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THE- GAZETTE JOB ROOMS j are headquarters for all kinds of COMMERCIAL PRINTING- Lstter-Seiis, IToia-Esais, Bin-Hcii3, Siiionenis, SiTelcpei Kd Cc:iei7 Fr:sti22 ef 2 Zitiz. j BY ifjJ. JLETT, OUR AUTISTIC PRINTER. j (JAZETTEs STATIOXEKT STOEE la well stocked with a full line Of Blank Books, Xtgal Blanks, Inks, Plain and Fancy Box Papers, Pens, Pencils, Tablets, and All Kinds j of Writing Materials. VOL. XXXI. CORVALLIS, BESTON COILMT, OBEGQN. FHJDAY. AUGUST 3V 1894. XO. 22. J. M '' m JT. X? TO PREVENT ANARCHY And at the same time give us a Better Form of Government To prevent anarchy in I lie Uni ted States add at the same lime give us a better form of go' em inent,! would suggest that the pen pie cll for' a special election or. our constitution and not make it a party or political issue, but an issue of the people in genera!, to make a constitutional anienumentjtaat "i.aa- not to allow any foreigner, alien or otherwise, one of another coun try to become a citizen of the Uni ted States until they have res-aled liere twenty-one years; and that hereafter all foreigners except em bassadors and (heir families or foreign ministers ol si ale and their ... - j i laniilies be required to lurnish Certificates of good Citizenship Ol Will's young lady sisters, their OWIl COUtltl'V; and also pay) I neglected iast eel to mention a serious ail itnpoi t duty Of One hundred ; aeuideiit tint happened toAillmr .Solum and fifty Or two hundred dollars j A fal.ing tree houmliJij baekwurd e.ui"lil per capita. Should it be VOling;!"-bruising it uuU.y and iletachiug two ladies or gentlemen wishing ioj""" lu 1,a"s having i.im a ctipple no come to this count rv to attend our schools, such parlies shall not pay such duties if they will return to their own land when hey lilll-;!! their education here. I ihink il we could but ad'ij I some sm-h measures as the above, we could boast of leiss st likes, dissentions. Moodshed and starvation in tiiisfj.; heauiilul counliy. lint no; the way it is now the cr minals and outcasts of ail foreign countries eiiiirrale to this rountry and in two or three mouths or perhaps a year or two after their arrival lin y vvant to run the government for Us, and if they cannot, do that many ol mem uirn out as auai- ClllStS, bomb throwers and uesl roy - ers of nronertv in ireneral. Uien the blame is laid on innocent par ties, or perhaps some few are ar rested and tried bv our state laws:iion which costs vast amounts ol money, and at the same time tiny may go free for want of evidence, or if convicted, a short term in the penitentiary, none of which justifies or benefits lis in any way so as to grant I hem tree import to this country. There are exceptions but we have been cursed by a larue majority of anarchist , aial : t is time the people of America were taking this matter in hand and turning it into peace and haimouy in place of chaos into which if has been thrown by the late sirike. The government has 'put a re striction on the immigration of Chi nese, so why not put it. oil others? For to our knowledge the Chinese have not caused one half the trou ble that other foreign immigration has. Take throughout our land the different labor unions, and generally who is to blame for the deaths and destruction of the prop erty but these foreign usurpers who do not know how to appreciate our free form of government, therefore let for a constitu tional amendment that wiil rem edy the mat ter. Sri:s,:,.2i;nn. - Tired and Kim l o-.vi3. O. W. K. Mkg. Co., "13 Front Hi root, I'ortlaial, Oregon. Dear Sirs: 1 wy ronuiletely worn ont fi'f-m overwork ; coubl not sleep at nisrbt, anl .fdt that I v:is iipproueliins: a seriom condition , hnt, thtinks to Dr. Grant's Sursaparil!;. and vrrap Root, I a;n ahnost an entire iie.'V person, as I never felt s w li in :n v life; :iml it was tlie cheape-l dnetor'. hill 1 ever hail, as I only took fivu bet ties. I cheerfully recommend it to ail afl'.icted. Youra respectfully, MISS EMMA LVAl, 227 Eleventh street, Portland, Oregon. Dropsy and He:-rt Disease. Grnllemcn: For two yenrp I af flirt-.! with . Dropsy and Heart JlNease, mat my sii'ei ings were terrible. I ooipi H eaced taking Dr Crart's Si r5apjritt: mid 4rape Hoot, and by decrees my paiis . feeei ued to leave to y. After ta!:intr nini Iwt Ilea I was restored fo my lormei health, and now feel as tbonh I never had been ill. Yours Uuiv, JJilN CUIiKIN, ' Spokane, V'a.miagton. , vV''-':;'i'1'l1".'"--x ' v i-'". ':,-s ;.ji?':' r,':;' ' vv fy&MVi- V ;'-", w ' r - Price 61 cpt) t. Six r-ottlea 2.nn. for Sale by Corvallis Druggist?. Blodgelt Items. Win. Ccillyer ami little wife hare left u?. Destination unknown. It has been whiepereil tliat the hay lend ers at W. A. (Jellutly's ar experts. Grain harvest begins in earneet this week in the valley with projects for an abund ant yield. Miss Harrington the pedagogue at Moun tain Tou has been quite sick .fur. the putt few days. If Couover has got the pluekf lljJrt cred ited with he will tliutn;j ii-it Jatiusuu foi bulimy. Llellatiy oiotheis bav bought a new 3'2 5c Advauee threali.-r ami wiil bem threshing next week and potsil.Iy seouer. Jolin Ska'gs and liie Norton v ill st; rt their new Li.eier tlu Iirt of this wt-tk; Julia having f.iuud a plaej f.jr a!i the sur plus wmela and "lixint. ' A Mr. Uentley, from Crvaliia, took sev eral line views wf Will Geilutly's luneh lust weck. He was iiceuinjianie.i by oue uf j1"""1 ",r " " l"e BU'1-""-, Wiiut tioii.-euse to laud Cleveland to the sk.e.-i ;or his action in suppressing the striko and piit'.i.ig the mails to r;;u:dng, eulogizing hi "d.i oug con Vtc.ions"' and eiassii lug t j l in Willi ''Washington, Jucksou and Lin c .hi." He lias done nothing more than any on.; possessed of common hoie sensj wou.il have done. It is to be presumed tlit Ins ,;. ,mr, ,.!,:ir;.ir:-i-. iimKimr -.rineiiKe al.d r o c "sli'4tiig convictions. aided ilim m..i.erialiy in dictating to the United Slates senate ami lmu.-.e of representatives, stopping soidieia' p;-i.sious aim reLuiiiiug rebel lias. "Co.ivic- tioii-j," forsootii. UuM'J. Mountain Top. c:yJe jIoriaail aha ilobert and Davie Geilatly were iiexn of Willie Mintou. Suu day. Mountain Top school will be closed next week oa account of the teachers' exumiua Li'iit. Deiititr ami Miss Delia Gillutty ' sjent iSundiy with Mr. and Mrs. Y. A. ' Gellatly. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Ciessy of Indt pehdeiiC", ' passed through the valley last week on their way t'i Newport. j Mrs. J.is. Savage returned to tier home at the Summit Monday, after a visit to her j sister of King's Valley. I t'jieie were ten persons liaptiz d at Ki'ig's Valley, Sunday. A large crowd Was .t.. ered to witness the cereuioiij . Found near Wren, a sm ill k y on a red and white string. The owner may recover lost property by calling at the Wren store. The ttbove mentioned key is supposed to ' belong to the heart of Homo, ::s he has bteu seriously grieved since election. Ye weeping scribe, let ina advise.. Abate your grief and dr3' your eyes, For what avails a 11 od of tears? Who knows but in a run of y.ais As tdierill of our county s.-e-n, Smith at his p ;st mav staud sevenc. Jo. If. B. Williamson returned yeattrd.iy front Butte. Mont., w here he has been sev eral weeks in quest of employment. He says that OGJ U. S. troops, brought to that city (luring the late strike are still quar tered there and that all kinds of business is unusually uiet and employment scarce. ScVEXTY THHE YEAP.3 CLD. CoL N'ai, Valley, In-.no. Deeinbef I, 1 MX O W. R. Mkg Co., S'to Front street, sor. Clay, Portland, Oregon. Dear Sirs About two months ajro your sal Hiiua. while traveling through lids alley, fourni me, an old man seventy-three years ol age, almost dead with bruises causcu from a fall ; and I feel that I am in duty iiound to testify that the half bottle ol "ILattee's Congo Oil "given to me by your agent and two others that I after words bought, have helped me to sucb an extent that I am almost able to v. id!:, and I must say it is a great remedy. Be ing very thankful for tho relief it hts given me and hoping for your success, I remain yours, KEV. A. MORRISON, Prise 50c. iFllBsr Mils. For Sale by Corvallis Druggists, NEWS AT THE METROPOLIS Doings of the Week as told by the "Gazette's" Special Correspondent. I'or.TLAND, An- 1, 1S91. The election contest has been j,iven its quietus, both as regards he mayor and county olIL-ials. i'iie complaint contained general dleiiations of frail 1, bribery ami leneatiusr, such as anvone could concoct in a lawyer s office. 1 he I not a blind xia.-hiug at the boards defense called for a bill of par-jaml commissions connected with liculars specifying the names oftliein. If deemed desirable let the all the violators of the law and , boards b ; slaughtered, but to not hi eh other particulars as the com fad to replace them vvith needed plainants would have to prove in . legislation for the preservation ol order to win the contest. It is our b uit and fi-h. admitted by the complainants j This is a quiet month for Port that they cannot give the f names .land. The courts haVe adjourned of repeaters nor of bribers nor ofjunlil the first Monday in Sepletn persons bribed. This is equiva- b. r and there has been a general lent to admitting that the allegi jh"g:ra to the coast and mountains, tioiis of the complaint were reck-'Yet Portland is now of such a size lessly made at random, and that'that she can Io several thousand of all the alieged Irauu there is uo 'iri 1 1 : i 3 way without I heir ab-eece proof whatever, save that of inter-; being noted by others than their ence. which might as well be di- j i --articular frie'ids. Not wit h-t in 1 reeled iig.ii list one pari y as anoi her. ' 1 11 g I he absence of so m iny i h.i tr Iml.'ed, the whole argument 01 1 goers Airs. Potter and Kvrle ll.-l fraud has been based upoii the as J lew dr-w go"d houses ar the :l 11 sumplion that theie were morejeptam last- week. This week Oscar votes cast than there should have j Wilde's famous play, "Lady Win been, it being assumed that the idei ir.eie's Pan," will be liie a.Urac population lias decreased during- ti'.n. the hard times, this proves 10 be errone.nis. The school census this year shows an 1 release a u 1 111s is j an infallible indication of growth - in population- The hard times are ireneral all orer the cotintry, and j , 1 Portland and Oregon as a whole have gained more than they have Hist ol persons seeking to better their condition by goinge!sewheiv The complainants have oO days in which to tile a bill of particulars. and as money was subscribed by deluded persons to pay attorneys, it may reasonably be- expected that the lawyers will try to make a showing as long as they can gel a fee, but the whole matter is practically dead Willi the exposure of its holiowness. There is a general sentiment throughout the state hostile to all commissions and beards, and a majority of the legi 1 itnrs elect, including many from Portland, ex pect to vote to abolish them at the coming session. This sweep ing hostility is the swinging back of the penduPm far beyond the center. It is characteristic of our government for the voters o per mit abuses to grow up until 1 hey are unendurable and then to cut tliemdown ruthl ssly with a blind fury that destroys much that is good at the same time. This is the danger now to be feared. .We have interests these commissions and boards were created to pro tect. Some provision must be made to preseve these interests, especially the. salmon and lruii industries. We are (h ieg loo lit lie rat h"r than too much for both ' I" " r" U S t t 1 3? Wonderful Work. Hew Being Created ? - ".'V C":i-V: : VV V j v-i'O. - y , Dear Sirs: If vol .;ouM wee the write i if this letter and note the womterf :1 change that has, been efFecied in hinea' by taking Dr. Grant's Kidney ail iw Cure, yon would certainly te a?ionihe- : 1 v;as a most wretched sufferer fr Uin yours, trying all kinds of medicine :i i. getting no relief. The flow of urine w: very excessive. I was very coii'tiptitct ,nJ aho covered wilh carhuncles, niu felt at war with myself and the world ai 'rge; but, thank? to your won dor A;' nedieine, 1 felt as though I was a new ;eing, arid I consider a wondeifui eu.-e i as heen cfiected in my e;-e. With my best wishes for your further uo-ess, I remain - . our? respectfully, a. Mcdonald, Ashland. Wia. For Sale by Corvallis Druggists these important sources of state in come. The general government cannot be induced to appropriate money for fish hatcheries because we do not ourselve- make a vigor ous ami practical effort to prevent l lie destruction of the salmon. As o Iruit, the sta'e is being overrun wil h pests that threaten destruc tion to an industry which might be made to brimr into the state, more money annually tiian.any ot'ierour people are engaged in. Practical .leirislat on for the b-' 'industries is what is n-'fit of these wanted and There is n little temnest in a teapot in the. poslofiiee 't TT HI. p ive ol I ostai tster 1 .oiz nau s bmidsmen have requested the postal department to ndease them from furl her responsibility for his acts. It is all a result of the hard times and subsequent scramble for qioils. There are a dozen ap!i cants for every position in the gill of the national, stale, county or city government. Some of the bondsmen wanted to dictate the postmaster's upu'ointin"nis and failed. They object to some of his appointees because they hid Iriends of their own for the places. They particularly object to one Epping, a republican, appointed at the request of Senator Mitchell. As Senator Mitchell's influence se cured Protzman's appointment he naturally defers to his widias and will keep Eppdig. lie will have no dilliciilty in securing new bonds men, and I he incident is of inter est chiefiv to illustrate the hard ness of the times and ti.e beauties of the spoils pvstem of polities. Wholesale' business in Portland is better than it has been for a year past. I low much of this is due to the interruption of business the past two months by the Hood and the railroad si l ike and how much is a general revival of busi ness cannot be told until lime has been given to see how long it con tinues. Certainly everybody hopes it is the beginning of n return of good times.' P. P. U. A man! A man! My kingdom for a mar! is said to be a common expression among lady visitors to the coast. Ibis summer. On ac count of tin; unusual scarcity of maie visitors the resor s are less popular with the fair sex this sea son than ever before. Each incom ing train is met by a host of young ladies bent on capturing a beau should one happily make his exit 1 1 oil) lue car. iiiach is oDservea to vie vvith I he others in an attempt to monopolize the young man's society, and when one of their number has once succeeded in capturing him, her unfortunate companions all turn g.eetj with envy, but these daily disappoint ments do not. deter them from anxiously awaiting the arrival of the next invoice, when the uisip poinfed ones are again on hand with smiles and winning ways lo capture the unsuspecting male. If Charley Clark . would import a hundred good-looking young fel lows and pay their, expenses dar ing the summer, he 'would incur the everlasting favor of the fair ones, and at the same time cause Yaquina to spring into prominence as the most popular summer resort cn the coast. A Cood Thing to Keep at Hand. From trie Troy (Kansas) Chief. Some years ago we were very much sub ject to severe spells of cholera morbus, and novr when we feel any of the symptoms that usually pi ecede that ailment, such as sickness at the stomach, diarrhoea, etc.,- we become Fcary. We have found Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy the very thing to straighten one out in such cases, and always keep it about. AVe are not writing this for a pay testimonial, but to let our readers know what is a good thing to keep handy in the house. For sale by Graham & "Wells. . - A choice iot io Job's addition foi sale cheap. Enquire at this office for terms. THE SEWS BY TELEGRAPH. War Declared Death and De struction on Land and Sea. TROOPSHIP KOW SilUSG SUNK. Shanghai, July 30. 'The follow ing is the lat st version of the sinkinic of the troopship ivow Shting: The Japanese cru ser sent a boat alo'iig-ide the transport with a v:.'Ak crew to convey her to .Japan. Captain Ci tlswortiiv. an .ign,iiman, re. u sea to ooey or- 1. 11T -.111 ciers, an. i me .Japanese wnnurew. The cruiser then opened lire, using machine gnus mounted in the tops of the Japanese' ship, this lira oon cleared the K w S'liing's de:dis. The cruiser then discharged two torpedoes at the transport, sinking her and dr.jwu ing nearly all of Ihe 200 souls on board. Colonel Von Ilonnekeu, a German, formerly Ihe viceroy's aide-de cam;), and other foreign officers were among those killed by the fire from the torpedoes dis charged. According to reports received here, two German pas sengers, on the way to settle up tln-dr business affairs in Corea be fore t he war begun, succeeded in swimming to the Japanese cruiser, bat in - pi I e of their appeals were shot. The Chinese who swam to the cruiser shared a like fate. The French warship Lion rescued some uni'ori unu.te Chinese soldiers, but all foreigners are repotted killed. The Japanese are said to have be haved with utter disregard of the laws of civilized warfare. THREE CHIXKSK VESSELS SUSK. Shaiurhab July 31. News has just reached here of a desperate batlle between tiie fleets of China and Japan, in which the Chinese-. were deleated and the Chen Yuen, the largest battleship but one m i t it. . : i i i u.e mnese service, w a, sun, v auoj(Je(1,ul them They agree that ; wo orner large vjiiinese vessels, said to be first-class cruisers, cap tured or destroyed. The battle was hotly contested, but the Japan ese appeared to have handled their irtlnu 1 k t - . r i i w 1 f rtiifui1ntj -.'It-ii ,llil-? 1MI ; F.I 11 tH LM J' -iWC3 I more skill I ban the Chinese. Hie Chinese fleet engaged nearly 1000 men and a large number are re ported killed or drowned. Later di-matches say that few if any of the Chinese engaged in the batlle escaped. Two German officers in command of the Chen Yuen are reported io nave met ueain vviin the crew. The news of the battle was re ceived here by private telegram from Tien Tsin. If the report is true, of which (here is little doubt, it means an end has been put to China's fighting upon the eas. The Chen Yuen must have started I from Taku after leaving thu Chi nese transports there. I The t wo Chinese cruisers sup-j posedto have been captured or de i stroved during the engagement which ended so latallv for ihe Chenl wnicn enaea so laiaii v ioi i ne v iien ! ..v....3v..-. .. .v.... Yuen are supposed to be the Ohenjh'W. Complaint will probably Yuen and the Foo Ching. The j lodged before United States co Chen Yuen was a protected cruiser,! built at E-nswick. Enirland. She! Chen Yuen was a protected cruiser, built at Emswick, England. She had a displacement of 2300 tons, j Her armament consisted of three j Sl-inch Krupp and two 0 inch, had a displacement of 2300 tons, Armstrongs, protected by splinter- proof shields, several 8-pounder rapid-firing Hotchkiss ' guns, six galling and four torpedo lubes. The Foo Ching was also an En glish built protected cruiser, very much similar to the Chen Yuen. She had a disp'acement of 2500 Ions, was built of steel in 1SS0, and carried 10 guns ot about the same caliber as those carri d by the Chen Yuen. TUE PECh RATION" PRECIFITATEI. Washington, Aug. 1. A cable gram announcing the arrival ol the United States steamer Mono- cacy at Nagasaki, Japan, received by Secretary Uerbet t today, is the only official news that has come to the government from the represen tatives of China and Japan, and the surmise of official dispatches being obstructed purposely now amounts to a conviction. The Monocacy was at Chemulpo, Corea, wilh the Baltimore, and it is sup pesed she ran over to Nagasaki for coal and supplies. It is thought here the action ot Japan officially notifying the British government ol the existence of a state of war between Japan and China was pre cipitated by the Kow Shung inci dent. Had such notice, preceded the sinking ot the ship Japan woula not have incurred liability to Great Britain and been obliged to apologize. In efTect that notice is equivalent; to a declaration of war, or at least it imposes the same obligations upon neutral nations By Ibis stroke Japan doubtless has seriously embarrassed China in her efforts to supply herselt with warlike equipment in other coun tries. Just what, the efTect will be on Chinese treaty ports canrot be foretold now. Japan has taken the ground they practically foreign settlements, and therefore has dis claimed any intention to interfere wilh them, regarding them as out side t lie scene of hostile opera lions. It is believed, however. China will now proceed to close uie more important treaty 1 ports. beginning with Shanghai, perhaps by obstructing I lie entrances. WAIl DECT.AIIKD ON" CIIIXA. London. Amr. 1 A dispatch just received says Japan made a formal declaration ol war upon China today. Lord Kimberly, upon receipt of notice from the Japanese minister that war hail been declared, wired all the Brit ish representatives abroad to warn the captains of merchant vessels of the fact in rider that they might form their cargoes accordingly. Any contraband ware comprised in the cargoes will be. handled at the risk ol the owners erf the ves sels. tin-: position of r.fssiA. St. Petersburg, Aug. vl Prus sian newspapers are unanimous in saying that whatever h the result ol the war between China and Japan, Russia will n d tolerate any diminishment of Corean territory or alienation of Corean indepen dence upon the part of Great Britain or any power, if such in terference endangers the interests ol liussia. These newspapers ure that military and naval measures be adopted in the Pacific and up()n (m3 froiltier ,vbi'h will taj ,he interests of RiIssi:l main- event of her being called upon to i the European powers are inclined to be too active in attempting to settle the conflict between China and Japan. If a Rus-ian peace maker be needed, they say Russia's i C 1 " 1 1 111 must bo paramount. 1 he Nova Vremya says: ''The first duly of the powers is to endeavor to localize the war -n Corea." The editor.? wilh few exceptions, urge Russia to support China's suzerain! v. lull. Ii.irdlv ermeeal i,eir opinion that Russia will bene lit !roin S!K;1 a course, Shanghai, Aug. LNoon. It is rumored here that eight Russian warships with troops aboard have left Vladivostock, under sailing orders. . COMPLAINT AGAINST STRIKERS. San Fraxcisg'o, July 30. The United States district attorney is preparing an omnibus complaint against all union men who are in jail i Northern California charged - w - ii'i olienses against the letleral be com- missioner Peacock as committing magistiale tomorrow. This con- mission magisti plaint ' tli plaints j plaint is to take the place ine muiiipucuy oi coin- now on file against the railroad strikers. 1 lie charge will allege mterierence with interstate commerce and trade, and a con spiracy to retard the progress of I lie. United States mails. The de sire is to simplify the many charges against the striker's of overt acts occurring at different times and places. Assistant District At torney Knight said: 'We do not vvant. these men to feel fhat we are piling up charges against Ihein. There is a desire to treat the strikeis in a spirit of fairness and not lo peisecute them, but lo punish them for their crimi nal acts." The defendants will include be- twi,en 30 and 40 strikers from Sac ramento and Red Bluffs, several of whom are now incarcerated in San F rancisc j. TIIE OFFICIAL REPORT. Washington, July 31.-j-The re port of the trial board of there cent trial trip of thecruis ;r Minne apolis was conpleted an 1 submit ted today to Secretary Herbert and Commodore Belknap. Ac cording to the report, the prelimi nary run from Philadelphia to Bos't n was made by the Minne apolis in 17 hours. In starting on her trial trip the vessel's displace ment -was 7475 tons. The speed attained, after making tidal cor rections, was 23.073 knots per hour. The performance of the ma chinery was. highly satisfactory. The boilers performed well u-ndei? forced draught, and showed no evidence of priming; The collec- live indicated horse power of the main engines during the trial run was 20.sir:C; that of all the fna- chinery m use was 20,812. Thef ship is believed lo be staunch,- sea worlhy and handy in an eminent degree, am the great speed at tained, with the fact that, the tre mendous strain resulted in no breakage or mishap, the reportt says, reflects the highest Credit oii. the designers and builders. FORTY LIVES LOST BY FIRE. .'' West Superior. Wis., July 30. ' The Rev. J. II. Nason, who went to Phillips in charge of the supply train sent horn here, returned to- dav. He said that the reports of 20 lives being lost, was far short of the truth, for the total loss of. life will be at least 40. Eleven bodies had been recovered up to noon to lav. Some ot the bodies were chai red beyond recognition, but those recovered from the lake were easily identified. Those who escaped have only the clothing on their backs. The hair was sifige'di and laces scorched of many ftigf tives. The wonder is that so many f scaped, said Nason. Most of those dead are of the lower classes. It will be impossible!, ever to know accurately the loss of life, for the bodies of some who wvre Suffocated in the lumber yards were entirely consumed. Eight cars of supplies and $S75', contributed by surrounding cities, but great quantities of food, bed ding and lumber are still needed. Another call lor help has been issued. Governor Peck, ex-Governor Fitiel l, of Ashland, ftnd MftJ. W. II. Upham, Ihe republican can didate for governor, were among Ihe citizens in charge of reliet I rains. DISASTROUS Fife IS MINNEAPOLIS. Minn apo'is, July 30.- The tiikA disastrous fire in Ihe history of Minneapolis broke out about 3:30 this afternoon in the lumber yard of the Shevlin CaipHJte? company, on the bank of the Mis sissippi river at the foot of Eighth avenue north. It spread wilh re in nkable rapidity and before" ifo was coin rolled desl roved property'' valued at nearly $500,000 Be sides 20.000.000" feet of him&elV the gas manufacturing plant of the O.naha railroad company, the roundhouse, tool house and sand house, and also the turntables of thai road, nearly forty freight cars,. , sonie loaded wilh merchandise and Ihe office building of the Shev ' lin Carpenter company were de st roved. fnSASTROt'S FIRE IN CIIICAW. Chicago, Aug. 1. The lumber district, of Chicago was tonight vis ited by one o' the most disastrous fires in its history, and the loss will probably foot up $1,500,000. The burned district is about six blocks5 from east to west and three from. north to south. Two persons were killed and a la'ge number injured in various wavs. Cause of Bryan's Defeat. Mr. Editor: It seems f fr.1 1 fhe democrats have not yet recovered from the searing effects of the de feat of E. L. Bryan. The Times o last week contains a spicy piec3 and letter concerning Ihe exami- nation papers of Miss M;na Har rington and Mrs. Ilattie Williams. The said piece says that it was brought against Mr. Bryan in every precinct in the county, that he,hac7 been partial in the teachers' ex aminations. Inis Ia2t, take note was brought up on the platform. at Blodgelt and by Mr. Bryan him self, lie might have saved him self "all those votes.". "A guilty! conscience needs no accuser." f Hel also, anxiously, brought up the! same subject in company with the! one about fast horses, in severall other precincts,- either because hel hoped to excite sympathy, or be cause he rested so implicitly u the power of his silvery tongue that he thought defeat was impost sibfe. (With God all things ard possible.) He also willingly acl knowledged that mere are twl schools in the county which hi never had visited; one? ot thefi was then enjoying its first fceri and the other us second year school. lie made solemn promid to visit both these schools befo his term should expire. We al informed that he visited nsithi one. His own conduct and. ih lect of duty defeated him. . Sinl he has burned his own paws, nc is no time to whine . '