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The
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NO. 29.
VOL. IV.
IIILLSJiORO, OKKGOX, THURSDAY, OCTOISEK 7, 1897.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
From all Parts of the New
and Old World.
BRIEF AND INTERESTING ITEMS
SUNK OFF THE RIVER.
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happenings of the Cur
rent Week.
The lumbering town of Austin, Pa.,
was nearly wiped off the mail by fire.
Only five dwHllingn remain. Fully
600 persona are homeless.
The Hotel Lafayette, at MinnetonVa,
Minn., the largest summer resort in the
Woat, was totally destroyed by Are.
It was owned by the Great Northern
railway.
For the month of September, the at
tendance at the NnHhville exposition
was 253,724, ami the total attendance
since the opening up October 1 amount
ed to 1,190.085.
The emperor of China has forbidden
all sorts of banquets and junketing be
cause an eclipse will occur on January
22, 1 H98. An eclipse ot the sun is said
by the Chinese to be proof of the
wrath of heaven ut the lack of virtue
in a ruler.
A 12,000,000 power plant is to be
established near Butte, Mont. While
the plant will furnsh electricity for
Butte and power for general purposes,
it is being built chiefly to supply power
to several large copper mines, which
are located near Butte.
Five hundred thousand acres of fino
land along the Big 1'iney, Lebarge,
Foiitanclle creeks and (irotm river,
which have recently been surveyed,
will bo thrown open to settlement
under the United Suites land laws after
November 1, when pints of the laud
will be filed in the local land office.
The lands comprise eight townships, all
in Uintah county, Wyoming.
A vessel carrying supplies of medi
oino, clothing, arms and ammunition
for the Cuban army has loft Montreal
for Cuba. The scheme was not author
ized by the Cuban junta in Now York,
but was undertaken, on behalf of two
gentlemen, one a Canadian, who lo
cided on running an expedition to the
coast of Cuba, and, if successful, iden
tifying themselves with the cause.
B Neal Dnw. the eroat temperance a
vocate, died at his home in Portland,
Me. It was through his'efforts that in
1884 an amendment to tho constitution
of Maine was adopted by a popular vote
of noarly three to one, in which it was
declared that the manufacture, sale and
keeping for sale of intoxicating bever
ages was forever forbidden, anil com
manding the legislature, to enact unit
able laws for the enforcement of the
prohibition.
The topic of the clay in Paris has le?n
the refusal of M. Lozo, French amlmsa
dor at Vienna, to accept the appoint
ment tendereifhlmw governor Algeria,
on the ground that he docs not desire
to leave his aged parents. Ho declares
that he will remain in Vienna, but the
Marquis d'Revorsau has alieady boon
appointed to replace him, and the cab
inet has decided that this appointment
must stand. M. Lozo, therefore, will
have to make an ignominious retreat.
The Orange-Judd Farmer, in its
final estimate of the year's crop, says
that figures, based on actual threshing
returns, indioate a total yield of 589,
000,000 bushels of wheat, of which
873,000,000 bushels in winter, and
315,470,000 bushels in spring wheat.
The report says tho corn crop is exceed
ingly disappointing, and an oulsido es
timate is 1,750,000,000 bushels.
Drought during the past two months
reduced the average condition from
82.8 a month ago to 78.9 on October 1.
An average oats, yield of 28.7 bushels
per acre sugi;osts a crop of 814,000,000
bushels, 100,000,000 more than last
year.
Three persons ; were killed on tho Bal
timore & Ohio railroad tracks near
Chester, Pa., by a passongor train
crashing into a wagon,
The Daily Mail laughs at tho report
of the Canadian expedition in Hudson's
bay hoisting' tho Birtish flag ovev
Baffin's Land, to get ahead of the
Americans, and declares that the terri
tory has long-been a British possession.
The first of the sealing fleet to re
turn to Victoria was the Cusoo.
She brought 1,004 skins, taken off the
Japanese coast and Copper islands. She
reports that the Calotta, with 1,400
skins, and the Director, with 1,000
skins, are olose behind her.
Five men met a horrible death frrra
black damp, the after-accumulation of
a Are in the Jermyn mine near Rend
liam, Pa. The bodies wore discovered
by a gang of men who went down into
the mine with supplies for combating
the fire. Noobdy know of their deaths
until thedisoovery of the lifeless bodies.
During the past month nearly $5,
000,000 worth of grain has left the Pa
cific ports for Europe, Besides this, 28
lumber vessos have sailed for foriogn
ports with cargoes valued at over $200,
000. As the month of August nearly
equaled September, the export of grain
and flour alone for the two months
would easily run into the ton-million
Schooner Orion Cut Down by the Bhlp
I'eru.
Astoria, Oct. 0. --Shortly after 4
o'clock this afternoon, jiiHt as she was
completing one of the fastest trans
Pacific sailing trips on record, the big
four-masted German ship Peru crashed
into the little coasting schooner Orion,
cutting hor in two, and sending her to
the bottom immmdatcly.
When the little vessel was struck by
the big steel ship, the captain was
thrown across the deck, badly- bruised,
and every one of his four men were
knocked about and more or less poi i
ously injured. They succeeded in grac
ing ropes of the Gorman bark, and
climbed aboard, and thus made their
escape. Captain Nelson was loath to
say who he thought was to blame for
the collision. He avers that his
schooner was on her course for Shoal
water bay. The weather was perfectly
clear and the sea smooth The acci
dent occurred north of the lightship,
some 12 or 15 miles off the mouth of
the river.
The tug Relief was towing the Ger
man bark, and the captain declined to
make a statement. The captain of tin
schooner laid his caso before the Brit
ish vice-consul here tonight, and the
matter will be thoroughly inevstigatcd.
The shipwrecked crew are now at a
hotel in Astoria, without a cent of
money or clothes other than what was
on their backs at tho time of tho colli,
sion.
The Orion was en route from San
Francisco for Willappa harbor in bal
last, and at the time of the accident
was on the starboard tack, steering by
the wind. While the reticence of the
men in charge of the vessel makes it
difficult to get at the exact cause of the
disaster, it is apparent from what little
information they volunteer that there
was a miscalculation as to the speed of
the vessels, which prevented their hav
ing sea room until it was too late to
avoid a collision.
Tho Peru being a heavy steel ship
could not he much damaged by tho en
counter with the smaller wooden ves
sel, but bIio came out of the collision
with her jibboon and bowsprit cap
missing. Tho Peru was on her way to
Portland. The Orion was a email
three-masted schooner, of 117 tons reg
ister. The Peru is a steel ship of 2,033
tons net register, 275 feet long, 89.5
feet beam, 23.0 feet hold.
FREEDOM OR NOTHING
Cubans Willing to Purchase
Their Independence.
WILL NOT ACCEPT AUTONOMY
DECISIVE BATTLE IMMINENT
i TRAMWAY OVER PASS
Turning
Point In the Guatemala War
at Hand.
to
stcarrega Could Not Bluff the Queen
Premier Sagasta Says What H
Will and Will Not Do.
New York, Oct. B. The Herald
prints a number of interviews with
leading Cubans here on th6 situation in
the island.
Estraila Paltna. representative of
the Cuban provisional government,
said:
"The Cubans are more firmly deter
mined than ever to push the fight until
absolute independence of Cuba is ac
knowledged. I believe the Cubans are
willing to pay a reasonable indemnity
to Spain, provided she withdraw her
troops from Cuba before the island is
totally ruined."
Enrique Devarona said: "The only
practical solution of the Cuban problem
is absolute independence."
Colonel F. Lopez de Queralta. for
merly of the United States army, and
a veteran of the 10 years' war in Cuba,
said:
"To avoid further shedding of blood
of innocent people I would, although
painfully, sign and give my consent to
a compensation to bpain for the sake
of getting rid of tho Spanish."
E. Trujillo, editor of El Porvena,
said: "Cubans are fighting for abso
lute independence, aud will accept no
other solution."
Regarding the proposition for the
purchase of Cuba from Spain, General
Emilio Nunez, who has been in consul
tation with the junta leaders in New
York, said:
"I cannot see how the plans for the
freedom of Cuba on the basis of & guar
antee by the United States of an in
demnity of $200,000,000 in cash can be
displeasing to any of the parties, except
that the amount is greatly in excess of
the true value of the relics left by Wey
ler. The United States could afford to
back up the proposition, because it
would have the revenue of Cuba to
guarantee reimbursement, and would
gain immediate improvements in its
trade relations."
New Yukon Railroads.
New York, Oct. 4. A dispatch from
Montreal says: Application will le
made to the Dominion parliament next
session for a bill to incorporate a com
pany for the purpose of constructing
and operating a railway from a point
near the head of Chilkoot inlet, on the
Lynn canal, to the rapids on the Yukon
river, following as closely as practic
able Dalton's trail, with power to con
struct and operate branch lines, bridges,
wharves, telegraph and telephone lines,
steamboats and other craft on the lakes
and tributaries of the Yukon river.
The promoters are a syndicate of
wealthy men.
Latest reports received at Ottawa of
the progress of tho Crow's Nest pass
railway construction are to the effect
that work on the first 100 miles is very
far advanced, and that there is no
qnostion but tho company will be able
to realize its purpose of completing this
section before the close of the presont
season.
Blx People Killed.
Willow Springs, Mo., Oct. 6. A
prairie schooner containing seven per
sons was run down in Dead Man's out
today by a train on the Kansas City,
Fort Scott & Memphis road. Six pur
sons were instantly killed and sev
enth fatally injured. Those killed
were: Philip L. Wooten, Philip Woot
en, jr., Amanda Wooten, Dora Wooten,
Mrs. Frances Malbrcy and infant child
4 months old. Philip Wooten's wife is
so badly hurt that she cannot live.
The train was stopped and the remains
of the dead and injured wore brought
here. Conductor llallaway sayB the
proper signals for crossings were given,
but were not heard. The persons killed
live in Texas county, Mo., and were on
their way to Arkansas to pick cotton.
SAGASTA'S POLICY.
Segasta's Ultimatum.
London, Oct. 6. A special dispatch
from Madrid, published here this after
noon, gives the .substance of ah inter
view between a newspaper correspond
ent and an un-named member of the
new Spanish cabinet. The latter is
quoted as saying that Senor Sagasta
will carry out the Cuban reforms pro
posed by Martinez de Campos 10 years
ago, but would not consent to a cus
toms union between the United States
and Cuba, and if the former was not
satisfied, Spain was prepared to fight,
as the Spanish navy is regarded equal
in strength to the navy of the United
States. ,
Seals Are Plentiful.
Victoria, B. C, Oct. 6. Captain
Cox, of the sealing schooner Triumph,
whioh has returned from Behring sea
with 1,159 skins, says skins are plenti
ful in the sea; there is as many there
this season as there ever were. But for
some oause or other they are very rest
less. In the Triumph's oatch were
four or five skins from which the hair
had been burned off the back. They
were not branded, but there is an iron
mark from which the fur was burned,
seemingly by electricity.
Immediate Recall oj Weyler and the
Granting of Premised Reform!.
Now York, Oct. 0. A dispatch to
the World from Madrid says:
The ' World correspondent called to
day on Promior Sagasta, who said, in
response to inquiries: "You ask me if
the liberal party would assent to medi
ation by the United States.with a view
to hastening the pacification of Cuba
and inducing the rebels in arms and
the exiles to accept autonomy. Why
should we need mediation, when our
intentions long and often expressed
by the liberal praty aim at realizing
all that America could suggest?
"No Spanish party, certainly not the
liberals, could assent to foreign inter
ference in our domestio affairs, or with
our colonies. No government could
hope to induce the nation to acoept
such interference. If America, as we
firmly believe and hope, is disposed to
be friendly with us, let her observe the
rules of international law, and stop the
flow of mortal and material aid, with
out whioh the insurgents could uot last
five months.
"We shall reverse th9 policy in
Cuba, beginning, naturally, with the
recall of Weyler. I informed the
queen yesterday that the liberal party
would accept the responsibility of office
most willingly if her majesty honored
the party with her confidence; that the
liberal party had plans for all pending
questions of the day in Spain, and cer
tainly would grant to Cuba autonomy
along the lines traced in the program
of the Cuban autonomists themselves.
I said so in my manifesto in June, and
I have repeated the same promise dur
ing the government holidays. The lib
eral party is prepared to grant to Cuba
all possible government, a broad tariff
and every concession compatible with
the inflexible defense of Spain's rule
and sovereignty ' in the West Indies
We believe this will satisfy the major
ity of Cubans and we will act thus
spontaneously."
Tortured by Thibetans.
Bombay, Oct. 5. Henry Savage
Landor, a well-known artist, traveler
and writer, and the grandson of the
celebrated Walter Savage Landor, has
just returned from India, after a ter
rible experience. He had undertaken
an exploring tour in Thibet, but he was
abandoned by all the members of his
company, except two coolies. Finally,
the Thibetans arrested him by an act of
treachery, sentenced him to death, and,
after torturing him with hot irons, ac
tually carried him to the execution
grounds. At almost the last minute,
the execution was stopped by the grand
lama, who commuted the sentence to
torture by the "strejohing-log," a spe
cies of rack which greatly injured
Mr. Landor's spine and limbs. After
being chained for eight days, he was
released. Mr. Landor has no fewer
than 22 wounds as the result of his torture.
New York, Oct. 6. A dispatch
the Herald from Guatemala says:
The government is still mobilizing
its forces at Tolonicapan, and is prepar
ing to make an attack on the rebels,
who have taken a position on the
heights of Coxon, near Tolonicapan.
It is believed that there will be a big
battle there which will mark the turn
ing point of the war.
The rebels, safely placed in the hills,
opened fire on the city at an early hour
on the morning of September 29. The
fire proved ineffective, owing to the
great distance. The government forces
r',id not return the fire.
Dictator Barrios has issued a decree
granting amneBty to rebels who will
lay down their arms inside of ten days.
A dispatch to the. .Herald irom Kio
de Janeiro says: The French minister
has demanded an immediate settlement
of the Amapa question and an explana
tion of Brazil's delay in the matter. It
is asserted that the French minister
has receive practically an ultimatum
from his government for presentation
to Brazil, but has not thus far present
ed it because of his belief that the
question would be speedily settled.
France is now, however, to occupy the
disputed territory.
The French cruiser Debordie has ar
rived here to look out for French in-,
terests.
A dispatch from Lima says the com
mittee of deputies which was recently
appointed to agree upon a plan to set
tle the affairs of the Peruvian Corpora
tion have not been able to reach an
aereement. Several members of the
committee advocate a plan to authorize
the government by special act of con
gress to negotiate with the corpora
tion's creditors on a basis decided upon
by congress. Other members want the
committee to have full authority to
make any terms with the creditors and
the corporation, and have authority to
alter the terms of the cancellation of
the foreign debt, which debt the cor
poration assumed.
A dispatch from Valparaiso says it is
stated there that a powerful syndicate
of German bankers has offered to the
Chilean government a loan of $1,000,
000,000 in gold at 2 per cent and 2 per
cent amortization for the completion of
public works and railways.
Passenger Train Wrecked.
Columbus, O., Oct. 6. A special
from Piqua to the Dispatch says: A
Panhandle passenger train was wrecked
two and a half miles east of this city
this morning. The train was coming
down grade at the rate of 40 miles an
hour, and in crossing the frog of a
switch at Jordan left the track. For
570 feet the engine bumped over the
ties and then went into the ditch. The
tender went in the opposite direction
while the baggage car was thrown
acrossthe track. Two day coaches were
crushed together. Eli Carroll, the en
gineer, was hurled 60 feet and fell on
a portion of his cab. Fireman John
Baird was pitched 75 feet over into a
field. The engineer sustained a ter
rible scalp wound, remaining uncon
scious for some time. The fireman
was hurt internally. C. S. MoCowan,
the baggage-master, was bruised by be
ing pinned in by the trucks.
Electric Power on the Sum
mit of Chilkoot Trail.
KTCTLAND-Jl'NEATJ ENTERPRISE
Company Organized to Transport
Freight and Passengers Over
the Wont Mile.
A BROKEN JOURNAL.
A Trainload of Gold.
Colorado Springs, Colo., Oot. 6. A
novel scheme for handling the gold
output of the Cripple Creek mines will
be put into use by the operators of that
district. The plan is to set aside the
output for one month, take the bullion
therefrom and ship it to the United
States mint in Philadelphia in a sin
gle consignment. A special train will
be secured for the purpose of transport
ing it, the bullion will be placed in
charge of some express company which
can guarantee its safety, and all neces
sary precautions will be taken to pre
vent accident while the consignment
is in transit.
As the present output of Cripple
Creek is about $1,000,000 per month,
this will be one of the largest ship
ments of gold bullion that ever crossed
the continent.
Commissioner Evans estimates that
the payments for pensions for the fiscal
year will foot up $147,600,000. The
appropriation was $141,263,830. The
high-water mark for pensions was in
1893 when the payments amounted to
$169,357,557, since which time they
have been kept down to the flguiesiof
this year's appropriation. The pay
ments for pensions this year will be
within $30,000,000 of as muuh as the
entire receipts of the government from
customs last year, and more than equal
to the entire internal revenue tax.
Deed of a Fool.
Denver, Oct. 6. About 10 o'clock
last night Thomas H. Buroh shot and
instantly killed Thomas Martin. The
shooting occurred on a ranch owned by
Burch, about four miles north of here.
Buroh was watohing for thieves who
had been stealing apples from his or
chard, and thinking Martin was one of
them, he fired at him with a double
barreled shotgun. Burch is a promin
ent man and ia well to do. He gave
himself up.
Hamilton, Ala., Oct. t. While re
luming from a party near here late last
night six people were thrown from a
boat into the Battahachie river and
! four of the occupants drowned. Those
I drowned were Misses Lizzie Smith,
I Belle Key, Mary T. Wearingen and
1 Ella Phillips. Their escorts, Robert
1 and John Wright, brothers, who.oaused
the boat to capsize by rocking it, saved
1 their own lives. The feeling is so bit
1 ter against the two men that they have
left town.
Fight With Cattle Thieves.
Baker City, Or., Oct. 8. Sheriff
Kilburn and posse had a hot fight last
night at 9 o'clock with two cattle
thieves on Lower Powder river. Forty
shots were exchanged. Fred Hull was
Bhot through the arm, but escaped to
this city. Earl Wheeler was not cap
tured. Hull called a doctor to his
lodging-house and was caught there to
day.
The thieves had 80 oattle, which they
were driivng to Idaho across Snake riv
er, expecting to exchange them and
bring back strange oattle to the butoh
er. The gang is suspected of having
operated for a long time.
Fatal Prairie Fire.
Miller, S. D Oct. 6. Persons from
20 miles north state that as a result of
the big prairie fire, one man has died
and others may die. Seven or eight
were badly burned, one family named
Preston all being in a dangerous condi
tion. Hundreds of tons of hay and
grain were destroyed. The fire was
caused by men making a fire break.
Four Fishermen Drowned.
New York, Oct. 6. Four pound
fishermen of Ptorth Long Branch, N.J.,
were drowned today while about their
work, about 100 yards off shore.
Portland, Or., Oct. 4. Ample fa
cilities for the transportation of freight
and passengers over Chilkoot pass will
be provided by a Portland-Juneau
company, in time for the rush to the
Yukon next season.
Articles incorporating the Dyea-Klon-
dike Transportation Company were
filed here. The objects of the corpora
tion are announced as follows:
"To conduct a general transportation
business from the headwaters of Lynn
canal, Alaska, too all points in Alaska,
and in British North America, and to
carry freight and passengers.
"To acquire, build, locate and oper
ate tramways, bridges, wagon roads,
sawmills, etc.; to navigate the Yukon
river and its tributaries from St Mi
chaels to Dawson City, and to purchase,
build and operate all manner of vessels
between Portland, Seattle, Tacoma, Ju
neau, Dyea, Skaguay and St. Michaels.
Capital stock, $250,000."
Although the announcement of ob
jects is made to cover a wide field, the
company's present attention is directed
solely to providing means for the trans
fer of Klondikers and their outfits over
the most difficult portion of their jour
ney, which is from the steamer at
Dyea, over the pass to Lake Linde
mann. Construction is already begun,
a wharf being well under way at Dyea,
and the work of putting up a 5,000-foot
cable tramway at the pass itself being
started. The company announces that
it will be ready for business by Feb
ruary 1, by which time it will be in
shape to handle, if necessary, the out
fits of 20,000 people a month, doing
the work at a reasonable figure.
Members of the company make the
following statement:
"The trip from Dyea to Lake Linde-
mann has been made by a man with an
ordinary outfit, amply provided with
packers. We do not propose to lessen
this time very much, but we do pro
pose to take over a very much larger
tonnage than could otherwise be taken
in the same time. When finished, our
cable tramway, which will be quite
similar to those used at some of the
big mines on mountain sides, will ex
tend from Sheep Camp to the summit,
cutting off a distance of four miles as
at present traveled. Our immediate
attention, however, will be directed to
the most difficult part of the ascent, a
stretch of about 5,000 feet, over which
we shall be ready to operate by Feb
ruary 1. We shall use the water fall
of the Dyea river to convey electrio
power to our plant.
"Though the short period that is al
lowed our company for preparation
gives us time only to overcome the
worBt difficulty of the trip, yet we have
ample means to do more as may be
justified by the progress of business.
When this route is open it will be pos
sible for any number of people to go
from here to Dawson with their outfits
at less than half the cost of the trip via
St. Miohaels, without an outfit, at the
same time saving 20 days.
From Portland to Dawson via Chil
koot Pass the distance is only 1,700
miles; via St. Michaels it is 8,700
miles. It takes five weeks at least to
make the trip via St. Michaels, and
not over 15 days is required by the pass
when the lakes and rivers are open.
Another important saving of time is
in the fact that one can get over the
Chilkoot and land supplies at Dawson
two months before the first steamer gets
up the Yukon from St Michaels, which
is usually not before tne middle oi
July. The St. Miohaels route is open
but four months of the year, while the
Chilkoot will practically be open all
the year around when our line is com
pleted. We do not advise the trip be
ing made before February, however.
'One of the delays heretofore encoun
tered in the overland trip is the neces
sity of building boats at the lake. Ten
days is usually required for this,
though it was much longer tnis year,
owing to the rush, and the price was
prohibitive to a great number oi travel
ers. Tins company win oe aoie euner
to furnish boats, or lumber for them, or
it will transport to the summit any
knocked-down' boats included in the
miners' outfits. It has never been pos
sible heretofore to take a boat over the
pass, exoept by pieoemeal, which don't
payi,
A most important part oi tne worn
we are doing is tne construction oi a
wharf at Dyea. It will have 200 feet
frontage and the approach will be 1,700
fleet in length. Any steamer will be
able to dook at this wharf, thereby sav
ing the heavy expense and great loss of
time to both passengers and steamship
people, of lighterage, as at present.
Had it not been for work already done
by Juneau people it would have been
almost impossible to have completed
this work in time for the early travel
next season."
About
Caused a Serious Accident on the Den
ver tt Rio Grande.
Pueblo, Colo., Oct. 5. One person
killed outright, one so badly injured
that he died soon after the accident,
another severely injured, and many
slighlty hurt, is the result of a wrech
on the Denver & Rio Grande, at Colo-
paxi, seven milei west of Pueblo, at 2
o'clock this morning, caused by the
breaking of a journal on one of the
coaches. The train, the first section
narrow-gauge, from over Marshall pass,
was slowing down to take the aiding at
Colopaxi. While running at 10 miles
an hour, a journal on the rear trucks
of the first day coach broke. The car
pitched over on its side and dragged
with it all the cars behind, another
coach, two sleepers and the company's
paycar. Three tourist cars, the baggage-car
and the engine, all ahead of
the first coach, remained on the track.
The cars were all crowded with ex
cursionists bound to the Festival of
Mountain and Plain at Denver. There
was little excitement and not much
wreckage, as the train was running
very slowly.
Mrs. Mclntyre was in a lower berth
in the forward sleeper, and was found
after the wreck lying dead on the
ground near her berth window. She
was badly crushed.
Mr. Seyler was standing on the plat
form between the two coaches when
the wreck occurred. He was badly
crushed. He was conscious and dictat
ed several telegrams to relatives.
Of the injured, Mrs. Robinson alone
is seriously hurt, and her death is
feared. She is at the railroad hospital
at Salida.
The list of those hurt is complete
from her case to those who received
only a scratch.
Immediately after the accident a re
lief train was sent out from Salida,
and all were promptly given attention.
Railroad officials have been overwhelm
ed with inquiries all day, and have
freely given all the information at their
disposal. Wrecking crews were sent
from Pueblo, and the track was clear
at 5 a. m.
NORTHWEST BREVITIES
Evidence of Steady Growth
and Enterprise.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
Money for Weyler.
Havana, Oct. 6. The steamer Reina
Crista, which arrived today, brought to
Captain-General Weyler, $2,000,000, it
is asserted, to be applied in military ex
peases. Tomorrow, 100 Spanish sold
iers sick or otherwise incapacitated,
will return to Spain.
St. Paul, Oot. 6. Samuel P. J. Mo.
Millan, United States senator from
1876 to 1888, died at his home in this
city last night of anemia. He had been
ill for nearly a year.
New Railroad Line.
Biggs, Or., Oct 5. The Columbia
Southern Railway Company ran its first
train over the road tonight, connecting
with train No. 4 on the O. R. & N.
At preoisely 8 p. m., Engineer Spear
pulled the throttle, and engine No. 1
moved out of Biggs up a heavy grade.
The run was made to Wasco in one
hour.
D. C. O'Reilly, the general manager,
stated that at least three months' busi
ness awaited shipment. Two hundred
thousand sacks of wheat are stored at
the Wasco terminus, and the farmers
of Sherman county will haul the bulk
of their grain to Wasco and ship it by
the Columbia Southern.
It is proposed to extend this road to
Prineville, and eventually build on
through to Southern Oregon. This will
reclaim from the wilderness a vast area
of country, and relegate to tho past
the stage coach which has heretofore
been the only means of transportation.
E. E. Lytle is president, D. C. O'Reilly
is general manager, and Miss May En
right is secretary of the Columbia
Southern. They have their own passenger-car
and engine equipment, but
interchange with the O. R. & N., using
the cars of that company for freight
transportation. .
Strychnine In the Coffee.
Schuyler, Neb., Oot. 6. A physi
oian summoned hastily to the home of
Frank Davis, nine miles northwest of
here this morning, found four of the
seven Davis children and the mother
dead, a fifth child in a dying condition
and a Bixth victim ill. Strychnine had
been put in the coffee, apparently by
the mother, but for what cause is not
known.
Mr. Davis and his eldest son left
home before breakfast. When the
meal was prepared, the rest sat down,
and early in its course, the mother
made such a remark as: "Eat a good
breakfast, and we'll all go together."
One of the sons, frightened at the re
mark, did not partake of the meal,
Burned to Death.
Springfield, Mass., Oct. 5. A special
to the Union from East Longmeadow
says tnat airs, ueorge urowniee ana
her two sons, Thomas, aged 21, and
James, aged 19, were bnrned to death
in their home early this morning, and
the house destroyed. The family had
all escaped. Mrs. Brownlee, losing
her head, rushed back into the house,
thinking her sons had not come out.
Thomas rushed after her to save her,
and James after Thomas. The mother
and elder son were overcome, while
James got out, but was burned so se
verely that' he died this afternoon.
Mr. Brownlee himself was badly
burned on the hands and face. .
From All the Cities and Towns ef
the Thriving Sister Itatee
Oregon.
A 48-pound salmon was landed by
Marshfield trailer.
A Yamhill county man picked 839
pounds of hops in one day.
Over 900 acres of flax were cultivat
ed in Lynn county this year.
Seuferts'. cannery, at The Dalles, ia
putting up 1,000 cases of salmon a day.
Soutwhest Oregon Reporter is the
name of a new paper at Langlois, Curry
county.
An Oregon grizzly bear weighing
800 pounds was killed on Gate creek,
in Lane county.
A farm near Pendleton, whioh was
sold four months ago for $5,000, was
last week resold for $8,360.
A young man named James Neal, a
sheepherder, accidentally Bhot and
killed himself near Long Creek.
A peach weighing one and a ball
pounds, and measuring IZ inches in
circumference, is a Douglass county
production.
The completed assessment roll of
Clatsop county for 1897 show a total
valuation of $3,098,740, as against $4,
012,605 last year.
Notices have been posted on the can
nery at Marshfield notifying fishermen
that the prioes of salmon had been re
duced to 25 and 10 cents.
A Lane county fruit grower has oan
ned seven carloads of pie fruit at his
farm, placing it in from one to five-gallon
cans, principally the former.
Another Bhipment of Wallowa coun
ty beef cattle was made from Elgin last
week, consisting of 450 big steers.
One of the animals tipped the beam at
1,740.
The Oregon Telegraph & Telephone
Company is surveying a route for a tele
phone line from Monroe to some point
on the main line between Harrisburg
and Junction.
Mr. N. Humphrey, of Lane county,
has up to the present time dried 60,000
pounds of prunes from his own orchard
and expectB his entire crop to amount
to about 107,000 pounds.
A contract has been awarded to build
a levee across Lost river Blough, in
Klamath county, for $2,490. The en
croachments of the waters of Tula lake
have made .the construction of this
levee necessary.
A colony of immigrants, 22 in num
ber, have just come out from Nebraska
with the intention of locating in this
country. They shipped all their goods
out, including a number of mules.
They are now looking around Gilliam
oounty.
The body of the tramp who was killed
by a train at Huron, was buried by the
coroner. It was not identified. All
that was found on the body was a plat
ed spoon and four or five pounds of po
tatoes in a Back. The coroner describes
the young man as being about 20 years
old, five feet seven inches in height,
having dark brown hair, blue eyes and
as never having been shaved.
The Salem fruit dryers are taking
care of no less than 1,750 bushels of
prunes per day, or 105,000 pounds ev
ery 24 hours. This gives a direct out
put of 85,000 pounds daily, and the
company expects to handle 750,000
poundB of green prunes this season.
Just as soon as the prune crop is saved
the dryers will start on apples and all
that are offered will be bought. This
year 6-year-old prune orchards are mak
ing returns to the owners ranging all
the way from $600 to $1,000 per acre
$10,000,000 in gold is now
loncealed in the teeth of people in the
world.
Indicted for Larceny.
Astoria, Or., Oct. 4. The grand jury
todav returned a true bill in the case
of B. L. Ward and W. G. Howell,
treasurer and deputy treasurer, respec
tively, of this county. The indictment
charges them with the larceny of public
money to the amount of $11,953.
Found Dead in His Room.
Baker City, Or., Oct. 4.-William
F. Hoey, aged 46, was found dead in
his room in a lodging-house this evening.
The Pistol Discharged.
Visalia, CaJ., Oot. 5. Those who
find diversion in playfully pointing a
piBtol at a friend from alleged sense of
humor had another objeet lesson here
this afternoon in the killing of Austin
Orr, 12 years old, by his half-brother,
Clarence Crow, aged 20. Crow had
loaded his pistol only a few minutes
earlier, and had laughingly pointed the
weapon at his brother. The pistol was
unintentionally discharged, the bullet
entering near the left eye, killing the
boy instantly.
A Well Known Frontiersman.
Denver, Oct. 5. A special to the
News from Cheyenne says: Chief
Packer F. P. Delaney. one of . the best
known and most respected frontiersmen
in the West, died at the Fo-t Russell
hospital today. Mr. Delaney had been
unable to leave his bed for some
months past; '
The increase in the production of
gold has been very rapid during the
past twelve years and is proceeding now
at a greater rate than ever.
, Washington.
The city oounoil of Spokane has fixed
the tax levy for that city at 18 mills.
The shingle mill at Machias was de
stroyed by fire; also 1,500,000 shingles.
A 350-pound bear was killed a few
miles above Dudley, in Walla Walla
county.
A band of 4,000 sheep was recently
purchased at North Yakima for ship
ment to Chicago.
Wm. Orr, of Walla Walla, was almost
Instantly killed by the breaking of an
electric light pole.
There is a regular stampede of gold
seekers to the new, discoveries in tha
vicinity of Mt Baker.
The Bank of Garfield, having gone
into voluntary l'quidation, will close
its doors January 1, 1898.
A boy named William Hutton, who
accidentally shot hiB arm off recently,
died in Bucoda of heart failure.
A new publio library has been opened
at Walla Walla. The directors pur
chased $400 worth of new books.
Since January 1, 274 articles of incor
poration, representing a total capital
stook of $256,691,600, have been filed
in Seattle.
Farmers institutes have recently
been held at different points in Western
Washington, conducted by offloials ol
the state agricultural college.
Thurston county, by a late aohool
oensus, has an enumeration of 2,178
children of school age, a decrease ot
127 from the total of last year. The
decrease is in the country districts, and
Olympia shows an inorease of 83.
A crazy man whose name oould not
be learned created considerable excite
ment in Tekaa by divesting himself of
all bis clothing and taking a run doffa
Main street. After the man had been
captured by citizens and persuaded to
don his olothing, he was allowed to
leave town, " ... ...