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BOHEMIA NUGGET. rubllihad Krr Fi-liUr. COTTAGE GROVE . . OREGON. tm or i m An tnUruiinj Collecilon of Items From Two Hemispheres Presented In Condensed Form. th ConsuNGenoral Tioico says the Boers am not boaton. Governor Nosh says ho will prevent tbo Joffries-Ruhlin flulit. Knlogioa to the lnte Senator Davit wero delivered in tho house. Stato ot Washington cannot hare one of tho new battle-ships named for it. Edwin Markhatn road n poem in Philadelphia dedicated to Queeu Vic toria. j Ex-Senator Hill declares that he ia not a oandidato 'tor the presidency in 18U4. Iron Dyke copper mine in Eastern Oiegon changes hands; consideration $50,000. A plot was discovered to tar and feather Mrs. Nation, thu saloon wrecker. Fire in tho trimming department of Ilia Krug Packing Company's plant, St. Joseph, Mo., did $100,000 damgaes. Fire from an unknown onnse de stroyed the large plant pf the National Wire Company, at Fairhaven, Conn., entailing a proporty loss estimated at $335,000. Fire at the W. B. Karthman Lum bor Company's plant, Nashville, Tenn., destroyed lumbei, wareboases, 12 teno niout honsos, and nine freight cars. Loss. $100,000. The worst storm of the winter pre vails throughout Kansas, Nebraska, loara, Colorado, Michigan and Wis onsin. Railway trallio is somewhat interfered with. Mrs. Thomas Green, an aged woman, wifo of an old-time mine prospector, was bnrned to death in her home in tl.o suburbs of Aspen, Colo. It is sup posed the fire was of accidental origin. Tho Union Pacific Railway Com pany, by purchasing the entire hold logs of the Hnntington estate and Stanford-Crocker estates, has secured con trol of two-fifths of the Southern Pa-, citio railway stock. The president lias issued new ere- j dcntiala to Mr. Choata as ambassador of the United States to Great Uritain. ; They are similar in form to those held I iy Mr. Choate, with tbe exception that they accredit him to King Edward VII Instead of Queen Victoria. j The Duke of York is sick. The senate passed the Indian appro priation bill. Bethuen will try to drive the Boors out of Cape Colony. President McKinley may visit Port land, Or., this spriug. A revolutionary plot has been dis covered in Prussian Poland. A prisoner escaped from tbe Grants Pass jail and is still at liberty. Generals Wade and Ludlow have tx-en ordered to the Philippines. New York men sue A. B. Hammond for part of Astoria railroad bonus. Minister Loomia has postpond the presentation of his ultimatum to Ven ezuela. Tbe president recommends that ad ditional copies of tbe consnl reports be printed. Tbe oitizens of Skagway aro greatly agitated over tbe decision of the secre tary of tbe interior granting the greater purt of the townsite to B. Moore. The body of Judge N. Pearl, of Port Hbaon, was found in the Mississippi river near that place with heavy I weights tied around the hands and ; ankles. He bad been missing about two weeks. Major-General Arthnr MacArthur will be relieved from duty as tbe coin inandering general of the division of! tbe Philippines in April next, and will be succeeded by Brigadier-General James P. Wade. j Tbe dead body of Jacob Kuntz a her- ! mit, was found in a miserable cabin near Peoria, 111. The body was clud ( in rags. On his person was $458 in money and a deed to 80 acres of valu able land. He had himself to death. ,!. , iiieruiiy siarveu ; The president has sent a message to congress recommending the appropria tion of $100,000 for tno payment of the rlaiui of Spain for Sibutn and Cagayan Wands, in tho Philippine archipelago, I In uni-nrnaniiA ifh tha tflimi rt t Mia t treaty recently ratified by the senate.. Soma troops escorting laborers en gaged in opening roads in the southern part of the peninsula of Yncatan were m4iuiiwviviiiuiuihui auwomu " " , desperately attacked by 1.000 rebel In- ai1. ,.,i,X i An t i, 1 dtans, who were only driven off by the employment oi machine guns. The engagement took place near Suuta Cruz Columbia university has appealed to its friends for $100,000. The school ohildren of Mississippi have voted in favor of the magnolia as the state's flower. American, Canadian and English iron interests have praatically unitod to push trade in Europe. Consular reports nay British mer chants and manufacturers continue to worry -over commeroial invasions by Americans. ' KILLED A BURGLAR. San Francisco Djrbtr'i Struct With a Desperado. Pan Francisco, Fob. 1. .Edward H. Hall, a barber shot and killed a burg lar here tonight in n lodging houso at laa Tavlor street. Hall, who lives in the house, wont to his rcom, which was opened by one of two men who wore ongngod in rilling the apartment. The burglar instantly drow a rovolvor, tilaced its muizlo against Hall's body and pulled the trigger. The cartridge failed to explode and Hall ginppled With tho man, A dosporate struggle ensued, resulting in Hall getting pos session of tho pistol. The other burg' lar then rushed toward him in an at tempt to xscapo. Hall flrod at him ns he ronchod the door. Tho. bullet ou terod hla biain and ho crashed head long down the stairs, falling dead at tbo bottom. Not until then did Hall roleaso his grip on tho other man, who at once 'ook ilight, jumping over tho doad body of his companion, and reacbod tbo street. He was captured by a cltizon a block away from the scene of the tragedy. Ho was identi fied as Fred Keefer, alias Wilson, who has served .terms in tho houso of cor rection, llo refused to give tho name of his dead companion. TO INTERCEPT ANDRADE. Venezuelan Gunboat Ge to Hud Oil the Supply Pirty. Pan Juan de Porto Rico, Feb. 1. It is reported hero that tho Venezuelan gunboat Rcstaurador, formerly George I Gould's yncbt Atlanta, is on her way from Brooklyn with onlors from I'resi ' dent Castro, to intercept in the Cari bean sea. Sonor Andrada's filibuster 1 lng expedition. Passengers on board tbe 'Red D" line steamer l'hiladel I phia, from La Guayra, January 2, ' which If ft for New York today, assert- ed that Caracas was in n state of sup- pressed excitement whei the ttoamer ! left Venezuelan waters; that President Castro's troops had defeated tho Insur ! gents near Cuomana and that a com j parativoly unimportant mutiny among ! the troops in the barracks at Caracas , had been quelled. They also reported meet February 20 to legalize thn act of, President Castro, who, since the expe-j dition of Anorade, has been a dictator. acting without electoral sanction. It ...... !..).... n...UnvA.l Iwim ll.n ndBrdti. 1Y.IO lUllUCJ. blJCACU UU .1.0 'ou j gers mat a general uprising niigmi take place about tho time of the as-J sembling of congiess, but that the Na- j tionalist party, a prominent organiza-1 tion in Venezuela, had offered its serv ices to Castro Jo maintain pence. 1 Held Up by Drunken Yaquls. Tucson, Ariz., Feb. 1. La Ca nnnea, the mining camp of the Green Consolidated Mining Company, in So nora, was held for three days by a baud of Yaqui Indians, and tho people of tbe cani;i were at tbe mercy of the Indians. It seems that a large number of the Indians who are employed at the camp got drnnk when paid and pur chased all tbe mescal in tbo camp. Tho Mexican police were driven from the camp and held outside by n num ber of Yaqnia. Their guns wore taken from them, and" tbe Yaquis also took ! guns from Americans who attempted' to interfere with them. There were a number of serious cutting affrays, but no one was killed. The Americans set about to quiet tbe Indians and sober ' them, and, with tbe assistance of the I Mexican cavalrymen, were successful in quelling the drunken rebellion. Creek Trouble Ended. Henrietta, I. T., Feb. 1. reace among tho warring Creeks has appar ently been reached, and all that now remuius to be done is to give Chit to Har jo, tbe chief Snake, who has caused all tbe trouble, a prjliminary hoaring and send him to Muskogee for trial for I treason. In tbe meantime a few more I of the minor leaders will be arrested . and the troop of cavalry nndery Lien. tenant Dixon will probably remain I here a few days longer, nntil the last vestige of an uprising has disappeared. Last night the Indians burned signal fires on tbe hills surroundiug the town, and, fearing an attack, the sol diers remained up until daylight, , armed and ready for instant action, bat the Indians attempted no deproda tions. J New German Warjhlpj. ; Berlin, Feb. 1. According to tho Berlin Post, eight new German war ships will be placed in commission this year, inoluding the battleship Wil helm der Grosse, with a displacement of 11,152 tons; the twin vessel Kaieer Brabarossa and Kaiser Karl der Grosse, I th. mil Mni Halnrlnh -urtlU a tl. I i placement of 8,081 - tons, and four I Bmall crnisers, each of 2,000 tons. Five battleships, one armored cruiser I and one gunboat are building, and two , : battleships, one armored cruiser and ! three protected cruisers will be placed BBdal' ,MOtdnrini, th nmunt Tvr. I 01 - Jap Soldiers Killed by Explosion. Shanghai, Fob. 1. Tbo North Chim. lJaliy fews asserts that while a quan , . "iii, ... i "j 8 P? beD destroyed at Bhan Kai Wan there was, an explosion and 40 T.. .... .. r... .nlilla. JOpaUeSO SOIUierS were killed. Fortune for a Recruit. Ban Francisco, Fob. 1. Louis d Burgh, a recruit in the provisional bat- . i , , Yt II, If , ta on at the Presidio, claims to i havj fallen heir to a fortune of $10,0P0 and some valuable property near Paris. which has been bequeathed to him by the Countess de Lavon, df France, who, he says, was his aunt. He claims to have seived iu the Boer army, and says he was taken prisoner by tbe English, bnt escaped on a Portuguese sloop while on tbe way to St, Helena, 0 1 Petition rilCd Against Delegate Wilcox, of Hawaii. SOME SENSATIONAL LETTERS SHOWN Offered Mil Service) to Aguinaldo lo Against the United States-Ills Election Was Illegal. x Fight Washington, Fob. 4. K petit ion containing charges was submitted to day to tbo houso coininlttoo on elec tions No. 1, against Dolegnto Robert W. Wilcox, the Hawaiian representa tive in tho houso of representatives. Tho charges aro mado in writing by Georgo D. Gear, of Hawaii, who sub mitted lottors pin porting to be copies of letters written by Wilcox to Fili pino officials. The alleged letters aro of a highly sensational chaiactor. Ouo of tbe lotiors said to bo written by Wilcox is given in duplicate It is dated Honolulu, January ill, 1801), and addressod to Dr. J. Joseph Losadn, Captain Marti Burgos and Senor J. Luna, aud introduced to thorn a ''friend of mine ho is a very able man to bolp you in your causa." Among other things, tho letter says: "Mr. will bo u UBoful ally to fight for thn causo of tho Filipinos. One tiling is sure, that you could re sist any army of invasion you havo a population of 12,000,000 and nlroaly a disciplined army of "30,000 will bo equipped with inodorii arms. 1 have already made up my mind to join with i yon in your country against America in case they insist to ignore tho right, the justiuo of your causo. I know well my profession as an urtilleiy olli cer. I have no fear of tho wholp world when I fight for a legitimate cansn like i yours. Between General Aguinaldo's , determination aud myself, it will be but u very iittlo nhnuco left to tljo iu-. vadiug army of tho United States to couner your cnn,. Tell General Aguinnldo that I am nlioady giving my service for your country and I am 1 ready to obey orders to go to your coun-1 try and fight tor tho independence of your people and country at any iuo- jjjgjjj The letter bears tho alleged signature of Robert Wilcox. Another letter dated Honolulu, March 8, 1890, says: "J am thinking of going to tbe Phil ippine islauds aud give my assistance to Aguinaldo against tho invaders the hypocritical Yankees, the carpet-bag politicians." Mr. Wilcox declined to make nny extended answer to the charges filed by Mr. Gear, He saye he baa no fears ; of the charges made. He admits that he wrote a lotter to Dr. Losado, Cap- tain Burgos and Senor Luna C. Caesar Morena, an Italian of this cily, whom he had known while thu (Stter was in Hawaii in the '80s. Morena bad a meteoric career in Hawaii. For a few . days he was secretary of stnte Wil cox says Morena is tbo person to whom the onaddressed letter filed by Mr. Gear was addressed, but says ho was unable after a cursory examination to say whethor the letters tiled were ex. act copies of those he sent. The petition of Gear recites that there was no eleciion machinery when Wilcox was elected delegate, Novem ber 6, 1900, and that many voters did not believe that n valid election could be held witlfout it and thorefore, made no attempt to vote. The petition then brings forward personal charges against Wilcox, relating to his mar riage and also to his career, under the kingdom of Hawaii, it is also alleged "that Wilcox, in his speeches prior to the election, made nse of anti-American utterances for tho purpose of car rying thu election, telling the native Hawaiians that the Americans had stolen their country and that n vote for him was a vote for the restoration of the queen, and that, if he were elected, the q'neon would be restored; that Wilcox was and is guilty of trea son against the United Stater, in that ho did, as petitioner is informed aud believes since the annexation of said Hawaiian islands, write and send through the United States mails let ters highly treasouablo iu their nature, wherein he did counsel and incito oth ers to engage in open rebolliou against tbe United States, and did offer bis service to Geneial Aguinaldo to go to the Philippines to flcht and ebgage in open rebellion against tbo United States, copies of which letters are hero- ... A,. ,, w"" Kansas City Theater Fire. Kansas City, Feb. 4. In the total destrnction by fire last night' of tho old Coates opera house aq aggregate loss of $150,000 was suffered. Tbe building was valued ut $75,000, the furniture at $50,000, and the, property of the Walker Whiteside Company, which had juB( begun a week's engagement, at $25,000. The opera houso aud con tents vtcro insured for but $40,000, l- 1 1 TTM.I...-J .1 .. -..,--(,,.1 I .. ..A Y 111 I u IJI Lcn.uu Lillian iiuniiiinuiy ilU flro protection. Mr. Whiteside lost, . 4 . . .,,, ' U 11 11 1 1 1 WU III .1 1 n It U11AD null JJIUJJUI- .. ..! vn1n1l mnni.rln. tl,,.t were to have been produced shortly. Helen Gould's Gift. New York, Feb. 4. The statement i is published hero that Miss Helen IO IJUU1IDIIUU 11UI U f.v 4i4.no I1DIDU Gou',d ba lven ?400,000 for the land, btJ,d, anfcd equipment of a home for a naval branch of the Young Men's Christian Association. Rumor of Earl U's Death. London, Feb. 4. Tho Tien Tsin cor respondent of the Standard, wiring Thursday, says it is rumored in Tien Tain that Li Hung Chang is dead. ONLY FOUR BIDDERS, Conlncli Will Co lo Newport Ntwi, Works and Neatle & Levy. Rilh .(..Li. i.... i.-t. .i ih.i.. r..M i. cm,,tr,,otiuu of three protected oniUtir wrro opciiod at tho navy tho navy department today. Tho attendance of bidden was uoltlior as largo nor as representative ns in tho caso of tho last opening, it is doubt I ful if the Cramps or tho Union Iron Works havo been unrepresented lie lore iu any bidding eitico the birth ot tho I "new navy." Oneof the Morau Bros., 1 nt Seattle, was tbo solitary represeuta- tivo of the l'avlllo coast interests, but did unt bid. Tlioro wero only four bids in all. Tho first bid opened was that of tho Nowport News Shipbuilding Company, They offered to build a 5,700 ton cruiser with a speod of li'.' knots in ill) months for $3,741,000. Tho Bath, Iron Works olToied to build a cruiser of tbe sajno proportions for $2,760,000. Tho William R. Trigg Company, of Rich inoud, offord to build una orutsor for $2,780,200, botug tbo limit of cost fixed by congress, or two cruisers far $0,480,000. Tho last bid was tbo lowest, and was submittod by tljo Neatlo & Levy Shipbuilding Compniry, ot Philadelphia. It oflorfd to build iv cruiser on tho department's plan iu DO mouths for $2,740,000. These crulsors aro designed to be the most (ormldablo vossols iu tho world of their class. Thoy will resomblo close ly" tho typo of sccoud'olass armorod cruisers aud might bo easily mistaken for such. Tho act ot congress author izing this class of crullers states that tho vessels should carry "tho moit powerful orduance for vessels of tbolr typo, aud havo tho highest speed com patible witli good cruising qualities and great radius of action." Admiral Hichhom, chief constructor 'of tho navy, who hai been formuon in tiio preparation of plans for tbo building of tho "new navy," says that in an en gagement tho now cruisers would bo able to copo with aud prove mora than a match for somo of tho armored cruis ers of forolfti navies. The new voxels nro to bo named tbo St. Louis, tho Milwaukeo and tho Charleston, tha lust to enntinuo tho iiauio of tho ship wrecked November L 1809, in the Philippines. THE NEW YORK FIRE. Caused by an Explosion of Chemicals In the Wlckc Factory. j New Yoik. Feb. 4 The extent of ' the destruction wrought by tho confla gration which destioycd nearly a whole block of buildings at 'ihirty first street and First avenue last night could bo better appreciated this morn ing. The huge factory of the William Wicke Company was almost level with the grouud. Contractor Joseph Cody, of the building department, with a force of 100 men, had labored at tho ruins all night pulling down duugcruus sections oi tho walls. Oliver property destroyed was the six-story building, numbers 404, 400 and 408 East Thiity-Focond street; tho five tory tenement at 640 amh'48 First avenue the 11 vo t tory tenement at 402 East Thirtv-lirxt street; Jackson's iron foundry and a two story bVick building on Thirty-first ctreet. occupied by ttia Swift Dressed Beef Company. About 70 'umilies were rendered homeless by the burning of the tenements. Fir Chief Crokcr said today ho bo lioved the fire was enured by au explo sion of chemicals in the Wlcko fac tory. Ho was iufornicd that a watch man had gono into tho vault in tbo collar with a light and that tin vault contained ' tho exp'otives. Th'e chief added that he did not know. what iiad become of tbe watchman or who ho is. Ho said the explosion that started the conflagration might have been caused by illuminating gas gottiug into the cellar from tbe gas main, but be did not think this was the case. Policemen Thomas J. Fitzpatrick nnd John 1). Mc.Mullin, who wero on duty at the fire, are reported mining today. BATTLE IN ABYSSINIA. It Is Supposed the Chiefs Rebelled During the Absence of Menelik. Paris, Fob. 4. A dispatch to the Francals from Cairo says news has been received there from Abyssinia of a great battle in which 7,000 wore killed. It is supposed tho chiefs re belled during the absence of King Menelik, who has gono to the Egyptian frontier in connection with the delim inution of the Egypto-AbyssiniA fron' tier. London, Feb. 4. A dispatch to tbe Exchange Telegraph Company from Cairo says severe fighting is reported in Abyssinia. The causaltlcs aro said to number 7,000. . Tho foreign office officials know noth ing of any difficulty in King Menelik's territory, but it is not nnlikely they think that certain mnlcontent chiefs may have taken advantago of King Menelik's absonco from the capital to foment an insurrection. Belgium. Has no Navy. . Belgium has nn navy oxeopt a train lng ship for tho merchant mnriuo. Accepted a Reduction. Youngstown, O. Fob. 4. At all the blast furnaces throughout tho Mahon ing valley today tho bottom. fillers and helpers have accepted a reduotion of 10 cents per day in wagos, taking ofTect today. Killed by Highwaymen. Dr, JflfSes Gibbons, nepbow of Car dinal Gibbdns, was shot and killed by highwaymen at New Orleans, ire or is mid Gossip Towns in and Interesting Events and Cities and OREGON. Tho Pino Mountain loo Company of I'orry, is storing Ico at tbo rato of R00 tons if day. An old man nf tho nniuo of V muster was found durtd in his cabin on Demi wood a few days ago. ltnluior school district lm levied n special tax ot 13 mills. Tho total tax lii Ilainor dfntrlut ia 43 mills. O. W. Williams has sold tho Vnnder- tmilon farm, near Island City, contain- iiw 157 acres, to a Mr. raoin. n Into arrival from Utah, fur $0,500. J. Bonner's grocery storo at Baker City was burned. Ilo had au itmur nucoo($i00. The stock was tminll. Tho machinery in Clayton llrot.'s broom-baud lo factory at Ooquillo, Is being moved to a place eight miles be low Biindon. Malcolm MoFnrlano has resigned as justice of tho poaco at Wostport pro duct, and David West was uppolutod by tbo county court to succeed him. Tho breaking of tho boom on the Sitislnw during tho Into flood caused a heavy lots of logs belonging to loggers on that stream, but tho Lako creek log gcrs report their lossus wero sum!'. Tho Astoria Box Company is mak ing preparations to inureasn tho capac ity of its box factory. Tho old ma chinery is liolng replaced by the most improved klndn, and i-evoral new ma chines nro to ho added. A lino team of horsos was killed at a loggiug camp noar Berry. A tree, in falling knocked another tree down, which fell iu an uulooked for dlioo tion and struck tho horses, killing them almost iuntuntlv. Sam White, au old nnd woll-kown rcsldeiit'of Korby, was drowned in tho Illinois river, lie had been at Korby and started homo in an intoxicated condition. He succeeded in crossing tho river, but after lauding walked about dazed and foil into the river. Andrew llouk, a miner was acci dentally killed near Itvn valley. Ho was working iilono at tho tlmo aud was Iu thu act of placing a sot of tlm hers when u cavo-lu occurred. Ono of tho tlmborn struck the unfortunate man ou tho side of his head, breaking his neck. Mrs. Georgo V. Egllu died at Cor vnllu of pleuro-puouuK'uin, bho was a nativo of Dallas, Or., aild was united iu marriage to Cioorgo F, Kglin at Al- almy, October i'0, 1884. Her tnaldeu uiiiiio was Cynthia Ellen Mounts. Him was aged 34 years. The survivors are a hntbaud and four children. Jacob L. .Myers, a .Mexican war vet eran, died at tho Soldier' haino nt 'Itotobiirg, aged 70 years, llo was one of tho oldest members nf thn homo, having cutored tho institution soon niter its opening. Tho remains wero shipped to Ulyinpla, Wash., for inter meut. A lino Jersov cow was stolon 'ram W. II. Llndsloy, who resides ou tho Sheridan farm, near Kncoburg. A few days latter n stranger, probably a tramp, appeared nt tho Chadwick farm, near Myrtlo creek, nnd sold the cow to Mr. Chadwick fur $30 aud has not been heard of since. 'Mrs. Riiy E. Watts, who has been appointed pastnrlstress of Reuben, Or., has filled out her bond and Hub scribed to the oath of oflico. Tho Reu ben office will be in operation as soon as the papers can be returned from Washington. The olllce wua discon tinued about five years ago. A man. supposed to bo a hobo, took two shots at NlghtwatchmHn Nnnn, ol Cottage Grovo. The olllcer called the marshal and others fo his assistance, and set out in pursuit ol his would-ho murderer. Tho man, with two others, was Io-ated in tho brush near town, but as the night was dark, it was im possbilo to effect n capture. The nightwatcliman had hoen keeping oloso watch on a suspicious character win was about town, aud ho is qu'ito cer tain that this mau was his nssullaut ' Lobeo & Barry, who nro construct ing a water system for Seaside nuil tho proporty adjacent to it, expect to have their plant in operation be fere May I. The city ot Seaside la amending its charter so as to givo them a franchise, and tho county conrt will grant them tho right td lay pipes across the coun ty bridge over the Neciinicum, Tho source of water supply is in the hills about two miles east of Seaside, which has been secured, ns well as the sito for tho reservoir and the right of way for- the piping. The supply ot pure mouutain water is estimated at soveu minor's inches, which is much more than necessary at present ami it can be doubled at very Iittlo oxpenso, Tho cost of construction of tho plant will not bo great, so tho service will b3 a relatively cheap one for tho consumers. An addition to thu Cobnrg townsite has been platted It coinmeuces nt the church and ran. north nnd east, being part of -tho old Vauduyue placo. The machinery for a pressed brick plant purohased at Ohlougo by K. E. Angel, of Baker City, has arrived. Tho plant consists of a proas mnchlno weighing 22,000 pounds, a 05-liorso power engine nnd a 40-horso power boiler, iu all weighing 87,000 pounds The capacity ol thu plant is 30,000 bricks per day. mm suns of the Past Week Reported From Washington, Oregon Idaho. WASHINGTON. A high school Is to bo established at Yakima City. J. H. Klkendalo, n carpenter dropptvl dead while at work near, that plnon. Deceased was 05 years old. Tho citlMiis oi Siimincrvlllo Imvn organised a co-oporutlvo creamery as roulntioii s lid oluctud olllcurs. Goorgo Woiitlmrwax, who reside np tho Wlshkak about 15 mllon, while on gaged iu logging aulTorod fracture ol both his IiIh 'jy a o.ipntan. Hponoor Jones, of Wilbur, killed a largo cougnr near that piano. Tho animal itiimturi'd 0 (not 0 inches from tip to tip nnd wolghsd HO pounds. Tho Legal Tender, iu Keller oanip, bus resumed work with ouo uhlft, nnd Is lo enlarge its forco thortly. Tho Itomlno, adjoining it, started work this week. Tho Inland Tulephone Company's tinrvico is to bo extended from North Yakima to Moxoo and Buuuysldo, nnd thenco to Walla Walla to connect with thn lino to Hpokano. Upward of 30 teams aro engaged In hauling ico to tho various ico houses of itepuhlio. Every avallabln team has been pressed Into Mirvlco. Tho quality of ico could nut bo butter, Information has been rrcolvod of mi explosion in mine No. 7 at Franklin, whereby two men wuro killed and miv eral persons injured. Statu Mine In spector Otvun has been summoned. F. K. Thompson, of l'arker, has oon traded his hop crop to bo grown ou 21 acres to Now York pooplo for 1 1 cent per pouud. Tho hops aro to bo deliv ered iu October at Hinicoo station. Tho estimated crop is placed at 40,000. Tho Big Bond ilonr mill at Daven port, which has boon running' singln sunt lor some tlmo ou account oi sick nois among thu men, Is again running night nnd day. In ship unnts for Jan uary will bo 7,050 barrel. Gono Johnson, 17 yours old. acci dentally shot hjmself with a .'18 caliber rovolvur whilo out huntiug near Ln rune. The ball outunil tho young man's leg above tho knee, passing un der tbo knee cap nnd out ou tho oppo site sldv. J. W. Harper's storo nt Palonso, wni burglarized and a lot of cigars, candy, tobacco, etc., secured. Th storo was entered through n roar win dow which was broken. John I'oworf. aged 14, wua arrested and confessed thn crlino. Frank nnd Ephriam Miller lm-.,n Iciirud tbo Dmlgo coal mine, which was recently opened up ou Coal creek, east of Chohnlls, iiml will opera to tho prop erty. Two coal mines aro now being worked at Chohalis supplying tho local demand aud- shipping somo coal t outsldo points. Tho Gettysburg Mining, Millln.' & Towiikito Co'iipuiy filed artices of incorjioratloii. Thn company is capi talized for 1,000,000 $1 shares. Thn incorporators are: l. U. Shiuo and C. G. I'ouco, ut Hpokano, aud J. O. Scrllnior, A. Coolin and A. E. Cooliu, of Cooliu, Idaho. Natural gas and oil nro reported to havo boon discovered in largo quanti ties on the farm of M. F. Mitchell, south of Walla Wulln Sovorul loaso-i have already been secured by E. K. MoCoy, who horo from Spokane in the interest of a California syndicate. dud the sinking of oil wells, and pros poctiug for tho sonrco of tho gas. which is said to ho iu paying quanti ties, will beiilu at onoo. Tho Selah Valley Canal Company has put a, forco of 80 men at ' work Im proving mid enlarging tbo canal which irrigates thn lands of Helali valley. About 300,000 font of lumber for Hum- lug pnrpokos havo been hauled by teams from North Yakima und will bo put in placo wlfTiiu tho noxt fow wooks. This is tho only iirlgntlng ou torpriso in Con Ira I Washington, whoro tho hillsides an farmed and planted lo orchards aud vluyurds. IDAHO. Flro nt tho mammoth compressor ut Wallace inflicted a loss of r.bout $500, (oily insured. E. B. Blaine, nn omployee in M. D. Wright's loguiug camp, was caught by a log and s'evorely crushed. Tho bridge that will support tho flumo for tbo now flour mill at Kund- rlck is under construction. Chris Teisssn, tho Clearwater sheep man, is Having plana drawn for a tlireo-story pressed brick atruoturo at Lewlston. Miss Dorcas J. Ilnrvoy, of Fort Hall Agency, Idaho, has boon appointed iihslstant matron ut tbo Fort Bvlkunn, ft, t T..JI l - .num., jiiuiun bououi, The framework of tho Bolso railway bridgo at Nnmpa is now comnlotod. aud will soon bo placed iu position, A report has boeu received that Abe Harper, of Graugevlllo, had accident ally shot aud killed himself. Ho waa a mombor of tho A. O, U. W. Jnmea Rutherford, nn Enizlish min ing export, is at Usk, Idaho, makluir nu iuspeotion of several mining prop erties along tho Pond d'Orolllo river. but refuses tc disclose thu names of tho' parties ho represents.