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L5 'l'H(. ..I 'AH- As tn Aw i ' ......... Takm tmi Lkao in Pom Oommr. w The Best Newspaper ti th one that gives the mot and frihet ntw. Compart the WEST MOB with any ptr in Polk county. INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OH EG ON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1895. Five Cents Per Copy. No. 11. VOL. XIII. $2.00 I?r Year. BANKS. THE INDEPENDENCE National Bank ! Capital Stock, $50,000.00. H. HIHACIIDKKO, PtteMenk ABRAM NKUsON. Vie President. W.r.CONNAWAY Outile A fnral banking ud exchange butnea tranuciUHt; loena made, bill" discounted, eoro wtrelal eradtla granted! deposit received on current aecouut subject to vtiwk, tolerant paid ea Uui, deposit. DIRRCTUKHt B. r. Smith, A. Nelson, 1. A." Allen. II. It. Janpereon, A. J, Uoodmitu, I1. W, ni'tun, It. titractibvm. Commenced Business Ka4G9 Etsidisnd by tluiml Authority. THK FIDS! NATIONAL BANK. of Indepandeaea.Oragou. Capital Steak i Ssrslus, $50,000.00 . $14,000.00 J, & COOPER, 1 W. IK HKUTHON, President. V lee I'resldao W. H HAWLKY, I'aaUler. DIRECTORS. J.S. Conper, 1 , nuhertm, lwt Itelrolc 0. W. Whlteaker, W. W. Collins. A general banking business transacted Buys tnd sells exchange ou U luiportul polat. Deposits received snbjeet toeheek or on cer tificate of deposit. Collections soule. OBU hours; a, in. lo t p. m. ICORPORiTEDUIDER THE ItUf! OF OREGON Polk Oounty Bank, MONMOUTH JOt. j. h. iiwi.rr . r. UCA'.ri.Kf 1... IRA CtVV. tLli .. ...Vliw-fren. Cttntiier Paid Capital, $30,000. PIRECtORS, 3. H. lUwIer. P. U Campbell, I.M.HInipmm J. B, V. Butler, J. . Kiump, F. . Powell JMpb Craven, A general banking and exehange business tranui-ted; hmns made; deposits reeel ved subject to eherk or on certillcale of Untl' lokml paid on tlm I.'VwiU. arKlrvpraof vault and burulur proof a:, ecurvd by Vale time lH. hui Uouro: a. 01. t 4 p. ui. A.VUIJK.-OTT. J, A. VKNESS Prescott 8c Veness, I'roprUiWn of in m el Manufacturer of and Ucnlcrilri KIR and HARDWOOD, Roirh and Dressed LUMBER. J. A. WHEELER, Manaser. American and Kumpaun.I'lin. THOS. GUINEAN, Proprietor, Beventh and WaahlngU)n HU J'OHT UND, ORKOOS Go to the C Htrcel suit: sh:op And nee how CHEAP You can et your Work Done. Wagon Repairing of All Kinds, H. I FULLER, Proprietor. If yon want a Ooodyrnmre J&eai lor 25 Cents -Go to the- CITY RESTAURANT MRS. L. CAMPBELL. Prop. Anv iturlnir the seaonn Ohleken Dinner every Hunday M-als nerved L iu Sari Main St., Independence. . si A UAH ? Tardy Denial from a Doubtful Source Of the Port Arthur Atroc ities. This Must Hull Frron French luiiu So HHterly Scored by Villitr and 1'iwliimu. vir-TiUitA n it. Jnn. 24 Tho Northern TiielHc Hwt -mku- Birimi thU i-voiiinif with Vokotituim ttilvlo. tip to Jttuunry lath tut follow: Tint itilamHHldUi't of Ul Japlllle axil-rtlot-a tit l'ort Arthur I t"l tua ul. Jft of MtrttcHt dlacuaalon iiuouif r tlva ainl fo'lKtivr. A roirM.iitativt uf the Frpnob rtny who followed tho tuoremftitii of Urn Jiiiimo fnitu bluulutr U) etui a..rt tlttit after tit Jy oo which Tort Arthur was tak?u ho wltnad tm atu-h RtwttU'i hiivo xn put-IU-ly clmrictd. Ou tMolar 2U, whatt tlia Jnituti wera lu Hil exi'luiti.ttt ovt-r tlm niiitllntlon of tllr comrndf. ttiiiny unroHlxtlutf Chluoad wr kllltHl So fur a hl obaervatlon went, tltt-ra wa.1 no rpKUUoit of iho tuurdt tu muHWOiilntt dtiy. ftttll hint ik itn Amirlr&n omT, who wit on the flfld ftr tha at hem had rvturnod to Toklo. had yrt to lie heard from. Ilia view of (ha afTair, it uow fliarly t forth in private lot t.r. pnllMy fatla to aulwlantitila the art-iifiatloii that an unrvat rained rltrn of U'rnr eoiitlntint tlirf tiny. Hoaaya thr wi-ro many atrm ltlr on the day of bttftlo, but that ended them. IH1N0S AT OI.YMl'lA. Olympla, Jan. StV-Two-thlr.H of tho number and lobby left town hU afternoon. Hth hounea adj-nintetl until Monday. Senatorial mattera an quiet. Tho SiTKant -Taylor Mntro veray In the aenate la th principal talk of lha day. Amoni tha new aenata bllla; wcrv th-aw ut trrfer tha mar rtiiK rxrla frvin tha unty auditor to the clerk 'a oinre: appnprUitln tir,. ihi fur a ma' refnn ahonl; repeal ing the aet allowlnit a onA aptal to tho auprenve court n oae of fel ony. Amotiff the houaa bill, were thoa to report th law aatyflpUfttf fhun'h rperty fritn I nation; to ax otnpt pentoiwl rterty to tha extent $1,110 InatefuJ of t:MHl, frovldlaf fret ti-xt lKki exu-mlltiic H rlfht of eminent domain to elerltlc joaer com pitili; fniMiii'i'iiif froin taxtiktn all Art'.crU'au awnel vtelt r'i tared In ntiy p rt In thta mute, and th' appoitx numt f a grain tf'nmiitalomr and In tjii:tnr. 1MHINCK1V.U l.K STLT1DITY. Sprlniftlel I, Mrt., Jail. 2H Itobwrl CoiifiUi, kI l.'i, ahtle aucklim an or .niir, awttllowed a el, wlilth entereil Ita wlielidtw. II' wa riding In a kIuIkIi at th" time, and, finding litm a !lf choklnR, JirnpM out, and atarted to a atorj f.r aid. On hi way ha met l n.i-n, and muuirvd to any: "Qitltk. i. itck, atrlke my Tin y thought waa y lining, ivvi only lrughed at h! n. A pulnt-il fxpreMHlnit fame on the !"' f;ue, ftr. I h -f.iro the men aided hltn ho fell to the ground, uneon m I him, dying w l'lt.n a few mvnd. In .in oilico to which hi hiul Uen removed. THK STIvAMSHir WAR. San FrancU'o, Jan. 2H.A traffic war tins been hortm Ix'tween lh I'a- citlc Const Siennishlp company and tht Mi ji'r & Akinanii line, ilylng hetwej'n 1'iuct Mitind (Hiria and San Kritnclaro. Tho foinnr yisterday rut cnbln fnrea to Vli'lorln, Taconm and Senttle, $1 and HUnitf Today the ateaun r rnrulloii of tho ottltlon went f2 tindor the nit, nnd tho rnlea now ure $1 1 and $.".."ri) for first and nueond rlnna rjiMH'ilvely. The fgpecteti reduction In frelt;ht will probably affett overland ratoa. A SCOUNDRELLY OUTRAGH. fi'-n rn ifl m Ten 9( P.lehle adult negroe aro In dire dlatrwia here. They any tlwy wire induced to leave lliclr linrtica none Kirtnne Vt Vir ginia, tijion a promlso of making novn dollars per day In employment on the Coon liny, HnncburK and Oregon Nav igation nnd Coal Co.. and they earned otily ninety cent a day, wllh a de- Inction for lwnrd rummncd oy tno tninny. Tho minora of Cooe Day pa id their wny to title city. DEATH PURSUED IIIM. rrrweolt, Ari., Jin. 2d.-Two pwa- pfstom rejrirt that on 1hs Santa Maria river, nevenly mllea from here, a miner named Jonsph Slml, wa caught be tween two streams leat week and drowned. The ground upon whloh he mood milled away, ,ar.d he climbed a tree, bnUb'? water swept It away, The oroHonotoro were vnablo to render aa- KlHlance, a the water waa running twenty fet deep f,n eaoh aide of the victim. A SCURRILOUS ACT, Long Inland City, Jan. 20. -Striker at Maapotli last night waylaid a non union man, guKgfid him, carrltd him to a vacant barn and put a roie around hla net'k and nuapended him from a beam, lie waa rescued before h had been utmwrlod to death, but liln recovery la doubtful. Ills name waa not learned. WEEKLY' BANK STATEMENT. New Vorlr. .Tan. 21. Tho weekly nlinwn: R(HerVP. In crease, j 115,375; lonnn, lcercnne, $104, .'!(X; Bpecle, Incrciiae, f.3.220,300; legal tender, deereilHe, f U.OM.ooo; oepoaim, decrease. t'l.VMMKi: clrcuintion, m- ereOHC J'll ollft Tlio hnnltA hold $45,- SH0,4iV) in wcees of the reaulrcmi'iita. A CALIKOUNIAN SOON. Vr.m v,...v T.m 9ft Tlia Commcr clnl Advertiser snys Ilnrinnn Oelrlchs ims ndiultled that lie win resiua nerco. forth In San KranelNSO, becoming a lifnrnln. TIo nT8 ha ninv en Into tmlitlcs In San Francisco, and would Ilka to become Unltod Stab senator from uaiirornia. THEY "BROKE AWAY." Randy IIk, Jan. 20.-At 10:30 a. m., during a heavy southwest gale and fog, about seven mMee off Long Bra.ncli the Uuror Kz.ma and Fisher parted tho hawser connecting them to the tug bm King. Both were soon lost slK-ht of. There were five mtn on each j barge. TUB U, P. RETALIATES. Clthmgin Jtuv SH.-l'ha Vnl.m Pa- eino nea taken e. atanu tna wm nun otlu weatem roada no nd of troublo ami It ta ptalbl Otat a hot fight will urlae twtwvan It and tha lints Ifl 4h wntorn trunk line cvinUalon. When tjxo agrwmeot was formed It waa agreet tha th Union IVolfle should ntaaa no demand tr any of lha I'uget sMul Iwslni, Tha Union PaoMo miw tutki Uxvt M be glvtm a portion of tha Pufft sound bualneaa, and has In tlmmtod very idaltvly that If It gels no share of tha Pugat sound traftlo It will take Metis to poneirt an advajica tit rate, whloh tha other line bad agreed alauld ikt effect rat Fabruary 15th. It la protaOda ti Union IVirio will hva big flvht on Its hands. TO FIGHT Mc.NEILL. Omahi', Jan Sfl Jtenator-elM Jolin M. Thwaton, attorney fr th Union Paotflo rwetvers, 0n. Jthn C. t'owan, apaolal rouncol tur tha United Stota, Attorney WtnaUwv 8, Piere of New York, and !frlbt TnUtle Manag er John A. Monro, leava tomorrow for Portland to b pnaaont at lha hearing brtfura Judga UUbM-t on tha application of lha American Loan & Truat Co. for a Bparu raeWvw tr tha Oregon SltiMt Line and Utah Northern. Mr. 1'huratoa wU rpiamt tha racalvrra of tho Union Pai-tno In rmlatlng Rerlv r MoNalU'a attempt to makt othar In trta rearponalbl t)t the rttanalv rvtMtlra dona) on tha Oregon Hallway & Navigation Uo'a road, aa a reault of lha WAahouta on tha CUiunbla river. GRAIN QUOTATIONS. Han PraneijnOL Jan. 2(1 Wheat hipping, No. 1, H2Vftci milling grades TVio U Viwi naita, walla r-uo u Too ftr fair, Too ( Nk for blu atom, and 07 U "l0 rr damp. Naw Yrk. Jan. 2tt Hops, steady; common to etintoe, old So y 7c. Ntw, lie. Iivcrpoot Jan. 211. Ooaa, wheal, firm; demand poor! No, 2 red winter 4a ttd; No. 2 red spring da 2d; No. 1 hard Manitoba oa 2d; No. 1 Callfor ni Oa. Iondon, Jan. 20. IWIflo eoast. 12 IS Bhllllnes. YESTERUAV'S RACE RECORDS. S-tn FranWu.ti, Jan. 2l Ftva and a half furltfigaQuarttrataff won In Five ami half furtonga Fllrtllla won In 1:1U'4. T0 PaJac Hotel ntakea. 2.UM), milt and una slataattUi JumiI won In 2X the stenplecnaaa, valuo I1.5IK), mil and a haJfFknalmor won In 3:43. Six furlongs Robin Hood II won In li'T. A POLITE "KICK OUT." Madrid. Jan. 2d. Cornpondenla da Expnna publlahee a Ulpn(fh from Tangier slating that tho Moorish gov ernment has become Incensed at the lone atny of tha tlrltlsh minister, Ernest Satow. at re, and at the ler. alstence with which ho has urged his claims. It baa txcn Intimated to blm that tho term of his visit to the capi tal has, according to Moorish etluiiett, oxplrod. CORDRAY TO PAY $730. Pr.ellri,t Jan 2ll kilns Ralher Lyons, an actress, was today awarded $TM damages in a suit agnlnst John l Tordrav. nroiirtetor of Cordray's thoater. la 1HIS) Mlsa Lyons was en gngiMl to play for ono year at Cor drays at a salary of $iW p-r week, but at tho end of thirty weeks aha was discharged. She brought suit for $1,750 and the rcfereo today awarded ber iM. NO GREAT MATTER. Tendon. Jan. 5(1. Thn Dally Newa earresiiondent In Berlin says: "Titers will h nn Itevreuth festival In 1W. but mernly hearsala next autumn of tha Nlboliingon ring, wweu win ns revived In splendid stylo In lwxl. A Wairner f..atiTal will h irlven In Mun ich In August and Bptcmber for the benefit or jirman anu Aincncnu tourists. BELONGS TO UNCLE RAM. Hun tMiu.lvn .Tftn. 2(1 The cruiser Olympla wa towel to Mare li-land this nvn-ning and forronliy deiiverea to me nvarnnive. havlns? already been ac cepted at he navy yard. Coal, atores, and ammunition were put aooaro. far urvlea In three weeks. The Olympln raulree 2S0 mn, exclusive f officers. "TWIXT LAND AND TIDE." nuhr.f Majw.. Jin. 21. The schooner leader Is ashore on a reef off Norman's Woe, at tha entrance to tne harbor. Four of the crew of eleven, r,.hl th ahora. It Is feared th vessel cannot long withstand the the storm and th man on board will parish. SAVED BY A MAN-OF-WAR TAiienncA Xfnrmies. DolagoA Bay, Jan. 20.-Tho American bark Harves ter, from Port Blnkely, etate of Wash ington, previously reiwrteu unoom north of thla port, has been towed off by the Gorman cruiser Cormorant and arrived here safely. TOOK LEO BAIL. Port TnaiaenTl. Jan. 20. Ex-Coun- ty Treasurer M. J. Oiump, of Port An geles, who waa arrested last night on a charge of embesaillng .. or tne oounty funds, escaped from tha ofllcets and Is now at large. RUMORS OF WAR. San Francisco. Jnn. 2fl.-The steam- or St. Paul sailed for Mexlcnn pons lYiflnw linvlnir In her cargo CltHeS of cartridges, one enso of rifles, and one casa of altclls, to be landed at MaEAtlan. THIRTEEN LIVES LOST. New London, "Ccnn., Jsn. 2u.-The turr Sea King has reported that this morning shi lost two cut of Ave barge, of Tolnt Judith, In a gale. Ten men and three women were drowned. nADT0 'beTbcuttled. Dieppe, Franco, Jnn. 20.-The Brit ish bark Annlo Stafford, which nr rived from Philadelphia December 17, and was bound back to that porti took Are and had to bo scuttled. THE SITUATION AT BOISE, Boise, Jan. 28. Two ballots were taken today for United States Senator The result waa: Shoup 19, Sweet J8, Claggett, (pop.) 15. There are rumors of a trade having been made by the populist to loot Sweet. Tonight the jsopuUyt p tt0 on sou Tho PontilTs Great Message Made Public by Monsig nor Satolli. It Deals With the Hierarchy fiesrst FralcniKlrg md with tbe ll vorce rroblt'iu. WASHINGTON, Jsn. IS-Ugr. Hivtolll today midu publlo th loag txpmitad eiMjyelleal from tha popn. Its mt Important f-Mturea Mat to lha Amorlc&n delrgal and hie rolattoas to tbe hierarchy In this country ans also doHnlng th popa's atUtud coBr crt-oing siKdotlia of working men. Tha pop refi-rs to th fn t that Ue flrst tlphop smit out apostolic authos Hy to rula over tha A merit n eh ureal ttetfn ims laoor wnan ino great usaa-lika-toii waa at tht helm of lha yousg ropubllc. Tha well known famila Intorcuurra bxlwuvi th two man seenui to b avidnm that tha United Mute ougot to tm conjoined to acoord sn amity wllh tht Ctaholiu chi)nh - teiilon. ami with th Orgy. H tblla)imetit of pious iUHlea, tra- ohlal achuols and mulual sJd aavKfv tloim ara tmrlloularly commended. Ti... xi tny that blslMips placed In 'nt iy umMn of auihorlty ara t U olteyed The pot then sets forth tht purpoas he ha nmda to lv, rothlng undone to preaerva and solidly rstahllsh lh Catbolte religion In America. The en- cyollcal refera to th IndlSMolubility af mnrrUgA and the deadly peat of l vuiHf. Ilia evils of divorce ara fore Ibly sto-ted and tha poe dmiarea thai dlvore Is as hoaillu to tha stata, aa to tht tUrnlly. DERS DOING BATTLE. CHICAGO, JsVsi-The first wit- neaa placed on tha aland by tha gov ernment In the Debt trial today was Wallace RJea, a reporter for tho CM- car Herald, and a nn in her of th I cU union. No, Sod, A. R. lh, at Pull man, 11 Ua waa lead by queatlona by lha government ouunsel to Mftl ths procetllng of Uie A, It U. wtnvanllon of Juno 15th, lut. The plan of lha pnaMH'utlon being to show that the consptrucy began at that convention and every atop taken In th convention waa a llnkjn the chain of that con spiracy. Rica said that Dol In his ofienlng sntoch at tha convention, said th I n Ion would bviHtme so strong that no , urpruiitn would dare to atiall It and It would lw able to dictate lis own terms. Delia opened the sulijimt on tho part of th union In a speech In ' whhii he dnnoutced Pullman's corpo-i ration as A monumemtiU monstrosity ' sn octous, and said that lha time' bad come to stop IL IU said If any! rallrood attempted to enj dn th union from Intcrfer -In.; with lh Pullman car, tho entlia aiem of that road wimld be Ued u . On the evening of June 2itih, the oniSt wm Inuagurated at a tn.ins mmriliig. Iiebs s.ild the strlko was to be a buttle to tho death, and It meant either the extermination of the general managers' association or that of the ur.lon. EVERGREEN SOLON'S. Olympla, Jan. 2S. A memorial Is congreas pr-tylng the government le foreclose tho Pacific railroad Hens ex died a lengthy debute in the hni,s today but wa not adopted, by a vote of 57 to 5(1. Reader of Pierce county,' populist, wanted a concurrent reaolu- j Hon ad"ttxl urging the lower houi of congress to defeat the Nicaragua ' canal bill en th ground that It was another Pacific rwlliixtd steal. The resolution was Indefinitely poatpene4. A bill to abolbm tho ofTlte of lieutenant governor comes up tomorrow. A Mil reducing th salaries (.' the legislature, governor, and all state officers from 25 to 40 per cent, was Introduced. THE PEOPLE CAN STAND IT. San FranHaoo, Jan. 2.H. W. J. len ders, agent of tho Sun, Imperial and LUan Iiuturaru' oompanles, has an nounced that ho will make a cut In the Iruiurance rate of 25 per cent on dwell ings and all clataes of property un insured and on rinks Insured in mm unlon coiaimnlea. Ths announcement created a stir In Insurance circle and It In thought a general war In rates Willi remilt. WHERE IS SALEM'S. Washington, Jan. 28, In the serat bMlny tho bill passed spproprl&tlac $1N),(KK) for the purchase of site ff publlo buildings In SKkan, Cluyenn, BoIho and Helena. The bill throwing ojien a portion of the Southern Ul resirvatlon and transferring the In dians to New Mexico, passod. A RADICAL MEASURE. St. Taul, Jan. 28 A bill Introduced In the houso todsy, providing that all persons found guilty of drunkenness for ths third time be sent to the insane asylum for treatment with tho Keelay ALL HANDS WERE SAVED. Sandy Hook, Jan. 2ff.-The BrlUxh bark Beatrice, whloh went sshor last night near the Spermaceti life saving station, Is breaking up, All ths crew were rescued. HEAVY PORTLAND FAILURE. Portland, Jan. 28,-Praeger Bros, of the Farmers' and Mechanics' store was ulosed today by the sheriff, on suits aggregaitlni; $88,691. LAWYERS AT BOISE, Olympla, Jan. 20.-In the senate to day numerously slgucd petitions from eastern Washington citizens asked for the enactment of a law to reduce freight mtes 1 cent per ton per mile In carload lots. The resolution to In vestigate the penitentiary waa again tabled to await the preparation of a bill authorizing lnvestlgatlne comtrlt- teea to send for papers ana persona The senato won't confine the Investi gation to recent misdoings, but will go back to the origin of the alleged corruption. A number of bills of minor Importance wore Introduced In I both houses. Bo' so, Jan, 20. No ehange la the s&atorlal deadlock, WILSON LEADS AT OLYMPIA. Olympla, Jan, 2U. Tlie saniitwrlal cttmnt la at fovft wU toidght, and sjotig-raanntaft John L. Wlloun, who at una lima dropped to seven vot.a and waa aibuut to chja hla headquarters In disgust, Is now sit the top of the heap and within four votes of tha esuetts nomination and gvod proapecta tf get ting Ihera. Whan th caucus convened tonight aavwily-nliM of the t lghiy-n republloane anwwvrtd to roll mil. Flatt burn of King, absent, and Iggt of King wa waa sick, All sign 1 ths rail agrvaltig the oandldata rac vln for-ty-ona) votes should he th nomlmw. Eight tnUlols wtr taken wham th An- koay furotsi, wllh Hi aid of a minor faction, oarrtod a mot km to adjourn. First 1 rt, saventy-nltHi vlng, Ui roHult alood; Ankaney 32, Wilson ill, Alton 1, MoMllleiL Heoond ballot, lUrpnr of Hon Juan went from McMit- hat to Wllaon; Joluwum of Whltuuut, and Ieii of Yakima from Allen to Wilson; MolHuuiel of King ftom Allen to Attkeney; Albertaon of King frotn Allen to Justice Heyt. On li third Iwl lot Allen ootMltiuml to ls unltl sd Journno'nt, whan ha had threw left. tht th fourth ballot Wlfc-n gained Murray of Han Juan, from McMillan, Mul Wing of King, from Alhrn. Tha fifth ballot Flahburn, who luul bet alitl, entered th ctvuous, and voted for Ankenoy, who also giUnmt Han ftdl from Allon. No chatnga !n the ninth and " th savettlh Wtl,n gained Dorr f Whation from McMillan. No Chung on th alghth and tha vote sto-et; Ankieuy X", Wllan 07, Allen 3. McMillan 4. Hyt 1, Tha onuua ttnljourtuw until tomorrow night. Wll shi la oiattl itiul of nomlnAtlon tomor row lllgliL HELPLESS IN T1IE9 FIRS. Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan, 21). The neighbors of Delia Phillips, a poor woman living In a hovel In South Chat tanooga wllh her two children, wert summoned yesterday by the screams of her llttlo 3-year-o'd girt to view a Ghastly eight The woman's face had bett literally eaten to the bone by fire, tha nose and hits being entirely gone and thn flch burned off, while, like a death's head, she gnxed through empty socket Her hair waa partly burned, and nothing but tli contour of feat tires was l ft to Identify tho woman. Tho llttlo girl's story Is that her moth er was sitting bforo the grate with a SmouthsolJ baby ft hor bosom, while she was asleep on tho bed. Th child was awakened by tha odor of burning flesh. She extinguished the fir with water but the wom.D was dead. A tthe Impiest it waa shown that the defeased was ubect to epi leptic fits and she probably fell for wsrd Into the Ore durluf out of Hits attack. AN HONORED AMERICAN. Linden, Jan. 211. -The Daily Graphic, In a Iwader on lh suggemkm mad by a corrwstndnl of the 8t, James !a sette, that Captain Mahan, United States navy, ue called to Cambridge l; take the profiwaorwhlp of modern his tory, whlidi was left varan', by the d.-cth of Sir John Seeley two weeks aro, says: "Captain Mahan's contrib ution to history Is not easily meas ured by AiVtleiulc standards, for II Hsu into the hi ,,-lor plana of state. nnnulili. The weakest point of the suggestion k that Capiain Mahnn albly wotild prefer active life In the United States navy, but there la no roason why the offer should not 1 nikite. A refiwiil would be our Ions, but we abould have lh pleasure of ex pnsoung a.prprliiioty our gratitude for tha national wrvlce ha l-.us dono ua" WILL THIS NEVER END? Lancaster. Pa., ianT 29,-Mlss Sua Auxer slut and seriously injured Miss Mary P. Taylor Inst night. Both are girls of Id and had I sen friends. Thry went getting nady lo go to church In the homo of Miss Auxer. Tho latter found an old revolver In a berenu. In a lay fill manner she pointed thn weapon at her friend's head, not knowing It was londcd, and exclaimed: "Your money or your life." Miss Tay lor replied, "I will give you neither," and Miss At'xer pulled tha trigger. Tho bullot struck Miss Taylor In tho left temple, only an luch froi tho eye and passed down throngh thn muscles of the neck, where It Is still lodged. The ball has not been heated, but tht girl may live. DOESN'T NEED DAMAGES. Oakland, Cal, Jan. 20.-ratrlck Shields, one of the American sesmen of tha Baltimore, who woa attacked by a mob In Valparaiso, Chill, during the troublo there five years sgo, and who afterward bnnurht suit for $00,000 dam age a!nst the government of Chill, was found drowned In a pool of water at tha rwllroad yards In West Oakland tills momilng. Shields waa addicted to drink ami it la thought that while under tho Inlluonoe of liquor he wandered down Into the marsh nnd fell over In stupor. He has boon living In this city for some tlmo, working occasion ally aa a common laborer. PRESERVE IT FOREVER. Augusta. Mo.. Jan. 20.-Lcss than $500 having been sebscrlbed for a me morial to tho Into James O. r.lnlne. a Mil wna Introduced Into the senate yesterday which provided for the p- jiointmeut or a committee to Inquire Into tho expediency of purchasing (tie Blplna homeetend to bo pieaetved by the state aa a memorial building, and for nn executive mansion. Tho houso stand within a stone's throw of tho capltol, and la an unpreten tious two-story wooden structure.. Tha lot, which la ono of the best located In town, Is worth as much aa the. buildings. TWENTY-NINE BANKERS. Chicago, Jnn. 20, The following tel egram signed by tho presidents of twonty-nluo lending hnnks or Chicago was sent to Washington today ad dressed to Senators Cullom nnd Palmer and to Congressman Ahlrleh of this oltyt "Tho bankers of Chicago respectfully urge that members of the senate and house, Irrespective of party, unite In the Immediate possago of a bill in con- formlty with the president's message. The buslneta Interests of the country demand sucn action." BABY BURNED TO DEATH. Colorado Springs, Jan. 20. A child agod 2 years was burned to death, an other aged 4 was fatally, and a third aged 0, waa serlouwly burned In a teal at Roswell. near here, Sunday evening. The tent was occupied by A. T. Munroo, a vlotlm of th drought of Eadtern Col orado, Who had oome to Roewell In search of employment. He and his wife had left the tent for a few mln utes to call on a neighbor. A lighted hump In the tent la supposed to have boon overturned by a dog, cauctlng the fire, mmm duty On Sugar Is Repealed in the House. Louisiana Democrats Are Taunted. Flashei of Kewiy Interest Caugkt from the Washliirton Wlrea I ait Klfrbt. WASHINGTON, Jsn. 20.-Th Mil to rejieal tha discriminating duty Im posed by the tariff law on sugar Im ported from bounty psytng countries, waa taken up In the bouse today. Ding ley entered Into a criticism of tht state ments of Wilson, mad on Saturday, In which the latter ssseriad that the ravonue under tre r.tw tariff law was InoreaMlng and that a surplus was In sight IKngley said Im would range sloiig slda of Udt rosy vlow of th situation Ui impresslvt words of th president's meaaag yeaterdsy, fraught with Impending dissatur and distress. Tha atalmnant wart absolutely Irrec oncilable. Sine th tariff bill wnl Into effect, up to Saturday night last, tha defMwicy was $11,000,000. Iteed twkifi what evidence had been adduoad lo sliow that our rnesu had bn oxcluded by Germany because we had imposed this differential on her sugar, "What la our dutyT he asE4, "It very plain. Makt the revenues wiual tha exptmditurui and do It at OIK1." Henderson of Iowa msde a speech which aroused U greatest enthusiasm on the rcjmbliisn side. He taunted the democrats of Imhunna for their effects to ae ur protection for ttiem selves while advoostlrg free trade for the real of ih country and called tin them to take up a shield broad enough to pro'ect tht whole country. "Cum out from anong the banditti with whom you hsvt been aotlng." said h. "I am ttred of the cry from ihona. In LmUUna who refuse to help themselves." Aftor all tl, mendtmmta had been hut tho bill rtvd by a vote of 23S to 31. In Ihe house the conference report oa the bill granting a pension to Cather ine Todd Critiuaiden, the widow of General CrlttnJn, which lh con feree MMiiro,iUaed oo $50 per month, waa adopted. In the senate today Chandler Intro duced a resolution calling upon the iluteMtate cotumerqe couuuimlou to send to th senate a statement show ing tlio cnpltallxatlon of all and of each of the eight principal railway linos betwten Chicago and the Atlan tic seaboard and showing also tlio pnMrtlon which such capitalization bears to tho total capitalisation of the railroads of the United Slate and also' Including for tht last year the aggregate gross and net Income' of said roads compared wllh tho gross and net Income of all railroads of tho United State. Chandler announced hla Intention to offer an amendment to the poollug bill aa follows: "Every such contract shall contain a stipulation binding each party there to In case of difference or controver sies between said party and Its em ployes, to submit the samo to arbitra tion, If such arbitration shall bo pro. nosud by said employes, under the law of October 1, IShS, creating boards or arbitration for turn cases; provided. however, that by mutual agreement tho Interstate commerce commission may act as arbitrators under such law with all the powers given there- oy." "To omit to adopt this amendment If this bill Is to pass," said Chandler, "tha houso will place tho 873.002 rail- road workmen of this country under tho Iron heel of as merciless a tyr- rnny of employers of labor as th world has ever seen. The amendment was agreed to. Th credentials of Cullom of Illi nois, Sewell of New Jersey, 0. D. Clark and M Warren were presented in mo senate today. The bankruptcy hill waa taken tip nnd Mltchtl'l tof Oregon offered a substitute on tho lines of the old Tor rey bill, with some mndlfiactlone. Onrma n secured the passago of the bill known aa the commercial travel- enf bill. It amends the Interstirts commerce law so s to permit the sale of Interchangeable mileage tickets to commercial travelers. CONCESSION. Warhlngtn, Jan. 20 The Guatemal an government has agre.vl, It la under stood, to n.ake such concessions In the boundary fllspute that a peaceful solu tion may be achieved without wound ing the notional honor of Mexico, In ofilclal circles here confidence Is ex iresaed that the IrrWatlng question of territory will be speedily smd perma nently settled to the complete Satisfac tion of Mexloo, and that the matter ef Indemnity, whloh has reoently compli cated affairs and been particularly ob noxious to Guatemala will be dls,xw of through arbitration, prolwtbly ut d South American government, prUubly Brazil. A CELESTIAL VISITOR. Honnoalllo, Mexico, Jnn. 20. The great meteor that recently fell In the mounfilus ten miles northeast lf Real Del Castillo baa been found By II. B. Troinble, an Ametlcnn arch aoologlat, who waa accompanied by a party of Mexican guides. It la of Immense slxe, and Mr. Tremble pro. nounces It tho most wonderful sped, men of the kind ever discovered. The meteor produced a sound like a terrific explosion ns it struck tho enrth, ter rifying the Ignorant Mexicans for mllea around. ' A NEW YORK COLLISION, New York, Jan, 30, During the snow dorm last nluht two ears on the Tenth avenue horse car line collided at the One hundred and twenty-sixth street terminus, A score of passengers were bruised and cut. One of the oars was coming down the s.ttep hill and the othar was atandlng at the terminus. Owing to the slippery track the for mer got beyond control of . the driver and training fearful headway, crashed Into the standing oar. CALIFORNIA'S NEW ROAD. , Ban Francisco, Jan. 30. The sub- scrlptlon books of the San Joaquin valley road were opened today with i $1,025,000 to start with. The capital 'lock el tht ewiuganr u U wUUo&a Highest of all In Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report THE GRAIN WORLD. Liverpool, Jan. 20 Wheat, soot. quiet; dimarul poor; No, 2 red w'nter 4 5d: N. 2 red spring 5s 2d; No. 1 hard Manitoba 5s lftd; No. 1 Califor nia 6. London, Jan. 20. Hope unchanged. Now York, Jt"?J.-Hop dulL San Francisco, Jan. 29. Wheat. shippers quiet at 8l4o for standard, with H2l ft choice: milliner trade 7'o & 1tt4c; Walla Walla 72s tor uur trnafi quality, i.w i nue tor blue atem, and C7Vie Q 7c for damp. Portland. Jan. 23.-WheaL valtev 75o y 77'! per oental. Walla Walla 10ti per bushel. AOAINST TUB DEFENDANT. Chicago. Jan. 20. Tha dofnna In U Debt consDlraer trial reeofrad m. bavy blow today on the advert rul ing of Judge Urossoup on the objoo tlen raised aa to the evert acta, unlose It could be ahowa that they were done oy in gnowiedge and under tha di rection of officers and directors of the American Railway union to obetruct tbe malla Judge Orosscup hold that evidence could be Introduced tending to show that a conspiracy existed to stop all trains, and this would Include, necessarily, a conspiracy to atop the uoitea bimcs man a THE ANTI-SOCIALIST BILL. Berlin, Jan. 29. Tbe parliamentary committee on the antl-eoclallst bill adopted yesterday tbe national liberal amendment making the glorification of crime punlshablt In tbe same man ner as a ruuio Incltatlon to crme. Tltt vote indicated that the clerical were swinging over to tha government side, as without their aid tha amend ment would havo been loet $40,000,000 in snips. Headon. Jan. 29.-Th Pall Mall Gatette saye the naval programme which bat been approved by the cabi net Involve the construction within the ensuing financial year of four first-class, four second-class and two third -class crulaera, twenty torpedo boats and twenty torpedo doatroyera The cost of these vessels la to aggre gate over 0,000,000. A SLUMP IN'wnEAT. Chicago. Ill, Jan. 29. The board ef trade and the markets were wildly excited today and mado a sensational decline, affected by the heavy evlllug under Influence of the gold export scare and tho strained financial con ditions. Cash wheat went below all former records and waa worth only 40 cents a bushel. ANOTHER RESOLUTION. St Louis, Jan. 20. The Merchant's exchange today, en masse. Irrespec tive of the party feeling or Its Indi vidual members unanlmoualy adopted a resolution recommending to con gress tho early enactment of a law covering tbo recommendations of Hrestdent ,OJeveuud In hla recent message. SAD NEWS FROM ALBANY. Albany, Dr., Jan. 29.-The two-year-old son of C. E. Hawkins was playing with a whisk broom about tho stove this evening when the broom caught Are and Ignitr-d the child's clothing. The boy'a face, arms and breast were frightfully burned and It Is thought he will die. Planting: the Standard The World's Fair contained no finer statue of the great discoverer than this colossal figure. It commanded from its pedestal the eastern entrance to the Administration build ing. The majesty of its dimensions, the vigor and aggres siveness of its expression and the artistic finish of its com-v position made it admired as a genuine sculptural triumph. Another Standard Proudly Displayed at the Fair was that of Dr. Price'sCream Baking Powder A Standard of Excellence for Forty Years. It was the standard of unequalled strength, perfect purity and wholesome results. The award to Dr. Price's A highest honors at the Fair furnishes conclusive evidence of its superiority over all other baking powders, THE OUTRAGES PROVED. London, Jan, 29. The Westminster Gazette claim that Foreign Secretary Klmbnrtey refuse to Iraue the consular reports from Armenia because they confirm the previously received stories of massacre and outrage. Klmbertey, In a letter to th Armenian aaaodav Uon, state noni of tht fifty-eight Armenian condemned by th tribunal at Lrzingham, in November last, sentenced to death. DEATH ON THE RAIL. Indianapolis, Jan. 29.-Jobn S. Nor ton of St. Louis, one of the victims of the Vandal la, wreck at CoatoavlLle yee terday, lingered In terrible agony, until 6 o'clock this morning. Mrs. Zelda. Reguln Wallace, wife of David Wal lace, and a sietar-fav-law of General Low Wallace, la In a critical condition. TRACK RECORDS YESTERDAY. Sao Frenctaoo, Jan. 29. Five fur long America, won la 1j(3!4 Five furlongs Boose won In 18. Seven furlongs Cordiu won in 129. Five end a half furlongs, selllnaw Joe Cotton won In 1:174 Six furlonge Percy won In 123. DIED AT 102 YEARS. ' Toledo, OWo, Jan. 20.-Patr4ck Don nelly, an Irishman living cn St Mary's street in this city, died last night from congestion of the lungs. . He was 102 years of agt and left a son 80 years of aga PORTLAND QUOTATIONS. Price Current In the Produce Mar- Hour-Portland, Salem, Caacadln and Dayton ara quoted at $2.40 per barreL Oats Oood white quoted firm at 27ft28c per busheJ; milling, 2Sa30c: gray, 204427c. Barley-Feed barley, , COfflCSc per cental; brewing, so&ttfc, according to quality. t, - MUIstuffs-Bran, $13.50; middling, $13.50; chop feed, $15317; middling, none In market; chicken wheat 75a per cental Hay-Good, $910 per ton. Butter Firm; fancy memory la quoted at roVjc; fancy dairy, 2(r22ViC; fair to good, 1517c; common, 1012c Potatoes (Juotatlons wholly non tnal. , . Onions Good Oregon, TSQOOc per cental. Poultry-Chickens, $Z5(Va3.50 per dor.en; ducks, Arm at $4g5; geeee, $i((i 7; turkeys, live, nominal at So per pound; dressed, about lOQllc per pound. Eggs Oregon, plentiful and weak at 15c ier doaen. Oregon vegetable-Cabbage, 1C per pound; squash, 05c per dosen. i Cat. vegetable Brussels sprout, $1.2.V(t:i.40 ier 30-pound box; string beans, 12tfI13c per pound; green peas, 12C(t;13c per pound; artlchokea, $1.25 per dozen; cauliflower, 75(iJO per dozen; sweet potatoes, $2 per cental; cucumbers, 75c per dozen; asparagus, 18c per pound; garlic, 10c per pound; lettuce, 25c per dozen, $1 per box. j Wool Valley, S10e, according to 'quality; Umpqua, 70c; fall clip, fjroc; Eastern Oregon, 607c. ' Hops-Choice, 7c; medium, 46c; poor, Sc. Provisions Eastern hams, medium, quoted at HVfl2c per pound; hams, picnics. 10llc; breakfast ba con, 12fa13c; short clear sides, lOQllc; dry salt aide, OQlOc; dried beef ham. 13(f?14o; lnrd, compound, In tins, WjfiP', pure, In tins, 7illc All hail Columbus! Behold tho great navigator as he lands. Th perils of the deep are past Tho clouds of fear have vanished. The night of gloom has ended. In the heavens the sun of success shines resplendent Morning has) dawned. Imperiously the banner of haughty Spain greets the day light Upon its fluttering fold are inscribed the destinies of a new world. lis gieamirg surface) marks a long advance in the evo lution of the human race. It tells a story of prophecy unpar alleled, of developement unap proached in the fullness of re corded time. It crowns with triumph the efforts of genius.