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VOL. 12.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1895.
NO. 33.
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COUJMHIA COUNTY DIUKCTOIIV.
County Oilleara,
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tjlark ,, Juilwm Weed, Verncmlii
Hhvrllf i (lliun. K. liuitii, KiilnliT
Trmaiiror K. M. Wharton CuhiniMa City
Aniuawir ! Martin Whlli', Mulnny
Hurvuyor W, N. Mrv, IpoIimih
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CoiumlM nn J,,,,h, u Hrhounover, Vurminla
I'ltOKKHKIONAL.
T. )i Cl.IKTIlH, ILAUM.
( ALLKJT fc CLE ETON.
Attorneys and Counselors at Law
ST. IIKI.BNH, OKKUON.
Notarlea Public, Conveyancing and Collection.
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R. A. I'. Mcl.AKKN,
rilYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
lUlnlur, Oregon,
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PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
HI. Helena, Oregon,
JK. J. K HAM
rilYKIf'IAN AND SURGEON.
Clataknnle, Columbia county. Or.
H. MtWEUVB,
Surveyor and Civil Engineer
DK.I.KNA, OKKUON.
Comity Surveyor. IjiikI Siirvi-yltiK.Towu
Platting and Kiuflut-erliiR work promptly
vxi'CiitvU,
AGAIN THE BLOOMERS.
Nan rranclaeo's Second Bifurcated
Hop
Complete "
Ban Francisco, August 5. The
bloomer-ball oritM him caught Hun
Francisco, aud Junction of the kind
are scheduled to toko plaoo nearly every
night for a wwk to ouuie. The first of
thu bifurcated hops, which wan glveu
TuMidy evening, was frowned on, bat
a large crowd attended a ball given
lant night by the South Bide Cycling
Club, They had to knot the partition
out of the cyolnry on Howard street to
make room for the bloomere.
Judge Campbell was there, and after
being u interested spectator for a few
ininute he left hi uffleial dignity in
the cloakroom and rushed madly Into
the maze of the modem dauoo.
With an export by hi aide the
learned jurist acanued the glittering
throug nutil he found a bloomer girl
that suited hia fancy. Then hia houor
danced the houra away. She had a
aaucy eye and bult hair, and was regard
ed aa the belle of the ball. The Judge
waa not in uniform, though the regula
tion called ior bicycle clothe. Euough
of the other member oUaorvod the tiny
to pair off with the bloomer ladiea,
and thua lend proper eelat to the affair.
It wa just like a regular function,
except for the wheel, which prevailed
everywhere. Half tho young men rode
their bioyclo to the dance and noorched
over tho ballroom floor while waiting
for the band to play. Now and then a
new woman essayed to how her i
tor just how tho thing i done, but
nnally ended by bumping Into a post
or running down the rRttlod spectators.
What with pout, bioyolo. populace
and bloomer, the cyclery wa ome
what orowded, but the undoubted Me
cca of the first social made up for luck
of room. ' ' ,
Another rederal Inveetlgntlon.
Ban Franotsoo, Anguat 6. The
Chroniole publlahe an article in regard
..ii.i fronH. in the railway .or-
vioe on the Paolflo ooaat which it aay
promise to lend to one of the moat iar
reaching foderal inveatigation ever
It 1 alleged by Railway Poatal Clerk
V. S Plover, and other, that the
Ttnitiul Htutxa mail were fraudently
atuffod, with tho advice and oonsent of
Buperintendent Samuel Flint, 01 tne
eighth division 01 we railway eurviuo,
hn month of June. 1894. in or
der that the weight carried during
that month, which formed the basis for
estimating the compensation to be paid
the railroad lor tne next uur
ml ir lit. nnntinl unduly largo. Railway
might appear nnfluiy inrgo. ---,
postal fZto
are great opportunitie for -tuning tne
u - ...... tn rob the BOV1
oars tu smui b -j - - --
t ...tuinns each year. The
.... . i...f liU Umiil snaunal
opens up a wide field for congressional
investigation
Northern Faoldo Montana Bomls.
The North
Pttniflo 8c Montana bondholders
mit..o amionnncs that out of a total
of $5,031,000 bonds listed, 14,043,000
In amount have ueen aopuniwu -
the Knickerbocker irust v,ompau,
but the company has d.icidod to extend
the time for deposit until August 10,
after which date a penalty of 10 per
bond will be Imposed.
A MIDSUMMER HALT.
Til Kpaitl ataoksiiliia lip of II ml
, n. Unporteil.
Knw YnrV Aniri.-t K TJ tl Hnn Jb.
Oo.' Woekly Review of Trade ays
There i a perceptible halt which
may deceive, if attributed to wrong
ohuhc. Trade, two mouth late in tho
Mprlng, puahed forward into July a
laruo share of bnainoa buloneintf to
April or May. Beolug a rush of orders
out of time, many imagined it would
continue, aud hurried to give other or
der. The jnm of two months' busi
ness into one lifted prices. Then other
order came to anticipate a further
rise. Hut the midsummer halt wa in
evitable, aud it 4 yet somewhat uncer
tain how much improvement will ap
pear after it The crop of corn prom
ise to be thu lurgoHt ever growu, and
it it almost out of hunn's way. The
crop of wheat apicurs from later ac
count perhaps 80,000,000 less than
wa expected a mouth ago, Imil hud the
best hopes realized it would have been
more than 100,000,000 bushel short of
a full crop. '
The general advance in many prod
ucts euuses ruluetunoe to purchase, and
the distribution of the past half year
hum tuuui in nnrfe tji mulin nn fur
stock and individual vupplie depleted
tiuruig wit) two years oi economy, on
the other bund, there ha been an enor
mous increase in tho working force and
a nonsidtirable lnoroae in wage paid,
which enable people to buy more freely.
Btrikca of aome iuinortance aunear.
but do not yet threaten to last long,
though a itrike of coal miner may for
a time affect business somewhat exten
sively.
For the flrst time since tho rise m
price of iron product began, there ha
uum Hcinin (MiiwuoiMlim fai ratuln hnsi-
neaa, and the effort of new work to
get orders tend to check the advanoe.
In spite of this, the general average of
prices Is a shade higher, bar having
risen relatively more than mill iron
ha dooliued. The market for pig is
miiitt. and nn tho whole romarkablv
Mtroug, with the prospect of aa increas
ing output, f inished product are
gouerully strong, with more demand
than can at present be met lor plates
aud for bar. Tho structural demand
continues large, but the demand for
rail is yet delayed. Great specula
tion In copper stock ha brought out
some extravagant statements of de
maud protlw, but 11 8-4 cents has been
mi id in some eases for lake, and the de-
maud is actually heavy. Tin has re
mained strong in spite or largo ar
rivals, and the visible stock of 6,000
ton 1 turner than usual. Lead is
stronger in tone.
UusineN in cotton goods baa been
tint lurmtut. in Julv for several vears.
reckoning good delivered, but not a
large as to now orders. A further ad
vance of 1 1-4 cent per yard has oc
curred, with a moderate demand for
some bleached aud brown goods, and
prices are 11 nu for sheet and drills,
while colored cottons are nuiot. with
occasional advances.
Bale of wool have becu only 0,073,-
4 AO pounds for the week, against
e,a:io,4oo in ihi3.
Wheat sudduulv rtwe 3 cent on bad
mnnrta of condition, but hit drODDed
all tho gain as the Boautiuostt of export
is felt, shipments in July having been
only 8,405,004 bushels, flour included,
from Atlantlo porta, against o.HOB.oua
Uut vnar. Wimtiirn suooiota OOUtinue
very small and farmers appear to be
holding lor higher price, uorn i a
ahudo stronger, although the reports
are decidedly favorable. Cotton has
risen 1-8 cent in urice. wholly on bad
condition reports, but at the low esti
mate the yeur's yield with stock car
ried over will exceed the world' de
mand.
Huavv sale of coal are reported at
t Lin Ht 70 cunts below the cir
cular, and the market is much detnor-
aliaed with the fear of auction sales.
Vailnma for the week have been 801
in the United States against 880 last
year, and 88 in uuiaoa against iui
year. ' . ;
Country Killtor. Qurr31,
Rt .tiioniih. Ma. AnuruBt 8. T.
Williams, editor of the Btauborry Her
ald, and V. A. Weimar, editor of the
Stanborry Sentinel, have been indulg
ing in a newspaper quarrel, win
inms tatod in hi paper yesterday that
ho had accumulated all hia property
himself, aud while his taxes were not
as much as those of the editor or tne
Sentinel, none of his wealth had oome
in the way of a hymonial contract,
made at the altar. Mrs. weimar eon
sidered that the paragraph reflected on
her. She i the daughter of J. W.
Hampton, a Denver millionaire, who
lived for many year at aiouuti riva
t.. cm thu linv of her marriage
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to Weimar her fathor presented her
with a check for fio.oou, ana n w
to thia present that reference wasanade
by Williams, in tne aiioruouu
Weimar, aooompanied by her husband,
.ni tr. the Herald oflloe and horse-
whinnad William, while Weimar
hia rival over the head with a
nil un - - '
revolver. . V
Chunse. rUMlHoatluii.
rhinim Amnmt. K The five dnya'
.ui.n of the Western road olassifloa-
-. - in
W radical change, in rat., weighU
JluB()inoatiou, of abOTlt 100 com-
mnditie. The classification committee,
hlch includes all the roads between
thfl Pnniflo OOHHt. Bffrood
u
n, o mlnlmnm carload weights
of about 100 article., but a was resolv
ed to advance the rates on neany every
oommodity that is to take a lower oar
load weight. J -
in..,.. Mil,., mn Hour the Limit.
nt..l,mM. Anmist 6. The law
V 1UV1UIIIV- o
ooinuiittoe of the board of legislation
lust night decided, to report, y
j: .o n..,in,,r the sneed of bi-
cyclists to eight miles an hour within
the city limit, and attache, a penalty
of 25 for violation.
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE
Fifty Houses Destroyed in a
New Mexico Town.
GREATEST FLOOD IN ITS HISTORY
llodica of HI Maxlnaus H Already
Mean Heeoirsrail, and It Is Uelleved
AIHuy More Ware Ilrowned.
Socorro, N. M., August 8. A tre
mendous rouring started the people of
Socorro yesterday afternoon about 4
o'clock. Boon after huge wave of
water enme rushing down an arroyo,
which drains the eustern slope of the
Magdaleua, and almost encircles tho
town. At first it was hoped the flood
would be oouiined to the lower por
tions of tho city, but soon the water
came above the town, aud three feet of
water began rushing through the prin
cipal streets. The shrieks of women
aud children minglod with the dying
wail of those swept into eternity. The
water oame in waves, each succeeding
oue being apparently higher than the
others. Portions of bouses, household
furniture, baby carriages, stove and
fanning implement mingled with
huge boulders, railroad ties and bridge
timbers, all being borne through the
streets by the madly rushing waters.
For two hour the work of destruction
continued, the horror being increased
by vivid lightning, crushing thunder
aud a blinding rain.
Gradually the water, subsided suf
ficiently to allow a partial inspection
of the destruction. Only two bodies
were taken from the water before
dark, a mother and hor ohild. An at
tempt was made to reach the people
living in the river bottom, but dark
ness and the absence of boats prevented.
All night homeless people were brought
in and cared for.
This morning a scene of desolation
wa presented. A majority ol the
business houses have met heavy damage
or destruction. Hundreds of poor peo
ple have lost everything aud are home
less, penniless and almost naked. More
than fifty houses are known to have
been destroyed, while almost every res
idence in the oity is duuiaged. Since
the water has receded, many adobe
bouse have fallen, and many others
must be abandoned.
The two bodies rocovered were iden
tified as members of the Duran family,
seven of whom are missing. Five more
bodies were taken out this morning.
Four were recognized aa members of
the Duran family, making six recover
ed. Tho fifth was an infant son of
U Baa. Other bodies are reported as
being seen, but owiug to the treacher
ous nature of the ground, tlioy cannot
lie readied. The water, spread over
the entire city, and carried death
everywhere. Many are reported miss
ing. Reports coming from towns north
and south of here tell of heavy losses.
For twelve miles south the destruc
tion of property was terrible, furm
houses and crops being entirely swept
out The Atchison, Topcka & Santa Fe
track whs taken out between here and
San Antonio in several plaoc. The
branoh road from this oity to Magda
len, is practically destroyed for ten
miles, and many bridge, are gone.
The dead are: Leandro Duran, (Jena
Duran, Thomas Duran, J. B. Duron,
and two other, of the same family
whose first name, are not known. But
two members of the Duran family are
alive. No estimate of tho loss can yet
be made, but it is more than fl,000,
000. Prosperity In Mloo.
ntt nf Mnxinn. An stmt 3. Not-
the fact that the larsest
cotton and print mills in the country
are ruuuiug overtime to supply tne ao
mestio demand, imports of ootton tex
tile from England the half of the year
7 nnn.000 onbio yards.
lUVvsouu v , v. ! -
The increaaaed prosperity of the coun
try and the prospects of a large orop
this year are causing great augmenta
tion in the demand in this line. Mexi
can bonds in Europe continue to rise,
partly owing to the certainty that this
government can meet its interest auu
the improved financial oondition of the
treasurv. The government reoeipts
from internal taxes and onstoins are
likely to exceed the anticipated report,
of Finance Minister Umautour, who
ha. taken a conservative view of the
probable receipts.
, Kleetrlo HedllliU.
a.... nwnniwuv Ausust 3. Eleotrio
light will soon succeed oil lamp, as
headlights on all the passenger loco
motive, of the eoutnern jrauiuo com
pany. The oompany ha. been experi
menting with eleotrio headlights for
some time, and has at last perfeoted a
light that can be made by a dynamo on
the locomotive wniou wit. iuuuimi.
. , o nnn font. Oil lamps liaht
141U wnu. . , v v .
only 800 feet ahead of the looomotive,
and when running at ng ayrou, -frtvinentlv
unable to stop
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after observing an obstruction in time
to prevent an aooldent. Aue oouuieru
p-nifln will be the first railroad in the
United States to equip all passenger
train locomotive, witn ciecino ueu-
lights. . ' .
An Attorney Sued for Kegleet.
San Franoisoo, August 8. Attorney
c Tii u-aiitriii has been sued by Joseph
M. MaoDonough, Agnes M. Agar and
William O B. Maououougn, onuareu
of Millionaire Joseph MaoUonougn,
lately deoeased, to recover $35,000.
Preston is said to have caused his
client, a loss of $36,000 ' through
neglect of business interests whioh they
u tn him. The purpose of
unit vvm ; , - - . ,
the suit is to oompel Preston to make
good the loss.
CUBAN BRAVADO.
A Threat to Hteal the Cruiser Vesuvine
and Hun Her to Havana
Philadelphia, August 8. The Even
ing Bulletin today ha. the following:
"At a recent meeting of the Cuban
sympathizers in this oity last night,
at which a number of the most promi
nent leaders were present, a daring
project was revealed. It was nothing
less than to steal the dynamite orulBer
Vesuvius from the League island navy
yard, man ber with a picked orew and
send her to Havana to lay Mora castle
in ruins and seal tho fate of Spanish
domain in the Uem of the Antilles.
The scheme caused a great deal of ex
citement The more conservative Cu
ban -Americans denounced it and its
projectors, and warned those present
not to allow themselves to countenance
the idea, as it would only tend to wean
the sympathizers with them from the
insurgent oause. An enthusiastic ad
vocate of Cuban independence said to
day: " 'If the naval officer, don't look
out, the vessel will be miBsing some
morning from her moorings, at League
island. Within a week, a man who
has strode the deck of many a vessel,
who oares much for gold and who has
risked his life to obtain it dozens of
times, made the following proposition
to certain people: "Give me $200,000,
aud I will steal the Vesuvius, run into
Havana harbor and in ten minutes lay
Mora castle in a heap of ruins."
"If the Vesuvius ever got clear of
the wharf and had steam np, there is
nothing in the American navy that
oould catch her, and official, here have
nothing to send in pursuit but the rev
enue outter Hamilton. The Vesuvius
would run away from her like greased
lightning."
CURRANTS OR CRAPES.
The Government Will Determine
the
Nature ot the Zante Product.
San Francisco, August 8. The dis
patches from Washington indicating
that the appeal of Collector Wise in
the Zante currant case will be dismiss
ed at the request of the secretary of the
treasury are not believed by local fod
eral oftloials. The seoretary fully un
derstands the case, and evidently ap
proves of it because he has instructed
the collectors of ports to collect the
duty on all importations of currants
subject to the decision that will be
rendered by the United States circuit
court The government officials are
making elaborate arrangements for the
case. Zante currants bushes with ripe
fruit on them will be brought into
court and a number of college profes
sor, and expert grower, of grapes will
be called upon to decide whether or not
the Zante currant are a speoies of the
grape. The Thompson seedless grapes
will also be shown with the purpose of
oouviuciug the court that they are like
the Zante production. If the Zante
currants are declared by the court to be
grapes it will add at least a million
dollar, to the government', revenue.
At the present time, in accordance
with a decision of the board of general
appraisers, the fruit is admitted free of
duty.
CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT.
An Attempt to Prove That the Law
Is Valid.
Chicago, August 8. The validity of
the Chinese exclusion act has been
called in question in the ease of four
Chinamen at Detroit, charged with at
tempting to evade the law. They were
sentenced to ten day. each in the De
troit workhouse and ordered deported
at tlie expiration of their terms of im
prisonment Attorney Springer, of
Detroit, intercepted a deputy United
State, marshal who had the four men
in custody, and a writ returnable today
wa. issued compelling the marshal to
show oause why the prisoner, should
not be released, on the ground that the
charges made in the warrant were too
vague. By the advice of the circuit
judge before whom the case was tried,
matter, were taken before Judge Gross
cup, of the United State, court The
latter continued tne case until Septem
ber 1, giving the Chinamen their free
dom until then in bonds of $5,000 for
the four.. When the case oomes to
trial the law will be attacked, the
Chinamen' attorney, claiming it i.
invalid, a. it includes only laborers,
and i. otherwise full of weak points.
Ban Franoi.oo Highbinder Trouble.
Run Frnnniaoo. Auemst 8. The situ
ation in Chinatown oontinues to grow
more serious eaoh day. The fued be
tween the Sam xup ana tne mug
Yung men, due to the arrest of the lat
ter for the murder of Chung Wai, a
member of the Sam Yup family, ha.
developed into a boycott or tne bam
Vnn mnmhunta. The intimidation be
ing used to enforoe the boycott is ex-
pec ted to lead to a murderous oonniot
Clashes between the representatives of
tho rival anaieties are of freauent oo-
ourrenoe, and several riots have been
narrowly averted. The consul-general
and the Six Companies have given up
trying to make peace, and say that
matter, must now take their oourse.
Every conference whioh has been held
has ended in disorder, and ; no more
meetings will be called.
The Bun of Fnuer River Salmon.
Vannnnver. B. C Aunust 8. The
run of salmon on the Fraser river has
hoen verv linht so far. and although
more lirmnses have been issued this
vear than ever before and a less num
ber . of oanneries operated, tne nan
caught scarcely kept the canneries go
tntt Tha average number of fish ob
tained per boat is thirty-five, though as
manv as 100 and 200 have been obtain
ed bv a few luoky fishermen. Sir Muo-
ironata TtmvAll. Ttrflmier of Canada, and
Mr. Daly, minister of the interior, are
expeoted here Saturday.
MORE MINING FIGURES
A Year ot Exceptionally Low
Prices for Lead.
FOREIGN SOURCES DRAWN UPON
Knowledge of the Domeetlo Production
Hard to Obtain Beennae of the
Heavy Importations.
Washington, August 1. In discus
sing the lead-mining industry for
18U4, the geological survey say. that
the year wa. one of exceptionally low
prices. Mining declined, and it was
necessary to draw on foreign sources to
supply the deficiency. The production
of refined lead in the United States has
grown from 1,500 short tons in 1835 to
219,000 in 1894. The product of 1898
was the largest on record, amounting
to 239,000 short tons. The lead mar
kets of the United State, are supplied
from four sources. The first is from
domestio mining, divided between the
soft lead ore. of the Mississippi valley
and the silver lead ore. of the Rocky
Mountains. The second source is Mex
ico and British Columbia. The third
is the base bullion sent from Mexico
for delivering and refining in bond in
this country, and the fourth is refined
foreign lead. The interlocking sources
have greatly complicated the compila
tion of lead statistics, and made knowl
edge of the domestio production diffi
cult to obtain. The following figures
show by states in ton. the domestio
product smelted:
Colorado, 60,600; Idaho, 83,300;
Utah, 23,200; Montana, 9,600.
The other producing states are: Ne
vada, New Mexico, Arizona, Califor
nia, Missouri, Kansas, Wisconsin and
Tennessee.
The total domestio production is
put at 132,700 tons. The consump
tion of lead is placed at 102,371 tons.
Prices during the year ranged from
$0,307 to $0,302 1-2 per pound.
GOLD IN THE SILETZ.
Formation of the Country Said to In
dicate Mineral Depoeita.
Tillamook, Or., August 1. Sheriff
J. H. Jackson has just returned from
Siletz, where he and a party of four
others were prospecting the beach for
gold-bearing black sand. They found
some very rich diggings, Captain Jack
son thinks. He is an old mining ex
pert, having followed the business the
last thirty year, from Mexico to Alas
ka, and he has had experience with
beach mining.
The party staked off several claims
on the beach a few mile, below the
mouth of Salmon river, and several
pans of black sand washed out showed
6 to 10 cents in bright gold, not the
thin, greasy-appearing scale gold so
common in beach aands, and so hard to
save. Captain Jackson say. the forma
tion of the country indicates mineral
deposits, and he believe, that mining
will be one of the chief industries of
that section. He thinks that a rocker
will show muoh better results than the
pan did, and is of the opinion sluicing
will pay well, as water is convenient
Two men of the same party were
prospecting on the beach some time
ago, but were ordered away by the In
dians. The prospectors' went away
without parley, telling the Indians
that "they were ready to quit,anyway,
a. the sand was no good," but the
miners waited until the reservation
was open, and then lost no time in
getting to the black-sand deposits, and
took a surveyor along to measure off
the claims. The Indiana had taken no
mineral claims on the beaches, confin
ing themselves to the beautiful prairies
and bottom lands of the interior.
There wa. no rush on the north, or
Tillamook side, aa has been reported,
and Captain Jackson and his party saw
no one else making for the reservation.
The day the reservation was opened
a steamer came into the Suets with a
cannery outfit, and it is said salmon
are plentiful there. Both, the Salmon
and Siletz river, are fair harbors for
schooner., and from all report the Si
lets oountry would be a productive
community if the land were in the
hands of enterprising settlers.
A Cave Filled With Skeleton.
Yuma, Aria., August 1. On White
river, near Camp Apaone, naa rjeen
found a remarkable cave. For 500
feet the . explorers were obliged to
crawl on their hand, and knees, using
candles and bull's-eye . lanterns for
light They found between 800 and
400 human skeletons, indicating the
remain, of persons who had be
smothered to death by smoke long
year. ago. Some of them were in crev
ice, just large enough, to admit a hu
man body. The skeletons are of vari
ous sizes, some being very small. The
skulls are of brown color with the ex
ception of a few, whioh are white.
The White Mountain Apaohee are very
superstitious about the cave, and say
that within it there is a large lake of
water. The visitors found no water,
but intend to explore further. There
are but two ways of entering it
JLzcltement in Kio. , .
Buenos Ayres, August 1. A oorre
spondent in Bio Janeiro telegraph, that
indignation meeting, in protest against
the seizure of Trinidade by England
oontinue. They are not confined to
Rio Janeiro, but are held in all part,
of the country. The police last night
found it difficult to disperse the crowd
whioh gathered in Rio Janeiro. It is
reported that among the late General
Peixoto . papers have been found doc
uments offering Trinidade to the
United States. The late ex-president,
a. these documents are seen to show,
also offered Amalpa to France and var
ious land, on the Amazon to countries
whioh would grant no reoognitionn to
the rebel, in the last revolution.
JAPAN AND LAIO TUNC
Europe Wants the Immediate With
drawal of Army of Oeeupstlon
New York, August 3. A Herald
dispatch from St Petersburg says:
Strenuous effort are being made by
the Japanese foreign office to have the
execution of the treaty of Bhimonoseki
and the evacuation of the Liao Tung
peninsula regarded as dependent on
other questions, evidently with the in
tention of retarding so far as possible
the withdrawal of. Japanese foroes
from the peninsula.
The three intervening governments,
on the contrary, are determined that
no fusion of these qnestions shall be
allowed, it being quite clear that they
are and always have been entirely dis
tinct -
Japan bound herself to the three
powers to evacuate Liao Tung. She
did not enter into the undertaking
toward China alone. The three power,
are therefore entitled to call for the ex
ecution of thi. promise quite independ
ently of any subject in dispute between
Japan and the Celestial government
They will take active measure, for
hastening the definite settlement of the
question by urging the immediate with
drawal of the army of occupation.
Altitude of Adaina.
Seattle, Wash., August 2. Mount
Adam, in this state i. 12,402 feet high,
according to figures based on calcula
tion, made by Professor Edgar Mo
Clure, of the university of Oregon, who
carried a mercurial barometer to the
summit July 10, with the heliograph
party. He ha. deduced the altitude
from figure, taken at thi. place, Port
land and Eugene, Or., and finds the
above result a. a mean. Heretofore
the mountain has been thought to be
only a little more than 11,000 feet
high, buthe new figure make it 197
reel nigner tnan Mount nooc, ana es
tablishes the fact that Washington has
the highest and next highest peak in
the Cascade range from the British Co
lumbia line to California. , '
Colored Women of America.
Boston, August 2. Today's session
of the Colored Women of America was
largely attended. Mrs. Joseph St
Piere Buffin presided. Rev. Alexander
Crummell, of Washington, asserted
that color prejudice in this oountry
has been displayed by caste prejudioe.
Mrs. H. R. Butler spoke on the need,
of better manhood and womanhood
among the colored people, and Charles
Norris, of Georgia, told of the ill-
treatment of colored women convicts in
Georgia. The convention then de
nounced the Georgia oonviot system.
Auibauador Bayard's Opinion.
London, August 1. United States
Ambassador Bayard, referring to the
report of the seizure of the island of
Trinidade by Great Britain, and the
agitation of Brazil on the subject, said
to a reporter of the Associated Press to
day that the incident was a trifling
one. The island is very' small, occu
pied by only a few goats, and the Brit
ish ships merely stopped there to lay a
cable. Great Britain, he oontinued,
did not claim the island, in fact, it is
not worth claiming. Like most South
American governments, Bayard said,
Brazil wa. easily excited over nothing.
The Case of Waller.
Topeka, Kan., August 1. Governor
Morrill today received a reply to hi.
communication to the president urging
action by thi. government to secure the
release of J. L. Waller. Aoting Sec
retary of State Adee aay. the depart
ment ha. been unremitting in its
efforts in behalf of Waller, but ha. not
yet been able to obtain a oopy of the
evidence in the case. Mr. Eustioe has
been instructed to make renewed ap
plication to the French government for
an official oopy of the evidence, and
also for permission to see the prisoner,
who is understood to be in poor health.
Brutally Beaten by a Crowd.
Watertown, O., August 1. Mrs.
Hattie Covey, wife of Burt Covey, a
resident of Jayville, eloped June 23,
with John Kierch, superintendent of
the sawmill, leaving one child. Kierch. j
left a wife and four children. The
elopera went to Michigan, but beoom
ing dissatisfied; Mrs. Covey returned
home. An armed crowd stripped her
of ber clothing and bruised her: terri
bly. She may diet Jayville is a small
backwoods village.
Several Million. In Blfht.
Victor, 'Xtolo.,' August 1. W. a
Strattoh, the millionaire, has struck
what is probably the nob est lode ever
found in any mining country, if not in
the world. In the Independence the
miners, in following a lead, ran screes
a vein that will run $140,000 to the
ton. It wa. at a point where both
vein, come together, and the width
warrant, the statement that there is no
less than several millions ot ore in
sight
The Water Supply Waa Inadequate,
San Franoisoo, August 1. A local
paper say. that a suit for half a mill
ion dollar, is to be brought against the
oity and the Spring Valley Water
Company by owner, of the property
destroyed during the great fire south of
Market street four weeks ago. The
ground, of the suit will be based on
the inadequacy of the water supply,
inconvenient location of hydrant, and
amallness of mains.
A Paving; Patent Suit.
Chicago, August 1. Harry M. Stow
today began suit against the city of
Chioago for $8,000,000. Stow claims
that he was allowed a patent in 1874
on a method for paving streets with
oedar blocks, and that the oity of Chi'
oago has used hi. method since with'
out paying him any royalty. He fig
ures that $8,000,000 i due him.
FOR THE FARMERS
Useful Information Concern-
' lag Farm Work.
A COMPOST HEAP VERY USEFUL
Effect of Good Peed on Poultry It la
Hardly Poeslble to Plow Too Soon
- for Wheat Notes.
On every farm there shoud be a com
post help and if this is kept a large
amount of valuable fertilizer will be
gathered together each year. This
heap should be in some out of the way
plaoe on the farm. Brush and odd
piece, that cannot be made into wood
or used in some other way should be
burned near it and the ashes from the
fire, piled with it Old boots and
shoes, weeds, grass out from odd cor
ners of the plot, about the house and
outbuildings, wash water, and in fact
all sorts of trash which accumulates
may be turned to good purpose by com
posting and allowing to rot and
moulder into a composite mass, will in
the oourse of the year make a deposit
of valuable fertilizer of the garden at a
very small oost, and at the same time
put out of the way a lot of material
that would otherwise be a nuisance.
The compost pile should be turned over
quite frequently that it may be thor
oughly mixed and fined and ready to
become available to the plant, aa soon
as applied.
Frequently there are bone, about the
plaoe that will not dissolve in a Com
post heap and these can be put to good
use by burying them in the holes dug
for fruit trees or grape vines and old
boots and shoe, may be put to the
same use. a. they contain an appreci
able amount of fertilizing materiaL
Any farmer who desire, to keep his
farm in the highest state of fertility
will not waste any of the things that
are so often piled in corner, to feed
weeds or thrown into the road to be
under foot and in the way for an in
definite time.
Every dollar paid for commercial
fertilizer, that oould have been raved
by looking after the home made article
that is just as good aa absolutely
thrown away. Farm News.
Effect of Good Food.
Eggs from hens that are fed largely
on slops and refuse are not as good for
cooking purposes aa those which are
laid by hens having a liberal ration of
com or wheat, and of the two corn
makes the richest egg, as it adds to the
fat content and gives the contents of
the shell a consistency that makes it
specially valuable for baking and kin -dred
uses. A meat ration also adds to
the value of the eggs, and it is because
ducks are such ravenous hunters of
frogs, and the many insects on land
and water that their eggs are preferred
to other, by baker, and confectioners.
Guniea eggs are specially rich in this
quality and are better for baking and
making icing than those of almost any
other fowL The production of good
eggs is a comparatively new idea and
it ha. not ben discussed half aa much
a. is merits deserve that it should be.
Early Plowing: for Wheat.
It is hardly possible to plow too
early for wheat, and the sooner this is
done after the field to be sown is ready
for the plow the better for the crop if
proper attention is given to it Plow
a. soon as possible and harrow as fast
as plowed, no matter how hard and
dry the soil is. Uusually early plowed
land can be harrowed effectively better
than that whioh lays to the sun until
August or the first of September. After ,
a field is plowed it should be har
rowed at intervals as the weeds start,
and this will make a seed bed that is
just what wheat needs. We once knew
an old gentleman whose rule in har
rowing was to harrow twice as much
as necessary and then all the time that
oould be given to it afterward, and he
hardly ever failed of a orop of wheat or
oats. Farm News.
Notes.
Give the horses the best feed that
you can get They work hard and
should be well treated.
If a calf is half fed when young it
will never be the most profitable ani
mal to keep. :
Do not let beet, grow too thickly in
the bed. Two to a foot is enough for
the ordinary garden sorts.
Try to improve your stock every
year, and thus add to your profits and
akilL ' .n:,: - .:
Stock, that is kept thrifty is worth
more and will sell for more than it will
if not in good condition.
Half work very frequently brings
half results. Think of this Several
times a day.
Do you ever get the horses a drink
in the morning before feeding them
grain? If not try yonr own breakfast
that way once.
It requires just a much care and
more feed to make the same weight
with scrub stock that it doe. with pure
breeds, and the price i. never a. high
for the flrst as the last
- Don't let the weeds grow, up and go
to seed, where early crops have been
removed and in the paths. If you do
it will be adding to your work next
year. '. - .. n
Crimson clover wa. indorsed at the
late meeting of the Western New York
horticultural society as marking an
epoch in the horticultural state, after
three years' tests with it" -k ' '
It is a good thing to grade up stock
and a better one to weed out every in
ferior animal. Better to sell an infer
ior animal than breed it, even if yon
mut U at a sacrifice.