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
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