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The lnlILLSBR TOGO M X s VOL. EVENTS OF THE DAI Epitome ot the Telegraphic News of the World. TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIEE8 Aa Interesting Collection of IUurtm th Two Hemispheres r relented a a CsidtiHd Tons. Four persons weie killed at Nan terra, France, by a boiler explosion In oar bou factory. The damage It 100.000. William Stelnway. the well-known pl no manufacturer, died in New York f typhoid fever. Be bad been ilok for a year. Thirteen prlaoneri r soaped from a Jail in Wyandotte, Kan. Three have been oapturtd and the offloera are in pursuit of the ot tor. Rev. P. M. Hill, formerly a mission ary fri China, waa stricken with paraly li while delivering a aermon at hit obnroh in Beutonville, Ark. He oannot reoover. ; George W. Hill, a well-known printer and atatiouer, of Portland, Or., abot and killed himself. He waa of despondent nature, aud aboot five yeara ago attempted anioide by taking mor phine. Farmera in the vlotnity of Taooma have lnat many thousands of bnahela of potatotee beoanae ot the oold One farmer bad 6,000 baabela atored in hia barn, and nearly the wohle lot waa de tioyed, The prlaoneri in Bedford, Ind., made a deapeiate effoit to eioape by letting fire to the jail. But for the timely discovery of the Are by the sheriff, some of them would have escaped, and othen would hava been cremated. Fifleen-yearold Emma Taylor, an orphan, baa been held at an important witneei against four men who, on Thanksgiving night, attempted to rob a ear full of paaaengera in Kanaaa City. The young girl aaya that aba made the maiki for the robbera and knew their plana. It ia believed by the po lioe that the girl waa eeized by the gang and made to do their bidding. Advioea reoeived at Tampa, Fla., from Havana are that Weyler will aoon iaane another tobaooo order prohibiting the asportation of remedioa tobaooo irom toe islands oi uuba. This waa not lnolnded in hia other order, and a great deal baa been exported. Havana manufacturers have petitioned Weyler to oloae the Cuban porta to thia to baooo, a I Northern and Eaatern manu facturers were buying all of it for ex portation to tbla country. A dynamite explosion occurred at Kouslele by whloh several persons were killed. The latest reports from Russia are to the effect that the winter orop through out the aonth, exoepting in the C. a- casus, ia in a fairly favorable oondiiton. ' A Singapore dinpatoh to the London Time aaya the Spaniards have been de feated by the insnrgenta in the Philip pine islands, with the loss of 800 ot their men. The strike In the gaa works, in Bor deaux, whioh necessitated the oalling in ot the aoldiera to assist in the works to save the oity from being left in dark neaa, baa ended in a compromise. At Webster's sawmill, on Deep Creek, in Washington, Engineer B. F. Elmore waa oanght by a abaft and in atantly killed. The body wai fright fully mangled. ; The first serious frontier inoident in a long time occurred near Monster, when a German forest guard shot an alleged French poaoher, inflicting a flesh wonnd. The French government trill inquire into the oaae. While the employea of the Thiels enamel faotory, of Hambnrg, Germany, Were going to work a body of atrlkera attacked them and a free fight followed. Shots were fired, several persona seri ously wounded and many arreata made. A Paria dispatch aaya the trial of Basin's patent roller boat, whioh it ia alleged would shorten the Atlantio pas sage to ninety-six bonra, la expeoted to ooour in the middle of December aoroas the English ohaunel from Havre, in the presence of distinguished naval author ities and possibly ot Preaident Faure, who ia interested in the experiment. A disastroua prairie fire swept over the Seminole country, Oklahoma. Six teen persons, it is reported, were i burned to death by the raging flames. A. A-L'fltholio mission was aavod by the herolo work of Sistera Freda and Kirk. The two sistera fought the flames for two hours with blankets, and aaved the lives of twenty Indian pupils. The fire was staited by ontlawa, who were fleeing fri'in a posse of deputy marshals. Id est of the people burned were bait breed Indians, v, , . . J'be sugar planters of the Island of lfaantue have decided to join with .;' . ;tboHe Of the British East Indies in rep. refutations to the government of Great Britain regarding the sugar bounties paid by foreign countries, with the -view of brlngiugg about some counter acting influeuoe to enable planters there to compete more fairly with their for eign rivals. Delegates have been ap pointed to present the grievances in the proper quarter. One of tho boldest robberies ever perpetrated oobnrred in Alameda, Cal. Two unknown men oalled Charlie Berry from hia house and relieved him of 45 in gol 1 Berry went home late and was followed by the robbers, but did not know it at the time. He waa oalled to the door by repeated knook ings, and upon opening it he ras grabbed by the men. His mouth waa oloaed by one and the entire pocket out be carried the money. The men then mad their eeoape in the darkness. ' "" --" - ... -....I,....,... ,. . ., , . . . .. , t Uprising In Uruguay A Buenos Ayres dispatch atatea that the revolution under way in the Uru guayan republio is gradually gathering strength. Its exact proportions are as yet unknown, as the telegraph com panies have been seized by the govern ment and nothing ia allowed to oorae out. It ia reported, however, that there have been several hot akirmisbea on the frontier between the rebela and government forces. Several houses have been burned, it is said, and sev eral were killed on eaob aide. A Nervy Jeweler. Four men entered Jaoob Ntedllkow'a jewelry store In Milwaukee, Wis., and attempted to rob the plaoe. Two cov ered the proprietor with revolvera and ordered hira to open the safe. He grap pled with the men, who opened fire on bim, shooting Mm in the hand. The jewler'a wife entered and several shots were fired at ber and ber child. The robbnra were then frightened off, and being pursued were oaptured. Woman Vires Upon Burglars. At Coland creek, Virginia, Mrs. Elisabeth Belober, who ia reputed to have money at ber home, beard bur glars working at a back door. She stole out with a Winchester, saw three men at the door and fired three shots at them. The burglars fled. They were traoked more than three miles by blood stains. Slim Thousand Mob Out. The American Company 'a lighters and ahlp cleaners In Hamburg, Ger many have joined the big atrike there, and eleven thousand men are now out Rebellion In Madagascar. Dispatches from Antananarivo aay rebellion in Madagaaoar ia rampant, and in the violnity of the oapital trad is paralysed. Disastrous Fire la Portland. The extensive slant of th Inman. Poulaen Lumber Company, of Port land. Or., waa almoat oomrjletalv Ha. stroyed by fire Thankarivina evaninv. The fire was discovered by the night watchman, and in an inoredible spsoe of time the entire plant waa a seethino cauldron of flames. The loss sustained is about 186,000, covered by insuranoe in numeroua oompanies to the extent of about 140,000. The most distressing result of the fire ia that 160 men are thrown out of employment, temporarily at a aeaaon of the year when thev oan ill afford to be idle. The firemen on duty did good servioe. but oonld not da muoh exoept to prevent the spread of the flames. Just how the fire originat ed ia diffloult to determine, but it is supposed to have been caused by spon taneous combustion. Mr. Robert D. Inman, of the oopmany, says that al though sustaining a heavy lues be is not at all disheartened and will rebuild as aoon as possible. It was fortunate that a strong east wind waa blowing aa it oarried the flames out over the river and the lumber piled up in the yard sontb of the mill eaoaped almoat alto gether. Had the flames reaohed the lumber, tbt loss would have fallen heavily upon the mill company, as more man 170,000 worth of lumber was stored there. Americans In London. The second Thanksgiving dinner of the American Society, of London, took place in the grand hall of the Hotel Ceoll In that oity. Henry S. Welcome, obairman of the society, presided, in the aabenoe of the United States am bassador, who, with Mrs. Bayard, waa "commanded" to dine with the queen, at Windaor castle. The dinner was on a more elaborate aoale than any of the previous gathertnga ot the society, and about 800 ladiea and gentlemen were present. The ball waa splendidly dec orated. A special feature of the orna mentation, in addition to the stars and stripea, whioh were everywhere dis played, waa a quantity ot American corn specially brought over tor the pur pose. Many Amerloan dishes were on the menu, and some immense pump kins had a share in providing the good things for the table. Behind the ohair oooupied by Mr. Welloome was a repre sentation of the statue of Liberty and a large American eagle, and near the obairman, on a pedestal, was an enor mous pumpkin, sent as a present to Mr. Bayard, whose absence waa muoh re gretted. In the middle ot the dinner there was a surprise for the guests when each one reoeived a leather-bound aouvenlr book containing the portraita ot Mr. Bayard and the American preii dnnta, iuouding President-eleot Mo Kinley. Mr. Bayard's letter of apology tor not attending, and wishing "God speed to the land we all love," was fol lowed by a telegram from the United States ambassador .at Windsor oaatle, in which be said: "Your oharming souvenir ot the day we oelebrate has just been reoeived, and the oopy for her majesty will be presented before your dinner is over. All who love the United States and Great Britain will join in the mutual congratula tions over the peaoef ul relations of the English-speaking people ot the world." Mr. Bayard's sentiments were greeted with loud oheers, and Mr. Welloome, the obairman of the sooiety, in allud ing to Mr. Bayard 'a regretted absenoe, aid that it was a good omen that the United States ambassador was the guest of the queen at a Thanksgiving dinner. The toast to the queen was honored with unusual energy. . 'V Oregon's Trial Bueoets. The battleship Oregon has just re turned from a short oroiw, undertaken to give a board ot inspection an op portunity of looking her well over. It was given out unofficially that the trial had been a very great success, and that the board was highly pleased with the ship in all details, though the real find lngs will not be made publlo until they are sent to headquarters in Washing, ton in the form of an official report, and from there given out IIILLSIJORO, OHECJOX, TIIUHSDAY, I) EC EM RE It 3. 189i. ZT, HAS A FULL CALENDAR House Not Likely to Dispose of Much Legislation. THE IMPORTANT BILLS MAY PASS Over fourteen Hundred Have Boon Reported by the Various Commit-teas-Funding Bill's Chanoee. Washington, Deo. 1. It is not prob able that the house, at the ooming ses sion ot congress, oan dispose ot muob of the proposed legislation whioh en oumbera its oalendars. Little ia usually accomplished at the short session be yond the passage of the regular supply bills. Still, the house, with its instru- mentalitiea for the expedition of busi ness, oan aooomplisb a great deal in a brief time. The Question of additional revenues for the government will depend on the senate, to wbion body the bouse sent the Dinelev bill almoat a vaar a on. Should it be impossible, or be deemed inexpedient to press that measure through the senate, there is of oourse a possibility that the proposal to in crease the revenues bv an additional tax on beer or the imposition of a duty On tea. coffee, etc.. mav take tanrihla form, and, if so, suoh legislation must originate, under the constitution, in the lower branch of oongress. There are on the several oalendars of the bouse 1,465 bills reported from the various oommlttees, and the portion which will pasa at the ooming aession must be necessarily almost infini tesimal. Most of them are of oourse, private bills (of whloh there are 1,100), but there are also 250 bills on the cal endar on the state of the Union, and 99 pnbllo bills on the regular house calen dar. Some of these are of very great publlo importance, and those interested will no doul, 2q all in their power to secure action lor them. The power lodged in the bands of the oommittee on rules, whioh gives the members of that oommittee control ot the bouse programme, will make that oommittee the practical arbiter of what shall be submitted to the house for aotion. That oommittee ia com posed at present of the speaker, Hen derson of Iowa, Dalsell of Pennsyl vania, and MoMillin ot Tennessee. The death of ex-Speaker Crisp oreatea a vacanoy at the bead ot the minority of the oommittee, whioh must be filled by the speaker. The names principal ly mentioned in oonneotion with the vacanoy are Bailey of Texas, Cathcings of Mississippi, Turner of Georgia, Riohardson of Tennessee, and Dookery of Missouri. The bill, which, in many respeots is fraught this time with most ineterest, and whioh will press hardest for con sideration is the Paoiflo raiload funding bill. The bonds guaranteed by the government are payable early in the ooming year, and either an extension or a foreclosure stares the roads In the jtaoe. For eight yeara, funding bills have oooupied a good share of the atten tion of oongress. The present bill, of whloh Mr. Powers ot Vermont is the author, was reported shortly before the close ot the last aession. Everything will be done by those interested in it to seoure consideration. The friends of the Nloaragua oanal are also bendina everv enercv to snanra action on the bill reported by Mr. Doo- little, which provides for a guarantee by the United States of $100,000,000 of bonds for the construction of the oanal. The war claims oommittee, whioh showed fight on several occasions at the last session, nromise to renew muttm. aiveness this winter, especially for the passage oi tne olaima awarded under the Bowman not and the Frenoh SDolia- tion olaima. These claims, the former amounting to $562,469, and the latter to $9,708,196, were put on the sundry oivil bill at the last session as a rider of the senate, but the bill was vetoed by the president, and they were then dropped. Mr. Mahon. who ia ohair. man of the war claims committee.will also press the Pennsylvania border olaima, whioh have been pending in oongress for years. The Loud bill, to onre the abnsni nf the law relating to seoond-olass mall matter, of which newspaper matter Is transmitted at one oent per pound, and whioh has been the subject of muoh Oritioism bv the DOstoffloe dennrtmnnt because of the advantage taken of the law in various ways for the transmis sion of books and namohleta. will also be pressed, as will be the Pickler serv ioe pension bill.wbioh oooupiesa favor able position on the calendar aa a privi leged report Dynamited a Train. Havana. Deo. 1. Several well-known Insurgent leaders have dynamited a military train running alone the trooha from Juoaro to Moron in the western portion of Puerto lrinoipe. Several oars were smashed, and the insurgents then attaoked an iron-plated car, in whioh was the train's eaoort of twenty five men and offloera. An armored en gine was sent in pursuit ot the column. Colonel Arminnn, arriving1 upon the scene, the insurgents retreated, leaving eight killed and carrying away their wounded. The military escort of the train bad one effloer and eight soldiers wounded and two killed. Aged Couple Asphyxiated, Fredonia, N. Y., Nov. 80. Rev. Holman Reynolds and his wife were to spend Thanksgiving day with their neioe, Mrs. Frank Howard. When the aged oonple did not appear Mrs. How ard visited their house and found Mrs. Reyonlds at the point of death and Mr. Reynolds dead. Esoaping gaa was the cause. The war department estimates for the next fiscal year aggregate $52,875,-It. WEEKLY MARKET LETTER. Downing, Hopkins Co.'s Bevlew of Trade. Portland, Or., Deo. 9. Wheat prioes last week reaohed the highest point thus far on the orop, and the close was near the top. Compared with its value at the olose of the third week in November, it was at the olose of the fourth week's business 4 6-8o higher for December and 40 higher for the May delivery. The lower prioes during the third week were not the result of any obange in the indica tions whioh previously existed of pros pective soaroity in the future, but weie entirely due to the necessities of certain features of the speculative trade whioh make the approaoh of an Important de livery of the stocks in store on specula tive purobases a tenor to impecunious buyers. No matter bow unchanged may be the opinion ot a buyer of wheat for December delivery In the aubstan tial wisdom of his purohase, if he has not the needful cash- to pay for the goods when the grain is on the point ot being tendered to him he has to sell at whatever sacrifice. Nothing has oc curred slnoe a week ago to make it less probable now than then that the world'a wheat supply is smaller than ita needs. The demand from Austra lia for American wheat is aa urgent as before; India continues to be a buyer instead of a seller of wheat, as in or dinary seasons, and the oomins ciod of Argentina gives no better promise of more than a very middling yield than it did before. We remarked in our letter last week that "It well mav hn that sharp deolines are in order. " But we aadea tnat "they will only furnish opportunitiea for buying to srreater ad vantage." We still bold to this view ot the case and advise purchases on every little decline. RETALIATION SUGGESTED. Austria Discriminates A gainst Our Oluooea. Washington, Deo. 8. Retaliation gainst the Enranean countries that seek to destrojf gested by Un8 eral M. Judd.we that the Austrian gluoose prdducenrf Anlnn V.i - ........ -I - . -i uuutug viivi. HUB, JUWUrUB W lUBUt the ratea asked by Americana, appealed to their government, and the latter has increased the duty on imported gluoose from 7 to 8 florins per 100 kilos, to take effect Deoember 1. This is aimed diroetly at America, as the United States ia the only oountry oompeting for this trade, and it will abut us out from farther sale of syrup. Mr. Judd says: "It has been this wav with other ar ticles for whioh Americans found a foreign market. If it was not a tariff measure, some other obstacles have orippled their efforts to maintain the trade. Would not a threatened retali atory measure, say against poroelain and glassware, have the desired effect ot possibly preventing the intended obange from going into effect?" Beady for Service. Philadelphia, Deo. 8. The new ar mored cruiser Brooklyn, whioh earned for ita builders a premium of $300,000, will go into commission tomorrow morning at League island navy yard. This is in pursuance of a request of the government reoeived over a week ago, and as a consequence of whioh Cramps' men have been working night and day to have the big vessel finished in time. All work beyond a few finishing touohes was praotically oompleted to night, and at 8 o'clock tomorrow morn ing, four tugs will tow ber to the navy yard, where the oustomary formalities will be gone through with. Due to Buielan Influence. London, Deo. 1. The Constantinople correspondent of the Standard disousses the refusal of admission to the Dardan elles ot Greek, Dutch and American atationariea, whioh ia attributed to Russian influence. The Amerloan and Greek subjects, adds the correspondent, are annoyed at their governments for not showing more energy with a view to obtaining the privileges granted to the groat powers. Many Killed In a Panic Bombay, Deo. 1. A fete organised at Baroda in honor of the visit of the Earl of Elgin, vioeroy of India, has had a terrible outcome in the killing of twenty persons and the injuring of many others by a great orush ot num bers in a panio whioh occurred in the oourse of the fete. Nothing is known as to how the panio developed. Succeed Viscount Dough. - Washington, Deo. l.Amhassadoi Pauncefote has been officially notified of the appointment of Maurice de Bun sen as seoretary of the British embassy at this oapital. The new seoretary has been distinguished in diplomatio serv ioe in a number of the oapitals of En rope, and the Orient, and he suooeedi Viscount Gough, the present seoretary, who will go to Germany. Shot Through the Hand. Independence, Deo. 3. J. O. RoS' sell, son of J. J. Russell, of Mon mouth, was out hunting last Saturday, While standing with one hand over the muscle ot bis rifle, the gun was discharged in some way, and the bullet went through hia hand, and so olose to his body as to burn bis olothing. Washington, Deo. 8. Robert E. Marshall, 84 years old, superintendent of the Altoona division of the Penn sylvania railroad, shot himself at his brother's house, in Washington, today. Marshall was one of the most valued yonng men in the Pennsylvania servioe. He had been suffering from acute ner vous trouble, resulting from overwork. He was a son of J. W. Marshall, oon snl to Leeds during the war, and as sistant postmaster-general under Preai dent Grant THE FKbLDUM OF CORA Bourke Cockran's Eloquent Plea for the Patriots. HE CBGED AM INTERVENTION It la Time, Be Declared, That the President Should Make Knowa Bla Views. New York, Nov. SO. St Leo's church waa crowded with Cubans and their sympathisers this morning, when a requiem mass was oelebrated in memory of the eisht Havana medi. cal students who were executed by the Spanish in the oity of Havana, on No vember 27. 1871. The services warn oonduoted by the Riv. Father Daoey. Referring to the Cuban struggle for liberty, Father Duoey said the spirit displayed by the pa trio ta ia eve greater than that of the patriots who founded this oountry. Another servioe was held tonight ia Cblckering hall, whioh was orowded. Bourke Cookran, Charles A. Dana, En rique Verona and Dr. Burnett wen the speakers. All the members ot the Cuban junta bad seats on the platform. Bourke Cockran's speech waa one of the most eloquent ever made by bim. He urged intervention by tbia govern ment in the interest of civilization and humanity. He aaid the annexation of Cuba would put this oountry on a foot ing with barbarous Spain. When, however, the Cuban should breathe the air of froedom and desired to beoome a part of this republio then they oonld b treated aa equals and not the sub jects of oonquest. Further, he said that if neoessary, the Cubans should be allowed to purchase their freedom from Spain, and that, in the interest of peace, the United States should guar antee the payment of the bonds. However, it is time, he declared, that the executive should mnlro Vnmn "t'liia views upon the Cuban queation.and Iraadoru Would necome neoessary in manity, he favored arms. In conclusion, Mr. Cockran said: "This government must speak upon the Cuban question. Never before has so much power been vested in the exec utive. Will our president pronounce the word of doom or liberation? If he declares Cuba libre, that Sag (pointing to the stars and stripes) will be the symbol ot liberty and progress to man kind." A HOLD-UP THAT FAILED. Five Hen Tried to Bob an Electric Car, But Were Beaten Oft. Kansas City, Nov. 80. At midnight four men, led by Oscar Bridges, said to be a bridge and paraohute jumper, made an unsuooessful attempt to rob an eleotrio oar filled with passengers for Independence. Bridges was arrest ed after a desperate tussle with the motorman and brought here. The other men escaped, but their names are known. The gang ia said to be the same that held up the west-bound Chi oago & Alton passenger train just out side Indpendence about a month ago. This afternoon the police gave out the men's names as Oscar Bridges, Eu gene Ridgeway, Ernest Ridgeway and Alexander Repine. All are under 33 yeara of age. The Ridgeway boys live in Sheffield, a small suburb near the soene of the hold-up. Eugene ia a barber, Ernest a professional highway man. Repine has respectable narenta. and Uvea at Centeropolis, a suburb ot Kansas City. WILL MOVE TO PRINCETON. rreeldent Cleveland rurchaeet a Horn There. Princeton, N. J., Nov. 80. Rumors have been ourrent here soncerning Preaident Cleveland's intention ot making his permanent home at Prince ton. Nothing definite oonld be learned until this evening when Profraonr An. drew West returned from Washington, after having had an interview with the president Professor West 0BVM nnt the following statement: "President Cleveland has todav nnr. ohased the resldenoe of Mrs. A. J. 811- dell, on Bayard avenue, in Prinoeton, and will make Prinoeton hia perma nent home soon after the expiration ot his term as president Negotiations looking to thia end have been in pros- ress about three weeks, and were oon sumated today by the purohase ot the property." A Hyutery Cleared t'p. Tabor, Ia., Nov. 80. While hunt ing near Sidney todav some bova rile. oovered the badly decomposed body of a man, whioh on investigation proved to be that of Moses Yowell, who disap peared from Sidney about two months ago. Yowoll was postmaster at Sid ney, and the postoffloe authorities, sus peoting that all waa not oorieot in that office, sent an inspector to investigate the matter, who discovered a shortaao of abbout $800. Yowell stated that the money was at bia house, and was allowed to go alter it, but failed to re turn. Ottawa, Out., Nov. 80. A soandal is being investigated in the militia de. partment. It has been discovered that blankets whioh have been supplied to the miliita weie made bait of wol and half of shoddy, when tbo oontraot oalled for their Ning all wool It is said that there was oollusion between the department and the oontraotors. Aotive natures are rarelv melancimiv Aotivity and sadness are incompatible. Milk Is alwsvs sold by weight in Arabia. a lln"l'"Mi'siiiMii I NORTHWEST STORM. Lose of rio I.I Tee Reported-Djnamlte Ceed la t tearing Streeta. St Paul. Deo. 3. News from the great bliroard has been meager today. So far aa learned, only five lives have been lost Of course, nothing has yet been heard from the remote districts beyond the reach of the telegraph, and it may be another week before it oan be posiitvely stated that there has not been more serious lois of life. The streets of the snowbound Dakota towns are bieng cleared as rapidlas possible. The extremely oold weather has frozen the snow until the immense drifts have reaohed the proportions of gigantic icebergs. Dynamite ia being used to blast these out of the way, or dinary picks and shovels being unable to make any impression on them. Stock on the ranges has undoubtedly suffered heavily, and a fuel famine is threatened in many of the smaller towns in the Dakotas. Thia is by no means a trivial matter where the mer cury is ranging from 15 to 80 degrees below tsero. The raliorada are beginning to get their trains running again. The Great Northern got ita first train into St. Paul from the anowbound district this morning, and the Northern Paoifio re ports that its line is now open from Portland to St Paul. Delayed west bound transcontinental trains on thia road, which were reing held at Tower City and Fargo, left those points at 5 o'clock this even in?, and the outbound trains, held at Mandan, are moving, and will be due here tomorrow. The JTorthern Paoifio offioiala do not antici pate any further trouble, and expeot to have trains running on schedule time. Tonight, farms and farm buildings along six miles of the Chippewa river are under water. The flood is being added to hourly at the rate, of six inchea. and before morning, unless the gorge breaks, Chippewa Falls will be partly under water. At 9 o'clock to night,, basements ot all buildings on Spring atreet are flooded, and in some instaroes the lower floors are oovered. In 1894 a similar flood occurred, oaus ing a loss of many tbonaanda ot dollars. A great deal of railway property is any highway and beswent S3 NO ONE TO SA !f. A Blind Womau Burned to Death Neat Anacortei. Seattle, Deo. 3. A special to the Post-Intelligencer from Anacortes says that about 1 o'clock this morning fire destroyed the residence of H. McDon ald, a farmer, living six miles from here, and alsa.bujrned to death the only person in the house at the time, Mrs. MoDonald. The origin of the fire ia not known. Mr. MoDonald had goae to the home of his son-in-law, Henry Layton, leaving his wife, who was 70 years old, and blind, at home. The burning building was first seen by J. L. Satterlee, a neighbor, but before any one oould reaoh the spot the roof had fallen in. An examination of the de bris revealed the remains, terribly charred and almost unrecognisable, of the unfortunate woman. Want to Make New Coaet Bate. Denver, Deo. 3. A petition has been filed with tbe in tei state commerce commission in Washington by repre sentatives of tbe Santa Fe, Rio Grande, Rio Grande Western, South ern Paoifio, Colorado Midland and Union Pacific, asking that these roads be permitted to charge a less aggregate for longer distances between Colorado points and California than for shorter distances over the same lines. The purpose is that the railroads be allowed to make a sohedule Of lower ratea from Denver and other points in the atate to the Paoiflo ooast .than to Salt Lake. The interstate oommeroe commission has set the hearing on the petition for Deoember 18, at Washington. Workings or the Balnes Law. New York, Deo. 3. A legislative inquiry into the workings of the Raines exoise law was begun here to day. The oommittee on investigation consists of five members of the state senate, with Mr. Raines, the "father" ot the law, as ohairman. It is expeoted the hearing will oontinue throughout the week, and one of the star witnesses will be Polioe Commissioner Roosevelt. who last week gave out a newspaper Interview which in effeot pronounced tbe judgment upon the law that it oould not have been more inefficacious had those who framed it had the pur pose of making it a statute that oould not be enforoed. Three Boys Shot Oakland, Cal., Deo. 3. Three boyi met with a serious accident yesterday afternoon. John Donovan, Harry Canty and Jobn Strisoh, all 18 yeara of age, went out on tbe Alameda marsh to shoot quail with a shotgun. While crossing a oreek they passed the gun, whioh was oooked, from one to an other, handling it carelessly from stock tomuesle. The gun went off, when all three lads were in the line of fire. Canty reoeived nearly the whole charge in hia breast and faoe, and some ot the shot entered his lungs. He ia fatally Injured. Donovan's little, and third fingers were shot off, and 8trisoh re ceived a tew shot in the faoe, but tbe Injuries ot the two last named are not serious. Greece a Market for American Wheat. Washington, Deo. 3 United States Consul Horton, at Athens, in a report to the state department, aays that in oonseqnenoe of the bad wheat harvest in Russia, which supplies nearly two thirds of the wheat used in Greece, prioes of wheat are very high there and are still rising. He is oonfldent that there is a fine onening for the in troduction of American wheats into Greece, and offers to assist would-be exporters. NORTHWEST BE,;: Evidence ot Steady Crc and Enterprise. ITEMS Of GENERAL K7.L- rroae All the Cities and Tea's of I Thriving Bletar SUtee . Oregon- j:'t ' Baker City baa a movement W-il l der way to seoure a publio library. The Eagle woolen mills, at Ezowt: ' ville, now employs sixty-one men. There are about 500 bead of eatUs to. sale in Eagle valley, Union oounty. - The Bantiam river waa reported to ' have been higher last week that) lino the flood ot 1891. , Senator-elect Harmon, ot Coos, Curry and Josephine oountlea, makes pubUa bis approval ot a registration law. The people of Wallowa oounty want a special session of the cirouit eoark They have an overstock ot criminals they wish to dispose ot Prairie City, Grant oounty, bst bom seleoted ss the next meeting plaoa of tbe direotors ot the first Eastern On gon District Agricultural Sooiety. The hospital, employe's quartan a"tl laundry at the Warm Springs agenly have been oompleted and are bow awaiting to be turned over to the gov ror so tn gov new " ernment as soon as toe new rivca. The body ot Ferdinea, the ill-fated Arago, waa week on the beach, fifteen miles aorta of the Umpqua. The remains wan identified by papers found in too pockets. . Seven miles of the new motor rail, way grade between 'Waterloo, Sodavillo and Lebanon, are said to be now ready for the laying of rails. Onaooountof the bad weather work has bean discon tinued until text sprrhgV -t ( The oontraotors .jrbo ban been awarded the oontraot for furnishing and placing rook on the north jetty, on ppos bay, are preparing to begin work .emrtnvnej man i-lThrirrfc - ihepmenlnihe neighborhood of Monu ment, and drove to Arlington, from' which place he shipped to Chicago. His band will be fed and placed on tbt market later on. The material is on hand and tbo foundation of tbe cradle laid at Wall Bros mill in Myrtle Point, for the oon struotion ot a new steamer to run on the upper Coquillo. The machinery ot the old Cumtux will be used, and tbo new steamer will have the aame nam. ' A correspondent of tbe Independence West Side says: ' 'Fifty -one years ago, the hand that pens these lines waa paddling a canoe down the Willamette river. The writer started from the old William Prather plaoe, went to Lucka miute, stepped into the oanoe, and in three days was in Oregon City. Ho put into the oanoe what flour it would bear, and In five days was bank again at the plaoe from where, .be rt"' Tbas Garfield during the month ot October last, not oonnting wheat, amounted in value to about $6,000. A hayataok with a dozen obickens npon it went down the Columbia river last week. The fowls were resouea tor Thanksgiving purposes at Freeport There have been shipped out of T deen by express sinoe the lirst of gust 815,000 pounds of fresh tish.wl brings the value ot tbe season's oufuf, ot salmon up to almoat $100,000, or $1,000 per day. , The work of floating the Glenmorag has been stopped for tbe present All the men have been discharged, exoept the old bands. The heavy weather makes it impossible to do anything just now. When work oan be resumed is uncertain. The Spokane Falls A Northern Tele- graph Company baa completed the stringing of an additional wire from y Spokane to ffortnport, and thence oaa neotiug with Rossland. The batinesa of the company will probably Deaessl. tato the plaoing of another wire over tbe line to Nelson soon after the first ot the yoar. . . m The total oargo shipments by sixteen ot the leading mills ot Washington in ' the month of October, as offiolally re ported to tbe West Coast and Poget Sound Lumberman aggregated 87,737,. 013 feet of lumber, and 4,149,885 lath. Of the lumber, 14,944,647 feel went . foreign, and 88,380,465 feet want coastwise. Tbe total exoeeds Septam- ber by over 4,000,000 feet . '-' A winter muskmelon, oroaeaba, iia peculiar variety of froii tnat is being exhibited by Robert Ssorast . Th seed was brought to Oakesdale by J. 3. Duraut, from ; tbe Yakima oountry. The seed was planted in tbe spring and melons wsr? pioked tjiisfall. Tbe fruit looks lias ib ordinary melon, the only differanos being thafffli Winter melon will not ripen until it hat been laid away for a oonsidwable time. . The massivi Jam of logs whiob has been wedged, ittbetweeu tbt narrow walls of the mountains on the Kalama river, and ktfbwu aa the '"jam," is finally gone. : The ..recent high water took itoutcljean and deposited it in the boom at tbe mouth of ' tbe river. This mass of legs has been in there fi years, making a perteot ana sal orid) over tbe river, and bad been a bindi anoe to lodging on the Upper Kalamf A new town to be know aa 8ilvir,S,N has been started In the Mstbow distrtst 1 r 1 hi ti WE li 1 J"