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Newspaper Page TextE OREGON nn VOL. 12. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1895. NO. 16. nn PACIFIC NORTHWEST, Condensed Telegraphic Re ports of Late Events. BUIKF Nl'ARKS FttOM THE WIRES budget of New For Keay Dlge.tloa Prom Mflereut Parts of til State of Wash ington, Oregon and Idaho Items of Interest to Peeltte Ooo.t People. The Homer oarrio 400 to 000 ton of Cw bay ooal evory trip from Marsh Mold to Han Francisco. Robert Honker, representing tho cred itor of the Townsend ga work, Port Townsend, Wash., ha purchased the plant for $38,000. Whatcom, Wash., i likely to vote mm ou the question of validating $44, 000 funding bond. An orilluuuoe hiut botn ordered drawn. Spokane comity' bonded debt 1 $483,000; floating debt, $100,281. Un collected taxo bring the ut total down to 338,008.61. At Garfield, Wash., thoy am arrest ing boy for jumping on train. They swarm about the yard to Imminent clangor of life and limb. Dr. Blahxik. tho Walla Walla, Wash., nomologist, haa 8110 aorva in oro hard, with 677,000 fruit true. Nearly all are in bearing. ... ... Si- 1 . 1... micrmnu county, vr., u yni uj,w hi ut i tuxe for 1805, and in proud that it haa yut to le found delinquent for either principal or iutoruL The Bonanza mine haa just noiit a clean up of $S,500 to Baker City, Or. The total for March la $7,600. More and richer ore than over in in sight Tlio Blowott niinna and mill tn the Pcshastin district have been leased by former employe of tho mining com pany, and will be atartud up about May 1. V The youth of Pall, Or., especially thoae at the academy, are cry ing eagerly for a gymnasium. There la aome proa poet of one being built by aubseriptiou among the townspeople. General Manager MoBride, of the Everett & Monte Cristo railway, haa lawn promoted to the u)Hiriutndency of the Duluth, Mla & Northern rail way by the Rockefeller interest. Tanoma haa reduced the expense of her city government by nearly 80 per cent in tho last two year. Tho month ly billa for February, 1898, wore $83, 4Ufl.a. For February, 1895, tho total wa $1,700.7. Tho reform wave, tliough belated, haa atruck Port Augelea, Wash. The last quarter' expense aggregate $1, 610, against $7,291 laat year. A year ly Having of $7,000 on aalariea haa lxM put Into effect. Tho town of North Harbor in Choha lia oounty, Wash., haa been vacated by tho commissioner. Though a lot waa never aold in tho town ita assessment haa heretofore required fifty -aoven page of tho assossmnot roll. Tho building record at North Yak ima. Wash., Indioatea proaperity. Four line-cut aandstnno bnsinos block aro in course of ooustrootiou, and ar raugnmenta aro completed for tho ereo tiou of new brick block. Hitherto Grant county. Wash., wool have Ihjou aold to Eaatorn oonaumera, largely mixed with California ahort staple. ThUyeara large amount of them will doubtlea bo aent to Pendle ton and scoured, and aold aa "Uraut county wool." An ofilcial letter from the office of the supreme master workman of the A. (j, U. W., to Moro lodge No. 84, of that order, requesting assistance for 4, 000 destitute brethren in Nebraaka, mot with prompt raHjxmaoa from tho brotherhood in Sherman oouuty. M. 3 Clump, tho defaulting ex treasurer of Clallam oouuty, Wash., haa been recognized on tho atreeta of Hono lulu by J. J. Hyrnea, of Port Angoloa, Wash. Sheriff Dyko haa written to the authorise there, but it ia doubtful if Clump can be held, aa tho treaty be tween the United State and the Hawa iian inland, which would guern the capture and return of eacaped prison er from thia oountry, haa not yet be noma operative Oliver Johnson, a Port Townsend, Waah., rwatanrant-keeper, went to aloop on tho night of November 11, and when he awoke hi eyesight waa gone. The caao attracted oonaiderablo attention at tho time, and the unfortu nate man waa aent to the asylum at Stollaooom, Waah. Thursday night, after entering his room his eyesight waa aa audrtenly and mysteriously re stored, and ho is now able to see as well as ever. The Indians on tho Umatilla reserve attribute the heavy windstorm of Mon day to the death of old Dr. Jo, the medicineman, who passed away to the happy hunting grounds. Although generally thought to have advanced be yond tho stage of such superstitions, tho Indiana still cling to crude ideas, and may bo easily inspired with awe when observing some phenomenon of nature. ' . ; A week ago U. Stinsou aold 1,000 acres of land near Huohomish, Wash., to tho agent of a Holland colony. The agent aaid that he tntounea w purviiuj 0,000 10,000 acres moro.if he could find what suited him. It is tho intention to loeato a colony of Hollanders on this land. It will, be aold to them in twenty- five-acre tracts. ' Tho Hollanders have money and oan afford to wait while they clear tho land. They are a thrifty nnnnln. and will ' add ". oreatlv to the wealth of Snohomish oounty when they MATTERS OF LABOR. ltoport Mado to tho Masaatihuaatta Log I. latum About tho iouth. Boston, Mass., April 7. The Ololw saya that, from what oan bo picked np from tho gossip around the statehouse, It appear that the labor section of the report of tho committee on mercantile affairs, on its trip Houth, to find out why the mill of Massachusetts wish to go Bouth, i one upon which there is a wide difference of opinion among the various member. Tho report will aay that, at present, there are no sign of a wholesale removal of Massachusetts mills Bouth, as there are moro spin dle in Massachusetts today than In the past. But tho committee claim to have found that, in spite of the appar ent prosperity in Massachusetts among tho ootton mills a large amount of Mas sachusetts money has been aent Bouth; that there Is nothing in the charters of tho new corporations formed under Massachusetts law that will prevent them from organizing in Massachusetts and going Bouth. Reference i also mado to tho faot that there la at pros en t nothing to prevent the cotton cor poration of Massachusetts from put ting all tho money they want in South ern mills. The report will prove that ootton manufacturing in the Bouth la not a uew industry, but that, since 1802, there have sprung up in that section condition favorable to Massachusetts capitalists. In substantiation of this there will appear a long array of fig ures, which will give some surprising results. The report will not speak hopefully of the scheme of establishing mill near ootton field or near coal mine, a ohuapnoss will be equalised by expenses in another direction. The report will give tho following seven distinct cause which aro attracting tho ootton Industrie of New England to the Bouth: Nearness to ootton fields; cheap tene ments; cheap ooal; mild olimate; low taxes; abundant water power, and ab sence of restrictive labor law. It i npon the labor question, whloh really is tho moat important part of the report, that the division of the oommit tee i really tho greatest, aa the report advise national legislation in the hour of labor for women and children, and aak that the commonwealth take ate toward securing such legislation. SON AGAINST FATHER. Nature of Iho Charge. Mado hf Kudolph Srrkl... Ban Francisco, April 8. Rudolph Spreckels, the youngest sou of Clans Hprockle. haa sprung tho latest sensa tion in tho family altercation. In the course of the trial of his injunction snit against tho Nevada bank, Kudolph Hprockle' attorney handed in an affi davit full of ngly charges against his father. Rudolph ha signed the docu ment and duly acknowledged it before au attorney. Ita purport is to charge Clau Hprockle with endeavoring to in jure tho credit of his two younger sons to prevent them from paying tho in debtedness of U. A. Bprecklea to hi father. In the event of tho obligation not being met, certain securities in the Nevada bank, turned over to guaran tee payment, would become tho prop erty of Clau Bprecklea. Rudolph in his affidavit donio the charge made by the bank that ho aided or abetted the Hawaiian revolution. Ho also charged that tho Nevada bank is not a bona fldo purchaser of the stock, but i try ing to assist Clans Bprecklea in tho performance of a threat publicly made that ho would yet ruin and destroy Ru dolph and break with him. The affi davit also allege that Claua Bprecklea 1 trying hard to injure tho crodit of Rudolph and prevent tho payment of tho debt of C. A. Sprocklea when it fall duo. Tho case will go on tomor row. appeal to California for Rood. Nun Francisco. Anril 8. The drought-stricken district of Nebraska have sent in an appeal to caurornia fnr Mtfutnrinoloallv barlcv and oats. This appeal com us to the state board of trade, ajid yesterday secretary r ictcner held a consultation with William H. Mills a tn what would be the best course to pursue. It was determined to make an appeal to the farmers 01 wis utu tit nld thttir anffnriinr brethren in Nebraska, and a circular will bo pre pared and sent out to an uie paper in tho liit.irl.ir ajilcinir the oo-ODeration of everyone interested. Tho plan proposed i to have evory farmer give wnat no feels he oan spare, no matter if it be one sack or a carload. Arrangement will be made to receive and store this grain at some point in thia city until all that can bo secured 1 in hand, when it will bo forwardod to it destination. England Preparlua; for an Km.rgnnoy, New York, April 4.- Tho Herald's Panama special say; t'Thn Ttrittah cruiser Roval Arthur with Admiral Stephenson, arrived this morning from Callao. From oue oi nor officers I loarned that landing parties are being organised, and wero drilled during the voyage. The offloer said the objoctlvo point waa Corlnto, Nloragua, where it was likely she would laud men if Great Britain' olaim against Nica ragua for the expulsion of Consular Agent Hatch were not satisfied. The Royal Arthur await further insructions from tho British admiralty before pro ceeding to Nicaragua. " Powdorly Suing Knight, of Labor. Philadelphia, April 6. The ranks of the Kuighta of Labor have been thrown into commotion by tho suit brought by cx-Gcneral Master Workman Powdorly I to rocovcr $4,600 arrears oi aamry. i Tho case waa called boforo Judgo Pen nypackor, but, throngh tho absenoe of U.w....f.ki.it1'i.nuuiirir .1. W. XIHVHH. HO lOTmmtj .ul-'" ' . important witness, it was adjourned to tha mot tnmi. The case has become a J factional fight, and for tho first time tha uwrAt nrraira oi tne oraer win uv PREPARING FOR FIGHT Spaniards Organizing Troops by Commands. BEING SENT TO THE EASTWARD Mobilising; In Santiago do Cuba Pre paratory to Grand Hunt fur the Insurgents, Havana, April 8. At daybreak this morning a battalion of Spanish troops marched out from the fortress of Oa bana, which lies westward on the hills above Moro castle. They were led to the railway from which train travel south across tho island to Battabauno. It is from that port that the government troops are being forwarded to the east ern district of Cuba, and when the battalion en route today shall have reached Santiago do Cuba all the troops newly arrived from Spain will have been mobilized at that point When all are there there will be a grand re view, and then the hunt for the insur gent will begin. Meanwhile the or ganizution of the troops by command i being effected. There will be two grand divisions, and two brigade in each division. The forces will number something liko 4,000 men. At the palace of the governor-general the writer was informed that when all tho troops that are now expected to come from Spain shall have arrived there will be available against the re bellion about 83,000 men. This num ber cover troop already arrived here, the standing army of Cuba and all vol unteer and guerrilla. The last named aro not the guerrilla familiar in the states, but are separate oum panics en listed for a definite time and purpose. Regular officer and men aro to bo as signed among these troops to drill and lead them in battle. Those officers re oeive for this service $30 per mouth and the men receive $36. While awaiting the arrival of the troop leaving here today the forces now in the disturbed-districts began search ing in the chapparal for insurgents. An interesting bit of new comes from Santiago do Cuba. A correspond ent, writing under date of March 86, state that he ha been looking into the Alliauca affair, and he makes the state ment that the Alliauca waa bailed, and displayed tho American flag, and not that of England, as reported by the commander of the Condo de Venadito. Saturday last the government here freely announced that the rebel chief, Macon, had sailed from Costa Rica on the Atlas line steamer Dieronback, and that he had not arrived on the soil of Cuba. Tho same eveuing there was in formation in Havana that Maceo had effoctcd a landing and i now on Cuban soil among hi followers. The land line of telegraph westward of the island aro in wretched ooudition. The government frankly stated that there ia serious interruption. There is communication along the coast by cable, but land lines, which have never been much needed in peace, are now vital, and are to bo fixed up. The lines are said to be strung on tree wherever pos sible and tho necks of beer and other bottles have been used as insulators. There aro those who believe the Spanish government haa paid sums that were supposed to properly maintain these lines. The autonomistio party here favor such a relation of Cuba to Spain a i sustained by England toward her oolonies., Independence is not desired. A mooting of the party was hold yester day to deplore tho rebellion and offer aid to Spain. The same action has been taken by the autonomists of Puerto Rico. The resolutions embody ing these view have been forwarded to Rafael Maria de Labra, the Cuban leader of the party in Spain. THE CHINESE SMUGGLERS. Records of ton Franelseo Ca.lom House Have Been PaUlfled. San Franoisoo, April 8. Customs Collector Wise has discovered the work of some traitor in his camp. He learn ed today that some oue in the custom house has boon falsifying records there in order to facilitate tho smuggling of Chinese. A few weeks ago a Chinaman arrived hero, presented his registration paper, which appeared to bo all right. and waa admitted witnouc raucn ques tioning. The other day another Chi nese appeared and sought admission on a oertificte bearing the same. name, in vestigation proved that the seoond Chinaman was the one entitled to land, and that the first one had been smug gled in. The Chinese first landed was apprehended, and i now nuder arrest A close inspection of the custom-house records shows that tho photograph of the original Chinese had been taken from the book, and that of the Chinese who fraudulently landed entered substi tuted. The certificate was completely changed. No arrest have been made. The Alaskan Boundary Survey. Sun Francisco. Anril 8. The United stiifj atnamshin Patterson is now being fitted out hero for a trip to Alaska with a party of surveyors, who win wont on tVin honndarv lines dnrinir the summer. The harbors about Bitka will also be sounded, and a map mado of their flnd inirs. The party will be engaged up north for three years. A big supply of ooal will bo taken on at rugot souna, and a steam launenwiu ue toweaaiong in order to work in shallow inlets suc cessfully. Tho first surveying will be done in Portland inlet, t his is where the boundary line begins, and much dis nntn has arisen of lute over this uoint between the united Btatos ana Britisn A marina, noth countries' limits seem to overlap each other, and it will be the duty of Captain Morse to solva this problem for the government GENEROUS OFFER. Edward Grouley's Kofloetlag Tele.oope Offered to Lick Observatory, San Jose, Cal., April 6. The di rector of the Lick observatory today received a telegram announcing that tho Hon. Edward Crossley, lately a member of parliament for Halifax, Eng land, proposes to present to the Lick observatory his great three-foot reflect ing telescope with it dome and all ap paratus ooinplete. Mr. Crossley, him self an enthusiastic amateur astrono mer, will attach no conditions to his gift, except that his telescope, when set up at Mount Hamilton, shall be called the Crossley reflector, and that tho expenses of transporting tho instru ment and dome from England to Cali fornia shall be borne by Americans. The splendid instrument which Mr. Crossley offers is well known to astron omers. It was mado by Mr. A. A. Common, of London, and for the mag nificent photographs with it Mr. Com mon received the gold medal of the Royal Astronomical Society. It was then purchased by Mr. Crossley and sot up in his private observatory at Hali fax, England, along with other instru ments. An experience in astronomy haa shown Mr. Crossley that the climate of England i not good enough to do justice with this great telescope, and he therefore determined to present it to an observatory which was favora bly situated, where it could be used to the fullest advantage. It is a compli ment to the Lick observatory that Mr. Crossley has selected it to receive his gift, and it is a practical recognition of the fact that California is the ideal climate for making astronomical ob servations, as has been fully shown by the experience of tho past years. The addition of thia great reflector to the equipment of tho Lick observa tory, which already possesses the great three-foot refractor, makes tho instru mental outfit of Mount Hamilton de cidedly superior to that of any observ atory now existing. The refractor is eminently suitable for certain kinds of work, and there are other kinds in which the reflector possesses distinct advantages. As tho Lick observatory will soon have a great telescope of each kind established in a most favorable situation, it will be admirably fitted in tho future for every kind of astronomi cal work. It may be mentioned that the origi nal plan of tho Lick observatory con templated the installation of a great reflector a well as a great refractor. It was found that the funds left by Mr. Lick wero not adequate to provide both these instruments, and the plan for making tho reflector was reluctantly abandoned. Tho splendid gift of Mr. Crossley come to complete the equip ment of the observatory in a most satis factory manner. The oost of dismounting the reflec tor and dome in England, of transport ing them to California (only the more important parts of the framework of the dome will be required here), and of erecting the complete apparatus at Mount Hamilton, will be about $5,000. This sum must be raised by subscription in America before Mr. Crossley's gen erous offer can be definitely accepted. THE OUTLOOK GOOD. Prominent Bn.lne.. Men Say Times Will Further Improve. Baltimore, April 6. The Manufac turers' Record is in receipt of, and will publish in this week's number, letters from representative business men in all parts of the country on the pros pects of a general business improve ment Among the number quoted are C. P. Huntington, John H. Inman and Abraham 8. Hewitt, of New York; M. Ingalls, of Cincinnatti; Hon. Edward Atkinson, of Boston; and Thomas Booth, of St Louis. The majority of viows while of a conservative tone, are to the effect that business from this time on will gradually but steadily im prove. The iron and steel manufactur ers and merchants report a decided in crease in the demand for their products. Traffic has increased on railroad lines, and the bankers state that investors are showing more confidence in different sections especially the South. , Thomas Booth.presideut of the mer chants' exchange of St Louis, which represent the business sentiment of the Mississippi valley stated that "The Improvement which started tho first month of tho year ha been empha sied." President Ingalls, of the- Chesapeake & Ohio railway, declares that "inland oommeroe will improve from now on. " JAPAN'S ACTIVITY UNABATED. Her Troops Bepuried to Be Marching Upon Takow. . London, April 6. The Times corre spondent in Simonosaki sends this dis patch under date of March 81: "Military activity in japan nas not abated. Five transports with infantry and cavalry were hurried away yester day before the armistice was pro claimed. The conditions arranged in dicate tho desires of China to save Pe king at any oost Simonosaki ia filled with police to protect the Chinese en voys." From Hong Kong the Tunes has this dispatch, under today's date: "Tho Chinese are fleeing rrom ewutn Formosa to the mainland and Hong Kong. The Japanese are reported to bo marching upon Takow. The Chi nese army in North Formosa is about 8,000; of this force 6,000 are splendid troops, woll armed. The remainder are raw recruits, even many beggars. Fighting is imminent The foreigners are believed to be safe. Vigorous meas ures have been taken in Swatow and Canton to resist the measures of the invaders. Booms have been placed across the Canton river and torpedoes have boon plaoed in Swatow. harbor." WILL NEVER SUBMIT Venezuela Will, if Necessary, Resort to Force. MOST ASYTHISO BUT DISHONOR The People Keady to See Their Home, and Their Cities Ue.olated and I.ald In A. he.. Washington, April 7. It is stated by persons in a position to speak with authority that as soon as Venezuela is convinced that Great Britain has final ly decided not to arbitrate or settle the boundary dispute, as suggested by the United States through Ambassador Bay ard, the Southern rejmblic will regret fully but resolutely resort to what she regards as her only course a resort to force. It is declared that her people are ready to see their homes and their cities desolated and laid in ashes rather than submit to what they regard as national dishonor. It is said that the contention with Great Britain is not so much one of territory as one of senti ment. Bo firmly impressed have the pooplo become with this that the opin ion is expressed that they would rather see the country go out of existence than pass into practical control of foreign hands. A strong feeling exists in the Venezuelan government that the United States will not stand idly by if a resort to force is made. It is understood that the position of Great Britain in declining the sugges tion of the United States for the set tlement of the trouble is substantially as follows: First Great Britain takes the posi tion that the question of arbitration was once before proposed by Venezuela. At that time the foreign office gave the subject careful attention and sub mitted a reply embodying a proposition to arbitrate certain definite subjects of controversy. To this proposition Vene zuela has never made a reply, either ac cepting or rejecting the proposed basis of arbitration. Under the circum stance it is not desirable to proceed to a second proposal of arbitration while the first remains unanswered. Second In any event, there are cer tain portions of that territory to which Venezuela lays claims, which under no circumstances will be mado the subject of arbitration, as they are recognized portions of the British domain, and are not therefore subjects on which the aid of arbitration could be invoked. Third The subject matter is one be tween Great Britain and Venezuela, so t))at the good offices of the United States are not regarded as essential to a settlement, for it ia not understood that the United States has assumed' a pro tectorate over Venezuela or her interest more than that of a friendly governent THE WOMAN'S TEMPLE. Generon. Offer of Marshall Field to Pay Its Debt. Chicago, April 7. A generouB offer of Marshall Field to the Woman's Christian Temperance Union is an nounced. Mr. Field promises $25,000, with the proviso that $275,000 more be raised by January 1, 1896. It is in tended that this total sum be applied on the debt overhanging the Woman's Temple. The building of the Woman's Tem ple is the greatest financial enterprise in which a coterie of women have en gaged. It was erected from money se cured by the sale of stocks and bonds. The association was capitalized for $600,000 and bonded for an equal amount The building oost $1,265, 000, leaving a floating debt of $650,000. The trustees of the temple who dis perse the gift fund have purchased over $300,000 of the stock, which gives them the controlling interest in the building. When the entire stock is owned by them and the bonded debt liquidated the property will be dedi cated to the National Woman's Chris tian Temperance Union. One-half of the inoome will go to the national so- piety and one-half to the states, in pro cortion to the amount each state has paid toward the building find. The time has eome when the union wants to make the Woman's temple its own in fact - . Lady Henry Somerset wrote to Mr. Field, saying that any financial failure in Chicago would bo disastrous to tem perance work all over the world. In a few days Mr. Field responded with his offer, and plans are already perfected to secure the desired amount Mr. C. H. MoCormack subscribed $10,000 and several smaller sums have been added. Ore a Dollar a Pound. San Diego, Cal., April 8. A corre spondent at the Rice mining camp at Warner thinks that the Rico brothers have the richest mine in this county. Their claims are the Bertha and Daisy, and it is estimated that the ten tons of flno ore out will pay $1 a pound. The brothers brought down twenty-five pounds of it, and in one day beat out $30 worth of gold. A San Diego capi talist was np to look at the mines and bargained for them, but he has not yet returned. The other mines in the camp have not amounted to much so far. The Southern PaclBo Kleotlon. San Franoisoo, April 6. The new board of directors of the Southern Pa ciflo Railroad Company met today to elect officers for the coming year. ' C P. Huntington was re-elected by a unanimous vote, aud subordinate offi cers re-elected. In every case the elec tion was by a unanimous vote. The Washington county grand jury finds the county jail "enirely unfit and inadequate for the needs of this oounty. We deem it entirely unsafe for the keeping of criminals or prisoners of any kind, and so constructed as to be a veritable man trap in case of fire. DEATH OF HEILBRON. The Editor of the Po.t-Intelllgencer I. Stricken by Appoplexy, Seattle, April 8. George H. Hcil bron, part owner and editor of the Post Intelligencer and manager of the Guar antee Loan and Trusts Company, was found dead in the bathroom of his resi dence at 9 o'clock thi morning. Mr. Hcilbron arose about 8 o'clock, in or der to attend a meeting of the directors of the Guarantee Company, which was to be held in the morning. He took the morning paper and entered the bath room as was his custom. After pre? paring breakfast and waiting some little time for Mr. Heilbron to appear, the servant knocked at the door, and ob taining no response, entered the bath room. She found Mr. Heilbron dead. A physician was summoned, who said that death was due to apoplexy. This was confirmd by the autopsy subse quently held. Mr. Heilbron was a native of Boston and 35 years of age. He was a gradu ate of Harvard, and practiced law for a while in Boston. He came to Seattle early in 1887, and, after practicing law for three months, he, with L. 8. J. Hunt and others, organized the Guar antee Loan and Trust Company, of which he was secretary and then man ager. The latter position he held at the time of his death. He was an ar dent Republican, and was recognized as one of the leader of that party in this state. He was married in Janu ary, 1886, to Miss Adelaide E. Piper, of Boston. His family consists of two children, a boy and a girl. It is reported that Mr. Heilbron had $147,000 insurance on his life. He had four policies, aggregating $100,000, in the Mutual Life of New York, $40,000 in the Equitable Life and $7,000 in secret societies chiefly in the Royal Arcanum. His estate u supposed to be worth from $50,000 to $0,000, and his business affairs were in good shape. THE NICARAGUA. CANAL. Work Upon the Survey to Be Com menced a. Soon a Poa.lble. Washington, April 6. It is expected the Nicaragua canal commission will start for Nicaragua within two weeks, as it is realized the time at its disposal ia short when the work to be done is considered. Major Ludlow probably will be president of the commission by virtue of his brevet rank of colonel. He is in London on duty as a military attache of the American embassy, and it is believed his acquaintance with the British view of the canal project will be of value to the commission. He will be instructed by cable to take the first steamer to the United States and come to Washington. The com mission will prepare an outline of its plans and operations, then go to New York, a thorough examination will be made of the details for the survey of the canal, with the purpose of saving time and work in the field. Returning to Washington the commission will re cieve formal instructions from the sec retary of state, then proceed to Mobile and sail on the United States steamer Montgomery for Greytown, at the east ern terminus of the canaL The season will not be well suited to field work, as there is always an abun dance of rain to be expected in the sum mer months, and the party will have to rough it principally on the east side, where swamp jungles are impassable on horse back, and there are no roads. The canal company, however, is doing what it can to facilitate the labors of the commission, and has already sent orders to Greytown to put laborers at work chopping away tho jungle from the canal route. It is believed with average weather the commission can complete the route to Nicaragua in about two months, and be back in the United States ready to begin the com pilation of its report which must be ready by next September. : ' A FLOATING THEATER. The Float Whloh Will Carry It Ha. Been Launehed at Boston. Boston, April 6. There was a novel kind of a ship launch at East Boston this afternoon the launching of the floating Palace Amusement CmupftJVi Tbis is very latest thing in the aters, and Manager Laakey, who has the affair in charge, is confident that it will be a success. It is certainly unique, as the only things which ap proach it are the London Music halls, which are moved along the docks, or the old fiatboat theaters of the Mississippi river. The theater will be anchored off the Marine pier, South Boston, for part of the summer season and will also go to bar harbor, Coney Island and other summer resorts. In the winter it may go south. This oan easily be done, for the float is broad and flat, and will tow easily. It is built a good deal like a lighter, except that it has a rounded bow, and is very strongly put together. The stage will be at the stern and will be 40x80 feet The main floor of the the ater runs forward to round of the bow, and has an incline of ten feet in its whole length. It is arranged so that the seats can be taken away and the floor raised to a level, giving an ideal dance hall. There will also be a gallery, which will be a little above the deck. The house will rise thirty feet above the deck, giv ing a total height of forty feet for the theater. Under the slope of the floor at the bow are the dressing rooms for the actors. They are fitted with bath rooms and every other accommodation. The first town plat of Goldendalc.; Wash. , was laid in the early 70's. At the general election of 1878 it was de cided to move tho oouuty seat from Rockland to Goldendale, and the change was effected in the spring of 1879. The first courthouse, a frame building, was built by subscription in the same year. ' The town was incorporated by an act of the legislature in 1879. The first city election was held in 1880. ALL OPPOSE ENGLAND Belgium to Support France's Claims in Africa. HAS GERMANY'S SYMPATHY, TOO Strain Between the Two Government., Xe.plte M. Hanotam'a Word., Grow. Moro Intense. London, April 9. According to the latest foreign advices, Belgium, both diplomatically and practically, will support France in her claims in the Upper Nile valley. Tho Belgian Con go state expedition, under Vandker choven, which started in 1893, effected a march toward the Nile, penetrating to a great distance inland. This was all that was generally known of the expedition until very recently, its move ments having been kept dark. Through a report of Commandant Franqui, who was left in charge of the advanced post, which Vandkerchoven established, the fact has been disclosed that a num ber of Belgian forts have been erected in the Upper Nile basin. This is the first authoritative information that the ex pedition had penetrated to the Upper ; Nile that has been made public. Commandant Franqui has made a re-. port to the administration of the Congo state, informing the authorities that the dervishes are menacing his position and urgently requesting that reinforcements be sent him before it shall be too bite. On the strength of this it ia said that King Leopold is projecting another ex pedition, with the ostensible purpose of strengthening the outposts of the former one. It is suspected in the foreign of fice, however, that, under an agree ment with France, concluded in the autumn of 1894, King Leopold will co operate with France in the establish ment of a Franco-Belgian position on the left bank of the npper Nile, before the English can secure a similar posi tion and accurately define their claims. M. Hanotanx, the French minister of foreign affairs, demands that England, as the first step in the pending negoti ations shall define what are supposed to be the boundaries of her sphere of influence. This demand has acted as a check to the policy of the foreign office. The sultan of Turkey holds the suzer ainty of the whole region in question, including the equatorial province formerly governed by Em in Pasha. A section of the cabinet is reported to be in favor of making a decisive declara tion, claiming the whole valley of the Upper Nile to be within the British sphere and denying that the sultan has any rights in the Emin territory. It is believed that M. Hantoaux is willing to refer the matter to arbitration or to conference, but on the other hand, it is suspected that England is afraid to do either, lest the question of her occupa tion of Egypt should become involved. In the meantime, the diplomatic advan tage rests with France, and the strain between the two governments, despite these pacific words of M. Hanotanx, becomes intensified. THEY DIED TOGETHER. Suicide of a Young Conple In m Baa FrancUeo Hotel. San Francisco, April 8. Because they could not gain their mother's con sent to their marriage, Miss Adele Wolf, the handsome daughter of Mrs. Sophia Wolf, of 1305 Leavenworth street, and .Carlo Enrico Reta, a young officer of the Mexican army, died to gether at the Palace hotel today. The people of the hotel knew little about the suicides. After midnight Thursday the young people arrived there and registered as C. E Reta and wife, and were assigned a room on the first floor of the Market street front. This afternoon at 4 o'clock the servant whose duty it is to make up the rooms re ported that she could not open the door, as it was secured on the inside, and that she had knocked and could get no response. The chief elerk and Special Officer Glennon went to the rooms. They also knocked and could get no re sponse, and then forced an entrance. ' The young oonple lay in the bed, and thwc-wa no sign of disturbance in tho room. In ht fold of the coverlet, Jiw -ever, lay a small pistol, and that told the story. Both were dead, shot through the heart On the table Glennon found a scrap of paper. In an unsteady, an gular hand (thought to be the woman's) was written this message: "Don't separate us. We wish to be buried together." TROUBLE WITH INDIANS. Appaches Are Said to Hit. Rebelled at the He.ealoro Indian Agency. , El Paso, Tex. April 6. News haa been received here of serious trouble at the Mescalero Indian agency in New Mexico, 100 miles north of this place. Communication is slow and particulars meager, but the story is as follows: It is reported that the Indians had rebebelled against the authority of Lieutenant Victor E. Stottler, who is endeavoring to compel them to perform some productive labor and partly earn their own living, and that one of them assaulted him with a stone. As the storty goes, he placed the refractory Apache under arrest, and then the In dians made a rush, rescued the prisoner and drove the agent and his employes into a house and looted the agency store. This news comes in a private letter. In addition, several Mexicans who live on the border of the reservation, assert that Lieutenant Stottler is in danger and is running serious risk in remain ing at the agency without the support of troops. Fort Stanton is about thirty miles from the agency, and Stottler may procure aid from the soldiers, if neces sary. Dr. Howard Thompson, of this city, whose father lives at the reserva tion, think that tho danger at the agency has been exaggerated. get to work. , -. . ; . 0om public.