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4 oihj.tr h»n»lt» Review ef lb» I n|»er1«*i
ll«|>|>*nlH|i **f tb» !*••!
I ioim
the
Telegrepbl*
4 «11*4
( u I hmuu
Creck«ry is to I* a»ivan<w<t I d price
be* 4Uir uf the new tariff.
Mr« ILmgen. aged 7ft, was burned
to death in tier home near Burlington,
>»ka<it county. Wash.
The July run of salmon. although
la’*-, in premising well and the fisher
no n <>n the lower Columbia are report
ing large raichre.
Tbe flax grown tor fitter un the Cor
vallis college farm baa been ¡«<ili**»l.
A
portion of it attaimwl th« length of 63
h he«, while the average length IS
a boat 40 tnchea.
The fir»t mall for Cha Yukon valley
under the new remtroct left Juneau
July 18 in charge «( F W Hoyt* rar- '
rtrr
It con si ate» I of 1,638 letter». !•«■ t
h g an ace imulatinn from frat April.
The treasury officiate have discovered
a number uf jpuconsiatenoire in the naw
tariff law. some <»f tl»e:n, it ia feared,
it»> ¡»¡«aldenf reconciliation, It i» |x»itil
ed out that »e. lion IM place« the duty
on plum« at 3ft rente per tai« he I, and
•ert i<in 3M file« the rate at 2 cent« per
p.-Hid.
Ah error in the paragraph re
ferring to currant« *»• corrected in
CkmfcreDte.
lb- u-eiro of Germany to institute
at l.»tr« » ran «»mtrel of Car«-« -k fir>an»re
•‘ ill hamper» the settlement of the in-
d< oiiitv que«tlon
It is understood
tl.-il the V<do-Lin*«a railway will lw
I i
triad to ’ I » Cliwk adiDi<»i«tration,
with the stipulation that th*- same fa-
'diiie* eNall l*e granted to Turkey for
the l ran sf* «ration of troops as are grant-
ed to iifww.
•
\ lit; H< .i ft in Ottawa anr ’ ■ ’ ■ •
t- it th«- Canadian government Las de-
idol to imp’*« a royalty on all placer
diggios on the Yukon in a* hl it ion to
|| .i rrgiatrat!<*n fre and $1 (Ki annual
»*<«-*>>«m«nt. The royalty will be 10
I« t rant each on claims on which there
1« n output of 4 00 or Ire» monthly,
and 30 jwr cent on every claim produc
ing ata»vc that amount yearly.
Hreides
thia royalty, it him ta»rn decided in re
gard to all future claims staked out «»n
other streams or rivers, that every al-
ternate claim should I m - the pr*»j«erty rd
the government, and should !«• reserved
L»r public purpoer# and «old or worked
I i the g>■' <-t iiho'iit h»r th«’ I m - ih til uf
the revenue of the Dominion.
; . • ' H ■
.<! ’
g at
<'.»mpldrtori, C. H., «ail-I for th«' Arc-
tie regions with Lieutenant Peary ami
party on ta*ar*l.
A A. Fischer, a German. aged 64.
ta*eau«c of illd*» a!th am koi gas and
do I in Han Francisco. He left a note
«•king that th gas he consumed bo
I
1 1..,
Thoma» ItrnU rge. a welldigger, and
William Butler, a veterinarian, well
known in Wabash, hid., were drown«*!
In the Mississippi river near th«* re
Wb, d»’ fifth'J»g-
Captain J T C Nash ha« l«ondcd
the Golden Standard quart* mine
owned by th«* Kuhl»« and Judg«* Wat
•on, near Gold Hill in Jackson coun «y
(Jr. The price it
>00,
The fund for the Omaha World'«
fair m«w amounts t*> $100 l it, pul m
private «utacriplion.
The «late giv««s
«nother $100,000
There will be no
tixilb!« in swelling the «lock to $ftO0,«
(H»O.
That Japan will «vmtinue to <%¡ipnra»
the Hawaiian annBiatimr treaty it
a
» I ' tl • ■ f ll«°«t li< A* from the Jap*
ah*-- government, under -late of July
|0, which it ho* made public for the
fimt time.
While couched in i-diic
ami diplomatic language, th«* pr«tt*«i it
*>• fit'’ic-ntly firm in tone to »Low that
Japan will continue to wage a diplo
miti* war, and p **iMy go furth«-r to
pf’ V«-m the'onwutuination ot th« an-
tie Mat ton jwd’ey.
li< ■ «tit advice« frCHli Peru, which
hive bsen confirmrw I by C. de Miranda,
a |M*tro|cutn magnate now
in San
I » ì * iic !*<<», ríate that the wonderfully
rich atnk«w r« |«»ri» d from th« (don-
dyke r«gp»n have l«««cn totally ccli|*ol
I i tabulo»« di»rx»vcric« of g<dd in that
S.’Uth American republic.
In an in-
terv w Mr Miranda «ari that there no
I nger teemed to I m * any »lotiht that the
firm»»« Inca gold field«, which have
I <n rom*|dcre>l a« myth« among the
intelligent |»cople of Peru, have al latt
l-wn d I »covered.
Portland, Or . Aug. •« — Generul
Agent K P Ol<r, of tlx Northern
Pacific rwfrlgrrator-car «yatetn. wo in
tlx city yawterday.
lie baa ju*t male
an citended tour ot the fruit and gram
li*tri«t» of th« country tributary to th«
Nortiiern Pacific’, ami had this to »ay
«• the *ub)«» t
‘There will I* an enormous fruit
ciol in the Nnake river valley, in the
Yakima dUtrlct. and in th« Walla
M alla district.
1 i fact, there will be
a heavy crop wherever there i* an or
chard in th« Northwest
Th« (fraud
Itself will «hip a large quantity. The
|>ric«a ar« uniformly good, growers be
ing omtent t<* g’ l <»n« tu <m« and a half
rents net psr pound in the Ea*l«m
mar beta
**ln this cimnectian I <>le«rved a
very noteworthy fart, that is, th« im-
tnriiwv shipment of g'een fruit and
vegetables to Alaska
One
firm ha» a standing order Uistiip every
thing in this line that will, in their
opinion, stan I th« trip. That’s a pret
ty g*of »rnicr.
M'-at Alaska tw«al»
have ci>»l»l •l<»r*#gc fa- itlltie*. and could
U»r more, for ths demand is surprising
It is a fart that two rents a p»»tind i«
netted to the grower Of» fr»*»h fruit S«tH
to Alaska, ami. now that thia mining
excitement is rushing such nntabwrs <»f
jMMipl« Into that region, it I» ««»y to
f«>r*w a great an) growing market fur
th« gr«««» *n l drie>l fruit and vegetable
produrta of the Northwest
•‘Th« grain crop Is everywhere m«*»t
promising
M ith the a ltan» ii g pr»<M
for wheat, this will I«* a lutnner tear
li..• anual» <»f th« gram in histry
I
was »urprise-i to find that over in the
Hpragu« and lUlsvilir r«gl m the wheat
crop w«» evsn better than in th« Pa
louse *'
Traveling F’»- gbt Ag*'tit Havag^, of
th« Omaha Im«, who Just return«*!
from th** M'ashmgtim fruit ami grain
country, alw» « a J» that no d*wri pt ion
of toe . rop «»uti«M*k this year can b« too
glowing.
RtTURNLD
YUKONER
ROBBED
»taried <» m I I" I»« M«W 1 wrb
IS««» I p hj 1 l»»»ge
•«<!
W ••
llahfai to l»e docked and
No dock in thia country 1»
U hen (’«dlector of Cnwtom« Bidwell
of New V«»rk made the formal an-
nouncecnent that duties in the Dingley
r^t«'* would l«e cad Ice ted on good* en-
teied *'U the «lay tho tarifT bill p«,»*ed,
many p otevta were at on»*« file»I by im-
porters of good« entering on that day.
The duliea umler the now tariff on the
g.M»l* «>n lhe*c VfMmela amounted to
about $*.HM>,000.
Umler the Wil»«»n
t.»’i(T the dutte« would have amounted
U> vluul $600,000.
THE
KILLEO
New York. July 80 —A special to
the Herald from Hio *1« Janeiro says
information has rea<*hel that city that
more than 8.000 »»Idler« have hern
kill«*! in a big battle near the sit« of
Canwloa.
Th« fanatxw. numbering
tn<wv than 10.000 men. all well arm «»I.
atta» kt*l lb« government troop« Whole
brigs-be of the mbher« were swept
down ami <l«»trwy*l. trample*I under
fr»t aa th« victorious fanatic« with
wild, hoarw sh«»’Us *»f triumph pa*»**I
over them
The full extent of the Ins« ot life can
not be U>LL
There la no r»*as»mahle
*L»u>»t. however, that the I cmmi in killed
on l»»tn snlrs is m*«re than 8,000.
Put
mil« the grvMind arouml Cuna*h»« is
strewn with the dead an«! »lying
The
g*>\eminent troopa were «ruujpcUr»! to
Ira1»»’ their dead t»n the field and fire to
•ave themselves friHi» complete destruc
tion by the avalan« he of fanali»«
Whet the report «*f the awful battl«
reached Rio de Janeiro, it was .xmsid-
cred by the president an»l mim»trv,
and it was derbfrd to ««nd ibr minister
*»f war to the am« next week with
4 OOO m«n, who are now gathering-
They will carry with them a great
•ihoaiit oi Ammunition, an-l will ««»•
*!eav<»r to dislodge tlx fanatics from t)«e
positions they how h«>l»l.
Fighting has lieen in progress at
Cana'b* tor several wr*ks
In the
meantime, while the fanatics fotrght
a|q*ar«ntly with little heart, they have
b»-«n gathering their torcr* from all
dirvctnms. The rr«ult Was th«* final
atta< k on the government troop« which
led fr sm h aw fill r* suits.
THE
COAL
OPERATORS
Ila«* 4 «•n«lu»i*»i 1 l»»lr 4 <>nf*r»t«re tfl*»
!•» I**)« Work.
Pittsburg. July 80.—The "true nm
formity" conference <»f r«»-al operators
of the Pittsburg district concluded its
work tonight at U 15. after a two «lavs’
»-«non at < !*»*«* and |w*r»istmt work.
The 2^ «Ttiufis of the uniformity
agr*-«tiiej)t were thoroughly disromed
•«1<I adopted section by »e» lion.
The
I»* mi of feeling prevailed throughout
the nmeling.
The agn*rment, as adopted provide«
for cash payment of wages, 3.(MM>
|»»un<ls to the ton, check weight men in
the tipples. Dimer* to be rrcdite.1 with
th«* full quantity of coal oontain«**! in
the mine car, addition of com|«any
store*. n*ni’ monthly p«v»!ays, unif«»rm
pri<*e of pick mining in the thin and
thnk veitj dislf.'cts, and s»*r«‘vns not
exceeding one ami one-half mche**.
It
«¡so provide» that in • »*«• of the viola
tion of the t**rms of the agreement, .»
penalty of 10 cents ¡a*r ton on the total
output <»f coal miii*»l by th»* violator
will be rhargnd, which penalty i* to be
j»ahl to a com mine iot», subject tn th«*
right of either arbitration or Mp|M-al.
Saul penalty, when col|e<'teil, is to la*
<iistribiil«-»l among the signer* of th«*
agreement pro rata in proportion to the
totai amount of output made by thvig
«luring the y«*ar.
New York, Aug.
3.—The World
say*
Henry Gaiiidicr, 86 year# of
age, was found in this city un<’un«<*tous
an I bl«**ling from a wound in his bead.
t'lUaen» pick«*! him up an»! earn«*! him
to a s»ika»n
Ills skull is probably
. ; - .
I
!♦ ’ *•,' |
I I N big
brother Phillip, of Lacotiia, N. IL,
asking him to juih him at on»*.
Gauldler *ai l be was dir* t from the
!
C|<»ndvk«, having left I>a**>n City
June 1«.
He c»ih» on the strsmer
1
• »j.d
tn«-
h»*«t »‘c.inoT down.
U b«n he arrived in New York he went
to the Manhattan hotel.
He ha*I a re
ceipt for $*O0 d<»J»i«it«d with lb« clerk
I
With $200 he start«*! out to do the
town.
He is not quite clear as to how
be reached Harlem, or how hs g«»t to
uber« he was found, but !»« bad l»««ti
robbed of th« greater {»art of his
'money
Wl
I frbfr in
NO)
A NEW ISSUE.
the h»«pital tic said:
“I wlsl/1 had had ‘Old Betsy’ With
l. ( . .,t ll « It «* I i> II * • < ) .*Oi«r <1 I 4 I III * r ., h.«
in»’ when tli*»*«’ ruffians atl^rkc-i me."
the I' mm I >lur % rara.
H« went to the Clondyge a year ago
Washington, July 80.—state *l«f«art-
He Mopped al Junea and went thi’ine
to Dttminion creek.
I!»* locate«! »<-v- ment officials say thkt no new num«* is
cral valuable claim*. The stories trdd, presented by the aciaure of Palmyra
i < -.»id. «»f th«’ fi.»ds in that ♦” ti"»i d » island by the British, reporte»! aoim*
not b»v!n to tell the truth. He tefuaod day« ago by an in tuning ves».**|. for
to say ht«wr mu<h money be
had (treat Britain had maintainv’l a claim
brought back, but sai l it was not un to the island for the past nine yearn
common to find a fortune in a few The island is said to I m * in th»* P*dy-
ne»* i an group, and although Hawaii
w eeka.
“1 only left at ibis time because a has a*»«*rt«'<l a claim to ita
our government ha» not ia-en strongly
newcomer lob! me of my father's death
I ran away from homi* am! have not iinprctas«d with th«* validity of the
s«*<*n my |***oplc in 20 years
Knowing claim.
Meanwhile the British, it is said,
tlial 1 ha*l a rich find an ! wishing to
•hare It with my people, 1 < amc back n«»t only have «*-eri*’ l a claim to it,
to gt l my brother to go with me.
11« but have actually occupie*! th«* ialand
hi view of the
will fin»! our « iaims in g«M»l hands with (or some yuarw | v»t.
prol-ahle annexation of Hawaii by the
gold ready to l»e picked up."
Gatildier's story s*?*-ma t*» I m * verified Unite* I States, the matter will doubt-
by paper« found in !>»» jo kdi, includ leas runaive ch»«»* attention in the future
al lh% hamln of the stale department,
ing a nnmt>cr on the bank» of the Yu
kou a receipt !<»r a berth on the steam but it is not expected that the nul<j«*ct
er Portland snd the bat mark of a will prove to I»* difih'iilt of adjustment,
tradesman in Seattle.
If h»s skull is particularly in view of the fart, a*
not frac'tur»**! he may !»•• aid«* to leave ntut«**l by naval <ifllc«’rn, that Palmyra
island in nothing more than a barren
the hospital StMlII.
rt«*k in the Pacific, distant 1,000 mil»*«
from Hawaii.
I*lr«4«« Ara Fa«r«4l
Washington, Aug 2.-—Tl»« sti'amcr
A lt»«l Tram W r*. h.
Portland, which >» exp«* ted to leave
Reno, July 30 —-One of the worst
Hl. Michaels about Miplember l&, will,
it >s said, have on boar»i gobi from the wrec ks in the history of the road oc
Alaskan g dd f «-Ids valuer! at $4,000.- curred this morning six miles w«-«t of
(MM)
P B Wear«, of Chicago, preai- Rem». The rood is strewn with debris
.Irnt of tl .*• North American lran»|*or- of baggage, express and mall-earw. re
Theie are
tation A Tr.i ling Company, has adv uh - I <luce«I to kindling w«a»l.
the treasury »irj artmerit that lie fear« no fatalities, except that of six In
an attempt will I m - ma«le by pirate» to diana, who were riding on the blind
Nine other imliaus Were
capture the cargo and has asked that Lagg *ge.
injure»!.
Fireman Rollins was thrown
the government detail a revenu« cutter
to convoy the portlaml out *«f B« bring from the engine, and sustained consid
erable injury.
Mail (’larks George W.
tea
This request has been grant«*!
Th« r«v«nu** cutler B--ar and p«»*»ibly O'Brien and K A. R« n * s V»ea|»ed With a
Wells-Fargo's mtiger,
one or two other« will convoy the Purt- few «‘Uta
J. J Burke, wa« badly bruise*!. The
kml.
wreck was proliably *au»r*l by the
< « • m 4«II« h My«ler, .
spreading of the rails.
Vancouver, B
(’ , Aug
3. — l^tst
M»*r* Mini»* < lo*r»| |> hwh .
Sunday a resident name.! smith, while
fishing with his son on How« s*»und
Columbus, <>., July 30.— Fred D»l-
found on Ibnl’s is!an<! the beadles« ches, of the national executive cotuinit-
body of what *| |-«-arrd to t*e an Indian t«*er wire«! th« national headquart« rs
woman. Though the flesh wa« nearly of the mmem’ union that the >ugar
ail gone, th« loir which was lying in Creek. .M Dmald, Turkey Knob and
a can»«, cannot have Iw-en lher« long, Dunlop mine* have ch»**»l <|own by n
a« a shawl and other clothing wa» in a vote of th« miners at a mass meeting
/'M»l stal««d preservation. The |<>hve in the n«*w river district.
ire DOW investigating
I e 0 h«M>ncr Norma arrived at Hon
olulu from the Hou th wottn the 15th.
U hilr* the V4MMM’| wa» « ruiting on th«
b ng Vol ag«* Captain Kowrhill •<-< tired
• uflh lent evidwnew to warrant the l»e-
h f that I ugland liaa bt«rn taking for
mal po-*«--«ion of a nuntwr of «mall,
frtde idanda in that portion of th«
globe, without «topping to inquire who
the owner* might I*
There are many
l.igtMin Nland« that are very fertile,
1 ut uiiinhabited. The*« ar« now t»e-
ing brought under cultivation for Kn-
gliah companies, who are planting
«««».»nut gr»«vea an<l other tropical
fro la for th« elport trade
i * recent appointment of T. V.
I* idrrly h * commiaainner-generaI of
I abwrvr kt a <11* |tnrw»«l
immigration ha» l*ren *ign«d by the
San Frau' iwx». July 81.* While dip
P ’-«idcnt.
Mr
Powderly'« nomina-
lion tn the oflbwi failed of confirmation ping lumber at the North beach creo-
In the wenatc twwauae of th« oppfHHtion «ole works t«»lay, J Merna, a laborer,
fell into a vat of boiling crenmte and
of I J«»r orgiintations.
After having ac<v»mph«hcd one of the was so ba»lly burned that hi« Ilf« is
m *t trnmrkable and peri Iona trip* ever «lea|*airod of.
r- . ?d--d in the marine history of the
New York, July 31 —The Herald’s
F.icifi CMtaM. th« little »tern wheel
st*-imer II <*. (Ira«ly, Captain Ihumy, ix»rre»{*»n«lrnt in Han Halva«lor savs
rh'.iniol through the Golden Gate ami that Oil«» Munvhin«y«-r, United Mates
consul in San Salvador, has committed
do k« «l at Man Franciaoo.
T! c big battlvabip Indiana i« to be su icnle.
»ent to
cl«« «**1
THOUSAND
F«e Mlles AsweeC Caws4»s r>»«4 a«6
Ikying Ar* Str*vw.
Dig Grata *»»a Frail < »•?* Ka«4 •<
€ «•<
SCIO .........................................OSBUOS
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THREE
TarlF Rill rrlMl»g.
Washington, July 8!. — The fir«!
<*opies of the tariff art in law form fot
rlrrulatinn have i»-en received at ths
d«*’ument-rooms of th«* senate «mi house.
T)»e law makvs a pamphh t <»f 70 jag* •
Member» of the bouse will have 2ft,000,
senator« 10,000 au»i the senate commit
tee on finance* 1,5.000 copies, f«»r «listri-
bution. making .’>0,000 in all to be cir
culated by rongrt-sw.
Wr-yl»r to Tabs Hi* t'lrl«l.
Havana, July 3U.—('aptaiti-G«*i»rral
Weylvr. it is announced, will take the
field in a few day# t«> ¡»ersonally «lire* t
military operations in the Havana pro
vince against several ban»!-* of in»«ir*
gents from ftO to 100 strong. This step
is due to an attempt on the jxtri of
these Latnls to unite.
A Hill (N II I man has eaten noth
ing but milk, graham rolls and wheat
biscuit fur 20 years.
Civil Serwle« Hui**«.
Washington. July 80. —president Me-
Kinl*y ha* pr»»mnlgtt**l the following
in»|«»rlant aiuen»linenui in civii «rrvi»e
rule No. 3:
"No removal shall I m *
made from any position subjo* t !*• own-
petitive examination, «x«epc for just
<*ause an»l upon written charge« filed
with the brad of the department or
other appointing officer, and of which
the accused shall have full not be and
an op|»»rtuniiy to make defence."
The United Brethren conference in
Chicago has a penny saving* t»ank
ln»bana has refused th« request of many L»r ach«»»! children, inaugurate»! Ly the
women to strike out th« word "ubry** Civic Federation.
lu th* marriage servK«.
SESSION'S
WORK
M Review ef Iba t.agivlallwe
That
Was
AtX«w4«6 Ye
United States Has Valid Claim
by Right of Disoovery.
AN AMERICAN
LANOSO IN
1809
U m I tl»» Blrlliali *u •4'all»4 Orr Mpall**»
• e»rt %»«•«•«I«*« |»1*4
Orrar I »III
!••» «7 t *ar* |
Amrflran loc<minthr« f««r Japan
The only pic<w*e of general legisla
tion enacted by this rongresa, except
the tariff bill, are the law« f*» prevent
ooiiismn« at «ra, ami to place in force
regulations to prevent collisions In
certain harbors, river* ami
inland
waters of the Unite*! Htat«-», and the
bill authorising tbe president to «u«-
peml discriminating du tire on foreign
« «plain Hafrt»!«l al Large.
vessel« and commerr*.
The senate
Huntington, W. Va, Aug. 3.—A re Dot being confine«! as to the «rope of it»
port haa res«-hrt| here that f’aptain legislation dwelt upon a numtier of Im
Jiatfiel.1, the notorious outlaw, firhl f«»r portant subjsK'ts, I m >tli tn «nd out of
• uoTer, r«*apr»l from the Mtga jail SX«< utive session. One of th« s * wbn h
this morning by < ailing Li« way out attract««! world wide atlentiun, was lhe
A large reward is offrrel for him
British arbitration trralv: r«j«*cted.
Philadelphia, Aug. 2.—The Bawl«
win Lio »mot ire works vnsterdav Imokt'd
an or«ier for su iorxjm*’t ivr« lor Japan.
Thia, with other order« makes a total
of ftO for that rui| ire. Thirty have
just been shlppe.|. Th« order juat re
ceived i« for the Japanese government.
Th« Hawaiian treaty of anrexatton
Ln«fotifited by Preaident McKintey wa*
•lili unacted upon when congress a-l-
juurnwl.
In opan sr«si«»n. after much «Irbate
Tìi« «St mordi nary ««aaion of cor. grew«
which has Juat cl<*««d was -.wllel by the aenate pa see* I ili» Cuban bri liger
Preaidenl McKinley two day* after he rm*y resolution, a liankruptcy bill, in
took th* oath of < tfi r on the step* of cluding bulb voluntary an«! invulun
th« capítol
It met in pnrsuan»*« to lary feature*, the ”(r<*« humea" bill
But mm« of three important questions
In» proclamation, at noon. March IA
Ti»« «|*cial mrrra¿-~ tr*n»inltt«*l by re* wir rd <*M>nsl«|rraf loa tn the bouse.
The following minor ami Joint reso
him tu both houaea on the opening day
was brief. Il expíame«! the deficiency lut t*»ns hr«'a me laws, managing tu re-
in th« revenue«, reviewed the N nd «4|»r object i >n fren» any member;
issues of the last a«! tn in 1st ration and
Authorising ihr se«*relary of war Io
urge*! ojngrv’i promptly to correct the r**«'4»iTe for instruction al the military
then existing ix>n«!ili«>us by |w*» ng a academy al West Point Carina (inlier-
tariff bill that w**uLI supply «triple rex, of >alvad«»r.
rivenite, «upport th« government, aud
T«» amend an act entitlwl, "An a«'t
the Uquidato»!» of the public debt
to previde fur tlie entry of lami 1D
No other subject of legislation was (irrer county. Okla!o»ma, to give pref
mentioned id the mesaage, and lhe rreixw* rights to settler* ami fur other
tariff haa l>e»n the all absorbing feature purpose«.** apprev««*! January la. I»»07.
of the session. The Republican mem
Appropriaiing flu 000 not ri|*emird
ber* of th« way* ami means <*onmiilt«*e for the relief of tbr .Mi»*i»«ip|*i river
of th« prr-»’»!trg bona« l ai Lr«*n at fl-**i sufferer«, fur the ti«»»! sufferer» al
work throughout th»« abort
F-l Paau, Texas
which endrj Ma h 4, givu»g
.«»
Auth» r-ireg foreign exhibitors at the
an i prefxaríng the bill which was to be tran» Mississippi an I internal>«>nal ex-
«ubmittrtl to the extra awniion« Three pMftttiun tu I«* b* l»l in < »ma!»» during
day* after the s*^*sion O|>vnrd the tar ff IN, to bring tu the Unite*! Htatr*
bill was re («irte I to lite hoya* by the L«reign la!-«>rers ft,un thrir counlrire
ways ami means committee ami IS resiM-oiivrly, f«»r the purpuae of prepar
day« later, Marc h Si. it p»ass«*! the ing fur ami making exhibits.
T«» provole lor the immediate repair
boas*,
it went to th* senate, war re-
ferr «^
i :
fl? . .
i of «Iry dock No. 3. al the New York
th« Rr|>ubhcan rcemltrr of that com- navy yard.
inittee sj<rnl a m«»n»‘ «ml three «laya
Making appr»>priatioas far the im
J
' 'm' í th*’ M
■- Pi'i r t »
the amendments wL.<^we*« submiti«**!
Tosujkkly '•*•?.■.•«» ui <; propria
to th* renate May T, ami rxa- tly two ti « i fi t nm fl* al year «ud^ng Jun*
month* later, July T, it ¡»aaM«l th« 30. 1887.
Three bills authorising the eon «truc
senate with 873 amendment*.
Th« bill then w«-nt to cutif«*ren«e. t»on of l»ri«lgr* «rrus« the Pagri river,
where after a 10 day«’ struggle, <»n in M treisaippl, the Kt. Ixniis river, l>e
July 17, a <%>mpleto agreement was two n .Mimo* ta and Wt*<«<h<in, ar J
reached by which th« «chato recvM^d AcrtwM tbs I’livh river in Tvnm sare.
frem IN ame»- Im« » «• at I the ho .ae
HOUSE COMMITTEES.
from ft! I. Th«* other 343 were <*»»m-
pr« t:' •' d
1 ! .- .. ufv n ; - ' l u is
adopta»! by tiie house on July Itf, at th«« The Sstwr» t»f »he Me«» €i|«ee »he M<*al
I mi |»«> r I a ti I flare«
conclusion of 12 hourC <v*ntinoons d«*-
New York, Aug 3 —A Herald sj«erial
fr«»m Hashiugtott savs
In M|*p«>rt «»f
their claim to Palmyra island, which
has !*<*n taken {»«Neaeion of by tin*
British govemm*nt, the lamdufi auth«»r-
ilia* refer to the fact that th« British
flag waa Itoisird over th»« territory in
|h**
Even if th« «»Ifieial i*cord« <*f
the Hawaiian government fall to sliow
the till« of the Dde rnfjme to tbe
i»lan*l. the I’ntiml Mlafrs 1« in a
ti««n P* rat«* th*
that the »»land
Iwlong« to th»» government by virtue
of dls**«*vf*ry by an American riti* *n.
Thia fact is r«*cegttsar<d by th«« authori
ties in an off!» igl publication which
contains a reference to its dis- uvrry and
the action of the British in placing
their fi«g c»v«r it.
The pu’du'ainm
is the «tflleial «hrwAMions of th* hy»!ro-
graphic offl* «if «pt<t Britain ia«t»«el by
•
U* 'ey
island the volume
"Palmyra w<^> diwov«r*d by Captain
Raute, of the Amerimti thip Palmyra,
in |k<>3, an«i to formally annexed t*
Great Britain hy ('ommander V. h*»U*.
Si M - * >
•»'•, M‘.«'
There were no in ha i»i la n ts on the island
at the time of its annexation, although
Mt-amr». Henderson and M» Farlan**. »•!
New Zealand contemplated cultivating
H.”
A high ofllcia <»f lb*- »late »Lq ^rt
ment «a»*l last night that an mvestigi
bon regarding the right* of Hawaii and bate. The re(»»rt wav taken up in the
(•real Britain to Palmyra islar I is now •mate July 20, and a«lopt«*l July 34
l*rii g made
Th« tariff bill was signad by the pre»i
>enat‘»r Morgan.'-f Alabama »• * I h« dent the «ame day.
( ongreas «li I not «levóte it* *« ** •<«»
had no! rxamim*! mtn th«- question ol
the validity of the Hawaiian till* ti mtirely to tl.«* tariff. Although it did
Palmyra island, and wa« not prepare*) subordinate everything el«** to this «me
The four appmpriali«(Hi bill*
to express a defintir «»pini«»n <«n the measure.
subjeet. Ototigh he was inclinr»! 1« which fade»! on .March 4 last. w*>u!d, in
think it a matter of *«»nq»aralively themselves, haw compelled Preshlenl
. * ’ »
siuall importance Io the United Mill*’" ,M h •.• « :.•<•?»!;■■•. g • - •
whether Great Britain ha-1 the islami •inn. even if lhe nec* t»»ity tor a revision
Three
or uot. on ««v'ouiit of its distance from of the tariff had not existed.
apprvpiralion Lilis were th* sundry
the United Htatea and Hawaii.
The a< lion of Great Bntain in taking civil, the Agricultural, the Indian, «.ml
Th«w Lilis
| w »«.. m . i < h > of Palmyra it thi** time 1» the general deficiency.
were iritrtdu'ami ;u*#r*l by the
g«-iterally ri’ga’ b l ’¡» ’• a- » «’• ;
her Jubilee year puilcy of strengthening house in the initial form in which they
her military Im* *.
Another step in el 1st««I at the time they (aibd of « a- i-
..«.”'
'
< A , '
.
that policy has la-en brought to the
at tont ton <*f tl.* • •»• »
ma
r< port of ( ( mm » o I Milter, at Port BU m important particulars by the senate,
ley. Falkland isles, who r«q<ort that ami wh*n they finally l***'am«* laws,
•urvcy« ar-* in progr* *» at that point contained more or h*a new leg i* lat o *u
The gen
uii«h*r the dirrcti«'n ef < olomd L»wm, of interest an«! impurtance.
of the royal engineers, for the *—tab eral deficiency bill carried a piotishm
hshmeiit of a naval statnm and h»’* accepting th« invitation to take part in
pital.
Sinh a station at thia point, th«« Paris exposition in lUOO, and ap
with repair «Imp» nn«l t«»rlifii’ati’»n» propriated $2ft,0(X) to defray prelim
would be <»f the utmost importance to a inary expense*, and appr*>priatdl $iM),-
British fi«*-*l cq*erathig in the Southern uoo for a new immigrant station al New
York to replace the one dretruywl by
Pacific.
fire
NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA
By far the most important pi«*ce of
new legislation in th« bill, however,
Ab
«
of (hr 1»I m I Mti<l 4 <*n«i«'lH»n whs that limiting th« cost of armor plat««
of Uiirdrr.i
f«<r »hr
fi*’W bat!
- . : •• 1 ■ • | " '• a t< :
Kan Francisco, Aug. 2.—The «team •nd in «••»« of the seoretary of the navy
ship Alameda arrived from Australian finding it im|*ossible to make contract*
|M»rt* this morning via Kamouaml Hon- for armor within lhe price file»!, he
was authorized Ly Uns prevision to
olaln.
The Alarnrda bring« from Sydi ey Like steps to establish a government
paper* describing the trial an»! convic • »mor-plate factory of sufficient capa«
In ex- ut ng
tion of Butler, the murderer, who w is tty to mak«* th*« arm *r
captured in .Han Fraticisoo and returned im* authority, be must prepare a de
to Australia, ami who has dtM‘e Iwen scription and plans and «p«*»ufi« .ition»
banged. Th” trial lasted three days, of the land, buildings am! machinery
and m some resptM’t« was a**n**Ational. suitable for the fact* ry; advertise for
When the pro-»«M*ution finished its c.i>»- proposal* ant) report to Cungrvre al it*
Butler was asked if he had any thing to next »«•**>**n.
In the Imitan bill, after a severe
say. Ti ie munlerer was in a state of
coll.ipsr apparently and the court ad- struggle in both houses, the question of
settled by th«' fol
J*»urn«»! until afternoon.
H«* then in «ectarian school*
low ««»no iiia»le a rambling statement to lowing leclaration of th* policy of the
the rff»«t tliat in* ha*I starte«l for the government:
“That lhe secretary of the interior
miiivs with Weller at Weller’» solicita
tion. On tlir way Weller acted qu»«,r- may make contract* with sectarian
iy. an<l when he dteplaytd a pistol But •» hool*. apjoriu» riing as near as may l*r,
ler thought Weiler was going to shoot the amount* oonlra«t*-l for among
him.
Itistea«!, however. Weller pla* e«t soliools of various <lem*minulioti* for
the pistol tn Ins own ii«,a<! and w iieu the education of Indian pupils «luring
Buller grahlssd it m an endeavor to the fir* .d year 1MVH, but shall onlv
take it away tin* wea|s*n Was*iiseliargo>i make such contract* at su* h pla« re as
Don-sectarian s **I h » o 1 m cannot I m * pro-
ami Weller was «hot through tl»«* h- ad
Butler said lie )ia»l used Weller’s pa vi«lc*l f««r such Imitan children, ami to
|M-rs to enable him to ship as a sailor. an amount not exceeding 40 per «•ent
The ra«e was then given tu liie jury, of tlie amouDt so used fur the !1 j * ca I year
which «IrlilMrate*! for an huiir and 11
The question of opening to entry the
twenty minute« hr fore bringing tu a
gilsonite «lejosits in the Ciicitnpahgte
Verdict of guilty.
reservation was al»«» c«>mpr**mi*»-<l by
opening such agricultural lan«l as have
llnrhnim trr l»«<«rrtlng
not breu allotted to the Unconquihgre
Washington Aug 3.—The navy <le- Indians on April I, |MVN, to entry, hot
(Ktrtmenl has felt the ei il effect«« of the
reeerivng to th« United Htatea title to
gold crafr.
Ihr firm of Moran Brea . ail lamls containing gilsunile, asphalt
located in Seattle, ia building the tor- or like su lístame«.
pr«|o ls*at Rowan, an»! ha»l made g«Msl
In the «undry civil bill the m«wt im
pr«*gre*a until the Alaskan erwa»- wel m. portant new provision wa« that sus-
Now they have informed the »|r|*art-
pending the order of Fresh lent (’lev«-
ment that «o many of their workmen ¡and. setting sanie about 31,000 acre*
have dropj«r«l tlieir work to g«» to Alas as forret reservations. The law also
ka that they are obliged to appeal to lnclu«les a general «’hern® ot legisla
the navy *l«|*artmrnt f*«r an extension tion for tbe government and protection
of time in which to complete the boat-
for the forret reservation* of the coun
The land office is receiving many ap-
try.
plicatloris fur copies of the public Ian«I
The Republican leader* of the house
laws by persons who profess their in
d«ci<tod at the cq>rning of the sresiun
tent ion of going to Alaska. The office
to pursue a policy of inaction in or«'«’
La» i*een obhge*l to notify the appli
to threw th« responsibility f«>r delay
cant* that the land laws have not yet Ing tbe tariff bill u¡<on the senate, and
been rxten<l<s*i to Alaska, though the therefor« the commit lees werw not an
mineral laws apply.
Dounced until the cl« mm * of the sre«ion,
and only urgent matter« were otmsid
I»rrree Fasaeg «»•» In Omaha
«red.
Fifty Ihotisaml dollar« were ap
Omaha, Aug. 8.—Judge Raubora propriated lor th« relief of American
I »a »•*** I on the «lecrer of sale In the Un citizens in Cuba at the «olicitation of
ion P»« ifi’’ fore« hw»ure case this morn the president; $2<>0,000 wa « appropri
ing
II«* accrpte.| the Am«*» dr roe atr«| for th« relief uf the Mi««issip| I
with but few correction«. Th«-re was a fl«ssl sufferers.
»harp debate «»ver the government’s de
A resolution wa* passed authorising
cree, the attorneys for the reorganisa th« aacretary of the navy to transport
tion committer <»bj«-» ting
The upset supplies contribute*! for the relief of
pm »• was place! al $fto,(XM).0<s), Judge
the starving in India, and I >o.(MM) was
(’ornish was ap|<>inte*l sjm *« tai master appropriated for the entertainment ami
t«» conduct the «ale. He will fix the expenses of the delrgatre tu the uni
«late later.
versal ¡swtal (« ngr.sa.
*1
Speaker Reed baa announced
the
Ldb’W lug
hou»c <N>mrnitt»'«-«
Tlie
c« mu tn»Here <>n ways an«l means, ac
count am! mileage were announce»! at
the l*0ginmiig of lhe sreston
The
folio a mg are the chairmen ami the far
\V« stern <xmgre«amet» given pl acre <»n
the mors imi'Tlanl * ominitt» -•», ths
14!
f 1
*
I i !1 j,
first.
Foreign affair»—-Roi>ert Hid, of Il
linois, Francis New lamls Nevada
Appropriation»—Joseph G. Cannon,
Illinois
Judiciary — David H.
Anderson,
io W .1
Banking ami currency—-J«. mm *pH IL
Wa 'a** k. .Ma*»»aci*v.»*-tts; F. <1 New-
Ian !«, Nevada
Coinage, weights and measure« —
Chari**« MarwM*. I*enn»yIvarna.
lriterstal«’ and foreign »«»mmercc—
W. P. Hepburn, Iowa, A J Barham.
('alifornia
River» ami barbun»—W. B lluoksr,
New Y««rk.
Agriculture—J H. Wadsworth, Nrw
York, T. II Tongue, Orewon.
Miltary affairs—J A. Hull, Iowa.
Marcus Nmith, Arixona.
Naval affairs — t’
A.
B»mtrllc.
Maine, > G llll!*»rn, California.
Postotfi *re and |-->«tr*»a>l* — Fugenv
J Is.’U-l, <'alifornia; H. B Ferguson.
New M«-XI«’O.
Public lands
I. F
I m « cv , Iowa,
W. IL Fills, Otegun; J. II. la’Wis.
Washington; .Marini* D»*vri«-*. (‘alitor
niH, Mare is A Smith, Arizona.
Indian affair»— J. A Gherman, New
York, M. A >ruitb, Arizona.
Territorh*«—W. K. Knox.
Massa*
chu»0iis; M A. Smith, Arizona.
Public building» and grounds... D.
K. Mercer, Nebraska; Hilboru, Call-
torn ¡a.
Pacific railmad»—Powers, Vermont.
Invalid pemnon»—K-»y, New York,
Castle, ( ahfornia.
Imiuigrnt on and naturalisation —
Lor<onxtt Samd»>fr»-d, Ohio.
!*ai««>r — J J. Ga:«lner, New Jersey.
Militia—B F. Marsh, Illinois.
Minor rummitt*' * chairmen — Ek*»--
lions No. I, R Taylor, Ohio, N«». 2,
Henry Johnson,
Indiana,
No
3,
Jam*** A Walker, Virginia.
t^-vrc ami itii|»ruvcment of Mi*"i»
• ippi river—Richard Bartjuldt, Mis
souri.
I duration—G. A. Grow, Pennsyl
vania.
Merchant marine and fisheries—S
F- Payne, New York
Railway« and <ana,s—Charlre A
(’bickering, New York.
M t.'iufa utr<
lo-orge W
ti*n»h,
Indiana.
Minre and mining — (diaries IL
(Irtwvenor, Ohio.
Patents—J. N Di« ks, Pennsylvania
Pension»—H ('. LudrDslager, New
Jersey.
Claims—C. N. Brumm,
FrnnsyL
Vania.
War claims—T M Maher, PennsyL
vania.
Private land claim«—G W Smith,
Illinois.
District uf Columbia—J. W. Bale
cock, Wisconsin.
A I'rebably fatal (Jearrel.
Bloomfield, III., July 37. — At Dres
den, a little town ten miles cast of
here, two brother«, Butler and Morton
Record», becams engaged in a quarrel,
am! Morton attacked Butler with a
chair and was shut»! to sinks wlien
Butler drew a revolver an«l shot him
through the left lung.
Buller «urren-
• L*re<! him»«If to lhe aulhuritire.
Mor
ton will die.
Fir« 4 •«*•««» a fanlr.
P»iu< .th. Ky., July J7. — Ourinu a
prriornta»'*« ol th« ’‘Xirw-ta of N pw
York" at the ■iiiiimrr t'aaino thrat.'r
laat night, which waa atten<le<i by
about «00 l—'l'lr, Are broke out among
the arenery, owing to a lamp exploding
upon the atage.
A panto enmcl. an<l
men, women ami children fought fran
tically for egrewa. Fortunately no fatal-
itiea re«<ille<l, but a large numlter were
burnml an.I eerioualy injurol >>y le-mg
trample.! u|>m.
A Resume of Events in the
Northwest.
ÍVIOtNCe OF STEADY GROWTH
Dawe
O«r
Uath«r«S
1«
Melgbberlag
All
th«
T«was
Si»»«»
»•■I M«i«4 In All I u I m UI m
«f
lmprw«e*
<>rvg«a.
The Washington count* court is tie
hating the question of building a county
jail
A new wheat warehouse ha« bren
built at Mission tu take th«* pla><* of
the one that burne»l recently.
The «etimated sunt of money that has
left Grant cutinty «luring the last year
for be v« ire i» $4 >0 i
TH« • -im wuubl
give a bi ycle to about every twentieth
voter.
A brass «b«M» weighing I.HOfi pouii !•
whs cast at the Astoria Iren work last
w»M»k
The shew» is to be put on the
k»-vl uf the M«ii.lhH4 to I ' id
«•
poet, rudder and surew.
Work 1» piling «ip «1 the Pendleton
f«*um Iry so rapully that it ha« i»een
found ncceareary to work night*
A
night forte has Iwn hired and in a few
•lay« the hum of the machinery will !«*
heard almost without creaaliuft in the
«»tabllahmcnl.
The citilen* ot Marehfield. Myrtle
Point an«! other tow tut in C«*re iwmtity
4' !
...
( <xpnHc i..n
• -ff T1 r-- *. i- I *•-• i> a •*! '!.»«•« f ft ?
«iigar, butter, egg* and fruit Jar», and
steumefs and tram« wo«il»l come •»«• I g>*
without replenishing tbe stock» of flour
and sugar.
Tl IC inh annual *wit«L»gue «nd guide-
|w*>k of the state normal eL*h«a»l al
Drain, in Dt»ugla«e « «>unty, L»» !»••**n
| u‘ ¡•»h«’l.
A L «' r- >d t!u- .»t * .
not u«ually l"uml in a«i«*h ptlbl leal ion«,
1« tlie remark* ad»lrre»«*d to the differ
ent cl a ««e», to thoee who el|«r. t t*» be-
coin** pupil« to the ln»tru*,t«>r* and to
th«* » h*w»l direc tor* throughout th*»
state.
The <kld Fellows hall In Pelidlrtoii
is t>eihg move»! and the <t»nletils «»! tl»*»
copper )*oi dcpuaitvd it» th«*«<*rncr «tone
of the buil'ling May H, la’ll, have lw«’n
rcmove-l.
The arttcle« <MH»laili«*l in
the l>*>x consist | rms l|u»lly of a numl*er
*»f «t»ins, two husinere car»!«, s«’V*«ri I
new«|Mpcr», a copy *»f the old constitu
tion ,»i.d by « A ah I lb*’ ! li u . : v i • • » I
of lot Livermore
Th** r«’|»>rt of the offk i ll* of tho I..»
Grande land district, which m> l<i«l*«
Baker,
Grant,
Morrow,
Umatilla,
Union and Walloon *'«>untics *h»-w<* «
total land «Urtw*** area In tbe •l««lrM*l
of B.Mft.OOO >»• re«. •»( whn h t • 36(1
a< re» are reserved. 'J.HfO 423 a« r«e have
I mm ’ ii *ii«|M»«EN| t»(f ieavtng -i total of
>
which 4,304.801 aerre «re **tirv»*yo*|
. • 1 I , I . *> 6 I 4 «■ <■•* ' . - .i • . ■
Union county riiibra« * » a total land sur-
f»
. - . > •(
■
t
•» res have ta-en dh*(Mw**-d of, hii *I there
*
i
f
which Mfi;,353 acres are »urveye«l and
4*vl.s.l.i a»’»»’» unsurvey*>l
< >t the
land in Union yet urtdt«p>«»d of, ’•»
¡»or « etil Ha timt*eri**L 30 per cent g’ax
ing land, un i 5 per »«-nt farming land.
»4 * • 1« I n g iixti.
H T. Jones ha* I m *»* h twmlcred and
has ac«ept«*»l the (»»»ilion of chief gram
lna|W*«*U>3 fur H|»>kane.
Th«* «alary is
$ 1.200 a year.
All arrangements have Iwen mad«* * y
th«* Fishermen's Pmteitive A--*« i.i
tion, on Gray'* harta*r. t«> run the can
nery at Aberdeen this *«‘4>**m.
Th« Whitman
rran«* A»-«wiation
Sailor«, at its first
w«*ek, decided to
Pullman.
(minty Union V*t
of < »Id SoLher» an I
annual reunion I i»l
meet nett y». ar in
Tlie contra<*t fur revenue cutter sup-
¡die« fur the coining year h »• been
awarded In tlie Adams H irdwate ( <>m-
pany, of Port TuwnM’inl, say* the
Leader.
Ih-aL-»« are »»ffer-ng 82 c«-nta ,» im»hrl
f> r wheat in Pomeruv, but there are
few takers
l hie farmer «•»)•! h u»nj
bushel« at that figure, an I rett-ived |» » t
d«»w n.
One «»( the '•«•»tile banks is i«outng
letters of credit available at Juneau,
M M charls and (’in le <‘ity, Alaska,
Fort t u laiiv and Dawson City, North
west territory.
Ti e Port Angelre «• h«*ol district has
de- ided by • vole of five Io one |o v*|.
idate Its «»»»«tandlng warrant indvbted-
nrea, amounting to $IH.OUO, ia u«*«l in
excrea of the legal limits.
Th»* r»**eiV0r of tfie nail Work* al
Fort T**wnseii | has |mslpon0*l the *alo
of th«* g«M«ds and chattel« uf the w«>rks
until Augu»t 24, at the request of a
majority of the creditor«.
The shipments of fruit from the ity
of Walla Walla «luring tlie last four
months have brought to that place $«&,<•
Ooo in > ash, firing 40 |»rr rent mors
than fur the tvurrre|M>miiiig period a year
agu.
Very few idle men are «-en on tlm
slr«*«*ts *»f Walla Walla a* <*»»mpar«*«l
with the numlMi*r there a week ag»>.
Thoae w tiling tu Work se. ur.- I j«>to from
lhe farmers, moat of whom are harvest«
ing full blast.
The lirrry*pickers around L»k»- What*
corn arc bringing into M hatroin I‘»0
gallon»of wild bte klirrrtreevery night.
Ono night last week 131 gallons we»«
brought in
The berries retail al 5Q
cent« a gallon.
A raft of 345,000 frrt of logs ha«
l«rrri reccivtjd at Port Townsend
Tl»«
logs are to be rut into lumber and used
in building a wharf that will I m * used
in connection with the building of the
fortifications at Marrewstom* point by
the p4< ifl<- Bndge Company.
Eva Jam**«, the 13 year-old giiI who
• «»r<y kitol Kt»«U.
New York. July 17.—Three lO knot was committed to jail al Colfax for
*»«• •»» he- K«pl| »r» *fo|« uMiilcittpi of 4MH>rt in rr-fusuig to testify
country for • South A merit sn govern against her father, who m «< • u -*d of
ment. The order has been placed with assault upon her, was re I ch «n I from Jill
the Ordnance Company of Bridgeport, last week and returne*! to her home on
As II is
Conn
The destination of the craft is Akali flat, with her mother.
said to be Argentina
The t«»k of ob D«*l likely the daughter will testify
taining a 40 knot »peed is rsckoned a against her father ami there tomg no
herculean one
If obtaine»! it will I m Other evidence, he will pn»i-ably 6«
the highest for any water craft In ths dis* barge«! ami the case disiuisseil.
wor hl.
The directors *»f the Is* Rot Mining
United State» ng**nt« liegln thia sum (kimpany have de- ided ti|M»n N<>rth|«»r|
mer tu brand female seal«. Till« «¡«>11« as the site for the location uf th* cuua»
th« pelt and will stop pelagic seahng. psny smelter.