THE OREGON MI
VOL. 11.
ST. '.HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1894.
NO. 30.
MUST RESTORE PEACE
Then an Arbitration Commis.
Ion to be Appointed.
GKOYEtt AND LABOR LEADERS.
This Wu the Outcome of Uonforeaos
Hold Hatwean Thorn at the White
"-A Statement rrora Mr. Hayes
ot th Knights of Labor.
Washington, July 18. It is ofllcinlly
veieu at in w im House that the Pres
dent Iim promised to Appoint n arbitra
tion commission as toon a the disturb
ances In Chicago have subsided, ao far
. a the strikers are responsible for them,
anu peace restored. Thla promise waa
wade to committee representing the
various moor organization which Presi
dent Cleveland received to-day. After
discussing the varioui feature of the
aituatlon for more than an hour, the
rresiuent promised that It the leader
would return to Chicago and uae their
inlluence toward restoring peat and
order,")) would appoint the commission
a eoon a the dlsturbancea had ceased
to such an extent a to render a careful,
thorough, thoughtful inveatlgation pos
aible. The President laid great empha-
i. on uie laci mac no steps could be
Uken in till direct (on until lawlessness
had eeaaed, and made hi promise con
tingent on uie pieuge 01 Me labor lead-
era to see to it mat, so lar aa organized
lalnr iaanncernad. tha irnntil .
and elsewhere will Immediately disap
pear. There I no disposition on the
pan 01 me auiniiiisiration la weaken in
the stand It has taken, but the l'reaident
fully realizes the gravity of the situa
tion, and while he will not temporize
with the lawless element, he is deter
mined to do all In his power to reach a
permanent solution of the labor ques
tions. ..
BTATIMBXT FROM BAYXS.
John W. If ayes, the General Secretary
Treasurer of the Knights of Labor, to
night gave out the following statement
covering the committee' interview with
President Cleveland J
" W had an hoar's talk with Presi
dent Cleveland this afternoon for the
purpose of calling his attention to the
arbitration art of 1888, introduced in
Uie Hoots of Representatives by John
O'Neill of Missouri. I had full author
ity from President Debs of the Ameri
can Railway Union and J. W. Heath
cote of the Pullman employee to repre
sent their interest and act on their be
half. The President seemed pleased to
receive us and opened the subject by re
ferring to the law which the parties In
the action desired to see enforced. An
hour waa passed discussing the various
provisions of the act, which authorise
the President oa his own motion to ap
point two arbitrators, together with the
United State Labor Commissioner, to
art as a commission of arbitration and
investigate and deride what should be
done by either party to settle the con
troversy. The commission has all the
power necessary to administer oaths,
euhpmns witnesses, etc.
"The President finally decided to ap
point, the commission, and aaid he would
name the arbitrators either to-morrow
or the next day. We expect to secure
much more from this arbitration than
the final settlement of the present diffi
culty in Chicago. While thia is a victory
for labor organizations and everything
the American Railway Union has fought
for, it gives official recognition to the
justice of their demands tor arbitration,
and will be murh more, for In the move
ments of the future, when defects of the
present arbitration law have been made
apparent by actual experience, prompt
top will be Uken to amend Uie same."
raovisioN ot tiis law.
The O'Neill law, approved October 1,
1888, provides that when controversies
arise between the companies engaged in
interstate commerce and their employee,
obstructing the taansportotion of prop
erty and passengers, an arbitrator shall
be selected bv each of the parties to the
dispute these two arbitrators to select
a third. This board shall, after a full
Investigation, publicly announce its
decision, which with all testimony shall
be filed with the United States Commis
sioner of Lalwr. The statute farther
provides that the President of the United
States may select two commissioner,
one of whom shall be a resident of the
6Ute or Territory in which the contro
versy arises, who, together with the
Commissioner of LaW, shall constitute
a temporary commission for the purpose
of examining the cause of the contro
versy, the conditions accompanying, and
the beet means of adjusting it, the result
of which examination shall be Immedi
ately reported to the President and
Congress.
pins MUCH LATtn.
Chicago, July 13.-On being shown
the telegram announcing President
Cleveland' purpose to appoint an arbi
tration board Debs said : ,
" We are very much gratified to learn
of President Cleveland' decision. It is
to be hoped that the board will be
promptly appointed and organised ; that
fta work will beprosecoted vigorously to
the end, that a speedy settlement of the
existing conflict will result. We are, of
course, for arbitration, and have been
from the beginning, and had i princi
ple been recognised, thl strike would
nave been averted."
Cost to the Government.
Washington, July 13. The cost to
the United States of putting down the
strike in the West Is estimated by the
government official at fully 11,000,000.
It may foot nn more. The Items Include
telegraph bills, Deputy Marshals' pay
and the trensiwrtation and maintenance
of troops. The estimate for Marshals
pay In Chicago alone la from 1150,000
to 1200,000, and Congress in eway
will be asked to appropriate this, as it
i urgent.
' Shipments of Money Bnsumad.
Wahhinotok. July 13. -r That the
Treasury Department regard the strike
as practically over wa hown by the I
snance of an order by Treasurer Morgan
for the resumption of l'iPmenV.
money between the several lubtree
nries, which was suspended when tu
labor trouble became acute. ,
UOLPU HAD! A VICIHT.
Insroasss hrand r Blm for Orsfoa1
Waterways. .
Wahminoton, July 13.-Senatornolnh
made a hard fight (or Oregon Improve-
........ ui uiomeni we river and
harbor bill was taken nr. In the fW.J
committee on Commerce. The en
gineer made estimates far ft,. .,ii
mounUtocomnleteth. lmn
now In progress on the lower Willamette
and Columbia, and for the month of the
Columbia. The policy of the Demo
crat who are In control, and the admin
istration, on account of the condition of
me treasury, to scale down ail
n.
JlHht wasforth.hVn.n3,i.i","u
ti mates at these points in order that th
government might be saved a great deal
riJ ?.".!? . .V!?,?mou est"nted.
Senator Mb nMl I id
the trestle u Don which in tho tra.n.u
and Where materials are trannrmrl.ul tn
complete the jetty. ,
sixvtr..irwould irvV;vruX'
m MKMriJti niut hau hm s.h i i
last until after the money appropriated
In another river and harbor hill wu
" .ir nwVaD.r,,c .U0"B.- "
a.rnr J, 0 i V. ,nR0,noth
at a great expense, and the cost of com-
pletion would be at least doubled or
trebled. He asked the conniitt In tl.
III li J....V.I-..1
name of economy to make the appropri
ation recommended by the engineers.
After discussing the matter with the
committee senator JJoipu became con
vinced that, so far a the committee was
concerned, there was no possibility for
any other improvements at the dalle
than boat railway. There was no
-ontim.M t - . , . ,
f' there' we7 S&ngB S
uh a acheme. It then 'iSclm. the
Li-A i . .rjr.T .' i X 1 Iz.iSL
T"t. 1TA"'" T;'"''.'" u""?
555s 55533
improving the Columbia river, Ore-
egon and Washington, at Tbree-Mile
Hhii l la Slid the cn.lrilrtinn .n.l Mln.
nent of a lxat railway from the foot of
The Dalles lianids to the head of Celllo
falls, said boat railway to be provided
at each terminus with hydraulic lifts
nd other necessary annlianoes for the
purpose of raising and lowering the boats
on suitable cars to and from its track,
the whole to be located, constructed
and equipped for the passage of eight
Doats oi ouu ions eacn in each direction
in twelve hours, on the south side of the
Columbia river, substantially in accord'
ance with the location and plans sub
mitted by the board oi engineers ap
pointed by the rresluent in pursuance
oi me provision oi me act oi uongress
approved July 13, 181)2. and entitled 'An
act making appropriations for the con
struction, repair and preservation of cer
tain public works on rivers and harbor
and for other purposes,' with their re
port, which is contained in Senate exec
utive document No. 7. Fifty-third Con
gress, tlrst session. fZbu.uuu: provided
that contracts maybe entered into by
the Secretary of War for such materials
ami work as may be necessary to corn-
plete such improvements, u, , be paid for
appropriations may from time to time
be made by law, not to exceed in the ag
gregate 12,061,407, exclusive of the
amount herein appropriated : and pro
vided, lustner, tnat the secretary oi war
may. and he is hereby authorized, to ex
""J i '- "" "i " - i
pend so much of the amount hereby ap-1
pnjpriauiu aa may uo ueccnaary 111 av i
quiring oj pun-uaee orruiiuemnauuD uie i
right of way for said boat railway and
the right to the use of lands required for
terminal facilities for said boat railway
in the manner and according to the con
i lions now prescribed by law."
There was some talk about a canal.
but It was found that it would take at
least a year to get proper surveys and
en ti mates for a canal, while it would take
several more years locompieie me wora.
Senator Dolph think the boat railway
could be completed in two or three year
if it was properly pushed. .
TALK WITH DEBS.
i" vnmu-a r.iuni i
Bueoeii Than Kvor.
Ci.nn .Tnl ia M TW waa tn. I
-v-niMrni nf the inccosi of his
day more confident of the success of hi
cause than at any time since the strike
began. He said In an Interview
"I feel that this day i fraught with
the utmost importance. As I view the
situation now, It presents a more favor
able outlook for us than ever before.
The excitement and turbulence inevi
tably incident to the lapse of a great
upheaval is past. The strlle and tur
moil are elements that have passed in
the night. One 1 now enabled to ob
tain a clear perspective of the immense
conflict now waging. The cool-headed
' , j.. i... ..,ui
wa osaaij
anu BKJaujr u.
Kassion and diverse contention.
owpubllo sentiment can. calmly and
trulv iudge of the right and wrong
rluV. J . ?.Lt T " I
in Mils struggle. All inese imngs, i say, i
IS iatranlthenour bosition? When
.. " -i .1 i-1 in n.
derimtan impartial verdict on the merit
"f.."? " i ..i .in .ni ha
degradedin public op Worn Indeed, w.
ara nowdeeine.1 in the right by the ma-
JoTity of the 64,000,000 Inhabitants of
lila aonntrv.
ami the adage nas il
When you are sure you are right, then
on ahead.' SO We shall fight it out until
our aims are accomplished."
. " Than anv reDoria wis yuu are mo-
paring to give up the struggle are not
true, Mr. Debs?"., . -
Most empnaiicany incy aro uu.
-" - that I have ra roads were built strictly lor accom
Teh'grapl tip rumors may say that 1 have neither leaden nor
sent word w our men ... . v
we about to AwjV VJX
but they w lib W .utVis
n'tyofa den al. stand la th,
"."""L.a Enable Element of
the difficulties that confront the coun
try We have oven gone beyond what
should be demanded of us to arrange for
arbitration, each time to m
r. ... .o ... a,.na to stav in the strike till
the last. We shall never yield."
K Inaome Ta for Franea.
Piais. Julv 13. The Chamber of Dep-
titles to-day rejected uavaignacs pro-
;,.V:. ' inLmtt tax by a vote of 207
nosal for an income j
to 230. A we H---" .
of the narrowness of tbe mW"1"
must have a vote of confidence or re-
tr. I'uiiiiAwivi ".-.--- .
sign. Uonnueniw w w.v . . ---
aKaluat w
notisly opposea or ... wiU be guilty of contempt of court .and
W !Mr.?in vie
.. IRELAND AND DIXON.
Two Divines Express Them.
.-i,. tt ctii,
selves UPon the Strike.
SPEAK THEIR MINDS FEEBLY,
Tho Archbishop Blames Labor, and the
Kow Yorker Advoeotos the Govern
moot Ownership of Hallways A Or cat
i jujusEioe rernetracea
C.ioaoo, July 15,-Archblshop Ire
land of St. Paul, when asked to-day what
he had to say upon tho railway strike,
-pok" a follows :
" P of the Chi
I caeo strikers, because in so dolmr I shall
I hlama latinr. wlilla Viocanaa nf jnv Hnan
lympathv with it I should wish to have
h-ver .aid but word, of praise for it,
BQt 'n moment of social crisis, such as
the one thrnnirh which wa ara naaulnu
It ! our duty to speak lond and to
make the avowal of the truth and
nrlnclnl... which will save ancii and
' w 1
lustlee.
" The fatal mistake which has been
made in connection with this strike ia
that Dronertv haa been destroyed, the
liberty of business interfered with, hu
man lives endangered, society menaced
and the institutions and freedom of the
country put In most serious ieopardv,
The moment such things happen all pos
sible questions as to the rights and griev-
" 'J&XJKgS
id
m maintaining public order and guard
imr at all cost the public welfare. Labor
ra-tftawss
.,: " t. 7,. ra. ,Z.i7,.i:
i. revolution i it bewu chaos it " iiT.n.
' WVOlUHOn; It MgeU COaoS, W 1S Bn-
arch v : it disrupts the whole social fabric.
" Labor, too, must learn Uie lesson that
the liberty o( the citizen is to be re
spected. One man haa a right to cease
Irom work, but be has no right to drive
another man from work, lie who re
spects not the liberty of other shows
himself unworthy of his own liberty and
incapable of citizenship in a free coun
try. Kioto and mob rule, such as have
occurred in Chicago, do immense barm
to the cause of labor, and set back its
advance for whole decades of years. La
bor thereby loses the earnest sympathy
of thousands of friends, and gives cour
age and triumph to its enemies, worse
yet, the principle of popular government
sutlers.
It l no wonder that, reading of the
occurrence in America, Kurope an
nounce that the Republic is a failure.
and that a strong monarchy only can
hold society together.
1 am far Irom saying that labor baa
not had it grievances in America, nor
that redress must not be sought. I would
not respect the laborer who seeks not to
edition. But all this mnst be done
defend his rights and to Improve bis
within the lines of social order and law.
The remedy for these ills is a healthy
nnlilic oninion.and fi ir public legislation
and all legitimate etibrta in u ese dine-.
Hons, whether bv single or ui.lte I lor e.
are laudable. For my own part I believe
are lauuaoie. ror my own pari a wruum
the large numberof men who join strikes
are more to be pitied man IO oe Diameu.
xney are led on by irresponsible anayi
annnna rhiafa. Tlvor anions have great
statutes, but there ia one marked evil in
them, in that they put the liberties of
tons of thousands in the keeping of one
man or a few, who become tbeir abso
lute masters, their despotic Czars.
'The solution to the ditlerence oe-
twaen canltal and labor is necessarily
complicated, and no one precise formula
has been or can be found. A generous
aense of injustice toward all, a deep love
of one' fellows and attentive listenings
to the teachings of Christ will lead on
all aides to a better understanding and
h.nnlr mninal relations. Certain it
ia that, an far as it is nosaible. the laborer
should not lack sur'iort lor nimseu ana
family. He should not be overburdened
either in weight or time of labor: he
hould be treated aa a rational ana moral
wlth all the respect due his human
dignity. His remuneration, if dimin
ished in periods oi depression, snouia
increase in periods oi prosperity."
BXV. MB. DIXON'S SIBMON
Naw Yobk. July 15. Rev. Thomas
Dixon. Jr., who find a text for each
Sunday's sermon in the events of the
Sreviou week, preached in Association
all to-day of Uie strike. He said in
nart !
" This great uprising of Uie laboring
c asses, which has cost me country i,-
wu,w m tuny to cost it o,uuu,uw,
had its oris n in a great iniustice perpe-
t , - yvrwA aA
r - . ... - tn
irai uy wu.u. .m.,..
imagine the laboring classes, after en-
aunng ine miBerws wuwi
anMMa ah nl ilia niut. vmv. iMVinff fhAir
r- j . --b
workshops unless there was injustice
somewhere. Three lessons, however.
have been learned by the strike : t
"The railroad managers were utterly
incapable to handle the railroads he
moment the strike was nrecipited : that
mob violence ami dWer will under no
itiituunKuivp. vv,..-w. .
lean neoDle. and that tbe national gov
ernment alone has the power to break
such a strike and raise the railroads'
blockade. . ..
From these follow the logical con
clusion that the national government
should own the railroads outright. Tbe
- d m ahoM have the
nor be permitted to interfere witfT the
public rights. If the national govern-
P railroads, it would be
high treason to do such, thing."
Mora Trouble for Lillian Russell.
Nxw Youk, July Id. A permanent In
junction ha been granted by Judge
Gaynor of the Supreme Court at the in
inncn of Canary & Lederer. managers
of the Casino, restraining Lillian Russell
from singing or aancinK, euuer iur
- ratuitouslv. in private, under
any management inan mai oi canary
Lederer. The paper, will be served upon
Russell or her lawyers. Unless
cement. She has engaged passage for
w on p. which next
Annnn nnniRinuBr a uut
Monay.
tniB J.llU.llJli.UU V.lDDV..y,
or vii u a uittu-
AN KDITOB'S TIKWS.
What a Chicago Joarnalltt Bays of tko
Nw Yobk, July 16. Among the re
plies received by the World to a request
lorviewsasto the tollman strike wa
the following from Joseph Medill, editor
of the Chicago Tribune
"I believe the result of this strike
will be of great benefit to the country.
It Is like a thunder storm that suddenly
weep up, purine the atmosphere and
result in bettor supply of health-giving
ozone. It will result in Congress devis
ing law whereby dispute between rail
roads and their employe will be har
moniously adjusted. I have great faith
in the Anglo-Saxon race to govern them'
selves. The people have been asleep
until awakened bv this great economic
earthquake. I believe that in twelve
months we will have laws that will pro
vide for the full settlement of future dis
orders. I think the contrast system can
be applied successively by the railroads.
Employes should be engaged under eon-
they abide by the rules of the company
tract ami ijuiu tiiuir uusiMona so long
and perform tbeir duties faithfully. No
man should be discharged without due
notice, and no man should leave the
employ of the company without serving
notice, i indorse tne ectieme evolved
by the huge brain of Bismarck in the
German empire."
Proceeding, he gives a detailed scheme
for the complete regulation, through a
pension-fund law for railroad employes.
which should be made by Congress,
which will provide for the retiring of
men from active service at the age of
fifty-five years on half pay for the rest
of his life, and the pension should be
paid to his family in case of his being
killed: also to Provide for the navment
of a certain sum to employe who are ill
during their term of illness. Many of
these points, which he suggests, are of a
nature long felt by the employes of great
corporations to be the only measure
which could ameliorate the strained con- said Richard Olney, as anch Attorney
ditions now existing between employers General, has counseled and advised and
and employe.
TU KLEVENTH CKKBC8.
Operations for tho Tear Reviewed by tha
Superintendent.
Wasuinoton, July 16. The operations
of the census office for the fiscal year
ending June 30 are reviewed in detail in
the report of Superintendent Wright.
The total disbursements on account of
the eleventh census to and including
June 30, 1894, amounted to 10,3C5,677.
This waa expended under different ap
propriations as follow:
EipenKKOI eleventh cennui 175,149
Ferma, homes and mottKxfre Matlstles... i;tr-jm$
Printing, eng artng and biudlag 608,436
The total force receiving compensation
at tbe end of the year was 672. It is ex
pected that this number will be reduced
during the month, so that the census
work can be completed, ready for the
printer, under the present appropriation.
Small appropriations, however, will be
necessary at the opening of Congress In
December for printing and binding the
nnai resuus ana lor continuing a force
of proof-readers and revisers. The total
number oi printed pages of the census
volumes ia 22,290. Of this 19,440 pages
of copy have been prepared, and the rest
will be nnisned in a lew months and
under available appropriations. In ac
cordance with the act approved April 21.
ioo4, an abstract oi tne census nas been
prepared, containing, however, only the
results so-far reached.
A previous act called for a digest of the
census, which Colonel Wright consider
unnecessary, and he recommend that
Congress provide in some deficiency bill
next December for dropping tho digest
and substituting for it a second edition
of the abstract, extending its size to 300
pages, containing all essential totals and
comparing them with the tenth-census
totals. The report concludes:
" In accordance with an act ot Con-
gresB I took charge of the census office
October 6. 1893. After examining the
conditions of the eleventh census, I re
ported that by June 30, 1894, copy for all
the volumes could be on hand. except for
parts of three reports relating to the
population, vital statistic and farms
and homes. Thia work has not been
carried on as far as it waa contemplated
at the time. The remainder of Uie re
ports can be put in copy in a very short
time ana anoer tne appropriations now
available. In completing the eleventh
census Uie plan laid down by my pre
decessor, that it should be purely a stat
istical census, nas been aanered to.
Provision should be made for the perma
nent binding of schedules to conform
to the custom of the past, for which I
will at Uie proper Ume make the requisite
rouoiuuieuuauoiiB.
Spears Are Preferable,
Port Townhknd, July 16. Captain
McAllen arrived from Unga Island,
Alaska, to-day. He reports having dis
cussed the new sealing regulation with
several sealing captains, all of whom ex
pressed tbe opinion that seals could be
more successfully hunted by Indian
snearsmen than with firearms. With
tfie latter many wounded seals escape
and die, but with spears it rarely
Happens any oi tne wounaea escape.
What a Wedding Will Bring Forth.
London, July 16. A dispatch to the
Standard from St. Petersburg says it ia
stated that the Czar has announced his
intention to pardon on the occasion of
the wedding of Uie Czarowitch and the
r. i ,f . . i i ,
rrmcees &iix oi nesse a large numoer
of persona convicted of political offenses.
The Czarina, it ia also said, will found
a charitable institution in honor of the
marriage.
Does Mot Mean Settlement.
- London, July 16. A dispatch to the
Standard states that the North German
Gazette, commenting upon British me
diation In the Chinese-Japanese dispute,
savs such a dictation does not mean a
settlement, as it is perfectly clear that
Japan wants to profit bv Uie troubles to
push Uie Chinese out of Uie peninsula.
A Father's Terrible Crime.
Brooklyn N. Y., July 16. James
Hogan, after an altercation with his son
Daniel, went to hi son' bedside early
this morning, while the latter was asleen.
and dealt him several blows with a niece
of stick, causing a compound fracture of
the skull, lie then made bis escape.
Young Hogan will die. .
OLNEY'S IMPEACHMENT
Will be Asked by Leaders of
Labor Organizations.
THE MEKOEIAL OF THE KHIGHTS
It Chars That tho Haad ot tko Da-
partmant of Jnatlee ot tho Vaitod
States Ha Beoa Guilty as Such ot
High Crimes aad Misdemeanors.
Chicago, July 12. Sovereign waa in
consultation to-day by long-distance
telephone with General Secretory John
W. Hayes, T. B. McGuire and Charles
A. French, member of the Executive
Committee of the Knight of Labor, who
are in Washington. Sovereign said
"Proceedings will be commenced to-day
under the direction of member of the
Executive Committee to impeach Attor
ney-General Olney. We have the best
legal advice in Washington, and the
petition against Attorney-General Olney
ia ready for filing."
TUB MEMORIAL.
Philadelphia, July 12. The mem.
orial to be presented by the Knight of
Labor to Congress asking for the Ira
peach men t of Attorney-General Olney
is as follows:
" Your memorialists moat resnectfullv
represent that they are residents of the
State of and of the United States,
and that Richard Olney, head of the
Ifonartment of Justice of tha TTniiaH
States, has been guilty as such of high
crimes and misdemeanor, subjecting
him to impeachment and removal from
office in pursuance with the constitution
and the laws of the United States. The
wi.u.ni, um ivuiimn omju amvioou eiiu
haa rendered the military power of tha
general government within the State
of Illinois and other states of the United
States superior to the civil power of all
and eaeh of said States : has counseled
and advised and caused the Secretary of
War of the united btatee to introduce
into said Slate of Illinois and other
State aforesaid large bodies of armed
men. composing a part of the regular
army of the United States, in violation
of the constitution ot the united Btatee,
no application therefor having been
made by Uie Legislature of said States,
nor by the government thereof, and in
fact against the earnest protest ot cer
tain of the Governors of such States.
and aa the result of such counsel and
advice tbe soldiers aforesaid have fired
upon and killed divers citizens of said
State of Illinois without lawful or suffi
cient cause therefor ; haa counseled and
advised and caused divers suits to be
brought in said State of Illinois, and
divers other States of the United States,
and to enforce the same baa. in violation
of the laws of the United, caused a pro
cess to be issued unknown to the courts
of the United States, and by the use of
armed Deputy Marshals has caused the
arrest and imprisonment of citizens of
the United States without due course of
law and in violation of the constitution
and laws of the United States ; has
wrested laws from tbeir true intent and
purpose, and in violation of the spirit
thereof has used them through the court
of the United States to injure and op
press Uie ciUzensof said State of Illinois,
and of the other States aforesaid, notably
the act of Congress approved in July,
1890, wholly intended to protect truth
and conscience against trusts and organ
ized wealth in other forms, and the act
of Congress approved February 4, 1887,
intended wholly and exclusively to pro
tect the citizens of the several State
against t ie wrongs, injustices and op
pressions of interstate common carriers;
has disregarded Uie senUment of the
people of Uie United 8 totes expressed
through tbe Congress of the United
States, in Uie act approved October 1,
1888, entiUed 'an act to create boards
of arbitration or commissions for settling
controversies and differences between
railway corporation and other carriers
engaged in interstate and territorial
and their employes,' and actively and
persistently encouraged and assisted the
so-called 'Pullman Palace Car Com
pany' In refusing to adjust Its differ'
encee witn its employes and tens of
thousands of their brother workmen to
adjust such difference, by amicable con
ference or by the selection of disinter
ested arbitrators.
" Because the said Richard Olnev. as
the legal adviser of the Chief Executive
of the United States, has advised, coun
seled and induced such Executive to
place a great city of the State of Illinois
under martial law against Uie solemn
protest of the Governor of said State,
and without consultation with the Con
gress of the United States, then in session,
which body, by the express enactment '
of the constitution, alone haa Uie power
to declare war; that no adequate or
sufficient excuse exists for Uie commis
sion of Uie high crimes and misdemean
ors aforesaid, which, if left unpunished
and nnrebuked, will prove a deadly blow
to the rights of tbe States and liberties
of the cities thereof. The pretense of
these unlawful usurpations of Federal
authority and flagrant invasion of the
reserved rights of the States, that the
due transmission and conveyance of the
mails of the United States were impeded
and interrupted, is wholly nnfounded,
because no contract exists between the
United States and any railroad corpora
tion touching the transmission and con
veyance of the mails, that is not re
vocable at the will of ei ther party thereto,
because no formal contract for carrying
Uie United States mail is made with
any railway corporation, and because
the laws of the land expressly provide
(revised statutes, section 4,000) that
every railway carrying the mail shall
carry on any train which may ran over
its road, and without extra charge there
for, all mailable matter directed to be
carried thereon, with person in charge
of the same, wherefore, we respectfully
submit that the solution of the grave
question, wnicn ine Aitorney-uenerai
seems determined to settle by the arbit
rament of arms, was in the beginning
and is now snscepUble of prompt and
satisfactory adjustment by Uie exercise
by the President of the United State
of hi lawful authority, uni'-ir the fore
going section of the atatute."
It took $37,756.76 to run Lane county
last year. The Clerk and 8heriff being
on salaries now, the expenses will be
much lea during the next year.
NORTHWEST KIWI.
Washing-ton. ,
There are 100 cases of mumps at the
Puyallnp reservation Indian school.
Wat Chaw Kee, the last of the great
war chiefs oi the Klickitat Indians, is
Prospector are nonrins into the min
ing districts of Clarke and Skamania
counties.
Walla Walla is figuring on saving about
$3,000 a year by sajary reductions re
cently votea.
Something like 460,000 is being dis
bursed through ."Mie Spokane banks to
the payees of checta of 'Montana cattle
buyer.
The Regent of the State University
nave proviaea lor a scnooi ot pharmacy.
and are planning to establish a college
oi laws. .
Non-resident owner of unimproved
land in the eastern end of Chehalis
county are sauirming under the lew of
special taxes for roads, bridges and
schools that tbe resident property own
ers vote upon them.
The tramway of the Pride of the
Mountain mine at Monte Cristo is com-
leted. Its largest tower is a single tim
er four feet in diameter and 102 feet
high', weighing about twenty tons. This
tramway will furnish means of trans
portation for the large outpnt of tbe
mine.
Spokane ha $50,000 water bonds due
in about a year, and is now considering
a proposition to refund them. ' C. H.
White of Chicago offers to purchase the
entire issue, drawing 6 per cent, at par
and pay a bonus of $2,000. The offer
waa upon condition that Uie term be
made twenty year.
The railroad iron nearly two year
ago taken out of tbe wrecked Abercorn
and stored at or near Cosmopolis was
sold for taxes last week, bringing $629.60.
The lot consisted of about 5,000 rails,
which would make about fourteen miles
of track. They were owned by tiae New
York Security and Trust Company, and
were valued at $25,000.
Walla Walla orchardista are greatly
discouraged, and have given np all hope
of making expenses on their immense
crops this season. Cherries have already
commenced to wilt and rot npon the
trees, and small iruits are in tne same
condition. Shipments of vegetable are
insignificant, being made only to the
smaller points between walla Walla and
epofcane.
The Pnyallup Indian Commission i
pushing tne survey ot the school farm
on the Pnyallup reservation in hopes of
getting it completed thia month. The
appraisement of the lota will take place
as soon as tne survey is made, and the
documents containing the survey and
appraisements will be forwarded to
Washington to be approved by the Com
missioner of Indian Affairs. The sale
of Uie property will then begin.
There were manufactured at the Wash
ington State into mill during the month
of June 206,653 grain bags and 2,409 oat
bags. There are now on band, subject
to sale. 1.265.901 grain bags at 65 cent
each, 460 wool bags at 32 cents each,
3,556 oat bags at 7 cento each. 500 ore
bags at v cents each, M74 yards of kiln
cloth at 6 cents per yard, 19,715 vards
of hop cloth at 9'4 cent per yard, 354
yards of 36-inch floor matting at 65 cents
per yard and 5,30b pounds of fleece twine
at sc per pound.
Oregon,
The niwnect of a wheat sack shortage
is becoming alarming in umatiuacouniy.
ClatsoD county will have a road con
vention, called by Uie Commissioner,
July 28,
Salem society is somewhat pained to
note that Judge Hewitt, the newincum-
A r . i r i t 1 -
Dent oi uie iircuifc dvuvu, wears uu uo
with bis standing collar,
t.i, ..,- w.awm ehm'ir r "P-f
terson, in giving a $20,000 bond secured
seventeen signers for small amount
each instead of the usual two or three
names.
Two Indiana are being tried before
Commissioner Irvine on the Silets reser
vation. They were playing shinny, but
leu ont in some some way and beat eacn
other ap badly with tbeir sticks.
The salmon industry is getting an
other black eye, because Uie canners are
unable to get tin. In places up Uie Co
lumbia there is an abundance of cans
manufactured, but no tops for them and
at present no prospect of getting them
It is stated that Miss Alice Carson of
Joscohine county ran against her lover.
Jeff Hayes, in that county for Superin
tendent oi Erfiucanon. Ana sue aeieaiea
him. She wa a Republican, and he waa
Populist. It is said Jen loves her bet
tor than ever.
The salmon run at the Cascades is
something unprecedented in the history
019 State. Wheels catch tons every
day. and the facilities for transportation
over the portage are sorely taxed to af
ford means of shipment. Xf the rail
road were in operation, there would be
e?Prt t..?8'; bnt he. low
carriage by water will not admit of very
large shipments,
At the last session of the Linn County
Grange a resolution was offered asking
that tbe next .Legislature make the legal
rate of interest 6 per cent per annum.
and that any person asking a higher rate
of interest than o per cent or taking a
uunun oi any aina ioneic uie principal
and interest. The question was argued
at considerable length by several mem
ber and finally laid on the table.
An item is going the rounds of the
State press that Mr. Wells eet out the
first hop yard in the State in Polk coun
ty in 1867. In the following year George
Leasure secured roots from Mr. Wells,
and planted a five-acre yard in the bot
tom on the east side of Eugene, now
within that city's limits. This yard has
been constantly in bearing since that
year, and in the season of 1893 produced
nearly 2,000 pounds to tbe acre. The
land overflows nearly every winter, and
there is practically no wearing out of
the soil.
Tax on Xon-Realdent Proporty.!
London, July 13. Sir Charles Tupper,
Canadian High Commissioner, sent re
cently to Uie Marquis of Eipon, Colonial
Secretary, a letter on the Bubject of Sir
William Harcourt's proposed State duty,
and the modifications which tbe Chan
cellor of Uie Exchequer had allowed in
deference to colonial opinion. The pro
posed duty would be imposed on the
colonial property of person living in
England. The Ottawa Council thinks
the strongest opposition should be made
to Uie propoeed policy of levying duties
on property in Canada, even after the
modified plan of the Chancellor of tbe
Exchequer,
PRENDERGAST HANGED
He Pays the Penalty of His
; Dastardly Crime. ;
SPIRITUAL ADVISER ATTENDED.
Tha AsaaaslB Made Not aa Aadlble Soaad
' From tho Tims Bo Left His Coll, Ap
parently Being Lost la Contempla
tion ot Bis Awful Veto.
Chicago, July 13. Within the gloomy
walls of Cook county Jail to-day all wa
bustle and inrpressed excitement a the
time drew near when Patrick Eugene
Prendergast, the condemned murderer
of Mayor Carter Harrison, would expiate
the crime with his life. - Jailer Morris
and assistant made the final test of the
rope, trap and trigger at 10:35. Jailer
Morris at 10:45 said: "As near a I can
judge Uie march to the scaffold will begin
about 11:30." Prendergast rested well
last night and seemed calm and collected.
He refused until late last evening to re
ceive spiritual consolation, but when
nightfall came he asked for Father Mul
doon. Between 6 and 7 o'clock Prender
gast partook of ham and eggs, and about
9 o'clock aent word to Jailer Morris he
was again hungry. Tbe jailer had the
prisoner served with another hearty
meal, which he seemed to relifh greatly.
The assassin talked freely with his spirit
ual adviser, and several times remarked :
" You must stay with me to Uie end." '
As the honr for the execution drew
nearer Prendergast showed sign of ,
slightly increasing nervousness, but on
the whole he waa remarkably calm and '
collected. i .
Father Barry was in constant attend
ance npon Frendergast all morning.
The little assassin was most deferential. "
He announced with a trifle of bravado: .'
" I'll die game and set a great and shin- '
ing example to my country." At 11 a.
m. Prendergast was removed to the ante
room of Uie jail office, where the last
kind offices were performed. Prender- .
gast especially requested Sheriff Gilbert
to allow him twenty minutes to make a
dying statement, but it waa thought he
would at Uie last moment forego the de
termination. The jury and physicians at 11:10 filed
in and inspected the scaffold and appur
tenances. Fifty Deputy Sheriffs were
ranged around the corridor. At 11:42
Sheriff Gilbert and Jailer Morris appeared
at the right of Uie scaffold. The pris
oner, pale and unsteady, walked behind.
He stood withont apparent nervousness,
thoagh a trifle weak and unsteady, as '
his arms were being pinioned. He looked
calmly ont on the assembled crowd be
low him.. While the shroud waa placed
about him, barring a little restless move
ment of the eyes, ne made no motion.
Jailer Morris placed tbe rope about his
neck, the white cap over his head, and '
at 11 :48 his body shot downward. . His
head twisted to one side, his neck having
been apparently broken. A short, spas
modic movement of the legs waa the
only sign of life apparent. Surrounded,
by Uie jury and physicians, the corpse
wung to and fro, and at 11 :67, nine,
minutes after the trigger was sprang, he
was pronounced deadVThe assassin made
not an audible sound from Uie time he
left his cell. apparenUy being lost in
contemplation of his awful fate. He waa
genUy dissuaded by Sheriff Gilbert from
a determination to make a speech. At
11 :58 Jailer Moms unloosened the an
chored end of Uie rope, and Uie shrouded
corpse waa slowly lowered and laid in
tbe comn standing undemeatn tne plat
form. The face waa not badly distorted, '
though Uie month wa open and the ,
tongue protruding. The color of the .
feature was a bluish tint, which, witi
his nnkent reddish hair atranrlinr down
over Uie forehead, made a sight long to -
be remembered.
'"' OKOBOB'S AMBNDlfJClCT.
Oomaalaaloa of Ibor tm bo Composed of
XleTea Member.
Washington, July 14. George el
Mississippi to-day offered in tbe Senate
an amendment to his bill creating a
board of arbitration. It provides for
tbe establishment of a commission of
labor to be composed of Uie Commis
sioner of Labor and ton additional mem
bers to be appointed by the President.
The oath of office prescribes that each
member will fairly and impartially dis
charge Uie duties of arbitration imposed
npon mm by law, without respect to
persons, and do equal right to the poor
as well as the rich. This commission is
to be charged with Uie aetUement of all
labor disputes between railway and other ,
transportation companies which may be
orougnt oetore mem in accordance witn
the law. They are also required to arbi
trate such disputes as may be submitted
to them between the employers of labor
and their employes in other business
connected with the interstate commerce,
when the Legislature of the government
of the State in which such dispute shall '
originate shall consent thereto.
Army Seandnl 1 Bngland.
Dublin, July 14. The Freeman' Jour
nal to-day published a startling account
of a scandal at Birr, Kings county, head
quarters of the Prince of Wales' Leins-
ter regiment, Uie Royal Canadian. A
few nights ago some officers of the Lein-
ster regiment, masked and disguised.
forcibly entered the rooms of the female
servants. They assaulted two of them
and fled. A. sentry challenged them,
and upon their refusal to halt the sentry
thrust a bayonet into one and shonted
for tbe guard. The guard turned out
promptly, and Uie officers were arrested.
The girls have sworn to complaints
against the prisoners.
Freaeb. Iroaelad Sot aa lira.
Toulon, July 14. Just previous to tbe
launching ot the new French ironclad
Carnot a dockyard official discovered
smoke issuing from Uie bold. The fire
wa easily extinguished. A large bottle
of turpentine was emptied over the
woodwork in a manner well calculated
to cause a rapid spread of the flames. It
a reported a dockyard workman, sus
pected of being an anarchiot, was ar
rested and confessed he and his accom
plices planned to burn the Carpet,