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MONCTAHY COMMISSION
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INSTANTLY
EXCIIÍMEN1 Al FEVER HIAI
<*«•* F*«pl* !(•«« * Frlgbifwl
*• W*w Ha«**
Washington. July 2C — Reprreenla
ORKOO.X live Stune. uf Prnn«yIvania, tofoy in-
The president haa »ignrd the defi­
ciency appropriation bill.
Miaa Jean hig«dow, the di»tingu »bed
l«M*lrea ami nuveltat. die*! iti fono fon
|*h* wo« in ber TTth year.
Th* formation of a «afi'inaker«’ com
bine, which will includa alm««*t every
manufa- Hirer in thia country. 1« now
umivr cun«*derati<»n in New York.
The m»w light draught gunboat An
<*i « fímímm B m M*
i»*F«>*i» MA* M L m 'Y'U
al toe naw r yard tn Brooklyn. Th«
cervtnonirs were wttn«*a«0<| by a larg<*
ru»mfo*r of *j»ectalor« am! many naval
ufB<wrt.
J«*hn A
the gat* **!
and severely !«*’atrn afo»ut thr head and
robbed of a vahiabh* «ham* tol stu«i and
a <-«m«ideral»fo »um of money. John
Ni.t-i,. k, Crvtgiilor. • brother in fow,
who answered his crir* for help, wa«
s I mi rebl«ed <*f a valuable diamond
<lrcight«»n’» it«Juries are Very severe.
hen a tor Fiitrhard anmiun«»-» that th*
civil servine investigations by the *en-
ate c*»m!uitt <’ on civil *rrvk*r reform
will br «hs*-«»titlnur*! until fall
Thi*
• I’unilt««' w
’ » -...«ba h . • • ’• fou
and take testimony in the «•»•* of s*»me
allrg««! violation* «»( the r»*il »«<•%•»«•♦•
law there *n<! upon their return may
resume thsir hearing* in Waahiugtuti.
Yidfow Hair and Karn <’«•»*. the tw.»
Cheyenne Indian* who were arrr»!e*l a
a.»4-<•«if j«'» with Eugene standing E><
for the iijunlrf of John ll«»»»vrr. over
wfoste death tLr lata truuhlc uh th”
■
Jail al Mil«*« < ity, M<«nt , Ly digging
through an I** inch wall.
A (»«•»* 1«
«»ut acimriitg the country for them, but
with little I io | n * »«f catching them
Frrsidrnt M« Kinley ha* rr<«»iv« I th*«
rrNulutnm a<luptr«| Ly thr Pittsburg
ininrrs asking him to use hi* g«<»l
«»ffb •*» in th«- M’ttfomeiil uf the »'Oal
strike, but ha* not yet rent a reply. H«”
ha* a I m » received many o»m<n »in mat ton«
an*l suggest mu* on the subject, but it
1» improbable that hr will take any
action in the matter in th«» afo«*m r <d
sum«» •i<*fii*itr plan t«»r th*
nt «.»1
the strike.
trolured In the buuae • bill to author-
lie the appointment of a monetary
com tn is ifon, «ml tn p»«»vi«le for it« el
JNNMMl The tell of Htone'« hill i» a«
follow»
That th* |»r«’sident is hereby author-
i*e»| to apj<«>ihi a tmmelary «romu»is»l«»n
of 11 mcmbcf*. who »hall he perauos
r*|»tN tally fitted by ei|«erirne*. training
ami stu-ly for the consideration uf th*
aubpN'ts coming t>rfore «aid eomhii»
num
.**aid
»hall investi­
gate ami re|M«rt what changes, if any.
ar* hecesaary ai-d rX)wMlo*nt in o«ir
l»re*<*nt banking and currency laws,
amt what further legisfoti««n. if any.
i« desirable relative to our natnmal
lutik>ng »ystem ami <«ur g’»vrrn:i*« nt
p.«(M*r currency of m»tr« and cert tri­
ads-«. ai d ma*f m < or,
o n there
with, re|««rt a «.'*»!;fleathm of mating
laws «»n tl»«*»«* subjects.
>4*i«l lotnmi»
• loti may take I* »tommy ami l «(<*n t<*
af g 1 mrnt» in their dl«<reth«ita ami may
require and «hall fo* entitled to receive
it f omatb-ii In n* *i»y de|«artto*i»l •<>
officer of the government on an*' mat
ter within its or his •|wc«al juii**li«
tl«»n, am) »unm^ within the scop* <»f
thrir investigAtlot).
ha*«l «omin *«b*n »hall meet for or
ganixation in Washington at su- h lim*
a« the pre»lent may «Icsignatr am!
hold thel’' »u!*•*«<ju<-nt sr*«*<»ns at such
time am) pi«*« re a» they may «trier-
mine, and «hall re|»»rt to the pr«-*id«*hl
(or transmission tn r*»ng»e»* not later
than N«»vrmfou lu. |hv7.
< <«pie* uf all bill* relating to Imrik
ing ami rtirrenry, or to the circulating
*
either house in the 54th «»»ngr**»« ami
th* tirat *eMuoo ol the 55th. »I14II I m *
furnished by thr clerk« uf said houac*
tu the tsjtntfcistHm.
TIME
BY
THE
FORELOCK
|tr*««*rs <»* •»«•••
I |, **Hh
I m »*•* thr !•!•<< ««•«»i
Washington, July 36 L — There ha*
I
In­
lernal revenue in all **f th hr ! »rg-*r di-
le« of the country bv brewer«, m I»«» are
piin liasing luw'r stam(«s in »arge quan­
tities at the 7ls «,rnt «li*«N»unt allow«*»!
under the existing law, in anli« i)*atHm
• •f the final paaaagv <»f the tariff bill,
which rv|*»al» the dixsiunt now al
lowtsl. Th«* requisitions received from
col I»*« tors yesterday w* »• the largest
in the history <»i (Be bureau, aggregat­
ing ever $ ’ .JfoiO’o. m I t.»Ln lira«
figures ha** fo *T
« !■ largely ri< «•.•»<♦•«1, th«*
requisition* *ggt«*gating
$1 .GOO.OOO
The | udicy «»! th«* bureau !«•» fox*n tu
order «tamp« «»( ;»!» kinds <»uly a« fast
»• th»*y were f«s|uire»l to meet r»-xjui*i
turn«, ami maintain u pritprr supply in
Trouble Daily Expected In
the Pittsburg District
DEPUTY
SHERIFFS
ON
GUARD
Pittaburg. July !<. — Etc item ent was
Sr! ■«•*.•?
In e »' mining
.<-• I-
»lay. The operator« were apparently
prepared lor any *l«*m«»nstration, and
tiefore nightfall they Wart convinced
ll»«t matter« had taken a art tons tarn.
Early in th«* im«rning ah»mt 500 mine*«
from th*- Finley villa district marched
!*• uula mii»«<b <M tim r[ver, and
sm r*re»|rd in bringing out thr mm a*
k.
sheriff Dowry, of thi« county.
La* a foros of 4«*| <>ttr* ready for duty
•I a moment*« noti«*, and trouble i»
looked (or at any time. The »leputi* •
are in rew»line*s to go to the min»*« »«!
the New X*»rk Ar C’lr»rlan*l t ompwnv
A march <>n th* Turtle creek. Plum
creek and Kandy creek mines 1» vi|«r* t-
rd al any time.
Al Canonsburg it « m reported that
IJKXJ men would march to th* Cook
n.ih«-N tonight and stay tbare Mtil *•» *
digger* came
< tm* OWL
out. eMh*r»ff Clark, ut
rtAi county, is on hand with a
W ashiiitftm»
isre* numl rr uf depot Ira. am! tmuldr
is exj «•’«•ttHÎ if the Striker* st Irrt» pt t*
forre t Ji­ men to quit work. The new
•1st* la w to compel opérait*» I»» weigh
the coal before it ig screened an«! It
pay the miners on it» I mi » in , <• to I m
tr«led to its ftilhwl FXlatll, an«l tin
WImle uniformity agrwmrnt hing«-« on
ths« tafil
A large num I m r »<f nputurt
are putting in s«-al«-s. so as to w iji» ih»
coal tux* ding to the hew law, but uth*
er« arc Ji r|«rlng to fight it A mrmliri
of th arlulratiuti cum mi «su «m «aid to
night that the new anti-•vrernmg law
would cut a figure in thr n«’W agree-
mrnt, ami thr law Would fo* thonnighly
tewted before it io imurjurat«’*! in the
agreement.
The arbitrator» WFTr al work aumin
the Pitta ini rg u(«rratc»r* today, and th»'*
arc trying every mean« to bring afo»ut
a meeting • the operator». >«» far they
have been iin«m-m*»ful in arranging
for a meeting, but »1 ia hoped lh«*y will
MUcompliab th!« »iiortly.
X r«rIhg M < rial«.
Fairmount, W Va., July 2fl.—An
army of deputy «heriffa now guaid la the
Hite mine, at King«, three relire abure
here, on th«- lygarl’w Valiev . river
The «heriff «4« called there thi« • iter­
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X -
noun a« the o|«>*ratoiM feared ati out-
»-rn Pa« ill- has u*'«iir»t a «(»«•• tai j»»siit
brrek, but no arrest « were made.
tariff «if flu «'ruts fHi flour and wheat
Early thia morning the driver« Ml the
manna, in carload
lot«, minimum
ruine joinr»! the sunken
The opera-
weight 24,<>ou ¡»Munds effort AuguM. ft,
tor® «ecu red new »iriver« in mii hour.
and
W
a
»
hili
g
ton
In
roliaFquence.
the
supply
«•!
»istup*
from points in Idaho
ijurnre.
«upply »»(
ami at noon over half of the miners
to point* in Nrbra«k *, l»»wa Kan*«
in the vault«« j - runniiiK’ Very ¡ •••.«. at.
came out.
Then the aeooml lot of
M
it has fo«en found nec'UMSAry
í*«ary to cut «Irivrrw threw up their positions, and
a»k«*-l th” V< h -.
| - to join tl.rr.’ down the requisition from culirctora
•<» •ome uf the men began •toning the
Ile
in a ii ucinrnt t«» .«ll«'» th* tr.ii ’-j*»?
tliat sufficient ilami« might Ite k»’pt miner», who WtT»' fi-’tie I to lenvr ihtjir
tat ton of 350 (» umls »*t luggage tu trail« on ha??d to m«*«’t th«* legitimate de- work.
l’»acihc
pa«*«* nger a having
maids of the trad«*.
Ralph IIitr, the foreman, «oon had
lit beta U* the Patufic <*<*a»t »nd »<r*du«x*l
hi« WIm heater rifle in bi« haml. and
Aro»««« I'fate l*rfoe.
far* order for th* ocean |*aa*age.
Th«*
three «hot« »¡Uh kly chovked the enthu-
rr»|uv«t will hkrly be grant*»!.
N*W \ or it, July 2d — A
• ia«in of all the atriker« foil one, who
the
Herald
from
Washington
i
s:
Col. C F. Crocket, vice | r« »i lent of
lua-lr for llitr with a pick, bill hr was
Secretary fomg has a^Aih a»k««d the driven ha* k at the point of a revolver.
the Huutbern Paeifk* railroad, »!i»'»l Mt
1 -
II
hi* hutu* 111 Swtl F'raiiCi«* <>,
The u|<erat4>ra, however, feare«i amdhrr
furnish the guvcmin«»nt with armor for outbreak, am! Galled on the county offl-
Dm mlnrra’ »trike in the E«»»ter:.
Tonight orgamaera wre
•tatc* la aaauming a <l»*«)M rate »-¡wx-t the battle «hips W>- ««n»in, Hlimn« «ml ciala for aid.
Alabama at a c«>»«t »»f g.’.ou
ton
Th» there, and they «ay all ihr men Will
Th«* miner« have appealed to the rail
<x»mmunh allun» making th* prup«H*i
join the atrikerv, but Hite Mated that
way men f »r help
Hon have bren forwarded tu the com* •11 or tno«t of the men would fo* al
<
M Kliulta, of < hi 4,'-i, haa bo ight p.tnir«, and th* secretary Im re»iuvt»» I
work tomotrow.
th* Ta«»*ma Dedger ami ha» -place«! J
that immediate rvpllr« I m * made.
Be-
M. Bradley in editorial managem« ni
ifopprij by a * lujttnrilon.
fore taking any furtfo’r step« tn the
The price paid wa» |I*,0OO.
C anonsburg, Pa., July 20.-—The«.-
way uf < arrving will the I ia hr ‘l»»»¡rira
»ml inan’h on the Allimm mine w.»«
There 1« a great tu«h fr»»m Seattle to km»w the intent «» hm of thr armor
made this evening by BOO striker« from
am! th«* Sound to the gold field* at flrn.s.
Miller’s run and the Mlllerstnirg dis­
Cfondyke. One miner aa* • that many
It i« tr|««rtrd that thr <'aruegir coin
No bloodshed resulted, AS the
Will go tl .err who will never return,
pany i« «‘onsldvring a proj»»«itn*n for trict.
John Durbin, one of Orv*g»«n’a ohlret thr aal* of it« plant to th** Russian leader* are ouol*hvaded men ami behl
Thr strikers
Thu» report has b»«-ii in their tuen in check.
pioneer» and oiliiena. died at the Louie g-ivrrnm»*nt.
of hi« grandson, Dun an R«»»«t mat circulation in ordnance «ir< le» í«»r many rea«’ho*l the coal tipple about «fork, but
Salem.
H* wa « nearly 103 veara old days, ami while thr repr<**«*iitutiv»*« <»f were met by a d»*pnty «hrriff, who
aervod an injtim ti«»n on the leader.
The pione<»r jubilee h«« lireii ualierwl Hie <'aruegir« in thi» city j .«.f.-«* to
Andrew Savage.
After «time pRrl«*ying
in al Salt l-4kr, and till« work Will fo­ know nothing afo»ut it. ««»me urdnanc*
w ttnrecMNf nile of,thr graiidr«t Orh-Lr» cip-itw fo’lirvr there may fo* Mtune the men marched buck a few hundrv«?
Th«* reply «»f the yard« ami <'4nijM-d in the open field.
tionv ever »«ran in lite Intrr-muuotain f<»umfoti«»n f«»r it.
Carnegie
company
to
the retriary*«
country.
«till Wutkliif Ml
li ruling
com mu meat Ion, it is a***r'r<l. will in­
Th«» Ja|>an official p»«•*» wt.it» » that it
Wheeling. W. V»,. July 2<».— Tin
dicate whether or not there is atty
ia probabki that the Jnp4ne«*e govern­
arrival of President llatehford at Fair-
truth in the rv|«urt irganling the -al
ment will agr*-e to lb»’ proptwal of H<
mount !• the event of the «lay in Wert
of the c«tahh»hiurnL
w.vti and submit llm dlvpute I’elwret
Virginia.
It i« rmt likely ltat«J t rd
the two countrire to arbitration
will be able t«» do anything which l> b<
Iter lll<»<*.l
N».l H«*ll-
could nut du.
I>«de, Itatchford atid
The fatiioti« Hroa-)tii«»*r C'.»*»in<», a
Washington. July 3<t.—The in i »nil other orgahiart« b»dd a ct»n(v*encr t<»
$100,000 piea«urc r» -i»it at Colors L.
offered to the Portugltr«»» flag t»v I «lay at Fairm«.*unt to dwiae plan« (ot
Spring», <’oh«., w ;*• burnol I»» th**
party uf »tudent« tn California «»n the future work.
They favor «'<»miiii«Mioii
gtunn«l. The entire L»u* wilt I*»- d<>ul4v
Fourth <>! July is not eijt «ctr»| to food ing all the »inker« a« mimioBarire t<
that amount.
There w.«» «. atvrly any
to any eoriiplicatmn«.
ViiMMtnnl «Ir work from man to man among th«
insurance.
Bant<»*Tliry«u, the Poriugm-*«« t iinhialer
Two m i*ked men roblmd th«- Sac and to the Cnitewl State«, called at the miner« in their home«.
Fol j»»«l«»flL 0, 50 miles from Guthrie, »tale department Imlay, ami
< »«al WbarSMg* la < hl« ag«
I had a
O T » and wvurcl a quantity of regia •hurl talk alanit the matter.
I II«’ pr*>
Chi* ago, July 2<i —-A «hurtage of r*-»
ter«*»! letter«, «tam|i« am! a «mall sum VioUaly had brought th«*
inoi*lent to has begun to fo* fell here
Th* Chi
<»f m<»m '
They were after $l0,(i00 the attention <»f the »Icpartmeiit a hu h
cago refinery, which uar» 5oo tom
l**ing paid the Indiana.
had caumn I inquiry to !*• tua*ie of the •lady, ha» su»|»rmlrd opat'raii<>n« in view
W. A. Bellwucxl,
a
well-known state authorities. The report <»f the o! the high price«*
fo«.wl «'• m I men be
Philadelphia merchant, ha* fo*rn ar- governor of California has not yet fo «,n hew that the sugar refinery’s « u «| m - m
rretod for obtaining Jewelry under received, a* the minister wa« inf«»rmr*l. • h»n is a (»»rerunnrr of a numl»rr «»l
fal»e prrtenae
He piwncl the Jewelry He *gpre«*ed great «ati«faol ibii al the similar « aa»’S, w hen similar large con
to gel money t«> bet on liurar rai «*«, and tone taken by the ncw»pA|<*ni in trfor- «utn«*rs attempt to replenish thrir stork
in thia way foal $13,000
ting tu the aff.tir.
Trouble* I« K*|MM-t4i«t.
The Central Lafoir Vtifon <»f New
l|r<l 4 «tifile
Canonsburg, Pa., July 2fl — AK »r
York, after a long wrangle, ad«»pt<-<l tha
Troy, N Y . July Jrt — IL v. Teter 500 striker« came in from Bridgeville
following rr«o1uti«»h
*'R ci *»1 v » n |. That
the appointmrnl of T. V. Powderly aa Havermah*. the ««lde»t Catholic privai •ml reported that from 7(Ki to I.Ooi
II«* would l»e here tutughl. Th«- Mi’Govetn
nuTUaiHioiwr o( immigration ia the in the Cnit«*d States, diol Uwfoy
gn*at»*«t offlirel I nan It ever offered by was l«orn in the province of North mine has l«œn running «ih-« Tu«»- ;«'
th* fe»L ial govrrnin**nt tuorgan>•<*»! la­ Bral«ant, Holland, March 38, |t»06, Trouble is look«*«I fur if the miner« d*
wining lo America in a few months
bor. •»
trat come out.
Marrhril ««it It nan «.I»«*
Edhem Paaha, rommamlrr-In-vhief
Pan Rafael, Cal., July 26Ch.'irlr»
«>f the Tiirkiah forre« In Thrrealy. «a« Bull!, ag«*d t«3, ami Gr«*rgr l^anff aged
Peoria. Ill, July If.—About 4PO
the recipient of an infernal machine, 31. were drownr«! tn thr «urf half a miner« from Minonk, Toluca and hut
which rxpb«|ed while it « a« being mile from Bolinas about II «>’ fork thia lati>l marched to R<»anok«- thi« morning
opened,
aevetwly
wounding E III«*111 morning,
Buhl Is thought to have Their coming wa« )reme»l in advan«»-
Paalia in the arm.
suffered a «trokr of iiaraly su» while and none of the miner« went t» work
l^anff. w ho h*-;ir«l Buhl'* After the meeting the viriiiitg miner*
The tariff bill makes a new rancvi bathing,
went away.
• ion to American vessels in the foreign cries «»f »list res*. met death while
to save thr drowning
1
< etl«n Mill* < love.
trade ui trade between th«* Atlantic and bravely trying
fo.’ Buhl was unmarri«*»! ind
Aurora, III., July 2fl.~The Aurur«
Pa* iti.*, by exempting from interna« man’s I if
foiuff re- tut ton mill« rha»r«l torl.y on account oí
tional revenue taxes «listii|r*d ami fer­ a rrshlrnt of San Franci*
Both fowl ire were the coal famine.
The cunerrn employ»
mented liquors, tutau oo am! cigars used shied in Holinas.
recovered.
as supplies on such v«-«««’fo
600 han*la
To < hrrk »prr.d of t»l««-««r
Forest tir«*« have been raging (or two
Itlrh » !•»»< la
days in
i the mountains east of Oroville,
Simla, July 2fl
The vic»* regal el-
Varren, Nev., July 2fl . — The di«-
Four or five house» smi I ni ms eonti*« rntinril tol.T a.I-pt.-.l n Kill nr»very «»f a QUtFlfi belt is rrpurtr--! from
Cal.
H atc bretx burne-J. A big f.rv started yrpealiBr t! .c - *<•»•’ii hi «' nt» act «*f I «v3. Alum creek, 10 mile» from llawlb«»rne
near Whitewash Trees an<l ran six or The object <»f thlf art lot* *<« to rea’ore The l»-d|fe aaaay* $ld tn the ton. The
erven 1 miles south to Palmero. Fifty 1» the governor-general the piner to
gruuml 1« covered with bouldere, ami
men were rngsg« I in righting it.
An- make rub«« for rbreklng Hie apt • el of «ample« from them a««ay $»’• U» the Ion.
other fir* broke out near Robinson '• certain Gontagiona dive,*»»« in the »an- There i* enough <>f thi« grade ore .»n
mill, and btirmwi over a distance eight lontnenta, and to give him th»- aarr.e the «'irface to keep |<X> etaiBpa going
by twelve mile«. Tw o hundred met) control in rrepun to three »liaraare
a*»* that for yeara. J4. A. Knapp and J. A
Were fighting it (or two nights and ■ •
-
*»•«'
Yerriogton, th* prim iptil uwn»*r», a iTe
«lays.
It is Iwlievr«! that lli»“se fires are tnM'tiou» diannlera.
making a mill te«t «»( «e%er41 ton» to
incendiary.
Ascertain the im|«>rtance of the find.
It is sai I in Athens th it Itsh has
Water pipe* of |i.«|M*r are a an eras it*
prop«»»” I cue vive mr^RUrrs against
England
I
Turkey.
DONE
KILLtO
O**«b
i •
New Havsn. Joly 38.—An appalling
accident occurre»! this morning in tha
•b*l I - Iced ing department <»f th* Win­
cheater Rep«*ating F rearms Company's
works.
Without an Instant'« warning
•ix human being» |.*t their livre by an
•xpluaton an«! another victim d)«wi soun
afterwanl at th* taospitai
A aeor* of
oilier* were more wr le*a are low* I y in
jured but no further falahtle« are an­
ticipated.
M »re than 150 men and women are
empi»>y*d in th* loading department
ami that more fatalitlre dhl not rrealt
from th* explosion i« miramfous.
The
hundtc*!» of people who gathered *fo>ut
the ffatre immediately a (for th* *x p lo­
tion *iln»*s«M*«l « gru«-«*une *ighL
Hit
d«wl fowlire, bl a« kene«l With poW»l*t9
and friglitfully mangled. alm»*«t beyond
recognition, were lying on the fk«»r.
Near by tw<» injure! turn were writbi: g
in ’kg«*ny and all afoiot were men run­
ning with their fa *» an* I anus I'bred ing
from shot w«»un’i«, nnmindfulof the m
jurire, but trying to assist ths injure!
an«l quell thr cunfoahwi. Owing t»i the
number rd girls whb were carri«*»l out
in a la.nting enmlithm, it *o believe*I
that many of them wrr* aerxHialy in*
jured, and there wa* a great forking of
relief when It so foam! that lu must
caars they were unharmed
The eiphsifon oc«*urn*l uj tbff Inadtttg
room
Ewipl«»ycd-ji jrt* re>m wm«
150 hands, two lhir®eTTh.etn girls and
women
N* xrly *11 th* female hands
* ■
• I on the • 1« .
chin«-*
The full
|’fou»«kht of hands
was At work in the frarai wh«*n thr rx-
■
sols of the Luildhig w««bl««wn «»ut, aixl
fragments «»f human bodies were » at-
Irrel in every direction. All available
|>hy«ici*ns. tire *!«*psirtment. polin», am­
bulance and hospital corpa were ap<**d-
ily rammouad.
H arrow ing scJGfire were enacted 4» the
vast throng cungregAt»*d afouit th»- pfoor.
The vict:iu* who were alive were mad«’
a* « «»mfortabh* as possible an»! «■onv»-ye*l
with all |<«»*»ild* spred to thrir hum*-»
Tw o bod On Lad
fo*vn dcrapttalvd-
Others had la**»n partially torn asunder
and still others had forn diememfo’rel.
Hiw at I Ba*dri«»ff 4 .--d aftIn-u g (ak» ti
to the hospital, making the»rvrnth vic­
tim <»f the rxpl»*i«m
Th«* cause of the rxpfosion has i.«»t
fosen «irtrrmin«*d.
T. G. B»*nnrtt,
president of th«* company, said:
•‘We have been running automatic
loading maciiiti*« lor more than JC
years, an«l this is the first lime any onr
ha» fo «ui injured. Since th«' adoption
of tne»Hi machines we have had no acci­
dents in th” rise of l»!a k gunpowder.’*
Bennett expressed the belief that
through the carelresnrs* *»f an ojM*ratur
or |«>w«ler b»y the machine that rxpluii
ed had fo*«*n overcharged.
A
GEORGIA
WATERMELON
Th* l*tF«lti»»ii Herr)«*« * Mammoli«
N|>*rlm*n uf a Muulhrru Faturlt»-
Washington, July 23.—President M« -
Kmley was the recipient today of a
unh|iie <*<»iiiplim»*nt in the shape of .1
large Georgia v at«*rmel«ui.
>evvrul
membera of thr <lel»*gation iu congress
.
.<
H. Mitchell, of Atlanta, the S-»uth«*rn
freight agent uf the Baltimore A* Ohio
railroad, made the ¡ututati uì in th»
Blue room. Th«» melon wan about ta»»
ami a half feet long, and measured six
fret in circumference.
It was |>uck*, i
in a guldt'ii iiani|>**r, wrapped in th««
American flag .»nd « ntw in»-l with white
silk ribbon, on one end of which was
the fl «g of th«« Cnite«| Htatv* and on th«*
other the arms ut th«* slate of Georgia.
Representative Livingston made til«
presenta lion atwrech.
In doing su lie
refer re* I to the old a«lage a bent the
Greeks fo’aiing gifts, and assure! the
(»resident w l»rn opened nuoffiiv-i rkiliK
enemy wouhi emerge.
The president made a happy re-
«(H»h»r, saying among other things that
h«» was rs|-erial|y gralith-d f«>r th»* a*-
•orarn e that it contained no ofli. »
R’vkvr.
A
r*«*rty,
SHOCKING
STORY
aiAttstl«»* «»»«I I »«-«th
% rh •*««•• < ii > ■
I*
as
Fort Smith, Ark.. July n. — A
«h<K?king Ciu*» of destitution came 14»
light in thia city yesterday,
In an ohi
shanty within th«- shadow of the t'ni-
ted Stale» Jail, lying U)«»n a pile «»f
straw am! revered with rag», wn* f<»uml
Mrs. John H.iu»*r, the widow »»f a «»> •
well-known German r«-*idenl of this
city, almoNt dem! with malarial fever.
In ah«»lh»*r corner lay two B-antdv
clothed etWpSre.
They were thr budim
ni Mr». Hauer’s children, one fl months
old, the oilier 4 yean». The children
had di«*d from di*ea«e, exposure and
starvation,
hi the hut were also foni'd
Mr«. Lordan, Mr«. Hauer*«m<»th<*r, ami
three living children, all of wh»»iu wera
fa«t yielding to the pangs uf hunger.
Mr«. Hauer was r«*muv*d to a hospital
where «lie will «lie.
Many Miners Preparing to
Leave For theClondyke
PERILS
OF
THE
JOURNEY
llMnort
Fa»»»«g»r» IM reel far
l»aW«4MB « Ilf % * kriwrift Mrirhaut »
Maeal I*»•••«!I *«•»»•
••an Franc • u. July 33. —Notwith-
•landing th* »uggration« *( the miners
«»n the a»lvautag«>« «»f traveling over-
Ian«!, the Et(w*lsior, which will sail **n
the 2Mth. is fowking pasM’tigvr» for
h»«*>n City by the •« ore ami will cl««**
its looks lu a day or so.
The «tramer
will arrive al St Miche I’s early n
Augu»t, in time tn ti»nn«*«i with ri'sr
The
foaktS FUlihltig direei t«» fka W «*••!».
giddawkrra will reach their •l«sIinaD«»n
atout Rapirmi*? 5. As th* Yukon will
t»e froasm by Ortaber I, M> one who
»1er« nut go s*M»n w ill lie able to re»» b
Daw m H) this ymr by way of St.
MicbaePa.
Humlrrds will «fouLtlrs»
make th»* Journey overland from Jutrean
after the closing <d thr navigable
stream*
The Alaska Commercial Company
ha« Ä00 000 |w»und« of supplies at Kt.
Mi«ba«d*s. all of which will Im for-
warded to D»ws>>n by ts>at twf*«rv the
«*|i«Mrig of the ri»cr.
The N«»rth
Amen m Transportation Company ha«
an equal Amount of f«**l an ! clothing
it M. Micharl’a
A party of 40 tpun *• preparing |e
‘harter a acbooner and «ail to Juneau,
from which pnint they will Uiakr ihr
pmrnt-y overland U» Dawson.
It is hard to say al thi« time h«»w
many '■»an Franciscan« will leave L»r
tLr i»«:w Erfoíad”.
HumlF”»»«» are ««»i»-
• birring th«* qmwtiuti, bnt the daitg« i
«il t li»- ;'•'.)>( 11 .»•*«« >f f .4 i u r w ; . k*”- ;
many of them from swelling the popu
fotionof Daw « n » ii City ,%r any of the ih * w
towns which will spnug up. «»r (rom
JoUrneVitig to }«o»»lb!r he* field« whl* h
may l»e di«cuvr#rd
Th»» problem« is a
«hflh ult one to *>lve, but the chaiof»
arv that a couple »>( hundred will Irav*
here fo*twr«*n now ami next «pring
Thr Walla W «Ila sails this morninii
The Walla
with but few Yukon*!*.
Walla will ooiinect with the Mi’iioi,
•A ,
. A : . t *k\ ;i; ’• • f the annera
fonimi for Juneau.
Thr Yukon rush
ha« caused the Pacifit? C<»aat < oui|«Mny
to arrange an extra «tremer trip, to
L av * Portland for Jun«*au soun, atop-
ping al Seattle.
A
HAZARDOUS
UNDERTAKING
iHttU «»III. a Hleii.llm • Trip I m II»«
< loMdykr Foiated *»««<
Chicago, July 22 — P. B
Wearr,
vn «•-prr«i»lrnt «*f th»’ North American
Trading Company, 1« receiving bun
drrds <>f letter« asking information re­
garding Aln^k.«
II»* »-nd today:
’’The bouts winch sail fr«»m Seattle
this month are full— every pasrtage
taken.
That means that any one who
wunl1* to go to Cfotidyke must wait for
th»* August louts.
And thr Journey is
7,( h )0 mile«-
People talk about it .1« i!
it waa walking aero«* thrftr *rt. They
don’t rvaiia»» what Afoaku 1«—what
thr Yukon 1». They will »»»•«.I a map
to oonvillcr them of thr truth that thr
country *d the Vuk-n end iui tribo
'm i 1’
\
i« as forge a« the w hole «'»»untry rust »»!
the Mi«sn»«ippi—that it is forigrr than
.» trip to Euro|»e before they rru-h
B«diring »«-a, an<l thr mouth of thr Yu-
kon; that by thr tun«’ they strike the
Yukon th»* Aln-kan Arctic winter will
fo* t>|K»n them
By September 30 thr
winter aetllre «L»wn ami thr Yukon
cuuntry is frown « m «I i «I till next Muy.
“The aspen»« « <♦( g« tting from Chi­
rag»» lo Seattle 1« $00, ami from .'Mollile
There will I m «
to Be ring »ra $ 150.
thous.inds of EaNirrn in» n who will go,
but of rouro* the <*<»a>*t ]*<«oplv have
everything in thrir favor
**Onr thing must l«e rvim-mfo-ri*!,
that the Cfondyk* country is in Brit-
lah domain and will fo* governed a« •
eordingly.**
IVawl« I»« < «»II«’« l l>uti«*«
Viet »rfo, B <‘., July 23 —This <-ity
1« full of pr»»«|)ertivr miner« waiting
f«»r steamers to take them north.
In
• h«»rt, thr g«»|d frtrr ha« struck thr
town, am! *orre *»f men are throwing
up g<*od |N«»ititona in order (o «**rk
thrir fortunes in the Cfomiyke g<»l*l
lirLia.
John Pirrw. a wholesale rn« reh,«nt,
ha« made a »«mirwhal novel pro|Mn»i
ti«»n to the Dominion government. I!«*
has nfferel to p-»y $ >0 000 ¡<*r annum
fur a |wri<sl of five «»r len } e »r». for
thr privilege uf collecting duty «»n
K’ «•I« going into the <'amehan «rctâon
of thr Yukon ootinlry. To his telegram
to thi« «-ffr«'t th«* authoritim have a«
yrt not vou* h«afr»l an answer, but it I«
Ifelievr*! cu»tum« <»ffl rm wilt be M*nt
there I»» cull«*r,t duly on American g»s»l.«
which are bring taken into thr cuun-
try.
Thr Tariff <«»t«fr»rnr* ItrpuH.
Washington, July 33.— Thr tariff
eonfrreticr rej«»rLjkA* .^¿en ut» in thr
senate today after root ine bus tn«*«« was
di»|«os»'«| uf *nd thr formal reiuhng of
the report pna'rr«|«wi.
During the
early hours the dl*< ussiun was purely
formal, mo«t <»t thr lime fo-ing given
to i«lentifying Hit* numbered am»n«l-
ment* w l h thr trit of ihr renata tul!.
% h Olfer Ft«»»»» I I Hti»( I hang
Poughkrr|<*ie. X. Y , July .’2 —
George A Krill, who gra«lua|n| from
Cormdl in Boot, rr«-ently received 4
cable dispatch from Li Hung Chang,
<>ff»-ring him a liberal sum to organise
•ml manage a mole! farm in China
under the government.
Mr. Brill will
accept, and will leave for China soon to
»liter upon his dulirc
In Ihr
Washington July 33.-When the
houae met today Evan», of Kentucky,
re|M»rte»l a joint resolution r«»|ur*>i ing
the pnondent to make an« h Invest iga
tioiia ae will elicit fact* in oonnrt t ion
with the rretrictiona pul upon the «ale
of American tobacco In foreign conn-
trie« un<lvr what ia known as * * regte, ”
or government contract a. Th« résolu-
lion waa a<!optn|.
« «dritte-1 < r»» bu • t mirrai
San Trancierò July 33.— All flag« ill
tin« city were half-maslrd to»|.»v a«
tribute to the memory of the late Cid
onci Char le« F. Crocker.
The •implr
f I ■ ■• .»
- i y a few ■ •
the tnoal intimate friend« of the «L*
erased, wm conduct««! at San Mateo this
morning, an«I the rriuains were then
brought lo tin» city.
6V
MASKED
MEN
«Mwtrr ef MH! aa«l T»« f »
Hsk»r*s H«» KVr«lrw)«d
Astoria. Or., July 23 — NrW! was
brought to thia city today that a great A Resume of Events in the
fleet of hahing boat» had dretroye»!
Northwest.
many net« in Baker’• hwy. Ia«t night
There wrrr between
an«! Ibis morning
50 and 100 boats. it> ra.-b «•! which Wrr«-
two or u>»»re mm. The men were al! EVIDENCE OF STLAOY GROWTH
masked, wearing ham!kerchief» over
their faces.
The fleet rvnlenlly congregate«! at Wvw» (•*tb«r«4 I» All Ih* T urbi «f
<»*•» X»lghhorlB| at*t*e l«M|»re«*-
the hea»l uf San«! letami Irei night, af
Xnl»4 In Ili In-iuilil«« Orege*.
From
t*r having formulale»! plan«.
there th* fo«als pruce«*«led to th* I mv ,
The GoMen Mtamlar»! quarta mine,
destroying all the trap* that lay in
near G»dd llill, in Ja> k«on «t>uniy, »«»
their path. Whenever pusaiblr. th«
l**m-l«'»l la»t Wcrk f««r $135,000.
men aawrd off th* trap*poire.
When
The «.ffl«■’•»»• «»! thè Malhfoma hav«
Uns was tmpireible. they tore ths nets
to pieces
From the information At mg4g««l a crea in tforvalli» to wurk un
ba*el it apprar» that nearly 100 trap" a wing dato Ihat
wera dretfpyml« This tuotning the de- Bla»k ix.g bar.
E» ti maire put on the wheat crop ot
»1 ruction wa» continued
N«» attempt
E,iMern Orvguti are tliait there will I*»
was made to M<>t* the work of th»* men.
1 Jl>M.00U
Th* actfou *>( the men tu this’ire I ruc­ in ihr tirigltilx>rh<»4 of
tion of propartv is no «l«ul»t due to the hush»*!» barv«*ste«l lhl* rearen.
fact that th»» price of kah La» fo » n re
Thr wag««n hr« lg” Acr«»*» the Yam*
«loced
Within the last few »lays I!»«* hill al Khrrid an in iinreL*. focili •
f
Ira}* btv* bare «luing *aceptionallr
lecavr»! piers.
Tr.wel »»ver the 1hri.lg«
well, and it ia believe»! the plan for will fo* inimriipt..| tur two or three
their <|e*iru«*ttun wa* formulated Ira week*.
vengeful men. although, o(
Thr Falla < ‘ity rorrrepoml ent of thr
raniiol be definitely «aid ihat the ma
Dallas fluirj**- mlent asya thnt Inu|s in
raudrr« were tfohrrinm owing to lhelt
that precinct • re looking wr'll,
ma»k«.
ha* fo’gun in ran>**«t. and1 fall ■<»wn
The Ir«}* hefongifig to Sumiml El
oat* will sour 1 fo* ready hir lliv I> Infor.
more. McGowan A 5-»ns amt H A >» a
Hon C V Br«M*k says th *t th'« crop
borg received the attention of the m«*u
Heaburg’s property «offering m«*t
A «»f wheat in Nbrrman r»»uimy 1 N til«
A «n- vativ<« rstl-
few private flap* were molreled.
Th« largret on ree« r 1
ionie ¡'la««*» fl ir output to foi* hat'rr«trd
men roul’l l«e plainly s«*en from th«
•bore, carry Ing on their w«»rk of dretrue- At 3.(MM),000 bushel*, all u ( ex«* •dient
«junlity.
thm, but n»» attempt wa» mn '<• to «t-.-j
Th »«re seems to fo'
them, a« it was nup|»>««*’| they wme
wh«»th*r the fish hate
heavily arm«*!.
will la* o|w*rat«M| thi«
Ctunpfoint w«« it t !»• to Deputy Cu
ted State« Marshal Miiart. hut b«* I»»” claim !>«*ing made by
that th* resulta “t lai
taken no a- t!t»n a« yet.
a
Tim affair ha« created great eiritr- Ufy th»* sichre
m*nt
It i» »aid the men hav«- w -« ••
The bar latra u f
rn
to remove all th* imp« in th;« ri»« r. trr«M| Into an a,
avo
claiming that they ar«« the can»«* of lb« any of thrir c
reluct ion in the prm* of fish.
T‘
Thr burlier who violates
canneni have taken n»> •«•lion as y«*t t ■
will hav«» to furnreh hi«
the protection «»f their pro|»erty, ami with a win«* supper.
will prolMbly obtain permission lu keep
Th* gra«»hop|M'r« that were >lrVa»lat*
an arm«*»! force in the bay
II i« uml« r-
-.i* th” fi’-i I n r un I t>l»'i. n Gilliam
.
■
.
IJ. migrât«**! to thr west and «titilli
will offer $1.000 reward or ihr appre
lawt week
The sun was partly ob-
hension o the offend*?*.
*d thr greater («art of the week,
w hi I* they were flying «
REACHED THE SENATE
Th* illustrated rotuni emrmeut num-
ber uf thr Cnivrrslty of Oreg«»n M«»nth-
Will»
Ih»
l»ia
îha •»••iwn Will r «>«1
ly ha« berli completed,
lieshire roti«
|.<»« m I ttf th* 1 • r I Cf Hill.
rations an»! two prim
laining thre
Washington, July 23.—The tariff re*-en tir deliver»*!, ami
and an unusual
cun former report was reported to the nuinfo'r »»( llltrtrstlhg irto |r«t, it also
•mat«« today, but little I’fog’»*—» wa> haa 15 «li *«*1 engraving» «»f the literary
made on it tw-yomi the furiual r red ing Mirfotie*, graduating cl t*t uf ’V«, «»II-
During the tor 141 »t
of afo»ut two-tiiir»!« of it.
taff. t*uar I of regents ami Presi-
day Tillman «qwidy lbrrv(irm»-l a tiii- «Irnl < h iapmati.
».
• i.
bu»trr until
ibi« ..J tin i«-adil>g " ’I ' U»”i«
•
bagging and cotton ti<*e were nut re-
tllMt«*S that afouit J, .»IM», IKM) 1*011 hd« of
• t«»red to thr free Ifo* but thr threat
w»»»»| ha vu* ching* d han ■ ■« al The lkdl«s
was regarded «« autnewhai fi «-tioii'
thl<* «M-uMiti
'i bi* w« «-k the porch »»• ■<
Thr sugar amendments nctsunrd a
have fo'cn L)»ge
1 >1»»» clip of 60,000
lung <lrt»atr, «luring which A Hi»* >n
p»nn Is Was «»»Id at I« v«-iit»
There
.«• conf»-t-
a ere
ate 5,000.000 p»uind* more to he sold,
*
ami
and w h«’ii all thi« m tuip«*l into money
largely a coiu'»*««tun to th»* hou*»*.
it ought lu ni»k»’ a »uui forge mutigli
V**t, Jun«*«, Berry itnd Whit«’ <pt* *
to fo* fell in bu»in»**».
lion *d this statement, urging that th«
N Igi r trust M*curcd forger fo to !P. ■ f u*
M M •*» I ng t >>n
th«» v*»nformer ach«*dufo than from any
l‘Ug< have pul in their
previously offer* I. Th* lumber ano-n-l
r Hi»* Hi-t lime in the Pa-
in.mt also brought out .inimAt«-d crin
fonar country.
<• «rn from Teller am! Pettigrew.
The Pa« itiu •oldlcr«* r«’uni«>n llegan
E 1
in W
I. ( hrlialia county, ht«l
)•»: ti t
1
*
nd re
will t'ont I IIU«' five wevk«
wrrk.
«¡nesting thr preshlelit to take all n«' re
hmgrr
•ary steps for the release of th“ t ’«»tu
John P Fay ha* borii rlectrd |>rrsi*
| nd i tor’s prisoners from
prison Mt
«folli of thè fo.iird «d r«»g«*nls of thè uni-
Havana.
The general opinion 1«
the vi-rsity «>f U ashingtou, tu suev«*vd John
Wilvy, «Iccsare»!.
quorum of thr iniial»* will
A I'lMte M*»r«lr»*r klllr.l I»» %»
Kingman, Aria, July 22. — It h forma
lion received from Rioville, ? N»v at
the mouth of the Virgin rive w, au y •
that Mou««*, the Piute murder* er, was
killed two day« ago on Muddy « rrrek in
Limnoln county. Nevada, l»y a pu~«• ot
pure ur r«,
Moina» i« the Indian who k:il<-
Hlcarnee and Duvl« *»n the Coh>?ii-n
river ta«l winter near the White h.ll«.
A rtaard of |. 5u *4» . fT«r.-»| f>r ' nn.
dva«l or alive, ami a cuhMant -»ar* h
ha« I m * vu made for four m«*nlh«
N«
trace, however, wa« «truck till .1 wr»*k
ago.
H»> wu then Io-ate*I in th*
Charlreton mountain«, north ut Van­
derbilt. Sheriff Butte win*d Witham
Miller, of Vanderbilt, to take trad«-»*
and go out
Miller found the trail
am! follow»«*! it to within IP mil*« *»f
Muddy arttletttrnt. Tl»v Imhan trail
er« then turned l»ack. twihg afraid <»(
the Imhan« on the Muddy
Miller
followed alone am! finally ran «town
Mutter, who was »hot live time« forfore
he gave up
Thr >»«hl»iiil Tl.lat < an<|
Oaklaml, Cai., July 22 —A memo»
rial ita» beri» ftirWardeti lo c«mgr»'»« l»v
thè |>roplc <»f Alameda aaking Ihal thè
Oakltnd telai canal !«• c*on»| h t.sl Mh •
not aliati«Ione»I Thi« canal Mio* planrnd
and half coinplvtrd nrnlrrt ohmrl G. C.
Mendall, when he wa« chief of govrrn-
mrnt engineerw.
When Colonel Hutter
waa appointrd he with«irew t'olonel
Mende!!** fidai renai pian, alrt rlv
l«art)y c»>mplete.|. Citi» ti» of Fruii-
vale an I Aloitie<Li wanl il «v»inplrtrd
• •haltiHi Vrta, ? Xwsriversarr.
London, July 41— The Mah.tion
Army celebrated it 3'0 ai>niver.ary at
the Cry.tal palace tialay.
An ..nor
mona gathering a.M-ttiblol «uh «lele
gata« from all part, of the «orti.
Aluminum helmet! have noi proved
I’hlfodr Iph i a is to buy Profr«**or
entirely •uccreafu! in the German army. Cope’« Culler lions of fossil« for $óO,OUU
I’srlflr < »«••( ll heal f»r Rr*«||.
San Franciaoo, July 23. —That th ere
1« an actual whoitage uf wl.rat in the
Argentine Republic has firm ilrniuti-
•Irate»! by the chartering of two |»ig
•hipa tn carry Wheal tn tirati I. < >nr <»(
them, < oml*el»ank, 3,1 7V ton« regir’er,
1« alrredy hauled and ready fi »r nen.
The other, the Crra»«ington, 3,000 Iona,
1« ready to begin lowdmg at ome.
Theae ship« will carry a large «torr of
grain to th« Breailian capital, the fir»t
time m hietory that a cargo of the km«l
haa gone from her* to that port.
Bra­
sil haa al way« dr|M«nde»l W|«»n Arg« n
l**e fur ita wheat supply heretofore.
< •»• Ml»«tn*lf Into th» »<•»
Ran Francisco, July
— Fred <iib
•on. a lE-year-oM buy, attempted «u*
ride last evening by throwing him«e!f
into the <a*ean from lbw Mu»re| n« k.
Ilia action was aawn by one of the < •■ »«t
guardsmen who fish«-d bun out of thr
water with little diflb ulty.
He told a
pitiful «lory of the death of hi« parent«
•ome lime ago ami of bi« inability p>
And work,
lie !»•• been a charge of
the H»»y«’ A Gllra* Ai«l *»«*i.«iy, gn»l
felt that lie war im|w»aing on the •«»
riaty, *o he »lipped «way from tin
home Sunday afternoon.
Paper brlth-g for machinery la b
ruade and noeti in Get many.
It im rr(N»rte«l that thr l‘ght draft fo»at
Ihat in tu navigate thè Okanugan rtvrr
1« afoiut c«impfotcd st W« nateli*«», sud
will m.ik«* 1* trial trip in u fot* «foys.
very soon after the di*p»»*Al >-f I
tariff bill, but thr deter imitation uf t
•upjN»rter» of the Harrt« Pacific ra
roa-1 rr«»‘luti«m to *•< iire a vote u|-<»n
before final a«ljournment may «lek
that t'oh«uti*mati«Hi f »r «orne «lay*.
A ««»mplete • ure in a a«e of l<n ’ j*w
I« reported from the German hoaptlal,
San Tranciano. The raw* wo treated
by an Injection of telano« anti tonne
•imitar in Ila arana to that u«r.I in
roue« of diphtheria.
Lomfon. July 33 — The Daily Mail
haa received an anonym«»'!« letter with
referrm v to the proital ihiT of a war
between England am! th»* Cnilcd Stat»-«,
In which the writer aaya:
**Englaml had ought to take th* op
purtunity of ra tifying the frontier by
annesing Maine, Vermont, New |hmp
•hire ami a port of New York • a’et
thu« giving Canada a «report—!1
Il
land—to which navigation »*» <»p»-n
th* y«ar.
si»* ought al*» l«> an nt 1
Alavka am! the Han*iwhh i«lm I .**
*■
\«* a r**»ull uf thr «tarting *«f thr ice
fo> tory ut Afo*r h-«-i», a rch«s»nrr ha»
L«-«-n fittrd oul thvre t«» !i»h fi»r h.ilibut
‘•ff ir.«* Fforu-rv 11 I furi ber n<»rlh.
*»l«tprn«*n!* «d « itti- «>v«-r t|ie < «*utral
W a»I«ington frutn Big B«*ixl ¡‘»•ini» c»»n-
tinue, •«**• * *1 t' «;!.* fo-ing reni uut
wh w«-rk, luaded wilh calile for East-
rrn (Munta.
H «vnir in \\ b.i’c.nn munte, is «unn
t«» bave « -l o gir mill, luralrd wherr
thr old >1 ‘p*»‘ «awmill •»lotid 4 few
yr.tr» .«g«»
lue tua uincry for thè mill
lina arrive«l.
A ««>ikv»*ntb»n
of *U|»rrfor court
judg«-- i* fo-ing t ”11 111
»{ti», for thè
puri«*-«’uf 4 ‘«»piiiig a uiiifo«m «tstrni
of ruh - 41. I r* commemliiig tuwled
chnngrs in thr pr.u tic»’ act,
TI«»- Whitmiii Montimi ni A«»«» tatttiii
sul>mitt« l ) l.«n» and •(»■ .fo nlions for
thi* (>r««|»>»<*d Whitm4ii monumrnt la»!
w«-«-k, albi thr c»»hlract was nwar«lr«l
f «-’ w« • < tu .« in «•■
w k- in Wall*
Walla.
TI»«* *.i!iib’h are >.«»«! to fo- runniiig
w« ll «l«iw n thr S«*tin«l. tini thr prt»«
} m < fa are favoralilr f«»r <1 g«»»! catch
’Ih«* ».-tlmon are m«>*l ph-ntiful Ju«<
n«»t* in B«d|ingbamiu chann«*l. golf <*f
Gmrgia.
Th«- onr» running nuw «ro
i»«M*k«ra ri.
’Th»’ tlr*t piano brought to th» l*a* ific
Northwest is attracting <’a»n«i*lerahfo
aitrnti«*n al the Ferry museum, in Ta
«»ms,w Imre it has recently been placed.
The >li«trum»*fit WA» brought to Oregon
City in I >47 or I MIE coining by aay of
th«- Horn, 4n<l wa- thepro|M*ity of Gen­
eral .M«d‘arvcr, («»iimlcr of the city of
i n’ornj
From C)r«-g:m City it was re*
m<»ve»l to T a **<» iiia in IM»iV
The «a» k «hipping «eaa*»n has opened
at the W.ill i Walla penitentiary. Or­
ders amounting to WOO,000 »u<-ks are be­
ing flllr«! as rapitllv as ,w»reiMe. Th*
Jute mill is running with 333 mm, ami
turning «»ut between 7.000 ami M.OOO
sacks daily. The price <»htaim««| *1
present 1« 5 , > < r»t-
Eleven t are <»f
jute have Item receive»! by the |**niten
tiary. This ia but a part of a forge
con«ignment whi« h ia to !>e receive» I
from time In time on • rentrugt Irt la«l
fall. It la thought that Iba mill can
I m * kept runnmg througlMHit the yrar.
A propoaition i« »*n fool to reorganiae
the tllympia l*o|legfop» IflFtitOt*
!t
i« nndrrwtoo»! that the truatere of the
Puget wnind univervity al Ta»«-m« ar«
willing lo turn over their buainre« Col­
lege am! normal «lej artment« to H im
Olympia inatitutlon.
I
('ommisstoner of Hortirulturr Baker
haa receive»! notlAration that Asotin
rotinty ha« taketn steps, through it«
horticlutural anrirty, to ••»« nre a <w»un-
ty fruit inspector under the provision»
of t|>e law enacted bv the loot legisla­
ture, Thio It the first coUlitv to taka
advantage of the opportunity afforded.
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