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Oregon at t!l? Centennial.
The Centennial Board of Com-
jnissioners for Oregon report that
3 they have in an advanced state of
preparation for shipment to Phila-
delphia, "a well selected assortment
of specimens, illustrating the agri
cultural, mineral,'' forest, marine
and industrial resources, of Oregon,
including our interesting native
flora and ftiunri;" but complain in a
series of resolutions, that at least
seven thousand dollars will be need-
ed in order to settle past expenses
and to prepare a good place in a
suitable manner for the display of
our different products. A modest
sum and fully deserved; and ve feel
assnrel our legislature wili make
the needed appropriation with
QcaMely the formality of debate.
Now that the success of the National
Exhibition is, by the million a . I a
half dollars appropriated by Con
gress, most fully assured, it would
be akin to suicide for Oregon to hold
back for the purpose of retaining
a comparative bagatelle. Visitors at
the exhibition on seeing a meagre
display or perhaps no representa
tion at all from Oregon," will not be
slow to conclude that either our
State must be a poor place for farm
ers, miners, or mechanics, or that
we are poor in purse. Either of
these conclusions being equally bad,
each speaking volumes to our cdetri
' tnent.
With our resources properly rep
resented and judicious' displayed
the advantages redounding are
scarcely to be computed. Immigra
tion agencies, in efficiency, are like a
drop in a bucket, compared with the
returns that must necessarily follow
a creditable show at Philadelphia.
Thousands of people will daily visit
the exhibi'ion, many, no doubt,
with the purpose of comparing the
products of the different States with
the price of land per acre. The
press will be represented by corres
pondents from all parts of the world;
agents from different farmers' associ
ations and mechanics' unions will be
sent to report on the feasibility of im
migrating, while that element of our
population known as the rolling
stones, with our fisheries, mines and
agricultural advantages properly set
5 before them will undoubtedly ilick
in great numbers to our shores.
Hon. II. !!. Sl.irli'.veitilier.
Henry Howard Staikwoather, Rep
resentative in Congress from Con
necticut, and brother of Hon. W. A.
Starkweather, of this county, died
ou the 28th nit., nt Washington. He
Was born at 1'reston, Xew Liondou,
Connecticut, April L"Jth, lWlV; His
father was a farmer, and he learned
in his early boyhood that if we would
accomplish anything in this life, we
must do it by patient toil. With an
innate love of books, and that zal
and perseverance so characteristic of
the New England boy''he h;id laid
the foundation for a thorough Eng
lish education at the early age of IS.
Before he had completed his nine
teenth year, he commenced studying
law, was admitted to to the bar after
tho usual course, and commenced
the practice of his profession in his
native State. His personal ability
and industry soon gave him popular
ity and lucrative business. He
occupied a prominent place among
the politicians of his State, and had
been elected four times to the lower
House of Congress. Such was his
pyrsonal popularity that he was
.elected repeatedly when almost the
entire State went Democratic.
Ho was serving out his fourth term
when the summons came, "(Jo up
higher." He was a man of strict lv
moral habits, and a devout 'ember
of the Baptist Church from his bov
hood," In his death, not only tho
State of Connecticut but the nation
has lost one of its great and good
men.
O Gexeual Satisfaction. Seely's
bill to give the control of the Indians
to the States iu which they are locat
ed, the Xew York Tribute says,
'meets with general satisfaction from
the members." That may be, and it
may also meet with the approval of
thos Slates in w hich no Indians live;
but to us, here in Oregon, and in oth
er States in which "Eo" has pitched
his wigwam, we think that if the ex
pense of keeping him were shared by
the States escaping his proximity, it
would be much more apt to give
"general satisfaction" to us.
Secretary Chandler has rendered
an important decision in fhe case of
Montgomery vs Eickards contestants
for tracts of land in Oregon, revising
a former decision of Secretary Delano,
and cancelling a patent certificate
heretofore issued to Kfekarda. The
case was argued by Senator Mitchell
in favor of the cancellation of the
patent certificate, one of the prirei
nil points being the right of the
Secretary to overrule a decisi
his predecessor.
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The Boston Post thinks it was a
good joke in Speaker Kerr to appoint
Alexander H. Stephens, the lightest
man in the House, Chairman of the
Committee on Weights and Measures.
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Allies .and Cider.
Under this heading, the New York
. 7'ojex fills a column, dilating ou the
health-giving qualities of apjiles and
and regretting that so little of
each is being consumed. It is the
j verv fuct of tjie ai,uluiance of this
j flUit that mafes us so apparently
j indifferent to its luseiousuess and
i -!irJ.rm?.ri3t;s Tf mmles were ha I'd
to get, at a dollar apiece, they would
be looked upon as the most delicious
fruit in existence. The Times says,
"there are no apples to be compared
with American apples, either in size
or flavor." We can truthfully nar
row this down to saying Oregon in
stead of America, and then reduce it
f still more, and say that our own
Clackamas is the banner fruit county
0f Oregon, and consequently the
producer t the best apples in the
world. Tlm fact of an Alden Dryer
being in our midst has made a decid
ed impression, in the quantity .of'ap
ples usually to be had. Yet we think
no one will dispute that we have al
ways had plenty for eating and cider
purposes. The apple is not a2pieci
ated. We, iu Clackamas county, do
not seem to realize what a boon we
have in this fruit. It affords fully
as much nourishment as the potato,
and those who are known to be apple
eaters are rarely if ever bilious or
dyspeptic. "The apple is a tonic in
quality, and contains phosphorus in
greater quantity than any other veg
etable. Therefore it is a most fitting
diet for us Americans who live in
such a stale of mental excitement,
and are so indisposed to bodily exer
tion. It feeds the brain, stimulates
the liver, which is just what we
need."
As for eider, when taken in mod
eration, it i. the most healthful bev
erage known. In the olden times,
cider was ass plentiful in Xew Eng
land and Xew Jersey as viu ordinaire
in France, and the consequence of
its being now so little used is tho de
cay of a vigorous people into irrita
bly nervous whisky drinkers. "It
has virtues which give it a great and
specific value in one of ti;e most
painful and distressing diseases to
which the male sex is subject."
When your children ask for apples,
give them as many n.s they can possi
bly manage; eat them in abundance
yourself, and we predict a less dys
peptic community in Clackamas Co.,
than exists anywhere in the State.
Strychnine and Suiiirrels.
Some of our county Ci rangers com
plain that an indiscriminate use of
strychnine is being made to kill oil
squirrels by other of our county
fanners. They attest that this poison
is applied very recklessly, and in
consequence is frequently the cause
of a valuable animal's death. Well
trained dogs, they say, will clear a
field of the above mentioned pests in
much less time and with more satis
faction than the killing with strych
nine, without any of tho attending
risks or unfortunate consoqr.encs.
We do i:ot Aisli to be understood as
taking any sides in this question,
merely stating what has been told us
for fhe benefit of the public. The
only law in' the General Laws of Or
egon, bearing on this subject, is as
follows: "If any j'erson shall ma
liciously or wantonly kill, wound,
...
disfigure or injure any animal, the
property of another, or shall wilfully
administer any poison to any such
animal, or shall maliciously expose
any poison with the intent that the
same shall be taken by any such ani
mal, or shall maliciously or wantonly
in any manner or by any means, not
otherwise particularly specified in
this chapter, destroy or injure any
personal property of another, such
person, upon conviction thereof, shall
be punished by imprisonment in the
penitentiary not. less than six months
nor more than three years, or by im
prisonment in the county jail not less
than three mouths nor more than
one year, or by fine not less tl an
fiftv, nor more than ona thousand
dollars."
An ()ki:oon Pitcss Association.
We are in favor of u Press Associa
tion, as advocated by the Albany
lh'i)it i-((t and Salem 3f-'rcttr ; but, if
we are not mistaken, the formation
of such a society has been often tried
here, and lrhs invariably failed. Eet
the originator, or rather" the resur
rector of the scheme, address the
different newspaper men privafeh-,
asking their presence at such a con
vention, to he held, say, at Portland,
on the 22d of February, and see how
the idea "takes." If the great ma
jority of the fraternity is iu favor
of the move, why, "lvt the good
work go bravelv on."
A correspondent to the St. Paul
P;t-r Press states that "it is true
that none but rich men have mneh
chance on this -oast." In respect to
this State, at least, this remark is
false, as the mere fact of there being
so few really rid, i:tr-i! among us will
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snow, ji ti.-e writer of tl
os nction
has been travelling In the
gni-e (.f a.
tramp, then of course we can under
stand l.i dissatisfaction ,.!.. ..t
.'onus verily "have no chance, in this
Mate. If ho bo u mechanic, the
master of any trade, willing to work,
ready to locate and clear a farm, even
should he be without a dollar to
"bless himself with," he can find a
good place to settle in this very
county. J
"3Iurder Most Foul'
To show tho terrible extremes to
which jealousy will at times drive a
man, we submit the following tele
gram descriptive o the most horri
ble murder that we recollect ever
ery: "Simmons came to
the house about 1) o'clock Thursday
evenino-. hrintrinir f(,r i lm 1 it.
tie girl. There was some brandy
and beer in the house, and after
drinking all the beer. Fuchs went
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out to get three pints more. All of!
us drank, and Simmons said he was
ashamed to go home drunk; so I
said he might stay and sleep with
Fuchs and I would sleep with Ellen
(we had only two rooms), and Sim
mons agreed to it. My husband
says I slept on the floor, and that I
was unfaithful, but I was so drunk I
knew nothing of it. My. husband
and child put me to bed, and while
they were so doing I fell on the floor
and cut my face. When I got up in
the morning I saw the body on the
floor of the kitchen, and Fuchs tak
ing it by tho heels, dragged ;fc into
the bedroom to cut it up. When I
saw it I called out "We will be
hung" but Fuchs said, he would
make it all right. I drank too much
Friday, and did not see the body cut
up." As the woman told this story
she wept bitterly, saying again and
again that if she had only been sober
the murder would not have been
committed. Andreas Fuchs, or Vic
tor Krelze, as the murderer calls
himself, said he had known Simmons
and worked with him for three years
but once had difficulty w ith him on
account of which he left the manu
factory for six months. He said
Simmons was in the habit of visiting
his wife while he was at work and
that about six months ago he detect
ed them in crime. He said Sim
mons came to his house on Thurs
day evening, about o'clock, and as
he had some beer both drank of it.
Simmons then ravo him money to
buy more beer and when he return
ed found his wife violating her mar
riage vows. Calling his stepchild,
E'li'ii vv!io was asleep in the lied, as
a witness of her mother's crime, he
seized "a hatchet behind the stove
and struck Simmons dead with one
bl
ow on
hh
nec
11c
asse
ted ht
struck Simmons' head off at one blow
but afterwards accounted for cuts
about the neck by swearing that he
had hacked it off the next morning
as it was not entirely severed, lie
declared he intended to give himself
up, but his wife pr.-naded him not
lo do so, iind on Friday, he dragged
the body info the bedroom , and put
it up into packing pieces away in
different places unt 1 he could got
rid of them. The officers w ho first
inspected the apartments reported
there were pails in tho kitchen ;uid
I'edrooiu containing meat which they
thought might be pieces of pickled
pork. Close examination of the
premises was then made, and under
the led was a hoavv hammer boating
bloody stains, ami a common handsaw-stooped
with blood and fringed
with bits of hair. There "were also
heavy hatchets or a -, and thse
were covered with half obliterated
bloodmarks. In another corner un
der a conch was a sin ill tin p:.ii
tilled io the' brim with f ragmou'.s of
' a human body cut in-to pieces, not
more than two or three inches in
length. At the side of the bed was
a large pine chest, dyed iu ehouv.
2ai t with blood, as ihough a bloody
body had bet n hastily juimc d in it.
In a common black leather traveling
trunk was found another portion of
tho mutilated body. In another
part of tho chamln. r was a large
boiler tilled with the man's limbs,
pieces of arms, legs and fact. In
the midst oi these remains was the
trunk of the body, the ribs stripped
clean of skin and llesh. The officers
next searched the bod, and turning
the ticking uncovered the fragments
of a human body. Then they went
through tho kitchen, and digging
deep under the brick of the fireplace
brought out many other remains
similar to those discovered in the
bedroom. They gathered up the
bloody fragments and sent them to
the morgue. The axes, saw and
hammer were taken to the police
station.
HoMKSTEA I AN D l'J-KMl'TION Tl
Tr.rs. In another. place we give in
full the bill to confirm pre-emption
and homestead entries of public
lands within the limits of railroad
grants, in cases where such entries
have been made under regulation of
the land department. This will be
interesting to many land holders
throughout the State. As we under
stand it, the bill requires the approv
al and patenting of all the pre-emption
and homestead claims located af
ter the railroad companies filed their
plats in the department of the inte
rior and prior to the time when fhe
local officers received notice to w ith
draw odd sections within limits of
the grants. Tho bill was passed in
the Senate bv a vote of 41 yeas to 0"
nays, and will in all probability ic
ccive similar treatment at the hands
of the Kopresontatives.
When we consider the harsh treat
ment of the press, the utter hopeless
ness of tbe woman's movement and
the unnecessary extravagance into
which ?Jrs. Duniway plunged when
she copyrighted her alliterative tale,
we feel coustrained to commend the
spirit of economy which prompted
her to say that we can not get off
anything at her exi-ense.
A Washington b h
ram of the 20th
nit. s:ns the Ho i so committee on
foreign affairs, t' ,l,erh opposed to
the joint resolfition of Iienres.-i.t.d ive
Piper. re.pvstinL' iNo President to
use all expedient means to have the
existing treaties f ur government
with that of Chi ' -o modified as to
prevent the further imniigr iti n of
subjects of that em, i; o to the United
States, have consented to withhold
a report to the House until the re
ception of the resolutions of the Cal
ifornia Legislature on that subject.
New York Jan 31 -The horrible with a speech on the linaucial qnes- ! appropriate 1.W0 to remove the itlUictments for murder against eight "Vm I Zr.r ,
mm-der an l' mutilation of W W tiou. He advocated a speedy return uau 11 my nig. late U. S. of tbe ittlliauSf Vl ho are believed to thepol tical opinions avowed in their
Simnf basis, which he held could minister to Ecuador from Quito to ; b;iye lmtchered four of their fellow ; f Jl d"a ' tora-?AMo":
exS ement here MrV FiVdrs wTfe ' alone give that confidence to insure j the cemetery at Louisville; referred. ; c.mutrvmen in this city last fall. f 1 are lonapurtirf8f 1
eituemeui .utit. mix. xuciis, wiie, .,,.i,,4. Spencer, from the committed nn t. ti. I lie nubbcans, and 4-j who are describ-
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of ti e murderer tells t ip stnrv nf 1 nvcsimtni- oi caiutLu amuuusiiucui - . .muwi v., i , ouu. -o. xnu ic- i - . . 1 T
oi u.l uiuiueui, aiii. me siory oi . 1 1 military affairs, renorled with mi! - , . ' l4...i i. : ed as both Jlonarchistd and Imuen-
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
COXGHESSIOXAL.
norsE.
Washington, Jan. 20. House met
as in committee of the whole, Eden
in the chair, for general debate. Few
seats of members were occupied, as
no business whatever was to be trans-
Sneechws on finauce were also
made bv Ward and Campbell, ami
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against protective larin uy Jims,
! auJ tue House adjourned,
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The Speaker caiieil tue mates ipr
bills. Under the call, bills were
introduced and referred as follows:
By Willis, for the reconstruction
of all tariff and collection laws; also
for an addition of prize money.
By Ward, to repeal the duties on
packages (commissioners' transporta
tion and covering of goods) ; also to
provide for the responsibility of the
government for all imported merchan
dise while iu its custody: also, for a
reduction of the duty on laces manu
factured by h.nd.
By Morrison, to revise and simplify
tho tariff; referred to the committee
on ways and means. The bill pro
vides that, in lieu of present rates
oi) and after July 1st, l!S70, the fol
lowing rates shall prevail: On cigars,
cigarettes, cheroots, of all kinds,
per pound; tobacco in leaf, un
manufactured aud not stamped, 40
cents per pound. Wools are classi
fied from ; to 10 cents per pound;
woolen cloths and shawls, and all
manufactures of wool of every de
scription made w holly or in part of
wool, 70 cents per pound; flannels
and blankets, at from 20 to 10 cents
per pound; readymade clothing and
wearing apparel of every description,
fi'l per pound; coffee, li cents per
pound; tea, 15 cents per pound;
oranges iu boxes, 18 cents per box.
By Monroe, to establish an edu
cational fund and to apply a portion
of the proceeds of the sale of public
lands to public odueatioi , and to
provide for the more complet:- endow
ment and support of national colleges
for the advancement of scientific and J
industrial education.
ly Stone, organizing a nation, il
railway company for tho purpose of
constructing, operation and main
taining a double track cheap, freight
railway from tne Atlantic seaboard
to St. Louis, Chicago and Council
BIufts,with branches toother centers.
By Ou nter, granting oo0 acres of
land to each survivor of the Mountain
Meadow massacre.
By Piper, to relinquish the title
of the United Sta'es to certain prop
erty in San Francisco.
By Luff roll, declaring the Fort
Crook military reservation open to
pre-emption or homestead entry.
By Wiggins, relating to lands with
in the Chippewa half-breed strip in
California.
J5y Strait, of Minnesota, joint
resolution of the Mluesola legislature
tor the protection of tlie rights of
certain settlers on the lino of tho
Northern Pacifia railroad; also for
an exbr.sion of lime for the construc
tion of that ra:!r ad.
j5y I.ae.e, of Oregon, for the con-slruc-ioii
of the Portland, Du'dosaml
Salt Lake Kail road and Telegraph
Co.
Pa:e oiTored a long preamble aid
resolution denunciatory of the Mor
mons and their vile and degrading
dogma of polygamy; charging them
with unprovoked, cord blooded and
brutal murders of men. women and
children; tho subornation of wit
nesses and terrorism over courts to
shield and protect the most nefarious
and infamous criminals; declaring
that immediate steps should betaken
to compel Mormons to obey the con
stitution and laws of the United
States. It directs the judiciary com
mittee to report, a bill for that pur
pose, so as to remove this foul blot
from thecivilizatioh of the nineteenth
cent ury.
The House refused to suspend the
rules and adopt the resolution.
Atkins offered a resolution instruc
ting tlie judiciary committee to in
quire whether or not the Union
Pacific Bailroad Company has for
feited its charter. Adopted.
The House then went, into com
mittee of the whole, llaskins in the
chair, on the military academy ap
propriation bill.
Hnrlbnt offered an amendment for
the detail of a competent staff officer
to act as quartermaster and commis
sary for the battalion of cadets, and
that all supplies shall bo furnished
at actual cost, etc. ; adopted.
The committee then rose, and the
hill passed.
The pay of the cadets is fixed at
54(1, without rations.
The other umondmerts, except
that offered bv Hnrlbnt, were reject
ed. Adjourned,
Pierce, from the committee on
eommmerce, reported a bill granting
an American register to the Hawaiian
bark Artie. After a protracted dis
cusionjho bill passed.
Goodwin, from tho eommithe o:i
public hinds, reported a bill provi 1
ing for the sale of Kansas Indian
lands.
The morning hour having expired,
the bill went over to the next morn
ing hour, and the House took up, as
special order, the proposed amend
ment to the Constitution reported by
the judiciary committee, which is
that no person, who has held, or
mav hereafter hold tho office of
President, shall over again be eligible
to such office. To this proposition
Fry offered the following as a sub
stitute: From and after the 4th of
March 1&H5, the term of office of
the President and Vice President of
Hie United States shall be six years,
and any person having been elected
toandiield the office of President,
or who has for two years held such
office, shall be ineligible to re-election.
Knott gave notice that he would
call the previonsquestion on Wednes
day at the expirati u of the morning
hour. The House then adjourned.
A Democratic caucus was then an
nounced for this evening
SENATE.
Washington, Jan. ol. Seuate
bill3 were introduced and referred
as follows.
Booth submitted a resolution re-
questing the Secretary of the Interior i sbudly killed by Stephen Baker at
to transmit to the Senate copies of j 10 o'clock last night Baker sus
the correspondence with the com- j pected intimacy between Robinson
mitteeof the 13d Congress respecting I and his wife.
the taxation of lands granted to '
States and corporations; agreed to. i
Logan, from the committeee on !
military affairs, reported favorably
on the senate bill, to reduce tho
number and increase the efficiency
of the medical corps of the U. S'
Army; placed on the calendar. j
..IcLreery introduced a bill to
amenomeiu trie senate V111 . re;
A if f .
i. nqu.su trie interest- oi tne umteu
States in certain laud to the city aud
county of S in Francisco; placed on
tno calendar
an uio senate est, oi Louisiana
tvresented a not it hi f i h-mtw
Louisiana in favor of aid to the
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lIJ7 " mreou rauroaas
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out ior xue auiiutication ot title to
i v. ,.i .: i i t . .-.!,
luuua ciuiuieu uy dose Apis ana l aoio
Apis in the State of California; re-
f erred to the committee on private
land claims.
Sargent presented the petition of
Henry M. Xaglee of San Jose, Cat,
asking to be reimbursed for internal
revenue stamps destroyed before
being used; referred to the committee
on finauce.
Windom of Minnesota, presented
the resolution of the Minnesota
legislature in favor of an extension
of time for completing the Northern
Pacific railroad ; referred to the com
mittee on railroads. .
After the expiration of the morning
hour the consideration of the Hojise
joint resolution to pay interest on
the 3 05 District of Columbia bonds,
was resumed. e
Morton gave notice that as soon
as the bill to pay tho interest on the
'. 05 bonds was disposed of, lie would
ask the Senate to take up and dispose
of the resolution submitted by him
with regard to the late election in
Mississippi. s
Cameron, of Pennsylvania, said he
hoped not. as ho . desired to have the
centennial bill considered soon as
that now before tlie Senate w as finish
ed. Adjourned,
Washington, Feb. 1. Sherman,
from the committee on finance, re
ported adversely on the bill introduc
ed by Bogy' early in the session, au
thorizing the payment of duties on
imports, in legal tender and national
bank notes; put on the calendar
with the adverse reports, at the re
quest of Bogy.
Hamilton, from tlie committee
on public lands, reported adversely
on various petitions and the joint
resolution of the Michigan Legisla
ture, asking for the passage of a law
to give soldiers of the late war 200
in money in lien of bounties, and tlie
committee discharged from further
consideration.
Oglesby i resented a petition of
citizens of Illinois, asking the repeal
of the specie resumption act, and the
substitution of legal tenders for tlie
National bank circulation, etc.: re
ferred. The perilling question lxinor on
the amendment bv Sar-'eut ivrovidinir
t tha' certiiiij ites heretofore issued by
the board of auditors. including those
1 converted into .'3-u'5 bonds and those
which have i,ot been so converted
! and certificates hereafter to be issued
by the bo;rd of auditors and their
' r-.ueeossors in office, shall not exceed,
I in the aggregate, the sum of 15, 000,
! 000, and tho question being on the
j amendment of Sargent above quoted,
it v. as agreed to.
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Sariiif Ceas'.
San Fkancisoo, Jan. 20. On the
corner of Seventh and Howard streets,
yesterday, a little boy named Edward
Dwyer, IS months old, was run over
by an ex pi ess wagon, the wheels
of which passed over his neck, in
flicting fatal injuries.
The storm has entirely cleared
away, and the weather is again clear
and pleasant.
The case of J. II. Dawson against
the publishers arid reporters of the
San Francisco J'ost, and members
of tho Presbytery canio up in tlie
nineteenth district court to-day. An
affidavit was tiled by the defendants,
rehearsing the wliolo story of Daw
son's, ciimes and peccadillos, and
avcring their abilitye to prove the
truth of all publications made iu con
nection witn Dawson's affairs. The
case was continued until Friday
next.
WATsoNViim; Cab, Jan. 30. A
serious riot occurred t'.iis evening
at 5: t"0 among the Chinese residents
of China alley. The row arose from
gambling and resulted in the almost
entire decapitation of one and the
wounding of others.
Salt Lake, Jan. 2S. A bill is
pending iu the legislature to protect
the Mountain Meadows assassins
from prosecution. It provides that
no person shall be tried for public
offenses committed previous tolSOO,
but no limitation of time shall lie
imposed upon prosecutions for mur
ders committed since then.
San I'i: ancisco, Jan. 31. There
was a meeting to-day to take steps in
arranging the preliminaries for the
coming Fourth of Ju y celebration.
The' report that Wild Idle has
been broken down and gone East is
denied. It is staled that the horse
is but slightly injured and is now in
Sacramento.
Toano. Xev., Jan. 31. The over
land passenger train, bound west,
which arrived to-day is still here
wailing for the track to be cleared,
the snow-plow and four locomotives
being entirely buried in a snow-drift
about two miles west of here. The
snow is sfill drifting.
S.vir Lake, Jan. 31. The follow
ing telegram has been received from
Green river, Wyoming: Passenger
train and pay car going west this
morning both stuck in the snow near
Bridger Station. The passenger
train, bound east, has been abandon
ed for to-day.
San Fkanctsco, Feb. 1. The
Japanese Centennial Commissioners
have arrived at this place.
Over 170,000 trade dollars were
shipped to China on the Great Re
public to-day.
Tho Grangers bank opened to-day
at the corner of California and Davis
streets.
Moses Robinson was shot and in-
Iastern .
O.iyiiv Jan. 29. A Ufgo number
r,t ..,r,,w lft .lnrino- tlie nast week
for the Black Hills. Many persons u,ns were held by the electoral col
are arnvhig daily en ro:ite from the Cnl.fto returns have
. : been received from all parts of France O
Denver Jan ill). -The grand jury
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; arrived hear this afternoon and were
f t lkeu to his late rtvsidence on Laurel
Hill, accompanied by the Congres
sional delegates, Post Master Geneal
Jew ell and a Jarge n umber of citizens.
Tlie uncral tsikus plat.e Monday
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this city t() ay-distance twenty-
j rive miles-in his lif
fe saving appa-
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lams.
I fiiT.i-Mni-a .T-i?- 0 -Tn flio Sonnte
bills were introduced to make ha
bitual drunkenness for one yi;ar a
sufficient cause for divorce.
Chicago, Jan. 2'J. Thegrand jury
yesterday returned five indictments,
including the names of 11 distillers,
as follows,; Simon Powell, L- S.
Haas and Thomas F. Bailley, of the
south branch; Edward Lawrence,
J. M. Ballentinttand John Robinson,
of of tlie lIlinois'listfifFry; and II.
B. Miller, Fred T. Reed, Orlando
Dickinson, Jonathan Abel and John
liurrougiis.
Brri-ALO, Jan. 30. J. Sellwagen
private banker, who suspended last
week, committed suicide last night,
by drowning in Erie bsin. The
body was found there this morning.
Partially out of water aud frozen
solid. There was about 1,000 in
hispockets. The assets of the bank
were 110,000; liabilities, 108,000.
Pmn.uELiMUA, Jan. 20. Speaker
Kerr has written a better to J. H.
Beall, in which he urges tlie nomin
ation of Gov. Hendricks for Presi
dent. St Loeis, Jan. 20. --The court
room was thronged this morning
in anticipation of the argument of
D. W. Voorhees closing the defense
of Win. MeKee. He heaped flic
most bitter invectives upon the
witnesses who had sworn for the
government, and then compared with
them tlie defendant a.man of unsulli
ed character up to tho present time.
His speech was one of the ablest ever
made at the St Louis bar.
Col. Broad head followed, closing
the argument. His rpeoch was
unpretentious, devoted to giving
testimony in a concise and conne cted
form for the jury. He laid particular
stress upon the fact that tife defer. so
had freely admitted the rxistence of
the con spiraevs, even, too by evi
dence of accomplices; but when the
same kind of testimony was brought
directly against their client, they
pronounced it perjured aud worthy
of no consideration.
After Uroadhead finished, tho
court adjourned. The jury is to be
instruclcd Monday and the case will
be given to them by noon.
St. Loi is, Tan. ol. 'Die jury iu
the ca-ie of Win. MeiCee, charged
with complicity in the whisky
m.-
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tiu ii'.e j'iiioii. .iut.;e iron cuijo
ing. The charge was very full and
in the usual stylo. He va-::d the
jury particularly aga
mneh v.eii'.ht to .tie
t idvin'r too
o testimony of
jury ietir d at
:t a quarter past
conspirators. ! ..o
11::'0 A. M.. f.nd
10 P. M.. Judge Treat on the hone)
the j-iry returned a verdict of guilty.0!
The next trial w a- that of Magmro.
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XoKwicii, Conn.. Jan. 31. Tho
funeral of the late Congressman
Starkweather took place thi. after
noon at the Central Baptist church.
The public ouildings we're very gen
orally draped in mourning, ami j
there was ea general suspension of
business.
Xi:w YoKN, Feb. 1. The S -amless
Clothing .Company is reported to
have failed. Liabilities, IO:000-
400 operatives thrown out of employ
ment. .
The treasurer of the St. Lawrence
Company is reported a defaulter.
St. Loris, Feb. 1. It has been
agreed between t:e counsel and ac
quiesced in by fhe court that none of
the juror-; s-doeted, for Magu ire's trial
shall bo drawn for Bibcock's case.
Indian-atoms. Feb. l.-rn t;,ft jr
S. Court this morning, the following
named pai ties, for crooked whi.-kv
operations, were sentenced by Jndge
Graham to two years' imprisonncMit
hud a fine of 1,000 each: Philip
Ehowire, Geo. T. Simonson, J) ivid
M. Lewis, Harrison Miller, Win.
Mnmford. Hiram B. Snvder Alfred
M. MoGoff, and John E. Phillips.
Jack Hill, three years in the peniten
tiary and a fine of 1,000; Thomas
Robb, one year in Gibson county jail
and a tine of 1.000; Henrv Jaqnes,
Christopher O'Connor, John Grispl
D. Reilly. each six months in Gibson
county jail and a fine of 500; Goo.
Hogan six months in the Yander
burg county jail and a fine of 500.
The passing of sentence on J. W.
Bingham has been postponed.
Pkovioknce, Feb. l.T'uo House
of Epresonativos passed, without
division, a bjll providing that land
occupied or owned by churches,
schools, colleges and charitable in
stitutions shall no longer be exempt
from tixation.
Boston, Feb. 1. A special from
East Lyndon, Yt., states that Silas
Wilder, a resident of that town,
killed his father and mother, this
mornintr. with an ax. and then cut
his wife's throat. He then hung
himself. His wife was aliye at the
latest date.
WAsnrNOTON, Feb. 1. The public
debt statement for January shows a
reduction of 1.500.155. Coin in the
treasury, 73.001,311; currency in
the treasury, 11.202,580; coin cer
tificates. 31,001 ,00; special depos
its, legal tenders. 10,000.000; out
standing legal tenders, 371,273,110.
l.'orcign.
Bk.iu.tn, Jan.. 20. The Reichsta"
to-day concluded the second reading
of the penal code bill." The so-called
Arnim clause was adopted 179 to
120.
It is thought here that Turkey has
determined not to declare war' with
Montenegro.
Ragcsa, Jan. 29. The insurgents
are marching north of Frebigne,
pursued by the Turks. The insur
rectionists have burned nine villages.
Madkid, Jan. 29. In an cngage-
11- rutipta. tit tin i IS ri(T. COll IT I - v,.i,
i . o-
0 ! ment in the province of ALira, the
! Carlists whio Qlnfuvi
j lo!?eS HUetl Ja mounded.0
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; . -A-ivis, jan. ou. Senatorial elec-
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j tn? two districts of Pny de
i DoiV)(and colonies. Tim snfroscfnl
alists.
The remains of Lemaitre the actorQ
were buried to-day at Mont Marie.
The funeral was attended by an im
mense .and somewhat noisy crowd.
Victor Hugo delivered a funeral ora
tion. Sr. Peteusbo:g, Jan. 30. The
Gazette, of this city, complains tlmt
American ships have for a long time
been committing abuses in Ochstosh
seas. The inhabitants, being bribed
with spirits, have allowed Americans
to usurp rights of fishing and hunt
ing iu those waters.
Maiiui, Jan. 31. The report is
officially confirmed that Gen. Lorna,
having captured Valmaseda, is ad
vancing on Durango, compelling the
Carlists to abandon the siege of Bil
boa, and evacuate their fortified po
sition there. The whole mining dis
trict is now free of the Carlists. Gen.
liiiveraaptured Fort Santa Barliaru.
near Estella. and Gen. Campo has
occupied Porte Vilite. The Royalists
are closing in upon Don Carlos. The
division of Gen Morales attacked the
Ctrlist Foit at Aratzaiu on the 20th,
but was repulsed, losing 200 killed,
including one colonel. o
London, Jan. 31. Advices from
Berlin say the Spanish government
has intimated to Great Britain that
it.undertakes to end the war in a
week or ten days, after which it will
have a large force of men for the
subjugation of Cuba.
Ro:.ie, Jan. 31. Cardinal Simconi
has been instructed to quit Madrid
if the government assents to an ap
proval by the Cortesaif the clause of
the proposed constitution Qdi owing
liberty of worship.
London, Feb. 1. The "Weefcitj
Word I says prof, Juo, TynYlall will
shortly many the daughter of Rt.
Hon. Lord Claud Hamilton.
The well known Methodist divine
and author, Jabez Burns, is dead.
Serious and bloody feuds are an- O
nounced as having occuredo among
the tribes on the Seiude lrontier.
Tlie Time-;, of India, fears a general
rising Throughout Belloehistan. It
is reported that the Indian Govern
ment contemplates occupying Khetat
and deposing the Khan.
Tho Morn'my, Hour understands
that a warrant has been issued for
t he apprehoason of Wm. Smith ofO
Smith S : Co., solicitors. It is feared
that he has used a large amount of
money belonging to various clients
and that his debts amount to 750,
(:00. o
San Srn vsTi.vN, Feb. 1. Advices
received here aunounce that Ctji,
.Martinez Campos is advancing into
the heart of Bhizan valley, diiving
ihe Carlists towards the mountains
of tlje frontier. A great panic is
aid to prevail among the Carlists at
i ra and other points on the Bidassoa
river.
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Xorwegian and Sweedish immi
grants are coming to the Sound
country i i large numbers.
The puylic school at Port Ludlo
has b. on
ciosed on account of the
p: eva'.ence of scarlet fever
O
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bodies of John Crofts, enjri-
icor of the Black Diamond, and
Willie Pratt, w ho wer drowned n
Piiyaihip Bay, have been picked up
by the Indians.
A young man at Port Lndlnw 7:it
week, slept 39 hours from the effects
ot an overdose of opium.
Late advices from Salt Lake say
that in the contested cases between
Foote(Geiitile) and At kins (Mormon)
for a seat in the Legislature, it was
proved the latter had received about
b00 illegal votes. Foote, member
elect, is excluded by a vote of the
House.
Loggers are now making arrange
ments to commence work at the dif
ferent places on the Sound.
Bismarck came within seven dob7)
lars of reaching a salary that would
make it u presidential office. The
sa'ary was 993.
Thurston county has KJ school
houses and 951 scholars.
Two miles of road are in workin'
ordc
order from black river, near Seattle, q
to Steele's ranch, on the Dawamisli
t'
river.
There are 2G priests in the Diocese
of Xes.jivally, od churches, 2 orphan
asylums, :; male and 0 female acade
mies, 1 religious house of priests, 11
parochial schools for boys and girls,.
2 colored schools, houses of female
religions. The Catholic population
is reported at 12,000.
The dirtiest man in Montana llaUt
Nelson, better known as Mountain
Dew, has fallen heir to 50,000.
The President of the Rescue mine
has left Idaho for the East. His ob
ject is to induce capitalists to Invesfoo
in the rich mineral lands in Warren
district.
The people around Waitsburg W.
T. favor the annexation to Oregon.
Indians are killing buffalo for
their hides around Middle Park.
The yt-tcs is the name of a paper
just published at Dayton, W T. o
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Dayton has got a woolen uianufac-
turing company.
The Smelters and Silver mills of
Utah w ill devote one days run as
their exhibit at the Centennial.
Gamblers are crowding into Chey
enne p-.eparatory to departure for the
Black Hills.
There were 1,192 arrests made in
Salt Lake City in 1S75.
Boise City has an egg G inches
in circumference. Keejj it tillEaster.
The Statesman wants Idaho to Lave
an Immigration Board.
A young man named Al. Goodrich
cut his tongue off in Boise City last
week. He was deranged, and said
his was a bad tongue, and that it did
not alwav tell the truth. What a
silent place this would be if our peo
ple resorted to similar treatment tin
der similar complaint. o
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