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EUGENE CITY GUARD. I. L. CAM1BKLL, Fronrletor. EUGENE CITY OREGON EVENTS OF THE DAY An Interesting Collection of IUms From lb Two lloinlapheree FrmuUd In a Condenaea Form. Superintendent Keene wboibot Mori Roderick, the supposed robber, at tho Cariboo minei, u acquitted by the ouroner'i jury. John D. Bartbelman, a sewing-machine agent shot and killed bli divoroed wife in Lot Angelaa, CaL They quar reled over the poaaetsion of tbeir 8-year-old daughter. la Tiflln, O., the Demooratlo and Republican nominee (or oongres bad a fight orer eaoh otber'i war record. Tbey bad both belonged to the aame oom pauy. The Republican bad bit riba broken. In Aahland, Ky., Tobe Stanley, tnina superintendent, wa. abot and killed by Ike Barker on bla way to the polla to vote, Stanley opened boetili- tim by onttlng barker aoroia the (aoe with a boggy whip. Family trouble! were the cause About twenty fiat flgbta occurred near the polla in Lexington, Ky., on election day. Pistol, wore drawn in bait of tbetn. An editor attempted to aaauult Colonel Breckenrldge, who drew bla piHtoL Tbey were separated before anyone waa hurt 8. K. dough, a hotel proprietor of Minneapolis, Minn., waa ao deter mined to rote that be aroae from bla alck bed to go to the polla. lie bad been banded hia ballot for niarking, when auddeuly he toppled over dead. Ilia heart had atopped beating. In Davenport, CaL, on election day William Uranville entered tbe polling place, and, pointing piatol at Lewia Chandler, an election elurk, attempted to fire it, and snapped tbe trigger three tlmea before bis band waa caught There waa no provocation for tbe deed. Mayor MoClnlland of Roanoke, Va., wa run down by an eloetrio oar and fatally injured, lie atepped in front of tbe oar when it waa lesa than five feet from him. The demonstration, against tbe Italian residents oontinuein Sao Paulo, Brazil. The government of the atate refuses the aid of federal troopa. but promiaes to punish tbe Jaooblns, who are tbe chief offenders. Tbe North German Gazette, of Ber lin, aaya the statement ia inoorreot that a reoent ordor renders the import of Amerioan canned meat virtually im possible by providing for examination of each tin of the importation. Tbe controller of tbe currency baa doolared dividends in favor of tbe ereditore of inaolveut national banks as follows: Twenty per cent, Columbia National bauk of Taoouia, Wash; 10 por oent, First National bauk of San Bernardino, Cal. An Italian named Piotro Sinioul met with a ahocklug death on the road near Foreatvllle, Cal. With a friend he was going down steep hill in a light wagon, whou the team run away, throwing Slinoui out. Ilia lug oaught in the vehicle and be was dragged nearly a mile, bla bead being literally pouuded to pieces. On a trolley oar of the Consolidated Traotinn Company, in Nowark, N. J., filled with Italian laborers, the fuse of an elootrio motor blew out, sending a puff of amoke iutothe oar. In fear the men ruahed for the doora. Lambuster Angelo jumped, or waa puttied oil the oar, and bia neck broken. Lincoln Uulaoppe'a head waa badly out, and he may not survive. A south-bound passenger and express train ou the Missouri, Kansas & Texas road waa held up and looted by train robbers at point one mile south of Al varado, Tex. It la said that tbe rob bers secured little treasure from the express oar. The bandits are supposed to be beading for Indian territory, and all the United States marshals have been notified to be on the alert. Annie Vaudurwall, aged 7 yeara, was instantly killed and Ella Berk man, aged I), fatally injured at the Joseph atreot orossing of the Chicago A Alton railroad in Chicago. The gatea bad been lowered for a switch engine which waa approaubing. Thinking they bad plenty of time to onus, the two children atepped under the gatea on the first track and wore atruok by a freight oar which had been switched by the engine. A oourier from Usal, Cal,, a lumber mill town 80 miles aouth of Cahto, brings meager details of the murder of John Mudgett, a wealthy rancher aud laudowner of that plaoe, Mudgett waa numarrled and lived alone on a 100 aore ranch. lie waa reputed to have coin about the bouse. Ills dead body was found half cremated in the ruins of tbe partially burued house. The body showed evideuo e of violence, aud parties are auapeoted. The sheriff has been notified to hurry to the scene. Mudgett waa a native of Belfast, Me., 40 yeara old, aud haa relatives both there and in Fortuua, Cal. J. B. Walling, who died in Boise, Idaho, was an old Oregon pioneer. He was 87 years old, the eldest of six eon, ud came from Iowa to Oregon in 1847, aettling in Yamhill county. He laid out the town of Amity, aud lived In Oregon until 1805, when he moved to Boise, Idaho. Mr. Walling built the first irrigation ditch in Idaho, and aet out the first orchard. The Puyallup-Iudian commission has been ordered disbanded, to take effect j December 1, in aooordauoe with the! provision of an act of oongreas. By the explosion of ooalpacker in No, 8 mine, in Ashland, Pa., three tnen were killed, and three so badly Injured they will die. The men were engaged in driving a tunnoj, and bad bored a bole in the rook, which they bad! charged with powder. The fuse was attached and lighted by a man named j Walsh, while tbe others ran to plaoea of aafety. After lighting tbe (use, j 'Walsh started after hia oomradea, but , bla olothlng caught on a aplke aud held , him fast lie oried for aaaistanoe, and j the men promptly responded. Theyi bad soaroely reached the spot before the xplosioa occurred. ' An Xatfa lMtnn nf fn trait An extra sMiton following ImmMW arily the inauguration of Mr. MoKln ley is, la tbe 'prevaling Opinion ia Washington, certain. No one pro feases to have word from Mr. McKln ley direct on the subject, but there U good authority for saying that Mark Banna, during a recent visit in New York, said enough to give the impres sion that an extra session ia on the Re publican programme. Senator Quay believes an extra aession ia certain. Storm on I.ahe Erie. Great damage has been done to the shipping interests on lake Erie by a high wind. Tho canal boat Mayslde Way, while being towed op tbe river from Tonawanda, broke her hawser and waa blown on the rocka along shore. The captain was rescued with a rope, but his mules were crushed to death. The boot became a total wreck. An old exoursion ateamer was blown across the channel near Buffalo and will be a total loss. ftnlrlrie or n apltell.t. Joseph D. MoDonald, a prominent and wealthy citizen of Fremont, Neb., shot himself, oauaing almoat instant death. The cause for the rash act waa mental unbalance, the result of finan cial reverses in mining investments in Colorado. Uo waa a railroad contractor and built all of the South Platte branchea of the Northwestern road in Nebraaka on tbe Elkhorn system, and was reputed to be worth over $100,000. or Intereet to Minors. A New York attorney baa received a cablegram announcing that the high ccurt at Pretoria, South Africa, baa de clared void the MaoArtbor-Forest pat ents for the cyanide prooesa for the re covery of gold. This deoiaion waa given in a ault brought by the com bined gold-mine owners of Johannes burg and the Transvaal. The an nouncement is said to be of great Inter est to gold mine owners. niviVAL 09 easiness. Mr.. Caetla Honteneed to Prison. Mrs. Walter M. Castle, of San Fran cisco, who was arrested in London, charged with ahopliftlng, baa bad ber trial. She pleaded guilty, and was sentenoed to three months' imprison ment without labor. Mr. Caatle waa acquitted. Harper's Magailna. An important feature of Harper'a Magazine for several months to come will be Poultney Bigelow'a series of papers on the "White Man'a Africa," treating in the author's original aud atriking way tbe new oontinent recent ly opened np to European exploitation. The first papor, in tbe November number, will give a novel view of Jameson's raid from material plaood in the author's band by an English phy sician and a Boer oflioiul thus present ing both aides of this remarkable epi sode. The series is the reault of a joumey to South Africa undertaken by Mr. Bigelow for Harper a Magazine, and is to be illustrated from photo graphs speoially made for the purpose. Thaunaglvlng Proclamation. The president has issued tbe follow ing Thanksgiving proclamation: "By the President of the United States: "The people of the United States should never be unmindful of the grati tude they owe to the God of nationa for his watchful care, which has shielded them from disaster and point ed out to them the way of peace and happiness. Nor should they ever re fuse to acknowledge with oontrite hearts their proneness to turn away from God'a teaohlnga and to follow with aiuful pride after their own de vices. "To the end that these thoughts may be quiokened, it ia fitting that, on a day especially appointed, we ahould join together in approaohlng the throne of grace with praise and supplication. "Therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, president of tbe United States, do here by designate aud sot apart Thursday, the SOth day of the present month of November, to be kept and obaerved as a day of thanksgiving and prayer throughout our laud. Ou that day let all our people forego their uaual work aud occupations aud assemble in their accustomed plaoea of worship; let them with oue accord render thanks to the Ruler of the Universe for our preserva tion as a nation, aud our deliverauoe from every threatened danger; for the peace that haa dwelt within our boun daries; for our defense against disease aud pestilence during tbe year that hat passed; for the plenteous rewards that have followed the labora of our hus bandmen; and for all the other bless ings that have been vouchsafed to us. "And let ua, through the mediation of Him who baa taught us how to pray, implore the forgiveneaa of our aina and a ooutiuuauue of heavenly favor. "Let us not forget on this day oi thaukagiving the needy, and by deedt of oharlty let our offerings of praise be made more aocoptable in the light of tbe Lord. "Witness my hand and the aeal ol tbe Uuited States which I have caused to tie hereto affixed. "Doue at the City of Washington, this nth day of November, in the year of our Lord, 1896, aud of tbe independ ence of the United States of America, the 13 1st (Seal.) "Grover Cleveland, "By tbe President "Rlohard Olney, "Secretary of Bute." ftHefU fitnm tVotk (it 6Ut.Hmf Cifldiflnatf, Nov", at Spajfat oTa patch indicate a revival' iri to.fnfls1 throughout tho Oblo f alloy s woll as ber. Tbe Big Four, Cbeimp-Fa&'tf & Chift and Baltimore & Ohio roada all otdered their shops opened today and tnlargadl forces on thofe already fanning.- Tbe Ensign Car Worka a Hunting ton, W. Va., rosumed. The oar works at Mount Vernon, 111., got an order for 800 oars from the Louisville & Naabville road, and re turned work. The Niles fonl work and! other shops at Hamilton aunouueed inoroasedV forces. Pomaces at Irontnr, Ashland1 and other towns announce that they will go in blaat aoon, but do dates are given. The Griffin wood worka- and tho Powoll brass works, both largo con cerns, employing many men, an nounced today that they would reaome at once. Other report that thoy bad conditional orders, on which they will ulargo tholr forces Immediately. Tbe Pittsburg Packet Company closed a contract here today for building a new $1)5,000 river ateamboat Tho plans were made and tbe contract drawn two months ago. Tho closing of it was conditional upon tbo reault of this election. Tbe big cooper rlmps at Rnrldon, O., have resumed work to their full ca pacity. Oue and probably two of tho idle mills of the D.iyton Pipe Company, thia county, will start in full as soon a repair now in progress can bo com pleted. Tbe Burn iron worka at Portsmouth, which have been ou short force, an nounce that it will employ a full forco immediately. MILLIONS OF COLO OFFERED. THE BATTLE IS OVER Republican National Ticket Has Been Victorious. M'KIXLKY ASD 110 BART C1I0SE.N Hubtreaaurles Cannot Marl tbo Demand fur Currency. Washington, Nov. 0. Information received at the treasury department shows that large amounts of gold are being offered at the aeveral inbtreas uries in exohange for currency, stipu lation being made as to legal tenders. One million in golj waa offered in Boa tou. The aobtreasurer telegraphed tbe secretary for instructions, (tutiiig that the ourreut workiug force wua some what behind owing to tbe flurry, and the payment of this amount of currency would leave tho subtieasury incon veniently arort Instructions were issued authorizing the, acceptance of half the amount offered. The New York subtreasury, it is un derstood, have given notice that they would receive gold today in exchange for ourreucy. There are 0,400,000 assay office checks outstanding, which are now being deposited for ourroncy. The demand for currency, especially for small bills, in anticipation of a re vival of business, i exceptionally heavy. It is expected that aeveral daya muBt elapse before officials will be in a position to meet all demands. The treasury officials regard the fluan olal situation as greatly improve. Washington Is For Brjran nod Oreon For MeKlnl.r-Tlie Southern Vole Is Divided. With three atatcs yet in doubt, it I known that the Republican national ticket is elected by a majority of nearly 100 in tbe electoral oollege, and of 1,000,000 plurality of tbe popular vote. New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Masaachusetta and Ohio have rolled up unpreoedentedly tremendous majorities, from 100,000 to 800,000. Tbe rest is detail, to be settled by complete re turns. There are now three states in the doubtful oolumn Keutucky, Wyoming and South Dakota. In Kentucky it will require the official count to deter mine tbe result, owing to irregulari ties. In Wyoming, the unoretainty l due to the slow returns. The latest re ports, however, indicate that' Bryan will get two of the three votes. South Dakota' vote on presidential elector i tied, and an official count will be re quired to determine the result Repub lican manager have closed tbelr office with tbe above declaration. Tbe Republican candidate ia now ore of 200 electoral votes. Tbe other state tbat were oonaidered doubtful Kanaas, North Carolina, Tenneaaee aud Virginia have gone for Bryan. Hia vote i 167, and with Kentucky, Wyoming and South Dakota would be 187. lha k-loctoral College. Tbe folllowlng table give the stand ing of tbe electoral oollege aa far as returns indicate: NORTHWtST STATI8. Oregon. Complete return, b.v. teen .iwlwd from II out of tbe 81 "SZ gon. and tbe returns from tb .10 other counties are practically comple te. The number of vote, reported s 91.641. which McKinley ha. 40,791 . ?, 74 760. or a plurality of 9.043 for Mo, Kinley - than 600 vote, remain io be added to the 91,643 in order to give tbe full number of vote, cast for McKinley and Bryan. The following table .how. tbe vote by counties: olllllllH. ! Hk.T li.-ni.in I !m knmiti ( IkI-i'I I ul lunula ( IMH ( n'k urry Jimitflaa .. 1 . 1 1 1 Irt 111 I, rani Harney Jltrk'i'tl Jim-liliiiiF.. y. Imualll Uko Jam- l.i in "I n I. inn.. Malheur Varum Morrow ' Mulimiiiiah folk rherman , 3 IllHiinxik I inalllla t'lilim ! W allowa Vl IM'II , Maahllilloll i i amiiui.. Mi Klnl'T- 'Vn . ... f 'i ... '' "mi liT.', l,lii ... I" . '. M .. (''! ". '.'M ... ;u ... :w 2,(-l JV I,"-" ........11," .. 1,-1 4.11 ' 1,IHI i,.c- 1,4-7 2,li-. 1,015 1, 'I 7.l 2,'tKl til 41 ,.-.! ,VI V 2,i ul 4i HJt 4i 'j 2,:iM l,ll 4- J 4 hi 2,t IIJl 2,7H ,4 1,:'7 41! fi.li 1.0T4 .M":l l.-M 1,1-7 l,-' ,'- 4l,7iO ? s ? STATES. sp5 a z:::::::::::::j ' :::: Traualt of Cattle A utliorlxarl. Milwaukee, Nov. 0. A special to the Wisconsin from Madison, Wis., aays: "Governor Upbatn has received from the French oousul at Chicago notice that the French minister of agriculture, by a ministerial order, dated October S, and,by the derogation to the inter diction of transit decree, February 10, 18U6, has authorized exceptionally the transit of cattle from the United States, that would be shipped to Basle, Switz erland via Boulougo, France, on the condition that tbe cattle, alter having teen submitted to sanitary impaction at the reoeiviug point, are shipped iu stalled cars. The cattle must be sub mitted to a second inspection before be- I ing loaded into oara at Boulogne. Itallruail llullillng In Colorado. Denver, Nov. 0 The laying of rail. ' of the Uolileu Circle railroad in the Cripple Creek mining district waa be gun today. Syl T. Smith, president of ; the Florenoe dfe Cripple Creek railroad, ia in Chicago, aud it is reported he ba floated bonds there for tho construction 1 of not ouly the Oolden Circle, but also : for the Florence Southern railroad, , which is to run from Floreuce to the 1 Silver Cliff district Alaliama ArkaliMm California Colorado Coiim-clli'Ut f it-lHUare ..., Florida (-ori(la Mnlio llilnnU Indiana loHa K aiipn Kt'iiliirky Iiiil-tana. .Maine , Maryland Ma arhll-i'ltli M it-hlKitn M, M Inni-Miia M It-Mwimd M i-Minri .Montana Ni-lira-ka Nevada Ni-w llanii-lilre. N-w Jitm- Nt-w York North Carolina. . Norili liakola.-.. Ohio iircitoii IVnn-vlVHiiia. ... IIIiodi-'Mand South Carolina.. Mouth Dakota Tt-niit-tiM.'e Texan. I tall Vermont..... Virginia It a-hliiKtoti IV-V iri:iuia W'lMriiliMlli Wyoming Total" '... 4'.. a,.. Totala v,'lvi Washington. The later reports from Washington indicate tbat Bryan'a plurality will be near 10,000. Tbe Bryan vote was tbe strongest in the more thickly populated portion of the state. The number of votes thus far reported 77.176 about equal that of two year ago, so tbat, allowing fur the increase, there remain about 10.000 more to bear from. John R. Roger, Populist, ba been chosen governor over P. C. Sullivan, though by a majority probably 3,000 under tbe electoral ticket Tbe entire fusion ticket ba been successful by majorities ranging from 8,000 to 8,000. Tbe legislature i Populist on joint ballot, though there i a possibility that the Republicans may oontrol the senate, a they have 14 bold-over out of a total of 84 mem bers of tbe upper bouse. The return from Washington as re ported for presidential electors appear in the table below. No return have been received from Okanogan and Skamania oountiei: 4 .. a.1,.. 4 .. :::.::i::::: I..1;!.:::: i "! li'.: fount li-.. Ailnina A-otlll hi-hllil ; Clallam Clark ' Columbia Cowllts , IniiikImn Franklin I.arili-ld Inland .li-ffi-rMiii Klua Kltn Ktltiryi Kllrkital - l.i-wli , lii.iilli Mh-oii Okanogan.... rai-ihi- I'h-nv , San Juan skaiot Skamania Snohomish SlMikHIIC sii-vi-im Thiir-ton l ahkiiikum ttalla Ytalla It liHtrom 1 Whitman , Yakima McKinley. Bryan. lm Jd . l . 2-4 . l,4".'i . 41 . 1,4-7 : . . 4T . l!i . 77 . !,:I70 . t;i . tilli . 7ll . 1,'d!) . 4JI . 871 '. " "(i- Vj . 4,'ti'i . 4KI , 177 '. Y. 'vri . 2,7li . 144 . 1,1".! . l'.m . 1,'ci . 1, o . 1,-jm . Nil 1,47 4 1,47a ...H 1,4 ai r.'i 107 i.ji 17a 1,4'1 Mi (ill 4: 6,ll!i 2'l 1- "i'iii .'..I'.-'l .i7' 1,:M Total! :,145 Murder and Hulcldo. Kansas City, Nov. 0. Arthur L, 8nook, a brakeman, shot aud killod hi wife, Arietta, who was a general agent of the Monroe publishing house, Chi cago, last night, at the eutrauce to tbe Belmont hotel. He sat on the steps aud watched bi wife die, when be fired twice into bia heart At the time of the shooting the street iu front of the hotel waa tilled with people. Jeal ousy wa tbe cause. Each was 80 years old. Snook was the womau'a second huabaud. Her father Uvea at Bedford, la. , Hetter Times nt Santa t'rui. Santa Crua, Cal., Nov. 0. Today machinery wa ordered for a fuae fac tory to be built at the powder work at a oost of 150,000. It will give employ ment to many men. As a result of tbe election, ths Loma Prleta lumber mill, whioh haa been closed for many mouths, will roaum cporatious soon, r I.llluuealaul l ardoued. j The Hawaiian government bat granted full pardon td ex-Queen Lib loukalaul with the restoration of bei civil righta. When fouud guilty ol treasou sbe waa sentenced to five years' imprisonment aud lined (5,000. Sh waa released on parole one year age and haa sluoe kept such good faith with the government that a full pardon has been granted. ' Tbe Cascade locks, after eighteen ' year of labor, baa at last been opened. 1 Klghtjr Yeara of Age. Aaanolate Justice of tbe Supreme ' Court Stephen J. Field celebrated the eightieth auniversary of his birth. A ooustaut stream of visitor oalled on him all day to offer ootigratualatioua. 1 Tbe supreme bench, headed by the ohlet justice, paid it respect to the distin guished member. Messenger brought elaborate preaeut. Rev. Henry M. Field, the justice a brother, is spending some time with hi in. Jusiioe Field is now reaping tbe benefit of the treat-, rnent taken last summer in California, and bl eightieth birthday found him 1 in good health and sprit. An Arctic Kinoloje Dlmilaaerl. Washington, Nov. 0. Secretary Car. liale has dismissed Thomas El Adams, ! superintendent of the treasury depart rnent at Boatelle islauds, Bearing sea. 1 No reason is giveu. Iitwlrh Mltla Hill atari Vp, I Ipswich, Mass., Nov. 0. The woolen and 00 turn milla of the Ipswich Cor- j poratlou, which have been abut down for some time, will start on full time early uext week. Employment will be giveu to about 1,000 hands. Ofleualve I'arlUan.hlp. Washington, Nov. 0. Attorney. ! General Harmon removed Jaraea Couch, j jr., asslstaut district attorney of West Virginia. Couch was a oaudidate for an elective office ou Tuesday iu viola- Hon of the rulea of the department of 1 justice, aud declined to resign. j Springfield, Mass., Nov. 0. Tb ! Spaulding & Pepper Manufacturing ' Company has started np it factory J after a few weeka shut down, peuding ' tbe result of the election. Tbe oom-1 pauy bad a large Dumber of order con-1 dttioual upon the Republican victory, The returna show interesting feature aud in aome respects have been a sur prise to tbe leaders uf both political parties, Tbe New England atatea have, as wa expected, given heavy pluralities for McKinley, without ex ception. Tbe Republican ticket was successful in Massachusetts beyond what was claimed for it by tbe most eutbusiastio prophet of Republican suc cess. New York and Pennsylvania have given tbe Republican caudidate be tween 876,000 and 885,000 each. The Virginia electors will, without question, be for Bryan, but tbey have been elected by a heavily reduced vote. Tbe Republioaua have given Texas np. Illinois baa given McKinley about 175,000 plurality. Iu the guberna torial race Altgeld haa been beaten, but ia 60,000 ahead of the Democratic national ticket Ohio haa given McKinley 53,438 plurality. Return by oouuties in Iowa have been oompleted. The total vote oast in the state ia in excess of 510,000 votes, estimating the Prohibition and Palmer votea together at only 6000. Of these vote. 286,751 were oast for McKinley, and 810,118 for Bryan. McKinley' plurality, 67,683. Thia la tbe largest vote ever cast in the atate.. In Kentucky the situation is ma terially ohanged from early advices. At first the Republicans claimed the state by about 15,000, but late returns how large Democratic gains, aud now the state is claimed for Bryan, but thia tbe Republican will not concede. California ha given McKinley a plurality of 6,000. Kansas has given Bryan 4,000 plu rality. With nearly oomplete returna from Michigan Pingree' plurality is esti mated at about 70,000 and MoKinley'a 15,000 less. Of the congressional dele gation 13 are Republican and 8 fu iouista. Tennessee' 13 electoral vote will be oast for Bryan, but the Republican may elect the governor. South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama aud Louisiana are all for Bryan by about the normal Democratic majorities. Nebraska has gone for Bryan, not withstanding the Republican claim. Wisconsin is almost sure for tbe Re publioaua. Minnesota, which was regarded as doubtful by both parties, wi'l have 85,000 plurality for McKinley. Colorado haa given Bryan a heavy plurality, and Adams, without doubt, has been elected governor. Idaho, Montana, Utah and Nevada have all gone for Bryan by heavy ma joriti". Delaware is tn the Republican ool umn. Maryland haa given McKinley as large a plurality a it gave Clevelaud in 1 sua. McKinley' plurality in West Vir ginia ia 13,000. The latest information from North Dakota, show this) it is very sure for McKinley. . The New Lawmakers. Washington. At Republican and Democratic congressional hoadquarters the chairmen have been figuring on the oomplexion of the next house. Chair man Baboock say. be haa complete re ports from 103 congressional districts, whioh have elected Republicans; that there are 135 districts tbat have elect ed Democrats and Populists, and 28 distriots iu whioh the returns are in complete. These may all be classed as doubtful, be say., with the prospects that the Republican will aecure at least one-half of tbem, which would make a total Republican membership in tbe fifty-fifth congress of 807. He claim that, under uo circumstances, will the Republican membership fall below 200. Seuator Faulkner, chairman of the Demooiatio committee, although he doea not concede the Republican a majority in the next house, give them 176, within three of a majority. The Democrats bave made gains aa follows: Delaware, 1; Illinois, 1; Mi. eourt, 4; New York, 1; total, 11. The Republican, have gained a. fol lows: Maryland, 8. The Demo-Populists bave gained 1 in Colorado and 1 in Missouri. Tho Next Senate. Washington. From return, thus far received, tbe next senate will probably tand a. follow.: Republican., 44. Democrats, 83. Independent, and Populist, 13. Doubtful, 8. On the ourreucy question, the senate undoubtedly will have an anti-silver majority. Republicans who bolted the St. Louia ticket and platform areolassed as inde pendent. They are: Teller, Dubois, Mantle, Caunou. Anothor Utah senator to be elected to auooeed Brown will undoudtedly be independent Mr. Bryan's Congratulations. Mr. Bryan sent the following tele gram to Mr. McKinley. "Hon. William McKinley, jr., Canton: Senator Jone haa just in formed me that the returns indioate your election, and I hasten to extend my cougratulationa. We bave submit ted the issue to the people, and their will is law W. J. BRYAN." The woman who always haa tome thing in hand eldom feels the neoea sity of wearing glove. Pirotnen to Ho Kelnitated. Peoria, Nov. 9.-F. P. Sargent, grand master of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, telegrapha from San Franolsoo tbat he met with oom plete suooea in hi negotiation with the Southern Paoifia Member will be put on the same footing as they were before the strike of 1894, and tbe .arne ooting a thoee other organisations.. Complaint wa. made that they had been tabooed. ' A woman may be quite given to TH6 OB8AT mvtrt Tb t nl ndiriinn f Ilia Cufi Locks t'eUbretad The opening of the Cascade lock last week will prof e an epoob in tbe his tory of the state of Oregon There were thouaand. whl witnessed the awlnglng of the massive .teel gate, al the western approach to the lock. Tho exercises preliminary to the opening of the lock were simple in character, consisting only in a short addrea by (lovernor W. P. Lord in preeentlng the steel lever to bo used In the open ing of the gate, to Captain W. L. Fink, of the United State engineer corps, who had charge of the work on bohalf of the government, aud a brief reply by blm. Within the look wa. the steamer Maria, the little steamer Sadie B., the launch Water Witoh, owned by J. O. and I. N. Day, the contractor, uut side the lower gate wore the steamer Dulles Cify, Sarah Dixon and Harvest Queen, crowded to tbo guard with men, women and children. On the south ide of the lock and canal, crowded upon the massive granite wall, of the work, and from every other point of ventage, were thousand, of other, waiting patiently the .ignal for the gate to swing open. It was exactly 2:80 when the ahrill whistle of the Sadie B. announoed the signal, and a moment after the great steel gate, were sen to be slowly mov ing. Cheer upon el' -r rent the air; whistles of the various steamer, joined in a mad chorus of noise. The Dalle, brass band, atatloned on the steamer Sarah Dixon, played inspiring airs, while battory A, of Portland, on the forward deck, fired a salute a the tpamers commenced to move. The Sadie B. baoked down the lock to tbe gate, followed by the Maria and Wator Witch, then returning, took up tbeir stations within the look, followed by the other ateamera. Ouoe within the walla, the gate were closed, aud eaoh vessel atfely moored. Then a practical demonstration of the work ing, of tbe look followed. An addi tional depth of 23 feet wa. necessary in order tbat the vessels might pass from tho lower to the upper lock or canal, and thia immense body of water was secured in about half an hour, al though, when the locks are in full operation, it will not take more than eight minute to perform such service. - The gradual rise of wator, a. it oould be watched flowing from the canal, like a seething torrent, proved an in teresting spectacle. When the proper depth of water had been allowed, tbe little Water Witch started through tbe cuual, the first vessel to pass through the locks after the formal opening of trie great work. The Sadie B. oloBely followed aud after the other steamer, also passed through the canal and be yond the eastern gates, tbe crowds of passenger waving bandurchiefa aud wildly cheering. Portland waa largely represented at tbe celebration, as wa. The Dalles, many prominent business men of both cities being present Sherman and Morrow counties had good delegations preseut, a. well as Klickitat county, Wash. After the passage of the vessels through tbe locks, Colonel Day and bia sou entertained a large number of in vited guests, arriving from Portland in a special train. The big dining room of the uiesshoase was transformed into a banquet hall, where full justice waa doue to the spread furnished by the hosts. During the night many speeches were made by prominent citizen of the state, and 0 o'clock the Portland party, with the exception of about 50 who went to Tbe Dalles to continue tbe celebration, started for home in its spe cial train, the run being made in one hour and 20 minutes. ' The proposition to build a canal arouud tbe obstructions in the Colum bia river at the cascadea wa. first pro posed by Colonel Micbier in 1875. Tbe following year the government made tbe first appropriation of $00,000 for the commencement of work on that im porant undertaking. Tbe first plan, of the engineers- contemplated the con struction of a timber-crib breakwater structure, 7,200 feet long, to extend from the lower entrance of the canal for a distance of 5,000 feet The lift to the upper river through tbe canal wa. to be overcome by two lock eaoh 350 feet by 46 feet in size and tbe guard gatea of each to be 64 feet high. At the time the first appropriation wa made by congress Colonel Wilson, of the United States engineers, wa. in charge of government work, in thia dis trict Colonel Wilson proposed that the locks be pi iced on the Oregon side of the river, and after a careful exami nation by a board of engineor. Colonel Wilson's proposition wa approved. This board estimated the total oost of overcoming the obstruction, at the cascades to be $3,544,000. The aame year, on tbe recommendation of Colp uel Wilson, the width of the lock waa increased from 50 to 70 feet. After several years, during whioh time but little work waa accomplished, in 1893 the river and harbor aot appro priated $320,250 for tbe continuance of the work, and the oontraot was given into private hands. Messrs. J. Q. and I. N. Day secured the contract and agreed to finish tbe locks for $1,52 1,205. . Tnere is no force of meant so plenti ful in a statio condition as eleotiioity, acoordiug to the Electrical Review. HnrTOfter Worka Employ More Men. Milwaukee, Nov. 9 The settlement of the presidential clootion is having a cheerful effect on industrial circles in thia city. The Milwaukee harvester work, was the .first institution to start the ball on the road to prosperity by employing 800 additional men. Twc hundred more will be added within a month. Railway offloiala report a great rush for mileage book, by the tiavoling agents. ilobe Theater Iu St. Louis Uurned. St Louis, Nov. 9. The Globe thea ter, between Walnut and Elm streets, on Seventh, waa destroyed by fire at 8 o'clock this morning. When the flames were discovered ba;k of the stage at 3:50 o'clock 40 persona, men and women, were in tbe building. Tbe fire spread rapidly, but all the occu panta escaped, though with diffloulty. William Gray, the stage manager, Jumped from the third atory window, and sustained fatal injuriea. The Garner hotel caught fire in the rear and was damaged considerably. The loa on the theater building is $15,000. NORTIlWEyg Evidence ot Steady G and Enterprise. ITEMS OP GENERAL Prom All tho Cltle. ,IlU t Thriving a,.Ur -Oregon. Oilier; The output of the Bandoa I. being ahipped to Astoria The sturgeon catch tint The Dalle, ha. been remark." The ax levy for flat ... Wl year will be between ia L7 Insurance men have adjuted the loasea caused by the Woodfor A tannery is being built tU, mile above Euohauterj prairie u' county, and will aoon be in orJr, - ' The wrecked steamer Aram l, board when she went down Im, of proporty belonging to the (V oreatnery. S The telephone line lt u . and Sumpter has been comnlfw r rhav will Kll ,1 ... W ' u "'auiwirjjfVrt Creek, in Baker county. Eleven single-deck carload, of tw were shipped from Tho D.1U, oa!? last week. Two ca rloarii ... ? 1 or i. ootna and the rest for Trontdale, Or, Milton apple crop will . in thousands of dollars this Uj j, only in that immediate netghborbooa ba anything liko a full orop bwn taiued. Mr. Jacobson, who bad ths cootna for erecting the Baudon lighthoun, been awarded the coutract for Wn work In Marsbfiuld. Hit bid tu a cent a ton. Seven thousand cordt of wood biq been out for the Virtue Minim Cc pauy in Baker county in ths ooutf the last three months. One htudri men were employed in getting out tk wood. Tbe chinook salmon contione to ru in large numbers iu Nestuooa bay ul river. It ia seldom they run aa laa a they have this season. Tb 11I19. aide run ia very good, and tbe; mi very large. Heavy shipments of bopt harelm made from the Willamette ttllej do ing tbe last few weeks, mostly to Eof laud. One firm io Salem ahipped 2,000 bales and has Urge qutntiu yet to Bhip. Counterfeit coins of tbe denuaiis tions of $1 and 60 centt, bare bat passed on several luMuem tm it Salem within the past lew diji Tb dollar, bear the date of 1879, ud us half dollar that of 18111. James Callahan is buying iheep ii Eastern Oregon. He bat alrtaih; I bought 18,000 head and will 00 j (,() more. He boy luuibs and yeuliip only and ships them to Montgonwr;, 111., where thoy are then fattened lot the Cbioago market The prices ceived were from $1 to $)1.10 per head, Washington. The total value of all cbool prop erty in Whitman county it estimattd at $280,000. The Northern Paciflo railway paid in Kittitas county taxes, amoontini It about $8,000. There haa been more travel over tha Wallula ferry this month than tea ha been at any time during tbeyetr. The total tax levy in Spokane cm ty, a fixed last week by tbe comit oommisHiouers. is 81.8 milli A estimated expenditures for tbe jw will amount in the aggregata to lSt 100. The Reservation Chief Mining Milling Company and the Big Mining & Milling Company, with $1,000,000 oapital etoci, ban been iuoorpora ted with heaqnarttriH Spokane. Logger around Kelso have receivrf the euoouragiug news from the em Paoiflo Mill Company thaUroa now on the mill company Pv $4.60 spot cash for logs. Thia it advance of $1 per thousand. John C. Smith, formerly an en gineer on the Great Northern WW ha. begun an action in pokane that corporation for the 683. a. damages for injunei reoew in two accidents alleged to b.v due to the carelessness and negli. of the defendant corporation. A corps of civil engineer. work urveying and (taking new sidetracks and other mP1"" contemplated by the new m.n, of the Northern Pacific Coal Cg at Roslvn. A work train with 1 . of about forty men has arrivea men have been put to wJ g and preparing for the new dee . Oakesdale seems to be the , tag potato market, as well leading grain markets of tw ' country. Every day large q of potatoes are .old there, bave already bought twenty c" or 600,000 pounds of pota toes, estimated that this is only third of what will be broug Oakesdale this fall. . The Lillis Lumber mill wo comawillhave.il of it. place and will be ready to oeg. by the middle 01 w , ,,. 000 feet per flay, aim ' ,. employ twenty-five men. a pan, will .upply the cargo trade, tho Northern ing directly in the rear of Thoma. Powell, of LUtw ,(rt Cowlitz county, killed eos T(i week, measuring from tip i fe6R. C. MoCroskey, 0! harvested bis crop of mK ia & beets. Tbe ground be pi" fall, and put in first-ohi rt. yielded about ten tone to 1 J(4 Tbe yield from the Prl"p!", .moos' quito so large, uui i - n,irn,os of feed from five acres H He finds that the beets nia ike W0", anrl chean hosr feed. with pasture, they make which hogs will tbr.; ,;V0J course he will also feed the oe milch cows. This cla of become a source of rem"" farmer in general.