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VOL. 0. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1892. NO. 12. TllJfi OREGON MIST. ISSUED JCVKHV VBIUAV ' MUKNINO J. R. BEEGLE, Publisher. The) County Official Paper. .' ftiili.orlp lua Bald.. On nopr "tie y" 1,1 advance On nipjr month Bin copy ,. 7 6 Advartl.liig Itatee. prnfrolnnel narJa ono your, ............ Oil oulumu (ilia yoitr .....,....f12 ..,,.181 ti in (minimi iiu. year. ,,.......,.,........,,.,. tln.rtir column on) four ' Oue Inith one month... , '- On, limb thine tin i : 6 On, limb .Ix uiouths lo.l notlriM, lAcenta par Una for Drat fnaer lloiii lu ccnu per lli tor tilth HbHiUiit In aurlou. I.exal ailvertliiemeiita, 11.60 Hir fncb for Br t liiiU(u,.inl 76oiiUp rliioti far eu'h anba qii.nl luMirUoii. COLUMBIA COUNTY Ul It KOTO County Ottlears. J U'lgc. I). J. Hwl'aer.Ht. H.lena UlaiV...,. K. K liulck, HI. Hu n. Hhsrllf. .,..wm. Maeaer, m. namui ...,i.,.t, W. Col. HI. I ( J. 11. Wtt, Hvpmoe ('. P. Iloau, lUtuler A. It Utile, H'. Ileum. 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Ilelau Tuoatlay, 'liiurailay aud (Mtunlay at 0 A. a. . Tlia mall for Marahland, Clat.kantei and Ml.t learaa Umuu Monday, ftattiiMilny aud Friday at 12 M. Malla (railway) north clow at 10 A M i for PoiU.nd at Ir.i. Traveler.' Oulde Klvar Koutea. RTaAuanll. W. HiiAVxa i-eavenHt. Helena fo Pnrtlaud at li 4. M. Tueday, 'llnirielay aud Hat- rday. lia.M HI. Helena for Claiakaula Mnu d.r. W' ln.ilay and Kii iay at n ut) a. M. Htia Joaneii Kkllimiu larea Ht. Ilnlem for Portland dally rxeentHunilay at (:!) a, M. KiilnrniiiK, leavea Portland at 'i :30 r. H. MISCELLANEOUS. D. J. SWITZER, GENERAL INSURANCE AND Real Estate Agent, St. Helens, Oreoon. -(10 T() - John A. Beck, Watchmaker and Jemeler, FOK YOUR- ELEGANT JEWELRY. The Flueat Aaanrtinent of Watches, Clookl and Jewelry of all Descriptions. . OPFOilTI INK I1M0NO, PORTLAND. OR' PIANOS and Httllett & Davis and New Scale gans. I invite 'inspection, and defy L. V. MOORE, 103 Washington St., Portland, Or. ' Write for catalogue and prices. Mention tins paper. . Cla, t s lac a, n. STEAMER G. iT - J. W. SHAVER, Master. i T .a.r,. Pn.f1ant fr(vm AliW-Htreot dock Monday, via WeHtport, oi. ....j ii-Ai.1 t M.ir.ua.latr ,n,l Pel,lv fir fllatsltftnifi. pumu iKitwa .him i rVT p" , vJ7nm touchinir at ' 8au vies Island, St. Helen", Columbia City, Kalama, Neer City, Rainier, Ctidar Landing, Mt. Collin, Bradburv, Istella, UaK point and all intermediate points, returning Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, DON'T BUY YOUR DRUGS 'ANYWHERE BUT " YOU WILL FIND THE Freshest, Purest and Best of Everything . ' AT THE ; CLATSKANIE v DRUG v STORE. DR. J. E. HALL, Proprietor. " PROFESSIONAL. DR. H. R. CLIFF, Physician and Surgeon, Ht. Helens, Or. DR. J. E. HALL, Physician v and v Surgeon, Clal.lieiil, Columbia Co., Or. T, A. Hl'Bkidi. A. S. Da-KKR. MoBRIDE & DRESSEI, Attorneys . at v Law, , - Onion City, Or. Prompt atuuitiou given tolaud-offloe bnnlneaa A. B. LITTLE, Surveyor and Civil Engineer, St. Uelena, Or. Coanly Hurv, yor. lnd urveylii. town plat tine; eaa (iigluuarliif woik piomptly tlone, W.T. Buamv. ), W. Dhapicii. BURNEY & DRAPER, Attorneys V at V Law, Oregon City, Or. Twelve vear.' exrierh'ima a. UeiriitMr of the Uiiltml Hta e. I.auil Ottlite bore rucipmiiiMid. In our eperlelty of allkloilaof bu.lniwa but ira the Ijuid office or the t :aurta, anil Involving tba practice in me uetierai utua vine. J. B. BROCKENBROUQH, ATTORNEY v AT LAW, Or..a City, Or. (ft Hprclal Agent of (lencral fjind OIHoe.) Hominieail, Preinpllni and 'limber l.iud Ap- bll at nut and other .anil OfHoa llualnaaa a HlHM'laliy. time, rkooud Floor, I-nd Odlce oauuiiiK. CHAS. W. pYGEfl, Notary ' .' Public -AND- INSURANCE AGENT, MAVOKK, OK. An Author Who Prefer. Tronaera. Mme. Dieulitfoy, tho well known Per sian archujoloKint, who luts just brought out a novo! or the time of Dariua II, has become so mcUHtoiiied to the greater convenience of miisculino attire in her journeying und exesvutious with her huHbitnd that elie eoMom abandong it, and even In Pari ride her hone like man. Her ability is so great that ehe is pardoned bur eccentricities w4h com- mendable ffracioanness. Harper's Dazar. Claanaliia; tba Flpe IJnea. TliecleuiiHinitof tbe pipe lint which oou- uect Plillmlelubln and New York with tbe oil regions Im very I iieiilmiii mat ter. The crude (K'troUum, la na.'siiig tlirouuh tba pllies, k-uvea a wnxy deposit on the sides, which, If allowed to accumulate, wouli' soon fill them anil check Mm flow of oil. To prevent this A clever spiral contrivance of knives is forced through the pipes with the oil' from tbe pumpiim station, cutting out tbe wax and effectually cleaning tbe nine. Thereare now alMiit half a (Inaen pipe Hues between tbe oil lielils and tidewnter, and they are kept open In tbui way. Philadel phia Kecoril. i ,- : The Klr.t Australian Itullut. - The ballot was first Introduced Into Rome In tba fiwemul nmitiiptf It f! Thin w.u tl... null AllMt.rAllMIl llMlliit. Tlia vtlr iw,(v(l a sort of wooden slute covered with wax on which the names of all the candidates were scratched. He mule holes in the wax I opposite thou of his choice and dropped I his tablet in tbe box. After the downfall of tho Roman repub- lie popular government took a long sleep, and there was little use for a ballot till I quite modern times New York Evening Bun. ORGANS. Kimball Pianos and Kimball Or coin petition. : ; J; ! " i e W. SHAVER. AT A REGULAR PACIFIC COAST. Mining .Excitement California. in FORGED ORDERS DISCOVERED. An Escaped Convict From San Quentin Caught After Being Free for Several Years. A cavalry troop Is to be organlced at Portland. Governor Colcord has appointed April 1 as the arbor day for Nevada. The Dayton mine at Silver City, Nev., is being worked under a lease. At Boise, Idaho, one Rumpel is suing the Union I'aciUc (or 20,(XX) lor the loss of a leg at Nam pa. Ban Diego, It is said, Is to be made the distributing point of the Bt. Paul and Tacotiia Lumber Company. The British government refuses to rec ognize the claim of Captain McLean, feized by the Russians in the Behring See, to the protection of tbe British flag. Tobias H. Seeling, a prominent resi dent of Pluenix, A. T., killed himself, owing to financial losses and involve ments in the expenditure of the funds oi the Knigtits of rythtas lodge. At Victoria, B. C, the eagles have been set free from the park, the wolves shot, and the deer will be liberated, ow ing to the refusal of the Council to ap propriate lunus tor ineir support. Bradstreet's mercantile agency reports fourteen (allures in the Padiio Coast Slates and Territories for the past week, against twenty-three the previous week and twenty the same week of 181)1. The report that the First National Bank of Ureat Falls, Mont , is in the hands of a bank receiver is false, and a reward has been ottered for the name of the person who originated the report. A number of forged oreWs on various departments at Sacramento for salaries are in existence, amounting altogether to over $1,700. The forgeries were dis covered on presentation of several to the Citv A ad I tor. The suit of Mrs. A. J. Flake airainst the Travelers' Insurance Company for $10,0(10 on the life of her husband, J. D. Fiske, is on trial at Fresno. Fiske, it will be rememlieretl, was shot and lulled by John Stillman, The residents of Novates. A. T.. and settlers in the vicinity have organised a protective association to fight the Cam eron grant title, which embraces almut 25,000 acres on the American aide of the line, Including the town of Nogales, The appearance of United States troorja t uxian, uai., seems to nave given a surprise to the people. It is claimed there have been gross misrepresentations oyer the occupation of reservation lands, and that there is no dispute that cannot be settled by the marts, - A dispatch from Phtenix. A. T.. sava An order has been received discontinu ing all Wells-Fargo agencies on the stage lines in the Te-ntory . This arrangement leaves several important towns wltbout express. Private parties have arranged io carry on ine Dustness as Deiore. General Eli II. Murray of San Dieiro. formerly Governor of Utah, has been appointed receiver of the California Sav ings tsank at Ban Diego by the Superior Court under proceedings instituted bv Attorney-General Hart on behalf of the commissioners ot California, Information has arrived at Holbrook, A. T., of the death or capture of the I band of renegade Apache Indians who (have infested the borders of White Mountain Indian reservation. The band numbered five bucks and six women and children. .Three men were killed, Five vessels of the Pacific sauadron will remain at Victoria during the sum. mer ana tnreetn soutnern -raters. Those to remain at Victoria are the Warsnite. Champion. Pheasant. Daohne and Mel pomene, while the Nymphe and Garnet win look after British interests in the SOUth. ;. - ' . Mrs. Mary Sheldon Barnes, wife of a rui. jvari names oi ine cnair oi educa 1.. 1 T - , ... , , 1 tion in. the Leland Stanford (Jr.) Uni versity, has been appointed assistant professor in modern history in the Le land Stanford (Jr.) Universitv. Mrs. Barnes is widely known both as a teacher and a writer of historical subjects. There is a big mining excitement on the South Fork of Clear creek, known as tne Bou th fork district, sixteen miles west of Anderson, Shasta county, Cal. Rich silver ore has been taken from three uncovered mines lately. The ore mills from $360 to $600 a ton. Money is op for the erection of reduction works. Prospectors are going in Sijuads daily. Just after the polls closed in the re cent municipal election at Sacramento a Man Francisco politician named "Big Neck" Smith shot and killed Patrick Brannigan, a plasterer, during a quarrel about the election. Smith ehot Branni gan twice, and as the latter fell, Smith placed the pistol to his bead and fired a third shot. , Brannigan died instantly. The griD has again reached the In- aians in Alaska, and tne tatalities are very severe according to a recent arrival at Victoria, B. 0., from Alaska. The '""M' a"1""1 Juneau, Wrangel ai 0hilcRt th,8 8Uthority a ,n and a state of terror, and at all the camps and villages holes have been dug, into which the dead Indians are unceremoniously tnrown. John McAdoo baa been arrested a Stockton and identified as an escape from San Quentin in 1885. He had lived in Stockton several years, but one day was caught stealing, and an investiga tion of his home showed he had long carried on a system of thefts. He orig inally was sent irotn clan rancisco to prison for ten years on a charge of as sault with intent to murder. At Oreana. Owvhee countv. Idaho. Deputy Constable Fleming shot and in stantly killed Samuel J. Pritchard, a Deputy United States Marshal. Fleming had a warrant for Pritchard's arrest on a simple assault charge, and' because the latter would not " hold up his bands " at the command of Fleming he was shot. There is much excitement over the af fair. Pritchard was unarmed. PERSONAL MENTION. Sir Edwin Arnold Has Not a Very High Opinion of the Inhabitants of South America. . Bob Ingersoll says that the sublimest line in the English language is: " Love is not love that alters when it alteration finds." Mrs. Lease, the Farmers' Alliance Lec turer in Kansas, is described as "a. sal aried nightmare, masculine and bewhis kered." ' Lou bet, the head of the new French Cabinet, Is described as a man who has been sixteen years in publio life without making a record. Ex-Governor Gaston of Massachusetts has recently fallen down a flight of stairs and so injured himself as to be unable to leave his room. C. C. McCov. President of the North' nestern Transportation Company of Portland, is in Washington. He is look ing after his numerous mail contracts. Victor Hueo wrote standing at a high desk ; the older Dumas worked with his shirt sleeves rolled np; the present Da mas writes witn a quia on Diue paper, Parnell's mother recently placed Celtic cross of nowers upon his grave, which bore this inscription: "May the spirit for which Charles Stewart P true 11 died freshly revive witn tbe new year and live forever." Sir John Everett Millais, the great painter, is never so happy as when sketching' fn.m nature in Scotland Seated behind some wimpling burn with an old clay pipe in his mouth, he wilt work all day without troubling about food. - . Albert Bierstadt has gone to the Ba hainas to visit Watling Island, where Columbus is supposed to have first land' ed in this country. He wants to secure a correct background for tbe historical painting which he is to exhibit at tbe World's Fair. Kichard Wagner's son, Siegfried, now a young man of 21, Is said to resemble the composer in appearance not a little. His mother is training him to manage the bayrentn interests wnen she is gone. Herr Wagner has recently spent a fort night in London as the guest of the im presurio, Augustus Harris, but is now off in hgypt. Mr. Brice has a way when on the floor of the Senate of Sitting about among bis coiieagnes aunng tne momenta occu pied by unimportant business and bend. ine over their desks for brief chate. His rambling visits are welcomed bv the Sen ators, and by means of them he has es tablished a reputation for good humor and passing courtesy. : Sir Edwin Arnold will probably not prolong ins travels to unill. ine Uhil ians might not like this opinion of his, from a recent publication, of our Latin American neighbors: "Tbe wasted wonderlands of the South American States, which are to-day swarmed over bv Quarrelsome little hybrid Spanish races, not much profitable or peaceful." WORLD'S FAIR NOTES. Russian Will Exhibit Rare Carpets, Shawls, Hangings, Etc., From the Far Orient. An Ohio World's Fair Commissioner has estimated that the exhibitors from Ilia State will spend upwards of $5,000,- 000 in the preparation of their exhibits tor tne exposition. The California building at the fair will oe an imposing structure ot tne old' mission" type. 110x600 feet, with i dome, and costing about $75,000. It will be surrounded by a hedge of Monterey cypress. ; ..r Vermont will have a building at the exposition without drawing on the State appropriation for the cost of its erection. One hundred substantial citizens have guaranteed $10,000 for that purpose, each pledging iiimrjeu to pay f tuu. Denmark will spend about $5,500 in snowing as a leading feature of its World's Fair exhibit a Danish dairy com- uieie mm in uiierHLiua. lua uairr in terest is ono of the most important in Denmark, ana ine most approved meth ods and mechanical appliances are util ized in tne dairies of that country. W. L. Libby A Sons of Toledo intend to erect on Midway plaisance a factory, in wmcn tne manuiactuteot cut glass can be teen from the furnace on through the cutting, finishing and decorating depart ments until the finished product is turned out. The factory plans call for a structure. 125x200 feet, of stone, iron and glass ana witn an imposing dome. The firm intends to spend $40,000 on the I ' i J : i uuiiuiiis; aiuue. , Italy will make no government display at the exposition. The King, however, has recognized the fair by appointing a commission, and M nister of State Ru dini has info-med Vice-President Bryan and Director Higinbotham that the gov ernment will encourage individual ex hibitors in every way possible. He inti mated tnat u would even pay for the transportation of all exhibits. Mr. Hig inbotham reports there is throughout Italy much enthusiasm over the exposi tion. i - - - The Bristol (England) Chamber of Commerce has undertaken to furnieh an exhibit for the exposition that will doubtless attract a great deal of atten tion. In addition to a representation of the manufactures of tbe place the ex hibit will show much in illustration of the lives and discoveries of John and Sebastian Cabot, upon whsee early Amer ican explorations is based England's claim to its past and present possessions in tnis country, ine Merchant ventur ers' Guild has agreed to contribute Cabot relics, of which it has a large collection. Mr. Barilusow of St. Petersburg, Rus sia, a dealer in fine Oriental goods, in tends to exhibit in the exposition rare carpets, shawls, hangings and textile fabrics from tho far Orient. He will fur nish a number of rooms in rich Oriental styles, representing the residences of the wealthy Mohammedans of Asia and by way of contrast tbe tents of the nomad tribes of the Kirgnis Tartars. Some of the apartments will be in the style of the Caucasus ; others in the Bokhara and Ohiva styles. The furniture and decora tions for these apartments have been for the most part collected at great expense in the remote Orient. Suirnow & Co. of the same capital will exhibit a complete suit of apartments ot a "Boyar" or wealthy Russian noble of the twelfth century and also the cabin of the rich Russian peasant ot modern times. Each of these exhibits will be in a separate pavilion vif distinctively Russian architecture. EASTERN ITEMS. The Total Population of Brooklyn. JUDGE YAN BRUNT'S ACTION. Mayor and City Council of s Kansas V Town Arrested The Harlem Land Claim. Cincinnati will vote $6,000,000 bonds lor new water works. Governor Boyd will not call an extra session oi the Nebraska Legislature, A third electric railroad between Min neapolis and St. Paul will be built this year. . The Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia is in the bands of a receiver. The naval bill, as completed, appro priates $78,800 for improvements at Mare tsiana navy yara. - Over 150,000 bushels of American corn have been sent into tbe famine district of Durango, Mexico. A number of Chinamen are becoming citisens of Mexico to evade the United States restriction laws. Jay Gould is said to be after the Aran sas Pass railroad. He is seeking deep- water pons on tne uuu. The public lands outside the perma nent reservation at Hot f S'ings, Ark., win ue eutu at aucuon April lu. The estimated cost of the Chicago El evated Terminal Company's structure is 13,000,000. xne plans are nearly com pleted. . The Massachusetts House has Dassed a bill absolutely prohibiting tbe sale of cigarettes either to minors or to grown persons. The fury of inmiiry into the condition of yonng Field at New York failed to agree as to his sanity, and was dis- cnargea. The great Harlem land claim, which involves property valued at more than $100,000,000 in New York city, is to be pushed to an end. Heirs of ex Senator Joseph E. Mc Donald of Indiana are contesting his will on the ground tbat it was made under undue influence of his wife. The Chicago University, which will not open nntil October next, has already received over $4,000,000 in gifts. And has a promise of another million. Nebraska prohibitionists in their plat form favor woman's suffrage and the ownership of railroads, telegraphs and teiepuonea oy tne government. A company lately formed in New York is making money by fur. ishing sentries, whose province it is to keep unwelcome visitors from tbe portals of millionaires' dwellers. , i Memphis is going to have a big cele bration on the occasion of the oneninir of the new bridge across the Mississippi, wnicn gives mat city a closer connection with the West. Representatives Cutting and Loud are Urging the establishment of an addi tional life station on tne-peach at Ban Francisco. The proposed Idcatiotr-is three miles south of the present station. Tbe census returns for the city of New York are all in, with the exception of two election districts. The total popula tion of twenty-four Assembly districts according to the enumeration is 1,795,21'5. Roughs atCornins. la.. are determined to break up a revival of Free Methodists which ts in progress in that town. The minister has asked for the militia, but the local authorities claim to be able to keep order. the forty-fifth annual, re nor t of the rennBjivania jtanroad Uompany shows the total gross earnings on the lines east and westof Pittsburg for 1891 were $134, 254,612, a flight increase over the earn ings of 1890. The St. Louis Merchants' Exchanm nas naa a can tor 18,000 bushels ot corn for shipment to Mexico. This is the first transaction of the kind known to have been made, Mexico in former years rais ing ample crops. The lynching of Ed Gov. a negro, in the southern part of Arkansas, has in creased the desire of many negroes in that section to emigrate, and large bod ies are reported to be organizing to go to the Cherokee Strip. In theCook County (111.) OircuitCourt is filed a writ against George Jacob Schweinfurth. the self-stvled Christ. The suit is for $60,000 damages for alien ating from the complainant, George irouarey, tne anections of his wife. The next cruiser to be launched will be the Raleigh. She is being built by the government at the Norfolk yard. It will be a fine addition to the navy, hav ing a speed of nineteen or twenty knots and a fine battery of rapid-fire guns. The people of Brooklyn have built twenty-five miles of elevated railways managed Dy two separate corporations. The city government has lately author ized the introduction of the trolley sys tem on the surface street-car railways. The -Jnfer-Ocean of Chicago reiterates the charge that the National Union Com pany of iew York ib a tool of the Na tional Cordage Company, notwithstand ing the newspaper has been sued for $200,000 damages for the original charge. It is estimated that the fifty long-dis tance lines which the American Bell Tel ephone Company is putting up between New .York and Chicago will consume 8,526 tons of copper, while the total length of the wire will be 98,000 miles. There is a strong and growing feeling among the Senators and Representatives in Congress that the navy should be add ed to for several years to come, and al though the appropriation bill provides for the building of but one large vessel, it is likely to be so amended that at least three will be provided for. Judge Van Brunt in the Field insanity case at New York astonished counsel in the case by discharging the jury. He said counsel promised the case would consume but five days, and be bad sat for eight days and the prospects for fin ishing were meager. He was induced to continue the case until toil ay, with a promise that it would close then. This action of the Judge 1b unprecedented, and has caused much surprise and comment. NATIONAL CAPITAL A Great Deal of Controversy Said to Exist Over the Dispositon of . Puyallup Reservation, The Biver end Harbor Committee will ?ive no more bearings. It is believed he Sacramento river will only be given an appropriation of about $50,000 and the San Joaquin about $40,000. The House Public Building Committee bas ordered a favorable report on bills making the following appropriations for puuiio imnuings; come, laano, ftuu, 000; Helena, Mont., $150,000. Senator Allen has secured the passage of the bill granting a portion of the pro ceeds of the sale of the Port Angeles townsite to uiallam county for the pur pose of erecting public buildings. The Public Land Committee of the House is dead against such a bill as this, and will probably prevent it from becoming a law. Senator Allen also reported a bill granting Hollingsworth eight acres of land near tjoiiax, wash., which has been in dispute for several months, bnt which rightly belongs to Hollingsworth. Representative Wilson bas been nrged by Spokane people to hurry up the case before the Interstate Commerce Com mission known as the "Spokane ter minal case, which was argued before the commission last summer at Spokane. The commission will not make a decision at present, because there is now pending a similar case in the Circuit Court which was appealed from the commission. Then, if tbe Spokane case should be decided by the commission, . the railroad could appeal to the court, and it would remain unsettled. When the decision is made the commission will be governed by it and make its decisions in accordance with it. One appeal has been argued, and a decision is exoected at an early date. . ; Senator Mitchell has introduced sev en.) amendments which he proposes to oner to tne Indian appropriation bill wnen it comes np lor consideration in the Senate. The first of these amend ments provides for the leasing of lands in tbe Klamath Indian reservation not deeded by the Indians lur terms of five years for grazing purposes, the regula tions to be approved bv the Indian agent and the Secretary of the Interior. The second amendment provides for the leas ing of lands on- any Indian reservation for grazing purposes for five years and for mineral purposes for ten years. This will prove a very good thing, as it will allow a large amount of mineral lands now tied up on Indian- reservations to be prospected and mined, and will also afford some income to tbe Indians. Among the petitions introduced the other day in the Senate were several re flecting on Senator Dolph and protesting against his bill, which, it was stated, le-ga-ized the liquor traffic in Alaska. Sen ator Dolph made a brief explanation of the petitions and his bill on the subject ! in the senate, tie stated he would be favor of prohibition in Alaska if it was practicable, but that liquor is now sent to that Territory by shiploads and sold to everybody. He proposed to pass a bill licensing reliable persons to sell liquor, who would then become assist ants of the government in preventing the sale to Indians and others by irre sponsible and smuggling parties. He said that it would be impossible to etop the sale of it by any prohibitory enact ments tbe government might make-. Senator Squire recently moved to re consider the vote by which the bill at taching tbe north shore 'of the Columbia river to the Oregon collection district was passed. . iifl lasreiv entered his mo tion, and intends to call if Upr &t 60126 future time. The proposition was ear nestly combatted by Senator Dolph, who holds that in the interest of vessels en tering the Columbia river, no matter whether they land goods either on the north or south snore of that water, should be able to enter ard clear at As toria instead of being compelled to go around to Gray's Harbor on tbe Pacific Ocean for entering and clearing goods to or from the Washington side of tbe Co lumbia river. Senator Dolph said he considered it an unheard-of proposition to have both sides of a river like that in different collection districts. He wanted to vote immediately upon Squire's mo tion, but it was decided to be out of order; ' There is a great deal of controversy over the disposition of the Puyallup In dian reservation. Senator Allen has been severely criticised on account of the bill he has introduced, and copies of a lonir editorial ahnflin? him very ronndlv have been sent to every member of the House. The etlect will oe that nothing will be done in this Congress to settle the Puyallup Indian affair, and it will still go on as it is now, a detriment to Tacoma and of very little use to the In dians. Senator Allen Bays he believes the men who have made contracts witn the Indians and paid them for the lands should have a right to these lands. The Secretary of the Interior aud the Puyal lup Commission bold otherwise, and seem to think the Indians are losing a great deal in the proposed settlement. As none of the members of the House will take the trouble to inform them selves about the situation at Puyallup, and when the matter comes up for con sideration in tbat body will be opposed to anything being done, as they do not understand the matter, the bill will very likely be killed. A bill has been introduced in Congress by Mr. Oatea of Alabama, which, if it pass, might save considerable lobbying by army and navy officers in Washing ton. The bill is to prevent any cadet who may hereafter be appointed to either the Military Academy at West Point or the Naval Academy at Annapo lis from trying to secure influence for promotion. It is to take in addition to the oath prescribed one in which the ca det will be forced to swear he never will directly or indirectly seek influence or attempt to influence the President or any member of Congress to aid or assist in his promotion in the service which he may be, or his retirement from it, or to increase his compensation, salary, pen sion or allowance in any respect. This is designed to prevent the always and ever present lobby of army and navy of ficers, who are found about the halls of Congress seeking Congressional influ ence to aid in their oromotion or to se cure an increaea in their pay. It is one of the worst features of army and navy life observed lu Washington tnat tnese men resort to methods almost beneath the dignity of men and away below the dignity of gentlemen to secure the influ ence of Congressmen for their promotion or the increasa in their compensation. FOREIGN LANDS. Mr. Crispi Retires From Public Life. THE CENSUS OF INDIA TAKEN. Vienna Municipal Authorities Havo Imposed a Tax Upon Women Who Wear Trails. Paris may build an underground elec tric road. Cotton at Liverpool has reached the lowest price on record. The French Chamber has refused to abolish theatrieal censorship. A large force of Salvadorians are re ported on the Guatemalan frontier. Saonz Pena is the candidate of the na tional and civic parties of Argentine for President. - The Prince of Naples is visiting Aus tralia to inspect it as a field for Italian immigration. - Premier Canovas del Castillo says the Spanish government has decided npon a policy of retrenchment. Queen Natalia of Serviar continues to be tbe cause of fierce debate and bitter feeling in tbat little kingdom. . At Athens M. de Imees has been ap pointed Minister oi Finance and M. Mielstopouloe Foreign Minister. A correspondent writes that the Rus sian famine sufferers who eat at Tolstoi's free tables look like living skeletons. Prof. Huxley hopes that England and America will give support to the pro posed marine biological station at Ja maica.' : j ' - - European governments are becoming alarmed at the movements of the unem ployed, and labor day is looked forward to with some apprehension. English live-stock dealers are opposed to the United States Treasury in refusing entry to imported animals unless a cer tain pedigree can be shown. Crispi's retirement from public life 'h announced in the hope of improving tbe strength of the opposition, and Signor Zanardelli will be the leader. . A sugar and coffee firm of Antwerp has failed, with liabilities amounting to 2,090.000 francs. A French house in Hamburg is the largest creditor. - Miss Mary Reed, an Ohio lady who went to India as a missionary, is a vic tim of leprosy, and is hopelessly wasting away in a leper village in the Himalayas. The immense Southeastern railway of England placed so enormous a valuation on a small strip of its land near Ber mondsey as to charge at the rate of $05, 000,000 an acre. The Midland railway in England has now running between St. Pancras and Bradford trial trains fitted with a hot water apparatus supplied from the en gine for heating the carriages. The Manchester (England) ship-canal report states that the receipts from near ly all sources and 200,000 in addition have been exhausted and 2,500,000 will be required to complete the canal. . In the German Reichstag the bill em- . powering the government to proclaim a stale of. tiegs in Aie4jsrrain.4ii the event of war or serious danger was after much debate referred to the committee. There is a bill before the French Leg islature to finlarure the nreaent flivnxiMa - law. It DroDoees to turn "senarntion decrees" into obligatory divorces, in stead of optional divorces, three years after an application for such conversion. , TheAViKFme Prttu of Vienna has just published an elaborate article on the subject of Turkish armament, and declares tbat the Sultan has succeeded in raising the effective strength of his forces to 1.000.000 men. of whom 700.000 could be mobilized. ; . There are intimations from Berlin that experiments with tuberculin have been steadily progressing under the direction of Dr. Koch and his chosen assistants, and that in a little while proofs of re-' markable successes with refined tuber culin will be made known. Since the fire at the Benedictine mon astery it has been revealed that almost 30 per cent, of all the benedictine brewed is consumed in Finland by about 100,000 people. It is the national drink. It is drunk in tumblers, three or four yonng men not thinking anything of consum ing a couple of bottles. In a recent interview Baron de Hirsch spoke of the new Jewish colonies io tbe Argentine Republic. ;. He said, he had sent 6,000 Jews there and had negotiated for tho purchase of ,7,00,000 acres' of . land, but the government would grant only 5,000,000, as it did not wish too many aliens to settle in a body. : ' - 1 ' . Japanese orders have been conferred' on noted Mexicans as follows: Presi dent Diax, grand ribbon of the chrysan themum ; Secretary of State Mariscal, first-clasB ribbon of the Imperial Order of the Rising Sun ; Maurico Waltheim, Secretary of the Mexican Legation in Japan, third-class ribbon of the Impe rial Order of the Sacred Treasury. There is some talk of utilizing the nu merous waterfalls found in Sweden. These waterfalls constitute marvelous sources of power, which can be econom ically transported by electricity. They have commenced by using the falls of of Trollhatta and the falls of the river Motala, which furnish power respective ly to the towns of Gothenberg and N6r koeping. Kaiser William has let loose his royal indignation npon Herr von Greisenaa as a type of the too-extravagant officer. Greisenaa was accustomed to drive to the parade ground in a carriage and mount his charger there instead of rid ing to the field from hia lodgings. Being reprimanded by hia Colonel, he immedi ately advertised his horses and carriage for sale, "owing to unfortunate circum stances.'' '" The municipal authorities of Vienna have taken the trailing skirt in hand, and are endeavoring to insure the health of their city by the imposition of a tax npon all women wearing skirts of that sort.. The Sanitary Committee is oi the opinion that the sweeping of the long skirts on the public thoroughfares scat ters the germs of disease and makes of the prevailing style of dress a nniaanoe. to the publio welfare.