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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
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A. B. LITTLE, w 1
Surveyor and Civil Engineer,
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Coanty Burr. yor. I mi aunaylnt. town plal-
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"W.T. BuHY.
. . J. W, Datrda.
Sburney a drar,' 5
Attorneys V Mt'.'Xt '
v racen City, Or, - ,
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tlnllail Hia', Uml Ortli'H Imro iwomniand, na
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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
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Snanlaliy. Ollloa, Htooud riHr, Und OIBoa
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INSURANCE; AGENT,
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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.
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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
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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.
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Writ far ar Naw Illuatrataal Catal.f af 191.
THE LEFFEL WATER WHEEL&ENGINE CO. SPRINGFIELD, 0 U.SJV.
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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
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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-
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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.