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VOL. 12.
ST. HELENS. OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1895.
NO. 49.
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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
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st. helens"liyery stabSs
TIIOS, COOPKIt, Proprietor.
Horses Boarded and Cared For.
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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.
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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
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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.