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HAS THREE TIMES THE CIRCULATION PJLANTPAPER IN THE COUNTY. ADVERTISING RATES. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY. SLOAN P. 8HUTT, ; Editor and Proprietor. Sobeot-lptlou Kate. One year (In Kivnoo)....,..... ......... .....II SO - If not (mill In aUvauee ... 2 DO Six mouth .4....... 1 00 Tli mo tniitiMia , 76 BiiiKle oonlei . .... 10 S',!"?'1 c,rd 00 per month Bualnea local will be charged at 10 cent per line for first insertion and 8 cent per line there after. Legal adTertinementa will in all cue be charged to the party ordering them, at legal rate, and paid for before affidavit la furnUhed VOL. 4. CONDON, GILLIAM CO.. OREGON. FRIDAY. JANUARY 18, 1895. NO. 44. THE OFFICIAL AND LEADING PAPER OF GILLIAM COUNTY. GLOBE. BUN DUIN ' Entered at the Poitnjjlet at Condon, Oregon, u immil-cliui twiil matter. OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. Hulled State. President... ..'...... ................UitovrK Ci.kvkund Vlcie Hrualriunt Adi.ai K. Mtsvkniiom Heiirelarjr of state......,....;,.,. Waltkh U. Ukkmi am Huuretaryof I rennury... ....John (I. Ca ai.iKi.l Secretary of Interior.., , Mom hhith Secretary of War Daniki. U. Lamomt Secretary of Navy Hii.aiiy A. Hkhiikht FoHtniamer-deiierairt Wiin 8. Hihkkix Att4irny-(iennralv.. ,,.......Ki iukk ui.sk beorelarjr of Agriculture. ..J Bi khi.iku Mobiom tut of Oregon. OoYornor....... ...7. . :'.....WaV t. Iomd Secretary of slate . 11. K. KImi.'aID TruMiirer f nil. H ktwiiu N Atbiruey-Meuaral -U. M. Idi.kman Hupt. of rublio luntruoiluu (i. M. UwlM R.t..l.. J- M 1TCIIKI.I. Senator f J. N. I)(.i.i-H. ,.' ill. llKHMAMN Cougreumen w, K, Kwu muter..,...,. .Ul II I bul.a Supremo Judge r. a. H'iokh (It. 8. 11CAK. Seventh Judicial DUlrlet. 0 Circuit Jtuliro W. U Bbaokmaw I'rmmiiiitliiK Attorney,.,.-.,, A. A Javn Memlier alata Hoard. .A. ...... W, C. MILL tlllllam County Joint Senator for (HllUm, Bher- ' ' t mini and Wuco coutitic W. W. Hrnwaa UuprVMlUlallV.!.. ........ .in.... ...n.u. .....J. K. DVII jiidgt W.J. Mahin cier. ,..,-....... 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Parrwii Coiuutble (..... m ....ri..THoe. Hath O. It. N. C. Time Card. Tralnaarrlve aud leave Arlington a lollow: , AT BOUMO. Trnj,, a, fat mail, arrive at Arlington at llyy. . WRUT-BOOSD. Truln No, X, feat mall, arrive at Arlington at MF-onlyonvtralnadHy. v HHinr tralu No. 9 and 10 have dUeontln ud the f nn to ArlmKUiii, but rnalie eitwe oon It o ion will) No. 1 hiuI 2 at Willow Junction. Turugb tlrlioU wild and biiCHj(o chei lied thnniKh to all pulwU In tbe Uiiltod Slate aud Canada. ' , r. C. HINDIS, Ticket Agent, , .. .......,,..........--,- -Arlington, Or.' 4 P. A A. M.-MT. MlRIAll1.00'iK.N(). - A , Hwt-d ( omimnili'iitluii on MamnUy evi-H-Iiik on or In f.iro lull moon of ench tnnntn. 8ii- i loiirn iik ri hritu in giMMiiRiiiiiiiRaicoiuiiij iivltl'd to attend. P. K. CAKSO.M, W. it. J. J. HO'lAN PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. ' Condon, Or. Oli.ro Oregon ve., between CathollO Church and rualdehue of H. P. Hhutt. R. J. H. HL U80S, Physician and Surgeon, Cotxloii, Or. OlJU-e and rwideiice in lb Wiley Miller rent-di-nce in Houtb Condon. CaU promptly Btteudad to day or night I W. DARI.1KO, Attomev at Law. Notary Public and Conveyancer, nmi.lftfi. Or. . . Olllce In roar o poatolllae building, Main ilruet. T. U. LYONS, . , . . , ATTORNEY AT LAW, Condon, Or. All legal work promptly and carefully at tended to, . n A. D. HURLEY, , 4 , Attorney and Counselor at Law, ' Arlington, Oregon. - ...... I.. ..tl th. nm.pt. of lha Rlttl.. Will prmmrciu n Y" , " r.oll.elloii nmde aud geuurul law biiiinei traiiHRtdf ct" v -' ' ' i ' united States Commliiloner a-d Nolarj Public Land proof mid flllng laken.and all other land bit lne.a curtfullj uttcnaud to . .1 AY I. J.UCAH, County Clerk, DO It ALL LINOS OF iJD AND' NOTARY BUSINESS la a uciit and careful manner. ' l SllUTT, Justice of the Peace and Notary Public; " . Condon,' Or.. . ' ; ", Collections promptly and carefully attended to. TO USE CHINA'S MONEY. Japan to Have Erected an , Immen.e Steel riant. Chicago, January li. The Japanese government bag submitted proposals to the Illinois Steel Company to erect in Japan a steel plant capable of turning out all tbe steel armor required by the Japanese navy and all the steel rails needed for government railway con struction. The "plant is to involve an outlay of between J7,000,00p and flO, 000,000. This money Japan will pa v out of the indemnity secured from China. K. K. Potter, secretary of the construe tion of Illinois steel at Houth Chicago, left for Yokohama last night to consult with the Japanese government on the details of the plant. He will remain in Japan until April. The Japanese pro pose to develop all their mineral re sources, and the railroads are intended to comifct the plant with the source of ore supply and the principal ports. ' t , , ... ludlguaut Hun FraneUcun. Ban Francisco, January 11. Mayor 8utro announces that he will call a mass meeting of citizens to protest against tbe action of Acting United States Attorney Knight in refusing to Issue a warrant for the arrest of C V. Huntington, who is charged with violating the interstate commerce law by issuing a pass to Frank M. Stone. At the mass meeting expressions of opinion on the appoint ment of MoseGunstas l'olice Commis sioner will also be made. " . :: . The Explorer Traced ' London, January 8. The Central News Agency's correspondent in Shanghai says that the French explorers, Grenard and I'hins, who have been missing some two months, have been traced. Thins was murdered by the Chinese after leaving Li Ilassa, the capital of Thibit. Grenard was arrested by a rebel ollicer, and was starUnl for Polling. December 10 he passed through lai 1 uen, a province of Khan See. . i? r-... ARLINGrON-FOSSIL Stage Line. L. PARKER, Proprietor. FARE IRON AKLINOTON TO Foll.:.......... 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A. will establish State head quarters at Olympia during the session of the Legislature. v According to Librarian Gilbert's re port the Washington Btate library has over 20,000 volumes. Suit has been brought at Seattle by Dexter, Morton & Co. for t217.148.93 against William A. and Anna li. Har rington. The first Southern Oregon State Board of Agriculture will hold its annual peet ing and election of oflicers at Ashland on the 14th instant. A female deer, driven out of the mount ains by the storm, was seen quietly browsing in Max i'racuts orchard in Ashland a few days ago. Umatilla, cnuntv. Or., flirures out a profit during the first six months'of the salary system, as compared with the fee system formerly in vogue. The Tacoma Rod and Gun Club bas ordered four dozen Mongolian pheasants to be distributed in Pierce county. It has also drafted a new game law. The Tacoma Land Company has com menced suit to set aside an assessment of (20,404.07 for street improvements pon technicalities in the (council prc- eedings. A faidv well authenticated report omes from the Nasel country to the ef fect that VVeyerhauser syndicate has purchased 3,000 acres of timber land in that section of Washington. J. J. Kaufman has been elected Chief of the Walla Walla tire department. he retiring Chief, Y. U. Blalock, was presented with a gold match eafe.by the members of the department. A petition to the Oregon Legislature is being prepared at Eugene, asking for legislation preventing Indians from hunting deer ofT the reservations, as they are rapidly exterminating the game. A hunting party in the Olympic Mountains report having seen 600 elks in a single day without attempting to hoot any ol them, because their pacit animals were already laden with game. Piling for an extension of the Harris mill wharf at South Bend, Wash., ie be ing cut. The wharf will be extended twenty feet farther into the Willapa river and made 000 feet in length. There will then be a depth of thirty feet alongside. The trial of Adolph Selheim, who was barged with the murder of William Smith at Spokane, was concluded by the jury bringing in a verdict of acquittal. The verdict was a surprise to everybody. The Taxpayers' League is to take up and discuss the question. Selheim shook hands with the jury alter the veraici, and immediatelyinvited them out to be dined and wined. Selheim shot and killed William Smith in a saloon No vember 17 while Smith was unarmed. He is a wealthy rancher and old pioneer. t2T Everything that is NEWEST and BEST in REPEATING REPEATING OINGLE-SHOT Rifles, II Shot-Cuns, V Rifles, AND ALL KINDS OF AMMUNITION, ARE MADE BT THE Winchester Repeating Arms Co. OUR MODEL Eg" Is sow used Band ttir 100-ptm Illustrated Catalogue, FREE. Winchester Repeating Arms Co., Now Haven, Conn. Our new Catalogue is a grand portfolio of all the latest and best styles of Organs and Pianos, It illustrates, describes, and gives manufacturers' prices on Organs from $25.00 up, and Pianos from $150 up. It shows how to buy at wholesale direct" from the manufacturers, and save over 50 per cent. THE CORNISH ORGANS AND PIANOS Guaranteed for 25 yrs., have been played and praised for nearly 30 yrs.; to-day they are the most popular instruments made. Secure nui SPECIAL TERMS of Ciidit. franmii tn tint thm lmm J if rl i i. y ,n j Rtmembw this grand CORNISH & CO. ONE WHO WAS THERE. Denial of Allegud Armenian Atroeltle by a UlatlnguUhed Spaniard. London, January 11. The Morning Post will print to-monow a long inter view with the Spanish traveler, Ximi nex, who has just returned from a geo graphical mission through Mesopotamia and Kurdistan. He said : "I was in Armenia from March to November, and happened to be in Bitlis during the disturbances in the Sassoun district. It is absolutely false that women and children were outraged and tortured by Turkish troops. The whole thing was grossly exaggerated from an entirely local disturbance locally sup pressed, the troops arriving too late to share in tbe repression beyond the cap ture of the supposed instigator. He was a liberated convict, named Bohazian. alias Mourah, formerly a pupil in the American Methodist mission school." Ximinez exonerates Zekki Pasha, who on arriving at Moosh immediately lib erated numbers of Armenians and adopted a policy of conciliation through out. He says that the Armenian ques tion hardly exists in Armenia. The Ar menians of tbe Sassoun district he de scribes as the least educated and intel ligent of those in Turkey and very dif ferent from their fellows in Van and Bitlis. lie thinks they are little better than the Kurds. The disturbances arose from quarrels and raids of tbe Armenians, he says, and developed until the Armenians mustered a force of 3,000, intent either upon reprisals on the Kurds or revolution. The troops twice encoun tered this force August 27, killing 300 of them in an open fight. The editor of the Post describes Ximi nez as a distinguished Spaniard of high scientific attainments and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of Eng land. He accepts tbe above statements as true, and denounces Gladstone and other supporters of the Armenian polit ical plotters. ' DENIAL FROM THE FOKEION OFFICE. London, January 11. Lord Kimberly of the Foreign Of lice announces that the statements made at the Chester confer ence of Armenians as to the attitude of the British Foreign Office toward Ar menian affairs were entirely nntrue. The Standard says that Great Britain has replied to the Porte's appeal to dis avow Mr. Gladstone's birthday speech on Armenia by directing attention to the fact that Mr. Gladstone is simply a Member of Parliament and cannot be prevented from uttering his personal views. . TO PBOTEC PATBIABCH. Vienna, January tv-A dispatch from Constantinople explains why the the Turkish police entered the Armenian cathedral yesterday. The Patriarch, Stephen Peter Azarain, bas received many menacing letters owing to his public Statements discrediting thb worst reports from Armenia and favoring the Porte. Cheflk and Djelaledin, members of the ComminHion of Inquiry, arrived at Erzeroum Monday. MONEY OF THE DEAD. There May be a Contest Over Fair' Will After All. San Fkascisco, January 11. The will of late ex-Senator Fair will come up for probate, and should no compromise be made between the executors and heirs the latter according to report are likely to contest it. The only way to break the will is to prove that the testator was of unsound mind or was unduly influ enced when making it. The physicians who made the autopBy upon the body of Fair have not yet made any detailed public reports of their examination. They have stated that the causes of death were diabetes and Bright'a dis ease. They said little about the condi tion of the brain except that it exceeded the average weight. The question of sanity promises to enter chiefly into a contest over the will. - 1893 SHOT-GUN U all ttte most aiTaicel trap uul name slootsrt book is suit FREE. Writs for it at ones. JSD. nearly ou yr.) Washington, N.J. CUBA IS BENEFITED Spain Places th United States Among Favored Nations. EVERYTHING AGAIN SERENE Kaland flaafwrs Wilt be Able to Control the Marke of the Greatest Sagar Consumlng Country on the Globe Detail Kcau'n to ba Adjusted. London, Jan nary 10. A Madrid dis patch says that as a result of recent ne gotiations a mindmam tariff has been accorded to the United States by the Spanish government upon exports from the United States into Cuba and Porto Kico. SATIHFACTOKY COSCLCSIOH BEACHED. Washinotoh, January 10. As indi cated in tbe cablegrams from Madrid the negotiatioM between the State De partment and the government of Spain looking to the restoration of the tariff on American prod acta entering Cuba and Porto Rico have reached a satisfactory conclusion. It is true that some minor details remain to be adjdsted, but little difficulty is expected in securing their .settlement. .It appears that in conced ing to the United States the benefits of the minimum tariff Spain has also se cured a substantial advantage. Her West Indian colonies ordinarily supply the United States with about 75 per cent of tbe sugar imported into the country. Thus the sugar is liable to a duty 01 one tenth of 1 cent rier pound over and above the 40 per cent duty imposed on Cuban sugar, and in consequence ine L-unan planters practically receive a portion equal to the discriminating duty paid by European sugars, and, it is believed, will thus be able to control the market of the greatest sugar-consuming country on the globe. EMIGRANTS FOR HAWAII. Sine Hundred Portugueo to ba Taken to the Island. "Washington. January 10. Mr. Lorin A Thurston, the Hawaiian Minister to the United States, returned to Washing ton last night after an absence of three months on a special mission to Portugal. The object of bis visit was to obtain emigrants for Hawaii, and in this he was successful. A party; of 000 Portuguese will start for Hawaii January 11 to aug ment the 14,000 of their countrymen al ready mere, ine men who compose tha nartv an farm larmrerfl- And Will be atilued principally in tbe coffee-grow- , . fn : ii . 1 f 41. mg inuuHiry. iue iuw eupjjij ui iuc islands uwrlinc tn Thnrflton is entire ly inadequate to the development of the interests now in progress. e guvcru ment of Hawaii has furnished a steamer to take these emigrants to their destina tion, and will bear the expense of the journey. With reference to the condition of po litical affairs in the islands Mr. Thurs ton said the agitation against the gov ernment has been carried on bv " few malcontents, but has not resulted in raiiinr mnrh nneafliness. The govern ment, however, has put a stop to it by arresting uusn ana oiners ior conepir- The Queen's attorney, JNeumann, nas taken the oath of allegiance and Mr. Davies, guardian of Kiaulani, the heir- annomnt tn tha thrnnA hfljl announced r t " w - that in consequence of the recognition . t 1 1 . . 01 tne Hawaiian ttepuuuc uy vircat Britain he no longer supports the pro- ioft in HHlnrn thn Onwn. Mr. Wide- mann, one of the royalist commission ers to Washington, also announced mat lie recognised restoration as a deaa issue. LAST YEAR'S SEALING. The Catch f the British Columbian Sealing Fleet. Washington. January 10. The State Department has published an official re port from United States Consul Roberts at Victoria on the seal catch of the Brit ish Columbian sealing fleet last year. The fieures show the catch to be the largest ever made in a single year, and tuat tne tear once enieriaineu mat uie hunters would be seriously handicapped by the compulsory use of the spear has been overcome. The (otal Canadian catch was 94,474. and of those taken in Bearing Sea ll,7Uo were maies ana i-,-636 females. The catch in 1893 was 70,- 332. In addition tnis year ot6 skids taken by American schooners were landed at Victoria, bringing the total number of skins landed there to 95,047. The sealers took 48,993 skins off the Jap anese coast, 2(5,341 in Behring Sea, 11,- 705 oft the Uritisii uoinmoian coast ana 7,437 off Copper Island. An intimation of further claims against the United States is found in the release of the seized schooners Favorite and Wanderer without any formal investigation and l, a nmmnt filing tiv their masters with Collector Milne of claims for damages. Kleh Strike Near Dead wood. Dkadwood, S. D., January 10. Min ing circles are in a flutter of excitement over the announcement of a rich strike made in the Lackawanna mine on Green Mountain, a few miles south of Dead wood. A twelve-foot vein has been un covered, the ore from which after many assays gives returns averaging from $1,500 to $3,700 in gold per ton. The vein is well defined. The mine is owned by James Collins and Curley O'Leary, two poor miners, whom a chance "spot" in one moment has placed in affluence. JAPAN'S PARLIAMENT. Only Crgent Queatlon Will be Consid ered Nov, Tokio, January 10. Premier Ito, speaking in the Japanese Chamber of Deputies yesterday, declared that the victories over the Chinese were due to the bravery and loyalty of the army and navy supported by the loyalty and una nimity ot the people of the nation. He felt honored, he said, to occupy the po sition of Prime Minister at so important a period in the country's history. In view of necessary war measures Premier Ito said the budget would deal only with a few other urgent matters. When the war should be concluded, he said, the government wonld anhmit a nnmhor nt Useful meant res. hnt in tha mint!ma only ths most urgent questions would be considered. . MOBB POET ABTHUB CBITICISMB. London, January 10. The Pall Mall Gazette this afternoon, referring to the massacre at Port Arthur, says: "Re sponsibility for the horror rests not with tne Japanese peasant, who evervbodv knows is a lacquered barbarian, but with Marshal Uyama and his officers, whose civilization professed to go a little deeper. w netner utey permitted the outrages or not, or were usable to check them, they are unworthy of tbe command of the armies of a power which calls itself civ ilized." . CUT Orr THE CHINESE BETEEAT, London, January 10. A Shanghai dis patch says reports have been received from New Chwang that during the as sault of the Japanese upon Soumen Chang the town was burned, rendering 10,000 homeless in a temperature of 40 degrees below the freezing point. The Japanese are cutting off the retreat of 15,000 Chinese soldiers commanded by General Sung, and the Taotai of New Chwang, fearing desertions, has ordered that all soldiers who attempt to run away shall be immediately shot. SU.NO ASKS FOB REINFORCEMENTS. London, January 10. The Times will publish to-morrow a dispatch from Shanghai saying that General Sung has sent a message to the C hiuese govern ment to the effect that his force is com pletely at tbe mercy of the Japanese and begging for reinforcements or per mission to return. COBBAN INDEPENDENCE DECLARED. London, January 10. A Seoul dis patch says the King of Corea yesterday formally declared the independence of Corea. TONO HAK LEADERS BEHEADED. London, January 10. A Fusan dis patch says the inhabitants of Kow Yo Ken in Southern Corea have seized and beheaded three of the principal leaders of the Tong Hak rebels. The rebels are fleeing in all directions. COBEAN MINUTES TO JAPAN. London, January 10. A Seoul dis patch says that the grandson of the King Regent of Corea has been appointed Corean Minister to Japan. PILOTS ON WARSHIPS. HI Pretence Doe Not Relieve the Com manding Officer of Beaponalbility. Washington, January 10. Secretary Herbert to-day issued general orders to naval officers, reversing the former prac tice of the department regarding the re sponsibility of pilots on warships, which will render it impossible hereafter to shift the blame for an injury to a vesel on the pilot, as was attempted in the case of the Columbia last spring or the Cincinnati last November. The order is as follows : "The accident to the United States steamship Cincinnati upon the occasion of her striking ground on the eastern side of the shoals to the south and west of Execution Rocks lighthouse, Long Island Sound, on November 16 last ren ders it expedient that the department promulgate to the service its views with regard to the responsibility of pilots on board vessels of the navy. A pilot is to be considered merely as an adviser to the ommanding officer, and his presence on board a naval vessel shall not relieve the commanding officer of such vessel or any of his subordinates from full responsi bility for the proper performance of du ties with which they or any of them may be charged concerning the navigation of the vessel." GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE. Will Represent the Engineers of the En tire Southern Pacific System. San Fbancisco, January 10. A meet ing of the Grievance Committee of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers of the entire Southern Pacific system has been called for the latter part of this month, to be held here. This commit tee has not been together for two years, and is called only when important action affecting the brotherhood of the entire system is to be taken. The last time it met here its doings were very secret, but it secured what it came for. That was a restoration in part of the wages which the company had juBt cut. The fact that the committee has been called to gether shows that the engineers have not dropped the matter of wages. An effort is now being made to settle tbe differences between the brotherhood and the American Railway Union, and has been somewhat successful. The Ameri can Railway Union will in the next couple of weeks decide on the stand it is to take. Dr. Harkne Defeat Sutra. San Fbancisco, January 9. At the election of officers of the California Academy of Sciences held to-day Dr. Harkness on the regular ticket was elected President, defeating Adolph Su tro, the candidate of the reform party. The vote was Dr. Uarkness 67, Sutro 44,