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VOL. 12.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY ,24, 1895.
NO. 22.
E . OREGON MI
DID NOT HELP TRADE
Some Bad Effects ot
Eastern Storm.
the
FRUIT CHOP MOSTLY DAMAGED
An Kncouraglng Mlgn, However, Is the
Advance In Wages of Ironwork
er, lu Large Plant..
Now York, Muy 80. R. . Dun &
Oo.' Woekly ltovlew of Trade will
nay: The evere cold snap, with extou
vivo fronts, and in tome state guow,
ha. fortunately done little damage to
the grt crop, though much to fruit,
but him considerably retarded retail
trade.
The best now of the week i the ad
vance of 10 per ount in wage in the
Carnegie work, followed by the Jono
& Latighlin eHtabliHhniuiit and evi
dently implying a similar advanoe by
many other concern. The Illinois
Steel Company in starting it furuaouH
without granting the demaudi of the
employe. No advance ha boon found
practicable in woollen market; oondi
tloim a to prion and foreign eompoti
tion.aro very different and about 10,000
are mill idle at Oluoyville, whore the
work Nhould oonuiue 000,000 pound
per week. In other department of
labor, trouble are not serious and the
demand for manufuctured product iu
crease. , With material and steady enlarge
meiit iu domestic trade, there i Htill a
great want of employment in the inter
ior, for the money which oome hither,
3,600,000 during the put week, and
the million distributed by the yiidi-
oate on the bond aooount, stimulate
speculation. Accordingly, wheat ha
risen 0 cent, although report of in
Jury by frot do not appear upon ift-
lug to concern any onnidurublu propor'
tloii of the growing grain. Western
reeoipt for the two week of May have
been 2,017,200 bushel, agttint 8,600,-
000 buMhul lut year, and Atluntio ex
puru 8,060,000 bunhul, against 8,005,
000 last year, being reduced by the ad
vanoe in price tern than would be ex
pected, because of gauorally onrrent re
port of decrease in acreage. With
only ix week of the crop year left,
stock in vight coiiHtituto a heavy ur
plus, although not a ome Western
itatiHtioiun estimate.
Corn ho advanced only one-half
cent, being apparently injured more
thuu wheat, but the acreage give
promise of a yield of 3,000,000,000
bushel. Cotton i one-eighth cent
Htrouger. Wool ho been remarkably
heavier for the past week at the three
chief market, 8,630,750 pound chang-
ing hand, aud for two weoki of May
11,050,750 pound, against 11,767,750
in the name week of 1899 the last year
of full demand. Iu that year the sale
of domestic were 6,003,000, and this
year 6,081,750 pound. Bessemer iron
ha risen to (11.40 at Pittsburg, with
gray forge to $0.05. Finished product
are in lngre demand, but a yet not
enough larger to cause any general ad-
vauoe and proposal of combination In
merchant steel, tructural iron, cast
pipe, wire rod and ant nail, with the
exisitlng combination in stool rail,
ahow the market doe not rise of it
self.
Failure during the week past have
boon 311 in the United Bute, against
319 last year, and -87 in Canada,
against 30 lut year.
THAT HAWAII STORY.
It I. filvrll no Credence Whatever
In
. Washington.
Washington, May 30. The story
from San Frauciueo as to Minister Lorin
Thurston being iu favor of the restora
tion of the Hawaiian monarchy, al
though given out a emanating from
"private information received at San
FrauoiHco," is not now in Washington,
A similar story came in the mail ad
vices ten day ago and was regarded oa
a canard. Tho Honolulu Advortisor of
about a month ago had a letter from
the island of Maul, one of the Hawai
ian group, in which it was montioued
that a report w current among the
native that Thurston was for the res
toration of the ex-queen. Tho Adver
tiser dismissed the report in two line.
When it came to tho attention of offic
ial here they regarded it a a joke,
and one of thorn said the intelligence
and information prevailing among the
native of Muiu was such that thoy
would accept a true a report - that
Thnrston had marriod Queen Viotoria,
The Rtory now reappears as private
adviooa, although official recognise the
earmnrK or the old story from Maiu.
More Trouble In Honduras.
Now York, May 20 A special to
tho World from San Salvador says:
A revolution is reported to be in
progress in Honduras. This govern
ment has hurried troops to the border
between the two republics to prevent
intrusion upon the territory of this
country, and to preserve striot neutral
ity. Precautious htve been taken to
preveut parties leaving San Salvador
f r Honduras.
A report from Honduras that four
teen prisoner captured by the govern
ment foroos have been shot. Another
report is that four officers were killed
by the soldiers of their oomiuands at
Santa Tecla.
Actual Work to Begin.
San Francisco, May 20. The direc
tors of the San Franolsoo & San Joa
quin Valley railroad have called in a
second 10 per cent installment on stock
subscriptions, to be expended for ma
terial and in starting the aotual work
f building the road.
ROBBER OUT OF SIGHT.
The Klamath Fall and Agar Htage Wil
Again Held Up.
Ashland, Or., May 30. The Stage
from Ager to Klamath Full wa rob'
bed again last night The stage left
the railroad at Ager at 8 o'eloek yestor-
day afternoon. Ed Walters wa driver
and two passenger, John Well,
prominent and wealthy Klamath stock
man and Populist county commissioner
of Klamath oounty, and Emanuel Cora
a merchant bound home to Ploard, Cai
About 10 o'clock, as the team settled
down to a slow pull up the narrow
Topsy grade, six miles long, the com
mand came from nmbnsh beside the
road for tho driver to hold up and
throw out the express box and letter
pouches. The driver and passengers
were then ordered to dismount Wells
was told to out open the lotter-pouohea
and while he wa slashing away at
Uncle Hum's property with a pocket
knife, tho other passenger were order
ed by the robbers to break open a box
supposed to contain Wells-Fargo's
treasure. The highwayman objected,
however, to tho merchant making so
much disturbance and confusion, and
bode the driver take an ax from the
stagy aud make a neater job of it with
lo noise. This work completed, the
passenger and driver took off their
ooaU, at the request of the robber, who
was still "out of sight," aud loft the
content of their pockets with the other
booty. Little was obtained from them,
however though. The two passengers
and driver were then permitted to get
aboard the stage again and move on,
It is not known yet that anything
was secured from the express box or
letter. Tho robbery wa within a few
hundred foot of a similar robbery
hardly a mouth ago, and there is little
doubt that it was executed by the same
lone highwayman. It was carried out
in almost the name manner, the robber
giving hi orders from his ambush and
was not seen by the driver or passen
ger, though hi presence close at hand
wa a firmly impressed upon them as
if he stood at the horse' head and
covered them with hi gun.
A more favorable place for a stage-
robbery could hardly be selected. It
wo at the foot of the Topsy grade and
for several mile either way there i no
human habitation. Eastward Topy
station i at the summit of tho grade,
six miles away, while westward there
are few house nearer than Shovel
crook, almost teu mile back. Heavy
timber, rocky ravine and mountain
wild surround tho place in every di
rection aud make it possible for a rob
ber to easily make his escape before the
officer could be notified.
The Pane' La.l He.tlug-Placc.
New York, May 20. A cablegram
from Rome to a morning paper says
that Pope Leo XIII ha ordered hi
tomb. Ho has given a commission to
Maroui, the most famous sculptor in
Italy. This fact, and the recent deliver
ance to the cardinal of a political letter
ooiioo ruing the affairs of his entire
reign, are considered proof that the
head of the Catholic church is impress
ed with the realization that his re
maining days on the papal throne are
few. it is no new assertion that his
health has boon failing, and now fears
are entertained that he may never
rally, considering his age is 85.
The I.laml of Formosa.
London, May 20. The Times will
print a dispatch from Hong Kong, say
ing anarchy prevails in the northern
part of the island of Formosa, and riots
are of daily ooourreuce, numerous per
sons having been killed aud wounded.
General Ku Hung Huk, a Hutta chief,
has proclaimed himself king of the
northern portion of the island, and
several thousand well-equipped soldiers
have joined his standard, and his force
increase daily. The Chinese author
-itios captured and beheaded many of
his followers, but the revolt seems to
bo spreading. China advocates the
recognition by the powers of a For-
mosHU republic
An Unnatural Son.
Fall City, Nob., May 20. George
Powell, a well-known farmer, who
was shot by Jamet Broaden, another
fanner, on Sunday, made an anti-mor-
torn statement in which ho accused
Broaden of giving him his futal wound
while he was attempting to rescue his
slayer's mother from the Nehama rivor
whore she had been thrown by her an
uatural son. Broaden is to oome into
possession of a large amount of prop
erty upon the death of his mother, and
it is said that he attempted to drown
her for this reason. He is in jail.
Half Pare to Big Events.
Chicago, May 20. The lines of the
Western Passenger Association have
declared a one-fare rate for the follow
ing mooting: Epworth League, at
Chattanooga; Christian Endeavor, at
Boston; Knights Templar, Boston;
Baptist Young People' Progressive
Union, Baltimore; G. A. R., Louis
ville, and National Educational Asso
ciation, Denver.
The Effective Shotgun Argument.
Seattle, May 20. The ship Columbia
went to sea today for San Francisco
with a non-union crew. A threaten
ing orowd of union sailors gathered at
the wharf, but Captain Nelson paraded
the deck with a double-barreled shot
gun, saying he would riddle the first
man who set his foot on the rail, and
tho men finally withdrew.
Trouble In the California Militia.
San Frauoisoo, May 20. The even
iug Post says that there is to be a gen
eral upheaval in the Third infantry reg
iment, National Guard of California,
and that Colonel Thomas F. Barry and
the captains of three companies will re
tire, not being willing to serve under
the newly-appointed brigadier-general,
a H. Warfleld.
THE. REPUBLIC SHAKY
A Change of Administration
Tllrolv tn WnurnH
finely in nawau.
THE PEOfLK ARE DISSATISFIED
Kx.Mlnlater Thurston Strongly Advo
cate, a Monarchy With Prince..
Kalulanl Placed on the Throne.
San Francisco, Muy 18. An evening
paper prints the following:
Private letters from Honolulu by the
steamer Australia declare that a change
of administration will soon occur there,
and that the change is advocated by no
less an important personage than ex-
Minister Thurton. The information
oomes from a reliable source and can-
not be questioned. According to the
letters received here, all that is preserv-
ing tne present government is the loot
tl. .. .. It. l. .. 1,
mat ii uoanuaw we arm w quoit an-
otner outbreak, ana is exciting itsell In
its enorts to prevent the lauding or
oontraoaua arms, it is wen Known
that the government forces numerically
are greatly in the minority, and no one
has been made to realise this fact more
than ex-Ministor Thurston.
At the recent oonforenoe between ex-
Minister Thurston and President Dole come to no decision regarding the oc
and members of his cabinet, the termor cupation of Corea. The Rnssian press
declared that the only hope of perma-
uent peace on tho islands would be
realized in placing Princess Kaiuluni
in the position which the former mou
aruny proposed that he should some
day have. Mr. Thnrston is reported to
have advocated this step so strougly
that President Dole and bis cabinet be
came alarmed and have since given the
matter many hours of consideration.
Passengers on the Australia have
ooufldod the fact that the republic is
on its last legs. Various big organiza-
tions are breaking away from President
Dole, aud the opposing forces which
wore somewhat subdued after the re-
oent uprising by the show of arms mode
by the government, are now becoming
bolder.
An alarm is likely to be sounded
any night," remarked a passenger,
and if it is, you oan expeot to hear of
the downfall of the republic. There is
no escape for it Tho people are dissat
isfied, and particularly the Americans,
who if aroused will find at their Hide
all the assistance they need to effect a
complete change in the government
Minister Thurston's uneasiness has be
come so apparent to the opposing forces
that the latter have gained more cour
age. I he loot that Minister Thurston
favors a change is no longer a secret,
ana wnen we lert Honolulu, it was
common talk that he was planning to
carry to a successful end the conver
sion of the republic back to a mon
archy." THE ARMENIAN REFORMS.
Home of the Demand. Which Have Been
Made Upon the Sultan.
Constantinople, May 18. The note
presented to the Bultan by representa
tives of the powers respecting reforms
in Armenia comprise 250 olosely-writ-ten
quarto pages. Among the measures
preliminary to the reforms, the note
demands the appointment of a new com
missioner; general amnesty for all
political prisoners; the revision of oer-
tain judgments, and the aDDointmont
of a commission to sit at Constanti
nople, charged with the surveillance
and application of reforms and general
workings in connection with the high
commissioner, previously referred to.
The principal reforms demanded are
that the governors and vice-governors
of Van, Erzoroura, Bitlis, Sivas, Jhar
put and Trobizonde be Christians or
Musulrnans, according to how the
population of these places be divided.
In any case, the governor or the vice-
governor is to be a Christian. The
note also suggests that such officials
should first be approved by the powers.
In regard to tho finanoeB, all the
taxes are to be collected by local and
not by state officials, and enough is to
be retained before the money is for
warded to Constantinople to defray the
oost of the local administration. This
is the exact opposite to the present sy-
torn, by which all taxes are first sent to
Coustetinoplo, from which city little
money returns to Armenia.
n-i i , , i .1. i
xiiu juuiuin iviuiuis jnopvimm uv WH3
powers make radical changes in the
present system; insure propor trials;
the snrveillanoe of prisons, and the
total abolition of torture. The police
is to be oomposed entirely of Chris
tians, and they are not to be allowed to
have arms except during drill.
The Publication Indecent
Ann Arbor, Mich., May 18. Nor
man Canioron, a law student in the
class oi mm in the university and a
correspondent for the Detroit News,
was expelled from the university to
night by the law faculty for sending to
niH paper h report nuuun a uiuuicai biu-
dent eating a human sausage. The
faoulty admitted the truth of the story,
but by vote of 8 to 1 expelled the cor
respondent on the ground that the pub
lication of it was indooent and dam
aging to the university.
German Chancellor's Son Married.
Cologne, May 18. Prince Alexander
von Hohenlohe Sohilliugsfurst, young
est son of the chancellor of the German
empire, was married today to Princess
Emanuela von Solms-Braunfels, widow
of the late Prince George von Solms-
Braunfels.
The Negroes Must Go.
Houston, Tex., May 15. Reports
oome from Brazoria county that an or
ganized band waited on all the negroes
and commanded them to leave by to
morrow or be prepared to meet death.
Up to two years ago a negro was not
allowed to stop in the town of Alvin,
bat sinoe then many have settled there.
AN AGREEMENT REACHED.
t'nder.tandliig Between Japan and
JCuropean Power.
the
Washington. Muv 18. The Jaoanese
legation ha received an official cable
stating that a final and satisfactory
agreement has been reached bv Janan
with the European powers on the East
ern question. It is regarded as closing
the entire subject. It is also regarded
as negativing the unofficial statements
of Russian newspapers that Russia
would claim a protectorate over Corea.
Ihe reports of Russia's purpose
absorbing Corea are not seriously en
tertuiued iu diplomatic circles. No
such purpose has ever been suggested in
the official correspondence thus fur.
China' assertion of a protectorate over
Corea led to the recent war, so it is not
likely Japan would regard a similar
claim by Russia with indifference. An
other report coming from Frankfort
that Russia's claim to Corea was for
the purpose of protecting Russian mer
chant against Japanese competition is
known to be erroneous by those familiar
with the facts. A diplomat recently
l. . . ... .
at Heoul. the canital oi Corea. savs
there is only one Russian, a carpenter,
in Corea outside of the legation.
"r Russia Ha Not Decided
St Petersburg, May 18. Inquiries
m various quarters here, where infor
mation con be obtained, elicit the in
formation that the government has
has for some time been advocating
protectorate by Russia over that conn
try, or its occupation until Japan has
entirely abandoned Manchuria.
Chinese Admiralty Dissolved.
London, May 18. The Brussels cor
respondent of the Standard says that by
command of the emperor the Chinese
admiralty was dissolved March 24, ow
ing to the abject incompetency of its
officials and a deficit of over $50,000,-
000. There is no prospect that the de-
partment will be re-established or that
China will buy any more warships
abroad.
FOREST FIRES RAGING.
Damage Done Between Tacoma and the
Cascade Mountain.
Tuoonia, May 18. Severe forest fires
are raging along both sides of the
Northern Pacific track from South
Prairie to the summit of the Cascade
mountains, a distance of 65 miles. At
Lester, 70 miles east of here, the post-
office building and two small resi
dences were burned, with all their con
tents, yesterday. The railroad em
ployes saved the company's property by
using looomotives and throwing water
over the buildings. There was a
number of loaded trains on the side
tracks there. The fire caught from
bnrmng logs and is still raging about
the town. The railroad's bridge and
section crews are all fighting the fire.
Superintendent MoCabe reports that
the fires wore put out in the snowsheds
several times today. They caught from
falling burning trees. A high wind
would cause great damage, but rain is
looked for.
flan Francisco's Tax Levy. :
San Francisco, May 18. The civic
federation has determined to make an
enort to compel local bankers to pay
their shore of the taxes. The organiza-
tion believes that the tax levy is very
unequally aistriDuted, and that the
bank have for years paid far less into
the city treasury than they ought to
have paid.; The banks, aocording to
the federation, make two statements of
their financial condition annually one
to the city assessor and one to the bank
oomimssioners. The statements widely
vary. This is explained by the state
ment that it is to the interest of the
bonks to make as good a showing as
possible to the bank commissioners, and
that it is equally to their interests to
misrepresent their financial condition
to the oity assessor.
An Indian School Scandal.
Guthrie, O. T, May 18. A soandal
has oome to light in connection with
the government school for Osage In
dians at Pawhuska. Great laxity of
discipline in the dormitories for the
Vwivn Anil trfrla ia allcrAs. anrl tho T.
d jftng are very indignant, deolairng that
children are demoralized by the
whito8, not Buch blld morala mi
known among Osage girls living in
. . . "
wigwams. This week 160 of the 250
children in the sohool have been taken
out by their parents.
J ustlce Field to Come to the Coast,
Washington, May 18 Justioe Field
expects to go to California June 1, and
will spend the summer on the ooast
This visit will not be of an official
character, although the justioe may
hear a few oases that have not been
passed upon by the circuit court of ap
peals. He will be aooompanied by
Mrs. Field and Mrs. Stanley Matthews,
widow or Justice Matthews. This
the first visit Justioe Field has made to
California for several years.
Protest From Chicago' Theosophlata.
Chioago, May 18. The attempted
secession of theosophists at the Boston
meeting has provoked considerable op
position in different sections of the
oonntry, but the first open revolt oomes
from Chicago. At a special meeting of
the branch in this oity a resolution was
adopted repudiating the action of the
Boston convention.
All Done by One Indian.
Washington, May 18. Indian Agent
Myer, at Son Carlos, Ariz., tele
graphed the Indian bureau today that
a renegade Indian, probably Massai.
had killed one Indian woman, wounded
a second and oarired off a third from a
plaoe ten miles south of the reservation.
The police and troops are pursuing.
TO WATCH POACHERS
British Ship Will Be Sent to
Behring Sea.
FORMES LAWS TO NO EFFECT
Other Kvldenee Than the Pre.ence
Firearm Will Be Required Be
fore Helsure Is Made.
Washington, May 17. It can be
stated authoritatively that British ships
will be sent to Behring sea to patrol
against poachers and to use every effort
of carrying out the Pari award and the
British law based thereupon. The in
strnctions to the British ships will not,
however, direct the seizure of vessels
found with arms, but will require
other external evidence of sealing, such
as the possession of skins, the presence
of blood on the ship, etc., as a basis of
seizure. This will differ from the in
struction of last year, which made the
open possession of arms prima facie
evidence.
The British law based on the Paris
award does not forbid the open carry
ing of arms. The United States law,
which is held by the authorities of
Great Britain to have gone beyond the
Paris award, makes the open possession
of arm prima facie evidence of sealing,
The British regulations last year
yielded to a certain extent to the
United States law. Now, however.
the British law will be strictly adhered
to, the theory of the British authorities
being that the Paris arbitration had
the amplest means of providing against
the extermination of the seals and that
the award fully executed will give full
protection.
under these circumstances a serious
question arises as to whether United
States naval vessels will apprehend
British sealers because they openly
carry arm, this not being against the
British regulations. Last year a United
States ship apprehended the British
sealer Wanderer under section 10 of
the United States law, wihch provides
that possession of arms is prima facie
evidence of sealing. Again a United
States ship apprehended the British
sealer Favorite on the some gounds.
This raised the question whether
United States naval ship has the right
to execute a United States law against
a British ship when the law of Britain
recognizes no sucn offenses. There is
reason to believe the British policy
hereafter will be to allow United States
ships to apprehend British ships under
the British law, but not under the
United States law.
At tne request oi the British em-
Earl Aberdeen, governor-gen
eral of Canada, has been directed to
furnish the list of ships for patrol of
Behring sea. He will forward it as
soon as it is received from the com
mander of the Birtish fleet at Van
couver.
In view of these facts it is declared
by repesentatives of Great Britain in
Washington that there will be a full
and sincere co-operation in the patrol
ling of Behring sea against poachers.
It is insisted that the serious apprehen
sions of the officers of the United States
government are not justified, these of
ficers having grave fears that the result
of Great Britain's modification with
respect to firearms will be the extermi
nation of the seals.
TREACHEROUS APACHES.
Fight Between Renegade and Indians
on the Reservation.
Wilcox, Ariz., May 17. It was
learned today from the driver of the
stage between San Carlos and the
abandoned post. Fort Thomas, that the
renegade Apaches had a fight with In
dians on the reservation, killing one
squaw, injuring several others and car
rying one away. .Later accounts would
indicate that the renegade Kid ' had
hand in the affair, as he has a mania
for taking squaws. A detachment of
cavalry, under command of Lieutenant
Hartmau, and the Indian police are in
close pursuit It is now generally
known that for the past seven months
the Indians have invested their spare
cash in ammunition, which is signifi
cant of dissatisfaction, arising from in
sufficient rations. The settlers are
fortifying themselves and stocking up
with arms.
Durrant Threatens to Sue.
San Frauoisoo, May 17. Chief of
Police Crowley is threatened with a
suit for damages by Theodore Durrant,
wno was reoentiy neid lor trial on
oharges of having murdered Minnie
Williams and Blanche Lamont in
Emanuel Baptist church. By the ad
vice of his attorney it is said that Dur
rant, in the event of his acquittal, will
sue the chief for heavy damages for
plaoing his picture in the rogues' gal
lery. The prisoner's oounsel claim
to be in possession of evidence that
will prove that the murders were not
committed by anyone oonneoted with
the church, and that neither crime was
the work of one man.
Levying on Railroad Property.
Oakland, Cal., May 17. County As
sessor Henry Dalton has finished the as
sessment of the Southern Paoifio's per
sonal property in West Oakland, in
creasing it from $68,500 last year to
$300,000. He also assessed forty miles
of track in the yards, never before as
sessed, at $60,000. The company's rela-
estate at West Oakland has been raised
from $92,450 to $277,250.
Ordered Aboard the Cincinnati.
Washington,-- May '16. Lieutenant
W. H. Sutherland has been detached
from the navy department and ordered
to duty aboard the Cincinnati, where
he will be the navigating offloer.
HAD SEVEN WIVES.
A Rascal Who Found Matrimony
Prolltable Huslne.s.
Detroit, May 16. A MissTomlinson,
of Brooklyn, married C. J. White a
little less than twelve years ago in that
city. It appears she knew nothing of
his antecedents. She was known, to
have $12,000 in her own right, and
after they were married she gave him
$1,000 to start in business. The busi
ness did not succeed. He then got
$2,500 of her and they came West.
Then he complained that savings banks
were not safe, and advised her to de
posit her money in a safe-deposit vault
He arranged all details, and when she
went to the vault to deposit her money
she found the box was not large
enough. White went for another and
managed to deposit a lot of worthless
paper in the box and stowed his wife
wealth in his pocket
Shortly afterwards he disappeared
and then she began an investigation.
She traced him to Ireland, where she
learned he had a previous wife. The
first Mrs. White was induced to come
to America, and since then, with detec
tives, the two women have worked to
gether for revenge. Last Saturday
Miss Tom 1 in son came to Detroit and
learned that White, under the name of
Henry Whitney, had recently come to
Buchanan and arranged to buy a store.
At Buchanan Whitney was arrested
with a woman who passed herself off
as his sister. Whitney, or White, had
$1,200 in cash and the woman a lot of
diamonds.
The detectives have information
which leads them to believe that White
has no less than seven wives, one in
Chicago, another in London, another in
Ireland, one in Boston, Miss Tomlin
son, of Brooklyn, a woman in Detroit,
one in Omaha, and they believe the
woman with him, who oomes from In
diana, is the latest accession.
IMPERIAL TAXATION.
The German Government's Measure De
feated in the itelchstag.
Berlin, May 15. The government
met with another defeat today. The
reichstag rejected the whole proposed
tobacco tax bilL During the debate
which proceeded the vote on the bill
the spokesmen of all parties, except the
conservatives, opposed the bill, insisting
strongly against any further disturb
ance of the tobacco industry. Count
von Kardoff, alone, advocated a higher
duty, which be said was certain to be
voted by the reichstag. In his opinion
the present house was incapable of tak
ing any position or action. Count
Posadowsky, secretary of the imperial
treasury, defended the principle of the
bill as being the sole practical path to
reform in imperial taxation. The
reichstag, he added, was preparing
common grave for all the government
measures, but it was to be hoped that
much needed reform in the taxation of
the empire would be secured. The
vote on the bill was taken by the mem
bers rising in their places. Only a few
conservatives and national liberals sup
ported the measure.
Freedom of Hawaiian Ports.
Victoria, B. C, May 15. The Ha
wanan government has closed a con
tract with the Canadian-Australian
Steamship Company, which remits to
that company all port charges, except
pilotage and water. The company
will be free from port oharges, wharf
age, lights, buoys, blanks at custom
houses, and harbor-master's fees, and
will be allowed the use of land for the
storage of ooaL The company, in re
turn, must carry the Hawaiian mail
and maintain the present schedule and
freight rates. The same arrangements
will be made with the Oceanic and Pa
cific Mail companies. .
Draft for Twenty Thousand Dollars.
Spokane, May 15. James Holmes, s
fanner, today received a draft for $20,-
000 from the head office of the North
era Pacific. Twelve years ago, while
he was crossing the railroad track at
Sprague, his carriage was struck by a
switch engine, and he was severely in
jured. He sued the company for dam
ages, and obtained a verdict for $10,-
000. The company has been appealing
the case ever since, and at last was
beaten in the supreme court of the
United States, which awarded Holmes
the original $10,000, with interest and
costs... . --
The Allen Contract Law.
San Francisco, May 15. Among the
passengers on the City of Peking, which
arrived from the Orient Sunday, were
113 Japanese coolies. While the com
missioner of immigration is of the
opinion that the Japanese come to this
country under oontroct, the fact cannot
be established and the whole party will
probably be permitted to land. Thirty-six
were allowed to oome ashore to
day. The Japanese assert that they
came to California to seek employment
in the country picking fruit : .
Rose and Strawberry Fiesta.
Taoonia, May 15. Tacoma is to have
a rose and strawberry fiesta in June,
the dates being fixed today for June 20,
21 and 23. That will be the height of
the rose and strawberry season on Pu
get sound and growers promise the
most complete display of flowers and
berries ever seen in the Northwest One
of the features will be a display of the
ever-bearing strawberries, which pro
duce berries in this climate from June
to December,
Miners Returned From Alaska.
Port Townsend, May 15. The
steamer Willapa arrived from South
eastern Alaska tonight, having on board
a few miners who are going to the Yu
kon mines, but on reaching the divide
of the Chilcat mountains, they became
discouraged and ore returning home.
Some of them, owing to the glistening
snow, went blind. Already provisions
are growing soaroe, and the miner
anticipate great hardships on reaohing
the mines.
FOR THE FARMERS
Useful Information Concern
ing Farm Work.
A GOOD WAY TO KEEP BEEF
Dry Dirt and Sawdust for Use on the
Floor of the Poultry House
A Few Notes.
Farmers ought to use more beef, and
doubtless would if they knew how to
keep it well; so I send a few way that
have been tried and I know are good.
Fry suitable piece well done, season
and pack in jars in layers as olosely as
possible till nearly full; melt lard and
pour over it till well covered. When
the lard is cold, sprinkle salt over
thickly, cover closely and set away in
a cool place.
When wanted take out, pour off
nearly all of the lard when melted,
cover well with boiling water, season
if needed, boil slowly till dry, then fry
in lord left in skillet It will be ten
der and nice. After frying pieces have
been selected, place all boiling piece iu
good brine. The following is good;
One-quarter pound cayenne pepper, one
half pound brown sugar, two ounce
saltpeter, one gallon of salt; mix all
together in a pan, roll every piece in
the mixture, then salt down in jars or
tight barrel, and put weight on to keep
meat under brine.
Steak cut two inches thick and packed
in stone jars with the above preparation
will keep several months, as I know
from experience. A soaking over night
will take the salt out, and it will be
tender and sweet when fried. If dry
beef is wanted it can be taken out of
brine in a few days and hung up and
dried. When I make sausage meat I
make into little cakes, fry . and pack
down and pour lard over it
When yon want to eat it, take out of
lard and heat thoroughly, and it will
be as fresh as when first made and
mnch better than stuffed ones, as it does
not get strong. The above recipes are
all from actual use and experience.
We want the recipes in our paper to be
worthy of use, and not just hearsay and
guesswork, sa some papers have, i
have seen some things in paper a child
would know oould not be done. Mrs.
K. J. Venable in Home and Farm. .
A Cheap Absorbent. '
One of the best substances for nse oh
the floor of the poultry house is saw-,
dust Dry dirt is also excellent, but
sawdust is light and more easily
handled. In cleaning a poultry house
it should be swept with a broom; if
this is done, it will only require a few
minutes daily. One of the best plans
is to go to the poultry house and sweep
every portion clean, carrying off the
sweepings in a coal scuttle, or any
other suitable utensil. Then return to
the poultry house with a scuttle or
bucket filled with sawdust This may
be scattered freely over the floor, under
the roost, or wherever a broom can be
used, which renders the filth easily
swept the next morning. As a pre
caution against vermin, some mix a
handful of carbolized dirt with the
sawdust This is preparded by mixing
a gill of carbolic acid with a quart of
water, the water being sprinkled over
and intimately mixed with a bushel of
fine dirt, allowing it to dry. A poul
try house kept in this manner will al
ways be free from odor, disease will be
avoided, and the work of cleaning be-
oome simple and easy.
' Notes. :
Remember that on an acre of rich.'
well cultivated land there may be
grown $500 worth of strawberries.
If hay is designed for the market, red
clover is very objectionable, as it curea
dark colored and makes the hay dusty.
A mistake of a lifetime is for a
woman to get the notion that it is her
business to milk the cows and cultivate
the garden.
Nothing a man may do will add so
much to the cash value of his farm as
to improve the road leading to and
through the farm.
Boil down form products by feedinir
to live stock. This is the only way in
sight to solve the freight problem. It
is the only way in prospect, too.
Many a man could save a good home
and enough land to live comfortably on
if he would unload the mortgaged end
of the farm to his creditor.
Prices do not seem to justify form
ing to make money this year. Doe
not that give a good chance to carry
out plans for farming to live comfort-
bly.
Last year's drought gave us clean
fields. Now let us keep them clean bv
planting only what we can cultivate
thoroughly and let us adopt a rotation
of crops whioh will insure clean oul
ture. - ..
Going into a line of production be
fore investigating market demands is
very much like starting through the
timber without a compass. ' It is
mighty uncertain where you will oome
Out '
Clean up wells and cisterns before
the water rises, and above all examine
all drains and sources of supply to see
that impure, disease breeding material
does not get into the water when spring'
freshets oome. "
The farmer who is a good peddler
often turns an honest penny by a trio
to town with a load of truck. Some
other fellows make a little truck an ex
cuse for loafing a day in town whon
they have plenty too do at home.
Eadish is a hardy plant The seed -
germinate qnickly, and the young
plants start off at once, providing a
supply on rich soil in a few week.
Kale is another hardy plant, and the
seed may be planted very early,