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
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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,
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