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VOL. IV.
IIILLSBOltO, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1897.
NO. 8.
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NEWS OF THE WEEKi
From
all Parts of the New
and Old World.
BRIEF AND INTERESTING ITEMS
Comprehensive Iterlew of the Import
ant Happenings of the Our
r.at Week.
The Brussels exposition hits been
fiinniilly opened. Kin); Leopold ami
' tlit) diplomatic corps were present.
"' Prinze Ji'iHmurck wiim honored it t
Friediiohsruhe, Germany by a torch
light procession given liy his townsmen.
Ilia agricultural ilupurtiiiunt crop re
purt puts the outiilition of wheat at HO. 3
against 81.4 luHt moiitli anil 72 on May
1 luHt your.
The interests of United States oi li
tem) at Puerto Cortez, tin Beat of tlin
revolution In Honduras, will be looked
aftur by the cruiser Marblehead. The
vessel is now on her way there.
AVtiUon is now buintf circulated in
New York and signed by bankers and
business men, urging President McKin
ley to dp. alt in his .power to effect u
speedy settlement of tliu Cuban insur
rection. Lewis L. McArtlitir, member of tho
Icgtri'firrn of Broiiaugh, MoArthur, Fen
too & Broiiaugh, of Portland, Or., and
one of the prominent lawyers of tho
state, died in Walla Wulla, WumIi,, of
heart disease.
The supreme court of the United
Status has decided the Berliner piitont
case in favor of the Bell Telephone
Company. Tho decision is against the
government and has been pending since
1801. According to the decision the
Bull Company will control the patent
for ten yours.
- . Frank Uurz, his two sons ami a
''brother. ChriH Burz, proHpunms Our-
man fanners of Hcdllold, fi, D., were
asuhyxlutud in a well on their farm.
Frank Bun was overcome by gas while
' at work in the well. The others de
scended ono at a time in an attempt to
rescue hi in, and all met the tamo fate.
The- British ship County of Hud
dlngton, which has j nut arrived out ut
Cunliff, Wales, reports a terrible acoi
iluut which liappened lust December,
just as the. vessel was gutting away from
the Columbia river, after letting go
Hiding's hawser. Four seamen were
sent aloft to unfurl tho main topgallant
still, and one of tliem named Edward
"Butt slipped and fell to the deck, break
ing bis neck and both of his legs, deatli
being instantaneous. Tlie body was
i, buried at, nea the sumo day, and the
fillip proceeded on her way, making u
V good run home.'
;. ' According to a dispatch to flie. Lon
don News froii' fit. Petersburg, a ter
riblo crime, the result of superstition,
lias boon committed at Tirespot, in
.the government of Kherson, where are
u number of hermitages occupied, by
sectarians, . Recently, seventeen of the
'; hermits disappeared, 'and it was bJ
1 li'evcd Unit they had emigrated in fear
of 'the impending day of judgment.
But a hermit named Kowalin has con
fessed that. he Wlillod them up alive in
response to thetr ' earnest entreaties,
that they might receive the martyr's
crown. The police have examined tho
spot' and verify the story.
, A collision 'occurred, at tlie Gipdlenoss
lighthouse, ' near Aberdeen, Scotland,
between' the, British BtiSaniorColdyne
"and tlie Urangoe." The Coldyno sank
and eleven of her crew were drownpd.
A ponderous rock, weighing ten tons,
while being swung , from a flat car,
crashed through the sides of two cars
on the . westbound Chicago Alton
passenger train near Chicago, wrecking,
the cars and injuring a 'number, of peo
ple. ' " '
Another citizenship ' question has
arisen' between this government and
Germany., An American" citizen named
Mayer has been impressed into military
sorvioe by the German government.
The state department has requested his
release. . ';':.- ." '!'
Eight-year-old Emolia Kitsaling.who-'
drank some' lemonade which was kept
in a tin ' bucket over night, died at
Danville, Cal., from the effouts of the
poison.. Eighteen scholars who drank
of the stuff are sick. .. The ladies of the
Hebekah lodge used a part of the lemon
ade at a social. ; The remainder was
presented to. the school children next
day. ' ,"' ;,:;.. : . .;-'''
Consul-General Molvor, at Kanaga
wa, Japan, reports "to the state , depart
ment that, according to ourrent reports,
th Japanese government is about to
.send a commission tq. Washington for
the 'purpose of influencing a reduction
of the increased, import duties, which,
according to the American papers, it
is proposed to levy on silk.;, Tlie im
perial diet has passed a bill allowing a
bonus to exporters of raw Silk.
There will be an encampment of (he
Oregon National Guard this year. It
will be the latter part of June or first
of July. It will continue from six to
ten days. An effort is being made by
the agricultural board at Salem to have
the encampment postponed until Sep
tember 80, and to have it then held on
the stnte fair orounds, in conjunction
with the fair. The selection of a.place
has been left to General Beebe,
The effect of the action of the finance
oommittee of the senate in throwing
out the house provision in reference to
the Hawaiian reciprocity treaty, has
hnnn the subioot of some comment.
One member of the committee says it is
the intention of the committee to deal
with the matter hereafter. .The effect
LOl lv.v-"-. -
ot the bill as it stands, he says will no
doubt be to imposcra duty on Hawaiian
sugar. Some amendment to- regulate
this will be prepared,-. but just' twhat
form It will take has not been deter
mined. '..';'
CUBA IN THE SENATE.
Home Opposition Hhown to Benator J
Morgan's Kesolutlou.
Washington, May 13. The Morgan
uban resolutions was discussHed ut
considerable length in the senate. For
the 11 rut time since the debate began,
the opposition sentiment expressed it
self. The Riieoohei wore not ot a kind
to stimulate the galleries, being in the
main calm and dispassionate reviews of
the situation in Cuba.
Hale maintained that it would be
most unwise to embraass the president
by the adoption of the resolution at a
time when he was investigating the
subject. He intimated also that the
acceptance of the resolution would
lead to tho withdrawal of the Spanish
minister, and a termination of diplo
matic relations between Spain and the
United States. Th" senator said few
real Americana were imprisoned in Cu
ba. Ho had never heard of a genuine
Yankee being among them. They
were all Sanguillys or Dclgados pr
Ruizs. Returning to his associutes,
Hale said that no one ever heard of a
Jones or a Smith or a Frye as a victim
of ono of these outrages. Tlie senator
said the reul motive for tho Morgan
resolution was shown in the recent
statement of Morgan that the passage
of the resolution would prevent Spain
from making a loan, and thus prevent
her from putting down tho insurrec
tion. Gallinger dissented from this state
ment, showing the question of a loan
was but one ground on which the
friend of Cuba had favored the recogni
tion of Cuban belligerency. There
were, ho said, other and higher grounds.
Morgan also dissented.
Referring to the reports that another
Spanish loan was being negotiated,
Turpie said:
"Spain is now on its last legs finan
cially. Shall we fill np her treasuiyi
Are wo charged with supporting and
maintaining the Spanish credit? It is
our duty to support the armies and
navies of Spain on land und sea in her
vain efforts to subjeot the patriots of
Cuba once more to the oppression of the
Spanish yoke? I think not. But the
senator from Maine says that if we pass
the resolution, the' Spanish minister
will ask for his passports, break up dip'
lomatio relations and go home. I do
not attach much importance to that
oonsennence. Ministers iiave hereto
fore received their passports and gone
away without destroying the political,
geographical or physical equilibrium of
tho American hemisphere. I do not
attach the slightest importance to the
fact that the Spanish minister may be
instructed to ask lor his papers, Bus-
pond diplomatic relations and go home.
Vest secured an agreement to a reso
lution directing the committee on corn-
nierce to inquire into the causes of the
recent floods on. the Mississippi river
and report to the senate next December,
Among the favorable reports was one
for a public building at Aberdeen, b,
D., to cost $100,000.
Chandler, from the oommittee on
census, reported a bill for taking the
twelfth census. . ,
A resolution was agreed to request
ing the secretary of war for information
as to the steps to. locate a deep-water
harbor at Port Los Angeles, or San
Pedro. Cal.. in accordance with the
report of tho commission.
In I he Iloime.
Washington, May 12. Tho house
today resumed the transaction of public
business, which had been suspended
since the Indian appropriation bill was
sent to conference, three weeks ago
The consideration' of the senate amend
ments to the sundry civil appropriation
bill was entered upon under. a specia
order providing for a recess each day
until disposed of. . '
Simpson pursued his tactics of the
last few weckfli attempting to .harass
tho majority with points of no quorum
but without success. . Nothing was
done except discuss tho various amend
ments.
GREECE'S GREAT MISTAKE.
On the Eve of Victory, the Ketreat
From Larlmitt Wan Ordered.
London, May 12. The Athens corre
snondent of the Daily Chronicle says
" The real and only cause of the Greek
retreat to Pharsala was the blunder ol
one of who mistook the retreat of the
enomv. for a forward . movement di-
signed to oiUflatik the Greeks, find
therefore ordered a hasty retreat
Crown. Prince Constantino left Larissa
because he believed the exaggerated re-
ports of'dunger to his forces. It is
fact, however, that on the evening of
the retreat, Edhem- Pasha, despairing
of breaking the Greek lines, had order-
ed his army to retire tq Elassona, while
the sultan had dispatohed a special
commissioner, to the Greek government.
The -iate of the Turkish, 'army at tW
moment was simply pitnui, aim terroi
reigned at .the Yildiz kiosk: ; . ,
. : The Archblahop at San Quentln.
:' San Francisco, May 18. Archbishoi
Riordan visited San Quentin peniten
tiarv todav and. in the presenoe of
1,000 conviots,- administered the sacra
ment of communion and confirmation
to sixty-two, who constituted the tri
ennial olass. Great interest was man
ifested by the prisoners, the majoritj
of whom were present to witness th
ooreinonios, and all devoutly followed
the service from beginning to end.
Plague on the Chinese Frontier,
Paris, May 12. It is reported thai
several cases of bubonic, plague hav
been discovered by the Token officials
on the Chinese frontier, and just with
in-tho boundaries of the colony. Spe
cial brecautions are being taken to
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prevent uie BpiCu
Exploilon In a Mine.
London, May 12. An explosion has
ocourred at Shaffel lead mine, Isle of
Man. Twntv miners were killed.
i FAITH IN SUGAR BEETS
Secretary Wilson Says In
dustry Has a Future.
HE FARMERS ARE INTERESTED
went Thousand of Them Supplied
With Beeda for Kiperlments
Butter Export lndwitry.
Chicago, May 12. -A special to the
irues-llerald from Washington says:
map of the United States, with a
broad red Btripe running across it from
te Atlantic to the Pucinu, will soon
irnament the walls of the office of the
secretary of agriculture. This map
particularly interests two great classes
citizens of the United States the
farmers and the capitalists.
"Having distributed sugar-beet seed
to about 20,000 farmers," said Secre
tary Wilson, "I want to take up the
practical end of this subject now and
how to the capitalists as well as the
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The people as far south as the Caroli
nes, Tennessee and Texas believe that
they can grow sugar-beets successfully.
And we are quite willing to give them
full opportunity to make that test every
where. If they succeed in extending
tlie beet-sugar territory down to the
very line of the cane-sugar area, there
ought to be no difficulty in producing
in the United States all of the $100,
000,000 worth of sugar for which we
are going abroad every year.
'The practical business end of the ex
periment," continued Secretary Wil
son, "is the next thing t6 be taken up.
We have supplied people in all parts of
tho country with sugar-beet seed, and
they can now go on with their experi
ments in growing them."
"You think, then, that there is capi
tal in the country ready to go into the
beet-BUgar manufacturing business?
"Undoubtedly, and plenty of it. A
number of factories are already m pro
cess of erection, and people with capital
are willing and ready to establish many
more, as soon as they determine what
sections of the oountry are best adapted
for practical beet-sugar production. I
hope to have a broad line extending
across that map from the Atlantic to
the Pacific in a comparatively short
time, indicating the practical sugar-
beet belt of the country in which cup-
talists as well as farmers may safely
enter upon the work of supplying the
people of the country with sugar.
Your other experiments in behalf
of the farmers, Mr. Secretary, are mak
ing good progress?"
"Ybb; our.nrst shipment of butter
to Europe in the experimental form is
going lnrwara now. ine nutter nas
reached New York, several tons of it,
from the best creameries in the United
States, and in various forms as to size
of package, method of production, Salt
ing, method of packing, etc- Jivery
pound of butter is so recorded as to its
method of production arid otherwise,
that we know its history and will be
able to judge by its reception and popu
larity what .ought to be done w future
shipments.
"There is now a gap between tlie
point where refrigerator cars stop in
New York and refrigerator vessels start
for Europe. We have men there now
Beeing that the shipments of butter are
not exposed to the sun in their passage
from one refrigerator system to tne
Other, and have indicated to the rail
road people the necessity of covering
this gap in some way, which I feel as
sured they will do.
"Shipping our butter , by American
vessels, as we are doing, I have been
able to arrange toliave the refrigerator
apartments set aside exclusively for the
butter, so that it shall not absorb odors
from meats, fruits or vegetables, in
this way I hope to put into the market
the best products of our best creameries
in the best possible condition., we
are going to have our fair share of the
English butter market, or know the rea
son why."
Two Levee Breaks.
Natchez, Miss., May 12. Advices
today state that the Deer Park private
levee, some twenty miles below Nat
chez, on the Mississippi side, has given
way, flooding several plantations.
Also, that the Spencer private levee,
hear Jonesville, La., on the Cole river,
has crevassed, letting the water onto
several thousand acres heretofore pro
tected by this levee.
Vioksburg, Miss., May 12. A break
in the levee occurred tonight at Baton
Rouge, a short distance below the mill
break.. It was 150 feet wide at last
reports. A desperate effort is being
ttiade to olose it, with prospects doubt
ful. The Oregon Out of Dock. ,
Beattle, May 12. The battleship
Oretron was taken out of the ' dry dock
at the Puget sound naval statidn.'Sat-.
nrday night, at 9 o'clock. She is now
taking on board coal and ammunition,
which she discharged before entering
the dock, and on getting this on board
will come to Seattle. Here a short
stay will be made, and the Oregon will
then go to Portland to accept the silver
servioe to be presented by the state of
Oraoon.
THE FIRE ON THE LEONA.
4ald to Have Been ranted by the 're
IciimH of the Crew.
New York, May 12. There was a
trewsome sight presented on the Mai
lory steamer Leona today. Thirteen
bodies, blackened by fire and smoke,
were lying in the steamer's steerage. 1
The men and women on deck looked as
though they had passed through an aw
ful ordeal. Nobody was allowed either
to leave or board the vessel until after
the coroner viewed the bodies and gave
permission for their removal.
Coroner Hoeber, as a matter of form,
placed Captain Wilder under arrest,
lie was paroled in oustody of Mr. Mal
lory. Thomas Doyle, aged 67, of Paterson,
N. J., who was on his way to Vallejo,
Cal., to see his uncle and aunt, will be
detained until the inquest. Doyle was
among the steerage passengers who oc
cupied bunks on the starboard side of
the vessel. He said that among the
passengers who could speak English
was a young Irish girl, Lizzie Sullivan,
on her way to Los Angeles, Cal.
Doyle stated he was lying asleep
early Sunday morning, when awakened
by a suffocating feeling. The apart-
lent was filled with smoke. He made
jr the oompanionway leading to the
mer deck. At the- entrance to the
mpanionway the steward was shout-
g. LHiyle startea up, ana iouna two
len preceded him. He fell back, hav-
g lost his balance, and when he start-
I up again was assisted by some one
1 1 in behind, who pushed him up.
On reaching the deck, Doyle says
s first thought was for Lizzie Sum
Wn. tie started into the women s sine
the Bteerage to rescue her, but was
died back by members of the crew.
le crew worked like beavers 16 put
ut the flames. The matches, burlaps,
etc., which caught fire, Doyle says,
wre stored only a short distance from
the steerage apartments.'
Samuel D. Schillrant, from Hungary,
on his way to settle at Columbus, Tex
said:
"Many lives might have been saved
if the crew had done anything to help
the smothering passengers:" ,
Sohilleraut says the general impres
sion was that the fire was - caused by a
lighted match dropped into' the cargo,
He declares he saw members of the
crew smoking, and they were very care
less in throwing away matches.
Along the shore today it was thought
strange the fire was not discovered
earlier. It must have been smoldering
for several days.
The bodies of the victims were taken
to the morgue today
MAY
VISIT THE, WEST.
president Invited to "Attend the Ball
. Lake Celebration.
Washington, May 12. By appoint
ment, a large delegation of Western
senators, representatives and prominent
men called upon the president just be
fore 10 this morning to invite him tc
Bttend the semicentenary celebration oi
the founding of Salt Lake City, Utah
There were among the callers, Senators
Cannftn, Rawlins, Shoup, Perkins
White, Warren, Carter and Wilson
Representative King, Delegate Mark
Smith, Judge Barch and P. H. Lan
nan. oronrietor of the Salt Lake Tri
Imne. , ;
Tlie president received the visitors
oordially, had them shown into tht
oabinot room (a rather unusual cour
tesy), and seated them at the cabinet
table. . ' , '-'
Mr. Lannan presented the ipvitatior
to tlie celebration, plainly but neatlj
engrbsscd on one large sheet of paroh
mont paper, bearing at the top a repre
sentation of the buffalo skulls whl
formerly dotted the plains in every di
rection and were used by pioneers as
signboards for the benefit of other
travelers. On this skull was the in
scription:
"Pioneers oauiped here June 8, 18-J7
All well; made fifteen miles today,
Brigham Young."
The invitation itself began with the
statement that the delegation had come
in the name of the people of Utah and
the whole intermountain country, to
urge the president to visit the Btate the
24th of next July, the fiftieth anni
versary of the entry of the pioneers into
the valley of the Great Salt lake. The
formal invitation was read, and ' then
the members of the delegation added
strong verbal requests that the presi
dent should make the trip.
The president expressed a strong de
sire to acoede to the invitation. It
would not, however, he said, be pos
Bib.Ie: now to make an- engagement so
far in advance, but he could promise to
Attend the celebration if, at the time
sot. congress was not in Bession, and
the state of public business would per
nut. iw :V--V -
Should Amend' IteVenue Tax Bates
Washington, May 12. -In reply
a senate resolution . inquiring as to the
effect of the present rate of the internal
revenue tax on distillation of spirits,
collection of revenue, etc.,, Secretary
Gage today replied that according to
tables , of previous years the highest
revenue rate would be 70 cents a gal
lon. He recommends a rate of 90 cente
and if a reduotion be made, to return
to the bonded period of three years.
Among other changes he recommend!
is that a special tax of not less than
f500 or more than $1,000 a year be im
posed on the industry of distilling, tc
ibe determined by tlie capacity of the
'distillery; that only stills having a ca
pacity of twenty gallons or more shall
ibe entitled to registry and permitted
to operate. The secretary says the
present rate' of tax had the effect ol
greatly increasing illicit distilling.
Child Burned to Death.
Greeley, Colo., May 11. Virgil, the
4-year-old son of O. T. Austin, a farm
er living twelve miles northeast of this
oity, was burned to death in an old
stable today. It is supposed the child
was playing with matches ana igniteg
the building,
THE TURKS AT VOLO
Found the Town Deserted
on Their Arrival.
SMOLENSKI'S ARMY CUT 15 TWO
Conntantlne't Army Occupies All the
Uefllei Through Which the
' Turkish Army Mint Pais.
Athens, May 11. The Turks have
completely occupied and burned Veles-
ino.
At 7:30 o'clock Thursday evening,
the defeat of the Greeks was complete
and the pass to Volo open to the Turks.
Ihe searchlights of the warships on
the bay flashing up the mountain sides
were of great assistance to the retreat-
ng Greeks, as they showed the roads.
Over a dozen cannon were abandoned
and captured by the Turks. Two hun-
lred wounded soldiers were brought to
Volo. The correspondent is of the
opinion that many Greek soldiers were
left on the field. It is impossible to
estimate the killed.
Advices received from the frontier at
3 o'clock this afternoon are that Gen
eral Smolenski's shattered army was
cut in two. The left-wing retired to
Almyro. What was left of the right
wing came toward Volo, broken and
demoralized.
The retreat across the mountains was
almost as bad as the panio whioh re
sulted in the change of base from Tyr-
navos to Volo.
The scene of the more recent panic
was wild and almost indescriDaDie.
On Thursday and Friday, the populace
filled the streets of Volo with their
household goods. 'Peasants from Sur
rounding villages entered the town and
added to the confusion. Brigandage be
came common. Five steamers were
filled with refugees. Scores of caiques
carried fugitives to the islands.
The correspondent succeeded in get
ting on the last steamer. On this boat
were 1,800 men, women and children,
packed thick as herrings. ' The press
representative landed at Chalus and
from that place drove to Athens.
Dispatches received from Domokos,
the headquarters of the-- Greek army,
today say that Turkish cavalry, in
making a ' reconnoisanoe, approached
within a few miles of Domokos, but re
treated on the approach of the Greeks,
who followed the Turkish cavalry to
the advance posts of the enemy's lines.
Prince- Constantine s forces occupy
all the defiles through which "the'Turk.
jsh troops must pass when they ad
vance, notahly those of Agorani and
Tiamassi. The inhabitants of Domo
kos are going to the interior.
The admiral in command of the
Greek squadron at Volo telegraphed to
day saying that the French and British
consuls at Volo, aocompanied by the
commanders of the British, Italian and
French warships, had a conference at
Velestino with Edhem Pasha, the
Turkish commander. The latter prom
ised to respect the inhabitants and
property at Volo, provided the Greek
squadron agreed to refrain from hostil
ities and to retire beyond range. The
Greek admiral aooepted these terms.
AH foreigners at Volo have embarked
for other ports and'' the town is now
empty.
Turks Entered Volo.
Velestino, May 11. The Greeks
have evacuated Volo. Detachments of
marines have landed from British, Rus
sian, French,' Austrian and German
warships to guard the town.
The foreign consuls have arrived to
confer with Edhem Pasha, the Turkish
commander.
As tliis dispatch is being sent, the
Turkish troops are entering Volo. The
Greeks, who fled to Almyros will re
join the main body of the Greek forces
at Domokos.
Larissa, May 11. The reports that
the Turks have occupied Volo is con
firmed. The Turkish troops entered
that place this morning.
The Mississippi Levees.
New Orleans, May ' 11. Tlie river
gauge tonight is 19.5, and the water is
steadily climbing ' higher. The south
ern section' ,of the state enjoyed fine
weather today, but the upper portion
had storms. The levees hold their own
in good style, work being kept np
steadily when needed. The Burton
levee troubles are not over. Saturday's
break was about closed today, but a
new one has developed at the extreme
southern end, and the large quantity of
water passing through is causing un
easiness. Both breaks, however, are
said to be nrtder control. Governor
Foster and Congressman Robertsons
addressed a meeting at Baton Rogue,
and the city oouncil voted appropria
tions.
Hintnrlo College Hall Bnl-ned.
Mount Vernon, O., May 11. Rosso
hall, at Kenyon college, burned this
morning. The loss on the building,
which was total, was only $10,000, but
the hall had a historic interest. It was
built fifty years ago with money raised
in England by Bishop Mcllvaine.
Lords Gambier and Kenyon and Lady
Kosso contributed most of the money,
and the hall was named in honor of
Lady Rosso.
Mayor and Council In Jail.
Omaha, May 11. A Bee speoial
from Auburn, Neb., says: The mayor
and city council are in jail, and are
likely to remain there. Judge Stull
had them cited to appear for contempt,
and sent them to jail for disregarding
the edict. The city attorney sought
relief from the supreme court, which
was denied. Judge Stull today offered
to release the officials on bail, but they
declined to give it. The trouble or
iginated in an effort to open street.
TO PROTECT CITIZENS.
The Marblehead Ordered
to Puerto
Cortex, Honduras.
Washington, May 11. The interests
of the United States citizens at Puerto
Cortez, the seat of the revolntion in
Honduras, will be looked after by the
cruiser Marblehead. The vessel is now
on her way from Key West, orders hav
ing been given her commander yester
day to proceed at once. These orders
were issued at the request of the state
department officials, who felt that the
United States should be represented
there by a warship, so that if occasion
should arise there might be no delay in
affording the necessary protection to
citizens of this government
Latest information received by the
minister of the Greater Republic in
this city is that the rebels at Puerto
Cortez were awaiting the shipment of
arms from Belize, British Honduras,
about which some trouble had arisen,
owing to the representations made to
the officials of that country. Nicaragua
and Salvador, it is said, already have
dispatched troops to the scene of trou
ble, but as the journey is a difficult
one, it is probable that they have not
yet arrived.
Btabbed at a Dane.
Lafayette, Or., May 11. A serious
stabbing affray occurred about two
miles north of here, on the Will Green
place, at 2 o'clock this morning. A
neighborhood dance was in progress,
and the Garner brothers, of Lafayette,
were there. They seemed to be dissat
isfied with everything from early even
ing until the dance ended in a row.. It
seems a certain dance was called while
others wanted a different dance. Then
the row began. The men were outside
the house on a porch, and there were
about six or seven of them, all fight
ing. - Pistols were brought out and
knives were used. After a few blows
Will Hill said he was stabbed in the
abdomen, and went over to where Wirt
Garner was standing, and, with several
others, accused him of being the assail
ant. Hills's . abdomen was cnt, the
gash being about two inches long. The
doctors say there is very little hope of
the man recvering, Some of those
who participated in this row were un
der the influence of whisky. The Gar
ner brothers were arrested this morn.
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SHOT FOUR " MEN.
Sensational Affray in Which a Woman
... j Acted.-the Leading Part.
Little Rock, Ark. , May 11. A sen
sational' Bhooting, in which a woman
shot and .seriously wounded four men,
occurred at Lowell, Ark. , today.' The
shootihjpraa done by Mrs. Duerlmg,
and the wounded men are T. Bryant,
of Lowell, and three citizens of Spring
dale, names unknown.
The shooting was the result of relig
ious excitement caused by a woman
known as Mrs. Benedict, who has been
holding a series of "holiness meetings"
in the neigborhood. Mrs. Benedict
gathered about her some twenty eon
verts, among them Mrs. Duerling, whe
deserted her husband. Citizens of
Springdale decided to run them out ol
Tye county. The posse followed Mrs.
Benedict and Mrs. Duerling to a house
at Lowell, where the women fortified
themselves, and when the men arrived
Mrs. Duerling fired on them with a re
volver. She was,arrested and charged
with attempted murder.
Suburban Mall Delivery.
Washington, May 11. A vigoroui
polioy of extending the mail facilities
for the suburbs of the Jarge cities as far
as possible by both steam and electric
cars has been adopted by Second Assist
ant Postmaster-General Shallenberger.
Many of the big cities will have addi
tional servioe for t,he suburbs if the
residents of those places co-operate
with the department to make it a suc
cess, and the statement will be a wel
come announcement. r tO' numerous
places, where feeling is evinced that
the demands of the suburbs are not
met. Mr. Shallenberger is giving the
matter careful attention, and as ah in
itiative has just made contracts at
Pittsburg for additional train service
to various suburbs there, within a
range of about .thirty miles from -the
city, whereby from one to three mails
a day will result from the Use of accom
modation ' trains.' Electric oars will
figure largely in the future postal oper
ations, owing to the large number of
settled districts where the steam roads
do not touch. ' i y :
Major McNamara killed Himself.
Kansas City, May 11. Major Henry
I McNamara, a veteran of the Fenian
I array that invaded Canada in 1866, and
again in 1 870, and who was later prom
j inent in the Inyincibles, the Clan-na-i
Gael and kindred Irish societies, killed
: himself last night rather than suffer
the disgrace of being Sued for a $30
; debt An acquaintance who loaned
j him the money threatened arrest if it
j were not paid. McNamara had been ant
! able to secure work, and could n,ot
! meet the demand. . Major McNamara
' was 60 years old, and came West front
Boston. He was a newspaper writer,
and had done more or less -work ' oh
' dailies in the Southwest for years. He
1 left a widow.
A Montreal Fire,
j Montreal, May 11. Fire last' night
j Wrecked the building of E. A. Small &
;Co., wholesale clothiers, on Beaver
; hill. The damage to the building and
I atnnh ia 13R flM!.
.. , A Shoe Factories Destroyed.
Seabrook, N. J., May 11. Fire this
morning burned the shoe factories of
I Poor & Cole and W. H. Bradford, and
j three1 adjoining buildings were also
I burned. Loss, $30,000.
A Malthouse Burned.
Detroit, May 11. The malthouse of
Henry Reiokel & Co., was burned to
day. It is estimated that $50,000
worth of malt was destroyed. The loss
on the building 1b $30,000, tally in.
lured.
NORTHWEST BREVITIES
Evidence of Steady Growth
and Enterprise.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
All the Cities and Towns of
the Thriving Slater States
Oregon.
Stages have begun to run again be
tween Eugene and Foley Springs.
Strawberries along South Myrtle
creek, in Douglas county, are ripening.
The school fund apportioned in Coos
county during April amounted to
$7,114.
A Pendleton man shipped twelve car-
bads of cattle to Council Bluffs, la..
last week.
The woolen mill; broom-handle fao-
tory and sawmill in Bandon are all run
ning full time.
The Klamath county Sunday school
convention will be held this year in
Klamath Falls, June 13 and 13. t
The street lamps no longer burn' in
The Dalles at night. The contract ex
pired and the council has bad the lamps
taken down. .
Business for the month of April at
the Astoria custom-house footed np
$48,000, being the largest month's re
ceipts in the history of the office.
Bob Hinman, who was captured in
Yuma, Ariz., and who is wanted in
Roseburg, was working in a mine in -Arizona
nnder the name of Robert
Hanks.
Stockmen in Harney county have
been busy moving their cattle to tlie .
open ranges, to get them off the flat
lands subject to overflow, and to save
the expense of longer feeding hay,
' The telephone line being built from
Heppner to Long Creek haa been com
pleted to Hardman, and it is expected '
that the line will reach Monument in
about a week, and Long Creek by the
20th of May. r:
There is great activity in- the hop
yards in this vicinity, and also further
north, says the Roseburg Plaindealer.
The vines are being oarefully trained,
and the yards cultivated, and the out- -look
is very favorable. ..- '
The Baker City Democrat says that
it is reported on what seems to'.be- relia- -bie
authority the O. R. & N. will soon
put on a line of steamboats to , pJy be- ,
tween the Huntington bridge and Bal-
lard landing' These, beats, . it is ex
pected, will transport ores f rojoa .' the .
Seven Devils mines to the railroads. 1
Two men named Casey and Ott. had
a thrilling experience in the Umatilla
river near the Mission one day last,,
week. ' Ott attempted to ford the river
with a four horse team, hitched to a
load , of hay. He miscalculated the
ford and was carried down stream about' '
100 yards, when Mr. Casey swam out,
and cut the harness and rescued Ihe 1
horses; then swam around the rack and
cut Mr. Ott loose. The wagon anI; '
load of hay were lost. .
Washington. w "
The citizens of Snohomish have.
secured the Dorrance aoademy . build- '
ing, and fitted it np as a hospital.
The stockmen around Pasco have
been gathering up saddle horses for the
last week, and making, preparations for
the spring round-up. .. , .... '
The eitrhth annual state convention
of the Washington State . Union: 'of
uneiian jinaeavor, wm ,db- nem in
Taooma,' July 1 to 4.in,Qlusvie. . ' "-... .,
The school fund apportioned in Walla
Walla during April, amounted to $3,-,:
817, and the number of days' attend-:
ance in all of the districts was 367,071. '
There are five sawmills in the neigh
borhood of Napavine, Lewis county, -and
all of them are running full time.
Common laborers there are paid $L.S0
a day.
A petition has been signed and . for
warded to the Chehalis county commis
sioners requesting them to take steps to
repair the South Bay roadway and
bridge between Ocosta and Laidlaw.
-The horticultural commissioner for
Asotin connty, says that the fruit crop
in the Asotin oreek valley will be some
thing enormous. In fact, this is 'tlie
report that Comes from every frnit sec
tion in the county. ' In some orchards,
it is said the winter apple" orop will be
short, but this complaint i 'not general.
Gardens are thriving ni?ely. Ji
Luke, who fought under the famous
Nisqually Indian chief,"' Lcschi, and
who was one of the last of. "the follow
ers of the old warrior, died on the Nis
qually river last week. He, , was 80
years, old. jfn ' .tji.fciearlier days Luke
was - ft great;- fighter j :a- skillf u-1 ma rks
man and: good tillieam-getaerally. - The
remains pf : tlwpldf .Brave 'we're interred '
beside Ltachi's boneV-oW ihe Nisqually '
prairie:;.. : .'' '
.-. -Spruce, loja-.j3xay!.aJnarbor are ,
scarce, "and the demand Jlor : them is ,
greater. than. the output,,- logs are
worth, about $5 per 1,000. The supply
of -cedar logs on the harbor is also much '
less than will.be consumed in filling
present orders on hand. The prioo of '
cedar logs is firm at $4.60. The fir
logger haa very '-littles to brighten his
outlook. Most of the loggers say they
will cnt no more fir than necessary at
$3.50. -.; ; " ,, , '- .
The oity of Tacoma ha issued, 1,874
bioycle licenses. Last, month 1,055
licenses were taken but. ': A comparison
with last year's record shows that on
May 1, 1896, there were but 735 licenses -issued.
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The Tacoma warehouses of the Stand
ard Oil Company, which were last week
destroyed by fire, will be rebuilt on the
same site on Center street, and It is ex
pected to have the main building com;
pleted within the ensuing sixty days,
Tacoma Ledger,
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