AGAINST THE BROKERS
AFFAIR AT BLDEFIELDS
ARGU
Another Decision in the Sugar
Inquiry Case.
Most Annoying International
Question Finally Settled.
THREE PRINCIPAL QUESTIONS.
New York Broker Guilty of Contempt
III Not lCelyltig to the Committee's
Interrogatories Must A hide the Con
sequences Prescribed by Hlututti.
Wahiiinuton, January 0. The Court
of Appeals of the District of Columbia
to-day rendered an opinion sustaining
the opinion of Judge Cole in the case of
Messrs. Chapman A MeCurty, stock
brokers, who refused to testify before
the Sugar Investigating Committee re
garding individual speculations through
their firm. Judge Cole's decision over-
I... I .1 I HI. 1 , II 1 I
rmuu uie ueniurrer meu uy me uroaers
to the government indictments. The
cases will now be appealed to the United
States Supreme Court. The three prin
cipal questions involved, the Court of
Appeals stated in its opinion, were the
constitutionality of section 102 of the
revised statutes, on which the indict
ments were based; whether the inquiry
was within the power of the Senate to
execute by requiring witnesses to ap
pear, and whether the quest ions were
pertinent to the inquiry. All of tlicsu
questions the court answered adversely
to the brokers. It said :
" No doubt is entertained by the court
as to the validity of the section which
embodied the provisions of the act of
January 24, 1H57. It is not refuted
that the defendants belong to that clues
of witnesses exempted by article 5 of the
constitution. The act must not be 1011
deinned as uncomtitutional if by any
reasonable construction of its teims it
can be maintained as constitutional ami
valid. The contention that that ai t was
an attempt by Congress to delegate its
powers and jurisdiction to the several
Houses to punish for contempt of court,
and that, therefore, the statute is void,
is not acceded to, for the statute has
never been understood as having any
such purpose. The ell'ort to show the
statute void is an utter failure."
As to the power of the Senate to com
pel witnesses to testify the court said it
experienced great difficulty in distinctly
making the boundary within which
either House can act with coercive power
to compel the disclosure of facts deemed
important and of delimiting the rights
of the citizen to exemption from inquiry
into his private affairs. The court con
tinues: " The subject matter of the cases im
mediately and most seriously all'ects the
Senate itself and the great legislative
trust confided to its members by the peo
ple. The dignity and integrity of some
of the members were openly and serious
ly questioned in a manner well calcu
lated to destroy public confidence and to
bring odium on that important branch
of the government. There was no pre
tense that to answer the questions would
criminate the witnesses in any way, and
It was their clear dutv as citizens to obey
the law. The refusal was at their peril,
and they must abide the consequences
prescribed by the statute. The court
cannot assume that the investigation
was intended as a mere idle, prying pro
ceeding without any ultimate aim or ob
ject. The questions had reference to
and sought to elicit information as to
wl, ether the brokerage firm had bought
or sold mnar stocks in the interest of
any Senators or were carrying such
stocks for such Senators. Such inquiry
was plainly in the scope of the Senate
Committee. The questions set out in
the indictment, and which the appel
lants refused to answer, were all perti
nent to the inquiry. The indictment is
good and stiflicient, and the demurrer
thereto wbb properly overruled by the
court below and the judgments entered
on the demurrer in both cases must be
aflirmed."
Chief Justice Alvey delivered the
opinion.
Klght of Way Through Public Lands.
Wahhinton, January 0. The Senate
Committee on Public Lands to-day
authorized a favorable report on the bill
passed by the House last August author
izing the Secretary of the Interior to
permit the use of a right of way through
public lands not within the limits of
any park, forest, military or Indian res
ervation for tramroads, canals or reser
voirs to the extent of the ground oc
cupied by the water of the canals and
reservoirs and fifty feet on each Ride of
the marginal limits thereof or fifty feet
on each side the center line of the tram
roads by any citizen or any association
oi citizens ot the United States engaged
manufacturing lumber.
ItnllroHU Will Appeal.
San Fhanoihco, January 9. The deci
sion of the Supreme Court that the Cen
tral Pacific must pay its taxes for 1887
will probably be appealed. Judgine
from what the official., nf tl, rn.,l .a I
the basis upon which the appeal will be ' JuuKe Caldwell concerning the dis
made is that the Federal franchise has charge of employes who testified in the
ueen taxed, which gives the United
SaZSoZ
railroad otlicials not to discuss the case,
but it is regarded as certain that an at-
tempt to appeal to the Federal Snmeine
Court will be made. i
Influenza Knldemlc.
Nbw Yonic, January 9. There is an
other epidemic of influenza in the city.
The reports which bave reached the
Health Board indicate that the disease
is causing much suffering, although the
date rate has not been increased to an
alarming extent. Dr. R. S. Stacv, the
Deputy Register of Vital Statistics, Baid
to-day that the epidemics of influenza
had been growing lighter year by year in
New York and the one of this year may
be expected to be less Bevere than the
one which lasted all last winter.
Income Tax Case.
Wasihnoton, January 7. At the re
quest of ex-Senator Edmunds, counsel
for Judge Moore, the. motion to advance
the hearing of the income tax case
against J. S. Miller in the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia was
postponed until to-morrow. The case
will be heard then by Judge Hagner.
Do you raise calves from the best
cows only? If your best cows make $10
a year more than your poorest cows, this
is 6 per cent interest on 1(200.
The feeding and milking of the butter
cow operates just as the training and
racing of the horse. It tends to fix the
performing habit and heredity tends
powerfully to transmit all fixed habits.
Everv farmer is. or onubt. In he. inter.
ested in protecting his own products.
and every pound of butter properly
madeamlsold at a fair valuation is a
paying motor in tne interest ol every
pther butteruiakei'.
VOL. 1.
PEACE NOT POSSIBLE.
The Full ii re of NfKotliitliin a Foregon
Conclusion.
Pa iiih, January 9. The Paris edition
of the Herald will print to-morrow
dispatch from (Shanghai, saying that
China's peace envoys to Japan have been
I instructed not to surrender any territory,
Uiina is merely willing to concede the
i lnocncnilcncM ol l.nrea and riav nn in.
j,.,,,, The failure of the negotis,
"
ij01(j j8 r,,
garded in Shanghai as a fore'
' gone conclusion.
(ienorals Chiang and Chen of Port Ar
thur fame, whom Li Hung Chang re-
ported to the government us havingdied
, heroic deaths lacing the foe, have turned
up wiinoui a scralcli. A rigorous in
quiry will be made.
C0NTUI1IIITION TO THE HKD CHOSS
!hrlin, January i). The lied Cross
Society of Germany will' send 10,(100
mark to the Red CroHB Society of Japan
10 am n in us present worn in the nelU
THK CliUKl.TV AT I'OUT AKTIIUIi.
London, January 9. The Times will
to-morrow publish advices from Kobe
under date of December 3, giving alleged
Details ot tne massacre at Tort Arthur,
The Times correspondent states that the
slaughter was carried out with everv re-
volting feature of primal barbarity. Four
unys were passed in murder and pillage,
and from dawn to dark horrible mutila
tions of every conceivable kind ami
nameless atrocities were perpetrated,
Prisoners were tied together in erouns.
riddled with bullets and then hacked to
pieces. Boats crowded with fugitives o
both sexeB and alt ages received volley
after volley of bullets. The streets were
strewn with corpses showing every ghast
ly lorm oi mutilation.
The soldiers were armarentlv tin
checked in their deeds of blood by their
commanders, who, totally losing their
Luropean veneer, showed absolute on
consciousness oi inose urinal meg on
tlieir Western vIsilorB. They did nut
forget to he effusively attentive to them
and did not appear to suspect that their
guests were lilled with indignation and
UIHgllHt.
The Times will say editorially that it
is impossible to doubt that the General
in command could have stopped the bar-
parous mutilation it he felt so disposed,
but his failure to prevent it has cast an
indelible blot on the Japanese and has
gone far to destrov the admiration whicli
J'.urope was bo liberally extending to
them. It will scarcely be thought either
mat tne Japanese government had hull
erto shown suflicient sensitiveness in the
matter.
GLADSTONE ON IRELAND.
Presentation Made tbe Occasion for an
Impression of Ilia View..
London, January 0. Thomas O'Con
nor, representing the American organ!
zation of the Friondly Sons of St. Pat
rick, presented to Mr. Gladstone this
evening an album with an illuminated
address, which was prepared in March,
18114, on the occasion of Mr. Gladstone
retirement. Mr. Gladstone received Mr,
O'Connor and the gentlemen with him
very heartily. He looked ruddy and aiv
limited, and talked with much spirit
After inquiring into the history of tiie
society and Us lists ot members Mr.
Gladstone expressed his gratitude for the
compliments paid him in the address.
Mr. Gladstone declared his interest in
Ireland and the Irish, whose cause, he
said, he should keep at heart to the end
of his life, He regretted the divisions
in the ranks of Ireland's leaders. The
country's chances of obtaining herrights
would never be as bright as they ought
to be until all Nationalists united. Do
mestic discord must mean necessarily
the postponement of any realization of
their claims. Everybody in any way
able to assist in the reunion of the fac
tions was bound to do so. Anybody
prompting discord undertook a terrible
responsibility, which might mean untold
injury to the cause of justice to Ireland.
He hoped strongly that some agency
soon would be found to unite the Na
tionalist groups. He trusted that Ire
land's many and influential friends in
America would move vigorously for peace
in the ranks of the Nationalist leaders.
mi i u - i .1 t i
for Ireland's welfare their present differ
ences.
JUDGE CALDY.'ELL'S ORDER.
It Will be Given a Trial by Union Pa-
clllo Kmployes.
W,AHA January u.-ine nistonc order
wage investigation is to be given another
Mf' When Judge Caldwell made the
order, which has become the hope ol
railway employes, he declared that the
humblest employe would have the right
to carry a grievance clear up to him and
he would see that the man was given a
fair deal. Two former employes of the
Union Pacific, now out of jobs because
of retrenchment, are preparing to do ex
actly that tiling. Local Freight Agent
Burrows of the Union Pacific received
orders from headquarters in the latter
part of December to reduce the force in
the local freiglithouRes, and he did so.
There were about fifteen men discharged,
It was said to-day that there wete two
of the men who proposed to bring the
matter before General Manager Dickin-
son and see if the older men should not
i have the preference, it being alleged
I that some of the younger men bave been
retained. This has always been the pol
icy of Mr. Dickinson, and the men be-,
lieve that, if the matter was presented
to him in the proper light, he would Bee
that when there were discharges to be
made the oldest employe had the prefer
ence and stayed in.
General Clny'a Young Wife.
Louisville, Ky., January 9. Cassius
Marcellus Clay, the " Old Lion of White
hall," 1b carrying out his plan of edu
cating his young wife to fit her for her
new station in life. A few days ago he
engaged a governess, Miss Josie Martin
of Munfordville, who has gone to White
hall to give Mrs. Clay lessons in deport
ment, muscle and the ordinary branches
of learning. Mrs. Clay is only 15 years
old, and has little more than the rudi
ments of an education. She has had
.hiintoi . t :... j
is as ignorant of the graces of dress and
deportment as of mathematics or the
sciences. Miss Martin is expected to
make a finished lady of her.
IIILLSBORO,
REVEALS THE KERNEL
Why Germany Put an Em
bargo on Our Cattle.
FBEIHKEli VON HAMMEKSTEIN.
Our Correspondent Says It Was to Do
Hoiiiethtng for tho Agrarian Party in
the Kelchstag-What a High-Tariff
Conservative lias to Say.
Bum, in, January 8. Secretary Gres
ham's statement as to tiie American
sugar tariff and treaty obligations baa
been discussed widely since the arrival
of the last United States mail. Among
the Deputies, as among the editors, the
one opinion is that the United States
ought not to enforce a discriminating
sugar tax against Germany. Many de
plored that the American Representa
tives in Washington regard Germany's
prohibition of American cattle as a re
taliatory measure. They say it is mere
ly sanitary. To bolster this argument
the government published in the Nord
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung yesterday
a paragraph that Belgium b decree
against American cattle showed how
justifiable Germany's action was from
a sanitary point of view. A press corre
spondent has interviewed in the last
week several conspicuous politicians.
Freiherr von Hammerstein, the leading
agitator among the high-tariff Conserva
tives, has this to say:
" I cannot understand why Americans
raise such an outcry about German re
taliation. There is no such thing, al
though Germany is justly entitled to re
taliate, if so inclined. The American
differential duty on German sugar cer
tainly is a sutticientcause tor ratuliation.
and there can be no doubt of it since
Secretary Greshain himself admits that
Germany has been unfairly treated by
the United States. Germany has been
obliged to prohibit imports of American
cattle owing to the discovery of Texas
lever among tliem. The existence of
the disease was bevond the slightest
doubt. Aven if Congress had not passed
the sugar clause, the prohibition would
have been issued and maintained. The
question is absolutely independent of
the sugar tax."
finally the agragnan leader admitted
that America's treatment of German
sugar was perhaps not altogether unwel
come to Yon Hammerstein Loxten, Min
inter oi Agriculture, who had now a
chance to do something for the agrari
ans. Hub admission reveals the kernel
of the whole question. The government
aims to satisfy as far as possible the
agrarians and tiring their party hack to
the ministerial phalanx in Parliament.
The report that American beef had been
prohibited for the benefit of Australia is
erroneous. Hie German prohibitions
cover also imports lrom Great Britain,
through which most Australian meat
comes in transit. For tbe relief of the
sugar interests the government has pre-
pareu a oiu to Keep in euect me inn
bounties, which, according to a recent
measure, should be reduced August 1,
uiwo, and should be abolished August 1,
1897.
LIVING HUMAN DYNAMO.
Wonderful Electrical Powers of a Young
Girl In Missouri.
Sepalia, Mo., January 8. Jennie
Moran is an illiterate country girl living
on a small farm eight miles from Se-
dalia, who appears to possess wonderful!
electrical powers, which manifested
themselves for the first time about six
months ago. One of the girl's many
wonderful powers is that of illuminating
a room by her presence. This she can
do or not do, just as she chooses. The
most marvelous thing, however, of the
feat is that human eyes have not yet
been able to see where the light comes
from. On entering a dark room it is at
once as light as day, if she wills, but
when she goes out the light is extin
guished. While she is producing the
phenomena nobody dares to touch her
on penalty of death. She seems to be
charged with all the electrical bolts of a
live wire. A cat was picked up by the
?:irl while charged and was killed. In
act, she is admitted to be an actual liv
ing human dynamo. Even during or
dinary times, when she is as near the
normal as Bhe ever gets, terrific shocks
are experienced by those who take hold
,of her hands. Henry J. Ashcroft, who
was investigating the case, endeavored
to undergo the torments of the girl's
powers, but at the end of a few second;
was unconscious.
LABOR TROUBLE.
White Men Refuse a lteduotlnn, and Ne-
. gvoes Are Imported.
Maksiifield, Or., January 8. Labor
troubles have broken out anew in Coot
county, and the termination of the pres
ent condition of affairs is a subject now
being thoroughly discussed by almost
every citizen of this county. Last month
the Beaver Hill Coal Company had fifty
negroes, some of them with families,
Imported from West Virginia to operate
the mines. The white force on the eve
of the arrival of the negroes was reduced
in pay to 45 cents per ton, and conse
quently quit. The arrival of the negroes
disclosed the fact that they were very
much disappointed and said "the compa
ny's agent grossly misrepresented the
facts. Only a few of them have gone to
work, and thev are disgusted. A portion
of them have started on their return
home, and the coal miners at Libby have
subscribed a large sum of money to send
the women and men, who are in desti
tute circumstances, back home. A sub
scription list is also being circulated in
Marshfield for that purpose. It is gen
erally reported here to-day that the coal
company has dispatched a man to Seat
tle to bring in another consignment of
negroes. The white miners at Libby are
paid 75 cents per ton for mining1 coal.
May Bncklnghnm Dead.
Louisvillk, Ky., January 8. May
Buckingham, 32 years of age, a member
of the " Fast Mail " Company, died at
nie lAjuisviiie noiei yesterday afternoon.
Her husband was Harry Buckingham, a
burlesque artist, who was burned tn
death seven weeks ago,
OREGON. THURSDAY, JANUARY 10. 1895.
ALL INDICATES PEACE.
lioth China and Japan Want the War
Kuded at Once.
San Fbancihco, January 8. The
steamship China arrived to-day from
Yokohama, bringing the following Tokio
advices up to December 21 :
All trustworthy signs now point to a
speedy peace. Events have marched
with great rapidity in the last two weeks.
The Chinese hopes of resistance have
broken down, and a formal offer of di
rect negotiation has been made. Some
time ago the Japanese government con
sented to receive communications ten
dered by China through the agencies of
the American legations in I 'eking and
Tokio, and Ministers Dun and Denby
have since served as mediums for con
veying the views of the contending par
ties. Little progress was made until
after the capture of Port Arthur, when
tiie Chinese at last appeared to realize
the necessity for immediate action, and
they declared their readiness to appoint
a representative ol suracient rank and
to invest him with full powers from the
central government. . The choice of an
Appropriate place of meeting remains to
be considered. The Chinese have desig
nated one of their own ports, Shanghai,
as a desirable rendezvous, but to this
Japan will not consent. Considerable
time has been lost in discussing the lo
cality, but the movement toward peace
is proceeding, however, in apparently
good faith on the Chinese Bide and with
sincerity on the Japanese side. The
Japanese Ministers are thoroughly aware
that the interests of their country would
be most worthily served by bringing the
war to an end with the least possible de
lay. The task before them is not an
easy one, for the Btrong and active mili
tary claBS is bent upon further conquest
on a large scale and the public feeling is
all in favor of inflicting additional pun
ishment on the enemy and dictating in
ordinate termB of settlement. Until the
proper occasion for proclaiming an ar
mistice presents itself the military op
erations will continue with unabated
vigor. Japan will not be tempted to re
lax her aggressive energy, nor will she
be diplomatically maneuvered out of any
of the advantages she holds.
General Yamagata has returned from
Manchuria, leaving the command of the
nrst army to .Lieutenant-General Nodzu,
and is now in attendance upon the Em
peror at Hiroshima. Although undoubt
edly suffering from illness, it is believed
that the main purpose of his recall was
to secure his influence in restraining the
intemperate ardor of the military fac
tion and facilitating the arrangements
for an early restoration of peace.
What is known as the strong foreign
policy party in Japan commands a ma
jority of votes in the Lower House of the
Diet, and are the government's oppo
nents. These men stand fnthe way of
a moderate settlement of the quarrel" be
tween their country and China. Their
organs advocate nothing less than the
absorption of Manchuria, the Liao Tung
Peninsula and Formosa into' the Japan
ese Empire and the exaction ot -a heavv
indemnity from China. They talk largely
of Japan's rising to- thialevel of her des
tiny;, of her respoflsfBility to build some
new edifice df administration on the ru
ins of the dynasty she is about to pull
down, and of-the folly of abandoning to
Western aggression fruits of her hardly
won successes. It is scarcely possible
that any. terms of peace acceptable by
China will satisfy these politicians. But
rtbe government will not be guided by
rl Tt...:n i i. .
iricuv. a, win iimKe sucu compromise as
shajl vindicate Japan's moderation with
out sacrificing her titles.
- COURTS APPEALED TO.
Itate Chase Sprague Wants to be Pro
tected From Her Creditors.
.Washington, January 8. Kate Chase
Sprague, daughter of the late Chief Jus
tice Salmon P. Chase, whose pecuniary
difficulties were recently made public,
has brought suit in the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia for an in
junction to restrain the several persons
interested from proceeding with the sale
of her personal effects at auction under
deeds of trust given by her to secure ad
vances of money. In the complaint filed
Mrs. Sprague alleges that she was the
victim of usurious practices by the per
sons from whom she obtained the money.
She declares that she does not know how
much she received from them, but saye
that they charge her with having bor
rowed larger sums than she ever received.
Being unable to meet the obligations as
they became due, the trustees under the
mortgages removed against her protest
a portion of tbe pictures and furniture
from her historic home, "Edgewood," tc
the auction warehouse and advertised
them to be sold. She further says that
she has been notified that they intend tc
take the remainder of her effects to
morrow, and it is to prevent such a pro
ceeding that she asks for an injunction.
She also prays for an accounting with
the holders of notes against her undei
the direction of the court. Articles cov
ered by the mortgages include famil;
pictures and relics brought from all part'f
of the world and a marble bust of hei
father.
THE NICARAGUAN CANAL.
British Capital Is Said to ba Beady tc
Complete the Work.
New Orleans, January 8. Colonel 8.
0. Braid, late Consul of the United
States to Greytown, Baid yesterday:
" I am informed that a syndicate ol
British capitalists have agreed with Mr.
Bartlett, a member of the Nicaraguan
Hanoi rnrnnnn..
vHum vuiupaiij , no icuiaiificU w DUir
scribe large capital, which will enable
the company to continue the work oi
construction, in case Congress should
not pass a resolution to foster the work.
It is probable that capitalists along the
racinc Uoast would subscribe the bal
ance. The task of finishing the Nica
raguan canal is simple, but herculean."
" Mippose that the United States does
nothing toward the assistance of the ca
nal compauy; what will the company
do?"
"It will probably be forced at once to
take the proffered subscription of the
English syndicate, and thus Great Brit
ain would get a hold just as she did in
the Suez canal."
American Demand Decreased.
London, January 8. Many tin-plate
works in the Swansea district are closing
their contracts. Some 3,000 men were
discharged yesterday in accordance with
previous notices. The cause of the re
duction is tne decrease of the American
demand.
PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
Condensed Telegraphic Re
ports of Late Events.
BRIEF SPAKKS FR0U THE WIRES
Budget of News For Easy Digestion From
Different Parts of the States of Wash'
Ington, Oregon and Idaho Items of
Interest to Pacific Coast People.
Spokane built 400 houses in 1894 at
cost of something like $750,000.
A. Fetsch, a Medford (Or.) tailor,
urew touu in a lottery last week.
Fred Harford of Patha is experiment
ing with a new current wheel, for which
he has secured a patent. It is for irriga
tion purposes.
"Uncle Billy " Gilliam is circulating
u initiative and reierendum petition
in morrow county, ur. ; also one tor
new State constitution.
A very pleasant family reunion was
neia at tne residence ot J. f. Humph
reys in the Waldo Hills near Macleav.
Or., on Christmas day. There were
present seven children and twenty-six
granacmiuren.
The Pendleton Wool Scouring and Pro
ducing Company has filed supplemental
articles showing that its capital stock
nao oeen increased lrom 1Z,UUU to $20,
000. T. B. Wells, T. E. Fell, E. W.
Boyd, W. D. Hansford, R. Alexander,
j. a. jacKson and 11. SDutttiis are di
rectors and incorporators.
Ten years ago the thermometer at
Baker City, Or., fell to 40 degrees below
zero, and 60 degrees below at North
Powder, Or. Weather prophets predict
a regular Dakota winter during the next
few weeks. A visitor at Pendleton from
Haines, Or., reports 9 degrees below zero
at tnat place a day or two ago.
J. W. Hockersmith will ship six or
eight cars of cattle out of Southern Ore
gon to the San Francisco markets this
week. Half a dozen carloads, mostly
gathered from the Applegate stockmen,
will be loaded at Medford, Or. G. W.
Dunn of Ashland, Or., will send one load
of fat beef with the shipment.
Lizzie J. Anderson arrived at Lake
view with ber witnesses. from Bowden.
Or., last Saturday to prove up on her
land in tnat section. ISowcten is about
200 miles east of Lakeview in the ex
treme southeast corner of the State, and
as they had to travel in a roundabout
way, they traveled over 400 miles and
were more man a week on tne road.
A year ago Uncle Billy Wright of
Salem attended the Congregational Sun'
day School at Albany, Or., and offered
1 to every member of the school who
attended every Sunday in the year,
Last Sunday he was present at the school
to keep his word. It only cost nim fl.
He has made tnat promise several times.
and the most it ever cost him was (3.
Lane county farmers are not well
pleased with the weather of the past
week, rour or nve nignts in succession
the ground froze several times to a depth
of two or three inches, and then next
day would thaw out. This is the worst
thing that could happen to fall-sown
wheat, and the farmers either want snow
or warmer weather. There is a large
acreage of fall wheat in the county.
The Oregon State Board of Equaliza
tion met recently for the purpose of
comparing the roll as prepared by the
Secretary and witnessing the President
and Secretary attach their signatures
thereto. This completed the big table,
which was filed with the Secretary of
State and soon afterward transferred to
the State printing office. The Secretary
was instructed to return to Salem No
vember 26 and begin the work of mak
ing preliminary tables for the session of
the board of 1895.
Initiatory arrangements have been
perfected for a novel feature in Oregon
journalism. The Salem Statesman ten
dered its January 22 edition to the ladies
of that city, they to do all the office and
reporting work and take the entire pro
ceeds that day for charitable purposes.
A meeting of the ladies was held, the
- 'position accepted and the following
jminent ladies elected to carry out the
project: Mrs. Judge Bean, business
manager; Mrs. Olive England, editor;
Mrs. William Brown, city editor; Mrs.
Patterson, society editor. The remain
der of the staff will be selected soon.
Loewenberg Bros, of Spokane , have
transferred all their stock and property,
including the dry goods business, the
Loewenberg building, where the Louvre
Theater is, and the residence of Mr.
Loewenberg to J. N. Glover as trustee of
a large number of creditors, among them
the Merchants' National Bank of Port
land, of which Julius Loewenberg is
President. Julius Loewenberg withdrew
from the firm of Loewenberg Bros. Octo
ber 1, 1893. His claim against the firm
at that time was $50,000. It is claimed
that this has been increased to $100,000.
William P. Simpson of the South
Bend broom handle factory, has found
that hemlock, so common in that region,
is the best material yet discovered for
broom handles. Alder has heretofore
been considered the best, but handles
made of hemlock and sent to customers
in Portland and San Francisco have been
pronounced by them superior to alder.
The hemlock is whiter, polishes better,
is lighter in weight and is equally as
strong, Mr. Simpson says he has a mar
ket for all the broom handles he can
make, and expects a premium on those
made of hemlock.
Judge Hanford in the United States
Circuit Court at Tacoma has appointed
President Paul Schultze, Joseph S. Al
len of Spokane and John Donald of
North Yakima receivers of the Yakima
Investment Company, which is the sue
cessir of the Northern Pacific, Yakima
and Kittitas Irrigation Company. The
receivership is granted on the applica
tion of 0. F. Paxton of Portland, repre
senting the California Safe Deposit and
Trust Company of San Francisco, which .
holds as trustee of the Yakima Invest
ment Company a mortgage given in 1893
to secure a $700,000 bond issue, which
was to be sold to an English syndicate.
Later the syndicate failed to take the
bonds, causing complications. The com
pany is said to have a floating indebted
ness of $360,000, and $450,000 of the
bonds are outstanding, part of them be
ing pledged to secure indebtedness. The
company's assets are valued at $1,500,
000 to $2,000,000. They include 31,000
acres of land in the Yakima Valley, forty-four
miles of main-line canal, known
as the Sunnyside canal, and 250 miles ol
laterals, branches and ditchs.
NO. 42.
NOT YET CONFIRMED.
The Sale of the Oregon Pacific Railroad
Taken Under Advisement.
Cobvalus, Or., January 6. Another
chapter has been added to the much lit
igated case of the Farmers' Loan and
Trust Company vs. the Oregon Pacific
and the Willamette Valley and Coast
Rail road Companies. The matter of the
confirmation of the recent sale made by
the Sheriff to Bonner A Hammond, the
Montana capitalists, for $100,000 came
on to be heard to-day, and after much
argument for and against was taken un
der advisement until January 19. The
purchasers were represented by John
Burnett, who moved for confirmation,
stating that, as the proceedings seemed
to be regular, it was the the duty of the
court to confirm it, even though the pur
chase price was small. This motion was
opposed by E. S. Bronaugh, whoappeared
on behalf his firm, and Referee Whal
ley, who also appeared in his own be-
nail, iiotli heartily indorsed a proposi
tion made by Wallis Nash. This is
proposition made by English capitalists
by wire to the effect that, if taken under
advieement long enough to give ample
time, $50,000 would be deposited with
the court as a guarantee that, if a new
sale was ordered, $200,000 or upward
wouia oe oid, and it tbey tailed to pur
chase, the deposit to be forfeited. Geo.
Bigham also appeared on behalf of sev
enty-five of the receiver's employes and
operatives, representing about as many
thousand dollars in labor claims, and
fully indorsed the confirmation, as he
could then proceed in some other man
ner to recover for his clients, presuma
bly against the plaintiff as prayed for in
his petition already on file. J. R. Brv-
son, attorney for the plaintiff, had noth
ing to say. J. K. Weatherford opposed
a confirmation at this time on behalf of
the material men. Percy Kelly of Al
bany also opposed for the reason that
the gross inadequacy of the bid, coupled
with the many irregularities, intimated
fraud and collusion on the part of the
bondholders and the plaintiff to cheat
the Oregon creditors out of the debts
contracted during the receiver's admin'
istration. E. L. Boi.uer, the purchaser,
was also present, and desired that the
court either confirm or reject, that he
might have either the property or his
money, when the apparent dissatisfac
tion might be overcome, and he be per
mitted to go, leaving the matter to the
gentlemen who might offer more for the
road at another time. Judge Fullerton
also received a wire from one Kimball, a
large bondholder, to the effect that, if a
postponement could be had, he would be
prepared to offer $150,000 for the road at
a new sale. In paesinz upon the matter
luDwuitgrauieu a continuance ot m-
teen days for a consummation of tbe
Nash proposition, but stated that, if no
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guarantee was then made, the present
saie would oe confirmed. The court will
again convene here January 19 to pass
upon the objections and other matters
indicated above.
MARRIAGES VOID.
Those Solemnized by the Salvation Army
Decided Illegal.
Boston, January 5. There is trouble
in the Salvation Army over the decision
of City Registrar Wheatmore that mar
riages solemnized by Brigadier-General
Brewer are illegal. Several Salvation
Army lasses have been married by the
the commander of the army. The last
wedding was Christmas, when the Brig
adier joined William Russell and Phcebe
Rolls in the bonds of wedlock. Under
the laws marriages may be Bolemnized
by a Justice of the Peace or a minister
of the gospel. The law then provides
that a marriage among the people called
Friends or QuakerB may be solemnized
in the manner heretofore used and prac
ticed in their societies. City Registrar
Wheatmore thinks that Brigadier Brew
er had no legal right to perform the
wedding ceremony. If the marriage
performed Christmas is illegal, every
marriage in Massachusetts performed by
Salvation leaders since 1882 must neces
sarily be void.
ON THE LOOKOUT.
Three Powers Watching Closely Euro
pean Influence In the East.
Vienna, January 5. The Politische
Correspondenz, which publishes official
news from every capital in Europe, had
this paragraph to-day:
" The French, English and Russian
Ministers at Tokio have been instructed
to keep themselves closely informed of
the daily course of negotiations between
China and Japan. These three powers
cannot permit their interests to be vio
lated nor allow European influence to be
elbowed out of Eastern Asia, so that Ja
pan may monopolize the Chinese trade.
Their squadrons in Eastern waters are
sufficiently Btrong to give effect to their
wishes and those of the United States."
THE SACKED CITY REBELLIOUS.
Londom, January 5. A dispatch from
Shanghai savs Moukden is in a state nf
anarchy. Many bloody fights have
taken place between the Chinese and
Manchu soldiers. Shops and dwellings
have been plundered, women outraged
and citizens murdered. .
Presidential Nominations.
Washington, January 6. The Presi
dent to-day sent the following nomina
tions to the Senate : Herbert W. Bow
man, to be Consul-General at Barcelona,
Spain ; Andrew J. Patterson of Tennes
see, to be Consul at Demerara, British
Guiana ; T. Frank Clark of Florida, to
be Attorney for the United States in the
southern district of Florida; Commis
sioner of Immigration, Walter P. Strad
ley of San Francisco, Cal.
Mohican Ordered North.
San Francifco, January 5. Admiral
Beardslee, commanding the Pacific
station, has received a telegram from
Washington ordering the Mohican, Cap
tain iviunan, irom mare island to fuget
Sound. The order was wholly unex
pected, as it had been supposed in naval
circles that the first detail for the Mare
island fleet would be the Hawaiian Isl
ands, at which point an American man-of-war
is badly needed.
Pngllsh Amateurs Accept.
New Yobk, January 6. The New
York Athletic Club yesterday received a
cablegram from the London Athletic
Club accepting the challenge for an in
ternational athletic meetinsr to take
place in America,
GROVER'S REPORT TO CONGRESS
Great Britain Has Finally Recognised
the Paramount Sovereignty of the
Nlcaragnan Government Over Mos
quito Territory.
Washington, January 6. The Presi
dent sent to the Senate to-day full re
port of the Bluefields affair. It shows
that the administration has practically
succeeded in settling one of the most an
noying international questions that hat
perplexed this government for fifty
years. The controversy resulted from
the efforts of the United States to open
a shorter sea route to California through
Nicaragua. Great Britain, however,
maintained a protectorate over the east
coast of Nicaragua, and from 1850 until
now the United States and Great Brit
ain have not ceased their contentions
over the Mosquito Territory, but, as
shown in the report, the Mosquitos have
finally been completely incorporated
under Nicaraguan sovereignty, and Great
Britain has absolutely surrendered all
claims and recognized the " paramount
sovereignty of the government of Nica
ragua." Sherman reported the Lodge resolu
tion requesting the President to trans
mit to the Senate all papers relating to
the delivery by the United States Con
sul at Shanghai of two Japanese citizens
to the Chinese authorities, and to inform
the Senate whether these two Japanese
were put to death after being tortured.
The resolution was agreed to.
A number of bills were then intro
duced, among them being one to amend
the laws relating to national banks and
to supply a safe and permanent national
currency.
OBJECT OF CHARITY.
The TTidow of st French General and a
Descendant of Royalty.
New Yobk, January 5. Marquise Na
thilde de Greville, widow of General d
Greville, who, as a member of staff, was
killed in Mexico in the Franco-Mexican
war, died in abject poverty in her com
fortless apartments, 1330 Franklin av
enue, Sunday, and was buried yesterday
in St. Raymond's cemetery in West
chester. The expense of her., funeral
was borne by Miss Julia Cooper; BKeti '
of the late Peter Cooper. Mme. de Gre- v
ville has been more or less dependent
for five years upon Miss Cooper and her
friends. The mother of the deceased
woman was a direct descendant of Louis
XVI. and her father of a royal Belgian
family, one of the sons of which at one
time was chief advisor to the Kinr of Bel
gium. Mme. de Greville was born in
London 74 years ago, and when 14 was
presented at the French court, where
she met her husband. After the death
of her husband, who was decorated for
bravery on the field by Napoleon III.,
Mme. Greville settled in Cuba, where
she lived on the little money left her by
her husband. Fifteen years ago she
came to this city, and for five years she
and her daughter, who is 45 yearB of age,
have endeavored to support themselves
by curling feathers, but the mother's
failing health made it impossible. The
daughter has amona a number of relics
of Napoleon III. a piece of his court coat.
BIG SALE.
An Arlions Irrigation Company'! Prop
erty Under the Hammer.
Phoenix, Ariz., January 5. To-day
was sold by the receiver, under order of '
the court, the property of the Gila Bend
Irrigation and Reservoir Company, the
successor of the Peoria Canal Company
and Arizona Construction Company, a
kindred association. The entire prop
erty was bid in by C. Crowley of Los
Angeles, a member of tbe firm that did
the greater portion of the construction
work on the canal, to whom was due
over $100,000. The property brought
$185,600, to which must be added $125,
000 in receivers' certificates. The sale is
a final one, succeeding a long course oi
litigation, and is without the right of
redemption. It is worth at the least
calculation $1,500,000, embracing a great
nam on tne una river, tnirty miles be
low PhnpmY fnrfv miloa rtf main non.l
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capable of irrigating 30,000 acres, and
thirty miles ot laterals. The canal cost
more than $1,000,000. The capital was
mainly furnished by Greenhut and
other members of the Whisky Trust at
Peoria, 111., who to-day allowed a for
feiture of all their rights. The new own
ers are now forming a company, and will
soon take charge of the canal, which is
full of water and in perfect shape.
Sensation In Arizona.
. Phcsnix. January 5. The United
States grand jury is investigating the
alleged unlawful use of interpreter funds.
and to-day Governor Hushes. ex-Gov
ernor Murphy, ex-Governor Zulick, ex-
Auditor Boone, Auditor Leitch, United
States Marshal Meade, Territorial Sec
retary Rrnc.A and Aftnrn uv. Ann am 1
Henry appeared before the jury. It was
cuargeu mat uovernor xiugnes lormer
private secretary, Armstrong, had re
ceived money from t.heintrrrute!-fnnrlo
but had returned it to Governor Hughes.
Armstrong is nere lrom St. .Louis, and
denies the story. The instigators nf the
investigation are said toheRrnce Hnnrv
and Meade. Tbe case has created great
excitement here.
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Anarchists Released.
Barcelona, Spain, January 5. Twen
ty-seven anarchists, who Were impris
oned during the dynamite campaign,
have been released, and have left the
city. The announcement that they are
t,. i. 1 1 .
ii cc una uBuneu some puuuc uneasiness.
Writ Not Revoked.
Tallahassee, Fla.. January 5. Gov
ernor Mitchell denies the report that he
haa revoked tha writ fa thn Avfv-l!41nn
of Henry M. Flagler, the Standard Oil
uuTCtur, waiueu in lexas ior violating
the anti-trust law.
Mo Checks Paid to Bearer,
San Fbancisco, January 5. For sev
eral months numerous attempts have
been made to defraud the commercial
banks of this city by presenting forged
checks made payable " to bearer. " Most
of the spurious checks have been . for.
small amountB. The. banks have now
made a rule which wilflesswthe forgers
chances of success. HereafteTno money
will be paid on checks made payable "to
bearer," and in the case of checks made
payable " to order" there must be a reg
ular indorsement and those who preteus
them nrnst be fully identified.