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PEMOVAT
The A by F
Drive Co.
Are now removing their entire stock of furniture into their elegant
new quarters in the new Baltimore brick. The? have added a magnif
icent line of newest patterns in bed-room and parlor sets and all kinds
of fine furniture, and will have one of the finest furniture establish
ments in the city. Their prices will be found very reasonable. A fine
lne of carpets bought before the raise will be sold at low figures.
can ana see mem in their new store.
Proprietors
raft
In T. BROCK &'H. HYDE,
DEL C-
Leader in popular prices in
BOOTS A SHOES and Gents
FURNISHING GOODS.
POHDER
Absolutely Pure.
This Dowder never vanes. A mar re
fpuri ty .strength and wholesomenese''
more economical man tne ordlnar
kind, and cannot be sold in competi
tion with multitude of low test, short
weight alum or phosphate powders'
Sold only In cms. Royal Bakiw jow.
Df r Co.. ldi Wall St.. N. If.
Liwis M, Johnson A Co., Agents,
Portland, Oregon,
ThB Celebrated French
C URE
Warratitod to
cura
or mnno
refunded
KFORE
AFTER
Sole agency for the Lu Jlow
Fine Shoe.
T T 1 1 t.t Cl
IM. B. I will continue to
sell my dry goods at cost
until they are all gone.
FIRST STREET, ALBANY, OREGON.
W. F. READ,
Headqaarters for Furnishing Goods
the generative urana of either acx whether
wising from the excessive use of stimulants,
tobacco or opium, or thr nigh J outhful inclis
retion, ove r indulgence, tc, such as loss of
rvn Power, Wakefu'ri-n, Bearing Down
ns in the B-ek. Seminal Weakness, Hys
ia, Ner ou" t si ration, Nocturnal Omis-
tis, Lencnrrn el Uizzuiess, Weak Memory
Loss or fower ami Impoten ;y which if lie
lected often lead to prematme old age an
insanity. Price 11 a box; 6 boxe5 fcr $6.00,
aent by mail on receipt of price.
A WKITTKN AiUAKAMTKF. Is given
with every $6 order received, to refund tne
money ii a rrrsiasrsl cure is not effected
Warliave thousanilsof testimonials from old
and young, of both sexes, who have beei;
permanently cured by the use f Aphrolilinr
circular tree, Auuress,
THE APHKO MF.DICISE (O
Western Branch, Box, 27. Portland. Ureiron
For sale by Koshay & Mason, m ho caalo al
stall lriigKsts, Albany, Oregon.
THE LEGISLATURE
The Primary Election
Passed in the Senate.
Bill
VETO MESSAGE READ.
rcuu nils
For Female Ir
regularities; noth
ing like them on
the market. Never
ail. Successfully
'used by prominent
ladles monthly.
Guaranteed to re
lieve suppressed
menstruation.
Sure Safe Ceriain
Don't be humbu?.
(ted. Save time,
viieaitn and money
wxzav ibis no oiner.
Sent to any ad
dress by man on receipt of price, 12.00. Ad.
ureas Anfcro tdlrln f'omnanv
West Branch Box 27, fori land. Or
Sold by Foihaj & Mason, Albany. Oregei
Paber's Golden
r2aOi
BANK OF OREGON,
ALBANY,;()RKGON.
capital ....-.(,oi
Prexldenl....
l ire Pre
CHsblcr
...II. V- MI'S KILL
F. J. Lt.l4.
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A general hanking
acted.
loslncss trans-
We have io M now the Best as well aj
the Xarffest Assortment of
DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, FANCY GOODS
AND FUIIN1SHING GOODS
Every shown in Albany. We knor that we can
please you.
Commencino: December 1st We will Mark
RED CROWN MILLS
OH, LA3XIXC; A CO., Props,
NEW PROCESS FLOUR.
(Superior for Family and Baker's use)
Best Siorane Facilities
CVHighest cash prior
A.LBANY
aid
for wheat"?-!
OREGON
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
TRANSACTS A
BUSINESS.
OEfrERAL BANKING
PRESIDENT L. FLINN.
VICE PRESIDENT 8. E TODNO.
ASUI ER E. W. LAI'O ION.
8. E. Yoroo,
I,; B. DbAlM,
E. W. LtNeouii
E. F. Sox.
Cashier,
FOSHAY & MASON
Whsleeale and Retail
Urn
ists
Booksellers
ALB4V
OREGON
Oar cloaks at coat. Come while the aaaoitoient is good. This is
reauy the greatest drive ever offered in Albany. On account of the
warm im we find we are overstocked in Gent's Heavy Underwear and
v " V"riY uava BDU ve extra bargains.
! .?"" an wili 8ave you money. Call and get
, get pritei. A pleasure
BESPECITULLT,
W. F. READ.
HENRY RMILLLRii
Vose A Sons planus meaning the in-s
Ban
A Co
liilf the heat ta
rorite and good medium priced pianos at
urm m. T '. .1 a . .
niiinwiiaf, niou unv urKitun anil small
Instruments and the best sewing machines.
CW. AYERS, ARCHITECT AND 8UPER
, iDtendanu OtSee over First National
banklbuildinv, Albauy, Or. Work solicited
from all parts of the county
MONEY TO LOAN-HOME CAPITAL ON
food real estate security. For particu.
Ian enquire ol Oeo. Humphrey.
C" a WINN, AGENT FOR THE LEAD
in( flra, life and accident Insurance companies.
The Hoots Consumes Nearly the Entire
Cay on the Bi g Atsettment Bill
A Divided Oponion.
Salem, Feb. 5. The tax and
assessment bill occupied the at-
tentian of the house to the exclu
sion almost of othei business, the
consideration of the bill being
carried on in the committee of the
whole. Late in the afternoon an
animated discussion sprang up
the particular point under consid
eration being the exemption for
indebtedness clause. A great; ad
versity of opinion prevailed ami
many able arguments were made.
The result will probably be that
the bill will be amended and dis
cussed until the time is exhausted
and will finally be defeated.
IN THE SENATE.
The senate, morning session, met
at 10; prayer by Key. J. ISower
sox, ol ealem.
llie journal reading was dis
pensed with.
Crosno 8 bill to assent to the
purposes of the grants of congress
to agricultural colleges, beinur the
special order for this rooming, a
motion to recommit the bill was
lost ; passed, 27 yjas.
JNew bills:
Hilton offered a new bill, relat
ing to tne boundaries of Oiliiam
county; second readiug; to sena
tors from Grant, Morrow, Wasco
ana uilliam counties.
By Cameron, amending the acts
incorporating Jacksonville ; second
reatun'' ; to corporations.
By Hirsch, amending the char
ter of Woodburn; second reading;
to third reading.
By Cross, now bill for the appro
priation of $5000 for aid of the
deaf and dumb school, Salem, in
the purchase of a new site; second
reading; to education.
i no committee on elections re
ported on the Cogswell bill, regu
lating primary elections, recoin
mending certain amendments
The amendments were voted on
separately ; ordered engrossed and
to be made a special order for 3
p. M.
ine special comtniuee . to ex
amine the deaf mule school re'
ported, recommending a new and
larger site lor tne same, and new
buildings, snd that it would be
proper to appropriete $5000 for new
grounds, etc. ; placed on hie.
Ibis alternoon a communication
from the secretary oi state was
read concerning tbe return of sen
ate bill 135, of the 15th session
regarding the nsiung industry on
the Columbia, stating that Gov
ernor rennoyer had refused to
sign the same. The message of
the governor was laid on the table ;
also senate bill lol, with the gov
ernor's objections. The bill is for
$0000 for a fash hatc hery on the
waters oi the Columbia; laid on
the table.
Bills, third reading :
Cross, for state and life dinlom.iR
ior coueee graduates ; passed.
Keport of the joint committee
to confer with the same from the
Washington legislature was read
a wo new on is were onered as n
result of the conference, one to
protect salmon and other tish in
Uregon ; to hrst and second read
mg; to third reading on Fridav.
tulton s new bill to reimlatp
i .
saimon anu sturgeon nshins: rpc-
ond reading; third reading Fridav
Cogswell s bill for holding and
regulating primary elections. Wnnv
a special order for 3 o'clock, was
taken up and passed, 29 votes,
unanimous.
Substitute for Cross' road bill r.
ported by the committee on roads
and highways, first and second
readings.
Xongue's, bill regarding suits
partion ot real property
tee to Report a substitute for sec
tion 18, which allows deductions
for rl. estate mortgages only.
ChairlBan Butler desired to make
this test vote, and it was 32
ayes lb 25 nays, 3 absent, so he
appointed Butler, Hail and Jen
nings i committee favorable to de
ductions for indebtedness. They
will report Friday.
At the evening session the house
nasseu Welch's bill appronrating
$l7oyor a wagon road irom uiney,
Clatsop county, to Greenville.
toKM bill foi a road in Clatsop
county, to second reading; re
ferred jto special wagon road coin-
mitteejto report at any time.
CHALLENGE TO FIT-.
... . . . . . . i
lUhJMnflCmURESS AND COAST
- i-vru7 v. . 'an is unc ui uib new I
Workers who has brought the
The Pension
Passed in
Hall, the Australian, Wants to Meet
Bit Countryman.
Chh-ago; yeM -Barney Allen ,
an '-Vi3Uiiw si,tand book-
makeramiJiafiy known as 'Gold
King,' is in-. the city. In spite of
the fact that he is said to have lost
$60,000 on the Melbourne cup, Al
len has an abundance of money to
wager on Jim Hall, in a match
with Fitzsimmons. Hall claims
still to be the champion middle
weight of Australia, though F"itz-
simmon? claims to have defeated
him in three and one-half rouuda.
Allen aseerts that themceting be
tween the two was simply a glove
contest, and was not a defeat for
Hall.
Hall will meet Fitzsimmons for
any amount from $1000 to $5000,
and under any condition, and hat
tie for themiddleweightchainpion-
shin. If Hall is unsuccessful in
havins this meeting, he will go to
England and meet the victor in
the coming Burks-Pntchard con
test.
RECIPROCITY.
Bill, as Amended,
the Senate.
A HTATE.M KXT FliOM IXU.W.LS.
Ha Ii Unalterably Opposed- to tbe Elec
tion Bill-Other Important
Measures.
PRESIDENT IIAHKISON ISSUES
A PROCLAMATION.
Brazil Has Made Important Tariir
Concessions to the I nlteil States
by Way of l:eclrurlty.
for a partion of real
read third time ; passed
Kaiey. payment of sheriffs fnr
hoard of prisoners in their cub
tody; passed.
longue, puniBning oerHrns
assaulting an officer in the dis
charge of his duties ; passed
fcinciair, exemption of home
steads from attachment or exeeu
cution; passed.
Adjourned till 7:30 o'clock.
At the evening session the fol
lowing senate corporation bills
were passed: JSorth Brownsville,
Antelope, Jefferson, Portland.
Brownsville, La Grande, Dalles
Washington, Feb. 5. This :ift"r-
noon I'resiueni Harrison issued a
proclamation, setting forth thut
the Frazilin minister has com
municated to the secretary of edit
tuelact that in due reciprocity and
for the consideration of tho ad
mission in the United .States, free
of all duty, the articles enumera
ted in section 3 of the tariff act,
to-wit: sugar, molaRsc?, colfee
and hides, the government- of
Brazil has by legal c-i actineiit
authorized the admiasion from and
after April 1, 1891, into all estab
lished ports of entrv of Bra.il. free
of duty, merchandise named as
follows, provided such be the pro
duct and manufacture of the
United States: wheat, wheat
flour, corn and inai.e and manu
factures thereof, including corn
meal and starch, rye, rye flour.
buckwheat, buckwheat flour, bar
ley, potatoes, beans, hay, oats,
pork salted, including pickled
pork and bacon, except ham, lisli
salted, dried oi pickled, cotton
seed oil, coal, anthracite and
bituminous, rosin, tar, pitch and
turpentine, agricultural tools,
implements and machinery, in
cluding stationary and portable
engines, and all machinery for
manufacturing and industrial pur
poses, except sewing machines,
instruments and books for the arts
of sciences, railway construction
material and equipments.
The government of Brazil has
also further authorized the ad
mission with a reduction of 25 oer
cent of the existing tariff duty in
Brazil, the following named arti
cles produced or manufactured in
the United Males: lard and
substitutes thereof, bacon, hams,
butter and cheese, canned and
preserved meats, fish, fruits and
vegetables, manufactures of cotton,
including cotton clothing, manu
factures of iron and steel, single or
mixed not included.
The government of Brazil has
further provided that the laws and
regulations adopted to protect its
revenue and prevent frauds in de
clarations and proofs, etc., shall
place no undue restrictions on the
importation, nor impose any addi
tional charge or fees therefor, on
the articles imported.
llie proclamation states further
that the secretary of state has by
the president's direction given as
surance to the Brazilian minister
that this action of his government
in granting exemption of dut'es to
products and manufacturers of the
United States is accented as due
reciprocity for the actio i of con
gress, as set forth in section 3 of
the tariff act.
Therefore Tresident Harrison
W AsiiiNfiTox, Feb. 5. Among
the lulls reported and placed on
the March calendar was one in
creasing the pension of (Jen. Cus
ter's widow to $100 a month.
Ingalls. rising to make a per
sonal etatement. said he had hpfn
absent from the sessions of the sen
ate during the past two we.'ks, in
which interval action had been
taken on the cloture and on th
election bill. His attitude on both
these subjects had been subject to
comment and censure and of inad-
version. Me was unalterably on.
posed to the adoplion of cloture for
many reasons, and the election
bill appeared to him cumbrous.
complicated, obscure and ditlicnlt
of application.
I lie pension appropriation bill
was taken up. It appropriates for
pensions for the year $133,173,085:
wr icesanu expenses tor examin
ing surgeons. $500,010: for salaries
of eighteen pension agents. $7' -
w'i anuiorcierus lure, $.W,O0;l.
Cockerell offered an amendment
providing thatheieafter no pension
shall be allowed or paid any offi
cer, non commissioned officer, or
private in the army, navy or ma
rine corps, either on the aeiive or
retired list; agreed to. All the
committee amendments having
b-en agreed to the bill then passed,
Stewart not offering the amend
ment of which he gave notice, to
insert a free coinage bill as a n:irt
of the pension appropriation.
Among the bills taken from ilio
calendar and passs I were the fol
lowing :
Home bill for cancellation nilli
the United States engineer for Lln
delivery of stone for the improve
ment of the mouth of the Colum
bia river.
Senate bill to establish A marine
board for the advancement of the
interests of the merchant marine.
Senate bill authorizing the sec
retary of war to came an p xplora
tion and survey to he ma le of the
interior of Alaska and a mionriyte
$I00,W) fortius purpose)
IX THE ICOlSli.
The house, on motion of McKiu-
e . Ol UlllO. DV llnillilliimia v;ilo
ordered that during the remainder
of the session the house shall meet
at 11 a. m.
The house committee on foreign
affairs bad under consideration
Morrow's bill, to incorporate t.hp
jTacific Cable Co.," to day, which
is to establish a cable from San
Francisco to the Hawaiian Island,
thence via Samoa to New Zealand
and to Japan. It was finally de
cided to instruct the committee to
prepare a new bill on the lines
proposed in the present bill, but
which will strengthen itin various
ways and keep the proposed cable
under the control of the United
States government.
matter to tbe president's atten
tion, and other influences equall
strong are being exerted in his
hehalf. Cannon was formerly
comptroller of currency, and, like
the late Secretary Windoin, a
native of Minnesota. It was also
reported at the capitol that the
personal friends of the dead secre
tary are asking the president to
call General Bachellor. of New
York, who was recently appointed
to the Portuguese mission, and
place him at the head ot the de
partment of which, it will be
remembered, he was till recently
one oi the assistant secretaries,
I'art of this plan would be to con-
'er the mission to Portugal un
nuiiam windom, jr., the ex-see
reiarys son.
A FATAL. SNOW SLIDE.
and
Pour Miner Overwhelmed
Meet Their Death.
Oi'rav, Col., Fe"). 5; Several
miner i started from the Virginia
mine laet night to help bring in
the body of a man killed by a
blast While going up the moun-!
tain a snow slide occurred and
Sam Byron, L. Phillips, Allen
Tyre and John Sunderland were
killed.
A Hopeless Task
IiAui.Kro.v, Pa.
The Water Way Convention in
Session at Walla Walla.
SlICIDE AT SPOKANE FALLS.
Stabbing Affray at Linkrille, Orgon-Ths
Wah'artoa L-giaUtors Attend a
SUte SaIL
Walla Walla. Feb. 5. Dele
gates to the water-wav convention
assembled here this afternoon. F.
W. Paine of Walla Walla, was
chosen temporary president, and
C. T. Trenchard of Astoria, tem
porary secretary. "Tfce Columbia
and Snake River Auxiliary Water
way Convention" was chosen as
the name of the organization.
Permanent organization was ef
fected by the election of W. I.
Gray of Pasco, president; S. G.
Co8grove. vice president: C. F.
Trenchard of Astoria, secretary ;
J. E. Frick, of Arlington, assistant
secretary; John Gill of Portland,
treasurer. The following execu
tive committee was then selected :
a. U. Klalock of Walla Walla. A.
C. Dickenson of Waitsbure. G.
Wingate of Astoria. George Pona
of Portland, Harry Krutz, of Walla
nana, a dispatch was sent to
lowered about
this rate the bodies may not be
reacnui lor a mcnlh.
Pullman Car Shops Burned,
St Lolis, Feb. 5. Pullman's
palace car shops were burned to
night; loss, $250,000.
A GROSS OUTRAGE.
Feb. o.-The
8 pit was I Senator Watlri
feet to day. At I endorsing his hill for nnrtavo rail!
INSANK
PATIENTS
TKEATED.
CKIELLY
A o in .ii, Sralded to Death The
Inlinuian Treatment to Be Inves
tigated by the Lrjlxlat lire.
Kai.uiazoo, Mich., Feb. 5. The
management of the Michigan in
sane asylum, which the legislature
is about to investigate, will have
to explain the deals which oc
curred there Tuesday night. For
years it has been claimed that the
most cruel practices have been in
vogue there. .Mrs. Jennie Barth,
if Spring Lake, Mich., was re
ceived a week ago, a raving ma
niac. Jt has been necessary to
bathe her frequently, and, being a
large woman, it required three at
tendants to do it. Tuesday Miss
tioiu emu tu, supervisor oi the hall,
annie an leet and Minnie Ir-
wm gave ner Dam. Alter it was
over, in some unaccountable man
ner, a stream oi hot water shot out
of a two-inch pipe and enveloped
tne uniortunate maniac. Attend
ants were unable to get her out,
and sue was frightfully sea Wed,
.lying irom tne ettects. only yes
terday did it oecome known, and
a rigorous investigation has been
instituted.
THE NEW PENSION LAW.
INDIANS AGAIN DANCING.
Settlers Near Fosston, Minnesota.
Threatened With Thtir Lives.
St. Loi is, Feb. 5. A letter was
received at the governor's office
yesterday, from the citizens of
fosston, l'olk county, stating that
the Indians were again dancing
and boasting that in a few weeks
there would not be a w hite man
lett alive in the thiiteen towns
near Ked Lake reservation. The
writer said that the settlers are
abandoning their farms and ttock,
and ask that two or three com
panies of militia be sent up there
io ii.ii me teuiers in case ol an
outbreak.
endorsing his bill for portage rail
ways at me cascades.
Huntington of The Dalles, of
fered a memorial to congress ask
ing that body to pass the Dolph
hill, making an appropriation lor
finishing the work on the Cascade
locks.
The convention spent the next
hour in listeniue to five minute
speeches by the delegates.
Strong speeches were made,
all of them advocating the asking
of the legislatures of the state of
Washington and Oregon for ap
propriations sufficient to construct
a portage railroad at the Cascades
and temporary relief, and also de
manding of congress the sneedv-
completion of the Cascade locks.
J lie convention adjourned 'till
10 o'clock to-morrow.
The committee on resolutions
will present a report to-morrow.
The tenort will contain a memo
rial to the legislatures of Oregon
and Washington, asking for sep
arate apptopriations of $100,000
for construction at the Cascades
and The Dalles of inclines and
roil mn 1 a n ml n l.ii 1.1 An w. a . 1
.jiwwm. nnu HI UU1IU V4I19 SI1U
engines, besides making laws con
trolling trackage charges to be
collected by the companies owning
the railroads. This is a plan of
aptain Gray, of Astoria, who
says this is a cheap means of giv
ing Temporary relief.
A memorial to congress asks thtt
the Dolph bill pass, also the sen
ate bill providing for a Dortare
railway Around the dalles.
THE DAY AT OLTMPIA.
Superior Judge Sachs Charred
with Being; a Gambler.
Olvmi'ia, Wash.. Feb. 5. The
senate broke the record this after
noon and passed twenty-five bills.
They all related to the Hill end
and were such as were drawn and
suggested by Mr. Hill to correct
ueiects and conflicts in existtng
lawe.
It Is Krducinr the Anirual Value
of Pensions.
Washington. Feb. 5. The com
missioner of pensions has submit- The house this afternoon passed
ted to the secretary of the interior Painter's bill to appropriate $100,
a long statement of the operations 000 toward the completion and
of the bureau during the laat 6even I operation of a jute bag plant at
months, lie ligures that 'he total I nana nana. 1 tie re were no dis
hrst payments under the new law I eenting votes.
during the fiscal vear will show a I Plainer, of Jefferson, to-dav nre
reduction of $10,000,000 on the J sen ted to the house charges against
nret payments as corapareu wim m omciai conduct ot superior
City; house bills: Astoria, Milton, has caused the above stated modi
ncations of the tarill law of Brazil
to be made public for the informa
Union, Mitchell, Vernonia.
IN THE HOI'SE
The house opened with praver
oy nev. s. Zollinger, ol Salem:
the veto message of the governor
on the fish commission bill, of the
session of 1889, was read. The
message and bill were ordered
printed and the matter made a
special order in the commit tee of
the whole house, next Monday
evening.
ine house then went into a com
mittee of the whole on the big
assessment bill, with Barrett in
the chair. The committee arose
and reported progress, after con
sidering all but three sections.
After much wrangling a motion
was made by Butler for a couimit-
tion of the citizens of
States.
the United
lU K.VKU TU DEATH.
Terrible Holocaust in au Ortiban
Asylum.
Watekville. Me.. Feb. 5. The
city poor-house was burned this
morning. One innate, a girl of
! vears. was burned to death.
Thirteen escaped.
Moscow, Feb. 5. A terrible fire
occurred in an orphan asylum in
i- . ' t . -v.- . . n i
ui.is cuy last nignt. ime cuiiuren
were burned to death and a num
ber of others seriously iniured.
and their lives are despaired of.
A WICKED IKEACMEl;.
Bishop Engle Expelled for '-In.
discreet Financiering."
Abilene, Kansas, Feb. 5. The
elders of the church of United
liremren oi Kansas at a meeting
last year, and that the predictions
of an extraordinary deficiency m
appropriations for the present year
and next fiscal year, will not be
realized. He declared that the
practical oieration of the act of
June 27, last, will be t" materially
reduce the annual value of jen
sions.
Bmatllla County Irrigation. Project
The matter is receiving more
and more attention and will
eventually redound to the benefit
of the state very Iaigely. J. H.
Koontz, of Echo, Umatilla county,
Judge Morris B, Sachs of Port
lownsend. A special committee
was appointed to investigate. Tb
charges are in substance that
S chs is an inveterate gambler
and that he has prejudiced cases
in several instances.
A state ball was given bv the
city of Olympia to the state officers
and members of the legislature
to-night at the Hotel Olympia. It
was the most brilliant event of
the present social season in tha
state capitol.
STABBING AFFRAY.
to-day expelled Bishop Engle from informs the Pendleton East Ore
the ministry for "indiscreet finan- Igonian regarding Echo's irrigation
cienng." J he bishop recently
speculated in Kansas real estate
and failed wiji liabilities of
f50,000.
An English Opinion.
New York, Feb. 5. Sir Charles
TupperandSir Donald Smith ar
rived from London to-dav. Sir
Charles speaking of the Canadian
proposals on the question of recip
rocity said he thought the propo
sition of the most practicable and
satisfactory character ever suh-
initted.
Fights
enterprise, wincii it appears is
materializing. Two miles of the
main ditch, which will be twelve
miles in length when finished,
were nearly completed last fall.
and five miles of hranch have been
A Touna- Man at Link. Ill
in 8eir-Derense,
Li.nkville. Or.. Feb. B. Th
afternoon Fred Clift was aerionalir
sUbbed by John Fairchild, the
nineteen year old son of Jnh
Fab-child, of Siskiyou, California.
excavated. The main ditch begins Clift was intoxicated and sought
at the mouth of the Alkali canyon, quarrel with Fairchild, who t:-ied
hugs the lulls on the south side of " escape him. Clift pursued him
the river, so that as much of the when Fairchild called out to the
bottomland as possible can be I bystanders : "StoD him. hnn if
irrigated, and will end at the bluff he catches me, I'll kill him' No
on the west side of Butter creek, effort was made to stop Clift ii
The Fight Postponed.
New York, Feb. 5. Owing to
the issuance of warrants for tho
arrest of Dixon and McCarthy, the
Puritan Athletic Club has decided
to indelinitely postpone the fight.
WISDOM'S SCCCKSSOK.
Banker Cannon, of New York, and
General Bachellor Suggested.
Washington, Feb. 5. It has
leaked out that the friends of
Henry W. Cannon, president of
the Chase National bank of New
York, are urging President Harri-
son to confer upon him the yacant -menced next spring,
Blanches therefrom will water the
Umatilla meadows, and the sandy
soii along the river bottom. It is
expected that from six to seven
thousand acres of land, which new
raises nothing but sagebrush, will
be reclaimed and made extremely
productive. The soil is of such a
character that if irigated it will
become very fertile. The enter
prise, while local, is quite exten
sive, and its estimated cost is $10,
000. This amount is small, hov
ever, compared to the benefit that
will be derived on the completion
of the ditch. A meeting will soon
be held by the Umatilla Meadows
and Butter Creek Canal company
to increase its capital stock, and
operations will be actively rccom-
caugnt i-airchild, who etabltHl
mm wnn a penknife in the aim
neck and head. Clift was placed
under arrest. No blama i. i.
fached to Fairchild who acted only
tl, a. .If .1 . t.. -
Suicide at Spokane.
Spokane Falls, Feb. 2.-Fred-enck
Pfeiffer, a young man aged
22, suicided in the Home hotel
this afternoon bv shooting himself
through the head. Disappoint
ment in love was the motive.
A Secret Invasion.
Caldwell, Kan., Feb. 5. It
has been ascertained that a secret
invasion of the Cherokee strip is
Inade to-morrow by the
O Connor-Dill boomers.
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