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VOL. IV.
HILLS1SOUO, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOIiEIt til, 1897.
NO. 31.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
From all Parts of the New
and Old World.
BRIEF AND INTERESTING ITEMS
Comprehensive Itevlew of tha Import,
ant Happening of the Cur
rant Wk.
According to Chinese advicos just re
ceived in Tucoma, Earl Li Hung Chang
n il! no longer take an active purl in
government affuirs.
Twenty million feet of hemlock and
2,000 cords of bul k have been con
sume), resulting in a loss of 1 100,000
by a forest tiro near Austin, Pa.
The government lint) completed ar
rangements with the Caniidiiin author
ities to have hitter in nil taken into
Dawson City onoo a month during the
wintor season. The first carrier bus
just loft Dyca for Circle City und Daw
son. By an explosion at tho Col ma ftiH
works, at Colma, Cal., Mary Keek was
killed anil eight were srciously and four
slightly wounded. The remains of the
dead girl have not been recovered from
the building, and it is believed they
burned.
The London Daily Mail says it had
information from a reliablo source that
cholera hni attacked a battalion of the
Shropshire regiment, which 18 stationed
at Sitapura, Northwest Imlin, und that
40 non-commissioned officers and pri
vates have already succumbed.
Tho NueHto Nachriohten, of Leipsio,
has published a roiort of a conversa
tion in which l'rinoo Bismarck ii
quotod aa saying that the Monroe doc
trine id "uncommon Indolence towards
the rest of the world, and does violence
to the other American interests."
A census ot tho Uusslan empire has
just been completed. The population,
an now published, is 120,211,1111, of
which 04,611(1,280 are males and 64,
684,8.13 are females. The population
of Kusslu in Europe is nearly 100,000,
000, or more than three-fourths of the
whole.
Telegraphic advices from the Now
York llerudl's correspondent in Kio do
Janeiro state that ft servant in the cm
ploy of William T. Towncs, the United
State consul-general iu Kio Janoria,
made an unsuccessful attempt to mur
der the consul-general. Mr. Towno'i
assailant was placed under arrest.
Admiral Johir- L. Worden, retired,
died in Washington. Ho commanded
tho Monitor during its engagement
with the Merrimno in Hampton ltoadi
during the late war. In 1880 he was
retired with full rank and the pay of
an admiral, tho only instance of the
kind. He also received the thanks of
congress for his gallantry during the
war.
The direotor of the mint has submit
ted to the soerotary ol the treasury
report for the fiscal year oovoring the
operations of the mints and assay offi
ces, together with statistics of foreign
countries relative to production, coin
age and monetary oondition. Tho value
of tho gold deposited at the mints and
assay offices during the fiscal year 1887
was $130,105,500. Of this amount
$87,008,337 was original deposits, and
$42,102,102 rcdeposits.
By the explosion of the boiler of the
steamer G. B. Force, in Cliarleroi, Pa.,
the captain, Jamos Kyun, and the cook,
William Patterson, were killed. The
body of Patterson was found buried in
the sand and terribly mutiluted. The
body of tho captain has not yet been
found. The others of the orew were
badly scorched and bruised. The ex
plosion was so heavy that the earth
trembled for more than a mile, and
windows were broken throughout tin
town.
. The national council of Switzerland
has adopted a bill making insurance
against sickness compulsory in cases of
all dependent persona.
It is reported that an English syndi
cate has purchased, for $2,000,000, the
big plant of the J. I. Case Machine
Company, at Milwaukee.
Jackson and Williams, the O. R. &
N. trainrobbers, were sentonoed to the
Oregon penitentiary for a term of 80
years and seven months each.
Heavy shipments of wheat to Europe
continue. Over 60 grain-laden vossels
have left San Francisco during the last
two months, and six more are ready to
sail.
The naval armor board will leave
Washington soon for the South to look
at certain places, with a view of ascer
taining their aduptibility for sites for
the proposed armor plant.
The cruiser Baltimore has been put
into commission with Lieutenant-Coin-mander
Gottfried Blocklinger, her first
lieutenant, in command. The Balti
more will meet the Philadelphia in San
Francisco on the latter's arrival.
The monthly treasury statement ot
the principal articles of domestio ex
ports shows that during September last
the exports of breadstuff's from the
United States amounted to $84,629,046,
an increase, as compared with Septem
ber, 1896, of over 100 per cent, and an
inorease of about 800 per cent over Sep
tember, 1895.
In his annual report, Myron H. Mo
Cord, governor of Arizona, disoussea
the question of statehood, and says the
requirements as to population, educa
tion and wealth are fully met.
More than 1,000 revolutionists and
refugees have fled from Guatemala to
Mexico, dreading the vengeance of Bar
rios. The refugees know their property
will be confiscated, as the government
lias issued a decree to that effect. Some
people took the precaution to deposit
their valuables with the British consul
at Quezaltenango.
ENGLAND MUST TAKE THE LEAD.
Arbitration M.ll.t will Not Otherwise
Be Itevlved. I
New York, (Jet. 20. A dispatch to'
the Herald from Washington says: !
Unless the British fori liirn office iireHxna i
me negotiations In connection with a
general arbitration treaty the matter
will not again he taken up by this gov
ernment. Neither the administration
nor tho British foreign offlee bus dur
ing tho last three months shown any
disposition to expedite matters. De
partment offlciulB declare that Great
Britain must he the one to revive the
subject if it is to be revived at all A
cabinet official says the president is
still desirous of securing a treaty tf
arbitration with Grent Britain. Mr.
McKinlcy hoped that more interest
would bo taken by Great Britain than
heretofore.
The authorities are apparently much
chagrined over England's action in the
Behring sea mattor, in which all the
interested lxiwors were to participate.
Had the general arbitration treaty ne
gotiated by tho Cleveland administra
tion been approved the controversy in
regard to seuls could properly be con
sidered by such a tribunal as proposed
by that convention,
Lord Salisbury would also be pleased
to have the treuty in force, for then he
could permit the seuling question to
be arbitrated and put out to Canada
that she was bound by the convention
to take such notion. Now, however,
the negotiation of a general arbitration
treaty might be considered by Cana
dians as indicative of a desire of tho
Salisbury government to play iuto the
hands of the United States.
Furl (, to I tut I re.
Tacoma, Oct. 20. According to Chi
nese advices just received, Earl Li
Hung Chang will no longer take an
active part in government. A native
correspondent writing from Peking says
that Li has been in ill health, though
it is not generally known. He is anx
ious for a rest. This will permit him
to relinquish his duty as grand secre
tary and minister of the tsung-li-yamen.
He realizes there are many reforms
which China must soon undertake if
she is to preserve her unity, and he
would like to have a part in carrying
them out. Knowing, howover, that
only a start can he made while he lives,
and that care and work will shorten
his days, he has decided to retire as
soon us possible to the quiet of hia own
estute in Anhin.
ftugar Beets In New Meilcs.
Santa Fe, N. M., Oct. 20. Industrial
Commissioner Davis, of the Santa Fe
railroad, and a party of capitalists are
examining into sugar-beet farms here.
They have found acres of beets weigh
ing from one to six pounds, which, ac
cording to analysis by the territorial
agricultural college, yield from 15 to 18
per cent sugar. Thoy express surprise
that Hocky mountain valleys above
7,000 feet in altitude can show Biich
results.
There is a projcot on foot to erect a
sugar factory here and Commissioner
Davis said his corporation will give it
all possible support. He says also that
it is probable that Eastern capital will
within a short time establish a large
sugar factory somewhere in the Cen
tral Kio Grande valley.
A New Catholic Policy.
New York, Oct. 20. It is reported
in high official circles that Archbishop
Corrigan has been negotiating with Su
perintendent Jasper of the public
schools for the affiliation of parochial
and public schools in this city. He
has offered, it is alleged, to turn tho
Catholic schools with their 70,000
children, over to the municipal school
authorities, provided he is permitted
to give an hour's instruction daily to
the Catholic children of the publio
schools. This is the stipulation. He
makes no other, either as regards text
books or teachers. It is said many
other metropolitans are anxious to
adopt a similar policy if it meets the
approval of the apostolic delegate.
A Phenomenal Freak.
St. Louis, Oot. 20. A looul commis
sion merchant haa brought to light a
phenomenon, which is attracting the
attention of scientists here. While one
of the employes of the house was dress
ing a turkey he was dumfounded to
find in its interior a live, well-formed
young turkey as large as a full-grown
pigeon. It is perfect in every way, ex
cepting the head, which was attached
to the mother, and is a fatty growth.
The little turkey died as soon as it was
severed from its dead mother. It was
preserved in alcohol and is now in the
collection of tho Missouri medical ool
lcge, where it is attracting the atten
tion of the medical fraternity.
Walked In Front ef R Train.
Stockton, Cal., Oct. 80. A tramp
believed to be J. Hefferinan, formerly
of this city, was ground to pieces by
the Southern Pacific train last night
at Castle switch. When the engineer
blow the whistle, the man looked back
and continued to walk along the track,
so it ia supposed be deliberately com
mitted suicide.
Durrant Caie Advanced.
Washington, Oct. 20. The supremo
court today advanoed the argument in
the Durrant murder case brought here
from San Francisco, and set it for hear
ing November 15.
Made Spurious Colin In Prlion.
Pittsburg, Oct. 20. Warden Wright
of Riverside penitentiary, has discov
ered that convicts have been manufac
turing counterfeit 60-cent pieces. He
has unearthed metal from which the
"queer" money was made and molds
in which it was cast. The counterfeits
are magnificent specimens of the coin
er's art. The counterfeiters had al
ready teoured connection with outside
parties and some of the bad money Is
now in circulation.
LOSS OF THE TRITON
At Least 150 Persons Perished
in the Disaster.
ONLY FORTY-SIX WERE SAVED
Btories Told by the Hurvivor-The Cap
tuln Committed Suicide as the
Sblp Want Down.
Havana Oct. 19. The gunboat Maria
Christina, which left this port yester
day for the scene of tho wreck of the
Triton, bound from liavuna to Bahia
Honda, Pinar del Uio, which sank yes
terday between Dominica and Mariel,
has returned, accompanied by the tug
boat Kuri, which went with her. The
two vessels nrrived here this evening,
the gunboat having on board 19 and the
tugboat 23 members of tfio lost ship's
company, of whom 13 are civilians and
the rest soldiers. The whereabouts of
tho rest of the company is unknown.
The Triton struck during a heavy rain.
Her cargo shifted and 15 minutes later
she sank in 120 fathoms of water.
A scene of terrible' confusion ami
panic ensued as soon as tho passengers
realized the meaning of the crash. In
a wild struggle they rushed for tho
boats. The first boat that was lowered
capsized immediately and nil its occu
pants were drowned in the whirling
waters. The next was struck by an
enormous wave and turned over, drown
ing 20. Tho frail craft righted again,
and eight who had been thrown out re
gained it. Home were good swimmers
and kept themselves afloat for hours.
Others floated about for hours on
planks.
Four soldiera on planks, whom the
strong otirront carried east of Havana
opposite Morro castle, were saved thil
morning by a pilot boat. They de
clared that last evening there were
many others near them on planks, but
when tho morning came they disap
peared and probably became food for
sharks.
Those who were rescued toll heart
rending stories of the scenes during the
terrible quarter of an hour before the
Triton sank. An army oaptain with
his daughter went down locked iu a last
embrace. A mother with twins 10
months old drifted helplessly away on
the crest of a wave. All the other
ladies and children were drowned.
Just as the Triton was sinking, Cap
tain Kiokardo, her commander, commit
ted suioide by shooting himself.
It is impossible to give the exact
number of those who were lost, but it
is estimated that they were no fewer
than 150. No passenger list has been
found. Tho vessel, which carried a
general cargo, was not insured. The 42
rescued persons suffered severely from
exposure. All of them were more or
less bruised and many of them badly
wounded.
THE CISNEROS RECEPTION.
New Yorkers Yelled Themselves Hoarse
Over the Cuban Girl.
New York, Oct. 19. The nonnlar
reception in Madison square tonight
was an extradorinary demonstration.
Fully 60,000 persons, nearly one-third
of them well-dressed women, crowdod
the upper half of Madison Square Park
and filled Broadway for the congratu
latoary speeches to be finished, and the
Cuban heroine to appear on the stand
erected south of the Worth monument.
Miss Cossio y Cisnoros' appearance
was the-signal for a tremendous dem
oiiHtration by tho groat cro,wd which
stretched out for 100 yards before her.
The men yelled and waved their hats;
tho women waved their handkerchiefs,
and the band played a Cuban battle
song.
With a boquet in her right hand and
a pleased hut diffident expression on
her faoe, Miss Cisneros bowed to her
audience, for hers it was, and then
turned to Mr. Decker, indicating that
she wanted him to understand that
the applause was as much for him as
for her. For some moments the two
stood forth while the cheering con
tinued. Then Miss Cisneros was led
baok to the rear platform, where she
bowed and smiled to tho crowd on that
side of the platform, Then she de
scended the stops to the oarriage,
which waa driven around the square
and back to Delmonico's.
Previous to the appearance of Miss
Cisneros on the platform, there ware a
number of short speeches, interspersed
with selections by the band. Senator
Thurston and Henry George were
among the speakers.
A Revenue Vessel Aground.
Charleston, S. C, Oct. 19. The
United States revenue practioe vessol
Salmon P. Chase oame into Charleston
harbor early this morning, after an
exciting inoident just off Fort Sumter.
The bark, fuilimr to mark all bnnrs.
went aground on Cuinmings point shoal.
uno situation looked serious for a few
moments, but the prompt arrival of as
Bistanoe from the city averted trouble.
The Chaso was pulled off by the tug
Cecilia, and towed to anohorage in tho
stream bv the revenue cutter Oolfinr
The Chase will remain here until all
danger of yellow fever ia past in
Florida.
For Famine Sullerers in Ireland.
Spokane, Oct. 19. O. L. Whitney,
of Walla Walla, is duo hero to urge the
Northern Pacific officials to provide free
transportation for one or more carloads
of potatoes and other vegetables, which
tho people of the Walla Walla country
are willing to contribute to the famine
sufferers in Ireland. The matter has
been referred to Western Land Agent
Cooper, at Tacoma. It is thought that
three carloads of food products can be
gathered in the Walla Walla valley
alone.
OREGON ROADS TRIUMPH.
Concessions on Roth Rides, But the O.
It. N. and O. 8. L. Are Victorious.
Suit Lake, Oct. 20. President Moh-
i ler, accommnied by Traffic Manager
Campbell and General Superintendent
O'Brien, left for Portland this evening
after a highly successful conference
with the Union Pacific and Short Line
officials. Since the arrival of the O.
U. & N. party on Saturday, tke nego
tiations have been in progress, and to
day a complete understanding was
reached, and as a result the through
cur service from Chicago to Portland
will be resumed at once.
The fast-freight line of the Union
Pacific to Portland by way of Sacra
mento will be taken off, and the tariff
relations existing with the Oregon road
before the cancellation of September 23
will be fully restored. While conces
sions have been made on both sides, tha
net result ia conoeded to be a viotory
for the Short Line and the O. R. & N.,
which have stood together in the fight.
Tha Ogden gateway is to remain per
manently open, rnd the use of the Kio
Grand Western and its Eastern connec
tion by Odgen shippers, if they desire
it, is therefore ussured. The conflict
which bus now been brought to a close
arose from the opening of the Ogden
gateway and the admission of rivals of
the Union Pacific to the territory trib
utary to the Short Line and the O. R.
& N. and the agreement that the con
dition thus brought about shall con
tinue is regarded as a tiiumph for the
diplomacy of the two latter companiea
President Mohler's contention, as ex
pressed here today, was that all con
necting lines should be treated alike,
and this concession the Union Pacific
bus been compelled to make. It was
also forced to yield to other conditions
exacted by Mr. Mohler. Its officials
had become very tired of the decrease
of business caused by its rupture with
the Navigation company and the Short
Line, and seemed glad to be in a posi
tion to surrender and thereby renew its
hold on the traffic of the Northwest.
In the matter of the division of freight
charges, it is understood that the Union
Pacific secured concessions, tho details
of which are for the present withheld.
The terms of the agreement insures the
continuance in the Northwest field of
agents of Eastern companies benefitted
by the opening of the Ogden gateway.
Disclosures during the conference add
strength to the belief that the reorgan
ization of the Union Pacific will not
result in the abandonment of the inde
pendent organizations of the Short Line
and the O. R. & N.
This ends the long and interesting
fight that has been waged since last
spring between the Union Pacific and
the Oregon Short Line over the opening
of the Ogden gateway, and from the
conclusions reached and announced, it
is quite evident that the Short Line,
aided by the O. R. & N., has gained its
point, and that the Ogden gateway will
lie kept open hereafter in addition to
the through service over the Union Pa
cific, which thi new agreement restores.
This is a victory of decided advantage
to Portland, for it keeps open to the
Utah-Colorado lines this Nortwest ter
ritory, which previous to the little un
pleasantness, gave all their business to
the Southern Paoifio and advertised
California to the exclusion of Oregon
and the Northwest.
FATAL BUGGY RIDE.
Horses, Vehicle and Occupants Fell
From a Grade.
Marshfield, Or., Oot. 20. This after
noon about 4 o'clock, ex-Judge Nosier,
his wife and daughter, and his son's
wife and baby, while driving from
Myrtle Point toCoquille City, met with
a terrible accident. They had reached
a point about halfway to Coquille City,
and were driving around a high, rocky
point, when they met another team.
Judge Nosier attempted to back his
horses to one Bide of the road to allow
the other vehicle to pass, but the
horses became frightened and unman
ageable, and backed off the grade, fall
ing with the buggy and all its occu
pants about 85 feet. ,
Mrs. Nosier waa instantly killed, and
the judge's life is despaired of.
The other woman and the baby were
also badly bruised.
One of the horses was killed and the
buggy wrecked.
ONE HUNDRED DEATHS.
New Orleans Fever Fatuities Have
Reached the Century Mark.
New Orleans, Oct. 20. Before 7
o'clock this evening the 100 mark of
deaths during the present period of yel
low fever prevalence had been reached.
When the board of health closed its
books last night there had been 98 fa
talities. Between last night and night
fall today, seven deaths were reported.
This century of denths has oconrred
among less than 900 cases that have
been reported in to the board since
early in September, when the first case
made its appearance in New Orleans.
Situation Is Bad.
Washington, Oct. 20. The yellow
fever situation today, as reported to
Surgeon-General Wyinan, was not fa
vorable, the disease having made its
appearance at Baton Rouge, where
there is one case, and at Montgomery,
Ala., both of which places heretofore
have been free from the disease. From
Montgomery, Dr. Wyman'a informa
tion ia that four cases had been report
ed by State Health Offioer Sanders.
Dispatches from other plaoes show new
cases and deaths as follows: ,
Mobile, six cases, one death.
Scranton, La., 12 cases.
Pasacougoala, Miss., two oases.
Edwards, two cases, three deaths.
Cayuga, Miss , three oases, one
death.
Chicago, Oct. 19. Fall weather to
day displaced the prostrating heat of last
week. The drop in temperature was
general throughout the West and Northwest.
HIS WISH GRATIFIED
After Completing Long Term,
Justice Field Resigns.
FORTY YEARS OF JUDICIAL LIFE
Tbe Aged Jurist's Letter to His Col-
Leagues Resignation to Take
Effect December 1.
Washington, Oct. 18. Associate Jus
tice Stephen J. Field today formally
retired from the supreme court of the
United States, after 34 years of service
in that tribunal. The correspondence
between Justice Field and the president
which was made public today, shows
that his resignation was tendered in
April last. President McKinley, how
ever, did not respond until October 9.
While Justice Field's resignation
does not take effect until December 1,
he will not again lit on the supreme
court.
His colleagues of the supreme court
today called upon him and expressed
regret at his retirement and extended
their congratulations upon his long
service as associate justice the longest
on record.
The following letter was given out
this afternoon:
"Washington, Oct. 16. Dear Mr.
Chief Justice and Brethren Near the
close of the last term, feeling that the
duties of my long office had become too
arduous for my strength. I transmitted
my resignation to the president to take
effect on the first day of December
next, and this he has accepted with
kindly expressions of regard. My ju
dicial experience covers many years of
service. Having been elected a mem
ber of the supreme court of California,
I assumed that office October 13, 1857,
holding it for five years, seven months
and five days, the latter part of the time
being chief justice. On the 10th of
March, 1868, I waa commissioned by
President Lincoln justice of the supreme
court of the United States, taking the
oath of office on the 10th day of the
following May.
"When my resignation takes effect
my period of service on this bench will
have exceeded that of any of my prede
cessors, while my entire judicial life
will have embraced more than 40 years.
I may be pardoned for saying that dur
ing all this period, long in companion
with the brevity of human life, though
iu retrospect it has gone with the swift
ness of a tale that is tol l, I have not
shunned to declare in every case com
ing before me for decision conclusions
which my deliberate convictions exer
cise of such abilities and requirements
as I possessed.
"It is a pleasant thing in my memory
that my appointment came from Presi
dent Lincoln, of whose appointees I am
the last survivor. Up to that time,
there had been no representative here
from the Paoiflc coast. A new empire
had risen in the West, whose laws were
those of another country. The land
titles were from Spanish and Mexican
grants, both of which were often over
laid by the claims of first settlers. To
bring order out of this confusion, con
gress passed an act providing for an
other seat on this bench, with the in
tention that it should be filled by some
one familiar with these conflicting
titles and with the mining laws of the
coast, and it so happened that, as I had
framed the principal of these laws, and
was, moreover, chief justice of Califor
nia, it was the wish of senators and
representatives of this state, as well at
those from Oregon, that I should buo
ceed to the new position. ,
"Few appreciate the magnitude ol
our labors. The burden resting upon
us for the last 15 or 20 years has been
enormous. The volumes of our reports
show that I alone have written 620
opinions. If to these are added 57 opin
ons in the circuit court and 865 pre
pared while I was on the supreme court !
of Ualitornia, it will be seen I have
voiced the decision in 1,043 cases. It
may be said that all of our decisions
have not met with the universal ap
proval of the American people, yet it is
to the great glory of that people that
always and everywhere has been yielded
a willing obedience to them. That fact
is eloquent of the stability of popular
institutions, and demonstrates that the
people of the United States are oapable
of self-government.
"As I look baok over the more than
a third of a century that I have sat on
this bench, I am more and more ira-!
pressed with the immeasurable import-:
ance of this court. Now and then we ;
hear it spoken of as an aristocratic fea-!
ture of a republican government. But j
it iB the most democratic of all. Sen-1
atora represent thoir states, and repro-'
sentatives their constituencies, but this
court stands for the whole country, and, !
as auch, it ia truly of the people," by the i
people, and for the people. (
"It has indeed no power to legislate, i
It oannot appropriate a dollar of money. '
It carries neither the purse nor the
sword. But it does possess the power
of declaring the law, and in that ia
founded the safeguard which keeps the
whole mighty fabric of government
from rushing to destruction. This1
negative power, the power of resist-;
noe, is the only safety of a popular ;
government, and it is an additional as
surance when the power is in suoh
hands as yours.
"With this I give place to my suc
cessor, but I can never cease to linger
in memories of the past. Though we
have often differed in our opinions, it
haa always been an honest difference,
which did not affect our mutual re
gard and respect. These many years
have indeed been years of labor and ol
toil, but they have brought their own
rewards, and we can all join in thanks
giving to the author of our being that
we have been permitted to Bpend so
muoh of our lives in the servioe of our
country. STEPHEN J. FIELD."
THE RUSH TO THE NORTH.
Nearly 9,000 Men Started for tha Kiosk
dike In Two Months.
Tacoma, Oct. 19. The railroad com
panies have for the past month had
man at work compiling statistics of the
amount of business done between the
Sound and Alaska during the rush in
cident to the gold excitement. Ao
cording to these figures, which have
been very carefully gathered and veri
fied. 1,248 persons took passage foi
St. Michaels, and 7,628 went to Wran
gel, Juneau, Skaguay and Dyea, be
tween July 17 and September 11.
During this same period, 12,000 tons
of freight were shipped to St. Michaels,
and about 24,000 tons to the four above
named lower ports. This includes
business done at British Columbian
ports.
In addition to the large passenger
and freight list, 8,860 mules and
horses were shipped north, 1,116 head
of beef and other cattle, as well as ovet
2,000 dogs. The report closes with
note, which says: "In the above figure!
nothing is included fron outside the
Sound district. Probably, if Portland
and San Francisco freight and passen
gers were included, it would nearly
double the already almost inoredible
figures of 86,000 tons of frieght and
8,876 passengers moved to the north
inside of two months."
Of the passengers that have returned,
the report says:
"The number cannot so far be ascer
tained, as many have gone to Portland
and San Francisco direct, but a fair es
timate of the number that will reach
i their final destination this winter is at
follows: Of the 1,200 who embarked
for St Michaels, not more than 400
could possibly reach the diggings by
way of the river, with the limited
means of transportation then on thi
river. About 300 will be scattered
along the river banks to a point 1,000
miles or so from the mouth. The re
mainder will either winter at St. Mi
chaels or return on the boats now at
that port. Of the 8,000 that took pas
sage for lower ports, not to exceed 8,
500 have succeeded in getting away
from the lakes, and about 25 per cent
of this number will fail to reach the
Klondike diggings by reason of mishaps
on the rivers and frost overtaking
them.
"So far, over 2,000 persons have re
turned to the Sound, and a conservative
estimate I think would be that fully
as many more will reach the Sound
by the middle of November: of which
number, unfortunately 75 per cent will
be flat broke.
"As several thousand tons of provi
sions got up the river, and as there
was a reasonably fair supply for the
wantB of the miners before the present
excitement, I see no reason why we
should look for any famine, as, accord
ing to the figures of my report, not to
exceed 3,500 new miners will reach
the diggings this year, and 80 per cent
of these will have provisions enough
to last them for six or nine months at
least. So, what with the provisions
from Portland and San Francisco, I
think the stories told about miner!
tarving are not founded on fact"
CHAS A. DANA DEAD.
Tha Veteran Editor ranted Away at
Bis Long; Island Home.
New York, Oct. 19. Charles A.
Dana, editor of the New York Sun,
died at 12:30 this afternoon, at Glen
cove, Long Island.
Mr, Dana's death had been expected
for several hours, and his family and
physicians all sat at his bedside when
the end came. His condition had been
such lor several hours that members of
his family had kept themselves in con
stant readiness to go to his bedaide at
any moment. On Saturday morning he
had a relapse, and it was apparent that
recovery was impossible. Several times,
however, he rallied, but toward night
began to sink. During the night there
were feeble rallies, but they did not last
long. This morning it was seen that
tho end was but a few hours off, and
his attendants remained almost con
stantly at his bedside. The end came
quickly.
The extreme heat of Friday and Sat
urday had much to do with hastening
his death. On Friday, Mr. Dana
showed signs of distress, and everything
possible was done to relieve him. He
had been weakened by his long illness,
and during the summer was several
times thought to be on the verge of
fatal collapse, but each time rallied.
He did not improve much with the
coming cool weather, and the sinking
spells became more frequent. On Fri
day, Mr. Dana was able to ' take only
the lightest nourishment, and this oon
dition continued.
Paul Dana and his sisters, Mrs. Dra
per, Mrs. Underhill and Mrs. Brannan
Were at his home on Saturday morning,
and were warned to remain there. They
were at the bedside when death came.
The cause of Mr. Dana's death was
cirrhosis of the liver. On June 9 he
was at his office, apparently strong and
healthy. The next day he was taken
ill, and never afterwards visited New
York. He was 78 years old.
Preparations for the burial have not
yet been completed.
Canadian Independence
Montreal, Oot. 19. An organization
known as the Canadian Independence
Club has issued a manifesto stating that
the time had come for Canada to throw
off its connection with England.
May Postpone the Bale.
New York, Oct. 19. The Herald
publishea the following: Owing to the
fact that President McKinley has re
ceived news that a new syndicate of
New York men, aa well as tbe Hunt-ington-Gould
combination, stands readv
to bid at the sale of the Union Pacifio,
providing the terms of payment are
satisfactorily changed, within a few
days he may order a postponement
The sale was advertised to take plaoe on
November.
NORTHWEST BREVITIES
Evidence of Steady Growth
and Enterprise.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
I From All the Cities and Towns of
the Thriving Sister States
Oregon.
A sealhunter jnst returned to Marsh
field states that he killed 257 seals.
Bears are numerous in the foothills
near Scio, to the delight of sportsmen.
Ten thousand bushels of onions were
raised on 16 acres of land near Progress.
A Corvaliis lady made 435 words out
of the letters in the word "enthus
iastic." The body of a large whale was re
cently washed ashore at Nelly's Grovr,
in Lane county.
Steps are being taken in Pendletcn
looking toward the organization of a
poultry association. '
More than 24 tons of ailverside sal
mon were received within two days at
the Nehalem cannery.
A cranberry grower in North Slough,
Coos county, states that his crop this
year is about 550 bushels.
A number of Linn county farmers
cultivated sufficient sorghum cane this
jreai to supply their home use.
The Florence cannery haa finished
packing fish, having canned 35,000
cases and salted 100 barrels of salmon.
Mrs. James Patterson, while mentally
deranged, set fire to her husband's resi
dence near Elgin. The building and
contents were destroyed.
Fred Wheeler was kicked in the
stomach by a horse a . the Peebler
ranch near Pendleton. He walked to
his house, but died two hours later,
after much suffering.
Stockmen in Pine creek neighbor
hood, in Grant county, report some
loss among their cattle by blackleg.
The disease does not exist to a great
eitent, however.
Of the $38,098.05 taxes to be collect
ed in Tillamook county this year, all
has been collected except $8, 31 1.65,
and this will probably ba reduced to
$5,000 or less by the time the delin
quent tax roll is published.
A briokmaker at Weston is now put
ting out about 45,000 brick per week.
During the winter he expeots to in
crease the capacity of his yard so that
75,000 or 80,000 brick may be put but
weekly. He looks for plenty ot build
ing and a good market next year.
The five-mile ditch for the mining
company at Glendale, Douglas county,
has been oompleted, and the company
is now having constructed a monster
reservoir, into which this ditch will
empty. There are now about -10 men
at work at their mine getting things
ready for a full run this winter. , v .
The scutching-mill plant for the new
Sax fiber mill has arrived in Salem
and is being placed in position. ' The
machinery weighs about 8,000 pounds
and was manufactured in Portland.
The mill will employ 10 persons, who
will work up about . 100 tons of flax
straw, and about 80 tons of fiber.
Washington. . ,
Ritiville is to have an electric light
plant. v (
The tax levy for Taooma for 1897 has
been fixed at 10 mills.
Lewis oonnty must pay $14,991 state :
tax this year, and $15,568 school tax1.
The Mealy-Lacy mill at. Chehalis,'
after being idle for some months, haa -.-resumed
operations. ' , , ,
A vegetable farmer near Dayton ex
pects to make $4,000 this year from
the products of 23 acres.
The owners of the cannery at What- -com,
which was recently destroyed by
Are, will rebuild the structure.
Every effort is being made to get
enough threshers into the Palonso '
country to save all of the wheat crop.
Notice has been given in Colville
that all of the business Bouses in that
place must close Sundays henceforth.
The Port Townsend board of trade is
endeavoring to devise ways and means
for the completion of the Port Town
send Southern railroad.
The tax levy in. Whitman oounty for
current expenses this year, will be
about 16 mills and 8.6 mills additional
to raise funds to pay warrant indebted- -ne88.
The foreign exportation of lumber :
from Gray's harbor for the first eight
months Of 1897 has exceeded the entire
foreign trade from the harbor for the
year 1896 by 100 per cent. The exports
from Gray's harbor for' 1896 were:
Eleven cargoes of lumber, aggregating
8,500,000 feet, valued at $30,563;
2,000,000 feet of .this amount being
Bhipped to Mexico, while Japan, the .
Fiji islands and the South Sea island!
each received one cargo of 500,000 feet.
The shipments from Gray's harbor for
eight months ot 1897 are 7,857,000 feet
of lumber, valued at $75,000. - The
trade with Mexico for eigh$ months of
1897 was 4,472,000 feet, or more. than
twice as much as the entire trade for
1896. The . trade with Honolulu for
eight months is 1,880,000; while in
1896 they had no Honolulu trade.. - -
The warehouse at Guy collapsed
under the weight of 60,000 ! bushels of
wheat. The building, 60x150 feet, ia
a total wreck. The foundation gave
way and the wheat burst through the
sides, letting the roof fall in. Only
two men were injured,' neither seri-'
ously. Only three men were- in the
warehouse at the time,. Had the crash. !
occurred 10 minutes earlier, seven men
and four teama would have been caught
and ornshed to death. The report could
be heard balf a mile and (treated great
excitement in the little village.