VOL. J.
ST. HELENS, OREGON,. FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1892.
NO. 14.'
THE Oil EGON , MIST.
SUED KVBHY TMUAt MOKMINO
J. R. BEEQLE, Publisher.
Th County Official Paper.
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Moolety Notleea.
Mtumc,-HI. Helens Iidue, No. (13 Regular
coinmuuirattnna drat aiiii rhlr.IHatar.lay lu each
isoiiih at 7:J r. N. at Ma.onli. Hall. Vlalilng-
wmnure in tone aiamnna inviieii in aitenii.
Masonic Kalnler 1,-mIuo No, 24 B..t.-il ma t
llix.-eur a.' on or Ik fore each lull mooiiat7:S9
r. M. at Ma-onlo Hall, over Hanoliar.rs aiore.
Vlltm niomb.ra lu food alaudluii Invited u
ttaiid. 1 -... .
, K.ang. Ileal Appointment..
Pint Bandar-Dear laland.U i.M.; HI. Helena.
TiOO P. M.
H...ud Sauday Near City, U a. M.i Keubaii,
l:w r. at.
Tulrd Haectay (Hilton. 11 A. M.I Ilonlton, a r.
a.
Fourth Banriay-aaavlee I.laud (fllllahan), 11
A. a.) Uueuer a,r .
. , M. BUKI.INUA.UK, Paator.
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Down rlvar (Inat) idoaca at :0 A. a.
Hp rler (boat) cluae. at I P. a.
Tna mail (or Varnoiila and I'litilinnr learva
Bl llolaua Tasaday, Tburaday and Saturday at II
A. U.
lb. mad (orMarahland, (!latkanl(t anl Hlat
laM Qalnu Monday, Wcduatday and Friday at
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PocUaud
Malla (railway) north loa at lu A M.i for
ud at S r. m.
Traveler.' Guide Blyer Koutra.
BTianiall. W. HHva rav8'. Helen, for
Portland at II . M. Tuesday, Tli irolay and Hat
arday. laveaHl, lli'lcui (or Clai.kanle Mou
dav. Wedua'day and Krl lay at It HO, u.
Hraanxa JoaaPH Kuli.ouu lav.a Ht. Helena
for Portland dally exerptHunday at 4: HO a. M.
netaruing. leavea ror laun ai -i:uu p. a.
MI8CKLLANKOU8.
D. d. SWITZER,
GENERAL INSURANCE
AND
Real Estate Agent,
St. HeLENS, Oregon.
John A. Beck,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
-rou YOUR-
ELEGANT JEWELRY.
Tha Flna.t Aaaortment of Watch et. Cloeki and
, Jewelry of all liMfirlpllona,
SPPMITI TNI MMONO, PORTLAND, Off
PIANOS and ORGANS.
Ilallott & I avis and New 8eule Kimball Pianos and Kimball Or
guni. I invite insiiection, and defy competition.
L. V. MOORE, 1 05 Washington St., Portland, Or.
Write for catalogue and prices. Mention this paper,
Clatskanie Line.
STEAMER C.
. . J. W. 8H AVER. Master.
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. Leaves Portland from Alder-street dock Monday, via Westport,
Hkamokawa and Uathlamet, Wednesday and Friday for Clatskanie,
touchiiiR at Sauvios Island, St. Helens, Columbia City, Kalama, Neer
City, Raihier, Codo,r Landing, Mt. Coflin. Bradbnrv, Stella, Oak Point
ana an miorinouiaie points, returning
DON'T BUY YOUR DRUGS
;' ANYWHERE BUT
YOU WILL FIND THE
' Freshest, Purest and Best of Everything
AT THE v.-' '-
CLATSKANIE '.' DRUG '.' STORE.
DR. J. E. HALL, Proprietor. ' .
PROFESSIONAL.
DR. H. S. CLIFF,
Physician and Surgeon,
nt, Helens, Or.
DR. J. E.HALL,
Physician v and Surgeon,
Clatakeule, Colombia Co., Or.
T. A. MultRiDI. A.fl. llUKHnica.
MoBRIDE & DRESSE1,
Attorneys v at v Law,
, Oregon City, Or.
Prompt attention given to laud ofllce baalnesi
A. B. LITTLE,
Surveyor and Civil Engineer,
Rt. tlalsna, Or.
Coanty Bury, yor. Land aurveylni-. tnwn Dial
ting and engineering woik piomptly done.
. W. T. Iiumicy. J. W. Dmna,
, BORNEY k DRAPER,
Attorneys ". at . Law,
Oregon City, Or. '
Tw.lv VAara B.nn,li.nf.. aa ItMWla.M nl tUm
Unlt.ft Hta'PI l.aud Otltf'n. Iicrtt rtnininanda
In our .pci-l.lty o( all kind. o( biialunaa baf.ira
the Land Olftve or tha Cauru, and Involving tha
prattle In tha (Jenural Ijiud Ulhca.
J. B. BROCKENBROUGH,
ATTORNEY v AT . LAW,
Orog-nn City, Or. : (,
(l.U-rlpiolal Agent of General Land Offlne.j
U'lmeaioaJ, Pr-empTloi and 'I'imlier Laud Ap
nil at una and other land onii Hualueaa a
Apeoiahy. (ilflee, rk-ouud Floor, lnd Uffloe
U aiming. , ,
CHAS. W. pYGEfl,
Notary . Public
AND-
INSURANCE AGENT,
MAYUEB, OR.
After Port PUIier'. Capture.
Tlie Dillon low at Port Fisher in January,
180.',, n UH killed and 7-ltf wounded. The
Confederate Ion In killed and wounded
baa been placed at 80X1 In all Qen. Terr;
reported oyer . 3,000 priaonera, aome of
them re-enfoivpiiienta which reached the
work on the last day. The night of the
loth, after the njrrndor, was made brilliant
by tha dismny of rocketa from the Seat and
the fluinoa from burning uiawriitl Hred by the
rotreaMng ConfedoiaUw. At daylight en the
10th the joy of the vletori wo daiiiiened by
the dbutatroua exploaion of the powder maga-
ine of the fort, with over alx tone of powder.
Tbli magazine waa uudur a roof of sand and
turf, eighteen feet thick. A portion of Col.
Aldon'a regiment, tha One Hundred and
Blxty-ninth Now York, encamped around
and upon It Without warning, the whole
mound blew up, killing twenty-five and
wounding tixty-tiz of the Union men. Thir
teen men were uilnalng, and were probably
buried under the deiirie, Some wounded
Confederatee were also in the bomb proof.
Some d&ya after the explosion Naval Com
mander Truxton, of Porter's fleet, found an
Iniulated wire loading from the Wilmington
aide of the river to Fort Fisher and Into the
roagaxlne, and it was believed at the time
that tome Confederate had exploded the
deadly charge purposely, Bubeequont inves
tigation proved that some Union men entered
the magazine with nn opun light, not know
ing the danger, and accidentally fired the
powder. Gtroree U Kilmer
KiMiriiutniilM wlilt lieea.
M, Teytino think tlmt through patient
(mining and proper bi-N'CIioii a bee nies
tutnger can be duveloped tlmt will be able
to travel grant distance, mid he la under
stood to Im now experimenting with a
hardy aperies of I we which lie has doineatl
enteil. I'lttMlmru Dlinti'h.
W. SHAVER.
i uesuuy, inursaay ana saturaay.
AT A REGULAR
PACIFIC COAST.
Nevada's Wool Clip Clean
and Heavy. '
CLEVER BURGLARS IN IDAHO.
Large Aoreage of Wheat and Barley in
Southern California tour
d'Alene Mines.
A new opera house lor Los Angeles Ii
nu in tne early possibilities.
-A iiang of clover burglar and ineak
t'neves is uoing iuhiio towns.
The water is so low In Sulton Lake
lint the salt company has begun taking
ut -aiT. , i.
The Soolhern Pacific is replacing tta
'hinffle section men with white men in
the 8outh. ........ , . ,
Han Diego will give its regular board-
-re in the county jaii employment in
: i-kintt oak tun
1'lie Ar'zina Bngar Company bat been
ncorporiittvl nt I'lici'iiix, with a capital
toclc 01 io'jo,iitw,
T'i resiiionce of Brlgham Yoang, in
ait Iike uity, is now used as a Keeley
lire 't:alilielinient.
The wik1 clip in Nevada la reported
mnanallv licuvv and clean. Tha slimn
wintereu f ptt'ntii Jiy,
The Superior Court at Los Angeles has
n.inined the validity of the prohibition
ordinance ol I'omo.ia
The Cave Creek onyx mines, in Mari-
tDa ttotintv. A. 1 .. have been parchaBed
by a liovr rortc rynuicate,
Th" Woman's Christian Temperance
union and t ie saloon-keepers of Hew
Westminster, B. U , have declared war.
The Consolidated Canal Company has
been incoiporated at i'huinir A. T. Cr
inge gruves will bo planted along the
I'aiiai.
The finltl.'tke Chamlier of Commerce
i)!e e unjust discrimination in Utah
roitthtn hy nil the roads entering the
rriloiy. .
Th (.'o'tir d'Alene mines are to be
'PMIimI soon. The rnstiniption of work
in that section will give 2 00J men em
ployment , ;
The natural gas well on I. W. Hell
mnn'B ranch on the edge of Los Angeles
0 utilities to give every indication 01 De
ng a stiyer.
Citizen of Port'and, Or., are demand
ing that that city tecure four public
parks "f WO (teres each in addition to the
one alreodv owned.
Eihtof Boise City, Idaho, are several
hot snrinen. and a scheme ia incubating
to have the hot water conveyed to the
residences in the town.
Knilro:t(ls at Lob Angeles are ontting
and slashing rates to Eastern points.
Tickets to Kansas City sell for $15 and
to New York for from 18 to $25.
The miners in Nevada county, Cat ,
are rejoicing over tne prospects pi wra-
uivibi e uooria uiii iwcoming a jaw, me 1
House committee having favorably re
port ua it.
The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency re
ports fourteen fuilurea in the Pacific
Coast States and Territories for the past
week, against fourteen for the previous
wecic ana ten me same week in lmu.
C. II. Dine. President of the defunct
silver vnj and u,inint (N. m.) national
oatms; r. It. rlebold, cashier of the
Deniing bank, and Chase, cashier of the
Silver City Uank. have been arrested on
a charge of embezzlement.
A. E. WagstafT. author of a biography
of the late Judge David S. Terry, siya in
hunting for materials for the life of
Torrv he continually came across evi
dence showing that offers had been
made to put Terry out of the way.
There is much contention in Bricrham
City, Utah, over establishing a water
works system. Bonds have been voted,
but the opposition to their issue ia ao
strong that it will allect the sale, a re
straining order having already been
issued. , ..
J. D Smith his been convicted of
murder In the flnt degree at Sacramento,
lie was connected with the conspiracy
to rob and murder R. Allen for his
money. Smith's two companions are
under sentence for murder in the second
degree. ' ,
Every report says that such an acreage
of wheat and barley as ia now in the
ground has never before been planted in
Southern California. Thousands of acres
In 8an Bernardino county that have
never prodtved anything but sagebrush
have been planted to barley because of
the I dit market there has been for that
grain this season. . .
Marcos Pollankv's surveyors have
started by the M td River route to ex
amine the country b'twem Eureka and
Red Binff, Cl., 'for the proposed rail
road construction. Tiiere is a division
of opinion at Eureka as to the earnest
ness of Pollasky and his backers in this
move, and the general disposition is to
aid the undertaking and give it a trial.
J. E. Uudden, ' a brakeman, found
specimens of quartx-bearing free geld
Hve miles nn th Truekee river recently.
There is considera' Ie excitement at
Frnckee over the find, lor it ia in the di
rection of the old mmmg town of Knox
ville, which formerly rm inhered hun
dreds of Inhabitanla. In early days it
waS known that a ledge existed, but it
coma not oe lounu. uunaen ana nis
friends have located claims,
The North American Commercial
O'impany is establishing a coaling and
supply station at D.Uch Harbor,. Alaska.
The barkentine O. 0 Kr nk has (ailed
for that place, laden with lumber and a
miscellaneous eirgo and eight workmen,
who will conetrtiot, a whaf for the ao-
eom n idntion of the whaling fleet and
revenue, cutter. The ship America, now
it. Kan Pelro. will proceed to Nana! mo
vid loid a cirgo of 1,20 ) tons of coal for
emporary usj at Dutch Harbor. There
ire soinn excellent coal mines near that
place, which the company proposes to
levelop next summer, it is the Inten
tion to mike Dutch Harbor tha ren-
iflxvous for whaling vessels, where a-en-
jral suppMes can be furnished. The
revenue cuttor and war vessels will
probably take their fuel mt that point.
r't.KliUNAL MNTION.
King Humbert of Italy to Vielt Eng
land Paderewtki. the Recipient
of a Silver Wreath.
Jgpatmi uonnolly lias ciphered out a
new theory aWmt the grip. He thinks
t ia canned by star dust throngh which
he iarth paHscs.
Pieaident Ilatrison geta up his State
papers in a legal and red-tape style, just
in if lie was preparing briefs. They sure
neat, compact and concise.
General Gotirka, Governor-General of
Rtinsian Poland, ia a hale and vigorous
oldier of 04 years, and he ia not going
to resign his place as has been reported,
riie Cut knows his value too well.
Rev. 1,0, gchwerin, a Congregttional
1st ininis'er, whodit d last week at Kan
Claire. Wis., was a noted hunter, and
was for mny years generally considered
the best rifle shot in the Northwest.
The birthday anniversary of the Em
peror of Russia, who is 47 yeara of age,
is also the wedding anniversary of the
Prince of Wales, who has now been the
husband of the charming Princess Alex
andria for twenty-nine years. ,
King Humbert's approachine visit la
England is said to be due to the grati
tude he feels when he recalls that Queen
Victoria waa the first of the KuroDean
sovereigns to recognize the vountr king
dom of Italy thirty or more yeara ago).
The only survivor of the brave band
of Texan patriots who signed the Decla
ration of Texas Independence at Wash
ington on the Braz s river March 2, 1836,
is W. 0. Crawford, who now at the aire
of 80 is living in destitution at Alvaredo.
Paderewaki has been presented bv hia
Boston admirers with a beautiful wreath
of laurel in silver. They were consider
ate enough not to insist that he should
wear it as the Koman conquerors wore
theirs. They did not want to disarrange
nis nair.
Prince Bismarck mav flatter himsnlf
that he boa thousands of admirers in
this country, but the fact that America
ia the only nation on earth that has not
cont ribiited to hia monnment fund would
indicate that German-Americana are not
very argent in showing their respect for
him. -
The Empress of Germany ia in the
U..L . f t ' . 1 ,
i,ni ui wi ibiiiK iw a lew minutes OH1IV
in nor uiarv. noixxiy ever seea tne con
tents of her diary not even the Em
peror. At the close of the vear a new
diary is opened, and the old one, which
tins a locked cl'isn, is consigned to the
iron safe containing her Majesty's do
mestic jewelry.
M. 0. Creede. the owner of the Last
Chance and Monarch mines at the new
camp in Colorado that b -art his name,
ia a native of Illinois, who settled in
Co or.tdo in 1870. He is a man slightly
above medium he'wht, lean and of a
sandy complexion, and is 50 yearaof age,
although he looks much younger. After
prospecting lor twenty yeara all over the
8tate he now finds himself a millionaire.
Some of the wisest scholars delight in
the collection of pamphlets. Indeed
there nre pamphlets which attracted lit
tle notice at the time of their publica
tion a century ago that are now worth a
hundred timea the price then aaked for
them. Dr. E iward Everett Hale in one
of (he pamphlet collectors. He keeps
his in a "eries of baskets suspended by
rope at d pulley from the beams in the
ceiling of hii
his study.
WORLD'S FAIR NOTES.
Philadelphia Will Contribute a Choice
Collection of Historical Relica
f at the Exposition.
Newfoundland has decided to partici
pate in the exposition.
Wisconsin will expend 3,000 upon ita
horticultural exhibit. Cranberry culture
win do mane especially prominent.
8. J. Hunter of Nevada, Mo., has
collection of over 11,000 varieties of
woods, pntri Tactions, etc., which he pre
poses exhibi'iug at the fair.
The marble slab presented bv the Em
press joseifiune to ranaina will im in-
clnded in the exhibit from that country.
Ollicinl consent for its removal has been
granted.
The limit of the time in which States
and Territories and foreign countries
must accept the sites allotted them nn
the exposition grounds has been fixed at
June 1, 1892. Oregon will please take
notice.
The Canard Steamship Comnanv has
applied for space in the marine section
of the transportation building to show a
scries of models illustrating the speed
ot ocean greynounas" ana tne devel
opment of transatlantic travel.
It ib now considered certa n that the
prominent etchers in this countrv will
co-operate heartily with Chief Ivea in
forming lor display in the art depart
ment a collection of a retrospective ex
hibit of etchings made since the time of
the Centennial collection in 1870.
Michigan is going to come out atrone
in tne world's fair. More than tl.OOO,
000 worth of Michigan lumber will be
used in the buildings, and $450,000 will
go to Michigan contractors.. "As to her
exhibit," says a Michigan mat, "she
will have the best mineral, forestry, frnit
ana nsnery exmutts on the grounds.
The Arkansas World's Pair Board ha
selected ten acres near Little Rock,
which it will have cultivated with the
view of raising various agricultural prod
ucts for exhibit at the exposition. The
board has made arrangements to send to
Chicago for the .forestry building speci
mens of pine, white oak, red oak, sweet
gum, Cyprus ana wainut.
The city of Philadelphia will contrib
ate to the Pennsylvania exhibit a choice
collection of historical relies now in pos
session of Meade Post, G. A. R., George
W. Ohilds and the Drexel Institute
representations of Benjamin Franklin.
Stephen Girard and other old-time cele
brated citizens; the famous "liberty
bell," and other exceedingly interesting
ohiects. Applications for space for ex
hibits are very numerous from Pennsyl
vania. It is announced that the Charleston
(Mass.) navy yards will furnish the
equipments of the imitation battle ship
Illinois, which will contain the exhibit
of the' government navy department.
These equipments include twelve ship's
boats, including two steam cutters, four
ordinary cutters, one sailing launch, two
dingies, one whaleboat, one gig whale
boat and one balsa, and a complete set
of ship's furniture from navy camp stools
to elaborate sideboards eighty piece
in all.
EASTERN ITEMS.
John Brown's Fort Taken
to Chicago.
A SUBTERRANEAN RIVER.
The New York Legislature'Defeats tha
Bill to Annex Brooklyn to
New York City. '
A scheme has been formulated for min
ing beneath the city of Anpeii, Col.
A subterranean river of vast extent
has been tapped in Plainfield, N. J.
Ford county. Kan., looks for 000 fami
lies of Danes to settle there this year.
A new cable to connect the Central
American States with Cuba is soon to be
laid.
James Calhoun, postmaster at Big
Pine, Wyo., is a defaulter to the govern
ment. .
Franklin. Pa., is in the throes of a re
ligious revival, business even being neg
lected. A Kansas man applied for a divorce
because his wife would no longer sop
port him.
The Minnesota lice ae law has been
declared void, and saloons may run all
the time. , .
Chicago haa given no its war against
the English sparrows. The sparrows
hold the field.
Another vessel loaded with food for the
starving Russians will leave Philadel
phia on April 13. ' "
Minnie Johnson confesses to having
fired the female reformatory at Indian
apolis on March 1. ,
Railroad officials es'imate that only
one-thir l of the Western crops of 1891
have thus far been moved.
Secretary Tracy ex pre aes fear that the
House will he parsimonious in the mat
ter of naval appropriations.
The Massachusetts House has decided
to make the salary of the Governor $8.-
0X10, the present figure being (ft.OOQ.
The bottom and 8.000.000 gallons of
water one day last week dropped out of
the new reservoir at Leavenworth, Kan.
The Commissioners report in favor of
lilt, rill'iniiuti ui mu Dttibiui'iie Him juio
railroad into Washington City by an ele
vated road.
. i. t u D.h: i . ...
Reports to the Philadelphia Board of
Health of contagions diseases and deaths
therefrom indicate a death rate far above
the normal. '
The Congressional Committee on Pub
lic Lands has reported favorably on the
projectel Mariposa wagon road into the
Yosemite Valley.
Ex-Auditor Lavelle, indicted lor at
emotinz to burn the Daviess countv
(1ml.) courthouse, is anort in his ac
counts over 118.000.
Alleged boodle transactions are
ported to have existed among the Brook
lyn Aldermen in giving the elevated
railway franchise of 18x6.
The Senate bill to change the name of
tne customs collection district and porl
of Wilmington, Cat., to that of Lob An
geles has passed the Senate.
Two rain companies in Kansas are
making contracts with the counties of
that State at $(H)0 a county to produce
ironi one to two inches of rain.
According to the new count of the pop
ulation of Buffalo by the State enumer
ators me total win be 2i oco. Tne cen
sus figures in 1890 were 2o5,604.
A bill has been introduced in the Ohio
Legislature to enlarge and extend the
Ohio canal so that boats can be towed
from Lake Erie to the Ohio river.
The State Department officials sav that
there is no truth in the report that the
United States has established an alliance
with the Argentine confederation.
The Legislature at Albany has defeated
the bill to annex Brooklyn to New York
city. Tammany rule in the latter place
ie the chief impediment to the consoli
dation.
At present 2 691 students are attending
the University of Michigan at Ann Ar
bor, which la the largest number ever
attending an American institution of
learning.
David Wenger, who struck a rich vein
of silver-bearing ore while digging a
well at Lincoln, Mo., several days ago,
haa purchased machinery, and will de
velop tne ieaa.
Testimony is being taken at Chicago
In the disputed heirship to the estate oi
Samuel Saukev of San Francisco rezard-
ing uie title to (fuu.uuo worm of property
situated in Chicago. '
The old Harper's Ferry engine-hotiM
fort, which John Brown stormed and
captured, and behind whose brick wal s
he Did defiance to a powenul force, has
been removed to Cn i cago.
The recent heavy disbursements have
reduced the treasury balance to S29.651.-
325. of which 12,till,201 is on deposit
witb national banks and $15,225,000 is in
subsidiary and minor coin.
The Nicaraguan government is mak
ing the moat liberal offers to Intending
coffee growers. It gives to a married
man 240 acres and to a single man 120
acres of good coffee ground.
Governor Flower declined to sign a bill
fixing the salaries of the Brooklyn Alder
men at $2,000 on the ground 'that the
Legislature should only grant permission
to local authorities to fix salaries.
General Miles believes the great need
of this country is ooost-de'ensive works.
He thinks too much dependence is placed
on the navy. Fortifica'ions are necessi
ties, and thev may save the countrv from
great losses.
it ia openly cnargen in New York that
a corrupt'on fund of at least $3,000,000
was raised by interested capitalists and
stock jobbers for the passage of the bil
In the New Jersey L g stature legalizing
the coal combination of the Reading
railroad.
Attention has been attracted to the
assemblage of about forty tramps neai
neoron vine, Mass.. close to trie Khodi
Island line. This is said to be the four
leenth consecutive year that this strangi
feathering haa been held. There is t
eader. who seems to be well educated.
and who receives cr'ain privilegea and
secures respectful obedience. The gath
wing will remain for two or three weeks.
NATIONAL CAPITAL
The Senate Passes the Bill Making an
Appropriation for Completion of
Cascade Improvement.
The House Committee on Agriculture
has authorized a favorable report on the
Paddock pure-food bill, with some
amendments. ,
The Pnyallup postoffice has been set
tled by the resignation of Mrs. Clare
Dearc-iy and the recommendation by all
factions of Mr. Johnson.
Representative Geary of California
haa introduced in the House a bill to
prevent the ore of substitutes for hops
or pure extract of hops in the manu
facture of ale or beer.
At the request of Senator Mitchell the
Postoffice Department has issued an or
der calling for proposals for mail service,
to commence July 1 next, from Prine-
ville to Warm Springs, Or., and back
again, twice a week.
The Senate Committee on the Judi
ciary has made a favorable report on the
Senate bill to extend the jurisdiction of
courts in Oklahoma Territory in cases of
murder, assault, arson, larceny and like
crimes, the Dili provides that it shall
not be any defense that the offense waa
committed by an Indian on another In
dian. Captain Henry Ebern, commandant
of the New York navy yard, has been
promoted to the grade ol Commodore, to
laxe enect apru as anauaptam K;efiard
W. Meade to the same grade May 5, fol
lowing the retirement respectively of
aumirai tumoeriy ana vora moaore Mc
Cann. Commodore James A. Greer will
be promoted to the grade of Rear Ad
miral April 22.
The House Committee on Territories
has decided to report favorably the Caine
bill to give local government to Utah,
: . 1. .1 . - .
aitu nu a.ijtviiuint?iii Binning out uie sec
tion relating to the sale of public lands
for school purposes, the committeedeem-
ing it best to have a separate measure
governing this point. The vote, was a
party one, the Democrats favoring and
mt nepauueans opposing toe oiu.
The Committee on Pnhlic Lands haa
made favorable reports n the Senate on
the Senate bills relea? u ' the title of tha
United States to the land known as the
Quartet lot in Monterey, Cat., granting
the State of Kansas a part of the Fort
Hays military reservation for the estab
lishment of a home for old soldiers and
widows and children of soldiers and sail
ors, granting to the State of Albania f rr
scbool purposes lands now subject to saie
under the mineral lands act and creating
two additional land districts in Montana.
Adverse reports were made on the bills
to confirm title to lands in the State of
Washington, the sales of which were
based on soldiers' illegal additional en
tries. The instructions to naval officers as
signed to vessels intended for the pro
tection of seals are not yet wholly com
plete, but it is evident the operations of
v ousel s will this year be extended not
only to Behring Sea, bnt also the waters
within the three-mile limit along the
entire Alaskan Coast of latitude 65 de
grees to Eniuiak Pass, south of Behring
Sea. This is the way of the seal herd to
ita rookeries on the Prebyloff Islands,
and they will be perfected along the en
tire course usually followed by poachers.
Nearly 22,000 seaU were caught in these
waters last year. The revenue vessels
Corwin and Albatross have already gone
to Alaskan waterB, and soon will be fol
lowed by the Rush and Bear and several
naval vessels.
The census office has issued a bulletin
on the fisheries of the Pacific SUtes
The industry gave employment to 13,850
persona in various capacities, the invest
ed capital was $6,49:-t,239 aud the valoe
of the products $6,267,303. The tables
Bhow that the fisheries of XJalifornia are
more important than those of either Or
egon or Washington. Of the capital in
vested $2 .618,210 represented California
interests, the value of products of that
State being $4,463,369. Oregon ranks
next in importance, having a capital in
vested or $-',29tj,632 and a product of $1,
033,574. The amount of capital invested
in Washington is given as $517,397 and
products $891,860, and compared with
1890, the fisheries of this region have
as a whole greatly advanced, although a
few special branches show a decline.
The sundry civil bill reported to the
House recently makes cuts here and
there, and slashes appropriations gener
ally. It is apparent that the appropria
tions are pared down to the lowest limit
which the government can be conducted
in a very crippled condition. , All the
aenciencies win nave to be made op
early in the next Congress. The survey?
for public lands are cut from $400,000 to
$100,000. The money appropriated for
special agents to protect public lands
and the timber upon them is cut in two,
and ia only $20,000. This, of course, ie
a stab at the Western country, as when
the appropriation for surveys la divided
np there will be practically nothing left
for any one State to go ahead and Burvey
public lands which have been settled
upon. In this bill, however, the high
rate.9 established by the last Congress
for surveys in Oregon and Washington
are maintained, which guarantees the
surveys of the mountain and timber
lands in these States. An appropriation
of $19,500 is made for the Alaska Indians
on the Islands of St. Panl and St. George.
The Senate passed without any debate
except an argument from Senator Frve
upon the Columbia river Senator Dolph's
bill making a lump appropriation for the
completion of the . Cascades improve
ment. Under the contract system in the
river and harbor bill this will rendei
Senator Dolph's bill inoperative." bni
there ia a possibility that Senator Mitch
ell may secure the adoption of his bill ae
an amendment to the river and harbor
bill in the Senate. Ii this is done, a
great work will be accomplished for the
Columbia river. The votes for these im
provements were practically uuanimous.
only four being against one and eight
against the other. The Oregon Senators
are feeling very good over the victory.
Senator Squire, although he voted fo'
the bill, seemed to think that Oregon
was getting tne best of it. lie said he
thought it was about time Washington
should receive some consideration, as
the shore line along Puget Sound and
other places were immensely of more
importance commercially man the Co
lnmbia river. Although the Columbia
river divided Washington and Oregon
and even if it should be opened no a
that the wheat of Eastern Washingtot
could go down the Columbia river, 1.
would be of some benefit to the eaetf rii
part of the State, yet it waa of commer
dal interest only to Portland.
FOREIGN LANDS.
Balfour Not a Success as
a Leader. .
SOCIALISM IN GREAT J3RITAIN
Ship Canal to be Constructed Between
Paris and Rouen Victoria'1
Cold Yield.
The non-orthodox churches in Poland
are being rapidly closed.. , , ,
Seizures of Anarchistic documents in
Belgium are made daily. " a
There is an alarming increase of du-
sionate crimes in Russia. , . ,
Two 'infernal machines were found, in
street letter-boxes in Paris. ' . '
The porters at the granaries in Berlin
have struck for higher wages. ' i.
It is said that general electionsTin
England will take place in July.
The RusB'an press bos ceased to attack
Germany at tbe request of the Czar. '
The Society of Friends has contributed
more than $100,000 to the Russian suf
ferers. Don Carlos haa abandoned for the
present hia pretensions to the crown of
Spain. .,: -r ,,i ; m
Alife of Mrs. Booth is to be pnhlisbed
hy ber husband, the Salvation Army
leader. - - J'
The commercial treaty negotiations
between F'ance and Spain are about to
be renewed.
A bigger gun than any yet bnilt (Y18
tone) haa ben sent to Sebaetopol for use
one war ship. ,v . ... t-s
The Bengal cotton trade has almost
collapsed, owing to the competition of
America ana i-gypt. : .- .
Oleomargarine sells in the open mar
ket of Cape Town, South Africa, as but
ter at 31 cents per pou d. ..
There are at present 40.003 skilled
workmen ont of work in Vienna one
fifth of all the workmen-in the city. . .-
A scheme to dispose of the Portuguese
debt has been formed by the Minister of
i inance ana presented to the Cortes. "
There is a large increase in the use- of
tobacco in Germany, which seems to be
the case pretty much all over the world.
Eight Berliners, convicted of rioting
February 25, have been sentenced to im
prisonment from fifteen months to three
years. . . ..; , 1 .
A ship canal is soon to connect Paris
with Ronen. It will be 114 miles long,
and the estimated cost is 30,OO0,0JO
francs. - . , , . ,
There is a belief at Buenof Avres that
the Argentine government and that ot
the United States have formed pro
tective alliance, . -
Extensive works, such as roads, rail
ways and fortifications, have been began -
in Russian Poland, 150,000 Poles being
employed thereon.. . .
In memory of Miss Josetihina Med ill.
who died in Paris in January last, her
father will endow beds in Paris hospitals
for the ase of Americans.
Irishmen are no longer ambitions to
fight for a nation that denies them home
rule. They are leaving the British army
at the rate of 1,000 a year.
The total yield of gold in Victoria,
Australia.dnring 1890 was 538,560 ounce ;
the output for 1391 was 597,629 ounces,
an increase over 1890 by 9.C69.
The ex-Queen of Naples and theDnch
ees d'Alencon each inherited about ($,
000 a year by the death of their mother,
the Princess Louise of Bavaria. '
Balfour's leadership in the House of ;
Commons is said to be a disappointment
to the government. His want of tact is
irritating to his friends, and intensifies
the opposition. -
A bill has been introduced in the Brit
ish Parliament for the creation of a Scot
tish legislative body. There is a simi
larity between tis bill, and the Irish
government bill. s : ...
The Aberdare tin-plate works in Sooth
Wales have closed. The Aber-Tawy
works have given month's notice ot
closing, when 3,000 hands wi'l be thrown
out of employment. j
In consequence of communications
from Paris that Nihilists were preparing
to assassinate the Czar special precau
tious have been taken at St. Petersburg
to protect the imperial family. C
It is stated from London that it Ts
practically settled that Stanley is to go
ont to the Congo in the interest of the
Independent State before the close of the
year, and will remain there for a long
period.,;, ' .. ; , . ;. ; .-i
No members of the British royal fam
ily are to attend the Ascot races this .
year. The Queen haa given orders that
the royal stand is to be kept closed, with
all the blinds drawn down daring the
meeting. . 't -.;"!;'-. . ; .rti
It appears that Duconran, the Prear- '
dent of the bank at Paris, which faihtd
last week, who committed 1 suicide, waa
an boneat man, but had been victimized
by colleagues in the directorate, several
members of which had a bad reputation.
Socialism makes steady progress in '
Great Britain. The land bill now before
the House presented by Mr. Chaplin
proposes to let County Councils borrow
$50,000,000 to loan at 3 per cent, to
poor men to aid them in bujing email -farms..
. , ; ... . k .
In London there is a belief that Salis
bury does not wish to renew the modus
vivendi in the Behring Sea matter, pre
ferring to leave the settlement of the
dispute to embarrass the Gladstone gov
ernment, if it should, as appearances
now indicate, regain power.
The recent Colombia Ministerial crisis
resulted in the withdrawal of Senor Ben
goecha from the Cabinet and its' com
plete reorganisation as follows: Foreign
Affairs, Pravo ; Home Alaire, Rizo ; Fi
nance, Marenco ; Education and Public
Works, Medina; War, Daarte. , :
It is reported in London that tbe Palm
era, one of the largest naval and ship
ping firms in the United Kingdom, are
arranging to transfer their plant from .
Newcastle-on-Tyne to a certain port ia
the United States. Rockeieiier of the
Standard Oil Company will, it is said,
join the enterprise, - "