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"rt OREGON COURIER VOL. XII. OREGON CITY. CLACKAMAS COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. MAY 18. 181)4. NO. 2. BELLOMY Are Now Ready SEE THESE PRICES And Compare Them with Portland Prices: ('humhi-r Huh Parlor Suits Center Tr.blcs, largo Lounges, inw silk lied Lonrgcs, rw silk ... Carpet l'lltt'lll Itni'lc'- .. Divans, oak, upliulbluiud (Miry KxU'iihlon Tables, (I (out., 1 i i i iX Chairs Kitchen Tables Kitchen ClinlrH Hanging Lamps Floor Mullini;. per yard... $ 8 00 20 W) 1 7.p) 3 HO 7 SO 3 60 in tup- 8 00 4 50 (!" 1 00 45 2 AO ....... 10 DEPUTY MARSHALS Accused of Collusion in Work ing" the Government. BANK PRESIDENT ARRESTED. Tardy Justice Grip, tlio Ita.cuL of the I'linllln mill People's Hums Saving. Ilnuka I'hurged Willi Looting. Sas Fiukcihco. Slow San Francisco jiititico is at last moving to punish the wreckers of tlio Paciflo and People's Home Saving Bunks. The grand jury has indicted R. II. McDonald, Jr., Pres ident of tho People's Home, and he has been arrested and lodged in the county juil. The handcuffs were put upon his wrists, and he spent the night behind the bars, waiting for $100,000 bail. It is understood that other indictments are to follow, and that more of the band of rascal, who have fattened off of the money of the unfortunate depositors, are to he indicted and east into prison, iney are all badly scared. They have lost all that bravado with which they wero given in tellimr the depositors that thev could take the few dollars dribbled out or go without anything, and are hunting at torneva arid arranging for bondsmen They hardly know what to expect, and fear the worst. The arrest of .McDonald was a bomb in their camp, and scattered ull their feeling ol What are you going to do about it?' TACOMA HAN K CLOSED. The ( It)' Hud Much Money on Depoalt Therein. Tacoma. The State Savings Bank has closed its doors on an order from the court. J. S. Whitehouse lias been ap pointed receiver. This action was taken at the instance of V. F. Reynolds, the President, whose home is in Chicago. He arrived here two weeks ago, and has been convinced the institution is insolvent, lie took action without the knowledge of the other bank ollicials, who are very indignant and claim the bank ia perfect ly Bolvent. The total deposits are f 104, 010. The total assets are not known ac curately, but the oflicers claim that they greatly exceed the liabilities. The bank is carrying over $156,000 worth of paper. The oliiccis and stockholders claim that President Reynolds was induced to take this action by a man who wanted to be appointed receiver, but who failed to get the plum. The bank is a minor institu tion, but this city has $89.1)82 on deposit there. City Treasurer McCauley said that he is not responsible for this money, lie claims ex-Treasurer Boggs is the re sponsible one. The deadlock of the City Council has prevented any action from being taken on McCauley 's bond; con-i seouentlv he really did not have charge I of the city's money taken in prior to his election.. AflAINST DEPUTY MARSHALS. Pcrauuricd Indiana to Have While Men VInlHle the Law, Wai.i.a Wai.i.a, Whtm Judge Han ford left this city after the recent term of the Federnl Court he carried with him affidavits containing sensational charges against Deputy United States Marshals McOuire Stratton and ills of Isorth Yakima. Fees in cases on charges of selling whisky to Indians have been a source of much profit to these officials. At the last fall term of court about eighty such cases were heard, nearly all from Yakima. Several Indian witnesses now make affidavit that these officials gave them money to give to white men to buy them whisky while the Marshals were secreted to witness the transaction and make arrests. The affidavits also state the Marshals would arrest men while drunk and employ Indians to tes tify that they had gold them whisky. Five defendants also made affidavit that they were offered inducements by the Marshals to plead guilty. It is reported that Marshal Drake stated before leav ing here that he would take prompt ac tion in the matter as soon as the Coxey trouble was olf his hands. A TOOK SKA IIOAT. The Steamer Rosalia Could Not Buffet the Heavy Wave.. Sax Francisco. The Eteamer Rosalia, which left port Monday for Puget Sound, has returned. The steamer intends to go on the Alaska route from the Sound, and before leaving she was fitted up for the accommodation of abont fifty cabin passengers and a like number in the steerage. That meant the raising of the superstructure two decks higher, and the little steamer Btuck away up out of the water and apjieared to 1 top-heavy. She got off Point Reyes on her tripnorlh and met with a strong head sea. She was driven witli good speed into the waves, and all went well for a time. Suddenly there was crah, and a tor rent of wVer ranie pouring in on the lower deck. Two large port holes in the bow had betn smashed in by a heavy . wave, and the deck was flooded. The hatches were not tight, and the water poured down into the bold, damaging her cargo considerably. She will dis charge the mined goods and repair. NEW OKDtB OF SHItCS. It Take. Charge of a Sew Mexican In dian Srhool. Sjsia Fe, N. M. Sister Agnes, who id Katberine Drexel, the noble Phila delphia woman and daughter of the late Backer Drexel, who boa recently fonnd- & BUSCH. THE .HOUSE FURNISHERS for the Spring Trade Biiliy Folding Clibs Itedstoads Springs, woven wire Mattresses, excelsior Mattresses, excelsior, wool top.. Mattresses, wool Pillows, turkey down, pair Pillows, goose, pure while Kitchen Hud's Kitchen Cupboards, glass front. Kilclicn Rockers Cook Stoves, No. 7 Cook Sloven, No. 8 Set of UtensilB for above 2 00 2 3 00 2 no 4 50 3 50 8 00 1 Oil 7 00 8 50 5 00 ...$ 3 60 . 1 50 Everything In Stock to Famish a House, FULL LINK OF CROCKERY. ed the society of the Catholic sisters known as the Order of the Blessed Sac ramciit and is now Mother Superioress of the order, has assumed charge of the St. Catherine Indian school. She came here some weeks ago upon the invitation of Archbishop Chappelle, and looked personally over the situation, after which she decided to take this Institution un der the control of her order and make it a combination normal and industrial school, which promises to exercise great influence in Indian educational matters. The idea is to impart an in' dust rial education to the Indian bovs and girls, while also having stationed here an extra numlier of sisters from the East, who shall while engaged as teachers go through a system oi normal training themselves in order to become elttclent as teachers in other Indian schools which this society may establish A SEATTLE 1'KO.IEi'T. Soheine to Develop Trade Between the Sound and Central America. San Francisco. It is now reported that Seattle's scheme to develop trade between Puget Sound and Central Ainer ican ports will be inaugurated with steam schooners capable of carrying 1,000 or more tons each. J. t. Lhilberg, who is trying to develop the project, be lieves profitable shipments can be made ol Hour, nine, lumber and other prod' nets ot the sound, corn troin the Mis' souri river and manufactured goods from the Middle States with the assistance of competing railroad tariffs. For return cargoes coll'ee, hides, tropical woods and silver ores could be carried, and a pront able passenger traffic could be developed between ports on the lower coast. The scheme is to turn half or more of the Central American trade from San Fran: cisco to the Sound, and it is regarded as ikelv to nrove succeasfnl.iinless the ct lie Mail Company and the southern Pacific agree to make concessions calcu lated to ward off the attempt to take a ... .-. . . big proportion ol the trade away troin this city WASHINGTON'S FISHING INDI'STRY, E-'Uh Commissioner Crawford. Report for Last Year. Oiasii'ia. Fish Commissioner Craw ford has furnished Governor McGraw with thefollowingstatisticsof the fishing industry InWashington : Fishermen were paid by Washington canneries 5 cents a pound for salmon, the catch amounting to 6,721,435 pounds. They also sold to Oregon canneries to the value of 150,- 000. The value of the spring pack of the Washington canneries lor was $790,432, and of the fall pack 135,000. The amount received by Washington fishermen on the Columbia river for 1893 was $020,071. The sturgeon catch was valued at 52,035. The Gray's and Wil lana Harbor fishermen were paid $23.- 439 by the canneries, and sold elsewhere salmon to the amount of $11,000. The value of the salmon pack in the Puget Sound district for the same time was $209,000. A POLISH EXHIBITION. Emigrant, of That Nationality Will he Directed to Washington. Olvmi'ia. Land Commissioner For rest has received a letter from Dr. Emil Demikowski of Lemberg, Austria, an nouncing that a Polish national exhibi tion will be held in Lemberg from June 1 to November 1. Demikowski says that Polish emigration to the United States amounts to 60,000 persons yearly, and with this In view a pavilion has been erected for the States of the Union. The letter further says : " While visiting the World's Fair I had an opportunity toad mire the wonderful and varied produc tions of Washington, and I resolved to turn the attention of emigrants to that hopeful State." The communication in vites an exhibition of ore, fruits and agricultural products. Cheap AdniL.lon. to the Fair. San Francisco. After a protracted discussion the Executive Committee of the Midwinter Fair has decided to re duce I he admission to the fair from 50 cents to 25 cents on Sundays and to 25 cents on week days after 5 o'clock. The 25-cmt Sunday rate takes effect at once, but the date of the new evening rate has not yet been determined. The action of the committee resulted from a long agi tation of the subject, and was in re sponse to a popular demand. The fair is in an excellent financial condition, and with the reduction it is certain at the present average attendance to have a surplus by July 1, w hen it will proba bly close. , Litigation Over an E.tate Ended. Seattle. Soon after the death of J. Gardner Kenyon, a wealthy property owner here, a half cousin named Watson W. Moore set np a claim to the estate, denying that there were any nearer liv ing relatives. Alter many months search a brother ot the deceased was lound. Moore then began suit on a note for 120.- 0C0, said to have been given by Kenyon for legal services, enlarged photographs were made of the note, and after a bear ing lasting several days the jury brought in a verdict sgainst Moore, fcenvon died . twn rpara ai- and liticratinn ha hepn in . progress since then. Te Deepen the Celville River. Colville. The citizens of Colville are taking steps to raise a fund to pay the expense of blasting out the Colville river Mclntyre, saying he was sorry to run at a point three miles below town. It away after putting the State to the ex is claimed there are some obstructions pense of bringing him here, bat he had at that point that cause the water to rise not the heart to go on the stand and give and overflow the valley on the great flats evidence against the man who bad be near the city. It has been estimated friended him at one time and later was th.t it mill rennirc ten than I50U to do his partner in wrong-doing; so he went the work, and the benefits derived there- from wiU run all the way Irom X),lJJ to $50,000. KIDS ARE SWIPED. Children Mysteriously Disap pear in Daylight. A NEW COMET DISCOVERED, Minnesota Crank Imagine. He I. Uepu' tl'ed by the Nasarene to Murder Mr.. Mary Lease Wichita. The Chief of Police of this city has received a letter from some crank residing in Kenyon, Minn., in which there was inclosed $10 to buy " pure white flowers to be placed on (he body of Mrs. I-ease on the day of her funeral," which he sets for May 20, He also specifies that a part of the money must be used to purchase oil to pour upon her feet. He says the Nazarene came to him in a vision with a cross of blood on his breast, and commanded him to kill Mrs. Lease on the 20th that her designs to subvert His kingdom on earth might be thwarted. He alleges the Nazarene also told him President Cleveland was a man of honest purpose, who would eventually straighten out the kink that at present threatens the business of the country, and that Pren- dergast, the assassin of Harrison, is go ing to be made an archangel after being hung. Mrs. Lease has been notified of her danger. SITUATION AT BLCEFIKLDH. The Chief of the Moaquito Indian. Ha. Returned. New Oiii.eans. Advices from Blue- fields by the steamer Rover, which left that port May 0, say that a sensation was created there on the 5th Instant by the arrival of Robert Henry Clarence. Chief of the Mosquito Indians. Soon . . . . i . i,i ii ii i . i auer me occupation ui uiueueuia uy uie i Nicaraguan troops, owing to the belief that an attempt would be made on hi life, the young chieftain disappeared. and made his way to the Indian settle ment at Pearl Lagoon. His visit here was as short as it was unexpected, re' maining only a few hours to purchase supplies, winch he took away with him on a small vessel flying the Colombian flag. This caused a good deal of specu lation, and In reply to inquiries he said that he had in no way surrendered his rights as Chief of the Indians within the jurisdiction of the reservation, but claimed that he had assurances of Brit ish support in maintaining the treaty of Managua, British uonsul Match con firmed this belief, saving that England would scarcely have gone to all this ex pense ol closing the treaty without com pelling respect lor it, NEW COMET. t An Important DLcover-y Made by Po-ric.CGoiTeafib I - nothing less than the discovery of a new comet T. II. Ling, an astronomer, announces that he has discovered a brand-now comet about half a degree below Zeba Hydra. The latter is de scribed by the astronomer as a bright particular star south of the quadrilateral figure marking the Serpent s head. ar- ner observatory at Rochester, N. Y., was immediately informed by telegraph of Mr. Ling's discovery, which is expected to create no little interest among the as tronomers of the United States. In an interview Mr. Ling said : " I have had only one sight at the stranger, and I don't know much about it. I shall watch it closely until I learn more. The comet appears now as a bright spot, and wueuier it is approacning or iiiuviuu; in the other direction cannot be told." The comet is said to be in the constellation of- Hydra. CHILDREN KIDNAPED. Large Number of My.terlou. Dlaappear, ance. In St. Joaeph. St. Joseph, Mo. The police are work' ing upon the theory that an organized band of kidnapers are at work in this city. In addition to the mysterious dis appearances of W. II. Harrison, a well known traveling man, and two little daughters of Patrick Day the disappear ance of three other small children is now reported. Mrs. Gay's two little (laugh ters left home to gather greens. At night they failed to reappear, and although a search has been kept up ever since. nothing of the nature of a clew to their whereabouts has been discovered. .Be sides these one other child is also miss ing. All are under the age of 12 years. These mysterious disappearances, the strangest part of which is that they all occurred in broad daylight, have so alarmed all parents that little children are guarded with the utmost zealousness. The Tide Turning. Washington. Representative Mc Gann, Chairman of the Labor Commit tee, predicts that a turn in the tide of immigration is not far off, and that when comes it will oiler the solution to the depressed condition of American labor now existing. 1 he tide ol immigration as been steadily toward the United States for years, said he, until the labor arketoi Europe is being drained, so at the commercial classes are awake the necessity of keeping their laborers home. Furthermore, the leading men Germany, France and Great Britain ace the labor Question foremost among the great national questions, while in this country the public man who seeks to advance the cause oi labor is set down as a demagogue. Eighty-Two Mile, an Hour. BrrrALo. Lehigh Valley engine No. 655 was run to Batavia and return to see if it would show the speed expected. Ail the officials looked for was realized. Theenginecameontof the Buffalo shops, where it was rebuilt. The engine was attached to a coach, which was occupied bv some railroad officials. In the face of a strong wind the big engine increased her speed at every turn, and a mile was run at the rate of SV, miles an hour, when the signal was given to slow down. It is expected this engine will average seventy miles an hour with a heavy pas senger train. Jt is Dtted with every modern improvement known to locomo- tlve. builders, and is a perlect piece of mechanism Meyer Waa HI. Friend. New Yore. Frank Burke of Chicago, the witness for the State in the Meyer poisoning case who disappeared recently, has written to Assistant State's Attorney away and hoped the District Attorney woum not ai tuiyi vj nuut uuu, a would M Bseiets. WASHINGTON CITY NEWS. It la announced that tho Japanese' government has issued regulations pro-i liihitliig its subjects going to any country wnere iney aro not wanted. The HouseComiiiittue on Public Build ings and Grounds has agreed to report' bills for public buildings at Helena, Mont., and Boise City, Idaho. Representative English of California' has been appointed to the lommiuees on Railways and Canals and on Expend itures of the Treasury Department. The Comptroller of the Currency bus declared a second dividend of 10 per cent in favor of the First National Bank of Del Norte, Col., and a dividend of 20 per rent for the Livingston .National Bank of Livingston, Mont. j The President has annroved tho bill to protect game in Yellowstone Park; also: the bill authorizing the reconstruction of the bridge across the Niobrara river near iNiohrara, .Neb, The Secretary of the Interior has abated the tax, amounting to $26,102, on spirits owned by the Portland (Or.) Dis tilling and Cattle Feeding Company, which are shown to have been destroyed by lire April 7, 1892, Senator MrPherson has introduced in the Senate s bill for the relief of Rear Admiral Stanton and tho officers and enlisted men of the wrecked Kearsarge. It provides remuneration for their per sonal losses in the wreck. Coombs has Introduced a bill in the House for a Currency Committed to be composed of fifteen persons, not more than seven to be bankers and not less than two from each of the five geograph ical divisions of the country. The com mittee is to investigate the currency question and report to Congress next December. McGann of Illinois. Chairman of the House Committee on tabor, has framed a terse joint resolution proposing to ap point a committee of Senators and three members of the House to inquire into the cause of the present industrial de pression and idleness and to report within thirty days. The resolution is to make the inquiry on broad lines, to that the effects of the tariff uncertainty, sil- , ver legislation, etc., may all be consid- ered without reference to the politics in volved. There is a lively contest going on in the Senate over the selection oil a Sen ator to fill the vacancy on the Finance Committee caused by the death of Sen ator Vance of North Carolina. The in teresting feature of this contest to Call fornians is the fact that Senator White is being considered for this position, and that his prospects for succeeding Vance are very bright. There is a possibility that the Californian may not be named, because be is serving his first year in the Senate and an honor of this kind is not usually given a new Senator. Representative Terry of Arkansas has prepared a bill to reform the practice of the Federal Counts ki' appointing receiv ers for railroads. The bill will attemnt to not limit to railroad receiverships. Judge vsidweu im,appointing a receiver for a railroad attnjyied thecondiUorLtllat UiftreceiveMlio'- fi pay debts rhje from fortfvtfk, materials, supplier r f I. : i ; i L .) : t.-. ...... of every kind, including damages to per sons or property prior to execution ot the mortgage unuYr which the receiver was appointed. Terry's-bill will seek to incorporate this rifling into a permanent statute. ' Representative Hermann has finallv succeeded in procuring in tho Indian ap propriation bill, just reprted to Con gress, a recognition ol the Siletz Indian agreement, which provides for opening 175,000 acres of excess land to settle ment. The original agreement has been modified as follows : "At the time of homestead entry 50 cents per acre shall be paid, and $1 at the end of three or nve years, ii nnai prooi snail be made. Interest on deferred payments and on the $100,000 on deposit to bear 4 percent instead of 5 per cent ; $10,000 of the $42,- 000 to be paid the Indians who shall now be of age, $75 each, and thereafter a like sum as each ot the others shall become of age or shall have married. The parents who are supporting infants shall be paid annually all interest money on the pro-rata share of each infant, and in case of aged or infirm persons all interest money due shall likewise be paid them, Of the proceeds of the lands $32,000 shall be paid the Indians on like terms as the $10,000 mentioned. These changes shall be immediately ratified, and after Bixty days' notice following the ratification all the excesB lands shall be opened to settlement." Senator Teller has presented the re port of the committee on civilized tribes of Indians and the affairs of the Indian Territory. The report shows an anoma lous condition of society, and indicates that manv abuses have' grown up. It gives the Indian population in the Ter ritory as 50,055, while there are between 250,000 and 300,000 who have no rightB to citizenship. The Indians themselves are held responsible for the intrusion of the whites. The expenses of maintain ing the Federal Court and prosecuting crime in the Territory is alxiut one-seventh of the judicial expenditure of the United States. This cannot be fully remedied until aTerritorial or Stategov ernment is established. The committee thinks, however, a partial remedy may he found in the appointment of two ad ditional Justices and the appointment by the court of commissioners at differ ent localities. The report also refers to the fact that children of the white and black population are deprived of the ad vantages of the common schools, and says that, while the parents of the chil dren may have gone to the Territory with a knowledge of this condition, the ale of the United Slates cannot af to close their eyes to the wrong to the children, and declares that the mat ter of allowing the children of so large a population to grow np in ignorance is one of national concern. Marion C. Butler, President of the Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union, made an argument before the House Committee on Postoffices the other day in support of the postal telegraph sta tions. The Alliance favored the postal telegraph scheme baue it would cor rect an evil of monopoly. McGnire of California also spoke in continuation of his argument on the subject, which he began last week. He declared the tele graph business is a monopoly; that an attempt to meet it by private competi tion would result in no Dentil t to the people; consequently the government onght to assume charge of the business. He believed for $25,000,0(10 the present Western Union plant could be duplicated and the people wonld not have to pay the interift on $!lO,000,OlXl capitalization in stock which does not represent actual investment. Replying to questions, he said he did not think any one could per form the work of the postal service as cheaply as the government. This re mark led Loud of California to remark that he was willing to take a four-year contract for the work at l.V,000,000 per year. Sundry difficulties that would possibly arise in the transfer of the tele egraph to the government were sug gested by members of the committee, but McGuire believed these could be overcome or obviated in ways that would not work hardship on tht telegraph mpaaias. BORGONO HISSED The German Socialist Editors Are Sentenced. ENGL ND'S GRAND OLD MAN. the Ulory of Mr. (Had atone'. Life De- porting, a. He Can Work No Mora-A I Feeble Octogenarian, London. The Sun correspondent ca bles: Those who feared that his retire ment from public life would bring upon Mr. Gludstono Just those evils which ho designed to avoid aro beginning to find their Judgment Justified,. The grand old man has aged many years In the past three months. The picture he made at the Dr. Andrew Clark memorial meeting the other day was a pitiful one. He was a feeble, bent octogenarian, who leaned upon a stout stick even when addressing the audience from his chair. His words were brave, iolished, well chosen and appropriate. Not a shadow has yet crossed his shining Intellect, but both icnn ami spirit are breaking, lie is not ill no gpeemc malady is undermining his marvelous vitality, but the great change, which his grieving friends can not fail to recognize, is making rapid progress. He has lost Interest In life; that is ominous. For sixty years he found rest in other forms of activity and peace n new struggles. Work has been his only recreation. Fresh responsibility never failed to renew his vigor. His friends are beginning to understand now what Sir Andrew Clark saw clearly that for such a man to fold his hands meant despair and death. EXTERMINATING SLAVE TRADE. An Eipedltlon In Africa That Will End the Araha' Influence, . Zanzibar. Advices have reached here from Mengo to the effect that the fugl-1 tive expedition under the command of Colonel Colville sent airainst Kahnrma. KIngofUnivoro. has comnletelv defeated . . ' " " I the Kings forces. In November last King Kubarega attacked a chief at Tom. l,n L' :.... r.. t.. v ..i. i.. who was a British ally. The chief ap plied to the British for aid. and a force pf 200 Nubians commanded by Major uwen was sent to Ins assistance. This force met Kabarega's forces, and after a tight that lasted three hours the latter bed, leaving at least fifty dead. War fras then declared on Kubarega and a force of 400 Nubians and 10 000 Wyan dota natives sent against him. Five thousand of the latter carried arms. This force was too strong for Kaharega, and though he gave battle, he was routed. The expedition has established' a chain of forts, from the Albert Nranza pit" the -banks of which ahsseioi's headquarters were situated, to Uganda. It is expected that the success of the expedition will amytt-a, ftethUow to- the eisva. totdiwiif hub region aim win uriug .trau liuiueiiue to an end, GERMAN EDITORS SENTENCED. They Commented Too Severely on th, ' Conduct of the Police. Bkrijn. Nine editors have been sen fenced at the end of a two days' trial for having libeled the police In commenting on their conduct at the Friederichsruhe brewery January 18 last. On this date a company of policemen attacked with drawn swords a meeting of the unem ployed, and drove all from the neighbor hood of the brewery. The affair was made the subject ol Interpellations in the Reichstag, and was debated with ex cessive bitterness by the Social Demo crats. MoBt of tho offending editors were Social Democrats. They received these sentences : Robert Schmidt of the Vorwaerts, five months' imprisonment; Kessler of the Volkshlutt and Wissher- ger of the Berlin Zeitung, three months each; Saclian of the Social Demokrat and Harnish of the Lichstrahlen, two months each. The rest were fined from 150 to 500 marks each. HOSTILITY TO BORUONO. The President of Pern I. Hlaaed at a Bull Fight. Lima, Peru. Borgono has received marked assurance that there is an ele ment in this city which is decidedly hos tile to him. A bull fight had drawn an immense crowd to the amphitheater, and when the matador on entering the arena raised his sword in salute to Pres ident Borgono a storm of hissing and whistling burst from the throng of spec tators, and the cry arose : " No, he is no President: he is a usurper." The tumult, which lasted several seconds, created great excitement. Borgono is flushing his aggressive tactics against lis opponents, and arrests of persons who are hostile to him and to his admin istration continue in all parts of the Re public. The government is extremely iiard pressed for money. Great Britain'. Navy. London. Baron Hood of Avalon, a Rear Admiral and formerly a Lord of the Admiralty, has called the attention of the Lords to the large increase in for eign navies, and asked whether the pro posed increase in the British navy pro vided for by British estimates was suffi cient to insure to Great Britain the com mand of the seas. Baron Hood especially urged an increase of 6,800 men in the personnel of the navy. The First Lord of tho Admirulity, Lord Spencer, said the government was determined to main tain the navy and render Great Britain paramount upon the sea. The I'ope and Spain. London. A dispatch to the Standard from Rome says Don Carlos, the Spanish pretender, has intimated to the Pope that, while he is devoted and obedient to the : vicar of Christ, he cannot counsel j his followers to abandon the cause ini Spain, which is that of reclaiming his legitimate rights, which claim is similar to that of the Pone for the restoration of temporal poaer. This decision from lm Carlos, which challenges the rope a present altitude to the reigning dynasty of Spain, has produced a deep imprcs- sion at the Vatican. A large portion of the Spanish clergy follow Don Carlos. (Jlgantle Saloon Bu.fne... Rome. Baron Sonnino, Finance Min ister, has signed a convention with an English syndicate, by which the syndi cate has agreed to pay the government 50,000,000 lire annually in exchange for the alcohol monopoly. The government lias been enabled thus to dispense with tbe project to reluce the interest on rentes. Commercial t able Ellen. I.. LojtDo. The Commercial Company announces that a submarine cable has been laid and is now open for public cor- re?ponaenca between Hongkong, WLina, and Labaan, Borneo. MYSTERIOUS ELECTRICITY. The Hunan Mind Slay Never Solve lb. rrubl.iu of What It la, To the metuphyiicul mind on the one hand and to the confident ignoramus on the other ths mysterious nature of elec tricity offers a fruitful subject of speeo hition. To the hitter esjie;iully it seems s reproach that the true nature of elec tricity has not long before been made manifest, and lie' is always preared to dash off an explanation with much more confidence than Nowton proposed his theory of gravitation. It seems inexpli cable to the public at large that the mys tery surrounding electricity is not dis pelled. It does not seem to occur to those who sre impatient to have the great question, "What is elcctricitjT answered that we are in just as dense ignorance as to the mechanism of other phenomena. Gravitation, light, heat and chemicul action are in the same category of scientific mysteries and have had centuries more of thought bestowed on them than has been devoted to the new ogeut. While it now seems that we may be on the threshold of one of the greatest discoveries of the human mind, yet it is possible, and even proba ble, that the knowledge of man uiuy never be permitted to extend to the en tire solution of the problem, for it is the very problem of the universe itself, Assuming what seems to be unques tioned, that electricity, electrical action or whatever we may call it, has its seat In the atoms or molecules of matter or of the hypothetical matter, ether, we are brought face to face with the same conditions that confront the cosmical philosopher. As the latter can never ; hope to have his material vision extend to the bounds of the universe, neither ths molecular physicist hone to ma- terially appreciate the ultimate elements of matter. Lord Kelvin has shown that if a drop of water were magnified to the size of the earth one of its constituent molecules would only be magnified to approximately the size of a cricket ball. Bearing this in mind, the im mensity of the problem which is so often flippantly referred to is evident. True, we may demonstrate the exact -relution i between electricity and magnetism and may satisfactorily connect the with : f"i 1 .1 . and even obtain a working hypothesis that will answer all sclentifio needs, but the ultimate solu tion may forever evade the human mind. Whatever we do learn, however, will not be through the speculations of meta physicians or the guesses of tyros, but through the physical investigations of Hertzes and Teslas. While as a mental training metaphysical speculation may have its use, the absolute lock of addi tions to our real kn wledge during the many centuries from Plato to Bacon, when metaphysics held full sway, Is con clusive that nothing can be expected from this direction, and merely specula ,Uvjf .theories in renan to that nature ol electricity ' dasel-ve, as little considera tion as is now guru ia the netaphy steal yagurie of the schrjorrfcnlnf tk-a wirTU, ,lejn - Wl.ll 1 Tt, IJ I - ageu. iweoincai norm. The Secret of Sueeeu. To be truly successful, a man must be able to rise after failure. The general whose campaign is commenced amid a scries of disasters, but who, neverthe less, by repairing bis mistakes, concen trating his forces and watching his op portunities, carries triumph out of de feat is the truly great captuin. The statesman or orator whose maiden ef fort was covered with confusion and ridicule, but who resolves in spite, oi rather because of this that he will force his opponents to hear and to respect him shows that he is a great man. The ability and the readiness to learu from failure is the secret of success. The man who has only an eye for dif ficulties will not succeed. When Howe was appointed commander in chief in the Mediterranean, a question concern ing him was asked in parliament, to which Lord Hawke, then first lord of the admiralty, replied: "I advised bis majesty to make the uppointinent. I have tried my Lord Howe on important occasions. Ho never asked me how he was to execute any service, but always went and did it," Scribner's Magazine. Nltroua Oxide Oaa. Nitrons oxide gas is a combination of nitrogen and oxygen, formerly called the dephlogisticated nitrous gus. Under or dinary conditions of temperature and pressure this substance is gaseous; it has a sweet taste and a faint, agreeable odor. When inhaled, it produces unconscious ness and insensibility to pain, hence it is nsed as an anaesthetic during short surgi cal operations, When it is breathed dilut ed with air, an exhilarating or intoxicat ing effect is produced, under the influ ence of which the inhaler is irresistibly impelled to do ull kinds of silly and ex travagant acts; hence the old name of laughing gus. The circumstances under which nitrous oxide should be applied as an anaesthetic must always bo determin ed, just as with any other anaesthetic, by medical authority. Brooklyn Eagle. "Young Mn. Blaine." "Young Mrs. Blaine," as she was once called, but now the wife ot Wil Hum T. Bull, has grown stout und handsomer since her divorce from James G. Blaine, Jr., and her marriage to Dr. Bull. She has been abroad and re turned with many bewildering tri umphs of the great Worth. She has taken a beautiful home and has ser vants, horses and carriages at her com mand. Her husband stands near the bead of his profession, with an income of 50,000 a year. New York Letter. Creation of a Knight. The ceremonies at the creation of a Ir ki t tiava Kaon trateliiiai tlta rwi nnii itil fe 0 the ear ,troke with . 4. , . . T, .,u. ... ?"wrd,on tl'e ,?I;1.?m bury tells ns the blow with the naked fist was in use among the ancient onnans; by this it was that William the Conqueror conferred tne honor or gmgutnoou on his son Henry. It was afterward chanced nto a ijow wjtu the flat of the sword on the shoulder of tbe knight.- A yonng man advertised for a wife, and his sister answered the advertisement; and the young man thinks there is no balm in advertisements, and the old peo ple think it is pretty hard to have two fools in one family. It was an old bachelor who said that he never read the women's corner in his paper, although he was something of a women scorner himself. Ko representation of the face of a man was ever stamped on a coin nntil after tha death of Alexander the Oreat. who ,u paraded as a divinity, . . .. , SEVERAL DON'TS. Proper Food to Cause Rapid Growth in Poultry. FACTS FOR THE APIARISTS. Waleh Your Colonies and Feed the De.- tltute-Karly Bee. Help to Breed the l.a'rge Swarm.. Spring is the season when the bees are most in danger of starvation and dwin dling. Watch your colonies, feed the destitute till the honey crop opens and lessen the room by means of a partition board, increasing the space as it is needed. If you have to feed, do not feed at the entrance or out of doors, as it would teach the bees to rob. Feed In the hive above the brood. When you transport bees do not hitch the horses till the bees are in the wagon Unhitch before unloading. When you see many bees bunting around nooks and corners you may be sure mere is tome robbing going somewhere; One bee in March is worth ten bees in June, and it is the early bees that help to breed the large swarms. So make things convenient for your bees early in the season; supply them with water close at hand and flour in place of the pollen, winch they cannot get yet. Two drones cost as much to raise as three workers, and after they are raised they keep on eating while the workers lalr for you. In early spring remove the dronocohib and replace it with worker comb orconib foundation as much as is in vour power. You will always leave more drone comb than needed, and every square foot of drone comb replaced by worker comb is equal to a dollar saved. Remember that-comb costs the bees about ten pounds of honey for every pound of comb. So, if your honev is worth 10 cents a pound, worker comb or comb foundation is worth to you $1 per pound. This is why tho business of foundation-making has taken such great nronortions. Every man who uses it doubles his investment. The use of comb foundation not only saves a great deal of labor and timo to the bees, but it also secures straight combs in the frame and does away with the overproduction of dione comb. CHAPTER OF DON'TS, Matter Worthy the Careful Peru.al of . tha Thoughtful Dairyman. ' Don't think because the price of but ter or milk may have dropped off that It will pay you to reduce the. amount of grain fod your cows. ' 'Don'l expect a coif to furnish yon 30 J c" woTof wVl n i c"' ir'Ui 1 expect a COW to pi i expect a cow to pay you back a profit on her feed until she lias first taken care of her own physical structure, Don't forget that every cow carries her own timepiece and knows precisely when the hour for feeding and watering comes. Don't try to make yourself believe you can put her off and feed or water hor whenever it suits your convenience with ont yourself being tho loser. Jfcm't think because the cow does not speak the Knglish language she does not undorstand such terms as get around there, von old fool." Don't fool voursolf into the belief that you can split your stool over her hi bones and not lose at the same time hot! in quantity and Quality of milk. Don't believe it if some one tells you your cows will do just as well with change of milkers every day. Don't forget, that tho cow is a creature of habit and will do better if always kept in the same stall. Don't fail to keep a record of the time your cows are duo to calve, as otherwise some ol them will oe miikeu too long. Don't think because a cow is a persist ent milker she does not need a season of rest. Don't lclieve It when some one tells you her young calf will be just as strong and vigorous and she will continue to give ns much or as good milk when milked un to the time she comes In. Don't think because she Is dry the cow is well cared for with only a ration of straw or poor hay. Don t think good ventilation means a crack between each board an inch wide or doors made of fence rails, Don't allow yourself to believe it will pay you to raise calves from cows you have proven unprofitable simply because those from your best cows died. Don't always expect a calf from a good cow will prove better than its mother, even if you do use the best sire obtain able, for occasionally yon will be disap pointed. Don't think because this is sometimes true you can afford to use scrub bulls. Don't be satisfied without striving after the best in everything. Food for Rapid drou th. A successful poultry keeper says: Full thirty hours should elapse after the chick leaves the shell before it Is given food. The best thing I know for the first few meals is stale graham-bread crumbs rolled fine and mixed to a dry, crumbly state with a little raw egg. An occa sional meal of stiff boiled rice or dry rolled oatmeal may be given, but stale graham bread or muffins may well be the basis ol the lood lor several wecss, being moistened with milk if convenient or with hot water, into which an egg has been stirred. It should lie fed in a dry, crumbly state. Sloppy food does not agree with poultry, either young or old. Boiled wheat will soon be relished, and will cause rapid growth. I cook their foo 1 until they sre two months old, giving them besides graham bread oat meal, wheat, meat. eggs, milk, steamed clover leaves snd rooked vegetables. When two months old the food may be scalded, being allowed to stand and cook in its own heat. Little chicks should be fed as often as every two hours and a half, lengthening the time as they grow older. Awarded Highest Honors World's Fair. Briers ye" The only Pure Cream of Tartar Powder. Ko Ammonia; No Alum. Used ia Millions of Homes 40 Years the Standard. "As old as thehilLV'aiid never excell ed. "Tried ami proven" is the verdict o f millions. Simmons Livor Ketru- 7") j j 'ator '8 l'ie riPffPV v Liver JMVl'l'Cf ftnfr Kidney medicine to which you can pin your faith for a cure. A mid laxa-v1 tiw, a n purely veg etable, act ing directly' on the Liver and Kid Th i Pills neys. Try it. Sold l.y nil Druggists in Liquid, or in Fowder to bo taken dry or made inton tea. The King or Liver Medicine.. " 1 have naed .vourHlinmniw Liver RfBil Intornml run ciwiwh-ntiimsly any it In I lie kliiKof all liver incillrliica, I consider it a medicine chest In Itself. Jko. W. Jack son, Tuuomu, Wuaulug lou. JJ-EVEnY PACKAOE-tS Baa the Z Stamp In red on wrnppea THE PORTLAND MARKET. Wheat Vallev. 85c: Walla Walla. 7S 77c per cental. FLOUR, FEED, ETC. Floor Portland. 2.65: Salem. S2.55: Cascadia, $2.65; Davton. $2.65: Walla Walla. .2.00: SnowllakA.t2.tSfi: Cnrval. lis, $2.05; Pendleton, $2.05; Graham, $2.40; superfine, $2.25 per barrel. uats white, 8738o per bushel; gray, lS334c; rolled, in bags, $5,769 0.00; barrels, $0.00(40.25; in cases, $3.76. iWLLSTurrs Bran, $10(18; shorts, $16(ai 18; ground barley, 20((22; chop feed, $15010 per ton; whole feed barley. $17.5010,00 per ton ; middlings. $23(4 28 per ton; chicken wheat. 05c$1.00 per cental. Hav Good, $1012 per ton. dairy produce. I Butter Oregon fancy creamery, 20(1 22,c ; fancy dairy, 15a)17V; fair to good,12,Vitl4c;comiun. 10c per pound; ,' California, SOtglOc per roll. . ' Cheese Young America, 1215c-r California flat, 11 it(gl2c; Swiss, im ported, 80(a32c; domestic, 1618c per pound.- 'I Eaos Oregon, 10c per dozen. Poultry Chickens, old, $3.00) oO per dozen; broilers, small, 2.00(t 3.00; large. $3.50(34.60; ducks, 6.00tt.00 r-r dozen geese, $8.00; turkeys, live, I . per pound; dressed, 140. ; -' VEGETABLES AND 4U1T. i : ' , v - - i rx 1 DOUuui Lew VraiiiuiJUM. Din . .Otxj. uregon (buying price), 4Utoo per cncii ; new potutoes, 1 (a 3c per pound ; onions (buying price), 4c per pound: sweet po tatoes, $1.75(g 2 per box ; California cel ery, 8500c artichokes, 35c per dozen ; California lettuce, 25c per dozen; Ore- -gon hothouse lettuce, 30(3 40c; cauliflow er, $2.75 per crate, $1.00 per dozen ; pars ley, 25c jer dozen; Btring beans, 12'tc per pound; asparagus, 1.(15 per box; rhubarb, 1,(3 2c per pound; peas, $1.50 per box; cucumbers, $1.26 per dozen; Oregon hothouse, $1.25 per dozen; new California tomatoes, $4.00 per 25-pound crate. Fruits California fancy lemons, $3.25 ' 04.00; common, $2.003.00; Sicily,$5.00 ((5.60 per box ; bananas, $1.752.60 per bunch; Honolulu, $3.00(33.60; California navel oranges, $3.00i3.50 per box ; seed lings. $1.76(42.00: Rose. $2.76(83.25: ap ples (buying price), green, $1.00(31.26; red, $1.25(91.75 per box; strawberries, . $1.50 per 15-pound crate; cherries, $1.25 1.76 per lU-pouud crate. CANNED GOODS. Canned Goods Table fruits, assorted. I1.762.00; peaches, $1.752.00; Bart lett pears, $1.75(32.00; plums, $1.379 1.60; strawberries, $2.25(32.45; cherries, - $2.262.40; blackberries, $1.852.00;x taspberries, $2.40; pineapples, $2.26(3 2.80; apricots, $1.66. lie traits, assorted, $1.20; peaches, $1.26; plums, $1.0031.20; blackberries, $1.25(3 1.40 per dozen. Pie fruits, gallons, assorted. $3.153.60; peaches, $3.504.00; apri cots, $3.50(34.00; plums, $2.75(33.00; blackberries, $4.Z5(34.dU. Vkuetabi.es Tomatoes, $1.10 per dozen; gallons, $3.003.26; asparagus, 12 25(t2.75 per dozen ; string beans, $1.00(31.10; sugar peas, $l.001.10; corn, Western, $1.00(31.25; Eastern, 25(31.70. Meats Corned beef, Is, $1.50; 2s, 12.25: chipped. $2.40: lunch tongue. Is, - $3.60; 2s, $6.76(37.00; deviled ham, $1.60 2.75 per dozen; roast beef, Is, $1.60; 2s, $2.25. Fish Sardines, ks. 76c$2.26; s. $2.16(34.50; lobsters, $2.30(33.60; sal-, mon, tin Mb tails, $1.261.60; flats, $1.76 ; 2-lbs, $2.25(32.60 ; -barrel, $5.50. staple groceries. Corns Costa Rica. 23c: Rio,22(323c: ' Salvador, 22c; Mocha. 2628o; Ar buckle's, Columbia and Lion, 100-pound cases, $23.80 Dried Fruits ia3 pack, fetita prunes. Umbo: silver, wmrasi Italian, 8(3 10c; German. 68c; plums, 6(3 10c: evaporated apples, 8(3 10c; evaporated apricots, 15(3 16c; peaches, 12(3 14c; pears, viguo per pound. Sugar D, 4 m ; Golden 0, 4JH'c ; extra C, 6' tic ; confectioners' A, 6 So ; dry gran ulated, 8'-bc; cube, crushed and pow dered, 6o per pound; jc per pound discount on all grades for prompt cash ; maple sugar, 15(3 loo per pound. Beans Small white, ro. l, ac; fio. 3c: large white, 3'c; pea beans, 3 c; pink, 8c; bayou, 3c; batter, 3,lc; Lima, 4c per pound. Kice Island, 14.75 "n.w per sack. Salt-' Liverpool. 200s, 15.60; 100s. $16.00; 60s, $16.60; stock, $8.50(39.60. Syrup Eastern, in barrels, 4056c; in half barrels, 42i357c; in cases, 35(3 60c per gallon ; $2.26 per keg; California, in barrels, ai3Wc per gallon ; $1.70 per ke?- ....... Pickles Barrels, No. I, 28(3 30c per gallon; No. 2, 2U28c; kegs, 6s, 85c per -keg ; half gallons, $2.75 per dozen ; qaar- , ter gallons, $1.73 per dozen. '.IK"1 i o 1 , r -j -.. ...... x - A