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VOL. IV.
IIILLHUOKO, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1897.
NO. 21.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
From all Parts of the New
and Old World.
BRIEF AND INTERESTING ITEMS
Comprehensive Httliw of the Impart
I Happenings ef the Car
Mat Week.
Freight rates have been reduced oon
siderubly hy the O. It. & N. and N. P.
to British Columbia points.
Tlio Seattle Coal & Iron Company
men at InHitquiih, Wusl)., have quit
work. They want more pay, and object
to a deduction by weight for carloadi
having slate and shale. ,
The government armor board met in
Washington and accepted the offer of
Cramp to f urn toll diagonal armor for
the battleship Indiana The govern
inont price was satisfactory.
The New York Tribune, in discussing
events that led up to the assassination
jf Canovas, makes the statement tliut
tho government la reMHnHible for the
rise and progress of anarchy in Spain.
An exploHion of a lamp started a fire
in a load of bay in a livery barn in
LewiHtun, Idaho. The flames spread
with great swiftness, and before they
could be suppressed caused a total loss
of $11,000.
F. L. Johnson, while driivng a band
of horses near the Pine Creek reserve,
in Buker county, Oregon, bent over to
drink out of a stream in the ravine,
his revolver full out of his pocket, and,
exploding, killed him instantly.
The supreme court of Oregon has de
cided that the secretary of state must
audit accounts and draw warrants due.
The decision reverses the lower court,
and is the outcome of complications
arising from the failure of tho legisla
ture to organize in January.
An official dispatch received in Con
stantinople says several thousand Ar
menian agitutors from Persia invaded
Turkey and killed 300 of the Mlgriki
tribe, including women and children.
The wife of the chief was put to death
with the most oruol tortures, and sev
eral other victims bad their noses and
ears out off.
Consul-Oenoral Hayward, in a report
to the state department, status that
during 1806 American vessels number
ing 247, of 243,983 tons, entered Ha
waiian ports, while vessels of all other
nationalities numbered 189, of 234,014
tons. These are the only foreign ports
where a majority of the carrying trade
is now under the American flag.
Golll has confessed that he killed
Senor Canovas to avenge (he Barcelona
anarchists, and the insurgent leader,
Don Jose liizal, who was executed at
Manila, Philippine islands, December
30 last, as the instigator of the Philip
pine revolution.- Dr. Riznl denied that
lie was a rebel leader, but lie admitted
that he had drawn up the Btatutes of
the Philippine league,
A dispatch from a press correspondent
in Medoltin, Panama, says that Charles
Radford, of Alabama, lms been con
demned to death for the murder several
months ago of Charles Sinmonds, a
wealthy merohant of Calli. . In all
probability the sentence will bo com
muted to life imprisonment, as capital
punishment there is never exercised ex
cept in exceptional cases.
A Portland, Ind., dispatch says: A
south-bound Grand Hapids & Indiana
freight train went through the bridge
spanning the Wabash river a mile
north of Geneva. The engine and
tender fell into the river and cars piled
on them. Engineer Barney Held and
Fireman James Gallagher went down
with the engine. The former had both
legs crushed, and .was otherwise badly
injured. He will die. Fireman Gal
lagher and Brakoman James Clifford
were severely injured
The natives of New Guinea are mur
dering Australian miners.
- The corn crop in Kansas is now said
to be damaged 60 per cent by the pre
vailing hot weather.
Senators Quay and Morgan are to go
to the Sandwich Islands to post them
selves on the country and its inabil
ities.
The internal revenue office has issued
orders to local collectors to Beize tobacco
prize packages under the provision of
the, new tariff law.
'Over 100 tramps and harvesters took
possession of a freight train on the
Northwestern line, near Omaha, Neb,
The train was sidetracked, and the
sheriff and polioe were called upon for
assistance. After an hour's delay the
tramps were dislodged. The sheriff
had a desperate fight in trying to jail
the men, hut wits successful. The stir
' rounding country is overrun with
tramps.
, ' The following is an extract from a
private letter received in San Fran
cisoo from Manila, Philippine islands:
, . "Here things are in a frightful mess
Spanish dollars have been introduced
at 10 per oent less value than Mexican
Everybody wants to sell out. Native
brokers are all over the plaoe trying to
sell their possessions, and find no buy
ers. In the sugar provinces, cane
plants are being burned up for lack of
rain."
Assistant Secretary Howell has ren
dered a decision in whioh he holds that
calfskins should be classed as "hides
of oattle," and are therefore dutiable
nnder the new tariff, but at 15 per oent
ad valorem.
In the engagement of Chakdara the
British troops suffered but slight loss,
but the native loss was heavy. Six
thousand tribesmen were preparing to
attaok the fort when they were at
tacked by the British column, under
Colonel Meikeljohn,. and completely
touted.
ENGLAND AFTER SHERMAN.
British Newspapers Consider II U Its-
narks Highly Offensive.
London, Aug. 1 1. Commenting on
the interview of the New York World
with Secretary Sherman, St. James's
Gazette this afternoon says:
Sherman a utterances afford no ma
terial for denial by his friends of the
statement that he is suffering from
senile decay." '
St James's Gazette refers to the
Kulnoky incident when it says:
'Austria properly severed diplomatio
relations with Great Britain, and Glad
stone apologized for his attack on the
dual monarchy, and asked why there
is one law in Europe and another in
America?"
The Globe says: "Secretary Sher
man bad better rid himself of the idea
that Uncle Sum is going to boss this
country either on gold or on the fish
eries. - The idea of Europe being afraid
of a third-rate navul power like the
United States could only have occurred
to a lunatic or to Sherman."
The utterances attributed to Secre
tary Sherman upon which the com
ments of the London papers was based
are as follows:
"England is a great country, but it
is not always safe to assume she is
ready to follow up every quarrel with
blows. She quarrels oftener than she
fights. It would be exceedingly diffi
cult for her to fight us all alone about
our seal catch ings. HuHsia and Japan
are in a similar position, and any quar
rel between the United States and
England on this score would probably
involve those other countries."
AWAKE TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.
Strange Case of a Carpenter Living at
at. Louis.
St. Louis, Aug. 11. John O. Sutte,
Oarpenter and builder, has been
awake 25 years. His last slumber came
so many years ago that he has forgotten
what it is like to lie down at night and
awake refreshed and rejuvenated.
Sleep is an unknown quantity with
Sutte. He either lies uiion his bed
and gazes on the stars, or, if in a rest
less mood, takes long walks into the
country, returning at daybreak to begin
work in his little shop, just north of
the house. His neighbors call him
"The man who never sleeps."
Sutte attributes his sleeplessness to a
noise which continually roars in his
head like a cataract. At times it
sounds like the buzz and whirr of
wheels sawing their way through heavy
timber. Again the 'sounds resemble
escaping steam, but at times they
mingle in a horrible deafening roar.
Owing to the noises in bis bead,
Sutte does not hear readily. He says
that the ringing in his ears was caused
by an overdose of quinine which was
administered to him in 1872. He took
63 grains at one dose, and when he
awoke next day he heard a noise in his
head which has remained there ever
since, keeping him awake every day
and night for 25 years Sutte is 70
years old. He carries his age graoe-
fully and does not look the worse lor
his long siege of wakefulness
HER BOY WAS UGLY'
A Quitman, Georgia, Mother Commits a
Terrible Crime.
Quitman, Ga., Aug. 11. Fishermen
discovered the body of a 6-year-old boy
floating on the surface of a pond near
this place and later identified it as the
son of Mrs, Idella Powell Banks, a
widow, owning a farm juat outside of
Quitman.
The actions of the mother when noti
fied of the discovery aroused the suspi
cions of the coroner and she was subse
quently arrested and placed in jail.
Here she was visited by a minister, to
whom she confessed having murdered
her child. The reason she gave was
that he was too ugly to be permitted to
live, and was a constant source of em
barrassment to her on that account.
She said that she walked by the pond,
and when sho tried to push him in he
resisted with all his feeble strength.
She broke down completely in jail, and
says she wants to be hanged as soon as
possible. The child's face was dis
figured by a birthmark.
A Grewsoine Discovery.
Valley, Neb., Aug. 11. A grading
company at work near here exhumed 19
skeletons. All the bodies were in a
good state of preservation, and were
evidently buried with their clothes on
and without coffins. Five were fe
males. The bodies had probably been
in the ground 15 or 20 years, but no
resident of the locality can recall any
burying ground located here, nor does
rumor rolato of anything in the past
that will account for the presence of
the skeletons. The bod les were covered
with only a few feet of earth, and were
plaoed in a large trench. Apparently
the skeletons are those oi wnne people,
Fall In 8 pan I ill Seourltes.
London. Aua. 11. On the stock ex
ohange here today Spanish securities
fell one-half a point on the news of the
assassination of Premier Canovas del
rwilln. Later in the day Spanish se
ourities recovered three-eighths of the
loss.
, The chemist of the agricultural de
partment in Washington thinks that
the oil made of sunflower seed, which
he says is a perfeot substitute for olive
oil, 18 the coming salad on.
A Head-Knd Collision.
Indiananoils. Aug. 11. The Chicago
express on the Pennsylvania line and a
Monon switch engine came together in
a head-end collision at Market street
crossing this morning. William Mar
tin, tlin Monon engineer, was instantly
killed and both engines completely
wrecked. No passengers were injured
The tongue of most serpents is really
forked, though this member seems U
be of no particular use to the reptue
WEALTH OF THE YUKON
Iugh C. Wallace Talks ot
the Great Gold Strike.
EXTENT OF THE RICH DIGGINGS
It Is Estimated That 100,000 Men Will
Go In the Spring Callfornlan
Changea Hi Mind.
Tacoma, Aug. 10. Hugh C. Wallace,
the prominent banker, who has proba
bly made a more careful investigation
of the Klondike- than anybody on the
coast who has not actually been there,
having interviewed a great number of
the miners who came down on the Port
land lust month, and other people who
havo traveled in the upper Yukon coun
try and prospected along the main river
und its branches, said to a press repre
sentative: "There is no doubt that the Yukon
will yield more gold than has been
taken from any river on this coast, or
probably in any other part of the world.
The Yukon runs through a country not
yet explored by white men, and its bars
are universally reported to be rich.
Miners who have worked along the river
since 1882 agree that ground f 5 to (100
per day is easily found.
"The existence of gold in such quan
tities along the main river is abundant
proof of ricli diggings in other branches
than the Klondike. It is certain there
was two months ago somewhere between
10,000,000 and $8,000,000 already taken
out and sent to Dawson City. Fully
one-half of this, it is believed, will
come down on the next two steamers.
"The gold thus fur taken out hat
come from two or three small creekt
emptying into the Klondike. Reports
of other rich strikes have been obtained.
Returning miners unite in deolaring
that prospecting has scarcely begun.
Men engaged in profitable enterprises
on Puget sound are leaving them for the
Klondike. I am informed that profit
able diggings and prosperous towns in
Alasku are being almost deserted in
the rush for tho new eldorado.
"There will be a mighty and contin
uous stream of people from Puget sound
for the next six weeks, and I believe it
is no exaggeration to Bay that there
will be 100,000 men go in next Febru
ary, March, April and May. To my
knowledge, letters are being received
daily from every section of this coun
try, and from European cities as well,
making inquiry as to means of reuching
Alaska in the spring.
"Old Yukoners say the trip can be
made any month in the year. The
perilous and difficult part of the trip has
consisted heretofore of a olimb over
the mountain passes requiring a portage
of 28 miles from stilt water to the first
of a series of lakes, forming the Yukon
headwaters. This difficulty is now over,
for since the using of White's pass be
gan, three weeks ago, horses can be
used for packing outfits the entire dis
tance over the mountains, and miners
themselves oan ride if they chooBe. It
is three days from Puget sound to this
pass. .
"The effect of these discoveries on
business on Puget sound has been elec
tric, and the effect of the immense in
oreaBe in the production of gold will
stimulate every artery of trade."
Ho Klondike for Him.
Port Townsend, Aug. 10 An evi
dence that many people started for the
gold fields of Alaska during the strain
of mental excitement was given here
last night, when the steamer Queen
sailed for the north. Just after the
steamer blew her whistle to cast off her
lines, an excited passenger, who had
$800 worth of provisions billed through
to JJyea, yelled out:
"Boys, divide the d d mess between
you; I'm going back to California."
The disgusted passenger refused to
give his name, but said he would pre
fer to give up his outfit than to take
the ohances of crossing Chilkoot pass
this fall.
Evidently there were several disciples
of counterfeiter Dean and wife, of San
Franoisco, yesterday bound for Alaska,
for just before the Queen sailed last
night, Beveral well dressed young men
rushed around the oity in quest of
change for greenbacks. They said they
were going down the Yukon river in
boatB, and, in case they fell overboard,
paper money would be mined by get
ting wet. In many cases they succeed
ed in passing bills, two-thirds of which
have been found to be counterfeit. One
Baloonist, in a batch of $340 in bills,
received two $20 Confederate bills of
the mintage of 1862. Investigation de
veloped the fact that they were left
here by people who went north on the
Queen.
Impracticable Exposition Scheme!.
Paris, Aug. 10. A hundred projeots
for attractions for the Paris exposition
of 1900 were submitted to the commit
tee today. They included the building
of a copy of Bartholdi's statue of lib
erty in New York harbor 600 feet high;
the construction of a restaurant under
water, to be built of glass; an enor
mous vertical screw, with a nut fitted
as a cafe; a reproduction of the Trojan
horse, capable pf holding 1,000 people,
and plans for fitting the Eiffel tower
with a spiral railroad and toboggan
chute. The committee decided that
none of the schemes were practicable.
Caught by a Mower.
Wilbur.Wash., Aug. 10. While cut
ting grain yesterday afternoon the 4-year-old
son of Peter McKay in some
way managed to get in the tall grain in
front of the machine, and had one of
his little limbs completely severed.
The other was badly mangled, but Dr.
Young thinks that he can save it if he
can save the child's life.
A five-cent stamp must adorn every
day book, ledger or other account book
kept by a business house in Mexico.
MORE REGULATIONS.
Canada Will Now Keiluce the Size of
Mining Claim.
Toronto, Aug. 11. A special to the
Globe from Ottawa says the Dominion
government has received several im
portant decisions in regard to the Yu
kon country and the working of the
gold fields there. It has been decided
to appoint an administrator for the dis
trict, who will have entire charge of
all the Canadian officials there and be
the chief executor for the government.
Joseph Walsh, a former commander of
the No-thwest mounted police, is to be
appointed to the position. The party
of mounted police to leave Manitoba
next week for the gold country has been
increased from 20 to 85. They will
take with them two Muxim guns.
The mining rules have been amended
in an important particular. At present
a miner is at liberty to stake out a claim
of 500 feet, running along with the
stream and back to the bank. This has
been reduced to 100 feet, and the nsw
regulation will go into force imme
diately. A court for the administration
of civil and criminal questions in the
gold districts has also been decided
upon. Justice McGuire, of Prince
Albert, is to preside over the court.
STEAMER WILLAMETTE LEAVES
The Old Collier Hail. With an I to m cine
Cargo.
Seattle, Wash., Aug. 11. The
steamer Willamette, with the largest
number of passengers ever carried by a
single steamer to Alaska, is now on her
way to Dyea. She carries 815 passen
gers, 200 bead of live stock and over
2,000 tons of freight.
A seething crowd of people thronged
the wharf to bid good-bye to Klondike
bound prospectors, and every whistle in
the harbor gave lustily a parting Ealuto.
Freight was piled in every conceiv
able nook and corner. In the hold,
pilothouse, cabins, dining rooms and
staterooms were piled an indiscriminate
mass of clothing, hay, grubstakes, lum
ber and Supplies of all descriptions.
Down below were the horses, crowded
together in little cubbyholes, called
"stalls" only by courtesy. The horses
didn't like the prospect That is to
say they made considerable objection
before they consented to be swung on
the boat by means of an engine and
large box,
The work of loading the big steam
ship Willamette began at midnight.
Of the 800 people on board, 565 took
passage here, 175 at Tacoma and 85 at
San Francisco.
APPEALING FOR FOOD.
Their Families Are Starving While the
Striken Refute to Work.
Pittsburg, Aug. 11. Appeals for
food and provisions were numerous at
the headquarters of the miners' officials
in this city today. It appeared as if
there was a wail from every section of
the district, and miners in person were
present to ask that the suffering ones
be looked after. Secretary Warner was
kept busy , answering the appeals. He
said tonight that he had sent more than
$1,000 worth of provisions into various
parts of the district. The appeals are
now ooming in from the families, the
heads of which are at the various min
ing camps using their influence to keep
other men from working.
A series of meetings are to be held
all over the district. It is expeoted to
keep up the interest in every section
and strengthen every point where there
is the least indication of weakness.
The vigils on the mines of the New
York & Cleveland Gas Coal Company
are to be kept up, and the vigor in
creased from day to day.
Early this morning the miners of
West Elizabeth made a march on the
mines of the Elizabeth Mining Com
pany, formerly operated by Horner &
Roberts. About 50 men were going to
work. After a consultation the men
asked that they be allowed to finish
loading a flat. They agreed to go out
as soon as it was loaded, which will
take several days. Offioials of the
company made an effort to get permis
sion from the miners' officials to con
tinue work on a 69-cent basis. This
waa not given, and it is expected that
the mine will be idlo as soon as the flat
is loaded.
From New York to Alaka.
New York, Aug. 11. The first ship
sailing from New York direct to the
Klondike gold fields is advertised to
leave about August 21. It is to be
sent by the New York & Alaska Gold
Exploring and Trading uompany. lhe
company has not yet selected its vessel,
but it promises to dispatch a steamship
oapable of carying 200 passengers and
1,500 tons of freight. It says the ship
will make the voyage around Cape
Horn to Juneau in 50 or 60 days.
More than 50 names have been listed
for the voyage. Not more than 200
passengers will be allowed to embark.
The cost per passenger, including berth,
meals and transportation of 500 pounds
of baggage direct to Juneau is to bo
$175.
More Steamers for Alaska.
San Francisco, Aug 11. Two steam
ers will sail for the north today with
their carrying capacity taxed to the ut
most. The Umatilla will be sent to
Seattle by the Paciflo Coast Steamship
Company, and the South Coast will
also be dispatched. The Umatilla will
take away about 400 passengers and
transfer them to the City of Topeka at
some Puget sound port.
Although the South Coast is not yet
loaded she is very low in the water,
and seafaring men say that with her
load in a rough sea she will have great
difficulty in getting through.
The Gypsy's Prediction.
Malaga, Aug. 11. Old inhabitants
of this city relate that when Canovas
del Castillo was a young assistant mas
ter at a sohool here, a gypsy woman
told his fortune. She predicted that
he would become great, and would meet
with a violent death.
A MOST TRAGIC FATE
Three Gold-Seekers Perish
in Alaskan Ice Fields.
OVERTAKEN BY SEVERE STORM
One of Them Left a Not Giving an Ac
count of Their Terrible Buffer
ing! From Cold and Hunger.
Seattle, Aug. 9. There now remains
no doubt as to the fate of Charles A.
Blackstone, George Batoher and J. W.
Malique, the Cook's inlet miners who
have been missing since April. Black
stone's body has been found, and on
his body was a diary stating bis part
ners had frozen to death.
When the steamer Lakme sailed from
Seattle for Cook's inlet, Alaska, in
March, 1896, she carried among her
passengers Blackstone, Batcher and
Malique. The men attempted to cross
the portage glacier on a prospecting
tour and were frozen to death. It is
evident Blackstone made his way down
the glacier to where it pitches into
Prince William sound. His body was
found at the foot of the glacier, to
gether with the remains of his dog.
On his body was the following memo
randum: "Saturday, April 4, 1897. This is
to certify that George Batcher froze to
death Tuesday night, J. VV. Malique
died Wednesday forenoon, C. A. Black
stone had his ears, nose and four fingers
on his right hand and two on his left
hand frozen an inch back. The storm
drove us on before it overtook us within
an hour of the summit, and drove us
before it, and drove everything we had
over the cliff, except our blankets and
moose hide, which we all crawled un
der. The temperature is Biipposed to
have been 40 degrees below zero. Fri
day I started for salt water. I don't
know how I got there with the outfit
Saturday afternoon. I gathered up
everything and have enough grub for
ten days providing the bad weather
don't set in. Sport was blown over
the cliff I think I hear him howl
every once in a while."
It would appear that Blackstone
went over the cliff with the intention
of finding his dog. From his diary it
seems that he found his dog, and finally
in order to prevent starving to death
he was forced to kill and eat the animal,
but it was of no avail; no relief came
and he starved or froze to death.
On May 27, just two months after
the men left Sunrise City, the body of
Blackstone was found by George Hall,
a prospector from Seattle, and the re
mains were buried. Blackstone was 39
years old, was a native of Oregon and
had lived in Portland, Centralia,
Wash., and Seattle.
Batcher was a native of Montana,
was 36 years of age, and for many years
followed mining.
Malique was a native of Indiana,
was 38 years of age, was a graduate of
Hamilton college, Mo., and was a prac
tical miner. For many years he bad
as a partner Mr. Hall, the hero of this
story.
FATAL CHICAGO FIRE.
Five Firemen Were Killed and Fifty
Wounded.
Chicago, Aug. 9. Five lives were
lost in an explosion this evening dur
ing a fire in the Northwestern grain
elevator, at Cook and West Water
streets. Four of the dead are firemen:
the body of another fireman iB thought
to be buried in the ruins. From the
force with which the explosion swept
the spot on which they were standing,
they must have been instantly killed.
Either the bursting of a boiler or the
explosion of mill dirt caused the havoc.
The four firemen, who were killed by
the falling wails of the elevator are:
Jacob J. Schnur, Joseph Strikman,
John J. Coogan and Jacob S. Stramer.
An unidentified man was blown into
the river, but the body was not recov
ared. Besides these dozens of firemen and
passers by were, more or less cut and
bruised by glass and flying debiis. In
all 51 firemen were injured.
A SLUMP IN SILVER.
The Price Declined One and One-Quarter
Cents at New York.
New York, Aug. 9. Silver bullion
experienced today the most violent
break of the season's decline In Lon
don, the price dropped per ounce
from yesterday's prioe, selling at 25 a
per ounce, as against 27Jd a month
ago. The New York price fell to 55c
bid, a break of lj-4'c an ounce from yes
terday and 14c within a month. At
this prioe the bullion value of the sil
ver dollar is a trifle more than 43
cents.
London dispatches ascribed today's
great weakness in silver to liquidation
of Now York holders of the bullion.
Such a decline as today's has not
been witnessed since June, 1893. The
India mints were closed to free silver
coinage June 26 of that year. On the
news, bullion fell in London from
87)d per ounce to a price below 80d,
but it rallied sharply later.
A huge cypress tree in Tule, in the
state of Oxaca, Mexico, is 154 feet in
circumference.
Flour on the Rise.
Chicago, Aug. 9. Flour is rising in
price, and has reached $5 a barrel. Last
April it cost 4. 10, the low price of the
year. The advance has been steady
since, and some of those in the trade
think it will continue until war-time
prices prevail.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 9. Word has
been received that during the recent
floods 88 persons were drowned by the
oollapse of a bridge at Kertle, province
of Esthonia.
T- i
by an
Spanish Premier Assassinated
Italian Anarchist.
Madrid, Aug. 10. Senor Canovas del
Castillo, the prime minister of Spain,
was assassinated today at Santa Agueda
by an anarchist. The murderer fired
three shots, two of which struck the
premier in the head and the other in
the chest. The wounded man lingered
unconscious for two hours, and died at
3 o'clock this afternoon. His wife was
but a short distance away when he fell.
Santa Agueda is noted for its baths.
The place is between San Sebastian, the
summer residence of the Spanish court,
and Vittoria, the capital of the prov
ince of Alava, about 30 miles south of
Billio.
The premier went there last Thursday
to take a three weeks' course of the
baths, after which he expected to return
to San Sebastian to see United States
Minister Woodford, when that gentle
man should be officially received by the
queen regent.
The assassin was immediately arrest
ed. He is a Neopolitan, and gives the
name of Rinialdi, but it is believed his
real name is Angele Angelo GollL
The murderer declared he killed Can
ovas in accomplishment of a "just ven
geance" and as the outcome of a con
spiracy. He is believed to have arrived
at Santa Agueda the same day as the
premier, and was frequently seen lurk
ing in the passage of the bathing estab
lishment in a suspicious manner.
The remainsof Senor Canovas will be
brought here tomorrow.
Marshal Martinez Campos has gone
to San Sebastian to attend the queen
regent.
Senor Sagasta, the liberal leader, has
sent the following telegram to the gov
ernment: "I have heard with deep pain of the
crime that has thrown us all in mourn
ing, and I place myself at the orders of
the government and queen."
Most of the liberal leaders sent sim
ilar messages, placing themselves at the
disposition of the government.
The queen regent, on hearing the
sad news, dispatched her own physician
by a special train from San Sebastian.
Later, on learning that Canovas was
dead, she wired her condolence to the
widow.
The health of Senor Canovas had im
proved greatly of late. He had been
leading a quiet life, although he attend
ed to the business of state.
At the moment of the assassination
he was waiting in the gallery of the
bathing establishment for his wife, who
was to join him for lunch. Suddenly
the assassin, who had the appearance
of an ordinary visitor, approached and
fired at him point blank, one bullet
passing through the body and coming
out behind the left shoulder, and the
other two lodging in the head. He fell
instantly, and only recovered conscious
ness long enough to speak a few words.
Several medical men and his wife
were unremitting in their attentions to
the sufferer, but his wounds were mor
tal, and he died in two hours. Extreme
unction was administered amid a scene
of mingled sorrow and indignation.
The assassin narrowly escaped lynch
ing at the hands of the waiters and at
tendants who rushed forward. Detec
tives and civil guards immediately
secured him. He was very pale, trem
bled very much and evidently feared
that he would be killed on the spot.
He will be first arraigned before the
local magistrates at Vergara.
JACK HAMBLET ARRESTED.
Will Be Tried in Long Creek for the
Murder of Benjamin Gainmany.
Long Creek, Or., Aug. 10. Jack
Hamblet, arrested in Boise City, Idaho,
last week, and for whom requisition
papers have been applied by Sheriff
Livingstone, of this county, will be
tried for the murder of Benjamin
Gammany, whom he killed in an alter
cation at a dance at Rock Creek on the
morning of February 23, 1894. The
circumstances of the killing are as fol
lows: Jack Hamblet, who lived in the
mountain, and was considered a quarrel
some and dangerous character, was
called to order during the night of the
dance by Gammany, who was floor man
ager. Hamblet resented the interfer
ence, and, using abusive language, the
two men came to blows. Gammany,
who was considerably the smaller, was
getting the best of the fight, when
Hamblet drew his pistol. The pistol
was taken from him and the men sepa
rated. Everything was again compar
atively peaceable until about 3 o'clock
in the morning, when Hamblet renewed
the quarrel by asking Gammany to step
outside with him. Gammany com
plied, and no sooner had the two men
reached the outside when Hamblet
turned and fired. The shot struck
Gammany's left wrist, and, ranging to
the elbow, entered the body. With
hia death wound, body bent, and hands
crossed on his breast, Gammany ran
back into the room. Hamblet fol
lowed him, and, reaching over his
shoulder, sent another ball into his
brain. .
Then, defying any one to arrest him,
Hamblet mounted his horse and rode
away. Armed parties started after
him, but he got into the mountain
fastness, and eluded all efforts to cap
ture him. Before leaving the dance
hall Hamblet made the remark that
Gammany was his fourth man.
Those who touch each
lometimes farthest apart.
other are
Shortage In Eastern Peach States.
Chambersburg, Pa., Aug. 10. The
Blue Mountain peach belt of Southern
Pennsylvania and Western Maryland
is the only part of the country that will
have more than 20 to 25 per cent of a
crop this year. According to the views
of Colonel James Englore, of Chambers
burg, who has returned from a tour of
the peach states, the shortage is es
pecially great in Wisconsin, Ohio, Del
aware and the Eastern shore in Maryland.
SENOR CANOVAS SHOT
NORTHWEST BREVITIES
Evidence of Steady Growth
and Enterprise.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
Inn All the Cities and Towns of
the Thriving Sister States
Oregon.
A large cougar, measuring t feet
from tip to tip, was killed near Alsea
last week.
The Oregon Press Association will
meet in Baker City on October 16, IT
and 18.
Quite a number of the Umatilla In
diana are in the Grand Ronde valley, in
Union county, digging cum as.
Just outside of the town of Athena 1
field of 25 acres of wheat has just been
harvested, and the yield was 52 bushels
to the acre.
The salary of the principal of the
Roseburg school has been reduced to
170, and the nnder-teachers to $37.50.
The janitor's salary was cut down to
18 from $30.
Last week a piece of bridge timber
70 feet long and 40 inches in diameter
was cut at Saldun's logging camp, near
Clatskanie, for the Astoria & Columbia
River railroad.
At the custom house in Astoria one
day last week f 1,200 duty on coal was
paid under the new tariff, or f 360 more
than would have been required nnder
the old law.
Thirty-Bix bounty warrants for squir
rels and gopher scalps were issued by
Marion county last week. The sums
for which the warrants were issued
amounted in the aggregate to 994. 10.
Mrs. Mercy Simons, of Sodaville, is
said to be the oldest person in Linn
county, and perhaps in the state. She
is 105 years old. Mrs. Fisher, who is
95 years old, is the oldest resident in
Albany. .
The Columbia river annnal confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal church
will be held in Pendleton during the
week commencing August 25. The con
ference has abont 85 ministers and
more than 90 charges. It is expected
that 150 visitors will be present.
Bishop Foss will preside.
A dispatch was received in Baker
City from Weiser, Idaho, announcing
the arrival of a smelter and that the
same would be immediately forwarded
to the Seven Devils. This is the first
move of importance toward opening up
this vast copper belt. One carload of
sawmill machinery was received at the
same time. The smelter is said to be
of 75 tons capacity, and one ton of
matte will equal four tons of ore. As
the Peacock ore averages 20 per cent
copper, the lessees of the mines expect
to reap a rich harvest. Several arras
tras are being put up for the purpose of
working some of the rich gold ledges
which abound in the same district.
Washington.
Aostin has a new flouring mill.
The State Bar Association will hold
its next annual meeting in Spokane.
More than $1,000 was paid the gill
netters in Blaine for one night's catoh.
The annual report of the auditor of
Adams county shows that the county
only owes f 5,000.
John W. Troy, the alleged defaulting
auditor of Clallam county, has been
taken baok to Port Angeles. It is prob
able that his case will be settled oat
of oourt.
The telephone line to Goldendale
will soon be completed. The poles are
all set, and the wire in place as far as
Winans. The line will cross tne river
at Winans' place, being stretched be
tween their big stationary fishwheels.
It is reported that the General Elec
trio Company, of Portland, has had a
survey of the Klickitat falls made re
cently for the purpose of furnishing
eleotricity for The Dalles and Gol len
dale and to build an electric line from
Lyle to Goldendale.
So many men are leaving Skagit
county that there is a fear of crippling
the shingle industry in this county, as
the manufacturers say they can't get
enough men to keep the mills in opera
tion. Even the farmers come to Mount
Vernon daily looking for help to work "
in the hay fields.
The Walla Walla Statesman says
that when the petition of the Commer
cial Club of that place to the war de
partment to have two troops of cavalry
sent to Walla to replace those sent to
Fort Yellowstone was referred to the
commanding offioer of the department
of the Columbia, that official .made a
favorable report upon the petition.
Mrs. Espey and her daughter, Clara,
of Rockford, Spokane county, who
walked all the way from Spokane to
New York oity, returned a few days
ago to their home. Both mothev and
daughter report having had a good
time, and declare that their health was
never better, although the long journey
reduced them in flesh. Their object in
making the trip was for the purpose
of making enough money to lift a
mortgage from their farm. They were
in demand at the various museums and
other places, where salaries were paid
them as ouriositics. .
The receiver of the bank of Puyallup
has received permission to sell the real
estate and other assets of the institu
tion. ' , '
The report of the commissioner of
fish and fisheries recently published
shows that the, government has dis
tributed in Washington state dnri'ng
the fisoal year, 625 large-mouthed
black bass, 450 yellow perch and 850
tench; in Idaho, 495 carp, 758 tench,
1,475 brook trout, 400 yellow perch,
970 large-mouthed blaok bail and
840,000 whiteflsb fry.
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