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VOL. XVIII.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FEIDAY, JANUARY 18, ' 1901.
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OP INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS
Comprehensive Revkw of th Important Hap.
penlngt of tbe Put Weak In a
Condensed form.
Oregon' stato levy tux hits beets
flxttil itt 5.7 mUlw.
The kingdom n( Saxony ioliaiU a
lou of $20,000,000.
Burgle,' blew open eafe In store
it Irving, Or., but secured no booty.
Boers captured three agents of Hrlt-
Inh peace comuilHsiouers aud put one
to death.
Tlio UtnutilU roof lightship has
sgaln broken lout mid dlr'ted from
har statlun.
Th rebel In Colombia. li,to de.
perate Httmit tu enter Ouluu but wore
driven back.
Prince Chang protest avalust con
tain plated appointment of successor to
LI lluuii Chang.
Governor Hunt, of Idaho, ha abol
(had the famous jwrtuit system In In
Coeur d'Aloui'K.
London pit per loudly demand tht
reinforcement be wilt to th scene of
war In youth Africa.
A Leavenworth, Kan., Hand only
escaped lynchtug by being placed in
tli state penitentiary.
Northern Faciflo train wan wrecked
in Washington while psiwlug over
inking bridge and five people iujuied.
Samuel Lewis, tlm notorious money
lender anil usurer, who bar Imhiu called
the greatest aud meanest of modern
Khy looks, U tlra J.
" During theater performance la Chi
cago, a man raised the cry of Ore and
aa a result eeveii peraoua were: killed
aud many Injured.
While engngwl lu thawing dynamite
iu one of the tumieli of the Ample
mine, near Ltllooet, II. C, John Ule
ann, minor, waa instantly killed aud
two othen seriously Injoied.
An artesian oil well haa been (truck
near lieauiunnt, Texas. Thouaauds of
people are Hocking to the place to ne
the novel tight. 80 far, it la eati
niutml 00,000 barrola bavo been wasted
on the pratriu. -
The Chehalta-Sonth Bend, Wash.,
train ran into a luudKlide about eight
uitlea west of Chelmli and the engine
aud throe freight our ran off the track
into the Chohall river, 't he passenger
coach left the track and the front eud
hung over thu river bunk. The engineer
was the ouly one injured.
A metropolitHU polico force will bo
organized at Manila.
Von Utilow made tile debut aa chan
cellor in the Prussian diet,
J. J. Hill deulea that he la trying to
form a railroad combination.
Canada will (end recruit for Radon
1'otteH' African constabulary.
Tho Chinese einperor'a brother way
be the imperial eutoy to llerlin.
There ia objection to roin missioning
the battleship Wisconsin ou Friday.
The Home press la Indlgnaut at the
Duke of Nurfulk's address to the pope
Southern l'blllpplne port may be
closed to prevent oomiuuuicatiou be
tween rebel.
Northern transcontinental annouuee
a reduction in through rate to tb
8-ceuts bavin.
AinbaHaador Choate and White are
working for the removal ol negotia
tion Irom Pekln.
The Northern Pacific hue declared a
regular quarterly dlvtdeud of per
cent on it pro (erred itouk.
Kirk 0, Armour, nephew of the late
Philip D. Armour, aud bead of the Ar
mour interest iu Kansas City, i crit
ically ill at hi home with pneumonia.
By the accidental discharge of a
blast iu the Malachite mine at Miudl
l'usi. An,, one man waa blown to
atom and two other seriously injured.
Coineliua L. A Word, the defaulting
New York bank teller, pleaded guilty
before the criminal branch of the
United State court and thu saved
the itate the expense ol a trial.
A 15-year-old boy, who was iteallng
a ride on a freight train, noar Halem,
Or,, loit hi hold aud full, tne train
panning over and teverlng both leg
a novo the knee, lie died from bli in
jnriei. In a water front fire In New York,
one fireman wa seriously injured and
60 teamen nairowly eaaaped with their
live. One steainer aud a pier wa
burned to the water' edge. Los,
1500,000.
Ily a ooIUhIoo on a New Jersey rail
road, near Laurel Kun, a car filled
with powdor exploded with inch foroe
that the report wa heard 20 mile.
No one waa Injured, but the oara next
the one in which the powder wa were
blown to pieces.
Five hundred motor carriage per
year la the average output of a Pari
firm for the pint live year.
The Eaikmos of Alaska make water
proof boot and shirt of the skin of
the aalmon.
In the ilostoii high aohoola the girl
outuumbor the boy by 1,000 or ao, but
in th primary and grammar school
the boy outnumber th girl by nearly
No Improvement in the Situ
ation at the Cape,
CENSORSHIP Or GENERAL KITCHENER
Boar Art Stealing Cattle Clot to Pretoria'
rorU-Dyiumltt Mlnei Laid to Protect
Property In th Read.
London, Jan. 12. Th tltuatlon in
Pouth Africa grow won rather than
better. Lord Kitchener' dispatcher
are more laconic than thote of Lord
Itoberta, and little elae o importance
1 allowed to oome through.
The 'lime in an editorial today flnl
oonuort in the thought that "the uro
ces of attrition i doing iu work, aud
mum anortiy lead to the Inevitable re.
ult." In other quarter, however,
therew lea satisfaction with the con-
oitimi of affair, which have nractli-al.
ly necessitated tb fortlfluution of Cap
Town.
No atop have been taken to comply
wim ixra Kitchener 1 demand for re.
inforcemeut.
Ixird Coleridge, in a letter uxouaing
nil non-attendance at a political meet
lug, aay:
"1 loath and deleat thi war and
the policy which bronvht it about, the
mode a which It la conducted aud the
undignified exciteinout over the de
feat of a handful of peaaanta defending
their country at the hand of 10 tiraea
their number of trained aoldler,
iwcked by th wealth of Knlgaud."
Thl morning ' dianatche report
that a amall partv of Iloer carried off
cattle cloae to the eaat fort at l'retoria.
Nine hundred Doer, oudt-r Command
ant Kriuinger, are IS mile from Utah-
mond, iu the direction of Marrayaburg.
Humor are apreading at l'orterville
that the rebel have joined the linen in
the Calvina diatrlct. The miliiary
commiaalouer of police at Johannea-
I urg haa warned the public to beware
of daugeroo dynamite mine laid in
the lUud to prote t the mine.
Apoeali for Mora Troopi.
New York, Jan. 13. A diapatch to
tne iribune aay:
Day after day the newipapera con.
tinue to aecoud the appeal of the cor
reipondenta in Cape Town lor more
troop for South Africa. The neceity
for trenh draft of monnted men ia
growing urgent to augment the atreugth
of the force now aerving, and to re
place the yeomanry and other troopa
that should by thi time be returning
home. Meanwhile the recruiting for
tne South African constabulary it pro.
Brewing iluggiahlv. The actual unm
her o' reurnit diapatohed ao far from
the United Kingdom I but 200, but
800 more are to atart next week, with
more than three tlmea the number re
quired applying to be enlisted. The
selection of caudidatea goe on at a
rate of only 300 a mouth, at which
rate it will take nearly a year aud a
half to get tb necessary 6,000 men.
Another Invading Column.
London. Jan. 12. "Five thousand
Boers, luppowd to be trekking weat
from Vrvbuiv." aava the ?aia Town
oon-flnnnnriont nf the Dull Mail, "ara
now making their way into the heart
01 Cape uolony. Ihe supposition Is
that they have captured several small
garrison on the way.
CHINESE TROOPS DRILLING.
A Large Force Are Under Armi aiSlnan Fa
Believe They Can Defeat Allies.
Pekln, Jan. 19. A Chinaman from
Sluan Ku, where the ourt is at pre
ent, aavs that within the oity 86,000
Chinese troop are drilling continuous
ly, and the majority of them are armed
with modern rifle. He say that the
feeling of the people there is bitterly
anti-foreign, and that they believe
that they can meet the allies in an
open flgkt and defeat tbflin.
The minister are considerably as
tonished over the Chinese grant to !
ia of a concession north of the I'el
Ho, at Tien Tsin, a compared with
the Iliitish and French concessions
00m biued. The grant, according to
the Kuselnni, waa made voluntarily
for ervice in endeavoring to bring
about peace. The minister think
that tho conceaniou constitutes good
pay, when considered in addition to
the annexation of all Manchuria.
rienor Corogan, the Spanish minis
ter, think that the negotiutlona will
commence at Fekin, poosibly endiuf
lu Kurope. M. Danglers thinks that
negotiation will end at The Hague.
Agonclllo Revolts.
London, Jan. IS. A eeriou dii
agreement ha arisen between the Fili
pino representative in Kurope. Agou
clllo, whom Aguinaldo ordered there,
ha revolted and refuses to go to Hong
Kong or give np bi post in Purls to
Dr. Apaoiblo. The latter Agninaldo
ordered to go to Canada from Hong
Kong to watch the United State elec
tions. He wa then ordered to replace
Agonclllo. The disputants have both
oabled Aguinaldo and are waiting for
hi reply. ,
Llvlngiton Bank Dividend.
Washington, Jau. 12. The control
ler of the currency declared a dividend
nl i t in favor of the creditors of the
Livingston National bank, of Living.
stou, Mont.
A German Pipe Trust,
Berlin, Jan. 18. All the German
pipe foundrle. according to a ipecial
dUpatch from Cologne, have joined the
pipe trust which i being orgaulaed.
Ce-Opcratlv Creameries tre Starting Up
Here snd There.
Ppokane, Jan. 11. Industrial Agent
Junaou, ol the O, K. & N. Co., has
embarked on the policy ol organising
co-operative creameries in Ksstern
Oregon and Ksstern Washington,
Within a week one co-operative cream
ery wa organized at Tekoa, in the Fa-
louse country and another at Hummer
villo, lu the Grand lioude valley. The
Tekoa creamery starts with the milk
of 600 cows, and at Summerville the
outlook is (or 800.
"There i no country more favorable
for dairying," aatd Mr. Judaon, "than
Kastnrn Washington, Oregon and
Idaho, and the creameries can be
started onder the most favorable aus
pice. Farmer will take a great deal
of interest in the new industry and
it ia sure to be a great success."
TheO. II. & N. Co. is promoting
creameries only on the co-operative
plan, that being the plan that hat
made the dairy farmers of Minnesota
aud Wisconsin wealthy. In Oregon,
Washington and Idaho, the conditions
are lar more favorable for the industry
than iu the etates of the Upper Missis
sippi valley, the farmer there having
to feed their stock six months of the
year, while here r attle get their own
living practically all the year,
FORESlYOFOREGON.
Many Interesting Features Representing th
Natural Woods st the Pan-American.
Buffalo, Jan. 11 A. J.Johnson,
forestry commissioner of the state of
Oregon to the Fan-American, i work
ing hard to gather an exhibit that will
properly represent the state in this
important industry. One hundred and
forty varieties of woods will be repre
sented, many of which are very inter
esting. Mr. Johnson mention the
myrtle a one of the most useful and
Interesting woods in the world on ao
count of it varied colors.
Oregon will have exhibit in the
agricultural, liberal arts, forestry and
fisheries' buildings, a the commis
sioners iu the different department
are alive to the advantages to be de
rived from a thorough representation
and they wish the state to keep abreast
of the times. -
Besieged th Jsll.
Phoenix, Arls., Jan. 11. All of last
night and nearly all day frenzied
mob has been besieging the connty jail
of Yuma, and ouly the aotion of the
aoting governor prevented a triple
lynching. Three tramps were arrested
last night for killing Under-sheriff
8am Devore. Devore went to arrest
the train) for stealing a barrel of
liquor, and waa shot and killed by
them. The murderei were soon under
arrest, aud a threatening mob formed
around the jail. Thi afternoon Act
ing Governor Aker received a dispatch
saying the jail was inadequate for the
protection of the prisoners. The gov
ernor directed that the prisoners be
placed in the penitentiary. Excite
ment still runs high, as Devore wa a
very popular man.
Germany's Position Not Defined.
Berlin, Jan. 11. Gerrnauy la not
yet willing to define her position with
reference to Secretary Hay' proposal
to transfer the Pekln negotiation to
Washington, according to a statement
made by a high foreign oflloe official
to a representative of the presa today,
because of a difference in view on the
snbjeot. The German foreign office
believe Mr. Conger' view of the at
titude of the empress dowager i cor
rect, and that the position of the Chi
nese court at Sinan Fu is growing
more and more untenable, rendering
it probable that the power will soon
succeed in persuading the imperial
personage to return to Pekin.
Attempt to Counterfeit Rillwsy Tickets.
Kansas City, Jan. 11. An apparent
attempt to counterfeit Burlington Tail
way tickets has been learned by the
local officers of that road which has
received information that a man re
cently tried to open negotiation with
a 8t. Joseph printer to furnish au elec
trotype of a Burlington coupon tioket,
which he piodnoed. The printing firm
refused to do the work and notified
the railway officials of the request.
Burlington agent have been notified
to be ou the outlook for spurious trans
portation. A Milking Machine.
It ha been generally believed by
those engaged in dairying that cow
could not be milked by any mechanical
device. A Glasgow, Scotland, firm
claim to nave a machine that will do
the work and wants to exhibit it at
the Fan-American exposition at Buf
falo next summer. The milking ma
chine i aaid to be bnilt on the pneu
matic system, with valves, motion
rubber, eto.
American Engineer Released.
Washington, Jan. 11. A dispatch
from Charles W. Kindiok, consul of
the United States at Juarec. Mexico,
reports the release of T. W. Lewis, an
American citizen, an engineer on the
Mexioan Central railway, who waa
arrested because his train ran over and
kl'led a Mexican named Jesus Calde
ron, who had attempted to make a
ooupllng.
Two Chinese Burned to Death.
Boise, Jan. 11. In a fire at Nam pa
this morning in a wash house two Chi
nese were burned to death. There
were seven Chinese in the place, and
the others were rescued with difficulty,
one being badly burned. The body ol
one of the victim wa recovered, but
the other was incinerated, nothing
being left but bit of bone. The Chi
nese had considerable money in the
bnilding. One fellow had $5,000 bur
led, whioh he expect to recover.
Russia 'Demands an Indefinite
Lease on Liao Tung.
WITHDRAWN FROM TRIPPLE ALLIANCE
Her Treaty With China Will Alto Give Her
Complete Possession of the Man
churian Railroad.
'London, Jan. 1. "Prlnc Uchtom-J
sky s mission to Pekin, say the St.
Petersburg conespondeut of the Daily
Mail, "was to secure a convention, I
understand, on the following basis: Iu
return (or renouncing her claim for
war indemnity, Russia demands an in
definite, instead of a 00 year lease of
the Lia Tung peninsula, and of the
Fort Arthur. In other words, she de
mands annexation, as well aa the com
plete posession of the Manchurian rail
way, which, onder the existing agree
ment, revert to China after 90 year."
The Concert Breaking Up.
New York, Jan. 14. A dispatch to
the Herald from London says:
Attention wa drawn to the sus
picions similarity in the tendency ex
isting between the official view eman
ating from Vienna and the dispatches
cabled by English correspondent in
the United t-tates.
Anniber striking instance has 00
ourred within the last couple of days.
Aa usual the unanimity of views is
manifested in a sentiment of hostility
to the American government. This
time the state department's proposal
to refer certain points of the Chinese
negotiations to a commission which
would meet at Washington or else
where, furuishea the pretext for at
tack. The Daily Telegraph's Yienua
correspondent tell how the uggetion
ha aroused the ire of Austrian dip-)
lomatista airaiust the United States
may be asked to leave the ooncert of
Yfm Hm Hurlbunt who has just resigned aa general passenger agent of
the O. R, & N. Co., to become president of a street railway company in Port
land. He has been an active railroad man 30 years, with several large system
la the East and with tbe Union Pacific
powers in China, is freely disousaed.
This unanimity is too pronounced to
pass unnoticed. If the matter were
probed to the bottom, the person who
inspired many statements would proba
bly prove to be the kaiser, who ia at
the bead of the triple alliance, aud tne
only member of the Anglo-German al
liaucJ whose hands are unfettered.
Englaud baing kept busy iu the Trans
vaal, is in no position to dictate with
a fair chance of being obeyed.
His majesty ia more concerned in
shutting the United State out of the
concert than any one, for it Is the
United State that ha thwarted his
scheme of wholesale slaughter which
wa to imbue China with terror of
the German empire, while the other
power were to thrust into the back
ground as of no account.
A a matter of faot, however, there
I no ooncert of the power how.
Russia ha virtually withdrawn from
it of her own free will, preferring to
make an important treaty with China.
Acoording to tbe Daily Telegraph
the idea is contemplated of leaving out
the United States. And France, the
ally of Russia, aud united by the
frieudliest ties to America, will scarce
ly work cordially with the stumps of a
concert, uamely, the triple alliance
md England. This simply means the
concert is breaking up into sompanies
it which the divisions are becoming
more marked a time goes on.
Lawshe Goes to the Philippines.
Washington, Jan. 14. Auditor Law
she received the final instructions 'rotn
tle seoretary of war today, preparatory
to leaving Washington tonight for Ihe
Philippine, where he will enter upon
hia duties as auditor for tbe Philip
pine archipelago. One of his duties
will be to re-examine tbe aooounta of
officers of the army who handle all the
government fund iu the Philippine
archipelago.
Indiana Fsrmer Removed Railroad Track
From His Property.
Crawfordsville, lnd., Jan. 14. The
rails of the Chicago & Southeastern
Railway, which crosied the farm of
Wesley Grantham, near this city, were
torn up and removed from the farm
laat Wednesday night by iiheriff Ca,
niue, acting on a writ of ejectment,
secured by Grantham. All train traf
fic including the government mail
service was effectually blocked.
Injunction proceeding were im med
ia tey filed against Grantham, bnt to
day in the circuit court Judge West
refused to grant a temporary restrain
ing order, deolarig that Grantham bad
already been kept out of hit property
eveu years, and that the constitution
guaranteed blm certain rights, with
which the court did not propose to in
terfere. The rood's attorney asked
that an order be made giving the road
possession until the land could be con
demned, but the court refused to do
this, saying that the company bad bad
seven ve.rs to do thi and had failed.
The court iaaued an order, however.
forbidding any further destruction of
the road' property.
Grantham' land is guarded by
armed men. Laat night two of the
road's bridge were blown np, one of
them 80 feet long and 16 feet high.
Many load of rail were carted off to
a school bonse, three miles from the
right of way. Two baokloads of armed
men went down from Ladoga last
night to the Grantham farm. The
road will be blocked now for several
day at least, and Grantham's attorney
declare possession will not be relin
quished until tbe road pays 13,000.
RAISES THE BONUS.
Seattle in One Week Subscribes $103,000 for
the Battleship Contract,
Seattle, Jan. 14. The people of Se
attle have completed the raising of a
$100,000 bonus to be paid the Moraa
Bros. Company, of this city upon the
launching of the new sheathed battle
ship, whioh tbey have been awarded
in San Francisco and Portland.
by the Navy department. The Morans'
bid of $3,873,900 must be ro iled down
$100,000 to bring it within tbe limit
fixed by congress. Tbe business men
volunteered to furnish this amount if
the company would accept the contract
at the reduced figure The entire sum
was raised in a week, being oversub
scribed $3,835. It is estimated that
the battleship contract means the ex
penditure of $2,100,000 iu wages on
Puget Sound during tbe next three
yeais. Moran Bros, will build at onoe
new machine shop and power house,
to oost $400,000.
Commander John W, Qusckenbush.
Washington, Jan. 14. Commander
John W. Quaokenbnsh, United States
navy, retired, died today at bis home
in this oity, aged 64 years.
Commuted by the President.
Washington, Jan. 14. The president
today commuted the sentence of Chas.
L. McUin. who was to have been
hanged in this city tomorrow, to im
prisonment for life. In Deoember,
1890, McUin, who was a motorman on
one of the street railways, killed an
other motorman. Jealousy waa the
cause.
Ssntenced to Death.
Priuoeton, lnd. Jan. 14. J. D.
Keith was this afternoon oonvioted of
murdering Nora Keifer and sentenced
to death.
Danish West Indies to Be Ours.
Copenhagen, Jan. 14. The negotia
tions (or the sale of the Danish West
Indies to the United States are seem
iulgy approaching settlement. The
matter has been placed in the bands of
th finance oommittoe of the rigsdag,
with the view of arranging the differ
ence in the price asked ' and offered.
The king and ministry are in favor of
the sale, but final action may be de
layed by powerful opposition both is
th island and here.
Interesting Events and Gossip of the Past Week Reported From
Cities and Towns in Washington, Oregon and Idaho.
IDAHO.
Thornton Hutobins, well-kown
stockman of tbe state, died at Boise.
A movement is on foot at Caldwell,
looking to tb early closing of store.
Paul Jacot, a resident of St. Joe, has
been committed to tbe Blaokfoot in
sane aslyum.
John Harley, pioneer of Idaho
City, is dead, aged 70. He came to
this state in 1863.
Callender ia the nam of a new post
office in Idaho county. Edward W.
Taylor Is postmaster.
A branch telephone line ha been
run from Dewey to Bwafc Falls. Thi
give tbe Fall a direct line to Boise.
8. B. Wright' two-story residence
at Bonner' Ferry! on the north side of
the river, wa entirely destroyed by
fire.
Tbe aggregate valuation "of tb in
strument filed for record at Wallace
with tbe connty recorder in 1900 is
$2,062,416.78.
Henry Ott. a well-known pioneer
farmer of tbe Boise vallay, has sold bi
ranch of 450 acres. The purohase
price wa $6,625.
Thomas W. Bates, promoter of the
Idaho Midland railway, baa returned
to New York. He say ihe road i in
the best possible condition.
Tbe P. & 1. N. railway baa a
nounoed it intention of extending its
road into the Seven Devil country.
Steel rails have already been pur
chased. '
The county commissioner of Ada
county faave selected T. C. Catlin to
represent tBeir interests at tb Na.
tional Live Stock Association meet, to
be held in Salt Lake City.
Tbe preliminary steps have been
taken toward organizing a Pioneer As
sociation at Lewiaton. All who re
sided in tbe state prior to tbe close of
tbe year 1877, are eligible for mem
bership.
Judge Stewart ha rendered a decis
ion of considerable importance to
Boise. He holds that the city council
has no authority to act as a board of
equalization. Therefore increase of
valuation of property made by tbe
council are illegal and void.
Fire at tbe Bunker Hill mine.
Wardner district, destroyed tram
way which leads to tbe Stemwinder
mine. In consequence, tbe latter
mine bad to be temporarily shut down
The fire originated in the pumping
bouse. Loss is estimated at $2,000;
fully insured. .
James Patten, a rancher living near
Bonners' Ferry, lost a valuable horse
while triyng to cross the river, fie
attempted to drive the team across on
the ice, but when near tbe middle of
the stream the ice gave way uLder
the horses .and before thev could be
drawn out one of them ws drowned.
WASHINGTON.
Tt is said that Hoquiam will have a
basket factory.
Tbe Aberdeen Order of Eagle will
tect a $3,000 building.
Spokane has accepted plan for a
crematory wbiob will oost $4,500.
The old Hartford hotel has been torn
down and loaded on cars, billed for
Jackman, Skagit county.
New Whatcom i endeavoring to
have the appropriation for the water
way project raised from $16,000 to
$50,000.
Whitman connty boasts of tbe
youngest court bailiff in tbe United
States in the person of Willie, the 11-
year-old ion of Judge McDonald, of the
superior court.
Dr. L. R. Markler haa betn ap
pointed quarantine officer for Belling
ham Bay. Heretofore vessels have bad
to wire to Fort Townseud for instruc
tions.
Measures are being taken to intro
duce a bill in the legislature to sub
mit to a vote of the people an amend
ment to the constitution designating
Taooma a the state capital instead of
Olympia.
The miner working on the Admiral
Dewey claim, near Republic, have
killed lour cougar recently. The
largest measured 8 feet 4 inches from
tip to tip and the smallest 7 feet 10
inches.
Tbe board of county commissioners
for Lewis county has let a contract to
the Northwest Bridge Company for the
construction of a 140-foot span bridge
across tbe Cbehali river at Biaok'a
Station. Tbe contract prioe ia $1,494.
An important strike baa been made
on the property of the Oro Grande
Gold Mining & Milling Company, a
few miles from Marcus. Previous as
say gave from $8 to $21.65 in gold,
silver and copper and the ore from the
new vein is expeoted to go much
higher.
The executive board of the Thurston
County Bioyole Path Association re
ports $1,901 received last year from
the sale of bioyole tags and $456 from
other sources.
David Jathley, who ha returned to
Everett from Dawson, brought home
the petrified jaw of a prehistoric mas
todon. From point to point the jaw
measure 87 inches, and it still con
tains two teeth nine inche long. It i
thoroughly petrified, weighing 60
pounds, . . I
A 60-year franchise has been granted
for an electrio railway between Seattle
and Taooma. The line ia to be in
operation in 18 months.
Th machinery for the new mill at
Hartford i now on the ground. It
will cut 85,000 feet of lumber per day,
and tbe shingle mill in conjunction
will . have a capacity of 150,000
shingles.
As the result of eating canned meats
and salad at a lodge entertainmet at
Ballard, F. S. Still man, a drug clerk
of that city, is lying in a critical con
dition at bis home, suffering from pto
maine poisoning.
Word haa been received of tbe death
ot Captain William Hainek, a pioneer
mining, man, at Northport. He was a
native of North Carolina and bad been
on tbe coast since tbe palmy days of
Virginia City, Nevada.
Tbe Northern Lumber Company'
aawmill at Everett, which waa burned
a few month ago, i to be rebuilt.
New machinery is on tbe way from
the East, and plans for the building
are ready for tbe contractors.
It ia announced that the logging
camp adjoining th Sedro-Wooley
townsite on the north, staited up again
by a new concern. These camps, two '
in number, are among the largest in
the Northwest, each employing about
150 men. Tbe operations of tbe new
firm are expected to be on a scale even
more extensive than heretofoie.
Judge Moore at Seattle has issued a
peremptory writ ot mandate to the
King county board of commissioners
requiring them to call a special elec
tion within 40 days to permit the resi
dents of that part of the reservation
lying within King county to vote
whether tbey desire to have the reser
vation annexed to Pierce county.
Natural oil indications have been
discovered near Spangle. Tbe discov
ery was made on tbe adjoining ranches
of A. D. McMicbael and J. B. Butler,
and a lease has been secured on one of
these by capitalists wbo will prospect
for oil and gas. F. K. MoCoy, a repre
sentative of an oil company in Cali
fornia, baa been examining all the
fields of tbe Palouse looking for oil
Linda for hia company, and be has se- :
cured a lease on Mr. McMicbael'
farm.
OREGON.
The organ factory at Dallas is en
larging ita plant.
Tbe Bybee bridge across Rogue river
ia being repaired and i closed to
travel.
The free ferry at Liverpool, Benton
county, is not yet in operation, owing
to high water.
F. E. Dunn, of Eugene, sold 57
bales of 1899 bop to San Francisco
buyeis for 8 cents per pound.
Fred Walter, of the Farmers' Cus
tom mill, baa purchased the Cheape
mill property at Pendleton for $5,500.
The telephone office at Sumpter has
abolished its telegraph office, and mes
sages are now transmitted by telephone
to Baker City.
A test pit, sunk 15 feet on the Ore
gon Boy, a recent location in tbe Ala
mo district, is said to have disclosed a 1
ledge with $12 values.
Oscar Dilley, of Oakville, is building
a dairy building whioh will be large
enough for 50 cows and will have all
up-to-date improvements.
J. A. Fitzgibbon has bought the
Cook and Miller ledge on Foot's creek,
Southern Oregon. This i a ledge in
which two feet of $50 rook ha been
developed.
A young man, aged 18 years, the
adopted son of Thomas Smith, was
thrown from a load of railroad ties near
Elgin, and received injuries whioh re-,
suited in his death.
Tbe shaft on the Little Breeches
claim, in the Bald Mountain district,
is down 26 feet, and average assays of
$5.40 are reported. No cross cutting
will be done until the 100-foot level ia
readied.
Farmers living between Lebanon
and Sodaville will make an effort to
get free rural mall delivery. Tb
route will be about as follows: From
Lebanon to Sodaville, thence west
about six miles, thence north about
six miles, thence east to starting point.
Georse Newsome, a farmer living
near Marquam, was held up and
robbed in bis own doorway. 'Mr.
Newsome answered a knock at the
front door and was surprised to Bud a
revolver in bis face on opening tbe
door. He gave up a few dollars he
had in his pocket.
C. S. Warren, Jr., has purchased
from George Day a one-sixth interest '
in the Crown Point property for $500.
The property adjoins the Diadem in
the Greeuhorn Mountain district, and
has been developed by a 40-foot shaft. ,
It is said that average assays from a
3 -foot ledge are $25.80. while some
specimen assayed $104.
An important mining deal ba just
been consummated in Eastern Oregon,
whereby tne Quebec and High Or
olaims changed hands. The considera
tion is placed at about $40,000.
A mas meeting ot citizen of Gil-
bam county was held, at which it was
decided . to organize a company and
build railroad from Condon to tbe
Columbia. This would greatly benefit
the wheat men of that county, as at
present all wheat 1 being hauled ia -wagon
40 to 60 mile,