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The Best Newspaper t, th o tht glvea the moat and (Nutwwt i"". Compare th WK8T gltiB h P,w V county. As an Advertising Medium THE WEOT GIDZ TAKM TMf LBAO IN POUt COUNTY. VOL. XII. $2.00 Tor Year. 1NDKPBNDKNCE, POLK COUNTY, - OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1894. Five Cents Tor Copy. No. 40. I 1.1 I " A. II I LEADER President E. V. Debs as a Witness. He Tells in His Own Way of the Strike. Be Approved of the Action Taken by tk Men. but Comleutueil Act! of Violence. ruiCAOO. Aug. "-President R. V. twin, of th American lUllway Union, M( a witness before th atrlk com nbukui May. Th courtroom vu crowded from bench to doorways. "No tell u in your own way, air. ivb.H Mid Commissioner Wright, wnat you know of the Pullman atrlk ind result." Leaning forward In hi et. th tall kader of th great trlke began tn a lw clear vole a recital which gradu- ally became more earnest and forcible w h proceeded, until it developed Into ilmoat an oration. He told of having retired word that utrlk in Pud amn Imminent, and of hi coming ! Chicago to investigate, I round," a aaltl, "th men won working fur ilio Pullman company t wage upon Whlch they could not live. I fount sal- trie had been cut tlmt and again Willi skilled mechanic were working Mr live away fur wge nut audi- flwil fr dwy laborers; that th town vf Cullman wa o schemed that every penny ih worklngman mad found lit way bark to the company, la fact. Mind th worfclngmen of Pullman In a pitiable condition, and determined I wuuld do all In my power aa president of tht American Hallway Unlisi to lm- rov Ih condition of these men. Th trlkt ftilUiwtil. ordered ty the men theawelv.'. Then cam th boycott ordered by th duly cWcted delegate to our conv ntion. and then followed the railroad Mrtkea, ordered by th various toml union, each of which bad grievance of It own. "Would th railroad strike nave oc curred If there had town no I'ullman trouble," asked Commhwhuier Wright -No: th I'ullman atrlk wa th prim cau.ie. We dtMlmt to atop Pull- mL' car and ahut off hi Incotn. thu forclnc htm to arbitral, but th tiilruad men had grievance of thflr wn. Th 0nral Manaiora aaaorla tfca had bn oriranUtd with th tnwd Intf-ntlon. of glvttiS aaltans to th rallrtiada In labof loubla. It tvldrat aim waa to drive onranlaed tabor from xtMtvnr. No atmner had this aamclathm brm formd than a ywcmatlc induction of railroad waif til over th ciruntry brgnn. Thu men wr ready to atrlk and felt they had taiw, but the trouble would not hav com when It did had it not been for th Pullman matter. The time waa un propltluu. I did not order the atrlkea; J bad not the awer. Hi men 111 that themmlvea. Hut I do not wlnh to shirk ar.y rtmponalbillty, and am will Inf to aay t heartily concurred In and approved of the action taken by the mta. A to vlolrnoe, I have alway condemned It I he written and tokin KUlnt It. bellevlim and know ui a trlke cannot be won by violence. A to th telegram aent from our of lc, counseling violence, I know of no wen l)ltlee." "What ..bout the 'fluy a ifun' tele- gram?" aik?d a conimlwtloiier. "That Is easily explained. The tele- pm was tent by the private aecretary tn a friend In Butte, and wa merely a playful expreeslon. It wu ent a such and o umlerstcod." Debs then said that within five day after the strike wa itaclttred the un ion had the railroads beaten. "They were paralyzed," he said. "Hut In junctions were sown brcadraat and hortly afterward th official of the American Railway Union were ar- rmed for contempt of court. That beat us. About this time S-nral Miles came to Chicago and called on the General Managers' association; and next day waa quoted In an Interview saying he fiad broken the backbom of the strike. Now, X conalder that call of General Mile as vulgarly out of Place. He had no more right to con sult with the General Manager asso ciation than he had to consult with our union. I might say, too, .t teem strange that all our letters and tele grams were made public property, while not a line of the railroads' cor respondence waa published. If It had been I think we could prove the gen eral managers at the secret meeting declared they would statip the Amer ican Hallway union out of existence. In reply to a question, Deb ald tne union had taken every possible meant to prevent riot and disorder. "We Objected to the presence of federal troops, and not tate troop ana po- HI PACIFIC RAILWAY! The Scenic Tourist Route To MONTRRAL. TORONTO, OTTAWA. ... QUEBHC, HALIFAX, I'OItTLAND, MR, BOSTON, NKW YORK, CHICAGO, 8T. PAUL, OMAHA,- KANSAS CITY, And all Point East and Bouthet. Finest Dining and Sleeping Car Route In the world. Lowest lute to all point of the United State and Canada. Steamship Ticket to and from all Wrts of the world. Passenger are given the choice of 'he following route to a connection with the Canadian Pacific line: 1 All rail through via Tacoma, Beat He and Whatcom. 2 Rail to Tacoma, steamer to Beat- and all rail thence. '-Rail to Tacoma, steamer to Van ( couver (via Victoria), thence all rail. Only Line Operating Elegant, Up holstered TourlHt Car for second clans Passenger. Canadlan Pacific Railway Company' Royal Mall Steamship Line to Japan China, the Short Route to the 0rient, sail about monthly from Van over, B. C for Aslatlo point. Also rtoyal Mall Steamship Line to , Honolulu and Australia, galling month ly. por further particular call upon or "dress: J, L. MITCHELL, ' Tlket and Pasngr Agent, Salem, Or OmCB IN HOLMAN BLOCK. OBO. M'C I BROWN, i;' Durtrtot Pas. Aft. VnoouTr ItfL-15J rmw'lW rlarhtly. no erlou .""1 ccurr until th feneral arnvw, aa their invaenco In flamed th men." ' " Th wltnea toW nf the trouble with tne railroad brother .... M-htHHl hav outlived their useful- iq. "and for that renaon 1 ten tn nremen'a nmniMii.,. i. wra Jealous of the a. It U. There I movement on htt to form a united and mnd railroad organUatbm, within rw day a pmptwltlon will be submitted to nihe n.n..i laatlun. whereby th otnclal of the A, R, U, and nlhne imlnn. .k.ii u lgn with no poaaiblllty of election to .1 ' . 1 Principal cauae of th trlke .n oein; witeved, an r,nlAtlon Will be effeetMl it thu i..ih will consent, which shall Include all ptnpioye, Th atrlk rnmnl..li,.u i. .. ... fled t)tHrie M. Pullman to appear and my ana win also call for several memner or the Otmnra Mnn.e. tHlaltn, ANOTHER CLOSK BOWB. New Rtxthtrd. Mass.. Auv o -r.i- mornina tuwru lives limnuueui..,! . eral Strike.. nii,l nHelu 11 mui .u i .i.. Th machinery of but five out of iwenty-seven mill In the city 1 In mutton, and It 1 thought ihose mill will eoon be abut down with the olh e The manufacturer httve little or nothlittr to ay. but the notice of a re-au.-tlolt ugainut whUh the holo rtiol are still (H.tel. Hecretary llts, of the npiiincr- union, stated thl morning that the lliemher of hi union hav lined up fur a long struggle, and It Is cunmiftttiy expevled li will U of alx months' duration. Tee sulk promote to , the iiioMt lmsrlant which has ever occurred In tne textile Industry In MMacliuscliN. The manufacturer must fight per fectly organised union, some of w hich are fairly wealthy. Notable In thl particular I the spinner' union, which ha a fund In it treasury aggregating at let ia.oi)0. The spinner have voted, however, not to touch any of thl money for a month. Until ytwter day It waa hoped th trlke would be wverted. ARB NEAR STARVATION. Chicago. Aug. 20. (luvernnr Altgeld went to Pullman today to Investigate the condition of the striker. HI visit wa the rw.ult of a communication stating l.soo families are near starva tion. Vic President Wiekca. of th Pull man company, called on Governor Alt geld and offered to accompany him to Pullman. "1 prefer to go alone." said the governor. "I think 1 can find my way about town," FIVE MEN SIONTKNCIU). I Angelea, Aug. SO.' Judge Hum. In the Vnt'eJ Stat.- circuit court to day, enitK'ed five men Aa th county Jj.il for violating .the omnibus Injunc tion during the late strike. Pour men got eight ninths eU'h, and ani:her m.u sentence! o ten months, LOOKS LIKE A FARCE. aacr4twn(K Aug. 20. -The case of E. Hayler and other here, ctutrged with grand larceny In stealing a train at Durmmulr, be4ng armed atriker, were dlambwod tn the poUc court tottay on motion of tne district attor ney, and they wvre fined S& each on another complaint, for evading the payment of railroad fare. A they were leaving the building, however, they we.' arretted by a di-puty Utat exl Hi a i c4 marshal on a charge of In terfering with th United Htate malls and ln'.elte ctmm?rce. Thej' all gave ball In tM each. BOTTOM ALL BIGHT. THK VKilLANT WAS SOT INJURED AS HEI'OHTEI). i Her Daniftfire Wag Only Sllifbt to Cen ter Ihwrtl and Chalii Natanit Won VeHtertlay. SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 2fl.-Th Vig ilant wa examined thl morning by a At, wh Fntw.rtml hee hiittnm not In jured by contact with the rink In rounding the Needle. The diver rounu the centerbourd of the American boat not lost but useless by being wedged In the trunk. The board Is about half way down, and so tightly held It can nMther be lowered nor raised. In ad dition to this, the chain controlling tin1 board Is broken. The Vigilant sus- I ,,hie ilnmiiirn in huvlns: about four feet of rail on the starboard quarter carried away by contact wiin ii,. uoiuiiMii i.nrk helow Hvihe on Sat urday. The steamer Pelican towed the Vigilant to the Inner dock here at noon today, and the diver will re-ex- imlne her with a view or ueiermining h.ii,.. ah. ahnll be nlaced In the dry-dock. Hallmaker Wilson will snll for New York Wednesday, August hm. In an Interview published thl morn ng, tJeorge Oould denied the report ,ko viiriiunt would be withdrawn iTom her engagements. Oould Is going to France, but Howard uouia win sun the Vlgllimt In his absence. The que Mm. of th Vlffllant' contesting for the Cape May cup I not yet decided. twt.mr.ntit. Auir. 20. The Batanlta . .h. TMiannii indHV for tbi Albert Men. .iiw ' - ..... cup In the regatta of the Royal Albert club. The course wa about 48 mile. The Albert cup wa won lust year by the Batanlta defeatfng the Navahoe, Britannia and Calunna, MAD ANTHONY WAYNE. HI Victory Celebrated by the People - .. . , ... v - XT i . i V. n4t Of UnJO in i-liUK3 nuilliram . . ' . .. . ..M on iwarf f.nnf) Toledo, unio, people assembled today on the baittle- field 01 i'OJien 4wi""i " - -- mee river, twelve mile above the city, . . ..... ...- .wrv nt Wavne' to com, victory n-,re on uur" ' : : defeated Wynndotte, OWawa and the . . ,. i,l,r thn nower Delaware muiaos, v - of their confederacy and securing peace to xne nirniw-" ORDERING GUNS. The Japanese Goveniment Order Large tri. An ir 20. The Japanese government 'has ordered, It I fwM, : " and ammunition 100,000 Bianus ui from a firm In thl city. ASYLUM FIRE. tin rPnAnv thfl ln- aZll building at the Insane aaylurn boiwin the weKiy w"' " Son, There wa great confusion SUaW moments, but the women l0T -,i e-nwtvel aMy. The building yyci w - . 1 serlouily damaged. FRENCH TOWN BURNING. "Trmrn n miins wet Nice. AUg. 2U. "B"v" . of S; cttj. rented destruotlon by fire. Th Hre dop art ment of Nice has VJt ported eeveral live. JJ Cagno haa a population of 2,000. AD MENS FATE A Horrible Death for . Two of Them. The Brakeman's Head Cut Clear off. A Krvlartit Tralu Strike Cow ami h Dltrlie) with Fatal KmiiIU uear Seattle, SEATTLE, Aug. JO.-A freight train on th Seattle, Lake Shore 4k Katern railroad, consisting of ten car loaded with coal, log and shingles, wa wrecked near Latoim about & o'clock thl afternoon by striking a cow, and two of th crew wer killed nntl teirt bly mutilated. Th train waa coming towards the city at good speed, when It t'trilck th cow and the engine was thrown In th ditch. The tender rail Hxulnst It and smashed one-half of the cab. crush ing In on side of Fireman Tlioinu J. tiluck' head, breaking on of hi leg and mutilating hi body, death result Ing Imttuntly, llrukcnmu lYiink Par rot, who wa also In the cab, bud hi head cut clean off a If with a gulllo- tlne, the back of It crushed and the hrad thrown several feet from the body, tloth men' bodies were nlmt badly scalded, Engineer Ralph -tHirne and a com I heaver, nume un known, were In the other side of the cab and escaped unhurt, but Ihe coal heever ha not since been seen, The tender, after smashing the cab, ran some distance to one side, It truck landing In one place and the body of it In another, and the caM fere all plied up promiscuously In the ditch and bndty damaged. Th It will h from ll.fwo to IJ.otm, ACCIDENT AT ASTORIA. Astoria, Or.. Aug. W. John Cniiipo, a half-breed Indian, ehot and killed Peter Muttson, a rancher, at Seaside last night at I o'clock. Campo wa Intoxicated at the time and a knife had Just been taken from him by ft. L Kberman. a? wtloon-keeper. Camiw, enraged at being disarmed, secured a ride and hunted up Ebermen. II fired through the door of the saloon, the hull passing through Mattson's neck, killing him Instantly. Constable Stan ley brought the murdered to thl city tils morning. Mat (sou wa one of the pioneer rancher of Clatsop plain. KEPT THERE INDEFINITELY. No Action Ye In the Case of the Ran Salvadorean Refuge. San Francisco, Aug. 20. If hi requl- it Ion paper or warrant for the ar ret: of General Antonio Kxcta and the three other refugw from San Salva dor were dlsjaitehed from Washington on the lllh taint., a the authorltle there have led the public to believe, It i con.tvded tl.i.t ill doeumonts must have oeen In San Franeiteo at lent two day. Notwithstanding this fact, however, the guntioat Pennington, on whk'h iho refugee are prisoner. Is still cruising off shore, and there Is every Indication itat she 1 lo be kept at sea Indefinitely, THE REFUGEES. San FrMa-lsco, Aug. 20. The tug Son King went out to the gunboat Ronnlngton ahortJy after noon today. She oiu-ried a gcut quantity of pro vision, and It wa surmised from this that the Bennington will continue to remain oulnlde for om'tlme. Lieu tenant fttonery, who went out In the Sea King, positively stated truut he ttwk no warrants, end he expressed the belief that none have left Wasli- InfrtoM t;nltetl Htttt Dlslrlct At torney Oanter ftave the same opinion I his morning. LATER. Sun Francisco, Aug. , 20, Warrant for the arret! of Electa arrived tottay and wer turned over to Consul Cal dron. He refused to say whiut action would be taken, NO EMETIC NEEDED. This Will Make an Honest American Vomit Without Effort. London, Aug. 20. The engngement Is announced of Miss Florence Pullman, daughter of O. M. Pullman, to the Prince of Isenberg-Dlrsteln, oldest on f Prince Charle of Isenberg-Illrateln and Arch Iuches Marie Ix'ulse of Austria, and a cousin of the Emperor of Austria. Miss Pullman's father only consented to hi daughter' engage ment on condition that her children should posse the full right of suc cession to the title dignities and her editary privilege of thj bouse of Isenberg-Hlrsteln. According to Aus trian law, however, the magnate of the house of Isenberg-Rlrsteln muMt by a formal document recognize the eiiunllty of Mr. Pullmnn's grandchil dren Ith their own descendant. If Mir Pullman could obtain the title of Princes from some foreign court, this dllllculty would be-overcome. WAR AND NAVY CHANGES. Washington. A UK. 20, The president today sent to the senate the following nomination: War department MiiJ. Jus. H. Bradford, eleventh Infantry, to e lieutenant colincl, Ctii. G. W. Da Is J4tr Infantry, to be major; Flrnt .leutenftiit Frank F. Enirtman, 14th Infantry, t be captain. First Lieuten ant Mitchell of the 13th Infantry, to lie captain; Second Lieutenant Ja. Dean, 2d Infantry, to be first lleuten- .t. Second Lleuteniant U. G. McAn- der, 25th Infantry, to be first llouten ant; Cho. B. Stivers, formerly cap- in of the seventh Infantry, to be captain. Navy department To e oasisiant paymaster, Oeo. Guy Rodger, of Missouri; Martin McMahon Ramsay, Distrlot Columbia, and Jos. Johnson, Health, Tenn. To be awlstant engineers John Twiggs Myers, Virginia; Ed. S. Kel log of Now York, and D. VanAllen of TeuncHflee. DIVIDEND DECLARED. Waahjlrortont Aug. comp troller of ithe currency haa declared dlvldonkl in favor of creditors of tn Holvenit bank a follows: Fifteen per cent of the Oalurrobta bank, New What com, Waah.; and 10 per cent of the Linn county bank, Albany, Or. MISSOURI INCREASING. Monett, Mo., Aug 20.-Mr. R. G. Morgan, of thl city, thl morning gave birth to four children, three girl and a boy, the combined weight of which 1 16 pounds. The mother, who la a small woman, la doing well. A LAKHS KMPTIRD. t aMsaMa A Mumiiier Resort Left High and Dry, Memphis, Tenn., Aug. II. Horn lake, a long chain of water tw.Mity miles muth of Memphis, today broke through li bank and, stiirtwl with a tremen dous rush toward the Mlwtlnslppl river, a mile distant, carrying evmythlng be fore It, The Mississippi river ha tablUhed a wide reputation for mark ing out new channel for Itself In th moat erratlo fashion, but thl I th first time on record It ha ever Induced unoiher body of water to follow It xmni'le, Many year go the river flowed through th territory now being Ktivered by the water of th lake, but It wore a new channel for Itself and th old bed formotl Into a chain of lake five mile long and from on to two mile wide. Last spring, when th river roe to an unusual height, It overflowed It bank and spread Into Horn lake, filling It to th utmost of It rapacity. During the protracted drouth of thl ummer, the river ank to almost It lowest gauge, standing now 1 font ft Inche from extreme low water mark. On Saturday a mall stream started to trick)) from th take to th river, and th stream grad ually wore out a wide breach, until thl morning, when th Ink broke out In a solid body, sweeping everything before It. Matured Mil of cotton wr destroy d, bridge, fen 3 mi and cabin washed away, liy morning the lake will be dry, and when the river rise again the water will flow back through th sumo channel and possi bly carry the current of the rh'er back with It to It obi course, which la more direct Hum the course now followed by Ihe river. Horn luk has for year been imt il fur It fish, and the town of Uikevlew link grown upon It bank, principally by the patronage of spuria- men, who have frequented the place from hundred of mile around. Thl town I left high and dry. STILL KEPT AT SKA. Th Ou n host Bennington Remain Out. side the Three-mile Limit. San Francisco, Aug, 21. Th gunboat llcnulngloii, with General ExtHa and ihe San Salvadorean jjefugee on board, I still kept at ea beyond the three mile limit. It I now positively known that warrnt for th arrest of the refugee have been In thl city since last week and that th paper ar now in the hand of th local attorney who are repreentlng th government of San Salvador. It I generally be lieved that the refugee will be landed it morrow. THE UNION PACIFIC'S EARNING The Receiver Have Issued a Report Concerning Them, Boston, Aug. 21. Th receiver have Issued their report on th earning of the Union Paclflo nd It connecting limn for the month of June, It how the earning of the Union Pacific for June to have been H.lHK.ooo and expen ditures JNM.ooo. the Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern earned t.17S.0O0. and expended $330,000, the Oregon Rail way V Navigation system line earned W.ooo, and extended f.'OJ.ooo. The to tal earning of the connecting lines were 1x73,000, tola expenditures 1951,000. GRADING HAS BEGUN. Olympla. Auguwt 21. Th work of grading the ground for Washington's million dollar oejilM wa commenced today. GOV. ALTGELD TALKS ABOUT WHAT CA.V BR DONE FOR THE POOR OK I'ULLMAN. Hp May Issue a Proclamation Hcttlnfr Forth Their Pitiable Condition -Other Strike New. CHICAGO, Aug. 21, "I rn do little mylf." ald Governor Altgeld today, "and If anything considerable were lo be done, tho money wiwild have to come out of the government's finan cial reaor). I might convene the leg islature for the purpose of making an appropriation, or I might make an ap peal to the people of the state. I think we have gone to the bottom of thing now ami can proceed Intelli gently and It remain to bo seen what can be d.me." The govirnor used the frregolng at Ihe chwe of the meeting respewrtng the Pullman strike Issue. At the In vitation of tho governor, the commit tee met at his ollice to give Informa tion regarding the atriker. He wa told that 8.4:16 fumlRoe hod been helped, "t do not kpmv Juat what method X shell take to aid 'these mtn," said the governor, "but aome- thing mut bo done, I have written George M. FuHnum.' It J probable the governor will Issue a proolumuitlon "tMng forth the pitlnble condition of the striker and calling for aid. HARD TIMES RESULTS. Omaha, Aug. 21. The Nebramko. rail roads are reducing thdr force. Thl Is partially due to the drought. A Burlington olllcliU today In speaking of the dlsnhnrge of employe now go ing on said: "I believe It would lie a conservative estimate to say that 1,200 men on the Burlington syatem have boon dlnchargel elm June. Where ever ponalble, the force are being reduc.nl, It 1 Impossible to say lust where thl wholesale decapitation will eml." it (a pretty generally thought the Union Pacific will also make an other reduction In force ad eo lories may be cut, AN J MM EN, SB 3KIDGE. To Give Long Iln ntloM nn Entrance Into New York Cliy. New York, Aug. 21. Ground was broken today at tha New York end of the new Blackwell's Island bridge, whtoh la to furnish thu Long Island railroad an entrance Into New York City. There wa no ceremony, Tho bridge will have a capacity of four ray road tracks, If need be, besides a roadway and foot walks on elti. . aide, The spans over both canal of the river will oach be 8!5 feet. The span on the Wand will be (135 feet between center of plera, The distance be tween the centurs of the two extreme piers will be 2,85B feet, RAILROAD PROPERTY BURNED. The Big Fcur Freight Office and other Valuable Building and Contents, Cincinnati, Aug. 21.-The "Big Four" freight office and adjoining 'buildings were burned today, causing a Ions of about 1600,000. Cart. Romua, Lieut. Oavanaugh and Fireman ,; Brownlee were badly hurt by falling timbers. The goveu-niment bonded warehouses adjoining ithe depot were burned with their valuable contents, Many cam, Itialudlng the Pullman and Wagner coaches, were burned In adjacent buildings. The Now Tariff Bill Full of Them. Serious Embarrassments Expected. Secretary CarlUle Advance No Oplii' ion Upon tint M Intake but May Later On. WASHINGTON, Aug. H.-AtWHloniU error In tit punctuation In the new tariff bill, are constantly batnar dhv covered by the treasury official. To day an Important mistake waafound In .section Ave of the free list Thl wUon provide that article of for eign martufaolur must be atamped with th nam of the origin and then ay: "And until no marked, etmtnped, branded, labtld, they shall not be delivered to the Importer, should any amiMe of Imported men4iamlle be marked, in.mHd, etc,, In excess of ajnnulty vxtuniy coiMicd Itx uch arilclu," It la aasumed llmr ahould have been a period established fee tween the word "Importer" and "should," but a there 1 none, th paragraph, aa It stands, I unlntolll glble, .toti tnuy lead to erlou em barrassment In It execution. Up to this, Mr. Carlisle has not advanced any opinion of the attorney-general uHin mistake In the bill and be will, probably not do o until after the bill become a law, The secretary, how ever, ha --xpriweed hi opinion that all good now in bond, which have been change! for dutiable, to free list, wilt ba aubjec to th duty In fore when Imported and then rdmported and ttiu mttve the beneflta of the free lint, ThtH wa not the Intention of congri-s early In the preparation of th bill Thl question waa raised, but the word "or withdrawn for con sumption," which appear In the enact ing clause, were then changed to clear ly Indicate that good In bond could be withdrawn at new rate. But the true tttgiiiiWnce of the word "and mentioned In schedule herein con tained" which follow, do not etn to have be'n fully undifoid, SPEED THE ENACTMENT. Washington, Aug. Si. A Mtrong re port favoring the rigid exclusion and deportation of alien anarchist ha been made by the committee on Judic iary. The report ay; Igllatlon on thl subject Is called for by every con sideration of public safety. The com mittee advisee that owing to the se vere legislation recently adopted by France and Italy a great many dan- gcrou anarchist are making their way to the United Stale and aa, un der existing law they cannot be de nied admission to our territory, the United Slate will onn be the ren- dexvou of the human monster un- le the proposed legislation 1 peed lly adopted. MEXICO COMES TO TIME. Washington, Aug, 21. A celebrated case which ha occupied a good part of the attention of the state department for year and ha also figured In con gress several years, ha Juat come to a successful termination and the Mex ican government ha placed with the state department to the credit of Mra. Leon McLcod Baldwin, the mm of 120,000 a an Indemnity for the assas sination of her husband, Mr. Baldwin was superintendent of the Valencia mines. In August, 1K87 he waa shot and killed by two desperadoes. The Mexican government renounced respon sibility for the assassination and It has tuken seven years to determine otherwise. CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATS. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 21. The demo-jratlo state convention which met thl afternoon elected R. F. Delvalle, of Lo Angele, chairman, He Is strongly anU-rallrood and so expressed himself In the apcoch accepting the chairmanship. After appointing tho urnta! commit tee ihe convention adjourned until ttnnorrow. Tonight the Interest center In the content for the gubernatlonal nomina tion and "he nomination of three can did."." for the railroad commlaslon and candidate for election to the atate board jf equalisation. The conteat between the faction known aa the railroad" and "atiU-rcllroad" I main ly ovir th naming of candidate for these two Important slate board. For governor the leading candidate to night are Ex-Congrosnman J. II. Budd of Stockton an4 "Harney" V. Mur phy of San Joee. The name of Con gressman Mogul .-e la also prominently mentioned, but he 1 making no fight for tho lomil nation. Tonight, how ever, It can 'be said that no one has the battle. Thl 1 due to the fact th'nt the pnuotloal slate making poli tician are handicapped, none of the reputed bosse having sufficient strength to wield the whip. The convention ho 681 delegate;. Reeoilutilona have been drawn up holding the Cleveland adwlnlstraitlon and con d em nl nig the Unitett States senator who succeeded In defeating the purpyiea of the Wilson bill a to sugar, Iron and coal. Resolution have been drafted openly condennnlng Senator Gorman, Smith and Brice, ENGLISH RENOMINATED. San Francisco, Aug. 21. The dele gate of the third congressional dis trict this afternoon renominated Con gressman Warren D. Engliah. A USELESS BUREAU. Washington, Aug, 21. A formal re quest to abolish the Afro-American bureau of organization of the demo cratic committee Is made in a commu nication to Senator Faulkner, chair man of the committee by H. C. C. Ast wood, chairman of the negro demo cratic league. Chairman Astwood In urging Immediate action, soy there Is nothing to be accomplished by the bu reau; recounts Its assessment letters now under Investigation by the civil service commission, and characterizes Its method aB Improper. He state that the work of the league cover all the needs of the colored voters of the country', Senator Faulkner, chairman of the democratic ' congressional campaign committee, Bald that very Rood and sufficient reason muBt be produced be fore the bureau would be abolished, but that It had no power to collect contribution. , ; , CAMPAIGN OPENED. v Santa Rosa, Cat., Aug. 21. The po litical campaign wa opened here this evening by M. M. Estee, the republican candidate for governor, i WASHINGTON CONVENTION, Tacoma, Washington, August 21. Th democratic state central com mlttee met her today and Issued a call for th stitt convention at North Yakima, Sept, 26th, th apportionment being fixed at two at large for each county and one for every 100 voters or major fraction cast for th presiden tial elector, This will give the con vention 367 delegate. A special to th Ledger from Ocost say the remainder of the crew of th U. 8, coast survey steamer McArthur hav been patrolling the beach since Saturday for fourteen mile but no trace of th bodies of Capt. Crosby or any of th four men drowned In the surf Friday night can be found. Th McArthur Is now at Ooosta dock, BHOT HIS BROTHER. A Srlou Wound Inflicted Th Shoot er Arrtd. Ran Franclaco, Aug. 21. Oeorg J. Moor, on of Dr. CJeorge A. M jcre, president of the Paclflo Mutual Inur anc Co., wa shot y hi bjjther Har ry today, The two brother wer leav ing th office where they are employed, when the e!tot1ng occurred. Hurry Moore said Oeorg" had threatened 1.1 father and he had told Mm If he truck hi father h would inoot him. Georg then struck at HI brother and the latter fired on shot whloh Uk effect In the hip, Inflicting a letioua but not dang-troua wound. The ahooter, who I 24 year old, wa arrottted. WHEAT" STEADY HOPS DULL. ' San Fmwlnto, Aug. 21. Wheat, shipping S!4 to S 3-4; mllMng 92V, to Llverpout. Wheat ateaid; demand fair; No. I red wl inter, 4 tin t spring, 4 Itil. New Yoik. Hops dull. NEW KNCMNE8 OF IVA.R. Wnshlngton. Aug. 21, Th comrtruc- Ron bur mu of the navy ha prepared plan for the tranformatlon of the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius Into a tor- jiedo boat. , THE OLD MAN AGIN IT, Ctriougo, Aug. 21.-Geo. M. Pullman today denied the report of the formal engngwwtrt nf hta daughter, Flor ence, to the Princ of laenberg-Blr- telu. BIGHT DROWNED. St. John, N. It., Aug. 21 During a yacht race today one of the boat swam tied end her crew of eight men wa drowmd. GOINO HACK TO WORK. Ttuxxard'a Bay, Aug. II. Preeldant Clmfcutd left for Washington this afternoon. HOP INTELLIGENCE. Next week picking begin In the big Holme yard near Salem. Over In Polk rountv hon nleklnr will be generally commenced on Sept. 10th, The new hop are looking well and everything promises a crop of splendid quality, which In quantity will b about en Bverag one. Picking will loon be In full blast. James F. Clark begins on hi early growth next week Tuesday, and picking will be general the following week. Otsego Republi can, 16th. Sir. Welaner, of Wisconsin, in the fall of 1867, planted the first hop yard In Oregon, and built th first dryer at Huena Vista, Polk county. The yard consisted of ten acres and wa planted on high prairie land and did not thrive well, and Mr. WeUmer removed the root and established a new yard near Harrtaburg, Linn county. In 1879, on the Willamette rive" bottom. George Leasur procured root from Mr. Wei- her and planted the second hop yard In the trtaita at Eugene City, In the spring of 1SG8, which yard la still In line cultivation and yielding hand somely. Within a fortnight hop-picking will become quite general throughout the Willamette vnlley, In some of the early yards picker will commence this week. The crop, though abundant, will not be a large aa wa expected. To form any definite Idea a to the price at thl early date would be next to Impossible. A loading hopraleer, who Uvea In the vicinity of Buttevtlle, to a Telegram reporter sold: "We shall have a large crop thia season, but the hot, dry weather has done much to lessen the general yield. There ha not been enough rain. Had the weather been more motet, we should have had a very heavy crop. The extreme dry, hot weather ha shortened the vine, and thu very ma terially decreased the yield. About price thl season? Well, that I a very hard question to answer. I shall not attempt to give the ruling quotations now, for It 1 too early. Very much will depend on circumstance. One thing 1 very clear to my mind, and that la: We shall not get high, or even good, prices for our hop this year, The hop louse hns not done much dam age to the crops In our section. There has been considerable spraying done. In my judgment, the yield will be fully up to what It was last season, owing to the Increosed acreage." LOCAL MARKET QUOTATIONS. Weekly Review of the Prices Paid at Oregon' Big City. Flour Portland and Salem, $2.55 per barrel. Oats Weak at 32c per bushel for white and 31c for gray. Barley Brewing Is worth 80 to 85c per cental, according to quality. Millstuffs Bran, 115, short, $16; chop feed, $15 to $17; middling, $23 to $28 per ton. , Hny Good, $10 to $12 per ton. Butters-Firm. Oregon fancy cream ery, 22Vfj to 25o per pound; fancy dairy, 20 to 22VjC . Cheese Oregon, 11V& to 12M0 per pound ; Swiss domestic, 16 to 18c. Potatoes New Oregon slow at 35 to EOc per sack. Poultry Old chickens are quoted at $3.50 to $4, and young $2 to $3, accor ding to size. Errs 10 to 12o per dozen. Vegetables Sweet potatoes, 2c per pound; Oregon cabbage, l'j to 2o per pound; string and wax beans, 1 to 2o per pound; cucumbers, 10 to 15o per dozen; corn 8 to 10c per dozen. Berries Blackberries, 4 to Bo . per pound. Fresh fruit Oregon eherriea, GO to 60o per box; Hood river apples, $1.25; Bart lott pear, $1 per box; apricots, $1.25 per 60-pound crate; Oregon peaches, 60' to 65c per box. Wool Valley, 8 to 10c, according to quality; Umpqua, ; 9 to 9Vjc; Eastern Oregon, 6 to 8!4c. Hops The market Is lifeless and It Is Impossible to give quotations. Hlghett of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S, Gov't Report wwty. I j u.r,,,. . q Special Correspondent on Timely Topics. The School Book Change Explained. No Necegulty for a Cuanfe of Text Book! Tola Year-Tie Tidal Wave. Portland, Aug. 2lt, The general topics of conversation Is the "tidal wave." By devoting considerable space to this fake the local paper have uc etieded In arousing much apprehension tn tha mind of the credulous and timid. The whole thing 1 bailed upon an alleged prophecy by Professor Falb, the renowned astronomer and scientist of Vienna He Is credited with holding the theory that earth quake are caused by planetary Influ ence acting upon the liquid matter of the earth' Interior much a they do upon the wter on It surface, and when the molten matter I drawn into a high tide at some point the result I an earthquake convulsion or a vol canic unheaval. There is at present a greater conjunction of planets all In a line and pulling one way than has occurred since the great flood that landed Noah's ark on' the summit of Ararat, and upon this fact Falb 1 aid to base hi direful prophecy. Be tween August 17th and 3oth there are to be earthquake shock pretty gen erally over the entire globe, resulting In great upheaval of new land in the ocean and linking of land already out of water, similar to the sinking of the great Atlantis beneath the Atlantic ocean. California I to become an Island and Florida Is to .be cut off from the mainland. Upheaval In the ocean are to cauie great tidal waves, one of which will go up Hudson river and swamp New York, while another sixty feet high will sweep along the Oregon coast and cause great destruc tion of life and property. All thl prophecy I credited to Professor Falb, though he probably never heard of it. Nevertheless the papers have worked up considerable anxiety among ' the dwellers at the coast, and tome timid one In Portland are also apprehen sive, little thinking that even were such a wave to come It would expend all of It force before penetrating so far Inland. Many have cut their visit to the beach short, not because of fear of the tidal wave, of course, but for multitude of more or less plausible reasons, while a still greater number who have remained at the beach will breathe much more easily after the first of September than they do now. August 27th Is said to be the critical day, The whole Incident Illustrate the power of tho local preas and the de pendence of the community upon it New York, where a thousand live would be lost to one here, Is not wor rying about It, because It papers pay no attention to it. The whole thing is a canard, and yet, because the proph ecy Is alleged to have been made by an eminent scientist and to be basel upon scientific data, It has attracted far more attention and credence than It would had It been the utterance of some religion prophet, like Lieutenant Totten, the late Mrs. Williams or even so respected a gentleman as Judge Bronaugh, The time for selecting the school text books for the next six years Is at hand . and considerable interest Is being taken In the matter, the general sentiment being hostile to any radical changes, because of the expense and the general sot-back eohoola always receive from a general change of books or system. It I certain that school superintendents who vote for a change will be severely criticised. Never since Oregon was a state has the payment of taxes been so difficult as at present,, and taxpayer are dis posed to let well enough alone In all particulars where a change would In volve expense. There I nothing the matter with our present series of books. Oregon made an unexcelled educational display at the World's fair, and thl should be sufficient evi dence that our text books are of the best. The American Book company has the contract at present, and criti cism of this company as a "monop oly" or "trust" and agitation for a change are made in the Interests of other publishing houses, no matter under what guise they come. But this fight between publishing house Is of little Interest to the taxpayer except a it might result in a change that would add to his expenses. He therefore makes a vigorous pro test against any change that is not palpably a great Improvement, and Invites publishers eager to unload their stock upon Oregon to look else where for a market. Having voted down the populist and his state publi cation Idea, and thus avoided following the expensive example of California, he wants the school book matter to be let as nearly alone as the welfare of the schools demands. A vote by the county superintendents to change more than one or two books would be looked upon generally aa not having been given In good faith and would evoke a storm of criticism. The amusement season will Soon The only Pure Cream of Tartar Powder. No Ammonia; No Alum. Used in Millions of Homes 40 Years the Standard n u vi vwuu open. Just now athletic hold tha field and will continue to do aa for month. Bicycle meet, field game and lawn tcnrl tournaments will be '" followed by football until th end of the year. The theater promise wIL . The Marquam will open Its season September Cth with Milton Boyle's . charming comedy "Friends." Among the many attraction booked then for . the season are Mr. and Mrs. Kendall, Alexander Balvlnl, Ward and James : and Madam Marie Tavary'a grand opera company, the first visit to Port land In four years. Cordray has en- ' tlrely remodeled hi house and wilt t open the first week in September with light opera. He has dropped the musee " feature and there Is talk of opening the Park with a strictly first-class ' specialty company. There promises to b amusement enough for these hard time. The free bridge queatlon is again re- -celvlng an airing. All the money au thorlxed by the legislature has bean spent and still the main buslneas por-' Hons of both Portland and East Port ' land are still without a free bridge and must go- north to Burnside or outh to Madison, or, else par toll on' the Morrison street bridge or the Stark treet ferry. The obvious course to pursue I to throw open the Morrlaon street bridge, but the proprietors want more for It than It cost originally. It was built eight years ago, la a wooden structure and will have to be rebuilt In a few years. There Is talk of buy Ing the ferry, alio of charging toll on the free bridge for wagon. Thl question will not be settled until the central part of town has as good facil ities as the ends If It takes another new bridge, The reduction of freight rates on grain, so much talked about, only amounts to 76 cents per ton at the moat and applies only to the region outh of Snake river. It has been fol lowed by a reduction of wages on the O. R. AY N. amounting to 16 per cent, upon all salaries up to $100 and Utf per cent, on all over that sum. This cut will probably be accepted without a strike, as it only meets the North ern Paclflo scale and strikes are Just now unpopular. This reduction is hot In contempt of Judge Caldwell's order, : made at Omaha, because the O. R. N. ha now a leparate receiver and Is In the Oregon and Washington juris- diction under Judge Bellinger. P. PB.V OCCIDENTAL JOTTINGS. News of the Northwest Gathered from . Various Sources. ' .- The confirmation of Robert Johnson a postmaster at Corvallla waa made In an executive session of the United 8tates senate on August 11th. The eleventh annual convention of Young Men's Christian associations of the Northwest will meet In Seattle oa the 30th Inst, and continue over Sun day, Sept 2d. . , , Two claims are being worked on the Bluo river side by McCauley and Mc Keon, which show up well In gold, and they are piling up quite a body of ' ore on the dump. The Monterey, which was stationed along the coast of California during the recent railroad strike troubles, la anchored in the Columbia at Astoria awaiting sealed orders. The Yamhill county fruit union has opened, headquarters In McMlnnvllle and will make an effort to educate the . fruit-raisers to pack fruit for market and find a market for it The Canadian Pacific has decided to receive flour shlnmenta. mi) nn thm next trip of the Empress of Japan to tne orient, at least 1,000 tons of Salem and Portland flour will be dispatched. Corn can be raised In Douglas coun ty sufficient for home , consumption. Let our farmers engage in Its produc tion, make their own meal, thus sav ing many dollars spent for a foreign commodity. Roseburg Plalndealer. Saturday in San Francisco bay the steamer Homer had Just arrived from Yaqulna. when she collided wit A the schooner James Townsend. The bow of the schooner caught the Homer on the starboard quarter, ; giving 'the steamer a glancing blow, but with suf ficient force to smash In some of her timbers above the water line, and car ry away about thirty feet of her rail. A young woman of Crab creek, Or., indulge in frequent freaks of som nambulism. ' One of her recent ex ploits ws as follows: She arose from her bed about S o'clock In the morning and was seen to approach Crab creek In her night robe. Upon reaching the stream the young woman waded In for a short distance as If feeling her way, and swam safely serosa Upon reach ing the opposite bank she awoke, half frightened to death, dripping wet and shivering from the cold, and made her way to the house of a neighbor, where she waa cared for and taken to her home. ' ' ' Tho Japanese consul at Portland, has Isaued a circular, In which he wisely cautions his countrymen against collision with 1 the Chinese. He also advises the Japanese In this country who belong to the army reserve to go back to Japan and report for military duty. This is advisory only, for there Is no way to compel their return. This call has probably been issued in all foreign countries where the Japanese are found In considerable nufhbers. Many of the Japanese In the United States belong to the army of reserve. . The present military law of Japan as signs all men over 20 years of age to the standing army for seven years, three years In active service and four In the reserve army. "