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EUGENE CITY GUARD. rrasrtaler. EUGENE CITY. OREGON. FBEIOBT BATES BAISID. Tb Eiaaat.d AdtMH Will Tali rii FobtLbd, October 3. Pre dlf NEW TARIFF LAW ," rcaiLitT. "OtMltMl Jim" ladlla rilulBani as tlibmK Eplstls. Tie Latest Morement Mad by Japanese Troops. rate from tb East ar to b raised la JAPAN AND CHINA "fir,: T,: '",n ,u- wa v. m ui.mwu wufr uui iruia siubiib: " Ths MiMoari river roed lo-!y an nounced that after October 20 all freight rate to Portland and adjacent point will b advanced 7 to 25 per rant. Thii If discrimination in favor of San Fran clsco, though tba object ii a mystery." ixicai ireigut men had not last even ing received olDcial notification of the propoeed advance, but feel setirficd that the change will be made. The following dispatch wu received from San Fran ciaoo laiit night: "Inquiry anions the local railway agent reeulted in the confirmation of the statement contained In dispatch from Omaha to-dav, which announced that after October 20 all freight rales to I'ortland and aljacent point t wnold be advanced 7 to 25 per cent. All of them nnited, however, in disagreeing with the r - r a i a T- I .1 - . I . . . ' . - TI. T?.l.. m ., vcwuer. v-nuaruawwi w- paicus recti red yesterday conflnn the " cicii at me ircnsurjr day Corbett wrote FitzslramoD a fol 1 1 lenient already mad that commodity Department for September. WERE LESS THAN LAST YEAR THEY LAND AT POSSIET BAY The Jspaaeae Majr fee FropaHag la Be Ut a Faa.lbla Advaa.e af Iba Baa slaas lata Coroo Aall-Ferelga Fool lag la TUa Tsla. Tux T.in, October 8. It U officially annoanced 5,000 Japanese troop have arrived clow to I'oaait-t Day near the ftusaian frontier. It waa reported here that a Japanese fleet had been lighted September 211 ten mile eolith from Mian Ilai Kwan,2u0 unlet from i'eklng. Large Lodiee of Chinese trooj have been drafted to that district the last few days to prevent the Japanese landing. orricuLa ami ruzxtsu. Wasuinutux, October 3. Oflkiali here, who Lave been cloaely watching the progreaa of the war In the East, are puzzled to acconnt for the landing of 6,000 Japaneee troop at Possiet Hay, a annoiimi-d officially from Tien Tiin. Thie bay lit directly on the eastern boundary between Core and the Hus aian iiiarilime province. Jt la not be lieved any (Jhlneaa troop are in the neighborhood, a the country it too rug ged and barren to warrant the plan of marching the troop overland clear acroa Corra to Join the army marching on Moukden, ami it i considered conceiv able that the Japaheee are preparing to resist a poaaible advance by the ltueaian troop from the north into Core, rt-arosi or tub bovimzkt. The purpose of the movement refiorted from lien Tun of the reoonnoitering by the Japaneaa fleet off the Chineae coast near Mian Hal Kwan ii more reasonable and apparent. Shan Hal Kwan lie on the boundary between the Chine prov inces ol Manchuria and Chi U at the eastern end of the great wall which tra veree China. It i directly on Uia rail road building from Tien Tsln to Monk den, and a the line i already In opera tion between it and Tien Tiin. the town I a place of great strategic advantage. Niould the Japaneaa effect it capture and laud an army, there would be noth ing in the way of a rapid advance on I'eking, the capital, and unlee the Chi nee resistance i mora formidable than it ha lieen to far, the marcti could be made In a week or ten day. riAB FOB l-HINO. Shanghai. Octolier 3. Th anti-for eign feeling at I'eking I increasing hour ly, and th authorities flud It difficult to reprea outbreak of the Chinee popu lation, leading Chineae representative at I'eking fear that, if the Japanese march upon I'eking, the capital will he captured, a th Chinese soldier gath ered to defend it are dissatisfied and un reliable. It is reported Li Hung Chang lias received order not to proceed to Corea. ANTI-roRKlUN gKKLINO. Loxihin, Octolier 3. A Shanghai cor respondent ol th Central Newt tele graphs: There is no sign In Tien Tsin that U Hung Chang's power is waning. His audience ar well attended, and he lia several thousand well-armed troops, who protect Europeans. Much anxiety is leu ny loreign rcshirnte, as the popu proposition that the raise in freight rates had been ordered with the Intention of discriminating against I'ortland." "It is limply a case," as on of the railroad men remarked, "of an attempt to get fair pay for the work done. Here tofore it hat so hapiwned that Portland lias had very low rale, and these In spite of th fact that ah had not those ad vantage in th way of poesihl sea com petition in freights to and from the Kast which should lend to keep rate down. It baa now been agreed by th companies that something like a fair profit should be exacted on business which baa here tofore been don practically for nothing." OENEBAL Willi II A Mr TON. Tke CammlMlaaaraf Railroads aa Uater saaal Owaarahla. Wasiiinotok, October 3. General Wad Hampton, Commissioner of It ail- roads, was at bit desk to-day for the first tiin In several weeks, having returned from an extended trip over the govern ment road which ar under hi super vision. Th Commissioner say h en countered In California a great deal of clamor for government control of not only th Union and Central Pacific roads, but of all the roads. Both of these hrono- sitions are opposed by the Commissioner, who will submit his report to the (Secre tary of th Interior November 1. 'In th first place," b said, "the bonds on these roads ar not due nntil 1HU8, and th government cannot fore close nntil that time. If the government should foreclose, it, having only the sec ond mortgage, would be compelled to pay the first mortgage, amounting to many minion, a government audi as ours cannot oierat railroads. In auto cratic governments it is possible, but not in this. The demand for foreclosure of the Pacific road does not com from the best-Informed people of the Pacific Coast, although it baa got to tie a very popular movement in th West." Nat II Is EsllmaUd, Hawatsr. Thai far Iba Flsssl Tsar Tbara Will b a Baralas af Botaooa Fin aa Sliljr Mlllloa Uallar. Wasiiinotok, October 2. Th first month's receipt of the Treasury Depart ment, namely for the mouth of 8eptem her, under th operation of tba new tar iff law were mad public yesterday. The aggregat receipt for th month were l?!,Kl,2HH, at compared with 2t, 6H'.',7oH for September, 1WX At com pared with August, 1M4, when the re ceipt from internal revenue assumed abnormal proportions because of the large withdrawals of whisky in antici pation of th increased tag of 20 cents per gallon, there it In round figure a decreaa of 118,000,000. According to the estimate upon which th new tariff bill was bawd It was to produce, n-ln-sive of postal revenue, from sugar fft:, 000,000 a year, and from the income tax placed at a minimum figure f lo,000,0ii0 per year. No revenue from either of those sources is shown In the current re ceipt of tiie month of teptemlier, for III reason tliat the income tag does not become operative until January 1, JmCi, and three or four months' supply of sug ar was imported prior to the new law in anticipation of th ad valorem tax placed upon it. Upon the basis of the estimate submitted, anil npon which the tariff bill waa framed, the revenue from the two principal sources customs and internal revenue each was put down at f 1711,000,000 per year. Kor the th three month of the preaent fiscal year the receipts have been ,'7,WH,174, against 7!I,.'I7I,417 for the corresponding months of IWiX 01 the receipts for the current fiscal year to date, :i6,7l7,2i.'! have been from customs or at the rate of 1 1-W.Oi 10,000 a year, and from Internal revenue fM,lM4,Ultt or at the rate of H'XJ.IOO.OOO s year. These two items alone show an exces of the toUl esti mate of :I70,00,000, npon which the tariff bill waa based, leaving the luis cellaneoii revenue of $20,000,000 at a surplus. From present indications, when revenue from sugar and th income tax begin to be received and custom and in ternal revenue receipt assume their normal condition, aa they are now gradually doing, a surplus of between foO.OOO.UUO and tiW.OOO.OOil, at the prev ent ratio existing between the receipt ami expenditures, is indicated, r.ven lowi: "In reply to your communication to day I desire to stat that I am th heavy weight champion of the world. I won that till not by defeating middle weight, but by battling with every heavy-weight that stood between myself and John L. fiullivsn. I dispute your right to claim a battle with m at the present time, because, hll you are un doubtedly the best middle-weight in th worm, your record give no rigni to a place in my class. I propose to enter tiie prize ring once more and then retire, whether I win or loee, and I want my next contest to he with the brat man in the world. I do not consider you that man, and I do not propose to meet you and then after having defeated yon be told by your friend that you are only a middle-weight after all. I care nothing for th past history of the ring or it ob solete rules. My future is in my own hands, and I do not propose to be told by you or any other man living what I am to do. 1 conaider tleve O'lHinnell a better man than you are, and he will prove it when he meet vou. If you ac cept hi challenge and defeat him, then you will not have to worry much about securing a contest with me. You say that O'Donnell a fourth-rater, and that you are sincere in vour desire to be champion of the world. Then you should remove the onlvotwtarle that aland be tween you and me, especially when he i so easy. J am prepared to post 5,OUO with any reputable man or newspaper in thi country, to lie paid to yon In case I refuse to light yon after you hare de feated O'Donnell. Mr. Itrady ha posted 11,000 with the New York Herald in evi dence of O'lH.nnell'e good faith. You do not need to wait thirty days for me to psy any attention to you, for I do not prooe to do so. If you are sincere, then you had better arrange a match with O'lKinnell at once, for the sooner you do the sooner you will get the chance you seem to desire so much meeting." PUYALLUP AFFAIR No Other Settlement of Muddle Anticipated. the THE INDIAN BUREAU IS FIRM HINT LIVES LOST. Is New as the situation is now shown for the cur rent year to date the eiienditnres ex ceed the receipts less than 11,000,000. VOMNINM MMOKKN. hi.ood or wotTNua. jare is oeiiaving insoieniivand becoming unusually threatening, th removal of the treasure and archives from Moukden mads a bail impression. aeiKKt-T or war. Ar Jaaaaasa Araaaals Are Basf, Bat Talllag Ha Bsarals. Has FaANciaco, Octotwr 3. II. E. Keller of Philadelphia has arrived from Toklo, Yokohama, Koli and other Jap anese points, where he has been for three . 1 1. - 4 f I - , m , ... uiuuui. iua ararnai at lOBIO, he aaid, " it at busy as it can be, and no body Is allowed there. Strict secrerv is preserved. I dined with lwaaaka, th richest man in Japan, who recently gave 6.U00.UJU yen or 10,000 to aid th war, and hecatn quite Intimate with him, but h told mehoould not, acting in ac cordance with the policy of the Japanese, givs any (acts about th war. Kvery where 1 fouud the same secrecy observed. 1 met freoueiitlr Count Matauuata James It. lllaine of Japan and ex-Prime Minister, and his son, with whom 1 graduated at college. Ikith told m the policy waa to give nothing out that could give th Chinese an insight into what waa being done. Going from Hong Kong to hhanghal, I met four Knglish gunners who had lieen engaged lor a Chinese war ship at 1 100 a month and five years' pay to their families if killed. An Knglish i ' rit I n vaa IK I !.. I. n ... . r - -" wa w re ceive much greater nav. Th Chinese are engaging all th Englishmen fighters they can, and they are paying theni big sums. ia 4Bian u is ueneved to b the Intention to move immediately on I'e king and capture it before winter sets in. The Jsnese see they bar got to do it quickly, or it will he much harder later." Balsla Urewara la Ship Tbalr rradaal Baal for Blare a. 8ab Fbaxcisco, October 3. Th raisin combine that was threatened by th dis agreement of th California producers and th New lork and Chicago fruit broker ha been broken, and the yield of the Han Joaquin Valley it being rapidly tblpped eastwsrd. Th raisin combine relused to sell this year's crop, except in California, intending to fore Kastern buyer to come to California and make their purchases. The Kast em dealers refused to do this, and there waa a dead lock. The raisins were stored at Fresno until tli warehouses bm-ame overcrowd ed, when the rumbinediscovered it could tore the product in the Kast as cheap as in California, and the raisins were ship ped to central points, 8t. Imu'i; Chicago and New York. The product will be stored at these point to await a call for it when It will be marketed by the com bine. Fifty-seven carloads left for New York, and maybe more will follow. Ud to September 30 the following shipments of fruit to Kaatern point were made: Kalains, 208 carloads; other dried fruits including prunes, 1,100 carloads; de ciduous green fruit, 6.ft00 carloads scan ned fruit and vegetables, 1,000 carload. BtABINU tITIIKXI. Blah! af rillsaasbls) OUssi tailors of lbs Valla Blalaa Navy. 8an Fbaxciwo. Octo1r I, In com- plianc with a recent act of Congress Secretary Herbert haa recently promul gated a general order which give to sail or of th United Slate navy th right of citizenship. This order ha been for warded to every vessel of the navy ami to each naval atation with instructions that it be published at general muster and copie conspicuously posted. The order sets forth an act of Congres grant ing to enlisted men of th navy the right of citizenship after five years' service wuuout any previous declaration, the same as provided for in th rase of the I'nited Slate army and marin corps. The granting of this suffrage to the I'nited Slate navy will permit about two-tilths ol the enlisted men to become citiaens, and already a large number have procured their citizenship paper. It Is reported from th New lork navv yard that fully 1,000 sailors have secure.! their paiiers since Hecretarv Herbert's order baa been issued. llrllUb Naval OSJIear'a Acoaut af lb lorrors ar aonara war. London, October 2. -A British naval officer attached to the ( bineee naval squadron which was engaged in the fight off the month of Yalu river ha written a letter to the Graphic, which I pub lished in that paper to-day. In this let ter the writer give additional details ol the righting, and says: "tin board the warship Chen Yuen the lighting waa awful. The decks and the space around the guns were strewn aith human fragments. Three of the live men working a four-ton gun were blown up by a shell from the Japanese warship Naniwa Kan. The fourth gun ner waa shot while trying to escape from the turret, and the fifth stuck to his post. This mau fired three rounds at the Naniwa Kan one shell entering the engine-room of the Japanese ship and another smashing her forward bridge. The Naniwa Kan then hauled off. The Chinese Admiral rewarded the surviving gunner Willi a present of 1,000 tads. A shell glanced from the steel deck of the Chen Yuen and went through her tower, shattering everything within. A Lieu tenant, who waa in the act of speaking through the tnbe leading to the engine room, was blown into atoms, ami his head waa left banging to th speaking pipes, iiuge irsgineiits ol armor and the teak backing thereof were driven inboard by the shot, crushing a large number of sailor into a shapeless mass. A Kuropean engineer, who was In the act of groping aliout in an endeavor to repair a steam pipe, was drenched from head to foot with the blood of an assist ant, who was disemboweled while stand ing by his side by a shot from the ene my's ship. The Chen Yuen arrived at Wei Ilai Wei the day after the light in the same condition in which she left the battle. No attempt had been made to wasn me niuoii iroin tier or to remove the corpses which strewed her decks." The writer expresses the opinion that, if the Kuropean rnlert could have seen the decks of the Chen Yuen, they would have foresworn war henceforth and for ever. THE BAIsr.K VIEW. Mach af Iba Islaad af t'aba I'adsr Walar. Havana, Octolier 2. Owing to theei connive rains, with a fall of 107 tli 2nd and 212 the2tth, the river Sagtia, Yahu, Yabusito and Mayaneya have flooded the surrounding country and inundated the towns of Sagua, Crences, La Jas, Sitietto and San lomingo. At Sagua th water is from eighteen to forty-live feet deep, and 3.000 families are home less. Tiie inhabitant have (ought sal vation on the roofs of th two ttory buildings, which alon are not under water. The loss of life ia estimated at 200, while the damage of property will reach 14,000,000. horn seventy house nave nen destroyed, and 200 more are badly damaged. Most of the furniture ami merchandise haa lieen swept away, and many head of cattle have been drowned. The electric plant and the gas work have (uttered heavily. Many ng-ar-huscs and ran Held are tinder water. The angar crop ia seriously compromised, hortv-seven houses have been destroyed at Santa Cru del 8ur, and a pier there was also wrecked. Com munication have lieen interrupted for four day. Subscription for the relief of the a ii lie rcr by the flood are being organized. II Is Bald Tbal lis Oflrsrs Waal Iba taalraals Mad Wltb lbs ladlaa Balad Oat as lalld-Tb Caatmls- slaa llolBg Good Work. Wasiiinoton, Octolier L Notwith standing th hard fight mad by Repre sentative Doollttl and other member of the Washington delegation, the prob abilities are that there will be no settle ment of the Puyallup Indian reserva tion muddle and tale of th lands except in th manner which It now being em ployed. Th great fight which haa been mad to have something don which will give th men who ma-Is contract with the Indian an opportunity to test their validity will probably fail. From the very first there ha been a disposition on the part of th Indian office to liar these contract ruled out a invalid and make the men who made the contract with th Indians loss what they have paid mem. una disposition originated wun Agent rua, who lias lor so many years been agent lor the ruyallups, and permeate the entire Indian office. The contract were probably made in opposi tion to the wishes of Mr. Keils, and be intends, if he ran, to make th contract' or lose, r.ver since Washington waa admitted the delegation in Congres hi lieen trying to have the lands opened under some regulation that will give the contractor an opportunity to get the land or their money beck, but it haa alwayt been a failure. The nearest a bill of that kind came to passing waa in the Fifty-first Congress, when Repre sentative Wilson slipped throngh in a right-of-way bill a clause which would have tettler the whole affair. Coi krell of Missouri caught it up in the Senate ani made a tremendous bluster, anil Allen and Squire, who were not aa famil iar with Senatorial way at thev have AUSTRALIAN HISIJtEaa. Aaalhor Una mt Mloamors Halwaaa Brd aof aad Baa rraavlsaa Advocated. Pan Fbaxcisco, October 2. Joseph Howard Witheford, who arrived on the Monowai last Saturday, is according to his own account visiting the United States upon a very peculiar mission. He comes to advocate the establishment of another line of steamer between Syd ney and San rraneisni. At present the Oceanic Steamship Company is running three steamers regularly between these points via Apia and Honolulu, and so is the Canadian Pacific Steamship Com pany. At one time the government of New South Wales paid a sutisidy to the Oceanic Company, but about three years ago withdrew it. Then the Cana dian Pacific came into the Held and the subsidy waa paid to it, and it is still aid ing in keeping the oposition alive. The steamers that make llritish Colum bia their headquarters receive fJLVsJ.ouO a vear iroin me i inninn imm llritish governments, while the Oceanic Company haa to struggle along unaided, with the exception of a few thousands a year paid it by the government of New Zealand. Mr. Witheford says bn is confident that, if American capital will put on a line line of steamers to the colonic, it will reap a large income from the outlay. since become, allowed the clause to be strirken out, something that would not happen again. Now the difficulty la in retting something through the House, n the last session of Congress Doolittle tried the House and Sijuire the Senate, but the more that has been done the more opposition it found. Thit opposi tion come from the Indian bureau, which it very lunch opposed to Die set tlement of the Puyallup lands on any other basis except to eschew all contract made. Assistant Commissioner Armstrong, who for all practical purpose ia th Commissioner during this administra tion, say that the commission which is now at work on the Puyallup reservation it doing good work in hit opinion. He wat there not long ago and looked the Held over, lie savt that when the com mission reports its action will be unop posed and the lands will be told. The nrst report will relate almost entiiely to the lands held in common by the Indian ami not to those Held in severalty. Gen eral Armstrong say that after these common lands are disposed of, the com mission will take np the individual lands, which the Indian desire to sell, anu uiey win tie sold under thedirection of the government. Asked if anything wnaiever wonm tie done with the coa tracts, General Armstrong replied: "Nothing. Thev are Invalid. Kverv body knowa they are of no account. "If they are tested in the courts, it will make nodillerence. When the court dlninissed the injunction against the commission. mat seined the contracts. They will have no standing in court. Why would inese lenows lie in-lmr la seciira lu a. tion to legalize them if thev did not anow tney were worthiest without tuch legislation?" It will be seen that the Indian office I dead ret against the men with the contracts. I LATTER DAY SAINTS President Orover nv.i..j Grants Them Pardon. CBINLIE TBEATT. II Ba Bee Farasally BatUUd by lb Celestial (iaveraaaoet. WasEMOToa, October 1. Notification has been given th government la an in formal way of th ratification by th Chi nes government of th treaty between the United Bute and China negotiated l,o r:t,..n mil riilnoaa Vln. later Yang Yo and ratified by the 8nat IIIS PROCLAMATION IN FULL on the part of th United Bute. Only I a formal exchange of ratification be tween the Department of Slat and th I Minister Is to b transacted to make tli treaty a law governing the relation of I the two power, and thi ceremony will loubtlea take place within a month. Minister Yang a called npon Secretary Civil KlgbUrs Koala rod All Have tasapllad With Iba lra.l.w,. Ilea mt Es.Pra.ld.al Harrloaa-SaJ ad Tbal ralygaaay Is llawa.d lint. Wasuikoton, September 2y.-Tl,rongh iireenam lasi weei and said ne received I .iia ru c. . . . won! from bit government that it bad . v Dl-M' w,ly W ratified the treaty: that the document hail been forwarded to bim also that h had received instruction to exchange ratification with the United State at soon a it wa delivered to him. The treaty with the Chinese teal and signa ture wa tent from Peking several week go. in the course ol communication six weeks will be required for it trans mission to Washington, so it la not ex pected at the legation for two weeks. Thi it the first authentic information received in thi city regarding the treaty. At the diplomatic buiines of th gov ernment is naturally transacted secretly, i ang l u s communication to the secre tary of State wa not made known until Gresham' attention waa called to the seculation afloat here concerning the apparently alow course of the Chinese government in taking action. Then Secretary Gresham gave to the press the status of the matter, and laid the re ports that there wa any cause for dis satisfaction over th war China wa pro ceeding toward theconsummationof th treaty were entirely groundless. UK IIA RE NOT BTEAK. His Tale Mast Pint bs Teld le tbe Brit ish Naval Aatborlll... St. Pacl, October 1. Captain T. 0. R. Galeaworthy of the British merchant man Kow Piling, which waa tunk by the Japanese steamer Naniwa Kan over a month ago while taking Chinese troops to Core, arrived in thi city to-day on th Northern Pacific, and left to-night for London, where the British Admiralty is awaiting hit report on the Kow Shins affair. Dr. Franklin Rogers of the naval hospital at Yokohama, with his wife and daughter, arrived on the same train, and proceeded to Chicago and Washington his vacation trip. Neither would speak of the Kow Shing episode. Gales- l ortny in omitted to enough of an inter lew to denv all interviews alleired to have leen held with him, asserting he had not until to-day spoken to a news paper man In America. He laid : "I declined every invitation to make any tort of statement for the press. I spoke io nooony and nave nothing to aay to yon, nor will I speak to any one else un til i reacti Migiand. In due time the full particular of the affair will be known to the world." UIGANTIO WATEK fOWEK. Osnaba Waals a Caaal Ball! le lb Blver I'lalte. dent Cleveland mad a proclam.ii,.,, i amnesty and pardon to all persons , hav been convicted of polygamy under th teaching of the Mormon Chur. h It ia at follows: Whereat, Congress by a statute ap. proved March 22, 1882, and for statut. in lurmerance and in amendment there of, defined the crime of bigamy, polvg. amy and unlawful cohabitation in t Territories and other place within th exclusive jurisdiction of th Unit,j State and prescribed a penalty for .mh crime; and, Where, on or about Octolier 0 ls sj th Church of tbe Latter Dav Saints' commonly known a the '.Mormon Church, through it President issued manifesto proclaiming that laid church no longer sanctioned tiie practice of po. lyeamy and calling npon all members and adherenta of said church to obey tl, laws of th United States in refer.... .. ... said subject matter; and, Whereat, January 4, 1893, Benjamin Harrison, then President of the I niu-d State, did declare and grant a full par don and amnesty to certain offenders under condition of future obedience to the requirement a ia fully set forth in said proclamation of amnesty and par don; and, Whereas, npon the evidence now fur nished me, I am satisfied that the mem bert and adherent of said church gen erally abstain from plural marriages and polygamous cohabitation and are now living in obedience to the law, and that the time haa now arrived when the in tereet of public justice ami morality will be promoted by the grantina- of and pardon to all such offender as have complied with the conditions of said firoclamation, including such of mid of. under aa have been convicted under the provisions of said acta. "Now, therefore, I, G rover Cleveland, President of tbe United States, by virtus of the power in me vested, do hereby de clare and grant full amnesty and pardon to all person who hav in violation said act committed either ol the offem-e of polygamy, bigamy, adultery or unlaw ful cohabitation under color of polvg mou or plural marriage, or who, having been con victed of a viola t ion of said act a, are now auffering deprivation of civil right in consequence of the same, ex cepting all persons who have not com plied with the condition contained in said executive proclamation of January 4, 18H3." LIEUTENANT CAHET'I CIIAKOEB. Parehaaad by Caloaal twavas sad Nal Shlppod la Ills Elaaeaa. Los Anoilcs, October 1. A ttory was tent from San Francisco a few day ago, in which it waa stated that during the buttle with the Sioux Indiuns at Pine Ridge, 8. I)., Lieutenant Casey waa killed. It waa stated that Lieutenant Casey wa engaged to lie married to the daughter of Colonel Hunt. U.S. A., now a resident of Los Angeles, and that the handsome black charger, which he rode ai tiie nine ol his death, waa to be sent OaunA, Neb., October I. The County Commissioner of Douglas county, in which Omaha it lituated, have decided to inbmit to the people a proposition to vote 11,000,000 subsidy to a company for the construction of a canal to bring water power to thi citr. The enter prise haa been under discussion for more than a vear. and many thousands .f dollars have been expended in investi gation ana preliminary surveys. Th design of the enterprise is to create a great water power just outside the city limits to be brought into the citv in the shape of electrical energy and sold at a unilorm price to all lactones. Tin is to be procured from the Platte river, some fortv miles from Omaha and from the Klk Horn river, some twenty miles from Omaha, and will be carried th ronirh a canal to a point near the citr limits. where a fall amounting to 185 feet will lie secured. At this noint there will I developed 24,000-horse power. COAST Ct'STOMS DISTRICTS. IMPORTANT DECISION. II Was la lb Case or Bartwsll Again.! lbs UoToramoat. Boston, October 1. The important decision affecting millions of dollars' worth of claims against the United States government, which wa rendered Satur day by Judge Cole of the United State Circuit Court, wa in tiie celebrated case oi jueepn nurtweii, an Importer, againtt a former Collector of the Port of Boston. The question at issue waa on the inter pretation of section 3.011 and 2,tt!l of to hi fiancee, not a single person having l,,e Revised Statute of 1877, regulating acretry, mount. I tha hnM. .in. 1 ............... I the time, mannor an.l noi.,M t ,1. I .1 . 1. Tl . . I t ..a . a ..a i . . .... . - , . . i , . What Asalslaal Bseratar Ilamlla af Ills Vl.lt. Washington, September 30. As istant Secretary Hamlin haa returned from bit tour of the customs districts on the Pacific Coast and a visit to the Prib yloff Islands. He states that the North western frontier ia greatly In need of a more comprehensive police system. With the very limited number of rev enue officials available for this duty it is otnparatively an easy matter to smug- The water I It'e opium and Chinese Into the country, auu uo uouoi many oi me uunese have been able to elude the officer and are now safely within our borders. Ad ditional revenue cutter and a nuinlwr ol steam launches, he (aid, should be provided. Two revenue cutters, he thinks, should be assigned to the duty of petroling the Alaskan coast to pre vent smuggling and to enforce the law relating to salmon-fishing. It was a sinqlar fact that many of the large ran aeries In Alaska employ Chinese laW almost exclusively, and some of the native had complained of this discrimi nation. A special agent of the depart ment waa now looking into the salmon flsherie, and wonld soon make a report thereon to the Secretary. Hamlin visited all the Pacific Coast custom districts, and stated he bad discovered no glaring frauds, but be thought the good of the service demanded several changes, and in hi opinion tbey would be made a soon aa he could prepare hi report and bring the matter to the attention of the Lollar Cort-lor.' lasaoolloa. WAsniMoroN, Octolier S. Acting Poat-inaater-Ueneral June sent a letter to Postmaster Heseing at Chicago to-day concerning th inspection of letter car riers in that city next Sunday. He say that, oaing to the work of the carriers and the interruption to business), au In- Aftar rifly Voar. mt at rlro. San Fbancisco, October 3. After fifty year of strife and twsnty-seveu year of litigation the famous Alvarado ranch case ha virtually past out of the court. To-day was the last day for the payment of tbe cos La of th suit. The costs of th suit were 1102,000. and the amount caused much dissatisfaction among the litigants, but on the advice of their at torneys the amount waa paid, and thr ed. Th ranrho land Ivlne be tween San Francisco and San Pablollav. and forms one of th houndarie between Alameda and Contra Costa counties. Its estimated value is 11,700,000. spection on a week dav is iaiitracticabla. but says that, aa they must under the I litigation is probably nd law be incled, such inspection should I consists of 1..000 acre of lie Uriel and entail aa little labor on the earners aa possible. Mr. Hcesing is di rected to hsv tha inspection tak place at th postotlic end the several stations witiiout rade or unnecessary demon strations. Uaaslloa. for Dlalaaw. LoxiMN, October 3. The Standard's correspondent at Paris says: Tb Toll tlqn Colonials, reflecting th view of th Minister of th Colonies, give, ex rluslv of th uucstions of Fjront an.l Madagascar, a list of eleven outstanding difficulties lo-tama Franc and F.ngland connected with frontier and similar dis pute in various African colonic. Man ally been art tie.: of thee hav practicall and son of them would justify a rup ture, unless on country waa bent opoo pit kirg a quarrel with th other, which. me paper says, is no we Ta Take Ik Field. London, October 1. A dispatch from Pelrgoe Bay aays that the Governor at the head of 300 white and 6,000 native j allies will Uk th field against th Kaffir turroundlug Loarenso Marquee, fata aail lloa la Floor. San Fbancisco, October 3. Within th past two month two plant bavt been established In Uiis city for bottling Faster) beer, and th brewer of Mil waukee ami St. Iuls are endeavoring to compete with th local brewer by supplying 1 Kittled brer to families, ho tel and restaurants at th same price per dosen aa that charged for local brer. Trala Babbary Fravaalad. Sr. Joairu, Mo,, October 3. Le June and " Scar-fared Charley " FritJe war arrested here to-day, charged with conspiracy to rob the Chicago, Rock Id. and and Pacific train. They were be trayed by one of their own band. A weak a it waa planned to rob a weal hound Rock Island train and blow it up. if necessary. Tbi wa piwl posed and last night finally abandoned, th would be robber learning that the police war alter tbsaa. Wbal lie TblBb Tbal Iba Modara Bal tl. able Bbaald Ba. Loxpox, Octolier 2. Kdward Reed.M. P., in an interview to-day gave an out line of a conversation which he recently had with the Emperor of Germany on the subject of war between China and Jaiwn. Mr. Reed said: "The Knierur expressed clear and pronounced views on tliesituation, which have been remarkably fulfilled through the results at Yalu. His Majesty recog nised the value of strong armor, and particularly dwelt upon th etttcarv ol an armor belt reaching virtually from stem to sterm, but he einphasiied hi opinion that it waa of the utmost ini iiortance that a vessel in action should le given the greatest possible scope of gun fire." Th Ftnperor at th time of hi Inter view with Mr. Reed gay to that gentle man a portrait of himself with hi sig nature indorsed on it hack. Preceding the imperial signature were thee words: " In the modern battle ship the dis tribution of weight necessitate a com promise 1 Tt ween armor and artillery. Give her a full all-around belt, and after that always decide in favor of artillery." Mr. Kwl expressed his opinion that the Yalu battle was remarkable for its emphasis of the vain of speed and ar mament multiplied by the quick-firing inn. Tba Sagar Tra.i. PnitAPKLruiA, Octolier 2. The Sugar Trust to-day closed the Speck els sugar refinery In this city. 1 he trust's Frank lin refinery is now running on half time. but ia only using Ui soft grades, th supply of which is not excessive. Mc l aiien's rellnerr. which is independent of the trust will probably shut down to ds y or to-morrow. Operations will not he resumed until th sagar on hand it disposed of. I I.oago.1 la Iba World. Nxw YoRg, Octolier 2. The power and mining department of the General Elec tric Company has just closed a contract with tha Sacramento Klectric Light and Power Company that calls for the trans mission by electricity from a water power at rolsnm, Cel., of several thou sand electrical horse power to th city ol Sacramento to supply light, heat, power. etc., to an extent that will practically supersede all the present steam plant now in operation, litis will make the longest transmission bv electricity ol power in large amount i'n tailed in' the world. Xtw Yoag, October 2. Captain Haff of th Vigilant arrived from Europe this morning. He aaid that during hi so journ abroad he and the crew were treat ed with great courtesy. The Knglish, he said, were shrewd fellows, and while himself and crew had nothing to com plain of. they were granted no conces sions. Regarding the renter-board acci dent, Haff said that the pilot did the very best he could. Even the best pilots abroad, he declared, didn't known of the existence ol all the shoals on the yacht y's death. There are some radical er rors in the above report. The big black horse that formerly belonged to Lieuten ant Casey arrived' yesterday at San Pe- uro, mil ii wa not shipped to " Mi Hunt." In fact, there is nn "Clnn.l Hunt of the United State army " living ui or near ios Angeles. ine liorse was really sent by Colonel Swsyne of Fort rveogn, jionu ne I to be retired in January, and will come here to live on us ranch at Ix Nletos. He bought the norse wnen ttie etlecta ol the late Lieu tenant Casey were sold along with some omer article mat belonged to th gal lant and brave but ill-fated I.ient..n.t The horse i now about 17 years old, but s sun a magnificent animal. He has lieen driven in double trams by the Co- onri since ne was purchased. The Northern Pacific railway gave free trans portation and furnished a car for the horse to I'ortland in recognition of the eminent services ol the Colonel during the troubles with the Northern Indus trial Armies, DENIED BT MBS. PEART. test against the payment of duties. Burt- wen Died a written nmtest ih ih(V.I. lector within ten day after liquidation, but the government contended whan ar. guing the caae that the protest should have been made when Burtwell nai.l tba estimated duties. Judge Cole haa now decided that Kurtwell waa right. The government will take an appeal. This is ssid to tie the first decision ever s-ivan on the point in question. FIRE UNDERWRITER. Seas Table Tba Aaraehlats Arlivo. Lc-rpo, October 1 A dispatch to the Chronicle from Vienna savt that an Ital ian anarchist haa been arrested at Cairo. charged with an attempt to murder the Micnve. it ia allemsl ar Haaaaad Bal a iba With HI. Mob. Wasui.xqtoh, October 1. Mr. Peary. th wife of the Arctic explorer, denies emphatically th stories of some of the member of her husband' party of their alleged treatment These charges in brief are that Engineer Peary's auto- crauc nieiuoos were ouensire to his as sociates ; that he waa inconsiderate of their comfort and ongentlemanly in his treatment ol them; that they were neariv starred to death, and that they would have fared better had Mrs. Peary TUB CZAB-B DEATH. lis Frabable EEarl l aoa lb Bllaallaa la Kara aa. Loudon, October 1. Advice received by great financial house in London are anderstood to confirm the worst newt regarding the condition of the Cxar of Ruriia. Ilia Majesty's condition I said to be hopeless, and his death can be de layed only a few months. The sanaral opinion in this city coincide with that expressed in Paris and Berlin that th accession to th throne of the Cxarowiu will result in depriving France of a menu, rerson closely associated wltb the Cxarowiu believe that whan ha o. cends the throne he will materially alter the policy punned bv his fatharan.4 .m cultivate cordial relations with England and Germany and hold aloof from France. The fluctuations in the price of Kram-h rentes during the week are attributed to the impression that th Cxar'i death would cause a tremendous fall in price. few Tart's Now Coa.tltalloa. Alsakt, N. V, October L The Con stitutional Convention haa adopted the new that ha want irom itaiv to I aim lor that niirn.a. .n.l that the Italian tnil.ee anthoritie warned !.U 1 Ur" .hd Mrs. Peary the Italian Consul at Cairo of hi. u"'n . mT' Pv. Mrs. eomm w" nn- j. iwo nepowican member voting government. auu imuuriiT. ii was nnt decided ing. A dagcer was lon.l in .h. 121 rT lJ her husband imitte of the whole by a vote of M clee making violent atti ion of Uie man when he wa arrested. Aa Itallaa Bo lot?. Tabis, October J. Eight anarchist were arrested at Marseille to-day on a charge of plotting th murder of Hgnor imramio. the Italian Consul, and an at tempt to blow UD tha Italian nw.nl.i. Letters found in th lodging of the pris oners hoard that thev were connected with an Italian brotherhood, having ramification in London. Triaata and other European center. asually con Jen La of his added: "As to th men, he gav them the nesi it wu possi bis to obtain. No parti ality waa show n. Engineer Peary, all reports to th contrary notwithstand ing, eat at th table with hi men and shsred their hardship in erarv t l sou Id not go to th public table on ac connt of my baby. Some of th table eencacie given torn by friend were used K ks.tj L -t It I a - J aaoaasuwaeva, urillUtu UI a a fr. b. I . a. i . share them with ma ..vir,. .h, i, i " VT w"u'" "a- " cailea a erred to have only what waiViven to 1 bTa ow twL SiTi'i.f?! wwmj tm I V. v U.T1 been th cans. Wbal Frasldeat Llltlojaba Says afTboto Faro.l Flra. Chicago, September 30. President W.J. Uttlejohn of the Underwriters' Association of the Northwest, who in an sddresa before the organization deelurt-d the recent forest fire were ordered atorted by the lumber king in the inte rior, alto ttated hi charge were Used on investigation mail under hi direc tion. "1 hose fires have occurred every year," aaid Uttlejohn. " It wa apir ent there must be some motive for the incendiarism. Our company accordingly arm men np into Michigan and M iscon sin this summer to make investigations, and they received sufficient evidence to satisfy me some big lumber dealers fired the forest in order to hida tha avi.lence of their timber stealings. The evidence is not sufficiently itrong to warrant charging any particular man with the deed. However. I am informed the States of Michigan and Wisconsin have sppointed commission to investigate the fires. Until wa knnar tha roanlt. the insurance organizations will do nothing. There it a possibility, however, in the event of the failure of these commis sions to develop tbe matter that some insurance unions will take np the prooe ention themselves. I am confident the Suite authorities can secure all the evi dence necessary, if they try." Ktaollod Fraa. Half. Rout, September 29. Abbe Monte nouis, a Frenchman employed at an ed itor on the Moniteur de Rome, haa been conducted across series of arti- attack npon the lit i ne canal article ana Uie an. portionment article separately and tha mi m uie uocutnent aa a whole. Ha Waa tod a Wltaooa. Sac Cmr, I., October L A shocking double tragedy occurred here last evening- William Toole, a laborer, attacked k;. :r i ..... . me. but me hn.han.l 4l,..i .i - - , w iiiiki bit wiu I the rest of the party." T Doaiaad Aataootj. Rowi, October 1. A movement com prising member of all parties ba been organized in Sicily to demand amnesty for all Prisoner condemned to imprison ment by th recent military tribunals silting on that island. Oaaoood Ladr Clarha. Loudon, September 29. The clerk of tbe Bank of F.ngiarjj held a meeting to day to protest against the recent admis sion into the bank a employe of two batch of lady clerk.