The St. Helena Star from St. Helena, California • 1

ELENA STAR VOL. 25. ST. HELENA, NAPA mil day, FEBRUARY 8, 1899. NO.

22. CLIMATE AND CROP SUMMARY. TO THE gT. HELENA STAB PUBLISHED KVIET FBI DAT IT F. B.

MACKINDER. Editor and Proprietor, NEWS OF THE COAST Items Gleaned from the Dispatches. NEWS OF THE WORLD Condensed Items Arranged for Busy People. LATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED Have your Soil Analyzed so you will know what is lacking in the Soil and what kind of Fertalizer you should use. All kind' of Analysis made by L-.

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New Fall and Winter Goods CONSTANTLY ON HAND. Next Door to St. Helena Bazaar, St. Helena Cal. Mali county capitalists are to open a hank at Ban Rafael.

The Bantu Clara county fanners club has 130 nn-iub This years celery crop of California is estimated at 709 corli auls. A fanners institute was held at So bastupol early in the week. Nevada minors have asked the legislature to pas tin eight hour law. Tho Paso Robles bank aud the Citizens bank of Salinas, will consolidate on February 1st. tin March 1 1,720 stamps will be iu oia-ratiou at the Ahtska-Tretwlwell mino, on Douglass island.

ff-n thousand carloads is the latest estimate of the present orange crop of the southern counties. Machinery is tube put ill the new sugar factory at Oxnard so as to raise it to its maximum capacity. The gnmdatiu.r class of the state normal school at Chieo, so in number received their diplomas Friday. A man recently from New Mexico is in the county hospital at Sacramento suffering from smallpox. A severe wind storm prevailed in the mountains back of San Diego, and several houses were blown down.

A party of eight eastern prospectors was caught in an Arctic blizzard on the Valdez glacier, Alaska, aud five frozen to death. The holdover stock of brans in Ventura and Buuta Barbara counties has been exhausted. There will be a largo acreage of beaus planted tho coming SCUM -U. The Union Sugar company of Santa Barbara will plant 4000 acres of sugar beets iu tho Santa Maria valley and 3000 acres have been contracted for with mailers. Mrs.

Thomas Kell and her 8-months-old child were thrown from a lmggy near San Jose. The mother sustained a broken arm and tho child was instantly killed. A. G. Bradley, tho old soldier who shot fiovirnor Smith of tlio Soldiers home at Santa Moniea, has been found gnilty of assault with a deadly weapon.

The jury rviuninemlod him to the mercy of the court. The pl.uit of tho Tehama Electrio Light aud Power company, recently completed at Bed Bluff, was destroyed by lire last week. The loss is about It is probable that tho plant will be rebuilt at oneu. The San Bruno hotel, in tho outskirts of San Franci-oo was destroyed by fire Sunday. Mathias liioeorn, an aged boarder, was burned to death, aud five firemen were injured.

F. S. Mavkariaa, and liis brother Charles are in Jail at Fresno, charged with arson. One of tho brothers confessed that they constructed a machine which set fire to their furniture store. They had the place heavily insured.

William Pinkney Toler, who as a midshipman ou tlio stuff of Commodore Jones iu 1812, raised tho first American flagon California soil, died at liis home iu Oakland, after a prolonged illness. Owing to ill health for many years ho had been compelled to lead retired life. Tho immediate cause of his death won dropsy. Nellie, tlio 4 year old daughter of W. G.

Hind, of Bulimia, poured some coal oil ou a fire in tho sitting-room of their home. Tho ran exploded, setting her clothes on lire. Her f.iher smothered tlie flames, but not until lie childs hair was burned off dose to tlio scalp, and bho was severely injured about the hi sly. Her fathers hands wore burned in a shocking munuer. Tlio citizens of Vancouver, B.

are becoming ukuincd at the large influx of Japanese. They have been informed from Ottawa that tlio Federal authorities cannot help them, and a communication lias been forwarded from Joseph Chamberlain, imperial secretary of htute fur tlio colonics, saying in effect that he imped nothing would ho done in tlio way of legislation to displease the nutions interested. Preparations are said to be afoot for tlio transfer to a big transcontinental railway company of the San Francisco aud North pacific railroad, which runs from Ukiali southward to Point Tiburou and tlienoe has ferry connections across the buy to San Francisco. Tiie prospective purchasers are believed to be either tho Vanderbilts, that they may secure advantageous terminal facilities for their contemplated extension to this coast, or tho tlio Southern Pacific, that it may shut off tho prospective rival from one of lie heNt remaining hay terminal points for a great railroad. A shocking affair occurred Sunday at tlio home of Joint Garter in Yolo county, near Clarksburg.

liis youngest son, aged 12 years, and tho boys older brother, aged 15 years, were doing a shotgun trick, which resulted in the formers death. They had for some time past put unloaded cartridge shells in the gun, dropped a mitrbln in the muzzle of the gun, and tho older boy would explode tlio primer. This had just enough strength to send tlio marblo a few feet aud the younger boy would catch it in its flight. They were to perform the trick Sunday, but tlio cartridge in the gun, which they supposed to ho empty, proved to bo loaded. When tho gun was discharged tlio load of powder, and shot took effect in tho younger hoys head, slmttering it in a horrible manner.

Death was almost instantaneous. Jude Gurnet or timid lias fielded the demurrer to tho indictment of the grand jury, chiu-ging W. W. Chapman of Petaluma with violating tho election laws iu Wilson precinct, Sonoma county, whereby Supervisor Raiiu Wits cuuutod oat. The trial was sot for Fubruurv 28- ill Choice Bargains.

Iasord by tha lulted Stataa Bureau at Saa Frauelaeo. Continued high temperature, in sections 8 degrees to 10 degrees above normal, have prevailed during the week, and no rain has fallen. These condition are favorable to all growing crops, bat may prove injurious to fruit, as the almond and apricot buds are swelling, and almonds are begining to bloom in some sections. Special reports from nearly all portions of the state indicate that an unusually large acreage of wheat has been sown in wheat-growing regions, and that its condition is fully as good as any previous year at this date; however more than normal spring rains Will be necessary for its development owing to the dry oouditiou of the soil beneath the surface. Large crops of barley and beets have been planted iu Southern California aucl the present outlook for these products is good.

The Philadelphia sailed from Ban Diego a few days ago for Samoa. Howard Wright, speaker of the California assembly, has resigned as such end Alileu Anderson of Suistun elected to fill the vacancy. The fourth attempt was Stockton to destroy chines in the office of the Eveniug Mail fire- This tune the utarhiues were damaged to the extent of (joo. Settlers of the Algodoue grant in Southwestern Arizona propose to reclaim 50,000 acres of land there and irrigate it by means of a canal carrying 30,090 miners inches of water from the Colorado river. uomes H.

Slater, former United State senator from Oregon, diod Saturday at La Graude. Peter Grennan, aged 69 years, one of the ildest citizens of Contra Costa county died Saturday. J. II. E.

Partington, the well-known California artist, died suddenly at Oakland a few days ago. The branch of the Valley road between Visalia aud Coucoran Junction has been completed and regular train service inaugurated. Sid McKinley, agent of the National Ice company at Bakersfield, charged with embezzling (800 of the company funds, has been acquitted in the u-perior court. The jury was out ten miuntes. Newcastle, recently succeeded in rasing a bonus to le paid to some canning company establishing a cannery at that place, but thus far the committee has not been aide to obtain from any company a satisfactory agreement.

Negotiations are still in progress. Tho Mendocino county creameries seem to have had a prosperous year, judging from the reports at annual meetings. The average price paid for 4 per cent milk was 94 cents per 100 pounds, at which rate the stock companies paid handsome dividends. Georgo W. Plummer, aged 48, after beating his head with a rock near Baker city, ran a mile to a ranch and, securing a knife, ent liis throat from ear to ear.

Ho died almost instantly after cutting his throat. He has been ill with the grip. He leaves a wife and family. Tho state senate finance committee has decided to report in favor of the appropriation of $80,000 for improvements at tlio Los Angelos Normal school; that of (100,000 for a new polytechnic school at Sait Luis Obispo, and that of (7500 to pay the claim of Mrs. McGinnis for the death of her husband, a deputy sheriff of Stanislaus oouuty, who was killed while pursuing Sontag aud Evans in 1892.

The teu-stiunp mill at Joltaunesbnrg, handled 5000 tons of ore daring 1898, cleaning up therefrom the Eureka mill, two stamps, at Raind. burg, Cuddyback Lake mill, Gralock mills, Little Butte mill at Raudsbnrg, Bar-stow mill, Kane Springs, ores shipped to smelters at San Francisoo, Pueblo aud Denver and the product from dry washing, abont making a total of (1,125,000 Charles Birdxell aud Clarence Howard two of the most prominent young men of Fresno, have been arrested ou charge of burglary. Tho complaint- chargee the hoys with having entered the house of a. man named Humpsden and there ie evidence that they also entered other houses with criminal intent. Neither -of the boys is more than 18 year of age and both are well connected.

Edward F. Purdy, a native of New Jersey, aged 74 years and a resident for forty-five years of Calaveras county, committed suicide at Angels Camp by placing a shotgun in liis mouth and blowing the top of his head off. He Was despondent ovor the death of hi daughter six weeks ago. State Senator Jonh Boggs of Colusa county, is dead. He died suddenly at tlie Palace hotel Monday.

For sometime ho had boon suffering from acute bronchitis, but had recovered sufficiently to got around. Just before his death he was taken with a severe spell of cougliiug and is supposed to haTe ruptured a small blood vessel. Mr. Boggs was a pioneer and had alway taken a prominent part in the state's welfare. Ilia Only Alternative Little Dot was very fond of Bible stories, aud one day after her mother had read the story of Lots wife sba.

asked, Mamma, what did Mr. Lot do when bis wifo was tnrned into a pillar of salt? What do you think he did? asked! mamma. "Why," replied the practical little, miss, I spose ho went out and hunted! np a fresb News Young Mother. Croup is the terror of thousands of ytfbng mothers because its outbreak is so agonizing ami frequently fatal. Shilohs Cough and Consumption Cure acts like magic iu cases of Croup, It has hever been knoao to fail.

worst oases relieved immediately. Price 25 50 cts. and (1.00. Smith's Pharmacy. Choicest Groceries in the Market Fruit and Vegetables Always Fresh FISH Every Thursday Crockery Glassware Honest Treatment, Good Goods, Low Prices.

IEEL O-Titz wilier, IProp. If Looking for Them Call at the lionur rmery tore. a turmoil over the Dreyfus matter. Gennuay has expressed derir to settle the Samoan question peacetuily The oonsecratiou of the Maria Kip orphaugoge took place at San Francisco Sunday. The Arizona legislature contemplates a bullion tax on the net proceeds of miues in that territory.

West Australia produced 1,050,188 ounces of gold in 1898. In 1897 it produced 674,989 ounces. On the 17th ballot taken by the legis-kiture of Montana, William A. Clark was elected United States senator. There is every prospect of a big industrial war between employe and employer taking place in England shortly.

A snowslide occurred at Apex, unday and the home of W. H. Rudolph swept away. Mrs. Rudolph and two of childred wore lost.

The cruiser Topeka, bought in Germany just before the recent war, has been disabled at Porto Rioo and con-demmed. Army surgeons who were appointed to investigate the best method of caring for troops in Cuba, recommend that colored troops he sent to the islands. A gang of 26 track repairers were working in a railroad tunnel at Altoona, when a locomotive ran into them, killing two and injuring many. The administration officers continue to say there is nothing alarming in the Philippine situation, despite press dispatches to the contrary. General Cobin lias announced that the situation is improving and there is no danger of a conflict.

Grant G. Gillett, the Kansas cattle trader, who recently failed with liabili-hilities aggregating over 11,000,000, has turned all his property over to his creditors, and it is stated that the latter have promised that no criminal action shall be instituted agaiust him ou Ills return from Mexico This year is without precedent in the history of Colorado for snowfall in the mountains. Since the first of December it has been blowing and snowing on the conteutinal divide and towns along the front range are in a desperate condition, owing to the stocks of provisions running so low that there is danger of a famine. A. S.

D. Pewter of Portland, has closed a sale of over 1,000,000,000 feet of Oregon timber, mostly fir, sawed in Marion county, on Abba creek, a tributary of the Willamete river, to lumbermeu of Wisconsin, who have organized a stock company called the Abiqua Lumber company of Wisconsin. The fourth fire of incendiary origin at tho Stint son Lnfayette Industrial School in Los Angeles, occurred Sunday. It started in a shed in the rear of the main bnilding and the flames were confined to the shed by quick arrival of the fire eugiues. The police can find no clew to the persou who is so intent upon causing tho destruction of the institution, thongh it has been a year since the attempts to bum the building has be trail.

Ex-Congressman Charles Lois Beale died at Hudson N. aged 75. Mrs. McEnith Yauther, aged 105 years and 8 months, died at Walton, of grip. Fourteen iamilies have been rendered homeless at Chicago by the burning of a tenement-house.

The inahogauy lumber yards of J. O. Raynor, aud the Austin box factory burned at Chicago. Loss (826,000. Every steam laundry of any importance in Chicago will be operated by one stock company if the present plans do not miscarry.

A transport bearing Spanish soldiers from Cuba arrived at Barcelona, Spain, a few days ago. Of the 1250 soldiers 850 were seriously ill and 56 died during the voyago. Tho 80-horse-power boilers of the Shoreveport (La.) Oil mill exploded one morning recently. A brick bnilding 100 feet square, was tom to pieces and five men killed. Conferences are being held in New York looking to the formation of a combination of wholesale grocers in the western states who do an annual business of (500,000 or more.

Smallpox is on the increase at Ponce, Porto Rico, where 150 cases are being treated. The military governor has ordered compulsory vacillation. Reports from other parts of the island tell of only scattered cases. Expert stenographers all over the country have formed an organization known as the the National Stenographers association. Tho California brauoh hopes to secure the annual convention at Los Angeles.

It is announced at St. Petersburg, Russia, thfft the greater part of the trade of North Sibora is falling into the hand of the Americans. The whole of the Tschn Kshi peninsula is already in com' plete economical dependence on the Americans, who own the neighboring island of St. Lawrenoe in the Behring ca. Whittaker Manns and Howard Harlan, fanners, fought a duel in a blacksmith shop at Ballard sville, to settle a quarrel which grew out of the sale of same tobacco.

The men fought until exhausted, then rested a while and relumed the battle, which resulted in Manns being so badly wounded that he died, while Harlan is thought to he fatally hurt. rauawimm, a uttie gin from Mendocino county who was taken to the peet-house at San Francisco two year ago suffering from leprosy, has the smallpox. The misfortunes of the Grimm family attracted wide attention at the time the girl was taken to the pest-house. Lieutenant-Colonel Bellinger, depot quartermaster, has received instructions to prepare an army repair corral at Savannah, All the surplus animals and vehicles from the various cantps in the south are to he sent to Savannah as rapidly os possible. Great stockades and stables will be built, workshops erected and arrangements made for putting the army equipment sent there in first carder before it is formally distributed to Cuba and Porto Rioo.

There were about 3000 tons of corn raised in the vicinity of Sanger last season, which has sold for (18 per ton. Egyptian com brought the same price as maize. Yet Trr if Hbilohs Cough slid enpsnmptlnn Cure which sold for the small price of 23 50 cts. and (1 00. does not cure take the bottle back and we will refund your money.

Hold for over flftv years on thle guarantee, Price 25 cts. andSO cts. Smith I Pharmacy- SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Jear (postage prepaid) in adjaoee Bis months Three months tt One mouth Single copies (2X) I J6 .76 .06 ADVERTISING I peal advertisements 1 per, square (or the lrst insertion and 50 cents Rr square (or each mbsequent insertion. For Commercial Advertising Rates the Business Office, or by postal card or letter.

BPECAL INDCCEHENTa MADE TO YlALT SnVSKTIBEKS. FINE Boon AND Job Pbintino at Low Rates. railroad time table. Passenger trains carrying mail and express arrive In Bt. Helena from San Francisco at 10 :27 and 6.54 P.

leave 81. Helena (or Qur, Francisco at 6:26 A. and 1:25 P. every tUy in the week. Feeisht Comes up at 10:00 A.

M. and goes south at 1:80 P. H. Dailt Staoi For Springs, Pope Valley and Howell Mountain leaves 8t. Helens at 12 M.

holes poi the closing op hail. Going 8outh 6:20 A. H. and :10 P.M. Going North 10:26 A.

M. and 6:40 p. M. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. E.

DAVIS, Z2 DENTIST. Ornci at Reeidbncb, Oak avenue, 3 doors above Methodist church. Helena, California R. SABIN, DENTIST. Qu Used (or Extracting Teeth With out Pain.

Office, Richie Block, over Bell Brothers' Store Me in 8treet, St. Helena. samuel m'curdy, m. surgeon of u. s.

army) Physician and Surgeon. Office: Residence, corner Hunt eve. end ligh street, next door to Baptist church, t. Helene. Office hours I to and after 6 r.

m. QR. D. E. OSBORNE, Residence and Office, CROFT VILLA.

Adams Street, St. Helena, Cal. G. DAWSON, M. Physician and Surgeon.

Formerly Assistant physician. New York City Lunatic Asylum, and House Physician and Bur geon in Cherity Hospital, New York. 07Office and resldencet Oak aveeue, Bear the Catholic church. 8t. Helena, California.

JaH. HAWKINS, Physician and Surgeon, Special attention to diseases of women. Cell promptly answered night or day. Office Rooms 6 and night call moral, Hunt building, 8t. Helena, CaL E.

E. FERGUSON, Attorney at Law. 'A GENERAL PRACTICE SOLICITED. PROBATE LAW A SPECIALTY Collections Promptly Attended to. i 5 Kettle well Block, Main Street, St.

Helena J. BEERSTECHER, Attorney at Law. Consultation in English and German. Offloe over Napa Bank. Napa fHEO.

a. bell, Attorney at Law. district attorney. Office: Court Honst, Napa, Cal. BUSINESS CARDS, w.

A. MACKINDER, Notary Public and Conveyancer. iegal Documents of all kinds carefully and accurately drawn and properly ac knowledged. Depositions taken. Typewriting.

I. O. O. F. Building, St.

Hilina. J.C. MIXON, Carpenter and Builder. Plans and Specification! Furnished on Appll-c Alton. SHOP WORK A SPECIALTY, Shop and Office, Main 81., opp.

the Windsor Prof. s. fiedler, Formerly of Horr School's Orchestra. Ht present Director of Veterans' Home Orchestra, will be prepared to give Lessons on Violin and Piano After February 1st. For particulars apply at Uranu Hotel, St.

Helena. No.1 3757. Carver National BANK; A. L. Williams, President.

D. O. Hunt, Vice President. P. L.

Alexander, Cashier CAPITAL, $50,000 QOLD. SURPLUS, $10,000. Open from 9 A. M. to 3 P.

Red Oats Seed WESTON CAN BE Read at A GLANCE. Banks to Cu8c Smallpox at Sacramento A Four-Year-Old Guq Severely Burned. A legal fight for the rich Rawhide mine hm begun in the courts at Sonora, Cal. The power of Cedar river is to he harnessed to furnish electrio light and power for Seattle, Wash. Southern California railroads are reported to be abandoning the efforts to burn oil in their engines.

The Nevada legislature has again elected William M. Steuart United States senator. Prof. Cummings Cherry, famous in America as a geologist, died at Chicago a few days ago. Cherry begun his researches in California many years ago.

Preseut coast pasrouger rates to Skag-Itay and Dyea are 1 5 aud (25 respect i vel freight rates, (87(9 and (10 per ton; live Keck, per head: horses, (28.50; dogs (5. The Twentieth United States infantry arrived at San Francisco last week and immediately hoarded the transports and sailed for Manila. The New York Central railroad or tho Vttudberbildt lines are said to be preparing to construct a road bt tween Og den and San Francisco, in order to have a transcontinental lino. Captain John Duurds, a pioneer of ttie early 40s, diod at Monterey recently. Duurds help raise the Stars and Stripes aver Monterey during the war with Mexico.

The transport Zealuudia left Manila Thursday for San Francisco with 164 officers and enlisted men. Tho soldiers on the Zealandia ore said at the war department to be convalescents. A. D. Holmes, arrested in San Francisco for passing a forged check for (25 on a saloon-keeper of Fresno, pleaded gnilty to obtaining money nnder fulse pretenses and was sentenced to tho oounty jail for six months.

The canners of British Columbia are alarmed at the proposed action of the Ottawa government respecting the canning industry. They say that if the proposed suggestion is carried into effect their 13,000,000 industries will be driven bodily into the United States. The latest report from Washington sonoeming the First California regiment is that it will return ou the transport Soandiaas soon as the vessels reaches Manila and the troops disembark. The Scandia sailed from San Francisco hist week. Roraoldo Lepez, tho Mexican who pleaded guilty to the charge of cattle stealing aud attempted to implicate Harry Flournoy, a butcher of Pasadena, received a sentence of seven years in San Qnentin penitentiary.

Tho case against the others named by Lopez us accomplices fell flat. Tho residence of Mayor Bergnmn of Astoria was robbed recently, and his wife lost a thousand dollars worth of diamonds. A front window was found open and female footprints found in front of the house. Tlio servant girl is under arrest, and Chief Hullock promises that ho will discover tho diamonds. The completion in every detail of the longest power transmission system in the world, that which supplies tho city of Los Angeles with electricity from power developed at tho head of tho Santa Ana river 80 miles away.

The system has occupied several years in building and has caused tho expenditure of largo sums of money. Private E. A. Doty of Battery Heavy Artillery, California Volunteers, was drowned in the ocean at Fort Canby, Doty, with two companions, started to climb around a bluff when ho was washed off by tlio surf. Ho was oarried out to sea by the heavy breakers, and his companions were tumble to assist hint.

Doty leaves a widow at Chico, Cal. Lafayette Ditty, a colored man, who has been acting ns a cook for E. J. Paid-win at his celebrated Santa Anita ranch, drowned himself and liis twelve-year-old soil ou Sunday last iu a reservoir ou on the ranch, five miles east of Iasud. a.

Ditty had a had att.iok of grip, which appeared to effect liis mind, and liis wifo had noticed that ho had been acting strangely for tho last few days. Two masked men entered a house on a vegetable ranch east of Sai-ramcnto in which ten Japanese were asleep, and, presenting pistols, made them all get up and hand over their money and valuables. They got at least (70 in money and several watches. One of the Japanese, named Tatsumnma, nmdo some resistance and the robbers shot aud killed him. The trustees of Ban Luis Obispo at a meeting recently formally agreed with Le Franc and Rylaud, representatives of the San Luis Water company, for tho sole of all the property of the water oompany to the city for (50,000.

This is the result of negotiations pending for many months. Tho company at one time asked (125,000 for tlio works, but the citizens showed a determination to put in a system of thoir own. Mrs. J. P.

Christenson, aged 70, wifo of a contractor of San Diego, sturtod to drive to Old Town with her sou. The horse ran away at Did Towu, being frightened by a passing bicycle, and tlio old lady grabbed at the lines, but only caught otto of them, which caused tho horse being turned short over the ItiUsitlu. The woman then jumped from the buggy, fracturing her skull aud dying a few minutes later. The committee on permanent organization of tho Pacific Ocean Exposition has a plan of organization for the ex Stlon (proposed to be held in San uclsoo iu 1901. A will be made manager, with assistants to bo appointed by himself, not exceeding three.

His salary will bo $10,000 a tho aviaries of the assistants to be fixed by tho executive committee. There will he 2'J commit toes. Georgo Edwards, a nativo of New York, about 35 years of ago, was nm ovor told im.tautly killed bv a train close to the depot at re-no. head was layered from the A Number ot Interesting Miscellaneous Items Briefly and Curtly Told in This Column. During Thursdays session of the Chicago board of trade May wheat went up to cents a bushel.

During 1898 Mexico miues distributed dividends amounting to in 1897, $5,079,107. The Danbury, manufacturers of the lower-priced derby hats have effected a combination. Marcus Wheeler, father of Ella Wheeler Wilcox, died at liis home in Westport, Wis. He was 00 years old. An ice trust, to include all of the big harvesters in the United States, is in the process of formation.

Senator Mason has introduced a bill providing for the establishing of a training school for army cooks. A collision between two Chicago and Great Western freight truius at North Hanover, resulted in tlio death of three trainmen. In a battle between government troops and insurgents near San Ancaja, Eo-udor, (he latter were routed and ieft 800 dead ou tlio field. Six prisoners, principally burglars, made their escape from the county jail at Canton, through the treachery of a trusty. The Planters bank of Kansas City, with a capital of 125,000, was closed by tlio state.

The proprietors are under arrest. The bank has no visible assets, it is alleged. After holding several conferences the Bessemer Ore Dealers of Ohio have decided to fix the price of Bessemer ore upon the basis of 20 cents a ton increase over the prices of last year. President McKinley will send a com-mission to examine thoroughly into conditions in the Philippine islands. He fears that the treaty cannot be ratified by the present congress.

Bad water is cansing terrible mortality among the' Russian troops stationed at Liao-tung, China. Two hundred and fifteen died during November and December. A golden spike will he driven on the last section of the Gila Valley, Globe Northern railway, at Globe, A. February 1st, to signalize the completion of that road and its advent into that great copper camp. Commodore Philip, who was former captain of the Texas, now the commandant of the navy yard, is to be presented with two jeweled swords, one by the citizens and the other by the Sunday-school children of Texas.

Ross Leary and Andrew Griswold, farmers from Bill county, were burned to death in the Commercial hotel at Hillsboro, and G. McClure, an-other guest, is missing, and his body is supposed to be in the ruins. The loss of an entire family in Lake Erie is reported from Toledo. The family was named Robson, consisted of four members and lived on an island. One of the children died and in taking the body to the mainland their boat capsized and all were lost.

A marvelous strike is reported from the Isabella mine at Cripple Creek, Col. The strike is said to be 20 feet long and six feet thick and will need no treatment before going to the mint.1' At one point the seam is pare gold and three inches thick. General Menocal of Havana has been advised that General Rabi is on the warpath with 1500 troops. Rabi is said to have set at defiance both American and Cuban authority and to have occupied a strong position in the Santa Clara hills. Rabi is a Guantanamo Indian of vicious type.

Justices Goff and Morris, in the United StateB circuit court at Baltimore, handed down a decree ordering the sale of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad property nnder forclosure proceedings. No date was fixed for the sale, the order being merely for the purpose of expediting the reorganization of the system. W. H. Pouland, cashier of the defunct First National bank of Ashville, N.

who stands indicted together with W. F. Breeze, president, and J. E. Dicker-son, one of the directors, in the United States court tor oir zzlemont, has made a full confession.

The government officials refuse to give particulars of the confession. The Znni tribe of Indians, living on a reservation in the western part of Now Mexico, is suffering from a plague of smallpox. Tho Zuuis number about 2000, and in tho lust six months there have been 217 deaths from smallpox. Over 600 Indians are now sick with the disease. A government physician and a corps of trained nurses seem powerless to check the scourge.

The report of the war investigating committee will, it is said, be filed with Bresident McKinley on Thursday. It is reported that the beef furnished to the army during the war will be declared good; that Alger and Eagan will be commended, and that Miles will be censured for the selection of the army camps, and Breckinridge for the ini' proper system of inspection. On the first bullot, and without a dissenting vote, General Charles Patrick Eagen has been found guilty of "conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman. General Eagen having been found guilty upon the first charge, it followed as a matter of oourse that he was guilty of the seccond offonse. The penalty for the first offense is fixed by law at dismissal from the army, and the court has no discretion in the mat tor, hut must make this recommen.

datiou. Sixto Lopez, secretary of Agondllo, the Philippine representative here, called at tho state department recently and left with tho chiof clerk another communication addressed to the secretary of state protesting agaiust the attitude of the United States government toward the "Philipino repnoUvs," The terms of the protest do not go as far an ultimatum. The same fate awaits this communication as that which befell its predecessors it will be diplomatic jUf ignored. Drug Store St. Helena.

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inmmt.inned by the Gov. eminent a. official ili-mrliin to the War Department. The molt wa written In army eampa at Ban Krane1.cn. on the Partfle with General Merrill, In the ho.pl 1,1, at Honolulu, In Hong Kong, in the American Irenohea at Manila, in the Inmirgent canine with Aguln-aldo, ou the deck of the Olympia with Dewey, and In the roar o( battiest the (all of Manila.

Bonanxa (or agents. Brimful n( orislnal plot-nres taken by Government photographers on the spot. Urge book. Low Big Freight paid. Credit given.

Drop all trashy unofficial war books Outfit free. Ad-dreaa, F. T. Barber, Secretary, Star Insurance Rutherford Agricultural WORKS Has the Largest Display of Vehicles tp be found in Napa County. lng of Spring Wagons, Carts, Buggies and Surries.

PLOWS, HARROWS, SEEDERS, Windmills, Pumps and Pipe. Spodal Attention Olven to Repair Work, Painting and Trimming. H. HORTOP. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT LINE BETWEEN San Francisco nd Napa STEAMER zinfAndel U.

U. BELL, Master, Will leve Jaoknon street Wharf, San Francisco, every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 5 p. nt.r touching at all Intermediate landings RETURNING, leaves Napa Tuesday, Wed nesday and Friday, with the tide. INCLUDING BERTH, Freight at Lowest Rates. N.H.WULFF, Agent, Naps, Cl.

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