..r . I. ORE COURIER, OltKGON CITY. CLACKAMAS COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. APRIL 20. 1894. NO. 50. VOL. XI. .1 ::-,. ..:...A, GON ..'1... " ASYLUM MYSTERY. Important Chinese Decision Just Rendered. WASHINGTON'S NEW CAPITOL, Tho Nurrpliiry of Wiinhlngton'. Ilnnril of ILmltli A ilil ' a Letter tu 1'hy.t rlmn Tliruuxliuut lio SI ill . Olymima, )r. U. S, Armstrong, Sec relay of the State Biui.i uf Ifculth, has nddrcsved h letter tu the physicians throughout thu 8lule, nil follows: "I Bin instructed to inform you tluit tlio next scnii-iiumiul nicotine of the State I Will of Ilcullhu ill tukn place nt Spokane theeveningof Mny 1, 181)4. This meeting will I like the form of a convention. The State Board desires the presence of all the heultli oflicers of tho Slnle, to hike part in the discussion upon the various questions suggested. The objects of the Meeting are the establishment of eloper relntionH between Iih'iiI and State Boards, the loiiipKrihoii of views, the presentu lion ol facts, thu discussion of prnetieal method- relating to the prevention of iilness ami death anil the improvement, of the conditions of the living. Among the subjects which it in expeeteil will lie Jirescntcd and discussed are the follow- " 1. The prevention of consumption. "2. The edit-i t'on of the people on PflllitHI'V Hlttlj l l.r. ".'t. The restriction and prevention of scarlet fever and diphtlieriu. " 4. Kent riction und prevention of dan gerous and eoniiiinnieulile diseases from the standpoint of the School Board, tho minister, the health otllcer, the lawyer, the press and the State Board of Heultli. "5. Contagious diseases of cattle. "0. Proposed legislation. "Authors of papers are requested to limit them to lifteen minutes, and pa- Iiers are expeeted to he original contri nitions, w li ii li, when used, are to be the Iroperty of tho convention and be left with the Secretary. Persons proposing to be present should notify the Secretary of the subject of his pupcr before the 27th instant. As the .State Medical So ciety meets May 2 at the same place, an opportunity is presented for attendance at both meetings." WASHINGTON'S NKW CAPITOL. Fear. That the Appropriation Will Rn vert to the Treasury. Olymima. The Capitol Commission meeting set for Tuesday last did not ma terialize, and the reason assigned was that Judge Burke was unable to leave his personal business in Seattle. An other meeting is set for Tuesday next. These unaccountable dulays at a time when every day counts have become very annoying to those who desire to see tho building fairly under way before another i session of thu Legislature, and the post- ' " ! "pownneuw from time to time without apparent reason have had a tendency to make even thu most sanguine lose faith ' in the ultimate commencement of work on tho new Statehouse. Certain it is that personal assurances have been made by those in power to prominent Olym pians that tho work would be fairly un der way before another winter sets in, but spring is now eo far advanced with out anvtbing having been accomplished that thoughtful persons are now unable to see how any amount of work could be accomplished during tne summer even were a plan agreed upon immediately, for thu reason that much time must nec essarily be consumed in summoning the architect, making the specifications, ob tninimr contractors' bids, advertising, etc., to say nothing of the blocks that may bo placed to stay the wheels of piogrcss in tho way of injunctions ami other legal complications.- There are now two new Commissioners, who have never seen the plans, and time must be o ranted Thomas Burke and J. 8. Allen to make a personal examination before they can be called upon to make a choice. I Taken all in all, the prospects for a new capitol are not particularly bright at piesent, and certain it is that $125,000 ... ...Ml ol llie appropriation wui rcien. u mo treasury on Slay 1 next. NEW COUNTY WANTED. Wnhklnkuin nutl a Portion of Pacific to ho flitted. Astokia. The question of uniting the south portion of Pacific county and all of Wahkiakum county is being agitated among the people of that section of Washington. The matter wal thorough ly canvassed during the last session of the Washington Legislature, and the pe titions circulated were signed by over four-fifths of the legal voters of Wubki akum and the peninsula in Pacific coon ty. The matter of the passage of a gen eral law regulating the dividing of older counties and the formation of new ones will lie brought forward when the Legis lature meets and a stubborn light made in behalf of the plan proposed. The new countv thus. organized will have a population of Over 6,000. Easy access could be bad to all parts of it on account of its geographical situation, whereas at present it requires from two to five days' time for those people living in the ex treme southeast port ion of Pacific county to reach South Bend, the new county seat. PROCEEDING SOT PREMATURE. Important Chinese Ieclloii Rendered hy Judge Morrow. Sas Fbascisco. Judge Morrow has rendered an interesting decision in the case of Chew Heong in the United States District Court. Proceedings were insti tuted to secure deportation of the Mon golian as an ex-convict under the provi sions of the act of May 5, 18W2, as amended by the act of Novemtr3, 18!3. John T. Dare on behalf of Heoug con tended that he was entitled to the full period of six months to register; that therefore the proceedings were prema tnre. Judge Morrow in an elaborate opinion states that the defendant al lowed the vear to expire in which be might have" obtained a certificate of res idence under the act of May 5, ltf'2. He had an opportunity to secure evidence of his right to remain in the United states, bat he declined to avail himself of that opportunity. So far as he is concerned the act of 'May 5, 1892, is in full force and effect, and' he is subject to be de ported from the United States, because e failed to obtain a certificate of regis tration as required by that act. It is true that Congress extended the period for obtaining a certificate of regis ' ation to certain persons. I nt not to the detend ant. Having been convicted of felony, he does not come within any of the priy ileges of the extended period, and can not now or at any time hereafter obtain a certificate of residence under its pro visions. This proceedine is not there fore premature- CALII'OHNI.i HOT STATISTICS, r.uta t iilllvullnii mill Mime Trimming CUIUS 1'uur ItlllltM, B.u'UAiiKsro, California has had an exceedingly tnllil winter, and the pros pects for a good hop crop should be very bright, but they are not in tho vicinity of Sacramento. Tho roots were in an unhealthy state, and many thousands have been used for replanting old fields. The slock is decidedly scarce. The cause of the poor roots is ascribed to late cul tivation and close trimming. Confcrv tivo estimates place tho increased acr age at about 20 per cent. The present dry weather is detrimental to new plan liifrc uutw.i.ia llv llinuu I ill liii.ll frmlllli hut the dry weather has forced the roots ami the ground is covered witn vines i lliiu tinm. irivimr nKKinnncpR a( an ear crop. J lie quantity will depend upon the amount of rain within the next Ill teen davs, and at the same time the i. i .1... c... ...:u lirus muii un. i mm n iw i 1:1 m helped considerably by the present high water. AS ASYLUM MYSTERY. Steward ol the Slellnoooin. Iimtltutlun Found to Have Ileen Pol.oned. Tacoma Representative Joseph A Shadle, Steward of tho Stoilacoom In sane Asvltim, died on March 3 stippos edly of apoplexy. Coroner lletka issued a death certificate naming that disease as the cause. Later there were rumors of a invsterious death, caused partly by the death of the wile ot nr. iteupatn ai the asylum lust July under somewhat similar circumstances, un jiarcn ii Shadle'g bodv was exhumed at Wans scon, ()., and'the stomach Bent for anal ysis to lr. V. I. Hamlin, a Detroit chemist, who makes aflidavit that be found ntroobia noison sufficient to kill. The atlidavits received hero have created irreat surprise. Prosecuting Attorney ISnell (ays lie will prone tne mystery 10 t in bottom to see U a crime lias neen committed. Asylum physicians say Sha dle died ot apoplexy. lo motive lor poisoning ur Biuciue la ituun ii. Hiring of Teacuora by School Board. Tacoma. Judge Pritchard has ruled that School Boards need not wait until the annual elections in order to hire teachers for the school year commencing in September, but contracts made prior to the annual elections were subject to curtailment to the minimum term if the electors eo voted. 1 his is the point con tended for by the teachers of the State, who have been mishimr the caso. The District Boards have also objected to this curtailment of their power, and tlie decision meets with ceneral satisfaction bv both teachers and directors. The State Superintendent in July last ruled that contracts by the old board were void, and this opinion was sustained by the Attornev-Ueneral. The teachers through Mr. Dewey of the Sumner pub lie school annealed the case to the Supe- rior Court of Pierce county with the above result. It will probably go to the Supreme Court. All the teachers aim School Directors of the State ore watch ing the caso. ' Timber Land Fraud.. AsioaiA. F. J. Parke, a special agent of the Interior Department, is in the city, with the object, it is understood, of investigating the alleged timber land steals in this county. The manner in which the Montana syndicate, formerly represented by M. M. fCelehnm, acquired possession of their large holdings in the S'ehalem Valley will be particularly in quired into. Few of the many quarter sections of timber land purchased by Ketehum for Montana people cost more than$t600or $1,000 each, while some were secured at a much lower figure, and it is hinted that a number of parties were paid by Kotchum to file on timber laud with the express understanding that the Montana people should have the privilege of buying the land at a specified tigure. The Paiiama Line. San FitANctHco. It is announced that E. H. Hinton, resident agent of the Pan ama Kailway Company, lias appointed the JohnBon-Locke Mercantile Company agent of the Panama steamship line. It is understood that all questions of policy will be decided by llinton, who will re main as special representative oi wie Panama Railway Company, the Johnson Locke Company attending to the traffic nnd Hhimiini? portion oi tne onsinesg under llinton's directions. H is also announced that the Portland branch of the Johnson-Locke Company has just been appointed agent of the Norti em Pacific line of steamers to China and fti pan. An Infernal Machine. San Fbancisco. A block of wood con taining twelve copper tubes filled with fulminate of mercury was found by Mrs. John White. Mrs. White had put the p'ece In her stove, and finding it too laie, took it out to the yard and cut it. As she did eo a plug flew out, which at tracted the woman's attention. Upon m iking an investigation she found it was an infernal machine and was evidently put. there in hopes that she along with the house would be blown to pieces. The police have the infernal machine in their possession, and are in hopes of accumu lating enough evidence to connect it with some one. Pensioner Found Out and Cut Oft. Tacoma. John Joy, Port Townsend's city scavenger, has lost his pension of $12 per month. While investigating an other case in Jefferson county the Pen sion Department learned that Joy was a deserter Irom company a, recoiio tan frtmia f'at'alrv which organized at Kan Frnn."!sro. Jov remained in camp at Camp Albert for a few days, and then deserted, lie went r,asi, ana joinea a . . i j u iew nampsmre company w eecuic iirw bounty during the closing days of the n-o r Tta enliritj'd nnder the name of William Brown in the New Hampshire compauy. rronpect. Good for Cheap Salmon. Sax Fbancihco. The Call says that the salmon war waged last year between the Alaska Canning Company and R. D. Hume is liable to continne this year, iinmoctill refnwa to loin the salmon combine, and it is stated that the com bine will make the price of salmon so cheap lhat the catching and packing of them will not pay expenses. A large number of schooners fitted ont by eeal- rs are also going into trie faimon uuoi ness, and altogether the prospects for cheap salmon are very good. Sale of State School Land.. Olymfia. The State Land Commis sion has authorized the sale of school lands in Clarke and Yakima counties, to take place May 26. Warrant, t alleS Ia. Oltmpia. The State Treasurer has is ned a call for warrants on tbe general fund from 2,521 to 2,555 inclusive. The aeiTesate amount of the call ia $13. 254.66. 'o interest will be allowed afUf April21. IMPORTANT CASE Now Before the United States Supreme Court. OYSTERS FOR WASHINGTON. The llill Introduced 111 the Ilon.e by Perry ot Connecticut to E.tablUh a liureau of luteratate llank.. Wahimnoton Citv. Representative Perry of Connecticut has introduced in the House a bill to establish a bureau of interstate banks. The bill authorizes a bank to deposit witli the Treasurer of the United States as security for circu lation " any interest-bearing bonds is sued under due authority of law by the United States or any Slate of the United States, or by any county, or by any mu nicipal corporation located within any such State." It is provided that the Comptroller shall pass upon the charac ter of the bonds, and that they shall meet certain prescribed conditions. A bank having an authorized capital stock of not exceeding $160,000 shall deposit bonds of par value of not less than one fourth of the stock, and larger banks shall deposit not less than f 50,000. The United States does not guarantee the circulating notes as under the national banking act, but holds the bonds as col lateral security and is authorized to t ell them if tho bank goes into liquidation at what they will bring. The notes, moreover, shall constitute a first and paramount lien upon all the assets of the bank. Tho provisions for redemp tion require redemption in legal-tender United States coin upon the presentation of the notes, and also require a reserve of 25 per cent of lawful money of the United States. A central redemption agency is established in the office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the banks are required to keep there 5 per cent of their outstanding circulation for the redemption of notes which may drift too far from the locality where tho bank is established to be presented for redemp tion at its own counters. This redemp tion fund differs from that under the ex isting law by being required to be kept in coin instead of lawful money. OYSTERS FOR WASHISGTOS. State Fluh Commissioner Trying- to Get Eaatern Oy.ter. to Plant. Washington Citv. James Crawford, Washington's State Fish Commissioner, is endeavoring to get a supply of East ern oysters to plant in the waters of his Stale, and has just written again on the subject to the United States Fish Com missioner. When Colonel McDonald, the United States Fish Commissioner, was on a visit to the Pacific Coast last year he made an examination of Willapa Harbor with a view to establishing an experimental station there to determine whether the Eastern oyster would prop agate iu-iliosunatorB.Ilie. information. WHICH lie OUiailieil cuilcuruiUK uiv annua character of the water, tho native food and other advantages were consid ered satisfactory, and lie thon decided to send a sumcient supply to mane a test of transplanting and propagation. Fish Commissioner Crawford now asks that the promised supply bo doubled; that when the shipment is made to Willapa Harbor as manv more may be sent to Olympia to be placed in Oyster Bay. Mr. Ci awford promises to see that competent men take charae of them, and that all suggestions and directions which Colonel McDonald may make relative to their proper treatment are carefully carried out. Mr. Crawford has also written to Senator Squire and enlisted his aid in the matter. The Senator believes both shipments can be obtained without much trouble. Commissioner Crawford has also made application for a loan to the State of Washington of one of the large government aquariums at the Midwin ter fair. MINERAL LASH glESTIOS. Supreme Court Mow Hearing Argument In Thl. Important vase. Washington Citv. Tho full bench of the Supreme Court hae been engaged in hearing the arguments in the case of Barden vs. tho Northern Pacific Rail- rnaA fVimri'inV. Whieh COIIICS totlliSCOlirt on appeal from the Circuit Court of the llstrict ot Montana, ine nuesuun in i-lnthnr fho land. nRnertuined tobemin- Im. .la aftnr tlin aranf tn the railroad company are to bo considered the prop erty ot tne company, ongreen iiavuig excluded mineral lands from the opera tion of the grant. The company insists tliat only mineral lands are excluded as were known to be mineral lands at the time of the grant, while counsel it... Ur.lon assarts the mineral lands are excluded up to the time that the patent was issued, ine goveniiiirin m upuum in.. iha nn.Q tf RurHon. u-lio was renrp- sentcd by Solicitor-General Maxwell and W. W. Dixon, James fllcftought anil J. Carter appearing lor the rauroancom- ,nnv Tho nrlnemlfl laid down t)V the court in its decision of this case wil j have an important bearing on other mineral land contests in Montana, and the inter ests at stake are very large. Most of the ineral lands along the northern rocinc i Montana. Idaho and Wasliinzton will be affected by this case. Important Decl.lon. Detroit. A decision has just been handed down by Judge Swain of the ITnited States Court at Detroit asainst the Michigan Central railroad, which will have a sweeping effect in railroad circles. The decision sustains the patent granted to E. V. Cody October 27. 1885. and owned by tbe Consolidated Heating Company of Albany, N. Y., covering a heating system used by the Michigan Central, known as tbe Martin apparatus. The decree grants an injunction against further use of such steam heaters, and orders an accounting. The decision af fects nearly every railroad in the coun try using steam beating in passenger coaches. New Money Order Office.. Washington City. Changes in money order offices throughout the country are made every three months, when new ones are created where needed and use less ones dropped. None of the latter kind are posted in Washington or Ore gon, but the following new ones are an nounced: Boundary, Stevens county; Burlington, Skagit countv; Creston. Lincoln county. Waterville, Douglas county, was made an international monev order office. In Oregon Carlton, Yamhill connty; Dilley, Washington county, and Mosier, Wasco connty, have been iuade money order offices. Bamaay "Lear-Admiral. WaBBtNOTOs CiTT. By the retirement of Bear-Admiral Benham Commodore Ramsay became a Rear-Admiral. He had been for tbe past five years chief of tbe navigation bureau of tbe avy Department. WASHINGTON CITY NEWS. The bill extending the Jurisdiction of the State of Wyoming over the Yellow stone Park lias passed the House. An old case has lust been decided, which gives Norali Simpson a quarter section of land near Astoria. The case has been in litigation many years. Secretary Carlisle has apsinted Ellis C. Johnson of the State of Washington a chief of division of the Internal rev enue of the Treasmy Department. The President's Behring Sea proclama tion has been issued. After reciting the act of Congress it declares that it Is pro claimed to the end that its provisions may be known and observed. Every person found guilty of violation of pro-, visions of said act will be arrested ami, punished as therein provided, and all vessels so employed, their tackle, a parel, furniture aiid cargo will be seized ana lorloited. The Secretary of the Interior has laid before the Senate an elaliorate report from the Superintendent of the census, giving a list of sugar refineries that re fused to furnish statistics to the cenus agents, chief among which appear those of Harrison Frasier & Co. of Philadel phia and tho Havemeyers of New York. It appears that legal proceedings were directed to be commenced, but that in view of the completion ot the statistics liefore such proceedings could be con ducted to a finish the Department of Justice was notified not to proceed. Pendleton of Texas has introduced In the House a proposed amendment to the rules providing for a count of the mem bers present and not voting when a roll call has developed the absence of a vot ing quorum. The rule is to be surround ed with the necessary safeguard to pre vent the counting of mem Uts irom ac cident or intention who were not pres ent when the question was put or came In at some time during the pending rou call. The rule is not applicable to mo tions that may be determined by a vote less than a quorum. Naval ordnance officers fired two shots from the big thirteen-inch gun at Indian Head proving grounds the other day, wlrch proved to their complete satisfac tion that the gun is probably unsur passed for all practical purposes. The object of firing the great rifle was to test i, ' I. : tne niCKCi sieei iirojecniee, em u oign ing more than half a ton. The target was a twelve-inch nickel steel plate, and both shells went entirely through it, one of them breaking to pieces and the other remaining intact alter it had cleared the plate. The Carpenter shell was nnhurt by the operation of rushing its half-ton mass through a foot of solid steel, which is exactly what the ordnance officials have been looking for as a means of test ing the seveiitcen-iiich armor for the battle ships. These tests were therefore only preliminary to the trials for the ac ceptance or condemnation of the heavi est ai morplates yetmadein this country. The Secretary of the Interior has ad dressed a letter to tho Attomey-tieneral recommending that the contemplated suit by the government to secure the cancellation of patents issued many years auo for the San Fernando private land grant in California be abandoned. An examination ot the abstract of title to the grant reveals the fact that these lands liavo passed by various means of La.nyeyancesJnto other bann fh of tho original grantees. W equities in this case may be, they are stale. In regard to the policy to be pur sued by the government in (kttacking this and other Mexican grants' in Cali fornia the Secretary says he does not be lieve that anv general policy could be formulated. The government will of necessity havo to be controlled by the facts involved in each case; besides a due regard for the sacredness of our treaty obligations should invoke caution before proceedipg to take steps to cancel so solemn an instrument as a patent of tho government. Horace Brewster, a resident of the United States, but whose postoflice ad dress is Ladner, B. C, has camped for some time now upon the lighthouse re serve on Point Roberts, which bit of land in American waters tho Canadian government would like very much to re gain. Mr. Brewster thinks this govcrn erninent, having never made any use of tho land and not evincing disposition to do so now, ought to give him the land on which he has squatted in return for the improvements and cultivation which be has put upon it. An interview with Hon. Daniel Lamont, Secretary of War, makes it possible to assure not only Mr. Brewster, but the Canadian government likewise, that the United States proposes to hold this little piece of land which juts out into the Sound from the main land of British Columbia, regarding it as a very important strategic jioint and one that might be of great advantage in time of war. In the meantime there is no particular objection to settlers going upon this land, so long as they do no damage, but it might be well for all such to remember that while on that land they are subject to all the stringent Fed eral laws which have been enacted to protect property and preserve order tion military and civic reservations of the United States. General Wade Hampton. Commis sioner of Railroads, has submitted to the House Committee having supervision of tbe matter sundry memoranda on the various pending bills for a settlement of the debt of the Taciflc railroads to the United States. From these memoranda it appears that the Commissioner is op posed to the foreclosure of the lien on the roads and the management thereof by Congress, as proposed by one bill, but is favorably disposed to the maintenance of the sinking fund and the payment into it of a larger proportion of tbe net earnings. He says that on the maturity of the debts of these roads these forms of settlement with the committee will be presented, from which a choice must lie made, viz. : first, foreclosure ; second, maintain the sinking fund and require that a larger percentage of net earnings he paid into it; third, refund the debt. Discussing the question of foreclosure, he says: "A foreclosure of the lien.it is admitted, will not satisfy the debt, and the sale of the subsidized roads un der decree of the court would not realize more than enough to cancel the amount of the first mortgage bonds, in which case tbe United States would be required to lose its claim or buy in the liens and pay off the first mortgage indebtedness. Rsilway management by Congress, be sides being opposed to the settled policy, would not only be a doubtful, but a dan gerous experiment. It con Id not well lie diverted from politics, associated ss the latter is with the attendant danger of a corruption of the civil service. This alternative therefore should be rejected." Under the frond form of settlement he says tbe sinking fund may be maintained and a larger proportion of net earnings he reqnired to be paid into it, so that not only current interest may be met, hut the principal of the bonds gradually diminished. - This proposition, he says, has already been recommended for adop tion in the form of a proposed bill which was submitted to the Secretary of the Interior for transmission to the commit tee. Concerning the question of re funding the debt the Commission points ont that the Frye Senate bill in troduced in December. 1891. is the same ss the Brown bill introduced in the) House at this session of Congre, and which provides for the refunding of tbe debt. BRUTAL GERMANS. Outrages Committed African Prisoners. Upon A NOTORIOUS MARQUIS DEAD. King Kabba Itif.t Devastates luniienae Tract, of Country In Africa, But I. Defeated by the HrllUh. . London. Advices received from Uganda under date of Decern tier 7 say that the British East Africa Company's forces met those of Kabba Regas, the H"' powerful chief of the district, and defeated them. The fight lasted three hours, after which tho enemy fled, leav ing fifty dead on the field. The British forces in Uganda recently declared war against Kabba Kegas, King of Unyoro. King Kabba Regas was considered a vas sal of King Mwanga of Uganda. He re fused to acknowledge this or pay tribute. Tho power of King Kegas at one time was great, but tyranny and cruelty have weakened his hold on the natives. He is a noted slave dealer. His native hands, equipped with firearms obtained from the Arabs, have devastated vast tracts of country, driving the peaceful people into the mountains and forests and kill ing and making slaves of them. As Kabba Kegas is said to have many na tives in slavery, a march into tiis terri tory by British forces would seem to lie one of the probabilities of the near fu ture, the plea being apparently that Kabba Kegas' capital is a place where the Arab slavers find an asylum, and 1 headquarters. Thus it is apparently ouib iu presume mat tne Kingdom ol Un yoro ruled by Kabba Regas will soon form part of the territory of Uiranda, over which the British government is as suming a protectorate. DKATII OF A rKK.lt. The Motorlou. Marqul. of Ayleabury nie. In London. Lonpox. The Marquis of Aylesbury is dead. He owed M,250,000. He mar- ried Dolly Lester, the'music hall singer. ta,Jt hJ His title falls to Lord Henry Augustus pioneer advertisement ia curious enougn Brundell Bruno. The Aylesbury estates ' to quote. It reads thus: are entailed, and therefore the uncle who I "That "celleut and by all physicians inherits the title also comes into the es- PP"ed Chinese drink called by the Che lates, including Savernak Forrest. It Is iiese Toba, by other nations lay, alia Te, said Sam Lewis, the money lender, loses d at the Sultane s HeadCottee House heavilv bv the death of the Marouis. al- ,n Sweeting's Rents, by the Royal fcx- thoneh he holds policies amounting; to X 50(0 XI on the life of tbe deceased no-1 bleman. The Marquis of Aylesbury was one of the most notorious "men in the British peerage. His family are the di rect descendants of Robert Bruce, and own the celebrated Several) ke estate. He chiefly distinguished himself in his vounner davs bv drivintr down Cheap- side dressed as a coster-monger with a donkey, and lately was ruled off the race i i a. f t a. r? C"1 i1;riuh brewer for 700.000. but through biiu ciiui iq ui in. laimiy till? OHIO uu through. War lu lialuiy Isle. . Auckland. Advices from Samoa un der date of March 28 say that since early in March there has been bloody conten tion between rival native tribes, and al ready over thirty natives have been killed and fifty cruelly maimed. It had been hoped that there might be a peace ful settlement of the intertribal differ ences, and it was with that end in view that the warring factions submitted their chiefs to a trial before Chief-Justice Ide. This peaceful method, however, came to naught. The 10th instant the two fac tions came together in actual warfare. On that day a detachment from the Aana or rebel party ambushed a number of natives of Faosaleaga, Salvaii, who are understood to be supporters of tho gov ernment. Several were killed. News of the outbreak was received, hero dur ing the progress of a consultation be tween the President, Chief Justice and Consular representatives. New Atlantic Cable. - Lonpon. The steamer Faraday has left here with a portion of the new cable of the Commercial Cable Company, which is to be laid from Waterville on Balllngsked Bay, coast of Ireland, to Nova Scotia. The Faraday is not largo enough to stow the entire cable, which will be about 2,000 miles long, and tho process of laying it will include thedrop ping of about 400 miles of cable on this side of the Atlantic, then the placing of another 100 miles on the other side and finally the splicing of both portions with the main part. The new cable was made by Siemans Bros. & Co. (limited) of Lon don. The Siemans have guaranteed the Commercial Cable Company that this one will afford 33 per cent improve ment in speed over any cable the com pany now has in use. This means that thirty words a minute may be sent. A Cruel Leader. Bkiii.is. Extracts from the diary of a resident of the Cameroons were pub lished hero recently. The writer charges Assessor Schlau, the Governor's substi tute and leader of the Bacoco expedition, with ordering the throats of old female prisoners be cut. Three of his prisoners are said to have died of hunger. Twelve others were bound to the railings of the ship for days without drink, completely exposed to the tropical heat and with worms breeding in their wounded legs and arms. When half dead they were shot. It ia reported that Herr Leint, Chancellor of the Cameroons, who i an swerable for the recent floggings; Major Wrochom, the acting Governor of East Africa, and Major Francois, command ing in Southwest Africa, will be recalled. The Army I. Ready Lonpon. A special dispatch from Vi enna to the Dally News says that Gen eral Baron von Schoenfield, commander of the Second Army Corps, speaking at a banquet given by the Mayor, took oc casion to threaten the Socialists in a manner which provoked a sensation among his hearers. He said among other things: "You may lie ashamed of our assistance when the battle begins for the existence of society and the pres ervation of property. W hen the bonr geoise stand in the front row to resist the attacks of the lawless the soldiers will come to their rescue." In view of the fact that he is in the confidence of the Emperortheeffectof hisspeechisgreatar, than otherwise. Silver Conference. Bibli. The recent speech In the Reichstag by Count Posadowsky is re garded by the German bimetalists as in dicating the intention of the government the fixing of the price of silver by treaty agreement between the countries inter- ested and the issuance of international ( silver csrtiflcat I to call a conference to disenss a plan lor ANCIENT ADVERTISING. The Orlnln of the lliialneu Architect el Today Lot la Antiquity For a ncleuce whine real development Is of mirli roiiilmnitivuly recent origin, ad rertUiiiK lin. a urnrinlnK perspective. If we place the hn Hihwt count ruction upon the term, we may look In vain among nin li nt historical records for the first ad vertisement. When It became neceaaary for a tribe or nation to convey a certain piece of in formation to allot It members, the natural means was the posting In a prominent place of an Inscription. Thus the prototyi of our modern signboard same Into existence with the very dawn of civilization. It la known that In the lint day. of the children of Israel the utter ance of kings and prophet, were conveyed to the people through the medium of prim itive sign, But the real significance of the word "advertisement" has come to lie the nwi of publicity for bu.lnewt purposes for the purpose of Inducing trade. Adopting thlk meaning, tho earliest advertlaeinent were symbol bung outside the doom of .hop.. Iu Home a saw so placed Indicated th earpeuter; a bushel measure, the baker, and a branch of Ivy ancred to Ilacchu marked the tavern. From this latter form of advertisement, we have our proverb, "Good wine needs no bush." The use of written characters In adver tising for trade date back at least 20 cen turies. The excavation at Pompeii bavs brought to light a sign at a street corner which, being translated, reads, "Visit the inn of Llaiiii; turn to the right." The custom of advertising for lost article also obtained then. Anothei Inscription un earthed In the burled city reads, "A wine jar I lost from the Inn; if any one bring it back, there shall be given to him 63 ses terces; if any one bring the thief who took it, double tbe sum will be given." That the wineshop should have figured o conspicuously in the early history of advertising, we may remark In passing, I more of a retlectlon upon tne people or those times than It la a discredit to the art of publicity. In fact, in no form of literature are the vices and virtues and customs of different eras more vividly por trayed than in advertisements. Photo kraph the shop, of a nation and you have a correct idea of its methods of living. What does this so well as an advertise nientr It is the unedited voice of the peo ple. As to the first newspaper advertisement, there I. a difference of opinion. Sonu credit It to the ancient paper The Mercu rius Pol Ulcus, while others claim that a .certain old Journal (upMwed to have been change, London. Another early form of advertising was the bellman or town crier, which still Ex ists In some old New Kngland town.. Johu Irving Romer s Lecture. Thing. Seen and Unseen, St. Paul's great declaration," the things eon are temporal ; the things not seen are eternal" accented timidly here by the pi ous, but regarded as a mere phrase by the nntaavtaiiBtsi im in Ttifl In a PAmmnnn KM ' " ,",.. Vn.v i j the cont&.ulty of life any more than he doubts that the setting sun will rise again, the same orb. tomorrow. I have beard a Mabratta woman, while chiding her child for spilling milk, ex claim, "You must have been a very bad girl in yonr last life!" Tbe popular rea son why Hindoo widow do not remarry is because the loss of a betrothed or wed ded husband Is looked upon as tbe fatal expiation for some extreme offense In a previous existence, to be borne with pa tient continence in this one, on which con dition the family of the deceased husband will faithfully maintain the widow, as still belonging to the (lead man, and to be surely reunited with him. This was the basis of the hemic though tragical custom of "Satl," or widow burning, one of tbe grandest defiances ever flung by human faith and love at the face of the doctrine of annihilation. Sir Edwin Arnold. Smoking to Exce... I cau usually distinguish the oral cavity of tbe person who carries smoking to ex cess by the dusky red, velvety or hypertem le appearance of the lining ot the mouth, throat and nose, and by the throat becom ing Irritable and hoarse upon every extra effort In speaking and singing. Tobacco cautiously used is certainly a charming pleasure In ripe manhood and s solace in old age, and is rather beneficial than otherwise to thousands of healthy but careworn and tollworn people, and also to tens of thousands of soldiers, sail ors and other Idle people on whose bands time bangs heavily, and were one to nsk me how to get the good out of It without ricking the bad I should advise htm, among other things, to avoid smoking an other's pipe, for fear of contracting disease the largest indurated specilic sore I ever suw was on s colored man's lower lip, con tracted from another's plie; also, never to even smoke bis own after It bad become blackened and oil soaked, and also never to light a stale stump or habitually smoke a short stem pipe. Dr. W. T. Carthel. Samuel Pepy.. Who but Pepys would have thought of solemnly recording the first sirloin of beef "that ever I bad of mine own buying since I was a housekeeper," and what a pity It would have been hail he not, or If be bad forgotten to record Mrs. Pepys being " In her new suit of black sarcenet and yellow petticoat, very pretty." And the " Portu gal Millions," and the 18 mince pies which Sir William Penn and bis wife bad in a dish on their wedding day they having been that number of years married and many other things are delightful. Kcr are the graver detail lesa attractive, Saturday Review. A Freak. Unit Commuter Did you bear about Hrown-Jonea, my next door neighbor? A dime museum has offered him an engage nient as freak. Second Commuter Why, how I. that? I always thought that Urown-Jone va anything but a freak. "Ob, you are mistaken. He has been living in the nihil rim a year and has never yet carried a bundle." New York Trib une. Remembering Hubby. A tender hearted woman who attended an afternoon reception tbe other day felt eo bad because her husband wasn't invited that she took him borne a dice of angel's food, a tbln sandwich tied with blue rib bon and a tableioonfiil of heavenly baab, and pat tbem on tb table for blsMipptr. Atsbuwn Globe. Quakers righting Over a Church Org-aa. Tbe Friends' church at Odon Is in factional fight over the use of an orgaa ' in worshiping. At tbe meeting Bundajr tne antiorgnists were barrea ont, ons they smashed In the windows, interrupt ing tbe service. Bom siae wiu sppea to tbe courts. Cor. Indianapolis Senti- BaJleteaea Kill a Farmer. A disastrous hailstorm Visited thi ertion Monday afternoon. Nathaa John, fanner, was killed hailstone while plowing. -Canto (Miss.) Uor. Chicago Bsrald, FOR THE FARMER. Finest Fowls Neoessary for Breeding Purposes. RAISING SMALL-GRAIN CROPS. I There Not Danger of Making the Land Too Rich for Their gueeea.ful Growth t-Farm Note.. Farmers who grow grain crops ofton speak of the danger of making land too rich in nitrogenous fertility for the suc cessful growth of small grains. If land Is so highly fertilized that it causes the grain to fall down and not fill, they can do better with some other crop. Corn and potatoes give larger profits, and for these no amount of fertility that can be put into soil is too much. Even for the small grains the results of too rich land are mainly due to having fertility not properly balanced and especially to hav ing an excess of it just as the grain is heading and filling, explains American Cultivator, authority for the following: Land can be pretty rich and yet bring all the Itetter yields of sound, plump grain if the fertility is evenly distributed through the year and has its due propor tion of mineral plant food. Generally speaking, land that has stored up fertil ity produces grain with good straw and a plump berry. The injury comes from the sudden Increase of fertility by ap plications of large amounts of stable manure. These do not supply much ni trogen nntil warm weather causes their decay, and they are usually deficient in potash and phosphate. When the ma nure begins to ferment it gives off nitro gen in disproportionate quantity, and tnus aoea injury rather than good. Fertilizers for the small grains must therefore be qnick-acting, and where the grain is sown very early in the spring they ought to have a smalt proportion of soluble nitrogen. If the grain has a good start early in the season, it stores up in leat and stalk most of the mate rials for making the grain. If there has been early a plentiful supply of plant food, the grain crop will be all the better for being somewhat pinched bvcrowdiim and drouth just as it begins to make head, ine common way ol growing small grains insures the crowding and pinching oi growth at the time ol ripen ing the grain. There is always in summer a great in crease in the nitrogenous fertility of cul tivated sous that are in any way rich. While this la IniunoUB to small grain, it Is equally true that an increase of nitro gen early in the spring, while the plants are small, will be a benefit worth more to the crop in many cases than its cost. Setting a Ben. Select the finest fowls for breeding. Avoid those showing the slightest trace of sickness or the effects of disease. Eggs from tat hens, molting hens, Immature pullets or hens in a yard with a cock having a frosted comb will not give good results. Fowls having a strong, bright eye and active are most desirable. Chicks from two-year-old fowls grow faster, ma lure earlier and feather more rapidly than those irom younger stock. It pul lets are to be bred from, they should be inaieii to a mature cock. Begin to set liens as early in tho sea- son as rHHSBiuie, i ue evening is ine oesi time. Do not be in too great haste in :i. i nyi f i.,l giving her eggs. Try her first with a few eggs to see if she is content in her new quarters. Whatever receptacle is nsed for the nest, it should be painted with tar or thoroughly soaked with kerosene. Have the nest flat on the ground if pos sible: if not, place a sod or a layer of soil three or four inches deep in the box. Sprinkle wood aBhes or air-slacked lime over this, and put in clean, fresh straw or hav. Dust the ben and nest thor oughly with fresh insect powder. Ver min multiply with great rapidity under a setting hen, and the warfare against them must commence in the start. If possible, the setting hens should have a room to themselves while setting. The time a hen should be allowed to be absent from the nest varies somewhat, according to the weather. If very cold, a quarter of an hour is sufficient, but in the summer hall an hour is not too long. Provide a dust box well supplied with hard coal ashes and dirt. Give fresh food and water every day. How Farmer. Paint. A brush is bought for the work of house or barn painting at 40 to 60 cents, says the Country Gentleman; the farmer puts in six or eight days or more using this cheap brush. lie does SO per cent less work with it than he could do with a first-class brush costing, say, 90 cents to $1 ; besides he does 20 per cent poorer work with the cheap brush. Does he not really nay about $3 or 4 for the cheap brush? Many farmers buy paint at about 10 per cent less than first-class paint would cost. The cheaper paint wears anywhere from three to four years, and the good paint nearly twice as long. I have no paint or brushes to sell, but I pay out many hundred dollars a year for paint and brushes in my factory and lind no economy In ever using the cheaper grades. FA KM NOTKS. A fat dairy cow is not what the dairy man is after. The benefits to be derived from subsoil filowing will depend on the season. If t is very dry, it will add much to the value of yoiir crop. A duck acts as though it was always hungry, and for this reason it is sn easy matter to overfeed ; and there is nothing gained by having them too fat. Tbe safest plan Is to burn as soon as possible all fowls that die with conta gious diseases. This destroys all chance of spreading the disease by contagion. Harrowing potatoes and corn after they have started through the ground has been found a benefit to the crop. Potatoes to be harrowed must be planted deeply. Awarded Highest Honors World's Fair. The only Pure Cream of Tartar Powder. No Ammonia; Ho Alum. Used ia MUlioni of Hemes 49 Yean ti CUsdard. "As old u the bills" and never excell ed. "Tried and proven" is the verdict o f millions. UaZtlsKi Simmons Liver Kegu-y-v lator is the hip TrPf onl y Liver X-ICC and Kidney medicine to which you can pin your i 1 j faith for a 1 Udfl mlfd6 W . - ' " tive, and purely veg etable, act-A-' 0 on ti'6 Liver 1 ft and Kid. neys. 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IttStlKA. clear sides, 9llc; dry salt aides, ucgiuc; dried heel nams, l(13c; lard, compound, in tins, 810o per pound; pure, in tins, lOOUc; pigs' feet, 80s. 15.50; pigs' feet, 40s, 13.25; Kits, 11. ZO. hops, wool and ninxs. Hops '93s, choice, 1213),c per pound; medium, 1012c; poor, neg lected. Wool Valley. lOcglOe per pound; Umpqua, 10 104c ; Eastern Oregon, 4 7c, according to quality and shrinkage. Hidis Dry selected prune, 6c; green, salted, 60 pounds and over, VAc; under 00pounds,23c; sheep pelts, shearlings, 1015c; medium, I)$S5c; long wool, 3060c; tallow, gooo. to choice, S3X per pound. . J ' PLODX, In, TO.-' '"-'''"'' Floor Portland, 12.55; Salem, $2.65; Cascadia, $2.56; Dayton, $2.56; Walla Walla, $2.80; SnowUake, $2.o5; Corral lis, $2.05; l'endleton, $2.06; Graham, $2.40; superfine, $2.25 per barrel. Oats White, 3233c per bushel; gray, 3032c; rolled, in bags, $6,760 ti.OU; barrels, $0.00(0.25; in cases, $3.75. MiLLsroFFs Bran, $13(316; short, $15(416; ground barley. $16 18; chop feed, $15 per ton ; whole feed barley, 6U 70o per cental; middlings, $2328 per ton: chicken wheat. 65ctatl.l5 per cental. Hav Good, $1012 per ton. . DAIBY PBODUCI. BoTTia Oregon fancy creamery. 20O 22tc; fancy dairy, iSOtfXc; lair to good, 12J$ 14c ; common, 10c per pound ; uaiiiornu, autg-wc per rou. Ciiassa Young America, 1215c; California flat, 14H,'15ic; Swiss, im ported, 3032c; domestic, 1618c per pound. Eqqs Oregon, 10 lie per dosen. Poultry Chickens, mixed, quoted at $4.00 per dosen; ducks, $4.00(35.00; geese, $7.00(38.00; turkeys, live, 12(3130 per pound; dressed, 14 16c VEGETABLES AND FBDIT. Vbobtablbs California cabbage, le per pound; potatoes, Oregon (buying price), 40(345o per sack; Early Rose, for seed, 80 00c; onions (buying price), $1.75(32.25 per sack; sweet potatoes, $1.7502.00 per box ; California cel ery, 8500c; artichokes, 60c per dosen; California lettuce, 25c per dozen; Ore gon hothouse lettuce, 35(d50c; cauli flow er, $2.76 per crate, $1.00 per doien; pars ley, 25c per dozen ; string beans, 30c per pound; asparagus, 5,(070 per pound; rhubarb, 45c per pound; peas, 67c; cucumbers, $1.50 per dozen. Fruits California fancy lemons, $3.25 04.00; common, $2.00 3.00; Hiclly,$6.00 6.60 per box; bananas, $1.76 2.60 per bunch ; Honolulu, $3.00(33.50 ; California navel oranges, $2.503.25 per box ; seed lings, $1.75 2.00; Rose, $2.7603.25; Malta blood, $,'1.00; apples (buying price), green, $1.001.25; red, $1.261.75 per box. CANNIO OOOOS. Cannsd Goods Table fruits, assorted, $1.762.00; peaches, $1.7632.00; Bart lett pears, $1.762.00; plums, $1.37(i 1.60; strawberries, $2.26 2.46; cherries, $2.252.40; blackberries, $1.862.00; laspberries, $2.40; pineapples, $2.25(1 180; apricots, $1.66. Fie fruits, assorted, $1.20; peaches, $1.26; plums, $1.00 1.20; blackberries. $16 1.40 per dozen. Pie fruits, gallons, assorted, $3.16 3.50; peaches, $3.60 4.00; apri cots, $3.50(9,4.00; plums, $2.753.00; blackberries, $46 40; tomatoee,$1.10. M bats Corned beef, Is, $1.50; 2a, $2.25; chipped, $2.40; lunch tongue, Is, $3.50; 2s, $o.767.00; deviled ham. $1.60 (a 2.75 per dosen; roast beef, Is, $1.50; 2s, $2.25. Fish Sardines, s, 75c $2.25; , $2.154.50; lobsters, $2.30 3.50; sai . i. i.iu ..ii. a, ok ..i ia. a. $1.76; 2-lb. $2.25(32.60; -barrel, $60. Raisins London layers, boxes), $1.74 2.00; halves, $2.00 2.25: Quarters. $2.25 2.75; eighths, $2.603.00. Loos Muscatels, boxes, $1.50; fancy faced, $1.75; bags, 3 crown, 4 5c per pound; 4 crown, 65c. Seedless 8oltanaa, boxes. $1.7502.00; bags, 68c per pound.