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VOL. XIV.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1897.
NO. 47.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
From
all Parts of the New
and Old World.
IIRIKF AND INTERESTING ITEMS
POWERLESS TO ACT.
tnirlniti.l Itavlew of tlio Import.
, ant llapiwuliig of tho Cur.
rani Week.
The itioiitlily statement of tli public
4ht bow at the close of busine Oc
tober 80, debt, Iom cash In treasury,
.mounting to l,oao,fin,01, in in
twine for the month of $8,441,188.
A (wdtlon of sonffoldlng around the
fl'abatth building In St. Loui, recently
partially destroyed by Are, gave way,
oatrying eight worktnon Into a mas of
debris. Two were fattlly Injured mid
four seriously hurt.
During (Ire Bt Hornot' dyeing nd
scouring establishment In Philadelphia,
Pa., large can o( bonln exploded.
Thirteen firemen wore orloiily burned.
It l feared tume of them may Iom
ilmlr eyesight. The lo by Are u
.light.
The fiparta tsge wen held np by two
masked nii'n three mile from Maker
City, Or. The highwaymen hud
lantern, which frightened the horse,
and the ooaeh WM im1mw1. The driver
grabbed the mail aok and reached Ba
Iter City safely.
Attorney-General Fltfgcrald, of Cal
Ifiirnia. auhmitted a motion to the
preme court at Wellington, to dimi
or afflnn in the ease l W. H. T. Dur
rant. The cane Involve the proceed
ing agaiurt Iurrnt for murdr. The
case wa taken under advisement. ,
The people of Caulon turned out la
large number lo weloome President
Mi Kinh y upon h' arrival home. He
was escorted to hl residence by the
Canton troop, where he wa waited
upon by the Commercial Travolera' A.
socialUm and a largo delegation of
workmen from Dtteber Height, moet
of them frqm the Duelier watch work.
There I Intense excitement at Co
velo, Cel., the mtronili of the Round
valley region, over tho arreet of moat
of the merchant and anloon-men of
tha ulaoe on charge of elliiig llqoor
tn Indians, and there la reason to far
that blood will flow Iwfora the matter
can be transferred to the iliatriot court
at Han Francisco. Indian police are
guarding tho jail, in whioh several
wt,ii are oonllned. being unable
to furnish bail.
Great excitement ha been canaed in
r.al.uii hv tlie diacovery of a plot to
trt revolution in VeneaueU In order
to prevent the meeting ot congress.
Five hundred arreit liave been made.
The largest Cargo of wheat ever load
ed in a vessel on I'uget aound wa
placed on the atoamer Glenfarg In Ta
whioh clenred for St Vincent.
The cargo consisted ot 170,430 buh
ela of wheat, valued at 1140,000.
Th Ottoman government haa notified
the powr that It abject to the appoint
tnent of Colonel Hehaeffer. an officer la
the army of Luxemburg, a pnivtoiunai
. rominlMloner of the power for the
Inland of Crete. Tho German govern,
went utpporl the objection of Turkey.
The Spanish government igned con
tract lurit week with an important
firm of British ihipbntlder. by which
it aoquire lomo emitter flttod with
quiok-tlro gum, which the firm had
nearly completed for another govern
ment, whose eminent, presumably, Spain
haa aecured by thi arrangement.
TitmimnhioMilwaukosailed from
New Orlean for Liverpool with the
largest cargo of cotton, if not the largest
general cargo, ever floated. H
liatod of 88,850 bale of cotton; 80.200
bushel of graint 88,850 piece of
taves; 8.800 oar; her entire cargo be
ing equal to 28,000 hale of cotton.
Boy celebrating. Hallowe'en at Fort
Branch, Ind., started a Are which de
stroyed Odd Fellow.1 hall, the Fort
Branch Time oflioe. at business house
and everal dwelling. TolM'0"'
$350,000. In the course of the fire 80
pound of dynamite exploded, earning
much damage to atirrounding property.
Much urplre and ill feeling ha
In nffioial circle in
inll uii.,n i...v- . ,
xi...i.i.t hv tlm atatetuent in tlie afl'
count of the tlomonstration in Havana
on Friday, which preceded General
Woyler' embarkation, that he had de
clared while addrcsiting the deputation
that he had boen recalled In obedience
to the wlalio of tho rebel and the de
mand of tho United State.
It ia understood that the diet of the
Oroater Republic of Central America
(,. r..fnanI to airree with Secretary
Buermnn in aupport of the argument
(aratarj Alfur'a ltily ta th Klondike
Kntlof ComailtM.
Boston, Mas., Nov. 9. While In
thi city today to visit hi son, who l
a Harvard student, Secretary of War
Alger wa seen in regurd to the matter
of the request of the merchants of Port
land, Or., and the Chamber or com
merce of that oity, asking hi official
assistance in sending itipplie to the
Klondike, through the co-ocration of
the war department. Secretary A Igor
tald that hi department is waiting
to gt a report on the matter from Cap
tain Kay. When last hean! irom way
n at Fort Yukon, and was going to
Dawson Oity. The secretary has or-
.lured reindeer to Bt. Michaels, Hoping
that there are store of provision there,
lie added:
"We should have a report soon. Un
til that cornea, I cannot do anything,
a 1 will not know the true condition
of affair and ciinnot tell just what
step It I best to take.
"In the mutter ol tlio request oi uie
Portland Chain her of Commerce, I have
no authority to act In such a case.
Congress is the only body that can
tdaon the force of our department at
Ihi'ir iliMiMimil for smdi thiiiK. If
anvt i tier in the way ol army transpor
tation! if we had troop there, I could
act on my own responsibility. A a
citizen, I will do all 1 can, but offlrially
I can do nothing without the authori
sation of congress." '
REFORM OF CURRENCY
Bullitt's Plan Laid Before the
Monetary Commission. .
ITS ritOVISIONS IN OUTLINE
NutloitMl llnnk Wot to Take tlia rliM
of All Othor Kinds of Currency
Other Natloniil New.
COUNTRY IT WILL TAP.
CHINESE COALMINERS.
Illinois
Operators Will Attempt to
' itreek lb atriko.
Chicago. Nov. 9. The Time-Horald
says: Chinese couuniner aro 10 iuo
the place of American in me normern
Illinois district. An attempt win no
miule to break the strike that exist,
and 800 skilled coolie have been pickod
for the work. They will all bear arm,
livu in a iialtliim -un equipped stock
ade, and be guarded by 100 lormer
Chicago policemen. . An agent of the
CliiiK.iw K ix Com nan lew wa in cuicago
last wwk and made a contract with tlie
Wilmington Coal Company to oeliver
the 800 Chinese In the Wilmington
Braldwood dintrlott. The first consign-
nient of 800 will arrive next Tuesday,
a,,.l i.tl, will be on hand as soon a
provision can 1 made to take care of
them. Arrangement tor an suuiuunai
1 (toft Chinese in Her have been mane,
conditional on the auocc of tlie first
venture.
KtKliorate nrenaiationa nave Been
completed to take caro of the first 800
Chinese and give them ample protec
tion.
CHOIR WOULD NOT SING.
Washington, Nov. 0. The monetary
commission is receiving, in answer to
Its invitation, many interesting propo
sition for reform in tlie banking and
currency system of the country, jnd
among these is one from John O. Bul
litt, of Philadelphia, whioh, coming
highly indorsed a it doe by financial
authorities, ha commanded great at
tention and study. Mr. Bullitt plan
touches every branch of the problem be
fore the committee, and it provisions
in outline are a follows:
That all outstanding currency- obliga
tion, amounting to about HOO.000,
000. shall be taken up and canceled,
fbeing replaced according to buaines
exigencies (under tlie direction ot a our-renov-board
commission, composed of
the president, secretary of the treasury
mi.! mittriillur of the currenor). by 8
per cent tends. There is to be but one
kind of currency, namely, national on
notes, redeemable In gold at the bank
of issue, and a selected hank of reserve,
and these note are to be Issued gradu
ally to replace United State obliga
tion a the latter are retired. These
note are to bo etcurod by a deposit of
15 per cent In gold in the treasury, by
15 per cent In g"ld in the bank vault,
aud by a first lien upon all the bank'
asset, a well as by a special provi
ion giving the government the right to
assess all national DanKS, wnen neeoeu, j
to make good the notes of a defaulting ;
bank, the note of which would then
be redeemed by the government. A
tax 1 to be laid upon the bank to
cover the expenses of the currency
board, and the balance held to secure
redumption of note in gold; but if
thi exceed $10,000,000, the surplus
may lie covered into the treasury to pay
interest on United Btatea bond aud
for general purpose This tax snoum
be )i of 1 cr cent, or 1 per cent per
annum, a the oouminion shall elect.
P-.iwer should bo given to banks, under
permission from the currency board, to
increase the note issue when there is a
demand caused by an unusual financial
emosgency, such increase to be subject
to a tax (to be determined from time to
time by the currency Doaroj upon mo
note while in circulation, the tax
upon the note to be at a rate which
would put pressure upon the banks to
take up the note when the emergency
had passed. -
Silver and subsidiary coins should be
redeemed in gold by the United States
government when demanded. inese
amount to about $100,000,000. No
1 h issued for lee than $5.
"",vo " . . .
National bank should De constraints
to exchange note now out for new
issue by surrendering note a they
receive them.
Custom demand and taxes of all
kind due to the government hould be
payable one-third in old and two
thirds in bank note. Thi Is necessary
to supply the government with the gold
required bv it to pay interest upon
United Sta"tc bond, redeem silver,
and for other purpose.
The legal-tender quality of gold and
silver should remain as now provided
by luw, and they should be the only
i.,i ti.,lHr. exoeot to the extent of
two-thirds of customs duties and taxes
due tlie government, wtnen snouiu t
payablo in bank note, a auove uu.
Confer uion tlie currency board the
power to regulate the issue of bank
iioto from time, in lieu of tlie govern
ment currency retired, and to author
ize new bank and branoh banks to be
Now Martinsville, W. Va., Nov. 9. I established, when and where, ana witn
M. u'tnum 1V...11. 1 i ,.. nf esn ta . a the board
t fine ror wuny ........ - buvh ..-- . - ,;,k
nf Cuba N. Y.. drove to the nitro- may deem proper and expedient, witn
alwerln magaaine with a two horse i poW8r al8o to increase the amount of
w, ion to g"f 3 gallons of nitroglycerin te i8sue by the bankr requ red for
roXVt X e oil well over which he tlie normal condition, of business as
L n. While hewn inside tho country shall grow in populat on
i'-oSwo-horse wagon with two men and bus.. expansiom Asbankmg
in it who nave mo i.uh , ; iimuiu - . ,
in it, wiiu .,,. 1 i,nw. the currency board
drove up. ueioro v.i -
i . ... i .i,u mnuiixine blew up wiin a
More About tho Propoied Now Rollrood i
In Waililogton.
Taooma, Nov. 8. Colonel William'
Bailey, of New Vork, who bought the
Tacoma So Lake Park railroad at auc
tion several day ago, will extend the
line to opKjsite The Dalle on the Co
lumbia river. The name of the road
has been changed to the Tacoma &
Columbia Kiver railway. The road ia
of standard gauge, and now extend
from Tacoma to Lake Park. It is in
tended to prosecute the work teadily
all winter, and until the line ia com
pleted. A branch line will eventually
be built to Mount Rainier. The exact
route of the extension ha not been
made public
FARMING IN ALASKA
REPORT OF CRUCIFIXION.
Commissioners Evans and
Killin Submit Reports.
To tho Columbia River.
The Dalles. Or.. Nov. 8. The Ta
coma & Coljmbia Kiver railroad i the
name of the new company that will
onerato a froiitht and passenger line
between Taooma and The Dullea. Col
onel William Bailey, of New York, i
at tho head of the company, tlie prin
cipal portion of the stock being ub
scribed by New York capitalist.
Wlien it was known that Colonel
Bailey wa the purchaser of the Lake
Park road, a couple of weeks ago, it
wa said that the road would probably
be extended to the rich mineral tract
abou tEatonville and Mount Banier,
but no one dreamed tbat u.e extension
would bo oarried a far a the Colum
bia river.
It now transpire, though, that ac
tive onerat ion will be commenced al
most immediately, and pushed with
vigor until tlie two cities are connected,
It is hoiied to tap a section of country
that is a vet practically unknown, but
which i thought to be exceedingly
rich in timber, mineral and fertility,
The road will iro by way of Eatonville,
Nisqually, Tilton river ooal field and
on across the Cascade to The Dalle,
Negotiation are nearly completed for
terminal lacintios mat win ne cuuvou
ent to all shippers.
Tacoma will be the operative head
nnurtnra of tha new road, the head
office being at 60 Broadway, New York.
A frieght and passenger office has
been opened in Tacoma. The firat
work will consist in straightening out
the old Lake park road and getting
the roadbed in shape.
BTOCKEAISINO VERY
fttorr That It Wu Found In tho Vatleao
lenled.
New York, Nov. 8. A dispatch to
the World from Rome says: The World
correspondent visited the Vatican to ob
tain authoritative information regard
ing the reported finding in the Vatican
archives of Pontius Pilate' report to
LIMITED Kmperor Tiberius of the oruoiflxion of
Christ. One story current was mat
the original report had been found,
and that the pope bad ordered a caretul
study of it. Another wa that the
document discovered wa not Pilate's
report, but a manuscript of A. D. 149,
referring to it, with other franraentary
writings of the third and fifth cen
turies, touching the same matter,
which have come to light beiore.
The correspondent found the vaticai
Borne or. tne
NORTHWEST BREVITIES
Evidence of Steady Growth
and Enterprise.
ITEMS OF GENERAL I5TEBEST
Ueeauae
tb I'antnr Advocated the
Klertlon of Low.
New York, Nov. 9.The ohonu
ohoir of tlie People's church, of which
Kev. Thomas Dixon, jr.. is pastor, con
sisting of about 40 singer, refused to
ing today out of sympathy with Pro
fessor Agramonte, their leader, because
the pustor lust Sunday auvoctueu
election of 8th Low for mayor. 1 re
leasor Agramonte is a Cuban and
member of tho junta here. Hi son hn
been In a Spanish prison In Cuba for
two year. The Cuban say that Seth
Low wa opposed to apy intervention
of thi country In Cuban affair, aud
ha tood against tlie cause of Cuban
liberty since tho outbreak of tlio last
W81a
Mr. Dixon, In hi sermon today, said
that he sympathised with Professor
Agramonto, and had advocated voting
for Low last Sunday only because he
tood the best chance of election against
Tammany. He waa oposed to Low
personally.
"a terrific explosion.
Wltroalyoorln Ml Blow Vp With
Valal Itoeulte.
report heard 10 mile away. Tlio only
thing found that ever wa human wa
a piece of a man's foot. A 1 else, hu
...L l,..!... horso and the wagons,
. if hiw had never exiBtod,
horso
Where the mugaaine stood was a deep,
vaumlnir oavem. Wlimov,
wore broken
in every dwelling within a radius, of
half mile.
- Fifteen Thoueond Mile Hide.
ti.ll..1nlnhia. Nov. 9, Charles
imnks. the currency
should have the power to adjust the
note issue, whether normal or extraor
dinary, betweeen the new and old
banks, no distinction being drawn be
tween them. The 15 per cent gold
upon the note issue deposited n the
Kovernment treasury, and the 15 per
cent kept in bank vault, should be
counted a part of the 25 per cent re
serve on deposit in national bank.
The system ol clearing-house certifi
cate adopted by the banks ia i the large
cities in times of panic should be legal-
They have proven iu uo
Tho Montana Earthquake.
Salt Lake, Nov. 8. A special to the
Tribune from Pocatello, Idaho, says:
At 2:28 o'clock thi morning a evere
shock of earthquake wa felt the entire
distance from Silver Bow to Monida,
Mont, and at 7 o'clock a second shock
was perceptible, but not so severe. At
Divide. Melrose, Red Rock, Lima and
Monida. the window rattled, dishe
fell to the floor, flower pot were
thrown from their stands, lamp chim
nev and other glassware Buffered de
struction, clock stopped, and buildings
were made to sway and oracK. At
Dillon, especially, was the first shock
severe. The courthouse wan were
cracked and the plaster fell from the
ceiling.
An Aeronaut's Fate.
Chicago, Nov. 8. Aeronaut 8tewart
Young was drowned in the lake at the
foot of Monroe atreet thi afternoon
while attempting to descend from hi
hnlhion in a parachute. Young ascend
ed from the winter circus on Wabash
A brisk wind was blowing,
and the airship quickly veered to the
east Immediately over Lake Front
Park, Young waa seen to loosen hi
parachute, and make roady to desert
the balloon. Evidently something went
wrong, for the aeronaut failed to drop,
mid tho balloon suddenly exploding fell
!.,(. th lute. Younif was seen to
which should be I strugnle violently to free himself, and
then sink. The liiesaving crew aragueu
tlie lake for the body, but waa nnable
to bring itP; '
Tt of a German Aalrehlp. ,
Borlin. Nov. 8 An aluminum air-
shin, fitted with a benaine motor, waa
tmtnd today in the presence of a nura
i,or nf irnnorftls and the chief of the air
ship department The ship rose 1,000
feet, floated in the air a few minute,
ond at first obeved the man eteering it,
but later a atrong wind, rendered the
hin unmanageable. The teBt was oon-
Idored partly successful.
Smallpox Among tho (Ttee.
Santa Fe, N. M., Nov. 8. Captain
xr n Nnrdatrom. Indian auent, who
has returned from the northern part of
n,Q torrttnrv. savs that smaupox nan
broken out among the me Indiana, aim
that quarantine has been estaonsneu
ir. v.An tho disease from being oom-
municated to the Jaroilla Apaches.
Enough of Certain Crops May Bo drown
to Sustain Considerable
population.
Washineton. Nov. 8. Dr. W. II.
Evan and Benton Killin, commission
era appointed to investigate theagricul
tnral nossib litie ol Alaska, nave sub
mitted their report to Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson. The reports agree ,athorities very reticent.
that while comparatively little agri- officials were even chary of admitting
culture exist there, it is possible that that anything had been discovered at
enough ot certain crop ana mimiN,Mj -were extremely apprenensive
may be grown to sustain a consiueraDie eBt they migbt be repesented a giving
population, provided proper meuious jo, t ,n expectation that oontempor-
are pursued. grv accounts of the most solemn event
While Director True, oi tne aivision ln the vorwt history are in existence,
of experiment tations, doe not regard jhe BUbkeeperof the Vatican archives
a feasible the establishment oi agri- jj.
oultural experiment station there he "Hi holiness naturally i extremely
believes that experiment may be car- CBnti0na about permitting the publica-
riesl on in a number of line with great ti0B cj ftny document with the imprint
ucces. of the holy see the authenticity of
The two commissioners spent three wfijci1 may afterward be reasonably
months in inveetieation on the south- nnntpwled. His holiness has been pro
em coast of Alaska. They report that foun(jly interested in the possibilty of
the cultivated area in Alaska are con- tv.e discovery of the original document
fined to email kitchen gardens, in rrferred to, the one dated 149, but ao
which are grown many of our earlier far eflrch haa been fruitles.'"
and hardier vegetables. Stookraising jhe correspondent gathered that the
1 carried on to a very limited extent. mannscriDt of A. D. 149 only refers
The possible extension of pasturage the earlier report, and contains no
and gardening are quite considerable. details of any value, and that aoare
What agriculture will be in Alaska tn exhaustive search for the original
will be subsidiary to fishing and other ig now being made in the Vatican by
industries, according to Mr. Killin's exnertg specially commissioned by the
special report. Fishermen will locate j,0iy father, who are also to search for
on Alaskan land and make homes. At rfBrance to it in document written
the nresent rate, Mr. Killin says, the .arHfir than A. D. 149.
salmon will soon be destroyed. They jua gni indication of the possibility
are being fished for in the spawning theexistene of this document was ob--watera
to such an extent that they have .-in,,.! awidHntallv by an erudite monk
no opportunity to propogate. ine nan- engaged in looking through the aremves
but and herring will last forever. ot the fltj, century and gathering facta
Timber will not go into the market cnoernine the early history of the pap-
nntil tha yellow fir. or Douglas pine, . Hb followed the clew back to
of the Pacific coast, i exhausted, is it monngnriut of the third century and
ia anoerior to the Alaskan spruce or thn twain laboriously pursued his task
hemlock. Alaskan will not feel the nntil further allusion wa found in the
want of agriculture, as freight from the dement of A. D. 149. There the in-
coast agricultural districts by sailing Testigation i brought to a standstill
vessel i very cheap. It now costs jor tne pregent, and the pope has given
hut 80 cent a day to provide food for injunctions that no translation
miners at Turnagain arm, the most re- or reference8 in the documents shall be
mote part ol Cook inlet e says mai published until submitted lor nis sane
the agricultural Department. t " tj0Ili
nothing in experiment stations in Alas
ka, but it can furnish information.
Mr. Killin says that from the conn
tr will be drawn sailor for the mer-
nhant marine and navy. It can be
Hn. he think, by granting to every
American cltixen who Bhali establish
a . it V. Acta iraa ra nn K A
n,m.'Vn"U"Tu' "u.i, .I Beouhlicau. H.. the bUiln
nn li 1 10 tana anu wnu u o..6B - . b..-.
J . . . . I l II O VWHM "
aome occupation on ma own hxuiuh
the same period, ao-acre traois oi tano,
ith about 600 roet OI waier ironi.
Tho latter will make it possible lor
wto to be landed and net to be drawn,
Th timber of the 20 acre woniu
hnild a boat, a honse and furnish fuel
A fast as the timber is taken on rne
land, small fruit and green vegetables
an h ornwn and grass furnished for
i irtiil..u- 1 M i tf stit ftf ft ! ...wl
i t"L.'.n,.riol the annoliit. Campueii ami ... --- U,,,"T" ,,,ra can be no better
pui torwaru in oi-i - .. l.wnl oruaniXUtloii, loony 101. hiumi;, - . tom
inont of Captain William U Merry, of iB,000-mile ride. evidence of the need of such a sys em
!Cap
Ban Francisco,
tion
vador.
,i....i .hot-, it haa been cstao-
liahed by voluntary consent In time ol
panic.
minUter of the Unl; (,nnrt(M, ,ar M Wilming-
ted Slate to Nicaragua, Costa Hlca ana oj , , ri(,crH Tho mt11
Halvador. It I olaimed In Managua , "."'..u of B yvagcr that they
that thi. tep wa. taken to , "UH t oompiote the distance intone
United Btates, if poss lb o. to fully , ,', tlloir rotHrn show 1, 000,
recotrniM the diot, although it r'" tn ,)fl nm(ie without any
. . " ... mne ha over- . I"" nvt-- - , . t ,w. - ,
claimed tnat 'l",.lnln. money, and with the necessary w - - Oetober
iiinmu but uij j , .1,.,. ..on ia crirnm u """"'"B" ,v .----
" . li. ..IIo- ol.n urn nJ
, ur v o , i southern Oitie an
anv of the presidents governing u.o ti(limi
state he represent. The reply of tM , t
diet will probably bo lorwaroeu 10 o - -,B
United State state department. -
loading
i to be in Indianapo
L. A. W. next year.
to earn the 1,000 by
sundries.
Reached Cuba Safoly.
n..,n. Nov. 0. The long-expected
dry-dock built in Knghu.d, and spac.ou. ,
enough to accommodate the largest y
u.rlv..l hero today.
1 enougli
iron-chids,
It 1 expectod that treaty or con
vention betwoen the United btate.
Russia and Japan will be formally
aigned and executed at tlie state da-
panment uurmg i - ' iron-clads, arrivm. . ...--
carrving out the projmsition before the . Atiautio without damage,
r. l!., i tnr aiiiinnnaion w .,
uenring sea coiiieroiiuo u.
of pelagio sealing. The present under
standing 1 that the signing of thi
document will occur within the next
few day. It will represent the oom-niuto-i
afv..r. nf tha conference, and,
with the signing concluded, the confer- , matUring November 19,
Oeneral-Fund AVarrant. CnHod.
Olvmpht. Wash., Nov. 8. -The stat
in gencrnl-fund
.... Vim.
Hive " he call amounting to 00,086.59.
un nay riiiiHti
treau.. .... ---- - . .
n i l tu iui'""
London, Nov. O.-The British steam
. t.-,..l ),., arrived at Gibraltar,
ith her machinery out of order. . She
.. . i U'luahltliy IhVH
23. Adiapaton irom """"" '
that the British steamer 8t. Cutl.bert
Captatin Fitzgerald, from New Jerk
for Antwerp, is ashore at Paradomark.
Wielong. -
Two Burned to Death
tt..i! TCnv. fl The residence ol
George Tullock, about three mile from
Halitax. was burned last night. Miss
Ma y Walker, sister of Mrs Tullock
and a 4-year-old child were burned to
death. .
The attitude of the Vatican authori
ties on the matter is one of skepticism
as to the likelihood of any original au
thentic information being unearthed.
THE OHIO ELECTION.
nnlnmbus. O.. Nov. 8. The Ohio
legislature stand 74 Republican, 70
Demoorat and one dououut on mo
official return reoeived up to tonight,
ith a doien or more o tne eo oounuee
From All the Cities and Town or
the Thriving Sl.ter Btate
. Oregon.
The brickyard at Weaton ha old be
tween 600,000 and 700,000 brick thi t
year.
A hnntor tha other day brought in
to Salem a Mongolian pheasant.the tall ,
of which measured 21 inches.
A farmer of Goshen ha 900 turkey
In pasture at his farm, The turkey
eat, twice day, two bushel of wheat.
An TTmoona aoorttman turned loose
five pair of wild turkey on the head
waters of the Umpqua river the other
day. , .'
Twentv Mongolian pheasants for
breeding purposes have been shipped
from the Wilammette valley 10 aaruej
county.
A sperm whale came ashore on" the
Nehalem beach, near the Arch rocks,
last week. The whale was about 6
feet long. .
The town council of Marshfleld haa
passed an ordinance which" fixe a
wharfage charge for all steamers that
use the wharf at the foot of A street.
The two warehouse in Mission,
Umatilla county, have received 400,
000 hushels of wheat this season.
About half of thia baa been shipped.
An artesian well that is being sunk
n Fred Haine's Cow creek ranch, in
Harney county, i now down 480
and the water haa risen to within six
Inches of the surface.
The work on the railroad bridge
cross the Santiam river, between Spi
cer and Scio, i progressing. All of
the pier have been completed, and the
other work ia being pushed.
Joseph Vey, a sheepraiser of Butter
creek, Umatilla county, lost 900 of hi
14,000 head of sheep while his band
were ranging on the mountains be
tween Grand Ronde and Hilgard re
cently. The heenmen of Morrow county
have made up a fund of $1,000 for the
purpose of sending detective into
Grant county to ferret out and prose
cute the person who have been shoot
ing sheep.
It wa reported in Salem last week
that the surveying party now out in the
Cascade mountains, back of the San
tiam country, operating under State,
FUnotnr Aloozo Gesner. of Marion
county, had made a rioh find of gold-
bearing quart.
The warehouses in Elgin are getting
o full of grain that a night force haa
to be used to pile each day' receipt
np higher, so a to make room for the
next day' business. Cnles more
shipping ia done soon, it will be neces
sary to raise the roofs.
Three families ol INorwegians ar-
vflrv olose.
... i:i n,
There have been no materia. k coquille a few day ago, ad-
except in Wood county, which will be wrw i . gomewliat.
atnimed by both parties Until me i o . ' : hilHrnn with
oan ue grown 6iaoD - i - . riJ1- i vine iuui 1 1 j uiwui. " -
the domeatio animal. Grasse grow courts pas on the action of tne super- (wo other8 rep()rted 24
1 There have been no unusual v" ., , tv,
ohildien mo grauu ww. ....v-
familie being 83 children,
to great perfection. Little waa seen ol
the cultivation of cereals and small
rnita. Berr es abounuea.tuougn prac
tically no attention is paid to their cul
tivation.
A to the country from the southern
hnnndarv to Kodiak and Long lSlanQ,
and from the Pacific to the Alaskan
mountains, the climate is extremely
wet, but not cold. The winters are
very long, and the feeding period will
fc at least seven montns. vereais
will not rioen. and the vegetables will
not mature.
CONVICT SHOT DEAD.
vianra -mere nave uecu uu uu
proceedings before the returning boards
of any oi tne ouunirai mk
Wood, although both parties nava i.au
their representative and attorney in
the county seats, wherever the vote
waa close. . ,
Chairman McConville, of the Demo
oratio state committee, has not changed
hi claims of a Democratic majority on
joint ballot, and will not do so until
the official returns of ali counties are in
and show the final result to differ from
the figures he has at hand,
rhairman McConville and others
from the Democratic state headquarters
went to Cincinnati to conter witn jonn
R. McLean and other party leaders re-
The sheriff of Crook county ha been
enjoined from collecting the 1 per cent
on delinquent taxes ordered by the
county court The court held that
county courts have no autnornjr i
for imposing any penalty onaennqueu.
taxes, other than the necessary cost ot
levy and sale of property. .....
Washington. ,
The town of Grev.in Whitman county,
ia to have a flouring mill.
The Adams County bank paid out
180,000 for wheat last week.
Yakima orchardists are offered 80
carding the contests that are to be made cents a box for apple thia year.
in the close oounues. Pasco norse aeaieru emptu uv
Chairman Nash insists tonight that n "beef" horses to Linnton this week
the legislature stands 75 Republicans to for the cannery.
70 Democrats, and that tne majori gpofcane cjty sinking fund com-
A Satlefnotorjr Test
Wasliington, Nov. 8. Tho ordnance
bureau has made a test at Indian Head,
firing a 10-inch armor-piercing capped
shell at a 14-inch plate. Tlie latter
was nickel steel Harveyied. The shell
went through the plate and exploded on
the other side. The test was consider
ed satisfactory. .
Forfeited Hie Life In an Attempt to Be-
eapo at Salem,
Salem. Or.. Nov. 8. Otto Kralin,
a rawiviot in the penitentiary here, for
fnited his life this evening about 5
o'olock in the desperate attempt to es- joint baot or genator will not be less migsion a recommended the issue of
cape. than five, ue says ue ia vu...... t30Q Q00 jn municipai bond to take up
He was employee; in oreaKmg ned witn me "- outstanding rranta.
: tt .h.H noir tne Tonnarv. anu what ne ieareu was nm.
ahortlv before tlie hour for marching count might wipe out the small Repub
the men nacx 10 n.e. v,ti.o, ."".- ncan - , ... . . u
. , . i :t:., .n .i.0aio ohnw a n nralitv in the fields, because ot
improvised B lauuer vy '"S lno UUiuiui --- "IT ' : .1,- .,hnilRfa.
iT.oi. n a nine nlank which served as nf 1 for the Republican representative, storage room in the warehouses.
track for conveying iron pipes to a Judge Nash says he is willing and ln Sprague 6,000 bushels of wheat
trench being dug between tne prison ready to have me coun patw i..ovc-. . re being marketed ciany. ine t5"r8"0
tho inaane asvlnm on the north. He savthe law provides that the mem ... do , business of $300,000
Placing the plank against me norm bera of the ooaas oi eieuuuu annually, ana the business men wm
O r , ; I . .. .L . A .ka annramn '
wall of the yam, m piain sitsnt, ui w bohina tne muim, 1,
. iW.:JlZr The Northern Pacific Railway Cora-
SkT: rthr din Vy to theCow.it county treas-
throwing out votes. That is len to me
and to each branoh of the legis
latnre in nassing on the credentials of
its member.
Fatally Crunhed.
Pittsburg, Nov. O.-Three employe
of Jones & Laughlin's steel works wore
caught between a car and h'"nK en'
gine this morning, and orushed o bad-,
ly that two of them will die.
The Search for Andrea Begun.
Berlin, Nov. 8. The Lokal Anaeiger
announce that a steamer fitted out
by tlie governor of Tromsoe, under in
structions from King Oscar, left Trom
soe island in earoh of Professor Andree.
ci in nrnoeed to Spitsbergen, from
which point Andree' balloon ascended
last July. ;
Swear Revenge on Weylor.
Nov. 8. General Pin ar
nn the same teamer that brought
General Pando. He is under arrest to
answer oharges, made against him by
General Weyler, who accuses him of
extorting money from sugar-growers at
Cienfuegos. General Pin swear that
he will have revenge on Weyler.
wall guard. Jay McCormick, son of J.
it McCormick, of this city, and in de
fiance of the guards' repeated warn
ings, he olimbed to tne openiriB am.
sprang to the ground, fleeing like a
deer toward me asyium. -f" . n..
from the wall, the guard fired low,
hoping to check him by wounding him
in the legs, but missed. Tlie second
shot pierced Krahn'g body from the
houlder to the right side, and he fell
dead in his tracks 80 feet from tlie
wall.
It was McCormick' first day's serv
ice at the penitentiary. This was
Krahn's third attempt to escape. He
wa a German, SS year old. Ho was
sentenced from Multnomah county in
January, 1893, for eight years for as
sault with intent to commit rape.
Atlanta. Ga.. Nov. 8. The bill by
Mr. Oliver, of Burke county, to make
the birthday of Jefferson Davis a legal
holiday in this tate, was adversely
renorted by the general judiciary com
mittee in the house of representatives
here today, and Mr. Oliver oalled np
tha measure and moved to disagree
with the committee. In an earnest
u i.. -i-,l tha hnnse to honor the
A grain of fine sand would cover 100 j V cftuge report o th6
of the minute scale ot inenuman .u, iU(J8 was disagreed to by an al
and yet eaoh of these scale m turn nnanimong vote.
cover from 800 to 600 pores. 1
Body Cut In Two.
nilWte. Coo.. Nov. . aamuei
Coulter, an employe ol tne aiiuiauu
f m;ai railroad, was killed riding on
the front of a switch engine. me
. . . . f . enma WlV
enuine nad been bbui unci -
. . . . . n . ......
m anil went into mem at u.i
Coulter was caught by the lower edge
i . -ar and his body out in two at the
v. - . . , t mrinff ia auuiuivuuv wmdbi.h,..
hips, the upper part being mrown iron. - ermined whether to
the tracks, while the lower extreni.t.e. or BIaine
landed under me wieecuym. a. deck of a shin
. . 1 . I - n . .tin W nut ilrt
. ... i . i nave wasneu bbiiviw aw w
tori in . . , j v..
-txr.-K N. .nntodate. bathhouse, xney are suppo-ou w
noanua, ...!' - - i Orinn. the vfisael that wa
flononft hnshel of grain nave oeen !.' '."::; ,
::. ' : LJi. and a large Quantity run down a lew weexs ago.
WTOU O. ' . ,, .
... u.t week S2.105.93. which waa
one-half of the company' personal
taxes for 1897.
The Moxee Company, in Yakima
county, i trying a gagepuller that re
quire four horse and two men to op-,.
erate it. but the machine clears easily
six more acre a day.
It is reported in New Whatcom that
B. A. Seaborg, of Attorn, wno owns
five Columbia river salmon canneriea,
has deoided to establish a large cannery
in Whatcom county, and i now pre
paring to commence construction, out ,
is yet to come in.
finished thia week,
Thara are now 874 prisoners at the
Valla Walla penitentiary. At the
lute mill extensive repair are still
. VH ..... 1 n..lnT.l
T.ko. w.r.hou... All Full. - going on, ou P"" """" -
. in ii I "h mill will BUirt nuuu. m uii'ww
Toa, Wash., kov. o.-.. - "-mllflr and wiu rnn all ,,llWr.
warehouse . oi - rt , Bre engaged in hauling
storage sheds -n J"- . cav lrom near Dixie. About 1.000,.
total auantiiy emptrou ... at ,hB v..,i
Threshing will be
no will aajourn.