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SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY. APRIL 29, 188
I WEEKLY EDITION
EASTERN.
News of the Week from Be
yond the Rockies.
PETEB BFIXER.
Plana tlsfnctlana, Dnumlt eer -the
Appolatnaeat of Um Hon of kb rather.
Washington, April 21. A great deal
of criticism among democratic politician,
including some senators and representa
tires, has been indulged in over the ap
pointment of Peter, Ben Butler's son,
from Boston, to the second controllership
of the treasury. If any one of the audi
tors had been promoted, and the vacancy
thas created been given to Butler, not
much would have been said, though the
democratic politicians would have
thought it was a case of casting pearls be
fore swine to give even an anditorsbip to
a republican state, which already has a
cabinet officer, but that one of the most
responsible and important offices in the
foverament should be given to an un
nown youth of 29, merely because he is
his father s son, provokes sarcastic com
ment. A TEXAS HOMICIDE.
Tw Cowboys a Tear A Prominent
BwMhcr Killed.
ALBfyiEBQUE, Tex., April 21. A
brutal murder occurred at a cattle town
on Seven rivers, near the Texas line,
eighty miles from this city, to-day. Fin
nessy and Easleo, two cowboys, came to
town. and. in a drunken lrolic, began
shooting at the bottles in a saloon. If.
Burdette, a well-known rancher, took the
pistols away from them, but returned
them on a promise that they would shoot
no more. After a few more drinks, the
cowboys decided that Burdette had in
sulted them, and attacked htm and shot
him dead. The sheriff is in pursuit, with
little hojies of capturing them.
MAT DOWN OX.
An Anarrhlot M laaiommrjr Shut In By a
Printer.
Washington, April 21. At a meeting
of the Federation of Labor for the Dis
trict of Columbia for the organization of a
Traders' Union to-day, a man named
Thohn, an Anarchist missionary, made
an address ; but he had not proceeded far
wben he was interrupted by r.. V . Oyi
ter. foreman of the government printing
office, who suggested that the working-
men of this district do not sympathize
with the doctrines uttered, and would
not hear any thing more of the sort from
him. Resolutions were adopted unani
mously declaring that the Federation of
labor took no stock in Anarchists or r-
cialista, so railed.
WASTS TO WITHDRAW.
Naa Mrotla Want to Meeede from the
Canadian Co nfwle ration.
Halifax, April 21. Provincial Secre
tary Fleming introduced a series of reso
lutions into the Nova Scotia parliament
last evening, reaffirming the opinion of
the last parliament and of the people as
expressed at the polls, that a withdrawal
Irani the Canadian confederation is desir
able. The resolution be debated on
Thursday, and as the assembly contains
an over helming majority of repealers,
it ill undoubtedly pass.
Banning- a III- Risk.
Chicago, April 21. The agent for a
prominent railroad has promised to
give tke manager of a noted amusement
company a special rate for bin people and
haggaire. Although there is a penalty
of imprisonment for- both parties, they
are willing to ri&k the transaction, in the
interest of procuring a legal interpreta
tion of the interstate commerce law.
The Two-Edged Sword.
Xew York, April 21. Fifteen hundred
employes of six leading goods rnanafac
tarers were to-day locked oat on account
of K. of L. demands regarding the hiring
v apprentices, iiis companies) muw
to emDlov Knichta of Labor or members
of any other organiaation giving aid to
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iue iv. ui la uiiw
consternation.
Mere Protests.
Washinqtow, April 21. The interstate
commerce commissi -xi has received a tel
egram from the 5ew Almadep Quicksil
et company, in California, saying that
uie new rates will prohibit uiem rrom
catering the New York market, where
they come in com petition with the Span
ish article, shipped at low rate from
oaaon.
Mere rears.
New York, April 21. A Central Pa
cific official says the interstate commerce
law virtually shots efT shipments of so
tr. green fruits, and wool to points east
of the Missouri river. Much west-bound
tonnage is going around the Horn.
Mayer Hewitt's Baekbeee.
New York, April 21. Three hundred
wrekeepers and clerks were arrested
ttu morning for sweeping dost into the
street In rJ trie msvor'a orders.
Tke accused will either be fined of repri-
nunded.
Bayla Mare Kails.
Chicago. April 21. The Atchison A
Topeka railroad U buyinj a million doll-
krs worth of eteel rail la England.
DTING BT THOUSANDS.
Werk alauMt Stopped the Puui
Ca-
aal. ea Aeeonat ef Deaths.
New York, April 22. Advices from
Panama state that there is a great stag
nation, of business, owing to the fact that
work on the canal is almost stopped. The
smallpox is raging in Jamaica, where
nearly all the men come from and this
has stopped the supply from there. Those
now working are from China and Africa
direct. Three hundred and fifty from
Liberia have just been received for board
and lodgings and nominal wages. Only
a tew oi many snip Joads survived the
deadly diseases of the swamps. The
contractors are importing 700 Chinese
per month, but they die by the hundreds.
WANTS TO SECEDE.
Neva Seotta Want to be one of the Halted
gtate.
Ottawa, April 22. In the Nova Scotia
legislature to-day Mr. Frazer moved an
amendment on secession pure and simple.
lie said it is useless to vutA rim Aa.
clared that only one of two tilings would
stop me secession agitation, reciprocity
with the United States or absolute free
trade. Mr. McCall said that Nova
Scotia's best interests would be subserved
bv annexation to the United KLatoa H
therefore moved an amendment tn the
prime minister's resolution, that the gov
ernment be instructed to take steps to
secure me admission oi in ova ccoua im
mediately as a state of the American
Union. McCall's motion caused a sensa
tion. It is declared that to countenance
the secession agitation would result
either in annexation or a civil war.
Jor wnanrar of Ohio.
Coli mbi s, April 22. Efforts are being
made to induce Senator Thurman's ac
ceptance of the democratic nomination
for governor. It is told as authentic that
when importuned yeeterday by leading
democrats that he said be would accept
if unanimously chosen by the conven
tion. A Chaaee for Argument.
Tccsox, Arizona, April 22. The
freight conductors and brakemen of this
division of the Southern Pacific have
struck. They want 300 hours to consti
tute a month's work, instead of 400. The
company retorts by declaring that seven
teen hours constitute a day s work.
A StMmUrn.
Chkykxxk, April 22. A severe snow
storm is raging in. the Rockies between
Ogden and Cheyenne. Freight trains
have had to be side-tracked.
Ordered Kfrootrd.
Sr. AcofSTrsK, Fla., April 22. The
war department has ordered the removal
to Mt. Vernon, Alabama, of the Aparhes
confined at Fort Marion.
The Rlft-nt Man.
GtOBK, Arizona, April 22. The man
arrested here as ffm. Springer, of Colton,
California, the wife murderer, has been
identified as the right man.
For Total Prohibition.
Ottawa, April 22. The Itominion alli
ance here has decided that a bill shall
be introduced in the Dominion parlia
ment providing for total prohibition.
Itlalae Not Yet WelL
Chicaoo, April 22. It is rumored that
Blaine is not, by sny means, a well man.
His physician yesterday again forbade
bim frwm receiving callers.
HOT MEXICAN POLITIC.
Warming I'p In Konora, ever the Centet
for Gubernatorial Honor.
Nou ales, April 23. There is a good
deal of excitement here, and all over So
non. a state of Mexico, over the contest
for the governorship of Soora. It will
be the most spirited eiecuon ever anown
in the state, and there is prettv sure to
be much blood shed. The candidates for
gubernatorial honors are Jose M. Mav
forena, of Gaayime. and Colonel Loredo
Torres, ef the Mexican array. It looks
as though the latter will be elected. The
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forena is a capitalist, and a man of great
influence, in case voionei lorree w
elected the states of Mexico will exist as
they have since the election of Governor
Luise Torres.
BLISTERING TALK.
The Toronto Glebe Calls Oat the Dogs of
War aad Oets Kxctteo.
Tobosto, April 23. The "Globe" to
1v refers to Lord Salisbury's proposal
fer settlement of the fisheries question.
The Globe declares that It consist of
riving everything to the United States,
and disgraces and dishonors the people of
or dishonored by manfully defending her
rhrbta, even to the point of war. The
offer of the premier is cowardly and
. , v,. A t...tumn to Canada.
Should it be ratified by the dominion
ntrtiament it win never again u yu-mi
si. - ik. tht tn exclude American
niacnwv .
fishermen from our inshore waters.
IA TEBXiriC TWISTER.
The Terrible Cycleae Deatrevs H-h Prop
mrtT rM BUIla a HuiWr of rWplo.
8t. Lons, April 23. The cyclone of
jealurday was quite general in south
nreatern ICssoori and sontfaeaatern Kaa-
The country is strewn lor mues wua
debris. Six persons were killed at
Home, and at Sprazue many were in
jured.
Honelle station was completely oblit
erated, except one home. A man
named Miller, his wife, and baby, were
blown into a well and drowned. In
Lynn county, Kansas, every farm house
in the track of the storm was destroyed.
At Miami Junction seventeen persons
were killed and fifty seriously injured.
In Bourbon county the Mills family was
nearly extinguished. Two children and
their father and mother were killed.
At Blue Mound twenty houses were de
molished and two persons killed.
DAN. LA MO NT.
Some Evaaive Talk by Clevelaad's Man
Friday.
Washikgtok, April 23. Daniel .La
ment, President Cleveland's private sec
retary, when questioned concerning the
second term, said : "1 am quite sure that
the president never said he would not ac
cept the renomination. That question is
not now concerning him. I know no oc
casion calling for its decision at this
time."
ANOTHER RAILWAY WRECK.
A Train ,Goe Through a Bridge and at
Leaat One Man Killed.
Albuquerque, N. M., April 23. A
wreck occurred on Thursday night on the
Atlantic and Pacific near canyon Diablo.
While the railroad officials are reticent,
it is known that the disaster was caused
by the train falling through a burned
bridge. At canyon Padre, six miles
west of canyon Diablo, seventeen freight
cars went into a ditch, rireman Wm
Ward is dead. The engine had just
cleared the bridge, when the structure
fell with a crash, the tender and cars go
ing to the bottom of the canyon. Ward
was on the tender, and was consequently
mangled to death. Whether any one
else was injured or killed lias not been
learned.
THE PRmMPTlVK ENGLISHMAN.
The Particulars eoaeernlug- the Chase of
the Hattla Maad by the Vigilant.
Ottawa, April 25. The following par
ticulars have been received regarding the
firing on the American fishing schooner
Hattie Maud by the British sloop-of-war
Vigilant. The Englishman fired a blank
shot at the fishing vessel, to bring her to.
This had no effect, as the Yankee vessel
gained ground, and left her pursuer be
hind. A solid shot was then fired over
the flyinir vessel, striking fifteen feet be
yond.. This failing to have the desired
effect, the commander of the Vigilant
trained his guns on the escaping schooner
which was then half a mile away, without
effect. Then the commander of the Yigi
lant, seeing his prey getting away, or
dered all sail, and preared to run the
daring fisherman down. At this time,
however, the furetopmast of th Viftilant
was carried away, and the chase had to
tie attandoned.
The Trial Trip.
Washington, April 25. The Ileport of
the navy engineers who supervised the
recent trial trip of the new government
cruiser Atlanta, shows that the maximum
horse power developed was 342, or only
eighteen liore power below that required
by the contract. There will probably be
no question atut her acceptance by the
navy department.
MIS MITCHELL.
Ramorrd that She ! to Marry an Eaglloh
Hlnrblood.
WAMiistiTos, April 25. It is rumored
that Sir Lionel West, the British mi sis
ter, is to marry Miss Mattie Mitchell,
daughter of the Oregon senator. The
foundation for the rumor is that he in
vited Miss Mitchell to accompany him- J
self and daughters to Kngiand for the
summer.
"Shoving the Juer."
Nkw York. April 25. Mrs. Kelly and
Miss Ellen F.srrett were arrested here
to-day for eoni:t-rf-iting. The detectives
surprised ih-m in the act of securing
moulds for m'interfeit dollars. Mrs.
Kelly is the wile x the notorious counter
feiter George Kelly. Mias Barrett is her
sister. They acknowledge that they
have been making counterfeits for several
months, and shoving them onto stations.
They were held in rive thousand dollar
bonds each.
HALSTEAD AND BLAINE.
They are TotTthcr la Chicago, bat- Will
a to Interviewed.
Chicago. April 26. Murat Halstead,
editor of the Cincinnati Commercial Ga
zette, came here from Cincinnati yester
day. It is siren out that his visit is of no
political significance ; but it is believed
that be came to talk over preeideatial
matters with the man from Maine. It is
well known that he has bosiness interests
in Chicago. His room is in the Grand Pa
cific, directly across the corridor from
that occupied by Blaine. Halstead re
fuses to be interviewed. Likewise Blaine.
They spent the whole day together yes
terday. They denied all visitors.
BREAD, BCT NO 3tEAT.
People ef
Ceaatlee la Ylrglala
lag; with Hnnger.
Richkon d, Va., April 26. A few coun
ties in this state have sent out reports
that the people need food. They have
bread, tat no mrat. The people got teas
for their tobacco last year than it cost to
raise it, and the crop of wheat was a
laimre.
Fire aad Leas of Ufa.
PrrrsBCBo, Pa., April 26. Fire broke
oat in a four story brick, the upper
stories of which were occupied by room
ers, and the building was burned this
morning. Two roomers were found dead
in bed, suffocated.
JAY GOULD.
He Say Something abeat the
Booam of the
West.
Nrw York, April 26. Jay Gould has
just returned Irom a trip to the West and
Southwest. lie said the prices for real
estate en Broadway here are nothing to
the figures placed on comer lots in some
Western towns, lie cannot say whether
the improvement will be lasting, or is
simply a boom, to be over in a short
time. The legitimate growth is very
large, however, and a eood deal of east
ern money has been invested in real
property in the West.
OBSTRUCTING NAVIGATION.
Kicks Against the O Detractions la Cali
fornia Bays aad Rivers..
Washington, April 26. The attention
of the superintendent of the coast survey
has recently been called to the encroach
ments which are being made by wharves
and other structures upon waters in
San Diego bay and Carquines bay
where warehouse, wharves, and ferry
slips are built in the stream, so as
to throttle the waters of the Sacramento
and San Joaquin rivers, rapidlv forming
deposits ana causing shoals which
threaten to be detrimental to navigation.
The superintendent has directed an
assistant superintendent to visit that lo
cality and make a carelul examination
and physical study of the probable effects
of these structures.
A Claim Settled.
Wasiiisgtok, April 26. Upon the
claim of F. W. Yanderpool, of Skamania
county, W. T., amounting to $515 for
depredations committed by the Klickitat
and Yakima Indians in 1856. Lamar
decided that the loss sustained amounted
to $351, and that amount will be allowed
by the department in fall satisfaction.
Th Calhoun Noaamtat
Charleston, April 26. This was a
beautiful day for unveiling the Calhoun
monument. Tremendous crowds were
present. Secretary of the Interior La
mar was the orator of the day. There
was a great rush to hear him.
Mitchell's Burial.
Milwaukee, April 26. After prior ser
vices here, Alexander Mitchell, president
of the Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul
railroad, was to-day buried in Forest
Home cemetery. His estate is worth
from fifteen to twenty million dollars.
The Hold Chicago Boodlera.
Chicago. April 20. Judge Tully to
day overruled the motion for a change
of venue in the case of the Chicago Cook
county boodlers.
I'MBsaally Cool Weather.
Lynchburg, Va., April 26. We are
having unusually cool weather. The
mountains are covered with snow.
AN IMMENSE DEAL.
All the Gaa Companies ef Chicago Consol
idate aader One Hood.
Chicago, April 27. The biggest gas
deal ever known has been consummated.
It puts all the gas companies of Chicago
under one management, and will all be
consolidated in one company, with a cap
ital stock of twenty-five million dollars.
A Prise right.
New York, April 27. Ja-rk Hopper
and Mike Cushing fought with skin
gloves np the Hudson to-day. They
foug-ht twenty-five round. It lasted two
hours. Hoper won the fight. Cashing
fought eleven rounds with his hand brok
en. The fight was for $250 a side, and a
purse of $400.
A aigalAcaat Bansor.
New Yoax, April 27. There are strong
probabilities that Blaine will accept an
invitation to deliver the oration on Me
morial day. In the evening he will at'
a banquet, at which live national issues
will be discussed. Many believe this
"means business."
Agalaot the BilL
New York. April 27. Strong efforts
are being made by the people ootside of
the city, especially of Cooey Island, to
kill the hill pending to permit pool sell-
tng at none races, ine sentiment of toe
country people is very strong against
gamming.
The A aastal Mooting.
PrrrsBCRG, April 27. A special car
passed through this city to-day, bearing
the English, Dutch and German stock
holders of the Denver and Bio Grande
railroad, en route to attend the annual
meeting of stockholders.
jiaelsBoS dan aaaPoMUf tlfcsj iBieVsMn
WaSHrxGTo, April ' 27. Information
has been received to the effect that
measles is razing aanong the Indian
around Tama, Arizona. Kxty fatal
are reported np to the isto.
PACIFIC COAST.
News by Telegraph
from
West of the Rockies.
ANOTHER LAND MUDDLE.
This Tiase la Boathera California, aad a
Big Seaaatiea Caused.
Paso Roblxs, Cal., April 21. Great
excitement prevails among the settlers
near San Luis Obispo, in the southern
part of Marion county, caused by the
presence of government detectives. The
latter have ascertained that over sixty
settlers have located claims and perjured
themselves by proving np and : swearing
they made certain improvements upon
the land, whereas it is claimed by the
officials that they found by actual in
spection that no improvements have
been made. The patents are I null and
void. To add to the sensation, it is
thought prosecutions fcr perjury will be
Instituted.
A Royal Visiter.
San Fkaxcisco, April 24. The opening
of the spring exhibition in San Francisco
of the Art association to-day was a great
social and artistic success. The attend
ance was large. Queen Kapeolavi of the
Sandwich Islands, accompanied by her
suite, graced the occasion, and subse
quently honored the Bohemian club with
a visit. j
After the Dronth.
Waco, Texas, April 21. The hereto
fore nearly dry channel of the Brazos
river is now a roaring stream. In the
current are hundreds of dead cattle car
casses.'which fill the air with pollution.
It is feared that this will breed much
disease. The carcasses are evidently
from an, alkali country, as they are all
devoid of hair.
V Afraid ef a Strike.
Sax :'Fbacisco, April 21. Tenement
landlords have fear that on the first of
May tli ere will be a strike for a ten per
cent reduction of rates.
Bought a Gold Mine.
Sa:asc!co, April 21. D. O. Mills
and fronds have purchased a gold mine
in Uuka.
A Mystery.
Sax Francisco, April 22. At present
the imrder of J. Klumpf is shrouded in
mystery. Last evening be was seen on
the str et in company with a light-haired
youngrgirl. This may lead to a discov
ery of.the perpetrators of the murder.
Atout.a block away from where Klumpf
was forjnd there is a house of assignation.
It is thought he was killed on account of
some woman.
' A FEARfTL ACCIDENT.
at Ralfoad Collision. In which Seven Men
aiy Killed aad Twelve Wennded.
Xoqjm Yakima, April 22. A fearful ac
cident? occurred on the Cascade branch
four titles from Cle-eluin yesterday. A
train t in into a construction train, and
the en gine, twe men and the pilot were
crush in a fearful mass altogether.
Sevenymen were killed outright, and
taelvt; -wounded. The accident was on
account of a failure to flag as per orders.
WILL NOT Bt'ILD
The A.tchlaoa aad Santa Pe Will Not
y'A Bnlid to rrWe.
Loir'AxoELos, April 22. General Man
ager nith says : "All this talk about
the Atchison and Santa Fe road building
to KanVFrancisoo is done by speculators.
We haVe no such intention, no such plan
in contemplation. Our relations are
pleasant with the Southern Pacific. Un
teen they become abusive we will not
build Jo San Francisco."
The Salman Pack.
SajFbascisco, April 22. The Sainton
park iif 1&87 is estimated at a million
ca-.-! Five hundred and fifty thousand
ca -liave already heen skl, of which
nnmrr W. T. Coleman has sold 70 per
cent. The Sacramento fishing promises
to he of a featqre than ever. Illegal
fish in; at all seasons, debris and seines
will Mon destroy almost the whole busi
ness. o More Wsnnllpoa.
Lo-: Anoeles, April 22. The last yel
low flr was taken down yesterday. Out
side a few cases in the pest house, the
city i clear of smallpox.
The Moa Saspecttd.
Losiiox, April 22. Two men are sus
pected ss being concerned in the forgery
of the alleged Parnell letter. One is
James McDermott, an ex-dynamite con
vict, and the other Kk-hard Piftott, for
merly editor of the Dublin Irishman.
lie is a professional biackmauer.
:i A TerrlAc Cyclase,
Ne ada, Mo., April 22. There wa. a
terriffe cyclone in Vernon county last
night; Thirty hooeea were destroyed
aad fifteen persons killed.
A Voted Psrssa Dyle.
WAsmxeToy, April 22. James II.
Uoore, for one-fourth of a century chief
clerk' to the first assistant postmaster
rceral, is drrag. He is 80 years old,
aad Las been in the department for 60
Tears. Be has served wader tweary-ix
rxatoastcrs general.
A LB A NT NEWS.
A Pratt tCaaaeryArrested for Cattla
Stealing A Death.
Albaxt, April 23. Jasper Keeney was
arrested at Arlington and brought to this
city by Constable D. B. Montieth last
nisht for stealing cattle at Brownsville.
The same officer left for the latter place
wuaj j arrest eamea jveeney I or com
plicity in the crime.- The preliminary
examination will probably be held on
Aionoay.
Chas. Miller, an old resident of Harria
hurg, died this morning, aged about 09
years.
A company, consisting of J. E. O'Con
nor, Chas. Mueller, B. Brink, and Wm.
Wright, have rented a buildimr in this
city and will open a fruit canning estab
lishment timing the canning season. The
firm has ample capital, and they propose
to go into the business extensively.
Afraid ef Cholera,
Sax Fraxcisco, April 25. There is
much uneasiness here in regard to the
cholera. As there is much travel between
here and the infected portion of Mexico,
both by water and rail, it is quite possi
ble that it will soon arrive here. Strict
quarantine measures are being adopted.
A Move to Assist.
S ts Fbancisco, April 25. The confer
ence of labor organisations, which waa
called by the cigar makers' international
union, met yesterday in this city. About
twenty-five trades unions were repre
sented. The principal object of the con
ference was to take action to assist cigar
makers in their efforts against Chinese,
who are making inroads upon their trade.
The Wheat Market.
Sax Francisco, April 25. There is
much excitement in the wheat market.
The season closed Saturday at $1.87 and
opened to-day at $1 $& . It rose to $1.90
and closed at $1.89. Spot season stor
age is said to have risen to $1.81 in ad
vance of two cents.
A Big Baslaees.
Sam Francisco, April 25. Six hundred
box cars are being made for the Southern
Pacific in Virginia, and two hundred flat
cars at Sacramento. Two train loads of
oranges went east yesterday by way of
Ogden.
Los A agates Notoa.
Los Axoelks, April 25. The flower
festival's two weeks receipts amount to
ten thousand dollars.
Marguerita (Iranilla, convicted of kill
ing her paramour, was to-day sentenced
to four years' imprisonment.
Gave ap Its Dead.
Sax Lets Obispo, Cal., April 26. The
body of a drowned man has been washed
ashore near Port Harford, and it is be
lieved to be that of a Portuguese sailor
known as Santa Maria, who went to sea
the early part of this month with the
Joshua Grindle, lately wrecked.
No Cholera.
Sax Francisco, April 2. The Ameri
can consul at Mazatlan telegraphs that
there is no cholera in the Mexican ports.
The reports were started during the late
elections, doubtless for political reasons.
Bloody Row at a Weddlag.
Car or Mexico, April 20. During the
festivities at a wedding here to-day, a
free fight was indulged in. Seven men
were killed, including the brile groom.
He Was Haaged.
(if a ym as, Mexico, April 2(1. The re
port of the execution of Cajeme by shoot
ing on Uio Yequi has been confirmed.
SENATOR MUCH ELL.
He la In Man
Pranelaoo naad Start Hoaoo
Monday.
Sax Francisco, April 27. Senator
Mitchell, of Oregon, is here, en route for
Oregon. He reports great prosperity in
Eastern and Middle States, but says that
fears of a stringency exist, owing to the
failure to provide for the eispositfcwi
of the surplus. He starts for Portland;
Monday, overland.
THE LOST MINE.
R a mora of a Redlaeovery of the Xlels
Mines of Meslee.
City or Mexico, April 27 It is stated,
and generally believed, that a party of
American prospectors has discovered the
long-lost Bonza mines. The party is
frotu Chicago, tatl, while out surveying,
they came upon the diggings. The dig
gings were discovered in the midst of the
ruins of thousands of bouses and church
es. The party found 920 diggings in n
radius of four miles. There m a great
quantity of slag. Another party later
discovered the Guaynopa mine. These
are the mines where the fabulous wealth
of former days came from. The excite
ment is intense.
A Navel Petition.
Orlajtd, Cel., April 27. Petition is in
circulation requesting Got. Bert let to re
quire the Six Companies to surrender the
Chinese murderer, Hong Dye.
A aether Ceatplalat.
San Francisco, April 27. The salmon
shippers are disappointed at the new
transcontinental rate, of $1.Z5 per bnn
' drvd in carload lots.
K Gov. CWwick and W. S. Ilerren.
J nude trips to Portland yesterday.
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