VOTE VERY-DECISIVE
Tariff Bill Passed the Senat
By a Majority of Ten.
SEVEN PRESENT AND NOT VOTING
One Democrat and Two Silver Repub
licans for the Bill-End of
Long, Weary Debate.
Washington, .July 10. By the de
risive vote of 88 to 28, the tariff bill
was passed in the senatea bout 5 o'clock
last evening. The culmination ot
the long and arduous straggle had ex
cited the keenest intercut, and the floor
and the galleries of the senate chamber
were, .crowded by those anxious to wit
ness the closing scene. Speaker Reed,
Chairman Dingley and many members
of the house of representatives were in
. the rear area, while every seat in the
galleries, save those reserved for for
eign representatives, were occupied.
The main interest centered in the
final vote and, aside from this there
was little of dramatic character in
the debate. The early part of the day
was spent on amendments of compara
tively minor importance, the debate
branching into financial and anti-trust
channels.
By 4 o'clock the senators began to
manifest their impatience by calls for
"vote, vote," and thereafter the last
amendment was disposed of and the
final vote began. There were many in
terruptions as pairs were arranged, and
then, at 4:65 o'clock, the 'vice-president
rose and announced the passage of
the bill ayes, 88; noes, 28.
There was no demonstration, but a
few scattered handclaps were given as
the crowds departed. 8enator Aldrich
withdrew his vote to pair with Senator
Murphy.
An analysis of the final vote shows
that the affirmative was oast by 85 Re
publicans, two silver Republicans
Jones ot Nevada and Mantle) and one
Democrat (McEnery). The negative
vote was oast by 25 Democrats, two
Populists (Harris of Kansas and Tur
ner) and one silver Republican (Can
non). Bight Republicans were paired for
the bill and eight Democrats against it.
The Irst named would have voted
for the bill, and the last named against
it: Aldrich and Murphy, Chandler
and McLourin, Frye and Gorman, Qear
nd Smith, Hanebrough and Daniel,
Hoar and Harris of Tennessee, Thurs
ton and Allen, Wolcott and George.
The senators present and not voting
were:
Populists Allen, Butler, Heitfeld,
Kyle and Stewart. Silver Republicans
Teller and Pettigrew.
Following the passage of the bill a
resolution was agreed to asking the
liouse for a conference, and Senators
Allison, Aldrich, Piatt of Connecticut,
Burrows, Jones of Nevada, Vest, Jones
of Arkansas and White were named ai
conferees on the part of the senate.
t A Six Weeks' Debate.
The tariff dobate began May 25, dn
which day Aldrich, on behalf of the
finance committee, made the opening
statement on the bill. The actual con
sideration of the bill began the next
day, May 26, when the schedules relat
ing to ohemicala was taken up. The
-debate has been continuous since then,
covering six weeks and one day. It
has been notable in some respects, al
though it has lacked many of the dra
matic and oratorioal features marking
past debates. From the outset the ad
vocates of the bill refrained from set
speeches, and the discussion was nar
rowed to a consideration of rates and
.schedules, rather than general princi
ples. Aldrich's illness took him from the
chamber, and sinoe then the bill has
been in the immediate oharge of Alli
son. The opposition has been directed in
the main by Jones, of Arkansas, and
Vest, while White, Caffery, Gray and
Allen have frequently figured in the
debate.
The bill, as it goes back to the house,
re-enacts the anti-trust sections of the
Wilson act, while the senate reciproci
ty and retaliatory provisions are substi
tuted for those of the house.
House Conferee! Named.
Washington, July 10. The house
committee on rules today presented a
special order sending the tariff bill to
conference as soon as it was received
from the senate.
The bouse adopted the special order
by a vote of 142 to 107, and agreed to
Dingley's motion to non-concur on the
senate amendments, and agree to a con
ference. The speaker appointed th
following conferees on the tariff bill:
Dingley, Payne, Dalzell, Hopkins,
Grosvenor, Republicans; Bailey, Mo
Millin and Wheeler, Democrats.
First Conference Held.
Washington, July 10. The first
meeting of the conferees of the senate
and house on the tariff bill began at 2
o'clock. The Democratic members of
the conference remained less than 10
minutes. They withdrew, upon inti
mation of the Republicans that tbey
desired an opportunity to reconcile
their differences before consulting the
Democrats. With the departure of the
Democrats, the Republicans entered
upon a general exchange of views. The
conferees will meet daily at 9:30 A. M.,
and continue in session until 6 P. M.,
with an hour for lunch. They will re
assemble after dinner and continue in
session until 1 1 o'clock.
A maobine for cutting and buttering
bread is in successful operation. It is
intended for prisons and reformatories.
After the bread comes from the cutter,
cylindrical brash spreads on a thin
layer of batter
CUBANS IN MATANZAS.
Long-Threatened Invasion of That Prov
ince Has Hegun.
New York, July 12. A Herald dis
patch from Havana says:
The threatened invasion of Matanzas
province by tho insurgents has begun.
Several large bodies of Cubans have
crossed the line from Santa Clara and
the strength ot the force engaged in the
westward movement is estimated from
4,000 to 6,000. La Crete and Herie, who
recently crossed the Jucaro and Moron
trocha and passed into Santa Clara from
Camaguay, have united with other
leaders, and there are now five or six
chiefs, each with a considerable follow
ing, moving into Matanzas, where the
insurgent forces were ordered to mo
bilize. Men have been summoned
from the plantations around and ordered
westward.
Whether the movement was ordered
to embarrass General Weyler or to dis
tract attention from Gomez, who is
supposed to be hemmed in by Spanish
columns near Sanctl Spiritus, is not yet
cleur. It may be both.
The purpose of the gathering in Ma
tanzas is said to bover the landing of an
expedition which is due in that prov
ince, and which will furnish the com
bined forces with some additional arms
and cartridges and several rapid-fire
field guns. After receiving this expe
dition the programme mapped out by
General Gomez is for an advance across
Matanzas province, and if all goes well
demonstration near the city of Ha
vana itself.
Quintin Banderas, who recently came
from the East with 1,600 men, and who
was in Melana del Sur two weeks ago,
has gone to Matanzas. The entire
force of rebels under Castillo in this
provinoe is ready to join with those in
the eastern province. Duccasseand his
foroe of 2,600 to 8,000 men may come
from Pinar del Rio to take part in the
movement.
General Calixo Garcia will remain in
Santiago province, but practically all
the other leaders of prominenoe of the
insurgent side have been ordered to
meet in Matanzas.
Just what opposition the Spanish
troops will make to the movement is
not certain. The sudden activity in
the rebel ranks after the rainy season
has well begun shows that they are able
to move, despite the muddy condition
of the roads, and frequent drenchings
which they must receive. Any forced
marches of large bodies of Spanish
troops to head off the rebel movement
must result in heavy losseB from sick
nees, hardship and exposure.
Evacuation of Bayaino.
New York, July 12. A Herald
dis-
patch from Havana says:
Captain-General Weyler has at last
decided it wise to evacuate Bayanio.
He has already ordered the inhabitants
to betake themselves to Manillo, and has
aBked the war department of Spain to
authorize the withdrawal of troops and
the burning of the town. The expenses
of maintaining the garrison there have
always been very heavy and one which
the end gained did not justify.
Much sickness prevails. The insur
gents are looking out for the landing
of artillery along the coast of Matanzas.
The 8 pa nigh army has never been so
weakened by sickness before. , An offi
cial estimate of the number of Spanish
soldiers in hospitals throughout the is
land is 2,500. Not long ago the Lu
ohano battalion marched to the front
1,100 strong; today the battalion unm
bers 150 men.
Destructive Hall Storm.
New York, July 12. A World dis
patch from Berlin says:
A Stuttgart dispatch received here
brings the news of a destructive hail
storm which raged for hours in South
ern Wurtemburg, causing the death of
13 persons and damage to crops amount
ing to more than 4,000,000 marks.
Such a meteorological phenomenon in
the hottest month of the year has nev
er been experienced before in this part
of the fatherland.
Before the storm the weather was ex
tremely sultry. Gradually the clouds
began to darken, and within a few min
utes after there was a sudden darkness
followed by rushing torrents of rain,
which almost submerged the villages.
The rain was followed by a terrific hail
storm, some of the hailstones being of
almost incredible size.
New Officials.
Olympia, July 12. At a meeting of
the state board of control today, a com
munication was read from Dr. Semple,
superintendent of the Eastern Washing
ton hospital for the insane, asking to be
relieved, as he wished to take a post
graduate course in an Eastern medical
college. The board elected Dr. Wilson
Lockhart, of Spokane, to fill this va
cancy, and Dr. J. D. Maclean, of Spo
kane, his first assistant physician. Dr.
Lockhart will take charged the Medical
Lake hospital July 20, and Dr. Mac
lean's term of office will bee in Septem
ber 1. John Scott, also of Spokane,
was appointed overseer of the jute mill
at the penitentiary.
Sixty Deaths In the Week.
. Cincinnati, July 12. The number ot
beat deaths today was six. The maxi
mum heat, by trustworthy street ther
mometers, today was 96 at 8 P. M. It
is 85 at 11 o'clock tonight The num
ber of deaths in the last seven days
is 60.
Dun-ant Was Not Han fed.
San Francisco, July 12. The re
prieve granted Theodore Durrant by
Governor Budd expires today, but the
murderer of Blanche Lamont and Min
nie Williams is in no danger of hang
ing. It does not matter whether Gov
ernor Budd grants a further reprieve or
not, as the granting of an appeal by the
United States circuit court to the Unit
ed States supreme court taken all power
from tbe state officials until the high
est federal court renders a decision in
the case.
THE STRIKE GROWINU.
A Complete Shutdown la the Wheeling
District. I
Pittsburg, July 12. Nineteen thous-1
and men in this district are idle.
There is an almost total supension of
work in the mines along the Monnnga
hela river. The suspension is radically
total on the Wheeling division of the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad, about five
men wording there. All the mines
closed down today excepting the M. A.
Hanna & Company, along the Panhan
dle; the New York & Cleveland Gas
Coal Company, and a few individual
mines which can have but little effect
upon tbe situation.
The Hanna mines have about one
third of their usual number of men at
work. The coming out of the men
along the Baltimore & Ohio is a decid
ed victory for the miners, because1 these
men are working under an ironclad
agreement, and by their loyalty to their
brethren forfeit $8,000 in wages which
the oompany holds out.
The situation as to the supply of coal
cannot be oalled serious as yet, because
there are from 12,000,000 to 15,000.000
bushels of black diamond in stock at
the various pools along the river which
oan be placed in Pittsburg at short no
tice and, if need be, a portion of it
could be shipped to the lakes.
Up to the present time, no sign of
lawlessness has developed among the
strikers and there is no evidence what
ever that there will be.
A careful review of the situation
proves the assertion of the mine offi
cials that the Wheeling division is sol
idly advocating the strike. Five cars
were loaded at the Germania mine yes
terday, but it was with coal which had
been lying on the dump since work was
suspended last week. There was a
doubt as to whether or not the Slavs
would return to work, but this has been
dispelled, and the foreigners seem as
euthusiastio as any on the strike ques
tion. It is said that Presiddent Gompers
will offer to raise a fund of $60,000 per
week to assist the strikers in their
struggle.
The Number of Men Out.
Columbus, O., July 12. The United
Mineworkers' headquarters report that
from 125,000 to 180,000 miners are out
Florida Filibusters.
New York, July 12. A spoeial to
the Journal and Advertiser from Ha
vana says:
An expedition of Cuban filibusters
fram Florida is reported to have landed
on Sunday in Havana provinoe at the
mouth of Jaruco bay. The Spanish
gunboat Reina Maria Christina, which
was cruising about the ooastr en
deavored to intercept tbe expedition,
but without success.
When the oruiser arrived at the spot
and disembarked her marines, they
were fired upon and driven to their
boats by a strong rebel foroe in ambush.
After a brief bombardment of the in
surgents' position the warship hurried
to Havana for reinforcements. When
she returned the filibusters had already
left with their munitions and supplies
for Castillo's headquarters in the Ta
peste hills, closely pursued by Fons
devielab' Spanish column, which had
marched overland from Minas to inter
cept their movements.
Dr. Augustine Clemen te Betancourt,
an American citizen, after years of in
carceration as a military prisoner in
Pinar del Rio and in Cabanas castle as
a political suspeot, has been liberated
and ordered to leave the island, no
proofs to substantiate the charges
against him having been found.
Manuel Fernidanez Cahuquielo, an
American citizen captured with the in
surgents near Jaruco, 12 months ago,
and since then confined in Cabanas for
tress, has been notified to prepare for
an early trial.
Railroad Confiscate Coal.
Chicago, July 12. Railroad com
panies issued orders to confiscate all
coal being carried over their lines.
The order oarried confusion with its ex
ecution, and local coal companies, who
expected to receive special shipments
to meet the demand of .the day, were
thrown on their own resources to over
come the difficulty. The price of com
mon soft coal jumped 40 cents a ton
while soft screenings were rated ' at
just double their customary value.
Fully 15,000 carloads from the mines
in Southern Illinois were confiscated by
tbe railroad companies. The seizure is
made because of a recent supreme court
opinion, which says that in oase of
strikes tbe railroad companies have the
right to confiscate any coal on their
railroad property, regardless of the con
signee. The Elks' Grand Lodge,
Minneapolis, July 12. The grand
lodge of Elkf this afternoon elected the
fnllowins' officers: Grand exalted rul
er, M. D. Detweiler, Harrisburg, Pa.:
grand exalted leading knights, Ja. B.
Allen, Birmingham, Ala.; Louis Hau
aer, Newark, N. J.; Charles M. Foote,
Minneapolis; grand secretary, George
A. Reynolds, Saginaw, Mich.; grand
troaimror. EH S. Ortis. Meadville. Pa.:
grand tyler, Scott Holmes, Cincinnati;
grand esquire, Lew A. Clark, Fl. Louis;
grand inner guard, George E. Meyer,
ir . Pittsburs: ffrand chaDlain. Rev.
Dr. S. D. Timberlake, New Albany,
Ind.; board of directors, Jerome u.
Fiahpr. Jamontnwn. N. Y.: Hunter A.
Graycroft, Dallas, Tex.; George B.
Crook, Omaha.
A Portland Man Drowned.
New York, July 12. The body of a
man found in the North river Wednes
day with $207 in his pockets, is"
believed to be that of Edward J. John
son, of Portland, Or., who left that
city June 14. He was a Swede, and is
opposed to have been drowned.
In Session at Toronto.
Toronto, Ontario, July 12. The na
tional conference of charities and cor
rections began here today.
Evidence of Steady Growth
and Enterprise.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
From Alt the Cities and Towns of
the Thriving Slater States
Oregon.
Edward Walker was killed near Bro
naugh by a bucking horse.
In Sumpter, Baker oounty, a man
was knocked down and robbed of $150.
Jacob Burckhardt fell in the river at
the foot of Flanders street, Portland,
and was drowned.
An enterprising man namedTLong
has put in a photo gallery, a newspaper
and a steamboat at Woods.
The Pendleton roller mills are grind
ing about 2,000 buhsels of wheat every
24 hours, turning out daily 400 barrels
of floor.
Goods to the amount of $633 were
stolen from a store at Pleasant Hill.
Rewards aggregating $350 are offered
for the apprehension of the thieves.
The Eastern Oregon Association of
Baptist churches held its annual meet
ing at Adams. L. E. Penland, of
Helix, was elected moderator, and Rev.
Hugh Miller, of Pendleton, was elected
clerk.
Tbe MoKenzje wagon road aoross the
Cascade mountains is now free from
snow, and in good condition for travel.
Several thousand head of cattle have al
ready been driven across the mountains
on this road.
A band of sheep that were being
driven to tbe Canyon creek range, back
of Strawberry, in Grant county, ate
some poisonous weed just before reach
iag the range, and several hundred of
them died on the hillside.
Denny pheasants will be more numer
ous in the Willamette valley this year
than ever before. The weather was
Cne for batohlng and railing the first
crop, now being cared for by the cooks,
while the seooni crop is being hatched
out.
Pocahontas, an old Indian woman
who has been roaming up and down
the coast from Rogue river to Humboldt
for years, is reported to have perished
while attempting to cross the moan
tains from Crescent City to Happy
Camp, on the Klamath river. She was
caught in a snow storm.
For the scalps of gophers and squir
rels, Marion county pays 10 cents
apiece for tbe former in quantities of
10, and 5 oents apiece for tbe latter in
amounts of 20. For wildosts, $1 is
the rate, coyotes $3 60, bear $1.60, and
cougars $2.50. Daring tbe month of
June the county treasurer paid out on
this account about $192.
Mr. Wilcox, of Eagle Lake, missed
one of his cows a few days ago, and
when he finally found her, he discov
ered that she had adopted young
fawn, and was taking proper oare of it.
A few days later she gave birth to a
calf, and now the calf and fawn re
ceive the same motherly attention.
,
Washington.
. The Okanogan river is so low that
navigation has been suspended for the
season.
There are 2,100 children of school age
in Walla Walla, 'being an inoreaes of
81 above the census of last year.
Tbe Washington State Philiologioal
Soceity held its second annual conven
tion in tbe state university at Seattle.
Work on the new cannery building at
Blaine is advancing satisfactorily. A
foroe of about 25 or 80 men is employed
in construction.
Ed McNeil, of Turn water, . has made
s number of violins of Washington
wood. The violins are said to be of
exoellent tone. ,
The plat of township 24 north, range
11 west, has been placed on file in the
Olympia land offloe, and the township
thrown open for entry.
George Brown was drowned in the
Hoh river, Chebalis county. Indiana
who recovered the body say he was
seized and held under the water by
mammoth crabs.
John H. Walsh, of Oakesdale, has re
ceived from the secretary of the navy
bis appointment as a oadet at Annapo
lis. Emery Hathaway, ot Seattle, has
been named as an alternate.
William Chambers, 18 years of age,
was hunting a bob-cat that had been
catching chickens on his father's ranoh
near Asotin. In his eagerness to catch
the animal he fell over a precipioe and
was instantly killed.
A number of men have visited West
port and other points in Chehalis
county lately, with s view to making
estimates on the material advertised
for the government jetty work at ths
harbor mouth.
The Great Northern shops at Hill
yard are now employing a larger foroe
than ever before. There are 139 men
on the payroll, exclusive of the various
clerks in tbe store department, section
men and numerous other employes.
Tbe two engines that Tolled several
boadred feet down a mountain side
some weeks ago, near Kalispell, bare
been put in the shops for general re
pairs. Tbe receipts for the school fund at
the office of the land commission, in
Olympia, for the quarter ending June
80, aggregate $28,242. 10. Tbe receipts
from Whitman oounty alone for leases
of school lands amoonted to $6,000.
The citisnea of Anaoortes are some
what hampered by lack of bank facili
ties through which to transact the large
amount of business that their new in
dustries furnish, and it is probable that
s new bank will soon be established
there.
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Downing. Hopkins A Company's Review
of Trade.
There was not much activity or busi
ness in the wheat market during tho
past week partially owing to the very
liot weather throughout the the states
east of the Rocky mountains. On ac
count of the temporary strength of the
corn market prices advanced 2 cents,
but the advance did not hold and the
close was at about the same as a week
ago.
The July returns of the departmeut!
of agriculture indicate the everage con
dition of spring and winter wheat com
bined are 84.9, which is 2.7 points
higher than last month.
The Orange Judd Farmer says:
In the spring wheat district the
month has been wholly favorable and
previous high condition of the crop, is
fully maintained. The present condi
tion, 93.2, is practically the same as
rejwrt.'d lost month. Should it go to
harvest with no future drawback, there
s abundance in the situation to justify
an expectation of 260,000,000 bushels,
with nearly 200,000,000 bushels in the
Dakota1 and Minnesota alone. This,
with a reasonable certainty of at least
815,000,000 bushels of winter wheat,
makes possible this year a total wheat
crop of 675,000,000 bushels.
For the past week the decrease in the
visible supply was 874,000 bushels,
and the total is now but 16,609,000
bushels.
The weather was the controlling in
fluence in the corn market during the
last week. There was renewed aotivity
over a range of about 1 cents. Dur
ing the first part unseasonable tempera
ture and lack of moisture prevailed
throughout the entire corn belt. This
induced liberal buying for speculative
account, forcing prices up 2 cents from
last week's finish. Later, when nor
mal conditions set in, the early buyers
took profit, resulting in one cent de
cline. Sentiment is decidedly less
bearish. Conservative operators prefer
buying on the weak spots, believing
that only a moderate crop can be raised
with perfect conditions from now on,
while all the accidents favor the hold
er. Receipts at primary points fell off
luliornlv. hnt. nmmisa slishtlv laroer
fj , - i e -
next week. The cash demand was dis
appointing. Portland Markets.
Wheat Walla Walla, 65 66c; Val
ley, 67c per bushel.
Flour Best grades, $3.608.60;
grahram, $3.25; superfine, $2.25 per
barrel.
Oats Choioe white, 88 40c; choice
gray, 87 89o per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $ 1 6 1 6. 50;
brewing, $18 19 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $18.50 per ton;
imiddlings, $21; shorts, $15.60.
Hay Timothy, $10 13.60; clover,
$11.5012.50; California wheat, $10
12; do oat, $11; Oregon wild hay, $9
10 per ton.
Eggs 13 14c per dozen.
Butter Fancy creamery. 8540o;
fair to good, 80c; dairy, 2580c per
roll.
.Cheese Oregon, 1 1 Wo; Yonng
America, 12,'c; California, 9 10c per
pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.503
perdozen;broilers, $1.603.26;geese,$2
8.50; duoke, $2.608 per dozen;
turkeys, live, 10c per pound.
Potatoes. Oregon Burbanks, 40
60c per sack; sweets, $2. 75 per cental
for Merced; new potatoes, 5060o
per sack.
Onions California, new, red, 90o
$1; yellow, $1.25 per cental.
Hops 7Jtf8o per pound for new
crop; 1896 crop, 4c.
Wool Valley, ll13c per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 7 9c; mohair, 20o
per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 2 'i2c; dressed mutton,
4Jo; spring lambs, b per pound.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4; light
and feeders, $2.503; dressed, $3
4.25 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, $2. 75 3;
cows $2.25; dressed beef, 4050 per
pound.
Veal Large, 8; small, 44)io per
pound.
Seattle Markets.
Butter Fancy native creamery,
brick, 17c; ranch, 10 12c.
Cheese Native Washington, 10
lie; California, 9,'o.
Eggs Fresh ranch, 17 18a
Poultry Chickens, live, per pound,
hens, 10 'a 1 lo; spring chickens, $2
3.50; ducks, $2.608.75.
Wheat Feed wheat, $25 per ton.
Oats Choice, per ton, $21 22.
Corn Whole, $20; cracked, per ton,
$20; feed meal, $20 per ton.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$19; whole, $18.50.
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef,
steers, 6c; cows, 5)c; mutton sheep,
6c; pork, 6c; veal, small, 6.
Fresh Fish Halibut, 84c; salmon,
4 (3 5c; salmon trout, 710o; flounders
and sole, 8 4; ling cod, 4 5; rock
cod, 6o; smelt, 2$4c.
San Francisco Markets.
Wool Choice foothill, 9 11c; Sar.
Joaquin, 6 months' 8 10c; do year's
staple, 7 9c; mountain, 10 12c; Ore
gon, 10 12c per pound.
Hops 8 12o per pound.
Millstuffs Middlings, $16.50
20; California bran, $14814.00 per
ton.
Hay Wheat, $11; wheat and oat,
$7 10; oat, $7 8 river barley,
$5 6; best barley, $6 8; alfalfa,
$5 5. 50 clover, $6 8.
Potatoes New, in boxes, 60 90c.
Onions New red, 65 75c; do
silverskin, 85$1 per cental.
Fresh frnit Apples. 20 30c per
small box; do large box, 80 50c Royal
apricots, 2040o common cherries,
15 25c; Royal Anne cherries, 2030o
per box; currants, $1.00 1.60 per
rbest; peaches 25 60c; pears, 20
40c; chenjr plums.
BRITISH COLUMBIA INDIANS.
Trouble Between the Tribes
oa tho
Vancouver Island Coast
Victoria, July 12. The troubles ot
the sealing schooners with their Indian
crews on the west coast have not been
entirely settled yet, as when the steam
er Tees, which arrived today, called,
the captain of the Dominion cuttor was
still trying to arrange matters.
The Tees brings news of the trouble)
between the different tribes of Indians
on the coast In years gone by, an ar
rangement wis made with the ohief of
Ihe Nootks Indians and the Kitkathlas;
that by paying a bounty of one iu
every seven skins taken the Kitkathlas
could come down and hunt sea otters
on the shores of theNootka reservation.
Tbe arrangement worked well while
the Nootka Indians were away sealing,
and the chief reaped arioh harvest, bat'
now that the Nootkas are at home, they
do not fall in with the proposition.
Accordingly, when theJCitkathlas cam
down to hunt as before, they sent out
a messenger ordering them to go home.
They at onoe refused. Another mes-r
senger was sent, telling them that un-
less ilief did so, the Nootkas would
come out and fight.
The affair did not come to blows, as;
the tribesmen, following the example--set
by civilized communities, held s
big "wah-wah." H. Gillet, Indian
agent at Alberni, on board the Tees,
acted as judge between the opposing
factions, and decided in favor of the!
Nootkas. There was a lively time at
the pow-wow, and several times the-
tribesmen nearly came to blows. Tb
Kitkathlas are much worked up over
the matter. When the Tees left they
were still encamped on the beach at
Nootka holding "wah-wahs" among
themselves, indignation meetings, as Hi
were. Two of them went to Kyuaot te
try to catch the Quadra to lay their
grievance before Captain Walbran.
Falling to get satisfaction from bin,
they will come to Victoria to lay the1
matter before the superintendent of In
dian affairs.
WAR TALK IN JAPAN.
Government Is Urged to Send Warships
Across the Paolflc.
Seattle. Wash., July 12. The Jap
anese press is grinding ont fierce edito-,
rials on the pending annexation treaty'
with Hawaii, and if these bellicose par
agraphs represent the national spirit,
the war feeling is certainly rampant,
among the Japanese. A number of latei
papers arrived here yesterday irom
Japan by the Nippon Yusen Kaishaj
Bteaniship Matsuyama Maru. Tbey I
devote columns to consideration of ther
annexation quesiton, and the tenor of
the majority favors resistance against j
the proposed action of the United i
States. The Japan Daily Mail ot June
24 says editorially:
"It is certainly true that the little,
band of Americans who have arrogated!
the right to dispose of the Hawaiian.
Islands are usurpers; that they have at-1
tained their comamnding position by a.
trick and that they have not the slight
est moral title to the property which
they are now quietly undertaking to
band over to the United States."
The Kokumin Shimbun contends
that Japan must handle the matter,
with a firm determination to shed bloooV
if need be, for the maintenance of the
rights and interests of the 25,000 Jap-,
anese in Hawaii, together with tbe
prestige and honor of Japan. It does,
not advise, however, that such strict'
measures should be adopted until every
other method of pacification has failed.
The Tokio Shimbun says: "The war
ship Naniwa is quite capable of afford
ing the Japanese in Hawaii ample pro
tection. If additional men-of-war are
to be sent anywhere, they should be
lent in the form of a squadron to the
other side of the Pacific. Unless we
are determined to take that step, it
necessary, how can we effectually wipe
sway the indignity to which we have v .
been subjected?"
A Doty on Salmon.
Vancouver, B. C, July 12. A newr
difficulty confronted the Fraser river
canners today by the announcement
that a duty of 1 per cent per fish would
be charged on all salmon brought in
from the American side. As moat of
the canners have flshtraps at Point
Roberts, on the American side of tbe
line, the duty, if enforced, will be a
considerable item in the expenes of the
canners. It is claimed by the canners
that while they had no official notice
that the duty would not be charged,
verbal assurances were given both by
the local members of parliament andi
officials of the marine and fisheries de
partment that such a course would not
be adopted. They were highly indig
nant at the action of the government.
Tho Bank Caved In, '
Los Angeles, July 12. An accident
occurred this evening at the zanja No.
7 of the Los Angeles waterworks, just
beyond Ninth steret, whereby two men,
lost their lives. David Scott and Da
vid Rheinspild were working at the-
point desingated attempting to fill a
washout which had occurred in the'
ditch. Above them was an embank
ment, under which they were excavat
ing, intending that it should fall andt
close the break. Without warning, the
embankmennt gave way, burying the
men under tons of earth. The wwk of
rescue began at once, and in 12 minutes
the bodies were unearthed, but life was
extinct,
Intense Suffering In St. Leal.
St. Louis, July 12. Seven people
died from heat on this, the 12th day of
insufferable heat. Two people, one of
them a New Orleans negress, were
driven insane, and six others have been
new fatally sunstruck and will die before
morning. There have been numlterles
fMThar rut inn a in ftt Tmia. A. Mm i til.
Brooklyn's catcher, and Grady, first
baseman of the St. Loots team, were)
prostrated in the baseball game today.
Smith is unconscious, and his condition
appears to be serious.