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HAS THREE TIKES THE CIRCULATION OF ANT PAPER IN THE COUNTT. ADVERTISING BATES. PUBLISHED KVERY FRIDAY BY SLOAN P. SHU T T Kdltor and Proprietor. Professional card. One square One-quaiter colnmn..... One half column.......... One column .......II 00 per month ....... 1 60 per month , , 3 60 per month ....... 8 00 per month 10 00 per month Business local) will be charged at 10 cent per line (or first Insertion and 6 cent pet line there alter. Legal advertisement will in all case be charged to the party ordering them, at legal rates, and paid for before affidavit la famished Subscription hate. One yenrfln advatuwl II 60 If not pKlci In advance ,., , , 2 00 Hl mniithi , 1 00 'Hi r ci mimtlia... , , , 76 Hiiigla copies , 10 VOL. '4. CONDON, GILLIAM .CO.. OREGON, FRIDAY. APRIL 20, 1894. NO. 5. THE OFFICIAL AND LEADINQ PAPER OF GILLIAM COUNTT. CONDON i 1 Knitted at tht Pnatofflct at Condon, Ort.gon, at Hamd-eUut mail matter. OrriCIAI. DIRECTORY. United State. , Prcslrtuwt ..GllOVR ni.RVItl.AKD Vine-President Adi.ai K. HtkvknwiN Seeretary of Mate .....Wai.tk O. (Jkpjiiiam Heeretary of t reasury...., John 0. Cabmsi.k tteoretary of Interior lioaa smith Meeretary of War Da mm, tt, I,amont eeuretsry of Navy Hii.akv A. IIkhhkkt Postinasler-Ueueral Wiuhjm H. Hihskll Attorney-UeHeral HicHaho OI.NKV Secretary of Asrleullure J btekumo MoaruN State of Oregon. Ooyemor., , fl. PitxrfoYKit Hmiretary of Htate J W. M Hkid Treasurer Hint MktskhaH AtUiruur-tleueral (lao. K (Jhamdkhi.aii) Bupt. of ruullo lustruoilou. R. H. Uv.KlstHl - ) j; , iUtl,fH. Con,rre.smen . jUr.'M?,. Prluter .... Khans: O. Haksm (K. A. MouNS Supreme Judge W. p i. Seventh Jadlelal District. Circuit Judge m..... W. h. Bhadsiiaw PrMnoutltig Att4irney ....W. 11. Wilson Member (Hate Board,.,....... i, 1 Lvcaar O I II lam County. Joint rtonator ...W. W. Btiw Kei.reseutatlve .....I J. 1ooikii.h Judge. W.J. Mahimrb ,,...,. ... JW. J. Kowariis Commissioner.. R ttAUnon OsOrk iinilllMIHMHIIMINHIIIHHHMIljAV J KUt'AB HherlrT. -.,......, W. h. WIIXOI Tn-urur. Hrrhkht If amitkao Aswmsnr........... ............ ..Vai, Wiirrlkr Hurveyor W. W. Kknksky fcVboui HHperluteatle'it ...I.iiria ParkkR Sloe Inspector Uwis A. Millm Union Faelfle Hallway Time Card. Tralus arrive and leave Arlington ss follow: ARMOUMO. Train Ne. 2, fast mall, arrives at Arlington at 1 :26 a.m. WRSt ROUKD. Train No. 1, fast mall, arrive al Arlington at 1:2ft a.m. gW Only one train a day. llnppnnr trains No. 9 and 10 hive dUeontln ' tied the run to Arlunilou, but mnko close eon me tuns with No, t and '2 at Willows Junction. Tlir.)iita tu kou sold aud ImgKiKu tliwsiwl throiiKb to all poluta lu lb Uutud Htate aud Cauaiia, 8. COLLINS Ticket Agent. Arlington, Or. . A A. M. MT. MUKIAII LOIMIK. NO. VV- Mtnted commnulfatlou ou Hsturday even- Tiia on or btfore lull moon of each monto. Ho- tux on Inurulugbreiliren in gnodeiaiMl'iigare cordially luvltIU.aiu u(l. W L. WUXJOX, W. M. J. 11. lluueoN, BorreUry. A RI,I NOTON-KOHMl I, HAII.Y BTAOR USE. K, A. N'l.on. TroprUtor. FAHR rKoM AHUMUTOM TO Poss'l .......-.W 00 Return, $10 00 . Mayv II- .....,..., 6 00 Return, 00 Citiidou 00.... Return, 7 60 Clem.- 00..... Return, 8 00 Olea 2 00 Heturti. I 00 Lt-ave Arliiiglou every morning (Hunday ex eentedat6ovlix.'k. is dee at Condon at tt. M aud arrives at Kossll at 7 r. M. j Cniniortable coaches aud Careful, experlenoed J AY P. tUCAH. County Clerk, DOR U LIMO Or LAND AND NOTARY BUSINESS In a neat and careful manner. p()Nl)ON-IX)SK ROCK DAILY STAG 8 LINK. I. M. Kin. hart, Proprietor. Iave Condon every morulng (Sunday reptml) at :H0 o'clock, and arrives st Loue Rock at li M., via Matney aud Lost Valley. rare, 09.00. Bound Trip. 03 BO. TR. J. J. 1100 AN PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Condon, Or. OflWe Oregon eve., between Catholic Church and residence of . 1'. Blmlt. D1 Z. T. DOD80N, Physician and Surgeon, Condon. Or. At present can be found on my ranch at Hay Vrcea uuite, ten nines huivu I)R J. H. 1IV0H0N, Physician and Surgeon, A Condon, Or. Offlce and renldence in the Wiley Miller rest drnce in Houth Condon. Calls promptly attended to day or nlgbt. W. DARLING, Attorney at Law, Notary Public and Conveyancer. Condon, Or. r '' Collection and insure w T' Olllca in rear of postolilce -' W. U. Kill'. ELLI8, DAV 1 ' , ' TiafekkatedrreiicHure, loner nili-d. J.1 Bold 0! A POSITIVE GUARANTEE to euro toy form OlntTVOHK llOU0 or any disorder of the generative or eitiwof ellliorsfx, vhotlicr arisluK m from thnmcciiuii ve UsociBtlmuluntK, AFT Tobacco orOriIuin,orthrouKh youthful imllscnv tloo.ovcrlndiili'ciiro, Ao,,s'a'fia LomoI liruln Power. Wukcftilncsn.lic'orliigdovvn fuluilutha back, Hem lual Wcuk nor , Iiyttorla, Nervous jro tratlon. Nocturnal Emlrwloiis, l.e::corrhira, !)) iIucm. Weak Memory. Loof I'owiwaml Lm. .tiMicy.whlcblfncKlocteilortonlfail to prematura vui n ;n aii'i innauuy. rnio f i.w a wix, ObOXCt iir f ..(in. Hcnt by mail on rocrltit of price A WBIX M.T.S litlAUANTlCK 1 given for ery t.1.uiorilcrrto!lvcd,t'rcfmi'l tiietnoney if a- 1'xrmnnent euro fa not Kltai-tptl. W h. "YTinuxaiKliottestlmonlul fmmo'd and young. by tbeuseof Apbrodltine. Circularfreo. Addrca THE APHRO MEDICINE CO. WesUiru Brauoh. Sox 27. rovTUtMit Oa. . for RAi.a by -L. W. DA Bill NO CO., Condon, Or. THE mm SEWING MACHINE 18 THE BEST. Tie OnlrM'Thlne that will lew BACKWARD a well aaFOUWAKDwIlhotitstnppiug. Unlet, Light-Running, ailjuslab.e in all Its parts. WE SELL TO DEALERS ONLY. Correspondence Solicited. UNION MANUFACTURING CO, W.M. PETEIt, Owner, TOLEDO, OHIO. TO SALT LAKE, DENVER, Omaha, Kansas City, CHICAGO, ST. LOUIS AND ALL EASTERN CITIES. DAYS to 2 CHICAGO the Quickest to Chicago and the East. Quicker to Omaha and Kansas City. Through Pullman and Tourist Sleeper, Free Reclining Chair Cars, Dining cars. 'HHON.j Receivers, '-or address BEFflRP I is i"( j .if Ti Hours Hours ALASKAN SURVEY. Grass-Covered Vessel Sighted by the Bark Almy. THE COURT STREET CASES. Good Shipped In Bond by the Way of Kurope Can Come In Foreign Bottom aud Are Free of Duty. 8a Fbancihco. The United States Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the decigion of the lower court in the ouit of the government against Dunham, Carrtgan, II ay den St Co. for the confis cation of a cargo of nails. Two years ago, when the Transcontinental Associa tion of Railways, the Tac&c Mail Steam ship Company and the clipper ship com bine kept up rates from New York to San Francisco, the firm of Dunham, Carrigan, I lay den & Co. discovered that it was cheaper to ship goods from New York to Kurope and thence by sail to Han Francisco than to ship by the com bined railways or steamers direct to San Francisco. Acting on this discovery, they shipped a big lot of goods by a Bel gian steamer to a consignee in Antwerp in bond. They were put aboard a for eign sailing vessel there and shipped to this city. After much of the shipment had been landed, Collector of the Port Phelps seized the first lot that followed. The lower court decided that Dunham, Carrigan, Ilavden & Co. was lawfully entitled to ship as it had, and that such shipments did not violate the letter of coastwise laws, which require trade be tween American ports to be conducted in American vessels. The United States Circuit Court of Appeals finally upheld the lower court. Judges McKenna and Gilbert rendered the decision. THE COCKT 8THEKT CASES. Assessment Declared Illegal After the Tas Was raid. Astoku. The news that the Supreme Court has reversed the decision of Judge McBride in what is known as "the Court street cases," suits brought in the Cir cuit Court for. Clatsop county to enjoin the city of Astoria from collecting cer tain assessments for street improve ments, and in which Judge McBride de cided in favor of the city, caused no lit tle surprise here, not unmixed with dis satisfaction. Many of the property owners interested refused to pay until the case was heard in the lower court, but as soon as the decision was learned a majority of the assessments were promptly paid, the opinion being pretty general that Judge McBride's ruling would hold good. Those who took the case to the higher court were only inter ested to the extent of a few hundred dollars, and in consequence the loss to the city will be small, as none of the nroDertv owners naid under protest. The grounds upon w hich the ruling of the uircuit court was reversed nave not yet been learned, but it is surmised that the ordinances providing for the im provement of the street were illegal, by reason oi uie iaci mat mere was no Mavor. the President of the Council having signed all measures passed after the resignation ot mayor urosoy in is:u and until the election of Mr. Elmore by the Council. NEW BOARD OK DIRECTORS. Annual Meeting of the Southern Pacific Btockholdera Held. San Fbakcisco. The annual stock holders' meeting of the Southern Pacifa) Railway Company has just been held, and a new Board of Directors elected as follows : C. P. Huntington, C. F. Crocker, T. H. Hubbard, Russell J. Wilson, S. T. Gage, N. T. Smith, W. H. Crocker, H. K. Huntington, T. E. Stillman, A. N. Towne and J. C. Stubbs. The new names in this list are Russell J. Wilson and W. H. Crocker, the latter replacing his brother George. The election of Russell J. Wilson and the re-election of 8. T. Gage and N. T. Smith, all represenatives of Stanford, seem to refute the recent statements that Mrs. Stanford designs an early withdrawal of her proprietary interest in the road. The annual report for 181)3 was submitted, and made the following showing of totals: Receipts, 148,708,168; expenditures, t47.913.801; balance. 1794.367 ; income from invest ments, $311,439; total net income, $1, 106,796. The totals for 1892 were: Re ceipts, $49,605,900; expeditures, $49, 357,288; balance, $308,612 ; income from investments, $211,932; total net income, $520,544. GRASS-COVERED VESSEL. The Strange Report Brought In by the Helen W. Almy. San Francisco. The bark Helen W. Vltny, which arrived here Friday from fining Island, brought a strange story. Awarded Highest v nan. . r r"" Sire Cream of Tartar fllions of Homes 'Tit bd -.onl Raking -aeB , - - E J3Bf JI&MEW2 tfl IIV When off the island February 26 she sighted a small schooner, which after a great deal of effort ran under her lee and showed a flag of most peculiar de sign, the like of which was never seen before. It was in two pieces, and the lower half was from the American flag, while the upper half looked like a black pennant. The vessel had been white once, but her sides were covered with grass. Tiie mainsail appeared to be new, and as for the foresail there was only half of one, and that was all patches and holes. The name of the little craft could not be made out, as she kept a re spectful distance from the bark. Cap tain Luttrell thought he recognized in her the twenty-five-ton schooner Ebon, whose skipper, Captain Cameron, disap peared from the Gilberts early in 1893, ii.aving some heavy creditors. Cameron and his schooner were afterward heard of in the Marshall Islands. FCHRHAN ACQUITTED. Krng'e Bondsmen Declared Not to be Guilty of a Crime. Seattle. The trial of Henry Fuhr man, the rich broker, for using the city funds as an accessory to Adolpb Krug, the defaulting City Treasurer, ended in a verdict for the defendant. The trial lasted five days, and was closely conr tested. The specific charge was concern ing the $10,000 which Fuhrman was al lowed by Krug to take. Krug was con victed on this same indictment a few days ago. Fuhrman's defense was that be took the money on deposit the same as the banks did. It was shown that he returned every dollar borrowed and has made up the shortages of several other borrowers by putting up about three times his proportion of the defaulting Treasurer's official bond. Ex-United States Senator John B. Allen and E. C. Hughes conducted the defense, and made eloquent pleas for the defendant. The jury was out but little over an hour, and returned a verdict of " not guilty.'" Several other prominent citizen were indicted on similar charges, and this ac quittal is supposed to greatly relieve them. A NEW SCHEME. Chinese Deported to China Landed In British Columbia. Victoria, B. C Yee Lee, Yee Chung and Fong Chong Yuen, deported from the United States and shipped to China by the steamer Tacoma, have been land ed here with a habeas corpus sworn out by friends before Justice Drake. On the arrival of the ship the bead tax of $50 was paid for each, and they presented the receipts to Captain Hill. He re fused to recognize them, holding that he bad contracted with the United States government to deliver them in China, and that as such he was acting as agent of said government. A writ of habeas corpus was then obtained and . an order for their release made. The steamship was delayed nearly all day. This is the firt-t case of the kind, and will either lead to a speedy understanding between Washington and Ottawa or to the depor tation of all Chinese from San Francisco. If a sharp lookout is kept, the three Chinamen will probably be caught en tering the United States again. THAT NAUGHTY DANCE. Jury of San Franciscan to Pas Cpon the Question of Its Morality. San Francisco. The trial of Eelle Bava and a bevy of the Cairo street dancing girls, instigated by the Society for the Prevention of Vice for the pur pose of securing a legal determination of the question as to whether the danse du ventre is immoral, was called this afternoon by Judge Conlan. The de fendants after their arrest several davs airo demanded a jury trial, and the aft ei noon was passed in a fruitless effort to secure the jury. Nearly all those sum moned confessed thev had seen the dance, and because of previous bias of mind or judgment already fixed or for other sufficient reasons were dismissed as incompetent. Alter much trouble a jury was finally secured, and the case went over till next wees, mere was a great deal of disappointment on the part of a large crowd which assembled at the courtroom because the door was barred nnoii them, the Judtre DroDosinsr to con duct the trial onlv before the mrv. at torneys and witnesses. It is probable the young women will be called upon to perform the dance before the jury that the case may be determined upon its merits. The Alaska Surrey. , San Fbancisco. When the United States steamer Patterson leaves this port on the 21st of this month she will have on board four parties from the coast sur vey bound for Alaska. The parties con sist of surveyors and astronomers, who will devote themselves to making sur veys on the boundary line between Alaska and British America. These surveys have been in progress for several seasons, and are now completed from the Arctic regions to Mount St. Elias. This year work will be finished from this point south. The United States steamer, Captain Harber, will be placed at the service of the surveyors for the purpose of communication and the car rying out ot the chronometers. Honors World's Fair. n s?s rra n Powder Powder. No Ammonia; No Alum. 40 Years the Standard. SUPPLY OF WHEAT The Notorious Bill Dal ton is Fatally Wounded. THE BREACH OF PROMISE SUIT Why the Report of the Trial Should be Culled of the Filthy Passages One of the EIIs Exposed. ' Chicago. There is trouble brewing among the students at the Woman's Col lege, a section of the Northwestern Uni versity in Evanston. The young women are now allowed to read only those pa pers from which- all accounts of the Breckinridge-Pollard case have been clipped, and as a consequence many harsh things have been said and many indignant tears have been shed. Three weeks ago the newsboys in Evanston I suddenly experienced a boom in busi ness. Every morning and evening the carriers staggered toward the Woman's College under a huge pile of papers, and returned empty-handed. Just what it was the girls were interested in was lor a time only surmised, but it has leaked out that it was the racy accounts of the lamous Dreach-ot-promise case that the young women were after. Saturday night the Dean, Emily Huntington Mil ler, and an assistant surprised a roomful of young women listening with bated breath while one of their number was reading the most sensational part of Col. Breckinridge's confession. When the newsboys went heavily laden to the col lege next morning they were unceremo niously ejected by the janitor without the sale of a paper, and the girls have not since been allowed to see a paper except those from which all reference to the case has been clipped. Wenatchee-Coneonnlly Mall Route. Washington Crrr. Senator Squire is working hard in the endeavor to se cure a new mail route from W enatchee in Kittitas county via Knapp's Ferry, Lakeside, Chelaa, Methow river, Vir ginia City, Ophir, Malott, Clover and Kubv to Gonconullv. a service which is greatly desired by the people living in these towns and along this route, fet ter mail facilities are greatly needed throughout that section, and petitions from that section have been supple mented by one from the Seattle Cham ber of Commerce. Seattle is the natural base of supplies for Okanogan and Kit titas counties, and many of her citizens who are interested in mining and in the development of the country would be benefited by this service. All these facts have been laid before the Postmaster- General and, it is hoped, will have the desired enect. The 8upply of Wheat. Washington City. The report of the Secretary of Agriculture in reply to the resolution of Senator Pettigrew, calling for a statement of the visible and invis ible supply of wheat, has been submit ted to the senate, lne total supply March 1, 1893, was 610,000,000 bushels. Amount in farmers' hands March 1, 1893, and the visible supply March 1, 1894. amounted to 729.000.000 bushels. which he gives as the total amount dis tributed and available for distribution. The apparent discrepancy is 119,000,000 bushels. The supply on hand March i, 1894. was 190.000.000 bushels. The prob able consumption from March 1 to July 1. 1894. he puts at I2i.uuu.uuu bushels. leaving 69,000,000 bushels available for export from March 1 to July 1, 1894. Bill Dalton Fatally Wounded. Gcthrie, 0. T. A dispatch to United States Marshal Nix states that Marshal Carr met Bill Dalton and several of his gang of outlaws near Sacred Heart Mis sion in the Pottawattomie reservation, and a pitched battle with revolvers en sued, mil Dalton ana one oi his men, named George Thorn, were fatally wounded, but the others escaped. Dei- uty Marshal Carr also received a dan gerous wound. It was thought the Dal tons were preparing for a raid on the banks at Purcell and iecumseh. Bill Dalton is the last of the notorious Dalton brothers, and ia said to have been a member of the California Legislature at one time. Kearsarge'a Commander Convicted. Washington City. The court-martial in the case of Commander Heyerman, commanding the Kearsarge, found him guilty of negligence in suffering his ves sel to run upon the reef and inefficiency in the performance of his duty. He is sentenced to be suspended from duty for two years on waiting orders, but to re tain his present number of commanders. Because of his long and faithful service all the members of the court recom mended clemency by the reviewing au thority. Affecting Oregon School Lands. Washington City. In the matter of the appeal of the State of Oregon from the decision of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, rejecting its anpli cation to select certain school indemnity lands within the limits of the grant to the Oregon and California railroad, the Secretary of the Interior reverses the ao tion of the Land Commissioner. The Secretary's decision will affect numerous similar cases before the department as well as reopen others already decided by the uepariment. To Prevent Poaching. Washington City. The Committee on Public Lands has agreed to report the Lacy bill, which fixes a heavy fine lor poacning in i euoweione rart. NATIONAL CAPITAL NEWS. The annual distribution of seeds by the Agricultural Department is practi' cally completed. The amount distrib uted is 30 per cent greater than last year. Each Congressman received 3,000 more bags of seeds than in any previous year. The appropriation for the present fiscal year was $135,400. The Committee on Indian Affairs has decided not to move the Utes from the Colorado reservation. A substitute bill, which is a compromise, will be reported to the House. It will not become a law' until the Utes agree to its provisions. It will provide for keeping them on the western end of the reservation, giving them one township in New Mexico. They will be given a quarter of the pres ent reservation. , Secretary Smith aas transmitted to Congress an adverse report on the House bill providing for the restoration of 1,861 square miles of land in Yellowstone Na tional Park to the public domain. The Secretary says the segregation of the land is the result of obstructing the en forcement of -regulations of the govern ment in the park, owing to squatting by poachers, trappers and other undesirable characters. The boundaries now fixed are satisfactory to the department. No good reason for the proposed change is. knows. Senator Carey is encouraged over the prospects of the bill for cession of 1,000.- 000 acres to each of the arid-land States ' and Territories to be improved by irri gation. The general expression of opin ion Dy memoers iavors me Din. mere is little doubt that it will be favorably reported soon by the Committee on Pub lic li&nds. Mr. Carey believes the bill will receive the nnammous indorsement of the committee. Senators Dolph and Vilas favor the bill, and say it provides for an experiment in the right direction and may lead to a solution of the ques tion of what is to be done to reclaim the arid lands. . Mr. Grosvenor of Ohio has introduced in the House a resolution calling for a special investigation of Governor Till man's action in seizing railroad property and telegraph lines engaged in interstate commerce and with armed force and vio lence establishing a censorship of the daily and weekly press of the country and prohibiting the transmission of news dispatches to the newspapers. The res olution directs the Committee on Inter state and Foreign Commerce to inquire by what law such acts had been.commit ted and whether the laws of the United States had been violated. In his remarks on the resolution Grosvenor said this was the first time in the history of the government such a censorship of pre?a dispatches had been established. The resolution was referred to the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, of which Wise of Virginia is Chairman. A bill introduced in the House by Wolverton of Pennsylvania abolishes the office of United States Circuit Court Commissioners, and repeals the laws authorizing appointments thereto. The Attorney-General is authorized to divide the States and Territories into as many Commissioner districts as he may deem necessary and change the boundaries of such districts or create new districts when required. The President is au thorized to appoint on the nomination of the Attorney-General a sufficient number of Commissioners in the dis tricts, to hold office for four years. The Commissioners are to have the same ju risdiction now conferred on United States Circuit Court Commissioners, and will be authorized to try with a jury of six all offenses punishable with fine or im prisonment and sentence the defendant with the same effect as if the defendant had been convicted in the United States District Court. Three bills are now being considered looking to the collection of $100,000,000 indebtedness of the Central and Union Pacific Railroad Companies to the gov ernment. Two of them are now bf fore the House Committee on Pacific Rail ways. One was introduced by Geary, another by Brown and a third by Boat ner. The Geary bill provides for the foreclosure of the government's mort gage on the two roads and the appoint ment of a committee on the part of the government to manage the roads. Geary says his desire is to make the men who have grown rich out of the railroads pay the government what they honestly owe. From what can be learned the Brown bill is cot likely to be agreed upon, hut after it Hnd Geary's bill have been thor oughly discussed a new measure will be reported embodying the featnres of one or the other. The Boatner bill also pro vides for judicial procedure to compel the companies to make restitution to the government. Caminetti has introduced a joint res olution authorizing the President to in vite all the nations of the Western Hem isphere to a conference on the financial question. The preamble of the resolu tion recites the fact of the community interests existing in the Western Hemi sphere; the continued depreciation of silver; the default by Guatemala; that Mexico and the governments in Central and South America may take similar action, and asserts that the various in terests of the United States are threat ened with loss. Then follows the resolu tion. By it the President is requested to invite representatives of American Republics to meet in Washington, whose object it shall be to " obtain relief from the conditions which have caused the, demonetization of silver." The second partis: "The convention shrill be for the purpose of drafting a treaty or treat ies on the subject, to be thereafter sub mitted for ratification to the nations represented, calculated to secure to thein such recognition of silver from the nations of the Eastern Hemisphere and to provide regulations governing the pro duction thereof and maintenance among themselves of such a standard as will re- store permanent financial conditions and protect their common interests,"