THE
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VOL. 12.
ST. HELENS. OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1895.
NO. 41.
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ItlCKOLK & DAV18.
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
Miliacrlplloit llulea.
One inijiy (iiib yi-nr In ailvsnc $1 IW
One copy U iniititlia 7ft
Hlniilu (iiiiy
Ailve rtlalim ruten iniulo kumvn upon application
(JOLI'MIIIA COUNTY PIHrXTOKY.
Comity Oflirer.
.Iiiiluu... . ii Hlatichnrd, Itainiar
Hera, r,
Mllerlli
Treu.iirer
Hni't. n( School.
Awwiaor. . ,
Hurteyor
ColllllllNahlliera I
. . .J iitlHcm Weed, Vuriionla
linn. K. Ilniin, llolitlf
K. M. NVhiirlon t'liluinl.la ( lly
,,J. U. mtl.N. NCIipIOOHC
Martin While, Uiilney
W. N. Mcacrve, llolclia
f. A. Krukea, Hcaiipo.iaa
Pi,.H, (1 Hclioouover, Vurimula
I'UOl'KHSIONAL.
T. J. ;i.tiin.
II. A Ul.lt M
Al.l.KN A CLKETON, ,
Attorneys and Counselors at Law
HT. I1KI.KNH, . OIIKOoN.
Notaries Public, Conveyancing and Collection.
jyi. II. tt. Cl.lfr,
PHYSICIAN AND SUKHEON.
HI. Helena, Oreuii
jyt. J. K. iiai.i.,
I'UYHU'IAV AND HUKCIEON.
('Iatkiihle, ("oliinilila county. Or.
yy tt. MKsKKVK,
Surveyor and Civil Engineer
HKI.KNA, OltKliON.
I'onnty Surveyor. I.anil SnrveylnK,Town
Plaiting and KugitH'erlng work promptly
ORIENTAL HOTEL
A. II. III.AKKM.KY, Proprietor.
Hoard by Day, Week or Month
AT UKAKONAIII.K KATKH.
The table In supplied olth the lienl III market
allonl.. KvervthlttK eleuti. A .barn of your pat
mnaiie In Millelliol. HI'. IIKI.KNrf, llllKlitlS.
ST. HELENS LIYERY STABLES
Tllos. ( diifKIt, Proprietor.
Horses Hoarded and Cared For,
TURNOUTS ON SHORT NOTIOE.
KT. 1IKI.KXM,. : : OKKdON
im is) -an
iyjoiiuowuio
E. MoNEILL, Hoceher.
TO THE
(IIVKH TIIK CIIOH'K 0
Two Transcontinental Routes
GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY
IIV WAY (IK
Sookane, Minneapolis & St. Paul
UNION PACIFIC RY
IlY WAY OF
DEMER, OMAHA, & KANSAS CITY
LOW KATKS TO A I.I.
EASTERN CITIES
OCKAN KTKAMEH8
I.KAVU POKTI.ANI) KVKUY 5 PAYS
For San Francisco.
For Full 'Mulls Cull on or Address
W. II. IIUKUIVKT,
(lenenil Frelifhl and Pa. A(il.. Portland.
If you iikc the Petalum"
Incubator ft Hrouditrt.
Maine money while
other are wauling
time by old proenmra,
CtUiili'irtcI Unit alMmt
It.anilaracrihefi every
article needed fur the,
poultry bunmeu.
The "ERIE"
mcrhnnlcftlty the brat
, wheel. I'tetlleflt model.
We are Fiu-llie Count
Airenta. li.cvc.e cata-
luKue.mnileUfree.givca
ftitt drrM Ion . prtn, etc., aohnts wawtko. ,
PETALOM A INCUBATOR CO., Petlnm,Cal.
ItHANCH lloitHK.flii 8 Mnlu ftt-i Lo AuKelea. I
J Caveati , and Trade-M arks obtained, and all Fat-;
0 ant buaineaa conducted lor moderate Feet.
Our OrriCE is Oiioairc U. S. patent Ornct
nnd wa can secure putent in lcaa lima tiiau those
fiemots from VVashinRton.
(bend model, drawing or photo., with descrip
tion. We advlfie. If pAtentablo or not, free oi
s charge. Our tee not due till patent la secured,
t A Pamphlet, 'llow to Obtain I'ttenti," with
Jcoit of taiutt in the U.S. aud foreign countriea
4 sent tree, .a u a. resit,
C.A.SNOW&CO.
timm BlATeNTOrriCIa WASH IN ATOM. D. O.
jllusnflted I 1
COLUMBIA SALOON
O. K. IIUNTKIt, I'mp.
NEVIN3 OLD STAND
Jle-opi'iii'd ami Iti-turnlnlieil.
The W. H. McBrayer Whiskey
Wuinliunl'i Hcer Kt'jit on Ice.
(lOltl.K. : : oiimiON
Decker's
BARBER SIIOl
J. II, DKCk'KIt, I'miir etiir.
The old anil relialila harder linn IiIh riixnrw Jimt
niiiiliirlnbl)' ami quli kly for only l.'iueiita,
KT. IIKI.KNS, : : OltKUON
MUCKLE BROS.
MANOKACTIJKKKH ur
Dinionsioii Liunbcr, Flooring
llllillc. HhestliiiiK, Cualnirfi, mid
coiui'Mu lck (if cyi iy variety (if
Ronijh and Dreswjd Lumber
ALWAYS ON KAMI.
AT TIIK OI.II HTANll, HT. IIICI.KSH, (IIIKliON
TIIK
BANQUET
SALOON
Hn re-iiiieneil nmler Hie iniimiKemeii
oriiKtllH.K A. BKINN, corner of Htiiin.
mid Cowlim Htreetn, HI. Helen. Oreunn
where cull w found the choicest liranda of
WINE AND LIQUOR
Curd tuldea, pool (nlile, lillliiird tulile and
oilier ilevieea lor the enieriiiiinin iil ol imt-
roiiH, where time eun he plctt-ulilly Hp'iit.
FAMOUS FIRE LADDIE CIGARS
Ilekldea oilier popular brnnda. are kept
(iiiiiimiIv on liaml to hoiiiiIv tliH lticriaed
iruile at una very popular aiiloon.
) TIIK FAMHUH (
CYRUS NOBLE WHISKY
Irt KKIT AT TIIK IIANijI ICT.
FOR PORTLAND, DAILY.
-8TIAMER-
Young America
WILLAMETTE SLOUGH
Ieave 81. Helena :: A M
Arrive at I'lirtlHiid . . Hi:(l A M
Leave Cortland :(l I' M
Arrive lit ht. Helen. UMI V M
t'AMIK Kit f'KN'IN.
Will Curry NntliinK but Passengers
mid 1 list r roiglit.
IlurliiK tlic aumnierai'aaon. or as Ions ns
tlu water reiiiailiH IiIkIi enough, thit Imiit
will iimke two trip eucll week up NcappouNe
tmv on 1 ue.niiiva anil 1' rhluvi.
J AM 1:S GOOD, Master.
LKONAKD HUFF & IX).,
Commission Merchants
SWACIKK'8 01.1) ST A S D.
A general abutment of feed kept on hand,
unci wiiii at me lowesk prices
FOR CASH.
Undertaking Goods
Kl'HNIWIIKI) ON HIIOHT NOTltE.
St. Helens, : ; : Oregon,
Steamer Mascot
FASTEST
And Most Comfortable Daily
Steamer Between
St. Helens and Portland
I.IAVM
ARHIVK."
At Portland 10 A M
AimlVKS
At St HelelisOPM
St. Helena fl:.TO A M
I.ICAVKS
rortlnnd at 3 P M
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY
Kiglit Reserved to Change Time with
out Notice.
LEWIS ItlVKRTltANSl'OUTATION CO.
Portland KandiiiK Knot of Alder Street.
WHITE COLLAR LINE
8tra. Tolcphone anil Bailey tlatnert
COI.UMIIIA RIVKR Si PUOET SOUND NAV. CO
Alder St., Porilaml; Flavel diKk, Aatorla.
PORTLAND AND AHTOItIA
Tlrtiilinlta laavea P.irtlntnl Hnllv fevepnt flnti.
avlal7a. in.. leavcN Aalorla ilaltv at 7 i. in..
(except Huintay). Kinia direct tnlrnln rurl'lul
aop hciich, and eonuuel. with Rteiimcr llwueo
lor iiwueo iraina, rumiiuK to un iuiiiva on mirui
l"!ll',, . .....
Iliilloy titttr.cn leavea roruaun daily at a p m.,
(except Hiinihiy), on tfnliinlay at U p. in. heaves
Aatorla rtnlly at 6:4D a. in. (except Hiimlay ami
Moiiilav), on minilay ol 7 p. in.; eonnecia w uii
all traiha (or iMatsop heacli anil llwueo heiieh.
Thin line lift" a boat eonneetliiK with both
beaches, returning from Astoria every night In
thaweelr.' -
B. A. BKELEY, AUl. . W. . WUI I, rrea.
LEOPOLD'S CHARMER
A Paris Model Who Raised
a Sensation. '
HINTS AT Til KIR RELATIONS
Hhe Waa Uueen of a Student.' Itall and
la Now a l'opulur Aetraas at
the Follea-llergere,
UruHHuU, Out. 1. Quito a animation
linn buon CHUHoil liore this evening by a
paper pointedly ronmrUiug on the re
liitloiiH said to exist butweeu Kiug Leo
pold and Kinileune D'Aletioon, favor
ite (litnauuiH! at the Foliea-Uergere in
Purls, whoso acquaintance the king is
wild to have made in that city.
Kinileune D'Aluiioon, as she ntylei
herself, first cinno under the publio eye
in Paris two winters ago. Bhe was
then an artist model, well known in
the Latin quarter, whero she pi wed for
the ensemble. A studonts1 ball waa or
gajiiiietl in the Boulevard de Clichy
under the title of Leg Bui des Quartre
Arts. Emiloiiiio, on account of her
plastic perfections, wag selected as the
queen.
Her appearance created a seuaation,
even at a Paris Btudouts' ball, fcihe
was carried in triumphal procession
around the hall attired only in a gauze
aoarf. Members of the Social Purity
League, suspecting from the flourish df
trumpets with which the ball was her
alded, that there might lie ground for
their interference, were present and
the result was that Emilenne and one
or two other models were prosecuted
for outraging publio dooenny.
The question whether the presence,
lightly clud, at a gathering of students,
of a model accustomed to pose before
them for the "altogether," could be
termed an outrago upon publio decency
was warmly discussed, both in court
aud in the press. It was proved, how
ever, that many persons who were in
no way connected with art had paid for
admission.
Euiileune was fined and sentenced to
two or three days' imprisonment, but
escaped the latter by virtue of the Ber
enger act relative to first offenders.
She was immediately engaged by the
management of the Folies-Bergre to
star iu the ballet entitled 'Le Bal Des
(juartre Arts, and drew crowded
houses throughout the season. Since
then she has abandoned the studio fur
the variety stage, and during the past
Bummer has beeen the chief attraction
at the Casino at Troutville, the most
fushionable seaside resort iu France.
WASHINGTON'S THEATER.
Hullt on the Hits of Ilia lllalurle Old
Seaward Maualon.
Washington, Oct 1. The new La
fayette-square operahouse, built on the
site of the old Seward mansion, where
Wilkes Booth's co-conspirator attempt'
ed the life of Secretary Seward, and
whore James (). Blaine died, opens to
morrow with Lillian Russell in "Tzi
gane."
The theater faces Lafayette square,
directly opposite the White House.
The structure is built of polished green
granite, aud the architecture is of the
olassio Grecian o.der. Itiias a front
age of seventy-six feet ana is 140 feet
deep. The building is pronounced ab
solutely fireproof. The mam entrance
is thirty-six feet wide, opening direct
ly from the sidewalk. The lobby is
finished in mahogany and floored in
mosaics, while broad marble stairoas
es on either side lead to the uppe:
floors. The main floor, rising iu five
tiers, is constructed on the cantilever
plan, so that there are only two sup.
porting soagliola, on the main floor
aud the third balcony.
All of the auditorium is divided into
stulls, named after the president of the
United States. There aro sixteen pro
soeuiutn boxes. The fronts ol the stalls
aud balconies are ornamented with
wrought style. Tho interior is finished
tn the style of the Italian renaissance.
The stage, which is equipped with all
the latest fireproof rigging, has an
opening of thirty-six foot There is
an asbestos curtain, lowerod by mach
inery, on which is painted a oopy of
Cornian's famous painting, Los Vain
quera de Salamine." The roof is so
constructed that it oan be used as a
roof garden if desired.
The theator was built and will be
managed by J. W. Albaugh, for many
years proprietor of Albangh's grand
oporahouse in this city. This is the
theater over the construction of which
Senator Cameron and others made such
resistance.
Room for Improvement.
T.ondon. Oct I. ResDondins to a
toast to the house of lords at a banquet
von nt Kinon toniirht. the Marauis 01
Londonderry said that he thought the
house of lords could be improved in
rnanv wava. and lie noried the union
ists would grapple with the question.
The house of lords misht hereafter
have to oppose the house of commons
iiinHsnres not bo uilDODular as the
home rule measure; therefore he wish-
it to be so strong that no stone could
oast at its action.
French Splea In (iermany.
Tj.inaitr. Oct.. l. The Gerichs Zei-
tuug says that as a result of the arrest
a Frenuhman and a uerman woman
rinWnn. four Germans have been
arrested at Essen, Magdeburg and Ber
lin, all oonneated with an extensive
system of espionage promoted by the
French with the object of obtaining
drawings of the defense work.
Freneh Prlsonera Keleaaed.
New York, Sept. 80. The Herald's
correspondent in Rio Janeiro telegraphs
that France will release tire Brazilians
captured in the recent fights in the
Ainapa territory and now in prison in
Cayenne, French Uniana.
WRECK OF THE HUMBOLDT.
She Struck a I'erfeet Neat of Hock.
Hunken aiid Projeetlng;.
Eureka, Cel., Oct. 1. The latest
new from the wreck of the Humboldt
was received this evening, when' the
tug Kauger returned from the scene,
bringing Chief Engineer Foord, of the
steamer.
The steamer is two miles south of
Point Uorda, aud the locality is a per.
loot nest of rocks, sunken and project'
ing. A lifeboat was sent to the wreck,
and, finding all hands safely on shore,
took off the mail sacks. Chief Foord.
in his account of the disaster, is loud
In praises of tho stauchncss of the ves
sol. Had it not been for the strength
of the steamer, it is probable some, if
not all, those aboard would have been
lost.
The vessel went on the rocks at 8:45
Saturday morning, and, although con
tinuully pounding and grinding on the
rocks, pumps were able to keep the wa
ter under control until 11:15 A. M. By
that time the passengers had all been
put ashore, aud only the crew remain
ed. The water put out the fires. The
crew then made preparations to leave
the vessel.
A surprising thing about the wreck
was the absence of all panic. When
she struck tho passengers were awaken
ed and told to dress, lifeboats were
cleared away, and a man stationed at
each to prevent any premature at
tempts to leave the ship. This precau
tion, however, seemed unnecessary,
aud, instead of excited men and
screaming women, the passengers act
ed as though being wrecked was an
every-day occurrence.
At 8 o'clock breakfast was served
in the saloon, as usual, and most of the
passengers ate heartily, after which
preparations were made to leave the
ship. One boat at a time was sent off,
women first, but all succeeded in land
ing safely, and, barring the wetting,
suffered no inconvenience. By this
time a nasty sea had commenced to
come up, and when the crew oommeno'
ed to go ashore, trouble began. Of
four boats in use, two were smashed on
the rocks, but the occupants succeeded
in scrambling ashore. Finally only
the captain and three men were left
aboard. These took the last lifeboat,
but were compelled to pull out to sea,
where they remained some time, get
ting ashore during a smooth spell.
Chief Foord professes to know noth
ing of the cause of the wreck, but sup
poses it was due to the fog and current.
Richard Sweassey, managing owner,
who returned from the scene of the
wreck on the tug, said that he had
given up the steamer as a total loss.
The vessel was insured for $20,000.
MOB OF ANGRY DEPOSITORS.
They Are After a Bank Prealdent, Who
Will lie Lynched If Caught.
Perry, O. T., Oct. 1. A messenger
from Pawnee, twenty-five miles east
of here, says that President and Cash
ier Borry, of the Farmers' & Citizens'
bank, of that town, is being pursued
by a mob of angry depositors, and will
be lynched if caught. It leaked out
that the bank would not open its doors
Saturday, and a bill for a receiver was
being prepared. The depositors imme'
diatoly ran an attachment on the bank
building and assets to the smount of
180,000. C. L. Berry, the president
and cashier of the bank, was found,
and tried to explain the failure, but
the people would not hear him, and,
had it not been for the officers, he
would have been mobbed on the spot.
Berry loft, and the crowd became more
furious, and when the sheriff opened
the safe and found only $20 or $30 in
cash the mob got beyond the ooutrol of
the officers and broke for Berry's house.
He had been notified, however, and
had made his escape. A number of
men, the messenger says, mounted
horses and took after him. If Berry
is caught he will be lynched.
. Harrlaon In Literature.
Philadelphia, Oot. 1. Ex-President
Harrison has, as previously stated, en
tered the literary field. He is now en
gaged at his Indianapolis home on a
series of articles to be called "This
Country of Ours," the publication of
which will Boon begin in the Ladies'
Home Journal, of this city. It is Gen
eral Harrison's purpose to explain to
women what the United States govern
ment means, viewed from its inner
workings. He will explain the origin
and meaning of the constitution upon
which the national laws are based;
what the different executive and judic
iary departments mean, and how they
are divided; the power of the president
and of representatives and senators,
and will outline how oongress legis
lates, what our relations with foreign
nations signify, and what the jury
system is. Political opinion will not
enter these records.
Indiana Ready for the Warpath.
Hennepin, I. T., Oct 1. A report
has readied here that the Cheyenne
and Arapahoe Indians, on the reserva
tion west of here, have become ugly
and are holding war dances and disre
garding the agent's orders to keep on
the reservation. Runners from Ana
darko are in communication with
them, and it is said that Kiowas are
ready for the warpath. The cattlemen
in western Oklahoma are thought to
be partly the cause of the trouble, as
well as dissatisfaotion with the agent,
who is very strict
Mora Claim Money,
Washington, Oot. 1. Secretray Ol-
ney received information today that
the Mora draft, for almost $1,500,000,
had been paid in London today by the
Spanish financial agent The money
was paid in gold and will probably be
transferred to this oonntry by cabled
drafts and placed to Secretary Olney'g
oredit in the New York subtreasnry.
PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
Condensed Telegraphic Re
ports oi Late Events.
BRIEF SPARKS FROM THE WIRES
Happening of Intereat In the Town and
Cltle of Oregon, Waahlngtoa
and Idaho.
Six schooners were loading lumber
on Coquille, Or., last week.
Edwin Eels has been agent for the
Puyallup Indians for nearly twenty
four years.
The Herrick cannery at The Dalles,
Or., has put np about 5,000 oases of
salmon so far.
Governor McGraw and the military
board favor, for military reasons, giv
ing Spokane the new artillery com
pany. Fair catches of salmon are being
still mado on Coos river, Or., although
the run of fish is slacking op some
what The Burns, Or., town oounoil has
contracted for the purchase of a fire en
gine to cost $1,275, delivered at Hunt
ington, or Ontario.
A row among the gamblers in Pa
louse, Wash., led the city council to
conclude that gambling should be
broken up. It will act upon the con
clusion.
Spokane has organized a new infan-.
try company and elected these officers:
Captain, Emery P. Gilbert; first lien
tenant, Joseph M. Moore; second lieu
tenant, R. A. Koontz.
The contract of the city of New
Whatcom, Wash., with the Bellingham
Bay Improvement Company for light
ing the city for one year at the rate of
$100 a month has been ratified by the
council.
Dog fennel dust interfered with the
harvesters about the machines in Sher
man county, Or., this season. The
clothes of the workers would become
filled with it, and the wrist, neck and
body were badly blistered.
The debt of Curry connty, Or., is
about $40,000, and draws 8 per cent
interest The debt was incurred in
building a good road from one end of
the oounty to the other. The rate of
taxation is $3.50 on $100 of the asses
sed valuation.
A sawing plant has been fitted up in
Tacoma for cutting lumber into blocks
to be used in paving Pacific avenue.
The block-cutting machine can cut
seven blocks at a stroke, 5,000 an hour,
50,000 a day, or enough to lay 400 lin
eal feet of paving on one side of the
avenue.
The other day fully 100 people wit
nessed an exhibition of Cunningham
& Harter's horseshoeing machine, in
Hoppner, Or. The machine is made
to hold the wildest cayuse without in
jury to him or those shoeing the horse.
The trial was fully satisfactory to all,
says the Heppner Gazette.
Settlers in the Lake country, Or., are
anxiously awaiting the survey of that
oonntry, which will be made this fall.
Work in that section may then be look
ed for, as people are adverse to putting
substantial improvements on nnsurvey
ed land. A townsite will be laid off
at the Narrows in the near future.
The Astoria News says that it may
be authoritatively stated that the firm
of Dickson & Co. has been awarded the
contract for building the drawbridge
pier and trestlework from Young's
bay to Astoria, and that Corey Bros. &
Co., will do the first ten miles of
grading and tunneling work east of
Tongue point
The total valuation by the assessor
of the property of Malheur county is
$1,138,736. Of this, $113,843 is ex
empt, leaving the taxable property
$1,026,898. The grand jury of Curry
county, Or., has recommended the ap
pointment of three oapable persons to
expert the records and accounts of the
different oounty offices.
Joh Considine, of Spokane, has lost
the first point in his fight to maintain
his right to employ females in his the
ater. The case came up on defendant's
motion for a writ of habeas corpus,
and was heard by Judge Buck. After
the argument of counsel on each side,
he court held that Considine was le
gally held, and denied the writ of hab
eas oorpus.
Yakima, Wash., people hope to ob
tain a pardon for Frank Lavigne, who
was sentenced to thirty years for kill
ing Tex Bagwell. The effort is based
on a recent decision of the supreme
court that if a person is arrested for
murder he must be either convicted or
acquitted of that oharge, and if he is
oonvioted of murder the sentence can
not be for manslaughter.
G. F. Billings has on exhibition at
his offloe in insurance block, Ashland,
Or., the peach the surpasses the record
for size. It is of the twenty-ounce
cling variety, and lacks but 1 8-4
ouuees of weighing twenty ounces.
The big peach was grown by B. Beach,
of Ashland. It has been preserved in
a glass jar for exhibition, with several
other smaller ones (one of the latter
weighing 16 8-4 ounces), and they will
probably be sent to the fairs.
The earnings of the ladies of the
First Methodist churoh in Spokane for
the year ending August 81, 1895, ag
gregated $1,908.94. For six months
continually the ladies served meals in
the rear of the old church to workmen
engaged on the new church. Five hun
dred dollars worth of meals were fur
nished. Another important feature of
their work was the lecture course,
which put nearly $400 into the treasury.
DUTY OF SURVEYORS.
Kot Required to Keep a.Record of 8ur
veye of Highway.
Olympia, Wash., Sept. 80. The
county surveyors were given a knock
out blow in the supreme court today by
the reversal of the judgment in the
case of the state ex rel. huth, respond'
ent, vs. Prather, appellant, which in'
volvad a construction of the law passed
by the last legislature relating to coun
ty surveyors. The court said:
"Construing section 8, chapter
lxxvii, laws of 1895, 'which provides
that all field notes, etc, shall be col
looted by the surveyor, perfected and
recorded in his office, in the same
manner as the records of surveys are
required to be made by the provisions
of this act, in connection with section
5 of the same act, which excepts from
the record which the surveyor is au
thorized to make surveys of highways,
the exception of section 5 must be con
sidered, to apply also to the provisions
of section 8.
The supreme court has reversed the
judgment in the case of Howe, appel
lant, vs. Ella Barto, respondent. The
question here involved was whether or
not the courts must give force to cer
tain sections in the freeholders' charter
of Seattle relating to tax deeds. Such
sections provide that deeds executed by
the proper officers, upon sale of land
for taxes assessed, as provided in said
article, shall prima facie establish the
fact that the proceedings provided for
in said article and recited in deed must
have been complied with, as provided
for in the churter. If the city has
power to provide for a conyevance of
property, the supreme court can see no
reason why it is not competent for it to
provide, within constitutional limits,
what shall be the effect of the convey
ance. The deed was executed for the
purpose of conveying to the purchaser
the property described. If the charter
could provide that it shcnld have such
force, there seems to be no good reason
why it could not provide that it should
have such further force as to prove
itself. In the opinion of the court, it
was within the power of the city to
enact as a part of its charter the sec
tions under consderation, and that it
was the duty of the court ot give force
to to these provisions, so far, at least,
as they provided for prima facie force
of the conveyance. The case was re
manded for a new trial.
NEGROES MAY HOLD OFFICE.
So Decide South Carolina' Constitu
tional Convention
Columbia, S. C, Sept 80. A sen
sational debate was had in the consti
tutional convention over a measure
proposed by Colonel Robert Aldrich, of
Barnwell, that in all elections for
members of the legislature ofily white
citizens should be eligible. He made
an ingenious argument to show that
while the 14 th and 15th amendments
to the United States constitution con
ferred the right of citizenship and
suffrage upon the negro, it did not con
fer upon him the right to hold office.
Senator Tillman led the fight against
the measure, and said it would be both
foolish and idiotic to do such a thing.
A motion was made to postpone the
discussion until tomorrow, but Senator
Tillman jumped to his feti and loudly
exclaimed:
"No, don't let it go to the world
that we even took time to consider
such a thing. It would be a oollossal
blunder. It would ruin us. We are
now trying to devise a law to retain
white supremacy, and for God's sake,
don't let ns do anything go idiotio as to
jeopardize what we may accomplish.
The supreme court would never sanc
tion such a thing, nor would the senti
ment of the country countenance it"
Aldrich taunted Tillman when be
ing afraid that the United States army
would be sent to South Carolina, and
said he had stood before it once and
was never afraid. Tillman replied: . ,
"I am not afraid, Colonel, but I am
no fool."
A vote was finally taken and resulted
in the defeat of the Aldrioh measure
by 102 to 25.
Medical Officer Retired.
Washington, Sept. 80. Paymaster
W. M. Maynadier, U. S. A., stationed
at Sau Francisco, and Surgeon Wash
ington Matthews, stationed in this
city, have been retired on account of
disability. Surgeon Matthews' retire
ment will promote Assistant Surgeon
Lewis Stesson to the rank of major,
but no vacancies follow in either case.
By this retirmement, however, the
medical oorps is reduced to the limit
number prescribed by congress, and
any further retirements will create va
cancies to be filled by civil appoint
ments. French Spie A created.
Leipsio, Sept 80. The Gericht Zei
tung says that as a result of the arrest
of a Frenchman and a German woman
at Cologne, four Germans have been ar
rested at Essen, Magdeburg and Ber
lin, all oonnected with an extensive sys
tem of espionage, promoted by the
Frenoh, with the object of obtaining
drawings of the defense works.
Sentenced to Three Years.
Paris, Sept 28. Boutelz, who in
September oarried a cocoa tin contain
ing chloride of potash and ordinary
gunpowder into the vestibule of the
Rothschild's banking house in the Rue
Fitte, where he was arrested as he was
trying to light the compound from a
cigarette, was today sentenced to three
years imprisonment
An Antarctlo Expedition.
London, Sept. 80. The Times to
morrow will publish a dispatch from
Melbourne, which says that Hon. Q. L.
Houston Reid, premier of the colony of
Mew South Wales, is securing the co
operation of the other oolonies in the
raising of funds for an Antartio expedition.
GREAT LUX ESTATE
Charges of Incompetency Are
Made Against Potter. ;
ACCUSED OF RIOTOUS LIVING
First Skirmish in the Legal Battle Be
gun by the Lux Heirs to Se
cure a Distribution. .
San Francisco, Sept. 28. The first
skirmish in the legal battle begun by
the heirs of the late Charles Lux to se
cure a distribution of his vast estate,
took place before Judge Buck, at Red
wood City, today. It was the time set
for Jesse Sheldon Potter to show cause
why he should not be permanently re
moved as executor of the estate.
A short time ago Henry Lux, of San
Jose, a brother of the deceased million
aire, filed an affidavit in the superior
court containing serious allegations
against the executor, and accompanied
that document with a petition for the
removal of Potter. The petitioner al
leges that Potter, for more than five
years past, had been a habitual drunk
ard and was incapable of further man
aging the estate; that he had wasted
large sums in riotous and profligate
living, and squandered much money at
the racetrack and upon immoral wom
en, it was further stated that he had
fraudulently converted funds of the es
tate to his own use, and that he was
controlled by Henry Miller and aided
the latter to prevent a settlement of
the copartnership of Miller & Lux.
When the case was called, Attorney
Campbell presented written charges
against the administration of Executor
Potter. After reading the document,
the attorneys for Potter held a consulta
tion, at the conclusion of which they
annonnced that they would be prepared
to take up the hearing Tuesday morn
ing. In the meantime they will pre
pare a demurrer to the petition and
will be ready to make their arguments
at the date mentioned. . At the same
time a date will be agreed upon for
hearing of the evidence. ;
The value of the property is said to
be in excess of $10,000,000. An, in
ventory of the possessions of the firm
shows that the two men own 14,539,
200 acres of land situated in California,
Oregon and Nevada. .,
THE CONDITION OF CHINA.
The Trade Last Tear Show That a' Re
vival of Proeperityllas bet In,
Washington, Sept. 28. The depart
ment is in receipt of the report on the
trade of China for 1894, prepared by
the secretary of the British legation of
Peking. The most remarkable feature
of this trade for the year is found in
the fact that, notwithstanding the Jap
anese war and many other untoward
circumstances, good results were ob
tained, and a promising revival of com
mercial prosperity has set in.
Both exports and imports show an
advanoe, and the customs revenue was
increased by every division of trade
with the one exception of Indian
opium. The receipts from the exports'
exceeded the maximum collected 'dur
ing the most prosperous days of the tea
trade. In accounting for this condi
tion, the author of the report says that
the ports were not blockaded during
the war, and the usual calamities of
war were wholly absent He therefore
concludes that the revival was due to
the "inherent stanchness of the Chi
nese position. " Former stocks of im
ports had been absorbed, and prices
were on the whole so moderate and
safe as to encourage orders. " 1
"Fluctuations in the value of sil
ver," gays the report, "though occur
ring, were less violent, and, while ex
posing the importer to less risk, - also
afforded more confidence to exporters.
This is well illustrated by the results
of the years' operations, almost every
exporter done well. We may conclude
that the revival, which, nnder ohanged
conditions, we expect to continue, is
the natural result of the range of val
ues having reached a sound and safe
basis and of moderate steadiness in ex
change which bad reached a low stand
ard." SATOLLI MUST DECIDE IT.
Trouble Between a Portland Priest and
the ArchbUhop '
Portland, Or., Oot 1. Portland's
ecclesiastical row has been transferred
to Washington. For weeks past Sister
Williams, who has been conducting a
girl's directory under the auspices of
Archbishop Gross, has been the object
of bitter attacks through the press by
Father Kelly of Beaverton. . The rev
erend father denounced her as a fraud,
and offered to produce evidence that
she was not a full-fledged sister.
The archbishop ordered Father Kelly
to oease his persecution and to go into
retreat and repent This the reverend
gentleman refused to do, and he waa
unfrocked. He maintained that his
suspension was irregular, and demand
ed a rehearing. Failing to obtain this
he quietly left for Washington to lay
the matter before Monsignore Satolli.
He left Tuesday night on the Union
Paoiflo train. -
The archbishop disappeared the next
day, and today it was learned that he
had taken the next train following
Father Kelley's departure and is now
speeding over the Northern : Paoiflo.
Washington is also said to be his des
tination, where the oase will probably
come before Satolli.
Tatan Rebels Defeated.
Madrid, Sept 80. The crew of the
gunboat Marques del Duerdo has de
feated, the rebels in the island of Ta
tan, and killed eighteen of them.
Others were taken to Manilla and
tried, and seven of them were shot