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UNDER HIE NEW LAW THEIR SINS FORGIVEN THE ARGUS, First Month's Receipts of the Treasury Department Amnesty and Pardon Granted to the Mormons. IT WAS LESS THAN LAST YEAR 'tut It Is Estimated, However, That for the Flsoel Year There Will be a Surplus of Between Fifty and Sixty Million Dollars. Washington, October 2. The first month's receipts ol the Treasury Depart liiciit, namely fur the uionth of Beptem ler, unilor the operation of the new tar iir law were made public yesterday. The aggregate receipts for the month wore $22,021,288, as compared with $21, 682,758 for September, 181)3. As com pared with August, 181)4, when the re ceipts from internal revenue assumed abnormal proportions because of- the large withdrawals of whisky In antici pation of the increased tax of 20 cents per gallon, there is In round figures a decrease of fl8,000,000. According to the estimates upon which the new tariif bill was based It was to producee, xclu sive of postal revenue, from sugar fi;t, 000,000 a year, and from the income tax placed at a minimum figure 115,000,000 per year. No revenue from either of those sources is shown in the current re ceipts of the mouth of Septenilw, for the reason that the income tax does not become operative until January 1, 181)5, and three or four months' supply of sug ar was imported prior to the new law in 'anticipation of the ad valorem tax placed upon it. Upon the basis of the estimates submitted, and upon which the tariif bill was framed, the revenue from the two principal sources customs and internal revenue each was put down at $170,000,000 per year. For the the three months of the present fiscal year the receipts have been $1)7,848,174, against $70,870,417 for the corresponding months of 1803. Of the receipts for the current fiscal year to date, $:)S,707,2I3 have been from customs or at the rate of $140,000,000 a year, and from internal revenue $58,044,1)10 or at the rate of $232,000,000 a year. These two items alone show an excess of the total esti mate of $370,000,000, upon which the tariir bill was based, leaving the mis cellaneous revenue of $20,000,000 as a surplus. From present indications, when revenue from sugar and the income tax begin to be received and customs and in ternal revenue receipts assume their normal conditions, as they are now gradually doing, a surplus of between $50,000,000 and $00,000,000, at the pres ent ratio existing between the receipts and expenditures, is indicated. Even as the situation is now shown for the cur rent year to date the expenditures ex ceed the receipts less than $1,000,000. BLOOD Or WOUNDS. HrltUh Naval Officer's Aeeonnt of the Horrors of Modern War. London, October 2. A British naval officer attached to the Chinese naval squadron which was engaged In the fight off the mouth of Yalu river has written a letter to the Graphic, which is pub lished in that paper to-day. In this let ter the writer gives additional details of the fighting, and says: "On board the warship Chen Yuen the lighting was awful. The decks and the space around the guns were strewn with human fragments. Three of the five men working a four-ton gun were blown up by a shell from the Japanese warship Naniwa Kan. The fourth gun ner was shot while trying to escape From tiie turret, and the fifth stuck to his post. This man fired three rounds at the Naniwa Kan, one shell entering the engine-room of the Japanese ship and another smashing her forward bridge. The Naniwa Kan then hauled off. The Chinese Admiral rewarded the surviving gunner with a present of 1,000 taels. A shell glanced from the steel deck of the Chen Yuen and went through her tower, shattering everything wjthin. A Lieu tenant, who was in the act of speaking through the tube leading to the' engine room, was blown into atoms, and his bead was left hanging to the speaking pipes. Huge fragments of armor aim the teak backing thereof were driven inboard by the shot, crushing a large number of sailors into a shapeless mass. A European engineer, who was in the act of groping about in an endeavor to repair a steam pipe, was drenched from head to foot with the blood of an assist ant, who was disemboweled while stand ing by his side by a shot from the ene my's ship. The Chen Yuen arrived at Wei Hal Wei the day after the fight in the same condition in which she left the battle. No attempt had been made to wash the blood from her or to remove the corpses which strewed her decks." The writer expresses the opinion that, if the European rulers could have seen the decks of the Chen Yuen, they would have foresworn war henceforth and for ever. " AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS. Another Line of Steamers Between Syd ney and San Franolsco Advocated. San Fhanoibco, October 2. Joseph Howard Witheford, who arrived on the Monowai last Saturday, is according to his own account visiting the United States upon a very peculiar mission. He comes to advocate the establishment of another line of steamers between Syd ney and San Francisco. At present the Oceanic Steamship Company is running three steamers regularly between these points via Apia and Honolulu, and so is the Canadian Pacific Steamship Com pany. At one time the government of New South Wales paid a subsidy to the Oceanic Company, but about three years ago withdrew it. Then the Cana dian Pacific came into the field and the subsidy was paid to it, and it is still aid ing in keeping the opposition alive. The steamers that make British Colum bia their headquarters receive $500,000 a year from the Canadian, Australian and British governments, while the Oceanic Company has to struggle along unaided, with the exception of a few thousands a year paid it by the government of New Zealand. Mr. Witheford says he is confident that, if American capital will put on a fine line of steamers to the colonies, it will reap a large income from the outlay. Shrewd English Yachtsmen. New Yohk, October 2, Captain Haft" of the Vigilant arrived from Europe thif morning, He said that during his so j urn abroad he aid the crew were treat ed with great courtesy. The English, he said, were shrewd fellows, ana while himself and crew had nothing to com plain of, they were granted no conces sions. Regarding the center-board acci dent, Half said that the pilot did the very best he could. Even the best pilots abroad, he declared, didn't known of the existence of all the shoals on the yacht courses. VOL. 1. THE PUGILISTS. "Gentleman Jim" Indite Fltislmmona an elaborate Epistle. Bobton, October 2. Under date of to day Corbett wrote Fitzsimmons as fol lows: " In reply to your communication to day I desire to state that Iain the heavy weight champion of the world. I won that title not by defeating middle weights, but by battling with every heavy-weight that stood between myself and John L. Sullivan. I dispute your right to claim a battle with me at the present time, because, while you are un doubtedly the best middle-weight in the world, your record gives no right to a place in my class. I propose to enter the prize ring once more and then retire, whether I win or lose, and I want my niutt contest to be with the best man in tire world. I do not consider yon that man, and I do not propose to meet you and then after having defeated you be told by your friends that you are only a middle-weight after all. I care nothing for the past history of the ring or its ob solete rules. My future is in my own hands, and I do not propose to be told by you or any other man living what I am to do. I consider Steve O'Donnell a better man than you are, and he will prove it when he meets you. If you ac cept his challenge and defeat him, then you will not have to worry much about securing a contest with me. You say that O'Donnell is a fourth-rater, and that you are sincere in your desire to be champion of the world. Then you should remove the only obstacle that stands be tween you ana me, especially when he is bo easy. I am prepared to post $5,000 with any reputable man or newspaper in this country, to be paid to you in case I refuse to fight you after you have de feated O'Donnell. Mr. Brady has posted $1,000 with the New York Herald in evi dence of O'Donnell's good faith. You do not need to wait thirty days for me to pay any attention to you, for I do not propose to do so. If you are sincere, then you had better arrange a match with O'Donnell at once, for the sooner you do the sooner you will get the chance you seem to desire so much a meeting." THE KAISER'S VIEWS. What He Thinks That the Modern Bat tle Ship Should Be. London, October 2. Edward Reed,M. P., in an interview, to-day gave an out line of a conversation which he recently had with the Emperor of Germany on the subject of war between China and Japan. Mr. Reed said : "The Emperor expressed clear and pronounced views on the situation, which have been remarkably fulfilled through the results at Yalu. His Majesty recog nized the value of strong armor, and particularly dwelt upon the efficacy of an armor belt reaching virtually from stem to sterm, but tie emphasized bis opinion that it was of the utmost im portance that a vessel in action should be given the greatest possible scope of gun fire." The Emperor at the time of bis inter view with Mr. Reed gave to that gentle man a portrait of himself with his sig nature indorsed on its back. Preceding the imperial signature were these words : " In the modern battle ship the dis tribution of weight necessitates a com promise between armor and artillery. Give her a full all-around belt, and aftei that always decide in favor of artillery.' Mr. Reed expressed his opinion that the Yalu battle was remarkable for its emphasis of the value of speed and ar mament multiplied by the quick-firing gun. MANY LIVES LOST. Much or the Island of Cuba Is Now Under Water. Havana, October 2. Owing to the ex cessive rains, with a fall of 107 the 23d and 242 the 24th, the rivers Sagna, Yabu, Yabusito and Mayaneya have flooded the surrounding country and inundated the towns of Sagua, Crences, La Jas, Si ties to and San Domingo. At Sagua the water is from eighteen to forty-five feet deep, and 3,000 families are home less. Tiie inhabitants have sought sal vation on the roofs of the two story buildings, which alone are not under water. The loss of life is estimated at 200, while the damage of property will reach $4,000,000. Some seventy houses have been destroyed, and 200 more are badly damaged. Most of the furniture and merchandise has been swept away, and many head of cattle have been drowned. The electric plant and the gas works have suffered heavily. Many sug-ar-heuses and cane fields are under water. The sugar crop is seriously compromised. Forty-seven houses have been destroyed at Santa Crux del Sur, and a pier there was also wrecked. Com munications have been interrupted for four days. Subscriptions for the relief of the sufferers by the flood are being organized. Longest In the World. New Yobk, October 2. The power and mining department of the General Elec tric Company has just closed a contract with the Sacramento Electric Light and Power Company that calls for the trans mission by electricity from a water power at Folsom. Cab, of several thou sand electrical horse power to the city of Sacramento to supply light, heat, power, etc., to an extent that will practically supersede all the present steam plants now in operation. This will make the longest transmission by electricity of power in large amounts installed in the world. The Anrachlsts Active. London, October 2. A dispatch to the Chronicle from Vienna says that an Ital ian anarchist has been arrested at Cairo, charged with an attempt to murder the Khedive. It is alleged that he went from Italy to Cairo for that purpose, and that the Italian police authorities warned the Italian Consul at Cairo of his com- ng. A dagger was found in the posses sion of the man when he was arrested. An Italian Society. Paris, October 2. Eight anarchists were arrested at Marseilles to-day on a charge of plotting the murder of Signor Durando, the Italian Consul, and an at tempt to blow up the Italian consulate. Letters found in the lodgings of the pris oners showed that they were connected with an Italian brotherhood, having rami ft rati one in TmHnn TriaefA flanna ana oiner European centers. IIILLSBORO, OREGON, THURSDAY, THE PU YALLUP MUDDLE No Settlement Except in the Manner Now Employed. INDIAN BUREAU IS DETERMINED It li Bald That It. Officer Want the Contracts Hade With the Indians Kuled Ont as Invalid The Commis sion Doing Oood Work. Washington, October 1. Notwith standing the hard fight made by Repre sentative Doolittle and other members of the Washington delegation, the prob abilities are that there will be no settle ment of the Puyallup Indian reserva tion muddle and sale of the lands except in the manner which is now being em ployed. The great fight which haB been made to have something done which will give the men who made contracts with the Indians an opportunity to test their validity will probably fail. From the very first there has been a disposition on the part of the Indian office to have these contracts ruled out as invalid and make the men who made the contracts with the Indians lose what they have paid them. This disposition originated with Agent Eells, who has for so many years been agent for the Puyallups, and permeates the entire Indian office. The contracts were probably made in opposi tion to the wishes of Mr. Eells, and he intends, if he can, to make the contract ors lose. Ever since Washington was admitted the delegation in Congress has been trying to have the lands opened tinder some regulations that will give the contractors an opportunity to get the lands or their money back, but it has always been a failure. The nearest a bill of that kind came to passing was in the Fifty-first Congress, when Repre sentative Wilson slipped through in a right-of-way bill a clause which would have settled the whole affair. Cockrell of Missouri caught it up in the Senate and made a tremendous bluster, and Allen and Squire, who were not as famil iar with Senatorial ways as they have since become, allowed the clause to be stricken out, something that would not happen again. Now the difficulty is in Jetting something through the HouBe. n the last session of Congress Doolittle tried the House and Squire the Senate, but the more that has been done the more opposition is found. This opposi tion comes from the Indian bureau, which is very much opposed to the set tlement of the Puyallup lands on any other basis except to eschew all contracts made. Assistant Commissioner Armstrong. who for all practical purposes is the Commissioner during this administra tion, says that the commission which is now at work on the Puyallup reservation .8 doing good work in his opinion. He was there not long ago and looked the field over. He savs that when the com mission reports its action will be unop posed and the lands will be sold. The flrst report will relate almost entirely to the lands held in common by the Indians and not to those held in severalty. Gen eral Armstrong says that after these common lands are disposed of, the com mission will take up the individual lands, which the Indians desire to sell, and they will be sold under the direction of the government. Asked if anything whatever would be done with the con tracts, General Armstrong replied : "Nothing. They are invalid. Every body knows they are of no account. If they are tested in the courts, it wn: mane nodifference. When the court dismissed the injunction against the commission, that settled the contracts. They will have no standing in court. Why would these fellows be trying to secure legisla tion to legalize them if they did not know they were worthless without such legislation?" It will be seen that the Indian office is dead set against the men with the contracts. CHINESE! TREATY. It Has Been Formally Ratified by the Celestial Government. Washington, October 1. Notification has been given the government in an in formal way of the ratification by the Chi nese government of the treaty between the United States and China negotiated by Secretary Gresham and Chinese Min ister Yang Yu and ratified by the Senate on the part of the United States. Only a formal exchange of ratification be tween the Department of State and the Minister is to be transacted to make the treaty a law governing the relations oi the two powers, and this ceremony will doubtless take place within a month. Minister Yang Yu called upon Secretary Gresham last week and said he received word from his government that it had ratified the treaty; that the document had been forwarded to him ; also that he had received instructions to exchange ratifications with the United States as soon as it was delivered to him. The treaty with the Chinese seal and signa tures was sent from Peking several weeks ago. In the course of communication six weeks will be required for its trans mission to Washington, bo it is not ex pected at the legation for two weeks. This is the first authentic information received in this city regarding the treaty. As the diplomatic business of the gov ernment Is naturally transacted secretly, Yang Yu's communication to the Secre tary of State was not made known until Gresham 'b attention was called to the speculation afloat here concerning the apparently slow course of the Chinese government in taking action. Then Secretary Gresham gave to the press the status of the matter, and said the re ports that there was any cause for dis satisfaction over the way China was pro ceeding toward the consummation of the treaty were entirely groundless. New York's New Constitution. Albany, N. Y October 1. The Con stitutional Convention has adopted the new constitution as reported from the committee of the whole by a vote of 95 to 46, two Republican members voting with the minority. It was first decided in .Hmit the canal article and the ap- Dortionment article separately and the rest of the document as a whole. HE DARK NOT SPEAK. His Tale Must First be Told to the Brit lib. Naval Authorities. St. Paul, October 1. Captain T.O. R. Galesworthy of the British merchant man Kow Shing, which was sunk by the Japanese steamer Naniwa Kan over a month ago while taking Chinese troops to Corea, arrived in this city to-day on the Northern Pacific, and left to-night for London, where the British Admiralty is awaiting his report on the Kow Shing affair. Dr. Franklin Rogers of the naval J hospital at Yokohama, with his wife and daughter, arrived on the same train, and proceeded to Chicago and Washington on his vacation trip. Neither would speak of the Kow Shing episode. Gales worthy submitted to enough of an inter view to deny all interviews alleged to have been held with him, asserting h had not until to-day spoken to a news paper man in America. He said : " I declined every invitation to make any sort of statement for the press. I spoke to nobody and have nothing to say to you, nor will I speak to any one else un til I reach England. In due time the full particulars of the affair will be known to the world." IMPORTANT DECISION. It Was In the Case or Burtwell Against the Government. Boston, October 1. The important decision affecting millions of dollars' worth of claims against the United States government, which was rendered Satur day by Judge Cole of the United States Circuit Court, was in the celebrated case of Joseph Burtwell, an importer, against a former Collector of the Port of Boston. The question at issue was on the inter pretation of sections 3,011 and 2,031 of the Revised Statutes of 1877, regulating the time, manner and nature of the pro test against the payment of duties. Burt well filed a written protest with the Col lector within ten days after liquidation, but the government contended when ar guing the case that the protest should have been made when Burtwell paid the estimated duties. Judge Cole has now decided that Burtwell was right. The government will take an appeal. This is said to be the first decision ever given on the point in question. GIGANTIC WATER POWER. Omaha Wants a Canal Built to the River Platte. Omaha, Neb., October 1. The County Commissioners of Douglas county, in which Omaha is situated, have decided to submit to the people a proposition to vote $1,000,000 subsidy to a company for the construction of a canal to bring water power to this city. The enter prise has been under discussion for more than a year, and many thousands of dollars have been expended in investi gations and preliminary surveys. The design ot the enterprise is to create a great water power just outside the city limits to be brought into the city in the shape of electrical energy and sold at a uniform price to all factories. The water is to be procured from the Platte river, some forty miles from Omaha and from the Elk Horn river, some twenty miles from Omaha, and will be carried through a canal to a point near the city limits, where a fall amounting to 185 feet will be secured. At this point there will be developed 24,000-horse power. THE CZAR'S DEATH. Its Probable Effect Upon the Situation In Europe. London, October 1. Advices received by great financial houses in London are understood to confirm the worst news regarding the condition of the Czar of Russia. His Majesty's condition is said to be hopeless, and his death can be de layed only a few months. The general opinion in this city coincides with that expressed in fans and .Berlin thai me accession to the throne of the Czarowits will result in depriving France of a friend. Persons closely associated with the Czarowitz believe that when he as cends the throne he will materially alter the policy pursued by his father and will cultivate cordial relations with England and Germany and hold aloof from France. The fluctuations in the price of French rentes during the week are attributed to the impression that the Czar's death would cause a tremendous fall in prices. Fortifications on the Gulf. Pbnsacola, October 1. At its last ses sion Congress appropriated $400,000 to begin the work of fortifying four ports on the Gulf Coast and the Atlantic, to be designated by the Secretary of War. Secretary Lamont in accordance with the recommendation of engineers con stituting the Board of Fortifications has designated Pensacola as one of the ports. The engineer in charge in this harbor has been notified that the sum of $100, 000 has been placed to the credit of Pen sacola, and has been instructed to begin the surveys for a site upon which to erect a battery of heavy Armstrong guns and a battery of mortars. The site has been selected on Santa Rosa Island, one mile east of Fort Pickens. His Wife Has Disappeared. Washington, October 1. Mrs. Ella G. Olberg, wife of John G. Olberg, dis appeared from her home Saturday morn ing, and detectives have been unable to find her. She was to have been the principal witness in the prosecution to morrow by her husband of Major Alex Russell of the pension bureau, who is said to have forged Olberg's name to deeds of truBt, under which his property was sold, and to have induced Mrs. Ol berg to sign them. It is thought she went away of her own will or under coercion to avoid the trial. Mr. Olberg thinks she is insane. Loss to the Government. Baltimore, October 1. There are 8,000,000 pounds of tin plate in bond at this port, the importers having allowed the stock to accumulate and remain in bond until the new tariff law, which re duces the duty 1 cent a pound, went into effect. Under Secretary Carlisle's ruling the new tariff provision becomes effective to-day, and the customs officials expect the greater part of the 8,000,000 pounds to be taken out of bond this week. The reduction in the tariff will result in loss to the government of $80,000. OCTOBER 4, 1894. nnITP TO 1T i T. i Un i Chinese Army at Wiju on Yalu River Mutinies. CHINA IS PERFECTLY HELPLESS Troops Throw A war Their Arms Because They Have No Ammunition and Can Get None Rebellion Against the Mnnchurlan Dynasty. Niw Yobk, September 30. A special from Shanghai says that the Chinese army at Wiju on the Yalu river, which is opposing the advance of the main Japanese army, has mutinied. The men are throwing away their arms, because they have no ammunition, being cut off from supplies. The Chinese defenses have completely collapsed, and are now only a farce. There is a panic in Peking, and the very name of Japan inspires terror everywhere. China is perfectly helpless. REBELLION REPOBTED. London, September 30. A dispatch from Vienna says a semi-official tele gram from St. Petersburg announces that the Russian government has learned of a rebellion against the Manchurian dy nasty. LI HUNG CHANG TO TAKI THE FIELD. Shanghai, September 30. It is re ported that the Emperor has granted Li Hung Chang's request to be allowed to take the field in person, and that Chang will make his headquarters at La Tai, near Tien Tsin, the present headquar ters of the provisional commander-in-chief of Chi Li. It is also reported that the Chinese troops have evacuated Corea and are now massed at Chiu Lies Chang, thirty miles westward of the Yalu river. It is stated that the numerous desertions from the Chinese army of late is because of the faulty condition of the arms and ammunition supplied to the troops. An other junk that was sailing through the North Channel in order to evade the guard boats struck a torpedo, and was blown to pieces. Several men were drowned. japan's next hove. London, September 30. The Times publishes this morning an article by an expert, in which the writer compares and collates the Times advices trom unee Foo and the Central News dispatches from Tokio. The writer concludes that it may be safely affirmed that modern weapons have not materially modified the conditions of naval warfare, and he adds: "Japan's next movement is now a question of the greatest importance. China's fleet is virtually paralyzed, and the Japanese are free to transport a force in any direction. There are two princi pal courses for them to pursue to strike direct for Peking or to occupy Formosa. Either course is more probable than a march to Moukden. It seems certain that 26,000 Japanese could take Peking, when Japan could obtain, so far as China is concerned, any terms she is likely to demand. On the other hand, the time available is very short owing to the ap proach of winter, and the venture, though not impracticable, would be very risky. A force of 20,000 would BUffice to occupy Formosa, and a descent upon the place is certainly among the immediate possibil ities. Japan seeks territorial ex pansion, and Formosa offers obvious ad vantages." advancing on moukden. London, September 30. A dispatch from Shanghai says it is reported the Japanese nave succeeded in entering, the Chinese province of Manchuria ana are advancing upon the capital of Mouk den. It is also said fighting has taken place between the invaders and Chinese at a town between that city and the frontier. The engagement is said to have ended in a decisive victory for the Japanese, who established themselves in the position previously occupied by the Ubmese troops, jno details oi wis re port are given, ana the umnese at Shanghai discredit the report. THINKS THE CHINE8E VICTORS. The Opinion of a Former Director la the Chinese Navy. LoNDON.September 30. Captain Lang, former director in the Uhmese navy and supervisor of the erection of many Chinese forts, said in an interview to day in regard to the Chinese reverses : " The inherent conservatism and apa thy concerning everything outside of China and the want of esprit du corps have had their natural results. As i matter of fact the Cninese never expect' ed to have to fight, and their supreme contempt of Japan is a predominant trait with them. Their seamen are as brave as oould be wished, but they have not the slightest patriotism. Their onv cers are regardless of almost everything but personal advantage, and have always wanted to evade drill and remain ashore. They have hated Europeans and Euro pean ideas, and are insufferably obsti nate and conceited. There are admitted exceptions to this rule, however, espe' dally in the case of Admiral Ting, who is conspicuously a brave and capaDie oi ficer, whose lead could safely be followed anywhere. I cannot understand the ai Wnri snnerioritv of the Japanese Quick firing guns. The fonr vessels of the Ching Yuen class wero admirably equipped, and I am not disposed in the light of the present Information to give the Japanese tne credit iney ciaim. Cap tain Lang ascribes the defeat of the Chinese, if they have been defeated, to the fact of their having lapsed from their high standard of efficiency since 1890. The only Europeans now in service in the Chinese neet, be said, are acting in sub ordinate capacities. In conclusion he reaffirmed his belief that the Chinese had been the victors. To Demand Amnesty. Rome, October 1. A movement com prising members of all parties has been organized in Sicily to demand amnesty f or all prisoners condemned to imprison ment by the recent military tribunals sitting on that island. To Take the Field. London, October 1. A dispatch from Delegoa Bay says that the Governor at the head of 300 white and 6,000 native allies will take the field against the Kaffirs surrounding Lourenso Marques. NO. 28. "etjtenant casey's charger. Purchased by Colonel Swayne and Not Shipped to His Fiancee. Los Angeles, October 1. A story was sent from San Francisco a few days ago, in which it was stated that during the battle with the Sioux Indians at Pine Ridge, 8. D., Lieutenant Casey was killed. It was stated that Lieutenant Casey was engaged to be married to the daughter of Colonel Hunt, U. S. A., now a resident of Los Angeles, and that the handsone black charger, which he rode at the .ime of his death, was to be sent to his fiancee, not a single person having mounted the horse since Lieutenant Ca sey's death. There are some radical er rors in the above report. The big black horse that formerly belonged to Lieuten ant uascv arrived yesterday at Ban re- dro, but it was not shipped to " Miss Hunt." in fact, there is no luionei Hunt of the United States army " living in or near Los Angeles. The horse was really sent by Colonel Swayne of Fort Keosh. Mont. He is to be retired in January, and will come here to live on his ranch at 1MNietos. tie bought the horse when the effects of the late Lieu tenant Casey were sold along with soma other articles that belonged to the gal lant and brave but ill-fated Lieutenant. The horse is now about 17 years old, but is still a magnificent animal. He has been driven in double teams by the Co lonel since he was purchased. The Northern Pacific railway gave free trans portation and lurnisnea a car lor the horse to Portland in recognition of the eminent services of the Colonel during the troubles with the Northern Indus trial Armies. THEY ARB FAB AW AT. A Whaling Captain's Condemnation of Alaska Missionaries. San Fbancisco, September 30. Cap tain Tilton, of the whaling schooner Nicoline, who has been whaling in Northern seas for nearly two decades, does not think much of some of the mis sionaries that hie themselves to' the frozen zone to purify the souls of the poor Esquimaux and Indians of Alaska. The captain said : The missionaries are divided into three classes, and there are some good men among tbem, to he sure, out they are scarce as the aurora in a summer clime. Those whom I condemn belong to a sect of ' free workers.' who are will ing to worship God and Mammon for a chance to make a few dollars. The gov ernment should take hold of this mat ter. The Indians of Alaska are an easily influenced race, who are very anxious to become educated and civilized. The question of sending good women and righteous men to labor among mem should meet with support from Congress. I do not desire to condemn all the mis sionaries of the Territory, for there are manv good men up there who are doing exemplary work in teaching the natives. 1 do. however, want w say sometuing about the scoundrels who infest the northern part of Alaska, and who under the guise of missionaries take advantage of their position to lie, cheat and steal in a manner that would astonish a horse thief. Thev are more degraded far than the natives themselves. TheBe individ uals go out on the pretense of working among the Indians, but in reality they are scheming to gather in Bkins ana to be the recipients of favors that are not granted to men in an ordinary station of We." FIRE UNDERWRITERS. What President Littlejohn Says of Those Forest Fires. Chicago, September 30. President W. J. Littlejohn of the Underwriters' Association of the Northwest, who in an address before the organization declared the recent forest fires were ordered started by the lumber kings in the inte rior, also stated his charges were based on investigations made under his direc tion. " Those fires have occurred everv year," said Littlejohn. "It was appar ent there must be some motive for the incendiarism. Our company accordingly sent men up into Michigan and Wiscon sin this summer to make investigations, and they received sufficient evidence to satisfy me some big lumber dealers fired the forests in order to hide the evidence of their timber stealings. The evidence is not sufficiently strong to warrant charging any particular man with the deeds. However, I am informed the States of Michigan and Wisconsin have appointed commissions to investigate the fires. Until we know the results the insurance organizations will do nothing. There is a possibility, however, in the event of the failure of these commis sions to develop the matter that some insurance unions will take up the prose cution themselves. I am confident the State authorities can secure all the evi dence necessary, if they try." DENIED BY MRS. PEARY. Eer Husband Bat at the Same Table With His Hen. Washington, October 1. Mrs. Peary, the wife of the Arctic explorer, denies emphatically the stories of some of the members of her husband's party of their alleged treatment These charges in brief are that Engineer Peary's auto cratic methods were offensive to his as sociates; that he was inconsiderate of their comfort and ungentlemanly in his treatment of them; that they were nearly starved to death, and that they would have fared better had Mrs. Peary not been a member oi tne party. Mrs. Pearv said that her husband was un usually considerate of his men, and added : "As to the men, he gave them the best it was possible to obtain. No parti ality was shown. Engineer Peary, all reports to the contrary notwithstand ing, sat at the table with his men and shared their hardships in every way. I could not go to the public table on ac count of my baby. Some of the table delicacies given me by friends were need by me, but my husband declined to share them with me, saying that he pre ferred to have only what was given to the rest of the party." Want the Law Modi fled. Buda-Pkbtu, October 1. At the Bishops' conference to-day the Primate of Hungary read a letter from the Pops directing the episcopate to use its efforts with the Magnates to obtain modifica tions of the bill dealing with the religion of children of mixed marriages, bnt the letter added the agitation must not take an illegal form. - - PROCLAMATION OF PRESIDENT. Civil Rights Are Restored te AH Who Have Compiled With the Proclama tion of Ex. President Harrliom Satis fied That Polygamy is Stamped Ont. : Washington, September 29. Through the Department of State to-day Presi dent Cleveland made a proclamation of amnesty and pardon to all 'persons who have been convicted of polygamy under the teachings of the Mormon Church. It is as follows: Whereas, Congress by a statute ap proved March 22, 1882, and for statutes in furtherance and in amendment there of, defined the crimes of bigamy, polyg amy and unlawful cohabitation in, the Territories and other places within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States and prescribed a penalty for such crimes; and, Whereas, on or about October S, 1890, the Church of the Latter Day Saints, commonly known as the Mormon Church, through its President issued a manifesto proclaiming that said church no longer sanctioned the practice of po lygamy and calling upon all members and adherents of said church to obey the laws of the United States in reference to said subject matter; and, Whereas, January 4, 1893, Benjamin Harrison, then President of the United States, did declare and grant a full par don and amnesty to certain offenders under condition of future obedience to the requirements as is fully set forth in said proclamation of amnesty and par don; and, Whereas, upon the evidence now fur nished me, I am satisfied that the mem bers and adherents of said church gen erally abstain from plural marriages and polygamous cohabitation and are now living in obedience to the laws, and that the time has novr arrived when the in terests of public justice and morality will be promoted by the granting of amnesty and pardon to all such offenders as have complied with the conditions of said proclamation, including such of said of fenders as have been convicted under the provisions of said acts. "Now, therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested, do hereby de clare and grant fall amnesty and pardon to all persons who have in violation of said acts committed either of the offenses of polygamy, bigamy, adultery or unlaw ful cohabitation under color of jolyga saous or plural marriage, or who, haying been convicted of a violation of said acts, are now suffering deprivation of civil rights in consequence of tjie.same, ex cepting all persons who have not com plied with the conditions contained in said executive proclamation of January 4, 1893." DR. TYNAN'S REASONS. He Disappeared Because He Was Worried by His Stepdaughters. San Fbancisco, September 29. The long-lost, but now found, Dr. Tynan dined last night with Manager A. Mont- peller of the Grangers' Bank. He con versed freely, and, as far as Mr. Mont peller could judge, was as rational as any one could be. He has repeated fre quently his explanation as to the reason for his mysterious disappearance that he was annoyed and worried by the suit begun by his stepdaughters and wished to go away and rest. While in Boston he assumed the name of Thomas E. Stanley, a combination of his own name and that of his attorney, John A. Stan ley ui hub uny, cpeaung ui we sunn . brought by his stepdaughters, he said : " When those girls were little, they had all the advantages I could give them. I always treated them kindlv, sent them A- .l 1 I 1 it 1 LA ! to scuooi, naa uiem utugut music ana other accomplishments. One of them married a young man who was not much credit to him sell or to anybody else. Soon after the other one was married. Everything went well then for awhile, until I married my present wife. At first they were tolerably good to her. called her ' grandma,' and treated her well; but finally they became jealous, and whenever I gave her anything they objected, and it all ended with the suits which they brought against me." Dr. Tynan willgo to his former home in Modesto within a few days. Dr. Tynan does not believe that Slater, the Spiritualist, was aided by spirits iu finding him. Slater said that the ghost of Maria Marvin Tynan, the doctor's first wife, told him where to find the missing man. Tynan says Maria Marvin Tynan was his mother, not his wife, and that he believes that Slater merely saw him on the streets of Boston and recog nized him, as any other man might have done. Tynan says he does not believe in Spiritualism. Local Option Question. London, September 29. Chamberlain said to-day with reference to the stand taken by Gladstone upon the local option question that the ex-Premier's position would free many members of the Liberal party who have hitherto been coerced into voting for local veto power. He predicted if the veto bill was brought up at the next session of Parliament it would causo a split in the party. Cham lain said Gladstone's personal friend ship for him had not lessened. He vis ited Gladstone recently. Royalists and the Vatleaa. Rons, September 29. The Pope has summoned Monsignore Hulst, the spir itual adviser of the late Comte de Paris, to the Vatican for the purpose of im parting to him instructions in regard to the royaliists. In clerical circles this action Is believed to be a fatal blow to the pretensions of the French monarch ists. Opposed to Lady Clerks. London, September 29. The clerks ot the Bank of England held a meeting to day to protest against the recent admis sion into the bank as employes) of two batches ot lady clerks. Space In the Center of a Room. Don't use a table lamp of herculenn proportions on a small table or in a small room. Give the eye space as well as the lungs. Space in the center of the room Is as precious as the most costly piece of furniture, for it enriches all the furnish ings. Decorator and Furnisher. . He Tuld Uer. , Mother (putting the boy out of the pan try) How many more times will I nave to tell you to keep out of that preserve jarr oruHii coy (sooning) o more, man They're all gone.-Detroit Free Prose.