inn WEEKLY. UNION Enlah. Jnlr. 189T, .(Consolidated Feb. 1899. CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1301. VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 3. GAZKTIU Estab. Dec, 1862, CORVALL n a rir?nr HB.or.imn From All Parts of the New World and the Old. OF INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS Comprehensive Review of the Important Hap penings of the Past Week in a - Condensed Form. The British second-class cruiser Am phion has arrived at Panama. . The envoys were surprised by the prompt acceptance of the note. A movement is on foot looking toward Canadian independence. Great changes are said to be planned for the C, M. & St. P. railway. Governor Geer annonnces the ap pointment of Oregon's text book com mission. A Russo-Chinese agreement gives Russia protection of one Manohurian province. The - semi-annual statement of Ore gon's slate treasurer shows nearly $1. 700,000 cash on hand. The transport Meade, which carried a large, amount of specie from San Francisco, has arrived at Manila. Variety of European prunes which ripens two weeks earlier than present crop is to be introduced, in Oregon. A bill will be introduced at the com ing Oreogn legislature making life im prisonment the penalty for kidnaping. It is undrestood that at the conclu sion of operations in South Africa, Lord Kitchener will become commander-in-chief in India. United States Consul Wildman, at Hong Kong, has been granted a leave of absence and will return to the United States immediately for the benefit of his health. The Boer invasion of Cape Colony lias not yet been stopped. On the other hand the burghers seem to be gaining grouni daily aud are at pres ent half way to the Cape. The new Argentine-Chilean agree, merit, in regard to the frontier settle meut, has been signed and the presi dents of Argentine and Chile have ex changed,, friendly telegrams of congrat illation. The war department has authorized enlistments at Vancouver barracks, Washington,- for service in new regi ments to be sent to the - Philippine is lands. - Recruits will be sent to the Presidio at San Francisco for assign ment to regiments. The steamhip Thomas Brooks,' with the Cuban officials on board, has ar rived at. Port Antonio, Jamaica, .. The officials will inquire into the British methods of colonial government and adopt the desirable features into the Cuban government. Costa Rica is pleased by recognition in the canal negotiations. The British are unable to check the Boer invasion of CapeC olony. The foreign troops in China are well prepared for the winter season. The Republican caucus in Pennsyl vania seleoted Quay for senator. The United States training ship To peka has arrived at Tangier, Morrocco. The Earl of Hopetoun was sworn in as first governor of Federated Aus tralia. Oregon, Washington and Alaska have been formed into a life-saving distriot. Fire in Seattle destroyed the city li brary, containing 25,000 volumes and vauled at $30,000. The revenue cutter Perry will sail bom Astoaria ' in search of overdue Columbia river ships. Pat Crowe, charged with the abudc tion of voung Cudahy, of Omaha, has been captured iri South Dakota. Edward Rice, an Idaho man, sen- tenced to death for murder, made desperate, but unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide by cutting his throat An insane man, being conveyed from Multnomah county to the Oregon state asylum at Salem, jumped from a mov ing train, ' bruising himself about the head. , It is thought he will recover, Famine in some of the provinces ol China is becoming worse. The rice crops, owing to the war, were almost total failures, and canihalism has broken out. The authorities are un able to do anything. The assassin of Baron von Kettelei was beheaded in Pekin. The final payment has been made on the Bald mountain group of mines in Eastern Oregon, near Baker City. The purchase price was $50,000. The new owners are men of means, and work on a large scale will commence at once. Ignatius Donnelly, politician and author, died very suddenly at his hume in Minneapolis, aged - 70 years. Mr, Donnelly was a candidate for vice- president on the. Middle-of-the-Road Popoulist ticket at the recent general election. The way of the transgressor is hard in modern times. The persons who commit crimes are daily coming to Brief. Escape is less freqnent than in former years. In New Zealand there exists a brass barJd whose members are wholly mounted on bicycles. This band, which is located at Christchurch, con eists of 10 players, arid these not mere ly ride their bioycles to practice bat fulfill engagements on the wheel. LATER NEWS. Spain and France are having snow storms. Mao Arthur will deport captured Fil ipino rebels to Guam. Twenty-seven perished in an orphan home fire in Rochester, N. Y. A British detachment lost heavily in a fight with Boers near Lindley. Plans are on foot for annexing the Idaho "panhandle" to Washington. The Morans, of Seattle, have been awarded a contract for a battleship. - The first municipal election was held at Bugunis. Philippine islands. The Thirty-seventh regiment was reviewed at Manila prior to its return. Maitial law has been porclaimed in several more districts in Cape Colony. Fred T. Dubois was nominated for senator by the fusionists at Boise, Idaho. The Oregon supreme court has de cided that a loan of a savings and loan society can be collected. France is experimenting with sub marine boats. Several recent tests are reported as entirely satisfactory. After satisfactorily filling the pie liminarv stages, Count Lamsdorf 1; been definitely appointed minister i 1 foreign affairs for Russia. Theodore Colwell, employed at the Tacoma smelter, was terribly burned about the face, bands, arms and neck, by falling into a pot of boiling slag while at work. Although badly burned it is thought he will recover. Representative Kahn, of California, has introduced a bill continuing in force for 20 years after May 5, 1902, a laws prohibiting and regulating the coming of Chinese persons and persons of Chinese descent into the United- States. During the absense of William Chi dester, of Marietta, U., ihomas, a 9-year old son, shot and killed his sister, aged 14. No reason is known. fie apparently does not realize tbe enormity of his crime, and fought for the possession of the gun when a neigh bor arrived. Tbe parents are pros trated, and the mother may die. Silk manufacturers of New Jersey are endeavoring to ' have a bill passed by congress reqniring a label on "dyna mited" or weighted silks. By the pro cess of weighting inferior goods are made as heavy as first class goods and bill of this nature wonld protect those manufacturers who use pure dyes and also the purchaser, who would be able to tell what was being bought. Philip D. Armour, the great pork packer, is dead. Portugal is sending rein foi cements to Lonrenco Marques. Eight men met death by suffocation in a Minneapolis hotel fire. David J. Schnebly, the oldest news paper man in the Northwest, is dead. An effort is being made to revise the Russo-Chinese agreement about Man churia. An agreement restricting operations of allied troops has been made by Von Waldersee. Eight hundred colliery employes of Pennsylvania coal and iron mines are on a strike. China desired envoys to delay sign ing joint note, but was lniormed by them that this was impossible. f annuel S. White, a pioneer of 1845, and Oregon's first probate judge, died at his home in Portland, lie was 8! years old. Five bags of registered letters have been stolen on the road between Turin and Rome. Three bags came from New York. In an affray at Altgeberg, Hungary, between striking miners and gend armes, there were seven of the former killed and 40 wounded. The following Washington post- offices have been discontinued: Dish- man, Spokane county; Green River, King county, and Laurel, Whatcom county. Charles W. Norton, a switchman, was . instantly killed at Tacoma, by being crushed between two cars, fie leaves a widow and three children at Mount Pleasant, la. Severe cold weather has suddenly set in throughout Europe. The cold wave is accompanied by a gale which has wrecked several vessels and caused heavy los3 of life and property. - The coal miners' strike at Picton, Nova Scotia, bas been settled. Everv demand of the men - was conceded The managers sought to bind the men not to ask for a further increase for 12 months, but failed. Governor Allen, of Porto Rico, has just returned to the capital after an extensive visit to the towns in the western part of the island. He visited places where no governor of Porto Rico has visited before. Everywhere he was enthusiastically received. Henry M. Hoek, agent for tbe Knights Templar's and Mason's Life Indemnity Association, of Chicago, is under arrest at the central police sta tion, Chicago, on a telegram from Washington, D. C, which otated that be was wanted in that city on a charge of forgery. Health authorities estimate that 10 per cent of the men who go to Cape Nome never come batx alive. Over 300 of the leading German goldsmiths met in Berlin recently take part in the celebration of the fourth centenary of Benvenuto Cellini' birthday. Electric fountains have become very popular, especially as attractions'fox amusement parks. In England, espe cially, they have lately been installed in large numbers. E Envoys at Pekin Not Expected to Settle Question. AMOUNTS DEMANDED VARY GREATLY It b Believed That the Bill of Germany Will Be Largest State Department in Cor respondence With Other Powers. Washingtoon, Jan. 7. The state de partment is making a Etrong effort to secure an understanding among the powers to serve as a basis for the ad justment of the question of indemnity to be paid by the Chinese government. It appears from Mr. Conger a reports that it is hopeless to expect the foreign ministers at Pekin to reach an agreement on this important point, and if the problem is to be solved at all it must be removed from tbe Pekin coun cil and dealt with by direct diplomatic exchange, as was successfully at tempted in the case of the preceding serious differences between the minis ters. Therefore the state department is in correspondence with other foreign offices respecting this subject, though the negotiations have not proceeded to point where it can be said that a successful termination is in sight. The principal difference in the way is believed to be the enormous indem nities demanded by some of the powers. The efforts of the Chinese government to secure better terms, so far as they tend to protract the negotiations, are also expected to have ' the result of adding considerably to the earn total which must be paid in the end. This is because the expenses of maintaining tbe foreign military establishments in China probably will be assessed against the Chinese government, and the cost of keeping foreign troops in Pekin at this season of the year, and in a coun try wh3re every necessity of life has to be transported from a distance ,will make the bill very heavy. It is be lieved that tbe bill of Germany will be by far the largest, and it Is a sig nificant fact that tbe German govern ment has allowed its officers on serv ice in China five fold their regular salaries, a rate of pay probably higher than hitherto known in military his tory. The Chinese, however, are ex pected to pay for this. FAILED TO BLOW UP. Mechanism of an Infernal Not Work. Machine Would Paris, 111., Jan. 7. Ihomas J. Coff man, an attorney residing at Hume, narrowly escaped being blown to atoms with an infernal machine re ceived through tbe mail todav. The box' was of wood with a sliding lid. It contained a pound stick of dynamite and several match beads, which, how ever, failed to ignite and explode the charge when the box was opened Two thicknesses ot heavy brown paper covered the box, which was addressed tovDr. Sylvester Coffmac, Hume, 111., a brother of the lawyer, who , opened his mail. The inner surface of the box lid was studded with tacks, so ar ranged that they wonld scratch the match heads and there was also a slip of sand paper fixed so that it would be drawn over them if the tacks failed to do their work. It is thought tbe jolting of the box in the mail ilisar- ranged its' mechanism. An indistinct postmark seems to indicate the box was mailed at Logansport, Ind. The only other clew about the box is a printed label pasted on the lid, in scribed: "Dr. J. W. Blusser& Son." The United States marshal and the local police are investigating. x DYNAMITE EXPLOSION. Three Men . Were Blown to Atoms in a Cartridge Factory. Philadelphia, Jan. 7. A frightful explosion of dynamite occurred in the powder machine house of the Repauno Chemical Company, whose works are located at Thompson'sJJJPoint, N. J., a thinly settled spot on the . Delaware river; 13 miles below this city. The building was demolished and three workmen in it at the time were blown to atoms. Several workmen in other buildings were hurt by the force of the explosion, but none seriously. The men killed were in a frame build ing, and were engaged in loading eight-inch paper shells with dynamite for use in blasting. It is thought the loss will not be over $50,00. Will Pay Tax Under Protest Rochester, N.Y., Jan. 7. The latest development in the woman suffrage fight, begun over a quarter of a century ajo, when Suasn B. Anthonv and her Bister, Mary S. Anthony, were arrested and fined, is the stand taken by Mary S. Anthony in the matter of taxation of her property. She sends notice to County Treasurer Hamilton that she will not in the future pay taxes except under protest, until she is allowed the right of suffrage. The action will likely result in a test case being brought in the court. Wrecked by Boiler Explosion. Watseka, 111.. Jan. 7. Bishop's mills, controlled by the Pure Food Milling Company, were wrecked by boiler explosion today. John Spobrie, a member of the firm, and Lute Mai lott tbe engineer, were instantly Kiueci, ana jura Jones, a miller, was slightly injured. The boiler wag thrown 200 feet, demolishing Gard'a hardware store.' The canse of the ex plosion is not known. BOMB IN A TUNNEL Discovery Was Made by a Chicago Detective Sergeant. Chicago. Jan. 7. The Record says: "On information from a source which he declines to make public, Detective Sergeant McLaughlin located a gas pipe bomb in one of the niches of the La Salle street tunnel shortly before midnight The bomb was taken by the policeman to the central station, and thenee carried to the lake front and exploded. Detective MLangbIin aid he reoeired a hint to the effect that an effort would be made to blow up the tunnel used for the passage of the North Side cable cars. He has tened to the scene and found a pieca of three-inch gas pipe about 15 inches long in one ot the small arched open ings in the dividing wall of the tun nel. A balf-burned fuse protruded from one end. When touched off the bomb is said by the policemen to have exploded with a loud report. Earlier in the night one of tbe sweepers employed in the tunnel saw a man about 25 years old and shabbily dressed loitering in the tunnel. - He was asked what he was doing there, and replied, 'Nothing.' The stranger left the tunnel hurriedly. Tbe police inspect the bomb was placed there by discharged employe ot the company." FROM A BOER STANDPOINT. Over 16,000 Hardy, Determined, Invincible Patriots Under Arms. New York, Jan. 7. Charles P. Pierce,, consul-general of the Orange Free State in New York, and treasurer of the Boer relief fund in America, has given out the following statement: ' ."The news coming to us every day, both by public and priavte cable, shows the reported conquest of the Boers to be a delusion; There are under arms on the Boer side over 16, 000 hardy, determined, invincible pat riots, of which 5,000 are how invading Cape Colony against the 210,000 troops landed from Great Britain and her dependencies. The Boers' total loss in killed and dying from wounds have not exceeded 1,500, but their loss in property has been very great. Part of tbe Boers are armed with Mausers, using a plain bullet, but many have Lee-Metford rifles,- which nse the dum dum bullets, and , all of the latter were captured from1 the English; they (.bear the arrow mark of Woolwich. PRESENTED TO LANSDOWNE. The British Foreign Office ' Has the Canal Treaty Amendments. London, Jan. ,7. United States Ambassador Choate presented the Hay Pauncefote treaty amendments to the seoietary .of state for foreign affairs, the Marquis of Lansdowne, today. No discussion occurred and the na ture of L)rd Lansdowne's answer is not indicated. Mr. Choate simply notified the secretary of state for for eign affairs that h,e had sent him a document forwarded by the state de partment. An answer piobably will not be sent until the cabinet discusses the matter fully. The interview be tween Mr. Choate . and Lord Lans downe was chiefly devoted to an ex pression of the latter's view on China' answer to the demands of tbe powers. It is understood that Secretary Hay desiredj to know what Great Britain thought of those points, which China in her answer said she was unable tc fulfill at present. No difference of opinion appears to exist between Sec retary Hay and Lord Lansdowne. Tried to Drown His Landlord. Chicago, Jan. 7. In view of several persons, Joseph Schweir committed th final act in a confessed plot to sir John Korda, Schweir's landlord. He pushed Korda into the lake from a pier at the foot of Michigan street, at a point where roe water is 12 feet deep, and then ran from the scene, leaving Korda to drown. The plot failed, for the intended victim was rescued from the water by workmen in a near-by' factory. Schweir .wa anested late last night. He was sur prised to learn that Korda was alive, and confessed to an attempt on tht man's life. General Batchelder Dead. Washington, Jan. 7. General Rich ard N. , Batchelder, quartermaster- general of the army, died here this afternoon at 2:25. General Bate leldei had been in delicate health for several years past, but his illness did not assume a critical phase until just be fore . the holidays, when be suffered from an attack of angina pectoris. In terment will be made at Arlington cemetery, Monday. General Batchel der served in the quartermaster's de partment of ' the Pacific coast, doing duty as chief quartermaster at Port land, Or., and depot quartermaster at San Francisco. Extensive Repairs to the Baltimore. Washington, Jan. 7." The naval board of construction today decided to rehabilitate almost completely the cruiser Baltimore, now lying at the New York navy yard. Her improve ments will involve an expeniture of abont $500,000, and take at least a year and a half. End of the Venezeulan War. New York, Jan. 7. A dispatch to the Herald from Cnracoa says: It is announced here that General Celestine Peraz, ex-secretary-general of Vene zuela, who proclaimed a revolution recently at Leeina, in the Miranda district, has been decisively defeated He is- said . to be fleeing with a few followers toward Colombia. No de tails of the engagement have been re ceived, fie had gathered 700 follow ers at La Pasotia. PH tin Terrible Holocaust at Rochester, New York. THE VICTIMS ARE MOSTLY CHILDREN Twanty-Seven Persons Perished and Twenty Five Were Injured, Some Fatally Blaze Started in Hospital. Rochester, N. Y Jan. 9. Thia morning at 1 o'clook fire broke out in some mysterious manner in the hos pital section of the Rochester Orphan Asylum, in Hubbell park, and 27 per sons are known to have perished and 25 were injured, some doubtless fatal ly. It was the most serious conflagra tion in Rochester since tbe lantern works fire, in 1888, when there were 31 victims. The flames were discovered by two young men, W. Clark and F. Young, who happened to be passing tbe build ing on Exchange street. Clark ran to the nearest fire alarm box and sent in an alarm, after which both turned their attention toward arousing the nurse's, attendants and children. They proceeded to batter in the door, when a terrific explosion was heard in the other end of tbe building. In a few moments the entire, half of the building in which the hospital was situated was a mass of flames. The smoke poured out of every window'. and screams and frantic cries could be heard from the panic-stricken chil dren. Long ladders were strung np. and firemen plunged into tbe stifling smoke and bore out scores of inanimate forms in their arms. All tbe rescued were unconscious, many were dead. In the hospital were only two small children and two women attendants. All are believed to have perished. A telephone message "was sent to all the hospitals for ambulances, and as fast as they arrived on the scene they were sent back to the hospitals. When it became known that the fire was ex tended to tbe main bnilding a general alarm was sent in. calling out the en tire department. The fire was fought from every available point, but the buildings were doomed. Most of the inmates knew nothing about the fire until aroused by Young and Clark, though one woman stated that she beard an explosion before she smelled smoke. The scenes about the building while the fire was : at its height were heart rending in the extreme. Crazed wo men were running about trying to find out ' whether certain little ones had been taken from the building in safe ty, while others were looking for their friends. All who were rescued had nothing on but their night clothing. Policemen, citizens and firemen nnited in the work of rescue. Four little children had been forgot ten on the fourth floor, until a woman screamed ont that they had been left behind. Instantly a dozen volunteers started for the stairway. Two were allowed to go to the rescue, and in a moment it seemed ages they re turned with the babes in their arms A , cheer went up from the crowd. which was hushed as the chil 'ren were seen to be unconscious. They were removed to the house of a neighbor across the street. Miss Comelienx, one of the attend ants, was resuced from a third story window by a fireman. When part way down the ladder the fireman slip ped and fell to the ground. Both were terribly injured, though they ' will re cover. There were 109 children in the asy lum at the time, and a corps of about 80 nurses and attendants. Sixteen of the dead are at the city morgue, sev eral are at the hospitals and some were left at the home of Mr. Behn. The injured consist chiefly of children who weie more or less overcome by smoke. It is impossible to get the iiames of the injured at this time. The hospital building was entirely destroyed, and the main building dam aged, entailing a total loss of about $30,000. The buildings were heated by steam, and the fire was caused by the explosion of an engine boiler. . Orders for Chinese Troops. Shanghai, Jan. 9. It is reported from Sinan Fu that the empress dow ager has ordered General Feng ise Tsai, commander of the province of Fu Ynn Nan, to proceed with his army to the Yangtse valley, and from that' section to move northward. ' His force is said to consist of 15,000 men, armed with modern weapons. Northwest Pensions. Washington, Jan. 9. The follow ing Northwest pensions have been granted: Oregon Original widow's, Mary E. Burnside, Sell wood, $8; Washington Original, Eugene H. Wood,- Westport, $6; Idaho Original, Hazen Squire, Lewiston, $12. ' . Biscuit Factory Burned. Galveston, Tex., Jan. 9. The Gal veston factory of the National Biscuit Company and a grain elevator belong ing to the Jereknsch-Davison Company were burned tonight. The loss is $60,000. ; Norton Gets His Traveling Papers. Washington, Jan. 9. The Turkish government has furnished Dr. Thomas Norton, who was' appointed United States consul at Harpoot, what are known as traveling papers, constitut ing a safe conduct to enable the doctor to proceed to his post. The.is rea- son to'believe that this action forecasts a compliance by the Turkish govern- ment witft the request of the state de - partment for a regular exequatur foi Dr. Nortoi. - DECLINE TO SIGN. Chinese Envoys May Not Agree to tht Powers' Demands. Pekin, Jan. 9. This afternoon agree ments identical for each nation were presented to Prince Ching. Those lose to Prince Ching and Li Hung Chang say that . they have declined to sign, even if they lose their heads, without regard to the latest orders of the court. Others say that they will not sign it, and that it would be im polite for the Chinese plenipotentiar ies at present to act for themselves. The report that the Chinese court bas instructed the Chinese envoys to sign the joint note is confirmed. The court referred to tbe obections of the south ern viceioys. Prince Ching informed the court that it was too late, and a reply from the court is expected shortly. Count von Waldersee says that China's request, through her represen tatives at foreign courts, that the ex peditions cease, cannot be complied with at present. No expeditions, he asserts, are sent out without adequate cause. Where there are scenes of bloodshed or disorder, the troops are sent to it, this being the only means of preventing outrages. He declares thit tbe expeditions are not intended for punitive purposes, but merely for police purposes, with a view of giving the necessary protection to life and property. REGULATIONS CHANGED. Duties and Responsibilities of Officers in Chargt of Transports More Clearly Defined. Washington, Jan. 9. On the recom mendation ot Quaitermaster-General Lndington, the secretary of war has made a slight amendment to the army regulations relating to military trans ports, the object of which is more clearly to define the duties and respon sibilities of the principal officers in charge, viz., the master of the vessel and the quartermaster. xne quartermaster has supreme charge of the vessel when in port, and also directs the movements of the ship from one port to another, in execution of the orders of the war department He, however, has nothing to do with tbe navigation of the ship when under way. Then the master of the vessel is in supreme command, and is the only person authorized to give orders to his subordinates. This has been the gen eral system of operating the transport system for months past, but there seems to have been some misunder standing as to tbe relative authority of the quartermaster and the ship's mas ter at sea, and the new regulations were issued to prevent the possibility of any further douht on the matter by the persons directly concerned Cashier Is Missing. Richmond, Mo., Jan. 9. John W Shotwell. Jr., cashier of the Rav County bank, has been missing since Monday last, and the state bank exam iner is going over the books. Whether there is a shortage in Shotwell's ac counts cannot be known until the ex aminer has finished his work. A. M. Fowler, president of the bank, said that the stockholders had subscribed $21,000 'to cover any shortage that might be found." He professed to know nothing of the missing cashier's whereabouts. President Fowler declared that any shortage found would have no effect on 'the standing of the bank, which was opened today as usual. Shotwell was about 35 years of age, and hud been in the employ of tbe bank for several years. The Ray County bank is one of tbe oldest in the state. It has a capital of $50,000, and deposits of $75,000. ....... Hearty Welcome to President Diaz. Puebla, Mex., Jan. 9. President Diaz has been welcomed here with a remaikable display of popular enthusi asm. Governor Martinez today ex tended a welcome on the part of the state of Puebla, and President Diaz formally opened the new echools and penal law courts. A garden party was given in his honor this evening, and the city council banquetted the presi dent and a distinguished party from Mexico. Brown Fog in London. London, Jan. 9. A choking brown fog enveloped London for several hours this morning, causing great incon venience. There were many collisions in the streets and several casualties. lnousanos ot outdoor worxers were compelled to suspend their labors, the railroads experienced delay in train arrivals, and river traffic was com pletely stopped. Contemplate Moving to America. St. Petersburg, Jan. 9. The Molo- kanen, a sect numbering 40,000, whose founders removed in 1840 from various parts of Russia to the Caucasus, and whose delegates have just brought glowing reports from the Donkhobors, or Russian Quakers, in Canada, con template emigrating to America. The sect secured state lands from tbe Can casus almost rent free, bnt recently the Russian government announced that the rents would be three or four fold. Now they are petitioning the government to restore former rentents. Colorado Strikers' Demands Granted. La Favette, Colo., Jan. 9. The Northern Coal Company is the only large company owning mines in this district that bas not as yet granted the extra 10 cents per ton demanded j by the men who struck several .days ' ago. All the other companies today posted notices conceding the demands . of the strikers, but no action has yet , bee a taken on the notices and no meet- I ing has been called by the miners. OKQOlMltffi Items of Interest From All Parts of the State. COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL HAPPENINGS A Brief Review of the Growth and Improve .ments of the Many Industries Through out Our Thriving Commonwealth. Grants Pass is consideiing plans tor better fire protection. The Burns postoffice has received a oamber of combiuation boxes. The new depot at La Grande is ready to be painted and furnished- Ninety Danes have made their homes west of Eugene, Bince last tall. Leonard Lingren lost three fingers at Mineral last week in a shot gun acci dent. Construction of the new hospital at Baker City will begin in the early spring. Colonel J. T. Grayson has bought tbe Last Chance mine, in Cable Cove, for $3,500. Two carloads of mining machinery for the Cornucopia mines has arrived at Baker City. Quince Davis, who was seriously in jured recently at the Coos Bay jetty, is recovering. J. P. Abbott a farmer of Wasco county has finished tbe most up-to-date residence in the county. Plans are being drawn for a numbei of modern residences at Baker City to be erected in the spring. The discovery of two new veins of copper at the Greenback mine, Grave creek district, is announced. The Bison group ot mines near Quartzburg, Grant county, has been sold to a California syndicate. The Medford bank presented to its customers and friends in Jackson coun ty, 700 buokskin money pouches. The men who carried out the dead Chinaman that succumbed near Can non beach received $50 for the work. A portion of Pete Peterson's dike, on Hayne slough, Coos county, washed ont. The damage is estimated at $1,000. Constance Duffy is held in $160 bonds to await the next term of court for having assaulted John Tolen at Athena. The road from Miami bridge to Garibaldi is obstructed with dritt logs, and it is possible to get by them only at low tide. Two Marshfield youngsteis had a duel with air guns last week. One was shot in the finger and tbe other in -the forehead. Paul Ronco killed a cougar near Bald Mountain, Polk county, . for which he received $20 bounty from the Livestock Association, Joe Peters, aobut 90 years old, who lived about three miles south of Los tine, Wallowa county, was found dead near his cabin several days ago. Tom McEwen states that a three- foot body of ore averaging $24 bas been encountered in tbe t-haft of the Snow creek property at a depth of 55 feet. Dan Yager, who has a group of promising claims at old Center, about six miles from Sumpter, on the Gran ite road, has gone to Montana to buy mining equipment. The Granite Hill mine located in Louie -Creek district, and owned by Messrs. Hull, Mongum and Booth, is being operated on fnll time, with pros pects of a good run. Mrs. Captain Geary of Corvallis made a compromije with the insurance company in which her husband was insured, accepting $3,000 in lieu Of the claim of $5,000. In a drunken brawl an old man named Aldrich stabbed , Henry Zum walt severely several times in the back and ' shonldeis. " The wounds ate not considered dangerous. A barn belonging to John Reith, of the Lewis and Clark river, Clatsop ' county, was blown over recently. Four head of stock were buried in the ruins hut none were injured. Sidewalks nearly two miles, long leading to the jbnrch are contemplated at St. Louis. For this and other im provements on the church property the parish expects to use about 100,000 feet of lumber. A new coal mining town, three miles southeast of Wilkeson, by the name of Hillsboro, has been platted by Andre J. Hill and Joseph Finkelberg. The plat contains 12 acres. A logging road from Wilkeson runs near the new townsite. The Crowelf ranch of 800 acres, near Jacksonville, has been sold to O. J. Knips, of Grants Pass, for $8,000. It consists of 20 acres in apples, 30 acres in prunes, 10 acres in alfalfa, and 80 acres in new sown wheat. The pur chasers are recently 'rom Iowa. . John Colter, alias "Scotty." has been held in $1,000 bonds to answer at tbe next term of court on the charge of robbing Thomas L. Edwards, of Mil ton, of $100. Colter snatched a purse from Edwards at Pendleton. . - The Spaita and Sparta-Carson stage lines in Eastern Oregon have gone into the hands of the bondsmen lor the mail contraots. The reason given was that the contract was taken at too low rate, and running expenses could not be made,