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IIILLSIiORO, OREGON. THURSDAY, AUGUST 27. 18.
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EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome ot the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TRESIS TICKS FK0J1 THE) WIRES
' An lutereatlng Collection of Heme From
the Two llemWplieree Presented
In a Condensed Form
P.
O. Minor, a pioneer renl ent of
Ban Jose, Cal,
a prominent lawyer
Bliut and killed hiui-:
and capitalist,
elf in that city. No ouuso is assigned. 1
United States Marshal ThnmaB and
deputies killed bill Duoliu, a noted out-.
law, in a bLttlo neur Clayton, Puyno
county, O. T. One deputy wus(
wounded.
Charles Church, a young banker, of
Lowell, Mich, shot and fatally
wounded his wife and thou committed
gulokle. Financial reverses drove hiui
to (W )eration and to the couimiasion
of the) deed. i
JJ O. M. Schilling, the one armed
aihloto who has undertaken to walk 1
frm Pittsburg to Hun Francisco and
back In tun months, and to return
with 11,000 in oath, although restrict
ed from begging or purchasing supplies
en route, has arrived iu the latter oity,
twenty-six days uhead, but ('.100 be
hind bis schedule. :
Captain Hurnsido and twenty-two of
the orew of the British trump steamer
Moldaya were picked up at sua in
three open boats by the Auuhor line
steamer Clrcassia, which has just ar
rived in New York. The Moldava
struok an iceberg in a fog and tank
giving the crew barely time to provi- i
inn the lifobouts aul lower them.;
All bands were saved. j
The wedding of Miss Gertrude Van
derbil, the eldest daughter of Mr. and
Mr. CorueliiiB Vanderbilt, to Mr.
Harry Payne Whitney, the eldest son
of former Secretary of Clio Navy V. l
Whitney, took plaoe at "Tho Break
ers," Newport, 11. I. The affair wai
somewhat of a disappointment to so. j
ciety owing ti its simplicity. Only ,
Jt ,,'rsons were present. !
-' -!M." brouRiit -"iZunzibar, Hnmnd Din
'nu. dead. e wus
hnuout ,c7t..rs of ago, a nephew ol
the lato sultan, Alt Khalif, and Bur
gash, and sucocoded to the snltannto on
the death of Stiltan All. March 0, 1H!I!I.
lie was one of a number of claimants,
and was selected us tho most fitting
by the British government, wbioh ex
erolscs a proteotoruto over the sultan-
ate.
Feeling against the Southern Pacifio
Company is intensifying among the
15,Q00 wheelmen of San Francisco and
4i000 wheelmen in the state, over tho
rcjjeut decision of that company to
charge 25 cents for oarryiug a bicycle
between any two points, and for tax
ing bloyolisM who cross the bay lu
oents for eaoh wheel. A boyoott litis
been deolarod on the Southern Pacific
by a large number of wheelmen and
the others, it is .said, will doubtless
take tbe samo oourse.
Peter Ryan, foroman of the St. Law
rence mine, the proporty of the Ana
conda oompany, Jack Campbell and
Jobu Manning, two miners, were killed
by the fall of a cage in a shaft.
It is stated that measures will bo
taken by the New York exohange to
secure the importation of a large;
amount of gold, variously ostimatod at
from (200,000,000 to 126,000,000. ;
The president ha appointed Colonel
Charles G. Sawtolle quartermaster-general
of tho army, vice General Butch-'
elder, retired. Colonel Sawtolle ia
now stationed at Govomor's island,
N. Y. i
An $1,100 gold briok was brought to j
Baker City reoently from the Baisloy-
Elkborn mine, it being the result of a
ten day.' run. Ihe average yield o V
the pre taken from thi mine is about :
IBOperton. j
Six oar of a Rook Islund stook train
were aorauea live nines west oi 10
peka, Kan., and four white men, rid
ing in the feed box, were crushed to
death. The head and limbs were oom-
pletely torn from one body.
Mr. Harrison, the owner of the Santo
Domingo gold mine in tbe province of
Carabaya, department of Puno, and
other rich gold mine in Pern, has dis-:
covered a whole hill in the ' Andes i
- jnonntains, extending at least two
leag'.cs and full of vein of rich qnartz.
In consequence of frontier disputes
beween Bulgaria and Turkey, the Bul
garian government has notified the
Turkish government that unless
the
latter appoints delegates to the frontier
commission by a oertaiu date, Bui
gaiian troops will be ordered to re
occupy the position reoently oooupied
by the Turkish soldier on the territory
Bulgaria claim.
Miss Mattie Overman, of San Fran-
oiso, of the celebarted Brown oase fame,
has at last confessed to the intimacy
vlth
the ex-Congregational minister
that finally oaused his downfall and re
tirement from the church. Ine con
fession i in her own handwriting, cov
ering many sheets of legal cap, and for
the present 1 in the tafe keeping of
Kev. w. w. Bouacier, oi mmea.
finairman oi me v;UDKreijnuuu uuui-
i?e on credentials.
It is reported that the Northern Pa
'oiflo is about to enter upon the work of
reduoing many of its grados, with the
view oi decreasing ine cosi oi opera
lug the road, ay lessening ine graaea
it will be possible lor tne roaa to nam
train load very naucn larger man ac
ptaBent. It i nid that the Great
Northern haul train oo per com iarg
er than those on the Northern raoino
and tbe Northern Faoinc proposes to ao
Improve it property that it will bo on
lerel with iti competitor in the near
future. . '
A fatal Campaign Quarrel.
A ourbstuue discussion ot the coinage
question iu Columbus, O., led to
shotting whioh niay prove fatal.
Joseph lUth, a retired mauufaoturer
mid advocate of free coinage, engaged
lu warm diseussion with Horace Woy
raan, an Englishman. Thoy separated,
but Rath got a revolver and when
Wuyman returned, be fired three shot
at him. As Wayman ia au old man
the injuries be received will prove sorl-
QUI.
They Will 811 Coal Oil.
Michael and John 'Cudiihy, wealthy
packers of Chioago, have entered into
an oil deal of enormous proportion!. II
their present plans materialize Chicago
is to have a now industry, a rival of
the great plant of the Standard Oil
Company at Whiting, and thefiist pip
line from the oil fields to enter iti
limits. The Cudiihy have plaoed an
order for (500,000 worth of pipes.
Mooii.hiuer. Captured.
A party of twenty revenue offloors,
representing nil section of Virginia,
went to Franklin county to break up
the1 most noted band of oatluws and
illicit stiller iu that state. Iiy arti
fice they auooeedod in oaptnriug twelve
of tho outlaw without bloodshed and
destroyed several stills.
Cod Finhory a Tcilul Fullure.
The Labrador ood fishery, in which
80.000 Newfoundlanders are engaged
every year, is a complete failure, ac
cording to latest report brought from
the Labrador coast. Widespread desti
tution among the fishing classes is in
evitable Turkish Cotnul Murdered
It is ollloially aunonuoed in Vicuna
that the Albanians have murdered the
Turkish consul at Vraniak, Servia,
near the Macedonian frontier. Though
this statement is ofllcially confirmed,
no detail of the affair have been re
oeived. A Dank Mnbbed.
In Kansas City, Kan., an unknown
thief entered the branch of the Ameri
can National bank during the mo
mentary absence of the oashier, and
prying open a desk secured $1,000
iu currency or more and esoaped.
Itier Will Ite Deported.
Leander Chanis, the French fencing
master.who 1 detained at Ellis Island,
N. Y , with Marie Cobourge, for hav
iug eloped with her from her home
iu France, has been ordered deported
by the government authorities.
A Premature Bla.t,
While men were blasting rook near
Parry Bound, Out, a heavy charge of
dynamite exploded prematurely. Two
men named bmith and Hillnian, were
instantly killed. Other were seri-
, ously Injured.
Ohio Miners Strike.
Twelve hundred miner have strrnck
at Coming, Rondville and Hemlock,
O., in consequence of a resolution
adopted by the miner' convention.
i Vlolted by a Deluge.
A terrible olouburBt ooourred near
Mcgollon, N. M., and George Knigbt,
a miner of Georgetown, was drowned.
I Twenty others are reported missing,
1 but only two bodies, those of Knigbt
; and an unknown -Mexican, have been
' recovered. About 100 families have
: been rendered homeless, and thirty
bouses washed away. Several mines in
' tbe vicinity suffered from the water.
! Frim It Safe at Home.
Nansen' Arctio exploring ship Fram,
which he left behind in the ice early
iu January, 1895, In order to explore
the sea north of the route he proposed
to follow, arrived at Skjervo, provinoe
of Tronisoe. The captain reports that
bo saw Professor Andree, who was still
waiting for a favorable wind to enable
him to attempt his balloon trip across
the Arctic region. ' " ,v
wounded by Burglars.
Walbet B Adamg ,g
,nt Ql d(Jath g Be(Jford BMlon
yi( the roguU of all enoonuteI with
four burglars Two of the burglar
have been oaptured, huviug been
mortally wounded by Adam's son Wil
liam, who waa himself struck by a bul
let, whioh glanced off hi suspender
buckle.
Exploalon of Molten Metal,
By an explosion of molten metal at
the furnace of tbe I. Edgar Thomson
teel works in Fittsbnrg, Pa., ten men
were burned. Two were seriously in
jured but will recover. Tbe explosion
j was causod by the molten iron striking
a pool of water.
A Mining Man Held Up.
George H. MoCauley, seoretary of the
. Cariboo Mining Company, of Spokane,
was held up by a masked highwayman
while returning to that oity from Camp
MoKinney, B. C, and robbed of three
gold brick, valued at nearly fl 1,000.
Wants to Fight Corbett.
Now that Choynski has managed to
secure a fight with MoAuliffe, he
yearn for more gladiators to conquer.
: Choynski says that after his battle with
MoAuliffe be Intend
to go east to
challenge Corbett.
A Fatal Fire.
Fire In the residence of John Fel
! bach, in Watertown. 8. D.. hnmnd to
; death Mr. Felbaoh and hi three daugh
ter8i
A Cuban Hlukado-ltunne,
The fast river steamer Uniaue.
which ha been running between Port
- 1 Huron and Detroit, ha been sold to an
agent 0( tne Cuban government. She
wm De taken to the ooast in ten day.
it is intended to out her oabina down
and turn her into a blockade-runner.
- ; The price paid wa not stated. The
; Unique was built with an eye to speed
alone, and has made some wonderful
j j the river. She 1 the first
yeMei purchased for blockade-running,
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WHY HOKE RESIGNED!
Had Promised to Support the
Chicago Ticket.
BELATI0NSW1T11TIIEPRESII)?N1
Ills BnoceMor Will Probably Be
Oold Democrat From the
Middle West.
Washington, Aug. 25. The sews
that Secretary Hoke Htnith had re
signed, and that nil resignation bad
been accepted by the president, has i
made a considerable stir in political 1
circles here, although the probability
of Mr. Smith's retirement had been, in
a measure, anticipated ever since his
paper, the Atlanta Journal, declared
that It would support Brayn and
Bewail. Mr. Bmith still declined to
discuss the subject today, but it is
knowu that the personal relations be
tween the president and Umith have in
nowise beeu disturbed.
Mr. Smith's resignation, hi frionds
say, grew out of hi differences with
his chief on the question of party
policy, and his desire not to embarrass
tbe president at such a time. Beyond
the question of hi party loyalty in
acquiescing 4n the will of the majrirlty,
Mr. Smith, during hi campaign for
the gold standard in Georgia, with ex
Speaker Crisp, had given a persoual
nlnriiA that he wnnlrl. if defeated, sun- -I
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port the nominee ot the convention
As an honorable man, hi friends say
ho felt it his duty to redeem that
pledge. He informed the president of
his position aud intentions, and to
avoid embsrrassmenr, he plaoed his
resignation at his disposal. It is said
Mr. Cleveland remonstrated. 1 be cor
respondence on the subject, if pub
lished, would no doubt he interesting,
but it is doubtful whether it will ever
be given out.
It otin be stated, however, with great
positiveness, that the step which Sec
retary Smith felt himself compelled to
take has not in any way affected the
warm regard tbe president aud Mr.
Smith entertain for eaoh other.
There has been a good deal of gossip
about Mr. Smith's auocessor today. It
seems altogether unlikely that John M.
Reynolds, the assistant secretary, will
be promoted. It is regarded as much
more probable that a-new man will be
selected, probably from tbe Middle
West, Indiana, Illinois or Missouri.
The namea of ox-Governor Franois, of
Missouri; ll.vnuin, of Indiana, and
Cable, of Illinois, are those around
whom goBsip most persistently cling
All are pronounced gold Di'mcorts
THE FRENCH EXPOSITION.
An
Amerlcnn Commit loner Has Not
Vet Been Kauied.
Washington, Aug. 25. The Fretoh
government is rapidly perfecting de
tail for the international exposition to
be held in Paris in 1000, oomtneuiorat
ing tbe birth of the century, aud in
this connection, has asked the state de
partment for the name of the commissioner-general
who will represent the
United States, and for such other in
formation available as to tbe participa
tion of this country. To this, Aottng
Secretary Rookhill has replied that the
oommlssioner-genoral has not been
named, as the Amerioan cong en took
no steps at its receut fesatcu to provide
for American representation at he ex
position. He express) d the belief,
however, that the approaohiug session
of oongtess will bring about an ac
ceptance of tbe invitation of the French
republic.
President Cleveland called the atten
tion of congress to the invitation in
his annual message last Daoeiuber, and
expressed the most earnest hope that
steps would be taken for an adequate
representation by the United States.
But congress aota slowly on theso
affairs, and no measure was considered,
the idea being that there was plenty of
time before 1900. It appears, how
ever, that Great Britain, Germany and
tbe other leading powers have been
quick to aooept, aud the French govern
ment is allotting space to these coun
tries. Amerioan exhibitors are begin
ning to make inquiries as to where
their good t will go, but no answer can
be given them.
The prospeot is that the best spioe
will be taken before tbe United State
aooept the invitation aud makes appli
cation for spaoe This was the case
at the late exposition, when American
exhibitor were at much disadvantage
in point of looation
It ia expeoted in oflloial oiroles here
that when oongrefs aota, it will provide
for a oommissioner-general and an as
sistant. Thi was the case with tha
last French exposiiton, when General
Franklin was oommissioner-general at
a salary of (10,000 and the assistant
commissioner reoelved $5,000. Tbe
opinion prevails that a the appointee
will serve after the present administra
tion ends, President Cleveland will not
make the appointment, even though
oongress passes the aot before March 4
next. Aside from the diroet emolu
ments attached to offloes, a fund is pro
vided for offioe and living expense.
In the oase of General Franklin, the
French government conferred on him
the exceptional boner of tbe cross of
tbe Legion of Honor.
Panic at a Circus.
Huntington, Iud., Aug. 25. Apanio
was oaused at the Wallaoe oirnn here
last night by a storm, which wreoked
the tents and did considerable damage
to property. The menagerie and horse
were stampeded and some of tbe ani
mals were hurt
After the Anarehlsts.
Madrid, Aug. 25. The obamber of
depntie ba passed the anti-anarohist
bill after an extended discussion.
PACKING FALL SALMON.
Preparations for a Large Catch In Trap,
and Wheel.
Portland. Or.. Aua. 2fl Prerjara-
tious are being made for packing a
large amount of fall salmon on the Co
lombia this season. The flBh will,
however, be oaught principally in
traps and wheel, a seining is too ex
pensive a method for , oawhing fall
salmon, and the prloes which the traps
and wheel will take will prevent gill
net men from engaging in the business
to any extent.
Traps for the fall fishing have been
put in about the mouth of tho Cowlitz
in large numbers, whore a few year
ego trap were not known. Tha gill
net catch only the large fisb, wbilo
these traps and the wheel catch large
and small.
Partie at Tbe Dallas ore making
calculation for a large catch cf fish
on and after tbe 10th of September,
when the close season ends.
Tbe big run of fish which came into
the river near the end of July were not
nearly all oaught, and the survivors
have been loafing along through the
Cascades and middle river, ever since
tbe season olosed, finding it very enjoy
able to be able to move without run
ning against a trap nr net of some
kind. If thoy bad any knowledge of
tbe monster wheel which Mr. Taffe
has ready for them at Tbe Dalles, they
wrwld have passed up and got by there
before the end of tbe close season, but
a it is Mr. Taffe is preparing to take
all, or nearly all, of them in out of the
wet By the time they reach hi wheel
they will be all fall fish.
COMMANDER OF THE OREGON
Captain Cook Mnr Have Charge of the
Uattle-shlp.
Washington, Aug. 20. Navy offloers
regard the Oregon as one of the finest
Bbip of the American fleet. There is
quite asoramble to getoommand of her
by officer who have reaohed the grade
in tbe navy entitling them to command
ships of her class. Some of tbe ships
are sent out under command of lieu-tenant-oommnnders,
others under oom
manders, but only captains are placed
in command of ships of tbe Oregon's
olass. It is said that Captain Cook,
who ha been W many years the chief
assistant of Admiral, Ramsey in the
bureau of navigation of the navy de
partment, will be selected for the com
mand ot the Oregon when she leaves
Washington. He ia a very fine officer,
and ono of the men who js destined
to make a good reoord if ever occasion
should require. It was just after the
war that Captain Cook, as midshipman
or enBign, went around Cape Horn
with the old Monadnock. She after
ward was left on the Paciflo ooast
Naval officers here -never tire of say
ing nice things about the Oregon, and
it is believed that as a battleship she ,
will prove more effective than any of
the fleet, if she is ever brought into
aotion.
Found on a Mountain Top,
San Franoisoo, Aug. 26. The his
toric reoord that was deposited rn the
windswept summit of Mount Brewer
thirty-two years ago has been found,
and by a young woman. Since 1864
tbe snow-oapped orest of this giant of
the Sierra that, with its fellow,
dominate the great Yosemite region
and looks down upon tbe lowlands of
Central California, has held iu its
stony olutob tbe only autbentio record
of the result of Profossor Brewer's
perilous ascent, made in 18G4 in the
interest of tbe United States geodetio
survey. The existence of the record
and the place where it reposed were
known to many, but for more than
three decades none were so bold as to
brave tho perils and hardships ot those
Boundless solitudes to seek it out and
give it to the world. It remained for
Miss Helen Gompertz, of Berkley, to
aooept the task aud overcome the diffi
culty that lay between her and the
seoret of the mountain top. The record
was found in a bottle buried in tho
BUOW. - '
nieycllttl In Hard Luck.
Chioago, Aug. 26. Two bioyolists
were killed, one probably fatally in
jured and several more or less seriously
hurt on the boulevards yesterday.
Those killed were Abraham Smith,
aged 16, who tried to pass in front ot
a Garfield-avenue oar, was mutilated
in a terrible manner by the wheel and
died in a few minutes. The second
man is unidentified. He was riding
along tbe railroad tracks and when the
Chioago & Northwestern train oame
along became oon fused and rode di
reotly in front ot the train.
Miss Jessie McKay, of Indianapolis,
was . struck by an Evaustou avenue
eleotrlo oar and burled a distnnoe of
twenty-five feet Her leg was broken
and she reoeived internal injuries. Her
ohanoes for recovery are small.
The injury of the others are not con
sidered serious boyond laying thorn up
for a day or two.
Bwltchllght Tender Killed.
Louisiana, Mo , Aug. 20. Milton
Davis, a switolight tender on tbe St
Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern rail
road at the station, was instantly killed
by a southbound freight last night.
In oompany with two women on a
trioyole be was en route to attend a
camp meeting at Ashburn. Tb
women esoaped by jumping.
Mistaken for a Bear.
Bangor, Me., Aug. 25. Charles
Potter, a guide at Minot, was shot and
instaulty killed at Doer Island by C.
T. Russell, of Boston, a boy of 15
years. Russell is a nephew of the
late ex-Governor Russell. Potter was
mistaken for a bear. He wa guiding
the party of whom young Russell was
a member.
The law in England now oompels
every oase of lead poisoning to be re
ported at onoe to the authorities.
TROUBLE FOR SPUN
In
a Fair Way to Lose
Phillipine Islands.
the
A CONSPIRACY 18 DISCOVERED
I Japan Said to Be at the Bottom of the
Trouble-Aim to Secure Com
j plete Independence.
Madrid, Aug. 24. An official dis
patch from Manilla announce the dis
covery in the Phillipine islands of a
separatist conspiracy, the object being
,to secure independence from Spain., j
; Accoramg to tne onioiai aa vices, rwei-
ty-one persons have already been ar
1 rested, several being Free Masons.
Tbe news has caused great excitement
in Madrid, and the police in conse
quence tonight raided the Hispano
Phillipine Club and seized a large
quantity of papers. . .
It is suggested by some of the papers
that Japan is endeavoring to foment
trouble in that part of the Spanish pos
sessions for the purpose of extending
the jurisdiction of ber island empire
over the Phillipine island. The
islands lie only about 250 miles south
of the newly acquired Japanese posses
sions of Formosa, a number of small
islands intervening. Spain's army in
tbe Phillipine islands is estimated at '
seven regiments of infantry and one of j
artillery, with a equad of cavalry,, the
effective force being 684 officers and
about 20,000 men. - . i I
While commenting on the outbreak j
in the Phillipine islands in the senate j
today, Senor Castellano, minister for j
the colonies, read several telegrams
from the governor of the islands, Cap-
tain-General Blanco. These telegrams ,
were that the conspirators aimed to se
cure tbe oomplete independence of tbe
Phillipine islands.
Senor Monterro Rico declared that
the liberal party was prepared to sup
port all government measure for the
maintenance ot Spanish integrity.
Nearly all of tbe opposition leaders in
the chamber made similar promises.
A BALLOON KITE.
j tions were opened, throwing light on
interesting Experiment Made at I'ort- j the natural history of the state, and
laud, Maine. , ! adding vastly to possibilities ot the
Portland, Me., Aug. 24 Charles agriculturist One of the problems
L. Lameon performed a feat here yes-; whioh Professcr Todd, chairman of
terday praotically demonstrating that the expedition, proposes to solve at hi
a large airship or lite capable of oarry- ; leisure concerns the agricultural bene
ing a man can be floated successfully; At of mixing the oretaoeoua soil and
and steadily. He raised his ship with ' the silts and marl of tbe terKrty for-
a dummy man on ouu ieei. j.ne reiaiu- '
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ing rope broke when the 6hip was at ; n aiso intends 10 iook ior means oj
that altitude. Had it not been for whioh the day solution called water
this break Mr. Lamson wonld have in the bad land can be precipitated
sent up a man to navigate his ship, i and made fit for drink, and to dis
As it wa, W. A. Eddy, an authority ; cover, if possible, new water courses
on aen il exoeriments. declared that i in the barren region where a water
Lamson' achievement was the great
est step toward solving tbe problem of
aerial navigation of the age. Two reo
ord, at all events, Lamson made. He
flew the largest kite or airship ever
floated; he carried by means of this
kite the heaviest weight to the greatest
altitude on record.
The kite when in the air resembles
two large boxes parallel to eaoh other
and attached in tbe middle. It took
fifteen men to carry the ship into tbe
field from wbioh it was to be sent up.
The retaining oord was a large braided
window cord, tested to pull 500
pounds. This was made fast to a huge
reel, and four men attended to it
About 400 feet of tbe rope was run
out along the ground and at a signal
from Lamson the ship was release! It
quivered a moment, and then steadily
rose skyward. Seated on the car of
tbe ship was a dummy, weighted to
150 pounds. The ship carried it
without any perceptible jar. . It rose
to an altitude of 600 feet, and was
lising steadily when, with a sudden
gust of wind, snap went the rope,
showing what a tremendous pressure
was brought upon it by tbe ship. The
ship floated out a bait mile and de
scended a easily and gracefully as it
went up. Had a man been in the car
he would not have been harmed in the
slightest.
Ammunition In Hay.
New Orleans, Aug. 24. Informa
tion is reoeived by the Macheoba
Steamship Company, whose ship ply
between here and Central American
rnrfa tViot a nnnslfmmMir. nf hav on the
I'-'-i - - o . vt
last trip of the steamship Wander"
contained contraband good. Thxf Jjation waa greatly exoited, more than
learned that twelve bales of hay wh 1,000 people being present Women
had been shipped by a Cincinnati juai and men stood on the chairs to watoh
to R. E. Caldwell, an AmericanIm- tne outoome. Finally order was re
porter, on being opened by odstoms gtored, but the services were shortened
officials had been found to oontain
8,000 cartridges and other munition'
of war. It has been also discovered
that two similar shipments have been
made to Caldwell and H. C. Park, at
Port Barrois. It is not known whether
the munitions were intended for Cuba
or for an uprising in Guatemala.
Caldwell ba been arrested, and the
state department will be notified.
Debarred From Citizenship.
Washington, Aug. 24. A young
German was debarred from citizenship
today after a praotical demonstration
that be oould not read the English
language. Judge Cole, of the supreme
ocurt, held that no one is entilted to
ozenshlp who cannot read English.
Bright Outlook for Harvest in Idaho.
Mosoow, Idaho, Aug. 21. The de
mand for harvest hands here is great
The wages range from (2 to (3 a day.
Tbe yield is good, in some plaoe run
ning forty-five bushel to the aore.
The outlook for tbe crop is bright
Young man, don't forget that the
world is watching you, and most of us
are more ready to charge your acoonnt
with something bad than something
good.
NO HELP FOR THE BOY.
: lie Drown In a Gulch Before
Celp
Reaches Him.
I Portland, Or. Ang. 26. Ernest
j Carter, the 9-year-old son of Mr.
Charles Carter, who reside at 167
Grand avenue, fell from a trestle In
Sullivan's guloh yesterday morning at
about 8:30, and wa drowned before
help oould reach him. The boy bad
been In the water over an hour before
the body wa recovered.
Ernest Carter and another boy named
Frank Pritchard, went down on the
O. E. & N. railroad track In Sul
livan' galch In the morning. About
200 yards east from the Grand avenue
bridge the railroad crosses from the
north side of the gnloh to the south
Bide over a trestle, whioh ia fully
twelve feet aboye
the water. The :
water i quite deep at this point Tbe
boy proceeded along tbe railroad track
to this trestle, and, it seems, undertook j
to cross over it They had not
They had not gone '
i very far before they beard the train
I coming from the east Tbe train
swings around the ourve and is not seen
j until it reaches the trestle, but is easily
; heard. Tbe boy started back. The
Pritchard boy reached the end in safe
, ty, but Ernest failed to get off the
j trestle. Just bow he came to fall is
, not known, but is it supposed when he
found be oould not reach the end of
'' the trestle be got out on the end of a
bent and then fell off before the train t
oame on the trestle. The aooident
either ooourred this way, or he stum
bled and fell.
IN THE BAD LANDS.
Dliooverlei Made by a Geological
Ei.
ploring Party.
Sioux City, Ia., Aug. 26. The geo
logical exploring party from the South
Dakota state university which left
Vermillion, S. D., early in the summer
for a tour of the "bad lands," ha re
turned with a collection of specimens
weighing nearly a ton. Charaoteristio
specimens of about twenty extinct
ipeoies of vertebarte were found, to
gether with twice that number of in
dividual. The most valuable was the
oomplete skull of a titanotherium, a
kind of gigantio bog with horns.
Many forms not yet determined were
included in tbe collection,
. The records of many geological seo-
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supply is at present unknown.
SUCCEEDS HOKE SMITH.
Ex-Governor Francla It Appointed Sec
retary ot the Interior,
Buzzard' Bay, Aug. 26. The an
nouncement was made by President
Cleveland at Gray Gables tonight of
the appointment of David R. Francis,
ex-governor of Missouri, a secretary
of tbe interior, vice Hoke Smith, who
recently resigned tbe secretaryship be-
oause of his financial view. Mr.
Francis will probably assume office
September 1 , aa that is the date named
in Seoretary Smith' resignation, ,
A Fight in a Church. .
Maoon, Ga., Aug. 26. A sensation
was oaused in tbe leading Methodist
ohurob last night by a difficulty be
tween Rev. Alonzo Monk, pastor' of
the ohurob, and Tilden Adamson, a re- ,
porter of the Daily Telegraph. Adam
son reported the reverend gentleman's
sermon last Sunday, whioh was pro
nounced by the pastor to be inoorrect
At last night's servioe tbe Rev. Mr.
Monk wa pretty severe on the reporter,
and refieoted on him in auoh a manner
as to oause Adamson to resent it at the
end ot the sermon. Going to the pul
pit, the young man demanded an ex
planation ot the doctor's remark. - An
exohange of word angered both, where
upon they grappled each other. Dea
oons rushed forward, and an exoiting
exohange of blows between ' them and
tbe reporter followed. Tne newspa-
perm,
.an stood firm and defended him-
as best he oould against odd.
nnlina vara BAnt fnr ' Tha nnnevra.
by the scene.
Killed In a Sparrlug Content,
Van Buren, Ark , Aug. 28. While
sparring ' yesterday morning Emsie
Williams was hit on tbe left breast by
Will Clark and sank down and died
immediately. Clark waa examined by
the coroner, who aoquitted him, the
verdiot being exousable homioide.
William was a farmer and leave a
large family. "
Andree' Scheme Failed.
Tromsoe, Norway, Aug. 26. Pro
fessor Andree arrived here from the
Danish island on tbe Virgo, having
apparently abandoned for thi year the
attempt to oros the Arotio region in
a balloon.
Mississippi Boat Beached
Memphis, Aug. 25. The steamer
City of Hickman, from St Louis to
New Orleans, struck an obstruction
this afternoon at Island 40, about
twelve miles north ot Memphis, and
was badly ' disabled. A big bole was
torn in the Hickman' bottom aud the
officer beaohed her to prevent her link
ing. All the passengers were taken off.
She will be a total log.
Virginia posses the greatest mag
neiium mine in the world. '
NORTHWEST BREVITIES
Evidence ot Steady Growth
and Enterprise. -ITEMS
OF GENERAL . INTEREST
From All tha Cities and
Towns of th
Thriving ititer Statei
-Oregon.
One farmer of Curry county n9 ;
; shipped 2,000 head of sheep this season j
;nd expeots to ship 8,000 more. .
The Brooks HoDerower' Co-operatira a
Association, baa decided to pay piok-
era 25 cent per bos of nine bushel
during the Coming season. J
0ne firm at St Helens shinned thi '
ason i40 oi tam0Bm f0. .blob
the fishermen received, at 4 Man . v
pound, the prevailing price, U,200. 4
A Cincinnati firm baa oontraoted
to purchase 20,000 pound of hops near
Salem. The price agreed upon i 6)
cent, with an advance of 4 cent at
picking time. '
A tramway three mile long ha beenf
built to oarry log from the Rook creek j
district to the river for the Grande
nJe number company, ine wor
of delivery will beign in a few days.
A colony of 80,000 silk wormt - bar
concluded it cocoon spinning at Co- ,
quille. It is said the work has been
done much quicker thi season than be
for", and if anything the coooons are
better also. , . . . -
Two resident of Canyon City have
just returned after taking three car
loads of horse to .Memphis, Tenn.
They secured from (50 to (260 per head
for the horses,, which were an excep
tionally fine lot
The miners in the Pueblo district in
Harney oounty, are experiencing diffl-''
culty in working the placer' on ao
count of the scarcity of water at thi
time of year. Considerable development
work in the quarts claims is being
carried on. . . : ;
A Linn county firm have signed the
contract to build the bridge aorosa Cow
creek, at Glendale, and have gone to
that place to beign work. They were
also awarded the oontraot to repair the
bridge across the South Umpqua at
1 Roseburg, but have refused to sign the
j oontraot, fearing that the upper part
' of the bridge ia not strong enough to
support it while in the course of repair,
t In Benton county hereafter all offi
cial mut pay their own deputy hire.
Tbe county court at it session deter
mined not to make any allowance for
regular deputy hire, but to allow the
clerk (2 per day for one deputy for
eaoh day that the oircuit and commis
sioners' court be in session, and to also
allow said clerks (2 for eaoh deputy in
making up the tax and delinquent rolls,
and to allow the sheriff (2.60 per day ,
for two deputies while the jury ia in
attendance on the oircuit court
The rheriff a in tbe different Oregon
counties are allowed depntie a fol-;
lows: Baker and Union, each , one at ,
(1,200 and one at (900; Wasoo and
Grant, each one at (1,200; Douglas,
Malheur and Morrow, eaoh one at1
(1,000; Clatsop, one at (1,260, one at
(800; Jaokscn, one at (l,B0O;f Harney,
one , at (960; Liun, Polk, Sherman,
Tillamook and Yamhill, each -one at
(600; Coos, one at $700; Lane, one at
(75 and one at (60; Marion, two for
(2,500; Washington, one at (500;
Multnomaht thirteen at (75 to (150. .
- Washington. . i
Government Timber Inspector Atkin
son is after a number of Skagit river
homesteaders, who have been cutting
timber on government land. ..,,. ,
Tbe Wenatohee- fruitgrower have
perfected an organization for the pur- r
pose ot getting their produot' on the
market to better advantage. 'M
The Centennial, flour mill, at Spo- -kane,
ha been olosed down for repair,
and wben it resume operation it will
have a oapaoity of 800 barrel per day,
making it by far the largest mill in the
state. - .i. :,.,.,
Bee, for some reason, seem to be
growing more plentiful in Whitman '
county, say. the Garfield Enterprise;'
Several swarm are oaptured eaoh tea-'
sen, when a few years ago tuoh an oo
ourrencee was a rarity.
A orew of men are now at work on a
1, COO-acre farm on the Snohomish
river, preparing it for a oolony ot Hol
landers, who are expected to arrive in
a short time. A big farm boose has
been finished and a quantity of stock
has already been secured. ,
A prominent Spokane hogbuyer eay
tbtlt bogs will bring a better price in
the near future, as several packing
houses will be constructed in tbe state
by Eastern capitalists, and that there
will be a market on the coast from now
on for all the hogs that will be raised.
Tbe salmon run on the Snohomish
river ba begun and there 1 every
prospeot that it will be a large one.
This is the year for the extra big run of
silver salmon, as they are supposed to
run in greater number 'every fourth
year, and it ha been four year sinoe
there waa a big run. The fish buyer!
are paying 2 cents per pound undressed.
The several new cannerie on tbe
Sound make tbe demand for fish very
great
Richard Butte, a Oolville miner, it
said to have invented a device by the
aid ot which he l enabled to locate
living water at varying depth under
ground. He refuse to ' divulge bit
method for , determining the where
about of the water, but the method ap-,
parently differ from the Keutuoiy
goose-bone or tbe ordinary Mick of tbe
water witch, ioamucb s he find ths
depth b; tbe aid of mathematics ,
The attempt at Eeunewick to asses
the dlitriot for irrigation purposes ba
beet toted dewn.
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