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, 1 JnlILLSBR VOL. 3. IIILLSUORO, OREGON. THURSDAY, JULY 2. 18. NO. Ik THE DAY Epitome ot the Telegraphic News of the World. TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES All Interfiling Collection of Item. From tlio Two Hemisphere. Pre.ent.d In a Condensed Form, Catherine Rosohey, an inmate ot the Insane asylum at Huloin, waB killed by iuuiiiiK form a third-story window of the (turn building of the asylum. Grout excitement hns been canned In Keririing, Cal i by the receipt of a let tor tliuro ooutaining uewa of a threat ened uprising of the Pitt river Induing. The British steamer Bautireuz, bound for Pnru, Bruzil, was anuk in a collision with the four-masted British ship Duudoiiulil, from Sun Franoisoo. No Uvea were lost, , At Gig Harbor, Wash., the Shiugle mill owned by E. S. Prentiss, together with 1,000,000 newly-uiade Blnnglo", wiib destroyed by Are. The loss ii $2,51)0, with no insurauoe. Two yooug men, named Riley and Young, hail a quarrel at Mossy Ko3k, which ended in Young being struck ou the neck and badly out with au ax which was manipulated by Riley. A report from Walla Walla says that the wheat orop in that section, which it was feared bad been Injured by the hot weather of last week, has not betn damaged to any considerable extent, and a full yield is confidently expeoted. The run of salmon in the Columbia river continues light, uo large catches having been made of late by any of the boats, It is th jught that small catches will be the rule now until the regular July run begins, which will be in about a week or ten day. Nathan Phillips, a pawnbroker of Monte Cristo, Wash., was fatally shot by David Leroy, who attempted to rob, Phillips of a satchel full of Jewelry which he waa carrying, and upon be ing resisted, opened fire upon the pawnbroker with the above result. Leroy escaped. Asa result of the oonferenoe between the president and Secretary Lamont or ders have been issued by the war de partment for the immediate execution ot the provisions of the tiver and har bor appropriation bill, with the ex ception of those sections providing tor the making of con tracts for the con tinuation and completion ot the work. Tho opposition has decided to re quest the Spanish government to in troduce a bill providing for sufficient resources to prosecute the campaign in Cuba. , , Miss Lansing Rowan, an aotrcss, of the Frawley oompany, playing in an Francisco, hns challenged Champion Corbett to meet hor in a scientific spar ring contest. ., . Henry Gardner, a farmer, living near Mount Dale, Washington county, Or., was accidentally killed by being truck in the stomach by a falling" ... . . i i j .. j s wnicn ne nuu just cut nowu. A oyclone swept a section of c four miles south ot Ulayton, Wis., am a number ot dwellings and bnrns were ' demolished. One man, name un known, was fatally injured. A Constantinople dispatoh says dis turbances of a serious character occur red at Van. Many Armenians were killed, Many sought rofuge nt the British consulate. It is estimated that 400 persona were killed on both sides in the rioting last week. It is now believed that tho skeleton recently discovered at Dry creek, near Pendleton, is that ot J. Keith, who, about a year ago started with Ben Bowers to go to the higher mountains and was never eeen again, although Bowers soon returned. Tho two men are known to have had some trouble over a woman. A London paper says that Great Britain and the United States have agreed to publish simultaneously, within a fortnight, all the arbitration correspondence exchanged between the governments ot the two countries. Its publication hag been delayed pending the arrival of Secretary Olney's latest communication. In a collision between Chicago, Minneapolis & St. Paul and Chicago & Burlington trains at Davis Junction, Jill., in a deep out, thirty-five cars were piled in a heap and burned fieroely all day. Thomas a. Moran, a nreuian, was instantly killed, and Fred Blair, a hrakeman, fatally hurt. Engineer Daly was injured. Controller Eckels, a Washington dis patch says, has undertaken an extensive Inquiry to learn the various kinds of credit instruments and money held by all the banking institutions in the United States. He has sent out 21,000 letters to national banks, state and pri vate banks and loan and trust com panies asking for information on these points. A year ago the controller made an investigation of this kiud, but he confined it to the 6,000 national banks. The returns will be published in his annual report wihoh issues in Decern oer' Parla Award Vphnld. San Franoisoo. The United States oourt of appeals has deoided that the Paris award, on matters pertaining to sealing In Behring sea, must be upheld a the supreme law of the land, and that the United States government has no right to make special laws govern ing its citizens in hunting seal that do not permit them equal privileges with citizens of foreign countries on. the sealing grounds. The decision 1ff"im portant, as it defines clearly, .for "the first time, the restrictions to be placed upon Amerioan seal hunters in Behring orlp Mad Oood. At Baker City Judge Eukln deoided that the warrants issued by Baker oounty were valid, and thus made good about $200,000 worth of oounty scrip. Avoidant to a Minor, Andy Benson, a miner, in' attempt ing to fire a salute to Colonel Taylor, a mine-owner, who waa passing on a train near Glendale, accidentally ex ploded a stiok of giant powder in his hands and was so badly mangled that he will probably not reoover from bis injuries. Vuknowu floater Found, An unknown floater was found near the Morrison street bridge in Portland. The remains were fearfully decom posed, and almost fell to pleoes as they were being placed in a reoeiving oasket. The body bears the appearanoee of having been in the water several mouths. Revolt In Armenia. Another sanguinary outbreak has oc curred at Van and 400 are reported to have been killed. The Persians are promoting the disturbances and foment ing the revolt throughout Armenia. The Druses have now received Bedouin support and are driving out the Turks. Diplomatic press is being brought to bear on the porte, increasing the chauoes ot peace. W ire-Murderer Hanged. Carl Aubrecht, the wife-murderer, was banged in the jail yard at Marsh- field, Or. Life was pronounoed ex tinct within a few seconds after the drop fell. The execution was the first that ever took place in that city, and was witnessed by those legally entitled to be present. Aubrecht retained his nerve to the last. He left word of good-by to bis friends. A I.ady Suffocated In a Vault. Miss Rosa Caudill, ot Barbonrsville, Ky., was looked in her father's vault for fifteen minutes and when taken out was nnoousoious, but under the care of physicians soon reoovered. A gentle man friend locked her in for a joke, but not having the combination, was unable to release ber until her father was found. His action is generally condemned, and he is considered a fit subject for the fool-killer. Failure, Then Death. The body of Joseph C. Powell, a stu dent in the Oregon medioal college, was found floating in the river, oppo site the O. R. & N. freight warehouse, in Portland. A rope was fastened around the neck, to which was firmly attaobed a granite rook, weighing about 13 pounds. Powell was one ot a class of students in the medioal oollege that was presented for final examina ion last March. He failed to pass, and in despair, committed the rash act. He had been missing for three months. A Big Railroad Deal. The Chioago Evening Post has a sensational pieoe ot railway news to the effeot that Henry Villard, baoked by European capitalists, has about completed a deal which will give them a through line from the Atlantio to the Paoifio seaboard. The intention of the Villard syndicate is to buy the North ern Paoifio road, then the Baltimore & Ohio, at. the receivers' sales. It is said link between " the Baltrroei and the Northern Paoifio. Photography In Colon. Photography in oolora is assured. James W. MoDonough, of Chioago, and Professor Joly, of Dublin, who were attempting to secure patents, agreed that the successful one should pay the other a fee, and the capitalists in the undertaking would support the success ful man. MoDonough won after a con test. A oompany has now been incor porated in Riohmond, Va., with a oapital of $700,000 for the purpose of pushing the new invention. A Cloudburst In Ohio. A oloudburst took plaoe near Mari etta, O. The water oovered a wide area of territory and was the most de structive ever known there. Houses were swept away, stock drowned and many persons narrowly escaped death. In some streams the water rose twenty feet in ten minutes, The flood came almost as suddenly as did tbe Johns town flood. Crops are ruined on the Little Muskingum for twenty miles, and on many small tributaries of the Ohio above there. . Be Was a Clever Swindler. Edward Trask, a former partner of Murderer Holmes, and who was sen tenced to the penitentiary from Chi oago in 1893 for eighteen years for bis gigantio real estate swindles, is dead. He suooumbed to consumption. Trask was notorious tor the daring of his ventures. - Lyman Trumbull Is Dead Ex-United States Senator Lyman Trumbull, tho distinguished jurist, died in Chioago. He had been ill a long time, but rallied at intervals, oausing hope that be might eventually reoover. . Crops Failure. Reports from Polk oounty, Or. , say that the apple and prune oorpa of that section are almost a total failure this year, and that there is a large shortage in the yield of other fruits. Fight With Druses. Constantinople. A dispatoh from Beyrout, Syria, says that during the reoent fight between the Turks and in surgent Druses in the Hauran district, the former lost fifty-five men killed. Injured by Dynamite. . Tom Strang, the son of R. L. Strang, of Woodburn, Or. , was playing, with a pieoe ot dynamite one day reoently when the stiok exploded, badly burning the young man's face, and causing both of his eyes to be tightly olosed for LBeyeral days. . , . , Report of the Geological Sur vey for the Calendar Year. INCREASE OVER THE PAST YEAR Tho Quantities and Value, of th Vari ous Products In th Min eral Kingdom. Washington, June 80. The mineral produots of the United States for the calendar year of 1895 are reviewed at length in the mineral resources report ot the United States geologioal survey. The report, whioh was oompiled by Dr. David T. Day, chief of division, shows the total value of the produots to be $611,795,290. This stands against a production valued at $527, 808,594 for 1984. This is an increase of $80,000,000. The report in summarizing condi tions, says: "The general increase is a long step toward reoovery from the depression to which the mineral industry, like all others, has been subjeoted. The total value is slightly less than the greatest we have known, whioh was over $048, 000,000 in 1892. In terms of quanti ties produced, instead of value re ceived, 1895 is greater. In other words, prioes are lower. Considering the reoord of the total value in these reports sinoe 1880, the increase, whioh is from $350,819,000 to $611,795,290, is significant, and the average for these sixteen years gives a fair approxi mation of what our normal mineral porduct should have been half-way be tween these dates, or in 1888. "The United States Bhared in the general increase in gold prodnotion, the inorease being shown in nearly all the gold-producing states, but ooming principally from Cripple Creek and other new camps ia Colorado. The gain in the quantity of petroleum and especially the phenomenal increase in its price, was one of the great features of the year. The steady increase in gold products since 1892 was kept up duinrg 1895, increasing from 1,018,816 ounoes in 1894, to 2,273,029 ounces in 1895, the valuation ot the latter being $49,500,000. "Silver production fell to 47,000,000 ounoes from 49,601,122 ounces in 1894, with ooining values respectively of $60,766,300 and $640,000,000. "Copper, domestio ore production, followed the upward tendency of the other metals and increased over 20, 000,000 pounds, or $5,500,000. The rapidly increasing product of zino, which was checked in 1893 and 1894, was resumed. The declining tendency in iron and steel production in 1894 was changed in 1895 to one of the most remarkable increases in the production of pig-iron in the history of the indus try of the United States. It rose from 6,657,388 long tons in 1894 to 9,416,- 808 long tons in 1895, or nearly 42 per cent. This is the largest produot ever attained in this country, the nearest aj proaoh to it being in l9Qt jeWMf Washington Ineligible for Any Other Office. Taooma, Wash., June 80. It has been discovered that, under seotion 15, article IV ot the state constitution, the judges of the supreme court and su perior oourts are ineligible for any office, other than judicial ones, for the full term for which they are eleoted. This seotion bars three of the moBt prominent candidates, Judge N. H. Pritchard, of Taooma; Judge Richard Ballinger, of Port Townsend, and Z. T. Moore, of Spokane, from the guber natorial race. Its disoovery has creat ed quite a flutter In the political cir cles ot this state. The seotion reads: "The judges of the supreme oourt and the judges ot the superior oourt shall be ineligible to any other office or publio employment than a judioial office or employment during tbe term for whioh them shall have been eleot ed." Yaohting Party Drowned. Shawnee, Wis., June 80. Word has reached here of the drowning of six persons, at Shawnee lake, during a gale this evening. A paity started from Ceoil about 6 o'olock in a yacht for a few day's outing on the north shore of the lake. When about three miles from the shore, the boat was capsized by a sudden squall, and the party pre cipitated into the water. Mr. Risum and Dr. Draoker olung to the oapsized yacht for several hours, the latter hold ing the olhld in his arms, when they were rescued by parties from Cecil who were attracted by their ories for help. The bodies of the other six have not been reoovered. Two Boys Drowned In Muddy Lake. Addy, Wash, June 80. The 8-year-old son of H. Alby, while riding on a raft in Muddy lake, near Summit sohool-house yesterday afternoon, fell in. A number of other boys were on t'ie raft, and the affair went to pieoes. Harry Newell went to the resoue of the other boys, and was oaught about the neok, and both boys drowned. Topeka, Kan., June 80. P. M. Ar thur, chief of the Brotherhood of Lo comotive Engineers, is here visiting Topeka members of the order. He said that in his opinion, strikes would not be so frequent in the future as in the past. He is working with the leaders of the different politioal- Organizations to build up a sentiment in favor of a law for the arbitration ot difference between railroad companies and their employes, and believes that congress will enaot snob a law in the near fu ture. Mr. Arthur .addressed a- meet ing ot enigneers duting the day. RESCUE IMPOSSIBLE. Unavailing Effort, to Bring tTp th En tombed Miner.. Wilkesbarre, Fa., July 1. It is a settled fact tonight that, of the small army of men who entered the ill-fated Twin shaft at Fittston on Monday, not one survives. Not only is every ap proach to their dark tomb barricaded by enormous masses of rock and debris, but it is known that in the mine there Is a large quantity of water, which is increasing in volume every minute. Thus the chances of recovering the bodies are more remote than ever. Prominent offioials say that weeks or months may be oonsumed in clearing away the fallen coal in order to reach the bodies of the victims. A mine superintendent of thirty-five years' ex perience thinks the unfortunate men have met the same fate that befell the twenty-six miners who perished in No. 8 slope of the Susquehana Coal Com pany in December, 1889. The men were oaught in a "rush" of culm and water from the surface. The bodies were buried under a mountain ot coal refuse. Three hundred men labored for more than two weeks to rescue them, but the more debris they took out the more rushed ui from the surface open ing. As the task was a hopeless one, it was finally abandoned, and the por tion of the mine where the men died was olosed. Excitetment at the Twin shaft in Pittston, where nearly 100 miners are entombed, continues today. At the mouth of the shaft, besides the wives and children of , the entombed men, there are hundreds of persons, not resi dents of Pittston alone, but visitors from Soranton and Wikesbarre. The wives and children of the entombed men stand near the opening of the death chamber urging the rescuers to greater efforts. Practically nothing has been ao- t oomplished toward the reoovery of the men. There 1b scarcely an old miner about the opening of the mine who does not believe the men are all dead. The rescuing party which went into the mine at 1 o'olock came out at 7. The foreman reports that the timbering is going on as rapidly as possble. The work is necessarily slow, owing to the danger ot falling rooks loosened by the explosion. It is hardly possible that the actual digging will begin before late this afternoon. If the slope is not completely choked with debris, the res cuers may possibly be able to reach the men within twenty four hours. Other wise it may be two or three days. FELL INTO HOT WATER. A Child Scalded In Aorla-Two Fish etuien Reported, Drowned. Astoria, Or., July 1. The infant son of T. Raokkouen a fisherman of this city, met with a shocking death this morning. Shortly after the breakfast hour, the child's mother made prepara tions to give him a bath and half filled the bath tub with boiling water after which she left the room temporarily. A few minutes later the shrieks of tbe child were heard and hastening to tbe mother found her child of no avail andTie"e5Xpirjo: later. A boat belonging to the Scandinavian Packing Company was reported to have been capsized in tho breakers today at Peacock spit and the occupants lost. The accident was witnessed by the men in another boat but before the life-saving crew could be notified the breakers hud added two more to their list of vic tims. This afternoon, Roy Ferguson, a 12-year-old boy, fell from Exchange street 'to the beach, a distance of twenty feet, and had a miraculous escape from I'leatb. Iu falling the boy turned a complete somersault alight'iij upon his fet t and escaping with a badly sprain ed ankle. .lefTerson's tiranddaush'er Married. Buzzard's Bay,' Mass., July 1. Amid showers ot flowers and unaerthe spreading canopy of a large marquee ereoted on the most prominent and beautiful elevation of land on the shore ot Buttermilk bay, Miss Josephine, daughter of Charles B. Jefferson, and granddaughter of Joseph Joft'erson, ao tor, and Charles ,1. Rolfe, son ot Will iam Rolfe, a Shakespearean scholar of Cambridge, were married today. There were about sixty guests, including Jo seph Jefferson and Mrs. Cleveland. Sawmill Holler Burnt. Plaoerville, Cal , July 1. A boiler oxplotlon occurred at the sawmills of Snow Bros., about four miles from this city, The mill building was torn to pieces, but miraoulously only one man of tbe four in the building at the time was seriously hurt. Daniel Kenirk, of this place, sustained injuries about the head, a broken jaw and a fractured hand. A Pier CulUtpsed. Boston, July 1. The pier at Marine Park, used as a landing for ferry-boats that ply between City Point and Gov ernor's island, was overorowded today, and oollapsed. There were more than 100 persens on the pier. Thirty were thrown into the water; twenty-eight were resoued, and two were drowned. Christian Scientist. Convicted. Toronto, Jnly 1. Mrs. Beer, a Christian soientist, and David Goodson and his wife were tonight found guilty by a jury of feloniously negleoting and thereby causing the death of Adelaide Goodsori, a daughter of the Goodsons. She died ot diphtheria, having been under the care ot Mrs. Beer. General Amnesty for Cretan.. New York, July 1. A speoial from Constantinople says that tbe sultan has accorded a general amnesty to the Cre tans. HELP FOR COMMERCE Money for Northwest Rivers and Harbors. THE RIVER AND HARBOR BILL IJaho and Alaeka Greatly Benefited Congre..' Generous Treatment of Gray' Harbor. Washington, June 29. The follow ing is an offloial statement of the ap propriations for government works in tbe states ot Washington and Idaho, and in Alaska, contained in the river and harbor bill passed by oongress over the president's veto: Improving Gray s harbor and bar en trance in accordance with plans sub mitted In the annual report of the ohief of engineers, for 1895, $20,000; pro vided that contracts may be entered into by the secretary of war for such materials and work as may be neces sary to oomplete said improvment, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not ex ceeding in tbe aggregate $980,000, ex clusive of the sum herein appropriated, and the secretary of war may, in bis discretion, transfer the government plant or any part of it, now at the mouth of the Columbia river, to Gray's harbor. Continuing improvement of Olympia harbor, $32,000, and that a survey be made of Deschutes river, at its entrance into Olympia harbor, and the cost of its improvement be estimated. Continuing improvement of Everett harbor, $20,000. For survey ot Portland channel, Alaska, $5,000. Continuing improvement of Upper Columbia river, including Snake river, as far as Asotin, $5,000. For continuing improvement of Clearwater river, Idaho, $25,000. For completing improvement of Koo tenai river, Idaho, between Bonner's ferry and international boundary line, $5,000. Improving Puget sound and tributary waters. Continuing improvement, in cluding the rivers Skagit, Nooksack, Duwamish and Puyallup, $75,000, of which sum so much thereof as may be necessary may be used for the rebuild ing of a snagboat. For dredging Salmon bay, and Im provement, of the waterway connecting the waters of Puget Sound with Lakes Union and Washington by enlarging the said waterway into a ship canal, with the neossary locks and appliances in connection therewith, $150,000; pro vided that no part of said amount shall be expended on the improvement of said waterway until the entire right-of-way and a release from all liability to adjacent property-owners have been se oured to the United States, free of cost, and to the satisfaction of tbe seoretary of war; said canal to be constructed either by the Smith's cove route Or by the Shilshole bay route, in the discre tion of the seoretary of war. Improving Chehalis river by snag- ing plan, $25,t)D11.''M Continuing improvement ot river, $3,000. VU Willi Attempted Bank Robbery. Los Angeles, June 29. An unsuc cessful attempt to rob the First Nation al bank of this oity, by means ot an underground tunnel, has been brought to light The affair is remarkable In the history ot crime in California for tbe reason that it has been going on for months and Involved an effort to carry off about $500,000, and was only dlsoovered by the merest accident. James Stevens, who Is known to the police as an all-around crook, has been arrested for oompiloity in the attempt ed robbery. Another crook, named Brown Mathery, is eagerly sought after and the polioe are convinced that two others were in tbe job. The bank is located near the corner of Main and Commercial streets, and just around the corner ia a saloon owned by Fred W. Jones, who disappeared a few days ago. It was in the oellar of the saloon that the would-be robbers started the tunnel. Blew Hi. Bead Off. Chewelah, June 29. When the pas senger train arrived this morning the crew and passengers reported that near South Switch, lying fifteen feet west ot the railroad traok, was the body of a man about 6 feet 10 icobes in height, light build, with the head completely gone. He was dressed in overalls and inoocasins, a striped cotton shirt, blue jumper and grayish coat, almost new. He came to his death by suicide from a dynamite cartridge plaoed within his mouth. Helena Newspaper Bold. . Helena, Mont, June 29. The own ership of the Helena Independent has changed hands. A. W. Lyman has sold a controlling interest to George W. Graham, the business manager. W. G. Eggleston, formerly of the Chi oago Herald, assumes editorial oharge. The paper will advocate tbe tree and unlimited ooinage of silver. Caught In a Swamp. Arlington, Minn., June 29. The two tramps who murdered Sheriff Rogers laBt night were oaught today in a swamp. Two hundred men surround ed them. The tramps were taken to Glenoo, Minn .where they were lodged in jail. There has been some talk of lynching them. The oyster grows from the inside by throwing out every year rings or uir 'cles of a calceroua substance and ex perts oan tell where the growth begins and ends tor the year. BALDWIN'S TESTIMONY. Comp.ll.d to Tell of the Tl.lt to Corooado. San Franoisoo, June 29. E. J. Bald win, who is on trial in a breaoh of promise suit brought by Lillian Ashley, was on the witness stand today, and for several hours did not have a particu larly enjoyable time, as the plaintiff's oounsel, upon cross-examination, prob ed into the millionaire horseman's private life and used his best endeavors to release tbe defendant's family skele tons from their closets. Baldwin de nied most emphatically that he had ever offered or promised to adopt the plaintiff, legally or any other way, either orally or in writing. He denied that the scene alleged to have occurred at the Boston depot was enacted there, but admitted that, upon bidding the fair Lillian adieu, he drew her up to him with the intention of kissing her, but as she demurred, he did not insist. His version of the scene at the Bald win hotel, upon the night of Miss Ashley's arrival from the East, was totally at variance with that related so dramatically by the plaintiff. Baldwin said he had been married four times and divorced once. j Attorney Crittenden compelled the defendant to reiterate every detail of tbe scene in Miss Ashley's room at the . Baldwin hotel. Then the visit to Coro nado was gone into, and Attorney Crit tenden compelled the defendant to admit that he had deliberately gone to a respectable hotel and falsely regis tered, with the expresj purpose of act ing dishonestly. He was also oompelled to admit that, although 66 years of age, and the pro prietor ot one ot the largest hotels in this city, he had deliberately violated the rules of another establishment He admitted that, to the best of his reool leotion, he had introduced Miss Ashley to E. 8. Babcock, the proprietor of the Cornado hotel, as his daughter. The defendant stated that he did not in tend to take Miss Ashley to Cornado, but, upon going to the train, found her awaiting him on the cars. He was then asked, if that was the case, to ex plain what he meant by writing to the plaintiff that he would take her to 'San Diego, prior to March, 1893. He de nied that be bad done so, but was con fronted with one of his letters to her, and admitted that he bad written to bat effeot. PRELIMINARY INFORMATION. Thirtieth National Encampment Grand Army of the Republic. St. Paul, Minn. In order to more fully and quickly reply to inquiries re lating to the thirtieth national encamp ment G. A. R., to be held in St Paul during the first week in September next, the following general informa tion has been prepared and sent out from headquarters, signed by Edwin C. Mason, U. S. A., president, and John S. Pinney, general secretary: The question of railway rates to the encampment has been settled by the Western Passenger Association, giving the one-cent-a-mile rate and tbe usual limitation, and the St. Paul transporta tion ownmittee feels confident that sat isfactory rates will be allowed by all assenger associations. Detinue in- QOn this matter quarters in the kamn, or mattresses will be furnisbed"In these free quarters, but no blankets. ' Hotel rates will not be changed, and will vary from $1 to $5 per day. The accommodations oommittee will funrish a list of hotels and boarding houses on request Early and definite informa tion is deisred as to the number of com rades from eaoh department who will expeot free quarters during the encamp ment A veterans' camp will be established at University avenue and St Albans street, near four lines of streetcars. It will be equipped with water service and other conveniences, and good meals will be served at reasonable rates. Space will be provided adjacent to the vetearns' camp, tor those who desire to bring tents, eta, for private oamplng parties. Mr. C. W. Horr is chairman ot the accommodations committee, and Joe L. Brigbam is seoretary. Their mail address is room 520, Endioott building-National headquarters will be at Hotel Ryan, corner of Robert and Sixth streets. Mrs. R. M. Newport Is president of the ladles' committee. Ladies' head quarters are located in the large man sion overlooking the oity, oorner ot Summit and Dayton avenues. The route of the G. A. R. parade September 2 is fixed. It embraoes por tions of the best residence and business streets, 1b less than two miles long, all down grade, on asphalt pavements, and free from street oar tracks exoept at two or three street orosslngs. Divisions will form on shaded resideuoe streets. Bid. for Battle-Ship.. Washington, June 29. The navy department has issued advertisements calling for proposals for oonstruoting three battle-ships ot about 11,000 tons displacement The bids are required to be submitted by Monday, September 14. The features ot the new ships have been made publio already. Portland Mill. Buying Heavily. Garfield, Wash,. June 29. The farmers' warehouse negotiated a sale ot between 20,000 and 25,000 bushels of wheat this week. The price reoeived was 40 oentB a bushel f. o. b. , which is several oents better than the general market The Portland Milling Com pany was the buyer. This waa about half ot the wheat remaining in the warehouses of Whitman oounty. Secrecy of th Confessional. Montreal, June 29. The superior oourt deoided today to uphold the 1 secrecy of the oonfesslonsL NORTHWEST BREVITIES Evidence ot Steady Growth' and Enterprise. : ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST From All th Cities and Town, of th Thriving Slater State. Oregon. The Dalles Chronicle says that a set tlement has been effected with the Mo- Coy ditch laborers for 60 cents on the dollar. The Southern Paoifio Company has put in eleotrio lights at Its plant at Latham, and now runs the creosoting works day and night The bicyole track north ot the town of Coquille City has just been com pleted. Tbe track Is five laps to tbe mile, and la an excellent raoing course. There are two companies engaged in egg gathering near Port Orford, and the rocks are being hunted very closely, over 1,000 dozen having already been gathered. Millions of young grasshoppers have made their appearance on Tygh ridge, and farmers in that section fear they will do considerable damage to grow ing crops before the "critters' ' wings are sufficiently large to carry them out of the country. Joseph Adams, a son of John Ad ms, an Indian living on the Siletz, was one of the graduates of the Carlisle Indian school this spring. Mr. Adams has graduated as a full-fledged doctor of medicine, and will practice his pro fession in the East An old soldier tramped through The Dalles last week, bound for the Soldiers' Home at Kansas City. He was old and feeble, but was neatly dressed, and wore a pair of new, but obeap shoes. He proposes to walk the enire distance, unless invited to ride. The lessees of the plant and placer mines of the Siskiyou Gold Mining Company, on Elliott oreek, commonly called the "Joe Bar diggings," have fully oompleted the opening and equip ment of them, and are piping day and night with assuranoes of an uninter rupted water supply. The sales of cattle from the Eagle valley range have been quite active re oently, and upwards ot 1,300 head will be delivered in Baker City during the next few days for shipment to Montana and Wyoming. The Bales amount to about $15,000, a very neat Bum in the hands of the stookraisers of one local ity. Assessor Cowan, of Union county, is assessing all property in the county be longing to religious organizations and not used exclusively for worship; that is, only ohuroh buildings and the lots upon which they stand are exempt. Heretofore all property belonging to the church, including houses, school buildings, town buildings, town lots and farms, nave been exempt Private school buildings and property will also Le assessed. Washington. yanrow'" - " ww - u... At Barlow Pass, the buildings are being put in order as rapidly as pos sible to accommodate the traffic to the Great Lake mines, and supplies are ooming by every train. The diploma and medals awarded the Seattle school exhibit at the world's . fair have been reoeived. Tbe exhibit is now at the Philadelphia educational museum, and has led to many inquiries for information of the oity superin tendent Elder Van Dusen, of Spokane, who has been visiting Lewiston, says that in driving along any road out of Lewis ton to the reservation, prairie schooners and other vehicles oan be passed, all loaded to the guards, and all bound for the reservation. Mr. Wooten, of Starbuck, says that he has discovered a new variety ot win ter apple in his orchard, which he . thinks is going to take the lead in the Northwest It ia a large, red apple, fine flavored and a good keeper. He planted the seed five years ago. Last year the tree bore 150 pounds of apples. A conference of , commercial bodies, at Taooma, accepted the offer of a Phil adelphia museum for a display of the state's resources. A oommittee of three, one from Seattle, another from Taoom, and a third from Gray's har bor, will be appointed by President Mottet to prepare a lumber exhibit. Another oommittee will be appointed to prepare a general exhibit The injunction which was asked was denied and the work on the reservation . ditoh near North Yakima will now go forward. In denying the application. Judge Hanford stated that the peti tioners were not entitled to oome into oourt, inasmuoh as no one of them showed a claim of $2,000. Judge Han ford also said that be knew of no oase in whioh an Indian bad been allowed to bring Buit against the government, whioh waB his guardian. Commissioner of the General Land Office Lamoreauz says that the north half of the Colville reservation will be thrown open to settlement within forty days. It is probable that a force ot surveyors will be put to work on tbe reservation within a few days. ' ' , The lowering of the waters in the Davenport oreek dicloses Vie fact that a large number of big trout found their way up the stream during high-tide, whioh find the waters too shallow for comfort now, and the town boys are " fishing after them with sticks with pretty good suooess.