VOL. XXXIV. ' CO It VAIiLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON; "FRIDAY,- JULY 2, 1897. I! ! tpitorne of the Telegraphic News of the World. ERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES Vn Interesting Collection of Items From the New and the Old World In a . Condensed and Comprehensive Form Nine children have been killed anil lany others injured by the collapse of church wall at Sotino, in the province If Cui.lo lteal." Gerge D. Ladd, an attorney, and liie ot;:tlie moat prominent weaitny liisiness men of Pern, 111., committed filicide by shooting. Tlie estimate of Chicago's population ly the publishers of the directory just Irinted is 1,828,000, an increase of 76,- 100 over last year. Minnie Robo,' aged 20, whose mind L-as unbalanced . by the great tornado If last year, committeed suicide at St. Louis by taking a dose of Paris green. Siimor Valtganero, cashier of the San toovanni mine at Iglesias, Sardinia, fchilev-on his way from the mine with large sum, was robbed and murdered. A fresh attempt on -the part of the Iultan to secure Germany's eupport for he retention of Thessaly was met with ef usal and' advice to conform to Eu- lope s wishes. One of the most sensational tragedies iver enacted in North Texas took place Fi the Methecust cnurcn in neasam alley, Dallas county, in the course of the services. As a result Augustus Harrison and Frank Jones are dead and Dhomas Jones fatally wounded. The- volcano Mayn has been in a State of violent eruption, and the flow J If lava has done great damage in tne brovince of Alhay, particularly to the f village of Libon, -where the tobacco 5xrop has been -completely destroyed. There has been considerable loss of life. During. -a 'thunder storm, lightning truck a'coiivicV -camp near; Dakota, ia. , and as a res uft four convicts are lead, 10 are djan'garid 20 escaped dur ng the-panicfwhieh-ensued. The camp s at the lumber-miils of Grees Bros., ?nd about 150 prisoners from the state penitentiary were'.K9''there. On TuneJ4... men. from the United States cruisers Marion and Philadel phia wRrpr'lrtmiT"Ht Tonoluln. While n march to the drill grounds an order- Sy brought an "orderpajfhi the battalion reiurnea onjaoaro-.-.-iiiis . aatign was taken, it is understood, on account of k rumor to the -effect- that the Japanese bruiser Naniwa " would .land a foriie of nen to takeuhargVoftne-'Hawaiian bustom-house'-'Thauapanese failed to bet, and if. is-believed'.:tb.at. Admiral ; Beardslee's prprb"j)k" action caused the apiata -ex lire iaii,iwi:(,u,.vijaugB iiio A i jLiouisy iija Nashville express' rain was' held up by a lone - robberr who Becured about $4,000. ' Mrs. Henry Scott, if Chicago, and Blrg. Maria Ifay, -formerly f .Ch'cago, were' killed i"J.by, a runaways at" tou- budue, la; -.-.-.A .? Jbhn"H. Moss and Levan Berg 'have keen arrested in. Seattle,; charged with he murder of Michael J. Lyons, the Port Blakely -salc5akeerr,. "Jiv-v Charles Peterson, a Swedish iatwRl about 25 years oIlr committed suicide bn a farm near EllfcnSburg, by cutting his throat with s pocket .knife. ;,. . President -W. H. tiromWfen,. of the Blackburn .univeritynd instructor in, Latin, has resigned; "to take the Latin, chair in Puget rtound raniversity, Taco' paa.. ...y' A terrible explqsOn bf a torpedo on the Mexican , . International, near Eagle Pass, Tex., completely wrecked a locov l" i , mi i ii- i , - V 1 - 7 motive anu Kineti uie engineer anu ute- knan...i. ; ., --..;.- John Quincv-AdamsJ a Northern Pa cific switcfimah, iwhiltji Running, over the top? of cava at Missoula, Mont., slid mkK fell ' between the cars, arid was "killed. -"?'.-. - Louis Sickmilter was-Instantly killed tnd Albert gick'miller,: Charles Faille nd George Steinhelder fatally injured by the Erie fast express near Mans Jfield, O. ..... . ,, .,'., .. . The Biver -Eur has " overflowed its (banks near the railroad depot of Naw- fchig, Russia. Nineteen men belong- ling to the Nijni .Novgorod dragoons Iwere drowned. ,, . Every boat brings to Port Townsend froen to look over the proposed fotifica- Itions sites with a view-to bid for the contracts for construction. All the Western, as well as several Eastern and Southern states are represented. A meeting of representatives of Q. A. K., Loyal Legion and Woman's Be lief Corps, has been held at Jndianap- oia, Ind., to perfect plans for the erec tion of a monument and care of the grave of Nancy Hanks Lincoln, mother of Abraham Lincoln, in Spencer coun ty, this state. Christian Boss died of heart disease, at bis home in Philadelphia. He. was the - father of Charley -Boss, and up to his last illness Mr. Ross never gave up the search for bis missing boy, whose abduction startled Philadelphia on July 1,1874, and-became an unsolved mys tery the world over. A dispatch from Berne says the fed eral council has refused to ratify the commercial treaty with Japan, owing to the prohibitive duty placed by Japan upon clocks and matches. Senor Canovas del Castillo says that in ease Spanish ; forces in Cuba should suffer severely from sickness during the rainy season the government will send 20,000 additional troops to the island in October, in order to maintain the army at its full strength and to inflict a final blow upon the insurgents. The Spanish government has signed a contract for a six per cent loan of 3,- 000,000 to meet the expenses of the Philippine war. It will be guaranteed by the Philippine customs. Several mysterious roDDeries nave oc curred on steamers touching at Hong Kong. The steamer Tayuan on arriv ing there recently from Australia, re ported that boxes-containing $25,000 in gold sovereigns had been stolen from her treasure room. , A lew days later $5,000 in gold leaf was stolen from the treasure chest oi the steamer ijoobook while she was loading at Hong Song or Bangkok. , MADE GOOD PROGRESS. The Much-Discussed Hide Paragraph Disposed of. Washington, June 30. The- senate made good, progress on the tariff bilt tday, disposing of the paragraphs relat ing to. hides, which ; have been the source of much controversy. As final ly agreed on, the duty on hides is placed at 20 per cent ad valorem in place of cents per pound, as origin ally reported by' the finance committee. The discussion was protracted into a gold debate on trusts and from that back to the sugar tmst. Among other paargrapha disposed of during the day were all those relating to gloves, a substitute for the paragraph on live animals,' iron ore and stained glass windows. The paragraph relating to stained or painted glass windows was changed slightly in phraseology, and the duties agreed to as reported. In the iron ore paragraph the pend ing proivsion gave a duty of 40 cents per ton on iron ore, including mangan iferous iron ore and the dross or resid uum from burnt pyrites, with a proviso relating to the aoconnt to be taken of moisture in weighing the ore. Allison offered new amendments, which were agreed to, adding to the first clause of the paragraph as reported "manganese ore, $1 per ton," also at the end of the proviso, "basic slag, ground or unground, $1 per ton." Paragraph 142, card clothing, was agreed to as in the house bill. In the paragraph on crosscut saws the committee made a change, insert ing steel- handsaws, finished or unfin ished, 10 cents per pound, and 20 per cent ad valorem. In paragraph 137, iron and steel bars, cold drawn, etc., change was made from 1 cent to of a cent per pound, in addition to the rates upon plates, etc., and on steel circular saw plates from to of a cent iu addi tion to the rate for steel saw plates.". Aluminum was changed, making the rate, crude, 7 cents; in plates, etc., 12 cents. On bronze powder, the duty on bronze metal in leaf was increased from 5 to 8 cents per package. A new paragraph was agreed to viz: Hooks and eyes, 5 cents per pound and 15"per cent ad valorem. At Quay's request, ' the change in paragraph 137 "was reconsidered, and 1 cent restored as the duty on - iron bars, etc., in addition to. the rates on plates, etc. ' Allison proposed a change in para graph 426 J, relating to hides, making the rate 20 per cent ad valorem instead of 1)4 cents, and also striking out the proviso relating to drawbacks. The paragraph as amended reads: "Hides of cattle, raWy or uncured, whether dry, salted or pickled-, 20 per cent ad valor em." ' - c S.Taith stated in response to question that the proposed 20 per cent ad valorem- was much greater than. the cents specific duty, being about 4 cents per pound by the ad valorem rate- - -f..J3at f Conrtwuttrpduced; sthi suggestion that he had Jelegraghied t0' thelNew York custom fiouse in refer ence' to the importation . of hides, and had received -an answer stating that the importation in the last 11 months was 70,000,Q00 pounds, valued at $7,000, 000, and that the price of French green hides averaged about 10 cents a p6und,.and '".Sapth American hides about 5' cents..'1 . Allen said that, while not an advo cate of a general- protective system, yet heVconcurredfc' With ' the view that if there was ta bi such bill, every sec tion, .should Share in.; the benefits it gave. 'He spoke of the benefits of a hide dut$r to tlyf arm-era. . .The-discussion .' branched off to the prosecution of trusts, Allen and Hoar discussing "the law.- 'Hoar said that while the question of trusts could be dealt, .wipk-tome'extent. by striking at their imports, as in'the'lawof 1894, yet he pared the most -serious phases of the evil- Hauilbe deH itS-Tayvthe states. The vote was then taken on the hide paogrph aa-atnended. by, thfi.eommit-. tee',- ai$ it was" agreed'-to 3$ .to 20. . Ooe Democrat, Rawlins, and. Allen, Butler,.4Heit"feld, : Jon.es of Nevada, Stewart, Mantle and Teller Vbied with the ' Republi'CiinS in the affirmative. The balance'oF'the vote was on party, lines The committee presented a sub stitute for paragraph. 425, band or belt ing leather, etc. .. It wtts agreed to 30 to 19. . : ' ' " h The bill was laid aside at 5 o'clock and after an executive session, the sen ate adjourned.--: - ; Shot by a Burglar. . St. Louis, June 30. A special to the Post-Dispatch from Red bud, 111., says: Miss Lilian- Blais, aged 21, a highly respected young lady of this city, had a terrible experience "last night with a burglar. She was awakened by a man with a beard or mask who was search ing her father's clothesJ :MIss Blais screamed, and the robber thurst a pistol to her breast and fired, the ball taking effect just above the heart. Miss Blais is not expected to recover. Blood hounds were put on the trail of the burglar. ' " An Attempt That Failed. . .- Omaha, Neb., June 80. A special to the Bee from Deadwood says au at tempt was made to hold up the Butte County bank at Bellefourche at noon. The 'robbers were driven off after a fight. The Boat-Kocker Was Aboard. - . -Rochester, N. Y.,;June 29. Harry W. Clancy, a- newspaper reporter,, was drowned in Iron Dequert bay today. Clancy and three companions were row ing in the bay, when one of the party rocked the boat, which capsized. The entire party was thrown into the bay, but three of them were rescued by per sona from the -shore. It is calculated that by the end of the year 2000 there will be 1,700,000 English-speaking persons on the globe. Steamer Kisbit Sunk. -Huntington, W. Va., June 29. The steamer W. F. Nisbit, owned by the Cincinnati & Pomeroy Company, bound for Pomeroy, sank a mile below Central City this' afternoon. Th boat is on the bar in five feet of water. ' None of her cargo ie damaged. ' The passengers are all safe. A Massacre In New Guinea. Brisbane, Queensland, JtinejJO. An other. European company. -has been maSHaored in New Guinea. . No details bare been received. - Particulars of the Accident . ' Near ;Kansas City. r SWOOLEN CREEK THE CAUSE The Conductor Is Still Alive Those Who Were Injured Will Recover ' All the Mail Was Iogt. Kansas City, June 29. Seven coffins were forwarded to St.. Louis today from Missouri City. They contained the re mains of the victims of last night's wreck on the Wabash road. ' A correct ed list of the dead is as-follows: - W. S. Mills, postal clerk, St. Louis; O. M. Simth,' postal clerk, St. Louis; Gnstave A. Smithy, postal clerk, St. Louis; F. W. Brink, postal clerk, St. Louis; Charles Winters, postal clerk, St. Louis; Edward Grindrode, baggage man, St. Louis; Charles P. Greasley, brakeman, St. Louis. The conductor of the train, C. C. Copeland, of St. Louis, who was re ported last night among the dead, is still alive. He was removed this morn ing to the hospital at Moberly with a' faractured skull and several ribs brok en. He lingers between life and death, but the surgeons express a hope that he will recover. Conductor Copeland was suppqsed to be dead when taken from the wreck, and his body, with a hand kerchief drawn over the face, was ranged in a row with the seven dead corpses. A" few minutes later some one observed a sign of life, and he was quickly transferred to a stretcher and given every possible attention. - Of the 19 others injured, not one is in a critical condition. Among them all there is not one broken limb, though many of them were thrown three-quarters of the length of the coaches in which they were riding. Mrs. Wilkins, of Kansas'City, is the most seriously hurt. Two small bones of her left hand are broken, and she suffered a se vere laceration of the thigh, as well as bruises about the face and neck. The wounds of most of the others are triv ial. All indications are that death came to at least four of the five unfortunate mail clerks almost instantly. ; Their car pitched end first through the tres tle, and they must have been drowned in the raging stream -while in an un conscious condition. The remains of the four were carried from the wreck, and were recovered some distance down the stream. There were signs of life in the body of the fifth mail clerk when the rescuers dragged him from the wreck, but he died a few minutes later on the bank of the creek." ' :';"K ' Last night it was feared there were more bodies iu the stream, but a care ful search .-.todaj proved;: that the fatal ities 'were limited to those already lug beneath the tresftwhere. the wreck occurred. . In ordinary weather it is a dry creek bed. The storm of last night, which was almost a cloUdburst.- had swollen the - little stream to torrential proportions. The flood carried away a jfragon bridge a short distance above the Wabash' trestle. The wreck of this bridge was hurled down upon the rail road trestle and carried away a row of wooden supports in the center. The scene of . the wreck, which is pnly 20 miles northeast ot Kansas City, near Missouri City,twas visited todays by many persons. A wrecking train- worked here all day, repairing .the trestle and raising - the shattered coaches, and tonight trains are moving pyer the road as usual-- . , " The postal authorities report that Xyobably nearly all of the mail carried On' the train, was- lost or destroyed: When the wreck occurrredthe five" pos tal clerks 'are supposed to "have all ol their pouches open, and to have been at work ditsjbuting the mail. The cai was so broken and splintered that most of the mail floated off. -The Wabash train each evening carries, all of Kan ,sas Cityp inail for. the East, and it is always heavy and valuable. ' : Insurgents Tun Highwaymen. Havana, June" 29. A stage coach bound from Havana for San Jose de las Lajasr a nearby settlement, was stopped on the road bya large band of insur gents, who killed with their machetes tne 18 scouts who were escorting the coach; six guerillas, one Spanish officer, a doctor, a carpenter, and three other passengers, who attempted to save their 'lives by flight. The only occupants of the-coach" who were "not killed by the insurgents were a woman and a child, -The insurgents' captured a considerable amount of private booty, $17,000 worth of medicine, and $3,000 in carii. They also secured a convey consisting of two j'carts laden with provisions , and sup plies. General Weyler has liberated 14 woinen and 15 children who were taken prisoners $n-an iunsrgent camp. La Lucha has a dispatch from Tunas stating that in the last engagement be tween the Spanish forces and the insur gents under General Gomez, the horse ridden by Gomez was shot under him. Only a pound of maple sugar to a tree was the report of the manufac turers in "the Cambridge district of 'Ver mont this year." ' . - Heat Record In Georgia Broken. Atlanta, Ga., June 29. All heat rec ords in Georgia liave been broken to day and a number of fatalities through out the state have resutled from the hundreds of prostrations reported. Two deaths have occurred in . this city, and more are expected. The thermometer registered 104 this afternoon, and peo ple were compelled to stay indoors'. ' Laplariders''are the shortest people in- Europe, their average height being: Males, 59 inches; females, 57. A Mine Superintendent's Suicide. .-- '" Jamestown, " Cal.1; June 29. H. W. Coffin, superintendent of the Juniper mine,, and formerly a successful mine manager in Nevada, shot himself early this morning while in" the Juniper office and '.died -in a few minutes. He was believed fo-i haveTseeri temporarily insane, having sustained severe injuries on his Bead during a recent accident in the mine. -"" "' " " "" ' ' - ,-. .It ia said that the Japanes are invad ing the Indian market with manufac tured articlas fraudulently labelled "U. & A." AMERICANS -TO tJE TRIED The Famous -Competitor Case Comes Up at Havana July 1. "' New York, June 30. A Journal dis patch from Havana says: Consul Gen eral Lee has finally been notified that On a Melton, the American .newspaper correspondent. Captain. LaBored and others belonging ' to " the captured schooner Competitor, and one or two Americans incarceratedwith them in Cabanas fortress, will be called for trial July 1; The hearing will be before civil judges, and judgment, will be based on the declarations previously made within the walls of the prisons on evidence . taken by a government official or crown prosecutor,' acting on behalf of the Spanish admiralty and war department. - The court will listen to no new testimony, save in support of the written ' declarations already filed. ' ' : ' - ' . - " jSeorge Ferran, the ..only witness the Competitor men were' permitted to call on their behalf, was arrested immedi ately after his examination, and is still in prison. His sworn statement was that the vessel was beyond the three mile limit, and had the American flag at her masthead wheu seized. This statement displeased the Spaniards, and Ferran was therefore detained here and charged with perjury. Consul-General Lee has as yet re ceived no instructions to employ coun sel to defend the prisoners." .: ' A Spanish magistrate said the men would undoubtedly be found guilty again and sentenced to death or long terms of imprisonment, but added: "Their friends should not fear their being executed or- deported. Our peo ple are too diplomatic to force Ameri ca's hand." The rebel generals. Rivera and Bal lacoa will not be shot. General Wey ler has received a cable from Minister of War Ascarraga to . indefinitely sus pend the court-martial sentence of death, pending the close of hostilities, when their pardon may.be expected. General Weyler himself has taken no steps to stop the court-martial and shooting of other and less important prisoners of the war. ; . -' " - . During the last three days at Ma tanzas, at Sagua, Santa Clara, Sancti" Spiritus, Cienfuegos, and Pinar del Rio, dozens of executions occurred. -. At Sagua two Cuban girls accused of sending out clothes to their brothers fighting , under the insurgent chief, Roban, were convicted of aiding the re bellion and sentencedby a military court to respectively 12 years arid six months' imprisonment in the African penal colony. . , ; . . Operations by the Cubans. New York, June 30. tA "Herald dis patch from Key West says: Private advices just received from Santiago province give further details of the fighting during last week around Gibara and Banes, between insurgents and Spanish forces. The advices say the insurgents under General Calixto Garcia and Colonel Torres, numbering nd-quippecl menyattacked rxmrof the seaports simultaneously, but met with a stubborn resistance from the Span iards who had been ; advUed of their coming and were prepared. - The demonstrations against Banes, which is less than 10 leagues distant from Gibara, was merely a feint by the rebels to divert attention and draw the Spanish forces from Gibara, which was the only point really to be attacked and which they knew had been strongly fortified and garrisoned. " The ruse was partially successful, snd Garcia, with his forces, entered Gibara. v His success, however, was only of short duration, as be was subse quently driven out, after a hot fight, during which many .were killed and wounded on both sides . . - Colonel Machado, a veteran ' of the 10-years"-waf, antl'm;ho is actively en gaged in promoting the present strug gle,' says: - - - My advices from Cuba are that Gomez has-planned his summer campaign and put his plans in operation. Already columns of thousands of .well-armed men,- under efficient leaders have been distributed " thr'oughotit' ihe' different provinces. General Garcia's attack on Gibara and other important operations by our forces will - be directed by General Gomez from Santa Clara, where he will pitch his headquarters. A Successor to l)e lome. Havana, June 80. Senor Santos Guz man, the leader of the uncompromising Spanish party in Havana, is reporetd to have .informed his adherents that Senor Castelar is about to be appointed Spanish minister to Washington, the oosition now held by De Lome. A Strike at Milwaukee. ' Milwaukee, June 29. At a meeting today of the Amalagmated Association, employes of the Illinois Steel Company, a strike was ordered to begin Thursday. The company submitted a scale pro viding for a decrease in pay, which the employes refused. The strikers-will number 500 men and 400 others' will be thrown out of work by the closing of the plant. . ' A Rebuff for the Sultan. Constantinople, June 30. A fresh attempt on the part of the sultan to se cure Germany's support for retention of Thessaly was met with refusal and advice to conform to Europe's wishes. Drowned Under a Coal Barge. Cincinnati, June 29. This evening George Lowenstein, Robert Keith and Edward King rowed a skiff from Cin cinnati to Newport, Ky., and struck the up-stream end pf a eoal barge in landing. The skiff was swamped and Lowenstiri and Keith were drawn un der the. barge and drowned. ; ; Of the $81,000,000 appropriated by the Chilian budget,-no less than $39, 000,000 are for army and navy expen' 'tures. " To Raise Coffee In Mexico. . Guadalajara, Mexico, June 80. Sev eral months ago, Benuit, representing a wealthy . French syndicate, arrived to investigate the opportunities for colon izing rich coffee land on the Pacific slope of the state of Jalisco. He made a report. A deal has just been closed for the purchase of 2,000,000 acres, and steps have- been - taken to locate thereon 20,000 French .colonists. - The land lies on the western slope of the. Sierra Madre, The colonists will come from Southern r.T,ranoe" and pay j nominal price for the land. TOPEKfl RIDDLED WITH HI1IL Chunks of Ice as Large Fell. as Ostrich Eggs MANY WERE SERIOUSLY HURT Roofs Were Pierced and Dogs and Birds Killed Runaways Occurred in Al) Farts of the City. Topeka, Kan., June": 28. The worst hail storm known In this .section ol Kansas struck this -. city shortly after fl o'clock .tonight-;: The shower of hail was terrific ' Hailstones, weighing 12 tc 16 ounces stripped the trees of their fo liage, smashed windows on every hand, including Jhe finest i-plate-glass store fronts;; cui' "dowfltelegraph .and tele phonejjy ire, ridd!t . -awningsin j ured nrany""persons-aid ; inflicted unprece dented damage throughout the city. So great was the weightof the falling hail that when it struck the asphalt pave ment many of the hailstones rebounded to the height of 20 and 30 feet. Dogs were struck in the streets and instantly killed. . Horses . were : knocked to theii knees, to rise again, and dash away iu mad fright. Many runaways occurred throughout the city. - When the fury of the storm - passed, those who ven tured out found dead birds everywhere, and on every hand was the scene of the wreckage of the storm. The storm came from the southwest. Dense, greenish clouds gave warning of disaster, and as the day bad been extremely hot and close, many foresaw a cyclone and - sought shelter in theii cellars. The storm came on -with a heavy wind and terrific lightning, and then came rain, together a with a deaf ening crash of hail that was paralyzing to the senses," " So great was the dam age to telegraph wires that the city was cut off from the outside world for sev eral hours. Topeka tonight looks like a city that has withstood a siege of wai guns. There are not a dozen buildings in town that are not almost window less, and : many roof s were caved in. The roofs : of ?. many ; structures, also, were pierced. "i The damage can be im agined when it is known that the hail stones ranged in - size from that of a hen's egg to that of an ostrich egg, and that, 80 minutes after the storm one hailstone was picked ,ap which ' meas ured 14 inches in circumference. Surgeons are busy dressing the wounds of persons injured in the storm, and reports of 7 injuries continue to be received. Many were hurt in the run aways on the streets. - -. - The damage cannot be estimated, bul will , amount to thousands of dollarr. Window glass is already at a premium here, and tonight three carloads Were ordered from Kansas City.. Street-cai traffic is stopped, and eletr-ic lights are out,, owing .to .demoralization of thf electric light-systems. -. . eyo5 atih ffsWs44l&ttfc on,'gj!kbricWiTSenator- JSansaa City, June 28."A special tc the Star from Salina, Kan., says: A terrible cyclone passed 15 miles north of this city last nigh J. So far as heard three are dead and a number danger ously injured. The dead are: ' Mrs. Anna Geesey, aged 84; Nola Geesey, 13; Ida Geesey, 9. Four members of this family were also badly hurt. . Mr. Geesey was away from home. The remainder of the family had retired, and when the storm struck they made for their cave. Be fore they had gotten out of the house the tornado had destroyed it. The work of destruction was not known till this morning, when neigh bors found the dead and injured mem bers of the family lying about in the debris. The three dead were found 50 feet away, east of the house, and neai them the body. of a girl, alive, but buried to her waist in dirt. There are rumors of other casualties,, but particulars are meager. Intense heat prevails in Central Kan sas. At some points farmers are com pelled to abandon their harvest work - - -BOHANNON BOYS CAUGHT Leadvllle Crowd Wanted to Hang Them, but Were Driven Back. Leadville, Colo., June 24. Leo ' ami Frank Bohannon, who escaped from the cuetody of the officers and shot and mortally wounded Deputy Fahey, were captured this afternoon, two miles be low Granite by Deputy Sheriff McDon nell. The officer took the trail this morning and about two "miles above the town of Granite he caught sight of the desperadoes. Returning to Granite, be secured the services of John Gilbert, a ranchman, E. Shaul, a deputy,, ai d the trio soon caught up with the Bo hannon boys, W ben they saw the offi cers they made an attempt to draw their guns, but he officers had the drop and they were quickly disarmed and shackled. . " . There; was a very large crowd at the depot when the train arrived, bringing in the prisoners.- A large force of dep uties and policemen was. on hand, as there had been rumors of trouble. The two men were quickly hustled into a carriage and none too soon,, for . the crowd made a rush and were, only driven back after a sharp struggle. The jail is closely guarded tonightv Asparagus is the oldest known plant used for food. ' St. Louis,..June 28. A terrific rain storm- this morning did considerable damage in the southwest section of the city. The poor house was unroofed and the building otherwise damaged. The storm also struck the insane asy lum, but not much damage was done. A thoughful New York contemporary announces that "boiled alligator flesh tastes very much like veal." Those who are in straightened circumstances and are unable to obtain veal will do well to. remember this substitute. ; .. Earthquake in Kentucky. . ... Hopkineville, Ky.. June . 28. Dur ing a heavy storm here today two earth quake shocks - were distinctly felt. The walls of large buildings were shak en, and - the shock was perceptible to everybody; the shock occurred at 11:40. The vibrations were from west to east. London, June 28. The St. Peters burg correspondent pf the Morning Poet eaya the Novoe Vreyma protests vigor ously against the action of the United States as to Hawaii, which, it adds, may soon be followed by an attempt to annex Cuba. FROM SPANISH SOURCES. An Engagement in Which Cubans Wen Reported Defeated. '-". Havana, June 28. Colonel Guerser ras, with a column of troops and acting in conjunction with the local guerilla. force and garrison of Madruga, - has been engaged with an insurgent force under;'.,the leadership : of Arangueren, which was intrenched in the Sierra de Grille, near Mad ruga, i n this province. The Spanish troops, the' official report cays, successfully dislodged the insur gents from all the positions occupied by the latter,: until the enemy reached Abro. del Cafe, where the insurgents made a determined stand. Eventually the insurgents were also dislodged from that place, and the Spanish troops de stroyed the enemy's camp. The fight ing, the ' official report adds, lasted from 3 o'clock in the afternoon until 7 o'clock at night. The insurgents, in retreating, left 10 men killed on the field, and the government lost one lieu tenant and 15 soldiers .killed, and had one major, one captain and 134 soldiers wounded. - Dinner to the Poor. London, June 28. The Princess ol Wales? jubilee dinner to the poor was very successful. About 3000 denizens of the slums were -sumptuously enter tained at the various centers. The princess, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, - Princess Victoria of Wales, and Prince Charles, of Denmark, vis ited the principal halls. The places visited by the royal party were the Peo ple's Palace, in the East End, Center hall, in Holburn, and the Western schoolhouse. At , the People's Palace the royal visitors were received by the lord mayor and the lady mayoress. The children at the People's Palace were all cripples. They were wheeled in bath chairs, limped on crutches, or were carried into the banquet hall.. At the Central hall, Holburn, 17,000 peo ple, young and old, partook of the ban quet served. The members of the roy al party shook hands with and spoke encouraging words to many . ragged waifs. The same scenes were enacted at Clerkenwell. At the People's Palace the princess herself made the first block of ice cream with a patent freezer, to the delight of the children. The Tariff Bill. Washington, June 28. The senate today completed the wool, the silk and the tobacco schedules of the tariff bill, and, with this accomplished, the tariff leaders had the satisfaction of knowing that all the schedules of the bill and the free list had been gone over once. There now remains only to go through the bill a second time, passing on the items passed over. These are very nu merous and important, including hides, gloves, coal, tea and leer. After that,' the internal revenue features will be all that remains. Progress was rapid today, although every paragraph relat ing to carpets was stubbornly contested. The consideration of the silk schedule led to a strong contest against the pro- l e'ier ana Mantle - joined. . WltD the Democrats in opposition. The para graph was passed by a majority of two. The tobacco schedule went through with little friction, after the committee had advanced the duty slightly on wrapper and leaf tobacco. Fatal Shootinjr Affray. Calistoga, Cal., June 28. -A fatal shooting affray took place today on the place of W. R. Coburn, was killed 14 miles from here, W. H. Coburn was killed and Deputy Sheriff Storey was fatally wounded. Sheriff Pardee and a posse were in pursuit of G. W. Co burn, son of the deceased, who escaped from jail at Lockport a year ago.- It was discovered that the escape was in hiding at his father's place, and a posse was formed to capture him, but the father appeared on the scene, and was about to shoot Parsons, when two ol the posse fired at him. Young Coburn then used his gun on Storey, who will die. Young Coburn escaped in the con fusion which followed, but bis capture is only a matter of a few hours. Englantt Hears the News. London, June 28. In the house ol commons today the parliamentary sec retary for the foreign office replied to a question of Beckett, conservative,' re garding Hawaiian annexation. He said the government was aware that a pro posal to annex Hawaii ' to the United States bad been submitted for the con sideration of the senate, but no deci sion had been reached. The secretary added it would be the object of her majesty's government to see that what ever rights, according to international law belong to Great Britain- and Brit ish subjects are fully maintained. . Congressman Cooke Dead. " ' Washington, June 28. Congressman Edward Dean Cooke, of the Sixth Illi nois district, was found dead in his room at the Cochran hotel this morn ing, presumably of heart disease. Cook retired about 11 o'clock last night, apparently in perfect health. At 2 o'clock this morning Night Clerk Cochran was called to bis room and found him suffering from nausea, but he soon recovered, and declined to have a physician called. About 5 o'clock Cochran went to Cooke's room and found he was dead. Cooke was a na tive of Iowa, and was 48 years old. The Hawaiian Islands show a sur plus revenue of $93,627.26 for last year. Armed Bandits at X-eadvilie. Leadville, June 28. A band of armed men have just been reported in. the. vicinity of the Johnny mine. They are believed to be bandits. . Sheriff O'Mahoney and a large posse have gone to the scene. - - -' Sang on the Scaffold. . Fayetteville, W. Va., June 28. Clark Lewis was hanged here today. He sang on the scaffold. Lewis was hanged foi the murder of Chailes Gib- - Killed by His Brother J : Telluridge, Colo., June 28. Richard P.-Bennett was shot - and killed in bis saloon by Emanuel Bennett, his broth er. The shooting was the result of ill feeling that had existed between the brothers for three months, arising out of differences whiofh caused Emanuel to sell his interest in the business to Richard, i -- . :' In the British- museum library the books that tire presented-are yellow in color, those that are purchased are red, and thoes bound in blue denote thai they oame-by copyright. BUSINESS IMPROVING GRATIFYING REPORTS FROM ALU PARTS OF THE COUNTRY The Tariff Bill Is Being Rapidly Pusheo. The Cuban Question Protection I Still Gaining Ground in the South. E. F. Parsons, Special Correspondent. ; Washington,' D. C. Reports from the business centers, which reach .mem bers of congress here, are extremely gratifying..' Dun's reivew, which is accepted as a reliable, business barom eter, not controlled or influenced by political or other causes which could affect its accuracy; presents the most satisfactory trade statement for the last week that has been made since the present business depression began. That statement was remarkable in ; its showing of the decided decrease in embarrassments in all branches of trade and in reports pf unusual activity in all the industries in anticipation of the passage of the tariff bill.' The failures reported in most branches of trade are less in number than at any time in the last thirty-six months while the volume of business transacted is, in quantity, larger than in 1892, the year of our greatest prosperity, the slight reduction in values being due to the .smaller prices paid for the articles of commerce handled. When it is remembered that this happens before the new tariff bill gets upon the statute books and with the industries of the country depressed by the importation of foreign goods at the rate of over a hundred millions a month, the improvement thus noted is very remarkable and is proving verV gratifying' to those who are following the situation closely. The Cuban Situation. The return of Special Commissioner Calhoun from Cuba revives "interest'in the situation in that unfortunate island and in the prospective action of -the administration. It is believed that President McKinley and Secretary Sherman are now likely to have suffi cient information within a compara tively short time to enable them to act intelligently and in a way which will bring relief and encouragement and substantial aid, not only to American citizens in Cuba, but to those who are struggling in behalf of the cause of liberty. Pushing the Tariff. Events have moved rapidly in Wash ington this week. The senate, realizing the pressure which is being brought upon it by the country for rapid action on the tariff bill, has held sessions early and late and pushed through the bill at a rate of speed absolutely unparalleled in the history of that ordinarily slow going hody. That this should have happended within a few months of the close of one of the most bitterly, fought campaigns that the country has ever seen is the more remarkable. - ' And that people should go on complaining because still greater speed is not made under these remarkable circumstanoes, can' scaroeljf Abe" accounted forj except upon the theory suggested by a'gentle man recently quoted in this correspond ence that the state of nervous prostra tion to which the Cleveland adminis tration brought the country has ren dered the people to some degree irre sponsible and unwilling to measure things expected by those that have hap pened in the past. Protection Gainfng in the South. Nothing has . more disturbed the Democratic leaders in and out of con gress than the fact that the large num ber of Democratic members from the South have, within the past few days and weeks, cast their votes in favor of a protective tariff and that no less than one-third of the members of congress from south of Mason and Dixon's line have either voted directly for a high rate of protection in the pending tariff bill or refused to oast their votes against it. Thirty-two Southern men in the house voted for the Dingley bill and five 'others from that section Populists refused to votei against it, while in the senate, as is weH known, numbers of Southern Democrats and Populists have voted for either higher rates of protection than were originally placed in the bill or than those reported from the finance committee. That this growth of protective senti ment in the South is a genuine one and largely the result of the development of manufacturing industries in that sec tion is apparent, but the necessity for excusing and minimizing it has led Mr. Bryan's organ,' the Omaha World-Herald, and other papers to assert that the protective vote from the South is cast by men not natives of 'that section and not representing its real sentiment. In a recent issue, the Omaha World-Her aid, commenting upon this subject, says: "During the last decade a great deal of Northern capital has been invested in Southern manufacturing enterprises and it is natural that the investing cap italists after years of paternalism in the shape of protection should still oling to it. The voices from the South crying for protection are voices that have been imported into that section from protection nurtured New England and are not the voices of Southerners. . .The protectionists in the South are those who have left the sterile bills of New England and wandered down south to broaden their field of operation." This assertion that the Southern votes which have been cast for the protective tariff bill or for especially protective features proposed or adopted, werejeast by men not natives of that section csirpet-baggers is absolutely untrue. '." It is apparent from the examination of the persona history of the Demo crats from the South who have voted for the protective features of the tariff bill, that in every case they are natives of that section and life-long Demoortas, and ihe Populists -who voted for. the bill are all natives of the South. The same rule in most cases applied to the 30 Republicans from the South.' The Republican party has in congress today a greater number of members from south of Mason and Dixon's line than ever before, with the possible ex ception of a single congress shortly af ter the closeofthewa ' Britain' Second Oldest Ship. Great Britain's second oldest ship in the commission, the Grampus, built in 1784, has been sold to be broken up. It has been used for many, years as a powder, hulk at Portsmouth, Nelson's Victory ia .the only older ship in the ervioe. WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.' Downing, Hopkins V Company's Review of Trade. .Considerable activity has been noted in July wheat during . the ; past week, owing to the fear of manipulation by the elevator men. Stocks of wheat in iuu,m . v- rr i - u v , w v,vwv,vvv bushels, and this is firmly held by men who believe in higher prices for spot wheat during the next 30 days. There . has been little doing in other options, although September wheat 'has gained two cents. The news has been some what conflicting in many respects, re ports of harvesting from the Southwest tending to somewhat dishearten hold ers, while the news in other respects - was bullish in tone, and indicated . good demand for cash wheat. . Receipts have' fallen off sharply in the North west, and everything indicates that . from now on until the next crop moves, but littile will be received. Foreign crop news has been bullish in tone'. European advices confirming the re ported damage to the-Roumanian and Bulgarian crop of 25 per cent. Condi. ' tio'ns of India have improved but little.' Russian reports continue to" speak of1 damage to wheat in certain sections, while in France there has been only a slight improvement. Exports have shown a moderate decrease under those, of the previous week. Bradstreet's re ports them at 3,156,000 bushels, while ocean passage decreased 1,440,000 bush els. Our visible supply decreased 1,879,000 bushels, and is now down: to 18,794,000 bushels, the smallest) in many years. Were there any speculation we would see higher prices' at once, but the market is in a nit andl so narrow that it is at present con trolled by a few professionals who are scalping for small profits. While the present dullness lasts, we hardly look for a bull market, but our supplies are getting so low that the short side is very .dangerous to be on, and we advise our friends to buy wheat on the little breaks at present, and be satisfied with small profits until speculation revives, or there" is a material ' change in the situation. - Portland Markets. Wheat Walla Walla, 67 68c; Val ley, 69c per bushel. ; Flour Best grades, $3.603.75; grahram, $3.40; superfine, $2.60 per barrel. Oats Choice white, 38 40c; choice gray, 87 39c per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $16 16. 50; brewing, $1819 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $14.60 per ton; middlings, $23.60; shorts, $16.50. . Hay Timothy, $10 13.60; clover, $11.5012.60; California wheat, $10 12; do oat, fii; ureogn wild hay, 10 per ton. j Eggs 1 2 . 13c per dozen. . ; Butter Fancy creamery. 3035o; fair to good, 25c; dairy, 20 25c per roll. - Cheese Oregon, IlJo; Young America,. 12c; California, 910c per pound Poultryrr-Chiokens, mixed, $2.503 per dozen; broilers, $23; geese, $2.50 4. 50; ducks, $2. 50 3. 50 per dozen; tl -1 : 1 ..;-fl.-v ...... ... '. Potatoes. Oregon -Burbanks. 40 50c per sack; sweets, $2. 75 per cental for Merced; new potatoes, $1.00 1.10' percental. Onions California, new, red, 90c $1; yellow, $1.50 per cental. Hops 77o per pound for new crop; 1896 crop, 4c. Wool Valley, 10 12c per pound; Eastern Oregon, 6 8c; mohair, 19 20c per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, 2c; dressed mutton, 4 5c; spring lambs, 6 7 per pound. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4; light and feeders, $2.503; dressed, $3 4.75 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, $3.50; cows $2. 50 3; dressed beef, 56c per pound. Veal Large, 3j4o; small, 4) 5c per pound. Seattle Markets. Butter Fancy native creamery, brick, 17c; ranch, 10 12c. Cheese Native Washington, 10 lie; California, 9)c. Eggs -Fresh ranc, 14 15c. Poultry Chickens, live, per pound, hens, ll12o; spring chickens, $2.60 3.50; ducks, $45. Wheat Feed wheat, $25 per ton. Oats Choice, per ton, $20; feed $21 22. Corn Whole, $20; craoked, per ton, $20; feed meal, $20 per ton. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $19; whole, $18.50. Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef, steers, 6o; cows, 6c; mutton sheep, 6Jc; pork, 6Jc; veal, small, 6 7. Fresh Fish Halibut, 34c; salmon, 45c; salmon trout, 710c; flounders and sole, 3 4; ling coad, 4 5; rock cod, 5o; smelt, 3 4c San Francisco Markets. i Wool Choice foothill, 9llc; San Joaquin, 6 months' 810o; do year's staple, 7 9c; mountain, 10 12c; Ore gon, 10 12c per pound. , f Hops 8 12o per pound. Millstuffs Middlings, $18.60 20.50; California bran, $1314.50 per ton. Hay Wheat, $8 11; wheat and oat, $7 10; oat, $6 8.50 river barley, $56; best barley, $6.508; alfalfja, $5 9 olover, $6 8. , Potatoes New, in boxes, 50 90c. Onions New red, 6070o; do new silverskin, 80 90 per cental. Fresh fruit Apples, 26 36c per small box; do large box, 50 85c Royal apricots, zu(34uo common cnerries, . 25 30c; Royal Anne cherries, 4550o per box; currants, $1.002.00 per chest; peaches, 25 50c; pears, 20 30c; cherry plums, 20 40c per box. Butter Fancy creamery, 16c; do seconds, 1515.c; fancy dairy, 14o; good to choice, 1314o per pound. Cheese Fancy mild, new, 8o; fair to good, 77K P61 pound. Eggs Store, 1012o; ranch, 13 16o; Eastern, 12 18; duck, 13o per dozen. Citrus fruit Navel oranges, $1.60 3; seedlings, $11.60; Mexican limes, $7 7.60; common lemons, 75c 1.50. - Bengal was in 1770 devastated by a fearful famine, during the course oi which nearly one half of the inhabi tants died, the trade became disorgan ized, and the revenues remaining un collected. "" ' - . " ' ' ' The first printing in America was es tablished at Cambridge, Mass., in 1039,