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VOL. XXXII.
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1896.
NO. 46.
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Office at Courthonse, Corvallis, Or.
The Cherokees' Color Line.
The chief of the Cherokees has under
his consideration a bill passed by the
legislature of the nation which seems to
draw the color line in a fashion most
odious to white men. .,
This measure, while it continues the
citizenship of the whites who have mar
ried into the tribe, prohibits the acquire
ment of citizenship in that way hereaft
er. The next step will be the punish
ment of miscegenation as a crime, and
then the lynching of white men for the
alleged offense of having spoken unciv
illy to Indian women. New York Re
corder. .
Occidental Hotel, Corvallis, Oregon, or
Street, Portland, Uregon.
TELEGRAPHIC RESUME
Events of the Day in a Con
densed Form.
OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS
Items of Importance From Domestic
and Foreign Sources Cream
. or the Dispatches.
Earthquakes have been noted in vari
ous parts of the state of Oaxaca,
Mexico.
General Thomas Ewing, ex-member
of congress from Ohio, is dead, at the
age of 67.
Three men were killed and four re
ceived serious' injuries by the explosion
of gas it New Haven, Conn.
England's application for the
American loan will involve the export
of 12,000,000 of gold within a week.
Advices from Crown Point, Ind,
state that bloodhounds are to be used
to trail criminals hiding in the Kan
kakee swamps.
As the result of a fire in St Louis
five firemen were buried in the ruins,
and another died from injuries received
while fighting the names.
Despite the prohibitory decree of the
sultan, the Bed Cross Society is pre
paring an expedition to Turkey to dis
tribute relief to the Armenian suffer
ers.
The hoisting machine in the convert
ing department of the Ohio Steel Com
pany, at Youngstown, O., went wrong
and one man was killed and two seri
ously injured.
The death of Prince Henry, of Bat-
tenberg, is announced He accom
panied the British expeditionary forces
to South Africa, and while there con
tracted a fever of which he died.
The supreme court rendered an im
portant decision in San Francisco, de
claring that the stockholders of the de
funct Pacino bank are individually
liable for the debts of the corporation.
The Mohammedan rebellion, in the
Chinese province of Eansu, has been
entirely suppressed, and the country
pacified. There have been many ex
ecutions, including the leaders of the
insurrection.
The site for the United States peni
tentiary, which was located by the
commission about eighteen months ago
near the state penitentiary in Walla
Walla, has been approved by. the gov
ernment, and the title accepted.
A detailed account of the surrender
of King Prempeh, of Ashantee, to the
British expeditionary force in South
Africa, state that his majesty actually
groveled in the dust as a mark of his
complete submission to England. .
A row between Theodore Luebcke, a
carpenter, and William Solomon, a
German compatriot, at the home of the
former in Portland, Or., ended in
Luebcke stabbing to the heart and al
most instantly killing Solomon. Fam
ily troubles were the cause.
It is stated that a rupture between
Brazil and Italy is imminent, owing
to Brazil's tardiness in satisfying Ital
ian claims arising out of the civil war
in Brazil. It is reported the warship
Benjamin Constant has started to oc
cupy the island of Trinidade.
A dispatch from San Salvador says
the minister of war is mobilizing the
militia, of which in this city alone
there are 7,000 available. The gov
ernment asserts this is done for the
purpose of accustoming the militia to
the use of arms and to perfect their
drill. "
A dispatch from Ekaterinoslav, the
capitol of the government of that
name, in Southern Russia, gives de
tails of a fire that occurred in a
theater, causing a great loss of life.
The fire was discovered while a per
formance was going on. The specta
tors became panic-stricken, and made
a wild rush for the exits. Forty-nine
bodies have already been taken out.
Truly Shattuck, the young actress,
has fled from San Francisco to avoid
testifying against her mother, who is
being tried for the murder of Harry
Poole. Truly was the chief witness
against her mother during the first
trial, as Mrs. Shattuok shot the young
man on aocount of the attentions to
her daughter, and it was proved that
Truly, at the command of her mother,
wrote Poole a note which summoned
him to her house the day he was shot.
There is to be a sensational contest
in Andersonville, Ind., Between Dr.
Covert, who has recently sued and
been sued by the Indiana Spiritualists,
and Dr. Harry Adams, of Crawfords
ville who claims to represent the
Spiritualists, but many disclaim him.
For six nights Dr. Adams is to appear
and Dr. Covert has wagered that he4
will do everything Dr. Adams per
forms, Covert not claiming' any med
ium assistance. The men have put up
500 with the judges.
Negotiations between the Rio Grande
Western and the Wesern Passenger As
sociation have been broken off again.
The Rio Grande Western has agreed,
however, to cease paying a commis
sion on tiokets from Salt Lake to Den
ver, reserving to itself the right to cut
rates whenever necessary to meet the
competition of the Union Pacific. The
Western roads have agreed to make
half fare rates for commissioned officers
of the army and navy and the depend
ent members of the families when they
travel at their own expense. ; -
J. C. Oswold, who has just returned
from the . Orient, and who was a wit
ness of the execution of the Chinese
ringleaders of the recent massacres of
missionaries in that country, in speak'
ing of it says: "After the execution
had taken plaoe the heads of the five
ringleaders were placed in buckets
which were cut so as to give a full
view of their ghastly oontents and the
buckets were hung on the Foo Chow
bridge, where they remained on exhi
bition for two days. Then they were
taken to Ku Cheng, the scene . of the
massacre of the ten Christian girls, and
were then hung on trees, where they
are probably still hanging. To remove
one of the heads means immediate
death to the offender. The execution
has had a great moral effect on the
Chinese, and I think it will be a long
time before there will be murderous
interference with the missionaries."
John Tyler, eldest son of President
Tyler, died in Washington, aged 76,
- Twenty -nine hundred miners at Co
lumbus, O., returned to work, having
settled their trouble.
President Cleveland has consented
to be present at the anniversary cele
bration at Princeton college. "
A San Francisco paper says the presi
dent has accepted an invitation from
Attorney W. W. Foote to spend part
of his vacation next summer on the
Pacifio coast i- ,
The ice gorge in the Maumee river,
about eight miles above Toledo, broke
and in running out carried away two
spans of the new bridge in course of
construction. The loss is estimated at
$50,000.
In a heavy fog, with the wind in the
northeast and the surf running far up
the beach, the American liner St. Paul,
bound in, went ashore on Long Island.
All of the 700 passengers were safely
transferred to land.
A special to Novoe Vrersya from
Vladivostock says news has been re
ceived from Peking that the Chinese
government has assigned a large sum
for the creation of a fleet - The plan
of construction is very large.
Herr Knebel-Doeberitz, a high offi
cial of the .ministry of the interior,
who drafted the regulations excluding
the American insurance companies
from doing business in Germany, has
received a high decoration from Em
peror William.
The Hon. Theodore Runyon," United
States ambassador to Germany, expired
suddenly and unexpectedly at . Berlin
of heart failure. Mr. Runyon had
been in somewhat feeble health - for
some time past, but no immediate
fatal results were anticipated.
A special to the New York World
from Kingston, Jamaica, says a serious
uprising is reported in Port-au-Prince,
the capital of Hay ti. After three days'
rioting in the streets, the insurrection
was surpressed. There is general un
easiness throughout the island.-
"' Colonel Crof ton has been reqested to
retire by Secretary Lamont. The col
onel refuses to comply, and relies on
the influence of his nephew, Dnpont of
Delaware, who claims an election as
United States senator, to retain for
him his position in the army. .
A special to the Boston Traveller,
from New York, says that the ban
placed by the Catholio church upon
the orders of Knights of 'Pythias, Sons
of Temperance and Odd Fellows is ab
solute, and offers no further discussion.
This is the mandate of the pope,
through his representative, Cardinal
Satolli.
The imperial court of Leipsic, Ger
many, has ruled on a case wmon anects
the rights of German-Americans. F.
W. Beohine, of Brooklyn, N Y., was
fined in September last the . sum of 200
marks for evading military service by
emigrating. The court quashed this
sentence, as not being in accord with
treaty rights.
A bill has been introduced in the
Kentucky legislature by Goebel to re
peal the charter of the Southern Pacifio
Railway Company, obtained in 1884
by C. P. Huntington. The road has
never been operated in Kentucky, but in
California, and the action of the sena
tor is prompted by resolutions of mass
meetings of citizens of California. " .
Postmaster-General Wilson has is
sued a general order providing that in
all cities and towns having free deliv
ery postal service, the postal system be
extended to include house-to-house
collections. For the convenience of
the department, however, the introduc
tion of boxes in houses, until further
orders, will be confined to twenty -five
places.
A meeting of the American mer
chants in Pretoria, was held, and it
was decided to telegraph to Secretary
of State Olney that in view of the in
terests of American citizens and the
fact that their property was jeopar
dized, it was requested that a diplo
matic agent be sent to arrange matters
with a view to any exigencies which
might arise.
The secretary of the Oakland, CaL,
bianch of the American Railway Union
has received a letter from the private
secretary of E. V. Debs, in which the
statement telegraphed from the East
that Debs is to resign the presidency of
the union is denied. He says Debs
will win the fight he is now engaged
in on behalf of organized labor or die
in the attempt
The Chinese government has agreed
to open the West river, provided China
is allowed to retain the territory ceded
under the Burmah-China convention of
1894. The opening of two ports on
the West, or Si Kiang river, namely,
Shao King and Wu Chow, was stipu
lated for by the Japanese as part of the
terms of peace. The cities of Canton
and Hong Kong are situated on the bay
into which the West river empties.
At a meeting of the grand officers
of the Knights of Pythias,, held in Cin
cinnati, the following: resolution was
ted: "Resolved, That it is the
unanimous sense oi the assembly that
no encampment of the uniformed rank
should be held during 1996, unless a
guaranteed rate of one cent per mile
by the shortest practicable route, with
a limit oi twenty days, can De se
cured."
NOW RUSSIA'S VASSAL
An Offensive and Defensive
Alliance Formed.
TREATY SIGNED BY THE PORTE
In the Xvent of Russia Going; to War
Turkey Agrees to Close tbe Dar
danelles to ail Warships.
London, Jan. 27. A dispatch to the
Pall Mall Gazette from Constantinople,
dated yesterday, says an offensive and
defensive alliance had been conoluded
between Russia and Turkey. The dis
patch adds the treaty - was signed at
Constantinople and ratifications were
exchanged at St Petersburg between
Aarej Pasha - and the czar. The basis
of the treaty is declared to be on the
lines of the Unkiar Skelessi agreement
of 1823, by which Turkey agreed in the
event of Russia going to war, to close
the Dardanelles to the warships of all
nations. The Pall Mall Gazette cor
respondent says this treaty was soon
abandoned, owing to the refusal of the
powers to recognize it He also says
the French ambassador, M. Cambou,
conferred with the sultan yesterday,
and it is probable that France
included in the new alliance.
will be
Commenting on the dispatch from Gray and others took part in the exoit
Constantinople announcing the signing . ing debate. Wolcott's speech criticis-
of the treaty between Russia and Tur-
key for off ensiv and defensive pur-
poses, the Pall Mall Gazette says:
"We regard the news as true, and
tbe result of the treaty is the Dardan- the attention of a crowded cbabmer and
elles Is the southern outpost of Russia, j overfioiwing gallery. Two important
and Turkey is Russia's vassal. We resolutions were reported by the corn
presume the British government will ' mittee on foreign affairs, one strongly
protest against the treaty for all it is presenting the serious condition of
worth. - I affairs in Turkey and urging prompt
The information is plainly of the
gravest importance. The first in -
formation reached us four days ago,
but we witheld it until the arrival of .
the strong confirmation we received this
morning. This brings Russia into the
Mediterranean with a vengeance, and
may. necessitate strengthening our fleet '
in tflOSe waters. Ihe political effect
will be far greater. The teraty means
that Turkey has realized her own im-'
potence against - disorders now irom
within and without, and has decided to
throw herself for safety into the arms
of Russia. She is now Russia's vassal,
and . Russia is entitled to dispatch
troops to any part of the sultan's do
minions." PRICES SEEM-SETTER."
The Week Marked by Improvement Ap
parent Rather Than Real. ;
New York, Jan. 27. -R. G. Dun &
Co. 's weekly review of trade says:
The week has been marked by im
provement a parent rather than real.
Prioea of some products have risen,
but only because supplies are believed
to be smaller than was expected. The
senate still injures all business by do
ing nothing, and the treasury cannot
expect to gain in gold as yet, but loses
less than was expected. It is generally
assumed that the new loan will be
placed without difficulty, though the
successive payments may cause con
tinued disturbance.
"A deluge of. foreign reports favor
able to wheat speculation found ready
answer in an advance of over 5 cents,
in spite of which receipts have been 50
per cent larger than last year. At-.
lantio exports for the week were much
larger than last year, for the first time
in several months, but for the crop
year to date, all exports have been
about 11,600,000 bushels smaller than
last year.
The market has the idea that foreign
demands hereafter must be much
greater because of deficient supplies
elsewhere, but no one expects that the
increase will be at all commensurate
with the enormous increase in Western j
receipts of 27 per oent since the crop
year began 137,600,000 against 107,-
986,191 bushels last year. j
"Failruea for the week were 373 in
the United States, against 363 last
year, and 61 in Canada, against 59
last year."
LURED TO HIS DEATH.
Waylaid and Killed While Visiting; His
Sweetheart.
St Louis, Jan. 27. Webster Grove
is wildly excited over a tragedy which
occurred there last night Bertram E.
Atwater, a young Chicago artist who
had gone to the suburb to visit his
bethrothed, Miss Genevieve OrtOJ,
was waylaid and killed by highway-;
men. One of the robbers, John
Schmidt, wounded to death by the
plucky Chicagoan, will probably die
before morning. The other thugs,
Sam Foster, a colored ex-convict, who
fired the fatal shots, and Peter Schmidt,
who arranged the trap into which At
water was unsuspectingly lured and
then slain, are in custody.
While the inquest was being held to
day citizens of the village became so
enraged that it was with . the greatest
difficulty that cooler heads could re
strain the prevailing impulse to drag
the captive highwaymen from the
officers and hang them.
The Schmidts, who are cousins, have
confessed as to the part taken by eaoh
in the crime. Peter, who voluteered
to carry Atwater's -valise from the sta
tion, admits that he led the latter to
his fate. Atwater's body was shipped
to Chicago. Mr. Or ton and his daugh
ter 'Genevieve, Atwater's affianced, ac
companied the remains. Miss Orton
is almost prostrated with grief. The
wedding is said to have been set for an
early date, and the object of Mr. At
water's visit last night was to look
over some preliminary arrangements.
The young lady ia a beautiful brunette
f 30.
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.
Condensed Record of the Doings of the
Nation' Lawmakers Senate.
Washington, Jan. 23 The senate put
aside finance and foreign affairs today
and gave the day to work on private
and minor bills on the calendar. - About
seventy bills passed, clearing the oal
endar of much accumulation, and leav
ing only important measures pending,
The Cuban question received brief and
inconclusive attention early in the day.
Pugh's resolutions concerning silver
payments of the government obliga
tions were allowed to go over. Sena
tor Sherman today gave notice of
amendments to Senator Pugh's concur-
(.rent resolution providing for the re-
dempttion of United States bonds in
silver coin. Sherman's amendments
provide for the recognition of the law
declaring the policy of maintaining the
parity of gold and silver and require
the observance of this principle in car
rying the resolution into effect in case
it should pass. .
Washington, Jan. 24 Today's senate
session was marked by notable speeches
and notable debates. Late in the after
noon a controversy occurred between
Sherman, Teller, Gorman and others,
which led to the most spirited finan
cial debate since the present congress
convened. Sherman spoke at length
on the silver qustion. Teller and Gor-
. man answered from their respective
standpoints, while Aldrioh, Lindsay,
ing the president's attitude .on the
Venezuela question was the notable
event of the early part of the day.
; For an hour the senator commanded
attention by the oivilized powers, and
; an adverse report on Mr. Call's resolu-
tion calling for the official dispatches
of United States consuls in Cuba,
Washington, Jan. 25. The three
subjects more prominently before the
publio are the Monroe doctrine, finance
and tariff, each of. which came up for
consideration in the senate dnrinir the
dav. Daniel snoke for two hours in
support of a vigorous upholding of the
Monroe doctrine as applicable to Ven
ezuela; Dubois of Idaho dealt with the
silver phase of the financial question,
and Warren of Wyoming pointed out
the disastrous effects of the tariff legis
lation of the last congress on farm pro
ducts in general and on wool in par
ticular. The senate committee on com
merce today authorized McMillan to
report favorably bills providing for two
additional revenue cutters on the Great
Lakes, two on the Pacifio coast, one
in the vicinity of New York, and one
on the Gulf of Mexico; also a bill for
a lghthouse tender on the Florida
coast Vest introduced a bill in the
senate today to create the territory of
Indianola out of the part of the Indian
territory occupied by the five civilized
tribes.
Souse.
, Washington, Jan. 23. The house
today passed the urgent deficiency bilL
The bill carried 14,415,922, of which
13,242,582 was for the expenses of
. United States courts. The abnormal
I growth of expenses under the fee sys
tem of the courts came in for a good
deal of criticism, and there was a gen
eral expression in favor of a salary sys
tem. Representative Mondell, of
Wyoming, today introduced a bill pro
viding for the appointment of a com
mission to treat with Jhe Shoshone,
Arapahoe and Bannock Indians for the
surrender of and modification of any.
rights they may have to hunt on the
' publio domain. The bill was drawn
for the purpose of remedying differ
ences growing out of the opposition to
their exercise of this privilege, and is
an echo of the settlers' trouble in the
( vicinity of Jackson's Hole, Wyoming.
I Washington, Jan. 24. In the ab
sece of any regular business in the
. house today, the session was devoted to
I the consideration of minor matters and
legislation by unanimous consent
The major portion of the day was con
sumed in the discussion of the senate
resolution appropriating $25,000 for
architectural aid in the preparation of
plans fer publio buildings. The house
adopted the report of the elections com
mittee in favor of Harry Miner, of
New York, in a contest brought for
his seat by Timothy Campbell.
Washington, Jan. 25. The house re
sumed consideration of the rules and
disposed of the last amendment offered
by tbe committee. It submitted for
the rules of the fifty-first congress, the
method of compelling the attendance
of a quorum proposed in the forty-sixth
congress by J. Randolph Tucker, with
some modifications. It was not until
the rules of the fifty-first congress stood
adopted, with the few modifications
reported from the committee, that
something like excitement was engen
dered by an eloquent speech , from
Dolliver. He taunted the Democrats
with at leapt acquiescing in the adop
tion of all the principles adopted in the
rules of the fifty-first congress, against
which they had raised their voices in
1890. - This speech drew forth an in
dignant reply from ex-Speaker Crisp,
in the course of which he reviewed the
whole history of the controversy and
charged the other side with trying to
make political , capital by false pre
tenses. - ' " ;
Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British
ambassador,- has submitted the final
acceptance by the British government
of the plan for a Behring sea commis
sion to pass upon the claims of Cana
dian sealers seized prior to the Paris
award. It remains only for the presi
dent to submit the plan to oongress, and
as the legislative branoh refused to
pay a lump sum for the seizures, it is
considered certain that the commission
arrangement will be approved.
ORCHARD AND FARM
Budget ot General News for
; . Progressive Farmers.
HOW TO KEEP BROOD SOWS
Profitable Mode of Fattening: Hogs
J. C. Cownle Gives Some Valu
able Information.
The first litter as a rule is not so
valuable as the following. The sec
ond, third and fourth, generally are
reckoned most profitable,, but I have
known sows to have eight or ten litters
of good pigs. According to the Amer
ican Agriculturist, when a sow brings
a good litter in numbers, suckles, them
well and they are fairly level in size,
that sow is a money getter, and a
man is foolish to sell her, and replace
with one he knows nothing about
But immediately after a bow brings
unlevel litters, and seems in any way
deteriorating as breeder, she should be
sold or fattened. Some sows begin to
deteriorate after the second and third
litter. Some never are any good; the
quicker these are got rid of the better.
Some think old sows are more likely
to have the milk fever; in my opinion
it is more likely to happen to a sow
with her seventh or eighth litter, than
to one producing her second or third,
if care be used? No doubt a four or
five-year-old sow, if made into bacon,
is a bit hard, but as they make up in
the open market as much as one that
has suckled one litter only, this is no
obstacle to keeping them on while they
bring up unprofitable litters. Breeding
sows, and in fact all hogs, seem to
acquire certain amount of mineral ele
ments to assist digestion, by counter
acting acidity of the stomaoh, and un
less hogs closely penned are supplied
with something of the kind, they will
lose their appetites and cease to feed
as the should, and in some cases to lose
rather than gain. While running on
pasture and having free access to the
soil, they do not require it so much,
yet should be able to get it when they
need it A very good mixture for the
purpose is one preserving the health
of swine, given in Farmers Voice, by
A. C. Moore, a noted breeder of swine
in Illinois, and is as follows: Three
bushels of wood ashes, one bushel of
charcoal, small pieces; one-half bushel
of slacked lime, one bushel of fine salt,
two pounds of Spanish brown, five
pounds of sulphur, one-half pound of.
copperas and one-quarter pound of
saltpeter. Pulverize the last two thor
oughly, mix in a bin or box and keep
it in an open trough where the hogs
can have free access to it
Profitable Hog; Fattening-.
Next to a well bred pig is the
method of feeding, of importance for
the highest success. Cleanliness, sys
tematic method of feeding and water
ing are presented in the American
Swineherd by Mr. J. Cownie as fol
lows:
I have tried feeding three times per
day, but the days are too short in win
ter for that Hogs do not like to be
disturbed before it is day and they like
to retire before it is dark. To feed
three times a day keeps them moving
too much; it is not the eating but the
digestion that gives the fat I have
tried watering after feeding and also
to have water on the feeding floor that
hogs might eat and drink as they
please, but it is a ruinous policy. One
hundred and fifty hogs, averaging over
300 pounds, being fed a few years ago,
were making a gain of two pounds a
day each on fourteen pounds of ear
corn, watered before feeding. Wish
ing to test the matter, I permitted
them to return to the yard after feed
ing, giving them what water they
wished, then allowing them to go to
the hog house. At the end of the
month they were again weighed, show
ing a gain of only one pound and a
quarter eaoh day. The water and
other circumstances were equally as
favorable for feeding the second month
as the first, and no change had been
made in the amount or quality of feed.
The following month with a return to
tbe sjstem of waterig before feeding,
although the weather was very un
favorable for feeding, showed a gain
of a fraction over two pounds daily.
A bushel of corn for each five hogs
daily, is the average amount fed, or
fourteen pounds of ear corn each when
once brought to full feed. Care must
be taken not to overfeed; just enough
and no more. If they do not appear
satisfied feed a little more next time
and if it is left reduce the allowance.
Once a week oats are substituted for
corn, and when plenty, a few basket
fuls of raw potatoes are occasionally
scattered over the floor and eaten with
avidity. Salt and sifted wood ashes
are kept in a trough accessible at all
times. The average weight at time of
confining, say November 1, is usually
about 200 pounds. The first two
months, if everything is favorable, will
show a gain of over two pounds daily,
the third month somewhat less and the
fourth month the amount of corn fed
will have to. be reduced, and the gain
will ' be - correspondingly decreased.
An average gain for the entire time of
two pounds daily is very satisfactory.
Sixteen weeks is the limit to which
such feeding should extend; beyond
that there is no profit
Agricultural Suggestions.
Ground Kaffir corn is pronouced a
most excellent feed for milch cows.
Corn bran has about as much feeding
value as wheat bran, but it is not in as
good shape to feed.
Clean culture means no rubbish for
the insects to breed in, and is a very
important feature.