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Newspaper Page TextHAS THREE TIKES THE CIRCULATION OF ANT PAPER IN THE COUNTY. CONDON ADVERTISING BATES rUBMHHKD KVKHT FRIDAY II T SLOAN P. SHOTT, tSdlior and Proprietor. riofearlone carda.... Ouesqnare One-qn Alter eolomn. Jl 00 per month i su per monin t 80 per month i 00 per month um oaii coiam n.... On ooinran .10 00 per month v. . f Buliacrlptlon Itatee. On rr (In tilviMU'tt)....,. II 50 If not paid In advance .. 2 UO III mUllOlK.. ..,.....,.,...,.........(....... 1 00 TurM mmitfie it Slug! entiles. 10 Btuloeu locals will be e barbed at 10 oenti per lint (or Srst iDMrtlon ni t oenu per line there iter. Lefd adTertleementi wlD In all cases be charted to (be party ordering them, at tefal ratea, anil paid lor before affidavit U fornlahed VOL. VI. 'CONDON, GILLIAM CO., OUKOON, Fill DAY, JANUARY 1, 1807. NO. 42. TBI OFFICIAL AND LEADING PAPER CP GILLIAM COUNTY. GLOBE Enltrrd at tin pottnftm at dimitm, Oregon, a. ttmntl-rtam aunt millrr OmCIAI. DIKKOTOHY. United Statea. fTeaMrat,, IllUIVmi ('I.KVRI.HHD , Al'I.AI K. HTKVKNMIN Kit KAMI) til," Vina -President Beortlarv ol Hiafe eanrelary ol Treaaiir.. secretary of Inferior,,, Secretary of War John ii. uabmi.b .....IlllkS riMI'IM Da I I Kb . I. a mux r Hilar A. Ukhhkht Secretary of Nvy.... Foetmatl!rlmial William I.. WiiaviM Attorney tJeimrel , Jiuwo Harmon Secretary ol AgriuuUure. ....J M Km. mil MiiniiiM Mtate of Oregon. Ooterttor. Secretary of Hlaie... I'reaauter ., Attoruy-ileiioral Kept, of rubllo liinrmt uii scnatora.,. Coiigreaimeu .....II. K. Kimiaiu ,.1'hii. MktmmaM ..J. M. Illl.r-MAM CI. M. lawm I.I, It, MrrcMKLJ, J. N llui.ru. IB. IIkkmaHM "' I VY. K. Ki.i.i Muter , . upreme Ja1a ....w. II. I.KKie K. WOI.VHRTO A. Mix. B. Ubam. !. (It. Seventh Juillolal IHatrlct. fllrotilt Judge ....W. I. Miuioihaw Proemiitlng AHurui'V. ..................... A. A Jayn ItetolHir elate lluar.l W. C. 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No. al Mlllniiiuvi't at'lhe liallea wllh No. S, he loonl paaaeiiner tralu bctwevu I'onUuU auu 1belallr. aiva br oat Ki Hnn rranolara have bren r- diiie.l II rat Rabin, til; alneraxe. 1)1, liirUilmg J Siel ami benlia, liir.timli tu-koie are aolil In j riiiiatoit. f, .. uiiiui.a, auui. I) II, . 1. 1100 AN ' . PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, ' Couiliio, Or. Oin-eOrm ae., IH-Uveeu C'alliollo Oburcb auil realilenre of n. V. Kliult. IW. DA II U SO, Attorney at Law, Notary Public "d Conveyancor, Colldnll, Or. (V.llwllmn and lurnimii". Term reaaonable. Olttce In rrarol xjiil1U:e bulldln(, Halu atreeU lOIIN I.VON8, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Condon Or. All Iraal work uromptlf and rarcfully at leinleil lo. apfclalty. tollevliuv aim Abatractini a g A. D. QCRLCr ) ' Attorn"; and Oonmelor at Law ! I! g. C'ouiinUtlonrr. Hotar l'ubllo. Arlington, Or. I - Admllled to practice In the eotirta of Oregon ; nil v aaniiiKiiui au i m ine v, n. I'ouria, lakea dliugi and proofa on land. s, P. BHU'TT, fj OTA RY PUBLIC! Condon, Or. Notarial work an eolleollons promptly and carefully altemled to. TO THE dives THE OHOIOf OF TWO TRANSCONTINENTAL ROUTES GREAT UNION KQHTHERN BY. : PACIFIC BY. VIA VIA SPOKANE MINNEAPOLIS DENVER OMAHA' AND AND ST. PAUL KANSAS CITY LOW RATES TO ALL EASTERN CITIES. . OCEAN .STEAMERS LEAVE PORTLAND EVERY 6 DAYS . FOR. . SAN FRANCISCO kzJou uo ITuo Jnt, F. CMllndle, Arlington, Or. : j Oft' ADUHESS ! . W, H HURL. CURT, Cen Pass. Agent, '' PORTLAND, OH. M NEWS OF IHE WEEK From All Parts of the, : World and the Old. New OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS 0ompreheiiale IteTlew of the lmpnrt i ant Hppenlna of the Paat Week : Culled Fi oiu the Telegraph Column. A Blriningbiim,. Ala., apeoial iyt that Jo Jatoca, colored, waa lyncher al Wondetoclc. Ha attempted to aa aaolt Fannie Hmitb, aged 17, while aba waa on her wa to aohool. , An trade ha bien laaaed granting amneaty to all Armrnian prlaonera, ex cept tboae aeutcnoed to death for mar der. The terms of theamneatyinolade about 100 Armenians nnder aentenoe of death for other offenaea than murder. Contrary to advice from Spain, it baa been aacertainod that the Hpaniard were ignrauiuloualy defeated by Phil ippine inaurgenta in the combined naval and foot attack on Noveleta from No vember 8 to 14.; , The 8pnniurda lout heavily. A apeoial from Paria aaya it ia ang Rented that Great Britain, France and Italy, the power moat interested, offer their aervicei in the Cuban question in order to prevent a conflict between Spain and the United Btatea, and ter minate the revolt Dr E. Forbca, representing a Lon don Arm, arrived on the last steamer from the Orient In San Francisco, with case of medical instruments valued at 80,000. lie claims they are work of art, and should be admitted free of duty. Tne customs authorities are withholding the instruments, however, until the duty ia paid. The postmaster of Dea Moines, Ia., bad hia carrier look up worthy oaara of poor familiea and delivered preseut to them on Cbriatma morning. Sev eral hundred dollars waa subscribed by business men for the purpose. Ssores of letter were received from poor dull dren telling what they desired Buuta Claua to bring them. Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, ha proposed an amendment to the undry civil appropriation bill, providing for auxiliary flsbcultural station at points to be aelected by the oommiasioner of flab and Anburies in Oregon, Washing ton and California, for tbe propagation of aalmon, trout and other flabes. The amendment appropriate tl?,600 for the purpose. Jerry Burke, the colored boy, who baoked Mrs. John Foes and her daugh ter, Mr. Cavanaugb, with an ax, at their borne at Clio, Livingston parish, Louisiana, last Sunday, waa onptured by a posse of citizens about a mile from the scene of the crime. In view of tbe fact that tbe ladiea are not dead, th plan to burn him at the atake was abandoned, and he waa limply riddled with bullets. Tbe aeoretary of the treasury baa aeut to congreaa a computation of tbe j'aoino railroad aeois as maue vj me i government aotuary. The statement i shows that the advances to the Union Pacific, inoluding the Kansas Pacific, by tbe government, will, at maturity, the first of next July, amount to 03, 840.885, of wbiob suftio'ienthaa been re paid to reduoe the amount to $53,289, 683. Tbe balance due on aooount of the Central Paciflo on July 1 next will befOO.818,377 Dr. Tbomaa Powell, of Missouri, re oently made some remarkable expert menta before a party of doc tore in Los Angeles In order to prove the effloacy of bia remedy for certain diseases. He alarmed tbe pbysioiana present by in jnoting baooillus taberoulotria and bac cilli diptherlal into himself, appearing to take them without evil effeot He also lnjeoted some baotlna into two guinea pigs, whioh promptly died, His next experiment will be to inject sputum from a woman dying of con sumption into himself. Tbe annual statement of oonatruo' tion published by the Railway Age, of Chicago shows that during 1890 only 1,803 miles of railway lines were built in tbe United States. This ia one mile less than tbe total reported for 1895, and the smallest mileage built in any year alnoe 187S. Tbe number of lines on whlohthia traok waa laid la 103, whloh la eleven less than the number of new linea added in the previoua year. Traok was laid In thirty-eight of tbe forty-four atates and territories. " "l!nCali iurui 101 mime uu cigu. .luce. A Paria 'paper publishea interview with prominent men of France and a foreign diplomat, all of whom reproaoh Great Britain and Spain for abandon ing Franoe in the Mexioan expedition of 1802, the ohjeot of whloh, they aay, was to create an American government to counterbalance the power of the United Statea The Russian ambassador, M. da Neli doff, haa had an audlenoe with the sultan of Turkey, at whioh he urged the introduction of reforms and the gnn'iiig of amnesty to imprisoned ArminiHna. The suits n asserted that the reforms agreed upon by the powers already hud been exeouted and prom lued to ihsue an amnesty decree in few dnj. CONGRESS IN SESSION. Senate. Eighth day The senate today passed the immigration bill, known aa the Lodge bill, with a new section provid ing that tbe exclusion shall not apply to persons arriving from Cuba during tbe continuance of tbe present disor ders there. The strength of tbe bill wa greater than had been expected, the final vote being C3 to 10. Aa passed, the bill amends the Immigra tion law o a to exolude from admi ion to tbe United States all person over 16 year old who cannot read and writ the language of tbeir native country or some other language, but an admiasable immigrant over tbe age of 10 may bring in with bim, or aend lor bla wife or parent or grandparent or minor children or grandchildren, not withstanding their inability to read or write. The Cuban aeotion added to tbe bill provides that tbe aot shall not apply to persons arriving in tbe United Statea from any port or plaoe in the island of Cuba during tbe oontinuanoe of tbe present disorder there; provided so oh persons bave heretofore been in habitant of that island. Tbo house amelmenta to the bill concerning lands of tbe Atlantio ft Paciflo Rail road Company were nonoonourred in. Ninth day The main event of the day waa the presentation by Mr. Came ron of tbe report of the committee on foreign relatione favorable to bia reso lution, recognizing the independence of Cuba. The proceeding waa brief and perfunctory, tbe report not being read, and an agreement wa apeedily reaobed by which tbe resolution and report go over until after the holidays. Aalde from tbe Cameron report Morgan of Alabama presented a further report on the same linea, embodying tbe viewa of himself and Mills. Tbe offer ing of tbe report severd aa a prelude to several brisk exchange between aena tore. Mr. Oear made an unsuccessful attempt to take up tbe Paciflo railroad funding bill, and then gave notloe it would be urged after the holiday. Tenth day The senate waa unex pectedly diverted today from Cuba to tbe Paciflo railroads. An unusually large -crowd waa in the galleries, an ticipating that Vest would continue his speech begun yesterday on tbe at titude of Mr. Olney toward the Cam eron resolution. Soon after tbe session opened Mr. Pettigrew called up bia resolution relative to the trust notea j of tbe Paciflo railroads. Tbe senator made a savage onslaught on the Paciflo j railroads lo general, charging that a combination of private Interests waa seeking to absorb the roads and close j out the government Tbia opened the entire question, and Mr. Morgan fol lowed with a bitter arraignment of tbe Paciflo roads, charging them with fraud and crime on a gigantio scale. Tbe speech lasted until shortly before 3 o'olock, when tbe morning hour ex pired, thus aending over the Cuban question until after the holiday. Mr. Call secured tbe adoption of a resolu tion asking tbe secretary of state for information relative to the killing of Cbarlei Gavin, an American oitizen, by tbe Spanish forces in Cuba. Fur ther than thia tba aeaslon was unevent ful, and tbe senate adjourned for the holiday recess, lasting until January 6. Boaae. Eighth day The house today passed the third of the regular appropriation billa (that for the support of the army), and entered upon consideration of the legialative, executive and judicial bilL The latter bill carries 131,669,369, or 136,899 more than the law for the cur rent year. Fair progresa waa made to day. It ia expected this bill and tbe military academy appropriation bill will be passed before the holiday re cess. Tbe army bill, as passed, make no provision for the army and navy hospital at Hot Springs, Ark. Ninth day Almost the whole day was devoted to a debate on the pro vision of the bill relating to the oon trol of the new congressional library. Both the appropriations and library committees offered plans for the future care of the building. After a some what acrimonious contest, the appro priations oommittoe gained the vic tory, defeating the substitute of tbe library oommittee by a rote of 27 to 85. An amendment designed to plaoe the employes of the library under civil ser vice law waa also defeated, 27 to 73. Librarian Spofford's aalary waa raised from $4,000 to $5,000. Tbe senate amendments to the immigration bill were nonoonourred in. Bartholdt, obairman of the immigration oommit tee, sought to have the bill and amend menta recommitted to hia oommittee. Tenth day The house today paseed the legislative, exeoutive and judicial appropriation bill, and then adjourned for tbe holiday reoes. This ia the flrgt tlme ln the hjgtory 0f oongress that the legialative bill has been passed be fore tbe holidays. The day waa de voted to the annual debate on the civil aorvio law, and, as usual, the attempt to strike out the provision for the com mission waa overwhelmingly defeated. There waa a good deal of threshing over of old atraw and sparring for po litical points. Brosslus, ohalrman .of the olvil service commission, defended the law. Tbe bill as passed carriea $23,069,809.02 $30,879 more than the ourrent bill. During .the morning our a bill was passed authorizing the railroads in the Iudiaa territory to ohang their alignments. ftiPiniifiM Spaniards Forming Three Lines to Crush Him. OPERATIONS ARE IN MATANZAS Weyler Expected to Strike n Hard Blow, Bo That Spain Cmn Call for Another Loan Cuban Confident. t Cincinnati. Dea 28. A special to the Commercial Tribune from Key West says: Havana advioes are that Gomez'e advance guard baa oaptured the town of Las Pasega, in Santa Clara prov ince, taking tbe entire garrison and all tbe store. A battalion of fresh troop waa aent from Havana to Matanzaa this morning, to be sent to the front. Great exertiona are being made to get a strong force to oppose General Gomec, and three linea are being forced to get the Cubans entangled between them and crushed. Fund Knunlo; Low. New York. Dea 28. A Madrid special to the World aays: It is rumored that General Weyler baa delayed fresh operationa against the insurgents in order to give time to discover the disposition of banda and tbeir chiefs sinoe tbe death of Maceo, with a view to feeling bia way to pre pare tbe ground for finishing the pres ent Cuban war like tbe past insurrec tions in Spain and Cuba, where official negotiationa proved more telling argu ment than force of arms, directly the insurgent aaw no more hope of for eign aid. It ia also believed in diplomatic cir cles tbat Spain will take advantage of tbe deposition of President Cleveland and Seoretary Olney to negotiate qoiokly and directly with tbe United Statea to secure a neutrality by grant ing discriminating concessions in the contemplated Cuban tariff, and fair promises of colonial autonomy before the accession of MoKinley. One of the principal reasons of the Spanish government for Insisting upon Weyler making a decisive attempt to clear the provinoea of Pinar del Rio, Havana and Matansaa, within a few weeks, ia the urgent necessity for scor ing a military sucoes before Spain baa onoe more to appeal to the native and foreign markets for fresh loans, when j she ahall bave exhausted the money obtained by the recent interior loan. which will be in March of next year. At present the minister of the ool onies disposes of this cash, and Cuban bond to the value of about $5,000,000 only remain out of tbe proceeds of tbe loans. The expenses of the war in Cuba are $12,000,000 monthly, and in the Philippines at least $4,000,000. Up to the present time, tbe Spanish treasury haa assisted the Cuban treas ury by guaranteeing advanoea made by foreign and native bankers upon Cuban bonds, and by pledging the aouroea of imperial revenue for the recent $80, 000,000 loan. The moment i fast approaching when the Spanish parliament and tbo Spanish taxpayers must be asked to I provide, in tbe shape of additional tax ation, $20,000,000 annually for the in terest and sinking fund of $250,000,000 thus far raiaod, to meet only in part the expenses of the Cuban war, up to Maroh, 1897, and whioh the Cuban budget and the Cuban taxpayers oould not possibly undertake to pay, even if the war were soon terminated, con sidering tbat their budgeta showed de ficits, averaging $5,000,000 annually, before the present Insurrection. Rivera Warn Weyler. New York, Dea 33. A special from Key West to the World aaya: Steamship passengers say that Gen eral Rivera, who la in command of tbe army of Maceo, has sent a formal warning to General Weyler. ' General Rivera notified the Spanish captain general that if he persisted in his threats to kill paoiflooa found in the country, the Cubans will make reprisals on all Spaniards whom they may cap ture. General Weyler ia affecting to die regard the warning. Those near him, however, say he will not dare to carry out his ideas aa ruthlessly as he intend ed. His guerillas still have full au thority to capture or to kill paoiflooa in tbe country and to force their familiea into the sarrisoned towns. As the troops in such places have little extra food and the residents none to spare, this order lays a great hardship upon the poor oouncry folk. Hundreds will soon be starving. General Rivera is moving out of his entrenchments. All indications point to an important engagement soon. General Weyler ha visited various points on the trooha and San Cbristo bal. He is always aooompanied by a large force. There is skirmishing daily along the trooha and on tbe outskirts of Arte' misa. A battle baa been fought in Santa. Clara provinoe between guerilla bands. Tbe Cubans forced the Spanish to re tire into Remidioa with heavy loss. Regia, across tbe bay from Havana, waa attacked again last night almost under the guns of tbe fortress. Sev eral houaea were burned and a running fight maintained for two hours. A MOB OF BOHEMIANS. Tried to Lynch a Motorman Who Baa Down 8) Boy. Chicago, Deo. 28 George E. Den mark, 7 years old, waa killed by a trolley-car at Troop and Eighteenth. streets, this afternoon. Fred Bernier, motorman, waa threatened with lynch ing,' for killing the boy, and waa with great difficulty rescued from the mob of Bohemians, who, incensed at tbe terrible accident, surrounded the oar and dragged Bernier from the plat form, determined to hang him. Patrick flanley, the conductor, managed to save Bernier from the mob, and then a riot call wa aent to the Maxwell street station. Tbe police took charge of the motorman and oonductor and locked them up. After tbe boy bad been killed. Motor mm Bernier took refuge in tbe oar, which stood within a few feet of where the aocident occurred, and in an in stant it was beseiged by angry men. He attempted to keep them out by latching the door on the inside, but they broke the door in, knocked bim down and kioked and beat him for a few moments in a shocking manner. He managed, however, to get away from them, and ran to the door of the drugstore, where he waa handed a pis tol, and was admitted inside by Mr. Kvitek, the proprietor, before any further harm befell bim. Tbe crowd surged around the store and yelled: "Break it in) Kill him 1" It looked for a minute aa if tbe store wocld be raided, but Mr. Kvitek had made use of the telephone. He called on the Maxwell station first for an am bulance, but by that time matters bad got ao warm tbat he requested a patrol wagon. In a few minutes the wagon brought a number of officers, who did all they could to quiet the mob. When some degree of quiet had been restored tbe police arrested tbe endangered men and took them to tbe station. There the men seemed unconcerned, and de clined to make a statement There were many versions given of tbe aocident Weil-informed people living in tbe neighborhood said they had been expecting something of the kind for a long time, and were only surprised tbat it did not happen sooner. THE SON'S SACRIFICE. Benton Wilson Went to Prison to Bnvo Bla rather. Spokane, Wash., Wilson, who went for a long term of , Deo. 28. Benton to the penitentiary years for murder. came into Spokane last night, and to- dav went to Mica, where hia parents live. He had been unexpectedly par doned. The circumstances nnder wbiob Wil son waa sent to jail were most peculiar. Two yeara ago, some small boys un earthed the body of a man that was subsequently identified aa tbat of James Johnson, brother-in-law of Ben ton Wilson. The body waa found two miles from tbe Wilson homestead. Beuon Wilson and bia father were ar rested and charged with murder. Tbe father was first plaoed on trial, and the case looked black for him. Per- oeiving this, Benton arose and con fessed to having murdered hi brother-in-law. He aaid Johnson bad abused his wife, Wilson's sister; had returned to the farm and bad threatened his wife, if she did not oome back to the city. Wilson aaid that he aooompanied them to a lonely stretch of woods, and, at an opportune moment, fell upon him and clubbed him to death. For tbia he wa8 sentenced to a long term of yeara in the penitentiary. It is a case of a aon sacrificing hia life to aave that of his father. CHARGED WITH SMUGGLING. American Arrested for DrlTlng Into Prohibited Mexican Territory. San Diego, CaL, Dea 28. Harry Maosur, tbe American who waa arrest ed several weeks ago by the Mexican customs officials at Tia Juana for al leged infraction of the lawa governing the free sone, has been released by the Ensenada authoritiea and is again at bis home on thia aide. Hia release waa obtained through the intervention of Hon. Anthony Godbe, American vice consul, and a cash bail waa obtained, whioh allowed Mansur to leave the country, Mansur said today that his case waa temporarily settled, and he did not ex pect it to oome up again for six months or a year. It is probable the cash bail will be quietly accepted and no further action taken, especially as Mananr'a infraction of the law was alight Mansur's wife's family lives at Ro sario, about two milea south of the free sons. Mansur had often visited them, taking bla team and paying no attention to the law, being an old resi dent and acquainted with the officials. But a new administration of the Tia Juaua custom-house, Senor Motavel a sco, caused Mansur to be arrested for ( smuggling a horse into the oonntry, and imposed a heavy fine upon bim Falllug to pay the fine, Mansur was ar rested and sent to Enaenada to be dealt with by the higher authoritiea. Since that time until a day or ao ago he had been in jail A steel fly wheel twenty five feet in diameter and requiring 250 milea of wire in ita construction, has been made in Germany. E E Twenty Men Were Impris oned in Afterdamp. RESCUE WORK BEGAN EARLY foarteen Were Taken Out Alive Touching Beano A boot the Mine Rock Fell on Dynamite Magazine. Wilkeibarre, Pa., Dea 23. A ter riflo explosion occurred this afternoon in Baltimore shaft Na 2, of the Dela ware A Hudson Company. Over twenty miners were imprisoned, but at a late hour tonight fourteen had been rescued alive, and there waa hope of releasing the others before tbe deadly afterdamp claimed them aa victims. Immediately after the disaster be came known, rescue ganga descended tbe shaft, but it waa some time before the ventilation bad been so managed that they oould work in safety. Tba party which entered the mine at 9:41 tonight succeeded ln pushing their way to tbe plane wnere the imprisoned men had been working, and there they tumbled over the bodies of a number of unconscious men. As quick as tbe work could be accomplished they were brought to the eurfaoe, where a corps of doctor were in waiting. Wrapped in blanket, some of the victim were sent to their home and some to hospi tal. The physicians have hopes tbat all may recover. Had they been in tbe damp five minutes longer all would probably have died of suffocation. John Healey, one of the rescuers, who was first to discover tbe bodies on tbe plane, says the men were huddled closely together. They bad apparently abandoned all hope of rescue, and were resolved to die together. The supposi tion is tbat the men, when they real ized their danger, made their way to the highest point on the plane. The smoke found its way to them, how ever, and they were all but suffocated when found. The theory of the explosion is tbat there waa a fall of rock on the slope where the dynamite waa stored; tbat the dynamite exploded and the smoke filled tbe plane. Grief waa turned to joy when the rescued men were brought to tbe aur faoe. Women and children wept and strong men clasped each other in their arms. It is probable that those who were in tbe immediate vioinity of tba spot where the explosion occurred were the only ones killed, and they may not be over four or five in number. Tbe mine ia in the northeast section of th" city, and employ, when in full of ; tlon, about 350 men and boys, i, one-third of thia foroe wa at work to day, and the number of workers waa further reduced after 8 o'clock, when the day shift came out When the explosion occurred, an hour later, there were probably sixty men in tbe mine. Of this number, forty or thereabouts suooeeded in getting safely to the surfaoe. Those imprison ed were at work in a plane fully a mile from the abaft Tbey were driv ing a tunnel, and were in what waa considered a aafe plaoe. Tbe flrat knowledge of the catas trophe came to the surfaoe by the noise of the explosion. The men in the en gine-house, who had charge of the hoisting carriages, gave the first alarm. A rescuing party waa organized, but it waa after leveral efforts had been made that the impriaoned men were reached. A FATAL BOAT RIDE. Thro Young; Man Attempted to Croe tho Swift Hood Klor. Hood River, Or., Deo. 23. Charles Bell, Carl Woods and W. W Edger- man, working on the flume of the irri gation ditch where it crosses Hood river, about twelve miles from town, built a boat to be need in carrying lum ber over at thia point The river is very rapid, and, while crossing this afternoon, the boat became unmanage able and started down stream, striking a rook, capsizing and throwing the un fortunate men out and at the meroy of the cold, rushing water. Bell, being an old log driver, managed to reach shore in safety. Woods and Edgerman were drowned. The bodies were not recovered. A rescue party will endeavor to re cover tbe bodies before they float out into, the Colubmia. Woods and Ed german were both aingle men. Woods was a resident of Hood River, but Ed german's residenoe is unknown, as he bad but lately arrived here. American Btadenta ln Paris. Paris, Dea 23. At a meeting of the oouncil of the university of Paris.Vioe Rector Girsrd read a communication from the professor of, political science upon the Amerioan student ln Paria The memorandum had agreed with the views of Professor Henry Moissan, the distinguished chemist and a member of the French institute, pointing out that Amerioan universities are sympa thetic to Franoe, and tbat their stu dents wUhed to study in Frenob uni versities. But, he added, tbey needed to return to Amerioa with a diploma. The oounoil finally deolded to examine the suggestion of granting diplomas to American students.