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The zrzrrr. NO. 7. VOL. IV. IIILLSBORO, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY , 1897. NEWS OF THE WEEK From all Parts of the New and Old World. BRIEF AND INTERESTING ITEMS ON THE AGGRESSIVE. Cemprehenalv lUvlew of the Import . ant Happening! of th Cur " rent Week. Forest fires are said to bo starting up again around Ashlund, Win. The Santa F purchased the Atlan tio & Pacific railroad ut a foreclosure sale for $13,000,000. Tim Transvaal will observe the queon's' jubilee day as a holiday as a token of appreciation.1 1 - A biif Arc In Pittuburtr, Pa., de stroyed 3,000,000 worth of proerty, hnd resulted in one ditath and the in jury of four persons. . , The banking-house of J. B. Wheeler Co., in Manitou and Aspen, Colo., have gone, into .the hands of assignees. Bo reason given, by the directors. W, p. Case, of Pittsburg, Columbia county,' and J. WV Duncan, of Uma tilla, Umatilla county, Oregon, have been appointed fourth-class postmasters! A Washington .special say that it has been definitely decided that Nation al Committeeman J. K. Boyd, of North Carolina, will bo appointed solicitor of Internal revenue. Colonel John Hay, tiio newly ap pointed" United States ambassador to England, was received with umiHual distinction while presenting bis cre dentials to the queen at WindHor castle. 'It ban been fotind that Victor, Kottki Vail the man drowned oil the const a few day ago with John ItoVk, Vyhile fishing near Astoria. Koski was a resi dent of ..West Astoria, 80 years of age and unmarried)'' '. ' 'fohaniia Spilth, widow of Jacob Hpath, is suing Kutz & Bons.'sausage manufac turers, of San Francisco, for $100,000 (ikihaiiel. Her huiibaml was killed in the defendant's factory and thowidow charges the firm with being responsible on account of negligence. ' ; -President McKinluy has sent to con gress a uiesBiige concerning the lynch ing of three Italians at lluhnville, Va., August 9, 1896.' . He recommends an Appropriation 'of $40,000 tor the Heirs of the persons without admitting the liability of the , United States in the premises. In the German rejchstuK Count von Kanit-, the agrarian leader, interpellat ed the government on the subject of the proposed United States tariff. He asked if the government Wished to con - tinue the agreement of .1801, and Buid the Diiwlcv bill implied less the in- crease of American customs revenue than the iinoccsafnl expulsion of Euro pean imports from American markets. " A duel was fought at the entrance to ''.'Washington Park, . ' Chicago, which "might have resulted fatally for one of the principals, had not the seconds load ed tho revolvers used with blank cartridges.-,1 .The 'principals were W. L, King, son of a rioted lawyer who died i some time aj;o, and Colonel Jeremiah A Busk, 'a veteran of the Confederate army, who had fought on board , the vijerrinmo. After shots had been ex , changed the dnelists' honor had been satisfied, and they shook hands. Four lives wore lost in a tenement house fire in Brooklyn, N. Y. t , Fiiu consumed tho elevator and other property of the Iowa Elevator Company at Peoria, 111.! loss, $200,000. , Trainwreckers threw a switch and ,; wrecked a train on the Houston & Tex as Central and killed one man and In jured several, , ' ' The schooner Annie was crushed In an ice iloe off St. Johns, N. B. The . 'crew of twenty-five men barely escaped " With "their lives. . ; ' '' ,., N.. Burris, Son' & Co,, of Norfolk, Vui, one of the. most prominent and widelv known banking flrmB ' in the South, has fulled. The insurgents against Spanish rule In -the Philippine islands are still 25,- 000 strong and offering stout resistence '. in the mountains. , The Hansard union of printers and : publishers in, London, which oqllapsed ' in 1891, has paid a quarterof a million sterling of its indebtedness. The mineowners of Leadville, Col., met and subscribed : $50,000. toward 1 draining the mines, and it is estimated .that opening the mines will put 750 .men to work. ''.'. ', ' The French fishing vessol Valiant, Captain Pierre, from St. Malo for Mi qiiulon, struck an iceberg on the Grand banks, near St. John's, N. F., on the 18th inst., and almost immediately foundered. 1 She had seventy-three fishermen on board, and all took to the boats. Only one of these boats has so far beon heard from. When it left the vessel, jts complement was ten men. Three perished from exposure and hun Kor. The bodies of the first two were thrown overboard, but the survivors, in il,ir desperation, were driven to oan- nibalism, and ate the third. The boat was picked up by a schooner. The sur vivors are in a shocking condition, and are so badly frostbitten that their arms must be amputated. . The fourth annual 'meeting of the Paciflo Coast Women's , Congress has opened in San Francisco. John Forepaugh and two prominent Spaniards were killed in a railroad ao oldentnear Tampa, Flai A careless niotorman left his post, and the trolley ciir was run down by a fast mail train. Supervisor Rakestraw is preparing ' for the national educational institute to be held in Portland, Or., in August, : at which it is expected all the Indian schools and agencies in .the west will be represented... ' , ., ' Itmirgent Operation In Havana Pror Inra Attended With 8uoce. Now York, May 5. A special to the Press from Key West says: Havana advices show that the insurgents are active in that province. Tapasta was attacked last week by a force of 400 insurgents, And held for an entire day. The Spanish garrison in one of the blockhouses retired completely, while the other held their ground and did not fire at the insuregnts or disturb them in any way. The Cubans took posses sion of the vacated blockhouse, looting it of all the arms and provisions they could find, and then set it on fire. Tb other blockhouse, with a. gar rinon of 800 troops in and around it, kept quiet, no offensive operations be ing attempted by the Spanish in com mand. The Cubans camped within half a mile of the Spanish force, and plundered the stores of the town with out opposition. La Heiba was attacked hy a lorce from Rodriguez' army, the first of the week, and the Bpanish garrison driven out. There is a small earth fort there and two blockhouses. They attacked the earthworks early in the morning, and carried them by a dashing charge, the Spanish retreating into their block houses at the other end of town. One of those was attacked by the Cubans, and three bombs exploded under its walls, shattering it badly and killing several inmates. The Spanish surren dered, and were paroled by the Cu bans. Some firing took place between the insurgents and the other two block houses, but no attack was made on thorn, the Cubans apparently being con tent with the victories they had gained. They entered the stores, took what they pleased, and loaded their plunder in ox teams in plain view of the Spanish. The Spanish loss is said to have been about seventy-rive killed and wounded. . Word reached the palace yesterday 'that a garrison of 200 men at a small place in the southwestern portion of the province deserted to the insurgents last week, carrying all their arms and ammunition and a field piece. The insurgent captains, Rafael Men doza Sicarros, and Ricardo Haldea.wbo voluntarily surrendered a fortnight ago in Pinar del Rio and were liberated un-derCaptain-Goneral Weyler's amnesty decree, have been arrested. They are to be deported in irons to Ceuta for confinement. Advices from Sancti Spiritus report that the Spanish volunteers in the gar rison there are becoming mutinous, ow ing to the government's failure to pro vide adequate commissary supplies. From thirty to forty are deserting daily. ' HOLD THEIR GROUND Greeks Maintain Their Posi tions in Thessaly. FIGHTING AEODND VELESTINO THE DAY IN THE SENATE. l-ha Praicnoa or Foreign Warlilp at Volo BcaMurea the Inhabit-anta-The War In Kplrua. Br. Zertucha In Trouble. New York, May 5. A dispatch to the Journal from Havana Bays: "Dr. Maximo Zertucha, Antonio Maceo's physician, who is alleged to have be trayed the Cuban general to the Span iards, was1 arrested at his home near Guinos yesterday and brought to Ha vana under olose guard. It is under stood at the palace that Weyler has or dered his deportation to Chafarinas island, a Spanish penal settlement off the African coast." A FORTUNE FOR A TRAMP. Jacob Lonaliif I" in I. ink if He Can Be Found. New York, May 5. This story has to do with one Jaoob Loosing, a tramp who ran away from his home in Havre, France, when a little boy of 16, and who has just been left $88,000 by a rioh uncle who died. The man was taken to a lawyer's office nine months ago to be examined as a Witness in an assault case. In the course of an ex amination these facts were brought out: The man was Jacob Loosing;, he was born in Havre; his uncle, who con ducted a large flour business at Havre, took charge of him and sent him to a boarding slicool. , When the boy .was 10 years old he ran away.went to Paris, mastered the English language, earned a little money, made his way tp Liver dool and came to this country on a cat tle steamer.- Finding it was necessary to work, even in America, the runaway went West and obtained a position as porter in a hotel in Iowa. He drifted to San FranciBco. There, sad to re late, the wanderer was compelled to serve eighteen months in San Quen tin, aocused of having broken into a laundry. When liberated he came to New York. - . "-V-.,'! . All this Jacob told the lawyer.. The latter did not plaoe muoh confidence in the man's story, but ,aftr giving' it careful consideration, lie 'decided fliat there might be some truth in it, so he wrote to a oounsellor at' Havre and re- coived'the reply that Jacob's uncle had dted several months ago, leaving an es tate Talued at $88,000. ' It was only for Loesirig to go there and prove his identity. , Money needed for expenses would be advanced. But Loesing can not be found. - ' ' London, May 6. The Times prints the following from its Volo correspond ent: When I arrived at Velestino yes terday afternoon, I had just seen the Turkish infantry advancing in two col umns, intending to cut the railway. The Greeks, 1,000 strong, under Gen eral Smolenski, by whose side I watched the encounter in the rear of the Eighth regiment, under Colonel Gannikosta, imtduallv advanced our battalion to hold the railway, the other to support the artillery, whioh had mounted guns on the right center. The Seventh regi ment of infantry, under Colonel Regli, advanced to a low plateau on the left, where two batteries were in position. General Smolenski had ordered the shelling to begin when the enemy was well within range, consequently the guns did not open fire before 5:80. The Turks were evidently about 1,400 strong. Their cavalry reoonnoitered the wood where the Greeks were con cealed, but the batteries remained silent until 6 o'clock and at the time the fire fell short of being effective, though the Greek practice was the best I Iihvh vet noticed. . The Turks ran away from the shells, but continued to advance in good order. Our right was reallv never engaged, and the niilway station was defended by .only a small force with two Krupp guns. Towards the end, the large Turkish center was seen to advance in tne aistance, oui sunset, at 6:45, caused a temporary oes sation. Trains are running to Pharsala now, and I managed to get through. Re turning on horseback in the darkness to Volo, I was captured by the Greek out posts, thanks to the failure of head ouarters to issue roaular passports. I was treated with much civility, but was retained until a late hour. Having met reinforcements on the way to Yolo, I went out again today, when the Greeks brought up nearly the whole Pharsala foroe. Save in the sharp struggles during the night, the Greeks have been successful, holding their eround. The Turks maintained a battery on a hill facing the Greek left, approached the end of the wood and burned a small village. Nearly all the fighting today has been on the extreme right, in the direotion of Lake Karla and the eastern Volo road. Whoever gains this road com mands Volo and could out off retreat there. The trains still run to Velestino, the officials displaying great coolness and courage. . As yet the Greek losses have not been heavy The Red Cross Society, for merly much in evidence, is now con spicuous by its absence, and this faot causes comment. A dispatch to the News from Vele stino savs the presence of Crown Prince Constantino at Pharsala would be quite superflous, if he were not the future king of Greece. He ought to remain there, if only to prove to an exasperat ed nation, that he was the viotim of an unworthy gang of courtiers, colonels, sabreures and the like, of all grades of inefficiency, whom he had nominated to be his general staff. . .. Several Important Queatlone Came t'p for Consideration. Washington, May 5. After a recess eovering practically ten days, the senate net today with a large accumulation f routine business and several import tnt questions, including the Morgan Cuban resolution, awaiting attention. The attendance was unusually large. Among the bills introduced was one by Dhandler of New -Hampshire, for the issue of certificates of indebtedness up to 50. 00O.TJ0O to meet deficiencies of revenue. It was referred to the finance Mmmittee. A resolution by Pettus of Alabama, was agreed to ' asking the secretary of the treasury for information as to the imounts paid as drawbacks during the last ten years. Vest's resolution, directing the com mittee on commerce to investigate and report on the causes of the Mississippi floods was favorably reported from the committee on contingent expenses. The Cuban resolution was called up by Morgan, who asked for a vote. Hale of Maine, just returned after an extended absence, desired time to pre pare his remarks. He assured Morgan there was no purpose to delay the reso lution for the mere sake of delay. Af ter proper debate, he said it would be voted on, as he was as anxious as any one to have the resolution disposed of. Morgan endeavored to have a day fixed for a vote, but there were objections. A FIRE AT PITTSBURG Three Million Dollars' Worth of Property Destroyed. BEGAN IS WHOLESALE GROCERY RAILWAYS IN MEXICO. In the 0ouae. Washington, May 5. In the house today Joseph B. Showalter, recently elected to represent the Twenty-fifth Pennsylvania district, to fill the place of J. J. Davidson, deceased, took the oath of office. Bailey of Texas presented a resolu tion that the Nelson bankruptcy bill, recently passed by the senate, be taken up by the house on Monday, May 10, and considered until disposed of. He asked unanimous consent for immediate consideration of the resolution. Brewster, Republican, of New York, objected. Simpson of Kansas rose to a question of, personal privileges, and sent to the clerk's desk to be read an extract from the New York Mail and Express accusing him of being an ob structionist and predicting that he would be pulverized under the speaker's triphammer. A NEW COALING STATION. the The Aasaults at the Junction.' London, May 5. The correspondent of the Telegraph at Velestino, under date of Sunday, says: t In the battle yeBterday 7.Q00 Turks made repeated assaults on the Greek positions at the railway, junction. They were driven back by the fire which poured down from the strongholds ?f the infantry and Evzones. The Turkish oavalry charge on the..Greeks: seemed madness, for the horsemen attempted to ascend a long slope in the face of two strong in trenohmerits Of infantry. ' situation at Volo;;' ; Volo, May 5.A malciritytof the in- .... . . ' ' : J i-1; .Ik:. United Rtates May Yet Establish . One at Santo Domingo, ' ' New York, May 5. A Herald spe cial from Wahsington says: General Grant's project for the establishrrientM of a naval coaling station in bamana bay, Santo Domingo, may yet be real ized. Aocording to Mr. Henry Smytbe, minister to Hayti, and charge d'affairs to Santo Domingo, under the Cleveland administration, the Domingo govern ment is ready to cede such a station to the United States without asking the payment of a dollar. ' Mr. Smythe has not submitted an official report on this subject to the state department for the reason that his resignation was accepted before he had time to prepare it, though he had called on Secretary Sherman, to whom he made an oral report. In a letter recently written by Mr. Smythe to a former friend in Washing ton, he says that he discussed with the Dominican foreign office a treaty which embraoed the following heads and di visions: Commerce, navigation, extra dition and reciprocity of interests and concessions. Under this latter division he obtained the concession of a coaling station for the use of the American navy during the enntinuanoe of tho treaty: on the sole condition that "coaling facilities" rm allowed the Dominican navy in American ports. The coaling station was to be looated at any point in the bav of Samana. or in either of two fine harbors east of Santo Domingo or the Caribbean sea. ' - . STRANDED IN JUNEAU. Drowned In Salmon Bay. Seattle, May 5. B. H. YfaMer, cook of the schooner Compeer, loading lum ber at Ballard for Central America, drowned in Salmon bay this afternoon. He had quit, intending to go to Alaska, and a new cook had been engaged for the schooner. They started in a small skiff for the ship, the skiff capsized and Waller drowned. The new cook saved his life bv clinging to the over turned boat. Fire at Los Angeles. Los Angeles, May 5. Fire at an early hour this morning destroyed $20,- 000 worth of residence property on &an Julian street, this city. The Are began in the livery stable of John Goodman. This was totally destroyed, and a row of three houses owned by Dr. John P. Whistler was consumed with their con tents. Six horses and four valuable hacks were burned in the stable. . As comets near the bud their velooity always increases. habitants have migratedjfromtthia port to Athens and the island of Eboea. The townjs calmer; owing; to the ar rival of "the Greek squadron, and French,. British aud Italian worships. Two hundred French sailors are patrol ling the streets in order to reassure the inhabitants. - The Greek treasury of Thessaly, com posing 100 oheBts of money, which has been lying at the French consulate, was transported on board a Greek warship today to be conveyed to Athens. The Turks are approaching in the di rection of Velestino, where 18,000 Greeks are encamped and skillfully in-tronched. A detachment of Evzones is guarding the railroad station here. The French flag has been hoisted over the hospital. ' . s. ' To Make a Stand at Volo. London, May 5, -A Times dispatch from Larissa says.it is alleged there that the report that Volo had been oc cupied by the Turks is not true, and that the Greeks have resolved to con centrate their foroes there and make a stand. Greeks Leaving Pharsala. Paris, May 5. Telegrams from Con stantinople today confirm the report of the Greeks leaving Phareala, retiring on Domokos. The Greek troops, ac cording to the Constantinople advioes,, are also evacuating Arta. Killed by. a Train, Martinsburg, W. Va., May 5. While walking on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad track near here, Benjamin Shopard and Martin Rizer, farmers, were killed by a train. Two Hundred Men There Are Unable , to Get Away.. . Port, Townsend, Wash., May 5. The steamer Al-Ki. returned this evening from an uneventful trip to. Alaska, bringing but, four passengers and very little freight. A large number of stranded people are at Juneau. They went north without supplies, expecting to beg food from others while en route to the Yukon.' They were given to un derstand they would starve if they started on the trip, so they remained at Juneau. The recent raise in fare, from $15 to $32 from Juneau to Sound points preclude their leaving Juneau, and the result is that there are upward of 200 men there,without money or the means of getting either to the mines or back to the Sound, No court will be held in Alaska for several months to come. A Juneau paper says that there are so few casee for jury trial upon the district court calendar for the May term that the cir cumstances will not warrant the great expense which the summoning of a jury would entail upon the government. Washington Supreme Court. Olympia, Wash.; May 5. The su preme court has granted a petition for a rehearing in the oaBe.of the State vs. MoCann, from King county, and in the City of Tacoma vs. Tacoma Light & Water Company. The Durrant Case. San Francisco, May 5. The attor neys for Theodore Durrant today filed conies of a bill of exceptions on the ap peal to the supreme court of the United States. The exceptions are to proceed inirs in court April 10, when a motion for a continuance was denied and when Durrant was sentenced to be hanged at San Quentin prison June 11. The London markets have been flood ed with pearls since the outbreak of the plague at Bombay. The - Bolldlnge Burned Were Mostlj Fine Structure Situated In th Butlneu DUtrict. Pittsburg, May 4. The greatest fire that has visited this city since tht memorable one in 1845, started shortlv after midnight this morning, in the im mense wholesale grocery establishment of Thomas C. Jenkins, on Penn avenue and Liberty street. Three large blocks, extending from Liberty to Penn ave nue, and from Fifth to Sixth streets, have been, reduced to smouldering ruins. The loss will exceed $3,000,- 000, and is well covered by insurance. Among the buildings destroyed arc Jenkins' wholesale grocery establish menf, Home's six-story dry-goods es tablishment; Home's office building, the Duquesne theater, and the Metho dist Book Concern. The fire started in the cellar of the Jenkins building, in a pile of barrels filled with waste paper. ' The flames were discovered by Watchman Hunter. He had smelled smoke early in the evening, but believed that it came from the outside and paid no attention to it. The flames leaped rapidly up the ele vator shaft, and he made a vain effort to extinguish them with buckets of wa ter. An air shaft used to ventilate the great building fanned the flames, and he found it impossible to do any thing. He made his escape from the building with great difficulty because of the immense volume of smoke. The alarm was turned in about the same time by Officer Milton Bailey, who no ticed smoke issuing through the win dows. . The fire made rapid headway, and by 12:80 o'clock flames began to pour out of the Penn-avenue front. All the fire department of the city and of Allegheny was summoned, and the firemen fought bravelv to check the- progress of the conflagration. The' fire, however, at tacked the immense' quantity of bar reled oil, sugar and molasses and flour that this building contained, and 12:45 o'clock the Penn-avenue and Liberty street fronts were a mass of - flames. : The fire ate its way so rapidly that the firemen narrowly escaped falling debris. Flames filled Penn avenue completely, and shot-into the-air 200-Reefer more, presenting one of the most magnificent sights seen for years. The building of Joseph Home S Co., opposite, caught,, and the firemen worked desperately to prevent its loss. At 1 o'clock the Home building was burning from cellar to roof, and the flames had communicated to Home's immense office building adjoining. The structure was of stone, six stories in height. It was occupied by W. P. Grier& Co., china dealers; Bon Marche Glove Company, Spanish's carpet house, and scores of physicians. Huck's cigar factory and Hall Bros.' building next fell, and they were quick ly followed by the Duquesne theater, Methodist Book Concern - building, and the Surprise : clothing store. The lat ter was an immense five-story building, running back 200 feet. The fire was t.hn most maenificent sight seen in Pittsburg in years. When the Jenkins and Home buildings had became en veloped in the conflagration, Penn avenue was one mass of flames, and sheets of fire, with, heavy columns of smoke, were sent 200 feet into the air. The glare of the flames could be seen for miles, and the streets for blocks around were brilliantly illuminated. As soon as the fire attacked these buildings, several streams of water were turned on them, but the water had no more effect than if it was not an ex tinguisher The flames from the burn in oil in the Jenkins building rolled out against it, and in five minutes the two beautitul riorne muuungs burning briskly. The firemen then left the Jenkins building to its fate and used their unit ed and desperate efforts to save the Home buildings. All the streams that could be summoned were turned on these buildings, but they were now one mass of flames. The -fire department then turned its attention to the sur-1 rounding budildings, but . the raging flames rapidly ate their way to all sides. At 4 o'clock, the fire was finally mas tered, but was Btill burning with in tense fury within the blocks bounded by Fifth and Sixth streets- east and west, and Liberty street and Penn ave nue north and south. The loss, it is now believed, will be greatly in excess of the first estimates, and is estimated at $3,uuu,uuu. A number of firemen were injured by falling walls and live wires, but none of them seriously. Gngllah Contractor Preparing to Build Several Line. City of Mexico, May 4. An import ant company has been incorporated here, with a capital of $1,000,000, the larger part of the shares being taken by Pearson & Son, the English contrac tors having in hand the drainage of the Valley of Mexico and the port works at Vera Cruz, with a few Mexican share holders. The new company will be known as the Mexican Land, Naviga tion & Railway Company. The first ob ject of the company is to build a rail way from some suitable point on the National Tehiiantepec road to a aesira- ible point in the state of Vera Crnz. The government gives a subsidy of over 8.000 acres of public lands per kilo- meter of railway constructed. On some 400,000 acres of land thus acquired the company will settle European and other colonists. Among other plans of the company is to acquire railways in the southern part of Vera Cruz, and also the railroad line has already been located, and construction will begin in two months. NORTHWEST BREVITIES Evidence of Steady Growth and Enterprise. ITEMS 07 GENERAL INTEREST THE LEVEES ARE HOLDING. Wont I Apparently Over the Red River. North of New Orleans, May 4. Despatches from all points along the river today show that the levees are holding. A fall of one-tenth at Providence strength ens the belief of engineers that the worst is over from the mouth of Red river to the Arkansas line. The danger points now are from Red river landing southward. At Plaquemine today the river rose four-tenths, and the levee workers in that vicinity are having a hard time keeping the line in a condi tion of safety. The gauge here shows 19.30 tonight. 'Major Richardson, chief of the state engineers, came to the city at the gov ernor's order to act as advisory engi neer on the local work, and declared the defense well constructed. Here and elsewhere the day was devoted to hard work, and no mishaps have occur red. There is considerable alarm about Davis levee, but extensive reinforce ments will be begun there tomorrow. The High Water at St. Louie. St. Louis, May - 4. The continued high water has excited a great interest, as was evinced by the enormous crowds that flocked to the river front today. The river continues to. rise, marking 80,95 at 4 P. M. At a number of nlaces alone the levee the railroad tracks were under water. The termi nal assooiation, whose trackB are partly under water, expresses no uneasiness. One of the officials stated it would take five feet l6f water before all their river tracks had been submerged, and that they had engines which would work in three feet of water, therefore it would take a rise of eight feet beyond the present stage before the company would be incovenienced. . Situation at Natche. Natchez, Miss., May 4. With the exception of a half-tenth rise during the ftist twenty-four hours, the river situation remains unchanged. The weather having Cleared, the situation tonight seems more hopeful. While the levees are in fair shape, they have many streams of water running through them, necessitating a large ditch to be dua to carry off the water at Vidalia. They are being worked on by a large force and closely guarded. In many 'places the river is within less' than a foot of the top, ana tne curreni is very swift.' ; ; Circulation of Currency. : ;,-...-' Washington, May 4. Th monthly statement of the controller of the cur rency shows that on April 30 the total, circulation of national bank notes was $232,802,244,a gain, -for the -year .of $8,700,899, and a loss for 'the mouth of $906,650. ''- -'. -': V. . The circulation 'based ipn-.. United States bonds was $208,7.68li5.49, a gain for the year of $5,365,410, arid" V loss; for the month Of $999yi53?H ; The circulation- secured, ihy, , lawful money was. $24,083,696, an. increase for the year of $3,335,589,' an 'increase for the month of $92,503. - ' . , The amount of Uriited.. .StateSj :regis tered bonds on deposit to. secure, circu lating notes was $232,749,306,': and to secure public depostis, $18,813,000.' kra All ilia Cltle aa Towaa t the ThrlTlaej II iter Btata . Oregoa- Wild pigeons are flying along Coos river, and the gunners are out. Six carloads of wheat were shipped from Eugene to Portland last week. There is much activity in Douglas xmnty hopyards this year, and few, if iny, yards will go uncultivated.' -a-' In digging a 'well on the Warm Springs reservation recently, ueorge Krause found human bones and teeth at i depth of forty feet, Six or eight Greeks in Astoria sold out their nets and other fishing gear last week, and, with the money, started lack to aid the mother country in her itruggle with Turkey. The semiannual statement of the Inancial condition of. Grant county March 81 last showed that the county's liabilities amounted to $136,004, and the resources to $87,944. Two pairs of Mongolian pheasants from Oregon have been turned loose in Rockbridge county, Virginia, where hey will be carefully protected in tne sffort being made to propogate them. The firm to secure the government work of the upper Coquille Is arranging for the commencement of the work, rhe improvement 'will be confined largely to points between Robert's land ing and Rackleff's mill, or about one nile below Myrtle Point. Hood River has doubled the acreage if its strawberries this spring. The aew plants will not bear this year, but next year should have a tun crop, ana this next year should furnish 1,500,000 pounds of crimson lusclousnessi or tw mbb, says The Dalles Chronicle. Dairying in Curry county is in full plast. The number of cows has not . been decreased by the hard winter, but, jwing to the inrceased demand for oat tle and the better prioes paid, more ;alves will be raised and the output of jutter will probably not equal that of last year. The Tillamook Lumbering Company s operating its water pipe factory night is well as day, for the purpose of filling in order for about Similes Of pipe, which is required to extend the water . system at Kalama, in Washington. - It will require about 50,000 teet ot lum ber. The pipe will be shipped on the steamer Harrison. - - , . . Union oountT butchers are becoming wmewhat uneasy over the prospect of wcuring beef cattle lor this season. business. Heretofore it has beeW tft. sasy task to secure all the beeves HiSy needed at any time, but the unusual de mand for cattle this season threatens to change former conditions. . Not only are buyers purchasing all, the salable iteers they can find, but they appear just as eager to secure dry cows; Struck for JElglit Hour. New York, May 4. Two hundred and fifty union plumbers, steamfitters and gasfitters struck at Newark today for eieht hours' work, with no reiuio- tion of wages. They were working nine hours. The carpenterB and lath ers have won their fight. . The ; brick layers and masons receive the same pay as last year. Heavy Cuntom-House Buslnea. New York, May 4. There was a big rush of importers today to pay duties, and the receipts reached $2,407,829, a record exceeded by only two days in the history of . the custom house. The heaviest duties paid today were on sugar and tobacco During the last twenty years the rail ways of the world have absorbed 50, 000,000 tons of steel, or almost half the total produot. (iunhontl Ordered Into Comntission. Washington, May 4.r-The first result of the laying-aip of , the big cruiser Co lumbia is manitestea in tne prepara tion of : orders by the navy department for the commisson of two new gunboats, Helena and Annapolis. . The Helena will go into active 'service for the first time on June 1, and the ' Annapolis a week later, on the 7th. -- These boats will be kept on the North Atlantic sta tion for about three months, when, be ing thoroughly Bhaken down, they will be sent to one of the foreign stations, probably China, to relieve some of the larger cruisers now in need, of over hauling. , Alaska Mall Service. Washington, May 4. The first regu lar mail service authorized for an en tire year in Alaska has been contracted for by . the postofflce department, the service being from Juneau to Ulrcle City, 900 miles each way. The con tract calls for one round trip a month,, beginning July 1, 1897. William F. Sailer, of this city, is the contractor, the contract price being $6,999. Battle-Ship Oregon' Injurle. Washington, May 4. The full report of Naval Constructor Capps . and Cap tain Barker, upon the condition of the Oregon, after her mishap at Bremer ton, on Puget sound, has been received at the navy department. As indicated by the telegraphio report, the injuries were not of a nature to disable the ship, and although there is a long list of bent frames and plates, caused by contact with sunken piles, there was no leakage and no necessity torepair the bents. Washington. Potatoes are plentiful in the Kittitai ralley, and are selling at $9 a ton. The business men of Snohomish are working to get a hospital for that city. ' A farmers' institute will be; held in lEllensbUrg during the' first week in June.' ' '.V.-V, . ".' . A movement has been ; started in Oakesdale tp raise a fund to. jielp the Greeks. '.. " "' ." ' Frank Terry Is to be the ne w Indian gent for the Crows at Puyallup Indian reservation. ; : ,- ; , Klickitat county farmers shipped three tons of bacon from The Dalles to 'Rowland last week. ' - i - "'"" Mate Jenner, an old '49er, drowned In Pemiahmop bays near Blaine, last week. His boat "oapBteed during , ... heavy wind.' ' " j '"t' ". ' . ', ' I :. -Stevens county millmen are begin ning to ship their lumber to British Co lumbia.. , A great deal of brick a,nd m lime goes the same way. ;'-7' . ",t The monthly report of ttie 'Spokana public Schools for April 8h6ws"th'at tha enrollment is 656 larger, than that at the end of April last year. .., . A $10,000 damage suit against the town of Asotin was decided last week by a jury in favor of the town:: ,' Tekoa is said to have a .Young La dies' Pedestrian Club, the members of which get up at 6 o'clock in the morn ing and take walks for their health. The injunction restraining the con struction' of the Snohomish county courthouse has been dissolved, and once more Everett will try to get the county seat oh a firm foundation. ". , The corporations throughout Wash ington are generally complying with the new law requiring the payment of an annual fee ot $10. Last week in one day $40 was 'received from this source by the secretary of state. Indian Commissioner Barge has re turned to North Yakima from Mon tana, and will be joined this week by Commissioner Hoy t, when negotiations with the Yakima Indians will be re sumed. Commissioner Goodwin has gone East oh a leave of absence. ..t A resident of Walla Walla last week took 1,800 atook hogs to Nebraska, The hogs were bought for 8 cents a pound by a Nebraska man, who bought 80,000 bushels of com at from 10 to 11 cents a bushel before the hogs arrived. .The experts at work on the books of Whatcom county have finished the work in all the county offices except tha treasurer's, and are at wow in tnat partment now. The work in that offlot will take about two month's time, aa than are ovar 18,000 raoalpU to chtQaj