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Used in Millions of Homes
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HUMAN NATURE UNVEILED!
WEDNESDAY, MAY 1:1th. Admission Free tiie first night.
If e . lire at
Our Spring an I Summer Stock
comp.ete
DRESS GOODS
Very attractive lines in new
colorings and latest
novelties.
SPRING & SUMMER JACKETS!
Latest Styles ! High N.ve!!iea:
FURNISHING GOODS.
VELVETS. SILKS, SAT1 : ' AND PLUSHES. LADIES' AND
MISSES SILK AND KMT UNDERWP- K. COTTON'
AND Wi )QI. HOSE, EViRKOipKKIES. TLK AND
LI N E H V N I : K E KC 1 1 1 E FS. Si ' A K FS.
VF.I1.ING. SHAWLS. ETC.
mi mm iVi ni)LVvi tuus i
ului am) wmh))Mi mm
Gk W. SIJVCPBON,
EIliST STREET. ALBANY, OREGON.
FRANK BROS IIII'LMT COMPANY,
BRANCH HOUSE ALBANY, OGN
JOHN ROI5SON, MANAGE!.',
Have on hand for the season of ls!M, hinders, mowerB, fanner's tools
and harvesting machinery of all kinks.
Our stcck of tng;.'ie.-', rart. Bpring wagons, etc., is the largest and
most complete on the Pacitie Coast, and comprises all the leading
styles. At Deyoe Kobsim's old stand, opp. I.luiuberg Block.
days at S-"io, Fridays and Saturdays at Albany. Mr. Bluniberg ii
alaoownerot the standard bred trotting horse, Ahvood Breeze fNo. L'S5.')
who can be seen at the stable of Trites Bros. The get of this horse
are large and line formed, and only need proper development to
show sjeed.
Baking
owder:
40 Years the Standard
ASKkIE-i OF BRILLIANT
ILLUSTRATED LllCTUKI-:
Eotcrt aiuiacuts
1$ BY PKOF. V. P. ENGLISH
mem p.e it of fowler a
WELLS' INSTITUTE, NEW
YOKK CITY, AT W. C. T. U
HALL, FOUR NIGHTS, HE
(ilNNING the Front !
will le found larger ami more
than ever.
WHITE GOODS
Anything and everything in
lure assortment and end
less varietv.
Ladies, Misses A CliiMien's.
-Many of our horsemen have
given i! as their judgment that
Titus, Rlumherg'H black pert-heron
stallion stands at the
head in his class. He is in the
hands of Mr. C. E. Barrows.an
etlicient and experienced
hor.-eman who will give his
patrons every possible atten
tion. TituS
Will make the season of 'ill,
Mondays and Tuesdays at Jef
f..ritti w i'i 1 iiui I n -a uti.i .-to
Tlie Celebrated French
CURB
VVl"rJtolFHE02ITiKE'- "
K.F0sE
ArTER
the Kcnerti e oriruiiH of either sex whether
ariiti;? fmui the emviwne utte of atimulante.
u:hai-ci or opium, or tlir mh J outhf ul inilis-.-Tttioii,
over iuiltili'ucti, itc, aut-h unlostiof
llr:uu Hotter, Wakclu'riesB, Brarini; Down
pjkiud in the Hack, St'iuinal n .'akiiew, liys-
tena, N:r ou h ration, rtoeturuai umw
iuii5, Lijucorrhne Dizziness, Weak Memory,
l.4uttnf Howor aMtl liuioteujy which il uefe
lucted often Ie04l to premature old age and
insanity. Hneo 1 a box; 6 boxes Icr yo.uu
Sent bv mail on receipt of price.
A WKITTKN ftitlAKANTKE is Riven
with every id order received, to refund te
niiu y it a I'rrniuarni cure is noteneitcil.
We have thousands o! testimonials from old
vid younjr, of both sexes, who have brjn
p,;riiiaiientlv cured by the use ft Apbroditine
Circular free, Audresb
TIIK APIIKU nUIKDiC CO.
Woriteru 1, ranch. Box. 27. Hurt hind. Oregon
For sale by r'oshay & Masnn, who esaleand
etail (lninuiaW. Albany, oreiton
Golds: FEMALE Pills
For Feinale Ir
retrularities; noth-
intr iike them on
the market. Never
fail. Successfully
used by prominent
lauies mommy.
Guarantee. to re
lieve suppressed
meoetruation.
Sure Safe Ceriais
Don't be humbufc
getl. Save time,
Health and money.
T Sent to auj ad
dress by niaii on receipt of price, $2.00. Ad-
irens tpnro MrdM-lnr t ouipany
West Branch Box 27, Portland, Or.
Sold by Foihay & Mason. Albany. Oregst
BANK OF OREGON,
ALBANY, OREGON.
H- F. Sl.rill, P.es., . J. Laiminr, V.
J. W. Bian, Cashier.
Tr uiwiii-ls ;i eii'-ra! bunking Ihhiu-s-.
K h wio lit atid sold nn all the tuin-
cipal citif h of the I'nited States, also, tireat
tiiiium, tr.nu t tiiid uermanv.
Col-e rtium at all aecedsibie points made -n
f.11. ortihlt; tortus.
luttTL-st p.iid on time de;08Us.
RED CROWN MILLS
l-.tr . LINM A I II., Props,
NK.V I'liOCKS FLOUR.
(Su erior fjr Family and Baker's use)
Bast Biorane Facilities
f"llih:af oarh price aid for whmilrt
VI.HANY ORF.UON
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
TRANSACTS A GENERAL BANKING
Bl aiXKSb.
PH.KSIDKNT L. FLINN.
V1;:K l'RESII)ENT--a. K YoUNO.
V-illl Kli K. W. LAroXIS,
8. K. Vniiso, L Tuixn
I., K. IIlain, E. F. Sox.
E. W I.Asanox
Cashier.
HAVK YOU AN V KL'liNII'l'KE THAT
ih:d varnishinsr or painting to be
lm'.' old furniture made to look as Kod is
nt-tt. Houses, fem-trs and all kinds of iiaint-
n; done pMiuptly anil at reasonable rates.
,iat f orhfi's at K. M. Robertson's fcetl store.
Stroud street.
U. K. Mom.KT,
GW. AVKRS, ARfHITECT AND SUPER
. inteiid:uit. Office over Eirst National
auk imltliirir. AlbartV, Or. Work solicited
from al! parts of the county
MOXKY TO 1iAS -HOME CAHITAt. ON
i.:l f-jtate strcurity. For particu-
ait tn':;.;r. ..' tie. IIi:ui:.b.cy.
V. inir -ife and air i ln:t ins.ir ni.-t- cnui
ni.'s
VM'i S tl.K- i.VXItoSl.lrnl tt.irlb nf house
1 h lil f-lrnir.iire 11 t:haiiit' fur improved
real titate t niirreat o.fiee l Onvon Land
'ouipa:it .
"IOI.K HINti, ( i:t)t.l) HENS, rl f.IUAR
J pel. 1 Vi, wry tf.Krl handkerchiefs, al!
sent to any address to introduce my ch -ap
ine 01 ifiH.us, Tor 10 cis.
J S. Simmons, Cad ix O.
WANTED A seamstress, one who can cut
and lit. (' nljit corner of ,'th and Rail
road streets, .Mrs. r". A H.urkhart,
Land Survey I n.
PARTI RS IllMIRINO SURVHri.NS DOM CAIf OB
tain accurate nd prompt work by calline
utton ex-county surveyor r, T. T. Eislior. He
has complete copies of Held notes and town
ship plats, and is prepare 1 todo surveying in
anv part of Linn county. Postotfice address,
Millers Station. Linn cou itv. Oregon.
FOSHAY & MASON
Whelesile and Retail
OREGON
NEW FEEDSTORE!
HAY. OATS AND CHOP FEED
Always 011 h inu. Also
Lime, Piaster & Cement.
(.'oiiit to the corner of Water and Ferry sts.
for all kinds of Feed, H. V. SHINK,
Albany, Or.
7 ssw
ALBANY, OREGON
THE CHILIAN MUDDLE
Arrest of a Chilian Congressman
In San Francisco, r
FOR PROCURING THK ASMS.
The Itata and the Charleston Will latoh
Acapuloo About tha Same Tim
Landing Not PtrmltUd.
San Fkancisco, May 12. Rieftr
do Trumbull, member of the
Chilian congress and partisan of
tlie insurgent party, was arrested
last night by the United States
marshal lor violating the neutral
ity laws, in connection with the
shipment of arms and o
of war on the schooner Robert and
Minnie and ou the steamer ItatM.
His bail was fixed at $15,000 and
was furnished with John and
Adolph Spreckela as sureties.
Trumbull was arrested on board
the Oakland ferry-boat, and was on
his wav to v ashington to confer.
it is reported, with the Chilian
consul. He was at once taken te
United States Marshal Long's
office in this city and made
acquainted with the charges
against him. After the release oe
stated he had expected to be ar
rested, but had made no attempt
at concealment.
City or Mexico, May 12. The
Chilian steamer Itata is sailing
under aihiculty and the United
States war ship is gaining on her
It is expected the two will reach
Acapulco within a few hours f
each other.
Foreign Minister Mariscale sata
all the necessary steps will be
taken so that when the itata
reaches any Mexican port she will
not he allowed to land. Ine gol
em merit, the minister says, ib r-
solved to observe strictly its otui
gations with Chili and not harbor
the insurgents.
San r ranoisco, May 12. It n
uo w stated that the schooner Kob-
rt and Minnie is not the only
vessel that was chartered to conrey
arms and ammunition to the
Chilian insurgents, but that tk
other vessels chartered are now
unwilling to ship the contraband
goods, and have put into Oakland
creek on the other side of San
Francisco bay, until it is demon
strated whether the cargoes could
safely be taken out of the United
Mates. J tie district attorney baa
definitely ascertained the roads
over which the large quantity of
guns and ammunition, which
tonne I the cargo of the liobeit
andMinnie.came into the state and
it is claimed the federal author
ities will endeavor to compel the
railway officials to disclose the
quantity delivered and those now
known to be on the road. It
is further stated that a few days
before the cartridges were bought
in the -east, the Chilian agent
called at the office of the local
agent of the United States Cart
ridge company, and made inauirias
as to the ability to procure three
million cartridges of forty three
calibre inside of three weeks. The
district attorney has had a consul
tation with the Chilian consul and
steps will be taken to sieze the
guns and ammunition understood
to be on the way from the east.
DIFFERENT PHASE t PON THE SUBJBCT
Washington, May 12. Some
comment was caused among the
state department people by the
telegraphed statement that the
Chilian insurgent cruiser, Esmer
alda, is now at Acapulco. The
fact that her presence in port is
tolerated, is reaarded here bv
some officers as aauasi-recoirnitinn
oy i oe Mexican government of thi
insurgents as beligerentB. If this
recognition should take a formal
shape it might have important re
sults lor tlie insurgents, for under
the neutrality laws their vessels
would find an asylum in the Mexi
can ports.
FOKKS r FIJI as.
They Do Imiuens Datnar la
Pennsyl rauia.
Bki.i.efont. Pa., llsv 12. Tli
damage done by forest fires raging
through the country has been
enormous. All along the Buffalo
itun rauroau the nre has burned
miles and miles of fenca. orhar.la
and valuable standing uncut tim
ber. Aiui-n farm property hnn
been destroyed. The losses will
run into InindrpilR of tliniisanilo nf
dollars.
Hold Attempt at Robbary.
Birminoton, Ala., May 12. At
11 o'clock last night C. H. Russell,
cashier and chief clerk of the
Georgia Pacific railway, was
knocked on the head by burglars
and dangerously wounded. He is
now unconscious. He was n his
office working with the safe open,
when the robbers entered. He
was found in a few minutes by the
watchman lying there screaming.
Papers and books around him and
in the safe were on fire. He was
dragged out, but could only say:
"They knocked me on the head
and killed me," when he became
unconscious. Tramps had been
seen around the building during
the night.
Cutting 'he Bllfs.
Sacramento, May 12. A coa
troversy has arisen between the
state board of examiners, consist
ing of the governor, secretary of
WEDNESDAY, MAY
tate and attorney-general, and
the supreme court justices and
officeri. The examiners have
questioned the bills sent in by the
supreme court for the late trip to
Los Angeles, i ne bills nave neen
cut down by the examiners from
fifty centa to two dollars. Secre
tary of State Waite, who author
ized the reductions, said he did
not believe in even the supreme
court's lustice charging "tips"
given to palace car porters to the
state, ana ne aiu not mm u ngiu
that the secretaries or clerks oi
bailiffs of even the supreme court
should in travelling engage an en
tire section of a sleeping car. In
further proof that there must be
some safeguard in such matters,
Mr. Waite said that a few weeks
ago a state official had charged for
three uecsi oi playing carus ana
poker chips. The board excluded
the item In another case it was
ascertained that a traveling om
cial's "assistant," and for whom
expenses were asked, was his own
wife who was taking a pleasant
jaunt.
8ha Would Flirt.
Berlin, May 12. A Vienna
correspondent says that ia rasna,
the Turkish ambassador in that
city, has created some scandal by
causing one of his wives to be
so severely beaten that her cries
resounded through the neighbor
hood. The castigation is said to
have been performed by a black
nondescript who came with the
household from Constantinople,
and it is rumored that the ten
dency of the fair Turkish woman
to gad abroad in Vienna had
something to do with the perform
ance. Tha Markets.
Liverpool, May 12. Wheat,
demand poor; Kansas winter,
hard, 8s, 5iA; steady.
San Fbancisco, May 12. Wheat
$1.72i per cental ; May consider
ed on fair basis for desirable ship
ping grades from $1.80 to $1.85
about to represent the range for
milling parcels.
New York, May 12. Money on
call eaav. closed effered at 2 : prime
merchantile paper unchanged ;ster-
Unt exchange easier; sixtv uay
bill 4.84'$ ; demand, 4.88
PENSION BUSINESS.
TAB PRCaaVNT TEAR WILL NOT
USB AS MUCH.
ThrU a Surplus and What In the
WsrldlrlU They Da With It
Dmnm Inataad of Iaereaae.
WiRnraanmv. Mnv 12 Pnmmia-
eioner Kautn has written a letter
to Secretary Noble, calling atten
tion to the very material decrease
in the payments on account of the
pensions during the present fiscal
year. The entire payments for
Lh armv npnoinnn illlrinir thf
Dresent fiscal venr will not exceed
tllfinmOOn Tli total annrnnri-
ation was $125,7t!),093, and now it
seems mere win ne leu oi this
appropriation, at the end of the
fiscal year, y,7uy,uuu.
Mora Bavare Than Supposed.
Yokohama, May 12. According
to advices received here in regard
to the murderous attack made up
on the czsrowitcb, the wounds are
of a more severe nature than was
at first supposed. The utmost re
gret at the occurrence is expressed
in government and diplomatic
circles.
Death In a Foreign I. ana.
Cleveland, Ohio, May 12.
News has jast been received of
the death of Kev. C. V. Spear, of
Oberlin, Ohio, at Constantinople.
Kev. Spear was for many years
the principal of Maplewood, sem
inary at Pittsfield, Mass.
Pursued by a Woman.
For nearly ten years (ijorge N.
Storrs, son of the late Emory A.
Storrs, of Chicago, has been pur
sued by a woman named Alline,
who claims to he his wife, and by
whom he had a son born in San
Francisco in 1884. In 18S8 Storrs'
mother died, after vainly endeav
oring to peisuade him to leave
Alline. In her will a provision
was made for the payment of an
allowance to tier son, and also for
bequests to any children he might
have by marriage subsequent to
her death. Alline left him in 1888
and went to Essex, N. Y after
filing a suit for divorce. Storrs
visited Alline at Mount Vernon.N.
Y., and after a quairel Alline's
cousin bad Storrs arrested and put
in jail. Afterward, for an assault
on Alline's brother-in-law, Storrs
was again arrested and jailed in
Westchester county. He claims
there is a conspiracy to prove him
insane.
Tha RothchJlds and Russia.
The Novop Vremva dprlarfa
when tllA nACrntintinnn for Mi npw
loan were about concluded in Paris
the Kothchilds made demands in
regard to the treatment of the
Hebrews in Russia which the
Russian minister of finance re
jected. The Rothchilds, theNoroe
Vreraya adds, thereupon withdrew
from the negotiations, but the ob
ject in view, the depression of
nustian securities, tailed, Al
though the Rothschilds may cause
a temrjorarv delav in tha
. 4 j v rivjvviicu
conversion of form
cannot influence the conversion oi
trie internal debt.
13 1891
GUILTY OF HERESY
That
Is What the New York
Presbytery Says,
DR. BRIOG9 SACRIFICED.
tie Left Now Tork With the Otnsral
Ajssmbly-It May Discipline tk
Doctor.
New York, May 12 In the
opinion of thoughtful men the de
cision of the New York presby
tery, in adjudging Dr. Briggs
guilty of heresy, is the beginning
of a far-reaching split in the ranks
of the Presbyterians. The con
demnation of the great party
throughout the world is gradually
spreading to every branch of the
religious work. If the general
assembly shall eventually disci
pline Briggs, there are several
other Presbyterian ministers who
cannot conscientiously and with
self respect continue in the fold of
the Presbyterian denommatun.
CONSUL COKTKZ.
Ills Hume Government Reralls
Him.
Niw Orleans, May 12. Consul
Cortez received a dispatch from
Rome instructing him to return
home and inform the government
of the facts concerning the recent
uprising. Cortez says he will re
turn as soon as his government
has obtained all the desired infor
mation. This evening the grand
jury replied to his recent letter,
saying: "We find the tenor of
vour communication is not con
sistent with the otticinl dignity of
this bodv and is therefore con
strained to return the document
without further com men t.
WASHINGTON ODD FELLOW.
Officers Elect for the Kusala
Year.
Seattle, Wash., May 12. The
Giand Ixdge of Odd Fellows and
Grand Assembly of Daughters of
Kebekah have been in session to
day. The grand encampment has
elected the following othcers:
Grand patriarch, Alexander
Mackay, of Walla Walla; grand
high priest, Geo. D. Neville, of
La Conner; grand senior warden.
J. M. Stout, of Yakima; grand
scribe, F. A. Shaw, of Walla
Walla; grand treasurer, Geo. W
.Tall, of Seattle, -ml grand junior
warden, Prof. J. M. Taylor, of
Seattle.
THE IRISH MATTERS.
Rome New Phases of the Ve-ed
Question.
New York, May 12. John
Barry, the man who, with the late
Isaac Butte, was the founder of
the home rule confederation for
Great Britain, in an interview to
day stated that Parnell's action
had left the tenants at the mercv
of the landlords. If the latter
force the tenants to an uncondi
tional surrender, home rule will
be gravely injured. "Is Parnell
iiaininn irrnnriil in TrAlaTwl ?" Vrt
nc..U.Ug .UIUU ... i..-.J-J . J.,yj,
on the contrary he is losingground
every day.'
THR SURPLUS GROWING.
It Will Meet the Demand On the
Pensions.
Washington, May 12. The sur
plus in the treasury is gradually
creeping up and at the close of
business to-day the net surplus
was $15,000,000. The treasury offi
cials say no doubt it will increase
by June 4 to an amount sulhcient
to meet the peneion draft of $30,-
000,000 without the necessity of
withdrawing the government de
posits from the national bank
depositories.
THE JUDGMENT AFFIRMED.
The Qaestlen of Kieeatiea by
Electricity Finally Settled.
Washington, May 12. The U.
6. supreme court to-day disposed,
it is hoped finally, of the rases of
four of the murderers under sen
tence of death in New York state
by means of electricity, viz : Ju
goro, Wood, Snailer and Slocmn.
Chief Justice Fuller directed the
clerk to affirm the judgment of the
lower court and issue a mandate
at once.
The Coke Strikers.
Pittsbcrg, May 12. Reports
to-night from the coke regions
were rather encouraging to the
men as the result of mass meetings,
1C0 men joined with the strikers.
Many are leaving the region at
once. Operators, however, are
confident. Evictions are occurring
with monotonous regularity.
Verdict for 910,000,
Sbattle, May 12. Leslie Bush
nell, the English girl who sued W.
E. Williams of this citv for tin non
damages for seduction under prom-
ioc vi iuaiiigc gut a vermci in me
superior court to day for $10,000.
REMARKABLE REUNION.
Two Men Living- Together Found
to be Brothers.
Thirty or forty years ago two
boys were born of slave mother in
the city of New Olreans. They
grew and prospered as other boys
of their kind did until the breaking
out of the war, when both gained
their liberty and entered the ser
vice of the Union one as a sailor
and the other in the infantry.
The boys were thus separated,
and neither knew whether the
other wa9 living or dead. One,
Joseph Mitchel, came to Newport
some years since and has support
ed himself and familv by doing
odd jobs. Recently the brother,
Eugene Lewis, also came to New
port and, strange to say, hired a
tenement in the house of his long
lost and unknown brother.
The t so went in and out of the
same door for months, until on day
a neighbor suggested to Lewis that
Mitchell was also born in New
Orleans, and that the two ought
to become better acquainted.
Lewis saw no reason in that
fact why lie should trouble him
self, as New Orleans is a big place,
and many children besides nm
self were born there. However
one day he did speak to Mitchell
and mentioned the incident of the
same place of nativity. Each
asked the other if he knew certain
people there, and when the names
of the master and mother were
mentioned the kinship w as discov
ered. Lewis told his brother of
their mother. Louisa Herrin, soon
after the close of the war, and the
two are now looking far a third
brother, who, they have reason to
believe is now living in Providence
The two are now close companions
and the case forms another romance
of the war. Newport (Ky.) News.
The Justice Had No Jurisdiction
Nevada, Cal., May 12. Infor
mation charging Bherin ueorge w .
Dunster with being disqualified by
intoxication, fur the discharge of
his othcial duties was to-day dis
missed in the superior court on the
ground that the justice of the
peace who bound Dunster over for
trial had no jurisdiction.
Scared At tha La Grippe.
Sprague, Wash., May 12. The
Indians in the Okanogan country-
are in a state of consternation ow
ing the prevalence of the la grippe
among them. One hundred or
more have died. The Indians are
moving out rapidly for Idaho and
other poinis, carrying all their
possessions with them.
POACHING SEALER.
SHE IS WRECKED AND THE
CREW ESCAPE.
They Are Picked l By Other
Vessels Tha Adele Is Dlsman
tied and Burned.
Victoria, May 12. The steamer
Danube arrived from the northern
canneries this morning, bringing
the crew of the sealing schooner
Adele which was wrecked on a
small island northwest of Queen
Charlotte. The Adele went on the
rocks during a gale on the 8th of
April. Ihe crew stripped her ol
her sails, rigging and stores and
then burned the hull to obtain the
copper fastenings. They started
for M asset t in a canoe and from
there crossed in the ship's boat to
Fort Simpson, where they met the
Danube. Ihe Adele was com
man Jed by Captain Hansen and
was the schooner which raided the
seal rookeries last year. The ves
sel was valued at fwOO and be'
lieved to be uninsured. The can
neries in northern British Colum
bia are nearly all ready for the
spring catch, which is expected to
be very good this season.
The Seal Fisheries.
The London Times in an edito
rial on the Behring sea corres
pondence says : Secretary Blaine's
important concessions make possi
ble aibitration and an award mav
be given long before the Savward
case is decided. Therefore it is
scarcely necessary to discuss his
last arguments. Meantime, the
question of a close time for seals
is most pressing, and Blame s de
lay causes daily increased surprise.
Returned Without Opposition.
London, May 12. Crown law
yers have decided that William
Henry Smith, first lord of the
treasury, must submit to a re
election as member of parliament
on account of his appointment as
warden of Cinque ports. Smith
has acted upon their decision, and
has been returned without opposi
tion. Tha First Time for Eight Tears.
BiFFALO, May 12 The Cleve
land democracy, Buffalo's fore
most political organization, opened
a club house this evening, with
ex-Prcident Cleveland as the
guest and speaker of the occasion.
lie was greeted at his arrival with
much enthusiasm.
Embezzlement.
Meadvii.i.e, Pa.. Mav 12. The
cases of embezzlement against the
Delamaters were continued to-day
virtually until the supreme court
acts on the motion for a change of
venue, the grand jury has re
turned the additional bills against
other members of the firm.
Chles of Department
Chicago. Mav 12. Hon. Thos.
L. Waller, first vice-president of
the national world's fair commis
sion, was to-day declared chief of
the department oi toreign anairs,
headauarters to be in London,
with branch bureaus in other
European capitals.
VOL. VI NO. 139
CAPABLE OF MEETING
The Charlestonaliy Equal t
THE ITATA 19 OVERMATCHED,
Tie Charleston Can Ch Away With
Her-The Charleston Hal Orders
to Take the Itata.
Binoiiampton, N. Y., May 12.
Secietary Tracy in an interview
with a Republican reporter to
night, scouted the idea of the
cruiser Charleston being inferior
to the Esmeralda. True, the Es
meralda carried two nine-inch
guns, while the Charleston's
heaviest guns were only eight
inch, out the latter had a larger
number of six-inch guns, while
her armament was four inches
thick and the Esmeralda's only
one and one-half inches. The
Charleston was accordingly fully
able to cope with the Esmeralda,
as were two other United Statts
cruisers now on the Pacific. The
secretary stated definitely that the
Charleston has orders to capture
the Itata wherever she may be
found on the high seas.
NOT A LEGAL MARRIAGE.
A Plea for a Divorce Dismissed In
the Superior Court.
Boston, May 12. The divorce
case of Wm. F. Peck, spiritualistic
lecturer, vs. Sarah G. Peck, better
known to the spiritualistic world
as Mrs. H. T. Lake, -was decided
by Judge Staples in the superior
court to-day. The contrait of
man iage was a formal written
agreement to live together until
the union should become disagree
able or undesirable to either party.
The same was signed in the pre
sence of two witnesses and execut
ed in Portland, Oregon, October 5,
77. The judge ruled that the
marriage was not a valid one and
ordered the case dismissed. An
appeal has been taken to the su
preme court.
ENTERING NEB8ASKA,
President Harrison Recognizes
Thayer as Governor.
Akron, Col., May 12. the
president and party passed
through Akron, Col., tonight.
They w ere accompanied by George
Colby, commanding the Nebraska
state guard, and Col. Griffith, who
brought a message of welcome from
the state of Nebraska to the pres
ident from Governor Thayer, and
reported for duty as special aides.
The president accepted their ser
vices, and said incidentally that
he should recognize Governor
Thayer as the chief executive of
the state.
Fall of a Crowded Porch,
Colorado Springs, May 12.
At a reception given President
Harriso t last night at Antlers ho
tel, this city, a portion of a porch
thronged with people gave way,
precipitating about thirty men and
women into the area below. A
scene of great confusion ensued.
All were soon rescued, and no one
was found to be dangerously in
jured.
President Uarrisoa In Denver.
Denver, May 12. An immense
crowd gathered at the Union depot
and when the presidential party
arrived at :15, gave it a warm
welcome. The party was escorted
between two lines of military to
their carriages. A procession was
formed, and a march througn the
principal street 8 began.
They Are Still Friendly.
London. May 12. A St. Peters
burg con espondent of the Times
learns that cordial relations con
tinue between the Rothschilds and
tlie Russian finance minister, and
that the government does not in
tend to make reprisals.
Captain Verney Expelled. '
London, May 12. Captain
Vernev. member from North
Buckinghamshire, who was con
victed on his own confession of
conspiracy to procure a girl for an
immoral purpose, was expelled
from commons to-day. 1
Blaine Better.
New York, May 12. Blaine's
physicians issued a note to-night
saying: "Mr. Blaine is feelirig
much better and his condition is
satisfactory. He is not going to
Washington to-morrow.
Paople Fighting Fire, 4
West Si i-erior. Wis., May 12.
Fanned by strong winds the forest
tires near this city are gradually
encroaching upon the suburbs.'
Several hundred people fought
(lames this atternoon.
Mora Forest Fires.
Pmimvinv. Mich.. Mav 12.
Forest fires are doing considerable
damage m the interior. Much
property is being destroyed, in
cluding Darns.iiouses uu auuiuuug
timber. Unless rain soon comes
the damage will be great.
Hanged by a Mob.
Baltimore. May 12. Asburv
Green, colored, eentenced to the
penitentiary for an assault on Mrs.
bolsom. was taicen irom tue tan at
Centerville by a masked body of
men this morning and hanged.
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