- SATUEDAY...... FEBRUARY 22. 1890
PORTLAND AND AN OPEN RIVER.
The Oregonian, following lex tal
. ionis, never forgets or forgives an
antagonist. In yesterday's issue it
pabliahea the following:
Says The Dalles Times-Mountaineer;
. "For the past decade our
, people have . hoped that an - outlet
would be furnibhed .theru by au open
river to sealjoard, but have nearly lost
: all expectation of relief from that
direction.." ' Years ago when the Ore
. yonian foretold this situation, which
. to it was just as clear then as now,
the Tikes Mountaineer was extreme
ly unkind in its criticisms. We all
want the river opened, but there is
small probability that any of us now
anxious will live to see it The gov-
ernment will do the work, in time; but
e never can get much more than our
- moiety -of the regular 'appropriation
. made by the river and harbor bill;
hence . we cannot see the work make
. rapid progress, and the hope of seeing
- . - it completed will have to be handed
down to posterity. At last what the
Oregonian said on this subject a dozen
years ago is beginning to be under
stood.
. . We do not desire to bring to the
surface the controversy which we had
with our esteemed cotemporary, the
- Oregonian; but are forced to do it for
our own vindication. ' For this daily
of the northwest, superlative in enter
prise and all matters which constitute
a metropolitan paper, we have always
entertained the highest respect. But
th9 Times-Mountaineer acts on its
own judgement, and is fearless in the
expression of its opinion. . The Ore
gonian is the acknowledged organ of
the best interests of Portland; and the
T.-M. humbly considers itself in the
same light as regards The Dalles and
vicinity. For this reason it has care
fully watched the course of the great
paper for a number of years past,' and
it is forced to acknowledge that it has
rarely seen anything in its columns
Ihat favored an early completion of the
- locks at the Cascades. At the time to
which it refers the Oregonian gave
publicity to statements against the
advisability of removing obstructions
in the Columbia river, and editorially
said that appropriations for the locks
at the Cascades JwereJJfeeding an ele
phant, "a waste or public money,
and that the ; railroad would do the
.carrying trade of the country.. It was
in connection with such comments that
the Oregonian stated that this gener
ation would pass away without seeing
the locks at the Cascades completed,
and, as .the wish was parent to the
- thought, we feel in no manner thank
ful for the prophecy which it tried by
' every means to fulfill The fact is
apparent, however painful it may be
to acknowledge the business men of
Portland, have never been in favor of
- an open Columbia river. They have
been in earnest in improving the mouth
of the river, but.haye never given any
aid to the removal of obstructions in
this great artery of commerce to the
interior. During the domination of
the old O. S. N. Co., .because the
directors lived and spent their accumu
lated wealth in Portland, that city
upheld the company in all its ex
tortionate, charges. Liter, when the
O. R. & N. Co. secured the control of
the line to the interior, and charged
12 cents a bushel for carrying grain a
distance "or 88 miles simply an an
nual tax of about $4 per acre on all
cultivated land in Wasco county the
same city came to the rescue of the
monopoly, and said, considering the
' country through which the railroad
. passed, the freight rates were reason
able. Still later, when Mr. Henry
Villard was deified -by Portland, in ex
pectation that . he would make that
point the terminal of the great transcon
tinental line.the business men did every
thing to discourage the completion
of the locks or other improvement
to the navigation of the Columbia-
except at the mouth. The sympathy
which - Portland has extended to
Eistern Oregon has been Creek
gifts. That city has reaped every
advantage front the country east of
. the Cascades, and has given noth
. ina in return. The Oregonian
has advocated the special contract rates
on freight forcing us to deal with
her merchants decried work on the
' locks at the Cascades, been the Btead-
. fast friend and supporter of the most
: ruthless railroad .-monopoly - that has
ever cursed any portion of the country,
and is friendly to no improvement
only as far as Portland's selfish in
. teres is are concerned. The comoier-
. cial advantages of the inland . seaport
are not at all in harmony with' those
- of the Inland Empire. This has been
verified in. men different ways, and
the people of The Dalles cannot ex
pect anything but Punic faith from
. the business - men 'of that city. We
have a rich country, unlimited re-
' sources, and soil which will produce
' abundantly; .but if we desire to de
velop and grow and prosper we must
, isolate ourselves politically and com
mercially from that eity, and ally our
' selves with some ' joint I'.ke Astoria,
which is directly . interested in our
welfare. -.
, INDICATIONS.
' We may expect grand revelations
- in railroad matters during the coming
-summer,. in tnis portion, of Oregon.
; For maBy years Eastern Oregon has
has desired some means of direct com-
rmunication with seaboard, which
' - a ' " ' -t a .
wouia oe available oy reason of cheap
' ness. ; tThe ', peopie waited patiently
. for ..years expecting ihe Columbia
river would be made navigabla But
'ihe improvements progressed so slowly
that' during the past season a welcome
"was extended to Mr. Hunt, and . al-
. ready he has . completed one road to
. Pendleton, and has another surveyed
. into Union county. There will be great
actiyity along the line of his roads as
scon as the spring opens, and it may
be that other roads will be projected.
, We have heretofore intimated that
Mr. Hunt could find a rich country in
natural productions in Wasco county,
and by building through this region
he would build up a thriving trade.
This may be more " difficult than is
apparent at present; but we think it
could be accomplished as easily from
Pasco as the Grand Ronde valley can
be reached from Walla Walla. By such
a route he would go through Klickitat
county, a rich farming country, and
would use the Columbia river as
a n.eans of transportation to sea
board. The Dalles has ' always
lieen the center of a large lucra
tive trade, and has been the ship
ping point for cattle and large quanti
ties of the natural productions of the
region east of the Cascade mountains.
During the season of 18SS there were
handled by our local dealers over
5,000,000 pounds of wool and lf.,000
tons of wheat, with only 150,000 acres
under cultivation. Our sheep-rais
ers are constantly improving their
herds, and it- is reasonable to ex
pect in a few years that Eistern
Oregon will produce as fine wool as
any portion of the United States. By
reason of two land grants a consider
ate portion of our most valuable land
has been kept from settlement. If
these grants were forfeited, which
they will be in the near future, our
wheat output would be more than
doubled.
For the past decade our people have
hoped that an -outlet would be fur
nished them by an open river to sea
board, but have nearly lost all ex
pectation of relief from that direction,
and will extend a welcome to any cor
poration that will furnish cheap and
direct transporation.
BRITISH
CAPITAL
COUNTRY.
IN THIS
In an article on "British Capital
and American Industries" in the North
American for February, ErastusJWv-
man points out the fact that Great
Britain is in receipt ot enormous rev
enues, not merely from her, trade, but
but from the interest on government
loans, from the returns on English
capital invested in foreign state and
municipal improvements, and by the
return to the mother country, with all
their money, of successful Englishmen
who have accumulated fortunes in
various parts of the globe. "The re
sult ot this vast volume of interest-,
dividends and profits is the creation of
an annual income far in excess or
spending or " absorbing possibilities
within the island itself." During the
post year $815,000,000 was subscribed
to new enterprises launched in Lon
don. Of these three-fourths were in
dustrial enterprises, of which one-half
are located in Great Britain, while the
other half are scattered all over the
world.
The United Stales is now the most
attractive field for the investment of
English capital. During the last two
years about $1,000,000 a week of En
glish money' bts been invested in in
dustrial enterprises herJ" " Twelve
millions -of dollars have gone to the
purchase of seventeen distinct brewery
establishments, which have since been
united in one grand combination.
Warner's "Safe Cure" establishment
brought $3,500,000; the Chicago Grain
Elevator Line nearly $5,000,000: the
California Consolidated Quicksilver
companies 53,UUU,UUU, and so on
through a vast and varied list of enter
prises. The eapitol at-Austin, Tex.,
was built with' British money. Brit
ish money is developing the great tin
mines of Dakota and it has secured
vast sections of oujrgrazlng and arable
lands. """" . .. ' .
The community of financial interests
which has thus been established be
tween the two great branches of the
English speaking race is profitable to
both. We need English money to
give employment to the host of labor
ers we have received from Europe,
and every lover of Lis kind must view
with satisfaction an industrial relation
which cements more closely '.ho bond
of union between this and the mother
country.
The time is drawing near when the
state will be convulsed with a political
campaign, and each party ' is making
preparation for the contest There is
no question but Oregon is Republican
by from 5000 to 10,000 uiejority, and
if the party manages affairs properly
the candidates on its ticket will be
elected. There is complete harmony
at present in the ranks, and this may
continue if there are no attempts made
to control conventions by cliqu8 and
rings. If the primaries are not what
they were intended to be the free ex
press:on of Kepubhcan electors the
election may not result as expected.
You cannot 'drive men to the polls
and force them to vote as desired in
this free country. They must exer
cise discretion, and the only way pos
sible to control their . votes is bv con
vincing their judgment. - We do not
apprehend anything of this kind being
inaugurated; but it is proper to give
warning and state the consequence if
such an emergency should arise.
A. special dispatch . from Walla
Walla, which we publish to-day, inti
mates that Mr. Hunt will be induced
to build down the Columbia river to
Portland. The metropolis has always
had an ardent affection for railroads,
and ft is not so many years Bince that
her business men clung to Mr.
Villard, hoping he would make that
city, the transcontinental terminus.
Mr. Villard failed in his first railroad
scheme, and since he has again come
to the snrfaee in railroad matters he
has transferred his love to the City of
Destiny on the Sound. It may be
possible that this fair city on the
murky Willamette may yet woo and
win Mr. Hunt to carry out her desires
for a railroad terminus. But our people
are more interested in the lordly Co
lumbia flowing unvexed to the sea,
than in railroads coursing down the
river to the Webfoot metropolis.
THE MORTGAGE-TAX LAW.
As we expected, the assessors, who
met in convention in ' Portland this
week, have made themselves heaid.
It is reasonable to suppose that these
men who have had practical experi
ence in the matter could point out the
evils of the present system of assess
ment and suggest some remedy. Of
course they could not change the ex
isting law; but our legislators would
act wisely if they followed the sug
gestioDS made.
One important action was the pass
age of a resolution favoring the repeal
of the present mortgage tax law. The
object of the passage of this law was
for the state to derive some revenue
from the immense amount of foreign
capital invested, and undoubt
edly the ' legislators were honest
in believing that such a measure' would
accomplish this result. Practical ex
perience has demonstrated that the
borrower is forced to pay the amount
of the tax, and not the lender. Money
is governed by the same law of supply
and demand that wheat or other nec
essary commodities. If he who is de
sirous of a loan approaches a money
lender he is forced to pay the
ruling rate of interest for the use
of the money. In case a mort
gage is given, the per cent, of taxes is
charged to the prevailing rate of inter
est, and the poor man has to bear the
increased burden. Legislation cannot
change this, no more than it can the
price of produce of the farm. In case
laws are too stringent, the capitalist
will seek another market, the same as
the wheat seller. There are times,
perhaps, in eirery penton's experience,
when money is more valuable than at
others; and in such emergencies : a
much higher rate of interest is readily
paid. In this stage of our develop
ment foreign capital is very welcome
in this state, and it will be advan
tageous if it can be procured. The j
reason for the act never existed, even j
if it had not reacted on the portion of
the community which it was designed
to benefit - - ,
Aside from the results named, the
manner of the collection of tax on
mortgages is not in the least satis
factory. The law provides that such
delinquent taxes shall lie a "lien on
the mortgage and debt," and this is im
possible of enforcement If this prop
erty is sold for delinquent taxee, the
only deed the sheriff could give would
be simply a certificate of sale, and this
would have no binding force on the
ruortgageor. The mortgage record
could not be changed, and he who
owes the debt could settle it without
paying any attention to the "lien" cre
ated.
A reformation is needed in this
regard, and it would be for the best
interests of our commonwealth if our
next legislature would abolish this law
on our Btatute books, together with
that against usury. Both can be
placed in the same category of ill-con
ceived legislation, and the quicker the
stale is feed from such obstacles to its
growth the better. The consumer
pays for the price of the commodity,
however costly its production or manu
facture, and the money-user will pay
all taxes on- mortgages and bear any
other burdens which may hamper its
free interchange in the markets. There
is not a community in Oregon which
does not deaire capital, and money'
sellers should have the same immunity
in. our markets as cattle or sheep
dealers.
- The decision of J udge Sawyer in
the cases of the United States against
The Dalles Military Wagon Road
Company, and the Oregon Central
Military Wagon Road Company, were
announced by Judge Sabin Tuesday.
The suits were brought to forfeit the
land grants of the companies on the
ground that the roads had not been
built as required by law. The court
dismissed the bills and the title re
mains in the companies. This will be
welcome news to many settlers in this
county, who purchased their lands
from the road company in good faith,
and have made improvements thereon.'
To have disturbed the rights of these
settlers would have been a great in
justice, and the decision will meet
with tho approbation of our people.
ihe democratic papers have -not
stopped complaining because of the
rulings of Speaker Read regarding the
couuting of all members present in
considering the question of a quorum
for the transaction of business. What
ever may have been the custom of
the lower house of congress heretofore,
it is only plain common sense, which is
followed, in every deliberative assem
bly to count those present, whether
they desire to vote or not, in making
a quorum. To follow any other rule
would block legislation, and leave ma
jorities at the will of minorities. The
sovereign people desire legislation to
be expedited as much as possible, and
any other plan is detrimental to the
best interests of every community.
in is winter will be long remem
bered for many disasters caused by
snow and washouts. The terrible
wreck near the Cascade Locks, causing
a fearful loss of life, will never be for
gotten by relatives and friends. ... In
Southern Oregon and California the
blockades of the Southern Pacific have
been unprecedented, and have entailed
quite a loss to the company. The
Willamette valley suffered from the
highest water experienced for twenty
years, and in portions of Eastern Ore
gon the loss of cattle has been quite
heavy, and even now frcm the severe
weather additional losses may be ex
pected. - Truly, this will be a black
page in oUr history for years to come.
The appointment of Capt John W.
Lewis register of the land office in this
city, although unexpected, will be sat
isfactory to Republicans in this vi
cinity. Capt Lewis is a resident ' of I
Grant county, is extensively engiged
in the sheep business, Berved in the
army during the war, has been a life
long Republican, and is in every way
qualified for the position to which he
has been nominated.
We are asked by a correspondent,
in another column, why Capt. Lewis
was appointed register of the land of
fice in this city, when he was not a
resident of the land district, and not
in any manner prominent in politics.
At first blush yesterday we thought
he would he acceptable to the party;
but upon inquiry to-day we learn the
appointment is not only a disappoint
ment but has caused great dissatisfac
tion. If, as the dispatches state, Mr.
lie wis was named without the knowl
edge of the Oregon delegation, there
has been arbitrary and high-handed
work somewhere. From present indi
cations, and - what we can learn from
prominent Republicans, the naming of
CapfTLewis as land register will cost
the party dearly duricg the next cam
paign in this county.
The dispatches Saturday entitle the
trouble in Canada "the Holy War."
This is not putting the question fairly
or honestly. True, there is consider
able contention in this portion of the
British colonies between Catholics
and Protestants; but the trouble in
the provice of Quebec is not caused
by religious differences but by race
prejudices. The Quebec Canadians
of to-day are as much French in their
costumes as they were before the con
quest by the English more than a
century ago, and to bo connected with
any other government than la telle
France is not in harmony with their
existence.
t Another brutal prize-fight has taken
place, and is read with the greatest
interest.- In fact, newsboys have
reaped a rich harvest in selling papers
with full descriptions of the fights be
tween Kilrain and Corbett and Deuip.
sey and McCarthy during the past
two days. It is not surpris
ing, viewing hnnian nature as it was
and is, that the coliseum at Rome was
thronged with people to witness the
bloody gladiatorial combats. If such
exhibitions were given now reserved
seats would sell readily.
The news from Washington is to
the effect that Democrats are opposing
the admission of Idaho. This has been
the plan of the party in the past, and
will be in the future. The new states
which were admitted last year were
kept out a long time by a Democratic
house, and we presume any new ter
ritory which lias Republican procliv
ities will be forced to fight its way into
the onion against the determined op
position of the Democratic minority.
The south is at least consistent in
advocating the repeal of the fifteenth,
amendment. ' Ever since its adoption
the 'people in that portion of the
United States have done every
thing possible " to stop its en
forcement, and in . almost every
state south of Mason and Dixon's line,
have rendered the law nugatory. They
have never favored the amendment
and are perfectly honest in advo
cating its repeal.
A new railroad is projected from
Drain to tidewater at Gardner,'a dis
tance of fifty-five miles. This will be
a feeder of the Southern Pacific. A
mortgage for over $1,000,000 has
been filed at Roseburg, bonding the
road to the Central Trust and Invest
ment company, and the road is to be
finished by J uly, 1891. This is a very
important road, and will furnish an.
outlet to a rich agricultural and min
eral region.
The Washington legislature, which
has been in session in Olympia for an
undue length . of time, appear to be
wearing out the patience of its con
stituents. There is no question but
that the members ' have attempted to
follow the rules of the "circumlocution
office" how not to do it to a degree
rarely ever attained by American
solons. These men have made history
for themselves' in what they have not
done.
Gossip has a juicy morsel in the re
ported trouble between Prince Henry
of Battenberg and; Queen Victoria'
daughter. It is no person's busmen
whether the queen's daughter or any
other person's daughter has infelici
tous domestic relations; but such trash
is relished by a certain portion of tho
community, and a newspaper to satisfy
the tastes of all classes must publish at
utile scatidal especially in high life.
. EDITORIAL NOTES.
A starch .."trust" has been formed.
and this will afford the Democrats:
another opportunity to vent their
spleen against the "robber tariff."
Walla Walla is the first city in the
northwest to collect supplies for the:
famine-stricken "people of North Da
kota. All honor to her srenerositv. 1
The people of the Willamette valler-
can now move 'around without usinc
boats. The tosa was considerable, buat
it is a rich country and will soon r -
cover.
Tbe La Grande common council 1-aw
appropriated $2000 to bore an arte an
well in that locality. If The Dai lea
would follow this example, we beluuve
our citizens would ; endorse the acti on.
They need another roan like B ed.
of Maine, in Montana to regulate tbe
legislature. Such men are very firm, in
their opinions, and are often necessary
when defeated Democracy get dantter-
ously rampant
Some Republican editors devote
their spare time to making political
slates for the coming campaign. . This
is, to say theleast, wry unp rofi table j
employment, und is a species ot "build-1
ing castles in tbe air" that results
to
y
the benefit of no one. - -
Emperor William and Count Bis
marck are attempting to . court the
favor of the masses by adopting souse
socialistic ideas. This may have thefl
eneoc or quieting some if the turbulent
agitators; but not until the entire
government is changed from a uiili
tary despotism to a free republic will
the object of socialism be accom
plished. Idaho desires statehood very much,
and is using every effort to call the
attention of congress to the fact We
can see no reason why the desires of
the people should not be satisfied, as
Idaho is : rich in natural resources,
and would make a very worthy mem
ber of the union.
The long protracted session of the
Washington legislature is becoming
very tiresome to all. If the members
had consulted tho wishes of their con
stituents they would have stopped
wrangling over trifling matters and
attended to the necessary legislative
business long ago.
The Blair educational bill is now
creating considerable attention in con
gress. There are eome commendable
features in the bill, and others which
are not As legislation for different
portions of the country become prom
inent before congress, this and other
measures will be forgotten.'
The census this year should be
thoroughly takeo. as it is belived
Oregon is entitled to another repre
sentative s in the lower house. We
need all the members possible in this
branch of the national legislature, as
our state desires government aid for
tho improvement of rivers and har
bors. Sandy Olds has been convicted the
third time of murder in the first de
gree, and it is reasonable to suppose
that he will suffer the extreme penalty
of the law. With the different trials
had for the purpose of giving him his
full rights, Olds can make no com
plaint that justice has not been done
in his case.
Mrs. Marion Hariand is making an
appeal to the women of America to
contribute towards the completion of
the proposed monument to the mother
of Washington, who died at Fred
ericksburg, Va., over one hundred
years ago, and to this end will devote
75 cents out of every $2 contributed
for the Home-Maker, of which she is
editor. We have received a letter
from Mrs. Hariand, desiring us to call
attention to this fact
Leprosy la Cblaa.
London Times, January 14.
LIo connection with a medical investi
gation recently undertaken in Hongkong,
into the sources and amount of leprosy in
that colony, a series of questions-were
put to the doctors of the principal local
Chinese charitable institution, the Tung
Wah Hospital, ai to the prevalence and
treatment of the disease in China. From
the answer?, it appears that eight varieties
are recognized, and that the disease is re
garded as contagious, infectious and
hereditary. It is said to disappear in four
generations. Tbe populace dread it so
much tbat they would not allow a leper
"even if he son of rich parents," to re -main
in tbeir neighborhood. No district
is- specially notorious for the disease,
which is attributed by the faculty to "an
excess of moisture in tbe phlegm." It
is regarded as incurable, and is treated
by attempting "to drive the leprous mat
ter tonne part of the bodv, so as to save
the rest." The Tuog Wa'h Hospital re -fuses
to receive any leprous patients, but
there is provision in Hongkong for send
ing them brck to tbe leper village out
side Cinion. All lepers in China are
compelled by the authorities to fro to
these villages, where they receive an al
lowance and have some land to till.' Tbe
native doctors advise tbat no leper home
should be established in Hongkong, as it
would only lead to an influx of lepers
from the mainland.
Matrimonial Tutelage.
N. Y. Ledger.
' A man is in one respect like a tree.'
If not properly cultivated and pruned hia
moral nature gets gnarled and twisted,
puts out shoots in the wrong directions,
and becomes decidedly uncouth, ' if
nothing worse. To prune and train bis
character, to remove its roughness, and
develop its best points, is preeminently
a wife's work.
An exemplary mother, or a good sister,
may do much, but it requires tbe tender
f kiil of a loving helpmate, whose whole
heart and e.oul are in the task, to make a
man all tbat he ought to - be. And the
process is do easy nue to tbe woman es
pecially if tbe subiect is no Inneer vounsr
and pliable.
A middle-aged bachelor, full of oddities
and eccentricities, slovenly in his habits
and set in his ways, is a tough pupil.
Yet we have seen one of these Calibans
become, under judicious .matrimonial
tutelage, au amiable, polite, considerate,
companionable husband within six
months after marriage. So wisely and
gently did the ' fair performer" bo her
spiriting" tbat tbe "deformed transform
ed" was unconscious of the metamoi
phosia. -The Pearl of Pekln." - .
The management of the Vogt Grand has
the honor to announce the engagement of
Rice & Dixey's phenominally successful pro
duction of burlesque opera, "The Pearl of
Pekin," which wil' appear at this opera
house one night only, Thursday Feb. 27tb,
mounted in its novel fashion, enveloped hi
silken wrappings of vivid colors, will Uk
seen in this city for the first time with all
the original cast, unique and beautiful
scenic effects, brilliant costumes and elabor
ate surroundings. Not alone in its staging,
composition and conception, but in ita en
tirety, this production is dissimilar to any
thing of ita kind ever seen in The Dalles.
Beautiful in it melodies, brilliant and con
tinuously humorous from, the rise to the
fall of the curtain, it stands pre-eminent
among all the productions of Rice & Diiey
Tbe cast includes the names of sixty artists
of metropolitan fame and reputatiou, the
particular star being the comedian, Mr.
Louis Harrison, who, as the principal char-
acter and main factor ot the performance.
has scored the greatest success of his career.
As in all productions of this firm, tbe female
clement predominates, and this organiza
tion is everywhere spokui of as containing
more pretty faces than any similar company
now before the public.
."Tbe Pearl of fekiu" is the first Rice &
Dixey production ever seen in The Dalles,
and the only one ever seen in the far west
with exactly tbe same cast aiid-aame nr-
roundiugs tbat have distinguished the east
ern productora. The Dalles is the ooly city
between Portland and Denyer that "The
Pearl of Pekin" stopsat,a rare treat is there
fore in store for our-citizens.
The Pulpit sad the Stage
Jier. F. M. Hhrout, pastor United Breth
tcat church. Blue Mound, Kan., says: "I
tatl it my duty lo tell what wonders Dr.
Kind's New Discovery has done for me,
Aiy lungs were uaaiy uiseasea, ana my
darishoners thought I could live only a
Jew weens. I took fi ye bottles ..of Dr.
Sing's New Discovery and am sound and
wen, gaining1 ids. in weignt."
Arthur Love, manager Love's Funny
Polks Combination, writes: "After a
UMKiugh trial and convincing evidence,
1 aan confident Dr. King's New Discovery
tforoansumption, beats 'em all, and cures
wtben everything else fails. The greatest
Jaindiiess I can do my many thousand
friend is to urge them 10 try it ' Free
trial bottles at Snipes & Kinersly's drag
suite. Uegular sizes fOc und f 1.00.
Gibons, MacaUisier & Co, agents for the
American Net and -Twine Company of
Ilea ton. Mass, are now prepared to re
ceive orders for fifets, Seines, and Twines.
Orders should be hooked early to insure
nromptjdeliyery. wSfblm (
THE
m
FIEND
A $50,000 Blaze io Walla
f alia Wednesday.
Furious Snw Stain anil llcavv Btet
ades Anticipated.
Special io the TniK8-HorcTAixxr.a:
Walla Walla, Feb. 19. This morn
ing at 12:10 fire was discovered in the
large brick on tbe cojner of Third and
Main streets, owned by Fred Stencil and
occupied by the White House Clothing
Co. Tbe fire department with two
steamers were promptly on hand, ex
periencing great difficulty in getting
water to the seat of tbe fire, which seemed
impossible to locate. Tbe smoke was eo
pungent and dense tbat the firemen could
not enter or approach in near proximity
to the building. Finally three streams
were turned ou, not, however, before tbe
entire interior was a roaring mass, the
roof falling at 1:30. After two hours of
hard work tbe flames were subdued.
Loss of stock: and property is rtatcd at
not less than f 50,000; building $10,000;
both are well insured.
It is snowing furiously throughout tbe
entire Inland Empire. Heavy blockades
are anticinated.
FATAL FIRE AT WHATCOM.
Whatcom, Feb. 17. A. c:ul oil lamp
exploded in a back room of liayes fc jJler-
riam's dry gocds store last night, cau&iog
damage of $2000 to the stock and
building. A bucket brigade quenched
tbe fire by hard work. Mrs. J. C. Mer-
riam. aged CO, was burned so l:aaly in
the explosion that she died last night.
Her husoand was also badly burned try
ing to save ber, but he will recover.
' 'A BOP TO CERBERUS."
'London, Feb. 16. John Burns, tbe
organizer of the great -dock strike and
leader ot the xogllsn proletarians, was
interviewed to-day with regard to bis
opinion on trades unionism und aristo
cratic concession. He said :
I am a socialist to the bone aud look
upon tbe concessions tbat the emperor
of Germany bas been uiuking to the dem
ocracy in tbe same light as I view tbe
charitable contributions of wealthy
Englishmen to the dock btnkers, as mere
ly a "sop to Cerberus."
But what do you believe will be tbe
eflect? -
Tbe effect will be quite different. Io
my opinion these concessions will but
whet tbe appetite of the working classes
and increase tbeir discontent ith tbe
existing order of things. Monarch v must
either assimilate itself to tbe people or it
must fall. I consider that no man has a
right to use his individual liberty to the
detrimcut of tbe standards of his class.
Therefore no man has a right to refuse to
pay bis trade union dues auy more than to
nay his taxes. I look upon orderly agita
tion as a challenge to the world. '
What do vou believe will be tbe result
of the eight-hour agitation?
Tbe eight-hour agitation bas already
extended to Australia and will go farther
in time. Working overtime is not favor
ed by trade unionists, who are strongly
against it. Some uuioBS even go to far
as to propose to make their members tor
feit tbeir overtime. Overtime means
tbat some one is deprived of work, aod is
liable to come oil the sick fund.' What a
man gams by overtime goes in at tbe
spigot and out at the bung. Brain work
ia not so monotonous as manual labor.
For instance, the work -of clerks is tbe
hatrdest in the world, but not pbvsically
exhausting or subject to such degrading
discipline. -
What do yon expect to accomplish' by
tbe May day meetiDgT .
The London May-day meeting will he
the biggest ' demonstration ever sten.
The trades council tbat controls London
meetings also governs Liverpool, Glas
gow, Manchester, Dundee, Birmingham
aud othei large towns. I speak in Lon
don, but I have never yet made a penny
by my words written or spoken. I am
reproached with making capital for my
self. All I get is 2 a week, and 1 for
my expenses in serving in the London
county council, much less than I earned
when employed at Hoe's printing machine
works.
What . about Lord Ileadly'a scheme?
Lord Headly's gay society really
means a lot of jail birds who go out in
the morning to look for work and pray to
God tbat they may not find it.
Whatffect is it likely to have?
None. It is nothing but an attempt
to introduce the Pinkerton detective
system ' into England and effete ts wo
may be here, England would not stand
such a system for twelve hours without
bloodshed.
' But the Americans stand it?
Yes; but in America labor is not so
well orgauized as in England. Americans
allow wire pullers to boss them in the
interest ot one or the other of the iig
parties. In five years from now Ameri
can labor will bo properly orgaoized aud
tbea it will nse politicians, instead of
being used by them.
Why don't you go to America -yonf-
self to give them your ideas?.
-Well, I have an invitation from the
Federation of Labor to lecture in tbe
states, and I hope to be able to accept.
Wbat effect hud the great dock strike?
' A very great one. I es'imate the dock
strike brought 300,000 recruits to the
labor unions, reduced the hours of work
for 80 per cent of tbem and increased
wages 30 per cent. The moral and politi
cal effect will be enormous at the next
election for parliament which will be
determined by tbe labor question,
CALIFOBNIA KEWS ITEMS.
Sau Fkakcisco, Feo. 17.--On January
13 and 14 a moderate gale was experi
enced nt Apia, Samoa; The barometer
gave timely notice,' and the United
State steamer Adam and tbe German
cruiser Alezandriene went to sea to es
cape. Tbe Adams ran tceward and
anchored in Pago Pago, which being a
perfectly landlocked harbor, surrounded
on all sides by high mountains, afforded
security. - The Alexandrine weathered
the storm on Monday and Tuesday night
at sea, and experienced very Dad weather.
A bark aod several small schooners re
mained at anchor in Apia, and bad no
difficulty in riding out the gale. The
experience of the last hurricane in March
has demonstrated the necessity of leaving
this harbor on tbe approach of bad
weather. .
THE BLOCKADE niMLKISUIKG.
San Francisco, Feb. 17 There was
but little change on the Oregon line to
day, though what tbem as brought
opening of tbe line nearer. Toe blockade
at tunnel 9, hear Delta, is yet ail tiiat
interferes with the operation of the road
north to Ashland, and passengers and
light freight are still being transferred
there. An order was issued to-day from
the general freight office to receive grocer
ies and provisions for all points on tbe
line as far north as Ashland, and all other
freight for points as far as Delta.
Assistant General Buperintenden Pratt
recUuned another mile ia Cow creek to
day-. .
SAI.TMA3SH DYING. I
Ai.bakv. Feb. IS. Geonra Fifmrh I
who attempted suicide last night by shoot-1
ing lumscii in tfifi Lena witn a revolver, I tioo.
Children Cry for Pitcher's Castorla.
. . . . m f
is still alive. Part of his brains were
blown out, and bis physician ibinks he
cannot recover. His voung wife, wbos
wound, inflicted bv her husband is
slight, has been by his bedside all day.
A LITTLE PIRATE'S EAU SHOT OFF.
Colfax, Feb. 17. Two little sons of
Mrs. Montgomery, aged respectively 9
and 11, were playing pirates with a 44-
caliber pistol, which accidentally went off,
taKing a portion ot tbe left ear off the
9-year-old boy.
L. P. Berry and family leave to day
for Oljmpia, tbeir future borne.
THE YAM II ILL MUIIDEK.
Salem, Feb. lS.News comes from
Wheatland this evening that the coroner
had returned to Win. Scott's farm with
an attorney and a detective aud bad im
paneled a second coroner's jury and wos
holding another inquest. The lather and
son have been shadowed siuce Sunday
evening, and suspicions are growing that
the murder of 'o!d Mrs. Scolt was com
mitted jointly by the father aud son. It
is confidently expected that the finding
of this jury, will recntnmenoVthe deten
of the suspected parties.
UNION COUNTY I'EISOSEKS BREAK JAIL.
La Guande, Feb. 18, liobeit Wild
and Frank Winslcn were convicted of
larceny from a dwelling during the term
of court now in sesiion at Union, and yes
terday the court pronounced sentence of
one aud one half years each. Sentence
was pronounced at about 1 .30 in the after
teruoon, and tbe prisoners were immedi
ately taken back to i:iil. The sheriff,
O. N. Hamilton, and deputies and tbe
bailiffs were very busy in assisting to
expediate tbe business of the court. One
of the deputies was in the jail ut 3 o'clock
P. M., and found everything in good
condition. At 5 P. M. bheritl Hamilton
went to the jail and found his birds had
flown, it astound that the prisoners
had escaped by sawing tbeir way out,
having evidently been furnished with im
plements from the outside.
NEWS FRCM VANCOUVER. -
Vancouver, Feb. 'IS. Arthur Proeb
stel was drowutd in La Camas creek Yes
terday, while rafting logs. The luneral
took place to-day at Fourth Plaio. -
Sheriff Fleming left here to-day for
Steilacoom with Miss Lesa Dahl, of Cedar
creek, who was adjudged insane.
YAQCINA'S BLOCKADE BAISED.
Newport, Or., Feb. 10. The blockade
from the outside world w hich commenced
on February 1, was raised on Friday last,
when Yvquina Bay received its first mail
from beyond Corvallis.
The storm along this part of the coast
was tbe most severe and prolonged ever
experienced since this part ol the state
was settled. But for all severity, Ya
quina bay and its tributary country
suffered very slight damages. While
from all points of Western Oregon rcpoits
c(.me of immense loss cf property and
even lives, nothing more serious tban a
tew landslides and the floating off of a
hundred cords or so of wood is reported
here.
THE PABNELL CASE IN COUNCIL.
London. Feb. 16. A cabinet council
occupied four hours to-day in discussing
what reply lo nuke to Mr. Parnell oo
Monday. Parnell has asked what course
the government intends to take. The
meeting was not stormy, but was hope
lessly divergent in opinion. W. H.
Smith's suggestion that Parnell be in
formed tbat tbo govarnment would leave
the judges' verdict to tbe ratification of
public opinion was finally adopted?
A FISH POACHER KILLED.
Kalama, Feb. 17. Information, bas
been received of a tragedy near Rainier,
a little town on tbe river six uii.es below
here, io which one man lost his lite and
another had a narrow escape. A fisher
man named Leltiud was out in a boat
with a companion when they found a
gill net set near the bank, aud while in
the act of taking fish from it a shot was
heard, aod a bullet struck the host.
They commenced to row away, wbeu two
more shots were fired and Leland fell
dead with a bullet bole through tbe head.
His companion rowed us fast as ho could,
but three more shots were fired at hi in
before he could get out of range. AH of
tbem struck in tbe bout.
SNOW ON THE TRACK.
Sisson, Cal., Feb. 18. The snow block
ade is still on. The, Ashland train ran
back to Eoglewcod, as the plow has not
left here vet to open the road. .It bas
been lying idle two days waiting for en
gines from Dunsmoir.. It is reported
that there are two passenger coaebc and
a caboose full of passengem, and tbat
thev will soou be, if they ore not already,
without food. When the engines-from
the last train reached here the snow was
over three feet deep on the track an
had drifted into the cuts five feet deep.
It was impossible for one engine to move
the plow through such deep snow, so an
engine and plow wasoidered to get reaay
aod it was stated that an cosine from
Mott would be here as soon as noesiU
to assist the snow plow. The engine left
Mott at 4:20 P. M. yesterday and has not
been heard of since. It is supposed to be
Muck in the snow and unable to move
either way, or' it would have returned to
Mott.
- It is not expected tl-at trams con run
for two weeks. The situation is almost
as bad as it was before, wben the first
blockade commenced. Tho snow-bound
passengers are at Preston's five miles
this side of Edgewuod, and there Is no
way of clearing the track to reach Uieai
and give assistance.
BADLY TREATED
San Francisco, Feb. 18. Fred Mess
inger, a laborer just returned from tbe
northern blockade near tunnel nine, tells
a btory of bad treatment received bv tfie
men from railroad officials. He says tbe
foreman of a gang, named Sullvao fre
quently shoveled down rocks from a high
er level on tbe beads of men below, hurt
ing them badly. Tbe uieo wben wori
was over would "often bo locked out of
tbe cars and forced to remain ia tho
cold for two hours. The men had to eat
in two shifts, and wbeu the first lot
finished nothing but bread was left for
second table. When the men asked for
their discharge a time clerk named Sex
ton would keep them waiting sometimes
for two days or more and charge them $1
a day fot board. Messinger seems to be
an honest man worthy of belief.
THE STUPID DDES OF OULEAKS
Paris, Feb, 18. Boucher, Orleanist
member of the chamber of deputies, has
received from Havana a cable dispatch
from the Count of Paris, father of the
Duke of Orleans, in which he says: "I am
proud of my son spd pleased with the at
titude be has takee, but deeply concerned
on account of his seutcGc." Presidcut
Carnot has decided to pardon the Duk9
of Orlesns and send lam under esoiS to
tbe frontier.
STATE SOCIALISM IN ENGLAND.
Low don. Leb. 18. A deputation of
ministers to-day visited, tbe Earl of Dun
raven and Lord Randolph Churchill, both
of ' whom assured the deputation that
they favor the liujitatioo of working
hours by tbe state. Jiattuews, uome
secretary, replying' to a deputation of
miner?, told them that he could bold out
ti e hope that the government would sup
pi rt the eigbt-bour bill.
IMPOSSIBLE TO LIBEL O'SUEA.
Lokdoh. Fb, 18. Tee bign court of
justice has refused to grant tbe applica
tion of Captalu O Shea for an attach
ment against tbe Star and the London
edition of the New York Herald, tor
publishing certain comments relative to
the action for divorce brought by O'Sbea
against his wife, in which Parnell it
named as corespondent. Ia tbe case of
the Freeman's journal, of Dublin, against
which a similar application was mauW,
the court imposed a fine of 100 and
costs. .
- Captain Shea, in his suit for divorce,
JUas filed a supplementary petition In
which he extends the periou wituin which
the alleged aqts.oi adultery were com
mitted. iUttSIA's DEMANDS.
Sofia. Feb. 80. Iiusi bjig demanded
of the government of Bulgaria tlw pay
ment of 3,000,000 roubles, arrears at
money due on account of tbe Bussitn
occupation during 1878 and 187. Tha
demand is in part related to the consul.
dation under oo government of Bulgaria
and Eastern Roumeiw. Russia bas never
massed the debt, but dtwaods arrears
n1, apparently under a sense of irrita-
- - ...
I
WALLA WALLA.
Loss by Wednesday's Fire,
Negotiations Pending ta Induce
to Build loMbi.
Hunt
Special to Uie TiaM Moi xtinee.
Walla Walla, Feb. 20. The inspec
tion of the property burned yesterday
morning confirmed the less being fully
$110,000. Tho stock is entirely destroyed.
The building will be torn down. There
is strong evidence of incendiarism. An
investigation undoubtealy will be made
by the underwriters when the represen
tees arrive.
Hon. W.P. Wiaans slipped on the ice
yesterday breaking three ribs.
It is believed hero that negotiations
are pending whereby Hunt wtll be ic
duced to build down the Columbia liver
to Portland.
Since the effort to expel gamblers from
Spokane this city is becoming filled.
Steps will be taken to cause tbem to move
on.
Applegrecn, in jail here far selling
liquor to Indian;, was discharged this
morning much agaiust bis will, behaving
snug quarters 'for tbe winter.
The great depth of snow in the mount
ains bas driven thousands of birds into
town. Tbe Btreets present an unusual
spectacle by droves of chirping songsters
seeking lood.
The military company here have dis
banded, on account of internecine dis
agreement. SIX PRISONERS CRAWL THROUGH EUGENE
JAIL.
Eugene, Feb. 19. The prisoners in
Ihe count; jail, six in number, managed
to cot theii way out some time last night.
Tbey had in Bouie way secured a saw, and
after sawing a piece off tho lining they
pushed out a stone, which made a hole in
the wall large enough for tbem to creep
through. So far their whereabouts re
main unknown, ltced, the timber-land
swindler, was probably the most import
ant criminal, but the other tire were all
candidates for the Salem penitentiary fot
various offenses which the next grand
jury was to investigate.
DROWNED WHILE SKATING.
Victoria, Feb. 10. Two young men,
James aud George Alexander (colored),
were drowned to-day while skating on a
pond close to the outskirts of the city.
The ice broke and both men were pre
cipitated into the icy water. The eister
of tbe young men witnessed the accident
aud rau to a house for assistance. She
had barely time to tell wbat had hap
pened when she fainted from fright and
excitement. The people of tbe house ran
to the scene of tbe accident, but both
meu bad disappeared beneath tbe water.
After search tbey were recovered, having
been in tbe water over three hours,
George Alexander, tbe elder, was married
The place where the accident occutred is
a disused brickyard, and tbe water is
about eight feet deep. It is said tbat
tbe younger man broke through tbo ice
and the elder brother went to bis assist
ance, when the young man clung to bim
and both were drowned. -
A BLOODY COAT FOUND.
McMinnville, Feb, 1!?. Tbe coroner
and physicians returned last night from
making atuorougu postmortem exumina
tlou of Mrs. Scott, murdered at Wheat-
laud last Sunday. 1 he first shot was fired
wbeu deceased was in bed, and only peu
itrated Ihe outer skull of the forehead.
and was not immediately fatal. It seems
tbat the victim was followed out on to
tbe uorcb facing tbe barn, and shot l
tbe back! as she went through the outsid
door, and there are indications tbat sbe
was struck with th gun.
A bloody coat was found, wblcli
certain persons claim to identify an
there is further evidence.
The body was brought here at mid
night, aod will be buried to morrow
at
'Masonic cemttf y. Declared was a prom
ineut member of tbe Rebecca Pegree,
I. O. O. F.
The Scott family bear a good rcpat
tiou here, and are well known thiough-
out the country, one of the elder Scott ,
sons having run for county commissioner
here two years sgo. One ot the murder
ed woman's ions has arrived here and
went with the officer to the scene of tbe
tragedy.
$fo other murder in this county bat
shocked in people so much as this,
THE BLOOD? COAT.
Tbe coroner's jury in tbe tjcott murder
case are taking testimony in' secret sess
ion to day, and nothing could be bud of
tbe sworn testimony of witnesses, but
enough was learned from w-ituimes out
side the Jury room to cause tbo belief
tbat the bush-ana was tne niuraerer. i nt
bloody coat found was identified as bis
by severel neighbors. Others ' believe
that voudg Suult Is the guilty oue. The
coroner statea tnis aiiernoon mat te
would adionrn the case over until
Friday.
waxakakebb postal KLtaapn:.
Washington. Feb. 18. Tbe hoflse
committee on postoffices and post roads
to day' continued consideration or tbe
postal telegraph. Postmaster General
Wanamaker and A. Chandler, president
of thp postal Telegraph Company were
nresent. cod gave their ideas on the
subiect. Waoamaker thogcht it should
bounder the control ot tne civil service
ommisson and tbat-the wires should not
be used politically.
Ia response to questions Wanaroaker
said the difficulty ol getting a contract
flexible in i:s character so tbat tho gov
ernment might take advantage of new
inceptions occurring during tbe tea years
of this contract was not so troublesome
n& it min-l-.t uuxj. His whale aim in usinsr
employes now engager ysj 0 ooviate
the objections which have been rjpJ
tbat the postal teleurapli would take a
great deal of money from tbe treasury
end would rmg in a neat army ot em -
ployes.
Chandler, the next witness, said his
compos; npul.d not do the work proposed
at the maximum i&'frf provided in tbe
bill without a los. tfo other ppmpany
could do it without a loss. -We do not
want," said Chandler, "to see a govcrn
cieot telegraph established, or tbe begins
ning ot a government telegrapu tnsl will
destroy 1 8,000,000 which we have invest
ed In property. We do not think the
covernaieot has a right to do that, and
if it bas that light we think it would be
UDjust and very unreasonable to exercise
it.
A bill was introduced in the houe
to-day by Wude, of Missouri, to establish
a government postal telegrapu. it ap
propriates 98,000,000.
THE FRENCH POILCY IX AF1IICA.
Pabis, Feb. 18. President Carnot has
received Minister Lincoln in pnvutc be
fore his return to London. Mr. Lincoln
considers Ihe Portugnese claims unten
able, but ia spite of Lincoln's mediation
the French will support Portugal because
pr jceotunes she' ha exercuea tne rignt
T aimm-iitinrjinur ine ierriiu w iue
are twice a numerous as the 4.meiipi$
ami eniiisli. Carnot i determined that
the French in Africa, hethif Pip?ion.-
' . . . ln f a 1 1 1 1 A.l Kw
arie or noi, iuu h w nwr-? it
English agent. Spuller, mlouur
tut
foreign aflairs,
has
been instructed to
decline further part in tbe Belgian con
ler. nee, on the ground tbat England re
fuest d fine the limit ot the territory
assigned to tha Portuguese and other
European interests.
.IOK BIGOKU IS DRAD.
London, Feb. 19. Joteph Gillcs Big
gnr, the well knowu Lome rule member
of ihe commons for the we.t division of
Counly Cavan, died to day at Capham, a
suburb of London. Tbe cause was heart
disease. He was present ia the boue of
commons last evening.
GENERAL JOHN E KOSS DEAD.
Jacksonville, Feb. 19. Central John
E. Hubs oicd at Ins home, near Jackson
ville, of heart disease, at 0 P. M. February
17. General Ross was a member of the
Oregon State Pioneers' Association, of the
Jock ton County Pioneer' Association, aud
ku Indian war veteran. He has lived ia
the vicinity of Jacksonville lor nearly
lorty yeari, and was one of the bravest
and most valihut of Oregon frontier de
fenders. He leaves a wife and nine chil
dren. Rev. Father Noel celebrated a solemn
requira mass for tbe repotoof bis soul, at
tbe family residence yesterday aflernoop.
The funeial took place at noon to-day.
NEWS FROM TI1E CAPITOL.
Washington, Feb. 19. The Democrats
have determined to make a parjy light
upon the admission of Idaho aud Wy
oming. They havo talked fair up to tbe
present time, and have really no opposi
tion tn olfcr save the fact of th claim of
i lie Mormoms that the; were not being
fairly treated. The decision of the United
Blatc-s supremo court bas sett ltd that
feature ot the opposition and the Demo
crats bave'eome out flat footed in opposi
tion to admitting Idaho or Wyoming.
By a distinct party vote to day the com
mittee decided to admit Idaho and Wv.
omlng on tho bill prtsented, the Repub
licans vot!ng in the affirmative and the
Democrats in the negative. Tbo only
reason given is tbat Kew Mexico and
Arizona should also be admitted, but the
fight will bo made, however, ou the con
stitutional ground that a territory has no
right to form a constitution before an en
abling act is passed. There is nothing
in the constitution to prevent any suco
action, but. tbo precedent of admitting
he four new states will be set up as a
reason for opposing the admission of
these territories whiob bavo formed con
stitutions. It is expected now that the
fight in the house will be made on strictly
party grounds.
The Oregon. California aod Nevada
senators will appear before the senate com
mittee on military affairs, and urge tbe
cluiins of those, states for reimbursement
of money expended during tbo war.
Under tbis bill, if it passes, Oregon will
lie entitled to about $300,000. Senator
Polpb says that tbo matter when pre
sented will no doubt meet toe approval of
the committee.
As tbe fight for the world's fair be
comes more aud more intense, and tbe
strife between the rival cities mora
bitter, tho impression gains ground that
there will be no world's- fain Tbe South
ern democrats are opposed to it, and
many democrats say tbey will vote
ogainst any bill tbat proposes to appropri
ate from the national treasury. New
York's chance for success have visibly
increased during the past few days, there
being a bitler hostility to Chicago among
all ihe Southerners. Many member of
congress do not feel more than a passing
interest In the scheme, preferring to at
tend to their legitimate duties and tbe
passing cf ibtir own local bill. The sen
timent crested for the fulr is traced to tbe
cities who want to make money out of it
mthcr than to a general patriotio move on
tbo part of the people.
Register of land office: John W.
Lewis, Tbe Dalles, Or.; Cassio M. Clay,
Lewiston, Idaho; Alfred M. Strong,
Spokane Falls, Wash.
Webster L. Stabler, sgent at the Yaki
ma Indian agency, Wssb.
John Kelly, supervisor, of the -census
for tbe First district of Oregon.
SNOW FALLS FURIOUSLY.
Sacramento, Feb. 19. Snow, in tbe
Sierra Ncvadas is still falling furiously,
and despite the efforts of snow plow and
hundreds of shovelers is getting up on the
track. All trains have been hauled off
until further orders. There are nine loco
motives at Ihe scene, used in pushing the
tbreo 'hucker" plow. Two hundred and
fifty men and a Urge supply of provisions
were sent to the mountains.
Dutch Flat, Feb. 19 The torm con
tinues, with no Indication of ceasing.
The fall tor tin storm i four feet.
Wagon roads and ditches are again block
ed. The railroad ia open, but require
constant effort of all the scow-plows to
"keep ft so. Cyclones and rWary plows
are at work at the Cascade cut, as tljat is
the m-orst oo the road. Train No. 8, tf
the 17th, i between Blue Cud you s?,d
Emigrant Gap. Train No. 8, of the lfctn,
is at Colfax. All west bound trains will
be held at Truckie until there is no
danger of any great delay. Snow shovel
er are busy keeping fie track e'ear. It
is pot propgb'f bat any train will move
to-nlgbt.
STRUCK in THE DAee.
Seattle, Feb. 50.-The steamer
Bkagit Chief nd Evangel collided this
morning at 4 o'clock at Five Mile point.
The Skagit Chief was en route froia
Whatcom to Seattle, and tbe Evangel wt
on the way frr-m Seattle to Fort Town
send. The pilot of the Skagit Chief saw
tbe Evangel in tbe distance and whistled
twice. Tbe Evangel answered tbis signal
with two blast t. Tben tbe Evangel ran
up directfy in front ot tbe Skagit Chief's
bow. The pilot of the Skagit Chiet
whistled again once, aod when the fevsu-
gel wus close at band she answered.' J
it was impossible lo avoid a collision, anu
the Evangel was coming bead op, the
Skagit's pifof swung his vessel opt to the
noht, so as to receive a gtsqciug blew.
If a lull blow was struck both steamer
would have been sunk.
LORD SALISBURY INSULTS FREE BRAZIL.
London, Feb.- 20. Tbe Brazilian ;
charge d'affaires wished to submit to
Lord Rulisbury on account of a wanton
outrage committed by soma English set
tler 8t Rio, who refused to comply with
the new law that virtually made tbpm
Brazillian citizens. Tha Englishmen
chucked the Brazilian officer out ot a
window, injuring several, then barricaded .
themselves against arrest and appealed to :
the British minister to protect llicni as
Urituh sa10ct. Jyord Balisbury, al
though annoyed at tbe occurrence, sayb
bed tbe Bragiliao charge d'affaires and re
fused to recognize him as the represents '
ative ot Brazil at tbe Court of St, James.
A SKELETON ON THE BEACH.
Salem, Feb. 30. To-night a man
brought to town a skeleton said to have
beeu found wben on a cruise from the -
Willapa, on Shoal water bay, to Astoria,
und fif he said nothing till he came
to this city. A' ring"j,piiM fhs third
finger bore the engraving; "To E. XT. froj&
E. B. " Tbe remain are undoubtedly
those of Miss Eya Burbank. a beautiful,
popular and accomplished young lady
who was drowned in tbe surf several
years ago.
Wasqinjxwh, feb, y.-r-Cenator Dolph
uu uefienwuMive Hriiuss vcfv greatly
surprised yesterday when tbe nomination
of John W. Lewis for register of Tbe
Dalle landoffice waa sent in. Senator
Mitchell was aot here, and it is probable
that he kuows no more about the case
thon hs fellow-member. Neither ot the
other knew tiit the ppminafiop was
under consideration. Senator Polph
called on Secretary Noble to fin 1 who
bad recommended Lewis and wby I e was
appointed, but the secretary wa bbseut.
McDonald, whom Lewi will succeed, lis,
resigned, otherwise bis time would not
bave expired until July. The Oregon
delegation had not considered Uie matur
and it is generally supposed the appoint
ment embarrasses the delegation, a Mr.
LewU I a man well qualified for the
plrne. aod unless the president with
draws his name it will disappoint some
applicant who have Understood fiat
they were to bo considered. Senator
polph oulJ pt'leafo of anyinterest the
president or scV'reta'rV baJ'U fcjjiln the
appointment, ft may bo pat Lewfj
rjiay be withdrawn. Jf not, there' nay
be souio doubt jt lQ hi; conBrmstion, 3