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TROOPS AT THE POLLS. WHAT M'DOMD SAYS About Salmon Hatcheries in Oregon Streams. THE ARGUS, Unusual Sight Growing Out of the Strike. 15 REPLY TO SENATOR MITCHELL 1 V J I i i i4? TlilOll DELEGATES SUCCESSFUL j iMfiUnn the Proline of the Militia Wh Neceeearjr to Preeerve Order N Oaring aa Kleetlon Laundry Ulrla Attacked by Women. Chic ado, July 21. This unusual sight of ntilitia to preserve order at (he poll was witnessed at Pullman to-day. At tlit) sixth primary district polling place of the Thirty-fourth Ward, located at " the Pullman engine-house, a light was waged between the factions supporting John W. Miller and Frank Kobey for ' nomination for the Third Senatorial district. Miller's interest at the Pull v man polls were in charge of Alderman Chadwirk, while the American Railway Union candidate, Robey, was supported by a largo crowd of the strikers. The latter claimed that their men were not having fair play, and that Miller had two of three judges and all of the clerks. They placed William BirkhoTatthe polls as a challenger, and Alderman Chadwick demurred, claiming that liirkhoir was not a resident of the district. This canned a lively row, and for a time it looked as if the crowd, which had rapidly ' increased, would clean out the polling place. The police were notified, and sent a patrol wagon with Lieutenant Bassett and eight officers to the scene. At the same time Borne one sent for the troops, and twodetachmentBof Company F, Hint Regiment, were sent on the (Ion tie quick to the polls. The show of force pre vented any trouble, and the police drove the crowd hack. The result of the elec tion whs the return of the union dele gates by a vote of 244 to 104. No more trouble occurred until 4 o'clock, when the laundry girls quit work. When they left the works they were sur prised by a dcmotiHtrative crowd of from 700 to 1,(100 women and children. Several policemen were on hand, and gave them protection. No arrests were made. The police were not accustomed to dealing with a crowd of the feminine gender, and did little more than keep the most turbulent women from seising hold of the frightened girls. At S o'clock fifty Hollanders, who have been em ploy oil alrout the works as lumber shovers and track graders and repairers, left the works for their homes in Roseland. They had a guard of sixteen policemen, commanded by Lieutenant Bassctt. Scarcely had they reached home when 1(10 strikms surrounded them. The police) charged the crowd several times with a liberal use of clube before they dispersed. DBFKNSK Or DEBS. of tha Federation of Labor In HI Belmlr. Haw York, July 21. Xow that the bitter railroad strike is over, the leaders of tha local lalior organizations are talk ing np the matter of securing proper de- . feme for IMm. This activity is in ao cardaoice with an appeal Issued by Preal 1 dent Gompers of the American Federa ls km of Labor, which will be published in the August number of the American . Federation, the official organ of the Fed ration. It reads as follows : Eagene V. fn(ls as one of the most eonspicu' before the com v ""ating uptiret ihon-l sty and devol - wronged against the terday he was in jail wait of the United States courts uiW 4'harmtof contatnnt of inlunctinno. i was requeBted to appear before four lerent courts, located hundreds oi a from each other, each at the same tfnmr ile is under indictment for conspiracy for obeying the instructions of his organ isation and requesting railroad men to quit work to aid their struggling fellow workmen. The corporations have their elaws ready to fasten upon the body of Debt, not simply to try and crush him, but they hope to force the men of labor into silence and slavish submission. That purpose can not, dare not and will not succeed. Debt most be defended and ably defended. In hie person at this time be represents the rights of labor.: Enirene V, Debt is a noor man : , he has no money ; his trial and prepara- . tion for it wrll require a considerable amount, and we know that the workers of the country have never yet been ap plied to in vain to help the cause of jus tice, humanity and right. All unions should contribute. We ask all laboring 'tteti to open subscriptions for the Debs rl defense fund." , : STIie Federation heads the list with a ' gnbscription of 600. j jllMMKKMAN IN FRANCE. ' Vtte American Champion Bad an Kaey ' ( i Thing In tha Races. Pauls, July 23. The contest for the Baden prize was the principal event in : the bicycle tournament at the Velodrome de la Seine. A. A. Zimmerman led throughout the first part of 2,000 me ters, and won without an effort. He won the final heat of 1,000 meters with V949' CMe and carried off the prize. hu. WI,.U ... .l J T 1 .third,, In the one-mile handicap Ziin- merhuui rode from the scratch. Harry Wheeler. Barden. Jacauelin and others bad thirty meters' start; Banker, Far- inM and others, forty meters' start: Crooks and others, fifty meters' start. The net of the contestants were strung out from fifty to 100 meters in advance of the American champion. It was a Mb Held, but Zimmerman overtook all In the first lap, riding . at a pace which - brought round after round of annlause 1 f nd cheers from the spectators. The in .' lector riders were in a bunch, and Kim ' Merman found it impossible to make his -. wV throush the'thrbnt in the next lan. . Be eventually went through, and spun - '"ooad the track amid demonstrations ' ti wild enthusiasm on every side. He '- snNbed five lengths ahead of Jacquelin, aki vu ucnnn AnA MarnlAr wKn YaA i R'nety meters' start, was third. Zirn " . Ataman's performance was one of the finest pieces of riding ever seen in this t , Honors for Canadians. V T., ai rr.1 r ij.i ; .mmiuui,, uuiy . ine uanaqian v V rtSBien at Baisley have won about f v J - ) besides cups and trophies. The nanfinn tt Ttilnn nam flffoan nlvn i-; - i t . : i..-. L.'f':1; Mng the highest scores. In what is ; " j .i - t . . i j-a 4-, i f , as ine grana aggregate ine cana- ' 'J V' ann all hill, nno - r '' ' r Anion Man to ba Dliohanad. I f liXmn, Tenn., July 23. The Mobile bio has issued orders that mem 4 J the union In its employ would t f ' .-nediately discharged. This affects ' ; 1 hundred men on the Jackson and k Jan division. VOL. 1. ONITKO 8TATKH CI Kill IT COVKT. McNall Mada Rtelr of lha Orogoa NavlgHtlim Company. San Fbancihco, July 21. Judge Gil bert of the United States Circuit Court has appointed F.dwin McNeill of Port land, Or., receiver for the defendants in the suit of the Farmers' Loan and Truxt Company vs. the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company et al. This was done on motion of the counsel for the complainant. McNeill was appointed receiver by tlV United States Circuit Court of the dmtrict of Oregon in the suit between the same parties to which the local action is auxiliary. By the de cree he is empowered to take pohbckhIoii and control of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, the California and Palouae Railroad Company, the Caxcade Railroad Company, the Oregon Railway Kxtennion Company, the WaNhington and Idaho Railroad' Company and the Mill Creek Flume and Manufacturing Company. With the money which shall come into his hands as receiver NcNuill Is directed to make the following depo sition : To pay all of the current expenses In cident to the creation or administration of the trust and to the operation of the railroads or property; to pay all sums due, or which may become due, to con necting or intersecting lines of road, arising from the interchange of business; to pay the amounts due for services rend ered the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, or any part of Its system, within six months prior to the allowance of the order; to pay all amounts due for supplies and material contracted for, pur chased or delivered, tobeiiBedon account of the road ; to pay all moneys due to the railroad companies for rental or com pensation for railroad lines or property. Finally it is ordered that all monev be longing to the Oregon Railway and Nav igation Company, and each company of its svBtem, except as heretofore directed, shall be held by the receiver until he shall be authorized to dispose of it by order of the court. The receivers appointed by the court in the suit of Oliver AmesSecord vs. the Oregon Railway and Navigation Com pany are required to make an accounting of their stewardship. These gentlemen are Silas H. H. Clark, Oliver W. Mink, K. K. Anderson, Frederick R. Coudert and John W. Doane. If any balance shall be found. due, they are to have a lien prior to the lien of the consolidated mortgage of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company to the Farmers' Loan and Trust Company, dated June 1, 1HH5, and sought to be foreclosed in this action. All of the property transferred to McNeill as receiver is made subiect to this lien in favor of Clark and h(s col leagues to the extent of any balance found due them. The order concludes with an injunction restraining the defendants or their agents from interfering with the new receiver. Ilulluu Troop Huccna.rul. Mahhowah, Kgypt, July 22. A large body of Dervishes recently raided Car eabot, an Italian village, killed many in habitant, and sent into the Interior as slaves all not mnssacrfd. The Dervishes MiruuKii nKuiiint wiui mo in- I tention of caoturinir that nlace. The I. A ...1,1. Al 1- iovernor-( General with 2,41)0 troops, na - i i ii 1 1 ii ii I i ' troops advanced on litTpima.,. fn was carried by assault after a frw t tie. The Dervishes' loss was heavy. The Italians captured many prisoners and cannon. Paoiflo Iniuranea Union. San Fbancihco, July 21. The Taciflc Insurance Union proposes to make a radical change in the system of collect ing premiums on its policies, in view of the abuse of the credit system. It is probable that a general order will be made making all premiums payable in cash, or by note at 7 per cent interest for the period of accommodation. No policy is to be delivered or risk covered unless the assured complies with this arrange ment. A further change in connection with policies contemplates the limitation of a payment to three-fourths of the loss. Both changes are ascribed to the exist ence of industrial disturbances. Victory for tha Armor. Washington, July 21. Carpenter's shells, weighing 850 pounds each, fired from a twelve-Inch rifle, failed to pene trate the eighteen-lnch Bethlehem plate, and 600 tons of armor, worth $400,000, have been accepted by the Navy Depart ment. These are the results of to-day's tests at the Indian Head proving ground. The Harveyized process has been vindi cated, and its use firmly established for ordnance. The first of the heavy-armored battle-ships, which has been so long delayed for Us protective belt, can now be rapidly completed. The Northern PaolAe. Spokank, Jnly 21. All trains, main line and branches on the Northern Pa cific, are moving on schedule time. The Dlaces of strikers have been filled. The 'division headquarters have been perma nently moved from Hprague to Spokane. The rumor that the car shops will be moved is premature. Mot Much More? i'.liawn. Vancouvkb, B. 0., July 21. The Lynn trial was concluded at a late hour last evening. As anticipated, the defense was that the shooting was done in self- defense. The jury was out over tnree hours, and brought in a verdict of mur der with recommendation to mercy. The Judge then sentenced him to be hanged five weeks from to-day. i ... .. Work of AnarohliU. Paris, July 21. Placards declaring laws in the interest of liberty hrving been passed by Parliament, "anarchisis must use all means for the annihilation of the bourgeoise," appeared on the walls of the city to-day. At a meeting of Socialists last evening the leaders called upon the people to organize for a social revolution. Lot of the Ooxeyltei. Fout Sydnhv, Neb., July 21. Two hundred Denver Coxeyltea, imprisoned here are threatened with an epidemic of typhoid, caused by poor and insufficient food and filthy surroundings. They are crowded in a building not large enough for half their number and obliged to sleep on the bare floor. , - IIILLSBORO. STUNG TO THE QUICK. Democratic Senators Smart ing Under the Lash. G ROVER'S LETTER TO WILSON. Whll Sanators Hava Been True to the Tru.U, They Uava Been Falae to Their Tru.t Ilaiuooratlo Member, of tha Flnanoa Commlttaa A untied. Washington, July 21. The position taken by President Cleveland in his let ter to Chairman Wilson of the Ways and Means Committee Is astounding. His attempt to dictate to Congress during the progress of the conference report ia unprecedented. Democratic members of the Finance Committee are amazed, and formulating tariff legislation ought to say there has been nothing like it since ? l,e.?;!r,treSim1?t of. "T1" M i tan ., 0. . ., , . .... . i able article. While no tenderness should the Stuarts tried to dictate to Parlia-! b, entertained for trusts, and while lam ment. Had it not been for a few cool decidedly opposed to granting them un loads, the Senate would have refused der guiiie of tariff taxation any oppor- further conference and Cleveland would JS?U7 ? fartther tlieir particular meth . . . ... , ods, I suggest we ought not to be driven have been reprimanded by resolution for .way fro,,, tl)e Dcmocratic principle and unwarranted interference. The Demo- policy which lead to the taxation of su- cratic party is In a stateof ferment never gar by the fear quite likely exaggerated experienced In the memory of those ! rVi'ati'!1cr,'y ""'V'11 P.rini!i,le !' here. Its members declare that they Pl'cy we may indirectly and ord.nar.ly were forced to swallow Cleveland's silver fn?ff,(e . conbi.n"on .' W-refln-Hi y"d to Indorse his course In the !" , , l. n th?, mtl strike, the latter through fear of public t"'0? ? '."J8 ? i10' ,uoieuV,am condemnation: for. ha.f he been a Re- IPP 'ate the depth and strength of publican President, thev would have ...iti..i...l l.:-. ...i i. dictate the terms of a conference agree - ni(,nt " Had the consideration of the confer - ence report taken place in the Senate to - day, the President would have been fiercely denounced by his own party. No act has cansc.l a areater sensation In Washington. Many Democrats are ask' Ing where ho will stop. The Democrats of the Senate say he liad better draw up a bill, approve it and declare it a law and proceed to enforce it. Rut under neath it all they are cowards, and refuse to have their names used. They will for the most part meekly submit. Cleve land will not win his point, because his enemies will Insist npon the Senate bill, and they will hold the Senate to it. Till rilKBIDENT'S LKTTER. The letter was marked personal, but Mr. Wilson obtained the President's per mission to have it read in the House of Representatives. The full text of the letter is; "The certainty that a conference will be ordered between the Houses of Con- Sress for the purpose of adjusting the ill'erencea on the subject of tariff legis lation makes it also certain that vou will be called upon again to do hard service in the cause of tariir reform. My public life has been so closely related to the sub ject, I have so longed for its accomplish ment, and I have bo often promised its accomplishment to my fellow-countrymen as a result of their trust and con fidence In the Democratic party that I nope no excuse is necessary lor my oar- ij)0",' - i to you that in this c rists pslv insist upon party I hnn- faith and a sturdy adlier " I cannot rid myself of the feeling that this conference will present the best if not the only hope of true Democracy, Indications point to its action as the reliance of those who desire the genuine fruition of Democratic effort, the fulfill ment of Democratic pledges and the re demption of Democratic promises to the people. To reconcile differences in the details, comprised within the fixed and well-dellned llnee of principle, will not be the sole task of the conference, but, as it seems to me, its members have in charge the question whether Democratic principles themselves are to be saved or abandoned. " There is no excuse for mistaking or misapprehending the feelings or the tem jperof the rank and file of Democracy. They are downcast under the assertion that their party has failed in its ability to manage the government, and they are apprehensive that efforts to bring about tariff reform may fail, but thev are much more downcast and apprehensive in their fears that Democratic DrinciDles mav be surrendered. .Under these necessary clr- i. P ,.. ... . enmstances they do wisely to look with I MlninB ComPftny- alleges that he confidence to you and those who with' tween $4,000,000 and $6,000,000 have been yon have patriotically and sincerely ! wrongfully appropriated by the defend championed the cause of tariff reform Bnts. He further says that Mackay, within Democratic lines and gnided by" T . T n , ' those principles. This confidence , Jones and the late James 0. Flood con vastly augmented by the action under "pirea to manipulate the mine wholly in your leadership of the House of Repre- their interests; that the Comstock Mill sentatives upon the bill now pending. and Mining Company was paid $7 a ton " Every true Democrat and everv sin- for ernshinir ore. when 14 would have cereatariff reformer knows that this bill in its present form and as it will be sub mitted to the conference falls, far short of the consummation for which we have long labored ; for which we have suffered defeat without discouragement; which in its anticipation gives us a rallying cry in our day of triumph, and which in Ite promise of accomplishment is so inter woven with Democratic pledges and Democratic successes that our abandon ment of the cause and of the principles upon which it rests means party perfidy and party dishonor. " One topic will be submitted to the conference which embodies Democratic principles so that it cannot be compro mised. We have in our platform and in every way possible declared in favor oi the free importation of raw materials. We have again and again promised that this should be accorded to our people and our manufacturers if the Democratic party was invested with the power to determine the tariff policy of the country. The party has now that power. We are aa certain as we have ever been of the benefit that would accrue to the country from the inauguration of this policy, -and nothing has occurred to release us from our obligation to secure this advantage to our people. " It must be admitttd no tariff meas ure can accord with Democratic princi ples and promises or bear the genuine Democratic badge that does not provide for free raw materials. In these circum stances it may well incite our wonder that Democrats are willing to depart from this most Democratic of all tariff principles and that the inconsistent ab surdity of such a proposed departure should be emphasized by the suggestion that the wool of the farmer be put or the free list, and the protection of tarifl taxation be placed around the iron on and coal of the corporations and capital UU. How can we face the people after OREGON, THURSDAY, indulging In such outrageous discrimi nations and violations of principles? It is quite apparent this question of free raw material does not admit of adjust ment on any middle grounds, since their subjection to any rate of tarilT taxation, great or small, is alike a violation of Democratic principle and Democratic itoud faith. I hope you will not consider it intrusive it 1 say something in rela-tion-to another subject, which can hardly fail to be troublesome to the conference. I refer to the adjustment of tariir taxa tion on sugar. Under our party plat form, and in accordance with our de clared party purposes, sugar is a legiti mate and logical article of revenue taxation. Unfortunately, however, incidents have accompanied certain stages of the legislation which would be submitted to the conference that have aroused in connection with this subject a national Democratic animosity to the methods and manipulation of the trusts and combinations. I confess to sharing in this feeling, and yet it seems to me we ought, if possible, sufficiently to free ourselves from prejudice to enable ns to coolly weigh the considerations Inch In the feeling which its treatment has aroused. I do not believe we should do , my,me. b' "ernsto i me we should not forget our aim is the 1 W'npletion of the tariff, and in taxing ' 'ELT. PulrPo80 ,nd it,, n reJonble bounds, whatever else may be ld ' ?ur wtio?' w ,n n, dan?er fuun.ng eounier 10 wemocrauc prin of running counter to Democratic ciples. There "muat be in the treatment of this article the same ground upon which we are all willing to stand, where toleration and conciliation may be al lowed to solve the problem without de manding the entire surrender of fixed conscientious convictions. " I ought not to prolong this letter. If what I have written ia unwelcome, I beg you to believe in my good intentions. In the conclusions of the conference, touch ing the numerous items which will be considered, the people are not afraid that their Interests will be neglected. Thev know that the general result, so far aa they are concerned, will be to place home necessaries and comforts more easily within reach and to insure better and surer compensation to those who toil. We all know that a tariff law, cov ering all the interests and conditions of a country so vast as ours, must of a ne cessity be largely the result of honorable adjustment and compromise. " I expect very few of us can say. when J'our measure ia perfected, that all of its eatures are entirely as we would prefer. You know how Inuch I deprecate the in corporation in the proposed bill of the income tax feature. In matters of this kind, however, which do not violate a fixed and recognized Democratic doc trine, we are willing to defer to the judg ment of a majority of our Democratic brethren. I think there is a general .. lUajMrUduty is more our effo.'ta to perfect tarll that a quick and certain return of pros' perity waits upon a wise adjustment, and that a confiding people still trust in our hands their prosperity and well being. The Democracy of the land pleads most earnestly for the speedy completion of the tariff legislation, which their Repre sentatives have undertaken; but they demand no less earnestly that no stress of necessity shall tempt their trustees to the abandonment of Democratic prin ciples." WANTS AN ACCOUNTING. Fox Alleg-ei a Conspiracy by Maokay and Others to Defraud. San Francisco, July , 21. Theodore Fox has begun suit against John W, Mackay and John P. Jones, C. K. Fish, Q. R. Wells and Cornelius 0. Connor to obtain an accounting of the affairs of the 1 rvor.u,iatr rvi ien la enil VI ra , been a fair price, and as Mackay, Jones and Flood controlled the minimi com' pany, they received the benefit of the over charge, amounting to about $2,000,- , 000. Fox also claims that the ore was so I nnialiAl o.e in laava fha mint valnohle part in the tailings, which, when worked over by the mill, yielded to these three conspirators an additional profit of $2, 600,000. There is also a complaint that Mackay, Jones and Flood caused to be issued to themselves 33,309 shares of stock at $1 per share, which stock was afterwards worth in the open market $687,016. 'Fox demands an accounting of all these transactions and judgment for such amount as the accounting shall how to be due. The Healing Fleet. San Francisco, July 21. News has been received of the death Of James Crew, captain and owner of the sealing schooner H. C. Wahlberg, In the hos pital at Hakodate from lung fever. Cap tain Charles Sorenson of the schoonor Alexander has also died at the same port. Four vessels with their entire crews, viz. , the Matthew Turner, Captain Christo pherson; Mascotte, Captain Charles Hagerman ; Rosie Sparks, Captain Todd, miu iuo uugn, vnvuiiu vuuu auuvibuii, have all been lost during the season, and are at the bottom of the Japan Sea, With the exception of the losses above named the season has been fairly suc cessful. The welcome intelligence has been received that the Mary H. Thomas, the Alton and the Rattler have all reached Yokohoma, and the Rattler re ports having spoken the old San Diego, which had been given ud for lost. The Alton reports a catch of 1,160 seals, the Mary a. Thomas l.ouo and the Hauler 1,100. JULY 2G. 181)4. FIGHT AT BLUEFIELDS. A. Coup d'Etat on the Part of the Indians. DICTATOR LACAYO IS BEHOVED. Tha Moiqnllo Indiana Attack tha Gov ernment Fore -an tha Bluffs, and Capture tha Arms of tha Nlaarae;uaa Boldlen Vast UueailneH Felt. New Oui.kanh, July 21. The 11 ret re liable news from Bluefields since the outbreak of hostilities there was brought here to-day by the steamships Gussie and John Wilson, which arrived within a few hours of each other. The vessels left there July 10, and at that time the situa tion in the Mosquito reservation was quite serious and threatened to develop Into a regular war before long. After the removal of General Lacayo, whose dictatorship brought about his 'downfall, through the demand of the United States government everything went along peacefully at the reservation. Young Chief Clarence of the Mosquito Indians resided in Bluefields under the protection of the British Consul and the American warship, and nothing of note transpired until July 6, when some Indians and some Nicaraguan soldiers became in volved in a brawl on the streets of Blue fields and two of the soldiers were killed. This caused a great deal of excitement, and it was feared that attempts of the new Commissioner, Senor Calsezas, to arrest the rioters would result in more bloodshed. That night, however, before' the au thorities had time to perfect their plans, the Indians executed a coup d'etat, which changed the whole aspect of affairs, and which, the Nicaraguans charge, was in cited by the Americans. About the middle of the niuht the Indians made an attack on the bluffs, where the Nicara guan troops were quartered, and, driving them off, captured all the arms and am munition and fortified themselves in the Btronghold which 1-acayo had built for his soldiers. One hundred or more In dians, said to have been commanded by Young Clarence himself, embarked on a fiatboat and stealthily moved around to the bluffs, until they were directly op posite them, and before the sentries were aware of what was going on opened fire on the bluffs and on the troops, who had been suddenly called to arms. The Nic araguans were so surprised that they fled. It is said that two or three soldiers were killed in the attack. The next morning the cruiser Marble head landed fifty marines, and quartered them near the International Club to pro tect American interests. This was deemed neceBsarv, owing to the hostility of the Spaniards, who attributed the midnight attack to the Influence of the American residents. The Commissioner immediately set to work to rally his demoralized forces, and sent word to the interior by a urier for reinforcements. After the landing of the marines there were no more hostilities, though the In dians were still in possession of the bluffs. It was reported that the Indians in the wr were preparing to move on Biue- anninuate the t Of tin Can This attack has resm tension between the American resident-"" and the NicnraguanB, and it is said that tltA n. ItmraiTIf a no tioira Mmad aaitara I ImarU... tn ,!,. death, but so far these threats have not been put into execution. There is no ' British warship at Bluefields, the Maci- 1 cienne having left there nearly a month ago. The JNicaraguans have seized all the lighters used in loading the fruit steamers, and are preparing for a regular campaign against the Indians as soon as the expected reinforcements arrive, I NATAL APPROPRIATION BILL. Admiral Farrafut's Old Flagship Will ba Remodeled. Washington, July 21 the agreement reached on the naval ap propriation bill the allowance for ord nance stands as the Senate reduced it, from $350,000 to $200,000. This reduction was made, however, by striking out the House item of $150,000 for a battery for the Hartford. The House had also- put Bishop was acting within bis rights in in an appropriation of $100,000 for new seeking to restrict it. Therefore the del machinery fortheHar was to be used as a training ship, the iar and regulation concerning saloons Senate Committee decided upon an ap- and the expulsion of saloonkeepers from propriation of $150,000 to have her re- modeled. This stands, as does the Sen ate appropriation of $8,000 for repairs to the old Constitution, at the Portsmouth navy yards, so that she may be UBed as a training Bhip for the naval militia. The Senate conferrees receded from the amendments to the Bath Iron Works for speed premiums on the Machias and Castine $46,000 and to pay the Bamnel B. Moore & Sons Company $46,000 for speed premium on the steel practice vessel jjancroit. ine amendment auth orizing the Secretary of the Navy to limit the time penalties on the cruiser Vesu vius and appropriating the sum called for in her construction contract was allowed to stand. The Senate struck out the provisions making immediately avail able so much as is necessary of the ap propriation of $4,000,000 for armor and armament and $6,065,025 for construction and machinery. Its action prevailed in the first instance, but the bill was so amended in conference that from the second appropriation is te be paid all speed premiums on new vessels earned before January 1, 1894, the speed to be based on the official reports approved by the Secretary of the Navy. The section .regarding naval cadets is so reported that the Secretary of the Navy can fill vacancies by the appointment of cadets who have been for two years i-esidentsof the district from which appointed. Congressmen whose districts are unrep resented can nominate candidates before September 1 of each year. Help From Ovtalde Necessary.. El Paso, July 20. A fire here to-day caused a loss of $176,000. The fire started about 0 o'clock this morning in a base ment of a dry-goods store', and was not got under control until noon, then only by the aid of the Bloomington and Min onk fire departments. The insurance is about half. NO. 18. NORTHWEST NUWI4. Waehlngton. The Spokane barmaid must Judge Buck has decided. go; so Jack Jolly, the Deputy Marshal shot at North Yakima, is recovering nicely in a Tucoma hospital. The semi-annual report of the City Treasurer of Pouieroy shows the total amount of the city's indebtedness to be $1,115.07. Rev. Mr. Rice of Johnson, Whitman county, had two girls arrested for gig gling in church, but the Justice dis missed the case. Klickitat county according to the Gol dendale Sentinel is so hard up that crim inal actions cannot be maintained. There is no money either for juries or to board prisoners. The city of New Whatcom is reducing expenses by removing from office the Street Commissioner, Superintendent of Water Works, one policeman and the janitor of the fire hall. At the meeting of the State Poultry Association at North Yakima it was de cided to incorporate under the laws of the State. The Executive Committee chosen consists of F. A. Van Dusen, J. Rainier, R, Sampson, Theo. Stone and W. Wren. Breeders throughout the State are asked to join the association. An attempt is being made by the Com missioners of Pierce county to have a wagon road built into the Pacific fores try reserve. Congressman Doolittle has been telegraphed to assist in securing a $16,000 Federal appropriation for the purpose. The government money is to be used only upon the work inside the government reserve. The license of the only saloon in Oakes dale expired recently, and the proprie tors applied for a new license, depositing $600 with the City Clerk fpr the same. The City Council, favoring local option, refused to renew the license, and in structed the Clerk to return the $600 de posited. A writ of mandate was Bought from the Superior Court at Colfax, when it was discovered that the city of Oakes dale had no license ordinance under the new incorporation, it having been left out by oversight. Oreirnn. The Grand Ron le Lumber Company has started about twenty-five carloads of fine lumber to Salt Lake and other Utah points. The Wasco warehouse at The Dalles, though filled to overflowing, expects to receive from 600,000 to 1,000,000 pounds of wool yet this season. Mrs. Sarah Detomas, the old lady who died in her 100th year in Astoria last week, was the mother of twenty-six chil dren, only two of whom are now living. The Board of Directors of the Capital National Bank of Salem, at its rtcent semi-annual meeting, declared a divi dend of 6 per cent out of the earnings of the past year. The cashier's report shows that since the organization of this bank its net earnings for its sharehold ers aggregated $79,660, over 100 per cent on its capital. Among the other disasters of the Pow der river's rampage was the washing out of the dam of the Emele Water Com pany's ditch. It will be impossible to replace it until the subsidence of the waters to its lowest point, wnicn occu in the fall. Hie ditch was built sevi or eight yours ago and is about miles long and six feet wide at the bottoi It has for years supplied tne water the many fertile and productive ia that line its course, which without iv oroductive. The loss of iiiiiiialv felt by the fa Satolll Renders a Declalon C tne -'l0 M New York, July 21. Monsignore ba- stilt liaa Jiiaf vanflnptfw? a doiMsinn COTl- , . Jf. tr.ffln .nnrove8 a "i ;-- T , of the expulsion of the liquor dealers from Catholic societies. This unmistak- .bie decision was called forth by an ap- . . . w . on Wfttter. son of Columbus, O. During the last Lenten season Bishop Watterson ad dressed a letter to the clergy and laity of his diocese, dealing wholly wit n tne tern According to perance problem. One of the societies IttlU L11C UlMbliUI IV I Ml Oil J VCIVIO v.a.WJaog noreSatolli. To this appeal the apos tolic delegate has lust reponded. He sustains the position of Bishop Watter- eon, and says IT.I 1 1 A CU BHJ Mtuuitallw B -nannher. in the United States, is the source of much evil; hence the membership in Catholic societies." Still Harping on Impeachment. Ciieyennx, July 21. A petition to Congress, praying for the impeachment of Attorney-General Olney, was signed by every member of the nnion here, and will be circulated among the citizens by aoommitteefromthennion. Both male and female residents of the State will be requested to sign. it. All of the local branches throughout the country are taking similar action. Milwaukee, July 21. The Federated TradeB Council, representing 10,000, took steps to-night to petition Congress to impeach the Attorney-General for his action in the railway strike. The English Lawmaker. London. July 21. In the House of Lords to-day the finance bill passed its first reading. In the House of Com mons Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Conserv ative, moved an adjournment in order to protest against Sir William Harcourt's programme. The motion was rejected by a vote of 266 to 205. John Morley moved a second reading of the evicted tenant's act, and Colonel Saunderson, the Orange leader, moved its rejection. After some-discussion the debate was adjourned. ' An Anarehlit Sentenced. Rome, July 21. Palo Lago, known to his associates as " Marat," the anarchist who on June 10 attempted to take the life ot rremier urispi, was to-aay tried, convicted and sentenced to twenty years' solitary confinement. When sentence was pronounced, he called for cheera for anarcny. -Gladstone ta be Again Operated Om London, July 21. A film has gathered on Mr. Gladstone's eye, and another light operation is neceaawr jr, It Ii Vaeleia fJatll the State Will Pas Lawa GlTlng tha Fish Real Protec tion Doea Not Favor a Hatchery aa the Colombia River. Washington, July 21. Senator Mitch ell has been sending to the Fish Com missioners numerous petitions and re quests which he has received from differ ent persons and organizations in Oregon, asking that something be done to prop agate the salmon in Oregon streams. Recently Commissioner McDonald sent to Senator Mitchell a reply to those sug gestions in which he points out some of the reasons why efforts to establish sal mon hatcheries by the United States government are not always successful. The requests were that there be estab lished in the Columbia basin a hatchery which would turn out 100,000,000 salmon fry each year. The most pertinent por tions of the reply of the Commissioner are here given : " Under the preeent circumstances there is no location on the Columbia river or any of its tributaries where we could count upon obtaining 5,000,000 eggs, much less 100,000,000, unless pos sibly in the neighborhood of Astoria, where it would be necessary to utilize the fall run of fish for the purpose of obtaining eggs. At this place no effective work could be done except by the hearty co-operation of the fishermen and the definite agreement with them in advance as to the aid that they would render. Under the existing regulations pi the fisheries both in Washington and Ore gon it is possible at any time for men fishing to obstruct completely any river and catch all the salmon which may enter it. To incur any expenditure of money tor a uaicnery unuer tnese cir cumstances wonld in my judgment be unwise. " We have a hatchery on the Clacka mas, and if this stream were, unobstruct ed by nets or dams, we would have obtained by diligent use of resources probably 12,000,000 or 15,000,000 eggs. The present season we have bad to aban don work on the stream for the reason that a dam has been erected which is fractically impassable for salmon; and, urthermore, the net-fishing below it ia to exhaustive that the entire run of salmon is taken. This condition will arise on any river where there is any considerable run of Balmon sufficient to make it an object to undertake it, and as we can only contemplate the estab lishment of hatcheries upon river's where there is a considerable run of salmon, it is evident that at any time,-under the State laws of Oregon and Washington as they now stand, the usefulness of the hatchery may be entirely destroyed. " I fully realize the urgent necessity of taking proper steps to improve the salmon-fishing of the Columbia river. The preliminary work which would jus tify expenditure by the general govern ment must first be done by the States. The seaport of net-fishing must Bret be rextricted. No net-tishing should be permitted and no obstructions in the way of dams allowed on the tributaries of the Columbia where the government mity establish hatcheries." The Commissioner says that the man who would be employed on the Clacka mas has been sent to the Sandy river to hold the salmon and collect the eggB, but he has found that a fisherman has erected eel at a point where it is desirable ork, which renders it entirely im iticable. The control of the stream only be obtained by paying the per with the wheel to take it away. Mr. Donald continues: Such interferences will arise wher- er we attempt to go, and parties will ) found everywhere who will make it a trainees to interpose obstructions if the ince ewaonsneu oi paying panied by the proviso TtiaThO exp tare is to be made on this account until the States of Oregon and Washington have established such regulations in re gard to the fisheries and such exemption in reference to the streams as may be in tne judgment ot tne united states cisti Commissioner necessary. It is probable that we might be able to select certain Btaaama ti tint f tKa "VlmriKU im Dtirnuic niwu uc j w visa uui um in which there is at present a sufficient run of salmon for our purposes, and should the states by law absolutely prohibit the use of nets in such streams, or the erection of any obstructions whatever, we could at a comparatively moderate expense in the establishment of stations for the collection of eggs do an immense and productive work for the Columbia river. I should say that an appropria tion of $26,000 would be sufficient for the establishment of such stations, but I do not think it wise to incur any such ex penditure until the States interested nave done their duty in the matter, and by the exemption of certain streams rendered it possible to make such an ex penditure productive when incurred." Union Paciflc'a May Showing. Boston, July 20. The receivers of tha Union Pacific system this afternoon is sued their statement of the condition of the road for May, The showing is : Gross earningB (2,533,221 S5 Expenses 2,1A9,906 11 Surplu!... 873,315 86 Decrease 587,944 83 For Ave months Gross earnings. 11,T79,987 83 Expenses, Including taxea 9,i87.79"i 64 Surplus 2,301 192 29 Decrease.. 2,136,764 84 Two Counterfeiter! Sentenced. Los Anoii.es, July 20. Joe Trieganni and Juan Dniglinuo, Italian counterfeit ers captured in this city two weeks Ago, pleaded guilty before Judge Rosb, and were sentenced this morning to three years each in Folsom, There are two more In the pane, who will stand trial. The counterfeit money could not be told from genuine except by experts. He la Single Now. ' Edinbdboh, July 20. The Court of Sessions to-day granted a divorce to Claude Alexander on the ground of infi delity. His wife was formerly Lady Di ana Montgomery. In selecting bananas it is well to remember that the fruit which is largeBt, the deepest yellow and the least angular is, as a rale, the best. One who lias become banana wise through looking into their culture in Jemaica, where most of the bananas that come to our market are grown, denies the current belief that bananas are ripened on the plant in that coun try, and therefore superior to those that are cut green. Now York Times, sL .,...... H "-ti ll