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ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1892
NO. 4.
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Th. mail for Vertimila all I I'loahu-r Icavea
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da. Walua dar and Krl ay ata:iw a.
araaHaa JoaarN Ki.LMiii-lj-ar.a hi. Ilnlena
for Poriland daily rii'i.tMuuitay at ;M a. m.
KrlBriitna, loa.oa Hmtlaud at p. M.
J'ROKESSIONAI
DR. H. R. CLIFF,
Physician and Surgeon,
at. Ilalana, Or.
" DR. J. E. HALL,
Physician v and Surgeon,
Clalahanle, Columbia Co., Or.
T. A. Vi'Mami. - A.B. Oaaaaaa.
1 . McBRIDB ft DRESSES,
Attorneys at . Law,
; jj I I Orrf ob CltFt Or.
Prompt alt nllon glrao to laud olWca bnalimaa
' f;'i A. B. LITTLE,
Surveyor and Civil Engineer,
Halaoa. Or. :
OmitT li ynr. I-and inrraylii. town plal
lliif ami tiiKtuverluif aroik piompily dnuc.
W. T.VUMM. 'I ' J, W. Daaraa.
BURNEY & DRAPER,
, Attorneys v at V Law,
t a 4r.(on ;lty. Or.
TivaWa or" ai'rli'no a H .-alitor nl the
OuitH.1 Hta na l,jd OIlU-o tiorai rmoiainaiidi i
lnotirtwllly of all kind, ol biialuoaa b"l t,
tho Uud rfl 'nr thv ttoiiita, and Involving tlia
yra Una tri tlia (Jmioral lud oillw.
J.!B. BROCKENBROUQH,
AfTORNEY v AT LAW,
. w'r..-i city, o
(f.ta Bprrlal Ant til Oenoral I-njl Offli;.)
H imiial, Pnampllo i and I'linlwr Uud Ap
pll at on and othur Iiid Offloa ."
io!alty. OIHcii, pecoud Floor, Uud omoe
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Notary Public
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: INSURANCE AGENT,
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" MAYOKB, OB.
MI8CELUNEOU8.
Dd." SWITZER,
GENERAL INSURANCE
"-'' " " AND
Real Estate Agent,
. St. Hilsns, Oregon.
.... . , ,.(10 TO
John ; A. Beck,
Watchmaker, and Jeweler,
. , -FOR YOUR- ,
ELEGANT, 'J EWELRY.
Tha Fln Aortment of WatoUi, Clooka and
1M ' Javralry q( U liaaotlluut.
PIANOS and ORGANS.
Ilolljitt & Davia and New Scale Kimball Viimoa jind Kimball Or
iraiifi, I invito iiiHiwctiiM nn,l rl,.f.r .,.,.. iiii,,..
"-V. MOORE, 1 05 Washington St., Portland, Or
Write for cntnlnuiio ami nrli-pa. M.ni.lim Una mn-
EVERDING & FARRELL
Front 8treet, Portland, Oregon,
WHEAT, OATS AND MILL FEED OF ALL KINDS,
Hay, Shingles, Lime, Land Plaster. Also Flour, Bacon,
' AND A OENEBAL ASSORTMENT OF
roceries,
Wliich we sell cheap
EVERDING
Clatskanie Line.
STEAMER C. W. SHAVER.
J. W. SHAVER, Master.
Leaves Portland from Alder-street dock Monday, via Westport.
Skainokawa and Cathlamet, WednoBday and Friday for Clatskanie,
touching at Situvics Island, St. HelenB, Columbia City, Kalama, Neer
City, Rainier, Cedar Landing, Mt. Collin, Bradburv, Stella, Oak Point
ana all intermediate points, returning Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
NOW IS THE TIME
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Thii desirable property adjoins Milton Station, on the Northern Pacific
. Hailroad,
ONE HOUR'S RIDE FROM PORTLAND.
And is only li miles from St, Helens,
river. Milton creek, a beautiful mountain stream, runs within
. 200 yards of this property, furuirihing an inexhaustible
supply of water for all purposes.
LOTS, 50x100 FEET,
Ranging in price from $50 to $100, can be secured from
D. J. Switzer, St. Helens, Oregon
JOSEPH KELLOGG
I li-li Mill mm - - - ,ww?S"r-" '
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Joseph Kellogg and Northwest
FOR COWLITZ RIVER.
IV I .fc-... 4. Leaves KELSO Monday, Wednesday and Fri
IM O rill WGST day at 5 a. m. Leaves PORTLAND Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday at 6 a. m.
1ACCDU lCI I M" Leaves UAiAlMt at o a. m.
JVdCrrrl IaCl-l-J V4V4 daily, Sunday exwpted, arriv
ing at Portland at 10:30 a. m. Returning, leaves PORTLAND at 2:30
p. m., arriving at 7 P. M. v ? ...
DON'T BUY YOUR DRUGS
ANYWHERE BUT AT A HEGULAR
: YOU WILT- FIND THE
Freshest, Purest and Best of Everything
-AT
CLATSKANIE 7
DR. J. E. HALL, Proprietor.
TRYA"
EFFE
and get MORE POWERe
and use LESS WATER
Writ f aa Kaw IllnatmU Catala(a MM. .. .
THE LEFFEL WATER WHEEL! ENGINE CO. SPRINGFIELD, 0,U.A
for cash. Give ub a call.
& FARRELL.
TO SECURE A LOT
e tow n.
the county-seat, on the Columbia
& GO.'S STEALERS
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DRUG '.' STORE.
WHEEL
' PACIFIC COAST.
The Oregon Board of
; Equalization.
COMSTOCK FORCE DECREASED.
A Nevada Deputy Sheriff Short in His
Aocounts Counterfeiters at
Salt Lake, Utah.
A large colony from the East Is to lo
cute in Linn county, Or.
Cttrlnton'g Opera Company opened Ban
Dii'tio's $1(J0,000 opera house.
The Deputy Sheriff of Orovsby connty,
Nev l'ete Taylor, in charged with being
over $1,00) short in his accounts.
There wems to be no doubt now that
the Klein party were frozen to death
while crossing the Sierra, going to Car
son. The franx of counterfeiter, who flooded
Salt Lake with $5, (10 and 0 piece,
during the boldidayg six in number
have Iw'D held for tbe action of the
grand jury.
The Oregon Board of Equalization has
increased the total taxable property of
the State alwnt i) ),OfW,000. The value
of the real and personal property of the
State U placed at 2H),000,000.
The businea, men of Ou len, with the
Mayor of the city in the lead, have or
ganized a $50,0tM) atock company to bore
for natural ga, and oil. It ia claimed by
acientilic experts that Ogilen is the cen
ter of the great natural nag and oil re
gion In the Salt Lake Valley.
The Florence and Globe stage was
hold up by one man five miles west of
Riverside! A. T. Wells-Fargo's box and
two bars of sliver bullion were taken.
The mail was untouched The robber is
described as tall and dark, with a heavy
mustache. He wore no mask. ,
At Victoria the Chinese six-year-old
girl, Cheing Man, whose possession has
been disputed between her adopted fa
ther (her purchaser) and the Chinese
Home, h:s been decidel by the girl vol
unteering to go with him. It was proved
he had previously bad three little ones
whom he had sold.
The schooner Jesse P., running from
San Diego to Cedras Island, is reported
to have gone down in a sorm. The ves
sel was commanded by Albert Holhrook
as captain, Harry Jenkins as mate and
a Norwegian sailor named Hansen. Hoi
brook is a nephew of Mr. Holhrook of
the San Francisco importing Arm of Hoi
brook, Morrill and Stetson.
Word comes from Silver City, Lyon
county, Nev., that Rube Melcalt shot
himself through the abdomen. Metcalf
is well known as the keeper of the Dev
il's (iate toll road in years gone bv. He
was employed a a clerk in W. T. Cad
dy's s'ore at Silver City. Despondency,
produced by drink, is supposed to have
been the cause of his attempt to destroy
himself.
The force of men employed in th,
Comstock mines lias been decreased by
a draft of s'xty-three men, divided at
fallows: Chollar, 40; Uonsoimated Uai
iiornia and Virginia, 18; Alta, 6. The
draft iu the two former mines is due to
a decreae in the ore output, and in the
Alta the men were laid off pending the
starting of a pump to drain that mine
down to the l,4!i'root level. The Alta
mill stamps are also bung up pending
the draining of the flooded levels.
General Datus E. Coon, Commander
of Heinixelinan Tost, G. A. H., of San
Dieiro and Senii r Vice National Com
mander of the National Union Veteran
Legion, on b"half of foregoing orders
lias telegraphed President Harrison,
asking permission to raise a brigade of
troops for Chili. The bsxbarous treat
ment of American seamen in Valparaiso
ha aroused the patriotism of the old
soldiers in Sin Dico to the highest
pitch. Permission from the War De
partment to enlist wonld cause veterans
lo pour into San Diego. .
Interest in the San Francisco postoffice
i'te job is not. confined to the people of
that city or to the jobliers. The admin
istration has suddenly discovered that
the steal means a political mistake as
well as a national disgrace, and although
the jobliers are still working for the ac
ceptance of the job site, their efforts
wilt come to nothing. O. P. Huntington
i, working for the site in the East, and
is angry with the officials for their fail
ure to obey his orders. The old commis
sion will probably be removed and a new
one appointed. The administration re
alizes that this is tbe only solution of
the problem.
Tho following notice has been issued
by the Lighthouse Board : "The Noon
day Rick ball buoy, which recently
parted it m loriugs and went adrift, has
been rep'ac id. It now lies 851 yardi W.
8. W. W. from the Rock. Navigation
therefore must be careful and not at
tempt by giving the buoy a wide berth
to pass between the Rock and the North
Fitrallon, for this course might lead them
directly onto the Rock. It has been
found impracticable to place the buoy
nearer the danger. This is a dangerous
locality a place to be avoided; but.il
the mariner tinds himself in the vicin
ity, in approaching the coast he should
not pass betwten the bell bnoy and the
North FarBllon Islet."
Couriers from Ascencion, State of Chi
hnahnt. Mexico, 100 mileB south of Dent
in, N. M., report a terrible uprising.
For some time a bad feeling has existed
between the adherents of the Church
party ami the supporters of the Dias
government. Affairs reached a crisis on
last Thursday, when the election of the
President of the town wis held. Rafael
Anchele, who twice held the office, was
elected bv a few votes. Anchele was
distasteful to the opposition on account
of his efforts to inaugurate reform, and
threats were openly made against his
life. About 4 o'clock in the afternoon a
mob of over 100 suddenly surrounded
the city building and opened Are. An
cliele and histecretary, M. Devalac, were
Instantly killed, The mob took posses
sion of the town after a hard fight. Dar
ing tbe battle three revolutionists were
killed, and many on both Bides were fa
tally wounded. " France Sunzo, one of
the leaders of the mob, was among the
killed. The impression prevails that
ti ls is a movement in support of Ctarsa.
The strength of the insurgents is re
ported at eighty armed men. Troops
have been ordered to the point of u
outbreak.
PERSONAL MENTION.
The New Secretary of War Own One
..v of the Finest Country Resi
dence In the South.
The Roman Prince Ippolite Aldobran
dini has given himself and his million
of inheritance to the Jesuit order. He
has taken the vow of humility and pov
erty. Bob Burdette is an exception to the
general style of humorits in being fat
and jolly-looking. He is 47 years old,
and ha been funny nearly half that
time,
Andrew Lang is 47 years old, and has
ceased to admire any living author ex
cept Andrew Lang. He still has a weak
ness for Shakespeare and Moliere, which
he may live to outgrow.
Archibald Forbes declares that the
late Count von Moltke waa the mildest
mannered man of war whom be ever
knew. His look was that of the scholar
rather than the soldier.
Buffalo Bill is making the hair of the
canny Scots stand on end with horrified
delight at tbe daring feat of hi cow
boys. The school children of Glasgow
have in turn startled William by singing
Yankee Doodle.
Thomas Laws, the negro boy who bore
the message from Miss Rebecca Wright
to General Sheridan which induced Sher
idan to attack tbe Confederate army at
Winchester, has been ionnd. He lives
in Philadelphia.
It is reported that Hignor Crispi, ex
Premier of Italy, will visit Prince Bis
marck this spring at Friedrichsrahe. As
has been the Italian's custom for a nnm
ber of years, he sent the ex-Chancellor
three kegs of fine Syracuse wine a few
days ago. Crispi' wine is famous, and
Prince Biemirck is always glad to get it.
Joseph Pulitzer, still in New York,
chafes against the restriction on- hero
work which his invalidism places npon
him. He can neither eat nor drink, ex
cepting a few bit and a few swallows
prescribed by his physician, lie cannot
endure excitement of any kind ; he is
able to eee' only through a glass, and
very darkly, and he is a virtual prisoner
with the activity of hi mind wholly un
impaired. Mme. Sophie Zola, the operatic star,
has sent home from Stockholm to her
hnsliand in Boston, E. O. Achorn, a
handsome Christmas present she re
ceived from the swediuh King, with
whose family she is a favorite. It is an
after-dinner coffee set of finest china,
which the King gave to his daughter.
Eugeuia, when she was married, and
each piece bears the name of the Prin
cess in letters of gold.
Stephen B. El kins, the new Secretary
of War, has in R nd ilph county, W. Va.,
a palatial home that is described as "one
of the finest country residences in the
South." It stands on a hill command
ing an unobstructed view of the eur
ro mding country, and is not unlike a
mediaeval castle, while with the ninety
rooms it is large enough for a hotel. The
winters Mr. Elkins passes in New York,
wiiere his house is noted for its valuable
library. Though the Secretary has not
the reputation of being a man of schol
arly tastes, he is fond of rare books. He
also possesses Mr. Blaine's accomplish
ment of never forgetting a rame or face
and the incident associated with it.
EDUCATIONAL.
Vassar Has a Pin-Money Fund The
Highland Fling In the Dundee
Public Schools.
The entering Chautauqua class, which
is to pursue a three years' course, com
prises 15,000 students.
The average cost per pupil in the Bos
ton public schools during the past twelve
months has been (24.53.
The gain in school enrollment in New
Mexico in 1890 was 283 per cent., while
the gain in population waa only 28 per
cent.
There are fourteen school children per
1 ,000 population in Russia and 197 school
children per 1,000 population in this
conntry. .. ..
Throughout France gardening is prac
tically taught in the primary and ele
mentary schools. There are about 28,000
of these schools.
In round numbers, says the Denver
V Ul.; lfJUUIICail, 111- gilKK icvTiiirba w j
the doll fair for the benefit of the free ,
kindergarten at Denver amounted to
$10,000, and the net proceeds will be
about $10,000.
No college for women has so many
gradua'es in its classes as has the Har
vard Annex. There are twenty-one
members in its graduate club, and in
the University of Michigan among 2,000
students there are only seven women
graduates.
-' The public schools in Dundee have de
cided to make tbe highland fling and
the strathspey of Tullocbgorum and
other forms of dancing part of the cur
riculum. Education in dancing, how
ever, will require an extra fee, and will
therefore be optional.
Vassar is the only woman's college in
the country that has a pin-money fund.
Borne good old New Yorkers donated a
certain sum for a "free fund" not long ago,
to be used for fun exclusively. Every
year there are a few girls in the college
who are actually penniless. They have
sufficient brains to secure the free schol
arships, and depend on their darning
baskets for the fees that cover incidental
expenses. All through the year parties
are made np for lectures, concerts, op
eras, readings, field sports and excursions-
about the country. These tripe
cost money, and the girl who hasn't any
may draw'on the " pin-money fund " for
expenses, and nobody but the " Lady oi
Vassar "and the Treasurer will be tha
wiser. . ,
The national conference of university
extension at Philadelphia was addressed
by Michael E. Badler of Oxford, Eng
land, who spoke about university exten
sion in England and said that of $3,500,
000 a year expended for the teaching oi
science and technical education about
$; 00,000 goes to the aid of the university
extension centers. Dr. Wilfred H. Munro
of Brown University spoke on the stndy
of history under the university exten
sion system, and Prof. Cheney of the
University of Pennsylvania argued in
favor of a more entertaining system of
lecturing on history. Prof. Henry L.
Chapman of Bowdoin College spoke for
the cause in Maine, where university
extension, he said, waa making real
headway. Reports were also made of
progression In other States.
EASTERN ITEMS.
Axmount of Bounty Paid
on Sugar.
THE EMBEZZLERS' STEALINGS.
Andrew Carnegie Pressnts an Iowa
, Town With $30,000 for a
Publio Library.
St. Louis expended $13,2;'2,170 on new
buildings last year.
More cider was m tile in Connecticut
in 1891 than ever before.
A Michigan hatchery is Incubating
51,030,000 white fish eg.
The death rate of New York waa 25.96
in 1891 ; in 1890 it was 24.1
During 1S91 the Treasury Department
paid t0,93J bounty on sugar.
Andrew Carnegie has given $30,000 for
a public library at Fairfield, la.
Knights of Labor want the Chinese
exclusion act renewed after 1892.
Last year thirteen railway postal
clerks were killed and 132 injured.
Diatilling companies at St. Loui are
organizing to fight the whisky trust.
The total tax collections iu December
in New York amounted to $8,4X)000.
The Cordell-Dunnica Banking Com
pany of M trshail, Mo., has suspended.
The Calhoun, are dropped from the
directorate of the Georgia Central rail
road. The city of Cleveland has turned out
the gas, and now uses oil lamps. exclu
sively. . . .
Enabling acts for Arizona and New
Mexico will likely be passed by this
Congress.
Senator Teller has offered a resolution
providing for an international monetary
conference.
The United States wheat crop in 1891
was the largest per capita ever raised by
any country.
The price for brooms has been ad
vanced 25 cents per dozen by Eastern
manu'acturet.
Action has been -taken in the Federal
Court in Pennsylvania agtinst the oleo-
margerme trast.
The toial output by Colorado for 1891
of silver, gold, lead and copper amount
ed in value to $33,548,934.
Giles Otis Pearce of Keokuk, la..
charges the Federal Courts of Iowa with
maladministration of justice.
United States cittle. rice, beans, peas.
corn and hay and all kinds of vegetables
now go into Guatemala duty free.
Chairman Soringer of the Wavs and
Means Committee has drafted a bill pro
viding for the free admission of wools.
The World's Fair envoys to foreign
lands are Swing called back, sufficient
ad rertiBing having been accomplished.
The telepnoue line which has jast
been completed between Pike's Peak and
Manitou is the highest line in the world.
During the year 1891 there were coined
at the Philadelphia mint over 92,CO0,O.K)
pieces, with a valuation of over $13,00J,
ooo. . .
Troops to guard Tennessee "convicts
have gone into camp, and fortifications
are being thrown np on a commanding
hill.
The Ohio River Railroad Company has
made an offer to purchase for $3,000,003
the Newport News and Mississippi rail
way. . . ;- . V:
The will of George P. Pomeroy was
sustained in Chicago, and his minor son
will get ail the $l,00i),000 estate when he
becomes of age.
' Massachusetts and Nebraska are sec
onding the work of Minnesota in send
ing breadstuff's to the famine-stricken
peasantry of Russia. .
The embezzlers of 1891 stole about
$20,000,000, more than twice as much as
the embezzlers of 189.). This is a bad
record for the country.
Every messenger in the etnpliy of the
Southern Express Company has been
ordered to quit work by the Grand Mas
ter of the Brotherhood. .
The Baltimore City Passenger . Rail
way Company will require 1,900 tons of
track rails and 1,050 tons of slot rails for
their proposed cable line.
Fourteen or fifteen members of the
congregation of the Reformed Church at
Tiffin, O., were partly asphyxiated by
natural gas, which escaped from a flue
in the church.
County Treasurer Panl at Hastings,
Neb., is short 50,000. He says he does
not know what became of the money,
except $16,000 lost by the failure of the
City National Bank.
Mrs. Julia E. Johnson, a handsome
young widow of New York city, has be
gun a suit in the Circuit Court at Chi
cavro against John W. Temple, a wealthy
Chicago lumber dealer, for $20,0)0 for
breach of promise.
The negroes in Washington are hold
ing mass meetings to protest against
separate free schools, separate eating
houses, separate bathing houses and
their practical exclusion from restau
rants and barber shops. '
Senator Sherman is reported to have
said that a free-silver bill would paas
both Houses of Congress this session,
but would be vetoed by the President.
A tariff bill would pass the House, but
would be defeated in the Senate.
. As to the Northern and Southern ar
mies the present Congress stands as fol
lows : Union soldiers now Senators, 16 ;
Confederate soldiers now Senators, 23;
Union soldiers now Representatives. 70;
Confederates now Representatives, 60.
An effort will be made by a number oi
Representatives to have the Appropria
tions Committee recommend .that the
fee system in Federal offices be aliolished
as far as can be done. This is to correct
principally tbe abuses which exist in
the offices of Marshals in the various
States. ' ; i. s , .. . - - .
The Chicago Htrald prints another
cnapter oi its cnarges inai uie ponco ue
partment of Chicago is composed of s
gang of conspirators bent on blackmail
and wreaking vengeance on their ene
mies who refuse to " put up the stuff."
Facts, names and figures are given to
prove the "hra.
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Government Clerks Not Entitled to Any
Holiday, When Absent More
Than Sixty Days.
Senator Allen has introduced a bill for
a lighthouse at Northheud. Cape Disap
pointment, near the mouth ol the Co
lumbia river. An attempt was made at
last session to secure such a lighthouse,
but failed during the closing hours on ,
account of lack o. time for consideration.
Senator Dolph has reported favorably
from the Committee on Public Lands his
bill to grant to the State ot Oregon sev
eral townships of the public lands, in
cluding Crater Lake, for a public park
and timber reservation. He has also
prof" red a favorable report of his bill
lor the relief of Thomas Guinean, and
has introduced a bill granting a pension
to James H. Preston of Gresham, Or.
The Committee on Indian Affairs ha
referred the report of Colville Com mis- ,
ion to Chairman Pe!l and Representa
tives Rockwell and Wilson. Mr. Wilson
ays there is no doubt that he will have
the bill favorably reported, but he is not
so sure of its passage through the House,
as the Democrats will not be so favor,
able towards legislation for the North
west a the Democrat in the last Con
gress. The Court of Claims has decided that
government clerks are not au titled to
any holidays when absent from duty
more than sixty days. The case came
tip on account of a claim for full salary
where a clerk had been absent from duty
more than sixty days, and the head ex
ecutive of the department employed a
substitute in the clerk's place and paid
the substitute out of the clerk's salary.
It was to recover this portion of the sal
ary the principle waa declared by the
court..,.. . . : .... .. .. .:
Representative Harter of Ohio has in
troduced in the House a bill for the con
solidation of customs commission dis
tricts of the country. . It reduces the
number of districts materially. Under
the law Arizona will be one district;
California and Nevada, two; Alaska,
one: Montana and Idaho, one, and Col
orado, Wyoming and Utah, one. The
bill abolishes all commissions, emolu
ments, etc., and provides for annual sal
aries to Customs Collectors, naval ofli- "
cers and Surveyo-s at certain of the
larger ports. The smaller collection dis
tricts are to be divided into five classes
according to the amount of business
transacted.
The President has sent to Congress
with a recommendation nrginzearlvand
favorable consideration the agreement of
Messrs. Bingham of Ohio and Merrellat
of Washington, the majority of the Sho
shone and Arapahoe Indian Commission,
made with the Shoshone and Aiapahoe
Indians of Wyoming fur the cession of
more than half of the reservation on
Wind river in Wvonung. The lands
ceded comprise 1,15.1,000 acres of land
in tbe northern part o: the reservation.
and the price is $0 X1,000, or about 55
cents an acre. The minority report
signed Dy J. v. woodrott ol Lander,
Wyo., Chairman of the commission, op-
Doses the treaty nrmiinallv on tha
ground that the Indians would not soil
the southern tract of the reservation
near Lander.
When the Senate Committee on Poast.
Defenses adjourned, Senator Dolph t
titled the members that tbe next sieet
ing wonld be called together by Senator
Squire of Washington, as be will be
Chairman of that committee in prefer
ence t the one he now has, which is the
transportation routes to the Bealxard,
and which is not nearly so important to
his section as that of coast defense, Sen
ator Dolph becoming the head of public
lands. The (Senator explained that be.
would not ask for a report on his bill to
establish a gnn factory on the Pacific
Coast, because Senator Felton desired
to present some additional in
formation as to the resources of the Pa
cific CoaBt for carrying on such an estab
lishment, and the matter was postponed
until the next meeting of the committee.
The commission which was appointed ,
to determine the north line of the Warm
Springs reservation in Oregon has re
ported that the line run and surveyed by
T, B. Handley in the year 1871 from the
initial point up to and including tbe
twenty-sixth mile thereof, thence in a
due course to the semmit of the Cascade
Mountains, is the boundary. There has
been a long dispute over thin m alter,
trying to prove from the claim by the
Indians that in 1856 one R. R. Thomp
son blazed an oak tree end said that
would be the line. The settlers have
gone on the lands south of the blazed
tree, and their lands have always been
in dispute. Troubles have grown out of
the matter and resulted in Senator -Mitchell
having the commission ap
pointed to settle the boundary. A strip
of land several miles wide was in dis
pute. ' c; ;:
The latest news of the appointment of
a Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit is
that Judge Hanford of Seattle, now
United States District Judge for Wash
ington, may be agreed upon and pro
moted to the circuit bench. President
Harrison is very much pleased with the
decisions that Judge Hanford has ren
dered during his term on the district
bench, and thinks very favorably of pro
moting him to the circuit bench, if the
Pacific Coast delegation can a;ree npon
him. Judge Hanford is not pushing his
claims in the least, and it is stated that
he is not very anxious for the promo
tion, as it wonld take him away from
Seattle. He prefers that cilv as a place
of residences The President is willing
to see if the various disagreements can
be justified so as to select a man who
may be satisfactory to the people of the
circuit,
One of the attempts to do awav with
the perquisites in the Federal offices is ol
considerable interest to numerous post
masters of the first class throughout the
country. At present stamped envelopes
are furnished to postmasters at a cost of
a fifth of a cent for each envelope. - No
profit is realized on these by the post
master when he sells them in large lots.
When sold singly or in small quantities,
there is a profit of four-fifths of a cent
on each envelope, and Mr. O'Neill of
Missouri, who intends to urge Congrera
to change the practice, says the result I
a considerable profit to the postmaster
in receipt of a regular fixed salary. Ha
will urge that hereafter stamped envel
opes be furnished at cost in five-cent lots
(the price of stamo not included). The
government, he says, should not make
profit on these and the other conveni
ences it furnishes the people, bnt should
give them at cost, whenever practicable,
and any profits arising should not go to
the salaried officers, ,
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