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S3 vi m w x w n ri r : v 1L1 -T- - - V . ' Au' xx mffl.RllSS.1 FARMERS' ALLIANCE. HOLIDAY : 10PPIlnSp -ta:zrr - l.snUv Ol I) Ush tfU '?S1 l-v-sli A NUMBER UK h louiu ai1 aaj see me luogu.u-.- , i , sr-srtr 3 TIT rl - a? ? ....i.i .,11 on.J Hih magnificent uispUy ot i 'IIHI ' O - 1 instrument novelties, art bujipuen l)Ooks fur old i U )ci;tg O . I . ....!!... .... wloiriinr. rei - oils, music-i. I l'oIU pens ami writing c.vmw, sm ke ra w ts, toilet cases, e turnery stands, and the greatest variraj hli Jay presents for the scisou of 1890. ot beautiful r-.F0RE AFTER AT- f, L. B L A G K M A N'S. The Corner Drug More in Odd Fellows Temple, t . .i : ....! .. l.,vtr ,.l will bJ sold atasu:iiBiiiB-? ... I . " .1 ...VI. .Ill rates. ; ... ..I either Kl whelhei lohai-co or opium, or mr "'.TKIV," Wakem'.'..- Bcari.ur Low,, aili.inttie hoik. Seminal WMknea, lly erii! Nw-oiMHr.Vr.tion. Nocturnal Hue. . llmintai.t Which l' Ilea UNn ru.ni i '-i . . , .....-i ..d.n t.i ureoimi'iio " ' -....tv Price SI a box: hone.. Icr Ln r.u tiiB.ll lA recciito( price. with every if. order received, to '" '- :. . (ure m intcnc te... monrv ii - : I ne nv urn ....i vnunir. tf ootn exe. permanently cored iy ttie use Cin.ui.nree. . ' - - Western lfrai;h, Box,i. rnu- Korwleh, Koiiy ". otiil .lni;tisl, All.v. r.;a-, THE STORE is -AND- IT IS NOW FILLED WITH CHOICE S TIONS OF' FASHIONABLE GOODS, COMING) ine lieen f Ai'tirodili'i' . l Inr i til.: BILLS PASSED, $100,000 AppropriaUd for th Forchu of Ad iitional Ratieoi for the Bionx Indiana. mi Fills Ki.r Knnde lr rnjtil ititic: n"ih int; Ilka- thrill ' the market. Nevei if.il. surcmiiruiu rned hv pniminein lailiit niinitl.l) liuaranten' W re lieve suuprennei. meniitriiation. iz:il Csriaia Diirt I humhui! red. ave time. Health ami money. Take no other. Sei.t to any ad k.. ...n nu.hit nf nncr. t"2 00. Ad dre phro Mllrl'"P' West Bramh Box iff. rt.rl.aud. Or. 9U W TiMba & Mason. Albany. Oregei Faber's wldea Wasijisuton, Dec. 0. In the uenutti Sherman iiiirouuccu aineiithiient to the billtoruuce the amount of the United States holms' to be eqiiirf. of national banks, iin I to retore to the chan-ii.-lm.i i alethe pxreseive actu-iiulali-di "I inonfV in thetriHiiry. Th. aiuvii itiH'iit "lim ts the win iiiiln.rv ii-miirriiifnta of tleiioi'it of United Stales lionda to the ainoiu-l t r)il0 of boiidi for each in I cv.-rv national bank, prownieu i bat tii" volun'ary withdrawal I bond-" f r the retirement of national hank notes" Bhall not ex- . .... .......... : .11, n v CetHI T-.i.O 'O.O VI Ml ma iiivJi.ti. -..-j auoiud liaiikmg a.Mn:iation max- L ... I I 1 ... ....1 it tf l lig I It' IO - M M Mian IB riia"."" r...r.-ive ironi lb- comptroller of currency circulating notes not ex ee.lini' the iar value of bonds de- lMisilel, -r actually paiu ' . . . e . I . l.A..l. i..iiii'!i mii. k n me nan.. V,.., . section authorizes me secretary oi the treasury to is-ne United States retirement, oi in Another Ail wool suits tr Si-rviv'r.tl'le ,m Albany "uus, i oung Wolen M a en s Mills M"'9 Ta'doV n.it.'U PcUll tO uatonal banks a circulation of i:M.OOO,000. Section 4 author- . 1 .1....... izes the issbm '! l nitwi ,ale bo nils to an iiinnuiit not to exceuu ,MlMV iKMkh, to u.) redeemed at lb pleasure of the overnnient ami to bear 2 p.-r cent, inteiest. IIih biiu-e amendment to the senate joint resolution for the in ane of arms to i..c t-tatta of Nortli and South Dakota, Wyoming ami Nebraska exUn.ling its provisions to Montau.i. was concurred in. The e'ecnon bill was taken up, and belore tiray linished his sneecl The Huprema t'uurt Iteiidem an Important Oecialoii. ToFKa, Kan., Dvc. . The supreme court this mornintc re fused to grant a writ of mandamus applied lor by U. Louueu, who demanded a certificate of election for representation from Lane county. Lobdell based hie claims on the provisions of the state con stitution which givei each organ ized county in the state, casting 250 vot 8, a representative in the le,;uilire. If Lobdell had been admitted, seventeen other repub licans, elected as delegates, wouiu have been entitled to the same nrivil' jb. Most of them were In- ..otl'a mun and thev would have given the senator a majority of two on joint ballot. The supreme Iih11 that in no event could the membership of the lower house I 125 meiiiliera until there was a change in the constitution Callfurnla'a Grain Surplun. Six FKANtisro. Pec. 0 The ii.mhu.-e exchanue reports the amount 'Ji uour anu icuw" iug in California Dec. 1st., as i it. nun harrels of Hour, twe've iniliion one hundreil and sixty nine thousand centals of wheat milium six bnndred and six ti.eri thousand centals of barley hi Ytv-one thousand centals of oats hundred and seventy-four thouaaud sacks ot beans, tnree thousand centals of corn and tii.rtt'.peveii thousand centals ot rye-' A Hay Parnell as chairman. After the anti-Parnellites left the meeting l'aruell said: "The ili-wrterH. knowiui; we were soiiiu Gmndmabter Woi knmn Powdei ly to Ireland . to-morrow, clamored I Germany's Emperor Makes Scatfr lor a uccisiou, utcuiidc avury uicau- ed the lightning of public opinion in Ireland. Gentlemen, we have won to day, (loudcheera) although our ranks aie reaucetl. l noia this chair still, (cheers) although many comrades have left us. Ire land has power to fill their places and send us good men, and true for everv one of those who have left us." Advises the Delegates. FAIR WEAXHKK KED1CTEU. Parnell D -feat the F.oal Effort to Briag About Hia Reiroment-llewi f om East of the Sockiai. SCHOOL REFORM. ing References to Journalism I UNION PACIFIC CONDITION. Tba Balaa drug Endoriai tk uf tka Railroad CanaUaloa (rdUff tba Wraek. Eraart rp M:il Suits by lert ot lauoi.s, Hundreds of Tattertn to Sr-lei t From. Failure, Cuicaoo, Dec. C A special from New Orleans says the cotton bouse of V.And A. Myer has sus pended, witji liatiililies of two and 1 . ... il: I Uuu.,la nf tliri.tf a hail iniuioim, million. It was the laige.-t cotton twee in the country. The com- ,.o,.i. hhv that thev will P-ty aotiai for dollar. Financial panic, slow ness of collections and decline in the price of cotton is the chief cause of the failure. S3AVT OV-SBCOATS. (jiiaraiileed Seasonable sonable in DSE3S 37JU3DT3 and Warranted Uea-Price. L. K. BLAIN Tiia Leading Merctat Tailor, Albany. Onp. Absolutely Pure. nowoer never v .riea. A marvel Ofp ri.ytrenKth and li'ili-K.imeness e iconoroical tha l th- ordinar , i u, anu canuoi iw mnu m cumi'vii Uon with multitude of low test, slioit weight alum or pliospliBte powders Sold only in cms, Rotal Bakis "iw der Co., 10ft Wall St., N. I. Lewis M. Johnson & Co.. Airents, Portland, ireiron. W RIlbT.IES AND WAGONS. I hue on hand and can nivr you k"xl I 1KWAKT& av ii iii OX. Thanksgiving to Christmas! UNITED IN HOLY IV1ATRIW10NY MK. Of I.oi-i County. 'r. Of Yamhill County, O ! Isom, the bottler, uses the I'AS J TKUR FILTER. ; tiarlmd, Monitor, Argand, Su perior stoves and lar.gee, hack 1 , - Ci....r l..ltliU warranu'ii i jrair, mipu the senate adjournm . IS Till: Hol'SK. Senate bill, appropriating $100,- !M)tl for the purchase of ad-iitional r.nioiis f..r the Sioux Indians was parsed. Scn.i e b'U for the retirement o Ceiieial Stoiieman, with rank of i-oliiiiel, was .ilso passed. Saturday next was set aside toi the onsideiatlon ol iu;s repoiwu fro'ii the committee on private land .laim-i. I'addo. k presented u A protest, of the tanner Alliance now in c .nvei.ti'ui at ) a'a, Fla., against the passage of the Conger land b'U. Sheini:!!i introdtned three tails an I one amendment which weie referred to the finance committee. New bills ;i follows: Tit iilni'lll 1 the law n latinir to the relining and par. ing of bullion ; to receipt of gold cciu in uxchanae lor g dd bars, and a bill authoii. inirthe recoinge of subsidiary coins of the United States. The amend ment is one to senate bill to leduce the amount of I'nited States liond" niiired of national banks. THE LAKE LAUISII WKKCK. Salem Orange Kniloraea the Iteport or the Kailrnad Comoilnslon. T . I I . 1 .. .'-1 S.M.KM, I'e". O. liecciiuy .-aieiu grange appointed John Minto and O-o. Croisan as a committee to examine snd report upon the caue of the Lake l.abish railway disaster. At a meeting of the rang.' to-day the committee sub ir it ted a lengthy report. Among i.lber thing found was that the rail claimed to h ive been removed bad not Is-en thrown from the resile bv either human hands or hv tlp fone of the locomotive. Thev found manv unsound timbers in the fallen bent". In there- f . i . . . i.. maming portion oi uie -resiie standing they mw manv tiolts from which nil's had been re moved. The committee reb ses to accept the theorv of rail removal and endorses the report of the Htate railroad commission of "Kaullv v. instruction and decay" as the cause of the wreck. The don Girl Milled. Fort Worth, Tex., Dee. 0. Den Mobley and Lizzie Ford, col ored, attended a dance last night On their return they quarreled almiit a llirtation the girl bad with another fellow. Mobley cut Lur.ie's throat and then attempted suicide in the same way. It in thought both will die. Ocala, Fla.. Dec. C The Farmers' Alliance this morning discussed the amendments to the platform adoptyd yesterday, relat ing to restricting the powetsof the president in disciplining editors of alliance newspapers. 1'OWWEKI.Y HPKAKS. Grand Mastei Workman l'ow- dertyof the knights of 1-ahor, add essed the alliance ueieKatc at the expoirUon hall this atter- noon. He advocated r-iorui m the employment of child labor. insisted that the government, nai therighttocontr.il railroads, and i hen made a tierce auai ; u-on the employment of lab i saving machinery, as defrauding work men of the right to work. I le was especially bitter against all electric devices, declaring that capitalists 111 their greed, nan een bjihc Cod's wrath and compelled it do their bidding, lie denounced sectionalism and sad : "No mat ter what politicians may say, we of the two sections, are together again and together we will tigni monopoly." This sentiment ht forth vn-.it aoidause. At the inoininsi session of the alliance Tre.-ident Hall, of the MiiMjuii aUUe alliance, exploded a liuiub regarding the Macuue-l'olk-Livingstoni! investigation. I. i-jtme near snlittinif up the convention. He decUred be hail not signed the committee report yesterday because it was not satis factory to him. Alter many ob jeclions be read from a manuscript us .lections, lie nau noi eiiiiiv.i the committee re nor t for sever.i asons, localise it cinsurcu President 1'olk unjustly ioi ariting the Norwood letter. because it exonerated -Macune, although be openly adui'lted be fore, the comnilllee lli.il ne nan june 1 1 i.-orma and toi iih I a coiu- leis CHEERFUL NKW8. Oen- The Northweit la Promlaed rally Fair Weather. Washington, Dec. 6. The area extends from the West Gulf state northeastward over the Missouri valley to the Lake region, and will move eastward to include the dis tricts on the Atlantic coast during iheday. Generally fir weather prevails in tne orinwesi. nit weather will orobably clear in the central valleys to night and fair weather and lower temperature prevail Sunday. Imprisonment for Life. Chicago, Dec. 6. The jury in the ca.-e of Mamie Starr, oisoner of the Newland family, to-night returned a verdict of uuilty. with a penalty of imprisonment ior life. On hearing the announcement, the young woman fainted away. Death uf a I'd filial. New York, Dec.6. Joe Coburn, a p-igilist, died this evening of consumption. Millionaire Snell. PERILOUS MISSION A CATIIOI.Ii: 1-KIKHT IN MIOST OF 8AVAOKS. riiK Chicago. Dec. (i. Mrs. Snell, window of the murdered million aire. Amos J. Snell. has renewed her offer to pay $50,000 for the arrest of Tascott, and his deten tion until identified. a Constable. Dec. 6. Alfred llaurse. Dronrietor of the I'laza Ovster inaiket was shot and in stantly killed this evening by A. D. I'earFon. deputy constable, who bad been placed in charged of the fonner's place of business on a writ of attachment. Pearson and Haurse bad lieen drinking to gether and got into a row. Shot by Sas Diego, Cal copyrighted '90 br N. Y. Aiavriatod Praaaa UfiSLiN, Dec. b. The Reichsan aiger gives passages tree lroia Km peror William's recent speech on school reform. One point th emperor especially empbaeizes i the time loai iu the higher public school in craium.ng youths with Ltui er Greek instead of tha Ger- a . t. ;a. ma language ai d vterman mrnvry especially the g-oAth of Geraua institutions ami the idea of na tional unison. Modern history, he declared, if right y taught, would become iunuiiely more valuable than a chronicle of antiquity. How, he asked, weie so many ycung Germans seJuced irom the path of political virtue? Higher schools must mend their methods, i hey must make their studies bear J . . .... . a upon practical me, reauce uoy book work and give more time for healthy recreation and training l the body. The present system tended toward the over-production of highly educated people. Jour nalists, he said, were high echool product) run lo seed. He ap proved ot tne sayinjfcoi iiimrc.. "Anent arbiturienten proletaiial," whom he culled "hunger candi dates," and from whom the ranks of journalism were large'y rt cruited, forming a class dangerous to society. Finally, he declared he would not license any more high schools until their methods were amended. The newspapers genarally sharplv resent the em peror's reference" to journalism. bono for United states ci ator I'AUNKLL VICTOKlOl S. Af'oi Ju f the oriV.n.n e of and the laws ol the State o' Or. go-i, at Albany, tireg-.n, on or Dc-cmticr, A. D., 1st HI. WITNESS: .1. R. Wll .I.L1.Y. R. C. CAI.T-MI X-TowhU-h I l.cri-hy cttiify, before the 25th (twenty-fifth i day Mvers force pumps, pipe hose, cop- ner and porcelain baths, basins, closets, plumbing by piac'.'. '.workmen, hardware cutlery, shears ;iabterns, tin, copper ironware. id sheet fasten r Water Filter. REV. ! We pay THE FREIGHT t you r idoor on stoves bought here. it.n; AH people pres lowed 14 per cent. diwmtVi caa' dealing stove store in Albany. ....rnfieate of dates inclusive, purcha es, at the only will he al-; Fipiare! THE i:IaN PACIFIC. KullillnR pertlna in a Moat Satlafm'tory :ndHI"ii. l'oitri and, Dec. i;. V. G.Bogue. chief engineer of the Union Pa cific railroad, returned from S-ui 1 rancisco to-day. During the past five weeks he has been over nea-lv all the company's lines, in i ludiiisr those now under construr- :.oii llerenorts the company building operations in a most sai isfactorv condition. Regarding the extension Irom this city to l'liL-i t Sound. Mr. I'lOk-'iie sas. The u a i v.'.il be tinishe.i as last as money and men can io n. Memliers of the llouxe. : WAsiiiNiiTos, Dec. C. Clerk Mcl'berson. of the bouse of repre sentatives, has just bad printed an unoilicial b-t of the memliers elect of the house, showing republicans, 'S.'A democrats, 8 farmers' alliance One district, r-JSth, New York), is set down as uncertain, and one, (second Rhode Island) is marked vacant. Covered With lienor, siav Kuisriscn. Dec. G. King Kalakana has bestowed the order i.i Kalakana niton Admiral Brown . Capt iin Reiny and Flag Lieiiteiiant Dver. of the cruiser -I... riton Admiral Brown was i kn'ght g r.iiaaar .late Mu a Conference With the Chlefa of the Sioux 'An Effort to Prevent Bloodshed Pise Riimjk Agency, S. D., Dec. 1 0 As ierilous a mission as a man of God lias undertaken for many a day in the interact of averting bloodshed, was completed yester day, when good Father Jute, the Catholic priest whom General Brooks requested to go out and talk with the rampantly hoetile Indians, returned to the agency. He was the only white man ho might even think of ever making the trip and living to get back. The reverend father was accom panied by Jack Red Cloud, who went by rca-oii of being the widel y respected son of a famous chief. Ten miles from the hostile camp lliey were halted by pickets and conducted to the camp under the c-.ver of Winchesters. A confer ence followed. Father Jute opened the council by asking the chiefs to Ktate their grievances. They re plied subitantially as follows: We object to the recent cenBUS returns made by Ue. His eiium- ...ti tn would not Kive ioi.u oui- licient for us to live on. I-e puts lens for each tepee UBaavr.. "j lo than the tepees contains, vve .I..II ktarvp. We will have one big eat before the starving time mimes. After that we shall tight our last fight, and thu white man shall see more blood, more dead, i-ion. Then we will wr. to the last hunting ground Father Jute begged them to be peaceful, and explained that the soldiers were not going to harm the Indians.but protect the agency v.. fr i depredations are eon cerned the father told them that i.ad better stop committing " them andthey would'be more easily '" forgiven. Finally he urged the M.;fu tn eoine hack Willi mm. tbia some of the older ones, who ......... I.o tvilv in the majority, said Ti.nv Then finally aureed that an.aii'.d come in lo Father Int.-'s house, four miles northwest . t a.a a.rom-.v. this morning, and Ija I llv j , ... , .1. . .... nw.f.t lieneral liroiks, am .ii i.ii.i in ner on just what they ...i.i K-ther Jute. This brougb .f the bitter opposition ? 717- .nuinritv. Finally the . 1 . ..I M and latO . .. ..II1M1H I UlflC" ' - , - awv . ... T .. o. ,a ailrlrPHrtlllif ratlier JUW .llitaar, ,j ;.l . .aia. . . . . 1. .. lll.l vonr hands XO me vncaai. Ki.irir. and atd tell us as though avere about to start on a Ion; L,...,a, t.. the last hunting grounc wheth- r what you say to us from General Brooks be and that we will not be harmed if a.l come in simply to .... . t l.La ISIK IO aieiia.-i.ii k"""; , ., Father Jute i-ays lie compueu j He l-fa-ata tlie Final Effort IliiiK About ilia Ita tm iin'iit. Ijimios. Dec. . In parliament to-dav Rarrv, Sexton and IbaU, made a determined a tempt U l.rin.r alu.ltt :t filial Sl tl U lllclit (ll the question beloie the meeting, niaiiii.lv. the retirement oi I'auieil from the leadership. 1 i.ially S. x- n nave Parnell his ultima! urn i" ie etlect that if Uie decisiuii on the question was delayed by Par nell after C o'clock this evening the majority would hoi I a meeting of their own and depose nim from office. A scene of gieat excite ment followed. At 2:45 o'clock a recess was taken for half an hour. At 3 :15 o'clock the memhers re assembled. Mr. Abraham then made a mo lion that Parnell. vacate the chair manship. Parnell relused to aiiow the question to be put, whereupon McCarthy followed by forty f mr other members le:t the room. An exciting incident arose irom arnclPs refusal to put Abraham's motion. As the wri ten resolution as being handed to mm o ju-u.i .McCarthy, Parnell leaned across the table, struck McCarthy's nana seize 1 the resolution and tore it to pieces. Justin Huntley Mc Carthy, boh ul Justin McCarthy, . r . ...... .l....n nuoit arose lroin ins seat n;ii...y arnell as having mauuvu a.;o lather and being an enemy to his counti y He declared iuai i.c ..a- lithei to acted w'tii t arueu mi henceforth would repudiate nim. -r i..va tinri of the vouner Mc Carthy raised the number of anti- Pamelhtes to 4j. The opponents ol l arneu iiu withdrew from the meeting in a body are now. holding a meeting in the conference room. They are electing officers. ,,., It i-i repjrted iuai viuuaii- eiused absolutely to enter into nil I'-irnAirH any negotiation uu... - - retiieiu -nt IS an accompusen ..a. i. The meeting, oy unanimoua . t I a I l..l 'on lit? vote, elected jusuu ...va.... hairman, auu procecu. - ider the following resolution: s'We, members ot tne lrisn pai- liamentary party, soiem ny , .... !.. ... t.K.i ...la in rnir r.dtiesion to ure t-....,j-- deVOtioil tO WHICH we liae neaa-i wavered, that the irisn pany io un.l aia-av must remain n depend- .... ---j ...... nt of a 1 Oilier parties, runoci, va-o ,l-lare we will never en eriain , r.. l. D,,i l luiikunt anv pioH-ais ioi reDi of the home rule question, except o.w.i. oo sotuiies the aspirations of DUl.li Wtl aaa-- . . . !. Tr all tiartv and tne irisu people." . ? i .; .....a .r. lit- reROlULlOIl. n IHCll a an a.v posed bv Healy and seconded by Sexton, was unanimously adopted The result wa-i immediattly com municated to Gladstone. Lpon learning what had been done i;l,i,lt.,ni' exclaimed: "Thank i a 1 home rule is saved. After the withdrawal of McCar- and the other anti I'amei memliera. the suiiorter- ot lar STATES THAT WILL CiAim li ItEI'UESENTATION. i;-iullt a Mruibera of the Cenaua Comnilllee lleaa-h an Agreement oil the lla-aiioi tloiiment Bill. Washixoton, Dec. 6. It is un dei stood that the republican mem bers of the census committee to-dav reached an agreement upon the reapportionment bill, based upon a representation of 346 meui liers in the house. The present bouse consists of 332 members. The ratio of representation is one member to each 173,'JOl popula tion. This is about the loweft number that will permit each state during the next decade to retain its preeent membership. The Btates that will gain in repre sentation aie Alabama 1, Arkan sas I, California 1, Colorado 1, Geoigia 1, Illinois 2, Kansas 1. Massachusetis !. Michigan 2, Nebraska 3, Missouri 1, New .lersev 1, Oregon 1, Pennsylvania 2, Texas 2, Washington 1, Wiscon sin 1, or 24 in all. AN INDIAN MCBDEBKK. Aller a Hot Fuallade a Deputy Sheriff Brlnga Don HI Map. - Spokane Falls, D-c. 6."-A special to the Review from Oksn oan i oiiuty announces the killing of the Indian murderer of Freight er I ole, by IVpttty Sheriff Ives af f.r a hot fuaih.de, in which a quaw w as also wouuded. Cole disappeared about six weeks ago, leaving his team wire re lj had cucamoed for the niirht. wid althnngh blood s'ains werefbujal it-Kin: i he wagon the IxHly tana never recovered. Suspicion al once fell ui-on lire Indian who bad been seen bit king in the neigit I Mir hood and who disappeared laa mediately after the crime. Sims i hen the orBcers have U-en search" ing for him. Ives located him near the month of the Methotr riyer. When he attempted to ar rest him the Indian opened fire and fiied three shots, fxhaustiiig his cartridges. Ives fired five -hi-ts, the fourth wounded the murderer and a sqauw and fifth killed the Indian. OUI AND INTBKSTINO. 'barleston. Admiral l.rown was tr.e chiefs members, tue supneri oi .a- vested with U.e high grade of J J'.; tV; I nel1 ralUied the re llectlon f Carl Schuiz is irreverently spoken of bv the St.Louis jlobe Democrat as "the most g-fted and versatile fraud in American poiitice." Fifty five ladies practicing men icine in India have presented a memorial to the viceroy that the age of consent in marriage may be raised to 14. lldrrv tain ubam. of Littleton, is not ashamed to confess that he has been elected to the New Hampshire to.rUlntiire lor twenty i-onsecuwve terms. And now he wants to go to the United States senate. l irtl.-i il re turns of the Canadian ieal fishery show that 39,547 seals were taken th past season, an increase of 0M)0 over last year. Ol this nmiilier 2383 were taken off the oast of lintisti tjoiumoia ana 18,105 in Berhring sea. The saltiest piece of water upon ...rtli is the Lake of tiuinia, in Persia, sitjated more than 4uuuieei above the sea level. It is much saltier than the Dead sea. the water lieing found on analysis to contain nearly Si per cent, oi ai Th.. Pima Ind.ans. who live in thatched huts on the banks ol the River Gila, in the bouin Arizona M.nuntians. antedate tne wniu man in America by many years. Thev were a nourishing race mm . At l : i years a.'o, wnen tne .-?piurua came among mem. The sun's perjendicular rays do not illumine the depths of the eea at all, or anything like it. On the contrary, they only penetrate, at the very outside, some 200 fathoms Lawn into the world of waters. bevonil which d:stance all is utter darkness. A fine line of Xmas novelties at J. A. dimming. A Terrible Storm, Lewes. Del., Dec. 6. The Brit ish steamer Maryland, Irom Balti- -. a r a a more fiov. Z7tn, ior wnuoo, ar rived here this afternoon. On the morning of December 1st, about . i -, . 1 -a.- six uunurea mi ea ou wioie ui ship encountered a terrinc gale and the decks were swept by a tiemendous sea, which killed Cap tain Luckhurst. the boatswain and second cook', and t roke r irst Officer Lloyd's leg, and seveily in- iurod several others of the crew. 1 . . ... 1 1 .Nearly everyming movaoie was swept awav, including Uie bridge, three boats, and much deck ma terial. Of 626 cattle on board 300 were killed. A Railroad Humor. Portland, Dec. 6. A well known -railroad man said to-diy that he thought negotiations be tween Hunt and the Great North ern are off. The reas n assigned is that Hunt insisted on includ ing his Gray's Harbor extension n the deal, that Jim Hill was on- willing to take that property, al ready having all the Pacific termini he needs. luatantly Killed. Rio Vista, Cal., Dec, 6. Early this morning a the steam batg t Acme was passing lovn tne river near this place, Captain Alexander Miller, of Marysville, in coming out of the pilot house made a mis step. He fell from ttie galley deck to the Ireigtit deck ana was instantly killed. Population of Waahlnctoai CI Ilea. Washington, Dec. 6. The fol lowing official census returns were given out to-dav : Olympia, 4dt ; Spokane Falls, '19,917. If you want a fine pocket knife call on J. A. Cutnming. Every family should have one of those fine eU-el engravings of the Declaration of Independence for sale by J. A. Cumming. If you want fine goods for holi days go to J. A. Cumming. llolliday goods swld at eastern prices by J. A. Cumming. A fine line of cuttery at J. A. Cumming-i. Bargans in albums at J. A. Cumtuinga. A fine line of perfumery for Xmas at J. A. Cummings. i !