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OREGON
COURIER
VOL. XII.
OREGON CITY. CLACKAMAS COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 12, 1894.
NO. 23.
Domestic Hapolness
Is to no mihII pxlcnt centered in llio
kitchen. .Make lite scurne of the food
mpplv wlint it oiiilit to be, and the
tli'iiicKlio kkici aru fur less apt to be
cloudy. In fiict you can't bring your
your kitchen up lolliohtiuidnrd without
looking over our stock of rungos and
conking ntpmlls, Our stoves ure the
Kiiri kii of the housekeepers, a they aro
nncquulli'd for bilking and other pur
poses. J'nts, kettles and pain consli
tiitu the weapons of cookery, and the
Implement!! of cookery, like those of
war, should be tho licet that can be
( liluined. Kvtry article in our stock la
A 1 ware, hh our patrona well know,
who also agree tint we are very fair
and returnable in the prices we charge.
THE ARBITRATION
Boundary Dispute Between Bra
zil and Argentine.
CLEVELAND WILL DECIDE IT
Nearly Twelve Thou.und Square Mile,
llo.tly Peopled by Ura.lliana, Are to
be Passed Upon Forthcoming De
el. Ion Awaited With Anxiety.
. Washington, October 0. President
Cleveland is expected to give his de
vision as arbitrator of the boundary dis
pute between Brazil and Argentine soon
after bin return from Buzzard's Bay.
Baron Iiio Branco, special envoy from
Brazil, accompanied by a large suite, is
now here awaiting the decision. The
case lias been in Mr. Cleveland's hands
eight mouths, and as the treaty of arbi
tration provides the decision mast be
made within a year, it is being looked
for almost any day. The time for the
decision expires February 10 next; but,
as Mr. Cleveland will be busy with Con
gress and public affairs after his return,
he is expected to dispose of the arbitra
tion question before taking up domestic
all'airs. It is understood that he has
made the arbitration his special study
during working hours at Buzzard's Bay
this summer. It is a very complicated
case, the brief of Baron Kio Branco
filling several large volumes, while the
mnps, old treaties, etc., and the briefs of
Jir. zuuallos, tue Argentine Minister,
make a fair sized-library, Mr. Cleve
land has not turned this mass of docu
ments over to the State Department,
hut lias undertaken personally to go
through it and unravel the dispute. It
is a self-imposed task which the Presi
dent does out of courtesy to the South
ern Republics, and In the extent of in
terests involved and legal complications
it is as large as any case pending in the
United States Supreme Court.
Mr. Cleveland's decision will settle
whether the eastern boundary of East
ern Argentine, remains as usually given
in mans or is extended by a wedge
- shaped projection almost to the Atlantic
. count ' If Argentine gains this strip, it
. will have a considerable effect on South
ern Brazil, as it will almost sever the
great State of Rio Grande do Sul from
Upper Brazil, the remaining connection
being a very narrow isthmus compared
with the general width of Brazil. On
the other hand, it will uive Argentine a
narrow arm of land stretching from the
north to within forty leagues of the At
lantic. The forthcoming decision is
awaited with anxiety by the Southern
envoys, as it means much to the strat
egic Btrength of the two prominent
South American countries. Moreover,
the disputed territory is itself very val
uable for its mineral and agricultural re
sources. It embraces 11,832 square
miles, with towns and villages having a
population of 5,703, most of them Brazil
ians. Mr. Cleveland's arbitration is the re
sult of the treaty made when Dom Pedro
was Emperor of Brazil. It has taken
since then to make the surveys and
present the case, and Mr. Cleveland's
decision will close the long controversy,
lie is obliged under the treaty to give all
the disputed territory to Brazil or to Ar
gentine, to that there is no opportunity
for a compromise that will satisfy both
parties.
DIPLOMATKB INFORMED.,
Peking Will Nat be Allowed to be Plun
. dered If Taken.
London, October 9. The Japanese
government has instructed Field Mar
ehal Yamaga to inform the diplomates
at Seoul that he will not allow the Jap
anese army to plunder Peking in case
that city is taken. This assurance will
probably induce the diplomates to stay
in Peking even should the Emperor
leave the capital. They will at any rate
attempt to negotiate a peace by asking
Japan to be moderate in her demands.
The Emperor's palace in Peking is now
guarded by Manchurian troops only.
The Japanese army advancing on Peking
19 said to have many Coreans in its
" ra5lko!ispatch from ShahghaTsays that
Prince Kung, the Emperor's uncle, now
President of the Tsung Li Yamen and
the Admiralty, to whom has been in
trusted the war with Japan, remains in
Peking, where he is occupied with pro
viding lor defenses of the capital. Vice
roy Li Hung Chang has sent another
army of 8,000 well-drilled men into Pe
king. Four thousand ritles were landed
at Taku from a Hamburg steamer last
week.
WEEVILS AND WHEAT.
JIucli of the Wheat Stored In Sao Fran
el.co Ha. Been Destroyed.
Sas Fbancisco, October 9. An even
ing paper states that weevils are playing
havoc with the stored wheat in this port,
and if something is not done soon, there
will be no grain left with which to load
the disengaged ships now in port. Some
days ago it was publicly stated that 6,700
tons of wheat at Port Costa was weevily,
and now it is announced that 11,000 tons
at the Nevada dock and 4,400 more at
Port Costa are infected and will have to
be removed. That makes 22,200 tons
unfit for shipment, and will have to be
used for pig or chicken feed. If the wheat
had been shipped at the low rates of
freight in existence a few months ago, a
small profit might have been made.
Now it will be a total loss.
The Banger. Ret urn.
Sax FaAScisco.OctoberJ. The United
States steamship Ranger, one of the first
vessels dispatched last spring for patrol
duty in Behring Sea, steamed into port
this morning, and soon afterward left for
the Mare Island navy yard. The Ranger
and Mohican Wt O'unalaska together,
but, as the Mohican's machinery is dis
abled, she is coming down slowly under
laiL
BELLOMY lb BUSCH, Oregon City, Or
MORB HAIL ADVICK8.
The Demand, of Japan and the Good
Onto of the United State..
San Francisco, October 9. Advices
from Yokohama announce the arrival
there from the United States of Ye Hung
Soo, Corean Minister to Washington,
who is on his return to Corea. They
also give some interesting details of that
celebrated chapter In the correspondence
between the United States and Japan
which culminated in the letter from See
retary Gresham to United States Min
ister Dunn, touching the Chinese atti
tude toward Corea, which had been the
subject of much comment In the United
States. It will be remembered at the
time that Japan was in military control
of Seoul. lier demands were very
sweeping, being as follows:
"A reorganization of the duties and
service of revenue officers of the various
departments; the appointment of a new
Minister in charge of the commercial in
tercourse and foreign relations; the pub
lic roads must be widened, and railroad
and telegraph lines built by the govern
ment between Seoul and other important
places ; the number of government bu
reaus must be reduced and salaries of
officers sufficiently increased so that they
may live properly ; the svstem of records
of receipts and Asbursements of the gov
ernment must De changed and a way of
Increasing the public revenues deter
mined upon ; the monetary system must
be changed; new rules and regulations
tor the management of the custom-nouses
must be adopted ; the farming lands of
all the provinces must be resnrveyed and
numbered for purposes of taxation in or
der that the amount received for public
improvements may be raised; the ad'
UlllllDlilllMUUUI JUDljllt7 UJUDk UC bMBIIKCU ,
military officers must be educated, ana
ihe other systems of the army and navy
must be abolished and reorganized on a
modern basis ; the police system must be
thoroughly reorganized, and stations es
tablished in Seoul and other important
places; the school system must be recog
nized," To these demands Corea replied she
was and for many years had been sub
stituting changes in the governmental
system as the public revenues would
support, and that, while Corea realized
the superior military power of Japan,
which the t oreans would not resist, they
hoped their independence would be re
spected and that the Japanese troops,
then in possession of the capital of the
country, would be withdrawn. At the
same time the King instructed the Co
rean Minister at Washington to repre
sent the conditions to the United States
to the end that the good offices of the
United States mitrht be used to bring
about the withdrawal of the Japanese
troops. He was further instructed to
say that the exact conditions described
by the treaty of 1883 with the United
Mates bad ariBen and to beg the united
States to carry out the obligation it had
assumed in the article reading:
" If other power deal unjustly or op
pressively with either government, the
other will exert their good offices on be
ing informed of the case to bring about
amicable arrangement and thus show
their friendly feelings."
Secretary Gresham responded to this
appeal by communicating with both
China and Japan in Corea's interest,
China agreed to withdraw her troops,
but Japan declined to do so. Then the
Secretary addressed the note of instruc
tions to Minister Dunn, which after sum'
ming up the situation and the obligation
of the United States concludes in the
following words :
"Cherishing a sincere friendship for
both Japan and Corea, the United States
indulges the none that uorea's independ
ence and sovereignty will be respected.
lou are Instructed to say to the govern
ment atTokio that the President is pain
fully disappointed should Japan visit
upon her feeble and defenseless neigh
bor the horrors of an unjust war."
ABOUT THE IRISH.
The Lull In Factional Strife I. Merely
a Cloak.
London, October 9. The lull in the
factional strife in the Irish party is mere
ly a cloak to internal intrigues. The
Freeman's Journal keeps up its attacks
upon T. M. Healy, who ia credited with
collecting evidence to prove that the Mo
Carthyites have repeatedly received
financial assistance from the English
IjtWrolm Ik, HulitlnliM dlmtd
to destroy the influence of Thomas Sex
ton and John Dillon in order to secure
for himself the leadership of the party
on the retirement of Justin McCarthy.
The unity of the party rests upon Mr.
McCarthy, whom all sections respect,
and it is, therefore, more than ever like
ly that he will not retire for some time
to come.
THE INDIAN NATIONALS.
The British Committee of the Indian
National Congress has invited the Hon.
Edward Blake, member of Parliament,
who is now in Canada, to preside at the
coming meeting at Madras. If Mr.
Blake declines, Michael Davitt or John
Dillon will be invited to preside. The
Indian Nationals desire to associate their
agitation with that of the Irish as repre
senting the same principle.
LA BO EST ON BECOED.
The procession held in Dublin Sunday
in commemoration of the death of Par
Dell was the largest on record. In the
line were political societies from all parts
of the country, every county in Ireland
being represented, timothy Harring
ton, who organized the procession ; Par
cell's brother and sister; John and Will
iam Redmond and many other Pamell
ile ntembera of the House of Commons;
the Lord Mayor of Dublin, the Mayor of
Cork and a portion of the corporation in
their robes of office took part in the
parade. Over fifty bands were in line.
The streets were so packed with spec
tators that it was difficult for the proces
sion to move. At Glasnevin cemetery
the parade deposited hundreds of beau
tiful wreaths on Parnell's grave. A feat
ure of the day was the thousands of
women who -vrore ivy leaves on their
breasts or in their hair.
Pa. C. C Gnota, specialist hi all chronic and
difficult dl-eane. A aare cur. (or UDCer. Writ,
tor cancer circular. HbIMm by exprm. Taitd
asd Merrieea treat., PerUaad, Or.
THE PUBLIC LANDS
Commissioner Lamoreanx ana
His Annual Report.
RECOMMENDS AN INNOVATION
Lex Activity Than Formerly B.eau.e of
the Hard Times and the Falling Off
In Iuimlgratlon-The Total Ca.b Re
ceipt, of the Offlo.
Washington, October 8. 8. W. La
moreaux, Commissioner of the Land Of
floe, in bis annual report shows that
there has not been so much activity In
public land offices this year as formerly,
due to the bard times and consequent
falling off in immigration. Among other
recommendations made is one for an
innovation in survey. Instead of the
contract system under which public lands
re now surveyed, he says the govern
ment should make the surveys. He sug
gests the work be done by the geological
survey, and points out that the geolog-
leal survey ia compelled to go over the
same ground which has been previously
gone over by the contractors' surveyors.
The geographical survey and the topo
graphical survey can be made at the
same time ana witn mucn less expense.
The disposal of land for the year ended
June w was as follows :
a ore
Bold lor oaih ...,. 61S.876
sfltcellaneous entries...... ,73,898
Indian laud. 28,8
Dccreai. Irum lat year. .. 1,484,018
The total rash receipts of the office
were 12,767.824, a decrease of $ 1,711,800,
and the total agricultural patents issued
35,268, a decrease of 8,429. The number
of mineral patents was 1,162,
The report further shows :
Acres.
Railroad land granta patented
A DDroved to States under public an
819,703
806,362
Indian uid miscellaneous
Total arret patented 2,583,73
Snrvevs amounting to 6.935.837 acres
have been approved during the year.
The Commissioner recommends that an
appropriation be made for at least six
attorneys to supervise and direct the
proceedings of the special agents in oper
ating in the districts designated by the
Commissioner, the attorneys to have
charge of the prosecution of cases dis
covered by the special agents. He re
news his recommendation of- last year
that the law permitting cutting of tim
ber on the public lands be repealed.
SCHOOL FUNDS.
Their Cu.tody In California Belong, to
the County Treasurer.
8an Francisco, October 7. The Su
preme Court has decided that the cus
tody of State and county school funds
belongs to the County Treasurer, and not
to .the City Treasurer, as a legislative
amendment of 1893 decreed. The Su
preme Court decided that the Legisla
ture exceeded its power in making such
amendments to former acts. The case
in noint was that of Louis Bruch, a prin
cipal in the public schools of San Jose,
who asked for a writ of mandamus on
the refusal of the City Treasurer to pay
his salary as School Treasurer. The
court's opinion, written by Commis
sioner Jackson Temple ana concurred
in by the court, closes with the follow-
ing words:
"II
think the law authorizing the City
Treasurer to have the oustody of State
and school moneys is invalid, both be
cause it violates the requirements of uni
formity and the provisions prohibiting
special and local laws in the manage
ment of the common schools. On this
ground, therefore, I am of the opinion
that the writ of mandate should be de
nied." TUB LOTTERY LAWS.
Altered Violation by Life
Insurance
Company.
Chicago, October 8. Ex-Governor
John T. Beveridge of Illinois, F. D. Ar
nold and S. M. Biddison were prisoners
in United States Commissioner Hoyne's
court this afternoon, charged with violat
ing the postal laws by practicing a lot
tery scheme through the mails. The men
are the President, vice-president, anu
Treasurer respectively, of the Mutual
Life Insurance ComDanv. which is al
leged to be a mere imitation in its meth
ods of the late Guarantee Investment
Company, which lately bad trouble with
the authorities. Mr. Biddison, however,
denies that this is the case, and claims
that bis company contains no lottery
element. All the parties to the case gave
bail and were released. Ex-Governor
Beveridge is said to be glad of the op
portunity to show that the company is
not in the wrong. Assistant State's At
torney Fagin states that in some manner
the subscribers nave a cnance to araw
$500 for a few dollars.
RELIGIOUS FRKEDOH.
The Subject Debated In the Hungarian
Upper Hoo.e. .
Buda-Pistii, October 6. The Hunga
rian Upper House to-day opened the de
bate on a bill granting liberty of worship
to all sects. In the course of the discus
sion Cardinal Scblanch, Archbishop of
Transylvania, declared the bill, if it
should become a law, would ruin society
and the State. The Servian Patriarch
and the Roumanian and orthodox Bish
ops spoke in a similar strain. Ex-Min-
iaiaJ an1 4Vitk Pnlnini.! Ul.l.nn
low Venn anu b u i iuid. wibuv',
Svasz, warmly supported the proposed
reform, which was introduced by the
Minister oi fublic Education. Uaron
Eostevoes declared that the bill was
prompted by a true sense of liberty and
was the outcome of the spirit of the age,
The debate was adjourned.
May Lead to a Court-Martial.
Omaha, October 8. A letter of Colonel
Merritt Barber, Adjutant-General of the
department of the Platte, to local repre
sentatives of the Army of the Tennessee,
refusing to bave anything to do with that
society and referring to it in the most
discourteous manner, may cause a court
martial. General Howard was very
angry when he read Barber's letter, and
said he would "attend to the matter"
wben he got back East, General Stone,
Chairman of tbe Executive Committee,
determined to suppress all correspond
ence with Colonel Barber, bnt some of
the committee insisted upon having
copies. Barber in his letter declared be
had never beard of the association and
cared nothing for it.
Georgia, Paper Sold.
Macon, Ga,, October 9. The Macon
Telegraph with all its franchises, etc.,
has been purchased from A. E. Siefertof
New York by A. A, Allen, who has been
ditOT-ia-shief for auWr ef years.
UNKAIIl TUKATMKNT.
Story Not at All Complimentary to the
Oflleer. of the American Squadron.
Pobt Townsknd, October 7. The In
dian sealing schooners Felit Deehkts
and Columbia, returning from Behrlng
Sea this morning, bring a story not at
all complimentary to the officers of the
American squadron, who, if the story is
true, are unduly interfering. The
Deehkts took 1,033 and the Columbia
404 sealskins, and the poor catch of the
latter Is attributed to the fact that she
went too far north, acting on the advice
of an officer of one of the patrol vessels,
who asserted she could find seals in the
higher latitude in enormous herds. In
stead she found very few, and the Indl
ana freely assert they were sent off on
a wild-goose chase for the purpose of
iving ine wmw seaiers a twiter ciinnce.
nt th Rriti.h ar-hnnnar. tn tha ernnnri
iitj imiinua suiuc hiidtjmui iiiuud taisito
ing of the United States warship Adams,
She went ashore in a dense fog. and was
compelled to nre several hundred signal
town heard and came to her assistance.
The firing scared the seals in the rook-
erles, and the schooners that happened
to be in the vicinity reaped a harvest,
une victorious scnooner look mi in less
than a day. The Alaska Commercial
Company, which has the islands leased,
did not take anywhere near the number
the contract with the government calls
for in consequence of the seals leaving
iud iBiaiiuo. aiiu bucy aiu buicatcuiiiK
became very wild.
QUESTION OF COMPENSATION.
Eeuadorlan Congre.a Approve. Mahan
Vetsquea Claim Convention,
Washington, October 7. The Depart
ment ot State has been officially notified
that the Congress of Ecuador August 8
approved the Mahan-Vetsquea claim
convention, providing lor tue aronrawn
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VI blip V1CMU1 VI U U11U A. uaillU.-
vears ago this Santos case created in'
tense excitement. Santos was a natural
ized American, who was arrested in Ec
uador for participation in a revolution
Mis prorjertv was confiscated, and tie
l ii i 1-i i i r- j
was held in jail without trial. Ecuador
refused outright to recognize his natur
alization as an American citizen. As
soon as Mr. Bayard became Secretary of
State, (Japtain Mahan and two United
States warships were sent to Guayaquil
to enforce the peremptory demand for
me release oi oanuw. xiiib nan vne ei
fect of securing a full pardon for Santos,
and the negotiations between the two
countries have since been confined to the
question of compensating Santos for the
injury done him. Little progress was
made until February, 1893, when the
American Minister to Ecuador, R. B,
Mahan, succeeded in negotiating a treaty
providing tor an arbitration oi tne dis
pute, and this convention has awaited
the action of the Ecuadorian Congress
since that time, which has now been
rstined.
EVERKTT TOWNSITR.
Case Involving It. Title on Trial In the
Court of Appeal..
San Fbancisco, October 8. The United
States Circuit Court of Appeals was en
gaged to-day in hearing the case of an
Indian woman, Josephine Hatch, against
E. C. Ferguson, Henry Hewett and the
the Everett Land Company. The suit
i i . ,i. . .. . t n
uivuiverj iiio tiua w me Bite ui .cverett,
Wash., and it is appealed from the
United States Circuit Court of Wash
ington, where the woman lost the case,
The contention of the plaintiff is that
she was fraudulently lured into making
a sale of lands worth $125,000 for $4,000,
and that E. C. Ferguson persuaded her
to give him a power of attorney to make
the sale by representing that the paper
- - .
she was signing was a simple agreement
in the nature of a private treaty of
friendship. The land was conveyed to
Hewett under power of attorney, and
within a few months from the date of
the conveyance the town of Everett was
located upon it. The woman cannot
read or write. The defendants alleged
in the lower court that there was no
fraud, and that the land became valu
able after the town was located.
DIED BY HIS OWN HAND.
Highly Ben.atlonal Seene at the Home
of an Ohio Judge. .
Akbon, O., October 7. A dramatic
uni noli annofjul . tho Uma nf Tiioo
Lewis of the Common Pleas Court to
day. While the other folks were absent,
Henry D. Tollery, prominent traveling
man, who had been engaged to Miss
Gertrude Lewis, returned to see her after
f Ti?'!? 8nce ,rom ty- Tbll
had had a HifforpnnA an1 Tnllot-tr mnnaht.
to patch it nn. He was unsuccessful.
however, and finally, drawing a bottle I
of chloroform from his pocket, succeeded
1" V1,&A IJYZW I . .-1?:
nnnr.nu.inn. .nHI,. ...--ia,! h.r n on
upper room. Miss Lewis soon came to.
and after a brief, wild struggle escaped
irom mm ana ran into tne street, mere
she met a mail carrier, and asked for
protection. He entered the house, and
asKeu jouery wnat ne meant dv nis ac
tions. Tollery 's only response was to
place the muzzle of a revolver over his
heart and fire. He died instantly.
ANNUAL ARMY COMPETITION.
Uncle 8am'. Beat Markamen at Prelim
inary Practice Firing.
Chicago, October 8. The preliminary
practice firing In the annual army com
petition began to-day at Fort Sheridan,
The marksmen who made the beBt scores
in tho rlonarttnont rvimn-iitinn. .n.l
who are entitled to shoot on the team,
began to arrive yesterday, and to day
more than 100 of Uncle Sam's best shots
were on the range ready to shoot for the
much-coveted medals. The departments
represented are Uolnmbia, Colorado, Da
kota, Texas, r.ast Platte and Missouri.
Many of the competitors are among the
beat rifle shots in the United States. The
best score for the infantry was made by
sergeant K. Wilson, seventeenth Infan
try, who made 172 out of a possible 200.
Private J. Carbo. Fifth Cavalry, led the
cavalry team with a record of 133.
Waste to be Hanged
Jiastr Crrr, J., October 8. Paul
Genz, who killed Clara Arnmin in Hobo
ken two months ago, and whose trial
was set for next Thursday, will not be
tried then. Tbe prisoner refuses to al
low the court to set aside his plea of
guilty or to hold any conference with
the lawyers assigned to defend him. He
aays he is guilty and wants to be banged
as soon as possible. Under a law passed
last winter the court cannot accept a
Eles of guilty in a capital case, and Judge
ippincott has decided to postpone the
case nntil the constitutionality of the
new law can be decided. Prosecutor
Winfield aays tbe right of s person ac-
eased of a crime to plead guilty is a eon-
sutuuonai ngnt,ana cannot be lm paired I
by stars to.
sue the government for heavy damages, those who claim that at present there
All season the sea was full of schooners, are enough white people there to consti
and before the season closed the seals tute a representative government, and
ALASKA'S WANTS.
She Will Ask Congress to Make
I Certain Changes.
si
TO SECURE THEIR PROPERTY
.(
Laws Are Badly Needed Which Will
Eatabllah Cloa.r Relation. Between
Alaaka and th. State.-They Want a
Delegate In Congrea.,
Wasinuton, October 6. An attempt
is to be biade during the coming session
of Congress to enact legislation for the
jitter governing of Alaska. Fersons
- WHO . nl" e 10 tllUt territory and
i . , ...
made investments are anxious to have
laws which will make seen nmrwrtv.
and wblch wi ai, establish closer com-
mek relations between the Territory
and the United States. It has been sug-
gested that one of the first steps toward
bringing Alaska into closer mmmnnina-
tlon with the United States and makin
lit more Useful to the onvernnipnt vmili
be to reorganize the Territory as others
have been organized and send a delegate
to Congress to represent it, who will
point out the needs of the people to the
v i leffiHinwr.. iiu. idea i. cnmrtar.tAfi nv
that th native population baa not at
tained aj degree of intelligence to entitle
it to participate in government affairs.
Becausaof a lack of legislation the de
velopment of Alaska mines, said to be
very richt, is retarded. Most of the mines
are of ! character that they require
great dejl of machinery to operate them,
and considerable ,,8P,tal "P081. , to-
r, u iiKu a.,.; .h
a an vwwaasv fciita V uua iuk ud duui u BCD-
,ioI1 of regress there will be no time
for passing adequate laws for the gov
ernment of the Northwest Territory, yet
men wno nave been pusinng the West
for year! are determined that something
must do (lone tor Alaska, and her inter-
I .:niv,. ..j V
wove win ut vicsocu umuii vuiiKiees in mv
.hnrt.ortinn vn ft -,..,.tr i.i,on
short session. Even if no action is taken
it is expected that the wav mav be
opened for something substantial in the
next congress.
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JAPANESE WAR BONOS.
s
They All Breathe of a Spiritual Bltter-
; nea. Toward China.
Washington, October 6. The officials
of the Japanese legation have received a
budget of news and gossip by the last
mall from Japan. The spirit of the peo
ple is shown in the war songs sung by
the Japanese troops as they push toward
Peking. The songs were officially com
piled by Prince AriBUgawa. They breathe
great bitterness against China, and de
clare that now is the time to plant the
nag of the Hieing Sun on the walls of
Peking and to' Illuminate Jta darkness,
Uaerr verse of the aung begins and ends
with " Strike and chastise Uhina." Va
rious verses describe the Chinese as ar
rogant and insolent, with an army of
"cowards." The Chinese troops' war
songs sav of the Japanese:
f bey are an undisciplined raume,
and however fine their arms look, thev
are useless, like fine ladies in pictures."
ane Japanese ftiinisteroi i-inance nas
officially made announcement that the
war will not be allowed to interrupt the
internal improvement of Japan. Con
sequently railway construction is to pro
ceed with the same vigor as in peaceful
times. The Minister has arranged so
that the treasury shall keep separate ac
counts of war expenses and those for in
ternal improvements in order that the
former may not overshadow the latter,
ti, ut n,,.nm..,noa .unn,t in Tmn
auv iuuv vud vvuio iivudv ivtni m aa v awu
ghow that her trade withthe United
States is greater than with any other
power. The total trade last year was
about 4,000,000 yen. British trade, which
comes second, is 600.000 yen.
ine Japanese people and press are re
torting to the Chinese Emperor's proc
lamation directing that the Japanese
" wo ien," meaning pigmies, should be
vii i veil vj wieir jairs. xue lyiiiiieBu arv
being called " cbau chau, meaning puer
ility; "tonpikau," meaning pig-tailed
vagabonds. China is referred to as
.1 . i ? "ran.- I
"mei-so-kuku," the country in which
the people cannot make up their minds,
ine Japanese papers are already print'
tag cuts showing the rout of tbe Chinese
'n 1I
DIED OF THIRST.
Terrible Suffering by Proapeotor. Cross-
,n the oert.
San Diboo, October 6. Jose Garcia, a
peddler, who has just returned from the
T ' '
Cocopah country with Quirino Cosiiio, a
halt-breed, and Fred Cota, a Mexican,
tells of the finding on the desert below
th nunl boundary of the body of an
American who had died of thirst. There
were no means of identifying the re-
mains, save that contained in the cloth
ing and a piece of an envelope or paper
sacK addressed to "James Moore, pay
master A. T. and 8. P Topoka, Kan..'
a common clasp purse, which held this
paper, and tbe part of a greenback In it.
The boot was about a No. 6. and the man
did not appear to have been large. The
party was three days without water, suf
fering nntold hardship, but afterward
afforded relief to Margarita Angulo and
reupe jnoseno, two Mexicans, and an
American, supposed to have been Fred
Wasson of this citv. Ansulo was insane
from thirst, but all recovered. On the
return trip the trail of another wanderer
was discovered, and certain circum
stances led the party to believe that he
had '8llen victim to the desert, as the
hovering vultures and coyotes howling
up the canyon among the hills afforded
gooa grounds lor the suspicion. Much
suffering is reported on the desert by re
turning prospectors. The water 1. noor.
and there is but little of it.
DISPCTED GOLD FIELDS.
Both Brasll and French Gnlana Claim
tho Country,
Nsw Yore, October 8. Additional ad
vices were received here yesterday by
tbe steamer Madiana, which arrived
from West Indian ports, regarding the
gold fever in the disputed country be-
tween Brazil and French Guiana. The
colonists in tbe latter province are on a
bunt for gold, and there are thon.anrla
of pirates and freebooters waiting for
them to find it and are ready to rob
them of it. The government of French
Guiana is powerless to protect them be-
cause of the international dispute over
the country. Already the pirates have
begun their work according to the news
received. Several expeditions have left
for the gold fields. A party left for the
gold fields a short time ago, and have
not been heard of since. Th(iovmnr
and bis friends are amino, ahnnt th
fate of M. Herard. Mnhil th.
French troops and gunboats are waiting
for word from the home government to
sail in sad drive est the desperado.
FOREIGNERS IN CHINA.
Co-operation for Their Protection Sug'
geated by Secretary Herbert,
Wasiiinoton, October 7. Secretary
Herbert suid to-day, wiien asked about
the steps he had taken for the safety of
Americans in China, that about two
weeks ago he had sent written instruc
tions to Admiral Carpenter, command'
ing tne American lorces In Chinese wa
ters, suggesting to him that he place
nimseu in communication with thecom
manders of the foreign, fleets and co-op
erate wun mem oy arranging inr con
certed action in guarding foreign inter
ests intrusted to their care. It was sug
gested that, if possiblo, an agreement
mignt be reached lor an ettectlve distri
bution of shins in such a war that all
the treaty and other porta where foreign
interests might be endangered should be
cared for by one or more ships from the
neets, with the understanding that they
were mutually to give protection to the
citizens of all nations entering into 'the
agreement.
there are at present but five American
vessels on the Asiatic station, and though
this number will be increased to eight
oy December l, there are at least fifteen
ports where the lives of American citi
zens may be endangered. If Admiral
Carpenter can secure the co-operation of
the British Admiral, the British and
American ships could be distributed in
such a manner as to protect both Brit
ish and American subjects, and the Brit
ish ships would assist Americana and
Englishmen in one port while the Ameri
can vessels looked after the Englishmen
ana Americans in others.
an xx-consul'b views.
Nkw Yobs:. October 7. Henrv T. An
drews, recently United States Consul at
Han Kow. China, was to-day asked to
give his views of the present condition
of China, particularly in regard to the
danger threatening foreign residents at
Peking, Shanghai, Han Kow and other
places open to foreigners. He said in
BUhstance:
' The danger to foreigners at Peking
comes from the inability of the Chinese
oracers to restrain their soldiers, the lat
ter always considering foreigners legit
imate objects of ridicule and abuse. Pe
king being to a certain extent an iso
lated place, it is more important that
the families of foreigners should be taken
to points where they can have the pro
tection of gunboats. The only access to
Peking being overland and a hard trip,
the road to Tien Tsin could easily be ob
structed ?nd closed, which would render
it impossible to bring away the women
and children, except nnder strong
armed force. I do not think t lit re will
be the slightest resistance offered to the
entry ot the British forces into Peking.
The treaty ports on the Yang-tse-Kiang
will be hard to relieve in case of trouble,
and hence the necessity of anticipating
it.-
MURDERED BY JAPANESE.
One Place Wh.re There 1. a Dearth of
Civilisation.
Ban Fbancisco, October 7. One hears
from time to time good reports concern
ing the spread ot Christianity in Kocki
preiecmre, says tne Japan Mall. There
certainly is need of a civilizing: factor In
l-thrt-partof Japan, Khsettons are there
most fiercely contested, always with at
tendant bloodshed. The "Soshi" is
there in his native element. He swag
gers and threatens and carries sword
canes or bludgeons, and his services,
questionable and illegal though thev be,
are constantly requisitioned by men who
ought to know better than to appeal to
orute iorce. finally murders ol colossal
dimensions are of not infrequent occur
rence. The death by violence of one
man generally includes that of most all
of the members of his family. August
m anotner wnoiesaie Slaughter is re
corded as having taken place in Kami
niata wura, one ot the larger villages in
tnat troubled prefecture. Two local ton'
stables, brothers, had for some years
been connected with another man. the
husband of their only sister, in the sake
brewing business. Some time in June
the brother-in-law suddenly announced
an intention to divorce his wife and re
tire from the trade. It was found that
he had expended a large sum to redeem
a prostitute from the house in which she
had lived. The woman thereupon be
came the new wifeof the ex-sake brewer.
who was urgently requested by the angry
brothers of his former spouse to return
moneys be held of theirs. This he al
leged was an im possibility, as he had paid
out all the funds he possessed. Doubly
indignant at this and tbe harsh manner
in which he had divorced their sister.
the two brothers entered his house in
the dead of night and killed him. his two
children (their own nephew and neice).
the man's mother, the ex-prostitute wife
and another woman who happened to be
living in the house at the time. The
elder assassin thereupon immediately
disemboweled himself, while the younger
tnrew nimseu irom a Height ol some
seventy feet into a bamboo grove, receiv
ing lata) injuries, although still alive ac
cording to the latest reports. This is the
liiird or fourth time this year that simi
lar terrible crimes have been reported
from Kochi, while our readers mav still
remember the story of those two des
peradoes last year who took to the
mountains and finally committed sul
cide after killing no less than ten oeoble
and terrorizing a whole district for more
than a month.
Farmer.' National Congre.a.
Pabkbbsburo, W. Va., October 6.
The Farmers' National Congress adopted
resolutions calling upon the President
and United States Congress to call an
international congress of all nations
ready to unite for the free use of iM
and silver as a full legal tender without.
discrimination, and censored the United
Mates Umgress for repealing the Sher
man act without making provisions for
tne coinage oi silver dollars. A resolu
tion was also adopted demanding? that
equal protection be given to farm prod
ucts with other industries in all tariff
legislation, and that a committee be ap
pointed to confer with a like committee
of Congress to secure equal adjustment
of schedules. A resolution demanding
protection to wool, cotton, hemp and flax
i '- .i . i , , , -
was taiu on sue saoie.
Sunday. Shall b Bin.
Gbanp Havcn, Mich., October 7. The
City Council has decided that hereafter
Sunday shall be blue. Under an old
State law they can close everything ex
cept churches, and yesterday the local
ponce oraerea tne restaurants, cigar
stores, livery stables, druggists and news
stands to suspend business to-dav under
the penalty of a fine. Those affected by
the order say they will complain of every
man, woman and child fonnd performing
any act that is not distinctly a deed of
necessity or charity Sunday.
Trala Bobbery ProTcated.
St. Joseph, Mo., October 3. Lee
Jones and "Scar-faced Charley" Frizzle
were arrested here to-day, charged with
conspiracy to rob the Chicago, Bock Isl
and and Pacific train. They were be
trayed by one of their own band. A
week ago it was planned to rob a west
bound Rock Island train and blow it up.
if necessary. This was postponed and
last night finally abandoned, tbe would
be robbers learning that the Polic ware
alter
U. P. DIRECTORS
Make Report of the Operations
Daring; the Fiscal Year.
CAUSE OF
ITS
BANKRUPTCY
Government Directors lay It Wa. the
Loxea Arl.lng From th Guarantee
and Other Contracts Plan Embodied
la Rellly Bill Not Entirely Approved.
Nsw Yobk, October 6. The govern
ment directors of the Union Pacific this
afternoon made public their report to the
Secretary of the Interior of the oper
ations of the system for the year ending
June 30, 1804. After-reviewing the causes
which led to the appointment of receiv
ers in October last, they discuss the dif
ficulties experienced by the latter, and
add:
"We feel that we are entirely within
bounds in saying that the result of the
guaranty traffic and construction con
tracts entered into by the Union Pacific
Hallway Company since 1887 have caused
that company a loss exceeding t7.000.-
000, and have been an important, if not
tne controlling, i actor in causing tne
bankruptcy of the company."
Amoug the guaranty contracts spe
cially mentioned as disastrous are those
with tbe Oregon Hhort Line and Utah
Northern, the Oregon Railwav and Navi
gation, and tbe Union Pacific, Denver
ana uau companies, in spite of these
criticisms the directors believe the best
interests of the government will be ad
vanced by retaining the auxiliary prop
erties in the system under proper man
agement, and that every exertion should
be made to bring about a reorganization
of the system intact, as dismemberment
would largely impair its value and earn
ing power.
The directors, however, do not entirely
approve the plan embodied in the Rellly
bill now before Congress, and offer some
suggestions of their own. They would
issue $160,000,000 of 8 per cent 100-year
gold bonds, $20,000,000 of S per cent
non-cumulative prelerrea stock and sol,-
000,000 of common stock. On the capi
tal stock outstanding they would levy an
assessment of $10 per share and issue
new common lor the old stock-paying
assessment, ut the new bonds they
would award $70,600,000 to the govern
ment at par in settlement of its debt.
and for its ultimate redemption a sink
ing fund is recommended, which shall
vest in the trustees of the general mort
gage all securities and lands now held in
the Drexel-Morgan 6 per cent note trust
and tbe o per cent trust. The amount
requirea to meet tne interest on the en
tire issue of the 3 per cent bonds above
suggested is less than the actual net
earnings during year ended June 30, 1894.
Tbe annual payment to the United States
would exceed sa.uw.uuu, ana would be
larger than the payments called for un
der the Ro-illy bllU New bonds at vary
ing rates would be offered to other cred
itors. Foreclosure of all the properties
involved would be necessary. Separate
plans based on the same general princi
ples are recommended for the Oregon
Short Line and the Oregon Railway and
navigation Uoropany.
The report la signed by E. Ellery An
derson, J. W. Doane, Fitchugh Lee and
Joseph W. Paddock.
TO ECONOMIZE.
Directors of the Whisky Trust Decide
to Cut Down Expenses.
Piobu, HI., October 6. The directors
of the Distilling and Cattle Feeding Com
pany concluded their deliberations late
this afternoon, and adjourned sine die.
The utmost secrecy was observed regard
ing the work done by the directors, and
outside of the fact that the rebate sys
tem has been abolished little can be
learned of what the directors have done.
It is known, however, that the trust has
decided to economize, and that the cler
ical force at headquarters will not be
nearly so large as in times past; When
the trust houses are in operation there
are about thirty-two running. Each of
these houses has bad a manager at a sal
ary of from $300 to $460 a month. It
will therefore be seen that when this
vast expenditure is cutoff by placing ail
the distilleries under one manager, which
has been decided upon.it will reduce
expenses about $12,000 or more a month.
Weii-lniormed men say the saving in
this regard will amount to nearly $200,,
000 a vear. It is understood that John
Beggs, Vice-President of the trust, is to
be general manager of all the distilleries.
and that all the selling and buying will
be done by or through mm.
BENHAH HONORED.
Union League Be.tows Upon Blm
It.
Eleventh Medal of Honor.
Pbilaokphia, October 6. In recogni
tion of his long and honorable career as
an officer of the United States navy the
Union League Club of Philadelphia this
evening tendered a reception to Rear-
Admiral Uenham. The Union league,
however, more particularly honored Ad'
miral Benbam for his firmness and cour
age in upholding the dignity and honor
of the flag of the United States in the
harbor of Kio de Janeiro aunng tne late
rebellion there, when with a single shot
from the guns of the Detroit he broke
De Mello's blockade and opened the har
bor to the shipping of the world. In
commemoration of tills act of Admiral
Benham the Union League to-night pre
sented him with a gold medal. But ten
others of these gold medals bave been
given by the league, one to President
Andrew jonnson in iboo ; one to vt imam
J. Meredith, ex-Secretary of the Treas
ury, and the other eight to members of
the league.
Discouraging Report..
Wasbinoton, October 8. The reports
of- naval officers commanding the ves
sels of the Behring Sea patrol present a
very discouraging outlook for the lutnre
of our seal fisheries. One officer ven
tures the assertion that at the present
rate of slaughter the seals will be ex
terminated within five years.
Awarded Highest Honors World's Fair.
Ths only pure Cream of Tartar Powder. No A""""'-; No Alum.
Uied ia Million of Home 40 Yon tl &sax4.
"As old M
thebillB"and
never excell
ed. "Tried
and proven"
is tbe verdict
o f millions.
Simmons
Liver Regu- .
Betters
medicine to
" . ' which you
can pin your '
faith for a
c n r e. A
mild laxa
tive, and
purely veg
etable, act
ing directly
oa tbe Liver
and Kid-
Tha,
n
Pills
, neys. Try it
Sold by all
Druggists in Liquid, or in Powder
to be taken dry or made into a tea.
The King of Lrrer IWedlelnea.
"I have nsed yourHlmmon. Liver Bsiu
latorand can conscientiously my It I. the
king of all liver medicine., I consider It a
medicine chest In Itself. tilo. W. JA0S
soa, Taouma, Washington.
WEVEBY PACKAGE
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THE POHTLA'li ulDErTS-
Trade continues slow in the fruit mar
ket, and but for the Eastern shipment
of prunes and pears but little would
have been done. Dealers maintain prices.
Country produce is weak, and poultry is
in oversupply, with more coming in.
' Wheat Market.
Wheat in the local market ia quiet,
and values, though weak, are no lower.
Dealers quote ss follows : Walla Walla,
6364e per cental; Valley, 70e per
cental. . .
Produce Market,
Floub Portland, 8alem, Caacadia
and Dayton, $2.40 per barrel; Walla
Walla, $2.85; Golddrop, $2.75; Snow
flake,$2.4fi; graham, $2.16 2. 40; super
fine, $2.
Oath No. 1 white feed rata at 97a
SOc; gray, 2528c Rolled oats are
quoted as follows: Bags, $5.75(86.00;
barrels, $6.0008.25; cases, $3 76.
Barlsv Feed barley is quoted at 65o
per cental. Brewing is worth 8086e
per cental, according to quality. '
Maurrurrs Bran. SIS: ahorta. sift;
chop feed, $1517; middlings, none in
maraet; chicken wheat, v0v5o per
cental.
Hat flood, $10(3)11 per ton.
Bottbb Fancy creamery, 2627Wc
per pound; fancy dairy, 2022Hc; fidr.
Unsays Oregon fair, SifUUc per
pound ; fancy, 10(312)c ; young America,
810c; Swiss, imported, 8032c; do
mestic, 1415c -
On ions Oregon, lc per pound ; yellow,
lxo per pound.
Potatoks 4050c per sack. '
Poultry Old chickens are quoted
from $3.0033.50: young are in over
supply, $1.002 60; young ducks are
nominal at $2.003.50. There is some
demand for fat young geese at $6,600
7.50, and good turkevs are in fair reo neat
at 1012ic per pound.
Fbibh Fbuit Grapes cleaned no well.
California graoea are annterl at 2Kfflifinn
per crate; Concord, 60(g60o per basket;
Oregon apples bring 6076c per box;
Snake river peaches, 4060c; quinces,
Oregon, 80e$1.00; quinces, California,
$1.26 per large box.
Eoqb Oregon were quoted at 1820o
per dozen.
Vegetables Lima beans, 4c per
pound ; sweet potatoes, $1.65 per cental)
string and wax beans, 1 2c per pound ;
cucumbers, 10 15c per dozen ; eggplant,
34c per pound; green peppers, 6c per
pound; garlic, 6c; tomatoes, 25c per
box ; Oregon cabbage, l),tg2c per pound.
Tropical Fbuit California lemons,
$5.60(38.50; Sicily, $6.607.00; bananas,
$2.503.&0 per bunch ; Honolulu, $1,760
2.60; pineapples, Honolulu, $S.O03.5O;
sugar loaf, $5.
Wooi Valley, 7flc, according to
quality; Umpqua, 79c; Eastern Ore-
V1Ib VVUffSJe
Hops Dull and nominal at
cording to quality.
Provisions Eos tern hams, medium,
1414o per pound; hams, picnic,
ll12c: breakfast bacon 1415),et
short clear sides, 12)4 13c; dry salt
sides, llll)c; dried beef hams, 14
16c; lard, compound, in tins, 9(9
10c; lard, pure, in tins, 1213c; pigs'
feet, 80s, $5.50; pigs' feet, 40s, $3.25)
kits, $1.25.
Meal Market.
Bsir Gross, top steers, $2.2602.36;
fair to good steers, $2.00; cows, $1,750
2.00; dressed beef, 35o per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep wethers,
$1.75; ewes, $1.6001.65; lambs, 2o per
pound; dressed mutton, 3W4c: lambs.
4c.
Hoos Gross, choice, heavy. $4.50(3
4 76; light and feeders, $4-00; dressed, S
ftio per pound.
Veal Dressed, small. 6c: large. 8(3 4o
per pound.
Merchandise Market.
Salmon. Columbia, river No. 1. tails.
$1.2601-60; No. 2, tails, $2.2602.50;
fancy, Ho. 1, flats, $1.7501-86; Alaska,
No. 1, talis, $1.2001.80; No. 2, talis, $1.80
2.25.
Kica island, $0.Z56.50.
Salt Liverpool. 60s. strong at $15.60
018.00.
Goal Sales are slow and prices steady.
Domestic, $6.0007.50 per ton: foreign.
$8.500 11.00.
CorrsE -Costa Rica, 22323)c ; Rio, 20
022c: Salvador. 2l2lXe: Mocha.
26,028c; Padang Java, 31c; Palembang
Java. 26028c; Lahat Java, 23025c; Ar
buckle's Columbia and Lion, $22.80 per
100-pound case.
Beans Small white, No. I, Se per
pound; No.2, 4c; targe white, 9cl
pea, 9ic; butter, 3,c; bayou, 4c;
Lima, 4c
CoBDAoa Manilla rone. lW-lnrh. la
quoted at 9c, and Sisal, 74o per
pound.
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