HEPPNER GAZETTE: HEPPNER, OREGON.
THE UNHAPPY CZAR.
Enemies Still Plotting
Against Him.
WHAT WILL SATISFY THEM."
Confessions Extorted From a Number
of Prisoners The Nihilists Are as
Powerful an Ever.
London, Jan. 14 The Russian police
have succeeded in obtaining confessions
from several of the hundred or more
persons to bo put on trial shortly for
Nihilism. These confessions show that
the Nihilist propaganda is as powerful as
ever, and especially strong in the higher
schools and universities, from which
operations are directed. The Nihilists,
the informers say, would for the present
be satisfied with freedom of the press
and the creation of a national assembly,
Buch as existed until the Kith century and
was abolished by the Czar.
- The various bodies of the nihilists are
acting independently of each other.
Although actual torture was not used so
far as known in procuring the confes
sions, yet a severe examination lasting,
without relief or cessation, for many
hours at a time, had some effect in
bringing about the physical collapse and
admissions of whatever was desired.
Two nihilists surrendered by the British
embassador at Constantinople to Rus
sians were accused of train-wrecking,
otherwise they would not have been
taken up.
TO BE ATTACHED TO OIIECIOX.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 12 In the
sundry civil bill of last session the rates
allowed for the survey of lands heavily
timbered, mountainous, or covered with
dense undergrowth, in Washington and
Oregon, were lixed at not exceeding $18
a mile for standard and meander lines,
$15 for township and $12 for Bection
lines.
As is known, these prices have not
proved sulficient. In coneequence, Sen
ator Allen has induced the committee on
public lands to recommend the amend
ment of the law so as to provide as fol
lows :
That the commissioner of tho general
land ollice may allow for tho survey of
land heavilv timbered, mountainous or
covered with dense undergrowth, in the
states of Oregon and Washington, rates
not exceeding $5 per linear mile for
standard and meander lines, $2:1 for
township, and $20 for section lines.
The committee on commerce of the
.Senate have tinder consideration a meas
ure to amend the law made la;t session
to reorganize and establish the customs
collection districts of i'uget Sound. This
amendment transfers lrom the I'uget
Sound district all that portion of the
state of Washington lying south of 4ii?'i
degrees of northern latitude, and west of
the junction of tho Columbia and Wil
lamette rivers, and places the same in
the customs collection district of Oregon.
Major llandlmry has sent in reports
on the examinations made of Deep,
Skamokawii and Crooked rivers, in
which he gives his reason for reporting
against any improvements thereof by
the government.
While these reports of the engineer
are unfavorable to the government's un
dertaking the improvement of these and
other local rivers, they are not by any
means final. It frequently happens
that even after reverse reports from the
engineers, the committee on rivers and
harbors, at the instance of the members
interested, authorizes the commence
ment of work, and of course makes ap
propriations therefor. This, however,
it must be said, is not the common prac
tice, as tho eugineer's adverse report
goes a great way in determining the ac
tion of congress. Those interested in
the navigation of the streams mentioned
above, should keep heart, as congress
may yet make them an exception to the
general rule.
WHAT SOCIALISM IS.
Cardinal Manning Explains His Stand
on the Question.
London, Jan. 12 The Chronicle pub
lishes an interview with Cardinal Man
ning growing out of the declaration of
the St. James Gazette, that he is a so
cialist and condemning him therefor.
Tho Gazette's remarks are based on a
published article by the cardinal.
' In the interview the cardinal ex
claimed :
It is useful to know what socialism is
not.
"Firstly Socialism is of divine, not
human, creation, and is founded on the
great laws of authority, obedience and
brotherhood. The whole of our legisla
tion is essentially social, for the protec
tion of proportv and labor, in contrast
with socialism,' which claims supreme
power to change, reform and even to
create the foundation and principles of
political and. therefore, of human soci
ety. "Secondly Tho correction of social
evils should be conservative of the life
and health of society. Socialism, on the
other hand, identifies social evils with
society itself and kills the patient to
cure his malady."
Farmers llesist Mortgage Sales.
Wic.m w. Kan., Jan. 12 The attorney
for the Johnson Loan Trust Company of
A rkiinsns Citv and Sheriff Dobson, of
Harper county, had an experience which
rniitirms lite" belief that the Fanners'
A ilinni'P intends preventing by force, if
necessary, all foreclosure sales on farms.
The loan company holds judgments
against farms in "the western part of
Harper countv in the sum of nearly $;I5,
000, and armed with orders for their sale
the ollicers and au attorney proceeded
Saturday to offer tho property atauction.
No sooner was their purpose understood
than some 20 irate fanners tore the
papers from their hands and with angry
threats of violence ordered them from
the neighborhood.
The Steamer Maggie lloss Saved.
San Francisco, Jan. 12 The steam
schooner Emily arrived from Coos bay
late on Saturday night with the disabled
steamer Maggie Ross in tow. The Emily
towed the Roes into Port Oxford. There
five feet of water was pumped from the
hold and fires were again started under
the Ross' boilers. After 17 hours' work
the disabled steamer was in condition to
get under wav. The Emily and her
crew will lie entitled to salvage for their
work.
Opposing the Emperor.
London, Jan. 12 It is reported from
n-t-itn thnt imlpss the unDer house of
the Prussian diet agrees to the govern -
tnent bill for the reform of communal
administration, the diet will dissolve
and au appeal be made to the country.
The upper house is opposed to the meas
ure because it limits the rights of the
land owning class, who now have full
swav in the rural communities. The
kaiser is said to be determined to over
come the opposition to the nobility,
even if ho bus to resort to the extreme
measure of adding to the membership
of the Prussian house of lords.
A HIlltEWI) MOVE.
Keller I'uls
Secretary Tracy
in
II .ii.
New York, Jan. 12 A special to the
Times from Washington savs: Com
mander George Reiter's demand for a
trial by Naval court is somewhat of a sur
prise to naval officers in Washington.
His action revives interest in the case on
account of the rather awkward position
in which it places the secretary of the
navy. Mr. Tracv can luirdlv refuse the
demand and to grant it is really to put
nimseit on trial before a court ot subor
dinates of his own ordering and whose
proceedings he will review.
Commander Reiter virtually arraigns
the secretary for illegally punishing him
without trial by court ' martial, and
while any court that might lo ordered
would nominally be required to pass on
the conduct of the commander in the
Harrundia affair, the real question be
fore them w ould be the propriety of Sec
retary Tracy's action. The commander
has already been punished by the severe
public reprimand, and the only real
question now at issue is whether or not
that punishment was just.
If the secretary orders the court, and
the members find that the commander's
course was blameworthy, their action
will be equal to sustaining the secretary;
if, however, they h'nd him blameless,
the secretary would be in the awkward
position of being compelled to disapprove
the finding or admit that he did wrong
in writing his letter. Service on such a
court would also be far from pleasant as
it would naturally be a disagreeable task
for the officers to be compelled to over
rule the secretary and if their findings
should support his action they would
doubtless find themselves accused in
some quarters of having been unduly in
fluenced bv the secretary's letter.
A SPOUTING MAN INSANE.
William O'iSricn, Once McCaffrey's Hack
er, Now in an Asylum.
New York, Jan. 13 William M.
O'Brien, known to New Yorkers as a
promoter of six-day walking matches
and other sporting events in the old
Madison Square Garden, and who was
Doniinick McCaffrey's backer in his
fight with John L. Sullivan, is in the
Flatbush insane asylum, and physicians
say there is no chance of his recovery,
lie was to have gone Wednesday last to
New Orleans to attend the fight, lie
began to exhibit symptoms of insanity,
however, in trying" to have his friends
hire Madison Square Garden for a mon
ster exhibition, and drawing checks
on the mayor of New York for$15,0lX),0ul)
to meet expenses.
While he was on an elevated railroad
train Saturday he became eo violent that.
he was arrested and locked np. lie was
released on bail Sunday and he started
for his home. No. 3K5 Bridge street,
Brooklyn, but at Willoughby and Bridge
streets in that city, a few doors from his
home, he tried to break into Kobert
Murray's saloon, lie was recognized
and taken home.
lie became so violent that Dr. George
hverson was summoned, lie said
O'Brien was puttering from nervous
prostration. O'Brien grew more vio
lent, and the bureau of charities signed
a commitment for him to be removed to
Flatbush insane asylum. Two men were
required to take him to the asylum.
STE1CK A SNAG.
ie Presidents' Agreement Cannot
Operate in Missouri.
Kansas Citv, Mo., Jan. 12 The new
presidents' agreement now in process of
formation in New York may find a stum
bling block to its existence in the re
vised statutes of Missouri. Sections 2569
and 2570 declare that it is unlawful for
railroads in the state to contract, com
bine or contract with a combination or
association or to consolidate their own
stock or property or franchise. TlieBe
sections further provide that each rail
road shall be run, operated and managed
separately by its own ollicers and agents
and be dependent for its support on its
earnings. These provisions of the law
will, it is said, prevent in Missouri the
establishment of the joint agencies as
proposed by Gould and the division of
traffic. Another section provides that it
shall be unlawful for officers of the rail
way to act as officer of any other railway.
This section, says an afternoon paper,
covers the case of Manager T. If. Clark,
who is general manager of both the
Missouri Pacific and the Union Pacific.
To Protect Bondsmen.
New York, Jan. 12 A. R. Pine, of
the firm of Pine & Sons, of West New
Brighton, was until recently the treas
urer of the Staten Island Building, Loan
and Savings Association. Some time
previous to Mr. Pine's retiremen it was
known among the members that there
was adeliciency in his accounts. It is
claimed the deficiency in his accounts
which is said to be about $10,OOU waa not
due to any wrongful act on his part. On
Tuesday night last at the annual meet
ing of the association, John 1 Smith
was elected treasurer. On Saturday the
firm of C. M. Pine & Son made an as
signment with the loan association as a
preferred creditor. Mr. Pine, the senior
member of the firm was one of the three
bondsmen of his son. The other two
bondsmen are Edward Clark and Robert
Moore, supervisor of Castlcton. The as
signment was made to protect the bonds
men. Why the Italians Emigrate.
London, Jan. 12 The enormous ex
tent of emigration from Italy is causing
much anxiety to the government of that
country. Statistics for 1800 show that
213,000 persons left the country in that
year. A great majority of the emigiants
go to the United States, the next hrger
contingent going to South Ameiica.
Unparalleled distress among the pr.or,
especially the agricultural laboring class,
is responsible for this large emigration.
This distress is attributed by many
students of the subject to the faulty
methods of taxation, and this question
is receiving the careful attention of
Italian economists and statcmen.
The IJuke Feelings Hurt.
London, Jan. 12 The Duke of Marl
borough has loaned to the Guclph exhi
bition, now being held in London under
the patronage of Queen Victoria, a pic
ture purporting to be that of Sophia,
Electress of Hanover and daughter of
James I, through whom the present
royal honEe of England is linked witn
that of Stuart. Critics declare that the
picture cannot be that of Sophia, and
the duke is said to be much chagrined
1 about it,
HIE CROWD COMING
To New Orleans to See
the Great Fight.
WHEN THE MEN WILL COME.
McAulifle and Jimmy Carroll to
Have a Bout ltefore the
Olympic Club.
Hew Orleans, La.. Jan. 12. The
crowd coming to see the Dempsey-Fitz-simmons
fight is beginning to pour in,
but most of the excursion parties will
not reach the city before tonight. Dave
Wright, of Kansas City, has telegraphed
for ten rooms for himself and party, who
will arrive this evening. Tommy
Stevenson, a well-known sporting man
of Philadelphia, telegraphed that the
Quaker City delegation would arrive to
night, and wifnts rooms reserved for
them. Malachi Hogan, of Chicago, ha
had several boxes reserved for the Lake
City party; it will also reach here this
evening. hdwnnt Kearney, ot .ew
York, and a number of Munhattanites
got in today, and will remain till
ifter the fight. Bob Allen, a prominent
Australian book-maker, telegraphs that
he will be here tomorrow, and has
money to put on Dempsey. This is a
surprise, as the New Zealnnder was
supposed to be thought very highly of
in the Antipodes. Phil Dwyer and other
New Yorkers, who have plenty of money
with which to back Dempsey, are ex
pected tomorrow, and will give
some spurt to the netting, winch
has somewhat languished. The San
Francisco party will not reach here
till tho morning of the fight, but there
are some few Californians already in
town, and they are betting on Dempsey
and giving small odds on him. It now
seems probable that Fitzsimmons will
reach here ahead of Dempsey, as he
wishes to back Doc O'Connell in the
fight on Monday night, whereas the
Dempsey crowd is talking of not coining
here tillTuesday, when a reception will
be tendered to Jack MeAuliffe and
Dempsey. Dempsey now weighs 152 and
will enter the ring at 150, rather more
than his usual weight on such occasions.
Fitzsimmons weighs 152 and will re
main at that weight. It is said Jack
MeAuliffe andTuthill will second Demp
sey, with Mike Conley as bottle holder
and Costigan and Muher on hand in
case they are needed.
Bay Sr. Loi'is, Miss., Jan. 11 Fitz
simmons walked 20 miles today, the last
two of which he made in 10 minutes and
0 seconds. He came in looking well and
25 minutes after It is arrival he stepped
from hie room looking as if he hud been
only on a pleasure stroll. His trainer
says the nearer the light the better his
spirits are. He seems rid of his cold
and the lameness in the left leg has all
disappeared. Carroll received a telegram
from one of the largest bettors in the
world saving: "Is Fitzsimmons at
weight?" That was all ho wished to
know, as he was satisfied on every other
hand. Carroll told a United Press corre
spondent that Fitzsiinmons was at
weight and that he would not have nnv
trouble in keeping him so. lie also
said: "My man has an equal chance
with Dempsey with the endurance of an
ox, is a harder hitter and has a longer
reach, and where Dempsey is his superi
or is something I can't find out."
New Orleans, La., Jan. 12 It is now
definitely known that Jack MeAuliffe
and Jimmv Carroll will tight before the
Olympic Club of this citv earlv in Feb
ruary for a purse of $10,000. MeAiilitfe
has already signed the articles, and it is
assumed that Carroll's signature will he
affixed to them within the next 48
hours. MeAuliffe desires to have the
weight limit fixed at 185 pounds, while
Carroll wishes to make it two pounds
lighter, but it is definitely understood
that this difference can be arranged and
that the fight will take place during the
carnival.
THE MILL OF EMMA AISHOTT.
Churches and Charities Itememltered
Wants Her Body to he Cremated.
New York, Jan. 13 The will of Em
ma Abbott has been filed for probate.
She first directed that her body be
tested by electricity to ascertain if life is
extinct and then to he cremated.
She requests that her executors are to
deposit enough money with the Farmers'
Loan & Trust Company to enable thein
to pay interest amounting to $401) per
month to Seth Abbott, her brother. In
the United States Trust Company $100,
000 of it is to he deposited, and from it
her mother, Almina M. Abbott, is to be
paid $400 a month ; Martha G. Wetner
ell, the mother of her deceased husband
is to get $10,000.
Her brother Leon II. Abbott gets $25,-
000. her brothers George II. and I red-
Brick $25,000 each, and her sister, Mrs.
Lizzie Abbott Clark, $25,000. Each of
the children of the following persons
(retsS'OOOO: Leon Abbott, George 11. A.
Abbott, Mrs. Etta Clark (deceased) and
Mrs. L. L. Wetherell. Mrs. an Hough
eston gets $10,000 and her secretaay, D.
A. Considine, $5000.
The following churches, where she
says she enjoyed to worship, get $5000
each: Congregational church at Glouces
ter, Mass. ; Plymouth church of Brook
lyn ; Brooklyn Tabernacle, Madison
avenue Baptist church, Fourth avenue
Presbyterian church, Church of the Di
vine Paternity, all of this city; Citadel
Square Baptist church of Charlestown,
S. C, and Rose Hill MethodistEpiscopal
church and St. Luke Metlrttdist Episco
pal church, both of this city.
The residue of her estate is to he di
vided share and share alike among the
following: Children's Aid Society, for
the support of newsboy's lodging hou-e;
Home for the Friendlers of Newark;
Chapin home for I he aged and infirm ;
House of Mercy in East Eighty-sixth
street; John S. Guild for excursions for
mothers and children in summer; He
brew benevolent society; Sanitary
home for Hebrew children; Mrs. S. V.
White, of Brooklyn, and Mrs. Sarah
Bird, a friend of Mrs. White. She hopes
these ladies will use their shares in
charity.
THE SEALING TltOlHLES.
Canadian Authorities Appeal From a
Decision of Blaine's.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 13 Late yes
terday afternoon the Behring seafur seal
fishing question was suddenly and un
expectedly brought tefore the supreme
court of the United States when Sir
John Thompson, attorney general for
Canada, through Mr. Caldernon Car
lisle, the American counsel of the Brit
ish legation, and Joseph Choate, asso
ciate counsel, made a motion in the
court for a w rit of prohibition command
ing the United States district court at
Sitka to annul the proceedings by
which the schooner W. P. Savward was
libeled in 1887.
This move on the part of the Canadian
officials, it is stated, was made in behalf
of Canada by Sir John Thompson, the
purpose evidently being to appeal from
the state department to the supreme
court to settle once for all the dispute.
This move on the part of the British
government seems not to have been ex
pected, and the attorney general was
taken by surprise when the motion was
made by Choate. The court ordered two
weeks time to be granted to the attor
ney general to make a showing on the
motion.
The schooner W.- P. Say-ward of ic-
toria was captured by the revenue cutter
Rush for killing seals in Behring sea.
When the capture was made ttie
schooner was in Behring sea 50 miles
from any land and there were 417 seal
skins on board. She was taken to Un
alaska by the Rush, and from there to
Sitka, where she was libeled by the
united States district court lor talcing
seals within the jurisdiction of the Uni
ted States, in violation of the revised
statutes. An appeal was taken and the
case was brought to the supreme court
and oil motion of the p tilionerg, this
was dismissed, which motion was im
mediately followed with a request to
file suggestions with the court for a writ
of prohibition to annul the action of the
district court of Alaska.
Secretary Blaine uretends that he was
fully apprised of the intention of Can
ada to bring the Behring sea matter be
fore the supreme court, but his emphatic
denial shows that he was taken com
pletely by surprise.
1 lie subordinate officials in Hie state
lepartment were wholly surprised at
the turn which affairs had taken. The
news of the filing of the papers in the
court was news indeed to them and
caused general wonder as to the out
come.
Partridge, the solicitor of the depart
ment, said that he had heard nothing
whatever of the matter and cared to ex
press no opinion of the merits of the
hum. He did not think, however, that
the filing of the case would have the
effect of settling the controversy, and
indicated that in his judgment the de
partment had plenty of powder left with
which to light the matter to an issue.
NO COUKT MARTIAL.
Commnndcr Keiter Will Not he
Favored.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 13 No ac
tion has yet been taken by the navy de
partment, on request of Commander
Reiter, for a court martial, but it is al
most certain that it w ill not be complied
with. It is seemingly only a question
whether the request will he treated with
silent contempt or denied in an official
letter containing a further reprimand.
The truth is, the convening of a court
martial would be equivalent to putting
the secretary on trial, for his letter of
reprimand shows that he prejudiced the
ease, and whatever too uec;sion might
be the public would construe it as deter
mining whether the secretary was right
or was in the wrong in administering
the rebuke he did.
It is generally regretted among ollicers
hero that the court martial will not be
ordered, for there is a very general de
sire to have the whole case gone into in
order that the naval service may have
the benefit of some thoroughly well de
fined rules j--tf"JnB-'" t'h -responsibil
ities ot iiava.""":,a),yhiou would nat
urally ensue TSIS.t', ftc trial by court
martial.
In this they may not be disappointed
after all, for it is understood that Com
mander Reiters' friends will demand an
investigation by the (congressional com
mittee if the navy department should
refuse to grant the request.
Mat Quay's Election 11111.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 13 In the
Senate yesterday Quay introduced a bill
entitled: "An act to prevent force and
fraud in federal elections and to insure
the lawful and peaceful conduct there
of." The principal point of difference
between the bill and the Hoar bill is in
the last section, which is as follows :
When it shall appear to the satisfac
tion of the president of the United
States that in any locality the provisions
of thislaw cannot otherwise be executed,
it shall be his duty, and he is hereby em
powered, to suspend there the writ of
habeas corpus and to employ the armed
forces of the United States, naval and
military, for,'its enforcement and for the
protection of the officers whose duties
are herein provided.
Now He's on the Itight Tack. '
Madrid, Jan. 13 Considerable excite
ment has been aroused here by news of
Secretary Blaine's domand for satisfac
faction for the destruction of the Ameri
can missionary property in the Caroline
Islands. The government is deeply con
cerned about it, and the liberals, now
out of power, are rejoiced at the embar
rassment of the ministry. It is feared
that the United States may get up a
pretext for seizing Cuba, and Spain is at
present in no position for war, either by
land or sea.
He is Lnpopular.
London, Jan. 13. The Italian anarch
ist, Finrico Malatsta, has just reached
England having been obliged to leave
Switzerland on account of the -changed
policy of that country as to
harboring political refugees from
other lands. Malatesta has
succeeded in making himself so univers
ally disliked that he is liable to arrest in
either country. The Swiss government
professed to be unaware of his presence,
or the fact that lie was sheltered there,
and he was warned to leave or suffer ar
rest or extradition.
A Fasting Mutch at the World's Fair.
Clinton, Mo., Jan 12 Dr. II. S. Tan
ner, the man who was famous so long
for having fasted 40 days, now lives on
a farm 18 miles southwest ot this city.
He now challenges Signor Hucci to sit
down with him in Chicago during the
World's fair to test the matter in a 1)0
day fast on water only, or if Succi pre
fers, to let the fast continue from day to
day till one or other yields.
They Wll Be I'unlshed.
Paris, Jan. 12 The roughs who broke
up the meeting of the Salvation army in
Brussels yesterday will certainly be pun
ished as rioters. The Tribunal'at Ghent
recently decided that the Salvation army
is a lawful religious sect, entitled to the
full protection of the law in its meetings
and processions.
Will Not I'ardon II I m.
Vienna, Jan. 12 The Emperor of
Austria has 'refused to pardon the mili
tary volunteer who, at a dinner in honor
of the Emneror. proposed a toast for
Louis Kossuth, and was tried by court
martial and sentenced to seven months
imprisonment.
A Woman or a Creditor?
London, Jan. 13 The Duke of Cum
berland is traveling about under the
name of Baron Culloden, a fact which
does not add to his popularity in Scotland.
CALKINS DROWNED
But He is Not the Sena
torial Aspirant.
FOUL 1LAY- IS SUSIEC'IED.
A Strange Story From St. Louis Did
Mrs. Campbell Bind and Gag Her
self ? Said to be Insane.
Go.-hen, Ind., Jan. 12 Frances F.
Calkins, a handsome and innocent look
ing woman with beautiful bright eyes,
was marrried to Edmund Calkins, a well
to do farmer last April. Thee days
later she and a man named Frank llen
drey with whom she had been intimate
before her marriage induced her hus
band to go boating with them. They re
turned thoroughly drenched without
Calkins, whom they said had been
drowned by tho boat upsetting. The
body was found a few days later and the
verdict of the coroner's jury was "Acci
dental death by Drowning." Shortly
after, Mrs. Calkins applied to the insur
ance company for payment of a policy
made in her favor by Calkins. . Payment
was refused; the company suspecting
foul play. Instead of pressing her claim,
Mrs. Calkins silently disappeared few
days later with Hendrey. They were sub
sequently indicted by the grand jury
and both were arrested. Mrs. Calkins in
Niles, Michigan, and Hendroy in Chi
cago lat night. Mrs. Calkins has made
a fuil confession implicating Hendrey.
She says that after inducing her hus
band to will all his property to her and
insuring his life in her favor, they took
him boating lor the purpose of drowning
him. They first drugged him and then
pushed him out of the boat into the
river. Mrs. Calkins had been twice
married before. Both were brought here
tonight.
WAS IT A ROHHEIIV ?
St. Lows, Jan. 12 Detectives have
been at work on the mysterious robbery
of the residence of Banker James Camp
bell and have found some very queer de
velopments. It will be remembered that
at 10 o'clock last Friday night when Mr,
Campbell returned home from the meet
ing of the city council he tound his wife
in a dead faint, bound hand nnd foot,
and gagged. When she was restored to
consciousness she told a sensational
story of the visit of a pair of masked rob
bers so thoroughly disguised that she
could not even tell their color. They
bound and gagged her and then she
watched them rob tho room. The prin
cipal thing stolen was $350 in cash. On
her story a negro named Burrell was ar
rested but ho denies any knowledge of
the affair. Lute last night Luther John
son, for whom the police wero looking,
surrendered himself and proved a per
fect alibi. Then ho told the police a
strange story. He said he was for nine
months in Campbell's employ, and inti
mated that Mrs. Campbell was, at times,
subject to attacks of insanity. On the
day lie began service at the
Campbell mansion Mis. Campbell
charged John Jones with stealing $10
and had the hoy searched.'. Al itiit'.'.'.'.ec
timo she cla med to have lost a valuable
diamond riig. Johnston insists that
Mary Oneil, another servant, informed
him that later Mrs. Campbell had admit
ted that she had lost neither money nor
ring. Detectives Lawler and McGrath
say they do not believe Mrs. Campbell
was robbed. In support of this they
make a detailed report concerning the
circumstances, allowing that it was an
absolute impossibility for the robbers to
have entered as described and that the
robbery if it occurred was perpetrated
by some one in the house. Campbell
called at police headquarters tonight
and requested that the negro Burrell be
released, so that now there is no one in
custody and no clue has been loimd as to
who bound and gagged tho lady and
robbed the house. Mr. Campbell in
sisted that some one had robbed his
house, but could give the detectives
nothing to work on, and they practically
dropped the case. Mrs. Campbell since
telling her story to detectives has re
fused to make any further statement.
MOKE CAHItlEKS I'ltOj! IHK I.
The Cities of Tacjmn, Scuttle h:h! Hpo
-kane Falls to lie Item-filed.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 1-1 Repre
sentative Wilson of Washington called
at the postollice department today and
urged the need of additional carrier serv
ice for Taconia, Seattle and Spokane
Falls. The postmaster general said that
he fully realized tho importance of these
cities and the pressing necessity for ad
ditional service because of their rapid
growth, but, inasmuch as the appropria
tion for this purpose remaining unex
pended for the present fiscal year is only
$11,00J for the entire country, nnd this
amount must last until June 30, 1801,
he could not promise these cities all
they were in need of. lie promised,
however, some additional carriers -in
each citv.
THE INDIANS OF WASHINGTON.
Excellent I'rogiess Itcliig Made In Civ
ilizing 'J'liein.
SjiATTLE, jan. 14 Mr. CO. Thornton,
tho Indian agent from Tulalip, was in
this city, last evening. Among other
tilings Mr. Thornton Baid:
"I have live reservations to look after,
the Tulalip, Swinomisli, Madison, Luni
mi and the MtikeMioot. There an; 443
Indians on the Tululip reservation and
the Swinomish has 200. These are the
two largest of my five. The Madison and
Muikclshoot have about 00 each. At
three of these reservations there are
agents who are responsible to me. These
agentB are paid foul) a year. .The duties
of an Indian agent are somewhat varied.
They include looking out for supplies
and'settling disagreements, among other
things.
"The government is gradually reduc
ing the food supply and is supplying the
Indians with more farming .implements.
The Swinomish Indians have valuable
farms, and farming is becoming more
popular among Indians generally. Many
ef the Western Washington IndiaiiH are
very intelligent and some speak good
English."
"Most of the Indians on my reserva
tions think the Indians were very fool
ish. Nearly all those I have to look
after arc very peaceable and well be
haved. They laugh at the Eastern In
dians who have lieen trying to make
trouble. The British Columbia Indians
are coming across the border to some
extent. They uro not as peaceable as
they ought to be and some of them are
looking for trouble. The Luinnii In
dians are tho most troublesome ones I
have to deal with. They are partly
halfbreeds and have Greek and various
kinds of foreign blood in their veins, and
are ugly oftentimes."
"Yes, there is a court on each of the
reservations. I suppose the public at
large knows very little about, these
courts. They are curious affairs. There
is a jail on each reservation, and there
are Indian policemen. Thev make ar
rests for misdemeanors, the Tulalip
Indians have a court house which re
sembles a small frame school house.
There aie three judges, all Indians, of
course. They are appointed by the
agent. Then there are the other court
officers, all of whom are Indians. They
fine their prisoners, and the fines so col
lected go toward improvements on the
reservation or other improvements. It
amounts to $200 or $300 a year.
"The judges have never lieen paid un
til lately. Thev have just received
their pay for the'first quarter. Thevget
$8 a month. The clerk of the court is
not paid. Voir would be surprised at
the intelligence of some of these In-1
dians. Some read the newspapers, and
all know w hat is going on. They talk
Chinook generally, and Chinook is the
language used in court.
"At the last session of the court there
were eight or ten prisoners, an unusu
ally large number. They have been
having a little too much of a celebration
during the holiday weeks. When ar
rests arc made the prisoners rarely have
to go to jail. There is always some one
ready to go bail. A horse or something
else is given as security tor the man s
appearance in court."
Wanted a Younger Man.
Vancouver, B. C, Jan. 14 Edwin
Chainberlin is a brickmason residing in
this city. He is well-to-do, well up in
years, and has a pretty young wife and
four children. Until a few days ago
there has been no apparant infelicity in
his household. It now transpires that a
goou-iooKing young man named Hamlin.
who Sb a clerk in the city, resides near
Chamberlain, and that he has been pay
ing considerable attention to pretty Airs.
Chamberlain, without the knowledge of
her husband, however. On Saturday
last, while Chamberlain was absent at
work, Mrs. Chamberlin packed up all
her clothing, took what money there
was in the house, and went aboard a
steamer for Victoria, leaving her four
children behind. Hamlin was also on
the steamer, and on arrival at Victoria,
the couplo were married. Chamberlain
on returning home late Saturday even
ing, learned of his faithless wife's action.
On Sunday he took a steamer for Vic
toria, and succeeded in finding the couple
together, aboard a steamer bound for
Seattle. All attempts to induce Mrs.
Chamberlain to return with him were
futile, and the pair were allowed to cross
the straits. The facts were only made
public today. Chamberlain is broken
hearted over the affair.
Land Law Decision.
Washington, D.C., Jan. 12 The ques
tion of just how much land may be taken
up under the new law has finally 'been
settled by an opinion of Solicitor-General
Tails, handed to the secretary of the
interior today. The question wis first
raised by the register and receiver of the
land office of Oregon City, Or., and
Assistant Land Commissioner Stone,
whose opinion being appealed from,
the case was sent to Judge Taft,
who coincided with Mr. Stone. Secre
tary Noble will undoubtedly decide in
accordance with this opinion. The
solicitor-general quotes tho act of the
last session of Congress, which gives rise
to this question, as follows:
No person, who shall after tho passage
of this act enter upon any of the public
lands wiin h HT'OiTViinition, entry
or settlomciit under any o( the hind
laws, shall be permitted to acquire title
to more than 320 acres in the aggregate
under nil of said laws; but this limita
tion shall not operate to curtail the
right of any person who has heretofore
made entry or settlement on public
lands, or whose occupation, entry or
settlement on public lands is invali
dated. The solicitor general says:
The language of the provision will per
mit of but one construction : Its whole
operation is prospective. Entries upon
which the limitation is to operate are
those made after the act, though uncom
pleted, are expressly saved from the
alteration ot the act by the proviso.
Arrested for Obeying His Employer.
Seatii.e, Jan. 13 A. Lindberg, cm
ployed by the Columbia & I'uget Sound
Railway Company, was urresteil yester
iluy on a warrant charging him with
forcible entry of adwolling. There is a
number of shacks on the water front, on
property belonging to the railroad com
pany. The squatters have been given
notice to vacate the premises but have
ignored the order. Yesterday Lindberg
was sent out to tear down the shacks
anil a police officer soon had him under
arrest. Andrew Dahl, a laborer, who
happened to be passing and saw Lind
berg tearing down a shack, was also
taken to police headquarters and held as
a witness.
The two men lay in jail all afternoon
and it waa evening before an effort was
made to secure their release. About
dark the men got attorneys and both
were taken Ivl'ote .1 ustice Von Tobel to
give bonds, L'lidberg gave $100 bonds
anil Dahlw-s released on recognizance
in the sum of $2!). The case will come
up (or bearing at 3 o'clock this after
noon. ', ursllc.it i f Eligibility in Seattle.
Si ..... , Jan. 13 At the meeting of
tl.c fire commissioners last evening,
Commissioner Clark culled for a report
from the clerk on the resolution passed
by that board on December 0, 1HII0,
directing the deputy city clerk nnd sec
retary of the board to report as to the
eligibility of the members of the depart
ment under the charter. Secretary
Drown reported the names of several
w ho hail not been residents of the city
(or ono vear prior to their appointment.
The secretary win directeil to notify the
men and to get any explanation they
choose to make before the next meeting.
Unity Farming Cruellies.
London, Jan. 13 A society for the
prevention of cruelly to children has
been investigating bnby farming and
lias brought to light many startling cir
cumstances. The illegitimate child
of a governess and u general In the
British army was found in the
care ol a bahy limner, being slowly
starved to death, although JtoO had
been paid for its care. The woman in
charge had insured the infant's life for
20 more, and was waiting to realize on
it when visited by the society's officers.
Several prosecutions have been insti
tuted. Tbcy llon't Want Women Hanged.
London, Jan. 13 A society has beon
formed in England to advocate the re
peal of capital punishment for women
convicted of the highest crimes. Prej
udice against the execution of
women is very strong, and has
gained new force, owing to reports
regarding the recent hanging o! Mrs.
I'carcy for killing Mrs. Hogg and the
hitter's chihl. It is said to have been a
cruel ami bungling execution, and re
porters having been debarred the offi
cials have been able to conceal the exact
facts from the public.
THE RAILWAY DEBTS.
Huntington and Adams
in Washington, D. C.
THEIR COOL PROPOSITION.
That the Government Should Extend
the Time for Payment and Reduce
the Rate of Interest.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 14 -C. P."
Huntington stalked about the corridor
of the capitol today, penetrating the
committee rooms, shaking hands with
representatives and senators, and hold
ing brief consultations w ith the friends
of both bodies of congress. His arrival
at Washington City and his presence at
the capitol is regarded as a forecast of
great agitation in governmental railroad
affairs.
Charles Francis Adams is al so in the
city, and there promises tobeagatliering
of the leading men in the Pacific sub
sidized railroads for the purpose of put
ting through the billjreported at the last
session of congress deferring payment of
railroad indebtedness to the government
50 years and reducing the interest to 2g
per cent.
But Mr. Huntington and Mr. Adams
will not have plain sailing. The oppon
ents of the measure showed their teeth
the moment the visit of the railroad
magnates was known, and very vigorous
means will be adopted to prevent the
bill being called.
Congressman Anderson, of Kansas,
whose antagonism to subsidized railroad
schemes is well known, said today:
"The bill comprises one of the most
audacious pieces of work even brought
up in Congress, and while I know of no
one's intentions, I know one man at
least who will put every obstruction in
the way of legislation that would be con
sidered brazen and criminal by the peo
ple. Huntington and Gould and Stan
ford have mortgaged their properties
to the limit. Tlniy cannot realize an
other cent, and now they want tho
United States to extend a loan of $120,
OJO.OOOdue in about nine years, reduce
the interest to a ridiculous figure and
place the payment of the debt on the
shoulders of those who follow them. The
lilting of the obligation will not concern
them during their lives, if they succeed
in their remarkably bold scheme. And
what securities do they offer? Worth
less railroads that are buried deep under
mortgages for immense sums."
Mr. Anderson is intensely earnest in
his opposition to the plans of subsidized,
railroad managers, and he has a large
follow ing in the house.
The plans of Mr. Huntington ami
Senator Stanford are widely divergent,
and it is Biiid that to this difference of
opinion is largely due the coolness that
now existB between them. Huntington's
ideas are in accord with the provision)
of tho bill. He wants the government
to extend the time of payment of the
debt so that it will be left to posterity to
wrestle with. Senator Stanford wants
the debt paid to the government befoij,
lie dies. His plun is first toaicerto.
jnst how much the -ruNitads owe to.jlC,
United States. Then there are eioVm
considerations which he calls equltitA to
bo reduced to dollars and cents and de
ducted from the indebted rwuit Tints,,
equities consist in part of the claim iu
w hen the Central Pacific was projected
and operations were commenced, it was
understood, and even promised, that the
railroad should extend from the Pacific
coast to the Missouri river ; but the gov
ernment went back on its agreement
and gave tho Union Pacific its start in
life, thus encroaching upon the Central
l'ncilic'B ground. It is also claimed that
the building of the Pacific railroads
made it possible for the United States to
convey its train loads of mail for less
money than was required to haul a small
armful of letters in a boat or Btage coach
before.
To make these computations five or
six years will be required, and then it is
proposed to go on the street to raise the
money to pay the balance due by plac
ing a blanket mortgage on all Pacific
property, treating all alike and binding
them by some agreement.
Senator Frye's committee on Pacific
railroads wai called to or.ler today to
hear further arguments on the bill al
ready reported from the committee to
secure payment to the government of
the indebtedness of the Union and Cen
tral Pacific Railway Companies. The
Union Pacilic Railway Company was
represented by Jeremiah Wilson, who
said in Bubstance that at a recent reor
ganization of the company the manage
ment now found itself unable to accept
the terms formerly agreed to by it and
embodied in tho bill. The reported
financial condition and future prospects
of the Union Pacific would not warrant
it in obligating itself to meet such
heavy payments as were proposed.
Wilson concluded with the statement
that the company would accept a propo
sition to refund its dobt at 2'6 per cent,
interest, payment to lie based upon a
term of 100 years, instead of 3 per cent,
and 60 years, as proposed in the bill.
The C'lntrul Pacific Company was re
presented by President Huntington. lie
said, that inasmuch as the Central Pa
cific's earnings and prospects were be
low those of the Union Pacific, if better
terms were granted that road, the Cen
tral Pacilic debt, fixed in the bill for 100
years and at 3 per cent interest, should
lie favored in a corresponding degree by
u further reduction of interest and an
extension of time. If this were done he
would be willing to apply part of the
earnings of the Southern Pacific railroad
to the repayment of the debt of tho Cen
tral Pacilic.
He Is Forehanded.
Paris, July 13 The prince of Mon
tenegro, who is on a visit to this city,
is improving his timo by the purchase
of munitions of war for his little but
formidable band of mountaineers. He
has secured a quantity of smokeless
powder and a goodly number of Lebel
rifles.
Arming theMIave Dealers.
London, Jan. 13 It is reported from
the Congo state that a largo quantity of
arms imported by the Dutch Rotterdam
Company have been disposed of to the
Arabs in the interior and they are re
commending their slave raids on the na
tive population.
"What do you do for a living?"
"Breathe!" Life.
Customer I am troubled w ith rats in
my room. Druggist Yes, sir. Bromide
or ammonia cocktail? Life.
He Then I suppose you think the
devil has cloven feet? She I think lie
has a cloven breath. Life,
Mrs. Brown Who are these 40 im
mortals we hear so much about? Brown
Those French duelists. Puck.