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OREGHS CITY, PRECOX, MAY 13, 1S76.
: r Tlie Duty of Our Citizens.
Oregon City, owing to her location,
for many years has been able to draw
a small toll from nearly every pound
of freight and each passsnger going
tip or coming down the river. This
key has given employment to many
of her citizens, and has been the
cause" 6F distributing thousands of
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loijais woiuiuy among our mer
chants. But progress and the de
mands of quicker and more cheap
transportation, demanded the open
ing of the Willamette, and the mo
ment that was done, it whs only a
question of timo as to the discontin
uance of the line on this side. Wheth
er it combined with the other com
pany or not, it was just as natural
for all the freight to find its -way
through the locks as it is for water to
find its level. We are informed that
the combination of the two companies
has been effected, and that all hands,
with two exceptions, formerly em
ployed on the boats and in the Com
pany's shops have been discharged.
This throws out of employment not
less than forty or fifty men with fam
ilies. We may regard this aid to
Oregon City as passed away.
The close proximity of this city to
Portland cannot enable the business
men to get even the local trade, as
many of our towns-peoplo go off to
Portland to do their trading. While
we deprecate this, it is nevertheless
a fact which cannot be denied. The
people in the northern part of the
county, anywhere two miles below
town, go to Portland to do their
trading, and many farmers in this
vicinity may be seen at the metropo
lis laying in their supplies. Whether
our merchants could stop this or not,
we are not prepared to say. We are
now talking of things as they exist,
and these being facts, wo ask our
people what they expect will even
maintain Oregon City in her present
position? It is idle talk to say that
wo have the greatest water power in
the world, and that capital will soon
er or later employ it. The gods never
belli thoso who do not help them
Bolves. Oregon is full of excellent
water power, and even our own
connty can fnrnish any amount ont-
sido of tho fulls. Albany has an
artificial water power, brought into
town at thousands of dollars expense,
and to-day there is three times more
machinery run by water power in
(hat place than there is in this city.
It was and is the citizens of Albany
who are building up their manufac
turing interests, and they are not
waiting for somo ono to como along
and do it for them. Salem has her
machinery driven all over town by a
water power brought there at great
expense, and Corvallis and Harris
burg are both agitating tho question
of creating water power for their
respective towns. Our having the
best water power on tho face of the
earth and enough to rnn all the spin
dles of New England, does no good
unless wo make use of it. Wo havo,
cit is frne, two of the finest flouring
mills in the State, and a woolen man
ufactory hi ch, were it run by white
labor, would bo a source of great
wealth to the town, but as it is, it is
of but little benefit to any ono except
tho "heathen Chineo"and its owners.
There is but one thing left for the
property holders of Oregon City to
!o, and that is, to put their shoulder
lo the wheel and inaugurate some
manufacturing interests. There are
ix property holders in tho place who
would be making money to start a
bag factory. We know of nothing
which would bo of a surer income,
nd which would give employment
to more men, women and young girls
and boys. Wo use now to market
our wheat crop three hundred thou
sand dollars worth of sacks annually.
This is increasing about one-fourth
each year
There is no danger of
these sacks not
being in demand.
Tho experiment to ship wheat in
bulk has been tried and proved a
failure, and hence, as our wheat ex
ports increase, tho demand for sacks
will increase. There can be no ques
tion that tho investment would not
only build up onr town, but it would
pay handsomely to those who would
.engago in it. This business could
le extended to a twino factory, oil
mill and many other additions which
naturally belong to this business.
We have been informed by a gentle
man who knows whereof he speaks,
that less than 840,000 will start a bag
factory in this place, with sufficient
machinery to supply at least tho de
mand of Oregon and Washington
Territory. No one need question
our ability to raise tho flax, and that
of a superior quality. Ave see it
stated that Eastern linen makers are
soon to commence the manufacture
of linen at Jefferson, from tho flax
raised by Messrs. Parrish & Miller,
and they claim that it will make the
Dest quality of Irish linen. If it will
pay 'to make linen in Oregon am'
compete -with tho markets of the
world, why would it not pay to man
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uiuciuro our sucks, ior which we
would find a market at our very
"doors, and for which the ready cash
would bo paid. We have thrown
out these suggestions to our people,
and we now warn them in time, that
Unless they do something for them
THE
selves, the darkest day of Oregon
City's prosperity has not yet arrived.
There should be a conceit of action
and the property holders and busi
ness men of tho town ought to take
tho matter in hand, and if there is
any other branch which promises to
be more remunerative, than what we
have suggested, let it be carried out
but something outrht and must be
done or our prospects are indeed
anything but bright for the future
We feel a deep interest for the future
prosperity of our town, and hope
those most interested will lose no
time to inaugurate some enterprises
which will at least place us on the
R.iTiiH basis we were before we lost
tho key of the Willamette Valley.
Sargent's Ciiiuese Speech.
A Washington disriatch of the Cth
inst. has tho following in regard to
Sargent's speech tho other day, in
recrard to the overrunning of the
country by the heathens:
Sargent's speech on the Chinese
nuestion has excited much interest
here. Congressional sentiment on
the question is awakening under such
efforts and tho discussion by the
California press. California was slow
to appreciate the drawbacks of Chi
nese immigration, and it is not sur
prising that Eastern sentiments re
spond but slowly. But Sargent's
argument and statement of facts
evidently expressing the certain fea
tures of the degrading influence of
Chinese in California, has seemed to
startle the public mind into a more
careful examination and review of
the whole subject. Tho threatened
mob violence in San Francisco, how
ever, tends to creat6 a reaction against
this improving sentiment, and aggra
vate the difficulty of securing a con
stitutional remedy. If your people
are tolerant, there is hone that the
Senate may soon initiate a movement
looking to a modification of the treaty
In the meantime Piper will push his
bill securing the rigid execution of
tho existing law relative to coolie
importation. The theory of Piper's
bill is that the law of March, 1875,
would be efficacious if Collector
Shannon executed it vigorously.
Piper therefore proposes to amend
the fifth section by adding the fol
lowing: "When any two citizens
shall file with tho collector of any
port of the United States an affidavit
stating that they have reason to be
lieve that on board any vessel arriv
ing at said port there are any persons
prohibited from landing by tho act,
it shall bo the duty of said collector
to make, or cause to be made, the
inspection provided for in this act,
and every collector or inspection
officer who willfully refuses, or neg
lects to make such inspection or en
force tho provisions of this act shall
be punished by a fine of not less than
8500 nor more than 83,000, or by
imprisonment for not less than three
months nor more than one year, pro-1
ruled, that this amendment shall not
bo so construed as to relieve the
collectors of ports from causing the
inspection of vessels to be made as
provided in tho original section,
though no affidavit bo mado as re
quired by this amendment."
This amendatory bill will be sub
mitted to tho House with a unani
mous recommendation for its passage
as soon as it can bo called for report.
The Veto!
Grant says in his veto of the bill
to reduce his salary that 825,000 a
year has not fief rayed his expenses
as Executive. That shows how much
costlier a President he is than Lin
coln or Johnson. The Philadelphia
Times, in an article on this subject,
says that both Lincoln and Johnson
saved money out of tho'S25,000 sal
ary, when gold was at a premium of
from fifty to a hundred and fifty per
cent. And their household allow
ances were verv much smaller than
Grant's have been. If this be true
and we see no reason to doubt, it,
how particularly flat falls that por
tion of the President's veto message
which touches on hi3 "successor."
How very magnanimous! We see an
almost endless lino of candidates ris-
to thank him. Of course we
admit, with tho President, that the
reduction would not affect him, but
he could not approve of it without
acknowledging that be had approved
aud even allowed his special friends
to lobby for an unnecessary increase
and had been actually receiving, by
his own active consent, a greater
salary than a President should re
ceive. His veto was, thereforo, to
be expected, unless he rated himself
worth twico as much as any one who
would succeed him. To have signed
his name to the bill would have been
a confession that 50,000 was too big
a salary, which would, in conscience,
compel him to make restitution of
tho surplus, a thin'
that Grant
would never do.
Mail Agent Underwood in a spasm
of economy while at Washington,
recommended that the Kelton and
Dalles daily mail route be reduced
to a tri-weeklv. but tho noliHmns
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and mail contractors got after him
pretty warmly and made him recant,
and "he promises not to do so any
more and is sorry for it." So far as
we are able to discover there is no
need for more than a weekly mail in
that direction, but we presume tho
maw of the contractor and politician
must be appeased.
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Independent of the excitement usu
ally attending our State elections,
the additional importance is lent to
the one of next month that it is close
upon the heels of the great Presiden
tial contest in November. The know
ing ones of both parties fully admit
that the organization which wins in
jue oiaie election will, in all proba
bility, "bear the palm" in November.
In consequence the election in June
will carry with it more than the usu
al interest of an ordinary State elec
tion, and the voters of both parties
will turn out in full force.
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.
Washington, May 6. Senate-resumed
the consideration of the arti
cles of impeachment against Bel
knap. -
Conkling snbmittcd the following
nuestions to the board of managers:
First If two persons guilty of crime
in office cease to bo officers at the
same time, one by removal and the
other bv resignation, and one rather
than the other is subject to impeach
ment afterward, if any distinction be
tween the two cases exists, please
state it?
Second Is a private citizen liable
to impeachment under tho constitu
tion of the Uuited States: if his hav
ing previously held an office distin
guishes him in this respectfrom other
citizens does it embrace the distinc
tion in the clause of the constitution
or to the principle in which it is
found:
Mitchell, of Oregon, submitted the
following question: The constitution
provides that when the President of
the United States is tried on im-
neachment the chief justice shall
preside; suppose a late President,
were impeached for high crimes and
misdemeanors, committed while
President, and presented at the bar
of the Senate for trial, who would
preside there, the chief justice or
the president of the Senate?
Manager Knott was unable to con
clude his argument, commenced
yesterday, on account of physical in
disposition, and leave was granted
to conclude Monday. Manager Jenks
than read a lengthy argument to the
effect that tho senate has jurisdiction
in the case, at tho conclusion of
which the Senate took a recess of
twenty minutes.
The item for postmasters was in
creased to G,800,000. A long debate
ensued on abolishing the letter car
rier system in towns containing less
than 40,000 people. Without dis
posing of tho question the House
adjourned.
May 5, The nonso resolution ac
cepting the invitation to attend, tho
opening ceremonies of the Centen
nial exhibition and providing for an
adjournment from Tuesday to I n
dav of next week was adopted.
The consideration of the articles of
impeachment was than resumed.
Carpenter, in response, began nis
argument on the question of juris
diction. After reviewing the plead-
incr in the case, he said he would en
deavor to show, first, that articles of
impeachment could not be maintain
ed against any private citizen in any
m . . 1 il l V
case whatever; seconu mac wnen
ever articles of impeachment were
exhibited, they must set forth every
fact essential to constitute a crime
impeachable. He stated he would
confine himself in his argument to
to the legal question, and would be
as brief as possible and as dry as a
stick. Carpentar read at great length
from the debates of tho constitution
convention.
After recess, Carpenter continued
lis argument against tho Senate's
urisdiction.
Proctor Knott followed on behalf
of the managers. After speaking
somo time he asked for an adjourn
ment, as he was suffering physically.
This was granted.
The Senato then went into execu
tive business and soon after adjourn
ed.
May. 8. The impeachment trial
was continued, and Manager Knott
resumed his argument. He conclud
ed at 1:00 P. M., when Jndge Black,
of counsel for the accusal, began
the closing argument.
At 1:15 Manager Knott was inter
rupted in his arguement, that the
Senate might convene for regular
business.
Sargent submitted the following
preamble and resolution, which was
unanimously adopted:
Whereas, It appears that a vast
influx of Chinese to the Pacific coast
is workinggreat injury to to the mor
als and labor interests of the Pacific
States and Territories; and whereas
the existing laws against the Coolie
traffic and the importation of females
for immoral pur pesos fail in execu
tion for want of evidence of the in
tended evasion thereof; therefor.
Resolved, That the committee on
commerce bo instructed to consider
the subject and report fully, placing
adeduate restrictions upon the im
migration of Chinese to this coun
try. At 2 o'clock the Senate took a re
cess for 30 minutes.
Judge Black concluded bis argu
ment about 3 o'clock, when, on mo
tion of Edmunds, tLe galleries were
cleared and the Senate went into se
cret session. At 5 o'clock the doors
were reopened and the chair announc
ed that the Senate had agreed upon
two)orders,wh ich were read as follows:
Ordered that until further notice
the attendance before the Senate of
the managers and the respondent will
not be required.
Ordered that when the Senate sitting
for the trial of impeachment, adjourn
it be to Monday next at 12:30 P. M.
The Senate then adjourned.
HOCSE.
newitt introduced a bill in relation
to savings banks. It provides for
amending the revised statutes so'thafc
no stamp tax shall be required on re
ceipts of savings banks or institutions
for savings having no capital stock
and doing no other business than re
ceiving deposits to be loaned or in
vested for the sole benefit of parties
making such deposits without profit
to an association or company. The
bill was referred to the ways and
means committee, and was accom
panied by alarge number of petitions
from savings banks in New York.
The House than went into com
mittee of the whole on the postoflice
appropriation bill.
After recess Hoar begun his argu
ment and concluded, after which the
Senato adjourned.
The House was engaged to-day
mainly on private" bills. Among
those passed was one granting tho
right of way for railroad purposes
through the United States grounds
near lienicia. The naval appropri
ation bill was reported, which was
was mado the special order for Mon
day. It appropriates nearly 13,000,
000. xVdjourned.
Randall offered a bill providing
for the coinage of 825,000,000 addi
tional silver coin to that already fur
nished. The bill authorizes the Sec-
retarv of the Treasury to
purchase
silver bullion with legal tenders;
said silver shall be paid out in ordi
nary disbursements of the treasury
"in j viiouii oviuv uu v ---' -
or in exchange for trade dollars at
par. The bill further provides that
the trade dollar shall not be a . legal
tender: referred to the banking and
currency committee. The bill is
said to meet the views of Bnstow.
A resolution was adopted directing
the committee on ways and means to
make a thorough investigation in
the management of the New.-; York
custom house, , and of the changes
and reforms necessary.
The House at 5:30 adjourned with
the understanding that no business
would be transacted to-morrow, and
that the House would merely meet
and adjourn. - - ' "
All the Pacific coast members were
present and voted for the treaty
bill. , -;
TKI.KGKAPIIIC NEWS.
Eastern.
Washington, May C. Congress
men Page and Piper had an interview
with Secretary Fish to-day on the
Chinese ouesticn. Ho assured them
he was not only willing, but anxious
to procure a treaty modification to
prevent the evils of which the Pacific
coast complains and reiterated his
former statement to Page, that ho
had already instructed Minister Sew
ard to bring the subject earnestly to
the attention oi the Chinese govern
ment: but he was at a loss to know
just what modifications would accom
plish the desired and, he, therefore,
asks the Facihc delegation in Con
gress to consult with each other and
the committees on foreisrn affairs in
both houses and then saggest to him
what they think best, whereupon he
will immediately forward the sug
gestions and direct Minister Seward
to secure the Chinese government's
consent to a treaty modification in
accordance therewith, if 2ossible.
The Postmaster General, at Sen
ator Mitchell's instance, has declined
to approve the special agent's recom
mendation for a reduction of mail
service on routes from Kelton, Utah,
to the Dalles, Oregon, and from
Winnemucca to Boise City.
W. il. Upton, of California, ap
pointed by the President as an alter
nate cadet, has passed the examina
tion to fill a vacancy, and has been
admitted to tha military academy.
The House committee on Indian
affairs will report favorably on Lane's
bill to remove the Indians from the
Umatilla reservation and open it to
settlement.
The Senate committee have report
ed favorably on the Klamath reserva
tion lien lands, and the bill to extend
the time for the survey and location
of tho Portland and Salt Lake rail
road three years, and one private
bill to issue a duplicate bill for
quatermasters' checks lost by France
x liosenbaum, of California, and al-
owing the court of claims jurisdic
tion of the claim of Geo. E. Payne
formerly of San Francisco, for dam
age done to his Louisiana plantation.
The Presidio reservation bill still
awaits the approval of the President.
Washington, May 7. Ofhces es
tablished: Honrell Prairie, Marion
connty, Oregon, D. W. Elledge,
postmaster, Quinn, Columbia Co.,
Oregon, Jas. Quinn, postmaster.
Booster Bock. Multnomah count v.
Oregon, Tylestrap, postmaster, Klik-
itat Landing, Klikitat, W. T., J. W.
llhamson. Postmasters appointed:
F. H. Hirshfield, Coos City, Coos
county, Oregon; William Erickev,
Huntley, Wasco county, Oregon;
George Libbets, Benton, King
county, W. T.
The amount of silver in tho treas
ury department at tho timo of the
passage of the specie resumption act,
June 11, 1S75, which, according to
theSecretary of the Treasury will be
used in ordinary disbursements, is
82,500,000.
Fokt Laramie, W3'.. May 6. In
dians run of! 31 head of horses and
mules from Huntoon's ranch, belong
ing to Colonel Bullock, of Cheyenne,
and a Mr. Johnson, yesterday. Jas.
Huntoon, a brother, was killed. His
body was found eight miles from the
ranch at Goshen Hole and brought
into the rauch by J. H. Owens, of
Chug Springs ranch, and Little Bat,
a hunter and scont. Mr. Tivens' ox
train, of Cheyenne, were attacked by
Indians on tho 2.1 inst, in Bod Car-ou.
They made a strong defense, keeping
up a running fight for some time,
corraliug trains and righting from be
hind wagons aud teams and finally
reaching a good point for natural de
fense, stopped and drove the Indians
oft". One man was wounded and 14
horses killed.
San Francisco, May 6. -The Chron
icle this morning pnblishea an inter
view with Spanlding, in which the
latter is reported as saying that he
was forced to employ Pinney, know
ing nothing of him, though having
no reason to believe that there was
anything wrong about him. He was
givento understand that his retention
of his office depended upon the con
tinuance of Pinney in his position as
purchasing clerk; that his own re-appointment
was at Pinney's instance,
on the condition that tho latter
should remain as clerk; that Sargent
ran both army and navy on this
coast, and Tinney was in favor with
him. He says he will soon wind up
his defense, during which ho hopes
to bring out the bottom facts.
The British steamer Lord of the
Isles arrived this afternoon from
Hong-Kong direct and brings an ad
dition of 1,012 to the Chinese popu
lation. Berkeley, May G. Win. Dressaix
McCloskey, a member of the fresh
man class of tho State University,
was accidentally drowned this after
noon while bathing in the creek which
feeds the reservoir back of Temas-
cal.
Chicago, May G
About 5 o'clock
this afternoon a terrific rain storm
accompanied by a rotating tornado
visited the city and did much dam
age to property. The wind seemed
to come from above, and dropped
here and there over tho city, skip
ping some ixu-tions which lay in its
course. Houses were unroofed and
eight or ten persons fatally injured.
The passenger train on the Illinois
Central E. R. had the sleeping car
blown from the track, aud nearly all
the passengers more or less injured.
Chicago, May 8. Dispatches from
various points indicate that the storm
of Saturday was general throughout
the State of Missouri and Kansas,
aud tho planting of corn will be con
siderably delayed.
Washington, May 8. The House
passed the bill to carry the Hawaiian
treaty into effect by a small majori-
PniL,APEi.pniA, May S. Great
progress has been made since Satur
i j - - v, hJlk till i
i day in the preparations for theopen-
of the Centennial Exhibition.
Portious of Memorial Hall are ready,
out mere still remains a large quan
tity of scaffolding and material in
the center of the building. Many
cars of the narrow gauge railway
are on the track and the managers
promise to have them operating to
morrow. The French PThiliif nf itVa Jji
"been partially uncovered, but tho
passage ways are failed with boxes.
The English department is progress
ing rapidly, and most of the exhibi
tions promised to be ready Wednes
day. Gen. Hawleysays the grounds of
the exhibition may possibly beoien
ed on Sunday, but the decision con
cerning the buildings is final.
New York, May 8. The Ilerald
has a letter from Midland, Georgian
Bay, Canada, saying boss Tweed and
iwo companions spent tho winter on
Muskoka river, thirty miles from
Midland. It appears that Tweed
and two men loaded a small steamer
last November, just before the close
of navigation with aqnantity of pro
visions and went to Parks mills,
which have not been running. On
the 2Sth of April two detectives left
Midland and went to Park's mill,
reaching thero Saturday. On being
discovered the whole of Tweed s par
ty fled on board the steamer by small
boats, one being sunk by ice and he
getting a duckinsr. Their escape in
boats was covered by some four men
on the steamer with revolvers, and
shots were exhanged with the detec
tives who were on the dock. The
steamer escaped with Tweed to tho
bav: the detectives beinsr unable to
follow. They expect to soon cap
ture him.
The Liberal Republican National
convention met hereto-day. Among
thoso present were Lieut. Gov
Nicholson of California, Judge Clark
of Connecticut. Hon. C. S. Dawes of
Massachusetts, and others. Col
Ethan Allen called the meeting to
order and resolutions were adopted
calling a convention of Liberal lie-
publicans on the 20th of July to
meet at Philadelphia.
New York. May 9. The Times
editorial says: Another man, hither
to high in puplic estimation, has
fallen a victim to Presidential aspi
rations. The moderate conservative
Democrats, despairing of success un
der the leadership of Thurman, Til-
den and Hendricks, had picked out
Judge Davis aa the best available
candidate. It now appears theJudge
has been carrying out a sort of double
courtship with the hard-money
Democrats and tho ii.llationists.
Most of the specials declare that
Miss Dickinson's debute was a fail
ure, . and the play also.
Omaha, May 10. Goneral Crook
left to-day for lied Cloud and Spotted
Tail agencies in order to discover the
feelings of the Indiana and thus de
termine what course to take with them
during the coming campaign, wheth
er to use and trust, or distrust them.
The Indians escaping from Crazy
Horse's band have joined Sitting
Bull and are busy getting together
guns and ammunition, and trouble is
anticipated from this source.
ASiiixoTON, May 0. The grand
jury of the Criminal Court of tho
District of Columbia to-day found a
true bill of indictment against Bel
knap for receiving tribes.
Iarilic Coast.
San FitANcrsiio, May S. The peti
tion from the Young Men's Reform
Club to deny license to Chinese ped
dlers, was reforred to the city and
county attorney to ascertain if the
board havo power to pass such an
ordinance.
San Francisco, May 9. The
board of supervisors last night pass
ed a resolution authorizing the may
or to extend a suitable welcome to
the Irish patriot, O'Donovan Rosa.
The board voted S;,H'U to pay the
expenses oi tno anu-tjnineso ueie-
gation.
Foreign.
Paris, May H. General Clusert
writes to the (fanlois, denying tho
statement, which he regards as an
insult, that he solicited a pardon.
He says he expected to bo shot, if
captured and would have shot ex
Preaident Thiers or President Mac
MaLon, if he had captured them.
New York, May 8. The Herald's
Rome special says His Holiness is
very feeble in body. He has to be
supported by two prelates of the
church, and on the occasion of Vati
can receptions, he alleges his bodily
weakness as his excuse for not going
round to bless trinkets or other mat
tors which are presented to him.
London, May 9. The Mark Lmie
JCxpress says thero has been no notice
able change in tho aspect of the
country, all veeritation making slow
progress owing to a prevalent cold
wind. Tho season in Scotland is
much behind hand; adverse weather
caused seeding to be unusually pro
tracted. In trade increased activity
has been apparent, millers buying
more freely and speculators showing
considerable interest in the present
course of prices.. Transactions for
continent at our local markets have
been only of a tentative nature. Some
small quantities of both English and
foreign wheat have been taken for
export. Tho export demand for oats
having abated, prices declined slight
ly, the supply of maze having been
sufficient to check any advance.
Continental advices, except from
France, are fairly satisfactorily as to
the coudition of crops, although
want of sunshine has been felt there
also. Navigation has not been re
sumed at Petersburg, and the prices
of wheat are very high, both there
and at Odessa.
London, May 9. An English pe
destrian named Vaughn has succeed
ed in walking 100 miles in 18 hours
51 minutes and 20 seconds, thus
beating O'Leary's best timo by two
minutes and five seconds.
The British consul at Rio Janeiro
reports, by telegraph that a munity
broke out on the bark Caswell, of
Swansea, for Queenstown.in latitude 1
south, longitude 01 west. All the
officers were murdered by tho muti
neers. Paris, May 10. A correspondent
of the Uniterselle says the foreign
governments have forwarded the fol
lowing account of the origin of the
disturbance at Salvonica to their
legations in Paris: The American
consul was at the railway station,
when his attention was attracted by
the cries of a Christian girl. She
was surrounded by a score of Mns
selmans, who wanted to take her
forcibly to tho Mosque. Tho consul
took the girl under his protection.
ing
"While he was seeking information as
to her nationality, the German and
French consuls were separately in
formed that the woman belonged to
their respective nations and had been
dragged into a Mosque. They conse
quently repaired to the Mosque where
they were beaten to death.
A Paris correspondent learns that
the American consul, fearing that
the mob would succeed in forcing
his house sent the girl to the Ger
man consul. The mob in the Mosque
compelled the German consnl to sign
an order for tho delivery and then
murdered him.
Lonpo, May 9. A correspondent
at Berlin . says it is generally thought
here that the Salonica affair will
prove fatal to Turkey. Interference
of European powers for the benefit
of Christians is now considered un
avoidable, as it is evident the Port is
powerless to protect them against
the outbreaks of fanatics.
A telegram from Berlin states that
the German corvette Medusa, has
been ordered to leave Messina for
Salonica without delay. Russian
and Austrian men-of-war have also
been ordered to Salonica in conse
quence of an urgont dispatch from
tho Chancellor of the French Consu
late at Salonica. Additional men-of-war
have gone to Syria, where they
await insurrections. Tho British
Consul ordered a man-of-war from
Pirrun to como to Salonica immedi
ately. SUMMARV OF STATU SiEWS.
Burglars broke into tho county,
clerk's office at Hillsboro last week,
but failed to open the safe.
A wolf club has been organized at
Gaston, Washington county.
Two young men were arrested at
Gaston last week for riotous con
duct and using obscene language in
the presence of ladies at a Good
Templars' lodge."
Chinamen were on a strike at the
fisheries last week.
A steam tug was launched on the
Coquille river on the 29th ult. She
will bo used at the new mill on that
river.
George Marshall, a son of tho no
torious "Mother Marshall," of Sa
lem, tried to suicide last week.
More grain has been sown this
year in Tillamook county than ever
before.
On the 1st of Jnly next Lane conn
ty intends to bo out of debt and
10,000 in the treasury.
Vi . J. Small, and John Dick
and wife were drowned while sailing
on Klamath river, near Linkville, on
the od inst., by the boat capsizing.
The bodies had not been recovered
at the latest account.
The M. E. Church, North, will
hold their campmeeting on tho 15th
of June, at their grounds near Mc
Minnville. Myrtle Point is the name of a new
town on the south fork of tho Co
quille river.
About a dozen persons left Albanv
last week for the Centennial.
Two Dallas sports challenge anv
two persons in Oregon to fish against
them in Polk county waters for 00 a
bide.
Win. Chnmboriin, an employe of
Fishel & Roberts for three years
past, died at St. Vincent's hospital
in Portland last week.
51 fishing boats were on the Bay at
Astoria ono evening last week.
A little son of Jos. MCune. living
two miles from Corvallis, frll and
broke his thigh bono last week.
A Lane county correspondent savs
the crops are anything but promising
in that section.
Benton
county has the revival
fever.
Tho Eugene boys bet the beer on
burr races.
A family named Elliott, livincr
about twenty from Salem, were dan
gerously poisoned last week by eat
ing mushrooms. When last heard
from they were all living, but three
of them in a verv critical condition.
Geo. Connor, the Diird and last of
the youthful culprits sent to the
penitentiary from Multnomah conn
ty, was pardoned by tho Governor
on the 4th, and bound out to David
Swartz, of Marion county.
The Democrats had a bier timo nt
the ratification in Portland last Fri
day. Marshfield will celebrate on tho
Fourth of July.
Over $2,000 of the stock for a citv
hall at Corvallis has been subscribed.
W. F. Hill, of Coos f.onnhr 1ms
been appointed deputy TJ. S. mar
shal for tho district of Oregon by
Marshal Waters.
The light from the burning factory
at Salem last week, was seen dis
tinctly at Albany, 29 miles distant.
Several new buildings are going
up in the Dalles, and old houses and
fences aro being repaired.
Jos. Yates, of Linn county, lost
three valuable horses last week, from
what he supposes to have been bots.
1,000 shares of the Luckv Onoen
Mine, in Jackson county, have been
sold to California capitalists.
Two large warehouses and several
private residences are to ho built at
Oakland during the summer.
A young man named Griffith has
been arrested at Junction for steal
ing a watch chain.
The bodies of Smith and Morton,
drowned recently in the Santiam,
have not been found as yet.
Jefferson is rejoicing over an an-
propriation for a bridge across the
Santiam.
S. G. Thompson has been nomi
nated by the Democrats for joint
Senator for Wasco and Lake' coun
ties. A half witted boy named Custer
was drowned in the Applegate, Jack
son county, recently.
Salem has base ball on the brain.
The report that Capt U. B. Scott
had sold his boats, the Citv of Sa
lem and Ohio, to the W. R.T. & L.
Co. is denied.
Lafayette Lane is expected home
about the 20th of June.
F., meets at Portland on the "loth
The printers of Portland will lmn
their annual picnic in June.
Crops aro looking well iu Utnatin
county. "a
The Republicans of Multnotral
hold their convention on the lGiij
Clrt 1 rr aro v n n r i re i
Columbia
and fisheries
aro
well.
Sna.kes aro found in the hviWi
water at Portland. yarant
Tho double headed calf is on it
way to the Centennial. ; s t ,
Uncle Sammy Allen and Hon. j.
J. Monroe, of Salem, are dangerous
ly ill, and out siigut nopes are eu--tertained
of their recovery.
Hazlett, tho drunken print, h9
turned up at Astoria - .
Al. Cooledge, of Silvertoh,
thrown from a horse, the other daj
and his foot catching in the stirujj
he was dragged some distance and
received some severe bruises.
Dr. Palmer, of Roseburg, ia oa
trial for manslaughter.
The Salem woolen mills are to ha
rebuilt at an early day.
Wolf hunting is the rago at Turn
er's station.
G. M. Jessen and party left Pori
land last week to commence survey
ing the mouth of the Columbia.
Special term of the circuit court is
to bo held in Yamhill county.
Ex-Attorney General Williams Las
signified his intention of participat
ing in the Centennial celebration at
Portland.
The bodies of W. J. Small and
Mrs. Dick, who wero drowned at
Linkville on the 3d, have been re
covered. Tho body of John Dick
has not been found as yet.
Wheat in the Farmer's warehouja
at Salem has been slightly damaged
by overheating.
Walter Moffett's saloon at Portland
was broken into last Sunday nijjht
and 300 cigars and a quantity of try.
bacco taken.
Capt. Tom Mountain was fined $3
for firing a salute within the corpo
rate limits of Portland last. Sunday
evening.
It is said that Blind Tom, the
musical prodigy, will visit Portland,
Base bal lists ;;re getting in trim at
Portland for the Centennial matches.
Tho body of an unknown man ha
been found floating in tho river at
Sanvio's Island.
Tho following is tho Independent
ticket of Wasco county: Senator, E.
Barnes; representatives, W. Bing
ham ami P. G. Barrett; county
clerk, R. F. Gibons; sheriff. John
Darragb; assessor, Thomas Lister;
commissioners, John Irvino and U.
Rice; school superintendent, Troy
Shelly; treasurer, F. Dc-hm.
Ti:iatiT)iti. s:vs ithm.
Boi.-e Cit- has voted a 3
for the support of schools.
mill lax
Mr. Adams, on the CoInmWft
slough, was robbed of 50J last Sat
urday. Tort Madison boys have been
throwing stones at each other, and
one of them named Primrose has a
broken skull.
About 450 miners sailed from Vic
toria last week for the Cassiar mint-.
Many wero unable to secure passage.
Mr. Baxter, of Sehome, who pur
chased tho bark Onward at tho Utca
lady bankrupt salo for i3,300, nuld
her a few days since for 5,000.
Frank Donley was killed in tLe
mine of the Seattle Coal Miniug Co.
last week by the unexpected explo
sion of a blast.
M. S. Duff, of Walla Walla, killed
a monster bear the other day which
weighed 450 pounds when dressed.
Eggs sell by tho pound at Colfax
for six cents.
A daughter of Mr. Perkins, of
Walla Walla., was thrown from a
horse last week and hor collar bone
broken.
A teachers' convention will meet
at Olympia on tho 26th of July.
Marengo is the name of a new
town sito on Snake river, at the
mouth of the Tucannon.
Rev. G. W.' Skinner," late from
Canada, is the new pastor of tie
Congregational church at Olympia.
An Indian named Billy was killed
tho other . day by a brother Lo at
Anderson's ranche, on tho Skagit
river, W. T.
E. Bunker, of Lewiston, had his
leg broken tho other day by a kick
from a young horse which he was
driving in a sulky.
Ah Wun shoved Ah Wung from
the wharf at Seattle into the Sound,
the other day and nearly drowned
him. Ah Wung got mad about such
a little thing as that, so they havo
Ah Wun in jail waiting for the next
term of court.
A steamboat company Las been
organized at Olympia under the
title of Pnget Sound Transportation
Co., and the following officers hav
been elected: President, Thomas
Macleay; secretary, A. H. Steele;
treasure, G. A. Ba"rnes. They have
negotiated for the construction of
their, first boat..
The Walla Walla .Spirit says:
"Fresh butter has come down to
(zero) 2 cents per pound, and not
a great demand at that price even.
Dairymen and farmers begin to drop
the lower lip and declare they won't
make another pound until it conws
up to a living remunerative figure."
On Chambers' Prairie, near Olym
pia, stands a part of the oldest hone
probably north of the Columbia
river. It was built in 1843 by Mr
Charles Eaton, who lived there for
somo time, and when thero were hut
three other white men iu that sec
tion of the country besides himself
The dimensions of tho house r
10x10 feet, built of small fir logs
about eight inches in diameter.
When a loafer enters the sanctno
of a busy editor and the editor say?,
"Glad to see you're back," what docs
he mean?
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