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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1891)
rm 784 Sobscribers . la Colombia County. BKBT Advertising Mfdlun In Golnnbli C, Till' LeadlDg Ftiper of Coluli County. VOL.' 8. ST. IIELKNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1891. NO. 52. Circulation, l.OGO. ORE 601 THE OllECJON MIST. huTued kvkht rniuAt Moimmu lit'''''''--'!'"1 -' -'"''''r'V ' J. R. BEEGLE, Publisher. Thai County Official Paper. Mnb.orlp loa Rata. Oil. winy ' ',r ,B aleoes iiuctiupy niuiitb sin,- vy . ..1 ftO , Adeerll.lns ! I FrotcMlool r.rJ. one yr.. VI ; ) noliimu one year,. ' t H ill niiliimii nuo cr 7ft i tartar euliiinu one year... ......, Oil Inch oh month . " (lit lnk three niuntlin. ft Oui lah al niouUit. 4 l,otil nntlM, tit imdM tm Hn (nr flrat lamr Mom; 10 o.nU per llu, lor each yqut ia l.r Inn '' ' ' . . . a lKal advert iMnwnL, II. M pur luch tor Art liiMrtloii, nl Ttoeuu u r lima (of own inline ,unt In. ri'nii. COLUMBIA COUNTY OltJ Duuiitr UiHaMtrib lU'tir ; I), i. "wl nr. St, H.letii t) K. K liulck, Ht. Damn. J Hlirlir. .1 Win. Mekr, Ml, leln TlMMIHK - ...'!. W. Col, Ht. llekMM Hl. ol Subool ..J. u, Watt, auRliiHiwa AeMir -. , 0. K. Kimii, Knilller Surveyor. ,..,.. H. Uitla, -. Helen 00-.ml-.oae,....;.. $&&&g Maeletr Notlaas. Maohio, HX Helen NnIkc, No, J-Ki!ilr iniiuivtiiHjiiv era ana 1 nira a.taruay in raca . nu.iiih t 1-.IU r. . at Miuoiiik Hail. Vl.ltiag M A.ONIU. -k.lUlr IXMllIM Nil. J4 MUlMl MIA ft llil'.lr u or or Inn wt lull mooiit7:IIO r. i Mowiaio Hun, oTor Hl.w'luirj'. .ior. VUIHiiim.iub.r.10 good lOudlu, ltmlid to U.BU. ancllal Apuolataioat. Klrt SaJy-lw ItUuui.U . m.i Ht. H1cm, 7:00 r, . MxHinit Sand- Nmt Cltf , U I- M.I Rabia, T UB r. M. Tulrd Hitudar-UIHton. Hi..; ttoaltou, r. M. roartb 8i1.y-.l l.ltud ((llllt.hu), II M. BUBUNatMC, Putor. Tbo Mall, r . Down Hvr4bnt) do., at f :30 a. M Vp rlr (boat) trloM at 1 r. a. The mail foe Vonionia n t CIIUbarK la St H.l.u. TttMHlar. Tburwlajr aud daturdair at . a. Tli mill (br Mrabln1, Clatokanle nd Mlt laM 4ulua Mouiiayi WeUnUjf aud frlday at it m. Mall, (railway) north clow at 10 4 M.i lor roni.ua .1 . r. a. . Trarolora Oalda-Klor Roatm. HT.H(l. W. hhavk-Imtm H'. Helena for roiiiauu Mill. a. 1 ue-dty, Ttfimlay aud Mat ardcy. UavMMI. Helen, for Cl.i.kaul Moo day. Wl.1y and Krliay al ;a0 a, a. HritiMiia JorM Kkll.hkj la,r Ht. H,lo. lor rortiaud dally eMt Huuday at ) a, HXIHriiluii. laa.e Portlaod at t:W r. u. I'ROFESSIOSAL. OR. H. R. CLIFF. Physician and Suryeon, St. Halaa,, Or. DR. J. E. HALL, Physician v and Surgeon, ClaUhanla, Colombia Co., Or. T. A. McBauia. A. S. Daaaaia, MoBRIDE ft DRESSEI, Attorneys v at v Law, Oroa-oa City. Or. Prompt atti-ntlno Wn to land olDe banlnea. A. B. LITTLE, Surveyor, and Civil Engineer, .'; St. Uolaa. Or. Ooantr Hiirr. ynr. land tarraylnf. town plat tlnf aud ngUiearlug woik piomplly done. W. T. Buan. J. W. D4r. BURNXY A; DRAPER, Attorneys v at . Law, . OreKon City, Or. Tiy.lv. yar' exnerteaei el ttpgliter of the Uulteil Hla'e Laud Ollloe her rNmnind In our jxj.'Ully of allkluiliof butliiDM bef r the land OITloe or the 1 .uru, aud luvolirlug th, , pravllv, la too Uauerat Land oatoe. J. B. 8ROCKENBROUQH, ATTORNEY v'.AT v. LAW, 'f 5. . Onie City, Or. : - (liUi Special Agent of ilm-ral land Offlrr.) H nneaieal, Pnmipiioi and I'tmher l,nd Au- Sil at out and other land onto, Maaluau a lieelaiiy,,, Oiflc, Hi-ruul rioor, Uiud Olliee BallUliuj. ' . "CfWS. W. PYCElj, Notary Public -AND- INSURANCE AGENT, MAYGBIt, OB. MISCKLtANEOUS. D. J. SWITZER, GENERAL INSURANCE -AND- Real. Estate Agent, ... ( ...'.. 8t. Hi lino, Oreoon. 'i f r ',' '"' ' 00 TO John A. Beck, ; Watchmakef , and Jeaieler, ,- -roB voub ELECANT JEWELRY. Th Flout AMortment of Watoh., Clock, and t a Jewelry oi all UaMrlliou. OPP OSITI THI ESMOND, PORTLAND, Off PIANOS and ORGANS. Hallott & Davis end New Scale Kimball Pianos and Kimball Or gans. I invite inspection, and defy competition. L.V. MOORE, 1 05 Washington St., Portland, Or. Write for catalogue and prices. Mention this paper. EVERDING & FARRELL Front Street, Portland, Oregon, DEALERS IM WHEAT, OATS AND MILL FEED OF ALL KINDS, Hay, Shingles, Lima, Land Plaster. Also Flour, Bacon, AND A UENERAL ASSORTMENT OF- ; C3- roce t i e s, Which we sell cheap for cash. (Jive us a call. EVE. R D IN G & FARRELL. Clartskaziie Line. GTEAMER G. J. W. SHAVER, Master. Leaves Portland from Alder-street dx'k Monday, via Westport, Skamokawa and Cathlaniet, Wednesday and Friday for Clatskanie, touching at Sauvies Island, St. Helens, Columbia City, Kalama, Neer Citr, Kainier, Cedar Landing, Mt. Coflin, liradburv, Stella, Oak Point and all intermediate points, returning Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. SOW IS THE TIP This desirable property adjoins Milton Station, on the Northern Pacific ' Kailroad, ONE HOUR'S RIDE FROM PORTLAND. And is only 1 milss from St. Helens, the county-sent, on the Columbia river. Milton creek, a mautitul mountain stream, runs within I 200 yards of this property, furnishing an inexhauatible -supply of watr for all purposes. LOTS, 50x100 FEET, : Ranging in price from $50 D. J. Switzer, St. JOSEPH KELLOGG Joseph Kellogg jl M' I Tl" ' -amwiti,.i. : FOR COWLITZ RIVER. n i.r-K i i f n fi-t- Leaves KELSO Monday, Wednesday and Fn NOInCn VGGIday at 5 a. m. IxsaveB PORTLAND Tuesday, Tlmrsday and Saturday at 6 a. M. .f lAfiCDU If CI ff Leaves RAINIER at 5 a.m. JlSOl2Irl IVIZI.L.IaaUVs aailr. Sundav excented. arriv ing at Portland at 10:30 a. m. Returnine. leaves PORTLAND at 2:30 p; m., arriving at 7 p. is. . ' DON'T BUY YOUR DRUGS ANYWHERK BUT - YOU WILL FIND THE Freshest, Purest and Best of Everything . AT THK CLATSKANIE ' DR. J. E. HALL, Proprietor. TRYA" I and fjet L10RE POVER and us LESS 17ATER Writ tar ar Mow Illnetmtod Cataioca ot tast. THE LXFFILVATER WHEEL ENGINE CO. SPRINGFIELD, 0, U.SJV, W. SHAVER. TO SECURE A LOT i to $100, can be secured from ' Helens, Oregon & CO.'S STEALERS ana1 Northwest , . : AT A REGULAR DRUG '.' STORE. Fi WHEEL PACIFIC COAST. Telegraphers Strike on the Southern Pacific. OSTRICH FARM IN ARIZONA. Seventeen Chinamen Landed on the Bcaoh Near Port Townsend at Night-Eta The fiia hern California hotel, are pretty well tilled with Eastern atranger. The Australian grafahopper parnaite it to be permitted to roam throughout California. . 1'ino, Alfoi, N. M., has been nearly deitroyed by nre. i ue loaaea will ag gregate 100,(KO. . . Albuqaeraae, N. M i, to have a eiuriusr auu rvuuuuuu wuiu uperiu Dy tne new electric procew. . A trikeof "niturAl gm at Lake Shore tation, twelve milei north of Salt Lake, tiaa c.iuaed coneiuerable excitement. B rax bed a mile in . length, bait a mile in width and eight feet thick have been discovered near bMenabnrg, Wuh. Rradi reef mercantile agency report, twenty-one failure in the Pacific Const Bute, ana Territories lor the past week. ' 1.0 " Operation, on the Kenosha tunnel at Virgin a City hove baen suspended, no ore Doing lound wnere it nad ueen indi cated. " 1 -" ' : T coma merchmtii profess to ' have dcovered that the Northern Pacific has been discriminating axainst their city in lavor 01 Portland and ban P ranclsco. Riverside pr iposes to build the Kubi doux Hotel, the foundation for which wa. laid four year, ago, and a public meeting is to be held to farther the ob ject,';: A. E. McDonald, aliaa McKay, the man who robbed the cathedral at Los Angeles, has been held in thl.OOO bail. He is an ok! offender against the laws. ; " Seventeen Chinese were landed on the beach near Port Towniend the other nialit from British Columb a. Cu touis otlicers arrested ten of them, but the others escaped. : . ' The lima bean ranch of Dixie Thomp son in Ventura county. Cat., is said to be the largest In the world, 2 2v acre being planted to beans. The crop this year was arxmi 10a carioao. The Supreme Court ot Idaho has de cided that the State Bwrd of Equaliza tion had erred in equalising the assess- ms'its by classes. This practically ren- dem nugatory all acts ot tne board, and much litigation will follow. A dispatch from Paso Riblea sayS the Southern Pacific Railroad Company has ordered 5 M barrels of flour sent to tianta M trgarita to be used while constructing a tunnel lor the completion of the gap between that place and Ell wood. The Los Angeles Chamber of Com meree haa concluded to address Congress asking it to devise a n inform money svstam with the irold do'lur as the stand ard or unit of vlne, using gold, silver and currency for a c:rculating medium Portl.md sea captains are waging war on solicitors who loard sh!ps without the net mission of the masters and per- Bumie naiiura iw iwitvw wit-ir frmwir, eral arreete have been mide, and the culprits are being prosecuted with vigor. Harris Bros., clothiers of Helena; Mont., have ass'rnml. with preference of :15 1,000, Innln-ling 2',i)00 worth of notes dill IoohI Iwnks and f80,0 0 due dealers in Ne Y.irk. T ie linbilitiesare $oU,0U0, and asset are thought to be the same. -- Mavnr Mason of Portland has vetoed the ordinance pvsed a few days ago by the Council srantin r to tha Pinkerton the right to ms;ntnm a " police pa'rol " In Portland TheThiel detective agency has hail the system in operation there several weeks. '-. y..1- Edward Alhertsnn.thedefan'ting cash ier of the Ki lelity .Truxt Company of Taeoma, has been sen tented to ten years in the penitentiary by Superior Judge Allyn. Fred N. Chandler, Albertson's friend and accomplice, was aen enced to five years. This emlieulement case is of recent occurrence and familiar to readers.'. ).$..:..":.. '"..y ; i't-..:-Authentic reDOrts sav that Bngbee, Alaska's deposed United States District Judge, will refuse to vacate the office. Bugbee claims that nnder a recent act of Congress he cannot be removed without' impeachment. He and his friends pro pose to insist upon his holding the office, and say he will not resign under any circumstances. An Ars na man .named Frank Blake stole 5 D sheep in broad daylight from a ranch near Lis Lnnas recently, and ran them off into a canyon. Later be held his cache alone, with the aid of a Win chester, against a dosen armed herders. The par: v finally retired and left the darinit t'tief in possession of the sheep. Now the officers are after him. Medicine Lodge, Idaho, was recently the scene of a remarkable fatality. Da vid Collier and a nov started out for a horseback ride. Collier' horse soon be gan bucking, arid, getting beyond con trol, ran with such force into the boy's horse as to kill himself, as well -as the other animal, At the same time Collier was thrown, and had his neck broken. The boy escaped unhurt. The cantain of the British ship Karoo, now loading t Taeoma, is charged with .vtrem. ei-nftltv to hia seamen. Thev claim that one mau, who suffered with yellow fever, was flogged in his bed for shamming; by order of the master. The man d eJ tne day following. Another man. who was a victim to the same dis ease, was pot ashore without funds or adequate clothing. The charges will be investigated. ; An official no less than Traveling Aud itor W. H Moult'nrop declared at Tuc son that he could obtain nothing to eat at the restaurants at Lordebura recently. War is declared there In behalf ot the strikers and telegraphers. Three opera tors and an agent have gone out at that place, and they have plenty of sympa thiser. A weloome is promised the first operator to appear thereof tar and feath ers, a burro and au Ui appurtenances hereto. EDUCATIONAL. An American O'.rt Succeeds in Getting Permission to Attend Lectures v , In Berlin University., : There are about 215 schoolhonses in Philadelphia, v There are six schools In Ireland where Irish is taught. There are students from fifteen foreign countries at Yale. There are 98 s'u lenU at Princeton this year, against 851 last year. There are eleven graduates of Yale and sixteen of Hurvard in Congress. President Angell threatens to close the University of Michigan if gambling is not stopped. The t-ext contest between Harvard and Yale is to be a debating contest on some question of public interest. The next annual pay roll of the offi cers, professor, and employes of the University of Micliigin amounts to $160, 00) . -. . , - Officials of the Chicago University an nounce that they will receive the sum of 50il,0OJ from the William B. Ogden es tate. . The authorities of Cavendish College, Cambridge, K gland, have determined to close the doors of the institution after a fruitless strangle of fifteen years. The annual report of William B. Far nara, Treasurer of Yale University, shows th it the University has received ,343,391.91 in gilts during the last year. - The census statistics show the gain in population in the United States to be 24 Hi) per cent., while the enrollment of children in the public school, is W.'4 per cent. This is a healthful indication. Twenty universities of the. German Empire show 28,515 students w'io have matricu'ated. , Their studio for tin most part are: Medicine. 8,916; law, 7.2' 2; evangelic! theology, 4,2 1 ; Cath olic theology r 1,3"7. Six thousand night hundred and forty-five students were matriculated as students in philosophy, which includes chemistry and physics In. the case of the School Board of Fitchhu-g. Mass., against certain French resident, for refusing to send their chil dren to the pnl. lie schools the defend ants were fined $10 and costs. They ap pealed, and were held in $100 each for the Suoerior Conrt. The children were attending the French parish school, where most of the instruction is in the French language, in violation, the board ays, of the State school law. The new building of the Institnte of Technology at 147 Troop street, Chicago, was almost whollv built bv the students of an industrial school. The bria 1 plan of this institnte proposes to teach " anv person, any stndv, day or evening." Dramchting of all kinds is made a spe cialty, a force of three instructors being employed in that branch. ' Evening classes in plumbing, brick laying, archi tecture, electricity and engineering be gan November 16 ,;, Of the- 136 students who were grad uated fr m the four colleges in Maine this year only one has chosen farming or an occupation about the nsual pro portion in snch cases while thirty-three re to take np teaching. Other o cu na tions find an order of preferen-e between these two five chousing journalism, sieven commercial pursuits, twelve engi neering, thirteen the ministry, eighteen meoicine and nineteen the law, wnne the remainder are undecided. WORLD'S FAIR NOTES. China Not fies the State Department Th it She Will Take No Part in the World's Fair. ; The Paris manu in tuit rg have shown hut, Uttie enthusiasm in the Chicago Fair. Among the exhibits to be made at th. World's Fair bv a Paris jewelry estah lisliment will be the extraordinary "bin-' di unond," which is almost uniqne in the world of precious stones, and two of the Mazarin diamonds. . At a recent meeting- held under the auspices of the merchants' committee of the dry-goo ls trade at New York a reso lution ws adopted favoring the passage bv the coming session of the Legislature of bill appropriating $5 H),0 0 to pro vide lor a JSew York exhioit at tne V. .rid's Fair in Chicago. , World' Fair National Commission? T nomas B. Keogh of North Carolina hat oeen nominaieu oy inrecior-umiera Davis as chief of the forestry division ol fair. Keogh is President of the Greens boro and Norfolk Midland railway. He served as Secretary of the National Re publican Uom mitt ee when Don uameron was Chairman. The Chinese Empire has officially no tified the State Department that it will take no part in the World's Fair. Tne Emperor's grounds for declining to send an exhibit are that the United States ar discriminating against the citisens of th empire.and that Chinese could not com to the exposition without being put ii the humiliating attitude of needing s special passport, to be granted by spe cial act of Congress. No objection is made to Chinese merchants already in the United States participating in the exposition, but China as a country re fuses to take any part whatever in the affair. Minister Den by at China has in formed the Secretary of State that, while the Chinese government will make no provision for official representation at the World'. Columbian Exposition, it has. in order to facilitate exhibits bv Chinese merchants and others, removed the export duty on all articles exported for the exhibition at Chicago. ' At a meeting ol the Executive Com mittee of the Washington World's Fai Commission held in Spokane the othei day reports were read snowing the work well nnder way. The following appoint ments were confirmed: Rev. Myron Eclls of Skvkomish. to be collector of ethno'ogical exhibit; Mr. Grant of Clal lam countv, collector of exhibit of na tive plants;' Mrs. Alice Hough'on of Spokane, snperintenilent of woman's department ; Prof. Hendrix of Kirkl md, superintendent of educational depart ment, and Edmond S. Meany as assist ant to the Executes Commissioner. The report of Percy W. Rochester, delegate to Chicago, was very flattering to thr State. Thsi refection bv Chief Burnham of the plans selected for the Mate build ing wa discussed In secret session, end it was decided to open communication with Mr. Burnham to find out what mod ifications are neceesarr in order to hava the p'ans accepted. The next meeting win m new atuiympia on January 1. 1892. EASTERN ITEMS. Chris Buckley Leaves Canada for Home. PHILADELPHIA'S EXPORTS. A Kentucky City Council Declares the Lighting of Street Lamps on Sunday Illegal. Philadelphia's export trade Is growing fast toward mammoth proportions. Missouri is competing with Kansas for the honor of producing the largest crops." . '. . Palestine, Texas, impeached her City Marshal because be would not suppress gambling. The question of separate, cars for whites and blacks is now being agitated in Virginia. : The Prohibitionists polled but 902 votes in Iowa this year, a loss of about 6,000 since 18K9. Ex-City Treasurer Peake of Kansas City has been acquitted of the charge of embezz ing $2 kt.OOO. ; Nine men and boys are under arrest at Peoria. III., for breaking open cars and stealing the contents. The Western Iowa Horficnllm-al So ciety has opened an exhibit ot Iowa fruits at Conncil Bluffs. A man in Minneapolis has just seen red a divorce from his wife on the ground that she was a kleptomaniac. Great destitution is reported at Ox ford , N.J., the iron manufacturing town. The puddling mills are hnt down. The President's r-m. ks on the New Orleans lynching nfl'.ur meet with friend ly criticisms from the Italian press. " Rock-salt producers of the conntry, with an output of 7,0iX) tons a day; have formed a pool to freshen up business. The Burlington railroad has lesitned the payment of commissions on passen ger business in direct defiance of the boycott. - , President Hyde of Bowdoln College has started a crusade against the obnox inns cigarette, giving daily lectnres on the subject. Chicago is crving aloud for a hospital for contagious diseases. A public meet ing to consider the subject was held a ew days ago. The people of Indiana are engaged in a monster rabbit hunt, the animals hav ing become so numerous as to be a threatening pest. . : Fifteen Chicago packing firms have united to establish stock yards on the west side of the city. A tract of 600 acres has been secured. .:.- Some talk again of abolishing the Bos ton Council has grown out of its defeat of the order providing $200,000 for com pleting Commonwealth avenue. Two o' R-yin nd & Whiteouib'S pop ular Cali orn'ia excursions are to leave Boston by the Fitchburg railroad next month, and three more in February. J. H.Whittemoreof Nangatuck.Conn., has notified the Board of School Visitors of that place that he will build a $35,000 school building and present it to the town. la.',; New York Court of Appeals has re cently decided that a railroid company is responsible for an injury to a passen ger notwithstanding be was traveling on a pass, . ;...- The new Speaker of the Hou-e will be the thirty-second man to hold that posi tion in "public liie. There have been fifty-one Congresses, but only thirty-one Speakers.. .. . " The Winchester Repeating Arms Com pany of New H tven, Conn., has made a gun for Browning Bros, of Ogden that fired 900 shots in one minute through one barrel. 1 Chief of Polios Freeman of Dayton, O., assisted by a detective, has unearthed most of the diamonds recently stolen on a train at Dayton from the agent of a Cincinnati jewelry house. . The heirs of the late Thadeus Stevens, several ot whom reside in Caledonia county, Vt ., where Mr. Stbvens was born, are preparing to contest the will of Mr. Stevens to prevent the estate being de voted to charities. : . .. . r The City Council of Sharpsbnrg, Ky., has issued an order that the lighting of street lamps on Sunday night is con trary to law in snch cases made and pro vided, and that hereafter they shall not be lighted on that night. Boston Common is threatened. ' Bos ton's Aldermanic vandals threaten to abbreviate this breathing place and to lay sacr.ligions hands upon this historic region to w den BoyBton street to accom modate a rapid-transit road. President Yerkes recently distributed $975 in gold, says a Chicago paper, among prise gripmen of his cable lines. Three prises are annually offered by the company, of $10 ) to $75 and $50 each, to gripmen of the best annual record. Under the operation of the homestead law the last year U4,3i0 new homes were established, that being the number of laud patents issued. - As they represent over 18,000,000 acres of land, there is plenty of yard room for the children.' The Judges of the Supreme Court 61 New York have made a change in their entire calendar system, which will go into effect January 1. The new system, it is thought, will expedite business and avoid delava in getting cases on trial. v. - Should the bargain now going on for the Cherokee Strip be consummated, the amount of land acquired of Indians within the last three years would be in erased to npward ot 81,000,000 seres, and the aggregate price paid would be upward ot $311,000,' 00. A dispatch fmm Montreal rays: Chris topher A. Buckley of Kan Francisco, who has been a resident here since October 1, has left for home. His d-partnre was due to the action of Supreme Court in declaring the grand jury which indicted him illegally constituted. .' Citisens of Galeahnrg, II)., raised a guarantee fund of $.'0,000 in stock to ward the building of a large beet-sugar factory to cost $600,000 The balance of ti e capital ia to be furnished bv an En gliBh syndicate. A similar project is be ing worked up at Marshalitoan, la. . PERSONAL MENTION. An Ottoman Subject of Syria Presents Mrs. Harrison With a Picture of the President. ' ' King Oscar of Sweden Is a collector of poems with autographs of writers. The Russian Prince G"ssiipiff, who died recently, is said to have been worth $260,000,000. His heir is bis daughter's husband, once a poor Lieutenant, Gail Hamilton says that she has dis carded politics and is devoting herself exclusively to theology, with Mrs. May brick as an incidental diversion. The veteran soldier. General Fran Si gel, is still greatly interested in art and artists, and may at times be seen exam ining the pictures and works of art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Queen Margherita thinks a Que n ought to remain young and beaut ilul for political reasons, as feminine loveliness is so essential to popularity, especially in the Southern regions of Europe. :. Aszeex Muscalem, an Ottoman subject of Mount Lebanon, Syria, has presented to Mrs. Harrison a picture of the Presi dent, painted in silk and framed In na tive wood, inlaid with mother of pearl. Wolcott Baleatier, who was joint au thor with Rndyard Kipling of " The Ntu lahka," now being published as a serial in the Century, died recently in Dresden. He was very young, but had already made his mark in literature. The ninetieth birthday ot the distin- Elished philosophical writer. Prof. Karl udwig Michelet. will be celebrated at Berlin by extraordinary meetingof I'hdo sophiscbe Gesellschaft, which he found ed, together with Count Cleszkowski, in 1845. It is hoped that he may be pres ent on the occasion. , ' Bishop Phillips Brooks' avoidance of the use of a Bishop's ring leads the Chi cago Timet to observe: "This is what the Episcopalians get for electinga broad churchman. It ia difficult to see how the work of saving souls can progress unless the Bishop wears all the jewelry that goes with the part." ' ; - The Earl of Dudley holds the largest life insurance ever effected, the amount being $6,000,000, Second in the list, it ia said, comes Mr. Wanamaker, whose policies of $5,2 0,000 exceed that of the Czar of aU the Russia by $250,000. Fourth comes the Prince of Wales, whose life is insured for $2,625,000 Miss Mary Theresa Olivia Corn wal lis West, eldest daughter of Colonel Corn wall is West, M. P., of Ruthin castle, Ruthin, was married Decern be r.S at the historic church of St. Margiret, West minster, to Prince Hans Heinrich of Pless. The most prominent guests were the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Prince and Princess of Saxe-Weimar and Prince Pless XL, father of the bride groom. Joseph Pennell. the artist, had no one to blame but himself apparently for his recent expulsion horn Russia. He went to Kieff. and began to take sketches of the interior of churches, of the streets and of the citadel. He also had a kodak camera with him, and took photographs right and left. He was cautioned that these proceeding, would not be allowed without an express permission from the government, bat paid no heed to the warning. :' Mr. Blaine Is a difficult man to inter view. He is very reticent. Postmaster General Wanamaker talks guardedly, but is affable and generally popular with interviewers. Secretaries Tracy and Foster are very approachable. The Pres ident does his talking through " Lige " Halford, his secretary, and all that comes thmnirh that source can be put in a nut- , shell. Nothing would surprise the coun try more than a genuine interview with a President, which has hardly been pos sible since Joseph McCullauh, now ed itor of the 6t. Louis Globe-Democrat, had his famoua talk with Andrew Johnson. NATIONAL CAPITAL Senator Dolph Introduces His Coast- Defense Bill No Force Bills Will Be Attempted. Among the bills iust introduced in the Senate was one by Senator Wolcott,' ap propriating $150,000 for a public build ing at Colorado Springs, Cot., and the same amount for a public building at T uJilU flnl Bon.ln, Alliasm i n f m- duced a bill appropriating $200,000 to establish a branch mint at Council Bluffs, Ia. The make-uo' ot the Committee on Privileges and Elections is claimed to mean that no more force bills will go in that body. Teller, the Chairman, ia op posed to the bill of the last Congress, and Mitchell was known to be very luke warm in his support of the measure. Both will probably prevent the consider- , ation of a similar measure again. . Representative Hermann of Oregon has had a conference with the Chief Jus tice of the Conrt ot Claims relative to the overcrowded condition ot business in that court, and will in a few days in troduce a bill to relieve the court, pro viding for additional Judges, w hoses du ties it shall be to take charge of the In dian claims that have accumulated and dispose of them. It ia the onlnion of both the Chief Justice and Mr. Her mann, if such a bill can pass, that the accumulated depredation claim, will be very speedily disposed of. ; i r The delegations from the Stales which are traversed by the Northern Pacilio railroad are going to make an effort 1 have something done in relation to. the claims made by the company for Hit minerals that were not found as such prior to the grant. This effects Idaho and Montana to a greater extent than any other portion of the country, al though there are some mines in Wash ington and Oregon. If legislation can save the mineral lands to the people, it will be passed through the efforts of these Northwestern Congressmen. ' Senator Sherman has promised Stew art that his free-coinage bill shall not be held back in the Finance Committee; that it will be reported back adversely at the earliest possible date, and that it may be brought before the Senate for i a vote. It is Sherman's Idea that nothing could be made by trying to strangle: the silver bill, and that capita' can be made for the Republiean party by opposing it, but in a straight out and ont. manner, and let those who are crowding the mat ter take it to the President and get it vetoed at the earliest possible moment. In connection with Shermnn's position on this queotioa it is said that there ia yet with him a lingering hope tor the Presidency, and that he possesses a con-. Ungency that will make him the nominee.