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VOL. XVIII.
ST. HELENS, OUGON FRIDAY, JANUAIIY 25, 1901.
NO. .
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MiS'l'
IICY5 Of THE Et
From All Parts of the New World
V tnd the Old. r
Of INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS
Compreheiurv Rcvtiw of tht Important Hap.
penlnjii of the Put Week at t
' Condemed form.
West Point cadatt ngra tg abolish
hating.
Enraged Omaha oltlisni burntd
pesthonte. '
German contemplate cable Hat
round tbe world, -.
Tli naval appropriation bill provide
lor (oar new warrhlp.
Astoria's big export sawmill will be
located at Tougue'i Point.
Tbt term of duty In th Philippine
may bt limited to two yuan.
Minister Wo argot American to
tutr into trad with China.
Havana cltlaeua petition congress to
lower duty on Cuban product.
America' protests against Vtnetoela
bar bMu defied by that government.
Tbt homt will rtevuta moat of Its
time tbta wk to tho appropriation
British ablp Muel Tryvan foundered
In hoglisn ciiunntl ana 11 nvat war
lost. -. "
T. W. Bartlty. of Moscow, hat peon
appointed, lisb and gam warden for
Idaho.
Anarchist plot to kill prominent
Americana dlsolosed by wtuibtr in a
conit trial.
Svr old weather prevail in
Cuba. There baa bMn much suffer tug
al Santiago.
Count do Lnbertae and Baron dt
Kolbschlld fought a duel in Frauct in
which tli former waa wounded.
An Idaho bill for tbt repeal' of Hit
stringent law. agaiutt gambling baa
Introduced In Hit bout. "
Tbt Oregon legislator will bt asked
by tiit manager of I hi Spokan expo
tiiou to appropriate $50,000 for an tx
blbtt at th fair.
Two man, while, rowing aoroat Nl
agara river, lost ooutrul of thtdr boat
and wtrt carried into th rapidt. On
of thtm wa wpt ovar tbt fall and
drowntd. Tbt othr wat' rescued.
All bopaa for tha recovery of ijoeeo
Victoria art gun and tint announce
iiitut of har death it hourly expected.
All member uf her family are either
at her beMsid or going ther at ftt at
steam can carry them.
Th British mat with tavere lotto
at Murraytburg,
Kclnforoeitieut will b tout to
Kitchener at one.
Two buudrad mill bandt at Klortoot,
Colo., bav ttruck. ,
Frd T. Dubolt wa elected United
States tiuator from Idaho. ,
Tbt tetitenctng of Alvord, tb n-
beixler, bat bn iottpond. ,
Colombian rabtla wtra defeated by
tha government troops jai Panama.
Tbt prealdaut bat appointed Vnda
Muora postmaster at Ironside, Oregon,
Fied Alexander, th Negro murderer,
wa burutd at tha stakt at Leaven
worth, Kant.
A sawmill (or Aitorla, with a daily,
capacity of 2110,000 (set, baa bu
fiuanoed in New York.
Tba Or R. A N. Co.'a wharf at
Baleni waa carried away by . blgb
water. Lott about 1,000.
Two earloadi of Portugaet laborait
, bunnd fur tha aiiear plantation of
Hawaii pan ted tbrtOiih Cbloago
route fur Ban Franoieoo.
Chlvago doteative raited a counter
fettar't den, oapturtd J. P. MoUarry,
tb toppoted leader of tha band aud
aeourad three bag of tpurlout coin.
Rear-Admiral Oatirge W. Melville,
anglneer-ln-oblef of th Unltwl btate
navy yard, tar that Kuglhih mailt
warihipa art not near aa ttabl at
thote of our own build.
Tb Veneauelan governmeol ha
tetaed two iteamera flying th Uritiob
nag. Tbt oompany owutug tha retaelt
bat an American protideut and tevtral
oi tlia principal ttoukholdera art
Amtrioana. ,
Hoolt Wilke, who aerved in tb
lowar hona ol 'oongrtM two ttrma,
beglunlng with 1880, and who wat at
aintaut controller of currency during
1'itiident Cleveland' latt term, it
dying at bit home near Harry. Plk
county, 111. , -
Coquard, tha man who defied the
Pari police, lint committed lulcide.
lie wa partned by the police to hi
home where ha barred the noon, and.
from an uptialra window,' warned all
to keep away or he would tboot them.
Later an army- offloer with a netuoh
nieut of troopa forced the door and
found Coquard hanging id tbt garret
with a ballet hole through hi chin.
THE FINAL NEGOTIATIONS.
Mlnlittii it Pckln Will Clew lh Way l
Minor Mjtlcri.
Waililughin, Jan. lO.fio fur a our
ttata deiMrtmtot can liifluAuoa the ue.
gotiatloni now about to Iwgiu at 1'ekln
it will eiik to clear the way of all
luluor mutter ami of niini.
1 whluh there it no riUgremnt what'
evr amuag tn alilet, before oodertaic.
ing thtt eolutiurt of the mora diilloiilt
problem involved in the lettlemeut of
... suo.tiuu ui inuemuitlea, uuran
toe and commercial treaties. It it fa
ly expected tl.ut the Chiueae ropreiutu.
tativea will offer opponltlon to almont
very point, in order to teonre wore
lavoraoi termt, inch at an oudortuk
lug to dUmautle, lmitead of deitroy,
the Chluete forte between Tuku and
Pekln; tomt abatemeut of tha rentrlo
tlou upon the inicortatlou of
and comiidereble II uttatlon upon the
lite of tha legation euarda to La main.
taiuod in i'ekio.
it ia tald
that Mr
APPEAL DYRODEKTS
He
Calls for Five Thousand
More Volunteers.
AUTHORITIES INCREASE THEIR EFFORTS
at tha ttata dentrtment
KOCKIlIll Bti Hirued an Inten.
tlon to return to tha United Ht.t in
aihorttlme. lie bat not retired, bnt
return voloottrily.
Chin. WiaU Etikr TtriM,
-jondon, Jan. 19. "Althnnh ti..
Dntted Htetej government ami tha
Amerioan papert aoouae Mr. Conger of
teverity toward the Cblmwe," eayt tbt
Pekitt correnimndnDt of tba Morning
Pout, "the American had regarded
blm aa lm llued to leuinnnr.
'Tli Chliien commlMlonert handed
to th foreign envoy with tht tigued
pructuooli t dUpatcb from Kmperor
Kwang Hun, aiklag a forelun
tlon watead of deatructlou of the Takn
lort. The emperor 'a dimiattth aelced
alaoof the II log of a delluite period for
iae proniiutlon of tha importation of
arm, ana renutited that the Dtiuitiv
expeatuooi be itopped, atked for pa
tlouiara a to the amount of land to be
retained for the leitatlou. the nnmlmr
of legation guard, the probable coat of
the military operation and the date
Mhen the foreigner pitipoee to reatore
tho publio offloet and record in l'ekin
to the Chine. The einpemr doei not
mention the demand of tho nowera for
the punlHbmeut ol tbe prlucipal offend
Fkrat Sltlinj of Putt Coafcrtnct.
B. rlln, Jed. 19. Ao oIIIcIh! of th
German ' foreign office tufofmed a
currondent ol tha pre today that
th Diet aitliug of the penre conference
lu Pekin would be appointed immed.
iatily after the diffeniut foreign envov
had convim-ed themeelvet that their
oople of the jcint note had been prop
erly ilguid and aealed by the Chluea
plenipoteutarle. ,
A DESPERADO CAUGHT.
Mayor-Elect Hurley, of Salem,
Man., will give bit (alary of 12,500
to tb poor.
Chairman Johnaon and Storetary
Walah will keep national Democrat io
beadquartert ' in Chioago open "till
1U01. .
Aa experiment farm .will be atarted
S00 mile from Manila by tha United
tttate Philippine com in Union forth
growth of all torti of eed aud plant
front tint country.
Offkcrt Lacated Marvla Kuhni, th Inditna
Oulitw : ;
Loganaport, Ind., Jan. )9. Murivn
KiihuK, the deerado who hat terror-
lxed Northern Indiana for weeki and
delted the offlcert of two ttatoa, wat
captured iaat night at Giucuhill aud it
now in Loganaport jail. Kubnt and
bia brother, who wat rt leaned from the
Colombna prioon thortly after Marlvn
en-aped, were taken after a deeperate
fight. He fore the outlaw wa over
powered ha (hot two men and wat him-
telf thot in tbt head, but not aerioualy.
Kaba and bit biolher aud a oou fed
erate ttole a team at Plymouth Suuday
night and Marted touth. Kt HbertS
Marahall and Marabal Cheuey traoed
them lo La Fayette lent evening aud by
telephoning oeighliorlug tuwut located
thtm at (ireenhlll. , near Otterheiu.
At Otterheiu the potae aurronnded tli
bona and rushed in at midnight.
Marvin wa awake aud tniand a re
volver at bia bedaide. Before he could
Ore, Elmer 8wituier (hot him in the
face and th poet closed in, Oue man
jumped from the teonnd-itory window
nd eacaped, but the brother were
overpowered alter a ttrnggle, in which
number of abut were exchanged.
Wounded aa be wat, Marviu partially
ahook off the attacking party and ihot
II. V. Volt In the back and Lewie
llawklna in tha arm. Neither wa
fatally injured.
Brlthh Offiiuiv Operation Havt Cuitd for
the PrcMnt-Martial law Proclaimed
Throughout Cap Colony.
London, Jan. 19 Lord Roberti,
who wa eotertaiued prlavtely at
dluner lat evening by United Servioe
Club, the guttata including the Priuoe
of Waloa, the Duke of York, tbe Duke
of Cambridge aud tome 800 officera,
ha burned from the war cilice a tlr
ring appeal to the country for a
prompt reipoune to the rail for 6,000
yeomaury, whoae paat aorvlcea in South
Africa he highly commenda to tha
gratitude of the nation.
Tbe antborlttea continue to bold a
hopeful view regarding the South Afri
can iltuation, but they teem to recog
nice that vigoroua meaiore are nroe-
ry. lh proclaniHlion of marital
law throughout th whole of Cape
loiony, lata Kitchener ttrong meat
uret aaglunt the population of the re
public, the placiuit on reduoed ration
of tba wive of men In the field, and
tlmlar measured, go to ihow that there
1 heavy work.
Brttlah offenaive ' operation have
oeaaed for the present. It la tunooaed
LtTd ' Kitchener la collecting hit
ttreugth for a final effort to croah or to
capture the commandot by a revetition
of the taotica which canted theiur
render of General Crooje ard General
Print Loo. It i alleged that the
lioeni who are oonceurrittiug at Caro
lina and K'niiole are preparing to de
wend into Natal,
Tb eaiuulty I let indued yeatrrday
hnwt that the Born havt released 397
HritUh who were captured at Helvetia
and lielfmt. The facte regardiug the
capture at Itelfaat have not been al
lowed to transpire.
It It aatcrted that more heavy naval
gum will be landed at the Cape. In
formation as to the doing of the in
vaders la bard to obtain, bat it is clear
that they are getting very little help
from tbe Dutch. Twice they attempted
to capture Berkley Fast, but both
timet they were repulsed , For three
dayi they occupied Sutherland, hot
they cleared out on the approach of
the British.' Some scattered pnrtioa
are reported operating lu different
parte. Apparently the Inradera aban
doned tbe idea of attacking Clan Wil
liam on flndingthe town well defend
ed. , A commando of 1.00Q hat been
active in tba Riuhmond district, hot
there th Boers have secured only 100
Dutch recruits.
DIAMOND SMUGGLER CAUGHT
Had Thtm Snugly Hidden In tht Pockets of
Belt tic Wort Around Hit Waist,
New York, Jan. 21. United States
Marshal Alcott, of the Ferry district,
hat formally seized in this olty $17,600
wortn oi diamonds, which were
brought into this country by Antonio
Antenlaa without paying duly on them
Th goods were found on Anoenios
person by United Htalet customs off!
olal at Auseuint was leaving a steamer
of the Hamburg-American line at Ho'
boken.
Auseulat was not arrested, but the
diamonds will be held pending decbr-
ion of tbe Treasury department a to
whether fa Is giilty of smuggling.
Hi - defence is that he is a Cuban
merchant, aud that be is merely past
ing through this country on bit way to
Cuba. Tbe diaorand were concealed
in the pockets of a large belt wbicb
Anseniaa bad around bi body, and
were accidentally discovered by cos
torn Inspector who happened to place
bis hand on Antenieas' back aa the lat
ter was leaning over a trunk. There
are 138 separate a i tides, of an ap
praised valuation of fl 1,000, which
with 60 per ceut dutv added would
make tbem worth 117,600.
THE IRRIGATION MOVEMENT.
rirt at Phetnlx.
Phoenix, B." C, Jan. 19. Fire to-
nlitht caused a lost of 130.000. It
started in MoBean Co. t dry goods
store, rpread to the I in per in 1 hotel aud
thence to the buildings of the Phoeuix
Newt- Company, tliaM- powder waa
used to blow up buildings in the path
of the flames. MoBean St Co. loet on
their stock $13,000. The loss on the
butldiiiff was $3,000; Imperial hotel
loss, $10,000; Phoenix Newt Com
pany, $2.('00; T. A. Hick, dry good
store, $1,800. Tuore was partial in-
surnnce on soma of tbe buildings and
took.
Would Develop Dsnlsh liltnds.
Cotienbatren, Jan. 19. The leader
of th syndicate of merchants who are
petitioning the government to make tbe
Investment Of Danish capita) proniauie
in tbe Danish West Indies, declare
they hava no intention of agitating
against the sale of the islands to the
United States. Their idea ia to oe-
velop the islands in tbe eveut oi tn3ir
not being sold.
Boers Attacked Colville.
Standerton, Jan. 19. Collvlle's mo
bile oolumu, marching from New Den
mark to Vladlaagte, waa attacked by
1,000 Boers, divided into two force
)ue force made a determined attempt
on the baggage aud the other on the
cavalry conttitutiug tbe rear guard
The cavalry wai compelled tcTrelire
nutii protected by four companies of
riiles, hidden by a ridge, who were
waiting with bayonets. Tha Boer
made a speedy retreat, leaving several
dead and wounded f om the heavy
British fire. Eventually both attacks
were repulsed, the Boertlosiug heavier.
The British were not able to pursue the
Boert, owing to the necessity of pro-
tooting their baggage. Tbe o snail let
were one killed and IS wounded. '
It Receive! Strong Support From Secretary
. Hitchcock.. . ,
' Washington, Jan. 21. Secretary of
tha Interior Hitchcock was to hare
been heard today by lit house commit
tee on public. lands on tha subject of
Irrigation, which it attraoting atten
tion in many Western states, but being
unutrie to oome to tbe capital, fa tub
mitted a statement. This strongly
supfiorta the policy of irrigation, and
saya that a vast acreage capable of sop
porting 60,000,000 people should not
be left a desert. Mi. Hitchcock points
ont tbe remarkable results experienced
iu the valley of the Nile, practically
redeeming r.gypt from bankruptcy
Professor Newell, of the geological sur
vey; Professor Pinchott, ol the agri
cultural department, and Represented
tive Newlands, of Nevada, bo started
the movement by a bill for irrigation
storelK n-es along the Humboldt river
in Nevada, also strongly supported tbe
plan. Tbe hearings today were on the
Newlands bill, but this has brought
up tha whole subject aa applicable to
estern states, aud particularly- Call
forma, Oregon, Washington, Idaho,
Nevada, Utah, Montana, . Wyoming,
Colorado, . Kanasa, Nebraska, South
and North Dakota. ' -
DARING HOLD-UP.
TO PROTECT WALRUS.
Tht
Muter of th Geystr.
Beaumont, Texat, Jan. 19, Th
owneri of the Luoa oil geyser, whioh
hat been shooting oil 60 feet high sluce
last Thursday, hava succeeded in con
trolling tha well. A valva was placed
on the mouth ol the wen to iay, ma
Captain Lucas thinks he i now master
the geyser. It is estimatea mas
60,000 barrel of oil nave aireauy
flowed from the well. rrospeotor
and ipectetor continue toarrlva.
Indians' Food Supply Endangered by
Wanton Destruction.
Port Townseud, Jan. 19. Reports of
the wanton destruction of walrus have
reached the treasury department at
Washington. Walrus oome from the
Arctic on the ice flow during the early
portion of the open season to points be
tween Pt. Michael and Cape Nome,
and :hotieauds ol pusseugers on early
steamer plying betweeu those places
shoot into bardn, killing and wounding
mauT. Captains of whalers have re
ported that thousands of oarcasses are
seen floating in nennug sea and the
Arctic ocean. Walrui flesh is tha
main subalnteuce of Alaska coastwise
Indians, and their wanton destruction
threatens starvation to them. The law
relating to fur-bearing animals does
not not apply to walrus, but Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury Spaulding
has Issued instructions to Collector of
Customs lleustis, at this port, to urge
masters of vessels viaitiug Alaska
waters to prevent the killlug of walrus
by persons on board of their vessels.
These instructions are issued with a
Wew of protecting the food supply of
the Indians, many of whom are aaid to
be almost in a starving condition.
Admiral Catty's Plans,
Philadelphia, Jan. 10. Immediately
upon being relieved of the command of
Lague Island navy yard, Admhal
Casey, with bis wife aud family, will
proceed to Nan Diego, Cal., where be
will meet Admiral Kauta, and assume
command of the Paclflo station, with
the battleship Iowa as flagship.
Alvord Gets Thirteen Year.
New York, Jan. 19. Coruelins L,
Alvord, Jr., the defaulting note teller
of the First Natinal Bank, was today
sentenced to 13' years' imprisonment.
The amount of felt defalcation was
$890,000.
. Te Tskt Pert In tht Inauguration.
All warahips lu enstoru waters will
b ordered to Washington to take part
in the inauguration of President Mo-
Kinley,
Two Men Tried te Rob a Fifth Avenue, Ne
York, Restaurant.
New York, Jan. SI. Two robbers,
armed with 82 calilier Colt's revolvers,
entered Maillard a re tan rant and con
fectiouery (tore, near tbe I ifth Avenue
hotel, just a tbe place wat being
closed at milnijbt, aud ordered tbe
oashier to throw up his bands. In
the place were a half down waiters.
and tbe very boldness of the robber
attracted attention. Tbe cashier bad
several hundred dollars of theday't
receipts ou the desk before him, and it
is supposed that he did not move
quickly enough to satisfy the robbers,
for one of the men discharged his re
volver. The bullet crashed into the
wall back of tb cashier, who caught
up the cash and dodged underneath
the counter. The waiters concealed
themselves underneath tables. The
shot attracted a .Broadway crowd, and
the police were notified. Brandishing
their weapons the robbers dashed from
Maillard's, the crowd failing back 'and
giving them all the loom they wanted.
One turned into Twenty-fourth street
and snoceeded iu making his escape.
The other dashed across tha pavement
of Fifth avenue to Madison square, and
was captured by a policeman. H
aaid he was Edward Burgess, a steam
fitter. Conference on Cannal Treaty. ,;
London, Jan. 21. United States
Ambassador Cboate and tbe secretary
of state for foreign affairs, the Mat
quia of Lansdowne, had a aeoovd con
ference today on the amended Hay
Pauncefote treaty. An outline of the
action Great Britain intends to pursue
was not developed, and no definite de
cision is likely to be reached by Great
Britain for several days. - . ;
; General A. J. McKay Dead.
New York. Jan. SI. General An-!
drew Jackson McKay, a distinguished
veteran of the civil war, died iu this
city today. He was quartermaster
general on the staff of General George
W. Thomas in tbe army oi th Cum
berland. -
1110
Farquhar's Squadron Ready to
Move on Venezuela.
IF THE TROUBLE IS NOT SETTLED
P Of THIS M STATK
Interesting Events and Gossip of the Past Week Reported From
Cities and Towns in Washington, Oregon
and Idaho. .
Minister Leoml's Dispatches Tampered With-
The Scorpion Will Remain st La Guiyra,
Where Her Presence is Necessary.
Washington, Jan. 21. Nothing has
been heard over night from Minister
Lomis regarding the situation in Veu
eieuela. Navy department officials' Aabland.
deny that any iusiruotiont have been
given to the North Atlanlio squadron
to move over from Florida to Venezue
la. The ships, however, are in perfect
cruising trim, and could sail within
few hours after the receipts of 'orders.
though It it not believed here that
there will be any necessity for their
movement toward Venezuela.
The orders to tba Scorpion to tiro
oeeu to uuanooo from La Guarra have
oeen countermanded, aud she will re
main at La Gnayra, 'where her pre
net is regarded as necessary. By di
reel ion of tbe state department. Min
later Loom is baa protested to tbe Yen'
ezuelan government against tba exer
cise of censorship over any of his offi
cial communications, and it ia under
stood that tha protests have been effec!
wve. '
It cannot be gathered that any very
late advices have caused tbe change in
the department's plans relative to the
movements of tbe Scorpion In fact, it
Is saiduhat nothing baa been received
to show any marked change in th
status in Venezuela since yesterday,
when Minister Looinis spoke of the
suppression of a rebellion among tbe
troops in . Caracas, tbe inception of
wbiob was unknown to tbe depart
ment of state. The fact that such a
movement could gain headway in Cas
tro s own capita, however. Is very aig
niticant, and this rebellion among tbe
troops may have led fo the decision to
retain the Scorpion at La Guayra, the
nearest port to Caracas.
The naval authorities were con salted
during the day aa to the feasibility of
la-ec forcing tbe American naval force
now in Venezuela, but while some such
thing ia in prospect, it . cannot be
lea rued that any positive orders have
yet gone out. The Hartford is not
within reach of the cable, being on a
cruise from Port of pain for Barba-
does, at which place she ia due in
about two days. She may be tinned
back from that port, unless tbe situa
tion improve. Tbe Lancaster tailed
from Port of paiu for tbe Cape Verde
Islands, so she is entirely beyond reach
There is no disposition on the part
OREGON.
Tb Dalles has levied a 6-mlll tax.
Burns has leceived a chemical fire
euglne. " " .
Tha Southern Pacifio is staling ice at
. Th Dalles will purchase 500 feet of
are nose.
The Oregon legislature deficit fcota
up I50.COO.
Machinery for tba new laundry at
Eugene has arrived. :
Tht Grant county tax levy at been
fixed at 25 fi mills.
Coyotes are numerous In Coles val
ley, Douglas county.
The Douglas county tax levy hat
beta fixed at 20 roillt.
The Pendleton school district has
levied a special tax of 8 mills.
Several herds near Montgomery have
been visited by coyotes of late.
It it reported the Dallas crsan fac
tory may be moved to Albany.
The approach to the Upper Calapooia
onage was carried away by ih,flood.
Baker City ha rescinded street
lighting contract, and 1 L darkness.
The wails of tbe first story of Mal
heur county' new court bouse are fin
ished. '. ,--. ;
Collision of a train and handcar
near Woodburn, Or., was narrowly
averted. -. ' .
Famous Uncle Ren irrorn nf minna
in Idaho bat been sold to a New York
syndicate.
Tbe coal shaft being sunk by W. A.
Maxwell of Coos City, is now down
about 800 feet.
Plana for the new creamery at Snm-
merville are taking shape. It will
cost about $4,000. . : " :
Athena has Invesetd $1,600 in school'
warrants, me city, besides, has a
balance on hand of $1,100.
Lincoln county baa awarded the
i-ontract for building tbe depot bridge
to beorge McCuuIou for $335.
The old "Coos Bay road is said to be
in better condition tban for several
years at this time of the year.
Henry Zuta, Jr.. 17-year-old boy.
of Vale, Or., acoientally killed him-
. WASHINGTON.
Tacoma butcher bav formed an
association.
A petition is being circulated to
have the postofflc nam of Guy
changed to Albion.
The Simpson Lumber Company, of
South Bend, ha accepted plana for a
pony band saw mill.
Fire partially "destroyed tha ship
chandlery store of J. C. Todd A Co.,
on the water front, Tacoma. Los
$4,000, fnlly covered by insurance. .
Mr. H. P. Harrington, prominent
citizen of Rosalia, died of pneumonia. ,
remains were taken to the bom
His
of bi parents
interment.
in Monro, Mich., for
of the authorities here to go to any un- wl( while examining a revolver.
usual length in dealing with this situ
atiou, as they say irankly that it is not
a part of their purpose to browbeat or
coerce the Venezuelans by a formal
naval demonstiatiou, nute aach
course is forced on them, which is not
believed to be at ail likely. But it is
quite certain that Amiral Farunhar
I. J. Straw, of Klamath conntv. rode
off a bridge into enow bank last
week, and had to dig his horse out.
Contract for building the Wheeler
county court house has been let to A.
F. Peterson, of Corrallis. for f 9.035.
Sixty-five thoroughbred sheep belong
will shape the movement of tbe North I iaS to O. P. Knox were drowned near
Atlantic squadron so as to keep in
close touch with the navy department
and he will not be far away from a
oable end for many days at a time
after be leaves Florida.
Mr. Loomis' protest against any cen
sorship of his official mail on the part
of tbe Venezuelan government was not
idly lodged, and fca acred by the de
partment's direction only upon a well
etonuded suspicion that his cables were
being tampered vith or unreasonably
delayed.
. Burned by Molten Copper.
Tusoon, Ariz., Jan. gl. Juan Lo
pez, a workman at the Copper Queen
smelter, was burned to death by molten
copper which fell from a swinging pot
under which fa stood. His clothes
were set on tire and his body horribly
disfigured by the liquid metal.
WATCHING AN EMBEZZLER.
Tht Confident!! Clerk of s New York Whole-
salt House Sails for Europe,
London, Jan. SI. The alleged for
ger for whose extradi iou the United
States authoriites are asking is said to
be bimund Herts, alias Emden, of
rew York city. He is supposed to
be on board the steaniei Corinthian,
which left Halifax, Sunday, Jan. 7,
for (jueenetown and Liverpool. The
police of those cities are watching for
bun.
Acting under instructions from Chief
of Detectives .George p, Titus, the
Scotland Yard .orticinls were csbled
yesterday to arrest at Queenstown or
Liverpool as be steps off an incoming
steamer, .the alleged defaulting conn
deutial dark of a large wholesale house
on Walker street. New York City, who
is said to have embezzled $50,000 of.
the firm's funds at the time of his
flight, and to have embezzled nearly
$ 300,000 before be was even suspected.
New Ships Building.
Ship that will be worth in th ag
gregate $29,725,000 are now in pro
cess of construction at the shipyards
aloug the Delaware river.
Mail Boxes for Rural Routes.
Salem, Jan. 21. Tweuty-five' dozen
mail ; boxes 'required by tba govern-
meut for the rural mail route, bav
been received lu Salem, and the bal
ance .are .expected in a lew days.
They are made of galvanized iron, 16
inches long, six inches wide and six
inches high, Kach family or person
on the route desiring mall by the car
rier must put up oue of thea boxes
tud pay $1 each for them, . .
Want Back Pay.
Barre. Vt., Jan. 21. Many granite
cutters aud tool slurperers are taking
action toward pushing, their claims of
back pay for work done in tbe service
of tbe government of the United State
ueaily 30 year ago. The claims arise
out of the building of "the Boston and
New York postoftlces, the work on Dix.
Hurricane and Fox islands, and work
in navy yards. The claimants worked
10 hours a day instead of eight, and
they are now trying to collect pay for
tbe extra two boora a day, Tbe navy
J aid men git their pay , two years ago.
- , Tht Peace Protocol,. '.
Washington, Jan.: 5!l. A message
was reoeived. today from ' Minister
Conger, at Pekin, stating that tbe Chi
nese plenipotentiaries had signed and
delivered the protocol. This removes
the last doubt that had arisen a to the
sealing of the government agreement,
for tt would not have been accepted by
tba Spanish, minister, who Is dean ol
the corps, unless it bore all the seals
and signatures necessary to give It full
foro. .
Cottage Grove by the recent freshet.
Howard & Stearns are feeding 500
cattle on Crooked river and about 600
bead at Silver Lake, in Lake conntv.
A petition is in circulation askiuit
that tbe publio roal from Cottage
Grove to Lorane be widened to 60 feet.
J. W. Walters St Son, proprietors of
tbe Llmira nulls, have boated their
logs intolba Ixmg Tom.. fro.-i the Noti
river. v .
b'evera car loads of Weston bricks
have been abipped to Mission station.
they will be used for government
! uiidings.
An acetyline gaa plant belonging to
J. P. Williams, of Long Creek, ex
ploded last week, and slightly injured
Mr. Williams. .
A petition is being circulated asking
an appropriation of $1,000 to- repair
and improve the state buildings and
property at Sodaville. '
A herd of 110 sheep was shipped
from Huntington to Salt Lake Citv
by the Baldwin Sheep & Land Com
pany, of Crook county.
It is reported that Ed Lambson,' of
Willamina, has leased a large tract
of land ou Salmon river, which he in
tends to stock with cattle.
The tale of land belonging - to the
Leonard Lang estate in Pine valley,
which escheated to th state of Ore
gon recently, ha been confirmed bi
Judge Kakin, of the circuit court. .
A meeting was held at McMinnville
in the intarest of the woodcutters of
the county. Every preoinct was well
represented. They advanced the price
of outting oak wood from 75 cents to
90 cents a oord, and fir from 70 to 80
cents. , -
Tbe farmers and stookmen of Malheur
county feel confident that the coming
season will be a prosperous one for
them. While tbe winter thus far has
been an open one compared with those
generally experienced here, the indi
cations are that there will be pleutv of
water for irrigation during the coming
summer, and that tbe feed on tbe
range will be good. '
During tha recent anow 80 ton of
ore wat hauled from tha Cedar Canyon
district to Dsveooort for ahioinenl.
Had the sleighing continued good, still
more would have been brought out.
Larkina' hotel at Garfield, teased try
J., W. Keown, was entirely destroyed
by fire, together with moot of tbe eon.
tents. Loss on the building, $1,500;
insurance, $650; loss on contents,
$1,000, with $650 insurance.
While fording Toppenish creek, near
North Yakima. Will Garnet waa nearly
drowned. He was on horseback and
the twift current of tha stream carried
bora and rider several yards, when .
they lodged in some willows, from
wbicb, with difnouity both succeeded
in binding safely on shore.
Owing to technical error in writing
the boundaries of a small strip of land,
amounting to nearly three sections, .
lying on the east side of North Bay,
between Mason and Pierce counties,
is left out of tbe jurisdiction of both
counties. An attempt will be made to
have the neutral strip incorporated
with Pierce.
Oscar Bates, ex-sheriff of Etovan
county, received fatal injuries at the
Drummer' mine, near Curliew. He
bad set three shots in the 125-foot
level, and started to climb th ladder,
but missed bis footing on the second
landing and fell back 30 feet. The
shots exploded before he could regain
the ladder.
Hopkins D. Jones, until recently a
hotel porter at Wilbur, Wash., who
was arrested at Spokane on a charge
of borse stealing, has been releaed.
Word came from Wilbur that tha man
Chance, whose horse and saddle Jones
had appropriated, would not prosecute 1
Jones. The Wilbur man aaid he owed
Jones money, and that ha would be
satisfied to have him keep the bona -
and saddle to settle the bill.
IDAHO.
WASHINGTON.
The new $16,000 school house at
Davenport ia finished.
The railroad, ageut at Hamilton,
Harry Beeurdsley, wat robbed of $200.
A -school bouse will be built at Day
ton to cost between $20,000 aud $30,-
000.' .
Ed Sievera, of Iowa,- is considering
a proposition to buy a shingle mill at
Everett. .'
A free ferry at Weiser ia proposed.
Caldwell merchants hava made an
early closing agreement.
John Hunt waa arrested at Oiofino,
on a charge of cattle stealing,
A publio meeting wat held at Lewis
ton to protest against division of Mes
I Perce county., ,
The postoflke of Led no, Blaine
county, has been moved two mile
southeast, without change of post
master. ;, ;.. ., , . , i- ...
At Weiser' regular city election in
April, tbe citizens will vote whether
or not they want the city bonded for
$80,000.
it Is announced that shipments of
crude ore aud concentrate from tbe
Coeur d'Alene last year aggregated
175.000 tons.
There were several anow slide in
Bear gulch lait week, but no damage
ia reported except that tha Orofino
blacksmith shop was swept away.
Several carloads of steel rails hav
leen unloaded in the Weiser yards.
They aie to be used in extending th
Pacitio fc Idaho Northern next sum- ..
mer. ', " ,- -
'Meetings have been held and retolu
tlons adopted by several G. A. B. post '
protesting against th proposed plan o '
moving the soldiers' home from Boi
to Fort Sherman. . ,
II. M. Merrin, of Spokane, ha taken
a bond on tbe Father lode and two
claims adjoining in the Coeur d'Alene
district. It is understood that work
will commence immediately.
Lew Granger, who. is charged with
stealing eight head of cattle out of a
pasture near Moscow, has been arrest-,
ed. Granger has a number of aliases,
bnt it is said his true name ia Laikins.
Plans are being perfected whereby
300 feet more tunnel will ba driven in
the claims of the Silver Eagle Mining
Co. -There is also talk of building a
cog-wheel road from th Silver Eagle
to the summit.
A Mountain Home drug -store was
broken into and an attempt mad to
rob tbe place. The proprietor, who .'
has sleeping apartments in the rear,
was awakened by tbe noise of the rob
bers. Upon bis appearance they ran,
having secured notbiug,