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The Santiam News ADVICES FROM SYDNEY. Recent Happenings in Australia and the South Seij. Islands« TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE DEATH IN A TORNADO. Fifty Lives Lost in a Storm at Fort Smith, Arkansas. AMERICANS IN CUBA WILLAPA HARBOR. Captain Taylor Says It Can Be Done at Small Expense. A Washington correspondent says: Fort Smith. Ark., Jan. 14,—-Nearly San Francisco, Jan. 17.—The follow IMPROVING Henry Savage Laynor Tor 50 human lives and upward of $1,000,- Senate Becoming Alarmed (n his report recommending the im White Squadron in Readiness 000 worth of property were destroyed provement of .Willapa river and Maii- for Their Safety. ship Alameda from Sydney, via Hono to Go to Cuba. tured by Thibet ns. by a terrible tornado which burst upon roat slough. Captain Taylor, of the SCIO.......................................... OREGON ing advices arrived today per steam NEWS OF THE WEEK interesting Collection of Current Evei ts In Condensed Form From Both. Continents« lulu: A very severe shock of earthquake was experienced over the whole of the north of the island, and as far south as Christ-church, New Zealand, Decem ber 8. Its duration was from one to two minutes, and the vibrations were from north to south. A terrible storm broke over the Fiji islands November 11 and again Decern- ber'13, the wind attaining a velocity of 85 miles per hour for some time. Several small vessels were blown ashore and wrecked. The Union Company’s steamers had a narrow escape from similar fates, but put to sea and cruised about until the storm subsided. The mountain tribes of Goodenough island recently attacked Thompson’s station there, and after looting the store, murdered four boys and speared a number of other employes. The mag istrate and a force of 14 armed police visited the scene for the purpose of avenging the murders. At the Macquarie islands, December 5, four men were drowned by the acci dental swamping of their boat. The bark Loongana, which arrived December 14, brought the news of the drowning of Brother Bernard, a mis sionary, and 18 natives, near the Gil bert islands. The missionary’s party, in three canoes, struck a shoal and all were lost- As a result of a conference between the ministers of agriculture of the vari ous colonies, a trial shipment of apples and pears will be forwarded to London in the near future. Reports from the country districts of Victoria show that the cyclonic storm of November 18 did immense damage, scores of buildings being blown down, and many persons being injured, December 3, Jack Griffiths, ofUobar, who held the world’s record, and Pro fessor Bax, of New Zealand, engaged in a club-swinging contest for the world’s championship at Newcastle. Two-pound clubs were used, and, ac cording to the conditions, the evolu tions per minute_ were to be counted. After both had swung the clubs for 40 hours continuously, the match was de- lared a draw. Percy Cavill, upon his return to Sydney with the mile and five-mile championships of the world to his credit, was accorded a reception by the swimming association. McKun, a New Zealand amateur, recently ran half a mile in one minute 59 seconds. No vember 30, II. Craemer established a new world’s record-for the mile walk at Auckland. His time was 6 minutes, 27 3-5 seconds. The controller of the currency has declared a dividend in favor of the First National bank of Helena, Mont., of 10 per cent. The Field Columbian museum at Chicago has put in a series of casts of Pueblo Indians, clad in garments pur chased from Indians. County Judge J. H. Carpenter, of Madison, Wis., has decided that a child cannot be legally adopted without consent of both parents, if living. The Western Union Beef Company has sold 8,000 head of steers off its Texas ranch to Clinton Anderson, of Wyoming, and will retire from busi ness. Ore assaying $652 in gold'and $70 in silver to the ton was discovered two miles from Adams Springs, Lake coun ty, California, and the district is wildly excited. George Dobbs and Mrs. Emelie New, jointly indicted for the murder of the latter’s husband at Eureka, Kan., have been convicted of murder in the second degree. Patrick A. Largey, president of the State Savings bank, and one of the best- known citizens of Butte, was Shot and killed in the bank building by Thomas J. Riley. The Steer mansion at Nyatt, one of the best known residences along the shore of Narragansett bay, Rhode Island, was burned to the ground Sat urday night. An insane man named Ramon Vivesa created a sensation in the cathedral at Madrid, by firing several revolver shots. He was arrested and will be sent to an insane asylum. Civil Engineer A. G. Menreal, U. S. N., will be brought to court-martial on account of the faulty character of the work of construction of dry dock No. 3, approved by him. The Spanish minister of finance has abandoned the idea of floating a loan on the guarantee of the Almaden quick silver mines. The members of the family and the immediate friends of Secretary Alger are seriously disturbed about his ill ness, His physicians now fear that he has typhoid fever. General Alger has been confined to his bed for more CAUGHT BY A CAVE-IN. than three weeks. The mule spinners of Lowell and Five Men Entombed in a Tunnel Near Anaconda. New Bedford, Mass., were given per mission to strike by the mule spinners’ Anaconda, Mont., Jan. 1-7.—At an union, and an assessment of 25 cents early hour this morning the discoyery per week was levied on the members was made that five men were entombed of the union. Delegates representing in a tuunel which the Anaconda Copper every mill center in New England were Mining Company is constructing for water-fluming purposes under a bluff present. A dispatch to the London Mail from about half a mile' beyond the city Hong Kong says it is reported there limits. A large quantity of powder, that England, Japan and Russia have which had been carried into the tunnel arrived at an agreement respecting for the use of the night shift, was ex\ Corea. The details of the agreement ploded by some means now unknown, aré not known to the correspondent, wrecking the face of the tunnel, which but the dispatch says the British fleet is about 180 feet long, and resulting in a slide of earth, which Closed the tun is returning to Hong Kong. nel completely at a distance of about 40 The Creek council, in spite of the feet from its entrance. From the mo message of Secretary Bliss, through In ment of the discovery of the accident, dian Agent Wisdom, warning them not diligent effort has been made to reach to do so, has passed an act appropria the miners, concerning -whose fate the ting $20,000 to be used in employing deepest anxiety has been felt. At 10 attorneys to fight the constitutionality o’clock tonight, those engaged in the of the act of congress giving the United rescue work, felt sure that the noisejof States courts full jurisdiction after the “miner’s signal’’ reached them January 1. from within the tunnel. ■ It was proposed to drive a three-inch Francis D. Newton, a prosperous farmer of Brookfield, Mass., his wife pipe through the mass of earth that Sarah, and their 10-year-old adopted had filled the tunnel. This plan was daughter, Ethel, were found murdered followed and a 20-foot length was suc in their beds. The crime was discov cessfully driven. A second section was ered by neighbors, whose curiosity was attached, and, to the joy of the anxious aroused by the bellowing of unfed cat spectators, it penetrated the mass of tle. The three had been killed with earth. Immediately, at 11 o’clock, commu an ax. A hired man named Paul is nication was established with the im missing. prisoned men. Four of them were re John Lincoln, Of Bolshow, Mo , has ported alive and well and one dead. applied to the Marysville board of ex The work of reaching them is going amination for a pension. Lincoln and on vigorously. The men through the his sister, Mrs. Washington Hoshor, <of improvised speaking tube, reported Marysville, were second cousins ol that they suffered neither thirst nor Abraham Lincoln.- John Lincoln en hunger, hut they wanted candles. It listed early in the ’60’s in the Fourth is not »learned how the explosion oc Missouri and served in that regiment curred. for three years. He then enlisted in New Canadian Mining Laws. the 13th Missouri cavalry, and served to the end of the war. Before he was Washington, Jan. 17.—In a few days finally mustered out he fought Indians the treasury department will make on the plains for st me time. known the details of the arrangements Fred Lewis, a prisoner in the Seattle recently concluded with Canadian city jail, committed suicide in his cell Minister of Interior Sifton respecting by hanging himself with a pocket hand the transportation of goldseekers and kerchief, which was fastened to a hook freight to the Klondike. It is learned used in suspending a hammock. Lewis, that the Canadian government is about who was a waiter in a hotel, had a fight to issue new customs and mining regu on New Year’s day with Joseph Kurtz, lations for that region. the head cook, in which he struck Ordered to Egypt. Kurtz on the head With an icepick, London, Jan. 17.—The morning pa inflicting a wound from the effects of which Kurtz died. Lewis was arrested, pers announce that the first battalion but no formal charge had yet been made of grenadiers, now at Gibraltar, has against him, pending the result of been ordered to get in readiness for ser Kurtz’ wounds. When the news of vice in Egypt. The other line bat. Kurtz’ death was conveyed to Lewis, taiions are under similar orders. he showed great agitation, and a short There is evidence of preparations for time afterward took his own life. an important campaign. At a session of the Augusta, Ga., A Filibuster Captured. city council,- Councilman Goug got into Havana, Jan. 17.—The Spanish gun a controversy with Jailer Collins,’ and boat Algeria has captured off the coast reached for a guu. Peacemakers in- ' of Cuba, near Manzanillo, a fishing, terfered and quiet was restored. smack from Jamaica having on board a The civil service debate which was cargo of war material, medicines and inaugurated in the house a week ago clothing. has been ended. It opened with a row, but ended very tamely. There Was not President of the French Senate. even a vote on the appropriation in the Paris, Jan 17.—M. Loubet was re executive, legislative and judicial ap elected president of the senate today, propriation bill for the commission, I M. Scheurer-Kestner was defeated for upon which the debate was predicted. I re-election to the vice-presidency. The urgent deficiency bill, as report ed to the house from the committee on No Danger of Starvation. appropriations carries a total of $7,383,- Seattle, Jan. 17.—The report of Ma 937. The bill appropriates $100,000 for jor Rucker, who was sent to Dyea re the survey of the Yukon river in Al cently for the purpose of reconnoitering aska, to include all necessary expenses, the ground preparatory to starting the the money to be expended under the goverment relief expedition and to in direction of the superinendent of the terview persons returning from Dawson coast and geodetic survey, and $10,000 on the need of relief, has been received of that amount to be used for a survey here and forwarded to Brigadier-Gen of the Copper river. eral Merriam at Vancouver barracks. Mrs. John A. Logan and Mrs. George While the exact tenor of the report is M. Pullman are en route to the Pacific not known, it is stated that it dis coast, to visit Mrs. Pullman’s daughter, courages any unnecessary expenditure Mrs. Frank Carolan, of Burlingame, of energy and money in carrying out Cal, the proposed expedition. ATTEMPTED TO REACH CAPITAL He and Native Companions Crippled and Disfigured for Life by Pun- ■ ishment Inflicted. London, Jan. 17.—The Daily Chron icle, in a description of the experiences in Thibet of Henry Savage Landor, the artist, who narrowly escaped death at the hands of the Thibetans when en deavoring last autumn to reach Lassa, the capital of Thibet, says: “His valuable diary and notes, in cluding interesting photographs, was only interrupted when Mr. Landor. himself was under torture. One of these represents the scene of torture of a native companion, tied naked to a tree and slashed and bruised by a cir cle of hideous beings dancing ground, jeering at and taunting their victim. Another photograph, taken after the rescue, shows two unrecognizable.men, all the hair burned off their heads,- the skin lacerated and seamed with burns, and in place of their eyes two ghastly slits. “Mr. Landor lost one eye. The Thibetans repeatedly held white-hot irons so close to th.e eyes of their cap tives as without touching them to shrivel and wither them. Mr. Landor was rescued when nearly dead, after be ing three days without food or water, by a party including Mr. Wilson, Mr. Larkin and Kasak Singh Pat, nephew of the rajawar of Askote, who had heard from the natives that a white man was doomed to be beheaded in the interior of Thibet. ■ Mr. Landor had almost lost his reason. After three hours’ attention he regained sufficient consciousness to say where he had con cealed his camera. They had a photo graph taken of the savages cowering in terror of the avenging whites. “It is not probable that Mr. Landor will ever be well enough to return.” FORT SMITH STORM. Tlie List of Dead Numbers Forty-Three —About Seventy Injured. Fort Smith, Ark., Jan. 17.—The la test Official death list shows a total of 43 lives lost in the tornado which swept through Fort Smith Tuesday night. Not less than 70 others are injured, a large number of them seriously, and several are expected to die. The work of removing the bodies from the ruined buildings progressed today. Five new names were added to the list of the dead. Two bodies were dug from the ruins of the Smith block, from which 11 had previously been taken. The full extent of the storm may be comprehended from the fact that 35 miles northeast of the city a quantity of tin roofing from Garrison avenue buildings was found. A' woman was taken from the ruins of the Burgess ho tel today, and was identified as Mrs. Ida Innis, of Elm Spring, Ark,. Her brother is missing, and it is believed his body is still buried in the ruins. Business in the' devastated districts, where the buildings were only partially damaged, was resumed today. Ladies of the city are at work distributing food and clothing to the needy. The relief committee,composed of prominent business men, finds difficulty in hous ing the sufferers. One hundred and fifty buildings were demolished, and will have to be rebuilt to accommodate the people. Orton and Wright, two of the dead, were Indian territory farmers, and had just stepped into the Smith building for shelter. Memphis, St. Louis, Kansas Oity, Little Rock and other cities wired readiness to lend aid if necessary. Tlie number of dead will not exceed 50. Vanderbilts in Possession. New York, Jan. 17.—The control of the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company having been obtained by tlx reorganization committee of the Union Pacific, the Vanderbilts are now in vir tual possession of a through transcon tinental line. The New York Central is the first road in the combination from this point. At Buffalo it con nects with the Lake Shore for Chicago, from which point the chain is carried on to Omaha by the Chicago & North western, and from there the Union Pa cific,-the Oregon Short Line and the O. •R. & N. Co. lets the line to Portland. 'All these roads are Vanderbilt roads, and the total mileage is 13,420. Negotiations Successful. San Francisco, Jan. 17.—A cable gram from London announces the suc cess of the mission of Willard E. Dreene, who recently left for Europe in the interest of the beet-sugar syndi cate which has been negotiating for lands in the Sacramento valley. Satis factory arrangements have been made to secure the proper persons to culti vate the beets. Contracts have been signed by which 150,000 acres of land near Chico, Marysville and Red Bluff have been secured, and the work of erecting three immense sugar factories will be started at once. The syndicate has a capital of $15,000,000. tiiis city a few minutes past 11 o’clock last night. The storm struck near the national cemetery and tore its way through the entire city, leaving its path reeking with death and desolation. Men, women and children sleeping in their homes were, without a moment’s warning, awakened to meet death in the fearful storm, while others who es caped the fury of the wind met a far worse fate a few minutes later in the flames which soon engulfed many'of the wrecked buildings. The list of dead, as far as can be ascertained, is as fol lows: Silas Mincer, prominent young mer chant; Harvey Ruttledge, negro; Mary , Timmerman; two unknown men from Burgess hotel; Jose Griswold, tailor; John Martin, of Madison-eounty; J. B. Riley, of Madison county; George Car ter, fireman at the Grand opera-house; James S.mith, jr.; Mr. Gray, wife and son; Atlas Jobes, Frank LeFevre, Etta Kies; Mrs. Milt Burgess, proprietor of Burgess hotel; two unknown men, died at St. John’s hospital; J. M. Foutz, farmer; two LeFevre boys, Milt Knap ton, sr., Mrs. Milt Knapton, Joe Lucas, negro; Ed Ferrill, a butcher, and his two little children, Irene and Roy; Frank Richardson, restaurant-keeper; John Adams, carpenter; Mrs. Charles Mauver; —. Ritter, gardener; Mrs. William Lamson, Louis Senecal, Mrs. Holden, John Badt, farmer; Mrs. Mag gie Sheehan’s infant; D. Woehl, butch er; James Smith, clerk; Mrs. Jones. The scene after the first crash of the storm was terrible. Business blocks, handsome hotels and humble cottages weie razed to the ground and scattered in shapeless masses. Several of the wrecks caught fire, and the inflamma ble timbers burned furiously. The city was crowded with rural visitors, many of whom were sleeping at boarding houses, unregistered. For this reason the number of victims who perished may never be definitely known. The storm struck the city near the national cemetery, and swept its way through the heart of the town. Leav ing Fort Smith, it bounded by Van Bu ren, and continued down the river, de molishing everything in its path. News from outside points is not yet at hand, but rumors of much damage as far south as Alma have reached here, it being reported that a number of persons were killed near-that place. In Fort Smith the tornado struck Garrison avenue at the corner of Ninth street and made a clean sweep from there to the Texas corner. Many store buildings were demolished and the stocks of goods ruined. Sixteen busi ness houses on the street were badly wrecked. The upper floor of the block on the corner of Garrison and Towson avenues is used as a flat. The ruins caught fire from the night lamp. Seven bodies were taken from these ruins, two of them being so badly burned that they could scarcely be identified. Burgess hotel, a three-story brick, on Towson avenue, was demolished. There have been eight bodies already taken from the ruins. Rescue parties are still at work at both places, and expect to .find several more bodies. The federal court is in session, and that brought a great many farmers here, who crowded the cheaper boarding houses and wagon yards. The National house, a two story frame, went down in the wreckage with 15 inmates, but all escaped without serious injury. George Carter’s house was one of the first struck, and it was turned com pletely over, and is now supported ’on the roof. A half pane of glass was driven through Carter’s body, almost severing his head from the trunk. The beautiful national cemetery is a wreck. The huge trees are uprooted, Hie lodge demolished and the walls torn down. Fort Smith’s $50,000 high school building, the finest one of. its kind in the Southwest, "was badly wrecked, but was one of -the few buildings on which there was tornado insurance. The tornado destroyed two historic buildings. Judge Parker’s residence is badly wrecked and the old Rector mansion, where Allen Pike passed his days, is a pile of Ashes, the ruins hav ing caught fire from a lamp. The First Baptist church and the Central Methodist church were razed to the ground, are now only a scattered pile of kindling wood. The church of the Immaculate Conception and Brownscombe Memorial Church lost their spires, and sustained other dam- aS8- ______________ 9 Argued for Hawaii. Washington, Jan. 14. — Senator Chandler, of the committee on naval affairs, today secured the- passage of the resolution asking the secretary of the navy to furnish a list of native members of the navy corps, together with those at-sea, on shore duty and on waiting orders. At 12:15 the senate went into executive session. Davis continued and completed his speech on the Hawaiian question, and was fol lowed by Senator Allen, of Nebraska, in opposition. Washington, Jan. 14 —The house today passed the urgency deficiency bill, carrying $1,741,843. One of the items, authorizing a further expendi ture of $520,000 for the Soldiers’ Home at Danville, Ill., for -which $150,000 was appropriated in the sundry civil bill, was used by DeArmond as a basis for a bitter personal attack against Sen ator Cannon, whose home is at Dan ville. New York, Jan. 17.—The World says: E. N.. Whitton, a banker, re ceived word yesterday that Professor A. J. Keeler, F. C. Kingsley and Thomas Field,'all of this vicinity, had lost their lives in Arizona while in quest of treasure. The supposition is that the adventurers, who had secured Sailed for China. treasure in gold and precious stones,- New York, Jan. 13.—A dispatch were murdered by a roving band of Na vajo Indians. Mr. Whitton says he from Lima, Peru, announces the de will at once send an agent to Arizona parture of the French cruiser Duguay to get all the particulars of the affair. Trouin for Chinese waters. Tax Riot in India. Bombay, Jan. 17.—There has been a tax riot at Boriavi, near Nariad*, dis trict- of Gujarat. A collector was seri ously injured and five Sepoys were killed. Three hundred Sepoy troops have been sent to the scene of the dis turbance from Ahmedabad. Outbreak in Beloochistan. Calcutta, Jan. 17.—News has been received from Metramul, in Beloochis tan, of an outbreak against a British surveying party there numbering 200. A number of the native guards were killed or wounded. Telegraph Business With Mexico. INFORMATION IS ASKED FOR Caffery Speaks Against the Immigra tion Bill—House Considers Agricultural Bill. Washington, Jan. 15.—Senator Can non of Utah, today presented the fol lowing resolution to the senate, and it was adopted: “Resolved, That the president is re quested, if in his'opinion it is not in compatible with the public interest, to transmit to the senate at his earliest convenience a statement showing what measures are in force by this govern ment in the island of Cuba and in the waters contiguous thereto to protect the lives, liberty and property of American citizens now dwelling in Cuba.” Among the other measures reported to the senate today was the pension appropriation bill. It was placed on the calendar. At the close of the morning business, the immigration bill, the unfinished business, was taken up,-and Caffrey of Louisiana was recognized for a speech in opposition to the measure. Caffrey said: “The pending bill is as mild a form of antagonism to immigration as con ditions will permit. The educational test is of no very stringent character so far as the test is concerned. It is, however, the beginning of a new de parture. From the foundation of the government we have invited the hardy, adventurous people of the Caucassian family to our hospitable shores’. The grand transformation of this continent from the wigwam of the savage and the lair of the wild beast to the myriads'of homes of a happy, industri ous people, has been the work of white immigrants; yet wé are about to smite the hand that has upbuilt us; to give a sting to gratitude. “Many whose ancestors are foreign born are now clamoring for restricted immigration. It is just and proper to hold this continent against the Mon golians. The exclusion of Chinese is justified by a wise policy and by the principle of retaliation. Their doors ¡have been closed to the world,^but their arrogance.and selfishness are not the role for wise nations to play in the world’s grand theater. “Not to admit to this country Irish men, Swedes or Italians who cannot read or write is Chinese, not American. No danger to our institutions has ever arisen from admitting immigrants who ■cannot read and write. This govern ment is the outgrowth of the labor of countless immigrants, who will be dis qualified by the pending bill. He who is vigorous in body, sound in mind, honest and industrious is a good citizen. No immigrant, not a pauper or insane, diseased or criminal should be turned away from our shores.” At the conclusion of Senator Caffery’s speech the senate at 12:20 P. M., on motion of Chairman Davis, of the for eign relations committee, went into ex ecutive session. Senator Frye made a most spirited speech in support of the Hawaiian treaty, urging upon the senate the im portance of accepting the islands while opportunity offered,- and denouncing as folly any refusal to embrace the oppor tunity. y In the House. Washington, Jan. 15.—The house today entered upon the consideration of the agricultural bill. The bill car ries $3,332,402 being $135,500 in ex cess of. the amount for the current year. Wadsworth, Republican, of New York, chairman of the agricultural commit tee, explained that the increases were due. to a constantly growing demand for inspections of meat and meat prod ucts for export. Under the latitude allowed for de bate, Williams, Democrat, of Missis sippi, submitted an extended argument in favor of the establishment of the postal savings bank system. Representative Dearmond, Democrat, of Missouri, sarcastically commented on Hanna’s election and the telegrams of congratulations sent him. Mahoney, Republican, of New York, replied to Dearmond. He recalled what he termed the victory of Democratic bosses in the Chicago convention in 1892, when they forced the renomina tion of Cleveland over the protests of the state of New York. The. result was that he had been repudiated by his party, and had gone out of power un honored and unsung. Cannon, Republican, of Illinois, also expressed gratification that the majority and political decency had triumphed in Ohio. Here the incident closed. Explosion on tlie Marblehead, Washington, Jan. 17.—Commander McCall, of the United States ship Mar blehead, reported to. the navy depart ment from Port Tampa that while at small arms target practice yesterday four men from the Marblehead were in jured by an explosion, two very seri ously. The injured were removed to a marine hospital near by. Nodetails as to the cause of the explosion are given. News of Andree. Stockholm, Jan. 17.—Professor Nor- deskjold, the arctic explorer, has in formed the Swedish academy of sciences that the foreign office has received in telligence that several .persons worthy of credence saw Professdr Andree’s bal loon early in August in British Colum bia, seven miles north of Quesnelle lake, in the District of Cariboo. The professor regards the news as being of sufficient importance to call for a closer investigation. Infantry Gun Contest. Washington, Jan. 17.—The war de partment. 'has published the record of the small-arms firing of the various regiments of the army during the past season, showing that troop E, Second cavalry, made the highest average score, with the increment allowed for the carbine. The Nevada trophy is Hanna Is Elected. awarded to that troop, and it will be Columbus, O., Jan. 14.— Marcus A. sent to the commanding’ officer of, that Hanna was elected today to represent troop, at Fort Wingate. • Ohio in the senate for seven years and A lady in Hiram, Me., has cucumber two months. Including both the short and long term, Hanna’s time as senator pickles which -have been in her posses-; sion for more than 40 years. will expire in March, 19C' New York, Jan. 14.—A contract for a long term has been executed and con firmed by the Mexican congress be tween the Western Union Telegraph Company and the Mexican Telegraph Company, for the exclusive interchange of telegraphic business With Mexico. :orps of engineers, says: “Willapa river empties into the Pa- sifiC ocean through Willapa harbor ibout 25 miles north of the mouth of ;he Columbia river. The entrance to IVillapa harbor from the ocean has for many years maintained a depth of over 18 feet at ’ mean low water, and at the present time has a depth of about 21 feet at mean lowdr low water. “The mouth of the Willapa river is considered to be in the harbor about 12 miles in a direct line’from the ocean □ar. From the ocean bar to this point, she depths are ample for any class'Df vessels, ranging from 27 feet to as much is 70 feet at mean lower low water. Near its mouth the Willapa river is joined by the North river, which flows in a course nearly at right angles to that of the Willapa. Just above the junction of these two streams is a bar having a ruling depth of water over it. of about 16 feet at mean lower low water. The bottom of the river at this bar is lumpy, and the material'forming .it appears to-be fine, hard sand and silt. The bar separates the deep water of Willapa harbor from the-deep water of that, part of Willapa river below Mail boat slough, which is a small cut-off channel, leaving the Willapa river about one-half mile above South Bend, the principle city on this harbor, and joining it again about lj^ miles below thecity. Immediately above the lower end or mouth of Mailboat slough is an other bar, having a controlling depth of about 14^ feet at mean lower low water. These two bars have existed with about the same depths which they have today since the earliest recorded surveys of this harbor were made, ex cept that the upper bar has scoured away from two to three feet since 1892, when the government began the con struction of a dike closing the upper end of Mailboat slough. ■ “The principal businesses of Willapa harbor are the the lumber business and the fish and oyster business. Located at South Bend are three sawmills,whose combined aggregate daily capacity is about 150,000 feet. It is reporied that two of these mills are to be rebuilt with largely increased capacities. /‘The lumber is mostly shipped to San Francisco in small schooners, as deep-draft vessels are denied charter for cargo from this harbor on account of the two bars above mentioned. It is claimed that, were these two bars re moved, the mills located on this harbor would be able to compete with mills of Puget sound, Columbia river and other deep-water Pacific coast ports in the foreign lumber trade. Whether the lumber business of this harbor would be so extended or not may be ques tioned, but there can be no question but that the present trade would be ma terially benefited, as the vessels which now carry the lumber experience delays on account of these bars. One flood tide is required for loaded vessels to cross the two bars. Before the harbor throat (distant about 19 miles from South -Bend) is reached, the tide is ebbing. As insurance companies pro hibit vessesl towing to sea on an ebb tide, they-are forced to lie at-anchor in a rather poor roadstead, called North cove, for about 24 hours. During the winter southwest storms frequently spring up, and vessels may be barbound from one day to a week after leaving South Bend. “I am of the opinion that the most advantageous and economical method of improving these bars is to dredge a channel through them to a depth of 20 feet at mean lower low water. Near the lower shoal mud flats, which are covered at a two-foot stage of tide, ex tend about 1% miles to the north and about one mile to the soutji. At high tide this -forms a wide expanse of wa ter, and for tlfis reason the channel through the lower shoal should not be less than 200 feet wide. The channel through the' upper shoal may bereduced to 100 feet in. width'. The waters of the Willapa river carry but little sedi ment in suspension, its course is short, and for 12 miles above South Bend it is a tidal stream. For these reasons it is believed that a dredged channel would be fairly permanent.” The estimated cost of this improve ment is as follows: Dredging at lower shoal, 250,000 cubic yards, at 20 cents, $50,000; dredging at upper shoal, 100,- 000 cubic yards, at 20 cents, $20,000; engineering, contingencies, etc., $7,000; total, $77,000 _______ Northwest Notes. Antoine Maxine,.'a half-breed „got into an altercation with John Emanuel, an Indian, at a dance at Little Mission, and fatally stabbed him with a butcher knife. The state board of audit and control has rescinded the rule which it adopted of taking from the old soldiers who are inmates of the State Soldiers’ Home *25 per cent of their pensions. Sherman county farmers have not sown as much ground to grain this fall as is customary, owing to the fact that they were kept busy harvesting until late, and since harvest have devoted their time principally to getting their grain to market, leaving but little time to devote to seeding. What grain was sown early in the fall looks well. The action of the state board oi equalization in raising the Jackson county assessment 50 per cent on stocks of merchandise has caused a storm oi criticism and protest in that country. Merchants are trying to arrange a meet ing, to be composed of one representa tive of each firm, to take action in the matter. It is proposed that the repre sentatives shall select three of theii number to take immediate legal action to prevent the county clerk from enter ing the 50 per cent additonal assess ment. The French-Flagstaff Mining Com pany has determined to adopt the us« of cyanide, which is necessary to treat the ores from the deep levels of the mine. The company also .intends to put in- dry crushing rolls, instead oi the 10 stamps additional, as projected, and will suspend mill operations for a month or two, to admit of grading re quired by the new installment of ma chinery. Meanwhile drifting will be pushed actively north and south from the main shaft at the 600-foot level. LEE CÀLLED FOR ASSISTANCE Americans, It is Said, Sought Refuge in the Consulate—Orders to the Maine. Havana, Jan. 14.—At.10 o’clock this morning about 100 army officers, in censed by the violent attacks made by some of the local papers upon the gen- sral-in-chief and thè principal officers □f the Spanish army in Cuba,-went to the printing office of the daily journals, La Discussion and El Reconcentrado, and began smashing the windows and destroying the printing outfit, as well is cuffing the employes. A mob of thousands followed, shouting “Long Live Spainl” “Long live the army I” “Long live the volunteers I” The appearance at the office of La Discussion of General Ga-rriche, acting military commander at Havana, and General Solano, chief of staff, prevent ed more serious outrages. The gendarmes dispersed the rioters. Order was finally established. Central Park has been transformed into a mili tary eamp. General Blanco will deal most ener getically with the instigators of the outbreak. Tonight the police are guarding the printing offices. Americans in Danger. New York, Jan. 14.—A special to the. Journall and Advertiser from Washington says: Within 48 hours on present indications, intervention in Cuba will have been forced on the ad ministration. It will be found not un prepared. Tlie rioting in Havana was much fiercer than the censored press reports indicate. General Lee got at the cable early and reported the situation as serious, and that the mob was “getting even with the Americans” and “downing the United States,” as much as it was striking at the autonomist policy and the reconcentrados. American citizens had to seek refuge in the consulate. General Lee’s prompt military in stincts told him that the consulate might be in greater danger than any other place, in Havana, but Blanco at once threw a heavy cordon of Spanish regulars, with artillery, around the whole square, and adjoining streets were also held. This alarming infor mation came too late. Thè president did not wish to act precipitately, but the emergency had to be met promptly. The navy department was notified, and Commodore Crowinshield, chief of the bureau of navigation, at once sent dispatches to Admiral Bunce, with the white squadron, to hold every vessel in prompt readiness and to telegraph Key West for the_vessels.at that point to be ready to start for Havana on signal, but not to land unless instructed by Gênerai Lee. The Key West squadron cannot be assembled before tonight, as they are hunting filibusters. Not later than Saturday they will be on hand. While alone they would be unable to do much at Havana and might serve to inflame the Spanish mob to great excesses, they can give a good account of themselves in preparing for the heavier fleet to follow. The torpedo flotilla has been notified and can be put into 'Key West for a dash on Havana by Saturday.” Maine Ready to Start at Once. Chicago, Jan. 14.—A special to the Times-Herald from Key West, Fla., savs: The second-class battleship Maine has received orders to hold her self in readiness to proceed to Cuba at an instant’s warning. The orders came by telegraph tonight. . In compliance with these orders Captain Sigsbee, com manding the battleship, has made all arrangements to get under way Without delay. He has been placed in com munication with General Lee, who will cable him whether it is necessary to go to Havana. Spaniards Are Indignant. Madrid, Jan. 14,-—A dispatch to the Imparcial from Havana says the send ing of supplies from the United States to the indigent population of Cuba has aroused deep . animosity among the Spanish, who.it is alleged, “are in censed at-the pretext thus given to the American consul and the Yankee ele ment to interfere in'Cuban affairs.” It is further asserted that the Ameri can newspaper correspondents' have been instructed to exaggerate the suffer ings? of the peasantry in order to again arouse public feeling-in the United States, so as to provide'Washington with an excuse to intervene. Blanco’s Report. Madrid, Jan. 14—In his first optim istic dispatch to the governor-general, General Blanco says harvest has com menced in Cuba and the customs re ceipts have increased. ' Madrid, Jan. 1.4.—General Gonzales Munoz, the new captain-general of Porto Rico, died immediately after his arrival there. Destroyed by an Earthquake. The Hague,- Jan. 14.—An official dispatch from Batavia announces that the capital of Amboyna announces that the capital of Amboyna, one of the Moluccas islands, has been completely demolished by an earthquake. Fifty persons were killed and 200. injured. London, Jan. 14.—The correspond ent of the Standard at The Hague says a private dispatch received there asserts that 300 persons were killed by an earthquake at Amboyna. Fatal Accident in a Mine. Denver, Jan. 14,—A special to the News from Central City says: James Doyle, Joseph Perks and Andrew West land were' instantly killed and Dan Munday probably fatally hurt by a fall ing of rock in the Hidden Treasure mine at Nevadaville, two miles from here, this afternoon. The accident was caused by the breaking of a “stull” or platform, upon which were hundreds of tons of ore which was being sorted. It is estimated -that every square Lewis county tax collections for the mile of the sea contains 120,000,000 month of November were over $37,000, fishes - — .
