AS THRU TWI3 TBI CHCCLAT10 OF ANT PAPEB IN TBI COONTT. niuing stmt tbcmday it ...8. A. PATTItON.... Editor and Proprietor. iDTniimt Bititi Prfaelonel jn ei Onotqnar , 1 Wl One-ijuaj ier ooIiki,., m $ so a, IOm ball ooImm a. - ( 09 a. 'Oaeaoiama IS N r Basla tooala wtn as lavtK at at I VBIOKIPTIOM RATKBl On yar (In adranet) ........ PI M II nut paid In advaiu...........,,.. .,... f M It month ..,..,....,...,..,......,.......,. I 00 Jhr OKI ll t hlillMMIKHMIWIHHMHHIHnMNm M llUl ?!........,... W tat tiat iaaorttaa and I saats ft It vfn ki an i TOL. X. CONDON, GILLIAM CO., OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1900. NO. 9. hart. k ta arty wdariaf la . a-Uerttat TBI OFFICIAL AND LEADING! PAPE1 07 GILLIAM COUNTY. CONDON GLOBE -ban- al iU fh5 al oWa. Orapm, at MftnuljnM null mmitr O, U. X. On. Tim Car. akUNOToa, osaoos. Hw tlms ard, laklns affaol Sunday, Pabra arylatni ait auVKD. fo. ft VI If ontlnstnn, l"a,...,.l :U a, m. Mo, 4 Via Kiinhana, Itarn... ,..1,tf. m. Mo. 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VKHSB TICKS FROM THK vVIBKS an Int-raatlng Collastloa of Itanaa F ta Tw llnlaphr Praata4 n 0aadaa4 Vvraa. , President McKlnler liaa lelected OoU to b the fimt governor o( Hawaii. Ex-Mlnlater Douby give Anmrioan mlmlonju-ioa credit for the open dour in China. . Fir at the town of Gladwin, Mian., deatroyed 18 buildings, canlug m Iom of 150,000. t The north half of the Col villa, Wb., Indian reaervation, hai been 0ieued for lettlemunt. Chicago landlord! have formed a combination and rent advanced 10 per cent immediately, Charlua II. Allen waa inaagurated at governor of Puerto Moo with lmpre alve ceremouiea. Fire deal roved the I lasting ihingle mill at Gdalien, Vah.. together with 1,000,000 alilugloa. The tranaport filiertnnn arrived at San Frauolaoo from Manila with Ti in- aue aoldleri on board. , Cariienten of Omaha nre out on itrike. TlieT demand an eight-hour day and increaaa of wage. Five men were killed and three In jured by a boiler eiploalon in the mill of J. V. Bray A Co , Tifton, Ohio. At the Hcrotiln Athletic Club, New York. Bob Fltaaimniona knockel ont Ed. Dunkboreat, the Hyracuae giant, in two roonda. Joeeph Gartar Ramptin, a former famotia bandmaater, leader of the Old Guard band, la dead at New York, aged 67 year. ..... The United 8tatci navy -will not be sent to Turkey. Aa the inltan ha made aome oonceaaioni; he will be given more time to atudy the matter. Ae a eequel to the Jobanneaborg ex plosion, the Tranavaal government ha ordered Dritiah subject, with a few exception, to leave the republio with in 48 hour. An engine "and 70 empty care of the Santa Fe were thrown . into the bay from the new Banta Fe wharf at Ban Franoiaeo, by the breaking of an apron. No one vu killed so far at known. Frank II. Peavey, of MInneapolla, Minn., hai obtained insurance in the Mutual Life lnauranoe Company, of New York, to the amount of $1,000, 000, the annual premium on the policy being $48,800. Active preparation! are being mad for a world'! fair, to take place in Ban Pranciico la May 1901, which will continue for six month. It it to be known aa the Pacific Ocean and In ternational Exposition. The Boer peace ooinmlasion ia coming to America. President McKlnley signed the Hawaiian bill. Governor Pingree, of Michigan, has turned Democrat. Four deputy flan commissioners are watching the Clackamas river. , It is now known that Captain Carter's gigantic iteai will reach $3,000,000. Many thouaanda of people greeted Admiral Pewey on hie arrival at Chi cago. Governor Taylor has returned to Kentucky. No warrant was served on him. Washington courts have declared $50,000 worth of Olympia warrant to be illegal. Nine people were killed by the fall ing of a condemned bridge at the Paris exposition. Itoberts mimt have more horses be fore he can advanoe. Loudon oomplaini of his slowness. By a vote of 20 to 29 the senate re fused to consider the resolution of sym pathy with the Boers. Charles Innersoll, oi Ithica, N. Y., an emliessling county treasurer, was arrested in Ban Francisco. German offloiala at Washington think that Secretary Koot's speech on the Monroe doctrine was aimed at their oountry. Forest fires are raging furiously north of Fish, Mich., aud the property dam age will be large. The town of Ames has been wiped out. The Boer forces have moved from Thahanohu to a stronger position, and Geneial French hits abandoned the effort to capture the burghers. The American chamber of onmtneroe at Manila has entered a protest against the excessive taxation exacted by the military government nnder General Otis. William F. Miller, manager of the Franklin syndicate, who was recently convicted of grand larceny, was sen tenced in Brooklyn to 10 years' im prisonment. A Spanish silver mine lost a century go was rediscovered in Texas. Lewis Watkins, a native of St. Paul, is said to be the tallest man in the world. His height is said to be eight (eet 11 inches, and his weight 804 pounds. Her. David Greeg, a Brooklyn (N. Y.) Presybterinn, aavi he doubt if any member of the general assembly be lieves in coudumuation of ' nou-eleot children. LATER NEWS. One hundred and nine victims of the Utah mine disaster were bulled in one day at rjcofleld. The Yale-Berkeley game at New Haven, Conn,, resulted in a victory for the former team. Burglars looted the safe of tire First National bank of East Brady, Pa., and secured $10,000. The fmrade In Ht. Louis in honor of Admiral Dewey was witnessed by half a million people. The sundry civil bill was passed by the honse. It carries slightly mors than $61,800,000. Many buildings were demolished by a terrific gale that went through the town of Wilsonville, Neb. 81 x hundred men employed in tbs xlno fuctory at La Salle, Ind struck for an advanoe in wages. The Standard Yamlah works at Elm Park, Ptaten Island, were damaged by fire to the extent of $200,000. The British have crossed the "Veal river, pushing northward, and the re lief of Mafeking is expected soon. An effort is being made by govern ment officials to secure an appropria tion for the building and maintenance of schools (or Alaska. General MacArthur, in addition to bis duties ss commander, will exercise the authority of military governor ol the Philippine islands. Fire which started In a livery stable at Petersburg. Ind., swept through the biisicess portion of the town, leaving but three stores. Loss, $80,000. The war department issued an order relieving General Otis of the command of the division of the Philippines. The general has left Manila for the United HUtee. ; One-third of the houses In Carta, a town in Denton county, Texas, were destroyed by a tornado. No one was hurt, the people seeking refuge in storm houses. Work on the National Republican convention hall may be stopped owing to the dispute between the Allied Build ing Trades Council and the Brother hood of Carpenters and Joiners. ' Lieutenant Gibbons, attached to the Prooklyn, in an expedition con ducted by him In the sooth of Luson, In the Utter part oi February, secured the release of 622 Spanish prisoners. , An unknown negro, about 20 years of sge, was lynched three miles from Geneva, Ala., for assaulting a 12-year-old white girl near Hartford. Armed men took him from the arresting olU cere and carried him to the woods, where he was later found dead, hang ing to a limb. Four miners perished In a Are ia a mine near Roanoke, Va. Monkacsy, the celebrated painter, died at Bonn, Germany. Michigan Democrats want Charles A. Towne for Bryan's running mate. An eljibt-hour day has been secured by New England building trades jour neymen. Salt Lake capitalists have bought the Iowa group of mines In the Baker city district for $30,000. A docen vessels have already left Seattle tor Cape Nome. Opinions vary as to when they will get there. State Secretary Kelts, of the Trans vaal, says the Boers will move to America if defeated. Twenty-two shops in Chicago are completely tied up, owing to the boiler makers' strike. . . , , - Roberta will advance on Pretoria from Kituborley, Bloemfontein and Na tal, simultaneously. Twenty Americans were killed in an eugageineut with insurgents at Catu big, on the island of Sam sr. Senator Ilanna believes the Republi cans will have folly as hard a battle this year as they had in 1896. Bankers estimate ' that Americans will spend $40,000,000 more than us ual abroad this year, owing to the Paris exposition. D. J. Slnolalr, postomce inspector con nwted with the St. Louis force, has been appointed chief postottioe Inspec tor of Porto Kloo. General Mertltt's request for retire ment has been granted, General Brooke succeeding him as commander of the department of the East. Many small yachts and tugboats bought for use during the Spanish war, are rotting In the navy yard and the government will sell them. The Northwest Episcopal general conference, by a unanimous vote, de cided to admit equal lay representation to all Methodist conferences. Two hundred Klondike miners are stampeding up White river, Alaska, to the scene of the latest gold discovery. The find was made on a nameless tribu tary of the above river last winter. Andrew Carnegie, who vrefused to contribute to the Dewey arch fund, has given $1,000 to the fund for the widow of Sergeant Douglas, who was killed at Croton dam during the recent trlke. In sending the check, Mr. Car negie wrote: "Sergeant Douglas fought not for foreign conquest, but for peace and order at home," A Loudon physician claims to have cured lnebiiety by hypnotism. Bishop HarUell, in charge of Metho dist work in Africa, has traveled 60,000 miles sinoe 1898. Constant weeping over the death of her husband aud daughter made a New York woman blind. Chaplain C. C. Pierce makes an offi cial report that there has been no in orease in the number of saloons in Manila. WHOLE TOWN BURNED Second Mining: Camp la the Slocan Country. LOSS EXCEEDS HALF A MILLION WaUr Bapplr Fallad aa4 th Fir Hamad Itlf Oat Aid Sank and Hot Mad Spokane, May 7. A special to the Spokesman-Review from Kaslo, B. C ays: Sandon, the second mining town in Importance in the Slocan, has been completely destroyed by fire and nearly all its 1,200 people are homeless and ruined. Kaslo is 28 miles from San don, but about midnight large clouds of smoke came rolling over this town from Sandon. At once word went ont that Sandon was destroyed, but no news could be bad from the desolate town, as all wires bad been burned. At 4 P. M. a train came in from Sam Jon bringing a number of those who lost all their property. They reported that the total lots was between $500, 000 and $1,000,000, while the insur ance could only have been about $25, 000. The alarm was sounded shortly after midnight, and quickly the streets were filled with hundreds of men and wo men. The flames started between Spencer's ball and Brown's store. Two streams seemed to hold the flames in check for a while. Then one stream nave out and the flames spread rapidly. After that it was only a matter of the fire burning Itself out. The miners' hospital and a drug store were blown up In the .effort to stop the flames. By this time all tbe lower part of town. Including the tenderloin and many business plaoes were gone. Then tbe firemen blew up the Echo hotel, one of the finest buildings in the Kootenay country, tbe Canadian Pa cific railroad station and other build ings in order to save the valuable stores of II. Geigerich and II. Byers & Co. This was accomplished. Halfadosen other buildings at tbe extreme ends ol the town were saved, including tbe electric power-house. Tbe rest of tbe town was drawn Into the maelstrom of flame. Relief measures were taken quickly. The officials of Sandon donated $500, ana mining men there contributed $3,000. Kaslo raised $1,800 and sent np a special train with large supplies of food, tents and cl"''-ing. More re lief is needed. - GREAT FUNERAL TRAIN. Start Pmat th Sean of th Utah Mia Dlaaator. 8a It Lake, May 7. -The greatest funeral train In the history of Western America started on its journey from Scofield today. Tbe train had upon it the remains of about 85 or more of tbe victims of tbe Winter Quarters disas ter. Accompanying the bodies were many relatives, wbo are bowed down with the severity of the blow that they have so suddenly sustained. One of the miners who was in the mine at the time of the explosion and who was one of the first rescuers wbo went in to re cover the bodies, tells an interesting story. He was in No. 1, in the first raise, when the explosion oocurred, but so far away from it that the sound did not reach him. He suffered a moment with the air, but thought It the result of a cave-In, worked on a quarter of an hour, when his miner's instinct told him that something was wrong, and be came on down to the main entrance. A door bad been fitted in here to keep tbe current of good air from going above, and to diiect it into tbe main workings, where it would meet the damp and either weaken it very much or drive it back. This door was guard ed on the outer aide. Passing on to the mouth of the tunnel, this miner, with otlieis, joined Superintendent T. J. Farm ley, and went to No. 4. where the greatest danger existed. Outaideof the mine those working had all been In jured, so the party was small. Army Bill Paaa.d. Washington, May 7. Today's ses sion of tbe senate was rendered espec ially notable by the passage, after a de bate lasting taree hours, of the army reorganisation bill. In military cir cles the measure is regarded as oue of the most important of the present ses sion. It practically revolutionises the present staff rrangements of the army. It proposes to change tbe present sys tem of permanent appointments in cer tain staff corps to one of detail by a gradual process aa the officers In those corps go out of active service. As va cancies ooour in the department of the adjutant-general, the inspector-general, quartermaster-general and commissary general, they are to be filled by details from the line, the details to be tem porary and not to exoeed four years. haw la Nat a Candidate. Chicago, May 6. Governor Shaw, ol Iowa, wbo is here attending the Metho dist conference, declared in an inter view that he was not a candidate for the vice-presidency on the Republican ticket, nor did the know that Congress man Hepburn was. Stranded Nar Port Tuwnaend. Victoria, B. C, May 7. The steainei Victorian did not get in until noon to day, having been on a sand bar near Port Townsend ' for six hours. When coming np the sound this morning it was very thick, and in a bank of fog she suddenly came, upon the steamer An geles, whioh was not whistling, and narrowly escaped collision. It was in he effort to escape her that the Victor ian stranded. She floated at high tide without damage. THE CASE OP CLARK. -at Will Tak It Vo Wait Thara dny. Washington, May 6. -The senate to day adopted the motion of Hoar to teks ! npth. resolution of the committee .,n np elections declaring that Clark, of Mon tana, was not dnly elected to tbe sen ate, and then postponed consideration of the question for a week. Tbe army appropriation bill, after a rather spirit ed debate, was passed without division. The day closed with the passage of a number of private pension bills, includ ing bills to pension Mrs. Julia Henry, widow of the late General Guy V. Henry; General James Longstreet, Mrs. Margaret M. Badger, widow of the late Commodore Badger, and Mrs. Harriet Grid ley, widow of tbe late Captain Gridley, of the navy. The house today, without division, passed the free homes bill,' which has been pending before congress for a number of years. The bill provides tbat tbe government shall issue pat ents to actual bona fide settlers on agricultural lands of Indian reserva tions opened to settlement. These lands were taken up by settlers, who contracted to pay for tbem $1.26 10 $3.76 per acre. By the terms of the bill, tbe government assumes the pay ment of tbe purchase price to the In dians and changes the existing law rel ative to agricultural colleges so as to insure the payments of tbe endowments which heretofore have come oat of the sale of public lands in case of deficien cy. These payments Involve $1,200, 000 annually. Of the 29,000,000 acres In Indian reservations opened to settle ment, for which the irovernment Is to pay or has paid $36,000,000, about 8,000,000 acres have been taken and 2,000,000 are supposed to be still avail able for agricultural purposes. A re markable thing In connection with tbe passage of the bill today was a speech in Its favor by Galusha A. Grow, the venerable ex-speaker of tbe bouse, wbo 48 years ago, fathered and passed the original homestead bill. He was then the youngest and is now tbe oldest member of the house. The remainder of tbe day was devoted to tbe sundry civil appropriation bill, tbe last but one of the great supply bills. GOEBEL MURDER CASE. Caltoa Darlbl th Caafara Held la Laxtnftoa. Frankfort, Ky., May 6. W. H.Cul ton resumed bis testimmony in the Goebel murder investigation today. He stated that Governor Taylor author ised the witneea to give Youteey any amount of money desired if he would leave Kentucky. At a conference in Lexington, tbe Sunday before Goebel was shot, it was decided that Repre sentative Henry Berry, who had been unseated a few days before, should go to the house of representatives next morning and take his seat and refuse to give It up. Vanmeter, his opponent, was to be in some way prevented from going to the hall that morning. Caleb Powers, wbo was at the conference, telephoned to Governor Taylor at Fiankfort two or three times In regard to the conference. : On cross-examina tion, Cnlton said he did not know at any list of state senators or represanta titvee who were to be put ont of tbe way. On re-direct examination, Culton said tbat Sergeant-at-Arms Haley signed the subpoenas for witnesses for Governor Taylor to testify before the gubernatorial contest committee, and authorised Culton to secure good men in the various counties to serve them. Culton said he did not know where Powers or Youtsey were when the shot was fired. Tbe last talk be had with Yontsey, the latter said the plan to kill Goebel had been abandoned. Cnlton had been asked by Taylor to asoertain what the witnesses In the contest knew, because he was a lawyer. To tbe pros ecution he said he bad told more now on the stand than to any person except his father. Here his testimony ended. Circuit Court Clerk Mooie, of Jack son county, denied tbat Cnlton had told him anything about tbe plan to bring on a riot and kill Goebel and other members of the legislature. The afternoon session of the court was taken np with testimony by the surgeons, who conducted the autopsy on the body of Goebel, and a civil engineer who had made a measurement of the state bouse yard. The prosecu tion sought to show, from the nature of the wounds and from the course of the bullet, which is supposed to have passed through Goebel 'a body and was dug out of a tree near where be- fell. that the shot was fired from a window In the offloe of tbe secretary of state. Caaal BUI Faa. -, , Washington, May 6. -The house to day, at the conclusion of the most stormy debate of the present session of congress, passed the Nicaragua bill by. the overwhelming vote of S25 to 85. All attempts to retain In the bill the language of tbe original bill for the for tification of the canal and still further to strengthen the language on that line were balked, and the victory of Hep burn and tbe committee was complete. A motion to recommit the bill with Instructions to report back another bill leaving the selection of the route to the president was buried under aa adverse majority of 63 to 171. The point of absolute aero, or the point of no heat, ia fixed at 461 degrees below aero. Montana Central Lookout. Minneapolis,, May 6. The Montana Central trainmen' strike has assumed the form of a lookout. The parent, Great Northern Company, has long been preparing for it, and ha hired ex perienced men in the Twin oitlei and Chloago to take the strikers' plaoes. Today the first consignment of 60 men was sent on special train. With these it is hoped to open the road to traffic. Another train will follow in a tew daya BIG PIER BURNED kT . , , . . New Yo"k F-r That Cost About $i,ooo,ooo MANY PERSONS BARELY ESCAPED vral Barge Moored Hear th Pier Wrrt Deatrojred Child Drowned Building Borehd. New York, May 8. -A fire that start ed at the liver end of tbe Mallory Line steamship pier, at tbe foot of Maiden Lane and tbe East river early this morning, completely destroyed the pier and its valuable oonteuts. The police place tbe loss at $1,000, 000. , Several barges, which were moored near the pier, were also de stroyed, and many rescues of their cap tains and of members of the families on board were made. One life was lost. The 9-months-old daughter of Captain Charles Lochs, of the barge Sherwood, was drowned. Tbe Mallory pier was 200 feet long and 50 feet wide. The pier was filled with valuable freight, mostly cotton. On the north side of the pier were moored a number of coal and cotton barges, while on the south side was the steamer San Marios and a number of barges. No sooner had the work of fighting the flames begun than tbe firemen turned their attention to saving tbe lives of those on the bargee which were lying within the line of danger. Near eet to the pier was the narge Stephen B. Elkins. Her captain, Frank Fox, and his wife and S-montbs-old daughter were on board sleeping. A skid was quickly run from the pier to the coal barge and the occupants of the boat were awakened and were hurried from their bunks to a place of safety before the flames reached them. On board tho barge Sherwood were Charles Lochs, the captain. 86 years eld; his wife Lenna, 80 years old, and their daughter, Rosie, 9 months old. The Lochs family was awakened by the flames. Their barge was already on fire. Tbe father took the 9-months-old baby in his arms, and with bis wife jumped into the water. Timothy Boyle, formerly In command of the barge New Brunswick, whose home Is at Rondout. N. Y., plunged In to save tb woman, who had become exhaust ed. Her husband, who still held tbe baby in his arms, saw that his wife was on tbe point of going down. It became a question with him as to which be should save, his wife or baby. He let tbe baby go, la the hope that she would be picked np by some one else, and went to tbe assistance of his wife. He managed to bold ber head above water until Boyle reached tbem. All three were then landed by life lines, tbe child being lost. Tbe half drowned captain and his wife were moved to the Hudson street hospital, where they re covered. On the coal barge H. II. Hand, which lay alongside tbe other burning barges, were tbe captain, Joseph Plumb, his wife and two chil dren. All were rescued by the police. Patrolman Jeremiah Cronin was badly burned while taking one of tbe chil dren ashore. All hands on board the lighter A mo got ashore safely. Michael Sheldon, of that boat, was compelled to jump into tbe river, from which he was rescued. Three huge vessels were lying so near the biasing pier that their safety was endangered. They were the steamer San Marios and the steamer Neuces, which were safely towed out into mid stream, and the bark St. James, tbe rigging of which wss burned before she could be gotten out of harm's way. Tbe scene on tbe water was a most exciting one. The river was filled with steam craft engaged in towing the vari ous vessels aud barges to places of safety. Four cotton barges, others laden with cornmeal and some loaded with coal caught fire and were de- stioyed. Some of tbem were also sunk to prevent the further spread of the flames. Reply to the Porto's Mot. Constantinople, May 6. Tbe ambas sadors met yesterday and decided to reply to the porte's note of April 29 re garding the increase of duties, as fol lows: "The embassies note tbe porte's declaration tbat it does not intend to Introduce any unilateral measures, and will hasten to inform their govern ments of this." The ambassadors have decided to make their consent to an in crease conditional on the removal of the abuses of tbe chemical analysis, the suppression of warehouse duties and the abolition of tbe stipulation where by articles not specified In the tariffs may be interdicted, confiscated or de stroyed. . Hatlator.es Large aa Baaeballa. Omaha, May 8. Aspe.ial to the Bee from Beaver City, Neb., gives fur ther details of the Wilsonville tornado. Many farm bouses were destroyed The hailstones were as Urge as base balls, and were driven through roofs. Tbe twister appeared after the bom bardment and took a northeasterly course. It was funnel shaped end did damage over a large area. Farmers west and north of Wilsonville were the greatest sufferers. Many people fled to their cellars. Mayor Forblda "Sappno." Leavenworth, Kan., May 8. "Sappho," whioh has been played throughout Kansas for the past few weeks, was billed here for Sunday night, but Mayor Neeley forbade the production. Church people got up in arms, and a deputation of ministers called on Mayor Neeley and laid tbe matter before him. Montreal, May 8. The paper and pulp mills at Grand Mere, Quebec, have been entirely destroyed by fire. NORTH COAST LIMITED. Thouaand of People Inapeeted Maad aome and Brilliantly Llchted Trala. Exclamations of astonishment and delight at tbe sumptuous furnishings of the Northern Paoific's new North Coast Limited were heard on every side Wed nesday evening at the union depot in Portland. Lighted by electricity, at it was, from the outside the train looked like a gigantic fiery glow-worm. On tbe inside the effect was as rioh as aa Oriental dream of splendor. "Beautifull" "Look at those fine chairs I" "Never saw anything to equal it I" These and similar exclamations of wonder burst from visitors. Tbe train made Its Initial trip from St. Paul to Portland without a bitch ol any kind. At every station where a stop was made large crowds of visitor! swarmed aboard, and in some of tbs larger places difficulty was experienced in getting tbe cars cleared in time to start again. Charles S. Fee, genera) passenger agent, was aboard. He wai met at Seattle by A. D. Charlton, ol Portland, assistant general passenger agent; I, A. Nadeau, general agent at Seattle, and A. Tinllng, general agent at Tacoma. To attempt to give a description ol each separate section of this new ' trail would tax the English vocabulary. II was thought tbat modern railway con veniences had reached a high degree o: perfection, but it remained for tbi builders of tbe North Coast Limited U show tbat added improvements could be made. From one end to another it is a con' tinnation of luxury. Bathed in thi soft glow of shaded electric globes, tbi dark redwood finishings shine with ricl brilliancy; tho polished glass wall! sparkle and scintillate with light, ami the other furnishings gleam with bor rowed light in a manner tbat makes thi general effect dazzling. Each car is ai completely furnished as a moden drawing room. Ail tbe accommoda tions accorded by first-class hotels cat be secured aboard tbe palace on wheels This observation car to the rear will never be detached to make place foi any private cars, and no smoking wil be allowed In the main section, so tha women may enjoy tbe luxury whili viewing the scenery. Twocommodiom card rooms at one end are placed then for tbe accommodation of tbe smokers The following table gives brieflj some facts about this end of the centui) trains: Cost ...$100,0O( Weight 1,000,000 poundi Length .....691 feet Illumination 291 electrio lighti Cspacity .235 passengen Time, Portland to St. Paul. . .73 noun COURT MARTIAL PROCEEDINGS Oflleer la th Philippine Guilty : Breach ef Military Discipline. The war department has received from General Otis, at Manila, the rec ords of the proceedings of courts mar tial in the cases of six commissionec officers. The chief of these cases ii tbat of Major George W. Kirk man. Forty-ninth Volunteer infantry, (Cap tain Twenty-third Infantry) wbo war dismissed from the service by order o: General Otis on conviction by court martial of conduct unbecoming an offi cer and a gentleman, in having misbe haved In appearing on the streets o: Manila in a drunken oondition. The other cases received are those o First Lieutenant Robert C. Gregg, Forty-ninth Volunteer infantry; First Lieutenant Clayton J. Bailey, Twenty seventh infantry; First Lien tenant John J. Foley, Thirtieth Volunteei infantry; and First Lieutenant HaroU Hamilton, Ninth infantry. These offi-' cent were tried on various charges Lieutenants Greeg and Bailey were con victed and sentenced to dismissal and Lieutenants Foley and Hammond wen acquitted. The sentence In each cast was approved by General Otis and wert disposed of without dismission to thi authorities at Washington. The rec ords have been sent to the war depart ment for file and recorded in the offitx of the judge advocate general. At the instance of the . secretary ol war, Judge Advocate General Liebei will make a special report In the cast of Major Kirkman, which report alsc will have a bearing on the cases ol Lieutenants Gregg and Bailey, as tb same legal principle Is involved in each of them. Generally stated, that in volves the right of General Otis to dis miss the officers without the reference to the president, as commander In chiel of the army. It is admitted that such power is conferred on generals com manding armies in the field la time ol war, but it is contended that no such condition existed in the case of Major Kirkman at tbe time of the offensei alleged to have been committed. . Mere's a Tlas Story. The best flax story Is now reported from western Walsh county, says ths Omemee (N. D.) Herald, where farmer raised 2,600 bushels of flax from 100 acres of a $750 farm . and Is still selling it at home at f 1.75 a bushel for seed. A $4,875 crop off a $750 farm la pretty swift farming. Startling Deathbed Ooafeaatoa. A startling deathbed confession was made by Mrs. Van Horn, at Sioux Falls, S. D. She solemnly declared tbat shs Sad murdered her mother, the wife ol Thomas Egan, who was hanged tor the crime la 1882. A Human Plaeaahloa. "People are always wondering where all tbe pins go to." "That's right. Do yon know!" "No, but some Baltimore surgeons can account tor 11 of tbem. Tbey found them in a 'Human Ostrich' upon whom they were operating." Cleve land Plain Dealer. He wbo would not change the atones Into bread for himself multiplied tbe loaves of others. United Presbyteriaq,