THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1892.
MAKE GOOD SOLDIERS
Amy Officers Are Well Pleased at tin
Sliowins or tlie Indian Soldiers.
FROM
CANADIAN VIFW,
A Canadian Custom Officer Gives His
View of the McKinley Law.
TRK
NEBRASKA
OOVERNORS
Boyd Is Declared the Winner By
United State Supreme Court
Minor Mention.
the
Washington! Feb. 1. Indian soldiers
are a success. Major Theodore S
Shawan, assistant adjutant-general, who
has just returned from an extensive tour
of inspection of posts where these new
soldiers are stationed, gives the most
satisfactory account of the progress these
braves are waking iu their new duties.
, Despite the reports telegraphed East
from Whipple barracks and several other
western posts about the intoxication and
disorderly condition of the Indian
troops. Major Shewan says there is
much less drunkenness among the bucks
than among the white soldiers. He
says he investigated these reports care
fully and found them greatly exagger
ated. The drunkenness of a single In
dian was t ie only foundation for the
report from Whipple barracks that the
whole troop was drunk and on a ram
page. A careful watch of the habits of
the Indian soldiers has been kept by the
officers in charge since the beer privilege
was given them at the canteens, and
with raie exceptions there has been no
abuse of that privilige among them. On
the whole the war department is thor
oughly satisfied with the Indian sol
diers, and every effort will be made to
get the full quota contemplated. Seven
hundred and ten, or about half the
number desired, have been enlisted.
Nine companies are fully organized, and
two others are about half completed.
"Canadian Customs Minister's Statement.
New Yokk, Feb. 1. J. A. Chapleau,
of Quebec, Canada, minister of customs,
is a guest at the hotel Brunswick, hav
ing come to New York to take a needed
rest from the cares of state. "The con
servatives still have a majority of about
twenty-eight in parliament, the three
recent elections at Kingston, Lincoln
and Halton having .eturned two conser
vatives and one liberal, thus making no
change in the relative strength of the
two parties" said Mr. Chapleau to a
reporter. "Premier Abbott is reorgan
izing the cabinet and is psoceeding care
fully. Parliament meets next month,
and it will be an interesting session.
Canada does not suffer so much by the
McKinley tariff as we feared. We are
disposing of our products in England,
and our exports for the first half of the
last fiscal year were nearly f!,000,000
over the "corresponding period of the
previous year, The exports of all other
products have increased except lumber
and the decrease in that article is owing
io me laoor trouoies ana decreased out
put probably. e have a protective
tariff which imposes about half the
average duty called tor by the McKinley
act. The Dominion would prefer recip
rocity with the United States, and we
hope to bring it about some day. Bv-the-bye,
a curious fact has come" to light
in the matter of Canadian barley. The
McKinley bill increased the duty ten
cents a bushel, but the states continue
to take our gram for malting purposes.
as to the most suitable man the party
can nominate for president this year.
Mr. Cleveland is by long odds the most
popular, and, if it is shown that he is
the most suitable, he will sarely sweep
the state for delegates to the national
convention. .
' Stabbed With a Pocket Knife.
Stockton, Cal., Feb. 1. John Ban
erter, a Swede, in the employ of Aimer
Drullard, a farmer of Waterloo, near
Stockton, was fatally stabbed by his
employer yesterday. Bangerter was ill
using some horses, and Drullard said a
man who would mistreat a horse was a
dog. The Swede said he would allow no
man to call him a dog, and commenced
beating Drullard with his fists. Drul
lard grabbed up an open pocket knife
tliat lay on a seed-sowing wagon and
stabbed Bangerter three times. The
wounded man died this morning.
-Mixed Measurers.
Washington, Feb. 1. The committee
on transportation routes to the sea-board
sent to the war department Senator
Mitchell's boat railway bill, and has re
ceived a report from the engineers and
the secretary stronely endorsing the
scheme, and urging the congress to pass
it. The committee will have a meeting
Thursday to consider the report of the
department. It has been the judgment
of the engineers in the war department
for some time past that a boat railway
was the only feasible scheme for getting
around the obstruction of the Columbia
river at the dalles, unless an extensive
project of locks and dams should be in
augurated. Representative Hermann
has been working in the house to secure
an appropriation for a portage railway.
but this cannot be passed because of the
opposition to any scheme for the govern
ment building and controlling a railway.
The fact is, there has been a vast deal of
demagoguery in connection with the
dalles improvements, and Governor
Pennoyer is at the bottom of it and is
the man who is causing so much trouble
to the delegation here. Governor Pen
novnr wrote to the chief of engineers in
Washington, urging the portage railway
scheme. The engineers did not honor
him with a reply. It is understood that
he has also written to Speaker Crisp and
other democrats in the house saying that
it would be a strong, democratic card to
play if they would pass the portage rail
way bill, and by all means to defeat any
project for a boat railway scheme, as
proposed by Senator Mitchell and
strongly backed up by Senator Dolyh.
Mr. Hermann says he would favor the
boat railway scheme if there was any
possibility of getting it through the
bouse, but he is convinced from his talk
with the democratic members that such
a bill would be crushed. It is evident
that certain democrats, following Gov
ernor Pennoyer's suggestion, have talked
somewhat favorably of the portage rail
way scheme ; but this is only a blind, as
the committee does not intend to report
any such bill, nor would the house pass
it. There may be a congress at some
after time which will pass the boat rail
way bill, but neither the house nor any
other will build a railroad.
ARE AFTER EGAN
Here Has Been Anotner Deianl Me
for the Recall of Epi
MAY HAVE TO APOLOGIZE,
The United States May Have to do
Some of it
THE
DCCB.4SCD
PREACHER
Arrangements are Prepared for the
Last Rites Minor Telegraphic
Notes.
New
that
York state farmers now tell me
they are receiving lower nricea
than previous to the passage of the
.recent tariff law in the States."
Boyd Declared Governor.
Washington, Feb. 1. The United
" Slates supreme court today decided in
favor of Boyd in the Nebraska governor
ship case. All the justices except
Field concurred in the conclusion of the
court that Boyd was a citizen of the
United States and entitled to the office
of governor of Nebraska. Justices Har
lan, Gray and Brown concurred in that
part of the opinion which held that
Boyd was a citizen because, from the
record in the case, it must be considered
s established that Boyd's father had
exercised all the rights of a citizen, and
bad in fact, in 1S54, taken out his final
naturalization papers, notwithstnnding
that he did not have a record of such
final naturalization papers. The court
also held there was such a thing as col
lective naturalization ; that the enabling
-act of the Nebraska constitution nat
uralized all inhabitants of Nebraska at
the time of its admission except such as
desired to retain their foreign rights,
and that Boyd's exercise of various offi
ces showed his intention of becoming a
citizen. The court reversed the judg
ment of tne supreme court of Nebraska
and ordered it to take further proceed
ings in conformity with the decisions
that Boyd is a citizen. The opinion is
by Chief Justice fuller.'
Cleveland the Favorite if Suitable.
Richmond, Va., Feb. 1. J. Taylor
Ellifon, chairman of the democratic
state committee, will soon call his com
mittee together to decide upon when and
where the plate convention will meet to
elect delegates to the national conven
tion. There is a division of sentiment
among the Virginia democratic leaders
The Anti-Lottery Act Constitutional.
Washington, Feb, 1. The United
States supreme court today upheld the
constitutionality of the anti-lottery act
of the last congress, affirming the decis
ion in the cases of the publishers of two
New Orleans newspapers, indicted on
charges of sending through the mails
newspapers containing lottery advertisements.
ine court said tne opinion in the ex
parte Jackson case held the power ves
ted in congress to establish postoffices
and post roads, embraced the regulation
ot the entire postal system of the coun
try, and designated what may and what
may not be excluded. The power
granted to congress was complete, and
carried with it the power to forbid the
use of the mails in aid of the perpetra
tion of crime or immorality. The court
says it must be left to congress in the
exercise of a sound discretion to determ
ine what shall be excluded. There is no
abridgement of the freedom of the press,
for the reason the government does not
prohibit communication bv other means.
but simply through government agencies
which it controls.
Washington, Feb. 1. Another de
mand for the recall of Minister Egan
has been made, this time by Arnold,, of
Missouri, a democratic member of the
house, and it is no secret in democratic
quarters that the political advisibility
of introducing a resolution providing for
an inquiry into Minister Egan's conduct
is being discussed. Republicans who
have spoken say such an investigation
will be courted by Egan's friends as a
step which will lead to his total vindica
tion. The preamble to Arnold's resolu
tion requesting the president to recall
Egan, says :
Whereas, The latter, by his general
course of action toward that govern
ment, and more especially by his action
in his giving an asylum to the Chilians
in the late strife between the congres
sional and Balinacedist parties has ren
dered himself obnoxious to that govern
ment, and alienated in a marked degree
the former friendship the people had
for this government, and by reason of
this existence of facts the unfortunate
attack by. the Chilian mob upon Ameri
can seamen occurred, and
Whebeas, By reason of such attack
grave apprehension for a time existed,
that this nation of 62,000,000 people was
on the eve of war with about 2,500,000
Chilians, unless ample apology or repa
ration were made, which apprehension
arose from the fact that the apology
hourly looked for did not reach congress
and the country so quickly as the presi
dent's message, but,
Whebeas, The said apology has ar
rived, and the president informed con
gress and the people that all fears of im
pending war are at end. Therefore, in
order that the public tranquility may in
future be better asmred, and the bonds
of friendship, which ought to exist in
all the republics of the Western hemis
phere, may be further cemented, re
gardless of its effects upon any political
parties, be it ' 1 "
Resolved That the president be res
pectfully requested to recall said minis
ter to Chili, to the end that a reciprocity
of amicable relations may be had and
maintained between Chili and the
United States.
Johnston, of the Beaver, and accompa
nied his father and mother to British
Colombia aboard that steamer in 1835.
He was a lad of about 15 years of. age at
the time, and his memory being still
good, be can spin, and does when op
portunity offers, most interesting yarns
concerning the first trip of this pioneer
steamer. Mr. Johnston has bad a
rather chequered career, but is still in
full possession of his faculties and in the
enjoyment of robust health He has a
land claim on Harrison river, which he
took np a few years ago, and spends his
winters there making necessary improve
ments to entitle him to the crown errant,
It having been decided to send the old
Beaver to the world's fair at Chicago, it
would be an enterprising move on the
promoters of the scheme to secure the
services of Mr. Johnston and take him to
Chicago, where, as the last surviving
member of the ship's compahy, he could
explain to the thousands of visitors the
history ot the wondertm old cratt, ana
tell the story of her first voyage. His
presence would also add greatly to the
DENIES THE CHARCE.
Pennoyer States His Position on toe
Dalles Portap Matter.
interest surrounding the old vessel
Garza Organizing: an Army.
San Antonio, Jan. 31. A Mexican
newspaper published at Laredo by the
widow of General Martinez, a Mexican
exile, says today that Garza is organiz
ing an army in the states of Tamaulipas
and Coahuila ; that he is supported by
the people and many capitalists and
military men, who do not openly declare
their position, fearing the wrath of the
Mexican government; that Garza now
has from 3000 to 5000 men. The editor
ial in the paper concludes af follows :
"Garza's cause is much stronger, not
withstanding the activity of the Mexican
government. Our restoration .is near.
Hail to the sacred-rights people and
down with the tyrants.".
Both Legs Cut OR.
Sacbaivento, Feb. 1. Wesley Sulli
van, a farm laborer, had both legs cut
off at 3 o'clock in the outskirts of the
city by a freight train. It ia thought he
cannot recover, His father and mother
live in Portland, Or. The man either
had been drinking and had fallen asleep
on the track, or else he had succumbed
to a fit.
Served Ilim Right.
Savannah, Ga., Feb. 2. David Porter,
deputy collector of the port, an officer
of the local post of the Grand Army of
the Republic, and a prominent Odd
Fellow, was shot dead early this morn
ing by his son. Porter was beating his
wife.
May Have to Apologize.
Washington, Feb. 1. The hissing of
the British flag by a crowd at Bridge
port, Conn., yesterday afternoon, at
tracted considerable attention in depart
ment circles today. The dispatch states
that the British flag was biBsed because
the schooner Glendon, a Canadian craft
did not also display the United States
ensign, and that in failing to do so, the
captain of the schooner violated the
United States law. This view of the
case is not borne out by inquiry at the
state and navy department, where' the
officials state there was no law requiring
foreign - vessels to display the United
States flag on entering a United States
port. Some officials said if the dispatch
was a corrrct statement of the facts in
the case the United States would prob
ably be called upon to apologize to Great
Britain. .
The Jeeeased Preacher.
Mentonk, Feb, 1. The remains of
Rev. Charles H. Spurgeon are laying on
the bed on which he died, which is
almost hidden from sight by the nuin
of floral wreaths sent by relatives,
friends and admirers of the deceased.
The features of the deceased minister
show the slightest signs of the death
agony. The body will be removed to
morrow to the mortuary chapel in the
cemetery. Mrs. Spurgeon is bearing np
well under her great sorrow.
Arnold, of Missouri, has presented
for reference a resolution requesting the
president to recall the minister of the
United States to Chili, Patrick Egan, to
the end that reciprocity and amiable re
lations between the two countries may
be maintained.
A Pioneer ef 1835 Vet Living.
New Westminstbb, B. C, Feb. 2.
The statement made in Saturday's Col
onist, to the effect that not a single' per
son who came around the Horn on the
pioneer steamer Beaver is now alive,
was not correct, though few people are
aware of the fact. There is one survivor
of the ship's company who came out
from England to Astoria in the Beaver,
and he is Thomas Johnston, a Fraser
river fisherman who, during the fishing
season, works for W. II. Vianen. Mr.
Johnston is the soil of Chief Engineer
Fighting the Lottery Company.
Boston, Mass., Feb. 2. Mayor Mat
thews sent the following to the board of
aldermen yesterday afternoon : "In
view of the scandalous manner in which
the business of the Louisiana state lot
tery is advertised in the "theatre pro
grammes in this city, I hare the honor
to direct your attention to the exped
iency of revoking the licenses of all the
theatres taking such advertisements, or
of prohibiting the practice in such other
manner as vou mav deem consistent.
A provision' might lie inserted in the
licenses issued to theaters and other
places of amusement that the same
should be void in case the advertisement j
of any lottery company, or their ageuta,
is allowed to. be printed in tne pro
grammes.
To Build More Walebacks..
West Superior, Wis., Feb 2. Mc
Dongall, the whaleback yard manager,
has returned from New York, where at
a meeting of the directors of the -Amer
ican Steel Barge Company he was em
powered to spend $1 ,000,000 in the con
struction of whalebacks for the com
pany's own use, they finding it more
profitable to operate the boats than to
make them for other parties. Arrange
ments were made for a number of the
directors as a separate body, to purchase
the great passenger whaleback now
building for service during the world's
fair. It will be operated by this new
company.
. Hunted With Bloodhounds.
YrMA, Ariz., Feb. 1. The authorities
of Coohise county have imported a pack
of bloodhounds from Hunterville, Tex.,
to aid in the chase of the renegade
Apaches,, Masse and Kid, two of the
worst renegades in this territory, are
now in the Ciracahua mountains with a
emali following. These methods were
adopted owing to the inability of the
army to reach them. Lopez, the crimi
nal who escaped from the territorial
penitentiary Tuesday, has been recap
tured at Adonde. Lopez is serving a
seven-vear sentence.
WAS RUN DOWN BY A TRAIN.
The Mangled Remains of a Man Found
on the Track.
TBI BIRIFOKD CAMP QUARREL.
Dissatisfaction Expressed at Railroad
Valuations Cannot Sell or
Lease the Land.'.
A Fostofflce Building Bill.
Washington, Jan. 30. Representa
tive Davis, the alliance member of the
house from Kansas, today introduced a
bill authorizing the erection of a post
office building in places of more than
3000 inhabitants, a-d in places of less
population where such place is the
countv seat, the buildings to cost not
less than $6000 nor more than $50,000.
In second stories of the building there
shall be public libraries.
American Vines In Demand.
Rome, Feb. 2. The Italian minister
of agriculture has, for a number of years,
distributed large quantities of American
grapevines among the farmers, which
proved to be able to successfully resist
the attacks of phyllexera. In conse
quence these vines were very extensively
introduced, rromine isianu oi oiciiy
alone the minister has received demands
for 26.000.000 for thecoming Beason. He
will be able, however, to supply bnt 500,-
000.
Pay for Washington's Militia.
Olympia, Jan. 30. The pay accounts
of the militia for service during the King
county mining troubles, were audited
today by the board of military auditors,
and Adjutant Eeplin left for Seattle this
evening with a warrant for 5069.50, the
amount to be disbursed among the
troops. The expense accounts for the
same Berv'ce have not yet been audited.
t Sentenced to Death.
Vibnka, Jan. 29. Frank Schieder and
his wife Rosalie, charged with having
decoyed eight young women from their
homes on pretext ot employing them as
servants, and then murdering them for
the sake of money and effects, were this
afternoon sentenced to death.
Salem, Or., Feb. 2. Governor Pen
noyer Baid to a reporter today, that the
statement in the Washington dispatch
of February 1st to the Oreqonian, that
he had written to Speaker Crisp and
other democrats in the house to riefaat
by all means any project for a boat-rail
way scheme, is absolutely without foun
dation. He said his whole offense, If
any, was in urging the passage of an
appropriation for a portage railway, and
in that matter he had the support of the
legislature of Oregon, as that body, at
its last session, bad unanimously passed
a concurrent resolution asking for such
appropriation. As to his receiving no
reply from the chief of engineers he ex
pressed no disappointment. That func
tionary in January, 1889, recommended
a portage road, and in December, 1889,
opposed it, and the discourteous refusal
of a man possessed of such whiffling
judgment to reply to his letter, he said,
did not cause him any loss of sleep.
The governor believed that the dispatch
was doubtless instigated by one or both
of our senators, and he was content to
let the people of Oregon decide which
scheme was the most beneficial,' the
portage railroad, costing 131,500,
which could be built in one year, or the
boat railway, costing $2,860,356, which,
if the appropriations were made for it
by the government, as appropriations
have been made for the Cascade locks,
would occupy more than twenty-four
years in its construction.
RIX DOWN H A TRAIN.
Ehe Mangled Remains of a Man Dis
covered on the Track.
Two Millions Involved.
Boston, Jan. 29. Thefailureof Colbv,
hardware dealer, caused startling
rumors, involving the embarrassment of
five prominent concerns in the city, who
are alleged to be mixed up in the note
shaving business, in which $2,000,000 is
involved.
Coming Silver Legislation.
Washington, Jan.29. Enough signa
tures have been secured to enable Chair
man Holman tocall acancusof the dem
ocratic members of the house next Fri
day evening, to settle upon what action
will be taken toward silver legislation.
Another Uprising in nan Paulo.
London, Jan. 30. A dispatch from
Rio Janeiro says another attempt has
been made to depose ' the governor of
province of San Paulo, Brazil, but that
the uprising was again a failure.
Leading Irish Presbyterians. '
Belfast, Feb. 3. Rev. Dr. Hugh
Hanna, leader of thelrish Presbyterians,
died todav.';
Pendleton, . Or., Feb. 2. Just after
the departure of the test-bound train
last night, which leaves this 1 place at
10:45, several Union Pacific employes
were walking down the track and made
a startling discovery. Below the end
of the depot, lving between the rails,
was the body of a man. His feet and
hand had been amputated, and he was
otherwise bruised and maimed. No
spark of life remained, and death had
evidently been instantaneous. It was
discovered that his name was John
Smith, and that he had beem employed
about a month on the Columbia Valley
Land Irrigation Company's canal. The
force having been reduced he came to
Pendleton about two 'days Rgo from
Echo and was stopping at the Transfer
house. Monday he expressed his inten
tion of going to Pasco to work on the
canal there, and bought a new suit of
clothes. He was last seen leaving the
hotel at train-time by Clerk Moore.
Smith did not appear to be intoxicated,
but had a bottle ef whiskey, the shat
tered remains of which were afterwards
found along the track. He had been
seen by several parties in the afternoon,
and was then perfectly sober. The cor
oner's jury found that he had registered
atjthe hotel as John Smith, but was
known among his fellow-workers as
"Duffy." No letters were found on bis
person ; only $2.50 in cash and a shav
ing outfit. After discovering these facts
the jury adjourned to wait the arrival of
a witness from, Echo, who is supposed
to know something of the deceased.
assessors were in attendance at the con
vention today. Those present for the
first time were the. assessors of Clallam,
Columbia, Cowlitz, Franklin,' Lewis,.
Whatcom and Whitman counties. The
question of railroad assessment was dis
cussed .'with the equalized valuations.
The following resolution on the subject
was adopted:
"We believe that $15,000 per mile on
railroads of the first class will be as low
a valuation as the property of individuals
was assessed at for 1891, and we believe
it to be our duty to adhere to the pro
vision of section fortv-fonrof the revenue
law."
The assessors present have been di
vided into Eastern and Western Wash
ington committees for the purpose of
agreeing upon a uniform live stock val
uation for their respective divisions of
the state. E. S. Meaney addressed the
convention in behalf of the world's fair
commission, relative to the gathering of
statistics, for use at Chicago.
Land Which was Donated Cannot Be
Bold or Leased.
Eugene, Or., Feb. 2. An opinion has
been received by the county judge from
attorneys employed, in regard . to the
matter of the right to sell or lease certain
property in this city belonging to Lane .
county. The opinion is quite lengthy,
and shows a complicated state of affairs.
The land was donated to the county
when the city was platted, and the deed
withholds the right of the county to sell
or lease. A part of the land has been
deeded by the county to the public for
streets, and a part has been leased and
individuals have been enjoying the use
of the same. The opinion is to the ef
fect that these leases will not hold (rood.
and the land will revert to the public. It
also states that the countv has no right
to sell or leaseany of the land it holds by
the original deed or gift. The county
has been anxious to sell a part of this
land, but now finds that it cannot give a
title.
Russian Government Severity.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 2. Count Tol
stoi says that the grain now in Russia
will not last until spring, and that it
will be necessary to import grain from
America. Merchants are unwilling. to
inform the government of their stocks,
as they wish to retain all they can for
higher prices. This has caused some
acts of severity on the part of the gov
ernment authorities. In Kief, a mer
chant who was shown to have deceived
the authorities as to the amount he had
in stock, was publicly exposed in front
of his own store, tied up by the thumbs
to the lantern post. His stock was con-
fiscated, and he was sentenced in addi
tion to six months' imprisonment.
Other merchants suspected of conceal
ing grain for higher prices have been
threatened with similar penalties.
A New
Venture by a
Official.
Waterworks
Details of the Hereford's Camp Quarrel.
Castle Rock, Wash., Feb. 2. Fur
particulars have been received of the
family quarrel and murder which oc
curred at Hereford's logging camp,
about three miles north of this place
Sunday night.' James Hereford, who
bad been at Olequa, came home drunk
as did also his brother Gillman, who
had been at this place. James arrived
at his father ,s home before Gillman and
threatened to whip him so soon as he
arrived. He even started down the rail
road track to meet him, but was per
suaded to return home by his father.
Gillman soon arrived in company with
Mr. Hyatt, better known as "Carolina."
A quarrel took place between the two
brothers, and the youngest Gillman
placed a revolver against his brother's
breast and fired, the ball entering the
left side near the heart, lie died in
about twenty minutes. The only words
he spoke were to Mr. Hyatt, saying:
" (r!apn!inn ' T am filmt. TM1 iifl t.nn.
Send for the doctor." Young Hereford
was arraigned before Judge Brown at
this place and waived examination and
was held to appear before the superior
court now in session at Kalama. . He
claims self-defense.
Dissatisfaction Is Expressed at Railroad
Valuations.
Olympia, Wash., Feb." 2. Seventeen
Monmouth, Or., Feb. 5. A newspaper
is to be started here probably this week.
The material is all here, and a force of
men are hard at work getting ready for
the first nn niter. It will be under the
management of F. S. Barzee, president
of the Water Works company, and will
be the state organ of the prohibition
party. Mr. Barzee will have charge of
the local department. Mr. Lucas will
be the editor and Professor T. F. Camp
bell will have the educational depart
ment. Laughed Himself to Death.
Fort Dodge, Ia., Jan. 30. Henning
Peterson, a tailor, is lying the point of
death, as the result of uncontrollable
laughter. His risibles were excited last
evening by a comic song, and his laugh
ter soon became uncontrollable, though
not resemblfng hysterica. At the end of
an hour he was completely exhausted,
and became insensible. All efforts to
arouse him have been tried in vain, and
it is thought he will die.
A Battle With Moonshiners.
Mount Pleasant,' Jan. 30j A posse
of internal revenue 'officers, who went
into the mountains in search of moon
shiners, came across a second gang near
Somerset. The distillers refused to sur
render, and in the fight which followed
a deputy collector was wounded. The
moonshiners escaped. The posse are
still searching for the gang and another
battle is expected.
Union Pacific Strike Threatened.
Omaha, Neb., Feb. 1. The grievance .
committee of the trainmen and conduc
tors of the Union Pacific are irritate-1 be
cause of their failure to receive a reply
from the officials. They imitate strongly
the Union Pacific must accede to the
demands and declare a strike, if it comes
will stop every wheel on the entire sys
tem. . 1
A Patentee's Lawsuit.
St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 2. William E.
Lee, patentee of a seed separator, has
been given a verdict for $16,000 against
Pillsbnry and others. Lee says flour
mills all over the country have been us
ing his invention without paying him a
royalty, and he contemplates requiring
other millers to account to him for the
use of his patent.
Increasing the Price of Food.
Paris, Feb. 2. Bacon and ham have
increased in price to 2 francs ier pound,
being about three times the figure before
the tariff came into force. This addition
to the price of food is already causing
much apprehension among the 'poor of
Paris, and the hotels talk of increasing
their prices.
To Test the Act.
Madison, Wis., Feb. 2. The supreme
court today authorized the attorney
general to bring suit to test the reappor
tionment act passed hist winter by the
legislature.