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VOL. 12.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1895.
NO.. 26.
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ALLEN fc CLEETON,
Attorneys and Counselors at Law
HT. IIEI.KNH, OKEOON.
Notarle. Public, Conveyancing and Collactlon.
JR. A. I'. Mcl.AHK.N,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
lUlnltr, Oregon,
jR. H. K. cuff,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
8t. Helens, Oregon
U. J. K. II ALU,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
OlaUiktiule, Columbia county, Or,
yr N. MKKttVK,
Surveyor and Civil Engineer
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BRIEF 8PABK8 FROM THE WISES
Budget of Maw! Far Ke.y Dlge.tloa Freaa
All I'arta of Oregon, Waah
' lug ton and Idaho.
Tho oao of tho Ktuto aguliiHt Frank
Bw ingle for killiiiK Arthur Langoll in
on triul in Klumutb FalU, Or.
Ordnrit have een inHul fur the pur.
ohitHO of one dozun M(4riff flrti-extin
KuIhIhim for tho WuMhiuKtou roform
nuIkkiI,
'ino oitiztmit or uonoburg, ur., are
UKitHting tho qutwtiuu of tho curly con
Mtruotiou of tho KoKolmrif, C!oon Bar Se
hiiHturu rail road.
Orngou Railway Se Navigation offi
cial huve dooidud to remove the din
!utohtirn from Walla Walla to 8tr-
buok ou the Wanhingtou diviHion.
Major Wordnn, allotlnir auout of tho
Klttmnth Indian nmurvution, ia now at
work on allutuiuiiU of laud between
WiUianiKou river and Chiliunin bridge,
Or.
The mail aurvioe between Klamath
FallH and Fort Klamath, Or., haa been
vhauKd to a daily aervioe, witli oou-
tractor John D. Hhallock atill running
it.
The Montana Jack rabbit ha taken
tho pliioo of the large white-tail rabbit
at Walla Walla, Wanh.t and In report
ed to bo doing groat damage to gar
doua and fruit treoa.
Toletihono polea have boon dintrib-
utod by tho Blue Mountain Telephone
& Telegruph Company to TJkiah, and
it ia oxpoutod to have tho line com
plotod to that point by July 1.
Definite arrangemeuta have been
made between William D. Humbert
and the ownera of the Aahland, Or.,
woolen milla, by whlub the mill will
be started up within a mouth.
Mrs. Snmutil C. Slaughter, of Taoo
ma, i doing miasionary work through
out tho state in trying to penmnde the
women to patroniae itato and home
produota and manufacturei whenever
poaalblo.
A few ditya ago Ruho11 Dement, of
Curry county, Or., brought eighty head
of beef cattle to Roaeburg and aold
them there at an average of 137.60 per
head. They cost him, in Curry oounty,
f 18 a head.
The people of Ballard, Waah., have
entered a protvat against the filling in
Sulmou bay tide land. The moruhauta
and mill men nay that to fill them
wonld ruin tho mills and injure the
North canal.
Hone and cattle thieves are reported
to be at work again in tho woatorn part
of Whitman oounty, Waah., in the
country known as the "Rocks," around
the vicinity of Rook lake, and south
wont to the mouth of the Palouse river.
Contracts will b called for tho con
Ktruotion of a bridge aoroas the Wenat-
ohee river the first of next month. The
bridge will span the river about one.
half a mile from the mouth, connecting
Kittitas and Okanogan counties, Waah,
Tho Blade Company, contesting of
Mtwrttn. Teck, Hug, Seigfred & Brown,
of
JNow Whatcom, Waah., haa pur
chased the type and machinery oonati
tuting the old Express plant, from the
rocoiver, and has moved the place of
business to the Lighthouse block.
Tho housewives of Colfax. Wash,
have decided that professional tramps
can no longer dine in their back yards
without flint doing good work. Large
gangs of these fellows come into that
city at regular intervals, while smaller
groups are arriving constantly.
Shoriff Stiuson is ou the trail of 60,
000 sheep that are being driven into
and through Kittitas oounty, Wash.,
from without the state, for the pur
pose of collecting tho tax provided by
the Inst legislature on migratory stock.
The law provides that in case of refusal
to pay the assessment a levy and sale of
the stock may be proemptorily made.
A curious freak of natnro in the
shape of a lamb with six legs is at the
Columbia brewery in , The Dalles, Or.
Tho animal ia well formed in every re
spect, and appears perfeotly healthy.
From the right shoulder two additional
logs are growing, which roach nearly
to the ground. Mr. Buchler purchased
it from a man out at Bake Oven.
shipment of twenty-two oars,
about 6,000 head of sheep was made
from The Dalles, Or., Wednesday
morning. The Bheop are bound for the
Chicago market. More than 30,000
head of shoep were reported that day
on the road to The Dalles. Most of
thorn are destined for Chicago, but
some of them are being driven to differ
ent ranges.
Governor MoQraw pardoned Samuel
B. Duseuberre, ex-oashier of the Bank
of Puyallup, Wash., who was oonvict
ed of embezzlement in the fall of 1803
and sentenced to three years impris
onment. He was a high liver, and
spont part of the money in speculation.
Under Warden Coblentz he was head
book-keeper at Walla Walla and al
lowed many liberties. Influential
frionds secured his pardon.
About a year ago George Cochrane
boueht a band of sheep in his father's
! name, the latter furnishing the money.
I Last Novembor the sheep were sold
I under an execution in favor of J. D.
i Tunny, Mr. Tunney being , the pur
chaser and the ditto of the stile being on
Sunday. A jury at The Dalles, Or.,
, rendored a verdict last Sunday in favor
of Peter Cochrane, the father, who
brought an gotion in replevin to re
oover the sheep.
EDMISTON'S CASE.
Motion for Mew Trial Will He Argued
, Heat Friday.
North Yakima, Waah., June 17.
Banker Ediniaton this morning reoeiv
ed notification from his Walla Walla
surety, B. II. Groan, that the latter had
withdrawn from the bonds and ur
rendered the fonner to the care of the
sheriff. Edmiaton immediately filed
new one in the sum of $3,000, with
Frank Sinclair and Tom Hurvey, bun!
ness men of this city, as bondamen,
Attorney Suively thinks Groas has been
soared by prejudiced Walla Walla peo
pie. The motion for a new trial in the
Edmiaton ouao will be heard Friday
next in the superior court, Suively hav
ing notified Prosecutor Ormabee,
Walla Walla county, of his intention to
argue the motion on tho following
grounds:
Misconduct of the jury; misconduct
of tho prosecuting attorney and specia
counsel in arguing the case to the jury
because the verdict of the jury did not
conform to the Instructions given by
tho court, and that six or the persons
were induced to sign a verdict of
guilty, with modification, when other
wise they wonld not havo done so.
which modification was: "We reoom
mend the defendant to the mercy of the
court;" error of law occurring at the
trial, and excepted to by the defend
ant; that tho verdict is contrary to the
law and the evidence adduced at the
trial; irregularities occurring in the
trial of the cause by which the defend.
ant was prevented from having a fair
trial.
TOO MUCH SYMPATHY.
Guarding Agalnet Flllbuatrlug tCxpedl.
tluua to Cuba.
Washington, Juno 17. Attorney-
Oeneral Harmon has received the fol
lowing letter from tho secretary of
state in relation to filibustering expedi.
tions to aid Cuba:
"It is a matter of current rnmor and
newspaper report that at various points
in tho United States attempts are milk
ing by enlistment of men, equipment
and arming of vessels, and by other il
legal measures, to aid the insurrection
now in progress in the island of Cuba,
While this department has not been
furnished with tangible evidence con
firmatory of such rumors and reports,
it deems it of great importance that no
possible opportunity shall be given for
oomplaiut that the government of the
United States has in any respect fallen
short of its full duty to a friendly na
turn. It is respectfully suggested,
therefore, that the United States at
torneys and marshals for tho several
districts embracing the coast line be.
tweuu New York and Brownsville have
their attention called to this question.
and be especially enjoined to see to it
that the neutrality laws of the United
States are faithfully observed, and all
violations theroof promptly and vigor
ously prosecuted. "
Complying with Mr. Olney's sugges
tion, Attorney-Ooneral Harmon has di
rected all United States attorneys and
marshals of the Atlantio coast line dis
tricts to act in conjunction, and to take
all steps neoessary and proper to pre.
vent any violations of the neutrality
laws, acting promptly and vigorously.
WEEKLY SALMON REPORT.
Flailing on Lower Columbia Continued
Good Laat Week.
Astoria, Or., June 17. The Astor-
iau'a weekly salmon report says in
part:
Fishing on the Lower Columbia
has continued good during the past
week. Up to Wednesday returns at
all the canneries wore good, fish aver
aging fifteen to the boat with an aver
age weight of twenty-nine pounds.
Since then, however, they have contin
ued to fall off, and the day's returns
since were the dullest for several weeks.
Traps are " not running at all well.
Seining continues to improve, and
will no doubt show good results from
now nutil the end of the season. The
ohinooks are all of a splendid color,
with flesh plump and firm. The mid
dle river canneries are averaging 1 80
oases of fish per day. At the cascades
and dalles work still oontinues very
slack, and nearly all that is being done
is being accomplished by seines. Blue-
backs are gradually beginning to ap
pear in the river, but cannot attain
anything like the ordinary proportions
before the close of the season. ' Steel
heads are showing up a little better
every day. Prices on Columbia river
salmon oontinne to hold firm every
where, with increased demands notably
in the extreme Eastern centers. Brit
ish Columbia oanners report no. pros
pect of a oatoh till July. The few
now being paoked on the Fraser are
utilized for cold storage."
The Telephone Patents.
Boston, June 17. A decision of the
United States court, reversing a de
cision in the oirouit court, and order
ing a new trial in the case of the
United States vs. the Boll Telephone
Company, as assignees of the Emit Ber
liner patents, was handed down late
this afternoon. The suit was on a bill
in equity praying that the patents is
sued November 17, 1891, to the Ameri
can Boll Telephone Company, as as
signee of Berliner, in all things is re
called, repealed and deoreed absolutely
null. The lower court sustained the
prayer.
Cannot Tax Oregon Grain.
Snn Franoisoo, June 17. Attorney
Ford, of the board of harbor commission
ers, has rendered an opinion to the
effect that the nommissioners have no
right under the law to impose anything
savoring of a tax on outside grain. The
opinion was the result of an attempt
made by Commissioner Conlon to tax
Oregon flour and wheat which came
into thia port
PRESS CLUBS CONVENE
Legislation Desired to
tect Publishers.
Pro
PROPOSED LAW TO GOVERN LIBEL
Before Suit Dhall fie Brought a Pub
lienor Shall Be Oranted Time
to I'ubll.h Hetraotlon.
Philadelphia, June 14. The couven
tion of the International League of
Press Clubs today adopted a resolution
offered by Charles Emery Smith, of the
Philadelphia Press, urging the various
pess clubs of the league to work euer
gotically to secure from the legislature
of the several states the passage of laws
to protect newspaper men in preserv
ing inviolate confidential information
oommunicatod to them in the ordinary
course of thoir duties.
Speaking as a newspaper proprietor.
Mr. Smith said that if he bad correctly
observed the young men about him,
there was not one worthy member in
the nowspapcr profession who would
not rather rot in jail than betray his
confidence.
John H. Low, of Philadelphia, offer
ed a resolution relative to libel laws,
introducing it in a long preamble call.
ing attention to the services performed
by the newspapers of the nation as the
chief weapons of defense against official
corruption and vice, and reciting that
it has become their duty and right to
expose public scandal, raaladministra.
tion of offices and violations of law, so
long as they do not in printing or vio
lation abuse the liberty granted them.
In conclusion, the resolution calls upon
the president of the league to petition
legislatures to pass a general libel law
worded as follows:
"Before and suit shall be brought
for the publication of a libel in any
newspaper in this state, the aggrieved
party shall, at least three days before
filing or giving the complaint in such
suit, serve a notice on the publisher or
publishers of said newspaper at their
principal office of publication, specify
ing the statements in said article which
he or they may allege to bo false or de
f amatory. If it shall appear on the
trial of said action that the article was
published in good faith; that its falsity
was due to a mistake or misapprehen
sion of the facts, and that a full and
fair retraction of any statement therein
alleged to be erroneous was published
in the next regular issue of such news
paper, or in case of daily papers, within
three days after such mistake or misap
prehension was brought to the knowl
edge of such publisher or publishers in
as conspicuous a plaoe and type in sucn
newspaper as was the article com
plained of as libelous; then the plaintiff
in such oases shall recover any actual
damages. Provided, however, that the
provisions of this act shall not apply to
tho case of any libel against any candi
date for a public office in this state,
unless the retraction of the charge is
made editorially in a conspicuous man
ner, at least three days before election,
if such libelous article was published
in a daily newspaper; if published in a
weekly paper, at least ten days before
election."
The resolution was adopted.
Tho oonvontion thia morning selected
Buffalo as the place for holding the
next convention. The date will be
fixed by the executive committee. The
following officers were chosen to serve
during the coming year:
President, Louis H. Megargee, Phila
delphia; first vice-president, Joseph
Howard, jr., New York; treasurer,
James S. MoCarty, Philadelphia; sec
retary, Harry D. Vought, Buffalo.
DANGER OF A CONFLICT.
Serioua
Trouble Expected With
.the
Coeur d'Aleue Minora
Boise, June 14. An alarming state
of affairs exists in the Coeur d'Alene
oountry. News received hero today
indicates that serious trouble is likely
to break out there at any time between
the miners' union and the law and or
der men in that section, who have or
ganized to protect laborers in their
ight to work if thoy can secure em
ployment, and the mineowners in the
right to employ whom they please. A
man who incurred the enmity of the
union was killed there recently, mur
dered with an ax, which was found
buried in his skull, and the coroner's
jury returned a verdict of suicide.
Governor MoConnell has made a requi
sition on the government for arms, and
has obtained several hundred stands.
Over 800 volunteers are drilling here
tonight to prepare for the ooming con
flict whieh seems imminent. Idaho
has no militia.
, Tho Durrant Trial.
Santa Rosa, Cal., June 14. It is re
ported here today that the famous
Durrant murder case may be tried in
the superior court here. It is rumored
that a change of venue from the San
Franoisoo superior oourt will be asked
for on the ground that the publicity
given the oase there makes it almost
impossible to secure an impartial jury.
If the oase is tried here it will not be
the first time that important oases have
been transferred from San Fracisoo to
Sonoma oounty. The famous Colton
railway oase, the most voluminous in
the history of the state, was tried here,
as was also the famous Morrow bribery
oase.
The Newfoundland l.oan.
St Johns, N. F., June 14. The
government will introduce a loan bill
tomorrow, whioh proves that a loan
had been obtained, although many per
sons believe that they will have to pass
the loan, retrenchment and revenue
bills before the money is handed over.
Rumors of dissensions in the govern
ment party over retrenchment are still
aurrent, and a revolt ia still expected.
DATE OF THE BIQ FIGHT.
It Hae Been Fixed for Thursday, the
Laat Hay of October.
Chicago, June 16. Daniel S. Stew
art reached Chicago last evening from
New York, whither he had been to ar
range for the championship battle be
tween Corbett and Fitszimmons.
"The Florida Athletic Club accepted
my proposition to move their concern
to Dallas," Stewart said. "I produced
a copy of the statutes showing that
there is no law in the state against pu
gilistio contests, and told them if the
club were transferred to Dallas I must
be elected president and treasurer of
the club. Dwyer, Vendig and Friend
thought this over and the result was I
was elected president and treasurer of
the Florida club, and the club is trans.
forred to Dallas. I am now on my way
to Dallas to begin the construction of
the amphitheater in which the fight
will take place. It will be a mam.
moth structure, built in octagonal
shape. There will be four entrances
from the cardinal points of the build
ing. The seating capacity will be 40,
000. There will be 260 boxes, with
ton chairs in each. The prices for
boxes has not been settled, but the ad
mission will be 10, with reserved
seats $20. Dnring the week in which
thhe fight takes plaoe there will be a
fair in Dallas, and to this there will
be excursion rates from all the sur
rounding country. I have secured a
cheap rate from two Eastern lines,
which I believe has never before been
secured for a similar event.
"Corbett and Fitzsimmons will
meet on Thursday, October 81. There
will be one other contest, probably be
tween Dixon and Plimmer. There
will be no carnival of four fights. The
proposed mill between the little men
will take place probably the second day
proceeding the Corbett Fitzsimmons
battle."
From what Stewart says there will
be no middle, light or welter-weight
fight about which so much has been
said, since it has been settled that the
great fight will take plaoe at Dallas.
Ho does not intend that the multitudi
nous light, welter and middle-weights
should get in nnder cover of the big
show, and there will be but two Dix
on and Plimmer, and Corbett and Fitz
simmons and Stewart holds that these
are enough and worth the jonrney to
LIKE RATS IN A. BARREL.
The Condition of the Steerage Faaeengere
of the Collma.
San Francisco, June 16. Robert
Gonzales, a mess boy of the lost Coli
ma, who arrived here last night on the
Colon, in company with Fred Johnson,
sailor, gives a vivid description of
the fight for life made by the helpless
women and children when the ship
went down.
"When the boat began to rock and
roll, the passengers in the steerage did
not seem to think much was the mat
ter. The rolling of the ship became
more violent, and after a while the
boatswain came to the oompanionway
and told us to get out Even then the
passengers did notseem to understand
that anything was serious and went out
slowly. I saw two or three of them
go to the oompanionway and come
back, but I did not know why, at that
time. As the boat continued to roll,
and the water began pouring in, I ran
to the ladder leading to the deck and
started to get up, After I had reached
the middle of the ladder, I saw why the
others had come back. They oould not
get out The lumber and other stuff
on the deck had shifted to such an ex
tent that the oompanionway hatch was
covered up. xney were use rats in a
barrel. They oould not get out, and
had to wait there until the water came
in on them. . Being familiar with the
ship I ran through the kitchen and
crawled np the dummy-waiter to the
pantry above. From there I made my
way into the main cabin, which then
contained two or three feet of water. I
passed through the cabin and saw
women trying to get upstairs through
the hatches, but the water kept some
of them from leaving their staterooms,
and others were unable to get up the
stairs on account of the stuff that cov
ered the openings on deck.
"We tried to save the .two women in
the boat with us, but when she cap
sized we had to scramble for ourselves.
The last I saw of them they were cling
ing to an empty bucket, which held
them np only a second and they went
down without a cry or struggle."
Racing Dead In Illinola.
Chicago, June 15. With the ad
journment of the legislature without
having called np the Humphrey racing
bill passed away the last chance of
horseraoing in Illinois with a betting
ataohment during the ooming two
years. All the big' stakes at Harlem
will be declared off at onoe, including
the $20,000 derby, the $10,000 Garden
City handicap and other stakes. All
the big stables will ba shipped East at
onoe, as they regard Illinois racing as
dead., .
Acroea the Atlantle in a 81oop.
New York, June 15. Robert Mo-
Callum, the daring young Scotchman,
who will make the attempt to cross the
Atlantio in a 23-foot sloop, has begun
his perilous jonrney. His only com
panion is his blaok Scotch terrier
"Jack." The start was made at 11:26
A. M. If the lad oompletes the jour
ney, which he expects to do, in forty
five days, he will receive $5,000 and
a gold medal.
Newfoundland's Loan Bill Faaaed.
St Johns, Newfoundland, June 15.
The loan will passed the lower house
today. . It provides for the floating of
2,500,000 pounds with 4 per oent in
tret in 40-year bonds.
PATHOL OF THE COAST
The Government to Thwari
Cuban Filibusters.
GUARDING THE FLORIDA S1I0RK
Secretary Olney Will Ileal With the
Itevolutlonieta and Their Sympa
thizer. With a Strong Hand.
Washington, June 13. The determi
nation to send the United States steam
ship Raleigh to the Florida coast for
the purpose of co-operating with reve
nue cutters to prevent filibustering ex
peditions starting from our shores, is
one of the first acts of Mr. Olney in his
new position. Secretary Herbert has
deemed such a course advisable for
some days past, and conferred with the
president on the subject He and Sec
retary Olney then had a further confer
ence, and as a result the formal orders
to the Raleigh were issued.
Written instruction carefully statins
tne line ol policy which the adminis
tration desires to pursue in regard to
tne interference with filibusters will be
sent to Captain Miller, commanding
the Raleigh, and it is probable he will
be called to Washington for a confer
enoe with Acting Secretary MoAdoo
before his vessel leaves New York.
These instructions are not available.
but it is known he will be directed to
use the utmost care in preventing any
vessel from leaving our coast destined
for Cuba with the object of rendering
aid to the revolutionists. The mere
shipment of arms is not regarded as a
violation of the neutrality laws, and
before any vessel is overhauled by the
Raleigh the officers mnst be thoroughly
convinced the suspected craft is fitted
out as a fighting machine to operate
against Spain. It is the desire of the
authorities that pro steps shall be
displayed not only by the Raleigh, but
by revenue outters, to prevent illegal
expeditions from leaving our shores,
and treasury officials are seriously con
sidering the advisability of further
augmenting the force of revenue cut
ters in southern waters.
The following letter from the treas
utry department was sent today to all
collectors of customs from New York to
the Rio Grande:
"It is a matter of rumor that at var
ious points in the United States, at
tempts are making to enlist men to
equip and arm vessels and by other il
legal measures to aid the insurrection
now in progress in the island of Cuba.
While this department has been fur
nished with tangible evidence, con
firmatory of such rumors, it deems it
of great importance that no possibility
be given for complaints that the gov
ernment of the United States has in
any respect fallen short of its full duty
to a friendly nation. Collectors of
customs for the several districts be
tween New York and Brownsville are
especially enjoined to see to it that the
neutrality laws of the United States,
particularly sections 6289 and 5290, of
the revised statutes, are fully complied
with.
Acting Secretary MoAdoo, of the
navy department, said this afternoon
that the instructions sent to the com
modore of the cruiser Raleigh for his
guidance when on patrol duty off the
Florida coast, were of tiie most com
prehensive kind and provided for a
full and strict enforcement of the neu
trality laws. The Raleigh probably
will go first to Key West This is the
only port on tho Florida ooast which a
vessel of her draught can safely enter.
She then will make a thorough patrol
ol tne coast line, and to render it
more difficult for a filibustering party
to get away, the cruiser's steam
launches and small boats will be man
ned whenever it is necessary to look
into narrow inlets anil passes for light
draft schooners and yachts, which are
the favorite means of transportation of
the filibusters. With Spanish men-of-war
lying off the Florida ooast out
side of the three-mile limit, and the
Raleigh and her boats sweeping the in
side waters, the over-enthusiastic Cu
bans and their American sympathizers
who undertake to drive the United
States into trouble by using Florida
as a base of hostile operations against
the government of Cuba are likely to
be repressed with a strong hand.
The Coeur d'Alene Situation.
Spokane, June 15. There is no
change in the labor situation in the
Coeur d'Alenes. The Bunker Hill and
the Sullivan people are preparing to
resume work on a basis of $3 a day for
miners, $3.50 for carmen and shovel
ers, the requisite number of citizens
having signed a petition pledging their
support' What the result of the re
sumption will be a matter of conjec
ture. The miners union says there
will be no lawlessness, and that the
company will not be able to secure men
at out wages. Men well informed . re
specting the situation, however, fear
trouble and violence.
Sloven for Conviction.
Topeka, Kan., June 15. The jury
in the Nevels case reported at noon to
day that they oould not agree and were
discharged. The jury stood 1 1 for
conviction and 1 for acquittal. Frank
Nevels, a oolored tenant, was accused
of murdering his landlady, Mrs. A. D.
Matson, a white widow. The juror for
acquittal is a oolored man who is quot
ed as saying that deep down in his
heart he believes Nevels to be guilty,
but the fact was not proven.
Kotlfled of Caatle'a Appointment.
Washington, June 13. ; Secretary
Olney has received a brief telegram
from Minister Willis, dated Honolulu,
June 8, and San Franoisoo, June 10,
saying that W. R. Castle has been ap
pointed Hawaiian minister to the
United States, in plaoa of Thurston.
FOSTER'S WORK ENDED.
tie Ileeeivea a Fat Fee From hlna for
Hie Advice.
Chicago, June 13. A speciul from
Washington says: John Foster, for
mer secretary of stute, who has been
the counsel for China in the negotia
tions with Japan, has cabled here that
his work is completed; thut China has
negotiated her loan, and that he ex
pects to be in Washington by July 10.
It is known that the negotiations of
China from the outset to the end have
been dictated and conducted by Foster.
It has been ascertained also that by
reason of his extended acquaintance in
Russia, where he formerly was United
States minister, he was enabled to se
cure for China the indorsement of the
Russian government of the Chineso -loan.
With this indorsement it was
possible for China to negotiute the loan
in Paris, which was done. In the his
tory of the world's diplomacy, it has
probably never occurred that a foreign
er has been given to such an extent the
confidences of another government. It
is ascertained that the Chinese govern
ment acted in strict accordance with
the advice of Mr. Foster in every re
spect The fee is said to be $100,000.
Nothing Unlawful About It.
Washington, June 13. The atten
tion of the postoffice department has
been called to a novel industry that has
proved profitable to the promoters.
The business is conducted by a firm
that sends circulars to the students of
both sexes, stating that they will furn
ish them with all kinds of literary pro
ductions to be used in their course of
studies, all the work being original,
but customers ordering will have the
exclusive use of the same. A printed
list accompanies the circulars. Orig
inal essays, debates, etc., are furnished
by the firm ranging in price from 85
cents to 50 cents per 100 words, accord
ing to the style, length and nature of
the subject The department had its
attention directed to the circulars, but
has decided it had no power under the
rules and regulations to bar out the
circulars.
Coeur d'Alene Boad.
New York, June 13. Theoommittee
representing the first mortgage bond
holders of the Coeur d'Alene Railway
& Navigation Company has sent a cir
cular to the bondholders, stating that
they expect to consummate an agree
ment with the Northern Pacific re
ceivers, by which the latter will guar
antee on account of coupons, one-half
of the amount payable in 1895, four
sixths of the amount payable in 1 896,
five-sixths of the amount payable in
1897, and the full amonnt payable in
1898 and subsequent years, that the
coupons of 1894 and the unpaid part of
the coupons of 1895-96-97 are to be re
tained and paid, or payment provided
by some future arrangements, and that
a reorganization of the Northern Pa
cifio and Coeur d'Alene is expected
within a year, and on suoh reorganiza
tion the unpaid interest and the bonds,
they hope, will be satisfactory arrang
ed for.
Corned Beef for Bueaia.
Tacoma, June 13. The Pacific Meat
Company, which is completing here
the largest packing-house in the North
west, has received an order from the
Russian government to supply 5,000
barrels of corn beef to bo delivered in
October. The packing-house will be
opened July 1, employing 150 men,
and will fill the order as speedily as
possible. The meat is supposed to bo
for the use of the Russian army and
naval force stationed on the Pacific
coast
Changes in Private Secretaries
Washington, June 18. K. M. Lan
dis, who was the private secretary of
the late Secretary Gresham, from the
date of his assumption of that office,
has resigned that position and will re
turn to Chicago to resume the practice
of law. ' ' , ....
J. Walter Blandford was today ap
pointed private secretary to Secretary
of State Olney. He occupied the same
position with Mr. Olney while the lat
er was at the head of the department of
justice. Mr. Blandford is a lawyer.
, lowa'a Corn Crop Will Be Great. .
Albia, Ia., June 13. A severe storm
struck this town Sunday night It
came from the west, ; and the wind
oould be heard a distance of two miles.
Several houses and barns were unroof-,
ed, but no serious damage was sustain-,
ed, and no loss of life. A soaking rain
followed the wind. : Farmers say it
insures the largest corn crop in Iowa
for twenty years. . ...
A Butchera' Truat.
New York, June 13. Two hundred
butchers have formed a company to bo.
known as the Consumers Veal & Mut
ton Company, and, while the capital
stock is only $30,000, upwards of $3,-.
000,000 is . represented in the enter
prise. Directors have been elected, and
the company will begin to do business
immediately. ,
, Affaire In Ecuador.
Panama, June 18. Provisional Pres
ident Alfaro, of Ecuador, wires tram
Leon, Nicaragua, that he sails at onoe
to assume the lead of the insurgent
government set np in Guayaquil until
the present government now in Quito
capitulates, which is expected soon
after Alfaro's arrival. He will prob
ably land at Guayaquil on June 16.
: An Oregon Cadet Sueceaafol.
Washington, Juno 13. Among the
naval cadets who passed a successful
examination and have been ' admitted"
to the naval academy is W. N. Vern
on, of Oregon. Among the cadets ap
pointed to the academy, subject to ex
amination, September 23, is F. M. Os
therhout, of Montana.