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VOL. 9.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1892.
NO. 11.
THE
OREGON
MIST
THE OREGON MIST.
IHItDKO KVKIIY FRIDAY MOHNIBfO
J. R. BEEGLE, Publisher.
The County Official Paper.
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lOiial ailvartlaementa, $1.50 ir inch (or rlr t
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quant fuaiirllnn.
COLUMBIA COUNTY DllUCOTO
County Offloere.
JU'1k..,.'......m ;....!. J. Hwl'or, Ht. Il.lrna
Oeik K. K wuifk.Ht. H i
Sheriff , Wm. Mwiar, hi. Hitlpna
TirMiirnr , (I, W. Cola, Ht. Ilnlelia
Duut. ol Muhooia J. (I. Watta, HcniXMMi-a
A.Mwuor,,,,, .,.,.,'. P. Dohii, tielnlor
Surveyor A. H. l.llllo, H . Uoiena
fv.r...u.innr. latel JFiiti Vrruonla
(.oiamlMlonon.. j w Hhjiiwi. OlaLkanle.
Niialvty Notleee.
Mabonio. Ht. IMena tonga. No, at rlegnlar
coinmunlralloua 11 rat anil Thlnl Haturilay lu eai'k
anon'h at 7:W r n ot Ma-ouln Hall. VlatMni
mamlH-r. lu Rood ataititlne; IuvIUnI tfiatb-ml.
M ahiinu! U.IiiIit l.wlan No. vi-Hutwl me t
HK ramr air on or htforecach full moon at 7 :M
r. H. at Me-milc Hall, war tilnrwhara'a atiira.
Vlaltmt member lu good Hamlin Invluxl to
albmit.
Kvangelloal Aioliitmenta.
Klrat Hauilay-Deer ialand, II a. M.s rlt. Helena.
7:00 r. M.
H.oud Buuday Near City, U a. Heuutiu,
T ii r. al.
Third HiiDday illllton, II a. m.; Houltoii, r.
M
Fourth BHiidayHHvlta aland (Olllahan), 11
A, M. lWlet',3 r. 1.
H. BIIKI.INUAMIC, I'aator.
. The Malta. ' "
t)own river (Inat) nloaea at 10 A, H.
p river (lMatl nloaea at 1 r. M.
I lia mail for Verimula and Pltlatmrg learn
HU llelein Tuetday, 'I buraday and Haturday al
A. at.
The mall for Marahland. Olatkiile and Mlal
leavea tulun Huuday, Wetlueaday and K rid ay at
U M.
Mall (railway) north oloaa at 10 a u. tot
Vnitland at I r. M.
. Traveler.' (luldaltlvar Knuta.
HTma (I, W. HNAVKK lav (t. Helena for
Portlaud al li a. m. Tudy. Th iraday and Mat-
rdav. Iearm HI. Helena for t'lat.kanle Moa
dev. Weltieolay and Krl :av at B HD a. m.
HrRAMKR Joaai'it K KU.imo--l,avee Ht. Ilelein
for Honlaud dally ritHuuily at t M a. a.
ReinrulnK, tearea Portland al 'i r. M.
. M18CKLLASKOU8.
D. d. SWITZER,
GENERAL INSURANCE
-AND-
Real Estate Agent,
St. Hiuns, Oregon.
-oo TO-
John A. Beqk,
WatchiDakep and Jemeler,
-KOH YOUR-
ELECANT JEWELRY.
The Plneat Aaaortmeut of W'atrh.a. Gloeka and
Jewelry of all IJeaurlflloua.
OfPMITI IHI KIMONO,
PORTLAND. OR'
PIANOS and ORGANS.
I riillt'tt tfe I avis and New Scale Kimball Pianos and Kimball Or
gans. I invite inspection, and defy competition. ' '
L. V. MOORE, 1 05 Washington St., Portland, Or.
Write for catalogue and prices. Mention this paper. v , ... r -
Ola, ts 1c a, n i e
STEAMER G. W. SHAVER.
J. W. SHAVER, Master.
Leaves Portland from Alder-street dock Monday, via Westport,
Skamokawa and Catlilamet, Wednesday and Friday for Clatskanie,
touohinK at Sauvies Island, St. Helens, Columbia City, Kalama, Neer
City, Rainier, Cedar Landing, Mt. Collin, Bradburv, Stella, Oak Point
and all intermediate point, returning Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
DON'T BUY YOUR DRUGS
ANYWHERE BUT AT A KKUULAR
YOU WILL FIND THE
Freshest, Purest and Dest of Everything
-AT
CLATSKANIE v DRUG '.' STORE.
DR. J. E. HALL, Proprietor.
PROFESSIONAL.
DR. H. R. CLIFF,
Physician and Surgeon,
at. Helena, Or.
DR. J. E. HALL,
Physician v and v Surgeon,
t'Utaltanle, Columbia Co., Or.
T, A. McHHim. A. B. IMUMsta,
McBRIDE & DRESSER,
Attorneys .1 at ;.' Law,
Oregon City, Or. , '
Prompt attention given to laud offlre baalneee
A. B. LITTLE,
Surveyor and Civil Engineer,
St. Helena, Or.
Ooatity Bury yor. J-an1 surveying, town plat'
ting ana aiiKluoerlug work piuuijitly done.
, W, T. Rt'HNKr. .- J. W. Daamt.,
BURNEY & DRAPER,
Attorneys v at v Law, ;
Oregon :itjr, Or. v.
Twelve yeara' experience a Rcglntor of the
United 8ta-ea Laud OHIoe here raotimmendl ua
It) our .e l 1 ty of all kind, of nuahima Iwf ire
the Laud Oflliie or Ihc caurli, and Involving the
practice in the (leuaral l.aud Olflce.
J. B. BROCKCNBROUQH, '
ATTORNEY V AT V LAW,
Oregon City, Or.
I (Lite Hprrlal Agent of (lent ral Ijind Office.)
Il imeaiead, Prueinpiloi and flintier Mud Ao-
Jill at out ami other Laud Onlue llualueaa a
iiwelelty. Olflce, Htoond Kloor, land Office
Hulldlug.
CHflS. W. pYGEfl,
Notary .' Public
AND-
INSURANCE AGENT,
MAVOKR, OR.
iilplitlierln...
Of thoae who' vro ntflickeJ by yellow
fflvnr iliirlria tin prevalence of that
tliwiiHe lu Florida a yt:iir or two ago only
ntxtut oiih in olovtm ilitxl. Tn the aaute
yoar tliera were 1,433 ciistitof diphtheria
in Dtwttin, of whioh 470, or one in three,
proved ftttjil.' During th- liutt eleven
yearn tlwro have been 14,807 caaea of
dijihtlieria in Uiwton, with an agKregate
of 4.H25 dwttlw.
HiicU a fvarful pruvalenco of this dead
ly diseune wit h itt incwsKant desulation
of homm in not by any mcatm tieoestuiry.
In GIiihbow, Scotland, iu ravagwt have
been u;r-atly ohncknil by niftatiH of en
forotnl ttmliition and diinfection, and
thoro in no n-awm why our own board
of health. If they were untied with the
rwiuUilte legal power and backed up by
a wine public sentiment, might not be
able to Hcconiplixh a Kimihir remtlt.
Diphtheria i much more fatal than
BiiiiiUxx, and the fitct tlutt it u iemt con
tiitfloun only 'incwutett the ntwetwity of
compulsory iwHatKm, for many pernons
exiKwo tliemwlveii nimecensnriiy to uipu
theria who could not bo induced by any
conaideration to extxwe thotnaelveg to
atuallKx. ' .
It is a fact of public intereut that diplv
theria dot not go' from tiouae to honae
apart from pentonal communication. Ex
cept In teimment hotiHeti, therefore, the
patient can be aafoly Isolated at home,
provided the public in duly notified by
gome mmplu lint familntr Dinal attached
to the door. For such as cannot be safe
ly ioolated at home ailetiunte municipal
accommodation fthottld be provided.
Yonth'n riw"'""'iei '
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PACIFIC COAST.
irand Potlatch in Honor
of the Queen.
STOLEN JEWELRY RESTORED.
Profound Sensation Created at Butts
on Aooount of Attachment of
Mining Propirly.
Caraon tai organized a fishing and
hunting club.
A boal-buildlng yard is to be estab
lished V ctoriu, 11. 0.
Nogalea, A. T., will have an electrio
llnht system in operntioa soon.
HAcramento freeholders have at last
completed the formation o( a new char
ter. The Supervisors of Motloc county offer
a ljoimty of (S eacb for California lion
cnlps.
The sale of the Sapphire mine in Mon
tana to English parties bas been de
clared off.
H"P rts regarding the loss of cattle in
Houthern Arzuna .owing to the absence of
food, ate declared untrue, .
A Montana man has invented a ranch
snow plow for scraping the snow off the
ranges, so that the cittle can get at the
graw. .
The Union Pacific Company has adopt
ed the O ogon State Board of Railroad
Commissioners' schedule with a few
modifications. , -,.
; Dr. Arley Barthlow 8how, professor of
history in Donne College, Neb., has been
sppiinted assistant professor of history
in Iceland Stanford (Jr.) University. .
There Is a legal ngnt over the pwses-
iib aieinwj o prum-ny i o.in : mces immediately preceding the narra
ith the prut pact of the people ! tive of Montcalm and Wolfe. The work
Dief,
being fnrni-hed with copies of two Suns.
The weal'h of the Northwest is rap'dly
augmenting. The total valuation of
pr perty in Montana in 1891 was 1142,
.'05,428, an increase of i!W,'l8,045 over
18(10.
William Chriflie, the treasurer of the
Kaweah c ilonist", has be"n ane'ted and
taken to Los Angeles on a charge of
sending fraudulent matter thr ugh the
mads.,
Qusin Chung, the wea'tbiest China
man in Maho, is under airest at I! use
City and cliaiged with defrauding the
fovcrniiu'iit,. It is believed he is fie
lead ol a large stnuling itang.
The Columbia Uiv- r Fisliermen's Pro
teclive Union has set the price of salmon
for the season on the river at $1 all
around for gill net (I'll. Trip and seine
fish will be paid for by the pound.
Public government business at Fresno
is almost at a standstill, owing to the
refusal of the Treasurer to pay the sal
aries of deputies in the Recorder and
Tax Collector's offices. The deputies
have all quit work.
l'tie arrest of a divekeeper at Sawa-trn-nlo
has led to the startling discovery
dial there is no ordinance iu that city
prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liq
uors without going thtough the formal
ity of si curing a license.
A ompany has recently been formed
by San Frat c fc capitalists to work ex
tensive cial fields at Coal Harbor, Unga
Island, Alaska. Underlying the coal
measures on Unga Is and there is also
said to l:e a vast deposit of petroleum.
Judge McKinley at Los Angeles has
bcided that the big shipment of tree
Irom the South Sea Islands, numbering
325,030, and which was seized by the
County Horticultural Commissioners,
the trees being infested, must be burned.
Nearly all the Indians in British Co
lumbia will assemble at the north arm of
Fraaer river on the Queen's birthday
and hold irrand potlatch. Ten thou
sand dollars in prixes will be given away
nd 3,'XX) blankets distributed bv Chief
George.
The stakes and purses for the next
meeting of the Trotting Horse Breeders'
Association at San Francirco have closed
with the largest number of entries ever
received by auv association on the Coast.
bverv prominent sire on the Uoast is
represented.
E. L. Hun tie v of Chicago, a clothing
drummer who was robbed in Idaho of
$l2,XM)in jewels while on a stage run
ning between Kootenai and Bonner's
Ferry, has had them restored to him on
the payment of $2,000 and a promise not
to prosecute.
W. J. Barry. ex-Chief of Police of As
toria, has been arrested on a charge of
larceny bv bailee of fa, 400, said to have
been collected by him for delinqnent
city taxes and not paid over to the
Treasurer. The complaint is sworn to
bv Mavor Magnua C. Crosby. Barrv has
given bonds for bis appearance.
' A profound sensation has been created
at Butte, Mont,, on account of the at
tachment of the property of the Bine
bird Mining" Company (limited) by the
banking nouse ot Uoje, m-owntees uo.
This mining company is one of the prin
cipal silver producers of the State. The
ainouut due the bank is $70,000 on over
drafts during 18 U and 18D2. ,
; William Pointer, County Treasurer of
Washington county. Or., has forwarded
$1,0.'0 to the State Treasurer as a part of
Washington county's State taxes for cur
rent expenses. The Treasurer informs
State Treasurer Phil Metsi tvw that, the
County Court has iitnnred the action of
the State Board of Kqualiration and will
make the levy as equalized by the Coun
ty Board. If that is done, Washington
county will nav tuxes on fl9,764.25 in--lea
i of 123,017 28, the sum as levied by
the Slate Hoard ol Apporii nment
Iu the Uuited 8tnte (lonrt at Boise
City'tha Last Chance Ml io Company
h;is bepn maintained in its water rights.
The Bunker Hill Company located a wa
t. r ritrht on Mllo creek-! and the Last
Chance made a location farther down.
The former company made a lecation
still farther down the stream, and tried
to divert the water around the Last
Chance works. In his decision Judge
Keatty says: "In the appropriation of
water to be ued at a specified place for
the purpose of operating machinery and
other work, and after so UBlng returning
to its original cl.annei, the person so ap
propriating cannot change the place of
use to the damage of a subsequent ap
propriation lower down on the stream."
PERSONAL MENTION.
Congressman Amos Cummings De
clared the Choice of Fremont,
Neb., for President. .,
Mrs. Julia A. Carney of Galesburg,
III., is not widely knowu In the world of
letters, and yet she is the author of that
interesting little poetical moreeau be
ginning "Little drops of water, little
grains of sand."
Congressman Amos Curnmlngs has
been declared the choice of the citizens
of Fremont, Neb., for President. There
is certainly one thing in his favor be
could write his own messages and make
them breezy ana bright.
Aaron Kimball Loring is one of the
"characters" of Boston. He keeps
book store, Into which Emereon used to
drop for an idea, John Lothrop Motley
for a reference, Prescott, the historian,
for an old chronicle, Lowell for a new
book of poems and Holmes for his cur
rent literature.
Loyalty to the Stuarts still exists in
England. The Royalul announces that
those desirous ot taking part in the com'
memoration of the death of Mary Queen
of Scots may go to Westminster Abbey
at a certain time and lay upon her tomb
a " cross oi nowers " ana a martyr's
crown ot roses." v
, Miss Soonderbaf Powar, a native high
caste Hindoo, has been sent by India to
this country as a missionary. She comes
to point out the evils of the opium traf
fic. She wears an Oriental costume, but
speaks English fluently. Her oratory is
simple and direct, and she excites the
sympathy ol her bearers.
The sword and bloody dagger taken
from the body of James IV. of Scotland
on Flodden Field are with Queen Vic
toria's permission to be deposited in the
restored Parliament hall in Edinburgh.
It waa from the fortress in that city that
the unfortunate monarch volunteered
forth to the battle in which be was slain.
jrrancia 1'arkman is busy with a new
historical work. This will complete his
series of historical writing, and will
cover the period of the struggle of France
afralnar. Knirland in hftr fllnrifldian nmv.
will be called "A Half Century of Con
met."
Dwisht W. Moody Is one of the men
they talk of as Spurgeon's successor as
pastor ot the Metropolitan Tabernacle
in London. Across the water it is be
lieved that the great American evangelist
Is enough of a Baptist to come within
the requirements of the trust deeds of
the church property ; but little hope is
entertained of persuading Mr. Moody to
come.
Governor Edwin B. Winans of Michi
gan is not very widely known outside of
bis state, for. unlike many Western Gov
ernors, he does not often go East to visit
cities and mingle with men in hotel cor
ridors. He is a man of commanding ap
pearance, with a tall, straight, military
figure, iron-gray hair and a mustache of
like color. . tie u usually at his desk by
o o ciocx, ana is a nara woraer,
The royal family of Portugal has de
cided to retrench iiersonal expenses. His
majesty, the King, announced recently
that the salaries of public functionaries
were to be reduced, and that the law re
ducing salaries should be applied first to
'its own lainity. : Household expenses
nave been cut down. Among the lux
uries which are to be lopped off for a
time id mate subsidized opera.
' That is a good legal story just narrated
about George J. Gould. Being in the
witness chair, a foolish lawyer, who be
lieves in the generally exploded idea that
cross-examination means personal abuse,
atked htm an impertinent question about
ins lather, ueorge and the lawyer looked
at each other, when the former mildly
replied: "I honor my father, and 1
hope your father is equally worthy of
honor." The old advice of Charles
O'Conor to his pupil stands good all the
time, via. : " Never hazard on cross-examination
any question that if answered
in a cert tin possible way may hurt your
esse." ;
WORLD'S FAIR NOTES.
Pennsylvania Coal Operators Want
Construct a Building Entirely of
Anthracite Coal.
to
Fully 12S Bavarian firms have applied
for Bpaee at the Chicago Exposition.
New York granite cutters will have a
$5,000 monum mt at the World's Fair.
Tad Pennsylvania coal operators want
to construct a building entirely of an
thracite coal at the exposition and to
have 5 ',000 tons of the best anthracite
on exhibition.
The Rhode Island World'a Fair Board
contemplates having its exposition build
ing at Chicago combine the best archi
tectural features of its State capital at
Providence, together with those of the
old capitol building formerly occupied at
Newport.
The horticultural department of the
exposition la planning to have a magnif
icent rose garden, in which will be fully
60,000 pi inlp, besides large groups in
special areas. The garden will be of
classic design, with temples, arbors, arch
ways and trellises.
Plans for the exercises dedicatory of
the exposition buildings during the week
of October 12, 1892, are fast being ma
tured. One of the chief featnrea prac
tically decided upon is a nocturnal pro
cession of floats on the illuminated la
goons at Jackson Park.
Chief Walker Fearn of the foreign af
fairs department ot the exposition in a
recent report to the Dliector General
says that interest in the exposition is al
ready great and is repMIy increasing in
nearly every foreign country. Foreign
Eartlcipation, as shown by exhibits, will
e exceedingly complete and gratifying.
New Hampshire as a delightful place
of summer resort will be demonstrated
by a portion of the exhibit made by that
State at the exposition. At least such is
the present intention, and summer re
sort proprietor!", editor, railroad offi
cials and others have been invited to a
con'erence to decide upon the best plan
for accomplishing that end, .
Balsa Bros., the largest cigar manu
facturers in Mexioi, will make an exten
sive exhibit at Chicago in 1893, and Lor
ing Olmstead, who haB charge of one of
the largest plantations in Mex'ct, which
is the property of the Bank of London
and situated in the state ot ruenia, will
inske a verv interesting exhibit, illus
trating " hacienda" life In Mexico Mr.
Olmstead was formerly an otlicer in the
United States navy, and is a graduate
from the Annapolis Mavai Academy.
EASTERN ITEMS.
Ingersoll Sues a Minister
for LibeL
METEOR FALLS IN ALABAMA.
Bill Reducing the Duty on Barley
Introduced in the House by
Fitch of New York. .
Chicago collects over . '1,000,000 in sa
loon licenses.
Never before were prices for iron so
low as tney are now.
Philadelphia has 7,000 fewer licensed
saloons than New York.
Senator Sherman is to build a $100,000
mansion in Washington.
New York State Senate is investigat
ing tne Heading coal aeai.
Three new lines of railroad will soon
be built through Ottumwa, la.
Oil has been discovered on Mr. Blaine's
farm in Washington county, Pa.
An effort will be made in New York to
raise $2o,000 to send the 200 stranded
colonists to Liberia. ... ;
The value of Kansas farm lands is said
to have actually increased 24 per cent.
in tne past twelve months. ..
Relatives of William Turnbull, one of
the sailors slam at Valparaiso, will ae
mand a large Indemnity of Chili.
Governor Gilpin of Colorado seriously
advocates the construction of a railroad
from Denver to Paris via Behring Straits.
Fred Douglass has been appointed to
represent Hayti at the World's Fair. An
appropriation of $25,000 has been made,
Two cases of typhus fever have been
discovered in St. Louis among Jews who
recently arrived there from Idena, Rug-
sia. ,
Chicago has just adopted the plans for
a new pubac-iiDrary building, which ac
cording to the estimates will cost $1,250,-
ooo.
The present Federal House of Repre
sentatives will be asked for more than
$25,000,000 for river and harbor improve
ments. The street cars in Leavenworth, Kan..
are to be run by compressed air. The
citizens have raised the money to raise
the wind. 1 , -
The first consignment of camel skins
for commercial purposes ever broueht to
this country reached New York some
days ago. ; .
New York Central road employes have
received orders to Hag any train that is
seen to be following another train within
ten minutes. -
Revolutionary societies, having for
their object the freedom of Cuba and
Porto Rico from Spanish control, are or
ganizing in New York.
President Harrison has dismissed In
ternal Revenue Collector A. T. Wimbr-
ley of Mississippi becacse of affiliation
with the lottery people.
Inquiries made throughout the cotton
belt by the St. Louis Globe-Democrat
jhow that planters will raise less cotton
iuring 1892 than in 1891.
The Health Officer of Philadelphia has
been directed to prosecute 130 clergy
men for a fine of $10 for each of 442 mar
riages that they neglected to report.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
has decided that it is a violation of the
law for a road to issue passes to Council
men on account of their official posi
tion, j ...
The Schmidt local-option bill was de
feated in the Iowa Senate by a strict
f tarty vote. Anew measure similar in
ts provisions was at once introduced by
Senator Gobble,
The will of Daniel Hand, the Guilford
(Conn. ) philanthropist who gave so much
money for the education of freedmen, is
to be contested. It disposes of $000,000,
and the heirs number twenty-nine.
At a conference of colored people at
Tubkngee, Ala., the other day it was de
termined that they can become prosper
ous, intelligent and rich where they are,
and wholesale emigration is discouraged.
The License Commissioners of Wash
ington. D. C. have prepared a new li
cense bill, which has been sent to Con
gress. Under this new bill the retail
license will be $600 per annum and the
wholesale $300.
A meteor which fell In Alabama last
week plowed up a furrow about as large
as a flour barrel and three or four feet
deep, then bounded and struck a large
pine tree six feet from the ground, shiv
ering the tree. It then exploded.
The New York Central and Hudson
River Railroad Company has signed a
contract for 33,500 steel ties, which are
to be laid on four tracks running out of
New York. 8teel rails of 100-pounds
section will be used for this purpose.
Miss Rhoda Broughton has organized
a successful movement in Philadelphia
for a home of rest for horses. The scheme
is in practical operation, and insures
greater - kindness in treatment of the
class of animals for which it is designed.
Investigation of Chicago's water sup
ply, prompted by the prevalence of ty
phoid fever in that city, has shown that
the water is unfit to drink nnless boiled,
and that it will be necessary to go fon
miles out into the lake for an uncontatn
inated supply.
Colonel Robert G.Ingereoll has brongh'
suit for libel against Rev. Dr.. A. 0. Dixon
of the Handson Place Baptist Church,
Brooklyn, because Dixon in a sermon
charged that Ingergoll had been hired b
publishers of impure literature to " po
ute the minds of the young ol this g .
eration." '
The annual returns of theorjaniz1
militia ot the States, which have recent
ly been presented to Congress, show .
gratifying increase in numbers over last
vear and a still ureater advance over a
few years ago. Exclusive of three lately
admitted States, whose statistics are
lacking, the aggregate is 110,713.
The charges made in Chili aa-alnst
Consul McCreery and Lieutenant Har
low, which have been mentioned in the
cable dispatches, have iteen forwarded
to the United States by Hill. Dr. Trum
bull has also mailed a statement that
McCreery gave out the news for which
Admiral Brown is blamed about the
landing at Quinteroa Bay,
NATIONAL CAPITAL;
1 he House Bill to Better Control and to
Promote the Safety ot National
Banks in the Senate.
After a struggle with the department
Representative Hermann has succeeded
in obtaining a daily mail service from
Canyon City, Grant county, to Burns,
Harney county. The increased cost
amounts to nearly $3,000, and the de
partment hesitated nearly two years be
fore acceding to the demand.
The House Committee on Agriculture
bas authorized a favorable report on the
hill submitting oleomargarine trans
ported into any State or Territory or re
maining therein for consumption, sale or
storage to the police powers of snch State
or Territory, or to the same extent and
In tH .ame manner as though it was
produced therein.
senator Allen has secured a favorable
report upon his bill appropriating $00,
OhO for a lighthouse at Gray's Harbor.
He also appeared bo'ore the Committee
on Commerce and made a long argument
urging thai an appropnat.on be made
for the Lake Washington cinal. All
members of the committee were pres
ent, and listened with a great deal of
attention to what the Senator had toeay
of the advantages that would accrne to
his State and to the government if this
canal should be built.
A modified form of a bill which the
President vetoed last year was reported
to the Senate from the Committee on
Military Affairs. It provides for the es
tablishment of the record and pension
division of the War Department. The
Piesident based his veto on the ground
that the bill was a delegation of the ap
pointing power to Congress, bee mse it
provided for the appointment of a cer
tain army officer. Major Ainsworth, as
chief of the division. The modified bill
does not provide this.
Representative Hermann has intro
duced a bil to amend the law making
an annual -appropiiation to the militia;
also to authorize proofs on Umatilla
lands before any officer; also to provide
bounty land to persons who served in
the Indian wars since l-5i; also for ex
tending the time for II: i- instruction of
a bridge across the Colombia river near
La Camas; also extending to settlers in
the Northern Pacific railroad's forfeited
limits further time to make payments as
provided in the act of forfeiture.
A bill to correct the difficulty that pre
vented thp government from assuming
jurisdiction ih the prosecution of the
persons concerned in the killing of the
Italians accused of complicity in the
murder of Chief Hennessey of the New
Orleans police force a year ago has been
introduced in the Senate by Mr. Do'ph
of Oregon. It will be remembered that
the United States government found it
self powerless to interfere in the imtter,
because the killing came under the State
law of Louisiana. The bill provides that
any act committed in any State or Terri
tory in violation oi tne rights o any cit
izen or subject of a foreign country, se
cured to such citizen or eu bjct by treaty,
when the act constitutes a like crime or
misdemeanor against the peace and dig
nity of the United States, is punishable
in a like manner, and may be prosecuted
in the courts of the United States, and
upon conviction thereof to t e executed
in a like manner as those under a United
States law.
After a week's consideration of th
tiver and harbor bill b paragraphs in
the committee reports come out to the
effect that in spite of .every effort at
economy exercised by the Democrats the
bill will reach the proportion of the last
Congress and will carry everything over
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and especially to cnt the Northern and
Pacific Coast interests, has met with
such a storm of opposition as to frighten
even the Southern, members charged
with economy in the preparation of this
feature, it will be remembered that the
last bill which passed was two years ago,
and the appropriations made were for
two years' work on the nver and narDor
improvements. It is expected the pres
ent bill will cover about the same period,
and it has been demonstrated to the
committee that it would be impossible to
carry on the work now under construc
tion and to make the necessary new im
provements without making this bill as
large as the one passed by the last Con
gress.
Negotiations between the Unit ed States
and Great Britain, looking to the sub
mission to arbitration ot tne long pend
ing controversy between the countries
in regard to the Behring Sea seal fisher
ies has reached a favorable conclusion.
Sir Julian Panncefote, the British Min
ister, met Secretary Blaine by appoint
ment, and signed the treaty of arbitra
tion on behalf of Great Britain. He said
he bad been fully authorized by Lord
Salisbury to take this action. Blaine
signed the document on behalf of this
government, and . the matter was con
summated so far as the diplomatic part
of the business is concerned. The treaty
is still subject, however, to the action of
the British Parliament and the United
States Senate. The exact terms of the
treatv cannot now be stated, but u is
known that the Board of Arbitration will
consist of seven persons, two represent
ing the United States, two representing
IInuI R.itoin mm nt wHim la tn 1m a
Canadian, an one each representing the
neutral governments oi France, Sweden
and Italy.
Representative Hermann has present
ed to Secretary Noble numerous letters
from settlers upon the lands claimed by
the Coos Bay and Roseburg Wagon Road
Company, but which were erroneously
patented to that company, and when
called unon by the eovernment to re
cover, it answers that it bas disposed of
these lands to. other parties. Mr. ner
mann has insisted that some definite ac
tion be taken by the Secretary, and he
now catls upon the Commissioner of the
general land office to submit a list of the
lands which have been wrongly patent
ed, so that the Attorney-General may
institute suit for collection of patents.
The whole grant is 99,819 acres. There
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naa oeen paten teu witnin iiiree-mua
limits 59.809 acres, and 6,169 acres with
in those limits remain vacant and sub
iect to selection and patent, making 66.-
039 acreB apparently subject to the grant
within the primary limits, mere nave
been certified and patented within the
indemnity limits 44,139 acres, making in
all 110,178 acres, or an apparent excess
of 10,350 acres over the amount the com
pany is entitled to. The Secretary di
rects that the excess be identified by in
cluding those tracts farthest from the
line of the road. This will include 1 ,099
acres outside, of all limits, and will be
separated from the remainder, so that a
judgment may be obtained on either
theory. Hiany action u urguu.
FOREIGN LANDS.
Pneumatic Tubes Used
' in Sending Mail.
INFLUENZA AMONG ANIMALS.
Coal Mines Discovered in Argentine
Republio Bismarck Will
Attend the Diet.
The disorders in Berlin are believed to
be at an end.
South Africa is taking steps to prohibit
Chinese immigration.
It is stated that Denmark is novr will
ing to Bell St. Thomas. .
British Guiana produced nearly $2,
000,(100 worth of gold last year.
Mall is being sent between Paris and
Berlin through pneumatic tribes.
Senor Saenz Pana, Independent, will
contest the Presidency of Argentine.
; Bismarkwill attend the coming session
of the Upper House of the Prussian Diet.
Three companies have been formed in '
London to work the petroleum beds of
Peru. ' ' :
It is proposed to construct a new tele-'
graph line from Valparaiso to Buenos
Ayres. -. . ,; ;
Emperor William will crulfe off the
coast of Norway during the approaching
summer. ' . - ... -
No case of foot and mouth disease has .
occurred in Denmark for the pist seven
teen years. : . ; .- ' -
A terrific gale is reported near Oporto,
Portugal. and 200 fishermen are supposed
to have lost their lives. "
The great emporium of Berliu, known '
as the Kaiser Bazar, which is in liquids- '
lion, was sold for $4,000,000.
Count Ernest d'Ureel. 26 years old. a
Belgian who commanded the military '
force in Lnluabourg district, Congo, is
dead.-' .
The grip epidemic has disappeared in -
Paris, the rate of mortality being again
normal. In German towns the disease is '
also abating. . ' ! s '
Lord Salisbury has the credit of being i.
the mo?t industrious and hardest-work-
ing Premier that England - has had for
many a year. " t
English capitalists leave rnptnred ne- t
gottations for properties in Southwest-
Alrica, and lorieited joj.ujo .o a nam- .
buTg syndicate.-
The President and other officers of a 7
hank at Corrintes, Argentine, have been t
I ut in jail for robbing that Institution .
ot WJti ixw pesos.
The foot and mouth disease has spreid
to nineteen districts in Scbleswii- Hoi-
stem. It is presumed that the disease
was propagated by manure.
Mendoza Cortex, a peer of the realm
in Portugal, was recently sent to prii-on, i
btcjuse he could not make good a dt bi ,
in the bank of which be is President.
M. Carnot's term as President of "
France will expire in December, 1894,
and the rumor is already going about.. :
that he does not "wish to be re-elected.
The magazine rifle recently issued to ;
the British regulars has been withdrawn, '
and a weapon sighted for uee, with cor- -y
dite ammunition, will be issued in ita
place. . :
The newly d if covered coal mines in '
the Argentine Republic bave caused a t
cancellation of the contracts with Eng- j,
land for coal for the railroads in that
country. ;- " '; - -
Count de Lesseps, who lost a fortune -by
the failure of the Panama cana. en- ;
terpriee, is in more than comfortable cir
cumstances through bis interest in the
Suez canal. "
Word from Athena announces that Dr.
Waldstein has discovered at Argos the ,
foundations of the Temple of Hera, de-
stroyed by fire 429 B. C., together with f
many curios. - - , . ' .
Arrangements have been made b an
educational institution ha London by .
which workingmen will be able to visit :
the Columbian Exposition next year at
a reasonable cost , ...... ; . r
The first volume of Count von Moltke's'
war correspondence is of interest chiefly '"
to students of military tactics. The vol
ume contains 146 letters relating to . the
Danish war of 18trt.
An English journal states that the
consulting rooms of the oculists are' -crowded
with patients suffering from, ir-;
ritation of the eyfes, caused by exposure
to the unprotected electric light.
Three kundred , thousand ' Germans,"
whose ancestors settled in the Volga
provinces during the reign of the Em-t
press Catherine the Second by her invi
tation, are preparing to emigrate to the
United States.
The cause of the shortage of crops inj
Russia, as reported by the American
Consul, was owing to excessive heat, fol
lowed by hail storms; not to the unsuc
cessful methods of Russian farmers, aa
previously reported.
A communistic experiment is to be
tried in Africa by a number of German
enthusiasts. The selected territory liea.
within England's sphere of influence in
Africa, in the region of Mount K.enia, in
the equatorial highlands.
The coffee crop of Costa Rica is bat
two-thirds the amount of the previous -year's
harvest, and the price is station
ary at $35 per quintal. There is much - .
anxiety in commercial circles, and it is
feared that several houses will fail. .
.The last year has been one of the
worst business years ever known in Sax
ony. Over 40,000 distress warrants were
issued in Dresden alone, an increase of
nearly 20 per cent. ; and the number of
bailiffs bas had to be considerably sag
mented. i :; .?-..; ' :,- . , : t. ! f
A letter from Cairo gives a enrious ac
count of the ceroriionial performed every
day at the burial place of Khedive Tewi
fik. His mother attends daily for the
purpose of prayer, and over 1,0 JO per- "
sons, who also attend, are fed with por
tionsof meat, rice and bread. They ait
down in groups of about a dozen eachy
and a dish is placed in the middle of the
group. Casual visitors who look on
without participation in these strange
rites are served with coffee and cigarr
ettee, which it is the height of bad form
to decline. " 1 J
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