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OREGON
COURIER,
VOL. XII.
OREGON CITY. CLACKAMAS COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. AUGUST 3. 1894.
NO. 13.
BELLOMY & BUSCH.
THE. HOUSE FURNISHERS,
Are Now Ready for the Spring Trade.
SEE THESE PRICES
And Compare Them with Portland Prices:
Chamber Suits I 8 00 Baby Folding Cribs $ 3 BO
I'urlor Suits 20 00 Bedsteads 1 50
Center Ti.blcs, large 1 75 Springs, woven wire 2 00
Lounges, raw silk '. 3 90 Mattresses. excelsior 2 25
lied Louices, raw silk 7 50 Mattresses, excelsior, wool top... 2 75
Carpet Patent Rocker 3 50
Divans, oak, iipholbiuivd in tup-
eHlry 8 00
Extension Tallies, 0-foot 4 50
Dining Chairs. 05
Kitchen Tables 1 00
Kitchen Chairs 45
Hanging 1. nii 2 60
T'lour Matting, per yard 10
Mattresses, wool 3 00
Pillows, turkey down, pair ; . 2 00
Pillows, gonso. mire white 4 50
K lichen Sates 3 50
Kitchen Cupboards, Klaus front.. 8 00
Kitchen Rockers 1 00
Cook Stoves, No. 7 ' 7 00
Cook Stoves, No. 8 8 50
Set of Utensils for above.... 5 00
OPINION or ENGLISHMEN.
Everything in Stock to Furnish a Honse.
FULL LINE OF CROCKERY.
CHINA AND JAPAN
Chinese Junk Kow Shin? Sunk
by Japanese (innboats.
THE FIRST OVERT ACTION,
No Formal Declaration of War litis aa
Yet Ilium Muile, and Negotiation, for
Pence Are Still Being Curried On
Coreu's King i. a 1'rUoner.
Portland, Or., July 28. While there
lias been no ollk'ial declaration of war
between China and Japan, actual hos
tilitieB were begun last Wednesday by
the Japanese attacking transports loaded
with 12,000 Chinese .troops off the coast
of Corca. In the engagement the Chi
nese junk steamship Kow Suing was
sunk, and it is said 1,000 Chinese were
killed. The Japanese have also made
prisoner of the King of Corea and, it is
said, have sent Mini to Japan.
Shanghai, July 28. The Chinese
transport sunk oil' the coast of Corea by
Japiincso guns belonged to the licet of
eleven steamers which sailed from Taku
July 20 with 12,000 troops. The fleet
left Taku under an escort of gunboats
The majority of the transports proceeded
slowly witli the gunboats, while the
faster steamed with full speed, bo as to
land their troops as Boon as possible.
- On the transports which arrived first at
the Corean coast were a lew hundred
soldiers from the army of the North.
Most of the force, however, consisted of
coolies with inferior firearms, or merely
bows and arrows. The attack upon the
steamers by the Japanese last Wednes
day is described briefly in a dispatch re.
ceived this evening from Nagasaki. The
tiring was begun by a Japanese battery
on shore while the Chinese officers were
trying to disembark their men from the
first steamer. The cruisers then steamed
up, and opened lire on nil the transports
which were lying to, waiting to dis
charge the men. The Chinese were un
able to make any effective resistance.
They were thrown into great oonfusion,
and many jumped overboard to escape
the hot lire, under which the two trans
ports siillered severely.
The Chinese officials here do not con
firm these, dispatches. They are exceed
ingly reticent as to every report concern
ing hostilities in Corea. The declaration
of war has caused keen ' excitement
among all classes here, and business is
virtually suspended, although many
smaller firms have made desultory ef
forts to sustain their trade. The posi
tion of the Japanese residents is preca
rious. For weeks the more prosperous
Japaneso have been leaving thecity, but
many of the poorer and middle classes
still remain. The Kuropeans best ac
quainted with the city think that the
Sikh will be strong enough to protect
them against Chinese fanatics. The
Viceroy is confident that the Northern
aimy is suflicieutly strong to cope with
the Japanese forces, and lie does not in
tend to employ tho Southern army ex
cept in case of extreme necessity. The
mobilization proceeds rapidly, and prep
arations to embark large bodies of troops
are being made with unexpected energy.
Singapore's firms are providing many of
the transports and stores. The Chinese
government bought two large steamers
yesterday, and negotiations for others
are in progress. The Japanese have an
nounced that they will hold the King of
Corea as hostage until the interior re
forms demanded by it shall have been
satisfactorily guaranteed, in seoul ex
citement is at white heat. There bus
been considerable disorder, and an up
rising of the people may come at any
moment.
British and United States warships at
Chemulpo have landed detachments of
marines at Seoul in order to protect the
legations. At Seoul a conflict is said to
have occurred between Japanese and
some Chinese and Corean Boldiers, the
Japanese being victorious. Shortly aft
erward the Japanese made a prisoner of
the King of Corea, and, it is said, have
sent him to Japan, where he will be de
tained until the war is over.
THE CAPTURE OF TUB KINO.
Washington, July 28. The King of
Corea is a Japanese prisoner. 1 Ins in
formation was the important statement
in a telegram, dated yesterday, which
Secretary Herbert baa received from
Dav of the United States steamer Balti
more, now at Chemulpo, Corea. Cap
tain Dav reports be had dispatched ma
rines to Seoul to protect the United
States legation.
IMFKIHAL FEDERATION LEAGUE.
What a Toronto Delegate 8all or the
Keeling In Till. Country.
London, July 27. Sir John Lubbock
presided In the London Chamber of
Commerce this evening over the meeting
of the city branch of the Imperial Fed
eration league. He welcomed the Ca
nadian delegated heartily. Colonel Geo.
C. Denison of Toronto then spoke of the
importance of maintaining the unity of
the Empire. Canada, he said, was abso
lutely true to England, and would reso
lutely fight against any movement to
annex her to the United Suites. Great
enniii v was felt in the United States to
ward England, and only the better edu
cated and higher classes there were
friendly to Great Britain. The peace, he
said, was maintained only through fear
of the British navy and a half-million
Canadians. In the event that France
and Russia should combine against Eng
land tno united states would o n them.
This emphasizes the necessity of federa
tion. Canada was prepared to make
great sacrifices for this, but she expected
neip irom England, in conclusion Mr.
Denison urged a system of preferential
tarill's between Great Britain and her
colonies. The motion of Sir F. Young
to appoint a committee to consider the
best course to pursue was carried against
some opposition.
AN OPINION GIVEN.
A.Hl.tant Attorney-General Uaight.
Letter to Secretary Frlco.
Olvmi'ia, July 27. The following la
the text of a letter received by State
Secretary J. H. Price from Assistant At
torney-General Haight, and explains it
self:
" Replying to your communication in
reference to the act of February 0, 18113,
providing for the submission to a vote of
the people of the State an amendment
of the State constitution relative to the
investment of the permanent school
fund in school district bondB, I have the
honor to suggest that, although the de
cision of the Supreme Court in the case
of the State vs. Grimes has by holding
that the constitutional provision we now
have authorizes the Investment of the
permanent school fund in school district
bonds, does away with the necessity of
making ine amendment proposed, and
although the act submitting the amend
ment to the people contains no appro
priation, thereby compelling the State
to depend upon tbe public spirit of the
newspapers of the State to secure the
publication of the proposed amendment.
I nevertheless find no warrant in these
circumstances for your doing otherwise
than to follow the literal directions of
the law and to carry out the same to the
extent that you are able to do. I there-
lore advise you to make such effort as
on can under the circumstances to se
cure the due publication of said amend
ment for the time and in the mode pre
scribed by the constitution.
STATU SENATOR SHOT.
For a Salmon Hatchery.
n ahiiisgtos, July 28. It has been
hard fight before the Appropriations
Committee by Mitchell and Dolph for
an appropriation for a salmon hatchery
and the preservation of the salmon in
the Colombia and tributaries. Fish
Commissioner McDonald recommends
an appropriation, with a proviso that it
ehail nut be used until the Legislatures
makes laws he recommends. The com
mittee fays let the laws be made first,
but it is possible that such an appropri
ation will be made, with the proviso and
anticipation that Oregon and Washing
ton will early pass fish preservation laws.
Shop. Mont Open.
Chicago, July 27. The Mayor has in
formed Vice-President Wickes of the
Pullman Company that he did not feel
jntitied in keeping the militia at Pull
man much longer, and the company
wonll have to open the rhops soon or
the troops would be withdrawn. Wickes
refused to fix definitely the time of reopening.
V. O. Foley of Nevada Killed by a Mr..
Hartley.
Reno, Nev., July 28. Mrs. M. A.
Hartley lastevening shot and killed State
Senator M. D, Foley. The cause of the
shooting is not known. Mrs. Hartley
is an artlat, and has rooms in the
Bank of Nevada building, where the
shooting occurred. Foley was Bhot in
the stomach, and died in half an hour.
Mrs. Hartley has been arrested.
The shooting . caused the greatest ex
citement here. Foley was one of the
most prominent men in the State, bavin?
ucuuuieu a uuiibuicuuub place in pontics
and having been President of the Bank
of JNevada. Mrs. Hartley, when asked
to make a statement, said she had
nothing to say, except that she had shot
Mnator ioley and intended to do it.
fthe had known Foley since last October,
Mro Ifarrlav fa a viAnnr Tip Pliillirta
in whose office Foley died, said' he heard
two shots. He stepped to his office door
and saw foley at the bead of the stairs,
Foley waved his hand at Mrs. Hartley
and ordered her back. Then he walked
into the doctor's office, announced that
he had been shot and became uncon
scions, dying in twenty minutes.
THE EXPECTED HAPPENS.
It ! Generally A greed That Chlua Would
Win In a Long War.
London, July 28. Sir Thomas Suth
erland, M. P., Chairman of the Peninsu
lar and Oriental Steam Navigation Com
pany, said In an interview this evening
" China in the long run will be vie'
torlous, owing tolier enormous resources
and unlimited wealth. This Is not
very fortunate position for Japan, who,
In addition to her financial trouble, may
nave to cope with an internal revolution,
cnina is fortunate in having such
financier as Sir Robert Hart, her In
spector-General of Customs, and such a
soldier as 1.1 Hung Chang, her Viceroy.
China donbtless will employ only levies
from the north and center. The Can
tonese, though turbulent, do not make
good soldiers. Doubtless Japan has an
advantage over China as regards war
ships, but China will soon make this
good. I expect she will, If necessary,
purchase European warships. "
J. Jlenniker lleaton, M. P., who Is
familiar with Eastern alfalrs, said:
" The Japanese are the Frenchmen of
the I'acilic; the Chinese are the Germans."
Chinese Representative Mathieson,
when questioned on the subject to-day,
said be had expected that the war at
the outset would be favorable to Japan,
as that country had long been preparing
for tins contest by drilling armies of men
and manning and equipping warships.
Mr. Mathieson added that the Japanese
were also a quick-moving nation, and
consequently it would be but natural
that the first engagements between them
and the slower-moving Chinese would
result In victories for the arms of the
Mikado. But eventually China must
crush Japan. He added :
"Japan is absolutely not able to pour
out such a torrent of men and material
as China, which country can carry on
war for many years, if necessary, and al
ways with fresh troops. China of recent
years has purchased large quantities of
munitions of war, and is not so far bo
hind in this respect as is generally be
lieved." The manager of the Hong Kong and
Shanghai bank saidi
" I have not received any confirmative
report that war has been declared be
tween China and Japan, but I should not
be surprised if such were the rase. One
of the results of the war will be to put
the great trade in the hands of imir and
and Europe to the disadvantage of China
and Japan, but the end of the war will
be the making of China and everywhere
opening China lor ail time to Western
civilization and trade. China will real
ize through this war her great and unde
veloped strength."
The consensus of opinion in London Is
in sympathy with China. This is owing
mainly to Russia's active wish to see Ja
pan succeed and thus form a barrier to
England's progress in the Far East,
Some of the Anglo-Chinese traders of
this city suggest doubt as to China's
ability to cope with Japan, as it is known
here that much of the Chinese war
equipment recently purchased in Europe
is bad. For Instance, it is said that 400
discarded Australian rifles, with a large
amount of ammunition lor these weap
ons, which were recently sold to China,
are not likely to prove effective acquis!
tions to her in this emergency. The ri
ties referred to would not have been die
carded had they been of use, and it is
reported that the cartridges sold with
them are not tit to be used.
NEW YORK DAILIES
Give the Opinions of Washing
ton Correspondents
CONCERNING THE TARIFF BILL
Quarrel Hetween the Pre.ldent and HI.
Party Friend. In the Senate Has
Arou.ed the Blttereet Feeling Among
Democratic Paction..
IN CASE OF WAR.
Coxey'a Follower. Hare Been De.erted
by Their Leader.
Wahhington, July 27. Large and in.
dignant delegations from the Industrial
Armies camped at South Washington
applied at the room of the House Com
mittee on Labor to-day, not to urge their
bills, but to plead for assistance. The
expected has happened. Their leaders
have deserted them, and they have
sought Congressional aid to return to the
localities whence they had come. Coxey's
men said their leader had left them in
the lurch yesterday. Kelley's men
averred that their leader had drifted
away several days ago, and that tbey did
not expect to see him again, while Fry's
men said their leader had probably
abandoned them. The men who were
brought from the Pacific Coast by Kelly
were particulary indignant, and ex
pressed a fervid desire to tar and feather
theirGeneral. McGann told them there
was not the slightest chance of a govern
ment appropriation for their return, and
sent them to tbe local Superintendent
of Charities.
Will Fnlnll Hi. Tow.
Rome, July 30. Signor Tan Ion go, the
central figure in the Bancs Roma frauds,
is said to be on the point of retiring for
some time to the monastery of the Pas
sionist Fathers, where he will devote
himself to religions exercises and event
ually leave an offering of thanks for his
acquittal. He will do this in fulfillment
of a tow made by him in prison.
Tbe Effect Upon the Mercantile Inter-
e.t. of Thl. Country,
ban j-bancisco, July 2. The mer.
cantile community is greatly Interested
in the ultimate results of the present
pending crisis between China and Japan,
The principal business between this city
and China is flour, ut tins staple com,
niodity the monthly shipments will aver
age from 20,000 to 40,000 barrels, valued
at about $3 per barrel. There is also a
fair demand for canned goods for the
uses of the white residents of the coun
try, who are also the heaviest consumers
of breadstuff's. In groceries the demand
la rather light, but this might be ln
creased in case of war. The shipments
of silver and quicksilver are also im
portant tn the exports to Uhina; but, as
the former is mainly in the form of ex
change among merchants, the chances
are that the amounts in transit would be
regulated, as at present, entirely by the
requirements of trade. As for quicksif.
ver. so lone as the ports of entrv are
open, shipments would probably remain
normal.
Japan is not now a heavy consumer
of American flour. Ut late vears the in
habitants have raiBed a poor quality of
wheat, and mills have been built at dif
ferent places for the manufacture of
flour. Only one commodity is largely
dealt in now, and that is cotton, which
is imported from the United States to
the extent of millions of pounds an
nually. Some dried fruits and canned
goods are shipped to Yokohama, and
Quantities of beans are exported to both
apan and China, where a grade of flour
is made from them for sate to the lower
classes. Prospects for an increased trade
with both countries is the subject of
considerable talk among the local mer
chants. Some favor the belief that the
American trade would be benefited, and
others think the increase in shipments
would not amount to much, unless out
side nations would become involved, and
then it would be a blessing to the pro
ducers of America In all lines of trade.
TO WORK THE MINES.
Negro Miner. Expected to Arrive In
Ko.lyn.
Taccma, July 27. A train bearing 500
to COO negro coal miners, bound for the
Roslyn mines, is expected to arrive here
in a week or ten days. In May 600 white
miners at the Roslyn mines, which are
owned by tbe Northern Pacific, refused
to accept a reduction of about 20 per
cent in wages and quit work. The com
pany did not make any enort to reopen
until two weeks ago, when it gave the
miners until last Saturday night to sign
contracts at the new scale of wages. The
white miners still refused, though thirty
or forty of the negro miners brought from
the couth at the time of the trouble in
1880 were willing to work. Assistant
General Manager Lytle says that the
negroes will be brought to take the min
ers' places, nut refuses to state from
hat point thev will come. He savs
thev can be hired in anv one of half a
dozen States. The old miners at Roslyn
have organized a branch of the National
Miners Union.
Chester A. Congdon of Duluth is at
North Yakima inaugurating an irriga
tion project to reclaim 3,000 acres on the
lower Ahtanura river, the water to be
taken from the Natchez river. The ditch,
it is said, will be completed in time for
the next irrigating season.
Pare Food Bill.
Washington, July 27. In the House
to-day the Committee on Commerce was
on motion of Hatch relieved from farther
consideration of the pure food bill, and
the measure was referred to the Com
mittee on Agriculture, of which Hatch is
Chairman.
Nkw York, July 28. President Cleve
land's letter, Senator Gorman's bitter
attack upon the Chief Executive and
Hill's reply have so entirely changed the
asjiect of the tariff bill's chances of pas-
sago that there is a diversity of opinion
among the Washington correspondents
of the more Influential New York dailies
as to the ultimate fate of that measure,
The majority, however, take a gloomy
view of the situation. The following are
some of the expressions of opinion :
The World : The quarrel between the
President and his party friends in the
Senate has aroused the bitterest feeling
among the factions of the Democrats in
and out of Congress, and is generally re
garded as the greatest misfortune that
could have happened to the Democratic
party at this time. What its ellect will
be upon the tariff bill cannot be deter
mined yet. It seems almost certain,
however, that, if any tariff bill is to be
i r .t i ,
asseu at tins session, me Jiouse must
teld to the Senate. This must necessa
rily be so in the Senate, for three or four
Democratic Senators can defeat any
measure which they do not rare to sup
port, and in view of Gorman's announce
ment that, if the Senate amendments
are materially changed, the bill will be
defeated, there seems to be no way in
which the ditlerences between ttie two
Houses can be reconciled. The failure.
moreover, of the President's attempt to
conciliate Gorman and induce him to
bring about a peaceful settlement of the
controversy on some other basis than
that of the adoption of the Senate bill
serves to indicate that the prospect for
harmony between the two Houses is not
bright.
The Times : If the sugar trust would
take its hands off of this Congress and
release the Senators who are now disa
bled by it from discharging their duties
as the constitution calls upon them to do
and as the people demand they shall, the
tariff bill would be agreed upon bv the
conierence committee in a few days, and
it would be a bill free from any sugges
tion that its loading schedules were
shaped by corrupt influences. It is use
less to caucus, for, whatever the caucus
may do, the potent few, who are under
stood to be hopelessly tied up and in
danger of being utterly disgraced if they
do not persist in remaining bought, can
not accept any conclusions reached by
the majority. . ... ...
The Recorder: There is scarcely a
member of the House who is not con
vinced that the Senate means what it
says ; that it will accept no bill but the
compromise measure that was passed
there. . In the House side there is dis
couragement and a foreboding of defeat.
The members say it will probably be a
are alio said to have reached their desti
nation safely. -- It is stated that, if the
report of the landing of the Chinese
unopposed is correct, the prospects of a
in-wciui noun ion oi the disputes between
China and Japan are improved, as the
Chinese fleet of transports and gunboats
could scarcely have escaped the vigilance
oi Japanese war vessels, If the latter had
been preparing to oppose the landing of
the Chinese forces. This is said to show
thai Jtoean is now more amenable to the
counsel. 0 the treaty powers.
ASM ftCTOIIIKS BUSY NIOI1T AND DAY,
' .
lowion, July 27. The Shanghai cor
respondent of the Central News savsnu-
melons rumors of further fighting at
Seoul are current here, but none can he
confirmed. The Coreans continue to
menace the Japanese of the Seoul gar
rison Intelligent native opinion is that
tiiem win ue an amicable settlement, in
which Europeans will have no share.
The Chinese arsenals anil arm fnc.tnrina
are busy night and day. Officers of the
m.ltlAuu ..I . all!
KUI1UU11LH &r HIUIIIT VBCHnriHH
on tb vessels with seamen attracted by
generous bounties. It is understood that
the British squadron in Chinese waters
has been ordered to defer its cruise
northward. Great Britain has informed
China and Japan that in case they in.
fringe on her interests she will take
whatever steps she may deem necessary,
but otherwise she will not interfere in
thedispnte. Important cablegrams were
sent to Admiral Freeman, commander
oi me uriusii sauadron in Chinese
waters.
EXHIBIT AT TACOMA.
short fight now. that the House will
yield, but the President is not ready to
give up the struggle yet. It looks to day
as though the House is almost willing to
yield, and that the contest may come to
an end sooner than has been expected.
There is uncertainty about the Senate's
position, and Gorman's shrewdness in
throwing upon the House the responsi
bility for no tariff legislation, if such is
the outcome of the struggle, is bearing
fruit. The courage of the members of
the House has Badly weakened since last
week, lhey have all listened to the
Senate oratory, and have been deeply
impressed by it; and the Senators claim
to-night that the end is in sight, and
the end will be the Senate bill.
The Herald : Dangers from open foes
and pretended friends surround the con
ference report on the tariff bill in the
Senate on every hand, and it will require
cool brains and steady hands to steer it
back into the conference committee
again without total shipwreck. Ttie
friends of the bill are very much alarmed.
The tremendous racket the Senate has
stirred up over the conference report has
frightened some of the members of the
other House who tiave hero to fore been
in favor of holding out. They are afraid
that the Senate may vote to indefinitely
postpone the tariff bill and thus deal a
death blow to tariff reform by this Con
Kress. There has been talk emanating
from high Democratic .sources in favor
of calling the conference report to the
House, bo ttiat the senate's amendments
could be agreed to at once and the meas
ure could be sent before the country
with at leaBt the title of " A Bill to Re
duce Taxation." What these men are
afraid of is that the Senate will adopt
some sort ot a motion to instruct ttie
conferrees to yield on some pet item of
protection that some individual Senator
esteems more highly than party prin
ciples. Many members of the House
are not at all frightened by the noise in
the Senate. They say it is simply the
last blull " ot the Senatorial conspira
tors, and if the House stands firm, it
can win a complete victory, it is
scarcely probable that either side will
win a complete victory under the cir
cumstances, and present indications seem
to point to a compromise. The compro
mise talked. of contemplates lower duties
on coal and iron ore and a remodeling of
the sugar schedule, with an ad valorem
duty only ranging from 42 to 45 per
cent, it is probable that in return for
the concessions the House would make
to the Senate in these items the House
wouid ho given an opportunity to ar
range all the rest of the bill substanti
ally as it pleased. This would result in
large reductions in the textile schedules.
The Tribune : To-day's developments
have made it more apparent that the
fate of the tariff bill is held firmly in the
hands of a little knot of Democratic Sen
ators who are holding out for no sur
render to the House or President. With
the aid of Republicans they can at any
time defeat or postpone the pending
measure, and against their determined
will the edicts of a Democratic caucus
or of the Democratic President cannot
have the slightest avail. They have only
to remain obstinate to bring the House
to their terms, or to force it to go back
to the country with a record of Demo
cratic piomises left lamentably unac
complished and Democratic pledges
cynically violated and ignored.
An Effort to be Made to Have Oregon
! Properly Kepre.ented.
Portland. Or.. Jnlv 98 A nnitml nf.
fort is to be made to have the State of
Oregon properly represented at the In
terstate Fair, which opens at Tacoma
August 16 and will continue until No
vember 1.
Yesterday morning a meeting of the
special Chamber of Commerce commit
tee was held in the office of George
Myers to consider the matter and to meet
with, representatives from Tacoma.
Charles 11. Dodd. President nf tha IWrd
of Immigration: Dr. J. If. Cardwell.
President of the State Board of Horti
culture; George T. Myers, Chairman of
the Executive Committee of the World's
Fair Commission ; W. W. Baker of the
Rural Spirit: Frank Motter. Secretary
of the Portland Chamber of Commerce;
Rev, 'Dr. Jeffries of Tacoma and Colonel
E. 1'. Shadier, Secretary of the Tacoma
Commercial Club, were present.
The main object of the conference was
to definitely ascertain what really was to
be done bv Tacoma in regard to the In
terstate Fair. Colonel Shafner in re
sponse to inquiries said that for a time
there was doubt of success. First came
the trouble over the commonwealers,
then the floods, and lastly the railroad
strikes, which had paralyzed business
all over; but now all these had been set
tled, and the fair would go on. Since
reaching Portland he had received a tel
egram from President Holmes stating
that ths Midwinter Fair concessionaires
and most of the foreign exhibits had ar
rived al Tacoma -arid would1 be on the
fair grounds, and that the management
and the people oi lacoma would be
greatly pleased if the people of Oregon
would take part and furnish an exhibit.
It was a general desire on the part of
l acoma to have 1'ortland co-operate with
its citizens and join in making the fair a
tuccess. lie had been given to under
NEW EXPERIMENTS
To
be Made With Trolleys
Beneath the Ground.
FOR STREET CAR SERVICE.
IC Suoee.efully Demon.trate It Will
Compel a Change of Power on Thou
sand, or Mile, of Road-Illll. Paa.ed
In the House.
Washington, July 27. The question
whether or not an underground trolley
is a commercially practicable and suc
cessful method of propulsion for street
car service will be determined on an ex
tensive scale in the national capital. A
bill to authorize one of the street-car
systems in this city to extend its lines
and change its motive power passed both
branches of Congress, and to-day the
conference report on the bill was agreed
to in the House. It requires the com
pany to equip and operate its lines with
an underground electric system within a
period of two years under heavy penal
ties for failure. It was stated in the de
bate that this was one of the most im
portant measures ever passed by Con
gress, if a demonstration is made that
the underground system can be success
fully worked, it will compel a change of
power on thousands of miles of electric
roads in the United States.
The day's session of the House was de
voted largely to the consideration of
business reported from the Committe on
Interstate and Foreign Commerce, and
eighteen bills were passed. Among the
more important were those to extend
the term lor which life-saving stations
WAS FA It PltOH Hit' II.
France'. Late Pre.ldent, Badl-Carnot,
Died a Poor Man,
Pabis, July 27. The executors of the
estate of the late President Sadl Carnot
made an official report to-day of their
final inventory, and the official state
ment is the subject of universal comment
on the boulevards and in political circles,
It had generally been supposed that the
murdered President was well endowed
with this world's goods, but the opposite
proves to be the case. Although his
salary as President of the Republic was
regarded not only as ample for all emer
gencies, but also sufficient to leave s
fair balance for savings or investment,
it transpires that the ate President had
not only lived up to every dollar of his
official income, but also drew upon the
returns irom some small noidings of real
estate, in order to maintain what he re
garded as the dignity of his position.
The balance of his account in bank on
the day of his death was less than 40,000
irancs, not more than sufficient, based
on the current expenditures of the Elysee
for the past year, to provide for the re
quirements of the executive mansion for
a couple of weeks, in the face of these
disclosures ttie self-sacrifice of Mine.
Carnot in absolutely refusing a pension
of $5,000 a year, suggested by the Cab
inet Council, is being universally com-
meniea upon.
The widow of the mjirdered President
to-day took possession of tbe apartments
engaged for her in the Rue St. Honore,
which she will occupy until the flat
leased at No. 14 Avenue d'Alma by the
Iia D.,'.l,.ni : .. ...:.! .1 . T
mw & icoiuviii., in anticipation oi nis re
tirement at the end of his term, baa been
decorated and furnished. It is estimated
that the real estate of the late President
will ield a revenue of (1,000 yearly.
Outside of this, the widow has nothing
to depend on, nntil the death of her
mother, Mme. Dupont-White, and who
lias an income of ilo.OOU per annum.
This at her death, according to the
1 II l I . . . I ,,
snail lie xepi open BOBS w include llie French law. will ha n.,.ll Hil,ll W
the nrivHeof th.lh , tween Mme' Carnot and he? sister, Mml
the privileges of the marine hospital nvi,i ti, ,mm,. m.L, .
service to employes of the life-saving
service: appropriating 175.000 to pur
chase a revenue cutter for use in San
Francisco harbor; appropriating $6,770
to make a money testimonial to the
sailors of the Netherlands steamship
Amsterdam, who made a gallant but
unsuccessful effort to rescue the crew of
the American schooner Maggie F. Wells
January 4 ; authorizing the Secretary of
Treasury to remit or mitigate the penal
ties imposed on sailing vessels, as well
as those imposed on steamers. The con
ference report on the fortifications ap
propriation bill was next agreed to. It
now carries a total of $2,476,000, an in
crease over the appropriation for the
year ended June 30, 181)4, of $210,040.
NORTHWEST NEWS.
stand that arrangements would be made
both for the transportation of exhibits
and the establishment of cheap excur
sion rates for visitors.
The general feeling was expressed that
Oregon should make a good exhibit at
the fair. E. N. Morgan will donate his
superb agricultural collection, the State
Board of Horticulture and the Immigra
tion Board will make fine exhibits, and
an extensive mineral diBplay of Oregon
ores can be depended upon. The one
thing to be considered is the cost. It
will take about $2,300 to make the proper
exhibit, and if this sum can be secured,
the biggest and most attractive display
of the Interstate Fair will have the Ore
gon label on.
AN INDIAN OUTLAW.
INSTRUCTED TO FIRE.
Order, to the ChlneM Gunboat, la Caae
of Oppoeltloa.
Shanghai, July 27. It is reported that
the 12,000 Chinese troops which left
Taku July 20 for Cores, convoyed by
ght gunboats, have landed in Cores,
Tbe gunboats escorting the transports
had instructions to fire upon the Japan
ese if the latter obstructed ths landing
of this army. The other troops, which
left Foo Chow for the Loo Choo Islands,
A Nephew of Chief Moae. I. a Double
Murderer.
Si'okanb, July 20. Jack Osakin, a
nephew of Chief Moses of the Colville
reservation, is an outlaw, alike from In
dian and white man's justice. He Is
hiding in the mountains of the western
part of the reservation. Moses has given
orders that he be shot on sight. July 20
he killed his own mother. Hhintah. a
full Bister of Chief Moses. The old chief
is grief-stricken. To quote his own ex
pression lie has a " very sick heart in
Iiis breast." Particulars of the crime
have not been received.
Osakin's hands were dyed with family
blood before he killed his mother. Last
December he slew his own brother, a
favorite nephew of Moses and the desig.
nated heir to the chieftanBhip of the
tribe. Princes of the blood being few,
Moses was loth to see Osakin hanged for
that crime, and used his influence to
save the murderer, pleading that the two
were engaged in a drunken quarrel, and
both were equally to blame. Osakin was
cleared, and was looked upon as Chief
Moses' successor. The Indian police and
reservation authorities are seeking the
murderer, but it is feared tie may escape
across the Canadian border and join
there some of the renegade bands re
cruited through years of flight from the
reservations of the United States. The
funeral of the murdered woman was one
of the most largely attended in the mem
ory, of the white men of the country.
An Inhuman Couple.
Parkeksburg, W. Va July J8. An
inhuman act is reported from the forest
region up the Little Kanawha river. A
man named Valentine, who is married
and has a family, and Mrs. Jacob Trader,
a widow,' both residing on Stair creek,
Calhoun county, have been "keeping
company" for some time. Last week
they resolved to leave the county. W hat
seemed to them a hindrance to their
plans was Mrs. Trader's four-year-old
daughter. They took the little girl to
the woods, tied her feet to a tree and set
the brush about her on fire. Then they
disappeared, and have not been heard
from since. The child was found by the
neighbors, and was released before the
lire reached her. Warrants have been
issued for the arrest of the inhuman
couple.
Another Indictment Again.! McDonald.
Saii Francisco, July 28. The grand
jury this afternoon returned another in
dictment against R. H. McDonald and
one against his brother, Frank McDon
ald, who is supposed to be in Japan.
Both are charged with perjury in having
falsified their reports of the defunct Pa
cific Bank to the Bank Commissioners
and with having issued false checks.
Bail is fixed at $10,000 in each case.
Oar Veuela Would Look Oa.
Washinotoh. Ju.1t 27. Secretary Her
bert has prepared orders for tha Petrel
and Concord on doty with the Behring
ms patrol, i hey win proceed immedi
ately to the Chinese station because of
the threatening aspect of affairs in Cores,
Oregon.
Tillamook has a daily mail now from
Astoria.
The election for Sheriff in Morrow
county is being contested.
There are 2.500 headers at work in the
grain fields of Umatilla county.
Easter Oregon fruit growers are plan
ning to erect a drier for the fall crops,
to be put up probably at Milton.
The Pendleton scouring mill now ex
pects to handle 4,000,000 pounds of wool
this season. The flouring mills aro being
enlarged, and some Springfield (ill.)
men are looking at the foundry plant
witu a view tu uuying aim uperating it,
Many of the Indians from other res
ervations, who visited with the Umatil
las on the Fourth, have returned to their
homes, many of them minus their bright
colored blankets and herds of cayusea,
it is said the Umatilla braves won every.
thing in sight at the races.
At Baker City Mendleson & Eustace
made the following sales of wool to a
Boston houBe : Ninty-seven bags, 40,000
pounds in one lot; Taylor Thompson's
consignment of lortv bags, l4,uuo pounds
i. springer s, 3u,azu pounds, t hese
are the largest sales made thiB season.
The wool will be shipped to Boston as
soon the cars can be obtained.
During the past two or three fishing
days the receipts at the Astoriacanneries
have been unusually large, and some of
the nstiermeu have made hauls that ex
ceed anything in the history of the
salmon industry lor several years past.
Unl..,ln L.I T..l. fA,.anK nnn
umuiun; inntiwui.il lunbvauu, w 11U nllur-
ally earns the reputation of having the
high boat on the river, took 3,300 pounds
of royal chinook fish into Kinney's can
nery, the result of a Binirle drift. Four
of the men employed by the Cutting
racking company took In over 10.000
pounds ot nsh, and many others are re,
ported to have secured unusually large
nauis. rew large nauis are made unless
the fishermen go out over the bar, and
this venture at certain stages of the tide
is invariably attended with the greatest
danger. Ueneral regret is expressed at
Astoria that the big run of fish did not
arrive at a sufficiently early dav to en
able the cannerymen to make up the
great shortage in the pack.
Washington.
A volunteer fire department has been
organized at Oarneld.
A union is being formed by the har
vest hands of thePalouse.
Five hundred cars of delayed shingles
have felt the Tacoma yarns for the Last,
Prizes amounting to $8,000 will be
offered for the racing events at the State
Fair in North Yakima tins fall.
Tacoma bridge bonds to the amount
of $50,0U0 have been successfully mar
keted in Chicago, and the cash is avail
able. Four fractional townships in the north
west corner of Lincoln county along the
south bank of theColumbia will be ready
lor nling immediately, iney contain
about 40,000 acres, and are reported to
be well filled with settlers, who will be
glad of an opportunity to claim their
homes.
The" completion of the forty miles of
wagon road from Colville to Metal ine,
which will be accomplished within a
week, will result in great benefits to
Spokane. The Metaline basin is a fertile
tract, lying between two ranges of mount
ains, and drained by the Pend d'Oreille
river and other smaller streams. Mead
ows and agricultural lands abound, and
there is an abundance ol white pine and
cedar timber, ine surrounding mount
ains are seamed with silver and gold,
and along the gravel beds of the streams
rtcn piacer oiggings nave peen dis
covered. This territory has been little
known until recently, when its richness
was made known by the adventurous
prospector, harbinger of Western civil
ization. Within a week or so the wagon
road will be complete, and even though
ingress and egress must necessarily be
mails at the slow pare of wagon teams,
still the new road will open up s great
and rich country by giving it an avenue
to the market of its products.
Strike Declared Off.
Di vik, July 27. At a meetingof local
Lodge No. In, American Railway Union,
to-day 350 were present It was decided
to declare the strike off. This step was
taken because it was thought more strik
ers could get their positions than if the
matter should be postponed to later
date.
David. The committee of members of
the Senate and Chamber of Deputies
will wait upon the widow of the murdered
f resident early in the coming week, and
will urge a reconsideration other refusal
to accept the pension proffered by the
auinet launcu.
UNFORTUNATE VESSEL.
The City of Peking A.hore In Japane.e
Water..
Yokohama, July 27. The American
steamer City of Peking, Captain Zarle,
which sailed from Hong Kong July 11
for San Francisco via Yokohama, Is
ashore at Yeddo Bay, Japan. She was
obliged to jettison a portion of her cargo.
She lies in an easy position, and it is ex
pected she will float the next high water.
8an Fhancibco, July 27. The City of
Peking seems to be an unfortunate ves
sel. In the voyage before this one she
was caught in a typhoon, and came near
going to the bottom. As it was. her life
boats were washed awav. her hnlwarka
smashed, the cabin Hooded, and several
of the crew, including Captain Searles,
were injured. On getting back to San
r ranclsco she was docked and repaired.
and sailed again early in June. She
reached Hong Kong without any m shan.
and after taking on a full cargo of silk,
rice and tea a start was made for Japan.
When she reached Yokohama the tele
gram does not state, but according to the
Pacific Mail Company's schedule the Pe
king was to have sailed from that port
on the 21st instant, and was expected to
reach San Francisco August 6. She was
probably delayed a couple of days, and
did not reach Japan on time. Just how
the accident happened it is hard to sur
mise. A breakwater extends into Yeddo
Bay from the entrance up toward the
city of Yokohama. This deepens the
approach, and makes easy sailing. Prob
ably the big steamer was caught in one
of the blows that sweep over Yokohoma
and, dragging her anchor, was carried
ashore. In that case the task of getting
her off will be a very difficult one.
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His Opinion of President Debs
of the Railway Union.
THE STRIKE DID GREAT GOOD
The Effort to Control the Wine Product
of California.
San Fhancibco, July 27. A project to
establish a syndicate of wine dealers,
which shall control the entire product of
the State with the object of assuring
something like living prices to produc
ers, is being pushed forward, and accord
ing to the present outlook with every
prospect of success. As it stands now,
eight of ten large firms composing the
W ine Dealers' Association have agreed
to go into the now enterprise, only two
for the present withholding their assent
to what is proposed. The proposition is
to form a corporation with a capital of
H.uuu.uw. Ail the firms mentioned as
subscribing to the plan agree to turn
their stock, buildings and cooperages
over to the new association, receiving
pay tlieretor in ttie bonds and stock of
the corporation. The bonds given them
will cover one-third, and the stock two-
thirds of the value of the property which
they turn over. Their value is to be
ascertained by experts, chosen by all
interested, and whose decisions are to be
final. Besides the buildings and coop
erages of the eight firms mentioned it
is stated that they own over 0.000.000
gallons of wine in this city, and they
figure on starting In the business there
fore with first-class credit. Each of the
firms is to wind up its own accounts and
pay its own present debts, and as a
result the new business concern will be
launched with a clean balance sheet and
no liabilities.
Mea.ra. Kernan and Worthlngton.
Washington, July 27. J. D. Kernan,
appointed as one of the commission to
investigate the railroad strike, is a well
known lawyer in Utica, N. Y. He has
been a particular and thorough student
of labor questions, and has written sev
eral important contributions to the lit
erature on the subject. He was chosen
because of his undoubted thorough un
derstanding of the subject and well-
known sympathy with the laboring
classes. Mr. Worthington, who is also
a member of the commission, is now a
Judge of the Illinois Circuit Court. He
represented the Peoria district in Con
gress about eight years ago.
He Call, the Strike Oae of tbe Greateat
Labor Struggle. In the Hl.tory of tha
Country, and Say. No Man Doubts
Deb.' Hone.try and Sincerity.
Nkw Yobk, July 30. Samuel Gompers
will publish in the August number of the
American Federationist an editorial on
the recent great strike. He says in part:
"The strike of the American Railway
Union to Influence Pullman to submit to
arbitration in the controversy between
himself and his employes will long live
in the memory of man as one of the
greatest labor struggles in the history of
the country. Like many of its prede
cessors, it has failed of its immediate
biect, but it has accomDllahed mora
f;ood in directing attention to the under
ylng wrongs of modern society than all
the lectures and publications could secure
in a decade. Out of all the tumult it bas
revealed to the world the character of
one of its noblest sons, Eugene V. Debs.
His earnestness, honesty and sincerity
no man doubts. It must be borne in
mind that the proposition he desired to
submit to the Managers' Association
contained no other condition than the
reinstatement of the striking railroad
men. In other words, the question
which the men had come out for had
been abandoned. In vfawnt tha fai-t
that the railroad men asked to ha rain.
stated, we submit to the calm judgment
of all whether it would have been either
wise, just or expedient to advise our
fellow-workmen of all trades throughout
the country to lav rlnvn thai iml. mJ
quit work f Apart from any other con
sideration of this question, aye, eschew
ing for a moment the consideration of
contracts entered into by organised
workers and their employers, and even
putting aside the excellent reasons given
in the statement already issued, we feel
confident it would have been the greatest
misiaxe, ine most palpable wrong ever
inflicted on the workers of our country
to have done other than as the conference
board did, and that was to pledge our
support to the men on strike, while ad
vising our fellow-workers not to enter
into a sympathetic strike at this time."
GOING TO WASHINGTON.
Comml.aton en Bout There From tho
Hawaiian Island..
Chicago, July 30. H. A. Wiedeman,
Samuel Parker. J. A. Grimmins and
Major Seward passed through Chicago
this evening en route to Washington
from Honolulu. Mr. Wiedeman. speak
ing in behalf of the party, said they
bore credentials from the ex-Queen. He
declined to make the object of the com
mission known, but stated the "cat
would be out of the bag soon after their
arrival at Washington," adding:.
" In a general way our mission is for
the good of the Islands, no matter what
is the government, monarchial, provi
sional or republican."
In addition to the credentials from the
ex-Queen the party were armed with
Eassports from the new Republic, and
ope to accomplish their object. Mr.
Wiedeman added that he had no doubt
that the present government of Hawaii
was aware of the object of the cam mis
sion, and that it sympathized with it.
Regarding reports from Honolulu that
the party bore a petition signed by roy
alists requesting annexation to the
United States Mr. Wiedeman said "No"
most emphatically, and added:
" While we all regard annexation aa
our ultimate destiny, such a thing is im
possible under the present form of government."
Asked as to the prospect, for a resto
ration of the ex-Oueen. Mr. Wiedeman
winked significantly, but refused to make
turtner response.
Tke Laat Act.
Washington. July 28. The President
has approved the naval, diplomatic and
consular and Military Academy appro
priation bills; the bill prescribing lim
itations of time for the completion of
titles under the donation acts; the bill
extending the time tor final proof and
payment for public lands; the bill au
thorizing the construction of bridge
oyer the Missouri river at Lexington, Mo.
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