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The JniILLSBR VOL. IIILLSBORO, OREGON. THURSDAY, AUGUST G. 1896. NO. 20. EVENTS OF THE DAY Epjtome ot the Telegraphic News of the World. TKUSK TICKS FROM THE WIRES An Iiitere.llng Collection of It.ni 1'tom the Two llemUpliere. Frc.ented lu Cumleused Form. A detualunont of oompauy I, who were guarding tho Drown hoisting works, near Cleveland, O., flrod upon a mob of strikers aud wounded one of them. Excitement runs high, and more trouble 1b feared. A epoolul from Madrid says a great Are rages at Rueda de Medina, a town of about 4,000 inhabitants, twenty-five miles southwest of Valndolid. Hun dreds of buildings Hre said to have been destroyed. The inhabitants are report ed as being in a state of panic. The syndicate of foroign bankers which oame into existence to oheck the drain ou the United States treasury reserve exorted by Europe hus been sig nally successful in its efforts in that direotlon, but the withdrawls of gold for shipment to Canada continues. James Fulton Shopard, a one-legged boy of Alamedu, Cal,, saved a 12-year-old lad named Duruut from drowning in the tidal cauul. Shopard rescued Durant as he was sinking for the last timo. Tho boy had swallowed a quan tity of wator, and it required an hour's hard work to bring him to. Another rebellion is reported from China. Two powerful bandit societies are in revolt. Several villages bave boon captured. Helpless inhabitants have been foully murdered and their homes destroyed. Foroign missions have been attacked, and two French priests narrowly escaped with their lives. Governor Molntyre, of Colorado, has received a letter purporting to be from William Sinciduth, for the murder ot whom Columbus B. Sykos is serving a life sentence. What were supposed to be Smoiduth's remains were found on i his ranch, near Dallas, Colo. , Maroh I 18, 1804. The chief of polioe of San! Francisco has been requested to find the man claiming to be Smeidntb, who writes that he is staying at the What Cheer house on Sacramento street, San FranoiBco. Nothing in years has 'caused snob a flurry in commercial ciroles as the ool lapse of Mooro Bros, in their efforts to maintain oontrol of the Diamond Match Company aud the New York Bieouit Company. A striking feature of the failure is the fact that the Chicago stock exchange for the first timo in its history adjournod Indefinitely without doing a dollar's worth ot business. The following notice was posted: "The Chicago stock exchange has ad journed, subject to the aotion of the governing ooinuilttoe. Wllkina, sec retary." Storms in West Virginia have ore a tod great havoc and railway trafllo has been suspended. The members of a camping party near Oakland, Cal,, were forced to climb trees, while a madened bull de stroyed their camp. E. L. Harrison, who was formerly traveling auditor for the Northern Paoiflo railroad, oommitted suicide iu Tacoma, by shooting himsolf in the mouth, the bullet from his revolver penetrating to the brain and killing him almost instantly. A freight train on the Vaudalia rail road ran through a bridge near Craw- fordsville, lnd., killing Conduotor MoKenzio and Fireman John Herber and seriously injuring Roadmaster J. S. Brothers and Engineer Bowman. The wreck was oaused by washouts. Rev. Geo. P. Knapp, who was ar rested in BitllB, Eastern Turkey, on the Charge of oonspiring against the Turk ish government, and who was onoe lib erated, but refused to loave the oountry before his innocence was establithed, has again been arrested and will be tried on a charge ot inoiting riot E. L. Moody, a logger, made a oow ardly attempt to murder Mrs. H. J. Bnnn in a hotel kept by the woman's husband at Elma, V ash. Moody tabbed his victim in the wrist and in . ' the right breast with a knife, and then fled, leaving Mrs. Bunn soriouBly if not fatally wounded. Moody is still at large. A Havana dispatch says the police have captured a collection of maps of the island, highly colored, showing the supposed insurgent headquarters in Cubitas, tho rebol flag and pioturlng various chiefs of the insurrection. The maps bear the imprint of a Barcelona firm. The Havana stationer, Don Fer nandez, in whose possession they were found, was arrested. The two daring navigators who left New York June 28, in a sailboat but eighteen feet long, to cross the Atlan tic, are all right. They were sighted on July 19 in latitude 68, longitude 81.65, by the Amerioan liner Indiana and asked to be reported. They ap peared to be in the best of spirits and required no assistance whatever from the Indiana, although provisions and water were offered? them. ", ' While an attorney was looking over the papers of the late Eugene Wilbelm at his home near Niiraska City, Neb., On express order was found for $1,600, hioh had been issued in 1853 at Placervtlle, Cal., Bent by Wilhclm to his wife, Martha Wilhelm, and payable to her order. Why the order was never cashed, Mrs. Wilhelm, who is an old woman; is unable to explain. The head of the company in New York has been notified that the order has been placed in the bank at Nebraska City for collection. Victoria to Ketlre. The rumor tbut Queen Victoria in tends to retire in favor of the Prlnoe of Wales is again current in London. It j is added that court circles are greatly ! troubled regarding the oondition of the j queen's health, Suoh reports have fre quently appeared recently, only to be seinl-offlcially contradicted later, but it seems that thore may be some aotual foundation for the statements made. It is added that her majesty has de cided to spend her time in future at lialmoral or Osborne, and will give the I'rinoe and Prinoess of Wales the use ot Buckingham palaoe and Windsor oastle. Is l.r, Dumb and Blind. An Interesting experiment in educa tion will be commenced at the deaf, dumb and blind institution at Berkley, Cal , on the opening of the school year in August. Graoe C. Sperow, aged 10 years, who was been stone blind from childhood and is now almost deaf and dumb, is to be made a special student and educated at the expense ot the state. This obild will be given a nine years' oourse and will rooeivo instruc tion from a special teacher employed tor that purpose. This will be the first attempt to educate a deaf, dumb and blind pernon and in oonsequence great interest oentors about the case. flchrarier In Tu, August Shrader, the so-oalled divine healer, pnt in an appearanoe in Dallas, Tex., where bo treated 2,000 persons in four days. Some reported they had been oured. He left suddenly, leaving the following note: "I am called from here, and obey my Father's will." Huecessfnl Filibuster.. j Passengers from Havana, arrived in j Key West by the steamer Masoott re port a rumor of the successful landing of a filibustering expedition in the vi- I olnity of Cienfuegos. The expedition ! is behoved to be under the oommand of Captain Cabrera. Oregon's School Census. The state school census, which has j just beon completed by Superintendent Irwin, at Salem, shows that there are , in Oregon at presont 129,623 oibldren of school age. ll.publlcan Slats Convention. j The Republican state committee of Washington decided to bold the state convention at Taooma on August 26. j The convention will be attended by , 486 delegates. , Judge Carpenter Dead. j Word comes from Holland by cable ; that Judge George M. Carpenter, of the United States district oourt for the dis-! triot of Rhode Island, died of paralysis ! ot the heart. Kpldenilo of Suicides. Driven to despair by different oauses, six people attempted to end their own lives by suicide, in Chicago in one day. Devastated br the Storm. The most destructive storm in the history of Sunday Creek valley oc curred at Gloucester, a mining town twelve miles north ot Athens, O. , re ! suiting in the almost total destruction ot one of the prinoipal thoroughfares of the town. The fury of the wind is almost indesoribable. Buildings were toppled over, trees torn from their roots, and tho town is a scone ot desolation. Nearly every building in the town is damaged. To add to the horror, Sun day oreek is a sweeping, raging torrent. Several houses have been washed away, and word was received that the list of dead will reaoh fifteen. Mine Burned by Striker.. The mine of the old Pittsburg Coal Company, at Hymeau, Sullivan oounty, lnd., has been burned. A oommittee from the miners' organization visited the mine and sought to induoe the miners to quit work. The watohman was oaptured, carried some distance and the works burned. The loss is $25,000. Itullau Warship Destroyed. The Italian armored wraship Rola, of about 8,800 tons displacement, was struck by lightning near Rome. The flames spread rapidly threatening to reach the magazine. It was found ne oesaary to sink the ship by discharg ing torpedoes. Both Are Dead. Robert Stark and Abe Tiukey, the former a merohant, the latter post master at Sequim, Wash., attempted to aoquire a oheap jag ou wood alcohol. The effect was suoh that within a few hours after drinking the fiery deooo tlon both men died. It Olory Hat Departed. The great auditorium in whloh the Republioans and Populists held their national conventions in St Louis, will lie turned into a Madison square garden for horse shows, bioyole meets and other great indoor sporting enterprises the ooming fall and winter. Heavy Damage In South Dakota. Dispatohes from Melitte and other points in South Dakota state that a hail storm devastated a stretoh of oountry sixty miles long and five or six miles wide. The damage amounts to hun dreds of thousands of dollars. A Terrific Etplotlon. A speoial from Vienna Bays an ex plosion in a powder magazine at Fuen fkirohen resulted in the death of five persons, injuring eighty others and rreoklng the town hall Not Paid to Do Campaign Duty. Postmaster-General Wilson has is sued an order to the railway mail olerks dlreoting them not to take an aotive interest in the political cam paign suoh a wonld be involved in at tending politioal conventions as dele gates or making politioal apeeohes. The postmaster-general's oiroular ex pressly states that he does not desire to oontrol their opinions on poliitoal mat ters, but they must retrain from tak ing an aotive part in politioal matters. NEW LINE PROPOSED To Run Between Yokohama and Portland. CAPITAL OF TWO MILLION YEN The Company, After PermlMlon Baa Been Granted, Majr Amalgamate With Oriental Steamship Co. Taooma, Aug. 4. Newt has been re ceived here of the establishment of an other steamship company at Tokio, to be called the Daito Kisen Kaisha, with a oapital of 2,000,000 yen. The Japan ese Weekly Gazette says be new com pany proposes to open up a regular ser vice of steamers between Yokohama and Portland with the object of effect ing connection with Oregon railroads. Acoording to ths present plan, three steamers ot 0,000 tons each are to be employed on the new line. The signa tures of the projectors are being taken preparatory to applying to the autbori- ' ties for a oharter. It is said the pro posed steamship company, after official permission has been granted, may amalgamate with the Toyo Kisen Kaisha (Oriental Steamship Com pany), whose formation has been re ceived with great popularity by the publio in Japan. ONLY A FLESH WOUND. j But a Marrow Escape, However, for A. j V. Rom. Astoria, Or., Aug. 4. About 8 o'olook this morning Jack Kenney, pro prietor of a danoehall, shot A.Y. Ross, I one of the owners ot the Astoria laun dry. Ross and his wife left the restaurant after breakfast and started for the laundry near by, and in passing a ! orowd of men, among whom was Ken- j ny, they were subjected to vile lan guage, and were followed by Kenny into the laundry. Ross requested him to leave the place, but this only pro I vokod the man to viler language in the hearing ot the women employes. Ross then oame from behind the counter and pushed him into the street, whereupon Kenny pulled a "gun" and Ross pick ed up a brick and threw it, striking Kenny on the arm. Kenny then fired, the ball cutting into Robs,' shoulder near the jugular vien, inflicting only a flesh wound, if Kenney was, ' 7sM IsSnt.fcWMAX well settieo Dy rancners, under ti.ooo bXLiJ.iai:aJ:f -w-..--1 ffabars will have a w.. oommitted to M to wk miU liminary trial, being unable to furnish'; bonds. STRUCK WITH AN AX. A Nebraska Farmer'! Method of Fore lug a Retraction. Elkhorn, Neb., Aug. 4. As a result of the reoent sohool election here, Wil liam Clark was probably fatally in jured by being struok with an ax in the hands of George Frost Both are wealthy farmers. Clark was en route from Elkhorn, and as be was passing Frost's plaoe, he was hailed by the lat ter and oommanded to retract a state ment he made at the school meeting, or abide the consequences. Clark re fused and was struok on the right Bide of the head with the ax. The blow knocked Clark out of the buggy and one of the wheels ran over his body. He says Frost struok him while he was lying on the ground, but finally desisted npon the tearful solici tation of one of his bods. Besides a bad wound near his right eye, Clark is injured internally. Float is a school director and Clark aooused him of falsifying the school records. A war rant was placed in an officer's hands, but Frost eluded him. SCARED THE BRITONS. England's Naval Bulwark Ie Kot Im pregnable. London, Aug. 4. The result of the naval maneuvers just concluded have given a shook to Englishmen, who im agined that Great Britain's naval bul wark was impregnable. The idea of the maneuvers was that the foreign fleet was trying to reaoh Loughswilly, and that a British fleet, which was rnuoh stronger and faster, had to pre vent it. The foreign fleet mot off Tor bay and the British fleet was spread from Land's End to Lap oape, close by, but the foreigbn fleet did not try to pass np the Irish sea. It went around the west coast of Ireland and succeeded in reaching Loughswilly unmolested, This was a oomplete reversal of what was generally expected, and is held to prove that the landing of an invading force in Great Britain 1b quite possible, even though a greatly superior naval foroe will be trying to bar the way. A Ten Fer Cent Keduetlon. Bellefonte, Pa , Aug. 4. An order has been Issued at the Valentine Com pany's works that, oommenoing August 1, a ten per oent reduotion of wagos would be effeotive. Over 600 men are effeoted by the reduction, A Fight and n Drowulng. New York, Aug. 4. James Murphy, 85 years old, and Stephen Garvey.aged 60, fought tonight at pier 25, North river. During the struggle, both men tumbled into the river and were drowned. Baa FrauoUoo'S New Fo.tofHoe. San Franoisoo, Ang. 8. Work on San Franoisoo's new postoflice is soon to oommenoe. The tenants now oc cupying buildings on the site, at Mis sion and Seventh streets, have . been notified by the government to vacate within twenty days. The site cost over $1,000,000, and the postoflice building will oost about $2,000,000 more when oompleted. The annual "oattle crop" of New South Wales is about 400,000. THE WILHOIT STAGE. Up by Two Masked aud Kobbtd. Highwaymen Oregon City, Aug. 6. An excited ' messenger came galloping into town j this evening with the news that the j Wilhoit stage, which left this city to- j day noon bad been robbed. A dozen j to twenty shots were fired, two horses were killed and the pockets and bag gage of the passengers rifled. It is not known how much property was taken. The robbers were interrupted in their work by two fanners, who exchanged several shots with them, and drove them into the woods. The robbery took place within 200 yards of the Milk oreek bridge, where the last of last year's hold-ups occur red. The same driver, Bill Mattoon, held the reins of the four-horse team, and as he rounded a turn in the road, two masked men stepped from the brush and commanded him to stop. Two ot the horses were frightened by the sudden appearance of the men at the roadside, and they started to run. The robbers promptly took three shots at the team, bringing the leaders down, each horse having a front leg shattered, and having also a shot in the back. Of course, that stopped the stage, and the robbers at onoe began the search for booty. They had pretty thoroughly scared the driver, as well as the passengers, and when they called to all hands to "shell out and be quick about it," all hands "shelled out." The driver gave up his revolver and a little ooin, and the passengers, Mr. and Mrs. Hidinger and daughter, of Portland, and a Chinaman, delivered their valuables, but the amount is not reported. Then the robbers turned to the baggage and went through that, taking whatever they found that pleas ed them. It is supposed they did not get much from the baggage. Whi'e the robbery was in progress, j Thomas Duffy, who carries the mail between Oregon City and Molalla, j oame along, and the thieves took a couple of shots at him, sending him ! away in a hurry. He told Phil M. j Graves and Mr. Woodside, two farm-! ers whom he met, about the affair, and they went at once to the rescue, open-; ing fire on the robbers, who retired,; after answering with several shots. I The wounded horses were put out of their misery, and a posse was organized on the Bpot and started iu hot pursuit The oourse taken by the robbers was up Milk oreek in a ru oountry leading to the mountains, The coun- s W "Cf -) S SW-fiiVforrt!; onerina noDuit ana onmmm from town this evening to push" the-, hunt for the men. No description of them is given ex cept that they are both tall, roughly dressed and apparently young men. Their cloth masks prevented a view of their features. The hold-up took plaoe about 4 o'clock this afternoon, and the pursuit of the thieves was so prompt that it is thought their chances of es cape are slim. The stage oontinued on to Wilboit. The horses that were killed belonged to Liveryman Noblitt, and were valued at $60. Last season the same stage was held up twice not far from the spot where today's robbery occurred. No shots were then fired, and the amount ot the plunder was small. The affairs then were oonduoted similarly to that ot today, exoept that one man did the work. SHAFER'S DIVINING ROD With It He Located Fabulous Treas ure In California. Alameda, Cal., Aug. 5. William Shafer, of this oity, believes that he has located a gold mine with a divin ing rod upon a spot in Contra Costa oounty, which his wife saw in a vision. Shafer says he has struck a bonanza, and that he will be a millionaire if he oan seoure possession of the land where the precious metal lies hidden. Two weeks ago it was related how Mr. Shafer had a divining rod and his wife had a vision, and he had started out to locate the mine in Contra Costa county. Shafer took with him a lot of prospecting tools and his wonderful steel dip needle. This needle has suoh a powerful affinity for the precious metals that it oan scant a 50-oent piece 100 feet away. It was made especially for Shafer by a friend, who expended three weeks labor upon it With a similar instrument a very rioh mine was located in Death valley. Tho mine is now owned and operated by the P.edlands Mining Company. Since the story of prospecting tour, as a Sharer's novel result ot bis wife's vision, was published he has re-1 oeived letters from six states. All ! kinds of propositions have been made ! to him to locate mines. Several beg ged for sittings with Mrs. Shafer, that she might go into trances and locate gold mines. Next week Shafer is go ing on a prospecting trip for several men in San Franoisoo. All his ex penses will be paid and he will be given a good salary. "I think I shall go into the business of locating mines with my divining rod," said Shafer; A maohine has been Invented by some genius whioh will do typewriting and the addition ot figures at tha same time. Astoria, Or., Aug. 5. During the progress of the blaze that occurred last night in the Astor-street building owned by Ben Young, Professor J. M. Navoni, a musician, who roomed in the house, entered it for the purpose of saving his violin, and was suffooated, He was well known all over the coast" and played for Liberati at the Portland exposition four years ago. He also oc cupied the position at various times ot orchestral leader in prominent Port land and San Franoisoo theaters. fisfl THE TRAINS COLLIDED Came Together at a Diagonal Railroad Crossing. THE RESULTS WERE SICKENING An Expresi Catches an Excursion Train Broadside, Literally Cleaving It In Twain. Atlantic City, N. J., Aug. 8. A railroad accident, horrible in its details and sickening in its results, oosurred this evening, just outside of this city, and as a result about 100 persons are either killed or injured. The Reading railroad express, which left Philadelphia at 5:40 o'olook this evening for Atlantio City, orashed into a Pennsylvania railroad excursion train at the second signal tower, about four miles out from here. The Pennsylvania train was return ing to Bridgeton with a party ot exour sionists from that plaoe, Millville and neighboring towns. It was loaded with passengers, and a rough estimate of the killed and injured at a late hour places the number at 100. It is hoped , that this is an exaggeration, but the number is undoubtedly more than fifty, At the second signal tower, the ' traoks ot the two roads diagonally ; cross. The Readirg train was given . the signal to stop, but the brakes either failed to work or the speed of the ex press was too great to be checked in time. It caught the excursion train broadside and ploughed through, liter' . ally cleaving it in twain. The engine I of the Reading train was shattered to ; pieces. Every car on the excursion i train was jammed to its fullest ca Pcity. As soon as the news reached Atlantio City, the utmost consternation pre vailed, but the authorities weie equal to the emergency. Relief trains were dlspatohed to the scene, loaded with oots and bearing staffs ot surgeons. As quiok as the bodies were recovered, they were carried into the local ho pitals and nndertaker's shops. A general fire alarm was sounded and the department promptly respond ed, and aided in the heartrending work of digging for the viotims. Fear grew int0 despair and horror as the vigorous work ot the relief gangs revealed the awful extent of the disaster. The first Reading relief train bore into this oity twenty-seven mangled corpses, men, women and ohildren. fljsjheJtext train, not an hour later, oar rind X-xnl Of -wM w ed.'Wlw of 'O' Kk'L As train after'''1rikurnpTled','i6'i)e scene of the wreck, and came back with its ghastly burdens, the Sani tarium, whioh does duty as the oity hos pital, quiokly found its oapaoity over taxed. Meanwhile others of the dead and injured were being carried to the private hospital at Ocean and Paoiflo avenues. Eward Farr, engineer on the Read ing train, was killed outright, as was another railroad man who rode on the engine with him. This man, whose name has not yet been learned, saw the oollision coming and leaped from the oab an instant before the orash oame. Almost at the same instant the engine cut its way through and caught him directly in its path. His body and that of Farr were found nnder a heap of debris, but the engineer lay in what remained of the oab, and bis right hand still olasped the throttle. He had been faithful unto death, and met it at his post The fireman on - that train leaped a few seconds before and eaoaped with trifling injuries. Samuel Thornton, baggage-master on the Reading train, is among the dead. Jame MgJtateman, Bridgeton un dertaker, is T"wn to be killed. He was in the? 4 lr, and his bat was found lyin sattMaii ot broken timbers. M,i ,iijiW Riohard Trenabard, I " ' ma chinist, and his wife aretKwWtAJ, Conduotor Kelly, of the PenrVV enrik W It. lia train, had both arms an broken, and was internally inj Albert J. Mosebaoh, of No, Eighth Street, Philadelphia, was on t Reading train. He esoaped unhurt The exoursion train was made np fifteen oars, the foremost of whioh v a baggage oar. This and the next t ooaohes caught the full foroe ot t orash, and were utterly demolishi What remained ot the third oar v : tumbled into a ditch at the roads! j TQe responsibility for the aooident oi not now be fixed. William Thurlow, telegraph opera in the tower-house, was arrested night and held, pending an inquiry. Europeans Massacred. Paris, Aug. 8. Advioes from 1 junga, Madagascar, report that a oi van of two Frenchmen and three E lishmeu have been massacred by Fabavalos, near Ambolipiana. Crop Failure In South Russia. London, Aug. 8. An Odessa (' patoh to the Times announoes that ( oial reports are to the effeot that harvest has been a failure throng the most fertile grain-produoing dis tricts in the south ot Russia. V Oil Tank exploded. New York, Aug. 8. Two men were fatally injured and three others se verely burned by the explosion ot a tank at the Standard Oil Company's works, at Cravens Point, Jersey City, today. The fatally injured are: Rich- ! "d i"". John Goldsmith. The works were set on fire by the ex plosion, but the flames were extin guished before much damage was done. The world's navies are estimated as imploying' 6,000,098 men. . ..1-ji: .'.J- : i ! j! ' (nereland"" -The labor sit-! nation In thi. nit. i. .o.in rlta1 One hundred and fifty nonunion men went to work at the Brown hoisting works this morning, guarded by four companies of militia and a large force of police. A big crowd of union men were present, but no outbreak occur red. The police and soldiers kept the strikers moving. A sympathetic strike, threatened ever since the strike at the Brown company's works began, eleven weeks ago, was inaugurated this morn ing. Eighty-seven men employed by the Van Wagner & Williams Com pany, hardware manufacturers, laid down their tools and walked out Bold at Auction. Seattle, Aug. 5. All of the lands of the Northern Pacifio railroad in the state of Washington, comprising 11,- 902 sections of patented and an indefi nite quantity of unpatented land, were sold today at pubho auotion by Special Master Alfred L. Carey. The sale was under decree of the United States cir cuit oourt of the eastern district of Wisoonsin. The property was bought in by Edwin W. Winter for the North' em Paoiflo Railway Company, of which he is president, for $1,706,200. Oakland Building Collapsed. Oakland, Cal., Aug. 6. A two-story building on Seventh and Clay streets collapsed last night, and nine people occupying the house had narrow es capes from death. The underpinning of the house gave way shortly before midnight, and the building fell two feet with a orash. The building is still standing, but the first wind probably will topple it over. It wasgbuilt forty years ago, and is one of the landmarks of the oity. Three Were Drowned. La Crosse, Wis., Aug. 5. While boating last evening Henry Hendriok son, Anna Amsrnd and Lizzie Oldj stadt, three La Crosse young people, were drowned in the Mississippi river just below the city. Murdered Three People. Providence, N. Y., Aug. 6. Near Clay, eight miles west of here, Tom Brown, a farmer, 80 years old, butch ered his wife, mother-in-law and baby last night Brown oomes of a feeble minded family. Building HI. Own Church. San Franoisoo, Aug. 4. Rev. Henry Victor Morgan, pastor of the First Christian church society of Alameda, is building a meeting house with the as sistance ot sevfl members of bis con gregation. Inl t4l. coat off, hia,' e k-stvsn daily plytn I trammer in the oonstruo- tlon of a house of worship, ' I have always been handy with tools and I am not afraid to work," said the Rev. Mr. Morgan. "I took it upon myself tt superintend the con struction of our little meeting house. I am being assisted by some members of my oongegation. This structure will be used for a church only temporarily. Inside of a year we expect to build a church edifice and then this structure will be moved back and attached to the rear and used as a Sunday-school room. I think I am doing good work for the Lord in this way. I am anx ious we should have a home." Audree Delayed. Stockholm, Aug. 4. News has been received , from Spitzbergen that Pro fessor S. A. Andree's balloon has been filled and that he was ready to start July 25. The Virgo, with Professor Andree, his two companions and his apparatus on board, sailed from Strom soe June 15. Since June 20, the expe dition had been established in Pike's house, in the northern half of West Spitzbergen, opposite Dane's island. The Btores and equipments had already been disembarked and the position con sidered very favorable. As the explorer had planned that his preparations would all be oompleted and his balloon filled by the first week in July, it seems probable that some unexpected obstacle was met in completing the preparations. Spain May Buy Warship. In Glasgow. Madrid, Aug. 4. The shipbuilders at Genoa, with whom the Spanish gov- v. un nflcrnMating for the t be the man who did the Bhooting. V A Reward for Informers. Havana, Aug. 4. The official ga zette publishes a deoree offering a re ward of $24,000 to any one enabling the Spanish cruisers to effeot the seiz ure of filibustering steamers and offer ing a further reward of $9,000 to any person enabling the Spanish cruisers to oapture filibustering sailing vessels of over 205 tons. At least $750,000,000 worth of Brit ish property is always on the sea. , , NORTHWEST RfiFVITIK "VIUU I I LnJ 4 11IU I 1 Evidence ot Steady Growth and Enterprise ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST From All tho Cities and Town ef the -Thriving Bitter State! Oregon. Forest fires are said to be raging throughout the Nehalem country. Curry county's delinquent tax amounts to about $6,000 this year. Seventeen boxes of peaob plums, the first ot the season, were shipped from The Dalles last week. Of the 861 students graduated from the state normal school at Monumouth, 289 are at present teachers. The Empire cannery, on Coos bay, will run through this fishing season. Pieparations are being made to start up next month. The board of equalization for Coos oounty will meet in Empire August 81, and will oontinue in session until Sep tember 5, 1896. The Oregon Central & Eastern Rail road Company will probably be a bid der for the government work to be done on Yaquina bay. Citizens of Coquille are making great preparations for the soldiers and pio neers' reunion that will be held there August 13, 14 and 15. The county oourt of Cnrry oounty , bas directed the oounty treasurer to pay state taxes out of the county funds here after and to use no school funds for that purpose. John Durbin will celebrate his 103d. birthday at the home ot his son, Isaao, on Howell prairie, September 13, and every immigrant of 1845 in the state is invited to be present The postal department has disap proved ot the proposition to establish a mail line from Klamath agency to Sil ver lake, and to increase service on the route from Silver lake to Prineville. The grain crop in Lane county has proven to be much better than was anticipated a fw weeks ago. Some fields ot grain are very light, but the yield in most oases will be very good, and much better than was expeotod. Smoke from fires in the Cascade mountains has been blown by western wind, flrtnrafl Aha vallATfl and nlaitta nn. . TyUk LUd.tlue in Grant oounty. 1 the Canoyn City Reports from Sherman oounty afi the effeot that wheat is suffering from the oontinued hot weather, and farmers do not expect the average yield ot the oounty will be more than 12 bushels to the acre. A month ago they expect ed the average yield would be twenty five bnhsela. Mrs. Mary Henkle, who died reoently in Independence, was born in Green oounty, Kentucky, July 29, 1817. She crossed the plains with her husband in 1866, to California, and they came to Oregon in 1867, locating two and one half miles south of Philomath. She was the mother ot fourteen ohildren, nine of whom survive! thirty -nine grand-ohildren, thirty-one of whom survive, and thirteen great grandchil dren, twelve ot whom survive. Washington. The newspaper men of Seattle have formed a press olub. Grasshoppers are eating the potato plants in the vicinity of Sprague. A schoolbouse is to be built in the Pleasant valley district, in Whatcom oounty. Harvest has begun in Whitman oounty, several headers having started in within the week. The warehouses at Garfield are all being put in oondition to receive this season's grain crop. In theSteilaooom, Wash., insane asy lum there are at present 678 patients, 200 ot whom are women. A convention of the various church societies ot Lincoln oounty will be held in Davenport, Thursday, August 20. Tuesday, September 15, has been set by the state land commission for hear ing testimony oonoerning conflicting applications to purchase tide lands in Chehalis oounty. The oommittee of one hundred, whose task it was to find out who stole the ballot boxes in Taooma has asked the judges of the superior oourt to at onoe oall a session of the grand jury to in vestigate the crime. Treasurer Lewis, of Chehalis oounty, has remitted to the several towns tax collections, as follows: Aberdeen, $510.97; Montesano, $100.05; Ho quiam, $246.81; Cosmopolis, $461.54; Elma, $9.74; Ocosta, $12.71; and to the state treasurer, $14,181.14. More net stealing than ever was known in the history of the river is taking plaoe this season, says the Cath lamet Gazette. Some' usliermen olaim there is a gasoline boat whioh is mak inir a business of at-Mklins web. The JJjften olaim that the gasoline boat pioks --, weo witn a nooc tnat rescues to ""'"and severs the lead and cork Thew kireasurer ot Skagit couniyH, Jne 80,. 1896,. showsw amounted to $148,050. ments to $95,489.06, balance of $62,561.69. leaving- sjMtl Charles Frank, an Indian from the Lapwal reservation, was tried at Col fax the other day for tbe stealing of a horse, and was acquitted. The evi dence was plain that he had taken tbe horse and ridden off, but it was proved to be a oustom tor the Indians to ride one another's horses when they wished. ' i e . v.