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The Hood River , ' . ' . .',...'',--. J ' .' Gr lacier It's a Cold Day When We Get Left. VOL. VIII. IIOOD RIVER,; OR EG OX, FRIDAY, v DECEMBER 4, 1896. NO. 28. IDE NEWS OF THE WEEK ' From All Parts of the New .World and the Old..; F INTEREST TO OUR READERS Comprehensive Review of the Import- - ant Happenings of the Past Week Called From the Telegraph Colnma Four persons weie killed at Nanterre, France, by a boiler explosion in a oar boa factory. The damage is $100,000. S. W'Uiiro Steinway. the well-known pit no manufacturer',' died in New' York of typhoid 4 fever. He had been sick, for a year. . ' . . : Thirteen pr'giuers escaped f rotn a jail in Wyandotte. Kan. .Three, have been . oaptnn d and ; the officers are in pursuit of the ot lers. .1 r . . , " . Rev. P. !M.. Hill, formerly a mission ary ti China, was strioken with paraly-. sis while delivering a sermon at ,: hit ohurch in Bentonviilo, Ark. He cannot recover. . .-", .'-... '" V;". '''..'" " . George "W. Hill,' , a .'. well-known printer and stationer, of Portland, Or., shot and killed himself. ; He was of a despondent nature, and about five years . ago attempted suicide by taking mor- phine. . .. .''' : ... . Farmers in t'ae vioinity of Taooma have lost many thousands of bushels of potatotes beoause of the cold . One farmer had 6,000 bushels stored in hie barn, and nearly the wohle 16t was de ployed. w V:; ,.:'y;r;',.'-' "' The prisoners in Bedford, Ind. , made a despeiate effoit to eonpe by setting fire to the jail -But for the timely discovery of the fire by the sheriff, some of them would have escaped, and others would have been cremated. ' , 'Fifteen year old Emma. Taylor, 'an orphan, has been held' as an important witness against four, men who, on Thanksgiving night, attempted to rob a oar lull of passengers in Kansas City. The young girl says that she made the masks for the robbers and knew their plans. - It is believed by the po- ltoe that the girl was seized by the gang and made to do their bidding. ; ,; ., . Advices received at Tampa, Fla., from Havana are that Weyler will soon ' issue another' tobacco order prohibiting the exportation of remedies tobacco from the islands of Cuba, '.- This was uqt included in his other order, and a great deal has been exported. Havana . manufacturers have petitioned Weylei to close the Cuban ports to this to baooo, a) Northern and Eastern manu facturers were buying all of it for ex portation to this oountry, .' ; : " A dynamite expkmion occurred, at Kouskie by which several persons were killed.. ' ." ;,',,- The latest reports from Russia are to the effect that the winter crop through out the south, exoepting in the Cau casus, is in a fairly favorable oondiiton. ' -A Singapore dispatch to the London . Times says the Spaniards have been de feated by the insurgents in the Philip pine islands, with the loss of 800 ol their men. 1 , 'The strike in the gas works, in Bor- - deanx, whiob necessitated the calling in of the soldiers to assist in the works to save the oity from being left in dark ness, has ended in a compromise.' At Webster's sawmill, on 'Deep . Creek, in Washington, Engineer B. F. . Elmore was caught by a shaft and in stantly killed. .The body was fright fully mangled. The first serious frontier incident in a long time ooonrred near Munster, when a German forest , guard shot an alleged French poaoher,. ihflioting a ' flesh wound. The Frenoh government j will inquire into the case. . ' While the employes of the Thieli enamel faotory, of Hamburg, Germany, were going to work a body of striken attaoked them and a free fight followed. Shots were fired, several persons seri- , ous?y wounded and many arrests made.' 1 "A Paris dispatch says the trial ol Bazin's patent roller boat, wbioh it U alleged would shorten the Atlantio pas' sage to ninety-six hours, is expeoted to ' ooour in the middle of Deoember aorosa the English channel from Havre, in the presence of distinguished naval author ities and possibly of: President Faure, who Is interested in the experiment . V disastrous prairie fire swept ovei the Seminole oountry, Qklahoma. Six teen persons, it Js ' reported, were burned to death by the raging flames. A Catholio mission was saved by' the beroio work of Sisters Freda and Kirk. The two sisters fought the flames for two hours with blankets, and saved the lives of twenty Indian pupils. The fire was started by outlaws, who were fleeing from a posse of deputy marshals. Most of the people burned were half breed Indians. , .' v -,; V ', ' ? The sugar planters of the Island of Mauritus have deoided to join with those of the British East Indies in rep resentations to the government of Great Britain regarding the sugar bounties paid ' by foreign, countries, with . the ' view of bringingg about some counter- aoting influence to enable planters there to compete more fairly with their for eign rivals. Delegates have ..been ap pointed to present the grievances in the proper quarter. :'.' Uprising in Uruguay A Buenos Ayres dispatch states that the revolution under way in the Uru guayan republio is gradually gathering strength. , Its exaot proportions are as yet unknown, as the telegraph com panies have been seized by the govern ment and nothing Is allowed to come out. It is reported, however, that there have been several hot skirmishes on the frontier between the rebels and government foroes. Several houses have been .burned, it is said, and sev eral were killed on eaob side. A Nervy Jeweler. . Four men entered Jaoob Niedlikow's jewelry store, in;. Milwaukee,' Wis., and attempted to rob the plaoe. ' Two cov ered the proprietor with revolvers and ordered him to open the safe. He grap pled with-the men, who opened fire on him, shooting' him in the hand. The jewler's wife entered and several shot! were fired at her and her ohild. The robbers were then 'frightened off, and being pursued were captured. v. ' i .- . .j Woman Flrea Upon Burglar. -I ' At Coland oreek, Virginia, Mrs, Elizabeth Belabor, who is reputed to have money at her home, heard bur glars working at a back door. She stole out with a Winchester, saw three men at the door and fired three shots at them. The burglars fled. " They were traoked more than three miles by blood stains. t ' ... ; r Eleven Thousand Hen Ont. . ".' The American Company's lighters and ship cleaners in Hamburg,' Ger many have joined the, big strike there, and eleven thousand men are riow cut. Rebellion In M adagasear. .... Dispatohes from Antananarivo say rebellion in Madagascar is fampant, and in the vioinity of the capital trade is paralyzed, i .v .' ?; . -;'- .: ' " 1' ' Uleaatroue Fire In Portland. . The extensive plant of the Inman, Poulsen Lumber Company, - of , Port land, Or., was almost completely de stroyed by fire Thanksgiving evening. The fire. was discovered, by the night watobman, and in an inoredible spaoe of time the entire plant was a seething cauldron of flames. The loss sustained is about $85,000, covered by insurance in numerous companies to the extent of about $40,000.- The most distressing result of the fire is that 150 men are thrown out of employment, temporarily at a Beason of the year when they oan ill afford to be idle. The .firemen on duty did good service, but could, not do muoh exoept to prevent the spread of the flames. , Just how the fire originat ed is difficult to determine, but it is supposed to have been caused by spon taneous oombus'tien. Mr. Robert D. Inman, of the oopmany, says that al though sustaining a heavy loss he is not at all disheartened and will rebuild' as soon as' possible. It was fortunate that a strong east wind was blowing as it carried the flames out over the river and the lumber piled up in the yard south of the mill escaped almost alto gether. Had the flames reaohed the lumber, ' the Iobs would have fallen heavily upon the milloompany,as more than $76,000 worth of . lumber was stored there. ' ' ' Americana in London. . . . j The seoond Thanksgiving dinner of the American Society, of London, took plaoe in the grand hall of the Hotel Cecil in that oity. Henry S. Weloome, ohairman of the society, presided, in the asbenoe of the United States am bassador, who, with Mrs. Bayard, was "commanded" to dine with the queen, at Windsor castle. . The dinner was on a more elaborate soale than any of the previous gatherings of the sooiety, and about 800 ladies and gentlemen were present The hall was splendidly dec orated. . A special feature of the ornamentation,- in addition to the stars and stripes, Which were everywhere dis played, . was a quantity of Amerioan oorn specially brought over for the pur pose. Many Amerioan diehes were on the menu, and some immense pump kins bad a share in providing the good , things for the table. Behind the chair occupied by Mr. Wellcome was a repre sentation of the statue of Liberty and a large American eagle, and near, the chairman, on a pedestal, was an enor mous pumpkin, sent as a present to Mr. Bayard, whose absence . was muoh re gretted. ' In the middle of the dinner there was a surprise for the guests when eaoh onereoeived a leather-bound souvenir book containing the portraits of Mr. Bayard and the Amerioan presi dents, ' including President elect Mo Kinley. 'Mr.Bayard's letter of apology for not attending, .and wishing "God speed to the land we all love," was fol lowed by a telegram from the United States - ambassador at Windsor oastle, in wbioh he said: ."Your oharining souvenir of the day we oelebrate has just ..been ! received, and the popy for her majesty will be presented before your dinner is over. All , who love the United States and Great Britain will j iiri in ' the mutual, congratula tions over, the peaceful relations. of the English-speaking people of the world. " Mr. Bayard's "sentiments were greeted with loud cheers, and Mr.' Welloome, the ohairman of the sooiety, in allud ing to Mr. Bayard's regretted absence, said . that it was a good omen that the United States ambassador : was the guest of the queen at a Thanksgiving dinner. The toast to the queen wa) honored with onnsaal energy.- ' ' '..". :'.;.!... v' Hawaii Cannot Long Main tain Its Government. FOSTER'S VISIT TO THE ISLANDS People In Conatant Fear That Somj ' Unpleaeant Change " M ay , Ooour Condition of "Kn.inest ' I Good Washington, Deo. 2. John W. Fob ter, former secretary .of state, has re turned to Washington from , a four weeks' visit to Hawaii, whither , h went as the representative of the Paoific Cable Company. In speaking of hi visit, Mr. Foster said: ' V ; y' r ' ' .''The oondition of business in Ha waii is flourishing. The islands are prosperous, and their future is b.ight. The Paoifio Mail has recently' doubled its servioe, " sending a . steamer there twioe a month instead of once, as for merly, and a new line is soon expeoted to be established . by the Japanese, wbioh will touch at the islands on the way to San Franoisco. ' . , . "The people of Hawaii wish to bo' annexed to the United ,. States. The present government has the approval of a 'majority of native Hawaiians, anc there is no likelihood that there evei will be a restoration of the monarchy. The English and German element, however, are ' Apposed to annexation to the United States, beoause they believe it will interfere with their con traot la bor and so affect them oommeroially. ' "The present government in its ad ministration is giving satisfaction; yet' this government is only temporary, -and the . people want to be annexed to the United States. .The - members of the government are pledged to it, and the present constitution of the republio ex presses this expectation. So it is the general belief that the matter should be deoided at an early date, if possible. " He. said it was not apparent that Hawaii could maintain herself as an independent government in case the United States should - refuse to annex the islands. Although her people are law-abiding and the 'present govern ment gets along smoothly and saooess-' fully, there is continual fear, says Mr. Foster, that some change may oo our. 'So far as the Hawaiians are oon oerned,. independently of outside influ ences, they are oapabble of self-government In Mr. Foster's opinion", how ever, annexation is the only way out of the situation in which Hawaii is placed. A TREASURER ROBBED. - Dallaa Offloial'a Tough Experience With ,. Thlevea.. ' . V- Dallas, Tex.", Deo. 2. At midnight, five pistol shots in rapid succession in the vioinity of the oourthouse attraoted the polioe to that building. W. E. Coe, oounty treasurer, was found in hie office with blood oozing from a wound in the back of the head. . He was in a dazed oondition and in a very exoited frame of . mind. . He said he had been working very late ' in order to get the affairs of the office in shape to retire in favor of his suocessor. At midnight two men appeared, and one placed, a gun to his temple and ordered him to open the vault. He did so and all the valuably papers and oon tents of the inner vault were examined by one of the robbers. After placing a consider able sum of money in a canvas sack, the robbers withdrew ' from the vault. Coe seized his pistol and shot at the robbers. The latter returned the fire', hitting the treasurer in the baok of the head, inflicting a : bad . scalp wound. The treasurer says the robbers scoured $6,000, and he is confident that he shot and badly wounded one of his assail ants. The polioe force and a : large number of deputies with bloodhounds are on the trail of the robbers.' . SHORT WHEAT CROP. Froata Stop Flowing In France and . , Central JSurope- ,V London,' Decw 8.-The. Markiane Express- today, discussing the orop pros pects says: y "- ' "., . ' j' ' .' ) ' : . . ; "Severe frosts in France and Cen tral 'Europe have stopped plowing and sowing, and we anticipate a somewhat short wheat acreage in the entire re gion between the Vistula and the bay of Biscay.' '.'Winter has set in through out Russia, the sea of Azof was closed to navigation November 24, and navi gation of the Baltic. is dangerous, on the northern and eastern coasts, on which there is already muoh ioe. "Owing to the rainfall ; in In.ida the deficiency in the wheat acreage is re duced. But while : famine no longer threatens, a scarcity seems bound to be felt until the spring of 1897. K ; .; "English wheat maintains a good price in London, but the oountry mar kets are firm. The causey of this is dear. In the counties last week, 166, 684 quarters of English wheat - were offered for sale, against 69,530 for the same week of 1895. ; ; ,'; ?, i' 1 '. ' ' Feared Insanity. ;, Fisher, Minn,, Dec' 2. -MSa'naker, oasbier of the Bank of Fisher, shot him self dead yesterday. . His father died insane.' He feared following his foot Beps. The, bank's affairs are in ex cellent shape, r ;..('-'-, . , WEEKLY - MARKET LETTER. downing,. Hopkina & Co. 'a Review of T ' "; Trade. '"' .' . , Portland, Or. , Deo. 2. Wheat brioes last week reached the highest point thus far on the crop, and the close was near the . top. - Compared with its value at the close of the third week in November, it? was at the close of the fourth week's business 4 5-8o higher for December and. 4 o higher for the May delivery. . The lower prices during the third week were not the - result of any change in the indica tion which previously existed of pros pective soaroity in the future, but were entirely.due to the neosssities of certain features of the speculative trade wbioh make the approach of an important de livery of the stocks in store on specula tive' purchases a terror to impecunious buyers. No matter bow unchanged may be the opinion of a buyer of wheat for -December delivery in the substan tial wisdom of his purohase, if he bas not the needful oash to pay for the goods when the grain is on the point of being tendered to him be has to sell at whatever saorifioe. Nothing has oo curred since a week ago to make it less probable now than then that the world's wheat supply is smaller than its needs.- The demand ,rom A.ustra lia for American wheat is as urgent as before; India continues to be a buyer instead of a seller of wheat, as in or dinary seasons, and the coming orop of Argentina gives no better promise of more than a very middling yield than it did before. We remarked in odr letter last week that "It well may be that sharp deolines are in order," v. But we added that "they will only furnish opportunities for buying to greater ad vantage." We still hold to this view of "the case and advise purchases on every little deoline. v. -RETALIATION SUGGESTED. Austria Dleorlminatee Agalnat Our '... ' ' Glueoee. , f" Washington, Deo. ?. Retaliation against the European countries that seek to destroy Amerioan trade is sug gested by United States Consul-General M.Judd, at Vienna. He says that the Austrian ' glucose producers, finding their trust powerless , to meet the rates asked by Americans, appealed to their government, and the latter bas increased the duty on imported glucose from '7 to 8 florins per'100 kilos, to tak(..efieot December 1. This is aimed dircetly at America,' as the United States is the only oountry , competing for this trade, and it will shut us out from further sale of syrup. Mr. Judd says: .- ',.' ' ' : "It has been this way with other ar ticles for which Amerioans found a foreign market If it was not a tariff measure, some other obstacles have orippled their efforts to maintain the' trade. Would not a threatened retali atory measure, say against poroelain and glassware, have the desired effeot of - possibly preventing the intended change from going into effeot?" '" Ready for Servioe. Philadelphia, Deo. 2. The new ar mored cruiser Brooklyn, wbioh earned for its builders a premium of $200,000, will . go into commission tomorrow morning at League island navy yard. This is in pursuance of a request of the government received. Over a week ago, and as a Consequence of which Cramps' men have been working night and day to have the big vessel finished in time. All work beyond ' a ' few finishing touches was practically oompleted to night,, and at 8 o'clock tomorrow morn ing, four tugs will tow her to the navy yard, where the oustomary formalities will be gone through with." . ' Pue to Russian Influence. London, Deo. 1. The Constantinople correspondent of the Standard discusses the refusal of admission to the Dardan elles of Greek,' Dutoh and Amerioan stationaries, which is attributed to Russian influence. The American and Greek subjeots, adds the correspondent, are annoyed at their governments for not showing more energy with a view to obtaining'the privileges granted to the great powers. ,' . 1 Many Killed In a Panic. ; . Bombay, Deo.' 1. A fete organized at Baroda in honor of the visit of the Earl of Elgin,' viceroy of India, has had a terrible outcome in the killing of twenty persons and the injuring of many others by a great crush of num bers in a pauio wbioh ooourred in the course of the fete, f Nothing is known as to how the panic developed. f " Suoceede Viscount Gough. . Washington, Dec 1. Ambassador Pauncefote has been officially notified of the appointment of Maurice de Bun sen as secretary of the British embassy at this oapital. The new seoretary bas been distinguished in diplomatic serv ioe in a number of the capitals .of Eu- r, rope, and the Orient, and be succeeds Viscount Gough, the present secretary, who will go to Germany. ' , :.f ', Shot Through the Hand. ' . ' " Independence, Deo. 2. J. O. Rus sell, son of J. J. . Russell, of Mon mouth, was out hunting last Saturday. -While standing with . one hand over the muzzle of his rifle, the gun was discharged in some way, and the bullet went through bis hand, and so olose to his body as to burn his olothing. , BRIEF PACIFIC COAST NEWS A Resume of Events in the "i Northwest. EVIDENCE OF; STEADY GROWTH j Kewi Gathered In All the Townj of Our Neighboring State. Improve j ment Noted In All Industries Oregon. i ' Baker City bas a movement we'll un- j der way to seoure a publio library. I The Eagle woolen mills, at Browns ville, now employs sixty-one men. There are about 500 head of oattle foi ,sale in Eagle valley, Union oounty. . , The Santiam river was reported to have been higher last week than sinoe the flood of 1891. ; Senator elect Harmon, of Coos, Curry and Josephine counties,' makeB public his approval of a registration law. ' The people of ,Wallowa oounty want a special sessioa of the circuit court. They have an overstock of oriminali they wish to dispose of. . " Prairie City, Grant oounty, has been selected as the next meeting plaoe of the directors of the first Eastern Ore gon District Agricultural Sooiety. The hospital, employe's quarters and laundry at the Warm Springs agency have been oompleted and are , now awaiting to be turned over to the gov ernment as soon as the tie n agent ar rives. . . The body of Ferdinez, the cook of the ill-fated Arago, was found last week on the beaoh, fifteen miles north of the Umpqua. The remains were identified by papers found in the pockets. Seven miles of the new motor rail way grade between Waterloo, Sodaville ana Lebanon, are said to be now ready for the laying of rails. On aooonnt of the bad weathes work has been discon tinued until next spring. v ;, :', . The contractors who bave been awarded the contract, for furnishing and plaoing rock on the north jetty, on Coos bay, are preparing to begin work immediately, and are employing men with that object in view. ' Harry Clay, a sheepbuyer, reoently received about 6,000 head of sheep from sheepmen in the neighborhood of Monu ment, and drove to Arlington, from wbioh place he shipped to Chioago. His band will be fed and placed on the market later on. : '..':' The material is on hand and the foundation of the cradle laid at Wall Bros' mill in Myrtle Point, for the con struction of a new steamer to run on the upper Coquille. . The machinery of the old Cumtux will be used, ahdthe new steamer will have the same name. .- . - ' v - . A correspondent of the Independence West Side says: "Fifty-one years a go the hand that pens these lines was paddling a canoe down the Willamette river. The writer started from the old iWilliam Prather plaoe, went to Lucka miute, stepped into the canoe, and in three days was in Oregon City. He put into the canoe what flour it would bear, and in Ave days was baok again at the plaoe from where he started." Waahington. - The shipments of farm produots from Garfield during the month of October last, not counting wheat, amounted in value to about $6,000. , A haystack with a dozen ohiokens upon it went down the Columbia river last week. The fowls were resoued for Thanksgiving purposes at Freeport There have been shipped out of Aber deen by express since the first of Au gust 816,000 pounds of fresh fish, whiob brings the value of the season's output of salmon up to almost $100,000, or $1,000 per day. The work of floating the Glenmorag has been stopped for the present All the men have been discharged, except the old .hands. The beavy weather makes it impossible to do any thing just now. When work can, be resnmodJj uncertain. The Spokane Falls & Northern Tele graph Company . has oompleted the stringing of an additional wire from Spokane to Northport, and thence con necting with Rossland. The business of the company will probably necessi tate the plaoing of another wire over the line to Nelson soon ef ter the first of the year. The total oargo shipments by sixteen of the leading mills of Washington id the month of October, as officially re ported to the West Coast and Puget Sound Lumberman aggregated 87,727, 012 feet of lumber, and 4,149,886 lath. Of the lumber, 14,044,647 feet went foreign, and 28,280,465 feet went ooastwise. The total exceeds Septem ber by over 4,000,000 feet. . . A winter muskmelon, or oasaba, is a peouliar variety of ' fruit that is being exhibited by Robert Seorest The seed was brought to Oakesdale by J. J. Durant, from the Yakima oountry. The seed was planted in the spring and melons were picked this fall. The fruit looks like the ordinary melon, the only difference being that the winter melon will not ripen until it bas been laid away for a oonsideiable time, . TWO VOTES CAST. A Kanaaa Township Hole's a Pecnliat , Record. t Topeka, Kan., Deo. 1. According to pffioial returns reoeived at the seoretary of state's office, there was one township in Kansas, where only two votes were oast at the recent election. It was Garfield townshipfin Seward oounty. One of the voters cust a straight Repub lican tioket, while the other voted the Populist tioket straight, with the ex ception of oounty attorney. There was a tie on all other officers, and the candidates for township offioesoast lots to see who should serve. Garfield township has about twenty inhabit' ants, eight -of whom are voters. There are Tour Populists and four Republi cans. On election day three of the PopulistB paired off with three Repub licans, and six did not vote. The other Republican wanted to pair off with the remaining Populist, but the latter would not do it, because be bad a grudge against the nominee of his own party for connty attorney, and said be wanted to vote for the Republican nominee This necessitated the cast ing of two ballots, with the result as stated. A regular voting preoinot was maintained thr entire day, and five voters received $2 eaob for serving as judgeB and clerks of election. 1 AN EXPERIENCE WITH ROBBERS. Masked Men Extort Money From a Bliaaourl Rancher. St. Joseph, Mo., Dec 1. V. M. Arnbold, living near this city, reports a terrible experience with masked rob bers, who entered his house at an early hour : in the morning. , Mr. and Mrs. Arnbold were awakened and found three - masked men in their bedroom-. Tbe robbers oovered them with pistols arid demanded to know . where their money was concealed. Arnbold denied that he bad any money, and Mb wife was too terrified to speak. The man and woman were then dragged into the cellar and were held there while one of the robbers went to the rooms above and heated an iron poker to a white beat and returned with it to the oellar. When they threatened to apply this to Arnhold's naked feet, he weakened and told them where they could find what money be bad. There was but $18 in tbe rancher's oaohe, and bo angry were the robbers that they demolished much of the furniture in the bouse before leaving. ' - . ORGANIZED ASSASSINS. Made Desperate Attempts to Kill the ' Family of an Oklahoma Rancher. Perty, O. T; i Dec 1. Great exoite ment continues near Tonkawa, twenty . miles north of here, over an attempt to murder -the family of R. Brooke and his .wife. Reports from that commu nity' are that a second attempt was made last night to murder Brooke. "A month ago, Charley Graham, Bill Jones and Kenneth McDonald attempt ed to assassinate- Brooke and his wife one night, and Brooke killed Graham, who proved to be a noted outlaw. Graham, before bis death, confessed, implicating several men in the com munity. , He said these men employed him to kill Brooke and bis wife and burn their house. Yesterday, several jof those in jail esoaped, and last night masked men went to Brooke's borne, but were repulsed by Brooke and his ' Wife, who stood them off with Win chesters. Kalama Has a Fire. , Kalama, Wash., Deo. 1. Fire broke out in the Methodist church Sunday . flight about 8 o'clock. Servioes were being held at tbe time, but the congre gation passed ont of the building with out difficulty. Before tbe fire oompany reaohed the scene, the building was a mass of flames, and it was soon com pletely destroyed. The loss was about $3,000. As the fire company was on its way to the engine-house, the Ka- . lama hotel was found to be burning, having eaught from flying sparks. The blaze was extinguished in short order. Sparks from tbe burning ohurob ignited the roof of W. H. Girard's general merchandise store, and, pass ing over the Cowlitz oounty bank and ,tbe City drugstore, also set fire to tbe opera-house. Watchers were on tbese buildings, however, and put out tbe fire wherever it appeared. t , Conditiona In India Improve. London, Dec 1. The Earl of Elkin, vioeroy of India, telegraphs to-tbe gov ernment that rain there is too late to be of much benefit to the autumn crop, but it is in time for the late sowings. Prices, be says, show a tendency to fall, though the full effect is not yet apparent in the Deocan. The oondi tion of the people is good and the pres sure upon them is due to prices rather than to tbe failure of the crops. Sinoe the rain, prices have fallen 20 to 60 per . cent in the northern districts. , Lord Elkin's dispatch also gives details of bow a quarter of a million of people in the distressed distriots of India are engaged In relief work. ( t ' Election Kiots in Bulgaria. Sofia, Dec 1. Tbe elections to the sobran je, whioh ooourred today, were acoompanied by serious disturbances, v and the troops and polioe had . to be called out to disperse the mubs here and ' in the provinces, as tbe result of whioh many persons were wounded. The po- , lice fired on the crowd at Zarobrod, killing several persons, -