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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (July 24, 1897)
THE ASTORIAN hat the largest circulation of any piper on the Columbia River THE DAILY ASTOPIAN Is te tlggest and test paper on the Cotumtia river KULL ASSOCIATION PIKSS RKPOUT VOL. XLV1I. ASTOIUA. OKKGON: HATIJI.DAY MORNING, JULY 24. 18117. NO. Sole Agents for Knox BUFFUM Hatters and Furnishers 94 Third Street, '....The Only Exclusive SEASONABLE GOODS Baseball and Tennis Goods Boxing Gloves Croquet Seta Mammocks New Novt'U and Mngazine received m noon an published GRIFFIN The Choicest Table Wines FOR FAMILIES Also for Medicinal . . and Cooking: Purposes CARLSON'S FAMILY lOvl Twelftfi Htroct jafj,.w.i'-l;,diaiV Ross, Higgins & Company GROCERS and BUTCHERS AHTOKIA AINU BAMT AM TORI A CHOICK FRESH AND SALT MEATS R. L,. Boyle & Co. Real Estate, Loans and Investments B23 Commercial Street. Atorln Great Excitement at astqria CROWDS OF PEOPLE FLOCKING TO Friedman's Store, 600 Commercial Street Tlio fifcihcrnicn and minors starting for the gold fi Ids am getting their supplies at FredmanV UceauHo they can eave from 25 to r)0 jitr cent on their piirchumis of Dry Gootie and Clothing, Hats, Shoog and Notions. THIS IS WHERE YOU CAIN GET A Good Suit of Clothes f $3.50 p to $10.00 THAT WOULD COST ELSEWHERE FROM $7-00 TO $20.00 It is no wonder that they all rush to Friedmaii'f. It pays to patronise them at COO Commercial street. and Wauturton Hats PENDL.BT9N PORTLAND, OI? Men's Furnishers.... Fishing Tackle Baby Carriages Children's Wagons Garden Tools & REED "Private Stock" "Cream Rye" "Old Hickory" "Pride of.. ..Kentucky" ...and... "Hermitage" Repsold California Brandies LIQUOR STORE, OREGON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL Monmouth. Oregon A TRAINING SCHOOL FOR TEACHERS Rwular Normal Courts n( three jrrari. Sonlnr year wIioIIt pnifcwional. Training department nl nine graden with 7o0 rhlldren. lli.lriirtl.iu ami train ng In llynuiattlca ttjwedUb jr Ifm, ami Vocal Mn.lo Inr luitillo n'liinlt. 1 he .Normal diploma It rvcogiilted (it law at a MATE UKK ('KHIIKICAIK to H'trh. I ihl rxpriia. Tuition. booka, Umtd and lodging (ap protliuatclyl. aittuu per Jraar. ni ii.lfii t a uuarmiti tlietiiwires, lii no per year. Aciulftnle g.wde accepted from high achools. Catalogues cheerfully seal oil application. AddreM P. L. CAMi'llKLL, Pwu'lsrif, or W. A. WANM, HeereUry faculty, uThe Louvre" ASTORIA'S CORCeOlS ENTERTAINMENT HALL S FLODKS Fin Muals. Oaiiida of All Klnila. Twu MaguHlcvnt Kara. tVCRYTniXC tirst-ciass Cood Order and Everybody's Rlghti STIttCTLT OHHKKVKO. MANY ASTORIANS I)tIIVIa 'Vi A I QV A I1'" "r""'iy '"'''i wiukfa Un people. DUliiMi 1U iLijKA!wl'"" '"' i,,-""v'" ""'ri u n" n"r , lal Villloll, III' advise (liv iu,r. 1 1) Willi ; iinlll spring l-fore going In. Ill com- m I (jBny expect i,. gt-i ;tf(i ton of provls- i Ion t; Ht. Ml'-hat-la before tho .-iiti One Hiis Alrcailv (iixid rroMKtts of f t which m up Mnklni) a Strike. .STi:AMf:KS RAISE Till RATES' 1 Raak an (ircat all tmt lc Aici-minudaltd Ntt Siufita ( Mitlita Told i Sa rrancUco Klramtia Ibditcrct. Alortn Iwva iniiht D.t Alnrk.) KoM tvrr in K..O.I mm. A Iiuk.- niimu r me InlkliiK iiliout a-nlr.if i t!w Yuk ni, met not f. w hrtv- m.V Ih. ir rr.itmr- turn I to k " P.'jilolsih Hint'.. .ii. ml, llio. I.llivlll. , liuiii-.m M' Tnvinii l.m llurru. II. J lnunu-th. Cl. WImi. I'di'i. J. r.rown. Ivu-r (Jr.int. tj.o. I..u-tl.-y Jmk IU.1. -, TIith. it rr rHirtl lu lnv uVrlur.-.l th.-lr liiuntlona to lititit for kI1 In thr Klunilv k- r-tilon. It ki.ouii that lr. j Hii.r.-iiii.t mill Mr. MoT-vWIi will on n-xt Tu--lny or Frl.!,y: thv oilu-ta my nut iro until apniiK, wiwu IhHr ritnka will I l.irx-ly in-fm.-iit.l. In ..ik!n of tlw. rvrt of lila n-ly uiiUiri-.l wmltli, Mr. lu llllil.'l-rjnj p-.il-l l.it lilKht that tx hi.-l atuk.d 1. Auxuai Ainli Ton litnt IVI.ru.iry and iliut ho tki now In thr Klomlykr r.glin. ui.d tlmt ih only l. ttf-r lit- liu.I from lilm. rv.rlvwl a nhort llm no. lo Of n.ci inn n,. trMmifiu n wm in n rair lay to ptrlki- It. "I Imrniil yv.trn'.uy at third lianda tlutt he had mrui k It rich. know nothlnit of It from im i"-roimiiy. i win wurvr it wni-tl i re I. "in- ihltiR Ik nr-. And.-rnon In a .tralR-.it, hotii-at mm. nnd If lit- do.- gi I nnythlnf 1 will .- my nhatv. 1 am mire i Ima a B1 rtuim-n to m-t aoni.-thliiK, aa I f waa i-arly on tl:- vround and wi-nt a tlw rlht pliM". Hi- kn-w whiit he waa doii-.rf. A ln-r with aoinrthliiK l. nit. will pnllily rrntl noon." A few nh-rm.-i. I. ft tlio otl..-r nUIit fi or Al,i.k:i with tT5 ta.h. but th mot f ilioar who t-ont.-:i pl.itt- th- trip rrnl U that It ! nnt-aafii to KO llh h h ill a yrar'a crub nnd nmin-.v for tn-iuhl Xuii.n. Foollh (itoilt. ar- Hull- to 11-I1 Into tliK ti'-w ld tttl. I with littlt or nothlnii iin.l alarv.. U 'un- th-y t work or loc.itr ti ptyliiK (.lalnv W ANTS T11K EARTH Will Claim thr Klotidykf Hi k Ion R'-aaon of IHncoviry. .w York. July 2J.-W. J. Arkcll. h- Arkell Weekly Co.. of thin city, lina miiiiiiii-i-d that h- rxpttn to claim the: j ,ha, cty by thi steamer Portland. They old field III thr Klondyke district l-y;COuld not -t U.e prices for thtlr nuir- riKht of diw-overy. for th tut of K, . (Have. Clave waa tlw rxplor. r who ru.l.tl the expedition to Alnnka In Kn-M. ontunlt..! by W. J. Ark-ll. of Lenlle'a Weekly. The party cotmlMtoJ of Olave. K. H. Well, of Cincinnati: mner will cjrry their bullion t Phlli A. It. 8. hiini. of Indiana Mineral j j. ij.hla and exchnnue It there for coin Sprmitn. Ind.. nnd K. U. Three and John jof lhs vnt State. The men are X. Dulion. of 8.1H Frunclnco. Thirty Chll- I p. picotte. T. Morrln, who has been rat Indiana w.e- ;ilao with the party. iln tne Yukon conntrj- four year: N. After thr return of Clave and hi party m,t-It. of live yeur' experience: Joseph from the frou-n north, the explorer waa . onrialx. ho for m-ven year hn niliunl aent by I he Century Comiany to Africa I Alack: P. Amcller. who ha been there to atudy tlu ulnvo trade. When ahout n y,.,ni. and Joseph Deoch. who to tall for the I'nltetl State he con- j j,t completed hi secon 1 year on trarted a fever and tiled, ftefore lenv- Yukon. n for Africa, Olave- told Arki ll thut ' xllt- olt j.ti.tr of the mint has bfforded he had atnketl out claim lu the Klo'n- , ,huHuni an opportunity to mak ton ilyke dlntrlct and tluit on hi return j Mi,i..t-,ttlt money out of the, miners who he Intended to o nn.iln to Alaska nnd lmv0 ,rol-Kht tht lr Bold duet with them. Hpnnd the remainder of hi life there, for he believed It to be the rlcht coun try In mineral dVpoNlts on the face of the iilohr. Xtr. Arkell i-all lonUrhl that a he alnrted and aiiHtnlncKl thl exiHMlltlun, he ; lirrVjlH, ), mve become acqiialnted Lelievid he ha a claim by rlcht of dl- j w(lh ,1,1,, SUllw 0f atTalrs, punviso hold covery lo the Kh'ndyh.- territory, and . )l)r (i,,.r uft until the mint reopen. If iio u'X'd in mtubllhiuir thl claim i Antrum 1, when they Lvl they will be It will lie on the theory that "In mulls- nii(. to ;et full coin valiu? for It. OttK'ts covered coimtrti- where map nr filed j ,,, conId. rlnR- the advlwvblllty of send wlth the Bovernmt-nt by the dlseovrn r j MS , to the mint at Philadelphia, a waa done In thl caae, it give the explorer certain Interest thnt mkht develop," Arkell said he luid received telegrnins from Schanx nnd Wells, two members of the first expedition to Alaska, claim ing their Interest In the event the gov ernment should recognlxe their right by discovery. Mr. Arkell proposes to organise n I cxpi dlthm at once to tho country dls- j covered and explored by Olave nnd his i puny. This expe lltlon will be head, d ; by Mr. Arkell's brother. Ru-tl.-tt Ar- kell, w ho will lie accompanied ly hi ! hrother-ln-lnw, Hurry Hall, of Jitt-thurg, and a number of iiewsiwiper men. STKA.MER RATES RAISED. other 'i5 days the earth Is covered with James a Illalne, Jr., Will Be One of the j snow, 'tho ground Is froicn, and tfie Passengers. rivers closed by Ice. Anybody starting I from New York at this season would Seattle. July 23.-For passage, on the j i-onr!i tho Yukon river Just about the steamer Cleveland, 'whlo'i sails ftMin Be- j beginning of Ilia long Alaskan winter nttle August 5th for St. Michael. thejami it would bo far more comfortaWp North Amerlcnn Transportation t Trad- j fr him to r.-m.iln In the states and go lug Company will charge the flat rate to tho n.v Eldorado at a more season- of Ct)0-tIilS Including, of course, pa-.s.i. up the river to Dawson City. The charge on the Portland was JIM first-class nnd $125 second-class. The same company baa chartered the schoom-r Hucneme to leave Seattle about August linn, rit-rj-lng bum tons of provisions, but pa passengers. j Major Jlnirilltoti, of li.e V, A. T. A T. I 'n. mi I iii it I hi that "J)ti people have gone j lull; tlir country Ihl season, which, with llw rlvi r. JulllL. (i Ullillli-, Jr., Ill trlrrn4ill'J Ik re f ruin Niw York unklnif fwr dooklint lu llm Kloii'lyk. MOlii: HICHM l:KI'0tTKl. j Hum Krun Iw.-o, July M In onU-r to j ttu-rl tin- ili itmnil for trimiii'oriHilon from ; Ihu i lly to Alnk, the Nurtli Ain-il an ' TruniMrilMi A Tniiilng Comixiny liaa mart' rl llii af. tm.r CM' Intnl. Mih run tniwi-in tlila Hy nml Houml M.!nm. Hl nil) nail for HI. SllrhaM Ulrtcl to j morrow nftiTnoon, j Th- Alk.k t'ininirrHl Company ho : rliJiri'-ivil tlte w-hr in- r J.ati. A. CarflwM ! , '""r' ""il'H'K to Hi. Mlch.n l. , Atic.tli.-r Jr!y of uccraaful Klondyku '"'""' rnvi n-r- iowiy. " c-ouim ; ' Wllllnm Ht-nL-v. hit o. F- 1'lii.cnU.r, iirnl T. Woril-n. all of whom U-ft f'tio for the- mill. Iik ttiun a. lUr Wll llllll.'lt l.-HI. ((lilll ?(JMI ku. ! I'nrnn ilwlr tlnliiui on Kllora4o Cr:k I ilu-- took out o-r II'.i.imi worth of ; iioM In V iluyn, nn.l U-llt-vt- thitt thr-y .. only Jut hi-Kuii their work. Th y i lnti nd to rfturn In Mn-h. liYKA A 1'fHlT OF KNTRY. I Wimlilnittnn, July 3.-ln vli w of th ; .rra. iit ruaii of travel to Klonl)-k. j n-l.iry Giuti hna witiil'Mntml n nub-port i of i nto" at tiywa. Th- -ilon m tiikn I an the rmult of th application I V Can- ; nln for rmliilon for vwl to Imid pamu-nuira thi-r. C'liUiltAlH) A RIVAL. v. t.rlkr , onvrr rilff-- v,rltallc Klnndyki-. i a,,...., r-un- r-ot t,;lv !tf tt Ami I wnrn frM ju'at lM'n md- h-rv tur.ia out .rl,-.i minmila mnv hnv A ' Klondyke of Ita own. Thr dlcovry ', ' mud.- vii-rdHy ly Jo. ;h' Koulk, ai.jut j half a mile outhwt of town, and nar i tlw wnt.-r w-orka. Foulk sot out aome I quarii ht avlly chu-KHj with aylvunlt. ! Tlu ro-k xhow-i-d . riu.- frw BoM. It rml(rlt to town and ..!t-J. S.m-s ' , ,K .it-..n- . .. r.il l.rouKht i ul smit KoM mlKB,M Th- n. wg of ,h( (1,,,Vl.ry q,kly apnad. nnd within a f"W hour th-r wa a :r-at niah to l ho ti'-w llKitlnsa. A doi n claims were Ltk-n up h.'fot nlehi. and loilay thi whi.li of Sllvr "It IT tuoins to If joins to thf ao.-m of th.i find. Th m-w camp lils .u,),. betww n thr Zoo nnd Rattl i Biiuko campa. WILL HOLD THEIR Dl'ST. ; S.in Krani-laco, July 21. -Five French ! Cnnatlluna who were aucc-iwful on the ' Klondyke. now- hound for Montreal, ar ' I at the Comnvivlal Hotel In this city. ; Th,)y clitw, fri)m geatlle, having n ached lh.u tt.y wnne-l then, and they will ; ,10t accept the hid made by the Selhy Smellln Work In this city. A the ', a.n Pe,..,ci-o mint la .Imu-d nendlna .h.. .-h,n.. r mtmlnlsitrailon. th five A nmior ha tx-en circulated that the !C! mdyke l ivxirer It: quality than that fKin other mining tvrloii, nnd In eon-aeiiueiH-o la not worth so much for coln li.K punotii-. Some of the nioiv r.-ent Ml'ST OO SLOW. York People Advised Not in a I lurry. N. w to He New York, July a-Tle World says: Th Klondyke fever has not abated a particle. Tho ollU-es of the miiro;id com- ,,!,,, nn(i ticket agencies are visited t). adventurous spirits eager to s.-ek th.-lr fortunes In the Alaskan gold fields, From Information obtain.-.! by World r. port.-rs. those seriously considering ,ni,,g the trip will do well to postpone their depii-.ure for Mime time. Vnder the most fuvoniblo circumstances the working days In tho Yuknn gold fields cunnot exceed HD In tlie year. For the .-t:. lime. Fr-dei-lek Holmrt, editor of Ihe Engineering and Mining Journal, said: "It would 1m extremely foolish for any one to start from New York for the Klondyke, at this season, because they cannot get (here In time to do anything this year. It Is difficult, too, to get liAf rporti-.Uon. The Al.ink.m linen art Wit .rcar4 tj c;rry ninny pium..nf i It l eay ettuurh to hikhk atea-nern Mil l l to th i-oaj.1, but tl diflicully U u K'-t from tlw eoat Inland. Mm of the I. u.1 portion of the Journey rnul U mnlft on fool. If you go by tho way nf Juntau It I ni-rewuiry to walk over th rnountkln and tlwn build a boat, Th Yukon river I only navigable dur ing thr montlia of tlwr year. If would l well for thnw wtxj do not know the country to Iwim tnort about It befor atu-tlnK for the old flelda." L. AJIi-n, anooi.-lale editor of the Kn Klneertnii M.i;ixlni, ald: "Naturally, I have iclvtn a (fixx! deal of atu-titlon to reprta from the new Kni'l !! Id. I have no doubt there 1 Iota of Kold there. I know of very few nn-n who re preparlna; to Iive thl i-lty for lhr (fold flelila. It would he folly for tlM-m to do w at thla time, anyway, a it la too latr to nrconipllah anytltliifr thl ytar." l"p to date M aipltcatlon for trurit liortnlon h.n ln i;.ai.e at th tl:k-t 1 . iu i riere. A lar-- inuj riiy 01 ti.e iiipllcant do not profKate atari. ng for reveral month. A man who !-a Jul ntunnd from Ala-tka. 'v!,-re )at l-nti for two ir. aald to a World f-tortf-r: "No one but 0 fooliah man will Mart new frjm New York for Klondyke. Any that do atart will rwi-h the duorlnB to find 'hem covered with anow and be unable to do anything till May or June. The talk about th high wafea read Well, but It ahould be rememberi-d that l iv re I Utile work u he done In the cold of Alaska at any price Thoae u KO to the gold fluid will need quite a little money, and It wll be uc.a to go th.-re without It. Tlit-re will be more of I hem earning lei than IS a day Ulan thoe who do. There la an abundance of flh nnd gnme In Alaska, but the name law are very atrlngent and are rigidly enforced. It la an awful tough Journey, accompl!hd only after great hardKhlp and expense. Al.mku la a hard pluee to get exercise, and It will kill more men than It will make rich." CRAZE IN ALASKA. Ban Franciaco, July 3. Among ths ar rivals from Alaaka on the ateamer Ber tha was Dr. C. F. Dickinson, of Kodlnk Inland, which lies Just at the head of Cook Inlet. He aays the soli excite ment all over the territory.- oi r-VUk U somethln? unprtvvdontcil. and thit pi-ople are flocking to the Klondyke in a way that threaten to d.-pipulate many of the trading post and coaat towns. "When I left Kiwi 1.1 k two We-ka aso," said Dr. Dickinson, "the peap!? vr-re leaving all tht section and flocking in thv direction of the Klondyke. In a way the situation Is appalling, for m.oiy of the Industries or left practicilly wilhout the meana of operation. Mines that are paying handsomely at Cook li.U-t have been deeried. "In my opinion there are Jnt as good placer diggings to be found at Cook Inlet as In the Klondyke region. There 1 not a fool of ground in all that coun try that does not contain gold In mor.? or less appreciable, quantities. The treat trouble has be-n that people have nit had either the courage or opportunity. I do not know which, to thoroughly pros pect the country. I thtnk that in an other month the country will be pru:tl- cally deserted. There Is room about Cook InlH for thousands of nun, .md there 1 certainly no belter place In the world for a poor man." KANSAS OFF FOI ALASKA. Joplln, Mo.. July J3 Tlie Alaska Min ing Company has been organised wi:h offices In New York. JcpHn and Galen.. Kansas, to mine In Alaska. The op tional capital stock Is to be Sl'M.ik U. One thousand shares at tlOo each will or Is sued, payable at the rate of $5 per month for twenty months. The company pro I vases to send twenty prospectors to Alaska as soon ns they can get into th gold fields, to take up claims for the company. The company will endeavor to buy or charter a small steamer to maki the trip from Seattle to tho Yukon country with provisions and suppll.-s suf-llt-Unl to last a year. THE SPECULATIVE CRAZE. San Francisco, July 23. The Klondyke craxe has struck the speculative element hard. Companies of all kinds are being organlxed, while the signs and window letterings are apeiparing with marvelous rapidity In the principal streets. Sucil titles as "Yukon Trading & Developing Company," the "Klondyke Improvement Syndicate," 'Yukon Gold and Supply Company," are to be seen on t-ve.-y hand. The first mining company to file ar ticles of Incorporation is the- Alaska & Yukon Gold Exploration and Trading Company, limited. The capital stock Is jl'Oo.mi, fully subscribed. LARGE ORDER FOR ALASKA. St. Joseph. Mo., July 23. A St. Joseph whoiesnlo firm has Just received one of tho largest orders placed In tho West for goods to go to the Alaska gold fields. The order was placed by tho North American Trading Transportation Com pany, and la for goods suitable to the northern country. A portion of the or der Is for men's underclothing, made from tho heaviest woolen blankets. KILLED BY ELECTRICITY. Salt Lake, Utah, July 2.1 Joseph Bur ton, foreman of construction of the Rocky Mountain Telephone Co.. was In stantly killed this afternoon by coming In contact with a live wire. THE FINAL VOTE TO BE CAST TODAY Turin Kill Kill be Dipoc4 of in the Senate at 3 I'. M. NO CHANGE AS TO HAWAII Adajiral .tiller Will Sail lor BosoIhIi Aag e Ji rresidtatisl Xomiaatio li rort of Cttrjr for AUia. Waahlngton, July ZI The final vote on th tariff confi rence n-iiort will be tik-n In th senate at i p. tn. tomorrow. A unanimous agreement to this effect wa reached In the eruit late this after noon, after an exciting and dramallc debate. The proposition for the fln.il vo'.e came unexpectHiy, the senior senator from Alabama, Morgan, presenting it. It was gre-tel With shouts of "Good, good' from the republican senator, who for the first time saw the path clear for the final enactment of the tariff hllL THE HAWAIIAN 8ITTATIO!. Washington, July 3. Orders w.-re 1 ud today detaching Admiral Miller from duty at Brooklyn and ordenig him to take command of the Pacific squad ron, leaving San Francisco for Honolulu the Sih of next month. The navy de partment announces that there will be ro change in the policy with respect to Hawaii so long as existing conditions prevail. PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS. Washington, July 3. The president to day sent the following nominations to Lie senate: Stephen Lough ran, receiwr of public moneys at Des Moines, Iowa: Jay Lynch, agent of the Indians for the Tftklma agenr.r. W&sfcmyto:rV L. E. Shep', p.ird. of Alaska, to be commls.-loi.er In and for the district of Alaska: Lkiu. Commander Waiter Goodwm, to be ot mmander: Lieut. Walnwriglu Blogg, to b lleiten3nt-commander. SCB-PORT FOR ALASKA. Washington, July 23 The only matter of consequence before the cabinet toiay was the submission by Secretary Gage of a plan for the establishment of a sub port of entry In Alaska, to collect re enues from the goods being Imported In large quantities into the territory as the result of th great Immigration of miners. There was some talk about a currency message and It was deeldeJ It should be sent In only after the tariU conference report has passed the senate. WILL ABOLISH AN OFFICE. Chicago, July 23 A special to the Chronicle from Washington says: President McKlnley will ask congress at the regular Besslon next winter to abolisn the office of commissioner of railroads. The president thinks It a cstl-ss office. The place is now held by General Wade Hampton. VAUDEVILLE ARTISTS. New Combine Assures Them Continuous Salaries. San Francisco. July 23. Twelve of the leading vaudeville theatres of the West have united in a circuit that will enable performers to secure longer eng-age-in-T.ts than have ever been known In the history of vaudeville In America. Th.- scheme was engineered by J. D. Hopkins and George Ca.ttle. bth of whom are known all over the amusement world. They had five Chicago theatres, two St. 'Louis houses, a Pittsburg thea tre, one in Cincinnati and one in Mil waukee In the combine. Thet they wanted a Pacific coast end. Negotiations have been pending, and last week Man ager Walter, of the Orpheum circuit, cabled his acceptance of the final terms, and preparations were at once begun towards employing European novelties. The circuit will be of great advantage to the vaudeville artists. There will be no necessity of making awkward jumps or losing time to till a three or four wevks' engagement In the West. A con tinuous salary will be assured. The theaters Included In the combination nre Orpheum circuit. San Francisco nnd Los Angeles; Hopkins theatre In Chicago; St- Louis and Pittsburg: Pike opera house; Cincinnati: Masonic Temple of Chicago; Haymarket thrcCre, Chicngo: Olympic, Chicago: and Chicago opera house, Chicago. Negotiations are also In progress for first-class houses in o;her cities. WAR SHIPS READY. Orders Issued to Get Them In Condition i to Sail. j New York, July 23. Orders have been ' received at tho Brookly:, navy yard tn have all ths vum-ls thjt are uniergoir.g repairs there ready for sea duty ty th' f nd of the week. The vessels nre to Jo:n the t.hii of the North Atlantic squadron and the work of making the necessary : repairs to them Is being hurried. ; The only ship now at the navy yard ,' that will not Join the squadron Is the . Indiana. She Is In bad condition and the hull below the w iter line 1 Very fi-u! There I no dry dock at present vml fM? In which to put the vessel . for needed repairs -tr I iwlil the ltfl,;l government will be nkl in allow the, navy department the uh ot the tiock at Halifax, as It la th pnly one In wlilrh the Indiana can be floated. This will tie the flr! time the government h. b-n compelled to ak a foreign tnvi ti ment for the ue of a dry dock In :rh, h tn place one of Its ahipa for re pad-. The new dry dock, which waa UnmgT some time ago, and which. Is now un dergoing repairs, will not be ready for oe for about sis months. MURDER CLEARED VP. Colortd Boy Confesses to a DanaMly DEED. Wheeling. W. Vs., July T, The nmr- tlr of the two Mason children :it MoundsvUle on T'.isday hj been clear el up by the confession of Edward Jones, a colored boy of IS. Some week ago Jones stole a halter from Chnrle Alhn's stable. Burnley Mason, the V-year-ol.l victim :'. Tuesday's murder, knowing of It. told Allen, and Jmrs luid to give up the halter. On Tuesday Jone wnt to the Maon home to tags his revenge. He took heavy iwltche and beat Stanley and his four-yir-ol l brother, after removing their cotn-, till the blood ran from their bodies. Then be took a aharp pocket-knife and stub bed their bodies until he was tired and bad made at If at l' rut. To finls'i his bloody work. Jone cut the boy' throats and unshed their skulls with a hoe. Jons told his awful story with cool bravado. The coroner's Juty sat behind closed door and hurried Jon? Into the state penitentiary, located at Moundsvtlle, to avoid th possibility of a lynching. LYNCHING IN ORDER. Human Fiend Outrages a Nine-Year Old Girl at Kalisiell. Spokane, July 23. A special to tVe Spokesman-Review from Kallspell. Mon tana, says that a roan giving bla name as Wm. Bliss Is under arrest there for assaulting a little girl nine year oi l. There Is strong talk of lynching. Last evening the little girl and ber seven-yiar-oU brother were playing near the edge of .xbe town. Bliss knocked th boy unconscious with a cl!ib and carried the girl Into the wotds' near by. The father heard the screams of the cMId, and going to the scene, found the boy unable to speak. He carried him homo, snd begin a search for the girl, not being successful he called In bis leig'i bors, and after two hours' search E:;i was captured and lodged in Jail. This afternoon, at the preliminary trial. Fdiss plead guilty and was bound over to the district court. VESSELS TO BF.HRING SEA. Chicago, July 23. A special to the Chronicle from Washington says: Officials of the navy department regard the movement of vessels to Eehring sae as Indicating simply that England has reaiixed the Justice of Secretary Sher man's complaint In bis message to Lord Salisbury. The British government has not heretofore maintained an adequate the movement of vessels to Behrlng se t seal fisheries. The Amphlon and Rain bow have been selected for these dut!e, it is stated by navy department officials, because of their speedy qualities and be cause they were easily available for this service. MR. M'LEAN SHOT. San Francisco. July 23. Dr. McLean, dean of the California Medical College, was sliot twice. In the arm and shoulder, by Patrick Walsh, Janitor of the Insti tution. When Walsh was pursued he turned the weapon on himself? with fa'.al effect. No cause Is known for the af fair. THE MARKETS. . Portland, July 23.-W heat-Valley, T2-: Walla Walla. 70c. San Francisco, July 23 Hops and 12c. Liverpool. July 23. Wheat Firm. New York. July 23. Hops Sleody. A SUDDEN DEATH. Rosoburg, Or.. July 2-3. Joe. A. Arm strong, aged 3j, an old settler, pn-s-'nt caretaker of the residence of A. W. Stanton, of Rrockway, while the fiimljv was at Bandon, was found dead on ta-o kit -hen floor last evening by some camp ers who culled at the residence to pur chase hay. Armstrong was subj-e- to rp.oplexy. and evidently succumbed to a t:iden attack. Royal nukes the food pure, wholesome and delicious. 1 Absolutely Puro or al tMUtao Potn co., new trx.. fill M