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VOL. IV.
IIILLSBORO, OllEGOX, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1897.
NO. 6.
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NEWS OF HIE WEEK
From all Parts of the New
and Old World.
BRIEF AND 1NTKRKSTINO ITEMS
Comprehensive Tlevlew of the lmport
mit t( uftil ti KB uf the Cur
rent Week
It III reported Unit tli Oregon deloga
tinn in congress bus recommended Pro
fessor II. B. Miller, president of, the
state agricultural college at Corvallls,
for a diplomatic appointment to Uor
iininy. Company G, Oregon National Guard,
Allan J. Walker, captain, Iiuh been dis
banded by order of Goverpor Lord.
Tlio company's headquarters wore ut
Myrtle Point, Coos onnnty. The
resignation of Captain Walker, made
necessary by his removal from the
Ktute, wao the cause for making the or
der. The president has Bent to congress the
report of tbo boundary commission ap
pointed to loouto the boundary lino be
tween Mexico and the United Htutes,
west o( tho Rio Grande river. The
preHident'ii message merely transmits
tho papers II led by the communion
with the state department, Militating of
printed volumes and maps.
The 0.1d Fellows of Wulln Walla
royully observed the seventy-eighth an
niversary of the order. Excursions from
the surrounding towns swelled the
crowd present.. Business houses were
closed and all buildings were beauti
fully deeoruted for the occasion. The
main part of the programme was the
laying of the cornerstone of the new
Odd Fellows' Home.
A dispatch from Coulee City, Wash.,
says that while Griff Jones, Churlel
Deoter and Hay Weston wore rounding
up u band of young horses on lower
Crab creek, they undertook to swim the
liorseB, below Itooky ford, across the
Htrcum. While crossing the horses be
came entangled and unruly, and Jones
aud Wcattm were thrown into the water
and drowned, while Deoter managed to
reach the shore.
Private John N. fitamm, oi Walla
Walla barracks, was accidentally shot
during target practice, and it is not
luwsible for him to recover. Sergeant
Manes' pistol snapped while aiming
at the target, lie returned to where
ritiimm was standing, and was explain
ing to him the reason why the car
tridge failed to explode. In doing this
lie pulled the trigger, mid the revolver
was discharged, the bullet striking
Htainm In the groin, and passing entire
ly through tho body, perforating the
intestines, and coming out of the back.
The governors of Oregon und Wash
ington have received copies of the call
for the animal meeting ot the trans
Mississippi congress, to be held this
year in Halt Lake City, July 14 to 18,
'' with a request that they designate a
number of citizens to represent tho
(states, including, "at least one speaker,
who will bo prepared to present sonio
general subject in which tho state is in
iterestod," The objects of tlie oongrens
are to securo closor trade relations ami
national legislation of benefit to states
west of tho Mississippi. W. J. Bryan
lms been made president of the congress.
A number of Japanese have left Sanj
Trauaiflco for Mexico, whore a colony,
will be formed on land granted them b'
the Mexican government.
Tho body of Captain Evan Davies, ot
the British four-masted ship Delcairnte,
who drowned over four months ago in
the harbor at Astoria, has been picked
,up by a fisherman. The remains were
positively identified by papers found in
the pocket.
The groat coon and varmint hunt on
iFox island, Washington, in which sev
ral hundred hunters participated, was
Anything but a success as a varmint
lining bee, though all who attended
(were well satisfied, as the courtesies ol
.the inlanders made the outing a most
ienjoyable one.
Seth L, Milliken, representing in the
'hoiiHe of representatives the third dis
trict of Maine, died at Washington.
IFor some time ho had suffered from
'a serious affection of the bronchial
tubes, which last woek devoloped
alarmingly, and was accompanied by
. kidney and liver complications.
' A dispatoh from Baker City, Or.,
says thnt Powder river is higher than
it has evor been known to be, nud is
doing great damage. Only ono bridge
remains in the city, and if tho warm
.weather continues, it will go out, Tho
Snmpter Valley jailroad is flooded for
miles, and trains will not be running
for weeks. The northern reaidenoe por
tion of the city is inundated.
Chief Justioe Fuller, of the United
States supreme oourt, has refused a
writ of habeas oorpus in tho oaso of El
vertou R. Chapman, a broker, who re
fused to testify in the sugar speculation
investigation as to whether senators
had speculated in sugar stooks while the
Wilson tariff bill was before that body.
The sentence of the supreme court of
the District of Columbia to 80 days In
jail and $100 fine was affirmed, and
Chapman's application for writs of cer
tiorari and habeas corpus were denied.
As a result of a torriblo accident In
a mining camp noar Rossland, B, C,
six men were killed and several others
injured. Twelve men wore asleep in
the camp when a landslide, 800 feet
long and six feet deep, and fifteen feet
wide, overwhelmed thorn.
' A train noar South Lyon, Mloh.,
struck a vehiole on a crossing and In
stantly killed Harry Clark and Miss
Barah Fisher. Miss Ethel Just was
eriously injured. Clark was a student
at Ann Arbor, and Miss Fisher attend
. ad the itate normal school at Ypsihinti.
THREE MEN DROWNED.
Fishermen
Lose Tliulr
Itomievllle.
Lives Nor
Bonneville, Or., April 28. Three
Finnish flNhermeii John Sunquist,
Anton Johnson and a man named .Suyne
were drowned yesterday morning in
the Columbia, in tho narrow channel
between the Oregon side and the island
directly above this place. Only the
body of Sunqulxt hits been recovered.
The men had been visiting their nets,
which were set in an eddy, near the
shore, and were tacking back to Bonne
ville. Thore is a fearful current in the
rivor in the channel, particularly at
the present stage of water, and naviga
tion is alway dangerous. When in one
of the most hazardous places in the
stream, the wind, which was blowing a
gale, caught the sail und capsized the
bout, dumping the three men into the
rapid water. They instantly disap
peared. A man named 01in,who was walking
along tho track of the O. H. & N., wit
nessed the accident, und endeavored to
get a boat out to the rescue, but was
unable to launch it in tho rapid cur
rent Seeing that all efforts to save
t'ie men would be in vain, he ran down
the track abreast of the boat, which
was drifting swiftly down stream, and
caught it after it hail lodged on a boom
near the mouth of Tanner creek, below
Bonneville,
A taut ropo extended from the boom
into the water, which pulled and
tugged in tho current, as if there was
I au anchor attached to it. Pulling it
up, Olin was horrified to see that it sup
! ported the body of a man, and lifted
! out Suiiquist, dripping and lifeless.
I He immediately searched about in
; hope that tho other two men had se
i cured themselves to the bout, but could
1 find neither of them, and their bodies'
have not as yet been recovered.
Sunquist's presence of mind in secur
ing himself to the boat might have
saved him in easy water, but it availed
only to save his body in tho terrible
water below tho cascades.
FORMAL SESSIONS.
No lluslness Transacted In Either Houm
of Congress.
Washington, April 28. The senate
chamber hud a deserted appearance
when tho session opened today, many
of the senators having gone to New
York to attend the Grant ceremonies.
Harris of Tennessee was at his desk
for the first time in many weeks, and
was congratulated on his recovery from
a serious illness.
In the absence of the vioe-president
and President Pro-tern. Frye, Nelson
occupied the chair. Dr. Milburn's
opening prayer was an eloquent icfor
euoo to the gathering of thousands to
pay tribute to tho great chieftain,
Grant, and he prayed that the glow of
patriotism freshly kindled may
strengthen our government and the
union of states.
When tho Indian bill was reported
from the houso, an effort was made to
send it to conference, but Gorman ob
jected, saying it had been understood
that no business was to be transacted.
Thereupon, at 12:25 P. M., on motion
of Morrill, the senate adjourned.
In the House.
Washington, April 28. The house
held a purely formal session today.
Many of the members had gone to New
York to attend the Grant monument
exorcises, and, under the arrangement
made last week, after the reading of
the 'journal, adjournment was imme
diately tuken. Tho president's message
transmitting the report of the Mexican
boundary lino commission was, how
ever, received before adjournment.
There was less than fifty members pres
ent. Accident In London.
London, April 28. A tremendous
explosion oocurred on the undergound
railway at 5:80 this evening, as a train
filled with men from th ecity was mak
ing its usual stop at the Aldersgato sta
tion. The glass roof of the station was
blown out, and the platform was strewn
with debris. Many of the gaslights in
the waiting-rooms and on the platforms
were extinguished, and the station was
left in semi-darkness. A panic ensued.
When comparative quiet had been re
stored, it was found that a first-class
coach had boon wrecked, and that its
occupants were lying about maimed and
bleeding. Ton of the injured were
found to be in ajirecarious condition,
and wore removed to the hospitals. A
number of persons who wore standing
on the platform were also hurt. Much
of the wreckage was hurled across the
station.
The oauso of the explosion is not
known, but it is believed to have been
the result of an accumulation of gas
which became ignited in some way.
Many persons, however, believe the dis
aster was not due to accident, but was
caused by the explosion of a bomb,
whioh had been placed in the station
with the intention of wrecking it.
Fatal Boating Aeoltlent.
San Francisco, April 23. Charles
W. Lehnianii, a young banking clerk
employed by the German Savings St
Loan Society, went yaohting yesterday
'with a party of friends, and while be
ing transferred form one of the yachts
to another slipped upon the stern of the
yawl and sank, probably striking his
head as he went down. He caught the
side of the frail craft and tipped it so
that it filled rapidly and Bank, throw
ing the three occupants into tho bay.
In the confusion which onsuod, Leh
mann was not seen to rise, and as he
was unable to swim, he was undoubt
edly lost, although the accident occur
red close to the shore.
Mmavlefl's Appointment Confirmed.
St. Petersburg, April 28. Emperor
Nicholas has formally confirmed the ap
pointment of Count Muravieff as Kus
Bian minister of foreign affairs, and he
lias conferred the decoration and order
of Vldimir upon M. de Kotzobu, the
Russian minister to the United States.
DYING OF STARVATION
Pitiable Fate of Cuban Pacifi
cos in Fortified Towns. '
WEYLER IS RESPONSIBLE FOB IT
Country People Concentrated In the
Villages Have Absolutely Wo
Means of Obtaining Food.
New York, April 28. A World spe
cial from Havana says: Private letters
from tho interior report wholesale star
vation. Some of the cases are especial
ly heartrending. Children are dying
in the streets of Matanzas, and babies
have been found dead in the arms of
their exhausted mothers. Your corre
spondent has been through the province
of Pinar del Kio, and has Been whole
vilhigeu of living skeletons praying for
death to release them from their suffer
ings. General Woyler is seizing the cattle
of the citizens for the use of the troops
in Santa Clara. Rafael Rubio, an
American citizen, lost twenty-one head
of cattle in that way. When he com
plained to the Spanish authorities and
demanded pay, he was told he was im
pudent to ask Spain to pay for what
the insurgents take with impunity.
A guerilla corps raised, armed and
mounted by Spanish cattle owners of
Sancti Spiritus, went out and drove in
200 head of cattle to be slaughtered for
the benefit of the needy people of the
city, but Weyler ordered all the meat!
sent to Manzanillo for the soldierB.
The effect of concentrating the coun
try people in fortified towns Is seen in
all its awfulness in Santa Clara prov
ince. Santa Clara has many cities,
five of which are of laige population.
Santa Clara is in the center, Cienfugeoi
and Sancti Spiritus in the south, and
Sagua La Grande and Remedios in the
north. There were 850,000 people liv
ing in the five districts of whioh these
five cities are the capitals. Of this
population 150,000 lived outside of the
cities. All these have been compelled
to leave their farms and move into the
cities and fortified towns. In some of
tho latter, the concentradoes outnum
bered the original population. They
have no money, and if they had, there
is not food enough to supply all. Bark
huts have - been built, and they are
orowdod with poverty-stricken refugees.
They are half naked, sick from ex
posure, and dying from hunger. They
are peaceful, hard-working people. On
their farms they would not only be
self-supporting, but would be able to
upply plenty of vegetables, eggs, meat
and fruit to the starving people of the
ities.
Under General Weyler's policy the
whole 850,000 are suffering, and 150,-
000 doomed to die for lack of food,
whioh they could easily obtain if al
lowed to work. This policy, as a war
measure, is worse than useless from the
Bpanisb standpoint, for it has forced
hundreds of men to join the rebels
rather than be forced to see their fam
ilies starving in the cities and towns.
In some other places in the village, the
overcrowding is terrible. Sitiallittos,
before the order was given, had 100
people. It now contains 1,000, includ
ing soldiers. The farmers ordered in
have built 260 huts, and are slowly
dying from starvation.
Weyler has had all the cattle killed
in the fields by the guerillas, and left
to rot, but a pound of meat cannot be
bought, except for the troops. Owners
of sugar plantations are not allowed to
grind, but they must proteot their
property. They built houses, and sol
jdiers were put in them. This makes a
.fortified plantation, and inhabitants
'move in. Not a druggist dare sell any
drugs, or fill a prescription to bo taken
joutside the regular fortified towns. If
g grain of quinine goes out, it meant
death to the sender if caught.
1 The insurgents in arms are much bet
ter off than the concentrated paeificos.
They kill beef in the fields when they
choose, but when they have taken what
they need they send word to the owner
to oome and get the rest of it, or they
try to got it to the starving people
around the cities.
Americans to Be Released.
Tampa, Fla., April 28. Passengers
from Havana say that through the
efforts of General Lee, Ona Melton,
who has been confined in Cabanas for
more than a year, will be released this
morning; also that Jose Fernandez and
G. W. Aguirre, the latter a brother of
the insurgent general, Aguirre, will be
released in a day or two.
A Terrible Vengeance.
Perry, O. T., A-iril 28. John and
Sam Hunt, living at Washita river,
tied Charles Goodall, aged 17, to a wild
horse and pushed both the boy and the
horse over the steep bluff into the
Washita river Young Goodall had
been the hired boy on the Hunt farm
for more than a year, and the brothers
claimed he ruined tholr sister, Amelia.
They compelled the boy to get on the
horse, threatened him with death, and
then mado the horse run for miles at
full speed. When the horse was ex
hausted the men pushed him with the
rider over the cliff. Men near resoued
the boy and he may live. The Hur'"
have loft the country. They are know u
as bad men, and neighbors will prob
ably lynoh them if caught.
A California Tragedy.
Fresno, Cal., April 28. Thomas and
Frank Garoia are in jail on a charge of
assault to murder, which will probably
be changed to murder before night.
The boys are Mexioans, and got into a
fight at Firebaugh with one Frank
Voiles, whom they stabbed four times,
driving a four-inch blade into his lungs
at evory stroke. Vellos 1b dying.
When an Arab enters a house he
takei off his shoei, and not his hat,
FLOOD AT OTTUMWA.
Dee Moines River Rom Suddenly andi
Broke the Levees.
Ottumwa, la., April 28. The Dee
Moines river, which last midnight was
stationary at high-water mark, estab
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i.nncu ij iu7 glc' uuuu . juuw, nun
denly began to climb, and by 8 o'clock
today hail added fifteen inches to tbei
record. The levees broke in many
places, railroad embankments were un
dermined and hundreds of families.'
were compelled to quit their residences;
in great haste. In Ottumwa, 500 fam
ilies were compelled to move, a large1
number making their escape in boats.
At Bradyville, eighteen miles north of
this city, 150 families vacated their
domiciles, and the principal streets are,
navigated in rowboats. At South Ot
tumwa, the river flows parallel with
the main street It broke across this
street this morning, and caused a panio
and scramble for higher ground. Fiv
thousand people reside in this suburb.'
Several hundreds deserted their resi
dences and removed their goods. The
water stands four feet deep in Fairview.'
Farm lands are completely inundated.'
A large reservoir situated at the sum
mit of Court hill is the source of consid
erable fear. The recent downpour,
has swollen the sources of supply, and
the reservoir is now so full, that it
threatens to burst and flood the pop
ulous districts just below.
Rich farming lands above and below
this oity are inundated. The flood"
there has not reached a high stage, but
has spread out in many places to a
width of five to six miles. No loss ot
life has been reported, bnt the damage
to property will be very large.
Railway traffic is almost at a stand
still. All the small streams in South
ern Iowa are out of their banks. Rail
road bridges are gone and travel by high
way is out of the question. The Bur
lington line between Chicago and Den
ver is cut in two by five miles of inun
dated tracks. Through passenger and
freight trains are being run over the
Galesburg & St. Louis and the Hanni
bal & St. Joseph roads to Omaha. The
Rock Island also has five miles of track
under water west of here. Train serv
ice was kept in motion with Keokuk
until late this afternoon, when a large
section of track went out at Cliffland,
effecutally blocking the Rock Island
east and west. The Milwaukee & St.
Paul roundhouse and yards are under
water, and part of one approach to their
bridge has beeu washed away. Trains
are running only between Ottumwa
and Marion. The Chicago Great West
ern line is entirely shut off. So is the
Iowa Central. The Wabash still has
entrance from the south, but is shut
off on the north endv
Work on the levees has progressed
sinoe last Friday, but the sudden rise
this morning destroyed a great part of
the labor. Large forces are employed
tonight in an endeavor to prevent fur
ther breaks. The suburbs have thus far
been the worst sufferersi West Ottum
wa, a large residenoe seotion, is entire
ly flooded, and the water is still rising.
The inhabitants cling to their homes,
however, hoping that the worst is over.-
The Report Front It. Louis.
St. Louis, April 28. The Mississippi!
river registered a decline here this
monring, bnt above, at Keokuk, Hai
nibal and other places, a rise of 1
feet is shown and the Missouri is ah
booming. At Kansas City the advam
for the past forty-eight horn's has dcc
fully two feet, while at Boonville.it
one-half foot There are places nec
Quincy where the water spread! ovt
the low lands from bluff to bluff, mal
ing the river from eight to ten mile
wide. 4
The levees can stand a foot or two
more of water, but the danger lies in
the continual rising of surface water On
the inside, which is now almost to tho
tog of the banks. '
Memphis Relief Work Ended.
Memphis, April 88. The Memphis
flood sufferers' relief oommittee aoting
in conjunction with the war depart
ment, ordered the formal closing of
Camp Congo, at the home established
for flood refugees early in the overflow
season. All planters were notified to
send in transportation for farmhands at
once, as no further rations would be is
lued. Condition at Hannibal.
St. Louis, April 28. A dispatch,
from Hannibal, Mo., says: Flood con
ditions are becoming alarming. The,
government gauge at 10 o'clock thisj
morning registered eighteen feet and
eleven inches, being nearly two feet'
above the danger line. The water is up!
to Front street, and cellars on Main
Itreet are filled.
Bridge Over the Kaw Damaged.
Kansas City, Mo., April 28. One
span of the Northwestern railroad
bridge across the Kaw has been forced
out of plumb by a great mass of drift
wood. Water Almost In Winnipeg.
Winnipeg, April 28. The Red river
continues to rise, and the flood situa
tion is serious. The water is higher
than in thirty years. Emerson, St.
John and other towns between Winni
peg and the Dakota boundary line are
under four feet of water, and the people
are living in barns or the upper stories
of their houses. The railroads cannot
run trains, and all communication is
shut off with several points. Winnipeg
will have the water in a day or so. The
water is now within a few Indies of
the electric power-houses, and soon the
city will be in darkness.
Salt Lake, April 26. A private tel
egram from Price, Utah, saya the posse
which left Castle Gate yesterday in
pursuit of the men who robbed the
treasurer of the Pleasant Valley Coal
Company had an encounter with the
bandits and wounded one of them,
whoso name is supposed to be Fowler.
The robbers were going toward Cedar
mountains.
CITY IN GLOOMY MOOD
Athenians Are Downcast by
Their Defeat.
RETREATING ARMY IS BLAMED
Greeks Determined to Make a Stand
at Fharsala New Defense Lino
Is Stronger.
Athens, April 27. It is useless U
deny that a very gloomy outlook of the
war prospects is taken by the better in
formed. There are, however, no signs
of a panic. The city exhibits an atti
tude of dignified endurance, while
many persons still show an unabated
enthusiasm for war. This symptom is
particularly noticeable among the
wounded now in Athens. Their one
desire is to be healed, in order that
they may rejoin the colors. Naturally,
this spirit is much fostered by the con
firmation of the reports that the Turks
have burned the Greek wounded in a
church at Kurtzivoli. The Turks
lighted fires under the bodies of wound
ed beasts. Many of the Greek wonnded
implored their comardes to kill them;
others committed suicide.
Although it is understood that th
Greeks carried all their guna from Tyr
navos and Larissa, and also destroyed
the provisions at both places, they could
not transport the guns at Pbarsala.
It is believed by some in Athenian
circles that the retreat was somewhat
hasty and that some of the guns were
abandoned with but feeble defense. It
seems probable, however, that in the
main the retreat was in good order.
This morning the word goes forth
here that the government will perse
vere in the struggle with greater deter
mination. The report, howerer, ha
not served to allay the growing irrita
tion in the belief that even if Greeos
puld not hold her own, the non-offen-isive
attitude manifested in the order of
the crown prinoe not to attack was
idiotic and un-Grecian. The retreat to
'Pharsala is considered a poor response
jto the fiery speeches of the Crown
'Prince Constantino to his troops.
Naturally all sorts of reasons are ad
vanced to explain the Greek retreat,
the more candid admitting that ths
Turks were too strong. It is also
.pointed out that the Turkish cavalry
jdid much to turn the icale in favor of
Edhem Pasha.
The Greek fleet is also the subject of
many curious reports, one of whioh as
serts that the Eastern squadron hai
bombarded Dedeagach. It is known
that the Turkish government yesterday
ordered that all lanterns in the light
houses on the Bulf of Salonica remain
unlighted. Five ironclads and four
torpedo boats are operating along ths
coast between Platomina and Katenna.
The British and French subjects re
siding at Volo have addressed respective
envoys here, begging for the dispatch
of warships to Volo to proteot them.
The envoys have wired to thoir govern
ments and to the admirals at Canea,
but at Athens it is considered uhneces-
paw tn pnmnlv wU. nnnoflf Bg gj
ail
sat untir after daybreak.- There wai
some difference of opinion, but it was
finally decided, tn view of the exhaus
tion of the Greek troops and the nil
merical superiority of the Turks, to m
der a retreat to Pharsala. ' - '
This decision was a wise one, for the
defenses of Larissa are not strong, and
the open plain favors the operations of
the Turkish cavalry. The Greek stand
will be made at Pharsala, whioh may
once again become the scene of a mem
orable battle,
The battle of Mati lasted all Friday,
the Greeks defending their positions
with great intrepidity. Prince Con
stantino and Prinoe Nicholas were both
continually under fire, and the latter
greatly distinguished himself. The
'Turks, strongly reinforced, suoceeded
;in breaking the Greek lines at 6 in the
evening. The Turkish cavalry de
livered repeated magnificent charges.
The fighting continued into the night.
During the afternoon, Colonel Maoris,
commanding the first division, called
for the support of Colonel Mavromioa
lis, commanding the second division.
The latter arrived just in time to covet
the retreat from Mati.
At 6 o'clock, Colonel Mavromicilis,
who showed great gallantry in his at
tempts to rally the troops, wired to
General Smolenitz, at Reveni: "I am
defeated and retiring to Kazaklar, Aet
aocording to your judgment."
It is presumed that Reveni will be
evacuated forthwith and the whole
frontier line abandoned. Gloom and
despondency is seen on every counten
ance. The only gleau of oonsolation
is the report that Pentepigadia is out
flanked and the way open to Janina.
This, however, needs confirmation.
At Salonloa.
Salonica, April 27. It has been de
cided to concentrate here a Turkish re
serve divrsion of sixteen battalions.
Eleven have arrived already. During
the Greek bombardment of Leftokarya,
a shop belonging to a British subject
was destroyed. The consuls have met
to consider what Btepa should be taken.
Salonica, April 27. Osninn Pasha
arrived here last evening, and was re
ceived with great enthusiasm. He
went forward to the scene of the con
flict. Greek subjects here, on agreeing
to place themselves under tl.e Turkish
authorities under certain conditions,
will be allowed to remain.
A STABBING AFFRAY.
"Harry Riffle, of Walla Walla, Probably
Fatally Cnt.
"Walla Walla, Wash., April 27.
Harry Riffle, a prominent young man
of this city is lying at the point of
death as the result of a knife wound in
his left side, inflicted by Williaml
Howard, at a late hour last nightJ
Riffle, in company with a friend, was
riding along Alder street, when his
horse became unmanageable. The,
shaft of the bu?gy ran into the seat of
a wheel cart standing in front of Lot's
barn. Riffle ran into the barn and;
asked a boy named Howard for a
wrench. The boy replied that none
was at hand, when Riffle began abus
ing him.
The boy's father, residing across the
street, witnessed the affair, and went
over. Riffle and the father engaged in
a fight, and the latter drew a knife and
stabbed Riffle in the side, four or five
inches below the left nipple. The knife
struck the seventh rib and glanced up
ward penetrating the thoraic cavity.
Riffle was taken to his rooms, in the
hotel, and Howard was placed under
arrest When seen today, Howard said
he was very angry when he saw Riffle
striking his son, and went to his assist
ance, when Riffle struck bim. He had
a knife in his hand, and, being excited,
used it without thinking. Riffle is
resting easily tonight, and there are
faint hopes of his recovery.
TWICE PRONOUNCED DEAD.
Woman Talked From Her Co0n Arte
Being Prepared for Burial.
Kendrick, Idaho, April 27. The
people of the village of Southwick, lo
cated fifteen miles from here, on the
edge of the timber, were horrified last
Sunday by the apparent returning to
life of Mrs. Fred Wendt, who was pro
nounced dead on Friday morning from
a severe case of hemorrhage of the
bowels.
The body had been prepared for bur
ial, and was lying in the coffin, when
the seemingly dead woman opened her
eyes and began conversing with those
about her. She was in an extremely
weak oondition from loss of blood, and
managed to show signs of life for eight
hours, when she was again pronounced
dead, and was buried on Monday. The
case has excited considerable comment
on account of the short time in which
she was buried, some believing she
might have been in a trance, and was
buried alive.
Oregon Punchbowl.
Washington, April 97. Senator Mo
Bride had Quite a lonsr talk with thA
navigation bureau of the navy depart
ment, thn nlhnr AaV timinn V,n '
. M.g.AIQ I...U,
be issued to the battleship Oregi
to Portland, so that the present
the Bilver service to the ship mighVoe
made at the metropolis of the state.
The officers of the department, how
ever, said that they feared the vessel
might strike something and be injured
in going up the river. The Oregon
will go to the United States buoy sta
tion at Tongue point, and the probabil
ities are that the presentation will be
made at that place.
. BaattU Cyollsts' Excursion,
tacoma, .Wash., April 27. Five
hundred members of the Queen City
Cycling Club came to Taooma on the
steamer Flyer this morning for a spin
over the prairie roads and bicyole paths
jto American lake, ten miles distant.
'They were escorted by over 1,000 Taco
ma wheeelmen, which gave the affair
the appearanoe of an immense pionio.
Lunohes were spread at the lake. The
Columbia River is Puget Sound Navi
gation Company donated the use of the
Flyer to the Seattle club, resulting in!
.raising over 1250 toward extending thej
Lake Washington bicycle boulevard at
Seattle.
Kaw Elver at High Mark.
Topeka, April 87. The Kaw river
at this point is at the highest stage to
night that has been reached in eight
years, and is still rising at the rate of
two inches an hour. Two bridges at
this point are in imminent danger.
The Union Pacific and Rock Island
roads report washouts north and west
of here, but repairs have been made
during the day, and traffic is again
moving.
Bote Nine Feet.
Maryville, Mo., April 27. One
Hundred and Two 'river rose nearly
nine feet last night, and is' now a mile
nd a half wide, flooding a large num
ber of farms. Traffic through here, on
the Burlington and Wabash roads, is
suspended, and three miles of the Bur
lington's traok .and a mile of Wabash
track is washed out near here.
Episcopal Convention.
Milwaukee, Wis., April 27. The
biennial convention of the Episcopal
church will be held here, commencing
Tuesday, October 10. Bishop Nichol
son has been notified that the invita
tion whioh he extended to the board to
meet in Milwaukee when the semicen
tennial of the diocese is to be celebrat
ed, has been accepted.
Gold Ordered for Export.
Washington, April 27. The secre
tary of the treasury today received a
telegram from Assistant Treasurer Jor
.dan, at New York, stating that $997,
000 gold has been ordered for export.
This is the first withdrawal of any con
siderable amount sinoe July 23, 1890,
whon $2,000,000 was withdrawn; . '
Earthquake In Illinois.
Cairo, 111., April 87 A severe
earthquake was felt here at 10 o'olook
tonight. It lasted about twenty seo
onds. The largest structures were
shaken with a swaying motion, and
people rushed in terror out on the
streets. No damage has been reported.
In Bangkok, the oapital of Siam,
there are about seventy-one thousand
houses, and each floats on a bamboo
raft.
Evidence of Steady Growth
and Enterprise.
ITEMS OF GENERAL I5TEEEST
Prem AU th Cities an4 Towns of
lb Thriving list State
Oregosb-
A contract has been let to build a
new courthouse, at Coquille City, to cost
$11,625.
The liabilities of Crook county, on
March 31, last, were $35, 067, and the
resources $43,548.
For the first time in twenty-five years
the circuit court for Benton county con
cluded a session without a jury trial.
Superintendent J. F. Nowlen has been
examining Umatilla county schools,
He reports all to be in excellent condi
tion. County Treasurer I.indlev, of Jack
son county, last week forwarded the
last of the state tax money due, $2,
242.13. A number of stockraisers around
Paulina, in Crook county, stopped feed
ing their stock this week, and furned
them ont on the range. ,
The semiannual statement of Wallowa
county shows that on March 81 last
the county's liabilities were $30,182,
and its resources $13,403. ; '
D. B. Kidder, -of Baker City, is in
the Long Creek valley, Grant county,
making up a band of 5,000 yearling;
wethers, paying for them $1.50 a head.
Those opposed to anew courthouse
being built in Coos couonty, have
served an injunction upon the mem
bers of the countv board to restrain
the building.
Klamath county has warrants out
standing to the amount of $62,301, and
the intererst thereon is $15,575. The
county's resources are estimated to be
of the value of $19,461.
Sheepraisers of Crook county have
had a very successful lambing season,
nearly all of the lambs being saved.
All sheep have wintered well and thoir
wool is in good condition.
The semiannual report of the county
officials of Lake county shows the total
outstanding and unpaid warrants to be,
with estimated interest, $42,434.86,
while the total of unpaid taxes due and
owing the county is $35,658.90.
Measles are interferinz with school
warkJnThe Dalles. " About half the
absent Trb'STneTriga'
Unton-street primary.
An ordinance has been passed by the
city council of Ashland to prohibit card '
playing or dice throwing for pleasure or
profit by minors, and is intended to
operate to prevent minors from playing
the nickel-in-the-elot machines as well
as other games. The ordinance fixes a
penalty for allowing minors to play at
such games, and is an addition to the
general ordinance against gambling.
Washington.
A Columbia river rancher will plant
forty acres to peanuts and sweet pota- '
toes this spring.
Work will soon begin on a now and
larger stockyards on the Northern Pa
cific, at Garfield.
Sheepshearers have arrived in Prossep
and it is expected that 30,000 sheep
will be sheared there this season.
The rush of prospectors to the Okan
ogan, Methow and Reservation mining
districts through Wilbur has com
menced. A cattleman of North Yakima last
week sold to a Seattle buyer a carload
of cattle at $42 per head, making a
total payment of $798.
A bioyolist last week made the dis
tance between Olympia and Tacoma in
one hour and 58 minutes. This is tho
best record made so far.
The owners of dairy cows in Kittitas
county had to feed the cows 140 days
during the winter just passed, instead
of the usual ninety days. '
The annual rose carnival in Tacoma
will be held July 1,8 and 3, and in
connection with the celebration there
will be a water pageant
Speoimens of- fire clay taken from
Silver lake, near Castle Rock, hava
been tested and pronounoed of good
quality for brick-making and pottery
purposes.
' Cheney ministers are talking of form
ing atocal union for more united work.
A majority of the ministers of the city
met last week, and discussed in an in
formal Way the advisability of the pro
ject. Cattlemen are scouring Walla Walla
county for beef oattle. What few oat
tie there are left are not in good con
dition, but they are expected to be in
such shape by May 1 that shipments
may be made.
The oity oounoil of Walla Walla has
under consideration an ordinance to
prohibit street meetings or demonstra
tions of any description, except parades,
unless a permit is given by the mayor.
ine oraiance nas passed to its third
reading, and the chance of its becom
ing a law is good.
Hogbuyers in Eastern Washington
are buying Logs to ship to Missouri
river points; at the same time Seattle
packing houses are shipping pork pro
ducts into Eastern Waahinston, and
pork is being shipped from Nebraska to
Seattle, says the Spoltane Chronicle.
This, it is said, is ruiniu; the hograis
ing industry in Eastern Washington.
Two years ago the Palouse country bad
75,000 hog?, the PotUtch country 40..
000, the Biff Bend country, 80,000,
uy, wo,
it third,
&ow they have not more than one
mat many, at most