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ASTORIA, OREGO?r SATURDAY, APRJL i(. ISJM.
VOL. XXXIV, NO 99.
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'Astoria . Suburbs I
l'ivc Acre Tracts east of AMoiia am) sidy
one and one-half mile from Columbia
JJiver at &KX) cacii ; Sioi) cash.
balance $50 per month.
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CHINESE TO BE RETURNED.
The Nation Will Pay For Senaiiig
Hem Bad to China.
2HOIIE WOKK OX TAMFF ItlT.L.
Special by the California Assocutkd Peess.
Washington', April 25. Acting
secretary of the treasury Batchelder
has written the following letter to the
collector of customs at Port Townsend,
Wash.:
"Dear Sir: The department is in
receipt of a letter dated the 19th inst
from the United States attorney gen
eral in which it is stated that thero
arc nineteen Chinamen now in the
custody of the United States marshal
for the state of Washington, who were
arrested and tried for coming into the
United States in violation of the ex
ecutive act oT October 1, 18S8.
"He recommends in accordance
with the suggestions of the secretary
of slate, that said Chinamen, notwith
standing the presumption that they
may have come across the British bor
der, be returned to China on the
ground that they could not be re
turned without payment of a
head tax of S59 each
and because, even if returned to that
country, tho Chinamen would most
probably again evade the vigilance of
the United States officers and come
back to United States territory. The
department approves the recommenda
tion of the attorney general, and you
arc hereby instructed to consult with
the United States marshal, and to take
the necessary steps for having said
nineteen Chinamen returned to China
at the expense of the United States.
It is tho wish of the department that
these Chinamen be returned in as
economical a manner as possible by a
sailing or other vessel bound directly
for China without touching at any
American port en route. Vouchers
for the expense inenrred should Ik?
forwarded for payment."
AatUTruNt Legislation.
Special to The Astokiax.
Washington', April 25. The hottse
committee on judiciary to-day reported
to the senate an anti-trust bill, and
recommended its passage.
Seme Oregon PoMmiistcr.
Special in The Astoriin.)
Washington, April 25. The follow
ing changes were made to-day in fourth
class jMJstmasters in Oregen: F. I.
McCallnm at John Days, Grant
county, vice G. W. Grant," resigned;
W. 1). Gorman at Mill city, Marion
county, vice J. A. Shaw, resigned: II.
II. Morris at Spikenard, Jackson
county, vice J. S. Morris, resigned; G.
F. Johnson at Wellsburgh, Multno
mah county, vice W. E. Wells, re
signed. Two Oregon Pciiioncr.s4
Special to The Astohian.J
Washington, April 25. Oregon
pensions granted on issue of April
12th original. Samuel Hollaway,
Eugene City; Geo. Harris, Gleneoe.
An Extensive Charity.
Special to The Astoiuan.i
Washington, April 25. A resolu
tion appropriating one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars for the relief of
Mississippi river flood sufferers, was
passed by both houses to-day.
Vetting into Prncticnl Shxip?.
Special toTn 1 Astoria.
Washington, April 25. -President
Harrison, this afternoon approved the
world's fair bill.
An Advance in Silver.
Special to Thk AsroitiA.v.
New York, April 25. Zimmerman
and Forshay report bar silver in Lon
don at48f and strou;.', with very little
offering. London wires tliat the mar
ket is strong and an advance is likely
to be maintained. The advance in
silver is sufficent to add 5 per cent to
tho net earnings of the Mexican Cen
tral for they come entirely in Mexican
dollars and they net the compauy 5
per cent more than tbi3 time last year.
Cleiug to Arbitrate IVIattcr.
Sp-cial to Thk AsrouiAN.I
Chicago, April 25. To-morrow at
1p.m. the striking carpenters presi
dent, Goldie, the old and new boss
carpenters, and the citizens committee
will meet at tho builders exchange to
arrange a settlement of the strike.
Too Wet to Play.
Special to Thk Astouian.
Brooklyn, April 25. Game post
poned on account of rain.
The Police Stoppcdthc Fun.
Special to Tnr. Astorian J
New York, April 2L A glove
fight, arranged between George Dix
on, colored champion, and Mose Cor
bin, another colored boxer, which
would have taken place at Nilsson
hall this evening, was stopped by the
police.
Cincinnati Victorious.
Special toTHK Astouian.1
PrrrsRCRG, April 25. In the contest
to-day, between the Pittsburg and
Cincinnati National League teams,
Foreman pitched a good game and
won. The visitors fielded well and
the latter part of tho game was bril
liantly played. Score--Pittsburg 1,
Cincinnati 10.
ROBB &
to Inspection.
THK 3IcKI.LEY niL.r
It Will Xot Become L,aiv in Its
Present Shape.
Washington, April 25. TheBepub
licans of the senate finance committee
are at work on the tariff bill to bo re
ported to the senate as a substitute
for the Mclunley bill. They expect to
have all the work done and bo ready
to report very soon after the Mclvinley
bill passes the house. The under
standing is to have the McKinley bill
pass the houc practically as it is, but
there is no expectation of its becom
ing a law in that form. The senate is
expected to pass quite a different bill
and the whole matif r will be settled
in a conference on the- disagreement
between the two house.;.
It is said that there ha-; never boon
any expectation among the party
leaders that the Mclvinley bill wonlfl
become a law iu anything like tho form
it was reported. It U understood that
the plan was preltv v.vll settled on from
the first, and th it with (his under
standing in view there ww b no se
rious diflicnlty in pa-v-iug a bill
through the house. Thero :? quite a
radical difference of views between the
senate fiuauce committee and Major
McKinley on several points. The
ideas of the ultra-protectionists and
expressed in the Mclvinley bill pro
tests are being received by the ways
and means committee from interests
in various parts of the country, mauy
of which conflict with each other.
Over 500 formal petitions, having
many hundred signatures, have been
received since the bill was reported.
Some of the petitions and protests are
very emphatic in language, but the
committee remains complacent and
content wtth its work.
Want a Day to be Nine Hour
Special to Thk Astouian.1
Buffalo, April 24. The carpenters,
mill hands and cabinet makers of this
city have decided to ask for 9 hours to
constitute a day of labor.
BIctiot off Very Ifjight.
Spc-i.U toTftK -ti:i .J
PiiiLADRTiFHL,April2L-Et-prefcct,
Ivmg, or the bund asylnm, has been
sentenced to 5 years in the eastern
penitentiary on account of bad prac
ticas.
The Oklahoma ovrrnuiiit.
S,:clal to Thk astoi:in.
Guthrie. April 25. -As soon as the
president signs the Oklahoma bill, the
enforcement of law is taken out of the
hands of the United Stale. authorities
and vested in the new g.v.vnr.nont.
Tho latter cannot be on its ftH't for
some weeks, and the territory will b
without aulhtmzed oiheers t govorn
in the interim, which is lojked up in
as a critical period. The president
has ordered the United Shitm officers
to continue to enforce the law but the
illegality of tho order is. acknowledged
here. Private information makes Woo
W. Steele, of Indiana, the accepted
governor of the territery: he was eight
years a congressman," and an old
friend of tho president
A liiarge Attendance.
.Speci.il to Tin: st 1:1 w.
Buffalo. April 25. -Abrmt 2.).000
people were present t.i triv at ihe
opening gamo of the Banal.! and
Chicago players Laaguo senet. It
was an exciting contest. The Chicago?
got on to Iveefs pitching carlv, bat
that did not win the game, the defeat
of the Bnflalos being due mainly to
dainng Iiase running or the western
men. Score, Buffalo 8, Chicago in.
A ZEard-foiiltt si;tiir. -
; -ci 1 1 Thk Astopi in.
Cleveland, O., April 325. The
Cleveland.? played a strong uphill game
to-uay and in the ninth uinmg pulleu
victory out of tho fire. Snore Cleve
land 10, Chicago G.
Close tianic in Pit tsbnrg.
Up -ci.d to Thk AsroitiAN )
Pittsburg, April 21. -The Cleve
land Brotherhood Team appeared heie
to-day for the first time. Errors were
mainly responsible for loss of the
game by Pittsburg. Corcoran, at
short, doiug poor work. The visitors
batted steadily throughout Sroro -
Pittsburg, 8 : Cleveland. 0.
Sullivan WiUIHcct Jackson.
Special to Thk Astouian.
New York, April 2L Sullivan will
be in this city early next week, when
he will forward an answer to the Cali
fornia athletic club's proposition to
arrange a glove fight with Jackson.
Barnett, Sullivan's manager, said
yesterday it would undoubtedly
bo accepted. " I am free to say
that much, and little more. Have
been in communication with the
champion. Sullivan will accept tho
offer on two conditions, first is an
unalterable decision that the winner
take all, second ho must have side bet
at least 5,000."
American Demand for Silver.
Special to Thr Astouian.
New York, April 25. The Keening
Telegram says: "Private cables from
London report large pnrchases of
silver; and that that market is almost
entirely b.iro on American orders'
Tea much Rain.
Special to The Astoria.
Boston, April 25. No national
game to-day on account of rain.
SILVER GROWING STRONGER.
Tlie Loiiflou Martet Cleaned Oat By
American Orders.
THK V. V. 11 A S A 7 VAXCKli IT A GES.
Special by Tho California Associated Pkess.
Boston, April 25. A Cheyenne
special says thai last night the mana
ger of the Union Pacific railroad con
ceded an increase of wages for em
ployes of the eastern division but
could not agree as to the motmtain
divisien: this is looked upon with favor
in thk city, where so much railroad
stock am! bonds aro field and all
danger of a strike on the Union Pa
cific's linoi now is thought to li" i.er.
si.vs:$s is ppiri:cAa'jNi.
Xctv York Will Support fjontlon
as the ITIoncy Center.
SpCCI ll t' rHR .VST.1RrN.
Nn-.v Turk. April 25. -Silver certif
icates are again active and buoyant,
with a rise to 107, followol by a rv.ie
tiou lo 105 on sales for foreign ace j-mt,
followed by late recovery in !0o V At
Lon l.in silver was also strong, higher,
with 'i ri'5o to -iSlj'u per ounce.
The JF 7 nnd E.r:rr. says it i.- Uo
soon 1 1 io.lk about the posMbiiih of
our takl:g the market for silver away
from f j :i I'm, but it is .juite certain
for atl 1 t : week past that New Yo-k
has eon rolled the price and ha; ad
vanced it against salo3 for London ac
count and is quite in a position to
hold th" pi ie- with .-al-? of Je-w th,n
300,00!) ounces. The price was al
vanced yesterday to 105 '4 ami Lon
don was compelled to follo-v another
advance to 107 to-day. At this
rate silver i.s climbing daily.
About one-tenth of tho dis
tance separates it from gold on tho
monetary scale, and the silver dollar
is gaining on the gold dollar at tho
rate of about two cents a day.
Silver champions say it is" not silver
that i; advancing, but that gold is
coming down. Tiic fact remains, how
ever, that the two metals have been
rapidly approaching, partly in value
as measured by the prices of any stand
ard article.
Tim IKOrV ?. JlATi'S VIKWS.
As- Sound and Sensible as Ever.
S;ic-,i .1 to Thk Asror.i 11
New York, April 25. The Herald
cables an interview with Bismarck,
from Fredericksrnho in which ho says
in part: "If I were still minister of
the crown, I would wish to abstain
from all interference-, allow
matters to fake their tiatural
course, .iml pursue a policy of observa
tion. If acts contrary to law were
attempted, I would fight, otherwise I
should look on with indifference.
If a laborer chooses lo select
a day to make many walk about
in procession. C should do nothing to
prevent him. With repression by
legislation, it is always the same. Out
ward attempts to prevent mischief,
are oftei the role rc-ismi for
mischief existing. When a turbulent
striker says the authorities take extra
ordinary measures to preserve peace,
he knows they dread him. and tho
more h realize? this thj m ro aggres
sive he becomes.
"Antagonism between employer and
employed, in my opinion is the result
of natural law, and in the course of
nature it can never come to an end.
Wo will never reach a situation where
tho lalwring chiss will say, we are
satisfied, b jth foronrselves and for our
children, and for those who come after
us."
The correspondent mentioned a
word concerning tho prosperous con
dition of workingmen belonging to
guilds in flourishing cities.
"His highness demolished the whole
fabric of that theory by saying:
"Members of those guilds were not
workingmen tit all, in a modern sense.
They were an aristocracy of working
men, their prosperity being based
on their cxclusivcness, In this
eternal struggle between labor and
capital, labor has scored the most
victories, and such will bo tho case
whenever tho laboring man has a
ballot''
The first requisite in a government
is energy, not to be time served, not
to sacrifice the future to any arrange
ment for convenience purely tempor
ary. Government should be steadfast;
firmness indeed, fierceness of the rul
ing power is the guarantee of eaco
both abroad and at home. A govern
ment always reach to vield
to the mojority of her local.
temporary, parliamentary or riotous
citizens, which keeps up its authority
oy concession, each one ot wmch paves
the way for a new concession, is
in a sore strait. So, the-1st of
May is not dangerous. Preven
tive measures owe most of their
success to the foresight of the execu
tive officials, who are rarely leaders of
men or statesmen, so that their
measures are sometimes troublesome,
instead of useless. However, I do not
expect any trouble on the 1st of May.
It will cause me no los3 of sleep.'
For Sulr.
A furnished Iiohqp- vnitnlilo far Itnr
a hoarding or Iodfrin? Iion;n in n nvwl
Ioca tion. Inquire at this office.
PARKER
In Thirty Days 2,000 Men go to Work on
South Coast Railway. Buy Now, as
erty will then Advance.
THE STEA3IER "3IANZAN1TA."
Return of the Light House Tender From
A Pleasant Crnise.
Last evening at eight o'clock the
steamer 2Tanzanita arrived from
her northern cruise. A represen
tative of The Astorian was soon on
board, and received a very cordial
welcome from tho genial Captain
Richardson.
They have leen absent nearly two
weeks and tho trip has been delight
ful, more like the pleasure cruise of a
yacht. Maj. T. H. Handbury and
wife joined them at Seattle on Wed
nesday, the 16th inst, and then they
went to Friday Harbor, on San Juan
Island, thence across tho Gulf of
Georgia to Port Eobcrts aucl Patos
Island.
Turn poiut was visited, which i3 the
place where the British man-of-war
Anipliioji struck a rock a few months
ago. From there they continued to
Victoria British Colnmbia. arriving on
Friday, and remaining until Saturday
afternoon at fotj o'clock, when they
returned to Seattle, arriving there the
samo night
Leaving Seattle on last Monday
they went to Tacoma where they at
tended the Haverly Minstrels" and
report a crowded" house. Tuesday
morning they sailed from Tacoma to
Seattle, look on coal and proceeded to
Port Townsend. There they took, on a
whistling bnoy wliich had broken
loose and been lowed into that har
bor a few months ago, and left Port
Townsend on Thursday morning.
The next call wasat NcwDnngeness
light station and then at 7:30 yester
day morning tho steamer was off the
entrance to Gray's Harbor, in which
at 8:15 anchor was cast Another
whistling bnoy was here taken ou
board, which had been found adrift,
and towed in by a vessel. From thero
they came to this city.
Major Handbury "and wife left at
Seattle last Sunday night and went
overland to Portland. Capt and Mrs.
Ehoads left on Monday night
at Tacoma and returned to Port
land by rail. Capt. Ehoads officially
visueci anu inspected ail tne iigut sta
tions on tho trip, and was well pleased
with the condition in which he found
them.
3IARIKE XI'AV.S AND NOTES.
The Alliance sailed for Gray's Har
bor yesterday morning.
The steam schooner Augusta ar
rived last evening from Tillamook.
The steamer Clara Parker camo
down from Portland yesterday loaded
with produce.
The schooner Ruby A. Cousins,
loaded with redwood from Eureka,
arrived yesterday.
The steamer liical will po up on tho
beach to-day to repair. The O. K.
will make her trips to Young's river.
From the custom house yesterday a
license was issued for coasting trade
to tho steamer Puritan, Capt T. H.
Latham. Tho license is No. 20, the
official number is 150,392, and the Cliil
cat Packing Company are the owners.
Tho British bark Indole, Capt R.
Little, cleared yesterdav for Queens
town. She took on at Portland 84,1-10
bushels of wheat, valued at S63,000,
and from Astoria she takes 7,189
bushels of wheat, valued at 5,500, so
that her entire cargo consists of 91,329
bushels or wheat, which is worth
68,500.
The steamer Polar Bear cleared at
tho custom house yesterday for Bristol
Bay, Alaska She is for the Chignik
Bay company, is commanded by Capt
J. M. Olesen, has a crew of nine men,
and carries only her own supplies. Of
tho nine men five nationalities are
represented, for tho places of birth are
Sweden, Norway, Finland, Germany
and South Carolina.
The fishing schooner Geo.H. CIja7ice,
Adams master, arrived yesterday. She
left Victoria April 9th and commenced
fishing off Flattery banks on the 12th,
having caught 15,000 halibut and
G.OOO codfish, most of which were
caught last Thursday morning. The
fish is all packed in ice, and looked to
an Astorlvn reporter as fresh as when
caught After being inspected by cus
tom officials she proceeded to Port
land. Police (?onr Rasincss.
In the police court yesterday, lia
foro indtre Jnwett thern worr thrnn
cases. Edward Barrv and Lewis Khpnin
were charged with having been drunk
and disorderly, bnt not being present
tho deposit or two dollars by each one,
was declared forfeited, "and four
dollars more was entrusted to the care
of the city treasurer.
A. C. Carlson, nronriotnr of a srilnrm.
had been arrested, charged with fight
ing, for when the officer saw him he
had a man down on the floor and was
strikiurr Iiim. Carlson introduced
several witnesses to prove that a man
111 ins saloon was troublesome, and m
putting him out, both fell down, him
self on top. Tho court dismissed the
case.
W. W. Ward. C. C. Talton nnd .L
W. Hoverton were up from Ilwaco
yesterdav.
SIHLOIl'S CATARRH REMEDY
a positive cure for Catarrh, Diphtheria
and Canker Mouth. At J. C. Dcment'3
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.
Chinese Can Haye no Riffis On
Mining Lands.
KELMHEMJCXOCKSTURS'i:!: OUT
Special by Tho California Associatkd Prkss.
San Diego, Cal., April 25. Fifteen
Chinamen, who have been camping a
few miles south of Milqnatay ou the
Mexican side of the lino for several
days, went some distance up the line
last midnight and made a break to
enter the United States, all got across
and hid in the brush except six who
wero captured. Erwin BanghandE.
Walker, Americans who freighted the
coolies upfrom Eusenada at 85 each,
were guiding the party and were also
caught
Olympia to the Front.
Special to Thk Astorian.
OLpiriA, April 25.- -An enthusiastic
mootinfr of citizens was lipid lioiv to
night on the final, favorable and partial
report or. tne local committees who
have raised a subsidy of $100,000 to be
divided between tlie Union Pacific,
and Oreiron Imnrovement railrn.irl
companies; depots, harbor privileges
ami ngnts ot way were also granted.
kki,liih:k vs. TCBXIIU.
The Matter Knocked Out in Thir
teen Uoiuuls.
special to Thk Astoria:;
San Francisco, April 21. Tho
Golden Gate Athletic Club was taxed
to its utmost capacity this evening,
the event being the meeting of Charley
Turner, of Stockton, the colored
champion, and Denny Kelliher, of
Boston. Tho purse was far $1,000
the loser taking $250. The men were
in great condition. Turner weighed
151 pounds, and Kelliher 151. Joe
Choynski acted as referee.
Turner like his backers seemed full
of confidence. Both combatants were
cautious, and feeling for weak spots.
Kelliher worked Tnruer into a corner
putting in a heavy left on his ribs and
getting a slight return on the neck.
The round closed even.
Round two Turner appeared
quicker while Kelliher seemed to wait,
evidently wanting even- blow tocnimt.
In round three Turner was knocked
down by a blow on tho Jaw and in the
rush which followed Kelliher fdimwl
striking the floor heavily. The round
ujuscu tviui uuiii quiiu groggy.
Rounds four, five, six and seven
were characterized bv ho.ivv snirilprl
fighting; each hunting an opening for
a KnocKout blow.
Rounds eight to eleven were very
spirited. Kelliher boinL rnshod to tlm
ropes. Rounds eleven and twelve
were tougut mainly for wind. In
round thirteen, Turner led the for head
when Kelliher brought his right
around catching him on the jaw, and
knocking him clear out
VIVACIOUS VANCOUVER.
It C'ives the V. 1. Railroad
$45,O0O Subsidy.
Special to The astorian.
Vancouver. Wash.. April 21. To
day at a meeting of tho Chamber of
Commorco $lo,000 was immediately
subscribed by leading citizens of
Vancouver to secure the U.P. extension
to the sound for Vancouver. Vice-
president C. J. Smith of the Union
Pacific Railway was present, and the
building of the road and bridge across
the Columbia at Vancouver is now an
assured fact, and as tho result of the
millmen's strike here on Monday last
one of the mills has accepted tho ten
hour request, that of the Michigan
Lumber Co., which is working with
new hands, and W. J. Ross mill is
forced to lay idle.
C'AI'CASIATY DOIINAIVCi:.
Chinese Have No IVIiniupr Claim
Right. in This Country.
Special to Thk Astouia.v.J
Walla Walla, April 25. Judge
Willis Sweet in the district court in
tho Mount Idaho case to-day decided
that Chinese have no rights whatever
on minings lands in tlie United States.
The decision was rendered in a suit
brought by Chinese against Patrick
Flynn, et al, who last summer jumped
claims on Moose creek in Elk City,
a mining district held by Chinese for
many years under a bill of sale given
to Chinese by white men. In another
decision involving the Buffalo Hill
claims, Elk City district, white men
having leased said claims to Chinese
and beiug jumped by order of whites,
the judge heltL that a lease of mining
ground to Chinese was invalid and
amounted to abandonment of claim
unless the plaintiff proves that the
Chinese lessees were actually employed
to hold and work said ground on be
half of plaintiffs.
The suit for ejectment was therefore
denied. Upon the announcement
of the decisions parties were
immediately organized to oust Chinese
miners in Pierce City, Elk City and
other mining camp3 in northern Idaho
which are Chinese strongholds. The
decisions are far reaching in their
effects nnd will lead to abandonment
of much ground where Chinese made
a bare subsistence.
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London Silver .Tlarket.
Special to The Astorian.
LONDON. Anril 25. So far all
dealers here have been selling silver.
ljarge onying orders nere are reported
to come from California Silver has
been bought in London and held
nere oy arbitrage brokers at about 1
per cent profit, one house has sold
100.000 ounces, which it had bought
in London.
Dublin in the Fashion.
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Dublin, April 24. The porters and
guards of tho Great Southern and
Western railroad have struck for
higher pay, and all traffic is at a com
plete stand still.
Kemp Won the .Championship.
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Sydney. N.S.W.. Anril 2-t. Kmn
beat Masterson over the Parametta
Course to-dav for tll worlil snnllinrr
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Quarrymen on a. Strike.
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LONDON. Anril 25. Tho. nnnrrvmnn
at Holy Well, Wales, have struck for
an advance of wages.
Reception to Stanley.
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London. Am-il 25. Stanlev rpnnhed
London this aftornnnn tlm Vint
of Belgium also crossing to London.
xnero was a great reception at Dover,
with addresses by the mayor and cor
poration. Another Karl Departs.
Special to The Astorian.
London. ADril 21. Tho Earl of
Glasgow is dead, aged 65.
Another Polar Expedition.
Special to Tns Astorian.
Christlvna, Norway, Appil 25.
The state has granted Dr. Frithy, of
Mansen, 20,000 crowns in support of
a proposed expedition of discovery to
the North Pole. The expedition
will start in February, 1892,
and passing through the Suez
canal will reach Behring straits in
July. A new whaler is being built
for the purpose. Only twelve sailors
and four scientists will start on the
expedition, and a stock of provisions
sufficient for five years will bo carried.
Rescue of a Oritsh Crew.
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London, April 25. The crew of the
British bark Osseo, from Savannah
January 21st, for New Castle, before
reported abandoned, were rescued by
the British ship HigJimoor, Captain
Motley, from Liverpool, March 10, for
Adelaide. Somo of the rescued men
were placed on board another
vessel off Lisbon. Five of the Osseo's
crew refused to proceed on the High
moor and started in theirownboat for
St. Vincent, sixty miles distant. They
reached the island, but not in a strong
condition. Notwithstanding their
state, the Portuguese authorities would
give them no succor and refused to
allow them to land.
A Prominent Teacher Dies.
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Montreal, April 25. Principal
McGregor, of McMaster College, is
dead.
When the average man or woman
comes to be fitted with the first pair
of glasses some curious discoveries
are made. Seven out of ten have
stronger sight in one eye than the
other. In two cases out of five one
eye is out of line. Nearly one-half
the people are color-blind to some ex
tent, and only one pair of eye3 out
of every fifteen are all right in all re
spects. Hydroraphic Snrvey Ordered.
Major T. H. Handbury, U. S. engi
neer, is making arrangements to start
out a party to make a hydrographic
survey of the Columbia river from
Tongue point up to Cathlamet No
survey of this part of the river has
been made since 1868. This work is
preliminary to preparing a project
and estimates of the cost of
making a twenty-five-foot channel
from Portland to the sea, as Major
Handbury was directed by tho chief
of engineers to do sometime since. As
the remainder of the river has
been surveyed lately it will not be
necessary to go over it again in order
to prepare the project The party will
begin work about May 1, and the job
Avill occupy the party probably two
montlis. Uregonian, 25.
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