EUGENE CITY GUARD,
rrnprffr,
EUGENE CITT. OREOON.
BIDS FOR BONDS.
rortlAnd'a Water Issue Brinjr
Satisfactory Preiiiininu.
THEY WERE UNCONDITIONAL.
Boaloa and Chlrage Newts Otter I OS.
-lllhxr Straight sad llaaa Oftxr
Mada-rortlaad' t rad 1 1 (load la All
1'arl of lha t'allad Stale.
Pobtmxd, Or., August 8. An ad
journal meeting of the Water Commit
tee w a held jeslerday to receive pro
poxals fur the purchaae of $.Vx',,000 ol
water bonds of the rity of Portland.
Chairman Henry Failing presided, and
Messrs. Frank I H-kum, C. II. I-cwix, C.
II. lUircrty, C. A. Ikilph, J. Iiewenhcrg,
II. W. Scott, I.. Therk.lscn, C. II. Ca
rry, ('. II. Hill ni'l )( II- Knappwere
present. Nineteen bid were received,
ami thirteen agent uf Ixihd buye r were
in attendance and were admitted to the
meeting liilo the hull were 0iied.
The prtiMxal were for 2X 01X1 of bonds,
to I paid fur ami delivered Ut the pur-
rhaxeron August 16, ami for I.IOUOhU on
Scptrmlxr 16; the proposal to tw for
the whole or any part ol the fO",J.
The Ixindx, a i well known, Ix-ar 6 per
rent r an il in interrxt, are i Intel July
1, Imi.'I, ami are payable thirty year
from dale. The bidder waa required to
pay the accrued interest Iroiii the dale
of the Ixuid up to the time of delivery;
Dial la tlm Internet coillxin 110 to that
time are to le removed Isidore the txmds
are ileliverel.
There wa quite a Mil tier of excite-
liit-nt among the agent collected in the
hall when the com mi I Ut met, and one of
them tame In shortly a(Ur and axked to
withdraw liii hid. A there wa no way
of telling for a certainty which was Ins
hid till il was opened, tills could not lie
done, and he concluded to let the Iml
(ami.
There have been an many attempt! to
get in bids at the different sale ol I mild
which were indefinite, or which might
1 undeniUiod in more waya than one,
that the committee ha been obliged to
reject all hi' In which impoerd any eondl
dition or diil not comply itrictly with
the term of the advertisement. Mot
of the buyer have come to understand
that it w an no nxe to put in anything hut
" Hat " bid. There waa euch a iiiiuilivr
ol amenta present that the committee
rould not help wondering w hether they
were putting up any job or not, a mine
Dew scheme to avoid making a wtraiglit
Up or Hat bid had be-n tried by some of
the agent at every prevlou aale ol
bond.
IU lore lx-g inning tooen the bid Mr.
Ifcilph aaid il any iiucstioii wan likely to
arise in regard lo tiie hum of hid which
should be considered, ax bnd happened
at the laxt rale, it mould he advixahle U
settle the matter at that time.
Chairman Failing said it waa under
Uxxi that I he prom.alx were to be uncoil
dilioiial. There were to he no condition
attached to them at all. If the bidder
were fully advlxed of thia, be would pro
reed to oM-n the bids. It may lie remem
bered lu re that the hida ax a whole were
the liio-t xallxlactorv lot received yet.
I Inly a few, mo-tlv (nun itcrxonx who
bad not bill for Cortland water Ixmdx lx'
lore ami who appan ullv dnl not umler
stand their value, attempted to imix
any condition. The hid ran higher
than wax exiiecteil, and the premium re
ceived amounted to (IH.I'xl, which wan
conxnlf iel by the commiltee ax a very
smvexi-ful rale. Hid came from all the
principal rilic of the Faxt lloxtnn
New ork. Cincinnati, Chicago whicl
gix'a to xhow that the credit of I'urtland
l good in all part of the Union.
DElEltrKl fO SCCCKBD.
ladlaallaa Arm Tkal tha later! rlr
Will mm a Oraa4 affair.
Tacoma, Angoit 7. The Iforthweat
IntanUU Fair, to ba held hera from
Augiut 13 to ovemlier 1, U to lx a
great big vipoaitlon. Tliat U a fact of
which the people of the Northweat have
Iwen but lately eonvlnreil. To audi an
extent did the itrikea and flood aet back
the enterprise that many feared it coo hi
nut be held at all. Notwithstanding all
the dllflcultiee that the found in Uieir
way, the hnaineae men of Taoonia, who
have the project In hand, determined
that the fair thould he held, and that,
trio, on a big w ale. The peat two week
baa ihown that they are raiable of
carrying out what they promlae. The
very Ix-xt amnxemrnt enlerpriaea to Ixt
THE ANARCHISTS.
TtIK HEW T4TKX.
Tha Tartar mil lulrrre With Arllna
t'tfun Their Ailinlaxlua.
Wahhixoton, A liquid 7. With the
exiun ol Congrexa drawing to a cli
and all attention likely to l concen.
trated iiui the tarilf bill, it i not coll
iili rvd probable the Senate will acttlxin
either the Annuia or ew Meiico Mxte
bill belure the llnal adjournment. Thin
waa the undcManding when the bill
were reHirled from the i'ommittee on
Territories. The ibite nf adiiiiaiun in
the caxe of Aiirona and the ixinxtitu
lional coiiveuiioii in tlie caxe ol
lui) hae Ixi'ii ini delerred in the
henate bill that no change a ill be nee
exxarv iu caxe ol xxitHineiiieiit. The
provixioii in the Arirona bill i for ad
mixaion Aiiguxt I, 1H'.i6, wtiile the con
vention III Sew Mexico ia not to meet
until July 1, IHH.'i. (toveruor Hughe in
of the opinion the I 1 1 1 will have lo lx'
chaiigiil to provide for a new coiixtitti
turn before it can pax the eVnate. TIiif
opinion he lw Uxn the pwilinn
be find to enxt in the henale to the
coiixtitution adopted in IHiU on acitunit
of the irrigation anl ilver payment
feat urea.
Hh aa In Uulirrd-MIIIr llullug.
WAxinxorox, Aiiguxt '.The r-ecre-tary
of the Interior ha affirmed the ile
riion of the general land olllce in the
caxe of the Central I'acitlc Coniaiiv
attaiuxt V. A. Calknuia, T. M. Morxe,
John T. Clark, lx-a Hurcli and John I'.
Watt, involving lamia near hhaala, Cal
and a large numla-r ol raaea involving
elei tiiiii id land male by the Cnion
I'acitlc Company. The aelection ol Ixjtli
compnnie are held for cancellation on
tiie ground that other partiee in the
xettlisl on the land prior to their
eclcvlioh by the comhaniea. The deci
aion in thi-xe caxea i tnurd on the retvnt
liuillord-Miller ruling.
The Urlllah llarvaal.
IjtMH.s, Auguat 0. The Mark lane
Eiprex in romnieuting on the lUitith
barvext extimalee, aa baxed liin the
uauxl rrporta from all part of lireat
Hnlain. ay that the yield of wheat
will Ik- Id per ivnt letter Uian ln3 and
will l the ta-xt crop iratheml in xrveral
year; that the condituiua generally are
raiculateil to ranxe reducing among
farmer, and that the harveet alUaxelher
will m ix-tler than prrvinti harveeU for
tuany year, if the weather (avore gar
Bering.
Kim aa4 rlaiaar Hill.
Wiiicin, Auguat 7. The confer
ence repurt on the river and harbor bill
ha been attrrvd to by the Senate. Thi
complete lite bill, 'and it gor to the
I'rexident.
ail In the Iniled htalee have tieen
eecnreal; the influential buxinee men of
the commonwealth the fair aim to
reiireaent have become Internum!: an
eihihit of the reaourcee of the entire I'a
rifle Northweat on a grander and greater
m-ale than ever Ix-hire attempted ha
liex-n ecure'l; rauntiea and htate are
wing with one another to have the beet
exhibit at the fair, and lat, but not
b-axt, there 1 enough money already on
hand and in eight to open the fair aa
Ivertiaed, Auguat 16, without one cent
of debt. All tin requiree work, and lot
of it, but that work i going on with
rapidity and vim that i axtonixhing.
A an eiample, one ween ago the con
aeionaire who la to exhibit the great
rvclorama ol the liellle of Uxikout
Mountain broke ground lor hi building.
Tu-dav the atriiclure. which i circul
in hape, izi hl in uiameier ami
fe-t hiith. iaalmiMt roiiiplettxl. Hardly
li-ea rapid haa lieen tlie wora on ine wri
enlal villaa-e, which 1 to I an exa-
flmilii-ate of a afreet in Cairo with a
I. imairiM nf iloiikev. ilonkev Ixn
camel and Arab driver. The fair build
ing proier have all l-en completed, hut
many conreMionairea are hurrying their
work with inarvfloui rapidity. lecora
Ur (iorman i now alxiut Ui Ix-gin hi
work of deitiratinc Ixith the fair ground
and the interior of the building. There
ia anmle atviiie for him to eihibit hi re
now mil arttxtir ability, for a more Ix-au-
tiful xi In for a fair ground than the lllty
two-acre iiark on which the Interstate
Fair i loi ated could not le found. Mr.
iorman will eifiend t'l.btlO ondraiieriea,
llaga, hunting and itreamein. lllue,
yellow anil white are the color he ha
xelerted U prevail in the decoration.
Theae will lie known aa the Intentate
Fair color. Already they have lieoome
fail hera in Tacoma. tientleinen wear
tliein in their butUin-liolee; lailie wear
them in their gown. Itlue, yellow and
bite mnxhadc are Ixwoming txipular;
in fact, one ran go nowhere without see
ing aome patriotic citiu-n flaunting them
At laxt the ofheer ol the fair Axeix-ia
tion, thixMi gentlemen who have devoteil
o many long, weary month to making
the project come np to their meal, anil
tliat, too, without any hope ol com lien
ation, are happy. The aticrexa of tin
enterprise ia axxured. From Aiiguxt 16
to .Viivcnilier 1 the people of the great
I'iM-illc Northweat will aee a fair mich a
waa never liefore Been in thi ecrtion of
the country. It ia their fair, ami in it
they may well leel a pride.
rNUI.AMI'K HTAMII.
a Will Mat Allampl ee Itallae
la Caalrahaad af War.
Ix ixix. Auunxt 7. In the Hoiixe of
Common to-day Sir Kdain tiray in
reply to a iiiellon (nun Mr. (iourley, a
prtiiiiinriit xhip owner, aaid that Japan
had promixed that no w arlike operation
xlioiild lie undertaken airainat Shanghai
and it approaches on the condition that
lima li N-a not olxHruct the appnxachea
U Shanghai. Japan conU'lid that the
Hiwera have no right to interfere w ilb
neutral vcaxcl ricept In the event ol a
blockade, due notice of which fhoiild lie
liven, or iu raxeof carrying of contra
band of war. It wonld lie dangerou lor
(real Itritatn to define by a general
xtateuiciit what i not contraband ol
war. (Vial haa been held not Ui lie con
tralml ol war aa a rule, hut It wax
IMieaihle in aome raaea that it might be
come ao, (treat llritain mutt adhere to
the ilia-trine that it i not lor fighter to
decide what ia and what i not contra
band of war regardleaa of the well-ealab-lixhed
right of neutral people.
Tlifj Can 'o Longer Une This
Country as a Haven.
MOST WILL BE CIRCUMSPECT.
Hill aarH la llavlag faaaaa III Hill
fur lb Hvaorlalloa af Aaarchlal
Jiaagaraf lolagBM lajaalle ta Harm
laaa BarlalUI folalaO Hal.
SmxuuI, Augiut 7. Kenmark ide
manding the releaaa of llerr Mubleo-
xfedt, a paxarntfer on the ibxiaU h lioat
t'MION MOT HKxrOMXIHI.r.
la Maibr HM Nul lilray Hallmail
Pranarly la i'hlraaa,
Ciiii'aoo, Aiiguxt '. I'nring (he past
wtek a committee of the American Hail
way I'nion held xeveral mnultation
with Mayor llopkin. To-day K. W.
Iliirnx, a director of that organization
and the head of the committee, ad
mitted that the purixwe of the commit
tec 'a ylxit waa to liimixh the authoritiiv
with information touching the damage
claim of the railway com pan lex. The
iiiiiiiii men cav they eiiect to prove in
luauv iiixlamv that the dextruction of
proiiertv for which damagee are claimed
waa done by men employed by the rail
road and the lieiieral Manager' A-
MH-iatum. They claim to la able to
prove that the men arrested last Friday.
charged with leading the riot and bnrn-
nit car on the Itock Island tracka July
6, were at that time in the employ of the
Chicago and Featern lllinoi road. They
aleo claim to have other aimilar caxea.
I'hcir obiect i to how that the union I
not rexiuible lor the riota and destruc
tion ol property.
tries la a Taeeaaaal.
Chic too, Auguat 7. A panic waa
reateil U-day by a fire which broke out
in a tenement house on Wet Fortieth
and Ohio treat, a hundred families
tuiublinc over each other in a wild
scramble to saw their elTect. The tire
started in an alley and, driven by a
strong wind, wept down the row, de
stroying the back porches, kitchen and
outbuilding of suty-sn house. The
Haiiiee threatened for a time to wipe out
the entire neighborhixkl, and the tene
ment tied in terror, but by hard work
thtt firemen finally controlled Uie blare
w ith a loxe of lea than 110,000.
Aaarrhlat la be tpart4.
Komi, August 7. Sii anarchist were
arreeted while holding a secret confer
ence here last evening. It i etimatel
that 2.CXX) anarrhiita arrested in raid
tbe laxt two month will be deported.
Fifty have been alrra.lv sent toNapl
lo embark lor Maxoali on the
Sea.
Paeal Kaxffllaal l.allar.
Itom, Augiut 7. In a papal enryrll
cal letter atldreaaed to the ItraiiliaiO
ltibo hia Holiness nrgee the Bishoie
to sxlucate and enlighten the people
itti all toe mean at their commam
ViiiNTo!, August 7. Chandler'
resolution looking to the Investigation
of the Dominion Coal Company of Nova
Scotia and the lulxttitute offered by
Mill, providing that a xjiecial commit
tee of five hoiild lie direx tedlo reort
to the Senate whether any memlwr of
Congrex it or waa intereaUml in any
company engaged in mining coal in any
of the StaUe or any railroad company
wa engage in tranxxjrting coal which
would come into comjietitlon with the
Iiominioii Coal Company of Nova Scotia,
and whether the removal of the eiiiting
duty would reduce the price of coal Ut
consumers, and what suction of the
country would he lieliefiled hy it re
tention, were taken Up. A dixcuaxioii
anwe U-tween Mill and ( handler a to
w hether the old augar committee would
Ixj aplxtinled. Mill favored the reten
tion of the old committee liecause, he
aid, It wa honest and capable, and
recently rcporUwl that charge made
again! Senator had not been iiixtained.
" I that the reaxon the Senator from
Texas favor thi committee7" inquired
(. handler.
Mill denied he wa influenced by any
such motive, and expressed a willing
nesx to have a new committee apxiinte
if Chandler prelerreil. The resolution
went over under the rule without
action.
The hill for the deiiorting of anarch
ixts then came up, and Hill ei plained
it provixioii. 1'n lex some action waa
taken by thi government, surli aa wa
now Ix-f'ore the Senate, thia country, he
aaid, would nxm Ixi the dumping ir round
for the anarchist of the world. It wax
not intended to make the lielinf in an
arrhy a crime, and therefore no attempt
had Iwen made to dellne anarchy. He
favored the provixioii of the Senate bill
for iiixiMt-tion by treasury agenta instead
of li v Consuls, aim waa sure no one
would attribute, hi attitude on thi sub-
lei t to a desire to an in ire the patronage
of the Secretary of the Treasury. There
were no Militic in tlie lull, ami he fa
vored it liecanxe he Ixdieved it wa bet
ter than the limine bill, lnlgeexpreaxed
the Ix-lief that Ixith hills were inaleiiate
fur the purpose of restricting immigra
tion, but be wax anxious to xee some re
striction placed on immigration, no mat
ter how slight it mav lx-.
Palmer ixiinteil out the difficulty ol
dealing fairly with the ipieation and the
danger of doing an injuxtire toliarmlef
Stx-ialixtx while protei'ting oiirxelvex
against the danger ol anarchixl. Ile
axked Hill whether the bill wax appli
cable to undesirable ix-rxon already in
the country, ami Hill replied it would
be. The dixcuwxion then tixik on a legal
aspect, and hinged on the right of a
country to proUt-t itself against unde
sirable aliens. Hill pointed out the
moderation of the itcmling bill a com
pared with the act recently paxxed hv
the Fnglixh Parliament, and Kyle axked
him to more aavurately define the term
anarchlxt, for there were, he xaid, peace
able and learned people in lloxfon who
held It wax xixxiblH for a cople to lx
come so highly civilized ax to live lo
gelher without laws, and therefore ac
cording to the iixiial definition thev were
anan hixtx. Hill replied they were at
lilx-rty to have this lielief: bill, if they
tried io overturn the laws for the pur
iMWMif putting their U'lief to the text.
then thev Ih-i nine dangeroux. After
some further debate ami the introduc
tion of xi ii ne ainenilmeiitx the bill was
axxeil, and 1 1 ill, Faulkner and Chandler
were apiioiiitcd conferreex.
xioNx or imi'hov:mi-:mkmt.
ph
bed
l(xrelit of tiolil ami lienver'a -ear-
ani-r lireally Inereaaail.
1'rsvtn, Aiiguxt il. The receipt of
gold at the IVuver mint for the paal
week ain.Minti-l to IHtH.13l.5t, against
HI, 611.HH for the corresx)iiding week of
laxt year. Thi ia an increase of $ 1 23,
6M7 (11, or alxiut 2.H1 per cent. Of thi
gold a shipment waa made to-day to the
Philadelphia mint valued at IH'.'.MXJ
(told bar are shipped in hoxve made to
fit them, each Ixix holding about f76,OU
and weighing aliout :UH) pound. At
present the lVnver mint ia making a
shipment of one Ixn every other day.
The lVnver bank clearing for the week
ended veslerilay showed an increase of
175 M-r cent over the correxnding
week of laxt year, and the receipt of
the IVnveraiid Kio liraiide railroa.1 for
the fourth week in July were $17(I,S00,
an increaxe ol $7!,2tH) over those (or the
ante period ol last year.
Worth Ovar a Million.
F F"M'lxt), Aiiguxt 6. The laxt
will and textainent of the late F'ugeiie
Kelly Murphy of thi city stand with
out a sMnor in the Supreme Court ol
Alameda county. Investigation showed
that the law ha not lxen complied w ith.
The statute iirovidee that a testament
shall If filet! for probate within thirty
day after it haa been found. The per
son named a executor shall prexent the
dtH'tiuif nt for probate within that time,
or rise he i presumed to have renounced
hi intention lo act. The w ill haa not a
vet Iteen formally tiled, and the moment
It ia the widow will make a bitter con
test. The estate i said to !e worth over
l.UV.Ott).
Hat HaaaHl of the War.
K City, August tt. The Armour
Packing Company may prove an impor
tant factor in the war between China
and Japan, if pending negotiation are
carried to a siuvexiifiil end. Keccntly it
received a cablegram from Yokohama,
Japan, from the Mikado's government,
axkmg for it price on 600, Oui pound of
canned corned beef for the Japanese
army. The company cabled its answer,
ami pending a reply, which i expected
atxin, haa prepareil to go into tlie limi
ne ol supplying tm at to the battling
Axiaticaon a big St ale. The company '
haa also opened negotiation with the
Chiuexe legation at Washington.
TatAT FAITOBAL LBTTES.
BUhaa Watlarxaa Gla Ik Feat Laa4
lag np le 1 1 lusaasa.
CoLCnaii', 0.. Aogmt . To a pre
agent to-day Iliahop Watteraon gave
aome interriting history leading op to
hi now famou pastoral letter to the
Catholic Total Abstinent Aid Hocietie
in relation to manufacturer and vend
or of Intoxicant. A week before
Thanksgiving, last year, a member of
one of the Columbu ocictie, belong
ing to the Knight of St. John Union,
told the Iliihop of the preparation mak
ing In hia society for an entertainment
at which lieerwa tolas sold and pro
miacuou dancing indulged in. After
reproving the member the llishop re
ceived promise that the objectionable
feature ahould be omitlol. .Votwith
xtanding thi the entertainment waa
held aa orginally inU-udnl. When the
Kishnp Ix-ard of this violation lie re
fused lo longer renyuize the member
of the eucicty aa Catholic citiein. In
I lecem Wat the regular election of the
MM-iety lakxin keeper, reganllex of the
Ihxhop'i wishes, were e let ted President
and Captain respectively. The Hmhop
therenixin warnetl the memlx-r that, if
these officer were installed, he would
deprive tl whole division of it rank
and Privilege a a Catholic ociety
The society thereupon resol veil to Con
sult the Supreme President of it union.
Tin the llishop knew only after the
appeal waa made, and during a visit to
Monalgnor Salolli lit rehruary Iilliop
atterxon. in the meantime having
heard a minor that an appeal hail been
made, asked the delegate If uch were
the caxe. Monsutnore haUilll anxwere.
in the negative, and the liiahop decided
Ui wait another month.
The very day, he savs, on which the
Pax I ora I letter waa issued he waa served
by the apixttolic delegate with the apNal
of the ptx-ietv referretl to and the corre
spondence with the local President re
lating thereto. 1 lie ltiiliop s action in
regard to the atx iety waa not satixfietl,
however, and bearing that the delegate
waa to visit Columbu in June, drew up
a second appeal, which it axked the
liishoD to sign that it might go imme
diately to the delegate. While this waa
iroimr on in Columbu the National Con
vention of the Kniishte of S. John wa
taking place in Ilull'alo, and a few dele
gate fioni Columbu attempted the un
precedented thing of arraigning a Iliihop
lM-fore a convention of lavmen. Many
of the delegate were afraid of (licit ac
tion, however.
The second decision of the delegate i
dated July .'I, and i addressed to the
Secretarv'of tlie protestingsociety. After
Satolli firxt lav tlown the general prin
cilile that, ax it belong to the olllce of
a Itixhop to find out in hia own diocese
what lx hurtful or helpltil to the spirit
ual good ol the faithful, it belong to hi
power to commend, forbid, counsel or
jiermit to be done whatever he may
judge conducive to hi own duty and the
gixxl of the faithful, lie then says:
"The letter of decree of the Hmhop of
Columhux concerning Catholic aocietiea
of Uital almtinence to alxttain from in
toxicating drink ought by no mean Ui
be subject to the judgment of every pri
vate individual or every assemblage of
simple Catholic or citizens; but every
Catholic of gixxl conscience muxt hold
for certain that the Ihshop haa com
manded those thing which seem to I
for the greater gotxl of the faithful and
the honor of every Catholic atx-iety.
Therefore thi thing w hich the llishop
ha commanded in hi decree I approve,
and I decide that they are to be observed ;
hut, if perhap they for the time being
xt-eui to hurt the material Interest of
some attorney, they will have to Iws pa
lieiitlv Ixime for the niwl of the many
and for the honor of our Catholic chnrcb.'
The llixhop add that he inserted the
aedgeof the reform in the affair and
tlioxe w ho are alhvtetl by the division
had the xtolic delegate drive it in.
ITISAB0UTENDED;ri:r:....!PASSESTHESENATE
rrokaallltls.
There
W'AiuixaTo. Aaa-utt 9. There are
The Strike Declared Off bj the difference of opinion among the trraa-
nr official aa to the prolxilillille oi
American Hallway I'nion.
TWO ROADS NOT INCLUDED
XIIKIXO TIIK MOUTH 1MU.IS.
The
Jarknn Kipadlllon Ha Mailed
front a ltulan Turt.
Aut'iMNoii., Ituxsia, August a. The
steamer Windward, having on board the
Jackson Klar eixition, sailed hence
thi afternoon for Harlxjurova or Jnger-
skischar, aa circumstance should deter
mine. The expedition procured store,
furs and a numlK-r of Huxxian pomea,
At Harlxiurova or Jngcrxkischar a few
Sainoveilis will Ixs added to the crew,
and the steamer will then prtx-eed to the
out hern shore ol rrani Joxcl land
The place ol landing in Frani Josef land
can only lat determimtl when the ice
condition are known. All the members
of the rty are in gixxl health and
spirits, and are coiilldent of autre in
their undertaking. The departure of
the exxilition was made the scene of a
remarkable degree ol enthusiasm. The
city waa everywhere decorated with flair
The government and city officials and
other notable went on lxard the Wind
ward, and went a considerable distance
down the harlxir. When they left the
steamer many happy wishes followed
the vovagers, who reeiKindcd with
cheers.
to mriiovK hi yen.
AgraaataMt Itaarbad by Klvaread Harbor
Caafarraafl.
WAxiiworoft, August 2. iHilph has
had a rather bard druggie, but he ha
pulled out of the conference committee
with all the Oregon appropriation in
the river and hartxtr bill. Practically an
agreement to that effect ha been
reached, and the agreement will prob
ably be reported to-iuorrow. The amount
(or a lxat railway at The Pallee ha
tieen reduced to 100,OUO, but PoIphav
that will be sufficient to acquire the right
of way and l-gln the work. The main
thing i to have it started. The other
appropriation for Oregon remain nndis-
turped. Washington l alio fortunate.
Kvery increaxe made by the Senate re
main in the bill, a a!so di the pro
vision made for the lake I'nion and
Washington waterway. The Oregon and
Washington delegation are feeling very
jubilant. Oregon haa a $-to0,000 increase',
nearly ilouble the amount in the House
bill, with the entire amount for the
completion of the work at the mouth of
the Columbia. IVtloh say boat will he
paxxing over the dalle of the Columbia
in lour veat.
May Halld a Taelfla Cable.
Moitbul, Jue., August 4. The out
break ol war between Japan and China
has revive. I interest in the protxiaed Pa
Tha lleaeral Birla Ceaaxxlllae af lb
Aatarlraa Railway I'alaa Ha Ua
alarad II OaT la lha City af .blaa
Ksveal a Kagards Twa Kaada.
Ciiii aoo, Auguat 5. At a meeting of
the general ttrike committ aelecUxl by
theMx ial committee of the American
Kailway I'nion laat week, which waa held
at I'hlriih' hall tlii morning, it wa
decided to declare the itrike off in Chi
rago. Thia doe not Include the Chicago
and KaxUrn lllinoi, nor the Atchison
and Tope k a, where the men have voted
to continue the ttrike lo aetlle total
grievance, and where they think they
have a fair ihow of winning. There
were twenty-four local union repre
sented at the meeting thi afternoon,
and each representative hail lieen em
powered to vote to declare the ttrike off.
The meeting w aa a secret one, and at
adjournment the only (taU'inent given
out waa the following:
" lly a vote of the local anion of the
American Kailway Union in Chicago
they have decided that the ttrike (hall
lie declared off in the city of Chicago,
with the exception ol local anion on the
Chicago and Faalern lllinoi and the
AU-lueon and Toxka, where the strike
till remain In full force and effect.
Thi ia effective at 7 o'clock Monday
morning, August 6. The decision di
not apply to the system outside of Chi
cago, and the Pullman employee will Iw
exiecUd to settle theirown difference."
Keaolution explaining the reaxon for
calling off the strike were adopted. Tlie
example aet by the Chicago anion will
lie followed immediately by the union
throughout the western country, and by
Wednesday night at the latest the
itrike w ill be declared off all over the
country, eicent on the two mail named.
Iielxi left tin city to-niuht for Terre
Haute, and will go from thereto .ew
York, w here be will deliver a lecture at
Coulter Institute. Delis ha hern ottered
a large aalary to travel and lecture under
the auspicie of a Itoeton laixir bureau,
which lie may accept w hile r.aat.
TIIK UK A II or NOTK.
I'atll Ko.a. lha WHI-Kbowb HawbreMe,
la liana.
Boston, August 0. Pattl Roe, the
well-know n auubrette, died to-day. She
waa the wife of John . Dunne. Patti
lioxa had intended to leave for Newport
the laxt of the week to (pend several
week before entering on an extensive
tour which had been mapped out fur
her. Not being in good health, how
ever, she decided to undergo a medical
examination, and Monday laxt It waa
found that she waa fullering from
severe form ol appendidli. Mie waa
oierateI on at St. Prancia' hospital
Taextlay, from the effect of which she
died to-dav.
I Patti liosa wa one of the best-known
comedienne. She waa of Fnglih par
entage and lurtli, and came to this coun
try when quite young. Her first I'acillc
Coast suevvx waa made about twenty
year ago, when with Iter huxliand, Kob
ert Scott, she apieared in cometly
skeU-he at the Ilella Union theater, San
rrancisco. Mie unetnently s-ured a
divon-e from Scott, and shortly afterward
married John W . Dunne, a Block actor,
and under hi manuuemeiit (he starred
for many year. By aome compeU-nt
critic she waa pronounced Lotta only
rival ami legitimate succexaor, ner an
being in the same vein aa that which
brought fame and fortune to " the Cali
fornia Diamond," The ileceaacd actress
made her last appearance in Portland,
Or., laxt March, when she preevnted
" IMly arden " and a couple of other
comedies specially written (or her. She
wa a strong favorite of the Portland
mcmliera of the 11. P. O. F... who once
presented her with a handsome gold
bailge a a mark of appreciation ol the
clever way in which she presided at one
of their social session. Her home wa
in Chicago, ami she wa reputed to be
quite wealthy.
m.lNKU.H LAW'TOK,
Mt. Viknom, N. V., August t!. Frank
lin Iawton, one of the oldest and l-t-known
resident of New Kochelle, N. Y.,
ditsl yesterday at hi home, 307 Hugue
not strvet, in that place. The deceaxed
in lK-ltl went to California from New
Kochelle and located in San Francisco,
where he became prominent in financial
circle. Several year laU-r he founded
the San Francisco Stock Kxchange, of
which he Utame Secretary. Ile held
that position until lH5ti, when he once
more returned to New Kochelle, taking
up hi residence in the old family home
stead, where he died. The homestead
wa built in liMU by Mr. I aw ton ' great
grandfather, who wasoneol the Hugue
not settler of New Kochelle. lie leave
a w idow, two eon and one daughter.
AM ATTHACTIVK I'OI.M.
Wallman Coatlnae III Hearth, Thaagb
Hla Val I Leal.
Ciiicaoo, August 4. The following
special cablegram waa received by the
Chicago Herald to-day from Tromaoe,
Norway:
'Captain Kmil Peterson, Engineer L
W. Wilship, II. Wratfall, monnuinrer
and cook and one sailor, all of the Chi
cago Herald polar expedition, which left
thia port May 1 on the lU-amshin Rag.
navald-Jarl under command of Walter
ellman. have arrived here on a whaler.
i bev bring information of the lose of
the Kagnavald-Jarl Mav 24. Soon after
leaving thine Island the boat encoun
tered a great max of pack ice, anil de
spite every effort to escape the vessel wa
hemmed in and crushed to piece. The
w had time to transfer the ereater
portion of their provmions. scientific in.
trumentx, dog and aluminum boata to
the ice before the boat waa destroyed.
The men who arrived her to-dav' left
the partv after the accident, bat Com
mander W ellman and the remainder of
the party, undaunted bv the loss of their
vexacl, resolutely set out in search ol the
pr!e,
another bond Issue. Neither Mr. Car-
liil nor Aitant Secretary Curti it
willing to admit that there ia any real
cause for alarm at tlie preeent financial
ituatlon. It I known, however, that
tha Preaident and hi adviser are
watching with eagef Intereet every
change in the financial eitualion, and
tliat every phase of it I being carefully
and moan many duuieti. .-toiwun
Landimr ihi aolicitude it il believed i
the judgment of the Preaident that the
itnaliou doe not furniah any Jut ap
preheniion, and that better time may txt
confidently eipecieii aoon. rroin ion
point of view it ia ancued that the paaa-
age of the pending tariff bill ia lure to
result In a prompt and general revival
of buiinea, and that in ronse)Uence
there will be a large Increase in the gov
ernment revenue. Receipt from rue-
torn, which for many month have beet
gradually trowing: let, it ia believed
willihow a marked improvement (mm
the very first, and will continue to in
crease until normal condition have
been reached. It i contended that, not
withstanding the gold reserve haa
reached the low-water mark of about
lAO.OOO.OtKI, the government I really far
better able to meet it obligation to
day than it wa just prior to the re bra
ary bond lasue.
There are minr. however, who take
lea hopeful view of affair. They ob
serve that the gold reserve, which si
month ago waa brought np to it normal
condition by an increase of f70,000,000
in the public debt, ia again melting an
i already reduced to a point 1 3,000,000
below the lowest point reached prior to
the he tiro ary bond lasue. They content
plate with uneaatneaa the fact that lor
year or more the ordinary expense i
the government have largely exceeded
the receipt. Thi waa true even during
laat month, when in expectation of
material increase on the tat on whisky
tlie receipt of internal revenue were ab
normally large. It ia argued that. houl
the pending tariff bill txwome a law an
go into operation a early aa the middl
of the preeent month, no material in
crease in the revenue could reasonably
Ixj expected earlier than next Iiecemtx-r,
lor the reason that the tariff bill wil
have paaxed too late in the season to real
iza any considerable amount from the
fall importation.
The treasury figure show there I now
In Una country at least a us month
supply of iiigar: o little may be ex
pet-tod from that aoarce. Thi i true
also of whisky. The statistic of the in
ternal revenue bureau (how the tax haa
already been paid on over 13,000,000 gal
Ion of whisky in excea of the aiiioun
upon which tlie tax haa lieen paid a year
ago. Therefore but little relief may I
expected from thti source before Decern
ber. The only recourse therefore, it i
contended, will be a bond ixsue, am!
there are many well-informed persons
who believe that, il this longrvs doe
not pax a prohibitive resolution Ix tore
adtournment, foo.uxjjuou or more will
so lie issued. That there wonld lie no
difficulty in placing any reasonable
amonnti even at the premium exacted
in February, it waa apparent from the
fact that the February Ixind are being
old at a premium ol 1.-7 per cent.
ci tic railway, said in an interview to-dav
that sufficient prog rex had been made
financially in 1 for patting through
atil t heme, had the Japanese ravern.
Rntiati ' ment given it the aasixtance that waa
ritisil ,
,111 1. 1 -u.'.v-w . uiitB, x B'MIM
cilic tV-eau rable between Vancouver and
Japan. C. K. Iloamer, tiemral Man-' It prciUble another boat will b fib.
ager of Tel.-graphs of the Canadian Pa- ; p1 P ' otu nJ to ,h rMfn
...w f
Blaaaxar Kajtaraa af t'hlaa tf
Ivtixrxitl, Anguxt 7. The
Archibald, from Vancouver via Yoko-
prtaent war a ill extend to other naliona
in ute rar raxi, ana mat li win result
Raaalvan far Zla Caaiaaay.
K Cnv, August A. Judge Phil
lip of the United State DUtrict Court
ha issued an order appointing Arthur
Walmdt ol New York and Galen Spen
TALK WITH rOKTKK.
Tha Ks-Seeratary af Nlala I'poa lha War
la lha Orlaat.
Wateetowx, N. Y., August 0. F'.x
Secretary of State John W. Foster, who
is sojourning at Henderson Harbor, near
here, with hi family, and who haa re
cently returned from China, Core and
Japan, waa Interviewed to-night on the
China-Japan war and the deprivation of
l.i Hung Chang of the yellow coat. Gen
eral Foster raid :
" When I waa in China laxt LI Hung
t hang waa the recognized rnling spiri
of the Chinese government in all foreign
matter. It must have been a very great
neglect to bring atxnit a severe a meax
ure ai that reported in the paper. It
protiaMv indicate a rhanire of nerxon
nel in the administration of the Chinese
Km pi re. Chang i past 70 year of age,
and two or three year ago wa in ptxir
health, it may be that the Chinese r.iu-
peror, entering aa be i upon aifreat for
eign war, ha been recommended by hi
counselor to put the management of af
lair in the hand of younger men better
auapteti to near me strain oi me greai
DtiMen winch I certain to rest upon
tnem while the struggle continue."
lleing axked if the los of the vellow
coat i irreparable, General Foster.
w iioee long diplomatic service and famil
iarity with thecuxtomiof foreign courts
aside from hi service aa Secretary of
State, give special weight to hi opinion,
sain:
..it... ...
i nun, u iigninea more than tempor
ary displeasure. It i rather an indica
tion ol the Ion of confidence of the gov
ernment in him a the administrative
head of affair."
concerning me particular issue on
which the war hail lieen declared he
said he knew no more alxiut that than
what he bad teen in the newsnanera
adding:
" China and Japan have for genera
tion occupied very much the lame at
titude toward each other a the French
and German do in their national and
race relation. Itiialxoa well-known
fact that for a nnmWrof year there ha
Iwn a hostile feeling between them over
their relation to Corea, bat the enmity
i more deep-seated and long standing.
and the Corean emhmglio ii probably
laaen advantage ol to settle by war
their old difference and animosities."
THX SKIT TO EMTKR.
Hill
af
lirnorance. lie aav. 1 i m cause of evil
of the day. I hama for fhanghai, i ashore at the lat- in the lavirg of a Pacific rable either to Joplin receiver of the Western
try port. It will Iw neceasarv to dis- Japan, t lima or A nit rah, aa the exist- Zinc lompany of Joplin. Fa
' rharve all the canto liefore she ran la in cable Paxa throutrh ao many foreign bond in thtlAim of l.lXX.1. The
floated. Tlie Fmprea of China I a cotintrir where serious complication ern Zinc tompany in Jane, li.1, isaunl
vraer! ol 3.1'V Un regnter and a regular are nxeiv to arxe at any moment, Ttie nna vi me amouni oi iiao.uu, which
rrwvldlag far tha Adrollaw
New xtailea aad Arlaoaa.
Wxiitxoro, August 4. Tlie N
Mexico and Arizona admiseion bill were
reportetl to the Senate to-day. In the
ease of New Mexico a constitutional
convention i provided for, the delegate
to which are to be chosen at an election
to 1 held the second Tuesday in Jane,
1M5, and the convention ia to meet the
second Tuesday of the following July.
In caxe they adopt a ronititution, it'is
to be a bin i tied to the people for ratifi
cation at an election to I held the Tues
day after the flrit Monday in Noveml-er,
lf. The time of resilience nece.r
to become a voter ii fixed at six month
instead of sixty day, a in the Hone
bill. Arisona baa already ailonteii a
constitution, and the bill in her caxe I
provide for admission Anruit 1,
and the election of a Ivlegate to the
Fifty-fourth Congress.
Sundry Civil Aiiiroj,ritin
1UU With Aineiiiliiii iitK.
DESERT LANDS ARE DONATED
Thia Leave lha lloflaloary lha Oalr Ao
praplallaa Will la be Arlad I pan by
Thai Mady-Tha Uusraxllns land I
Largely larreaaed.
WlllotoM, AtlgUlt 5. Only one
more appropriation hill, the deficiency,
remain to he acted on by the Senate,
the auiidry bill having been paxxed to
day after a three days' disc uxaion. The
moit Important amendment adopt. -d
to-tlay were the increase of the quaran
tine fund from (illM.OOO to 1 (XXi.Ooo and
donating 1,000,(XJO acre of "di-xerf
land to the State to which the desert
land law apply, aa well a lo Nehraxka,
Kansas, Utah. Arizona, New Mexico and
Oklahoma. The report of the ronferrce
on the District of Columbia bill wa next
agreed to, and then the Hatch auti
option bill waa reported by Waxhhurn
from the Committee on Agriculture and
placed on the calendar.
Gray, Chairman of the committee to
investigate the charge ol bribery agauit
Senator, presented the tiiianimoux re
port of the committee, lly the resolu
tion of June 11 the committee wasalMi
instructed to investigate certain charge
against member ol both Hotixe in re
gard to the con t ruction and charter
privilege of atreet railway in the Dis
trict of Columbia, hut no evidence or
testimony had lxcn aubinitu-d to the
committee, and it therefore axked that
it lie dixcharged from further duty under
the resolution of May 1. iWge and
Davis, Republican, and Allen, Populixt,
made supplemental reports. Objection
was made by Chandler to the retpiext of
the committee to be discharged, at It-ait
until the report could I read and ex
amined, and accordingly the rcpie-t
went on the table for the preeent. The
following lloue bills were then passed :
Placing J ame William Albert on the
retired list of the army with the rank of
Major of engineers; placing Charles 11.
Stiver on the retired list of the army
aa Captain of infantry, and for the con
struction of a military road from Fl
Paso to Fort ltlixx, Tex.
After Chandler's iMminion Coal Com
pany investigating resolution w ax placed
on tlie calander the sundry civil bill wa
taken up. Amendment were adopted
to pay the widow of the late Senator
Vance of North Carolina and Strx k
britlge of Michigan fj'i.OoO each. The
appropriation for quarantine puroc
waa increased hy $:i7tl,000, so as to make
the total amount I.IXJO.UOO. An amend
ment wa adopted to grant 1,000,0ml
acres of surveyed desert land to euch of
the State to which the desert lantl law
are applicable and also Kansas and
Nebraska and the State which may ho
constructed from the Territories of Utah,
New Mexico, Oklahoma and Arizona
under certain (tipulations.
An amendment appropriating :JOO.0tK
for the recoining of the uncnrreiit frac
tional silver coin in the Treasury wax
adopted. The bill, with it many amend
ments, was then presented and paxxed,
and the general deficiency bill was taken
UP-
MOMTIII.V ftTATKMKNT.
Harralarjr CarlUI' Hhotxlng of lit Pull
He llabl.
Waxiiinotox, August 3. The regular
monthly statement of the public debt
issued by the Treasury IVpartment
shows that the aggregate of the public
debt July 31, 1804, wax l,ti;t:i,WNi,40, as
against fl.tUS.aM.ti:! JuneSO, 1M'.i4. This
apparent increaxe of f 1,552,1104 is owing
to the increase in the ixmic of certiticatex
and treasury note, which, however, ix
olfxet by an equal amount of caxh in the
treasury. Axide from this item tlie
statement show a net deireaxe in tin-
public debt of litf,0ln. July 31, IV I,
the showing in detail is:
llllxreat-tearlllf drill . '.1lH.'i
Inrrcas- fur tre mouth ;0
lialil on which luU'iral hai rruad
ttm-s mxturlty I,hni
P i-mur Ii'..i-i
IVlrt Urarlni nil Inu real :7'.i.n.,,M
UrtTi-a-r M.-'I'i
The increaxe in certificate and treai-
ury note, offset by an einial amount of
caxh in the treaxurv, wa increased from
InlS.aVUCJO June 30. 1H!M. to liil.:i72,-
3H7 July 31, 1HH4. The caxh in the treas
ury ia classified as follows:
loll rolu sni btn Il .'ii.i.'.'.-.a'.
xi:r .'c:i K'.-.'
l'xjr Ul.mU i"l
Uuuit, etc I1j" I
Thi make an aggregate of 1774,201,-
7'M, against which there are demand lia
bilities amounting to 'if4.1:til,3U. leav
ing a caxh balance of lItf,0i6,4X'. m
which f)4, 1175,1107 was gold reserve. The
increase in the caxh balance during the
month wa l,ti,-H),l'15.
WANT TO I.O TO JIIMX,
I.lk
l lsvelaad Toung Maa Who Would
o right for lha Mikado.
Ci.evki.and, August 7. Washington
lispatche to-day note the receipt by
the Japanese Ambassador of a document
in which a number of young men in thi
country had offered to go to Japan and
eniist in the army of the Mikado. Only
a brief note to the effect that the offer
constitnU an offenxe against the law of
the I nited State wo appended to tin-
dispatch. It now turns out that one of
the young men making tlie oiler hold a
commission in a National Guard com
pany of thi city, and that at leaxt a half
lon-n of hi comrade are memlx-ir of
ii company. All the signers of the of
fer are resident of Cleveland, and
among them are several well known in
so-ial circle. A half-tloren mctiilx-m of
a local company went before a noUry
public a lew day ago and procured the
trail oi a iiociiment otlcring their srrv-
to Japan. This list wa ulxteiuciit-
V circulated alxiut town, and w a. read-
!y signed by seventy adventurous young
men. hen completed it wa sent to
the Japanese Ambassador at Washing
ton. Nothing further waa learned of it
ontil the dispatch of to-day wa received.
MTtKXTATK TAIH.
Arraagaaaaal flelag Made for a Arrlr
of t'oagre.
TAt'ow, Auguat B. Arrangement are
le!ng niaile for a nnmlx r of congrexxe
to txt held here during the Interstate
Fair, which open August 15. A call wa
issued Saturday for a Northwest lntrr-
state Temperance (Vingrexx, to be held
September 3, 4 and 5. The delegate are
to reprexent Oregon, WahingUn, Cali
fornia, Malio, Montana. Ilnti.ti -111111-
The local Itrand
Osra la lha rahlla.
Vahixotom, AuguA7. Representa
tive Richards of Obk to-daf ntrtxlutinl
a bill providing that all sraaions of com-
T-ao kiang, captored by the Japanese sutler and rxecative sex ion -tf th
JalyS. SenaU shall be opea to the public
Ta Make aar.
Chio, Cal., August, 1 This mornine 1 Innihia and Alaska.
h gave th Chino sugar factory, the largest and Arny P-J" re fx-rfecting arrang.-nirnts
West-'most complete factory and refiner. In -f 'I'TT' a'r!
- - ix an me timnu armt mrn, ni-tiri t.i'Ti
the I nited state, started up with this and Sons of Veterans in the Northwest,
trader between Van..iver and I hut. diancC from Vancouver to Japan 1 were placed in New York. It I allege.! . Z. -t . 1. " iw 1 wwi. rrpniwr y in .iciru
and J,nr port. M,e baton., to the JrxX'm.lea. A raid 1 eat 1 mated to met that the company has default,! in pay. 0M Ulol tArmi 7 u7 "Ml!KU '!:,ar'!'T?,m u
tanad'an Pacific Kadway Com,iny. leea lhan M.J,l-J. ment of InUreet. ' iilpatf ri
1 t earpui ei reined ugar wiil be ItO tone. hoU a three dav' arsaion ber.
0