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NO. 106\nGRAND FORKS, ii. C, SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1898.\nPRICE FIVE CENTS.\nTO BOMBARD CUBAN POETS.\nPresident McKlnley Said ta Have\nAbandoned the I'eiu-t-ful Illoek-\nade Idea\u2014To Command tlie CornM\n\u25a0\u2014Mor-emen t of Tr-oops\u2014More Soldier* Villi lie Needed.\nChicago, May 10. \u2014A special to the\n\u25a0lournal from Washington says: ltesi-\niilent McKinley bus abandoned liia peace*\nful blockade idea. Orders wore today\ncaliled lo tlie commander of the blockading squadron thut will give him an op*\nIKirtunily to turn his ships loose on nil\ntbe fortifications where resistance is offered. Kvery Cuban port that is strongly\nprotected will be attacked und the bombardment will be kept up until the Spanish guns arc silenced and ull gunboats are\nsunk.\nBlockiidlnK Fleet Warned.\nNew York, Muy 10,'\u2014(The Kvening\nPost's Key West Hpecinl snys: The blockade\u2122 on tlio t-outli of Cuba have been\nWarned that the Spanish squadron is reported oil' Venezuela bound nortli, nnd to\ndouble their vigilance. Powerful vessels,\nwhich it is not necessary to name, will be\nready to aid the ships stationed there in\nresisting the progress of.the enemy. And\nthere is small chance that the Spanish\nwill be able to enter Cienfuegos, a fortified port desirable to them on account-of\nlarge coaling facilities and machine shops,\nas both of our squadrons are informed\nabout the course of tlie Spanish fleet.\nTlie Spanish Fleet.\nNew York, May 10.\u2014A dispatch to the\nHerald from Curacoa, Mny 15, says: Tlie\nSpanish cruisers Vizcaya nnd Alalia Teresa left this port at 0 o'elock this even-\ning. Their destination is unknown. Thc\nfour other Spanish warships whicli were\noil* the harbor disa-ppearcd about noon,\nbut this evening one of the torpedo boat\ndestroyers was sighted again. While here\ntlie two warships took on a small quantity of coal and provisions. Their departure was due to our government's requesting them to leave, as provided in tlie decree of neutrality. There were no colliers\nwith tlie fleet. Nothing is known aa to\ntheir boilers. A rumor says there are\n\u25a0Borne commercial ships in this vicinity.\nSampson nt Cape Hnytl.\nWashington, May 10.\u2014Admiral Sampson has reported to the' navy department\nfrom Cape Haytien and says he now will\ngo to Cienfuegos.\nTo Command the Corps.\nWashington, May 10.\u2014As the result of\na conference between the president and\nSecretary Alger, tiio selection uf officers tt,\ncommand the seven corps into which' tlie\narmy is to bc divided was made. The\nFirst corps, to be mobilized near Fulls\nChurch, Va., is to be commanded by Major General Graham; Major General Wilson will have command of the Sixth corps,\nChickamauga, and Major General Lee will\ncommand thc Seventh corps, Chickamauga, Other coips assignments have been\nprovisionally made, but will not bc announced until finally decided upon.\nTlie vacancy in the command of the\ndepartment of the cast, caused by tlie appointment of Major General Mcrritt as\ngovernor general of the Philippines, will\nbe temporarily filled by Brigadier General 11. T. Frank, formerly colonel of tlte\nFirst artillery. ;\nMovln*-; Troop*,. .\nWashington, May 10.\u2014Adjutant General \u25a0 Corbin directed the troops that are\nrcatly to move to proceed at once to their\nrendezvous. Tlte following troops go to\nSan Francisco: Fourteenth Kansas, one\nbattalion of Wyoming infantry, two batteries and one troop from Utah.\nArming- the Soldiers.\nSan Francisco, Mny lfl.\u2014It is now* be-\nlicrved thnt the First regiment of California volunteers will lead the troops going\nto Manila. Yesterday there arrived for\nit 200,000 rounds of cartridges and 1200\n. new Springfield lilies from the llcnicia\narsenal. Today 200,000 more cartridges\nwill arrive. Tho Seventh regiment is\nscheduled to move from two to four dnys\nlater than the First, though nothing positive is known as to its time of departure.\nMore Volunteers.\nWashington, May 10.\u2014\"There will unquestionably be a second call for volunteers,\" says a well known western republican senator who holds intimate personal\nrelations with Secretary Alger. \"To properly hold the Philippines wc shall find\n30,000 to 30,000 men none too many. To\nclean up matters in Cuba in a quick man.\nner we shnll need not far from 200,000.\nWith tho regulars and volunteers already\nin the field wo find ourselves short about\n73,000 men. I understand thc president is\nconsidering a call for 100,000 additional\nvolunteers. I nlso'understand tho secretary ot wnr and General Miles agree with\ntlie president.\"\nHelens,' Promised.\nNow York, May 10.\u2014-A special from\nKey West to thc Evening World says:\nThe World's correspondent* imprisoned in\nFort Cabanas in Cuba arc saved. General lllaneo has courteously acceded to\nthe representations made to him by the\nUnited States special government agent,\nLieutenant Hminerd of the navy. As\nquickly as two Spanish officers cap reach\nKey West they will be taken to Havana\nunder a white flag to be exchanged, and\nthc World correspondents will be brought\nback to Key West by the same special\nsteamer. Tlie London Times' well known\ncorrespondent, Knight, and the British\nconsul general in Havana acted vigorously in the matter. Lieutenant Hrainerd\nreports that the. dock!) at Havana were\nlined yestcrdny with angry people.\nSupposed **i\u00bble*\u00bb Arrested.\n.New York, Muy 10.\u2014Bucked up in the\nguardhouse at Sandy Hook are three men\nwho were discovered prowling about the\nHook in a small catboat and who were\ncaptured by tho coast patrol, 'llie men\ncould not give, a satisfactory explanation\nof their presence in tlie waters nbar the\nfortifications and adjacent to the mine\nfields, nnd were therefore mnde prisoners\nand turned over to tlie authorities on tlie\nHook.\nLieut. Rowan Reports.\nNew York, May 10.\u2014A dispatch to the\nlimes from Tampa says: Lieutenant A.\nS. Rowan has just completed the report\nof his daring trip to the camp of General\nGurcia. Tlie report has just been made to\nColonel A. S. Wagner, tlie bead of the bureau of information of tbe army of invasion. Lieutenant Rowan ventured a passage by sea of more lhan 300 miles in an\nopen boat,, twice running tlie gauntlet of\ntbe Spanish patrol boats and going with\na single guide across the island in thc\npresence of 40,000 soldiers, lt iH said thnt\nLieutenant Rowan bas brought to the\narmy information tliat from a military\npoint of view is invaluable.\nSPANIARDS WEEEIN AMBUSH.\nHud tirected Slronit Fortifications\nand Masked llutterles.\nKey West, May 14.\u2014'llie United States\ncruiser Marblehead, gunboat Nashville\nand auxiliary cruiser Windom steamed\nup to the harbor of Cienfuegos Wednesday morning with orders to cut tlie cable\nconnecting Havana with Santiago de\nCuba. This task .was accomplished, but\nonly after a terrific fight between our\nwarships and several thousand Spanish\ntroops, which lined tlio shore and were\nconcealed behind improvised breastworks.\nSoou after the arrival of the warships\noff Cienfuegos, four boats were launched\nand proceeded inshore for tbe purpose of\ngrappling for the cable in order to cut it.\n'liio warships lay to about .1000 yards or\nmore oft\" the harbor. It was observed\nthat the Spanish troops had assembled\nalong shore but it wns not known that\nheavy guns bad been placed in masked\nbatteries and that the old lighthouse batteries on thc neck of land had been transformed into a formidable fort.\nTho small boats proceeded cautiously\nand for more than an hour worked unmolested on tlte cable. When the work was\nabout completed a shore battery fired\na shell at the boats. It was followed by\nothers and the Spanish infantry opened\nfire then with their rifles. . Then, like n\nflash the Marblehead sent a shell inland and followed it with a perfect shower\nof shot. Then the Windom cut loose\nwith her 4-poundcr.\nIn tlie meanwhile Spanish bullets flew\nin every direction around the small boats.\nThe blue jackets were not dismayed, and\nprotected by thc terrific return fire by\ntho warships, tlie work waa continued and\nthe cable cut. .\nWhen the boats returned to tlie ships,\nRegan, who was in one of the Marble-\nhead's boats, of which there were two,\nwas found to have been killed. Six men\nwere badly wounded.\nTho Spaniards had by this time suffered severe loss. Their shots from the\nlighthouse struck the warships several\ntimes and although they did not do much\ndamage, the fire aroused the determination of the American officers to exterminate the forts. Thereafter, for a moment,\nthe fire of the ships was concentrated\non the lighthouse and the improvised fort\nwas blown to pieces. As there were\ngreat numbers of tho Spanish in and behind the fort at the time, there is no\ndoubt that many of thein were killed\nThe Marblehead and Nashville used their\nheaviest guns as well as their small rapid\nfiring guns and an hundred shots were\nthrown into the Spanish troops.\nTlie Dead and Wounded.\nWashington, May 14.\u2014The following\ntelegram camo to tbe navy department\nthis afternoon from Commodore Remcy:\n\"Key West, May 14.\u2014Secretary of tlie\nNavy: The Windom arrived this morning with tlie following dead or wounded:\nPatrick Regan, private marine, dead.\nHerman W. Kuclineistcr, private marine, shot through the jaw, probably fatally.\nHarry Hendrickson, seaman, shot\nthrough tho liver, probably fatal.\nErnest Stintcnic, apprentice, fracture of\nthe right leg.\nJohn J. Doran,- -boatswain's mate, gunshot in the right buttock.\nJosn Davis, gunner's mate, wound in\ntlio right leg.\nWilliam Levcry, apprentice, wound in\ntlie left leg.\nRobert Voltz, seaman on thc Nashville,\nseverely wounded.\nLieutenant Cameron; of the Windom,\nslightly wounded in the hand.\nThc casualties occurred in cutting the\ncable at Cienfuegos. REMEY.\"\ni\nCROP PBOSPECTS ABE GOOD.\nThe War Spirit Seen Everywhere\nThruuirhutit the I'ucJIU- Northwest\n\u2014Action Looking1 Touur.il the\nSale of the White Fine Hell \u2014 Cut-\n11 tlliiK (or Aliukn.\nWOMEN FIGHT FOB BREAD.\nSoldier* Were Driven Oil l\u00bb Spanish\nAlllllKIMIrt.\nMadrid, May 12. \u2014 A serious riot 1ms\ntaken place at Logronok, the capital of\nlhe province of tliat name, on the Kino, 00\nmiles from Burgos. Grain and provision\nstores were attacked and pillaged by the\nrioters, who included women armed with\naxes, choppers and cudgels. Thc cavalry\ncharged tlie mobs, but tlie soldiers were\nrepulsed by tho deler-mincd onslaught\nmade upon them by women.\nCalifornia Wheat Crop.\nSan Francisco, May 12.\u2014rThe deficiency\nin the rainfall has, according to the United States weather bureau's weekly summary of crop and climate conditions of\nCalifornia, issued today, caused a failure\nof the wheat crop in the principal grain\nsections of this slate. A small amount, of\nwheat will be harvested on irrigated lands\nand summer fallow in the foothills sections.' Sonic elsewhere will bc cut as hay.\nFeed is scanty. Hay and alfalfa are light\ncrops.\nNevada HoiirIi Rl-tlere.\nCarson, Nov., May 14.\u2014Tlie First troop\nof .Nevada volunteers has becn ordered\nto report at Cheyenne, Wyo., at 3:40 p.\nm. Monday. They will leave tomorrow.\nA petition is being circulated requesting\nthe government to permit the cavalry to\nappoint its own commissioned officers.\nLewis county reports the prospect of an\nimmense fruit crop.\nTlie Northern Pacific has again acquired control of the Central Washington\nIta il road.\nTwo Yakima boys arc connected with\nAdmiral Dewey's licet at the Philippines\n\u2014tho son of MrB. Coleman of this city\nand tho son of Charles Stevens of the\nAhtamun.\nCaptain C. II. Phillips of Goldendale's\ndisbanded militia company is organizing\na company whoso services he will offer\nto Governor Rogers for enrollment for the\nCuban war.\nJudge Keen at Tacoma has refused to\ngrant a divorce to ex-Mayor or Mrs.\nFawcett. The judge gave for his reason\nthat both were equally in the wrong, and\nit would be better for them to make up\ntheir differences. No sensational features\nwere brought out in thc trial of the case-\nJohn McLeroy, an extensive stock miser and influential citizen of Adams county, had the honor of scrying under Admiral Dewey, then First Lieutenant Dewey, on board tlie United States frigate\nMississippi during the civil war. The Mississippi participated in numerous battles,\nIhe most noted of which were thc storming\nof Fort Jackson, Mobile, Fensacola, New\nOrleans and Port Hudson.\nTacoma parties have purchased the old\nDuff shingle mill at Kelso and are tearing thc old structure away preparatory\nto erecting the largest shingle mill on the\ncoast. They propose putting in two ten-\nblock machines, besides some double-block\nmachines for the purpose of working the\ntimber all up, They arc to have the mill\nrunning in 00 days.\nCharges of a most serious nature bang\nover the head of A. A. Gillis, United\nStates.court commissioner, residing at\nWoolUy, Wash. Gillis was arrested several days ago on a warrant issued from\nthe bench by Judge Hanford upon the\napplication of Distiict Attorney W. K.\nGa.y, in which he is charged with having\naccepted fees from settlers in the vicinity\nof Woolley for the transmission of final\nproofs to tlie land oflice \"in Seattle. It is\ncharged tliat Gillis failed to transmit thc\nproofs pJaeod in his possession as an officer of the law and also withheld the\nfees, which should have been forwarded\nto the oflice here.\nCalifornia's fruit crop, like her wheat\ncrop is to be almost a total failure. Thc\ndry spring has wrought great havoc with\nher orchards. Her production this year\nwill bo cut down to thc smallest amount.\nTliis offers opportunity for Washington\nfruit to become popular in the great markets of tlie east Last year the orchard-\nists of tiie Inland Empire sont a few\nshipments to Chicago. There the commission men reported the fruit to bc certainly of a better quality than the California fruit, but because of un-uniform\nand inferior packing it commanded a less\nprice than the California product This\nmatter of proper and uniform packing\nand grading is one to which our orchard-\nists can not pay too much attention. The\nsale of the fruit depends on it Uniform\nand attractive packages and a proper\ngrading does more to find purchasers than\nquality alone. If in methods of packing\nour orcbardists come up to the California\norehanlists a sale at high prices is assured this year. Without good packing\nwe will lose our chance of taking thc place\nof California in the eastern market.\nIdaho.\nThe resignation of Charles A. Clark as\nsuperintendent of the soldiers' homo is\nin tho hands of the governor. It was\nhanded to that official March 25, to be\nused at his discretion. Recently, however,\nAir. Clark has desired to be released, and\nnow wishes the resignation accepted.\nGeorge E. Steunenberg, brother of Governor Stounenberg, has arrived in Uoise\nfrom -Silver Cily, where he has heen engaged In mining. Mr. Steunenberg served\nthree years in the United States navy\nand was yeoman aboard the Boston \"al\nthe time of his discharge. He'will leave\nfor New York in a few days with the\nhope of enlisting on one of the auxiliary\nnavy vessels.\nLieutenant Walsh of the Fourth cavalry has received a dispatch from Colonel\nWood, commander of what is known as\nthe Roosevelt regiment, offering him a\ncommission as captain in that command.\nIt is probable ho will accept, as he is very\ndesirous of getting to the front. Colonel\nWood knew Lieutenant Walsh in Arizona\nwhen tho latter was in active service\nagainst the Indians, and knows that he\nwould be a great addition to the regiment\nof rough riders which has been recruited\nfor service in Cuba.\nEd Smith, chief clerk of the state land\nboard, is a member of the national guard.\nHe has felt it his duty to resign and go\nwith tho boys, the Lewiston company.\nConsequently he tendered his resignation\nto the board. While his motive was\nmuch appreciated, thc board felt that it\nwould be impossible to release him without causing much confusion nnd possible\nloss, as he is the only one familiar with\nthe details of the state's complicated land\nbusiness. Consequently the board refused\nto occept tho resignation.\nIt seems probable from the oction of\ntho state land board at Uoise, that tlie\nstate's holdings in the white pine belt\nwill soon bc placed on the market. This\nwill bo followed, if a satisfactory price can\nbe reached, by the speedy completion of\ntlie Moscow & Eastern, nnd the building\nof immense saw mills for the manufacture\nof the timber. After a full discussion of\nthe matter the following resolution was\nadopted: \"Resolved, That the lands heretofore selected by the state in what is\nknown as the white pine belt, in Latah\nand Shoshone counties, and aggregating\n70,920 acres, together with the timber\nthereon, be appraised at the earliest possible date, nnd that two or more capable\npersons be appointed to appraise the same,\nand that in making such appraisement\nthe lands described in the application of\n0. H- Bradley, and aggregating 41,200\nacres, be first appraised and reported to\nthis board.\" 0. H. Bradley is a prominent Duluth lumberman.\n.Montana.\nThe report of the expert who examined the books of the city treasurer of\nHelena for the year ending April 30 shows\nthat the total receipts of taxes dining the\nyear were $104,530.88.\nA party of government packers with\n100 mules aud outfits passed through Billings the other day. They had been employed in the government relief expedition\nto Alaska, and were enroute to Fort Robinson, Neb. The men were in charge of\nan army lieutenant, and said they expected to be sent with the invading army\nto Cuba.\nJohn Mi Evans of Missoula has been\nappointed captain of Company L, Helena, First Montana volunteers. Governor\nSmith first appointed Julius Mueller of\nHelena, but he declined the commission.\nCaptain Evans spent two years in West\nPoint, being the immediate predecessor\nof Lieutenant R. Bruce Wallace, who will\nassume the rank of lieutenant colonel of\nthe regiment.\nTbe new orchard company tliat is operating in the Eight Mile district near\nMissoula, has completed the planting of\nits new trees for this season under the\ndirection of President McDonald of the\ncompany. The outlook is excellent The\nground is very favorable for orchards, and\nthc new trees ought to thrive. Tlie number of trees planted this spring is 0000.\nand in .addition to this 2000 grape vines\nhave been planted.\nAttorney -General Xolan has rendered\nan opinion to tho effect .that county officers who go to war lose their places\nafter 00 days* absence from the state,\njust as if they had gone under any other\ncircumstances. The report is made timely\nby the fact that several county officials\nin tho state have enlisted in their local\ncompanies. County Attorney E. K. Chen-\ndie of Fergus county and two other county officers, who have recently enlisted in\na LewlstOn militia organization, are\namong tlie number.\nJudge Woody has sentenced John P.\nPursell to imprisonment Jfpr life. Pursell\nwas convicted of *ht. '..under of John Walters. The murder was one of the coldest\nblooded crimes ever committed in this\ncity, and aroused intense indignation at\nthe time it was committed. Pursell was\ngunning for a bartender who bad refused\nto give him a drink. He had deliberately\ngone after a rifle, and when he found\nthc man he was looking for he leveled his\nrifle and fired. He missed the man he\nwas after, but he shot poor old John\nWalters, who lived but a few minute;\nafter the bullet struck him. Pursell ad\nmilled tlie Hilling, and said he was glad\nhe had done what he had. At that time\nhe thought he had killed the bartender.\nMajor Geo. B, McLaughlin and his party are at Edmonton outfitting for the trip\nto Stewart river. They have 00 horses\nforming their pack train, and have two\ngovernment packers to look after them,\nand expect to start in a few days on the\ntrail. Another party outfitting at Edmonton is the Petorltoro Klondike Mining company, to which Alexander Monk-\nman of Butte is mineral expert. This\nparty will take with them two carts,\nwhieh they claim are historic. Thc first\nbore Louis Riel as a prisoner from Ba-\ntoehe to the Regiiu jail, and thc other\nwas the triumphal chariot of Chief Pound-\nmaker on his historic march to Battleford.\nOne would judge frnm the statement that\nin the reconstruction of these and other\nearls and harness used, it required 400\npounds of wire and six hides of Shaggan\nappi that all of them had reached a re\nspeetablc old age.\nTho members of Company I, of Lewis\nton, are all stalwart, braid-shouldered\nmen, and although al present undrilled\nwill present a magnificent appearance\nwhen fully equipped, says the Indepen\ndent. There are men from all ranks of\nlife to be found iu lhe company, even\nthe ministry being represented by Rev.\nAlbert Pfatts, the Presbyterian minister\nof Lewiston. Among others in the company are James M. Croft, assessor of Fergus county; E, T. Wright, clerk of the\ndistrict court; E, K. Cheadle, counly attorney; A. M. Stoddard, merchant; (J,\nII. Preston, druggist; Professor M. J, I\nGarrett, former principal of the Lewiston\nschools, and many others prominent in\nbusiness aud social alTairs in the Fergus\ncapital.\nSALES AND DEVELOPMENT\nMINING IN THE NOBTHWEST.\nThe I.e Kol Sold for $:t.OOO,000\u2014\nHlHt orient Sketch of th.* I'm s\nHoMsiutid Property-*In the pierce\nDistrict of Idaho\u2014New Life in Jefferson County, Moufflon,\nCALIFORNIA CROP FAILURE.\nIn Mnn>* Counties Wheal Will lie ,,\nTotal I.,\u00bbhs.\nSan Francisco, Muy 13.\u2014Reports from\nAssociated Press correspondents in tlie\nSacramento and San Joaquin valleys, the\ngreat wheat-growing sections of tlie stale,\nsay that the wheat crop this year will he\nalmost a total failure in California. In\nSacramento nnd adjoining counties the\noutlook is decidedly gloomy. Wheat has\nnot yet headed and most of it will be cut\nfor hay. There is a general belief that\nthere will not be enough wheat this yCJir\nfor seed. Knomious -pmntities of com are\nbeing brought from Kansas and Nebraska\nto feed stock. Advices from Stockl-m slate\nthat not more than 1(1,000 tons of wheat\nwill bo harvested this year. The normal\nyield is from 100,000 to 125,000 tons. In\nFresno and adjoining counties tlie wheat\ncrop is regarded as a total loss.\nA whistling eel has been discovered in\nthc Fiji islands. It. only whistles when\nexcited.\nBy far tlie largest mining deal ever con-\nsl\" \u00abl'*d iii the northwest was closed\nSaturday, when the final papers were\nsigned tliat transferred the famous Le Hoi\nmine and smelter at Northport to tlio\nBritish America Corporation for the sum\nof \u00a53,000,000. By the terms of tlio sale a\nhalf million dollars is paid down and an\nequal payment made monthly until tlie\nentire price is paid. The Lo Roi, since its\nlirst development in 1893; has paid in dividends the handsome sum of $825,000. (If\ntho 113,000,000 pnid fnr the mine, four-\nfifths of it goes to Spokane parties. Tiie\nnew owners lmve already acquired all the\nmining properties surrounding the I.e Kol\nand Red .Mountain, embraced iu aliout\n600 acres of land, and it is now tlie intention of the corporation to develop a number of these mines from the workings of\nthe l.c Hoi mine, Wins saving a half million in development work.\nJoe Burgeois and Joe Morris, two\nFrench-Canadian prospectors, were the\ndiscoverers of the property. Joe Burgeois, who had mined iu placers but never\nin quartz, was sent to do assessment work\nupon the Lily .May, the first claim located\nin Rossland. This work performed, Burgeois loafed and smoked and waited for\nsupplies that were coming from .Nelson.\nLooking across at Red mountnin, he saw\nit was bare in places and could be easily\nprospected. In the meantime lie had become associated -villi Joe Morris, a prospector, and tiie two went across the can-\nyon and discovered tiie bold iron capping\nof numerous Btrong veins. On these they\nlocated the Le Roi, the Wnr lOagle, the\nCenter Star, the Idaho and the Virginia.\nBut witli prospective millions in their\ngrasp, Burgeois and Morris were poor\nmen, so poor thnt (hey could hardly claim\na grubstake. Burgeois with liis scant out\nlit tramped over to Nelson. There he\nshowed his samples, with little encourage\nment. Burgeois was decidedly blue and\ndiscouraged until he run across Colonel\nl'I. S. Topping, Topping had been mining\nrecorder and was running a small store\nat Nelson. He questioned Burgeois and\nfound that the only assay was from the\nVirginia. \"Tlie others may do better,\"\nhe reasoned, \"it 's clean ore and the vein-\nare big.\"\nThe outcome was that Burgeois and\nTopping made a \"dicker.\" Topping \\\\a-\nto pay the fees for locating the live claim*\nand was to have his choice of one of tiie\nproperties. Burgeois came hack to Trail\nereek, stripped off the iron capping, pul\nin a few shots and found clean ore above\nthe fir roots. Topping followed and made\ncrude assays, which gave more eneotir-\nageing returns; and the three\u2014Topping,\nBurgeois and Morris \u2014 gathered around\ntheir lonely camp fire and resolved to\nstay witli the strike and give it a fail\ntrial.\nThat is tlie story as narrated by Colonel Topping of tiie discovery of the\nmines of Trail creek.\nBurgeois sold his holdings for $15,000\nor $20,000 an.l went up into the fori\nSteelo district and located a silver-lead\nclaim, sold it for $20,000, and then went\nto thc Northwest Territory, bought u\n6000-acre ranch and sent back east to\nCanada for his relatives. The dream of\nilis life lias been realized: be lias \"struck\nit rich\" and set I led down.\"\nMorris carried $10,000 to $12,000 out of\nthe camp, came down to Spokane, married\na school teacher and bought a home on\nthe north side nnd hns since become a\nfarmer.\nIn tlie fall of I8!in George M. l-'orster\nwas at Colville dying a lawsuit and became interested in tiie Le Roi. He entered into a liolld witli Topping whereby\nlie agreed, in consideration of fourteen\nsixteenths of the mine, to expend $2000 in\ndevelopment work, l-'orster returned to\nSpokane and took in upon the deal Colonel 1. X. Peyton of Spokane, George Turner, Oliver Durant, W. M. Ridpath anil\nAlexander Tarbet. Colonel l'eylon after-\nwards bought Topping's remaining inter\nest, dividing it among a few of liis friends.\nchiefly in Danville, HI.\nAbout Iwo years and a half ago Hie\nslock iu the I.e Hoi was being peddled\nabout the city for 50 cents a share and\nalmost any price it would bring. It lias\nsince been quoted as high as $8.\nI.HIttl, (llllcll.\nThis phenomenally high-grade silver\ndistrict is again coming to tho front, it\nIncludes a section of country along Lump\ncreek ill lhe northern part of .Icll'crson\ncounty. Montana, probably six or seven\nmiles in length liy lour or live in width\nWhen prospeotod hut slightly on the Bur\nface by men of limited means, the fall of\nsilver caused an abandonment of many\npromising claims and the final shutting\ndown of most of the producing mines. The\nLiverpool. Little Nell and one or two other properties were worked in a desultory\nmanner, but the life and spirit had gone\nout of the district. But of late there has\nbeen a pronounced revival. The discovery of new- and valuable ore bodies in various properties lias created new interest\nin Hie district. The extraction of high-\ngrade ore from the Crescent has been followed liy the developments on the Hose.\nThc latter property, under bond and lease\nto George Hollenback, has been developed\nby a tunnel which caught the vein whon\nin 100 feet, a fine body of ore being un-\ncovered, When through this the vein\nwas drifted on for 160 feet without ore;\nthen another body of ore wns discovered,\nwhich is nearly 40 feet wide, witli no evidence of diminution. New ore. chutes\nhnve been uncovered on the Little*Alma,\nnnd the Hope hns taken on new activity.\nA dozen other properties hnve boon t-iken\nin hand for extensive development.\nThc I.lly May.\nThe Lily Mny company has finally ratified the sale of Ihe property lo Hie Kng\nlish company just formed in London by\nHarry Wliite to operate a number ol\nltossland properties. Tlie deal includes a\ncash payment of $50,000 and Id per epnl\nin tlie slock of the new company, which\nwill be capitalized at \u00a360,000. A part ol\nHie cash payment has already been made,\nand the balance is to be paid on or before\nJune 15. Hurry White, tlie organizer of\nHie new company, says tliat he will be in\nshape to commence operations on thc\nproperty by the tirst of next mouth, it\nnecessary. Tlie Lily May is famous as\nHie lirst location iu Hie Rossland camp.\nIt lies in the south belt on the SOIItll slope\nof Deer Park mountain, and is just along\nHie line of Hie Dewdney trail. It was this\nproximity to Hie Dewdney trail Hint led\nto its location, as prospectors going over\nlhe trait happened u]*on some promising\ngalena tloat. witli the resull thai they\nfollowed it ami staked Lho ledge, which\nwas found near by. Tho location was snli\nsequently abandoned by the original locators ami for some time lay idle, when\nsome of the strikes ou lied mountain led\nto its being restuked for its gold values.\nTin- Lily Mny company was subsequently\norganized to operate it, and has done several hundred feet of work on tlie ledge\nwitli excellent results. There is a com*\nplete compressor plant at the mine.\nPlacers In Pierce Dletrlot.\nAs a result of tne bountiful supply ot\nwater in the Pierce district Hie placer\nminers are reaping a harvest, and some\ngood clean-ups have already been made,\ni'lie other day two miners brought out\nibout (1(1 ounces, their first clean.up after\nibotil (it) days' work*. They returned the\nfollowing day. expecting to make a much\nlarger clean-up before the water supply\nbecomes too low for mining purposes. Tin-\nsnow is all gone in and about Pierce, but\nthe highest mountains are still covered\nwith a good depth of snow, which will\ncontinue to replenish tlie reservoirs foi\nsome time yet. The greatest activity in\nplacer milling appears to lie in Hie west\nern portion of tlie district, ill the vicinity\nof Snake creek. In this territory a number of good claims tliat prospect from -to\nlo Otl cents per yard are bing worked, an.l\narc li\\* means experiments, as most of\nthem produced well ht.st season, and con\ntributcd in no small way towards swell\ning Hie output of Hie camp to llie $160,\nllllll mark. There is also a renewal of\nivoi k in Hie Swamp Creek district, that\nalready indicates that this portion of the\ndistrict, which lias been idle for sonic\ntime, wiii lie worked for all it i- worth\nthis season, and the actual worth of the\ndirt made known. Reports from all parts\nof llie district confirm the news tliat more\nplacer mining is under headway this sen\nson than for some years.\nsouthern Oregon.\nQuartz mining in southern Oregon had\nils beginning in the discovery of the\nHicks ledge on Jackson creek in i860, ll\nproved to he a pocket, but quite a snug\nlittle sum was taken out by Secoro Ili.-k-\nand S. It. Taylor. Gold hill was tin- next\nnoted lind iu Hie way of quartz. II wa-\ndiscovered iu January, 1800, by Messrs\nHays and Graham, and before it was\nabandoned had produced some $200,000\nHenry Klippel ami others laid purchased\nthe mine within a week after its dlscov\nery, for a good round sum. 'llie diseov.\ncry of tin- Gold hill ledge quickly led tn\nfurther quartz discoveries, and among\nothers the Fowler, which yielded $315,\nDOOi the Jewett. $40,000; Illackwell. $10,.\n000; Holman, $10,000, ami Davenport.\n$H(KI0. Some of these mines are still lie\ning worked at this time, notably Hi.- Jew\nelt.\nBonnnsn .shipments.\nTlie Bonnnza nunc which has been\n-.hipping ore at Hie rate of 200 tons per\nweek will after this week increase Ilu-\nworking force and double the production\nand shipment of ore from tlie mine. Tin-\nwork is now being prosecuted on tin- 4110-\nfoot level, und the increased capacity of\nthe mine will necessitate Hie early installation of a new hoisting plant. The mine\nis located four miles east of Bossburg.\nWash., and the ore is loaded mi the ear-\nthere for shipment to the Tacoma smolt-\n'S\nIS\nSAGASTA'S NEW COLLEAGUES.\nRUSSIAN LABOR STATISTICS.\nl'h*> Umpire Hiin nt Present ITtOOtl\nI'm-lorles of All Kinds.\nAccording to Russian statistics, the cm\nph'G possesses \u00bbt present 17,005 factories.\nwith nn immiiil production valued ai\nl,4ti7,(HK).lMM) rubles. In these factories\nthere are employed 940,0-14 workmen and\n204,030 women und girls. Tlie number of\nBteam engines is 10,525. The chief centers\nof Industry arc Moscow, St. Petersburg\nmnl Kiel!', ln llie government of Moscow\nthere are 2075 factories, witli an annua!\nproduction valued at 2;7.ods tlie\nimports are yearly increasing. Russia will\nno doubt continue for many years to otl'er\na valuable outlet for industry.\nThey Will Ile Mrli uf War Profllvl-\nll-fH\u2014The StroiiKX'Mt I.i)i* ni lu lu lie\nround Will Ile CliuMen fur the\nMinistry\u2014Snn iiiurdM Gain Time.\nMadrid, .May ]\"\u00bb, via Paris.\u2014The mem-\nbers of the Spanish cabinet have resigned.\nI p. m. It is officially denied that tlie\ncabinet changes arc connected with a\npeace movement. On tlie contrary, it is\ndeclared that Premier Sagntftn's ministry,\nwhen llie new cabinet is formed, will continue. Ui prosecute the war with the full\nresources of the country.\nRl eu it h Wn r fur a Wh 11 e.\nLondon, May 15.\u2014A dispatch to the\nlimes from Madrid, which will bo published tomorrow, confirms the official denial at the Spanish capital that the cabinet changes are connected with a pca.ee\nmovement.\nThe Times oarre.spondent says: \"The\nconclusion to be drawn from the reorganization tlmt they are seeking a peaceable solution of the question has, for the\nmoment, been abandoned and tlie war\nwill be prosecuted vigorously. There\nwas a prolonged cabinet council this afternoon dealing witli the crisis and several points were practically settled. Senor\n^ngasta. though weak in health, remains\npresident of the council of ministers, be-\n\u2022auso the liberals are in a majority in\nlhe chamber and it would lie inconvenient to have a cabinet chief, however, distinguished, who is not chief of the libera!\nparty. Four ministers, Senors Qullon,\nItermejo, Moret and Xiquena, will retire,\npartly for personal reasons and partly because of differences on ini porta nl policies. Senor Sagasta will choose the\n-trongest liberals lu? can find, Imt several ot the strongest, notably Senor Ua-\nnmzOj have intimated that they will not\nlake oflice at present.\nProfess to lie Full of Hope.\nII ;i. in.\u2014Tlie official Correspondencia\npublishes a note as to Cuban affairs\nvhich is much commented upon. The\nnote asserts that affairs in Cuba wear a\nmore reassuring aspect; that thc submission of numerous insurgents is expected and thai tlie Spanish negotiations\n.villi the principal insurgent chiefs offer\npossibilities of success.\nThe Madrid press and the peoplo are\nelated over tlie alleged smartness of Admiral Cervcra iu sending Admiral Villa\nmi! to Martinique .\"id hqurs after the former wns well on his way toward Havana.\nWhile il was supposed that Viihunil was\nscouting ahead, he was really fie squadron's rearguard, the Spaniards Urns gaining in vul liable timo.\nSenor Gullon, in reply to a newspaper\nrepresentative, Baid the Americans were\nblameworthy for bombarding towns without giving notice and added that tlie\ngovernment would address a note to the\npowers on the subject.\nWith reference to the speech of Mr.\n-Joseph Chamberlain, the liritish secretary of state for tlie colonies, ai Birmingham on Friday night. Senor Gullon said\nit had real importance, not only for\nSpain, but for the future of Europe. He\ndeclared also tliat a red hook would lie\npresented to Hie chamber on Wednesday\nnext, in which lhe government declares\nlhe blockade of Cuba ineffective und will\nexpress the hope that tlie powers in Europe and .America will refuse lo recognize it.\nII p, m. \u2014 The cabinet council this evening terminated at half past 0 o'clock. A\nminister who was interviewed on tbo situation declared tliat nothing definite had\nheen decided upon as to changes in thc\ncabinet pending a conference between Hie\nqueen regent and Senor Sagasta,\n11:30 p. m.\u2014Further dispatches from\nHavana describing tlie engagement at Puerto Rico say tliat while the light was\nin progress a large American warship suddenly banked her fires and was towed\naway by a consort.\nOnly Two Mny Heslivn.\nMadrid, May lfi. -11:30\u2014It is now believed tliat only Admiral Hcrniejo, minis-\ntor of marine, ami Count Xiquena, minis*\nti-r ot public works, will quit the cabinet,\nSo n til Idnltfl 1\" r u i t Men.\nBoise, Idaho, May 1 I. A meeting of\nfruit men was held here yesterday and\nthe Southern Idaho Fi*uil Growers' Asso-\n|ointion was organised. P. l'. Sheehy was\nelected president ami Edgar Wilson vice\npresident.\nn> Ihr of BinrviiHon.\nKey West, May 14. -- News received\nbere from Havana says Ihe reeoncentrn-\ndoB are dying of starvation, cartloads of\ndead bodies boing daily taken through the\nSpanish lines.\nFOXY WAYS OF THE JAPS.\nPolite hut IiiHcriiiinlmiN, nmi Total*\nly ltoKH\"'ill\u00ab*ss nf Goiltrftct-I.\n\"The first ton days that one spends iu\nJapan impress him with the idea that\nthe people thero are the best to be found\nanywhere. Hut little by little the conviction dawns tliat tlie bowing and scraping\nis all shammed, and tliat tlio Japanese are\nas unscrupulous as anyone. Thoy ean not\nbe trusted to keep a contract tlmt is not\nfavorable to them. In all tho large establishments, especially in the hotels, one always finds a Chinese as cashier. Seemingly the Japanese are afraid to (rust one\nanother. Tlie women are quite different\nThey are faithful and honest, nud have a\nlovable nature. 1 have met a largo number who have married Japanese women,\nand they are all enthusiastic in thoir\npraise.\"- Tacoma Lodger.\nII mule hie Nenr I'en ille ton.\nPendleton, Or., May 12.\u2014Melvin Groon.\naged 27 years, was shot and killed yesterday at liis home near Bingham Springs by\nSamuel Mahnffey. Thc mon have had\ntrouble over land for a couple of years.\nA.tiertteeit'a Hesiunnliun Accepted.\nLondon, May 14.\u2014It is officially announced that the queen has accepted the\nresignation of the Karl of Aberdeen as\ngovernor general of Canada.\nIHsiistroiis Thin I AVnve.\nYokohama, May 14. \u2014 Two hundred\nfishing boats have been swept away by\na gale nm! tidal wave nt Swalclikstat.\nand 1500 men aro missing.\niwutrniity of Greece*\nAthens. May 14.- A proclamation of\nneutrality in the war between the United\nStates and Spain was gazetted today.\nKnphieer'.s license law wns knocked\nml at Denver by Hie Court. BMBMRMHI\nTHE MINER.\nTHK M1 NU; is |.riuie,l on Saturday., and will\nbe walle-i lo any address In Cauada nr the\nDoited Stattvs E.ir one year on receipt ol two\ndollars. angle oipics five cents.\nCOSTBAfT AI'VK.I.'n-iKMENT-i inserted al Ihe\nrate ol fi pet column Inr-h per tnnnlh.\nTBANSllCNT AHViyitTli-.KSIl.NTS inserted at\ntherateof 15 ee.ita i*r nonpareil line 11 rm\nInsertion! AdrertiMtuenU tunning lor a\nBhoiler peri,*,! than three month* areclassed\ntriuiHieut.\n.COilitKSI'ONI.EXCK (rom every part ol lho\nYale District aniicoraiiinnicationsnl-on live\ntopic, always acceptable. Bend In your\nnews v\/lille it 1*. [rest., and we will do the\nrest.\nJOB I'lUN'TINij turned out in flrst-clRt'S t-lylc\nat llie shortest notice.\nAddress F. II. McCARTER Jt SON,\nGiuno Korkb, B. C.\nsee a radical change in the management\nof municipal affairs.\nThe people of the Boundary country\nannounce a solemn determination to wage\nwar to the bitter end against the Vancouver World.\nTBE national hymn of the Boundary\nd 6trict will now be \"Boundary Creek\nfor the Boundary Creamers.\"\nBIDS ARE OPENED.\nSATURDAY. MAV 21st, 1808.\nCnrson Lodge I. O. O. F. No. 37-\n, n n n MEETS EVEKY 8AT0 ED AY\n1. \\J. \\J. r*. evening nt\u00bb o'clock lu Iheli I\n\u2022inll\u00abtcnr\u00abili. 11 '*\u2022 *> cordial Invitation ex\n\u2022ended <\"\u00ab>lB0i\"\"r\",l\"*,','ni;1,^|V,^l)N| HiQ\nW.\u00ab. SI. Culm, U.S.\nTHE DEATH OK GLADSTONE.\nGladstone il dead. Thus closes one\nof thc juoit influential, evant