarantine
gauntlet.
The Knights of Honor have organized
a committee and notified the grand offi
cers that they are prepared to look af tei
any member of the order that may b
sojourning in this city pending the pre
vailing fever, so that fraternal care and
attention may be accorded such mem
bers as may become afflicted.
Down nn Embankment.
St. Louis, Oct. 18. A special to the
Republic from Selma, Ala., says: A
borrible accident occurred on the Mo
bile & Birmingham road, near Mill
house, 20 miles south of this city, at
3:30 this afternoon, the engineer and
fireman being killed, and several per
sons wounded. The dead are: Ollie
Munn, engineer, and Jerry Codd, fire
man. The injured are: J. E. Broad
street, couduotor.and Quarantine Officer
Newman.
While approaching Millbouse, the
train waa running 20 miles an hour.
Without a moment's warning, and
from some inexplicable cause, the truck
of the tender jumped the track, caus
ing the whole train to go down a 12
foot embankment. The engineer lived
uutil evening, dying in terrible agony.
. HoraeleM Brewery Wegoni.
St. Louis, Oct. 18. Anton Steuver,
president of a local brewing company,
says that in a fow days the big brewery
wagon will be propelled by gasoline
engines instead of horses. Herbert
Mulherren, a young man of this oity, is
the inventor of the engine, which
weighs only 800 pounds and whioh will
run 10 hours on fivegallonsof gasoline,
whioh can be bought for five cents per
gallon. No engineer is required, and it
is self-oiling. The gearing can be re
versed and the wagon suddenly stopped
or instantly backed without stopping
the engine. The 800-pound machine
will furnish i horse-power. It will
be a great saving to concerns using a
number of horses.
Berkeley, Oal.i Oct. 18. Gold from
silver is not an impossibility, accord
ing to Edmund O'Neill, associate pro
fessor of chemiBtry at the university of
California. In a lecture delivered to
the chemists of the University Science
Association, on the transmntion of
metals, he desoribed the possibility of
making gold from silver, and declared
there was an excellent Ibasia to upport
the claim for the union of metals, and
that the ultimate solution of the prob
lem wa an achievement science expeot.
NORTHWEST BREVITIES
Evidence of Steady Growth
and Enterprise.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
From All the Cltlee and Towns of
. tho Thriving Hiater gtate
fc. Oregn.
A sealhunter just returned to Marsh
field states that he killed 267 seal.
Bears are numerous in the foothill
near Scio, to the delight of sportsmen.
Ten thousand bushels of onions were
raised on 16 acres of land near Progress.
A Corvallis lady made 435 words out
of the letters in tiie word "enthus
iastic." . .
The body of a large whale was re
cently washed ashore at Nelly's Grove,
in Lane county.
Steps are being taken in Pendlettn
looking toward the organization of a
poultry association. ,
More than 34 tons of silverside sal
mon were received within two days at
tho Nehalem cannery. ,
A cranberry grower in North Slough,
Coos county, state that hi crop this
year is about 550 bushels.
A nnmler of Linn county farmers
cultivated sufficient sorghum cane this
year to supply their home use. '
The Florence cannery has finished
packing fish, having canned 85,000
cases and salted 100 barrels of salmon.
Mrs. James Patterson, while mentally
deranged, set fire to her husband's resi
dence near Elgin. The building and ,
contents were destroyed.
Fred Wheeler was kicked in the
stomach- by a horBe a the Peebler
ranch near Pendleton. He walked to
his house, but died two hours later,
after much suffering.
Stockmen in Pine creek neighbor-,
hood, in Grant oounty, report some
loss among their cattle by blackleg.
The disease does not exist to a great
extant, however.
Of the $38,098.05 taxes to be collect
ed in Tillamook county this year, all
has been collected except $8,811.65,
and this will probably be reduced to
$5,000 or less by the time the delin
quent tax roll is published.
A brickmaker at Weston is now put
ting out about 45,000 brick per week.
Daring the winter he expects to in
crease the capacity of his yard to that
75,000 or 80,000 brick may be put out
weekly. He looks for plenty of build
ing and a good market next year.
The five-mile ditch for the mining
company at Glendale, Douglas county,
has been completed, and the company
ia now having constructed a monster
reservoir, into which this ditub will
empty. There are now about 10 men
at work at their mine getting thing
ready for a full run thia winter.
The scntohing-mill plant for the new
flax fiber mill has arrived in Salem
and is being placed in position. The
machinery weighs about 8,000 pound
and was manufactured in Portland.
The mill will employ 10 persons, wbo
will work up about 100 tons of flax
straw, and about 80 tons ot fiber.
Washington.
Ritxville is to have an eleotrio light
plant.-.'
The tax levy for Tacoma for 1897 has
been fixed at 10 mills.
Lewis county must pay $14,991 state '
tax this year, and $15,568 school tax.
The Mealy-Lacy mill at Chehalis,
after being idle for some months, ha
resumed operations. .
" A vegetable farmer near Dayton ex
pects to make $4,000 this year from
the products of 23 acres.
The owners of the cannery at What
com, which was recently destroyed by
fire, will rebuild the structure. v
Every effort is being made to get
enough threshers into the Palouse
country to aave all of the wheat crop.
Notice haa been given in Colville
that all of the business houses in that
place most close Sundays henceforth,
The Port Townsend board of trade ia
endeavoring to devise ways and means
for the completion of the Port Town
send Southern railroad.
The tax levy in Whitman oounty for
current expenses thia year will be
about 16 mills and 3.6 mills additional
to raise funds to pay warrant indebted
ness. The foreign exportation of lumbor
from Gray's harbor for the first eight
months of 1897 haa exceeded the entire
foreign trade from the harbor for the
year 1896 by 100 per cent. The exports
from Gray's horbor for 1890 were:
Eleven cargoes of lumber, aggregating
8,500,000 feet, valued at $30,663;
2,000,000 feet of this amount being
shipped to Mexico, while Japan, the
Fiji islands and the South Sea island
eaoh received one cargo of 500,000 feet.
The shipments from Gray's harbor for
eight months of 1897 are 7,857,000 feet
of lumber, valued at $75,000. The
trade with Mexico for eight month ot
1897 wa 4,473,000 feet, or more than
twice as much aa the entire trade for
1898. The trade with Honolulu for
eight montha is 1,880,000; while in
1896 they had no Honolulu trade.
The warehouse at Guy collapsed
under the weight of 60,000 bushels ot
wheat. The building, 50x150 feet, ie
a total wreck. The foundation gave
way and the wheat burst through the
sides, lotting the roof fail in. Only
two men were injured, neither seri
ously. Only three men were in the
warehouse at the time. ; Had the crash
occurred 10 mlnntes earlier, seven men
and four team would have been osught
and crushed to death, The report could
be heard half a mile and created great)
excitement In the little vUU9.