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Newspaper Page TextA AT liSl. X JLXJOj VOL. XVIII. ST. HELENS, OBEGON, FRIDAY, FK Jill UA 11 Y 1, 1901. NO. 7, From All Parts of the New World and the Old : , OP INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS Comp'therulve Review of th Important Hast. peningn of th Put Week In a Condensed form. Aguiunldo iyt )i will not oct amusaty. 1 At Ho llo 80,000 I'illpluo hav worn HiiUno. The murlirrr ol SlierilT Summers, 1b Montana, wee run down. Kocrult lor Transvaal mounted pollc ar being ulUtd at Victoria. Filipino lu arm aftr March next will b Ini llglbl to hold ollla. Baldwin haa completed srraug moot lor hi Acrtlo expedition. lo a haul with Kentucky moon shluers iwo odlcrr war killed, German believe Robert' . frank avowal hastened the quevua' death. filxtv akateia broke through lot Dear Brooklyn, and two buy war druwued. Thar la much (peculation in Wash ington aa to the probabilityof an iti eaaion Of oougr. Kir In Washington hotel tnulled lose of-$8,000. All tha guests es caped uninjured. A sympthtto atrik, which meant oomplet tla-up baa boon voted by Northern Colorado miner. Emperor William ol Germany, baa Wii appointed Held maihal in tha UritUh army at a birthday token. Owing to the famine, thourand bar died am1 there baa bean great d la treat to the province ol hhan HI, Chine. Tb leader of the Creek Indian tip rlaiug baa bnen captured aod It la thought thle nieau (lie eud ol the in surrection. A bill providing lor a bounty ol 1 cent per pound oq aogar mad from Idaho heeta baa been introduced ill tb house ol tb Idaho Igislatut. Til reveno onttor Grant bua started on on ol the moat perilous voyuge ever undertaken. Shipping men mid underwriter ol tb entire I'acIHa eoaat will anxiously await her return, (or all goes In search ol missing veaaeia and diatreaaed tnartnera. Twenty-Hv veaaeia hound (or I'ugat aniind and tb ooaat are missing, aopnoaedly driven m.rth. Yeaaels (ram Alaska repnit tb entire west ueat ol Vancouver laland, 2&0 utile ol rock a and rut fa. atiewn with wraokagu. The Graut will x anilu every qur inch ol Vancouver roaal tar north a Cap Hoott iu email boat and launohee, and will search every piece ol wreckage for idea till cation. ; Tb qneeu'f fort one i not o larga aa geuerally supposed, : Th accession ol King Edward waa attended witb niocb pomp in London. Thoma Keirna ha been elected United State amatoi (rom Utah, A fire in Moulreol deatroyed proper ty worth from $3,600,01)0 to $.8000,. 000. California' orange crop this year promise to break the record ol prev font year. :. , a"' Three men held op a aaloon and gambing hoiin in North Yakima and ecu red 800. Hhelhy M. Cullorn waa re oleoted United State aenator (rout Illinois. This 1 hi fourth term. Lieutenant Taylor, ol the United State revenue cuttei Peuroee, waa drowned at Peusacola, Fla. William A. Denton, aoldier ol tb , Black Hawk Indian war, tn dead at Mxdlaon, Ind., aged 101 yr. Washington senate paaaed memor ial praying oongreaa to appropriate 9)5,000 for Improvement ot Lewi river and $100,0.10 lor completion of Tb Dallaa-Celilo oaual. A diapatuh (rom Pekiri any a 25,000 Chinese regular have reassembled near Chan Ting Fo, a day 'a ntarob Irorn tb French troop, General Vey ton la closely watching them, and M. Mchon, th French minlater, bua eigetlcally reqoeated their iinniedlat diaperaul, ,.v A dainng ha been aettled at Tnaoa loor-a, Ala., for which no jirectnlout lu law could be fouud. B. VVllaon wa talking over a telephone daring a thunder atorm, and wa itritek by lightning and killed. Suit wa brought (or damage, bat waa aettled by th payment of $1,800 by th tele phone company, 1 A apeolal tourlat train on tha St. lioula, Iron Mountain A Honthern Hallway, was wrooked near Walnut iiidge, Ark. The only perann injured waa the Pullman porter, Th paanen tern Wer only badly aim ken up. Th ancldent waa th reatilt of an attempt to wraok th Cannon Ball train which waa an hour behind th apeolal, by opening a witoh. Cotnpulaory education In New Zea land 1 considered a auocea. The Georgia atute aniveraity at Ath ena celebrated ita cantuunial. Yale' footbai: aaaoointion laat year paid or,t $1,204.06 fur medical attend ance and $740.80 for "ahoea and re pair." The British ambaaaador in a oora nmnioatlon to th secretary of tat pralaed Amarloan at th ileg of IV kin. ' OUPEHED lEPOiD American Editor at Manila Must Leave the Islands. A SERIOUS MENACE TO THE SITUATION Geor T. Rlc Mad Scrlout Chargu Afalral Capuu ol th Pert, Which War In. vutljatcd am) Oltprovtd Manila, JHn 20. General MaoAr thur haa ordrtfd the deportation to the United Htatee o( lieorg T. Uloe, editor ol the Daily Bulletin, a murine lour oal. Itloe will tail on the I'eunaylvanla Monday. The order obaracterlxe him aa a "dangerou incendiary and a menace to tb military eituation." Hlce'a ofleiia waa publiabiug a aUte ment that Uruteimut Ilruuner.reuther, oapUin ol th port, had charged excea aiv pilotage feea, a percentag of which he bail ki pt lor himtelf. Th report oi Major Hill, inapeotor general, who inveatigated th aliena tion, completely exonerated th eau- talu of tli port, and contradicted tb nitor and tb merchant who had given him information, who had been mlaled by figuring th rate upon th not inatead of tb a rota tonuage, the latter helug peoiOed under tb Hpan. lab law. Kioe wa annimoned to th olllo of tlieguveruor-general'a military aeoreUry, and wa called opon to promlae that he wonld publlah no mor auch article. He declined to glv aacn a plelg, hut iuaiated that th ar ticle wa ti nth fa I. and took up a dell ant attitude When threatened with de portation. The deixirtation order wa then iud, and Klo i now awaiting tna departure ol th I'enuavlvauia. When aeenin Jail today he reiterated hi (tatement that th charge were true, and declared that in any event th aeverlty o( th aentenc waa unmer tte.1. liite OMine originally (rom tied Wing, Minn., waa formerly a member ol the Minneaota vtiluuteer. Th bearing of the municipal govern ment bill today developed au attempt on the part of prominent Filipiooa to aecur a delay of two year he fore tax log land where the owner are unable to cultivate on account of the danger- ou aituatliin iu tha fiuhting territory Tb bill originally deferred taxation lot a year. Th vommiwilonera adopted an aineudnient provi.liug that landowner who ar not implicated in tne iuaur reotlon after March, aud prov that th unaettled couditioua prevent work ing land, be exempted (ram the aecond year. Lieutenant Steele, with 10 men of the Forty-third regiment and aeven na tlva aoldiera, fought llerce half-hour' ogagerveut witb a large lore ol Fill' plnoa at Tenaguana, laluud ol Leyte, jauoary 0, which reaulted in the kill- log of over 100 iuiriteut. rrivnte Kdward McCingle, of company M, wa killed. Tb condition of th laland of Samar alnoe the arrival of the troopa haa een unlet. Lukbaii a fnro.' are hidiog Capture,, arreata aud eixurea ol arm continue in the nupacilted du trlct of th laland of Luaou. Dtportatlo of f iliplnoi. Waahtngton, Jan. 85. A oahlegram received today at th navy department from Admiral Hemey, at Manila, an uouiioe the depMrttu ol the abip So lace lor Guam, witb 10 Filipino politi oal piieonrrn, deHrted by order o (icneral AlaoArtlnir, and cluirged with having agitated and allotted tha move ment in the Philippine. CREEKS AND CHOCTAWS. Tha Indian UprUinj) la BcomlnJ Scrloua Th Town of Briitow li Threatened. , Muakogee, I. T , Jan. 28. The Creek oprialng la growing to daugeroua proportion. Marahal Beuuett ha jnat received a telegram from Briatow, I. T., announcing that 600 armed Creek, ataloned two mile from there, are pre paring to attaok the town, and plead ing tor protection from the marahal. Marahal Burnett and Agent Pboenfelt are wearing in large number of depu tie, whom they are lorwarding to th aceue of the trouble. It la now feared that they will reach the town too late, and the mayor of Briatow haa been in alruoted to awear in all the men neoea ary lo protect the town. Soldier ar being hurried from Fort Reno to the aeat of trouble, but they will not reach lUiatow before tomor row night, a they will arrrtve at Hen rietta tint and go overland. Indian Aiient Shoeufelt will aak for more help, a it 1 fouud' that one oompany of cavalry canuot haorile th (ituatiou, for th Indiana am dividing up into band of 100. Marahal Bennett, with ix deputie. are about to leave for Kufaula, where Craay Buaice wa teen today, and will attempt hia oaptnie. Th Snake band ia within three mile of Briatow, and ia reported to have whipped two white nieu. The Dawe commission ia tenrioi lor the city wheie the party ia, headed by Representative Hnckbuet, of Leaven worth, Kan. Nothing haa been heard from the party for two day. Condemned Fellow-Sarvani Law. St. Louis, Jan. 28. In passing on th oaa ot Dennia Mahur againet tha Union Paollto railroad (or loa ol hi leg in a colliaiou near Trinidad, Colo., Judge Caldwell today vigorously con demned the fellow-ervaut law. Ma bel wa ou a passenger train , that col lided wilh a freight, the crew of which had misread their order. Had the orders from the train dispatcher oeen faulty, th ieilow-aervaut law could not nav been pleaded. BIG FIRE IN MONTREAL, Nearly Threa Million Dollars' Worth of Prop. rty Leal, Montreal, Jan. 25. One of th most destructive fire from which thi oity baa ever Buffered began at 8 o'clock laat night, and, notwithatandlng the efforta ol th entire fir department, th progrea of th fluniea wa not chocked until 1 o'clock till morning. By that time it bad deatroyed property eatlmated at between $2,600,000 and $3,000,000, and wa still burning, though the appearance wa that the Ore men hav at last got it nnder con trol. Included in tbe property burned is th iplendld board ol trad' build ing, which cost $800,000, and honaed over 100 tnante, half a dozen large boalne bouse and two aoore of small er building. Th weather was oold aod tb firemen were greatly hampered in this respect. Outside of. th board ol trad building there wa not a mod trn atructure among those burned ' Crowd of people jammed tbe nar row itreets, and th police could not oontrot them. Women fainted and their clothe were torn and a few lightly injured in rnabe for aafuty. Tbe fir started in th prcmlaee of M. rax & Co., wholesale clothier, at Leinerne and St. Peter atreeta. Tb treat in tbe locality were deserted at the tim aud the fire apparently bad good headway ho fore tb III at alarm wa cent in. Th II re men fonnd tb building a three-atory atone atruotur, mas of flame. FATAL HOTEL fTrE. . Three Men Wrt Burned te Death and Several Injured at Ktwantt, III Kewauee, III., Jan. 26. Fire early thi morning deatroyed tbe Commer cial bouae aud caofd tbe death of three men. Tbe dead are: C. C. Cot ton, aged 22 year. Terr Haute, Ind. advance agint of "Uncle Tom 'a Cabin" company, auffocated iu bed; Elmer I'eteraon, Gahtaburg, 111., brick mason; Jam Fiicber, Walnut, 111., auction or. John C. Gruber, of Fort Wayne, Ind,, a contractor, and Martin Jacob, of Chicago, an expert mechanic, jumped from the third atory window no were hadly hurt. An exploaion in the kitchen ent the flame into every corner of the house and cut off eaoape hv mean of the talr. Th irantic gueat ruahed to the windowa, whet some burled them aelve to tbe ground. Others bad to be carried out by tbe firemen. Th lo i $4,000. ROCK ON THE TRACK. Train Robbers Tried to Hold Up th Overland Express Near Kearney. Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan. 25. loforma tion wa leceived beie today that a deaperate attempt waa made laat night by a gang ot train robber to bold up the overland exprei near Kearney, Neb, The bandit placed a large pile ot rock on tbe track in or der to wreok tbe train, wbiob ia re ported to hare bad a large amomtt ot money. Th robber secreted them selves behind a bill near the railroad. A pedaetrian traveling along the track came tnpon the obstruction, was pouueed upon, severely beaten, and robbed of all bia money, amounting to $160. lie got away from them and ran to Kearney, where b gav th alarm, and a posse was at on organ Ized and order given to hold the train. Tb poaae came upon th bandit and captured one, tbe others escnpiug. Tbe ollloera are atill in pursuit. HU NaturallxaUoa Vfai Postponed. New York. Jan. 25. A man wbo gave the name ot Henry Ziramer ap plied to the natnraliaation bureau in th county court houae for bit final naturalisation papers. Zimmer aid be was an Englishman. Clerk Loos started to administer tb usual oath to Zimmer, and had got so far a for wearing "allegiance to all foreign power or potentate," and especially to the queen of Great Britain 'and Ire land, when a messenger ruahed in and announced that the queen wa dead. Zimmer' naturalisation waa immedi ately postponed until the naturalisa tion bureau ia officially informed of tbe queen' death and tbe auvoeaaor to tbe throne of England formally announced. The laat British ubjeot to fowwear allegiance in tbi city ia John J. Fallon. ' BIS, Washington Hop Contract Tacoma, Waah.. Jan. 86. Pier Rroa.. hoo dealer, of New Voik. bav closed a contract with Weller & Mc Gowan to operate three large bopyarde (n Pin al Inn vellev. airsresatius 60 acres, on the baai of advancing 8 cent a pound on an estimated cropolliu, 000 pounds for cultivating and deliver ing crop free on board car. All above sight cents is to b equally divided. - A Coruumptiv Quarantined. Ran Franoieco, Jan. 25. J. W. Thompson, a consumptive, who ar rived here from British Columbia on the steamer City of California, was not allowed to land, on the ground that be was afflicted with a contagions dis ease. Tots la the nrnt instance wnore a person aflSioted with consumption has been denied a landing. Juitke James P. Sterrett. rhlla'lubia. Jan. 25 James P. Ntnrroet. ei-lnstlco of the suDrenie oourt of Philadelphia, is dead at hi home bere. irotn the effect oi a car buncle. He was 78 year old. Rural Delivery for Cretham, Or. Washington, Jan. 25. Rural free delivery 1 to be established at G res hum, Or., m February 15, with two carrier. iTiimioiii Great Devastation in New Heb rides and New Britain. NUMBER OP NATIVES WERE DROWNED French Traders Reported Trying to Stir Up Antl-Brltlih Peeling la former tlands Innumerable Craft Wrecked. Victoria. B. C, Jan. 28. Great devaatation wa wrought and a number of nativea were drowned by the burri oane in tbe New Hebridea and New Britain, December 7, 8 and 0, accord ing to new brought by tb Aoraugi. At Ilerbertshohe, while tne settlement wa aaleep, a tremndon ea carried lighten, boat, ketches and wreokage of all daoriptiona ashore. Innumerable craft were wrecked. Tbe steamer Stettin, tb steam yacht Elberbard and tbe government ateamer Stephen were aaved by running to Matupi (or abetter, Tbe mission ateamer Kingfisher wa totally wrecked and the government wharf wasbod away. Decern tier 8 the tone breakwater aurroonding tb New Guinea wbarve gav way and veeaelo inside were all wrecked, with losses amounting to 100,0 10 mark. A Bum ber of native were drowned and many Injured. Tb Aorangi brioga news of a Are at Greta mine, N. 6. W., in which five live were loat. Rescue parties worked all night, bnt were driven back after very effort. inally tbe uiin wa ordered sealed down in an effort to fight the fire, and the men were aban doned lo tbeir fate. On arrival at Sydney from Victoria the bark Defiance reported passing a derelict vesael of from 300 to 800 ton. 100 feet long, keel outward, evidently wrecked a mouth ago, in 84 aoutb, 166 east. Tbe Sydney Mail publishes a state ment (rom it New Hebridea corre spondent stating that French trader and sailor have been at those island endeavoring to stir up anti-British feel ing among tbe natives of tbe New Heb ridea. Th allegation i made that the French traders bave represented to tbe native that England power la waining, and have promised I hem var ious privilege for allegiance to French interests. It ia said that me native are being encouraged in various act of lawlesanea against British traders, and that a native murderer of an Eng. iisb skipper named Captain Naamith waa shielded from punishment by tbe captain of a French abip. Serious trouble is predicted in the New Heb ridea. While the ateamer Titn wa at tha Gilber group, at Bntaritari island. November 16, some exoitement wa caused by a terrific report, lbe na. tive had heard it and were terribly frightened, but they could offer no ex planation. The opinon was ex pressed thai it wa due to a severe volcanie diitorbance on some neighboring isl and. Extraordinary result bave been ob tained in New South Wales by the gov ernment engineer who have been bor ing for oil wells, and a number of tank have been completed. Spanish Drydock Not Wanted. ' - Washington, Jan 28. The naval board, beaded by Judge Advocate Gen eral Lemley. appointed to decide on the advisability ot purchasing the large floating drydock in Havana harbor from tbe government of Spain, report that to place tbe dook in thorough abape aod to prepare it for a voyage would involve an expenditure of over $600,000, and that a dook could be built new at a figure not greater. Ad miral Endirott, chief of tbe bureau ot dock and yard, has recommended that, a there 1 no present necessity for tbe acquisition by this government of inch a dock, the tender of tbe Span ish government for it removal to the Untied State shall not be acoepted. Secretary Long ha approved thi reo- ommendation. . ' Th Anglo-German Alliance. London, Jan. 28. The Daily Chron icle, in th coarse of an editorial on the "threatening aspect ot Russian policy in China,'' refers to the retort that Emperor William will be appoint ed a field marshal of the Britiah army, and ay: "We hope the report ia cor reot. A German alliance is one we cannot afford to throw away. Who oan tell how oon we may need it prestig. if not it active co-operation?" Hazing at Annapolis. Waahtngton, Jan. 28. Representa tive Sherman, of New York, today in troduced a resolution which waa re ferred to the naval oommittee, provid ing for appointment of a select oom mittee of five member ot the houae to Investigate baaing at the naval acad emy at Annapolis. To Rals Small Fruit. Florida people are going more and more into the email fruit and orang buainei. Senator's Son a Pritit Concord, N. H., Jan. 28. William Gal linger, ton of United State Senator Gallinger, began his novitate at the monastery of Graymore, three mile distant from Garriaon-tn-Hudson, in tb Order ot Atonement today. He ia now known aa Brother Leo, At th end ot two year Brother Leo will b formally ordained prieat of the Epis copal church, and will go out upon hi chosen work aa a missionary. GUISSIPPE VERDI DEAD. Composer sf Some of the World's Finest Operas PasMi lo the Crest Beyond. Roma, Jan. 28. A apecial diapatcb to tb Patria lays that Verdi, th com poser, is dead. He was born in 18 IS near Parma, at the foot ol tbe Aper nine. At 1 1 he waa the organist of Koncole, hi native village. He first married tb daughter of the conductor ol th theater of La Scale. For 60 year i ha mad th villa of St. Ago tha, near Bnsseto, hi favorite resi dence. After the death of bl flrat wif b married Mme. Strepponi, who played In tbe first performance of hi "Nabuooo," at Milan, over 65 year ago. Verdi' father waa th keeper of an inn, a tact which would seem to prove tb theory ol some men of aoience that all human being ar born equal in possibility. Wbat Verdi ha done for mankind cannot be measured. 'Emani," Bigoletto, " "II Trova tore," "La Travalia," "Alda" these name tell the atory of wbat Joy and peace aud pleasure tbe geniu of th Italian of bumbl origin ha brought to bl kind. Hi composition have been very numerou. A early a 1847 be wrot th '"Maanadiert" It was compoaed for Jenny Llnd, . and wa rang at Her Majesty theater in Lon don witb tb great aoprano in tbe prin cipal part. , "Trovatora" is hi most popular opera. Alda" ia hi greatest work, but opinion vary on tbi point, a they vary about the greatest of Shake pea re' plays. Bignor Verdi did other thing than writ music. He waa a member of the Italian parlia ment, and served hi country in the capacity of minister of puhlio instruc tion. France gav blm tb legion of honor, Bur ia gav him the order ol St. Stanielaos, Italy tb order of tb crown, and Egypt th order of 0man ieb. Australia presented blm with a oroaa of commandersnip oi tb order of Frana Joseph. Of late year Verdi wrote work that are almost a well known a bl earlier efforts. They are "Othello" and "Fabrtaff." The lat ter wa written wben tbe author wa 79 year of age. HANGING OP STICKEL Washington Maa Who Mnrdered Three People -Confessed Ilia Crimes. ' Kalama, Wash., Jan. 28. Martin Stickel waa banged in tbe jail yard at 9:87 o'clock Friday morning, for the murder of W. B. Sbanklin, near Kelso in November, 1899. Stickel was taken from the oell at 9:46 by Sheriff Hunt ington and four attendanta. He walked to tb scaffold unassisted, and asoended tbe step with steady tread. showing that he was determined to die like a man. He stepped to the center of the trap door, stood ereot and said: "Gentlemen, I bid yoo good-by. God help yon; God forgive me. Thi la the laat time I will eee yoo on thi here. Jean help you all; Jesus take me; take me now." By the time the last words were spoken, the sheriff and hi attendanta bad (trapped Stickel legs together. bis bands to bis aides, plaoed the black cap over bis face, and the no around hia neck. " At 9:67 Sheriff Huntington grasped the lever and ' suddenly sprung the trap. Tbe condemned man fell aeven (eet, aud hi neok waa almost Instant ly broken. At 10 o'olook doctor pro nounced life extinct. The-body was out down and placed in a coffin, to be turned over to the murderer mother and brother. It will be tken to Catlin for burial. : Tbe hanging waa private. , Every thing worked like clockwork. There waa no trouble in any respect. The spectators were very quiet. There waa no talking or demonstration. Stickel wa born in Adam county, Iowa. February 9, 1870. He bad re dded in this lection about .12 years. Tbe condemned man alept well laat night and at a hearty breakfast. Death of a Hero of San Juan. New York, Jan. 88. After suffering for more than two year witb Cuban fever, Alfred Bosetsky, who is mid to have been the first American aoldier to ford San Juan creek, where the . tiercel of tbe Spanish fir waa directed, iu tbe battle of San Juan bill, haa just died in a Newark hospital,. He con tracted tbe fever in Santiago, and waa mere akeleton when he got home. At San Juan Boaetaky lought in troop C, Sixth cavalry. Hi olotbe were out by bullet, and while b wa ascending the hill with a number ot other. oU diers, a ahell exploded close by tnem.' A lamp of earth atruok the young aol dier in the aide, knocking blm ene lea. , After the battle he wa person ally complimented for hi oourag by General Wheeler. Collier's Weekly la South America. With th idea that South America may aupplant South Afrioa and China aa a war new center, Collier 'a Weekly lent a special correspondent and a spe cial photographer to Venexuela. Temp ests in teapots are common down there, but this is on that look 'ike it might boil over and burn the oook. Tenth National Irritation Congrats. Tha Colorado Spring National Irri gation Congress i anLouuced to meet July 18 to 18 next. This will be im mediately preoeding tbe Trana-Miesia- ilppi oongreaa at Cripple Creek. Bush Fires la Australia. , Seattle, Waah., Jan. 98. A apeolal from Vancouver, B, C, say: Th da- traction by bush fire In Australia, aooording . to mail advice by th ateamer Aorangi, baa been appalling. While many people ar dropping dead from heat apoplexy, tb thermometer running up to 115 and 180 in th hade, hundred opon hundreds of fam ilies bave been burned out, tome of th country resident destroyed being cost ly itrnotnr. OF Til IDIIWIQ STATES Interesting Events and Gossip Cities and Towns and OREGON. Canyon City haa a now fire bell. Jefferson will levy no tax for tbe year 1901. The Toledo tax lew haa been fixed ats mill. Tb Eueene Military Club haa in- corpoiatad. . Th Southern Pacific tia olant at Latham i running again. Baker City ichool eleotora bav voted in favor of a 10-mill apecial tax. Tha 9-vear-old on of H. 8. Filton. of Loat Valley, wa killed by a falling tree. There were near It 800 minins loca tion recorded in Josephine ooonty last yr. - Tb receipt of tbe Canyon City pot- offio laat year amounted : to $27,- 181.99. Th bridge serosa Traik river at th Stillwell plao wa washed out by tb freshet. Lumber is being delivered on the gtoond for tb nw hospital building at Eugene. Tbe Standard mill at Baker City, witb a capacity ot 40,000 feet per day, is nearly, nniabed. James Tate ha aold bl farm of 80 acre, near Irving, to Mr. Hurd, late of Iowa, for about $3,600. Local miner are linking a abaft on tb Watt bill east of Amity on tb (it of euppoeed gold mine. Free-milling gold ore ha been dis covered in the mountains jnt west of Lostine. Test show tb or literally filled witb blaok supbnreta. Mia Elisabeth Giesy, an Oregon pioneer, aged 76 years, died at her home in Aurora. Deceased waa a sis ter of Dr. Martin and Jacob Giesy. A large amount of drift lodged against the railroad bridge, north of Lebanon, and 16 men have been at work all week dislodging it. A telephone line is being built by the Sunset Company from Jacksonville to the Upper Applegate country, and will probably be connected with tbe Grant' Pass-William line. J. W. Parker, who baa a rich ap pearing qnarta ledge near Leland, on- der bond from Burnett St Hudson, is making preparation to equip the prop erty with an eleotno plant. O. A. Parker and Jamea Buchanan have eeenred a contract to cut and de liver pole lor th telephone line which is to be built from Pleasant Hill via Jasper and Natron to the main line at Springfield. Th long looked for English par tridges arrived at Independence and were taken to tha O'Brien farm, a few mile north ot that city, and turned loose. The bird appeared very wild. apparently owing to their long journey. " Report (rom tb country aurronnd ing Albany are general that the fall wheat i in exoellent condition, with ont any indication, at thi time, ol an enemy of any kind Notwithstanding th poor crop of laat year, the acreage ia Urge. y After an illness of several yean, Jamea A. Cauthorn. at on time a prominent grain dealer of Corvallis, died at hi home in that city. His ailment wa rheumatism, and nnder its effect tha deceased had been an invalid for several year. An effort la being mad to bave the mail route changed - between Long Creek and Pendleton so that the route will go over tbo Yellow Jacket road from Pendleton to Cklah and via the lower gnloh road from Ukiah to Long Creek and supply Bitter from Long Creek. A deal of considerable magnitude was consummated last week at Tilla mook between C. and E. Thayer and the fieala Land Compnny. About $10,000 worth of agricultural land and town pioperty was transferred to the company, aud will probably be placed on tbe market. Owing to the recent high water on the Coast Foik whioh caused tbe loss of many thousand feet of logs, Messrs. Geer and Bouse, the saw mill men at Amos, ar arranging to erect a tem porary aw mill at Cottag Grova and will drive the log there. Tne boilers and engine of the new light plant may be used. The owner of the Bad, White and Blue mine, at Malheur, will push de velopments as rapidlv as possible. There ar two parallel ledge, one measuring 19 feet and the other three feet, and the owner believe that de velopment will prove that they come together. Tbe mine is equipped with a three stamp mill and a steam hoist ing plant. Th capaoity of tbe mill ia to be increased and a pump installed at once. WASHINGTON. The bniinesa men of Wenatoh bave taken the first steps toward organising a commercial clnb. At tha first meeting over 60 prominent citizens were present. William M. Bacon, an engineer on the Spokane Fall A Northern, who was injured in tbe collapse of the bridge between Meyer Fall and Mar- en, July 88, 1900, has usd the com pany tor $76,760 damage. of the Past Week Reported From in Washington, Oregon Idaho. WASHINGTON. There i talk of a nw national bank at Elleueburg. Work on tbe new Seattle Labor Tem ple will begin within 60 day. Hoquim will soon bav a night tele phone service. A creamery with daily capacity of 2.000 pound of butter 1 to be built at Everett. Charles Neymeir ha moved bia mill from Machiaa to a site near Woodin ville Junction. . Mrs. Julia Paden. a resident of Rosalia slue 1880, ia dead at ber home in that city. It i announced tbat a foundry and machine shop to cost $60,000 will b erected at Everett. Tbe bank of Harrington received last week a time lock aafe which U op posed to be burglar proof. Tbe Harrington Flour Milling Com pany haa finished an order for 3,600 barrels of flour, which ia to b sent to China. Ex-Sheriff F. W. DeLorimer. of Ten Mile, haa been appointed tat land in spetcor by Land Commissioner S. A. Callvert. J. M. Hall ha resigned the office of Yakima county surveyor, and the com missioner have appointed H F. Mar ble to noceed him. George Pangbnrn, a pioneei of Wash ington, dropped dead from heart fail ure at Endicot, 30 mile weat of Col fax. Ha wa 68 year old. W. P. Damon wa knocked down in front ot hia residence by a tough, wbo strock him on th head with a clnb, rendering him insensible. Men engaged in working on tbe T. J. Hawley road, south of Kant, discov ered a vein of coal while blasting on tha aid of Crow hill. It ia about fonr inches in diameter. Fred Lyman who had been wwrklng on tbe steam shovel on the railroad, north ot Arlington, wa instantly killed. A landslide occurred and ha wa warned, but did not have time to get out of tbe way. A third interest in a gronp of five olaima located on lion creek, eight mile from Keller, ha been sold to A. A. Redmond, of Republic. The claim are tbe Mary Mack, Lnckie Four. Last Cbance, Copper King and No. 6. and are owned by H. P. McCarthy and Fred Beaodreau. The term are kept a secret. . The West Coast mill, at Ballard, which has been closed for the paat four weeks, baa resumed work. Daring the time tbe mill wa closed many im provements and repair were made' to tbe engine and machinery, bv mean of which th output of tbe plant will be greatly increased. The mill build ing was also repaired and a new foun dation put nnder part of it. The O R. & N. engineer, who bav been making survey along th line of the Ilwaco Bail way & Navigation Com pany, have finished their labors' and a force ot men are expeotd to begin work on the contemplated improvements. Beatde tb repair to tha track, a now trestle ia to be built at Ilwaco and . dock to be pnt in at each end of th line. , It is alio slated that car .for hauling log from Willapa harbor era to b put on the road. IDAHO. Hos cholera ha made it aimearanoe in the vicinity of Moscow. James Judge, ot Couer de'Alea City, one of tbe beat known men of th state, is dead. George W. Hunt and Frank Pettigo, of Oro Fino, arreeted on a charge of cattle-stealing, hav been discharged. George B. Lubkin, a Boise mail car rier, ba filed a homestead entry on a valuable piece of land near that citv, whioh had been overlooked. Aooording to report from Delta, tha soene of recent the placer strike, pros pect are exoellent. Nugget hav been picked up worth $7 and $8 and theie are said to be lot more of them there. Eight cow burned to a crisp, Jacob Hanser almost fatally burned, 25 ton of bay and a fin barn totally con sumed, are tbe result of a fire on a ranob owned by David Look near Cal ls pell. The loss ia estimatad at about $1,000. ; Tbe result of a disputed road election in Kootenai county has been deter mined by lot. Jame Graham and Noah Washburn, both of Port Hill, were th claimant. Th commiison er flipped a ooiu to determine tbe re sult. Tb Potlatch country ia infested with cattle thieves again. Beports ar coming from tha surrounding country that a few head bad been stolen. So (ar non ot tb thieves bave been ap prehended. It W reported from Nea Perce that MesHr. Crolzer and 8obaffer hav com pleted arrangement (or buying all tbe hog on tbe prairie. They have leased ground out of tbe oity limits, where they have erected buildings for tb car of th stock.