i mj i fog
Steamer St. Paul on the Rocks
at Point Pinos, Cal.
PASSENGERS SAFELY LANDED
There) War About Fifty on Board
Tha TaMel "Will Probably Bo a To
tal Wreck Help Being Rendered.
Monterey, CaL, Aug. 11. The Pa
slflo Const Steamship Company's
teamer St Paul, bound for San Fran
cisoo, ran ashore at 10:80 o'olook last
night, near Moss beaoh, and is now
wedged on the rooks on which she
struck. The forty passengers on board
were safely landed at 4 o'olock this
morning, and most of them took the
afternoon train for San Francisco. The
first news of the accident was brought
to the company's offices in this city by
seven passengers, who walked from the
beach and arrived here at 4 o'olook this
morning.
The boat is lying on her port side
and does not move an inch. It is feared
she cannot be pulled off. The crew
will probably stay on board tonight, as
the bay is smooth.
In her position, and in the manner of
running ashore, the St Paul's case la
mnch like that of the wrecked Colom
bia. The officers have been instructed
to say nothing regarding the wreck.
On board are nearly 200 head of cattle
and 600 sacks of wool and grain.
There are many rumors current as to
the cause of the disaster. One story is
that the captain struck a rock, and,
fearing the boat wonld sink, ran her
ashore for safety. Others say the cap
tain missed his bearings, mistaking
Point Cypress for Point Pinos, and ran
ashore, thinking he was going into
Monterey.
The latest reports from the boat were
to the effect that the water is getting
higher, and at least six feet of water is
in the hold.
RECORDS OF THE PAST.
Forgotten Document Fouad by the
Veneiuela CoiumlMlon.
Washington, Ang. 11. Daring the
past month the work of the Venezuela
boundary commission has entered upon
a new stage. Heretofore, the efforts-of
the commissioners have been directed
mainly to securing the evidence upon
which the final reports is to be based.
The work from now on will largely
consist of classifying the information
already obtained. The British govern
ment, it is presumed, has put into its
two voluminous bluebooks all the in
formation upon which it relies in sup
port of its claims. The Venezuela gov
ernment has done the same in its three
volumes of transcripts from the Span
ish archives. Independently of this,
the commission has been searching on
its own account The congressional
library in Washington and many pub
lio and private libraries in various
parts of the country have been ran
sacked for historical and cartographical
information. The archives at the
Hague have been gone through with a
thoroughness that not even the zeal of
Great Britain or Venezuela has hereto
fore attempted, and as a result import
ant documents, which the world thought
lost or destroyed have been unearthed.
This work, although not yet termin
ated, is Hearing completion.
For some months past. Sir Clement
R. Markham, president of the Boyal
Geographical Society, has been in cor
respondence with the secretary of the
commission. and has furnished valuable
information on the subject of the
Schomburgk line, accompanying it by
copies of maps on file in the colonial
office, some of which have never been
published. While information is looked
for from Borne, from The Hague and
possibly from other places, the bulk of
the evidence is now to determine what
that evidence establishes.
In order to solve this problem, a
number of preliminary reports are
being prepared. Among those may be
mentioned special reports upon the
geographical anfl physical characteris
tics of the region in dispute; reports
upon the evidence presented by the 300
or more maps which have been pub
lished, reports upon the facts of occu
pancy and settlement as given by his
torians, and separate reports upon the
same facts as developed by the docu
ments from Dutch and Spanish
archives; critiques upon the arguments
of the British and Venezuelan govern
ments as they appear in the British
bluebook and in the Venezuela brief.
Tbe-e reports are being prepared for
the most part by the commissioners at
their respective summer homes.
President Brewer spent several days
this week at the offioe of the commis
sion in Washington. He was joined
on Thursday by Mr. HalJett Provost,
the secretary, and the two spent the
day in consultation. President Brewer
has gone on to his home in Vermont,
and the secretary will remain In Wash
ington some days.
Fear a Conflict.
Madrid, Aug. 11. Senor Sagasta,
the well-known liberal leader, in an
interview on the Spanish outlook, said
that be feared, like Senor Canovas, the
premier, a conflict with the United
States.
Winnipeg, Aug. 11. There is seri
ous trouble at Prince Albert, Northwest
territory, caused by land jumpers.
Fifty armed settlers proceeded to the
house of Louis Como, a land jumper,
and tore it down, throwing both house
and furniture into the lake. Inspector
Suyden took a small detachment of
mounted police from Edmonton to
quell the disturbance, but last evening
he wired to Saskatchewan that the full
detaohment of polioe stationed there be
dispatched to the scene.
IMPORTANT DECISION,
Land-Grant Railroads Mint Carry
Troop at Half Fare.
Lot Angeles, Aug. 13. Judge W el
born this morning handed down a de
cision that in its far-reaohiog import
ance equals any decision ever decided
by a California federal court The
amount Involved was as large as that
of the income tax, and the prinoiplea
laid down by the court are a import
ant in New York and Massachusetts as
in California or Texas. For many
years there has been a dispute between
the government-aided or land grant
roads and the government as to the rata
of compensation that the former should
receive for transportation of troops,
mail and other effects from point to
point The roads olaim they bad, un
der aots creating them, a right to
charge the government the same rates
for servioes rendered as they oharge in
dividual shippers or travelers, while
congress has frequently provided that
the compensation should not exceed
half of the regular rate, the exact
figures to be fixed by the secretary of
war.
Under these aots of congress, only
half rates have been paid by the gov
ernment, and the roads, desiring to
have them settled, brought a test case
under the court of olaims act, the At
lantic & Pacific railroad being plain
tiff, to recover full fare for transporta
tion on the 80h and 81st days of
October, 1893, of a trooper, one Phillip
Barrett, from Albuquerque, N. M., to
Presoott Junction, Aria., a distance of
428 miles. The regular fare for the
trip is $25. 70. The government offered
113.83. The railroad refused to accept
the amount, and brought suit for the
full amount The railroad the At
lantic & Pacific was represented by
Judge Staoey, its chief attorney, as
sisted by Mr. Herrin, of the Southern
Pacific. The United States was repre
sented by Joseph H. Call, special
United States attorney.
The importance of the case was such
that it was very thoroughly and ex
haustively argued at the January term,
full testimony taken and exhaustive
briefs submitted. The decision of
Judge Welborn is very voluminous, and
enters fully into the disoussion of the
subject It is a complete victory for
the government. The judge holds, in
substance, that congress has the right
to fix the compensation for this class of
work, provided that the rates do not
amount to confiscation of the railroad
property. The full importance of this
decision is easier understood when it is
stated that the Atlantic & Pacific alone
would receive $760,000 a year more for
transportation of troops, and that,
when charges for carrying mails are
added, the difference on this one road
in favor of the government reaches
$1,500,000 annually. Ar the land
grant roads include one-half the mile
age of the railroads of the country, the
amount involves $40,000,000 to S50,
000,000 a year. Besides the Santa Fe
and Southern Pacifio systems, there
are the Northern Pacifio, Kansas &
Texas roads, the Rook Ialund, and
roads in Missouri, Wisconsin, Iowa and
Nebraska.
The decision iB not applicable to
land-grant roads alone, but applies to
all railroads in the country, and is not
confined to government business, but
involves the right of congress to fix the
compensation for all charges by the
railroads for interstate commerce. Ii
will therefore be seen that it is one oi
the most important cases ever decided
by a court, and is a great victory foi
the government
After an elaborate discussion of the
case, the court says:
"My conclusion, as already indicated,
is that the right of plaintiff under itt
charter, and without reference to sec
tion 20, to fix and determine itf
freights and fares, is- not absolute and
unrestricted, but subject to congres
sional limitation within the bounds ol
reasonableness, and that, since the
maximum fixed by the secretary oi
war, according to authorities cited, it
presumptively reasonable, and there
fore sufficient proof of unreasonable
ness, said maximum is a lawful restric
tion, and plaintiff's charge in excess
thereof an unlawful charge."
In conclusion the court holds: "That
defendant's liability to plaintiff on ac
count of the transportation service sued
for is $13.40, while by reason of de
fendant's tender of payment plaintiff it
liable for the costs of the suit Judg
ment will be accordingly entered.
It is understood the case will not V
appealed, and that Judge Stacey hi
self has so declared.
No Writ Will luiie.
Salem, Aug. 13. The governor hat
declined to issue a writ for a special
election in Coos county for the selection
of a member of the lower house of the
legislature. At the general election in
June the vote was a tie between Ben
nett, Democrat, and Buckman, Popu
list When the governor was first
asked to issue a writ for a special elec
tion, he was not thoroughly satisfied as
to bis duty in the matter, and it was
laid before the attorney-general. An
opinion was rendered by the attorney
general, but, in declining to issue the
writ, the governor's action is not in
accord therewith.
A Demurrer Filed.
San Franoisco, Aug. 13. Seven
supervisors, charged with corrupt
practices while in office, and indicted
by the grand jury, filed a demurrer to
day on pnrely technical points.
For Hop-Klcklnj.
Woodburn, Or., Aug. 13. The Hop
growers' Association held a meeting to
day in Barrow's hall. Among other
business transacted, the association de
cided to pay only 25 cents per box for
picking, and $1.25 per day for meas
urers and others working by the day.
It is thought plenty of pickers can be
secured at this price. There will not
be1 more than half a crop. A great
many yards have not been cultivated,
and will not be picked at the presont
prioe.
EF
A Resume of Events In
Northwest.
the
EVIDENCE OF STEADY GROWTH
New Gathered In All tha Town of
Our Neighboring State Improve
ment Noted In All Induatrlea Oregon.
Eight oarloada of wool from Heppner
were received in one day at a Dalles
warehouse.
The graders are at work on Tansy
point on the line between Flavel and
Warrenton, leveling off the spaoe on
which will soon be built the oar sheds
of the Astoria road.
An effort is being made toplaoe Pen
dleton and La Grande on the regular
bicycle track race circuit A move
ment to that end is now under way,
and already purses are talked of for a
meet at La Grande.
One day last week a freight train ran
into a band of oattle that were hemmed
in between a bluff and fenoe, near
Blalock. AH of the cattle were either
killed by the aocident or so badly
maimed that they had to be killed.
John Riohie, who lives near Pendle
ton, is the father of a two-months' old
boy that was born with ten fingers and
ten toes, besides the thumbs and great
toes, all of which are perfectly formed.
The family physioian thinks these ex
tra provisions may be of great value
when the boy is grown up.
The farmers of the Grand Ronde
valley are engaged in putting up hay,
but the crop is so heavy that in some
sections mnch of it will be left stand
ing. Huge stacks dot the valley
throughout its length and breadth. I
will be but a few days before the farm
ers will turn their attention to the
grain harvest
The National bank of Heppner of
which E. R. Bishop ia cashier, baa
gone into liquidation. This step was
taken for the reason that the bank can
do no more business profitably for the
present It has no more money to loan
upon the security offered, and will pro
ceed to collect outstanding money as
fast as possible.
A whale was driven ashore at Ban
don the first of last week. Captain
Hans Reed secured it, and prepared to
utilize the catch. It came on the
beach just above the lookout It is
over thirty feet long, and ten and one
half feet aorosa the flukes. It is of the
kind called Greenland, or right whale.
It will bring the captain about $200.
It is reported that the hay crop in
Clatsop county will this season be a
very short one. In the month of June
there was no rain whatever, an un
precedented fact in the history of that
county in a number of years. The
grass was burned before it ripened,
and it is probable that not enough hay
has been produced for home couHunip
tion. The first car of fruit which left The
Dalles last week billed for Chicago,
consisted entirely of peach plums.
There were 800 boxes. This, it it
said, is the finest carload of peach
plums that ever went out of The
Dalles. This is because of the pack
ing. There was not an overripe plum
in the lot, and nearly all were picked
at just the right time, a trifle green.
TWO CUT! FOXES.
Washington.
Two new warehouses are to be bnilt
in Garfield.
It is estimated that the state's hop
yield this year will be about 12,000
bales.
Supreintendent Stevens has appor
tioned $3,284.57 to the school districts
of Pacifio county.
The assessed valuation of personal
property in Chehalls county ia $93,000
less this year than last
The flagship Philadelphia arrived in
Port Angeles last week from Portland.
The Monterey and Bennington came a
few days later.
The prospect of ever catobing the
burglars who stole the balolt-boxea
from a vault in the Taooma city hall is
said to be growing less every day.
The Indian war veterans held an ad
journed meeting at Willapa, reoently.
The name adopted is "The Indian War
Veterans of the Northwest Coast"
There are thirty acres of growing
flax In Whatcom county and ten in
Skagit county. It will be worked up
as soon as the scutch machinery at New
Whatcom is made ready to receive it.
The treasurer of Lewis county has
received a remittance of over $9,000
for the county school fund from the
state treasurer. Chehalis district comes
in for $1,100 and Centralis for $1,400.
The war of prices that has been car
ried on for a year by the bakers in
Spokane ended last week. The bakers
came to an understanding and a slight
advance has been made in the price of
bread.
Most of the logging camps in the
Gray's harbor country are shut down,
and it is reported that there has not
been a time in ten years when so little
logging has been done. The burning
of the Northwestern Lumber Com
pany's plant has much to do with it
The oounty road between Svenson
and Knappa has been opened and hire
after there will be considerable travel
between the two communities. This
also connects Cathlamet with a through
road to Astoria.
Sixteen farms in the vicinity of Pen
dleton, some in Oregon and some in
Washington, have been harvested, and
the returns show the average to have
been Zl4 bushels of wheat and 60
bushels of barley to tho acre, with the
quality fair. The heaviest yield so far
reported is 60 bushels.
nay Bad Fna While Battled Banter
W paltered Where They War Bidden.
In Outing is told the story of s pair
of foxes that for a time, at any rate,
enjoyed the sport of a fox hunt The
dogs jumped them, but after awhile the
trail ended at a pond.
About tha center of the pond was a
bent tree, the two ends of which wers
in the water, while the highest point of
the ourve was perhaps 80 feet above the
pond. The dogs were working about
the pond, looking for the trail, and tha
men were looking, too, and they were
beginning to feel rather curious, espe
cially as every few moments they would
hear a fox yelp sharply. It seemed to be
a derisive bark, which it probably was.
After awhilo a movement in the top of
the curve of the tree in the pond attract
ed attention.
"Upon this tree, " the account con
tinues, "seated comfortably at the point
of its highest curve, was an old dog fox.
The cunning rascal had traveled across
the pond on the logs, then scaled the
bent tree, and while we watched hs
jerked his goodly brush up and down
and barked his derision at the whole
performance. After awhile we saw his
vixen seated on an adjacent log. They
were simply watching the futile efforts
of our pack to locate them, and, likely
enough, they enjoyed the experience."
One of the men got up wind from ths
animals and his scent drove them out
The dogs took the male fox's trail and
drove it at last to a log spanning a
ditch, on which a man was sitting. The
fox did not see the motionless man till
close enough to bo reached, when, with
a frantio leap sideways into the water,
he escaped the grab. The race did not
last long then. The wot fox gave ofi)
a strong, easily followed scent, and the
wet brush was like a piece of lead, so
the animal was killed by the dogs while
the men rushed in afoot to get a closer
view.
JOHN H. SURRATT.
HI Canape From Captor When Ha Was
Fapal Zouave.
Whether Surratt was in the city on
the day of Lincoln's assassination will
probably never be positively known.
During his trial he attempted to prove
that he was in Elmira, N. Y., doing
special service for the Confederacy, and
the proof which he furnished was suffi
cient to convince 8 out of the 19 jurors
that he waa not present and took no
part in the plot Surratt claimed to have
first learned of tho murder on the morn
ing following the assassination from the
newspapers while in Elmira and on the
next morning, while en route to New
York city, of his suspected complicity
in the plot He fled immediately to
Canada, where he remained concealed
by Catholic priests for nearly five
months. Leaving Canada, he went to
England, thence to Paris, and thence to
Rome, where, under the name of Wat
son, he enlisted in the zouaves of ths
pope.
While in the Papal zouaves ho waa
recognized by a Canadian acquaintance,
who betrayed him. On the day follow
ing his arrest, while under the guard of
six men, he leaped blindly from a rocky
precipice over 100 foot in depth, and,
alighting by chance on a projecting rock
80 feet below, clambered quickly down
the abyss, escaped, reached Naples in
the course of a week and soiled to Al
exandria on the same vessel which car
ried the instructions to the consul there
that led to his capture. Ho was finally
brought book to the United States and
tried at Washington by a oivil court
The trial extended over a period of two
months, and more than 200 witnesses
appeared on the stand The jury dis
agreed, as above stated, and the govern
ment did not prosecute the case further.
"Four Lincoln Conspiracies, " by Vio
tor Louis Mason, in Century.
"i a use to near you play the violin,
Mr. Tillinghast," said 7 -year-old Tom
my Dillingham, who was entertaining
the caller.
"But I don't play the violin. Tom
my." "Then papa must bo mistaken. I
heard him tell mamma that you played
second fiddle at home. " Exohange.
THAT TEUIUBLK SCOURGE.
day i
Mai ft rial disease I Invariably supplemented
by (It'tnrliance of the liver, the bowel, the
stomach and the nrrves. To tba removal ol
both the cause and It effect, Hnstctter'
Stomach Blltur I fully adequate. It "Mia the
bill" a no other remedy dura, performing it
work thoroughly. It Ingrollunta are pure and
wholesome, and It admirably serve to bull! up
a system broken by 111 health and shorn of
strength. Constipation, liver nd kidney com
plaint and nervousness are conquered by IU
There are in the German empire to-
about 180 electric factories, distrib
uted in 168 localities.
We will forfeit 1,000 if any of oar pub
lished testimonials are proven to be not
genuine. Ths Pifo Co.. Warren, Pa.
There I more catarrh In thli section of the
country than all other dlteHses put together,
and until the last law year waa supposed to be
Incurable. For a great many viara doctors pro
nounced It a local disease, and prescribed bical
remedies, and by constantly failing tocurewita
local tieatment, pronounced It Incurable.
Science has proven catarrh to be a constitution
al disease, and therefore requires constitutional
treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by K. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, It the only
constitutional cure on the market. It Is taken
Internally In doses from 10 drops to a teaspoon
ful. It acts directly on the blood aad mucous
surfaces of the system, They otter on hundred
dollars for any case It fails to cure. Bend for
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Hall' Family Fills are the best.
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day's use. Marvelous cures. Treatise and i 00
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Quick steps are asid to be Indicative of energy
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Talk In favor of Hand's flarsapnrllla a for nt)
other medicine. It ha the greatest record of
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to )otn, sad, therefore, detested windmill comnt
nauona, and have, since 'to, reduced the coat of
wind oower to one-siitn.wnat it w
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beat pump or price until he know
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