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Oregon City Goarief. A, W. CHUNKY, Publisher. OREGON CITY OREGON EVENTS OF THE DAI Fired on the Tug. It ii rumored at Astoria that tba tag Relief, while on a trip from Astoria to Port Townsend, waa fired upon by some fishermen whose nets the tag bad just passed over. A CRUSHING DEFEAT A POOR YEAR FOR FRUIT. Aa Interesting Collection of Items From the Two Hemispheres Presented In a Condensed Form. Chinatown in San Franoisoo ia in a fever of excitement and another high binder war hag been deolared. Cloclin's sawmill, situated on Deep creek, near Medical lake, Wash., was burned to the ground. The loss is (3,600. Cholera ia abating in Egypt. Bat tles in Crete are almost of hourly ooour- renoe, and the Turks have suffered heavy losses. The remains of Ed Moran were found floating in the Pnyallup river. Moran ia supposed to have drowned himself on June 80 last By the reopening of an old vein in the Gwin mine, in Calaveras oonnty, Cal., the mine hag become valuable, and the owners now bold it at $8,000, 000. The storthing, the representative body of Norway, has defeated the bill for the temporary increase of duties on petroleum and sugar, and for the imposition of a duty on meat Mrs. T. H. Tofree, who was Grover Cleveland's secretary while he was mayor of Buffalo, committed auioide in Mojave, Cal, by drinking oarbolio aoid. It ia supposed she waa temporarily in sane. Adjutant-General Tuttle has reoeived from the secretary of the state of Ore gon a warrant for $5,017, with whioh to pay the militia boys for their serv ices at Astoria during the recent fishing troubles. On the anniversary of the birthday of the queen regent of Spain, which occurs the 23d inst., General Weyler will release many prisoners. The an niversary will be made an occasion of unusual olemenoy. Near Dry den, Mich., George Swayne, a farmer, about 40 years old, killed his three small ohildren and set fire to his house, then blew bia brains out His wife died a short time ago. It is thought that this deranged bis mind. The two-story brick building, ooou pied by H. Wolf & Brother, at No. 80 Front street, Portland, Or., as a whole sale gentleman'a furnishing goods house, was completely gutted by fire, and the stock is a total loss. The stook was valued at upwards of $60,000 and ia partly oovered by $28,000 insurance. The barkentine Herbert Fuller, Cap tain Nash, from Boston for Rosario, has put iuto Halifax, Novia Scotia. There bad been a mutiny on board. The captain, his wife and the second mate were killed in their berths in the night The first officer, who waa on watoh, knew nothing about the affair. The murderer or mnrderers orawled aft to the cabin, descended, and with axea chopped the victims to death. Upon the arrival of the barkentine all the crew were looked np in the police station to await trial. , Rioters are again rampant at the Brown Hoisting Works, in Cleveland, O., and sorious trouble is loured. Cinoiuunti and vicinity have been visited by heavy thunder storms and at several planus there is reported loss of life and proporty. Near Portsmouth five persons took refuge in a Bhed, whioh was struck by lightning, killing all of them. Captaiu-Gouoral Weyler has issued a deoroe that all foreigners iu the island are to register in a special book in the government's charge previous to their being justilled iu appealing to ar ticle 7 of the decree relative to foreign citizenship in November, 181)4. James Harvey Sherman, a famous spy in the war of the rebellion, who resided near Charlotteville, Mich,, is dead. Before the war broke out Sher man resided iu Viriguiu, where ho ac cumulated a fortune, whioh was after wards entirely swept away by the war. Albert Olseu, 85 years of age, an cm- j ployee of the Willamette Casket Com pany, of Tacoma, was caught in the j inachinory, whirled rapidly around the ! revolving shaft and instantly killed. ; The body was horribly mauled, the I left leg and right foot being torn off i completely. A little boy of Marshall, Mich., when herding cattle, tied two of bis listers, 4 and 6 years old, and another little girl with a rope, the end Jose Maoeo Killed. Private dispatches from Havana say that General Jose Maceo, the Cuban patriot leader, was shot through the head and instantly killod during an attack whioh be led upon the Spanish forces in Gato Hills. The report says that Colonel Caratagena, another in surgent officer, and several members of Maceo'g staff, were killed at the same time. Spanish Column Utterly Rout ed by Maceo. GENERAL YNCLAN WAS CAPTURED Mysterious Poisoning. In Cincinnati an unknown blonde woman was found by a Fort Thomas soldier lying unconscious on the ground on a farm, within a few feet of the spot where the beheaded body of Pearl Bryan was left by her murderers. The girl was taken to Newport, where it was found she bad either been dragged or had taken poison herself. Government Soldiers Were Drawn Into a Trap and Fired on From All Bides. Key West, July 21. The Spaniards under General Suarez Ynolan have bub- j tuined a crushing defeat at the bands of the insurgents under Atonio Maceo. j Not only was Ynolan's column defeated with heavy loss, but it is currently I reported in Havana that the Spanish general himself was captured and is now held prisoner by Maoeo. The bat- tie is said to have occurred on July 15, near Maoeo'a stronghold, in Pinar del i Unfavorable Iteport by the Agricultural Department Washington, July 22. The goner ally poor condition of fruit throughout the oountry is announced in the agri cultural department report just pub lished. Applea declined in condition from 71 to 64 6 during June. Prospects for excellent crops still continued in New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Iowa. Conditions are also very fair in Nebraska and several of the mountain states. In other parts of the country the oonditionof the crop is far below the average, being lowest in the Atlantio coast states, where the percentages are genearlly below 60. In the Ohio valley and oertain of the WIPED OUT BY FIRE STORROW'S BRIEF. Business Portion ot the Town of Lone Rock. TOTAL LOSS IS NOT YET KNOWN Venesuela's Case Presented ia an Able Manner. Washington, July 23 The first part of a brief prepared by James J. 8 tor. row, of the counsel for Venezuela, in conjunction with Mr. Scruggs, the le- ' gal adviser of that government, bag l just been completed and submitted for j the consideration of the Venezuela ; boundary commission. The brief is i framed as an answer to the general summary of the British blnebook de i voted to the Venezuela dispute, and, ; like that, is an argument based upon I the evidenoe obtained by the agents of the governments interested. The brief Ex-Uovernnr Itussell Dead Ex-Governor William E. Russell, of Massachusetts, was found dead in bed in a fishing camp near Grand Pabos, Quebec. When be passed through Mon treal on bis way to the salmon grounds in Gaspe, he was in the best of health. It is supposed he died of heart disease. He wag well-known in publio life, and took a prominent part in the national Demooratio convention recently held in Chicago. Hanged at Folsom. John E. Howard was banged in the prison corridor at Folsom, Cal., for the murder of Martin DeLanina, in Tulare oounty, in June, 1894. Only twenty persons besides the prison oinoiala witnessed the exeoution. Howard walked firmly to the scaffold and stood calm and composed till the drop fell. A alight twitching of the hands gave the only evidence of agita tion. New Steamship Line. A St Paul dispatch says S. Iwanaga, of Tokio, Japan, general manager of the Japanese Mail Steamship Compuny, limited, baa just signed a contract with the Great Northern Railway Company for the establishment of a steamship line between Tokio and Seattle. Thus the Great Northern system extends its operations into the far east, and its billa of lading are in foroe from Tokio to Buffalo, N. Y. I An American Bark Ashore. A dispatoh from Zanzibar reports that the Amerioan bark John D. Brewer, went ashore at Pangawani. The government has sent a vessel to the assistance of the Brewer. of Lone Rock waa almost wiped out yesterday by fire. The whole business Western states, not yet referred to, the portion of the town went np in smoke, figures are somewhat higher, but no-! and nothing remains but a few dwell- i where above 67, whioh ia the peroent- inK8 ln tne outskirts of the town. age reported for Illinois and Missouri. Lone Hock is on Long Creek, in The peach crop promises to be of good Gilliam oonnty. It is twenty-six miles proportions. During the past month a I southeast of Condon, the oounty seat; full n ,n n i . i . i , ai ... 4 A-iinAn ... i. : -U I Rio. For the last two weeks the ! 11" , w"'oa p,a?ei leay,D , w.,u' "T "r"u'u"' "u,uu " A i Bouctat nvernKt) uuw OI.O. Vjroou va vuiisyiug iuu oAprose eitiwuu, nuu crops are expected in Delaware, Mary-1 thirty-five miles from Heppner, ita land, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ken- banking point There ia a stage to tuoky, Missouri and Kansas. The ' Arlington and a daily mail. The nKIMi has anfln.nJ - I J 1 I rnntl mil a atneienJ lOfTA Ynnlin w. nrArA A.t j ""Clou uuusiueraDiJ in vail- . . . . . . : rornia, as is shown bv the condition of i jnese oetacnea nanas oi Unbans, and whloh , lower 'h , . i ror ion purpose took with him 2,000 ; ginoe 1890 In New Je he fruit is ' falling badly. The Connecticut and New York orchards promise very little I fruit, and in Pennsylvania the condi I tion is no better than in contiguous I New Jersey, standing at 52. In the European oountries throughout the last j month the conditions were highly Few Dwelling Left-A Small Boy With Pocket Full of Matobes Started the Blaie. Arlington, Or., July 20. Word waa received here today that the town I i, regarded at the state department as a most important contribution to the rebels have been very aggressive, and ! mull TiartiAfl llDVa .nnai: ..1 nnn1.ai1 ' . the trocba, causing the Spaniards muoh ! annoyanoe. 1 A FERRY-BOAT SUNK. A UNIQUE WILL. men. i Maoeo seems to have expected suoh a movement, and arranged to ambush the Spaniards. He stationed a large ! foroe in a favorable spot, and ordered big detaohed bands to draw Xnolan into the trap. The Spaniarda followed the 7u" i fbl to knowing utiu i-u nuiuuDUi AiiGU liUO VUU4UO ! opened fire from all sides, which threw j the Spaniarda into confusion. While the Spaniarda were thus beset, ' the Cubans obarged and completely : routed their foes. Ynolan made a des- j perate effort to rally bia demoralized j foroes, bnt was surrounded by the Cu-' bans and oompelled to surrender. It is said in Havana that the Span- j iards were pursued almost to the , trooha, and lost more than 800 killed and wounded. There were fourteen officers among the killed. The Cubans here also gay that Maceo will hold Ynolan as a hostage to save the lives of prominent insurgent officers who have been oaptured by the Spaniards. One of those officers is Capote. If this rebel leader is shot by the Spaniards, it ' Fourteen Drowned at Orehaudlers Cleveland. I Cleveland, O., July 20. Several lives were lost in an aocident whioh oo- British-Venezuela question, as Mr. Storrow ia a Boston practitioner on whom Secretary Olney plaoes muoh re liance. Mr. Storrow devotes muoh of bis brief to an attempt to combat what he regards as an attempt to extend the claim beyond occupation, and, applying the laws and facts as be finds them, he I declares that they give no sunnort to the British olaima, but are affirmatively and specifically fatal to it Mr. Storrow then turns bis attention' to the Schombnrgk line, against the running of which Venezuela protested, and he says that every British ministry, exoept that of Lord Salisbury, recog nized that it was monstrous and diplo matically inadmissible upon such a flimsy claim, whioh the British now oalled the Dardanelles of the Orinoco, river-bed near the ore docks of the Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad Com pany. The ore handlers had just quit work foi the day, and were waiting their turn to cross the branoh of the river on the flat-bottom ferrv-boat Disposition or tba Property of Harriet i wnlon had provided for this pur- , pose, wnen it was aoout nail way j over, the frail oraft was awamped by the wash from a passing steamer, and I it began to gink. The first report of j the accident placed the number of dead at twenty-two, but that proved to have daughters, Harriet and Eliza. The gold braoelet given to Mra.. Stowe by the Duchess of Hnthnrland in hfl. is thought Ynolan will meet the same queathed to her daughter Georgiana, Heeoher Stowe. Hartford, Conn., July 22. A unique dooument ia the will of Harriet Beeob er Stowe, offered for probate today. Under date of November 8, 1895, it is signed by Charles F. Perkins, Mary Russell Perkins and Arthur Perkins. The large silver inkstand, the gift of the women of England, ia given to her son Charles. The silver waiter and the silver basket given her bv the women of England are given to her two ! drowned, The river is being dragged for more bodies. There were many pathetio scenes about the morgue while rela- ourred about 7:80 tonight on an old and offered to agree to lines wbiob they deolared would secure to Venezuela tbe undisputed possession of the mouth of the Orinoco. Lord Salisbury's olaim, however, aayg Mr. Storrow, grew every time be recurred to the subject, and he then proceeds to point out in great detail bow, after Sohomburgk'a death and forty years after his survey, tbe British oolonial office discovered that all these maps were wrong and that Sobom bnrgk's line went around by the big bend of the Cuyuni, and oompelled tbe engraver to change all of his maps to correspond, taking the Sohomburgk line far westward from the original conrse. Says Mr. Storrowr "This is perilously near tbe altera- been an exaggeration. Fourteen bodies have been taken from the water. William Bueloy, a well-known press man, went to tbe river to see the ex citement, fell off an abutment near fate at the hands of Maoeo. Scraped From the Band Wagon. The band whloh aocompanies Buffalo Bill's Wild WeBt Show attempted to drive under a bridge in Massillon, O. All the men were sera pod off. Five or six are reported dead qr dying and in jured. : Poisoned by Drinking Lemonade. News has been reoeived of the fatal poisoning at Santiago, Minn., of a family of nine ohildren, caused by drinking lemonade. The ohildren died one after another, and the parents are not expected to live. A Fatal Cali.ornlit Fire. Fire broke out in the residence of John Coyle in Fresno, Cal. Coyle was in the house asloep at the time and was burned to death. He was a pioneer citizen of Fresno county and possessed of considerable means. What Maoeo Wants. New York, July 21. The World publishes the following correspondence from the headquarters of Maceo, Tomas de San Jose, Pinar del Rio, June 20: "The want of a few cartridges and a fewoannon." said General Antonio Maoeo, "ia all that makes our govern ment nse nature's rocks instead of brick and mortar for a White House." Asked how many and what arms and ammunition he needs to guarantee to win the war in, Bay two, months, he said: "I could do it with 20,000 Reming ton rifles, samller caliber, 150,000 cart (Mrs. Allen, of Boston), now deceased. In the residuary clause one-third of all the property is given to her son, the Rev. Charles E. Stowe, of Simsbury. Major John C. Parsons, of Hurtford, is made trustee of the remaining two thirds and the income ia to be divided between tbe daughters Harriet and Eliza. In a codicil dated Muy 18, the Forest-street house, whioh was Mrs. Stowe's home for so long, is bequeathed to her daughters Harriet and Eliza. Jlhe inventory of Mrs, Stowe s estate foots up to $42,853. tbe Detroit boat-landing and waa j tion of anoient landmarks and spolia tion of records. It evidently deceived Lord Salisbury, who, on February 18, 1890, asserted it to be the line surveyed by Sir R. Schomburgk in 1841. He did not survey this line in 1841, or in any other year." tives of the dead men were identifying them. It is believed at 11 o'olook all the bodies have been recovered, though it is possible one or two victims may be added to the list. Twelve of the fonrteen victims leave families who were dependent upon them. BRYAN'S MAIL. FOR THE PRESIDENT. Some Advice to Letter-Writers Who Have Been Pestering Him. Linooln, Neb., July 22. Each day, the pile of lettera at the home of Wil- ; liam J. Bryan increases in size. In- Bulldlng Superintendent Wilson Makes I stead of Catching UD with his corre- j spondenoe, the Demooratio presidential oandidate gets farther behind. More He Forgot Ills Name. Philadelphia, July 23. The identity : ' ' .L. i. .1. r.l . . . , ridges, 10 oannon and 100,000 rounds ul lUB UU,,B man ai me rnnaaeipnia 1 of artillery ammunitions. I might do i "ospita1 who on the night of March 6 it with muoh less. I would invariably ! Kave niuself up to the police and said I attaok tbe Spaniards and attack them ! he did not kuow his name or where he j came iroin, cas neeu at lust disclosed. He proves to be Herbert C. Spencer, the j grounds'and directly opposite the treas- ! youngest son of Solomon C. Spencer, a nry bniiding of a granite 8trncture for vYciuijijj' uibifccij ux iHwreiJue, xun. The discovery was made last evening by Dr. J. C. Robinson of Lawrenoe, Kan., an old friend of Spencer, who came to : oonservatory fitted up as a winter gar- which was attached to the saddle on a pouy. The pony ran away, dragging jhe three girls half a mile. Two of the girls were killed and the other badly injured. ' The colored people of Cincinnati held a memorial meeting in honor of Harriet Beocher Stowe. It was iu this j city that she wrote "Uncle Tom's ! Cabin," also spending her early life ! here when her father was president of j Lane theological seminary. -She was , Mr Simmonds Fiendish Woman Hanged. Nows from Coeburn, Va., says that Mary Suodgrass was hanged there for the murder of a 0-months-old child by burning it in a stove. The woman was 28 years old. The Suodgrass woman was a disreputable woman and was oompelled to leave Pikeville, Ky., on that aooouut. Bond Investigiitton. Senator Harris, chairman of the sen ate oommittoe to investigate the recent bond issues, Buys he has not yet deter mined whether the committee will wait until the full before going on with its investigation or will oomplete its work, frame its report and make it publio this summer. The last meeting adjourned subject to the call of the chairman. ' The Messenger Crucified. ; A Londou dispatch from Wady I Haifa reports that the messenger who i oarried the news to Khalifa at Om 1 duran that his army had been defeated at Firket, was immediately put to i death by oruoifixion. Khalifa an- nounoed that the same fate would be 0( j imposed upon any one who mentioned after maneuvering their columns into cnl de sacs and I would take an im-1 portant town. The supplies captured i there would assist in the capture of the next ono, and so on until I would I be able to storm Havana with its fully ; equipped army of 300,000 men and i fifty pieces of artillery. "In addition to our C0.000 armed ; men, we have fully 30,000 more men armed with only maohetes and re-1 volvers, thus giving us a probable total ' of 80,000 revolutionists in the field." j a Kecommeudatlon. Washington, July 20. Colonel J. 1 M. Wilson, superintendent of govern 1 ment buildings and grounds, bus re ' peatedly recommended tbe erection of : a speoial office building for the chief exeoutive of the nution, but congress 1 has taken no aotion on them. His an nual report just submitted, says: I earnestly recommend that an ap propriation of (250,000 be made for the erection, withm the exeoutive mansion the office of the chief executive of the nation. This struoture could be con- ! nected by a wide oorridor with a large JAPANESE ENTERPRISE. tbe Firket in his hearing. A Prominent Lawyer Dead. John Cameron Simmonds, formerly of Chicago, and a member of the bar, died at the Ward island insane asylum, New York. His business interests were largely in the West He was in terested in mining and railway con struction in California, but did much of his business in New York, and was well-known to Wall-street bankers. married in Cincinnati, Professor Stowe being connected with Lane seminary, fie was 76 years old and leaves a wife and six children. There is no longer doubt that tbe wheat orop in Eastern Washington has been badly damaged by hot winds, says Walla Walla dispatch. Reports from the Palouse country are to the effect that tbe damage is about 75 per cent, and that many fields are not worth cutting. The grain on Eureka flat, in this oounty, is damaged about 60 pr cent, and will only average about fif teen bushels to tbe acre. One farm er along the Yellow Hawk now ti xnatea his yield at about fifty bushels to the acre. was an authority on oriminal law and wrote a great deal on that subject His writings on prison reform have also made him noted. Great Colonisation and Trading Scheme I on Foot. ! San Francisofo, July 21. Among the passengers on the steamship China, which arrived today from Yokohama, : ! were Sho Neruato aud T. Kusakado, ; prominent Japanese business men, whose j errand is to arrange the details of a gigantio colonization scheme in Mexi- co. They have secured an option on 1 300,000 acres of land in the state of; j Cbeapis, Mexico, and are on their way ! I Bouth to consummate the deal. The ' land is sold to them at $1 per acre. The immense tract will be cut up iuto small farms, which wll be operated by coolie labor brought from Japan. Cot ton, sugar, tobacco and other products adapted to the climate will be raised. In addition to the above scheme, Sho Nemato has been commissioned by tbe Japanese government to investigate tbe trade prospects of Mexico and Central America. It is the desire of Japan to trade directly witfl the countries south of the United States, as far down as Panama, and a steamship line has been subsidized to run to ports along the Paciflo coast The main port will be San Diego, and it is the intention of tbe Japanese manufacturers to import all their cotton via San Diego instead of through San Francisco and Puget sound ports as at present A traftio ar rangement will also probably be made with the Tehuantepeo railroad, thus giving the new steamship access to tbe Atlantio coast This steamship company has nothing to do with the one about to ,be estab- i lished with Portland, Or., as the main port of calL cian. Young Spencer went to New Orleans two years ago, and up to Jan uary 19 last corresponded regularly with his relatives. 3iuce then they beard nothing from him, except that he hud been seen in Washington in Feb ruary. It is thought one of bis brothers will be here soon to take him home. For Smuggling Opium. Seattle, July 22. Margaret Morri son, the woman smuggler, was today : sentenoed by Judge Hanford, of the federal court, to eight months in the King county jail and a fine of $50. Mrs. Morrison lived at Port Townaend, and was arrested November 23 last on the steamer Sehome, plying between Victoria and Seattle, for bringing un stamped opium across the boundary. The opium was purchased in Victoria, and Mrs. Morrison had given part of it to herlO-year old daughter. The rest of it, six pounds, was found on her per son. She was indicted by the federal grand jury last Decmeber, but has been seriously ill since, and for a time it was thought she would not live. den, with tropical plants and a foun tain, statues of eminent Americans; the conservatories could op?n into a picture gallery oonneotod by two wide walls, with the east room, and the im provements could serve a double pur pose of relieving the mansion of the terrible crush incident to the evening receptions. "I earnostly hope that aotion may be taken at tbe approaching session of congress toward erecting a suitable offioe building for the president of the United States." THE YEAR'S IMMIGRATION. New Cruiser f.ir Spain. Madrid, July 22. The Spanish patriotic league of Argentina offers to present the Spanish government a cruiser of 4,500 tons displacement, cost ing an approximate of 8,000,000 pese tas. Tbe league representative, Senor Gonzales Sainsa, was interviewed by the government yesterday on the sub ject. The cruiser will probably be built at Glasgow. The opposition are strongly opposed to the Rothschilds and the tobacco questions being rushed through the cortes. Tbey desire to force the gvernment to assemble the cortes again in October or November for their consideration, Senor Canvaa is not disposed to give way. As it ia be threatens to resign if the estimates are not passed. A Large Increase In the Number of Aliens Arrivlug. Washington, July 20. A statement prepared by the commissioner of immi gration shows the number of immi grants who arrived in this country dur ing the fiscal year ending June 80, 1896, to have been 343,267, as com pared with 258,530 during 1895. Of the whole number, 212,466 were males and 130,831 were females. The ooun tries from which the immigrants came are given as follows: Austria Hungary, 65,103; Italy, 68, 080; Russia, 52,180; Germany, 81,885; United Kingdom, 64,367; all other countries, 61,416. The whole number debarred and re turned during the year was 3,035, as follows: Panpers, 2,010; contract la borers, 776; idiot, 1; insane, 1; dis eased, 2. Two hundred and thirty-six were re turned witihn one year, because ot their having become public charges. The total number debarred and returned in 1895 was 2,596. Bicycle Factory Burned. London, July 20. The Humber bicycle works, at Coventry, were burn ed today. Four thousand unfinished ! amount, having borrowed from bicyoles in tbe factory were destroyed. Tbe total loss is 80,000. letters oome in each day than he and his wife and bis secretary can open and read. In order to let the people who have written to him know about the condition of affairs, Mr. Bryan has given out the following: "To the Publio: My daily mail has grown so large that I find it impossible to reply at length to eaoh. Those who are interested in the success of our cause will appreciate the situation and pardon me for making the following suggestions: "First As time will not permit a full discussion of the prinoipal ques tions in so large a number of private letters, I snail, in order to avoid dis crimination, reserve all such discussions for publio occasions. "Seoond All offers of services and suggestons as to the oonduot of the cumpaign should be made to the na tional committee representug various states and territories. All requests for campaign literature should be adressed to the secretary of the national oom mittee at headquarters as soon as head quarters are opened. If my friends will be kind enough to observe these : suggestions, I shall be ablo to devote 1 my time more fully to the work of the campaign. W.J. Bryan." The Gold liemncrats. ' St. Louis, July 22. Prowineut gold ' standard Democrats of this city today , took the first step toward repudiating ; the ticket and platform of the Chicago convention. They decided to issue a call for a convention of the gold stand 1 ard Democracy of Missouri to determine , whether a third ticket shall be put in the field, whether the fight for gold shall extend into the congressional dis- ' ', tricts or whether the bolters shall oome out openly for McKinley and centralize their efforts on him. Colonel James O. Broadhead, ex-minister to Switzer land under Cleveland, presided. A resolution was adopted providing for tbe naming of a committee of seven by Broadhead to send out a call for a con vention of gold-standard Democrats. Circulars will be sent all over the country to gold-standard leaders asking them to co-operate or be present at tbe meeting. Postmaster Skips Oat. Vanoouver, B. C, July 22. A. B. Buie postmaster at Lytton, has skipped out, and is believed to have crossed the boundary. He is said to be about f o.OOO short in bis accounts, and also owes personal debts for a considerable every , one he could. Writs were issued at tbe instance of several creditors. j Tbe semi-official Neustenachrichten, j of Borlin, refer in ironical language to Rodini's speech in whioh he refer red to tbe possibility ot bettering the terms of the triple alliance. The writer draws attention to the weakness of Italy, which was so completely beaten by Abyssinia, and asks what he could do against France. Tbe ar ticle declares that Barateri's report on the complete rout ot the Italian army it Adowah is perfectly true. Her al lies should study her bad organisation. Brought l'p With the Tide. Vancouver, B. C, July 21. Word was reoeived by the steamer Burt to day that the body of a woman bad been found on tbe shore of Gambier island on Howe sound. The body was dressed in blue serge and had evidently been in the water some time, as the eye and other features were gone. No person answering the description lived on the island or in that district, and no one has been reported missing. i Walla Walla. Wash., July 22. The : man who killed Jacob Malquist, the saloon man at Riparia, Saturday, is , named John Dillon. He was released from the state penitentiary Saturday morniDg, and was given a ticket to : Lewiston by tbe prison officials. When the train reached Riparia he got off to take the boat for Lewiston. Dillon has served two terms in the state peni tentiary for robbery, the last time hav ing been sent from Spokane for three years. New A Granite Mausoleum. York, July 20. William A. Clark, who is known as the silver king of Montana, and who is reputed to be worth more than 120,000,000, bas ac cepted an architect's plans for a gran ite mausoleum to be erected in Wood lawn cemetery at a cost of $190,000, as a memorial to bis wife, who died about two years ago in this city. The archi tects refuse to describe the proposed stucrure or to give any information re garding it Exports From Tancouver District. Vancouver, B. C, July 22. Exports ( from the Vancouver consular district to the United States during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1896, amounted to $2,068,343, and oonsisted principally of ore, coal, copper matte, lumber and fiah. Joseph Kibler Drawsed Sear Lebanon Albany, Or., July 22. Joseph Kib ler, of Lebanon, aged 22, was drowned while swimming with other boys at Lebanon yesterday.