OREGON'S NAMESAKE
THE NICARAGUAN CASE
Steps in Recognition of the
Honor to Be Taken.
Not on the Verge of Trouble
With England.
THE ARGUS.
VOL- 2. IIILLSBORO, OREGON. THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1805, NO. 1.
TU r? nniniMe rtrAirr n Ilia
A SOUVENIR OF APPRECIATION
' Uovernnr Lord luu a Call for Heat
lug of Lending Han uf I he Slate to
Provide m Momenta fur the Battle-
hlp Oregon.
Salum, March 27. Governor Lord hag
htsued thu followliiglsolf-explanatory let
tor; "A battle-ship of the first clam, con
structed at Hun Francisco by the United
States government, having been chris
tened 'Oregon,' the delegates o( numer
ous cities, chambers of commerce and
boards of trade met in Portland in De
cember, 1H1I4, and formed an association,
whose object should be the preparation
of a suituble testimonial by our people
in acknowledgment of this recognition
of our state. At that meeting Hon. W.
B. Mason was elected chairman and
Hon. J. D. Gray was chosen secretary.
After favorable discussion of a proposi
tion to prepare a momento in the form
of Ilnjjs, silver service or ship's bells it
whs thought best, so the secretary noti
lli'S me, to deter action until a short
time before the arrival of the Oregon in
our waters. The ship is now receiving
her armament and equipment and it is
believed will be put in commission and
reach Oregon waters within six months.
Chairman Mason and .Secretary Gray
now request the executive of the state
to name a date and place, when and
where the association they represent
may meet and complete its work. In
compliance with this request, believing
we tl ion Id foBter and cultivate a spirit of
state pride and thinking the present an
opportune time for action, I hereby in
vile mayors of incorporated cities and
representatives of commercial bodies to
meet in the state capitol April 22, 1895,
at 2 p. m., for the purpose of consider
ing and determining the matter of pre
senting to the commander of the battle
bhi p Oregon on her arrival in a state
seaport a fitting token of our people's
appreciation for the high honor be
stowed upon the slate."
A CONFESSED BRIBER.
Tha E-Pollceiiian Made a Claan Breast
of It.
San Francisco, March 27. William
J. Hurley, the ex-policeman who is
charged with attempting to bribe a
member of the jury which recently tried
"Dick" McDonald, the bank-wrecker,
created a scene when the trial began in
the superior court this morning. Hur
ley denounced Judge Wallace for refus
ing to grant him a continuance, and his
own lawyers, whom he charged with be
ing against him, and who had, he al
leged, attempted to extort a confession
of guilt from him. For several days
Hurley has been feigning insanity.
Last week a jury of doctors declared he
was only shamming insanity. After a
jury had been secured and the trial of
the can) actually begun, Hurley created
a genuine sensation. Against the ad
vice of counsel he went on the witness
stand and made a clean breast of his
connection with the attempt to bribe
jurors. He implicated Deputy Sheriff
Rock, who was under suspicion at the
time of Hurley's arrest, and also Harry
1'iper, chief deputy county clerk. Hur
ley Bwore that 11. it. McDonald bad of
fered him $500 for each juror that he
could induce to vote for acquittal. He
then went to Deputy Sheriff Kock, he
said, and they agreed to manage the job
together. Itock agreeing to summon the
men to be named by Hurley. Hurley
declared that Liveruash, McDonald's at
torney, had told the whole truth about
the matter, but, despite Livernash's as
sertion to the contrary, he insisted that
McDonald had promised him $500 for
each juror. A juror asked Hurley
whether he had ever been in the jury
bribing business before. Hurley, it will
be remembered, was the one juror who
stood out for acquittal on the trial of
Actor Curtis for the murder of Police
man Grant. His reply to the query
was:
"Never in my life. People thought I
was because 1 stood for acquittal in the
Curtis case, but that was all wrong.
Harry Piper offered me $5,000 for hold
ing out, but I never received a cent."
This ended Hurley's testimony.
Enforcement of Chicago Ordinance!,
Chicaoo, March 27. Judge Rain to
day dismissed the suit to have the Og
den gas and cosmopolitan electric or
dinances declared void on the ground
that private parties could not legally se
cure an injunction restraining the city
from carrying out its contract with the
companies. Direct charges of bribery
have been made in court against the
aldermen who voted for them. The de
cision leaves the matter open to action
by the attorney-general of the state,
Hlka Dwyer'i Lateat Purchate.
Lexington, Ky., March 27. For $18,
000 Michael F. Dwyer to-day purchased
of Milton Young, of this city fourteen
head of thoroughbred yearlings, all
colts, and by the noted sires Strathmore
and Hanover. In the collection is a full
brother of The Commoner, a half
brother of Dr. Rice and On-the-Lea,
and near relative to other noted per
formers. Mr. Dwyer will race them in
England.
Want the Silver Conference.
Sydnky, N. S. W., March 27. The
Australian colonies, excepting New
South Wales and Queensland, have in
structed their agents in London to urge
upon Lord Ripon, of the colonial office,
the desirability of an early meeting of
the silver conference.
Anna Dickinson'! Suit Begurt.
Scranton, Pa., March 27. The suit of
Anna Dickinson against several persons
to recover $125,000 for false imprison
ment in the state asylum at Danville
began to-day. The defendants are
wealthy men.
The Corner-Stone Laid.
Rome, March 21. The ceremony of
laying the corner-stone of the Garibaldi
monument yesterday was conducted in
the presence of an immense gathering
of people. The principal speech of the
occasion was delivered by the syndic of
Rome.
A Blind Man to Be Banged.
Denver, Colo., March 21. Henry Ty
son, who committed murder in 1891 and
who has been in the solitary cell until
he has become blind, was to-day sen-
tenced to be hanged during ths second
week in April.
n. Dwnnuo rwotno. IlIjlTp PH i Vf CHAT OREGON'S WOMEN CONVICTS.
Features of the Hill Creating a Slate
Land Commission.
Oi.ymi'ia, Wash., March 27. Senate
bill No. 301 provides for the disposition
of the Btate's lands and creates a board
of stuto land commissioners, composed of
the commissioner of public lands, who
shall be chairman, and two dtlier mem
bers, to be appointed by the governor
and confirmed by the senate, and hold
ollice for two years. This board is
granted full supervision under the law
of all public lands granted the state,
and provision is made for the selection,
survey, management, lease and disposi
tion of the state lands. The commis
sioners are to receive $2,000 per annum,
and the board is authorized to expend
not more than $2,100 per annum for
clerical work. This board is made the
successor in all respects of the old lioard
of luud commissioners, and also succeeds
to all the duties of the tide-land ap
praisers under the old law.
Under tliia new act all state lands, ex
cept coal lands and such lauds as shall
be in whole or in part within the limits
of any incorporated city, and appraised
at not more than $100 per acre, or with
in two miles of such limits, shall be sold
on the following terms:
One-tenth to be paid on the day of
sale, one-tenth annually thereafter on
March 1 ; all delerred payments to draw
U per cent.
Coal lands not within the limits of in
corporated cities and towns or within
two miles thereof shall be sold in tracts
of not less than sixteen acres on the fol
lowing terms: One-tenth cash and the
balance within five days thereafter.
Tracts of common school or granted
lands, in whole or in part in incorpor
ated towns, Bhall be sold on the follow
ing terms: One-tenth cash, one-tenth
on the first day of March following sale,
and one-tenth annually on the first day
of March; deferred payments to draw 0
per cent. Coal, timber, stone and min
erals, if sold separately from the land,
shall be for cash to the highest bidder,
in lots not exceeding 100 acres for tim
ber and ten acres for stone or mineral.
The time for making the payments
provided for in this act, except in cases
where this act prescribes cash payments,
may be extended for three years or less
by the board on a satisfactory showing,
but no extension shall be granted for
the payment of principal, unless the in
terest on the whole sum due and unpaid
be first paid, and not more than one ex
tension on the same contract.
The board shall have power to lease
school lands for a term not to exceed
live years and all applications for such
lease muBt be accompanied by a certified
check equal in amount to the first year's
rental. Lease must be made for terms
commencing on the first days of Janu
ary, April, July and October. Applica
tions for lease must be filed with the
board at least thirty days prior to the
several dates mentioned.
Improvements made upon granted
lands by lessees from the state, in cases
in which the lessee yields his lease to
the state prior to any application to
purchase the land, such as are capable
of removal without injury to the land
may be removed by the original lessee,
or at his option may remain, subject to
payment, in accordance with law. bv
any subpayment purchaser within a
term ot three years.
Whenever there shall be in the state
school fund, applicable to investment,
the sum of $5,000 or more, the land com
mission may invest the same in nation
al, state, countv. municipal or school
district bonds at a rate no less than 5
per cent, or in warrants drawn upon the
state.
All appraisements of granted lands
heretofore made under existing laws,
where sales have not been made, are an
nulled. It is the duty of the board to
survey, plat and appraise tide lands of
the first class not already appraised,
except in caBes where local boards have
already entered upon the work; in
which case they shall complete their
labors forthwith. In surveying tide
lands of the first class the board shall
lay out streets and alleys and dedicate
the same to the public, subject to the
control of cities, with due regard to the
convenience of commerce.
All such thoroughfares heretofore lo
cated are validated. When the board
shall have prepared plats showing all
shore and tide lands surveyed and ap
praised they shal deposit a copy of the
record and plat with the county auditor
and one copy shall be kept in the office
of the commissioners of public lands.
Due notice by advertising Bhall be given
of the filing of the plats, and any per
son claiming a preference right to pur
chase and feeling aggrieved at the ap
praisement of any certain lot may.
within sixty days after the filing of
plats, appeal from such appraisement to
the superior court of the county in which
the lands are situated. Abutting own
ers upon tide lands of the first class have
a sixty-day right to apply for purchase.
When an abutting owner has attempted
to convey to a bona fide purchaser any
portion of the tide lands in front of such
uplands the right of purchase shall be
construed to belong to such purchaser.
In case persons heretofore mentioned do
not make application to purchase within
the time allowed the tide lands to which
they have a prior right, the same shall
be open to public Bale. After notice by
advertising of such sale each subdivision
shall be sold separately to the highest
and best bidder, and each purchaser
shall deposit with his bid a sum equal
in amount to the first payment. No bid
shall be accepted unless it equals or ex
ceeds the appraised value of the land.
If, sixty days after any person shall
have filed his application to purchase,
there are no conflicting claims, the ap
plicant shall be deemed to have the
right to purchase. In case of conflict
due investigation shall be made by the
board. Any person having valuable
improvements on tide lands, and which
tide lands were appraised prior to July
1, 1804, by the local boards may apply
for purchase and reappraisement.
Potatoes Shipped Knit.
Spokane, Wash., March 27. A spe
cial train loaded entirely with potatoes
left here to-night (or St. Louis. It will
go through on express time. It is made
up of Early Rose and Ohio varieties,
meant for seed use. Another special
shipment of ten carloads will be made
to Minneapolis In a day or two.
The Forty-Third Victim.
Rosibdbq, March 27. Word was re
ceived here to-day from Silver Lake of
the death of Mrs. T. S. Labrie, the forty
third victim of the Christmas eve fire at
that place.
I LI 11U1U UlAflll 0111 1
Attempt to Assassinate the
Chinese Peace Envoy.
A SLIGHT WOUND IN THE FACE
While Returning From a Peace Confer
ence In Hlwonosakl tha Venerable
Viceroy Waa Shot by a Young Jap
anese. Who Was Placed Uuder Arrest.
Simonosaki, March 26. As Li Hung
Chang, the Chinese peace envoy was re
turning to his lodgings in this place to
day after having attended a conference
with Count I to and Count Mutsu, the
Japanese peace plenipotentiaries, a
young Japanese fired a pistol at him.
The bullet sped straight, but fortunately
did no more harm than to inflict a wound
in Li Hung Chang's face. At the time
of sending this dispatch it is impossible
to learn whether or not the wound is
serious.
The attempt to assassinate the repre
sentative of the emperor of China
caused the most intense excitement, and
on every side there were expressions of
deep regret. The would-be murderer
was arrested. It is believed that he was
prompted to the crime by misguided
patriotism.
KBOSC ANOTHER SOURCE.
London, March 20. The Central News
agency's correspondent in Tokio Bays
that an attempt was made to assassinate
Li Hung Chang in a street of Simonosa
ki this afternoon. Li was returning from
the peace conference, in which he con
ducts negotiations in behalf of the Chi
nese mission, and was accompanied by
several of his suite. When he was a
Bhort distance from his apartments a
young Japanese ran up to him and fired
a pistol in his face. The young man
was seized and disarmed at once by the
police. At the station-house be gave
bie name as Koyoma and his age as 21.
According to the short report received
in Tokio Li's wound is not dangerous.
THE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES.
Washington, March 26. The news of
the assault on Li Hung Chang caused a
sensation in diplomatic circles in this
city, The opinion here is that Japan
will suffer greatly as a consequence of
the assault, and that the position of
China will be so strengthened that she
may be able to succeed in obtaining bet
ter terms than she could otherwise have
secured. The incident may lead to the
breaking off of peace negotiations, or at
leaBt, may postpone further action in
this direction until the Japanese have
guaranteed the safety of the Chinese en
voys. No news of the attack on Li Hung
Chang has been received by the Japan
ese legation here, and Minister Kurino
is unwilling to discuss the occurrence.
The members of the legation realize that
it is a serious matter, but hope that the
first reports may prove to be exagger
ated. They say that no one will deplore
men an anair more than the Japanese
themselves. The Chinese legation re
ceived prompt notice of the matter, but
tueir advices contained notning not in
the press dispatches. Minister Yang
I u oiu not care to uibcuho win buujcui..
It was stated at the legation that it was
not believed that it would lead to the
total breaking off of peace negotiations,
although it might cause them to be in
terrupted for a time.
MUCH EXCITEMENT AT YOKOHAMA.
Yokohama, March 26. The news ot
the attempted assassination of Li Hung
Chang created much excitement. The
emperor and empress will send a mes
senger to Simonosaki to express to the
distinguished Chinese statesman their
regret at the unfortunate occurrence.
TALK WITH THURSTON.
He Says the Union Pacific at tha Pres
ent Time Ii Demoralized.
San Fbancibco, March 26. Senator
John M. Thurston, of Nebraska, general
attorney of the Union Pacific, and J. C.
Cowin, government attorney under the
receivership, are in town, on their way
home. The senator said in an interview :
"The Union Pacific is in very bad con
dition ; it is in the hands of receivers
and is generally demoralized, owing to
the hard times. The road is good prop
erty and could undoubtedly be reorgan
ized on a sound basis, if it were not for
the government complications. The in
debtedness will fall due now very soon.
It is over $50,000,000, and is to be paid
in installments, the first in December
next, and the remainder in other in
stallments reaching to the end of three
years. ' But all of this is a Becond lien
to the first mortgage of $32,000,000 ad
ditional. All of these first mortgages
are now in process of foreclosure. These
claims combined with the bad condition
of finances generally put the road in
anything but an enviable condition."
Hast Leave the Reservation.
Omaha, March 24. The interior de
partment will no longer tolerate the il
legal occupation of lands of the Omaha
and Winnebago Indian reservations
in Nebraska. The Flourney Livestock
& Real Estate Company, and 160 parties
who hold leases under it, refused to
abandon their claims when ordered. A
bill has been filed by the United States
attorney in Omaha for an injunction
against all the lessees together with 250
sublessees under them, asking for an or
der restraining them from Interfering
with the Indian federal authorities in
the discharge of their duties toward the
Indians. The few who are expected to
resist will be promptly removed by force
if necessary,
He Drew Too Many Salaries.
San Fbancibco, March 26. The Rev.
Robert Mackenzie, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, the wealthiest con
gregation of that denomination on the
coast, has resigned his pastorate and
will hereafter be pastor emeritus. Dr.
Mackenzie is also a professor in the Pa
cific theological seminary, receiving $5,
000 annually from the college and $6,000
from his church. There has been ob
jection to his drawing a double salary
for some time, and he was given the
choice of relinquishing one of the two
appointments. Thereupon he decided
to resign the pulpit. He has been pop
ular, and is about 60 years old.
Emma Rice and Lottie Sinclair the
Only Two Now In the Penitentiary.
Salem, March 20. In a medium-sized
room comfortably furnished, on the sec
ond floor of the Oregon penitentiary are
confined the only two female convicts of
the state Emma Rice and Lottie Sin
clair. Both were sent from Multnomah
county for terms of two years each.
Though thrown in close relations by be
ing confined to the same narrow limits
these characters are widely different.
They are not required to wear stripes
ner labor. Both have a common echool
education, and the only means of diver
sion they have is reading books fur
nished from the prison library. Emma
Rice is 36 years old. She is bearing
her incarceration with apparent eaBe,
showing no evidences of a conquered
spirit. She .is buoyed with the hope
that she has a friend on the outside,
and that, within twenty-four hours after
recrossing the prison threshold, she will
become a second wife. Lottie is only 22
years old, of a different temperament,
and prison life is wearing heavily upon
her. She frequently is heard to mutter :
"Oh, if I only had work to do to keep
my mind engaged and be prepared to
earn something when I get out. Con
fined to this room with nothing to do but
think, think, the mind can but dwarf
here."
The Sinclair woman has been serving
time since February 1. She is of a de
cided blonde caste, has an intelligent
face, and is a fit subject for missionaries
to work upon,
THE ELBE INQUIRY.
Adjourned Until the Statements of the
Crathle gallon Arc Keeelved.
Berlin, March 26. The official inves
tigation of the Elbe disaster began in
Bremen yesterday. Third-Officer Theo
dore Stollberg said he was on the bridge
when the collison occurred. He Baw the
masthead light and green side lights of
the steamer Crathie. The Elbe, follow
ing the ruleB, kept her course. Soon
afterward he saw the other steamer's
red light behind the Elbe's bridge and
then came the collision. There was no
panic on the Ele. The rest of Stollberg'B
story confirmed the reports already
made. The president of the court an
nounced, despite the endeavors of the
German consul at Borden, the evidence
of the Crathie's crew could not be ob
tained. Some of the men had refused
to make any statement, but the captain
admitted that soundings with the lead
after thecollision proved that the Crathie
waa not making any water. Paymaster
Werner was certain he saw a third boat
get away from the Elbe; it was full, and
the occupants afterward were beard call
ing to attract the attention of the fishing-boat.
Other witnesses confirmed
this, some adding that later they Baw
the boat bottom upward. Herr Rom
berg, representing the German govern
ment, said the court would adjourn
until the sworn statements of the
Cratbie sailors were received.
THE ARMENIAN ATROCITIES.
More Than Eight Thousand Armenian
Christians Were Killed.
London, March 26. The Daily Tele
graph correspondent in Moosh says in a
dispatch subdated at Kara, March 25,
that it is certain more than 8,000 Ar
menian Christians were killed in cold
blood during the massacre. He asserts
that the commission of inquiry has not
yet heard of a single Turkish soldier be
ing killed. He quotes the Btory of a boy
of 15 who described the Turkish soldiers
as chasing and hacking to pieces preg
nant women. The boy said the major
ity of the young women were violated.
The village of Sammal was entirely ob
literated by the massacre. The corres
pondent adds :
"I have made the acquaintance and
obtained the confidence oi the most re
doubtable and deep-dyed of all the
bloodthirsty Kurdish brigands., a man
whose very name strikes terror to the
heart of the Armenians. I will not give
his name. I have induced him to nar
rate the story of the raids, which he did
with conscious pride, glorifying in deeds
worthy of cannibals. His narrative tal
lies in all points with the Armenian ac
cusations." THE DREADED SMALLPOX.
Little Rook the Only Arkansas Town
Open to Drummers.
Little Rock, Ark., March 26. Every
city of note on the line of a railroad in
the state except little Rock has quaran
tined against all commercial travelers.
The local authorities say the Camden
case, wherein Sam Buckale, a Kansas
City shirt salesman, was taken with
smallpox, justifies the action. Several
young persons, who had been exposed
to the disease, were made to leave Cam
den to-day.
The state board of health reports that
at the hospital the total number of
smallpox and varioloid cases in the city
to date is 125. The total number of
deaths in the city to date has been ninety-three.
At present there are thirty
seven cases in the city.
The Affair of Fifty-Are.
Madrid, March 26. In an article in
reference to the Allianca affair the
Epoca publishes the notes that were ex
changed between Spain and the United
States in 1855, when the latter country
contended that the Spanish man-of-war
Ferrolana searched the American mail
steamer Eldorado on the open sea at a
distance of over eight miles from the
Cuban coast. This queston was settled
amicably. The Epoca adds that a copy
of the instructions then sent to the war
Bhips guarding the Cuban coast ordered,
firstly that whenever a warship sighted
a suspicious vessel it was to follow her
until her cargo and intentions were
ascertained, and secondly, whenever a
suspicious vessel entered Cuban waters,
the warship, if powerful enough, should
search her, seizing or sinking her if she
resisted, when there was proof that she
was on a filibustering expedition.
Tyler's Record Lowered.
San Jose, Cat., March 26. Allan
Jones, at the Garden City cyclers' track
to-day covered a third of a mile in 42 1-6
seconds, beating the world's record held
by Tyler by 1 S- seconds.
PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
Condensed Telegraphic Re
ports of Late Events.
BRIEF SPARKS FROM THE WIRES
Budget of News For Easy Digestion From
Different Parte of the States of Wash
ington, Oregon and IdahoItems of
Interest to PaclOc Coast People.
Yakima county's, Wash., hop acreage
is shown by a careful census to be 3,125
acres.
Kittitas county, Wash., has 200,000
acres of irrigated lands, capable of sup
porting 50,000 people.
A much larger acreage of corn than
usual will be planted in the Palouse,
Wash., country this season.
The Red Crown flouring mills of Al
bany, Or., have bevn closed by creditors.
Negotiations are pending for a resump
tion of business.
E. J. McClanahan is shipping from
Eugene, Or., to the state fish and game
warden of California, at Santa Ana,
twenty Chinese pheasants for breeding
purposes.
The Spokesman-Review has a report
from Colfax, Wash., that buyers there
are beginning to contract for wheat for
next fall's delivery for 40 cents per
bushel.
A pine-needle factory company has
agreed to establish its institution at
Grant's Pass, Or., if $2,000 is raised as
a bonus for them. Subscriptions are
being taken now.
A gold nugget weighing a fraction over
$60 was picked np in the gulch below
the Virtue mine one day last week by
Mr. Casbeer, who intends placer mining
on this claim in a few days.
One hundred and fifty pounds of pre
pared opium passed through the Ta
conia, Wash., custom-house Wednes
day, paying $900 in duty. It is im
ported in competition with the smug
gled article.
Fourteen of the principal placer claims
along the Grand Ronde river have syn
dicated, and it is expected that inter
ested persons will arrive at La Grande,
Or., in a few days to examine them with
a view of closing a deal for the entire
lot.
The Entiat Irrigation Company of
Waterville, Wash., has commenced work
on a large irrigating ditch, taking water
from the Entiat river near where it
emptiea into the Columbia, and re
claiming several thousand acres of land
especially valuable for fruit raising.
Union Or., has failed to raise the sub
sidy asked for the proposed beet-sugar
factory, and it is now too late to get the
seed or put up the building in time for
use this year. The hope is to eecure an
extension of time in which the subsidy
would be accepted for another year. The
subsidy asked is 3,500 acres of land.
Placer gold which will pay $5 a day to
the man has just been discovered on
Mason creek, Kitsap county, Wash.,
and in consequence great excitement is
occasioned among the settlers. The dis
covery has been made very recently, and
it is said the vicinity of the find has al
ready been staked off by speculative
people.
Several days ago some Indians were
cleaning streets in Pendleton, Or., while
working out fines. Over on Lewis Btreet,
in East Pendleton, they raked up a cannon-ball,
which was taken over to Tall
man's and found to weigh two pounds
and ten ounces. Where it came from is
not known. It must have been there
many years and dropped by troops dur
ing the Indian fighting days.
Two petitions are being circulated
among the depositors of the Wall Walla,
Wash., Savings bank asking for the re
moval of Receiver Paine. One petition
will be presented to Mr. Paine and the
other to the court. The depositors think
it about time they should have a state
ment, as the bank closed in December,
1893, and Mr. Paine has been drawing
$300 per month for services since that
time.
Tacoma, Wash., Odd Fellows are mak
ing preparations for the seventh annual
communication of the grand lodge in
that city June 4, in connection with the
grand encampment and the grand as
sembly. About 250 representatives to
these bodies in addition to their officers
will attend, and with them will be a
large number of fraternal visitors, many
of whom will be accompanied by their
families, so that not less than a thou
sand visitors in all will make Tacoma
their objective point.
For several years the high waters ot
the Willamette have been "encroaching
not a little on several places along the
river in the vicinity of Sladden's rifle,
in Lane, county, Or. Several ot the en
terprising farmers and fruit growers in
that vicinity, who have land in close
proximity to the river, have decided to
do all thev can to tut a stoD to the
river's inroads. Accordingly they have
made arrangements to drive something
like 2,000 piles in the river, and will fill
in with fir brush.
A sharper has succeeded in working a
number of farmers in the vicinity ot
Endicott, Wash., out of a few of their
hard-earned dollars on a rather novel
scheme. He pretends to have a new
method of killing squirrels and sells tke
receipt for $5 a copy, requiring each
purchaser to agree not to give it to any
one else. The receipt, which is claimed
will clear a quarter section of land of
squirrels at very nominal cost, consists
of a mixture of flour, salt and plaster of
paris.
Many and great improvements are
needed along the coast of Oregon and
Washington, says the New York Mari
time Register for March 19. The com
merce along that part of our Pacific
c at, already large, is steadily growing,
and it is most important that the rivers
and harbors there should be made as
Bate as possible for navigation. There
should especially be some provision for
protecting vessels using the Straits of
San Juan de Fuca. More lighthouses
and fog signals are needed. Taking into
account the amount of traffic in the
neighborhood of Cape Flattety and the
Straits, during the last twenty years the
lo of vessels and lives there has been
very great. The importance of our
Northwst coast in the coming develop
ment of our foreign trade cannot be
over-estimated, and it is therefore most
ne'eessarv to protect and help in everv
I way to the safe navigation of our Pacific
'ports.
THE PUGET SOUND POST.
Unfortunate Error Hade by Some Con
gressional Clerks.
Washington, March 25. An error by
some congressional clerks in making up
a copy of the sundry civil appropriation
sent to the president has materially
changed the intention of congress in
providing for the establishment of two
military posts. It involves also the ri
valry of the cities of Seattle and Ta
coma, and probably will result in favor
of Seattle. When the bill was pending
in the house, Senator Squire, who lives
in Seattle, gave notice of an amendment
for the establishment by the secretary
of war of a post on Puget sound. This
would mean a post at Seattle, as Gen
eral Otis, in command of the depart
ment of the Columbia, had already re
ported in favor of that point. Repre
sentative Doolittle, who lives at Taconsa,
then offered an amendment in the house
for a post at Puget Bound, with a provi
sion that its location should be deter
mined by a board of army officers, one
of which should be stationed in the de
partment where the post was to be lo
cated. This was adopted in the house.
The senate struck out the proviso for an
examination by an army board. Sena
tor Roach, of North Dakota, made an
amendment in the senate, which was
adopted, providing for the abandon
ment of the military post at Fort Yates
and the establishment of a post at Bis
marck, N. D. When the bill was in
conference an agreement was reached to
restore the Doolittle amendment with
slight modifications, which necessitated
its being rewritten. It now appears
that the provision for a board of army
officers to examine and report upon the
best site applies to the Bismarck post,
while the secretary may go ahead and
locate the post on Puget sound at his
discretion. The department may not
act on what may have been the inten
tion of congress, but must construe the
law and apply it as it reads. It will be
a serious disappointment to a dozen or
more ambitious places on Puget sound
which were preparing to present their
claims for the post to the board to be
appointed for that impose. Now the
claims will be presented to the secretary
who will probably be governed by the
advice of the army officers who have ex
amined the matter, and the last annual
report of General Otis, which recom
mended a post at Spokane, and Seattle,
will have great weight. The Spokane
post was authorized in the army appro
priation bill.
NEBRASKA'S CONVICTS.
The Brutal Manner In Which They Are
Punished for MUconduet.
Lincoln, Neb., March 25. The testi
mony taken by the joint commit! ee ap
pointed by the house and senate to in
vestigate the condition and management
of the state penitentiary was submitted
to the legislature. It covers about fifty
pages of typewritten manuscript. The
fact seems to have been pretty clearly
established that some form of punish
ment inflicted at the penitentiary is un
necessarily harsh. The investigation
also brought out that the favorite form
of torture at the penitentiary consisted
in placing the convict in the "hole," or
the dark cellar, with his hands hand
cuffed and drawn up toward the back of
his neck in such a manner that the very
effort made by the man undergoing pun
ishment to lower his bands from the
painful elevation drew the rope bo tight
ly around his neck that suffocation
would ensue. The. committee then rec
ommended tbat this form of punish
ment be dispensed with. This recom
mendation seems to have been followed
to Borne extent, but a new mode of tor
ture seems to have been brought into
prominence. The convicts are hand
cuffed to a rope and the other end of the
rope is passed over a pulley in the ceil
ing, and the convict hauled up until he
can scarcely touch the floor with his
toes. He is left in that position until
he is either sufficiently punished or
faints away. In the latter case be is
let down, a bucket of water thrown over
him to revive him, and he is then con
ducted back to his cell or a cot in the
hospital. Many persons testified to
these facts, and the committee reported
in favor of a sytem of leasing the peni
tentiary, which will probably soon be
adopted.
HIS HIDING PLACE.
Convlet Rose, at Ban Quentln, Found on
Top of the Jute Hill.
San Rafael, Cal., March 25. Convict
Robs, who is under an eight-year sen
tence at San Quentin for grand larceny
committed in San Joaquin county, and
who disappeared from the jute mill at
noon yesterday, was found to-day hid
ing in a ventilator on the top of the jute
mill. The search which was commenced
as Boon as he was missed, was kept up
all night around the jute mill. When
caught Ross surrendered, saying :
.''Well, you have beat me again ; my
game is up."
He was at onee placed in solitary con
finement, where he will stay until the
meeting of the board of prison directors.
His only means of escape from where
he was hiding was to climb off the wall,
which he could reach from the top of
the jute mill. This is the second time
he has tried to escape. The first time
he was caught digging underground, for
which he lost all his credits. .
INDICTED FOR BLACKMAIL.
Another Chapter Added to the "Dick
McDonald" Case.
San Francisco, March 25. "Dr."
William Jennison, one of Dick McDon
ald's old henchmen; John Gamage, the
private detective, and D. M. Blanck, the
oil man, were indicted to-day by the
grand jury for attempting to blackmail
Dick McDonald. The witnesses before
the grand jury were Dick McDonald,
his wife, D, S. Born, Joseph Easland,
Charles Montgomery and John Gamage.
The story tola was that about two weeks
ago D. M. Blanck called on Dick Mc
Donald and imparted to him that Dr.
Jennison had certain documents, which
if placed in evidence at McDonald's
next trial, would send him to Ban Quen
tin. Gamage was alao in the combina
tion, $1,250 being the sum demanded
fiom Dick for the silence of the trio,
McDonald refused to pay.
BAYARD'S REASSURING MESSAGE
Should Nicaragua Refuse to Fay Indem
nity, Whatever Hay Happen England
Will Hot Seek to Acquire Amy Ter
ritory by Forcible Methods.
Washington, March 23. The latest
developments in the Nicaraguan ques
tion are of a character that at least
temporarily seta at rest any baleful im
pression that may have been created by
the strong ground England had taken in
the demands made by her on the South
American republic. The government is
not on the verge of trouble with Eng
land, inasmuch as dispatches from Am
bassador Bayard, in response to cable
grams from this government requiring
him to ascertain the attitude of Great
Britain in case Nicaragua should refuse
to pay the indemnity demanded for the
outrage upon Mr. Hatch, indicated very
clearly that whatever else might happen
England will not seek to acquire any
territory. The cablegram to Mr. Bay aril
was the result of the cabinet council of
yesterday, and the reply received to-day
is regarded as satisfactory. The full re
port of the dispatch from Ambassador
Bayard is not forthcoming, but its pur
port is sufficiently indicated in the state
ment herein mentioned. This partic
ular subject has been pressed by the
American ambassador for some "time,
and it is regarded as having reached a
position now entirely satisfactory to him
and as a matter of course one which
meets the approval of this government.
a semi-official statement.
London, March 23. The following
semi-official statement was obtained to
night in regard to the trouble between
Great Britain and Nicaragua:
General Barrios, the Nicaraguan en
voy, left the day when the British de
mands were made for compensation in
the sum of 15,000 for the expulsion
from Bluefields of Mr. Hatch, the Brit
ish consular agent there, and also for
the appointment of a committee to ad
judicate the damage sustained by the
persons and property of British subjects
expelled from the Mosquito reservation.
General Barrois, it is understood, has
since submitted the matter to the gov
ernment of the United States, with the
object of soliciting sympathy and aid.
The statement that Great Britain stipu
lated that no citizen of the United
States should be a member of the com
mission is inaccurate. It is the opinion
in diplomatic circles here that the de
mands of Great Britain are exception
ally small, and that the aggravation war
ranted even severer measures.
WILLING TO SERVE.
Applicants for the Immigration and
Labor Bureau In Washington..
OlYmpia, March 23. There are a good
lalf-dozen app"cants for the position
lust created in the establishment of a
bureau of immigration and labor sta
tistics. This $1,200 snap is at the dis
posal of Secretary of State Price, who is
now considering the fitness of a number
who desire to serve the state. Some of
these anxious office-seekers did not even
wait for the passage and approval of the
bill. However, if this new officer does
his duty, he will find that he cannot
rest on flowery beds of ease.
Moffatt Bros., the capitol foundation
contractors, will doubtless be compelled
to ask for an extension of time on their
contract. As thia request for an exten
sion can be excused to some extent by .
misfortune, the capitol commission will
probably be disposed to grant it. The
contractors lost their sheds during a
heavy snow storm last winter, and have
more recently experienced a bricklayers'
strike. These unexpected circumstances
have resulted in preventing them from
completing the work in time.
LIVED ON THE GRAND ARMY.
A Veteran Dead-Beat Railroaded Out of
Massachusetts.
Boston, March 23. Colonel William
Allen HuntleySilloway, alias William .
Huntley, who for the last three or four
years has been "doing up" the Grand
Army posts oi tnis state ana is a con- -
foiwftd beat of tha first water, waa rail-
roaded out of the state yesterday. For ,
years this man bas been living on the
Grand Army posts of this state, and has
received hundreds of dollars from indi
vidual members. The man claimed that
he enlisted in the navy under the name
nt William Ttnntlaw fioaf aa.iDanf an
gineer on the United States steamer
rnncess xwym, ami oerveu on ner ironr
February, 1863, to October, 1866. When
confronted with proof that his story was
false, he confessed that he waa a fraud '
and pleaded to be allowed to leave the
state. His request waa granted.
WORK OF A FANATIC. ".. .
Attempt to Born Down Washington's
Lara-eat Cathollo Churehes.'
Wabrinqton, March 23. Attempts;
were made to-day to set fire to two ol
the largest Catholic churches fn the city
St. Patrick's and St. Dominick's. In
both cases the fire was discovered and
extinguished before ahy material dam
age had been done. Before the fires
were discovered in both cases a' tall
woman, dressed in black, was seen walk- -ing
down the aisles and ont of the church
in a nervous manner. Police and de
tectives are scouring the city for ths
guilty party. All the Catholic churches
in the city are being guarded. The in
cendiary is supposed to be some fanatic
whose brain has been affected by con
slant attention to religion.
Navigation Open on tha Kootenai.
Spokane, Wash., March 23. Th(,
Kootenai river is open to navigation be
tween Bonner's Ferry and Nelson, B. 0.,
and the steamer Nelson will make hei
first trip to-morrow. The former sched
ule will be resumed. The steamer Ell- -ensburg
will make ber first trip north
from Wenatchee, on the Colu
lumbia,.
March 25.
Brutalities of Captain.. -: ...
Baltoiom, March -ii-Captain Je(-,
ferson Morse, of the oyster schooner
General Haycock,, has been arrested
charged with brutal treatment of Ed
ward Merrill, a member of his crew. -The
boy was stripped of his clothing
when the wind was blowing a gale and
the mercury was nearly downtotero.
His wrists were crossed and tied firmly
together and he was thus tied up to the
rigging. He was then severely whipped.
When cut down his thumbs were frosen.
The United States authorities are look
ing for the man who assisted tha cap
tain in bis brutalities.