The Times-Mountaineer
-SATURDAY
...FEBRUARY 6.1892
PAUPERS AND PAUPERISM.
There were 73,045 paupers in alms-
houses in this country in 1890, cer-
tainly not a dismaying percentage of
population. It is not surprising to
find male paupers somewhat in excess
of the females, the actual difference
being 8137; in numbers. No cxpla-
nation entirely satisfactory has been
given why there should be so many
more male than female paupers, unless
it be that of greater proportionate dis
sipation and improvidence of men be
tween the ages of 20 and 50 years.
The table of comparative statistics
furnished by the census bureau pre-
sents some curious facta as to the ages
of paupers, the percentages holdiug
much the same relative values for anv
given year. We find that the excf s
' of male paupers under the age of 10
years is 11.66. What ia the sociologi
cal theory upon which to account for
this disparity between infanta of oppo
site sexes in the pauper trend?
. Between the ages of 10 and 19, too,
the males were found predominant.
But between 20 and 29, between 30
and 39, and between 40 and 49 there
was a slight excess on the sida of fe
males. For the next five periods the
males are again in greatest number,
the percentage of excess being, between
50 and 59, 11.02; between 60 and C9,
22.68; between 70 and 79, 27.44; be
tween 80 and 89, 19 52; between 90
and 99, 10.24. When it comes to 100
years and over the women again re
assert themselves and show an excess
of 12.82, there being in 1890 68 male
and 88 female paupers over 100 years
of age, or so alleged to be, as the per-
sons so quoted were all ignorant, most-
ly negroes, who possibly did net really
know their ages. There seems to be a
diminution of paupers under the age
of 40, bul not ao great aa the friends
of "destitute children may have con-
eluded from the number of homes and
asylums for children that philanthropy
has provided.
; But there is an increase of aged
' paupers, says a ' Chicago exchange,
chiefly in the west where child paupers
are fewest, and it is strange to find
that in the south where, aged paupers
are fewest there is the greatest per-
centage of child paupers. There ia
something gratifying to national pride
" in the tables of the census bulletin de-
. spite their formidableness aa groups of
figures. The percentage to population
..is very low, for a dependent class, and
proves tnac ooaiiy morality anu me
helplessness of immaturity, the cause
of pauperdom almost exclusively in
this country, do not show discreditable
results under a system of government
vln mwraa ttwtnwww ojillirii-v anrl ommrl
bodied person an opportunity for self-
support. ;
The increase of paupers has not
been creat as compared with our in-1
crease of population, and it is also I
favorable to the conditions here that
the majority of the paupers are for
eign born or of foreign parents. A
right restriction of immigration would
doubtless enable civic and county au
thorities to show a great reduction of
paupers in this country in the next
decade - - " - .
TEE BRUISE PRESS.
The British press has settled (he
Chilian question in a manner highly
satisfactory to most Britishers. It has
denounced the president of the United
States as a political trickster, the
United States DeoDle as a conglomer
ation of bullies, the United States
minister to Chili aa a gasconading
Irishman. The effect of all this in the
'United States, so far aa it will have
any effect, may be to make Mr. Eean
' "solid", with some who have not ap-
- proveu oi ma uppuiuiuieuu .lu way
. j -f u: ' . Ti.
be said in his behalf that a gentleman
- who, as minister, has made himself so
very offensive to the British people
must have been prudently zealous for
the United States interests.
British citizens resident in the
United States do not vote at presi
dential elections, otherwise Mr. Harri
son might expect a strongly organized
opposition in the next convention.
- The causes of the bitterness of the
British press toward the United
States, and its professed sympathy
with Chili, are easily discernible. "The
jingling of the guinea," to quote the
Laureate, is at the bottom of them,
.as an eastern exchange well says.
I he .British do not care a con
tinental cent about Chili, but they
care a great deal about their commer
cial ascendency in that republic, lht-y
have fostered Uhiuan ill-feeling toward
the United. States and have encouraged
Chilian insolence by unofficial and in
sincere promises of aid in the event of
war. They know that henceforth,
whether the event of the present mis
understanding Le peace or war, the
United States residents in Chili are
sure to be more respectfully treated
than formerly. They know that the
'.'certain inalienable rights" of our cit
izens henceforth will be maintained
when they sojourn in Chili as well as
when they remain at home. These
things are the cause of British trouble.
The ill-natured snarling of tbeLon- I
don press will not cause a change of a I
hair's breadth in our policy toward
Chili. Nor will it take a single vote
from the president in convention or at
the polls. '
THE FERNDALE WRECK.
Another vessel has been lost on the I
Washington coast and a wore or more I
lives sacrificed either through the stu-
didity or negligence of the master in
charge. On last Saturday the British
ship Ferndale was dashed to pieces in
the vicinity of Gray's,Harbor, and of
the entire crew but three succeeded in
machins land alive. The loss of this
and other vessels emphasizes the state
ments - made last Tuesday by Mr.
Piimsoll. before the royal labor com-
mission in London, regarding the trade
in human life. Mr. Piimsoll has for
years been the champion cf the rights
and interests of sailors and brought
about many great reforms in tho ship
ping rejuktions during the past few
years. '
la his tertimony giyen last week
before the commission, Mr. Piimsoll
I gave statistics to prove that the loss of
I life on hoard British ships is quadruple
f that, proportionally, of those of anv
other nation. The importance of seek
-
ing the cause of this frightful slaughter
of human life needed no argument.
He believed there could be no doubt
that it would be found in the vicious
system of insurance whereby it was
frequently a more profitable thing for
an owner to lose his ship and inci
I dentally kill a score or so of poor sea
men than to eave it. The gentleman
also caused a sensation among his col
leagues by pointing out, and provm
by a comparison of statistics, the fact
that, whenever tho value of shipping
declines in periods of mercantile de
pression, it becomes to the interest or
owners to lose their ships.
TEE PORTAGE RAILROAD.
The present congress will not be
very liberal as regards appropriations
for internal improvements, and the
people should carefully consider their
wants and ask for only such aid from
the general government as they may
reasonably expect to receive. In this
connection, it is not at all probable
that the Cascade locks will bo men
tioned liberally in the River and
Harbor bill, and at the same session,
an appropriation of 431,000 granted
for the portage railroad between this
city and Celilo. The producers of the
Inland Empire should not ask for too
much for fear the present congress
may v;ew the matter with suspicion,
I an(j jKnore them completely.
I Work has been continued at the
I Cascades for a number of years,
considerable sum of money expended,
an(j tj,e moat careful esonomists in the
lower house can but realize the ne
cessity of the early completion of this
improvement. Some of the leading
members of the senate and house have
examined (he canal, "and from . infor
mation derived from citizens of Ore
. eon. Idaho and Washington nave as
certaiued the fact that this is the only
available means of relief to producers
;n the country east of the Cascades.
The portage railroad is a new project,
and has never received the endorse
ment of any government board of en
gineers. On the contrary, the senate
has passed a large appropriation for a
ship railway to overcome the obstruc
tions at the dalles. For these reasons,
if a Democratic bouse were to be fa
vorably inclined towards the portage
scheme, and were to pass a bill for
that purpose, it would undoubtedly be
defeated in the senate. The report of
the board of engineers have been read
to the senate and the members have
endorsed the
recommendation for a
On this matter they
ship railway.
have placed themselves on record on
more than one occasion, and they can
not be expected to reconsider their
action.
As a means of temporary relief the
... . ...
portage railroad may be considered
an advisaolev measure; but the ship
railway is much to be prefeired as a
permanent improvement. The flock-
masters and grain-growers of the In
land Etppire have for many years
looked forward to the time when a
ship, loaded with wheat in the fertile
region drained by the Columbia and
its tributaries, should pass to sea.
board without breaking" cargo, and
this cannot be accomplished by a port
age road. All admit., however, that
the latter would be a saving in freight
rates in comparison with the exorbi
tant' prices now charged for transpor
tation; but this would not reduce the
expenses to the same extent that a
ship railway would. If the govern
ment undertakes internal improve
ments they should be made as listing
as possible, and the project recom
mended by the board of engineers
would unquestionably be - the most
permanent. .
Taking a conservative view of pub
lic work s in Oregon, nearly every
one will be torced to the conclusion
that congress will favor the comple
tion of the canal and locks at the Cas
cades and a ship railway at the dalles.
But, judging from tho -time consumed
in constructing the locxs, it will be a
quarter of a century before the ship
railway above this city would be in
operation, and, in the meantime, the
s Ate of Oregon could reduce transport
ation charges by constructing the port
age railroad. This has been the posi
tion of the Times Mountaineer on this
question for - many years, and it
still adheres to what it published sev
eral months ago when it advocated a
special session. The people have a
ngnt to expect trom the general gov
ernment substantial aid for permanent
public improvement, and the state
Bhould grant- temporary relief wher
ever it is deemed expedient and avail
able.
Mr. M. L. Olmstead, a well-known
attorney, residing in Baker City, is be
i ing spoken of as a candidate for the
position of judge of the supreme, court
of this state. The gentleman has lived
m Oregon a number of years, is a suc-
cessful lawyer end if nomioated by the
Republicans would be elected. The
trouble is that Eastern Oregon is
liable to have too many candidates be-
fore the ne-xfc Repablican convention,
and should the nomination of congress-
man be given to this part of the state,
lt cannot in reason expect anything
more.
The Dallas Itemizer pertinently in
quires if it is not about (ime to drop
the " "professor" from the names of
country schoolmasters. Yes, it is
overtime, not only in regard to the
country schoolmasters but a good
many who ' follow the same calling in
cities.
TEE OLD
Portland has always battled for her
own selfish interests, irrespective of
the effect noon different portions of
the state. Years ago, when the O. S.
N. Co. was pouring untold wealth into
the lap of the metropolis and "bleed
ing" most unmercifully the Inland
Empire, the metropolis had no word
of sympathy for the ovar-taxed pro
ducer; and, later on, when the project
of ooenins the Columbia river to the
commerce of the people was agitated
in congress and appropriations were
made for a canal and locks at the
Cascades, the leading paper of the
northwest condemned the scheme and
time and again stated it was a "waste
of public money," "feeding an ele
phant," eta Again, when the North
era Pacific unjustly claimed a land
grant from the general government,
from'Wallula, Wash., to the mouth of
tho Willamette, over which the com
pany had failed to construct a foot of
road, the Portland board of trade con
vened in solemn council and passed
resolutions requesting congress not to
forfeit this land. At that time she
expected to be the great transconti
nental termini of the railroads leading
to the north Pacific coast, and an open
river, forfeiture of unearned lands
were antagonistic to her interests; but
a "change came o'er the spirit of her
dreams." and the N. P. R R. had its
outlet on Pueet Sound. Then she
looked to the "great river of the
west." and endorsed the action of
Eastern Oregon for liberal appnpria-
tions for the Cascade locks and other
improvements to the navigation of the
Columbia. But we would be willing
to forgive and forget these acts, if
to day bbe manifested an unselfish in
terest in building up and developing
the resources of the entire state; but
this is not the fact. Last summer
when the press of the interior were
loudly clamoring for an extra session
of the legislature for an appropriation
to construct the portage railroad from
th's city to Celilo, Portland was
apathetic in the matter, and her busi
ness men even contributed funds for
the construction of the road on the
Washington side. But, by reason of
being an inland. seaport, an incon
venience has been suffered by the me
tropolis, and now she is urgent in de
manding a special session. This de
mand is explained by the following
in an editorial in tne jeiegram or.
yesterday:
The ship Scottish Isles, if wo are correctly
informed, arrived in Astoria a few days ago
under charter, her time being nearly up,
but having eighteen hours to get to Fort-
land and comply with its contract. Of
course it wanted to come, and come at once,
bat there was no boat there to bring it np.
This is a damaging and disastrous fact to
mention, and if we were running a paper on
the Sound as those people run them, it
might not be done; but we are running a
paper that tells "the truth, the whole trnth,
and nothing but the truth," commercially
as well as politically.
For years we were at the mercy of a pilot
trust at Astoria. By bard work, and with
great labor, the state cot rid ot that, and
put the business in the hands of the Union
Pacific Railroad Company, quite naturally
thinking that its own corporate interests,
being identical with those of the state, would
be sufficient to protect Columbia river com
merce; but it has been a del-drive hope.
The people of the state, during the last fall
and this winter, have lost many tena of
thousands of dollars because they were at
the mercy of this penny-wise-and-pound-foolish
corporation.
What are we to do? Nothing, but to
suffer this loss, damage and disgrace for
another season, when the exports and im
ports will be far above those of the past
year, unless the governor, as tne people a
friend, which we are sure he ia at heart,
will convene the legislature and give us re
lief.
To benefit Portland-on-Wallamett
this special session must be called and
the people taxed to furnish river ser
vice. - from Astoria to a point more
than a hundred miles in the interior.
It will make little difference to pro
ucers in the Inland Empiro whether
the Scottish Isles or any other ship
can reach Portland if she can enter
the mouth of the Columbia. With
boats on the . middle and lower river
the producers of Eastern Oregon can
load any ship with wool or wheat aa
easily at Astoria as at Portland, and
at as cheap rates.
But the selfishness of this call for a
special session is very clearly evinced
in the following paragraph from the
same article to - which reference has
been made:
By convening the legislature
in the early spring, he will have it together
at a time when every member will want to
get back home and at work; they will not
stay there at this season., and waste any
time at $3 a day. There is no danger of a
long session. Bat a few day' session, even
if The Dalles portage read is not touched
though we would be in favor of handling
that also would be worth at least a quarter
of a million dollars to this state. .
Southern and Eastern Oregon are
expected to second this request for a
special session for the benefit of the
webfoot seaport, and matters of vital
importance to the vast region of coun
try east of the Cascades are to be ig
nored. We do not believe Governor
Pennoyer, if he deemed it inexpedient
to convene the legislature to relieve
the producers of the richest portion of
the northwest, will do it at the behest
of a few capitalists in Portland. A
special session is very urgent for an
appropriation for the portage railroad,
which will relieve a region of country
which is an empire in extent; but not
for the purpose of building up an in
land seaport. "
The chamber of commerce of As
toria has passed resolutions in oppo
sition to any government aid for im
proving the channel of the Columbia
river to Portland, and recommending
that all funds be given for the purpose
of completing the locks at tbe Cascades
and beginning the work at - The
Dalles. Astoria is right, and
every paper in the Inland Empire
should endorse the position taken on
this question. ' Oregon, Washington
and Idaho is interested in removing 1
'IN BUSINESS AT
STAND."
the i:it itia' obstructions to navigation
in this great river, so as to admit or
dinary craft to do the carrying trade:
but not in deepening the channel to
such an extent that a city over, one
hundred miles in the interior can
afford wharfage for sea-going vessels,
If Portland desires to be the seaport
of Oregon, the needed improvements
for the interior commerce should not
be stinted for that purpose, and she
should not expect government aid for
her selfish interests. With the locks
at the Cascades and the ship railway
at The Dalles completed, the producers
of Eastern Oregon and Eastern Wash
ington car. float their wool and grain
to seaboard, and it makes little differ
ence whether the destination ia As
toria or Portland. That the Columbia
river should be free for the navigation
of the people of the northwest will be
readily acknowledged; but that this
river and a portion of the Willamette
should be dredged by the government
at the sacrifice of other needed im
provements so as to permit deep-sea
vessels to come to Portland, is simply
a local enterprise and should not re
ceive the least attention from con
gress.
There are soue examples in the
history of the United States where
the American navy has displayed suf
ficient patriotism to protect the righta
of citizens, and the most noted of these
ia the case of Kozta, a naturalized cit
izen ot Austrian oirtn. Jtte was
imprisoned on board an Austrian war
vessel, and Capt. Ingraham, of an
American war ship demanded his re
lease. There were seyeral Austrian war
ships in the harbor, but the American
commander prepared hisdeck for action,
and in a half hour Kozta was delivered
to him. If Capt. Schley, of the Balti
more, had followed the same course
there would have been no complica
tion with Chili, and the United States
would not have been under the neces
sity of diplomatic correspondence with
the junta at Callao. We are not in
favor of war, but believe in surround
ing every citizen of the republic with
such a wall of protection that no per
son or government will dare infringe
upon his rights. The name of Amer
ican citizen the same aa an English
subject should commanl respect
every where,- and there should be ships
of war to enforce thie in every harbor
of the world.
A celebrated character in English
ecclesiastical affairs paa-ed to the silent
majority at Mentone, Franco, last
Sunday. For long years the pulpits
of the English speaking peoples were
electrified by the sermons of Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher, - in Brooklyn,
N. Y., and the discourses of Rev. C.
Spurgeon in London, England.
Perhaps Mr. Beecher was the greater
pulpit orator; but Mr. Spurgeon had
as firm hold on the affections of his
congregation. Long years since Mr.
Beecher was numbered with the dead
but Mr. Spurgeon still occupied his
pulpit, and attracted all classes and
conditions of people to hia church, un
til recently. The English divine
ia dead, and the tabernacle which
echoed to hia sermons, will be silent to
his voice. He was a Christian in the
true sense of the term, and, at the
news of his death, Christendom will
uncover its head, and say "Peace to
his soul and may he rest in peace.
The iamme still prevails in Russia,
and our picayune congress has failed
to make an appropriation to carry the
denations of corn and flour to that
country. ' . -
Be Wan B Dried Alive.
Under the above caption the Chicago News
of the 15th inst. publishes the following con-
cerning the late John W. Cowden, a former
successful and prominet physician of Belle-
vue:
''Dr. John W. Cowdon was,, up to a few
months ago, a prominent man and well-to-do
physician of Rock Island. One night he was
called to the bedside of a patient on 2d
avenue in that city, where, while attending
the wants of the lady who was ill, he suddenly
expired, the result of heart trouble. He was
taken in charge by his relatives and friends,
who, according to the story, refused to per
mit an inquest by the coroner, and the next
day the doctor was buried.
Meanwhile a telegram had been sent to
his brother at Omaha, but he was away from
home at the time, and upon his return he
found it impossible to arrive for the funeral
Shortly after . the doctor's death one of his
sons had a dream that his father had been
burned alive and had turned over in his
coffiin. This seemed to greatly disturbe the
son but he did not for a time disclose his un
easiness. After about a month the Nebraska brother
came to look after matters pertaining to the
doctor's death, and, being anxious to see his
dead brother, he arranged to have the body
disinterred. It is given out that a group of
immediate inends, including a Uavenport
physician, were to assemble at a certain
place and view the remains, but they never
arrived, for the reason that the brother secured
a permit from Banker Mitchell of Rock
Island, who is president of the Cemetery as
sociation, lor the disinterment, and then he
and the grave-diggers proceeded to the sacred
spot where tbe doctor was consigned to
Mother tarth only a month before.
It is said there were only three persons
present, the two diggers and the brotnei when
the cover was taken off. It was -then that the
ghastly horrors of the grave were unfolded to
tbe human eye.
The brother gave a shout of horror and
a groan of agony at the sight of the coffin,
which lay in the box with the side kicked out
and the doctor's foot protruding. He then
knew the worst had happened, for the brother
had been buried alive and afterward died in
all the agony that can come to a. person upon
awakening in the grave. Being anxious to
know the result in its entirety, tbe casket was
taken out of the grave and the lid of the coffin
removed. An awful sight met their eyes, for
there lay the dead doctor in the dried blood
that had oozed from the terrible wounds
which had been self-inflicted during his brief
but terrible moment while lite existed in the
grave. The doctor had pulled out the greater
portion of his hair, torn oS his ears, gouged
out his eyeballs, scratched his face into shreds,
chewed the ends of his fingers off and died
after turning face downward in his coffin.
The sight was enough for the living
brother to see, and, not caring to disturb the
other relatives, he had the body reinterred,
and returned to where (he friends had met
and informed them that the condition of the
corpse was such that it was necessary to place
it back in the grave. He assigned no reason,
it is said, and the friends took it for granted
that matters were satisfactory to tbe brother.
They did not know how the visiting brother's
heart was aching. The matter has rested, and
the relative returned to Omaha.
An Italian miajister Coming.
Rome, Feb. 2. It is reported that Signor
F. Catalani, Italian minister to Copenhagen,
will be transferred to Washington, the Italian
government having determined on a complete
restoration of diplomatic relations with the
United States. Baron Fava.who was withdrawn
from Washington during negotiations con
cerning the New Orleans massacre, will be, it
is added, appointed to fill the vacancy of
Copenhagen.
TELEGRAPHIC.
The Governor on the Portas Bond
oalem. Or., i'eb. 2. Gov. iVnnoycr
said to a reporter today that tbe state
meat in tbe Washington dispatch of
February 1 to the Oregonian, that be hsd
written to Speaker Crisp and other Dem
ocrats in the bouse to defeat by all
means any project for a boat-railway
scheme, is absolutely without foundation.
He said bis whole offeDse, if any, was in
urging the passage of an appropriation
for a portage railway, and In that matter
he bad the support of the legislature of
Oregon, as that body, at its last cession,
had unanimously parsed a concurrent
resolution asking for fuch appropriation.
As to his receiving no reply trom the
chief of engineers be expressed no dis
appointment. That functionary in Janu
ary, 1889, itcomuiended a portage road,
and in December, 1889, opposed it, and
the discourteous refusal of a lnao
possessed of such whiffliDg judgment to
reply to bis letter, be said, did not cause
him any loss of sleep. The governor be
lieved that the dispatch was doubtless
instigated by one or both of our senators,
and he was content to let tbe people of
Oregon decide which scheme was moat
beneficial;' the portage railroad, costing
$431,500, whicU could be built in one
year, or the boat railway, costing $3,860.
356, which, if tbe appropriations were
made for it by the government, as appro
priations have been made for the Cascade
locks, would occupy more than twenty
four years in its construction.
The Loggias; Camp Tracedy.
Castle Rock, Wash., Feb, 2 Further
particulars have been received of tbe
family quarrel aod murder which oc
curred at llerford's logging ramp, about
three miles north of this place Sunday
night. James Berford, who bad been at
Olequa.came home drunk, as did also bis
brother Gillman, who hud beta at this
place. James arrived at his father's
borne before Gillman and threatened to
whip him so soon as be -Arrived. He
even started down tbe railroad track to
meet bim, but was pursnaded to return
home by his father. Gillman soon ar
rived in company with Mr. Hyatt, better
known as ''Carolina." A quarrel took
place between the two brothers, and 'he
youngest Gillman placed a revolver
against bis brother's breast and fired, tbe
ball eotermg tbe heart. He died
about twenty minutes. The only words
be spoke were to Mr. Hyatt, saying
"Carolina. 1 am shot. I'll die, too.
Send lor the doctor." Young Hert'ord
was arraigned belore Judge Brown at
this place and waived examimation and
was held to appear before the sopenor
court now in session at Kalama. He
claims self defense.
Frozen on the Hillside.
Spokane, Wash., Feb. 2. Word bas
reached this city that the remains
John Ricbardeon, a popular and well
known young farmer of Fox Ridge.
Idaho, were louod yesterday morning by
a search party which had gone to bis re
lief. John left his father's home last
Saturday, presumably on a short hunting
trip, and never returned alive. The
searching party, composed of nearly 100
men, lound Kicbardson on a M
hillside about three-quarters of a mile
from his home. He was lying in
cramped position with hit gun in his
arms and there was not a scar or blemish
to be found on him. When tbe men
went to lift bim up and place him upon
a stretcher they fouad that be was frozen
solid, and it was difficult to straighten
his limbs. After a thorough examination,
the decision was reached that be bad
died of heart disease. He bas heretofore
been troubled with bis heart, and his
pbysiciau has often warned him against
violent exercise. It was supposed that
the exertion of climbing tbe steep hill
proved too mncb for bim, and when he
sat down to rest tbe trouble came upon
bim and ended bis life.
Excessively Friendly.
New Yobk, Feb. 3 The Herald's Val
paraiso special says: Senator Peireirra
minister of foreign affairs, called at the
United States legation today and person
ally thanked Egan for Blaine's recent
dispatch accenting Chili's reply to the
ultimatum .on the Baltimort affair as
satisfactory. Tbe meeting between tbe
diplomats was apparently of a most
friendly character. Tbe offices of tho
Democraria at Santiago and Opposition at
Valparaiso have been cleaned out
These papers were regarded as unfriendly
to the government. The former was at
tackea Dy a moo and snort work was
made of the office. Io thS case of tbe
latter it is claimed that some military
officers, who were passing tbe office, were
insulted from tbe windows and assaulted
with iron bars aud pistol shots. They
broke into tbe office, smusbed tbe furni
ture, pied tbe forms and otherwise
wrecked the office, Both papers, as well
as Lm liepuMica, wnose omce was cleaned
out yesterday, issued small fly sheets to
day, protesting against tbe actions of the
mob aa a violation of the liberty ot the
press.
President'Montt, with Captain Simp
son, bos gone to Taldabuaoo to inspect
the new dock and plan ot forts for tbe
protection of the harbor. Captain Gorin.
late commander of tbe Imperial onder
Halmaceda, has arrived here from rem
He was arrested and placed on board tbe
Chtggtns. General Velasquez is still
prisoner on board the Errazurit.
Outbreafc of Prisoners.
.Boston, teo. $. An outbreak: was
reported tbis morning amonge tbe
prisoners of Deer Island, and fifty police
men were sent from this city to tbe scene.
This is tbe second riotous demonstration
that bas occurred, in that institution
witbin a few weeks. It is stated tbe
men refused to i;o to work when ordered
tbis morning, and threatened tbe officers'
lives. A detail of men from various
stations was immediately sent down on
tbe police boat, and their arrival there
was announced by Captain Bragdon, who
notified tbe headquarters that some more
men were needed, as tbe trouble was
serious. Additional assistance was sent,
and reserve police have been ordered in
readiness fcr immediate service. Wben
the police arrived at Deer Island, a large
nqmber of convicts were making a great
Doise. They refused to go to work, and
threatened the police, numbeiiog ' sixty
men. me ponce drew clubs,' and in
short time tbe mob was under subjec
tion, alter a tree use of battons. Tbe re
Iractory prisoners were soon locked in
in tbeir cells.
Commissioner Devlin attributes tbe
trouble to a lack of room at tbe institu
tion. There are between 800 and 800
udult prisoners on tbe island and only
430 ceils.
UoldwlK Smith's Opinion.
Washington, Feb. 3. Gold win Smith
made a few remarks last night at the
dinner to Captain Schley, of tbe Balii
more, tie said be gladly took advantage
ot tbe occasion to express bis regret as an
Englishman at tbe repeated ntterances of
a portion of tbe British press respecting
the Chilian affair. He said he hoped tbe
worst had come to tbe Unites States and
the best stayed behind. Speaking of
criticisms on tbe president's message of
tbe Chilian question, Smith said, to bim,
it seemed entirely temperate, dignified
and logically conclusive. Captain Schley
also spoke briefly. He said the steamer
Baltimore always stood as tho representa
tive of the great power under whose flag
it sailed. He referred to tbe efficiency of
the crew of tbe vessel, and said that if
the circumstances during tbe late Chilian
affair required it, be thought the mem
bcra of the crew would have acted in
such a planner as to merit the approval
of the government. "The cloud of "war
has now blown over," the captajn said, 1
"but the affair proved very suggestive of
tbe fact that war was liable to come
npon a nation at any time." He hoped
it would serve as a warning to tbe peo
pie, and demonstrate that it is time to
consider the means of how best to pro
tect tne country and its nag.
Another Aiew Torpedo Invented.
uEwroBT, k. i., jfeo. a. for. some
time past Lieutenant Marshall, attached
to the torpedo station, baa been engaged
in a very close study of torpedo construe
tion and harbor defense, especially tbe
latter. Hia latest invention is a sub
marine mine for coast or harbor defense,
In shape it is more like a coffin than
cask, and is made of sheet iron. Its to
tal weight is 480 pounds. It contains
charge of gun -cottou equivalent to 102
pounds of dry gun cotton. The mine is
so constsucted that it mav be fired from
a battery on shore or by contact, at will
todays test was from tbe wharf of the
torpedo station, and was Tor buoyancy
and immersion, and tbe results showed a
capability to stand a weight of eighty
pounos, wuicu could be added either in
explosive or construction power. The
mine was exploded by electricity from
snore, and was in every way a perfec
success. It is the first of its kind to be
tested, and the result more than justified
iue expectations ot tne inventor.
Four People Killed.
Newark, N. J., Feb. 3. Last night'i
explosion at tbj bat factory of tbe J
Rnmmel Company turns out more serious
than at fiist announced. It was thought
that only three were killed, but this
morning a fourth body was found. The
names of the dead are Oscar Lewscb
Daniel O'Keefe, Albert Anderson and
William Duffy. Anderson and Duffy
were burued to a crisp, but enough
identifying marks were found npon them
to leave no doubt as to who thev were
A large crowd has been gathered about
tbe wrecked building all morning. The
machine that exploded was used to col
lect alcoholic eases that escaped from the
hats as tbey were being dried. The gases
were carried by pipes to this machine
and then condensed to alcohol again. It
was the first machine of tbe kind ever
built, and was built as an experiment.
Tbe owners of tbe factory say the men
were wholly to blame for tbe explosion,
and assert they ought to have known
better than to carry a light in tbe room
where tbe condenser was located.
By Fopnlar Demand.
. Bbusseis, Feb. 3. The important
question of the revision of tbe constitu
tion, raised by the popular demand for
universal suffer aye, came op yesterday
Detore the bouse of representatives on
proposition by Herr Janisen, the radical
leader, for a revision of the suffrage
clauses of the constitution. Premier
Beernaert gave his adhesion to the pro
posal, but said that before tbe dissolution
of tbe present parliament, lor the election
of a constitutional assembly, it would be
well to agree upon the general scope of
tbe suffrage reform and constitutional
revision and proceeded to lay before tbe
bouse a bill embodying the views of the
government. The bill creates household
suffrage, and increases tbe electoral body
from 200,000 to 600,000 voters. It modi
fies the veto clause of tbe constitution
and grants tbe king power, after any law
passes parliament, to refer it to tbe peo
ple. After a long debate, tbe house
agreed to the proposal of Minister Beer -
neart to refer the bill to tbe central
section- house, which will report in April,
The Indiana' Trick.
uolvtlle, wasn., ieo. 3. it is re
ported that parties in tbe southwestern
part of tbe county are baying trouble
with disreptnable characters who drive
stock out of the reach of owners and
secrete tbem for tbe purpose of extortmg
a sum of money for tbe teturn of tbe
stock. This has loDg been a favorite
trick ot tbe Indians, aod whites have
only recently adopted tbe practice.
OLD ASD WITHOUT FRIENDS.
Solomon Peltier, formerly a merchant
of Cewelab and a pioneer of Stevens
county, was before tbe board of commis
sioners last Monday solicting assistaace
from the county for support. Tbe ap
plicant is quite aged and without means.
but as be bas relatives in the county who
are quite aoie to support bim tbe com
missioners do not feel justified in grant
ing bis request.
Death was Inevitable.
Sfokake, Wash., Feb. 3. Full partic
ulars of the death of young Richardson,
near Juliata last Saturday, were obtained
today. From one of the coroner's jury it
is learned that upon examination a bal
let was-found in the abdomen. Tbe
physician attempted to probe for the
ballet, but failing to find it in tbis man
net almott entirely dissected the body in
searching for it, snd finally gave up the
attempt. When fouud Richardson was
lying en tbe side of tbe bill with bis feet
downward, and the stock of his gun was
lying nnder bis right leg, while the bar
rel was lying ccross his left leg. It is
supposed that be feared death from heart
disease, and ended bis life with a gun in
preference.
To Succeed Kradley.
New York, Feb. 8. A Washington
special fays President Harrison will ap
point Junge Green, of the United States
district court ot New Jersey, to succeed
tbe late Associate Justice Bradley of tbe
united states supreme court.
- Sentence Is Passed.
New York, Feb. 5. The Ber aid's
special cablegram from Valparaiso, Cbili,
says: Judge of Crime Foster today
passed sentence in tbe long-pending and
much discussed Baltimore assault case of
October 16, 1891. His sentence is sub
ject to review by the court appeals. Tbe
document covers 180 pages, and goes all
over again tbe evidence against tbe ac
cused and compares It closely with tbe
evidence presented by the prisoners.
Tbe finding of the court is as follows:
Carlos Arena aBd Alias James are sen
tenced to 340 days' imprisonment for
wounding William Turnbull, tbe coal
beaver ot the Baltimore, who died of his
injuries, 300 for disorder, sixty days for
carrying a knife and twenty days for
giving an assumed name. This makes a
total ot 920 days. Jose Rbumada is
sentenced to 820 days imprsonment for
iojuring Turnbull. Frednc Roderigney
is sentenced to thirteen days imprison
ment for wounding Boatswain Mate
Charles W. Riggin, another of the Ameri
can seamen, for public disorder and for
carrying a knife. It is held by Judge
Foster that the evidence dues not show
that Roderigney did kill Riggius. On tbe
contrary it ia claimed that Riggen's
death was caused by a shot which was
fired by some unknown person. Gomes
and Roberigney, under the Chilian penal
ties, must pay tbe families of Turcball
and Riggin damage. These damages are
recoverable by civil suit. Congress will
meet again in April.
With the numerous active candidates
in the field, and the probability of sev
eral ambitions dark horses to put in
an appearance, the congressional con
test in the first district among the Re
publicans promises to be an interesting
ona ihere are those who believe that
Mr. Hermann will fail to secure the
nomination, bt his adherents seem to
be in no worry over the matter and
fully expect the honor of a fourth
nomination to come to him by an unan
imous vote after the other, aspirants
are ticklea with a complimentary
notice '
NETW T -11 A"V.
Application for Liquor License.
Falls Pekcihct, )
Wasco County, j
State of Oree.m j
NOTICE IS HEREBY QIVEtf THAT I, PAT
rick McM'cnr. of Mid precinct, aud coantT.
win, on the 9th dy of March, 1892, applr to tbe
vonmy Mm or the above-named coun'y for a li
penae t acll spirituous, malt and Yinum liquors in
less quantities than one gallon.
Falls Prkcikct. Wasco Comxtt, )
Sute of Oregon,
February 2, 1892. )
To the Honorable County Court of the County of
Waaco, state of Oregon:
Wa, the undersigned taxpayers and leral voters
of Falls precinct, county and state aforesaid, do
hereby respectfully petition and pray that said court
hall grant a license to Patrick McAJ'eny to sell spir
ituous, malt and vinous liquors in add Fails pre
cinct, in less quantities than one gallon, f -r the
penoa or one year:
Dr C J Oandiana
Joba O Brown
K Black
J H Graham
Louis Gebhard
A Svring
J F Hendrix
A B Andrews
A O Hall
Thiinus Coyle
P Lahey
T F Lcvens
C W Fluke
XAMKS
5AHKS
Pat Welsh .
J C Farview
M W Fitzgerald
A J KnUhtly
I H Kelliker
B B Crank
August Wilson
Patrick Sullivan
Wm Black '
H Fitnimmons
H HcKinnon
Geo J Button
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Laud Omcs at Vahoouvxr, Wash.,
February , 1892.
Notice ia hereby given that the following-named
settler has Sled notice of hia intention to make fkeal
proof in support of his claim, and that said proof
will be made before the clerk of tho
of Klickitat county. Wash., at Goldendale, Wash..
oa lurch 19. 1892, viz:
James Einnell,
Hd 8320, foi the SWJ Sec 23 Tp S N E IS East W M
He names the following witneasea to Drove bia
continuous residence upon, and cultivation of, said
land, viz:
Azariah J Pitmin, Robert Struthera, Richard
French, all of Hartland. Klickitat county. Wash.,
and Nelson B Brooke, of Goldendale, Wash.
6feb6t JOHN D. OEOGHEOAN. Refister.
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WORLD'S FAIR
Commencing Hay 1, 1893.
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