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-4 r-'t if " JnlILLSBK6 VOL. IV. IIILLSHORO, OREGON, THURSDAY, XOVEMIJER 25, 1897. NO. 36. .... lk "MIT V i NEWS OF THE WEEK From all Parts of the New and Old World. ' BRIEF AND 'INTERESTING ITEMS Comprohtmnlve llevlew of the Import nt Happenings of the Cur rent Weok. A Ainputuli from Ilawurden says Unit Mr. Gladstone, concerning whoso health an alarming rumor whs widely circulated, is in his UHiinl health, and Sunday morning walked to the vitiligo church, whore lie attended services. Passengers on the steamer Masootte, which Iihh arrived in Tampa, report that Kngol Pasee, who betrayed Gen eral Cimtillo to the Spaniards for $5,000, wan captured by insurgents on his way to Cionfuegos, court-martialed on a drum-head and banned. A groat Are broke out nt Melbourne, Australia, and in a very short space of time diil enormous Jamauo. It in esti mated that the Iohs will tench 1,000, 000, while the tradu in mift lmmhIh has received a serious setback. Hundreds o( employes of all aorta huve been thrown oat of employment. Changing its name and principles the American Railway League Iihh become a full-fledged political organization. Hereafter it will be known hh the Rail way Employe and Telegraphers' Polit ical League of America. ItH object la to dual entirely In Mute and national polities, chiefly on legislative lines. A big masonry wharf, having a front age of 300 meters on the river TagtiR, opposite the custom-house in Lisbon, suddenly subsided and completely dis appeared in tho riverbed. The wharf, which was recently constructed at a cost of 50,000, rested on mud, For tunately, no ono wushuit in the col lapse, Tho hostility between tho Christian socialist!) and the social democrats, which exists in all parts of Austria and frequently leads to sharp collisions between the rival partisans, has result ed in serious rioting at Grata, tho capi tal city of Sitira, and the seat of im portant cotton ami woolen Manufac tories. Tho official programme for the re ception of 1 Ht8 at tho White House by President and Mrs. Molvinley has been Issued. All of the events, excepting New Years' reception tind the pnblio reoeption, will be by card invitation. Only those invited will be given an op portunity to be present nt least onoo during the season. The .avoidance of exoeasive and dangerous crowding will add to the attractiveness of all tho re ceptions. The theosophists of San Francisco are taking very active interest in the fate of Duirant. It is a tenet of their faith that capital punishment is wrong, and they are getting up a petition praying Governor Budd to stay the exe cution and to commute his sentence to life imprisonment. The petition was prepared by Dr. Jerome A. Anderson, president of the San Francisco Theo gnphieal Society, and it has already re ceived a number of signatures. The commission appointed to revise the criminal code of the United States, in the partial report which it will make to the president and congress, will present a -code for criminal justice in Alaska. Tho commission is authorized to do this in the act which crentes it as a territory. At present the laws of Oregon are made applicable to Alaska, and these will be revised, codified and amended by tl e commission to suit tho present conditions, and will be sub mitted as a partial report for the basis of legislation by congress. ! Tho final act upon the part of the government in the ratification of the treaty adopted by the recent universal congress was taken Tuesday, whon President MoKlnley signed tho formal convention or treaty and Socretary of State Sherman had the government seal affixed. Postmaster-General Gary had already signed it. The treaty takes effect January 1, 1808. At a session of the Knights of Labor oouncil, at Louisville, it was voted unanimously to sot apart the last Sun day in June as labor memorial day. This day will be observed by all tho - district assemblies in the United States. It was expressly stated that the day should not be regarded in tho light of a holiday. It was fixed upon Sunday so it could not be made a holiday, with its attendant festivities. ... .... An Immense claim, embracing 7,000,000 acres of hind in the North west, including the cities of Minneapo lis and St. Paul, has been brought be fore Commissioner Hermann, of the general land office, and the assistance of the government in securing official data is called for, The claimants are C. B. Holloway, of Holland, O,, and A. Gunn, of Momee, O. They are making an examination of the general land office records with a view to secur ing oopiea of certified paper, which, they assert, will establish their title to the lands claimed by them. Their ancestor, through whom they claim title, was Jonathan Carver, an English man,' a well known explorer in the last century. Bishop Doan, in his annual address to the clergy of the diooese of Albany, N. Y., in speaking of the relations of Amerioa to England in the Lambeth conference, was very intense in his con demnation of what is called "jingo ism." Speaking on the subject of in ternational arbitration, ho said tho spirit of hostility, so openly expressed on this Side of the water, was present, though latent, in England, and we should be careful how we arouse this feeling to active hostility. GOLD TO BE FREELY USED. Itliincio TryliiK to Ituy Ou r the Iimir-g.-nt l.iMiilcr. Havana, Nov, 24. General Pando started for this city by train hist Satur day, according to official announce ment, to take charge of the campaign against tho insurgents, lie was ac companied by all his staff, and was es corted by a company of artillery, it is stated on good authority, how ever, that Pando lias been commis sioned by Captain-General Blanco to enter Into communication with the in surgent leaders, with a view to arrang ing for peace. This statement is baa-id upon accurate knowledge of all the facts. Pando first secured the release from confinement of Damien Cahallero, who had been imprisoned for acting as a spy for the insurgents. Pando fur nished Cabulloro, who ia god-father of liabi, the man looked upon as being the backbone of the insurgent govern ment in the province of Santiago do Cuba, with a considerable sum of money and caused him to be attended to Manasunillo, where a good force was placed at his disposal. Pando's peace emmissary was also furnished ofllciul documents empowering him to act in behalf of the Spanish commander. Pando instructed Cahallero to offer army General Habi high rank in the Spanish army and a largo sum of money to bo distributed among the other insurgent leaders of that part of Cuba, and in addition, a large amount of money for himself in the event of his succeeding in arranging terms of peace. Although Cahallero has not returned, confidential advices reaching Spanish officials here seem to indicate that ho has bo far been unsuccessful. It is un derstood that Habi replied that he be lieved the successful ending of tho war in favor of tho insurgents was ap proaching, that the Cubans, ; with the aid of the United States, will gain their independence, and 'therefore he desires to continue fighting the Span iards until the final victory is won. FIRE ON THE OREGON. : , . - Caused by Sponlaneoii Combustion Narrow Kscape. San Francisco, Nov. 24. The Call says: The coal bunkers in tho United States battle-ship Oregon caught lire Sunday evening from spontaneous com bustion, and for over eight hours the crow worked with a vengeance to smother what looked like a costly blaze. There were over 200 tons of coal in the vessel, and prompt aotion alone saved the ship and fuel. The fire is supposed to have started from water leaking into tho coal bunkers. This would eventu ally cause a terrific heat from accumu lating gasses. Luckily, tho fire was discovered before it had gained much headway. '"'""'-'"- An alarm was immediately given, and orders were issued to remove the coal from the vessel to the wharf. Steampipes wore attached and connec tion made with the lower part of the vessel in an attempt to smother what Are might have been in other parts of the ship. Tho men went to work with a will, but tho task was larger than had at first been supposed. The work was done with difficulty, as the smoke hin dored the men in their attempts to quickly put it out. During the whole night after tho fire had been discovered, the entire crew labored in removing the smoking and blazing coal, and it was not until day light that the men wore allowed to leuve their work. Tho warship will be drydocked within a few days and properly righted, after which she will bo coaled and her ammunition placed on board, after whioh she will be ready for aotion. Senate Will Kill the Currency Hill. Denver, Nov. 24. - Congressman John C. Boll, of Colorado, Btoppod off a few hours iii this city on his way to Washington, whore he goes to attend a meeting of the appropriations commit tee, Speaking of the probablo action of congress at its coining session on the financial question, he said: "I think a bill will pass the houso practical.)' as recommended by the ex ecutive, and it will then go to the sen ate, where it will be abandoned bv that body and an appeal will bo made to the pooplo that they must make the sen ate Republican before any remedial legislation can be obtained." With referenoe to tha admission of new Western states, Congressman Bell said: "There will he no more Western states admitted into the Union while the Republican party has control of either house. The speaker told me last year that he felt great responsi bility for having taken an active part in admitting the Western states-. He said the power of the Western senators was unjust, and had been greatly abused, and was, in fact, checking the development of the country; that he thought it was a grievous wrong for the Western senators to stand in the way of the progress of the country. Many senators will probably oppose the ad mission of thoso territories beoause of this impression. "Hawaii will be annexed." I-netgert's Trial Went Over. Chicago, Nov. 24. The second trial of Luetgert, which was to have begun today, went over until' tomorrow at the request of the defense, who will ask for a ohange of venue from Judge Horton. Another Trial Trip. ' Ban Francisco, Nov. 24. The United States gunboat Wheeling is expected to go to sea today to complete the trial of her machinery and other details of her construction. She will be aay several days. She behaved well on her trip to Honolulu, but the navy department's requirements call for a further trial. It is expected that when the 1899 season openB there will be cogwheel railway from Chamounix up the Mon-tenvers. i THE COMING STRUGGLE Goluchowski Gravely Warns Europe of Danger. PROBLEM FOR NEXT CENTURY Competition of American Nations Fright ens the Powers of tha Old World -A BaMIe fyr Existence. Vienna. Nov. 23. Count Goluchow ski, the Austro-Hungarian minister of foreign affairs, in his annual address yesterday before the Austrian and Hun garian delegations, when making an ap peal to all Europe to take advantage of the present era of peace and to join closely for the vigorous defense of con di.ions common to European countries as against "the crushing competition of trans-Atlantic nations," said: "The turning point lias been reached in Europe whicli calls for the unremit ting attention of the governments. The groat problems of material dam age, which become more pressing every year, are no longer matters for the fu ture, but require to be taken in hand instantly. Thedoktructive competition whioh trans-oceanic countriesare carry ing on at present, and which is, in part, to be expected in the immediate future, requires prompt and thorough counteracting measures if tho vital in terests of the people of Europe are not to be gravely compromised. "We must fight shoulder to shoulder against a common danger, and arm ourselves for the struggle with all the means -at our disposal. Just as the 16th and 17th centuries were absorbed by religious wars; just as the 18th cen tury was marked by the triumph of lib eral ideas, and just as the 19th century has been notable for the appearance of great questions of nationality, so will the 20th century be for Europe a period marked by a struggle for existence in the politico-commercial sphere. Euro pean nations must close ranks in order to successfully defenil their existence. "May this be realized everywhere, and may the epoch of peaoeful develop ment we now confidently anticipate be employed in collecting our strength and devoting our services chiefly to this end." Speech Excited Great Interest. London, Nov. 23. The Berlin corre spondent of the Daily Chronicle says: "Count Goluchowski'a statement, with reference to the struggle with America has excited the most wide spread interest here. It is believed that before he made public so remarka ble an enunciation of policy, he had the consent of the other powers, with the exception of England, and spoke as the mouthpiece of those governments." The Vienna correspondent says: "Count Goluchowski'a appeal to Eu rope to unite against the trans-oceanio countries is regarded rather as a pla tonic desire than as a ooncerted programme.- Thus far, no practial attempt in that direction is intended, at least not by Austria." EXCITEMENT AT FEVER HEAT. Chetoo Stirred lip Over the Coolidge Tragedy. Crescent City, Cal., Nov. 28. There is much excitement in and about Chet co as the result of the killing of young Coolidge by the Van Pelts, over the townsite question. Coolidge, senior, a capitalist of Silvortonf Or,, has offered a reward of $600 for the arrest and con viction of the various members of the Van Pelt party, principals and acces sories to the murder, and several par tics are out from Chetco and Gold Beach patrolling the roads and trails. Joe Alvin, a half-breed, suspected of being one of the Van Pelt party, has been shot and probably fatally wounded by a posse. E. C. Hughes and Sink Van Pelt have been arrested here by Sheriff Fer guson at the request of Sheriff Turner, of Curry county, Or., as suspeots in the Coolidge shooting, but both protest their innocence and say they can prove an alibi. They have offered to go to Chetco without requiring the sheriff to wire the governor of California for a requisition. The Diamonds Were Greased. New York, Nov. 23. An attempt to defraud the government was prevented by the United States appraiser today, when an importation of 200 or 300 karats of small diamonds were invoiced at about $24 per karat. The diamonds had evidently been put into a solution of resin and grease, thus dulling their oolor to such an extent that the dia monds appeared to be of little value. When washed in alcohol and hot water, the appraiser of the diamonds found them of fine quality and exceptionally well cut. The duties and penalties upon this invoice will now amount to more than $4,500; whereas, under a correct invoice, less than $1,000 would have been collected. The Boat Upset. Good Ground, I I., Nov. 23. An drew Foley, William Wells and Oliver Wells were drowned last night by the upsetting of a catboat in Shinnecock bay. When the boat was found today the bodies of two of the men were en tangled in the rigging. Brazil, Ind,, Nov. 28. A train on the Chicago & Indiana coal road, car rying 500 miners returning from work, was wrecked near Coal bluffs this morning. The train ran over a horse, throwing one oar and the caboose from the track, and both rolled down the em bankment and into a ditch filled with water. Tweutv-six miners were more or less hurt. Three of them suffered injuries that probably will prove fatal. The fatally hurt are Asbury Rummell, Gus Rubert and Gny Askerman. AGAIN ON FREE SolL. Tha Competitor's Crew Out of the Jaw of Death. I New York, Nov. 24. The steamer Saratoga, from Havana, having on board the released men of the Competi tor crew, has been reported entering the harbor. The men are: Captain Alfredo Luborde. William Gildea. Ona Melton. William Keavitt.. Charles Bernett, an Englishman. The five men were in fairly good health and excellent spirits on reaching quarantine. Captain Laborde suffers somewhat from paralysis, which he contracted during his long confinement in the Cabanas fortress. Joseph A. Springer, the United States vice-consul at Havana, was also a passenger on the Saratoga. Mr. ! Springer declined to talk for publication. The released men, wore the clothes in which they were clad at the time of their capture, orr April 25, 1896, at Berracoa, San Catafipo, Cuba. Another happy ' passenger on the Saratoga was Julio Arago y Quesada, the young Cuban insurgent whowasor dered to be shot by Weyler, but was pardoned by General Blanco, a friend of the prisoner's father. The six men who had escaped the fate of the Virginias captives were greeted upon their arrival by an enthu siastic crowd, who gave them a hearty welcome, but the poor wretcheB were too weak to respond to the cheers which had been giveii in their honor. TO RESTRICT SILVER OUTPUT. Alleged Object of the Proposed Smelter Combine. New York, Nov. 24. Representa tives of several silver mining and re fining works of the United States and Mexico will meet in New York this week to form, if possible, a combina tion agency to control the price of sil ver futures. The price of silver for future deliv ery is always less than the price of cash silver, and the smelters want to equalize prices. It is said that the smelters hope by their combination to stiffen the price of silver and eventu ally reduce the output, although they deny the report (hat they intend to form a silver trust. Among the works to be represented at the conference are the International Metal Company, of New York; the Omaha & Grant Smelting Company, of Omaha; the Mexican Smelting Com pany of Monterey; the Phildelphla Smelting & Refining Company, of Pue blo, and the Guggenheim Smelting Compahy, of Port Amboy, N, J. A POPULAR TICKET. The Sebastian Intevuegotlable Mileage Book in Great Demand. Chioago, Nov. 24. The new form of internegotiable mileage ticket is prov ing very popular. The Sebastian ticket was plaoed on sale November 15, and 25,000 tickets were printed, as it was thought this would be sufficient for the demand that would be made. This number is exhausted, however, and an other 25,000 has been ordered. The Western roads declare that they will reduce still further the rates between Chicago and Northwest points if neces sary to maintain their traffic against the competition of steamship lines and Southwestern railroads doing business at Gulf ports. It has become a serious matter for some of the roads, and they have been seen during the last three months a very large amount of tonnage go through the Gulf of Mexico, which otherwise they would have handled. POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS Postmaster-General's Proposition Re ceiving Many Indorsements. Washington, Nov. 24. Postmaster General Gary is receiving many letters regarding the postal saving bank propo sition strongly urged by him in his an nual report. Many people throughout the country have written, commenting on the projected radical extension of the postal service, and have submitted some suggestions calculated in their opinion to make the correspondents in dicate a rather general commendation, and some well-known economists and financiers numbered among the postmaster-general's friends, who have heretofore opposed measures of this character, have in letters just received given a qualified indorsement. Postmaster-General Gary expects some leg islation by congress on this question, possibly at the next session, and free discussion of it throughout the country will render material assistance to this end. ' ' ' Money Paid Over. Washington, Nov. 24. The treasury received today from the reorganization committee of the Union Pacific $13, 645,250 in cash and turned over to the committee that amount in bonds, which have been on deposit with the government in the sinking fund of the road. Trouble In Uruguay. New York, Nov. 24. As a result of the attempted revolutionary movement in Montevideo, Uruguay, says the Her ald's correspondent there, five promi nent army officers have been arrested. Many arrests of civilians and politicians have also been made. The Herald's correspondent in Rio Janeiro telegraphs that a commercial crisis is imminent. Exchange is falling. , Moonshiners Captured. Hot Springs, Ark., Nov. 24. Deputy United States Marshall, with a posse (f 13 men, has arrived in the city with 15 illicit distillers who were captured jn Scott county. The officers destroyed four stills and about 4,000 gallons of whisky and beer. The offloers got the drop ou the men and captured them Without trouble. THE COMING SESSION Senator Chandler Talks of Work Before Congress. SOME OF THE IMPORTANT BILLS Prospects for Hawaiian Treaty Good Cuban Question Depends Upon President's Attitude. Washington, Nov. 22. Senator W. E. Chandler, of New Hampshire, in an interivew regarding legislation at the coming session of congress said: "Senator Lodge proposes pushing the measure looking to the restriction of immigration and demanding its passage without delay. Bills proposing to bar the undesirable foreign element from entering this country are now pending in both the house and senate, and there is no doubt that the two houses will be able to agree upon a bill. The house measure lays restrictions on what are called "birds of passage," but the senate bill does not. The class refer red to is that which lives along the northern and southern border lines of the country, and embraces Mexicans and Canadians who work daily in the United States, but who live in-their native countries. This part of , the bill, in my judgment, eventually will be omitted, and the senate bill,:, which applies to immigrants from European and Oriental countries, will be pas9ed. "Some action, I believe, will be taken looking to the relief of the Cuban in surgents. Of course, the Republican policy will largely depend upon the president's message, but, my opinion is that he will leave the entire matter to the judgment of congress. "The prospects for the ratification of the Hawaiian treaty are excellent. The Republicans will stand by it to a nnit, and many Democrats will do like wise. I think the neoessary two-thirds vote will be secured. "As to financial legislation, especial ly as to the revision of the banking laws, I cannot see how any such legis lation can be passed." For the Land of Gold. New York, Nov. 22. A dispatoh to the World from London says: London capitalists seem to be resolved to share in the big profits anticipated by a rush to the Klondike next spring. The Van couver & Northern Shipping & Trading Company, whioh is building the new Canadian Pacifio railway, with a cap ital of $7,600,000 subscribed by six shareholders, today purchased the old Cunarders, the Bothnia and Scythia, and two Cape mail steamers, as the nucleus of a fleet to run from Van couver to Alaskan ports, commencing March 10. Both ships are chartered for freight by Lipton, the millionaire provision merchant, for the voyage out, and he is said to have a scheme for building a new town to be called Liptonia, near Skaguay. This enter prise is understood to be the result of the visit to Skaguay of the Hon. James Burke Roche, who has just returned here. Two New Counterfeits. Washington, Nov. 22. The secret service announces the discovery of a new counterfeit $10 silver certificate, and also a counterfeit national bank note. The silver certificate is a photo graphic production, printed on two pieces of paper pasted together. No at tempt has been made to oolor the back of the note, which is a shade of brown, instead of green. The seal is colored a bright pink. The note is badly print ed, and the lathe work is blurred and indistinct. The national bank note is on the First National bank of Joplin, Mo., series 1882. It is also printed on two pieces of paper, and the silk fibre in the geneuine is imitated by pen and ink marks. Turks Living on Bread and Water. London, Nov. 22. The Vienna cor respondent of the Daily Telegraph says: Pecuniary embarrassments have reached an acute stage at the Yildiz Kiosk. Salaries of ambassadors are left unpaid for months. Since the departure of Galib Bey, Turkish ambassador at Ber lin, another Turkish envoy has written Tewfik Pasha, the Turkish foreign min ister, declaring that he has sold every thing and lives almost entirely on dry bread, adding that he even fears he will be unable muoh longer to borrow that. A third ambassador has written to Tewfik Pasha saying: "All my means are exhausted, and I cannot even buy a pair of gloves when obliged to appear anywhere. " Murderer Klectrocuted. . Columbus, O., Nov. 22. Alfred J, Frantz, the murderer of Bessie Lytle, of Dayton, was electrocuted in the an nex at the Ohio penitentiary at 12:23 this morning. He took his place in the chair at 12:18 without an apparent tremor. The first shock did not cause death, and the ourrent was applied again three times before life was pro nouncd extinot. On August 27, 1896, Frantz murdered Bessie Lytle, a young girl whom he had betrayed. Her body was thrown into the Stillwater river. Frantz made an allged confession, in which he claimed the girl had shot her self while they were out riding, and, fearing he would be charged with mur der, he had thrown the body into the river. - Peru Wants to Arbitrate. Washington, N6v. 22. The Peru vian minister, Dr. Egulgerin, was among Secretary Sherman's callers to day. He came to talk over the last demand of our government for a settle ment of the MoCord claim, and he has tiow, in return, proposed arbitration in the case. This proposition is not ao leptable to our government, and the n6 otiations continue. A pound of the finest spider web irould reach around the world. TROLLEY-CAR COLLISION. Both Motermen Killed and Several Others Injured. Baltimore, Nov. 23. Because Theo dore R. Myrick, a motorman in lite employ of the Baltimo-e & Northern railway, disobeyed orders, the officers of that road say, there was a frightful head-end collision this morning on the line, in which Myrick was killed and W. F. Horner, motorman on the car which was going in the opposite direc tion, received injuries from which he died about half an hour later. The two conductors and passengers who were on both cars were more or less in jured, although the injuries of none of them are supposed to be dangerous. Those seriously hurt are: Conductor Thomas Ewing, aged 88, and Charles Snowden, colored, aged:29 yeara, , Ewing is suffering from a Blight concussion of the brain, and is badly bruised on the head, face and body. Snowden's cheek was lacerated by broken glass, and he received several cuts on the head. His chin was cut to the bone, and there is a deep gash in his neck. Both of these men are at the hospital, and both will recover, unless complications develop. WOMAN CONSULAR AGENT. Miss Emina Hart Acting Temporarily at j'ji--T Edmonston, N. B. If Washington, Nov. 23. For what is believed to be the first time in the his tory of this government, a woman is acting as one of its representatives abroad. Secretary Sherman has ap : proved the request of J. Adolph Guy, consular agent of the United States at Edmonston, N. B., for two weeks' leave ; of absence, and appoints Emma Hart ; to act as consular agent during his ab sence. j Miss Hart will probably have little business to do during her term of office. j It is said at the state department that j if she takes in more than $20 the offi cials will believe the natural gallantry i of New Brunswickians has caused them to abandon other agencies and consul ates and secure the service of Miss Hart in transacting their business. Collision on a Mexican Road. Denver, Nov. 23. A special to the News from Nogales, Ariz., says: Last night, near Casita, a station on the i Senora railroad, in Mexico, a passen ' ger train collided with three cars which j had got away from a freight train j ahead and were running down a heavy i grade with great velocity. The engi ( neer of the passenger train, George Parker, was instantly killed, the fire man was bo severely injured that he has since died, and the express messen ger, J. D. Milton, was injured, but not seriously. Four cars loaded with or anges were demolished and a locomo tive was wrecked. The Urbana Fiend's Work. Urbana, O., Nov. 23. This city was thrown into a fever of excitement to night by the report of another attempt ed assault. The victim ; is Emma Groves, an elderly maiden lady, who lives with her sister in West Ward street. About 6 o'clock this evening, as Miss Groves stepped out of the back door, she was seized by a man, who threw his arm around her neck and held her firmly. Miss Groves was bad- ly treated and painfully injured. The I assault was committed at about the : same hour and in the same manner as j that perpetrated Friday, and it is be lieved Dy tne same person. Austrlans to Be Deported. Baltimore, Nov. 23. Forty-eight men trom the interior of Austria, who were arrested last week in the swamps of Mississippi by United States inspect ors, on the charge of violating the alien labor contract law, were brought here with their leader, Jaban Pokje, and locked up in the immigrant house of detention at Looust point. They will be sent back to Bremen on the steam ship Munchen, of the North German Lloyd line, in a few days. T lie men arrived here September 8, and were en gaged in cutting barrel staves. No Sign of And ree. Tromsoe, Tromsoe Island, Norway, Nov. 23. The steamer Victoria, which was fitted out by the governor of Trom soe, under instructions from Kin? Os car, to search for Professor Andree, the missing aeronaut, and his party, which left here November 5, has returned from Spitzbergen. She brings no news as to the whereabouts or movements of Professor Andree, although ..exploring parties, landed 10 miles at various points on Danmand's isle. " - Mother and Daughter Perished.' Topeka, Kan., Nov. 23. Mrs. M. As' Trigg, aged 52, and her , ,10-yoar-old daughter Ethel lost their lives in a fiie. that destroyed their residence in Weat" Eleventh street this morning.. A son escaped with a broken leg,' jumping from a seoond-story window. Mrs. Trigg had escaped, but returned to save her daughter, and fell exhausted at her bedside. Her body was burned to a crisp. The girl was suffocated. General Ordway Dead. New York, Nov. 23. General Albert Ordway died tonight at the Hoffman house. General Ordway and his wife returned from Europe last Wednesday. Next day, the general was takeii Bick, and continued to grow weaker and weaker, until 7:15 this evening,' when he passed away. , Blookade of Constantinople. London, Nov. 23. The Constanti nople corrspondent of the Daily News says: "I am able to assert on the best authority that the powers are discuss ing the advisability of a naval demon stration in the Dardanelles or a block ade of Constantinople, if the sultan does not yield to the demands of the powers with respeot to autonomy for the island of Crete, and especially in the matter of withdrawing the Turkish troops." NORTHWEST BREVITIES i Evidence of Steady Growtk and Enterprise,- ...i ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST From All the Cities and Towni of , tar ' I . . ' . ' the Thriving Sister State . Oregon. . . ' f . Several theusand boxes of apples' were Bhipped from Coos bay early;'lasfcweek,' The real estate transfers in, Umatilla county, for one day last week amounted to $7,000. - ' ' " ' " An Astoria paper says that 'Clatsop county warrants are likely to be at premium within 30 days. . ..... This year over 700 cords of wood have been shipped from Brown's spur, north of Dallas, to Portland. j- A number of settlers bound for. the Coos bay country passed through Rose burg last week, in covered wagons. ' Wallowa county ' cattle have" been nearly all' bought up,-but -there lire a good many hpgs left in ..the county. Lincoln county's outstanding war rants and the interest, thoreon amount ed to $25,979, on September 80- last.' . Stock in Baker county is reported to be in excellent condition, andvthe loss this winter promises to be unusually light. . " ' ; ' ' ' "." " k' Travelers over the McKenzie road, in Lane county, report .from two. to seven feet of snow on. the summM of the Cascades. ' A band of 1,000 head of cattle was driven thrd&gh"Vale last week on the way to Ontario,, whence .they will be shipped East. , Harry Watters tilled a bald-headed eagle in the sandhills near Marsbfield last week. - The'eagle measured nine ' ' feet from tip to tip. " . . The financial, statement of Gilliam county shows that oh September 80 last , there were outstanding warrants and ' interest amounting to $24,201. , . ' Several elk were seen in. the vicinity of Emigrant Springs, in Umatilla., county, recently, but as 1t Was the closed season, they were not molested. - Fishermen in the vicinity of Rainier' are of the opinion that the light run of. salrhfbn in that section is caused by the heavy blasting along' the shore, where the Astoria railroad is being built. ' The treasurer of Coos county has ad vertised that he .will pay all county-, warrants indorsed prior to November, t. 4, 1891. Interest on "luch warrants '' " ceased November 15. This call , will isai reduoe the couunty's . indebtedness , about $3,000. ' ' The 800 Angora goats reccntTy'shippeS from Boise, Idaho, to -Pendleton,-Will ' be wintered near Pendleton. It is said . . . to be the intention to ship them to the Klondike in this spring to make multon" for the miners. They are hardy and ' - ' nimble animals, and can more easily., i be driven over the mountain passes than sheep. ' I - ' " -. The work of taking spawn is now go ' ing on at the Mapleton hatchery. ; Over 500,000 eggs have alreacly.been placed -in the hatching troughs. The sum ap propriated for operating the hatchery ' this year is not nearly so lajge as it . ' should be, but the work has. been at-,. t.. tended to closely, arid considering the. expenditure a great 'hum-ber oL Salmon'" " fry will no doiib be. turned out .nexi spring! . '. . . , , There wjlj be 12 miles of "American , rails laid on the Astoria dVOolUmbia ' river railroad beginingiitt;(iobl6. The- English rails weje nptsufiiciiyit to-com-plete the track. This new consignment, c is on its way from the East. The rails 1 are of the same weight, and size -as - those laid, 75 pounds to-. the yard,-,.; V. 5-inch base, 5 inches high and 2 Ji-inch ball. Tracklayirilg'at'the Goble end of the line will begin when the .new raits arrive. . . . i . ';'.;,.,. Washington .--, A carload, of,tapples.rojj-n'n Orea island was" shipped from Seattle to Omaha last week. v' 1 ' " The state road -oomflrii ss ion "has fin ished itiworJt:ior-tbfi.'w,intec;'and.thsi 'tlndl working crew has been discharged.,, .y . (? 'j, , The Hon t.,F.. Tn"nipson,ex-jtnin- . ister to Turky.-'delfvetei'l a lecture on ' ''' Turkey in 'Walla Walli, last weMt." ' '!' "8 1 M;, ,L, Weston.v haS:'.5,.500 ' head' 'of -. ' sheep,. in, Pjosser,, Yakitpa counjty,.and- he expects to wipter them "on Snipe's . cwek.'.' :.;.''H M - -l .n The .six ataon tanneries1 of' What' ,rtS. " ' Loon, county ..jfijU ajl be. more orjMWVfr fcf fS I'JSt tensiveix ;improveu .ajici ..eniargea..dnr $ irig hriexfive;moMis.--r ' ' ' ' . - The" elerlc'aP-force fn the fin ihta- -WW missioner'a.pffice m- Odympiaj-hiisIW '!""" leases of school,, lands to, be. mijdoutji -, on returns irom county aujnors., . , . . . , .... iv -'. 'A;.-., Government surveyors say that with a little work" the" Snake' 'river will be navigable from Pasco toj ltiparia W which latter point boats are, .pow ruo--. ning on the Up'per'Snake. " SuiVhas Tbeeri commenced in, the., snflerior court of-"ehalls-'rowrftV6!?!)'"' ' the Northern Pwifle..Kajlway ttMjmijyo'f'i MisJu against, Cbehalis county for tue;purpot &ici1fio of having tne taxes against the lands h of the company-ill that'eoimty 'declared'-" not a valid lien. ' j- . I, ... Kicbard Brown, a logger oj Jefferson,-' . , county, has just finished., cutting . , cargo of spars, valued at $18,000,Whieh " will be shipped to New York on t'ht bark Olympic . ; Three cars of stock cattle and one of beef cattle were Bhipped from Cbehalis last week. The stock cattle went to -Yakima. . , Another carload was driven in from the Salkum country. Dealers say ' that stock eattle are becoming -scarce. The hog market has slipped down a little, $3.75 being offered now, and farmers are holding. .J.e i-jh vv. ,;..5i i ,. 3..! v; i:)'tnV r. .T