VOL. 12.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1895.
NO. 28.
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COLUMBIA COUNTY DtKKCTORY.
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Judas Pmin Hlaui'hard, Ralnlnr
I'lnrk , ..Jniimiii Weed, Varnmila
Mhiirlll' Chaa. P. Dimu, llnluli-r
'I rxiMiirxr ....K. M. Wharton Culuiiilila City
Hniil, i.l School. ,..J. tl. Wall., riuiiiio.Me
AuMMiir Murtln While, yulnoy
Surveyor W. N. Mnntrra, Helena
(',,.,.. i.. i. I " A. Kruku, N'iiiihi.m
C""""l"'""un' ( .,... (J Hchoonovur, Viirunuie
PROFESSIONAL.
T. J. CLIKTON.
II, ALMt-t.
ALLEN & CLEETON,
Attorneys and Counselors at Law
HT. IIKI.EN, ' OKKOOK.
Nourl.. Public, Conveyancing and Collection.
J)R. A. I'. Ml I.AKKN,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Italnlur, Oregon.
J)R. II. R. CLIFF,
rilYSICIAN AND SUROEON.
8L Helena, Oregon.
)H. J, K. HA 1. 1..
PIlYSIHAN AND SURGEON.
Clataksnle, Columbia county, Or.
N. MKrtKRVB,
Surveyor and Civil Engineer
IiKl.KNA, OKEGON.
(Ymnty Surveyor, t.ml Surveying, Town
Platting hii.I Kugiin'i'rtiig wurk promptly
executed.
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complete niuck of wviy variety of
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BOTH STAGES HELD UP
The Robber This Time Makes
a Double Play.
LAW-MAKER AND LAW-BREAKER
lteir.eitUtlv. (late., Iliuler Dure.., of
Onuree, llnlp. the Lone lllyliway-
man In Hie Work.
Aahluud, Or., July 1. The lono
hlKhwayiiimi, who h boeu iudua
trlunaly plying hla vocation ou tho
tngo route from ; Ager, Cal., to
Klamath FalU, juat ovor the OniKou
line, iu a aoriua of roblxirlua, now hua
five holilupH to bit orodit exooutod dur
tug the pant three moutliH, having made
a double piny laat night, robbing both
tne eaat and wont-bound atagua.
The eaat-bouud atage left Agr in
the afternoon at the naual time, and
whuu tho driver were changed at
Klamath hot apringa it waa 9:20
o'olook, and a ahower of rain had
fallen. One paammger waa aboard, B.
V. Uatea, a member of the Oregon leg'
Ulatnre from WaMhiugton oounty, and
bound for Klamath Valla on buHineaa.
Nothing happened nntil the atage had
climbed a long and tortuoua grade, and
waa nearly a mile beyond, when, at a
quarter to 1 o'clock, a command came
from behind a tree at tho aide of the
road to hult and throw out the mail
aacka. The robber did not aak for the
expruaa box, allowing tbut ho knew of
Wella-Fargo having reoently with
drawn their service over the road.
The driver and tho paaaeuger were
ordered out and the paaaungur inatruct
ed to out open the mail aacka. Uatea
aaid be had no knife, but waa f urniahod
one by tho driver, who atood at the
horaea' heada while the maker of Ore'
gou'g lawa violated them by emptying
the mail-bag. During the time the
robber kept iu the ahadow of tho tree.
The paaaeuger and the driver thou
turned their pooketa inaide out and
were marched forty feet up the road,
while the robber remained and wont
through the mail. They wore thou or
dered back to load up the atage.
After the robber had put out the
atnge caudle and retired under hia tree,
the piiHwngur and driver wore ordered
to remain with tho atage until the down
atage came. During the hour and a
half remaining the robber awupped
atoriea and jokes with the driver and
the paawiiger and reinarkod that be
had made a poor haul tonight.
When the down stage came along it
waa baited within three feet of the
other stage, and tho annie procedure
gone through with.. There was no
paaaengora in the second stage. The
robber bad a horse close at hand, but
seemed to have no confederate. He
woro a cloth mask and talked without
any attempt to disguise himself. Ue
was of medium hoighL He was oare-
ful to keep out of sight, though, it is
said, be could have been shot several
times if the passeuger or driver had a
pistol. Only (3 was scoured from
Gates and 10 cents from the driver.
There is no doubt that all the reoent
robberies of this stage were oominitted
by the same man, who is certainly a
resident of that section. The country
aurroundiug is wild, with settlements
far between, and peonliarly adapted to
the escape of highwaymen, . though
heavily timbered and a rocky country.
Amateur detectives have worked on
the case for some time, but so far have
been unable to obtain strung enough
evidence to oonnect the man whom
they auspeot with tho crimes.
NOT AN ACT OF PROVIDENCE
Powder Works Heaponalble for the) Re
aulta of an Kiplo.lon. - ;
San Franoisoo, July 1. The supreme
oourt has decided that a powder ex
plosion is not an act of providenoe and
that the owners of auoh powder are re
aponaible for any damage that may
result from an explosion. The estate
of Egbert Judaou sued the Giant pow
dur works for damages done to its prop
erty by an explosion at tho works of
the powdor company. Xlw superior
court awarded the Judson estate 41,
000, and the case was appealed to the
supreme oourt The only defense was
on a plea of fatalism, it being main
tained that powder explosions cannot
be prevented. The supreme oourt in
upholding the deciaion of the lower
oourt, says: ; ix,
"An explosion does not ooour in sucn
manufactory if proper oare is exercised.
The oauaes of the explosion being unex
plained, it is probable that it was oc
casioned by lack of proper care."
Further Advance in Iron.
Youngstown, O., July 1. An aotive
meeting of the Bar Iron Manufactur
ers' Association of the United States
was held bore this evening, and it was
agreed to advance the prioe of bar iron
t3 per ton, taking effeot at once, mak
ing an advance of $4 per ton within
the past thirty days. The advanoe
will have the effeot of further increas
ing the wagos of the iron-workers on
the amalgamated soala
New Hungarian I'tiera.
Buda Posth, July 1. Iu order to in
sure the adoption of the remaining eo
olesiastioal bills, Emperor Francis Jo
seph, as king of Hungary, has sanc
tioned the proposal of Baron Banffy,
Hungarian premier, for the immediate
oroatiou of several liberal peers.
Kxpecta Much From Sallabury.
London. July 1. A Berlin dispatch
to tho Times says Areudt, tho editor of
the organ of the bimotalists, expresses
the opinion that tne onange in tne min
istry of England will roopen interna
tional discussion of the ourrenoy ques
tion.
BAPTIZED AND HANGED.
The Knd ot One of Kentucky'. Moat
Noted iJeaneradoes.
Jackson, Ky., July 1 Tom Smith
paid the peualty for many crimes on
the gallows hore today. The drop fell
at l :4o, and Smith's body fell six feet,
breaking his neck. He was pronounced
dead in ten mlnutoa. Hmith waa anr
roundep on tho scaffold by his spiritual
advisers, and bis sister, Uuille Smith
She kissed him good-bye, and begged
him to be prepared to meet her in
heaven. When she went down off the
scaffold Smith knelt down and made a
long prayer in a loud voice. He then
sang a hymn, prayed again, and the
rope was adjusted, and the black cap
drawn down. Just before Chief Coombs
pulled tho lever that released the trap,
Hmltb screamed:
"Save mo, God; save me."
Smith tried to evade the law at the
last moment. The hour for the execu
tion was 11:30, but before the hour ar
rived, Smith told the officers that while
he had been forgiven for crimes he had
oominitted in the French-Eversole feud,
he had not been forgiven for killing
Dr. Kader. lie, therefore, begged
more time to be given him, and the
time was postponed to 1 o'clock. This
was a ruse to gain time and get respite
for Smith, who sent his brother Bill to
tho telegraph office, and sent this din
patch to Governor Brown, at Frank'
fort, signing Tom's name:
"I would like a few days' time, as I
am an orphan boy and have
friends."
At 13 o'oclock, the following reply
was received:
"I must dooliue to interfere."
Smith was baptized in tho Kentucky
river this morning in the presence of
an immense throng. People camped
along the river bank all night, and ex
cursion trains ran into Jackson this
morning. The execution was publio,
the scaffold having been erected in a
hollow near the jail, and the view
from the surrounding hills was almost
unobstructed.
No mountain desperado has killed
more men in Kentucky than Tom
Hmith. , He murdered Joe Hurt in
1883, the Combs brothers and Eversole
in 1888, and Ambrose Amburg, Roby
Cornell, Jacob McKnight and Ed
Campbell in 1880. In September,
1804, he rosisted arrest in Jackson,
where today he paid the life penalty.
Town Marshal Hurst and Deputy Ham-
ucl Mans attempted to arrest bmith
and a number of his oonsorts, and a
fight followed in which Smith was
shot in the arm. After getting from
under the dutches of the law this time,
ho weut to live with Mrs. Catherine
Qninu, a woman of bad repute. At
her house Dr. Kader waa killed one
night by Smith, for which he was tried
and convicted.
The Olyniftla'a Trial Trip.
San Francisco, July 1. The Olym-
pia went to sea today, and demon-
started that she is one of the worthiest
of her class in the fleet of white fight
ers comprising the United States navy.
An official trial waa called for by the
government Such is the case always
with a new vessel just entering the
navy. The trial was conducted exclu
sively by government officials, and was
to comprise a thorough test of every
thing pertaining to the workings of a
modern war cruiser, from the firing of
the immense bow-chasers down to out-
ting turns within a limited space in
mid ocean. Every caper the handsome
flyer essayed she accomplished with
surprising grace. Her guns worked
to perfection, and during her fourteen
hour run ovor a measured course she
averaged within a minute fraction of
twenty knots an hour, under natural
draught The object of the trial was
to ascertain whether or not the cruiser
was in perfect trim for aotual war
duty, and was simply preliminary to
assigning her to her place among the
regular line of fighters.
The Olympia's officers and crew
were delighted with the showing she
made, and oould not say too many nice
tilings about her. Another thing which
caused them ease of mind was the faot
that although every bolt and block con
nected with the vessel was put to the
severest strain, not an accident oc
curred throughout the trip.
Hult Agalnat Mlimeauta Lumbermen.
St . Paul, July 1. The United
States, in an action brought today in
the oirouit oourt, by Special Counsel
John E. Strykor, alleges that a number
of the most important lumbermen of
Minnesota havo, without warrant, been
devastating the northern part of the
state, denuding the territory of its
lumber, and that they must pay the
full market value of the lumber to the
amount of $467,474 and interest The
defendants are the Pine River Logging
& Improvement Compauy; Joel Bas
sett and W. M. Bassett, oo-partners
with J. J. Bassett & Co. The govern
ment has been working up the case for
ovor two years.
Quite a Scandal In Duluth.
Duluth, July 1. Miss Nettie Dean,
a society girl, and daughter of John
Dean, one of the wealthiest men in the
oity, has eloped with Alfred Berklund,
her father's hired man. Berklund,
who is a goorWookiug but ignorant fel
low, was employed by Dean some
months ago. The girl is 17 years old.
She was reproved several times for
talking with Berklund, and it made
her angry. A few days ago she packed
her olothing, but as she said she was
going to visit friends, no attention was
paid to the matter. Yesterday she dis
appeared, and Berklund loft last night
Miss Dean is an ouly ohild, but her
father will disinherit her.
Crlapl and the Panama Canal Scandal.
Rome, July 1. It is annouoed that
King Humbert will shortly issue a de
cree exonerating Premier Crispi from
the oharges of having been connected
with Dr. Hers, the Panama canal lob
byist "
ONE POLICY JUST NOW
To Dissolve Parliament as
Soon as Possible.
AN ACCUSATION OF DISCOURTESY
An Apology From the New Premier and
It. Aooeptanee by Roaebery In
the Ilou.e of Lord..
London, June 20. In the house of
Lords today Premier Marquis Salis
bury announced that he hoped to obtain
the queen's consent to the dissolution
of parliament July 8. He added that
the time had not arrived for a declara
tion of policy in behalf of the conserv
ative party. . The latter, he added,
only had one policy at present, and
that was to dissolve parliament as soon
as possible. Lord Rosebery expressed
surprise at the government declining
to disclose its policy. Continuing the
ex-premier asked for an explanation of
the Marquis of Salisbury s strange pro
ceedings in sending to Mr. Campbell
Bannerman, the secretary of state for
war, Tuesday morning for the seals of
the latter's office. The Marquis of
Salisbury said the Rosebery statement
was inoorreot. He explained that,
after Friday's vote, in the house of
commons, he, the Marquis of Salisbury,
thought it desirable toappoint a min
ister of war forthwith, and therfore he
sent to Mr. Campbell-Bannerman to
ask him if it was convenient for him
to deliver his official seals to the sover
eign earlier than the other ministers,
and, if he did not desire to go to Wind
sor himself, he oould deliver them to
the private secretary of the Marquis of
Salisbury.
The Earl of Kimberly, late secretary
of state of foreign affairs, asserted the
ATarquis of Salisbury had sent his sec
retary to Mr. Campbell-Bannerman for
the seals, just as he would Bend a foot
man on an errand, and thought the ao-
tion of the marquis was extremely dis
courteous. In reply, the Marquis of
Salisbury said if Mr. Campbell-Ban
nerman thought he, the Marquis of
Salisbury, had acted discourteously,
he begged to express his extreme re
grets for the occurrence, and felt sorry
for it Lord Rosebery accepted the
apology from the marquis on behalf of
the secretary of war, and the house
adjourned.
Thomas Gibson Bowles, the tory
member who made a special attack on
the government's fisheries bill, while
riding along Rotten Row, met Lord
Rosebery, to whom he remarked that
at last the seal fisheries bill had been
passed.
"Yes," replied Rosebery, laughing,
and there's been a good deal of fish
ing for seals of office this week.
In the house of lords assent was
given in the usual form to the seal fish'
eries bill.
FRANCE COULD NOT STAND IT
Meaeuree Taken to Knd the Tariff War
With Swltaerland.
New York, June 20. A special to
the World from Pans, says:
"M. Hanatoux, the minister of for
eign affairs, has introduced in the
chamber of deputies a bill modifying
the commercial relations between
France and Switzerland. The bill is
to put an end to the tariff war. The
modification takes the form of a reduc
tion of the French minimum tariff on
watches, clocks, machinery, chesses
and silks, but manufactured cotton is
excluded. Not only Switzerland, but
all oountries having commercial treat
ies with France containing the 'most
favored nation clause,' will be benefit
ed by the reduotion. Since the rupture
of commercial relations with Switzer
land iu 1892, France has lost 14,600,
000 francs, or $2,580,000 annually.
Switzerland's loss is much less. The
new agreement is due to the energy of
M. Barroo, the French ambassador to
Berne. The bill will probably be rati
fied by the chamber speedily. Charles
Borgeax, an eminent Swiss jurist con
sul, says that Switzerland is much less
willing than France to aooept a new
treaty, since a new commercial equi
librium has been secured by the other
outlets, chiefly German, for Swiss pro
ducts. The French government at
Paris is carrying on a strong campaign
in favor of the measure. Even if the
arrsngment is defiinitey concluded,
France will have difficulty in ousting
the Germans. Immediately after the
rupture, in 1892, the Germans exerted
themselves to secure the Swiss trade
and completely Buooeeded.
Philadelphia Mint to Cloee.
Philadelphia, June 28. The ooinage
department ot the mint here will be
shut down July 1 for the purpose of
cleaning up and making necessary re
pairs. The work of ooinage will be
suspened for only two weeks, but as
there is a big demand just now for
coins of small denomination, pennies
and 6-oent pieces, an unusual number
of these are being turned out ;
Utah Southern Interact Defaulted.
New York, June 27. Holders of the
general mortgage and extension mort
gage bonds of the Utah Southern Rail
road Company have been notified that
the payment of interest has been de
faulted. Messrs. J. M. Han and Oli
ver Ames, trustees for the first mort
gage, have oalled a meeting for the
bondholders for July 11, in this city,
to consider what steps shall be taken in
the premises. . .
The Kueao-Chlneae Loan.
London, June 86. There are ru
mors here and at St Petersburg that
China refuses to sign the Russo-Chi-nese
loan.
HIS GUILT DOUBTFUL.
The Supreme Court Might Not Have
Convicted Him.
Olympia, Wash., June 28. The su
preme oourt today affirmed the judg
ment In the case of the state, respond'
ent, vs. William Holmes, appellant
In doing so, the court stated that the
question of whether or not the defend
ant should have been found guilty of
murder in the first degree had given
more trouble than all the technical er
rors assigned in the case. The facts
are that the defendant was a colored
boy, weak bodily, but of great strength
of mind, working in the Oregon Im
provement Company's mines at Frank
lin, King oounty. William Russell,
the man killed, was a large, powerful
bully. Holmes and Russell roomed
together, and, January 24, 1894, con
gregated at the company's saloon, it
being pay day. Holmes had taken
Russell's pistol from the table in their
room and gave it to another boy, tell
ing him to take it home. Russell ac
cused the defendant of stealing the
pistol and searched Holmes. Not find
ing the pistol, Russell then assaulted
the boy, slapping him on either side of
the face, and using abusive language.
He gloried in being a bully; didn't oare
for death, and "Calculated to have a
nigger before the day was over."
When Holmes made his escape, he got
the pistol from the boy, returned to the
saloon and deliberately fired at Russell.
The first shot did not take effect
Russell jumped at the defendant, when
Holmes fired again, striking him in the
forehead. Russell fell and immediate'
ly expired. The oourt said:
"This is a hard case. Had the su
preme court sat as jurors under the
testimony shown, it is questionable if
they would have felt justified in re
turning a verdict of murder in the first
degree, but a reversal is asked for on
technical errors, which the oourt is not
able to support The first error as
signed is want of jurisdiction in the
trial judge, because Judge J. Z. Moore,
before whom the trial was held, is not
one of the judges elected from the
county of King; but as the defendant,
knowing the ineligibility of the judge,
who tried his case, and yet submitting
himself to the jurisdiction, being ready
to avail himself of the action of the
court, if the verdict should have been
in his favor, he should not be permitted
to object when it eventuates in a ver
dict against him. The next assign'
ment of error is that the new law was
not observed in impaneling a jury.
The supreme oourt thinks, however,
the law in this case was complied with.
While the jury was deliberating, three
members resisted a verdiot of murder
in the first degree, nntil told by an
other juror that it was in the power of
the trial judge to sentence the defend
ant upon conviction of murder in the
first degree, to life imprisonment, in
stead of death. Consequently, the
doubtful jurors consented to a verdiot
The oourt holds the jurors were not in
terested in a penalty which oould be
imposed by the oourt Several other
minor errors are also urged, but all not
of sufficient weight to justify a reversal
of the judgment
The Champlouahip Fight.
Dallas, June 28. The plans for the
great amphitheater for the seating of
the 40,000 people who are expected to
witness the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight
are about complete. The ground chosen
is two miles from the heart of the city,
in good walking distance from the
Texas Paoifio and Central railways,
and along the lines of the former. The
Texas Pacific will undoubtedly run an
accommodation of twenty-five coaches
to relieve the four street-oar lines which
run to the grounds. Dallas has four
first-class hotels, one boasting of being
the finest in the South, thirty of the
seoond-olass, and boarding houses by
the mile.
The suggestion that John Duffy, of
New Orleans, referee the fight, is well
received at headquarters. - It is con
ceded that he is a master of prize-ring
rules and that no fairer man oould have
been found in the world.
The story that Corbett will train at
Terrell is not credited here. - The
weather in Texas up to the beginning
of October is too hot for that work. He
will doubtless be here for three or four
weeks before the fight or during Octo
ber. The odds are still on Corbett, but
the bet by Green of $3,000 to $2,000
on him is the only one yet reported.
CURE FOR INSANITY.
A Chicago Profeasor Believea Klectrlc
ity Is the Only Remedy.
Chicago, June 87. Professor H. W.
Vonnel says that electricity is the cure
for insanity, and he wants the county
commissioners to give him the oppor
tunity of treating insane persons with
out interference on the part of the offi
cials, He has written a letter to Pres
ident Healy, in which he says that
those who are now treating the insane
patients depend on books with the
opinions of others, and are without
originality. Electrioity, he says, is
the oure for insanity, and he wishes to
try it on the patients at Dunning. He
says that the prevailing idea that in
sanity is caused by mental disease, or
that the brain is the seat of the mal
ady, is wrong. All . the difficulty is
from a reflex action on the brain from
local causes in the body. He says he
is oertain he can oure the insane in
mates of the asylums if the oounty
commissioners will but give him a
ohanoe.
"JDowa With Crl.pl."
Rome, June 25. Senor Cavalotti's
pamphlet against Premier Crispi has
finally been published. The oharges
are mostly those of the bribery docu
ment Great excitement exists in
other cities of Italy, where monster
demonstrations are being held. . These
demonstrations are frequently accom
panied by loud cries of "Down with
Crispi."
THE DANGER IN SUGAR
Some Interesting Facts Not
Known at Home.
UNCLEAN AND GEBM LADENED
Chlneae Ware. ' Being Largely Con
eumed in Oregon aid Washington
That Are Unfit for Tee.
Portland, Or., June 26. The steam
ship Taooma arrived at Victoria re
cently from Hong Kong, China, with
the latest Oriental advices and reports
the plague in that unfortunate country
again raging violently. It is said by
natives from Amoy that this awful pes
tilence has suddenly broke out in the
Tungan district, China, with terrible
violence, 40 per oent of the inhabitants
actually dying of the disease and few
escaping the sickness. Those who are
able to leave are doing so only to carry
the plague elsewhere.
Referring to the report a well-known
business man stated to the press repre
sentatives tonight that the Tungan dis
trict is one of the sources of supply for
raw sugar for the Hong Kong sugar
refineries and as large quantities of
these sugars were shipped to the Do
minion of Canada and the United
States that the people hardly appreciate
the frightful resuls that might fol
low the introduction of the plague into
America through the use of unclean
merchandise. -
In view of all this a reoent article
published in a leading coast paper
which dealt exhaustively with the sub
ject is of general interest and is produced
below. After some general remarks on
household economy this stated:
Flo. L
The Drincirjal sources of
are the refineries situated in thn d iff fir.
ent parts of the United States-, lint
very large portion of the stock that is
luuuuiaciurea Dy tnese renneries is Im
ported from Uermany, the Sandwich
islands and the West Indies. Another
point of importance for refined sugars
is vmna, nut tne sugars from that
COUntrV are onlv nsed in anv nnanfifv
- J u-wawj
on the Paoifio ooast Not less than
f l,6UO,ooo was sent to China for sugar
consumed on the Punifln mtrfnnm,ii,.
year 1894, and the business threatens
to increase.
Now there are twh varv
. j -
factors to the development of this
cBKjru uuuutry. xne nrsi is to pro
duce these articles that are in Hnmantl
and whioh can take the place of im
ported products for which our money
has to be sent awav Thn mnn ta n
encourage the population in our imme-
uiaie auction to consume tnose articles
that are produced as far as possible on
the ooast
There are several anonr fnrtfcronM In
California, doing a large business. In
1894 they spent for labor alone $500,
000. While there is room for other
factories, there is rjlentv of samr here
to supply the demand; and the import
ing oi uiina sugars has been carried
on SimDlv because there in a tendenn
on the part of our own people, consum
ers and merchants, to buy the cheapest
article that is offered, irrespective of
quality. We do not think the con
sumer is altogether to blame for this.
The retail grocer takes that sugar
which will afford him the greatest
prone. , unless tne consumers are
watchful, thev cannot he snm that
they are not eating sugars that are
manufactured by the cheap coolie la
borer of the Orient where hand labor,
though nasty, is so oheap that there is
uu muueemene to use macninery. Uns
tom house fbmnn ahanlntolv hni that
there were imported into the Portland
and Port Townsend (Oregon and Wash
inirtonl dintrints in 1 DOA 1 1 nno nnn
pounds of refined sugars from Hong
tr - i , . i . .
n.uug, ana iu oi mis sugar was nan
no. 2
died hi a surreptitious way by our re
tail arrooers (for onr wholesalers will
not buv it the retailer arettino' his an im
plies direct from the importer's brok
ers), ana sola as Amerioan sugars.
Ask any grocer if he handles China su
gars, and he will answer "No." What
has become of the 11,000,000 pounds
imprtedr
It probably goes without saying that
the Eastern, or Oriental onnntrina. am
the hotbeds for the development of all
kinds of horrible, loathsome human
diseases, the cholera, smallpox, leprosy.
etc. In one instanoe, in 1802, the
steamer Palmas, whioh brought 2,000
to a, ooo bags oi Cbina sugar to Vic
toria, had smallpox on board, and
there were later cases of the same dis
ease among the stevedores who helped
to discharge the vessel. In 1894, the
great sugar refineries of Hong Kong
were compelled to cease operations for
lack of labor due to the plague, and
now we are told that the black plague
has broken out this spring.
In view of the introduction of quan
tities of Chinese sugars, it may be as
well that the publio is informed on the
very highest possible authority, of the
danger that may be . attendant upon
their use. Professor Cameron, public
analysist, Dublin, a gentleman who has
made it his special business to examine
all kinds of foreign sugars, refined snd
others, says that oertain kinds of them
should never be used. He states that
they contain great numbers of disgust
ing insects, which produce disgusting
disease. Their shape is very accurately
shown in the accompanying out, which
is magnified 200 diameters. Figure 1
ii the nnder side and figure 2 the up
per. The professor's description is as
follows:
"The insect (the acarus saochari) is a
formidably organized, exceedingly live
ly and decidedly ugly animal. "
Probably enough has been said here
to awaken some interest in this subject,
and it is hoped readers of this article
will stipulate when they order sugar
that it is produced on the Paoifio ooast,
and show that they want sugars made
by home refineries, which employ
white labor only.
Statistics show that this country has
sent abroad in a single year $116,000,
000 for sugar alone.or a per capita con
sumption of 67 pounds. Of this im
mensse. consumption 1,700,635 tons
were foreign sugars, and yet it has
been asserted by one of the most prom
inent men connected with this business
that California alone, if the interest
were propeily developed, would pro
duce enough raw beet sugar to supply
tne demand of the entire United States.
What a boon it would be to Oregon if
we could locate in the central portion
of our territory a refinery for making
beet-sugar.
REFUSED TO MODIFY.
Judge Merritt Will Not Change Hie Or-
aer in snort Line laee.
Salt Lake. June 27. Judve Merritt
has refused to modify his previous or
der in regard to a receiver for the Ore
gon Short Line A Utah Northern. The
case oame up again today on application
oi tne American Lioan s Trust Com
pany for a modification, aakintr that J.
M. Egan be made sole receiver. The
attorney for the trust company was J.
u. jnaranau, ana J. M. Thurston and
P. L. Williams represented the Union
Pacific interests. General Cowan ap
pered under the special direction of
the 'attornev-areneral of the TTnitmt
States to oppose the application of the
loan company, in addition to an in
dependent receiver, the loan Gomrtflnv
asked permission to issue receivers'
certificates, as had been done in other
courts, for the reason that the raising
of large sums of money required by the
order of the Utah conrt was imnnutM.
cable. Judge Marshall said nothing
oould be done nnder the present order.
because it is impossible for the trust
company to pay a large amount or
money to remain nnder the same man
agement as before.
Senator Thurston urged that no
modification of the order should he
made. General Cowan said he was in
structed by the attorney-general to
strenuously oppose the application on
the part of the arovernment. The rn.
oeivers formerly appointed were satis-
lactory to tne government, as its inter
est ran alons with the nrmwrrr. Thn
loan company would have the right of
an independent receiver wnen the. ac
crued interest on the mortgage was
paid. On behalf of the
he thought the separation ought not to
ue maae. xie explained, , nowever,
that he opposed the annlication on an.
count of the pecuniary interest of the
guvoruiuBuii. At tne conclusion ot tne
argument Judge Merritt said:
"This case has given me great trou
ble and some annoyance. I , made, no
order respecting receivers' certificates,
and shall not do an now. The matte
is being considered in the appeals of
otner circuits, in tne meantime 1 will
let the order stand as before, "
MILLIONS IN MINES.
Large laveetmenU Are Made In PaelBe
voaat rroperty.
New York. June 26. "Milli.ma nf
dollars have been invested in gold
mines in the past few months," said
John MoDonough, president of the
First National bank of Creede, Cola
"A Curiours proof of the solidirr and
conservatism of the investors is the
lact tnat they do not allow these , de
tails to be made publio if they can help
it the odium attached of late years to
the mining business bains- an mi as
to almost affect a man's m-edit. - This
spring several large gold , properties
nave oeen puronasea Dy JNew xork and
Boston capitalists, but these men arlnnr.
a different method to that in vogue a
few years ago. The days of wildcat
ting in this oountry are practioally
gone. Investors nowadays first make
sure of the presenoe of an ore body.
Thev pay for ore in aisht That ia thn
method whioh has made David Moffat,
of Denver, and other miners so
wealthy. The capitalists aten in with
the cash required to bring the ore to
tne Bunaoe. Deals have been put
through this spring in California,
Idaho. Colorado. Montana and Atninn.
some of them runnins- over a million
and a half dollars. In Europe, espe
cially in r'aris, Ixradon and other money
centers, there seems to be a ntininir
craze, but that is for South African
stocks, and we do not want any of
that excitement over here, aa it His.
credits the business aspeot of the min
ing world." ;
Mora Karthquakea iu Qreeee.
Athens, June 25. Several earth
quake shocks were felt this morning is
the district known aa Lepanto, Sev
eral buildings were damaged.