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-,--" ',uir''1' kit."- '.'V'. tnr-wsatinwrs.i ;. ' "CI"- i i 20 CENTS A WEEK. ALBANY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1 890. VOL. V. NO. 65 ' Szolusivt Ageacr Uc lu Ludlow Fine Shoos BLVMHEROr BLOCK ALBANY BAKERY. PARKER BROS., PROPRIETORS. KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND CAKES FOR-.-. -.FRESH FRUITS BER-v I FRESTT JlARO .-.WEDDINGS-.-. I RIK- AND VEGETABLES V.-.-P iLS .. Choice Table Delicacies and a Full Line of Fancy and Staple Groceries and Pro visions, Canned Goods, Nats, Candies, Etc., Etc A Full Line of Imported and Domestic Cigars. C) EI VV. L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE. row OtNTLEMtN. DEtT IM THE WOULD. -FOR- CHICKENS $5.00 PES S0ZS2Tr EGGS IS CENTS. X Virtter& Garrett. FrtrmPTS & Merchant NSUR NOE CO OK Albany Orboon ctriTtL iwk. see.eee rii rr ,p.Tti m.. OFFICERS. President W. F. Read. Vice-President-J. O. Writsraan. Treaaurer J. L. Cowan. 8ecrUrT .1. K. Elderkin. PiRgcroms. K. . ranan, J. L. Cowan, .1. O. Writaman, C F. Simpson, W F. Read, J. K. Weatherfnrd, L. L. Foley, Joan Burnett and M. Sternberg. Safe, Sound. conserratiTe A Square Company, Managed by Square Men, Patronized by Square People JuuaiM Smij ZbticprlM SEARLS Drv GodiNotiiM LADIES AND CENTS ITR; NISHINGS. Also have a complete line of BOOTS and SHOES For spring trad, at prioea bat defy compaeitjon. Give na a call nui buy your ahoes 01 at bedrock price. iGod eda and square dealing. ..SMS. F,r Sale -BY- FIRST NATIONAL BADE PRESIDENT i.. runs. 10 PSKSIDCMT 8. K TOPHO. UASH1KR B. W. LaN.TON. rilKAMSACTS A OEf IAAL BANKING 8. E. Tome, L. Pton L. K. Huua, E. r. box. E. W. Lasettts Cash tor. Line County Nitiml BANK, Albany, . Oregon CAPITAL STOCK, 100,000. PkFSIDEHT J L Cownn, Vi. e r-resident- J M Ralston. Cashier- to K ChaDb.rl.in, A-.n.ant Ca-hirr OA ' r hit aid. trirectei J LCi an. J M Kalhtos, Geo E hamberlstn. Wn Until, W M Grjltra, J A Crawford and O A Archibald. I'raiimct. a imral lauiniiur tt-rtneas.., Draw- tight draft i oo New York. Ran -n. tscoiuid Portland, or. l-o-n mr ny on approved secnrUy.J P..- cive deposits subject to rbeck. Collection, entrusted to ua will eecelre prr-sttention BANK OF OREGO.V, ALBANY, OREGON. - PIT A L MAW Pre Ideal, lee Pre... Ca bier - H. BRVIU I. V. WtHKILL. J A W. BLI.. niaiCToaa: H. Butajit, J. W. Blaik, O'rt. flCMPHRET, t H. TEWIBT, K. J I.ANNItO. H. F. MlKKILL. LADIES' UNDERWEAR VeaUraaea Kkli f a. I blld rat IMk lag. anal All Lad Ira CaratrBU Baad I. .rdrr at the JapaneSeBazaartore aaiCM tit low. KWiiMQ WtKfXCO. M Ktora od Pint Street next te S acccr A Blackburn.. H. A. CBOWDBaU . W. CBOWOBB. CROWDER BROS Contractor and Buiden. Office on First street with Wal lace A Cusick. real eatate aventa. Albany, Oregon. Estimate-given on ail ainaa ot bandings or carpen ter work. All work intrusted U ma will aw raBtf fiaaiia1. BROS. S -BY- Buying Tour Propertj Through tlie teal estate firm of Burkhart & Keeney: ne oldeat Real Eatate Firm'in tin They have landii of all descrir tions for nale at the very lowext nnif h and on the most favorable terms. We have wine fine bargains in small tracts of garden and fruit lands near the ci'v. which we are fferinn at a re:tt Ba rifii e. This property lies near the city, and in 'lie very bat on thf market, part of which in set out to fruit. CITY PROPERTY We have a larjre list of choir. business and residence propertv for pale inelndinir the Hnltra n.rl addition, the hest, nearest and cneapesi stinnrnan property on the market. A lot in this addition will double in value in lens than a year. EASY PAY1ME2TTS. BUB : ART & KEENEY, it K A L EST A HE, LOJ A A.VD INSURANCE ACENTS. ALBANY . OREGON 0TGIUS u TOR SAI.K BT ALL DRCOCtSTS. 8rme'month aeo I rurrtiaaed a hnxof Trr J. P. 3M Cnfarrh nre for mv own nae hut finding mv nephew. CA.MrMnhan needine u-h mfdi. rlne 1 let'liim have my 'ht of medi rlne.' Hf now send for three more hnxea, savin? It i the tef thin for ratHrrh ever trie-' ly him and hip friend. 1 gnt xnother box tn use in my rnr, and elieerfully recommend il toothrra. (8iimedN JOHN MrMAHAN. Ex-"ounty IVaimlaaiouer Lane Co. Oregon, Sprinp',M. Lane county. Oreeon. Prof .1, W, lohnon. president of the (tate iir lwafsiiv, xayit it cured him ol a rouirh alter tr other nTewriDtioiif had failed. Likewioe two of hi little srlrlo ured it to oure their cough. Mr Mrk Kailey. wife of Prof Railey. ent it to Prof Johnso-, and reeom mnd. it to all who auder from colds, and rough. For rough it art like a chain), and ran be inhaled into the pipes or paisagea. where, o other cough cures can reach Satire f. Cntrartora, NOTICE IS HEHEhT CIVIN THAT THE nndrralinrd tir.tec of the First ( on. K-egational Church of Albany, rvon. will receive h:ds to paint the rhurch l ul rtinpr -f said church till poon of Aug. 4th 89 the Mid ruM es reaervliig the n.ht to reject aiiv and all bids. H. H. Hnwrrr. W. C. KSAD NOTICE IS HERKBT GIVEN 1 HAT ALL persons indehteil to thr old Arm ot Kr.uve A K ein are requesUd to come for ward and settle up promptly, as 'he accounts must t cioe. d. hLEi.i Hsoa. (URL WANTED IN A SMALL FAMILY T No ehildien and lliiht work. For par xiculars inquire at Kleio Bros, shoe store. Lost, On note daUii November M. 1888. for 100 one note, same date. 2tK): oi:e note, suae Oat., C2M, payable one, to and three year after date: one note f'-r 10, dated In Feb ruary or March, 18-9. payable on. year after date; one note for $60. dated between the 10th and 18th of June. 18-9. parable siKhteen months ftT date All the above not:s ara sisned by Asa A. Hull and pataile to Isaac 8. Louden. All person, are warned afainst buvinfi the aJbove dascribrd hot. The flodsa will vleaae kai. said notss at MM AID 'amitte Vally RUSHING WORK The Union Pacific Will Soon Join Seattle and Portland. A FATAX, CLOUD BIEIt, SajtRs Did Bet-Will zo?a tda tftti atCQalaitha Eeoowu a Btsbhiag Aftay-Oropt ial(Jrfon. Portland, August 5. "We are nnttinif on meti a thick as we can stick them between Vancouver mid Kalam i." said Division En gineer J. Q. .lami.-n, of the Union Pacific, to-day. "Graders are at work in many places between Knlatna and Olyiupia, and there re a lame number ot engineers in the vicinity of Olyiupia, and within 15 days there will be 3000 men on the line between Portland and battle. The prosiK-ct are that the roudwil be rut bed to completion sconer titan it was suppo-ed to be posfible. FLOODS IN ARIZONA. Higher Than at Any Pre vlo.a Tim. Great Damage. Tccson, Ariz., August 5. Heavy rains have been telling dur ing the last ten days and the livers are all swollen, sixty mites of th Sante Fe rad between Benson and Xogalea is washed out. Rail communication ' to onora is cut off and the Kanta Cruz river is agam flooding the vallev and this evening a limber than at any time during the flood. WILL IXCKID :iHE IPIBD. Thua Brlnftna; th. Contractor th. Premium. Washington. Aug. 5. Naval officers, e-p-cially the engineers, Hie much ilea-ed with the reports from San trHnci-C' giung the re sult-" of the pr li mi nary ttixl of i he new crui-er, Han Francibi-o, and are ikiw more confident than ever that she will exceed ne con tract requirements on the officia trial, wiii h w ill t ike place on the 10 h or 11th. It is fully expecleo that she will develop at least 20 knots being one knot in excels ot h- r contra-1. which, if mad -, will net the contractots $300,000 pre mium. BBRIOL'8 STABBING AFFRAY. It Almo.t Lead Ui a Conflict Be tween White and Blaeka. Eldcnsburq, Aug. 5. In the course of a quarrel over a horse at Roslyn yesterday a negro' named Mayo stabbed and dangerously wounded a white liveryman r.amed Pat Henry. Mayo was im mediately arrested and jailed, but on talk of lynching he was brought to Ellensburg. The results would certainly have been terrible had he been lynched, as ttie negroes declared they would avenge his death. A most bitter hatred exi-ts between the white and blacks, and the least act is liable, to bring about a - bloody scene. All is quiet now. TALK WITH MR. MCLLEN. Delighted Over Crop Prospect In Oregon and Washington. BosTON.August 5. General Traf fic Manager Mellen, of the Union Pacific, in in town. He savs the paospects of the Pacific in Texas, in connection with the Texa- & Fort Wotlh. is verv encouraging. and the Oregon Railwav A Navi gation lines will have large busi ness, as crops in Washington and Oregon, now harves'ed, are amin- lant. He says tne prospects oi tne orn croD in Texas and Nebraska are good, and speaks in gloomy terms ol the immediate future for the new sta esof Idaho, Wyoming and Montana. The purchase of the St. Louis fc San Francisco road by the Atchison is considered a very wie move, and he sas legis lation will Ikj very beneficial to the territ ry covered" by the Union Pacific. Red Men in Council. San Francisco, August 6. The twenty-fifth great sun session of mat riii. For Female Ir- rerutr.ritUa; nutn- inc like them oo the market. Nsret I'all. Succeaafum used by prominent ladle monthly. Guarantee!' to re lieve suppressed menstruation. Doatbs humbug md. Save time. Health and money. Take no other. 8ei t to any ad dress y niali t n rec Ipt ol price, (t 00. Ad dress tphrw Medlrl.r 4 wsapaar West Bramh Box 17, Partisan!, Bald by Fork at & Maaaa. albaav. 0rca SPOT CASH "RACKET STOKE,' JUST OPINED OPP. MASONIC TEMPLE. Ladles and rent fuinlahlnr Konda.eoraets, table coTsrs, Tadie. ar d Kent, hosiery, men s and dot's neckwear, sui-peadets, drs-s bat tnns, hair, tooth, nail and bora bruahss stationery, perfumery, Inks,' rendls. ahoe blacking, and a znat many articles t-o nu meroiu to mention here. The roods ate old st such pi ices that ' hey cca not be du plicated by any other men bar. t in th city, uules. sold at a sarrilL e. Come and sa our stock be treabl t show slock. Onsnries taail. BAUAAP LXTT. Paler s Golden the great cnnneil nl th. j order of Red Men of California cobtvinki mm morning. Fully 1000 delegate were present. The graci council ot the voumr mn' instkito to-day by almost an uiiaimnuuit vol , sustained the acuonof the couiniiUee on Uws od WpcrTisioa whereby a repre sentation ia allowed by each or KMisation having, two delegates tajattendance at the annual SetBuAn. Viaititia- tnamkava nf elw. W. Shrine spent the day in BiKuaswng auout tne city. ; JsXROAD CABDALTIK8. . '-I - -A"-ia Bnrat Canswa aav Aaeldvat ' ' Wit Loss of Life. Nckdlxs, Cal August 6. A cloud bant in the mountains of the eastern part of Mohave county, Arizona, last night, washed out the "ridges two miles west of Yucca. The eaat-hrtnnrl iVeio-Vir due at Yucca at 8 o'clock, run into the river, killing the riremnn Wm Seill. slightly wounding Engineer Huraner and scalding Rrakeman button. The an Francisco exnreca. rlne at the Needles last night at 6 p. m., vas delayed by tne washouts near Williams, Arizona, ami arrived in Yucca onlr a few minnten after tli freight accident, having a narrow escape. After tke bridge was fixed up the train came on, closely followed by the Los Angeles express, which aa overtaken ine nrstone. - When, near Needles, at 12:3 , nd running fat, the Pullman car n the ffe a Francisco train left the ails, thrnwinir th trnrit car just al sad of it, over on its ile. it w a- f r . m. t , nenaun, oi oan Antonio, Pax., meeiverl a-vrct hruiaou ln" the other passengers miraculously escaped with a lively shaking up. ORBOON PRESS ASSOCIATION- Portland Baa If ad. Ample) Pro vision for :KntrtalnB.nt. Portland, August 5. The com mittee en arrangements for enter taining the Oregon Press A-s-H-ia- lon nave already corrected sinm Tlie 1 beral response of the citizens is gratifying and little trouble is eapected in raising the necessary amnt ihe programme ha- leen prepared with th" purpose oi giving the state prsa a correct idea ol fortlaml's business indus rriw, inatatuiions and population. Odd FeUoWtr Cawnatltiaw DrUl. Caicaoo, August 5 Cantons from all pavrts of the country con tinned to arrive to-dy to tak part in the triennial cantonment of i'atriar.h Mibtaat. J. u. u. b riiu afternoon wae ilevoted to com petitive exemplification of guhor di.iu'e degree work with closed doors in the battery armory. Garden City lodge of Chicag opened the competition and was followed by V icker lodge. alm ot this city. This afternoon the prize drills of cantons by classes was oegun on tne lake front in the presence of a multitude of people To-night General 1. C. Under wood, generalissimo of the army. held a recepti.ai at the Auditori um hotel. Liberals Ara Sneeessful. Halt Lake, August 5. -The re vised returns of the county election here show that the liberals have elected the assessor, selectman surveyor, attorney, coroner, clrr and treasurer. I ne monnont. elec ted the sheriff and recorder. STANLBY'S HEIDI- Oosslp Abont th. Wlf. of the Noted African Bxplorer. Stanley's bride ia "no chicken," if she will forgive the remark, be ing nearly 34 years old. She is described as "a tall, robust, hand some woman, rather inclined to embonpoint, with fair ha;r, deep blue eves.a Ktraight.well developed nose), a lovely complexion, white teeeth, full moath.small diroplv hands and pretty feet." It is also asserted that more than one coron et has !een reinsed by her and her sister. The Princess of Wales, in congratulating Mr. Stanley called her "a woman onm iuii ot genius, reierring to her aa an illustrator of hooka and aa a pa nter, some of her canvases having received places at the Koyal Academy ami other exhibitions for the last five years. She is prominent in fashionable society, and her fine gwn, and especially her stunning parasol, nave become ce eorateti. bhe was not the original of the "Yesor No" of Millaia, which was painted in 1871. when she was a young girl. but the and her si -ter were paint-d in to leas famous works by the same artist which were originally known as "ihe Blue Uirl." and "The Red Girl, ' but are now call Yes," and "No." A Mrs. Stan ley's mother ia the possessor of a huve fort one left by her husband, a parliamentary lawyer, and as -he eni yo warm expectation fr m the warm friendship of the Bar ness Baidett-Coutta. and as Mr. bt .nley is said to have received $100,000 from the English publishers of hi" books, the wolf may be exp- cted not to d-fturb the door of the 8tanley mansma. Mr. and Mrs tanlev. accompaniet by the lat ter'sonly brother, Coombe Ten nant, are to visit America in Nov ember. The explorer is 50 years old. and doubtleaa finds life very different from what it wa in a Welsh poorhouse during his boy hood, or even in the dava when he was reporting for the New York Barak. MARRIED TOO OFTEN. Finally Caught and Brought to Grief In Chicago. HARD ON THE CHINESE. 8t Paal's CaaiBt'-Wait d for Him ts . Oat Rloh-Bed Mea Ia BsmUb. Esstera lew. Bo.ton, August b. Much mar ried Charles Loring. who is in limbo in Chicago, for having too many wives, is deserted by his pa tents, who live in tuis city. His father, Mr. -John P. Loring, says that Charles mu?t get out of the scrape the best way he can. He says that the affair lias been a terrible shock to the relatives of th oung man. He received a liberal, education nnd made rapid progre-iN in electrical matters for seveial year, holding goxi places. About seven years ago he married a pretty Boston girl, bui they did not get along well together, and a divorce was ihe result. He went to England five years ago with tw mei interested in electrical mat ters but lost all of his money, and had to Bend home for financial aid. While there he married wife So. 2 and brought her to l?oitn. He was unable to obtain work ami left his wife here and went to New York. Soon after he (returned to Loudon. Money wan again sent him and he came back to tins country with another wife. He lid not come near home, but wrote. Mr. Loring at this time found that his son was incorrigi ble. The young man made many promises and broke them aimosi as fast aa he made them. He went out west and wife No. 2 was -ent there by the father. She found her hisband in Chicago liv ing w ith wife o. 3. but he escaped to O e:on. Mr. loring said he iiad ho(ied his son would reform, but he seemed to act worse instead of better. A STRINGENT CHINESE BILL. It Is Not Likely te Become a Law. Washington, August 5. Repre sentative Morrow, of California, from the co nmittee on foreign ai fairs, to-day reorted to the hoii-e bill to ab.-olutelypronibit the com ing of Chinese inio the United States, whether subjects of Chin or otherwie. . 'I be bill proposed to exclude all Chinese, even thoce who mat here after leave the United States and try to return, excepting diplomat ic and consular officers an I commer cial agents and the coming Chinese to the United States for transit is expressly forbidden. The fine is $50 1 for each Chinese brought into the United Slates, provided for the punishment of the vessel and the mas'er bringing them., and the vessel to be subject to forfeiture. ProvUions are also made for the punishment of persons aidit g Chinese to the United States by land or otherwise and for remov ing the Chinese when found un lawfully in the country ; thus further provided that the Chinese shall not be admitted to citizenship and conflicting provisions shall be abrogated. Chairman Hitt presented the minority leport, dissent ng from the favorable action of the ma jority on the bill, as he says it is in conflict with the treaty now in force. CENSUS AT ST. PAI L. Th. Cltlzen'a Committee O. To Washington. Washington, August 5. A citi zens committee of St. Paul had an other conference with the secre iary of the inte-ior to-day in refer ence to the proposed recount of the population of th.tt city. The commilte.' strongly objected to a recount of the whole city as unnecessary and unjust to its peo ple. The committee presented two propositions to the secretary; first, was. a full recount of' nine districts to be had under the direc tion of Superintendent Porter, -econd, was the return of the schedules of these nine districts to St. Paul, and there given toa com mittee to correct and verify them. Tlie secretary said the efficiency of Superintendent Porter's work was, in his opinion, something marvelous. He therefore, was not prepared to recind the otder for a rec -unt, but det-ired the work of investigation now in progress by Porb-r to be pushed to conclusion. A PKKTl'T LITTLE ROMANCE. How a Rhode Ialand Olrl Waited Until Her Lover U.t Rich. K'c Vong. Aneiit5. A Herald special from Providence says that six years ago d. l.iBoi.".m,. graduated from -th Brown Lni versitv with ju-t $19 in his pocket, lie had suppoited himself in col lege by ch-anin city lamps and by keeping noaraing nouue. Lmr in Inn university course he become engaged to Miss Delia Carinter. They parted till such time aa Liuhtt.nrn could earn enough money to support a wile. He went to Kansas City wi.h his $19, and entered a lawjers office. He saved his earnings, invested in real estate and struck it rich. He . u as: i nan sent ruuuu money iu ui i Carpaatex to soabla her to obtain an education. The second year he was away he sent her a $5C0 gold watch and has since pre sented her with diam. nds. Light burn has arrived in Providence to claim his bride, w ho persistently refused to name the wedding dav (ill she had become accomplished. He is reported to be worth 1,000,000. NEWS PROM VICTORIA. A Mardere In Jail Strike tn th. Wellington Mines. S Victoria, B. C, August 5.-' Mrs. Routledge, who shot and killed Joe Dugan, is now lodged in jail here. She claims Ihe (-hooting was entirely accidental and that she had no quarrel with the dead man. News fiom Wellington is to the effect that a number of miners went to work in the mines yester day, thereby breaking the ouiin ous 6ilence which bad pet tied over the strike. Trouble ia not ntic ipa'ed, though hands paraded the streets with banners flying and -inging union songs. All houses of the coaipuny have been vacated. SALEM RECEIVES REPLY. The Department Wants Specific Cases of Failure tn Enumerate. Special to th.' Hehald.i Salem, August 5. The Board of Trade received replies from the Oregon delegation at Wast-ington, to messages ti'ging a recount of the population of Oregon. The .-state that ihe inat'er has been p aced before the department, where it is under advisement. They ask for specified allega'ions jf census imperiectness, and a full showing of omissions. Th 'will be forwarded without delay. The Child was Not Her'. Chicago, August 5. Curious cir cumstances were developed at the inquest on the babe w inch Mrs. Frances Russell i accuse ! of hiv ing i-t irved to death. Mrs. Kus sell admitted when placed under oath, that uothwiihetand ng th. accepted belief and her on pre vious tatemeuts tha: the infant as mt hers, bhe then said i-he go' the chi'd irom an orbhan asylum and palrae I it cif on her husband as their off-ptii g. The reason she assigned for the icception was to prevent trouble in her family. By means of drugs ttken to quiet her nerves she had unintentionally iniscanied and to tide it from her husband she brought home the ciiiM. Thos. ttiit-sell, the fooled husband, was in:ensly angry in hearing bis wife's testimony. "I did not know until this mo ment that the child W;iS not OUis," he t-aid. Mrs. Kussel was he d without hail t await the action of the rrand jury. Stock Exhibit for the World's Fair. Chicago, August 6. J. H. San der, publisher of the Breeders' ..iazette, has written a let er to the World's Fair hea''qu;itters relative to a unique and thoroughly origi nal plan for a live stock exhibit at the expo-iti-)n. His plan em '.Kjlies the fallowing features: There shall he selected and pla ed on exhibition a thotoughiy fuliy representive male and female ma t u red specimen of each and or, ry breed of horseta, cattle, shet; . 4 pigs raised in America. On Trial for Accepting a Bribe. Pkkscott. A. T., August 5. Col S. B. Beyaus. appointee- cf Cleve land's as special agent of the gen eral ltnd othce, and who was in dieted by the last Uniied Mates .rand jury for accepting a bribe f Henry Punnung, was brought to Prescott for trial last night by two deputy mar.-bals. He was arrested at Oklahoma. - Port OHlclals Drowned. Nf.w York, .August 5. The steam-hip City of Da las, iioui Central America, rep'tt ('apt. Rawley of the schooner .fosepli P. Mac'ieca, ei route ii-a sai) Ik. it to the s -hooner with the command ant, jude oi the port and two un known h rson-, capsized during a miunll and were drowned. Deniea the Allegations, Washington, Aug. 5. In the house to day iyder, of Minne sota, rising t) u question of privi lege, denounced as false the sr- icle in a Detroit p.ier, stating that at the conference lie-ween the Minnesota delegation and the speaker recently, telaiive to cer tain improvements to the Sault Ste. Marie canal, the upeaker de c.arrxi, "To hell with your inland beat!." Mexleo'a New Minister. San Francisco, August 5. Senor Ighicio ulat -rre, the new minister from Mexico to Guate mala arrived here to-day. He de clineJ io talk about Mexi.-an mat ters. He wi.l leave on the next steamer for Guatemala. Change of Venue Denied. Ovbtkrville. August 5. The third motion fir -a change ofi venue in.' the murder trial was made by -the defense to-dav and i denied bv the court. The work of I securing the jury to try Kose be gan una evsaung. American Party Nomination. San Francisco, August 5. The American party convention this morning nominated Ge i. J. B d well, of Chico, for governor on the first ballot. SMUGGLED OPIUM The Union Printers and the Papers of Los Angela. EXPLODED AND ROASTED. KsBUDier End Asprsaobisf 0r?goa Ed- Horato fie ctartliial-voBua. tisn f Auwiloaa Party. Kansas City, Mo., August 5. R-venue offii-ersand L'niuni State dot--tives arrived here yesterday looking for 2.i00 pounds of smok ing opium, which t smuggled into the Unitetl States some time ago. The iir;.g came through Cali fornia and the tuiUjjgler got as far a Piiu-nix, Ariz., with it, when detvH-tives got on their track and scared them into Canada. A few daag-jit was learned that the contraband goods had been shipped bum here, sj far no trace ol the opium can be found. The duly on this opium amount to $2d,000. TEKKIBLK EXPLOSION. Th. Whole Front of n Building- Blown One Denver, August 5. An explo sion took place this evening at 9 o'clock. J. D. Gorrell, clerk in W. A. Mitchell's diug store, ent down into the cedar for some goods. On reaching tha foot oi the staiis he struck a match, when instantly six ten-gal Ion cases f benzine exploded with terrific one. The entire front of the building was blow n into the street and a .cu-tomer etanding by the door was hurled some I'O feet and badly hrmsed and cut. Goirell as blown out of the cellar by the explosion and escaped by the tear loor in some miraculous manner. He was found a few minutes later standing in the allev in a dement- d condition from hfs burns, which ere feariul. He was taken to the hospital where his b-dy was found o be one great blister, aome of the fler h adoering to the clothing rien it was removed. His rfovery is doubtful. The building t-ok fiie and depart- nent was on the ground promptly. A" hen it arrive-: the walls were st aiding, tmt began to totter soon ilterwa-dj and in a short time iater iell. This was so sudden hat the firemen were unable to jet away and three were caught in the ruins, and probably tatally injured. On the second floor of he building were a number of roomers and some of them were caught in the falling walU and rubbed to death. a' EM M LER ELECTROCUTION. (h Timer Is Appronohlng bat t'nknown. Aria-RN, N. Y., u trust 5. It is low thought likely that Andrew ibooks. a convict, will be the man who wili pull the deadh lever ai '.he Ken.mler txecution. The an loumement has hot yet been nade Hisitivcly, but circumstances ill point to i:. Durs'.on has finally lec.ded to change the execution oom, under direction! of Elec trician Mavis, who arrived this morning, and had the nwilch uoved to the keejier's tuess room, vbich is to be the new" room. The -ondemued man has kept up his ilii- k in a wonderful way. A gen tleman who is to be present at the execution visite.i him to-day. ile found him periectly calm but -utr.-ring from heat. Kenimler nade his will again, leaving his looks :md other little traps to Mrs. llurston an-1 others who have iieeu kind to him. Holy com munion ae . adii.inisierea to ICemml.t by 'h .plain Yates and iev. Houghton. Dr S nth wick, i Buffalo, said late this afternoon hat it was not at all likely an mtoj sy would take place before layliht, no matter what time the --Xi-c'iiion occuried. THE PRINTERS' DEMAND. Knt the Publisher Will Not Com ply. Los A.vofcLKs, Au.'ilst 5. Ail the inion print, rs employed on four 'iady paiH-rs of this city went on a -trike this aiemon. Suae days ago the proprietors of four dailies united in a request for a reduction jf the 6. ale from 5) cents to 40 enta per thousand. Tle union lecline4l to accede t this and in turn put in a formal demand that toe proprietors sign a contract by noon to-day to maintain raie-i at 50 cents f '.r one year. This the prop? etors promptly refused and the 8 nke f .1 lowed this aftern-ion. This evening the proprietors col lect! d as many non union printers as they could find and the papers w 11 coaie out in the in ruing, Logger Injared. 8t.rrLK, August 5. Thos. Gra ham Woodsman was brought to the hospital irom Kdgerton lodg ing vamp, Snohomish county, wbfre he wa. terribly bruised yes terday, by a tree which had burned off, falling wid e lie was chopping on it. His injuries may prove fatal. A very handsome robe for a k.in bum, u-a r nieked on the i side walk in front ol the Evangeli cal parsonage, the owner can re cover the same by calling at the paxsouuge. r r af la la i t b t. a st Ua es trs 1 a l-st f 4 ar iter, i tr. fma, will be staoo, awSta. IRE. Chem rticlaw School ticiaa'a aoded. BEST 3E :egon J BUY K IANOS, AN AND '1SG HlNEcj WD, treba kn. Moasa .LINK. .Orea-a. IK b. WJT't