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COURIER,
OltKGON CITY. CLACKAMAS COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. APRIL 20. 1894.
NO. 50.
VOL. XI.
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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
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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
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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.
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THE PORTLAND MARKET.
Whiat-Vallev. 85c: Walla Walla. 76
76c per cental.
ttVI AND DBKSSVD MEATS.
Bur Top steers. $2.6032.75: fair to
good steers, 2. 00(2.25; cows, 1.'5
2.25; dressed beef, 45o per pound.
Mutton BeBt sheep, 12.25: ewes,
2.00.
Hoas Choice heavy, M.00; light and
feeders, $3.76; dressed, 67c per pound.
ViAir Small choice, 6c; large, 334
per pound.
provisions. '
Eastcrn Smokid Miatb and Lasd
Hams, medium, 12a12c per pound;
hams, Urge, ll12c; hams, picnic,
1 1 ,. l O., . I. f..., l... IttStlKA.
clear sides, 9llc; dry salt aides,
ucgiuc; dried heel nams, l(13c;
lard, compound, in tins, 810o per
pound; pure, in tins, lOOUc; pigs'
feet, 80s. 15.50; pigs' feet, 40s, 13.25;
Kits, 11. ZO.
hops, wool and ninxs.
Hops '93s, choice, 1213),c per
pound; medium, 1012c; poor, neg
lected. Wool Valley. lOcglOe per pound;
Umpqua, 10 104c ; Eastern Oregon, 4
7c, according to quality and shrinkage.
Hidis Dry selected prune, 6c; green,
salted, 60 pounds and over, VAc; under
00pounds,23c; sheep pelts, shearlings,
1015c; medium, I)$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.