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VOL. XIX.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FKIDAY, JULY 11, 190L.
NO. 30.
EVENTS OP THE DAY
FROM THE POUR QUARTERS OP
THE WORLD.
A Comprthtnilvt Review ol th Important
Happening of (It Pott Vck. Pruentcd
In Condcnied Form. Which li Moil
likely la Prov ol Inter! to Our Many
Readers
' A Iniln wreck In Him In resulted in
lli death cil six persona and tint fatal
, Injury of 27.
Tracy, tho ecated Oregon convict.
luw completely disappeared, leaving no
trill whatever.
A new strike lis been .tftiido In tli
Thunder mountain mining district,
Malm, which ha proven to be the
rUhiwt )t made.
No trace haa Ihhiii found of Mirrlll,
one of the eced Oregon convict., ami
nillrfM are Hi n he aa to whei lier or
nut Tracy killed him.
Agulnald" will come to tlis United
Hti.ti' mill atari on a tour, delivering
-ii.a of lectures ami Diukinu it pica lor
the Independence ( lila countrymen.
A large IxkI.v of Morns of Mindanao
inland iliiiini"l an ambuscade for
American soldier, hut tliB latter were
warned In time and dispertied tho
rcM.
Veiii-ioudim government troop, nndtir
I'riHldi'iil Castro' hrolher, were de
leaiiil hy the rl-lat with heavy loss.
Mirny of th mldlera deserted u the
rink, of the Insnrgenta.
I'renldciit Catro lina gone to tho
front witli l lie VuiiKiiiolan troop.
President Mitchell la confident Hint
th coal minora will win their strike.
Half a million worn fed on the oera
lion of King F.dward's dinner to the
poor ol bunion.
II ha. been apparently confirmed
that Aiidren did not irlh, hut wan
iniiritiui-.) hy K.sklino.
F.leven ni'-n wrre huit, three of them
fatally, hy tho overturning of a wagon
at Florence, Colorado.
Win. I and rain destroyed thousand
ui dolliira woilh of property in tho
i-tcrii part of Nov lork.
t'liina haa appealed to the United
Stales In use ita g'xl offices to cause
llm allied power who atill retain their
soldier in Tien Tain to evacuate mat
place.
Tracy, alter aeveral running flghta
altli the ulllciira in the vicinity of Seat
tle, in which tlirin men were killed and
uiiii seriously wounded, haa eluded hi
pursuers aiid I now heading toward
Whatcom.
Minnesota ltepubllcans have renoin
liiatml Van Sant for governor. '
Seventy bill and reaolutiona were
passed the taut day In the hotiae.
Shopmen of the Northwestern and
lliirlington A Ohio are on atrike.
The cabinet haa begun (ho considcra
lion of the isthmian canal ineaaure,
The Columbia river wnlinon pack
thin year will Ik) the largt-Ht in yeara.
Many nomination" aent to the senate
for con Urination were not acted upon.
t'liina refusoa to pay the July Indem
nity iiiHtullment at the present rate of
rxi'hitugu.
The cash value of real estate of Chi
cago and Cooke county la placed at $1,
2113,924,250. The session of congress Just eloaeil
appropriated $m,H55,2(l2 more than
the session of laat yeur.
An ItMlian atriker lit Wllkeaharre,
Pa., wan allot by a pollwinan. Thia ia
the llrHt loae of life since the great
anthracite atrike Ix-gun.
Frequent riot have occurred in South
llllHsia.
The Union Patelflo atrike lina act
tloil down to a atubborn conteat.
Two Salt Lake bank employes have
Ih'oii arrested lor emboisxloiiient.
The ttrHt. six montha of thia year
Sl,7ll emlgrauta landed at New York.
The teauroa of tho new warahlp will
be atrengih of buttoriea and thickneaa
of armor.
A bmrd of ongineora hat Wn named
to inquire into Columbia nd Willam
ette river project.
Four hundred nlorka In the Chicago
IxiHtolhcu have bad their aiilnriea rained
fruiii iioo to 1,000 per year.
One man wan killed and several in
jured and 40 hounea wrecked aaa result
of a tornado In Wlaconaln.
Tim l'rlnce of Wale and Queen
Alexandra reviewed tho Indian troop
who went to London to attend the
oomiiatloti,
The gunboat Marietta baa been
ordered to Ilaytl to protect American
IllteieatH,
Senator Elkina, of Weat Virginia,
niade a lengthy Hpeeoh on the annexa
tion of Cuba.
Texas cattle will be ahlpped to re
Ktock lloer farmaj lllil) beail have been
hipped from Penaaoola.
New York univeraity haa confeired
the degree of maatur of letter upon
WIhh Helen Miller Gould.
The American shipping ayndlcate 1b
iHMirtl to have off" red theCunaid line
5Q,fi00,000 for it fleet.
Vleuory Uu Knn Yl Inaiat In pay
ing the Chlneao Indemnity in silver
againat the wiihea of foreign nation.
AQUINALDO 18 FREE.
iraiq io uo Aoout Slrceti of Manila on Ac.
count of till Eairnlu.
Manna, July Ana rcwult of the
procluuiHtlou of ainiiDHty July 4, the
guard tif American aoldier ha Immiii
wmuirawri from duty at the houae
where Aguinaldo Uvea and Lieutenant
Johnaon, AgMinaldo'a oiiatodian,
iirougni uiu iMiipino Unlay to o (ion
erai i nallee. It waa the llrnt meeting
between the American general and the
leader ol the Jiliiilno iiiHlirrnction.
Lieutenant William L. McKlnhiy. of
me iviiiui cavalry, acted a Interpreter.
Aguinaldo waa told that lie was free
to go anywhere he ii!canil and (ieneral
Chaffee aiked him if he had anv com.
plaint to make of Aincricun diiaxiurteHV
or naranneHa.
Aguinaldo replied that .he had no
audi complaint to make. He toll
(ieneral Chaffee that he waa iroinir to
viaii menu at lila liome in t avite I
ejo, in Cavile l.rovline, and iuiiiiired
what protection American authoritiei
would uftord him. mvwiiwI to lai
afraid to venture out. (Ieneral Cluiffi-e
replied that Aguinaldo would uet the
tame protiH tlon aa any other citizen.
the former Filipino leader then
aitked (ieneral Clmilce lo prevent the
coitrta from requiring him to teatify in
nil aulla. (miioral I hufftHi reidied
that ho had no authority to grant thia
requeat and advised Agtiinaldo to make
a fecial call on Acting Civil Governor
Wright. Thia Aguinaldo add he
would ( o, but Hint he would go at
night, aa he waa timi I almut aiuieariiiK
on the street in daylight.
I he releaao of the ex-leader baa re
newed em-ulatiiin aa to po.aiblo ven-
Kcance upon him liy Iriemla of Luna,
and hla other encniien. Luna waa a
Filipino leader whom Aguinaldo canned
to he killed in IHmi.
LEWIS AND CLARKE FAIR.
Commltut oa Location of Sn Uri Sltctloa
of Uly Park.
Portland, July The flrat definite
step timarda nclm'tinn of an yMiaition
nite for the U'W la and Clarke celebra
tion in 1M0 waa taken vex ten I ay mnrn
liiK, when the report ol the an brum in it
loo to which tlio matter bad laien re
lerre.1 waa presented to the executive
committee of the Lewis and Cliirk cor
pora lion. Its report diacuw-ed brielly
the aciqie of tin Lewis aim C bilk ex
M)nitioti and its prolmlile riei-ds. It
considered only two ol the aitca that
have hei-n ineiitioniHl in connection
with the fair the Hawthorne tract and
the ci'y park and Ita conclusion were
in favor of tho city park. There was
soma discussion, of the reiwirt la-fore a
vole on its adoption was taken. With
the niidersttindiiiK that the riqwirt
should go formally In-fore Hie board of
directors, where there would be full
opportunity for ita consideration, the
subeomniitU'e'a rcqiort was, formally
adopted by the' executive committee.
It now stands in the executivo commit
tee, and i ex 4Mtei.l to lie reporttnl to
the board at its regular monthly meet
ing-
FIERCE CHICAGO FIRE.
C.uied Loimi Amounting lo $325,000. Par
tially Covered by liuur.nce.
Chicago, July B. Hre early today
destroyiHl the buiUling at 805-09-11
Wabash avene., causing losses aggregat
ing over :25,(00. For a time the tire
threatened widespread destruction, and
it waa only through the utmost efforts
that the Humes were prevented from
entering the department store ofSiegel,
Cocqmr & Co, fronting on Mate street
and separated from tlio burning bnild
Iiiks by oul) a narrow alley. (Much
excitement was cauanl among the
guests at the Auditorium hotel, directly
across Wabash avenue from the burn
ing buildings, and nt the Auditorium
annex. The isuesta were aroused from
their alumlwrs at 7 o'clock in the
morning, when the fire had gained audi
headway that it thicatcned other
buildings In all direction. On the
Wiibash avenue side the fianioa belched
out into the avenue ao fiercely that It
was considered unsafe for trains on the
elevated loop to l-ass, anil tor over two
hours all trnlllc on tho loop was sus
pended. NO NEWS OF STEAMERS.
Portland and Jaannit Still Rrportcd Adrift In
th Northtrn lc Field.
Seattle, July 0. So now of tho
missing steamers Jeuiinieaud Portland,
is the report made by the eteamship
Indiana, Captain K. V. Holierts, which
arrived from Nome. The Indiana snileil
from the North on the evening or June
2(1, two days Inter than the Senator.
Purser McCullom say there ia a groat
deal of tineasines at Nome concerning
the long overdue liners.
On June 2(1 the United States revenue
..utter Thetia was reported at Teller
City on her way back Into tho Arctic in
search of the Portland and Jcannie.
She probably passed through the straits
the 27111. The minima wen m .
Michael on the 25th. There were then
In that port tho steamship Conemaugli,
of the same line, and steamer r.nnu
Thompson and several river nomas aiso
the steam whaler liuglies, which arriv
al the same day from XNOino. more
ur no ocean vessels at Nome and only
one Btoaiu craft, tho Sadie.
Bljt Chick Missing.
Indianapolis, July 8. Indiana ofll
ehils are worrying as to the whero
AhoutH of a check lor (135,000 drawn
hy the United Slates for Indiana In
payment of its war claim. The check
was mailed In Washington two day ago,
but ui to this time it has not been seen
by Z state olllcers. The fact that the
checks to Illinois " severm
states in payment oi suium. i.......
i lmn received ha increased the
anxiety of the Indiana officer.
MEWS OP THE STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL
PART8 OF OREGON.
Commercial and Financial Happening of Im.
porttnce-A Brief Review of the Growth
and Improvement of the Many Induitrlei
Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth
latest Market Heport.
A record apple crop is assured In the
nwm river country..
The.Ashland Iron Work lathe name
oi a new company list oruanixed at
Ashland with fL'0,000 capital.
TlmlHir values In the Nehalem eoun.
try are advancing rapidly. Claima are
now selling for three time as much as
one year ago.
The Interor-ean Mining Company, of
Manor t;uy, nns nieil articles of Incur
porallon w ith the secretary of state.
Capital, 1,000,000.
when the supreme court convened
lost Monday, Jmlge r. 8. Moore eat
upon the chief justice's bench, Judge
m an liecomlug (lie junior Judge.
Arrangements are lieinn perfected for
the holding of the lourth biennial fruit
fair at Hood Hiver. The date of the
fair will probably be tet for the second
week in October. '
There Is a movement on foot at Baker
City to ririranue some kind of a society
or corisirution, the imriiose of which
will Is) to collect and publish facts re
Harding the milling industry of Eastern
Oregon. This is brought almut by the
hut that minus of other states are forir
lug ahead, whilu the mining industry
in Oils state ia seldom heard of outside
Its boundary line.
A 10 uold piece issued by tho Fan
Kranciai'o mint in 1H52 has been found
12 miles south of Corvalli. There is
no likeness of the goddess of liberty on
the coin. One side, savu a band across
the middle, is checkered with delicate
lilies that form squares by crossing each
other like the wires of a sieve. On the
band are these words: "United States
Assay Ollice of (iold, San Francisco,
California, )H52." On the other side
there is the figure of an eagle. An old
overland road used to pass the spot
w hore the coin was found.
The receipts of the state land office
(or June were 135,240.84. '
According to the city superintendent
of schools, Portland haa a population
of a trille over 9H.OO0. ,
The run of fish on the Columbia has
shown another improvement and the
proportion of large II -h is also increas-
The first labor trouble in vears in
Astoria wa caused hy the plumbers
going on strike for an increase of 60
cents per day in wages.
Fish Wanlen Van Puscn has made a
trip to the Coquille river, where he
will establish a hatchery this fall on
the south fork of the river.
A (H-tition is being circulated asking
the Southern Pacific to extend the serv
ice from Sheridan to Portland via Cor
nelius so as to include Sundays.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
repair ,of the Madison atreet bridge at
Portland. The structure will be open
lor public travel In aliout two weeks.
As a result of the labor tioubles, all
sawmill ow ners in Portland have ad
vanced the price of rough lumber f 1.50
per thousand feet and 2 per thousand
for clear.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 68o;
blueatem, 6708ci valley, K87c.
iiarley Feed, (22; brewing,
$23 per ton.
Flour Best grades, 3.053.60 per
barrel; graham, 2.05(3.20.
Millstuffs Bran, 15(3! 16 per too;
middlings, 121.50; short, 117.50(318;
chop,
Oats No.l white, $T.201.25;gray,
$ 1.16 1.20.
Hay Timothy, 12(815; clover,
7.5010; Oregon wild hay, 58 per
ton. t
Potatoes Best Burbanks, 60c per
cental; ordinary, 40o per cental,
growers prices; sweets. 2.252.60
per cental ; now potatoes, 1 c.
Butter Creamery, 1021c; dairy
lH(s&18c; store, 1510c.
Kggs 18 19c for Orogon.
Cheese Full cream, twin, 12K
(i13c;YouiigAmerica, 13H'gl4ao; fac
tory prices, 1(3 ltfc les.
Foultry Chicken, mixed, $3.50
4.60; hens, $4.00(25.50 per doxen,
Ull.4c' per ponnd; springs, 11
U)ic per pound, $2.004.60 per dot
en; (lucks, $2.503.00 per doxen; tur
keys, live, 13(J14c, dressed, 15lo per
pound; geese, $4.0()5.00 per doxen.
Mutton Gross, 23o per pound;
dressed, Ho per pound.
Hogs Gross, C&c; dressed, 77Mc
per pound.
Veal HH74n por pound.
Beef Gross, cows, 33H"; steeri,
8XlXc dreBsetl, 78c per ponnd.
Hop 14C410 cents per pound.
Wool Valley,12H15;Estern Ore
gon, S&14c, mohair. ?B(i(26c ponnd.
New York la to have the most mag
nificent hotel in the world. It will be
20 stoiles high and cost $10,000,000.
German experts, after two years'
test on tour men, declared borax in the
human system retard assimilation of
fats and albumen.
It 1 reported that' Andrew Carnegie
gave hi second cousin, Miss Hairiet
Lauder, of Pittsburg, $1,000,000 when
she became Mrs. J. C. Greenway re-eontly.
TO WATER LAND.
Government Will Take Up Small troecti
rirtt-Sltct to Be Selected Soon.
Washington, July 8 The indica.
tiong are that by next (spring the secre
tary of the interior will, through the
geological survey, begin the construc
tion of the first irrigation system to be
mint uimer the recently enacted law
W here the start will be made has
not yet been determined, but in all
probability it will be a project of mod
eat proportion, cbatin 1500.000 to
$1,000,000, and one of which the suc
cess is reasonably certain. The secre
tary is now planning field examina
tions, with a view of aaluetins those
site which give the promise of success,
and from which earliest retntn may
be had. Ha believes iu netting back
into the irrigation fond a rapidly as
possible all jnoney that i to be expend-
on in constructing reservoir and can.
als.
' It i very apparent that neither the
Milk river project in Montana, not the
Gila liver or Truckee canyon proiects
in Arizona is to be among the first
chosen, because of the enormous cost
Involved. Moreover, the secretary
wants to know more about these pro
ject from the money standpoint before
he orders their building. The numer
ous reports that these systems will cost
very dearly in proiiortion to the amount
of land reclaimed has somewhat alarmed
him, and resulted in his deciding to
make haste slowly. Thi course,
moreover, was recommended by many
Western senators and representatives
before they left for home.
In deciding to begin with small pro
jects the department has made it possi
ble to undertake the building of a num
ber of systems simultaneously, and to
distribute the work into several states,
as, at the time field operations are com
mented there will be an available sum
of $(1,000,000 to $8,000,000 for carrying
on the work.
PACKING HOUSE FIRE.
Half Million Dollars' Worth of Property De-
troyed in Chicago Stockyard.
Chicago, July 8. By a fire which
broke out in their plant at the stock
yards Sw if t & Co. suffered a loss which'
is) estimated by the otticials of the com
pany at $500,000. The fire waa con
fined to one building standing at the
intersecton of Packers avenue and
Broadway. This structure was four
stories high, built of brick, and was'
300 feet square. The first floor was
occupied by the wholesale meat market
of the company, the second by the
shipping department, and the third
arid fourth by the general offices of the
company. The latter are said to have
been the largest single offices in the
United States, more than 800 employes
working in a single room.
The cause of the fire is not known,
but it was discovered near the engine
room. It spread so rapidly through
the building that it was found impossi
ble to save anything in the structure.
The first arrivals of the fire department
were unable to check the fire, and re
peated calls were sent in for assistance,
but all the engines were not able to
prevent the entire destruction of the
building. Within an hour after the
fire was discovered the building was
ruined, although the fire continued to
blaze for a long time.
The burned building adjoin por
tion of the plant of Armour & Co.,
and Libby, McNeill & Libby, and for a
time the fire department had a hard
fight to keep these buildings from the
rlames. The wind was blowing strong
from the southwest, and at times the
flames were touching the sides of Ar
mour's buildings, but the firemen man
aged to confine the fire to the building
in which it had broken out.
TORNADO IN IOWA.
Severe Storm Accompanied by Cloudburit Does
Immense Damage to Property.
Council Bluffs, la., July 8. South
western Iowa was visited this evening
bv the worst storm of the year. In
several towns it amounted to a tornado,
and fears are entertained that there
has been loss of life. Damage to corn
and unharvested small grain has been
very great. In some places the rain
which followed the wind storm
amounted almost to a cloudburst.
At Whiting a dozen buildings are
reported destroyed, and one woman was
badly hurt.
At Anthon 20 buildings were demol
ished, by the tornado, and at this
place it is believed lives were lost.
Communication by wire is cut off.
At Rockwell City the damage done
by the wind wns less serious, but the
ain fell in blinding sheets tor an hour,
and the whole country ia under water.
Crop ware beaten into the ground and
are a total loss in many places.
Fire In Elevated Railway Car.
Chicago,' July 8. A motorcar on the
Metropolitan elevated railroad caught
fire last night while passing Augusta
street. There were 200 people on the
train, and a panic ensued. Several of
the passengers made efforts to jump
from tho moving train, but were pre
vented by the guards.,.' In the scramble
that ensued when the prisoners en
deavored to get out of the way of the
flames, a number of persons were
crushed, and two women arn said to
have been seriously injured.
Crew Driven From Can.
Pawtucket. R. I., July 9. Two cars
of the United Traction company were
assailed by a mob of 100 men in Sayles-
viile tonight and the crew driven off.
The rioters cut the curtains to pieces
with knives, broke the windows and
battered the Woodwork. Two carBwere
attacked in Central Falls, one at Lons
dale ami one in this city, despite the
effort of the police to give the employe
protection. Finally the running of cars
waa suspended.
GREAT STRIKE 18 ON
FREIGHT HANDLER8 IN CHICAGO
OUT FOR MORE PAY.
Over Nine Thouiand Me Quit Work Upon
Order of Executive Committee of Freight
Handler' Union Chicago Federation of
Labor Ditapprove of Strike and Will Not
Awltt the Freight Handler.
Chicago, July 9. ffopes of a speedy
settlement of the strike of the Freight
Handlers' Union, which waa declared
yesterday, are entertained by officials
of the union and members of the state
board of arbitration. The officials of
the union, at a conference last night,
told Chairman Job, of the board of ar
bltration, that they were willing to
permit employes of the different com
panies to meet officials of the same to
discuss the wage scale, providing a
joint conference should be held at
which official of the union would' be
permitted to act aa advisers to the men.
The arbitration board is now working
on the matter in an effort to bring
about a conference between the railway
managers and committees representing
the . men. An the railroad officials
have offered this step from the begin
ning of the controversy, there is little
doubt the strike can be settled satis
factorily to bath sides if the conference
is arranged.
Lack of unanimity already perme
ates the strike. The Chicago Federa
tion of Labor was ignored when the
order was issued for the men to quit
work, and its executive officials are
somewhat offended and are inclined to
let the freight handlers fight out their
battle in , their own way. There are
12,000 freight handler in' and about
the various ' fieight houses of the 24
railroads centering in Chicago. Of
this number, more than 9,000 are now
involved in the strike. Some of the
men who quit work did so under pro
test. Notably was thiB the case in the
Ireight house of the Lake Shore
Michigan Central. The men there
employed were receiving all the con
sideration they had asked. They were
forced to strike, however, by the order
of the executive committee of their
union. Before going out the men in
formed the railway officials of the situ
ation, and said they would -seek an im
mediate return order from the authori
ties that had ordered them out.
The sudden suspension of customary
operation bv the freight handlers oc
casioned considerable trouble ia and
about the various railroad warehouses
and stations, but the inconvenience and
delay were but a drop in the bucket to
what will happen if the strike shall
not be settled soon.
To add to the present difficulties of
the railroad, the Teamsters' and
Truckmen' Union threatens to join in
a sympathetic strike. If this shall
occur, it will affect all incoming and
outgoing freight of every kind. Every
railroad in Chicago today accepted all
freight offered. While it was con
fessed by several railroad officials that
freight was not being moved as expe
ditiously as heretofore, yet it was said
the larger part of it was being handled
wen. j he various freignthousea and
yards, however, disclosed a laVge ac
cumulation of unmoved freight and cars
loaited with ireight. '
There was no trouble or disorder in
or about any of the freight houses.
Anticipating the possibilities of such a
strike, the railroad companies had
brought to Chicago a number of men
to take the places of the strikers.
These men were intercepted by pickets
of the strikers, and most of them were
induced to join the Freight Handlers'
Union.
TO DREDGE COOS BAY.
People Requeit a Change in Plan of Harbor
Work Non. Extension of Jetty.
Washington, July 9. Senator
Mitchell has been advised by wire by
the commercial interests on Coos bav
that the $50,000 appropriated in the
recent river and harbor bill for extend
ing the jetty at the bay entrance was
not sufficient materially to advance that
wock, and asking if the money could
not be used for dredging a channel in
stead. He hag laid the matter before
the cliiet of engineers, and at his sug
gestion telegraphed Captain Langfitt,
asking him to take this request into
consideration. If it is found that there
is authority for changing the prrject
from that specified in the bill, and
Captain Langfitt favor the dredging,
the change will be authorized.
Senator Mitchell also urged expedi
tion in carrying out the work on the
Columbia river. He was told that this
work would be pressed as rapidly as
possible ; that as soon as the (s9cial
board's report and ftieir action is ap
proved, actual work will be begun.
Socialist Riot in Italy.
London, Jul v 9. A special dispatch
received here from Rome says that So
cialist riot occurred at Orte, on the
right bank of the Tiber, during the
municipal elections held there yester
day. The polling place wa wrecked
and several policemen were stabbed.
The police and military fired on the
mob. Over 40 persons were wounded.
Troops have been ordered to Orte.
Many Earthquake at Salonica.
Vienna, July 9. The Neua Frie
Prus-e publishes a dispatch from
Salonica, Kuropean Turkey, saying that
since last Saturday 30 shocks of earth
quake, eight of which were liolent,
were experienced there. A violent
shock caused damage to villages in the
vicinity of Salonica. Other dispatches
received here from Salonica say that
the shock destroyed 150 house and
killed one child at Guvesne, and that
two persons were killed at Salonica.
OREGON AND WASHINGTON.
Congret Make Them Larger Appropriation
' Than Ever Bel ore.
Washington, July 6. The aesiion.of
congress which has just closed accom
plished much for the Pacific Northwest.
Both Oregon and Washington have
fared well at the hand of the first ses
sion of the Fifty -seventh congress. In
fact at no other congress bave these
tates fared so well aa at thi session,
although large appropriation were
made by former session for river and
harbor improvement. For rivers and
harbors, Oregon, including the Colom
bia river, gets about $2,589,000, and
Washington over $961,000. The In
dian bill carried the necessary amount
for continuing school and agencies in
bcth states, while minor appropriations
were made in the sundry civil bill.
The Portland postoffice is assured of
$200,000 and $10,000 allowed will put
the finishing touches on the custom
house.
Aside from appropriations, Oregon
has been exceedingly fortunate in local
legislation, getting an Indian war pen
sion bill; the Crater lake national
park; authorization of the sale of Uma
tilla lands, and relief for Sherman
county tettler, aside from a number of
private pensions.
Members of the Washington delega
tion are highly gratified over the liberal
treatment accoided their state. Wash
ington, in addition to $1,100,000 for
the Puget sound navy yard gets several
lighthouse, $17,000 reimbursement for
state expenditure, pub)n building at
Spokane tnd Jacoma, and a bridge
across the Columbia at Vancouver.
CHINA REFUSES TO PAY.
Another Wrangle Over the Settlement of the
War Indemnity.
Pekin. July 6. The Taotai of Shang
hai has notified the banker' commis
sion that China refuse to pay the July
installment of the indemnity except at
the rate of exchange prevailing April,
1901. The foreign minister consider
that the Taotai's declaration i the re
sult of the announcement of the United
States minister, Mr. Conger, to the
Chinese, that the United State sus
tains China's contention and i willing
to accept payment on the basis mentioned.-
But the ministers are confi
dent that China will accept the decision
of the majority of the minister when
she is convinced that the United States
is her only supporter. Some of the
ministers insist that tho policy of the
United States is unreasonable and in
direct opposition to the term of the
protocol. They assert that Prince
Chlng, head of the foreign office, and
other Chinese officials, before learning
that China had the support of the
United States in the matter, admitted
that their arguments were rather a plea
for mercy than a demand for justice.
Great Britain propose to permit sil
ver payment of the indemnity until
1910, on account of China's, great loss
owing to the deprecation of the price of
silver. The ministers of the other
lowers regard the proposal as being a
further complication, and as being equi
valent to an admission of China' con
tentions. FARMERS ARE RUINED.
Damage by Rain and Floods In lllinoi Will
Amount to $l,0O0.C00.
St. Louis, July 3. A low estimate
of the damage wrought within a radius
of 150 miles of Alton, 111., by the re
cent storm of wind and rain is $1,000,-
000., In the American Bottom farming
districts the farmers ere ruined. Wood
river, a small and usually harmless
stream, overflowed its bank and the
farmers in the vast expanse of bottom
lands were forced to get into the upper
stories of their homes to save their
live. sTheii houses were flooded.
After spending a night full of peril thev
watched the day come in only to see
their crop had been waabed away.
The Renter farm, near the bank of
Wood ri.er, three mile from Alton,
was damaged to the extent of $10,000,
and when the waters subside the loss
may be twi e this amount. This is
only one instance.
At fcast Alton the Western Cartridge
Company is flooded with a loss of $5,
000 or more. .
The reports received from the Plasa
creek district say that the farmers
iu their anxiety to get stock out of
the valleys into the hills, neglected to
save any of their shocked wheat, and
lost all. All the crops there are lost.
Name of New Warahlp.
Washington, July 5. At Secretary
Moody's suggestion, the cabinet adopt
ed names for the six new ship of war
authorized by the naval appropriation
bill. The four larger ships, two battle
ships and two armored cruisers, will be
named Louisiana, Connecticut, Tennes
see and Washington, but it ia not set
tled which states shall be chosen for
the battleship and vice versa. The
two gunboats provided for in the act
w ill be named the Faducah and the
Dubuque.
Difficult to Obtain Facts.
Willemstad, Curacao, July 5. Great
difficulties are now experienced in ob
taining facts regarding the real prrgress
made by the Venezuelan revoluti, mists
and the crit cal position -f the govern
ment of President Castro United
States ministei Bowen has sent Secre
tary of Legation Russell" on board the
United States cruiser, at La Guyara,
with instruction to ascertain and re
port the state of affairs both east and
west of that port.
TRACY IN SEATTLE
8T0LE A LAUNCH AND CROSSED
THE SOUND.
Compelled row Men to Accompany Him at "
Point of Gun-Say Ha Killed Mcrrttf Bo.
cauao Utter Played Hun Tal This,
However, Is Not Believed da Plenty of
Anuaonitioa. r
Seattle, July 3. Tracy and Merrill,
the escaped Oregon convicts, have ep
arated, and Tracy is in Seattle after a
erie of thrilling incident. He robbed
the house of an aged Scotchman named
Alexander Laird, who lives alone four
mile southwest of Olympia, left Laird
bound hand and foot on the bed, stole
a horse from another rancher and a sad
dle and bridle from a neighbor. Tracy
passed through Olympia and reached
the upper end of South bay.
At South bay the Capital City Oyster
company has four men at work seeding
oyster beds. Two of the men were in a
small cottage and when they arose at 6
Tracy waa at the door with bis rifle
demanding breakfast. When two
other men, who were staying in float
house, arrived for breakfast they were
also lined np. Anchored in the bay
was the large gasoline launch N. & 8.,
chartered by the oyster company to tow
oyster scow from Big Skooknm inlet.
On board were Captain Clark and his
son, who were also lined up when they
arrived for breakfast.
When breakfast was over two of the
men were left tied in the cabin, and at
the point of the rifle the other two
men, with the captain and son, were
driven on board the launch and the
party sailed away. Tracy told bis
captives that be had killed Merrill be
cause he discovered the latter bad
played him false and because Merrill
waa careless and made too much noise
in the woods.
Tracy's stoiy of the killing of Mer
rill is that while in the vicinity of
Castle Rock Tracy learned that Merrill
waa responsible for his getting into the
Oregon penitentiary. Merrill was a
hindrance in the flight anyway, he.
said. He was careless and left a trail
like a log, so Tracy resolved to pick
quarrel with him. In this be succeed
ed, and the two agreed to fight out their
difference in an open spot. Standing
back to back, it wa agreed that each
should advance 10 paces, turn and Are.
Tracy, looking over his shoulder, saw
Merrill start to fire at nine paces, so
he wheeled himself, fired, and Merrill
dropped dead. Thia ia not believed,
however, and it is thought Met rill is
still in the woods south of Olympia.
Tracy landed late last night at
Meadow Point, 2 miles north of Bal
lard. The last seen of him he. was
headed for Seattle with the express in
tention of holding up a policeman in
order to secure bis revolver. A posse
was organized by the local police, and
is now in pursuit of the daring criminal.
The voyage to Seattle from Thurston
county was marked by several exciting
episodes. Tracy wanted the boat
steered near McKeill island so that be
might take a shot at any of the guards
who happened to be on the beach. He
also wanted to kill the captain of the
tug Seafoam near the entrance to Ta
coma harbor, because the tug persisted
in heading toward the launch.
Tracy had 200 rounds of ammunition
when he boarded the launch at Olym
pia. PACIFIC CABLE PROPOSAL.
Offer to Hasten Centtructloa ol Line Being
Considered by Cabinet
Washington, July 6. Secretary
Moody has laid before the cabinet the
proposition of the Commercial Pacific
Cable company to hasten the construc
tion of their cable across the Pacific,
and offering important advantages to
the government in return for the use of
the surveys made by the United States
steamer Nero for a cable route connect
ing San Francisco, Honolulu, Midway
island, Guam and Manila.
The officials of the company state
that they are asking for these plana
solely in the name of their own com
pany, and that no othei cablecompany,
domestic or foreign, has joined in the
application. The navy department is
earnestly desirous, for military reason,
that the cable shall be laid as soon as
possible, as certain (wfeguaida are de
sired, and these formd the basis of the
discussion before the cabinet today. '
It is regarded aa essential that the
route shall be . ail-American, a point
which will be secured by the use of -Midway
island a a relay station, and a
provision be made to avoid touching on
foreign soil between the terminals.
Another point waa that the United
States government shall have preferen
tial rate and time of transmission for
its messages, and have the sole right,
in its discretion, to use the cable in
time of war.
The subject waa regarded as too im
portant for an immediate decision, and
it is probable that before the company's
application is finally acted upon, it will
be referred to the attorney general.
General Brook Sooa to Retire.
New Yoik, July 6. Major General
John R. Brooke, in command of the
department of the East, i packing np
his furnitme and book on Governor's
island. He will be 64 years old on
July 21, and will be retired under the
age limit. It ia understood General
MacArthnr, now in command 'at Chi
cago of the department of the lakes,
will take the vacant post. General
Brooke will go to his old home near
Philadelphia to live.
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