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XT' OREGON COURIER, Turn iff Itlilla Copy, onf Jg, .Hliwll.'(iiy,il ' 7 ol. xi. OREGON CITY. CLACKAMAS COUNTY. OUKGOX. FRIDAY. MAY I. 181)1. NO. 52. I" I - CITY AND V ' ' Aty 1 HE WILY CHINESE Midwinter Fair Exhibitors Try to Register. WASHINGTON STATE CAPITOL. I'IimI of h Mitftli'nii rroMcttr rriiv. a llmiuniH yimitu All Htuilil.-d Willi (nlil -I. anil for Hiiln, S.t.N Fii.txi'iM-o. By the action of the Hoard of Pi rectors of t l t Pacific Im provement Company ui their meeting I lio other day it was decided to place property viilucd at from $10,000,000 to 1 1 2,000,000 in charge of the land depart ment of the Central Pacific road for dis posal. The I'acillc Improvement Coin puny ami the Southern Pacific, although organized under dilibrcnt charters, are practicully one and the Fame, an the Block of both coriioriitions is owned in great part by the name persons. Various reasons are surmised for tho selling out of the I'acillc Improvement Company. One is that Mis. Stanford, who is a lieavy stockholder, in anxious to secure a large amount of ready caidi in order to carry out the wishes (if lier late husband. An other reason is that the all airs of the 1'ucillc Improvement Company have not been prosperous lately, and that its davs of usefulness as an auxiliary of the Southern I'acillc nave passed. Tho ofll- ceis of tho company, however, deny it is me intention i- :i-yoive the corpora tion. The sale . ,,; i, nude over 125,000 acres ol land, scattered over the Ktates of California, Oregon, Nevada and Utah. Some of it is improved and some not. Also included in the list are 125 town ntes, comprising such places as Bono, Trtickee, Corning, WillowB, Montague, Merced and others on the lines of the Southern I'acillc and its branches. Near Santa Barbara are 4,000 acres, and in Siskiyou county are 82,500 acres, 15,000 of which are under fence. The great Hotel del Monto at Monterey will also probably be placed on the market, though this is 'not decided. The property at Monterey comprises 14,000 acres, l'acific (irove and Kl Carmolo near Monterey mid (ho big hotel at Castle Crag near .Mount Shasta will also be sold. ers to file u plat with the Commissioner, they lielng the only agents of the State authorized to do that duty. Further, under the decision the Commissioner of I'liblic IaikIh is authorized and coin- f lulled to sell tide lands unless there ex sts a contest, and the apeal lxiard has no authority except to hear a contest. WASHINGTON' STATU (.' AI'ITOI,. Krnr.t Flngg nf NrHr Vurk III I r..ful Designer. Oi.ymi'Ia. Out of 187 plans submitted by architects from every Stato in the Union for Washington's State cap! to 1 the commission selected 'that of Krnest Flagg of New York. ' The second prize oi si,ouu was awarded to William Ken yon of Minneapolis, the third prize of i,uw to w. ji. i tenuis oi .umiieapoiii and 0. 1'. 1 ennis of Tucoma, the fourth prize of 1600 touurman Dewaaru lhiliith and W. K. Ilrown of Chicago, All the plans receiving awards were from the six selected by I'rof. Ware, who was engaged by the board as architectural expert. The building will cost $1,000. 000, to be paid for from the sale of .'!?, 000 acres of land granted for that pur pose uv i oneress uoon admission Statehood. Work will commence at once. The cnpitol grounds proper cover twelve acres. It is proposed to place tne central line oi the stato building on tne central line ot fourteenth street down which it will face. It would thus he brought near the edge of the bluff full view of the Sound. The building win lie placed on a terrace six leet High. SAMOANSITUATIOiNl to lll;l ItOCK'S ItK'll MINK. Thi' liUi'iiviiry of it I.eilire Thai la Htuil ded with Kohl. -A gold mine, which M. C. Sullivan's JCtatr. T.m'oma. The estate of the late M. ( Sullivan is estimated by 8. K. Marshall, assistant manager of the New York of lice of the Tliiel detective agency, who was sent here by Mr. Ihiel when Sulli van died for the purpose of inquiring into the value and extent oi the estate. to be worth (50,000. M r. Marshall Fay Sullivan carried most of his business pa. ners in a gripsack, and that he neglected his business interests while showing a capacity to make money. He rejiorts over 11,000 in taxes unpaid. From here Mr. Marshall will go to i'ortland. San Francisco and Los Angeles, where he savsSullivan left several good nroDcrties. and that Mr. Thiel will establish about a half-interest in the entire estate. He does not anticipate Mr. Thiel will have any difficulty in doing this. To Number anil Name Street. AsToiti.v. Mayor Kinney has signed an ordinance to change the names of all the streets In this city. The ordinance was introduced into the Council on ac count of the expressed desire on the part of the United States postal authorities that the nomenclature of the streets should be put into some condition less perplexing than at present, tor now in ADMIRAL WALKER. Dispute Between Virginia and Maryland Settled. THE ADVANCE OF CULTURE. WASHINGTON CITY NEWS. rroopt Orgunitiilliiii of IVrnoim III. tliiffiilnhpd In Literal urr, Hrlrnee, Hi FIiih Art. anil Invention Washington. A plan for the creation of a select body of twenty-five persons distinguished in literature, science, the fine arts and invention has been submit ted to the House by Representative Black of Chicago. The plan is embodied in two bills on somewhat similar lines. The first was drawn by General, Lew Wal lace, the author, and the other by Li brarian of Congress Spollbrd. They pro vide for the appointment of committees of three fromthe Senate and two from the House, who shall make the select committee of live members to form the nucleus of the organization. These five shall bo "citizens of the United States. of culture, and distinguished in litera ture, science, line arts and Inventions." These five shall elect twenty other per sons eminently distinguished in litera ture, arts, etc. The twenty-five elected are to constitute a continuous body. They are given the power to establish a name for the body and to fill vacancies by electing new members so the quota, of iwe niy- ye sua. ue preserveo. necuon z decrease of nr,Mi.1P,ion j Attorney-General Gluey has appointed John M. Gearin ail Assistant Jiistriet Attorney for Oregon to assist in the pros ecution oi the Chinese and opium-smut; gling cases. The President has nnniliiiitiil I'av III, rector F.dwin M. Stewart to he chief of tho bureau of supplies and accounts and Paymaster-General with the rank of Commodore. Secretary Herbert has reduced the sentence of Commander I level num. found guilty by court-martial of causing the wreck of the Kearsarge, from two years' to one year s suspension from duty. Lieutenant Lyman was sentenced to one year s suspension ami a public reprimand. Herbert set aside tlie rep, rimand. Senator Teller has introduced a hill to provide for a collection of the rebate due from the Union I'acillc Company. The bill authorizes the sale of the rond, and provides that in case no hid is niado equal to the amount of the Indebtedness the government shall take the property aim operate tne road Sweet of Idaho appeared liefore tho Commissioner of Indian A Hairs in advo cacy of a bill ratifying the treaty with the Nez Perce Indians and the opening of the surplus land to settlement. Wil son of Washington is a member of the commission, and gave the measure strong support. The bill will le favorably ro- ImrteiL Tho estimates by the Director of the Mint of the silver product of the United States for 1803 give a total of i 10,000, 000, as against $74,(Mi5,000 for 18H2. In creases are shown in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, North Car olina, South Carolina, South Pakota, Rosobery Trying to Increase the Liberal Majority. POLAR EXPEDITION STARTS. The Kliunlloii In If mm Mil-Tit Ituyall.l. Ara Awaiting an An.wrr From I lie I'llllrll HlHlc-Ktr. Sax Fit a mi hco. Advices have Just Ih'oii received our haikentlnn V ll ni. (100 ARTICLES OP DIET. Varlmi. Kdllila Thing That Might Aihled to Mull'. Hill of I'M. We slmuM bo sorry to lie told all about tint training, of the turtle, which rattens mysteriously; still less should w Inquire into the carnivorous habits of the conger eel, which is said to do duty or nun. me rats that run loose about thesewors are decidedly to be avoided but we have tasted the rats that have run riot In isolated wheat ricks, and we can conscientiously aver that they are both sweet and succulent. Their flesh U white as that of a sweet i , i umm ami mis unquestionably more flavor. We understand that field mice are still more delicate, and considering the shnplo and wholesome habits of their virtuous lives we can well believe i i , . . . . . . r . . un,"!r"ttW0' PrU , The "Englishman in Paris" speaks iniiv (iio hii lion iiCvii mass or a sa ml served noon nrtnr t in iHn. meeting of royalists took place on the ning of the siege of the Commune, and eveuing of April 10 on Palace tquare. There were about 1,000 people present, po6ii!y one-half natives, tho rest Chi nese and whites. There were five speak ers, one pure native, two half-whitos, a the very memory of it seems to have made his mouth water. Yet the town mice scarcely gave the exieriuient a fair trial, for they had beeu snared on the bastions between the outer boulevards and the fortifications. There is no rea- P....-.I!.... k t i ..... I , .., flt .mora, anil an Englishman, ' why squirrel should not be excellent . ..ini.e. .in oi me speakers urged , for the smiirrel would lion into the quiei, penceableniss, moderation and a saucepan rady flavored after having Puy oi inaciivity, taking no part in , fattened on nuts and flagrant foliage. I".' "S.'.'T 't'nK the answer of the Squirrel are small and shv and diffl. cult to catch, so that wo do not hear much of them even in gvpsy cuisine. But the hedgehog figures frequently at inose sylvan repusts, though he is hardly of the bill provides that the Librarian of Congress shall set aside, a chamber in the new Congressional Library for the use of the body, with attendants, liirhts and the use of all books and materials in the noflsession of the library. Prof. Spofl'ord's bill also adds a provision that the body shall furnieli reports to Con gress on memorials concerning the lan guage of litei attire which maybe sub mitted lo Congress from time to time. The purpose of the bill is to create an organization in this country similar to the " Immortals " of France and to the national academies of Great Britain. Germany and other countries. TIIK . 81'PHKMK CO! ItT. United States to the iiendinir iinitjiBt. nr appeal of tin Hawaiian people. Noth ing was said of loyalty to the Queen or of a desire to return to monarchy. Ites olutions were adopted nMii llir rnvu lulu to decline to take the oath of allegiance , "'"Bh to bo tent to table as a piece to the provisional government and to . de resistance. The primitive manner of oppose tne re-esialills iment of t ih mnn- cookinir him siinerxmlH. tho mnt onutla Texas and Washingtonwhile in all other j ' "y. lvided in the cull for tho refinements of elaborate batteries de states and 'territories the figures show a , " . ""',l,lu"n' ,A coI'y ' cuisine. The elephant's foot, or rathei nun umurci im'seiueo i . . , . u-!m: . - iiwriiiBirciuw nit, immrni. WHICH IS icivu in ii iiioiuiu. ren days moro re- mam of the twenty-four. The Portu- Los Anoki.ks, bids fair to turn out an immense bo- f Astoria one name does duty for three nanza. has been discovered thlrtv-eiuht streets and another answers for eleven miles northeasterly of Mojave. Notwith standing that the find was made three The ordinance provides for naming all streets by numbers from west to east and Willi tne letters ol the alphabet Irom weeks ago the news has not reached the north to south. Most of the new names outside world yet, although in that re-1 will be the same as those of streets and gion the excitement is running high and avenues of New York. The signing of mo people are nocaing to tne new nelds , tne ordinance ends an agitation in this ns fast as they can. The first news was brought to 1am Angeles by State Hena ) tor Del Vfl.Ve, who returned from Bed h'ork. Ifi brought with him snet'imens , ill (litotiimrtr; pLknd tap fiwivAa Hiimr'-J napiYUBurd, wiuru are su inn ui lire gum, running ill size from a speck to tho di mensions ol a pea, that it is ne exagger ation to say thai,' the ore must average a value of many thousand daHers ton. The placers around Bed Bock, wlitrJj have been worked for several months, have caused quite a little settlement to sjiring up. On March 30 a Mexican In habitant of the camp discover'! this ledge in question about nine miles west of the placers. A shaft Hub been sunk quite deep, and the ore is richer as it goes down. There is none of it in which tho gold is not distinctly visible, and most of Hie pieces are literally studded with it. Senator lel Valle says that the assays show almost incredible returns, but this is plain to see on examining the speci mens which he brought. The quartz is soft, and the gold particles are so readily extracted that a man with crude means can get a dollar or so in a few minutes. The ledge is 4,100 feet above sea level, and wood and water are scarce, a few small springs being the only supply of the hitter. The Senator says people are rushing in by the hundreds, all bent on locating claims, but besides this bonanza nothing else has been found which prom ises returns. Kxtensions on this claim, however, show good returns. direction that has extended over a pe riod oi several years, rilHAl'KK OHA1X KATK8. The Los Angelea Knlftlng. Svs Fb t Nrim o.I'Iia InnM'inf jiUj.J-1 Los Angeles do not rest well on the rocky bottom of the ocean off Point Sur. The latest reports from the scene of the wreck say that tho hull has moved ahead 1,000 feet toward the shore from where she first went down. The wreckers hope she will move still farther toward the lieach. Her new position will facilitate the work of the wreckers, and now there is more hope that a greater part of the steamer will be saved. The only danger is that in a shift the hull may be banged around on jagged rocks so hard that she will go mi pieces oeiore ine wrecKeis lie gin work. The report of Captain Le land of the wrecked vessel, handed to the supervising inspector of steam ves sels, does not diner materially from the story told by the captain at the inquest held at .Monterey. outrovemy of (.rent Importune lle- tweeu Maryland anil Virginia. Wahhixoton. The Supreme Court has decided tho case of Bobert L. Wharton i ncrn i tiul tlm filiartO tt Awr.,iin luimilii Va., which involves the regions having oyster fisheries in the waters between and belonging to Virginia and Maryland. This question has grown into an "inter state controversy of great importance. Justice Field delivered the opinion of Hie court, holding that the compact of 1785 between the two States was still in force, but that the courts of Virginia could try citizens of Maryland only for ofl'enses against citizens of Virginia and not for off enses against the State of Vir ginia. '1 lie decwv.m was in favor of Vir- 1110 IIHi I'lirinem of WullH, WiiIIii C ounty Hope to Secure a lCeductlon. AV.W.I.A Wali.a. The recent decisions made by the Interstate Commerce Com mission in the Pullman and Bitzville cases have convinced the people of Walla Walla county that a, reduced rate can be secured for the transportation of grain fiom Walla Walla to Portland. At a meeting of merchants and farmers the matter of bringing a case before the commission was placed in the hands of a committee, consisting of F. W. Paine, Milton Evans, Sol Center, Henry Kell ing, Miles 0. Moore, M. Baumeister, M. McCarthy, W. S. Gilliam, J. B. Gehr, Daniel Stewart, Jesse Drumheller, N. F. Butler and David Miller. This commit tee organized by electing Milton Evans Chairman, Henry Kelling Secretary and M. McCarthy Treasurer. The commit tee will ask for a late of 1 cent per ton per mile. The present rate from Walla Walla to Portland is 14.1 cents per bushel. If the rate applied for is given, it would lie 7.35 cents per bushel. As Walla Walla county ships annually .1,000,000 bushels of grain, this saving of t34 cents per bushel would add much to the profjKrity of the farmers of Walla Walla. This committee is actively at work, and will hnd no dimculty in se curing funds to carry the cases before the commission. THK TIDE-LAXI) DECISION. It May fue the State a ret Del of Annoyance and Litigation. Olvmi-ia. It would appear from the recent decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Smith against the Commis sioner of Public I-ands that the State is liable to be deprived ot valuaoie tide land reserves, unless there be some legal means of avoiding it. All this is attrib utable to the local tide-land appraisers in failing, as required by law, to tile with the Commisf ioner of Public Lands a plat of natural ovster beds in their several counties. The inferencedrawn from the decision is that, there being nosuch plats filed, the legal presumption Is there are no such beds; hence the Commissioner must issue a certificate of purchase at the rate of (10 an acre, although the fact is well known that each purchaser is ac quiring valuable oyster beds, which it was the intent of the law to reserve from sale. o doubt an effort will be made to avoid such loss. Possibly steps may 1 taken to compel county appraisers to do their duty or resign in favor of those who will respect the provisions of the law. Aden Wei'.one of the counsel for Smith, takes the ground that person desiring; o establish the existence of natural oy- w beds should compel the local appraia- Snlinon Not liiilinlng Well. Ahtowa. The cannorymen have al most given up hope of a large pack of salmon this year. Despite the fact that all the conditions so far have been favor able for a heavy run, fish are still scarce, and the average pack per cannery is not above sixty cases. Since the opening of the season, and in fact for two weeks previous, the weather has been all that could have been wished; and it was con fidently expected that the high temper ature would bring the fish in, but the expectation failed of realization. There has been little or no trap fishing yet on account of the freshet, and until the wa ter clears it would be a waste of time and money to get the traps in readiness. It is safe to say that the total pack for tho year will not reach last year's figures Emigrant Kate Queatlon. San Francisco. The Southern Pacific has notified the Interstate Commerce Commisiion that it is in nosenseaparty to the emigrant traffic rate made by the Wet-tern Passenger Association. In telegram sent to the commission the company explained that the proportion ol the fare from ugden to tins city is part of the through rate only and cannot be o noted as a rate from Ugden to l all' foruia points. It will decline to accept any tickets sold at less than the lull through rate from Atlantic to Pacific Coast points. The fact is mentioned also that the Southern Pacific took no part in the rate-cutting of the Union Pacific and is neither fighting for nor against that company. Chinamen Won't Go. 8an Fhancisco. As many predicted, the Chinese took advantage of the Mid winter Fair concession to bring in quite a number of their countrymen intent on making a home in the United States. It was represented that after the fair was over they would return to the Flowery Kingdom. That this assurance was only a misrepresentation is evident irom cer tain facta now in the possession of the Federal officials. It is believed that many of the "exhibitors" have scattered throughout the country, and that others were prepared to make prolonged stays is evident from the fart that five of them boldly attempted to take advantage of the registration act. The estimates of those registered in San Francisco range from 3,000 to 6,000. nan I tt-i" vfT.Orlnn MdnTJSUveentiie steamships Britannia and Beaconsfield over their collision in New York harbor has been decided. Justice Shiras delivered the opinion reversing the Circuit Com t's de- cisioii hiiu sustaining me uecision oi i.e district, that both vessels were at fault and there should be a division of dam ages. He' declared that the Britannia was bound to have foreseen the current, which interfered with her intention to follow her signals and pass astern of the other vessel, and that the lieaconsneld was at fault in not keeping her headway movement. Justice Brown dissented, being unable to conclude that the fiea consfield was at fault. A voluminous report from Mr. Brad v. United States Consul at Greytown, lias been received bv Secretary" Gresham. The Consul tells flow he come to go to ui j i 1 1 ii , i . i , . i nuieiieiiiH aim now ne iosi ins exequatur, i IIIM . ,i,n i" b i ,. , but the department has not yetgath.w , T.1 '? '"8 " sufficient information to make a Rtifi- I ."""B" c.tlzenslnp by taking the wry response 10 i fits cenaie resolution calling for an account of the lute troubles and the existing conditions at Bluelle Ids. The House Indian Affairs Commitleo has made a favorable report on the com promise mil lor the settlement of the Ute question. The bill provides for car rying out the treaty of 18H0, settling the Indians in severalty anywhere on the present reservation within ninety davs, and those not electing or qualified to settle in severalty to take the western forty miles of the reservation and four townships in Xew Mexico. The rest of the land will be thrown open to settle ment aim the proceeds ot the sales given to tho Indians. in 1 ittl.wl ui..... m:..:. ii-!ii; ... thereat Vh Washington. To date 715 havo regis-1 IH,,fe,ute,(l In many Oregon cases of Indian dep redations coming up before the Court of Ciairas under the Indian depredations law of the Fifty-first Congress there have arisen disputes as to what is meant hv the words " in amity " and " hands " as applied to Indian tribes. Senator Dolph has introduced a bill defining these words. "In amity " is to be construed to mean Indians at peace or in treaty relations with . the I'nited States. "Band "is to be a tribe having. a sen- arate or IndDpendiittflrganizatie,- -'.irii-' f r. W. wiLia .w-l n-.F -,,Jr ",oi7Timtvi,)F at G hies which are raised by Judges and law- of Mr. Binghai Not Aimed at American.. Pahih. Theie is no truth in the story the decree signed by President Carnot, forbidding members of the French dip lomatic and consular service under pain of dismissal to marry without the per- n..nriuii ui die roreign minister, was provoked by the marriage of M. Jules l'atenotre and Count d'Aunay to Ameri can ladies. It is explained at the foreign office that the marriages of representa tives of the French government to for eigner are becoming more frequent, and that it may all'ect the position of those already having foreign wivos, but it is nonuincd at Americans. Premier Cas imir also explains distinctly that the President's action is not due to the num ber of Americans who have married Frenchmen, but is in consequence of the marriage oi rrench representatives to uie lames oi other nationalities w in are objectionable to the rrench government, Wants Nicaragua to Knplnln. .Los DON. Great, llritain Ims nVmnniliwl o' lcaragua an explanation of the with- STAY WILT. II K Nil OUT. Florence Klythr'a Share. Sax Fbaxciim o. It is estimated that the Blythe estate, the disposition of which the Supreme Court has just finally decided, is worth about M,000,000. Out of this sum the costs of litigation and other expenses (which the successful claimant, Florence Blythe, estimates will be about 40 per cent) will have to be naid. leaving the large sum of 2,400,000 or thereabouts at Florence's disposal. Another Call for Warrant.. Olvmpia. The State Treasurer lias made another call for warrants, which inclndee Xos. S.326 to 3,675 on the gen eral fnnd and 1,269 to 1,320 on the mili tary fund ; no interest will be paid after May 7. The amount of the call on the general fund is H,m.X; on the mil itary land, 3,tS0Vt. Admiral Walker Kxpeeteri Back From Hawaii Till. Summer. Washington. There can no longer be any doubt that Bear-Admiral Walker's assignment to the command of the Pa cific squadron is of a temporary nature and is directly connected with the estab lishment of a coaling station at Pearl Harbor and for a vigorous enforcement of the Monroe doctrine in case there should bo any danger of foreign inter ference during the coming elections. Ad miral Walker has been selected for the superintendency of the Xaval Academy to relieve l aptam rhvtnian, whose term expires in July next. It therefore fol lows that when Kear-Admiral Walker was assigned to the command of the Pa cific squadron the department had a spe cial object in view in sending him tc Hawaii, and that his mission would be short. He may not return to the United States in time to relieve Captain Phyth ian in July, but he is likely to take charge ot the academy nelore the begin ning of the school year in September, SEW FOOTBALL Kfl.KK. The Change. Made to Avoid Itoughne.. of Play. Xew York. The revision of the play ing rules of intercollegiate football practically completed. The former ac tion of the committee has been ratified excepting only that it is decided to allow the scoring to remain as at present. An important change suggested, and which after some discussion was adopted, re lates to ine playing time. 1 lie present playing time was reduced to thirty-five minutes. Another point settled is that the ball must lie put into play after go ing " in touch " either by a kick or bv a down from point in the field of play at least live varus and not more than fifteen yards from the point at which the ball went "in touch." This was done to prevent the almost unavoidable rough ness of the plays as the rule now stands. The rules framed by the experts will now be codified by Walter Camp, the Secretary of the Board of Kxperts, and he will forward a copy to every member oi tne committee tor his signature. rrixeAghtlng Lawful. Xew Orleans. The Supreme Court has decided the matter of the State vs. the Olympic Club. It affirmed the de rision of the lower court, which was bv a majority vote of the jury in favor of the club. The case has been pending for months, and the decision will iiermit re sumption of glove contests in Ixmisiana. Xotr4 Billiard Kmt. Chicago. The most sensational event recorded in the billiard world at Paris this season is s cuth ion-carom contest, which has been arranged between Ives and Schaefer on one side and Vignaax and Carter on the other. The match will be played about the first week in June. Ha ftlgaiaraaee. Xew Yobk. The refusal of the Gar field Xational Bank to clear for the Har lem Hirer Bank, the cashier of the latter bask says, shoo Id not be taken as an in dication that the Harlem bank ia in trouble. The institution ia sound. I vers in cases where attempts are made by citizens to obtain their just dues from the United States. Lieutenant W. A. Heeler of the navy hydrographic office has returned from a trip to Kuione on the Weimar, made bv authority of Secretary Herliert to test the i:ev aid to navigation, the solarom eter. This instrument is intended to re place the sextant aboard ship in show. ing the exact position of the vessel. It has many points of advantage over the sextant in accuracy anu ireeuom irom long arithmetical calculations. One feat ure of the greatest value is the canacitv of the instrument to record observations in fogs, when the sun or stars shine dimly or the horizon cannot be seen, and the sextant is useless to locate the ship. The Lieutenant reports that the instru ment worked admirably on the Weimar under all kinds of weather, and that the North German Lloyd Company is mak ing arrangements to equip all their ves sels with it. It is probable the instru ment will also be used in our navy. Secretary Herbert does not intend that the vessels of the Behrinir Sea Dntrol fleet, on their summer cruises shall make such a mistake as to give poachers warn ing of their approach. The coal he hai sent to Ounalaska for the ships is of a smoKeiess variety irom the (Jomox mines of British Columbia. The selection brought forth a voluminous patriotic protest from residents of the State of Washington, and the Secretary has sent a letter to Commander Chirk, the flag officer of the navy at Port Townsend, di recting him to have all the vessels of the fleet lo take sufhcient coal from the Fair haven mine in Washington to enable them to reach the coal supply at Gun alaska and to make a full report of its quality, jne instructions continue: "As this coal emits a verv b ack smoke. it is not deemed expedient to use it while the vessels are patrolling Iteliring Sea. After reaching the base of the coal supply, winch has already been con tracted for, as far as practicable no other coal win be used tar r, reytown. rflie exequatur liingham was withdrawn on Ann z, at me same time as that ot l nitod States Consul Brnida. The Nicarnguan gov rumen t complains that Mr. Bingham and Mr. Bruida had acted, together with I he commander of the Ilritish war ship Cleopatra, in a way which imperiled the rights oi isicaragua in the .Mosmiito ter ritory, and it was therefore determined they must go. The .Nicaraguan acting Secretary of State, when the exequatur was withdrawn, wrote a long letter of explanation to the American Minister and to the British Minister, Mr. Gosling. Lord Ito.ebery Speak. LoMiox. The Prime Minister, Lord Rosebery, in a speech at a meeting of the City IJberal Club said ho was of the opinion that the English were becoming exceedingly weary of the eternal strug gle for and against Irish coercion, fie asked the Unionists whether apart from the Irish question it was worth their while to hold aloof from the Liberal party owing to its copyright of tho word "Liberal." If they formerly held aloof Attorney-General Olney has sent to ( ongress a draft of the bill prepared by the department of Justice for the reor ganization of the Union Pacific and the readjustment of theclaimsof the United States against the company. According to the terms of the bill the aggregate amount ol indebtedness shall be com puted and ascertained as follows: First lo the total amount of the principal of said bonds of the United States shall be added the interest which shall then have been paid, and the interest then and thereafter payable by the United States thereon until the respective dates of the maturity of said bonds, as if no payment had been made or credit given thereon. Second From the aggregate amount so ascertained shall be deducted any and all payments or credits upon the said indebtedness to the United Slates, as shall appear in the bond and interest accounts of said company, re spectively, with the United States' July i, loin, ihird ihe present worth of the balance of the fund shall be com puted as of July, 1H!M, by discounting the said balance at the rate of 2 percent per annum for the period between said last-mentioned date and the average date of maturity of said bonds of the United States. The amounts so computed and ascertained shall he deemed to be the amount due to the United States on July, IKU4. and the bonds of said com pany shall be received by the United states as herein provided and iid for said amount. The bonds to be received by the United States are to ran 100 vears, to mature July 1, 1M4, and to draw 2 percent per annum interest. The bond hall be secured by a mortgage covering all the croperty, real, personal and mixed, of the railway company. Under the terms of this mortgage the Un ion Pa cific, beginning with the rear l&jO, shall pay annually into the said treasury sink ing fandll.CSO.OOO.defaultfor six months to be cause for foreclosure. The funds and securities now in the hand of the from the party in the belief that its for eign policy was null and void, they were not iiKeiy, ne said, to believe so longer, as the government was determined to maintain the unity of the Kmpire abroad and the unity in the best sense of the word of the three kingdoms at home. on precisely similar princinles. which shows that the simplest cookery oi an nations nas much in common, litre their folklore. .Slmkesjieure s British hedgejiig, like its cousin, the porcupine, by the way, is shrouded in a plastio tenement of clay. Then he is laid to temporary rest in a lied of smoldering cinders. When supposed to lie done to a turn, the dworf pig is dug up, ond then the prickly skin is detached with the splitting of the case of clay. All the generous juices, with their bouquet, have been confined and transfused. We need not suy that the frog is more palatable, although we do not think that in England we have the small green kind of the southern French swamps and the sedgy lakelets of Calabria. After all, these foreigners are only to our domestic friends us the ovsters of Ostend or Marenness to the courser of Ihe British quulities. Toads nre not to be. tackled with impunity; the toad, like the skunk, is overcharged with venom, and he keeps the troops of his natural enemies ut buy by the instinctive knowl edge that he is an animated poison cata pult. Nor is the snake often eaten in England. Yet we dare to say that snake meat might be preferable to starvation, or possibly to the stone break itf vard ifiL p-Vhiwi.. xa,trt, ti the iguana or great tree lizorav of ihe tropics and he claims very close kin dred with the deadly serpents is habit ually serve;! at the most sumptuous tables. As Tom Cringle says, when break fasting off iguana among the Cuban pirates, ho should never have distin guished the creatnro from chicken had it not lieeu that the bones are a trifle big. Messrs. Edwards and Bates and vv auace inform us that the canoe men on the upjier tributaries of the Amazon can always make themselves happy with nlligutor, although they only have re course to it as a last resort. Their chief objection is that the ineut tastes musky Even hardened alligator eaters, however, have qualms with regard to the cayman caught near their villuges, for there ii generally more than one notorious man eater, although identification is difficult, who has his haunt among the tree roots near some favorite bathing place, and on principles or reciprocity has a weak ness for human beings. London Satur day Review, RAISING TURKEYS One of the Most Disagreeable of Equine Habits. TO CURE HALTER PULLING, Hone. Acquire the Habit by Succeeding In Breaking an Old Halter or Bridle During Their Colthooil Halter-pulling is one of the most dis agreeable in the list of equine habits in Britain, if a horse Is warranted free from vice and turns out to be a halter puller, he may be returned and the price recovered. Horses invariably acquire It, u l.ol.il t... ...... ...!:.. : i-',-1 ..... UT BUIT! VTITUlllir 111 liri-HKIIIV HII old halter or bridle during their colt- nood, says the Kocky Mountain Hus bandman, and It is almost imnosaihln lo cure them of it. An old friend of the wnier a vindictive old curmudgeon, who loved to get even, if only with a horse bought a verv likelv fnnr-vpor. old, and on his first visit after purchas ing the brute to the country town near l.!..l. I. i' ,1,1, . v . WIHUU ue uveu nau tne pleasure ol see ing him pull back on the tie strap, break it and start off on a run. Bv and bv h rwuvureu possession oi the colt and, se curing a goou men rope, made a slip headstall and tied him up with it. Back new the four-vear-o Id nmnediatnlv. and hung his whole weight on the rope till first one Btrand and then another gave way, finally freeing himself, but in too exhausted a condition to avail himself of his freedom. Then his owner deter mined on a course of kill or cure. Snhn rode the colt over to the timber, and se lecting a maple sapling close to the creek bank, which dronned sheer down tn twelve feet of water, edged the animal .....i i:n i-t- a ,i ' .1... niuumi un ins tan was towara the bank. Then he tied the colt to the sanlin?. hipped out his knife and threw his old hat in the horse's face. The halter puller at once surged back for dear life. tho keen edge of the knife cut the rope ran n lain, against tne Dark ol tun iron nd away plunged the colt tail first into he water, lie Bwam out on the other side, waited until his master went round by the foot bridge to set h in. and nhor. ward could never get close enough to the post to which he might be hitched. In fact, it was no longer necessary to tie mm up wnen in harness; he could hard ly be led away. The fall might, of course, lave damaged him permanently or im- "As old as thehill"and never excell ed. "Tried and proven" is the verdict o f millions. Simmons Liver Eegu T . lator is the rPfrPV0y Lver J-JbltCf an,i Ki(iney medicine to whirh you can pin your faith for a cure. A mild laxa tive, and purely veg etable, act ing directly on the Liver and Kid neys. Try it. Sold l.y nil Druggists in Liquid, or in IWder to be taken dry or made into a tea. The King of Llrer Medicine.. " 1 have lined yoiirKlmmnn. Liver Rrgn. Intorand ran ihhim-Ii-iuIoiikIv my II I. Hie klintnra.il liver liipilldnps. l' (i.ii'Mder It a lneillclno i-hel In Itxpl r. duo. W. Jack Son, Tucuiua, Wunhlugluu. O-EVETtY PACKAGE'S Ba. the Z Stamp in nd on wrapper. Pills ii mediately destroyed him. but the ilentli oi tne water prevented both and made useful bcastof him afterward. The writer has since known of more than one halter puller being cured of his vice in this way. and therefore can recommend th remedy to those in need of ad vice on the subject. A Ml.take One of the frequent mistakes of the season is the too early turning of the cows upon the pastures, where should' be obsolete svstem of feeding is still a full feed, and it lessens the appetite lor dry loou. iwo weeks' delay will make a difference of fully 60 per cent in the effect of the feeding through the ... - ,4 .1 i .. , Bummer, ji. win nuoru time lor a vigor ous root growth, without which the herb age will not be able to recover the injury The Haiunan Sltiiiiiion. London. Sir George Baden Powell in the House of Commons inquired whether it was proposed that Xew Zealand should administer the government of Samoa, and whether the United States and Ger many had been consulted in the matter. it so, would the government make statement as to the attitude assumed by Germany and America. Hit Kdwaril ttrey, I nder Foreign Secretary, said that a telegram to the effect that New Zealand proposed to administer the af fairs of Samoa had just been received at the colonial office, but it had not yet oeen communicated to the foreign ollice. The proposal as described in the tele gram, ho said, did not seem consistent with the terms of the Berlin act. American Polar Kirillllnii. Ai.kki'nu, Norway. The American po lar expedition under commando! Walter Wellman has started for the Island of Spitzliergen on the steamer Kagnvold ,ian, wnich has been chartered for the expedition. Kxperts here pronounce the steamer the best ice lioat in Norway. The aluminium boats the expedition carry were generally admired here for tneir iieauty, stiength and lightness. Prior to the denarture a larife number nf cable dispatches expressing well wishes for the success of the expedition were received from the United States. (Jermany Should Take a Hand. Bkkmn. The Kruez Zeitung, com menting on the proposal that Xew Zea land administer the affairs of the Island of Samoa, says that Germans have made Samoa desirable and their interests there far outweigh those of the United States and Great Britain put together. Ger many has hitherto neglected to assert her rights in Samoa, but she certainlv onght to do so now. Why a Cold A fleet, the Hearing-. The drum or tympanum of the ear is a small air chamber, with hard, bony surroundings, ventilated by an air pas sage about Vt inches long, called the eustachian tube, which passes forward and inward from the anterior part of the throat behind the nostrils. The at mospheric pressure required on the in ner sido of the drum to counterbalance that of the outer side is provided for by the communication of tho eustachian In he with the throat in the acts of breathing and swallowing. Lining the hollow of the drnm and forming the in nermost layer of the drumhead is a deli cate mucus membrane, which also lines the interior of the eustachian tube. If we have a cold in the head the vessels supplying the mucus membrane from the nose to the mouth expand, the blood within them flows slowly or stagnates and that in the mucus membrane be comes congested. As a result there is more or less swell ing, with augmentation of the natural secretions. The congestion is apt to be continued into the mucous membrane of the eustachian tube, which is thus ob structed. This causes the air in the drum to be rarefied, the drumhead and the little chain of bones connected with it are forced inward, and by causing ex cess of pressure of the internal ear pro duce deafness. Jirooklyn i-ugle. Importing lllwurd tattle. Ijinuox. The President of the Board of Agriculture, Sir Gardner, in replying to the qnestions in regard to the impor tation of cattle from America .aid the affected animals had been imported in Hobble, of the Kiif llali Hoy. The average British boy contracts at least three hobbies before he reaches the mature age of fifteen when he is per haps more intent upon growing a mus tache than anything else the collection of old postage stamps, the keeping of pet animals, or a love for the toy drama of the penny plain and twopenny colored variety. Like most hobbies, the first named mania ia but short lived, and the luckless stamp album, once the object of tremendous affection, is thrown into the dust hole, never again to see l.ht. Bat what is merely a temporary hobby with the boy becomes with some a lifelong passion in manhood. Million. by the too early spring pasturing, and thus the growth will he lessened perma nently. It will be much hotter to delav the feeding and spend the time in en couraging the growth of the gross bv an application of 100 pounds per acre of ... .f i i.i. l- ' .... mira(u ui noun wiiu me same quantity of gypsum. This will show its excellent results all the summer and keep the herbage green and luxuriant, so as to carry a larger number of cows than it would otherwise do. Pasturing is a costly business anyhow, but still more so if the mista':e "is made of feeding it down before it has mado much growth. To Keep filler Sweet. The Scientific American tolls how to keep cider sweet. It says that pure, sweet elder that is arrested in the proc ess of fermentation before it becomes acetic acid, or even alcohol, and with carbonic acid worked out, is one of the most dclightlul beverages, and gives the lollowing scientinc method of treating it to preserve its sweetness: When the saccharine matters by fermentation are being converted into alcohol, if a bent tube be inserted into the bung, with the other end into a pail of water, to allow the carbonic acid gas evolved to nass oil without admitting any air into the bar rel, a beverage will lie obtained that is fit nectar for the gods. A handy way is to nil your cask nearly up to the wooden faucet when the cask is rolled so the bung is down. Get a common rubber tube and slip it over the end in the nail. Then turn the plug so the interior of the cask can have communication with the pail. After the water in the pail ceases to bubble bottle or store your cider away, Ital.lng Turkey.. A correspondent of Colman's Rural World writes: "I have been unfortu nate with my efforts at turkey-raising until last spring, and think my success since is due in a great measure to the observance ot these rules: first, my gobbler was no kin to the hens; and second, liefore taking from the nest I gave each of the little fellows a grain of Hack pepper: when two or three days old put them in a close pen 10x12, and keep them up until strong, say two or three weeks, before giving them their freedom. Feed mainly stale bread soaked in sweet skimmed milk or water with occasional curd, boiled until the curd separates well, but not until it's leathery. Third, I furnished plenty of grit, Kaw river sand, under the shade of a tree. I have seen them coming from a grass hopper hunt on the run for this tree, and then how they would devour the sand. They are less trouble with a turkey hen, but gentler when raised by a chicken hen." Hating Manure. Kvery year is teaching more farmers the great value of stable manure. There are some, however, who fail to note howl mportant it is to preserve the anmonia before ay to plaster or gypsum in and around stalls. THK PORTLAND MARKET. Whiat Valley. 86c: Walla Walla. 7r per cental. FLOUB, rilD, ETC. Flodb Portland. ti.fA: Salem SO KK. Cascadia, $2.66; Dayton, $2.66:-Walla Walla, $2.00; Snowflake, $2.tt6; Corval- ii8, i.uo; renuieton, fz.on; Urahain, 2.40; superfine, $2.26 per barrel. Oats White, 8435c per bushel; gray, 82S4c; rolled, in bags, !5.76 6.00; barrels, $0.006.26; in cases, 13.76. MiLUTDrra Bran, fl618; shorts, 1018; ground barley, $2022; chop feed, 16 16 per ton; whole feed barley, $17 per ton; middlings, $2328 per ton; chicken wheat, 5cU.0O per cental. Hay Good, $1012 per ton. DAIRY PRODUCE. Butteb Oregon fancy creamery, 20(8 2230; fancy dairy, X517,c; fair to goou, i (o ne ; common, 10c per pound ; California, 3040c per roll. A Co.ll Glax of Reer. Theodore Voeste was today sentenced to 60 days in jail, to pay a fine of $200 such numbers during the last few years and costs of trial and to give $3,000 bond a. ut prevent mm Irom being satisfied to not again engage iiiav rrounaine precautions were taken nees, in the United States, The Kmperar a Strict Captain. Beaux. Emperor William has de- n the liquor boa- All this for pleading guilty to tell ing one glass of beer. Previous to sentence Judge Randolph, who ia and always has been an entbn- ... ..... wi viuuiuiuun,mni lunwu iiki. creed that army officers shall ride only ; wu reon why his sentence should Treasurer of the Union Pacific fnn.l .hall be held as further aeeurity for the new I whether or not the officers ooncs w oe icenea. ' lowed to keen race horaea in uniform and shall not mount race be light Voeste said he had paid regular imental commanders, who are to decide :. th. r..i k. ,,. . k. Chiiisi Youno America. 12aifwi- California flat, ll'i12c; Swiss, im ported, SO 32c; domestic, 1618c per pound. Eaas Oregon, lOo per doxen, with some shading reported. Poultry Chickens, old. $3.504.00; broilers, $3.604.60 per dozen; ducks, $6.00; geese, $8.00; turkeys, live, 14 16c per pound; dressed, 10 17c VEGETABLES AND VKDIT. Vegetables California cabbage, le per pound; potatoes, Oregon (buying price), 4045o per sack; Karly Uose, for seed, 8000c; new potatoes, 2 3c per pound; onions (buying price), ery, 8600c ; artichokes, 60c per dozen ; California lettuce, 26c per dozen: Ore gon hothouse lettuce, 3660c; cauliflow er, $2.76 per crate, $1.00 per dozen ; pars ley, 25c per dozen ; string beans, 80c per bound: asparagus. fl.2&(al.35 ner hnx: rhubarb, 34c per pound: peas. $1.60 per box ; cucumbers, $1.60 per dozen. Fruits California fancy lemons. 3.26 4.00; common, $2.O03.OO; 8icily,$6.00 (!5.60 per box: bananas. $1.76(32.60 rer bunch ; Honolulu, $3.00(93.60 ; California navel oranges, $2.&0iu 3.26 per box; seed lings, $1.76(2.00; Bose, $2.763.26; Malta blood, tXOO; apples (buying price). green, $1.00(91.25; red, $1.26(31.76 per box; strawberries, 20(a22lc per pound. UAANIIO OOOUtt. Cammed Goods Table fruits, assorted, 7a9lill. nA..,Lna .1 -711aiOiui. D ett pears, $I.76(iJ2.0O; plums, $1.3749 1.60; strawberries, $2.25(32.46; cherries, $2.25(92.40; blackberries, $1.86(42.00; asoberries. $2.40: DineaDi) es. i2.2frd 2.80; apricots, $1.65. Pie fruits, assorted, $1.20; peaches, $1.26; plums, $1.00(31.20; blackberries. $1.25(31.40 per dozen. Pie fruits, gallons, assorted, $3.16(33.50; peaches, $3.60(34.00; apri cots, $3.60(34.00; plums. $2.75(33.00: blackberries, $4.25(34.50 ; tomatoes, $1.10. Meats Corned beef. Is. Il.&O: 2s. $2.26; chipped, $2.40; lunch tongue, Is, $3.60; 2s, $6.76(37.00; deviled ham, $1.60 2.75 per dozen; roast beef, Is, $1.50; 2s $2.25. Fish Sardines, s, 76c3$2.25; Hi. $2.15(34.50; lobsters, $2.30(33.50; sal mon, tin Mb talis, $1.25(41.60; flats, $1.75;2-lbs, $2.26(32.60; -barrel, $5.50. STAPLE GROCERIES. Comes Costa Rica, 23c ; Kio, 2223c ; Salvador, 22c; Mocha. 2628c; Ar buckle's, Columbia and Lion, 100-pound cases, $24.30 Dried Fruits 1803 pack. Petite prunes, 68c; silver, 1012c; Italian, 8(310c; German. 68c; plums, 610c: evaporated apples, 810c; evaporated apricots, 16(316c; peaches, 12(3 14c; pears, 7(3 Ho per pound. Salt Liverpool, 200s, $15.60; 100s, $16.00; 60s, $16.60; stock, $8.60(49.00. Syrup Eastern, In barrels, 4055c; in half barrels, 42(357c; in cases, 36(3 80c per gallon ; $2.25 per keg ; California, in barrels, 2040c per gallon; $1.76 per keg. SnoAB D,4?c; Golden 0,5c; extra C, 6'4c; confectioners' A, 6c; dry gran ulated, 6?ic: cube, crushed and now. dered, 6?8c per pound; Je per pound discount on all grades for prompt cash ; maple sugar, 16(316o per pound. K as No. 1 Sandwich Island. 14.500 4.75; Japan, $5.00(35.26. Beans Small white, No. 1, 3Jc; No. 2, 3c ; large white, 3'c ; pea beans, 3c ; pink, 3c; bayou, 3c; butter, Sc; Lima, 4'9c per pound. Pickles Barrels. No. 1. 28(830a ner gallon; No. 2, 2628c; kegs, 6s, 85c per keg; half gallons, $2.75 per dozen; quar ter gallons, $1.75 per dozen. Spices Whole Allspice, 1820c per pound; cassia. 16(318c: cinnamon. 22ra 40c; cloves, 1830c; black pepper, 15 7680c.Wh'te pepper, 2026c; nutmeg, Raisins London layers, boxes, $1.75 (32.00; halves. $2.00(92.26: onartera $L'.2&2.75; eighths, $2.60(33.00. Loose mnacateis, boxes, $1.60: fanrv farad ant it is to preserve tne anmonia i 7r. hl o ' a,ATZ. T. jr it evaporates. There is no better Tcrown tec ' filfK do it than to u common land LT'ilSSi- 8?eMnn per Awarded Highest Honors World's Fair. shall be al- ( off easy. Emporia (Kan.) Dispatch. The only Fnre Cream of Tartar Powder. -No Ammonis; No Alum. Used ia Millions of Homes 40 Yearj Ui Standard.