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E: OREGON ' MI nn VOL. 12. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1895. NO. 21. PACIFIC KORTIIWEST. Condensed Telegraphic Re , port of Late Events. MIKF 8PABK8 FROM THE WIRES Bud (t of News For Imc Digestion From All Purl, of Oregon, Wub ( Ingtun and Idaho. The gunboat Mohiuan ii making an other tost of Washington ooal. Jaek-tbo-Rlppor of tiro of bicycle ha made lit appearance iu Walla Walla. Wahkiakum and Pacific counties in Washington are much exorcised ovnr the ligation of a hatchery for salmon A special election will be hold Tuootua in Juno to validate tho ovor issue of city warrant and to fuud out atuudiiig warrants. Polk county's hop crop promises big thing tht season. The vino are grow lug very rapidly, iu many places al ready reaching the top of long polo. Judgo Langloy, of Seattle, who da oidod that a contract to pay B per oout interest was illegal, because usurious, has boon overruled by the supreme court Capo Foulwoathor i now being mentioned a a desirable location for a harbor of rofugo. It 1 estimated that tho necessary breakwater oould be built there for 000,000. Tho amount of receipts In Lane county, Oregon, for tho pant year, for school purpose, wa $00,840 65. The disbursements for tho aaine purposes amounted to 54,005 94. Sheriff Hogan, of Snohomish oounty, Wash., ha under arrest two Indian, captured at Irondalo, near Port Town wind. Hi priHoner are KUHpoeted of killing another Indian near Snohomish, Sheriff Ford, of WaHhiugton oounty Or., ha already paid into County Treasurer Happingtnu, on the tax ao count, 40,188 80 out of a total levy of 81,498 45. Borne warrant have been turned in too. Only about f 13 ha laieu reeelved on tho delinquent tax ao count , Fish Commissioner Crawford, of Washington, ha issued during till season licenmi for U7H pound neta at 10 each, 131 et nets at 3. 50 cauh, and 80 fish wheel at 10 each, uiakiug tital of 4,407.50, which i to bo uaed toward establishing and maintaining i ilah huhilicrv. While exploring in the Caaoade niouu tain during lust ttummor, Profoasor Lloyd, of Forest Grove, dlaoovored new violet It U amaU plant with delicate white flower with tranaluoout petals, and grow in wet mossy place. lie ha named it Viola Macloskcyi iu honor of lii preceptor in biology at Princeton. The Blue Mountain telephone line wa completed to tho Umatilla Indian agency last week.. Work will be con tinned eatit from the agency to Miaaiou, Thorn Hollow, Cay use and Gibbon, Tlio lino aouth of Peudleton ii now in operation to Pilot Kuck, and the work i iroiug ou toward Canyon City, via Camas prairie and John Day. The dood of conveyance recently filed in Walla Walla, iu furtherance of tho reorganisation plan of the Washing ton & Columbia River Kailroad Coui' pany, have also beou filed in Pendleton. Tho instruments will furnish theoonnty recorder with work for aeveral daya, and the fee to tho county for recording the voluminous iiiHtrunionta will amount to I0. John Flaherty, while working on hi mining claim last week in the Caaoade momita ns. waa struck ny a rooicsiiae and hi riitht leg broken in two places. He managed to drag himself to his cabin, and was alone there five days, until help chanced to come. HI rea dier broimht him down the mountain on an imnrovised stretcher, and he i now in ft Seattle hospital. The other morning County Treasurer Clark mailed to the state treasurer a draft for 0,285 20. It was the final payment of Tall state taxos due tho state from Benton oounty, Or., and for the first time in more than two years Bonton county is out Of debt on that core. ' There is still iu County Trcas tirer Clark's hands 11,800 set apart for school and road purposes, and a further sum of 1,020 74. City Attorney Wiokorshaui, of TaoO' ma, has filed a second amended com' plaint to rooovor 1,000,000 damages from the Tocoma Light & Water Com pany, for alleged fraud and miarepre sontatlon iu the sale of the light and water plant to theoity. : Tho complaint differs from the proceeding two in omitting the charges of bribery of voters, which Judgo Pritchard decided not to be sufficient ground for aotion. Tho Indian agent at the Bllets has roooived official notice from the Indian department at Washington stating that the department had reoognizod the ao tiou of the oounty court in appointing a justice of the ponce and oreatiug road districts at the Silotz, and authorising tho agent to abolish the Indiau courts, as those Indians are now citizens. The Indians have all boon allotted their lands, and there remain to be opened to settlers 84,000 aores. Fifteen prospootors loft Seattle re cently for Alaska, bound for Cook's. They took along a yoar's supplies, and will thoroughly explore part of Aaska. The party is hoadod by Jamos Greman son, alias "Slim Jim," a pioneer ex plorer of tho Northwest Mr. Greinou son was one of the few men to oross the oontinent through the Arotio timber belt, leaving St. Paul, Minn., in 1800, striking the Paoifio CoaBt in Northern British Columbia some four years later. POLICE BOARD'S PROTEST8. New York's Commission Does Not Want the mil Approved. New York, May 18. If Mayor Strong and the legislators, at Albany heed the formal expression of opinion of tho police board on tho Aiusworth supplementary police bill, that measure will not become a law. The bill was passed by tho legislature Wednosday, and came before the mayor for bis ap proval today. The police commission ers were Invited to state their views to the mayor. At a meeting of the board today President Roosevelt said: "This bill takes away from tho com missioners all power of trying cases ou charges against members of the force, and intrusts it to the superintendent and a local board convened by him. The board of police commissioners will appear in a body before the mayor to protest against this legislation a thor oughly vicious and nuwise. It prac tically would reduce tue board to a nullity. In short, the bill is lu the in terest of all that is bad in the old sys torn, adding much that is worse. The board of itself will give tho superin tendent proper disciplinary powers, but it must be done iu the proper way.'' Tho other members of the board co incide with Mr. Roosevelt INCOME TAX DECISION. Nothing to Show That the Court I, Con sidering the Matter. Washington, May 13. The supreme court premises are as completely de serted by members of tho court and the public as though the income tax had never oomo up to receive the attention of the court and attract visitors. It had been supposed that tho court would go into immediate consultation after the conclusion of argument of the cum, but if there has boon any consultation it ha not beou held in the conference room at the capitol. Justice Jackson's opinion, while matter of much speculative interest at this time, is apparently known to no one but himself, unless he has found occasion in the past day or two to ac quaint his fellow members of the court with his views. There is little doubt entertained that the court's decision will bo announced noxt week, and there can be no qnos- tion of tho general expectation in Washington that it will bo antago nistic to the law as a whole, though for this option nothing in the nature of definite fact as to tho standing of mem bers on the deoisiou of tho tribunal is advanoed. ' MADE HIS LAST PLEA. The Ex-President M ill Never A tain Address a Jury. Richmond, lud., May 1 3 Ex-Presi dent Harrison today made tho closing speech for the plaintiff in the Morrison will case. Tho courtroom was crowded. many iiersous of prominence being present from Ohio and Indiana. Mr. Harrison was in splendid form both mentally and physically, and made magnificent speech. Today will go down iu history as the day ou which one of the illustrious statesmen of the country made the crowning and closing effort of his lifo in his.ouosun profession, for with this speech General Harrison finishes hia career in the active practice of law. Tonight Mr. Tibbots his private score' tary, authorizes this assertion: "You may atate with authority that Mr. Harrison will never agaiu speak before a jury, as this argument is his last He will soon abandon the prac tice of law entirely, and will nevor again be seen so actively engaged iu any pursuit" . Mall Service for I'asalng Vessels. Washington, May 13. The postmas ter-goueral has decided to establish a marine mail service at Detroit for the free delivery aud collection of mail matter of vessols that pass up and down tho Detroit river and carry a floating population of 2,500 to 8,000. More tonnage passes Detroit than any other city in the world. During the season of navigation ou the lakes a vessel passes Detroit every seven minutes dur ing the day. The new service will therefore be continuous aud will be ooudnoted by moans of a steam launch, which will be used by the postal em ployes. The new servioe will bo main tained through the free delivery ap propriation iu the bureau of tho first assistant postmaster-goneral. Mail will be delivered to tho vessels by car riers, just as it ia to ordinary business houses. The Japanese in Hawaii. Washington, May 13. The atten tlon of Minister Kurino, of Japan, was called to a dispatch from Sau Francisco published yostorday, intimating that there is liability of trouble from the Japauoso in the Hawaiian islands. Ku rino characterized the statement as ab surd aud ridiculous. The Japanese in Hawaii, lie says, are orderly and in dustrious people. Most or them are farmers, and nouo have received mili tary training, xnoy nave shown no disposition to be tuburlont, or to do anything more than to preserve the status secured thorn by treaty. Canada and Newfoundland. St John's, N. F., May 18. Gover nor O'Brien received a dispatch from England today intimating that the imperial ministry was willing to give favorable consideration to certain sug gested concessions on the part of Great Britain toward consummating the union of Newfoundland and Canada, provided the Newfoundland govern ment party guaranteed to perform its part of the Of n tract, namely, to pass a measure through tno legislature settling the French shore questions satisfactor ily to Great Britain and France. PEACE IS ESTABLISHED Ratifications of the Treaty Ex changed at Chee Foo. NO CHANGE MADE IN ITS TEX The Condition. Under Which, Japan Agreed to Renounce Possession uf I.Ihu Tong Peninsula. Yokohama, May 11. China has withdrawn her request to have tho ar mistice prolonged, and ratifications the treaty of peace were exchanged Che Foo at midnight Washington, May 11. An official dispatch from Tokio to the Japanese le gation states that ratification of the treaty of peace between China and Ja pan were exchanged at Che Foo yostcr day. No change was made in the text of tho treaty as originally concluded. Taking into account, however, the rec' ommeudatious made by Russia, Ger many and France, the Japanese govern ment ha agreed to the renouncement of the permanent possession of Liau Tong peninsula, on condition that the ar rangenicut regarding the terms and form of renunciation shall be reserved for adjustment between itself and the government of China. This latter stipulation is construed to mean that Ja pan will not surrender the peiiinsul until a suitable indemnity shall have been paid, and that it may have been agreed between Japan and China that the possession of Port Arthur would be retained by the Japanese for a term of years, leading beyond the date when the indemnity has been paid iu full thus assuring to Japan not alone the payment of the indemnity itself, but sufficient time" to safeguard herself against anything like a war of reprisal It will be remembered that the treaty of peace provides that Wei Hai Wei shall bo held until the first 100,000,000 yen of the indemnity aud the next two annual installments have been paid, so that with tho added guarantee of the possession of Port Arthur, even although only temporary, the Japanese government would appear to have taken every possible precaution for the fn tare. The foregoing statement is official coming direct from Tokio by cable. The understanding is that it embodies the reply which Japan recently gave to the protest of Russia aud the allied powers. Russia Disclaims Aggressive Designs. London, May 1 1. A dispatch from Chee foo to the Times says Russia diS' claims any aggressive designs against Mantchuria, aud asserts she is acting on a purely disinterested footing. London, May 11. A dispatch from St Petersburg states that up to Sunday it was believed that Japan would refuse to give up Port Arthur. Orders were given to mobilize 110,000 troops on the Irkutsk and Tomsk districts, and t credit of 20,000,000 roubles was opened. It was in view of this attuitude of Kns sia that Japan immediately yielded to the demands made by Russia, France and Germany. , ' Hpaln a. Arbitrator. Paris, May 1 1. Figaro this morning says it has been left to Spain to draft a plan for the final settlement of the matter in dispute between Japan and tho three powers. Will Increase Their Fleet.. St Petersburg, May 11. Russia, France and Germany, it is announced, are about to increase their naval forces in tho China sea. HE WON THE CORPSE. It Was the Stake In a Card ante, and the Winner Want to Keep It. Denver, May 11. Dr. Rucker, coro ner at Pooatello, Idaho, arrived iu Den ver today. He is seeking possession of a body won in a game of cards. His antagonist was Dr. Cunoo, the Italian consul. Carlo Perri committed suicide just before tho day sot for his execution for the murder of MoNamara. One day Perri offered to wager his corpse agaiust 100 that he oould defeat Dr. Ruoker at cards. If ho should win the doctor should send the money to Perri'g mother. In case he lost the doctor oould have his body to dissect They played and Dr. Rucker won. Perri sigued a paper ordering that his body should forever remain in the possession of Dr. Ruoker. The dead man's rela tive's insist that the remains shall be properly buried. Dr. Cmieo will make every effort to gain possession of what is loft of the Italian murderer and bury the bones according to the rites of the church of Rome. Care of A ged Printer. London, Eng., May 11. The Prince of Wales presided yesterday at the an nual banquet of tho Printers' Pension Corporation, an organization under the auspioes of the Typographical Society, which has for its object the care and maintenance of worthy aged printers who are without means of Bupport The Booioty provides for journeymen as woll as employers who have been un fortunate in business. Five hundred guests assembled iu the banqueting hall of the memorial institute at South Kensington, and the prince, who was given a hearty reception, made a dona tion of 100 guineas to the fund of the society. Indicted for Taking a Bribe. Stockton, Cal., May 10. Supervisor Brown was indicted today by the grand jury for receiving a bribe. He is ao onsed of having taken money which Charles Ward has been oonvioted of offering. DURRANT IS CONFIDENT, HI Only Fear I the Testimony Partridge, 111. Claniiniate, of San Francisco, May 11. An evening paper publishes a statement made by Theodore Durrant to a friend, in which the man charged with the murder of the two girls in Emanuel church said that he would make the greatest legal battle in the history of the state, and expressed confidence regarding the out come, predicting that be would soon be a free man. Iu addition to the three attorneys already engaged for the do fense, Durrant has retained .a well known lawyer, George A. Knight, and says the case will be pushed to a speedy trial. Durrant is quoted as saying: "There is a good many things against me; but I fear Harry Partridge, who testified that he had answered the roll' call lor me April 8, more than any other witness. If Partridge persists in his statements, he will hang me; but my attorneys will see him, and perhaps be will change his mind. I did him many a good turn, and often answered roll-call for him. I hope he won't con tinue against me." The prosecution does not understand Durrant' fear of Partridge, whose testimony ia corrobo rated. April 8 was the last day Dur rant visited Minnie Williams in Ala meda. Durrant denies that he offered a ring to Oppenheimer, the pawnbroker, or to any one else. He says Oppen heimer is a tool of the police, and has frequently given similar testimony iu other cases. Durrant is studying medi cal books, and says, upon his release, he will continue his course until gradu ation. THE SUBSIDY RAISED. Scuttle People Have Made tip llonu. for the Ship Canal. Seattle, May 11. The subsidy of 000,000 to be given by the people of Seattle to the Seattle & Lake Washing ton Waterway Company, which is to fill in the tide flats and excavate a ship canal to Lake Washington, was com pleted today, and work will begin by May 23, the date set by the contract with the state. The work to be done is the excavation ol two waterways con necting the Duwamish river with tho Sound; the excavation for a canal from the harbor to Lake Washington, a dis tance of two miles, and the filling of about 1,500 acres of tide lands. This work will open Lake Washington as a fresh water harbor to the largest ships, will add eighty miles to the available water iron cage, ana give tne city abundant level space for business pur poses. The work will cost about 7, 000,000 and occupy about five years, and the mouey will be furnished by St Louis persons represented by the Mississippi Valley Trust Company. The lake canal has been advocated by many persons for forty years, and after much effort an appropriation of 25,000 for its construction by another route was obtained from the last congress, but the work has now been undertaken and will be carried out by private en terprise. DAMAGES ASKED. i'rnprletore of a Bicycle-Riding Acad emy Sued by a Pupil. New York, May 11. Mrs. Mary Le- verich, a wealthy widow, has brought suit for 20,000 against the Bidwell- Tiukham Cycle Company, a school for beginners. The suit was brought in the United States circuit court because the company is a New Jersey corpora tion. Mrs. Leverich is well known in society, and one of the things upon which she lays stress is her suit is that by reason of her accident, which happened while she was taking lessons on a bicycle, she was deprived of all her customary social enjoyments during the larger portion of the season. Mi's. Leverich went some time ago to the academy of the company. She learned rapidly and her instructor gave her to understand that she was a most promising pupil. She alleges in her complaint that at her third lesson this instructor induced her to "go it alone." Before that he had invariably walked at her side. Mrs. Leverich had not gone far when she was run into by an' otner beginner ou a wheel, sue was thrown to the floor, and, according to her complaint, sustained a fracture of the ankle, many bruises, and even in tenial injuries. Mrs. Leverich relates that the instructor was careless and un skilled. A Change Needed at Yale. New Haven, Conn., May 11. William H. Hurlburt, of New York, a graduate .of Yale in 1860, has issued a circular and sent it to each member of his class advocating a change in the methods of electing members of the Yale corporation. He says: "Yale does not grow; it drifts. Yale has pros pered in a certain way, but how much more prosperous might she have been with a governing corporation progres sive and up-to-date. The custom that corporation member shall succeed himself at the expiration of his term of office should be modified. But few die and none resign. It is a grave ques tion whether in these progressive times country olergymen are the fittest per sons to have entire control of such an institution as Yale university." To Protect Innocent Purchaser. . Taooma, May 11. In order to pro tect all innocent purchasers of North ern Pacific lands who have suffered by the Schulze defalcation, General Land Agent Cooper has sent out circular let ters to all purchasers whom the books, found, do not credit with having paid up in full. The object is to have them produce proofs of payment in case the money was paid but not oredited. number of such cases have been found. The total amount of the defal cation cannot be told nntil the returns are all in. The indications are that Receiver Oakes stated, it will reaoh 150,000 to 260,000. ARGUMENT IS ENDED The Close of the Rehearing of the Income Tax Cases. DECISION EXPECTED VERY SOON it I Generally Expected That the Court Will Adjourn for the Term on the Twentieth. Washington, May 10. The rehear ing of the income tax case in the su preme court was concluded at 2 o'clock today, and the nine justices took the question of the act's constitutionality in whole or in part under consideration. May 20, the court will meet, probably for the last time this term, to render its decision in pending cases, and it is expected its conclusions upon the in come tax case will be announced at that time. Joseph H. Choate, of New York, fin ished the closing argument, which he began yesterday, speakiag nntil 2 o'clock, and receiving the closest atten tion from the justices and a crowd of spectators. It has been generally re marked that interest in the hearing had been much less intense than at the first argument Justice Jackson was one of the most attentive of the nine men on the bench throughout the hearing. He seems to have borne the strain well, considering the condition of his health. Mr. Choate first took up for exami nation the argument of the attorney- general that if the decision in regard to rentals were to stand, there should be no limit to the time the exemption should run. The attorney-general had pleaded that with such a ruling in force, it might be impossible to ever tax the proceeds derived from rents, however they might be invested. Mr. Choate said iu reply that it was suffi cient that the law left no such question open. The provision was for taxing rents at the moment of their receipt, and he, for one, should not be so fool bardyas to claim that when the rent money should be invested it should not be subject to the original ruling of the court in this case. Mr. Choate contended that of the vast sum expended in the civil war, a very small proportion had been derived from the income tax, which was in op eration at that time. Taking up the thread of his affirmative argument, Mr. Choate declared the question of taxation had been one of the most prominent in the minds of the framers of the constitution. The members of that body were the representatives of men who knew all about the qnestion, for they had studied here, as their an cos tors had in England, under the Plontagenets, the Stuarts and the Tnd- ors. Mr. Choate then proceeded on the basis that the court had decided that lands were to be free from direct taxes, and that there was to be no difference for tax purposes between the body of land and its proceeds. He then entered upon the discussion of the undecided questions, contending there were the same reasons for exempting incomes that existed from exempting bonds and real estate. O'DONOVAN ROSSA OUSTED. The Irish Agitator Thrown Out of the House of Commons London, May 10. There was an ex citing and unprecedented scene in the house of oommons this afternoon. Just as Chief Secretary for Ireland John Morley had finished his speech discuss ing the bill of Edmund F. V. Knox, member for West Cavan, anti-Parnell ite, to repeal the "crimes act," O'Don ovan Rossa, the well-known Irish agi tator from JNew xork, arose from a seat in the strangers' gallery and ex claimed: "Mr. Speaker, the assassin's blow has been aimed at me in this house and a stain has been put on my name." Rossa's remarks were greeted with loud shoots of "order."' The sergeant-at-arms summarily ejected Rossa from the house. At the time the members did not know it was Rossa who inter' rupted the proceedings, and when his identity became known, the sensation increased. The previous speaker, it appears, had alluded in nncompliment ary terms, to O'Donovan Rossa. Rossa after being ejected was marched off the premises by bine coats, who warned him not to show his face there again, After several hours debate following the speech by Morley, who warmly supported the bill, a cloture was adopt' ed by a vote of 225 to 208, and Knox's bill to repeal the crimes act was read the second time without division. The Confederate Reunion in Texas. Houston, Tex., May 10. General George Moorman, adjutant-general of the veterans, and General Gordon's chief-of-staff, is here in conference with the reunion committee, arrang ing details for the coming great re union. He expressed himself as de lighted with all the arrangements for the reoeption and care of the veterans while here. The auditorium is beauti ful outside, and inside it will rival many theaters in beauty and comfort It has a seating oapaoity of nearly 10,000. That Arid Land Orant. Cheyenne, Wyo., May 10. State Engineer Mead, accompanied by the state engineer of Idaho, will soon visit Washington to confer with the land commissioners regarding the million acre tract made by the last congress to the arid land states. Several points have arisen in regard to this tract, on which the state officials and those of the United States disagree. . Mr. Meade's trip is taken in the hope that an arrangement of these differences can be made in satisfactory manner. THE NEW GUNBOATS. The Competing Builder Will Try to Make Record for Quick Work. waanington, May . xne six new gunboats, for which plans have been recently approved by the secretary of the navy, will be known as Nos. 10, 11, 12, 18, 14 and IS until they are named by the secretary. It is the intention of the construction bureau in preparing the specifications to have the new boats built in the least possible time, and it is considered that they ought to be ready to go into commission within fifteen months. Tho naval bill provides that not more than two shall be built at any one yard, and some rivalry is likely among the firms securing the contracts to complete the boats as quickly as pos sible. Information received at the de partment indicates that there will be a very spirited competition among the different yards, as the firms competent of doing the work have asked for com' plete and early information as to the plans and specifications. Canada's International Exposition. loronto, May 9. Canada is going to have an international exposition. It is to run from May to October, 1898. The exposition is to be held in Mon treal. The site will not only cover the present exposition grounds, but will take in the adjoining land of Mount Royal Park, about 121 acres in all. On this the Dominion proposes to show her products and industries, and invite all nations to exhibit what they have to offer in return for what she wants to sell. The leaders of the enterprise are the solid men of Canada. The head of the committee of organization is Hon. Sir Donald A. Smith, president of the Bank of Montreal. The chief worker is J. H. Stiles, who was Great Britian's commissioner at the rent San Francisco fair. ' California Fruit Troepect. San Francisco, May 9. Washington Porter, of Chicago, arrived here last night on his annual business trip to in vestigate the fruit crop prospects of the Pacific coast The information which Mr. Porter brings is of cheering nature to California fruitgrowers. In spite of the fact that the fruit crop of the Eastern states promises to be good, Mr. Porter believes fruitfarmers of Cal ifornia will reap s golden harvest Mr. Porter was the first man to send a full carload of California fruit East, which he did in 1869, the year the overland railroad was started. A Moral Wave at Los Angeles. Los Angeles, May 9. The fifteen round glove contest which was to have taken place at the Los Angeles Athletic Club tonight between Professor Galla gher and Jack Fogarty did not come off. For aeveral weeks past a wave of morality has prevailed in police circles, and the officers of the club were noti fied' tonight that no glove contests would be permitted. The disconcerted audience was dismissed, and the aspir ing pugilists, who have undergone training for several days, went away in disgust Indicted Officials Discharged. Chicago, May 9. In the United States district court today, Judge Burnt ordered the dismissal of the suit against Clarence C Cheney and other officers of the Western Banknote Com pany. The officers of the company were indicted last fall for printing the Mis sissippi state bonds, declared by the United States department to be money. The attorney-general of the United States regarded the banknote company as being ignorant of a violation of the law, and recommended the discharge of the indicted officers. Conntess Castellane's Dream. London, May 9. A dispatch to the Chronicle from Paris says that Count Boniface de Castellane and his wife, formerly Miss Anna Gould, have bought a large site at the oorner of the Avenue dn Bois de Boulogne and . the Avenue de Mailikoff, paying therefor 700 francs per metre. The, conntess will now carry out the dream of her life, that is, to exactly reproduce the grand Tnanian at Versailles, with im mense gardens, for a Paris residence. Extravagance In Servia London, May 9. Advices from Bel grade indicate that bervia is going bankrupt The government is spend' ing money lavishly. Last evening there was granted an annual pension of 15, 000 pounds to ex-King Milan. Court balls, dinners and all kinds of festivi ties ou a scale of magnifioenoe unknown for years are in progress. The town is being profusely decorated for the tri umphal reoeption of ex-Queen Natalie. A Polite Letter, but No Cheek. Washington, May 9. The report that President Cleveland had sent a draft of 500 to a family in Decatur, lud., on the oooasion of the birth of triplets which were named for the preS' ident 8 household, was pronounced to be without foundation at the White House today. Families in which trip lets occur, when the president has been notified that they bear his name, or the name of his family, receive a cour teous letter, but no checks. Chinese Smuggler Confessed- San Franoisoo, May 9. To the dis may of the Chinese certificate counter feiters, Foss oonfessed to the United States grand jury detailing all the op erations of the gang, and confessing also to a number of opium-smuggling transactions. For his evidence he will be let off lightly. His oonfession will lead to the arrest of other smugglers besides the quintet already in jail. Italian i hamber Dissolved. Rome, May 9. King Humbert has signed a decree dissolving the chamber of deputies, and fixing May 20 as tho date for the election of deputies. The second ballot will be token June 2. The new chamber will assemble An- jgust 2. FOR THE FARMERS Useful Information Concern tag Farm Work, EGGS WILL KEEP WELL IN SALT Money in Rare Crops Early Pant tiring Fields Yielding No Profit Poultry Notes. ' Byactnal tests with the incubator, we have found that an egg fertilized and subjected to heat, says a writer, will show the transforming influence of the vital germ iu a few hours, while an egg not fertilized may be placed in an incubator and subjected to 103 de grees of heat for ten or fifteen days, and then look, smell, taste and digest perfectly pure. These are sufficient ' tests, we think, and prove that infertile eggs will keep perfectly- as against heat Persons who have raised chick- ens all their lives, ask seriously: How T long does it take the incubator to hatch a brood of chicks and we are in earn- est when we say that the male bird has no influence in the ovulation of the hen. Pardon the plain assertion, but it ap pears necessary for the majority of amateurs if you wish to try my plan and desire to hold your eggs for the fall trade and prices, kill or remove every male bird on the place. Two weeks afterward begin to gather your eggs . fresh every day. Take them directly to the cellar where you have previously placed some clean boxes or barrels, and a barrel of salt Cover the bottom of one of your boxes about an inch deep with salt Now take your eggs, one at a time, and gently press them big end down into the salt When you have covered the surfaoe with eggs ' nearly touching each other, thoroughly ' cover again with salt, and so on nntil full. In November vour esres will be in very good condition. All the trou- ble there will be is to carefully wash all the salt off and let them dry nicely, when they are ready for market or home ' consumption. There is one extra pre caution be sure all the eggs are fresh and no cracked shells. While we come to the conclusion that infertile eggs keep much the best, we should bear in mind that well fertilized ones are what we want to place in our incubators or ' under our biddies when we start out for young chicks. Money in Rare Crops. ' ' There are a few branches of farming f not overdone. There is so little buck- ' wheat raised that the flour sells at 5 ' cento per pound. Then there is a greater demand for good sorghum than mere is a supply. Flax is very high when yon want to buy; why not raise some to feed? It will improve the stock. Fruit raising is not overdone, ' and potatoes will bring a paying price ' if the crop is well tended. Grass seeds ' and clover seeds bring living prices. Cabbage is hard to raise, but it pays to raise for the market There is money in cheese at 15 and ' 20 cents per pound. Stock your farms with cows, build a creamery and sell ' milk. There is more money in it than making butter. It pays to raise sweet ' potatoes. The navy bean sells at 5 cents per pound and is scarce. Seed down your farms and pasture stock at 1 75 cents a month. Farm better what yon do farm, raising the best Read " the papers and raise the crops that are scarce, for they always command a good price. Farm and Home. Early Pasturing. Old hay answers an excellent pur-' pose", even when tho cows have ' an " abundance of green food on the pasture. It is highly relished by them, and they ' should have a full ration of it at night ' During the season when cows are first turned on grass they should have salt, and should any of them have the scours keep them in the barnyard and feed hay, with a mess of hot bran and corn meal seasoned. Green grass is laxa tive, and the cows must not be allowed too mnoh at the beginning of the past ure season. Fields Yielding Na Profit.. What to do with a profitless field is a matter of consideration by all farmers who are so unfortunate as to have such ' fields. The majority use these lands as pastures, upon whioh they turn the stock, but it will pay to aim to grow ' green crops on the land to be turned under. If this ia done for two or three years, and the land limited, it will be found that such method will restore' fertility at a small cost compared with the increased value of the field. Mulching Cnrrant Bushes. After yon have thoroughly worked about the currant bushes in your home garden this spring and given ' them the necessary pruning, next give ' them a heavy mulch of stable manure, thick enough to keep the ground about them always moist and to prevent the growth of weeds. Yon will see how this trifling labor will pay when the fruit begins to ripen. Treat gooseber ries in the same way. Poultry Notes. Broodiness is a disease. The hen becomes constipated, and is burning np wuu ueau It is a sad commentary upon our . management when a hen surprises us with a flock of chicks from a hidden nest - :' : "'' '; - The poultry-keeper must help lay eggs. He must go into partnership. with biddy and do his full share of the work. . We are asked if it would be profitable to breed peacocks? We should think not Besides, aa a writer of one of our little letters once said, one peacock is enough for one farmer or one neighborhood, v