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THE OFFICIAL AND LEADING PAPER OF GILLIAM COUNTY. HAS THREE TIMES TEE CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE COUNTY. rVBMIHID I VIET FRIDAY BT SLOAN P. 8HUTT, Ealter and Proprietor. ' fa- Subscription Kate. On year (In advance)- II M II not 1! in advance a 00 bit mouth I 2 Thro mouth. 78 Higgle coplu 10 ADVERTISING RAT Kg. Professional card.... Oneiquare One-q natter column.., One half colamn ......Jl 00 per month 1 90 per month ..... t SO per month ......... 00 per month 10 00 nor mnnth una column. Bnalneu local, will ha rh - n - n line for Ant Insertion and & cent per line there after. Legal advertisement will in all case be charged to the party ordering them, at legal ratea, and paid for before affidavit ia furnished GONDON GLOBE. VOL. 4. CONDON, GILLIAM CO.. OREGON. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 28, 1894. NO. 28. Entered at the Pottnffiet at Condon, Oregon, ai leamd-clcut mail matter. OFflCIAL DIRECTOR. United State.. President Obovk Ci.ievsLAND Vioa-frnaldent ...Aii.ai B. Mtmvkhhoi) Becrlarr of Htate WaltkhQ. Uhr.iiaM Secretary of Treasury.; JolIK 0. Cahi.ihi. Secretary of Interior Hoait smith Beoretaryof War Dawiki. H. Lamont Secretary of Navy Hilary A. Hjckiikbt r-oMmamer-tleiieral Wiuwm H. BihkM. Attorney -Ueneral HichabdOMist beoretary ol Agrieultur J. Btkuliku Moktom State of Oregon. Oovemor Secretary of Btat ............ Treaaarer Altorucy-Ueiieral. Buut. of rubllo lu.trMotlon... ...,;.,..Wn V. Loan H. K. Kihi aio ...Phil Mktwimaw U. M. iDI.KMAN 1, M. Ihwib IJ. II. MlTCHKM. jj. N. IXttrH. IB. liKHMAMM W. K. K 1.1.1 !.W. H. Uki St'.. E, WoLVaBToH P. A. Mooa . K. B. liBAN. Senators. Congressmen....... Printer. , Bnpreme Judge. Seventh Judicial Dlatrlet. Circuit Judge... W, L, Bsadshaw PrMHOtithia Attorney ...A. A Javk Member State Board... ,.W. C. WlU Ollllara Connty. Joint Senator forOllliam, nun and Waaco couutlua. Reuroieutatlv... ... Sher- ......... W. W. Btkiwsb J. E. Pavib ..W. J. M amine Judge. ..... Ulera Biierlir. Treasurer ..... V. LUCAS W. L. WILCOX B. B. Banana (Jo. H. Kaldtoh IE. M. C'LYMaa M O CL.aK ...W. W. KknmkuT Oonimlulonera. or ftuuool Hiiperiuteailent.... surveyor, ...,....,......-. Coroner.... Stock luapeotor W. A. aimtiwm ..Lawia A. Millkh Union, Paolflo Hallway Tim Cord. . Tralmarrlv and leave Arlington a follow: AIT-BOOMD. Train No. 3, faat mll, arrive at Arlington at liiMa. m. WMT-BODBO. Train No. 1, faat mall, arrive al Arlington at 1:2 a. H. aTJeT" Only one train a day. Ililtipr train No. and 10 have discontin ued the run to ArlliiKUm, but mnke etnw eon. neolion with No. 1 and t at Willow Junction. Through ticket (Old aud bagKM checked through to all point In the Uuiled Blatea and Cauaua. 8. COLLINS Ticket Agent, Arlington, Or. A t. A. M.-MT. WOKIAU UUXiK, NO. 6 A, BlaUid rammHuk-all-tii oil H.turday oven iiiK on or before lull moon of each montn. Bin loarnlm breibrtm in goml.taiiilutgare cordially luvltrrt to attend. W U WllXOX, W. to. J, II. IlL'iwoM, Berrotary. TR. J. J. HOOAN PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, I f , Condon, Or. j . HMpfflce-Oragon are., between Cathollo Church aud realdeuoe of a. P. Hhutt. JJR. J. II. HUDSON, ( ' Physician and Surgeon, i " Condon. Or. 1 v, ' Office and renldence In the Wiley Miller real donee In tkmtb Condon. Call promptly attended to day or night W. DARI.INQ, Attorney at Law, ' Notary Public Bnd Conveyancer, Condon, Or. Collection and liianranne. Term reaionable. Office in rear of poatotllce building, Main itreet. W. K. BUI.'" J. W. Dawaon. T. R. tyoii. E il LL1H, DA WHO N A LYONS, , ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Office at Ueppner and Condon, Oregon. A. D. GURXKY, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Arllogton, Oregon. ...... I. .11 !.. ..I Ih. HtHlo Colknlion made and general law buainea vrnim.uHi. t ii.it.rf ). Cammlaalanar ard Nolarv Public Land proof and filing taken, and all Other lana DiumeM uareiun; hwmw J AY P. LUCAS, Connty Clerk, , ooc am, unp or LAND AND NOTARY BUSINESS ' In a neat aud careful manner. g P. 8HUTT, ' JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, Condon, Or, Collection promptly and carefully attended to. CAV t A 1 0, 1 liftU t MARKS J COPYRIGHTS. V CAN I OIlTAJrl A PATKNTf JPor a ronipt anawer and an boneat opinion, write tq M I) N N lc CO., who have bad nearly llfty yean export. in the patent bnalneu. Commnnioa tloua trtotly oonfldentlal. A Handbook of In tormotlon oonoernlng Patent and bow to ob. Uln them aunt free. Alao a catalogue of mechaa. Iml and aclentlflo hooka aeut. free. . Patenta taken thrown Munn ft Co. weelvj aneolal notloo In the rMeutlne American, and thu are brouifht widely before the puMIe with out enat to the Inventor, Thlj .plondld paper iMiind weeklv. e eaant y I lnatrated. ha. by far the ISSSat elrSumtlon of any Mlentlflo wort in tb World. . 3 S rear. .T.?i':j .. " n , lma Kdltlon. monthly, M.S0a year. BlngW winiea 'ia ont. Every number contain beau tiful plate, In eoloi, and pbotpdraiih of new hooaea, with plan, enabling builder to i ahow ths UtInfalim aud aiure ooDtraota. Addrea toMUNN 4t CO, NW XOHK, S61 BlWADWAT. Every cumber oontalna bu- SCHOOL CENSCS. The Return of the Superintendent In Waklngton. 0i,ymi-ia, September 21. The table below is compiled from the reports made by the County School Superintendents to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction for the year ending June SO, 1894, and shows the number of school children for the year 1894, the total value of all school property and the amount of bonds now outstanding : County. Children, Value. Bond, 111.490 4,400 Hl.ftf 84,:I0 " 21, 0W 4 249 9,m 21,260 Adam...,... Aaotln m 712 IZ.IO . J,ll ' 4I.WK) 1 T7,TC 7I.1M-" 87.HM a,(xj 8,M) 144, 1W VIW,41M K,M4 W,6.l! a,076 23,104 4A.8W4 04U,I08 18,107 v,m 2IIK 217.1M Mtm 1W.74A 148,8 '. KM4 -i 809,040 ,;hcb.l ... 31!1H ., 1,5191 ( 4 '40 Clallam,...., .'larke 'olumbla .. W4 ... 1,206 'owllt DoukIh,., Pnnklln , lalnnd ,.. I1V ......... ' 44T ...,,.... 1,21 ............lO.MM ifftH 6,.'ll(l Bf ifferaou....... loi .rio 4 !M lo.ioo 18 MHO M,M10 81745 - 3,000 100JIM) King Klllitaa Iwla Maaon Okanogan...... cino. ,. tm .18.IW6 Plume..- Han Juan... Hk.Klt . 8,211 Hkainanla ... 41 ... 4,421 40 ... 231 ... .'. . 4.OT7 ... p,fl rtiiohoinlah. ......... lfll.VOO 84, M0 010 iw.aoo 1K2.741 2000 lOkau nvena. Thur'on...... Wba'com. ............ Whitman Yakima The returns are not yet in from Gar field, Kitean, Klickitat, Lincoln, Wah kiakum and Walla Walla counties. Carlln Striker on Trial. Cabbok, Ner., September 19. The trial of five Carlin strikers, charged with conspiracy to delay United States mails, is progressing in the United States Cir enft Court. A large number of witnesses were examined to-dav. and various tele grams between the strikers and Debs and Knox have been placed in testi mony. The testimony is very interest ing, and ttie court is crowded daily. The fact was brought out to-day that the railroad is back of tie prosecution. THE Mil SEWING MACHINE 10 THE BEST. Ul CO Ti e Onlv Machine that will tew BACKWARD well a FORWARD without atopplng. 4ult, Liglit-Huunlng, adjustable In all It parta. WE 8ELL TO DEALERS ONLY. . Correspondence Solicited. UNION MANUFACTURING CO, WM. rSTBR, Owner, TOLEDO. OHIO. 0. R. k II. GO. E. McNEILL, Receiver. TO THE OIVEB THE OHOIOt OF TWO TRANSCONTINENTAL mO U TIE'S VIA VIA SPOKANE DENVER OMAHA MINNEAPOLIS AND AND ST. PAUL KANSAS CITY LOW RATES TO ALL EASTERN CITIES. OCEAN STEAMERS LEAVE PORTLAND EVERY 6 DAYS . . FOB. . SAN FRANCISCO For full detail call on or addreaa W. H. HURLBURT, , Gen. Pass. Agent, - Portland, Or. L S EAST THE WHISKY TRUST Judge Gibbons Sustains Demur rer to Amended Fleas. OUSTER JUDGMENT DIRECTED. If the Daelalon I Buatalned, It Will End th Corporate Kxlatenee of the Ilo i fondmt What AlaUtant Attorney Oeneral Bchofleld Say Abont It. Ciiicaqo, September 20. Judge Gib bons to-day sustained the demurrer to the amended pleas of the Whisky Trust to information in quo warranto filed by Attorney-General Maloney, and di rected the Attorney-General to prepare Judgment of ouster against the trust The decision is on formal matters left unsettled by the main decision three months, ago. Defendant will appeal. If the decision is sustained, it will end the corporate existence of the defendant. The Attorney-General will prepare the udgment of ouster, as directed by the court. This will be entered, but the de fendant's appeal will operate to suspend it, and nothing definite will result until the Supreme Court passes on the same. The proceedings to-day end the case in the lower courts, juage uiDbons in making the final order, said : "The leeal enect ol the pleas is to admit the ownership and control of eighty-one or more distilleries by the respondent, which up to the time of their acquisition or absorption by it were owned and controlled by separate and distinct corporations. It is not the wealth represented by the capital stocks of a corporation, nor the value of its property, which brines it within the ban of outlawry, but it is the effect upon the public, Browing out ol a combination ol corporations or interests, the inevitable result ol which, whether so intended or not, is to govern the supply and regulate the price of distilled spirits. In its con federated form it possesses a power and influence which no single corporation could wield. Ita ramifications extend into and their power is felt in every city in the Union, corporations may nourish and expand, but competition and in dividualism muBt neither be thwarted nor crushed." Assistant Attorney-General Schofield said: ' If to-day's decision is sustained, the property of the Whisky Trust will, of course, go nrst to the creditors, then to the owners, but whether a receiver will be appointed, if the decision is sustained. or some other means of distributing the property adopted l cannot say." UNITED STATES ARMY. Why the Latet Order or General Bcho fleld Wm Withheld. Washikqtok, September 20. It was perhaps with a view to the unexpected execution of the plan for the concentra tion of troops and the reduction of a number of army posts that the formal order to give it effect was withheld until Congress had adjourned and but few Senators and Representatives remained in Washington. By the terms of the order nine posts are abandoned. They are in the West, namely : Fort Marcy, N. M. ; Fort Bowie, A. T. : Fort McKinney, Wyo. ; Fort Sully, 8. D. ; Fort Supply, 0. T. ; Fort Mackinac, Mich., and Newport Barracks, Ky. These posts were much too numerous in Western States, causing an expendi ture with regularity of Targe sums of money by the garrisons and encouraging business generally, it was not supposed that they could be abandoned without some opposition, and already a flood of protests nave begun to pour in upon me War Department, remonstrating against the changes in every case. General Scholield, who is acting as Secretary of War. has to bear the brunt, but he is laying aside the papers until the return of Secretary Lamont, who must pass upon them in the end. TDK HERO OF HINCKLEY. Engineer Root Olve HI Money Reward to the Flro Sufferer. . MiNNKAPOLfb, September 20. A num ber of prominent citizens of Minnesota, including Senator Washburn, E. A. Pills- bury, Mayor Eustis, Rev. Wayland Hoyt and the General Manager of the St Paul and Duluth road, have presented James Root, the engineer who saved 200 pas sengers by running his train through the Are at iiincmey. wun a nanasome testi monial. Senator Washburn after a brief BDeech handed to the now famous engi neer a beautiful embosBed page with handsome leather covers, containing resume of the deed of Root and eulogis ing hiB act. Mayor i.ustis complimented Hoot on hiB heroic action, and handed him 125 in gold, a testimonial from member of the Raymond excursion party which had passed through the city re centlv. With a trembling voice the en irineer replied: "I only did my duty, and one that any brotherhood engineer would have done. I ask you to accept the money as my subscription (or the re' lief of the Hinckley fire sufferers." Bhlrtinaker to Strike. New Yobk, September 21. Shlrtmak. era to the number of 3,000 are preparing for a general strike against the present low wages and the sweating system. By the success of the coatmakers and cloak makers the shirtmakers a far more inv noverished lot feel sufficiently encour aged to engage in a general movement all along the line. COUNT KALNOKV. The Imperial Prime H Inlater Addreaee the Hungarian. Boda-Pbsth, September 22. Count Kalnoky, Imperial Prime Minister, in a speech to the Hungarian delegations to day expressed the opinion that Hungary had just cause to complain in regard to the anti-Hungarian agitation in Ron mania. He would not, however, blame the Roumanian government, because the books and maps used in the schools designated Transylvania as Roumanian territory. These, he said, were issued by Chauvinist circles, and the Rouman ian government was totally irresponsible for them. A continuance of tbafrieadly relations with Roumania, he believed, was the best means to cause Roumanian irredentism to disappear. In regard to Bulgaria Count Kalnoky said the fall of Premier Stambuloff had been foreseen. He had governed too long for the im patience of his adversaries to tolerate him further. Prince Ferdinand, he declared, was a man of fine intelligence, and cer tainly did not desire the imperial inde pendence of the country which he had done so much to consolidate. In reply to an interpellation in regard to Italy Count Kalnoky said the entente be tween Austria and Italy was too strong to be shaken by incidents like the dis course of Signor Bonghi attacking the dreibund. Regarding a policy of inter national measures against anarchy, be said it would be of small practical value. A delegate, interrupting, recalled a re mark made by Count Andraesy that "A lead to fatal consequences." Cotfrrt Kal noky replied : " If Count Andrassy had kved until now, he would have been satisfied with the results ot that policy." Another delegate asking an explana tion as to an independent election of a Pope to comply with the guarantee of the Italian government, Kalnoky re plied: i "Regarding our influence, there is no reason to renounce it. We are prepared to maintain its full value." Archbishop Samassa. who was present in the delegation, spoke in behalf of an independent conclave. He insisted that the question of the succession of the Pope fight become critical at any mo ment. Although the papacy was an ecclesiastical institution, it was also a political institution of the highest im portance. The position of the Pope to day, he declared, was even higher than when be distributed the crowns of Europe, The great powers would fail to elect a Pope unless It was supported by the voice of the church. The Em peror of Austria had a traditional right to exclude Cardinals from taking part in an election who did not possess his ap proval, but that right could be controlled by the conclave. It was therefore of the greatest importance that Austria should be represented in the connclave by Car dinals, who, besides being diplomates, were also in touch with the permanent policy of the Holy See. NEW DEPARTURE. Tho Gould Are at Preaent Inters ted In Staking Matches. New Yobk, September 21. The Gould family has now branched out of railroad and telegraph interests and entered the manufacturing. The Continental Match Company, which has its offices in Tem ple Court and a plant in Passaic, N. J., is a competitor of the great Diamond Match Trust, and is owned and con trolled by Edwin Gould. It is under stood the other brothers are interested. Edwin Gould's name appears as one of the incorporators. The charter of the company In Trenton says: "The ittntinentai Match uompany, formed for the manufacture of matches and other wooden articles; capital, 000,000; President, Edwin F. Gould; Vice-fresident, w. t. nutcninson ; sec retary and Treasurer, Wallace A. Downs." Mr. Gould in an interview about his new match company said : " The company is formed lor the pur pose of selling matches and not for the purpose of fighting trusts or companies. We have what I consider unusually val uable patents, and before we formed the company gave them a thoroughly prac tical examination. We will be ready to put our goods on the market in a few weeks. Yes, if necessary, the capital of the company may be increased to $5,- 000,000 or $10,000,000. I do not care to say bow much oi tne stocx l personally own. It is a controlling interest, how ever." Requirement of tho Contract Met. Washington, September 20. The War Department has been notified by Major Phipps, President of the Ordinance Board, which conducted the recent tests of dynamite gup batteries at Sandy Hook, that the guns worked well, and that all of the requirements of the con tract had been met. Consequently the battery and plant will be accepted, and the pneumatic dynamite company will be paid $10U,uuu lor one S-inch ana two IB-inch guns with all of the boilers, compressors and machinery, ana tne shells used in the test and the reserve nrolectiles for exhibition. This expert ment having resulted well, work will be pushed on the dynamite battery for the San Francisco harbor. To Help Oklahoma Farmers. Pxbby, 0. T., September 20. The farmers of L and O counties will be sup plied with all the seed wheat they want to sow this season by the Rock Island road, and the business men of Perry and the Atchison and Topekaare making ar rangements to furnish every farmer of P. U and K. counties with all the wheat they can sow at the lowest cash price. The wheat will be delivered free of freight, and interest need not be paid until next September, at 6 per cent interest. THE NAVAL BATTLE Five Warships Sank Off Month of Yaln Kiyer. the ADMIRAL TING WAS KILLED. The Ironclad Chin Ynen and Another Chlneae Warahlp Sank and tho Jap aneae Lot Three Teatel Colonel Ton Hanneken Reported Killed. Sbaiqbai, September 19. A naval engagement has taken place "off the mouth of the Yalu river, where a Chi nese squadron was covering the landing of a large force. The landing was ef fected, but In the meantime the Japan ese fleet attacked the squadron. In the fighting that followed the Chinese iron clad Chin Yuen was sunk by the fire of the attacking fleet. The Yong Wei, be longing to the Chinese sqnadron, in at tempting to get out of the range of fire and in maneuvering for a position was run aground. Another Chinese ship is also reported to have been sunk. The Japanese are also reported to have sus tained a heavy loss, three of their vessels having been sunk by the fire from the Chinese. Admiral Ting, Colonel von Hanneken and other foreigners are re ported as having been killed during the attack. No estimates are made of the losses by either side. BATTLE Or PINO YANG. Thousand of Chinese Prisoners to be Sent to Japan. London, September 19. The officials of the-Japanese legation here have re ceived the following cable dispatch : " Our army surrounded Ping Yang the 15th instant, and after severe fighting gained a great victory and captured the city. The number of the enemy killed, wounded and taken prisoners is immense. The Japanese lost eleven officers and 260 soldiers, killed and wounded." The British Minister at Tokio has cabled the foreign office announcing the Japanese victory. A Central News Ping Yang dispatch, dated yesterday, says that 14,000 prisoners marched through that place yesterday ; others are arriving hourly, and will be shipped to Japan. The report that there are 50,000 Chinese between Ping Yang and the Yalu river is discredited. The force around Ping Yang was the flower of the army and really the only effective part. The China men composing the levies now made have do idea of modern warfare. An other Ping Yang dispatch says that im mense quantities of rifles and stores are stacked in the public squares. The Chi nese prisoners are fairly well treated. They will be sent to Japan in batches of 1,000 each. The Shanghai correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette states the Japanese in the attack on Ping Yang were enabled by brilliant moonlight during the night, throughout which the battle lasted, to do great execution with their field guns. The Ping Yang garrison numbered 20, 000. The Japanese are advancing on Monkden. The correspondent adds it. is reported Li Hung Chang has been de posed. Another Shanghai dispatch says Chang has been deprived of his three- eyed peacock feather because of his mis management ot the (Jorean campaign. The Secretary of the Chinese legation says with reference to the reported sui cide of Li Hung Chang that he received message irom Uhang, dated lien Ism, to-day. in which he expressed fears the Chinese would have great difficulty in retaining ring x ang. the Uentral JNews says that alter the first feeling of surprise at the Japanese victory has worn off it is admitted by experts who know the respective quali ties of the armies that the result is a natural one. Marshal Yamagata, the Japanese commander-in-chief, was trained in European schools, and the other Japanese commanders and staff officers were similarly educated. The best friends of the Chinese do not be lieve them capable of holding the ports on the uuii ot re unt jui against the Japanese. ' Chang; May be Farther Panlshed. Washington, September 19. A dis patch from Charles Denby, the United States Charge d' Affaires in China, says the Emperor of China has deprived Viceroy Li Hung Chang of two of his decorations for his failure to properly conduct military operations, and that he would probably be subjected to still greater punishment. Counterfeiter Captured. Ybkka, Cal., September 19. Govern. ment Detective Harris has captured a man named Ewing at Scott Valley, whom he charges with making and circulating spurious silver coins. Eight dollars in counterfeit money was found in the pos session of the prisoner. A confederate named Johnson escaped. The gang num bers fifteen in all, and have been circu lating counterfeit money throughout Northern California and Southern Ore gon. The counterfeits consist of quar ters, halves and dollars, and are good imitations, the, work being well executed. Harris arrested two of the gang a few days ago in Shasta county. The Yield of Raialn. Fkesno, Cal., September 18. Since most of the first crop of raisins have been picked and cured, those who are best posted on the yield say there will be a shortage of 500 to 1,000 carloads in this part of the valley. The quality is very fine. PRATT WILL CONTEST. Tho Fight Promlae to be Very Inter eating; One. Loe AifOELXs, September 19. The trial of the sensational contest over the will of Mrs. Anna A. Pratt, who died a few months ago, shortly after the deci sion was rendered in the famous family squabble over the guardianship of her person and estate, was commenced in the Probate Court to-day. The late Mrs. Pratt left an estate estimated to be worth $700,000 at least and an oleographic will, dated April 28, 1881. By ita terms she named as her executors Mrs. Louisa G. Cross, her sister; Charles P. Pratt, her son, and Mrs. Lulu C. Goodepeed, her daughter. Charles P. Pratt subsequent ly died, and a codicil was attached June 3, 1885, to the effect that in the event of the marriage of Kate N. Pratt, her son's widow, the $10,000 left to her in the original will was to be given to her chil dren. This document is contested by Mrs. Lulu Goodepeed and E. L. Camp bell, the legally appointed guardian of the minor heirs of Charles P. Pratt, de ceased, who contend that at the time the will was executed Mrs. Pratt was under duress and undue influence. It is fur ther claimed that the contestants are in possession of another will, which, if shown to be genuine, will completely change the aspect of affairs. The fight promises to be one of the most interest ing heard in the Probate Court for some time past. DOWN ON BIS KNEES. Reformed Gambler' Prayer In Mayor Enstl' Office. Minneapolis, September 19. There was a sensational scene in the office of Mayor Eustis. John P. Quinn, a re formed gambler evangelist, now in the city, had charged in a talk before the Y. M. C. A. that not only was there gam bling in Minneapolis, but that the au thorities knew it and licensed it. This charge brought Quinn a note from the Mayor asking him to call at the Mayor's office. Quinn promptly appeared with bis colleague, E. F. GoeftH, a lawyer evangelist. Newspaper men witnessed a warm debate between the Mayor and ex-gambler. The gambler charged and the Mayor denied that there was public gambling, and that gambling was li censed by the authorities. Quinn wound up his talk by getting down on his knees in the Mayor's office and praying for the blotting out of the gambling hells and for divine light for the Mayor that he might see the path of duty. The Mayor gave the evangelist a caustic scoring for charging things that were untrue and he could not prove. CAB-I.IOHTINO. Tho Southern Paclfle Experimenting With a New Byatem, San Francisco, September 19. A new system for lighting railway cars, which has been in use on many of the Eastern roads for some time, will soon be adopted by the Southern Pacific Company. Un der the new system each car will be sup plied with a cylinder containing crude petroleum in sufficient quantity to gen erate gas to meet the requirements dur ing a trip. The first experiment with this method of lighting was made last night at the Oakland yards with one of the mail coaches ol the Central racinc division, which had been fitted up for that purpose. The light was thoroughly tested, and worked with perfect satis faction and with far better results than that derived bv the use of coal oil lamps, now commouiy useu, or gasoline, wuicu is used on some of the roads running out of Chicago. It is the intention of the southern racinc Uompany to introduce the new svstem on all the mail coaches of its road as rapidly as the work can be done, and it it is found to work as well as it did in the test, passenger coaches will also be lighted in the same manner. Petroleum gas is already being used on some of the latest models of Pullman cars. NEW UNION DEPOT. Work to Beg-In Soon and be Harried to Completion. Portland, Or., September 19. Work will be resumed sometime between Oc tober 1 and October 15. The exact date has not yet been determined, as there are some matters yet to be arranged be tween General Manager McNeill of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Corn- any and the receivers of the Oregon hort Line in New York. This is one of the principal objects of Mr. McNeill's trip to the hast. While the depot is to all appearances practically completed, there is $200,000 yet to be spent on the building and ground, and about six months' time will elapse after work is resumed before all the work on the grounds will be fin ished. The filling of the lake is com pleted, and the yards are ready for track laying and the street improvements. As for the depot itself the exterior work will be through with when the 140-foot clock tower, now as high as the roof of the main building, is built. Amneity at an End. Lima, September 19. The limit of the law of amnesty having expired, the Peru vian government has issued a decree de claring that its opponents are guilty of rebellion, and that it is not responsible for acts committed under insurrectionary authority. McDonald' Trial Continued. San Francisco, September 18. The trials of Richard McDonald, Jr., II. T. Graves, A. L. Jenkins and Charles Mont gomery, charged with embezzlement on grand jury indictments, have been con tinued until October 1.