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Tr MlLLSBR VOL. IV. IIILLSBOItO, .OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1897. NO. 11. : 4. . U NEWS OF THE WEE From all Parts of the New and Old World. BEIEF AM) INTERESTING ITEMS A CRISIS IS NEAR. Cessaiwkeaslve Be li of tha ImaerV at Happenings of tha Cat real vrk. Majnr-Gnerit Nelson A. Miles baa arrived at Lamia, visited the Greeks ami subsequently lunched with Crown rnnce constanune. C. P. Huntington, of the Southern Pad Re, ia reported to have bought out the entire towimite of Flavol, near the month ol the Columbia. The coffee crop of Brazil tills year It estimated at U, 000,000 bags. The government will huve to give warrants upon the coffee stock for pressing ex pontes. . The Herald's correspondent In Mon tevideo telegraphs that the chamber hag authorized the Colonial railway to issue debenture bonds to the value of 400,000 for construction expenses. From a Russian source comes news ot a conspiracy against King George far moro deeply rooted than was sup posed. There Is indubitable evidence that Premier Halll and his colleagues in the cabinet are gravely implicated in a plot to overthrow the dynasty. Owing to the crisis, aays a report In Rio du Janeiro, the government will reduce all offload salaries, beginning with the president and .ministers of state. The government hag decided that it will be necessary, In view of trouble in the republic, to increase the army to 28,000 men of all arms. The fact has just leaked out that on May 13 the schooner Alexander Jones took on a oargo of arms and ammuni tion valued at 178,000, at Wilmington, Del., and carrying it to the Bahamas, transferred it to the filibuster Daunt less, which vessel promptly landed the cargo at Matanzas, Cuba. Sixty-two Cubans aocompanied the expedition. The sultan's show of resistance to the powers is generally attributed to Gor man backing, but it ii also rumored that negotiations between Turkoy and Russia have been proceeding this month relative to the portion of Asia Minor, including Rizeh, in the southeast cor ner of the Black sea, and the territory up the Joruk river, A severe earthquake shook was felt In Clarksburg, W. Va., lasting 13 sec onds, followed by a second shock, , inildet and .of Jborter duratioiu The. most substantial buildings in the city rocked perceptibly, and some of the u pants were unable to keep their M l't. mis was mo nrsi earinquaae re' OAtup 'Jrto Char! rted here ainoe the memorable arleston quake in August, 188S. Governor Budd, of California, haa decided not to interfere in the death sentences of Theodore Durrant and gaiter D. Warden. The former was conviuted of the murder of Blanche Lamont at Emmanuel Baptist church, and Worden-was found guilty of wreck" ing a train during the A. R. U. strike three years ago, when Engineer Clark and three United State soldiers were killed. The policy of the postofllce depart ment as to the appointment of minors in the postoflioe has been definitely fixed, and they will be debarred from chief clerkships and deputy postmas torships, except in a few of the third class offices, where circumstances urgs their peculiar fitness. Even then they will not be allowed to become aoting postmaters, on aocotfnt of the legal declaration that contracts made by minors am voidable. At Colfax, Wash., John Leonard, who murdered Jacob Malquist lant July, was sentenced by Judge McDon ald to be hanged July 2. The sentence did not affoct the prisoner. He had nothing to say. While George Allen, George Warren and his son Willie were crossing the Grand river at Fruita, Colo., in a tem porary ferry, the oable broke and all three were drowned. The river is very biffb. and is half a mile wide at that place. The New York Herald's correspond ent in Guatemala oablts that the gov ernment haa issued a deoree sunspend ing specie payments for six months. The banks lend the government 1,800, yoOO pesos to be repaid in six months in silver. Officers of the Cuban league have de cided to attempt the raising of a fund of (1,000,000 in the United States, be lieving that this will enable the Cu bans to establish their independence. The fund is to be raised in two ways by donations and by the sale of gold bonds at 8 per cent, payable "ten years after the evacuation of Cuba by the Spanish troops." E. C. Brioe, whose claim to a pro oess for making gold and silver from chemically pure antimony and other base metals has been under Investiga tion by a committee of experts, with only negative results, has made appli cation to the commissioner of . patents for another test. In his request he as serts that the other commission did not follow his directions in Important par ticulars. In a blast in a mine at Forbestown, Cal.. Bantine Navonl, a Portuguese suffered frightful Injuries. His eye balls were dislodged and left hanging on his oheeks, his shoulder was partly torn away and his scalp out open. lie till lives. President McKlnlejf Will Demand Rp ration fur Kali Outrage. New York, June 2. A special to the Herald from Washington says: From now until June 10, when he will start on his trip to attend the Nashville ex position. President McKinley's atten tion will he devoted almost exclusively to the Cuban question. Important de velopments may be looked for within that period. A new minister to Spain and probably a new consul-general to Havana will be appointed, the report of Special Commissioner Calhoun con sidered, and a formal note to Spain drafted and placed in the hands of the now minister for delivery upon his ar rival in Madrid. Mr. Calhoun is expected in Washing ton on Sunday next By that time the president expects to announoe the new minister to Spain, and to have prao tically formulated his instructions both in regard to the offer of mediation which is to be made, and a demand for reparation for the Ruiz outrage. The understanding is that the report of Consul-Ueneral Lee on the Ruiz inves tigation is now in the mails and will be in the hands of the state department before Mr. Calhoun arrives. The president, of course, desires to have a talk with Mr. Calhoun, bat the private communications reoeived have enabled him to proceed with the shap ing of his policy without delay. The instructions to the new minister will, of course, be treated as confiden tial until he has communicated with the Madrid authorities and a reply from Spain has been received. There is practically no doubt, however, that the president's note to Spain will be a for mal tender of the good offices of the United States. It will be firm in tone, reviewing the whole situation in such a way as to show that the United States is interested in the present devastating war, and that on the ground of human ity as well as for commercial reasons we have the right to use all legitimate means of bringing the war to a close. Both the administration officials and representatives of the SpaniHh govern ment are congratulating themselves that the recent flurry incident to the passage of the belligerency resolution in the senate has subsided at a time when negotiations are abo.pt to be under taken for a peaceful solution of the trouble. If no unusual excitement oo curs, both sides are hopeful that a satis factory settlement may yet be reached. It is still the opinion of many conserva tive men here that complete autonomy for Cuba on a Canadian basis will be the final outcome, if the matter is to be settled without a rupture in our rela tions with Spain. The report thut a special messenger had been sent to Havana to receive re- rpotW tmm -Mr. Cllaj.-"J"inral-T-0oa8t General Lee was deniod today by Assist ant Secretary Day, who stated that he did not know that Kimball was to be the messenger. GUNS FOR THE CUBANS MASSACRE BY INDIANS. Successful Expedition From North Carolina Coast IN CHARGE OF CAPTAIN O'BRIEN Th Tag Aleiander Joaes, koaaai John D. Lang aad the Pamoua Dauntlau. Participated. Wilmington, N. 0., June 1. The Messenger prints a detailed account of the loading of the tug Alexander Jones and ber departure with the schooner John D. Long on a Cuban fili bustering expedition. The facts were obtained from a member of the crew ot the Alexander Jones, which re turned to port several days ago. His story substantially is as follows: On Thursday night, May 18, the Jones took on a cargo of rifles, ma chetes, rapid-fire guns and ammunition at the Wilmington, Newborn & Nor folk railroad depot in the southern limits of the city. Before she had en tirely finished her cargo a rumor was started that officers were approaching, and that the revenue cutter Morrill was getting up steam. Taking alarsi at this, the Jones pulled out and start ed down the river at 10:45 P. M., and in a few hours crossed the bar and an chored outside. The schooner John D. Long, having meanwhile been loaded with coal and other material at the Wilmington & Weldon railroad wharf, was shortly towed out to sea by the tug Brandon, going past the cutter Colfax. On the schooner was General Nunei and another officer ot the Cuban army, a Cuban pilot and Captain John O'Brion, of the filibustering tug Daunt less. At the sea buoy, they went on board the Jones, anchored near by, and Cap tain O'Brien took, charge of the ex pedition. A hawser was made fast from the Jones to the schooner, and early Friday morning the tug steamed to the south with her in tow. The Brandon returned to South port. On the wav down the coast no port Was entered, but off the beach on the coast of Florida, 62 Cubans were taken on board. The Jones then towed the schooner to the Bahamas, and in the vicinity anchored in the open sea on Tuesday, May 18. On Thursday morning, May 20, the filibuster Dauntless hove in sight, and came alongside the Jones and the schooner. She ooaled from the schoooner, took charge of arms from the Jones, and with Captain O'Briest in command, headed, for the Cuba: anonrwrnrres away. Lama Deer Ag-ener Chsyennss on th Warpath Again. Denver, June 2. A special to the Republican from Helena says: Chey enne Indians have gone on the warpath and are said to have killed a dozen men, including five United States soldiers. The Indians have no reservation, bnt make the Lame Deer agency their head quarters. A man named Hoover, a sheepherd- er, was recently shot by Indians, be cause he caught several of them kill ing sheep. The settlers armed them selves to protect their property. Two companies of colored cavalry from Fort Custer were ordered to the agency on Wednesday. On Sautrday a courier arrived from the agency with the in formation that Gt-orge Walters, post master, and Lou Anderson, a stockman, had been shot and killed, and also that the Indians shot into the cavalry and killed five men, and that they had 60 armed cowboys surrounded. Cavalry from Fort Keogh and company E in fantry, left Saturday for the seen?. The settlers have moved their fam Hies from near the reservation to Miles City. Ranchmen and stockmen at the Cheyenne agency demand the Indians who killed Hoover. The names of the Indians are known, and they are pro tected by 50 bucks. Orders have been given the ord nance officer at Fori Keogh to have 10,000 rounds of ammunition ready for issue today. It is supposed more troops are to go to the agency. Deputy Sher- iff s Smith and Winters wero ordered off the reservation by the military agent, Captain Stouch, who did not want arrests of Indian murderers made at that time lest it cause more trouble. The deputies returned to Miles City and have gone back with Sheriff Gibbs, with warrant for the arrest of Agent Stouch for interfering with officers in I the discharge of their duty, and war rants for the Indian murderers. Causes a Terrible Wreck the Short Line. MLD FREIGHT TRAIN THE GLASS SCHEDULE. on NINE KILLED, EIGHT INJURED Bnnawajr Ran Into the West-Bound Passenger Train at American Valla, Near Pocatello. Ranchmen Are Alarmed. Helena. Mont., Juffft 2. The excite ment continues at Cheyenne reserva tion and settlements in that vicinity. Ranchmen in the Upper Rosebud have all deserted their homes. Six com panies of soldiers' from Forts Keogh and Custer are en route to the agency, as is also the number of deputies. The sheriff has a warrant for the arrest of Indian Agent Stouoh, charged with in terfering with officers in the discharge of their duties, and also for three In dian murderers. The sheriff will prob ably arrive at the reservation with his deputies tomorrow and endeavor to ar rest the murderers of the sheepherder. Many are of the opinion that the seri ousness of the situation is exaggerated. THE SALMON PACK. ICverr Packer I Now Running a Fall Force of Men. Astoria, Or., June 2. -It is estimated that the canneries on the lower river have thus fur this season put up about three-fifths ot an average pack. The j large increase in shipments of fresh fish have drawn considerably from the oan- neries' supplies, and the early freshet in the river, whioh has kept the water muddy and prevented seining and trap fishing, is another reason for the small pack. During the last 60 hours, how ever, fish have been running in much larger quantities, some of the canneries receiving as high as six tons of fish. One cannery is reported to have re oeived since Saturday 20 tons, and every packer is now running a full force ot men, who are having all they can do. Yesterday evening, in a equall at the mouth of the river, four fishermen, Wilson, Hanson, Hoffman and another whose name is unknown, were making drifts below the Bell buoy on the in coming tide. To avoid swamping their boats, they were obliged to cut away their nets, which drifted out to sea and were lost. The loss is $300 to each nan. Brigadier-General Flagler, chief of ordnanceUnited States army, arrived in the city today, and is now inspect ing the new fortification works at Fort Stevens. SUICIDE OF A PIONEER. Shot Took a Dom of Strychnine and Hlinaelf. Oakesdale, Wash., June 2. Leonard Nihoul, a pioneer resident of this sec tion, committed suicide at Pine City, 14 miles west of here, under oircuin stanoes unusually tragic. Late at night he went to the cemetery where the body of his wife 1b buried, and took a fatal dose of strichnlne. He then fired a pistol ball into his brain. The body was found next day across the grave. Nihoul lived in Spokane, where he conducted a little cigar and confec tionery store. He had a second wife, but it is said they did not live together happily. His first wife committed suicide at Pine City four years ago. He has six ohildren, one son of 19, is an inmate of the asylum at Medical Lake. Nihoul was about 64 years of age. A note was found on his body requesting that his grave be deoorated with flowers on Memorial day. j Movements of the Oregon. Port Townsend, June 2. After throe days' stay here the United States battleship Oregon left this morning for the target field down the straits ot Fuca. There have been 40 desertions from the-Oregon since her arrival on General Miles has been afforded by i Puget sound two months ago. and the Turkish officials She left the Jones between 8 and 9 o clock Thursday night, made a successful landing near Matanzas, and, after an absence of 24 hours, returned to the Jones, took another cargo of war ma terial, and started for Cuba Friday night On the last trip, General Nu nez and the 62 Cubans left the Jones, and went on the Dauntless, accom panied by Captain O'Brien. When the Dauntless left with her second oargo, the Jones coaled from the schooner, towed her off Cape Canaval, Florida, and turned her loose. 8h sailed back and got into Sonthport yes terday morning. Tne cargo carried from here was val ued at $78,000, and is said to havebeea the second largest ever landed in Cuba. The member of the crew referred to says there is no truth in the story that the Jones was chased and fired on by a Sponish war veBseL The Jones never saw the smoke of a war vessel while oa her trip. Calhoun Ii Attacked. Havana, June 1. In a leading ar ticle this morning, 1 Diario de la Ma rina makes a scathing indirect attack upon Commissioner Calhoun, by oriti cisizing articles whioh have appeared in a Washington newspaper over the Bit-nature of Mr. Pepper, who, in the guise of an intimate friend of President MoKinley and Mr. Calhoun, accom panied the latter to Cuba. El Diario de la Marina maintains that many incidents of the interiot working of the mixed oommission, which are wholly private, have beem divulged in Mr. Pepper's letter, thua tending to compromise Mr. Calhoun. The piper also resonts Mr. Pepper'e unfriendly attitude toward Spain in his reports on the Cuban -question, ex pressing disgust that while he blamed Spain'for the natural result of the war, he had no word of oensure for the- Cu ban insurgents, whose torches are de stroying the wealth of the island. j In closing its article, El Diario de Id Marino calls attention to the fact that two New York newspapers, whose Cu ban representatives are scarcely favor able to Spain, maintain bureaus in Ha vana under the Bame roof with United States consul-general, intimating with out much delioacy that the correspond ents of these newspapers are virtually under the wing of General Fitzhugh Lee, and draw most of their inspiration from him. Mr. Fishback, acoonipanied by Mr. Pepper, went into the interior today to visit Guanajay. Mr. Calhoun spent the day with General Lee at the Amer ican consulate. Captain-General Weyler went from Tunas to Jacaro on Friday, but re turned to Tunas today. The insurgents dynamited a passen ger train between Santa Clara and Ei peranza. The baggage oar was capsized and the locomotive and three passenger oars were derailed, bnt no lives were lost. T5CTI TWln? St. Louis, June 2. "Divine" Healet Shrader was Btoned out of Clayton, a suburb of St. Louis, today, by a crowd of men and boys. As Shrader was pre parina to take a bicycle ride at his hotel, he was greeted on the corner by a large and noisy crowd. He attempted to address the assemblage, and finally exclaimed: "Those of you who are opposing me are rejecting God." As soon as he made this remark, the crowd closed in on him in a threaten ing manner. Hastening to his room, he nathered what few belongings he had with him into a bundle, and, mounting his wheel, turned south from the courthouse steps, amid showers of stones. He was struck on the back of the neck by a missile, but it apparently inflicted no injury. It did, however, accerlerate his speed as he rode on toward the oountry. Boise, May 81. The most disastrous wreck in the history of the Short Line railroad occurred at American Falls at 4:80 this morning. A runaway freight train crashed into the west-bound pas senger train. Nine men were killed outright and eight others seriously in jured. Both engines were demolished, the station buildings shattered to pieces and 18 or 20 cars smashed. The dead are: C. W. Shields, residence unknown; D. L. Thompson, of Dayton, Wash.; John R. Cooper, of Wellsville, Utah; J. Steffen, of Dillon, Mont; five un known men. Excepting Cooper, these men were beating their way on the freight. Most of them were sheepHhearers. Coopw was just about to take the passenger train going west. ' The passenger train had pulled into American Falls, and was standing at its accustomed place waiting for the freight to pass it on the sidetrack. American Falls station is situated in a depression, and there is quite an up grade in both directions. The first warning of any danger was when Engineer Heckman heard the freight whistle to back up. He at once reversed his engine, but the rails were wet and the grade heavy, and it was an instant or two before the train re sponded, and in that moment the freight train thundered around the curve and aoross the bridge, going at the rate of 60 miles an hour. The passenger train had bard ly begun to move before the freight dashed into it. Both engines were demolished and the freight cars piled up one on the other, jamming in the side and demol ishing one whole end of the station building. Just as the engines met, Engineer Heokman jumped and came to the ground in the midBt of flying timbers and debris. John Cooper, Frank Burke and Night Telegraph Operator Charles Goodwin had been talking on the plat form an instant before they saw the wild freight coming, the depot and was killed instantly. Burke and Goodwin ranout behind tfie. vummig auu ttovou. . ..... , " " was on the platform at the same time, was buried in the wreck. The station building was demolished to the partition between the depot and the private rooms where Agent ot. Clair and his wife and three children were asleep. The dead and mangled bodies ot two of the killed were hurled agamet this partition. Beams were forced through Care the Democrats a Chance to Extend the Tariff Debate. Washington, June 1. Progress on the tariff bill in the senate was checked today, the plate-glfess paragraphs prov ing a source ot controversy lasting throughout the day. As a result, lit tle more than a page of the bill was disposed of. The finance committee succeeded without difficulty in resist ing proposed amendments from Demo cratic members of the committee, al though each amendment was debated at great length. An exciting incident occurred dar ing the afternoon, when Senator Mor gan was called to order by Gallinger, who was temporarily in the ohair, for severely criticising the inaction of the house of representatives. Morgan de clared that the speaker of the bouse was enforcing an automatic rule, by which representatives were assembled and dispersed, and he obaraoterized this inaction as an outrage against pop ular rights. Frye first gave warning that a pro test would be made against criticisms of the other house, when Morgan ve hemently repeated his criticisms. Hale made a point of order against him. The temporary presiding officer direct ed Morgan to resume his seat, and then ruled that he was out of order. The Alabama senator somewhat chagrined, was about to appeal from the decision when Hale withdrew his point of or der, and further action was avoided. Morgan resumed his oritioisms dur ing the tariff debate, and made the point that congress was tot now in ses sion in accordance with the constitu tion, the kouse having vacated its functions. After a sharp contest with the tariff leaders, Quay succeeded in carrying a motion to adjourn. NORTHWEST BREVITIES Evidence of Steady Growth and Enterprise. ITEMS 07 GENERAL DJTEBEST NO HOPE FOR DURRANT. Governor President Confers Degrees. Washington, June 2. President Mc- Kinley conferred the degrees on about B0 graduates of the senior and post graduate olasses of the National uni versity law school, at the annual com mencement exeroises held in this city this evening. The theater was crowded and among them were many people of note. General Grant was the head of the institution, and conferred the de grees on graduates, a custom which was followed by Presidents Hayes, Arthur and Cleveland in his first term. The annual address to the graduates was de livered bv Senator Thurston, of Nebras ka, and a valedictory in behalf of th- senior class class by George N. Brown, of Wyoming. The graduates represent all sections of the Union. A Norwegian Bark Abandoned at Sea New York, June 2. A dispatch to the Herald from Buenos Ayres says: The Italian steamer Duchess di Gen eva, found abandoned on the high seas the Norwegian bark Formica, whioh started frori" Mobile tor Port Natal with a oargo of lumber. The bark was set on fire as it could not be towed, and was in a position dangerous to other ships. There was nothing to indicate what had become ot the crew. it and over the bed occupied by tne children, bnt miraculously not one of them was injured, although the room was twisted and shattered almost to fragments. The freight train had run away on the hill west of American Falls. It is thought that Borne of the sheep shearers or hobos had cut off the air. The air brakes would not work, and on the hill the train was found unmanage able. Conductor Cook and Brakemen Davis and Westron were on top setting the brakes, and Fireman Cosgrove had climbed back to help set the brakes, but they proved of no avail. The train shot down the grade and across the bridge into the passenger train. Only- the cool nerve or Engineer Heckman in remaining at his post and reversing his engine saved the lives of dozens of his passengers, as well as of the family of the station agent sleeping in the building. The wreck presented a scene ol inde scribable destruction. The cut in front ot the station and the ppot where the station stood were piled high with broken oars, demolished buildings and the shattered engines. Ties were torn up and telegraph poles aud wires were down in the ruins. The dead were recovered and the in jured cared for as rapidly as possible, and at U o'clock a special leit tne Falls with the wounded for the hos pital at Salt Luke. A CUBAN CONFERENCE. Bndd Refuges to Interfere In His Behalf. Sacramento, June 1. Theodore Dur rant will be hanged on June 11, one week from next Friday. Governor Budd this evening telephoned that much in effect to Warden Hale, of San Qnentin, at the same time ordering the death watch placed upon the prisoner. Immediately after telephoning this message to Hale, the governor was driven in a hack to the depot, where he took the train for San Francisco. Nothwitbstanding the fact that the governor has made known his decision, and the telephone message has leaked ut, the same secrecy has been made j- ...... .L: ,U ' Cooper ran into i " um , .... e piven ontmitu tomorrow.,. . . . "''Durtiant's Parents Will Bee Him Die. San Quentin, Cal., June I. Theo-' dore Durrant has made the declarat'on that if he must meet his fate on the gallows, he will die like a man. The mere suggestion of suicide is repulsive to him, he says. He also declares that he will die in the presence of his parents, who will insist on attending the execution as his invited guests. The elder Durrant says that his wife is the sultan averv facility for studying the Turkish army. He is pursuing the work with Njreat vigor, and is kept very busy. ts officials are most kind in offering A Fatal Collision. New York, June 2. Six people Were killed this afternoon by a col !ion on the Long Island railroad at Vallov Stream. Paris, June 1. The Athens corre spondent of the Journal asserts that Crown Prinoe Constantino, after the retreat from Domokos, attempted to commit snioide with a revolver, on learning of the intense feeling against him. He was prevented by officers. Bush Astoria Road. Portland, Or., May 81. Messrs. Honevman, De Hart & Glenn, contrac tors for the Astoria-Goble railroad, have received orders to complete the road bv October 1. They intend to have it done by that time, and conse- ouentlvwill increase their forces at once. They have now aoout ouu men employed, and in a few days will have seven dredges at work, building grades across tidelands, and will increase their foroe to 700 or 800 men. . . Norwegtra Town Destroyed. Cbristiania, June 1. The town of Namsos, province of North Trensdjem near the month of theNamsen river, on the Namsen fjord, west coast of Nor way, has been entirely destroyed by fire. The names, tanned oy a nerce wind, spread so rapidly that the 1,800 inhabitants were unable to save even their furniture. fe Large workrooms for unskilled male labor have been opened in flew York important Meeting to Be Held in Phila delphia Next Week. Philadelphia, May 81. It is defi nitely settled that the most important conference held in Amerioa in connec tion with the Cuban cause will assem ble in Philadelphia some time next week. General Palma will preside. With him will be Quesada, the charge d'affaires. They are coming here, it is said, to prepare plans that may meet with entire approbation of the administration. It is said that as Boon as Senator Sherman became secretary of state he sent for Queeada. That interview has had more to do with the coming confer ence than anything that has occurred in Cuban affairs since the inauguration of the war two years ago. Looking for a Sunken Safe. Tacomn, Wash., May. 81. Diver O'Keef, of San Francisco, is now try ina to find the safe of the Northern Pacific railway, that was buried in the Sound in the landslide two years ago. Several futile attempts have been mado to find it It contains $10,000, and the finder is promised $4,000 to re cover it. a woman of determination, and she will press her legal rights to the limit. Under the law, Warden Hale cannot deny ber admission it she presents at the prison gate an invitation of her son. requesting her presence at the hanging. A Driver's Carelessness. . Denver, June t. At 8 o'clock this afternoon a spring wagon driven by Henry Mareadu, a carpenter, and con- tainine eisht children ranging from 8 to 9 years, was struck by a special train n the Denver St Rio Grande railorad, and as a result four children are dead and the others are terribly injured, two so badly that they will die. Mar- sau, with his three children, had been spending the day at the home of Christo pher Schoneweiss, in the southern portion of the city. When ready to start for home he took a load of chil dren gathered up in the neighborhood for a short ride. It is olaimed by the polioe that Marsau was intoxicated and paid no attention to the signals of the engineer, but drove upon the tracs: while the train was in plain sight and but a few feet away. The engine struck the wagon, demolishing it and rushing and mangling the children in berrible manner. Warmed the Dynamite. Denver, June 1. A special to the Rocky Mountain News from Cripple Creek Bays: William Carr, aged 23 and Frank Curtis, aged 81, miners in the Norman tunnel, five miles south of this city, were killed today by a pre mature explosion of dynamite. Carr was warming four sticks of dynamite over a fire. The bodies were hardly recognizable. From All the Cities and Tawas at the Thriving tlsta Itata A special term of circuit court fcrC.Criia... Grant county will bo held st Canyon City. July 19 next. Fred and Tobey Hanna of Olex, Gil liam county, last week, after plowing was over, killed 1,200 squirrels. Mrs. Mary Patterson, for many yean a resident of Umatilla county, died at her home in Pendleton, at the ripe age ef 84 years. There was an Indian war dance in the Armory hall in Condon, Gilliam county, last week, by a band of red skins in that town. Coos county has 71 publio sohool houses and 2,098 legal voters for school ' purposes. Curry county has 18 school houses and 520 legal voters. Lane county is only little-more than six months behind in her payments of county warrants, and warrants are sel ling at 2 per cent premium. - J. W. Blake delivered 7,000 head of sheep at Lone Rock in Gilliam county last week 3,000 wethers to Harry Clay and 4,000 ewes to several other parties. A few days ago a band of 600 head of horses, owned by George Holstein, G. W. Mood and Dan Tartar, was started . from the Eagle valley range, in Uma tilla county, over the trail for South , Dakota to find a market The warehouses in The Dalles are filling with wool, but no sales of the 1897 clip have thus far been reported, says the Times-Mountaineer. While there are a number of woolbuyers here, the market is still dull, and will likely show no activity nntil the bulk of the wool is in. William Bayers, an old man about 60 years ol age, was Killed last weex at Lost river gap, Klamath county, by his team running away. There was no eye-witness to the accident, but Sayera was evidently thrown from the wagon, Btriking upon his head among the rocks and crushing his skull. The residence of Rev. J. H. Grant,- ' in Gray Butte, Crook county, turned ,,-. last week. The library, valued at $500, -v.y burned, as did moat of tbeclothing and , -. . v, r. ... -am.- tT. Grant wasnbt thora'r- - " M, in savirr. hnArm. Mrs. . ' ? Cant s handa were sevw.,( t , . . atd her hair was singed. ' Frank Davenport, of Hood River, who . has the contract' for building the big irrigating flume and ditoh on the west side ot Hood river valley, and is one of the principal stockholders, says the ditch will be completed about the mid dle of July. It will cost $26,000 and furniBh 3,000 inches of water.,. Drowned in a Tank. Abbott, Tex., June 1. Mrs. Nannie L. Barr, her 4-year-old babe, and her sister, Miss Hattie L. Alexander, aged 14, were all drowned in a tank near the house. The boy was playing in the shallow water and inadvertently step ped off into a deep hole in the center of the tank, and the others were drowned ia trying to rescue the little lellow. A Monument to Firemen. Chioago, June 1. Next Monday the Bremen of Chioago will dedicate a mon ument to the firemen and citizens who met death in the cold-storage building fire at the world's fair grounds. There are more American vessels on the great lakes than on the ocean, and their combined tonnage is greater. The Garment-Workers' Strike. New York, June 1. The big strike f the garment-makers entered upon its third week today. About 2,600 opera tors, whose employers have signed the new agreement, have returned to work, leaving about 22,400 still on strike in this city and vicinity. Leader Meyer Bchoenfeld today expressed himself as satisfied that the operators would not return to work nnder the old oondl-tioni. Washington. A. T. Hammond, of Everett, was found dead in his bed, having died dur ing the night of heart disease. Funds have been subscribed in Port Townsend to build a trail along the Little Quilioene river, and into the Olympics. The enrollment at the Castle Rook school has increased to more than 200, and the directors found it necessary to employ a fourth teacher. George Guthridge has commenced an action in the superior court against the city of Walla Walla for damages in the sum ot $15,726 on aocount of injuries receivd while aoting as engine driver in the fire department. The Tacoma saloons, which have been allowed to keep open all night, must olose their dears from now on between .: the hours of 2 and 6 o'clock A. M. Chief Hoge has issued orders to that effect, and says he intends to enforce them to the letter. Under the new law, the inmates of the school for defective youth, at Van couver, will probably not spend their vacations at home this Bummer, unless their parents are able to pay their tran- -sportation, as no provision for such ex pense is made by the new law. The sulphur mines now located near the Natohes trail about 15 miles from Buckley were first discovered by a camper whose fire took hold of the rocks, which burned and created such a smell that he had to move two or three miles to get away from the fumes. The fish commission steamer Alba tross last week lowered the deep-sea fish net off Cape Flattery, and when the net was drawn up with great difficulty an enormous Bhark was found, weighing 650 pounds, and being 10 feet long. It had devoured all the small fish in the net. The shark was out np afterwards and thrown overboard. Stockmen who have been making a round-up of their horses on the range in Asotin county complain that many of their finest and most valuable geldings are missing and oannot be found, al though every nook and corner of the range haa been hunted over, says the -Sentinel. All the old mares and 1 and 2-year-olds were found on their usual feeding grounds. Land Commissioner Robert Bridget is in Spokane leasing school lands. Section 16 lies close to the business sec tion of the city, and has over 160 dwellings, stores, etc., built by squat ters. The section is platted into a,uao lota, and has wide streets, but owing to the title being in the state, water, sewer, and gas connections have never been extended through it In most in stances the squatters are leasing the land on whioh their improvements ex ist, paying an average yearly rental of $8 for corner lots and $1 for inside lots.
