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OF OILLIAM COUNTY.
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OF AWT PAPEB IN THE COUNTY.
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CONDON, GILLIAM CO.. OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1899.
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PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Condon, Or.
Om!-Or(ion urn., between Cathollo Church
anil ruaidenoe of 0. P. HliulU
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Attorney at Law,
Notary Public and Conveyancer,
Condon, Or.
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Attorney and Oonnislor at Law
Arlington, Or.
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orhce. I'rartliw In all Ilia ilala and federal
conns ol orf gun and WmIiIukunI. All kind
oil). I. land aud legal biuluvM transacted.
II. W1LMON
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Tha Dallas. Or.
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tb .lata.
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CONDOM, OBROOIf.
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AMLINOTOM, OR.
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The Regulator Line.
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NAVIGATION CO.
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Vancouver, Cascade Lock, Hood River
and all Point on the Washington aid.
The strainer Dalles City and Regulator leave
Portland vry morning (eMlt Bunitay) el 7
ami Tha 1'allra at T a. m., arriving at destine.
lluii in ample tlma for outgoing trains.
Freight Kates Greatly Heduced.
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1:00 p.m. Cehmkla Rlae 4:00 p.m.
Ba.aumlay tteenert. Bz.auaday
ftaturdar .
10. ue p. at. To Aetorla and Way
Landing.
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Oregon City, New.
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Ijiiidlnga.
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Tu i Thur. , kill Rlrara. Man.. Wad.
and Bab and Frl.
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t a Way Laud
tugs. (:00 a.m. Willamette Rlrar. 4:10 p.m.
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and Bat. Portland to Corral- aad Bat.
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aturday Ka. Friday
J. S. CRANE, Agant, Arllugton.
W. H. HURLBURT,
eaeral Faeeenger Aaaat, Parllaad, Oa
VENTS OF HIE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
a laUraetlnaj Collaotlonoflteroe Fram
tb Tw llamlephar Fraeantad
. la a Ooajdad Form.
Vice-President Hobart ii iloWly lia
proving.
All hope of reconvening the joint
Amarioati-Canadian commiagion in
Auguet baa been abanJoneiJ.
Tha Chine legation at WaaiilnKton
tiroteatB aiiaingt the reatrictiou ol
Chineaa immigrant to Cuba.
Acting-Beoretary Meiklejolin baa le
elded that tba Cbineee exoluaum act
doea not apply to our new poeHomioua
Neweat truetc Window glaie, 130,'
000,000. will control 00 per cent of tha
product; plow manufacturers, 105,000,
000. J
In apita of precautionary nioaeurn
virulent amallpoi it apreading in Uer
many, Tha diaeaee wai ini ported into
tba country by Ruiwian laborer
Tba Algerltei regard the beef report
aa a complete vindication, and are
happy: General Mile mluae to talk;
oongreia may wake another investiga
tion neit fall.
Ef-Preident Hatriaon i on hie way
to Franca aa counsel for Neiieaiiela in
ita boundary dispute. Ks-Becretary ol
tha Navy B. F. Tracy i anaociate coun
Bel, and may accompany bira.
Qovernot Thomas, of Colorado, baa
irad Adjutant-Ueneral Corbin aa fol
Iowa: "The lenoited interview of
mine in tba Denvei Kew concerning
tha Coloiado volunteeia la fala and
malicious."
Rioters attempted to blow np a Weat
Dulutb atreet car with dynamite,
There were 10 paisenger in tb car and
they all received slight broiaea. . The
car waa thrown violontly on its side,
and ita trucka were blown to pieoea.
Tha beef-packer are bringing tre
mendoos preesure to bear on the preai
dent to remove General Miles from
command of tba army in spite ol the
closing recommendation of the Wade
beef court that no further action be
taken.
At Jamestown, O.. Postmaster
George A. McLaughlin, with soma boy
frienda, waa putting a "tick-tack" on a
indow at the home of bis friend, fc
E. Ginn. Mr. Ginn fired a shot
through tha window, killing McLaugh
lin instantly.
An Adelaide, South Australia, dla
patch eavyai The British ablp Loch
Sloy. Captain Nicol, from Clyde on
January 0, for Adelaide and Mel
bourne, waa wrecked on Kangaroo
island, April 24. Vive pasaegera and
35 of tba crew weia drowned.
Several negroa were kilted in a storm
liloh swept over chambers county
Georgia.
At a fire In Maesillon, O., one fire
man waa killed and a woikman fatally
injured. . .
Tha president and Mrs. McKinley
have gone to Hot Springs, Va., for a
10 days' vacation.
Fifteen caiea of disease in Leolclre,
la., have been identified by officer of
the state boatd of health as smallpox
Tha Davenport council haa declared
a quarantine against Leclalre.
Tha Topeka Capital has started
popular aubsoription to puiohase
word for General Funaton, tha brave
Kanian. Every county, town and city
in tba atata ia asked to contribute.
George Olmatead, conductor of the
train tba Waidner riotera stole, has
been arrested. He ran between Wal
laoa and Burke for years, yet persists
be did not reoogniae any of the crowd
At Doniphan, Kan., Diitriot Judge
Btuait refused to giant a divorce to
Ellen Phillip from P. O. Phillips, be
cause their marriage was brought about
by an advertisement in a matrimonial
paper.
Major Marchand, leader of the
fa in on a Maiohand expedition, whi
waa returning from Fashoda, on tha
Nile, to the Red pea, en route to
Fianoe, ia repotted to have been killed.
by a band of marauders.
The Missouri house baa passed an
aent to tha governor an important bill
requiring Misaouti corpoiation
keep their principal offlea in the atate,
and providing that at least three di
rectors shall be residents of Missouri.
Governor Stanley, of Kansas, has
addressed to tha governors of Western
statea pressing invitations to attend
tha annual convention of the turns
Mississippi cotnuieicial coiigivaa,
which will be held in Wichita, May
81 to June 8, inclusive.
Representatives of more than a score
of the leading plow maniilactaiing oan
earns of the United States met in Chi
oago,and virtually completed organiia
tion Into which It la proposed niti
mately to take all manufacturers of
agricultural implements. The cap
italisation of tha new combination is
placed at over 160,000,000.
Minor N.wa Items.
It will take 46,000 men next year to
handle the United States oensua.
Work on a plant which is expected
to age whisky in 34 hours haa beoo
oommanoed at Louisville. Ky.
Tha farm on which Abraham Lin
coln was born, which lies two miles
south of Hodgenvl lie, Ky., has been
sold to David Giear, of New York
city, and it ia very probable that tha
farm will be converted Into a paik.
LATER NEWS.
Becauso he refused to bay drinks a
Chicago janitor was killed by tbugs in
saloon.
Long Island is a. ion to have an in
dustrial colony made up of negroes from
the Houtb.
Claims aggregating millions have
been filed for indemnity in Cuba by
Great Biltain, Fiance and Germany.
Miss Winnie Holmes, of Kent. Wash.,
was drowned in the Sound. She was
crossing from Kent to Des Moines with
another young lady and two young
men. in a rowboat, which capsized. ,
A naval expedition will be aent from
Manila to the Island of Mindanao to re
lieve the Spanish foroes at Zamboanga,
eported to be besieged by a strong
foroe of insurgents, if the report cur
rent In Manila and sent by Otis to
Washington is verified.
A freight train of the Southern Pa
cific waa wrecked in Cow Creek can
yon. Southern Oregon. The engineer,
James McCalley, waa killed and the
fireman, James Merriman, seriously in
jured. The wreck waa caused by a
heavy engine spreading tha raila.
Dr. Charles A. Briggs, who was ans
ponded for heresy by the Presbyterian
assembly, wss ordained a priest of the
Episcopal church in New York. He
waa ordained tc-getner wim tne jtev.
Charles A. Snedeker, and the oidina
tron ceremonies weia conducted by
Bishop Potter.
At Minneapolis, one of tba largeat
gatherings evr seen in this city adopt
ed resolutions in sympathy with the
administration of affairs in connection
with tha Philippine. The name of
President MoKinley and Dewey were
cheered to the echo aeveral times dur
ing the afternoon. , , , , .
Tha Standard Bank, Bowmanville, 64
miles from Toronto, waa robbed of $11,-
000 of the bank's money, and a qnan
tity of valuables entrusted to the bank
for aafe keeping by private cltlsena.
Before attaoking the bank the robbers
went to tha police station ami over
powered Henry Metcalf. the man in
charge. They blindfolded and gagged
bim and took lnm with them while
they entered the bank. Then tbey
locked Metcalf op in the atation and
left
The latest reports from Oregon or
ohardista confirm the statement made
last week that tha pro no ciop will be
practically a failure this season. The
prunes continue to fall from the treee.
Many orchardists ara disposed to take
a cheerful view of the situation, and
say that with all conditions favorable
only a aboit crop could hae been ex
pected, for the treea bore so beaviiy
last year that tbey needed a rest
With one season' rest and consequent
growth, it is said, a full crop should be
real i ted next year.
The Finns are fleeing to thia coun
try at the rate of 600 weekly to escape
Russian military aervioe.
At a test at Candy Book proving
around it waa found that wet gnncot
ton could be safely used in a shell Bred
by powder.
Dumaials, a Frenchman, who had
entered the rebel linea to negotiate for
the release of Spanish prisoners, is said
to have just been assassinated by in
aurgent soldiers.
Every poetofflce in the island of
Fotrto Rico, about 80 In number, aoon
will be flying a United Statea flag,
Flaga will be bought by tha poatoffioe
department and forwarded to Director
of Posts Elliott.
Captain Barker, the senior offioer of
Dewey's fleet and the commander of
the battle-ship Oregon, will be the next
commanding offlcer to couia noma.
His plaoewill be filled by Captain
Wilde, of Boston.
Aoooiding to a dispatch from Cairo
to the Daily Mail, the director of the
Egyptian museum baa discovered the
mummy of Thothmea 1. of tha 18th
dynaatv. B. C. 1633, and three other
mummies iu gilt coffins.
La Patria, one of the beat ed ited pa
pera in Havana, haa come out with an
editorial strongly indorsing the Amri
can administration. Ita utterances are
regarded as representing the beet think
ing element of tba community.
Capt. J. Maason, of Philadelphia,
the well-known commander of th
Munaon line steaniehip Vlniera, fell
from his vessel into the water while
nassina cloae to tha Bahama Islands
and waa swallowed by a shark.
Tha war department la preparing to
send four regiments of regulars to Ma
nila. via New York and the Sneacana
in the transports Thomas, Meade an
Logan, which are to be permanently
transferred from the Atlantic to the
Pacifio fleet.
If the Inhabitants of tha San Far
nando region are to be believed, there
ia little sympathy with the lnaurreo
tion In that Quarter. Before evaouat
ills' the city, the rebels burned the
church and the public buildings, and
looted the Chinese qnarteia. They
drove many rich Filipinos, with the
families, out of the oity before them
aa well as hundreds of Chinese, to pre
vent them helping the Americans.
They out tha throats of many. ' Man
Chinese hid on roof-tops or in cellars,
and some escaped by cutting oil thei
queues. There aro 60 fresh graves in
tha churchyard. .. .
Tba international Sunday'school con
vention haa deoided to hold tha next
meeting at Denver iu 1002.
One American company In tha last
60 days has recleved orders for 43 steam
and gas engines, and they will be ship
ped to 10 different countries.
The military papers in Vienna an
nounce the invention of a 16-barreled
quick-firing rifle, carrying 16 cart
ridges Bt a time and firiug 46 per min
ate.
WHOLESALE MURDER.
Man
Kill Two Woman, Two Man,
Child and Shoots Hlm.elf.
Howard City, Mich., Mav 18. Thos.
Harvey last nixht killed his wife, his
nele, Robert Pieraon, and his grand
mother, and mortally wounded his 8-
months-old child, and his father-in-law,
John Logenalayer, and finally shot
i in Be If, infliotirg a wound whi oh is
expected to prove fatal. Harvey's
uncle and grandmother live one mile
north of town. The murderer went
there last evening.
It transpires that Harvey, on reach
ing the home of his mother-in-law, said
nothing about his terrible acts at Piei
son'a home. He offered to sit up by
the corpse of bis wife's mother. Ac
cordingly the others retired. It was 4
clock in the morning when Harvey
went to bis wife's room and killed
ber, and attempted to alay his baby
and bis father in-law. He also fired
at Miss labard, but without effect.
Harvey'a wound ia serious, but he is
certain to recover. Ho was employed
in a furniture factory, and is only 20
years of age. The cause of his terrible
act 1ms not been determined. He as
serted that Pieraon, his tinole, was
quarreling with his grandmother, and
be interfered; that thereupon Pierson
stabbed and killed the old lady, aged
70, and that he (Harvey) retaliated by
hooting bia oncle. After shooting
Pieraon, Harvey stabbed bim three
times. Harvey then returned to lua
home, two miles southwest of town.
Arriving there, he shot his wife
twice. Pier eon 'a home presents
horrible appearance. Pieraon'e body
waa found in a chair, and that of the
Id lady on tha flooi clad in her night
reas. There are signs of a desperate
stiugttle between Harvey and his grand
mother, bnt no indication of any fight
between the two men. Harvey him
self today informed the sheriff of the
murder at Pierson' house. He was
then arrested for mnrdering hia wife,
He ha nothing to ay of the tragedy
at his home. There are strong threats
of lynohing.
Christian Boleaeo Healer.
New York, May 13. The Westchea
ter county grand jury, which will meet
at White Plains on May 29, will take
up the case of Mrs. Clarence Fowler,
the Cbiistian Science healer, Liston
Bargnet, jr., and Ethel Bargnet, chil
rlren of Mrs. Liston Barguet, whose
death they are charged with hastening.
The district attorney says that he will
ask the grand jury to make a present'
meat urging that the treatment of pa
tientt by "silent thocght" be stopped
effectually. The members of the
Christian Science church in Mount
Vernon bava called a meeting ior next
Sunday, when a prominent member
will address them, and the Inquest will
be discussed.' The Christian Science
institute will provide all the money to
defend ita votariea and will put up a
stubborn fight.
Chorea, Crasada Agalaat Calerptll
Montreal, May 13. A remarknble
demonstration took place at St. Hit
aire, Quebec, yesterday. Caterpillars
which last year played havoc with ap
pie and sugar orchards seem to be
more numerous and vigorous than be
fore. A crusade against them was for
mally opneed in the parish ohmch
here, where mass waa solemnised, after
which a religious procession, beaded by
the priest and choir boys, followed by
160 or more parishioners, matched
through the infected section with fer
Vent prayera aeking divine assistance in
their battle against the plague.
Tornado Struck Mexican Town,
Bt Louie, Mo., May 13. A special
to the Republic from Eagle Pass, Tex.
says: A tornado struck tne mining
town of Hondo, in the Sabinaa valley
Mexico, last niuht. Lawrence Mo
Kinney, eon of the mine auperinten
dent, waa killed, and 10 men were
severely injured. A large boarding.
house, railroad station, store and bnild
ings connected with the mines were al
most entirely demolished. Hondo
about 16 miles southwest of Eagl
Pass. It is the center of C. P. Hunt
ino-ton's Mexican coal and coke indue
tries.
Fir a Bkagway.
Seattle, May 13. Advices from
Alaska say that afire ooonried at Skag
way May 4. One block of business
houses waa destroyed. The total loss
la estimated at (10,000.
The principal lose was that of Ma
jar's general merchandise store, about
10,000.
Jamea Freeman, a former tesident of
California, committed suioide at Atlin
by shooting himself tluough the head
with a revolver. Domestic trouble was
the cause.
rre.ld.nl' a We. tern Trip.
Chloago, May 13. A special to the
Timea-Heiald from Washington says
Piesident McKinley proposes to make
I toor of the West during bia summer
vacation. Arrangements fur the trip
have not yet teen perfeoted. but it is
understood he will go to San Francisco
by the Southern Pacifio route, and re.
turn to this city on board a special
train on the Northern Paoifio, stoppin
en route at the Yellowstone Park and
other points of interest. He will leave
about the middle of July and be gone
probably aix weeks.
-' Sewer Pla Trust.
Dover, Del. May 18. Secretary of
State Hughes today Issued a certificate
of inootporation to the Federal Sewer
Pipe Company, of Akron, O. Th
capital ol the company ia placed
$26,000,000.
Bet Flra to a Freight Car.
Baltimore, May 13. Three men who
were playing cards in a freight car set
it on fire early this morning, and one
of them, Claieuce Kepler, of this city
was burned to death. W illiam Aide
waa badly burned. He was a fugitive
from the house of correction. The
flames spread to the ootton warehouse
of the Mount Vernon coal and dock
mills, and cauied $50,000 damasa.
REAR-END COLLISION
Many People -Killed in
Wreck Near Reading.
LARGE NUMBER WERE INJURED
Foar Cars War Telescoped aad the
Vlctlme War Terribly
Mangled.
Reading, Pa., May 16. A collision
Of
passenger trains ocourred on the
Philadelphia Sc Reading railroad at
Exeter, about six miles south of this
city, tonight, and a great number of
were killed and wounded.
There is no telegraph olfice at Exeter,
nd details ara therefore, difficult to
obtain at tbia writing. Tha number
killed ia variously stated to be from 20
to 80. Many are injured.
The regnlar express train from Potts-
ville for Philadelphia connected at tha
atation in Reading with a train from
Harrisbnrg which was crowded with ex
cursionists, who had been to the atata
capital to witness the ceremoniea in
connection with the unveiling of the
Hartranft monument. Many of the
Harrisbnrg paasengers at Reading went
board the Philadelphia express, but.
it being found that all could not be ac
commodated, it waa deoided to send an
extra train to Philadelphia to run aa
the second section of the express. The
extia train left 20 minute later than
the express.
At Exeter, the express stopped for
orders, and while standing still the ex.
tra train crashed into it while moving
at great speed. ' Three of the rear cars
of the express weia telescoped, and the
first car of the extra train waa also
wrecked. The paasengers in these
were terribly mangled, many being
killed outright, while others bad limba
and bodies maimed.
Word waa at once aent to Reading,
and a special train with physicians and
nurses was sent to the aoene as quickly
as it could possibly be pot in readi
neat.
Tbe identified killed are: John
Leaf, Montgomery county; William 8,
Talon, Noiriatown; Colonel George
Shaw, Norristown; Chief John Sling-
snuff, Noiriatown; John Johnston,
Montclair; William Lewis, Norristown;
Harry Hnncheuteger, - Norristown;
George H. Annis, Norristown; George
Showers, Norristown; Harry Wenta,
Norristown; Samuel Batty, Consho-
bocken; Harry Thompson, Noma
town; Hi rain Shelby, Hatboro; Ben
ton Silvas, Reading.
The injured number about 13.
BY THE SUEZ CANAL.
Admiral Dewey Belacte Hla
Homeward
Koate.
Washington, May 15. "Send Olym
pia mall to B. F. Stevens, No. 4 Tra
falgar Square. Loudon, England," was
the notice given out at the navy de
partment today.
This ia the first foimal indication
that the famoua flagship ia coming
home immediately. Upon inquiry it
waa ascertained that Secretary Long
last evening cabled Admiral Dewey
permission to return at once to the
United States, lie has been relieved
of the obligation of remaining at Ma
nila until the Philippine commission
completes its work. He is not even
required to await the cessatiou of hos
tilities, but may atart homeward at
once. The notice posted at tbe navy
department amounts to the informa
tion that the Olympia will not remain
long enough to receive the next out
ward mail. Tbe Mr. Stevens referred
to is tbe navy department a agent at
London to distribute all of the mail
for United Statea waiships in European
waters, so he will see to it that the
Olympia receivea here aa aoon aa ah
passsa the Suea canal.
FORTIFYING SAN FRANCISCO.
Defaaeas Being Strengthened by a Mat
tery of Blxteea Gune.
San Francisco, May 16. Tbe de-
feenscg of thia harobr are rapidly being
attengtheneu. The work under way
now ia the mounting of the second bat
tery of 16 mortars on the bluffs above
and back of old Fort Winfield Scott
Eight of the huge pieces of ordnance
are already in position, and the othet
are being mounted by men from the
Third artillery. These) mortara are
considerably larger and more destruo
tive than the battery of 10 tbat wak
mounted about three yeara ago. Tba
new mortars are 12-inch steel, breech
loading weapons, throwing a shell
weighing 1,000 pounds, while the olh
eis carry 800-pound shells. In addi
tion to the mortars a 13-inch rifle and
disappeaiing oarriage of the newest
model are ready for shipment fioui the
East. A number of other big guns of
modern type are finished or in prooess
of construction, and will be placed in
position around the entrance to tha
bay as soon as they are received heie,
A 8a. h and loor Combine.
Chicago, May 15. The 84 mills en
gaged in aaah, door and blind menu
facture in Chicago have combined and,
on about August 1 next, it ia stated,
will be taken over by a corporation,
probably to be named the American
Snsh & Door Company, with a oapital
of about (8,000,000.
Caught by a Slide.
Shamokin, fa., May 16. ronr men
ire re fnatantly killed today by the elide
of a poition of a large bank at Cen
tralia. Several weie badly injured
The four bodies recovered were so bad
ly disfigured it was difficult to identify
them. The accident occurred while a
large number of Hungarians were
screening coal in the Centralis breaker.
The bank of coal refuse, which towered
high above, was seen to quiver and col
lapse, completely burying tbe work
men.
TAKEN BY LAVVTON.
Ban Ilitefoneo Falla Into th Handa of
tha Amarlenne.
Manila, May IS. General Lawton
haa captured San Ildefonso, nine miles
north of Baliuag, which hag been his
base of operations. Although tre
mendously well fortified and defended
by a large and desperate body of Fili
pinos, General Lawton'a troops rushed
the trenches and routed the enemy
completely, with the lose of one Ameri
can wounded.
Fresh troops are beginning to go to
the front. Two battalions of the
Seventeenth infantry (regulars), that
had been holding the lines about the
city of Manila, will join General Mac
Arthur'a division at San Fernando to
morrow, and one battalion of tbe same
regiment will reinforce General Law
ton's division near Baoolor. These
troop will be replaced by tba Twenty
first infantry regiment, which arrived
from tbe United Statea on the trans
port Hancock yesterday.
Captain Grant, of the Utah battery,
whose success in managing the army
gunboats Laguna de Bay and Cava
donga baa won him the sonbriquet of
the Dewey of the army," baa been
put in command of tha recently pur
chased Spanish gunboats, whose arms
tbe insurgents captured. These vessels
are now being prepared for operationa
on the livers and along the coast. Tbe
arming of the gunboats is being pushed
with all diligence.
Admiral Dewey will begin his return
to America in tiie cruiser Olympia.
via tbe Sues canaL Tbe Olympia will
be docked 'at Hong Kong.
Captain Barker will command the
fleet from the flagship ' Baltimore.
Lieutenant Eberle is flag lieutenant.
Captain Wilde, of tbe Boston, will
command the Oregon. Captain Whit
ing leaves on tba Boston for America,
but will go to San Francisco.
EXECTUION
OF BRANTON.
Banged at
Catena for tha Harder at
Jsha Llaa.
Eugene, May 15. Claude Branton
waa banged today toi the murder of
John Linn.
Branton retired last night at 11
o'clock, after writing aeveral letters.
He alept well, and got up at the usual
time tbia morning, but would not eat
breakfast Reverends Patterson and
Handsaker, of the Christian cburcb,
were admitted to tbe jail at 7 thia
morning, and remained to the end,
praying and singing with tha con
demned. At 9:80 hia people were admitted to
the jail door, and conversed with him
a few moments. Sheriff Withera then
read the warrant
Branton left the cell at .10:45 under
the charge of tbe sheriff and two
deputies. He walked upon the scaffold
unassisted and took bia plaoe on tbe
trap. When aeked if he bad anything
to say, be replied be had but little.
In a firm voice he told those present
that he did not want them to bear
any ill-will against his people on bis
account He asked for sympathy and
prayers, and urged them to walk in
God'a way.
Sheriff Withera aprung tba trap at
10:50. and 15 minutes later life waa
extinct, and the body waa cut down
Not a hitch occurred in the whole pro
ceedings, everything passing off as
smcf hly as possible. Tbe body
dropped five feet.
Before leaving the cell Branton bid
good-bye to all aiound. He waa per
fectly calm.
Branton left aeveral letters to be
mailed, and gave a white tie to his
brother and left a Bible to bis mother,
All was dona without a quiver of I
mu"cle. He assisted tbe officers in ty
ing hia handa, and did all be could to
help make a success of the execution.
About 60 people witnessed the exe
cution, while a thousand or more stood
in the atreet around the inclosure, but
were quiet and orderly. The body waa
placed in a coffin and delivered to his
people.
Tbo crime for which Claude Branton
paid tbe penalty of death waa that of
taking tbe life of John A. Linn,
stockman of Condon, Gilliam county,
in June, 1898. Courtland Green
la
now serving a life sentence in the pen
itentiary for complicity in the crime.
Tha Filipino Congreee.
London, May 15. A special dispatch
received here from Manila say that
the Filipino congress now sitting a
San Isidro ia composed of 66 members,
of whom 20 favor peaoe, and an equal
uumbet are irreconcilable. The oth
eis, holding the balance of power, are
ready to admit that absolute independ
enoe is hopeless of attainment, but de
mand lietter terma at the bauds of tbe
United Statea.
Fell From a Train.
Tacoma, Wash., May 15. William
Godsby. assistant cook of the west
bound overland Northern Pacino
train, miraculounsly escaped death
falling from the tram near EllenBburg
while going 80 miles an hour. He
landed in a clump of willowa beside
the track. His fall was not noticed
He walked to the nearest atation and
took the next train to thia oity. bein
only slightly bruised.
Th Bicycle Trust.
Trenton, N. J., May 15. Artiolea of
incorporation were filed with the secre
tary of state tonight of the American
Bioyole Company, with an authorised
capital stock of (80,000,000.
Deetruotlve Baploeloa.
London, May 15. A fearful explo
aion occurred today at Hurts' chemical
works at St. Helens, Lancaster county
killing four persons and seiioualy In
juring 20.
Fire broke out in the chlorate-house
and a large quantity of chlorate ex
ploded, causing much destruction
Subsequently the boiler exploded, an
the whole works were razed. The two
is strewn with debris, and moat of the
buildings in the plaoe were damaged,
The total loaa ia about 100.000,
IGIIT IN A JUNGLE
Gunboats Dislodge Rebels on
the Rio Grande.
HEAVY VOLLEYS AT SHORT RANG E
Americana Opened With Banld-Fira
Gune aad I'nt tha Knemjr
to Kout.
Manila, May 16. The tinclad gun
boat Laguna de Bay and Cavadonga.
and a launch, under Captain Grunt,
ran into a nest of insurgents concealed
the bushes on both aides of tbe Rio
Grande, three miles above Catumpit,
yesterday afternoon, and were received
ith heavy volleys at short range. A
sergeant belonging to the Utah bat
tery was killed, and one private waa
wounded.
Opening with their rapid fire guns,
tbe Americana killed 20 of the natives
id wounded several others, filling the
jungle with a hail of shot for half an
hour, until the enemy fled. .
Flanked th Enemy.
Manila, May 16. Two companies of
the Second Oregon volunteers, and
the aame nnmber of Minnesota men,
with 20 American scouts, under Cap
tain Case and Berkheimer, flanked the
insurgents at San Ildefonso tbia morn-
ng and captuied the place.
The Filipinos, in terror and panic.
fired 20,000 rounds of ammunition, but
only slightly wounded one scout. One
insurgent officer waa killed and aix
men wounded.
The insurgents retreated and are now
at San Miguel, six miles north of San
Ildefonso.
Twenty per cent of the opposing
rebel force has been killed and wound
ed since Lawton began his advance
May 1.
Spaniarde Shut In.
Washington, May 16. The war de
partment today received the following
dispatch:
'Manila, May 16. It is reported
that at Zamboanga the insurgents at
tacked the Spanish troops May 11,
using quickflring guns and arms cap
tured from the Spanish gunboat. The
Spanish general and two officers were
wounded. There were few casualties
among the troops. The bpanisn gar
rison is now besieged. Tbe water sup
ply ia cut off. and the troops are call
ing for relief. OTI3."
A CHECK TO RUSSIA.
China Refneee a Demand for Hallway
Coacaeelone.
Shangehai. May 16. The tsung-lt-
yaman (Chinese foreign office) has re
plied to the Russian minister at Pe
king, M. De Giers, that the govern
ment is unable to accede to the Kussian
demand, made last Wednesday, for
new railway concession connecting Pe
king with Russia's present system in
Manchuria.
Not since the taking of Port Arthur
by Russia have tha Chinese been so
agitated as over this demand. Whetn
er M. De Giers named a specific route ia
not yet aacertainable, some officials as
serting that only a preliminary notice
was given for a line direct fiom Peking
to Shan Hai Kwon.
Ceitainly the British legation in
Peking had no previous knowledge that
such proposal was coming from St.
Petersburg. The concession asked for
would ruin the existing northern rail
ways, in which British capital to the
amount of 2.000,000 is invested, but
there aeems to be no alternative route
without interfering with plans for rail
way extension which the Chinese
themselves have in mind.
It is believed that Russia's action in
this matter ia intended to demonstrate
to the world that the recent convention
with Great Britain respecting spheres
of influence in China, which waa noti
fied to the Chinese government almost
before this last convention waa de
manded, haa not fettered the action of
Russia at the court of Peking, and also
to strengthen Russia's prestige with
the Chinese, which was unfavorably
affected by her withdrawal of her late
protest respecting tbe northern rail
ways. SITUATION ON THE ISLANDS.
Otis Glvae Ordera for Receiving; th
Filipino N.gotiator..
Washington, May 16. The follow
ing dispatch from Major-General Otis,
giving the status of the military situa
tion, as it now exists, in the opeia
tions against the insurgents, was re
ceived at the war department today:
"Manila, May 16. Adjutant-General,
Washington: Tbe situation is aa
follows: Lawton from Baliuag haa
taken Ildefonso and San Miguel to the
noitb, with slight losses, and driving
a considerable force of the enemy; gun
boats and canoes, accompanying 1,600
men under Kobbe up the Rio Grande
from Calumpit.will depart on the 16th.
MacArthur remains at San Fernando,
oovering the country.
"Yesterday a messenger oame from
Aguinaldo expressing a wish to send a
commission to Manila for a conference
with the United Statea commission to
arrange terms of peaoe. Direction
have been given to pass a body of rep
resentative inaugrents to Mauila, should
they present themselves. OTIS."
To B flnnboata.
New York, May 16. Under the In
structions of Secretary Long, the gun
boats Annapolis and Vicksburg are to
be placed out of com mission and re
fitted for service aa gunboats, instead
of aa training ships. Experience haa
demonstrated that these vessels are too
small for the training service, and
their placea will be taken in this serv
ice by the Monongahela on tbe At
lantio coast, and tha Hartfotd and tha
Pensacola in Pacifio waters.