The Argus., January 03, 1895, Image 1

HE PAID IN GOLD COIN
PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
O. F. Paxton Had the Money
for a Tacoma Motor Line.
Condensed Telegraphic Re
ports of Late Events.
PRICK PROMPTLY TURNED OVER
BRIEF SPARKS FROM THE WIRES
r M r J) T M ML1
M AA IhK 11 ttII I
It Wm Bought In ut a Mortgage gals
for Ilia (lenernl f-lleulrlo Company of
l'ortlHii'lMmiiy Curteri to the Court
house III a tluai-iled llu-k.
Tacoma, January 2. The Point Defi
ance street railway, extending from
South Ninth street to Point Defiance,
seven miles, was gold to (). F. Paxton of
Portland to-day for (82,000. Mr. Paxton
!h attorney for S. Z. Mitchell of Port
land, who represents the the Edison
(ioneral Kleetrio Company's interests.
The price was promptly turned over in
gold. Eighty-two thousand dollars in
void coin was what Mr. Paxton Hushed
on the rest of the lawyers. The money
.was carted up to the courthouse from
the London and Ban Francisco Hank in
a hack guarded by the representatives
of Mr. Paxton and Detective lroy. The
claims against the road are in brief:
Those represented hy lewis, triiHtee,
approximating $20,01)0, for which a de
cree in the lower court has been ob
tained; that of C. Ilinchman, a inort
KRgce, the original amount of which was
60,000, tut which with costs ami re
ceivership has mounted np to about fWU,
000; a claim for labor; a claim of the
Hank of British Columbia for $5,000; a
claim of the Tacoma Railway and Motor
Company for ((10,000 for power furnished
and a chum of the Edison General Klec
trie Company represented by the pur
chafer. The sale was under a decree of
the Ilinchman mortgage.
CROPS IN RUINS.
riorlila Will I.nne Million or Dollars
by Ilia Cold Went liar.
Jacksonville, Fla,, January 2. Three
million dollars will hardly cover the loss
in Florida from the cold of the past seventy-two
hours. The mercury dropped
22 degrees above zero laHt night and the
cold completed its work of destruction.
The pineapple plantations are mined as
well as the oranges and the winter vege
table crops. Next year's orange crop
will le shortened by 1,000,000 boxes,
which means an additional loan of $1,-
500,000 to the growers and the trans
portation companies. The direct and
incidental losses by this spell will ag
gregate C,000,000 in "ie two years.
Last night at 8 o'clock the mercury was
at 41 degrees.
The merenry went down to 14 degrees
above zero at the signal station in this
city just before sunrise this morning,
this record being 1 degree colder than
the temperature during the great freeze
of 18HH and the lowest since 18,'t5. The
thermometer at the station is 100 feet
above ground and the surface readings
about town average from 10 to 3 degrees
lower. Reports Irotn Titusville, Tampa,
Ocala, Gainesville, Palatka and Sanford
indicate the mercury drooped to about
18 aliovu zero in these localities. The
orange and vegetable crops are practical
ly ruined. Ttiu best estimate places the
number of oranges on the trees at fully
o hum tiu i .... i Ant..:ni ..r ti.n
4,uwv',wwu uuArn aim uiwv:iain ui iuu i iui iwn
Fruit Exchange in this city think fully
2,000,000 boxes have been frozen either
wholly or in part. If this estimate is
correct, the remaining 600,000 boxes
will bring fabulous prices. These re
ports cannot be verified until to-night'
or to-morrow, but the best informants
in fruit mutters say "the jig is up with
the oranges of 181(3-04," Ice formed on
the streets of Jacksonville this morning.
The Biiup is notwithoutcompensation,
however, as it has largely killed the
scale, one of tho deadliest orange pests,
and exterminated another, the white
tly, which was becoming active in some
groveB and threatened the Mate.
THE DECREE IS FINAL.
A Definite Statement From Monsignore
ShIoIII.
Washington, January 2. Owing to
misapprehensions caused by the publi
cation of a statement that the decree
concerning secret societies was not final,
and was to be submitted to the Bishops
to secure from them their opinions
thereon, Monsignore Satolli authorizes
the following brief statement of facta:
"The Archbishops of the United
States have taken counsel with respect
to three societies, namely, Odd Fellows,
Sons of Temperance and Knights of
Pythias. The Archbishops decided that
the whole question should be submitted
to the Apostolio See, In a communi
cation from his eminence, Cardinal
Monaco, to Monsignore Satolli the action
of the general congregation of Cardinals
to whom his Holiness committed the
question is made known. The congre
gation after considering carefully the
matter made the decree; this decree
his V liness fully confirmed and gave it
commute eiteet. xne decree is, mere'
fore, transmitted to all Archbishops,
Bishops and other ordinaries in the
United States to be by them carried into
ettect. Monsignore Satolli has acted
merely as a medium of transmission,
but in view of ttie contradictory and con
fusing reports emanating from various
parts ot tne country uie tacts are llius
briefly stated."
No Such Finn Considered.
Maohid, January 2. Senor Bicssa,
Minister of the Interior, has entered
formal denial of the statement, which
recently emanated from Washington,
that a plan has been under consideration
allowing local officials of Cuba to make
n p the budget of tariff duties, afterward
submitting it to tne government for an-
proval. The Cabinet has, however, ap
proved the proposal to open an inquiry
into tne vuoan customB system,
Socialist Elected.
Brussels, January 1. A Parliamen
tary election was held in the Lige to-day,
M. Defuisseaux, who was returned for
Lige and Mons in tne general election,
having been chosen to sit for Mons.
The Socialist Smeets was elected to-day
V. - !. t
oy a majority oi ouu.
Coxey's Monetary Bill.
Chicago, December 28. Jacob S.
Coxey arrived at the Auditorium to-day.
He will go to St. Louis to urge the adop-
tion oi his Dill as a fopulist measure by
the conference of Populist leaders which
convenes there thia week. Carl Browne
has gone ahead to agitate the matter in
advance of the conference. Hewill present
a long preamble reciting the inadequacy
of the present monetary Bystem, and a
resolution which reads: "We are in
favor of the free and unlimited coinage
of silver in the ratio of 10 to 1, and the
Coxey non-interest-bearing bonds plan."
VOL. 1.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Finding, of the Court of Inquiry In tha
Grounding of Ilia Cincinnati.
Washington, January 2. Secretary
Herbert has made public the findings of
tho court of Inquiry in the case of the
grounding of the Cincinnati off Execu
tion Rock, Long Island Sound, and his
own action in the matter. The court
found that, when the vessel neared the
point where she struck, Captain Glass
was obliged to leave the deck, leaving
orders to the navigator, Lieutenant S.C.
Gillingham; the pilot, B. F. Arcularist,
and the officer of the deck, Ensign Roger
Wells, Jr., governing them during his
absence and leaving uillingham, assisted
by the pilot, in charge of the navigation
of the vessel. The ship was then headed
on a safe course. The grounding is rep
resented aB due to an error in the judg
ment of the pilot, one of the oldest and
most experienced in New York, and of
the navigator in estimating the distance
of the ship from the united States
Shoals, on which she struck. This pi
lot's error caused the grounding. The
speed of the ship was not reduced by the
navigator on approaching the shoals, re
maining too great for accurate sound
ings. The oflicer of the deck neglected
to station a leadsman on the port Bide,
and the Captain on leaving the deck did
not place in charge -the oflicer next in
line of rank. The court waB of the opin
ion that further proceedings should be
had in the case of Pilot Arcularist, Cap
tain Glass, Lieutenant Gillingham and
Ensign Wells; but, as it did not say
when the proceedings should be held,
Judge Advocate Kemy in reviewing the
report reported that the interests of the
service do not require the trial of any of
the officers. In indorsing the record
Secretary Herbert emphasizes the fact
that the presence of a pilot does not re
lieve officers of responsibility, and says
it is clear that the same degree of cau
tion was not exercised by the officers in
navigating tle ship as if there had been
no pilot on board. He finds that the
Captain was particularly censurable for
continuing to run las ship at such high
speed in con lined waters,
plates roit hunting: postage stamps.
The opinion of the Solicitor of the
Treasury that It is unlawful to have the
possession or to use plateB for the print
ing of postaue stamps in the similitude
of those issued by foreign governments
win oe acted upon at once, jno more so
called stamp albums containing Btamps
of these kinds will be allowed to be
printed. The cuts from which theee are
printed will be seized. It is an astonish
ing fact that the penaltv imposed by law
for the counterfeiting oi foreign stamps
is much more severe than for counter
feiting United States stamps. In the
case of foreign Btamps the penalty is not
less than two or more than ten years'
imprisonment, while for counterfeiting
United States Btamps the penalty is a
fine of not more than (500 or more than
five years' imprisonment or both. The
United States Courts might impose a
fine of (1 or one day's imprisonment for
violations of our law, and come within
the law, while the minimum penalty as
to foreign stamps is two years' imprison
ment. WILL NOT OUT A PICK-UP.
The three new Senators, who will be
elected to fill the vacancies in the States
of Wyoming, Washington and Montana,
will probably not be paid the back sal
aries, as has heretofore been paid to Sen
ators elected or appointed to fill vacan
cies. They were cut out by an express
provision in the legislative appropri
ation bill of the last session, which, it is
believed, will put an end to this practice
for the future. Under the system which
iss orevai ed heretofore each man
chosen would have received the pay for
the entire term of six years, notwith
standing two years have already elapsed.
The new provision will, therefore, work
as a saving to the government of $30,
000 in this instance and of larger sums
in the future.
IS WORTH MILLIONS.
The Helra of a Swede Suing for a Fart
of Philadelphia.
New Yobk, January 2. The heirs of
William Skillinginks, a name which his
descendants have changed to Schillinger,
have decided to sue in the courts of
Pennsylvania to regain that part of Phil
adelphia known as Southwark. It con
tains three and a half square miles, is
solidly built up and worth many mill
ions. Most of the heirs live in Southern
New Jersey, and belong to the Schillin
ger, Hand, Townsend, Bennett, Rose
man. Stevens and Hughes families.
William Skillinginks, a Swede, owned
the property in the middle of the eigh
teenth centuiy,'and leased it in 1776 for
ninety-nine years. With the twenty
years of grace allowed to occupants ol
land for a perfect title this lease will ex-
fnre in 1800. Ine Heirs claim that oka
inginks received his right to the prop
erty from indentures, which were made
in legal order, subsequent to the charter
given to wniiam renn Mcnaries 11.
King of England, in 1681, and from I
grant on May, 1084, to the Swenson fam
lly by the Dutch Governor of Delaware,
which grant was afterward confirmed by
Sir Francis Lovelace, the subsequent
English Governor of Pennsylvania, and
recorded at Upland AugUBt u,
There Hay be a Contest.
San Fbancibco, January 2. The pros
pects for a contest over the will of James
G. Fair seem to be developing. Charles
Fair has realized that the clauses de
priving any children he may have of a
share of the estate is a slight, and he
also resents the placing of the manage
ment of the estate in the hands of out
siders. On the latter count it is thought
his sisters, Mrs. Herman OelrichB and
Virginia Fair, may join hands with
Charlie.
Well-Known Singer Dead.
Chicago, January 2. Mrs. Emma
Gillingham Bostwick, one of the best
known Western singers, died last night
at Morris town, N. J. She was born in
1814, and notwithstanding her advanced
age retained her voice to a remarkable
degree until last summer, when she sang
in public me last time.
No Longer a Menaoe. !
Bombay; January 2. Reports just re
ceived indicate that the Waziri tribes
men, who lately attacked the escort ol
the British Commission engaged in de
limiting the Punjab frontier, have been
completely beaten and no longer prove
. ' L i I. T ' . U I
K uiBUBue w me jpriwou wrves.
HILLSBOUO, OREGON. THURSDAY,
In Reference to the State
Affairs in Armenia.
of
IT EMBODIES EIGHT DISTRICTS
Official Utterance of the American
Hoard of Coinuilimiuiiers for Foreign
Missions Turkey Trying to Assume
Authority Over Foreigner.' Mall.
Boston, January 1. The following
statement with reference to the condi
tion of affairs in eiht districts of Ar
menia in which Christian missionaries
are stationed was to-day issued by the
American Board of Commissioners for
Foreign Missions:
" Official letters sent recently from the
rooms of the American Board of Com
missioners for Foreign Missions, contain
ing accounts relating to the European
Turkish missions, were opened by the
Turkish officials. The letters were sub
sequently delivered, but with the Turk
ish word 'examined ' written on the en
velope. This indicated that the Turkish
government is attempting to assume all
authority over the mail of foreigners.
" When the reports of the massacre of
Christians in the Sassoun district of
Eastern Turkey became public after
more than two months of suppression
on the part of the Turkish officials, the
Ottoman government was alarmed at
widespread publications in the American
and English press. Under pressure from
foreign powers the Sultan agreed to Bend
a commissioner to investigate and report
upon the outrages. In view of this
promise of the government the repre
sentatives of the European powers at
Constantinople decided to wait for the
report before taking any positive action.
But after this decision by the powers.
and while they were waiting for the de
parture of the bultan's commission,
which had been appointed, and which
was to make full and impartial investi
gations of all the affairs repoited by the
English Consul, as well as bv many in
dividuals from the Sassoun district, the
Turkish government gave out the ap
pended official statem nt ot tne case,
which statement was printed in the pa
pers of Constantinople. All papers
printed in Turkey are under close cen
sorship, and no paper could refuse to
print tne statement under penalty ot im
mediate suspension. Hence the Christ
ian periodicals were compelled to print
what they knew to ue laise. ine state
ment is as follows:
' 4 Some of the European papers have
stated, contrary to the truth, that a few
Armenian villages have Deen destroyed,
and in the meantime persons have been
massacred by the lurkish soldiers in the
district of Sassoun. Others, in order to
magnify these reports, have asserted
that ttie news of the outrage was pre
vented from leaking out by the obsta
cles the government put in tho way of
travelers irom mat uisinci. ine en o
jectfl of the Empire of Sassoun district
are quietly engaged with their business,
and the people travel wherever they
wish iu perfect safety. Some Armenian
bandits, being induced by agitators, be
gan lately in and about Sassoun to dis
turb the peace and comiort oi tne peo
ple by murdering, plundering and block
ing tne highways. In order to put an
end to such disasters the government
employed the necessary means, and con
sequently ordered out a sufficient body
of imperial soldiers of the fourth Army
Corps. Thus the extension of the re
volt being checked, the troops were with
drawn to their headquarters. - There was
no interference by the Kurds ; but, as
stated above, some Armenian bandits
having ventured to disorderly actions.
ttie Sublime Porte, having been notified
by the reports of the authorities of the
Fourth Imperial Army Corps and also
by the Governor of Bitlis, undertook to
investigate as to the facts, and subse
quently a commission of inquiry was ap
painted, composed of Abdallati Pasha,
Eomer Bey, Medjid Effendi and Hafez
Tevfix Pasha. The commission will
start this week by steamer to the scene
of the trouble. In general the Sublime
Porte will never allow such outrages to
be perpetrated as published in foreign
papers upon her subjects.' "
chauncey depkw'h protest.
Nisw York, January 1. Chauncey M.
Depew to-night delivered an address on
the Armenian atrocities. He began by
Baying that the year 1894 has been a pe
culiarly unhappy one. The world had
been visited (luring the year by revolu
tions both social and financial. But the
crowning cause of unhappinesB and the
one which left a bloody Btain upon the
history of the year was the murder ol
the helpless Armenians by the Turks,
He continued:
" It behoves us as public-spirited citi
zens to begin the new year with a protest
against the outrages at Sassoun. The
peace of Europe is only maintained by
an ever-increasing armament, At Wash
inton all may be silent, but America
with 65,000,000 voices in a language oi
her own the universal language of the
globe will protest in tones that cannot
be mistaken against the slaughter of out
fellow-Christians."
NEWFOUNDLAND CRISIS.
Government Failed the Guarantee Bill
by a Single Vote.
St. Johns, N. F., January 1. The
government carried the bill of guarantee
bank notes through the Council last
night by a majority of one. There has
been considerable opposition to the pas
sage of the measure, and an attempt to
defeat it failed a few days ago through the
premature publication of the plan. The
dissatisfaction with the bill is so general
that the noteholders have decided to call
a mass meeting at which resolutions will
be adopted petitioning the Governor
from attaching his signature to the
measure. The Union Bank sharehold
ers will hold a meeting to-morrow and
the first business on the programme to
be transacted is the removal of the pres
ent Board of Directors and the appoint
ment of a new one. The condition of
the Union Bank, it is said, is very satis
factory, and its leading shareholders art
confident of its success, for the Bank o'
Montreal will assist in every way, and
the government will provide for specia1
legislation.
THE WAR IN CHINA.
I.I Hung Chang Hai Been Finally Omted
From Office.
London, January 1. A Central News
Agency dispatch from Peking says that
Liu Kun Yi, Viceroy of Liang Kiang,
lias been appointed to the chief com
mand of all the Chinese forces, ousting
Li Hung Chang. The same agency's
correspondent at Antong telegraphs that
details from Kung Wesai confirm the re
ports that the recent battle was fought
with great obstinacy. The Chinese were
strongly intrenched. They had eleven
field pieces and some machine guns,
which were well handled. The Japanese
charges were repulsed with heavy loss.
'J heir reserves from 1 1 ait Chen, who have
ex perienced gi eat difficulty on the march,
owing to ttie biiow, then joined them,
and they made another charge with hur
rahs and shouts of victory. 1 his time
they carried everything. The Jap
onese admit that they had 450 killed and
wounded, and sav that tne Chinese bad
300 killed and wounded. The snow pre
vented a successful pursuit of the retreat
ing Chinese. The villages along the
route of retreat drove away the Chinese
soldiers who sought refuge with them.
They said they preferred to be governed
by tne Japanese.
A dispatch from Tokio says : " Gen
eral Nodssu, who commands the Japan
ese army in Manchuria, reports that the
natives have been greatly influenced by
the clemency of the Japanese, and that
many residents who had fled from their
homes are returning with their families
and willingly assisting the invaders.
Markets have been opened. Japanese
currency circulates freely, and the Jap
anese administration is working well."
STATE FUNDS ALL RIGHT.
Indianapolis Surprised by the Failure ol
State Treasurer Gall.
Indianapolis, January 1. State Treas
urer Albert Gall, who was caught for
$1)5,000 in the failure in 1893 of the In
dianapolis National Bank, and who has
operated a mammoth carpet and wall
paper house for over thirty years, being
reputed one of the wealthiest men in
Indianapolis, last night turned over all
his property, real and personal, to Adol ph
Siedensticker and Frederick Bachman
as trustees for his creditors. Treasurer
Gall will go out of office in a few days,
having served two terms as State Treas
urer. He attempted to save himself
when the Indianapolis bank failed by
taking paper securities from President
Haughey, out on an order from the court
the securities had to be returned to the
receiver of the bank, and Gall was left
to lose the entire amount. Friends are
supposed to have come to his relief, so
that the extent of his obligations cannot
be learned. The trustees refuse to talk
of the matter. Gall has never carried
less than $100,000 in stock at his carpet
house, and has suffered on account of
the hard times. There was in circula
tion last night a rumor to the effect that
Gall was short in his official accounts to
the amount of $64,000. The rumor arose
from the fact of the transfer of the stock.
When questioned regarding the matter
last night Mr. Gall said :
" There is not one word of truth in the
rumor. Every cent of the funds belong
ing to the State is in the vault at the
Statehouse, and could be turned over to
my successor to-morrow morning if nec
essary. I am preparing to pay off a
large portion of the State debt, and the
payment will be made promptly Jan
uary 1."
FORTY-TWO PERISHED.
Another Added to the Number of Vic
tim! at Silver Lake.
Klamath Falls, January 1. The
latest news of the holocaust at Silver
Lake reached here to-day by a Lakeview
stage driver, Bob Oglesby, who says that
the reports sent out are correct, with the
exception that one more body was found
in the ruins, which makes a total of
forty-two lives lost. The great distance
of Silver Lake from this place, the deep
snow and general bad weather have
made communications next to impos
sible. Of the disposition of the dead
and injured nothing is known here. The
situation, however, must be terrible,
How the dead were buried and where
coffins were secured is not known.. The
nearest settlement to Silver Lake is Pais
ley, more than fifty miles southeast. It
is understood help was Bent to the death
stricken settlement from that, place.
It seems remarkable that some person
has not reached Lakeview or this place
with the tun particulars oi tne tragic ai
fair. About one week has now elapsed
since the fire, and no word has been re
ceived further than to show that tht
liveB were lost. The residents of South
eastern Oregon are horrified over the dis
tressing affair. Many of the persons
burned to death are well-known all ove'
the State. It is understood that a relie
party was organized at Paisley and lef
for Lakeview Wednesday, two days afte
the tragedy occurred. It was doubtles
able to render valuable assistance to tin
stricken survivors and needed aid n
burying the dead.
WITHOUT A PARALLEL.
Complications Growing Out of a Murdei
on a Border Line.
Raleigh, N. C, January 1. It may
be safely said that the case of the State
vs. Hall in an opinion of the Supreme
Court just filed has had no parallel
Deputy Sheriff Hall, standing just thie
Bide of the line, fired and killed
Andrew Brison, a prisoner who was
escaping into Tennessee. Hall was
tried and convicted of murder in this
State. On atmeal this was reversed on
the ground that " in contemplation of
the law ' Hall was in Tennessee
when the killing was done, tie was
then arrested and held as a fugitive
from justice. The Governor of Tennes
see sent for Hall on requisition. Hall
plied for discharge, but Judge Bellow
refused to discharge him. He then an-
applied to the Supreme Court, and the
court bv a maioritv of one decided he
must be discharged, because, not having
been in Tennessee at the time of the
killing, he cannot be a fugitive from jus
tice. Justice McRae joins in the dis
sent on the ground that, if in contem
plation of law Hall was in Tennessee at
the time of the killing, he cannot be
tried in the courts of Worth Carolina,
In the same contemplation of the law
he must be a fugitive from justice, for
he cannot now be found in Tennessee
but in North Carolina.
JANUARY 3, 1895.
RETURN OF CHINESE.
Regulations Governing Com
ing and Going of Laborers.
THEY CONFORM TO THE TREATY
Certificates of Registration, a Personal
Description and Three Photographs
Among Requirements Necessary to
Knter the United States.
Washington, December 31. The
regulations for the return to the United
States of Chinese laborers as provided
for by the recent treaty between this
country and China have been completed
by the Secretary of the Treasury. Under
the regulations a Chinese laborer who
has resided and registered in the United
States and departed therefrom, and who
also may have a lawful wife, child oi
parent in this country or property there
in of the value of $1,000 or debts of like
amount due him, will be permitted to
return, provided that before departing
he deposits with the Collector of Cus
toms of the district in which he resides,
or with the nearest customs officer, a
certificate of registration from the In
ternal Revenue Collector and a full de
scription of his family, property or debts.
The papers must be accompanied by
three photographs ol the laborer, and
the statement submitted by him, il
found to be correct, will be certified )y
the Collector of Customs. The paper
with the photographs are to be trans
mitted to the Collector of Customs of the
port from which the Chinese person is
to depart, and who must return to the
country via the port of departure. The
cer titieu description ol tbe Chinaman
will be filed in the office of the Collector
at the port of exit as a means of identi
fication. The return to the United
States must be within one year from the
date of departure, unless sickness or
other disability prevents, in which event
the facts are required to be certified by
tbe Chinese Consul at the port from
which the Chinese person may depart
for the United States. A certificate will
be issued to the laborer on his departure,
which will not contain a description of
the person to whom issued, but which
will refer to the identification papers by
number. This will obviate the sale or
exchange of certificates and render the
identification ot the returning Chinese
more certain. Collectors at ports of exit
will be required to transmit to the Treas
ury Department weekly reports of Chi
nese leaving their respective ports, giv
ing the name, local residence and oc
cupation of such persons. The Collectors
will also be required to cancel all certi
ficates of returning Chinese and to for
ward the same to the Treasury, where
records are to be kept on formB specially
provided for this purpose. The certi
ficates to be issued will be serially num
bered and issued by the department to
Collectors on requisition therefor, an ac
count being kept in each instance. Col
lectors will be required to exercise un
usual care in all matters pertaining to
the issuance, cancellation and return to
the department of such certificates.
REPENTANT MADELINE.
Statement Made for the Publie by Breck
inridge's Former Concubine.
New York, December 31. Statements
have been made that Madeline Pollard
intended to go npon the stage, and that
in person or by an attorney she purposes
following Congressman Breckiaridge
about the country to levy upon the pro
ceeds of his lecture tour just begun.
Prompted by this and other statements,
Madeline Pollard has asked that public
ity be given to the following :
" I have not wanted to make a state
ment of any kind. I could not see that
what I did was of any interest to people
generally. So I have tried to bear all
that has been said ot me as a part ot tne
punishment for a laiiure as a woman.
While in the last few days the impres
sion has gone abroad that I am under
an assumed name ; tnat l am iriendiess
and not sufficiently provided for, and
that I am in Washington, if ever a
woman had friends, great and true, men
and women, it is I. I will not believe
that men refuse to give my brother em
ployment because of my broken life.
Nearly half of America has wanted em
ployment this year. I am not going be
fore the world in any capacity. I have
no meBBage to carry. I have asked a
Question with mv life; it cannot be an'
swered in a day. I have no theatrical
friends. I have never been situated so
that I could have. Their world is far re
moved from mine. I live quietly in pri
vate with my brother and Southern
friends. I do not believe there is a man
or woman on earth who thinks there is
money compensation for sorrow. But I
am sorry if for any reason whatsoever I
i ii
am accuBea oi realizing so luiieme enor
mous sorrow that overshadows my life.
I am not under an assumed name. 1
have not been in any place where I was
not well known. I do not mean to be
while I live. I have stained my father's
people's name, and with the Christ power
1 shall light from under tne stain."
Will Remain in San Franelseo.
San Francisco, December 31. The
dispatch from Louisville, which stated
that Ed Corrigan had engaged twenty
four stalls at Churchill Downs for his
string of racers, created considerable-in'
terest among horsemen here, for it was
feared Corrigan was about to desert San
Francisco. Corrigan, however, stated
that he had no intention of leaving San
Francisco, as he considered it a good
place to winter. He will keep his horses
here until March, when they will be sent
to Memphis for the spring campaign.
He has engaged the Btalls at Churchill
Downs for some horses at present at
Hawthorne and for some yearlings on
his farm at Midway, Ky.
Work of tha Dalton Gang.
Pbrry, 0. T., December 31. The
courthouse of Payne county at Stillwa
ter was burned, together with all the
county records, last night. The fire was
of incendiary origin. It iB believed tbe
remnant of the Dalton gang burned the
house to save Arkansas Tom, a member
of the gang, who is under indictment in
fayne county, mere was no insurance.
NO. 41.
THE BOY SLAVE.
Re Was Averse to Leaving Bis Indian
Owners.
Victoria, B. C, December 31. There
is a mystery about the sale into slavery
among the west coast Indians of a little
boy by Arthur Bellinger. Both are
Americans, and the man, who is a crip
ple, formerly lived in Seattle. The boy
is too young to tell much of a story, but
maintain that he once lived in Michi
gan. He says Bellinger treated bim bra
tally, and says he would be happier
among tbe Indians. The idea that Bel
linger is the child's father has been
abandoned by the police, who now think
that there is some reason for putting the
child out of the way.
The boy, who is about 8 years of age,
says he went to school atChassel, Mich.,
for a year, and that the teacher's name
was Cooty. Bellinger and the child left
here for the west coast three months
ago in a schooner, tbe Favorite, and the
police had trouble getting the child, as
the Indians spirited him away. How
ever, by the aid of Catholic missionaries
be was recovered. The chief of the tribe
came here with the police, and will give
evidence against Bellinger. The Indians
celebrated the purchase of the boy with
a grand dance. He was stripped and
painted, and the whole tribe danced
around him. They treated him very
kindly, and the boy objected to parting
with one old Indian woman, who had
been especially kind to him. Bellinger
is to be arraigned immediately.
NOT EXAGGERATED.
Nebraska
Farmers Must ba Helped or
They Will Starve.
O'Nbill, Neb., December 31. For
some time past stories of extreme desti
tution have come from Boyd county and
various parts of Holt county, but they
had seemed so improbable that the peo
ple here scarcely credited them. In
quiries show, however, that the stories
were not much exaggerated. The situ
ation in Boyd county is bad, and if the
people there are not helped soon, they
will starve or freeze to death. J. M.
Smith, who lives on what is called the
Three-Mile Strip on the State line, was
in O'Neill to-day, and he tells many har
rowing stories of tbe condition of the
people in his part of Boyd county. He
Bays that what is true of the people
there is also true in almost all parts of
the county. Mr. Smith came with a
commission from the people of his sec
tion to collect supplies. He gathered
considerable flour and provisions to-day
and forwarded them.
Supposed to be a Chinaman's Head.
Santa Rosa, Cal., December 31.
Quite a sensation is being caused by the
finding of the skull of a human being in
the bed of Santa Rosa creek near the
flouring mills here. The condition of
the skull indicates that the person it be
longed to has been dead less than two
years. Deputy Sheriff Dougherty has
possession of it, and many have been to
oeo it. About two years ago a China
man named Wing Iee was murdered in
a gambling house by a Chinaman named
Ah Sam. cam ned out of the back door
just as the officers appeared in front, and
was never seen since, it was oenevea
at the time by many that friends of Lee
had killed Sam out of revenge and hid
den his body Every effort was made to
find Sam. but with no results, it is now
believed that the skull found is that of
Sam, who. it is believed, was murdered,
his head cut off and thrown into the
stream, while the body was buried else
where.
Ready for Another Revolution.
Nkw York, December 31. A special
to the World from Montevideo says Rio
Janeiro is reported to be in a state of
panic. Troops refuse to leave the city
for the South. President Moraes has
discovered that the army is devoted to
Peixoto. The principal officers refuse
to assume command to take the field in
Rio Grande do Sul, and the whole coun
try seems on the brink of a rebellion
again. More than 200 officers have been
arrested, and are imprisoned in the Bur
rounding forts under a heavy guard. It
is rumored that an attempt will be made
by insubordinate military leaders to
rescue their comrades from prison. Pre
cautions have been taken to prevent
this. President Moraes is afraid to act
energetically or to order Peixoto's arrest,
it is said, fearing to precipitate a serious
conflict.
In the Coal District.
Pittsburg, December 31. In opening
the session of tha joint convention of
operators and miners of the Pittsburg
coal district to-day Colonel Rand, the
well-known coal operator, in a speech
rebuked Labor Agitator Burns for hie
recent utterances, and objected to the
courtesy of the convention being extend
ed to Burns, who was in the lobby. Bums
was subsequently admitted to a seat in
the convention by vote. John Mc Bride,
President of the United Mine Workers,
avowed the condition of the miners to
day was worse than prior to the general
strike. A committee of operators and
miners on resolutions was appointed.
Bill Cook's Second Arrested.
Muskogee, I. T., December 81. Dep
uty Marshal Alose Jamison to-day ar
rested Buss Luckey on three charges-
robbery, horse-stealing and murder,
Luckey was the leader of a gang that
attempted to noiu up the Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas express at Wayback last
August, tie was tiili Cook's second at
the recent robbery at Blackstone, and is
known to have killed Deputy Laforce
two weeks ago in tbe battle between
Muskogee deputies and Tom Root, Will
iam Smith and himself, oamison says
he has Tom Root and William Smith lo
cated. Luckey will be taken to Fort
Smith immediately.
The Income Tax Case.
Washington, December 81. Assist
ant Attorney-General Whitney hgied
in the District Supreme Court a demur
rer to the complaint of John G. Moore
against Commissioner Miller of the in
ternal revenue bureau, in which he asks
for an injunction restraining the latter
from collecting the income tax laid by
the new tariff. The demurrer is brief
and general in its terms, setting forth
that complainant has no) made such a
case as would in any equity court entitle
him to the relief sought. At the request
of Mr. Whitney the case is set for hear
ing on January 8.
Budget of News For Basy Digestion From
Different Parts of tho States of Wash
ington, Oregon and Idaho Items of
Interest to Paelfle Coast People.
The oyster beds at Bay Center, Wash.,
being systematically robbed, and a
reward of $75 is out for the conviction of
the offenders.
The Florence (Or.) West has come out
for a new county to be formed from west
ern Lane and Douglas. There seems to
be no opposition so far to the project. '
A logging engine of the largest pat
tern made nas been ordered in New ork
by George L. Davis of Hoquiam, Wash.
It will be the largest at work on Gray's
Harbor.
The old organization known as the
Chamber of Commerce of Fairhaven
will take steps to dissolve the corpora
tion, as it is now merged into the Com
mercial Club.
The steamers belonging to The Dalles,
Portland and Astoria Navigation Com
pany will tie up for repairs January 6. -As
soon as possible the daily service will
again be started.
The State Treasurer of Washington
has called for warrants on the general
fund, Nos. 6,961 to 6,985 inclusive. The
amount of the call is $4,628, which ma
tures January 6, 1896.
It is reported that jack rabbits are
very numerous in the country around
Wilbur, Wash., this winter and are be
ginning their destructive work of gir
dling young orchard trees.
Hank Barrett, the veteran mail car
rier between Gardiner and Florence, has -been
carrying mail along the beach for
upward of thirty years. Some of his
experiences with storms and quicksands
are more thrilling than tales of fiction.
Claude L. Yawn of Yaughan, Wash.,
the forger, was sentenced to a term of
six years at Walla Walla. Yawn went
by tne name of L B. Minnis at Walla
Walla, and was dishonorably discharged
from the Federal army post at that place.
Venison is now quite plentiful about
Pnyallup, Wash. George Siegel recently
secured four fat deers from the woods
adjoining Pnyallup; Carey Stewart and
E. Bartlett shot seven, and Malcolm Mc
Larty four. Venison retails in Puyallup
at 8 to 12 cents.
The Klamath Falls roller mills is one
of ninety-barrel capacity, the one at
Tule Lake is sixty capacity and the one
at Keno thirty-five capacity. The 195
capacity f Klamath county has been
fully tested this year, ana tne muis are
humming yet.
Of tbe latest two beneficiaries of ex
ecutive clemency Arrington was sen
tenced to three years and had served -one,
and Nicholas Jones, the slayer of
Abraham Hansborough, was serving a
life sentence. He had been in the pen
itentiary two years.
Oaksdale has shipped 402,600 bushels
of wheat, barley and oats by the North
ern Pacific and 150,000 by the Oregon
Railway and Navigation. Some 219,000
bushels are yet stored. About (78,745
has been paid for freight. Farmers have
sold about all their crops.
Tbe low prices of hops and the pros
pective profit in apples induce a Yakima
man to uproot a hop field and set it out
in apple trees. It might be just as well
for him in the long' run to raise both
hops and apples. This view of the situ
ation should not be overlooked.
Several hundred head of cattle have
died lately at the feeding ground near
Ritzville, Wash, They are believed to
have been poisoned by eating a plant,
concerning which nothing definite is
known. Samples of the plant have been
submitted to botanical authorities for
classification.
The Everett Herald announces that
the Rockefeller interests will begin opera
tions to develop the Monte CriBto camp
on a large scale. Hundreds of men will
no doubt be given employment as their
plans materialize, while the Everett
smelter will receive the product and in
crease itsaoutput.
An Eastern syndicate has secured con
trol of the old copper mine located neat
the headwaters of Clover creek, Union
county, Or. It is said that a large num
ber of workmen will be employed this
winter in development work. The mine
is one that was discovered several years
ago, and, although rich in copper, it has
never been extensively operated. It is
twenty miles from Baker City, and all
supplies are purchased there.
An illustration of horses eating their
beads off was given last week at North
Yakima, Wash., when Sheriff Simmons
sold seventeen head of work horses and
mules belonging to E. C. Burlingame to
satisfy a judgment of $628 in favor oi
the Moxee Company for feeding the an
imals for about one and a half years.
The highest price realized was $30 and
the lowest (5. The aggregate from tbe
receipts of the sale amounted to about
half of the judgment.
The colored coal miners imported foi
Coos county people made quite a sensa
tion at Roeeburg. There were two car
loads of them, about fifty in all ; more
than had ever been in Roseburg before
at one time. They were much put out
at the prospect of the trip over the Coast
Mountains," and said they had been told
the mines were only eight miles from the
railroad. Those who had families finally
refused to go, and have been shipped
around by way of San Francisco and
steamer to Marshfield, Or. They came
from McDowell county, W. Va.
H. E. Heppersett tells the Roseburg
Review that the stories of destitution
among G. W. Hunt's railroad, employes
at Fort Bragg, Cal., circulated by a Wal
la Walla newspaper are pure fabrications.
The men are being furnished good board
in the railroad camp or at the hotels,
and will be put to work just as soon as
some right of way difficulties can be set
tled, which will not be long. Mr. mint
has a $120,000 constructing outfit on the
ground, and proposes to push the work
when he gets started. Mr. Heppersett
understands the business arrangements
well enough to know that the company
backing the enterprise means business.
Fort Bragg is situated on the coast, and
the proposed road extends through m
timber belt for about 103 miles, termi
nating in the coal fields nes Ukiah. Mr.
Heppersett will return to-Fort Bragg in
a few weeks.
Keystone as the Coming Gold Camp.
Custeb City, S. D., December 29.
Just now Keystone seems to be the com
ing gold camp of the West. People are
flocking in from all directions and every
house, stable and shed Is filled to over
flowing. No such rush has been wit
nessed in the hills Bince the palmy days
of 1887. Many are compelled to sleep
out under trees. There is now thought
to be ore enough in sight to insure an
output of 2,000 tons daily for the next
twenty years. The average va!re of the
ores in ail the mines is about $ift per
ton. The gold belt of Keystone it on
mile in width by four miles in lbflgtli,