The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913, February 05, 1892, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextCircnMon,-1,000. ' TUB . Leading Paper of Columbia County. nn OREGON 784 Subscribers ' " In Columbia Conair- BKHT ' . ' Advertising Medium Id Columbia Ct. nn rmtmmmmmmmmasmm VOL. o. ; ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARV 5, 1802. NO. 6. " aMSMajqs M THE (JltEOON MIST. 1NNITKU BVKBY,1TMI1AY,,MR1IW .' , I J, R. BEEGLE, Publisher. " A : .... : , ' ' Th County Official Paper. NultavrlMllon llatas. flna ooi'jr on y,r In ailvanon On. eiy si. month , v .,11 W ., 76 IS Ill ! . j ' Anvartl.lna" ftatoa. Prnfi'Mlimtl tiarili mio filar One column on. ycr. II ill oiilninil nu. yoar (J i.rti r (miIiiiiiii rur Ou, lutih month, .......a.. .,...... u, inch Hiwe mniifh, ..... in 'i iiii.Ii .1 miiliMi...- 7ft Ml ., II 6 Uteal nulli, lftn.ut. r llnefiir Srrt Inajir llinii lOomt. rlln. lor each ulirimmt lu- i "KViv.rtlimtrt.$I.M V' Itwh for lift Iiiu'lltii,aiiil7wul. it r limn lor wh aiilm qilMit inwrilnii. ' ' COLUMBIA COVNtV, lUHBt-fM.- Uotintr Olttoer.. JadM ....... .........l. J. 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Th Mall. Mn rlvar lbn,i) cUmhw l I SO a. M. !prir(lnalM,lowallr.. s1 I", mail w .flM.HII. a nwmii. -" .' at. ll,lnTMlay,ThutalJ aud rtalutiiajr at 'Vlia mall Inr Manhlan1,laukaiit nl Mlal lcaM iulun Manila)', Wdiluwday and Krl.lajr at U m. I Mall, (railway) north 1om at 10 4. M-i tot . Foitland at r. M. I j Tralr' OuWa-Bl.ar Koutra. ' sSBBSmm IS THE TIP HrVM Jhki-m Kai.Kiuu I' a.i, Ht. Ilelm t. O....I....I rfallw nu..l. MHIIiIkV mt A'Mi A. M. I RolHrnlnK. laate, Portland at a.i r. M. PROFESSION A U DR. H. R. CLIFF, Physician and Surgeon. t. Ilal.ii., Or. DR. 3, E. HALL, Physician and '. Surgedn, Clatehanla, Coluuil.la Co.. Or. ' T. A. Mcllniua I f ' A. 8. DHMAKk. J i McBRIDE k DRESSER, i Orn Cltr. Or. Prompt attnli lt,ii to land offli-a ba.lnnM ; s. f A. B. LITTLE, w 1 Surveyor and Civil Engineer, 14 ' ; t.' Halaaa." Orv . , Coanty Burr. yor. I mi aunaylnt. town plal- tlBaaJlnMrlnW"iiyl'llr. !" "W.T. BuHY. . . J. W, Datrda. Sburney a drar,' 5 Attorneys V Mt'.'Xt ' v racen City, Or, - , Tw,lv, yaam' xprrlMioa'aa Kml.tvr oj the tlnllail Hia', Uml Ortli'H Imro iwomniand, na y . Hollrle.l,t)",' all Mlml biuliira. 11 jr M Ih. Und UIHwi or Hi Oanrla, and luvolrlng Ilia . f traotlv in tli, Uural Uod OtHe,.. ' ' J." B. BROCKENBROUGH, ATTORNEY. V AT IV LAW, . Oraaron Cltr. Or. (Uta Sptclal Awnt of ttrnwrat Und Offlw.) H imuitoal, Hru ampllnn and i'lralwr l.aud Ap iVll at on. and other Uuil ,'" Snanlaliy. Ollloa, Htooud riHr, Und OIBoa . Balldlnf. . Notary .vPubiic INSURANCE; AGENT, MISCELLANEOUS, '7:' D.iiJ.SWITZER; .'f. f 1 k ' iT : GENERAL INSURANCE , : Real Estate Agfent, :a7John ;AKBeok, , VHatchmaker : and Juieler, eVrCANT JEWELRY PIANOS and ORGANS. Ilnlk'lt it Davis nnd Now Bcale Kimbull Pianos and Kimball Or giiMB, I invitf) iiiHM)Hion, und dufy competition. ' L. V. MOORE, 1 03 Washington St., Portland, Or. Write for catalogue and prices. Mention this paper. EVERDING & FARRELL Front Street, Portland, Oregon, ; . : DEALKRH IN ; '. V. WHEAT, OATS AND MILL FEED OF ALL KINDS. Hay, Shingles, Lime, Land Piaster. Also Flour, Bacon, AND A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF G-roce r ies, ! Which we Bull cheap for cash. Give us a call. EVER DIN C & FAR R E L L. Gist t s 2c ec n i e 3Lixie. STEAMER C. J. W. SHAVER, Master. Leaven Portland from Aider-street dock Moixlay, via VVextuort, Skamokawa and Cnthlaniot, .Wednesday and Friday for Clatskanie, touching at HuuvioH Inland, 8t. Hulona, Columbia City, Kalaina, Neer City, Rainier, Codnr Landing, Mt. Collin, Hradburv, Stella, Oak Point and all intermediate point, returning Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. : in .' ' eoraeiown. Thii desirable property adjoins Milton Stutiori, on the Northern Pacific . liiuiroan, . ONE HOUR'S RIDE FROM PORTLAND. And is only 1J miles from St. Helens, the county-seat, on the Columbia river. Milton creek, if beautiful mountain stream, runs within 200 yards of this property, furnishing an inexhaustible ! supply of water for all purposes. LOTSr 50x100 FEET, ' ,i Ranging in price from $50 to if 100, can be socnretl from D. ti I Switzer, St. Helens. Oregon JOSEPH HEIiLOGC Joseph Kellogg 7 ' ;. 1 iaJafTiffiW"'''' irrft . .aaeslaMaag FOR COWLITZ RIVER. ai ' ' . r , : x Leaves KELSO Monday, Wednesday and Fri ll! O rXtl WGST day at 5 a. m. Leaves PORTLAND Tuesday, Thursday 'and Saturday at 0 A. M. ' .-, iirnU 1 CI I leaves RAINIBR at 5 a. m. JOSEPH 'lfcLLUVLi daily, Sunday excepted, arriv ing at Portland at 10:30 A. M. Returning, leaves PORTLAND at 2:30 p. arriving at 7 r. m. ? tj , ,-1 ,..,.5 -'' , - . DON'T BUY YOUR DRUGS ; ANYWHERE BUT AT A REGULAR-- ' . IDriig Store- i' YOU WILL FIND THE Freshest, Purest and Best of Everything AT THE " CLATSKANIE v DRUG v STORE. DR. J. E. HALL, Proprietor. If A tla.il 73 -3j "-j 2m mi TRY L3U U tw3 iand get mORE POWEJT wat and use LESS WATER Writ far ar Naw Illuatrataal Catal.f af 191. THE LEFFEL WATER WHEEL&ENGINE CO. SPRINGFIELD, 0 U.SJV. j .lineal 'iir'..wji W. SHAVER. TO SECURE fl LOT & GO.'S STEflfJERS and Northwest WHEEL PACIFIC COAST. The Grip Raging Among Arizona Indians. STOCKTON'S MANUFACTURES. Safe-Crackers Rampant in Southern California Donner Lake in Skating Condition. Wnallakn nark In Loa Antrelei If to build an $H,0iH) pavilion. Southern California is Infoftted with a daring gang of safe-crackers. Heavy snowfall in the mountains of Idaho are proving disastrous to stock. Work has been commenced on the railroad from Ash Fork to Phcenii. A. T. T. I. b.o.a tl.at thara Km VlAAn tint IV in DWKW '.., u.iv. w ' " one thunder storm in Arizona In fourteen years. Oranee fre'glit rotes East have, been reduced from 1.23 to 9 cent, per 106 pounus. The new wharf projected at Hants Monica will have a lenutb of 8,600 feet and cost $1,3)10,000. Ban Diego county voters have defeated ll.o i.rnrwiaitinn In inane 160.000 in bonds to build two county roads. A factory has been started at Los An- IJ.jles for makina; essential on, irom uis rinds of oranges and lemons. The California National Bank, which j failed at nan wego aomu time ago, win probably resume business soon. . Tnl. r..a i a .nnanmntivA nhanrM v . " . , .. ..... . . . -, o hat inonrables at the Los Angeles coun ty hospital areoelioerateiy poisoneu. i ... ... r .Ira Itoa i v infhpa nt lAar. ( .1. II 11.1 ,mv I smooth ice, good for skating purposes, i : . : Mn,.mnl.(ul bnU eXCUraiOll pnivic nin Lwnw:uiiJimi. Garcia Ontiveras, an official of the Mexican custom house at Nogales, Ho nors, is in jail at Taeson for embezzle ment. . ' npi. rnfaln rtf thnSan Pfiifrrt tlAfl VlAAn exonerated by Pilot Christensen, who 0nv he alone m to omme mr me ni of tl e vessel. A sudden drop in the price of skins in London has cauned a cessation in the work of fitting out several sealers at Victoria, B.C. Whlio fish are now caught in Klamath Lake in Klamath county, Or. The Bpawn was brought out in a government fish bo t fimrVars ago. The strike of the stonecutters em ployed on the government building at Sieramento is oir. The demands of the m -n have been conceded. The people in Phoenix, A. T., and neigblorhood have petitioned Congress for an appropriation for levee purposes to prevent overflows of the Salt river. Arthur D. Leonard, who appropriated 7 000 of Wells, Fargo & Co.'s money a I .1 . O.nrmnn Naw,. haq law monuis n" - ---- been sentenced to three years In the pen itentiary. In tU'a ivmfltruction department at Mare Island, accused of extorting money from men whom he smployeu, Has sonuuea an invoaiiK"u of the charges. ; A large posse is in pursuit of Kin Ueery, one of those suspected of being implicated in the Riverside (A. T.) stage robbery. Much of the stolen silver bull ion has been fouad. Albuquerque, N. M., has a gang of thieves that operale in daylight and at night. Tne gang is bold, and travelers with gripsacks have to hold their prop erty in their lmnds if they don't want to lose it. : ' - The owners of the Speculator mine at Butte, Mont., have brought suit against the Anaconda mine for $1,160,000. The plaintiff-) claim their property has been invaded in the lower drifts and ore to the amount asked for taken out. There are rumors current again at Helena, Mont., that the great smelting works at Anaconda and the mines at Butte will be closed again for an indefi nite time. The trouble is stated to be a demand of the Montana Union ra'lway for a twenty years' contract or an agree ment on the basis of the present freight rates. - Four Indians have been arrested at Sonora, Cal., and charged with the aa sination January 31, 1891, of Charles 8. Pease, the keeper of the toll bridge at Wood's ferry, and his friend, Byruin N. Lowe, b3th aged men. The two men were assassinated by some unknown person or persons firing a gun through ihA win. low of the toll house." Abiut twenty-five people have located on the Honuel'B erry townsim ou uw Kootenai river in Idaho. The townsite has been claimed by S. B Wright and others. The jumpers are nearly all busi ness men of the town, who believe they have as good if not a better title than Wright. They are in possession under the United States laws, and expect to secure a title through the Probate Judge as trustee. The Sierra Nevada hoisting works on . . . ..... al.nl ilnwn TAPAnt.1v aud operations through the main shaft Ol mai. iuiuc buojj. ,v.v. ---i --- will hereafter be conducted through the Union Consolidated shaft, owned jointly bv the Sierra Nevada, Union Consoli dated and Mexican Mining Companies. This materially reduces the force of men and the expenses of operating the Sierra NAvadft mine. Oscar Palmer, a furniture dealer at San Diego, has secured a judgment Qnni. Va rail mm! in the Su- perior Court for $1,000 damages and costs of suit, uunng tne oaom mo inruu hauled several carloads of freight which were delayed a mmth or more on the way, the plaintiff claiming that he lost .1.. 1 .knHaK Tho anif. VM fnr IK. OiK), nnd has attracted attention, owing to the principle involved. The incraaeeln manufactures in Stock ton during the year 1801 was $1,600,0110, and the increiee in the numb ir of skilled emp'oves was 474. The total manu factured products for the year 18!U, not in -Juiling the small estahliaments where three or four man are employed, was $8, 815,000. The number of skilled- me chanics employed was 1,331. The total amount of wates paid was $1)18,000, the average monthly pay to employes being $76.: :-. . EDUCATIONAL. Higher Education of Women Acts to Reinforce the Education of Their Children. Tlie freshman class of the Detroit Med ical College baa a member who is lib years old, . The Columbia College has dropped eleven of the participants in the recent Thflv on earlv so as to avoid the next rush. There are 40,000 women studying in the various colleges in America, and yet, t. im nnlir Iwanl u.rtv. trAara ainfA tha nrpt college in the land was opened to women. There are now 2 colored women law yers, 24 doctors, 6 civil engineers, 19 nlm..uraihr anH 32 artist. There are alo 112 colored women pursuing studies aoroau. The Congress of Nicaragua has or dered ten young men, to be selected from the different provinces of the Re public, be sent to Europe to be educated at the expense of the State. The peasant women of Russia are as ignorant to-day as they were in the time of Peter the Great, but girls of the u- I 1 II. -1 : lu.1 .AM per ana miuuie ciaaaea receivw a iiwi .xlnc.atlon than the women in Austria and Germany, There are in the world 147 educational institutions called nniverrities. The largest is in PariB, with 0,215 students: the next in Vienna, with 6,220; the third in Berlin, with 6,527. The smallest is a branch of Durham University, Fournh Bay College, in Sierra Ione, with twelve students and five professors. The University of Wyoming, located at Laramie, was founded in 1886 by Ter-1 ritorial legislation and a (75,000 building erected. In 1888 a preparatory school and college of liberal arte was opened. Beside Its academic department and col- latra nl Ittvcml art t.llArA iff B Ilorill&l school, agricultural col lege, school of me chanical engineering and of mines and metallurgy. It has tine laboratories. Its faculty numbers thii teen professors, all young, active and able men, and the in stitution is growing rapidly under the Presidency oi A. A. Johnson, D. D., the founder and late President of Forth Worth University, Tex. The institution is thoroughly equipped in all depart ments, is entirely out of debt, and has an annual income for current expenses of over $35,000. Dr. Harris, chief of the bureau of ed ucation in Washington, says in bis re cent report that " the higher education of the women acts powerfully to rein- force tne eaucation oi tne cauuren in following generations." From the same vannf ,a alwi IpArn that Hwoden haa for twenty years opened its universities to women, ana gives tnem an tne privileges accorded to men. Finland has since 1883 adopted coeducation In many ot na schools. Italy for years has had notable women connected with its university Mia Knritzerland in the Governmental IVnn.il nf 7.nrn haa HAf-iftA) that lift distinction can be made between men and women in university privileges, ana in Russia, where great opposition to the l. ; ..l. wlnmliAii nf wnmAn haa KPT1 de veloped, new decrees now permit them to study meaicine. ... The total number of graduates from tr..Manl ain"a It.a nrffAmKAlinfl in 1636 is sow 17,400 and at Yale since 1701 18,680. Comparing these two American univer sities with those of Oxford and Cam- oriuge, tne numrier on me uooao m mo Oxford calendar is 11,1)31 and Cambridge 12,889. The assessed value oi coiiego property at Harveid is $12,000,000 and at Yale $5,000,000. The income in the twenty-one colleges which constitute the the University of Oxford is $949,1-25; and that of the seventeen included col leges at Cambridge, $1.5W,915; from which figures it is plain that we in Amer ica deal more liberally with educational institutions than do the English people. In Oxford there are 3.145 students and in Cambridge 3,020. Harvard musters a gooaiy ron ot zzu aaa i,w. While the number of institutions in n.uni nrUain and Traland classed as universities is onlylen, the United States tutions scattered all over the country. . PERSONAL MENTION. Heir Presumptive to the British Thrna to Take His Seat Soon in tha House of Lords. The report that John G. Whittier is ill with influenza has no foundation. On the contrary the poet is enjoying the best of health. . Prince Geonre of Wales, the heir pre sumptive to the British throne, will soon take his seat in the House of Lords as the Duke of Kent. Mr. Howells writes to a friend in Bos ton : "1 have had the grip slightly ; but the conaeanences 1 What a singular dis ease. It is like a wrong action iu its far-reaching effect." Speaker W. O. Mitchell of the Iowa House of Kepresentauves is ine urei na tive of the State to serve it in that ca pacity. Ho is also one of the youngest war veterans, having enlisted at the age ot 16. . A cnrreRDondent writes from New York that a recent sight he had of Edwin Booth gave him a shock, for the great actor looked "broken and patched." His step is less brisk, he bends more at the shoulders, and his eyes have lost their luster. He is sensitive on the sub ject of his health, and his friends avoid talking about it. Lord Windsor is one of the very rich man of Kmrland. while his mining prop erty in Glamorganshire and his building property in Cardiff and Swansea in crease - enormously in value every year. His income is now little short ot $100,000 per annum, and it will probably be doubled oy tne ena oi me century. He iB now only 33 years old. Eugene Higgins, Senator Gorman's protege, who used to pat his foot in his open mouth with such regularity when he was appointment clerk in the Treasury Department four or five years ago, has Becured anotner cierasnip in mantling ton under the Ways and Means Com mittee. His new place nets him $5 I day and $25 worth of postage stamps. Gladstone has never nsed tobacco. He drinks vexv" little so little. Indeed, for a British efatesman as to amount almost to abstinence. A glass of bitter beer at luncheon and a glass of claret or port at dinner form the limit of hie indulgence in stimulants. , What an anchorite they would have thought him in the days of - Pitt and Fox and the three-bottle Prime Ministers. EASTERN ITEMS. Quay Wins His LibelSuit Against the "Post" THE WHITE SQUAW SOCIETY. Ex-Treasurer of the Catholic Knights of America Short to the Sum of $75,823.23. The question of free ferries is being agitated in Boston. One-fourth of the last grain crop of North Dakota is still unthreshed. The unions of Indianapolis are agitat ing the closing of all stores on Sunday. West Virginia alone now mines more coal than the whole South did ten years ago. A lumber famine is feared in the New Brunswick region because of the lack of snow. - - A Dakota land company has purchased $6,000,000 worth of real estate at Hunts- ville, Ala. The shortage of ex-Treasurer M. J. O'Brien of the Catholic Knights of America is $75,823 23. , . Decreased cotton acreage is expected to result from the work of the recent Memphis convention. . Chicago World's Fair people fear Hoi- man's economic policy will interfere with their plans for an appropriation. Both Houses of the Virginia Legisla ture have agreed to a plan proposed for the settlement of the State debt. Steps have been taken in Bangor for the erection of a monument to the late ex-Vice-President Hann hil Hamlin. In the recent voting mi the adoption of the constitution in ISew Mexico only 7,738 votes were cast in the entire Terri tory. ' The stockholders of the Hartfosd (Conn.) Bank in the city of that name held their 100th annual meeting recently. There are now about two and one-half gallons of whisky on hand tor every man, woman ana cnua in tne unitea States. : - . , , A crand inrv of San Antonio. Tex.. served an attachment on '.he Judge, but he, having the " last guess," put them in jail. To block the Michigan Central road the Canadian Pacific is about to build a branch road along the Niagara river at the Falls. A New York rural pastor has been forced to resign, because he would not praise indiscriminately the dead of hit congregation. Ontof 1.051 inmates in the Eastern penitentiary of Pennsylvania only three knew a trade. : Satan still finds mischief for idle hands. w , A bill has been introduced in the New York Legislature which proposes to tax the income on the bonded indebtednem of corporations. It is estimated that 10.000 men in ex cess of the present available supply will be needed to begin the agricultural year in the Northwest. Richard Yates of Illinois remarked in a recent speech that 6,000,000 men 3 years of "age and nnder will participate m the election of 1892. ' A monument to the Anarchists banged in Chicago several years ago under the Illinois conspiracy act will be unveiled during the World's Fair. Massachusetts will pi obably follow the lead of New York in acquiring foreet lands for park purposes, the proposition meeting with much favor.; . , . Alexander D. Anderson, special com missioner 'or tne woria's ."air ror tne past year, has resigned to devote his time to business in Washington. , , Acting Secretary Spaulding has de cided that a Chinese woman who marries an American citizen is entitled to ad mission into the United States. The " White Souaw " is the name of a new secret society just formed in Phil adelphia, whose cardinal object is to promote the spirit of fraternity among sil men. - 1 - Renorts from forty-four counties in Kansas showed that during seven and a half months in 1891 the farm mortgages had been reduced by a sum exceeding 1200,000. , A report on the mining districts in Pennsylvania shows the alien laws are grossly violated, and American miners are fast being superseded by Hungarians and Slavs. The iury in the Quay-Poti libel case at PittBbnrg returned a verdict for Quay. The Pool denounces the verdict, and will take the case to the United States Su preme Court ;. Twentvnew large hotels are being pat up in Chicago, and the city intends to spend about $2,000,000 of municipal funds to get tne streets ana paras in ui der for the World's Fair. Among the various congresses which are being promoted by the World's Con gress Auxiliary it is proposed to hold la Chicago during the exposition an inter national congress of engineers. Tha Ronton TTtrald asserts that the present destructive methods adopted by thA Haharman threaten the extinction in the near future of every species of food fish on the New England ioast. , A party of tourists recently discovered that an excellent natural telephonic onnnection exists between certain points on two high mountains in tne tsiaca Hills, 8. D., known as the Twin Peaks. The Immigrant Inspector at El Paso Tex., renorts to the Treasury Depart ment that he has deported twenty-one Mexican laborers who had entered this country in violation el the contract- labor law. ..' '.; . '; -. Tha owners of 80 Per cent., of the nmnart alnnv tha lines of street rail way in Brooklyn, where it is proposed to substitute trolley wires for horse nower. have given written, consent to the change. Thomas N. arid Frank H. Allison, the missing conveyancers who disappeared from aianaynnx, ra., a anurv umo r, are said to nave gone to Brazil. Several questionable transactions have come to light, and the liabilities of the firm are bow eatimatea at siw,uoy. . NATIONAL CAPITAL. A Number of Bills Introduced Into the House by the Pacific Coast Representatives. ' The Secretary of the Treasury has au thorized the Deputy Collector at Seattle to secure ruch quarters as are necessary for the offices of the service. Clarence Barton, the son of C M. Barton, editor of the Olympia Tribune, has secured a place in the government printing office at the recommendation of Representative Wilson. Captain Schley, commander of the Baltimore, has had an interview with the President. He gave the President the inside history of the assault upon his sailors in the streets of Valparaiso. Captain Schley fears trouble in the near future with Chili, and regards the pres ent settlement as merely a truce. It is reported that Whitelaw Reid, United States Minister to France, has tendered hie resignation for business reasons. The reasons are supposed to be that he desires to conduct bis paper during the coming campaign. It is im-. possible to verify the rumor, and his in timate friends in Washington doubt its correctness. ' The House Committee on Military Af fairs has reported to the House the ap propriation bill for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year 1893. The total appropriation carried for the bill is $486,635, being $67,685 less less than the recommendations or esti mates and an increase of $84,671 over the appropriation for the current fiscal year. ' -' ' Argument was heard in the Supreme Court of the United Slates the other day in an interesting case involving the title to land claimed by the State of Ne braska and the title of the State of Iowa. The controversy had its origin in the re cent eccentric change in the course of the Missouri river at Omaha. Tho land on the Iowa side of the river haa been left on the opposite bank adjoining the city of Omaha. Both States claim the land. Its owners are assisting Iowa, be cause they will be compelled to pay mu nicipal taxes if it is decided that Ne braska is entitled to the strip in dispute. The Chili war scare directs attention to a number of the wants of the navy. Among other things it revealed the com plete absence of torpedo boats on the Pacific Coast. The navy has one torpedo boat completed, the Cnshing, and an other one is being built at Dubuque, la. Both of these vessels will be on the At lantic Coast, and both of them are likely to stay there, as a trip around to the Pa cific Coast, while possible, would hardly be undertaken except in case of abso lute necees ty. On account of the ne cessity of having some of the boats on the Pacific as soon as possible the bu reau of ordnance will recommend that a number of torpedo boats, now contem plated by the department, be built in detachments on that coast. u - The National Board of Trade has adopted an address urging Congress to pass theTorrey bankruptcy bill. The committee on amendments to the inter state commerce act submitted a number of resolutions, which were adopted. They are in brief that corporations, as well as their agents and employes, be indictable; that the repo-t and findings of the commission have the force and effect of the reports of masters in chan cery in case of subsequent judiciary pro ceedings, and to authorize and empower the Interstate Commerce Commission to employ competent and prominent coun sel to represent it in any litigation it finds neceSiwry. A resolution waa adopted urging on the President the wis dom of filling the vacancies on the In terstate Com oieree Commisrion by the appointment of belingingtotheclass men of trained transporters or capable mer chants or manufacturers. Among the bills introduced in the House during the past week were the following: By Mr. Caminetti of Cali fornia, lor the" improvement of the San Joannin river system in the State 'of California ; for improving the harbor at Wilmington, Ual. JJy Mr. stump m Maryland, to absolutely prohibit the coming of Chinese laborers into the United States, wiietner - suojects oi China or anv foreign government. By Mr. Hermann of Oregon, to provide for the examination and survey of Rogue river from the town of Grant's Pass to the Pacific Ocean in Oregon ; also a bill for the completion by contract of the canal and locks at the Cacadea of the Columbia river in Oregon. The House passed a resolution authorizing the Sec retary of War to transmit additional re ports regarding the proposed improve ments in the San Joaquin river in the State of California. A resolution was also passed providing for the printing of 10,000 extra copies of the report of the United States Board on geographical names." r There is yet a great deal of talk abont the Chilian episode, and efforts are be ing made to create an impression that there has been a rupture in the Cabinet over the action taken by the President and by those of his advisers who were best known as the aggressive war party; It is claimed that Secretaries Blaine, Elkins and Rusk were on one side as against the precipitous course of the President, Secretary Tracy Vtnd others. Of course, theFe stories are circulated only to be denied by all parties inter ested, but it is apparent that there is some effort to make it appear that the message on the Chilian affair was sent in rather hastily, and that a further de lay would have settled the case without any such warlike demonstrations. An other report circulated is to the effect that the President and the same warlike party in the Cabinet did not wish to ac cept the Chilian note of apology, which waa sent into Congress, and which, it was claimed, was not satisfactory to him, but that the President yielded to the ad vice of Secretary Blaine and other Cab inet officers, and so allowed the whole matter to be settled with this note from the Chilian government Now that the whole affair is all over, there , is,, of course, an effort to make political capi tal out of it, and it is probable that a great many of these reports are circu lated witii thiB end in view. . Taken, as political reports, they can be safely con sidered b overdrawn,, if not almost wholly untrue. The people will be un willing to believe that the President and his Cabinet quarreled over this matter, or that there was any material disagree ment among his advisers and himself relative to the policy to be pursued by the government in demanding that sat isfaction should be given for the outrage perpetrated upon the sailors of the Bal timore at Valparaiso, and that impres sion in spite oif the reports to the con trary is the one existing in Washington.