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VOL. XXXII.
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1895.
NO. 14.
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RAILWAYS' BUSINESS
Annual Report of Interstate
Commerce Commission.
INTERESTING DATA AND SUMS
Attention Called to the Peculiar Condi
tions Affecting the Operations of
Kailwavs During the Year.
Washington, June 18. The seventh
statistical report of the interstate com
merce commission for the year ending
June SO, 1894, has just been submit
ted. In the introduction special at
tention is called to the peculiar oondi
tions affecting the operations of rail
ways. . First, the report covers the
last four months of the Columbian - ex
position, during which time there was
an increased passenger traffic. Sec
ond, it covers a period of widespread
and unprecedented business depression.
Thus, June 30, 1894, 192 roads, operat
ing upwards of 42,000 miles of line,
and representing about one-fourth of
the total railway capitalization, were
in the hands of receivers. The effect
of these conditions is apparent in near
ly all the figures presented.
The total mileage m the United
States June 30, 1894, was 178,708, an
increase during the year of 2,247 miles.
The increase during the previous year
was 4,897. The percentge of increase
during 1894 was less than for any pre
ceding year for which reports have
been made to the commission, and it is
not probable that the year eiding June
30, 1895, will show such improvement
ine number ox roads abandoned was
sixteen. The total mileage of all
tracks was 233,533 miles.
The total number of railway corpora'
tions was 1,924, an increase during the
year of twenty-two. The number of
railoads not in operation was seventy'
seven. The movement of consolidation
during the year, on the basis of mileage
involved, has been greater than in the
previous four years. Fifteen roads.
representing 1,734 miles, have been
merged; 22 roads, representing 2,
352 miles, have been . reorganized,
and 14 roads, representing 1,590 miles,
have been consolidated. A classifica
tion of railways on the basis of oper
ated mileage shows that 44 roads, each
with a mileage of over 1,000 miles
operate a .total of 100,547 miles of
line, or 56.30 per cent of the total
mileage of the country. Ninety roads
operate 72.90 per . cent of .the entire
mileage. , , . ,
The- total . number of ' locomotives
was 35,302, an increase during the
year of 704, and the total number of
oars 1,278,078. The increase in the
number of cars during the year was
4,123, as against an incresae of 18,864
during the previous year. This falling
off in the ratio of increase is due to the
railways having, during the year, used
a large number of old, worn-out cars.
During the year 1,579 locomotives and
60,386 c"rs were fitted with train
brakes, and 1,197 locomotives and
34,186 cars were fitted with automatic
couplers. Seventy-four and 81-100ths
per cent of the total equipment is still
without train-brakes and 72.77 per cent
without automatic couplers.
The total number of railway em
ployes was 779,608, a decrease as com
pared with the number June 30, 1893,
of 93,994, or 10.76 per cent. This is a
smaller number employed than in any
year since 1890. This decrease is due,
the report states, to the heavy falling
off in traffic and the endeavor of the
railways to economize.
The Manitoba School Question.
Winnipeg, June 18. In view of
Premier Greenway's bad health, it is
unlikely that he will make more than
10-minute speech on the school ques
tion tomorrow. But had he been in
his usual condition physically people
would have heard a two-hours' speech
on the subject. The leader of the op
position, it is said, will make an an
swer to the motion of the premier, and
debate on the remedial order may take
two or three days. The attorney-gen
eral will speak at length.
The Armenian Reforms.
Constantinople, June 18. Upon the
appointment of Said Pasha as grand
vizer the powers have granted. the porte
further time to consider the Armenian
scheme of reforms. . It is stated today
that Turkey has given a reply acceding
to the principle of European control,
but asking that the period of control
limited and suggesting a three
years' limit
Joseph H. Wilson.
Thomis e. Wilson
WILSON & WILSON
ATTORNEYS -AT-LAW
Office over First Nutioral Bank. Corvallis. Or
Wilt practice in 11 the stare and federal cjuris
Abstracting, collections. Notary nublic. Col-
veyanciug.
BENTON COUNTY
ABSTRACT : COMPANY
Complete Set of Abstracts
of Benton County.
Conveyancingand Perfecting
Titles a Specialty.
Money to Loan on Improved City and
Country Property.
J. B. MARKLEY& CO., Proprietors
Main Street, Corvallia.
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
Progress of the Work of the Commission
of ingineers. '
Chicago, June 18. A dispatch to the
Times-Herald from Washington, re
ferring to the work of the commission
appointed to inspect the route and pre
liminary work on the Nicaragua canal,
says the engineers reached Greytown
the eastern terminus of the canal,
May 13, and began an examination of
the property and improvements of the
canal company at that port - One of
the most important of these is a break
water 100 feet long, which extends out
into the sea. The construction of this
was begun in December, 1889, with the
resulet as predicted by engineers, of in
creasing the depth of water in the bay,
so that the depth on the bar is twelve
feet at present Notwithstanding the
repeated efforts of the engineers to pre
vent the ravages of the teredo on the
timbers of this breakwater, the com
missioners una tnat tne wood was
badly eaten. That portion of the ca
nal already built, extending west from
Greytown toward the San Juan river
was found in Bplendid condition.
The embankments on each side have
stood the effects of the weather remark
ably well, and show no serious effects
from the rainfalL The hospitals
and other buildings were found in good
state of preservation
xne railroad wnicn the canal com
pany has built along the route of the
canal for the transportation of material
and men has already been thoroughly
inspected and found in good condition.
The crumbling of the earth from the
cliffs and the washings from surface
drainage have not been as disastrous
as expected, and it is said this ob jec
tion so often urged against the f easibil
ity of the canal has fallen flat. While
the canal passes through a very wet
region, where the annual precipitation
is nearly twenty-five inches, the effects
of the movement of such an enormons
quantity of water have not been bad.
and give no indication that the sides
of the canal will be washed down in
few years, another objection that has
been urged against the project
About two weeks ago the canal com
mission moved on from Greytown to
Lake Nicaragua, and after visiting
Granada and Managua, the capital.
passed from Nicaragua to the Pacific
along the route of the canal, a distance
of about fourteen miles. This section
of the route offers no obstacles to the
construction whatever, and will simply
be a matter of excavation. .
TESTING THE FISHING LAW'
Two Arrests Are Made at Astoria for
This Purpose.
Astorifta June 1 S.se-Fisk and Game
Protector McGuire and Sheriff Hare to
day arrested two men, who refused to
give their names, for illegal fishing.
xne parties are supposed to be owners
of two traps, one of which is located in
Baker's bay, north of Sand island, and
the other in the Columbia river, south
of Sand island. The action of Mr. Mc
Guire is for the purpose of determin
ing the question of concurrent jurisdic
tion, and whether or not Baker's bay,
in which most of the fish traps are lo
cated, is a part of the Columbia river.
It was expected that this question
would have been settled in the case of
the Oregon vs. Olsen, charged with il
legal fishing, Judge McBride having
decided that the jurisdiction of Oregon
extended to the Washington shore, but
the disagreement of the jury prevented
the decision being either sustained or
overruled by the supreme court
Speaking of his intention this even
ing, Mr. McGuire said:
In my opinion any effort to enforce
the present laws of Oregon in regard
to Sunday fishing is not only imprac
ticable, but unjust, and would noc be
sustained either by a jury or by public
opinion. Similar laws must be enacted
by the legislatures of both states if the
theory is correct that the jurisdiction
of each extends to the middle channel.
If, on the other hand, it is decided
that the jurisdiction of Oregon extends
to the Washington shore, it will be an
easy matter for an Oregon officer to
enforce the laws over the entire river.
As the matter now stands, the Wash
ington fishermen, since the abolishment
of the Sunday law by the last legisla
ture, will not accept any decision short
of one emanating from the United
States courts, and the cases of the par
ties arrested today will in all probabil
ity be taken there by habeas corpus
proceedings."
1 he Peace of the Orient.
Victoria, B. C, June 17. Letters to
the King Tai Cmpany from Shanghai
give the news that the Russian, Ger
man and French ministers in Peking
paid a joint visit to the tsung-li-yamen
May 23 and presented the following
statement:
"The course taken by the three pow
ers in giving advice to Japan by sug
gesting she should not permanently oc
cupy Laio Tung peninsula, was dictated
merely by any interest of the Chinese
government or on account of their sym
pathy with China. The Chinese gov
ernment is therefore warned not to mis
understand the object of the three pow
ers, and thus to rely upon them in the
future in connection with affairs the
settlement of which is now pending."
Oklahoma's Gold Excitement.
Reno, O. T., June 17. Notwiths
tanding recent reports that the Boggy
creek fields are not panning but as had
been expected, the great rush to the
country still continues, and there are
many old-timers who still insist that
the strike is big. Parties coming here
for provisions report that the whole
country along Boggy creek is staked
iff, and that gold-diggers are confident
of good results. The outfitters have
been busy all day loading freighters for
the new settlement, and are reaping a
rich harvest The gold fields are not
in the Indian country, so no opposition
can be offered going or coming.
NO LONGER A QUESTION
Business Is Improving in All
Sections of the Country.
TRADE REPORT IS FAVORABLE
Crops Will Be Large, Labor Troubles
Are Over, and Wages of Work
ingmen Are Advancing.
New York, June 17. R. G. Dun
&
Co. 's Weekkly Review of Trade will
say: it is no longer a question whether
business improves. Not for a long
time nave our reports from all parts ot
tne country been so uniformly favor
able. - The daily average of bank clear
ings in June is 24.8 per cent larger
tnan last year, though 11.4 per cent
less than in 1892. The most notent
innuence nas been receipts of more fa-
vurau-ie- aavices regarding growing
crops. jLiabor troubles are geting out
of the way, wages in many establish
ments are rising, and the iron industry
is now leading.- There is general im
provement in manuf act ores. - Mone
tary conditions also help. The tune
draws near when a crop export will
bring gold hither,, and though foreign
operations in stocks have been insignili
cant this week, the effect of the pre
vious transactions nave not been ex
hausted. Diminished receipts of money
irom tne interior indicate better em'
ployment in business, and especially at
tne west, and the volume of commer
cial loans steadily rises, and is now fair
for this season, even in a good year.
Western receipts for two weeks of
June were 3,166,680 bushels of wheat
against 3,001,282 last year, while At
lanuo exports, nour included, were
only 2,364,847 bushels against 4,630.
227 last year. The effect of the rise in
prices was seen in the official ' reports
of May exports, showing a decrease ol
1,000,000 bushels from Atlantib, but
an increase of 2,000,000 from Pacific
exports. The price was reduced 2 l-2c
in trading. Corn also declined about
1c, with better reports of growth.
Ine official statement of 14 per cent
decrease in cotton acreage was found,
in view of the revised government es-
riuiaies ior ine year, to mean more
than 20,000,000 aores now growing
cotton, which much exceeds the best
unofficial estimates.
Cotton mills are doing well for the
season and numerous advances of 1-8
to l-4c are still reported. . -
The output of pig iron in June was
but a trifle larger than May 1157,224
tons against 156,554 a month ago, and
-174,023 a year ago. The advance in
prices continues. Bessemer pig reached
12.40, and gray forges $10.6, at Pitts
burg, and changes in all iron products
show advances of 3.7 per cent this
month, and 13.3 per cent from the low
est point in February. For this con
servative industry, rise of 26 per cent
in Bessemer iron seems large, but it
compared with 35 per cent in cotton,
53 per cent in wheat, 60 to 70 per cent
in leather, 80 per cent in refined oil.
and over 1,000 per cent in hides. All
these products were at the lowest prices
ever known, and remarkable gains were
be expected when any came, but
with each consumption has vet to
ustify advances.
Failures for the week have been 241
in the United States against 232 last
year, and 21 in Canada against 40 last
year.
EPIDEMIC OF HYDROPHOBIA.
Men, rattle and Hogs Have Shown
Signs of the Dreaded Disease.
Grand Island, Neb., June 18. In
the northwestern part of Adams county
in the vicinity of the farm of Fred
Ernst, hydrophobia in animals has
caused much loss of cattle, injury to
man and much anxiety. Two men
have been bitten, and compelled to go
to Wymore, where a madstone was ap
plied, and over forty cattle belonging
to Ernst have been shot after signs ol
hydrophobia. A cow was bitten by a
mad dog. It died and was not buried,
being hauled to some out-of-the-way
place. The dogs in the neighborhood
consumed the carcass. About May 1 it
was noticed other cattle showed symp
toms of hydrophobia. Then it was
that Ernst's first bovine showed the
disease and was shot.
A war was commenced on the dogs
in the district Only one dog is left,
and he will soon join his companions.
Three hogs belonging to Ernst were
bitten. One of these had extensive
tusks, and Frank Ernst, a son about 24
years old, was scratched by one of the
tusks. As a result he was obliged to
go to Wymore, where the poison was
extracted. A neighbor, while burvine
cow which he had shot, allowed some
of the animal's saliva to touch a scratch
on his hand, and he went to Wymore.
He remained there until he was thought
to be safe and returned home. He has
since shown signs of hydrophobia, and
serious consequences are feared.
Desperate efforts have been made to
clear the neighborhood of all animals
affected.
Russia and Manchuria.
New York, June 17. A special to
the Herald from St Petersburg says
there is the best authority for denying
tne reported negotiations with China
for the cession of a strip of Manchuria
to enable Russia to lay an extension of
the trans-Siberian railway. Russia has
recommended China to construct her
own lines, which could be laid so as to
join the Siberian route.
Price o" Southern Pig Iron.;
Birmingham, June 18. A furthei
advance of 50 cents per ton in the price
of Southern pig iron was made last
evening by the Tennessee Coal & Iron
Company, the largest iron producers
in the South, making an advance of
$1.50.
READS LIKE A ROMANCE.
Remarkable Development of a Prospect
rforth of Spokane.
Spokane, June 17. The War Eagle
Mining Company is paying a dividend
of $50,00, or 10 cents a share. This
mine is in. the Trail creek district,
north of Spokane, and its history reads
like, a romance. A year ago it was a
prospect Promoters had taken bonds
on it, and tried in vain to sell the
property for $15,000. Finally Patsy
Clark formed a company of Spokane
men, wno divided the stock among
cnemseives at b cents a share. They
Donaeci tne mine, did some develop'
ment work, and opened up a bonanza.
ine first month's shipments paid for
the mine and all improvemets. The
present dividend is, therefore, clear
profit on the investment It repre
sents three months' clear limited ship
ments over an almost impassible moun
tain road. Men who were offered the
property for $15,000 have since offered
a million for it The ore is gold and
copper. The mine is remarkable in
that it has no hoisting works, no ma'
oninery oi any Kind, no expensive
ouiiaings. it has nothing but a rough
board office, some ore bins, and two or
three tunnels into the mountain. Sixty'
six per cent of the dividend was paid
to Spokane men. Joe Morris, one of
the discoverers, came to Sopkane. mar
ried a school-teacher in Franklin
school, and is in the mountains with
pack on his back, looking for another
bonanza.
HEIRS OF DEAD MEN.
Three Families Claim the estate
of
David' Henry In Coloraao.
weeley, Colo., June 17. A most
remarkable case was decided here to
day. David .Henry came to Greeley
in 1870 and. invested in lands now
worth $40,000. He married Mrs. Ca
lista Evans in 1888, and died in 1890,
nis wife dying eight hours later. The
estate was entered for probate. The
case now decided was brought by the
neirs of Susan Henry, who claim that
she was married to Henry in Missouri
in 1849, having two children by him.
ana tnat tne cniidren, by the laws ol
Missouri, are entitled to one-half the
estate. During the progress of this
case there appeared the heirs of still
another wife, claiming marriage to
Henry in California in 1839. In an
ower, the Missouri heirs set forth that
the Californa wife was divorced in
1873, but in turn they set up the claim
that the Missouri oommou law marriage
did not hold in Colorado. On this
point Judge Boughton agreed, dismiss'
ing the case of the Missouri heirs. The
conclusion of the matter will now be a
compromise between the. heirs of ; the
California and Colorado wives.
Suits for Damage .Filed.
San Francisco, June 17. Three suits
for damages aggregating $150,000 will
be led against the Pacific Mail Com
pany tomorrow as a result of the loss
of the steamer Colima. One suit will
be brought by Charles Thornton, whose
wife was a passenger on the Colima.
Another will be brought by Mrs.
Thomas Gray, whose husband was in
charge of the refrigerator room, ana
the third complainant is T. C. Struck
man, whose mother was drowned. The
complaints, as prepared by Attorney
Phillips, charge that the cargo of the
steamer was badly stored, and that the
officers showed neglect in not giving
the passengers warning of the danger,
so that they could have taken measures
to save their lives. It is charged that
life-preservers were not given to the
passengers, and that there were not
enough life-preservers on board to sup
ply those who needed them. Other
charges are that the Colima was not
properly loaded, and discipline aboard
was slack. It is also alleged that the
San Juan left the scene of the wreck
too soon, and had her captain exercised
due diligence other lives might have
been saved.
Seal Herd Less Numerous.
Washington, June 17. Captain
Hooper, in command of the cutter fleet
in Behring sea, has reported to the
treasury department that his observa
tions south of Unalaska convince him
that the seal herds moving north are
far less numerous than formerly. This
scarcity, it is believed, is entirely due
to tne indiscriminate slaughter during
the last two or three years. While
patrolling the North Pacific Captain
Hooper boarded and searched a number
sealers, both Canadian and Ameri
can, but there was no evidence of un-
lawfnll killing, hence they were al
lowed to proceed. It is very probable
that the maximum catch of the North
American Commercial Company will
be materially reduced, even from last
year, when it reached only about 13,-
000 skins.
South Dakota's Defaultinsr Tressnrcr.
Sioux Falls, & D., June 14. Attor
ney-General Crawford and H. H. Hor
ner and R. W. Stewart, renresentino-
W. W. Taylor, doubt the statement in
regard to the voluntary return of Tay
lor. Taylor is to make all the restitu
tion possible, leaving comparatively
little for the bondsmen to pay. and is
to stand trial. The state has given no
assurance, except that Taylor is merely
to be leniently treated it he returns and
makes no fight with the authorities.
He has been in Cuba, Mexico, Guiana,
Jamaica and Brazil, but ia now in
northern clime.
Highest of allin Iaverung Power. Latest U.S. Gov't Report
REPLY TO THE DEMAND
Manitoba Refuses to Re-Establish
Separate Schools.
THE ORDER A DIRECT REFUSAL
it
Is In the Form of a Memorial
dressed to the Governor-General
of Canada.
Ad-
Winnipeg, June 15. In the Mani
toba legislature today Attorney-General
Sexton gave notice of an order
setting forth the Manitoba reply to the
government's demand that separate
schools should be re-established in
Manitoba. It is a direct refusal of the
demand. The reply is in the form of
a memorial addressed to his excellency,
the governor-general of Canada in
council. It recites the remedial order
and then submits the following:
"These privileges, which by said or
der we are commanded to restore to
our Roman Catholic fellow-citizens,
are substantially the same privileges
which they enjoyed previous to the
year 1890. Compliance with the terms
of the order would restore Catholic
schools with no more satisfactory guar
antee for their efficiency than existed
prior to the same date.
The educational policies embodied
in our present statutes were adopted
after an examination of the results of
the policy heretofore followed under
the separate Roman Catholic schools
(now sought to be restored) and which
had existed for upwards of nineteen
years. The said schools were found to
be inefficient As conducted under the
Roman Catholic section of the board of
education they did not possess the at
tributes of modern public schools.
Their conduct, management and regu
lation were found to be defective.
As a result of the leaving of a -
large section of the population with no
better means of education than was
thus supplied, many people grew up
in a state of illiteracy. So far as we
are aware there has never been an at
tempt to defend these schools on their
merits, and we do not know of any
grounds upon which the expenditure of
public money in their support could be
justified. We are, therefore, compelled
to respectfully state to your excellency
in council that we cannot accept the
responsibility of carrying into effect
the terms of the remedial order..
The reforms effected in 1890 have
given an impetus to educational work, .
but the difficulties which are inherent
in ourselves have constantly to be met -It
would be obvious that the establish
ment of a set of Catholic schools, fol
lowed by a set of Anglican schools and
by Mennonite, Icelandic and other
schools would so impair our political
system that any approach to our pres-
ent general standard of efficiency would
be quite impossible. We contemplate
the inauguration of such a state of
affairs with grave apprehension. Wo
have no hesitancy m saying there can
not be suggested any measure which.
to our minds, would more seriously
imperil the development of our prov
ince.
We believe that when the remedial
order was made there was then not
available to your excellency in council
full and accurate information as to the
working of our former system of
schools. We also believe there was
lacking the means of forming a correot
judgment as to the effect upon the
province of the changes indicated in the
order. Holding this view we submit
that it is not too late to make full and
deliberate investigation of the whole
subject Should such a course be
adopted we shall cheerfully assist in
offering the most complete information
available."
Wages Increased In the South.
Birmingham, Ala., June 17. The
employes of the Howard Harrison Iron
Co.,-at Bessemer, the largest iron pipe
manufacturing concern in the South,
have been given notice that on the 15th
an advance of 10 per cent in wages
would be made. More than 1,000 men
will be benefited.
A dial a Doctor of Laws.
Chicago, June 17. At the com
mencement exercises of the Northwest
ern university, at the Auditorium last
night President Rogers announced that
the honorary degree of doctor of laws
was confererd upon Vice-Presiednt
Steevenson. There was a storm of ap
plause when the announcement was
made
After the Douglass Estate.
Rochester, N. Y., June 17. Mra
Nathan Sprague, daughter of Frederick
Douglass, will commence suit against
Mrs. Douglass, his widow, her brother,
and Lewis H. Douglass, administrators
of the estate. . Mrs. Sprague says by a
recent arrangement Mrs. Douglass is to
get about all the estate in sight
Victory fur Congo State Forces.
Brussels, June 18. The Congo State
forces have inflicted a severe defeat on
the Dervishes, capturing their strong
hold at Egera, between the Nile and
the Upper Fuelle. The Belgian cap
tain, Christians, was killed. The
Dervishes have fled from the equatorial
province.