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IIILLSI50RO, OREGON. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14. 1895.
NO. '34.
MAY OUST DUNRAVEN
Such Action Talked of by the
New York Yacht Club.
DISLIKE HIS LATE ACCUSATION
TIihI of lniititliig Knowledge of Fraud
to Hrurii Uelln and Smith In
Measuring Offender.
Now York, Nov. 13. There is much
talk among the members of the New
York Yuuht Club of expelling Lord
Duuraveu from the club, of which he
in mi honorary member, for his course
in imputing knowledge of fraud to
Messrs. lMoliu and Smith, in the mut
ter of the official measurement of De
fender prior to the reoeut races for the
America's cup. 'rnong those who
have expressed themselves iu favor of
charges being preferied against Lord
Duuruven, if be does not immediately
resign, are J. V. iiouvier, P. M. Hal
stead, Mr. Doremus, Mr. Clark and N.
I. Nichols. Commodore Smith said
that he did not known whether Mr.
Iselin had demanded that the cup and
regatta committees of the New York
Yacht Club should make an investiga
tion of Lord Duuruven's charges, but
he had no doubt that he would take
such autiou. Mr. Iselin was not in
town today.
Members of the New York Yacht
Club say Unit it is not necessary to pro
fur charges against Dunravou in order
.to expel him from his honorary mem
bership. They say that uuder ehaptor
20 of the by-laws he can be summarily
deposed from the roll. The chapter
roads:
"In case of an occurrence injurious
to the welfare of the club, the name of
any ltinniber implicated therein may be
removed from the list of members by a
vote of a majority of the representa
tives at any meeting."
It is thought a meeting of the cup
committee will be held in a few days
to consider Duuraveu's charges. There
was a remoiistranoe of feeling on the
floor of the stock exchange today. Ex
Commodore Smith was cheered, and
when brokers yelled, "What's the mat
ter with Iselin?" there were loud
cheers, but Lord Duuruven's name was
hissed.
THE SUPREME COURT.
GENERAL MILES' REPORT.
A rgunirnt In tli Stanford Case Advanced
to the First Monday In January.
Washington, Nov. 13. The su
premo court today advanced arguments
iu the Stanford case, setting it for the
first Monday iu January and giving an
hour's additional time to each sido for
argument. The motion to advauoe the
case was made by Attoruey-Ueueral
Harmon, for the United States, and
concurred in by Joseph Chate, as rep
resentative of Mr. Stanford. General
Harmon, in making the motion, said
tho case involved a largo amount of
money and would effect the United
States, becauso of the government's in
terest in the Paoiflo railroad bonds, for
which the Stanford estate, was held
liable. He asked that argument be set
for the first Monday iu January, after
tho oases, now on docket for that day
shall be disposed of. He also asked
that extra time for argument bo grant
ed. After Borne explanations as to the
crowded ooudition of the docket for
that time, made by the chief justice,
the court granted the motion to ad
vance aud aooeded to the suggestion
that it be set for the first Monday in
January, giving each side an extra
hour for presentation, or throe hours to
each side.
II unco Kelly Mint Serve III" Time.
Salem, Or., Nov. 13. An opinion
was hunded down from the supreme
court today by Chief Justioe Bean,
affirming the judgment of the lower
oourt in convioting Joseph ("Bunoo")
Kelly of murder in the second degree.
Authorities are cited to show that
having heard and read of the case and
found and expressed an opinion as to
its merits did not necessarily disqualify
jurors. The alleged error in overrul
ing a motion to exclude the jury from
the oourtroom during the hearing as to
the oompeteucy of an alleged confes
sion, which as evidence, was finally re
jected, the ohief justice says is a new
question in the supreme oourt, and he
says that, in his opinion, whether or
not suoh examination should be con
ducted in the presence of a jury is for
t'.io sound discretion of the court. The
argument that such hearing may in
fluence a jury in arriving at a verdict,
although rejected as evidenoe, is an
unwarrantable assumption of ignorance
and incompetence of the jury. In the
judgment of the law, juries are deemed
capable of that amount of discrimiuiv
tion. ' It would be impossible to eon
duct jury trials on any other principle.
Hence, judgment is affirmed.
Bays There la Necessity of Immediate
Action Iu Coast Defense.
Washington, Nov. 13. The annual
report of General Miles, commanding
tho army, was made public today. The
personnel is shown to be in excellent
condition, vell instructed, efficient and
attentive to duty. Liberal appropria
tions are required for public buildings
at the posts, many of which are out of
repair. General Miles believes that
the peaceable oouditious now existing
among the various Indian tribes is
largely attributable to the presence of
troops at suitable poiuts aud the ad
mirable conduct of the experienced
army officers who have boon placed in
charge of the principal agencies. While
it is economical and desirable to have
the reserve forces of the army near the
great centers of communication, Gen
eral Miles urgently contends that these
points should be selected for their
strategic value, and that the tendency
toward concentration should not be
oarried to the point of depriving the
Western settlements of proper protec
tion. Under the head of coast defenses,
General Miles states the ooudition of
these is such as to require decided and
immediate action fur their improve
ment. The unguarded ooudition of our
ooasts is known by every first-class
power, and our people should not be
led into false security.
He quotes from his roport of 1894 a
strong argumout for the defense of Pu
get sound, and shows that since the
time the new Canadian railway con
nections have been established there,
not a si n if In gun has been placed in
position for defense, while those at the
outrance of the Columbia are obsolete
aud of little value. It is true that
some progress has been made toward
defending San Francisco, and a few
modern guns and rifles have been
placed there. These, however, are but
a small part of the general plan for the
defense ct the harbor, while San Diego
is in the same ooudition as Puget
sound, entirely at the mercy of any for
eign fleet.
General Miles recalls his report of
1889 upon the absolute importance of
the defense of the entire Pacifio coast,
in view of the fact that it is possible
for any naval power to blockade any
important port within ninety days,
while it would take many years to
make a successful resistance aud the
country might be required to pay an
indemnity of 15,000,000,000. While
tho railroads might transport a million
brave men to the ooast, they would be
useless without applianoes to oope with
tho modern engines of war, nnd with
all our intelligence, inventive genius
and enterprise, we are as far behind in
the modern applianoes of war as China
or Japan.
Such were the conditions six years
ago, says General Miles, and such are
the conditions today, with the exoept
in of the slight progress made at San
Francisco.
THE ANNUAL REPORTS
Bureau of Construction and
Repair of the Navy.
ESTIMATES FOR APPROPRIATIONS
AT ATLANTA'S EXPOSITION.
The
Place Captured by the Invading
Army Prom Illinois.
Atlanta, Ga , Nov. 18. The capture
of Georgia by the invading army from
Illinois was oompleted this morning,
when the gallant First regiment, of
Chicago, headed by Governor Altgeld
and staff, on horsebaok, and escorted
by a detaohment of the Fifth regiment
of Georgia volunteers, took possession
of the exposition grounds. The un
favorarble weather did not seriously
dampen the enthusiasm, and there was
large crowd in the auditorium when
the formal exercises of Illinois day be
gan at noon. The feature was a speech
by Governor Altgeld in reponse to an
address of welcome. Altgeld said:
"We feel that the time has come
when rivers should no longer be the
dividing Hues between civilizations or
between the different peoples of this
country; that whether a man stands
upon the north bank or the south bank
of the Ohio he should be surrounded
by the same institutions, the same
civilization, the same spirit; that not
only should the citizens of this entire
republic stand under one flag, but they
should be aotuated by the same motives
and the same high aim and struggle
toward the same end.
Some of the Kecominendatlons Hade In
the Report of the First Assistant
Postuiaster-tieneral.
Washington, Nov. 12. Commodore
Philip Hichborn, chief of the bureau of
construction and repair of the navy,
has oompleted his report of the year.
The report inoludes estimates for ap
propriations for next year, the most
important being $5,900,649, to be ex
pended on vessels authorized by con
gress for the increase of the navy. He
also asks for 11,500,000 for the general
repair of vessels and purchase of stores
aud machinery; 528,000 for the con
tinuance of work already authorized on
the Hartford, the Chicago and other
vessels, aud $500,000 for two composite
sailing vessels. He dwells especially
upon the necessity of adequate money
for the repair of vessels, covering mod
ern steel ships, with their extreme sub
division and elaborate systems of ven
tilation, drainage and mechanical auxil
iaries of all kinds. They require much
greater care, both when in commission
and in ordinary than was formerly the
case with the old wooden ships.
It is more than nine years Binoe the
first vessel of the new navy was put in
commission, and the necessity for gen
ral repairs and renewals of fittings and
equipments is becoming more and more
pressing.
The policy of extreme economy has
about reachod its limit, and unless
more ample appropriations are made
for the care and preservation of ships
and the general maintenance of the
yard plants, the efficiency of the fleet
will be diminished and the government
property will suffer serious deteriora
tion.
Commodore Hiphborn notes the com
pletion and acceptance during the year
of the Marblehead, Columbia, Olympia
and Minneapolis; gives the status of
other vessels almost oompleted, and
also states the fact in connection ' with
contracts recently, let and specifications
made uuder the authority of the last
naval appropriation bill. He suggests
the importance of appropirations suf
ficient to put the navy yard plants at
Portsmouth, N. H. , Boston, New York,
League island, Norfolk and Mare isl
and in condition to meet the demands
of the immediate future. He thinks
$125,000 necessary at Norfolk; $75,
OOO.at New York and $70,000 at Mare
island. He also renews the recom
mendation of last year for the ap
propriation of $75,000 for each of the
new stations at Port Royal and Puget
sound. This money is, he says, neces
sary to equip the stations with tools so
as to enable them to oover the ordinary
repair work.
Probably, the most important part oi
the report is that devoted to the neces
sity of increased drydock facilities.
Mr. Hiohborn notes the fact that there
was no dock in the country sufficiently
large to dock the Indiana preliminary
to her trial trip.
VENEZUELANS AROUSED.
They Favor Active Preparation, for
War Against England.
Washington, Nov. 12. The first in
formation of the excited pnblio feeling
in Venezuela, resulting from British
demands, reached here today by Cara
cas papers to November 1. The pre
vailing sentiment is for immediate war
preparations, although some conserva
tive journals advocate modeiation.
The British ultimatum had not been
received, but the publication of its
substance has aroused gome patriotism.
Diaro de Caracas, the semi-official
government organ, says: In case an
emergency arises and the government
of Venezuela is obliged to resort to
arms, the English will be expelled
from the disputed territory. The pub
lic may rest assured it will only be
necessary for the government to send a
telegraphic dispatch to the frontier in
order to have this expulsion carried
out"
El Tiempo, conservative, publishes
a leader "on the defense of Guiana,"
in which it urges upon the government
the immediate dispatching of 1,000
Venezuelan troops to the frontier, in
order to be ready at any time to take
possession of the territory and hold it,
if the English make any move forward.
A tabulated statement is made of the
military force requisite.
El Tiempo also urges the establish
ment of military colonies along the
frontier. These would draw Venezue
lans and would provide a force avail
able to resist English encroachment. It
adds:
"The defense against England is a
national obligation. The reports from
London show that England proposes to
use force. Venezuela has done much
toward netting ready, but she has not
yet done enough."
A strong appeal to patriotio senti
ment is made. It is pointed out that
the Argentine Republic won a war
against Great Britain, and that Mexico
won against a combination of trance,
England and Spain. The paper asserts
that a people who abandon their rights
should perish from the earth.
AMERICAN VESSEL SEARCHED
The
by
Some One lllnndered.
Devil's Lake, Nov. 13. The strike
is off. This afternoon the American
Railway Union Lodge 150, embraoing
the territory west to Leeds, and east to
Michigan City, from this point, met
and declared the strike off, "unoondi
tioually." Resolutions were adopted
condemning the road and also stating
the new men would not be molested or
disturbed in any manner by the mem
bers of the union. The discharged men
will go to other points and seek situa
tlnno ThA ituaHarfltnrn nf the strike re
'j&Anae to state openly why they have so
completely surrendered. One of them
however, told the whole story in reply
to an inquiry. He said:
"Some one blundered. "
English Mission Attacked,
Constantinople, Nov. 13. An Eug
lish mission near Jerusalem has been
attacked by a riotous mob. The mis
aionaries escaped, but some servants
were killed.
PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
Condensed Telegraphic Re
ports ot Late Events.
BRIEF SPARKS FROM THE WIRES
H appenlngs of Interest In the Towns and
Cities of Oregon, Washington
and Idaho.
THE POSTAL DEPARTMENT.
New National Park..
Washington, Nov. 13. The annual
report of the Chiokamauga and Chat
tanooga national park committee has
been sent to the secretary of war. It
shows that forty-two miles of road
have been oonstruoted and much done
in the way of repairs and betterments.
The park how inoludes 5,560 acres,
upon which $27,620 have been expend
ed. Additional tracts desired cannot
be secured, owing to the exorbitant
charges of holders. Twenty-three
monuments and marks have been plaoed
and 118 foundations prepared for state
monuments. None of the southern
states have taken steps to mark the
position of their troops, and the border
and Southern states have just com
menced their work with the prospeot
of erecting over 100 monuments during
the next year.
The Japanese In Formosa.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 13. The VladS
ivostook correspondent of the Novoe
Vremya telographs that the Japanese
on the island of Formosa have estab
lished their headquuarters at Tai Wan,
and have called for fresh reinforce
ments in view of the fact that the na
tives oontinue their resistance to the
occupation of that island by the Japanese.
The War in Ashantee.
London, Nov. 13. It is expected
that war in Ashautee will be declared
at the next cabinet oounoil. The au
thorities at Woolrioh arsenal have re
ceived orders to forward all the neoes
sary stores.
The Main Points of Mr. Jones' Annual
ltepnrt for the Last Fiscal Year.
Washington, Nov. 12. First Assist
ant PostmaBter-General Frank M.
Jones has issued his annual report for
the year ended June 30, 1895. Mr.
Jones shows that the divisions under
his supervision have saved, during the
year, $1,896,577, the principal items
being in the saving in the carriers by
stopping overtime, and a reduction of
force amounting to $1,800,000. The
salaries of all presidential postmasters
amounting to $5,897,200, and the gross
reoeiDts of nostoffloes $60,538,097. The
number of presidential postmasters is
8,491, of which 159 are first olass,
700, second class, 2,632 third class.
An'estimate of $17,000,000 for all
postmasters is made for the year 1897,
an inorease over the present year of
$1,000,000.
The total number of positions
brought within the classified service
was 2,895.
Mr. Jones recommends the abolition
of experimental free delivery, unless
$1,000,000 is appropriated for the pur
pose; also free rural delivery, unless
$20,000,000 is appropriated.
Of the investigations and disoharge
of carriers for cause, Mr. Jones says
885 carriers have been removed. He
reviews the conditions whioh made the
investigations necessary, the principal
one being the accumulation of over
time olaims, showing that something
was wrong. The work has been sys
tematically prosecuted during the past
eight months, and the carriers at loi
offices have been investigated.
An estimate of $12,960,900 is made
for the free delivery service' next year.
The money order report shows that
there are 19,691 domestio money order
offices, and orders to the amount of
156.709.089 were issued, and $156,
159,689 paid. Mr. Jones reoommends
legislation requiring clerks handling
monev order business to give bonds.
Concerning dead letter matter, the re
nort savs:
" . . . , . 1
The number oi pieces oi original
mail matter received during the year
for treatment was 6,319,878, a de
crease of 81,171.
Mr. Jones renews several recom
mendations made in his last report,
suoh as a penalty for using postmarks
for unlawful purposes; to prevent boy
ootting postoffices; to amend the rank
ing laws; more stringent legislation
against obscene mail matter; the
power to suspend employes; the em
ployment of temporary and substitute
olerks; oare or disabled employes; the
better classification of salaries for
olerks in larger offices and the employ
ment of substitute oarrieri.
Brig Harriet O. Overhauled
Spaniards in Cuba.
New York, Nov. 12. The American
brig Harriet G. arrived at quarantine
today from Nuevitas, Cuba. The Har
iet G. is owned by Mosle Beds.', of this
city, and trades regularly between New
York and Nuevitas. She sailed from
this port August 29 last, and reached
Nuevitas September 19, where Bhe dis
charged her cargo. October 3 a Span
ish officer, with several soldiers, board
ed the brig and made a thorough search
for a large quantity of arms which the
Spanish officials had been informed
were on board the vessel. The brig
was ransacked from stem to stern, but
no arms were found. The Spanish
officers went so far as to demand that
Captain Miller remove from below all
his anchor chainB. This the captain
refused to do, and the officers were re
luctantly forced to leave the vessel.
The United States consul was on board
at the time, but could do nothing.
Captain Miller will report the search
of his vessel to the authorities at
Washington.
There was on board a young Cuban
passenger, Gustav Torre, who said he
was so persecuted by the Spanish au
thorities that he was oompelled to leave
the island and come to the United
States.
Plumbers May Strike.
Pittsburg, Nov. 12. The United
States Plumbers' Association of the
United States and Canada has sanc
tioned a movement which, probably,
will result in a stubborn fight between
the master plumbers and journeymen
of Pittsburg and Allegheny. The
plumber's union today adopted resolu
tions demanding from their employers
an advance in wages of 10 per cent, to
take effect at 7 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing. The members have been instruct
ed to report for work in the morning,
present their demands, and, if not con
ceded, to refuse to work, lhe demand
is for the restoration of the 10 per cent
out made in 1894.
New Machinery for the Ericcson.
Dubuaue. Ia., Nov. 12. The Iowa
iron works has shipped the new ma
ohinery for the torpedo boat Erieoson,
and the trial trip will be held this
month on Long Island sound, should
the weather permit. On the trial trip
last fall a piston-rod was pulled out
and a cylinder-head smashed. It was
then supposed that the key of the pis
ton rod had broken. On the second
trial last summer a similar accident
occurred, causing the death of three
men, and it was then concluded that
the cylinder-head was too light. This
defect has been remedied in the new
engine.
In the First Degree.
Seattle. Nov. 12. The trial of John
nnd James MoCann and their father,
Michael, for the murder of Joseph Cio
ero last August, came to an end today
with a verdict of murder in the first
degree for the boys and an acquittal
for the lather. The oase lasted tnrougn
an entire week, and was bitterly
fousht. The motion for a new trial
will be based on alleged error in ad
mitting as evidenoe against the sons
statements made by the old man beforo
the killing and not in the presenoe
his sons.
Many of the cities in Washington
will hold municipal elections Decem
ber 3.
The Grand Ronde Mining Company's
placer mines are to be lighted by electricity.
The judges and clerks of election at
the coming election in Olympia will
serve without' pay.
Spokane mining men are contemplat
ing the establishment of a stock ex
change in that city.
Frank Pierce, of Seattle, is at work
compiling for publication all the codes
of Washington from 1854 to 1888.
Spokane has been singularly free
from street beggars this year, but as
cold weather oomea on they are begin
ning to appear.
The order has been issued disbanding
troop A, cavalry squadron, Sprague,
Wash., and company E, First infantry,
North Yakima.
Walla Walla school warrants are
now at par. Heretofore teachers have
been compelled to discount their war
rants 2 and 3 per cent
The Lane county, Or., jail is empty
tha first time for many months. The
taxpayers of the county would like to
have it remain that way.
The citv of Pullman, Wash., has
been restrained by the superior court,
on application of George W. Ford,
from paying the amount of the expert's
bill for going over the oity's books.
The cannery at Nehalem, olosed last
Tuesday and the work of labeling and
packing is about done. About 6,000
cases of first-class fish were paoked, no
"red salmon" or chums being put up.
The storage at the Coburg warehouse
this season is as follows: 18,000 bush
els of white wheat, 12,000 bushels of
red wheat, and 4,000 bushels of oats.
Over 2,000 bushels of feed was chop
ped.
The Montana group of mines in the
Greenhorn district, owned by E. L.
Giroux and B. W. Levens, of Baker
City, was inspected the other day by a
mining engineer representing a Paris
syndicate, with a view to purchasing,
Judge Moore, of Spokane, has just
decided a "calf oase" that has been in
litieaton in that county for three
years. The deienaant was given
judgment for the cow, valued at $20,
and for his costs, whioh amount to
more than $200.
There has been much oomplaint this
season tnrongnout uarneia county,
Wash., over the scaroity of water for
stock, says the Washingtonian. The
continued dry spell exhausted the
water in many springs that have not
failed for years. The Tukanon has
shrunken to a small creek, and many
of the smaller streams are dried up.
The first creamery and cheese fac
tory in Washington was established at
Cheney about five years since, says the
Cheney Sentinel. Now there are fifty
two creameries in the state, a number
of which make cheese also. The daily
output of all is 7,000 pounds of butter
and 2,500 pounds of cheese.
Judge Lowell had an Indian divorce
case before him at Pendleton, Or., the
other day. Nunmat Wolf, wife of
David Wolf, sued for legal separation,
charging that her husband had taken
another wife and was living with her.
The court caused to be entered a decree
in accordance with Nunmat Wolf's pe
tition.
A school building that is a credit to
the town has been built at Grant, Or.
In spite of the complete wreck of the
town by the flood last year, the enter
prising citizens are working away, de
termined to make a better town mere
than ever. They are quite hopeful
that the mill and distillery will be
running full blast by December 1.
The total cash receipts of the Olym
pia land otnoe last montn were
840.92, received as follows: 640.11
acres land sold, $1,465.28; five ooal
land declaratory statements, $15; nine
homestead entries, fees, $60; commis
sion on 832 acres, $40.54; 22 final
homesteads, 2,905.33 acres, $175.69;
three timber land entries, $30; fees re
ducing testimony, etc, $54 41. During
the month there were eighteen contests
instituted, involving valuable timber
lands in Chehalis county, Wash.
William Bybee, of Jacksonville, Or.
is driving 150 head of fat hogs through
Joseohine oounty to Happy uamp,
Cal., a distanoe of 100 miles, whioh he
exnects to oover in thirteen days. Six
men and two wagons loaded witn
train follow to feed the swine on the
road. When any hogs grow too road
worn to travel with the rest, Mr. By
bee loads them into a wagon and sells
them at the nearest point where pork
is in demand. Six cents is what he ob
tains for them at Happy Camp.
It Is to Be Built by American Con
tractors and English Capital.
Chicago, Nov. 11. The Evening
Post says the Nicaragua oanal is to be
built; that New York and London
capital will foot the bills, and Ameri
can contractors will do the work. It
is also said Chicago engineers and
drainage canal-contractors will have a
leading part in the construction. This
has been brought about by investiga
tion, made by the leading spirits in the
Nicaragua scheme, into the work being
carried on similar to the $30,000,000
Chicago drainage canal. For months
their experts have been investigating
this work, and it is said, as a result,
the moving spirits in the Western
work have been led to visit the Nica
ragua leaders in New York.
The Post further asserts that for sev
eral months certain London financiers,
in company with some New Yorkers,
have been looking into the scheme, and
have practically decided to back it
Between $70,000,000 and $85,000,000
will be needed, and that amount, says
the Post, has been guaranteed. The
Post adds that while the deal has not
been completed, the negotiations are
in a very advanced stage, and almost
on the verge of completion. All at
tempts to secure financial aid from this
government will be abandoned, and the
matter prosecuted as a purely private
enterprise. The principal negotiations
have been going on, it is stated since
the visit of Warner Miller to this oity
a few weeks ago. No names are given
in connection with the plan.
The Debt of Argentine.
Buenos Ayres, Nov. 12. The secret
sittings of the legislature oontinue and
it is expected that the deputies will ap
orove the bill to unify the debt, but
that the senate will rejoot it
NICARAGUA CANAL.
GAUDAUR AGAIN WON
The Canadian Still Champion
of the Aquatic World.
THE EXCITEMENT WAS INTENSE
President Hitchcock in Washington.
Washington, Nov. 11. President
Hitchcock, who succeeded Warner Mil
ler at the head of the Nicaragua Canal
Company, called at the state depart
ment today and saw Assistant Secre
tary Uhl. The visit doubtless related
to the recent report of the government
commission which visited tne canal
route.
NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES.
An Amendment to the Civil Service Ap
proved by the President.
Washington, Nov. 11. The presi
dent today approved an amendment to
the civil service which will result in
bringing many postmasters and em
ployes within the classified 'service.
The amendment is as follows: "And
whenever, by order of the postmaster
general, a by-office shall be consoli
dated with and made part of any post
office where free delivery is established,
all employes of the office thus consoli
dated whose names appear on the roll
of said office, and including the post
master thereof, shall, from the date of
said order, be employes of the said free
delivery office, and. the person holding
at the date of said order the position of
postmaster of the office thus consoli
dated with said free delivery office may
be assigned any position therein and
given any appropriate designation
under the classification act which the
postmaster-general may direct"
It is the intention of the postoffioe
department to consolidate many offices.
This consolidation will not necessarily
do away with the offices, but establish
them as stations of some central point
It is probble that presidential, as well
as fourth-class offices, will be included
in the consolidation.
Secretary Morton in his annual re
port, it is understood, will dwell at
length upon the question of the exten
sion of foreign markets for American
products. He will probably suggest
the importance of catering to foreign
demands, pointing out that in no par
ticular produot is this oountry free from
competition.
Secretary Smith today sent to the
president a draft of the proclamation
ouenine the Nez Perces lands ceded to
settlement. He suggests that the open
ing ot the lands be fixed ten days later
than the time at which be appends nis
signature. This will give time for the
proclamation to reach the land officers
before the lands are open to settlement.
Secretary Smith has written a letter
to E. Ellery Anderson, replying to var
ious communications relating to the
patenting of lands to the Union Pacifio
Railroad Company. The secretary says
that in view of the fact that congress,
at its coming session, will, in all prob
ability, take action on the matter, he
deems it inadequate at this time to pass
on such matters.
News reaches Washington from
Corea that a new minister to the
United States will soon be sent to this
oountry in place of the late minister,
who died from cholera while on leave
in Corea.
England's Crew, However, Won the
Four-Oared Race, Thus Taking
All Other Important Events.
Austin, Tex., Nov. 9. Jake Gaud
aur is still champion of the aquatio
world. The contest was over a 1
mile course, and the trophies were the
championship challenge cup and a
purse of $1,000. The starters were Bu
bear and Haines, of England; Jake
Gaudaur and Ras Rogers, of America.
Before the quarter flags were reached
on the upper course, Haines quit the
race, and Bnbear also dropped out ten
boat lengths below the mile flag,
leaving Gaudaur and Rogers to fin
ish the race. Gaudaur, with five boat
lengths ahead, came down the course
under an easy thirty-one stroke and
won the race in 20:59.
The Englishmen dropped off in the
first race, saving themselves for the
great four-oared race which followed
the single sculL This race was over
the -mile course, with turnthree
miles for the championship of the
world and a purse of $1,500. The
starters were:
Bubear, Barry, Haines and Win
gate, for England, and Teemer, Rog
ers, Charley and Jake Gaudaur for
America.
As the crews lined up the exoite
ment was intense. Betting had been -running
heavy on these two teams for
the past week, until upwards of $10,
000 was in the poolsellers' hands to
day when the flag dropped to Btort the
race,
as tne nag dropped, both crews
dropped their oars. The English crew :
gained-the lead and kept it up the
course for about three boat lengths,
though the Amerioan crew closed the
gap somewhere near the 1 i-mile flag.
The Enlgish team turned first, and on
the return course, at the three-quarters
flag, they were leading by five boat
lengths. The Americans spurted at
the half flag for five lengths only,
when they gave out From there to the
finish line the English crew had three
lengths lead, and the two boats passed
over the line in that position; time,
17:02).
The winning of this race by the En
glish crew reaccords them all impor
tant laurels at the regatta outside of
the single-skull race. This concluded
the regatta.
ESCAPED FROM THE ELBE.
Guttmaa, the Hungarian Embessler,
Said to Be in This Country.
New York, Nov. 9. The World
says this morning that Adolph Gun
man, who operated a large mill at
Abajan Zanto, in Hungary, who was
charged with swindling his fellow
townsmen out of $400,000, and was
supposed to have perished in the wreck
of the steamship Elbe last January,
came to America and has been living
at Highland, I1L An Austrian girl,
Maria Ho'omihy, who arrived at Ho
boken February 11, on the German
steamer Wieland, tells a story of meet
ing a Hungarian on the ship who an
swers the description of the missing
man. He passed under the name of
Joseph Pfeifer, but became friendly
with her, made love to her, and Bhow
ed her a valise stuffed with Hungarian
money, telling her that he was a mill
owner in Hungary, and that his real
name was Guttman. The girl is said
to have told her story to the Austrian
consul, who had detectives track the
man to Highland, ill. He had left the
place, but a bundle of Austrian bills,
reoeived by a Broadway banking firm
from a Winnipeg bank whioh changed
them into Amerioan money, may fur
nish another clue to his whereabouts.
The Nes Perce lands.
Washington, Nov. 12. The presi.
dent has signed the proclamation open
ins the Nez Peroe ceded lands to settle
ment Novemebr 18. The proclamation
recites the provisions of the law and
directs that under the regulations is
sued by the secretary of the interior,
the land shall be opened to settlement
aooording to the terms of the treaty.
The pnoe of the agricultural lands is
fixed at $3.75 per acre, and of timber
lands $5 per aore. It is not anticipated
that there will be a great rush for the
lands.
Ko Fault of the Texas' Engines.
Washington, Nov. 9. The exami
nation of the Texas in drydook, at New
York has verified the theory of Engi
neer-in-Chief Melville as to the cause
of her failure to attain her estimated
horse-power, owing to hot condensers
The mouth of the bilge grating through
whioh sea water is pumped to cool
these oondensers was found to be
ohoked with seaweed and a gummy
residuum. The grating is 15x31 inoheS,
and it was stopped, save a hole about
eight inches square in the center, thus
diminishing the water supply to one
sixth of the normal. It is believed now
that the obstruction has been removed
the engines will easily make their
horsepower. ,
Navy Supply Fund.
Washington, Nov. 9. In his annual
report to the secretary of the navy,
Paymaster-General Stuart recommends
an increase in the navy supply fund
from $200,000 to $500,000 in the inter
est of economy, the bureau thereby be
ing enabled to keep on hand an ade
quate supply of needed material at the
different yards, purchased after adver
tisement, instead of being obliged,
at present, to purohase in open market
on urgency applications.
Bradatreet's Trade Review.
New York, Nov. 11. Bradstreets
weekly review of trade says:
The interruption to general trade
throughout the oountry, incident to, the
elections, has been emphasized by un- '
usually mild weather, which checks
the demand for clothing, heavy-weight
textiles, and other seasonable goods.
Jobbers at most of the larger distribut
ing centers report that orders now re
ceived are largely of a filling-in char
acter. Except for iron, steel and cot
ton, the larger portion of advances in
prices of commodities reported since
March last have disappeared. Early
anticipation of continuous advances in
prices and demand this year, the out
growth of the activity of two and three
months ago, have met with disappoint
ment. But there is little reason for
the reaction in sentiment by many who
disouss business conditions. Every
wave of increased demand sinoe the
tide began to rise in March has result
ed in net gain. The sentiment of trad
ers generally is that the outlook prom
ises an active spring trade, and that
the holiday season will prove satisfac
tory.
ii ' i I.
Sealing in the Okhotsk Sea.
St Petersburg, Nov. 9. A dispatch
to the Novoe Vremya from Vladivo
stock says the Russian warship Yakut
oaptured seventeen foreign sealers in
the sea of Okhotsk, all having slaugh
tered seals on board. One schooner
chased by the warship escaped.
Will Build In the Spring.
Rossland, B. C, Nov. 8 It is sow
too late in the season for railroads to
build into Rossland, but the best au
thority has it that the Canadian Paoiflo
and Spokane Falls & Northern will
commence operations early in the
spring.