E OREGON
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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, .