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.
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County Ottlears.
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cornmunli'ellmia Aral ann"riilrilHataMay luvach
non ill at T:N r. M. at Mamulu Hall. Vl.ltlug
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MtMiNii;. Kalulnr lxluf No. 'M-HUt.il ma t
liif. feier.'ar on or hi fore eet'll full raoon at7:W)
r. a. at Maaonlu Hall, ovar Hl.nch.rj'a .lore.
i Vl.lilni uaiiibara lu food tB0dln Invited to
etlauil.
stvaiikllal Appointment..
Pint Hauday Oaer lalancl.ll a.m.; HI. Helena,
:00 r. a. ., . .
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M. BURUNOAMK, Faator.
Tba Malla.
rtewn rf ver (rnt) (iloan. at :B0 A. M.
Vp rlrar (boat) eloaea at 1 r. a.
Tlio mail for Varnoiila and PlltaliHrg leavea
Bt. 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.
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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; ! "
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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.