VOL. 13.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 189G.
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ALLEN & CLEETON,
-Attorneys and Counselors at Law
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niVSlCIAX AND SURGEON. .
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JR. i. X. HALL,
rilVsif IAN AND SUItGEON.
Clatukaule, Columbia county, Or.
N. MKSKHVV,
Surveyor and Civil Engineer
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' 0Mtnty Surveyor. 1.imI Surveying, Town
Platting; lid Kii(iiim:riiig work promptly
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oriental Hotel
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THO. COOPKR, Proprietor.
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ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
Froui All Parte of Oregon) Waahlngtou
Idaho, Moiitatfia and Brltl.h to
lurublat Wa.hlngton.
The Ute road oommtaaion bag Juit
closed noaaluu t wbloh wui fully
dlMuHMM tlia dottbu euturtalned of the
logulity of the appropriation for the
ataw tvanon road aoroaa the Cusoade
tuouutaiua. During the pant lumuier
the oonimiMion (pent but a small part
of the sum appropriated, the effort be
lug made to iuvMtlgate the routes as
cheaply as poaaible iu ordor to kuep
the bulk intact for ooustruction pur
poatis, as the tuombers of the commis
sion realized the meagruueiia of the ap
proprlatlou when the length of the road
to be oouatruotod was oousidered. The
result of the examination of the differ
eut routes showed that to construct
even a good four-foot trail aoross the
Cascade division would oost from 2B,
000 to 9116,000, according to the route
selected, while only $30,000 was appro-
priated for that purpose; while the
same conditions prevailed upon the
other divisions. The oommiasion be
ing in donbt whether the law would al
low it to oonstruot four-foot trail
which had been urged reforiud the
question to the attorney-general, who
furnished an opinion that the law oon-
tnmnlatMt tha nonatrinttion of a waoirn
road, and to build a trfltl would be to
spend the money appropriated without
authority of law. At the recent session
Commissioner Watson offered a resolu
tion to report back to the legislature,
furnishing fall details of the best route
the oost of a trail and of a wagon road,
but owing to opposition the resolution
was withdrawn, the other members de
siring to continue the investigation
further. It was thou agreed to aooept
the opinion of the attorney-goueral as
final regarding the eoesaitr for con
structing a wagon road under the bill.
For the purpose of ascertaining whether
the cheapest kind of a wagon road
could be built with the appropriation,
a maximum grade, for the puprose
of making estimates only, was agreed
to at 30 per cent, the width at seven
feet, without grubbing, trees to be out
off level with the road, and bridging
only where streams could not be forded
In ordinary low wator. Two of the
members express themsolves as opposed
to such road, but agreed to figure
ou It to satisfy the third member.
So that, should it be found possible to
build such a road, it is not certain
that the majority would agree to go
ahead. "The trouble is, said a mem
ber of the oommisHion, "that the or
iginal law of three years ago provided
for a road, and the members of the
first commission oonstrued that to
mean a trail or wagon road, as the
circumstances soomed ' to warrant
The old commission in recommending
the last legislature to appropriate
oertain sums, made its estimates evi
dently on the trail or road, but the
legislature, while not materially
changing the sums asked for, changed
the law to road 'wagon road.' "
Generally in public improvements it
is understood the sum appropriated
by the governgment is to be expended
on the work, whether completing it or
not, and relying upon another appro
priation to complete the work. Those
who have atudied the Cascade road
law, however, agree that the sums ap-pro"--"'
-".fi( to complete
too , ., " ' ' .
sentiment In tf i-..
that the money should to aix-.k r"
if a safe wagon road can be built and
the object of the law honestly enforced
The question of a selection of a pass
baa been purposely deferred by the
commission until after these other
matters are disposed of, but it is be
lieved will oome ap for final action at
the next meeting.
The Taooma school board has under
consideration the rednotion of the
present school year from nine to six
months, in ordor to lessen the expense
and put the district on a sound finan
cial basis for the next year. A special
eleotion la to be held for the purpose
of validating the indebtedness to
$38,000.
The reoent storm on Puget sound was
the most severe that has taken plaoe for
many years. The Port Townsend and
Victoria shipping experienced consider
able damage. ' , ;
' Oregon.
The new hotel at Bandon is nearly
oompleted. ,
There are sixty-fonr pupils now en-
rolled In the state school for deaf mutes
in tialem.
A sohoolhouse has just been oom
pleted at Port Orford with funds raised
by popular subscription. ,
Gold Beach is to have a new hotel.
The Mnsonio building will be recon
structed for that purpose.
The Presbyterians of Medford are
receiving bids for the ereotion of a new
church edifice in that town.
The recent storm played havoo with
the telegraph and telephone lines be
tween Orescent City and tlie oopper
mines.
The school board at Pendleton has
made a rednotion of nearly 36 por oent
in the pay of teaohers in the public
school.
The assessment roll of Umatilla
oouuty, just oomploted, shows a gross
valuation of $7,471,686. The number
of polls is 1,767.
The total area of Malheur oounty is
0,377,440 acres. The population of
the oounty is 3,088, one person to
every four square miles.
The stock inspector of Umatilla
county reports that there are about
340,000 sheep in the oounty and con
trary to the reoent reports are in good
ooudition for the winter. The stock
men are better prepared this winter
than last
The completion of the new water
works system at Astoria was cele
brated with pomp and ceremony. The
expense of the system was $300,000.
The entire salmon pack, spring and
fall season, for the entire Pacific ooast,
was 3,084,877. Of this amount Alaska
furniHhed 687,000; British Columbia,
513,877.
A minors' convention has been called
for the early part of January, for the
purpose of organizing a miners' assoclB'
tlon for Southern Oregon, It will be
held in Grant's Pass. . .
The census enumeration of 1885,
compared with that of 180S, shows a
production of wheat in Oregon ten
years ago to be 8,038,718 bushels, and
this year to be 9,010,193 bushels.
A wood war is reoorted at The
Dalles. The price of wood by the com'
petition of the local dealers has been re
duced to a lower figure than for previ
oua winters. An unusual amount of
wood has been bought up the river dur
ing the year.
The contract recently made by the
Oregon Hallway & Navigation Com
pany, making its line of steamers to
the Orient permanent, insures a great
trade in Oregon's flour with Asia. The
manager of one of the leading flour
mills of the state says their flour
trade with Asia has doubled twice
within the past three years, and he is
oonadont it will be doubed again
within three years. The arrangements
at present are sufficient to handle 4,000
tons per month, and in two or three
years at farthest, two steamers per
mouth will be needed, instead of one,
and the poaaibilitieg of the trade in ten
years no one can even approximate.
Idaho. .
Five thousand rabbits were killed at
a rooent drive at Oakly.
Two or possibly three new steamers
will be built on the Kootenai for pas
sage between Bonners Ferry and Lake
Bounds next spring.
A feed and flour mill is to be estab
lished at Ferudale. Bids for a daily
mail service between that plaoe and
Whatcom has been sent to the poetofBoe
department
A Chioago combination has made ap
plication to the state board of land com
missioners to have 10,000 acres of
land withdrawn from settlement for
the purpose of reclaiming it under the
Carey act Two honored thousand dol
lars is the estimated oost of the irri
gation works.
Coal has been ' found in several
places within the limits of Stevens
oounty, also on the east side of the Co
lumbia river above Market, where there
is a seam of one foot in width and a
depth of eighty feet Coal is also
found in other parts of the oouuty not
far from the boundary line.
A special agent of the treaurer has
dispersed in payment $50, 000 to the Nes
Perce Indians. It is estimated that 343
native Nea Peroes have died sinoe the
Fletcher allotment of land was oom
pleted in 1893. The births are re
corded to the number of ninety-four.
These statistics show the destiny of
this favored Indian tribe.
The W. R. L. I. & Co., have oom
pleted their Nutmeg reservoir and now
have a substantial dam 800 feet long
and fifty feet high, holding water suf
ficient to irrigate 4,000 acres. Water
is guaranteed by the projectors by May
16. Ail the government land in this
nt is taken no. but 1,000 acres of
" iJtv land are still open to
The stat6 .. . h
reported to the land "Sotnniisaiouers
that timber will soon be offered for
sale. The timber will probably go to
different lumber firms. They will
have to build about twenty-five miles
of railroad in order to transport the
timber. In all he has estimated 410,
397,000 feet of timber, divided as fol
lows: white pine, 144,319,000 feet;
yellow pine, 85,791,000; white fir,
48,871,000; red fir, 8 .-,880,000; tam
araok, 95,601,000 and oedar, 47,139,
000 feet
Montana.
The fire at the Mure tunnel on the
Northern Paoiflo is still smoldering. It
will bike months to repair (he damage
done by the fire. . . t
' The manager of the Katy mine is re
ported to have disposed of -one-third
interest to Springfield, Mass., capital
ists, who will build a 600-toh mill and
probably a Bmelter during the coming
year. '
A syndioate of Helena capitalists
whioh has purchased the right to man
ufacture aoetyloiie, the new illumin
ant, in Montana, is said to be contem
plating the establishment of an acety
lene manufacturing plant In Livings
ton, .the requisites of a great water
power, lime and coal, being at hand.
The new state penitentiary building
has just been oompleted at Deer Lodge
It was built almost exclusively by
oonviot labor. The new buildings
only oost the state $1,000. The founda
tion walls are granite and red briok
was used for superstructure. The re
cent report of the penitentiary shows
the expense of the prison in the last
year to be $40, 736. 20.
The establishment of a school in the
penitentiary at Deer Lodge is'Va oom
mendable movement originated by Gov
ernor Kiokard. The prison officials
have been instructed to oolleot and
provide a library for the special bene
fit of the inmates. There are now a
number of exceptionally fine eduoated
persons in the prison and they have
volunteered their services as teaohers.
FIFTY-FOURTH SESSION
Daily Proceedings in Senate
and House.
IM POUT ANT BILLS INTRODUCED
Appointment of Member, on the Varl
one CongreMlonal C'ommltteee
8euat. y "
Washington, Deo. 80. The Demo
oratio steering committee of the senate
today completed the last assignment of
minority members of the committees,
and handed the list to Mitchell, chair
man of the Republican caucus com
mittee. The chairmen of the more
important committees are as follows:
Appropriations, Allison; finance,
Morrill; foreign relations, Sherman;
judioiary, Hoar; oommeroe, Frye; in
terstate oommeroe, Cullom; military
affairs, Hawley; naval affairs, Cam
eron; public lands, Dubois; Indian
affairs, Pettigrew; claims, Teller; ooast
defense, Squire; education and labor,
Sbonp; territories, Davis; Pacifio rail
roads, Gear; pensions, Gallinger; post
offices and postroads, Woloott; agricul
ture snd forestry, Proctor; private land
claims, Harris; manufcaturea, Wet
more; fisheries, Perkins; civil service
and retrenchment, Pritobard; immigra
tion, Lodge; irrigation and reclamation
of arid lands. Warren; mines and min
ing, Stewart; railroads, Clark; Indian
depredations, Wilson; transportation
routes to the seaboard, McBride; Nica
ragua canal and Nicaragua claims,
Morgan; international exposition,
Thurston; national banks, Mantle;
forestry reservations and protection
thereof, Allen; to investigate tresspass
ers on Indian lands. Baker; woman
suffrage, Call.
House.
Washington, Deo. 26 It being gen
erally understood that the ways and
means committee would not be pre
pared to report its bill for the relief of
the treasury situation before Friday,
the attendance in the house today was
comparatively small.
Mr. Dingley, chairman of the ways
and means committee, said the com
mittee met this morning and unani
mously decided, in view of the presi
dent's message, that it was not appro
priate for the house to adjourn until
a proper response had been made. "On
Friday," he continued, "we hope the
house will make a response to the
nrgent request of the president and take
some action which will relieve the
situation in which the country finds
itelt"
Beach of Ohio will introduce in the
house tomorrow a bill providing that
duties imposed by the tariff laws of
the United States shall not apply to
food products and raw materials from
suoh nations as maymake equivalent
reciprocal concessions in favor of mer
chandise imported from the United
States.
Washington, Dec 27. The two bills
to be presented to the house for action
and their text are as follows:
No 1 "A bill ta maintain and pro
toot the ooin redemption fund, and to
authorize for the 'Resumption of Specie
Payments, the issue of certificate on
indebtedness to meet the temporary
deficiencies of revenue.
"Be' it enacted, eta, that in addi
tion to the authority given to the sec
retary of the treasury by the act ap
proved January 14, 1875, entlited 'An
Aot to Provide for the Resumption of
Specie Payments, ' he is authorized from
time to time, at his discretion, to issue,
sell and dispose of, at not less than par,
in ooin, coupon or registered bonds of
the United States to an amount suffi
cient for the object stated in this boo-
lion, bearing not to exceed S per oent
interest per annum, payable semi-an
nually and redeemable at the pleasure
of the United States in coin, after five
years from their date, with like quali
ties, privileges and exemptions provid
ed in said act for the bonds therein
authorized.
'And the secretary of the treasury
shall use the proceeds thereof for the
redemption of United States legal
tendsr notes, and for no other purpose.
'Section 2 In order to provide for
any temporary deficiency now existing
or whioh may hereafter ooour, the sec
retary of the treasury is hereby author
ized, at his discretion, to issue certifi
cates of indebtedness of the United
States to an amount not exoeeding
$50,000,000, payable in three years
after their date, to the bearer, in law
ful money of the United States, of the
denomination of $30, or multiples
thereof, with annual coupons for inter
est at the rate of 8 per oent per annum,
and to sell and dispose of the same for
not less than an equal amount of law
ful money of the United States.
Bill No. 3 "A bill to temporarily
inorease the revenue to meet' the ex
penses of the government and provide
against deficiency.
"Be it enaoted, etc, that from and
after the passage of this aot, and until
August 1, 1808, there shall be levied,
collected and paid on all imported
wools of classes 1 and 3, as defined in
the aot hereinafter cited, approved
October 1, 1800, and subject to all the
conditions and limitations thereof, and
on all hair of the oamel, goat, alpaoa
and other animals, except as herein
provided; and on all noils, shoddy,
garnetted waste, ring waste, yarn
waste, top waste, Blubbing waste rov
ing waste, and all other wastes com
posed wholly or in part of wool, and
on all woolen rags, mungo and flocks,
a duty equivalent to 60 per cent of
the duty imposed on eaoh of such ar
ticles. "Section 8 That from and after
the passage of this act and until
August 1, 1898, there shall be levied,
collected and paid on all Imported ar
ticles, made whole or in part of wool,
worsted, or other materials described
in section 1 of this act
"Section 8 That after passage of
this act, and until August 1. 1898,
there shall be levied and paid on im
port lumber and other articles desig
nated in paragraphs 674 to 683, in'
elusive, of an aot entitled 'An Act to
Reduce Taxation, to Provide Revenue
for the Government and for Other Pur
poses," which became a law August
37, 1894, a duty equivalent to 60 per
cent of the duties imposed on each of
such articles."
Washington, Deo. 80. The house
today responded to the appeal of the
president by passing a tariff bill, the
operation of which is limited to two
and a half years and which is designed
to raise $40,000,000 for the relief of the
treasury. The vote today was on party
lines, with two exceptions. - The Re
publicans all voted for the bill except
Hartman of Montana, who did not
vote, and the Democrats and Populists
against it, save Newlands of Neavda,
who voted in favor of the measure.
The special order under whioh the bill
was brought to a vote, after three and
a half hours of debate, was ironclad in
character and oompelled the members
to adopt or reject it without oppor
tunity of offering amendments of any
Kina.
Washington, Dec 81. The house
today passed the bond bill by a vote
of 170 to 186; and the house, having
discharged the task for whioh it had
been sitting during the recess, effected
an agreement by which it should ad
journ next week, three days at a time
in order to give members an oppor
tunity to rest and visit their homes.
The closing hours of the deabte today
were lacking in spirit, and there was
practically no excitement until the vote
was taken. . The margin of 84, by
which the first section of the bill,
against which the Republican oppon
ents of the measure, massed their oppo
sition, was passed showed that the
friends of the measure ban marshaled
every vote in its favor available. As
it was 47 Republicans refused to act
with the majority of the party. The
Populists and Democrats, with the ex
cpetion of Hutchison, who voted for
the bill, presented an unbroken front
against the bilL
AGAIN THE TRANSVAAL.
The Bwr Republic to Supplant Vene
auela In Interest.
London, Deo. 81. The Times this
morning publishes long dispatches from
Cape Town, Paris and Berlin bearing
on the Transvaal question, which
seems to be displacing the Venezuela
question. The Paris dispatch quotes
the Journal des Debate as saying:
"The London Times seems to be
avenging itseii on tne Boers lor the
moderate tone it was obliged to adopt
toward Uncle Sam. "
The Des Debate then proceeds to
argue upon the danger to JTrencn In
terests of allowing England to seize the
Transvaal. '
A dispatch to the Times from The
Hague says that Holland's attitude on
the question is apparently one of in
difference.
The Berlin dispatch says the aotion
of the Uuitlanders in the Transvaal has
given rise to an unusually violent ex
ploitation of anti-English feeling in the
German press.
The National Zeitung is quoted as
follows: ,
"Germany, Portugal and possibly
France cannot allow the Boer republic
to beoome the exclusive prey of Eng
land, especially of suoh a dangerous
personage as Mr. Ceoil Rhodes."
The Koeniche Zeitung, the Kreuz
Zeitung and other papers express simi
lar sentiments. It cannot be denied
that while the relations between the
English and German governments are
in no way oordial, a widespread feeling
of animosity against England exists in
Germany.
The Times also has a column article
explanatory of the Transvaal trouble,
which says: ."Equity of representation
with taxation, language, law, responsi
bility of the admisitration to the legis
lature, and the removal of religious
disabilities are among the chief of the
Uuitlanders' demands, which they de
sire to maintain inviolable."
FOUR AMERICANS SHOT.
Case Which j Call, for Something
More Than a Mere Explanation.
New York, Dec 31. A special to
the World from La Pas, Bolivia,
says:
Four American citizens, Charles
Joiner, George Miner, Alfred Heard
and Thomas Cardwell, arrived at
Chuquisaoa last week, after a five
weeks' journey from Brazil, where
they bad been working for years, and
had amassed considerable fortunes,
which they were taking home. They
remained several days spending money
freely and gambling extensively,
i Tuesday Miner accused Pepe Gon
zales, the aoting mayor of Chuquisaoa,
of having cheated them by playing
with marked oards, and offered to prove
the assertion. Gonzales drew a pistol,
but was knocked down by Joiner, and
a general fight ensued, in whioh thirty
persons threw themselves on the friend
less Amorioans. Finally, the police
arrested the Americans, letting the na
tives go free. The Americans were
taken to a filthy jail, left two nights
and one day without food. They were
then given the semblance of a trial, in
which they were accused of being spies,
and were not allowed to send a mes
sage to the American consul. They
were sentenced to death. The sentence
was carried into exeontion Thursday
night pnblioly. Their horses and other
property have disappeared, but it is
known that Gonazales has distributed
them among his friends and the police.
THE VENEZUELA AFFAIR
A London Paper Publishes a
. . Mass ot Matter.
AS THE ENGLISH WOULD VIEW IT
One Writer Bay. the Claim Would Be
Similar to One Made by Spain '
for Gibraltar.
London, Dec 81. The Chronicle
publishes a mass of matter on the Vene
zuela affair, including maps in posses
sion of the colonial office, extracts
from the American papers which have
arrived by mail, and an article by
Frederick Harrison, declaring that the
Venezuela claims is on all fours with a
Spanish claim to Gibraltar. Harrison
says;.
"If the United States can persuade
Venezuela to submit to a bona fide
boundary settlement and to drop her
swagger about Charles V and Philip II
of Spain, and can enforce an award
when it is made, the quetsion oould be
settled in a month."
The Brussels delegate to the Vene
zuela government, Velos Guitiooa,
recently visited The Hague, and ex
hausted every channel without success
in support of the Venezuela claim.
Five years ago lie British vice-consul
pfflj&lad Bolivar, examined the Span
TslfVboords and proved the British as
pect of the case completely.
The Berlin correspondent to the
Standard says:
"I have excellent reasons to state
that the reports of an' agreement be
tween Russia and the United States
about Venezuela are unfounded. On
the contrary, the ozar was painfully
surprised at President Cleveland's mes
sage, and any war involving England
would be unwelcome to the Kuasian
court, on the approach of the corona
tion."
The New York correspondent of the
Times, while he affirms his previous
convictions that there is uo longer 'any
feeling for war with England at present
in the United States, says there lies a
real danger for the future. He attri
butes this partly to the personal char
actor of the president or that quality of
it "which bis friends call firmness and
his enemies stubbornesa."
The proposed meeting of the Ameri
can society for the purpose of an ex
pression of the people for an amicable
settlement of existing differences be
tween England and the United States
has been abandoned in view of the im
proved situation.
The Order of Crtrfcders has for
warded, through the Hon. Neal Dow,
Mother Stewart and Miss Frances Wil
lard, a New Year's greeting to the
Temperance Workers of America, with
the hope that the war will now be
averted.
The Venezuela CommU.ton.
Hageratown, Ind., Dec 81. The re
port that Riohard H. Alvey, chief
justice of United States court of ap
peals, Distnot of Columbia, has been
requested by President Cleveland to be
come a member of the Venezuela com
mission, is oonfinLAd. The request
was made Thursday last in Washington.
The proposition took Judge Alvey by
surprise, and he begged for time to
consider the matter before committing
himself. This the president granted.
He is at home in Hageratown, and will
be here until his court meets the first
Monday in January. , i
Tonight Judge Alvey said that he
had not yet fully made up his mind
whether he would acoeyt or not, for
many of his cases would oome up be
fore the district court of appeals at the
January term. Because of his heavy
judicial duties, and for other reasons,
he hesitated about immediately accept
ing the president's offer. He is heart
ily in aooord with the president's
views, and feels under obligations to
further Mr. Cleveland's policy.
Venezuela's Bepreaentative Here.
Washington, Dec 81. General
Targe Uslar, special commissioner to
the United States from Venezuela, is
here with his family. General Uslar,
who is commander of the army of Vene
zuela, was appointed commissioner
to come to the United States and watch
the negotiations with Great Britain re
garding the boundary dispute.
President Crespo, General Uslar
says, as soon as rresiaent uieveiana
announoes tbe Venezuela commission,
will appoint a commission of five of
the most representative oitiaens of the
South Ameroian republio to come to
the United States, and to oonvey to
President Cleveland, oongress and the
country, Venezuela's thanks and ap
preciation of good will shown by the
United States government in its an
nouncement of its intention to fearless
ly enforce the Momoe doctrine. This
commission has not oeen appointea.
though the gentlemen who will serve on
it have been notified.
THE FIGHTING AT ZEITOUN.
A Masaaere
Mar Follow the Clty'a
,. Capture. .
Constantinople, Dec 81. It is of
ficially announced that the most ob
stinate fighting preceded the capture
of Zeitoun by the Turks. Bemi-offloial
advioes from Zeitoun say the Armen
ians lost 2,500 killed during the en
gagements and 850 Turks were killed.
The narrow pass between the hills
leading out of Zeitoun is said to be
crowded with Armenians, men, women
and children, and it is feared they will
be massacred. The ambassadors of
Great Britain, France, Russia, Ger
many, Italy and Austria sent their
dragomans to the palace today to make
representations with a view of prevent
ing the Armenians being massaored.
The financial situation oontinues very
bad. v
THE INDIAN TERRITORY.
A Potent Argument for a Change In tha
Kxlatlng Conditions.
Kansas City, Kan., Dec 81. A spe
cial to the Journal from Washington
says W. J. Watts and Colonel Hub
bard, of Muldrow, L T., will tomor
row file with tbe secretary of the inter
ior a potent argument for a change in
the conditions in their country. The
document filed within due time, will
reach the various committees in oon
gress interested in legislation for the
country. The information collected,
it is insisted, will be enongh to dis
prove the many statements made by tha
delegates from the tribes, that it is a
very orderly country, and that there is
no need of congressional interference
because of lawlessness.
The document contains a partial list
of murders committed in the Indian
territory from March 5 to the last of
October. In this time 186 murders
have been committed and accounted
for in the record, and the claim is
made that the list is not complete. In
each case a short statement is given.
This is set forth as evidence of the
need of a ohange in that country. This
is a part of the basis for the position
taken by the Dawes commission, and
will be used by members therof in jus
tifying them for their recommenda
tions and open that country to settle
ment after paying the Indians a fair
and equitable amount for their lands,
IMPROVING STEADILY.
Tha Financial Situation In Thia Conn
try Gradually Growing Better.
New York, Deo. 28. The stock mar
ket opened in good tone, with specula
tion very brisk. There was good bay
ing, in which '-. foreign houses were
prominent, and nearly all active lists .
made rapid advances. Some realizing
sales caused a retrograde movement
and declines were recorded from to
3 per cent The market, however,
was fairly steady, and there were no
indications of panicky condition.
The depression which came on the
market at 10:45 continued about half
an hour, the extreme decline being in
sugar, which fell 2 oents. At 10:45
prices were again moving upward,
Pullman selling at 6 per oent and
others at from to 3 per oent ad
vance Money had raged between 6
and 25 per cent on actual transactions,
but at one time was 85 per cent, with
no business. The rate at noon was 20
per oent, and 12:50 $200,000 was loaned
at 20 per oent Loans have been made
on dividend-paying stock at 6 per cent .
Gould, Hall & Company suspended
today as the result of the slump in the
stock market Friday and Saturday.
Tbe firm is a small one, and the bus-
pension had no effect on 'ohange.
Improvement la London. .
London, Dec 26. At 1 o'clock this
afternoon there was less excitement in
the stock exchange, but the market was
still unsettled. There was a disposi
tion to take a more hopeful view of
the Venezuelan question politically,
but grave apprehension is felt regarding
the finanoial Outlook of the United
States., There was not much improve
ment in foreign government securities.
The American railroad market, which
was very excited at the opening, was
quieter at 1 o'clock. In fact the
panicky feeling seems to have given
way to one of more confidence On
the Liverpool and Manchester and
Glasgow stock exchanges the tone
showed a marked improvement and
prices for Ameircan securities were
steadily advancing.
Are Glad of It.
London, Dec 26. The afternoon pa
pers today, comment editorially at
length on the Venezuelan matter, but
their remarks are on the finanoial
rather than the political phase. While
there is no abatement of expressions of
belief that the ground taken by the
United States is untenable, the tone
is altogether more paoiflo. Yet there
is considerable display of satisfaction
at finanoial difficulties in the United
States. .
Business during the day was ex
ceedingly quiet on the exchange.
Operators generally were disposed to
await further news from the United
States. American stocks, however,
closed steady; Brazilians particularly
heavy. '
In Iloaton.
Boston, Dec 26. There was a no
ticeable reaction from the panicky con
dition of last week's market at the
opening this morning. It is believed
the worst is over. The advance in
prices noted during the first few minu
tes of business was not seriously broken,
and a feeling of greater confidence was
apparent ;
' On the Aalatlo Station.
' Washington, Dec 81. An order has
been sent to the admiral commanding
the Asiatic station detaching the Petrel
from his squardon and directing that
she proceed to San Franoisoc Arriv
ing there she will be put out of com
mission for an overhauling. Her re
lief, the Boston, is now at Mare island
navy yard. She has been put in first
olass ooudition, and will start on her
long voyage aoross the Pacific, in a day
or twe The Petrel will not await her
arrival, but will start for home as soon
as she oan be prepared for the trip. It
is the evident policy of the administra
tion to maintain a strong fleet on the
Asiatio station until the disappearance
of all signs of further trouble among
the countries of the Orient
- Portion, of Spain Shaken.
Madrid, Deo. 81. An earthquake
has been experienced in the districts of
Orensa, Vienna, Pueblo de Tribes, Lu
gudini and Valdeorreas, in the province
of Galioia. Several houses collapsed,
but no deaths are reported.