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No. ii.
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Another Ponderous
Homily on Tariff
The President Poses for
the People.
Re
Victory In Kutnw
ami Commit Himself
t'tterly.
WASHINGTON, Aug. J7.Prwild.mt
Cleveland oday nt th following
letter to Representative Catching of
Mississippi, who consented to It pub
lication n account or It public char
aotr and importance.
Kxecutlv Mrtlttlv.m Washington,
Hon. T. C Catching, my dear sir:
Since the conversation i hat) with you
and Mr Clark, of Awl-am, a Rw
day g. 'it legard to my union uiuu
th tariff bill mw hetn m. 1 have
Kivvrt the subject full and most serl
ou eonlderatlou. The ivsult In, I am
more ettld than ever In my dot-rml
nation t allow th bill to become a
lw without my lnur.
When th formulation of legtsla
ttnu, which It wa hoped would rm
body democratic Idea lit tariff re
form, w lately entered upon by o.
nM. nothing wa runner rrom my
anticipation tbtn a result which
could nt promptly and enthumaul
lly endow. It I therefore, with
the teellng of utmost disappointment
that I submit to a denial of Uila prtv
tit Cn. ' ' '
1 do nut claim to be bttter than lh
Dimur of my rty nor do I whh to
avuM any reapunKiblllty, which, tn
aix-ount uf thu im i( thl law, 1
ought to bvar a mmtw of il-rno-crmtle
or-nUatltn. nrlttwr will I prr-
mit myavlf Ui b i-pratl from my
party la auch an axtrnt a mlitht W
ImplM by my vvtn or tnrlfT Irnldla
tlun, which, lhouh aiAptMlntlitii, l
till chantrabla to demorratlc tAurta.
But thtr ar provlwtona In thla bill
which ar In Hit with humut tariff
refurm ami It contnina lncnnlstnria
and erui!Ul- which ouirht not to ai
pear In tnrtff law or law of any kind.
IKwiJr, thrr ar. a you wntll knew,
InctoVnta acrompanylnir the pawn g
of thla bill which mnJe vory alno r
rfurmfr happy, wttll other Inltu
tncea aurroundtd it In Ita latter aitxa
and Interfered with Ita final comti ac
tion. whlch ought not to b recognlxed
or located in democratic tariff reform
council.
And yet, notwtthatandlnf all Ita
vice and all the had treatment It re
ceived at th band of prclnnled
frlenda. it preaenta it vaat improva
ment to diluting cotidttliinif. It will
c-rtnlnly lilitrri m.iny tariff burdena
that now rent heavily uimn th peo
ple. It la hot only a barrier Knlnt
the return of bad prttectlon but It
furnluhe vantaire ttrouml from which
mut be waned further mgtttwlY op
eratlona atralitat protected motioj-ily
and governmental favontlam."
"I take my pluce with the rank and
Ilia of the detnocnitic party, who bo
He ve In tariff reform and who know
what It Ik. who refune to accept the,
reaulta embiMlled in thla bill aa a cloee
of the Urlff war; who r not blinded
ti the fact thHt the livery of demo
cratic turirC r-firm baa been atnbn
and wiirn In the IntereHt of republl'itn
protection, and ho have marked the
piaiea where tiie deadly blight of treti
an hat btaMtt'.l the council of the
brave, in their hour of might.
"Th truH nnd combHaih.ri, the
communlam if pelf, wh' jf tnnoJ Ir.a-
tlona have prevented u fmt:t reaching
the aucctaa we deaerv, abould not le
forgotten or forgiven. We ahull re
covr from our tonlnliment at thtlr
exhibition of power and. If then ihe
queatkm la forced upon' ua whelhei
they ahall aubmlt to. the free leglala
tlve will of the perl' repreaenta
tlvea, or bali dictate the lw which
he people rnuat obey, we will accept
and nettle that laaue mm one Involving
the Integrity and aafety of American
Inatltutlona.
"I love the principles of tru democ
racy because they are founded on pa
trlotlam and upon juatlce and Mr
neaa, toward all Intereala. I ani proud
of my party organization because It
la conHervatlvely aturdy and pcrnlat
ent In the enforcement of Ita princi
ple. Therefore, I do not deapalr of
the efforts made by the houae of r-p-reitentatlvea
to supplement the bill
. x
Ulcers Broke uut
SLUGGISH LIVER.
Cured by Using Dr.
Grant's Sarsaparilla.
n r.-.. t i-v. ii.oiiic nr. Grant
v. . .. . .. , . ..i irur-ted
oyieneriortiiewon.ien.1. " .
oron me by using hi garsaparilla ana
Crane Root. Uut summer I wb taken
ick with what the doctor, called!.
Kripp, I did not seem to get any better,
My liver woo in a horrible condition, as
I was conotantlv throwing up Me- My
legs commenced to nwell and in a short
time ulcers broke out all over them and
I suffered terribly. A traveling man
whom I knew advised me to try lr.
Grant's SarRaparlllu and Urape Boot, I
MA ..1 . . .i.!..on Imttle I
tu nu, anu aiier lasina , .
wo. completely cured, scare all healed
op and I felt like a new man. i b'gf'y
recommend Dr. Grant's Hariiapttrllla and
Grape Koot to all afflicted, ' 1
Yours truly,
UEUBEN WABSER,
Colfax, Wash.
Price SOcj 6 bottles $2.50.
modincatlon. a. wi "
amra.io hopea and lti(1plraton
I Pn.it bo mlittaken Ha to th
U'S!." of fT .rw -rhito na th
ii, TT "I nd aenalbU tar
iff riform. Th extent to which thla
w,uh , the legialatlon alw.dy
redmii"rttf 'noouraglug and
redeeming feature; but It la vexationa
tu mi) that white free cmUnd Z
or hv been denum, a Kdter to th
rTirlff f !h tr'tt,y dlcUeth
12 w1 6y,h m,hl mad
fWN by an annual surrender of only
bout aeven hundred thouaand dolUra
r untiecewtttry revenuo.
"I am aur ther la M. fWimhtitH t I.Ik
of umterwiilniatlng the Importune of
m raw material In tariff legtHliuion
nl t regarding them a only ruted
w wnceaaiona to b mad to our man
ufacturer. Th truth l. ih.ie in..
ent la an far reaching that If (Unre
garded, a romntat and bei rtlclnl
chemu of tariff n-Mrm cannot b uc
rfitiiy Inaugurated,
" n,,n ' Ktv to our iiiaiiur., h..
fre raw matcriala w- i,..h.ki.
American enterprlxe and inU.nl,itu
and thva wilt open th ., r,,.
sign nuuketa to the rweptlon of our
wwrea, ami give opptirtuulty for p.n
tinuu and remunerative mni. n,.m
or Amertcun labor.
' " J Ill
""1 ntaiel'taia cheuoi.n..,! l.v
irwi.MH oy inn Ur ff C'tmni... the ub
w uir product muHt be corrc iK)m J.
uigiy cne.in. neJ. Tin ruutwn. Justice
ana rairoee to th conaumee woold
unmana ttiat MHiiiufttctuwa b obllgvd
to auitmit to u. Ii rdjuatmiit nnd
monineatbm f W tariff up.m th4r
runuiuiett gu. a would stNSiir to
th poitpl th benefit of th required
Ht of their manufacture, and ahb-ld
in onumiirr g.Unt th cxiuilmi
of Imirdlnel profit.
it will thM b aoon that it ! fine
raw mtrlnU and th junl frl.
regulation and Mtluctton of the tariff
In mtxjt changed e edition, which cur -
rv to every humble bme in thu land,
n Meneirg of liu'renavd comArt and
meatier living.
'Millions of our countrymen who
bv fought bravely and well for tariff
reform ahould b exhorted to continue
the iruggt, yearly challenging to
oen wwifure, and ooruttantly guard
ing agtUtiM treAchery and half heart
liui In h.lr cJunn.
"Tariff Mform . will not b sealed
unlit It I honestly and fairly settled
"., . . , '
patient and hmg sufferliif neupl.
.oiir virjr iruiy,
MHV cn LW.U.UA.tu,
WAHIUNUTON WAIffl.
Olympla, Aug. IT.Oovernor Mc-
Omw has aptolnted A. t. Miller, of
Vancouver, superior Judge for the
rountle of Hkammiln, ('lark, and
Cowliti to succeed Judge Wlswitll, re-
eently drowned. Tb resignation of
Judge Iturke, of rVattle, as a nimtber
of th tat capltol commlnxlon was
accepttd by th governor today, and
Chas. K. Mundy, of Seattle, was ap
pointed his Kticcrioior. Hut Ire suy no
could not give th neveiwary time and
attention which the duties required. '
RUSHED BY A 100
ALBERT I'f.L'AKH KILLED NEAR
WUODBt'KX YKSTRBDAr.
An Awful tut liiMtniitHuiHiu Pea III
Too NmtdVu for
lU-lirf.
Hpecial to the Bt&lettmnn.
WtM)HUIt.V, Or., Aug. 27.-Albert
hmrj w-b acclditntully kllknl today.
1 wait helping to load aawlog on
Uoorg Haveiidtt's place, at Hen Dim-
mlck' s.iwmlll. Two logn had been
loaded upon th wagon and the third
was nearly In plac when the chain
gtiv way, letting in log rou duck
wn the skid to tin ground. No
in saw the log strike I'luard, but
when picked up thu log lay length win
aero hi breast. He was dead. He
must hav j been InaUntly killed. Kills
louna; ,.reee..v ,.,.. .... " "
. ... - .1 I . ... m
sna says an .ii'i.., m, Mm..., ,
no on st. w the bccldtmt.
TIIK NATIONAL OAMK.
HaKlmore,
Aug. 27. I'inltlmore,
IS;
Chlcugo, 3,
phllndflptila, Cincinnati, 19; Phila
delphia, 9. Second game Cincinnati,
9; I'lilliKlilphU, 5.
IiAluilA IADI,y HKHKT.
New York, Aug, 27. -A special to
the World from Caracas says: "Troops
lire being sent ah tig the entire const.
Order have been given to ih.xit Kar
ri If h I caught In the country."
ELMIRA.JORECON.
Do Yon Inow Woere It Ii ?
. MRS W "tT KAYSER,
Ufei Thara wd tell in tie Follow
ne Letter of tbe Wonderful Bwefit
Eaoeired from wing Dr. Grant1!
Medioinei.
Elnira. Orbook, April 0th, VM.
On. Taui. Obant, Proclint 0. W. R.
Mfg.Oo., Portland, Orcon.
Sir. I wish to exprwis tny henrtfelt
. thanks to you f;r the grest bynnflt I re
" celved froin using your mediuJiios. 1
have been a constant sufferer fur
Twelve Years
is&si
with aAVAriLI
different doctors, Hinl from
some of them I received temporary re
lief, but from none of them have I re
ceived the relief I have from using your
remediei. The
Congo Oil,
lineflcliil. as ft iiiHfiint-
ly re ievestuepain and quiet the nerves,
and after wine It 1 can go to iloop and
and after UHlnc
not awaken until '
rttteful for tli
wlf (f0 n 1 ,,a,i to
breHk of Uiiy. m
i mllnf obtained and
wil do all 1 can to encourage mm ei .
.1.. 1..
ffim,,H n.iv -
half k hum t TMw I)lHC0Vry for
women's diueiiHi. anil that is an miu
medicitie I Iihvc taken in
Six Months,
end I am in better health than I have
been for the past twelve yeHrH-we.h
more and can work wl.huut feelmg
though 1 sliould
Drop Dead
, . ,, !i (a ln to vntir mod-
every mlnaU ;,"' "',''fl(1Mn
" that all who are gflllcted l""d
know of the wonderful remilts iroin using
vour medicines.
iVCBF MRH.W.T.KAYSKR.
Sold KvKBrwtiEnis.
Congo OH, price 0o. nnd $1.00.
Dleoovery. price $1.00.
Native
! iiM'iiii.A i ii hi i ii 1 1 m n. 1 " iiiiii itniir, u niin..A i nil i
II WUUU1U I llilV I Iv.llliUI It Will
To Out-Pullman Pul
man, the Scheme.
New Plant but 01
Operatives.
ChkHgo OtplUtlitU lkihlml in Im
lupime Venture In I'uliMe
Cr Itullillnr.
HIAWATHA, Kan., JT.-A company
of x-mmbir of th Pullman com
Pny, backed by capttnllata, ha been
organlxeJ to build car and manufac
turing ht jm her. Drown county
clUxen hav taken liO.ooo In atoc
and Chicago capltallats ISW.OCO.
Lioula Meyer, ptldnt, and C.
AIIpii. awrtMarv. will be in Hluwili
on Tu.lnv in alt ih.ir.li.
l. O. Allen la tha InvMnlnr of the nnw
i paUc aleetdng car, for which Pullman
I offered ttlm M8.000. and a Now Yor
1 CtMiUmnv IK0.0OO and rovaitv. Th
. (.Himpany will be managed on the co
i wirtlv plan, eaeh workman 10 re-
' lv a ahar of the pwflta, though
th capital!! gr guaranteed alx per
cent on thir tnveatmvnt bffora th I'
borer cornea in for hi ahar.
Th new cuniiwny will bava con
nd of flv vatuabl pMenls and man
ufnotuie all kind of railway qu!p-
' nnt. Loula Mey, prvMidotit of th
. coioiMiiy, la th arohltect of th Inl
, ilt Pullman cart, and baa been In the
. mploy of that company sine It or-
iftila.tliMU Hgtit hundred x-m
Ployeea of that company will com
her and begin building fur th work
aa soon a th preliminary arrange
ments are mad.
FROM STIUKB TO MimDBR.
Patterso.n N. J., Aug. J7. August
Miller, a leader In th recent strike of
41k dyers here, w arrested lut night
ml ctmnnltted to th county Jail
"hnrt with tn murder of Max
! nhi.-ie a,,,!... iu,
rninl i lha nlirht of Mv ailth. The
t n.i.n... mun l.w.li mn .MK' nrt In
th mei'tlngs and procewdon of th
Mtrlkor. OhlcnchIcfr was suHpetl
of being in league with th boe
and rt-pocilng tih proceeding of ih
meeUnga to the president of the Jacob
We4dman Silk VycJng comiwny. H
i wa selected by his x'lte to col
' lot money for the atrtker. and on
on morning, after starting on his ml
Ion, his dead body was found near
th Erie railway. It Is believed that
bla death wa planned by th anarch
Jt, and Proserin or Oourley Is In o
eeslon of evidence to couple Miller
with th crime.
WANTS IiOLflTKMNO.
Bnn Franebieo, Aug. W. Jame P,
Witherow, owner of the rnglneerlng
work In Pittsburg, Is In Han rran
c'ihco, He Is planning (he esinhllnh
ment of steel works either at Vim
couvcr, It. C, or at some port In the
stat of Washington. Th plant lll
cost perhaps $3,000,0110, Mr. Wlthciow
mil.) If the works are started steel hit
b is will doubtless be furnished to Hun
Francisco and oth-.T point on the
coast at a much less rule than tit now
puld for material from the Knit, A
bonus must be given for the estnbllnh
ment of the works by some city, and
bonds to pay for construction will
then be Issued.
TO THE WATER'S K1XJR.
Hrldgeford, N. J., Aug. 17. A mys
terlou fir burned the aide-wheel
steamer Oeorge Law to the water's
etlge at th wharf this muring. A
deckliivnd and fireman, asleep on thu
b'iat at the time, lust all '.heir po
I so-shIoks and nearly lost their Uvea,
Tliey cannot aocouut fjr the llames,
. . . . . . .. .
on tho boat. The boat ran between
Iialllmore and Rochester lust sum
mer, and between Bridgeport and Phil
adelphia this summer. There Is some
Insurance on the vessel. Captain
Bmlth Godfrey and a son of the owner
were away at th time.
THE URAIN WORLD.
Bnn Francisco, Aug. 27. Wheut, 8'iH
to its 8-t; milling tlVi to tVj.
New York. Hops dull.
, Liverpool. Wheat, Arm; demand
poor; No. 3 red western wlntir, 4s 4d;
do spring 4s M,
NEAR
DEATH'S DOOR
PROM
I:
Dear Sirs: I can scarcely realize
was so near death's door, the result of a
bad attack of Inllammalion Of the kid
ney. My urine was bloody and terri
ble pains near the spine. I tried several
remedies, but got no relief.. When I
was sufforing terrlMy a copy of your
Medical Advisor was received by some
one In our household, After reading
part of It I sent for a bottle of Dr. Grant'i
Kidney and Liver Cure, and after five
doses I felt relieved. I continued taking
until I had taken three bottles, and woi
completely cured.
Gratefully yours, .
J. A. ALEXANDER, ;
773 Hoyt street, Portland, Oregon.
Price $1 per Bottle
Requlr Much Lnhor lo Put
llei; In tlood Mluipe,
Port Townsend, Wash., Aug. M.
Th steamer City of Topeka arrived
from Alaska toduy with hit news con
i toning th stranded stesmer Queen
Himduy evening at high tide, nfterth
QU 'cn had been relieved of th freight
In the forward hold, th anchor and
t int Ins taken ashore, and several hun
dred tuns of ton I discharged overboard,
she rtontid off and wa beached at
Alt rt hny, ten mile distant. A boul
der had penetrated her forward com
lisrtmcnt, knocking off a plat and ad
mitting a. larg volume of water, but
th dnmuge could not b ascertained
until th tide had fallen, which would
liuva been yesterday six hour after
th Topeka left. Captain Carroll toll
th passenger he wits unable to as
certain th extent of the Injury, and
that b might possibly patch up th
aperture and return to tho Victoria
(Irydork for rrpvilr. Two of the ex
eut'slonlsi decided to return and come
down on the Topeka and th other
stopped by th vessel and wilt con
Unite north on the next trip of the To.
peka. The clcer of th Topeka think
tho (Jueen more seriously damaged
than at llrst reported, and that It will
retpilr much labor and expense to
put Iter In ftrst-chta condition.
A. Inrdeux, of Duluth, one of the
Queen's passengers, who cam down
today, said that th shock of the ves
el going on tha rocks was scarcely
felt, and that few realised the nhtp
wa aground until next morning. Th
beach all along Cormorant island Is
sand except where th accident 00
curred, and that for fifty of sixty feet
I strewn with sharp Jagged rocks,
The passenger are encamped ashore,
enjoying the novelty of the excursion,
Th steamer Topeka bring mw
from Juneau that a florc battle oc
curred at Chlleat last week between
Indtura who had got drunk on wills
koy furnished by smugglers, and that
m Indlnn had been killed. A dep
uty collector of customs and pors left
Juticsu on the steamer Wrestler to
seise th lliuor, arrest the smugglers
and quiet the Indians. There are sev
eral whit settler living at the point
and fear are entertained for their
safety.
ORKUON FIR WANTED,
Immense liemaud for Lumber
In
thiuth Africa and Transvaal.
San Francisco, Aug, 28. Charles
Hunt, an old-tlm mining engineer of
tha Comstock range, who Is well
known here, has returned after 1
year's absence In th gold fluid of
South Africa. Referring to the needs
of th great Transvaal mining ills
trlct, he says: "Tber Is a demand for
American timber for the mines. The
timber they get are small, usually
only three ur four Inches through, and
are worth 15 cents a foot of length
meusur. They have to b put In the
mine pretty thick to support tlw
Weight. Oregon and Puget sound tlm
bee Is Just what I wanted there. It
can be taken to that country and old
for .'S a 1,000 feet at a profit, and
It now bring a high a I)."
MANGE OF OFFICERS
NEW COISKR OF TIIE SUNT AT
HAS FKANCISIU
An low CoiigTcsHloiml .Nomination
(Joes to the Kallnmd Men
Other Political Note.
BAN F1UNCIHCO, Aug. 2S.-A. T,
Bputts, who w recently appointed
coiner of the mint In this cKy, will
arum hi new duties next Haturday,
Judge Chitcle M. Otrhman, rotlrlng
Coltu-r, will cl .tho bun! mi of hi
epartment on Friday aftornoon. Judge
Utr'hmtiii wa appointed by President
Arthur and ha held ollloe continuous
for twelve year. During his ad
ni'iiirtriUion of the coinage depart'
mint of tho Man Francisco mint he
has colm-d ';73,Doo,ouo In gold and
W.tOti.OOO ;n silver, a total of WU.Oofi,.
000.
AN IOWA NOMINATION.
Ccdur Rapid. Iowa, Aug, !. W. P.
Dimlel, mayor of the city and grand
secretary of the order of railway con
ductors of North America, wa noml-
atwl for congress by th fifth dis
trict democratic convention this uf
tiiiK.on, NHliRASKA CONC1 RK8SMKN.
Omaha, Aug. 28. The populists of
the secind oiKigreasloiial district 110111
InattHl I). Ch-m Denver. Kx-Oovtrnor
Uoyd will be the choice of Uw demo-
rat of M-ls district.
MORTON FAVORABLY 1NCLINKD.
New York, Aug. 28. Aftor a confer
ence between Tho. C, Piatt and
I-evl P. Moo ton, Mr, Piatt ttd that
Mr. Morton would make a slaitsmeiit
ter in the wee. When oeked wheth
er Mr. Morton showed an Inclination
to become the standard bearer for his
party as a candidate for governor of
the utate, Piatt replied: "I think he
I favorably Inclined."
PRIMARIES IN CAROLINA.
Columbia, 8, C, Aug. 28. Returns
ftom all over the state Indicate that
only a two-thirds vote was polled In
the primary elections today, the antl-
Tlllmanltes generally refusing to vote.
Tillman carrlc every county with the
exception of Charleston, Richland and
Sumter, The election was generally
quiet.
FORKtT FIPKS.
Dululh, Minn., Ann. -Word was
rocelved today from HShtiliig that vory
extenalve foreat flros woe lrlvlivfr Into
the town logging and mniliix or. Tutors
ear here. Over 6,000 arrlvm! f nm one
place, their camp having been burned,
as well as more than 15,000 logs that
were ready to lie hauled to th river,
SECOND TRIAL FOR MURDtBR,
San FrcnwlHco, Aug. 28. The second
trial of Harry Thome for the murdor
of Frank Northey, in saloon In this
city In April, 1893, to now on. It is ex
pected the case will go to the Jury late
this afternoon, On the previous trial
the Jury stood eight for acqulta.1 and
four for manslaughter,
MURDER BY A DESPERADO,
Pleasant Hill, 111., Aug. 28. Jame
W. Unrnes, a local desperado, whlle-bc-Ing
tried before a Jury for disturbing
the peace, nti-ompled to escape. F. W.
Rdom, town clerk, Intercepted Barnes,
who turned upon him and plunged a
knife into lSdom's left breast, killing
him Instantly,
STEAMER STRANDED.
ProvWence, Aug, 28.-Thei Provi
dence line steamer Connecticut, fromi
New York, 1 aground off Field's point,
Providence river. She la being light
ered of her trelght, ,";,'. , ,
For Opening and Head-
inga Letter.
Other Denver Officers Are
Implicated.
The Governor Itcconic Greatly El
cite 1 iid Refuses to (Jive Dull
I Very Iiitllgimnt, , .
DENVKR, Aug. 28,-Warrants were
Issued today for th arrest of Oov.
Walt, on the seri
ous charg ol open
ing and reading a
letter aildrsd to
Mrs. Likens, for
merly matron at
plc headquar
ter. The wurrant
was Issued by U,
H. Commissioner
dale, who ilw Is
sued warrants for
tW the arrest of Pres.
Idetit Dennis Mul
litis of the police
t'oard, Chief of Police Hamilton Arm
strong, and Kate Dyer, matron at po
lite headquarter.
TIIE GOVERNOR EXCITED.
The charg I opening mall and also
for conspiracy under U, 8. stututes,
sees, tsiil and M40, th penalty for
which Is a fine of not ever Jio.ooo or
two years' Imprisonment, or both
Th complaint wa made iiy Mr,
Liken and Investigated by Postottlc
Inspector McMechen. Mr. McMtchen
laid the matter befor V. . Dlstrlv
Attorney Johnnon, who this afternoon
drew up a. for mul complaint agnlnt
the four person mentioned. This was
(resented to Commissioner Hinsdale
and h issued the warrants which
were placed In the hand of Marina)
Israel's assistant, Khortly afterwards
the warrants were served and elt the
patties named were arrested and taken
before Commissioner Hinsdale, Oov
Walt created quite a seen In the
notntnlsslnner' room. He wa highly
Indignant and when Deputy U. 8. DIs
trlct Attorney Rhodes stepped toward
htm with extended hand, the governor
met him with a cold tar.
Oov, Walt pleaded "not guilty,"
claiming h had nut opened the letter
but that It contents had been read to
htm. The hearing of the case asset
for Thursday and when It was sug
gested that th ball be fixed at IS.OOO,
th prisoner prang from his chair,
paced the floor and exclaimed: "I will
not give ball. I am the governor of
this aiat and these proceedings were
hud to Interfere with me In the d
ministration of my office, I shall not
give ball. You limy send me to Jntl
but I shall not give bull."
Finally the commlesloner accepted
the governor' iiersonnl recognisance
lo appear fur trial. In the mini of lu0,
DRUNK EINN 1388 PUNISHED.
Vaocouvjr, Wneh., Aug. 28. A court
martial ha bun calUx! Kept sih, to
try Cupt. W. P. Uoodwln, of company
O, 4th regiment IT. 8. A., ft conduct
unbecoming an otllcer and , gentle'
man, Uodw1n 1 charged with drunk-
tiiivex wMIe on duty t Spokane in
the recent rallnxtd strike.
REUNITING THE U. P.
Cheyenne, Aug. 28. A suit In equity
for the fiweclosur of the mortgage on
the Oregon Short Line ha been filed
In the United State court for th dls
trlct of Wyoming. Th amount of the
mortgage is H,M1,000.
Judg Riiier appointed for the Short
Lin the same receiver who are nwai
aging the Union Pacific. Hupphnnon
tsry proSHvlIng will be brought In
Idaho ana Utah In order to secure
like ordee from the court there. This
piaotlcally unites the Union Paolllc
system again.
CAUSE OF THE STRIKE,
CHICAGO, Aug. 28.-In the strike In
vestigation today. Vic President
Wickc of the Pull
man company said
that the world's fair
lit his opinion did
not do much partic
ular good. The
company spent $4,
500.000 In building
new cars for the
fair traffic and the
tratrie was not near
ly as liu-gi as whs
expected. He
thought that the
rnoMA u. Wicgts, tar WOrk had some
thing to do with the cause of the
strike. When the rush was over
prices got down to bed-rock and men
were cMssatUlled.
Mr. Wl'ckes said the amount of back
rent duo the company from strikers
was $100,000, No eviction had been
made and there hud been no orders
for eviction. Very little effort had
been made to collect the rent. He de
nied that tho Pullman employe were
compelled to rent the company s
dwelling. The witness was questioned
as to the salaries paid to oiflcers of
the company, but declined to answer.
Ho said the cost to the company of
building cars under contract at the
time of the strike was about 81,400,000,
The labor would cont about $240,000,
The contracts were taken on the basis
of a reduction of 20 per cent. Thus
under the old prices the labor would
have coHt ubout $340,000. Wlckes ad
mitted that on this basis the company
had reduced the receipts $63,000 and
the employes' wages $00,000. This, the
vice president suld, looked hardly
fair, but he thought It much better
thun to throw men entirely out of em
ployment. In answer to the chair
man, Wlckes said the cut in pay had
boen made to fit the depression In
business und In the low selling prices
of cars, and not to slop any encrouch
ment on the profits paid stockholders.
The surplus of $25,000,000 undivided
profits conslHted partly of Idle cars
whose value was constantly deteriorat
ing.' The cost of the cars was counted
in the surplus, so there was to some
extent a fiction in the figure of tho
surplus,
General Nelson A, Miles took the
stand after lunch. He denied flatly
the story that on his arrival herefrom
Washington he consulted iwlth I the
general managers, Asked If it wr
true that he declared that he had
broken the backbone of the strike, the
general said, what he had said was
that he had broken the backbone of
the opposition to federal troops.
DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS SICK,
Auckland, Aug, 27. Tawhiao the sec
ond, the Maori king, is. dead. His
death was due to Influenza,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2S,-Th few
senators at tha capltol todey refused
to ex pre an opinion for pubiu-atton
on th letter of Mr. Cleveland to Catch
Irgs. Th democratic senator said
they had nothing to sy but they
seemed to feci that R wa aimed at
them. RpubH't mild ther aeemed
to be no necem.lt y at present for them
to get into tli right In th rank
their oppomtit, and they would not
le quoted regarding It.
Member of the house are tvd
reticent a th aimator were. Rep re
setitstlve Hperry (dm. Con.) who 011
posed the Will! bill, i4d:
"I was In hope th president would
par his party th Infliction of Another
letter, Th tariff bill is distinctly
party measure nd according to th
president' letter to Mr. Wilson it I
permeated with perfidy and dishonor,
If that be correct dtotorlptlon of th
bill I do not on what ground th
domocrstlo party oan ask to b con'
tinned In power, It seem by this c
ond letter that the tariff fight must
ba continued. Thi position must be
disquieting to all th business I titer eats
of ih country. , Democrats thi fall
ar placed on th defenoiv by the
two ietter, first, In ditfetvdlng the
policy of perfidy and dishonor, and c
ond, by threatening all th buslnesw
Interests of th country with further
attempt at tariff leglslaJon, My opln
Ion of the bill Is that there's no perfidy
or dUhonor In the bill lt.uf or In the
motive of 4h sonator Imrtrunwmtoil
in it pasMOtf. It I more a mature
and equitable measure than th Wilson
bill, and will produce a revenue which
the Wilson bill profeaoedty would not,
and that I what a tariff bill la for,
It is to bi hoped that th president will
not writ ny more campaign docu
ment fur th republican party pending
the coining eloclion."
RtnirvsttntnUve Joiinnon, (Ohio), said
"Th eff'iot of hi failure to sign the
bill and the writing of this letter will
be to Intensify and continue the fight
against protcotton, not protection as
he put It, but democratic protection.1
Mr. Warper, dm. N. Y.): Th pres
ident's lot ter will meet with the un
qualified approval of all true friend
of revenue reform.
Mr, Maguire, (dem. Cal.): I con
aider th litter a very valuable con
trlbution to th democratic Uteratura
of the campaign, Wear It will remove
from the mind of the people the Im'
nresalon dt rived from the letter of
Mr. Wilson that th Urlff bUI
armmdod by the aenat was regarded
by him as vlolous and It enactment
perfidious and dlslionorable. HI pre
lit ltt"T cincJly points out hi ob
jection to tho meaiMur which fully
concede it merits a a great atp In
th direction of tru tariff reform and
as affording a new and excellent point
of vantage In the fight for democratic
principle.'
WILSON'S VIEWS.
Washington. Aug. 28,-Chalrman Wil
ion left oday for West Virginia to
be present nt th
congressional con
vention of hi dls
trlct tomorrow. His
renomlnatlon Is con
ceded without oppo
sltlon. Dr. Wilson
said today:
"The outlook for
genuine tariff re
ft.rm Is very bright
We have taken the
llrst step and that
Is always the hard
est, and ' having
vvS LVVnjOH
dono that much and done It perfectly
It will be easy to proceed to the full
realisation of tariff reform. The great
struggle ha been to secure a rccognl
Hon of th principle rather than the
perfection of the details. The details
must come by the Irresistible force of
circumstances now that the principle
Is obtained.
"What I .here In the assertion that
resumption of the tariff agitation
next winter will bring a recurrence of
business unreel?"
"That's wholly unwarranted," said
Mr. Wllron. "There need be no gen
erai put rescuing all industries, so
that legislation will not be such as to
uffect commercial affairs generally
rui'trr ratea will remain st.ible on a
very great majority of article, and It
will be upon comparatively few that
a presentation of details will be neces
sary In order that the tariff reform
placed on the statue books shall be a
consistent whole."
Mr. Wilson spoke In warm approval
if President Cleveland's letter to Mr.
Cutcblngs, saying It Is strong in the
expressions nnd sentiments set forth.
NEW JAPANESE MINISTKR.
Washington. Aug. 28.-The new Jap
anese minister, Mr. Shtnlchlr Kurlno,
was presented to the president today, ,
EFFECT ON THE SOUND. -
Tacoma, Aug. 28. Collector Saunders
who is he re from Port Townnend, says
'Yes, the new tariff reeluces the duty
on opium one half, but that will not
affect the smuggling except to In
crease it about one-half. Smugglers
will have to carry Jut twice the
amount to make -as much hen after
aa they have been making heretofore,
and they will do It. The new tariff
will not stimulate the importation of
coal from British Columbia."
' LOOK OUT, N1CS.
Washington, Aug. 28. The' state de
partment Is watching the develop
ment of the situation In Nicaragua
with Jealous eyes nnd a firm determi
nation that every American cltixen
who incurred the 111 will of the Nlc-
araguan government shall receive Jus
tice. , .
Today a cablegram was received
from U. S. Consul Braida at Orey
town, stating that the prisoner taken
by the Nlcaragunn troops at Blue
fields arrived at Greytown. Included
among them were two American cit
izens', Wilt Bonk and Lamp ton, and
Mr. Hatch, the British consular agent
at
Bluellelds,
While the Amerloans In Blurfields
are warned by our government to keep
out of the squabble between Clarence
and the Nlcaraguans, under penalties
of Nlcaragunn law, there' Is no dis
guising the fact that the arrest of the
Americans was made under ugly
ditlons,
PLEASANT JOURNEY, SIR.
Washington, Aug, 38, It is tho in
tention of President Cleveland to
leave for Ofay Gables early tomorrow
nlnmlng1, .
HEADING FOR OREGON,
Tho Habit of States Exchanging Crlm
Inula Needs Treatment.
Frankfort, Ky., Aug. 28. The govern
or today pardoned Mrs. A. Peples from
th penltentOiary, on (condition that
she will leave the state within three
days and not return again. Mrs.
Peples was sent UP from Louisville
three years ago to serve a sentence
of 13 years, Her crime wag man
slaughter, resulting from an abortion
performed by her upon Mary Wedle
kln, a young German girl 18 years old.
She has been an exemplary prisoner
since her confinement.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
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GREAT FI OF 1845
A Pioneer's Account of
the Big Blaze.
People Fled Before It to
the Ocean.
A Jifstnwa Chief Quotetl-Tbe First
Wliit8 lie Haw Came In a
"HI CaiM."
A trip through the Coast Rang
mountain reveal to th eye of th
traveler a vast expanse of dead tim
ber, whose tall charred trunks ar the
sepulchral statues of a once green and
luxuriant forest. The fire that devas
tated so much valuable timber on both
sides of the Willamette river occurred
In 1845. The summer of that year was
exceptionally dry. and the trees and
underbrush burned Ilka tinder.
While at Wood recently, says the
editor of th bherldan Sun, we met
Peter Belleque, a fisherman, whowaa
born on French prairie In 1836, of
French parent. Th writer found Mr.
Bollequ a ready racconteur of pioneer
events, who among other things threw
light upon the origin of the great for
est conflagration of IMS not hitherto
published.
In th fall of 1845, "Nigger John
on," a rook, who dterted from an
English man-of-war, at the mouth
of the Columbia a few year previous,
set fir to slashing on a ranch upon
which he had "squatted," near Cham
poeg In what I now Manon county.
Johnson succeeded in getting a good
burn on hi rlsshing, but unfortunate
ly for the forests, th fir spread in
all directions. On th east side of the
Willamette It sw.pt a path through
th valley a black as midnight
Reaching the mountain It mowed a
terrible swath through th Cascades
clear to thte summit. Crossing the
Willamette, It bluted out a path
through the valley to the Coast range.
the principal trail being confined, how
ever to th mountain ranges. A hot.
dry wind fanned It day and night.
and the whole valley was tilled with a
pall of smoke. So densj did the smoke
become that the settler were forced
to eat their midday meal by candle
light. Travel was largely discontin
ued, Navigation off the Oregon coast
became dangerous, and ships lay at
the mouth of the Columbia for weeks
waiting for the fearful clouj of smoke
leave. Many of the settler be
came apprehensive that the end of the
world was at hand. Streams flowed
red with lye and ashes, and many
water course of no small size became
itagnant pools, or dried up altogether.
Mr. Belleque, some years ago, Inter
viewed old Dick Harna, now on the
Slice reservation, about the fire In
Tillamook county. Harna wa chief
of the Nestucca. a small tribe of In
dians who lived along the coast at the
time. Harna, according to Belleque,
gave a.yvld description of the fire, as
witnessed by himself. He and a por
tion of hi tribe were encamped on the
Big Nestucca river about four mile
from the present site of the town of
Woods. For several days, according
to the Indl. rs, there had been a great
deal of smoke, Each day It grew
denser, and filled the Indians with no
little alarm. Finally, one night, the
Nestuccas were awakened by a bright
red glare In the Eastern sky which
grew more and more brilliant. By
sunrise, great flames were seen leaping
skyward from the summits of the hills
and the air was resonant with a roar
hundred time louder than the noise
if the surf on the ocean beach. Nearer
und nearer came the fierce sea of
flame. So rapidly did It approach that
the terrified Indians had no time to
remove their scanty belongings, but
hastily Jumping Into their dugouts,.
paddled down the river to the ocean
beach with all possible speed. Be
tween Mr. Malaney's ranch and the
ocean below Woods, the Nestucca
makes an angle and between the river
and the ocean' beach there Is, at Its
greatest width, a bare sand spit of
half a mile. Here, Harna and his
braves took refuge and subsisted upon
.1h for some weeks until a heavy rain
put out the fire.
All that remained of the vast forests
fir and spruce and larch were
blackened trunks that reared their
seared form heavenward as If In
mourning for their loss of verdure and
foliage. Paddling up the river to their
old haunts, gruesome sights met the
es of the Indians at every turn. Here
and there piled up in' groups were
hands of elk and deer charred crisp;
bear were found neatly barbecued;
and panthers, with their bodies still
the water, showed their ghastly
coked heads denuded of every hair,
nd sightless before death came.
Another band of Indians retreated
before the flames to Sand Lake be
tween Cape Klwnnda and Lookout
where they found a safe asylum until
the welcome rain came. Luckily,
there were no white settlers in Tilla
mook at that time. The fallen debris
previous to the fire was undoubtedly
the accumulation of a century. In
many places, young growths of fir are
springing up on the mountains, while
the water courses are fringed with a
dense growth of nltler. But it will
take another century to replace the wholly obaouring; the sun. and en
grand forests in the line of the great dangertng navigation.
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conflagration of IM. i
Harna, who I now an old and fbl
Indian, told Belleque that th flrt
whit man h ever saw cam la a
"big stick cano with wing" and, an
chored near Cap Klwanda. Whit tha
Indians were gaslng at the hug cano
out upon th then calm ocean, a email
boat filled with men dressed la buck
skin, cam ashore, and traded with
them, th Indians exchanging mien
skin and dried salmon a ther Pos
sessed for beads, hatchets, etc From
Harna's description of th ' "byas
tyee" and his companions. Belleque
believe that the whit man wag Jo
seph Flambols, a Hudson Bar man,
who traded with the Indians along tbe
coast from Fort Astor to California,
somewhere about 1839. Flambol wa
a good navigator, and visited many
of tha Inlet and bay of tha Oregon
Coast with hi staunch tittle schooner.
PRICES AT PORTLAND.
Th Regular Quotation for Produce la
tbe Big City.
Porthund, Aug. M. Wheat DJr
quoted Walla Walla wheat at 17 to
68 per cental, and valley at 7fHto
75 cent per cental. Th?. Is a fair
amount of wheat coming in, both from
the valley and east of th mountain.
Flour Standard brands are quoted
a follows: Portland, Batem and Day
ten, $2.55 per barret; Walla Walla,
$2.80.' " ' '. ''
Oats - Weak at 32c for white-and lie
for gray. ' -.".',
Barley Feed barley lot quoted at
70 to 72 '4c per cental as the extreme.
Brewing it worth Mo to- 85c per cen
tal, according to quality.
MUUrtuffs Bran, IIS; adiarts. tie; chop
feed, 1B to $17; middling, 123 to $21
per ton; chicken wheat, 65c to II per
cental.
Hay-Oood, 110 to til per too.
Butter Oregon fancy creamery, .22
to 25c per pound; fancy dairy,' SO to
22VJ per pound; fair to good, 15c to
17; common, 12c . ,
Chee Oregon, llc to 12V psr
pound; Swiss Imported, SOo to tie; do
mestic, 1 to 18c.
Onions New California, red.lo per
pound; yellow, 1& -
Potatoes New Oregon are slow at
85c to 60c per sack. .-,.. ., :'... .:.
Poultry Old chickens are quoted at
13.50 to ft; young, $2 to $3. according to
rise; others ar not. wanted. Young
ducks are quoted at 12 to $3, and young
geese, $4.50 to $5. These price ar
nominal. Turkeys sell at So o lOe per
pound. ' ". -.. ' -..
Eggs Quoted at 10c to 12c per doien.
Vegetables Tomatoes ars plentiful;
sweet potatoes, 1 J-4o per. pound,; Or
egon cabbage, lc to 2c; string and
wax beans, lc to 2e; cucumbers, 10c
to 15c per doxen; com, 8e to 10o per
ckxan; egg plant, 10c per pound; green
peppers, 6c per pound; garlic 60. "
Merlons Watermelons, California,
$2.25 to $2 50; Oregon, $1.25 to $1.75;
canteioupe, $1.50 per' doten; nutmegs,
$1.50 per crate. - , . ;
Fresh fruit Grapes are abundant
Nectarines, $1 per box; California ap
ple, $1.25 per 60-pound hot, 750 per
25-pound box; Hood river apples, IL25;
Bartlett pears, $1 per box; Oregon
peaches, E0o per box; California Craw
ford, 60c to 65c per box,
Wool Valley, 8c to 10c, according to
quality; TJmpqua, 9c to 9c; Eastern
Oregon, 6o to 8c. . , . . - .
Hop The market la lifeless and U
la impossible to give quotations.
ACROSS TUB POND.
The Crar Sick, the Dutch .Fight at
Lombok, Yacht Racing, Etc.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 28. The health
of the czar Is causing anxiety in 'Rus
sia. He is threatened with grave
kidney trouble. . , ,
Southampton, Aug. 28.r-Howard
Gould has telegraphed the secretary
of the Dartmouth regatta committea
informing him that tha Vigilant' will
compete in the race on Friday. The
Satanlta has also been : enters In the
race. . . . . . ..... .....
- Rotterdam, Aug. 28. The Nieu-Cour-ant
has received a dispatch from Bal-
uala, giving further details of th?
fighting on the Island of Lombok to
the effect that after a hard, fight th
Dutch were forced to retereat to
Ampana with a loss of 185 men miss
ing or killed. The loss Included thirty
officers. , - .'-. ;
SNOW IN CALIFORNIA
With Uw Mercury at 90 in th Valley
Below. ' '
Ontario, Cal., Aug. 28, Considerable
snow fell on the summit of , Baldy
mountain today,1 something aever
known to happen In August before.
At the time of the snow - storm the
thermometer stood above 90'4n- tlie
valley. , ' ,- , ..fc M; nJI
WHEAT AND HOP MARKET.
San Francisco, Aug. 28.' Wheat 85
to 87c. - :.- t
Liverpool.-Wheat steady ;; demand
moderate; No, 2 red' winter 4s' 4d; do
spring 4r 7d. .' .
Hops at London (Pacific coast) dull;
demand moderate; two pounds to three
pounds five shillings.
SMOKE ON THE SOJJNJD.
' Port Townsend, Aug. 28. Big forest
fires have been raging in jb. .Olymplo
mountains and on ' Vancouver Island
for several days, "and the straits
and the lower sound are en
veloped in a thick cloud of smoke-