The Corvallis gazette., December 21, 1894, Image 1

VOL. XXXI.
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1894.
jNO. 42,
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TRANSPORTATION.
EAST AND SOUTH
- VIA
The Shasta
OF THE-
ROUTE
Southern Pacific Co.
EXPRESS TRAINS RUN DAILY.
7:15 P M Leave ' Portland Arrive 8:20 A M
C:20 p M I lave Albany Leave 4:iM
i):4)A M I Arrive 8. Francisco Leave :wj M
Above trains stop at all stations irom Port
land to Albany, also at Tangent, Shedtis, Hal
eey, Harrisbuig, Junction City, Irving, Kugei.e,
omstock, Drain and all stations from Hose
burg to Ashland, inclusive.
ROSEBURG MAIL, DAILY.
.-50am
12:43p m'
5:50 P if
Jave Portland Arrive I 4:30 pm
Leave Albany Leave 1 12 p m
Arrive Roseburg Leaxe 7; 0 am
Pullman Buffet sletpers and second-class
leaping cars attached to all through trains.
WEST SIDE DIVISION.
Between Portland and Corvallis. Mail
train daily (except Sunday).
7:30 A M Leave
Portland
Corvallis
Arrie I 5:35 P M
Ix-ave I 1 :00 p M
12;15pm I i
Arrive
At Albany and Corvallis connect with trains
of the Oregon racmc ranroaa.
EXPRESS TRAINS DAILY (Except
Sunday).
14:40 P M I Leave Portland Arrive I 8:25 A M
7:25 P M I Arrive McMinnville Leave I 5:50 A M
Through tickets to all points in the Eastern
states, Canada and Europe can be obta'ned at
lowest rate trom A. K.. jviiiner. agpnr, i orvauis.
It. KOEHLER, E. P. ROGERS,
Manager. A. G. P. & P. A.
Portland, Oregon.
0. R. &N. Co.
E. McNEILL. Receiver.
TO THE
EHST
. GIVING THE CHOICE OF
TWO TRANSCONTINENTAL.
ROUTES
VIA
SPOKANE,
MINNEAPOLIS
AND
VIA
DENVER,
OMAHA
AND
KANSASCITY
ST. PAUL
LOW RATES TO ALL
EASTERN CITIES.
OCEAN STEAMERS
LJAVE PORTLAND EVERY 5 DAYS
FOR
SAN FRANCISCO.
For full details call on Geo. F. El
gin, Corvallis, Or., or address
W. H. HUKLBURT,
General Passenger Agent,
Portland, Or.
Oil PACIFIC RAILROAD CO
Chas. Clark
Receiver.
Connecting with Str. "HOMER" be
Ween Yaquina and San Francisco.
Str. leaves San Francisco July 18 th
tad about every 10 days later.
Leaves Yaquina July 23rd. About
ery 10 days later. Rights reservad
tJ change sailing dates without notice.
For freight and passenger rates ap
ply to any agent.
CHAS. J. HENDRYS, SON & CO.,
Nos. 2 to 8 Market St.
San Francisco, Calif.
CHAS. CLARK, Receiver,
Corvallis. Oregon.
Farra & Wilson,
V'hysicians, Surgeons
Acccuch3urs.
and
-Office upstairs in Farra and Allen's
ktick. Office hours from 8 to 9 A. M. and from
1 to 2 and 7 to 8 P. M. Calls promptly attended
to at all hours, either day or night.
DR. L. G. ALTMAN,
HOMOEOPATHIST.
Diseases of women and children and
leneral practice.
Office over Allen & Wooward's drug
tore.
Office hours S to 12 a. m., 2 to 5 and
T to 8 p. m.
At residence Fifth street, near the
court house, after hours and on Sun
lays. BOWEN LESTER
DENTIST.
Office upstairs over First National bank.
Strictly First-class Work Guaranteed.
Corvallis. Oregon.
F. M. JOHNSON.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CORVALLIS. OREGON.
Does a general practice in all the
imurts. Also agent for all the first
dass insurance companies.
NOTARY PUBLIC. JUSTICE PEACE.
E. E. "WILSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAV,
Office in eiroff building, opposite
jostofflce. ' :
M. O. WILKIN S,
Stenographer and Notary Public,
Court reporting and referee sittings
made specialties, . as well as type
writing and other reporting.
Office, opposite postofflce, Corvallis. Or.;
WHISKEY MEN IN A HOLE !
The Great Spirit Syn
dicate Needs Coin.
A Circular Sent Out
to Stockholders.
Reorganization Demanded and the
Working; Capital to Be
Replenished.
PEORIA, 111., Dec. 18. A circular,
adopted by the directors ofthe Dis
tilling and Cattle Feeding company at
a meeting held in this city last week
was sent out ito the stockholders of the
company tonight It contains a state
ment of the condition of itlhe company
ami declares re-organization is nec
essary, three plans being submitted
for the approval of the stockholders.
The circular states that the board
has made every possible preparation
to take advantage of the increased
(tax lately enacted into law. A large
amount of spirits and alcohol in bond
had been accumulated. The circular
then reviews the efforts of President
Greehut and other officials to effect a
loan and the difficulties they encoun
tered. Tne failure to tax pay goods
at this critical period was the se
verest blow ever experienced by the
company. Great as was the financial
loss, the loss of prestage was muctf
larger. Owing to the failure to tax
but a portion of the goods, trade be
came restive amd the company was
forced to abandon the rebate system
which had proved so satisfactory in
the past This step forced the com
pany to face now and hazardous con
ditions which will require more than
ordinary sagacity and wisdom to
meet
The cash assets are largely tied up
in spirits but there is enough cash to
pay all rebates. Rebate money has in
the past been used as a working capi
tal, and after the rebates are paid an
additional working capital will be re
quired. In the seven years the Distill
ing and Cattle Feeding trust, and
Distilling and Cattle Feeding com
pany, its successor, have been in ex
istence 260,522,024 proof gallons have
been marketed and the amount of
dividends paid, $6,118,808.20.
THE PRUSSIAN CONGRESS.
Berlin, Dec. 18. The Prussian diet
has been summoned to meet January
8th. The government intends, after
the close of the session, to prosecute
Herr Liebknlcht, socialist member of
the reichstag, who took a prominent
part in the demonstration against the
emperor upon the opening of the
reichstag.
BENTON COUNTY
Abstract : Company
COMPLKTE SET OF ABSTRACTS OF
BENTON COUNTY.
Conveyancing and Perfecting Titles a
Specially,
Money to Loan on Improved City and
Country Property.
J, B, MARKLEY 4 CO,, Proprietors,
Main Street, Corvallis.
E. HOLGATE, H. L. HOLGATE,
Notary Public. Jv.st.ice of the Peace.
HOLGATE & SON,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Corvallis, - . . Oregon
W. E. YATES.
THE LAWYER.
CORVALLIS,
OREGON.
JOS. H. WILSON.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office over First National Bank, Cor
vallis, Or. Will practice in all the
state and federal courts. Abstracting,
collections. Notary public Convey
ancing.
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THE GRAIN MARKETS.
Portland, Dec. 18. Wheat, weak;
valley 77yo80; Walla Walla 6770.
Liverpool. Close; wheat, spot, quiet;
demand poor; No. 2 red winter, 4s
8d; No. 2 red spring, stocks exhausted;
No. 1 haid Manitoba, 5s 4d; No. 1
California, 5s 2d. .
No. 1 hard Manitoba 5s 4d; No. 1
San Francisco Much wheat is arriv
ing from the northern country, and a
considerable amount of such stock is
coming down to order for export pur
pose, thus lessening the demand for
the California article for No. 1
shipping and S8 3-4 for choice mill
ing wheat Q2Wi$V2. Receipts of
Walla Walla wheat continue liberal at
easy rates, say 75c for fair average
quality. Sl for blue stem, and G070
for damp stock.
New York Hops quiet.
EXTREMES IN FIGURES.
San Francisco, Dec. 8. In the United
States circuit court this afternoon the
jury in the long contested case of
Frank Pauson against the Northern
Pacific Railway company returned a
verdict for plaintiff in the sum of
$310. Pauson was ejected from a train
in September, 1892. He had bought
a ticket from Seattle to Portland and
the company's defense was that it
wns net properly endorsed. The plain
tiff claimed $10,000 damages and a
former juiy disagreed. Pauson is
a wealthy Portland merchant
A DEPLORABLE LOSS.
Seattle, Dec. 18.--The whole New
castle coal mine appears to be on
fira and It is feared that the mine
will beccme a wreck, involving a loss
of $500,000 to the Oregon Improvement
company. Coal creek is pouring into
if, but it will take several weeks to
thoroughly flood it and when the fire
is extinguished it will take four or five
months to pump it out About 250
men are idle.
BAY DISTRICT FLYERS.
San Francisco, Dec. 18. Five and
half furlongs Catch 'Em won
in 1:15.
Six furlongs Wa won won in 1:24.
About six furlongs Tartarian won
in 1:21.
One mile. Enthusiast won in 1:54.
Six furlongs Quirt won in 1:21.
BRISSON ELECTED.
Paris, Dec. 18. M. r.risson, chosen
prime minister on the fall of M. Jules
Ferry in 1S83, was elected president
of the chamber of deputies in succes
sion to the late M. Budeau today, bv
a vote of 249 to 213 for M. Meline,
French protectionist leader.
NO STAIN ATTACHES
TO TACOMA'S EX CITY TREASURER
GEORGE W. BOGGS.
Honorably Discharged by the Court
for Lack of Criminating:
Evidence.
TACOMA, Dec. IS. This evening,
without one' line' of evidence being
introduced for his defense, ex-City
.Treasurer George W. Boggs was ac
quitted of the charge of embezzlement
brought against him early in Novem
ber. When the state rested its case
the defense moved that the case be
dismissed and defendant discharged.
Judge Parker granted the motion of
insufficiency of evidence. The Jury,
under instructions, brought in a ver
dict of not guilty. Boggs was charged
with embezzlement of nearly $25,000
by placing worthless checks and pa
pers in the Stato Savings bank and
having them credited to the city as
cash.
HEAVY SUIT ENDED.
Boston, Dec. 18. The long contested
patent suit of the United States vs.
the American Bell telephone company
was ended this morning when Judge
Carpenter of the United b rates cir
cuit court rendered his . decision
against the Telephone company. This
suit was a bill in equity praying for
the repeal of letters patent issued to
Emile Berliner, assignor of the Ameri
can Bell Telephone company for com
bined telephone and telegraph system.
The Berliner patents were issued to
the telephone company but were never
put into use by them on account, they
claim, of the expense of making
changes in the telephone system while
other companies were prevented from
using the system.
IN A MELTING MOOD.
Denver, Dee. 18. The great labor
convention was in a melting mood
When it adjourned sine die, at b
o'clock this affiternoon. The closing
hour was devoted to telling personal
experiences, President Gompers tak
ing part in the recitation of grievanc
es. The most important feature of
the day s work .'was the adoption of
resolutions on the Debs matter and
these were of a character that was
fuWyl antaoipalCed. Alii attempts to
ressumeat political questions were
promptly -repressed.
WENT TO SMASH.
Colfax, Wash., Dec. 18. Webster &
Bowman, known as the Colfax Mer
cantile company here, . closed their
doors today. R. L. Sabin, of the Mer
cantile Protective association of Port
land, has taken charge for the benefit
of the firm's wholesale creditors. Ina
bility to collect outstanding accounts
was the cause of the failure. r
CLEVELAND ASSENTS.
Constantinople, Dec. 18. It Is now
Stated that President Cleveland will,
after all, accede to the Porte's repuest
to send a delegate with the commis
sion appointed to. iftujuire into! .the
stories of atrocities upon the part of
Turkish soldiers In Armenia.
AN ARRAY OP CHAMBERS.
Portland, Dec. 18. -A large delega
tion from the chamber of commerce
of Astoria left tonight for this city
to be present on Astoria day. at the
exposition tomorrow. The chamber of
commerce of this, city will also Ije
present.
N. HILL HITS HARD
Scores the Dilatory
. Rules in Force
And Opens the Fight in
His Usual Style.
A Day's Record of Men and
Events at the Nation's
Big Capital.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. Senator
Hill of New York today made a
speech in tho senate favoring the
changes In the rules of the senate so
as to expedite business. He said:
Tho sentiment of the country, mani
fested through the press, rostrum and
other avenues by which public opin
ion is usually communicated seems to
desire the adoption of some new meth
ods of proceedure here whereby neces
sary legislation may be facilitated.
sessions of congress materially short
ened and the best interests of the
country, so Interwoven with or largely
affected by congressional action, more
seriously preserved in tlleir normal
condition.
"I assert that the privilege of unlim
ited debate in a legislative body is
inconsistent with, and destructive of,
tho right and power of legislation.
Such a condition of affairs naturally
forces compromises and concessions of
doubtful propriety as a condition of
any ' legislation before permitted.
"It is as cartain as anything in politi
cal affairs can be, if our republican
frierds obtain control of this body
and desire to enact important legisla
tion to carry but their principles, they
will boldly amend the rules to enable
them to do it promptly."
The senator also argued in favor of
counting a quorum and closed by de
claring that no silly cry of "gag law"
should prevent the desired amend
ments to the rules.
Notwithstanding the fact that de
bate on the currency bill was sched
uled to begin in the house today less
than 100 members were present when
Speaker Crisp dropped the gavel. The
committee on . rules had prepared a
special order, under which the house
should operate, but had decided, in
view of the democratic opposition to
the measure, not to offer it at present,
but to allow Springer to call up the
bill by virtue of its privilege. Im
mediately after the,callof commit
tees for reports, therefore, the chair
man of the banking and currency
committee moved the house go into
committee of the whole for considera
tion of the measure. The motion pre
vailed without discussion and Richard
son of Tennessee took the chair.
Walker, republican, of Massachus
etts, who was in charge of the oppo
sition to the measure, began with a
statement of the essence of the Balti
more plan. The beginning and end of
that plan, he said, was to give to the
national banks power to withdraw
their United States 'bonds from the
treasury and issue circulating notes
on their assets up to fifty per cent
It afforded not a shadow of relief
and did not deserve a moment's con
sideration. Again, the bill presented
by the secretary of the treasury was
an amazing scheme. The bill had not
a feature that could be enacted except
after remodelling without endangering
the financial interests of the country.
Carlisle had drawn the bill over
night He described the peril of the
present condition of things In the
banking world, and the dangers that
threatened. Yet the committer? on
banking and currency had dawdled
away its time until this undigested
scheme of the secretary of the treas
ury had been thrown into the hopper.
when, after a few hearings, . It had
been brought into the house without
a sinsrle t-hange. Walker spoke of his
own bill and its superiority over the
Cariislo bill. He expressed the hope
that his bill would be passed in place
of the Carlisle bill. .
nnlnh. in renortinir adversely the
general land grant forfeiture -bill, ex
pressed the belief that congress has
not the power to foifeit these lands,
but that the rignt to tnem was vesteu
in the railroads. Even If congress
linrl th nower to forfeit them. it
would be unjust and inequitable to the
railroad companies.
Berry of Arkansas said the major
ity in ttin prtinniittpft for rTKrt.ine the
bill adversely was but one. Five mem
bers, including himseir, naa votea ior
its passage. In order to get the bill
on the calendar one member had
changed his, vote and had consented
to an adverse report for that pur
posa He declared the senate ought to
pass the bill, and said the railroads
were not entitled to one foot of the
land.
The vote on reporting the bill stood
as follows:
Ayes Berry, Pascoe, Martin, Mc
Lauren, Allen.
Nays Vilas, Dolph, Pettigrew.Carey,
Dubois.
Not voting Power.
Sonnt-nr Allfn nf forwards chansred
his vote so as to permit the bill to
be reported adversely, as that ap
peared to be the only way of getting
it reported at all.
The gold reserve was further re
duced today by the withdrawal at
New York of $1,800,000, which leaves
the amount of reserve at the close of
business today $91,554,909. and the
cash' balance at $155,048,459.
Speaker Crisp and the house lead
ers have reached a tacit agreement
by" which adjournment for the holiday
recess will be taken at the close of
the session next Saturday, and the
reassembling will be at noon on Jan
uary 3d.
t Representative Bland of Missouri
will move to strike out all after the en-
acting clause in the Carlisle currency
bill now before the house, and sub
stitute a measure he has prepared for
a currency system. The Bland bill
provides for the free coinage of silver
and for the deposit of gold and silver
bullion and the issuance of legal ten
der notes upon it The ballion is to
be subsequently coined and the coin
notes are to be redeemed in gold and
silver without discrimination as may
be most advantageous to the govern
ment Provision ia also made for the
issuing of coin notes on standard sil
ver coin. All outstanding gold and
silver certificates are to.be retired and
the coin notes are to be substituted
therefor.
SIX SHIPS IN JEOPARDY.
Sati Fra.nci.seo, Dec. 18. The general
opinion among sea faring men Is that
the steam co?Uers Montserrat and Ke
weenaw will never be seen again. The
only hope is that the colliers were
driven norti b.r the storm and that
they are now in some sheltered cove
along the British Columbia coast.
Anxiety is now transferred to the bark
Columbia which left Port Blakeley
fourteen days agistor this port with a
cargo of lumber,- "the bark Germamia
sixteen days out from Seattle, coal
laden for San Francisco; the ship J.
B. Brown, fifteen days out frooi Nan
iamo, with coal for this port and the
bark Sea King, which sailed a day
later than the J. II. Brown from tie
same port and for the same destina
tion. All four would be in the worst
of the storm between Cape Flattery
and Cape Blanco.
TWO GREAT FLYERS.
Los Angeles, Dec. 18. Alix was sent
a half mile today in 1.-00V4 and the last
quarter in 29. The mare is In ex
cellent form for next Saturday's trial.
Robert J. also went a quarter .today in
close to 29 seconds.
THE GOLD GOES.
Washington, Dec. 18. A telegram
from the subtreasury at New York to
the treasury department announces
.nat up to 2:15 p. m. today $1,500,000
In gold had been withdrawn.
BETWEEN THE CARS.
San Francisco, Dec. 18. R. G. Clark,
a Southern Pacific brakeman, 28 years
of age, was crushed to death wmie
switching cars at the Arctic oil works
this morning.
THE RACE IS OFF.
London, Dec. 18. Captain Cranfield
said today that from the present out
look there would be no race for the
America cup.
HOPE IS ABANDONED
TWO COAST STEAMERS ARE GIV
EN UP ENTIRELY
And Very Grave Fears Enter
tained for Two Other Ships
Still Out.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. If. That
the steam colliers Montserrat and
Keweenaw have been lost at sea with
all on board is now considered almost
a certainty. The Montserrat, from
Nanaimo, and the Keweenaw, from
Comox, B. C, are both seven days
overdue at this port. For several
days tugs and coasting steamers all
aicng tee norxnern coast nave nepL a
sharp lookout but no tidings of either
steamer have been received. Both ves
sels were heavily loaded and the pre
vailing opinion is that they .were lost
almost together In the terrific gale
that raged off Cape Flattery on the
night that they put to sea. The Mont
serrat, Captain Blackburn, carried a
crew of , twenty men and the Ke
weenaw, Captain Jenkins, had a crew
of thirty men. Anxiety is also felt for
the barks Germana and Columbia.
MORE LEXOW ROT.
New York. Dec. .18.--When the Lex
ow committee began its workTfoSay j
there were present in the court room,
Police Captains Cross, Adair and
Creedon, all In lull uniform. Father
McDonald of Bnxklyn was an inter
ested spectator. John Rappanhagan,
the man who handled Captain Cree
don's $15,000 was a witness. The wit
ness reiterated hi testimony of Fri
day to the effect that Sr.ell gave him I
a check for $15,f00 anid that Martfn ,
knew he had thu, check. Then he de- ;
posited the check and afterward drew
it out on July 16, 1892.
"When did Martin tell you that you ;
could have $5,000 of the $15,000."
"When I went to pay $10,000 over to
Martin."
"Well, now, as a matter of fact was ;
not this $5,000 paid to you as a bribe
for your instrumentality in the mat
ter?" "Well, I dare say it was."
Rappanhagen then went on to state
the $5,000, when it had been paid, he
used in paying pressing debts.
"It is not a custom for saloon
keepers in your vicinity to give small
loans to the police?"
"Oh, yes, $5 or $10 at a time."
"And as a result the police are not
very strict about the enforcement of
excise law, are they?"
"No, they are not."
"Is it not a fact that saloonkeepers
are assessed to make a Christmas pres
ent for the captains?"
"Yes, it is, every year."
HONORS ABROAD.
Rome, Dec. 18. United States Am
bassador McVeigh gave a dinner today
to the officers of the cruiser Detroit,'
which brought home the Vatican relics
exhibited at the Columbian exposition.
A solemn reception of the officers by
the pope is now regarded as uncer
tain. -
TELEPHONE JUDGMENT.
Boston, Dec 18. The United States
circuit court in uie case of the United
states ag-iiinst the Bell Telephone Co.
handed down a decision declaring the
Berliner telephone patent void. ,
DIDN'T PAD ENOUGH.
New Orleans, Dec. 18. The coro-
j ner's jury decided that Andy Bowen's
death was due to the club's failure
to pad the ring in wbleh the contest
took pli
THE WORLD'S RECORD I
I i
Fifteen Bills in Exact
ly Four Minutes.
Lightning Legislation in
the House.
Daily Grist of Interesting: News
Notes from the Law Mak
ing: Capital
WASHINGTON, Dea 17. A the
opening of the session of the house,
Hermann of Oregon presented a pre
amble and resolution declaring that
the Clayton-Bulwer treaty was an ob
stacle to the construction of the inter
oceanic canal and that it should be
abrogated. It was .referred to tne
committee on foreign affairs. Fifteen,
of sixteen bills, favorably reported
from Friday night's session were then
passed without objection, in exactly
four minutes.
McRea, chairman of the committee
on public lands, moved to pass, under
suspension of the rules, the bill to
protect public forest reservations.
Wells charged that rascality was
behind the bill and predicted that
those who were pushing it through
witn wnip and spur would live to re
gret their action. The vote resulted
159 to 53, and the bill passed.
The plan of urging Secretary Car
lisle's bill for a revision of the cur
rency before the holidays has been
abandoned. It was developed today
that many democratic members of the
house were oppo3ed to hurried action.
Mr. Crisp was against haste, and the
committee on rules, supported (this
view.
President Cleveland has sent to the
senate the following nominations:
Justice Charles D. Clarke, rto be
United States district judge of the
eastern and middle districts of Tenn
essee," vice David M. Key, retired;
Humphrey B. Hamilton, to be asso
ciate justice of the supreme court of
New Mexico.
Stalte Thomas O'Hara of Michigan,
to be consul at San Juan del Norte,
Nicaragua.
In the senata the university bill went
over and the Nicaragua canal bill was
called up.
The senate adopted Sills' resolution
calling for a copy of the income tax
regulations. The bill to establish a
national university was then taken up.
The majority report of the house
committee on banking1 and currency,
favorable to Secretary Carlisle's plan
of currency, was today presented to
the house by Cfa'airman Springer, with
tho recommendation that the bill pass.
The president Saturday approvied
the bill for .the dedication of the
Cbickamaugua and Chattanooga Na
tional parks, September 19th.
The issue of standard silver dollars
for last week was $579,795.
The house today passed the army
appropriation bill. The bill carries
$23,299,814. Three propositions in the
bill were near, all being recommended
by the secretary of war. One re
duced the number of majors in. the
pay department to twenty, a reduc
tion of five. The second reduced the
number of captains in the subsistence
depantpent by four, anl the third
tjrainslferred the military prison a
Fort Leavenworth to the jurisdiction
of the department of justice.
KEEP IT AT HOME. There is an
immensity of Oregon money sent out
over the mountains and even across
the oceans that might and ought to be
kept at home, where it will get back
Into and circulate through the various
channels of- trade. One item alone
is a little surprising in its magnitude.
Very few would think that over $300,.
000 went out to foreign companies
last year in the ' shape of insurance
premiums, yet such Is the fact, and
the prorxeition at once suggests itself,
how much better it would be If this
money were kept at home. And to a
large extent it might be. There Is no
necessity for sending out a dollar for
ordinary insurance so long as the peo
ple have an. Oregon company of
strength and reliability to carry their
risks. This they have in the State
Insurance company, of Salem, com
posed of many of the strongest men
in the state, a company whose poli
cies are as good as a goldbearing bond
and .whose every interest is to do a
clean, honest business with the neigh
bors and friends who are its patrons,
The proper thing, to do for an Oregon-
Ian who Is seeking new Insurance or
renewing old policies is to find an
agent of the State and leave bis pre
miums at home. - '
ON A CHINESE TRAIL.
Tarmi!i Hop 7. Thf lnrnl customs
officers heliv :thv have made a
good start toward breaking up the
"l"rifnHfl rrmrhfwl nf KWMtinif customs
Kfarnna" nn1 rl jl f i n ir thpm oil smug
gled opium. Within thirty days eighty
pounds or opium consignee to i-on-land
and San Francisco, bearing
nwMihul Ktn inTYrt hftvw bMH Seized
here, and twenty pounds afOlympia.
The omoers are placing private mams
on the stamps . when first used so
they can detect them afterwards.
A DESPERATE MOTHER.
SaHfrmnn in . TWwv 17. Mrs. Jones.
residing near here, cut the throats of
her two little children and her own
rhrwar votafArViair. All three died al
most Instantly. Despondency was tne
cause. . . . ..,
BIG FIRE LOSS.r..
warw Tw.i7Fire 'at the rail
way station there 'has .done enormous
iTamnma AnrnrnfK satO.lWlOllfKS filled
with merchandise and a large number
9t treaght cars were aescroyea.
SAFELY MANEUVERED.
SEATTLE, Dec. 17. Fire broke out
in the Oregon Improvement company s
Newcastle coal mine at Coal creek
ten miles from this city at 8:30 o'clock
this morning, and the creek was
turned into the mine to extinguish the
flames. In the midst of wild con
fusion Superintendent Anderson tele
phoned, below to the third level, tell
ing the 125 men in the mine bow to
escape and stayed at the telephone un
til the fire drove him away. By this
time the 125 men had come out and
five men -went down the air shaft to
warn them that the slope was burn
ing withnl ' oofe hundred teeiL, TbJe
fans were kept going, though they
tanned the flames and enormously in
creased the' loss and the men worked
like demons to keep the flames from
them. One moment's stoppage would
have meant death. The last man was
brought out at 2:30 p. m. and the
roll was called. - The . openings were
then stopped, Coal creek dammed and
turned into the mine, and tomorrow
the fans will be reversed to draw out
smoke, while men go down to fight
the fire. The machinery and top
works were saved except the roof of
the slope, but twenty-two mules, har
ness, cars and. other loss aggregate
$50,000.
BOTH ARE COWARDS.
St Louis, Dec 17. S. D. Perry,
publisher of the East St Louis Her
ald, and Lloyd R. R. Fayllng, ex
editor of the Herald, -"exchanged cour
tesies according to the duel code last
Friday and were to meet on the field
of honor eiriy yesterday morning with
pistols. The story got Into the news
papers, and fear of the police Inter
fered and the encounter rwas post
poned. A publishers' notice In adja
cent copy of the Herald caused Fay
ling to send the challenge, which was
promptly accepted by Perry. The
sending or acceptance of a challentge
to fight a duel being a penitentiary of
fense In Illinois, the principals are
keeping in tble background taday.
Both men are of spirit and the en
counter is only postponed.
HOP AND GRAIN VALUES.
San Francisco, Dec 17. Wheat, No.
1 shipping, 87, though choice offer
ings would command 88 3-4; milling
qualities, 9297; Walla Walla
wheat still comes to hand with free
dom; 75 to 77& for fair average
quality. 8285 for blue stem, and
6772 for damp stock.
Liverpool Wheat, steady; demand
moderate; No. 2 red winter, 4s 9d;
No. 2 red spring, stocks exhausted;
No. 1 hard Manitoba, 5s Gd; No. 1
California, 6s 2d.
Hops at London Pacific coast 2 lasi
Portland Wheat, valley, 7577;
Walla Walla, 70.
New York Hops dull.
PROTECTION GRANTED.
London, Dec. 17. A Tien Tsin dis
patch says the foreign sailors and ma
rines Who were summoned to Pvkln
to protect the legations of their res
pective countries were refused ibe
right of travel through Chinese terri
tory jy tflifei government authorities.
Foreign ministers combined to pro
tect their legaitions, whereupon the
emperor issued a new order, and ap
pointed officers and soldiers to afford
the necessary protection to the lega;
tions. -
SUICIDE ON THE SOUND.
Tacoma, Dec 17. T E. Ogflvie,
aged 25, a mechanic in the employ of
the Edison car shops, was found dead
in his room this morning with a bul
let through' his breast It was evi
dently a rase of suicide. He. was In
leve with a woman who is to be mar
ried Thursday to another man. Ogli-
vie was despondent through that, ana
also from the fact he had just discov
ered he had consumption.
A FUGITIVE MINISTER.
Vienna, Dec 17. A dispatch says'
that Signor Giolatti, ex-premier of
Italy, passed through this city last
evening on his way to Berlin. It ia
reported he has fled from Rome to
avoid being arrested.
IN HONOR OF OREGON.
Portland. Dec. 17. Members of the
state military board of Oregon have
formed an organization for the pur
pose of raising funds to present a
testimonial to the battle' ship "Oregon"
when she is accepted by the govern
ment The organization extends to
every company in the state. Co-opera
tion of civil organizations ana com
mercial bodies will be requested.
AN INVENTOR PROTECTED.
Run Francisco. Dec. 17. It was de
creed in the United States circuit
court today in tne case or Aooipn it
Bowers against Alexander McNee and
others that the dredging ana nyorauiio
apparatus patents issued to A. B.
nnxnora in are Grood and valid
and that he be declared the inventor
of the machinery ivolved In the suit
LOCAL MARKET. QUOTATIONS.
Prices Current In the Portland Pro
duce Markets.
Flour Portland, Salemi, $2.40 per
barrel.
Gate Good white, 25 Ito 26c per
bushel; milling, 27 to 29c; gray, 25
to 27c
BaHe Brewing, 80 to 82c per
cental.
MUlstufta Bran, $13.50; middlings,
$13.50; chop feed, $15 to $17.
Hay Good, $9 to $10 per ton.
"Butter Firm; fancy creamery, 25
to 27c; fancy dairy, 20 to 22c
Potatoes 35 to 40c per sack. .
Onions Good Oregon, 75 to 90 per
Poultry Chickens, $1.60 to Jl.75 per
dozen; ducks, $2.50 to $5. -
Fresh fruit Good Oregon apple
50 to 65c per box.
Eggs Oregon, scarce and firm at
25c per doz.; Eastern, 21to 22c
Wool Valley, 7 to 9c according to
quality, Umpqua, , 7 to . 9c; Eastern
Oregon, 6. to 7c
Hops Quotable at 4 " to ,; 7c per
pound, according to quality. Jr
Wheait Shippers quoted 67 to Too
per cental as the extreme for Walla
Walla, and gave as the outside tigurs
for valley 77ft to 80c per cental,