nn JL H JLkj . JIX 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.