W A SH IN G T O N COUNTY H A T C H KT. M ILITIA 1 EVENTS OF THE OUÏ Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. Q M D p r e h tD ilv e R e v i e w M t 4 A *»vp€S}(nar« C a lle d F rom th e o f th e 0f th e Im p o rt* l’ i » t W eek F r e e s D is p a t c h e s « T he banka a t Cheney, W aab., ana- pended paym ent and failed to open their doora. H ard tim ea and inab ility to m ake oollectiona are the oauaea at- ligned for the failnrea. A young m an named Conway, a brake-man on a gravel train, fell be tween tw o cars of the m oving tra in near A rlington, O r., and had bia right leg cruabed in two places. The coroner’a jury im paneled to in- veatigato the fatal shooting of C harles Rice, near Roaebnrg, returned a verdict of w illfu l m urder against Jam es Dili en, the boy who bred the fa ta l shot. A 16-year old boy nam ed C harles W yatt accidentally shot and killed him self w ith a 22-caliber rid e near C entralia, W ash., w hile out b u n tin g in oompany w ith another lad of about his ow n age. By a tire a t Hoquiam , W ash., the m ill of the N orthw est Lum ber Com pany w as destroyed, and the barkentine N orth Bend, which was tak in g on a sargo a t the dock, w as dam aged to th e extent of |1,000. T he am ount of the dam age to the m ill haa not been e sti mated. T he first day of the Republican n a tional convention in St. Louia waa m arked by paradea and exoitem ent. The convention waa called to order a t 12:10 o'clock and the opening prayer was delivered by a Jew ish rabbi w ho dw elt a t length on the situation of the country. C. W. F airbanks, of Indiana, waa chosen tem porary chairm an by unanim ous ro te of the delegates. A f ter h earin g his address, the convention adjourned. T he Uoodrioh reservoir, fifteen m iles from Baker C ity, broke, and a g re at volume of w ater rushed down the gulch about four m iles, where it jum ped from Goodrich creek to Pine creek. A bout three m iles furth er the flood struck R. F ren ch ’s house and dashed i t to pieces, drow ning the fam ily, con stating of the parents and five c h ild ren, ages ra nging from 3 to 12 years. The bodies were found scattered along the oreek a distance of tw o m iles. T he elothing was torn off and the bodies m angled. Large pine trees were c a r ried m iles down the stream and fences and bridges were sw ept away. G ra in fields are badly dam aged. The reser voir waa constructed in 1863 and has been used for m ining purposes. A violent w ind and rain storm v isit ed N ew ark, N. J . , and did dam age to the am ount of (160,000. R ussian engineers have been in P h ilad elp h ia and have m ade a co ntract for (600,000 w orth of m achinery there. Mrs. A nnie Dyer, the baby farm er, of R udbig, E ng., arrested on M arch 0 on th e oharge of m urdering m any in fa n ts in trusted to her oare, was hanged in N ew gate prison. T he three-m asted schooner E dw ard C. A llentrue, C aptain M cLaughlin, from B altim ore for P ortland, sank off J o b 's neok, on the south side of this island, n ear V ineyard H aven, Mass. From the fact th a t the vessel’s boats have come ashore in pieces and a r ticles of clothing bave been picked up i t is feared th a t a ll on board were lost. The G rand A rm y of the Repnblio for the dep artm en t of Oregon is holding its m cam pm ent in Independence, O r.; also the W om an’s R elief Corps and Sons of Veterans. T he citizens have given the town a very a ttrac tiv e appearance by extensive decorations of the boiBness booses and residences. A large n um ber are in attendance. G reek Veeeel S eised. A dispatch from Canea, C rete, says another G reek vessel, loaded w ith m onitions and provisions for the in su r gents, has been seized by th e T urkish officials. T he French guardships started for Valova w ith (7,600 to pay the ransom of tw o F rench ladies recent ly captured n ear th a t place by the brigands. T h e H e a t Wat* T e r r i b l e . A special from Bom bay says the B ritish second-class, tw in-screw Bona- venture, the flagship of the E ast Indian iquadron, flying the flag of R ear-A d m iral E dm ond D rum m ond, lost seven ty men by ennstioke on a voyage from Colombo to Pondicherry. R eorgan ization of th e N orthern. There is m uch discussion in New York am ong those concerned in the re organization of the N o rth ern Paciflo, as to the form of c h arter the com pany Is to have or w hether it is advisable to foreclose the property a t present, in view of the fact th a t the present con gress has failed to give th e com pany a new charter. A T h r e e T i m « '* M u r d e r e r H a n g e d . John C raig, a three tim es m urderer, was hanged in Folsom prison. T here could not have been a m ore perfect execution it is said. T he condem ned man w as com pletely resigned to bis fate, and w alked to the gallow s as cooiy as though going to a w edding. A F atal F ire. A t a fire in a tenem ent house i i P ittsb u rg , P a., Mrs. Zonesbhondia Garbeiz, aged 74, w as killed by ju m p ing from a window. F ra n k G arbeis, aged 5, w as suffocated to death. L ot tie G arbeis, aged 12, w as in te rn a lly b n rt and m ay die. F ra n k G arbeis was badly bnrned. T he fire was caused by th e explosion of a b arrel of oil. ________ T h eir C ou rage F ailed T h em . F o rty m iles east of C harleston, W. V a., m asked m en boarded a n express tra in a t m id n ig h t and craw led over the engine tender in to the cab w ith revolvers draw n. The engineer stopped the train . He w as com m anded to ent loose the express oar. T his w as done. The passengers w ere aw akened and the lig h ts w ere extinguished. A fte r ten m inutes w ork, the ban d its became frightened, and escaped to tbe m oun tains. T o F lo a t th« Indehtedne**. A m em ber of one of tbe larg est bank- lng houses in H onolnln is in th is conn- try for tbe purpose of in te restin g cap ita lists in the refunding of the H a w aiian governm ent's indebtedness. Tbe governm ent has (3,096,000 of bonds d ra w in g 6 per cent in te rest o a t standing a t present, w hich i t is pro posed to pay and issue in th e ir stead bonds d ra w in g interest a t the ra te of 4 per cent. H * D eath a M j*tery. The body of a m an w ith his head split open, w as discovered floating in the Colum bia river near W allace’s j island. It is not know n bow he was killed. F a ile d to F l y F lag*. The trustees of the u niversity of I lli nois were arrested in C ham paign and held in (200 bail to answ er to th e grand ju ry the charge of fa ilin g to fly 1 S ixty oloakm akers employed by a the flags from a ll univeristy buildings C hicago firm, were throw n into a panic Governor A ltgeld is a m em ber of tbe board. by a fire, and i t seemed foT a tim e th a t some of them w ould be tram pled to F o u r F a v o r e d C ities. death in the scram ble to escape. The Except Savanah, the c ap itals of tho fire w as in the stairw ay on the second new states of W yom ing, M ontana and floor and escape waa finally effected by U tah are th e only places th a t got ap- ru sh in g through the flames. It was propriations for publio b u ild in g s a t soon extinguished w ith but little dam - th is session of congress. T he boose age. policy has been to report no bills for O. F. T yler, a son of P resident T yler, new buildings. is a prisoner in Richm ond, V a., c h a rg tle a v y F ines. ed w ith shooting w ith in te n t to k ill The H am m ond incident is finally Ja c k C arr, a young negro. T yler is a d airym an residing near Richm ond. settled. A t a special m eeting of the He w ent to th e assistance of another executive council held in P retoria, it person who got in to a difficulty w ith w as decided to release Jo h n H ays H am C arr, and says the Bhooting w as in m ond, C ecil Rhodes, George F a rra r self-defense. T he accused w as sent to and J. W. Leonard, the leaders of the Johannesburg reform com m ittee, upon the grand ju ry and allow ed bail. paym ent of a fine of £25,000 each, or One hundred and eighty cans of in default, fifteen years' banishm ent. d ynam ite exploded about a m ile below L illy, P a ., w ith frig h tfu l results. One K lll.it H I. B ro th .r-ln -la w . m an w as killed by the explosion, and Ben Dice, a rancher liv in g on the seven others fa ta lly injured. C on T ule riv er, tw enty m iles southeast of trac to r M cM anus' w orkm en on the V isalia, C al., killed his brother-in law, Pennsylvania railw ay w ere g e ttin g G ra n t S m ith. T hey quarreled about ready to m ake a b last *:hen a p re m a w ater in an irrig a tin g d itch , and Dice's tu re explosion occurred, burying the w ife attem pted to remove tbo dam in seven m en beneath saud and rock. the d itch on S m ith 's place. Ja m e s C reelan. the w ar correspond U n iveraitjr H int. ent w ho bad to leave C uba recently by order of G eneral W eyler, says he T hree thousand H arvard m en, en th in k s there Will be a w ar w ith Spain. couraged by the phenom enal event of a He saya the A m erican people w ill be H arvard victory, fought 100 policemen th u nderatrnok w hen the docum ents in in tbe streets of historic old C am the possession of th e sta te dep artm en t bridge. It w-ia the biggest rio t th a t are m ade publio. S pain is anxious for the univ ersity has ever seen. Many w ar. T w enty-five m illion d o lla rs' students and policemen w ere injured w orth of A m erican property has been in the m elee b u t the bluecoats finally destroyed in C uba and m any A m eri- came oot victorious and tbe students «ana k ille d w ith o u t provocation. w ere looked up. In d ia n W ar V aterans. T he gran d encam pm ent of Indian w a r veterans of the Paciflo N orthw est waa held in P o rtla n d th is w eek, pre- sided ovei by G ra n d C om m ander Thos. A. W ood, and O tto K leem aun a ctin g aa grand a d ju ta n t T he representation c t m em bers waa unu su ally large, and w as augm ented by a large atten d an ce of th e w om en's a u x ilia ry , em bracing the w ives and dau g h ters of the stu rd y B e n , w ho In the e a rlie r history of the N o rth w e st protected th e ir homee and fam ilies from the hostile savages. T bs B estin g lasted three day». A B rutal M uider. In a drunken rage Jo b n W olter, of Chicago, m ade an unsuccessful attem p t to k ill his w ife. He th en shot and killed one stepdaughter and wounded an o th er so serionaly th a t she m ay die. M rs W olter is possessed of property valued a t (2,600, left by h e r first hus band. It seems to have been W n iter's purpose to g et control of i t Being u n able to m ake any headw ay in th is d i rection. be became dissatisfied and be gan d rin k in g to excess and w as nnder the influence of liqnor w hen be com m itted the assau lt upon hia w ita and •B pohildran. IHRE THE COUNT CALLED ^ COM PLETE. • »» F irst Q I>"wn th . C.i,ab|l| P o rtlan d , Or., Juaa l; The oflioial vote in the first and aec- Amount Voted by Congress re g im en t, Oregon Nation^; ouel Sum m ers ociuimsaflJ congressional districts for the o Letter Received by Sheriff end for Improvements. ulod to leave for Anton,,, flees of supreme judge an-1 congress- hour th is morning, to m of Clatsop County. men follow?: suppressing the scenai 0f * SUPREME JUDGE. . o utrage wihoh bave been t TREASURY DEPARTM ENT THE the low er river. It Wl( THE MEN W ERE INTIM IDATED ? 1 by b a tte ry A, with full * 3 C ilic i...) by . h .iru .." G u s a s t h . m eu t and the variouirsji T he troops were call*» w, Narrow E scape F rom D eath of a F ish 1 ! 1 Appropriati""* CaBoiltlee-Kw »ition m ade by tbe e r m a n Near C lifton B e tte r F ro tec- 632 MS lucí«*«*« «Í Salarie*. B a k e r ........... th ro u g h the oounty judgr 7J4 8*51 B en to n ........... t l o n I** N e e d e d , C o r r e s p o n d e n t S a y s . 564 ! 1,9271 W ashington. June 1 3 .- C h a i r m a n county, upon Goveratt I, < \jc k a m u s . *3» 578 1.364! la ts o p ......... 613 Cauuon, of the appropriations com m it governor immediately nonfa A storia, J u n e 16.— A dditional re C 15*>. 3601 C o lu m b ia .. . 956 3S4J 1.0 G! ports of outrages a g a in st the fishermen C oos .............. 122 tee and ex-Cliairman Sayres, today h e ad q u arters in this c:tj , 497 ( ro o k ........... $3 made publio a joint statem ent concern- the post, equipped with,u n ear C lifton w ere received by the C 305 151, C u rry ............ Mid 1,1921 1.773 p h e ru a lia for field steam er M iller th is m orning, and show D o u g in s ....... 195 ing the expenditures authorized by th is 2621 4«:91 G illia m ....... 47* congress. th a t th e situ atio n is folly as serious at G Total appropriations, in d a y ’s cooked rations. I t ,, 3-ni 722» r a n t ............ 24i th a t p o in t as has been reported. Sheriff H a r n e y ......... also th a t each man be prop* 6931 1 3 8 cluding permanent aunual appropria i.t» ! J a c k s o n ....... ;9» tions, are (515,759.820. Mr. Cannon s ex tra p a ir of stout shoe,, r, H are received the follow ing letter: 243 J o s e p h in e . .. 256 •¿M 33l| " C lifto n , O r., Ju n e 16.— To J. W. K la m a th . . . live field service, and Unit» 204 statem ent begins: 239! 3711 k e ............. H are, ¡sheriff C latsop C ounty— We tele L D i an ‘‘The appropriations charged to th is and b a tte ry be held prepan 2.170) 1.03*1 1.UKI e .............. 30) 223! graphed you re g ard in g tbe boarding of L in c o ln ......... congress include (119,054,160 uuder im m ediately. This w » , : 1,792 1.1*9 1,filiS 278 permanent laws, of which am ount the boat and th ro w in g of fish over L M in a n lh e .............. 217| 344| nig h t. T he orderB were«« u r ....... 1.8 4 1.076Í 2.771! board, and your ask in g for particulars. M ario n ......... 33) (50,000,000 is for sinking fund and im m ed iately from brigade 3691 4991 M o rro w ....... T be steam er Seafoam is doing all she M u ltn o m a h 9.2211 2.472 4.3*3 (30,500,000 for interest on the publio 49 debt, or (3,355,614.40 more than was tors to Colonel 8011110611,1* 852! 1.S55 can, b a t, as m any fisherm en cam e, *hey P o lk .............. 10 aseem ble the uiembtti j 113| ::«2 S h e rm a n — only spread out, a n d the steam er can T illa m o o k .. . 332 included at the last session of congress 199 521| T he O. K. & N. Co. w„ „ 990 66» > ! 1.1 Hi not cover the ground. Several new U m a tilla — to hold a steamboat in reada 625i 1,173 in the statements of appropriations, 1.003 n io n ........... boats started out th is m orning, among U 1971 35*>| W a llo w a — 541 and is on account of the increase of s ta n t departure. The onjg 1.444 othere, Vincenzo M ardisich, who laid W a sc o ........... (162,315.400 in the bonded indebted g re a t commotion, not .1, 533, 1.104 1.6541 W a s h in g to n ont a t d a y lig h t d riftin g abont Woody Y 785| 1.010 ness of the oouutry by tbe present ad- 1.3861 a m h ill ....... arm ory, b u t throughout the: island. A bont 10 A. M. several boats ministartion to February, 1805, inter- on bicycles and none bad ! 40.072] 17,94» Totals cam e sa ilin g onto him , and before be set sud Binking fund charges on account patched to tbe homea ui realized w h a t they w anted, they or S E C O N D C O N G R E S S IO N A L DISTRICT of the latter bond issues of (100,000,- business of tbe various mi dered him to drop sa il, and then they 000 in February. 1898, am ouuting to seven com panies and the _ i 2 1 E I 9 ! 2 O took oharge of h is boat and towed him (4,400,000, not being included in the w ere told to report fortk, JJ ï 3 ! « in to W oody island slongh. Some of 5 i estimates of permanent appropriations. arm ory, ready for duty, a 1 3 C O U N T IE S . them jum ped Into h is boat and threw ! o : The increase in the principal of the in corps attached to the rerun 1 ? h is fish overboard, and forced him to < * "1 _ terest-bearing debt nnder the present clnded. assist in th ro w in g th e rem ainder into 1 j 1 * adm inistration amounts to (262,315,- T here w as very general J the w ater. H e says there were over 24 400, which entails an aunual interest 7Sl| 847 178] 611] the p a rt of the m ilitism til fifty, or abont tw o tons. T here were C la ts o p ............... 1.028 *577 ! 675j 4541! 39 bustle and activity enneii 38 charge of (11,402,616, and to meet the 170i fish in th e net, a n d they drew the net C o lu m b ia ...........i 452 489j 28'» 5 sinking fund obligations, the fu rth er C ro o k .................. j 225* 117] 273 ! 437! m ory. T he men all e,p„ ashore and pulled the fish ont and G illia m .............. 304 3 9 * 5 j 3321 m l selves as eager for serriot 14 sum of (2,623,154. 4i»| 1631 333 throw them aw ay. A fterw ards, they G r a n t .................. j 591 273 8 ! 27' 221)1 H a r n e y .............. 217 “ The regular aunual bills, including ous com m anders gut then gave him back the net. They took his M a lh e u r ............. 310! 2(5"! 61 18 the deficiency bill, as passed by the q uickly in to shape and anil 35$ 1 89] 2241 revolver, but failed to re tu rn it. They M o rro w .............1 5! 3 5,082'' 5.957 1.2971 431 M u ltn o m a h ...... j 4.374 th reaten ed bis life a n d pulled a gun on G h e r m a n ............. 1 :*;i 194' 311 351| 41 house, made a reduction in the total ports to the colonel. T he F irs t regiment lefta| 54 estimates submitted by the executive of VS 1.0421 3*401 7901 him to shoot, b u t one of bis friends . 'm a t i l l a ............ 1.1 974 1,3021 2321 73S1 3» U nion ..................] th rew up tbe m a n 's hand and said W a llo w a ...........' 297! 549! 651 1621 23 (26,083,191; they were increased by B aker a t 4 o ’clock this mm L ater in the day the i_ “ don’t shoot,” so th ey spared bis life, W asco ................ | 947 447 2871 9981 24 the senate (22,920,423, and as they became laws, they appropriated (10,- ta lio n oame down on a i J tho u g h the tow ing him into the slough T o ta ls ..............' 12.583 12,239 8,8001 7,2551 761 636,624 less than as passed by the sen from McMinnville, and w® and o n t of sight looks like some of them expected to p u t him alongside Lam bert. .T R S T C O N G R E S S IO N A L D IS T R IC T ate; (12,283,818 more than as they & N. steam er which was i passed the house, and (13,374,373 less for them a t the dock. Tin M eiland and G union. M ardisich w ants i f :r » 5 than the estimated requirem ents of the the e n tire m ilitia force of ll 3 to fish, b a t says yon m ust give us more * u a iV administration. G overnor Lord issued j c ' C O U N T IE S protection or they cannot go near Woody n 3 “ The regular appropriations, in clu d th a t any member of (hex ? 1 I : islan d d rift. A nother boat had caught ■ j 1 a ing deficiencies, made at the last ses on th e streets after the 3 e ig h ty fish, and as the cu rre n t was : sion of congress, amounted to (383,- tac h m en t left waa to be u strong, started hom e through some of B e n to n .................... 572 4K5 73 8«1 5(M 133 636,896, and it inolnded no river and the sloughs in W oody island, w hen the C la c k a m a s ........... 1.772! 2.370 F i s h i n g W i l l H. 311 51 harbor bill. C oos ......................... MS 1,199 Excluding the river and ow ner w as c aptured, beaten and his C A etoria, U r., June 17.-! u r r y ..................... 2831 133 169 harbor act passed at this session, the 6!* new W inchester rifle taken from him D o u g la s .................. 1.66*1 1.061 1,155 m en held a meeting todu 63 regular annual bills, as passed by the n .................. 570 1,15» 1.667 and a ll h is fish th ro w n overboard Tbe J J o a c s e k p s o h in bers of the combine ref os 731 256 785! 60 e .............. house, appropriated only (373,570,082, 34 V : 225 184 5 fisherm en were scared alm ost to death, K la m a th ................ any of the proceedings ll 346 211 232 17 or more than (10,000,000 less than was and called for help. T here are tw en L L a a n k e e ......................... ....................... ont, how ever, that it will 1.914 1.27U 1.' 8 * 115 4*17 454 ty-five boats fishing, and they have to L in c o ln ................... 356 3/ appropriated by the last congress.” to m ake anv allowance to l 1*547 2.586 L in n ....................... 442 111 Mr. Cannon criticises the treasury w ork done in making nn: go on down the riv e r to m ake good M a rlo n .................... 2.509! 2,580 997 172 495 catohes, and they cannot do bo w ith P o lk ......................... 1.272i 872 92 department because it has expended m o o k ............ 5611 387 129 30 (7,377,440 for the present year in col they go to work and debts only one steam er here. T he Seafoam T W illa a s h in g to n ......... 1.540, 1.503 316 4)4 cents. The refusal to 1% has to rem ain a t the foot of Cottonwood Y a m h ill .................. 1.302' 1.461 415 204 lecting the revenues from customs e sti k n ittin g of the nets iseipli mated a t (165,000,000. d rift, as there appears to be some bad T o ta ls ................. 19,3561 19,282 8.105 1.315 oannerym eii to mean that 1 The bills establishing salaries in m en aronnd the low er p a rt of Tenas to hold th e men to a strict stead of the fee system for officers of Illah ee island, and if tb e steam er was of the contracts made whs T O A ID F R U IT CULTURE. aw ay, some fisherm en w ould probably the United States courts, he says, w ill was purchased. This oontn be shot. I suppose C aptain Beard save (1,000,000 annually, and m inim ize the m a te ria l was to be p told yon abont th e shooting of Bam •Mr. D u nc I i O f f e r s a M e d a l f o r t h e lient frivolous and maiicions prosecution. e ith e r cash or salmon. Ti Fiipil’s Ksiiitr. B row n last n ig h t, and you see we m ust Especial attention is called to the fact w ho h ave bought twine oil protect the boys or they w ill have to The accom panying ont is a represen that congress made no increase of sal give i t up. The salm on are p len tifu l tation of a beautiful gold medal, aries of employes in the government d e w ill agree tomorrow to i and the boys are a ll doiug w ell, and enam eled w ith likeness of varióte partments. The following table of a p cents, th e canners will k tnent for the twine aocoriis i t ’s a sham e they can n o t fiBh. T here fru its grown in N orthw estern Oregon, propriations is given: m eut. T h is action ol the) are a good m any m ore going out in the which Mr. Henry E. Dosch, state com Fifty-first congress, (088,417,183.34; m orning, provided you can protect m issioner for the first horticultural dis fifty-second congress,(1.027,124,547.02; necessarily aggravate the them . I th in k w ith a steam er around trict, w ith a view to prom oting h o rti fifty-third congress, (980,239.205.60; h o stility tow ard them. It w as also decided to fl W oody island the boys w ould not dare c u ltu ral knowledge am ong the youth of fifty-fourth congress (first session), m ilitia , but all present w to interfere. T here w ere boats for th is state, offers as a prize to the boy (516,750,830.49. to absolute seoreoy. Nones P illa r Rook and Brookfield in the or g irl between the ages of 14 and 18, Mr. Sayres, in his statem ent, savs of bers w ish in g to assume th gang th a t captured M ardisich. I hope the total appropriations of the session: biliy for callin g for militias yon can see your w ay to provide a n “ This sum exceeds the appropria H are held th a t no assisi» o th er steam er and some m ore deputies. ” tions during the lust session of the m ilita ry w as necessary,» U pon reoiept of th e letter, Sheriff j fifty-third congress hv (18,751,290. pared to protect all who!« H are a t once had a num ber of deputies and those of the first regnlur session of b u t his advice was app»r< sw orn in, and, h a v in g supplied them that congress by (23,523,557. garded, th e m ilitia was * w ith firearm s and an abundance of a m “ it is less than the appropriations the F ir s t regim ent, 0. N.G m u n itio n , dispatched to the scene in a by the second session of the fifty-second on duty. steam launch. T he sheriff reiterates congress lw only (3,744.538. although his d eterm in atio n expressed yesterday BANKER WYCKOFF , at the latter fessjon (30,352,401 more to cover the e n tire low er riv e r w ith was appropriated for pensioni th an at p a tro l boats if necessary, and feels con Hi* PrlTrt* this session. It is more than those by H e l d U p i n DeM|>er»do* fident of his a b ility to afford am ple the first session of the tiftv-flrsf con p rotection to the m en w ho desire to lisb. New Y ork, Ju re 17 gress by (21,3(13.671, »lid (25.464.040 C r a p (iMinfl R u b b e d . less than the appropriations of the sec W yckoff, president oi the A storia, O r., J a n e 10.—Two m asked ond session of the fifty-first congress. A m sterdam , was shot in*1 m en entered the “ O u r” saloon, in th is “ The appropriations made by the and side th is afernoon wfc city, a t 12 o ’clock to n ig h t and held up second session of the fifty-first congress vate office by Clarence t the keepers of a c rap game. The m en, exceeded those made a t the first session dem anded money, and, ® upon en te rin g the room in w hich the a re fu sal, fired two sW of the same congress by (16 676 612 crap table stood, ordered the game* or nearly 10 per cent. If the same tu rn e d th e pistol on h keepers and tw o o th er m en to throw up proportion shonld bo made at the next m en a re now at a hospi» v '/ m th e ir hands, a com m and w hich w as a t condition, session, then the appropriations w ill conscious once obeyed by a ll except one of the M r . D o s t* !.'* C n i n p r t i t l v » M ,*,ln gained access to Wyi'*™ not be less than (565,000,000.” ow ners of the bank-roll, who rushed out, callin g for the police. One of the Contracts authorized by this session presented the following in any ungraded country school, for the on H otel Marlborough 0 robbers carried a canvas sack, in w hich he estim ates as follows: best essay on fru it culture in his dis legible hand. he pa Iced the money, w hile his com Rivers and harbors. (59.616,404; tric t, com prising the counties of M ult " We w a n t (6.000, «" panion kept guard. The men got safe nom ah, W ashington, Y am hill, Clacka public buildings, lighthouse and reve ten (1 0 0 bills. I’ll * * ly aw ay w ith th e ir booty, which a m o u n t nue-cutter service, (1.406,000: defenses m ake a movement, so t* mas, Colum bia, Clatsop and Tillamook. ed to about |2C0. T his is the second The essay is not to contain over 700 and armament, (4.105,076; new war- p a rtn e r outside also has tim e d u rin g th e last t im e m onths th a t words, and a ll papers m ust be sent in ships (12.900,000; District of Colum- and if you give the il*i" a crap gam e has been robbed by masked to Mr. Dosch a t H illsdale, O r., by bin. 1 125,000; total, 178.241,400. m in u te s a fte r 1 leavfl. b* m en, but up to date the police have A ugust 1, and the name, postoflice ad He says the total expenditures in one stick of dynam ite tbroup gathered no info rm atio n as to the iden dress and school of the w riter. The fiscal year have never been so great trance. P u t the money1,1 tity of th e thieves. judges of aw ard w ill be Dr J. R. Card- except during the war, and exceed thè Don’t t a l k .” _ . C lo n if i' F o r c e D e f e s te d . well, Professor R. E. Lake and Frank estimated valuation of property in anv Shots w ere heard bf , H avana, Ju n e 16.— G eneral G om ez’ Lee, of Portland. one of the South A tlantic states. v**o ra n into the bs1» force of 5,000 w as defeated recently on rim e to see Clark fall- tbe p lain s of S aratoga near N a jara , T h » r % n -A n ia r lr a n C n n gr».«, Qiisrrjm en Strike. years old and resides in province of P u erto Principe, a fte r a W ashington.—Practically a ll of the fight of forty-tw o hours, by Jim in e z Berea, O., June 15.- F o u r hundred J. C la rk is 50 vest««' South and C entral Am erican republics C astellano's troops. Gomez lost fo lly qnarrymen a t the quarries of the Cleve sandy m ustache. S a_ _ ^ have notified Ecuador of th eir accept 600 men. Jose A notnio Y zandsga, an F o r . S » * ‘ '■ C*‘ | ance of the invitation sent ont by that land Stone Company, struck today. A m erican new spaper m an, has been Spokane, Wash., government to be represented a t an in They demanded th at ,11 nonunion men expelled, end R icardo del la T onriento ternational congress, to be held August be discharged, and that several union D ungay and Carl has been forbidden to re tu rn to Cuba. 10 next, to promote international arbi sl*,5 H to « " , a WPre he w ith fists i n W T hom as Daw ley, th e a rtist has been re trations. The U nited States has not re reinstated. The strikers have taken n ig h t. Mr. Dungnf ■ leased. possession of all loaded cars and refnse yet accepted the invitation. are con testan s for a J to penm t them to be moved. G rain and F r u it O u tlo o k . Mr. D ungay now bold* W alla W alla. J a n e 1 6 — A large R a t. for th . Fife.' C „ „ „ n t,„ n . The men and women who nearly a num ber of farm ers were interview ed s « l e r v I - « * I" W**1 " Chicago, Ju n e 15.- T h e r e d . of the lalf century ago traversed the broad today, and a ll are very ju b ila n t over plains and crossed the Rockies, cel,, O lym pia, W a a b - .^ aareed^ *m88enKer committee have the prospects of a U rge yield of w h eat orated the tw enty sixth anniversary of agreed to a rate of one fare for the prem e c o u rt today •** th is season. S pring g rain is doing fine, the Stevens county tne Oregon Pioneer Association in w h ile fa ll w heat never looked better. o f *h e o r d f r Portland this week. In addition to Cincin- favor of th e c o n a t i m f l a L arge shipm ents of straw b erries are this, the fiftieth anniversary of the 3006 of H ill’s cods. m ade d a ily to M ontana. Idaho, Spo 1800, a u th o rizin g | treaty w ith England and tbe settlem ent kane and Dakota. A bout 1,000 crates B lftrkll.tlng Forbldrtea. to set aside a ll money are shipped by expresa daily, w hile of the b.u n d ary line w hich gave Ore gon to the United States, was also J n d ~ T n rq ° e ' N - M • ‘*nne 15— treasu ry in the shipm ents in carload lota w ill be com celebrated, and the two events were Judge Collier, of the U nited States crea tio n of a salary ™ m enced next week, aa comm ission m er centered in a golden jubilee by tbe court, today issued sn order to tèe re" m ent of county o ® 4 ^ c h an ts are d aily receiving orders from aged pioneers 1 here was . ' U r|rt thP A ,U d,’° * Pacfiic railw ay th e r provides that ^ St. P a u l and o th er E astern points for parade, and exercise« were held a t the berr* »■ <**, carload lo ta S u i i n .R . v n Lnion b,l‘ CkU“ üf nort.oi A m "> received be insnfflMr1 can Railway men in * who exposition building. sh a ll tra n s fe r to P « te d ,n the strike two y e a r , . ^ 1' necessary to meet tW n iB i-ia l V o te I n t h » O r » * " " » * •» • t l o u b y C o u n ties* 1 ‘I B u r n e tt.. 1 O F IN T E R EST TO ALL READERS G ra n d A r m y E n c a m p m e n t. K ,* r