In the matter of- ..---.
l.OCAl. NKWHiJ
' - tit KSTKKI'Kl.
!w y emtimvora tu ,
raourt hi totxaiTt.
but. irufvia " f
mwtaiunnl to liliiinl.-l"
Attaoaaeamtula.
llnlAlliuulift'MC.. 'V J .
- , vt...-,. vi an n.n.ntL Im ihtt Price of Libert!." Jefferson. . rr.
; --ssrssss ' -niTK'TV mtw.OK. THURSDAY. MAY 4, 1805. "
" wi . ' - M-j'.nuXiiiii-. , ,
VOL. ' ; , , I
' 1 i i - - . I .- ....1U,1 ' m 1 4 t fit a lorch will bo
- - - " ' ... VoVr---ta OP I Ht WttN.
i I
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of lilPii.Umr,ivS". ,
pJUt Btock, W.000.00
W , ttwi itv, ( niliU-r.
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v.'.r. con?; away.
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l(. Jl. Ja-'r-..!i, A. J.H. K!ian, 1. V. .
Vr;tr-. U. Utl-' li'- I'lf.'
Cash Deal that Counts,.
la tint ono li'ft lliMIIKt"llt'I t Hill
Independence - Dental - Parlors.
n...... ihw v." :.f.:.: ..'i..n
I'll vc
I... I .. fill 1 lllttllt
111 h;(im:i i"t
(H i r .ricf will I t Mluw :
(loid nuiHir '
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( 'fill III I
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CIoiililitK vhii'lti'lina I Ikjx l.t!i jxm.ler.) .
.ntillaV 1." 1 !' 1-
rlmrnwt f'r i-tti i.t-lioii liti ollmr
1 i , . ... .work li 'Ki'i''. '
I'arlui ov.t l!.iif.t.Ml.'ticu NiUiotml
Independence,
from iM.OO up
6 "
an "
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an '
no
uli'l no
Bank,.
Oregon.
ISi lttkh la I'oiwmloii of Coriiito,
' Nicrnriii-
I THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE AND JAPAN,
1 Tile Alllnca Affair Settled Orji ad
VoorheeiOn45iler ao
clilentoa the 0. P.
J Kriim tli frf tfonlati, Hun mid htoti.iroii.
i TU Brltih Mil U b In Poiietiioa
; Coio.v, April 2.1. It in reported
I (1 o liritich F'qtiudron' A Corinta,
Nicaragua, IiaH clotfea tntu viv.
Cah Elrx tnd Cold Bm.
Wapiiinutom. April 25. The
B j Htntenicnt if tin) trfttsury today
"4 ! h!iow:
Avl'..M casli 1 uiaitw IIW,; I'M"'
...t;,.,1 ,Wt, tltn torch Will bo
applied to the fieMs o nUnding-
cane and the plantation nunuing-
Strtk AvcrUl ty rompromwo.
thn-nfonMl friko of ktl6 J00 Op(T-
ntives of tho Uconji' mills were
averted todav whpri'a coiipron:ie
incut, and operatives was rcacneu,
-.1 i.r..lii Kflvunce in waeos de
manded to be made Mtty 1 will be
made Jun 1.
Wctt VirB';ai Deaotiritcjr
Whkkli.no, W. V., April 20.
The i.iot.ost;d democratic state con
ii ,
vemton to commit the party in
Weiit Virgh. ia on tl silver qu-:9-tion
will not be liold. OWIllK t the
1.50 TEH YEAH, SSSSSS:
Higher of til in Leavening rower-Latest if. S. CbVt Repoil
Assos.JTEff.Y pane t
1 I V I 1 1 MSI WW tWk
lift Hill he in exeem of these
lion nil tho diHtrictfl are
heard from. It is supposed many.
of tin tlcad were swept into isolate
.. i - - -
i-jiig
.4, 4, A .V A
J-.
Marble Granite
' a. Liu n-Ktxs, !
I , 1 ,ul..j,UtOtK'"? - '.' ;
' I .MoHtiiU'iita,
! Cat hi lit; i
K to. 1 -
OrrcpotHh-iK.o aulicittd.
A Lady s Toilet
To l.f i:ompll lady'n
luil. t ntti-a haV rtomi! of
Uiokc (h tiiiiiitnti whitli
fiiMiion V com furl Jrmand.
We liuvo jut r.'i t ivt'd a care
fully bchcli'il flSHortiiieiii "f
tho latest tK-hi;;ns ...
sua iw czAitrxJs,
mm' ((.uiiintiw Miir)
J'., Its mill tiitivr IIiu Mch.
W,Tio,-io:t !,,. r.m.kitu.n that hn.8 devtlcp-
t UM rcwrvo to,-,nw WMl ,. iP.,Wa in the state
p.h..-nITI.. ' l0 th piiion. The oP1
Mi,.NTEAl.( A,.nr i. "; - j - . . , nat la3e their
McDouald't exte.m.veP- tobacco ( . to
fit -'lory on
Ontario s.trfct was
partly doroved by lire thin evtn
irlti.tr. The low Mill reach 500,000,
on wliitii itufn; i
There was M"t a fire ec:ipo on the
outside, nor any appliance on the
inside cf the building for fighting
the fire. Even tho windows mere
guarded by heavy iron ecreeug,
presumably to prevent theft. The
tire Started at I o'clock in tho dry-ling-room,
and for 'a whilo Fwould-
frcA. Then m.hknly Die names
places, where they will be a
time before found. .
Coota nif- OITer to Nicaragua,
Has Jose, Costa Rica, April 23.
lit is learned here authorattvei
that tho Central American repuo
lic of GauUmHla, San Salvador
and Costa Rica strongly wrged
Nicaragua to pay the f 75,000 in- j
opiiiions bo tmieii on an rimin.y v demnity to ureal cruiuu.
free silver aa on the fact that they ,ienl Ygleias even went m far as
reeard the idea of ft declaration one to offer u contribute one-fifth of
tho amount, but popular
i;i Xicarazua wis 80 eet against
wav or another in advance of the
na'iori'ii conveiUi'tu of next year
aa un wise from a party Ftanupoint.
tfiearigcaBf M Sttre-jra atrtrs
Vas?i!I.ngtox, April 27. The
events of the day iu diplomatic
circles bore were the landing of the
British troops at Corinto, the
abandonment of the town by the
native oflicials and the population,
-.,,1 tt,n shrewd move Ot tllC
1.
. . .... . ' i.i ...... ...... ...!! iiiil ii.HMi'l therj no
o wilt e pictfta ij n' ."' 1
KRAMER, the Jeweler.
TV T T v
r v v v
V V V
WW
r -s- r i'
Ortltf fllffiSTlC Wl( Tl!KjSE 0M'.
" . . ' T,rl,,.. ,,t Sevtu natod i. tis In
but :::tr;.n Nic-guan8 in declaring Corinto a
tinnie ensued. I liere weic AHJ tin , ,cf ,,f the
u. - "i ' ' . ....r -
Imrlns ttt leas! Khvcu Hat'd peiio.'Biu
I, Ire a te.i't hIiouM prcwtveU ui a
,..,.,' lit.., ua
. . i ii (iil'.dhuo.l. Ji.i.v-
b,H..l, Munli-'!. MW'Jlo age. O.d ae, t.,,,!, found to bring them
i i 1 1. ("If. .VY l.N tin: i.mjiiK'l"""'.
,doyefl in the huilding, and more
limn half of thin number were nova
. . n it
and girls. The fhneks ot i.ie
women us they beat naim-t the
iron screen, praying the crowd to
do eomothing to uave them, were
heartrending. As the flumes bent
ihroush, four fn emeu were on the
.r,nf 'twl for 20 minutes their
lives wera deepawd of, until finally'
Sperling Bros.,
. t jylciU Market
t'KAt.Kti IN-
Choice Meats.
1 & m nmmwH
OIKS' HOBDAYS FKOMS toll a.m.
KriM delivery to All lu'Jts
! A( tli, tit v.' -4
f . ' Iii.lol'eivli'tiee.
.;.11ii Street,
DOOTa.SHOESHOP
P.M. Murpny, no
Tho l ''t ,f
voti;
turneit out oe
tihm-t liiitlee
1 ""
your patronage
Jioimlrltig oHF
. receive
prompt
iitientiou
. ii ...i.. ,-... wi;li th.-t-e likeiieji.-iH tit
avetyl'-wt rates-. CMve liim ".
Tli'o Citv 'Iteaiaiinuit
M,'iU Klve if"1"1
J5 eetit ttiea!n ltf $1 . .
Wc tt v to ntal.e our Sundtiv Din
ners the cst In Iiulepeinlenee.
MRS. LXAMPBELL, Prop.,
hey were bimiy ouinej.
A Etre.it liuji Wita Pistoia.
Seok-ANK, Wabh., April 25. A
(duel took place on the street at
PaloucoCitv today between J. 1.
Iltighef, a rneiClmnt.and Raymond
PUffer, hif pot: in-law, in which
the former wf.s shot twice, and per
haps fatally wounded. The trou
ble aroso over Hughes filing a suit
for divorce from his wife, in which
sensational allegations are made.
ih street, both
A IIV Hit i"-"
pulled revolvers and began tiring.
Hughes 4vis shot twice and foil in
a.., ..(,r.,.t lipfTvr escaped nn-
llir pu, , '
i closed twit. The first news of the
event came la the niternoon. auc,
tituution til Corinto is now regarded
as ominous of egriouo trouble, for
the dispatches indicate that the
Nicaraguans are disposed to resist
any further advance by the British.
The Briii-h nxj evidently appre-
l.leon this bCoic, a
IV,lltt t w wa - -
indicated by the cablegrams from
Colon, showing that three vessels,
the Royal Arthur, the wna swaa
tha Kntollite. have been so
111 A - f
t,vi,i th,it the administration
decided not to yield, and the on.y
response received by rrwiueui
Ygleeia3 to his orter -was v'
Nicaragua's answer to Admiral
Stephenson's ultimatum.
S..rlotu Trouble In rorroott.
Isw, April 23. The Times'
Dn,lrit. tp.lecrrapbs " from
UUltcav" - ' - a
Hong Kong: "Serious outbreaks
v., .. ..nrred throughout Formosa.
The Chinese soldiers killed their
A,,ril f2. The eovernor s
body guard attacked ;thetn, killing
30 and wounding 50. The governor
is accused of stealing the soldiers'
pay, which is two mouths in ar
rears. The Chinese artillery
threaten to f.ro on any vessels
leaving Formosa with treasure.
The position with foreigners is
critical. Happily several French,
German and British warships are
and the .Satellite, iiaye Deeu German ana tiruisn
plticeil as to command the town at j;ft-erent ports of the island. The
tV.fi interior are
i.i I
hnWf he Sick!
When You are Well
KNOW how il mal-es one feel to
u. i..fc lint ii you wl'.l gel fii'-K
n-u-oinU-.r Unit it i our Imooss to ee.ll
.M,tiei:.eH. We've l.ml eoiiHt. erable -
Low the a-tv-W o. f ; ""1
pure Di-itgi- v 0 kli' 110 olu" k" '
-ii, innnv arliclos YOU
itiiiv ilfsiro, euoli as Jewelry,
Silverware
Watches, Clocks',
A share of
' i ii - I IS eiuiein i ,
Mtinstreft.,-'-- '- Indendence
City : Feed : Stable.
Ki.i Johnson, l'vop.
PATTERSON BROS.,
Miiin St
Tii.'.eiien.k'nee.UrrKon.
Homet Ml.bv the ily,
vrwk or iiiphIIu Trail
aieatatwk left in our
earn will be well at
tenUl to. CharfCH
reaHoimblti.
Mala St."; Indoiiendeiire.
OREGON rACflC '"RiiLliOAj) COjIPAXY..
CHAR. CIiAUKrneeiTcr v
ronnoctl.1 ft.n.or "HoM E1V bo-
Ymiiilna and Han K rani-1 arc '.
gU'.mcrlm'';;- iU,2M,
mramr Wi Ytwiuhm: ' - ' a
March , 19, SDtli.
MGpsrtac
Market
i if :
in.ee-
JOIL'IX MULL Ell, Prop.
Lartl, etc., at lowest possible rates.
one xD007Si'oi;ST oo
i ., . iNDBI'ENnKXOE, OllHOON. " '
'.-... ....rv la clianeo ailing Galen
.Wltlioulaotlcc.-
t. , r.n ' :
. Kor rrrlpbt or ponp r rate applf
ATif . ' "
' " CHAS I LAFK. H.e.-tv.r, .
.,', t , ' 0rraiH,'ret
Ch Hrhry, Hon .,
NunS t.n Market Ht-.
, . u . I'allf. .
PA II Ml I -ataa-aa-a-a-Wa-a-a-a-a-a-ataWa-a-aat-aa. W
pT.ACKSMITHING
Will cost the people of Polk county many dollars
. this -year, '.us ---- -
-EXPENSE CAN BE SAVED
If yon will act judiciously in the
matter and tak. your work, to
THOMAS- FnETSnSTEJl.Xi,
- -.i-rf-l-T '
, INpirUNDENCK, viiii.uu. , t. ' .
m an 1.
He eniloy9 only, the most sKiucu
workmen, guarantees allhis work,
a ml is as low in price as first-class
work win jusiu)
A . -
II. A. FULL Bit
T u'orkine for me
THIS" SEASON
y ii
I UAK.H.MADE STEEL SHOES ONLY $1.50
harmed by using a hay scale us a
shield. " Then shots were fired in
all, the flying bullets creating a
panic among tho pedestrians on
the street. Ii is not believed either
of Hughe's wounds will .prove
serious. Pieffer is out on bail.
Hushes is in charge of a constable,
confined to bis bed. There is in
tense feeling over the mat.er, but
public sentiment is divided.
Wcol Crop Coruiug In.
Ti!K Dai.i.ks, Or., April 25
The freighting season has begun
and teams loaded with wool are ar
riving daily from the interior and
return laden wiih merchandise.
Tho roads are in good condition,
and an active spring trade is ex
pected by merchants nerc.
Tte Yeneruitla itoiiow.
Colon, April 20. Ad vices receiv
ed here state that Kear-Aamirtu
Stephenson, at midnight, sent a
commander of the port
of Corinto at 1 o'clock this morn
ing, April 27. The republic has
heen declared under - maruai iuw.
Many residents are leaving Corinto.
Tjaited SUtei "Courteoui'" Stand.
London. April '26. The Pall
M.,n lirtfttte savs the courteous
Rtnnd taken by - tho United States
n.i.m with tho Nicaragua
ill Wl'.'w.. -
0;fl,l( is a favorable augury for a
i ..Invctamimi? unticoii i."
C'lllMS Ul.'-''--.' o
it. States and Great Britain
V 1 1 1 vv v - -
mh thfi China-Jananese question
that Encland'a action
towards Nicaragua will teach the
South American republics better
manners.
- Taotica of Cuban InsnrgtsW
ii..... Anril 26. Ilia insu
o" io the'Manzaiullo "district
ii.. ,7,-,rtp.r the tactics followed
Si in previous risings and are leveling
a on the uwuers plantations ior uu
with their guns.
The Triple. AUiane and Jrij.
Paris, April 27. It is learned
on authority that France does not
inteud to make a naval demonstra
tion against Japan in connection
with Russia, in the event of Japan
refusing to recede from its demand
for territory on the Chinese main
l.md. It was paid, however, that
;t will not lw surprising if Russia
took such action.
St. Petebsbcrg, April 27 The
supreme military authorities have
held conferences during the week
to decide upon military measures
,1r.i,f. utrainst Japan in the event
of the rejection of Russian demands
regarding" the modincauons oi iu
terms of the treaty of peace nrrivea
at between Japan and China.
The riim w "Sound Money" itoutiluslte.
PiTTsnuito, April 27. Senator
vv n Allison, of Iowa, arrived in
fit.v t;i.iav. In commenting
VrssMent Cleveland's recent
letter. Mr. Allison said: "When a
.Kftvs he 59 for sound money,
ii,., A,t mean anything. Even
the populist will tell you be is for
sound money, and I have- not yet
been able to find out wnai .ur.
Cleveland wants. I thought, after
reading his letter to the committee
of Chicago gentlemen, that he was
lt gold man, but when his secretary
of agriculture came out for gold,
the president toon iimi
knee and spanked him for his sen
timents expressed m tlie presiumi.
i.it.M. Putt nisi this ana mat u-
.. . .i
.....l T ronnnt tell IVlierO ine
grtun, .
president stands. .
Es.Spe.ikrr Crisp Declares io.m.
at, ixrirv Anril 27. Ex-bpeaser
on interview at his home
in Americns, declared himself to
day to be in favor of the free coin
age of silver. He believes a man
should nominate a western mau
with a military record for president
and says the party should not
nominate Mr. Cleveland tor a
third term; that no man should
have a third term.
The Eplual Fatalities Incronsine.
rmvu Francn. Anril 28. The
.J. i..LJ, . - , - 4
list of fa tali ties by the breaking of
... . 1
the great Bouzey dike in tne t.pinai
j:..,;pt f the Vosses increases
U.OW.vw v.
1 J 1 . ..,.1
every hour, uue nunuitu
fifteen deaths have already been
attribution, of money and arms, titteen uea, " , " . .
I i Threat are made by the insurgents reported. b,t Wly fifty W W X r . ...
B',hat th.irdJa.id, are ..l .bee.i recvend. h k-Wu-v d Ihe.J on ft
1 - -
trom tne in"
descending from the bill? for tbe
purpose of attacking the natives,
. il.. u.V.itca on
and the position en uic m....
the island is critical.
Tlie AUianea ABUiraSettlcJ.
Mad'rip, April 23.-Tbe reports
that the AlHanca afiair has been
settled by Spain's conceding the
a morgan claims is confirmed
ofliciallvr'The Spanish govern
ment will give honorable satisfac
tion for the mistake, and admits
that the AUianea was outsme ner
....:i...:.,i Ttira when the Conde
lei ii ,yi ... . ,
de Venadito fired upon her. Com
manders of warships in Cuban
waters have been tnstrucwu
cisely not to fire on vessels ouwiue
the three-mile limit.
gov. Budd'a on the Mou roo Doctrine.
San Francisco, April 2S.
- i'.
,..,. Rn.ld exnresses me
UUtClUUi - a
opinion that '"the United wate, ox
America sbouia never "
lowed the British marines to set
foot on the Nicaraguan shore. In
the begining we should have de-
,,i,i t W Enuland submit her
lli 4J UUOVI v.a O
claims to arbitration, and we should
have forced her to do so. If diplo
matic protests were not neeaea,
there should have been American
marines in Corinto to prevent me
:.-at.; The Monroe unenmo
111 I HOiVt'l
noliev of the united
F - . . . . 1 .f
States, as it does tne seiueu.ei.
its people, and this is a violation of
the spirit of that doctrine.
Unexpected in Hie Nioarajte.nu Incident.
Masaoca, Nicaragua, April 20.
A proposition of compromise and
immediate evacuation . of Corinto
by the British is now under con
sideration between asnuigw",
T,url the authorities here.
The proposition embraces the es-
. ' T!..4 Tk.l VlMP.
sential parts, rtrav.
aguaistopay .o,uuu a.
within two weets. oecoiiu.
British forces are to be immedia-w-thrlrawn
from Coriuto, with
out waitirrg for the two weeks to
elapse. Third. A mixeu com
mission of arbitration is to pass on
the demands of Great Britain's ex
cess of the $75,000 claim, such
commission to be constituted ni a
manner satisfactory to the United
States and Nicaragua.
Voopheea-Onioloo of Silver Allalion.
Indianapolis, April 20 .-Vr.-dm-
rxiufsied Lioiso-I ,v''''
"I do not regret the agitation of
the silver question. Sooner or
later it has to be' definitely settled
whether the labor-prosucing peopm
. - i . I ..11 !. 1 . ..
of this country can oe ouiuo'4 ut
of one-half of their debt-paying
money or whether they will ttand
like fiee men and protect and de
fend the money named and pro
vided in the cojnstitution gold and
silver, both not one of thepr
,:r, m,.tal nloiie. bnt both, and
nwu i , j , '.
on terms and conditions vj
coinage and use of absolute equality,
That is the question immediately
w-tfr tima than
UCtUI t. UO) ifca. - ' . ,
now will ever be found for its settlement."
Fatal Accident on the Oregon Farlfic, .
Cokvau.13, Or., April 29. The
westbound Orcgou, California &
Eastern railroad train crashed
throngh a bridge near tunnel No. 3,
about one mile west of Chitwood
station, at 4:."0 o'clock this" after
nn Hi'taila are measre and in
definite, but it' is reported fifteen
freight cars,' with the caboose, went
down. Later reports'state that the
vpoV 'wenrred on bridge ,24.
Brakeouui Wilcox was filled and
both of Conductor Campbell's i?ega
were broken. The bridge collapsed
but the engine crossed , in safety.
Wrecking trains from berth etuis m
the line have gone to the seen- ,
Aiurt' Water Bond.
'Astoria, Or!, April 20.-Tbe "
water commission today , signed t
?7o,000 bonds of the Burn of f 1WW
each, being the first payment te be
made by Kleybolte & Co., of -Cincinnati,
on the $200,000 of water
bonds purchased by that firm some
months ago. 1 tie treaiiurur, nuusv
bonds were raised to 100,000. was
instructed to draw on " the pur
chasers for 75,000, together with
accrured interest. Contractor will
now be instructed to, proceed. ih .
tfifi work on the ne n water-work
system and push it to completiba
as rapidly as possible. .
Japan Will Bjy Kuama ,. f
Londosp. April 30 The ,Timea'
correspondent from Kobe wi.ite.:
'Information reaches me from a
reliable source at Hiroshima thai
the ministry has.adopted a.resolute
attitude against Russian dictation.
It denies Russia's right to ink-rft-re,
and even contemplates a defiance
of Russia, believing th Russian
military forces in the East are not
-.li in enforce -her
puweriui uft" -: , .
demands. The foreign warships are
assembling at the ports of'J;Apn,
o,l tl-. French vessels have been
ordered to prepare for emergencies."
a r A J I .alt
London, April da a uispnu
from Shanghai says it is believed
in official circles tht China has
notified Japan that she intends to
ratify the treaty of peace.
nr Price's Cream Baking Powd
Gold MU1 Midwinw F.lr. 9a r-actec
FOiVTHB BLOOD
TM Best Sprtai MealdM
J,,,t niw everybody is thinking abort
king something for the blood
ASprin? medicine. as w tpealcof
. Anlit'sagocthlngtodo.butyou
wantto gettheproper medic ne. If you
St your physician he wiU teU you to
TaKG
GOOD LTYEfl
coinag' of S;.vt-r
It dr.ts Hi -WW
Whoksyslti.l
irk wt-il, and trarin
It is" fcetterman ru;n.
and that, because the liv J
thing to do with the blood. If the "ver
ii iiucVlsh the system s leKneJ, the
bl&es impure, and tht;Ut.
k.kT c,.ftrs Everv rnedicine recotn
ded'Tor5 the" Wood i, sdppo-d
work on the liver Th i et i rt. thi
"Kino of Liver medicines. ,
siminoHs LIYEH