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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.