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OREGON L ' SB" ' VOL. XI. OREGON CITY. CLACKAMAS COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY. MARCH 16, 1894. NO. 45. COURIER. 6 ML ESTATE OF STANFORD A DECISION RENDERED IN THE MURPHY WILL CASE. Only li Miniill I'ortlon of I ho Nurtherii 1'Hi llh' Grant Arftudrd by Ihe Itpient in cision -Munlii Fit Makes Move lli'iir Vullcy Irrigation Company. Kkhlam'H, Ctil. The recent appoint intuit of now receivers for the Hear Val ley Irrigation Company is a result of an nitreciiient between tlie European cred itorH mill stockholders on a basis which will leave a fair percentage to stock hold ers. It is claimed tli"i- will get fully 25 per cent of I lie investment and the com pany will be able to resume business within sixty days, fully reorganized. Kilmlsloii (If I. a Change of Venue. Wai.la Walla. J. K. Edinlstou, President of the defunct Walla Walla Havings Hank, charged with larceny of 135.(11)0 of hank funds, has been (trained a change of venue. It was agreed that he shall bo tried in darneld county next April hefore Judge btnrtevant. A DpvIhIoii Nut Vet riled. Oi.vjiI'Ia. There is much interest and inuny inquiries are made concerning the cane heard by the Supreme Court Janu ary 17, involving tlie location of the county-sent of Stevens county, being a question lietween the present location C'olvillo and Kettle tails. NodccMon I ins been tiled, and it may be some time vet before a conclusion is reached. ilnlill HtttiKpii Acquitted. S.in Fhasi'I. i ii - The second trial of John Hansen, the Seamen's Union pa trolinan, who was charged with attempt ing to blow up the Ethel and Marion with dynamite on April 3, 18H3. has been concluded. The jury returned a verdict of nut guilty. Tlie testimony was prac tically t he same as that given at the first trial, when tlie jury disagreed, llieprin cipul witness for the prosecution was Harry Ilendrickson, who claimed to have been with Hansen when lie attempted to blow up the tugtxiat. Ml'ltrilV MIL I. CASK. Tin' Dfi'lalou Kevokr. the rrobale and nistrlbntet the K.tiito. Oakland, Cal. A decision was ren dered in the Murphy will case, holding 1 1 nit the testator was able, to make a will, lint that the priority of the two wills could not be determined, and therefore could not be probated. 8. I'. Hall, one of the attorneys for the contestants, said : 1 ' The decision is a victory for tlie contestants. Our object was to secure a revocation of the probate of the will, and we have succeeded. The decision revokes the will in effect declares it in valid, and iib a result the estate will be distributed under the law of succession that is, to all the children equally. The estate is worth about (000,000, and by tho will went to the three daughters, but under the decision will be divided equally among the seven children." ANOTHER STEP; The Santa Fe Extend t he Trlv liege of It, Cut-Itnte Ticket.. I .oh Angeles. General Passenger Agent Thompson of the Southern Cali fornia railroad has received a telegraphic message from the main olllce in Chicago that the Santa Fe had decided to make another aggressive move in the rate war now under way. Mr. Thompson was notified that tlie Santa Fe Company had issued a circular to all connecting lines authorizing them to sell the reduced rate tickets to San Francisco via Mojave and return via Ogden, or vice versa, or over anv lines on which the Southern Pacific had authorized them to use its cut-iato tickets. The notification fur ther stated that stop-over tickets will be allowed at anv point in California on theso tickets within their limit; also that the same regulations which govern the Midwinter Fair tickets will be in force on the Santa Fe tickets in question. This is in line with the contract which tlie Atlantic and Pacific road has with the Southern Pacific as regards traffic over the Union Pacific and other trans continental lines. THE STANFORD ESTATE. f'npi'r. on File That Mny Materially Af fect the Appraised Value. San Fkancisco. Papers are on file with the County Clerk which may ma terially aflect the appiaised value of the estate of the late Senator Stanford. The appraisement made of record two months ago placed the value of the property at $17,088,310. Mrs. Stanford has now filed a report showing that much property of the ileceasea senator nas never come into her possession, having been pledged with various banks as security for prom issory notes and other obligations. The latter report of his widow in her capac ity as executrix shows that claims pre sented against the estate up to January last aggregate the enormous sum of $2, 678,8111.011. It also appears that the list niven in the reoort mav not vet be com plete, as the time for tlie presentation of claims will not expire till May 27. Up to the middle of January Mrs. Stanford under order of the court had paid debts of her husband aggregating 199,498.73, and had registered claims which foot up the handsome sum of t00,2!i5.a0. The rejected claims may yet be made the subject of civil suit, so that the action of the executrix cannot be considered as final. NORTHERN ' PACIFIC GRANT. Only a Small Portion Alt'ecti-d by the Recent Decision. Tacoma. Paul Schulze, Assistant Gen' eral Manager of the Northern Pacific Land Company, when shown the report that the decision of the United States Supreme Court threw open lands claimed by the company between Tacoma and Portland as sent ont from Washington, D. C., said: "The question of the va lidity of the land grant to the company between Tacoma and Portland was not at all involved in this case. The ques- . lion involved was whether the grant of the Northern Pacific Company for the Pacific division was of prior date to that -JrTrrp-Grji(ntral Kailroad Compa ny, and the lands in this State involved in this decision are confined to a narrow strip along the Colombia river in Ciarke, Cowlitz and Wahkiakum counties that is, lying within the overlapping limits of the "grants to the Northern Pacific Rail road Company and the Oregon Central Railroad Company. Incidentally title to some other tract will be affected by this decision, but only in so far as the decision will fix the date when the Northern Pacific grant took effect. For the information of those who think the company has no grant between Tacoma and Portland I may state that we recently received patents fir 85.000 acres of land in indemnity limits of the Pacific divi sion and fur 147,000 acres within the Slace Jimiti bet-raen Tacoma and Ks- WASHINGTON CITY NEWS. Senator Polph's bill ratifying the agreement with the HileU Indians and ceding tlie unallotted lands to tlie gov ernment, to lie thrown open for settle ment, has passed the Semite. The ceded lands will be sold at f 1.60 per acre. Representative Outhwaito of Ohio, Chairman of the House Committee on Military Affairs, has introduced a bill to reorganize the artillery and infantry of the army. The plan provide for a corps oi artillery and two regiments oi mount' ed field artillery. President Cleveland has promised fo review the Knights of Pythias at their triennial encampment in vt ashlngton next August, aim General Scholleld has consented to Inspect the Knights. This la tho first time the President and tlie commanding General of the army have so honored similar organizations. Senator Wilson of Iowa has introduced a bill to nut an end to ticket-scalping. It provides for an amendment to tho in terstate commerce act to require rail roads to supply all their ticket agents witn a certincate oi appointment, wincn is to be exposed to public view. All tickets sold must have the name of the agent and the date stamped on them. It is unlawful for any one to sell tickets of a road from which he does not hold a certificate. The penalty is a fine of 16, 000. Railroads placing tickets in the hands of unauthorized agents are liable to One of fO,UW. The constitutionality of the tide-water lands of Oregon was affirmed by the Su preme Court In passing upon the suit of Charles W. Shiveley, plaintilT in error, against John (j. A. liowby and W. V. Parker, which contest was over w barling privileges on the Columbia river at As toria. Justice Gray affirmed the deri sion of the Supremo Court of Oregon, which asserted that when lunds were granted under the general land laws bor dering on navigable waters no rights to the lands tinder water were given, and such rights depend on the local laws. Congress never acted on the policy that tide-water lands could be given away piecemeal, but held them for public pur poses under the regulations which the Stales might make. The claim of the Northern Pacific to control of the tide lands and harbor line along its land grants in Washington near Tacoma was denied in a decision by the Supreme Court in the case of Prosser and others vs. the Northern Pacific. Jus tice Gray also delivered this opinion. He held the question to be whether tlie charter giving the land grants to the railroad authorized it to monopolize the harbor. The court held that every State has the right to define its harbor lines and regulate buildings upon them, fince a geneial system was necessary, and that private parties could not lie permitted to control portions of the lines. The in junction against the Harbor Commis sioners asked for was denied as against public policy, llie lower court was therefore sustained and the suit dis missed. Thanks to the sense of equity of the Mexican government, the State 'Depart ment has ut last succeeded in adjusting and providing for a settlement of the claim of Mrs. Janet L. Baldwin of San Francisco for killing her husband in Mexico about bix years ago. Baldwin was a miner, and was killed by outlaws while on his way to his claim. Although a nation can scarcely be neld account' able for such acts, provided that due diligence was used to keep the peace and to protect tlie lives ot sojourning for eigners, the Department of Mate has succeeded in impressing tlie Mexican government with the belief that the claim of the widow is a just and equita- ble one, although the amount of allow. ance will probably be reduced from $100.' 000, originally claimed, to one-fourth tlie amount. The Committee on Interstate and For eign Commerce has reported a bill to license and classify by the boards of lo cal inspectors the second and third mates of pea-going passenger steamers. The bill also makes it unlawliil to employ any person as second or third mate on such vessel who is not licensed. The penalty for so doing is a fine of $100. The inspectors are compelled to grant a license for one year to any person of good character who shall give satisiac torv evidence of the knowledge, experi ence and skill necessary in loading cargo, handling and stowing Ireight and in navigating such vessels. These licenses will be revoked or suspended upon satis- actory proof of bad conduct, intemper' ate habits, unskillfulness, wantof know! edge of the duties of his station or will' ful violation of any law regulating steam vessels. This bill has received the in dorsement of the entire committee. Senator White has introduced a bill to extend the mineral land laws of the United States to lands embraced within reservations created by Presidential proclamations for the purpose that no lands on any such reservation shall be open to mineral entry that are being ac tuallyused or occupied by any one for beneficial purposes, or that are more valuable for agricultural than for min eral purposes. Grants of right of way for canals, ditches, etc., provided for by the terms of sections 18, 19, 20 and 21 under the act to repeal timber culture laws are hereby extended so as to in clude the right of way for poles and wires for the transmission of electric power created by water power. No such site for tlie location of a power-house shall include more than ten acres. Rep resentative Bowers has introduced the same bill in the House. Bowers said that the object in introducing this bill was twofold. First, for instance, applied to the great San Bernardino forest res ervation, it would prevent this great tract lying idle; second, there ore a large number of mountain streams going down into the valley, and the proposi tion is to use the water to develop elec trical power. The report of the Committee on Post offices, submitted to the House with the poetoffice appropriation bill, shows the out carries a total appropriation oi l7,' 470,699, or about $3,0u0,000 less than the department estimates and a like amount more than the appropriation for the cur rent year. The estimated postal revenue lor tne necai year oi ina is 184,427,748, The bill cuts the estimates of S17.250.. 000 for compensation of postmasters to f 10.000,000; for clerks' salaries the. full 9, 00,000 asked is appropriated; for compensation of railroads the amount is cut from 2o.900.000 to 125,600,000. A saving of 907,923 has been made by cut ting off the following ocean mail contract routes: Galveston to La Gnayara, San Francisco to Panama. New York to Ant werp, New Yoik to Buenos A vres, New York to Eio de Janeiro, dissenting views are reported by Kyle of Mississippi and Loud of California from the recom mendation to appropriate $196,614 for special mail facilities on the trunk lines. They argue that the principle which al lows tlie government to discriminate in favor of individual enterprise is unjust and demoralizing to the system; that Postmaster-General Bissell does not rec ommend a continuance, but shows in his report that railroads that were previous Iv beneficiaries of the fund and are not receiving it are rendering as good serv ice as before. They assert that no Postmaster-General baa recommended an appropriation of that character, and rite Postmasters-General Dickinson and Wa sanakar against it. FORESTRY CONGRESS. STRONG SENTIMENT IN FAVOR OF A PACIFIC CABLE. President Clevoland Will Adopt a Vigor ou, Unmistakable Policy In Regard to Asserting Onr Right In Central America Ills Second Letter. Baltimouk, Mil. Joseph Donjan, who was sentenced to thirteen months In the Maryland penitentiary for sending a threatening postal card to Vice-President Stevenson, has written a letter to Presi dent Cleveland asking for a pardon. Celebrate, a Year Too Moon. Nkw Yoiik. William Morris Hayes lias a plan for the celebration of the twentieth century of the Christian era by an exposition to be held in this city diiring the year 1900. Mr. Mayes has in the course of preparation a detailed plan embodying all the important features of the proposed celebration, which he will soon lay hefore the representative men of this city with a view to the organiza tion of a committee to arrange the pre liminary details. To llnlse the Keamnrge. Boston. The contract for raising the wrecked Kearsarge has been awarded to the Boston Towhoat Company of this city. By agreement the company is to receive $15,000 if successful in delivering the ship at Norfolk navy yard, and if unsuccessful, to be paid $10,000 for hav ing made the attempt. The wrecking fleet of the company will tie made ready to leave by next week, and the work of saving the vessel will be commenced so soon as the conditions are favorable. . Maiiilcmoir. Army Hill. Washington. Senator Manderson has introduced a bill in the Senate to regu late appointments and promotions in the marine corps. It provide! that the ad jutant and inspector, paymaster and quartermaster of the corps after thirty- five years service shall have the rank ol Lieutenant-Colonel and after forty-live years' service, when retired, the rank and pay of retired Colonel. Appoint ments lo fill vacancies in the offices of nil infant and innnei'tnr and navmnstar shall be made by selection from the line officers on tlie active litst who have served twenty years or more. The Fore.try Congre.H. Albany, N. Y. At the session of the Forestry Congress reports on State forest interests were submitted from a number of States by their delegates. R. U. John son of California made an address on the methods in vogue in California in the matter of forestry reform. He of fered a resolution that the convention regarded with approval the national pol icy of forest reservation inaugurated by President Harrieon and continued by President Cleveland ; that it urged the reservation of other Western lands'; that it indorsed the McRae bill introduced with that end in view, and urged that a careful study and investigation of the subject was not only desirable, but nec essary. The resolution was adopted. MATTERS OF FIXAXCK. ProgreN. of the Reorganization of the : Nicaragua Canal Company. J New York. So far 105,000 shares of the 117,000 Nicaragua canal construction . ftfnclf havA been dennmted with the Cen tral Trust Company under the reorgani- nation plan, and assignments ot about i louuws: m nepiBiiiwr, $220,000 have been paid in. This leaves ! 100,300 bags; October, 113.700; Novem in the hands of the commitlee a block ber, 119,400; December, 132.000; Janu of stock which has not paid the assess-. a' ?. 164,000; February, 161,100. The ments, and which the committee pro-1 original plant for making grain bags in poses to Bell at $10 a share, limiting its the penitentiary in the jute mill com tale, however, to the assenting stock- prised fifty looms and other machinery, holders. This is more than enough to "'ho last Legislature authorized an addi pay the floating debt and leave the new t'on of twenty looms and other machin company with a working cash balance ! ry. which were put in position last fall. besides. The new company will have In . the treasury $6,000,000 of tlie construc tion stock s irrendered and about $14, 000,000 of the maritime securities carried over from the old company. MORGAN'S ltKSOLl'TIOX. Intention of the President to Adopt a Vigorous, Unmistakable Policy. Washington. The President has turned over to the Secretary of State the preparation of the answer to Morgan's resolution calling for information rela tive to the landing of the British troops at Bluefields, Nicaragua. No additional advices from Nicaragua were given out at the State Department, hut there is reason to believe the President is pre paring for a vigorous and unmistakable assertion of the rights of the United States in Central America, and that the correspondence will include matters of later date than tlie brief report from Minister Baker of the landing of the British troops. It is still hoped the con ditions have been misstated, and that the troops were landed solely to protect the lives and property of British sub jects instead of for the purpose of inter fering between Nicaragua and tlie Mos quito government. But there is no dis position to disguise the real gravity ol the incident, for, although the British have often talked of their rights of pro tectorate and have even threatened, it has never in this century come to pass that British troops have actually landed in Central America since tho assertion of the Monroe doctrine to assert a pro tectorate. A PACIFIC CABLK. A fttrong Hentlinent In Favor of Its Con struction at Washington. Wamiixoton. Much interest is ex pressed at the capital concerning the news from Australia that the authorities there are moving to secure cable con nection with tlie United States. I lie importance of this has been emphasized by occurrences the past year in Hawaii. There is now a proposition before Con gress looking to the establishment of such a line, but Morgan, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Rela tions, said he had no doubt this govern ment would be willing to co-operate with the Australian authorities in an effort in this direction. He taid further: "1 expect to see the Pacific Ocean bisected with a cable. A line baa been surveyed from our Western coast to Hawaii and found perfectly feasible, and there is little doubt that the conditions beyond are likewise good. A cable, such as is proposed, would be of great advantage to our commerce. We ouirht to lose no opportunity to control the business of tne racinc, and if we would take the proper step, we would secure the rap idly increasing trade of China and India, as well aa that of the Pacific I.I. ands." He advanced the idea that the tariff bill ought to be so framed u tn discriminate in favor of those countries and others issuing silver money, and thought if thia was done, with the Nica ragna canal built and a cable construct ed, the United States wonld toon be able to take the bnlk of the trade of those countries from Europe. Sherman coin cided with Morgan as to the desirability of a Pacific cable, but said the unsettled condition of aifain in Hawaii misht have the effect of delaying in cosatrac tloo. . , THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. Washington, Some of Walla Walla's streets have never been named. Chehalit county paid out about $30, 000 for roads in 1893. A project 1b on foot to construct a small smelter at Hamilton. A fruit growers' association Is being organized at Waitsburg. The long-distance telephone la to be extended to Monte Cristo. Reform has cut down Port Townscnd's annual budget some $3,000. A plank road costing $0,000 is to be built across the big Snohomish marsh. Tacoma brewers are drying out and making merchantable a good deal of wheat. The early-closing agreement at Walla Walla is enforced with a clause forfeit ing $20. A sample Invoice of a ton of the South Bend tannin extract has been sent to Liverpool. The Fairhaven Chamber of Commerce ia forwarding resolutions for the pilot chart to Washington. The Whatcom Agricultural Association ia agitating the subject of a fruit can nery and a county fair. The Vancouver creamery ia turning out 1,600 pounds of butter per week, and cannot supply the demand. The Supreme Court has affirmed the decision of Judge Pritchard of Tacoma that an individual cannot garnishee a county. ?.! , , 1 - I J l A citizens league lias ueen ioruieu in Port Towneend. which Guarantees to re duce city expenses $16,000 annually if given control of afiairs. Ernest Slim, the Tacoma opium smug gler, gets off with four months at Mc Neil's island, ins friends win make up his $100 fine among them. During the month of February the Olympia land office received twolve hoiiicNtead entries, nine final homestead proofs, four cash entries and six coal filings. Thomas Cauboy. the principal witness in the Manville murder case, has been put under $1,000 bonds at Olympia on the charge of having perjured himself in his testimony at the trial. The output of the Gray's Harbor lum ber mills for 1893 is figured by the Ho- quiam Washingtonian at 72,700,000 feet, . There are at present on the harbor about fO.OOO.OOOof loirs uncut, all except 7.000,- 000 of which have been sold. Tlie taxes paid to the Klickitat County Trensurer (or tlie monthBof January anil February amount to $16,170, or about one-third of the total for tlie current tax year. This is considered a good showing under existing circumstances. The Interstate Fair matter at Tacoma is moving along smoothly. The com mittee appointed recently report that they are meeting with success in their collecting trip, ami express themselves confident of raising the money. Tho suit of Elizabeth Davis against the Northern Pacific Coal Company for $30,000 damages for the death of her husband by an explosion in the Roslyn mine was decided in the Federal Coiirt in Tacoma by a verdict for the defend ant. General Otis will make a tour of the different army posts in the department of the Columbia in about six weeks. He will visit Boise Barracks and make a re port on the advisability of abandoning that post, which General Schofield has recommended. The detailed statement of tho peni j tentiary's jute-hag output for the past cmce Uien mere nas oeen a very marxeu increase in the output. The State Land Commission has ren dered a decision to the effect that there Is no provision of law regulating tlie lease of harbor areas in the act creating the commission, and consequently the commission has no jurisdiction over the same. This question will no doubt be brought before the Supreme Court. The commission has received the report of the engineer at Ocosta to the eflect that the government improvements at that point made with a view to deepen the channel have had a contrary eflect, and where there was fifteen to sixteen feet of water there is now but eight. Orcgou. There Is a good deal of scab among the sheep bands of Lake County. Grant's Pass Odd Fellows have sold the Council a site for a city hall, to be erected in the spring. The output of gold in Jackson and Jo sephine counties last year is put at $1, 000,000, and the indications are better for this year. In the Lakeview land district there arc 2,221,000 acres of unsurveyed lands, not Including Indian reservations, and 286,000 acres are in Lake county. C. II. DeWitt of Harney county is taking an eight-legged calf to the Mid winter Fair. The calf, a heifer, is finely developed, with two organs of genera tion, same sex; one bead and eightlegs; calved near Harney, and died despite great care given it by the owner. The Secretary of War has approved the plans for the railway bridge acroxe Young's Buy. Mayor Kinney of ABtoria has received the following dispatch from Senator Mitchell: "Everything all right. Duplicate license papers are be ing prepared in the department author izing the bridge. They will be forwarded in a few days." Seven miles of the Builey irrigation ditch have been already completed and 600 feet of the flume built. The latter will be 2,100 feet in length and the ditch twenty-two miles. As soon as the flume ia done it is intended to turn in the wa ter, causing it to follow as fast as work on the canal progresses. A dam was constructed above the point where the water is diverted from the Umatilla river and the flume put down to the bot tom of the channel. The prospect is sure for an abundant flow of water aloni the canals of the company. In three weeks the water will be turned in. The q nest ion of ratifying the contract made by the Modoc and Klamath In dian tribes and the Yahoo band of Snake Indians of Oregon and their agents if pending action by the Interior Depart ment. The contract stipulates for serv ices to be rendered by the latter in pros ecuting the claimi of the Indians against the United State arising from an al leged error in the survey of the out boundaries of the Klamath reservation in Oregon. It is provided that one aent be given a commission of 12 per cent of lands which are valued at $200,000 to (400,000. Commissioner of Indian Af fairs Browning recently recommended a reduction of the commission to 5 per cent. The out boundaries were estab lished by a survey made in 1871, and al a recult of the contention which once threatened to end in a serious conflict between tha Indian and the settlers the Commissioner recommended rsaurvsy. Ihs suf will bs dseidad soon. JESUITS EXPELLED. CATHOLICISM IS DISRUPTED IN THE MEXICAN REPUBLIC. Portuguese and British Have a Flgbt In Attica-Count Herbert Bl.inarck In terrogate. Member of the Helena-tag-Mo Kiposltlon for Home. Rons. The Chamber of Depulies re jected a bill providing that an Interna' tional exhibition be held in Rome in 1895. Pawed In Committee. Bkhlin. The Reichstag Committee has passed the Russo-German commer cial treaty by a vote of 16 to 12. j I)r. Miguel Will Not Reiilgn. Bbiiun. Dr. Miguel, Prussian Minis ter of Finance, emphatically denies the report that he intends resigning from the office. V t'arter a Criminal Lunatic; London. Wyndham Carter, a crank who was arraigned In How-street police station February 17 on a charge of hav ing menaced the life of the Queen, was adjudged a criminal lunatic. Since his arra gnment on the original charge he has been confined in an asylum, but not aa a lunatic. ' Jack the Ripper Located. London. The fact has developed that the Scotland Yard detectives have dis covered that the famous "Jack the Rip per" is an inmate of the Dartmoor in sane asylum, having been sent there soon after committing the last of the Whitechapel atrocities. The fact has been kept a profound secret, but is now generally admitted. '.' The Hpanlsh Cabinet lteslgua. M aphid. The Cabinet has resigned, and the Queen Regent haB charged Prem ier Sagasta with the work of reconstruct ing the Ministry. The Cabinet resigned after an exciting sitting, which lusted seven hours, and which revealed the fact that a serious divergence of opinion ex isted among the members on the pro posed economic and colonial reforms. . Riots of Mtudent. In Paris. Pahih. The lecture of M. Ferdinand Brunetiere at Sarbonne was listened to without any disturbance. After Brune tiere closed his remarks, however, the medical and scientific students made an attack upon the literary student, and several sharp conflicts followed. Finally the medical students crossed the bridges and made a manifestation in front of the btticefl of the Figaro. It looked as if the students would make an attack upon the r learo otnees, but a strong force ol po lice hurried to the spot, and the students were driven back to the Latin quarter. ; Spanish and Morocco Treaty. Madrid. The treaty which Captain- General Martinez Campos concluded with the Sultan of Morocco for the set tlement of the trouble at Melilla pro vides for Bendinn the offending Riff tribes into the interior, the cliiel aggressors to be imprisoned and the ringleaders exe cuted. A neutral zone will bo cstab lish'edahd the Sidi Aguariach Mosque, the proximity of which to a Spanish fort in- course of erection led to the out break, will be encircled by a wall. Pil grims will continue to be admitted to the mosque. MORE WAR IN AFRICA. Portuguese and British Have a Fight on , the Zambesi River. PoifT Natal, Africa. A serious en' counter between Portuguese troops and British sailors has occurred nearTete on the Zambesi, British parties construct- ng a telegraph line between the British i !',,.. . l... ...,:., I t guese government, have recently been greatly obstructed by tlie Portuguese, and flnallv Commander Carr of the Brit ish gunboat Mosquito was sent up tlie river to protect the workmen, llie mob quito landed a partv, and they were promptly tired upon liv the Portuguese. The Bailors returned the tire, but with what result tlie reports do not state. The latest reports are uovernor-ueneral lipez He Alendonic has sent irom uutll- mane, the capital of the Portuguese dis tiict in Mozambique, two Portuguese guntioats and a strong force of troops. It Is understood that the British com mander in charge of the telegraph con struction party has also asked that rein forcements be sent to him immediately. WAR ON THK JKHIITS. They Mny be Entirely Kxpelled From the Republic of Mexico. HiDAi.no. The expulsion of the Jesu its from Mexico is causing much serious thought among those having the welfare of the Republic at heart. The first blow was struck hv the emulsion of the Jea uits in a college of this city by Bishop Montes de Oca, and the Jesuits are out of power in San Luis Potosi and have been ordered to leave at once, liihiion de Oca has assigned no official reason for tlie action. Matters have been in an ominous state many months. Many ef forts have been made to bring peace again in the divided ranks ol uatnou cisin. but have been unavailing. Just how this will affect the Jesuits and their interests in the remainder of Mexico is hard to foretell. It is freely predicted that it is the beginning of tlie trouble, and that this ia the first outbreak of a leenlv seated urnwinff onnosition to Jes uit domination, which is felt in all parts of the Republic. It is thought the action of Bishop de Oca will be the sign for an uprising in many parts of tlie country against the Jesuits, and that if they ae not expelled from the Republic they will at least be shorn of a large part of their power. TVPICAL IIKAKH4Y EVIDENCE. I'pon It Was Founded Report of Possible Busso-Oerman War. Bebu.v. The committee in the Reichs tag having in charge the German-Russian treaty rejected the amendment of fered by the Conservatives, limiting to one year the time when either party to the convention shall be entitled to one year's notice of its abrogation, by a vote of 15 to 10. The committee then adopted a number of articles, including that fix ing tlie term of duration of the treaty at ten years, as originally proposed. Count Herbert Bismarck in the regular session of the Beichstag demanded of Count ron Doenhoff (Conservative) an expla nation of the Tageblatt'l statement, al leged to have been made on his (Doen boffs) authority, that Prince Bismarck had declared that the rejection of the treaty wonld inevitably be followed by a Russo-German war. Count von Doenhoff admitted that he did not speak with the authority of Prince Bismarck, bat that be had based his rlatement merely npon hearsay. He had learned, he said, that Herrkrupp had heard Dr. Schweininger say that he had heard Prince Bismarck make a statement to the effect that the rejection of the Russo-German treaty would be followed by Baso-Grma war. COURTSHIP IN GREENLAND. Bow an Arctio Usauty Is Mildly Bullied Into Mutrimony. Sinco the Danish Diisslonarioa have gained the confidence of the nutives of Greenland, marriages in tho far north are celebrated by the representatives of the church. In a recent issue of one of the Dunish papers one of the mis sionaries gives tho following account of tho way courtship and marriage are brought about : The man calls on the missionary and says, "1 wish to take onto myself wife." "Whom?" asks tho missionary. The man gives her name, "Have you spoken with her?" Aa a rule the answer is in the nega tive, and the missionary asks the reason. "Because," comes the reply, "it is so difficult. You must speak to her." The missionary then calls the young woman to him and Nays, "I think it ia time that you marry . " i . ..'IBut," she rplies,-"I do not wish to marry." "That is a pity," adds the mission ary, "aa I have a husband for you." "Who is he?" asks the maiden. The missionary names the candidate for hor love. "But he is not worth anything. I will not have hiin." "However, " suggests the missionary, "he is a good fellow and attends well to his house. He throws a good har poon, a: id he loves you." The Greenland beauty listens atten tively, bill again declares that she will not accept the man as her husband. "Very well," goes on the missionary; "I do not wish to force you. I shall easily find another wife for so good a fellow." The missionary then remains silent as though he looked upon the incident as closed. But in a few minutes slio whis pers, "But if you wish it" "No," answered the pastor, "only If you wish it. I do nut wish to overper suade you." Another sigh follows, and the pastor expresses regret that ehe cannot accept the man. "Pastor," she then breaks out, "I fear he is not worthy. " "But did he not kill two whales last summer while the others killed one? Will you not take him now?" "Yes, yes; I will." "God bless you both," answers the pastor and joins the two in marriage. The Shade He Wanted. Delacroix, the painter, was walking out one day in Paris with a friend of his, when he fell into a brown study. "What is up with you now ?" said the friend. "I can't get a certain shade of yel low," replied the artist. "Whateortof yellow?" Just then a cab drove past. "The very thing 1" tho painter gaaped out. "Stoplstopl" "I am engaged," the cabby replied, without stopping. . Delacroix started in pursuit and at a steep place in the Hue den Martyrs over took the cab. Opening the door, he said, in tones of entreaty, to the pas senger inside : "Do please tell your driver to stop; I want your complexion for a painting on which I am at work. There is a color merchant close at hand. I shall not detain you above five minutes, and in acknowledgment of the service you render me I will present you with a sketch of my picture. " The bargain was struck ; Delacroix got his yellow, and a few months later the "fare" received a sketch of bis "Assassination of the Archbishop of Liege." Harper's Yqnng People. Velocity of the Karlh'. Rotatluu. Everybody knows that the' earth makes one complete revolution on ltd axis once every 24 hours. But few, however, have any idea of the high rate of speed necessary to accomplish that feat. The highest velocity ever attained by a cannon ball has been estimated at 1,628 feet per second, which is equal to a mile in 8.2 seconds. The earth, in making one revolution in 24 hours, must turn with a velocity nearly equal to that of a cannon ball. In short, the rate of speed at the equator has been estimated at nearly 1,500 feet per sec ond, or a milo every 8.8 seconds. Therefore it has been calculated that if a cannon ball were fired due went and could maintain its initial velocity in dependent of the earth, and could keep nil tho siieed with which it left tlie month of the gun, it would licat the sun in his apparent journey around the earth. 8t. Louis Republic. Crushing the Clerk. The hotel clerk who is flip may be a prize package to hia employer, because some people love the easy familiarity which blooms without cultivation, and then again some don't. One vt those who doesn't recently walked np to the desk of a hostelry. "Can you give mo ii room in this house?" In) anked, with the air of a mun who wanted the liext. The clerk spried up ut once. "I couldn't very well give you one ut of it," he replied, whirling the reg ister around. "Well, I guess somebody else can," retorted the vixitur, tind he picked up his bag ai.d walked out. Detroit Free Press. Origin of Tawdry. Tawdry came from Bt. Audrey. In old times there was an annual fair in several cities of Europe on 8t. Audrey's day. Incautious persons were fre quently imposed on at these fairs by worthless tinsel jewelry ; hence the say ing, "Bought at Audrey's," was equiv alent to show without value. A Vegetarian. 'I thought you were a vegetarian, and still yon are eating roast mutton!" 'Yen, but I am only kn indirect veg etarianthat is to say, I only eat the flesh of such animals as live on vege table diet." ReiaejoTtroal. A Strang Ordinance. The city council of Salem, O.. has Ped an ordinance prohibiting girla from being on the street after 8 o'clock at night. A number of the young men of the place are already preparing to leavo and locate where the rights of the fair sex are not infringed npon by the city authorities. Exchange. There is a poet in the Statesboro lull. He was tha first of the SDrina seiuijti. and the watchful editors nipped him in the bwL-vAtUota (Ga.) CoMtitatioa. THE PORTLAND MARKETS. Whiat Valley, 85(8800! Walla Walla, 7677V per cental. raoviatoNa. Bastion Snot-go Meats and Labu Hams, medium, 12(412,0 per pound; hams, lame, llMc: hams, picnic. 11(4 12c; breaklast bacon, 13(gloc; thort clear sides, 10$ 12c; dry Bait sides, 9y(SlOjc; dried beef hams, 12,'t(ul3c; mru, compound, in tins, waiuc per nonnd nnra In tins 11319.11 nitre1 feet, 80s. $5.60; pigs' feet, 40s, $3.26; KHS, Sl.ZO, HOPS, WOOL AMD BIDIS. Hops '93s, choice, 1214c per pound ; medium, Italic; poor, no demand. Wool. Valley, 10(gllo per pound; Umpqua, ll12c; Eastern Oregon, 0(3 10c, according to quality and shrinkage. Hidis Dry selected prime, 6c; green, salted, 60 pounds and over, 8l-bc; nnder 00 pounds, 2(3 3c ; sheep pelts, shearlings, 10(ccl5c; medium, 2035c; long wool, 30 (We; tallow, good to choice, 8(330 per pound. ' : LIT! AMD DRI8SID MAT. Bear Top steers, $2.603.00; fair to good steers. $2.00(r2.25; cows, $2.26; dressed beef, 4(46,'(jc per pound. Mutton Best sheep, $2.60; ewes, $2.26. Hoas Choice heavy, $4.004.25; me dium, $4.00; light and feeders, $3.1X) 4.00; dressed, ok7c per pound. Viai Hmall choice, 6c ; large, 4c per pound. COHDAQK. Manilla rope, in. cir. and np, 10c ; manilla rope, 12-thread, ?g diam., 10jc; manilla rope, 6 and 9-thread, and 6-16 diam., 11c; manilla bail rope, in coils or on reels, 10c; manilla lath yarn, tarred, 8c ; manilla hawser-laid rope well boring, etc., 13c; manilla transmission-of-power rope, 14c; manilla paper twine, lie; manilla spring twine, 14c; sisal rope, xa in. cir. and upward, 7,!cj sisal rope, 12-thread, i diam.. 7J4c; sisal rope, 6 and 9-thread, 1 ana 6-16 diam., 84'c; sisal lath yarn, tarred, 7jc; hop vine twine, tarred, 7c; sisal paper twine, 8c. fbOUR, riKD, KTO. Fmna Portland. 12.1)1): Sulfini. S2.n5: Cascadia, $2.66; Dayton, $2.66; Walla Walla, $2.90; Snow flake, $2.06; Corval- lis, i.'.uo; renuieton, sz.oo; tjratiain, $2.40; superfine, $2.26 per barrel. Oath White. :W(3H4c nor hualiel ; gray, 3032c; rolled, in bags, $5.75 6.00; barrels, $0.006.25; in cases, $3.76. MiLLSTurrs Bran, $1316; shorts, Jiotttiu; grounu uaney, tioyiioj cnop eed, $15 per ton ; whole feed barley, 60 711 no. ..nl.l , n.l.l.llin..o (04911 no. ton; chicken wheat, 65c$1.15 per cental. Hay Good, $1012 per ton. DAIRY PBODOCB. Buttkr Oregon fancy creamery, 27) 30c; fancy dairy, 22&2&c; lair to good, 16cnl7c; common, ll12c per pound ; Californl i, 46c per roll. Cueksb Oregon, 10(8 18c; Califor nia, c; Young America, 1216c; Swiss, imported, 8032c; domestic, 16 18c per pound. Egos Oregon. ll12c per dozen. Poultry Chickens, mixed, quoted at I3.00f(i3.60 Der dozen: ducks. $4.60(d 6.60 ; geese, $7.00(58.00 ; turkeys, live, 11c per pound ; areesed, lac. . VEGETABLES AMD FRUITS. Vegetables California cabbage, Lli'c per pound; potatoes, Oregon (buying nrij-u JAfATI. nap sanlr nninna hiivina f ' , r -- i "-'-" v , - "o - a, -- ail . V. 1 . . price;, ei.fuityi.uv per hbck, eweei puur . . oi - ..J.l . tiKt .:i..-.. WJVOt QU pU UUUIIU BilUI HIS MVIVlJf 86U0c: artichokes. 86c per dozen ; Cal- ifn-ni- (ultima OlIAQIn ..h n.nn t IIUIIIUKntlllW, wu,uim 'V. I uuacu , W I u gon hothouse lettuce, 4060c; cauliflow er, $2.06 per crate, 90c per doten ; pars ley, 26c per dozen; sprouts, $1.40 per hrY . alrinj hailin nap ntitnH . asparagus, 12kc per pound. rauiTB oiciiy icinonB, ft.uu(w.ou per box; California fancy, $3.60(4.00; com mon, $2.&03.0O; bananas, $1.603.00 per bunch; Honolulu, $1.602. 60; Cali fornia navels, $2.252.76 per box ; seed lings, $1.25(32.00; Japanese, $1.7&2.00; green, 600&o per uox; red, 6076c; iaie wuiier pears, ouiaouc per uox. CANNED GOODS. Cammed Goods Table fruits, assorted. I1.76(s52.00; peaches, $1.86(42.00; Bart lett pears, $1.76(32.00; plums, $1.37(4 1.60; strawberries, $2.25(32.45; cherries, $2.252.40; blackberries, $1.862.00; tasDberrios. $2.40: Dineatm lea. $2.2&(et 2.80; apricots, $1.66. Pie fruits, assorted, $1.20; peaches, $1.26; plums, $1.00(31.20; blackberries, $1.251.40 per dozen. Pie fruits, gallons, assorted, $3.163.50; peaches, $3.50(34.00; apri cots, $3.604.00; plums, $2.763.00; blackberries, $4.25(24.60; tomatoes,$1.10. Meats Corned beef. Is. $1.60: 2s. $2.25; chipped, $2,40; lunch tongue, 1b, $3.60; 2s, $o.767.00; deviled ham, $1.50 (42.75 per dozen; roast beef. Is. $1.60: 2s, $2.26. Fish Sardines. Jig. 75c$2.25; , $2.15(34.60; lobsters, $2.30(33.60; sal mon, tin Mb tails, $1.26(31.60; flats, $1.76; 2-lba, $2.25(32.50; -barrel, $6.60. TAPLB OKOC1HISS. Corrai Costa Rica. 23c: Rio.22S23c: Salvador, 22c; Mocha, 26s28c; Ar- buckle's, Columbia and Lion, 100-pound cases, $24.80 Dried Fruits 1803 pack, Petite prunes, 68c; silver, 10(4 12c; Italian, 810cj German. 68c; plums, 0(3 10c; evaporated apples, 810c; evaporated apricots, 15(3l6c; peaches, 10(3l2,'c; pears, 7 (3 no per pound. Salt Liverpool. 200s, $16.60; 100s. $16.00; 60s, $16.60; stock, $8.60(49.60. Bvrup Eastern, in barrels, 40(365c; In half barrels, 42367c: in cases, 36(3 80c per gallon ; $2.25 per keg ; California, in barrels, 20(g4Uc per gallon; $1.76 per keg. Sdoar D.4 . ei Golden C. 4Vc: extra 0,6c; confectioners' A, 61c; dry gran ulated, 6 lie; cube, crushed and pow dered, O'sc per pound ; Jc per pound discount on all grades for prompt cash ; maple ingar, 16(3 16c per pound. Kice-No. 1 Sandwich Island. $4.75(3 5.00; no Japan in market. Beans email white, r0. 1, 24,c; So. 24c; large white, 2ftc; pea beans. 2Jc; pink, 2,'c; bayou. 2?c; butter, 3c; Lima, 3'jC per pound. riciaEs Harrels, ao. 1, zsaaoe per gallon; No. 2, 20(5 28c; kegs, 6s, 85c per keg ; half gallons, $2.75 per dozen ; quar ter gallons, 11.76 per dozen. Spices Whole Allspice, 1820c per pound: cassia, 16(3 18c; cinnamon, 22(3 40c; cloves, 18S30c; black pepper, 20(3 26c; nutmeg, 7580c. Awarded Highest Honors World's Fair. RlQjfo 0 "0 The only Pure Cream of Tartar Powder. No Ammonia; No Alum. Uaed ia Millions of Homo 40 Yean th Standard. "Aa old as thehills"and never excell ed. "Tried and proven" ia the verdict o f millions. Simmons Liver Regu yl lator is tne rPTTP1 Liver JDCMZI ftnd Kidnev lator is the and Kidney medicine to . which you can pin your C I yJ faith for a fddfl mlfd 'laxa tive, and purely . veg etable, act ... T" i"S directly A-' C on the Liver J. ft an-d Kid neys. Try it. Sold by all Druggists in Liquid, or in-Powder to be taken dry or made intoa tea. The King uf Liver Mertlilnes. " 1 have used ynurHliumons I.lwr Rriiu lator and ciui uoiiHi'lfntltiiixly say It is tlia klngnrull liver nii'dli'liit'H, I coiiKldcr it a medicine chest In Itself. who. W. Jack son, Tucuiuu, Washington. -EVERY PACKAGED Baa the Z Stamp In red on wrappe TILLERS OF THE LAND RECIPE FOR CURING BACON AND HAMS FROM A FARMER. Good Winter Ration-Cow Stables Meed Good Absorbent to Fl the Am monia In the Liquid Manure What Kvery Farmer Should Know. That, if his farm is in a run-down con dition, he sliould give his Immediate at tention to dairying, because in producing butter less of the soil ii removed. That there should be a choice of feeds, and that none are better than bran, middlings, linseed or cotton-seed meal. A rood winter ration mav be comnosed of malt sprouts and middlings fed on cut hay. 1 fiat it is bad policy to allow tne liq uid manure to leach away from the stable and barnyard. lhat some good absorbent should be ' used in the cow stables to fix the am monia in the liquid manure. Land plas ter is good. That, if it ia possible, a water-tight gutter should be built beneath the sta ble floor to contain the liquid manures from the row stables. An iron grate may be built so that the hind feet of the cows may stand upon it and through which the droppings may fall into tha gutter, which should be cleaned out as often as once a week in summer and daily in winter to prevent freezing. That kindness in the treatment of the dairy cows is dollars and cents to the dairyman. That it does not pay to feed two dairy cows and get a product in milk which should be got from one. That winter dairying will pav the man who will give it bis best attention, but not otherwise. That overcrowding the cows in the stable is a direct bid for tuberculosis in the herd. That there need be no fear of overpro duction of good bntter. That cows should have their feed reg ularly three times a day, and the morn ing feed should be given early, as cows are early ricers. That tlie dairyman who undertakes to do without an icehouse is working along- wrong lines. That, while ensilage is a good kind of feed to use, it is not essential. That the best butter is made from cream ripened uniformly. lliatltpays in marketing butter to put it up in neat packages. Some peo ple are willing to pay for appearance in butter as well as other things. That the World's Fair dairy test goes to prove more emphatically that the dairy cow is a machine capable of the nioBt wonueriui results under the right kind of care and feed. That it is the excess over maintenance that pays a profit to the dairyman. A cow should receive 66 or 70 per cent more feed than her maintenance requires. That it does not pay to sell the best cows from your herd because you can pet a few dollars more for them than for poorer ones. We do not pull up the big plants to give tlie little ones a chance. Tiiat unices dairymen are testing their cows individually they can't tell wnethef each animal is paying a profit or entail ing a loss. However, it is a very impor tant thing to know. Curing Heat. A Pennsylvania farmer sends an East ern contemporary the following recipe for caring bacon and hams. The recipe is as follows : For every 100 pounds of pork take eight pounds of good salt, two pounds of brown sugar, two ounces of saltpeter, one and one-half onnces of pot ash and four gallons of water, the brine to be boiled and cooled. Meat should lay in a cool place for three or four days. Each piece to be rubbed with good salt and tlie whole packed down ana remain so two or three days, according to the weather. The brine is then poured into tlie cask at the sides, and the meat is then left for six weeks in the brine. It is then taken out and rinsed in cold water, when it is hung up to dry for four or five days, when it is smoked with hickory wood. When the details of every stage of the curing are carefully looked after the product is simply delicious. The for mula ia also well adapted for corned beef to be used during the winter months, but it will not keep in summer, except in the case of smoked beef. For fat pork to keep indefinitely rub with salt, let it lie in the salt three days and then pock, using fifty-six pounds of coarse (crystal) salt to each barrel of Bide pork.