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t -OREGON COURIER A, W. VBKNKT, Publisher. OBRGON CITY .OREGON A DIPLOMATIC WAR COMMENTS FROM ALL SOURCES ON MONROEISM. The Lend on Glob Says Knglead Will Beaaala Finn, Be the CuMquiim What The Mar-Tbs Attitude of Yeaesuela On of Self-Protection. Mew York, Deo. 24. A dispatch to the Herald from Valpariso says: CMie, which ia thoroughly conservative in its policy aa a repnblio, ia greatly inolined to hold the views of Great Britain on the Venezuelan question. It ia thought that the Brtiish government baa noth iiif to fear aa to the ontoome of the diroute. Leading men in all oirolea ban abarply criticise the interpreta tion pnt upon the Monore dootrine by the United State. Dlai Declines to Ha Interrlewed. Mexloo. Deo. 24. President Dial, in an interview today on President Cleveland's raeaaage said: "While I am, of oourae, a partisan f the Monroe dootrine, properly under stood, I do not think I should , give the , press an opinion on. ita applioation to tha question pending between Ureal Britain and Venezuela." Venetuela Bejoleea. New York, Deo. 84. A dispatch fram Caraoaa aayi: In an interview on Pstsident Cleveland's message, Presi dentCrespo aaid be waa preparing a personal letter of thanks to President Cleveland. Be added: "The attitude of Veneiraela and of br exeontive bead npon the boundary question in Oniana will alwaya be one of self-proteotion. Tne repuDiio win phold rights that properly may be re givded aa bera at all hazards. Presi dent Cleveland and myaelt were both aa one in losing and in regaining power, and oertainly it aeema aa if we were one in deBtiny and action. Franca Friendly to Bnglaad. Paris, Deo. 24. All the newspapers wbioh comment today on President Cleveland'a message and the aubse pant aotion of the United States con gress support the stand taken by Great it--Britain and protest that Monroeism ia - ao and cannot be principle of inter national law. Figaro asks: "Why should the United States refuse other powers the right of defending their in terests in Ameiroa when they them selves intervened in Turkey without any one thinking of opposing them?" Tha Argentina Bepablle. . New York, Deo. 24 A dispatch to lb Herald from Buenos Ayrea aays: v The general topio of disoussion here in moial and buiinW Circles is the ener- -fetio meaaage of President Cleveland on the Veneanelan boundary question. Outside of the English oolony, who re gard the message as a mere threat, the teeeption of ita interpretation of the -Monroe dootrine ia enthusiastic. Gen eral Mitre aays that he has alwaya been ia hearty, aooord with the principles enonoiatod in the dootrine and that he aaai aay that the same view ia held by the acting president of Argeutinia ttaneral Rooa. , The Naoion saya that the support uf all South American republics should be given to the United States. La Prensau says' that the United States having formally and firmly de elared her intention in regard to Eu ropean intervention on the American tKwtlnent, South America should ex press its full sympathy with the great republic ' - Kngllsh fres Comment. London, Deo. 24. Commenting upon the Venesuelan question the newspa pers generally agree that the situation ia more serious than they thought it yesterday. In , the public mind, also, there is a general feeling of disappoint ment at the aotion of oongress. The stock exohange here and ex changes throughout the oountry con tinue under the influenoe of tha diffi culty . At the same time, there is no exoitement Pall Mall Gazette's money artiole says: "Of course, whatever happens, America will lose oredit over the affair. It is particularly inopportune, when many of her railways need woney." The Globe, a newspaper supposed to a on terms of iutimaoy with the gov ernment, gives warning that Great Britain will remain firm, saying 'President Clcleand may appoint doaen commissioners, but Enlgand will remain firm in her refusal to recognize them, and jurisdiction of this sort This is our unalterable position, be the oasequenoes what they may. We will never submit to such unparalleled dio tation." The Globe is also irate at the recent vtteranoes of Dr. Chaunoey M. Depew, especially his references to tne easy manner in which the United States aonld conquer Canada, remarking "The overwhelming naval strength of England, would enable her to pour troops into Canada at any sight of dan irer. Small warships oould bo sent to ho Lakes, and Chicago, Detroit and Bnffalo would be utterly at their sercy." DOVELOPMENT OF NORTHWEST INDUSTRIES. strip of territory alongside of Vene- GROWING RAPIDLY. "It will be a war of diplomacy," be said. "Both countries will de maud an exhibition of power and pur pose, but the controversy will be set' tlted by peaoeful methods. Neither nation ia prepared to go to war, and neither wants a war as a result of this quarrel over a boundary line. It is not necessary for either to fight to show that it is not cowardly. Each knowa the other will fight, but eaob is too far advanoed in oiivlization to be the aggressor in bringing on a war on suoh provocation." MORE BONDS TO ISSUE. Tha President and His Adrlsers Said Bare So Decided. to to New York, Deo. 24. A special the Herald from Washington aays: At a conference of the cabinet officers with President Cleveland it was de cided to issue bonds at onoe to replen ish the gold reserve. Members of the cabinet who are in the city were sum' moned to the White Bouse, and the president went over the situation With them. It was decided that Secretary Carlisle should at onoe prepare for an other bond issue. The administration waa in consultation with some of the members of the late Belmont-Morgan syndioate, but it oould not be learned last night whether the new bonds are to be taken by the syndioate or whether the proposals are to be asked for by the secretary of the treasury. The amount of the issue, it is said, will be enough to raise the gold reserve above $100, 000,000, although it is not intended to sell any more bonds than seems abso lutely necessary, because it is believed the present flurry will soon pass over, in view of the belief in the peaoeful settlement of the Venezuelan question. Washington, Deo. 24. The faot that several members of the cabinet were observed ooming from the White House today led to a very general sur mise that there had been a speoial cabinet meeting to consider some phase of the Venezuelan question, or the con dition of the finances. Diligent in quiry, however, failed to esatblish the faot that a cabinet meeting actually took plaoe, but there is no doubt a oon ferenoe, the nature of which cannot be ascertained, had been in progress dor ing the day between the preident and some of his advisers. Those who were at the White Bouse inoluded Secre taries Olney, Carlisle and Lamont NOTHING OF STRATHNEVIS. II aa Now Been Thirtj-Four Since She Was Last Spoken. Port Townsend, Deo. 24. The Days fate Discovery of Coal In Orant County The Gold Yield of Josephine County Is Larger Than for Maay Years-Bast Kootenai Oil Biolteuient Oregon. Long Creek haa been having great re ligious revivals. Over 100 conversions are reported. Mutton sheep are being purchased in Southern Oregon for Portland markets for from f 1.25 to $1.60 per head. The discovery of ooal in great abundanoe in Grant oounty is reported, It is lignite in character. If true, the extension of the railroad to the mine in the near future ia probable. The southern part of Josephine coun ty will yield more gold this season than for many years past Old mines are being operated that have lain idle for a long time, and everything points toward a revival of the mining Indus try, Some years ago Frank Dekum, of Portland, prooured from Europe large number of nightingale songsters, which were turned loose through the state. They are said to be thriving and are now in districts where they are seen for the first time. Railroad rumors are rife on the Lower Klamath. A party of seven or eight men were discovered last week from Eureka with transits, levels and all the apparatus necessary for making a preliminary survey. After a few day a they returned ,to Eureka. The following is -given as Oregon's gold yield by counties for 1894: Baker., $447,995.72; Benton, $2,045; Coos, $106,868.77; Crook, $1,060; Curry, $8,800; Douglas, $870,879.88; Grant, $128,853.09; Harney, $1,500; Jackson, $167,646; Josephine,$143,676.61; Lane, $32,600; Linn, $2,000; Malheur, $13, 600; Marion, $982.88; Union, $,1, 059,070; total, $3,213,850.42. A Umatilla oounty stookman says that it looks worse for s too km en in that section than any time for a great many years, xnere is no grass on the range, owing to the dry summer, and there was no hay to speak of grown on the uplands, There is no bunch grass at present and they oannot sell any oattle or sheep as they are too poor for beef or mutton. He believes that large number of oattle, horses and sheep will starve this winter. It is re ported in the sheep district that the scab is spreading. The oensus roll of Wallowa oounty came to hand in the secretory of state's 0fiblC1oe(ftal ',Uem!f !ShB7ta offloe. and a cursory, inspection of its uu w .uuu ..... wan., stents . reveals the following faota to . the oredit of that .distant-"pocket daya ainoe she was last spoken.'. She waa then about 800 miles west of Cape Flattery, under two small leg-of-mut' ton sails, slowly making her way east' ward. Sinoe then two of the. wildest and severest storms of the season -have been experienced in the North Pacific The British-: flagship Royal Arthur, with powerful search lights, steaming twenty-two knots an hour, andzcover ing a distance of fifteen miles on eaob side, put in a week cruising along the northern coast without discovering any signs of .the lost steamer. The only other steamer prosecuting the search is the Danube, of Victoria. The general opinion among mariners ia that the Strathnevis has gone ashore on the southeast ooastof Alaska.-''In that event the sufferings and fatalties of the orew of the sealing. schooner George B. White, which went ashore' at Wood island last April, when eleven of the orew froze to death in the snow, will doubtless be repeated. The oon tiBued absenoe of the ' Danube 1b the only hope held out for the safety, of the passengers ana tne orew oi tne stratn nevis. It is argued if the vessel has gone ashoer on the Alaska coast, some word would have been received before now. It is thought the fuel aboard the Danube must be neurly exhausted. borough:" -With a total population of 8,980, she has 1,175 legal voters; wood, 885, 1 90 pounds; sheep, 58,902 ;' hogs, 4,215! .horses, 7660; mules, 80; oat tie, 15,086; bores, bf land in cultrva tion. 26.187:.. wheai iaiaed. aioV985 ' . r-4..I ' - -. .... Dusneis.oaw.TJj.oHpaajy annrye, 70,223; QQrp,::fll4a..ny, 20,639 tons; butter qpdbeeee,., 71, op.5 pounds; po tatoes, $1992 ; bushels apples, 2,9.60 busheis; ,prunes and plums, 1,149 bushels; -(poultry, 1,980 dozen; baoon, 85,6O0r pounds; gold, 40 ounoes, and 926,000 feet of lumber.' ' . 41. Washington. The flouting mill at Asdtrn has been' destroyed; by fire With a loss of $6,000, Hillyard has at last been. declared in oorporated by the commissioners of Spokane county.: : ..- A briok building Walla Walla. It a bottling works. North ..Yakima has been begun in will be used for ZEITOUN CAPTURED. Only Wordy War. Terra Haute, Deo. 24. Ex-Secretary of the Navy R. W. Thompson, in com menting on the president's meaaage to congress, said that be does not think there ia a remote ohanoe of war with England. There is no probability of the two English speaking people of tha world going to war about a little Victory for the Turk Ian Troops,' and General Massacre of Armenian. New York, Deo. 24. A dispatch to the Herald from London says a dispatch from Vienna states that Mursah Pasha, commanding a Turkish force, has cap tured the town of, Zeitoun, which was some time ago taken by the insurgent Armenians, and that he had massacred all the Armenians in the plaoe, who did not make their escape to the moun tains. Washington, Deo. 24 The Turiksh legation received from the sublime porta the following telegram under to day's date: "The insurgents of Zeitoun attacked the Mussulmans' village of Mehlia, killed and burned two men, five women and three children, and oaried away the oattle and the thiuga belonging to the inhabitants. The survivors fled to Kenkoua. With the exoepiton of Zeitoun, perfect order reigns in the whole empire. " The Kerenne Cotter Hear. SanFranoisoo.Deo. 20 More trouble 1b in progress on the revenue cutter Bear. When Captain Heal was sus pended, pending charges of unofflcer like oonduct madeaginst him, the oom mand of the Bear waa given to Lieu tenant Bushner, who was oonaidered a popular and capable offioer. The sub ordinate effloers of the Bear today ad mitted that several days ago they had forwarded to Washington charges against Lieutenant Bushner, but no offloe r would state the nature of these charges. Lieutenants Daniels and Dorry, of the Bear, who died the charge against Captain Healy, have them aelves been charged by the orew and petty offloers with sleeping on witch and neglect of duty. is bidding for a scouring mill and cloth faotory. ' One of her oitizens has gone East to inter est capital An organized effort is being made among tne shingle manufacturers in Eastern Washington to olose the mills down for two mon'trisso as to strengthen prices in Eastern markets. Various oounty asooiations are being organized and it ia believed the ..movement will suooeed. The fate of the state capital building is to be in the bands of the supreme oourt. Preparation" for legal formali ties are now in progress, on aooont of the passage of the following resolu tions by the state oapitol oommision: Wheras, It appears to the state capitol oommiBsion that the said commission can dispose of the warrants on the "state capitol building fund" for the full amuntof the unexpended appropri ation for the said state capitol at par in cash issued on the letting of the contract for the superstructure of the oapitol building for which bids are or will be invited, and that by so doing the completion of the said building wholly and solely from said "state capitol fund" and wthout resort to any other fund of the state is insured, and the oontraot price for the said letting can be reduced several thousand dol lars and the said sum saved to the state, ana without so doing said contract can not be let! therefore be it resolved, That on the letting of the contract the commission, with the consent of the contractors, issue to the auditor ita cer tificate or certificates, directing the an ditor to issue warrants on the state capitol building fund payable to the order of the contractor, to be indorsed by the contractor, and to be delivered as so indorsed by the auditor in ex ohange for cash at not less than par, said certificate or certificates and war rants to be for a sum or sums not ex- oeedung the amount of the appropria tion atill unexxpended; said moneys realised by the commission from the said warrants to be held by the state treasurer solely to be disbursed upon osrtifloate isued by the board upon and with vouchers duly presented, passed upon, eumined and allowed in the method proivded in section 14 of ohap ter 188, laws of 1898, certifying 'that the services bsve been rendered and material furnished, and that the per son therein named ia entitled to be paid the amount therein named, and said certificate to be audited and al lowed by the tate auditor. The su preme oourt will be' asked to pass upon the legality of the aotion whioh the above resolution calls for, and it is un derstood that an effort will be made to have this matter made a speoial fea ture and acted upon at onoe. In the opinion of Assistant A ttoreny -General James A. Haigbt, the immediate sale of the warrants for cash can be legally made. The state land commission has invested $160,000 of the permanent school fund in state wararnts. This amount, together with the sum already invested in oounty bonds and the amount drawing interest on contracts to purchase school lands, will make the whole sum of the permanent fund now drawng interest about $2,000,000. Montana. The Castner Coal & Coke Company are going to put in a $22,000 electrical plant at Great Falls for lighting pur poses. The season just olosed bas been a fairly profitable one to the cattlemen of Montana. Over 147,000 head were shipped over the Great Northern road and the average price was $35 per head. Congressman Hartman wants an In dian industrial school opened at Eeogh reservation at Miles iCty and wants $75,000 for that purpose, $40,000 of which is to be used for buildings. One hundred and fifty' men are at work at Clancy preparing the grounds and foundations for the buildings' to be erected there for the use of the Great Northern railroad. A steam plow is in operation there and the workh is pro gressing rapidly. , . It is calculated by the most con servative business men of Butte that the present payroll for labor alone in that oamp exceeds the enormous sum of $800,000 per month. That sum of money is sufficient to maintain ana keep booming a city four times the present size of Butte. The oapitol building commissioners expeot soon to establish the validity of the warrants issued by the board, and will then make an effort to dispose of them to the bankers of the state. Sev eral prominent bankers have already shown a disposition to aooept the war rants at par, provided they are valid, the commissioners say. ANOTHER MESSAGE PRESIDENT CLEVELAND ON THE MONROE DOCTRINE. Idaho. The railroad mileage of the state is nearly 1,000 miles. . Idaho has 718,889 sheep, which are assesed at $1 per head. The . contractors of the Mink creek canal have aooepted one pieoe of the work, and have just let another oon tract n' . .... .. . -J. F. .Gafffley, .the,. receiver of the bank of Genessee, bas -taken. charge of the -defunct 'institution. The assets and liabilities of the bank have been invoiced by the sheriff. An efeotrio light plant iB to be erected at Canyon creek for the purpose of supplying lights at Burke and Gem and intermediate - points. Water power will be used from Cnnyon oreek, The new city of Nez Peroe is making rapid progress. At present there are eight or, tea buildings in the course of erectiop. . (Jontraots have been made by persona who have leased the saw mill to. delixer.J.000,000 foet of lumber to the ,towA Bite by January . About twenty, buildings have been erected so far, but further progress has been re tarded owing to the oold weather. JrUlh Colombia. A new. sawmill has been built at Wellington...- A smelter company has been organ ized to oommenoe operations early in the year at Grand Forks. The plant will be similar to that now being erect ed at Trail. The most prosperous and phenomenal salmon run in the history of the Sound is the record of this season, and the end is not yet in sight. The amount of salmon taken from the waters even at this time surprises the oldest in habitants. The surface indications in the oil fields in East Kootenai are considered good. Two different qualities of oil have been obtained. On ' Eishneena creek, a abort distance north of the in ternational boundary line, blaok oil similar to the Pennsylvania and Ohio oils, is found. But on Sage orcek, some eight miles north, there is found an oil that is nearly pure, of a light yellow color, which will burn in lamp as it conies from the ground. Close by there is natural gas escaping from bedrock whioh burns freely on ignition. Some of the oil sent to the geological museum at Ottawa, caused considerable exoitement and oomment, and was pronounced a fraud on ao- count of its purity. Alaaaa. The new hospital to be erected on Douglas island will be begun the first of the year. The contract for the gov ernment school house has been let and work will commenoe about March 1. The grand 'jury recently indicted forty-four saloon men in Juneau, Dong las City and Sitka for having violated the organio act which prohibits the aale of liquor in Alaska. This is the first time any grand jury in the ter ritory has indicted persons for selling liquor. The jury petitioned the na tional government to repeal the issu ance of liquor lioensea, or else permit regularly licensed dealer to transact business without fear of prosecution. At present the dealer are lioessed by the government and then indicted and 1 prosecuted for selling in toxicant. Ineffectual Effort to Make Kngland Submit the Veneioela lHnputea to Arbitration Tha Consequences That May Follow Keenly Beallaed. Washington, Dec 19. President Cleveland submitted to oongTess today the following message on the Venezela question: In my annual message addressed to congress on the 8d instant, I oalled at tention to the pending boundary oon troversy between Great Britain and the republic of Venezuela, and recited the substance of the representation made by this government to her Britannio ma jesty's government, suggestng the rea sons why such disputes should be sub' mitted to arbitration for settlement, and inquiring whether it would be submitted. The answer of the British govern ment, whioh was then awaited, has sinoe been received. It will be seen that one of these communications is de voted exclusively to observations upon the Monroe dootrine, and claims are made that in the present instance a new and strange extension and develop ment of this dootrine is insisted on by the United States, and that the reasons justifying an appeal to the dootrine enunoiatd by President Monroe, are generally inapplicable "to the state of things in which we live at the present day," and especially inapplicable to the controversy involving the boundary line between Great Britain and Vene zuela. Assuming that we may properly in sist upon the doctrine without regard to "the state of things in wbioh we live," or to any changed conditions, here or elsewhere, it is not apparent why its application may not be invoked in the present controversy. If a Eu ropean power, by extension 01 its boundaries, takes possession of the ter ritory of one of our neighboring repub lies against its will and in deroga tion of its rights, it is diffloult to see why, to that extent, such European power does not thereby attempt to ex tend its system of government to that portion of this continent whioh is thus taken. This is the precise aotion whioh President Monroe declared to be "dangerous to our peaoe and safety," and it oan make no differenoe whether the European system is extended by an advance of frontier or otherwise. It is also suggested in the Birtisn re ply that we would not seek to apply the Monroe dootrine to the pending dispute because it does not embody any prin oiple of international law whioh ia founded on the general oon sent of na tions," and no nation, however power ful, are competent to insert into the code of international law a novel prin ciple whioh was never reoognised be fore k'nH whioh bas .not sinoe been ao- oepted by the government ot any other oountry. tr raouoaiiy, me principle xur whioh we oontend has a peculiar, if not exclusive relation to the United States-. - The. Monroe dootrine finds its recog nition ill those pirhoiplesof interna tional lav! wbioh' -tire based upon the theory that every nation shall have its rights protected and its just olaima eu- foioed. Of course, this government is entirely oonfident that under the sanc tion of this dootrine we have dear rights and undoubted claims. In the belief that ihe dootrine fer whioh we contend Was dear and deft' nite, that it was founded upon substan tial considerations, and involved our safety and welfare;, that it was fully applicable to ourpr$elent conditions and to the state of the world's progress, and that it was directly relatea to the pending controversy, and without any oonviction as to the final merits of the dispute, but anxious to learn in a satis factory and oonolusive manner whether Great Britain sought, under the claim of boundary, to extend her possessions on this continent without the right, or whether she merely sought possession of territory already inoluded within her lines of ownership, this government proposed to the government of Great Bitain to resort to arbitration as the proper means of settling- the quetion, to the end that the vexatious bound ary dispute between the two contest ants might be determined, and our ex act standing and relation to the con troversy might be made clear. It will be seen from the correspond ence nerewitn submitted tnat tnis proposition has been declined by the British government, upon grounds which, under the circumstances, seem to me to be far from satisfactory. Hav ing labored faithfully for many years to induce Great Britain to submit this dispute to impartial arbitration, and having been now finally apprised of her refusal to do so, nothing remains but to accept the situation, to reoognize its plain requirements, and to deal with it accordingly. Assuming that the attitude of Vene zuela will remain unchanged, the dis pute has reached such a stage as to make it now incumbent upon the Uni ted States to take measures to deter mine with sufficient certainty for its justification what is the true divisional line between the repnblio of Venezuela and British Guiana. Inquiry to that end should, of course, be conducted carefully and judicially, and due weight be given all available evidence, records and facts in support of the claims of both parties. In order that such an examination should be prosecuted in a thorough and satisfactory manner, I suggest that oon gresa make adequate appropriation for the expense of a commission to be ap pointed by the executive, who ahal make the necessary investigation and report upon tne matter with the least possible delay. When such a report is made and aooepted it will, in my opin ion, be the duty of the United State to resist by every means in its power, aa willful aggression upon its right snd interests, the appropriation by Great Britain of any land, or the exer cise of governmental jurisdiction over sny territory wbioh, after investiga tion, we have determined of right be longs to Venezuela. In making these reoommendations, I am fully alive to the responsibility incurred, and keenly realize all the oonsequenoes that may follow. I am nevertheless firm in my oonviction tbst while it is a grievous thing to contem plate the two great English-speaking peoples of the world as being otherwise than friendly competitors in the on ward maorh of oivilization, and stren uous and worthy rivals in all arts of peaoe, there is no calamity wbioh fol lows supine submission to wrong and injustioe and the consequent loss of national self repect and honor, beneath which . is shielded and defended the people'! safety and greatness. Accompanying the message was the- oorrespondenoe on the subject, starting With Secretary Olney's celebrated note of July 20 last, to Mr. Bayard, reopen ing negotiation with Great Britaia looking to the arbitration of the bound ary dispute.' In this note Secretary Olney, after stating that the proposi tion that America is in no part open to colonization bas long been oonoeded, deolaies: "Our present oonoern is- with another practical applioation of the Monroe dootrine, viz: That American non-intervention in Europe necessarily ' implied European non-interference 'in American affairs, disre gard of whioh by any European power is to be deemed an act of unfriendli ness toward the United States." The secretary says this rule has been uniformly acted upon for seventy years' and oites instances in diplomatic his tory. RAILROAD INFORMATION. Large Inereae In Went-Bound Immi gration Looked for. W. A. Van Home admits that it willt not be long before be will resign from the presidency of the Canadian Paoific-railroad. Aotual settlers oan now get a $20 rate from St Paul, which is the lowest ever offered to Western points, and it is believed a greatly inoreased immi gration business will be the result There is a feeling in railway oiroles- that next year will see an immense increase in west-bound immigration. People are pouring into California, ami the Northwestern roads are attracting: home-seeking settlers to Oregon and Washington in a way that is being felt all over the oountry. The new management of the Atchi son, Topeka & Santa Fe ranroaa whioh was recently sold at sheriff sale has decided to cancel on January 1 every oontraot of every description helrt by or against the old company, and be gin all over again as if none of them were in existence,. 'This decision ap plies to traffio oontraots, oontraots foi mpplies, oontraots with other corpora tions', railroad and otherwise, and, in. faot, oontraots of every kind. Oonrta Disagree. An interesting point has arisen be tween two oourto bavins jurisdiotiotu of the Northern Pacifio railroad, in a damage - suit In a decision handed down at Seattle, Judge Hanford or dered the payment by Reoeiver Bur leigh, of the Northern Pacific, of a. $6,000 judgment scoured several years ago by Davis O'Brien, for injuries alleged to have been caused by the pgligenoe of the company's employes. Judge Hanford holds that damage- claims are expenses of the receiver ship of the Northern Paoifio railroad and must be paidprior to the mort gage. The decree rs, in direct, opposi tion to a deoision' .made a few month ago by Judge Jenkins, of the United States circuit oourt, at Milwaukee. Judge Hanford says he cannot regard the deoision of Judge Jenkins as the final adjudication of the" matter by a oourt of competent jurisdiction. HAWAIIAN CONSPIRATORS. Leaders Voder Arrest and the Rebellion Baa Been Quashed. San Francisco, Deo. 24. The steam er Alameda, from Honolulu, bringing news, dated Deoember 12, that three days earlier Dr. James Underwood and W. J. Sheirdan were arrested, charged with conspiring to overthrow the government and the republic. The authorities claim that these men came to Hawaii for the purpose of inciting a revolt. They visited different islands of the group, stirring up trouble and inciting a feeling against the govern ment They were laying plans which it is believed would have proved seri ous but for their detention. S everal local parties were believed to be in the conspiracy. It was arranged to maks the government guns useless by brib ing the soldiers. Underwood is be lieved to be the man who advertised in the San Franoiso papers for fighting men. It is believed the rebellion ha been crushed by the arrest of the ring leaders. Irrigation In Nebraska. Sidney, Neb., Deo. 20. The thir Nebraska state irrigation convention is in session with a full corps of officers and a large attendance. The foreign representation is large, nearly every agricultrual, horticultural and irriga tion society or company in the state be ing represented, besides large delega tions from almost every cuunty in the state. President Fort, Secretary Wolf enberger and Chairman Hoagland, of the state irrigation committee, made reports showing a very satisfactory con dition of the irrigation in Nebraska, and made some timely suggestions as to the work of the present convention. It is reported that the president of Franoe, M. Faure, will resign before Man.