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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1895)
E OREGON rm VOL. 12. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1895. NO. 19. MIS PACIFIC NORTHWEST. Condensed Telegraphic Re ports of Late Events. BRIEF SPARKS FROM THE WIRES H ml get of New For Easy Digestion from All Paris of Oregon, Wash ington and Idaho. Tliu Dalle, Or., ha 8,040 people. Juno 13 in tint ditto of thu (1. A. It. encampment at Hpokanii. , rrairio sonooiiurs, neadofl west, are fiimlllnr sights lu Walla Walla. (.runts, Or., In putting up A $1,200 achoolhouse with money raised by boud issue. Tim present municipal campaign in Spokane in naitl to bo the "hottest" the city ha over known. Whatcom county's (Wash.) floating mint ih 3B1,B18, and mill increasing. Home $ H0.000 i fur road, bridges and ditches. J A stiiutcrlptlon la being taken op at Pendleton, Or., to clear off tlio indebt eduos of tho academy there. Some . 100 wan raised the 11 rut day. Gilliam oouiity, Or., haa completed Iht wnul-amiiiHl statement, ahowlug expenditures fur all purpose of 97,400, The oouutv owe tl 7.(1(18 on warrants. Thu distillery at Grant. Or., ' ahipptid a carload of spirits and alcohol to Hun Francisco last wwk, and have order for two moro carload for next Wdt'k, a mit uou auout ton foot long wan nun. pit. 4ti m lln.n... Iw.1. 1.. ... Ulm ... m ...ir-ui'v wf.'iii, t (.Till,' itionn Sc Hyblorger, at llwaoo, Wash., liiNt Friday. Ton gallons of oil was obtained from the carcass. It. I). Hume offer to furnish the ma terial for a new telephone line from Daudou to Oold Beach, Or., provided the citizen along tlio Hue would give tho pobw and plane them in position. It Ih reported that the old channel in Humbug mining district, Douglu coun ty, Or., which waa so rich in early day, baa boon out again, by a miner named Poole, who him already taken tl.OOO out of it. Tho total amount of taxo for all purpose in Wnwi county, Or., ia a f motion losa thim $80,000 for tho year 1HU4. Although the roll were in the NherllT'a hand only a mouth, $51, 8:1(1.73 of the amount waa oollocted. Tho flnit gold over known to have lawui taken from the Middle fork of the Coquille rlvor wan brought into Marsh fluid, Or., last Monday and Bold to B. C. Lehmauowsky. It waa placer-mined from tlio river bed oppoaite Enchanted prairie. , , A work of practical temperance re form Ih Unit of tho llwaoo, Wash., Li quor Dealers' Ampliation, which haa a standing offer of (20 reward of inform ation loading to tlio arrest and convic tion of any one Milling liquors contrary to the city ordinance. The growing hop crop of tho Apple gate, Or., Hop Company, together with all their horses, fanning implumouta, ttto., worn attached by Sheriff Patter aon, of Jackson county, laat week, to satisfy a claim of Calhoun Bros., of Grant' Pus, of nearly $1,600. Tlio run of fish in Buker'a bay, near the mouth of the Columbia, the laat three day haa been far ahead of that of laat your or the previous year. In fact many of the trap have caught mora HhIi np to thia time than during the whole month of May, 1H04. K. Uoettehor haa atartod 6,000 alieop on a drive from I'oudloton, Or., to tho pasture of Colorado, expecting thein to arrive nt tho destination in tne laii. They wore purchased from Moaara. Car gill, IJohorty & Hale, of Umatilla county, and L. Rhea, Hugh Field and Mr. Ayont, of Hoppner oouuty. At a meeting of the director of the Yakima, Wash., Irrigation Company, (Second Vice-President C. II. Preacott, of tho Northern Paoiflo, was ohoaon president of the irrigation oompany to uixied the late Paul Hohulzo. . J. Maxwell, Mr. ProHootf private score tary, waa elected nonrotary to succeed E. N. Caatillo. Charles H. Squires, a former agent of the Northern Paoiflo Expreaa Com pany, at Seattle, ha sued the oompany for $10,000 damage. Squire was ao dined of complicity in tho Ion of an exproH package containing $3,000, in April, 181)3, and discharged, but no proceeding wow brought agniuHt him that ho might prove hi innocence. The Union Brick work, of Taoonia, ha been awarded tho contract of fur Dialling the Northern Paoiflo railway 2,300,000 brick to oomplote the arch ing of tho great Stampede tunnel in the Cascades. Tho company has boon gradually replacing tho woodwork in tho tunnel with brick for six year punt, and this flnn has supplied 12, 000,000 brick for the work. The Trader' National bank of Spo kauo has sued the town of Colville, Wiwh., upon about $18,000 oity war rant lsmcd in 181)1, together with the interoHt thereon from their date up to the present time. The proceedings are by way of mandamus to compel the oity tmaHurcr to pay those warrants in the order in which thoy wore issued. It i likely that the town will contest the action. A big hotol at the Soap oroek sulphur spring, Benton county, Or., is one of the thing that i in prospect T. 0. Baker, the owner, recently bonded the spring and eighty acres of land for $6, 000 to a Now York man. Tho latter, aooording to the stntemont of Mr. Baker, propones if he oompletes tho purchase to ereot a big summer hotel, and make the springs famous as a sum mer resort. t t , , ; OPPOSED TO UNION. Bui Tbarn lnin to B No (Hilar Voaru for Newfoundland. St. John's, N. P., April 89. Tho result of the confederation conference participated in by the Now Fouiidlaud delegates, jut returned from Ottawa, so far as made public yesterday, in creased tho general fooling of unocr taiuty hero, Apparently the max of tho people are oppoNod to union with Canada, but there i a fueling that uo other course 1 open. The follower of Premier W hi tow ay seem to bo strain trig every nurve to grapple with the situation without submitting the que' tion to a popular decision. The Whito wayito organ, tho Telegram, today published a proposed government re trenchmcnt scheme providing for the abolition of a lot of officer and for re duotlon of salaries. It i estimated that under thu scheme an "unnual sav lug of $1100,00 should be effected. The plan meets with some favor, but much criticism i evoked because it was not proposed before. Tho Whitowayitc also anuouoo a revision of the tariff during tho coming scssioii of the logi laturo. Mumlair of the opposition party in tho legislature accuse them of postponing the legislative session so as to make it impossible for tho people to vote on confederation. A revolt among tne government supporters In the a' noinbly would have taken place but for tho raot that most of the opposition "confederates" would then have joined tho government and have decided the question immediately. Reasoning peo ple and tho middle classe favor con federation, but thu majority of the peo ple show a disinclination toward its adoption. One of the rumors is that tlio government exiocU to secure a loan of $2,000,000 in the United Stutes. THREATENED UPRISING. Mm loan Indian Said to H Prr paring fur th, Waruatn. , Nogalos, Aria,, April 29. The Oasis is in receipt of a special from Miuas Priostas, Hoiiora, conveying the intelli geuoe that there is danger of an upri lug against the Mexican suthorities by the Yaqul Indian in the southorvn part of Honors. The Indians have given the Mexi can government a great deal of trou' bio, but have Ikmiu quiet of late Many of tlioir warriors have gone to work, and are employed as laborers in the mines, on tho railroads and elsewhere. They mako very faithful and efficient workmen, it ia now learned that those men have licon investing all their spare oaah in anus and ammunition of the moat approved patterns, which they have been accumulating for many mouth in the mountain fastnesses of tho tribe. It is believed that they are nearly ready for an uprising, when they will descend upon the settlements along the Yaqui river, and repeat the horrid butcheries that have several times previously been tho experience of the settlers along that river. Thn Changs la th Coinstook- San Francisco, April 21). Mining people in this oity regard tho change m the oontrol of the Comstock Tunnel Company, as stated in tho New York dispatches, of great importance to the Comstock and its surrounding intercuts. Those who am in a position to know say Unit those who have socurod control rcprosout a vast amount of capital in this country and in Europe, and that thore will be a comploto reorganisation of the tunnel's affairs. The tunnel and its branches will bo in flrst-olas ro pair, and the endeavor of Uio oompany will bo to ntilizo all the resources of tlio Comstock, especially its low-grade ores, on up to date and scicutino pnn clples. II uocessary to assist its pro ject, tho oontrol of many of the mines will bo bought Awaiting Morion's lnT.tltlon. Chicago, April 29. E. J. Martyn, manager for Armour & Co., said yes terday that tho statcmeut of the beef trust in reply to the charge of conspir acy to put up prices would be made whon Secretary Morton announces the results of the investigation now being made by hi inspector at various points. Agitation against the packers in the East has resulted, ho admits, in a sharp falling off in shipments of moat to seaboard cities. Many people have either quit buying beef or have restricted tlioir purchases. Plotting Agalu.t Hawaii. 8au Francisco, April 29. Consul- General C. D. Wilde, of Hawaii, and United States Secret Service Agent Harris have been warned of a conspir acy on foot in this oity to overthrow Uio Hawaiian government by moan oi another revolution. Tho revolutionary combination intended to scud a ship load of arm to Honolulu. Evidence is now being gathered against those im plicated in the plot Colombian Ininrgonts to lis Sout.nred. Panama, April 89. The Star and Herald says the trial by oourt-martial of the revolutionary invaders of Bocas del Toro ha ended with the following result: Sofanor Moro and Manoo Cam pos, loaders, are each sentenced to fif teen years' imprisonment, and four others are condemned to prison for five years. All of tho others tried were acquitted. ' To Convert Japan, London, April 89. A dispatch from Romo says that tho pope ha instructed tho congregation of the propaganda to prepare a now plan for tho conversion of Japan. The pope Hopes to enter into diploinatio relations with tho mi kado, and to establish a new mission. To Work on Full Time. Wilkcsbarre, Pa., April 89. Inoon sequenco of the coal war orders were yosturday issuod to operate all of tho oolloriosof the Lehigh & Wilkeabarre Coal Company on full time. Six thou sand men are affected by this order. JAPAN IS NOT WORRIED Says She Can Make No Con cessions to Russia. WOULD OCCASION A REVOLUTION Altltudo of tho Various Kurop.an row r a Mattor of Absorbing tutor o.t Ja.t Now St. Petersburg, April 27. The Jap anese government, replying to tho note of tho Russian government, intimating that there are various conditions in thu treaty of peace between China and Ja pan that Russia cannot allow to bo put into executon, has informed Russia that if Japan yielded to the cxaotiou of Russia, France and Germany, she would expose herself to a revolution, as the Japanese people are intoxicated with Uio victories and would assent to no concession. In spite of this reply Russia i determined to maintain her demand. Washington, April 27. Japanese official here question the correctness of the St Petersburg cable, giving Ja pan's answer to Russia. It is pointed out that the Japanese government would not make such a confession of weakness as to say a revolution would occur. It is also argued the answer lacks the dig' nity that will characterize such Answer Japan may make. London, April 87. Tho Daily News correspondent in Vienna states that Russia asks Japan to evacuate Cores or grant her an ioe-free harbor. Japan disclaim the right to give away Coruan territory, wnne tne King oi Corea says bis authority would suffer if such thing should be done. Tokio telo grams received in Vienna lately, gays the correspondent, assert that when the mikado and Chinese emperor meet the king of Siain will also be present, and a quadruple alliance of Japan, China, Siam and Corea will be formed. The Central News' oorresponont in Tokio says the Japanese govennent watches with interest the course of the European powers regarding the Si' mouosaki treaty. Ho finds that the Japanese diplomatists are not particu larly apprehensive of tlio outcome. The refusal of England to act in concert with Russia, Germany and France has encouraged the Japanese to believe that no strong single policy can be agreed on by the countries that fool their in terusts in the East are threatened by the terms of tho peace. Germany is thought to be but half-hearted in her oo-oporation with Franco and Russia, if such co-operation ha been assured. Much confidence is felt in the assur ances of good feeling given by Groat Britain and the United States. The last dispatches from St Peters burg are hardly in harmony with the sanguine views held in Tokio. Prince Uchtumoky, who accompanied the pres ent csur in hi tour in the East, has written a long communpation to the Moscow Viedomosti, exploiting the throating features of the situation in the Orient He declares that Russia's intervention is inevitable. It would be criminal neglect, he thinks, if Rns sia were to allow Japan to menace Rus sia s interests in Jtost Asia, as is con templated in the Simonosaki treaty, He expresses the fear that bloodshed will be necessary before Japan's ag grassive spirit can be chocked. He re gards the Japanese as intoxicated with the completeness of their victory, and determined to force upon tho rest of the world a policy which all nation having great interests in East Asia must frustrate by peaceful means, if possible, but otherwise by the sword. In commenting npon these opinions, the Viedomosti says that if England persists in supporting Japan against European powers Russia will retaliate by opening the Pamir question. The Central News' correspondent in Rome say he hears from good author ity that Austria and Italy have decided not to interfere in the East, and will not take part in any European congress oonvoked to revise the terms of peace. A VERDICT FOR HEATH. Awarded Damage Against tho San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, April 87. A jury in the superior court ha rendered a ver diet awarding Richard S. Heath $2,500 lunages in a libel suit against the Ex aminer. Richard S. Heath is the man ho was twice tried at Fresno for Uie alleged murder of Louis MuWhirtcr at that town two years ago, and in both which trials the jury disagreed. Some mouths ago the Examiner pub lished the statement that Heath was in barroom fight in one of the hotels in this city. It appears that the paper was in error, and it corrected the state ment ' It waa for the first publication that Heath brought suit for libel, olaimlng $10,000 damages. A stay of proceedings has been granted ponding an appeal. Imprl.oned Without Trial. Glasgow, April 87. A letter receiv ed from John Gosburg, a native of Russia and a former resident of this place, and an American citizen, says he has been incarcerated in jail in Pinsk, Russia, since October, without trial. They No Longer Had the Power. Washington, April 87. The attor ney-general in answer to an inquiry from the secretary of the navy, has de cided that nominations to tho naval academy made by members of congress after noon of March 4 are of no effect. Paid Its Taxes. Sim Francisco, April 8 8. Tho South ern Faoino (Jompauy wxiay paia its back taxes in full to date, and now owes the state nothing. The amount paid was $736,069, of which $186,820 went to the various counties, and the mt to th itat treasury. NOW WITH ITS MOTHER. After Two Tears Mary K. Kekelbery K. covered Her Danghtor, Seattle, April 87. The arrest of Mrs. Jennie Sizor and Charles Well ington at Pnyallup a month ego for stealing a horse from M. M. Tester, of this oity, has resulted in restoring the pretty blue-eyed girl who accompanied thom to hor mother, who has been vainly trying to recover her for two years. The child's name is Annie Florence Dawson, and her mother is Mary E. Eckelbery, who was granted divorce from her husband, James Hen durson Dawson, at Taooma two years ago and resumed her maiden name. Miss Eokolbory says that after the di voree she foil ill and went to the Fan' nie Paddock hospital at Tocoma. An nie was put in the care of Mrs. Jennie Sizor. After her recovery she went to Mrs. Sizer for the child, but was not allowed to see her, and has since been trying to find her. She next heard that Mrs. Sizor had deserted her hus baud and removed to Puyallup taking tho child with her. Miss Eckelberr came to this city and appealed to the police to send her to the hospital. Po lice Captain Hogle took her to his home an loarned her story. After re- muuiing with the Hogle family for three months she went to work," and once saw Mrs. Sizor here, but could not overtake her. Today Captain Hogle, thinking the child fonnd with the wo man and Wellington was hers, sent for her. A mutual recognition and happy reunion followed. SLIGHTLY IMPROVED. Tho Firs Insurance Situation In Ban Francisco. San Francisco, April 27. The local insurance situation may be said to have improved a little today, for the reason that the leading offices have about all the business at deeply cut rates on their books that they care to have. A number of the agents who represent large companies have come together, and there is a tacit understanding that they will refuse such risks for a time, and enable the weaker concerns to overload themselves with it The moral effect of such action is already beneficent, although the insurance sit nation is anything but favorable or even hopeful one. Nearly everywhere in this state local boards of underwrit ers are being organized. Ll.eatook Inspector at San Diego. San Diego, CaL, April 26. John J. Jenkins, a representative of the argi cultural department at Washington, has arrived here to act as government livestock inspector for this port of entry, which of course includes the entire jurisdiction of this customs district Under the law of February 15, 1895, no livestock, and especially cattle, will be allowed to enter from any foreign country without a certifi cate of health from an inspector. Mr. Jenkins will especially devote attention to the shipments now being made from Lower California to the United States. The law is intended to suppress fever. To Examine tho Nloaraguan Canal. Washington, April 27. The Nicar- aguan canal engineering board organ ized this morning at the war depart ment No officer were elected, as Colonel Ludlow, it is understood, will act as chairman and disbursing officer. The board will arrange to go to New York to examine the plans, and hopes to leave for the isthmus next week. Application will be made for the at taching to the commission of a naval Burgeon. Chicago Japanese Celebrated. Chicago, April 27. A mixed gather ing of 250 people occupied the principal Japanese store in Chicago tonight to assist the small Japanese colony to cel ebrate the victory over China and the consummation of peace. A. Fuku shima spoke in English on "Japan and Hor Civilization." H. T. Tetsuka delivered an oration in his native tongue, on "Peace." Mayor Swift spoke briefly, and an elaborate lunch was sorved. Cbloago'e Beef Famlno Sertona. Chicago, April 26. The high price of meats, and especially beef, has re sulted in the dosing of a large number of butcher shops and restaurants in this city, and especially in the working-class residence districts on the West Side. Many other tradesmen in the same lines of business are simply hanging on by their teeth in the hope of a tumble in the meat market , Britain Ignores Salvadoran Interference Paris, April 26. The Salvadoran agent here states he haa failed to ob tain from the British government any modification of the ultimatum sent to Nicaragua. The matter was confided to him to secure that result, he says, but he was not authorised to offer a compromise. Another Bank President In Prison. San Jose, Cal., April 86. H. M. Leonard, president of the Santa Clara bank, which he was oharged with wrecking, was taken to Folsoin today. He was convicted of falsifying the bank reoords, and sentenoed to Folsoin for three years. There are nine other charges against him, whioh have never been taken up. He was convicted after desperate legal battle. The Insurgents Again Defeated. Madrid, April 26. The government has received an official dispatch from Havana confirming the announcement that General Bosch had defeated the insurgents near Guayabela, killing ten, wounding many and capturing a quantity of arms and ammunition. Live Chinese Shipped In Collins Montreal, April 25. The United States customs officers have unearthed gang of smugglers who shipped Chi nese across tne Doraer to Vanoeboro, Me., in perforated eoffins, from St John, N. B. IS NOT A HAPPY SHIP The Cruiser Olympia Dubbed "The White Slaver." THE II EN DESERTINO IN SQUADS A Manifesto to the Public, Indicating Insubordination, Said to Bat. Been dent bjr tho Crew San Diego, April 86. The actual reason for the cruiser not entering San Diego bay is thought to have been learned today. The captain is said to fear that if he comes inside he will not have men enough left to navigate his ship. The men are said to be deserting in squads whenever possible, and have dubbed the new cruiser "The White Slaver." The following address to the public was brought ashore and given to the San Diego papers for publication today: "We, the crew of the Olympia, would like to give the citizens of San Diego and the United States in general an idea of how the 'Queen of the Pa' ciflo' is managed by her executive staff of officers. The good people of the United States will wonder why so many men desert from their protector, and it is no more than just to explain to them and at the same time exonerate to some degree the conduct of the crew by giv ing some very good reasons. "In the first place, we don t get half enough to eat Fancy lying ten or fir teen days in an American port and liv ing on hard-tack and 'dandy-funk,' or oracker hash, a mixture consisting of hard-tack mashed in water, with a few onions if yon are lucky enough to have hem stuck in the oven and serv ed while hot, a la de Olympia. In al most all men-of-war in the United States navy men are allowed to put in $2 or $3 of their wages to buy a few luxuries for their mess in the shape of potatoes, the backbone of a workman's diet; a little fresh meat while in port, or some canned goods to take to sea; but with us no. Our noble skipper and our kindhearted executive lie back on their luxurious divans and smoke and eat and drink, while we 'common' sailors, that helped to put them where they are, are no better than a dog in the street in their estimation and must eat salt horse and hard-tack without a murmur. We would be unfit to be protectors of American rights if we did not stick up for our own. One would think in talking to him that Lieutenant E. W. Sturdy was the best man that ever lived; but 'justice,' the emblem of America, is as foreign to him as fresh meat is scarce to us. When some of our men went up and respectfully asked permission to buy provisions in this port, he positively refused, and put one of the men on the report for being too importunate, claiming he was disrespectful. Another illustation to show his nature is tie following: One day the smallest boy in the ship was his messenger. He happened to be absent for a few minutes, and when he returned Mr. Sturdy asked the boy where he had been, and upon being answered, said: " 'Well, damn ltl I don't want you to leave here again. Tou are to follow me like a little dog. Tou understand? Like a little dog.' And he repeated it again, as if it gave him infinite satis faction. - "We make no threats, but we need nutriment to enable us to do our work. So we look to the newspapers, the peo ple's friends, to uphold us and call to the attention of the publio some of the grievances which we have that they know so little about" The petition continues in the same vein and finally concludes as follows: "We would be very glad to show any visitors about our ship, but are forbid den to touch the guns unless an officer is with us, and the smallest apprentice boy on the ship can explain the gun to one of the officers and tell him things that he doesn't know. As for the cap tain, J. J. Reed, he is but a useless or nament Altogether, the harmony so essential to a seagoing ship is lacking, and a visitor can almost notice it on orossing the gangway. The ship has already received the appellation of the 'White Slaver.' " Late this evening it was learned that the cruiser is short sixty men, and if she came inside it is said others would go over the sides like rats. " Nevada Cattle Shipments Knot. Denver, April 87. Traffic Manager Folsoin, of the California, Oregon & Nevada, arrived in Denver last night with his third shipment of cattle from the ranges of Nevada. The shipment consisted of twelve carloads, whioh have been brought . through on fast time. . Damages Asked for Personal Injuries Los Angeles, April 87. Jennie F. Mauntell has sued the Paoiflo Coast Steamship Company for $25,000 dam ages for allowing an iron pipe to fall through the window into her Btate rooin, inflioitng serious injuries. ' The accident occurred at Port Los Angeles a year ago. Many Drowned by Floods. St Petersburg, April 25. The Dnie per river has overflowed the districts of Kieff and Tchiernigeff. Three hun dred houses have been destroyed, many persons have been drowned and an enormous amount of property has been damaged. No Affair of England's. London, April 25. In the oommons today the government announced it oould not interfere in the matter of the imprisonment of the sx -quean of Ha waii , THE HAWAIIAN EXILES. Clarence Ashford Denounce the Hose1 Inla Courts Vancouver, B. C, April 25. The News-Advertiser tomorrow will puh lish a lengthy letter from Clarence W. Ashford, who is now at San Francisco, regarding the deportation of Cranstoun Muller and Johnstone. , After denouno ing the irregular constitution of the court that tried the so-called rebels and the unfair trials accorded, Ashford dwells at some length on the manner adopted by the government to obtain evidence to incriminate persons arrest ed. He then refutes the story circulat ed by the Dole government that the three exiles were barely existing in Honolulu, stating that Cranstoun was so deeply invading the field of old-established houses in the flour and feed business that one of the large dealers employed him (Ashford) to see if he could not catch Cranstoun in the net work of license laws and so force him out of business. This was just before his (Ashford's) arrest Ashford com mends the course adopted by the exiles in suing the steamship company, as they have no recourse against the Ha waiian government, owing to the laws passed that its courts shall not enter' tain suits for damages arising from any act of the government itself or of any officer in suppression of rebellion. As the steamship oompany was indemnified by the government, Ashford predicts the "bogus republic" will eventually have to foot the bills. In conclusion, Ashford expresses the hope that British, American and other foreign govern ments will speedily inquire into the cases of those who were deported or are still languishing in that ' coral hell on the reef of Honolulu. DECLINED THE POSITION. Controller Kekels Offered an Editorial Chair on a Chicago Paper. Washington, April 25. James H. Eckles, controller of the currency, has declined an offer to become financial editor of the Chicago Times-Herald at a large salary. H. iL Bohlsaat, the new owner of the Chicago Times-Herald, recognizing in Mr. Eckels one of the financial lead' era of the Democartio party and of the country, offer edthe controller a salary nearly twice as large as that paid by the government to go to Chicago and become financial editor of the paper. It would have been his duty to write editorials on banking and currency topics, and to take general charge of the financial columns of the paper. Mr. Eckles realized the dignity and useful ness of such a field of labor, and was tempted to accept, the more so because he is anxious to do everything in his power to keep the Western Democracy in line with the policies of the admin istration, but .on consultation with members of the cabinet, Mr. Eckels felt himself obliged to decline the offer, be lieving it to be his duty to remain with the administration until the expiration of President Cleveland's term. BOUND FOR ALASKA. Hamilton Going North to Inspect Gov eminent Reindeer Stations. Port Townsend, Wash., April 25. The steamer City of Topeka sailed for Alaska tonight with William Hamil ton, assistant commissioner of Alaskan education, who goes to Ounalaska, where he will join the revenue cutter Bear and proceed to Point Barrow to inspect the government reindeer sta tions. The Bear will cross over to Si beria and purchase from the natives two loads of deer and distribute them among the natives along the Arctio ooast of Alaska for breeding purposes. Joseph Murray, special agent of Alaskan fisheries, goes north to enforce the laws prohibiting cannerymen from setting fish traps and damming streams so as to unnecessarily destory large numbers of fish. Radical violations of law have recently been reported to the department Among the important cases at JU' neau to be called at this term of oourt is the case of Adolph Meyers, late dep uty United states marshal, who is ao cused of embezzling $2,000 of govern ment money and who has been in jail several months. He has held several important federal positions in the ter ritory. . BUI Cook in tho East. Albany, N. Y.,April 27. Bill Cook, the famous outlaw, arrived in this oity this aftenoou with twelve other famous convicts, sent here from the West The prisoners were taken to the penitentiary in the prison van. They attracted a great deal of attention as they rode through the streets to the prison, which is situated in the extreme western sec tion. They still wore their wild and wooly. Western oostumes. The men were chained together and guarded by armed men. No Bed Tap About Death. Vancouver, B. C, April 26. Con siderable indignation is expressed here over the death of Juan Alvarado, a Chilian Bailor. Chilian Consul Morris applied for his admission into the oity hospital, but owing to red tape, ad mission was refused, and the man died. A ooroner's jury rendered a verdiot Btrongly censuring the authorities. Bands On China, Japan. Berlin, April 86. A dispatch from Tokio says the envoys of Russia, Ger many and France have formally pro tested to the Japanese minister of for eign affairs at the inooproration by the terms of the treaty of peace between China and Japan of any Chinese main land in the Japanese empire. Pari Omnibus 8trlke Ended. Paris, April 87. The omnibus strike has been settled. ' The oompany, be sides oonoeding several of the points at issue, will reinstate all the strikers. Tit ataa will rtstua wark teascrrow. FOR THE FARMERS Useful Information Concern ing Farm Work. NEW IDEAS IN AGRICULTURE A Correspondent Cautions Against tho New Plant Sseollne To Promote the Orowth ol Hair-Notes. To the Editor: A good deal of inter est has been taken in the ciculars that have been sent out from a large number of seedmen and dealers in nursery stock in relation to the new forage plant, "Sacaline." It is waranted to grow on the roughest, driest land, and to stand the drouth and succeed equally well in marshy sloughs, to be nearly as good for the table as asparagus and to be equal to clover for green fedd for cattle, or as hay. To grow ten or twelve feet high by June, and to an swer as a "wind-break on the prairies, etc, and, above all, when onee planted, to stay by you unto the end. As we are naturally sceptical in regard to any matter in which so much is said in its favor, and finding the name of Prof. J. L. Budd as one that had brought it to the State Agricultural College, at Ames, Ia., from Russia some twelve years ago, I wrote to him to see if he would indorse a part of what was said in its favor, and received an answer "that they knew nothing of its value as a forage plant, but would test it at the experimental station the cominir uon, as they had only had it as a botanical curiosity flowerina- shrub." I also learn that it will be tested ' 'at Pullman at our own station. " and am advised that probably it has no value as compared with other plants ' that we have; that cattle will not eat it unless starved to it, and that we may find as much difficulty in getting rid of it as the man had "in letting the bear loose," or, in other words, to go a little slow. C W. Tenney, in PostIntelli. genoer. . Talk to Tour Horses. When a horse becomes frightened. demoralized or otherwise rattled about something he encounters but does not understand, a good way to quiet him down is simply to talk to him in a quiet tone of voice. If a horse gets frightened at something he sees in the road, stop him at once and give him a formal introduction to it, telling him in the meantime how very foolish he ia to let such a little thing disturb him. .Nothing can be worse than to whin a horse when he is frightened. He dosen'tget frightened because he wants to. It is only because he has seen or heard something he is not familiar with. After he once gets thoroughly acquainted with the object of his un easiness it will never frighten him again. Minnesota Horseman. To Promote Growth of Hair. Faulty growth of hair, whether it be on the hone's mane, on his knees, or elsewhere, must obviously depend upon conditions injuriously effecting the hair roots. They may be injured by the collar or harness, impairment of the akin functions from adhering dirt, ' or over-stimulation from the violent action of blisters, or they may result from general or constitutional causes, such as debilitating disease or of old age, which interfere with the , nutrition of the hair. When the roots die baldness is permanent . Hair can not be trans planted as shrubs or plants can be dib bled into a bare spot of ground. But while the roots remain the growth of hair may be promoted by cleanliness; by oocasioally washing the skin, if dirty, with soap and water;. if the sur face is dry, by rubbing in once or twice a week any bland oil; by, stimulating the skin functions by the use of the curry comb, and . by an occasional dressing of , cantbarides lotion, not stronger than one to twentyr of oil or spirits. Endeavor will, '' moreover, be made to prevent undue friction on any surfaoe where hair grows sparsely, Veterinary Editor North British Ag-. riculturalist M , '. Notes.".. ". -v. The turkey will take good care of it self. They need very little attention. Some people who have gone into the poultry business for their health are now in it for money. After planting strawberries always hoe at onoe and cultivate once a week to keep the soil mellow. - Rye straw makes an excellent bed for hogs, and they will appreciate it as much as their owners do a good bed. It is a good plan to begin to prepare the strawberry bed a year before. Man ure heavily and plant to some hoed crop. ; . , .; , Although oats are a natural horse food it is very beneficial to give them to growing pigs as well as to breeding stock. . . . , '-0.. -, If you breed turkeys at all get the best breeds. It costs no more to breed a good turkey than a poor one after the first cost Permit us again to suggest that some sort of shade in the pasture in summer will benefit the oows and consequently nenent tneir owners. It is best not to take strawberry plants from old beds, for even the young plants lack vitality. Select your plant from beds that have never fruited, - Scientific agriculture brings brighter prospects in all the oountries of the world, as we get the experience of progressiva men and the results of the experiment stations together with scientific breeding and feeding of live stock, is opening up new channels to stuggling agriculture that will bring to the reading and thinkiiur farmer muoh profit, .