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VOL.5. CONDON, GILLIAM CO.. OREGON. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 14, 18. NO. 48.
Knttred at the Pattofflet at CoruUm, Oregon, at
ttrtiiut ctiut mail mailer
OrriCIAt, UIKKCTOKT.
United states.
President (Ihovsb Ci.ivrlamd
Vlns WhsIiImiiI AD1.AI K. HiavaHso"
Hnoretarr nf State Ki hash Oi.sY
heoretarjr of Treasury... .John ii. Caki.isM
Bxxiretary of interior Hoaa Hmith
SenreLaryof War In mm. ri. I.amont
Secretary of Nay Hilary A. Hkhhkxt
Postmasier-Oeuoral William I,. Wilso
A tuiruer-Uenural JiihsuhHahmoh
Secretary of AgrlaMlHire J otksuhu MuktoN
State of Oregon.
Governor..... Wn. P. Loan
Seeretery of Htale. H. K. Kihuaio
Tressurer fMil, Mktsi:ham
AitorueyMeiiersI 0. M. Iii.iiah
BupU of ruullo lustraotlon U. M. lawm
a....!,... Uirauuu.
Senators.,.., j. w, j)i,rH.
IB. HSKMAMM
Oougressmen Jw, H. K1.1.1S
Printer .-..W. H. f.saus
!(!. K. WoLTSaTOM
P.A. Mnoas
il. H. BSaM.
SevonthTudlelal District.
Clroalt Judge W. U Bradsiiaw
FrasMiiitliiic Attorney., A. A Jayhs
Member Stele board W. C. Wills
Ullllam County
Joint Senator for (Jllllsm, Hher-
man ami Wasco oouiillvs W. W. StkiwiS
lUmraseutatlve J. K. UaVid
JniW W. J. UAttiKsa
(;i,r ,. II. N. KsAiaa
Sheriff...., ..W, is, Wim;os
Treasurer.,,... ... ....,.. H. Bahksr
I J'. K. RaUtom
Commissioners.,, K jk. ('iraa
Assessor .'.M O. CLaski
Hohool Hiiiwrluumdeut W. W. KsnmkdY
.Surveyor ....... m.....JWv Baiii
Ktook lnjector .rri" K""D U'"t
Preeluet Offleers.
ronwiK.
Justice of tlx fesoe . H. xiurrr
Coustablv 1). H. HIHSHAKT
AKL1M0TOR.
Jtiallce of the Peace 0. B. l
Constable .........H. A. W, Bsarour
rossiL.
Jnstlmof the Peso,.. 8am Doalioi
CoiisUtble .....L,T. Moboaii
MATTILUI.
Justice of the Peso... J. U Cast
Constable ..W. 11. Fkaklis
ot.KX.
Jnatlceof the Peaoe ...H. I). Kahdall
Constable Ko llURKR
UlNK ROCK.
Justice of the I'uace ....A. Crawford
Cousiable t- Ahdrrws
TRAIL SOUK.
Justice of the I'wue W. Whiti
Constable W. II. Parks
CROWN ROCK.
Justice of the iVao L. H. IIalr
Constable - ...Chas. HumtlcT
RLALOC'K.
jMstlceot the Peace ......O. parrish
Constable - Twos. Uatrs
ItR. J. J. 110(1 AM
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Condon, Or,
Office Oregon are., between Calhollo Church
and residence of H. P. bhutU
It il expected that tba battleship
Oregon will hare ber official trial some
time in the latter part of April or early
in May, and immediately after that
she will be ready to be oommiMioned
al flrit-olau battleahip of tbe United
Btatei. All that remain! to be done ii
to place the armor plate of the after,
turret and mount the two 18-iuoh
breeoh-loading gum it ii to ibelter.
The Mexican International Exposi
tion Company expeoti tbii week to con
clude arrangement! with the govern,
munt for national exhibit, and a na
tional committee to co-operate with
the expoHltlon manager! will be ap
pointed. The land on which the expo
lition will be held hai been formally
conveyed to tbe New York syndicate
organized to carry out the projeot.
Gondon - Blacksmith - Shop
G. I. CLAItK, Prop,
General Blacksmithing
AND WOODWORK
Tbe Only Firat-Claia Blacksmith and
llorHealioerin tbe County.
MAIN HTItBKT CON HON, OB.
ARLINGTON-FOSSIL
STAGE LINE
L. PARKER, Proprietor.
PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Items ot General Interest
From All Sections.
DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS
PARK rKOM AKI.INOTON TO
Fossil...'.....,,
Msyrllle
Condon
Clem
(Uei
, . no
,. 6 01) ,
4 00
.. 8 00
.. t 00
....Round trip, 110 DO
...Kouiid trip, 00
...Round trip, 7 60
....Konnd trip, loo
....Hound trip, ) 00
Isvfs Arlington every mornlns: (Sunday ex
cepted) at 60'clork, Is due at Condon at I r, a.,
and arrives at Fossil at 7 r. H.
Comfortable coavnes and careful, experienced
drivers.
W. DAKIJNU,
Attorney at Law,
Notary Public and Conveyancer,
Condon, Or.
Collections and Insurance. Terms reasonable.
Office In rear of postoltlce building, Ualn street.
tOUN LYONS,,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Condon, Or.
work promptly and carefully at
Coliectluf and Abatractlu a
AU lesal
ended to.
specialty.
gA.u7ViFRLICY
Attornsj and Oounielor at Law
V- B. CoutmUslouer. Notary Public.
Arlington, Or,
Admitted to practice In the courts of Oregon
an 1 WashhiKUm ami In the 1). a courts.
Tskes 01lii(s and proofs on land.
II
UNTIN0TON A WILSON,
B. 8. UuiiHitKtoii, Nolsry Pabllo.
11. 8. W ilson.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
The Dalles, Or.
Ofllce-Flrst Nslloiial hank block, Second Bt,
entrance drat door east of First National bank.
jj P. Biit rr,
Justice ot tbe Peace and Hotar; Public,
Condon, Or.
Collections promptly and carefully attended
In.
faf-Tyliif Marriage KnoU a specialty,
or 11 in hi.
day
O. K. N. Co. Time Card.
Trains arrive at A rllllKlon SS follOWS!
Nit. 1 West bound iMUstMiKor ViM A. at.
No. 'J Enst bound iAMlKr :07 A. M,
No. a-W. bound ficislit(passiiers).7:ia a. m
No 'JA . It hollnil f.nlsht (ll)liiir)...5:l P. M
No 'ii W. bound fralKht (DiitHi-'r)..5:lS r. m.
Nna mud il will lie nrovldnd with a coach
and baasaxe car and will couiiccl at Willows
Junction with the Heppner train.
Mo mi will conuect alThe Dallos with No. I,
ho locnl puscuaer train between Portland ana
The I)ul In.
Fares by tost to 8n Franolsco hsve been re
duced nrst osliln, 912; steeraae, Id, lnvladliiR
meals and berths. Through, tickets are sold tu
Arlington. F. C. HINDUS, Agent.
1TT
Ltlo
MCNEILL, Receiver.
TO THE
EAST
GIVES THE OHOIOE OF
TWO TRANSCONTINENTAL
OUTES
BREAT UNION
ORTHERN RT. : PACIFIC BY.
VIA
VIA
SPOKANE
MINNEAPOLIS
DENVER
OMAHA
AND
AND
ST. PAUL KANSAS CITY
LOW RATES TO ALL
EASTERN CITIES.
OCEAN STEAMERS
LEAVE PORTLAND EVERY 6 DAYS
..FOR..
SAN FRANCISCO
For full details call on O. R. & N.
Agent, F. C. Hindle, Arlington, Or.
OR ADOREBB '.
W. H. HURLBURT,
. Gen. Pan. Agent,
Portland, Or.
All tbe Cities and Towns of the Faolfle
State and Territories
Washington, County Immigration conventions are
all tbe rage in the Evergreen state this
month.
A resumption of the operations of
the paper mills at Everett is a matter
of oomiderable importance to that
town.
A consignment of Kaffir corn will
soon arrive from Kanaaa and an effort
will be made to induce Adams county
farmers to give it a thorough triaL
Specimen photographs of Whatoom
county timber have been forwarded to
an Eastern polytechnic- institution, to
be nied in the regular course of study.
The people of Puyallup are rejoioiug
in the mildness of its climate, which
fact is evidenced by the presence of
blooming roses and chrysanthemums.
Another large batch of land has been
patented by the Northern Pacific rail
way. It consists of 695,818 acres lying
in Yakima, Walla Walla and Frank
lin counties. -
To this state hai been secured a sep
arate district for river snd harbor im
provements by tbe authorities at Wash
ington. An engineering office will be
established at Beattle.
Tbe Bitzville farmers and business
men are very joyful on account 01 tbe
bright prospects for a good year. Bum
mer fallowed ground is permeated
three or four feet with moisture and a
good crop is almost assured.
A good suggestion has been made to
build flatboats with a capacity of ten
or fifteen tons, to be loaded with ore
at or near Fairview mining camp, B
C, in the Osuoyoos division upon the
Okanogan river, and float them down
to Wenatchee
The Pacfio County Bar Association
has taken steps to prevent Oregon law
yers from practicing in the superior
oourt in the district which comprises
Pacific Wahkiakum and Lewis coun
ties. The last legalature passed a law
allowing only those lawyers from
other states to practice in Washngton
courts whose states granted the same
privileges to Washington lawyers. It
appears that Oregon laws do not per
mit lawyers residing in this state to
practioe there.
Two carloads of machinery have ar
rived from tbe East for the Seattle
firm that successfully bid for two of
the new warships. The buildings are
now all in readiness, ..including the
building wsys, which are covered by
a roofed shed 200x75 feet, giving am
pie room to build both the torpedo boat
and the revenue tug. Not the least
significant of the recent extensions ii
the shop for steel ship building which
is now completed and ready to receive
ts machinery and tools.
Koal estate agents 01 Spokane are
jubilant over the increase of their stock
in trade of alluring inducements.
The bank clearances for the week end
ing January 26, exceeded those of Seat
tle, Taooina and Helena. It may also
be noted that the railroad traffic shows
a remarkable inorease, and the hotels
and restaurants are filled with more
strangers than at any time for three
years previous. This inscrease, to
gether with ten big mines working in
the Coeur d'Alenes and a lengthening
list ot shippers in the Slocan and Trail
Creek distriots; with wheat advanoing
until it is worth about SO cents per
bushel more than last year; with new
enterprises guaranteed for this city,
and with the other signs of new pros
perity, Spokane has no complaint to
register at this date.
in circulation which cannot be accen
tuated with the opening season.
The Willamette river seems to be
steadily deepening every year and also
increasing in volume of water. In
places the channel has an entirely dif
ferent course than that remembered by
the oldest settlers. It really seems to
be going back to its old bed of prehis
toric times. Such radical changes
have taken place in tbe channels of
other rivers, but the cause of which
hai been juit as deeply involved in
mystery.
A short time sinoe cannerymen were
complaining of a slow market for their
wares, and those who bad not packed
fall fish were railing against those
who had. Of late there has been a
brisk demand for salmon, and all tbe
fall paok has been sold and shipped,
and there are only a few small lots of
chinook left on the river. It is stated
on good authority that more salmon
has been shipped from this section dur
ing tbe present month than during
January of the five previous years.
Tbe demand is principally from the
East, where many new markets have
been opened up. It will be remem
bered that the pack of fall salmon was
very Luge, and it has found favor and
has been sold for a good price.
TELEGRAPHIC RESUME
Events of the Day in a
densed Form.
Con-
OF INTEREST TO ALL HEADERS
Items, of Importance from Domestic
and Foreign Boarees Croana
of tbe Dispatches.
C. W. Smith, of Ban Francisco, has
been named as a new receiver for the
Atlantic & Paoifio railroad.
The American board has received
word from Erzeronm, Turkey, that
through the relief money which is sent,
bread is given daily to about 1,500
persons in that city alone. But appli
cants for relief are nearly twice that
number. ;
March 25 the German reichstag will
celebrate in an elaborate manner the
signing of tbe preliminary peace of
1871.
Three members ofTthe last Ohio
legislature have been indicted for
A t a nrant mMtino of th atate hoard ; " "-
of labor commissioners of California i 140 'efc
in San Francisco reports from Professor Tbe Liberty bell, which has been on
Hilgard of the state university, who ' exhibition at the Atlanta exposition,
was anoointed to test the relative been returned to Philadelphia.
merits of building stone from different ! Its arrival there was announced by a
sections, were received and discussed. ; salute 01 lorty-nve guns.
This report was secured for the pur-1 Charles Arimus, who murdered
pose of selecting tbe best material for ! James Greenwood September 21 last,
the new depot building, at the loot 01 , died on the gallows at Kalama, Wash
Market street Samples from the state
of Nevada, California, and from Pio
neer quarry at Yaquina were sub
mitted, and the Oregon stone was
found far superior to either of its com
petitors. If tbe stone for San Fran
Cisco's big depot, which will require
10,000 tons, is selected upon its merits
it will be taken from tbe Pioneer
quarry la this state. This stone is the
same that was used in the building of
the famous Parrot block on Market
street in San Francisco, which is pro
nounced the finest of its kind in the
United States.
Idaho.
The late Goddard murder case cost
the county of Nes Perce (7,524.
A shipment of 70,000 fruit trees was
recently made from Moscow, to Camas
Prairie.
A snowslide carried away the mill
at the Vanderbilt mine, two miles
south of Hailey.
Another payment is due the Nes
Perces in February of 1150,000. It
might be very bandy these dull days to
be an Indian.
Development work on the Black Hor
net has suspended for the present
Tbe owners will put up a ten-stamp
mill for reducing and saving the gold.
The machinery for the new packing
company at Idaho Falls has arrived
and is being placed In position, uon
tracts have been made for a large num
ber of hogs, so that slaughtering may
commence at once.
The Boise mining exchange is start
ing off in a business-like manner. Tbe
members seem to be in earnest in the
matter, and filled with a determination
to score a success. The exchange
promises to be a areat benefit to the
mining industry of the state.
Some Indiana citisens desiring to
oome West have written for offers and
inducements as a bonus for their start
ing, a wood-pulp milL It would re
quire considerable soft wood, such as
Cottonwood, linn, buckeye, eta All
things being favorable another desir
able industry will be started in Idaho.
Jolxn
BOOT A FID SHOEMAKER
Work of all kind done to order and guaranteed. I keep all kinds of boots and
shoes of the bent quality for men, women and children, alao men s socks ana all
vimi.nl rnhher irooils. boots, overshoea. ladies' boots and rubbers. bruBhea,
blacking, etc. buckskin gloves at cost.
n rr 1,1 1111 tit I v ii- i.iiir- ir"
li
Everything Sold Dirt Cheap ind for Cssh Onli. Upper End Main St., ARLINGTON
V
11 oitaflM
and Rives manufacturers' prices on Organs from $13.00 up.
V and Piano from $i50up. It shows how to buy at wholesale
fL direct from the manufacturers, and save over 50 per cent.
T THE CORNISH ORGANS AND PIANOS
3 Guarautced for 25 yrs., have been played and praised for nearly
! 30 yrs.; to-day they axe the mont popular instruments made,'
LSscurs our SPECIAL TERMS f Ci tdit, framed to tuittht timot.
.1 R$mmbr thi grand book it $ont FREE. Writ for it at mcs.
JCORNISH & CO, (Eitab. nearly SO yrs.) Woahlnqtsn, N.J.
ft ,
Cur new Caralmm ia a vrand ruirtfolln nf all the latest and
A tat j I kShaS
Oregon.
A new steamer for the coal trade is
soon to be put on between Ban Fran
oisoo and Coquille City.
A mining and coal-shipping corpora
tion has been started at Bandon, with
a capital stock of 1 160, 000.
The building of the Astoria rail
road has already oonsumed $400,000,
whioh is at the rate of $50,000 per
month.
A rabbit drive fad is now being in
dulged in by tbe oitisens of Lake view,
and thousands of the animals have
been killed.
It is estimated that the wool crop
alone sold to snoh good advantage that
$600,000 was disbursed in the vioinity
of The Dalles last year.
Benton oonnty, whioh now has six
flouring mills, is soon to have another.
The new mill is to be of a complete
roller process and is to contain modern
machinery.
The farmers around Bosebnrg have
been oashintt up their wheat, taking
advantage ot the prevailing advance of
the market value of that oommomty;
the result is much coin is being placed
Montana.
The diptheria epidemic has died out
at Belt and the publio schools have re
opened. .
Billings' latest enterprise is to con
struct a 1 10.000 opera bouse witn a
capacity for 600 persona.
A recent fire at Helena destroyed a
$30,000 milling plant ot the Montana
Lumbering & Manufacturing Company.
A brewing concern has just finished
a fine cold-storage house and are pre
paring to put in bottling works in con
nection with their establishment at
Belt
The assessed valuation of Montana
is $194,076,685. B0, while its indebted
ness is only $3,798,080.83. For a
state that is only six years old, Mon
tana is doing remarkably well.
The business of the Anaconda post-
office is too large tor its present ac
commodations and as there is no suit
able buildiuK. it probably means the
construction of a new block. The
postoffioe inspectors are in the city
looking the matter up.
The municipal authorities of Helena,
under authority of a popular vote to
that effect, tried to dispose of about
$000,000 worth of bonds recently, bear
ing interest at 6 per cent. There was
onlv one bidder, and the matter wai
postponed for thirty days.
, There is a movement in North Ad
ams, Mass., to make the town a city.
With a Donulation of 81,000, it olaims
to be the largest town in Amrioa, with
tbe exception ot Watervliet, . x.
His last words were: "I must die;
am all right; the sheriff he good man;
one bad man, I, must die. I'm all
right"
Whittaker Wright, an Australian
yachtsman, has offered a $500 cup, to
be sailed for during the Riviera season,
and with the object of bringing about
a meeting between such big yachts as
Britannia, Batanita, Ailsa and possibly
an American yacht
The Japanese legation in Washing
ton has received an important cable
gram from the foreign office of Japan
with a direction to make it publio, by
the terms of which the rich island of
Formosa, which Japan acquired from
China, will be opened up to trade and
1 commerce.
Tbe Blue Jay, Silver Bow and Gray
Rock mines, of the Butte & Boston
group, in Butte, Mont, nave cioaea
down, and over 800 men are thrown
out of employment The pumps have
not been withdrawn from the mines,
which shows that the shutdown is only
temporary.
In view of the report circulating in
the United States that William K.
Vanderbilt is shortly to announce his
engagement to Miss Amy Bend, Vanity
Fair, published in London, this week
asserts that William K. Vanderbilt
will shortly announce his engagement
to an English duchess.
Lord and Lady Sholto Douglas have
abandoned their theatrical tour through
California and returned to San Fran
cisco. Tbe lord attributes the failure
of the trip to the heavy rains and the
fact that hia advance agent left htm in
an inopportune time, j He says be will
try it again shortly.
The London Observer says: "We
have good authority leading us to ex
press the belief that Germany recently
invited Russia and other powers to 00
operate in a plan hostile to England's
continued occupation of Egypt Ac
cording to our information and belief
this proposition was declined by
Russia."
3 Emperor William is firmly deter
mined to carry out the project of doubl
ing the size of the German navy. A
high German official says be has had re-1
peated conversations with tbe emperor
on this Bubject during the past three
weeks, and he asserted that during the
coming summer the plan for the reor
ganisation of the navy will be drawn
up.
A terrific toronado, accompanied by
floods, occurred in North Queensland,
attended with great destruction of life
and property. Many vessels are miss-
ins as a result of the Btorm. Tbe rain
fall during the tornado amounted to
33 inches, and it is estimated that the
damage to property will amount to
$3,600,000. A large number of per
sona were drowned.
States senate committee's attitude on
the Cuban question. They declare that
the insurgents have fulfilled none of
tbe requisites by international law or
ussge for the recognition of belliger
ency. Tbe government organs, with a
view of pacifving the publio irritation,
point ont that President Cleveland, his
ministers and the federal authorities so
far have preserved a perfectly oorrect
and friendly attitude toward Spain,
contrasting strongly with the popular
sympathy and assistance the insurgents
have obtained from the American people.
Lloyd Montgomery, tbe self-con
fessed murderer of bis father, mother
and Daniel B. McKercher, has paid the
penalty of his crime by death on tbe
gallows. The prisoner exhibited con
siderable pluck, considering bis youth.
snd did not flinch upon tbe scaffold.
The execution took place, as required
by law, in an inolosure in tbe jailyard
at Albany, Or. An hour before be
went upon the scaffold be wrote out
and signed the following statement:
I did it I am guilty. O God, have
mercy on me. Take me as 1 am, a
poor sinner. I am sorry for what I
have done. God, do have mercy on
my poor soul; for my sake, do, and
forgive all my sins, each and every one
of them, and forgive those who sin
against roe. Oh, God, help the preci
ous souls to see the way of life for my
sake. Do help them and guide them
through this life."
Colonel W. P. Thompson, president
of the National Lead Company, died
of pneumonia in New York.
The Chicago city council has passed
an ordinance prohibiting any person
from engaging in the traffic of horse
meat It is announced in London that
Justin McCarthy will resign the lead
ership of the Irish parliamentary party
at the next meeting of that party.
The unprecedented rains in the lower
Mississippi valley the past ten daya
have caused all streams to overflow,
and the lowlands of Tennesse, Arkan
sas and Mississippi are one vast sea of
water.
Word comes from Brazil that rain
has fallen in such torrents for the last
tew days that it has caused the falling
of many houses in the cities. Yellow
fever is increasing and one man on tbe
Italian cruiser Lomardi has died of the
disease. '
The storthing has been opened. In
the speech from the throne, King Oscar
said he hoped that tbe meeting of the
committee on the condition of the
union of Norway and Sweden would
tend to an agreement for the happiness
of both nations.
The United States minister to Tur
key, Mr. Terrell, has demanded an in
demnity of $100,000 for the burning
and pillage of the American mis
sions at Marash and Kharput He
also asked for the immediate granting
of firmans for rebuilding them.
The celebrated case of Dr. Arthur
Dues trow, the St Louis millionaire,
who has been on trial during the past
month for the cold-blooded murder of
his wife and baby boy, two years old,
has ended, the jury returning a ver
dict of guilty in the first degree.
After a six months' search through
anoient and modern history the patent
office has issued a patent on 'bloomers.
The man who gets tbe credit of invent
ing this up-to-date article is Thomas
H. Royce, of Brooklyn. In the future
the new woman will have to pay Royoe
a royalty on her nether garments.
The forthcoming monthly state
ment of the government receipts and
expenditures for January will show
that aggregate receipts will be approx
imately $39,237,670; expenditures,
$33,696,430, leaving a denoit for the
month of about $3,459,160, and for
the seven months of the present fisoal
year 01 about f la.sis.STO. receipts
from the oustoms during the present
month will amount to about $16,380,
796; from internal revenue, $11,041,
401 ; from miscellaneous sources, about
$1,815,472. This is a decrease of
about $1,000,000 in reoeipts from the
customs as compared with January,
1895, and an inorease of about $2,000,
000 in receipts from the internal reve
nue. ; ; -
A dispatoh to the London Standard
from Madrid says: The papers here
protest energetically against the United
Developments show that Lee Sellers,
lynched in Knoxville, Tenn. , ten years
ago for the supposed murder and rob
bery of $1,100 from Edward Mainess,
was innocent Lime Hickman, on
her deathbed, confessed " that Ike
Wright, a notorious character, was
the murderer, lie is now being pur
sued by tbe officers.
Tbe federal council has authorized
the president of the Swiss republic to
accept the proposal tendered by tbe
governments of Great Britain and the
United States that, in the event of a
disagreement as to a choice of arbitra
tor for the Canadian sealers' claim, the
president of Switzerland shall desig
nate the arbitrator.
An agent of the Chinese government
has oome to the Pacifio coast to place
an order for 60,000,000 feet of lumber.
Most of tbe timber is intended for the
construction and repair of government
buildings. The agent says the indica
tions are good for a healthy revival of
the lumber trade throuhgout China
and Japan this and next year.
Andrew H. Davidson, ot New York,
who is greatly interested in securing
the release of Mrs. Maybrick, oonflned
in an English prison on a charge of
murdering her husband, says tbe next
attempt to secure her release will be
made by the Masons and Roman Cath
olics, and that the effort will be made
on the same lines as those in the past
The congressional delegates from
the Paoifio coast are making quite a
push in the matter of the additional
revenue cutters for the ooast If
Squire's bill should go through, the
possibilities are that one will be sta
tioned at Puget sound and the other in
the Columbia and adjacent waters
They will no doubt be built on the
eoait