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VOL. 12.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FItlDAY, MAY 31, 1895.
NO. 23.
OREGON
MIS
PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
Condensed Telegraphic Re
ports of Late Events.
BttlKF 8PAEK8 FROM TBI WIRES
Budget of New For Bay Dig estloa Fr.
All Paris of Oregon, Wash
ington mid Idaho.
The Titooma Whlat Club propose to
hoik! h team to tlio whiHt congres iu
Minneapolis.
Tho Hpokauo ordinance to fund thu
waterworks indobtodnos was paused by
tho council ovr Mayor Bolt voto,
Assessor Znmwaldt estimate the
population of Cnrry county, Or,, at
3,600, double what it wan 11 vo years
ago.
Bov. Dr. Cooper, o( Plymouth, Eug ,
who recently visited Gray' harbor,
ay hu will hoiiiI to tho harbor a col
ony of Cornish fishermen. ;
About 1,000 Hovonth Day Adventist
from Oregon, Washington and Idaho,
attended tho general assembly confer
ence at Walla Walla recently.
Judge Stallcup, of the superior court
of Pierce county, has dismissed tho
jurymen in hiM court because thuro ore
, no fuudii with whiuh to pay thum.
The Concentrator of Moute Criato is
now running steadily and Minding two
or three carload of concentrates to the
Everett, WaHh., smelter by every traiu,
A party of engineers i- inspecting
the Okanogan rivor for poruu who
contemplate putting iu a lino of light
druught steamers between Virginia
City, Wash., and tho boundary lino.
Mm, Crouch denies the .atory of tho
duath of Jonuthuu DIho by starvation
in Eden vulloy, Or. She lays Mr.
Disc U very much alive, and living with
Mr. and Mra. Crouch iu Caina valley.
A proposition i informally being
ooitHidttred among (ome of the Taeotna
counoilmon for the calling of a conven
tion Uiia sumuiur to revise the charter,
nnder tho provision of the new law on
' the subject
Engineer Burrow ia having platted
the iiuoa of tho Wishkah rivor, iu
Washington, to proaont thera to the
Mate laud commissioner when tho ques
tion of tide laud on that river come
np for decision.
County Treasurer Young, of Union
county, Or., give notice that he hai
fumla on hand with which to pay all
outstanding warrant which were pre
sented and indorsed by the county
treasurer np to the first day of Septem
ber, 1810.
James (i. Kidwell, of Walla Walla,
ha taken a carload of twenty-two polo
pouiua to Philadelphia and disposed of
them at good prices, iludiug an active
deinnud for thoiu. The pouius were
raiMud near Walla Walla, and partly
traiued near that place
The laat ttectlon of the gate have
arrived at the Cascade, and those will
be put iu position aa mum aa tho water
will porniit. The gntca that have been
erected keep the water out of the canal
and penult work to bo done and the
contractor are pushing forward tho
improvement a rapidly a poaaiblo.
William IX Humbert, a woolen mill
man who ha boon interim tod in the
mill at Baudou, Cooa county, Or., ha
been in Ashland iu oouaultation with
tho owner of tho Ashland woolen mill
pnniorty, and looking ovor the Held
with a view to atartiug tho mill np
again if satisfactory arrangement can
be made.
The Uood River, Or., strawberry
crop givea promise of going far ahead
of any previous year. A noaroity of
picker la feared, aa nearly cveryoue
ha determined not to uo Indian labor,
and o far but few Indian have put In
an appearance. Grower expeot to pay
1 1-8 cent por pound and good picker
can mako $2 per day.
The ravage of the oaterpiUar lu the
orchard In various part of Whatooiu
ooutity i aasumiug alarming proper
tloiis, In the vicinity of Ferndule,
Lumiul and Fort Bollingham, Wash.,
whole orchard are stripped of their
foliage and tho tree are dying. The
Allou orchard at Marietta, ha boon, it
i uid, completely ruined.
E. D. Boyd.ot Pendleton, has filed hi
first report in the administration of the
estate of Robert Sargout, deceased. It
shows the total receipts from all source
to tie 3,700.48; total disbursements,
91.U0U.43; balance on hand, 1780.00.
On the preferred claims paymeut have
boou made to the amount of 1374.40;
on note, 1,41)2.40. The administra
tor hu petitioned for an order to pay
a 8 1-3 por cent dividend.
James L. Berrldge and Albert HaHt
lngH, who woro sentenced two year
ago to fivo and seven year in the peni
tentiary for oattle-Rtoallng, have been
pardoned by Governor MoGraw. All
thoir neighbors, the judge of tho court
and tho prosecuting attorney united in
thu petition, for tho reason that the
oonvict wore boys, led into tho crime
of oattlo-toaling by a butehor and a
gang of thiovo who loft the oountry to
escape punishment.
. Iu the northern part of Clarke ooun
ty, Wash., near La Couter, is an elec
tric aw which is the invention of a
Clarke county man.whioh bid fair to
revolutions the woodcutting business.
It oom that the plan is to gonerate
steam by the use of a boiler burning
wood and to run a dynamo with the
engine. From the dynamo a long wire
is strotohed out and attached to a motor
which operate a drag saw. It only re
quire three minutes for the saw to out
through a Ave foot log, and then it is
tho work of but an instant to move the
saw and motor along the log to another
out. One hundred oords i said to be a
fair day's work for this machine.
THE JUMP IN WHEAT.
Advance Caused by email Ruppllee In
Foreign Countries.
Now York May 87. Bradstreot'a to
morrow will say: The moderate re
action iu the stock market last week
and this week caused primarily by
frost and report of severe damage to
cereal crops, was followed only in part
by a corresponding chock to the move
meut in general trade. Not one of
the larger grain states confirm the re
port of severe damage to wheat and
corn, with which the exchanges have
abounded, and there is loss reason to
believe in the extent of it than current
ly reported. The most bullish feature
lu the wheat situation lies in the au
uoucod restriction of Argentine and
Russian export, the reduced export
ability of nearly all the leading pro
duclug countries and shorter supplies
of importing countries. Few believe
that wheat ha touched it highest
point on tills wave, although it is 20
cents pur bushel above tho lowest since
tho pauiu.
Exports of wheat from the United
States, both coasts, this week amount
to 2,754,000 bushels, against 3,8117,000
bushel lust week, 3,810,000 bushels in
the third week of May, 1804; 8,108,
000 bushel in the third week of Muy,
18UU; 3,380,000 lu the year before that,
and as compared with 3,840,000 bushels
exported In 1801.
This week s record of advance is as
conspicuous as ever, and include hides,
shoes, leather, Bessemer pig Iron, stool
billets, nails, bur iron, oopper, sine,
wheat, Indian corn, oats, pork, lard,
(lour, coifee, cotton, naval store, pota
Until, poultry and button twenty-three
in all. The tone of the irou and steel
market is tho strongest since the de
pression of 1808-04.
Woolen manufacturer are working
ou old orders, and soma refuse to stock
up with raw materials, a price in the
Interior are above a parity with those
at tho seaboard. Western views are
that manufacturers muy bo short of
supplies to nieet fall contracts. Tho
immense advance in petroleum prices
has so far failed to induce any large
increase iu the well output, thu point
ing to approaching exhaustion of sub
terranean store of this product in the
Appalachian region. Consumption is
still lighter than production.
THE COUNTRY NORTH.
Married Canadian May Marry Again In
the tutted Slate..
Quulieoi Muy 87. Bigamy iu the
United State by Canadian citizens is
one of thu subject to be grappled with
next week at Toronto by the National
Council of Women of Canada nndur the
presidency of it founder, the Coun-
tea of Abordon. It ha latly boon de
cided that a married person who is a
British subject resident in Canada, and
there goes through a form of marriage
with another person cannot in Canada
be convicted of bigamy. Thia ia the
case when even no divorce ha been ob
tained in the United States. To law
yers it seems clear enough that bigamy
in the United state is not an offense
against Canadian laws, and therefore it
is not uurcKonable to expect that there
should not bo any machinery for con
victing the offender iu Canada.
But the Countess of Aberdeen and
tho ladies affiliated with her upon the
executive committee of tho National
Council of Women of Canada are bound
to have such provision mado if by any
means possible, and there have recently
boon some very aad oases of wife deser
tion in Canada and remarriage in the
United State, calculated to call out
female sympathy in general.
MEXICAN MATTERS.
No Kxport lluty IMserlintnatlug Against
American Capital
Washington, May 87. Senor Ro
moro, Mexican minister, said today,
concerning the intention of Mexico to
decree an export duty discriminating
against the American capital invested
in Mexican mining enterprises, that he
was not aware that such a bill had
boon approved by the Mexican con
gress, but that, a it was presented by
the executive, ho believed that it was
very likely to be approved. Sonor Ro
mero further said that the real object
of the pending bill wo to distribute
ou the whole mining industry of Mex
ico the very high duty now levied upon
the mining of silver. The present min
ing duty is 4.44 por cent Sonor
Romero farther said that the real ob
joot of the now bill is to distribute
equally between all the silver produ
cers of Mexico the present taxes which
now lie on some classes of miner, and
that the imputation that it is a dis
criminating measure against American
capital investod in Mexico ia utterly
without foundation.
Ejecting Bettlers.
Pondor.Nob., May 87. Iudian Agent
Beck has positively commenced tho
ejectment of settlor occupying the
laud of the Flouruoy Land Company
on the Winnebago reservation. Three
settlor In the vioinity of Wakefield
were romovod yesotorday by sixteen In
dian police heavily armed. Captain
Bock has served notice that other set
tlers must go, and will continue the
evictions. It is thought there will be
an attempt to put off the cattle on
Kelly's ranch. If the attempt is made
there will surely be bloodshed, for
Kelly has threatened to shoot the first
redskin that come inside his pasture
for that purpose. Those who have been
ousted by the police were merely told
to get off, and when they refused, were
not molested.
The Manufacturers' Association.
San Francisco, May 37. The Manu
facturers' Association has addressed a
letter to Governor Bndd, requesting
him to use his influence to indnoe the
yariouB commissions of the state to give
California manufacturers the prefer
ence when ordering supplies, price and
quality being equal. .
THE RACE FOR A CLAIM
Fifteen Thousand Rushed for
the Kickapoo Lands.
NOT ENOUGH TO 60 ABOUND
All Told, There Were Only Vour Hun
dred and Fifty Odd Claims to
. - White Settlement.
Oklahoma City, May 85. Sharp at
noon at leust 10,000 men, with a large
number of women, made a grand rush
from all side of tho Kickapoo reserva
tion for tho 450 odd claim open to
white settlement. In less than an hour
there were scores of contestants on each
of those claims in addition to the soon
er, who had already taken possession
of the lands.
Bweeuoy's bridge, on the North fork
of the Canadian river, in township 18,
was one of the principal points of en
trance to tho new laud. There were
800 men gathered there. The sup
pressed excitement, as the minutes
ticked nearer and neurcr the honr of
noon was intense. Watches were held
iu one hand and line tightly grasped
in the other. The scene that followed
the hout "(Jo" was intensely exciting.
The first one to dash across the
bridge was iu a little buggy drawn by
a pair of bay. Tho driver brought hi
whip down, shouting at them and the
horse bounded serosa the bridge and
up the road with a good start, running
away. Following, eight horsemen jos
tled one another on the narrow bridge,
trying to pas one another. They
whipped thoir horse and struck at
thera and at each other, and at last
crossed over and scattered, racing like
mad. The recklessness of the driver
whipping their horses down the bunk
and across has seldom been equalled.
Horses would go down to be dragged to
their feet again. Men woro batloss,
thoir faca and foreheuds wrinkled, their
vein standing out like cords.
The yard of the bridge hotel became
clear, tho wagon and horsemen in the
road came ou behind, rushing pell
mell, and in fifteen minutes the last
wagon had passed over the bridge.
The air was full of dust, and tho sound
of shouting men and tho rambling of
wheel grow fainter and fainter up tho
road.
About half a mile northeast from
Sweeny' tho road passed through nar
row lino of tree. Here an awful jam
occurred, delaying the racer for ten
minute. The jam was finally straight
ened out, however, and the men were
off again.
Last night it was evident to many
of the boomer that all could not get
claim, so it was resolved to organize
two town. About midnight a crowd
loft Sweeney' for Dule, and a this
procossiou went along large addition
were made to tho ranks. Two towns
have already been projected, Oluoy and
Aurora. A council was held, but the
projector of both towns were interest
ed in a consolidation of interests. The
new town is to be called McLord, in
honor of the general solicitor of the
Choctaw road. The procession, 5,000
strong, then took np the march to
Douglas Mills, at the section on which
McLord was to be. At the head of the
enterprise is Dr. J. W. Gillett, of Per
ry, who was chosen mayor. Green B.
Ranm, jr. , of Washington, son of the
ex-pensiou agent, is a leading member
of the town organization. The Bite of
the town is a sandy bank covered with
cactus and underbrush. , At noon the
crowd passed over the ford in a very
quiet way and drew lots for positions
on the town plat Corps of surveyor
were on hand, and at once laid out the
town. Wagon with liquors, grocer
ies and cot came in, tent were erect
ed, and soon stores, restaurants and
hotels wore openod, and a new town
had been born.
The Kickapoo opening was much in
the nature of a huge farce. At 13:10
nearly all claims had from ten to
twenty claimants on them, and those
fartherst from tho line were reached
from the border in twenty-five min
utes. In one section 100 claimants,
who had run in from both borders, are
fighting for their claims. At Shawnee
tho crowd became restless before the
noon hour arrived. At three minutes
to twelve, by somo watches, and pre
cisely noon by others, there was a break
here and there in the line, a wavering,
and then all broke into a run. The
raoe across the level plateau was a very
pretty sight.
A Chance for Disappointed Boomers.
Guthrie, O. T., May 85. Governor
Renfrew this morning issued a procla
mation offering 80,000 acre of school
land in the Kickapoo reservation for
lease for five year from October 1,
1805, bid to be received nntilJune 10.
This will give the disappointed boom
ers a chance to get some fine land.
An Explanation Demanded.
Stockton, May 80. Rev. Ray Palmer
is in trouble over his utterances. Last
Snnday night in a speech at Avon the
ater he said certain oity officials had
told him they had given and received
bribes. Indignant office-holders are
demanding an explanation. Palmer
aid he referred to past officials, and
now tho latter demand an investiga
tion, and Palmer has been summoned
before the grand jury to explain. The
general belief is that Palmer talked
for political effect and that his state
ments bear no foundation in fact.
Acquitted of Murder.
Denver, May 35. Christopher C
Schramm was acquitted on the charge
of murder in the district court tonight,
tho jury being out three hours. He
killed Edward W. Murphy, his tenant,
in a quarrel over certain repairs that
were needed. Schramm's plea was
self-defense.
WASHINGTON CORPORATIONS.
Those That Have Recently Filed In
corporation Article.
Olympla, May 28. Articlo for the
following domestic corporation have
been filed in the office of the secretary
of state:
Aberdeen Cemetery Association, Ab
erdeen; capital, $ 500; 00 share of $10;
incorporators, J. W, Farquhar, D. H.
Keith and W. H. Pearson; to buy and
sell land for burial purposes.
Natatoiijm Company, Spokane; cap
ital, $3,000; 200 shares of $10 each;
incorporators, Frank O'Conner, W. 8.
Norman, D. L. Huntington; to con
duct a general amusement business.
Northwest Publishing Company,
Olympla; capital, $1,000; shares of
$10; incorporators, B. W. Brintnull,
L. S. Brintnull, C. H. Carpenter; to
engage in the printing and publishing
business. r
Washington Undulating Motor Pump
& Water Power Company, Tacoma;
capital, $100,000; 1,000 shares of $10
each; incorporators, G. W. VanFosson,
J. W. O'Keefo and A. N. Hamilton;
to manufacture and sell pump aud
motors, and conduct water work.
St Elmo jGold Mining Company,
Spokane; capital, $1,000,000; 1,000,
000 shares of $1 , each; incorporator,
F. C. Loring, George T. Crane, F. E.
Snodgras, R. E. Coe, E. D. Olmstead;
to conduct a mining and milling busi
ness. CONDITION OF WHEAT.
Reports From Three Point Indicate an
Average Crop.
New York, May 25. The World
tomorrow will publish telegraphic re
ports from nearly 800 points in the
wheat belt showing the exact condi
tion of the crop. It says:
"These reports show that on the vast
wheat farms of the Northwest in Min
nesota and the Dakota, the wheat crop
is not only uninjured, but actually in
bettor than the average condition.
'Never better,' is a frequent expression
of the farmers of that section. From
the Southern section of the wheat belt
there comes a different story. Kansas
reports indicate less than half a crop.
In Illinois, Indiana and Ohio chinch
bugs, rust and other ills have aided
the frost in doing extensive damage to
wheat Missouri and Michigan also
report heavy losses. On the Pacific
slope, which is becoming one of the
largest wheat-producing sections in the
country, all reports agree that the crop
is above the average. Taking the
whole wheat belt, together with the
Pacific slope, it seems clear from these
report that the present prospect for at
least an average crop are favorable.
"Favorable conditions and an in
creased crop in the vast fields of the
Northwest will easily make np for the
lessened crop in the diminished wheat
area of the Central states. "
QUEENSBERRY'S SON.
Lord Sholto Douglass Ready to Make
Loretta Addle Hie Wife.
San Francisco, May 25. According
to a morning paper, Lord Sholto Doug
lass, who is in this oity, is only await
ing the consent of his father, the Mar
quis of Queensberry, , to wed Loretta
Addis, the concert-hall singer with
whom he recently became infatuated.
"The whole question," he said, "is
getting the consent of my family. If
my father disapprove of the marriage,
I suppose it will not take place. You
know how it is.- I can't go against
my people. I do not know yet just
what I will do. I am waiting for the
letter from home that will decide
everything. I can't marry hor if every
thing goes against me, and it is to my
disadvantage, which would of coarse
moan hers too. As far as her family
is concerned, she can marry me, for she
is of age and can do as she chooses.
No, I cannot tell how much I think of
her or anything of that sort That is
sacred between us. She thoroughly
understands me."
Argentine's Foreign Relations.
Washington, May 25. The fears
of trouble between Chili and the Ar
gentine republic ovor the boundary
lino appear to have been overoome, by
the annual message of President Uri
bari, of Argentine, just received here,
which speaks of satisfactory negotia
tions with Chili. The president also
refors to the settlement of tho trouble
with Brazil over disputed territory,
through arbitration of President
Cleveland, and says the arrangement
promises to bring about a renewal of
the strong alliance formerly existing
with Brazil. President Uribari reports
that in the midst of the world's de
pression Argentine exports were $102,
000,000, which was $0,000,000 in ex
cess of her imports.
Why Huntington (Joes to Kurope. .
New York, May 25. Two of the
reasons for C. P. Huntington's trip
abroad are said to be the sale of a por
tion of the new Southern Pacific bonds
under the $89,000,000 which was au
thorized last year for various purposes,
including the funding of the floating
debt, .and a personal conference with
the representative of the Panama canal
interest which own the Panama rail
road. In addition to these things
Huntington, as already mentioned,
will confer with the Englishmen about
Central Paoiflo matters and try to reach
a satisfactory understanding for the
extension of interest on bonds and the
dividends on stocks.
To Protect American Intercuts.
Washington, May 25. Cablegrams
to the state department from Ecuador
announoe the revolution ha broken out
afresh. Orders were cabled to the
oommander of the United States steam
ship Ranger, now at Panama, to pro
ceed with his ship to Guayaquil, at
ouoe, where he will still be able to
communicate with the navy depart
ment by cable.
NEW OVERLAND LINE
The Union Pacific May Reach
Sin Francisco.
WOULD BREAK THE MONOPOLY
Scheme by Which the Oregon Pacific
May Become a Link In Another
Transcontinental Road
San Francisco, May 84. Within a
few month another transcontinental
railway, the Union Pacific system
will have a terminus on the bay of San
Francisco. This will break a railroad
monopoly that ha held the city in an
iron grip ever since the first railroad
reached this section of the Pacific coast
After year of patient efforts and many
disappointments, the Union Pacific sys
tem has effected an arrangement by
which it can reach San Francisco bay.
Tiburon will be its teminal, and an
increased ferry service between this
city and that point will be one of the
benefits to this part of the state.
This will be accomplished by a con
necting link, the Oregon Central &
Eastern railway, formerly the Oregon
Pacific, nniting the Union with the
San Francisco & North Pacific railway,
commonly called the Donahue broad
gauge line. The latter is to extend its
line from Ukiah to Covelo. The Ore
gon road now extend to Corvallis and
Yaqnina bay, by that state. The con
necting road will follow down the coast,
and join the Donahue system.
The Payment Suspended.
Washington, May 24. By order of
the president, the payment of claim of
the Nez Peroe Indians, amounting to
$600,000, has been held up. The claims
wore in process of examination by the
auditor of the interior department when
a brief order was received for a suspen
sion of the work. At the treasury de
partment it is supposed this order is
due to some recommendations from the
secretary of the interior.
THE INCOME TAX DECISION.
Declaration That It Hae AUo Killed the
Internal Rerenne E.awe-
Knoxvillo, Tenn., May 84. The
startling announcement is made by
Colonel Noble Smithson, a Knoxville
attorney, who has much practice before
the United States supreme court, that
the decision on the income tax has also
killed the internal revenues laws. In
a carefully prepared opinion, Colonel
Smithson says:
"Justice Fuller in his opinion says
the constitution divides federal taxa
tion into two classes. First, direct
taxes; second, imposts and excises and
that direct taxes must be apportioned
among the several states in proportion
to their representation in the house of
representatives. Apparently the logi
cal result of this opinion is that all fed
oral taxes, except duties on imports
(that is to say, taxes collected nnder
tariff laws) must be apportioned among
the states according to their representa
tion in the house of representatives.
An act of August 37, 1894 (the Wilson
bill), section 48, provides there shall be
levied and collected on all distilled
spirits, etc, a tax of $1 on each proof
gallon; the statutes of the United
State levy a tax of 6 cents a pound on
tobacco, eta It seems clear, accord
ing to this opinion of the chief jus
tice, that these are direct taxes on per
sonal property, and not being appor-.
tioned among the several states ac
cording to their representation, they
are unconstitutional and void.
"It this view is correct, the supreme
court has not only wiped oat the in
come tax but has practically repealed
the internal revenue as it affects tobac
co, whisky, brandy, etc. If this con
struction of the opinion be correct, all
direct taxes, including these on real
and personal property, must be levied
according to representation, so that the
rich people of New York, Massachusetts
and other Eastern states will pay no
more tax per capita than the poor peo
ple of the Western and Southern states.
Of oourse, this is not to be thought of.
The result would be that practically all
revenues for the support of the govern
ment must be raised by duties on im
ports, and instead of reducing the tar
iff it will necessarily increase it ma
terially." '
Claim for Reparation.
Washington, May 24. At the in
stance of Patterson Spriggs, a lawyer
of San Diego, Acting Secretary Uhl has
brought to the attention of the Mexi
can government the claim for repara
tion of Charles Oberlander of San
Diego. Oberlander was a deputy
marshal in California at the time the
Chinese exolusion aot went into effect
He was employed on the Mexican bor
der preventing the smuggling of Chi
nese. His statement is that while thus
engaged he was kidnaped May 20,
1893, by Mexioan officers, forcibly car
ried out of the United States and kept
in confinement in a Mexioan prison
without warrant of law. All the Mex
icans implicated are named in Ober
lander' statement
A French Submarine Cable.
Washington, May 24. Consul Hoi
lis, of Mozambique, reports to the state
department that on the 21st of March
the French steamer Franohois Arago
laid the shore end of a submarine cable
to be constructed between that port and
Majunga, Madagascar. A deep sea
cable is now being laid from the latter
port to Mozambique. .
Russian Villages Destroyed.
St Petersburg, May 23. In the
town of Kobueden, 200 houses have
been burned, and in the village of
Rnahastay 850 persons were killed, and
very many more injured.
MERCHANTS' NATIONAL CLOSED
The First Failure of .National Bank
In Seattle. .
Seattle, May 33. The first failure
of a national bank in this city occurreo
this morning, when the Merchants'
National bank closed its doors, and it
was announced that it would not re
open. The bank was incorporated July 31,
1890, with a capital stock of $200,000.
In explaining the failure, Angus Mack
intosh, the president, said this morn
ing: "This misfortune is the inevi
table result of the hard times and the
inability of the people to tespond to
the call made upon them. Our board
of director met thi morning and de
cided, in view of the position of things,
not to open today, and to have the
cashier notify the controller of the ac
tion taken. We can do nothing until
the examiner come in. The plan ol
consolidation fell through and this
bank will simply liquidate. The bank
will pay all its obligations, and I do
not think that this will absorb any of
the capital stock. Our aim will be to
call upon our stockholder and not to
go through the hands of a receiver.
The stockholder will be able to recoup
themselves from the assets as fast as
they are able to realize on them, and
they will be quite sufficient to make
the stockholders whole again. I can
not give yon an exact statement of the
affairs of the bank until the examiner
gets here, but I can say generally that
there are no really bad assets, the only
difficulty being that they are slow to
realize on."
Washington, May 23. Controller
Eckels today received a telegram stat
ing the Merchants' National bank of
Seattle, Wash., had suspended. Ex
aminer fVronn was nnt in nhurira. The
bank's capital was $200,000, and at the
last report had assets amounting to
$830,000 and a surplus of $25,000. It
ia nnriarafawt .,tia t1 tha nanaeta nf rllA
bank' failure was too great holdings
oi real estate and securities upon which
it did not realize. - . '
TESTS OF ARMOR.
Foreign Military Attaches Not Admitted
at Indian Head.
Washington, May 23. At nearly all
the tests made at Indian head and other
places where experiments are conduct
ed upon armor, shells and gnns, officers
of foreign navies and arms have been
admitted. - Objection has been made to
this by the branches of the service, on
the grounds that the United States is
expending many million in making
war materials, and that foreign govern
ments have been enabled to procure in
formation concerning these materials
without expense. It has been pointed
out that foreign governments are in
the habit of guarding very jealously
their own experiments of this kind, so
as to prevent other nation from profit
ing at their expense. Last week, for
the first time, the navy department
adopted a new rule. The ordnance
officers were making some most inter
esting experiments to determine the
question as to whether a bursting shell
could be shot through an armor plate
representing the sides of one of the best
of the modern battle-ships. As usual,
applications were made by the mili
tary attaches of the French and Ger
man government for permission to
witness the experiments, but. Assistant
Secretary MoAdoo was obliged to deny
the applications as courteously as pos
silbe, and hereafter these officers will
be obliged to acquire information as to
the result of experimental test from
the recommendations which the ord
nance officials think prudent to make
public. - - -
- Convicted aud Sentenced to Hang.
Vancouver, B. C, May 23. The
trial of Pat Caine for the murder of
Fi Man, a Chinese market gardener,
last September, was concluded this
evening. The jury returned a verdict
of murder. Judge Crease strongly
charged against the prisoner, and the
jury, after a brief absence, were unani
mous in their verdict " July 23 was
fixed as the date for the execution.
Caine heard his sentence without the
slightest sign of fear, simply remark
ing: ' "I am innocent"
Receiver for an Insurance Company.
New York, May 23. J. C. MoAdam
in the superior court special term
granted an order today for the appoint
ment of a temporary receiver for the
New York Bowery Fire Insurance
Company, and a temporary injunction
restraining the directors from further
interference with the management of
the company. A petition set forth
that the stock, effects and other prop
erty are not sufficient to pay all its de
mands. A Reward for Heroism.
Liverpool, May 23. The officers and
crew of the steamship Teutonic today
received the reward presented by Presi
dent Cleveland for the rescue of the
fishing schooner Josie Reeves in De
cember hist Mr. Bruce Ismay, of the
White Star line, made the presenta
tion. He expresses regret that the
British government is so tardy in mak
ing rewards to those who render such
service.
Hawaii' Reply to Willie' Note. '
Washington, May 24. The state de
partment has received from Minister
Willis the reply made by the Hawai
ian government to his note informing
them that Thurston was persona non
grata. It consists of the mere an
nouncement that Thurston would not
return to Washington, and does not
enter into a discussion of the merits of
the case.
Reorganisation of the Whisky Trust.
Chicago, May 23. The reorganiza
tion committee of the whisky trust to
day took action whioh will probably
end the receivership within a short
time. Resolutions were adopted pro
viding for the sale of trust properties,
either by the oourts or by the board of
directors. . "
FOR THE FARMERS
Useful Information Concern
tag Farm Work.
.:i,OVKBGiiOUKKKDKOK POLL IKY
rhey Like Clover Better Than All
Other rassea- Keep the Bee In 3
Clean Quarters Notes.
Clover is most valuable for poultry.
A writer in the American Poultry Ad
vocate says that poultry likes clover
better than all other grasses or vege
table, and he is right. He reminds us
that it contains element lor growth pf
bone, feather and muscle in young
stock, and production of eggs with hens.
For poultry that is moulting it is most
excellent; inducing them to moult early
and to go through their moult vigprant
and strong. It ia an established fact
that poultry needs green food at timeis,
especially in summer. Clover grown
second crop should be out, when just in
bloom, or just before this time when
there is a profusion of tender green
leaves and the stalks have not become
woody. In curing the clover a great
deal of care and attention should be
given. It should not be spread out in
the hot sun too long, but dried so the
leaves shrink np some, but not dried
enough so they will crumble and- fall
off. In handling, the clover should be
put in a pile or cock and left to. go
through a curing or sweating process.
These pile should be opened a little
ev.ry day and the whole pile lightened
np and turned completely over, to get
the bottom hay which gathers moisture
from the ground np, where the air .can
circulate through it The piles or
cock should be covered at night and
during any shower with a hay ' cap.
After the pile have been up a day or
two and have been cured some, the cap
should be kept on all the time. Of
course a great deal depends upon the
weather. In hot sunny weather
clover can be cured in a very, few
days, at other times it would take much
longer. When cured, clover can be
stored in a bam or other dry place. To
feed clover to get the best results, it is
best to cut it np very fine, the finer the
better, then take twice the bulk of cut
clover to bulk of grain, corn meat,
bran and wheat middling, the whole to
be thoroughly cooked for the morning
mash. The clover should be boiled for
an hour or more to make it soft The
grain should be thoroughly mixed with
the clover, and the whole left, in the
boiler to stand over night for the
morning mash and when cooked in a
boiler or set kettle, the whole mess
slowly cooks all night and comes out
in the morning a nioe, hot steaming
mash, smelling sweetly of clover, and
is greedily eaten by poultry, large and
small, enough water should be used in
cooking the mash to have it .come out
quite moist in the morning, when a
paddle full is thrown into the feed
trough it should spat a little when it
strikes. If the mash should be stiff,
so as to crumble it is not eaten so well,
the poultry are apt to scratch it out of
the trough and waste it The stiff,
crumbly mash does not pass on to the
gizzard readily and time is lost, and for
the time the poultry are crop bound.
When fed moist enough, there is no
trouble and it is all eaten up. Chiok
ens grow fast on such a mash, but do
not fatten, hens fed in this way will
have red combs, keep healthy and lay
plenty of eggs. ; u .w.i-.. .
The Re Dmnde lean Quarters. '
Bees are apt to leave the old hive
that has sheltered them during the
winter unless precautionary measures
are resorted to in the spring, Spring
absconding differ from those of th
honey season, for while the former go
abroad to find larger quarter for in
crease of brood, the latter are simply!
deserter. In nine cases out of ten, de
sertion is the result of bad quarters,
dampness, too little food, bad and con
stant interference from the owner or
bee robbers. No creature is more sen
sitive to his surroundings than the bee,
and he will not long put np with quar
ters that are unfit It is the hardest
thing in the world to get back the de
serter. There is no remedy for this.,
One must use preventive measures, and
that is to have the hive clean, sweet
and dry, with plenty of food, and, then,
do not disturb the bees more than is
necessary. ,.
. Notes. .., . ,
The meat ration for hen can be dis-.
continued when they can get plenty of
inSOCtS. ... ,,i ',:. "'
During the coming summer see to it
that the poultry has plenty of good,
fresh water. . , . ,;
The farmer who mokes liberal drafts'
upon his flock for table use and thus
enables his family to eat less pork, is
wise.
When apple trees do not bear, two
bushels of ashes applied as far ont as
the limbs extend, will sometimes rem
edy the trouble. . ... . ,.,
It is fun for the dog to ohase a hen, '
but the hen does not enter into the sport -with
much spirit, and as long as she
does not, better stop the play.
For scours in calve a raw egg broken '
into their milk is the most effectual
remedy. A piece of rennet soaked in
milk is also good, but we prefer the
raw egg.
When a farmer raise his horses he
knows their disposition, constitution -and
capacity. It is the proper way to .
get good, sound, serviceable horses on ;
the farm. - s 1
During the first few week of a calf 'a
existence be very careful and not over- :
feed. Better err on the side of feeding '
too little, and many time it will isave t
yon much trouble. '. . i.