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aoJ2CA. 95o OREGON TARIFF FOR REVENUE, INCIDENTAL PROTECTION AND SOUND MONEY. VOL. I. CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1897. NO. 19. UN ON NEWS OF THE WEEK! From ail Parts of the New and Old World. BRIEF AND INTERESTING ITEMS Comprehensive Review of the Import ant Happenings of tbe Cur rent Week. The Union knitting mill, in Hudson, N. J., was destroyed by fire, and many of the 600 persons employed in the mill had narrow escapes from death. The loss is over $ 200,000, and the insurance $100,000. A dispatch from Simla, India, says a cyclone struck the town of Chitttvgong, in the Bengal presidency. Half of the houses of that place were demolished, all the roads in its vicinity were blocked., and several vessels sunk. The statute under which for several fears the police department of Denver has at will seized, confiscated and de stroyed gambling implements, was de ;lared by Judge Allen in the district jourt to be unconstitutional, and in conflict with the federal statutes. Since the cruiser Baltimore has been Michored at San Francisco preparing to go to Honolulu, her commander has reported to the police almost daily the desertion of three or four of the crew. Already 20 have succeeded in escaping, and, unless a stricter watch is kept, it is believed another draft of men will have to be sent from the East to fill her complement. - There is a movemenfon foot to con solidate the wire manufactories of the United States into a singls corporation, with a capital of $100,000,000. To evade the anti-trust law, the wire in dustries will surrender their independ snce, and eell their plants to a new organization for cash at an apraised value, the money to be furnished by a syndicate of New York bankers. Pierpont Morgan is said, to be at the head of the scheme. . . The food of San Francisco laborers is to be analyzed by the professors at the State University. The Fort Randall military reserva tion, which contains over 100,000 acres in South Dakota and Nebraska, has been opened to settlers. Negotiations of the Chinese govern ment with the Hooly syndicate for a loan of 80,00q 000 have fallen through. The government is now negotiating with the Hong Kong & Shanghai bank. The Washington state grain commis sion announces that it will not lower No. 1 wheat grade from 59 to 58 pounds to the bushel, notwithstanding the agi tation to that end in the eastern part of the state. Tbe Long Island coast for a distanoe of six miles, between Far Rockaway and Rockaway beach, was more or less damaged by a very high tide. The Edmore hotel was damaged to the ex tent of $25,000. Speedy, the professional briigejump er, jumped from the Louisville & Jef fersonville bridge in Louisville, Ky., before an audience of 18,000. Speedy made the jump of 130 feet in safety, and was mingling with the crowd a few minutes later. - Frank Moon, aged 50 years, and Mrs. Wells, were found dead at the bottom of a 30-foot well on Moon's farm, near Derby, Kan., having been asphyxiated. Moon had been overcome while work ing, and the woman, fearful at his not returning home, went to the well late at night to investigate, and fell in. Admiral Matthews, chief of the bu reau of yards and docks, in his annual report to Secretary Long;, recommends the construction of four drydocks of the best type. He recommends that con crete docks be built at Boston, Norfolk and Mare Island, and that a floating dock be' placed at either Key West.Tor tugas, or Algiers, La. The estimates for the maintenance of the yards next year aggregate $2,364,203. Following close upon the recent an nouncement of a great syndicate to con trol the trade of Honduras comes the information received from reliable sources that a gigantic syndicate is in process of org?--' zation for the purpose of promoting direct trade between the United States and Russia. The project originated with Russian merchants and has the sanction, if not the direct sup port, of the imperial government. A dispatch from Managua, Nicaia gua, says John Augustine, an Ameri can citizen, was arrested at San Carlos, at the mouth of the San Juan river, by order of President Zelaya's brother, and, without any pretense of a trial, was imprisoned in the penitentiary. Mr. Augustine was formerly United States consul at Bluefields, Mosquito territory, and is at present in charge of the navigation company's steamers on the San Juan river. John Griffith essayed "Richard III" at the opera house in Butte,' Mont. In the closing scene Griffith's sword struck John Fay Palmer, who was doing Rich mond, in the face, cutting a gash ex tending from above one eye across the nose and cheek. The bone of the nose was broken and a little more force would have penetrated the brain. Palmer turned his back to the audience and finished the scene without any one knowing what had happened. All of the coal miners of Boulder county, Colo., are out on a strike. It is said that at one of the mines in Lafayette, the managers reduced the wages of the machine men 10 cents a ton. Word was sent to all the mines in the district to close down and the order was implicitly obeyed. The strike is said to affect about 1,000 miners. A number of the gold and silver mines in the mountains will have to close on account of the strike. An effort will be made to have the matter compromised as soon as possible. TROUBLE IN HAYTI. Arrest of a German Brings Down the Wrath of the Kaiser. Port au Prince, Hayti, Nov. 2. Seri ous trouble has arisen between Hayti and Germany. The German minister to this republic, Count Schwerein, has hauled down his flag and, according to current report, three German warships are expected here to back up the ulti matum of the minister, demanding an indemnity for the alleged illegal arrest and imprisonment of a German citizen. The affair has caused considerable x citement among the native population, and some of the people have threatened to kill the German minister and all the Germans in the place and vicinity. The affair grew out of the arrest a teJf weeks ago of a German named Linders. The Germans say that a dozen policemen entered Linder's house and arrested one of his servants. Mr. Linders went to the central police headquarters to complain against this action of the police, but was himself arrested, (Charged with assaulting and attempting to murder police officers in the execution of their duty. Linders was condemned to pay a fine of $400 and to' undergo one month's imprison ment, and was taken to jail. Claim ing he was innocent, Linders demanded and obtained a second trial, and was condemned to pay a fine of $500, and was sentenced to one year's imprison ment. The German minister tele graphed to Berlin for instructions and giving delails of the case. On October 17, the German minister went to the president of Hayti and demanded, in the name of the German emperor, that Linders be set at liberty, and also de manded for every day he spent in prison, 23 in all, an indemnity of $1,000 in gold, adding that for every day Linders was kept a prisoner after that notification he (the German min ister) would demand an indemnity of $5,000 in gold. At first, the Haytian president re fused to grant the German minister's demand, and Mr. Linders remained six days longer in prison. This caused the German minister to notify the Haytian government that as Linders had not been freed, he had hauled down his flag and had sent the archives of the German legation to the legation of the United States, thus breaking off all re lations with the Haytian government. This caused great excitement, and dis turbances would have occurred had they not been avoided by sending Lin ders, who was threatened with lynoh ing, on board a steamer bound for New York, from which port he was to leave for Germany. It is said the German minister, on the arrival of the war ships, will insist on the payment of the indemnity demanded as a result of the imprisonment of Mr. Linders. IN A BURNING MINE. Six Men tost Their Lives In a Disaster at Scranton. Scranton, Pa., Nov. 2. The worst mine disaster in the Lackawana or Wyoming coal fields since the Twin shaft horror at Pittston, over a year ago, was developed in the fire which gutted the river stope of the Delaware & Hudson Company's Vonsterch mine in this city today. Six men were suffo cated by smoke. The dead are: Thomas Hill, John Farrell, John Francis Moran, Mike Walsh, John McDonnell, Thomas Pad den. The stope extends down through three vein". The missing men were at work in the deck and surafce veins, the former 100 and the latter 60 feet from the surface. They had but two avenues of escape. The shorter route was by way of the stope, which was a sea of flames for nearly 12 hours, and is yet burning near its foot, and the other route was via crosscuts to the gangways which led to an air shaft, nearly a mile from the spot where the men were working. Fire kept them out of the stope, and the smoke which backed out and into all the workings prevented escape through the crosscuts. The supposition is that the men were suffocated. Chief Hickey, of the Scranton fire department, and eight firemen, narrowly escaped death in the stope. Joe Yamaski. one of the seven men entombed in the mine, was rescued at 10 o'clock tonight. The bodies of the others were afterwards found and brought to the surface. HIS HANDS WENT UP. Bat He Had a Gun and a Highwayman Had a Narrow Escape. Tacoma, Nov. 2. A shot from a large revolver came near ending the existence of a would-be highway robber last night, and, had the aim of John O'Kieff only been a little more accur ate, the coroner would have had a job today. Mr. O'Kieff is a stranger to the coast, and yesterday received a large sum of money through a local bank. As he was going to his lodging-house about 9 o'clock last night, when near Wright Park, two men, both masked, commanded him to throw up his hands. This command he obeyed, but with a gun. The close call one of the robbers had is shown by his hat, whioh was found. There" is a bullet hole through the crown, and it is powder burned. The new Chinese mint at Canton coined more than 14,000,000 ten-cent pieces last year. Marshall Kills a Farmer. Versailles, Ky., Nov. 2. City Mar shal Ed Sterns shot and instantly killed Jason Miller, a farmer and trad er, at Midway, this county. Miller resisted arrest. German Paper Seized in France. Paris, Nov. 1. The police of this city today seized a German comic pa per, the Lust igbl after, containing car toons, ridiculing President Faure and the French republic. WIRES TO KLONDIKE Canadian Government Con sidering the Matter. IT COULD BE EASILY BUILT Line Will Follow Old Surveyed Route, via Ashcroft and Quesnelle The Likma Arrives Vancouver, B. C, Nov. 2. Charles Hosmer, general manager of the Pacific postal telegraph system, today said, re garding telegraphic communication with the Klondike, that he understood the Dominion government had this matter under consideration.. There are no insurmountable difficulties in the way, either in the construction or in the maintenance of a telegraph line via Ashcroft and Quesnelle, which was the route adopted in 1866 for connecting Asia and Amerioa via the Behring sea. This route passes through the present Klondike country. A line connecting Quesnelle, the northernmost point in British Columbia reached by tele graph, and Dawson City, if decided upon within the next few months, could be put in operation by this time next year. Stations could be established every 40 miles, and they would be used in connection with the mounted police and other departments. Mr. Hosmer leaves for Victoria this even, ing, and will proceed thence to San Francisco. The Slow Latran. Tacoma, Nov. 2. The steam schoon er Lakme, Captain Anderson, arrived here last night direct from St. Michaels and Dutch harbor. She left St. Michaels October 14, three davs before the steamer Portland, which arrived on the Sound last week, and therefore brings no advices as late as those brought by the Portland. Tne Lakme left Dutch harbor October 21. She brought no gold, passengers or freight. Mate Carlson, o the Lakme, confirms the report that the river steamers have gone to their winter quarters on the Yukon. "No snow was on the ground in the immediate vicinity of St. Michaels when we left," says the mate, "but the weather was getting colder. Disagree able northeasterly gales swept over the place, and during the 13 days we were there discharging cargo we were com pelled to put to sea several times as far as Egg island, 15 miles distant, to seek shelter behind the island or stand away from the inhospitable shore." Dogs For falconers. Seattle, Nov. 2. There arrived here last night from Chicago over the North ern Pacific lftilroad 220 dogs, which are to be used in ' hauling provisions into the Yukon gold fields. THE COMMAND TRANSFERRED. Blanco In Charge of Cuba, Weyler on His Way Home. Havana, Nov. 2. The Spanish cruis er Alfonso XIII, with Marshal Blanco, the new governor-general of Cuba, on board, was sighted off Havana this morning at 5:30. At 7 o'clock the steamer entered the harbor, and Lieu-tenant-General Weyler, the Marquis Ahumada, Admiral Navarro and other high military and naval officers went in a special steamer to meet General Blanco. After a long and cordial con ference, Lieutenant-General Weyler! yielded up his command to his succes sor. At 10:30 Marshal Blanco landed. According to tbe official accounts,' he was "enthusiastically greeted" by the populace, who shouted, "Long live Blanco." Lieutenant-General Weyler and Mar shal Blanco exchanged farewells on board the Alfonso XIII. The steamer Montserrat sailed at 1 P. M. She was escorted outside the harbor by numer ous tugs laden with friends of the de parting general and the officers of his staff. An immense crowd witnessed the departure from the wharves. Ac cording to the official account, the "peo ple cheered for Weyler, the pacificator." General Weyler's escort on the Mont serrat consisted of 600 sick soldiers. WANTED A CIGARETTE. Plea of a Man With Both of His Legs Cut Off. Spokane, Nov. 2. Late Thursday night the attention of a night brake man on a west-bound freight train was arttacted near Sprague by piercing cries for help. Lying close to the track was the upper portion of a man, still conscious, though both legs were cut clean from his body. What was left of tbe man was able to yell lustily enough in spite of the fearful agony he must have been suffering, and his first words to the brakeman were: "For God's sake, give me a cigar ette!" The relief asked for was furnished, and, with assistance, the n"i was re moved to the hospital. The dead body of another man was found a little further on. It was that of a rather well-dressed person, and ap pearances indicated that it had been dragged along the tracks for some dis tance in an easterly direction. . He was probably struck and dragged along by tbe freight. The name of the dead man was Thomas Kelly. Concerning Union Labels. Frankfort, Ky., Nov. 1. Judge Ha zelrigg delivered an opinion in the court of appeals, in which the court holds that labor unions have property right in their labels and other devices designing the fruits of their labor, and may enjoin outside parties from ap propriating this device or counterfeit ing it. This is the first time this point has been passed on in this state. THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION. i The President Sets Apart November 25 As a Day of Prayer. Washington, Nov. L. President Mc Kinley today issued his first Thanks giving day proclamation, as follows: "In remembrance of God's goodness to us in the past year, which has been so abundant, let us offer up to Him our thanksgiving and pay our vows unto the Most High. Under his watchful providence industry has prospered, the conditions of labor have been im proved, the rewards of the husbandman have been increased, and the comforts of our homes multiplied. His mighty hand has procured peace and protected the nation. Respect for aw and order has been strengthened, love of free in stitutions cherished, and all sections of bur beloved country brought into closer bonds of fraternal regard and generous co-operation. "For these great benefits it is our duty to praise the Lord in a spirit of humility and gratitude, and to offer up to Him our most earnest supplications. That we may acknowledge our obliga tions as a people to Him who has so graciously granted us the blessings of free government and material prosper ity, I, William McKinley, president of the United States, do hereby designate and set apart Thursday, the 25th day of November, for national thanksgiv ing and prayer, which all of the people are invited to observe with appropriate religious services in their respective places of worship. "On this day of rejoicing and do mestic union, let our prayers ascend to the giver of every good and perfect gift for the continuance of His love and fa vor to us, that our hearts may be filled with charity and good will, and that we may be ever worthy of His benefl cent concern. "In witness hereof, I have hereunto set my hands and caused thjseal of the United States to be affixed. "Done at the city of Washington, this 25th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety seven, and of the independ ence of the United States the one hun dred and twenty-second. WILLIAM M'KINLEY. "By the President, "JOHN SHERMAN, "Secretary of State." POSTAL CLERK CONFESSED To Stealing tbe S14.OO0 Registered Package. Denver, Colo., Nov. 1. Postoffice Inspector Frederick and City Detectives Loom is and Burlew, of this city, today arrested, in Cheyenne, Wyo., Walter R. Houghton, a postal clerk running from Cheyenne to Ogden, on a charge of stealing a registered package con taining $14,000. A telegram received here during the afternoon stated that Houghton had confessed the theft. The package which Houghton is al leged to have stolen was mailed by a Chicago bank to a correspondent in Sac ramento, CaL, about September 26. It disappeared somewhere en route, and an investigation by the postal anthor itieB disclosed the fact that the disap pearance occurred somewhere between Omaha and Ogden. The secret service officers learned that Houghton's mis tress, who had been staying in Denver for three weeks, had changed three $100 bills, and, as the $14,000 stolen was all in $100 bills, they at once made arrangements for Houghton's arrest. The woman was at first taken into cus tody, and her statements went to veri'y the opinion of the officers. After Houghton had confessed his crime, he offered to refund the amount stolen, except $400, which he had spent, pro vided the officers would agree that he should not be prosecuted. He declared that if they would not so agree, the money would be immediately burned. United States Commissioner T. J. Fisher and United States .District At torney Clark both refused to accept Houghton's proposition. JHoughton re fused to disclose the hiding place of the money. He was held over to the fed ral court by Commissioner Fisher. Thirteen Were Killed. Torres, Mexico, Nov. 1. A disas trous explosion occurred in the Ama rillas shaft of the Grand Central mine, et Minas Prietas. Thirteen men were killed outright and three sustained probably fatal injuries. In some un known manner a large quantity of giant powder blew up in the fourth level of the shaft. So great was the force of the explosion that out of four men who were stationed fully 200 feet distant from the center, three were killed in stantly. Six of the recovered bodies are totally unrecognizable. The Grand Central mine was recently purchased for $1,000,000 by an English syndicate. Big Fire in Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Nov. 1. The Union Trust Company building, on Fourth avenue, caught fire from an overheated smoke stack this morning and in less than an hour the structure was in ruins. One fireman is reported killed and several ethers had narrow escapes. The loss is estimated at $200,000; insurance one half. Bacilli In Chinese Cigars. San Francisco, Nov. 1. Dr. J. C. Spencer, bacteriologist of the board of health, reports that he has discovered the bacilli of tuberculosis in a Chinese made cigar which he examined. Tax on Railroad Grants. Braintree, Minn., Nov. 1. Judge Holden today rendered a decision" "up holding the so -called lAncferion law of Minnesota, taxing land grant railroads on such grants as are not used in the peration of the Toad. The defendant roads, the St. Paul & Duluth and Northern Pacific, claimed the only tax required to be Did by them was three per cent on gross earnings. The case Will eventually go to the supreme court of the United States. TO SUSPEND SEALING Agreement Reached by the Conference Delegates. WHAT WILL ENGLAND DO NOW Russia, Japan and the United States Believe a Means Has Been Found to Preserve the Herds. Washington, Nov. 1. In reliable quarters it is stated that the conference between Russia, Japan and the United States, now proceeding here in refer ence to sealing in the Behring sea and the North Pacific, has advanced to an important stage, and that a proposition has been reduced to writing, which, if accepted, will bring about a complete change in the sealing question. The proposition is said to be acceptable to the United States. It is understood to be acceptable similarly to the Russian delegates now here, but, in view of the restrictions placed upon them by their credentials, it has been thought desir able to cable St. Petersburg for final in structions. The greatest secrecy is preserved in all official quarters as to the nature of the proposition, and it is not officially admitted that any proposition has been made. From equally reliable sources, it is understood that the proposition has a far reaching scope, and provides for the material limitation or entire suspension of pelagic sealing on the high seas. Such a decisive step, if agreed to by Russia, Japan and the United States, would not, it is under stood, involve a concerted move to menace the claims of Great Britain and Canada to the right to pelagic sealing on the high seas, but would rather be a proposition expressive of the conclu sions ol the three most interested pow ers that, in the interests of humanity and the preservation of the seal herds of their respective governments, all na tions, including Great Britain and her colony, Canada, should unite with Russia, the United States and Japan in such effective prevention of pelagic sealing on the high seas as will put an end to it, and thereby secure the pre servation of the seals. The deliberations of the conference leading up to the proposition were productive of numerous interesting and important features. But little had been known of the Russian regulations until the confer ence met. Under them a neutral zone of 35 miles was established surrounding the Russian islands, within which Great Britain agreed to suspend pelagic sealing. While this was of material advantage to Russia, yet it was felt that any proposition for the entire sus pension of pelagic sealing, even, be yond 35 miles, would have to be recon ciled with the modus vivendi. It. was felt that this could be done, as the modus was not a continuing agreement, but was from year to year depending for its existence on the annual readop tion by the British parliament. Owing to Japan's view of the sub ject the opinion of the seal experts was laid before the Japanese delegates. This opinion was to the effect that, while the Japanese seal possessions were little or nothing at the present time, yet that by adequate protection of the seals, her decimated rookeries would be restored and a large seal prop erty built up. This expert view ap pears to have been convincing to the Japanese delegates, for Mr. Fujita not only cabled the final proposition to Ja pan, but accompanied it with his favor able recommendation. The conferees being thus agreed, it only remained to hear from the respective governments that they represented. An adjournment was accordingly taken until Wednesday, by which it is not doubted the government at St. Petersburg and Tokio will have taken final action on the proposition. REMARKABLE RULING. Whitman County Judge Says a Gelding Is Not a Horse. Colfax, Wash., Nov. 1. William Herbert, a horse thief, desperado and alleged murderer, wanted in Wyoming for killing a peddler, was cleared today of the horse-stealing charge on a re markable ruling by Judge McDonald, the eccentric judge of Whitman county superior court. The evidence was abundant and conclusive that Herbert stole the horse, but his attorney moved for a dismissal of the case on the ground that the complaint said "horse," while the animal was a geld ing. The judge decided that a gelding was not a horse, and tbe case was dis missed. Herbert is still held for other crimes. Buried ITnder a Mass of Rock. ' Bonner's Ferry, Idaho, Nov. 1. Murphy and Dunn, employed on the extra crew of Great Northern laborers, were killed yesterday morning, one mile east of Katka. - The men had been drilling rock on a mountain Eide for riprapping purposes along Kootenai river, when rock over head began to fall. They sought shel ter under an adjacent cliff, and were buried under a fearful mass of rock. It took the rest of the crew 12 hours to get the bodies out. Dunn was formerly a civil engineer. Twenty Feet of Snow. Baiiver, Colo,, Nov. 1. The Rock Island train, that was due in Denver yesterday morningi and "" the. one that left Kansas City yesterday, arrived here at noon today, as two sections of one train. Thoy were delayed near Limon Junction, where the trainmen eay, six miles of track were covered with 20 feet of snow. Wires were down, and for 48 hours the where abouts of the train due yesterday was not known v STRAIN TOO GREAT. Sudden Death of Henry George, Candi date for Mayor of New York. New York, Nov. 1. Henry George, author of "Progress and Poverty," and candidate of the Thomas Jefferson Democracy for mayor of New York, died at 5:10 o'clock this morning in the Union Square hotel, of cerebral apoplexy. In his great Cooper Union speech, accepting the nomination for mayor, less than a month ago, he said: ."I'll make this race if it costs me my life. This is a call of duty, and as a good citizen I have no right to dis regard it on account of mere personal consideration." Today the cheers of the workers have suddenly been changed to sighs, for,' true to. bis words, Henry George, the apostle of the rights of man, died as he wished to die in harness, fighting for the cause toward the close of the greatest municipal political contest the world has ever seen. Last night noisy, shouting throngs rushed into halls and streets to hear the speeches that in a great part were filled with personality and bitterness, rockets flared and fires burned, men argued and urged, and all signs bore witness that tbe campaign was st its height. But when today dawned all was changed. Men were loth to be lieve that one who had been so much in the public eye in the last few weeks was no more, and for the time being the complexion of the political situa tion was forgotten in genuine grief. Those who last night bitterly de nounced the man who said "I stand for the real democracy, the democracy of Thomas Jefferson," today recalled many touching kindly acts in the life of the dead man, which showed his na ture and joined in the words which came as a reply to the lips of all: "An honest man is dead." This man of mighty brain and un daunted courage was physically frail, and the strain of an exciting campaign, requiring speechmaking at points many miles apart night after night, was more than nature could stand. He kept it up to the end, and only a few hours be fore the dread messenger cried "Halt" Henry George had addressed enthusias tic audiences in three of the towns of the boroughs of Queens and a still larger assemblage in an uptown hall here. He spoke at Whitestone at 8 o'clock, and made a speech at College Point and Flushing before returning to New York to speak at the Central Dpera-house. At Whitestone he drove from the railway station to the meet ing hall at a gallop. To the cheering srowds he said: "I believe that all the needed re forms are summed up in that phil osophy the right of every man to eat, to drink, to speak, as he sees fit, so long as he does not trench on tbe rights ai any other man. I believe that the father, can take care of its laws there is no need for us to get into trouble trying to meddle with God's laws, to enforce them. If I am elected, ind I believe that I will be elected, I will enforce the laws upon the rich and poor alike. " MARIE VAN ZANDT'S INSULT. In Explanation of the Memorable Event of 1885. Paris, Not. 1. A remarkable story is going the rounds as to the real animus sf the tremendous demonstration in March, 1835, against Marie Van Zandt, the American singer. M. Goron. formerly a high official at the prefecture of police, declares that ihe memorable and offensive attacks upon the singer was engendered by the followers of M. Ferry to counteract an intended demonstration against him by radicals and socialists after the disas trous defeat of the French at Langson, Annam. M. Camercarz, the prefect of police of tbe day, was consulted at to how to prevent the intended demon stration against the unpopular M. Ferry, and according, to M. Goron, he suggested a monster demonstration against Miss Van Zandt. All the avail able detectives and theatrical claques were sent to the opera comique to howl and hiss the American singer. When ever there was a lull in the uproar the cry was raised that Miss Van Zandt was going out by another door, and so s'dlfull was the trick that the excite ment was continued until midnight and the intended M. Ferry demonstra tion was delayed until too late to go to the foreign office. INDIANS ON THE RAMPAGE. The Trouble im Colorado Is Becoming More Serious. Denver, Nov. 1. The Times received the f'owing at noon today: Stex... t Springs, Oct. 31. A cour eir has' jujt arrived here bringing a message from Game Warden Wilcox to Sheriff Nieman for help. The Indians have burned Thompson's ranch, near Cross mountain, and have killed 'one Gable, a messenger sent out by Wilcox. The latter tried to arrest the Indians for violating the game laws. They re sisted and began to fight. Five Indians were killed, and Sub-Chief Star mortal ly wounded. The Indians had stacks of green deer hides in their possession, and were slaughtering on all sides. The fight occurred 90 miles west of Steamboat Springs. One hundred de termined men are now on their way to aid the sheriff. Settlers are gathering on Vaughn's ranch at Lay, Colo. The Indians have threatened to pillage and murder. Sauaws have been sent back to the res ervation, and reinforcements are com ing. State troops may be oalled for, if the sheriff finds matters as serious as reported. Warsaw, Ind., Nov. 1. The im mense box and barrel factory located-at Mentone, this county, was destroyed by fire this morning. The loss is $150, 000. . , NORTHWEST BREVITIES Evidence of Steady Growth and Enterprise. ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST From All the Cities and Towns of tbe Thriving Sister States Oregon. Klamath Indiana will haul over 30, 000 pounds of flour out of Lake county this fall. The government snag-puller is at work in Coos river. Most of the work just now is being done above Paroline bar. More work will soon be done on the south fork. Peter Wage, of Nehalem, expects soon to pat up a flouring mill on his place, near Fishhawk falls, on the main Fish hawk river, to grind for the farmers of the Nehalem valley. Thursday another big shipment of prime beef cattle was forwarded east from the Baker City stock yards. This shipment required 15 cars, there being 400 head of fine 3-year-old steers. A farmer who farms the Boyer place southeast of Woodburn, in Marion county, this year rasied 3,040 bushels of Burbank potatoes on 10 acres of land. He had five potatoes in the lot that weighed 15 pounds. The civil service examination for po sitions in the Astoria postoffice depart ment will take place December 4, and all applications must be filed by No vember 13. Secretary Lewis says no applications have as yet been filed. The largest cargo of lumber yet to cross the Nehalem bar was taken out by the three-masted schooner Prosper. She carried about 275,000 feet, and made the round trip from San Francis co to Nehalem and return in about 20 days. About 200 pounds of sugar beefs, grown in different parts of the Grand Ronde valley, are to be forwarded to Corvallis for analysis. The object of the additional analysis is to ascertain the amount of sugar and percentage of purity in beets of later growth, than those heretofore sent. The work of locating the Indians in Harney county has been completed. One hundred and fifteen Red Men have taken advantage of the government's geneorus donation. The agent says that the Indians are not allowed to rent or lease their claims, except old, blind and infirm Indians, and the renting or leasing is done by the department. Among the personal treasures of State Secretary H. R. Kincaid is a su perb eollection of autographs ot the famous men of America, gathered by the secretary during his 13 years of service at the national capital. Many of these celebrated signatures are at tached to letters and documents, ad dressed personally to Mr. Kincaid, in a public or private capacity, and are highly valued. J. E. Kennerly has completed his contract on the Blue river mines wagon road, in Lane county. It now reaches the Kenniston group of claims, and lacks only about 200 yards of reaching that of the Chaunoy Bale mine. The Eugene Mining Company paid $100 on the last work done, the county paying the balance. The miners have now agreed to construct the road into the heart of the district from the . last named point. It is now thought that the district will at least have one mill in operation next summer, with a prob ability of three. Washington. Offers of from 11 to 12 cents were made for hops in Chehalis, Lewis coun ty, last week, but no sales were made. Whitman county won the Dodson cup at the Spokane fruit fair for the best general district display. Lewis ton, Idaho, was awarded second place, and Walla Walla third. The treasurer of Adams county re ports that farmers are paying delin quent taxes as far back as 1892. It is expected that the county will be able to pay off her entire debt. The King County Horticultural So ciety met in Seattle, and spent an af ternoon in discussion of the fruit in dustry in the state of Washington, dur ing the course of which W. H. Brown, inspector of insect pests for King coun ty, exihbited tree branches and fruits covered with various forms of insect life, and explained the best methods for destroying the pests. The tax levy of the city of Colfax has been fixed at 15 mills, all of which is to be used for the purpose of paying -interest and reducing the indebtedness. The total indebtedness of the -city on Ootober 1 was $31,555.16, and the cash on hand at that time was $2,4535.79. Since January 1, 1897, the receipts of the city have been $17,409.13, of which $16,895.45 has been expended. A decree has been entered in the su perior court of Thurston county, ex tending the time for filing claims with the state treasurer against the defunct State Insurance Company, of Salem, Or., until the 18th of November, next. This decree was made on a showing of some of the parties in interest, who claimed that they were unable to file their claims with the former limit. Coyotes are becoming so plentiful in the country between Garfield and the mountains as to be a menace to the poultry business and a general nul tance. A number of farmers and business men in the Walla Walla valley have conceived the generous idea of loading several oars with potatoes and other products of the rich soil of that valley for tarasmission to Ireland, where the potato crop is a failure, and fears are entertained of a famine among the poorer people. , f. v-- r:'