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The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22
DEADLOCK ON TARIFF.
Joint Conferees Are stu Far From an
Agreement.


Washington, July 16.-The tariff
eonferees found themselves TODAY an
parently further apart than at the be-
ginning OF the conference. There was
no immediate prospect of agreement.
and more than one member stated that
the ENHANCEMENT was such that settle
ment might be indefinitely prolonged.
They stated, in very reserved man
ner. that there are numerous questions
OF difference, but refuse to 90 into de.
tails, even to other senator's and mem
Ders. Nothing can be settled, although
there have been partial agreements, UNI
til sugar, lead and lumber are definitely
disposed Of
The best reports represent the house
conferees, with Speaker Reed behind
them. as holding out for the house
sugar schedule, without any change
whatever, and the senators are quite
determined not to yield to this extent.
The house conferees insist that this
schedule must be definitely fixed before
other questions shall be again taken up.
One of the questions of secondary
Importance, upon which sharp differ
ences have arisen, is the senate amend
ment for stamp tax on stocks and
bonds. The house members oppose the
amendment but the senators, while not
welded to it, insist upon it as necessary
for revenue.
The representatives also resist strenu
onsly the 20 per cent duty placed upon
hides, and at the same time persistently
hold out for restoration of gunny-
bags, cotton ties, etc., to the dutiable
list.
A senator who talked with some of
the conferees said:
They are in deadlock, and they
are tied up all along the line. 1t looks
as if the situation must remain un-
changed for week.
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MAY Be SETTLED soon
Good Prospects of Bringing
Strike to an End.
DE ARMITT COMES TO TERMS
Joins the Other Operators for . Settle.
mont on q True and Uni
form Rasia.

Pittsburg, July 16.-The prospect for
settlement of the great miners strike
is brighter tonight than at any time
since the struggle began. The cheer
ing announcement is made tonight that
w. P. De Armitt, president of the New
York & Cleveland Gas Coal Company,
whose 200 men have been constantly
at work, and without whose assistance
the success of the movement would have
been jeopardized, has agreed to JOIN the
other operators for plan of settlement
OF the strike on true and uniform
basis. This result has been brought
about by the efforts of the members Of
the joint committee, who have been
working assiduouslcy to this end since
the meeting with President De Armitt
yesterday. This afternoon they called
on De Armitt and submitted their plan.
to which he agreed. Then the commits
sion met the miners of this district, and
the proposition also received their ap.
prevail. Under the terms of the agree
ment, Mr.. De Armitt consents to sign
contract which will bring about con-
dltion of true uniformity in the Pitts
burg district, according to the plan
formulated. but which failed Is months
ago.
General Little, of the Ohio board of
arbitration, said tonight if the plan is
carried out it will not only affect Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois, but will be bar.
rier against recurring troubles.
No disturbances of any kind occurred
during the day, and quiet reigns in all
parts Of the district.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22
MAKE GOOD PROGRESS
Anxiety to Reach Complete
Agreement.
EXTRA EFFORTS OF CONFEREEs
Agreed Upon and Others to
BE COMPOUNDED.

Washington, July 13.-Both the
house and the senate conferees appear
satisfied with the progress that has
been made. Several hundred of the
minor amendments have been agreed
upon, many of them mere changes OF
phraseology, and on large majority Of
them the house conferees naturally
have yielded. None of the real import.
ant problems in the bill, however,
have as yet been solved. All of them
have received more or less considera-
ton, and there has been a free ex-
change of opinion. The temper and
disposition of the senate and house con.
ferees on these important matters have
in this way been ascertained. In sew
eral cases the conferees are very close
to an agreement. Both sides show a
commendable spirit Of Cancellation,
and, while In each instance each side
seems to be holding out strongly for its
contention as to rates, there has not
yet appeared on the horizon anything
which portends such difficulty as would
not In time be surmounted.
There is the best of reasons for be-
lieving that several of the main points
of contention will be compromised.
This Is especially to be believed of lum-
Der, hides and wool, and possibly sugar,
though on the latter the house confer
aes are standing particularly firm for
their schedule.
On the subject Of reciprocity the
drift Of opinion seems to be in the di-
rection of substitute. Certain of the
house professionalism is, the list OF
articles that can be used as basis OF
reciprocity treaties-will be broadened,
but the senate provision requiring the
ratification of the treaties will be dis
carded. Several of the eminent lawyers
in both branches of congress question
the constitutionality of the power con-
ferred On the president by the senate
reciprocity provision.
The stamp act On bonds and stocks
provided for in one of the senate amend
ments has not yet been affected. The
revenue that will be furnished by it
furnishes a strong argument for its &C.
ceptance in view of the heavy anticipa-
tory lmportations, and there is talk Of
widening it's scope so as to include tax
on actual transfers, but Oh all recorded
sales,
The necessity Of revenue also fur.
nlshes a strong argument for the resto-
ration Of the house rates on imported
tobacco.
1t is impossible to estimate yet when
4 final agreement will be reached, and,
although various dates are given as to
the length of time the bill will remain
in conference, ranging from tomorrow
to week from tomorrow, one OF the
most influential of the conferees said
tonight that all arrangements were pure
guesswork. He says the decision on
matters of great Importance In the bill
were 90 interdependent that an ulti.
mate decision on one might involve 9
complete agreement on others, and that
the final agreement might come at any
time after the rest of the matters OF
secondary Importance were out of the
way.
When the report is completed, it will
at once go to the house. where it is not
likely that more than one day will be
allowed for debate.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22
Riotinx Begins in Danville.

Danville, ILL.,, July 15.-The strife
between the miners commenced in this
district tonight. About 400 or 500
Belgians gathered at the Pawnee mine,
and, when cage full of colored min
ers who had been at work reached the
top of the shaft, they were assaulted
with different kinds Of weapons, some
using knives and others slaves. One
of the coIored miners secured revolv-
er and defended his life. Shots were
fred, wounding several strikers. This
Infatuated the striking miners, and
they retaliated by an exchange Of shots,
at the same time retreating to the
woods. It is reported that one miner
was killed.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22
JOHN F. cAPLEs NAMED.
The Portland Attorney for Consul p
Valparaiso.

The Portland Attorney for Consul ut
Valparaiso.
Washington, July 16.-The president
today sent the following nominations
to the senate:
". L. Merry, of California, to be
minister to Nicaragua, Costa RIGA and
Salvador.
H. N. Allen, of Ohio, to be minister
resident and consul-general to Korea.
For United States consuls names
we're sent in for "a different cities, IN
Guiding John r. Caples, OF Oregon, 70
be consul at Valparaiso, Chile
Charles M. Webster, OF Montana, TO
he collector of internal revenue for the
district of Montana.
In the executive session OF the senate
there was general agreement to take
mn the contested nomination OF a. ID.
McCord to be governor Of Arizona.
These combinations were made:
Liertenant-colonels to be colonies
q. Y. Henry, Third cavalry; 4 4. Car
penter. Seventh cavalry; 9. =. M.
Young, Fourth cavalry; J. y. Bacon,
First cavalry. and the list OF cavalry
PROMOTIONS sent to the senate yesterday.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22
rhe Accident to the Emperor.

Berlin, July 1.-THE public Is still
greatly excited BY the news Of the IN
iury to the emperor on bis yacht. a
special report has been issued giving
details az the accident. It says heavy
niece Of canvass fell from the mainmast
and was blown aft, striking the en-
peror edgewise on the head. He was
wearing only an ordinary naval cap e
the time. At the same moment piece
Of rope struck him in the eye. The
emperor, according to the report, y nov
improving rapidly.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22
NORTHWEST BREVlTIES
Evidence Of Steady Growth
and Enterprise.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
1ren All the Cities and Tewns -
the Thriving sister States
-Oye9on.

Edward Walker was killed near Bro
naugh by a bucking horse.
In Sumpter, Baker county, a man
was knocked down and robbed of $50.
Jacob Burckhardt fell in the river at
the foot of Flanders street, Portland,
and was drowned.
An enterprising man named Long
has put in photo gallery, a newspaper
and steamboat at Woods.
The Pendleton roller mills are grind
ing about 1900 buhsels of wheat every
"a hours, turning out daily 400 barrels
Of nour.
Goods to the amount of 1888 were
stolen from store at Pleasant Hill.
Rewards aggregating $3.50 are offered
for the apprehension Of the thieves.
The Eastern Oregon Association Of
Baptist churches held it's annual meet
ing at Adams. L. E. Penland, of
Helix, was elected moderator, and Rev.
Hugh Miller, of Pendleton, was elected
clerk.
The Mckenzie wagon road across the
Cascade mountains is now free from
snow, and in good condition for travel.
Several thousand head Of cattle have al
ready been driven across the mountains
on this road.
A band Of sheep that were being
driven to the Canyon creek range, back
Of Strawberry, in Grant county, ate
some poisonous weed just before reach
ing the range, and several hundred Of
them died on the hillside.
Denny pheasants will be more numer-
GUS in the Willamette valley this year
than ever before. The weather was
fine for Matching and raising the first
crop, now being cared for by the cocks,
while the second crop is being Matched
out.
Pocahontas, an old Indian woman
who has been roaming up and down
the coast from Rogue river to Humboldt
for years, is reported to have persisted
while attempting to cross the noun
tains from Crescent City to Happy
Camp, on the Klamath river. She was
caught in snow storm.
For the scalps Of gophers and squir-
rels, Marion county pays 10 cents
apiece for the former in quantities Of
10, and cents apiece for the latter in
amounts of 30. For wildcats, 81 10
the rate, coyotes o. 30, bear S1.5O, and
cougars $2.5 During the month Of
June the county treasurer paid out ON
this account about $192.
Mr.. Wilcox, of Eagle Lake, missed
one Of his cows few days ago. and
when he finally found her, he discov-
cred that she had adopted young
iawn, and was taking proper care of it.
A few days later she gave birth to a
calf, and now the calf and fawn re.
ceive the same motherly attention.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22

Paris, July ia special dispatch
from Nancy, capital Of the department
Of Meurthe ell Moselle, says that during
the maneuvers Of cavalry there yester-
day the hussars mistook the orders, with
the result that two squadrons dashed
mon one another. Dozens of troopers
we're felled to the ground insenslble,
many had legs or arms broken. or sus-
tanned serious injuries. One was
killed
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22
SWEPT TO HIS DEATH.
Frederick kim Caught by IN Avalanche
ON Mount Hood.


Portland, Or, July 14.-Frederick
hirn, an Albina groceryman, met q
fearful death on Newton Clarke pla-
cier, on the north slope OF Mount Hood,
yesterday afternoon. In the ascent Of
the mountain he strayed from the path
and was caught by mass of sliding
rock, which carried him 800 feet down
the steep side of the mountain to the
brink Of cliff, over which his body
was plunged to the rocks, 400 feet be-
low.
kim left Portland late last week,
and reached Cloud Cap Inn. He asked
Mr.. w. A. Langille, of the inn, several
questions about the ascent of the noun
tain, declaring his intention to make it
the following day. He declined the
services Of guide. He had examined
the road with his field glasses, he said,
and would have no difficulty in follow
ing it all the way up.
He retired early and arose in the
morning at O'Clock, drinking q cup
Of coffee before he started on the climb,
which he did at 4:30, all alone.
When at $50 yesterday afternoon
Kim did not return, Mr.. Langille be-
came alarmed for his safety, and
started in search Of him. He soon
found that he had good cause for his
alarm. Kirn's trail could be easily fol-
lowed to within 700 feet OF the summit.
At this point it varies from the regular
trail, which it had thus far followed,
and led away to a treacherous, rock
covered district near the head of New
ton Clarke glacier. Here Mr.. Langille
discovered, to his horror, that the un-
fortunate man had been caught in a
mass of sliding rock, which he had
probably loosened with his feet, and
had been carried with it swiftly to the
brow OF precipice below, over which
the burrows made in the snow by the
small avalanche disappeared. Work
ing his way cautiously, and with the
skill of the veteran mountaineer that he
is, to the edge of the cliff, Mr.. Langille
saw the body lying among the loose
rock far below at the mouth of the gla-
cier. Kirn's death had been swift and
terrible.
1t was then $3.50 and growing rapidly
dark, Mr.. Langille, being all alone,
could not bring the body back to the
inn, and after nightfall would have had
to take desperate chances even to reach
it. Had there been any chance Of the
mans being alive, he would have taken
the latter course, but no one could have
survived such fall an instant,
He therefore returned to the inn and
telephoned the news to the police sta
ton. Captain Barclay, who was on
watch when the message came in, at
once dispatched Partolman Velguth to
Kirn's residence, $50 Albina avenue.
to acquaint his family with his fearful
fate.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22
DRAGGED TO DEATH.
Horrible Murder Of an Aged Woman
New Mexico.

Horrible Murder of an Aged Woman In
New Mexico.
Las Vegas, N. M. July 13.-Accord.
ing to report received from La Cinta,
on the Canadian river, fedora Salas,
80 years old, was cruelty murdered by
Antonio Lucedo, aged Is, and Teodoro
Lafoya, aged %. It seems that La
foya's sister had been ill for some time,
and it was claimed that Salas, who was
considered BY the ignorant and super.
stitious natives of the nelghborhoOd al
a bruaha, or witch, exercised her wits
over the young girl.
Following the advice of his mother,
Lafoya and his companion, Lucedo, fol.
lowed the old woman to a place about
three miles from San Lorenzo, where.
after being frightened. she was pre-.
vailed upon to go back with them to
the girls house and cure her. They
placed her on the saddle of Lucedo'l
horse, he mounting behind. After go
ing short distance, Lafoya pulled hii
pistol and killed the old woman's dog,
which was following, saying that he
had got rid of one witch and would
now get rid of the other (the old wom-
am
Thereupon, he threw lasso over her.
and, starting his horse, jerked her from
the horse. He then instructed Lucede
to attach his lasso to her feet, and the
two, starting their horses on the run,
dragged the woman to death. not a yes.
tige of clothing being found on the
body when discovered. After lingering
around the place for few days, the
murderers disappeared.
The mother of Lafoya was arrested.
she having told the officers who called
at her house that she had told her SON
and Lucedo to kill the old woman.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22

The OkanOgan river is 80 low that
navigation has been suspended for the
season.
There are 2, 100 children of school age
in Walla Walla, being an increaes OF
81 above the census Of last year.
The Washington State Pathological
Society held it's second annual conven-
ton in the state university at Seattle.
Work on the new cannery building at
Blaine is advancing satisfactorily. A
force of about as or so men is employed
In construction.
Ed Mcneil, of Tumwater, has made
a number of violins Of Washington
wood. The violins are said to be Of
excellent tone.
The plat of township "a north, range
IL west, has been placed on file in the
Olympia land Office, and the township
thrown open for entry.
George Brown was drowned in the
Hob river, Chehalis county. Indians
who recovered the body say he was
seized and held under the water By
mammoth crabs.
John II. Walsh, of Oakesdale. has re-
ceived from the secretary Of the navy
his appointment - cadet at Annapo-
lis. Emery Hathaway, OF Seattle, has
been named - an alternate.
William Chambers, 10 years Of age.
was hunting bob-cat that had been
catching chickens on his fathers ranch
near Asotin. In his eagerness to catch
the animal he fell over . precipioe and
was instantly killed.
A number of men have visited West.
port and other points in Chehalis
county lately, with . view to making
estimates on the material advertised
fer the government jstty work ct the
harbor mouth.
The Great Northern shops q Hill
yard are now employing larger force
than ever before. There are 139 mon
On the payroll, exclusive Of the various
clerks In the store department. section
men and numerous other employees.
The two engines that rolled several
hundred fest Down . mountain side
some weeks aso, near Kalispeli, have
been put In The shops for general r.
pairs.
Tho receipts for the school fund 1t
the o1lce Of the land commission, in
Olympia. for tho quarter ending Juno
%, dfgregste ~, IA. 10. The receipts
lrom Whitman county alone Tor leases
Of school lands amounted to t6. 600.
The citines of Anacortss are somc-
what hampered b lack Of bank facili-
de- through whish 70 Transact the large
amount of huainess that their new in-
dustriss fuxnish, and Il i probable that
: new hank win soon b egtablishee
thwD
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22

Seattle, July l5.-John Wiley, presi-
dent Of the board Of regents OF the uni
versity OF Washington, prominent
attorney. and one of the leaders Of the
silver cause in this state, died today OF
pleuro-pneumonia.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22
Depends on De Armitt's Miners.

Cleveland, July 16.-The fate Of the
great coal strike depends upon the ac-
ton of the miners in President De Ar
mitt's mines, say local operators. I'm
til the strikers succeed in inducing
these men to come out there can be no
coal famine, and failure to close these
mines means loss of supremacy in
districts which the strikers now control.
In the action of the strikers yesterday,
these operators who have persistently
refused to concede the possibility of the
strikers attaining their end found much
announcement.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22
Fr.nk smith.s sentence CommpteA.

Boise, Idaho, July 1s.-The board o.
pardons today commuted to life impris-
onment the sentence Of Frank Smith,
who was sentenced to hang at Moscow,
for the murder Of Emil Fox, at Gen
essee, in January, 1896.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22
Forty killed I'm . Collision.

Copenhagen, July 14.-About mid
NIGHT. at Gjentofte, an express train
from Belsinger ran into passenger
train standing at the station, wrecked
eight carriages, killed 40 persons, and
injured many others. Most OF the VIC.
Tins are Of the artisan class. The dead
and injured have been conveyed in am.
bulance trains to this city. The col
1ision was due to an error made Dy the
engineer in reading the signal. Forty
bodies were extricated. The number
seriously injured is 81.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22
Lost with All on Board.

New York, July IA special to
the Herald from Long Beach, Z ( !.
says: "A single-matsed, sloop-rigged
craft. ON which it is supposed there
we're several persons, was caught IN 9
terrific storm OF the coast and went
down. Before tho disaster the craft
had been rocking wildly in the storm,
it, sails torn away, and about the last
that witnesses on shore saw Vas = slg-
mi of distress waving from the boat.
There Is little doubt that al On board
poEiahed
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-03-27
TAKEN IN BY JoHNNIEs.

One Soldiers Experience in the Bat
tie of the Wilderness.
had been in all the fights in which
the Fourteenth Indiana had been en-
gagged, and l must confess that went
into the battle of the Wilderness with
feelings of superstit;ous awe. 1 had,
Though always at the front, never got
my clothing cut, and, like the old rail-
way man, thought my turn would come
some time.
The Fourteenth Indiana got to the
intersection of the Brock and Orange
plank road near sundown with the
Fourth and Eighth Ohio and Seventh
West Virginia. We threw our KNAPP
sacks as we ran into line, the Four
teenth right at the crossroads.
Grant and Hancock were sitting on
their horses directly in the crossroads,
as though there was nothing particular
the matter. There were no troops in
front of them; the line had Just been
broken. If the smoke had not been so
dense they would undoubtedly have
been slain, for a number of my COM
pany and a few of other companies
were wounded getting these two pieces
of artillery back.
The acting orderly sergeant of our
company, George Faucet, was NOR
tally wounded just to the right of this
artillery. took his place next morn
ing, and where history states that
Hancock drove Hills corps for u
mile" / was captured, near the little
field fringed with pines, where the en-
emy had a masked battery. So, my
fears were turned into gladness.
AS l passed this masked battery,
some of the confederates were stand
ing up on top of the guns, looking over
the little pines toward the front.
halloed and asked: (Which is the di.
rect route to Richmond, boys?" They
laughed and pointed toward the rear.
That ended my fighting. went tc
!Andersonville and Florence, escaped
into the swamps, twice left for dead
with typhoid-pneumonia, picked up by
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-03-27

Sherman's Bummers, sent from Colds
boro to Newbern, thence to Fort Non-
roe, City Point, arriving at my regi-
mcnt (Iwentieth Indiana) then at APP
pomattox, seven days after the sur
render of Lee.
They had promoted sergeants to lieu
tenants and captains, but, thank the
Lord, I was still Sergt. Ragamuff. 1
had to be transferred to strange COM
pany where there was vacancy.
On the morning of the 9th, to the
left of the Plank road, we passed over
where the troops fought, and we can
give evidence to the tremendous
struggle the evening of the 5th in that
weird thicket ana tangled railroad. The
leaves were covered with white splinters
and bespattered with blood. 1t makes
me shudder yet to think of it.
There was tremendous musketry off
to our left until some time after dark,
when 1t ceased us suddenly as if every
man on each side was slain. Both sides
set up the most tremendous yelling and
cheering of defiance we ever heard.
Grant and Lee were both correct when,
on the evening of the 9th of May,
they sent dispatches to their respective
governments: "We have repulsed
every charge of the enemy"
When our lines, In advancing through
the tangled brush, would become dis
organized, and we met a solid line of
battle, we would have to give way; then
the confederate lines, in advancing,
would become disorganized, meet a
solid line of battle, and give way; and
thus it was for two days-repulsing
every charge of the enemy.-Owen T.
Wripht in National Trihnna