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. Eagene City Caard. I. l OAMrRRLL, rrererlelor. EUGENE CITY.. OKKOOX. MS OF THE WEEK Inlereetliig Cullertlun of Current Kventt la Condensed form rrin lti1ti Cnntliienta. A grout dock strike li Imminent at Havre in oonsequcnce of the refusal by the employer! to grant an increase in wage. Chicago la sweltering, with no Indi cations fur cooler weather, and In the Ohio valley the hottest fcVpteinlrer Weather on record prevails. The Michigan crop repoit for Rcptein-la-r, isaucd by the secretary of (date, say the wheat crop will le 25,000,000 bushels, the largest fur five years. The celebrated Angus-Craven will content h:i been decided in Sun Fran cisco. The Fair heir have won their case, and a new trial has heen ilenieil. A Washington corrcrindt-iit of a New York paper Hay the United Rate lit getting ready to deal with Spain vig orously, and that the department haa already decided upon a plan of aetiori. A tromi-ndou explosion occurred at the camp close by the Chinese urachal of Kiaiignan, near Shanghai. Forty bodied hare U-eii dug out of the dehria. Two line Krupp guns, 1 ,1)0 new pat tern single-fire an) magazine rifles, w ith 120,000 riflo cartridge were de al royvd. I'rohaMy the largest ami fluent tor qoiao ever found on Amoru-un anil haa just la-en received in Denver from Southern Mexico. It weighs in the rough 170 kurata, and it la estimated by eoinieteiiteii-rt that it will Weigh fully HH karata when rut and im .1 in)i I. It haa the liest color known, Ix-iiig a delicate aky ldu, Just a shade lighter than a hluehird'a wing. Thla, with a fiumler of smaller atonea running from 40 to 10 karata, waa taken from a newly discovered mine, the location of which ia in Lincoln county, New Mexico. Absolutely no details of thin discovery ran Ihj learned. The largo utone ia estimated to bo worth 1,000. A dispatch from Madras says: A most serious accident haa is-curred at the Champion reef mini's. Forty M-r-tona are known to have la-en killed. The home of Thomas Hawkins, a farmer who Uvea near Oreonwood.Cal., waa destroyed by tire ami hia 6-year-old daughter perished in the Maine. The Eraser river lalmoti pack 1 the largest ever known in the Northwest. Altogether 2,fi00,000 lish of theaockcye variety were cuuglit off the mouth of the river during the season. The Japan Mail, discussing the silk trade, aaya: I'riuea in Japan are now steadily rising, order on a large scale having been received from uliroad by many foreign tlrma in Yokohama. A tornado struck the town of Port Arthur, Tel., killing six people, and injuring several more, Isoldes destroy ing liiuuh valuable property. The town waa practically leveled by the cyclone. Oeorgn F. Iteginer, chairman of the Democratic, county committee, shot and instantly killed Simon Frunsdcl, a young butcher, at Monmouth, 111. Fiaimdel had been paying attention to Itegiuer'a daughter against her father1 wishes. The staitling new come from Fort Isickliurd that the combined force of the Afiidis and Orukrui number 47. 000 men. They ure now all collected near Khan-Khi valley, and a massacre ia feared at any moment. John L. Sullivan, ex champion pu gilist, has announced that he will run for mayor of lloston, and expected to poll M.O0U or I'J.OOO vote. Sullivan say his principal platform will be to license gambling; place and disorderly houses. A later account of the Mexican hor ror, says: The people killed at Pun uela quarry exHsition, numbering 'J I, were asphyxiated by the dense gasse generated by the explosion. Among the number were several horsemen, who perished with their horses, and the bod if of the men and horse lay together in a horrible manner. Kov. E. F. II. Howard ha escaped from the Ohio penitentiary, at Colum bus, He wa a famous United State prisoner from Tennessee. Ho wa trusted in the front olhYo and walked away. Howard was convicted at Chirks ville, Tcnu., and sentenced for nine years and lined f 1,900 on 21 count of using the United States mail for fraud ulent purpose. Further detail of the capture of Victoria do la I. una province of San tiago de Cuba, say that the Insurgents, alter capturing the town, killed with the machete 40 guerilla for having made a stubborn resistance. It i ex plained that the Spanish hoisted the red oro-a Hag over the hospital, and that the insurgent, mistaking it (or a pai liamentary flag, vent an oflloer in that direction. The Spanish claim that the Insurgent commander did not resMct the Hag over the hospital, and bombarded the building, killing or wounding 6(1 men. The secretary of the treasury and the postmaster-general, after consultation with the president, have decided to change the color of the currency 3 -cent postage stamp from carmine to green, id the shade now used on postal note The 10-cent postage stamp, which i now printed in green, will be changed to some other color, possibly carmine. It i thought that green is a more desir able color than carmine, bcsidci saving the government aUiut f 10,000 in the difference in coat between the two ink. The auiK-rintendent of Yellowstone National Turk, in hi recent rcoit to the government, complain that the park ia overrun with black hear, and recommend that tome of them be dis poned of. The Vienna ooiresxmdent of a London paper says that the iuiHrial govern in. 'lit of Austria will demand full satis faction for Injuries, to Austro-llungarian suhjucts killed by deputies recently at Latimer, 1'a., anil the severe punish ment of those who art culpable in the affair, ai-oordng to the acute net of lb Aiuoiican tribuual. ATTEMPTED DIAZ LIFE, Arnulfo Arravn, mm Italian, Tried to Mtab the .Veilran President. gt. Louis, Sept. 20. A special to the Post-Dii-patch wa made this morn ing to assassinate President Dial by a supposed Italian named Arrayo. There wa a general review of troops In the city t'Mluy. Just l'ore the review I'resiilent Diaz, In company with the minister of war, waa pussing through a public park, when suddenly a foreigner sprang from behind bush with a dn- ard and made a lunge at the prealdent. The minister of war instantly seized the assailant, threw him to the ground and held him. The police none to the scene and placed the would-be assassin under arrest. Ills Life thai 1-enalty. CitV of Mexico, Sept. 20. A most aeiisational ending to the attempt on the life of President Din occurred tonight, when Ainulfo Arrayo wax lynched by a band of common js-oplu determined on revenge. It wa uu act unprece dented in the history of this country. At 10 o'clock a number of men forced their way into the municipal palace, ascended the stairway, overcame the guard and made their way to the office of the inspector-general ami killed Ar rayo, whom th-j found there. The killing was a wild and savage scene, and was followed by a wild ami noby tclicut. The isd'uti! succeeded ill rapturing a numls-r of people. When the taili.-a entered the rm they found the IhhIt of the dead mail lying in the middle of the flisir. It wa literally riddled with bullet and wound made by knive and other steel instrument. The men who were captured last night would not say anything. The losly was removed to the fourth ward Miliie station in the municipal build ing, the path to which is marked by a trail of blond, AN INDIAN STRIKE ENDED. rti.ld Man VI iih a dun fca.llj Out Arroas tint I'ass. Port Townsned, Wash., Sept. 20. A letter n-ccived here this morning show that David E. Drown, a former miiilcarrier here, ha broken the record in crossing Chi I knot pass. Drown left here for Juneau on the (Jueen, August 211. From Juneau he took a small laiut for Uvea; in nine day after kissing hi wife good-bye he wrote from 11 ke Den nett that h 1 hud trussed the pas and had engaged passage w ith other travel er in a boat from Iike Dennett to Dawson, paying l&Ocush for the pas sage down the river. Hi outllt weighed only H50 pounds, ami he was well pro vided with money. The time on the trail from Dyea to Ijike lleuntet wa 16 hour, llrown waa accompanied by two Indian, who carried hia freight acros the pas for !1H cents a xuml. lie ma le u contract w ith the Indian at Dyea, and at Sheep Camp they struck foi 45 rent a-r pound, but Drown forced them at the point of it revolver to fulllll the contract at the original price, which they did, aa llrown drove them ahead, himself bringing lip the rear with lot) suind on his bin k, and tl.tr revolver in hi hand. BIQ GOLD DISCOVERY. lllcli (Quarts llUlrlrl Near International Itminilary l.lne. Seattle, Sept. 20. Sunias, the ter minus of the Seattle iV Intermit ion it I railroad, lit the Canadian Isirder, is in H condition of wildest excitement over the report that are bionght in from a new ly discoveieil ipiarta distiict eight miles south of the iulcruiitiumil bound ary line, northca-t of Mount linker, and 4."i miles from Suaiiis. Samples of free-milling ore brought to this city for assay run as high a f 10,000 in gold to the ton. The infection i spicuding, and parlies in Ibis city are preparing to leave tomorrow for the Mount linker mines. Mining cxis-Ma in Seattle say they believe the report, ami that the discoveries arc iu a district that is sim ply a continuation of the Okanogan, Methow, Male Click and liuby Cieek districts, acror. the northern tier of counties in the state. Suinus i prac tically depopulated, and every mini who can get an outllt an I a boise i leaving for the mines. If the report aiccon tinned there will likely Ih a great ex citement, iik the mine can be reached and worked all the year round, good roads and trails leading to within (our mile of the new mines. To IIiIskI Ivlioollkn T.le. San Francisco, Sept. 20, Ororge M.eleiia, the well-known mining ex pert, who bus been making a careful ex amination of the Coffee creek district, in Trinity county, ha sent a repoit to Secretary Dilideii, of the state mining Inn can. Ho say that the value of the recent finds in that section ha Is-on greatly exaggerated. Gold can be panned from surface dirt only in small quantities, paying from 26 to SO cent a pan. Any large strike that may la made iu the furtttro will accrue to the Ireinilt of those having plenty of capital to buy machinery and properly work claim. Ki Hiiro's drain NeeiU. Pan, Sept. II. The Matin, In an article oil the grain supply, says it w ill be necessary to linmrt 20,000,000 iiuin tals of wheat this season, on account of the (ailuie of crop. The importation of tin quantity of wheat will yield 140,000,000 franc duty. eiintrifflt I' oil si (arris. Denver, Sept. 30. The stoniot in spector's officer here lielicvo they have unci u lied a scheme to defraud the gov ernment. Postal cams supposed to b counterfeited have been found in the Denver mail and arrest are likely to follow. It i claimed that the card arc sold iu huge quantities to mer chants and investment houses, and im mense protlls are being realised. It i upiscd that at least one of the oper atois is located in this city. Tin- Crop lallur In Itinils. St. Petersburg, Sept. 20. The bad harvest affects 17 Kussian provinces, and it is dared it will also be felt in 1MIS, a the drought ha prevented sowing winter wheat in largo area. Kr.i.l. In tha M I.I.I U Will, Vhitvigo, Sept. 20. The weather map shows killing frost last night all ov er the Dakota, ami frost generally over MiniiV'Ota, .North Dakota and Iowa. The new ntlo supplied to the Italian army bus a capacity of 24 shots a minute. BLACK DAYFOR MOBILE One Death From Fever and Another Case Reported. YELLOW JACK IS KASSAS CITY Naw Orleans IWalth Officials Eipet tu la i Out lha IIImih In That City. Mobile, Sept. 20. This lias been a black day in Mobile. One new case was announced at the noon meting of the Ixiard of health, and two new aus picious ruses were reported. Antone 1 1 again, the first yullow-fcver case, died thi afternoon. The city begins to show the effects of the moving away of all who can meet the expense of moving, and now thoso not financially able are making heroic exertion to get the mean with which to travel. Klsjlit Cum In Edwards. Jackson, Mis., Sept. 20. Hon. J. L '(oilfield, major of Kd wards, tele graphed the Associated Press at 10 A. M. as follows: "There are eight cases of yellow fever in town and three in the country. No deaths; all patients are doing well. Vollow rar In Kansas fit?. Kansas City, Sept. 20. What is pos sibly a case of yellow fever hits devel oped here in the city hospital. Ml. I.uuli (IIDrlaU Are Cautious. St. Louis, Sept. 20. Tho health de partment has already taken what pre cautious it can uguinst the invasion of the city by yellow fever. Measures aro being taken to prevent visitors from re maining in the city who huve come in contact with the disease. The co otration of tho Southern railroad ling been secured ami the official are aid ing aa la-st they can the department in ila endeavor to keep St. Louis free from the 1-entilenie, Oatlutik fur Naw Orleans. New Orleans, 8ept. 20. A brighter outlook for New Orleans ia evident to-; night, so far aa the fever situation is ooncerned. The reKirt to the board , were of a ninstif ncouraging nature. In stead of 20 case requiring investigation, ! there were only 10 to be looked into to-; day, and of these, only three were pro-' nounced suspicious, ami one declared yellow fever. President Olipliunt, of the board of ! health, ami President Drittuill, of the I council, said tonight, that the chances ' of crushing out thi disease had in-1 linitely improved. A fatal case of genuine fever devel oped in the very heart of Diloxi today, i There have la-en altogether 22 cases of yellow (ever in Diloxi, with only only one death, that of today. I At Ouean Springs, no new cases have been reiairted. Hiiaplrlnus Drath In Hoston. Boston, Sept. 20. The Oloho says: There haa la-en a good deal of anxie y during the past few day in this city la-cause of the death of Franklin Story Conaut, a student of a hospital, last Monday. He was recently in Jamaica ami wa Hiss-cted of having contracted yellow fever. Other accounts any that the death was caused by malarial fever. VICTIMS OF WEYLER'S HATRED. ' The Friends f Miss f'lsnerua Thrown Into 1'rlsun, New York, Sept. 20. A special to the Herald from Havana says: The Spanish authorities do not hesitate to show their resentment of the interest dt-playcd by the w ive of Americans in the case of Kvangi-lina Cossio Cisneroa. They have not only abruptly shut off the Cuban maid from all communica tion with her friends, but they have I In own into the prison for lewd women in Santa Clara five women who dared to prepare a most courteous appeal to Henerul Weyler for the release of Kvangelina. These women lire Senora liosu Plana, Sciioiita Carmen and Nicolasa Ouiter res, Senora Miciihl Kuia and Seuoritu Avila. All these ladie la-long to the lx-st families in Santa Clara. Senora Plitmt is 117 year of age, and i the widow of the former mayor of that city. Seiiorita Carmen Ouiterre is the prin cipal ol the best and oldest private col lege (or young women in the island. She i also principal of a municipal col lego. Her sister Nicolasa teaches w ith her. Senora Kuii and Scnoitta Avila are cousin of the Uniterm family. A Fatal I'ulllslun. St. lamia, Sept. 20. The Wabash passenger train leaving (or the West last night collided w ith a freight train at Ki-yesville thi morning. William Haines, a xtal clerk, and W. D. Smith, fireman on the freight, were killed. Two tramps were severely in jured. The (reignt train was ordered to take the switch but waa late and the passenger train ran past the sw itch la-fore the freight arrived. Salt Itke, Sept. 20. A Hutte spe ciul says Mrs. James Daptist shot and fatally wounded her husband, a tele graph oH-rator, today, at the poolroom where lie wa employed, llaptist re cently left his wife and then brought suit for divorce. The woman was ar rested. No Meat tn Havana. Havana, Sept. 20. During the last two days the inhabitant of Havana have Ix-cu without meat. Milk ha also been scarce. Only the sick in the hospital are supplied regularly with either article. In accordance with his agreement, made when Victoria de las Luna wa captured, General Calixto Uaroia ha delivered up 7t) prisoner at llolquin. 12 at Canto F.mbarcado, 76 at Puerto Priucie, and about 100 sick and wounded near Puerto Padre. k'niperur I sed Money Not Ilia Own. IWrlin, Sept. 20. A sensation has lieeii created here, ami not only in Per lin, but also iu the various Herman capital and at Vienna, by the an nouncement on reliable authority ot the fact that Kmn-ror William is alleged to have appropriated and squandered In i-crsonal extravagance money which until now has been known as the Ouelph fund. This fund constitutes the private fortune of the former reign ing family of Hanover, the head of which is the piesent Duke of Cumber land, and which is a branch of the royal house of England. REMEDY FOR CATTLE FEVER. Denver rhjrslelaa Dltaovan 1 laid to 0av d It. Denver, Sept. 20. After many months of effort and repeated experi ments, a cure for cattle fever has been found. Dr. V. A. Norgaard, of this city, ii the discoverer. Solution after solutiton was tried by him in the effort to find one that wnold he effectual and cheap, as well as immediate in it re sults. The plun is to exterminate the innect known aa the tick, which abound on fever-stricken cuttle, ami through the means of which the disease i com municated. To do thi the cattle art forced to awiin throiwh a solution in a vat. What the solution in, i" '" i known at present, h'Jt crude petroleum ia used. When the succcs-dul experiment wa tried 27 head of very "ti. ky" cattle were forced to sw im through the solu tion, and it was noticed that whilo landing on the drv board there wa al moH ... ..,;( tick falling off the cattlo. They wi re put into a so cial in, and the next (lay, just 17 hours after the experiment, a rigid ex amination was made and the examiners failed to find a single tick in tho whole herd. There wa no damage 'lone the eye of the cattlo dipped, and not a single bad effect resulted. If the remedy prove to be all that it in claimed it can do, the cattle markit will experience somewhat of a revolu tion, and about 600,000 head of cattle w ill lo shipped north each year during tho now prohibited season, which ex tends from February 16 to November 15. The "fever line," from beyond the limit of which no cattlo can be sliipped to the North during the pro hibited period, ll it now Htaiid, stretches from ocean to oceun ami Ari zona, New Mexico, TexaH, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Virgina, part of West Virginia and Louisiana form the Jistrict affected. State Veterinarian Ooswell i much pleaded with the result of Dr. N'or gaurd' eXs-riiuent, and say without doubt the long-sought remedy ha bei n found. A convention of men from all mates and territorie that handle cattle has been called to meet at Fort Worth, September 27, and at thi meeting it i expected the new scheme, of dipping cattle will be shown, and should it prove a success, many of the states w ill be ready to an modify their laws that the cattle of the South can enter North ern markets. A BAD COLLISION. Train t iiiiie Together Near hlpprna Falls. Wlsrnuslii. Milwaukee, Sept. 20. A special to the Journal from Chippawa Fall, Wit., says: A disastrous wreck oc curred on the Wisconsin Central rail road six mile west of this city this morning, resulting in the death of live people and the serious jnjury of four other. Two free trains, through a mistake iu orders, while going 40 miles an hour, met on a curve and came together with terrific force. The dead are: Engineer Warren, l'.ngmeer Smith, fireman Sunilcy, ; Drakeman Miller, an unknown man man riding between thecals. It i thought other arc buried in the wreck. The two brakemen were taken from the wreck about 7 A. M. and are seri ously injured. Two passengers iu tin caboose are slightly injure. I. Kngiuecrs. Warren and Smith and Fireman Smiley iiml Htukenmn Miller, all killed, were residents of thi city. Their bodies were terribly mangled. It is not known where the blame lies, but it is rumored both train were given the right tif way. Fiiflneer Kni-w Ills ltiiine. St. Louis, Spet. 20. A special to the ! liepublio from Muskogee, 1. T., says: A daring attempt was made last ni.-lit to hold up the south-bound passenger train on the M., K. - T. al liotid, a flag station south of here. A short time before the train was due, the rob bers, about eight in number, took charge of the section foreman ami com pelled him to signal the train to stop. The engineer in charge of the locomo tive waa an old and trusted employe, who bad been held up several times before lie proceeded to obey the sig lull, but when his engine was within 100 yards of tho signal, he noticed sev eral men near the track and at once susH-ctcd their business. Opening the throttle, he aped by them us though no signal had been given. The robbers having been (oiled in their at'empt, tied, and are still at large. CrriiniliMl In Their Dwelling. Chatham, Out., Sept. 20. Three daughters of Preston Howard were ' bur tied to death this moining in their homo, lit Port Alma. The rest of the family escaped from the burning build ing. The girl were aged IS, 10 and 8 years. One of them bad escape I but met her death in returning to assist her sister. I. asters .r tint. llrockton, Mass., Sept. 20. on, thousand os-iators on the Chase l isting machines iu the shoe factories in Uroekton and vicinity, struck today. The trouble grew out of a recent strike of lusters at the factorv of Churchill A A Idem A Hint tu Sliliirrs. Washington, Sept. 20. United States Consul Hill, at Santos, Uracil. in a it-port to the state department, eng.' gests to the shipping interests that in ell altering vessels for that srt with the intention .of escaping duties, the words "free of wharfage and dock dues" should le inserted. The author ities there recently held that the words "1'ieo of wharfage" alone were not sufficient to exempt the craft from charges of the dm-k company, and this tt-t the Virginia 300. A Fatal Mistake. lU-ardan, Wash., Sept. 20. Jack Hankins, a farm hand working for Fred Urrvrlle. at Urcvclle station, on the old Seattle railroad, took a dose of strychnine this evening for what he siip:ised to tx isimmon salts, and died within 2.1 minutes. Coroner Water house was summoned, but decided that an inqmst was not necessary. Han kins' iici.ilv is at Hrainerd, Minn., where tciegrMins were sent for instruc ion us to the disposition of the body. A rin; dove died at i thcr day 23 Tear olj. Tiffin, O., thf GUATEMALA Determined Revolt Against the Rule of Barrios. ARE LED BY INFLUENTIAL MEN Kruel Forres Numl.erlnf About Three Thousand Attacked the Clljr of ynesaltrnnino. New York, Sept. 20.-A social to the Herald from Panama, Colombia, says: Guatemala now faces an upris ing far more serious than the one of a few mouths ago, telegraph the Herald correspondent in the city (iuatein ila. Tho present rebellion is led by men of great wealth ami influence, and I slightly gaining in strengih each day. Advice jut received from (mute mala are to tho effect that 3,000 rebels attacked the city of OuczaltcnanK" the morning of September 13. The garrison there consisted of les than 1,000 soldiers, but they fought valiant ly. The uttuck continued far into the night, when the rebels, despite their superior number, were repulsed. They vigorous renewed the attack at half part 9 o'clock on tho morning of the 14th. ami the advices state that the latest report i that the flhtinK continues. The garrison still hold the city against the rebels, but the full of the city i inevitable, miles the reinforce ment now hurrying forward urrivo within a few hours. The present revolution is headed by General Prospero Moralt-a, who, until a few month ago wa minister of war in the cabinet, General Files Barrios, u brother-in-law of President Barrios, and Feliciuno Ouitera. These three men were candidate for president to succeed Barrio (or the constitutional term from tim to IDOL Their antagonism to the president dates from the time he declared himself dictator of Guatemala and announced his intention of having a law passed in defiance of the constitution, permit ting a president's election for a second term. Thi meant another term for Barrios, and met with solid opposition from the upper classes of Guatemala. In view of thi growing discontent, the three presidential candidate de cided to meet Barrio with bullets in stead of ballots. The first movement in the plot was to get jkiusi ssion of the barrack at San Marcos, where a large quantity of anna ami ammunition was stored. This wa done by bibery, nearly all the soldier at San Marcos at thut time joining the rebel move ment. The rebel force is now 5,000, and is grow ing. This is made sifible by the wealth and standing of General Mo rales and his chief and the great dis content in the financial circles of the country, growing out of the business de- press ion there. DAMAGE NOT GREAT. R iorts as to the I nn litlun of Eastern Washing-ton Wheat. Spokane, Wash., Sept. 20. The re port that from one-third to one half of the wheat crop had been ruined by rains north of the Snake river are in correct. A Tucomu grain buyer, who has just returned from a tour of the Palonse towns and country, from Ki paria, tin the south, to Spokane on the north, states that, if the damage by rains exceed five per cent he I no judge of grain. Where the rainfall was greatest, the grain i bleached, bat has thoroughly dried and is being threshed and will grade high. The only important damage report ed is to 80 tons of wheat in suck stacked on the Snake river awaiting transportation. Much of it was ruined. The Potlutch country report that not five per cent damage has been done. About Moscow, Idaho, and on the Nez Perces reservation three per cent will fully cover all lossec. In the Big Bend country, the great wheat belt of Central Washington, the prospect are glowing. Not two per cent of the crop, which is the largest over raised, is damaged, or will be lost. C. P. Cluimberlin, general manager of the Central Washington railroad, which handles nearly all the Big Bend w heat, shvs absolutely no loss w ill oc cur to standing or stacked grain Irom rain. rillsliurc Miners Working. Pittsburg, Sept. 20. Between 15, 000 and 18,000 coal miner in Pitts burg district returned to work tislay in accordance with tho action taken Sat urday at the convention authorizing the men to resume work in all mim.a complying with tho provision of the scale of 65 cents, made at Columbus The remainder of the 23,000 miner of the district will be at work Ix-fon. Do. close of the week. It ia estimated that the strike cost the people of Pittsburg district from I3.000.000 to M)liO non Of thi amount tho miner lost about 2,250,000 in wages. Tho strike ugainst the DeArmitts will continue indefinitely, arrange ments having been made to assess t). working miner 6 per cent of their wage to defray the expenses of keeping up the tight until the 65-cent rate i made uniform throughout the district. Otlr.ia tiraln Dealers Kinharrasaeit. London. SeDt. 20. An (t,l..s., patch savs the rise in the urien ,,f i,-.,;.. has had a disastrous effect there, many houses being unable to complete their contracts, and several of them being unable to meet their pament. Spanish steamer l.o.t. Madrid, Sept. 20. Word hu been received here that the Spanish coasting steamer Taal has been lost off Manila, Philippines, Several of the passengers were drowned. San Francisco, Sept. 20. An ingen ious attempt to evade the alien contract labor law has just been discovered and thwarted by Immigration Commis sioner Walter P. Stradley, of this port, in connection with and co-operation with Consul-General Mclvor at Kanag awa. Japan. Sixteen Japanese laWers who were deniel opimrtunity to come directly to this port from Japan bv Consul-General Mel Tor tpi.1 ... -i:.. . . ... " Blip ill ; through ictoria. were intercepted, and! by order of Commissioner-! 4encral I "" '"'f w" act to Japan direct y the Gaelic, instead of being sent tc Ictoria, whence they cme. CONDITIONS MADE KNOWN. How Kiilan Proposes lo Do Some thln for Sliver. London, 8etf. 20.-At the leml-an- niial meeting of the Bank of England today the governor said: "You are probably aware of the proisrsition laid before the government in the summer by the United States and France whereby thi country should increase its use of ilver as a contribution to the international agree ment, which, while not affecting our gold standard, might enable the mint of France and America to resume free coinage. Among the prof-unil " asking that the Bank of England hold the silver permissable under the act of 1S41 u ugainst it notes." The governor then read a letter dated T..i.. on a.hlressed to the chancellor of the' exchcquei, Sir Michael Ilicks I Beach. It was as follows: I "lteferring to our conversation we beg to say the bank ia prepared to Icarrv out what i laid down as permis Isabfo in the bunk charter, vist.: to hold ' . .!.!. iuiiiiji in silver, nro- oue-iiir.il oi ii i'-' - , vided always that the French mint is again oe to the free coinage of silver and that the price at which silver i pris-urbuleuiid salable are satisfactory. lieplving to questions, tho governor said the bank hud had no negotiation" with the United States monetary com inissioners, adding: "We have bought no silver. All we huve done is to agree under certain cir cumstances to carry out what is per niisHable under tho act of 1844." A It I.onks In Uermanjr- Berlin, Sept. 20. Tho National Zio tung, referring to the information in the Time of September 10, that the Bank of England was prepared to hold in silver one-fifth of the bullion held against its notes, says: "The unfavorable reception the an nouncement has met with from the or gans of British trade leaves no room for doubt as to the opinion of British commercial hodiea, und as to the ulti mate fate of the luteal American at tempt to secure for the silver-mine owner, with the aid of Europo, a rise in silver a a reward (or their support of the McKinley tariff policy and to keep the silverites in a gasl humor." WORK OF A SWINDLER. I sell nil Aslnrla Man's Name to Obtain .Money In Ihe Kaat. Astoria, Or., Sept. 20. Several East ern wholesale houses aro out various amounts through the operation of a very sm oth sw indler, purporting to be A. C. Foard, of the Foard & Stokes Co., grocer of this city. He purchase largo bill of gisal to be shipped to the local firm, and then induce tho houncB to cash drafts on the company he pur ports to represent. Tuesday the Fourd & Stokes Co. le ceived u telegram from a prominent Boston house, asking if they would honor A. C. Foard's draft for 200. A negative reply wa sent. Yesterday the firm wa surprised to receive from F. McCreary & Co., of New York, un invoice, with a railway bill of lading for tM00 worth of silk. Shortly afterward a sight draft (or 200 ar rived through one of the bunk. The draft was signed by A. C. Fourd, and indorsed by McCreary & Co , w ho hud evidently cashed it. This morning's mail, brought to the local house un in voice and a bill of lading for fSOO worth of silk umbrella from Weiner & Co., of New York. A druft arrived soon ufter, but it waa for only (30. More invoices, bill of lading and draft are expected. The fellow, whoever he may be, is a fraud. He is no doubt trying to im personate M. U. Foard, but becuiuo confused on the initials. Hun Dunn by a Truln. Leitdvillc, Colo., Sept. 20. Three section men were killed and one fatally hurt in a collision this morning be tween a Midland engine ami a handcar. The accident occurred near Basalt, 50 mile west of Leadville. Foreman Ly on and four men had finished some work five miles east of Basalt, and started for that place on the handcar. The east-bound passenger wa due iiboiit that time, but, u it had been late several times, it wa decided to rush through. The handcar wua going around a curve at a high rate of speed when it encountered 'the passenger. Two of the men jumped, whilo the other three were caught by tho engine and killed. James Cody is. probably fatally injured. The dead are: Tho. Lucas, Michael Welch, John Lyon. UPION PACIFIC SALE. The (iavermiirut I Not Otmosed to Forerlnsure. Washington, Sept. 20. It is proba ble that within a few day Attorney General McKenna will announce the course the government will pursue with reference to the decree of foreclosure in the case of the Union Pacific railroad. It can be said upon good authority that the chance are very strongly against the government's appealing from the decree. Tho cabinet did not pas upon the question definitely.but, on the con trary, postponed final determination upon it; but theie was so much said by the various members in favor of allow ing tho sale to proceed that it is consid ered by those familiar with the matter that there is little doubt aa to whut the final decision w ill be. A Fatal Collision. Petersburg, Sept. 20 Two St. steamer, the Tsurviteh and the Mul pitku, collided today in the Volga, near Astrakhan. Tho former sunk. Her passengers were panic-stricken and jumped into the river. Many reached shore, but 40 were drowned. In a railway collision ; v..i. Carolina a 4-yeur-old child at an open car w indow was thrown out of the win dow by thejihock and escaped injury. Katal Itunanajr Aeeldent. IK-nver Sept. 30.-Three persons were probably fatally injured in a run away tonight in the southern part of the city. While Rulrert Creek, a ranchman, living near the citv, with hi wife, was driving out Bro'adwuv. the team ran away, dashing into a bug- 17V nrivn Kt. 1 n- ...... a " . miiletirant. a r- .uw-i, ui mis city. All thrown out, and suffered three were fractures ol ne skull. The two km -i " " ""ii. uio. una the woman has little chance of recovery. will die, and There are from four to six o( aqueous humor in the eve. Evidence of Steady w and Enterprise, ITEMS OF GENERAL r..n ail k . ... lha Thri.i.. .. . -a eiller -O'eo.. ....l!.,"!?'l:::,.?",,,"'"'i.M,nil,1 .uv ..p nr. ,i .si cannery rr lust week. '"tfttbi Mr. Studlcmun, ,lf T received new of 8 (ion i.. "'".la shipped to N Xes of ew lnrk l-i were sold ut from 40 to no Helix, in Umatilla cn,,,. , . Ing a bit of n MM,m, A "' l. tales of town lot ,11V,, '"n n,,,u' 3ently at double last year's h-, Much wheat i bcila, , warehouses in The Dalle, hP waiting the arrival of .It! want, to pay HO cents ,,,w, The closed fish cao,, en,!,, ,. and numerous wheel wer8 m ; lion near The Dalle. Xw,y ft them made good catches, .,, V"f erinen anticipate nu extra .l this fall. t 1 p Scio has Wcll-dcvelri..! . scarlet fever in the family uf, ' bmith. The attack is a 0; is not regarded us at ull -.-riotis TT, Juo precaution i being vent tho spreu-l of the dinem j Professor P. A. Snyder recently tA a requisition on the Unit,., 1-t.taU commission for 2,000 lm.k trout kA hits received a letter from CN.tumis ioa. er Brice stating that nrrang.-,,,,,,,, y been made to have the fUli .leliftw Hood Kiver within 40 day. The O. R. &. X. i in the mart for 75,000 railroad tie tn he wife tween Pendleton ami llmitingtnn, H next year they will contract for u. 000. As the age of the- tie i,,ix the tie busines will U cormtant of employment n lung n the tin,Ut last in the Blue mountain?. The fish commissioner last cast a seine in Lake Wallowa, j wj. Iowa county, und made a haul of out 1,000 fish known as "yanks," hi which are a species of salumn. ItiM a bonanza for several Indians ho hap pened to be thereat the time, sir Itt palefaces reaped a little lH-ne.1t lo. There nre a good many In-hin i Joseph, Wullowa county, jtut rj.it. Indian after Indian can he seen on tU street with a melon under hia arm,n ing to his klnotchman and p.ipA. These redskin come fmni the N' Perces reservation to hunt and fi.-hn Wullowa country. Phillip, chief ol tU Xcz Perces, is with them. Tho l'.hnore, Sanlsirn 4 (Vi ni ne ry at Garibaldi, in Tillamook cuoi ty, is in operation again, and fishirsf it going on on the b.iy. The number d lish boat allowed to operate fur tin- tn son is limited to 20, and the price :J is 25 cents for chinook and 11 crtu for silversidea, the extremely low prw of can lie-1 salmon Wing alleged is tit :uue of the reduction. Heretofore the Southern Pacified pnny's tracks, in Douglas county, hit been assessed ut '1.500 a mile north of Hosebiirg, mid :i,000 a milo south if that city, but th.s year AseeMor Bntt raised the valuation to 5,000. TU land of the company wu formerly if sessed at !I3 cent to 1.23 in arre.u average of alsiut 72 cent. Tliii Ji Assessor Britt hu lumped the IrniJu 75 cent an acre. Tho cniny ifl cialfc asked to have their rnsdln-d sensed the same us last year, and their land uniformly reduced tu 85 cenuu acre. Washington. Tho A.lams county bunk liaaalready paid out 15,000 for wheat ehipmenw. The county 8Uan iiitendent ol fc'Mi in Whitman county has divided tint county into six suhinstitute ilistricta Tho hydro-smelting process of unfil ing ore wa tried ut the new plant Lukeviow, Pierce county, last TucrJir, und proved to hu quite a aucces. Tlio Preltvmun scl Hiouse. miles north of Oukcs dale, burned Id week. Nothing was insured, e'fl the building und on that there n only 150. A petition is beingcirculiitedin Set tle, unking that tho civil-service ; tern bo abolished. The petitioning be signed bv 20 per cent til tiaf" voted at the last municipal election fore it can be considered. Tlii new" 1075 names must be secured. The state has selected 18,758 . ' township 24 north, range ily charitable educational, penal ani form school. The plat selection tiled September 3, and the l-lal J' " township was filed July . " ' tiers who have not made their iW before the end of 00 day f"''JU- ; will lose their land. Thin ll "r,J hardship for thut country, a ' 1 perhap the best vacant f' in the state, und only a I of it has been settled uhii. ther filing will be ullow.-d a W tolier 4. So that settlers air.!) must make their tiling- I'.v "M in order to hold their claim. Wilbur F. Brock, of Wall. J who has returned from mmwr e it,. u.fa h it trie irout . tho Blue mountain stream are " " fislieriu"1' .ij i exterminated by reckless who use blasts. It contrary !,.!nlcs nf both Wahinr.'t,,n l).l vr gon to fish with powder, but " , Place the law for the P"''' j, the fish are not beini! enfi.nv.u the Wallowa.Little Salmon " ing (Has the dynamiters are . devastation in almost open - raw i.. i..... The Inland Telephone " ,, Company ia making v""10"' va lines in all parts of the p1,,a try, and a large gang of n'n ' J ed in stringing new wire 11"' j , lines and putting in new l"""'. in line has just been completed in man to Staley ami . I,BU' , lin( frof circuit has been added to the n Colfax to Pullman and Ji new copper circuit ia "ow .... . f...lii,iin to me nne irom ruu- . . .ni Governor Rogers has onerr- j of 50 for the arrest and con' I iue par lira w u Lyon at Port Blakely. J 18'