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1'OSTOEFICE RECEIPTS Nearly Two Millions Increase Reported lor the Year. THE ARGUS, His Resignation Presented to the Queen. ROSEBERY RESIGNED LOUD SALISBURY SUMMONED Leading Conservatives Ray That lie Will Not Formally Take Oltlce Until I nrllmuent Olssolves. London, Juno 25. The oourt oirou lar tonight contains thu following: "Kiirl Kosoliery, K. 0., first lord of thu treasury and lord president of thu council, arrived lit thu cuHtle and ten dered his resignation to her inajosty, by whom it was accepted." London, Juuu 25. It 1h announced thut thu outoomo of tliu deliberations of thu cabinet, iu consequence of thu adverse votu iu thu house of commons Fuluy, in thut Lord Rosubory, thu prime minister, has tendered his resig inttiou to thu queen. Hur majesty huH, tlioroloro, Hunuuonud Lord balisuury, tint louder of thu conservative party, to Windsor, iu connection with thu for mation of a conservative imuiHtry. L.ird Sulisiniry did not receive his sum mons until too latu to go to Wiulsor tonight, ilo will gj early iu thu morn ing. i'ho leading conservatives declare that thu Marquis of Salisbury will uot lonnall taku olllou until parliament is diss lived. Ho will insist thut thu gov ernment, buforu yielding thu seals, shall past u votu of an amount neces sary Mr thu expenditures for two months ti) uuuhlu a general oloutiou to I io held. Thu conservatives will thus bu in p i.iitiou to attack, instead of do led img tiieuisclvos. Throughout thu day the situation was thu uiisorbiug topiu at thu political olubi. hie vera I members of thu cabinet called in IXisvuiug street lu the uftor iid.iu iu thu expectation of seeing Lord ltosujory, who returned from Windsor ub nit U ocbck, und drove to Downing street, wlioru uii .uformal cabinet meet ing listing twuuty-ilve minutes imuiu (1 in tidy followed. It is understood tho Marquis of Salis luiiy only ugieus to form a cabinet ou c iu lition that parliament in dissolved. Nothing s known regarding thu per tunnel of thu liiiuistry, but complete harmony exists between thu liberal unionists and tlio cjusurvutives. Thu Irish members are extremely uu easy and dissatisfied. They state that alter acting for throe years an the strongest arm of tho government they me deeply cjnecrned tit the sudden cud of tho government without passing any of tho principal Irish measures, Not only lias homo rule uot progressed, but thu measure concerning the Chris tian Brothers; the comity council bill, which reached u second reading; the grand jury lull und the proposal to ex tend thu pjwer of guardians weie all 1 Mt. Thu only Irish measure now like ly to be passed is Mr. liealy's munici pal bill, winch has gone to thu house of lords. The liberal Scotch members are also sore, their expectations having been disappointed. James M. Weir, member tor Ross mid Cromarty, com municated with Lord Hosbory this morning und asked him uot to dissolve parliament until tho measure extend ing the benefit of tho crofters act to Highland tenants should have been passed. Lord Rosubery rose early today and attended St. George's chapel before breakfast. He then strolled through the grounds, aloue, till 10 o'clock, when he went to Frogmore, whore the queen was breakfasting with Princess Beatrice and Prince Christian. He thou attended service at Frogmore mausoleum with tho queen and family, after which ho hud a private audience with tho queen. A number of dis patches wore received and opened by the queen. Lord Rosobory returned to the castle for luncheon and returned to towu iu the afternoon. Ho held a consultation with Mr. Asquith, the home secretary; Lord Tweedmouth, lord of privy seal, and Arnold Morely, postmaster-general, in Downing street, immediately ou his return. Later he conferred with Sir William Haroburt, and a five-line whip was issued calling upon the liberals to be in atteudauee at tho house oi commons ut 8 o'clock tomorrow, whou it is expected Sir William Huroourt will make the offi cial announcement. The effect of the cabinet discussion Is more marked upon the whips and officials than the cabinet ministers. Lord Rosobery, ou his return to town, looked decidedly sprightly, and Lord Tweedmouth, Mr. Morley and Sir William Haroonrt were in a jocular mood. Craw Indiana to lelebrate. Omaha, June 25. Great prepara tions are being made by the Indians on tho Crow reservation for a reunion of all tribes iu the Northwest July 4 and 5. At loast 1,000 Indians are expected to take part in the celebration of the nation's birthday. For several years the Crows have held annual reunions ou tho Fourth. The war department lias intimated that the annual gather ing, even for tho purpose of celebrating the independence of the United States, is uot conducive to any betterment of condition. Tho Indiaus learning of the opposition of the great father, President Cleveland, are gathering in large numbers, belie"ing this may be their last opportunity to get together and enjoy themselves in their own way. Huby Haoing Law Unconstitutional. hirlianup )lis, June 25. The supreme court taday reversed the decision of the Lake circuit oourt and held the Roby racing law unconstitutional. The supreme oourt also held that paid up building and loan association stock is taxable. Lard Sholto and Brl is In Hiding. San Franoisco, June 34. Mrs. Ad dis, mother of Loretta Addis, who married young Lord Sholto Douglass, has reoeived information that Lord Douglass and bride are to sail on the Bteamer ror Australia. The young couple disappeared immediately after their marriage, and not even Mrs Ad dis knew of their whereabouts. It is believed they are in hiding to escape the wrath of theatrical managers with whom Lady Douglass signed oontraoti before her marriage. VOL. 2. JAPAN MAIL ADVICES. Much IHssatlsfaotlon Htlll Expressed With the Kesult of Urn War. San Francisco, June 25. Tho Coptic brought advices from Tokio,under dute of June 7: The Japanese people continue to manifest dissatisfaction with the re sults of the war, and are unwilling to believe that the troubles are yet over. Rumors of foreign interference in For mosa were so frequent at the beginning of this mouth that the government thought it expedient to publish an offl cial Ntiitumeiit of France's determina tion not to meddle with the affairs of thut island. Notwithstanding the gen eral incredulity in Japan, it does not seem probable that any difficulties will be encouraged in that direction, ex cept those arising from the disposition of the Chinese occupants to resist the Japanese authority. The attempt to set up a republic would be considered altogether ridicu lous by the new owners of the island but for the evidence thut the male in tents are openly supported by high pro vincial officials in China and not a few of the court dignitaries iu Peking. Imperial decrees have undoubtedly been issued instructing local authorities iu Formosa to vacate their posts and make way for the o.mquorers, but no arrange ments have been made for transport ing the Chinese troops to the main land, aud messages have been sent to tho head of tho improvised republic as suring thorn of sympathy and practical aid iu thoir efforts to prevont tho Jap unese from taking peaceful possession. Large sums of m moy have been con veyed to the self-created president, Tang, aud troops are promised him in abundance, provided ho can make a staud against the forces of Governor General Kakayama. Of this there is not the slightest chance, and Tang's only expectation is to win tho favor of his sovereign by a brief show of defi ance, after which, trusting to the hab itual clemency of the Japanese, he hopes, to retire in a blaze of fictitious glory. It may prove iu this instanoe that the patience of the victors has been strained ton far. Japan is in no humor to bo trifled with by China, howevor necessary it may be to appear unruffled by the slights of formidable European pnwers. Mr. Foster has strongly ex pressed his disapproval of the proceed ings in Formosa. He accompanied the son of Li Hung Chang to Tamsui, in the harbor of which port the transfer of authority was effected, June 2. The business was transacted on board a Japanese warship. Detachments of the Japanese imperial guard was lauded at Tamsui nd Keeluug, before which the Chinese retreated in disorder. A few skirmishes are reported, but no fight ing of a serious nature has yet occur red. ABOUT THE MINES. The Last I nance Kspected to Reaume Work Thla Week. Wardner, Idaho, June 25. The probabilities are that the last chance mine, one of the best producers in by gone years in the Coeurd'Alene region, will start up this week. The history of the litigation between the Last Chance and Tyler properties, which closed down the Last Chance for sev eral years, is a matter of mining his tory all over the United States. Ne gotiations are now in progress where by the Last Chance will be permitted to resume. The mine will undoubtedly employ several hundred men, when in full operation, consequently the citizens of the Coeur d'Alone are much elated. The Bunker Hill & Sullivan mine, whioh-rosuraed a short time ago, is putting on men as fust as they apply, regardless of whether they are union men or not. There has been a great deal of trouble with the union hereto fore regarding wages. Oklahoma' Uold Discoveries. Kansas City, June 25. A local pa per prints the result of a careful exam inatlon made by a staff correspondent sent to investigate the reported gold discoveries in Oklahoma. The many sensational stories of wild excitement in the territory are positively denied. The gold field at present consists of an area of country covered with claim stakes, and besides, there are a few poor farmers washing sand in home made sluices. According to the correspond ent the whole thing in a nut shell is this: There is probably gold in the sand underlying Boggy creek country, but it will take several assays to determine whether it is worth taking out. It will take experienced prospectors to deter mine Where the sand is, and lots of money to collect the gold from the sand. The country may develop a grea field in time, but at present there is nothing to get exoited over. The Davis Millions. Butte, Mont, June 25. Thomas Jefferson Davis, the illegitimate son of the late Judge A. J. Davis, arrived here today from Selina, Iowa, and an nounced that the great Davis will case has not yet been settled, notwithstand ing the settlement of the Root, Cum mings and Sheffields contests a few months ago. The illegitimate son was not a party to the settlement and re oeived no share from it. It 1b stated that a new contest will be started un less he receives some share of the mil lions. A Plot Against the Sultan's Life. Yarla, Bulgaria, June 24. A report from Constantinople says that a state plot, directed against the sultan of Tnr key, has been discovered in the Pa oicaldi military oollege. Thirty stu dents were arroBted yesterday evening, and the arrest of others is immineut. The students deolare themselves op posed to the present regime, which they maintain is transforming a peace' fnl population into lavages. IIILLSBORO, THAT CHINESE LOAN American Capiralists Are Ne gotiating to Secure It. CHANCES ARE CONSIDERED GOOD If They Do, It Will Result In Heavy Shipments o Nllver and Re ceipts of . old. Washington, June 24. Officials of the Chinese legution say the American capitalists who ure negotiating in China to secure a loan of 200,000,000 tuels, which China is about to pay Japan, are by no means urging a vague or futile suit, and thut they stand quito as good a chance of securing tho loan as any other money representatives. Some misapprehension hus been occasioned by a statement that China closed her loan iu Paris. It is explained that this loan is a subordinate one of 16,000,000 tuels to cover the surrender of the Liao Tong peninsula. As Russia and France prevailed upon Japan to make tho sur render, thus yielding the permanent occupancy of Port Arthur, these coun tries uudertook to guarantee the loan of 16,000,000 tuels, which reimburses Japan for this particular transaction. But the mint indemnity of 200,000,000 teals, carries no guarantee by Russia und France, and it is this mint loan which is still open and to which the attention of Ameiicau investors is at tracted. There is much interest and speculation as to the result of the loan if secured by American parties. It is said that the first result would be the shipment of an unprecedented amount of silver. But as China's bonds are payable in gold, the ultimate result would be to bring back gold for the silver paid to Japan. It is pointed out also that interest on the entire loan will not exoeed $5,000,000 annually, so that the Chinese customs receipts of 123,000,000 will readily meet interest charges and provide a sinking fund for the redemption of the bonds, which will probably run for twenty years. A VISIT FROM JAPAN. Some of Her Warships Expected to Visit California. Sun Franoisco, June 24. Private letters received in this city state that as soon as Japan's troubles in Formosa shall have been settled, Admiral Ito will be sent to San Francisco with the Mutsushima and two or three other vessels of his famous fleet. The Mat sushima is a single-masted cruiser of about the tonnage of the Olympia, and, as Admiral Ito's flagship, went through hard fighting at the Yalu and off the roadstead of Wei Hai Wei. One of her probable consorts here is the Naniwa, a sister ship of the Charleston, which begun lust summer's hostilities in the far East by sinking the transport Kow Shing, with all on be ard. The Japanese consul-general in this city says he has heard of the matter, but cannot fix a precise date for the coming of his country's warships nor verify the statement that Amdiral Ito will command them. Owing to the unsettled questions in the far East he thought that Japan would not be able to spare any of her fighting fleet during the summer, but later in the year sev eral ships might come. Some of the objects of the oruise would be to show the sort of vessels that Japan has in her modern navy, and to give their men experience in long voyages. After Annette Island. Port Townsend, Wash. , June 24. Au effort is being made to take from a tribe of Indians called the Methlukaht las an island in Alaska, which in 1887 was ceded to them by the United States government. The land is in South eastern Alaska, and is known as An nette island. The natives have im proved the land, erected public build iugs, churches, sawmills and tilled the soil. A few months ago prospectors who are going up the coast bad occasion to land on the island for a few hours' rest, and one of them discovered a gold quartz ledge. The men immediately staked out claims and applied to the government for mineral patents. The Indians entered a protest, which was favorably considered by the depart' meut. and the miners have since taken an appeal, and if money and influence can overrule the Indians, mining opera tions will be commenced. Cash Trices or Class U Men, New York, June 24. It has been decided to hold professional raoes at the Manhattan beach bicycle track, and 115,000 will be given in purses to be raced for on consecutive Saturdays, from July 20 to September 15. This action, it is believed, will have con siderable effect on the class B, as the majority of raoing men in this olass are anxious to ride for cash. It is intended to make the raoes in ternational in character. Class A events will be run in connection with the professional events. It is also in tended to seek the co-operation of the League of Amenoan Wheelmen to as sume jurisdiction over the professional events. Canada for Canadians. Toronto, June 25. A new party, which may make a radical change in the government of this country, has been formed here under the title of the Canadian National Association. Some of its objects are the fostering of m tional sentiment, working for the re moval of the present system of dual languages, and the abolition of separ ate Bnhools, so that there will be but one official language and one system of schools in Canada. Only Canadians by birth are allowed to join the new party and thousands of applications Imt nuvHtij uvvu tvuutioui vauaua for Canadians" will be its motto. OREGON. THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1895. ANXIOUS TO BE ACTRESSES. Manager Frit-el lander Says There Is a Perfect Craze In San Francisco. San Francisco, June 26. Since Lor etta Addis left the stage to cast her fortune with Lord Sholto Douglass, and Genevieve Nannery forsook the footlights to become the wife of Ir ving Blinn, a millionarie's son, local theatrical managers have been over whelmed with applications from young women who desire to go on the stage. The applicants represent all grades oi society, but the greater number are said to be girls of excellent families and daughters of society people. "I never saw so many stage-struck girls in my life as there is in ban Francissco at present," said S. H. Friedlunder, one of the managers ol the Columbia theater. "I attribute it all to the success of the California ac tresses, professionally and matrimoni ally. There is no doubt that the uiar riges of Loretta Addis aud Genevievt Nannery have made a great impres sion on the young ladies of this com munity. During the last few week; we have hud so many applications that I don't know what to do with them. Not all the girls who waut to udopi the stage have matrimonial aspirations There are many who are leaUy de sirous of becoming clever actresses. O. course you know what it is to be a good actress. It is a pleasant life; a girl is well paid and has attention, and taking it altogether it is an attractive kind of existence. Girls realize this, and I do not blame them for wanting to enter the profession. California girls are singularly adapted to tht stage. They are, as a rule, graceful, vivacious and well developed, and more taking on the stage than Eastern girls. If a California girl has talent she hu the preference in the East. A com pany that visited here recently took ofl thirty San Francisco girls for their ballet. The girls were crazy for tht stag i, and as they were attractive, tht company was glad to get them." THE COLIMA WRECK. An Official Report of the Disaster Reaches the State Dvpartme t. Washington, June 26. An account of the wreck of the Colima has reached the state department from United States Consul Eugene Battle, at Aca pulco, Mexico, dated June 8. He transmits the statement of Mr. Chil berg, corroborated by three of her pas sengers, and two seamen, that the wind and the heavy sea was the cause of the wreck and probably a leak in the ves sel. Twenty-one persons were picked up by the San Juan, and ten, who went ashore on life-rafts, were taken care of by the governor of Colima. Two Mexican steamers rendered prompt ser vice. One hundred and sixty-five per sons were lost, and thirty-one were saved, and the consul believes that but little more of the missing will ever be known. Mr. Chilberg, of Seattle, says that when about forty miles from port and ten to fifteen miles from shore, there came terrible winds, so no one could stay on deck. He thinks the officers were trying to put the ship about to return to port when she was struck by a heavy swell at a critical time with such force that she capsized and sank in ten minutes in 150 fathoms of wa ter. Chilberg was washed overboard, caught in a life-raft with four others, and got ashore after being in the water thirty-three hours. He thinks the steamer sprung a leak, as she listed more aud more before the accident and never seemed to recover herself. One of the rafts had eight men on it, but the sea was so rough that the raft made three complete revolutions, losing a man each time, leaving five who made shore. The people on shore were very kind to them and the governor of Coli ma provided them with food and cloth ing and gave them transportation to Manzanillo. Consul Battle suggests that the state department recognize in some way the governor's generosity to the distressed Americans. Lost on the Contract. Olympia, Wash., June 26. Now that the capitol foundation has been oompleted and accepted by the commis sion, Moffatt Bros. , of Spokane, realize that they were losers on the job in amounts variously stated at from $9,000 to 12,000, aud they have been unable to pay some $3,000 of this- shortage, at least until the return oi the brothers who have gone to Spo kane, when everything, no doubt, will be satisfactorily arranged. Work on this contract was carefully watched by the commission, aud strict compliance with the conditions exacted, with the result that the state has secured magnificent piece of work for which the contractors personally must . pay dearly. The Canal Must lie Dredged. Hamburg, June 28. Several vessels attempting to puss through the Baltic canal have been stranded and obliged to remain where they were all night It will be absolutely necessary to carry out a thorough and extensive dredging process before the canal can be used for praotioal purposes. The kaiser has paid a visit to the Russian cruiser. It was of an extremely cordial nature. His majesty embraced the grand Duke Alexis and shook hands with the junior officers. .V- ,. The Fighting In Macedonia. Sofia June 26. News from the frontier confirms the reports of fighting between Turkish troops and rebels in Macedonia. One band surrounded the troops, and many were killed and wounded. The troops are being rein forced. Peasantry and Soldiers Fight. Athens, June 26. In an enoounter between peasantry and Turkish sol diers, in the province of Apooorena, isl and of Crete, an officer, four soldiers and four peasants were killed, All) FOR THE REBELS Position of This Government in the Cuban Trouble. STRICT OBSERVANCE OF LAW& Secretary Olney Lays Down the Laws Regarding the 1 osltive Neutrality of the American Feople. Washington, June 21. Secretary Olney has laid down the duty of Uuiteu itutes citizens in the observance ol strict neutrality between the bpauish jovemnieut and the Cuban insurgents, jot only touching armed assistance, jut also to render aid and encourage aient in a financial way. The occasion ior this exposition cuine in a lettei ironi John P. Casey, ot the Farmers' & jlochauies' National bank, of Waco, lex., asking if it would be a violation it the neutrality laws for his bunk to act as depository for funds lor the revolutionists. Mr. Ohiey's reply stated: "Whether the bank or its oScers jould be criminally prosecuted is a juestiou as to wbicn opinions uiaj differ, and which can be satisfactorily ettled only by the adjudication of the proper court, febould a bunk engage .u such a trunsuction and, as you sug gest, publish its acceptance of such a crust to the world, it would be my duty co call upon the department of justice co test the question whether or not tht proceedings was a crime against the United States. It might also be niy duty to suggest whether a bank hola ing a United States charter does uoi abuse its franchise and furnish grouuo tor its forfeiture by acts in aid of hos tilities against a nation with which che United States is at peace. "You ask me not merely as to youi technical legal ability, but also as to your moral obligation, adding 'for we are too loyal to our own country to seek to overthrow in any sense he laws.' I heartily commend the senti uieust and am in a position to say your real duty in the premises does not admit of the least question, it uas been expounded by no less an au thority than the supreme court of the United States, in the following: 'The intercourse of this country with foreign nations and its policy in regard to them are placed by the con stitution of the United States in the hands of the government, and its de cisions upon their subjects are obliga tory on every citizen of the Union. He is bound to be at war w.th the na tion against which the war-making power has declared war, and equally bound to commit no act of hostility against a nation with which the gov ernment is on amity and friendship. This principle is universally acknowl edged by the laws of nations. It lies at the foundation of all governments, as there could be no social or peaceful relations between the citizens of differ ent countries without it" THE EMANUEL CHURCH MURDER Testimony of West, the Street-tar Con ductor, Modified. San Franoisco, June 21. J. P. West, a street oar conductor, who gave mportant testimony for the prosecu tion at the preliminary examination ol .Theodore Durrant, has weakened. He informed the district attorney today that he was mistaken in testifying that Durrant and Blanche Luinout boarded his car at Powell and Clay streets and took seats inside his car, April a. The only correction he makes in his testi mony is that Durrant and Miss Lu- tnont sat m front on the dummy, in stead of inside the car. George King and Miss Williams, he said, sat inside the car. The explanation is important, from the fact that it explaius a conflict ul testimony between West and thret school girls, who tesitted positively thut they saw Durrant and Blauche La ment riding together on the dummy on the day in question. But while tht case of the prosecution is helped from one point of view by West's revision o. his own testimony, he will not bi called as a witness when the triul be gins, from the faot that he has hereto fore shown a disposition to be unreli able as a witness. His testimony ai the preliminary examination differed on material points from the testimony he gave at the coroner s inquest The Faclflc Mall Seeking I xemption New York, June 21. The Pacific Mail Steamship Coin pa uy has filed a petition with Judge Brown, of tht United States district oourt, asking foi exemption from liability for all dam ages occasioned by the wreck of tht Colima, and offers to surrender to the court for the benefit of those having claims against the company its interest in the wrecked vessel and all freight money earned in the last fatal voyage. Samuel H. Lyman was today appointed trustee to receive the transfer of the in terest and hold it for the benefit ol creditors who might prove claims. The oourt issued an order commanding all persons claiming damages by reason of the wreck to present their claims to Commissioner Thomas Alexander on or before October 1 next. State of Attalro In Colombia. New York, June 22. A special to the World from Bogota says: Government circles are much alarm ed at the spread of the revolution. The rebel forces are increasing rapidly, and the government is having difficulty in meeting its obligations. The resident is continually surrounded by guards, The greater part of the country is dev astated by the former revolution and is not produoing anything. It is claim ed that the taxes on ooffee prevent its cultivation. NO. 14. THE TRADE RECOVERY. l Favorable Weekly Keport From Mercantile Agency, New York, June 24. R. G. Dun & Co. 's Weekly Review of Trade says: From all parts of the United States the best advices obtainable tell of a ris ing tide of trade and industry, which threatens to mount too far and too fast. The volume of all business is by no means equal to that of 1892 as yet, though in some important branches it is larger than in any other year. The influences of tremendous power con tributing to the rise are encouraging crop news and confident replenishing of stocks, which have for two years oeen depleted to the utmost. Except ing two heavy rains in Texas, crop re ports this week have been highly en couraging. Future injury to cottoii cannot b" predicted, but as yet nothing indicates anything below 7,500,000 oules, which is not supposed to threaten (amine if the commercial and mill stocks are remembered, now exceeding by 2,500,000 bales a full consumption until September. Receipts continut small because consumption is close to che maximum here and abroad, though che marketing of British goods is not entirtly encouraging. Liberal pur chases of all products by the South do not indicate belief that any serious mis fortune impends. So the stronger trade in wheat-growing states accords with brighter crop reports. Reports from spring wheal states and from the Pacific coast are so cheering that, although the loss ol winter wheat was large there, those whose estimates have been most ac curate in recent years are now varying in predictions from 430,000,000 to 475,000,000 bushels, against 6,006,232 lust year, indicating no urgent demand at cur.ent prices. There has been a iull of 6 cents in wheat, with heavier sales than for three weeks. The rush for supplies in iron and steel resembles a "bearpanio" in the stock market, because, while prices are mounting, everybody hurries to buy. Bessemer has reached 12.65 at Pitts burg; the bar association has advanced common to $12.75; the wire nail as sociation puts prices at 1.75 per keg; the steel rail makers have raised the price to $2; Eastern and Southern fur naces have both raised prices again 60 cents per ton, and structural beams are $1.35 and angles $1.25. It is undern ame tnat worits in operation are crowded with orders, and others who have been idle for years are preparing to resume. At the same time the most potent cause of the upward start in prices, the general belief that a combi nation oi coKe producers would raise the prices to $1.50 after July 1, is ap parently removed by war among the producers, and a fall to $1.25 in con tracts for the last half of 1895. Failures for the week have been 228 in the United States, against 214 last year, and 31 in Canada, against 25 last year. EGAN'S CERTIFICATES. i Appeal Has Been Taken to Test Their Validity. San Francisco, June 24. Tran scripts were filed today in the United States circuit court of appeals here upon appeals which have been taken from the Oregon circuit, from a decree passed in one of the Union Pacifio re ceivership suits, and pending in Ore gon, to-wit: That in which an order was passed appointing John M. Egan receiver of the Oregon Short Line & Utah Noithern Railway Company prop erties, extending from Wyoming to Oregon, with branches through Utah, Idaho and Montana. Receivers' cer tificates, it seems were ordered to issue although it is alleged the road was earning more than sufficient to pay operating expenses and maintenance) to the amount of about $1,000,000, chargeable as a lien npon the road, to aid the American Loan & Trust Com pany to pay interest due upon first mortgages upon the properties. The bondholders and stockholders of the company holding bonds in both first and second mortgages protested igainst the issuance of certificates foi this purpose. It is to test the validity jf the receivers' cetificutes issued, not for maintenance, operation or repairs, out purely to enable a second mortgagt to pay interest on the first mortgage, chut the uppeuls are taken. Oliver Ames, the second, and Samuel Cair, ol Boston, bring one appeal, aud the Ore gon Short Line & IJtah Northern Rail- .vay Company another. It is stateo chat hearings cannot be had on appeal: until the fall term of the oourt of ap peals. Ileally uu Auao-t uu iu tiureau. Cresco, la., June 25. A motiou foi a new trial iu the case of Special Ex aminer E. F. Waite, of the pension dt partmeut, conviotea oi intimidating a witness in the celebrated Van Leiven investigation, was denied today. Tht penalty under the law is not over two years in the penitentiary or $50 fine waite usxea tne court to impose on him the extreme penalty if the court oelieved him guilty. His dignified and feeling appeal brought tears to the eyes of the spectators. The oourt fined him $250. The case has been appealed, It is felt by the pension bureau that tne enort to convict Wane on the part of the state courts of Iowa is really an attack on the bureau brought by the mentis oi van Lenven. Heavy Fine for Libel. Phoenix, Ariz., June 22. John O. Dunbar, editor of the Phoenix Gazette, found guilty of criminally libeling ter ritorial officials, was today fined $1,000 and remanded to the custody of the sheriff until the fine shall be paid Dunbar gave notice of appeal. The li bel is now nearly two years old, and consisted of an editorial paragraph di reoted at Governor Hughes, United States Marshal Meade and Attorney uenerai uenry, in wnion they were called assassins and treasury looters. THE CHANGES IS CLASSIFICATION Pendleton Advanced From Third to Seond, Colfax Reduced to Third and Waitsburg to Fourth-Class. Washington, June 21. The net in crease of receipts at the postoffioes throughout the country during the year ending March 31, 1895, was $1,749, 953. This is shown in the results of the annual treadjustmen of presidential postmasters' salaries made public to day. The changes take effect July 1. The total number of presidential offices is 3,466. The salaries of 1,057 are in creased and 393 decreased. The gross increase in the receipts was $1,894,092, and the gross decrease $154, 139. Eight states report a decrease, and practical ly all of these are in the West Changes in classification of postofiices are made as follows: Arizona Globe, reduced from third to fourth class; Prescott, advanced third to second; Tucson, reduced sec ond to third. California Petaluma, reduced sec ond to third; Chico, advanced third to second; Meulo Park, Sonoma and Yuba City, reduced third to fourth. Colorado Colorado Spriugs, ad vanced second to first; Fort Collins, third to second; Crested Butte aud Newcastle, reduced third to fourth. Idaho Montpelier, reduced third to fourth. Montana Grantie, reduced third to fourth. New Mexico Santa Fe, advanced third to second. Oregon Pendleton, advanced third to second. Wyoming Laramie, advanced third to second. Washington Colfax, reduced second to third; Waiteburg, third to fourth. THE GOULD ESTATE. A Report to Be Made on the Expenses of Administration. New York, June 20. Surrogate Ran som has granted the application of George J. Gould and other executors of the estate of the late Jay Gould, to send back to David McClure, the ap praiser, the question of the appraise ment of the estate, so that a report can be made on the expenses of adminis tration. Mr. McClure, as appraiser, reported some time ago that the value of the personal property was $80,943, 580. The real estate was valued at about $2,000,000. The appraiser de ducted the sum of $6,000,000 from the personal property as an indebtedness of the estate to George J. Gould. After deducting other payments, the total value of the residuary state was placed at $73,224,567. Mr. McClure did not make any al lowances for the commissions of the executors, or expenses of the adminis tration of the estate. Pending a settle ment of this question, the sum of $6, 000,000 was paid by the executors into the state treasury under protest as a collateral inheritance tax. Under the will, the four executors receive each $10,000 a year as their commission. In addition, the ex penses of the estate will be about $250, 000. It is claimed for the estate that all these expenses should be deducted from the residue before any tax is nxea. Printers and Pressmen. Philadelphia, June 24. The amal gamation of the International Typo graphical Union and the Pressman's Union has fallen through, principally because the latter was opposed to such a step. This decision was reached at a conference today between three repre sentatives from she Pressman's Union, three from the Typographical Union, and three from the Brotherhood of Bookbinders. The representatives agreed npon a co-operative system, providing that whenever the typos want to inaugurate a strike, they can call the bookbinders and the pressmen out if the local unions consent, but the ex penses of the strike must be borne by the union inaugurating it The same rule applies to all three unions. The following officers were elected at to day's session of the pressmen's conven tion: President, Theodore F. Gillow ski, St. Louis; first vice-president, Jes- iie Johnson, Nashville; seooud vice- president, J. A. Archer, Minneapolis;,., third vioe-presidnet. J. A. Puttou. 1'oronto; secretary-treasurer, James Nelson, Brooklyn. Carl Browne and His Wi.'e. Canton, O., June 24. Carl Browne and his bride, the goddess of peace of jommonweal fame, today took up their march to Washington by easv staaes. fhey will stop ac Alliance tonight, each Salem Monday, Beaver Fulls fhursday, and then stop at Pittsburg, Allegheney, Altoona, Harrisburg and Sutler. They expect to reach Wash ington, July 3, to be ready for the public marriage on the capitol steps on the morniDg of July 4. They will also participate in a reunion with thirty or more of Coxey's army, who have been oamped near Washington since last year. Interest on the .National Debt. New York, June 24. Interest on a large part of the national debt matures July 1, and the treasury department will pay out that day, $5,596,000 in terest on the fours, and $1,933,700 in terest on the bonds issued in aid of the Pacifio railroads. The total disburse ments for interest and dividends, July 1, in this city, will, it is estimated, retvh $75,000,000. Mineral or Agricultural Lands. San Franoisco, June 24. Tho op position to the granting of patents to mineral lands in California to railroad oompanies has brought about an indi rect offer of a compromise for the South ern Paoifio Company. It is proposed to create a commission oom posed of one representative of the Southern Paoifio and one of the State Miners' Associa tion, who shall determine whether the land is mineral or agricultural in char acter. Among miners the opinion about accepting tho proposition is divided,