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EUGENE CITY GUARD. L U OAMrULL. Fr.ri.tor. EUGElf E CITY ORIQOS NEWS OF THE WEEK THE ELDER RETURNS. Nawt Istarastlna; Collection sf Currant Irnti la Condenud Form Vroa Both CoatlnaaU. A woman's Klondike syndicate )im been organized in New York city. The transatlantic liner St. Paul Iim again lowered her record across the ocean. Mrs. C. A. flhurte and her two chil dren were suffocated by smoke in their home at Arlington, Or. Word has been received in New York from Calcutta that the Indian relief ex jiedition which left Han Francisco last June, has arrived safely. The cargo, it is said, will be more acceptable even than expected. A wind, rain and hailstom which panned over Northern Wisconsin did more than f 100,000 damage to the to baooo farmers on Coon prairie, the heart of the growing section of the county. Fully four-fifths of the crop is destroyed. A rich gold find is reported from the Sparta district in Union county, Ore gon. The find has canned no little ex citement, and a big amount of quarts has been boxed op for shipment direct to the mint It is estimated that it will go at least 40,000 to the ton For a month or more eople living near Bald Knob, Ark., have been find ing valuable pearls in a lake near that plane. Hundreds of people have been 0eiiiiig mussel shells In search of the jiearls, and some of the gems have been found, some being solil for as much as 300. Either crazed by liquor or laboring under a dcliiHion that he was being wr sec u ted, John Thomas, a prosiector lately from Fort Hteole district, started fusilade with a revolver on the streets of 8okane., which resulted in mortally wounding two men and painful injuries to another man and boy. A special to the Toronto Globe from Ottawa says that the Dominion govern lnent baa received several important (Incisions in ri'gard to the Yukon conn try, and the working of the gold fields there. It has been decided to appoint an administrator for the district, who will have entire charge of nil the Can adiun officials there ami bo the chief executor for the government Freight rates have been reduced con siderably by the O. K. & N. and N. P. to liritish Columbia points. The Seattle Coal A Iron Company men at Issaquah, Wash., have quit work. I liny want more pay, and object to a deduction by weight for carloads having slate and shale. The government armor board met in Washington and accepted the offer of Cramps to furnish diagonal armor for the battleship Indiana. The govern ment price was satisfactory. The New York Tribune, in discussing events that led up to the assassination of (. anovaa, makea the statement that the government is responsible for the rise and progress of anarchy in Spain, An explosion of a lamp started a Are In a load of bar in a livery barn in Lewislon, Iduho. The flames spread with great swiftness, and before they could be suppressed caused a total loss of 111,000. F. Lk Johnson, while driving a band oi horses near the Pine Creek reserve, In liuki county, Oregon, bent over to drink out of a stream in the ravine, his revolver fell out oi his pocket, and, exploding, killed him instantly. An official dispatch received In Con stantinople says several thousand Ar menian agitators from Persia invaded Turkey ami killed 800 of the Migriki tribe, including women aud children. The wife of the chief was put to death with the most cruel tortures, and sev eral other victims had their noses and ears out off. Consul-Gcneral Hayward, In a report to the state department, slates that during 18U8 American vessels number ing 347, of IHS.WSa tons, entered Ha waiian ports, wjiile vessels of all other nationalities numbered 130, of 234.014 tons. These are the only foreign ports where a majority of the carrying trade is now under the American flag. Golll has confessed that he killed Senor Canovas to avenge the llimvlona anarchists, and the insurgent leader, Don Jose Kisal, who was executed at Manila, Philippine islunds, December HO last, as the instigator of the Philip pine revolution. Dr. Kind denied that lie was a rebel leader, but he admitted that he had drawn up the statutes of the Philippine leugue. A Portland, Ind., dispatch says: A south-liound Grand ltapids A Indiana freight traiu went through the bridge spanning tlie V abash river a mile north of Geneva. The engine aud tender fell Into the river and cars piled on them. Engineer Harney Heid and Fireman James Gallagher went down with the engine. The former had both legs crushed, and was otherwise badly injured. He will die. Fireman Gal lagher and Hrakemau Jamoa Clifford were severely injured As a result of war between Atlantic coast lines, freigl is being carried from New York to Ualveatoll for 1 cents a hundred weight According to a disatch from Coten hagen, received in London. Captain Mortensen, of the bark Ansuger, bound from Dublin to Onega, at the mouth of the Onega river, on the White sen, re ports that on July IS, when about two days' sail east of North cae, the north ernmost point of Europe, then being in Artie waters, he saw a collapsed bal loon, which he believed to be Andreo's. Warning tiotioes, evidently directed against the Chinese Society for English Edocatiou, have been tiosted on the deadwalla of Chinatown, in Sun Fran rieco. Without being nauied the so ciety is pointed at as having levied blackmail from women of ill-repute im ported from China. The pouter says: "Lives have I wen lost before for such little things, and they will be lost igaln." It ia signed "Mook Citing Society," and lias cause. I considerable wusternatlon. The police, who have lorn down the notioea, treat the matter leriously, and think there will sunn be tore murder ia the Chinese quarters. Tbs Offlcars Bring; tba Latatt From tha North. Astoria, Or., Aug. 16. The O. R, A N. Co. ' steamer George W. Elder ar rived tonight from Dyea, after very pleasant trip down. Hlie brought so commodation" mail, and one passenger, The officers of the steamer gave the latent news from the north. The passage up was delightful. The ocean all the way was as smooth as a mill pond, and very few of the passen gers were sick. The livestock fared ex tremely well. Not one animal was in jured In the slightest, and all were lar.ded In safety. When the Elder snivel at Skaguuy bay men immediately ciiimi aboard arid offered fuhulous prices for horses. An imals such as are being canned at Linn- ton art selling for from f000 to 700, but none could be purchased from the Elder's passengers. One of the passen gers had a large bull, for which he win offered ftiOO. Tlie offer was refused, There is plenty of grass to feed the livestock, ami horses are greatly in do tn and 1 lie men were ohargeil 2b cents er 100 (Kin in Is to have their luggage taken ashore. All the baggage was landed safely. 7 he late or taking stuff over Chilkoot puss is 23 cents a pound. The officers state that there is ahso lutely no truth in the rcorts that men are selling their outfit at Dyea. They say that everyone who can possibly get over the passes is going. The weather at Dyea is all that could be desired, and but little difficulty will be exieri enced lu making the trii. I he most Important Item of news brought by the Elder is to the effect that White pass is being placed in u passable condition. One hundred ml ners, who were delayed by the oondi tion of the road, handed ami agreed to corduroy the mail. Timber is plentiful in the vicinity, and tlie work should shortly be completed. When this is done horses cun easily be taken over the trail. Two drownings and a mining-camp incident resultant occurrrcd at Dyea On August N, Dwight rowler, of Seat tie, lost his life. He was currying a loud on his buck and purccls in each hand over a log, when he slipied ami fell into the Skugtiuy river. Fowler is said to be the son of well-known Seat tle iieoplo. The other fatality occurred August 0 Thomas Wall, of N. niiimo, while at tempting to ford Dyea river on a puck horse, was lost. Ho left a wife and three children in Nunaimo, who are in (lestituto circumstances. Two men named Young and Cleve land are engaged In packing near where the drowning occurred, and recovered the bodies. They took them to Dyea, where they demanded tio for their services. Tlie citizens immediately culled a muss meeting and served no- notice on one of the men to leuve town within 24 hours, lie applied for pas sage on the Elder to Juneau, nut as she was not hound for that isirt, he wus compelled to leave town until he could secure truusportutiou. The day tlie steamer left citizens call ed another meeting for the purHise of Considering the advisability of serving a like notice on the other man. The partners Were making from '.'00 to f:00 a week each, currying freight, but their demand for pity for bringing in the bodies of the men has lost them fortunes. On August 8 a man was shot and killed for stealing freight on Chilkoot puss. One of the men in charge of a pack train caught him in the act, and nis lire was the penalty, ins name could not be learned by the officers or pussengers of the Elder. At Dyea, according to a letter re eolved from C. It. Kcovev, of this citv. there is a scarcity of provisions. The writer says that the stores were crowd ed, and that all the flour wus sold mere will l no tiinicuiiy in securing more. The demand was created by men who left with money instead of provisions. There was but one returning passcn ger. ihcotloro Utng, who sailed on the Elder, wus attacked with rheumatism and forced to sell his outfit and return. The passage down wus made in good time, the steamer being hut 71 hours from Sitka. She left up for Portland at 7:15 tonight. The route from Skaguuy via White puss is more level and easier traveling, though 2ft miles farther. Hut the pros pector is lauded on ImV llennet,. the second lake uoove Lindeimun, where travelers by Chilkoot pass are landed, llesides, there is plenty of timber on llennet to build boats, while there is none on Liiidcrmuu. Every day, hundreds are arriving Oleic, and scows and smull steamers are making fortunes in lightering goods from steamers. Letters from Astoriuus who went on the Elder advise others not go this fall, as they cannot get through except at ! STRIKERS ARE WARNED Interference With De Armitt's Miners Must Cease. IS OXLV A TEMPORARY ORDER Court Will Kaadar Final ParUloa- I'r.ild.at Kulaa llarlarot Troubla Will Follow It Kiirurcamant. Pittsburg, Aug. 18. The much- tulked-of injunction aguinst the Unit ed Mineworkers was filed in the county court toduv by counsel for the New York Sc Cleveland Gas Sc Coal Com pany. The defendants are named The United Miniieworkcrs of America, Patrick Dolan, president; William Warner, secretary and treasurer, and others. The plaintiff company sets forth that it is a cortsiration under the laws of Pennsylvania, with a capital of $1,000, 000 invested in coal lunds of Pennsyl vania. Three of their mines, employ ing 1,300 men, are the Plum Creek, Turtle Creek and Sandy Creek. The hill then recites the conditions prevail ing at their mines since the strike was begun and alleges the strikers buve paid no attention to the sheriff's warn ings, and tbut the lives of miners and proH-rty of the company are in danger. Judge ( oilier granted a tcmporury injunction, restraining and enjoining the defendants from assembling, march ing or encamping in proximity to the mines and houses of the miners, for the puritie by intimidation, threats and opprobrious words, of preventing the miners of the plaintiff from work ing. It further restrains the defend ants from .inducing or compelling any employe or miner to quit work. A hearing was fixed for August 18. The injunction is regarded as tlie mtmt sweeping yet issued. President Dolan expressed surprise when in formed it hud been grunted and added: It will make no difference to us. We will go right along as usual until the matter is tested in the courts. We will stay there regardless of every judge in Allegheny county, and if they attempt to enforce the injunction thev will have to build more juila to accom modate the men." WILL FORCE THE ISSUE. Htrlkrri to Tait tha l.rgalltjr of Judga Mrlllarayiic'a Oritrr. Pittsburg, Aug. 10. The striking miners at Caunonsburg have determined to force the injunction issue by contin uing their daily marches and meet ings in the iieighlHirhood of the Mo- Govern aud Caiiuunsbiirg mines in spite of the order of Judge Molllwayiie, forbidding matches on the roads lead ing to the mines. Tlie pnrptste is to have the men arrested in order to test the legality of the injunction. Patrick Dolan stated it had been de termined to keep up the marches, and as fast as one group was uricstcd an- ithcr one will take its place until there will he so many of them in iuil that opinion will be aroused on the question, '"''ir,l '"r year, as lie then would have STRATEGIC BASEOFTHE PACIFIC ach Is Hawaii From Military Tolnt of View. Washington, Angl "From a mil itary as well as a commercial oint of view," said Director Smith, of the hii reau of American republics, "The Ha waiian Inland, owing to their location, are of great iniortiiiice. Hawaii may be said to lie but one-third the distance of the accustomed route from San Fran cisco to Jupan and China ports, from Ban Francisco to Australia, from port of British Columbia to Australia and British India, and about half way from the Isthmus of Panama to Yokohama and Hong Kong. The construction of a ship canal across the isthmus would extend this geographical lelution to the ports of the Gulf of Mexico and of tlie Atlantic seaboard of North and Booth America. A glance at the map will at once make clear the fact thut no other ixiint in the North Pacific has inch a dominating relation to the trade between America and Asia as a place for coaling and a dcMt of supplies for vessels. "From a naval standpoint Hawaii is the great strategic base of the Pacific. Under present conditions of naval war fure, created by the use of steam, as a motive power, Hawaii would secure to the maritime nation possessing it an advantage us a deot fir tlie supply of Coul. Modem battle-ships, depending absolutely iihii coul, would be enabled to avail themselves ot their full capa city of speed and energy only by having some half-way station in the Pacific where they could replenish their stores of fuel and refit. A buttlc-ship or cruiser sarting from an Asiatic or Aus tralian port with tlie view of operating along tlie count of either North or South America, would be unable to act effec tively for any length of time ut the end of so long a voyage, unless she were lile to refill her bunkers ut some point uu the way. "On the other hand, if the United States possessed Hawaii, she would he able to advance her line of defense 2,000 miles from the Pari He coast, mid with a fort illc. I burlier and a strong fleet at Honolulu would la; in a jMtsitinii to conduct either defensive or offensive o'ratioiiM in the North Puciliu to a greuter advantage than any other sjwer." SPANISH WERE ROUTED Report of the Battle Near Aguacate Confirmed. WEYLER LOST FILLY 200 MEN STILL HAS FAITH. Captain Windrow Mays That Andrre Will Vet Itxturn. Chicago, Aug. 10. Captain John Windrow, of San Francisco, docs not believe the story that Professor An dree's balloon was seen floating in the ocean by a ship's cuptain. The captain is visiting his brother, Dr. S. Windrow, of 233 LuKulle avenue. He has re turned from Sweden, where he visited his rleatives among whom is the fam ily of Professor Andrew's brother. Tlie captain said: "I was in Stockholm when the news arrived that Andrew had left Spitz bergen in his balloon. His family, that is, his brother's Andree is not married fully lie Hove that he will he heard from. Andree told them that if no news wus received from him in two mouths, probably nothing would be ot urging a new foim of injunction. In these movements tho snpimrt of all the leading trades unions of tlie country are said to have been pledged at a secret meeting in Columbus during the lust 10 duvs, presided over by Samuel Gonicrs. Information has been received bv the Pittsburg operators thut the inineis of the Bell, L wis & Yates Company have struck in Kcynoldsvillo. and the rest of the mines of the company are Idle. The company is ono of the heav iest tonnage producers in the northern tiidd. About 8,000 men are employed. The usual inarch of miner was made ut Turtle Creek at 4 o'clock this morn- ing, but more men went into the pit to day than yesterday. Firms from all sections are coming to tlie rescue of the strikers. A certain cereal company at Akron, ()., sent a dispatch offering to lonate two tons of corn meul. The offer was accepted. The Fishermen's Protective Association, of Astoria, Or., has started East by fast freight 100 oases of canned salmon for tho miners Th liijiilit'ltin Kitrndrd. Washington, Pa, Aug. 10. J. H. Cook, a coal oimrator of McGovem. came Into court this afternoon and com plained that the strikers were again trespassing on his proierty. that An drew Savage, leader, already enjoined, was there, and he thought thev had instructions to go w here they pleased in lisrcgant of the injunction. At his re quest tlie court made another including the United Mincworkois of America. President Ratchford and Secretary Pierce, and the Pittsburg district luino workers, President Dolun and Secretary vtarucr, in ine injunction. landed in such a locality thut it would require months for him and his party to reach a locality where they could communicate with the outside world. "My own Miff is that Andii" has struck a southwest w ind, as these are the winds thut most usually prevail at this time of the year in the northern latitudes, ami that he has been carried Into Siberia, unci it may hp mouths be fore he will be heard from. "A to the story of a vessel having passed a balloon float ing in the sea, that is a good yam for landsmen. There is not a captain so inhuman, so absolutely without senses that he would not ut once send a boat to inves tigate the tiling, and, anyhow, the bas ket and provisions that Antlreo carried with him weighed six tons and would sink the balloon when immersed in water. Never fear, Andrea will he heard from, depend upon it." mini tha lUl.y Willi Hind. Pittsburg, Aug. It!. Mrs. George Ruthmuii, of Beaver Falls, heard a pe culiar noise on the buck (torch of her residence. iShe found her two sons, une aged 7 and tlie other one year older, in a corner. Tlie babe was on his hack. Tlie elder brother had in serted the tube of a bicycle pump in the baby's mouth and was tilling him with wind as fust us he could work the pump. Tho infant was unconscious and its little stomach was inflated like a balloon. The mother pulled the tube from the child's mouth and the air fol lowed with a sharp sound like the ex haust of an air brake on a railway train. The baby recovered conscious-Uess. great expense and hardship. Tup Notch for Whral. Wall Walla, Aug. 1(1. The ton notch w heat market for the season was reached today. The market opened firm ut 7ft cents for bluestem, 73 cents for club. Several lots were sold at these llgures, w hen the price jumped Up one cent and several thousand hush els were void for 7tl cents This after noon the price dropcd back to 75 cents, at which ligure it closed. No Mum rif llrandy. San Francisco, Aug. IB. Acting Collector Thomas has rcttvived a rul ing from Secretary Guge, of the treas ury, relating to the distillation of cer tain fruits, particularly in California. Uist May the Tcnny Fruit Packing Company, of Fresno, dililled some fig brandy, but the treasury department bus decided that the distillation of figs is illegal. The brandy in question will Ih released, but hereafter the law will bo strictly enforced. Immlf mllt.M Falling Off. Washington,, Aug. 13. Th tide of immigration is at the lowest point since the general government assumed jurisdiction of the subject, in ltSS',1. The number of arrivals from all conn tiies, according lo treasury statistics, during the last fiscal year, Was 'J.iO, HH'J, a decrease us compared with tlie previous year of 1 13.43.V The lightest immigration of any previous year was in 1U'.. when the numU'r from all countries was tTV.MH. The year of the heaviest immigration was the first of I be Hiind beginning with IHbi, whru si i in vis numbered 7b8,VV. Work of Traliiwrorarr. Dallas, Tex., Aug. It!. The north- Isiand M., K. T. train was wrecked this morning near Caddo Mills bv some one removing the fishplates and Wild ing the rails, hvery car but the rear sleeer was turned over. Messenger luiwlins was instantly killed. Several passengers were injured, but how seri ously could not lie learned. The in jured w ill le taken to Greenville. A wrecking crow ha reached the scene. No further particulars are oUainable. riiarvtlf. Making st.,,t. New York, Aug. 10. Twenty-fivt hundred men and women w ho made to bacco cigarettes are out of work he- ! cause of the failure of the internal rev enue department in Wimhington to supply the deputy collectors in this city with the new fl revenue stamps, provided for iu the new turiff. Iniurgfnt I-ois Wat Ught-Hrvaral At triiipls Wra Mada to Capture tha Captain-tioiieral. New York, Aug. 16. A special to the Herald from Havana via Key West says: Further details huve been re ceived of tho battle near Aguacate, which is neur the Matunzas line. The fiKhting, it waa first reported, was iu Matunzas province, but it was just on this side. There is no doubt of the re sult of the battle, however, ami a con servative estimute places the number of Spanish killed at 200, while the rebel loss was comparatively trifling. Preparations for General Weyler's ar rival ut the palace were made on ilou day, but he has only just returned from the field. He left MutanziH on Sunday and reached Aguacate the next day It was there that a rumor came that hu was wounded in the big fight near there, hut the statement has proved to lie false. The excitement in Havana is intense. The uncertainty regarding the new ministry in Spain is partly to blame, ami on top of this there comes news of a big insurgent victory between Agua cute utid Mudrugu, and also of a pitched buttle in the vicinity of Sugua Grande. The advance guard of General Gomez has crossed into Matunzas. Whether lie is close cannot be ascertained, but it is resirted that he declined the fight at Saguu lu Grunde. The largest buttle thut has taken place in several mouths was the one fought at Aguacute. It is known that the battle was the result of an uttemp to capture General Wevler and kill him. The captain-general had made preparations to return on horseback f.'om Matunzas to Havana. Along the road he had ssted three columns of Spanish soldiers. General Castillo learned of his plans and gathered force of fully 1,000 rebels. This force he liiirl.il against the Spanish lines near Aguacute where Geiierul Weyler was supisiseil to be. General Castillo commanded the insurgents in person ami the Spanish were under General Miltu. The insurgents disiersed, hut later accounts are that both Colonel Aidea ami Ucuerul .Molino were wounded. The battle began alsmt 4 o'clock in the afternoon and continued till night. The Spanish were ranked aloiitf the oien road and the rebels approached them from the rear, coming from the hills. A body of cavalry was stationed ulsmt a quarter uf a mile down the road to cut off Weyler if he should bo there ami attempt to seek safety. The details of the actual fighting nre meager, but many reliable jiersons who passed near the place, which is beside the railroad station, suv that from the carriage windows they could see many dead soldiers along t'ie road. The rebels used rapid-tiring gnus. When darkness cume the Spaniards retired, to return the next morning w ith heavy re inlorcements, but the insuregnts only opened lire for alsiut half an hour and then disapiK-aied. Thev divided into small hands aud subsciiuent inirsuit was iutile. Information has also been received of tlie big light near Sugua la Grunde. It is said the town wus attacked and that a portion of it was burned, but this has not been vended. Corresoiidenee irom tint nelil, however, proves that there has been a battle there, Gomez lu person, it is said, directing the in surgent operations. After tlie tight at Aguacute, General Weyler fell back upon Guanabueou, just across the bay from Havana. The rebel chiefs, Colonel Arnuguara und General Kodriguez, were in the district and Weyler expected a raid. Weyler arrived ut Guanuhaeoa with 4,000 men. Five miles from Guana- bacon he was attacked by a reM force under General Kodriguez. Rodriguez's plan was to force General Weyler to give battle und pursue him into the hills, w here tlie captain-general stood u giHHi chance of being either killed or captured. Tlie rebels tired several vol- leys from the lulls along the roadside, killing 17 und wounding a large num ber of the Spanish, hut Weyler refused to give fight and kept on his march to Guanuhaeoa, driving 300 head of cattle that he had collected along the line. General Rodriguez followed in Weyler's rear to w ithin sight of the town." Af ter the rebels withdrew the Spanish troops commenced a heavy tire, the noise i f w hich awakened und frightened the residents of Guunubacou. A train running from Mariano i Havana province was tired uhui recent ly. The American vice-consul, Mr. Springer, was on the train. Bullets struck near him, but he escaped unhurt. FIRST BLOOD SHED. Work In tha Kli-I.U. Spokane, Aug. 16. There it an un precedented demand for harvest hands throughout Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho. Fears are expressed that enough men cannot be foouud to harvest the large crop. The cells iu the jail at Dover, N. H., are arranged in a circle and revolve, so that the inmates can successively see the country at all points of the compass. Tha I'rr.l.lml will Attend. Columbus, O., Aug. 10. President McKinley has accepted an invitation to attend the Ohio fair at Columbus, oHning August 31. tliild IMarovrrln. New Orleans, Aug. 10. A new gold held has been discovered, hut this one is in the tropics. Ueiiort have ct , to this city lately that big finds of gold have been made in Nicaragua, and steamers from that lection have been bringing in gold dust in proof of it. Two Children Drnwurd. Crete, Neb., Aug. It!. Willie and Mary ogel, aged 4 and 10 years re speetively, were drowned in the Bin.. river to lay. They fell from n:.rr... Klghljr Thanaund Oregon Sheep. Kansas City, Aug. IB. J. A. Knob lin, a livestock commission men-hunt of this city, has bought iu Oregon 80,- j 000 sheep, which are now being driven ; overland to Kansas, where they will be j led next w inter and marketed the fob j lowing winter and spring. Thia Im inense heard has been divided iuto hands, each of which is driven by eight men. Knollin exeols to reach Kansas with the sheep by October. Some are active, because they tear to be thought idle. Denver, Aug, 16. A special to tlu News from Del Norte, Colo, , says: A messenger just arrived from Sum mitville, bringing news of a powder ex plosion, which occurred in tlie lower sorl'li... .t ,1... I !..!. -...ii. . i . -" m -toooj iiune ai ik, ami were carried over a niilhhm Sninmitville, by which four men lost ' to the rocks Mow. their lives. Foreman Robert Jones is ' - one of the dead. Tlie names of tba! I'in inn t.. . - - ...V .TRUUJfU, others have not been learned. Tlie Manchester, Conn., Aug 16 Tb explosion occurred at 4 o'clock and Teter Adams paper mill, in Bucklun'l caused a cave-in and the men were suf-; was burned this morning Lo, oeated before they could le reached. 000. B' ' TJd' Realgaatloa of Weyler. New York. Aug. 16.-A dispatch to v ,,r,h"n p" '"lent, the Herald from Havana, via Kev Now ork- Aug. 16. C. S. Mellen West, says: "I have learned on wha't ' i y ,,v,e,l president of the seems to be the best authority thut ;Norll,,'rn Fueitio Company. Daniel S Captain-General Weyler has sent ,U ! Lmonl elected director and vicei resignation to Madrid. This rewrt is pr,'u , m- Mr- Mellen is second vice, generally Mieved to bo true. president of the New York. New Haven "There in m ,oubt that the resigna- i ''""'"rd railroad, and was formerly tion of Weyler is due to the assasama- 2.,lM1Mr ' ,ho l,,i," Pacific railroad" tton of Canovas del Castillo." i'"'. VffllV ' Indent of the Northern u . - Factbc was rendered vacant bv the re. The Bank of England employs about , guation of Mr. Winter lliii. 1.100 men.and ha. . U,y li,,in-:there ha. been no vice-,," ZT eluding pensions, of about 500.000 , Lamont, it has long lwn rum' , " . ' "e offlc in the JJS. A Riot Almost Prsrlpltatad Among th , Htrlkars. Pittsburg. Aug. 16 n.j- !,,, iba court have put a stop to marches bj the striker, against the New York & Cleveland Gua Coul Company, for a time at leust. But in the execution of ibn ininnction tlie sheriff and hia dep uties narrowly escaped precipitating trouble. As it was, tho first blood of the strike was shed. Henry Stewart, one of the aheriff'a deputies, struck Jacob Mott, a drummer of the McDonald bund, with tho edge of a bruss horn, and cut a severe gush ubove his eye. The sight of the blood wrought up the 1,000 idle miners to such a pitch that a desperate conflict was imminent. Tlie deputies ulso wero excited and noisy. The strikers were jeering ami veiling and urging a further rush, There were enough of the miners to annihilate tlie deputies'. Captain Bel linghain, Sheriff Lowrey, Chief Deputy .Tainea Richards and Superintendent nArmitt were tho only cool men in the assemblage. To them and to Cici tain Bellinghum belongs tho credit ol avoiding a riot. When Bellinghain saw there was danger of his men getting beyond bis control, he commanded a hult and ad il reset! himself to tho tusk of restraining 'nce of St.aJ.. . ITEMS OF GF.Vpdi. . Ihe spring flying I lumbia has closed Th. H trifle over 400.000 ca,.L Pwk ''H, bubsor.ptions for Astori.-7 rcguuaare pouring in. .,!, , ""' comi,ell days. A carnival q,,. -O'non, amount will he m..i." .ei. liVal nn. '"II .... - -i':u VI L eu una year. "il During the juntv. .... .."""MUaJ r a efforts directed that ho soon bad re stored comparative order. Sheriff Low rey hail a difficult tusk to perform, but he handled it well, ami by his coolness and good nature, did much to neutralize the bitterness it ml strife invited bv his subordinates, The strikers finally retired an J marched back to their camp. There were sev crul other brushes with the deputies, but no actual collisions. After the miners returned to cum p, the officers held a conference with their attorney, and he advised them to quit marching until the court had heard tlie argument over a bill in equity brought by the New York & Cleveland Gas Coal Company, lis it might injure their case if they were brought up for contempt before the court. President Dolun then issued orders thut no more inarches should be made to uiiv of the New York & Cleveland Company's mines until further orders, though ma chei may he made ut other places. There were no signs of trouble to night. Tlie strikers remained within their camp, ami while the deputies were on guard they hud little to do. In order to more thoroughly fortify his position, Sheriff Lo,vrcv swore in 20 additional deputies tonight, and dis patched them to Plum creek. AN ARIZONA STORM. A Cloiol limit Pk tireut Damage to rroifi-ty. Nogales, Ariz., Aug. 10. Southern Arizona and Notiiern Mexico have been visited by a terrific ruin storm. All telegruph lilies between Nogales mid Guuymus are down, and a great part of tho Sonora runway is washed out. Tho track between Nogales Encinns a dis tance of 16 miles, is almost entirely gone. A tram started to leuve Gnuy- mas this morning, hut it was detained by tho Mexican government. There wus u cloud huist which filled the stream which flows through tho plucl) and flooded the greuter part of Nogales. three bridge? were washed away. Sev eral houses were wufhed away and u number of Mexican families are home less. Ihe residence of Arilo Ruinriz. tlie mayor, was destroyed. Miirla r ernu Hacked by CiiIihiis, Key West, Flu., Aug. 16. Martu fcsperunz.t, a piwn in Santa Chua nrnv ince.vas attacked by insurgents recent ly, who entered the town ut 3 P. M., and left ut 4 A. M., sacking ull the stores and faking merchandise, clothes, trngs, money, etc. The Spanish force made resistance, but the insurgents tic tented tiiem with little trouble. Tlie Spanish loss was heavy. The Cubans lost one killed ami several wounded. ioc tones in ucncrai Montitno came to the aid of the tow n, arriving one day one. iney tooK utins and ammunition from the guerillas who remained in the town, although most of them lot. joined county, warrants to the aent.ng f: ,105 wa, redWBX the same time. m S Harvesting i w,,ii , . n oninA ut)...,.. i i . Wit... the more belligerent. So well wero bis """" "'ready be nvv, a uu urn 1 1 IH i up,: better than was expW.,lS mate of 3.000 onn i.-.t., " claimed, be too low for Sliern,,'!" County Commission., Oray'a river, has discor that stream. It assay, KlBsell will nrnsiu... .1.. v 7 . -,-... win utai the stream. Ha iu ,.i .1 . better finds will bo mil,t, Z One of the I biHtorv of f .!,.,.! " i harvested. The ouaiitir';?',1'1 the quality is first-class, Tl JU lent linyiug weather that haipreZ bus enabled the furmers and nJ tn In 41. n ....... . . 1 c.erv in coai mining, uch to do with coal in tn. r... 7 given tho Evans creek. Klsmni, ty, coul a thorough test, and pr,, it the pure anthracite. The mMm shows n i no solid feet of co4l,,,i slate streaks which were fimiwUi- i... . . - " "s iirsi opened uretiitvU out. It is said that the coul n,L put into tho Valley towns for ft J ton. A new scheme for getting ri.l nf k. lice is credited to a Southern Orfl man. He goes out tliirinit tlie h,j the day, takes a pole with. to, tho end of it, hooks it over the wire which tlie hops nre siinimrtaL ni shakos tho vines with all hit uirbt Ho can shake off must of the lice I tl.la ............ t...l: 1 . I "no 11111.110:1, nun ut'liuvtn II u lnit. effective as spraying, and muohtutit Aa soon as the lice strike the doit 1 tho ground they tlie. One of the measures of intern! I Oregon ahich died in tlie late Mia of congress before it could get unja, sitleration wus a joint resolution m duced by Senuotr McBritle. direct: the secretary of war to cause u a animation to be made of the hulas' Astoria and to submit a plan for it improvement by inceusing iti depth, width and extent, together with ti- mutes of the cost of such iiiiprovemeou It ia proposed to appropriate 13,000 li tlie purpose. This proHaition til probably huve to go into tlie next rire and harbor appropriation bill. Washington. ' The school census of Chchalii ooontj shows there are 3,186 children i school ugu in the comity, adecmueii u year of 139. Tho board of control has wiled tot bids to supply tho" state, fur use at tkt state penitentiary, with 2.250) bales of jute, 750 by steamer aud 1,500 bj sailing vessel. The assessed value of ail property it King county is 148,213,400, as ipu 1 42,739,734 in 18U0. The value of ill property in the city of Seattle it Wf 100,032, us against f:J0,143,64S u 18U0, an increase of $3, 404,494. Whatcom county's hay crop this yeii will he simply enormous. It ittu muted that one ranch, having 160 ra in eiilliviilion situated uliollt tM 1 1 m & . 1 ., .1. . 1 ,1 . . , ,. aooui oou ions, nit) tin' and sacked the tow ns ot Lu Encrtic iadii . 1 . IV.,...- ... 1 in . , n7 I11L1J'iu, cr()p , nutimated at bd Crucos and I'laeetas. The Spanish am a, 000 forces made no resistance. These. 1 , ' , , towns are in Santa Clara. tlie pacified province of l.ady Itririied From Ilratli. ine uullos, Or.. Auir. Plr totally tteJtioved the Michi.lWI, l,.,;i.i. ing, on Second street, occnoic.l bv Mn Britton as a lodging-house, at 1 A. M. 11 was a tierce, hot blaze, and only prompt action m the part of the fire tie", partnieiit .avoided a general conrlagru- jioii. me origin ot the fire is un known. The biiildini! was iiiHnr..,! f yi.ouoin the Iluniburg-Bremen, and Mrs. Britton's furniture wn i,,0r...i a . " "'".wi iorfutjo. une of tlie occupants. Mrs. Gage, narrow ly escuiied beinir burned to death. She was overcome and suffo. eiucii, and lav nrostrt on i,u , - . IIUI'I, out was reached in time by Fireman . oiacev. 1 ne mouth of the octonns in in ib center 01 ins Dody ami is provided with im it k e iiaii iv ra.....t.i: .1 . "V ."uiiuiimk U III OI II yarrui. Adulterated Tea llr.tror.d. San Francisco. Aiu. in t.. chests of adulterated tea, which had been condemned bv tn,t.,. t....i... 1 . ' ' itiuiirr, , ere ourne.l today in the large furnace r" . . .... -i,i. ItllM tO 1IU11I ' , ... .ne uusement of the appraiser's building. The imiwter failed in !,i.. appeal from the inspector's finding, or export the stuff at h own , " . reqnire.1 by tlie law passed bv,.,.L. and approvetl March 2. 187. Tliis is him iiesiruction of tea under provision of tlie new law. the Th. Tahln, of Cllpparton I.land. San Dieo i'. I a... . . . .... a nr. in. I i,a i- " r.riuoroip Navarro arrived this even ing from Clipperton island, off Acnol. co. Mexica From statements made by some of the people on Imard the Na- t is oeneven t n ,;k . . 'V- IIIMHIMII niTtat I'll..... ioS-iexir11 is f vsrro, w ill soon "rdi-rrtt to Seallac Duty. Lontlon, Aug. 16. -The British j miser Amphion has btn-n ordered from her station in the North Pacific to seal duyr iu Bchriug tea. the insurgents. Then thev 1...... I i . i,. i . . tn utittivatioii. Biiuiiivu Cn nl r . 'T Mo,,B"'K to miles south from Blaine, will H Liihaus. Culixto A vnrez iiti,wl-.,i . . ... . . .i.i.k.t between fi.W The concrete foundation forth Hjk- house, ut Westporrt, is about compltteo. It consists of a solid mass of concrete 40 feet square und 12 feet thick. Tlx stone am! timber for the tower into all cut to proper sizes ami hP that the building of it will wP forward rapidly. The stute board of land commit erg has rejected the application top chase certain lunds in Chinook. county, made by C. R. Johnson because of the fact thut lanuij'"i tweon the meander lino and ordiw? low-water mark was formed J cretion from water and Udonged w w state by reason of its sovereignty. Almost every field of grain in titus county is now said to i w . any possibility oi uumage- v- - has begun, und next weeKwm" der wav eeuerullv There n "' of harvest hands over the country. yiehl about Wuterville and Unm " is placed at fully 1,000,000 bus- It is estimated that there are w. i i...(i..M minnnt.v l" ..cres ot grain in vi.tim - year, and that Garfield county P duee over 2,000,000 bushels of g01 that wheat is yielding more to U ' than was expected, some of r est pieces of wheat lundwimu" thought would do well it my bushels to the acre, averaged ote and one field went 27. A "'' j, the best fields will yield over 40 D"" to the acre. u The fish hatchery at Chinook commence ojierations again " this month. v.k:m Early hops in one or two county yards will go into tlie week. The average in earn (c, ever, light Picking win not w swing before Heptembero t b 11 along during the coming ,j, there will be work for tm" "t the yards. The Kent Goldmi! "Tyt early, and if there were many the yards would be crowded wet-k; but they are few m heaoe the regular harvest w ill ea before Ue usual tims. v.v1 it n