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EVENTS OF THE DAI
Epitome ot the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TEfiSK TICKS FROM THE WIRES
DUTIES MAY GO UP.
e Be
Am Interesting Collection ef Items From
the Twl Rtmltphim PrmnUi
In a Condensed Form-
Ona Mellon, the American newspa
per correspondent, who is confined with
tliu Competitor crow in Cabanaa, Cuba,
1h reported to be ilyin,?.
It' is reported in Washington that
President McKinley will shortly send a
commission to Culm to participate In
tlio investigation of tho Uuia murder. .
The Uuitixl Press, having its prin
cipal office in New York, has made an
assignment for tlio benefit of its credit
ors. The collapse was duo to the with
drawal of four New York dailies.
KiglTt lives were lost by the wrecking
iff Pensiieola bur, Flu., of an oyster
nloon Ibound hi'iion from Ht. Andrews.
ThVeruft was caught in a squall, win
rwifinped and sank within a few min
n ten.
Tho sultan nf Morocco has prohibit
ed the usual pilgrim ago of his subjects
to Mecca, on account of tho prevalence
of plague in the dintriists through which
they must travel on thoir journey to the
ihrine,
Captain Meyers, of the steamer Dan
oho which has arrived In Victoria, re
(sirts that the steamer Willupa is now
complete wreck, waves having pound
ed her to pieces. The captain ami pas
lengors are still at Bella Bella.
A fctrikeof steam litters In New York,
In vvhitth .between 80,000 and 00,000
men may bo involved, has been de
clared. The bosses refused to longer
agree to tho conditions set forth by the
union and this precipitated tin) strike;
Other unions threaten to strike in sym
pathy. Tho secretary of slate has sent the
following identical note to all maritime
powers, about thirty or thirty-six in
number: "Tho Grant municipal in
augural coinmitteo has requested tlio
president to nflloially invito the mari
time nations to send warships to par
citipate in the ceremonies on April 27
next, when the Grant Monument Asso
ciation will formally deliver to tho city
of New York tho tomb ot General
Grant, erected by voluntary subscrip
tion, at Riverside park. It will be
gratifying to this government if this
invitation could bo accepted."
The secretary of the treasury is in re
ceipt of information from the minister
...cf.Iokio,Jajan,thirt (luring tho pres
ent session of tlio Japanese diet, n gov
ernmental coinage bill will bo presented
for consideration by that Jmdy, which
Will, if passed, change the" standard of
lvalue in Japan from silver to gold. It
ls proposed to fix tho government ratio
between the two metals at 33 to 1. The
, unit of value will he a gold yen, which
i will bo one-half tho weight and value
of the old gold yen, which is tho same
weight and fineness as tho gold dollar
of the United States. Tlio proposed
unit of valuo wiil, therefore, be tho ex
act equivalent of DO cents in United
States money.
Senator Lindsay, from tho commHteo
on judiciary, has reported tho bankrupt
cy bill substantially ns it was reported
by Senator Tellor, during the last con
, gam
Nineteen business buildings in
Bloomington, Wis., were burned. The
fire originatod in a saloon at 1 o'clock
in tho morning. The total loss is $50,
000, with light insurance.
The senate in executive session con
firmoil tho nomination of Willis Van-
deventer, of Wyoming, to bo assistant
nttorney-gonoral; Charles Schaller to
be major, ordnance department of the
army. .
A draft of the treaties between the
Transvaal republic and the Orange Free
State have been concluded at Bloemfon
tein, the oapital of tho latter republic,
and are published in Pretoria. They
give the burghers in each state a fran
chise in either republic and tho two re
publics agree to support one'anotlier in
case of attack. The treaties must be
ratified by the volksrauds of both re
publics. The secretary of the treasury has au
thorized tho oolleotor of customs at For
dinando to issue clearance papers to the
suspected filibuster Bermuda, now at
that port. These instructions were is
sued upon receipt of an affidavit made
by the oaptain ot the Bermuda, pledg
ing himself not to enter Cuban po.rts nor
to take on arms or ammunition to be
transferred to another vessel on the
high seas or to do any act in violation
of the laws of the United States.
The strike on the Erie canal, at Pon-
si illoton, N. Y., has assumed a serious
Jj-Uspfcot. -The stonemasons were attacked
Vfoy sixty Italians,- beoause they refused
J- Ito quit work. Sheriff Kinney ordered
fthe Italians to return to their cabins.
They refused, and were reinforced by
Polacks, whereupon tho sheriff ana
posse fired a volley at them. The men
ran from the fiold. Three Italian pa
drones' have been arrested and brought
to Lockport. Twenty-five , men are at
work on the canal under guard of a
dozen deputy sheriffs.
The ' Brooks locomotive works, of
Dunkirk, N. Y., has resumed on full
time. The force has been greatly in
creased during the past week. It ia
expected the full force will be employed
in all tho departments before April 1.
Sylvester Sc(g.;V,lflont
who was imprisoned in Cuba, has ar
rived in New York on board the Segur;
anoa, from Havana. Mr. Scovel was in
the best of health, and stated that a
great deal of sympathy had beon wasted
on him, as he had been treated with
jyreat consideration and kindness.
An Important Tariff Amendment
Introduced.
Washington, March 81. The proposi
tion that all goods imported after a cer
tain date, before the enactment of the
new tariff bill, shall bo made to pay
duties carried by the bill, is likely to
crystalizo into definite form.
Tho subcommittee of the ways and
means committee, consisting of Dalzcll,
Tawny and Grosvenor, have considered
the legal aspects of the plun carefully,
amrSfTTaTifcd opinions from lawyers to
the effect that the plan is constitu
tional. One of them said today they
will prepare an amendment which will
declare all imports made on and after
April 2, 1807, shall be dutiable at the
rate finally fixed in the bill. , ,
CUBA'S LITTLE NAVY
Insurgents Said to Be in Pos
session of a Cruiser.
IT WAS A SPANISH WARSHIP
TO REACH THE POLE.
Two Slur. Amnmlinenta Adopted.
Washington, March 81. The house
today was an hour and a quarter secur
ing a quorum. An amendment was
adopted placing a duly of $1 a ton on
bauxite not refined, the Republicans
stating that Georgia and Alabama de
manded protection for It.
There was a sensational sceno in the
afternoon when Johnson of Indiana
protested against taking the time of the
house in irrelevant discussions; he was
ordered to tako his seat and refused,
hut finally did so. As chairman of the
committee of tho whole, Mr. Sherman
was alxiut to summon the speaker the
second time Johnson- arose and the
speaker was actually called in to sub
due him.
An amendment was adopted increas
ing the duty on common yollow and
brown earthenware from 20 to 25 per
cent. Cyllndored and orow glass, sil
vered, was put in cast polished plate
glass, silvered, paragraph and looking
glass plates were made dutiable at 10
per cent ad valorem.
In the Senate.
Washington, March 81. Senator
Hoar, chairman of tho judiciary com
mittee, today reported favorably the
bill to prqvent the use of kinctoscopic
exhibitions of prizefights in the District
of Columbia and tho territories. It
also prohibits the mailing of prizefight
pictures or their receipt from common
carriers. A heavy penalty is provided.
Tho senate adopted a resolution mak
ing $250,1)00 Immediately available for
tho improvement of the Mississippi
river from the head of the passes to the
month of the Ohio river.
file Crew Mutinied, Took Poaaesalon
of the Vessel and Turned It
Over to the Insurgents.
Jacksonville, FU March 81. Pas
sengers arriving here from Havana say
that a rumor is in general circulation
here to the effect that the crew of one
of the Spanish cruisers mutinied a few
days ago and took possession of the
ship, turning it over to the insurgents,
who have already begun to make cap
tures of small Spanish war vessels of
the coast guard. The Spanish officials
deny the storv, but it has received cor
roboration from other sources.
More Plums DUtrlbuted.
Washington,, March 81. Tho presi
dent sent the following nominations
to the senate: Sjate Charlemango
Tower, of Pennsylvania, to be envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipoten
tiary to Austro-Hungary; Anson Bur
lingame Johnson, of Colorado, consul
at Fuchan, China; William 8. Hallon
burger, of Pennsylvania, second assist
ant postmaster-general.
Interior Thomas ltyan, of Kansas,
first assistant secretary of the interior;
Henry Clay Evans, of Tennessee, com
missioner of pensions.
WOULD ANNUL THE TREATY.
General Ktvera Captured.
Havana, March 31. General Her
nandez Velasco, continuing operations
in the hills of Pinar del Kio, with the
troops under his command, was engaged
yesterday morning at Cabazcadas, Kio
Hondo district, with an insurgent loroe
of 100 men under General Ruiz Rivera.
The insurgents were dispersed, and their
position captured after an hour's fight
ing. The troops captured a number of pris
Dners, including Major General Rivera,
his chief of staff. Colonel Bacallao and
adjutant, and Lieutenant Terry. Gen
eral Rivera and Lieutenant Terry were
both wounded.
Rivera, who succeeded Antonio Ma
oeo in command of the insurgent forces
in Pinar del Rio, is considered next in
military importance to General Maximo
Gomez.
The insurgents left ten men kilted.
The troops, pursuing the enemy, cap
tured a quantity of arms, ammunition,
dynamite caps, etc. The troops had
one man killed, and Lieutenant AVol
gesraffen and twenty soldiers wounded.
General Rivera and his chief of stall,
Colonel Bacallao, were brought in pris
oners at San Cristobal, Pinar del Rio,
last evening. Lieutenant Terry, adju
tant of General Rivera, who was made
prisoner at the same time, died on the
way to San Cristobal. He was wounded
by the explosion of a Spanish shell dur
ing the engagement at Cabazeadaa.
Peary, the Explorer, ExpeeU to Succeed
Next Time.
New York, March 81. The Adver
tiser says: Lieutenant Peary recently
laid a plan for Artie research before the
council of the American Geographical
Society. The plan includes the reach
ing of the North Pole. It was heartily
indorsed by the council, and subscrip
tions toward its accomplishment prom
ised. Should the plan succeed, the
United States will reap the glory.
Lieutenant Peary's plan, as now ma
tured, is considered by Artio explorers
one of the most feasible yet advooated.
First of all, it is not to be an expedi
tion in the usnal sense of the term. It
will, besides Lieutenant Peary himself,
include only one or two white men. If
one, he will be a surgeon, and if two
the other will be a scientist. The
party will be conveyed by a chartered
whaler to the point on the western
coast of Greenland which Peary has so
often made his base of exploration. At
this point live a tribe of Eskimos.
They form the most northerly settle
ment of human beings, as far as is
known, upon the globe. They know
the explorer, and have every confidence
in him.
From them he will select five or six
voune married couples, and will with
them push along the northwest coast of
Greenland as far as possible, anil per
haps into the archipelago which it is
helieved surrounds the North role. All
their goods, including dogs and sledges,
will be taken with them and when no
further progress can be made north,
they and Peary and his companions
will bo landed at some spot and a new
colony formed. The ship will have
supply of provisions for three or more
years, and make its way back to civil
ization before the ice closes in. x rom
this base point the two or three white
men will make their explorations.
Lieutenant Peary figures that this
colony will not be over 800 miles from
the pole. The Eskimos will be able to
withstand the climate and he believes
they will be contented so long as they
have enough food. The women will be
taken along to do the cooking and at
tend to the clothing and footgear.
As soon as the ice conditions are
propitious an attempt will be made to
reach the pole. The Eskimos and their
dog sledges will be used if possible, but
in any case the white explorers will
push on until the stars and stripes have
been planted near if not on the pole
itself.
XOltTUWEST BREVITIES
Evidence of Steady Growth
and Enterprise.
fTElTS OF GENIAL INTEREST
Towns
States
of
WORLD'S WHEAT CROP.
To Stop an Expedition.
Jacksonville, Flu., March 81. On
receipt of a telegram from Washington,
tho Vesuvius, which has been watching
filibusters, weighed anchor and steamed
to the south, leaving six of its men
ashore. ' The boat has gone to Biscay
enne bay to endeavor to prevent a Cu
ban filibustering expedition from leav
ing, but will probably be too late.
LANDS OF THE STATE.
BATTLE OVER A CORPSE.
California Beet-Sugar Froducers I'repare
a Memorial to Cougr.
San Francisco, March 81. A mem
orial to congress in the form of a peti
tion signed by the people of this state
who aro interested in tho beet sugar in
dustry is being extensively circulated.
The petition is a protest against the
continuance of the Hawaiian treaty of
1875, and against the proposed annex
ation of the islands. It sets forth that
tho treaty has been operative against
the revenues of the United States, as
well as vitally detrimental to the beet
sugar industry here.
It appears that under the treaty, dur
ing the years 1890-95 inclusive, goods
to the value of over $15,000,000 from
Hawaii were admitted free, Bhowing
that in the interchange of business be
tween the two countries the islands en
joyed 78 por cent of tho total volume,
and this is naturally increased under
the augmenting imports of sugar with
out a corresponding inorease in their
imports from the United States. This
would indicate that the treaty is only
partially reciprocal; that the United
States has beon unnecessarily deprived
of a vast amount of customs revenue
would appear to be indicated by statis
tics footing up to over $72,000,000 lost
during a period of twenty-one years of
commerce with the Islands.
The petitioners point out that as the
conditions have entirely changed since
1875, the government should foster an
industry that will make the country
self-supplying, rather than perpetuate
by subsidy a foreign business largely
owned by foreigners who employ
ohiofiy mongolians.
Airahlp Seen In Omaha.
Omaha, March 81. The mysterious
airship was seen again last night for
the third tinie by a number of reputable
citizens. It hove in sight about the
time that ohuroh was over, and in half
an hour had traversed tho heavens, and
had once more disappeared. It was
seon by people in all parts of the city.
This time the airship came into view
in the southeastern portion of the hori
zon. It showed a big bright light, too
big for a baloon, and glowed steadily.
It sailed oyer the city to the northwest,
and there disappeared behind the
houses and bluffs. It moved very
slowly, and seemed to be quite near the
earth. Nothing but the light was
visible.
Strike It Declared.
New York, March 81. A strike
of
steamfitters in .the oity in which be
tween 80,000 and 60,000 men may be
involved, was declared today, when
over 1,100 steamfitters refused to work.
The bosses announced Saturday that an
agreement hitherto existing between
them and the employes would no longer
be considered, and those who wished to
report for work this morning must sign
the new rules. The. men refused to
sign.
Result of an Attempt by Negroes to
Prevent an Inquest.
St. Joseph.Mo., March 81. Knives
and clubs were used in a race war last
night, and several deaths may result.
Coroner Richmond attempted to hold an
inquest on the body of Mrs. Payne, a
negro woman, and the husband of the
:lead woman and her neighbors resisted.
The ooroner and constables were driven
away by a mob headed by Payne. They
returned an hour later, accompanied by
nearly a dozen policemen, heavily
armed, and the trouble was renewed.
A hundred negroes were gathered, and j
they refused to give the body up to the
ooroner. The police and negroes fought j
with kifivcs, clubs and revolyers, while !
the body of the dead woman was oar-1
ricd out of the house. A despearate '
attempt to get possession of the dead
body was again made by tne negroes
after it had been plaoed in the wagon,
and the fight was resumed.
Tho body was taken into the morgue,
where an inquest was held. . Several
huridered negroes gathered about the
place, but were held at bay by the po
lice guard that was placed aDoni we
premises. The inquest has not been
concluded.
Commission to Cuba,
New York, March 80. A Herald dis
patch from Washington says President
McKinley has decided to send a special
commission to Cuba. The president
has in view a close personal friend and
a man of considerable legal ability, in
whose judgment Mr. McKinley has the
greatest confidence. The specific object
of the special commission's visit to
Cuba will be to take part in the In
tended investigation of the alleged
murder of Dr. Ruiz. ' Consul-General
Lee has absolutely refused to join in
this Investigation on the ground that
he is convinced the Spanish government
will not conduot a fair inquiry, and the
decision of the Spanish commission
will be a "whitewash" for all officials
concerned in Ruiz' death.
Drowned at a Ford.
Gainesville, Tex., March 81. Miss
Ruby Smith, daugther of Alderman
Smith, . of this place, and Albert
Thompson, a young man who was ac
companying her from Era to this oity,
were drowned last night five miles west
of here in attempting to ford a creek
that had become a raging torrent, as a
result of the unprecedented rainfall of
yesterday and last night.
Annexation of Hawaii.
Washington, March 81. Representa
tive Spaulding, of Michigan, today in
troduced a joint resolution providing
for the annexation of Hawaii to the
United States. It gives consent of con
gress that the Sandwich islands be made
into the state of Hawaii, with a repub
lican form of government
The Buddhist monastery of Haine,
in Thibet, is the loftiest inhabited
point in the world. It is 17,000 feet
above sea level. , .
Occupied in Washington by Peraona
Who Pay No Rent.
Olympia, Wash., March 81. State
Land Commissioner Bridges declares
the old board of land commissioners
was derelict in the matter of leasing
public lands. He claims that 90 per
cent of the Bohool lands are occupied by
persons who do not pay the state a cent,
thus depriving the school fund of from
$35,000 to $40,000 per annum. In
Spokane, section 16 is occupied by 400
families and business houese, rent free,
while in Tacoma a worse state of affairs
prevails, and land in the business cen
ter of the city, comprising thirteen
acres, is bringing in no revenue. Tim
ber from hese tracts have been out and
no returns whatever made to the state.
The loss to the state of this timber
alone is about $-40,000.
Commissioner Bridges will send no
tices of vacation to all persons occupy
ing state land without an official con
tract. ..These trespassers number 2,800
througouht the state. Valuable farm
ing land in Whitman, Garfield, Spo
kane, Walla Walla, Lincoln and Co
lumbia counties is occupied by persons
who do not pay a cent to the state. In
Spokane the land used for building pur
poses should, it is said, bring the state
$500 per annum.
The new school law simplifies this
system of leasing land. Henceforth
the county auditor will act as the agent
for the state land commissioner and it
will be his duty to lease lands subjeot
to the commissioner's approval. Mr.
Bridges will secure leases from all tres
passers by July 1.
Critical Day at Helena.
Helena, Ark., March 81. Today has
been the most critical day in the his
tory of the city. The river has been
steadily rising and stands at 50.6 feet.
All night the wind blew and the waves
beat on the levee and weary hands
piled sacks of dirt where the breaches,
were shown. ' It was a gallannt fight
and it left everybody exhausted. This
morning the mayor issued a proclama
tion reciting the desperate conditions
surrounding the city and requesting
that stores be closed and all able-bodied
men be sent to the front The procla
mation met with a hearty resposne and
in a few minutes several hundred men
with spades in hand were taking the
places of tired men who had labored all
night. Tonight the wind has abated,
but watching and working still goes on
From All the Cltlea and
the Thriving Slater
Oregota
About forty tons of corn are oeing
shipped from Nebraska to Dallas.
The principal of the Jacksonville
public schools is paid $1,000 a year.
Eloven hundred sacks of potatoes
were shipped south by the latest
steamer out of Coos bay.
An eagle was shot on the Siunlaw last
week that measured seven feet from tip
to tip and weighed ten pounds.
. The grand jury in Douglas county re
ported that the county jail in Roseburg
is insecure, for the safe custody of pris
oners. Frosts in Umatilla county have in
places taken off the tops of the grain a
little, but no serious damage has been
sustained.
Farmers in Sherman county have
about finished plowing and are now
waiting for the ground to dry enough
to begin seeding.
A boy living near Centerville, in
Washington county, a few days ago
shot a hawk on the wing that measured
four feet Bix inches from tip to tip.
Lambing has begun on some of the
Bheep ranches in Sherman county, and,
in spite of unfavorable weather, a good
percentage of the lambs is being saved.
Commissioner Lee, of Fremont, Neb.,
who at one time made annual purchases
of sheep in Grant county, has returned
again this year, and will buy a band.
The sheriff of Crook county prevent
ed a jail break last week by discovering
in tmie a hole in the jail wall that one
of the prisoners had dug out with a
case-knife.
Coyotes are increasing so fast near
Hayes' hill, in Josephine county, that
the number of quail, large gray squir
rel and other small game is rapidly dis
appearing. 1
The county court of Harney, at its
recent session, ordered the new Burns
road opened. The road is to extend
straight westward from the bridge near
Saver's mill, to the south end of the
town of Burns.
It costs C ) city of Pendleton about
$50 every time a fire alarm is turned
in, whether the .nre amounts to any
thing or not, and it is suggested that
some more economical arrangement
should be made with the firemen.
Joseph Hall, who was found dead
near Medford last week, with a bullet
hole inhis head, having been shot
from behind, was a bachelor, and about
45 years of age. He had lived on Elk
creek, where he was killed, about two
years. '
The Yield of Last Tear the Smallest la
IX Yeare.
Chicago, March 80. The Times
Herald ' Washington special says:
The world's wheat crop for 1896 was
2,428,898,000 bushels. This fact will
be officially announced by the secretary
of agriculture in a report to be issued
this week. Although the total wheat
crop was 118,000,000 bushels less than
in 1895, it was larger than earlier esti
mates indicated. This was largely due
to an increase of 59,000,000 bushels in
the final estimates of the central statis
tical bureau, over the November esti
mate of the minister of aericultuie of
that country. The crop for 1896 was
the smallest in six years.
Regarding the distribution of the
crop of the United States for 1896, the
report will state:
The increase in price which began in
the fall of 1896 so stimulated sales that
many parts of the country are now left
with only sufficient for seed. All sec
tions report an exceptionally small per
centage on hand, the general average
being 20.6, against 26.8 last year, and
showing but 88,000,000 bushels in
farmer's hands March 1. An unusual
ly small amount of the crop of 1895 re
mains but 3 per cent, against 4.7 per
cent of the 1894 crop so held a year
ago.
A larger proportion than usual must
be retained for home consumption.
The average percentage so retained is
48.3, against 41.1 last year, when the
inducements to export were weaker.
A CYCLONE ID TEXAS
Great Damage Done in the
Vicinity of Austin.
LOSS OF LIFE IS REPORTED
TWO AMENDMENTS ADOPTED.
Proceeding Very
Tariff BUI.
Slowly With
Washington, March 80. The prog
ress of the house on the tariff bill to
day was even slower than yesterday.
Only five more pages of the 163 pages
of the bill were disposed of, making
fourten pages in all in the two of the
five days allowed for consideration
under the five-minute rule. At this
rate, only thirty-one pages of the bill
will be disposed of before the bill comes
to a final vote. Only two amendments
were adopted today, each "an amend
ment on the ways and means commit
tee. All the Questions involved in the
tariff, with occasional incursions into
the realms of the financial theories,
furnished fruitful topics for the mem
bers. Fully two hours were spent in
the discussion of whether the foreigner
or the consumer paid tax. This ques
tion bids fair to consume much more
time before the debate closes.
Bailey, the leader of the oppostion
was absent almost all day, and Rich
ardson and McMillin bore the brunt of
the bard fighting. The Democratio
policy,' so far as it has been disclosed,
seems to be to attack the bill at every
point, making trustB the especial objoct
of assault. The Republicans are trying
to advanoe the consideration by refrain
ing from debate, but they are forced by
the attacks of the opposition to defend
their measure.
MUTILATED COINS.
Three Men Blown to Atoma.
Philadelphia, March 29. A terrific
explosion occurred this afternoon at the
Dupont chemloal worKs, on tne Danns
of the Delaware river, at Qibbstown,
N. J., by whioh James Henderson, Carl
Wright and Thomas Stiles were blown
to atoms.-. The separating building and
four other buildings were blown to
splinters. The destroyed faotory wae
used in the manufacture of dynamite
and Atlas powder.
President of the Northern Paclflo.
Chicago, March 81. The Post's
Washington special says a report is in
circulation among the Washington
friends of ex-Secretary Lamont that he
is about to become president of the
Northern Pacific railroad.
Fatal Boiler Explosion.
Augusta, Ky. , March 81. The boiler
of a sawmill exploded today, killing two
men and fatally injuring, three others.
The killed arer Calvert Boone and J.
D. Tucke- '.
Washington.
"A warm wave brought relief to the
stockraisers in Adams county last week.
The plan of spreading disease among
the squirrels by inoculating some of
them and turning them loose will be
tried in Adams oounty.
The severe weather and a lack of feed
was the cause of several hundred head
of stock dying, one man losing at the
rate of seven head a day.
Scarcely any plowing has been done
around Oakesdale, but as the snow la
now rapidly melting, anil the ground
is not frozen, a large aoreage will be
put to wheat.
The commissioners sent to North
Yakima to treat with the Yakima In
dians for the sale of their lands have
left for Montana, being unable to ac
complish anything.
The Indians along the Sans Poil are
busy pulling up the location stakes that
were driven on the Colville reservation
bars by the locators that expected to
see the reservation opened.
A band of horses and oattle has been
started from Rock oreek valley for the
bald hills of the St. Mary's, where
there is plenty of feed. The farmers
in Rock creek valley have run out of
feed.
Taxes are being paid into the county
treasury in Spokane at a rate that may
make it unnecessary for the county to
negotiate a loan for $38,000 with which
to pay interest on the county's funding
bonds.
The hunters of Pieroe county will
meet to the number of about 100, and
drive Fox island, from end to end, on
April 17, for the purpose of slaughter
ing coons and other "varmints" on the
island. -
Gin Pon, a Chinese, who was oon
victed of murdering Lee Tong in Spo
kane, has been denied a rehearing by
the supreme court, and will now be re
sentenced to hang, unless there should
bo an appeal to the United States su
preme court.
A sawmill and box factory is being
erected noar the Great Northern depot
in Wenatohee. This location will be
convenient for fruit shippers this season
as they can unload their fruit, and,
without going out of the way, take on
a load of boxes for the return trip.
Tacoma's lumber manufacturing con
cerns are unusually busy just now. The
St. Pa"l and Tacoma mill is running
day and night to get out the orders.
The Wheeler-Osgood Company began to
run day and night last week. Tlio com
pany has recently been getting out the
largest order, ever placed with a Pacifio
Northwest firm for lumber for Africa.
The Tacoma mill is kept busy turning
out the fir lumber.
The printers' copy of the senate
journal of the recent legislature is ready
to be turned over to the slate printer.
The Penalty
Deface
for . Passing
Money.
Washington, March 80. tetters by
the bushel have been pouring in on the
treasury department, asking for infor
mation concerning the new law in rela
tion to the passing of mutilated coin,
although those seeking the information
might, in a majority of cases, have se
cured it from the United States dis
trict attorney or secret service officers
of their respective localities.
In brief, it may be explained that
the law is in the main an extension of
that against counterfeiting. It provides
that the passing of mutilated or defaced
coins or the mutilation of defacement
of coin for any purpose shall be held to
be a criminal offense, puniuhable by
imprisonment for a period of one to five
years and a fine of $100 to $2,000.
Under this law the practice ot present
ing ladies with coins of gold or silver,
with the initials of the donor engraved
thereon, to be worn as bangles, will be
a criminal offense. .
The law also drives out of existence
a number of people who have made a
living by purchasing mutilated coins at
a reduction from their face value and
plugging up the holes so skillfully that
the original mutilation could not be
discovered. Even this kind of tamper
ing with money will be regarded as an
offense under the statute. " -.
The Laurada's Voyage.
Philadelphia, March 80. The fa
mous filibustering steamer Laurada ar
rived in the Delaware last night, after
having successfully landed the most
important expedition yet sent from
this country to Cuba, and tonight is
anchored in the river below Wilming
ton. Hope for the Laurada's safety
had been practically abandoned by all
except those connected with the Cuban
junta. '
Wichita Lands to Be Opened.
Perry, O. T., March 80. Recent
advices from Washington are that the
Wichita country, owned and occupied
by the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache
Indians, will be opened by May 1. The
gold and silver excitement in the Wioh
ita mountains has drawn hundreds on
the border of this country, and the
opening is expected to be of more note
than any previous opening of 'the In
dian territory lands.
Houaea Were Unroofed and Trees
Were Split Aannder by
the Tenlfle Wind.
Austin, Tex., March 80. Today the
city and country was visited by a cy
clone that did great damage. The wind
eame from the southwest, and blew at a
rate of about sixty miles an hour for
nearly twenty minutes, tearing down
trees' or splitting them asunder with
terrific force. Several electrio towers
were blown down, and quite a number
of houses in the residence portion were .
blown down, and in several cases nar
row escapes from death are reported.
The new unoccupied residence of
Burt McDonaly was blown down, strik
ing against the residence of William
Vining, knocking in one side of the
building. Two children who were in
the room playing narrowly escaped.
The roofs of a number of residences
were torn off, and in addition to doing
much damage to the state university,
the wind blew off the entire roof of the
adjoining dormitory. Great damage
was done to the building, and the prop
erty of the 20 students therein, many
of whom fled for their lives when the
roof was carried away. The roof was
carried 100 yards, crushing the roof of a
cottage in which four people were seat
ed, but none were even injured, though
they were entombed by falling debris.
A ohurch just to the north ol the
university had the entire east side
blown in and was unroofed, the wind
carrying the roof a block away. The
residence of Dr. Graves, immediately
north of the church, was lifted from its
foundation and twisted completely
around and set down In the same place,
so badly damaged, however, that none
of the doors could be opened to permit
the escape of the frightened inmates. '
The small town of Clarksville. near
this city, was swept by the wind, and
many horses were killed by flying de
bris, while a number of small houses
were blown down, though fortunately
the inmates were not killed. Several
were badly maimed, however. With
the terrific wind came a driving rain,
that was little short of a flood, and
swept everything before it t
Persons arriving on the evening
trains bring reports from the surround-'
ing country that the storm was general
in this section. .,
The small town of Bua was roughly,
handled by the storm, quite a number
of houses being blown down, and one
or two persons killed, though their
names are not obtainable, owing to the,
fact that most of the telegraph wireai
are down, and news is very meager.
This is the worst storm that has ever
visited this section, and it has laid
waste everything in its track, but for
tunately so far few deaths are reported.
The storm was over in an hour, and
the sun oame out as brightly as though
nothing had happened. ) ,
1 At Calvert. - ,
Calvert,. Tex., March 80. Late de
tails of the storm show that the loss of
property will reach into the thousands.
Many fine dwellings were demolished.
At Calvert an old lady and two child
ren were in' their house and . were fa
tally injured by. the collapse of the
building, which was partly burned,
notwithstanding the torrents of rain.
The loss to property in and around Cal
vert is estimated at $100,000. Many
roofs and chimneys were blown down.
People living here for twenty-five years
say they never witnessed such a fearful
storm. All telephone as well as tele
graph lines were prostrated.; ,
Bad Fire in Portsmouth, Virginia.
Norfolk, Va., March 80. A . fire oc
curred at Portsmouth this morning,
making many fanilies- homeless and
causing $100,000 damaged .Fire-originated
in Whitehlrst's halt, . corner of
Green and Glasgow streets, and burned
the block to London street. A high
wind swept the flames southward, and
at 2 A. M. the steeple of the Catholic
ohuroh, three blocks away, caught fire
from a brand. In less than half an
hour the edifice was in ruins.- The
flames spread to a row of residences on
High street, and, while they were
burning, the flying sparks caused an
other blaze in Newton, about a mile
away. Assistance was rendered from
Norfolk and while the fire was at its
height the militia was called out to
protect property and aid the firemen.
Washington, March 80. Snce the
change of administration, over 80,000
applications for positions have been
filed at the postofflce department. The
number is said to be somewhat smaller
than four years ago. All the papers
have been recorded and classified and
the oases made up to date. Up to the
olose of business today the appoint
ment division of the interior depart
ment has reoorded 1,000 applications for
presidential positions under the interior
department
Made Mew Beoord.
San Francisco, March 80 The Mer
chants' Exchange has a dispatch from
London announcing the arrival of the
British ship Militiades, whioh sailed
from this port on December 29, making
the trip in eighty-four days. This is
the fastest time on record for a sailing
vessel between San Francisco and Lon
don. The Miltiades was grain laden,
ohartered by G. W. McJSfear.
To Abolish Capital Punishment.
Denver, Maroh 29. The state senate
passed the Engley bill providing for
the abolition of capital punishment.
The bill recently passed the house, and
now only awaits the governor's .signa
ture. ' - i V
Wew York Hotel Mystery,
New York, March 80. Anthony
Marshall, who was found unconscious
yesterday in the Marine hotel, while
two women were lying dead in the
same apartment, all having been over
come by illuminating gas, died today
in the hospital where he had been
taken, without recovering his senses.
The two women were identified by rela
tives at the morgue, 'f
Dr. Koch is said to have discovered
another anti-tuberculin. . '
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