The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913, November 29, 1895, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextE OREGON MIS 1 VOL. 12. ST. HELENS. OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1895. NO. 49. r OREGON MIST. ISNUKU KVHIIV t'UIWAV MOIINIfttt BV- HEIX1LH & DAVIS. orneiAi; county paper, aubatrlptlen Hale. Oim copy one year In advaui'S , 1 M On. niiijr l month. .. 71V Single copy Adv.rtUlriK rata, nuuta known upon pllrtloii COU1MIHA COUNTY DIHKOTOttY.' County Olfieers, JiiiIim ..Ilcnn lllnnilmnl. Rtliilar tilark Jihl.un WihI, Voriionla Sheriff , Am. r. linen, Kaltilcr Treaaiirer t. M nation roiiimhia iiy Hum. ill School. ,..J (). M'stw, h!hikkim AMMMir Marl I n WI1II0, qtilimy Surveyor... W. N. Mtiwrve, lialrim 'o.n.,ll..l.,l,.r. I ' A. FmklW, H'll,l. 0,.ininlM(.ii..r. j 0 m hooiiovcr, Vcriioula I'UOFKrtriloNAl T. J. Cl.MX. If. AM.. ALLEN & CLEETON. Attorneys and Counselors at Law me. hki.knh, orruo.1. Notaries I'uMIc, Conv.y anclni andJfeHcctlone J)R. B. R. 014 rr. rilYSICIAN AND SURGEON. 8t, Helena, Ort'Kon. j JK. J. X. MALI.. PHYSICIAN AND BURGEON. Clstaltituie, Columbia county. Or. N. MKSKHVK, Surveyor anil Civil Engineer UKI.KN A, OKKUON. County Surveyor. Land Burvr-yliiir, Town PlAltlng mid KiiKliirorliiK work ruiiiiily sxicutetl. ORIENTAL HOTEL A. II. 1U.AKKHI.EY. Proprietor. Board by Day, Week or Month AT llEAKOSABI.K RATKH. The lablp In euinillrd with tha beet tti market noril. Kverylhlii clean, A Imr. ol your n.uano I. anllcticd. ST. II KI.KNH. oltWiON. st. helens"liyery stabSs TIIOS, COOPKIt, Proprietor. Horses Boarded and Cared For. TURNOUTS ON SHORT NOTICE. 8T. 11 KI.KNH. I ! OH KG ON E. MoNEILL, Keceier. TO THE E -A. ST OIVKII THR CHOICE Or Two Transcontinental Routes GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY BY WAY OF Sookane, Minneapolis & St. Paul UNION PACIFIC RY BY WAY Or DENVER, OMAHA, & KANSAS CITY LOW RATES TO AU. EASTERN CITIES OCKAN 8TKAMEKU LEAVE PORTLAND KVKItY 6 DAY8 4 For San Francisco. For Full Details' Call on or Addre.s W. H. mnil.HUHT, (lencrnl Prelitht snd V". At.. PwNand CaiCKEtlRMSiaQPMS If you use the Prtnlnm" Mak ainney while time by old procewee. ......I..,-! I nil fthnilt I ' D ( Illustrated j It .and Ucrlbr every SniLlC nwi - , Catalogue poultry ouHucH. The "ERIE" mecnnnicany in ww .wheel. preUietUmodel. wi Brn 'Agents, Bicycle cata- Mtdea-rlrtlon.fljrleri t''ci0""ir?TCU' PETAUJM A INCUBATOR CO., Fctl01ilS,Cal. TB1I7TrTr u.-ll and ill I'at Vmotefrom Whlnitton. V i-nii model. orawiHf or pnow,, -wius r i S!iiMLCT "How to Obitln Ffttenit, ' with ;A of mom "n tho U. ft. wd fenlg a oounuiet mt.xm E aant hoe. AW', . C.A.SNOW&CO. . uiiauiunMlt. B. C. ow, Ftt Orncf. wmimoto-.. SERIOUS BLOW DEALT Report ot the Nicaragua Canal Commission. UNLIKE WHAT WAS EXPECTED InnvlUbU DeUy anil Kor Thorough Inraatlgatloa of th Kntlro Sabjsot Uaalarad to 8a Maeeaaary. Now York, Nor. 90. A special to the Horald from Wanhlugtou says s sorluus blow bss beon deslt the Nio srngua Canal Company's projeot tot the oonstruotlou of waterway across the Isthmus by the report of the Nina ragua canal oomtulaaion. Inevitable dtiluy and farther and more thorough investigation of the entire snbjeot sre declared to be necessary before even the engineering fessibilty of a canal soross Niosragua osn be decided opon. The Herald correspondent Is able to make public the rovlow of the oontents and the text of the conclusions of the report of the Nicaragua oanal commis sion. This report is now lying on the president's desk, and is being oousld ered by him in oonnootion with bis sn nasi messuge to oongress. The report is at such vsrianoe with the numerous rumors and predictions which have, from time to time, been published concerning it thst it will oause great sorprise and disappoint ment among those who have heretofore plaoed oredeuoe in the rumors which usually stated thst "one in the bigheat authority" said the commission favored the route proposed by tbe company, and plaoed the oust of the oanal at about $110,000,000. The report points out that it is neither practicable nor advisable to at tempt the construction of the Nicar agua oanal upon the data at present available, and that the undertaking would be fraught with hazards too ob vious to disregard. That the neoeuary knowlegde may bo had of tbe physical and topographi cal conditions affecting the construc tion snd maintenance of a oanal across Nicaragua, upon which to form a final Judgmont as to the feasibility, perma nency and oost, tbe commission recom mends an appropriation by oongremj of 350,OOO for eitensive additional sur veys and examinations covering a per iod of eighteen months. With the data at band, however, the commission makes a provisional esti mate of the oost, 1188,473,898, or nesrly double that of tbe Maritime Ca nal (Company's unconditional estimate of t)9.8U3,0(JO. Tbe commission makes its estimate "provisional." The oom niisKionors ssy the existing data are in adequate as a basis for estimating tbe oost ot many structures. Borne portions of the work may oost more; others loss. The report further says tbe official estimate by the company of 09,808, 800 is insufficient for tbe work; that "in seversl important oases the quan tities must be greatly increased, and in numerous oases the united prioes do not make proper allowance for tbe dif ference in oost of work between the United Btstes and Nicaragua." The general trend of the entire re port is oertsinly very unfavorable to the oanal company. DEPENDS ON CANADA. The I'arltlo Cabla and the Iropo.d Stcam.hlp HarvlM. London, Nov. 38. The Times pub llshes as artiole on the Pacific cable, and the proposed steamship service to Canada. It says the success ot the mnvammnt ia lanrelv due to Canada. Tbe government does not intend to sub sidise the Austrauan-raoinc service fmm Anatralia to Vanoouver. It Is slso understood the government will only subsidise tne Atianuo aeuuou ui this servioe on oondition that better time oan be made over tbe Canadian Paoiflo railway than Is now made. In both the steamship and the , cable schemes the prinoiple is recognised that in order to bsve British connections exclusively, the the line must, in the first instsnoe, be osrried westward fmm the center. Br the aooeotanoe of this principle, Canada obtains a posi tion she had never oooupieo a n main highway of the British empire. at. I.ola Shovel Company Burnad Out. Bt Louis, Nov. 38 Fire gutted the main building of the St Louis Shovel Company's extensive plant in this oity today. The loss is estimated to be be tween 180,000 and $100,000, and is nearly oovered by insursnoe. The offloers ot the oompany dooided to re build at onoe, and say they will double tbeoapaoity of their plant Watch man John Lawlor thinks the fire wss caused by the electrical oonverter. Seoretary-Troasurer Holton attributes it ,to hot oinders in the blacksmith shop. No Contraband Goad Aboard. Lewes, Dol., Nov. 28. The sohoon er John W. Foster, under tow, arrived at the Delaware breakwater tonight In oharge of customhouse oflioials. Noth ing had boen found to show sny irreg ularity in , her business. Captain Wheaton declares that tomorrow he win dIva nn hla vessel to the oare of the government and go personally to Wilmington ana rniiaaeipiua tu iwgiu suit against the government for dam ages for detention. Tha New Chlneae Loan. London, Nov. 38. A dispatoh to the Times from Berlin oouflrms the report .L fUtlna u noffotiiitini with ft Oer- man syndicate for a new loan for the purpose ol seonnng iuua n,w to pay portion of the indemnity pledged to the Japanese si tne ouuom i lion of ths recent war. ANOTHER HEALER. Kaaou Claim, to I'nasaaa Powar. Equal to Tho. of Sohlattar. New York, Nov. 20. H. B. Nason, of Woodcliff, N. J., olaims to be pos sessed of "healing powers" equal to the famous Schlatter, who has created suob a sensation in Colorado. Nason is a leader of a strange religious sect in the vicinity of his home, known as "Angel Dancers," or the "Churchmen of the Living God." He is prepared to assert himself as a healer without losing his place as the head and center of his little bsnd of devout followers. According to his story he bas been able, since tbo beginning of his minis try to heal those who go to bim through faith, but now be gives a more general invitation. Nason bas been encouraged to do this through the suo oess of Hchlattor, tbe Colorado healer, with whose movements he is entirely familiar. Nason said the other day: "I am willing to heal those who come to me in faith, and I do so with out money and without price. I only trust in tbo Lord. Sohlatter bas been doing a great work. Like me, be does not sell bis God-given gifts, but be won't stay there, for tboae people are driving him away. I tell you, it ain't no use in trying to traffic the things of Ood, and that's wbat the people out thore are trying to do. Why, they will sell a handkerchief or anything else that Schlatter takes in bis band. Men who are standing in line to get to him will sell their places to snyone willing to pay a price for it That is the work of the devil snd nothing else. Schlat ter has God with him mightily, and won't stand that That is the reason he disappeared last week and went into the mountains. It is the Lord who took bim away to rebuke the money changers who defile the temple. SIGNED NEW ARTICLES. Flti.lmmona Haa A fain- A (reed to Meet Corbett. Houston, Tex., Nov. 28. Fitssim- mons has signed srtioles for a fight with Corbett The stipulation is for a fight to a finish, with five ounoe gloves, to be pulled off January 10, 1808, at El Paso, Tex., or elsewhere, the party of tbe first part (Dan Stuart) agreeing to give the winner of the con test a purse of $20,000. bbould tbe party of the first part fail to pull off the fight on the date mentioned, he is to forfeit to Corbett and Fitzsimmons one-half of the purse, $10,000. Upon the date that James J. Corbett snd W. A. Bardy agree to sign the articles the parties of the second snd third parts (Corbett snd Fitzsimmons), are to de posit eaoh $12,600. Of this amount $10,000 ia to be deposited by esch side ss a side bet between the contestants, and is to go to the winner of the fight The other $2,500 deposited by the prin cipals in the oontext is a forfeit to Dan Stuart, to be paid to bim should either of the prinoipals fail to be at the ring side on the date selected. Should they sppear at the appointed time, the for feit ia to be returned to them immedi ately after the oontest Should one fail to appear the other is to be reiuna- ed what he has deposited. Tbe purse money offered is to be de posited; $10,000 when Corbett signs, and $10,000 five days previous to the oontest ' - San Franelaeo'a Hard Flint. Athnna. D - Nov. 28. General Charles Urosvenor, member of oon gress, in an interview today, ' proposes rebelling against the committee, should it seleot San Francisco as tne piaoe lor the coming Republican, national oon vantinn General Grosvenor says tbe offer of San Francisco to pay the hotel bills ol delegates is in tne nsiure 01 a hriha. He aava the exDenses to dele Mtaa onino to that oltv would be $1.- 250,000 more than It would be were tbe convention east of the Bookies. Besides, he says, it would accommo date upward of eighty delegates of tbe Pacific coast at the great expense of upward of 720 delegates in the central rut Kuatarn narti of the United States, He, therefore, suggests that, in case San Franoisoo is soleoted, the delegates in all the states should meet in their respective states and veto the aotlon of the oommlttee by selecting some suit able place for the convention. Mr. Emmet'. Statement. HnH Mnnfc.. Nov. 38. Mrs. J. E. Emmet, who, under the stage name of Emily Lytton, is traveling with the Stookwell troupe, made a statement to niirht with reference to her trouble with her husband. She said: "I left him on account of bis un falrhfnlnnu. and have taken steps to procure a divorce. The oo-respondent Is Alioe Kelson, lormeriy a siuger n. the Tivoli, In San Francisco, and now with the Bostonlans. wnen i leu aim I took nothing belouging to him but his name, and would be perfeotly de KahtoA wit.hnnt that .We have not aotually been man and wife sinoe last summer, when 1 found out nis uniaiw . II. Ain nnr. ifanv it but said luiunn " --. he was intoxicated and oould not help it June 8, he got aruns: ana inea w shoot me. I loft him eight weeks ago at Houston, Texas." Carl Stelkelinan, tha Explorer. Shelbyville, Ind Nov. 28. News has reached here that Carl Stokelman, ha rnnnwnnd South Afrioan explorer. wa drowned Anirnst 28. For ten years he had been the agent oi xomiin jtr. nn nt T.ivnrnool. Ensland. in the South Afrioan trade, and for sev ersl years correspondent ol the new York Herald from the oountries of Af rioa explored by him. ., It is unofficially announced that Oscar Huber, a civil engiueer of Spo kane, bas been awarded the contracts tor the surveys of the army posts and grounds at Spokane, MANY ENTERPRISES Development News From Pa cific Northwest. SEVERAL PION'EERS ABE DEAD Hanufanturlni Projects-Water Work, and Kail road. -A Great Cannery Syndicate Formed Oregon. . .. i Prlneville is to bsve a new public all, which will be erected by a Joint stock oompany. , Gold Beach is now a thing of the past, the town having moved across the river to Weddorburn. The town of Adams boasts of being free from indebtedness snd having money in its treasury. Steamboat navigation bas been re sumed on tbe upper Willamette, after four months of low water. Coos county bas manufactured over 20,000,000 feet of lumber during tbe past year and mined 60,000 tons of eoaL Tbe work on tbe railroad bridge aoross Yonng'a bay is about to begin, and will be pushed to completion as rapidly as possible. The whole amount of land owned in Harney county is 619,600 acres. The property belonging to the Miller & Lux estate Is 88,080 acres. It is proposed to put a plant in As toria for the manufacture of cotton rope, twine and netting, tons of which sre used along the Columbia river every year. Serious oonoern Is felt by the sheep men and owners of stock in tbe John Day oountry at tbe continuing drouth, no benefits have been reoeived from the reoent rains. Tha Postal Teletrrsoh Company ex- peot to extend the line down the coast to Tillamook from Astoria at an eariy day. There is slso talk of building a line from Jordan to Woods, extending it to Tillamook. Dnring tbe current year Josephine county produoed 980 bales of hops, 167,400 pounds, which bsve now been all moved, except a few small lots. Divine to several mowers holding term oontracts, tbe average price has been about S;i oents per pouna. adoui $14,000 will thus be scattered among the produoera of the county. Washington. The Standard Box factory at Taooma has been destroyed by fire. Th hnrnan of immigration st Spo kane is reorganized and ia vigorously pushing its work. .T T. .Tnhnann. one of the founders of Bitzville, well known there and in Eastorn Oregon, is dead. AhArdAAii haa anrmeedfid in raising enough money by subscription to have tbe oity lighted by eleotrioity. The oontraot has been let for the oreotion of a fog signal station at Mar rowstoue Point in Washington. It will oost $2,140. nam Krh. of Tacoma. oonvioted under the oity ordlnanoe for keeping hia barber ahoD open on Sunday, bas appealed to the superior court The Smith-Friar mill at Lowell is to be rebuilt A new oompany has hold nf tha nmlant and Everett gives a land and money bonus. It will have a ca pacity of 60,000 feet a day. Th mill nf the Paoifio Coast Milling Company, which was recently burned, is to be reconstructed. Subscriptions r.t no h labor and merchandise have been made to the amount of $1,478.60. The mill wll be in operation in aoouc a month. .inahna Toaan. a nioneer resident of Walla Walla, is dead. He oame to the Panifln noaat In 1860. engaged in the mill business at Boise City until 1861, and then oame to Walla Walla and amassed a fortune in the mill business. Ho oonstruoted the first water works in the town. Jacob Luoinger, a pioneer from Walla Walla, is also dead. Sir bnndrnd has been subscribed by the Pioneer Association, ot Astoria, on .nnjfiinn that a like amount be raised at Walla Walla for the purpose Of im proving the grounas wnere me oust ui Whitman ana nis reiiow martyrs rwou Dfoun Lvmin nnntemrjlatea found J, 1 -.J " " . ing an archaeological and historical museum. A very important pars oi a nnllnntion would be old letter and papers from the pioneer epoch. Idaho. The new hospital at Wsrdner is com pleted. Boise has carried her proposition to issue bonds for the purpose of building sidewalks. . Thr ia a bodv of fine oedar timber in the valley of the Upper Clearwater n tha Nna Peroe reservation, whioh has just been thrown open to settle meut A lorrrA fl rat.nl asa hotel is to be creoted at Kayserville by Henry Kay- ser. He also intends to put in a wen equipped stage line and in the spring he will build a railroad from Hailey to Ksvserville. The navigation of the Clearwater up t.n t.bn Amotion of the Middle and South Fork is now an assured thing. Ar ticles of incorporation were niea witn the county auditor ot Nes Peroe county lost wpfiV for the Clearwater Naviga tion Company. Their first vessol will be in operation in tne early spring, nil will nrohablv be built at Celilo. Theoapital stook is $26,000 in 360 shares of $100 eaoh. The new building of the reform sohool at Miles City is aimost complet ed. Most of the work was dons by boys of the school. The National Park Transportation Company is to spend $6,000 over hauling its 160 ooaches and carriages for next season's travel. A block of $100,000 of the bonds of the Great Falls Water Company has just been bought by a Chicago firm. This purchase makes a total of $300, 000 in bonds held by Eastern capital ists in that oompany. Brltl.h Columbia. Trail expects to be three times her present size by spring it she oan obtain all the lumber she wants. The last stone of the great dome that is to surmount the new parliament buildings of British Columbia bas been laid. The copper roofing npward of fifty feet in height and to be surmount ed by a statue of Captain George Van ouver is all that remains to com plete the exterior of tbe dome. Three hundred thousand dollars will be spent utilizing the water power of Seymore creek to operate the street rsilways of Vanoouver and Westmin ster, besides the electric light system snd branch lines of eleotrio railwsys. Tbe power will be oonentrated at one point to operate all these undertakings. Arrangements bsve been completed, it is understood, for tbe purchase by an Eastern syndicate of all the oanner ies for which Turner, Beeton & Com pany sre the agents, as well as several other canneries. There are nine in all, including both Northern and Fraser river osnneries. It is said that tbe Royal Canadian Canning Company's cannery at Clsxton, the Balmoral, In verness snd Csrlyle osnneries are in cluded In the deal. Last February there was one log house on tbe site of the mining town ofRossland. Today there are 8,000 people there, and the town has eleotrio lights, a telephone system, and water works are now being put in. Ross land is in tbe famous Trsil oreek dis trict, where the well-known Le Roi snd War Eagle mines are located. It Is about eight miles from tbe boundary line, but about three-fourths of the mining interests there are held by Spo kane people. Tbe water will be brought from Stony creek, two and one-half miles from here, snd will fur nish 600,000 gallons per day. The en tire town will be supplied, including the bench, commonly known ss Knob Hill, which lies just north of the busi ness portion. ' PRESS COMMENTS. Eastern Editor.' Opinions on Business Sentiment and Polities. (Chicago Record.! The reoent performances of the new battleship Indiana, with the outer lm nrnvnmnnta in the American nan. have venerated considerable enthusiasm ss to the future of the United States toroes on ses, but this need blind no one to the urgent need of some reform in tha avatam nnder whioh the service of our great war vessels is at present conducted, xnere wiu aouowess oe IntnulnnAri at thA nnzt seaainn of oon- gress a bill to readjust the system of organization in we navai service, .no if the ships sre to have capable officers to man tnem tne onange oannoi De made too soon. Abandonment of A Krlenltnra. Philadelphia Time..) The faot that agriculture is in pro cess of gradual abandonment in Great Britain mav account in part lor tbe great increase in immigation from that oountry, the number ol arrivals since August aggregating 238,000. it evi dently does not pay tbe British farmer to raise wheat on high-prioed British land. . The next problem is to make this land profitable in some other way. The decline in wheat acreage this year is 26 per cent less than 1894. This in dlostes thst upwards of 200,000 acres of land have failed of cultivation be oause agriculture no longer pays. The Cuban Insurrection. (New York Times. There seems to be no doubt that the patriot army in Cuba has been re-en forced. Almost fifty men irom some where or other, possibly from America, have landed on the island and enrolled themselves under the standard of re volt This, of course, will force the royalists to import at least 60,000 more oonsoripts, and will delay aotive opera tions on the part of Campos even longer than the reoent thunder shower did. It does seem as II the externa nating would never begin. , ' Protection for tha Negro. (Minneapolis Tribune.) The supreme oourt ot Kentucky has dooided that negroes are entitled to protection from intrusion by white peo ple into the separate oars set apart for their use. and a oolorea woman recent ly recovered damages from a railroad oompany because the conductor per' mitted a white man to enter the oolored ooaoh to speak to an old friend. Whilo in the car the white man insulted a oolored woman, henoe the suit Lord Sholto Douglas. indianoplis Journal. Whan lird Sholto Douglas married a California variety aotress it was ex plained that the bride was descended thrnuirh her mother from the British nobilitv. and wss. therefore, her hus band's equal. The coarseness and vul garity displayed by the mother m her threat to publioly borsewnip ner son-in law go to sustain the olaims. On tha Road to Bankruptcy. New York San. Ririirmlone as it sounds for the nr. it Art Htntna at this nertod of their ex istenoe, we are on tne straignt roaa - to bankruotov. The situation is suoh that with nomiToss in Republican con trol, a president of the opposition must annnnt the revenue bill whioh is laid before him. There is deficiency in the national revenue, and we must have money. It is a oondition . whioh con fronts us, not a theory. ACTIONOFTHEPOWERS Conference ot Ambassadors in Constantinople.. RECOMMENDATION TO THE POETE Some Form of Common Action la Said to Be l"end lug for the Protec tion of Foreigners. Constantinople (via Sofia, Bulgaria), Nov. 22. The six representatives of the powers held a oonferenoe yesterday to discuss certain supplementary meas ures whioh will be recommended to the porta for the restoration of order in Asia Minor, and it is understood thst some form of common sotion for the protection of foreigners is pending. As intimated in dispatches the atti tude of the porta or of the saltan has undergone a great change since the other fleets began to join the British fleet in a naval demonstration in Salon ioa bay. There is no doubt the pressure brought to bear upon the sultan has been strong enough to make him take personal charge of the work of reform in Armenia, and it is hoped there will be no further bloodshed except in put ting down the insurrections whioh bsve broken out against the Turkish rule in different parts of Asia Minor. It is hoped the American clergy will be able to induce their ooreligionists to lay down their arms, especially as the sentiment of the whole of Europe is now in favor ot the sultan, whose evident desire to meet the views of the powers is thoroughly appreciated, and who has undoubtedly tided over the most difficult crisis in the East There is noi longer talk of armed intervention of the powers in the Turkish empire, snd if any display of force is necessary upon the part of Europe it might be in the direction of supporting the author ity of tbe sultan, as Great Britain, Russia and Fiance are extremely de sirous that order shall promptly be re stored throughout Asia Minor. There bas been some sharp exchange of messages recently between the Ar menian patriarch, the Turkish minis ters and the foreign ambassadors. Tbe patriarch was desirous of calling in person upon the minister of the inter ior and other government officers, to place oertain oom plaints before them, and to tender his servioes in the work of relief and reform. But it appears the Turkish officers positively refused to receive him in audience, until he shall have published an enoyolical con demning the alleged intrigues and de mands of the Armenians. THE NEZ PERCE RESERVE. A Beal Eatate Agent Reported Killed During a Dlapute Over a Claim. Lewiston, Nov. 22. It is reported that a real estate agent of this oity by the name of Hughes has been shot and killed on the reservation. A dispute arose over a olaim and ia said to have resulted in angry words and the draw ing of guns, with the result that Hughes was killed. Ranchers are filing claims in a oon- tinual stream, and as fast as the land officials oan accommodate them. Yes terday there was a continual line at tbe office and about 100 men were ac commodated. Today the work goes on as yesterday and about as many more will be able to file. The principal townsite is about forty miles from here and thus far is tbe only one whioh seems to be of any import ance. Some difficulty was had in making the location tor this town, and it was subsequently moved about six miles from where it had originally been intended to be located. There are two or three towns located along the Clearwater, whioh are expected to beoome trading points ot tome im portance, especially it the new scheme to put a boat line on this river proves suoceastuL The Indiana la Commlaalonu . Philadelphia, Nov. 22. The battle ship Indiana was plaoed in commission this afternoon at 1:20, Lieutenant Commander William Smith officiating in the absence of Captain Evans, who is oonfined to his room with rheuma tism. The ceremony was brief and simple. The Indiana will proceed to New York, to receive her torpedoes, snd will then go to Port Royal. It is thought she will be ready for sea by the first of next month. Tloksburg's Proposed National Park. Chios go, Nov. 22. A number of military men, composing the officers and directors of tbe Vioksburg Military Park Association, which was organized last month, left this evening for Vioks burg. The object of the trip is to ar range for presenting a petition to con gress to have the battlefield of vioks burg converted into a military park. An Honest Assessor Wanted. ' Chios go, Nov. 22. In a letter to Mayor Swift today, Postmaster Hesing says there is today more than $100, 000,000 of personal property in Chi cago whioh does not appear on the as' sessor's books. Furthermore, Hesing says, the oity has had but one honest assessor. Wealthy property-owners, who dodge taxes are mercilessly at tacked. Prlea of Steel Advanced. Chios go, Nov. 33. At a meeting of the Western Steel Association, held last night, it was decided to increase the price of steel castings based on tbe increase in the cost of iron. Before making any announcement a oonferenoe will be held with the Eastern Assooia tion, whioh first made the proposition of an increase. ANNUAL RECEIPTS. Decrease ot Nearly Four Million In the ' Internal Revenue. Washington, Nov. 23. The annual report of the commissioner of internal revenue, as issued today, shows the re ceipts from different sources during the last fiscal year as follows: Spirits, $79,862,620; decrease, $5, 896,624; tobacco, $29,704,907; inorease, 1,087,009; fermented liquors, $81,640, 717; increase, $228,829; income tax, $77,139; oleomargarine, $1,409,211; decrease. $314,268; miscellaneous, $661,683; decrease, $390,664; total from all sources, $148,246,077; de crease, $3,922,871. ' The total cost of collecting the rev enue during the year was $4,129,601, a per centage as compared to revenue of 2.88 per cent, against 2.70 per cent for the previous year. During the year 8,809 violations of the internal revenue laws were report ed by revenue agents; 789 persons have been arrested; property vslued st $340,006 has been reported for seizure, snd $189,660 for sssessment for unpaid taxes and penalties. Dnring the same period 1,727 stills were seized: 147 stills removed; 871 persons arrested; f officer killed sad 8 others were wounded. Commissioner Miller estimates that the revenues for the present fiscal year will aggregate $166,000,000. He rec ommends amendments to existing laws as follows: Provision for an allowance for losses In transportation of spirits to a general bonded warehouse; that a general bonded warehouse shall be only for storage of spirits removed from distill ing warehouses, or from other general bonded warehouses in the same dis tricts, and for a charge of 26 cents for each package, or suoh sum as may be necessary to cover the expense of gaug ing; legislation to enable distillers or owners of spirits in distillery ware bouses to bottle the same for export in bond or for domestic use under govern ment supervision, after payment of tax thereon; that collectors of internal rev enue be authorized by law to keep rec ords of the ownership of distilled spir its in internal revenue bonded ware houses, such ownership to be evi denced by warehouse receipts or by the judgments of courts of competent juris diction; also that suoh law be ' passed ss will enable owners of distilled spir its in a distillery warehouse or bonded warehouse to withdraw the same upon payment of tax or for any purpose su thorized by law, and, in case of dis pute, as to ownership or unadjusted olaims, on sooount of storage or other charges, upon the giving of an indem nity bond by the party other than . the distiller applying to withdraw;: an' amendment allowing the use of fruits other than apples, peaches and grapes for distillation; also, a provision that ferm enters not in use at distilleries may be closed and fastened in suoh manner aa prescribed by the commis sioner of internal revenue; also a pro vision thst storekeepers and . gangers, who are assigned to distilleries whose registered capoity is twenty bushels or less, shall receive such compensation as may be prescribed by the commis sioner of internal revenue, not to ex ceed $4 per day; that bakers and man ufacturers of yeast may make and have on band mash, wort or wash fit for distillation in conduct of these indus tries, the quality of such mash, wort or wash to be fixed and the purpose for which it is to be used to be strictly de fined; that section 61 ot the act of Au gust 28, 1894, allowing the use of al oohol by manufacturers, except under oertain conditions, be repealed. . IMPRISONMENT ENDED. Eugene V. Dabs Has Served Hla Term and la Now a Free Man. Chicago, Nov. 25. Eugene V. Debs became a free man again at 13 o'clock tonight His term of six months', im prisonment in the Woodstock jail oame to an end at that time. A party ol 800 admirers and friends will ; go- out to Woodstock tomorrow afternoon to greet the labor leader on his release. A party composed of representatives oi all the oentral labor bodies and of, the several local unions will be among the first to greet Debs. Debs will receive them at the jail and will then maroh around the publio square with ' the party to the rausio of a brass band and drum oorps. A delegate of the trades assemblies of Cincinnati and of tbe American Railway Union of Cleveland will arrive tomorrow morning to take part in the general jubilee whioh will be held in battery D in tbe evening. Mr. Debs has already laid plans whioh will keep him very much before tbe public. He said last night that be had arranged to visit all principal cities, primarily in the interest of the Ameri can Railway Union, but directing hia efforts also to bring organized labor into a defensive alliance. IS ot Enough Marines . Washington, Nov. 22. Colonel Charles Hey wood, r commanding , the marine corps, in his annual report to the secretary of the navy, makes a strong appeal for an inorease in the en listed strength ot the oorps to meet the additional duties imposed upon it by the inorease of the navy. Colonel Hey wood estimates that 1,600 marines on shore are needed tor the protection ot million of dollars' wortji of govern ment property in their oharge, a num ber 800 in excess of the marines now engsged in that duty. In addition to this it is estimated that about 460 more men will be required for the new vessels now under oonstruotion. Wyoming's dame Laws. Denver, Nov. 23. A special to the Times, from Cheyenne, says'. Judge Riner, in the federal 'court, today, re leasd Race Horse, ft Bannock Indian, arrested for violating the Wyoming game laws, upon a writ of habeas cor pus. The oourt decided that Indians have the right to hunt in Wyoming under their treaty.