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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,
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