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EUGENE CITY GUARD J RIVERA WILL NOT BE SHOT. I. L. CAMPKr.l.L, Frnptlrtnr. ZL'UKNK CITY NEWS OF THE Iatrtln Collartlon of Corrals rnli I CondvOM-d Farm From Hnth Contlnaal. Carter Harrison ha been elected mayor of Chicago. Th president named Theore Roosevelt, of New Vork, to be assistant ecretary of tlia navy. The board of control of the fl.au of Wnhington unanimously apiintcd J. B. Catron warden of the -hitentiury at Walla Walla. The Loudon Truth n:iy thiit it learn that ahicen Victoria i doiii( her best to tecure the npjMiintrix'rit of Frami Joseph llattonburg a governor of Crete. The Ori'ifon City land office, in nii wcr to numerous letter of inquiry, announce that no date ha yet boon announced by tho president for thi; opening to the public of the Klamath reservation. It la rci-ortcd that the foreign am bassadnr at Constantinople havediawn up a broad scheme of autonomy fur Crete, giving the assembly power to chooM a governor, to be afterward approved by the aultan, and granting other concession. A London dispatch ay the arch bishop of Canterbury will personally deliver into the hand of .Mr. Iluyard, on the lattor'a return to Iomlnii, the log of the Mayflower, which the con- istorial court recently divided to pre K'lit to the United State. There 1 a scarcity of onion in the California market. D.-uhir nay that all the California onion crop wit ship ped a toon a gathered to the, Eastern and Kniithcuatern states, and that a , corner hua lx-en effected in the Wash ington and Oregon crop. The prisoner in the -t'lataop county Jail at Astoria, dug a holu under an old ink In the jail and aomu of them inudo an effort to em-ape. Sheriff Ilarn ar rived Just in time to cutch l'cter Fun tin, who hail crawled through the hole and hidden under the sidewalk. William Itothlugc, an inmate of the county Jail at Union, committed mi. cidu In hi cell, by hanging. Ho wa Insane ami was in Jail waiting to bo transported to Salem. The body wan taken to Ij Grande for burial, in uc rordanre with the last request of tho deceaned. The iiipreme courtroom in Washing- ton, D. U, ami the corridor without were Crowded w till ootator, attracted by the appearance of William J. llryan ai roiinnel in a cane. The case on ' bearing involved the constitutionality of the law of the state of .Nebraska to regulate railroad, to classify freight ' and to fl rate. The city authorities ol Memphis, Tenn., havo Issued an apcal fur aid fur the aufferen along the submerged Mis- , iimippl valley. I Tim Turkish pnrto ia endeavoring to negotiate with the Ottoman bank lor n ' loan of i'JOO.OOO, for tint purchase of cannon, but it 1 not believed tho at tempt will be tiooosful. A body of coolie numbering 6,000, who atruck recently against an increase of tuxes, engaged in an anti-foreign demonstration in Shanghai, China. Two men were killed, and It wa iioee aary to call the marine to assist iu quelling the riot. The l'acillo can factory at Astoria, Or., turned nut 3'J, 000,000 can last year, 8,000,000 of which were shipped to the Sound. Sticrintcndcnt Kendall anya he expect to manufacture itioro ram this year than last. The company paid '."J, 000 duty on tiirplateon April 1. A a result of the serious disagree ment between President Krrazuria and the minister of the Interior, growing out of the apN)iiitmeiit by tho latter of governor ami other official not satis factory to the president, the entire Chilean cabinet ha resigned in order to give the president full liberty of ac tion. llradstreet' report that tho tinplato factories of the United States are pro ducing at the late of SSO.OOO tons, or 4,600,000 Ih.xc a year. The official figure in ton of the decrease in import from Ureal lliitain, arc as follows: IHUS, SS.VtrjS; ISUt, SStl.Nnt; IS',15, 833, W0I; IKlMI, 11:1,051, showing a fall ing off of 60 er cent in two year. Governor W. T. Thornton ha wired to Washington hi resignation us gov ernor of New Mexico. Hi comtui ion w ill expire on the 16th inst., but he ha always declared ho Would resign a Usui a tho Horrego gang of conspira tor wa executed. Most of the gover nor' time for tho next year will I Htit in theSonora, Mexico, gold tlcKls. A now slide occurred at the Corinth mine in the Slocuu country, killing three men and currying away the head of the Aerial tramway recently erected there. John It. Hrown, a hotel pin prletor of a Harrison hot springs, it thought to have perished iu a slide while out pros)oetitig iu the Harrison lake district, ltrown wa tiacke I to the alide by Imliana, but no further trace of him can be found. Ureat enthusiasm wu manifested iu Athens, Greece, during the fete or ganized to celebrate the anniversary of the declaration of I HJ 1 of the inde pendence of Greece from Turkish rule. The viic throughout the day, al though very brilliant, were lacking in the uiual imposing military display, on account of the largo number of troop aent to the frontier. The nli- ence of pleasant exchange between the people here wa also in itrikiug con trast with other year. Otherw ise the usual custom were followed. Luella lloyt, S3 year old, daughter of A. J. lloyt, a citicen of Yallejo, Cal., ha oonfccd that on July 4 last he burned the residence of William Varney, a neighlsir. Mis lloyt had aaited Mr. Varney in her household dutie and the Varney family had been very kind to ber. When asked why he burned the house, he said she could not help it. An irresistible im pulse oauie npon her, In I she held a ffghted candle to the wallpaper until it Ignited. She I now upeoted of tiring number of barm that have been de stroyed recently, but he ill not admit that ih la guilty. panlsb Mlnlaler May HI CiarutUa Wm rr t ontrmplaUd. Washington, April 12. Advice re (vived by the Spanish minister state that General I: I vera, who is lying wounded near Havana i not in a sen ' on condition, und that hi wound are not likely to prove fatal. Inquiry a to the atutu of the prisoner elicited a statement by the minister to the elTeet that at at no time has the Spanish government or General Weyler hud any idea of hooting liivera. THE ASIATIC TRADE : Hill Says He Is Building It Up and Wants to Keep It. AIDED BV LOW TiUNSI'OKTATIO.V Ilavuna, April 12. General Iluiz Ilivera remain at San Cristobal. Ho i recovering from his wound. In the event of a summary trial, it i not likely he will he sentenced, but he will bo held a a prisoner of war. Smm Uullr Makrs a Higher I'rlr fur FarlHr irln-Wants Tar iff VUila Id III It. A Ituinur That ICIvrra Waj Ir-cd. Key West, April 12. New wa re reived last night that the Cuban insur gent had ma b- an att.n k on the train upon which G"iieral I'. i Vera was being taken from San Cristobal to Havana, liejsirt say the insurgent were Hue-ee-sful in their attack, und that Kivera was freed, h is imNishibln to get u eonliimation or denial of tho resrt us yet, but the Cuban sympathizer hem believe it to be true und are according ly jubilant. BRYAN WAS HURT. Ma, ia rroiii Which He Mas Hprahlng lll Injur! Not HerliMia. St. Augustine, 1'la., April 12. Hon. William Jennings llryan was injured here thi evening by the caving in of the pia.a from w hich he wa upeaking. Near ly 400 men and women were pre cipitated ubout twenty feet to the ground, und many of them were in jured, but none fatally. Mr. lirynn was picked up tiiiconsi ions, und re moved tu a physician' ofllec, where uu examination revealed that he had re ceived no injuries of a serious charac ter, it was deemed best, however, to abandon the reception to lone been iven this evening. Mr. llryan arrived at 5:,r,0 1'. M., nod was greeted by Meveral hundred pie. At H;:i(l he addressed fully 11,000 people from the piaz.a of the San Marco hotel. At the close of the Scc h hundreds id people Mocked ubout him, and the strain wu so great that one section of the piazza forty feet 1'piaro fell through. Only Una III, I ttrrrlvrri. Washington, April 12. The navy department received today but one bid in answer to an udvertisement calling for proposals for supplying H.ooo ton of armor for three battleships, the Illinois, Wisconsin and Alabama, and it wa irregular in form. It came from the Illinois Steel Company of f hi ca.'o, and prosised to supply H.ooo tons of armor at f .'OO u ton, on condition it be given u 20 year contract to supply all naval armor. In such case the re mainder of the armor would Is- sup plied ut f 'MO a ton, the armor to be paid for in gold coin. An alternative proHiHition, contem plated the election of an armor plant by the government and its supply with steel by the Illinois company. No 'awards were made, and the whole mat ter will piohaldy lie referred to con gress. An A merit-ait Haa Hi I'dnlrarl. Havana. Aft il 12. Michael J. I'.ely, of Hiouklyn, N. Y., has aectircd an important contract to impiove the sanitary condition of Havana. It i said the contiact will involve an ex peu.lituie of about f I a, 0011,1100. Work will be begun next winter, and it will give immediate employment to from 4,000 to 0,0110 men oil sewers and pav ings, etc. All the preliminaries the agreement have been decided iisin, and it is repotted that Mr. Iady has as security Isiiid issued by the city of Havana to the amount of fT.', 000, 000. Mr. I ady is now here with his engi neer, Mr. Ityiuc, and the pacrs are to be sent to Captain tleueial Weyler for his approval. Mtlllt-rtrrlr A - VI heel. Oakland. Cal., April 12. The post olllee ut Fifteenth and llroadway will soon he hcudtpiai tors for the most con siderable ami energetic cycling eluh in the city, for the mailcarrieis are to ride w heels. The opiippini! w itli w heels of Oak land's mail delivery service means moie than would appear at first. It means possibly another collection and distribution of mall matter each day, and a consequent improvement of the general seivice. The hours of each car rier w ill be Hlioitened and he will he supposed to make good time. It is possible that the territories of the men will be extended, but this does not mean u cutting down in service, rather an enlargement, us the post master would be enabled to extend his routes and reach muck further from the heart of the city. rainier (tot a Xerillt-I. Canton. O., April 12. Tyndale l'uhner was yesterday given a verdict by a jury in the court of common pleas (or fl .60 in a libel suit against be Kvening liepository. The suit is one of the last of the many similar ones brought by Kilmer against uewspapeis using a ptc dispatch in regard to a land deal. The petition asked (or IMVOiio. 1'iesident McKinley is one of 1 the stockholders of the pacr. Ilglitlna for liirraiil I Ifr. San Francisco. April 12. The attor- 1 toys for Pui rant to-lay a-Led the su pieme court for a writ of error. The petition wa denied, and the attorneys w ill now appeal diiect to the United States supreme court (or a stay of exe cution ponding the piepaiulion of pa pel for an appeal. Rig leu do not have different mates every season as do biids genernlli ; thev pair for life, and sometime occupy the same next for many jcai. Tlia rrrl1ritra Outing, Annnsdis. Mil., Apill 12. rrest dent McKinley armed at 6 o'clock this evening, and was received with a pres ident's salute from the naval academy. Superintendent Cimpi r and a paity of otticer called on the president and a uumlior of document and newspaper weie sent aboard the lVdphiu. San Francisco, April 9 I. i,wen k rant a, an attorney, tilts I a petition In insolvency today. He owe about t0, l00 and his usscU are about $.100. His indchtcdiica wa contracted for living IJM'liae. i Washington, April 12. James J. ' Hill, president of the Grout Northern , railroad, and iilwi interested largely in transportation to the Orient, has writ ten u letter to a West'-rn senator in which he iints out the sissibilltie of trade in China mid Janan, und su.-i-sts that tariff duties be so adjusted as not to prevent trade with the countries across the I'aeilie. President Hill says: "Die Asiatic trade of the greatest importance to this country, und partic tilaily to sui h portions of it us are in terested iu raising wheat. A year wio last fall wheat sold for from H to 22 cents per bushel in the I'alouse country, south of Spokane, and this year it has sold for from 115 to 70 cents. About three yeurs ago I sent an agent to ( 'hina and Japan to investigate thoroughly what step could be taken to introduce the general use of wheat und Hour in those countries, as against their own rice, und found it simply u matter of price. 1 then tisik up the consideration of building steamer for that trade, de signed to carry eariroe of flour and grain ut low rates. I found that We could build the ships, but, owing to the sailors' union lixing the wic'c of sailors at 4-10 a month, und engineers and other ship employes ut about tw ice the wage paid by Knio-an steamers, it wa i 1 1 1 1 ii , -k 1 1 1 1 fur us tncouicte with the Knglish. German, Italian and Scan dinavian ship on the I'aeilie. After the war with China, the Japanese used a large amount of their War indemnity for a subsidy to their merchant marine, and we opi ned negotiation with the General SteamshipCompany, of Japan, which is owned by leading men of the empire. We found their subsidy was ulsiut eipial to the cost of their con I and the wa'.'esof their sailor. They pay their sailor fj u month Mexican, or f '.'.'iO iu gold, enabling them to hire twelve gisid sailor for the wages of one American sailor. After some protract ed and dilliciilt negotiations, we con cluded a contract wit h them for a line id Hte.imeis between Chinese and Jap anese pirts and t Scull le, on condition that they would carry flour from Puget i soiiii'l to Asiatic ports at fd a Uui. J against fiom f 7 to $S u ton formerly ; charged Iriini West coast isirts in the , United States, The low rates lixed the rati' for all line Is-tweeii the 1'acilic ; coast and Asia, and has resulted in I carrying out about 'JH.OilO.lliKI Imsln Is, or il eipiivalcht in flour, from the last i crop. There is left ubout 6,0110,000 1 bushels between now und their harvest. 1 "Thus you will see we have licen able to I'm. I new mouth which have! I never before used W beaten blend, to ! ' take the entire California, Oregon and ; Washington wheat crop out of the Kit- ropean markets, 'i'lii w ill reduce the amount going to F.uiopc ubout 20 per cent, and is three times the quantity shipped to F.iuope from Argentina dur ing the past year. The price of wheat tin year, as compared with last is 'JO to 2.'i cent higher, and I think it may be said that from l."i to IS cents of this rise is clearly ilue to the withdrawal of : the 1'acilic wheat from the I'liropeau market. I sec in this morning' re poits a teleu'iam that Kiiropean ship ure loading with barley, rye and mer chandise fiom San Francisco for Ku rope, alter waiting months for cargoes of wheat, and that no more wheat will go to F.utopc from the I'aeilie coast. "The only way we tould bring alsuit this reduction in the traun tation of Hour to Asia Was by diveiting the tea und matting business, which has here tofore gone mainly on F.uclish ships, from Asia direct to New Ymk. and car rying these commodities to the 1'acilic , coast, by a low rate, and truiiioita tion inland by rail, to distribute the couiinii lilies to points between Minne sota and New York. "I hae given you the fact, mi vou w ill understand the situation and be able to see that, unless tbe-e ships can hiitig their main c.ugoes of merchan dise to the 1'acitic sirt at rales that w ill compensate them for the trallic, the business must go as hetctofore. to New Yoik, and the rate on Hour to Asiatic Hiit will be again at the old ligure, or at an advance of alioiii ,",0 cent u band, which would, in my judgment, destiny the business that has just Ik'cii built up with that conn, try. The province of Amoy alone, which is near the coast, contains over SO, 000.000 people, and. at 20 pounds f flour per capita pet annum, would con. suiiic the product of 40. 000,000 bu-lu Is of w heat. The large disti ict of Tien Tsin and Shanghai, both within easy reach of the mm. Would consume about us much more a soon a the ti.i.le could If fully opemsl. It is not outside the i.u.k'eof possiluliiy to s,(v that we coiildsliipwhc.it at lVir Lake, or sunt west, a long as the demand for flour continue to grow as it has for the past six muni lis. " There aie over 2,000 mile of i.nl Way in opeiation iu Japan. ltrlrl Hlrongloil.l Caplmrrf. Cape Town. Apnl 12 A di-ji.it, h from V re) shut it say Volunteer have captured and burned the nisui cents' stronghold at Gaiisscpe Lieutenant Hams is among the killed. SITUATION NO WORSE. Ilrnort Frnm th Mlaalaalnpl rid- airlrkrn Dltlrlrl, . Memphis, April 12. Notwithstand ing the high wiiii and heavy rain torm reported from the overflowed Mississippi delta last nii'ht, the situa tion in the flood-stri. k-n di-trict i cer tainly no worse, if not better toiii.dit Tho water which ha- I eeii uni .' through five big c-cva-es fur more than a week is rapidly ('.own,,' into the Mis sissippi again, at a p" U twelve ni.li -north of Vick-bn-g. and i we.-pn,.' southward with terrible force The strain on the Joui-iana h vee- w:IMe something terrific for a week, and if they withstand that length of time, all will be well. The Sunflower river is also on a ram page tonight. Two-thirds of the water from the Flower hike crev.i-se i ru-h-ing into thi stream, and a large area will be inundated l "iii the overflow. The Tallahatchie and CoUwater rivers ure gradually fallu g. At Helena, the river is slowly falling, and indications ure that the big strc.nn will continue to di-cline. The water below the Ar kansas Midland b-vee are at a standstill tonight. The numls-rof refn.'.-c i increasing ut Helena alino-t hourly. The steamer at Helena arrived then- late thi after ikkiu with more than l"0 fhsid sutler ers, swelling the lit there to H.ooo. At KoHo.lule nothing of spi-eial intere-t ha is curred in the situation. After the stormy night that caused building to ris k and sway like bough of tree-, the sun came out bright and clear in that section today but a cold north wind is blowing. In the IWne l'balia country, much suffering i- reirted. The liosedale relief committee will visit that section tomorrow and disti ih ute provision. At Greenville, the situation ha not changed. All the levels along the Mississippi front safely withstissl the storm of last night. At Memphis, the river continue to fall, a decline of nne-teiith of a loot Is-ing resirte. by the weatlu r bureau tonight. The i. dreads, with one exception, aie again open for busiiie-s and in gisid shape, and all trains are being run on schedule time. BOlAliPH) A FIRE Method Which Saved Knox ville From Destruction. kvkiial wei:e i"sr' ii rlh il -rirll Irr- k ,lli,i llulUrC V) or ll -,.t I i. In Slioiae I.Oi ,in Urre ripi-i. Ki.i.xvii:.-. Tenn.. April 1-' -Never in the hi-toty of Knoxville ha- the cltr suffered -iidi a h by 'ire a- it .!. I tislav. follow iinf the hie.iking out of tie- flames at all e.ulv hour iiioruuig in a tfos-ery store adje the big KiloX Imtel. Th' iiiining Iniilding- were ' and the Very heart ing soiie- of t!ie l.i! PRUNING THE ITEMS. " Ihr TarllT BUI. Wbit,gton. April 12.-The Hepnb lican senator who are acting us a ub- mntnittee of th iwle ";'' !! ,,,,,, ,. in ,,e prepiiriitton of tho tnri bill are incline.! to .piro, f i resetitatioii ol the mil to Hir F.-.. , it.. , ii ,. "'i T ieV express uie u,..noi. IV be two week from the before It will lie III sliilpe XORTIIWESTBli Evidence of Steady Grov auu enterprise. iouofthebilltotheoenate ITFMS op r,FV,.,t nd the limit originally fixed 11 Vh ''ENKItAL IXTEfr. .... ... .. .1... ..(.iitlitn s. llV t'elll tll.lt it I" ,,,..e!it time lo II- I. pilled. T! iiiinitt From All the th - ,11:111.' hotel llll'l II' I- ere s ioll III tl.iine of th.- city, lin lild-;,-t whole-ale and tioii. ami cotton, ipic-t ions, of. The W i-eSt to sugar, hid and all th until the -imp THE POSTAL CONGRESS. 4 orriiran Art l,all-ry llullilliig l.ea-fil for I lie riirnisr. Wii-hington, April 12. Tin- sist ollice dep n tmeiit ha leased the old Corcoran art gallon- building, on Four teenth street and Pennsylvania avenue, for the Use id the postal congress, which i to assemble May ,Y It is ex pected the digress will be in session six or eight week. The entire building w ill be titled and furnished expressly for the congress. The union embrace the whole world excepting the Chinese empire. Corea and the Orange Free State. These lat ter countries are ex ted to join the union during this congress, and will be , represented by delegate. Kadi nation can "end a tunny delegate a it de sire, hut will have but nm- Vote, j The convent ion w ill In- held with I closed .loots, and the proceeding will be in French, according to the usual custom. I rlmi In 4IiiIihiiiu. Montgomery. Ala., April 12. A si . cial to the Advertiser from izai k, Ala., says: A cyclone pas-ed over a sirti f Dale county last night, having wreck and disaster iu it path. Many house weie demolished. Mrs, Power was caught by the falling timber of her 1 '. and died before she could be rescued. The rest of the family were "" used. This is tl lily fatality re- ported. Formany mile 'the fariuei aie siiITci ing, evciythmg they had be ing swept away by the wind or ruined by the tonents of ram. The citizens f Ozark have sent sev. ial wagonload of supplies to those in need. Tile TrrnH H it Ml.,t . Washington. April 12 Continuation of the rcK.rted tali tic.it ion by the Vene zuela congress of the arbitration treaty has come to the stale department from I'nited States Minister Thomas, at Cu i.n as, in the following cahl.-gram, dated yesterday: 1 reaty was latiticl ,v ten lav While the treaty provides that ratiti cation may be exchanged ,.,,).- j i,. don or Washington, omcials of the state depaitment believe this cermony will take place iu London, a it will' thus serve the purpose f initiatinir the res toration of dipl atic relations between Great Hiitain and Venezuela, alter a suspension of mine than ten year. American Money for Nin,,., ,.,,. Chicago. April 12. I.adv t.Mrv Somerset ha cabled M,-, Kranc's Willianl. president f the Women' Chnstian Temm-ram-e Fnion, asking lor f I.MIO to be sp,., (r ,h(1 ,v,ij)( hiblmn n.iises iu Cieie. M,ss Will ,rd caiu.11 ner consent, techno, it is tlie cause of sntlenng Clni' by Moslem swor ls. and tl of the situation is mc.ilc congres ves retail bii-ines- h.u-- in tie- -oiith, stioyed. Th- o-s i. estimate I at from 11,000,000 to fl,.iUO,ooo, with a' t lio per . cut of insurance. The los- of life is uncertain. a the register Of tho hotel, ill W lil' ll "i0 peo ple were sleeping, Was binned. Tile proprietor of the hotel -,,y. he had live or six g t who h.n- i.,,t put 111 an appearance. A. K, Week-, of k.-. N. Y., drummer for a Ion he-tei stamp ing company, is known to have per ished in the flame-. I:. W Hopkins. a si. Iy.uis drummer, was la-i n 111 tin- burning building in a suffocating condition. W. II. K.-ppart, cx-s, .erotary of th chamber of commerce, saved the III - ..I John S. Uogle, an old farmer, by drag ging him to a window and letting hun out on the r.Hif of another building. K.-ppart jumped one tury and wa in-juii-'l. It i more than probable that liogl- will die. He inhaled the flame, and cannot sH-ak nor swallow. When the lirenn-n thought all the in mate of the hotel had e-cape I. a woman with an infant 111 her amis rushed to the rear windows and s. reai I for help. A in-l was stiet. h. d and the woman asked to drop tl hild Hit, but a the smoke almost choked her, she told them that if some one had to die. both Would die. The woman was linally rescued by the lire men. From the hotel building, which is live stone, the lire spread rapidly. A tiff wind made the flame very ugl), md the tire department was inade plate. In the wholesale hardware house of W. W. W.HslrutT & Co. a huge dyna mite exploion occurred, and scores oi people were hurt by flying brick and glass. It became necessary ut last to have the wall of one building blown, low 11 by cannon to stop the mad career id the tiie. A mountain howitzer of the Knoxville Legion was called into play, and a load of canister did the work, at the same time tearing up some resi dence iu a different .rtion of the city. The city authorities, realizing that the lire department wa unable to compter the flames, telegraphed to Chattanooga for assistance. An engine was placed alHunl a flat cur und started the run of 111 mile, which was made by Kngi- 1 r Konbins in 1011 minutes, breaking the record. When the engine arrived, the lire wa about under control, yet the Chattanooga hoys did some gmsl woik. A cabinetmaker named I1, ti. I Iyer fell dead on the street from fright. A man named Kobinsoti, from Pu laski, Tenn., i supposed to lie another victim. He wa registered in the ho tel, and ha not been seen since. A large force of men is at work clearing away the debris tonight and searching the ruins. Street traffic is entirelv suspend. d. The last man to leave the luiriiiug hotel say he has pisitive proof that live or six person were burned. ,. ran over three or four men in the hall way who were suffocated. Johnson, the railroad baggage agent, came down from the til'th story of the hotel hiiiid-over-haiid on the water pipe nctore the engines arrived one ot the guest saved effect. An V Urge, I PW -inhuming :,.,.r, San Francisco. April 12. Jo Coughlan, the ohainninn swimmer the Dolphin Hoai ing swimming CI11U. ci.iiius to nave cstablis ... i making satisf.l.'toty with the tun. uii-i io.u... ... ,. ., ;, Ii,:.-- have received final ulteii- ng th.-ui being cnemicais uuu ( the more puzzling , however, have been dico. minittee lias neemou 11 ive the rates on wool, coal, lead, ore, lumber t her important subjects matters can 00 ne- teiinine.l. They take the .smoii Willi they can settle the disputed iilit more -ati-factorily after the other fea ,r i the bill are thoroughly digest ed and the probable revenue deter mined. Many of the smaller item ac cordingly have I l.-cid-d ll While no detailed information m be secur.-l. it i iiii'lertoil many re ductions have I n made. The dispo sition of the committee i to make a ipiite general n-ducti but this is found to be a ta-k not easy to accom plish. Ih c.iii f the insistence of sen ators iin having a high duty for ar ticles in which they ure interested. Tln-re are indeed many demand for increase, and some of these are o prcsing that member of the commit tee tiii. I themselves considerably embar rassed between their desire to satisfy senators whose votes will he essential' to the success of the bill and their con viction that the interest of the party demand reduction rather than increase. FIGHTING HAS BEGUN. and th Tlirlvlii-j hi,,,,, "re-j.,,,, ToN Baker City l, Hometi.i, . ing boom. vl-tit. "uoty ha ... treasury the full r'a tin for lNliil. l0t. I. lech Irregular l roeil Ilie rrnnllet and Alia, ke.l Turks. Klassona. Macedonia, April 12. Hand of Greek hrgiand have entered Turkey at Krania, in the vicinity of Gervno. Turkish troops have been en gaged with them and lighting ha been proceeding since .1 o'clia'k this morning. At Tuikish headquarters the news i looked ii)miii 11 of the gravest descrip tion in view of the excitement here. K Ihiiii r.tha ha sent order to have everything in readiness for an advance of the Turkish army in force. A dispatch received ut Turkish head quarter, here from Grevno says the lighting between Greek and Turk con tinue. The Turk, following out the instructions of Kdhim l'asha, have sur rounded the Greek irregular, and the greater part ot the Turkish division stationed at Grevno i now advancing. It i impossible to distinguish whether the invaders ure upiorte.l by any sub stantial portion of the Greek army, but the correiindoht is informed that the moment the Turkish officer ii'rtain the presence of uniforms of Greek regu lars iu the rank of the aggressors, F. I him 1'iisha will order an advance of tin entire Turiksh army. The situation is not serious. Only of his in r of NOT ON THE MARKET. I'n l I lc- I. amis in V a.liliiKi,,n M lih, Iran n from sinl,. Olympia. Wash., April 12. The board of state land commissioners made one of the most iniiHirtant orders todav ever issued by that body. It is ti, withdraw- from sale all state, granted, scl I or other lands. Henceforth all applications for purchase of the public land of the state w ill be rejected, and special deposits alieadv ri ive. I re turned. This ,l,,os nut apply to the purchase ,,f timber and material on state lands, nor to such applications as have prior right under existing laws to purchase tide land. The reason for thi step i said to be that to sell now. in the present finan cial stringency, would be to take the lowest price ever likely to be offered, thus defeating the object for which the several grants were made to the state. The commissioner of public lands is ordered to lease all these land possible to permanent occupants and improver to the fullest extent permit- under existing law. Sherman statu county Notwithstanding the 1.,... .. . Winter in llarnev 6 ""1 1-M llo.l ..... . -' "0t of range are ut this time i., .1,... l a 'I la Treasurer Kern, of finatill. -,, I... I ,. I0 inn . .. "'" Cn .... T.., warrant call lished one day last week ,i K' 1 l'i'l out ?7,000 on , A included in the call. The annual re,rt of the ,,. I'eiiinei 111 01 1,11111 ''otlllty jI,,,,,. ooii.i . 1 ..1 ,ei.-ons oelw,ss. o .1 1 on 1:. ... , ",rt ' ' " senile; in pe to be T '.'lfl of wl,;..l, -1 r,.. itll'l U 1 ru Ai'lllllli-R, I In Hi'htuil uiiii.11-0.,.. 1. in I'urrT? fUiimtv i t l' : ""' ."'ni IMjn 1S!I, show a gain of ju-t i- c!,,' of school UL'e ill the e,,,,,,,,. .1. '' vii'i, ,.li,lill,r M.,-,.1, I lk,.-' .. News from hop yards in hw. is that but little woik Ins Iw. . toward getting them in shape fa J ....,;.. Tl,.. 1 ... . """ ' "... 1101.11 w, , . I. . A .1 . I Kept urn grounn in a - m litiua prevented cultivation. The sheriff of Umatilla rotm,,. begun suit in Pendleton to what expenses he is allowed under law to incur. Ilie ca-e will l-. to the supreme court, and tlis question of the salary law will cum, for an opinion. A cheese factory of 'goo iiih,i.; capacity is being built on i:,il.rt,; in Douglas county. The nenfe connected with the enterprise in-. perienced in the el semakinj V. m-ss, and are coiilnlent of mhv their new venture. A Salem paja-r says that the G ...i Liunber Company is i-lnsing or,:-, with coiKiratioim in Mexico fur i.i' 000 feet of bridge timber. It nilll the mill running full force fur tri weeks. The lumber will be k direct to Mexican points. Two children were playing 01 sidewalk in Kinpiie, Coos cotintr. . day last week, when a hand ut cayusoH run upon the si.lewiU right over tho children befor t could move. The children tunatcly but slightly injured. A liveryman of Albany nu a: there are absolutely no young burtfi Linn countv, and few 011 tin-oust 1 says within live years a giHHllnwrJ command a handsome ligure. 61 gathering up 11 band of tliorcf.:wi animals to send to a ranch ii 0k countv. t. I record for swimming across the Golden Gap. yes. terday. According to statements niade by htm and George Mil,,,., ,). Ameri can repiesentative f Caville, the A11- suauan swimmer, the fe wa accoinjilisheil m 4; 1., exactly six minute less than the Australian cha across the entrance to the 1 was ace. aid. Dolphin It..; Matthew Gay, the ' all in Mian slain ie hideoiisues dahly niacin. 1... L-.. .1:1 , . , v. use i.nusn oiiiiets are hell on the slaughter of Christians." acres Mxrl.leliea.l Sailor. Ir..m, Ncy West, April 1 J. Wlul,. leg a boat today from the t'lchcal. the davits broke, and sailors were thrown into the sea. Were drew ned. lower- cruiser Mar- three Tw o Aftrr a Human tl.irsrthlrf. Co'fax, Wash., April 14 The Wa-allliy Mioiiaii'a n,,rn liralh. Chicago, April H. Mr. Julia ,,. son. IS years old and the p.sesor of 100.000. died suddenly it, cottage 1,1 'ct Kile street lo-l.iy. Asplcjvu,h, by coal g.is is su's.-cd to have la-en the cause of death. Tilr.l lo l,. a l:unaay. San Fianci.co. April V! W illi.,m llanbrlch, eiigin.vr ot the Golden Gate park water woiks. met with a sudden death tin afternoon while attempt 11. g to stop a runaway horse. He jums at the animal' hea I a it appr-s h,s him, e i lently iutenditig to gra-p the bn lle. but misju.ln.sl the s,-,s at which it was moving and wa struck viol, nil) either by the shaft of t! or the wheel, and his brains .1 .i..i Tl . I ,..so.",, i-ih. oi- oner. i etcr was also seriously cut. Haubrich jx year of .-e tJUv. in is son, uu; the i-ountrv a female hoisclhief and The woman is Mr. Jane M year of age. die ran her- in search of incendi.irv. dVnald. ,:,o :a.v from the 'i i.i'iii alio retiirmsl to Sunset, a foiiner hai'.m f her family. Here 'she i r. -.it,sl to have set tire to two t.,ck of hay, the ptopcrty of farmers she ini aiigimd had wr..no'd her or her child ren. Later, she stole a hors,. f. Farmer Kl h r and left. it yesterday minute, or it took iinpion to swim arhor unpanied." the sw-ini,,,..- 'acros the hay by a barge of ,1,.. iting Club i which ii,.r IlL-ll ,lll'.,r. t'.l.. . .. I ,, . . , .. . n .......O'l senoa, ,, ,e litesaver at the Sntro baths; Thomas Keenan. Tli.una Ken iiedy. George Milne and Curl Smith My trainer, Smith, i an old towU.-it-J,,:,n !""' ' as hi guidance through u's mat wok me quickly. " T.-.o.,a- New 1 .1 . r v . 1 Tacoma April 13. -Kxporting cigar ;'; to the Orient is a new , grow i,!g "lry at this ,. s.-v.-t, ,,red thousand cigarette now await the.,,1. lug of the next steamship to Japan. Irnlr,l I,, l. ,,!, I,,..,,. Montreal, April 12.-T. G.'shangl,. CmH. ;h1,r0M,",', "f 'a.K,'li., lautic railway, state that the report ;n N" ork tliat a traffic arrange,, .., had N-eti cff.vted bet we.. . 1 Great Northern and Northern mi iruilsconiiiicfif.il ! i, Sherman I'Ik.-.oiIii,!,.,) t. Washington, April 1'.'. The senate resolution protesting against summary proceedings by the Spanish officials in J'uba against the captive insurgent b'ailer, Kivera. has reached the state lepartinent, through the White House Secretary Sherman, regarding it as merely declaratory of the sense of the senate, and offered j n,vi,rv spirit, ha tiled i, away, and is ma ikely to carry out its suggestion and lodge a protest with the Spanish gov ernment, particular in view of the in formation he ha received that Kiver-. is not to be shot. tribntioii for -the India, S,rretarv U r.iciti,' Pacific business, is Ut true It rain on the vear in lr. aeitic -in an average 20S day in .ail.l. ills, ,, f .o :.. I , i ... "" in r.i, ...'... ,U 1"UII atMit in MU-ria only io . niiietv dav. Pr.flr.1 I r.on Pans, Apnl .i , cnainis r ot is rco!iit:,-n o ary and a-ti Vi.irrl.afia hi I'arla. 13. The American tnuieroo today pass,s a '-ing all duties on liter 'tic oimliict. us Is.;,,.. ii .... . . '. - " rush the development of the am. tu- sentiment in the nation, which sentiment i its,.f( closely allusl to prog',-. and industrv. In.: IVs. relgh, Train Bl.,-,n I ,i. i-itiaixdis. April 19 i l .-V W , M'.g- and Will C harter a Men-limit S,p. Washington, April l'..I execution ol the act of congres authorizing secretary of the m,vv to trui..,-.. suffering people in -ong ha taken m.. .. t" procure immediately a ship ,r stoamer from the merchant marine No tniva, v.,,-, is available for this rank .".,.. W iTTf aTaT It,.,,,,., sat, l)ieg, lal.. April 1J o,,P M. oron,,,.,rUis,.r Philadelphia ,i ;" ' two o,l,er are in adyingcondi several other ure dangerou. l:i'!VhV ''tapped a : iiconoi, atnl st i'..oiiiuc, winch they eggs and condensed milk. Hoton. Al.r Tl 4 " ' l ie receipt of foreiim w.s.l ... .i.i . ' ol ,.. mis sin this u.i.,1. .:n . , ' " Mill I 40-.0U0 ,;.,.S , iiuinber. ."o,.,- large mixed wit!, and drank. "reign w reach a total breaking lO.I'l.s 'mi Kix. with Th. cart were Kov, w a The . d.Md.sl bol l any ,.,v! ; ve from !,:., th.-v detarnsl b statute ! r tiie .Mint of Missouri ha that women ar elik-iM,. ffh-e in that stat are not povl&c alv r our fll explosion IV T . . i.rol.il.t-. i ' "..nine ' ' 'f.uiaie.1 in a car y- 1 he car In I mure Iran, of fourteen car caught ,0,. ;ud wa destroyed. The tram, ne , "1-1 T.jury. ut 0.t( (;r sllNOOfU In " IH . 1 y o, ,..0 (Mr) pinn.sl p. the burning tl,r on condition. ------ uiai can lie ireight wa annihilate at licit Junction ,,si ably originated wins w ho w as in a seri. " "He hil.l M. vv ."' ,,r-' AP"I " . .ir ii .,,. ,,. - . a rs. nrem,. V f-9 iiorrinie .leath si night, th, way ao-i. ,., kilUI ,),.. I,.'.. i ,V ' "'" "'-I-intlv ' "',',y i,.,g fright- in 12. Gracie youngest ide. met n:-lj o'clock at "mi oi a street-rail 1 I M ..... -.. uie Ilea. I ,i,,. T. i.. ..!! . - r' IV - ii arii.. .si WiisliiiiKton Sheep to the number of 30,000. h many ranges, will he di iven to "i." to be shorn. The grass is long enough if Coulee City now for cattle tu I ir on the range. A gentleman of Port Angeles:!' the experiment of cultivating i& oysters in Washington harbor, Ch -county, Sequim bay. Thirty-two mining cntiipwiiri t heudquarter in Everett, net omr.' tho .Monte Cristo properties ol -Kockcfeller syndicate. The auditor of Kittita cnnu nionth received fl40.4,"i in fee. - largest amount received for ant -month for u very long time. The "scorcher" has been runnin?f people in Port Towiisen.l, ami ne" city marshal says he will enfuM ordinances prohibiting bicycle-rc on the sidewalks in the busine) !' of the city. The Wenatehoe Water Power C pany is taking advantage of the stage of the river to secure the hea" it ditch seven miles iibove Wenato i The company is putting in a riprapi ; wall 1,1100 'feet long, with !r ! height of seven feet and a has of ' feet the most of the distance, to ' their ditch from high water. Professor Spillman, of the Pu"; agricnlturul college, who has nii : special study of the iii.liistrr an: adaptability of the state for pre dairy products, estimate that creameries could lie kept hii-y F ing the market that can be built I Washington dairy products h.T proper development of the indus'? the state. "The reports from Skagit eenntv'. the Italian prune trees were h"? juied by the extraordinary bad JEt" freeze were greatly exaggera'c'. j Secretary Cuss, of the state horticulture. "In my own ''r,llir' "early 1,000 trees I found the very slight and many of mr ire happily disappointed." Wallu Walhi is soon to have a P'' library. The iiecossurv U,,W 0 the nucleus for a public '.' '''"'? ?! Dorted bv citv tne. a oruvi'lt"! '. r..... . . , : . .. I.,.t iV lawn oi Ilie Stale, isai ... u ... i i ... .l..ll:ir'- i.e jj.inori-.i iiini on.. - posited in the Farmers' S.ivini futne time ago by some oi..-" "' tity is unknown, for the ptrr': tul, lis). in., a t.nl.lii- lihraiy. f - i iht'. hundred dollars ha been ladies of the city, and togetlw' ; the old biH.ks storc.1 away, the ill reach the necessary $1.00'.'. The Ikld Fellows' and th'' -Mi, cemeteries in Pomeroy were recently and the tombstone- ali i inents torn from several t-'r'1' bp..!.-..., f.. The ononis th"'11 r" " ' " , to the Catholic cemetery ami ' similar act of vandalism. The Alaski Packer' A"' t !':' ifllf' .lUffle ls.lv IHS-,"., track. Iron, ary t, Under th raise tl,e r to remove the wheels, it w,,s truck fro,,, tlie iH II 1' ieak. taught tu At the is. in, i... . - - - "lie tmsilv engaged teiiiiiaf lif the old ivmm.rv bllihling riHini for the erection of an ctri. r.ne': r, the Missi new building. When salui.'.i ""r -, out ,,f I i. , : T "Tl" will be the largest ssippi the world, with a daily ''',: i ten fevt j je . i "--- ii it oniv nd eighteen iuche. dee 3,500 case of forty-eitfht ti " cue.