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HE HILL VOL. 2. niLLSHOKO, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15. 1895. NO. 21. SBR PARLIAMENT OPENED E.-Speaker Crisp's Views on I, English Methods. SEEMED EXTREMELY STRANOE From What the American Saw, He r refer. the Way Our Own Cou greaa I Conducted. Loudon, August H. One of the must interested spectators of the open ing of the house of common today was Charles E. Crisp. Mr. Crisp was present in the speaker's gallery at the spaoiul invitation of William Court Gully, who was re-elootod speaker of the house of oommons today. Mr. Crisp, in conversation, after the house of commons adjourned, said: "Before the house met Mr. Gully showed me the paintings representing the former speakers of the house of oommous, and the comments which ho made upon each of them were most in torestiug. Mr. Gully also showed mo the statues of great statusmon of the p.ist, and particularly called my at tention to the fact that Pitt and Fox faced eieh other. I took great delight in studying the portraits of the de ceased British statement, for I have spent many hours studying the lives of Pitt and Fox." It is probable that a mutual friend will nrrauge a meeting between Mr. Crisp aud Mr. Gladstone, on the for mer's return to London from his visit to Paris. Mr. Crisp wrote the following ao couut of his impressious formed at the opening of the house of commons to day: "The opnning of parliament today proved a great treat to me. Naturally 1 am interested in English forms aud methods of legislation. One of the most striking differences between our methods and those in use here is that the speaker is nonpartisan. The mem bers of parliament are certainly a fine looking body of men. To an Ameri can, however, it lookod very odd to see the members of the house sitting with their hats on. "After the adjournment, I called upon the speaker, aud was escorted by him to his official residence. I found the speaker a most agreeable gentle man. I also met Mr. Balfour, the conservative leader, aud found him to be a speudid type of the English gentleman. When I was leaving the parliament house, Mr. Balfour accom panied me to the gate, where a large crowd, was collected. When they saw the conservative leader, they oheered him most enthusiastically. As there was no other business outside of the election of speaker, I was unable to learn much other legislative methods. I am satisfied, however, from what I did see, that I profer the methods of our congress. "After adjournment, Mr. Gully had me osoorted to the floor of the house and introduced ma to the members. 1 afterwards found myself in an ex tremely haudsom ) room, whioh I sup posed a part of the lobby of the house, but Mr. Gully said it was the private dining-room of his offloial resideuoe. There we were joined by Senator Ca bot Lodge and Henry White, ex-secretary of the United States embassy. We were escorted to the publio dining room of the speaker, in whioh we were introduced to his wife. Mrs. Gully is a most affable lady. The room was crowded with ladies, who were wait ing to personally congratulate Mr. Gully upon his re-election. "After leaving the speaker's resi dence, M. White took Senator Lodge and myself to the house of commons, where he introduced us to many of the leaders. We were next taken to the room of Mr. Balfour and introduced to him. He is a man of much personal magnetism, and impresses one immedi ately as a striking intellectuality. Al though he did not appear to be so, I knew he was hurried, and so did not think it the proper place or time to broach the subject of bimetalism. "As Mr. Gully had not been re elected when I first saw him, he was not in official dress. I made a remark on this subject, and he said that to morrow he would only be in half-dress and wear a 'half wig,' as his election would then only . be half approved, Wednesday, however, his election will have been fully approved, and he will wear his full official attire. All strikes me as extremely strange." this The Sealers In Behring Sea. San Franoisoo, August 14. The schooner Uranus brings news that the sealers have reached Behring sea and are in imminent danger of seizure by the revenue cntters. This means a great deal to owners of sealing ven tures. The instructions under whioh the cutters are boarding vessels this year are to seize all seal skins. The schooners are liable to seizure also, for the international . regulations are bo strict that vessels with guns for shoot ing seals on board are not allowed in Behring sea. The kst news from the United States cutter Corwin, whioh was received by those on the Uranus, was that she was expected back by Uuimak island the middle of July. All these things indicate that the next news received from Behring sea is likely to be sensational in its nature. Impeding Provincial Flaherlei. Vancouver, B. C, August 14. Pro fessor Prince, of the Dominion fisheries department, is now here on offloial business. Besides inspecting the sal mon fisheries, he will endeavor to de termine the migrations of the halibut. He is also considering the advisability of introducing Eastern oysters and lob' tr into Paciflo water. ELECTRIC SUBMARINE TORPEDO An Invention Intended to Put an Knl to Murine Warfare. Oakland, Cal., August 14. Charles F. McDvrmott is perfecting an electric submarine torpedo, the invention of Dr. Gross, of Chicago, which he says will ultimately put an end to marine warfare. With his torpedo, ho says, a few men could keep off the combined navies of the world. The torpedo will be completed within a week. It will then be taken to Goat island, where a secret experiment will be made. An old iron hulk is to be floated and the torpedo will be seut dowu below the surface of the water on its errand of destruction. Mr. MoDermott is con fident that the new invention will in stautly shutter and sink the hulk. He says that no warship, however strong aud formidable, nun survive a slioek from his torpedo. About the first of September a publio exhibition will be given. By the use of electricity, with combinations of powerful explosives, Mr. MoDermott says he can destroy the stauuehest of vessels. Dr. Gross, the inventor, recently manufactured aud patented a new ex plosive more powerful than dynamite. He made arrangements to sell it to China to be used in tho war with Ja pan. With his explosive he crossud the Pacific, but bis secret had been di vulged and the Japanese government notified tho authorities at Washington, who enjoined hira from making fur ther negotiations with tho Chinese. This same explosive is to be used in the torpedo. NECESSITY OF INTERVENTION. An Appeal From the foreign Itealdeiita at Tien Tain. Tien Tsiu, August 14. A meeting of foreign residents of this city was held here today. It was decided to communicate by cable the necessity of immediate iutevontion in China upon behalf of the United States aud British governments, and the following tele gram was addressed to the Associated Press: "The foroigu community of Tien Tsin express their sympathy with the friends of the Ku Cheng victims. They consider tho Chinese officials guilty, aud the British aud Americans blame the continued apathy of their govern ments for tho situation. They regard England's demands for an inquiry into the Ku Cheng massacre to be useless, for, as before, the officials will buy in noceut heads as substitutes for the uc tual criminals; they protest that the Cze Chuen commission implicated the officials of that province. England aud America must scud an ultimatum threatening., reprisals... Diplomacy, is useless, we implore attention. (Signed), "Dickinson, Chairman." Who Dlokluaon la. New York, August 14. At the office of the Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking corporation today it was stated that the chairman of the meet ing which cabled an appeal to tho United States throngh the Associated Press regarding the recent massacres in China, is probably W. W. Dickin son, chairman of the municipal council of Tien Tsiu, and a partner in the firm of Collins & Co., well-known mer chants. The Inillun Trouble. In Yucatan. 1 San Cristobal, Mex., August 14. Couriers have arrived here bringing information from the seat of the In dian war in Yucatan. The advices state that the Indians made a Btaud and are preparing to make an attempt to drive the government troops out of the territory to which the Indians lay claim. The Indians are armed with improved rifles. The government forces on the frontier are being con stantly augmented. They are being sent to Yucatan by shiploads from all parts of Mexico, and there is every prospect of a terrible war. Several skirmishes have already occurred be tween the Indians and the troops. Northern Salmon I'aek. Victoria, B. C, August 14. The steamer Danube, from the north, re ports that the pack of the Northern British Columbia canneries is complete for the season, with the exception of about 5,000 oases. Sixteen canneries have put up 174,000 cases against ISO, 000 cases put up last year by twelve canneries. The season has been satis factory everywhere, except on Rivers inlet, where the pack is 10,000 cases short. The run of salmon on Fraser river Sunday night was the best of the sea son, and the canneries obtained more fish than they oould can. Some boats caught 800 fish, the average being 250. Surprised the Outlaws. Eufalia, I. T., August 14. The out laws who were expected here today rode into town a few minutes after noon. Deputy Marshal Johnson en countered them alone, and leveled his Winchester and held them in place until Deputy Weeks, of Hanoook, Ok lahoma, and his posse came up. The gang was completely surprised, and was disarmed. Those composing the gang are charged with all crimes, from horsestealing to murder. Offioer Grant Johnson will take them to Fort Smith to answer for reoent depreda tions in the Creek nation, after which they will be tried by the Oklahoma authorities, Cabinet Crisis In Japan. Tokio. Ausrust 14.--There is a cabi net crisis. Count Ito, the prime min ister, was created a marquis without knowledge. Feeling he has been placed in a false position, he refused promotion, while certain of his col leagues remaining uuhouored. He left the capital and will not return until the qnestion is settled. Count Yama gata, the war minister, declines the title of marquis tor similar purposes. CANADA COMPETITION A Bulletin From the Agricul tural Department. THE WORLD'S MARKET SERIES Total Trade of the Dominion Una In orruacd Twenty-One I'cr Cent In Ten Yeara. Washington, August 13. The ex tent of the competition of Canada with the United States iu foreign markets is pointed out in a bulletin, to be issued by the secretary of agriuulture in a few days. The bulletin is tho fourth of the world's market series iu course of publication by the department, and embodies the reports of thirty of our consuls iu tho Dominion. It shows that tho total export of Cauada in creased from $Si),000,000 iu 1885 to 1118,000,000 in 1MU4, or 1)3 per cent; tho imports from if 110,000,000 to 123,000,000, or 13 per cent; and tho total trade from $108,000,000 to 241,. 000,000, or 21 per cent during the same period. Tho largest proportional in crease was iu 1802, when the value of the total trade exceeded that of the preceding year about 1 1 per cent. From 1888 to 1801, inclusive, tho trade of Canada with the United States ex ceeded that of any other country, but since then the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland has taken the first rank, with the United States aoooud. An important fact is that a largo share of the agricultural products go ing abroad from Cumuliau seaports aro cereals and flour in transit from tho United States. Of $27,000,000 of such products shipped last year, $1), 000,000 wus Amerieau merchandise. Of late years increased attention has been given by the government of Cau ada to dairy interests, eucourging tho dairy associations throughout the conn try, and passing strict sanitary laws regulatiug tho manufacture of cheese and butter. No adulterations can be used, and the importation, manufac ture and sale of oleomargarine and other similar substances is prohibited. Through tho quantity of butter export ed decreased from 10,500,000 pounds in 1888 to 5,600,000 in 1801, nearly 50 per cent, tho value declined only from if 1, 700,000 to $1,100,000.' This indi cates improvement iu tho quality of butter exported. The statistics of tho fishing industry and tho forest products show that the value of tho former iu 1804 was $30, 000,000, and tho latter over $80,000, 000 "Iu wood pulp, in 18U4,-- United States alone imported from the Dominion $300,010. WERE ALL TOO DRUNK. No One Ahle to Unlock the Doora of the t ella. Lebanon, Iiid., August 13. A mob of forty men went to the Spriugttuld jail about 1 o'clock this morning and demanded the keys of tho cells of Mat thew Lewis aud James Hay, who as saulted Mrs. Shields recently. Tho jailer, seeing resistance was useless, handed over tho keys, and the mob proceeded to busiuess. Everybody in tho mob wus drunk, and none of thom seemod to bo able to unlock the jail door. After working about tho locks and bolts without result, they secured sledghammers and tried to break down tho doors. They proved too strong for them, however, uud ufter two hours' hard work they abundonod the job. They thou emptied their revolvers into' the cells ot the jail, but no one wus hit. Returning the koys to the jailer, they said they would bo back tonight and loft. Tho mob was mado up of men from Washington aud Marion counties. Tho two negroes will be confined at Louisville until the excite ment is oven Nebraska's Prison contract. Lincoln, Neb., August 13. Coutrac tor Dorgan has loft the state prison for good, taking with him his personal property. His $33,408.90 warrant, however, still remains in the hands o'f State Auditor Moore. Dorgan sooured the penitentiary contract from Bank Wrecker Meaner, when that worthy went to tho Sioux Fulls penitentiary for steuliug $1,000,000 from the Capi tal National bank. The state purchased his interest, but his creditors purchased the warrant. The land commissioners said the affairs at the penitentiary were in good shape so far as he knew He was inclined to believe that from now on the various officials would be obliged to depend on the board of pub' lio lauds and buildings for the sinews of war in the line of food and olothing supplies. This revives the old question of how muoh, if any, of the state's ap propriation of $101,000 for the two year's oan be used in the maintenance of the prison. Warden Leidilgh may possibly solve the problem by making the institution self-sustaining. A Lost Art Discovered Pittsburg, August 18. George Crowley, Cornelius Shay and John Ryan, iron woken have found the lost art of welding copper to iron or steel. They show several samples of the metals perfectly welded. The last record history gives of these metals having been welded was in 500 B. C. The value of the discovery oomos in the fact that oopper offers greater resist ance to tho aotion of salt water than any other metal. The Carnegie Company has offered the men a fixed price for the secret. shop has been fitted up for the men at tho Homestead plant, where tomorrow the men propose to weld a plate of copper to an. ingot of niokel steel armor plate. The Carnegie oompany hopoB to be able to cover all armor plates for the big battleships. BOTH SIDES OF THE LINE. Mexleo Itoea Not I.Ike an Aliened in- tervlew With Milliliter Uniiaoni. City of Mexico, August 13. Much interest is felt hero regarding tho truth of the alleged interview with United States Minister Hansom telegraphed from Washington to tho St. Louis Globo-Doinoorat, in whioh Ransom is quoted as saying that tho new extradi tion treaty will he required in order to prevent embezzlers from the United States escaping extradition by using money among Mexican authorities. If Hansom is correctly reported, he will probably bo regarded hero as "persona nou grata," the alleged utterance be ing a direct attack on tho highest func tionaries, for whom, while here, Han som oxpressed highest esteem. It is believed hero that tho minister was misrepresented. Mr. Gray, just be fore his death, was reported by all American journals as declaring that Guatemala was right iu her contention with Mexico, uu utterance that natur ally gave offense here, but Gray died before there was opportunity for an ex planation. Groat apprehension is felt in all tho west uoiiHt ports regarding tho contin ued ravages of yollow fever in Central American seaports. All vessels recently arriving from Central America have been treated as suspicious, principally those from Aoajutla uud Ooos. The Amerieau Security Company, of New York, has opened a branch here, according to the terms of a liberal charter recently granted. Tho com pany will insure government employes aud government bonds for contractors, besides doing privato business. Duo cause has been found for hold- n g Lundstxirt, tho alleged lover of m ma Thorn, tho manner of whoso death is iu dispute. Two persons of the twenty-two in ured iu the Tehauntepoo railway acci dent have died. Tho road is new, and tho track not altogether iu good condi tion. OMAHA'S POLITICAL ROW. Talk of Settlement In the I.oiul Conrta, anil Alan of Force. Omaha, August 18. Thero now ap pears to bo a fair prospect that tho flro and police board mnddlo will ho ami cably settled iu this city, as suggested by Governor Holcombo at tho very in ception of tho trouble. Tho injunction caso decided yester day settled none of tho issues involved, and in passing upon tho petition fur an injunction tho judge intimated that the proper procedure would be for the claimants under tl)o Churchill-Hussell uppointment to bring quo warranto proceedings against the old board. The iiuiaout incumUt)i4Jiive always claim od that they wore ready aud anxious to join issues on tho right to tho office in legal proceeding. While no agree ment to this effeot has yot boon arrived at, one possibly may bo reachod within twenty-four hours. Another story which is given cro- deuce iu many quarters is that tho A. P. A. board will meet tomorrow, ap point a police foroo and demand pos session of the office aud books, and, if refused, to attempt to take possession by foroe. Tho present police foroo is prepared to resist any attempt of this kind. In caso tho newly appointed pollco forco cannot obtain possession of the city jail, it counts upon securing recognition from tho police judge and setting up a littlo jail of its own. it is moro likely, however, that tho pro. posal for a settlement will bo adopted, Kattlo With Trampa. Ashtabula, O. , August 13. Six men had a desperate battle in a box cur be tween Erie, Pa., and this place, last night Three stonecutters, H. G. Eastly, James Smith and Johu Mein hart, boarded the train at Erie to come to Ashtabula. At a water tank three tramps entered tho car. When the train had got under way again, two of the tramps drew revolvers and asked them to hand over what money they had. Smith had a revolver and showed fight. In an instant a battle between him and the two tramps was in prog ress. Eastly was shot through the groin, Smith roceievod a wound in the neck and one of the tramps had a bul let through his nook. On arrival of tho train hore tho wounded men were oared for. The tramp, who gave his name as John Cuddy, of Waterbury, Conn., is in a critical condition. , Mayor Sutro'a Oiler. San Franoisoo, August 13. Adolph Sutro, mayor of San Franoisoo, has offered the state university regents thirteen acres of laud within the city limits, on which to erect buildings for the affiliated colleges of the university In addition to this, he will deed to trustees of the oity thirteen acres ad joining as a site for the Sutro library of over 20,000 rare volumes. The library and property are to be held in trust for the oity, and the library will be free to all, irrespective of raoe or color. The gift, whioh has not yet been aooeptod, is valued at $1,500,000, and will be worth $2,000,000 when the contem plated improvements are made. Mayor Sutro is said to own one-tenth of the total real estate in San Franoisoo city and oounty most of it, however, is un improved. The Prohibition Kemoved. ' Colon, August 18. The govern ments of Nicaragua and Costa Rica have notified steamship agents that the prohibition against the landing of priests and nuns has boon removed, and free entry has been aooorded to all ex oept Chinamen. Will or Mrs. Talmage. Brooklyn, N. Y., August 12. The will of Mrs. T. Dewitt Talmage was filed for probate today. She leaves some $166,000, of which $30,000 is real and $136,000 personal property. Her husband is the tola legatee. NORTH PACIFIC NEWS Happenings of Interest in the Progressive Northwest. BRIEF REPORTS OF LATE EVENTS A lludget of Itema Uathered From All I'arta or Oregon, Waah lugton and Idaho. Tacoma has a ladies' cycling club, with u membership of twenty-five. Seattle has raised in cush and pro visions more thau $1,000 for the relief of Spraguo, Wash. The total taxable property of Spo kane oounty, Wash., less exemptions, is valued ut $21,732,053. The Spokane Chronicle says thut tho small white butterfly is damaging the pine forests in that vicinity. There is talk of annexing Fidalgo island to San Juan county, Wash. , and making Anucortes the county seat Douglas, county, Wash., is agitating for a permanent exhibit of its re sources aud products at Watervillo. Humor has it that the raft builders will build another raft at Stella, Wash., uud also one in Coos Bay, Or. Prairie chicken shooting is said to be excellent iu Eastern Oregon now, and hunters come buck laden with tho birds. Ex-Governor L. K. Church, of Washington, has beeu appointed re ceiver ol tho 1'uget Sound National bank at Everett. Frank Pattou, of Astoria, has made a proposition to tho people of Nehulem to rebuild tho saw mill thero, if a sufficient subsidy is raised. Sheephcrders report that the grass on tho Camp Watson mountains, iu Ore gon, is very poor, aud thut some sheep men hnvo been compelled to drive their sheep out. C. B. Johnson was sentenced by Judge Buck at Spokaue to six years iu tho penitentiary. Johnson wus arrest ed four days beforo his sentence and pleaded guilty. There nro 150 children of school ago on tho Warm Springs, Or., reserva tion, but the school building will ac commodate but sixty. A new build ing is being erected. Tho grasshoppers are reported to have done damage to orops iu some in stances in tho upper portion of tho val ley ubovo Ashland, Or., particularly where tho harvusting was delayed. The Monte Cristo, Wash., school district has voted to issue $7,000 worth of tweuty-your school bouds. This district is tho largest in Snohomish couuty. Most of tho wouion out camping at the Tollgato aud Saling's camp, in Walla Walla oounty, Wash., have adopted bloomers as a costume for fish ing, hunting uud camp duties. It. D. Shutt, teacher at tho Choha lis Iudiun school, near Yute City, Wash., was suvod from drowning iu the Chehalis river lust Saturday by some of the Indians iu the vicinity. In a few days the cable from the mainland to Tillamook rook light house will be luid. A foroe of men aud ouo of the lighthouse tenders are busy with the work of making con nections. Unsubstantiated charges, that will probably be investigated, have been made of improper oouduct on the part of thoso charged with the manage ment of the House of the Good Shep herd in Seattle. The farmers around Oaksdale, Wash., are preparing to make an or ganized fight against the Chinese thistle. They olaim the weed is brought by threshors from Walla Walla, and Northern Oregon counties. This season seems to be particularly favorable to figs in Southern Oregon, A tree in General J. M. MuCaU's lot in Ashland has a fuir crop of ripe and green fruit, the ripe ones being as per fectely matured as if grown in Su matra, says the Tidings. Mrs. Ethel Pitts, in her suit for di vorce . from Henry Pitts, brought in Tacoma, alleges that while living at Kulama, July 31, 1801, Pitts compelled her to aocompuny him before a justice of the peace and marry him against her will, ho telling her the replies to the questions asked in the ceremony, Pitts is a negro. The Ollala postoffloe was robbed some time ago, aud a reward of $100 was offered for the capture of the rob' hers. The postmuster, W. R. Wells, arrested two men, Dean and Miller, who turned out to be the guilty parties. The government, however, refuses to pay the reward, olaiming that the law does not apply to a postmaster who captures the robbers of his own office. The Gold Beaoh, Or., Gazette re lates that Charley Bailey and Dave Frame, while fishing two weeks ago, saw a very brilliant meteor, which reached the earth just west of Doyle's house, on the north side of the river, The aerolite showed a very white light as it descended, and when near the ground it exploded with a loud re port, emitting a blue flame. The par tides fell just west of Doyle's house, aud close to the oounty road. In the year 1862 a man by the name of John Chapman located a quarter seotion of land where the oity of Union, Or., now Btunds, says the Re publican, and in the following year he employed Dave Thompson, now the Portland banker, but then a surveyor, to lay it out in town lots. It being at that period in the history of our ooun try in whioh those questions whioh led up to the civil war were being warmly discussed, Mr. Chapman, in deference to his patriotism and loyalty to his eountry, named hli new town Union. NO SIGN OF REACTION. Ilualneaa Continues to He Very Active for Midsummer. Now York, August 12. R. G. Duu & Co. say in the Weekly Review of Trade: Business continues unusually active for midsummer, uud though there is a perceptible rekixutiou, thero are no signs of reuction. The one change of great importance which the past week has brought is the amicable settlement between coul miners and employers iu Pennsylvania, Ohio aud Indiana. It is said about 100,000 men will have their wages increased after October 1 by this adjustment, aud while the en largement of purchasing power is of oonsequeuce it seems even more im portant thut a chronic case of contro versy has boon removed by the new agreement as to company stores. There is no important change in crop pros pects and at this time no news is emi nently good news. Whoat has declined a fraction with very scanty transactions, the extremely small Western receipts influencing the market for the present more thau the restricted exports. The concerted withholding of wheat by Western farmers, if continued, would doubtless affect the price in the end, but it bos already stopped Atlantic exports al most entirely. The Western farmers may find reason to regret that they did not ship their wheat at the proper time. It tends to lower prices with more encouragiug prospects, and the expectation of a heavy corn crop affects prices of provisions as might be ex pected. The industries oontinuo to make progress and higher prices for iron aud steel products prove that the supply has not yet outrun the demand. Bes semer iron is a shade weaker, but grey forge has advanced about 00 cents, and finished products are remarkably firm. Lake oopper has advanced to 12c. Tin has declined about a quarter of a cent ud is quoted at $14.20. Lead is a trifle stronger at $3. 53. The anthra cite coal market is completely demor alized, and prices have again yielded a little to about the lowest ever known. Sales of wool are not as much .in flated by speculation as they were dur ing the first half of July, but they still exceed tho usual consumption in the manufacture, umouuting at the three ihiof miukets to 6,259,300 pounds. Prices are very firm. Some staple cot ton goods have again advanced in price and the market is unusually strong for the season. Failures for the week were 225 in tho United .States against 264 last year, and 43 in Cauada against 54 lust year. THE OREGON PENITENTIARY. Improvements That Superintendent Gil bert Thinks Should lie Made. Salem, Or., August 12. Superin tendent A. N. Gilbert, of the state peni tentiary, has been credited with saying that the prison was in a very bud con dition. Today he was seen aud showed your correspondent over the peniten tiary. In makiug the rounds of the institution he called attention to the repairs aud changes he considered neo essaryj to wooden window panes; to worn and rickety steps and stairways; to old and unsightly walks; to the newly-built flume that was contrasted with tho old, which, Mr. Gilbert said, had rotted from allowing dirt to bank up against the timbers; to an old tumble-down shed that covered the pump eugine; to the unkempt condi tion of the engine; to the neglected appearance of everything in the me- ohauiaal depurtement. In the kitchen, Mr. Gilbert said: "This is simply terrible. It is the most rotten, dirty arrangement I ever saw for a state in stitution. This kitchen is in the base ment, under the ohapel, the center of the building, aud steam and odors find their way to every oell." "What changes would you suggest in the arrangement of the kitchen?" was asked the superintendent. 'There should be another oil to the building for a kitchen and dining room for the convicts. This would do away with feeding oonviots in the cell, aud the nausea of a kitchen under the ohapel." In the hospital the superintendent pointed out leaks in the walls and roof. "And this window frame corresponds with the general dilapidation," he said, as he pulled off a pieoe of timber from the frame, exposing a deserted bumble-bee's nest. The superintend en tmnKS a new neatiug system is needed, and that the grounds should be properly drained. In answer to what course he would pursue in the management of the in stitutiion, Superintendent Gilbert said he would either have to make a deficit, or ourtail other expenses. The latter, he explained, was being done by sup plying about half the discharged con viots with the suits they bring, instead of purchasing new ones at $15 each, and by saving the $5 heretofore given released oonviots. The Suit Settled. Duluth, August 12. John D. Rooke feller has settled the $600,000 suit, in whioh William and John MoKinley, oi mis oity, are plaintiffs, and in whioh he was charged with robbinir them of their mining property by means of fraud and false representa tions by .agreeing to pay over about $200,000. The exact amount cannot be learned. Survivors or the White. Port Townsend, Wash., August 7. Six survivors of the lost sealing schooner White, whioh was lost last spring in Alaska, arrived today. All the survivors are horribly mutilated having lost either fingers, toes, arms or feet. They are bound to their homes In San Franoisoo. IJUSTICEJACKSON DEAD Died Yesterday at His Home Near Nashville. HIS DEATH NOT UNEXPECTED The First Man Appointed to the Su preme Bench by a 1'realdent Klevt. ed by the Opposite Party. Nashville, August 10. Tho Hon. Howell Edmunds Jackson, associate justice of the supremo court of tho United States, died at his residence at West Meade, six miles west of this city, this afternoon in tho 04th year of his uge, of consumption. Justice Jucksou has been in failing houlth for the past four years, but it has been only in the past eight or nine mouths that the progress of the disease begun to cause bis family aud friends uneasiness. Lust year he went on a lengthy trip to the Far West, iu search of health. Later he went to Thomas ville, Teun., where it was hoped that the mild and bracing climate would restore his once vigorous constitution. The trip did him little good, and after a time he was brought home. At his home Judge Jackson seemed to improve slightly, until he went to Washington to sit in the second hear ing of the income tax case. He stood the trip fairly well, but after his re turn home appeared to lose strength rapidly. Nevertheless, Judge Jackson never took to his bed until lust Wednesday week. Since that time his family and friends feared tbut the end was near, and his death today was not unexpected. Judge Jackson was twico married, the first time to Miss Sophia Mallory, daughter of David B. Mallory, a banker of Memphis, who died in 1673. To this nnion were born three child ren, Henry, William R. and Howell E. Jackson. Henry Jackson is at pres ent soliciting freight agent of the Southern railway, with headquarters at Atlanta. William R. Jackson is dis trict attorney of the Chesapeake & Ohio, at Cincinnati. Howell K Jack son is manager of the Jackson cotton mills, at Jackson, Tenn. In 1876 Judge Jackson married Miss Mary E. Harding, daughter of General William G. Harding. Of this union three children survive, Misses Eliza beth and Louise Jucksou, and Harding A. Jucksou. . With the exception of Miss Elizabeth Jaeksou and Willi im R. Jackson, jr., who are in Europe, the children were at his bedside when he died. Howell Edmunds Jackson enjoyed the distinction of being the first man appointed to the supreme bench of the United States by a president elected by the opposition party and apparently without regard to political considera tions as such. It is true thut prece dents for such aotion are cited, but they are apparent rather than real. President Washington's administration was meant to be nonpartisan, and his experience with Chief Justice John Jay and other judges was in keeping witu the general design. President Jack son's administration was confessedly a time when parties were reforming on new lines, and similarly all other al leged exceptions are found to be moro apparent than real. The selection of Jndge Jackson stands out boldly as a real exception. It clearly indicates that President Har rison fully appreciated thut new issues were hereafter to divide the parties, and the appointment, therefore, mark ed a great epoch in American political history. Judge Jackson had been a lawyer ever since he was old enough for ad mission to the bar, and a judge during most or nis adult lire. Even in the heat and fury of the civil war, he was a judge rather than a partisan. He served with rare ability in the civil service of the Confederate government, and when the Democratic party of Tennessee divided on the question of the state debt, he took high ground in favor of paying dollar for dollar ac cording to the original contract. The New York Police Force. London, August 12. The Times this morning publishes an editorial on the split in the New York polioe force, in which it says: 'It is greatly to be feared that Colo nel Grant's action will stir all the old forces of oorruption and misgovern- ment to renewed efforts. It is onlv too probable that the mischief done by his indiscretions cannot be uudoue. Tammany will strain every nerve at . the autumn election, and will perhaps succeed, as it has succeeded aftev pre vious disasters. Its success would be a publio calamity." That lteported Anaconda Mine Sale. New York, August 10. James B. Haggin, one of the owners of the Ana oonda mine, said today with consider able emphasis: "There is not an atom of truth in any statement to the effect that the Rothschilds are negotiating for the purohase of the Anaconda mine. There has been no approaoh of anv kind toward such negotiations." Wal ter Lutgen, a partner of August Bel mont, and Rothschild's agent in this country, also deniod the report. Had Been Killed by Indians. Waukeemiss, O. T., August 9. The three skeletons found west of here three weeks ago have proved to be the remains of two Fowler boys and their brother-in-law, who were killed by In dians in 1875. The remains were identified by an ankle brace whioh was found near the remains. Relatives of the Fowlers are wealthy residents of,' Canton, O., to which place the remains 1 will U takan for burial. 7