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vol..:». NO. G. yi; MAY KM) THE WAR s Chances of Mak ing peace Are Good. EDITIS DUE DENBY AND DUN ■pi-jtood. Kxcopt Amount and Tfr'"' f < :i-i« Indemnity and Boun ,,f Cetled Territory— lll'li.l""- '" the Viceroy Ko<sK i f March Viceroy Li •' (inn ' and suite arrived here this ; " rto negotiate for peace between ?Vand Japan. Envoys from the U -,. foreign office immediately '^yd the steamer conveying the Chi '"'., rO Y Inter Li Hung Chang, "^opanied by John W. Foster, • ';'.,,., a ,lviser for China, visited the ranese minister of foreign affairs. A T THE CAPITAL. rrvinsc.TON-, March 21.—Li Hung V Vs arrival in Japan is regarded in ffi*iai circles as one of the most signifi- S events of recent days. It is the firettime in hia life that the venerable Jtpsman of China has set foot outside soil. At his advanced age he i'Sunieys to China's traditional foe B'" •!> enormous concessions as a means '° 'cuiiii- peace. It can be stated °' ifjyelv i"'l authoritatively that the Ebsof peace are already understood Tall that remains to be done is to details"within certain specified Lits! The general terms have been hron^ht about by the efforts of United Lea Minister! Denby in China and [,;,, in Tokio. It was even feared at a L date tliat Li's mission might fall throodi because of the vagueness of his lathority to treat for the cession of ter r 'orv This ras arranged, however, throujh the activity of the United States ministers, who showed that unless this ns obviite-l the mission would other jfisiTprove futile. The general terms of Li Hung Chang's inthority are to cede territory, pay a cash indemnity, grant the independence of Corea and arrange a new treaty re lation with Japan, by which Japanese extra-territorial jurisdiction in China nil! be maintained. The exact amount of the cash indemnity is not fixed, nor is the kin 1 of metal it is to be paid in agreed upon. These and the boundaries of the ceded territory are yet to be ar ranged. So far as the arrangement has advanced I'rince Li's mission is ex pected to he consummated within a few days, unless Borne unexpected hitch occurs. Count I to, one of the two Japanese envoys, is a close personal friend of Li Hang Chang, the two hav ing settled the Corean trouble in 1885. Cereal ij the confidence of the Japan - ese in Li's ability to see that China carries out an agreement, that his promise of a settlement will probably pave the way to a speedy cessation of the war. The reports that Russia will intervene to stop the agreement are known to he misleading, from positive information received here. The authori ties believe there will be no trouble caused by Russia. The same is be lieved to be true as to France, although not with the same certainty. OREGON'S PENITENTIARY. Start] Four Thousand Prisoners Have I'.eesi Registered There. Salem, March .I.—The total number of prisoners received at the Oregon state penitentiary since its opening is now nearing the 4,000 mark. Since In dian Charley, the first human being that ever donned stripes in the name of Oregon, there have registered 3,394, Win Gay, of Eugene, being No. 3,395. Ti.» number now in prison is 359, of which two are women. There is not work enough to keep the convicts em pu»yedhalf the time. The stove foundry is ran three days of each week — days, Wednesdays and Fridays—ein ploying on these days 165 men. The &a is to manufacture stoves only for the demand. The capacity of the plant totdd furnish work for 225 men every «ay of the week. There are thirty-two trusties, who are allowed to work on the ami and a few inside men rind employ ment gardening within the walls. The remainder, except the few used in the otchen, are kept in their cells, except wont two hours each day when they civen what is known as the "bull pen drill." This is absolutely necessary lor the health of those who are afforded pother means of exercise. The aver •:«a of doing the bidding of others is ry noticeable, even among convicts. •Hany of theSl if left to their own pleas f*i Wl!i spend half and some the entire *»y.walking in the yard between the ™°PSand the main building, but when called on to fall in line and march tor cx "iise they tire and want rest before »n war has passed. The oldest inhabi tantol th- prison is A. 11. Stouzhton, in usb.Uh year, who was committed for vVn U1 Coluill!Jia county in 1892. Al :rr "°.vt as served the longest period ' any one now in prison, having been in August, 1881. Iloyc's »h» «a< rapa; for which he was given l*entyyeais. . ETERNAL REVENUE receipts he ti='lt Month* of the Present Yeas L'° ' ".-.I With La<t V»:»r. asi "xgtox, March 21.—A statement f^pureJ by the commissioner of inter .a Tr'' ■•■ Bhowa receipts during the a?nt months of the present fiscal year -compared with the same period ol dsl rear to have been as follows: ?p: r ;t« l-cessc. Tobac ; $59 058,5-» ?'8 , »■: reroeu'vVV- 19.7G1.74l 1,09 i.89: "l-o - "It h' { u' r■ 20.115,7f>8 *i2O 0< W'v" nil - 1,108,2-6 225.15. SmSJ 3.U3J4 tn Total * 00,632,466 5.3,150,C22 decrease. there'll the month of February, 1895, reppinfas an aa:gregate decrease in the of *i 701 ' o!!!Pared with February, 1894, •I Man to Be Hanged. Colo., March 21.—Henry Ty mmitted murder in 1891 and ; ! -en in the solitary cell until Uauvfr/-•T'^e blind, was to-day sen- Pttk\ • hanged during the second It I IS V^""*S^^^^^B\ \^^^IJ \^l^kMk^^^B1 M I II .^^ I IS STILL A MYSTERY. Identity of the Spanish Cruiser Which Fired on the Allianca. Washington, March 21.—Nothing is known here of the reported action of the Spanish ships Infanta Isabella or Ar cedo firing on American vessels. There is good ground, however, for believing that the ship sailing from Savannah with Cuban arms aboard will furnish an actual case of detention if she is over hauled. Careful investigation is pro ceeding as to the cargo Bhipped by the Allianca at Colon, allegations that arms were taken aboard under cover of dark ness having been made. Communica tions have been received in Washington from Cuba that the Conde de Venadito was the Spanish warship firing on the Allianca. These advices said that the latter ship was flying a British Hag. There is further news as to the report by Secretary Gresham of a reply from Spain to his demand, but there is reason to believe the published reports have failed to state some important reserva tions by Spain. One part of Spain's answer may consist in calling attention to a charge that in November last a number of Spanish Cubans were fishing in the Gulf of Mexico, when they were fired upon by a United States revenue cutter, first with cannon and later with small arms. The firing, it is said, oc curred twelve miles from land. The Spaniards were carried to New Orleans, where, it is said the United States court for the Southern district of Louisiana released them. Spain has not thus far made a protest, but may do so, now that the United States has protested against the firing on the Allianca. As far as can be learned the state de partment has not yet heard from either United States Minister Taylor or from Consul-General Williams at Havana upon the question of the identity of the cmiser which fired upon the Allianca. As the commander of the Conde de Ven adito reported the steamer upon which he fired was flying the British flag, there is a possibility that his story refers to another incident, which may result in bringing Great Britain to the defense of her ensign, for the Spanish cruiser, ac cording to the position taken by Secre tary Gresham, was bound to accept the colors displayed in answer to the signals establishing the nationality of the ves sels. It begins to appear that our gov ernment is not disposed to be unduly exacting in the matter of a speedy re sponse from the Spanish government, inasmuch as the enure Spanish cabinet has resigned. SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR. Numerous Washington Bouse Bills Approved. Olympia, Wash., March 21. — The governor has approved the following house bills : To establish a bureau of statistics and immigration. To provide the manner of commenc ing civil actions in the superior court. To define and punish the crime o: arson; emergency. Providing liens upon saw logs, etc. Providing for the redistricting of the state for judicial purposes. Prohibiting the employment of fe males in places where intoxicating liquors are sold. .Relating to attorneys and providing for admission. Relating to the location of private roads of necessity. For reducing the corporate limits of any city, town or village; emergency. Providing for the issuance of de ficiency certificates for road work; emergency. Giving honorably discharged soldiers and sailors preference in public employ ment. , Defining the appointment powers ana duties of superior court commissioners ; emergency. To regulate and license insurance; emergency. For the protection of food fishes; emergency. _ , Amending 1509, 1570, 1571, 1572, vol. 1 Hill's code. Relating to the expense incurred making drains and ditches for general purposes; emergency. . Manner of drawing and certifying petit jurors; emergency. Denning the powers and duties of county surveyors. Exempting from execution certain insurance moneys. Prohibiting the sale of liquor on or near the state university grounds. State bill for the relief or the Puget Sound Tugboat Company. Brutalities of a Captain. Baltimore, March 21.— Captain Jef ferson Morse, of the oyster schooner General Haycock, has been arrested charged with brutal treatment of Ed ward Merrill, a member of his crew. The boy was stripped of his clothing when the wind was blowing a gale and the mercury was nearly *"E*»iero. His wrists were crossed and tied mnily together and he was thus tied up to the rifgine. He was then severely whipped. \Vnen cut down his thumbs were frown. The United States authorities are look ing for the man who assisted the cap tain in his brutalities. No More College Football. Boston, March 21.—The faculty of Harvard university to-day notified the committee on the regulation of athletic snorts that it had, for the second time, derided that no student under their charge should be permitted to take part in fnter-collegiate football contests. This was in reply to a communication ?rom tK committee to the facultvask i!g ttat their previous decision be re considered. _ Oar income Tax law In England London, March 21.-ln view of the vast number of resident* of Great Brit ain who derive an income from the Hub The Corner-Stone Laid. I Rome March 21.-The ceremony of , a *°g the corner-stone of the Ganbald, V,; ;,e Pope The principal speech of the !!Sn was delivered by the syndic of Home. FRIDAY HARBOR, SAN JUAN CO.. WASH., THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1895. JAMES FAIR'S ESTATE Another and a Later Will Has Been Found. SENSATION IN THE CONTEST CASE It Was Left With a Young Lady Teacher In the Public Schools, and Warm Friend of the Senator's, and Was Written in Her Pregeuce. San Francisco, March 20.—The con tention in the courts over the millions left by James G. Fair developed another sensation this morning. When the case was called before Superior Judge Slack a great stir was caused by the introduction of what purports to be a later holographic will written in lead pencil on two sheets of legal cap paper. It was brought into court securely framed between two plates of glass by Reuben Lloyd, who has been retained in the case by Mrs. Oelrichs and Vir ginia Fair, daughters of the deceased. This alleged will divides the estate almost equally between the two daugh ters and Charlie Fair. It bequeaths a few thousand dollars to certain orphan asylums, toid makes no provisions for euch a trust as the estate is left in con trol of under the will previously filed. Messrs. Angus and Crothers are two of the four executors named in the pre viously filed will. Referring to this alleged will, Attorney Lloyd informed the court that the document, according to its date, was executed three days later than the will previously filed. He said he would prove that the existence of this will had been known to several persons, and that it. had finally been found in the possession of a very es timable old lady, whose name Lloyd did not divulge, Lloyd said the old lady had not produced it because she had read of the other will being offered for pro bate, and had supposed that it was a later document than the one she held. The fact that this new alleged will has been presented in court by Attorney Lloyd would indicate that Charlie Fair and his sisters have joined forces to con test the will of their father. The attorneys who represent the exe cutors under the will previously filed, and of which the original copy was stolen, intimated very strongly that they believed this latest alleged wi.l to be a forgery. The case was finally con tinued to April 2. The alleged will produced to-day be queaths to various brot here and sisters of deceased and their children about the same amounts as was left to them under the will previously riled. Under the first will the families of theso brothers and sisters would acquire a large proportion of the estate at Ihe death of Fair's children, Charles, Vir ginia and Mrs. Oelrichs, but under the will filed to-day the brothers and eisters and their families would receive only the amount of cash stated in the will and the balance of the H0.000.000 estate could be distributed at once among the three children of the deceased. The special bequests to relatives and charitable institutions are: Hissister, Mrs. Crothers $200,000 H 8 brother, William Fair 50 000 His brother, Edward Fair 60,000 Hissister, Mary Anderson 200,000 His niece, Jane Luuday 10,000 His nephew, James H. Fair 10.00J Komau Catnolic orphan asylum 60,000 Hebrew orphan asylum 25.000 Teachers' pension fund (if any) £0,0(J0 P otestant orphan asylum M 000 Herman Oelnchs - £0.000 Herbert Clarke 50.0°0 Charles E. Stewart J> c°o James. L. Angus 10,000 Louis Bresse 1(>>u00 His son, Charles Fair, is left $500,000, to be paid to him by the executors be fore the final division of the estate. All the rest of the estate and properties of whatsoever kind is left to his three children, Theresa Oelrichs, Charles L. Fair and Virginia Fair, share and share alike, and their children forever. Should any child die without issue, said child's share is to go to the surviving children, share and share alike. The will appoints James L. Angus, Thomas Crothers and Dr. Livingstone executors, without bonds. THE KEEPER OF THB WILL. San Fkancisco, March 20. —It now turns out that the new will was left in charge of Mrs. Nettie L. Craven, a prin cipal in the public schools, and who was a great friend of Senator Fair. The will was written in the house of Mrs. Has kins, with whom Mrs. Craven lived, and in the presence of both witnesses. It came about in this way: Senator Fair had gone to visit Mrs. Craven, and their conversation turned to wills, and Fair said that his lawyers did not seem to get his will just as he would like it, and made several other remarks, which led Mrs. Craven to propose that he make a new will then and there, and have her as witness, and that he make a pro vision in the will for a fund for the sup port of school teachers who had taught for twenty-five years or more. To all this the senator agreed, and then eat down and wrote the paper which was presented to the court to-day. The reason assigned for keeping the new will so long in the background is that the custodian did not look at the date of the will when Fair died, and when the other will was made public she thought it was one of later date. Jensen's Patent Valuable. Astoria, March 20.—Mathias Jensen, of the Jensen Can filling Machine Com pany of thi9 city has sold the right to manufacture all his machines for mak ing can bodies, and that known as a double-ending machine, for a considera tion of $10,000. The purchasers are Chicaeo people. The sale has been pending for some time, but was deferred owing to the suits between Norton Bros., of Chicago, and the Jensen company for infringement of patent. The President of Mutual life. New Yoke, March 20.—Colonel M. V. B. Edgerley, president of the Massachu setts Mutual Life Insurance Company, died ai, the New Netherlands hotel to day. Colonel Edgerly was known throughout the country by his connec tion with various insurance companies. In 1882 lie was the D mocratic candi date lor governor of New Hampshire, but was defeated. . THE POSTAL EMPLOYES. Combination Formed to Overturn Cer tain Regulations. Washington, March 20. —The post office department has information of the formation of a powerful combination of postal employes, designed to bring pres sure upon congress to overturn certain regulations and rules of the department. The employes have been encouraged by success in attaching to the lastpostoffice appropriation bill an amendment which suspended an order of the department. This order was issued last June and directed that before May 1, 1895, all railway mail employes should remove to some point along the line of route on which they were employed. This was unsatisfactory to most of the clerks, and they obtained legislation overruling the order. The reason for issuing the order is explained at the department as neces sary because at the time the order was issued there were about 1,300 railway mail employes in the service who did not live on the lines where they worked. When there was an accident or anything else that requires emergency men, those who were on leave and away from the line where they worked escaped the ex tra duty, and it fell upon those living on the route. Of the 1,300 who were living ott the lines where they worked, about 300 have notified the department they have or will remove their homes to the point requested. Probably all of them will so remove, notwithstanding the leg islation overruling the order. The de partment is now informed that since the failure of legislation in the last con gress increasing the pay of employes a combination has been formed to pass this legislation and also to overturn the rules of the department which are un satisfactory to them. A high oftiicial of the department said to-day : "This combination includes some thousands of employes in the railway mail service, in the letter-carriers' ser vice and in postoffices. They are all in the classified service and protected from removal. The effect of this combination would be to create a sentiment against the civil service law, which protects these employes." STOLE THE WHISKY. Thousands of Gallons Taken by Means of a Syphon. Columbia, S. C, March 20.—1n 1892 Henry Bieman, of Walhalla, S. C, sold to W. C. Tatum four government distil leries and bonded warehouses, situated at distances ot half a mile apart. Tatum at once closed the distilleries, and be tween 8,000 and 10,000 gallons of corn wh;3ky in bond were locked in the warehouses under the government seal The night of September 5, two days be fore the expiration of the bonded period, three of the distilleries were burned. Only seventy gallons were stored in the fourth. Deputies Vanderford and King were detailed to investigate the fires. They failed to find at the sites of the burned warehouses any of the signs which burning whisky would leave. After collecting evidence sufficient to implicate eeverel persons, full confes sions were obtained, showing that soon after the purchase by Tatum one of the warehouses was secretly opened. One end of a hose was inserted in a barrel of whisky, and the other was placed in a barrel at the foot of a hill forty yards distant. This syphon process was re peated nightly, until the entire stock of whisky in the four warehouses had been removed. The empty barrels were filled with water, and the etaples, which had been removed from the doors, were skillfully replaced. The government expects to hold Tatum's bondsmen re sponsible. John Farmer, Asbury Hyde, Tony Watkins, William Whitman and John Rowland have been arrested and held for trial. THE EDICT SUSPENDED. Catholic Knights of Pythias to Make Their Easter. Fall River, Mass.. March 20. —At the instance of H. A. Dabugue, Dr. L. P. Degrampre and Dr. P. Ecollett, of this city, and Judge Chouquette, of Providence, Monsignore Satolli, the papal ablegate, has issued a decree temporarily suspending the edict of Pope Leo, relating to Catholic member ship in the Knights of Pythias. The gentlemen returned from a visit to Washington to-day, whether they had been sent by Lafayette lodge of this city to ask a hearing on the matter. They represented that one lodge of Pythians in this city consisted of 250 French- Canadians, and one lodge in Providence included 160. They said so far as they were able to observe, they could see no conflict between Pythianism and Catho lic doctrines, and were very solicitous for a suspension of the edict, so that they might perform their Easter duty. His grace seemed much surprised at the facts presented, and was evidently much impressed with the manner of the men. He announced that he would suspend the edict temporarily, and would issue a formal decree to that effect in a few days. He promised to bring the matter to the attention of the Vatican at the earliest possible moment, but would hold out no hopes that his action would be endorsed as permanent policy to be followed. QUIET AT NEW ORLEANS. Cott <n Arriving Freely and Men Busy on the Levees. New Orleans, March 20.—A gang of negro laborers, who crossed the river thia morning to unload the steamer Etolia, of Elder, Dempster & Company, were met on their arrival by a number of white men and told that they would not be allowed to work, and commanded them to return to this side of the river at once. Later a company from the Screwmen's Association, of Jefferson, came over and applied for work on the steamer. After a brief conference it was agreed that the work on the Etolia should be divided, the Jefferson men taking one-half and the negroes from this cTty the other. No further trouble is anticipated at that point. The whole river front presented a more decidedly lively appeirance thia afternoon than at any time for the paat week. Cotton is arriving freely, and the men are busy at work loading ships, without molestation on the part of any one. THE CUBAN SITUATION Condition of Affairs in the Eastern Island. MORE INTERNAL DISTURBANCES Advices by Steamer Say There Are Now Fully Six Thousand Insurgents Vu ler Arms—Babl and Masso (Confi dent of Taking Santiago. Key West, Fla., March 19.—The first clear and trustworthy statement of the condition of affairs in the eastern end of Cuba is brought by a passenger on the steamer Mascotte. He said: "I have traveled throughout the mountainous district constantly since the trouble began, and matters are now in a much worse condition than at the beginning. The fighting was started in a desultory and scattered way, but the forces gradually became crystalized, and there are now fully 6,000 insurgents under arms. They are in a dozen or more detachments, but are giving the government no end of trouble. In many cases the Spanish troops have been beaten back with heavy loss. The most reproachable event of the war so far is the pillaging and burning. The insur gents have gained confidence since the beginning of the trouble, and matters in the eastern district are in almost as bad condition as during the war of 18(58. New leaders are springing up, and by force of their intellect and ability they have induced the insurgents not to hold off longer for the arrival of leaders. The general opinion in Santiago is that if the insurgents can hold out until sum mer the yellow fever will help them greatly. It is said that both Rabi and Masso are confident of taking Santiago before October. The Spanish troops are guarding every road, and nobody is al lowed to pass without giving the strict est account of himself. It ia as much as a man's life is worth in Santiago to talk in favor of the Cubans or to tell the truth. Several persons have been shot on account of this. Instances where the Spaniards were defeated have been published as government victories. Four Spanish cruisers were in the harbor of Santiago one week ago, now there are but two guarding the eastern coast, and one on the southern." The passenger also said the revolt would kill business in Cuba for two years. Money is already scarce, and prices are high. A panic is feared. It seems to be the general impression among the Spaniards that the United States feels bitterly toward the Spanish government, and would like nothing better than an excuse to seize the isl and, hence their hatred of the Ameri cans. BROMAN'S INSURANCE. The Blarshfield Man Had a Policy Keatly in Case of Accident. San Francisco, March 19. — Gnstaf Broman appeared in Judge Joachim's court yesterday in answer to a charge of perjury preferred against him by Mrs. Constance Roy. The case was continued till to-morrow. The detectives were cor rect in their suspicion that Broman would have some insurance policy on his life before he gave out that he would attempt the foolhardy trip from Coos bay to this city in a twelve-foot boat. The detectives' idea was that if on the trip the boat would be found on some beach bottom up, Broman'a friends would claim the insurance on the ground that he had been drowned, and it would have ultimately found its way into Bro inan's pockets. Yesterday an agent of the United States Accident Insurance Association called at police headquarters inquiring about Broman. He said that Broman in August last had taken out what is known as a $5,000 and $10,000 accident policy with his company. He added: "We have the power to cancel a policy at any time, and we will at once give Broman notification of the fact that hia policy is canceled." THE PULLMAN COLONY. Its Leaders How Selecting a Site in the South. Chicago, March 19.—A large number of the Pullman strikers of last summer with their families and others intend to settle this spring, as a colony, in the South. A meeting was called to-day, at which a committee was appointed to make prospecting trips to view the va rious sites which are under consider ation in Tennessee, Alabama and Louisi ana. It is said that of the Pullman strikers, who, it is alleged, were black listed, over 200 have been unable to ob tain work elsewhere. Most of these will be members of the colony. Many of those who now have employment in the Pullman shops are anxious to cast their lot with the colony. It will also have many others both employed and unem ployed at the present time. All the stores in the colony will be co-operative. A member of the colony says: "No positive franchises for supplying ita members with public necessities shall be granted by the association. The manufactures will be of a varied char acter, but will be those that can utilize such mechanics and laborers as are members of the colony. One of the manufacturing plants proposed will build railroad and street-cars." Forty-Three Bodies Taken Out. Trophau, Australian Silesia, March 19. —Forty-three bodies have been re covered from the Hoheggen mine. Re ports yesterday of a disastrous explo sion and fire were received and a num ber of miners are unaccounted for. Archduke Frederick, owner of the mine, will pay a pension of 100 florins each to the widows. The widows and orphans will also receive a pension from the Miners' Benevolent Fund. A Flour Millers' Combine. Grand Forks, N. D., March 19.—The flour millers of the Red River valley of western Dakota ' and Montana have formed an association for the purchase of wheat and the selling of its product. Twenty-one mills are in the combina tion. NEW REVENUE LAW. Some of the Main Provisions of the Act Passed at Olympta. OLYMriA, Wash., March 19. —The new revenue law passed at the last session of the legislature, which has not yet re ceived executive approval, provides for the exemption of hospitals, free public libraries, orphanages, institutions for the reformation of fallen women, homes for the aged and infirm and the ground upon which such institutions are situ ated, when they are supported in whole or in part by charity and the proceeds devoted to charitable purposes. The law provides for the biennial assessment of real estate and the semi-annual col lection of taxes. Assessments made bi enially are made upon the odd num bered years, with reference to the value of the property, April 1, preceding the assessment. Personal property will be assessed every year. Fruit trees, except nursery stock, will not be assessed for four years after taken from the nursery, and a maximum assessment of $300 is fixed on male animals kept for breeding purposes. Keal estate will be listed on the assessment roll each year, and the valuation on the evenly numbered years will remain the same as equalized by the county board for the preceding year. The assessment books will be placed in the hands of the assessor on the first Monday of February each year. When land has been platted into lots or blocks and where several lots in any block, or where several blocks in any plat are owned by any person, firm or corpora tion, they may be grouped where prac ticable. The assessor is made clerk of the county board of equalization, and in counties of from the first to the ninth class inclusive it is made the duty of the assessor to extend on the tax rolls the rate per cent necessary to raise suf ficient tax for state purposes, as deter mined by the state board of equaliza tion. Delinquent tax penalties are reduced from sto 2 per cent, and interest from 20 to 12 per cent, which amends section 9, and all taxes are made payable on or before May 31 of each year, after which the penalty is attached; provided that taxes may be paid semi-annually. One half of the taxes may be paid on or be fore the 31st day of May, and the re mainder may be extended to November 30 following; but if the remaining half is not paid on or before November 30 then the one-half is delinquent, and a penalty of 2 per cent attached, together with interest at the rate of 12 per cent per annum from May 31 preceding, until paid. Taxes on real property are a lien from and including April 1 of the year they are levied until paid, but as be tween grantor and grantee the lien will not attach until the first day of the suc ceeding year. Taxes upon personal property shall be a lien upon all per sonal property of the party assessed. Applications for judgment and orders of sale for taxes and assessment are ex tended to the third instead of the second calendar year following delinquency. PLACER MINING IN BAKER. Rich Strike Made in an Abandoned Mine Near Baker City. Bakbb City, Or., March 19. —A won derfully rich etrike was made yesterday in a placer mine situated in a gulch just below the Virtue mine by C. F. Case bier, a veteran prospector of this county. The gulch wherein the claim is located has been fabulously rich in coarse gold, but of late years was thought to be worked out. Last year Mr. Casebier lo cated a claim and began work "drift ing," and yesterday he found this rich deposit containing several hundred dol lars in nuggets and coarse gold. One of the pieces is composed of quartz and gold, and is valued at $150. Several smaller pieces were found ranging from $10 up. The strike is only additional evidence that the placer mines of this county have not been carefully and thoroughly worked. In every instance where abandoned claims have been re located rich strikes have been made. The fact is, gold may be found in almost every pan of dirt taken from the gulches in our mountains. The only drawback is the scarcity of water during certain portions of the year. If a canal were taken out of Powder river, near Sump ter, for irrigating and mining purposes, it would prove of incalculable benefit to the promoters of the project, and not only develope a vast amount of valuable placer mining properties, but reclaim thousands of acres of valuable fruit and farming land. THE FIRING REPEATED. This Time the Report Says the Ameri- can Vessel Was Sunk. New York, March 19.—The Herald's epecial from Key West, Fla., says: Pas sengers on the steamer which arrived from Havana last night bring news of reports in circulation there of further depredations by Spanish cruisers on American vessels along £he Cuban coast. The latest report is that the Spanish gunboat Arcedo fired into and sunk an American schooner off Puerto del Padre. It is reported that the crew of the vessel numbering sixteen persons perished with it. It is not known whether the schooner had arms or carried an expe dition for the Cubans. It was reported in Havana that the schooner had sailed from Key West. Inquiries, however, fail to chow that any boat is missing or unreported, except those engaged in le gitimate trade. Many sailed recently for West Indian ports with fruit cargoes. Puerto del Padre is a harbor on the northeast coast of Cuba, in latitude 21:17 north, longitude 76:42 west. It has a long and narrow entrance, and af fords excellent anchorage. It is not far from the place where the Spanish gun boat fired on the Allianca. Tacoma'a Water Supply. Tacoma, March 19.—The board of public works returned from the prairie late to-night, bringing news that Mel ville spring waa turned into the city flume early this evening, and that a 2 000,000-gallon pump was successfully placed in operation at Crystal springs. This probably insures a plentiful supply hereafter, while a gravity supply is be ing secured. Liquor Seized by Custom* Offlcers. Port Townsend, Wash., March 19.— While the steamer Willapa was at Dyea, Alaska, sixteen cases of liquor en route to the Yukon mines were seized by cus toms officers. PRICE, 5 CENTS. PACIFIC NORTHWEST. Condensed Telegraphic Re* ports of Late Events. BRIEF SPARKS FROM THE WIRES Budget of Sewn For Easy Digestion From Different Farts of the States of Wash ington, Oregon and Idaho —Itenis of Interest to Pacific Coast People. Cigars are being made in Walla Walla oat of tobacco grown in that locality. Work has been stopped again on Sa lein'B city hall. Funds have run out. Crook county, Or., is putting in a $1,200 vault for the safe-keeping oi ita records. Hundred of tons of potatoes are being shipped from Whidby island to British Columbia for seed. The cost of running the city govern ment of Port Townsend, Wash., has been reduced $1,600 annually. There is a rumor that the Great Northern will build to Ellensburg, Wash., branching oil" at Rock Island. Thirteen men are employed at Aber deen making plats and calculating areaa of tide lands for the local board of ap praisers. Sheepmen about Wallnla, Wash., are moving their sheep and preparing for the lambing season, which promises to be unexcelled. One of the moneyed men of California is expected at Pataha, Wash., soon in the interest of a projected plant to con dense milk at that point. The Franklin county, Wash., treas ury is looking expectantly for $6,934 in taxes which the Northern Pacitic will pay in some time this month. Farmers about Walla Walla are rais ing another $2,000 to prosecute their freight rate reduction claim before the interstate commerce commission. It is said that the W. C. T. IT. at Gold Hill, Or., is the largest in the state, with the exception of the one in Port land, having forty members after being organized only a month. The bobwhite quails ordered at Walhi Walla from Kansas have arrived, and have been turned loose on Mill, Spring and Cottonwood creeks. Although eighc dozen were ordered, owing to the care less way they were packed only twenty eight arrived alive. Frank Seders, brother of John M. Seders, a well-known horse trainer of the Middle states, has arrived from the East to make Spokane his home and to pursue his vocation. His father will ar rive from Illinois April 1 with a string of seven trotting horses. Gilliam county, Or., has a fugitive horsethief, Hugh Medlock by name, who appears for food or something every once in a while, and is given chase by the officers. He escapes on the back of a faithful horse which he has trained so it clears barbed wire fences like a deer. Notwithstanding the low price of wheat, a larger acreage is being sown in the north part of Benton county than ever before. It is usual to summer fal low a part of the ground, but the entire area is being sown to grain this season. The farmerß are nearly through sowing. A strong effort will be made to have Mrs. Grier, the Garden Springs, Wash., murderess, pardoned. The principal points urged in her favor will be the circumstantial character of the evidence and the woman's state of health, which it is claimed will result in insanity if she be keot in confinement. The track on the Great Northern be tween Everett and Lowell, Wash., is being raised eighteen inches, which will bring it above high water mark. It is understood that the force at work on the tunnel in Everett will shortly be in creased, and that gangs of men will be gin work on each end of the tunnel. Controller Weed says last year the running expenses of Spokane averaged $13,750 a month, viz.: Salaries, 12,000, and electric lights, $1,750. Now the sal aTy list is about $9,500 each month, and the bill for lighting, etc., $550 a month, or $10,050 in all. This would make a saving of $3,700 a month this year over last. A telegram from Monte Cristo, Wash., announces that the main vein in the Mystery mine has widened out so that the output of that mine alone will be in creased 100 tons a day, and will be suf ficient to run the concentrator to ite full capacity, 200 tons of ore per day, with out taking into account the Williams and the Pride of the Mountain mines. The government has increased the mail service between Baker City and Carson, Union county, Or., and com mencing April 1 the Btage line of Begga Bros, will make daily trips between Baker City and the point named, via Sparta. Carson is within seven miles of Cornucopia, to which place a branch line will be run. Baker City people are very much elated over this increased service. The directors of the Owyhee ditch have decided to issue bonds and take up their notes. The holders of the majority of the notes have signified their willing ness to make the exchange. While the notes are not negotiable very readily at face value, the bonds will be as good as gold, for they are a first mortgage on the property and will float at par. This will also place the ditch on a sure foot ing, as it will give the company ten years in which to raise the money for payment of its debts. There has been considerable fluctua tion in the amount of ore shipped from West Kootenai, Idaho, this winter, mostly caused by the uncertainty of the weather and the frequent breaking up of the roads, says the Nelson Tribune. The ore shipped in November was val ued at $104,500, in December at flOl, --825, in January at $266,025, and in Feb ruary at $121,462. The January ship ments even do not represent the full productive capacity of the country, but they represent more nearly than the others the productive capacity of the district with the present means of com munication, provide! these means of communication are kept at a maximum of efficiency. In forming an idea of the present production of the country, the ore shipped from the Blue Bell minw and from Ainsworth for reduction at Pilot bay should also be taken into at count. "No returns of this are available, but the value of the ore now accumu lated at Pilot b»y moat be considerable.