The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913, March 16, 1894, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textnn H A Vol. 11. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1894. NO. 12. B'.l - , r OREGON THE OREGON MIST lM r'.H M'KHV IIIIIMV mOHNINIi ' ' ' THE MIST PUBLISHING COMPLY IIAVK IIAYIM, Mnui-i- Oil 1CIAL COUNTY PAPUR Niibairlntloii H !. One etipy one year In snH-nttee II Out) i'n.y alii iiiiiutlia , Ml iim l cu') . : : Adterll.iiig Ilia Irs. I'l-ofoNnttmiit earil. nue vear..... 12 One f'utiiiiiti Vttiir l-fi Half column unit year... , it Qimrtirr I'olmitM fii yenr... ...... H Oueliicli fu iiiiiulli ,..,. i One inch tliree imiiiih. m .....I ' (mo 1 1 1 cli lx iiiiinlli. - Lor-at iiolti'iii, In inula per Mil. lor lint lii-er. tbm; 10 coat, per Hue for each .itbae'imMit III' m.rllnn. . j.rniil ilvvrtlwinmilk, II W r Inch lui Ural inneritmt, mm 70 ciMii iwr nmii nit eacu auiwe Itll!llllllertlm. COM' Mill A C(HN'lY DIIIICCTOHV. t un ii i tr oilicer. Judge ...... clerk Hlierln Triir r HUit. of Sellout. Akkrkkur ... Surveyor CuiiimliHil'iii en.. .,... bran lllancbarri, Itallller K K. liulck. M . Helen ., T. C. Wall., HI. Helena K. M WiiaruiM.i.'oluini.lat.'lty .., T. J. Oleetmi. 1'lat.kan W. II. Ky.iT. Kyer A. H. Ultla, Hmilioo H, M, H. liu iiioht. Veniuiile ' IV. llarue, ljuliiejr. ocieir "I el li ra. Mamimi(!.-hi. Ili'le n UxIk, Nn. W- Regular roiiiiiiiiiiii'iillnni llrl ami tlilnl Saturday In Mi ll iiinlilh .17 Hi) p. H al MnMiiiln hall. Mall t ii K in fin titrn 1 ii khh .lamllng luvlleil to at- IDII'I. MwHK'.-HMltilor lodge, No. 41-Klaleil iiteetluxk Kaliinlay mi or before each full moon al 7 r. . al MiimiiiIi-bull, ui vr lllnix lmr.l sin , VIxliiiiK meiiOwr. III good .landing In vilvd lo sltand, Oin KKi.l-iw.-Ht. Helen. Indue No. 117 Mawla every Seliitdarnlglit l 7 :'0 Transient lire l Ii i ') lii ioxl Maiullug rilUII Invllf.l lo attend. he Moll. Down river (Ikmi) elomw at sm) a. m. I i. river (iK.alH-lo'oat.r. M. l lii. wnll (or Veruoula and rlltabnrg Imivm HI. Helen, tli.nilny. Wednesday Friday al B A , SI III. mull lor Marshland, flatfckanl and Mist leave, qulnn Monday, Weluily eud Hilday n (railway) uorlli cloM i 10 a. lur I'lirtlaud at a r. M. Travvlrra liulile -Hlvrr Heine.. Htkamkii (i. W. Hii.ikK -lJ-nvi-1 W. Hnlrn; lor I'orllmiil i II 1 l im-'l") . l liiirMlnv.ii'l Hulunlny lmi' . Ilvlfiw (or i.ltknl Muu.lay, w,..hn-l) mi l l il.l.iy nl B OO a, m. Htk a a) kn In U.HA- l.vnu-k Ht, IIHena lor Tort Uuil J il . a. i fiiriiliiit hi :xu r. . Htk A M icti Jui-m ii Kki.mmio lveHi. Helena lor I'.irllHIld ilnlly Pkipl Hllllilny, t7 A. M., rlvluu hi I'.irll.ui.l al lu.KO; ruluriilin, loavt l'orilm l 1 r . arrltinK t 8t. Ilel.ii. . i TKOFEHHIONAL. j jk. ii. n. ciJKr. rilVSICIAN and SURGEON. Kl. It virus, OroKi. j) j. k. ii ai PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. ' CUlkkiinlf, Coliimlilii county, Or. j-''; i.irri.K, SURVEYOR and CIVIL ENGINEER, V ! Ht, ttfli'ii. Ori-Kiin. IJi.mitV siiivi-viir. I.ninl iirvylnn, town iiitliiiK,' KimI eiiKiiieertnn work inniiplly ilniit. TRAD! MAKIIB. naaiAH aiTiiiTl. nnKIIBHTl. aaJ For Infonnatloo andfrw Handbook wrlU ito MDNN CO.. Wl IlKOAUWAT, Nlf VoBT. Oliliot bureau for Mcurliu PalenU hr Ainerlnk Kr.rr patent taken out by u. I. brougfit belnrj Uk publM by a uoUoa w I r ot oharga In lb. gf timiiUt mttlm Lanrnat rtronlatlon ot any adentlBo paper In tti SuiK. MiUau.iidir illu.trateo. No tntjiliinA nan rtouid be witriom . ViiMiliiauiua. 301 Uroaamy. aw Tb0 Overland Routt. Two train, dally, leaT liigl'llthandlatreeta, .Urand Central Depot. ' u..; O I.Tlia f.liHllpri v-. 'ulllll tnavltitf at ft 7:IH r. m.j carrle. Vomi ll.nle Pullman Palace frileepliiK and 01" H( f Car. and tree Hcollulnk ' Chair Car. through from Portland to Chi- 1 r...ttil! Ilhiffa. ,T," Z.tr'K,nv.V " Kan'... Pullman Hloor andChal -Car lor Collax. Karmlnglon, Kne"., nl.tnPom: inakliiK dlrent nonneotlon. lor Dayton, Pom eroy, Moiioow and Ctmir oA.le"S:, . ..... No h " Overland Flyer," leaving at ; a. m., car lo.' PullmaTi Palace and Tourl.l Sleeper. "I.lrll1ind.ll.o..rlrlv Through train, arrive '.. t , , " tC KAN HTK A Mk,U-M A .- , l.vtHiH irRiNntaro. I.HAVII POKT1.AND. Columbia... May 1, 1H, M Hlnte... May , 17, a tlruKoii Mltv ' a lliv i. Hi. 2M Columbia Myi State ..tnayTJ, all-amor, or wiling dayi. i,ni,TOir. ., Kboatli..vo.Po land dMy. tnni,, M.nulava Wednokdav. and Friday., rrom a u Z l& morning boat make, audlng. on the oraioii lrt " oiHlava, Wedrnwday. and Fr day., anHn tile wShlnglon lde '1'ue.day.. Thur.- dVlH"AUKlU))Tl-Ure A.h .treet at HA. a. floil ..ml udJI retumliiH, lve Hn dMiLylfli i arriving at Portland at 6 r. . VT(7)AVTONMAnDVWAY ..ANDINOS-Mon- A IX OTH KH Steamora leave Irom A.h-.treet aJk Pa-kenjier Agn. ESTATE OP STANFORD A DECISION RENDERED IN THE MURPHY WILL CASE. (Inly Hmall Portion of the Northern I'ai'lllo Orant ArTeiited by the Knnent IleeUlon- Kanta Ke Make, a Move Hear Valley Irrigation Company. Kkdi.anii,, Cl. The reuont appoint ment of new receiver!! (or the Bear Val ley Irrigation Company ii a remilt of an itrreiiient betweun the Kuropean cred itor and itockholderi on baaii wliich will ltave a fair percentage toitockhold um. It ia claimed they will get fully 25 ier cent of the Inventment and the com jiany will be able to' reeitiiie bunineBi within tixty dayi, fully reorganized. Kdinl.ton Gate a Change of Venue. Walla Walla. J. K. EdiniBton, Preoident of the defunct Walla Walla Having Hank, charged with larceny of 1:15,000 of bang fund", hag been granted a change of venue. It wan agreed that he nlmll be tried in Garfleld county next April before Judge Startevant. A IteoUlon Nut Vet Filed. Olympia. There ii much interest and many inquiriei are made concerning the cane heard by the Supreme Court Janu ary 17, involving the location of the county-teat of Kteveni county, being queation between the preeent location Colville and Kettle Falls. No decmion liaa been liled. and It mav be gome tune yet before a conclusion is reached. M I) It I'll V WILL CAHK. The lleelalon Kevohe. the I'robate and Distribute, the K.tate. Oakland. Cal. A declsiou waa ren dered In the Murphy will cane, holding that the testator wag able to make a will, but that the priority of the two wills could not be determined, and therefore could not be probated. 8. P. Hall, one of the attorneys for the contestant, n 11 Tlia iln'iainn Is a victorv for the contestants. Our object was to secure a revocation ot tne prorate oi uie win, and we have succeeded. The decision UUMLo (ha will In aMmoI rlpclame it In valid, and as a result the estate will tie distributed under the law oi succession i.t ! in all iriA rhildron ennatlv. Th aalala la amrth about IfiUO.OUO. and by the will went to the ttiree daughters. but under uie oecision win ue uiviuuu equally among the seven children.". AXUTHKH HTKP. The Santa Ke JCxtenda the Privilege of Its CM-nat. rn.. Los ANoiti.KM. General Passenger Agent Thompson of the Southern Cali fornia railroad has received a telegraphic message from the main office in Chicago Utat the Santa re had decided to make another aggressive move in the rate war now under way. Mr. Thompson was notified that the Santo Fe Company had issued a circular to all connecting lines authorising them to sell the reduced rate tickets to Ban t rancisco via juujavo i.i.n via (ta1n. or vice versa, or over any lines on which the Southern Pacific had authorised them to use iia cut-rate tickets. The notification lur- ther stated that stop-over tickets win oe allowed at any point in California on v.A-. ;,.kna within their limit: also that the same reeulations which govern the Midwinter r air hum wm m foree on the Santa Fe tickets in question. Tl.l. I. In Una aafitk Ilia contract which the Atlantic and Paclnc road has with the Southern Pacific as regards iranic over the Union Pacific and other trans continental lines. THK STANFORD K8TATK. Paper on Kile That May Materially Af fect the Appral.oa value. Ram FnANma;o. Panerg are on file with the County Clerk which may ma (..rlallv alTwt the aonraieed value of the estate of the late Senator Stanford. The appraisement made of record two months .... i .l. ...I. .a f iha nronnrtv at g)l7,HW.310. Mrs. SUnfortl has now tiletl a report showing that mucn property oi the deceaseil Senator has never come Into her possession, having been pledged . . i : I...L. ........ i f i. f..r nrnin Willi various uavuas aw w.i..j r"i, t M. n.l nl.Af nliliffatmns. 1 he latter report of his widow in her capac- ity as executrix snows m f ......i ...i.,.t i,a autatA nn to Janiiarv laat aiiEreuate the enormous sum pi A- . rwr.A,.n ti 1. t lio liar i taga.bnft mav1 not Vtot m COHl" plete, as the time for the presentation of ':. 11, . till Mav 97. TlD to the middle of January Mrs. Stanford under order of the court had paid debts of her' husband aggregating !l,48.73, and had registered claims which foot yip the handsome sum of 09.2tl5.S0. The rejected claims may yet be made the subject of civil suit, so that the action of the executrix cannot be considered as final. MORTHKHN 1'AtllKIO GRANT. Only a 'Small Portion A fleeted by the Reeent Declalon. . , Tacoma. Paul Schulze, AssistantGen eral Manager of the Northern Pacific Land Company, when shown the report that the decision of the United States Supreme Court threw open lands claimed by the company between Tacoma and Portland as sent out from Washington, D- 0., said: "The question of 'the va lidity of the land grant to. the company between Tacoma and Portland was not at all involved in this case. The ques tion Involved was whether the grant of the Northern Pacific Company for the Paciflo division was of prior date to that to the Oregon Central Railroad Compa ny, gnd the lands in this State involved In this decision are confined to a n rrow strip along the Columbia river in C'arke, Cowlita and Wahkiakum counties that is, lying within the overlapping hmitaof the - grants to the Northern Pacific Kail roadtompany and the Oregon Central Railroad Company. Incidentally title to some other tracts wilt be affected by this decision, but only in so far as the decision will x the date whin the Northern Pacific grant took effect. For the Information of those who think the company has no grant between Tacoma and Portland J may state that we recently received patents for 86,000 acres of land in Indemnity limits of the Pacific divi sion and for 147,000 acres within the place limits between Tacoma and Kahuna." WASHINGTON CITY NEWS. Senator Dolph's bill ratifying the agreement with the Hiletz Indians and ceding the unallotted lands to the gov ernment, to be thrown open for settle ment, has passed the Senate. The ceded lands will he sold at fl, 50 per acre. Representative Outhwaite of Ohio, Chairman of the House Committee on Military Affairs, has Introduced a bill to reorganize the artillery and infantry of the army. The plan provides for a corps of artillery and two regiments of mount ed field artillery. President Cleveland has promised to review the Knights of Pythias at their triennial encampment in Washington next August, and General Schofield has consented to inspect the Knights. This is the first time the President and the commanding General of the army have so honored similar organizations. The constitutionality of the tide-water , lands of Oregon-was a'ftirmed by the Ha-' preme Court in passing upon the suit of . Charles W. Shiveley, plaintiff in error, against John Q. A. Howby and W. W. Parker, which contest was over wbarflng , privileges on the Columbia river at As- j toria. Justice Gray affirmed the deci- , sion of the Supreme Court of Oregon, which asserted that when lands were , ran ted under the general land laws bor ering on navigable waters no rights to the lands under water were given, and such rights depend on the local laws. Congress never acted on the policy that tide-water lands could be given away piecemeal, but held them for public pur- , poses under the regulations winch Uie . States might make. The claim of the Northern Pacific to control of the tide lands and harbor line along its land grants in Washington near Tacoma was denied in a decision by the Supreme Court in the case of Prosser and others vs. the Northern Pacific. Jus tice Gray also delivered this opinion. He held the question to be whether the charter giving the land grants to the railroad auuionzeu it to monopolize uie harbor. The court held that every State has the right to define its harbor lines and regulate buildings upon them, since a general system was necessary, and that urivate Darties could not lie permitted to control portions of the lines. The in junction against tne naroor uommis sieners asked for was denied as against public policy. The lower court was therefore sustained and the suit dis missed. Thanks to the sense of equity of the Mexican irovernment. the State Depart ment has at last succeeded in adjusting and providing for a settlement of the claim of Mrs. Janet L. Baldwin of San Francisco for killing tier husband in Mexico about six years ago. Baldwin was a miner, and was killed by outlaws while on his way to his claim. Although a nation can scarcely be held account able for such acts, provided that due diligence was used to keep the peace and to protect the lives of sojourning for eigners, the Department of State has succeeded in impressing the Mexican government with the belief that the claim of the widow is a just and equita ble one, although the amount of allow ance will probably be reduced from 100, 000, originally claimed, to one-fourth the amount. ' The Committee on Interstate and For eign Commerce has reported a bill to license and classify by the boards of lo cal inspectors the second and third mates of sea-going passenger steamers. The bill also makes it uniawiui io empioy anv person as second or third mate on such vessel who is not licensed. The penalty for so doing is a fine of $100. The inspectors are compelled to grant a license lor one vear to any person oi good character who glial) give satisfac tory evidence of the knowledge, experi ence and skill necessary in loading cargo, handling and stowing ireigtit and in navigating such vessels. These licensee will be revoked or suspended upon satis- lactory prooi 01 nau oonauci, imemper- ate habits, unekillfulness, wantof knowl edge of the duties of his station or will ful violation of any law regulating steam vessels. This bill has received the in dorsement of the entire committee. I Senator White has introduced a bill , to extend the mineral land laws of the . United States to lands embraced within ; reservations created by Presidential proclamations for the purpose that no lands on any such reservation shall be open to mineral entry that are being ac tually used or occupied by any one for beneficial purposes, or that are more valuable for agricultural than for min eral purposes. Grants of right of way for canals, ditches, etc., provided for by the terms of sections 18, 19, 20 and 21 under the act to repeal timber culture laws are hereby extended so as to in clude the right of way for poles and wires for the transmission- of electric power created by water power.' No such site for the location of a power-house Shall include more than ten acres. Rep resentative Bowers has introduced the game bill in the House. Bowers said that the object in Introducing this bill was twofold. First, for instance, applied to the great San Bernardino forest res ervation, it would prevent this great tract lying idle; second, there are a large number of mountain streams going down into the valley and the proposi tion is to nse the water to develop elec trical power. The report of the Committee on Post offices, submitted to the House with the postonice appropriation bill, shows the bill carries a total appropriation of $87, 470,51)9, or about $3,000,000 less than the department estimates and a like amount mora than the appropriation for the our rent year. The estimated postal revenue for the fiscal -year of 1895 is $84,427,748. The bill cuts the estimates ot $17,250, 000 for compensation of postmasters to $16,000,000; for clerks' salaries the full $9,700,000 asked is appropriated ; for compensation of railroads the amount is cut from $26,900,000 to $25,500,000. A saving of $967,923 has been made by cut ting off the following ocean mail contract routes : Galveston to La Gnavara, San Francisco to "Panama, New York tot Ant werp, New York to Buenos Ayres, New York to Rio de Janeiro. Dissenting views are reported by Kyle of Mississippi and Loml of California from the recom mendation to appropriate $196,614 for special mail facilities on the trunk lines. They argue that the principle which al lows the government to discriminate in favor ot individual enterprises is unjust and demoralising to the system; that Postmaster-General Bissell does not rec ommend a continuance, but shows in his report that railroads that were previous ly beneficiaries of the fund and are not receiving it are rendering as good serv ice as 'before. .They assert that no Post-master-General has recommended an appropriation of that character, and cite Postmasters-General Dickinson and Wa nainaker against it. FORESTRY CONGRESS. STRONG SENTIMENT IN FAVOR OF A PACIFIC CABLE. Prealdent Cleveland Will Adopt a Vlgor ona, Vmiil.lakable Policy In Regard to Aaaertlng Onr Right In Central America III. Second Letter. Baltimobk, Md. Joseph Donjan, who was sentenced to thirteen months in the Maryland penitentiary for sending a threatening postal card to Vice-President Stevenson, has written a letter to Presi dent Cleveland asking for a pardon. Celebrates a Year Too goon. Nxw Yokk. William Morris Hayes has a plan for the celebration of the twentieth century of the Christian era bv an exposition to be held in this city during the year 1900. Mr. Hayes has in the umrae of nrenaration a detailed plan embodying all the important features of the proposed celebration, which he will soon lay before the representative men of this city with a view to the organiza tion of a committee to arrange the pre liminary details. To Ral.e the Kearaarge. Boston. The contract for raising the wrecked Kearsarge has been awarded to the Boston Towboat Company of this city. By agreement the company is to receive $47,000 if successful in delivering the ship at Norfolk navy yard, and if unsuccessful, to be paid $10,000 for hav ing made the attempt. The wrecking fleet of the company will be made ready to leave by next week, and the work of saving the vessel will be commenced so soon as the conditions are favorable.-' . The Forestry Congress. Albany, N. Y. At the session of the Forestry Congress reports on State forest interests were submitted from a number of States by their delegates. R.U. John son of California made an address on the methods in vogue in California in the matter of forestry reform. He of fered a resolution that the convention regarded with approval the national pol icy of forest reservation inaugurated by President Harrison and continued by President Cleveland ; that it urged the reservation of other Western lands ; that it Indorsed theMcRae bill introduced with that end in view, and urged that a careful study and investigation of the subject was not only desirable, but nec essary. The resolution was adopted. MATTERS OF FINANCE. Progreas of the Reorganisation of the Nicaragua Canal Company. Nkw York. So far 105,000 shares of the 117,000 Nicaragua canal construction stock have been deposited with the Cen tral Trust Company ander the reorgani zation plan, and assignments of about $220,000 have been paid in. This leaves in the hands of the committee a block of stock which has not paid the assess ments, and which the committee pro poses to sell at $10 a share, limiting its sale, however, to the assenting stock holders. This is more than enough to pay the floating debt and leave the new company with a working cash balance besides. The new company will have in the treasury $0,000,000 of the construc tion stock surrendered and about 414, 000,000 of the maritime securities carried over from the old company. MORGAN'S RESOLUTION. Intention of the President to Adopt a Vigorous, Unmistakable Policy. Washington. The President has turned over to the Secretary of State the preparation of the answer to Morgan's resolution calling for information rela tive to the landing of the British troops at Bluefields, Nicaragua. No additional advices from Nicaragua were given put at the State Department, but there ia reason to believe the President is pre paring for a vigorous and unmistakable assertion oi the rights of the United States in Central America, and that the correspondence will include matters of later date than the brief report from Minister Baker of the landing of the British troops. It is still hoped the con ditions have been misstated, and that the troops were landed solely to protect the lives and property of British sub jects instead of for the purpose of inter fering between Nicaragua and the Mos quito government. But there is no dis position to difguise the real gravity of the incident, for, although the British have often talked of their rights of pro tectorate and have even threatened, it has never in thiB century come to pass that British troops have actually landed in Central America since the assertion of the Monroe doctrine to assert a pro tectorate. A PACIFIC CABLE. A Strong Sentiment In Favor of Its Con struction at Washington. Washington. Much interest is ex pressed at the capital concerning the news from Australia that the authorities there are moving to secure cable con nection with the United States. The importance of this has been emphasized by occurrences the past year in Hawaii. There is now a proposition before Con gress looking to the. establishment of such a line, but Morgan, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Rela tions, said he had no doubt this govern ment would be willing to co-operate with the Australian authorities in an effort in this direction. He said further; "I expect to see the Pacific Ocean bisected with a cable. A line has been surveyed from our Western coast to Hawaii and found perfectly feasible, and there Is little doubt that the conditions beyond are likewise good. A cable, such as is proposed, would be of great advantage to our commerce. We ought to lose no opportunity to control the business of the Pacific, and if we would take the proper Bteps, we would secure the rap idly increasing trade of China and India, as well as that of the Pacific Isl ands." He advanced the idea that the tariff bill ought to be so framed as to discriminate in favor of those countries and others issuing silver money, and thought if this was done, with the Nica ragua canal built and a cable conBtruct aI Mm TTnitd States would soon be able to take the bulk of the trade of those countries from Europe. Sherman coin cided with Morgan as to the desirability of a Pacific cable, but said the unsettled condition ot affairs in Hawaii might have the effect of delaying its construe; tion. THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. Washington, ' Some of Walla Walla's streets have never been named. t Chehalls county paid out about $30,- 000 for roads in 1893. A project is on foot to construct a small smelter at Hamilton. . I A fruit growers' association is being organized at Waitsburg. The lone-distance telephone is to be extended to Monte Cristo. Reform has cut down Port Townsend's annual budget some $3,000. A plank road costing- $6,000 is to be built across the big Snohomish marsh. Tacoma brewers are drying out and making merchantable s good deal of wneat. The early-closing agreement at Walla Walla is enforced with a clause forfeit ing $25. A sample invoice of a ton of the South Bend tannin extract has been -sent to Liverpool. The Fairhaven Chamber of Commerce is forwarding resolutions for the pilot chart to Washington.. The Whatcom Agricultural Association is agitating the subject of a fruit can nery and a county fair. The Vancouver creamery is turning out 1,500 pounds of butter per week, afid cannot supply the demand.. ' The Supreme Court has affirmed the decision ot Judge Pritchard of Tacoma that an individual cannot garnishee a county. A citizens' league has been formed in Port Townsend. which guarantees to re duce city expenses $15,000 annually if given control of affairs. Ernest Slim, the Tacoma opium smug gler, gets off with four months at Mc Neil's Island. His friends will make np his $100 fine among them. During the month of February the Olympia land office received twelve homestead entries, nine final homestead proofs, tour cash entries and six coal filings. Thomas Canboy, the principal witness In the Manville murder case, has been put under $1,000 bonds at Olympia on the charge of hayirnerjured himself in his testimony alt fyyial. ; The output of the GTaV's Harbor lum ber mills for 1893 is figured by the Hc quiam Washingtonian at 72,700,000 feet. There are at present on the harbor about 40.000.000of loss uncut, all except 7,000,- 000 of which have .been sold. The taxes paid to the Klickitat County Treasurer for the monthsof January and February amount to $15,170, or about one-third of the total for the current tax year. This is considered a good showing under existing circumstances. The Interstate Fair matter at Tacoma is moving along smoothly. The com mittee appointed recently report that thev are meeting with success in their collecting trip, and express themselves confident ot raising the money. , The suit of Elizabeth Davis against the Northern Pacific Coal Company for $30,000 damages for the death of her husband by an explosion in the Roslyn mine waa decided in the Federal Court in Tacoma by a verdict for the defend ant. General Otis will make a tour of the different army posts in the department of the Columbia in about six weeks. Hi will visit Boise Barracks and make a re port on the advisability of abandoning that post, which General Schofield hat recommended.- ,. ; The detailed statement of the peni tentiary's jute-bag output for the past six months is as follows: In September, 106,300 bags; October, 113,700; Novem ber, 119,400; December, 132,000; Janu ary, 154,600; February, 161,100. The original plant for making grain bags in the penitentiary in the jute mill com prised fifty looms and other machinery. The last Legislature authorized an addi tion of twenty looms and other machin ery, which were put in position last fall. Since then there lias been a very marked increase in the output. Oregon. v There is a good deal ot scab among the sheep bands of Lake county. Grant's Pass Odd Fellows have sold the Council a site for a city hall, to be erected in the spring. The output of gold in Jackson and Jo sephine counties last vear is put at $1.- 000,000, and the indications are better! for this year. In the Lakeview land district there are 2,221,000 acres of unsurveyed lands, not including Indian reservations, and 285,000 acres are in Lake county. ' C. H. DeWitt of Harney county is taking an eight-legged calf to the Mid winter Fair. The calf, a heifer, is finely developed, with two organs of genera tion, same sex ; one head and eight legs; calved near Harney, and died despite great care given it by the owner. The Secretary of War has approved the plans for the railway bridge across Young's Bay. Mayor Kinney of Astoria has received the following dispatch from Senator Mitchell : " Everything ' all right. Duplicate license papers are be ing prepared in the department author izing the bridge. They will be forwarded in a few days." 1 Seven miles of the Bailey irrigation ditch have been already completed and 600 feet of the flume built. The latter will be 2,100 feet in length and the ditch twenty-two miles. As soon as the flume is done it is intended to turn in the wa ter, causing it to follow as fast as work on the canal progresses, A dam was constructed above the point where the water is diverted from the Umatilla river and the flume put down to the bot tom of the channel. The prospect is sure for an abundant flow of water along the canals ot the company. In three weeks the water will be turned in. 1 The question of ratifying the contract made by the Modoc and Klamath In dian tribes and the Yahoo band of Snake Indians of Oregon and theig agents is pending action by the Interior Depart ment. The contract stipulates for serv ices to be rendered by the latter in pros ecuting the claims of the Indians aga nst the United States arising from an al leged error in the survey of the out boundaries of the Klamath reservation in Oregon. It is provided that one agent be given a commission of 12 per cent of lands which are valued at $200,000 to 1400,000. Commissioner ot Indian Af fairs Browning recently recommended a reduction of the commission to 5 per cent. The out boundaries were estab lished by a survey made in 1871. and as a result ot the contention which once threatened to end in a serious conflict between the Indians and the settlers the Commissioner recommended a resurvey. mi . . ,,, - iu case wui tie ueciuea JESUITS EXPELLED. CATHOLICISM IS DISRUPTED IN THE MEXICAN REPUBLIC. Portuguese and British Have a Fight IB Africa Count Herbert Bismarck In terrogates a Member of the Reichs tag No Exposition for Kome. Rons. The Chamber of Deputies re jected a bill providing that an interna tional exhibition be held in Rome in 1895. Passed In Committee. Bkblin. The Reichstag Committee has passed the Russo-German commer cial treaty by a vote of 16 to 12. Dr. Miguel Will Mot Resign. Biblin. Dr. Miguel, Prussian Minis ter of Finance, emphatically denies the report that he intends resigning from the office. ' Carter a Criminal Lunatic. London. Wyndham Carter, a crank who was arraigned in Bow-street police station February 17 on a charge of bav ins menaced the life of the Queen, waa adjudged a criminal lunatic. Since his arraignment on the original charge he bas been connned in an asyium, Dut not as a lunatic . Jack the Blpper Located. , London. The fact bas developed that the Scotland Yard detectives have dis covered that the famous "Jack the Rip per" is an inmate ot the Dartmoor in sane asylum, having been sent there soon after committing the last of the Whitechapel atrocities. The fact has been kept a profound secret, but is now generally admitted. The Spanish Cabinet Resigns. Madrid. The Cabinet has resigned, and the Queen Regent has ch-uged Prem ier Sagasta with the work of reconstruct ina l.hk M iniar.rv. The Cabinet refliraed f,A an A-rcifinc ailtino. whioh lajitprl seven hours, and which revealed the fact that a serious divergence ot opinion ex- latmA mnntf ill mAmllAIA Ml ttlA Tmm 1DMU ma,v..g) v.v " posed economic and colonial reforms. Spanish and Morocco Treaty. Madrid. The treaty which Captain General Martinez Campos concluded with the Sultan ot Morocco for the set tlement of the trouble at Melilla pro vides for sending the offending Riff tribes into the interior, the chief aggressors to be imDrisoned and the ringleaders exe cuted. A neutral zone will be estab lished, and the eidi Aguariach Mosque, the proximity of which to a Spanish fort in course of erection led to the out break, will be encircled by a wall. Pil grims will continue to be admitted to the mosque.- ' -. . MORE WAR IN AFRICA. Portuguese and British Have a Fight on the Zambesi River. Port Natal," Africa. A serious en counter between Portuguese troops and British sailors has occurred nearTete on the Zambesi. British parties construct ing a telegraph line between the British sphere and Tete, the capital of a Portu guese government, nave recently oeen greatly oostruciea dj we ironnguese, and finallv Commander Carr of the Brit ish gunboat Mosquito was sent up the river to protect tne worxmen. ine mos quito, landed a party, and they were promptly fired upon ty the Portuguese. The sailors returned the fire, but with what result the re porta do not state. The latest reports are Governor-General Lones de Mendonic has sent irom Quili- mane, the capital of the Portuguese dis trict in Mozambique, two Portuguese gunboats and a strong force of troops. It is understood that the British com mander in charge of the telegraph con struction party has also asked that rein forcements be sent to nun immeaiaieiy. WAR ON THE JESUITS.' They May be Entirely Expelled From the Bepublte of Mexico. Hidalgo. The expulsion of the Jesu its from Mexico is causing much serious thought among those having the welfare of the Republic at heart. The first blow waa struck by the expulsion of the Jes uits in a college of this city by Bishop Montes de Oca. and the Jesuits are out of power in San Luis Potosi and have , , - . , . i peen oroerea w wave ai. ones, sunup de Oca has assigned no official reason for the action. Matters have been in an ominous state many months. . Many ef forts have been made to bring peace again in the divided ranks of Catholi cism, bnt have been unavailing. - Just how this will affect the Jesuits and their interests in the remainder ot Mexico is hard to foretell. It is freely predicted that it is the beginning of the trouble, and that this is the first or'Veak of a deeply seated growing oppo itn i to Jes uit domination, which is fel in ill parts of the Republic. It is though i uie action of Bishop de Oca will be .the sign for an uprising in many parts of the country against the Jesuits, and that if they are not expelled from the Republic they will at least be shorn of a large part of their power. , -;. TYPICAL HEARSAY EVIDENCE. Upon It Waa Founded Report of Possible - Rnsso-uerman War. ' Berlin, The committee in the Reichs tag having in charge the German-Russian treaty rejected the amendment of fered by the Conservatives, limiting to one year the time when either party to the convention shall be entitled to one year's notice of its abrogation, by a vote 01 10 to io. Ane oouiiuiiuw uien auopwxi a number of articles, including that fix ing the term of duration of the treaty at ten years, as originally proposed. Count Herbert Bismarck in the regular session of the Beichstag demanded of Count von Doenhoff (Conservative) an expla nation of the Tageblatt's statement, al leged to have been made on his (Doen- hotPs) authority, that Prince Bismarck had declared that the rejection of the treat v would Inevitably be followed bv a Russo-German war. Count von Doenhoff admitted that he did not speak with the authority of Prince Bismarck, but that he had based his statement merely upon hearsay. He had learned, he said, that Herr Krupp had heard Dr. Schweninger say that he had heard Prince Bismarck make a statement to the effect that the rejection of the Russo-German treaty would be followed Dy a -.usso-Vjerman war. . ' ' -. -. : , THE PORTLAND MARKETS, nA- Vail . RUfoMMe.: Walla Walla, 7677c per cental. . PROVISIONS, f.i bm Qtir.tr wn f Ann TjAUn Hams, medium, 1212jo per pound; hams, large. hams, picnic, ll12c; breakfast bacon, 13(10c; short clear sides, 1012c; dry salt sides, T X10c; dried beef hams, 12 13c; lard, compound, in tins, 910o per pound; pure, in tins, pigs' leet, os, so.ou; pigs' leei, ws, to.Au, kits, $1.25. HOPS, W0OI. AND RTDBS. 'Qt trii 197ai14 tier rionnd: medium, 9llc; .poor, no demand. Wmt VhIIav 10(3)1 In ner pound: ' Umpqua, ll12c; Eastern Oregon, 6( lUc, according w quality aim sunuaaga. . Hides Dry selected prime, 5c; green, alt4 ATI wirtkila anil Avar. Stl! Under 60 pounds, 2Sc; sheep pelts, shearlings, 11 1 1 C . ' OA.QC. Ltnrt vwil lvujxoc, wouiuiu, viaiuw, " --i 3060c; tallow, good to choice, 8 3o per pound. , LIVB AND DRESSED MEAT. Beef Too steers. $2.503.00; fair to good steers. $2 002.25; cows, $2.25; dressed beef, 46o per pound. mutton cest sueep, f2.0Vf $2.25. Hoas Choice heaw Lf4.00a425; me- Ar.m (Ann. liolit anrl liwdera. iS.iKXdl 4.00; dressed, 6i7c per pound. VEAL tsmail cnoice, oc; targe, ; pound. . . CORDAGE. u.;it. 11- In oir anil nn. TOc: manilla rope, 12-thread, H diam., 10c ; A u-tht-Mul. i andB-lU . .1 ; n ... 11a. manilla ha.it mnfl. in Coils or on reels, 10c; manilla lath yarn, tarred, c ; manina nawser-iam rope woii w;n titr. vnanillfl. transmission- of-pow'er rope, 14c ; manilla paper twine, ' .w -! .t i rope, i4 ju. tii . aiiu upnwu, i 1 rope, l-tnreaa, r aiam.. 174c, siaa anJ O.threa1. 1 and 6-16 diam.. HI.' .leal lafh VAm t.Art! H. 7Wct llOD- vine twine, tarred, 7c; sisal paper twine, . . FLOUR, F ZED,. TO. Fiona Portland. t2.55; Salem. $2.55; Cascadia, $2.56; Dayton, $2.55; Walla Walla, $2.90; Snowfiake, $2.65; Corval lia ti!.fifi? Pendleton. 12.65 -. Graham. $2.40; Buperfine, $2.25 per barrel. Uatb wnite, oatga per uueuei. gray, 300331; rolled, in bags, so.iois , 6.00; barrels, $6.006.25; in cases, $3.75. , Milujt urrs Bran, fiaigio; gnoruj, $15 16; ground barley. $1618; chop feed, $16 per ton ; whole feed barley, 60 70c per cental; middlings, $2328 per"' ton; chicken wheat, bocg$i.io per cental. - !... Hat Good, $1012 per ton. . dairy produce. Butter Oregon fancy creamery, 27 J h QA e ia ns ' g iairv 99fSi9Rr.i fair tn VJJj -TV-. A-J vw.;. -M v good, 1517ic; common, ll12c per , , . i r ,c -11 pouna lAluorm i, uu per iuu. Uheesb uregon, luujxov, uk- nia, c; Young America, lisigxoc, Swiss, iinrjorted, 3032c; domestic, 16 . (Sloe per iruuiiv.. . Eoos OregfTn, ll12c per dozen. ' PnnrDVnhielrAniL mixAd. Quoted at : $3.003.60 per dozen ; ducks, $4.50(9 , ft nn oaara. 7. OOffiS.OO : turkevs. live, 11c per pound ; dressed, 13c. VEGETABLES AND FRUITS. Vegetables California cabbage, XMfi per pound; potatoes, Oregon (buying price), 4550c per sack ; onions (buying price;, si.oisz.uu per sacc; swmi jir toes, 2t per pound ; California celery, ; oA3iun artiAnirAa fuip. nAr dozen : Cal ifornia lettuce, 2035c per dozen; Ore- ; gon hothouse lettuce, 40(8 60c; cauliflow er, $2.65 perorate, 90c per dozen; pars-1 lAV Olu vtaw Arnn . anmnla. E1.40 Per ttjj , w yv ii. , i' . - o box; string beans, 1518c per pound; rauiTa oiv leuivua, .wi.w box; California fancy, $3.504.00; com mon, $2.603.00; bananas, Ewisa-.w per bunch; Honolulu, $10WiJOan-ir fornia navels, $2.25i32.75 per box; seed- ; a, OKaonn. T.iu t1.7Rrat2.00: ' sunflower, $2.50; apples (buying price), green, ouigoac per dox; a u, oviuv, tte winter pears, 6580c per bo. , ;.'..,.; CANNED OOODS. . C ahmeo Goods Table fruits, assorted, $1.752.00; peaches, $1.862.00; Bart lett pears, $f.762.00; plums, $1.37X 1.50; strawberries, $2.252.46; cherries,. $2.25(32.40; blackberries, $152.00; laspberries, $2.40; pineapples, $2S(t 2.80; apricots, $1.65. fruits, : . assorted, $1.20; peaches, $1.25; plums, ; il.UU(gl.2U. biacKDerries. fi.zo(Si.wper -dozen. Pie fruits, gallons, assorted, -$3.163.50; peaches, $3.604.00; apri cots, $3.50(34.00; plums, t.753.UU; blackberries, $4.254.50; tomatoes.tl.iu. . Meats Corned beef. Is. $1.50; 2s, $2.25; chipped, $2.40; lunch tongue, Is, $3.50; 2s, $6.757.00; deviled ham, $1.60 Q2.75 per dozen; roast beef, Is, $1.60; 2s, $2.25. , Fish Sardines,: Jfs, 75c$2.25; , $2.16(8,4.60; lobsters, $2.30(3.60; sal- mon, tin 1-lb tails, $1.251.60; flats, $1.76;2-lbs,$2.252.60;i-bg4rreL$5.6v. . - ' STAPLE G-OOMKIBS. CorriE Costa Rica. 23c: Rio,2223ci Salvador, 22c; Mocha. 2628c; Ar buckle's, Columbia and Lion, 100-pound , cases, $24 80 . ; Dried fruits isaa pace, reuie prunes, 68o; silver, 10 12c; Italian, 810c; German, 68c; plums, 610c; , evaporated apples, 8 10c; evaporated apricots, 1516c; peaches, 10(g)12c; " pears, 7011c per pound. - Vsalt Liverpool, 200s, $15.50; 100s, $16.00; 60s, $16.60; stock, $8.50(39.50. Syrup Eastern,, in barrels, 4065c; In half barrels, 4257c; in cases, 35(9 , 80c per gallon ; $2.25 per keg ; California, in barrels, 2040o per gallon $1.75 per IfuoAB D, 4c ; Golden 0, 4Jc ; extra C, 6c; confectioners A.Sc; dry gran- 1 ulated, 5$c; cube, crushed and pow- dered,6c per pound; Ho per pound., discount on all grades for prompt cash ; maple sugar, 16lflo per pound. ; RicE-r-No. 1 Sandwich Island, $4.75(3 , 5.00 1 no Japan in market. Beans Small white, No. 1, 2?$c; No. -2, 2s'c: large white, tc; pea beans, ' 2?4c; pink, 2c; bayou, 2?c; batter, 3c; Lima, 3Jic per pound. Pickles "Barrels, No. 1,' 2830e per f gallon; No. 2, 2628c; kegs, 6s, 85c per ,.i keg ; half gallons, $2.75 per dozen ; quar- . ter gallons, $1.75 per dozen. Spices Whole Allspice, 18820c jer pound; cassia, 1618c; cinnamon, UfA t 40c; cloves, 1830c; black pepper, 203 t 25c; nutmeg, 75830c. ; - " Raisins London layers, boxes, $1.76 , i 2.00; halves, $2.00(32.26; quarters, $2.262.75j eighths, $2.503.00. Loo Muscatels, boxes, $1.60; fancy 'fatted, $1.75 ; bags, 8 crown, 45o per pound ; , 4 crown, 606c. Seedless Sultanas, . boxes, $1.76(82.00; bags, 8c pes - ' pound, ' . -.. 4