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0AS TRIES TIKES THE CIHCULAT10 OF AWT PAPER IN THE COUNTT. ADVKRTIIINO BATEB. TBI OFFICIAL AND LEADING PAFEI OF GILLIAM COUNTT. USMHHRD Vf ntlDAT IT t L O A N P. IHUTT, Editor an Proprietor. GONDGN Frefeaalonal card...... On aqoare One-qnaiter column... On ball eolim a....... On ooiumn tl 00 par monto 1 M per montk ....... I SO per month 00 per month .. 10 00 per moota Bualneea local wUl be charged at 10 oent P line (or 1m lnetrtton end I cent per Hue titer Iter. Left adTertlaemaou win la all ease b hanjed to the party ordering them, at legal lataa, and paid for before affidavit la ftunlahed ubaorlptlon Kates. ) Ons year (In adranee). m JJ II not mid Id tdvauoe ...................... uo ' llx inonttia. .. . " 1 OT ' Tiire month I . lugl gotilea TO J,. VII. CONDON, GILLIAM CO., OIlECiON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1897. NO. 30. GLOBE Knttred at tht Po.foflot at Oonritm. Oregon, at iMond eten mail mailer official iukeotoky. United state. , Prealdent William McKlnley Vlce-I'realdrnt (nrri'lt A. ilnbart Hnoretary of Htam.. ...., , John Sherman Hi-creinry of Trenaury Lyman S. 0e Hvi'rviitrv of Interior ('ornillii N. Ml in Heeretaryof War Kiiaaell A. Alayr Hecretary of Navy - John l. l-oti Poeimaater-) Mineral jaine A. fiery Attorney-Uoiiera! ,. Jnwlili Mi'hpiui Utcretary of Agrlctiliure ...Ji Blue Wilton late of Oregon, Onvernnr W'm. P. I.nrd Hwrriary of Stale... .. II. K. Klneald Trvamirvr l'lill. Mi'inrhen Altiirney-OeiH'ral. - V. M. Iillfinaii Hupt. of I'ulillv Ihatrucflim . M. Irwin u,,.,,,.,. ,,.. tleo, W. Mi'Mrlda I t It. W. i.'nrlieil ''''n""''1" :::;:::::";:;::;:::::;::;: w toorIi'! I'rtnter ,, W If. Ied !.,.,.., C. K. Wolvt-rtoii , , K. A. Moor .... It. B. Bt aii tenth Judicial IMetrlct. JnitK W. It. BraiMiaw 1'rnMM'iilliiK Attorney A. A. Jaytia Mombvrol Slate Hoard W.C. Will . l I II lain Conor. Joint Senator fur Ullllam, (therm an and WMi'ocouiilltw K. II. Dufur Kniri!i!iiiatlv J. K. Iiavld Juiliie W. J, Mariner flerk II. N. Kraiier Hhi-rlff , W . I.. W ill-ox Trveaiirer... , H. H. Marker CoiumlMloiier l::: tnnuii M O. I'larhe vttnol SHiwrlnlcndent...,, K. W'. lniKxi-it ' wnrveyor. JiMdy llrnwrt f'lix'k lnK'oiiir ' Kobert M. Jolnmoii O, It. N, ;. Time Card. Two tiiK.'iif Ft train both ) i eai'h day. Airr aoi'Mi. riHikanr Kcprvm U-avM forlland dally at 2:4& p. m., and arrivva at Arllnirtnii at p. in. Kant mall li'avr I'oriland at V p. 111., and ar rlvf at Arllinjic.n at ,W a. in. , ttKUT IWt'ND. Ft null, via I'nndlKlon, Walla Walla and W'allula, arrlvm at Arlington at 'i.v a. in., and at I'orllnnd 6 a. in. I'oriland Knpn-M arrlvm al Arlington at 0 :il a. "I-, and al I'ortland at 11..' a. in. rarM hr l.at to n KranrlM-o have wn re duird -llrl cabin, Hermitf, I'.'.'iil, liii'lndlng lniU and livrlhu. Tlirotiiih Hi ki-ln are wild III Arllnglon. r'. I . IIINUI.K, Agi'UI. Jjlt, ). 1. IKHiAS PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Condon, Or. ,. OHli-e -Oregon avp., In-lwrrn Catliollc Church and rt'nlili'iiiv of w, I', Mum. L W. riAKI.INO J. Attorney at Law, Notary Public and Conveyancer, Condon, Or. Coll wiliun and limnranc. Term roaonaM, Onirc In roar ol pontollU'r building, Main ,irwt. JOHN I.YOSK, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Condon Or. All legal work promptly and carefully at Irndrd in. Collit'tlng and Ab.ira.ling a pwlalty, s 1 A. V. (il fll-KV Attorney and Oouoielor at Law l'. 8. ComuilMloiicr. .Nulary riiblic. Arlington, Or. Admlltrd to practice In the rnurtanf. Oregon and M Mhlngtoii and In thn I.'. 8. courli. I'aki'H llllngn and prwif. on land. g I'. 8IH TT NOTARY PUBLIC Condon, Or. Notarial work and rollffllloiii promptly and carrfully atlendcd to. i fpBW"gniJ M TO THE OIVES THE OHOIOi O TWO TRANSCONTINENTAL ROUTES GREAT OREGON KQRTHERH RT. : SHORT LIKE. VIA VIA SPOKANE MINNEAPOLIS DENVER OMAHA AND AND ST. PAUL KANSAS CITY LOW RATES TO ALL EASTERN CITIES. OCEAN STEAMERS LEAVE PORTLAND EVERY S DAYS- , . FOB. . SAN FRANCISCO For full details call on O. R. N. Agent, F. C. Hindle, Arlington, Or. OR ADDRESS ' W H. HURLBURT, Gen. Pais. Agent, Portland, Or. EAST Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. fERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES la Intereatlne; Collection of I tome From the Mew mid the Old World In a Conrionand and C'umprehittialve Form Tliree pemong were killed ou the Bar Minors & Ohio .mil road tracks, pear Cheater, Pa., by a paimger traia traHhlng into a wagon. The Daily Mail laughs at the report of the Canadian expedition in Hudmin's bay hointing the Birtiuli flag over Baffin's Land, to get ahead of the Americans, and declares that the terri tory bus long been a Britigh pogaetwioB. The first of the sealing fleet to re turn to Victoria ' was the Casoo. She brought 1,064 skins, taken off the Japanese coast and Copper islands. Bba reports that the Calotta, with 1,409 skins, and the Director, with 1,000 skins, are close behind her. Fire men met a horrible death from black damp, the after-accumulation of a fire in the Jermyn mine near Rend lium, Pa. The bodies were discovered by a gang of men who went down into the mine with supplies for combating the fire. Noobdy knew of their deaths until the discovery of the lifeless bodies. During the past month nearly $5, 000,000 worth of grain has left the Pa ciflo ports tor Europe. Begides this, 28 lumber venae have tailed for foriegn poits with cargoes valued at over 1200, 000. As the month of Atigti't nearly equaled September, the export of graia and flour alone for the two months would easily run into the ten-million figures. Baron von Stumm's organ, the Post, Berlin, published an article calling at tention to the (act that 8,308 horses were imported from America during the first seven months of 1897, and in sisting that this new import ought to be excluded. In the same article the Post claims America sends even greater numbers of dead horses to Germany in the shape of sausages. Over 5,000 textile workers have been locked out at Locbau, Germany, and ia its vicinity. Commander Booth-Tncker has ar rived in Denver to complete the ar rangements for establishing a Salvation Army colony in the Arkansas valley. Michael Simmonds, a railroad brake- man, aged 28, shot and tried to kill his sweetheart, Miss Jenny Long, aged IB, at Baltimore, and then committed suicide. Kose the 19-yeabr-old daughter of John Miller Murphy, died at Olympia, Wash. Her death was caused by an overdose of laudanum, taken to allay neuralgia pains. Engineer E. Bennett Mitchell waa killed and Fireman John H. Cawley seriously injured by the explosion of a locomotive on the Northern Central railway at Georgetown, Pa. Secretary Wilson has secured an or der from the poetofllce department to attach the government frank to pack ages of sugar-beet seed to be sent throughout the country for analysis. The latest news from Ouatemala re ceived here states that a price of $100,- 000 has been placed on the heads ol Prosper Morales and his aide, Manuel Fuentes. It is asserted that an order to this effect bos been promulgated by President Barrios. As a result of the breaking of a cable, three colored men who were being car ried up in an elevator shaft of tha Northwest Land tunnel, at Chicago, fell 95 feet to the bottom of the excavation. One of them was killed instantly, and the other two sustained fatal injuries. Word comes from Kaalo, B. C, that three men who were out on the lake about 600 yards were drowned by tha boat cupsizing. A stiff breese was blowing, and. as the boat readied tha beginning of the swift undertow oppo site Kaslo, the men tried to change po sitions, and the boat was overturned, In a recont interview, Lieutenant Peary, who has just returned to Boston from the Arctic on the whaling bark Hope, said: "The 100-ton meteorite in the hold of the Hope fell from tha skies hundreds of years ago, and has long beon the source of iron supplies for the Esquimaux. I dixooverod it lu May, 1894, and since that time hava been trying to secure it and bring it to America." The duel between Count Budeni, tha Austrian premier, and Dr. Wolff, the Gorman nationalist leader, has caused the wildest sensation. Count Badoui sent his seconds to Dr. Wolff, who ac cepted the challenge. The premier sent a tolearara to the emperor, asking j permission to fight the duel, and at tha same time temioring ins resignation. In reply he received not otily permis sion to fight, but also the imperial ap proval. Count Badcni then made his will, after which he spent the evening at the Jockey Club and a pleasure re sort. His wife and family knew noth ins about the affair until the duel was over. It la thought that, as the premier has set example, with the emperor's ap proval, there will be a serious epidemio oldueliuo. - , THE PORTLAND STALLED. Cannot Roanh Ht. Mirbaela of Ceal. for Lack Ran Francisco, Oct. 4. The revenue cutter Rush arrived from Unalaska to day, bringing the latest new from St. Michaots and the Yukon that came to Unalanka from the north by the Alaska Commercial Company's steamer Bertha. The Bertha left St. Michaels Septem ber 14. On the 13th the steamer C. H. Hamilton, belonging to the Chicago corporation, returned to St. Michaels and reported that she was unable to ascend the Yukon above the fiats near Fort Yukon. Her passengers and OArgo were unloaded at Fort Yukon, and were awaiting the arrival of the Alaska Com. mercial Company a steamers Margaret and Alice for transportation to Dawson City. These steamers, luting of lighter draught, will get to Dawson City Sep tember 20, At St. Michaels, despite the presence of over 800 persons, order prevailed, and the presence of the revenue cutter Bear was regarded as an additional guarantee to prevent any trouble. A number of the Hamilton's passengers! were landed at Mi nook creek, where quite a big strike is reported, and where there are plenty of provisions for the whole party. The Bear w ill remain at St. Michaels until the arrival of the Humboldt, with troops for the garrison. The disabled steamer Eliza Anderson will remain at (Jnalaska until next spring. The steamer Portland was at Dutch harbor when the Rush left Unalanka. Coal being scarce she was unable to continue her voynge to 8t. Michaels, but the psNgengers were sent north on the Alaska Commercial Company's steamer Bertha. The Portland will probably return ho Seattle Without pro ceeding to St. Michaels. The steamei frames and machinery she carried will be landed at Dutch harbor, and a new cargo of planking to replace that lost on the schooner Hueneme will be sent north, so that the steamer for the Yu kon can tie built at Dutch harbor dur ing the winter. The Rub reports that 12 British schooners took 0,889 seals, and three American schooners obtained 6T5 skins. rrovlalona at Dawaoa. Victoria. B. C, Oct: 4. William Ogilvie, Dominion government survey or in the Yukon country, arrived in Victoria this morning, ile says there are provisions enough at Dawson foi 4,000 people for the winter. When he left Dawgon, July 15, there were 8.000 there, but if, as it is reported, many have left since then, the situation will not be so bad as (oared. He savs there is no use in trying to take in food with dog tr.tins. Mr. Ogilvie will probably sail for Bkaguay tomorrow morning on the steamer Quadra. Inspector Wood, of the Northwest mounted police, who is in command of the force that will accompany Major Walsh, Dominion administrator of the Yukon, arrived here today. He statea that Major Walsh and Hon. Clifford Sifton, minister of the interior, will ar rive here tomorrow, and will leave im mediately for the Yukon on the Quadra. Besides several more members of the mounted police, a number of halfbreed guides and dog drivers also arrived. Inspector Wood states that he has or ders to go along the trail as far as pos sible, and thou come back and report as quickly as he can. The party will travel by dog trains. ATTACKED BY STRIKERS. Vdwardavllle, 111., Miner Treated. Bought) St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 4. Early to day the miners in the employ of the Madison Coal Company at Edwards vine. 111., while going to work were attacked by strikers, including 80 oi more women sympathisers. The strik ers threw stones and red pepper and beat their opponents with clubs. "Sootty" McAllison had his skull crushed, and numerous others were cut and bruised. The miners fought as best they could with their tin dinner pails, and were i finally allowed to goto work. After the attack the strikers and women formed in line and marched through the streets of Edwardsville Bhouting and singing. No arrests were made. The strikers, more than 800, with tho women, far outnumbered the work ers, who were guarded by a force ol deputy sheriffs on the way to the mine. T. W. MoCune, a deputy sheriff, in the escorting posee, was disarmed and dragged to one side, whore a ci owd ot irate strikers beat him until he waa al most unconscious. Though heavily armed the sheriff's officers took their drubbing w ithout making any attempt to use their arms. They were outnum bered ten to one, but they fought with their fists. Had a shot been fired tho consequen ces would have been fearful, us the strikers were frenzied. Severe Storuia In Cuba. New York, Oct. 4. A dispatch to the Herald from Havana says: Opera tions in the four western provinces of Cuba have been absolutely suspended during the lust few days on account of a severe storm that swept over this end of the island. In the suburbs of Ha vana nearly 20 persons have been drowned by the floods, and in country district! many live! and much property hui been lost. Company Formed to Put in an Electric Line. WILL REDUCE COST OF TRIP tea Portland-Jnnean Enf, priae Will Be Able to Carry tt.i, Outflte of SO, OOO Miner a Month. Portland, Or., Oct. 4. Ample fa cilities (or the transportation of freight and passcngtrs over Chilkoot pass w ill be provided by a "Portland-Jntieau company, in time for the rush to the Ynkou next season. ' Articles incorporating the Dyea-lon-dike Transportation Company were filed here. The objects of the corpora tion are announced as follows: "To conduct a general transportation business from the headwaters ot Lynn canal, Alaska, too all points in Alaeka, and in British North America, and to carry freight and pasengers. "To acquire, build, locate and oper ate tramways, bridges, wagon roads, sawmills, etc.; to navigate the Yukon river and its tributaries from St Mi chaels to Dawson City, and to purchase, bu'.ld and operate all manner of vests' between Portland, Seattle, Tacoma, Ju neau, Dyea, Sknguay and St- Michaels. Capital stock, tsoo.OOO." Although the announcement of ob jects is made to cover a wide field, the company's present attention is directed solely to providiiig means for the trans fer of Klondikers and their outfits over the most difficult portion of their jour ney, which is from the steamer at Dyea, over the pass to Lake Linde mann. Construction is already begun, a wharf being well under way at Dyea, and the work of putting up a 5,000-foot cable tramway at the pass itself being started. The company announces that it will be ready for business by Feb ruary 1, by which time it will be in shape to handle, if neoescary, the out fits of 20,000 people a month, doing the work at a reasonable figure. Members of the company make the following statement: "The trip from Dyea to Lake Linde mann has been made by a man with an ordinary outfit, amply provided with piV'kera. We do not propose to lessen this tin.e very much, but we do pro pose to take over a very much larger tonnage than could otherwise be taken in the same time. When finished, our cable tramway, which will be quite similar to those used at some of the big mines on mountain sides, will ex tend from Sheep Camp to the summit, cutting off a distance of four miles a? at present traveled. Our immediate attention, however, will bo directed to the most difficult part of the ascent, s stretch dt about 5,000 feet, over which we shall be ready to operate by Feb ruary 1. We shall use tho water fall of the Dyea river to . convey electric power to our plant. "Though the short period that is al lowed our company for preparation gives us time only to overcome the worst difficulty of the trip, yet we have ample means to do more as may be justified by the progress of business. When this route is open it w ill be pos sible for any number of people to go from here to Dawson with their outfits at less than half the cost of the trip via St. Michaels, without an outfit, at the lame time saving 20 davs. "From Portland to Dawson via Chil koot Paxs the distance is only 1,700 miles; via St -Michaels it is 8,700 miles. It takes five weeks at least to make the trip via St. Michaels, and not over 15 days is required by the pass when the lakes and rivers are open. Another important saving of time is in the fact that one can get over the Chilkoot and land supplies at Dawson two months before the first steamer gets up the Yukon from St Michaels, which is usually not before the middle of July. The St. Michaels route is open but four months of the year, while the Chilkoot will practically be open all the year around when our line is com pleted. We do not advise the trip be ing made before February, however. "One of the delays heretofore encoun tered in the overland trip is the neces sity of building boats at the lake. Ten days is usually required for this, though it was much longer this year, owing to the rush, and the prioe was nrohibitive to a ereat number of travel ers. This compuny will be able either to furnish boats, or lumber for them, or it will transport to the summit any 'knocked-down' boats included in the miners' outfits. It has never been pos sible heretofore to take a boat over the pass, except by piecemeal, which don't DHV. "A most important part of the work we are doinit is the construction of a wharf ut Dyea. It w ill have 200 feet frontago and the approach will be 1,700 feot in length. Any steamer will he able to dock at this wharf, thereby sav ing the heavy expense and great loss of time to both passengers and steamship neoule. of liithterajre, as at present Had it not been for work already done by Juneau people it would have been almost impossible to have completed his work in time for the early travel next season." . About $10,000,000 in gold is now concealed in tha teeth of people in the is world. TROUBLE PATCHED UP. Hawaiian-.! apanrao Dlapate le Mettled Without Arbitration. New York, Oct. 1. A Herald special from Washington says: An official an nouncement of the departure of the Japanese cruisor Naniwa from Honolulu for Yokohama, with the statement that the immigration question between Japan and Hawaii is likely to be shortly settled without arbitration, has thrown a peaceful aspect around Ameri can questions .in the Pacific. Thil cheering news has been communicated to the state department by Minister Sewall at Honolulu, whose mail report has just reached the department. The most Important statement by Mr. Sewall is that the Hawaiian-Japanese authorities have estimated that 1100,000 in gold will settle the claims of the latter against the Dole govern ment, for the rejection of immigrants who came to the island last spring. Heretofore Japan has sheltered herself behind the statement that Hawaii must admit first the "principle of monetary liability," and when this admission has been made, she would be willing to discuss the amount that should be paid to salve the wound her dignity has suffered. The fact that the mikado is now will ing to discuss the amount that he claims is due her instead of the princi ple means in the opinion of the state department officials that, if necessary, the Dole government authorities can rid themselves of a troublesome ques tion before congress convenes so that Hawaii may present herself for admis sion to the union free from foreign questions which might be a stumbling block in her way to coalition with the United States. Of course, it is op tional with Hawaii to pay this amount, aiid, as President Dole has never ad mitted Hawaii's liability to pay a monetary indemnity as a result of the exclusion of the Japanese immigrants, ftliey may feel that if they pay $100,000 in gold to Japan such action may make them liable to further payments should in the future other immigrants be re jected. This would be an especially serious matter in case union with the United States were not accomplished. Jt was suggested by a state depart ment official, however, that Hawaii might follow the course pursued by the United States in cases of outrage upon foreien citizens in this country. It is usual for the government to pay an in demnity to the families of the victims, with the understanding, however, that such action has no reference to the question of liability. State department officials would be glad to see the question finally disposed of before the senate takes the annexa tion treaty under consideration. The departure of the Naniwa was announced by'Minister Sewal and Rear Admiral Miller. The admiral has sat isfied himself that the cruiser has really gone to Japan, and in this case the Philadelphia will come home on the ar rival of the gunboat 'Wheeling, with her orders to return "when the Naniwa has left." Another feature of Minister Sewall's report, which was pleasing to the offi cials, was the statement that all was quiet in the islands. He refers to the Japanese portion of the community, stating that they were evidently peace fully disposed, or, at least, there is not present evidence of an intention on their part to precipitate an uprising. FROM ST. MICHAELS. roa; Holyoke Arrive Safely at Fort Townaend. Port Townsend, Oct. 1. The tug Holyoke arrived tonight from St. M wheals, having left there on Septem ber 11 with the schooner W. J. Bryant in tow. On the 21st of the month, while off Kadiak island, a heavy storm prevailed, and the tug was forced to heave to fot a period of 28 hours. Duriug the storm the hawser which conneoted the schoon er and the tug parted, and the schooner went adrift. W hile it is not tliojght the Brvant has been lost, grave fears for her safety are entertained. She car ried a crew of seven men and two pas sengers, the latter being Engineer Tur ner and wife, of the steamer Eliza Anderson. The reason given , for the probable safety of the Bryant is that she was known as one of the best sea boats ol her tonnage in the North Pacific waters. She is 55 tons measurement, and for many years was used as a pilot- boat off Cape Flattery and at the mouth of the Columbia river. Captain Clinger,' of the Holyoke, says the Bryant may be expected to sail up the Straits at any time. Captain Tom Powers, of VI16 Eliza Anderson, returned from Dutch harbor on the Hoiyoke. He indignantly de nies the report that the Anderson will leave her bones where she now lies, but says the old craft will be on the Sound and Alaska run next season, and that a scarcity of fuel is all that prevented him bringing her back to the Sound now. He says the Anderson never leaked enough to drown a rat, and that all the passengers who went north on her will verify his story. People at St. Michaels are well pro vided with the necessaries of life for winter, and many of them are engaged in building boats which will be oper ated on tha river next season. the EVIDENCE OF STEADY GROWTH Hew Gathered In All the Town of Onr Neighboring Statea Improve ment Noted In A II Ind natrlee Oregon. A 48-pound salmon was landed by a Marshfield troller. A Yamhill county man picked 339 pounds of hops in one day. , Over 900 acres of flax were cultivat ed in Lynn county this year."" Seuferts' cannery, at The Dalles, is putting up 1,000 cases of salmon a day. Soutwhest Oregon Reporter is the name of a new paper at Langlois, Curry county. An Oregon grizzly bear weighing 800 pounds was killed on Gate creek, in Line county. A farm near Pendleton, which was sold four months ago for $5,000, was last week resold for $8,360. A yonng man named -James Neal, a, sheepherder, accidentally shot and killed himself near Long Creek. A peach weighing one and a half pounds, and measuring 13 'a inches in circumference, is a Douglass county production. The completed assessment roll of Clatsop county for 1897 show a total valuation of $3,098,740, as against $4, 012,505 last year. Notices have been posted orthe can nery at Marshfield notifying fishermen that the prices of salmon had been re duced to 25 and 10 cents. A Lane county fruit grower has can ned seven carloads of pie fruit at his farm, placing it in from one to five-gallon cans, principally the former. Another shipment of Wallowa coun ty beef cattle was made from Elgin last week, consisting of 450 big steers. One of the animals tipped the beam at 1,740. The Oregon Telegraph & Telephone Company is surveying a route for a tele phone line from Monroe to some point on the main line between Harrisburg and Junction. Mr. N. Humphrey, of Lane county, ' has ap to the present time dried 60,000 pounds of prunes from his own orchard and expects bis entire crop to amount to about 107,000 pounds. A contract has been awarded to build a levee across Lost river slough, in Klamath county, for $2,490. The en croachments of the waters of Tule lake have made the construction of this levee necessary. A colony of immigrants, 22 in num ber, have just come out from Nebraska with the intention Of locating in this country. They shippeJ all their goods out, including a number of mules. They are now looking around Gilliam county. The body of the tramp who was killed by a train at Huron, was buried by tha coroner. It was not identified. All that was found on the body was a plat ed spoon and four or five pounds of po tatoes in a sack. The coroner describes the young man as being about 20 years old, five feet seven inches in height. having dark brown hair, blue eyes and as never having been shaved. The Salem fruit dryers are taking care of no less than 1,750 bushels of prunes per' day, or 105,000 pounds ev ery 24 hours. This gives a direct out put of 85,000 pounds daily, and the company expects to handle 750,000 pounds of green prunes this season. Just as soon as the prune crop is saved the dryers will start on apples and all that are offered will be bought. This year 6-year-old prune orchards are mak ing returns to the owners ranging all the way from $t00 to $1,000 per acre Waahlngton. The city council of Spokane has fixed the tax levy for that city at 18 mills. The shingle mill at Machias was de stroyed by fire; also 1,500,000 shingles. A 350-pound bear was killed a few miles above Dudley, in Walla Walla county. A band of 4,000 sheep was recently purchased at North Yakima for ship ment to Chicago. AVm. Orr, of Walla Walla, was almost instantly killed by the breaking of an electric light pole. There is a regular stampede of gold seekers to the new discoveries in tha vicinity of ML Baker. The Bank of G.trfield, having gori. into voluntary l quidation, w ill close its doors January 1, 1898. A boy named William Hutton, who accidentally shot hiB arm off recently, died in Buooda of heart failure, A new public library has been opened at Walla Walla. The directors pur chased $400 worth of new books. Since January 1, 274 articles of incor poration, representing a total capital stock of $256,691,600, have been filed in Seattle. Farmers' institutes have recently been held at different points in Western Washington, conducted by officials o( tha state agricultural college. Resume of Events in Northwest. 1!: 3