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crrballi VOL. XXII. CORVALLIS, OREGON, JUNE 5, 1885. NO. 23. Published every Friday Morning BY GAZETTE PUBLISHING HOUSE. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Payable in Advance.) Per Tear SO Six Months 1 SO three Months 1 00 Single Copies 10c IVr Ye?r fwhen not naid in advonce) 3 00 A'1 Hostess and advertisements intended for pub sMtu gitalin be handed in by Roon on Wednesdays GENERAL NEWS. Bates of advertising made keown on application. TELEGRAPHIC DI3PATCHES. WASHINGTON NEWS. EVEETTHrNH Washington, May STV-AiVBT. 26. It is expetei that the oomnsittee engaged in counting the money and securities, finished and unfin ished at the bureau of engraving and print ing, will finish its work to-morrow. Every thing has been found to tally as periect'y as did the millions in the treasury vaults. Everything and every sheet of paper that is so carefully guarded has been found in its proper place. It is quite possible that not a few democratic citizens jf this country, deceived by the turgid harangues ot Mr. Hendricks an I other "offensive partis in" campaign -orators, have really bel'eved that the treasury department was as corrupt as Babylon ot old, full of dark and mysterious abominations which woald all be brought to lijbt when the books shsuld be scanned by the sharp ves o' democratic officials Ever since the count bean these people have been sitting with ears agog listening for ttte .-crack of doom. It may well be imngined that a felling of disappointment prevades "the democratic heart because there was nothing fotsatl to yell over. detta-nly ne higher comp!ment could be paid to thehnn sty and efficiency of the repuVican admin istration than is contained in the mere fact that afier twenty lour yeanfc of power, dur whick bil'ii ns upon billions of doUars hrve flowed in and out tlirou'h all the devious channe's f business, Uee cas1-1 as found to balance, even to the eviermost farthing. LAMAR, SKVECI4.T STJPrEE?:,liD. Wastuxctos, June 1. Within the past iew days a $1030 clerkship in the pension bureau having beet ae vajant, Secretary Latiotr sent a rc(uis:tion to the civil service comm.is.iior. for a certificate tor a person u fill the ). sition, in which he requested that the commission cert'l'y to the depa.-iment the nam:- of a female clerK from Dakota, fee Jiaving foaod that that territory had no Tepreseniiition in fe'be bureau. A reply to this request was prepared to day by the commis-siou, and forwarded to the secretary dm mediately. In it the comni'ss'ou decline to make certification as requested, and say in substance that it is the province of the "commission, and not that of the secretary of the interior, to name the states and ter ritories from which selections shall be made for certification i-pon requisitions; and with respect to this particular case, that Dakota is not on the list for choice of appointmeui-s, and that therefore the commission will not select a clerk bom that territory. This de cision of the commission will, it is under stood, le regarded by them as a precedent that will govern any future cases of the kind. A REPUBLICAN BE M EVER IN JACKSON. Waskujgtojc, June I. A. F. Howard, collector of customs at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, has tendered his resignation to the secretary of the treasury. In It's letter lie says that he has held t'K bVe since De cember 24. 1873, during which time he has endeavored to faithfully discharge its du ties. He then adds: "I have also, during all that time, been a zea'ous member of the republican party, and in every way po:sible contributed to its success. Consequently my 'offensive partisanship' can be estab lished by many witnesses. For twenty years I hive also been a strong believer in the-Jd Jackson doctrine 'to the victor be longs the spoils.' -Consisteuey, therefore, compels me firmly to adhere to these prin ciples and couvictio is, iu defeat as well as ia victory." To-day Alpheus Hanscom 'was appointed his successor. j A BAD LOOKOUT. Washington, June 1. General Schofield to-day telegraphed to the war department the following dispatch, dat i 1 Fort Buyard, yesterday, from General Cuek, commanding the department of Arizona. "Eight par ties of troops are scooting for Indians. The outlook is very bad, and the troubles will be exceedingly difficult to annp.-ess."' It is learned at the war department that between sixteen and twenty companies, containing about 1200 men, are in the field, in pursuit of the Indians. AN (DAGO POSTMTi!tCOES W ".ONO. Washington, June L The c'u'ef post office inspector has been iu'o-med tout Postmaster I. N. Hibbs. of Lewis on, Idaho, issued money orders to the amount of$15. C3 or $20,030, payab'e to lmse,f, ordered banks in different cit'es to co'lecfc t'.iem and forward the money to h; n. and then ab scounded. He was last Iiea-d '.om at Vic toria, British Columbia. h's 'At HIGGINS ItESOC'.S TO LOW COMEDY. Chicago, May 31. A special from Wash ington says: Appointment Clerk Hig'ns evidently needs to be watched. Messen gers, laborers and others in the treasury holding subordinate positions, complain that he goes about the corridors draw;nghis fure- tinger significantly across bis throat, to in dicate the rtocess of decapitation, and mut tering: "You will hare to go;" "the repub licans must go." He contributes very much toward disturbing the peace of nervous sro- ordinates, and injuring the service by antics of this sort. Fixiias has let it be known that he has obtained a ist of all e'erks who have made any contribution for poetical pu' poses. and has indicated that a cont-ibutioD of that sort is a sufficient tert of efer-ive pat tisaoship to warrant summary removal. He has possibly never heard of section th'r teen of the civi' service act which provides: "No officer or employe o" the United States mentioned in this act shall discharge, or degrade, or in any manner change the otb- cvtl rank or compensation ol any outer offieercr employe, or promts; or threaten to do so, for giving or withhold ng, or neglect ing to make any o mtiibution of mo-iey, or any valuable thing for any politic! pat- pose." If the c induct o? Higi,.'ns is such as is qu'te generally reported in the tieasu.,', it seems pretty clear thai he by his threats, is violating the aec'ion just qao.ed aud if nothing eLe he ahorld be brought up with a round turn for such grotesque peiorman-es as trying to terrorize public servants I y pa rading the treasury orridor.- and with lingers significantly cutt'ng his throat. :en. grant's lease of life. New York, May 30. The Sun says: a re "ent consjltattoii physicians expressed opinions as to how loog General Grant would I've. Sands tb'.iks ic is a matter of three months, while Shrady thinks it is a matter si:: month1:. The diastase is progressing very siow'y, but very surely. ' WALT.A WALLA CA1TI.S )N CHICAGO. Chicaco, May 29. Eleven car loads of Ore jou cattle numbering 400 head, arrived here direct from Walla VTal'? W. T. to day. Two hundred and etjht averaging 1165 pounds, were sold to-dry for $4.65 per 100 pounds. The entire distance traversed by rail was 1913 m;le, an 1 the run Cross Jnuutingtou. (Ireyon, to Council IjIuHs, a dictauce of 1414 miles was made in Go hours and 40 minutes, an averr ge cf 22-7L which, "or the distance covered, is csnsidei-ed one ot the best runs on record. Itie catie liofced remaikably fresh cons:dering the long ride and fat'gue they had. CALIFORNIA V Y HUNGRY. New Yotik. June 1. A Washingtoj special gives a coip.ma and a half roview and an analysis of the California democracy, by an erpert. He dej'ares it is indeed a red Ictte- dcy at the While house when the p evident is not besieged by one or mo'e of the hungry, clrmurous delegations, eac'.i bent on imperching the pa. ty loyalty of the other. They are giving the admi'iistration more vexation and trouble ti-an tlte app't caats ti any other tate. No wonder the pre- idential mind is confused, and the de sive to replace incumbent republic?ns with honest democrr .s is absolutely thwarted. riG STRiKF. AT PlTTrCURG. Pit 'Ncc rg, June 1. Workmen ia the iron mills where the new scale has not been -gned went out ou a St. ike th's morning. Thusfa:teu out of thirty-eight iron and steel m'lls in this district have wignec1, but there dees not seem to be much prcsoeci for g ie'al rcumption in the rar future. Among the iron mauuFacturers there seems t-i lie a determined opposition to the te. ins proposed by the union. I their u.terius are in earnest the ch::nces for a spe?dy ad justment of the difficulties is exceed 'ogly small, DYNAMIfi OJTPAGE AT DENVEB. Denve.-, Jane 2. At an ear.y hojr this mot ning residents of the western portion of the c'ty were start'ed by a loud eri 'ostoi. Inveiuigition showed iSt r. ba- n a e feet from the rerdnee f C. B. Davis, a flour mill man, on E'.ht stree-, was blown up by giant powder or dynamite. Some mouths since employes of the Kill as'ed an increase of wages, which was re. used, Tie men struck and new men were employed in Ibei place. Since then the strikers have boycot ted Davis and made numerous tht eats. Two days ago five sticks of giant powder we.e found on the Denver and Bio G ande track near tue c-ty. The concuss'oa causd f.-om a train pacing over it would have blown the train to atoms. Several other attempts to blow up property have been discovered re cently. If outrages couture the indigna tion of the citizens will po.--s;Wy materialize into a vigilance committee. PACIFIC COAST. RJESSG.4 3B APACHE-! CAPTURED. De(XC, vune 2. Towie At ina. spec'al: Troops following the rer?gade Indians' fcS! with scouts fi-om Apache, on the headqi-nr-iwia of the G'la river, are reported as hav ing captured the main portion o2 the bard, c'.ud'na sqnaw?. and a-e now en route 'or -Apache with their prisoners. Ii is supposed thai or 'y about 50 all told got away to Mexico. A sma'l band i supposed to be in ihe mountains north of here, but the num ber is not known. The campaign is Yirta ally ended this side ot the Km. THE TSANSCOH-rtNENTAL POOL. San Franco. Mrv 30. It is stated here that the arbitrators of the Transconti rental pool had decided upon the perceot age to Be awarded to each hne in the asso ciation. The d. ctsion has not been pi'blicly announced, and only the managers of the different roads have been made acquainted with the result of the arbitrators" work. It "s said that several of the roads feel that great injustice has been done them, for their percentages are much less than the earnings ot the roads. DEATH OF A MINING EXPERT. Gant's Pass, June 1. Mr. H. P. Mae nevin, who was sent here by a wealthy San Francisco capitalists to superintend mining operations now going on on the Yank ledge in this county, was brought to this place from the mite last Thursday, in an insane condition." He left here in the company riends for his home on Friday n;ht. but dier'. this side of Yreka. Ex-Governor S. F. Chadwick is here to take the place of Mr. Macnevin. Late developments in the nrne i-e of the most encouraging nature. GRANR'S PAS THE NEW COUNTY SEAT. Graft's Pas?, Ji-ee 1. A Special elect'on to vote upon the location of the county seat or Jo eph lae county, was he'd to-day. Three places were cand'dates for the honor, to w" t: Giant's Pass, Wilderville and Kerbyville. Following are the returns rcceiv.d np to t lis hour: For G ant's Paas 383. 'of W.I derville 81, for Kerbyvi.de 3. There are four precincts yet to bear from. Grant's Pass has undoubtedly teceived a majority of the votes of the county. THE PORTLAND PETITION. San Francisco, June 2. In referencf to a petition of remonstrance s'gned by Pot t land citr.ens aod forwarded to superintend ent Wilder of the railway mail service of this city complaining of an order nreventing the sending of ma;t by steamers between San Frajciseo and Portland, M-. Wi'der cays the petition will be forwarded to Wash ington. He a'o makes the explaoatioothat it is anl y registered 'eera that a e sent by way of (.igden. The regular na;l goes by w.-.y of Delta, over the t,V.!'"ornta and Ore gon and the Otegoj aud Ca'Torn'a r.'roads, aad by stage 125 miles. Tbet'me by steam er, w'.rch leyves ot?ce in five days, is from liroy-nve to s'xty hours; .ia Odeo. ntuety two and one-be.'? hours dady, and by the Ca'i o n'a and O-cgon and the Oregon and Cali fornia railroads daily fifty-si:: hours. V.CTDR HCf O's FUNFRA-.. Pa-s. Juns 2. The c owd pt Victor Hu go's fiua-.al yesterday war mostly composed of t'ie woi king and midille eh".-?. Tbey t.eated the eent as a Holiday and there was no grr. t disp'ay of emotion. The pol'ce treated the occarional sbow:og of red flags quietly, s'mply reque .'ng when they were dp'., yed that tue ho'ders siould hide them, and on rc. ual to comply with that sugges tion the oncers snitched them away andjal- lowed the holders to go f ee. Berao val of the decorations has a'- eady begun. Saukem are increasing in numbers. Tht Indian troops suffer terribly. oThe rebel fo-cee are beginning to renew their attacks upon Saukem. More tribes hitherto friend ly to the English are wavering in their feal ty. El Mahdi has sent ten guns to Osman Digma, and a suppiy of arms and amunition will follow. A NEW PHASE PRESENTED. Lowdon, June 1 An official statement prblished in the Daily News to-day from Granville to the effect that the Busso-Af- ghan boundary question Was still unsettled, has highly diseonceed liberals and made the tones iabiftw'' VACUAT103f 0 TONQUIN ORDSSED, TiCN-'lKfiy, June 2. An imperial decree directs the commander of the Black Flags ti evacnate Tomjuin bytte time agreed upon by France anxl China.' AN ri'AVAN CONSUL AT SDAKF.M. SiAKBM, June 2. The Italian consul hoisted the flVg ot his government here to day. The fact that this is the first appoint ment since peace reigns causes much remark DISASTROUS EARTHQUAKE IN INDIA. London, June 2. Dispatches from Bom bay state that news has just reached there of a disastrous errthquakein the province of Cashtner. The shocks began on Sunday aud have continued at intervals of ten min ute ever b:nre. The shocks are very severe at Scriuaqui, the capital of Cashmer. The barracks in which severa' hundred soldiers quartered, were completely destroyed, col lapsing so suddenly that nearly half of them were imprisoned in the debris. Fifty are known to have been ki'led, while fu'ly 100 were more or les3 injuied. Portions of the city have breu demo' :shed . while very few of the remaining bni'dings escaped injury, many having latge rents made in them. People became panic strtcken shortly after the dis turbance began and fled from the c'ty to take refuge in boats and tents in open fields. THE IRON STRIKE. Pittsburg, June 2. The iron strike situ ation remains urchanged. No signatures to the scale has been obtaiued since yesterday, and both 8'dcs are anrieasVy await"ng de -ve'opetnents. J. D. WeeUs, secretary oi t'te nM.nu.:acturers, is in receipt of te.'egre. ns ram the iron centers of the country, and at 1 o'c'oc": be reported no tnr.her move made by ma jnaoturers, outside of Pit. burg, At- Youo" .-own the 9n KK1 Wei M iBslialBw WE Are in receipt of a Large and Va raid assortment of Business and Dress Suits for Men and Youths, also Boys' and Childrens' clothing in great variety. Popular Prices ONE Iff AT j&IEtS CASH PRICE JtftjiJ Jx2( 0STOBR. COBVALLIS, OREGON. BorrrrrsLus hojlb in tmb SKY. FOREIGN. BRIGHTER CROP PROSPEt.TS. London, May, 31. The most encouraging feature of the agricultural out'oek is the 'avorable change in the weather which has come at the most opportune time, when warmth ard sunshine wi'l produce the be' lesults, and rspecially a" it has been pre ceded by copious rains. The backward con dition of crops and discoloration of whe&t have been sourcas of complaint, but it is now admitted that no lasting injurv was done, and if the present itue weather cont'nuei a t. . pi 1 improvement in harvest prospects is expected. FXPULSOiN OF GERMANS BY RUSSIA. London, June 1. The supposition that the expulsion of Russian Poles from Ger. man territory, where they 'iod settled to es cape Russian despotism, was due to an un derstanding between the governments of Russia and Germany, seems to have no suf ficient foundation. Bussia, it appears, is anything but pleassd at the action of the German authorities, and is engaged in the execution of a retaliatory measure. Many Germans who have been residing in Bussia are being forced to return to their native country. Hardly any notice is given them that they will be required to return, and much hardship and suffering attends the expulsion. In many instances these refugees reach the German frontier in a destitute condition. THE CANADIAN PACIFIC'S SCHEME. Ottawa, June 2. The Canadian Pacific Bailway Company have noticed American railway lines that it will ne longer carry passengers from the United States and east ern provinces into Manitoba and the north west at immigration rates. It is the intent of the Canadian Pacific to force traffic over its own line north of Lake Superior, which is now completed. The effect of this may be to arouse competitio i oe the part of Ameri can railways, and the settlement of the west era state m?y be advanced at the expense of the Canadian territories. THE REBELS BECOMING T2OITBLE30ME. Cairo, Jnne 1. Emissaries of El Mahdi now daily enter Sankem. Sick soldiers m Mm Amutlnt XpUode of the Great Impeach ment Trial. A writer ia an Eastern publication, in grring scans reminiscences of the im peachment of President Johnson, gays: I wish to give one other description from this famous trial so full of interest that relating to Gov. Bontwell's " Hole in the Sky." Having had the good fort une to be present, I can say, with all truthfulness, that I never have, before or since, witnessed a large audience so convulsed with laughter as was the whole Senate and the immense crowd of spectators on the occasion of Mr. Evarts' reply to Gov. BoutweLL touch ing this astronomical wonder. In the course of his elaborate and able argument, Gov. Bout well said: Travelers and astronomers inform us that in the southern heavens, near near the Southern Cross, there is a vast space which the uneducated call the hole in the sky, where the eye of man, with the aid of the powers of the telescope, has been unable to discover nebulas, or asteroid, or comet, or planet, star or sun. In that dreary, cold, dark region of space, which is only known to be less than infinite by the evidences of crea tion elsewhere, the Great Author of ce lestial mechanism has left the chaos which was in the beginning. If this earth were capable of the sentiments and emotions of justice and virtrte, which in human mortal beings are the evidences and the pledge of our divine origin and immortal destiny, it would heave, and throe, with the energy of the elemental forces of nature, and project this enemy of races of men into that contest is more erev :ng vast region, there forever ta exist in a. A the mi"s there and solitude as eternal as life, or as the ab- than ii PUjiaor ibrnjbcut the Mahomnj va"tey, with tbe sance of life, emblematical of, if not e cept'ons ot one at Sitaton. are closed. The1 really, that ' outer darkness' of which manu'actuters send wo -d that they will not situ the present sca'e, while on the other hand the workmen of t'cat section remain firm. Notwithstanding the reports, those directly interested believe the strike will he of short duration Four young S weeds arrived last Saturday direct from their mother country to this county aod went to Sweet Home, this coun- K,y, in search or a location. On last Monday there arrived Mesrs. F. M. Shouler and Albert Ho n, from Nebraska to th's county to examine this county in search of homes. MISCELLANEOUS CARDS. J R. BALDWIN, A-ttorney at TLtaw. Will practice in ail the Courts in the state. CoUections promptly attended to - . (Offices East bide Main street.) Corvallis, Oregon, C. TI. LEE, M. D. Physician & Surgeon, COBVALLIS, OREGO.N.I Office In Post Office Building, Office IUurs: 8 to 9. m.,1 to? and 7 to 8 p. i ' WT In office nights. '5-4 2132tf I II.-S. WOODCOCK, A-tyfrnev at - Law, Corvallis, - - Oregon. E. E. Baser. J H. Lewis, Levis fc Rabei , Proprietors. S" Do a general D raying Business. Orders Solicited. B LESAL LANE FOR SALE AT THIS OFFT s i 3 j 1 THIS OUT, and return to STbe Gazette f u 'ishing House with an order for mv amount of J b Printing, such as Bill or SJ Leer Heads, Invitations, Calling and Business I C.'.dL, Programmes, Ball Tickets, Note, Order, I ami Receipt Books, Circulars, Labels, Shipping; Ta-rs, Posters, or any class of Job Printing. "Prices as low as Good Work can be done for. J. a Lss, M. D. G. R. Fabsa, m. 1. LEE & FARRA, IPlivsicians, Surgeons And Accouchers. Corvallis, - Oregon. so-sitt the Savior of man spoke in warning to those who are the enemies of them selves, of their race, and of their God. Bat it is yours to relieve, not to punish. This done and our country is again ad vanced in the intelligent opinion of mankind." Here is what Mr. Evarts, when he came to make his argument, said in re ply : " 1 may as conveniently at this point of the argument as at any other pay some attention to the astronomical pun ishment which the learned and honora ble manager, Mr. Bout well, thinks should be applied to this novel case of impeachment of the President. Cicero, I think it is, who says that a lawyer should know everything, for, sooner or later, there is no fact in history, in sci ence, or of human knowledge that will not come intoplay in his argument. Painfully sensible of my ignorance, being devoted i o a profession which 4 sharpens and does not enlarge the mind,' I yet can admire without envy the superior knowledge evinced by the honorable manager. In deed, upon my soul, I believe he is aware of an astronomical fact which many professors of . that science are wholly ignorant of. But, nevertheless, while some of his honorable colleagues were paving attention to an unoccupied and unappropriated island on the sur face of the seas, Mr. Manager Boutwell, more ambitious, had discovered an un tenanted and unappropriated region in the skies, reserved, he would have us think, in the final councils of the Al mighty as the place of punishment for convicted and deposed American Presi dents. "At first I thought that his mind had become so 'enlarged' that it was not ' sharp enough to discover the constitu tion had limited the punishment, but on refection I saw that he was as legal and logical as he was ambitious and astron omical, for the constitution has said 're moval from office,' and has pat no limit to the distance ot the removal, so that it may be, without shedding a drop of his blood, or taking a penny of his property, or confining his limbs, instant removal from office aud transportation to the skies. Real Estate Agency. 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