OREGON M
VOL. 12.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1895.
NO. 44.
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OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER,
fill baerlpt Inn Halve.
One copy one year In silvane .,..11 50
tiuecupy six mouths. , . 70
Bliislu copy t
Advertising rules mud. known upon application
OOMJMIUA OOUNTY lMUKOTOUY.
Coiiuly Ollleera,
Jtldim Demi llliuichitrd, ItHlulnr
Clerk JihImiii Weed, Vunmnlii
Hlnrlir Clina. K. Iiimii, Kuliilcr
'I ruiMiirur It. H. n Inirlon c il iiimIiIh II y
Hunt. f,l Hclioola. ,.J, (i. Waits, Heappoime
A ,, r Murl In White, qulncy
Hurveyor ....W. N. Miwrve, licleoa
,,,,., ,, I I. A. rriikos, Hcb,mi.o
t,miuiilss.iiiir j s Hl.,UM,uvur( Veriioula
I'KOKEHHIONAL.
I J. Cl.f.KTiN.
II. Ali.su
AU.KN A CLKEION.
Attorneys and Counselors at Law
nr. IIKI.KNB, oitmios.
Notarise Public, Conveyancing and Collection.
jR. II. H. CI.IKr
IMIYHIOIAN AND SUItUKON.
HI. Helens, Oregon
j It. J. K. II A I.I,
PJIVSKMAN AND 8UUGKON.
Clatskuiiie, Ouhiiuliln county, Or.
N. MKHKRVK,
Surveyor and Civil Engineer
HELENA, OUEiiO.N.
County Hurveyor. Ijind SurveytiiK.Town
1'liiiiliiK iiml Engineering work promptly
rXicuUil.
ORIENTAL HOTEL
A. II. M.AKKSI.KY, Proprietor.
Board by Day, Week or Month
AT RKAMOSAHI.K HATKH.
The lulilc I. supplied with the Iwst the-warket
h"urd. Kvrrylhlng elenii, A tiru nl your put
muaite l imlli lieil. ('. IIKI.KNM, DKKiiUN.
Tllotf. t'OOPKII, Proprietor.
Horses Hoarded and Cared For.
TURNOUTS ON SHORT NOTIOE.
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E. MCNEILL, HeceH er.
TO THE
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Two Transcontinental Routes,.
GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY
IIV WAV OP
Sookane, Minneapolis & St. Paul
UNION PACIFIC RY
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DENVER, OMAHA, & KANSAS CITY
LOW KATKS TO A IX
EASTERN CITIES
OCEAN HT IS A XI KltS
LEAVE POKTI.AND EVKHY 8 DAYS
For San Francisco. .
Eor Pull UottitU Cull on or Address
W. II- IUUtl.lllIKT,
(Icnernl Emla-lit and Pan. Agt.. Portland.
CS110ICEI3 Rfl8SI?3Q PAYS
If yon title the Petalani
Incubator ltaMlert
Maka I nut icy white
others ore wnnlliid
time by old prncriiie.
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Caveat., and TmHMark. obtln.d, and .11 lat
ent bui lieu conducted for moderatc Fits.
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Jtlon. We advlu, it pateniabla or not, lie. of
i charaa, Our fee not due till patent la secured.
t A Pmhi.ct, "How to Obtain Patents," with
J coat o( una In the U. 3. and foreign countries
Miit tree. Aauress,
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COLUMBIA SALOON
'"Y O. E, HUMTKH, Prop,
NEVIN'S OLD STAND
He-opened and Rc-furnlhcd.
The W, H. McBrayer Whiskey
Wuinhard's liner Kept on Ice,
(10I1I.E, : : OKEOON
Decker's
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J. II. DKI'KKK, Proprietor.
Til n (dil ami reliable barber him III. rnsnrs Just
ft sharp na niu be inuiiil, anil will shave you
cuiiifimnhly anil quickly fur only la cent..
KT. HELENS,
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OltKdON
MUCKLE BROS.
MAMurA(rrnHKiia rnr
Dimension Lumber, Flooring,
KiinIIc. HIicbiIiIiih. Casliiifn, and a
coni,clo nliick til t-yi'iy varicly of
Rough and Drciwud Lumber
AI.WAVH ON II AND.
ATTIIK OLD HTAND.8T. IIKl.KNS, OKKUON
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I In' ri'-iiiii'iipil iiiiiIit the inniinifi'iiiniil
oftiEOIMiK A. It K INN, iomiT of Hlrmiil
anil Cowlila Ktm;l.i. HI. Helena, OreKiin.
wliurocun lie finiinl the cliolicHt brands of
WINE AND LIQUOR
Cnnl tnlilvn. iiool tutili'. Iilllliird Inlile and
oilier ilfvliTu fur the (nlcriiiiiiiiii iil of pill
ion", wni ru nine i an oe Hva.uiuiv xpciil.
FAMOUS FIRE LADDIE CIGARS
llrrld ollirr iMiniilnr brnnilx. are ki-i
I'liimunily on hand to tiily the inmtaied
iruim ai una very iuiniar biikkjii.
TIIIJ FAMOUS
CYRUS NOBLE WHISKY
IS KKI'T AT TIIK IIANQI KT.
FOR PORTLAND, DAILY.
'8TEAMER-
Young America
WILLAMETTE SLOUGH
1.1-nvn 81. Ili'lnm (1:30 A M
Arrive nl I'ortliind IU:i A M
l.ciive I'orllaiiil. :( 1 M
Arrive nt ISt. Helena U:(I0 I' M
I AUK ti CKN 'IN.
Will Carry Nolliinc but Pusscngert
and f nut freight.
During the summer aeiiNiin, or am Ions na
Urn WiiUt ri'iniiiim liigli eiioiiijli, lliii bont
will make two trieni:li week tip Hcuppoose
liny on rueailayin anil rrulnys.
JAMBS GOOD, Master.
LEONARD HUFF & CO,
Commission Merchants
SWAOEICS OLD STAND.
A general niiirtuieut of feed kept on hand,
iiml sold nl tin' lowest prices
FOR CASH.
Undertaking Goods
KI'HNIHUKU ON MIGHT NOTICE.
St, Helens, : : ; Oregon.
Steamer Mascot
FASTEST
And Most Comfortable Daily
Steamer Between
St. Helens and Portland
I. SAVES
Ht. Helens 0:30 A M
l.KAVRS
Portland nt 3 P M
ABHIVKS
At Portland 10 A M
AltlllVKS
At St Helens 0 I'M
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY
Right Reserved to Change Time with'
out Nolico.
LEWIS U1VER TRANSPORTATION CO.
Portland I.undliiH Eoot of Alder Street.
WHITE COLLAR LINE
Bin. Telephone and Hnlley llBlxort ,
COLUMBIA KIVKR& P0OKT BOUND NAV. CO
Alder 8t Porilnml; Flavel doek, Astoria.
POKTLANO AND ASTOKIA
Telephono loaves rvwllsnd dnlly (exeopt Siin
ilnv) nt 7 n. m., lenves Astoria dully nt 7 p. m..
(exeept Kiinilay). Huns direct to trsln for Clat
sop iHweh, and eoniuints with steamer llwneo
l,,r iiwann triilna. runiiliiE to nllnnlnts on North
bt'itt'h. m , .
i Pulley Clittzert lenves Portland dally nt 8 p m.,
(exeept Huiulav), on Saturday at 11 p. m. Leaves
Aslnrla daily at 8: a.m. (uxeept Siimiay and
Mondiiv), on Huiulay at 7 p. in.; eniinceta with
all trains tor Clatwip besim and Ilwaeo beach.
This line tin a boat onnnectliiK with both
beaches, returniiiii from Astoria every night lu
I " B.TsiiEI.EY, Agent. U. B. SCOTT, Pros.
I
THE OLYMPIC VOLCANO
Confirmation of the Report
Professor Alexander.
of
MANY SAW K THE PHENOMENA
Two Vouiif KlkhuiiUir. felt Kitrthquuk
Slioeka and Saw Flam. and Hmuke
JHurat Vrom I'eak,
Port Towiwend, Wash., Oct. 23.
Further evideuou of an active volcano
lu the Olympic niouutuiug have beuo
rocoivud, and sorve to confirm the re.
port of Profosaor Alexander, of the
Smithsonian iuHtitutiou. Two yonng
men of thU city, lien Pettygrove and
Uhurlei Bully, are jaat from the Olyin
pia niountiiiuB, where they were hont
ing elk, and report that after expert'
encing a leries of alight earthquake
shock, covering a period of two weeks,
liamoa and hago voluuiea of black
ninoko were obaerved aaoending from
one of the amaller pnaka. Flamoa
would shoot apanmodically up for
few hundred feet and then dense vol
ainos of black amoke would belch forth
winding up Into the clear sky. Those
operation! were repeated every ton
minutes. Pettygrove and Sally hur
ried back to town for a fresh supply of
provisions, and will make an edort to
locate the supposed volcano. South of
Port Townxond last night the sky was
clear, and volcauio phenomena was
witnessed by doaeus of people, who do
scribe the eruptions of smoke in the
same manner as tho two elkhuntors.
Many nuvigntors on tho lower sound
and straits report seeing tho strange
sight, and all believe it to be a small
volcano.
STREET RAILWAY BONDS.
Important DeeUlon Handed Down
California's Supreme Court,
by
Los Angeles, Oct 23. The opinion
of the supremo court in the caso of the
Market Street Railway Company, of
San Francisco, vs. Hellman, on appeal
from the lower court, was handed
down yesterday, confirming the valid
ity of 11,000,000 worth of bonds issued
by the street railway company. Tho
decision is of great importance, not
only in San Francisco railroad circles
and to bond-buyors, but to other oities
having bonded railroads. Tho decision
appears to have sadly confused the ro
porters of the local press, for despite
the efforts to obtain some information
as to its contents, the best they could
do yesterday was to furnish a wholly
incorrect statement
In October, 1803, eleven street rail
road corporations were consolidated
under the name of the Market-Street
Railway Company. The consolidated
companies own nearly every street-car
line in the city, and have franchises
for some 100 miles of track. There
was an outstanding bonded dobt owed
by the consolidation amounting to $0,
035,000, and to refund this indebted'
ness and get more money for construct
ion purposes, the directors made
blanket mortgage on all tho property
of the combine for 117,500,000. New
bonds for the amount of the outstand'
ing bonds were to be issued at onoe
under this mortgage, and substituted
for the old issue. Subsequently the
manner in which the bonds were is
sued was attacked, but the decision
sustains the action of the oompany.
Trouble In Fennaytvanla Mlnea.
Dubois, Pa., Oct 23. Groat anxiety
prevails tonight in the bituminous coal
region, on aoconnt of the strike situa
tion. The labor leaders are not certain
that the strike will be ordered, and if
not it will be useless for a portion of
the mines to remain idle. Dubois and
Reyuoldsville minors have been idle
for months. Beech Creek and Coal
Green men decided yesterday to sus.
pond, but the whole affair hangs upon
a the decision of the Rochester & Pitts
burg Coal & Iron Company's miners at
Punxsutawney and the Berwin White
miners in the Honesdalo region. If
the Berwind White minors quit work
tho strike will be general throughout
the Boeoh Creek, Honesdale, Puuxsn
tawney and Dubois fields. If they con
tinue work it is the opinion that the
strike will be a fuilure at the begin
ning.
A Motoeyelo Contest.
Chicago, Oct 22. The motocyole
horseless carriage race from Chicago to
Waukognn and return, a distance of
about 100 miles, will be oontested Sat'
urduy, Novoinber 2. From present in
dications, there will not be less than
forty starters in the great race. It is
expected several motooyoles will make
the distance in less than six hours.
Contestants must pass preliminary
tests, which will be held October 29,
30 and 31, at which time all impracti
cable vohiolos will be dobarred from
the contest of November 3. Sevoral
motooyoles from France and Germany
are entered in the race.
Omaha Police Muddle.
Omaha, Oct 23. Some litigation
has been provoked by tho recent A. P.
A. exoitement in Omaha, growing out
of the police muddle. The mayor em
ployed seventy-five special officers to
maintain order in anticipation of
threatened trouble. They were on
duty sovoral days. The A. P. A. in
fluence in the oounoil prevented the
mon being paid. The men now sue,
and the same influence has deolared
that each oase shall be tried separately.
Pullman Dividend Deolared. "
New York, Oct 19. The directors
of the Pullman Palace Car Company
have deolared the regular quarterly
dividend of 2 por share, payable No
vember I.
EXTENT OF DROUTH.
One of the Severe.t and Moat Prolonged
Ever Known In the United State.,
Washington, Oct 22. Reports re
ceived at the weathor bureau indicate
that the present drouth is one of the
severest, most prolouged and most gen
erally known in the United States
since the bureau's organization. There
are a few places which show an excep
tion to the general rule, but in most of
the country, unless perhaps in the West
and Southwest, there does not appear
to have been a heavy rain for the past
two months or more. Where there has
been exceptional precipitation, it has
been confined to small areas. In some
parts of the country the drouth began
in the latter part of July, but in most
sections it did not become markedly
pronounced until in August.
The entire Atlantic coast, with a
few exceptions, such as Charleston, S.
C, and Augusta, Oa., show a defici
ency below the normal rainfall since
the first of August, amounting in some
instances to alraoBt half the average
precipitation. The Ohio and Missis
sippi valleys reported similar condi
tions, as has a part of the Pacific coast
The lake region has fared better than
other sections east of Mississippi. In
parts of the Rocky mountains, as in
Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and Nevada,
there have been excessive rains during
this period, and along the Pacific coast,
from Sun Francisco to Olympin, there
were good rains in September, as there
have been in places since in that sec
tion. The greatest complaints come
from West Virginia, Kentucky and
Western Pennsylvania.
Fortunately, in some parts of the
country the drouth did not set in until
after the principal crops were matured,
consequently the effect has not been so
disastrous as if it begun earlier. In
some places it has had a slight effect
on the planting of winter wheat, and
complaints come from many quarters
of the inconvenience of securing water
for domestic and stock purposes, many
small streams, stock ponds, springs and
wells Having become dry. Pastures
bavo been injured in many states. It
is also noticeable that there has been
an increase of typhoid fever over the
normal in many sections where drouth
is severe.
THE ANACONDA MINES.
Details of the Sale of One-Fourth or the
Company's Stock.
New York, Oct 22. The details of
a sale of a quarter interest in the great
Anaconda copper mine to Kuhn, Loeb
& Co., representing a syndicate oom
posed of themselves, the Rothschilds,
Cassett, Wernher, Leit & Co. , and the
Exploration Company, of London, have
become known in Wall street The ne
gotiations were begun early in Septem
ber by Lounsbery & Co., representing
the officers of the Anaconda mine.
That firm gave the prospective pur
chasers an option on 300,000 shares of
the stock of the Anaconda Mining
Company at $25 a share, for thirty
days, within which time the syndicate
was to have the mine examined by its
experts. The time was subsequently
extendedd to October 22, but as the ex
amination of the property, which has
been made under the personal direction
of Hamilton Smith, has proved satis
factory, the syndicate has concluded to
take the stock. As soon as the syndi
cate obtained the option it placed the
stock conditionally in London at a
price understood to be about 30 per
share. The par value of the stock is
35 per share.
The Anaconda mine has been owned
by the estate of its discoverer, the late
Senator Hearst, of California, J. B.
Haggin and bis partner, Mr. Tevis,
and Marcus Daly, who is in charge of
the mine. It is understood no option
has been placed on any part of the
other 000,000 shares of the Anaoonda
Mining Company. It is understood
tho purchasing syndicate will be repre
sented in the directory of the Anaoonda
oompany by two directors.
G. J. A In. worth Dead.
Portland, Oct 22. Mr. George
Ainsworth, eldest son of the late Cap
tain John C. Ainsworth, died at an
early hour yesterday morning at his
late rosidenoe, 74 Fourth street, after
an illness of several months. The an
nouncement of his death, made yester-
ay, was a severe shock to the many
friends of the family, to whom partic
ulary Captain Oeorge was known. No
man in Portland had a greater number
of friends.
It has been known for weeks that
Captain Ainsworth's health was very
poor, and his condition evon precari
ous. Returning from California, inv
poverished in health, he had sought to
gain strength under the genial influ
ence of Oregon's clime. ' It Beemed at
first that the battle against fate would
be fairly won, but the promises held
forth were futile. His will was strong,
and he held out valiantly against dis
ease, but he finally succumbed to anae
mia. The Kalaer! Movements.
Berlin, Oct 22. Emperor William
and Empress Augusta have returned to
Potsdam from Woerth and Strasburg,
the imperial province. Emperor
William has presented a life-sized bust
of himself to Prince Hermann Ernest
von Hohenlohe-Langenburg, the statt
haller of the imperial province, in mem
ory of his visit to Strasburg. He was
also telegraphed complimentary con
gratulations to Prince Leopold, of Ba
varia, in reply to the hitter's telegram
longratnlatiug him upon his visit to
Strasburg. As has already been cabled,
the fact that not a single member of
the Bavarian royal house was invited
to the fetes at Woerth has caused oom
ment in Germany, and especially in
view of the faot that the late emperor
Frederick has oommauded the Bavari
an troops during the war.
ENGLAND AGGRESSIVE
Venezuela Is Arming Herself
to Resist the British.
IT HAS REACHED AN ACUTE STAGE
The American Syndicate Doea Not I'ro-
poao to Be Cheated Out of
Its Gold Lands.
New York, Oct 21. That the Aene'
guelan question is approaching an acute
stage, with possibilities of resitanoe by
the South American government to
British aggression, was signified by dis
closures made in New York today, on
the best of authority.
The government of Venezuela has
provided itself with modern armament
and arms, and among other supplies
has ordered ten improved Maxim guns
from the British firm that manufuc
tures them. The order was not placed
through any firm, and the English
manufacturers, it is supposed, do not
want the destination of the guns made
known. At the same time, the syndi
cate of United States capitalists, which
has secured a concession in the Vene.
zuelan gold lands claimed by Great
Britain, is preparing a trained force of
prospectors, miners and workmen for
the field. William N. Safford, counsel
for the Orinoco Company, the Ameri
can syndicate, made plain today the
position assumed by the Orinoco Com
pany. He said:
"The oompany propose to work its
concession without delay. It will send
prospectors along the line of the luiat-
aca mountains, whose foothills are sup
posed to be rich with gold. That ter
ritory is, of course, in the compauy's
concession, and has always been marked
on the company's map. But now that
there is a prospect of gold there, Great
Britain claims it The arrangements
are being made to send out men there
to develop the company's concession
without any intent to start a contro
versy but to assert the company's
rights. Besides the mines, there are
other properties in the concession await
ing development
"Great Britain refers to the Schom
bergh line, but the fact is she has gone
beyond that This line is purely im
aginary. Sir Robert Scbombergh
visited Venezuela in 1840, and, start
ing at Point Barima, merely drew a
line southward on the map. The
Venezuela government baa conclusive
evidence that he made no survey.
"In 1850 Great Britain asserted it
had no intention to occupy or usurp
the disputed territory. So matters
went until 1855. In that year rich
gold fields, yielding $4,000,000 a year,
were discovered west of the Scbom
bergh line, between the Guiana and Pa
rana rivers. They are known as the
Barima gold fields, and are fifty or six
ty miles west of the Scbombergh line.
"Nevertheless, Great Britain prompt
ly stepped in and claimed that terri
tory, and so she has gone on sinoe,
claiming land wherever gold has been
discovered. The Orinoco Company
claims these gold fields as being in its
oonoessjou, and proposes to stand up
for its perfectly clear title to them.
DUNRAVEN IN ENGLAND.
He Says It Would Do No Good to Dla-
eusa Unpleasant Matters.
Hyde, Isle of Wight, Oct 21. The
steam yaobt Valhalla, owned by Joseph
Frederick Laycook, and having Lord
Dunraven on board, arrived here from
Newport, R. I., this morning, having
left the latter place September 28. The
craft was boarded by interviewers desir
ous of obtaining direct from Lord Dun
raven his version of the disappointing
races for the America's cup. He said
in substance:
"I have no statement to make on the
subject What I would say has been
well threshed out of me during the
fortnight I stayed in America after the
races."
He declined to answer a question as
to whether he bad any feeling toward
the Now York Yaoht Club, and he re
fused to oomment on the statements by
Sailmaker Ratsey s men when they ar
rived at Cowes, that the raoe was not
sailed because the buoys had been
changed during the second raoe, say
ing:
"It would not do any good to discuss
unpleasant matters. .
Regarding his plans for future rao
ing Dunraven said:
"I have no plans. I returned home
after a long voyage, and am going to
London, and from there to Wales. I
do not know what I shall do later on."
Touohing the acceptance by the New
York Yaoht Club of the challenge of
Charles Rose, through the Royal Vic
tona Yaoht Club, for another series of
raoes for the America's cup, Lord Dun
raven remarked:
"The matter was practically settled
when I left the United States. Per
sonally, I am glad that it has been so
easily settled. We had a pleasant and
uneventful voyage across and I am
glad to be back."
The Federated Metal Workers.
Chicago, Oct 21. At a meeting of
representatives of the federated metal
trades held here yesterday a committee
previously appointed to consider the
question of a shorter working day re
ported in favor of it The report was
adopted and will be submitted to the
delegates to tho various organizations
for a vote.
Date of the Harvard-Princeton Game.
Cambridge, Mass., Oct 21. It has
been announced that the Harvard
Princeton football game will take place
at iTiuoeton .November 8.
TRADE REVIEW."
Wheat Prlcea Are Held Down by Ex
tensive Ahlpinenta From Kua.la.
New York, Oct. 21. R. G. Dun &
Co. 's Weekly Review of Trade says:
The events of the week are promising
in general though to speculative mar
kets they are not enoouragiug. The
great advance in ootton has arrested ex
ports and so deranged exchange that
shipments of gold were for a time ap
prehended, but the break in the market
indicates that the natural movement of
the produot may soon be restored. The
halting of the demand and moderate
yielding of price in the great indus
trial markets show that season of
reasonable attention to natural condi
tions has arrived.
The cotton markot has been partially
cornered for early delivery by New Or
leans operators, as it has been twice in
not far distant years by Liverpool
speculators. Spinner here and abroad,
with much unanimity refrain from
buying largely at ourrent quotations.
Until the price recedes far enough to
bring out a liberal supply of cotton
bills there is a possibility of gold ex
ports for other merchandise exports are
small from New York for the two
weeks being 10 per cent less than last
year with imports in the two weeks of
October 2 per cent larger than last
year. In September Imports were 54. 3
and for nine months 63.8 per cent
larger than last year.
Wheat doea not go out freely and the
attempt to advance prices was followed
by an immediate decline. The Atlantic
exports, flour included, have been in the
past three weeks 4,558,455 against
7,248,111 last year and the big ship.
menta from Russia and of late from
Argentina show that the world is not
obliged to pay Atlantic prices for
Amerioan wheat. Western receipts for
the week were remarkably Urge 7,733,
000 bushels and for the three weeks
21,638,977, against 14,017,281 last
year. The rush of wheat to market
and the largest output of flour ever
known at Minneapolis, are not evi
dences of a shortage in the yield, but
we price nag cnangea only one-eigntn
cent for the week.
Corn is stronger, without clear rea
son, for, while exports for the three
weeks were 326,840 bushels, against
236,703 last year, but an insignificant
traction of the great yield can have
been disposed of.
Corea, Japan and Kuaala.
Paris, Oct. 21. A special to Eclaire
from St Petersburg says an exohange
of communications has occurred be'
tween the Russian government and the
Japanese minister at St Petersburg
with reference to the recent disorders
at Seoul, the capital of Corea. The
Japanese minister assured the Russian
government that the culprits would be
punished, but Russia is said to have
replied that she would be forced, in
consequence of the riots, to take what
steps she considered necessary to pre
serve order and make the Corean gov
ernment independent of foreign inter
ference. The special concludes:
As to the course proposed, Russia
will do her duty, whatever is entailed,
without stopping to inquire whether
other powers like or do not like it She
will never abandon Corea, and will
protect her against all encroachments. "
Canadian Matters.
St John's, N. F., Oct 21. The
revelations regarding smuggling Bhow
that vast stocks of wine, spirits, tobac
co, cigars, tea, etc., were brought from
St Pierre without the payment of
duty. The revenue board is appalled
at the extent of the revelations and, it
is believed, would willingly abandon
the prosecution now, owing to the class
of persons involved. Government pol
iticians are badly frightened at the
threats of many supporters of the ao
cused who threaten to divnlge damag
ing party secrets.
The Telegram, the party organ,
announces the postponement of the
trials of bank directors until the special
term of the supreme court, which is
about the end of the year.
Kaeta'a Mlsalon.
San" Francisco, Oct 21. General
Manuel Casin, who departed with Gen.
eral Ezeta to conquer Salvador, has re
turned to town. lie says ne will sue
the Paoiflo Mail Company for damages
for putting him off the steamer at Aca
puloo. Casin says he has returned
here to complete the organization of
Ezeta s army, and that he is going to
New Orleans at once to charter a ship
to take troops to Salvador. Meanwhile
Ezeta in not idle. According to Casin,
the Bteamer Romero Rubio has been
chartered, and is already at Acapuloo.
He believes that the president of Sal
vador will capitulate when he realizes
the people are all against him.
A Victoria Myatery.
Victoria, B. C, Oct. 31. The body
of a Cape Mudge Indian woman named
Sally was found in the brush on the
Songhees Indian reserve, within the
city limits, this morning The body
was in a nude state, and the clothing
some yards away. She was last seen
alive yesterday. The police believe
she was murdered, but there are only a
few slight marks on the body, and the
cause of death is as mysterious a the
oase itself. There is no clue whatever
to work upon.
Peru to Have Another Road.
Lima, Peru, Oct. 23. Vice-Presi
dent Billinghurst advocates the imme
diate building of a railroad from Oro
aya to Perne, a distance of 100 miles,
the road to be a narrow-gauge. Eight
bridges will have to be built, but the
route is without any particular obsta
cle, and the production of the region is
inoreasing rapidly.
Japuneee Legation Recalled,
Yokohama, Oct 21. The Japanese
minister, Minra, and the other mem
bers of the legation and Japanese mili
tary officers at Seoul have been recalled.
LIFE FOR THE OLD LINE
Plan of Reorganization ot the
Union Pacific Railway.
THREE NEW ISSUES OJT BONDS
A Syndicate Formed to Purchase Air
Defaulted Coupona and Adjuat
In Cash the Difference. ,
New York, Oct 19. A synopsis of
the plan of reorganization of the Union
Paoiflo railway was announced this
afternoon. It places the mileage 'af
fected by the reorganization at 1,827
miles of main line. Balances due on
outstanding land and town contracts,
December 31, 1894, were $6,162,751,
and unsold land-grant lands, including
those under contract, amounted to
6,524,000 acres, of an estimated value
of $13,858,500. The total funded debt
is placed at $140,425,862. The fixed
charges and deductions from net earn
ings, inoluding interest on bonds, sink
ing fund and government requirements,
are stated in the pamphlet for a period
of five years, the average fixed charges
beinj $6,803,001. This, it will show,
is exclusive of the excefg of the interest
on the debt to the government, over
the net earnings applicable under the
Thurman and other acts; of interest on
bonds, held on the main line mortgago
trusts, under ooversion provisions, and
of the obligations of the railway corn
pay nnder tariff guarantees. Including
those items, the fixed and other charges
prior to the stock of the year 1892, be
ing the year just precoding the receive
ership, aggregated the sum of $7,881,
475, or greater by $881,475 than the
amount necessary to pay the annual in
terest upon the maximum mortgage
debt, and full annual dividends on the
minimum issue of preferred stock con
templated in the reorganization plan.
The pamphlet shows the annual net
earnings for ten years, 1885 to 1894,
inclusive, were $7,563,669, or an
amount greater by $563,669 than the
maximum interest and dividend re
quirements upon the new bonds and
preferred stock provided for by the
plan. The lowest net earnings realized
were those of the year 1894, when they
were $4,315,077 in excess of the inter
est on the maximum amount of the
proposed bonds of the new company. -
The plan contemplates the issue of
$100,000,000 of first-mortgage railway
and land-grant fifty-year 4 per cent
guaranteed bonds; $75 000,000 of 4 per
cent preferred stock, and $61,000,000
of common stock. The new bonds are
to be secured by a first and only lien
upon the main-line mileage of the
Union Pacific railway, equipment
land-grant lands and land-grant bal
ances, and upon such branch lines of
the railway as the committee shall
avail itself of through the ownership
in mortgage trust of the branch line
bonds.
The preferred stock is to be entitled
to 4 per cent noncumulative dividends,
payable out of net or surplus earnings,
before the payment of any dividend on
the common stock. The stock of the '
present company will be . assessed $15
per share, the holders receiving new
preferred stock, equal at par, to their
present holdings. ,
ABOUT THE NAVY.
The Oregon's Big Gun Ten Tona Heavier
Than "Big Betsy."
San Franoisoo, Oct 19. The biggest
gun ever seen in San Francisco, or in
any other part of the United States, is
in the railroad yards. It will be re
moved to the Union Iron Works in the
next few days. Everything is in readi
ness there for the reception of the mon
ster, but before an attempt . to trundle
it into the yards the trestles are to un
dergo a critical examination and be
submitted to a severe test The gun,
which is for the Oregon, is heavier by ten
tons than the Monterey's "Big Betsy,"
and four of the same pattern are to oc
cupy the two main turrets of the bat
tleship. The four terrors will prob
ably grow rusty in the yards before
they are swung into position. The
Oregon has been lying at the dock for
over a year awaiting her turret armor,
and it will be some time in the spring
before the last of the latter arrives.
A mistake was made in Harveyizing
the armor for the first 13-inch turret,
and this will have to be remade. It
will not be ready for shipment until
some time next January. The armor
for the other turret is to be shipped
next month.
As far as the contract of the Union
Iron Works with the government is
ooncerned, it was completed a year ago,
and the trial of the battleship satisfac
torily made. The government has
about $500,000 of the local concern's
money, the interest ol which is no un
important item.
The Orgeon is the fifth vessel built
at these works for the United States.
The others in the order named, are the
Charleston, San Francisco, Monterey
and Olympia. For this work the Sootts
have received $10,000,000, not inolud
ing the $500,000 held back on the Ore
gon. Of this big sum it is olaiined that
$7,000,000 was spent for labor alone, ,
making an average of $1,000,000 a
year paid out to employes at the Union
Iron Works.
Mrs. Terry's Property Sold.
San Franoisoo, Oot 19. The per
sonal property of Mrs. Sarah Althea
Terry, widow of the late Judge David
Terry, now an inmate of the Stockton
insane asylum, wag told today at auc
tion. The offerings comprised Judge
Terry' law library and Mrs. Terry'
wardrobe and jewelry. None of her
personal friends appeared at the auc
tion, and the prioe bid by stranger
were uniformly low.