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VOL. 12.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1895.
NO. .12.
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ALLEN & CLEETON,
Attorneys and Counselors at Law
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PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
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I'HYSICIAN AND SUKOEON.
ClaUkanle, Columbia county, Or.
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Surveyor and Civil Engineer
HELENA, OREGON.
Comity Surveyor. Land Surveying, Town
Platting and Engineering work promptly
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PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
Condensed Telegraphic Re
ports ot Late Events.
BRlKr" SPARKS FROM THE WIRES
Happening, of Internet la the Town, and
ClUe of Oregon, Washington
and Idaho.
The wool clip of Curry oounty, Or.,
thin year was about 80,000 pound.
A Wilbur. Wash., fruit ralaer offers
to mill hiii peaohe at hi orchard fur $1
bushel.
Tho teachers' institute for Okanogan
county, Wash., will be hold at Couoon
ully ou August 6, 6 and 7.
Hop buyer are offering to make oon
tract for the new orop in Marlon oouu
ty, Or., at 7 1-3 to 8 oout.
Negotiation are said to be ponding
for the aule of the Simmona group of
mine at Coruuoopia, Union county,
Or.
The original cost bill for the trial of
Banker Edmlston ahowed the total ooat
of the trial to be $3,816, bot tlila waa
out dowu by County Attorney Onus
bee to 13,655.
The normal school board at What
com, Waul!., ha decided to ad vertigo
for plaug for the building, the oorape
titiou to be open to architect in the
atatu, and to no othor.
Myron Toft, who wa arreatod in
Portland Monday and taken to The
Dalle to anawer a charge of larceny of
grain, wag held in $300 bondg to await
the action of the grand jury.
The foundation i already laid for a
5,000 publio nohoolhouse to be built
by tho Hum indopoudont school dia
trick The money for' completing the
building i iu the hand of the treas
urer. , Over In Calamity, Or., in the Mal
heur country, they are raising swine on
.the orop of crickets that infest tho
oouutry, and are making a snooeas of
the venture, too, gays the Grant Coun
ty Now.
Salmon are reported to be working
, their way up the it raits in great num
bers, and the beach west is oovered
with them. Apparently we are going
to have them a plentiful as they were
two years ago, says the Port Angeles
Tribune-Times.
Tho receipts of the Umatilla oounty,
Or., toll road on the North fork of the
John Day wero as follows: May,
$130.75; June, U5. This makes a
total for the two mouths of 1235.75, or
! 1185.75 to tho oouuty after all expenses
' of the road are paid.
Tho remain of an unknown man
wero found in the woods near. Sodro
Sunday. The body had lain so long
that identification was iinpossiblo. It
' is thought, however, that it may be
that of a bortender who disappeared
from Wooley, Wash., two year ago.
The Dalle Times-Mountaineer is in
formed that a very fatal disease pre
vails among horses in the neighborhood
of Waplnitia, Or., and several valuable
''animals huve died. It resembles noth
ing that has been known in that vloin
ity before, and the state veterinary
may be called nPn raalte diag"
IlOSiS... r -
JACK BRADY CAUGHT.
The Murderer and Tralnrobber In Jail
In Saeramento.
Sacramento, July 39. The capture
or Jack Brady, bandit, murderer and
tanner's boy, near Hacramento, natur
ally created quite a sensation hero, and
large crowds of people were in and
about Sheriff Johnson's office all alter'
noon, hoping for a chanoo to see the
noted criminal. But few person had
their desires ' gratified, however, for
after Detective Thaoker, of the Wells
Fur go Company, appeared upon the
scene, he put a stop to any further free
exhibitions. If he bad permitted it,
Brady would have spun otf yard after
yard of stories about himself, for bo
considerable of an egotist. Yet he tolls
his tale in suoh a matter-of-fact way
that a person oauuot put him np as
braggart.
lxxiiil police officers and the detectives
of the railroad and express companies
are considerably chargrilled over the
fact that the trainrobber, for whom
they have been hunting fur mouths,
has spent several day in this city and
In Stockton at various time.
"How do you do, Mr. Thacker," he
said to the well-know detective as that
gentleman stepped into the sheriff's
office this afternoon
"How do you know my name?'
asked Thaoker.
"Oh, I waa in a saloon near tho cor
nor of Third and K streets, in this
city, a few weeks ago, when you oame
iu. Someone remarked, 'There s
Thaoker,' and I ducked out of the
place."
Brady say he lodged here for
week, and wa at Stockton about three
week. Near the latter plaoe he
bought horse and cart with the iu
teution cf leaving the oonntry. At
the time bo had over f 300, and now
regrets that ho did not board a train
and rido out. He feels oonfldont no
one would have noticed him. His cap
ture, which was made by Deputy
Sheriff MoDonald and William A.
Johnston, under a bridge near Frank'
lin, in this county, was an easy one.
They got the drop on him while he was
biding under a bridge, and he had to
surrender. Yesterday ho was driven
by hunger into tho little town of Free
port, and the officer were notified.
Detective William Ahearn, of tho rail
road service, who has been on Brady'
trail for several weeks, is given ninoh
credit for the fact that he notified the
local officials a few days ago to bo on
the lookout for him. Ahearn was
close upon him when ho stole a horse
near Biggs. Brady had worked in that
neighborhood, and knew just where to
get a horse and what one to take.
The story of bis wauderiugs np and
down the Sacramento valley and his
fight with the Shasta oounty officers is
a thrilling tale. He says the officers
who fired upon him near Cottonwood
wounded him in the side. He did not
shoot at them at all, he say. His gun
was accidentally discharged by being
oauirht In some brush, and they ran
away.
"I would have winged them," he
said, "but I thought I would lot them
go."
With respect to tho Identification or
Brady with Browning, at Uoldeu Onto
Park, San Fraucisoo, and the murder
of Stagg some time ago, Brady declared
that that was all wrong, as he was not
with Browning at the time alleged.
lie did not dony acquaintanceship with
the dead bandit, Browning, and made
admissions a to hi whereabouts from
time to time. He insisted, however,
that he had nothing to do with the
train-robbery. He asserted that he fell
out with Browning several days before
the robbery. The detectives, however,
declare that they have traced Brady's
footsteps, and they will have a com
plete ease against him.
Dahad I nt the Ocean.
Fernandina, Fla., July 89. Chased
by a Dosse. with the bay of blood
hounds sounding nearer, and with
every avenue of escape shut oft, four
negro outlaws dashed into the ocean
near Fort George last night and were
drowned. The victims were Tudor
Brown. Willie Cook, Sam Eohols and
John Armstrong. They were desper
ate characters who broke jail at Fer
naudina Sunday night and hid in the
scrub along the beaoh. Sheriff Higgin
botham determined to hunt them down.
The netrroea were discovered on the
beach, and when called upon to Bur
render refused. Then the bloodhounds
were nnlashed and the deputies closed
in and began firing. The negroes stood
as if dazed for a moment, and then
rushed into the ocean. In the faint
moonlight they wore seen bobbing np
and down on the waves and then disap
peared.
International
Gaographloal Cttugre...
London, July 29. The international
geographical congress was formally
opened today by the Duke of York,
who ia honorary president of the so
oloty, and who delivered an address of
welcome to the delegates. Each batch
of delegates, headed by the ambassador
or dinlomatio representative or tne
country from which thoy oame, wa in
troduced to the Duke oi none, wno
was aooompainod by Sir Charles Tap
per, Canadian nign oonuiuiuuuuur m
London, and other colonial dignitarios.
The meetings of the congress are to last
eight days.
Tha Dallas Collaetun.
Dallas. July 29. The final settling
upon Dallas a the plaoe of the big
fight wa the tneme oi an tongues to
day. The oontraot for the ooliseum
will be lot today, ana worn wui oegiu
as soon as material begins to arrive
from the East Toxa sawmill. There
is not enough lumber in town to build
it, hence one or two sawmills will be
callod into servioe. The athletic club
has received a lotter from a New York
bank president asking for tiokets for a
party of twenty Wall street operators.
Auothor lotter asks for fifty seats for
members of the Chioago board of trade, j
SCHOONER FIRED UPON
American Vessel Stopped by
a Spanish Gunboat
TWO SHOTS WERE FIRED AT HER
Tha Carrie jK. Lane Wa Boarded
Marine In Cuban Water, but
Wa Not Searched.
by
Breakwater, Del., July 20. Captain
Quick, of the schooner Carrie E. Lane,
upon her arrival here tonight, had
tale to tell about a thrilling encounter
in Cubau water with a Spanish gun'
boat. Two shot were fired at the Lane
by tho man-of-war, and one of the
ohoouor'a men narrowly escaped be'
ing killed by one of them. The vessel
was made to have to and give an ao'
count of herself before being allowed
to proceed.
The schooner wa off Cape Antonio
and making good time before a stiff
breeze, when, on the 14th inst., she
sighted a steamer flying the Spanish
nag following her. While he was
making up bis mind what course to
pursue, a puff of smoke curled over the
stranger's port bow, and a round shot
whistled unoomfortably close to the
schooner' mainmast, plunging into the
water on the , loequarter. Captain
Quick gave the order to haul in sail and
bring tho vessel to. While this waa
being done, one of the crew ran out on
the bowsprit As he stood there the
gun on the Spanish warship boomed
again, and another shot sped on its
way toward the Amerloan craft, this
time ooming so close to her that the
sailor on the bowsprit swears he dis
tinctly felt the wind caused by its
rapid flight. The Lane soon came to a
dead stop, and the gunboat drew np
nnder her quarter.
A boat was lowered and four Spanish
marines, under the command of a lieu
tenant in the Spanish navy, oame
aboard. They were fully armed, and
their leader politely lifted his hat and
demandod to know from what port the
Lane had sailed and whither she was
bound. Captain Quick gave the re
quired information and no further
search wa made. The vessel was per
mitted to ooutinuo on her course with
out further molestation.
Captain Quick say he oould not get
the name of the gunboat. He add
that after the first shot was fired at the
Lane he caused the stars and stripe to
be hoisted, but the only response the
Spanish made was the second shot
The gunboat did not hoist her oolors
until after the first shot wa fired.
William Quick, reached here tonight
and wired his agent in Philadelphia
and will await advice from them be
fore determining whether to consider
the action of the Spaniards as an out
rage.
Rpanl.h Captain Probably Klght.
Washington, July 28. The govern
ment officials here have received no in
formation regarding the firing on the
schooner Carrie Lane by a Spanish war
vessel off Cape Antonio. The general
opinion of naval officers who read the
report of the affair described by Cap
tain Quick is that the Spaniard did not
exceed his authority in overhauling the
schooner, if the latter was in the terri
tory of Cuba. The Spanish govern
meut is menaced by the danger of land
ing filibustering expeditious on the Cu
ban coast, and in exerting itself to pre
vent suoh landing has a right to over
haul and learn the character oi any
vessel within tho three mile limit that
might be expected of having on board
those entertaining designs against the
government or a cargo intended for
the insurgents, Captain Quick's story
shows he paid no attention to the man
of-war for an hour or more. This, it
is said, probably caused the captain of
the latter to beliave the schooner was
engaged ia filibustering methods, and
prompted him to take decisive action
in preventing her escape.
Alleged Gold-Bar Thieve..
San Dieiro, Cal., July 20. A dis
patch from Eusenada say that Manuel
Riveroll, who has been in jail there
several months on a charge of stealing
a cold bar valued at 913.000, will be
liberated today, on orders received
from the City of Mexico. The evidenoe
ak-ainst him is very weak. Allan Pratt
and J. E. Garratt, also accused with
Riveroll, will not be freed at present
The gold bar has nevor been found.
Speedy Ju.tloe.
Viotoria. B. C, July 86. Riohard
Blythe, arrested ten day ago for in
dnoins Belle Rockford to leave her
home at Port Hadlook, waa speedily
tried this morning before Chief Justice
Davie, and oonvioted of abduotion and
at onoe sentenced to five years' impri
sonment This is the limit of the law,
and the ohief justice said he would
have given him the limit if it had been
ten.
Jewelry Company'. Manager Gone.
Denver, July 26. It is believed that
Frederiok L. Smith, the missing man
ager of the John W. Knox Jewelry
Company and son-in-law of Mr. Knox,
ha none to Japan. Benedict Sc Phelps,
attorneys for Knox, say Smith ran the
company into debt t-40,000, but just
how does not appear. They also say
he raised $35,000 before his departure,
putting up the company's diamonds as
oollateral.
No Evidence Agaln.t the Kindling.
Seattle, July 26. The preliminary
examination of Fred and Charles
Kindling, on the oharge of murdering
Ransom Stokes at Sunnydale, took
place today. The evidenoe of the state
failed utterly to oonneoi tne aoienaanis
with the orime in any way, go they
were discharged.
CHANCE OF VENUE REFUSED.
Tha Durrant Ca.e Mu.t Be Tried In
San Franclaoo.
San Francisco, Jqly 27. A number
of young women struggled with other
curiosity-seekers to obtain admission
to the trial of Theodore Durrant tor the
murder of Blanche Lamont today. The
proceedings openod with the district
attorney's attempt to oontrovert the
defendant' application for a change of
venue. After a number of affidavits
ha been presented, stating that the
defendant would have a fair trial in
San Francisco, Judge Murphy denied
the application for change of venue,
giving Durrant the right to renew the
motion later on. The court announced
that the so-called play based upon the
Emanuel church murders oould not be
produced during the trial or while the
action was pending in the superior
court. The empaneling of jurymen
commenced. Fifty of the jurors offer
ed exouses, which were accepted by the
court . From the other 100 jurors who
had been summoned, an attempt was
then made to secure twelve talesmen.
Durrant, who was accompanied in the
oourt by hi father and mother, main
tained hi calm and unconcerned de
meanor. After the reoess, Attorney Deuprey
challenged the entire panel of jurors
on the ground that they were not
drawn, summoned and impaneled in
aooordenoe with the provision of the
oode of civil proceed are. He offered
in evidenoe the records of the superior
oourt in relation to the drawing of jur
ors this year. He asked the clerk to
produce these records. As Deputy Piper,
who alone had the combination to the
safe where the record are kept, was
out of town, the case was adjourned
until tomorrow morning.
DECLINES TO INTERFERE.
The Treasury Department Cannot Stop
Bullfighting- at Atlanta.
Washington, July 27. The treasury
department has declined to entertain
the protest by the vice-president of the
Humane Society against the admission
into this country of bulls and toreadors
from Mexico for bullfighting exhibi
tions at the Atlanta exposition. The
secretary was asked that the bulls be
excluded on the ground that they were
immoral instruments, and the torea
dors, that their admission would vio
late the contract labor law. Assistant
Secretary Hamlin, in reply, cites sec
tion 10 of the act of August .28,. 1894,
prohbiting the importation of "any
obscene book, (pamphlet, drawing,
printing, instruments, or any other
articles of an immoral nature," etc
The letter then proceeds:
I have to inform you that the de
partment is unable to peroieve that
the importation of bulls for the pur
pose indicated come within the letter
or spirit of the prohibition contained
in the provision of the law quoted, and
therfore declines to issue the desired
instructions.
If, as stated, the exhibition of bull
fighting is prohibited by the laws of
Georgia, it is presumed that the au
thorities of that state would prevent it,
but the subject does not appear to come
within the jurisdiction of the depart
ment"
A Sensation In the llllnol. Route,
Springfield, UL, July 27. Repre
sentative Kiloourse, of Chicago, today
caused a sensation by introducing a
track and pool-selling bill in the house.
The bill is for an act taxing owners of
raoing enolosuros and permitting the
regulation pool-selling and wagering
on horse races run therein. As soon as
the title was read a score of member
were on their feet Miller of Chioago
got the floor and moved that it be the
sense of the house that the bill does not
oome within the soope of Governor
Altgeld's proclamation, and, that,
therefore, it lies upon the table.
Speaking on this question Miller made
a acathing speech denouncing the bill
as an outrageous piece of subterfuge,
chicanery and fraud. Half a dozen
members rose to points of order, but
the speaker decided in each case that
the points were not well taken. The
bill provides that raoe track officers
shall pay into the treasury of the ooun
ty in whioh the track is located 8 per
cent of the gross receipts. It prohibits
the selling of pools on outside races
and provide that races shall be held
between May and September, and not
to exoeed sixty days ou each track.
A motion to table the bill was lost
51 to 55. MoCarthy introduced a bill
taxing baseball games on Sunday.
Will Lose by the Change.
New York, July 27. A special from
Cnraoo, Venezuela, -says: Advices
from England indicate that Lord Sal
isbury is stubbornly opposed to submit
ting the whole British-Venezuelan
question to arbitration. The general
opinion here is that it will be more
difficult to settle the question with him
at the head of - the government than
with Rosebery.
Indiana Ordered to Return.
Washington, July, 27. Commissioner
Browning ha forwarded a dispatch to
Agent Tetor, at the Fort Hall, Idaho,
agency, instructing him to order the
Indians to return to their reservations
qnietly and peacefully before the mili
tary detachment reaches there. Agent
Tetor sent a reply stating he had sent
trustworthy Indians to deliver the mes
sage to the Bannooks in the field.
Di.aolv.d 1'artner.hlp.
New York, July 27. The firm of
Nesslage, Colgate & Co., of 89 Wall
street, today dissolved partnership.
They dealt largely, in silver bullion,
and have been recently exporting gold
to Europe.
Nebra.lt Delegation Prote.t.
Omaha, July 27. The Nebraska
congressional delegation united tonight
in a telegram to Secretary Hoke Smith,
requesting that all operations against
reservation settlerg be suspended.
GUARDED BY INDIANS
Bannocks Control the Passes
Into Jackson's Hole.
CONFLICTING REPORTS ARE SENT
Governor Richard, of Wyoming, In
. tend That the Indian Shall B
Made to Ke.pect the Law.
Cheyenne, July 85. The first ad
vices of authentic nature from the seat
of the Indian troubles in the Jackson
Hole region reached Governor Rich
ards today in the shape of telegrams
sent by oourier from Marysville, Wyo..
to Market Lke, Idaho, from Adjutant-
General Btilser, of the governor's staff,
who was sent into the reigon to inves
tigate the troubles between the Indians
and the whites. One message sent
Sunday from Marysville is as follows
"Scouts who have oome in from the
mountains report the Indiana in force
at the junction of Granite creek and
Fall river. All passes into Jackson's
Hole available to horses are guarded
by Indians. Captain Smith, who has
just oome in, was wounded in the
breast by Indians. Other prospeotors
were driven irom the mountains.
Pickets are guarding the various moun
tain passes. Horses are equipped ready
lor a march and everybody is armed,
A second message sent yesterday by
Stilser from the Teton pass, near the
Idaho-Wyoming line, says:
- "We have arrived here on our return
trip. Settlers in the basin are uneasy.
It is reported there that many Indians
irom i ort Hall are leaving to join
those in the mountains. Indian from
other reservation are reported joining
them. .Letters and couriers have been
sent out by Jackson Hole settler ask
ing for aid, with those who have re
sponded, they will go on to the moun
tains to meet the Indians tomorrow.
The settlers have given up hopes of sav
ing their crops, and are prepared to
take all their women and children out
of the region. "
Governor Richards states ' that no
movement of state troops into the
Jackson Hole oonntry will be ordered
until further information is received.
He sent word to General Stilser, who
is expected to reach Market Lane to
night, to report as fully as possible on
the situation, particularly as to the
success of the Indian police in induc
ing the Bannocks, the only known
offenders among the Indians, to return
to their reservation.
In conversation today Governor
Richards said he believed the Indian
polioe would be able to arrest all the
Indians now off their reservations, and
if they experienced any difficulty the
regulars would be ordered out to assist
them.
"This Indian trouble must be settled
quickly," said the governor, "and un
less the Washington authorities take
decisive action I will order out the
state troops to arrest all roving Indi
ans. I am determined the Indians
shall be made to respect the laws of
the state a well as their white neigh
bora .
"The authorities at Washington are
careless in regard to oorrespondenoe on
the subject My predecessor, Governor
Osborne, wrote a letter to the interior
department, relating to the Indians
killing game last summer. The letter
was never answered, and neither was
one I wrote last month. "
THE COLON STRIKE.
The
Panama Brakemen Have
Joned
the Striker.
New York, July 26. A World spe
cial Irom Colon says:
Three Panama railway brakemen in
this oity have joined the strikers. The
track-layers and spike-drivers have also
struck. The strikers have issued a
manifesto in whioh they promise to
maintain a determined but pacifio atti
tude until their demands are met
Prefect Guzman says Mr. Fraser, a
British subject, was released uncondi
tionally, and that he was arrested for
aiding and abetting the strike. Fraser
is advised by Dr. Maralez, the district
lawyer, to bring aotion for $50,000 for
raise imprisonment
Some of the West Indian contingent
at the Panama railway shops say that
what led to the strike was the prevail
ing practice at the shops of discharging
men who asked for an increase ot pay
whioh wa exactly one-fifth of what
others got for the same work. " 1
Railroad Company Want Relief.
Washington, July 26. Officials of
the Panama railway at New York have
forwarded to the state department a
letter concerning the labor trouble on
the isthmus, and stating that the rail
road is obstructed, and calling on the
government for relief. At noon Secre
tary Herbert had not ordered a war
ship either to Panama or Colon to pro-
teot the Panma railroad property. He
would say nothing as to his intentions
and from the fact that Secretary Adee
was again in consultation with him, it
is thought some force will be dispatched
to the scene.
The difficulty probably arises from
lack of right to maintain a free com
munication on the place. In view of
the peculiar nature ot the restriction of
the operation of the Panama railroad,
the instructions to the naval com
mander, who ia sent to the isthmus,
must be guardedly framed. It is said
that the United States has the right to
maintain a free communication on the
railroad in the event that Colombia
fails to oarry out her obligation to keep
it open, and if there is any forcible ob
struction to traffic, our naval forces
will undoubtedly remove it But fur
ther than doing this and Incidentally
protecting the property of the railroad
from destruction or damage, the sailors
cannot go. They have no power to
oompel the strikers to operate the toad.
CRAZY MAN'S STORY.
A Santa Cms Walter Think. He Com
mltted Kmannel Church Murder
Santa Cruz, July 26. In the oounty
jail of Santa Cruz is oonfined WUliam
F. Barrett, who saya he murdered
Blanche Lamont and Minnie Williams
in Emanuel church last April. He
gave himself up to the chief of polioe
as a dangerous criminal last night
inn morning he wa discharged as
harmless lunatic. Then be went to the
sheriff, to whom he confessed hi guilt
as the perpetrator of the Emanuel
church atrocities. To the district at
torney he told a. story which at first
seemed plausible, but when Barrett
went into the details of the crime, the
inconsistencies ot his statement con
vinced his auditors of his perfect in
nooence and oomplete insanity. Bar
rett, who was formerly a waiter in
San Francisco restaurant, says that he
saw Durrant and the two girls on
street car, and, admiring Mis Lamont
and Miss Williams, he boarded the car
in the hope of making their acquaint
ance. The trio alighted at Emanuel
church, Barrett following. Durrant
and Miss Lamont entered the church,
followed still by Barrett, while Miss
Williams waited outside. Barrett said
he hid behind a pew. Detecting an
odor of e leaping gas, Durrant went to
the belfry to stop the leak. Barrett
says he siezed and attempted to assault
Miss Lamont To stifle her scream he
choked her and she suddenly dropped
dead. To silence Miss Williams, Bar
rett says he stabbed her with a knife
from the restaurant Meantime Dur
rant had been overcome by eras, and
was so dazed that he did not see Bar
rett carrying the bodies to the belfry.
rsarreti says ne did not wish to gee
Durrant hanged for his crim. and that
he was sure he would eventually be
found out Barrett reseubles Durrant
in appearance. He has worked here
as a waiter, but is periodically dissi
pa ted. He peisisted in his statement.
despite a severe cross-examination. He
will be examined for insanity.
AGAINST RAILROADS.
The Grand Jury In Mew York May In
diet Them.
New York, July 25. The World
this morning says the grand jury has
begun an investigation that may result
in the indictment of the New York
Central & Hudson River Company, and
the New York, New Haven & Hartford
for manslaughter, under section 183 of
the penal code. They are accused by
Assistant District Attorneys Battle and
McManus having by their negligence
caused the death of eighteen persons in
this oonntry since January 1. A cor
poration can be indicted just as an in
dividual, according to the penal oode.
U lound guilty the corporation is pun
ishable by a fine of not more than $5,-
000.
The grand jury may go further and
indiot the board of directors of each of
the companies, or it may not go so
far, and content itself with a mere
presentment
. If the grand jury indicts the di
rectors, some wealthy men will be ar
rested. The grand jury is now oon-
siderng the cases of German Weist
Brodt, of Greenmburg, who was killed
at One Hundred and Twenty-eighth
street and .Fourth avenue Thursday,
May 23, by a wild locomotive; Col-
ville Staford, a boy killed at Hunt's
Point, July 9; Oscar Eriokson, killed
at Bay Chester, July 12, and John Mo
Cormack, killed at the Willis-avenue
depot of the New Haven road, July 10.
Subpenas have been issued for the
appearanoe of the ofiers of both roads
before the grand jury either today or
tomorrow.
WAS BURNED ALIVE.
A Story
of Cruelty on the
M. Stambuloff.
Fart of
London, July 23. A special to the
Times from Paris gives an interview
published by the Figaro with a brother
of Naoum Tuiektohieff, who was ar
rested for complicity in the murder of
Stambuloff. He said his brother, Na
uoin, was a olose friend of Major Pan
itza, who had been executed by order
ot Stambuloff. But the association
was purely one of friendship, and not of
politics. When the Panitza lot was
discovered, all who had been connect
ed with Panitza were arrested. The
interview oontinues:
Among them was my youngest
brother, Deutschs, aged 17, whom
Stambuloff thought he oould force to
reveal Naoum's supposed connection
with the conspiracy. Deutschs was
subjected to atrocious tortures for six
months, Stambuloff emloying his en
genuity and multiplying the most hor
rible tortures, until the executioners
in his presence tore the nails from the
hands and feet of my brother, and com
mitted acts yet more barbarous. The
little fellow refused to accuse Naoum,
and, finally, exasperated, he spat in
Stambuloff 's face, crying, "Tyrant, I
soorn you. " It was his death warrant
Stambuloff bathed him in kerosene and
burned him alive in October, 1892."
Tufektchieff concludes that, never
theless, neither Naoum nor himself
was oonneoted with the murder of M.
Stambuloff, whioh they deprecated as
likely to cause a reaction in his favor,
while they hoped that their brother
would be avenged by the condemnation
of Stambuloff.
K.eta Laughed At.
City of Mexioo, July 84. The news
papers here assert that General Ezeta,
formerly president ot Salvador, ia mak
ing himself the laughing Btook of
Americans by his bombastic interviews
published in San Francisoo and wired
all over the United States. Ridionle
is thrown on his statement that he
will invade Salvador, where his un
popularity is gaio to eontmue.
FOR THE FARMERS
Useful Information Concern
tag Farm Work.
KEROSENE A REMEDY FOR LICE
July a Good Time to Plow For the
Fall ; Wheat. Care of Young
Chicken About the Farm.
A gtudy of the state reports on wheat
shows that where the ground was well
prepared and the plant made a vigorous
start last fall there are good yields of
wheat even this year. Our reports
show that in the same township the
yields range from nothing up to thirty
ousneia ot wheat per acre. Farmers
are wondering why this vast ranee of
yield in the same neighborhood, where
the kind of land and amount of rain
fall are about the same.
A olose study of the Azures shows
that the failure has come where the
ground was not in good condition at
time of seeding, and where the seeding
was so late that the plants were feeble
when winter set in. There was a
shortage in the supply of moisture, and
the farmer who was wise enough to
break his ground early and to roll or
harrow it down promptly so as to keep
ail the soil moisture, had enonch to
give his wheat a prompt and vigorous
8 tart Such wheat wintered well and
had the vigor to resist largely the at
tack oi JUesnaa fly and chinch . bug,'
both of which seem to have done great
damage to the feebler wheat '
The time to plow for fall wheat is
July, as soon as the wheat, oats or bar
ley can be threshed. Usually there ia
more moisture in the ground now than
a month later, and the ground will
break better and it rolled and harrowed
at once will retain the moisture and
absorb enough more from the subsoil
to enable the wheat seed to germinate
promptly and give a stand of viarorons
plants. A few days delay in fining
and firming the wheat land may cause
the difference between the pavinir and
losing crop. Breeders' Gazette.
Kerosene for Lice.
Here is the way our contributor. H.
B. Geer, uses kerosene to kill lice or
to keep them from the little chicks:
First, before setting a hen, we clean
out the nest box, and sprinkle the bot
toms and aides of it inside with kero
sene oil. Then we put iu fresh straw
and the eggs, and so set the hen. But
we put no kerosene on the Btraw about
the eggs, and none on the hen.
When the chickens are first hatched
we take the coop and sprinkle it with
kerosene just as we did the nest box.
Then we put some dry dust in the bot
tom of it We take the hen and rub
her shanks with a soft rag saturated
with the kerosene oiL We also rub
her feathers under the neck-hackle.
about the roots of the tail, and just a
little bit lightly under1 the wings, with
the rag ailed with the odor of the oil.
but not heavily saturated or dripping.
We put kerosene and no lard or oil of
any kind directly on the chickens. In
faot we have never greased or oiled the
heads of a dozen young chiokens in all
the days of our life.
The sprinkling of the interior ot the
coop with the kerosene onoe a week
thereafter will keep the brood free of
lioe. The same precaution will pro
tect the chickens after they are wean
ed, so long as they roost in the coop.
mere is no question about kerosene
being the best remedy for lioe and
mites, and in all our experience with
it we have never lost any chickens
from the use of it, when applied as
above suggested. Texas Farm and
Ranch. , .
Fun Note .
Don't allow the oows to be driven
by dogs.
Save the heifer calves from the best
milkers.
Do not forget the calves in the
back lot They need shade and water.
The churn should not be more than
half full of cream when beginning to
ohurn. .
Granulated fresh bone and steamed
out hay are recommended by a poultry
man for eggs.
H. B. Greer is authority ' for the
statement that if chicks are kept free
irom lioe, in nine cases out of ten thev
will be free from gapes.
If judiciously cared for, no class of
live stock gives back to the farmer a
better return to clear money than
ohiokens and eggs.
If the weather is dry and hot in your
section all the more reason the hogs
and other stock should be provided
with shade.
Do not be so unwise as to arrow onlv
the frame of a hog this summer. Have
some meat on it, then it will be an
easy matter to lay on the fat this fall. -
When providing shade for the flock
of fowls do not forget the little chick
ens. Let them have shade as well as
sunshine to bask in. .
Oil meal fed to the stock hag a tend-'
enoy to keep the system free, whioh
prevents fever or heating, henoe makes
stock thrive faster.
A growing animal should be made
to grow bone and muscle. It can be
fattened after maturity, and, if in good
oondition, in a short time. .
The value of any kind of farm stock
is largely determined by its feeding
the first year of it life. Breeding
oounts for muoh, but feed and care are.
as important ,.
Middlings or shorts, with the house
slops, will help out the hog pasture.
These with plenty of pure water and
free aooess to salt and ashes ought to
give you healthy hogs and cheap pork.