THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1803.
MINIUM BILLS
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Bart Hates.
.rcCMDL.ITIOS M"1 1XCHAJIGE
Bills arc Uw ia Creater
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7abiotoi, Feb. 1. Special.
C -iter nation reign In to treasury
' irtmcnt where large lore of ad
eal clerk hava been called Into
jisition to eoont and prepar lor
Bating million! of dollar worth o(
S.nk mIm. araenbaeka and ehln-
r, nmi of which bar
lw bMB hoarded aver
eri
inc cIon ol tba war ol the re
bellion. One cause ol thia raid lor
oaw bllla ia the introduction ol an act
la tm(tiM by Representative Outh
'?r' - ol Ohio, accompanied by reporta
j for the frequent exchange ol
, paper money for new note. An
Jgalioa maJe at hi eoggeatioa baa
a that old greenback and bank
contain the germ ol diaea to an
lal degree, and that there ia reaaon
r ' prehension ol thetu a a producer
. ease.
'. aubject wa firt brought to Mr.
raiie'a attention bv Dr. C. F.
" xof Co! am bur. and hortly alter
am J the Banker aeaociation of Ohio
J ; jrA. a report in faYor ol leg islation
- -jre a ireqoent exchange ol note,
r. J. C. Graham, bacteriologist ol Star
:dical college, wa asked to make
l : seetirelion, and hi report dii-
the fact that old paper money ia
)' : of bacteria an egg are aaid to be
". !neat. Ir. Graham writra that
i ie an examination ol eight bill.
. ( bill ol the eerie ol 18H8 showed
iind ol bacteria ; oneot the aeriea
: 5 two kind; two 12 billa of Jthe
aeriea, on each, another dollar
... urie two kind. The billa
;. riJl much worn and very dirty.
' h medical authority aay : "Two
L were lonnd containing
ri of various kinds. Culture were
i' In broth and then were Injected
3 rata and guinea pigt, most of which
id within twenty-lonr houre." Mr.
.SwaiW in (peaking of I it intentioni
' f :.a matter says: A the presence of
.' -a ii to be feared here next sum
r a should lake every precaution
t the spread ol dieease. I hav
ogly introduced a bill and hope
V become a law immediately.
-ge the banking committee to
. .i . , sod if It does not do sol will
1 1
; impropriation ooumiitte to pro
i I
bacy lor the purpose.
TBS aHIKOLK TBI ST. (
etlve War StMii tk tut
a the Et.
IA, Feb. 1. (Special.) Present
'oris point- to something tH aJ
i war during tbe coming aeaaon
the Washington and Oregon
Manufacturers' aaeociatiou come
Mod of an agreement with aat
r. The aeaociation intends to
a iobbers and deal direct with
le, and la ao doing expect to
ill
inu;.. prices. In which they claim
oleealeri invariably create deuiorali
ion. o th other band, representative of
c-j, Omaha and other shingle and
r firms announce that if they can-
-tract direct with the mills her
f At anpply ol shingles they will
ej their own mills and boat the
'itruat. Local Jobbers, who con
1 C-l shingle trust, claim that they
lot be drirea out ol the market, be
- fbey control the shingle output.
probable that representatives
nt in various cities ol the east
( p yarda to fight the Jobber in
r c a territory. John C. Hill, ol
jl & Co., and representing also Wey-
A Co., of St. Paul, has been her
oustrating with member of the as
" a, telling them that the railroad,
siets th easterners In retting
win cava trouble wltu menu
e (Jala taa.
, Feb. 1. 'Special. Colleo
s i- canceled postage stamp are
now WI!Cing the attention ol many
ol children and women. There Is
ady market for such stamp at
i ranging from $3.60 to 13 lor each
CerUln firms in this and other
ike aae ol old postage stamps
atiTe purposes, and they bare
ly . drertiaed their desire for stamps
g the school children. Altltough
v.' 1 seem that the collection ol 60,
i- waa an interminable Job, it
that on young woman, who I
i in a wholeeal dry goods
va made 1 45 sinra Tbaokijrivlng
g canceled stamps at S tor 60,.
bad opward ol TOO wholeaal
I ( YtDg her la making collections.
SBBATB HILL MO.
raa Mill ia rail mIIm latraaa b
Mr. Crea. Jaaaarjr I Ilk.
A bill for an act to change, In part,
the compensation, and mode ol payment
thereof, to the clerk of the supreme
court, county clerks, recorder ol con
veyance, clerks ol the circuit court and
county courts in the aiate, and ol the
sheriffs ol the several couuties, to repeal
certain provisions ol statute, providing
for the payment ol carUiii ! to '
officers, and ol trial leea In certain rase ;
to provide lor th paysr.ent by partiee to
appeala, actlona, eulla and proceadlnga
ol certain rani to aesist th state and
th eeveral eonntle la defraying expen
sea conseqaenl upon the administration
of justice ; to provide lor the appoint
ment ( deputiea lor th various office
abov enumerated la certain cases, and
for their compensation ; and for tba pay
maat to the state and eeveral counties of
sums ol money and feea paid to officer
by partiee litigant.
lit it rnartd bf taa Iffulatirl mutmlly er
(As aiatt Ortgo:
Section 1. Th clerk ol the supreme
court of thia state shall receive aa com-
peneatioa lor his service for discharging
the duties Imposed upon him by the
laws of the state an annual salary of
12,000, to b paid to him quarterly, in
tba earn manner as salariee era paid to
state officers, and such clerk shall Dot be
entitled to receive any fee or other com
pensation for bis service, than aa above
provided, except lor furnishing to private
parties copies ol the record and file in
his office, required for their benefit and
convenience, in which case he hall be
entitled to charge such partiee therefor,
Including th necessary authentication
thereof, at the rate of ten centa a folio
for such copy, but shall make no charge
fur affixing- the seal of hjs office to such
authentication.
Sec. 2. Th eeveral county clerka of
the eountie of this state in which there
exist such office shall receive a aalary
aa follows: Iu counties in which the
number ol voters, as shown by the last
preceding state election lor the election
of state and county officers, are lee than
twelve hundred, thecounty clerk of snch
county shall each receive fordietbarging
the duties Imposed upon him by the
lawaof the atate, an annual salary of
$l,'JO0. In counties ia which th num
ber ol voters, as shown above, exceed
twelve hundred, and for which provision
by law has been made for ehooeing a
recorder ol conveyance therein, the
county clerk ol such eountie shall each
receive lor diicbarging the duties im
posed upoti him by the laws of tbe state,
an annual aalary of flJO, and in coun
ties in which tbe number of voters, ex
ceed twelve hnndred, shown a aforesaid, ;
and no provision of law haa been made
tor choosing a recorder of conveyances
therein, the county clerk of such coun
ties shall each receive, for discharging
the duties imposed upon him by the
laws of the state, an annual salary of
f 1.800.
fec. 3. The recorder of conveyances
which have been or hereafter may be
chosen by law in any of tbe counties of
this state, shall each receive, for dis
charging the duties Imposed upon him
by the laws of the state, an annual sal
ary off 1,400; and each of tbe clerka of
the circuit and county courts, chosen as
such by law in any of the eoantiee of
this slate, shall receive, for discharging
tbe dutiea imposed upon him by the
laws ol the state, an annual salary ol
11.500.
8ec. 4. Th salariee herein provided
lor In favor of the sal J county clerks, re
corder ol conveyance and clerka ol the
circuit and county courts, ehrll be and'
lied and paid by the eeveral counties to
th said parlies entitled thereto, in
monthly payment, and in th asm
manner that other county charge are
paid. And no on of such officials shall
be entitled to receive any fee or com
pensation for hie aaid aervicea than aa
abov provided, except for tarnishing to
private parties eopiee of the record and
filea in hi office, for their benefit and
convenience, in which ease he shall be
entitled to charge such private parties
therefor at the rata of ten centa a folio,
but shall not be entitled to anything lor
authenticating such copies, beyond in
cluding the number ol word contained
in the certilcate of authentication, in
bis computation of the number of folios.
Kec. 6. Th sheriffs of the several
eountlee in thia state shall receive aa
salaries, as follows: In counties iu which
th population doea not exceed five
thousand persons, aa shown by the last
preceding census, whether state or
United (States census, the sheriff of
each county shall receive an annual sal
ary of 1,200. In countiea in which the
population exceed five thousand per
sons, but doe not exceed ten thousand,
aa shown by tucb census, tba sheriff of
such county shall receive an annual
salary ol 11,600. In counties in which
the population exceeds ten thousand
persons, but doe not exceed twenty
thousand, ascertained a aforesaid, the
sheriff of such county shall receive aa
annual aalary of 12.000. In counties
where th population exceed twenty
thousand persons, but doe not exceed
forty thousand, so ascertained, the
sheriff ol such county shall receive an
annual salary of 2,5i0. In counties In
which the population exceed forty
thousand peraons, but doea not exceed
sixty thousand, ascertained as before
mentioned, tbe sheriff of such county
hall receire an annual aalary ol $3,000.
And la all c tin tie la which tba popu
lation exceeds sixty thousand, asrer
tained aa before mentioned, the shrriff
ol such ronutv shall receive an annual
salary of l:i,500. Lrh of the aeveral
counties of the state shall andit and pay
to its sheriff the aalary, aa herein pro
vided, in monthly payment, and In the
sauia manner herein specified for th
psyuient of rouutv clerks, recorders of
conveyance and clerks of the circuit
and county courts. And no sheriff shall
be entitled to demand or receive any
compensation whatever for performing
the service luipoaed upon him by the
lawa of the state, than as above; pre
rtdtd, except, that ha shall be entitled
to the mileage feea and poundage, now
allowed by Uw, upon all sums actually
collected by him under execution or
other final process, for the collection af
money, and under any delinquent tax
and warrant duly issued to him or
placed in hi hands for collection in pur
saanra of law. Ha shall also be en
titled to the feea for mileage, or travel,
now allowed by law, for snmmoiilng
juror to attend upon the circuit court
ol hi county, and in sobptenaing wit
ness In criminal case, bnt shall not
be entitled to any pay for summoning
any jnror, or serving any subpicna in
such case. He ahall also be allowed
the aame compensation now allowed by
law lor the board and keeping ol prison
era confined in the county jail ol his
county. He shall be entitled also to
demand and receive to bia own use, any
reward offered in pursuance ol law tor
the apprehension of any person charged
with, or suspicloned of crime, where he
has earned the same by a compliance
with such offer; and to receive from the
state the feea now allowed by law for
transporting or conveying convicts to
the state penitentiary, and inxane and
idiotic person to the state asylum,
when sent in pursuance of the adjudi
cation of an authorixed tribunal of th
state. Sheriffs shal! also be entitled to
claim from the plaintiff or moving party
in any suit, action or proceeding, such
reaaonable sums of money a they may
have been compelled to ty or incur on
account of the care of property in their
costodr under attachment, execution or
proceeding for the claim and delivery
of personal property.
Kec. 6. Coroners f the several conn
tit of tbe state shall also be entitled to
tbe aame fee now allowed for the per
formance of service in an action, suit or
proceeding, wher the sheriff is a party,
and the party paying the same shall be
entitled to recover the amount paid for
the adverse party as a disbursement,
when entitled to cost in tbe case.
ec. 7. It shall be the doty of the
clerk of the supreme court of the state,
before filing any transcript in any civil
case appealed to that court, to exact
from the appellant therein the sum of
twenty dollar; and no appeal shall be
deemed perfected unlesa such sum ia ao
paid. Said clerk shall also, npon th
admission of any applicant to the bar of
said court exact from such applicant an
admission fee of five dollars, and such
applicant shall not lie deemed admitted
unless such payment is so made, Said
clerk ahall immediately, upon receiving
any money, aa above provided, pay the
am over to the state treasurer and
take a receipt therefor, which shall
specify the title of the case in which
paid, and name of the party paying it,
or tba name of the applicant for admis
sion in rase paid by such applicant.
Sec. 8. It shall be tbe duty of the
aeveral clerk of the circuit and county
courts in the atate, at th time any suit
action or proceeding for the enforcement
of private rights, including appeals and
wtiiu review, but not proceedings in
probate matters, is instituted to exact
from the plaintiff, or moving party in
such suit, action or proceeding, th sum
of five dollar, and no complaint, tran
script upon appeal, or petition for a
writ of review ahall be filed therein
until such payment i made. Such
clerk ahall also, at th time of filing any
answer, demurrer or motion in any such
action, suit or proceeding, upon the part
a defendant, exact from such defendant
the sum of three dollars, which paper
shall not b deemed filed unless such
payment is so made. And auch clerk
shall also exact from such plaintiff or
moving party, at the time such action,
suit or proceeding couiee on lor final
trial or bearing upon queation of fact or
law involved therein, unless referred to
a referee, and except upon demurrer, aa
additional sum of twelve dollars, .which
shall be paid before any such trial shall
be bad therein. And every such clerk,
upon receiving any money a provided
In this section, shall Immediately
pay tba aame over to th county
treasurer of hi county, and take
hi receipt therefore, which shall
specify th titl of th case and name of
th party paying the same. The
amounts so paid by parties to appeals,
actions, suit and proceeding shall con
stitute disbursements in the rase and be
taxable as such in favor of the party
entitled to costs therein, 1 in other
caseaol taxation of disbursements.
flection 0.. The aeveral sum required
to be paid by parties litigant to the res
pective official In appeals, actions,
uit and proceeding aa provided In the
two proceeding section of thia act, are
Intended to b In lieu of the tee auch
parties have heretofore been required to
pay aaid officials In auch matter, and
also In Ilea of th trial fee auch partie
were prior to th adoption ol thl act
required by law to pay ; and no auch
fee or trial fee last referred to (hall
hereafter be exacted from such parlies
in such cases. In all other cases, how
ever, inwhl:h fee are allowed to
eou'ity c'.srks, recorder ol conveyances,
clerks of the circuit and county courts,
and sheriffs in civil matters, including
fees Iu probate proceedings, it ahall be
the dnty of the aaid officials, respec
lively, to exact and receive from the
partie requl'ed by law to pay the same,
and the service for which th fee is al
loaed, shall not be performed until
such foe is paid to th official required
to perform the same, which fe ahall,
upon the day it la paid to tba official, be
paid over by him to the iwunty treas
urer of bia county and a receipt taken
therefor, which shall specify th kind
ol servir performed and th name of
the person from whom received. A ad
non of th aaid officials shall be allowed
any monthly payments of his salary
nntil ha exhibit to th auditing board
all rceiptc ol money ao received, and if
it be ascertained at any tin that such
official haa received any money for aurh
lee not o accounted lor, and don ser
vice without exacting the lea therefor,
a above mentioned, or neglected his
duty ia any other respect, the. payment
ol his salary ahall be witheld until th
matter ia fully rectified.
Section 10. In can of disagreement
between any of th official referred to
in the last preceding section and the
county court of hi. county concerning
the audit, allowance or payment of any
item claimed by such official for the per
formanre of any service, and the deter
mination thereof by such court is un
satisfactory to the official, the latter
shall have the right to have the matter
reviewed by the judge of the circuit
court for such county in tbe same man'
uer as near aa practicable, as the tax
atiou ol esats by the clerk ol the cir
cuit court are reviewed by the judge
thereof. The decision of the aaid judge,
however, shall not be final where tba
amount of the claim ia fifty dollars, or
the question in controversy involve pe
runiary interests to that amount; in
such case, such decision shall be appeal
able to the supreme court, and it ahall
be heard in that tribunal upon the find
ings of fact and law made by the cir
cuit judge.
Section 11. Whenever any county
clerk, recorder of conveyances, clerk of
the circuit or county court herein re'
ferred to, or sheriff, appoint a deputy,
it shall be the duty of such official to
report the same to the county court of
his county, which court shall enter in
it minutea the said report. And if the
said court ia of the opinion that the
services, or any part thereof, of such
deputy abould be paid by the county,
it shall fix the amount thereof to be
paid by the county, by an order duly
enter!.. specifying the same, which
amount shall be so paid by the county
in the, same manner aa other county
charges are paid, as before mentioned.
RftMrnl the Fapr
A well known gentleman in thia city
movml into a bonne that had been pre
viously occupied by another frcntleman
who waa a snbucriber to one of the even
ins; pa pern. The currier of course con
tinned leaying the paper for a spare of
a year, never having been notified of the
rhunjje. The collector recently went
aronnd to collect for the paper, the bill
being made ont in the name of the gen
tleman who had subscribed. When th
collector presented th bill th gentle
man of tbe house aaid:
" Why, my dear air. that man ha not
lived here for over a year. You are at
tbe wrong honse."
"Well, baa not the carrier been leav
ing yon a copy of th paper all th
timer
"Tea, air. Bnt I did not anbacriba.
and I told the boy to quit leaving it
But h never did aa"
"You have received the paper every
day, haven't yon?"
"Yea, air."
"Then you ought to pay for 11"
"Well, excuse me a moment," and th
gentleman went into th honse. Re
turning ia a moment he lugged out a
stack of newspaper half aa tall aa him
aelf. "Here ore your paper, air: I have
no nee for them."
H had read them and carefully filed
them away until th bill should be pre
sented. Th collector sent a transfer wagon to
haul away a year' accumulation of
papers, tbe puy for which ha failed to
get, becauae one tnf n returned them and
the man never received them. Chatta
nooga Time,
There will be 444 electoral vote In
1803. Congrena pasHed butt year a reap
portioniuent bill baaed on the oensua ct
lUtfu, allowtujf on member to 1?H.M;
PopW.
Th survey for th railroad from alom
basaa, on tbe east African coast, to the
lakes in the territories of the British Ka-I
Africa eomiMMiy ia to be liegnn at once
Th proposed congressional investi
gation in Washington Into the expendi
ture ol the American Panama canal
committee has excited a keen Interest in
Bogota and Panama. If pushed, it Is
expected that sensational revelations
will b made concerning th operation
of aeveral ol the promoter of the Nicar
agua canal enterprise.
Tha Alabama hous has passed a bill
prohibiting the sal or giving away or
otherwise disposing of cigarettes, ciga
rette tobacco and cigarette paper, in
Alabama. It Impose a fine of not less
than f 10 or more thaii f.0, and Impris
onment of sentence to hard labor for not
lea than 30 days, for violation ol It pro
vision. Th bill also prohibit th
smoking ol cigarette n any public
piac.
A TYPHUS EPIDEMIC.
Heroic fieasnres Necessary to Slop ils
Tenuis Prazrcsi
STATES PAY0BIXC AS SEXATI0.V
PcoasjlvaaU ao4 Cat iter a ia Hart
Takca YsUa a the QueatUa.
Tf1 LOIAL LB ION TIKI ACTIO.
Cap. Taaaia af th Albatraa Spaak U
Waves af tha Cahl Vvaaa tha
Oaaat af Callfarala.
Maw Yoac, Fab. 1. Th health au
thorities have become thoroughly
alarmed over the rapid spread of typhus
fever during the last week, and are
adopting heroic measures to stop its ter
rible progress. Thirty-seven houses
have been declared quarantined. The
industrial school at West Thirty-second
street is closed. The scourge is no longer
confined to tbe filthy lodging-houses in
the east aide. One case has been re
ported from Harlem. Tha board of
health baa furnished $3,000 with which
to pay 20 physicians to inspect tbe lodg
ing-houses for the next 30 days.
atatas Favor Aaaaaatlons.
Habbisbcbo, Pa., Feb. 1. The senate
today unanimously adopted a resolution
favoring th annexation of the Sandwich
islands to the United States, and urging
the representatives of Pennsylvania at
Washington to use every means in their
power to promote annexation.
8 acm am ait to, Feb. 1. The lower house
of the legislature today passed the joint
resolution lavoring tha annexation of
the Hawaiian islands to tbe United
States.
Tha Loyal Legloa Ac to.
Sas Fbancibco, Feb. 1. The Califor
nia cotcmandery of the military order
of the Loyal Legion held their quarterly
meeting and banquet at the Occidental
hotel last evening. About ninety vet
eran officers of the regular army and
navy were in attendance.
General Backus brought up the que
tion ol the annexation of the Hawaiian
islands before the meeting, and his re
marks in favor ol that measure were
received with applause. The following
resolutions were adopted unanimously :
That it is the sense of the command-
ery of California military order of the
Loyal Legion of the United States that
the Hawaiian Islands should be an
nexed to the United States, and that
the flag of our country should lie raised
over those who are appealing to us to
help them in their struggles for freedom.
That under no circumstances ought
the United State to permit any foreign
power to exercise control, or any foreign
flag to float, over these islands ol tha
Pacific. "
Captain Tanner, of the United Slates
steamer Albatross, who was engaged in
surveying the route for a cable to the
Hawaiian islands, also spoke.
"Tha question of laying," he aaid,
had been discussed for many years
because of tha necessity ol completing
the telegraphic circuit of the globe.
Tha distance of the cable recently laid
between Bratil and Africa was five
miles longer than that to be proposed to
be laid between San Francisco and Hon
olulu. In 1874 tha first surveys for a
Hawaiian cable were made. One was
from Golden Gate to Honolulu, tha
other from Han Diego, The latter was
abandoned as impracticable. "Such a
cable," ha said, would hardly be ex
pected to pay dividends. The survey of
an English company for a cable from
Australia to Samoa was nearly complete.
The Hawaiian cable would complete the
circuit.
"The United States have been held
responsible for maintaining peace at the
islands. It now appears that we are
likely to be responsible fur their per
manent peace. On political grounds,
the need for the cable is becoming ur
gent. The question is to whether that
cable ia to be started from Vancouver or
San Francisco;" and the captain was of
the opinion that, though the question was
a political one and not for him to dis-
am, the people of the United States
and their congress should see to it that
the cable was at this end, and should be
laid from some point on the coast of
California.
BssmlaatloB af Toaehar.
Notice Is hereby given that fur the
purpose of making an examination of
all persons who may offer themselves as
candidates for teachers of tha schools of
this county, the county school superin
tendent thereof will hold a public ex
amination at his office in Th lal!es be
ginning Thurtdav, January 30th, and
ending Feb. 8th l'M'J2, at 1 o'clock, p. in.
All teacher eligible for the state certi
ficates, state diplomat and life diploma
must make Application at th quarterly
examination. iMted this Jannary 27th,
181KJ. Taoy Shxllrt. .
County school superintendent ol Wasco
County, Oregon.
Ttiaanthand il.t kallnt at Dlvmnla
yesterday show no chang.
WHAT fTBCSj WA8 A OHBAT MCRDKar
Is Nam' a Itotrta'edl Kraahla; Aaaa
moat la the Hall? flaanoial
lloaila.
Chicago, Jan. 31. The Union Pacific
Isaccused ot cutting pmtsengnr rates be
tween Og-den and the Missouri river to
ao extent which wilt almost certainly
resultin ao open reductionof 50 per rent.
The regular rate on such tickets 1 $40,
The Union Pacific it acensed of placing
large blocks of tickst in the brokers
hand at price which enable them to
tell at $18 to $21. One scalper inform!
th competing lines that a number at
tickuts were obtained at the prieee
name.
Aa open reduction In rate to at leaat
$20 I anticipated before the and ol tha
week. Ia th present condition ol the
transcontinental line such a reduction
night well be th precursor ol a rata
war which would take rank a onaol taw
hottest la tha history of railroading.
An Omaha special says : Kecent pro
nounced change made by the Unioa
Pacific railway company ia their paaav
enger ticket salea and in reduction of
their operating expenses has appeared
to some person "on the inside" to meaa,
nothing mora than a mere temporary
movement. It is believed by maay
men of Influence and railway acquain
tance in thia city that the director and
officers of the company have about got
ready to throw the road into the band
of tha government and wish to get aa
much revenue out of it as possible bo
fore that time comes. Thia conclusion
is supported by the facts. It will be
rerubered that when the Union Pacific
railway was built United State bonds
to the amount of $50,000,000 "ere issu4
during the period of its construction,
from 1464 to 1863. These bond were
intended to aid the road to obtain capi
tal enough to undertake what seemed to
be a great burden. They were to mat
30 years at a 6 par cent rate. In July,
1894, tha first of them will fall do.
The company is utterly unable to meat
its obligation in this manner and haa
again and again asked conpresa to ax
tend the time of these bonds.
A recently issued report of the govern
ment commissioner, Horace A. Taylor,
recommended the extension to 100 year
and a reduction of the rate of interest
to two per cent. The death of Mr.
Gould and the generally interpreted
verdict against corporations as given im
the recent election have led the direct
ors to make ready for the inevitable by
securing as much profit as possible front
the remaining month of the contract.
The feeling against the Union Pacific in
Nebraska ia most bitter, even fanatical,
and the same may be said of other west
ern states. They claim that something
about the great road must be wrong
when it has cleared $'.'0,000,000 per year
for the past decade and baa not paid off
a penny of its great government debt.
The representatives of these people will
not dare to vote for any such extension
in congress aa is asked for, and it i
their evident purpose to force tbe rail
way into the hands of a receiver and
close up its affairs as a private corpora
tion, or even to dissolve all government
connection with it and treat it as any
other creditor of the government.
MORTUARY K SPORT.
Btatoiaaat 8howlD( Health Coodltlea
of Th Dallas.
From Dr. O. D. Doane of the board ot
health of Dalle city, who has been com
piling statistic ot the health of tbia
place, w learn that for th period of
two year, ended last evening, the death
rate of tha city has been but a fraction
over 1 per cent, annually. During tha
period under review 80 interment have
been made ot deaths in the city, which
include six from accidents, four killed
by railway, and two lost by tba fir.
The average population of th city for
the two year baa been 4,000. Thia may
be considered a pretty fair showing for
the health of Tbe Dalles.
Iroa Treaa tha Ilcavaaa.
A special from San Antonio, Tex.,
says : Albert Haberle, of that city, ha
discovered a body of meteoric iron near
there, and much interest ha been ex
cited in scientific circles over the find.
It i estimated that the weight of tha
extinct meteor is 20,000 pounds. Pro
fessor Guttav Jermy, a geologist and
chemist, has just completed an assay ot
the Iron, resulting aa follow in hun
dred: 97.5 per cent pure iron, 2 per
cent nickel, and traces of cobalt una.
Professor Jermy has in bia mineral col
lection several pieces of meteoric Iron
and meteorites from Europe and also
from Texas. One of them weighs about
10 pounds, and waa found In Msgura, 1
Hungary, and contain that rarest of
mineral, the schisibersite.
Eighty Day u tha Oeaar lor Tweatf
Iiullara.
Naw Yoaa, Jan. 81. The policy of
tha Paniina Railroad Company in put
ting on a a line of steamship In oppo
sition to the Pacific Mail ha impelled
the latter to reduce the parsenger rat
to Colon from $00 to $20, and the freight
rate from $9 to $2 per ton. The signi
ficance of this action will be grasped
when it is considered that it is eluht
days' journey to the Isthmus. Thia
commercial war gain additional signifi
cance from tha alleged fact that th
management ol the Panama Railroad
Company advertised abroad for foreign
steimer to carry freight from New York
to tha isthmus.
The Y. It. C.'s had a lively time of it
on Union street last nignt waning.
The sport wa never mora enjoyable.
The boha shot down through the ent
with railroad speed and the empelllaf
fore drov them down a far a tba Col
umbia hotel In fin hap.