TITO
mil ., XI . .ii3
OREJS
VOL. XLV.
ST. IlKLENS, OUEUOX, Fill DAY, DECtiMIIElt 3, 1897.
NO. SO.
MTRT
NEWS OF THE WEEK
From all Part of the New
and Old World.
BRIEF Am IHTKttESTIXG ITEMS
Cxtiiiprohanal llavlaw of tha Import
ant Happening of th Car.
, ' rent Vnk,
The great trial of Arroyo' murder-
' era II over, at the City of Mexico, hav
inf terminated with t tit luntmioe. of
death pronounoel on i or the police
officer and policemen concerned in the
butchery (i! the luido wretch whot
audaclon attempt on the president'
' life calmed to profound nvnwition
there. The Jury wai out over teven
s bourn.
One of the moot Important feature!
of the Behrlng tea negotiation not
heretofore diteloted I that In the event
that Great tlrituiii and Canada content
to iitpansion of pelagic wiling fur
one year, the I' nil Stales for the
tiime time will agree to a tutpoiitlon
of all takinii of anal for one year on
Prlbytolf island. rnntitutiiig the
American aval poioii in Dchrlng
aa.
Potmnter-Unerul Gary i receiving
many letter regarding the pontal-av-ings
bank proposition truiigly uracil
by him In Itl annual report. Many
people throughout the country have
written onininonlirig on the projected
radical extension of the pontal e rvioe,
and have iihmiitnl noma suggestion
calculated ill thulr opinun to make the
scheme mare feasible. At a whole,
the oorrepotilctiu indicate a rather
general commendation.
El-Governor Crittenden, of Mlmourl,
who waa minimi -if ''""ml to Mexico
nniler the lust Cleveland al mi nint ra
tion, announce that he will leave
Kanaaa City next week for Sim An
tonio, Tel., whore he will be Joined hy
W. 3, Dryan ami Mm, Bryan, anil Unit
the three will depart fioin Jiun Antonio
on a week' tour of Mexico, AilU hy
the ex-contul's know lodge of the people
and country, Mr. Bryan will make a
careful atuily of Mexico's financial tyi
tm. Pngcr on the tramor Masootte,
which ha arrived in Tampa, report
that Kngel Pasea, who Imlrayed Gen
eral Castillo to the Spaniard for
15,000, wo captured by Insurgent on
hi -way to Cituifncgot, court-martialed
on a drum-head and hanged.
A great fire broke out at Melbourne,
Australia, and in a very abort tpnee of
time did enorinou ilnmnvo. it it rati
mated Uiat the le will teach 1,000,.
000, while the trade In tuft good has
received a oriou setback. Ilnndreilt
of employe of all aorta have been
thrown out of employment,
. Changing It" name and principle! the
American Hallway League hat become
a full-fledged political organisation.
Hereafter it will lo known as the liuil
way Employe and Telegraphers' Polit
ical League of America, ll oujeot it
to deal entirely In state and national
politics, chiefly on logilatlve lino.
A big masonry wharf, having a front
atr of 800 meter on th river Tiiicua,
oppoaite the otmtoin-lioune 'in Lisbim,
auddenly lulsiided and completely dli
appeared In the riverbed. The wharf,
which wai recently constructed at a
ooat of 50,00.0, reiteil cn mud. Kor-j
innately, no one wai hint In tho vol
lapae. The hoatllity bttween the Christian
aocialiata and the eooinl iletnourutii,
which exist" in all part of Aiuitria
and frequently lead to aharp oollinlunl
between tho rival partiminn, hu result
ed in eoriou rioting at Grata, the cupi
tnl city of Bitira, and the leut of im
portant cotton and woolen nmnufuo
torlea. The official programnta for the re
ception of 18U8 at the White House l.y
Preaident and Mr. MoKinloy him been
laaued. All of the event, excepting
New Yean' reception and the publla
reception, will be by card invitation.
Only those Invited will be given an op
, portunlty to be proton t at leant once
during the aeaaon. The avuhhinoe ol
exooaaive and tlangeroua crowding will
add to the attractivonest of all tho re
ception!. The theoaophlttt of San Francisco
re taking very aotlvo Internet in tho
fate of Durrunt. It it a tenet of their
faith that onpltal puniahmont it wrong,
ami they are getting up a petition
praying Governor Build toatiiy the exe
cution and to commute hi eentimeo to
life imprleonmont. The petition waf
prepared by Dr. Jorome A. Anderson,
preaident of tho San Francisco Then
eophieal Booiety, and it hat already re
ceived a number of aignaturu.
The commilon nppolntod to revlsa
the criminal code of tho United States,
in the partial report which it will makti
to the president and congress, win
present a node for criminal Justice in
Alaska. The commission ia authorized
' to do thi in tha aot which creates it as
territory. At present tho law ol
Oregon are made applicable to Alaska,
end these will he revised, codified and
amended by tl a commission to suit the
present conditions, and will be tub
rultted at a partial report for the basit
of legislation by emigres,
The discovery of many children
of very little if any Indian blood In tht
government boarding school through
out the country, load to the recom
mendation by tho superintendent of
Indian choolt that, Inasmuch as thor
teem to be no remedy underlying ex
isting law, it it Imperative In the in-j
terettt of justice to both races mat con
gress hould early Indicate by tlntnt
what degree of blood hall constitute
Indian, and to wlnit extent auopteu m
dlan hall be entitled to goternmontal
upport, lu matton of education.
APPALLING . DISASTER.
furnsilu in th I'IiIIIimiIiim NwrptThoa.
da tu Itli,
San Franoliro, Nov. 80. The ty-
riiinon wnion twept ovor tho Philippine
island, Outober 8, caused one of the
Worst disaster reported from the south
ern ocean in many year, if not in the
history of that section of the world.
Thousand of livet wore lost, includ
ing many European, and the damage
to property was something appalling.
Tulcgraphio advice concerning the
calnmity have been very monger. The
difficulty of getting new from the
islanda it great at any time, and, ow
ing to the remoteness of some pro
inne visited by the hurricane, full do
talis of the storm did not reuoh Hong
Kong pntil November 1.
The stenmor Gaelic, from tliu Orient,
today brought letter and papers which
contain accounts of the ravages of the
tlilal wave anil wind. Whole towns
wore twept or blown away. Fully 600
European wore killed, and it I et ti-
lii ii ted that 6,000 unlive" perished.
The storm first struck the isluiidt at
tho Hay of Hanta Paula, in the prov
ince of Sit m nr. It devastated the entire
outhcrn portion of the island.
On the 19th, a hurricane reached
Leyte, and struck tho capital, Taclo
bun, witli great fury.
in lest than half an hour tho town
was a mas of ruins. The natives wore
panic-stricken. Four hundred of them
were lnirii.il heneuth the dehri of
wrecked buildings, and 120 corpse of
Kuroien!i awe recovered from the
mini when the native authorities in
stituted a aeurch for the dead.
l!corU from the southern const were
received which claimed that a score of
mull trading vessel! and two Kydney
tradera were blown ashore and their
crew drowned.
The tea twept inland nearly a in ila,
destroying projierty valued at several
million dollars, and ruining wholusale
deaths amoug the nalivea,
VICTIM OF CANNIBALS.
Fata of Twa
Washington),! In Congo
Frea Mtate.
Washington, Nov. 80. A ttartling
and horrible story of tho killing of two
Washingtoninna and the mutilation of
the bodies by natives of the Congo Free
Mute has just been received here in a
letter to Uio Harman, of tin city. The
men were member of a party which,
luring November and Deoemln'r, 1M04,
went from this city to enlist In the
Uelginn army, for ervico in tho Con
go. Tho party included Lindsay
Itnrku, Frank Batahelor, Barry II. An
drews, Harry Kparlin and a Mr. Mel-
lin, who waa at one time a noncommis
sioned odlivr of tlio United State
army. All except Thornton and Mel-
in wore menihera of tho .National
Guard of this district.
The Information received is that Mr.
Burke nud a parly of 60 natives, who
were sent out in December, 1HU0, to
dislodge a band of native who revolt
ed, were ambushed aud killed. An
Arab, who was with the command, but
was some distance olf at the time of
the ambush, states that Uurke was
dead liefore the native reached him,
and that tho most hideout looking lit
tle men lie ever saw walked up and cut
Burke' head off with one blow of
knife. Tha chief then began to alice
pieces of hit legs and arm and to dis
tribute them among hi followers,
There wore so many of tha natives that
tho pieooa wore very small, aud before
they had concluded, there was a tight
to aee who would got the remainder.
The natives then left, one carrying off
Uurke' arm.
Windeye, a New Yorker, who had
command of another detachment of sol
diers tent out on the sjimo errand, ar
rived a few hours after tho natives loft.
Windeye gathered up tho remains of
Burke and huried them. When he
learned the strength of the rubels, he
hurried back to Micliau and not i Hod
the commandant of tho post.
The other Washingtoninn who lost
hit lifo waa killed March 1, when the
troops, under tho command of Baron
Dhanis, revolted near Kabanhiure, and t
assassinated a number of oflloers of
their regiment, among them being
Mcllin. Tho body of Mollin waa but
chered beyond rooi gnition. Ilia heart
was cut out and burned.
The tituatioo j said to be precari
ous, and a reliof expedition hat been
tent to tho rescue. Mr. Gage, another
American, ia very sick at Vangino.
Will Aet Aid From America.
Waahlnuton. Nov. 80. In oonse
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quonoeof the widespread destitution ,
among tho people who have been con-
ccntrated at certain points in C uba, the
govarnor-gono.nl of the island ha in-
formed Consnl-General Lee that United
State citizens who desire to send tup-
plies to the poor and needy in Cuba
should send thorn to the Catholic bish
ops at tho nearest point of collodion,
and these prelates would in turn con
tii;n whatever might be tent to the
bishops of the island at Havana and
Santiago do Cuba for distribution.
Fatal Hollar Ksnloalon.
Halifax, N. S., Nov. 80. Tho explo
sion of a holler at the Gold Lake mines,
East Halifax, caused tho death of tho
manager of the mine, Daniel ,1'hail,
and James Hennessey and John M0'
Isaac, thoir bodlet bo'ing terribly torn
by flying wreckage of tho boiler.
Hennessey aud Molsauc were teating
the boilorV '
Diuallpox In Mexico.
Denver, Nov, 80. A special to the
Newt from Santa Fe N. M., snysi A
visitor from San Marchal' states that an
epidemic of smallpox exista among the
Mexican residents there. The matter
has been kept very quiut and the atten
tion of the territorial board of health
hat not yet beon culled.
Eighteen poisons live in a one-room
shanty, 16x24 feet, in tho town of
vir...v.l.,,.w.tr V, tint fur from tho
Brl(lttowater liue
DAWSON
Fear
of Starvation Causes
a Stampede.
MAO KB PAttTV AttlUVF.S SAFELY
With th I. Hi out Naur From tha Inter,
lor Thalr Hard Journey Ortr
the lialtiin Trail.
Port Townaond, Nov. 80. Twenty
five men arrived here today on the City
of Seattle, direct from Dawson City.
They wera divided into two parties,
t'tu last of which left Dawson October
10. The party consisted of Thomai
Miigee, r., Thomas Magoe, jr., of San
Francisco; "riwiftwater Bill" Gatet,
Joe lio.vlo, William Huskint, E. Eckert,
II. KobeilHon, IJ. Haymond, Bert Nel
son, John W. Brauer, W. H. Cham
bers, E. W. Pond, K. Ash, J. Oilli,
Thomas Wilson, P. McGraw, Jack Dal
tou, William Leak, Arthur Celine,
Joseph Fairburr,, J. Smith, T. Warren,
Jim Ferguson, and two others, whose
names could not bn learned tonight.
They, came ont ovor the Daiton trail.
They are reported to have between them
f 50,000 in dr ftt and gold dost.
All tell stories of a food shortage in
Dawson that it almost a famine. The
last person to leave Dawson was Jack
Daiton. When Daiton left the steam
ers Alice and Holla, had reached there,
loaded light. It it said that the Bella's
cargo consisted of whisky and billiard
balls. She brought no provisions.
The Canadian mounted police char
tered the Bella and gave all who wished
free passage to Fort Yukon. The Bella
it reported to lu've left about October
13, with 200 men.
According to tho statements made
by members of the Daiton party, there
it liable to be trouble of the most seri
ous kind tint winter in Dawson. Billy
Leak told one of the men in the party
ahead of him at Dye that all the peo
ple talked about at Dawson wai the
food famine. Men were gathered in
groups, and cursing might and main
the newcomer that werecomtantly en
tering the Klondiko with scarcely any
provision.
Tha mounted police were offering
free transportation to the grub piles
futher down the Yukon, but to count
lost hundred who had labored hard all
through the summer accumulating a
grubstake, the prospect waa uninviting
to say tha least. These men figured
that it would take all their savings in
gold to pay their living expense at
Fort Yukon during tho wintor, and
that in the spring they would not have
even enough gold left to pay pussage
money back to Dawson, to tay nothing
of purchasing enough food to tubsiat
until they could get started again. To
these poor fellows the offer of the
mounted police waa no better than the
proeot at Dawson of being compelled
to wintor on half ratioiia until the tup
ply boat could reach the digginga in
the spring.
John W. Brauer, the United State
mail-carrier, who left Dawson Septem
ber 27, said:
"There is only one salvation for the
miners who are now at Dawson City,
and that ia for them to undertake the
awful winter trip from Dawson to Fort
Yukon, a distance of 400 miles. There
is food at Fort Yukon; there it none at
Dawson, and just at sure at tho stars
shine, terrible suffering will be the
fate of the Dawson miner unless he
leaves thero before tpring. I will
make my statement conservative, and
pay that when I left Dawaon the men
who were thero had on an average four
months' food supply. Some did not
have a month' supply; tome had four
or five.
"The last restaurant closed the night
I loft. It had been selling nothing but
b ef teak, for which the hungry paid
f'J BO.
" When tho people realiaed that no
mor0 woalJ De up the river, they
know mt gtftrvution threatened them,
)inil t))e t a,npede began. The
list to leave went to fori xuaon. i
think there were 200 in the party that
left the first day.
"Ono boat came up from Fort Yukon
with severnl newspapermen aboard,
among them being Sam Wall and Mr.
MoGillvra. They brought the new
that the Hamilton had unloaded all of
her cargo and tried to get over the bar
light and failed in hor efforts, though
she drew but two feet of water. Thil
, noreaaeil tne exciiemenv, unu
, h towarJ (ooJ centerg an
, ter
..So tewbor U( with Bort Nelson, of
j . ,ofl circe City, and started
o tJ6 rivcr tQ DuW90n city, a
.. ' . ,ft n At the time we
started from Circle City, the minora
hail about all left. It took us 11 dayt
and three hours to mako the journey,
arriving at Dawson September 20.
Captain Hanson, with two Indians,
who had loft Fort Yukon, boat us into
Dawson by about an hour and a half.
"Hanson gathered the Dawson City
miners toaother and made a thort
1 speech, in which he advised all who
' did not have provisions to last them
all winter to oithor get out of the
country to civilization or try and reach
points in tho Yukon country where it
wnM known that food could be found
"That night was the greatest one in
tho history of Dawson City. The
minora, as soon a they had heard the
news, made hasty preparation to get
out, and nightfall saw goMseekers ami
men who can today tell out for thou
sands, leaving by the hundreda for
down the river and up the river."
Montevideo, Nov. 80. A monster
mooting of native Uruguayan! and for
eigners was held in favor of the can
didacy of Sonor Cuestas for the presi
dency. Hie opponents interfered, and
a great tumult ensued, in which teveral
were killed and many injured.
M'KINLEY IN GOLD.
A ftatoa to Ba Exploited at tha Paris
KxpoNltlon.
New York, Nov. 29. Ada Rohan In
silver i to be ouUhone by William Mc
K in ley In gold according to the Herald
of today. The added fame which the
tctress aoqnired by posing for the Mon
tana statue of solid silver exhibited at
the world' fair ia to be approached if
not eclipsed by the president of the
United State who will furnish the fig
ore for a life-sized statue of tolid gold.
This will be the most costly lump of
precious metal the people of the mod
ern world have ever seen. So tayt F.
D. Higby, of Chicago, who ha been
retained by Western millionaire to
furnish inch a ttatue for exhibition at
the Parit exposition in 1900. Mr.
Uigby was in the city yesterday on hit
way to Washington to get the content
of President McKinley to pose for the
figure.
A Mr. Higby took a prominent part
In the headquarters management of the
late campaign, and ha asked for no
office he ia confident of tuoceet in tiii
mission.
"You know," laid Mr. Higbv "that
I denigiK.il and built the Montana
statue at the world's fair for which
Mitt Itehan posed. I suppose it wai
because of my experience that I have
been retained to build thia ttatue,
which with the base will contain bul
lion to the value of $1,060,000.
"While it will be designed primarily
to first exhibit the ttatue at Pari in
1900, the director! ol the pan-American
exposition to be held in Cayuga island,
in the Niagara river, in 1899, are anxi
ous to have it completed in time to ex
hibit there first. It it likely that thit
arrangement will be made.
"I cannot say yet who the capitalists
are who are back of ti it project, bat
there are a half dozen of them, and
everything ia ready to begin work on
the ttatue at toon at a design ia com
pleted." - . .
OREGON LINEN MILLS.
Reported That Flaz Will Ba Mada Vp
Into Wares at Salem.
Salem, Or., Nov. 29. There are
prospect! that the "Scotch Mills," in
Salem, which have long stood idle, will
be converted into an important manu
facturing plant. It it understood that
Mr, T. IS. Wilcox, who ownt a control
ling interest in the mills, hat submit
ted a proposition to Dr. Deimel, the
importer of linen goods, whereby a linen
manufacturing establishment ia to be
located here, and Mr. Wiloox ia to be
one of the stockholders. The details of
the negotiation!, pending between Mr.
Wilcox and Dr. Dieracl, have not been
given out, but assurance ia given that
the prospect! for the establishment of a
large linen manufacturing plant here
are very bright. Mrs. Lord received a
letter from Dr. Deimel last night,
stating that he sailed for Germany
Tuesday. He further aays:
"I have now more offer for shares
in our present company that I am able
to accept, and if $500,000 or even $1,
000,000 should be required to organize
a company for the spinning of yarn and
the weaving of linen, including linen
mesh, it can be had, on the showing
that you can grow and will grow flax of
a quality equal to the best, and that
your people detire the locating of our
industry there by offering ut tuob ad
vautagea at you mention in your let
tor." '
Legislation for Alaska.
Waahington. Nov. 29. The preai
dent in hit message will recommend
ipeedy legislation to insure the best
por.sible government for Alaska. ; He
will point out the difficulties which the
people living there are under, and will
urge that something be done to protect
the property ol the government He
will allude to the faot that the govern
ment ia losing large sains because there
ia no way of protecting timber from
indiscriminate use. A better system of
permits for the cutting and inspection
of timber, not only for the mineral
state of the West, but also for Alaska,
hat been presented to the president,
and he will endeavor to have legisla
tion ajieedily enacted for the better pro
tection of the foroats.
Hearing a Settlement.
Washington, Nov. 29. Hawaiian
Minister Francis M. Hatch, who has
just arrived in this oity on his return
from Honolulu, expressed the opinion
today that the trouble between Japan
aud Hawaii has been smoothed over,
and can be eettled now without diffi
culty. The Japanese government seems
to bo disposed to have tho matter set
tled in as amicable a spirit as possible.
Canada's Heply.
Ottawa, Out., Nov. 29. A reply has
been prepared by the Dominion govern
ment and forwardod to Washington in
respect to the negotiations which are
going on between those countries. The
government will not say what the reply
it until it reaohea Air. Doster, at v asn
inglon, but it ia understood that it is a
refusal to stop pelagic sealing for one
year. ,
Chicago, Nov. 29. The Luetgert
oBO will be called for a lecond trial to
morrow morning, in Judge Horton'a
court. The state will announce its
readiness to go on with the trial at
once, but it is very probable that At
torney Phalen, for the defense, will
ask for a continuance or a change of
A Four-Handed Fight.
Mandoville, La., Nov. S. From
Bayou Lacombe, a tmall keUlement 11
milet east of here, news hat been re
ceived of a desperate fight between Ar
thur and Edward Jolie, on one aide,
and Laurence and Edward Cousin, ou
the other, In whioh all ooncernod were
killed. Shotguunt and pittole were
the weapons used: A long-standing
family feud led to the fight.
To every 192 persons in the United
State there it telephone
A BAPTISM OF BULLETS
Rebels Open Fire on the Pal.
ace at Havana.
SO SERIOUS DAMAGE WAS DONE
Jusueeaaxful Attempt Made to Raseua
Ctanerat Rivera and to Capture
m Notorloua Spy.
New York, Nov. 29. On Sunday
morning, for the first time in the his
tory of the Cuban war, rebel bullet
sought the palace in Havana, tayt a
dispatch to the Herald from Havana.
The shots came from Cata Blanca, 600
yard across the entrance to the harbor,
and while no one wai hurt, the palace,
with its electric lights, wai a shining
mark, and must have been hit. The
Spanish authorities attempt ' to make
light of the affair, but at the tame time
a reporter for L Lucha who wrote np
and aMetmpted to publish the facts in
the oase, was put in prison.
The attack on Casa Blanca was made
by Brigadier-General Cardenas and 50
rebels. They entered the town shortly
before midnight on horseback, and at
the end of an hour each man led out of
town a horse with one extra head ap
propriated, laden with clothing, pro
visions, silver plate and money. Before
they loft they tent two voileyi across
.the narrow harbor entrance at the pal
ace, then cooly went to a friend'a bouse
inside the Spanish linea and took tup
per. All thit was under the gum of
Cabanaa and Moro.
It ia learned from an inside source
that the object of the rebelt waa to re
lease General Ruiz Rivera, and hang a
citizen named Fumiro who ia known as
a spy. They failed in the first object
only because of tome misconception of
the appointed time on the part of con
federates within the prison with whom
arrangements had been made to admit
them into the fortress. Fumiro man
aged to escape across the harbor.
The whole affair waa well planned.
General Cardenas came in the early
evening with two column! along the
aeashore, and at 10 o'clock the men
followed. They first visited Cabanas.
Whey they taw that the arrangement
had failed, the rebels went after Fu
miro. He fled across the harbor and
the rebelt did not dare to follow. Then
the rebelt went to Casa de loa Frailes,
the priest's house, where they took
blankets, silver plate and money.
Thia house is close to Moro castle.
The priest made a great outcry, but no
soldiers came. Then the rebels sacked
the store of Fumiro, securing some
gold. They also looted other stores.
Working as quietly at possible, they
approached a cavalry outpost, securing
teveral horses.
For two hours they enjoyed them
eelvet, then rode to the harbor and fired
two volleya at the palace. Thia aroused
the Spaniard! for the first time, but by
the time troops turned out tho rebels
had gone. The authorities made every
effort to euppresa the details of this
raid, though an official report admitted
that aix rebels entered the town. .
The rebels approached and fired upon
Mariana last night. There was great
excitement. The volunteers were called
out, and with the troops returned the
rebel fire. The residents were panic
stricken and locked themselvea in their
houses. The rebels did not succeed in
entering the town. The lines have
been strengthened all about Havana.
Correspondence received from the
east atatet that General Gomez's mast
ing men near Sagua, and ia preparing
to march westward to strike a potent
blow before congress meets. Unusual
activity of the rebels is reported from
all quarters. The Spaniard! are also
making preparationa for action, but as
yet each avoids the other. Where and
in what manner the blow that is com
ing will fall cannot be predicted, but it
ia more turely coming than autonomy.
General J. M. Bodriguea, command-in-chief
of the western provinces,
is out in a manifesto stating that he
will accept nothing but independence.
He contrasts the treatment of Cuban
prisoners with that of Spanish prison
ers, and aayt only tha Spaniard! under
arms are considered as enemies. He
promise! equal rights to other Span
iard! if independence it gained.
General Blanoo'e general shake-up
of the police force throughout the ialand
it causing some excitement. The heads
of departments of police were nearly all
changed. Wherever fraud or nnduo
oruelty was discovered drastic measures
were taken. Secretary-General Con
gosto's knowledge and experience
gained in America are of valuable as
sistance in this direction. Special re
ports from the Herald correspondent!
in various paTts of the island state that
the Spanish soldiera are as badly off as
the pacificos and concentrados. In
many places the troops havo been forced
by circumstances to beg from door to
door. General Blanco is maKing every
effort to relieve their condition, and to
reform the hospital service.
Vienna, Nov. 29. The unparalleled
violence in the lower house of the
reichsrath yesterday is about the only
subject of conversation throughout Au
ttria today. The German progressist
party hat published a note expressing
regret at the outbreak, and disclaiming
any responsibility for it. .
Made a Clean Sweep.
Chicago, Nov. 29. The three re
maining buildings spared by fire, whioh
devastated the little town of Willow
Springs two montht ago, were totally
destroyed by fire last night, while the
members of the fire department were at
a dance. The comparative isolation of
the buildings prevented the blaze from
spreading, and what nowrematns of
the town was saved. The Iocs is esti
mated at $20,000. IHs spread around
among a number of tmall retailor.
THE AMERICAN NAVY.
It Preient Condition Summed lln hy
Secretary I.ong.
Washington, Nov. 29. The report of
the seoretary of the navy was made
public today. It shows that the prei
ent effective fighting force of the navy
consists of four battle-ships of the first
class, two battle-ship of the second
clatt, two armored cruisera, sixteen
cruisen, fifteen gunboats, tix double
turreted monitors, one ram, one dyna
mite gunboat, one dispatch-boat, one
transport tteamer and five torpedo
boats. Thero are under construction
five battle-thipt of the first class, six
teen torpedo-boat and one submarine
boat.
There are 64 other naval vessels, in
cluding those jised a training, receiv
ing and naval-reserve ship, tugs, dil
uted eingle-turrcted monitor!, and
some unserviceable craft.
There it, further, the auxiliary fleet.
Thit consists, first, of more than 20
subsidized steamers, which comply
with the requirement! of the postal act
of March 8, 1891, with regard to their
adaptability to naval service, an to an
armament of main and second batteries;
second, of a very much greater number
of large merchant marine steamers,
which can be availed of at any time of
eed.
These auxiliaries, ranging from 2,000
to 12,000 tons, will, if occasion re
quire, form a powerful fleet of ocean
cruisera, capable of twift and formida
ble attack upon an enemy' commerce.
Their great coal capacity will also en
able them to remain a long time at tea
in search of the whereabout! of hostile
vessels. ' ,
The country it congratulated upon
the result! obtained in the rebuilding
of the navy. While ite thin are not
at many and it it not necessary they
should be as those of some other great
powers, they are, clast for claas, in
power, speed, workmanship and often
live and defensive qualitiea, the equal
of vessels built anywhere else in the
world.
Five additional battle-shipe are un
der construction, whioh should be com
pleted by the end of the year 1899.
One gunboat and 17 torpedo-boats are
also under construction.
The first cost of the gunboats was
about $250,00-each. That of the cruit
ers nearly $2,000,000 etch.
Bids for tha torpedo-boatt were from
16 firms, covering a variety of designs.
The contracts of these 80-knot boat!
were awarded to the loweat bidders, at
follows:
To Harlan & HollingBWorth, one 340
ton boat, at $286,0000; to Gas Engine
& Power Company and Charlei L. Sea
bury Co., consolidated, one 285-ton
boat, at $310,00; to Wolff & Zwlcker
Iron works, one 247.5-ton boat, at
$214,500. ... . ,
It is of interest to note the naval
programmes of the principal foreign
powers which show the great activity
prevailing ainpng them in the matter
of naval oonsturction. .
NITROGLYCERINE EXPLOSION.
Kearly Wrecked an Satire
Town In
. Indiana..
Andersonville, Ind., Nov. 39. Ches
terfield, Iud., wat almost wiped off the
map at an early hour thit morning by
an explosion of 80 quart of nitrogly
cerine in an oil field half a mile from
town. James Gol't bouse, about 800
rods distant, waB torn to pioces. , The
explosion tore a hole in the ground
down to the water line. A three-ton
engine waa torn to fragments, and ev
ery animal in the neighborhood waa
killed instantly.
The little town of Chesterfield it a
mast of ruins. Every house waa movtd
from its foundation, and window were
battered, door smashed in, every
light put out and the plastering shaken
from the walls. Several people were
thaken out of bed.
At Dalesville, two milea away, and
at Yorktown, five mile distant, the
damage was almost aa great. Many
people were injured, and it ia miracu
lous that many were not killed. The
ahock was felt 15 milea away. The
damage cannot be estimated.
Will Raaten Durrant'a Execution.
San Francisco, Nov. 29. Acting Attorney-General
Carter has received
word from Attorney-General Fitzgerald
that he will advise Warden Hale to
carry out the execution of Durrant, re
gardless of any legal proceedings that
may be instituted by Durrant'a attor
I neys, after the present legal quibble
! has been decided. Durrant will be re-
sentenced as soon as the controversy
- now pending is settled, after whioh the
I attorney-general of the state believes
I no legal step can accomplish further
Jjlay in the proposed exeoution of the
prisoner. ,
Marshul Btaneo's A mil ranee.
Madrid Nov. 29. Marshal Blanco
hat cabled to the cabinet an assurance
that he will be the arbitrator in con
nection with the customs tariff, and
that the interests of the peninsula
shall not suffer thereby.
An excellent effect hat been pro
duced in official circlet by the publica
tion this morning, in the official ga
zette, of the two decreet extending to
the Antilles the universal snfferagelaw
of 1890, and applying also the laws in
tcribed in the first chapter of the Span
ish constitution.
There is a white sparrow in Lafay
ette, Iud.
Tha Concord Betnrn From Alaska.
San Francisco, Nov. 29. T')e gun
boat Concord arrived from Alaska to
day. Sha will go to the navy-yard for
an overhauling, after which she will
be sent to China to take the place of
the Yorktown on that station.
Maxim'. New Gun Tested.
Portsmouth, Nov. 39. Hiram Max
im's new quiok-flring gun waa tried
here toduy with remarkable results,
Wfth 25 pounds of cordite it thowed an
effective range of 16,000 yards.
NORTHWEST BREVITIES
Evidence of Steady Growth
and Enterprise.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
From All tha CItle and Town of
th Thriving SI .ter State.
Oregon.
o
Willamette valley fall-sown grain it
looking fine.
Severnl Oregon towna report "not a
vacant house." .
. The late storm wat the severest
known in many years in Clatsop county.
Last week five carloads of wheat and
five carloads of wood werethipped from
Sheridan, in Yamhill county.
A Medford man hat told 10 carloads
of Ben Davit applet to a New York
firm for 75 centt a box, f . o. b.
A Buck Hollow rancher raited $300
worth of silver-skin oniont on one acre
of land in Sherman county this year,
and sold the crop for cash.
The run of steelhead talmon in Coot
bay hat commenced. . Qojt--ajiumbr
were brought from Coot river to Marsh
field last week, and were told for 50
cents each.
Three ateamers now ply between Ya
quina and San Franoisco, the Presi
dent, Truckee and Scotia. The latter
carries only stone, while the others
carry all kinda of freight.
The financial condition of Grant
county shows some improvement.
Treasurer Hazeltine hat funds on hand
for the redemption of outstanding war
rants bearing date of registration prior
to January 24, 1891.
8tate Treasurer Metchan't account
with the teveral countiea of the state
shows that Baker, Benton, Columbia,
Coos, Curry, Grant, Jackson, Klamath,
Lincoln, Umatilla and Wallowa have
paid their taxes and interest in full for
1896.
A Grant county paper says more
wheat has been threshed in the sur
rounding country this year than ever
before, and that enough of it will be
ground into flour to tupply Grant coun
ty with flour until next season. Usual
ly it hat been necessar to bring in flour.
The apple orop on Burnt river is re
ported to be three times that of last
year and of good quality. The price,
also, shows a very material advance
over last year's. Last season's yield
brought 40 oents a box, which thit year
hat advanced to 75 cents, nearly double.
Both dwelling and usiness houses
are needed in Vale, Malheur county,
says the Advocate. Every available
room in town is occupied, and the
great demand for more is increasing
daily. Little three and four room cot
tages that can be built at a ooat not
to exceed $200 eaoh will bring from $5
to $3 a month rent
Samples of Eastern oysters that were
planted in Yaquina bay have been on
exhibition In Newport. The oysters
have increased very much in size, and
have improved much in flavor, oyater
experts Bay, but whether or not spawn
discovered on mussel shells and other
objects near them it the product of the
foreign or native oyater cannot yet be
determined. Samples were tent East
two weeks ago for settling thit point,
but no report hat yet been received.
Waahington.
There is a good demand for logs on
Gray'a harbor.
The lumber shipments from Wash
ington in October by rail were 750
cart.
The shingle shipments from Wash
ington in October were 1,866 cars, or
298,660,000 sbinlges, notwithstanding
the car shortage and drop in price.
A Gray's harbor fisherman saya that
the falling-off of the catch in tilverside
talmon there thil season is fully 60
per cent. The pack of the cannery at
Aberdeen is only 10,000 cases, against
21,000 last year. The new hatchery
on the Chehahs river will, it is expeot
ed, check this diminution in supply and
restore the industry.
Washington has a law against alien
ownership of land in that ttate. , A
Scotch company is desirous of building
a beet-tugar factory near Spokane, and
this law stands in the way. There ia a
case in the supreme court of Washing
ton at the present time whioh will de
termine whether the law it constitu
tional or not, or whether aliens can
own land in the state or not.
By the breaking of a aheer boom at
Stanwood, in Snohomish county, the
other day, between 6,0u0.000 and b,
000,000 feet of logs went out into the
Sound, and that of thia amount prob
ably 500,000 feet will go out to sea
through Deception puss. The boom
company expects to be able to tave all
except those carried out to tea by tho
tidet.
The ttate auditor has had printed in '
pamphlet form the opiniont of the attorney-general
relative to revenue and
taxation. These pamphleta will be for
warded to the different county treas
urers throughout the state. So many
Inquiries were received by the state
auditor relative to the construction of
the revenue law that this, step was
deemed advisable. '
The famous Ruby oreek, over which
there was so much exictement 15 years
ago, promises to furnish the state with
another rioh district. A resident of
Burlington wat in Mount Vornon last
week and brought with hint and told to
the bank little over $1,000 in coarse
gold taken out of placer claims on Can
yon oreok, a branch of Ruby creek.
W. A. Woodin and others, who wero
contemplating building a shingle mill
in Fairhaven, have changed their
minds, and will put up a talmon can
nery with oapaoity of 20,000 oases.