1 A. The Best Newspaper It th on that gives th most ami freshest mw Compare th WN8T glPK l,h n lrr m WHinty, 7 r lw'.',!,!i.Av7v. As an Advertising f.!sdlum THE WEOT OIDE , Tami thi Liao ik Pou County.' VOL XII. $100 Per Year. INDKrKNDKNCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, 'AUGUST' 31, 1891 No. ii. Flvn rinfu T-, rwtf t.KIIWMMi liKllVkK 7toTl OPPiici nninrrimm ol tub quick con., inmr uriiTD .nnncwnnn clf.veland letter. H 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 11 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. The only Pure Cream of Tartar Powder. No Ammonia; No Alum, Used in Millions of Homes 40 Years the Standard O ' mm 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-