E OREGON
VOL.11. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER 21, 1894. NO. 39.
THEY DIED TOGETHER.
uWl.i- x i Kcuy Aaaea XO
Portland's Annalt.
IT WAS A MURDER AND SUICIDE
t Well-Kaewa Civil Knglnaer Shoots
ud Hill. Mr. Mabel Calvin and mm.
self-Tha Were People of Splenitis
Vauilljr Connection..
Pobtland, Or., September 17. It wu
bout 1 tltO O'clock ye.tenlay afternoon
-when John W. Stongele, a well-known
-o lvll .nln . ..... uiiJI
f ' - -.-......., .. .....
Mrs. Mabel Unlvln ol Worcester, Maw.,
who ha been visiting with relatives
here, end then, placing the deadly re
volver to bli own head, blew out hie
brains, The tragedy occurred on the
sidewalk on the toutk aide of Yamhill
atreet about 100 feet weat ol Thirteenth
street. Three ahota were fired In quick
etienwalon, and the man and woman tell
aide by aide on the pavement. Stengel
died tnatantly, and hi. victim gave only
one or two gasps after the arrival of sev
eral bystanders who witnessed the .hoot
ing. Unrequited love prompted tlie
double crime.
The newa of the terrible affair created
Intenee Internet, owing to the splendid
family connections o both the dead and
elo their large circle of acquaintances
throughout the dir. Mra. Calvin waa
a daughter ol H. forehand, 1're.ldent ",m "v"'
and principal owner ol the Forehand "Aa I had no knowledge of my future,
.ArmsUompeny of Worcester, Mas.,, who I would not attempt to trace a line of
&S&tf& S'efc "V "
month ago for the purpoee of souring a f0nfld,'n1r61 ,h' wil lw,,l ?Phold
divorce from her hu.iwnd, and had been h" tuitions of our house, which are
making her home with her relatives Mr. i,ove '0,'nf t,e w,t,,f'?1 di
nd Mrs. Jewett. at 472 Yamhill atreet. I ?hr! " uif d"i.ie" '"eonjnt upon
tenwlehadbeenlnOwmaveveara.!him-..I.hoP that franco will soon be
(...-.,- it..,. ... n.r.i....i .i i.ii
profiwalon of civil engineering. More
recently lie naa been worning for tlie
eityaa receiving clerk In the work of con
structing the new water worka. He had
exemplary habiu, and wu well thought
ol by host of acquaintances, and had
friends all over the Htate, who will think .
It incredible tiiat ha would commit ao '
foal a crime. Ilia mother is quite
wealthy, and lives ia Chicago. I
Thia letter explains that the shooting
was premeditated. It Is u follows:
PoBTt iiii) lloTKi., Heptemlwr 18, lflW.
.' My Dear Clohtiwy: Uonld anjr one
overlook tlie fact that I am mad? I hava
dona lot of worrying, and you ran now
see why 1 am not well and why I do not
eleep and eat u I uaed to. You know
wa were to be married as soon u Mabel
got bar divorce, and you know of our In
timacy for the past year or more. I
foond to my sorrow after watching her
that I waa not the onlv man In tlie caee.
We bad s row once before, bnt then I
waa not as positive as now, and we made
up. Yon have proved tlie only friend I
hava ever bad. I hope yon will never
mrke each a d -1 ol yourself as
1 have made of tnvself. I cannot atana
life any longer, although I have been
fairly successful all along. There ia
enough money in my pocket to pay for
burial, eta. I am not particular bow I
am put away. Mabel is the only woman '
I really love. 1 cannot live wnnom nor,
and U you knew how 1 have been treated
of late, you would not blame me.
TamTneVvuT I r.lxe what!
' 1 .m .Kn.tt ii An narfftcllv.
r. "".' i
inm tt. Ufa nt ram check mvself. This
desire to kill her and then myaelf came
over me a i davs ago. I cannot live
a,n longer. Beet wishes. , , Jac.
ii.. ... a .trtk ns v hand'
tome woman. Bhe had a particularly
graceful carriage and a sweet lace, but
her moat atrlking mark ol beauty waa
her clear, healthy complexion, sua
dark eyes and hair, and wu of medium
h.it.t .ml hmnm llffiire. Her lather
supplied her with surtlcient means to
ti , .....I althAtiivIa siriA
aatlaiy every wmm, , , I
had an extensive wanlrobe of the latest
style garmente, they were all of subdued
and modest shades. Bhe spent two
months during the past summer season
at tha seuido, and Is well remembered
by many who met her there.
VARIOCa 1NDIAM AOBNCIKS.
Ions the Larg.. Tribe and Cage the
Klohut. .
Ban Fbancisco, September 17. C, C.
Dnncan, one of the five United States
Indian inapectora appointed to travel
and Investigate the. various Indian agen
clea, ia In this oitr. Inspector P"
has Just returned from Kound Valley,
where 8.000 acres of land have been ap
portioned to 500 Indians. He ays the
most ol the reservation ha. 1 1 ittle value,
being composed largely pi hills. Borne
ol Itliu been sold at a low price. The
business ol the agencv is pretty well
closed, the Indians havfng been put In a
nearly self-supporting condition. In
spector Duncan hu lieen visiting a great
manr aaoncles on this Gout and else
whe latoly. Iliw that
aUtlstIol the Indiansshowed that they
had increased instead ol decreased or
the first time in twenty years. He
"The reason is that they are relying
on themselves. The BJ"?
the largest tribe-eome ".(WO-that are
nnder the government. The Osagei i are
the richest people in the world. 1 here
.... un ni iimm. hut tliev have 17,-
000,000, which brings them in '
ol 360,ooo a year. "',
.LJ . .u r nrafltable lands.
Tha Coeur d'Alenes of Idaho are the
1 1 i .nvavnant the Chero-
keea. They live In good houses, and are
.ik.nl.. uivanced from
ulvancea irom un
..i. i.nil. anme time ago.
They re-
celved $050,000 or 11,100 for every man.
woman and child; ao they are well
fll
Undar tha ...
Nbw York, September 17. It wu an
nounced from Panama that a new
steamship line, the vessels to be -built in
ffiud to aail under the Mexican
Am is to be established between Pan
Imi and San Francisco to connect with
the Tehuantepeo railway.
Tha Sevanth Magnitude.
Nkw Yobk, September 17.-A special
dispatch from Kiel say. Prof. Ha twig
of Bamberg has diacovered the var abil
?rv of U e star of the seventh magnitude
Krtlesi The star 1. a variety of the
Algoa type.
WKI.LMASJ'S KXIKIUTION.
I New.nanor m.h to Sail rot
IuwiWilliiuiltf,
London, Septemlwr 17.-Mr. Well
, man, the Icxler of the American Arctic,
lHitloii, whose plans to explore the
.ar norm were Irustrated by the linking
of hit vessel, which wu ernehed In the
ice, win wu from Southampton for New
York Wednesday next by the atoaraer
Spree. He will be accompanied by the
American member, ol hi. mrtr. in
coumeof an interview to-day Mr. Weil
wan laid the failureof Lieutenant I'eary
ft f?!"',,.N?,rlb Greenland .how. that,
I like the Wellman expedition, he met un
I usual dllllciiltica arising from the ex
treniely unfavorable season. Ha warmlv
al(,IUoxi te expedition against the
" ? 01 "f!xPr'""'e end a bad
?"' H' I'8"'11 .v.P". thai he
llml nln
abandonedl'mf. Ovofi nn flan.
ish Inland. The professor, he alded,
had 1.200 pound, of provisions on the
l.land, and wu therefore in no danger
imui .uiiermg irom a lack ol food. J'rof,
Oven bad hlmaelf perfectly abaolved
hlmaelf from the charge' of abandon
ment. In conclnaion Mr. Wellman elated
all the Norwegian mcmbera of the expe
dition had promised to accompany the
next expedition. Aa to Messrs. French,
Mohnn and Dodge, he aald, braver or
bettor' men cannot be found,
III POLITICAL TKHTAMENT.
The Document I. Brief and Wa. Written
In in. atawe House.
London, September 17. The political
te. lament of the late Comte de Paris
wu made public to-day. The document,
wi,ich .varv brief l. riatad Kt-. H,.
I !", c , brle.f' " d"led Sto,re Hou"6'
reunited, an parue nnaing a duii oi
common agreement under the traditional
monaichy. If I went to Frohnadorf in
1873, It wu to ahow my respect to the
hereditary Prince. Since then I have
trleii to deaerve the confidence of my
party by fighting, although an exile,
aealonaly for France."
The document concludea by expreaa
ing bia trust that Uod hu not abandoned
Franre, to whom he gave Saint Ixmie
and Joanne d'Arc. He felt certain that
France will return to her old religion,
and meanwhile ho could only hope tor
the unity of all existing partie. He
wu .lire that his friends would under
stand that tlila wu a neoeaeary condi
tion and precedent to all they hoped for.
TUB YACHT RACK.
rrapo.ltlon. Train ihm
Hrltlih Mot to
Our I.lklna.
Nxw York, Septemlier 17. Botli Lord
Lonsdale and Lord Dunraven are aeri
oualy talking of building a yacht to race
for the American cup, and, Judging by
the oommouta in English papers, a num
ber of important concessions will be
asked of the New York Yac)it Club. It
I. mid that, if the Englishmen decide to '
. ... - , . ,
' challenge with a seventy or an eighty-
I footer, they would like the New Yor
a "Yacht Club to meet Uiem with a boat ol
similar size ana not nave ins ign.u.,
Jnl.lla nr Hnlnnna Dut airainst their
smaller craft. They also Bay that they
would like to have tlie racea decided oU
Newport to avoid cursion
"j: 7. '.i..r v,ir vht
Ur Wn made to the New York Yacht
I n tl.a inkM tlia nnnationa have
been informally discussed among the
members, and those in authority say that
neither proposition finds favor here or
would be accepted under any circum
stances. AFTER INFORMATION.
An.tralla Wants to L.ara Maajr Thing.
From Amerloan rarmar.
8a Fbancihco, September 17. James
Mclnnes Sinclair of Victoria, Australia,
is in the city with a commission from the
Department of Agriculture of Victoria
to study the system in vogue among the
farmers of this country. He aald to-
The government of Victoria sent a
man to Denmark a lew years ago to re
port on the dairy interests ol that coun
try. Tbe effect hu been marvelous.
Four years ago our exports ol butter to
the United Kingdom amounted to less
than 12.000. Last year our exports of
butte? amounted to 6,500.000. Next year
the figures will be upward of ao.OOO.OUa
My visit to America la of a similar na
ture, though the scope of my work is
greater, f have to report on all the eco
nomics of grain production in California,
the sugar-beet industry, tobacco-growing
and pork-packing." '
ILLINOIS NATIONAL GUARD.
Mutiny In Chlaaga Haoaa.e Thalr Pay
Ha. Not Been Baealved.
Ciuoaoo, September 17. A mutiny
broke out in the ranks of battery D of
the Illinois National Guard lut night,
and seventeen artillerymen were placed
under arrest, pending a dlihimUe
discharge from tlie service ol the State.
The trouble has been brewing several
weeks, and had it. origin in the failure
ol the State to pay the men for their
services at the stock yards 'ing the
recent railway strike in aympa hy with
the Pullman workmen. Last night was
drill night, and when the order ni
Biven to "fall in" seventeen men re
fused to put on their uniforms and pre
ient themselves for roll call. One of the
malcontent voiced the feelings of his
we get our oo."
...... Hi.t.i Praferreil to Canada.
London, September 17.-The Chronicle
to-day publishes an Interview with Sir
John T. O'Brien, Governor ot Newfound
land, who is spending a vacation in Eng
land, with reference to the question of
confederation. Governor O'brien says
that, so far as Newfoundland was con
cerned, confederation waa not a live
laauet but, H the queation ever arose, he
should aay that the people were i probably
more inclined to jofn the United Stotos
ol America than Canada. It waa most
improbable, however, that such an issue
would arise. There wu no weakening
in loyalty ol the peopled Newfoundland
to Great Britain.
I
LOOKING UP HER PAST
Mrs. McCall's Suit Against
Young McAllister.
"FOREWARNED 18 FOREARMED"
Th. Laadar of M.w York'. Four Hnnd
r.l " will U.r.nd HI. Ion u Much as
PoMlbls-Th.r May be Boms Ts.tl
mooy That Will Kmbarra. U.r.
Nxw Yobk, September 17. Ward Mc
Allister believes in the old saw that
" forewarned is forearmed," and wben
Mrs. McCall brings her suit for breach of
promise against the eon of the famous
leader of the 400, there may be some
teetimonjPthat will embarrass her. Mc
Allister, Sr., has been gathering evidence
with assiduity that proves that ha ia good
for something more than model for
those who wish to be in the swim. He
hu learned that Mra. McCall hu rather
an unenviable St. Louis record, and two
well-known men of that city, aa well aa
a prominent New York newspaper man,
may have to tell what they know of the
woman's put. One of the St. Lou lean a
in queation is Colonel John Norton, man
ager of the St. Louis Grand Opera House.
who Is one of tile best known theatrical
men in the country ,and whose wife eloped
some years ago with Henry Moore, man
aging editor of the Post-Diapatob. Mrs.
McCall played a temporary engagement
in Hi. Louis not very long ago, which
ended in her chasing the susceptible
Colonel Norton through the streets with
a horsewhip. All this, with much inside
history, Mr. McAllister is said to have
fathered u ammunition in case ma son
levward ia called upon to renounce his
celibacy.
SALCTB AT MIDHIOHT.
Wby the Attack oa W.l Hal Wl Pror.d
Fallar.
Nxw Yobk, September 17. The foW
lowing remarkable message in the origi
nal baa been translated by a Japanese
gentleman In New York. It waa sent
by a special Japanese correspondent
serving with the fleet in the Onlf of Pe
Chi Li to tbe newspaper in Japan which
be represents, and the name of which la
lor obvious reasons withheld. The Jap
anese government, which exercises a
strict censorship over all newa relating
to the war, prohibited its publication.
It ia dated " With the Japanese fleet be
fore Wei Hal Wei, Gulf ol Pe Chi Li,
Augoatl2:" '
"At 11 o'clock yesterday morning, Au
gust 11, onr fleet, consisting of twelve
men-of-war and a fleet of six torpedo
boats, took advantage of the darkness of
the night and crept into the harbor at
Wei Hal Wei unknown to the Chineee in
the forta and vessels. Six torpedo boats
were sent ont with the purpose of blow;
fug up the Chinese warsbipa anchored
rv, nrmxullno in tha
If IWIIU. sew wi n w g.uvw"3
mtong direction, and then, diecoverine
Lnsir mistake, they turned back, changed
ln,,lrCoura and made straight to tha
)tce wiere tue Chinese lay in safety.
When midway a British man-of-war,
which was anchored there, fired a salute
lor the Japanese vessels, a very unusual
thing to do in such circumstances. Upon
this all the electric and search lights at
the forts were lighted in an instant, and
soon all the forte were in activity. An
exchange ol ahota for over an hour fol
lowed. Seeing that the plan to take the
Chinese by surprise had fallen through
on account ol the salute Irom the British,
and further firing being of no avail, the
Japanese retired. As the torpedo flotilla
waa returning, a Chinese torpedo boat
discharged a torpedo against it, bnt failed
to do any damage, ana lor its irouoie wu
instantly rewarded by being aunk by a
torpedo discharged from one ol the Jap
anese boats. The salutes from the Brit
ish vessels cannot but be regarded aa a
signal to make the slumbering Chinese
know ol the presence of the Japanese,
as it ia not customary to fire salutes at
the dead of nignu"
THK OPIUM SMUGGLERS.
Haw They Kvade tha Law In Southern
California.
Los Anqslks, September 17. A big
gang of opium smugglers was unearthed
to-day by Collector ot Port GaQey. One
hundred and fifty flve-tael cans of opium
have been aeixed and several arrests
made. The chief ol the gangwuGus
Algren, a restaurant keeper in Santa
Monica, who wu arrested this afternoon
and brought to this city along with the
opium seized. Steward Smith and a col
ored boy ol the steamer Minneola are
charged with having landed the opium
at Port Angeles. A man named McClel
Ian, a partner of Algren, is wanted, but
haa not aa yet been captured. It has
been known for some time that a well
organized gang has been operating in
several places along the coast, and Col
lector Gafl'ey several weeks ago put Spe
cial Agents Cornell and Mappa to work
up the case. They discovered that the
smugglers were 'dropping the opium
overboard Irom sailing vessels outside,
encased in black bags. These were sunk
with weights, but hod ropes attached
above to buoys. Confederates would go
out in small boats and pull up the stuff
and take it ashore in fishing bags.
Paying tha Claims.
San Fbanoiboo, September 17. The
first damages growing out ot the colli
sion between the steamers Oceanic and
the City ol Cheater have been paid by
the Occidental and Oriental Steamship
Company to the families of the victims.
The accident occurred in 1888 in San
Francisco harbor. Suits were brought
in behalf of the six minor children of
Columbus Davis and of three other chil
dren, whose parents were drowned. The
ury awarded the Davis children $10,000.
and the steamship companv appealed
the case. The appeal is still pending,
but the company finally decided to pay
the claim in full. The results ol the
ither suits hinged on the decision in tbe
Davis cue, and they, too, have been set
tled. In all $20,000 hu been paid out
o far by the company.
KIDNAPED PROM Bli GUARDIAN,
The Ion ot Predloand Ward Taken aad
Recaptured. ,
Thomaston, Conn., September 15.
Thompson, a town one mile south of
here, was excited to-day By a report that
Clarence Ward, the ten-year-old son of
Ferdinand Ward, ex-banker and finan
cier of New York, had been kidnaped
from the home of bis guardian, Frederick
D. Green. About 8 o'clock two men
seized the child and pnt him in a car
riage. Thev the drove north toward
Webster, Mass. Mr. Green notified tha
police of all the surrounding towns by
telephone, ana men startea in pursuit.
About 10 o'clock a message was received
here from Webster announcing the men
had been arrested and the boy recovered.
Fredinand Ward hu several times tried
to get possession of the child. The boy
hu made his home with his ancle, Mr.
Green, at Thompson since the death of
his mother, while his father waa in Sing
Sing. Mr. Green was appointed the
bov'a sruardian bv the New York courts.
and hu charge of the property left to
Clarence by his mother. Fredinand
Ward since hia release from orison hu
made several attem pta to gain the custody
of the boy through the courts, but hu
always luutsu,
TOO PROUD TO BKO.
The Child Dead and tha Mother Dying
Pram Starvation.
Camdbn, N. J., September 16. Mrs.
Kate Maasey, her three-year-old child
and her infant were found starving yes
terday in their bouse in Westminister
avenue, Stockton, near Camden. A
month ago Mrs. Massey's husband died
while undergoing an operation in a Phila
delphia hospital ; two weeks later Mrs,
Masaer save birth to a child. She wu
left destitute, but she wonld not uk for
aid, and her neighbors did not know her
condition nntil yesterday, when Over
seer of the Poor John Benner visited her
house and found her and tbe children
apparently dying. Mr. Renner immedi
ately summoned Dr. O. L. Greembrecht.
but the doctor said the woman and ber
children were too exhausted to recover,
but he took them in band immediately.
The infant died soon afterward. Its
death wu entirely due to lack of nourish
ment. Mrs. Massey can live but a few
days at the furthest, and the other child
ia very low. The mother had starved
herself and given the trifling food she
bad to her older children.
MINISTERS IN TROUBLE.
A Baptist Preacher Wha Made Pal.e
Bepreeeaatlona.
. Wabash, Ind., September' 16. Rev. J.
W. Power, Baptist Minister of Liberty
Center, who wu arrested, charged with
stealing a pocket-book from Miss Lizzie
Sparks, and who wu acquitted, waa tried
by the Salamoni Baptist Association on
two charges, one alleging that he bad
represented that he had $1,700 on de
posit in Indianapolis banks, by reason
ot which he secured two names m surety
on two $600 notes, which tbe signers paid.
As a result ol the trial it wu decided to
expel the minister Irom the church.
BATHBB BOUOH OK TBB MINIBTBB.
Hillsdale, Mich., September 16.
Word reached here yeeterday afternoon
that at Frontier in this county Tuesday
night Rev. Charles Clancy was tarred
and feathered. Clancy wu nntil a year
ago putor of the Methodist Church
here, bnt had trouble and started a
church of his own with a score ot mem
bers. Tuesday night forty muked men,
among them husbands of the women of
bis flock, called him from his house, and
liberally applied coal tor, dusted him
with feathers, and then rolled him down
a steep hill. Then they warned him
that he would receive another dose as
soon aa he shed his feathers if he did
not get ont of town.
The Bates Bedneed.
Tacova, September 17. The Execu
tive Committee of the Interstate Fair
hu yielded to the public demand and
made a 25-cent rate of admission to the
fair for evenings and Sundays. The reg
ular rate of admission throughout the
day is to remain at 50 cents, but in the
evening and all day Sundays the price
of admission is to be 25 cents. This rate
begins at once. The people and the con
cessionaires have been clamoring for a
lower admission. This trial is made m
an experiment. If the fair doea not
continue to pay expenses, the trustee,
aay the straight 50-cent rate will be re
stored. Many believe the attendance
will be more than proportionately in
creased. ;
Coming Baok From Behrlng Sea.
Ban Fbancisco, September 17. Lieu
tenant Commander Morton of tbe United
States steamer Adams, which hu arrived
from Behrlng Sea, in an interview atatet
that the remainder of the patrol fleet
may be expected here shortly. The
Yorktown, which left Sitka on August
81 for Unaluka, is due here in about
two weeks, and the Ranger may be ex
pected in a month or so. The extent ol
the damage to tbe keel timbers of thf
Adams through their contact with the
rocks will not be known for some little
time, u it will be about a month before
she can obtain her turn in the dry dock,
other vessels being ahead of her.
American Banker, to Meet.
Baltimobb, Md., September 17. The
Executive Committee, having charge oi
the arrangements for the forthcoming
national convention of the American
Bankers' Association, hu received ad
vices indicating that fully 1,500 delegate
will be in attendance, and that every
SUte and Territory will be represented.
This will make it the largest convention
of representatives of the financial inter
ests ever held in the country. The com
mittee, which will decide what subjects
shall and shall not be discussed at the
convention, will meet this week.
A Bloody Border.
Oaxaca, Mexico, September 17. Late
advices from ChiapM state the troubles
on the Guatemalan border are growing
more serious, ' and the indications
are favorable for bloodshed unless the
two governments reach an understand
ing u to what ia to be done with the
brigands and cut-throats, who make the
bonier country their rendezvous and
prey upon peaceable citisens. Several
villages along the border in Guatemala
have been sacked by outlaws and mnr
ers and other outrages committed.
THE UNITED ACTORS.
First Protective- Association
Formed by Players.
PUGILISTIC ACTOES SHUT OUT
They Are Banded together to Dlaeoarage
nch AceoMlon. to tha Stage M Cor
bett, lalllvaa and ML Pollard
Oomper. Ine. Them Charter.
Nbw Yobk, September 15. Samnel
Gompers, President of the American
Federation of Labor, and Christopher
Evans, the Secretary, this morning per
formed the somewhat elaborate cere
mony of bestowing a charter upon the
"Actors' Protective Union No. 1 " of the
city of New York. The affair, which
took place at No. 8 Union Square, wu
strictly private ; but, judging from the
applause which came in noisy bursts
from behind , the closed doors, tbe
speeches made by President Gompers
and the members of the Central Labor
Union to the town's vaudeville artists,
who crowded the hall, hit the profes
sional entertainers just - about right.
Tbe speech of Henry White of the Gar
ment Workers' Union, in which he de
scribed tbe misery of East-side tailors,
saying that without an organization the
actors of America might in future per
haps be brought down to the same star
vation wages, wu received with great
enthuaium. As soon as tbe charter had
been conferred and the Actors' Protec
tive Union No. 1 had become an integral
part of the Central Labor Union, the
election of officers took place. The
Presidency of the union wu given to
John II. W. Byrne, who, besides being
a musical comedian, is the author of
several pleasing ballade. That he ia a
strict disciplinarian ia proved by the fact
that bis firet official act to-day wu to
issue an order forbidding members ol
the nnion hanging around the door and
hallways leading to the room ol the
nnion. According to Matt Harrington
there are now nearly 500 members en
rolled in the nnion, ranging from $20 to
$150 a week artists. He said :
" What this nnion proposes is to ele
vate the profession and atop accessions
to the stage of prizefighters, freaks and
monstrosities generally. We shall not
attempt any violent methods. Members
of onr union will not be forbidden to
play with non-nnion actors, but we be
lieve we can gradually bring about a
weeding-out of people who have no claim
to be regarded m legitimate members oi
the profession. No person will be eli
gible to membership who hu not been
on tbe stage for five years, and who is
not vouched for by five brother actors.
Our union proposes to be benevolent in
its purposes. It is not formed for the
purpose of strikes and to fight the inter
ests of the managers, but it is designed
to be protective. As matters stand at
present any irresponsible person can as
semble a company and leave the mem
bers stranded in. some distant city, to
reach home as best they can or starve to
death. By affiliation with other nnions
thronsh the country pressure can be
brought to bear against these swindlers
of actors that will drive them ont of
business. We don't oroDOse to make
any fight against Corbett's or Sullivan's
company, but men of that character may
in the course ol a tew years nna it naraer
to find support than they have hereto
fore. I have no hesitancy, however, in
saying that we are very likely to take
immediate steps toward preventing the
a access of Madeline Pollard. It is infa
mous that she should go on the stage,
and we propoee to see what can be done
about it. There are at leut three thea
ters in this city I will not name them
where by the strength of organised
anions sue could to-day be prevented
from appearing. Yon mnst remember
that our union will have the support and
co-operation, when necessary, of the
stage hands', the calcium-light operators'
and the musicians' anions, all of which
have been in existence for a long tune."
BANK BECKITER'S BUIT.
Crookedness of Ml.aourl Institution te
be Brought to Light.
Sbdalia, Mo., September 16. W. A.
Latimer, receiver of the First National
Bank of this city, filed a suit yesterday
In the" United States Circuit Court at
Jefferson City for $358,000 against the
directors of the suspended institution.
The petition k of a sensational nature,
ana makes puDiic ror me nrsi ume we
alleged methods of President Cyras New
kirk and Cubier J. S. Thompson, m well
u those of the directors, in conducting
the business of the bank. Only three of
the directors, E. C. Caaaidv, H. W.
Wood ana John W. McClnre, have prop
erty that can be reached by the suit. J.
S. Thompson, the cashier, is a fugitive
in Mexico, and Cyrus Newkirk, the Pres
ident, is now residing in California. In
a nutshell it is charged that the directors
allowed Newkirk to overdraw his account
to the amount of $101,000 and permitted
Thompson to gamble away $71,000 in
stocks and real-estate deals, beeidea al
lowing insolvent parties without security
to draw $0,000 out of the vaults. The
receiver alleeea that the defendants u
directors during the whole time between
September 6. 1890. and May 4. 181H. ut
terly failed and neglected to perform
their duties, and failed to hold meetings
of said Board of Directors and look after
the affairs of the bank. They also ngned
and attested false reports to the Comp
troller. Ez-Po.tma.ter Convicted.
Spokanb, Wash., September 16. Ex-
Poetmaater Pendleton of Spragne wu
convicted in the United 8tates Court to
day ot embezzling $3,500 of the money
order fund. At a previous trial the jury
hang, eleven for acquittal and one for
conviction. Pendleton's case is a pecu
liar one. His books were kept absolutely
correct. He acknowledged the shortage,
but claimed the money bad been stolen
by some one whose identity is not known
to him.
Desperate Anarchist Coming.
, Washington," September 16. The
treasury officials are informed that the
Denmark anarchist, Vorle, a desperate
character, hu sailed u a seaman before
the mut on a vessel bound for San Fran
cisco, The immigrant inspector at San
Francisco wu to-dav directed to keen a
sharp lookout for him.
THE POtlXLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Market.
Hot much business is reported in the
local wheat market, and' quotations re
main nncbanged at 67 70c per cental
for Walla Walla and 7677tfc per cental
for Valley. Exporters claim No. 1 Walla
Walla ia not worth over 40c per bnahel
delivered, although 42c ia being paid.
The less figure represents the top of the
market, foreign markets are lower and
weaker, with very little demand for car
goes. Freight are nominal at 82 6d
for iron.
Prodnea Market.
Floob Standard brands are quoted
ae follows: Portland, Salem, Cascadia
and Dayton, $2.50 per barrel; Walla
Walla, $3.65; Snowflake, $2.66; gra
ham, $C.40; superfine, $2.05.
Oatb Tbe market is quiet at figures :
No. 1 white feed oats, 80c on track ; good
winter gray 2528c Rolled oats are
quoted aa follows: Bags, $5.766.00;
barrels, $6.00(26.25; cases, $3.76.
Bablby Feed barley ia quoted at 65c
per cental u the extreme. Brewing is
worth 80c per cental, according to qual
ity. MaLSTOTrs Bran, $14; shorts, $15;
chop feed, $1517; middlings, none in
market; chicken wheat, 6066o per
cental. ,
Hat Good, $1011 per ton.
Bcttbb Fancy creamery, 2527!o
per pound; fancy dairy, 20(2 22 'c; fair
to good, 1517Xe; common, 12c.
Chbbsb Oregon, 8a.l0c per pound;
young America, 10(8 11c; Swiss, import
ed, 80 32c; domestic, 1416c
Onions New California red, lc per
pound ; yellow. Mtfc per pound.
Poultry Old chickens are quoted at
$3.003.60: young, small, $2.002.25;
young, huge, $2.60(33.00. Young ducks
are quoted at $2.003.00, and young
leee, 4.ou(ao.uu. xneee prices are now
al. Turkeys sell at 9(10c per pound.
Egos Stocks are scarce, and tbe mar
ket is firm at 20c.
Vsobtablu Lima beans, 4c per
pound ; sweet potatoes, lc per pound ;
atring and wax beans, 2c per pound ;
cucumbers, 10 15c per dozen; corn, 8
10c per dozen ; egg plant, 8c per pound ;
green peppers, 6c per pound; garlic, 6c;
tomatoes, 2535c per bo; Oregon cab
bage, ltg2c per ponnd.
Mblonb Watermelon are worth 75c
$1.75; cantaloupes, $L251.50; nut
meg, $1.25.
Fbbsh FBorr Pears. 60c; grapes 75
80c per crate; Oregon apples bring 50c
$1 per box; Walla Walla peaches, 40
60c.
Tsopical Froit California lemons,
$5.50(36.50; Sicily, $6.60(87.00; bananas,
$2.503.50 per bunch; Honolulu, $1.75(3
2.50; pineapples, Honolulu, $3.00(23.50;
sugar lost, so.
I Provisions Eastern hams, medium,
' 1516c per pound; large, c; hams, pic
nic,ll 12c ; breakfast bacon U 15aC ;
short clear sides, 12)4 a 13c; dry salt
sides, llUKc; dried beef hams, 14
15c; lard, compound, in tins, 10(g
10c; lard, pare, in tins, 1213c; pigs'
feet, 80s. $6.50; pigs' feet, 40s, $3.25;
jkits. $1.25.
Wool Valley, 79c, according to
1 qnality; Umpqua, 79c; Eastern Ore
iron. 607c.
Hops There is no settled market
price. Dealers anticipate opening at 7
89c
Merchandise Market.
Salmon. Columbia, river No. 1, tails,
$1.281.60; No. 2, tolls, $2.252.50;
fancy, flo. 1, flats, Il.7b(l.HO; Aiaaxa,
No. 1. tolls, $1.20(31.30; No. 2, talis, $1.90
2.25. .
I Bbans Small white, No. 1, Sc per
'pound; No. 2, 4.c; large white, 3c;
pea, 3)ic; batter, 3c; bayou, 4jc;
Lima,
Coal Sales are slow and prices steady.
; Domestic, $5.007.50 per ton; foreign,
$8.60(311.00.
Coboagb Manilla rope, ltnch, is
quoted at 9jc, and Sisal, 7c per
pound.
i Corrxx-CoetaEIca, 2222Mc; Rio. 20
21)c; Salvador, 2121c; Mocha,
2ti!42Sc; Padang Java, 31c ; Palem bang
Java, 2628c; Lahat Java, 2325c; Ar
bnckle's Columbia and Lion, $23.30 per
100-pound case.
I Ricb Island, $6.256.50.
I Salt Liverpool, 60s, strong at (15.50
16. -
I Whs at Bags Calcuttu, cash, 6c;
hoo cloth. Calcutta. 12c
Sugar The price to special points de
clined Jo. Local values are unchanged.
D, 5Ks; C, 6J6c; extra C, 6c; dry
granulated, 6sc; cube, crashed and
Sowdered, 7c per pound; Jo per ponnd
iaoonnt on all cradea for prompt cash;
half barrels, Hfi more than barrels;
maple sugar, lotaioc per pouna.
SAM PBAMCISCO MARKETS,
The market for fresh fruits ia moder
ately active. Bartlett pears are becom
ing scarce. Blackberries are higher.
Grapes are dull. The demand for butter
still keeps prices on the advance. East
ern eggs are higher. Cheese is steady.
The arrivals of Eastern poultry are heav
ier. California stock plentiful and
weak.
Hops Nominal at 45c for old and
6(3 8c per pound for new.
PoTATOxs Early Rose, S036c; Gar
net Chili, 40(A50c; Burbanks, 30 50c;
Salinu Burbanks, 6075c; sweets, 60c
$1.00 per cental.
Osions Prices steady; quotable at 50
60c per centaL
Wool Spring, year's fleece, 67o per
pound; six to eight months, San Joa
quin, poor, 6(2 6e; six to eight months,
San Joaquin, fair, 68c; Humboldt and
Mendocino, lair, 10(Sellc; Humboldt and
Mendocino, choice, 12(d 13c; Oregon and
Washington, heavy and dirtv, 67o;
good to choice, 8gl0c; Valley. 1012c;
Nevada, heavy, 68c; choice light, 9
10c. Fall Free Northern, 88)tfc;
Northern defective, 57e; Southern and
San Joaquin, defective, 34c.
Flour Family extras, $3.25(33.35;
oakera' extras, $3.153.25; superfine,
$2.S52.60. -
Was at There is no change in the
spot situation. Movement on shipping
account is somewhat slow. No. 1 ship
ping wheat, 82a83c, with 85c for
fancy quality: milling wheat, 9095c.
Bablby While business is not lively,
there is yet good tone to the market;
sellers are somewhat firm in their views,
and concessions on asking figures are
not easily obtained. Feed, fair to good,
77M80c; choice, 82J$833c; brewing,
8792c; Chevalier, standard, $1.27),
1.30.
Oats Some slight improvement in
the inquiry ia noted, but there is no
perceptible increase In the volume of
trade. New California coast oats, 773ic
$1.02V,; milling, $1.101.15; sur
prise, $1.151.20; fancy feed, $1,059
1.10; good to choice, 97.c(1.02;
poor to fair. 8592)c; black, nominal;
red, nominal; gray, 95c$1.00.
THE FARM AND GARDEN
Results of Experiments With
Subsoil-Plowing.
GBATIFYIKGIN GE0WI5G FEUIT8
Corn oa lahsoll-Plowed Ground loeaas to .
PeeecH a Special Blemeat of Strength
That Will Demonatrate tha Talaa of
Sab.oll Cultivation.
The following letter, giving the results
of experiments with subeoil-plowlng,
wm recently received by the Secretary
of Agriculture from Peter Yonngers, Jr.,
of Youngers & Co., Geneva, Neb. :
Having practiced subsoil-plowing ex
tensively on our nursery grounds near
Geneva in growing frnit and ornamental
trees with gratifying results, we con
cluded to experiment with grain and
vegetables. -
The ground wu prepared bysabsoil
plowing in the fall of 1892, and the crop
of 1893 consisted of corn and potatoes.,
Corn that year being only a very moder
ate crop in this vicinity (maximum forty
bushels per acre, and the average not
exceeding twenty bushels), we harvested
a crop ol seventy-five bushels per acre
from a strip of ground that bad been
subeoiled. The potato crop wu practi
cally a failure in thia vicinity; the re- .
suit of our experiment wu a good crop
about 125 bushels per acre.
This season (1894) the crop consists of
rye, oats, corn and potatoes. Rye har
vested indicates a yield of thirty-five
bushels per acre, while rye in an adjoin
ing field the same seed, planting and
harvest, bnt not subeoiled will yield
ten bushels per acre.
Oats on land subsoil-plowed in fall of
1893 will yield forty to forty-five bushels
per acre ;oats on land subsoil-plowed in
fall of 1892 will yield thirty to thirty
five bushels per acre; oata on land ad
joining nnder ordinary cultivation will
yield ten to fifteen bushels per acre (the
average crop under tbe adverse condi
tions that prevailed), in each instance
the seed, soil and planting being the)
same.
The superiority of subsoil cultivation
is especially conspicuous in the length ol
straw and stand on the ground.
Tbe results ol experiments with this
year's corn and potatoes cannot at this
time be determined. With a continua
tion of the present favorable conditions
we will have the largest yield of corn we)
have ever had. Even nnder theee favor
able conditions the corn on subsoil
plowed ground seems to possess a special
element of strength that will in all prob
ability exert its influence in demonstrat
ing the value of subsoil cultivation.
POULTBT BOTES.
Remember to keen the drinking i
eels supplied with water.
A small stock well cared for will pay
more dollars than a large one neglected.
Market your eggs wben fresh and yoa
will establish a reputation that brings
money.
Don't feed surplus cockerels till they
become "old roosters." It takes corn
and cats the price to do it. .
Some who supply customers regularly
with fresh eggs use a rubber stamp to
mark on each egg the date on whicn it
wu laid. "
Gather the eggs daily store in a cool,
dry place, and find u far as possible pri
vate customers that will take eggs weekly
or oltener.
When shipping poultry long distances
supply the coops with com and water.
Do not mix a lot of meal and compel the
eating of soar staff.
The bog hu been called the mortgage
raiser. Have yoa ever tried to see what
a few hens well cared for will do toward
preventing a mortgage?
Many Colorado poultry fanciers are
using extract of logwood as a preven
tive of cholera. Put enough in tha
drinking water, once a week, to redden
it the leut bit.
Freeh eggs are always wanted and
they are aa hard to get in summer u in
winter, and we are Inclined to think
harder, for eggs so soon become stale in
warm weather. 1 - ,
We hold that no farm is properly
stocked unless it hu at leut a small
flock of fowls that are not half roosters,
and that no farm ia properly managed
if the hens are not taken care oi regu
larly. ' .r-vt rv..- ,.:.;.....
If you have old hens that are to be
disposed of this fall, it will pay to sell
u aoon as wey quit layine. urain is
money these days, and fed to fat hens
that are not laying, it will bring no pay
ing returns.
BRAJ TO. WHIAT.
Tha Besalta at a Teat la Which They
Were Comnaroel. . j . '
In view of the very low price of wheat
and the probable doubt in which many
farmers find themselves as to whether
to sell or feed their wheat, the results of
a test I made lut winter in which bran
and wheat were compared may be of
interest. '
On February 15 two lots of ewes with
lambs averaging five weeks old were)
selected, making the lota u similar aa
possible. Each lot contained nine lambs
and their mothers. - They were confined
in stalls, given what mixed bay they
would eat, and were watered from pails. ,
For their grain ration one lot wu given
half corn and half bran by weight, the
other half wheat and half corn. The
lambs were fed by themselves twice a
day what they would eat up clean ot the
same ration. The bran-fed lot weighed
at thia date 173 pounds and on March
13 220 pounds, a gain of 46)4, Those
fed on wheat weighed at the beginning
of the experiment ISSH and at the close
229, a gain ol 61)tf pounds.
Dropping ont of ace ?t one from each
lot that made very li t gain, owing to
the fact that their mothers were very
poor sucklers, those fed on bras made
an average gain of 6 pounds 10 ounces:
those fed on wheat, an average sain of
7 pounds S ounces. So far as this ex
periment goes it shows wheat to be tits
cheaper feed at tbe present relative
prices, 42 cents per bushel and 79 cents
per hundred. Wo trouble aroe front
constipation among tha wheat-led !ib
as was feared.