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OCCIDENTAL SEWS.
Kew Process of Gathering Gold
From Columbia Sand.
mom waskisgtok cm. EASTERN MELANGE.
8eemiu-; Morton Explains IR'fcy He
Kenioved a Brother of James
B. Slaine Etc
Secretary Hole Smith has rive notice
to the law clerks and other hiph-gratle
employes of the Interior itepartnient
that an egression of opinion to outsid
ers as to th probable solution of any
qnestion pending before the department
will be deemed a mifficient cause for dis-
Tfil OLD FLAG SHIP PEKSAC01A.
leeomniwids to Paw Into the Temple
, Dedicatory Ceremonies Sell
at Higfc Fbrnre.
La Angeles it to haw a 11,000,000
sntei.
A band of wild dog infests the mesa
mar meson.
Vancouver Island it agitating separa
tion trom the main land.
Ida Bailer, Lot Annies' female foot
pad, has been sent to Folsom for two
yean.
- Smelts are so plentiful in the Colum
bia irrer that quantities are taken out
with scoop-nets.
A large number of Umatilla Indians
have left the reservation for the summer
and gone to the Colombia rivar to catch
umon.
A new claimant to the lualde estate
at ttanta Barbara has appeared. Mary
jMiEuue, an uieaiiuiiiaie uauguier ui auu
aalde, is the claimant
In a shooting scrape at Care?, Idaho,
Dave Evan's lite was saved by a package
of gram, which was in ms pocket, the
builet lodging m toe pactage.
A big silver strike is reported in the
uxke mine in 1 avanai eonncv, a. i. it
is the greatest silver strike yet known.
The ore, it is stated, runs over 1,000
nanrM to the ton. - -1 . "
It looks as if theold flagship Peneacula
will soon be hauled into the wharf at
Mare Island and wark commenced on
her to make her ready for nee as a train-
ingship for the naval reserve.
Mr. Had lev, the new receiver of the
Oregon Pacific railroad, is liable to give
toe srechoidere a shoes: ot neart disease,
lie is absolutely making the road pay
expenses, something unknown for years.
Interested parties have examined the
cement rock found in quantities near
Panta Crux, and the result of the tent
has been announced. It is that the rock
is capable of producing the best of Port-
tana cement.
It has been discovered at T'niatilla
that under a new process Columbia river
sand will pan out ft per day in gold.
The sand is obtained twelve miles east
of Umatilla. Capitalists are investigat
ing the matter.
The ease of the State of Oregon against
ham Hams for keeninc his saloon open
tvunoay was tried before Justice Cleve
land at Astoria, the jury returning a ver
dict of not guilty.
The jury in the suit of Miss Felicity
AUemami 01 uiuoy against josepn aia-
tnerson of 6an Fran Cisco, for 1X0,000,
daroaees for breach of promise of mam-
age, has rendered a verdict in favor of
the piamtifl lor flOO.
Mrs. Fhcebe Richardson is the twelfth
woman ever committed to the Oregon
penitentiary. She and her husband-will
serve a year each for malicious destruc
tion of property, they having cut to
pieces a neighbor's buggy and harness.
Detectives were within sight of Sontag
and Evans, the train robbers, on the
tiorth Fork of King's river. Theouttawe
had snowshoes and used them to advant
age, making their way into the almost
inaccessible mountains ahead of then-
pursuers. '
Captain Edward Bailey, Company C,
Fourth Infantry, stationed at Boise,
Idaho, has been placed under arrest by
Major Kennedy, commandant of the
post, on the charge of drunkenness and
gambling with the men of his command
in we resorts 01 sue city. ,
The new placer field at Borax Lake,
150 miles bum ban Bernardino, is at
tracting prospectors and miners. Dry
-washers are used, nroducmirtoeachman
from 110 to '& per day. The placer
field is large and practically unexplored,
and rich finds are anticipated.
John Bangborg entered one of the big
revolving drams used in connection with
roasting concentrates at the Boston and
Montana smelter at Great Falls, Mont.,
to do some work. He never came out.
and H is supposed he fell down a fine to
the furnace. If so, his body waseom-
iteKsly consumed in short time. A
antern let down in the floe was melted
immediately. '
Judge Watson of Coos county makes
the announcement that it will be impos
sible for the County Court todoanytbing
on bridges or roads this year, since the
orjnnty cannot contract legally more than
ff,0U0 indebtedness, and it now owes
(7, WO. He also states that supervisors
w ilt be obliged to work the roads this
year under the old law, aa the court has
been unable to get a copy of the new
law.
The Leeielatore of Arirona has passed
a concurrent rasutalion requesting the
J-reuMant of the United Stales to open
friendly negotiations with the Bepublic
of Mesieo looting tosuch a readjustment
of the international boundary as will
give .uMia aaaf and comnioOions har
bor nt-ar tne head ol t-ie Ousf of Califor
nia aod wctire to trie eitiatns of the
Ijisit rsrt!' M'stion in the vast
and vaiaatue SstMsg privilege ei the
nit.
The Department of State is still in
correspondence regarding the refugees
who sought an asylum in the United
Stateslegation at Santiago. They claimed
to be political offenders only, and as such
Minister Egan gave them a refuge. The
Chilian government demanded their sur
render as common criminals, and asked
that Egan be instructed to deliver them
to the local authorities. This demand
has not been i complied with by the
United States.
The paragraph in the navy regulations
recently issued, prohibiting naval offi
cers from acting as correspondents of the
newspapers, is said to have had its ori
gin in the bite Chilian war. During the
struggle, the storv toes, two naval offi
cers stationed at Valparaiso were in the
pay of certain New York newspapers, to
which they wired frequent inside news
in cipher of the movements of the forces
engaged. It frequently happened that
Bauuaceda on the one side or the Dtovi-
sional troops on the other were thus
made aware ol the movements of the
other. The, news was wired from Sew
i ark bv their friends. These movements
they could not otherwise have known.
The provisional forces subsequently com
plained of this to our government, and
alleged they had been seriously embar
rassed thereby. Thereupon the United
States expressed regret at what had
passed, and rendered a repetition of the
complaint impossible bv causing the in
sertion of the much-talked-of paragraph
in the new regulations.
Secretary Morton's attention has been
called to certain criticisms upon his re
moval of Robert 6. Blaine from the po
sition of chief of the quarantine division
of the bureau of animal industry. The
Secretarv said that when be touk eharae
of the Department of Agriculture he
found Mr. Blaine occupying a position
with practically no duties to perform
ana drawing a salary of Z,uuo per an
num. It was one of the most evident
sinecures in the department, and he
could not consistently allow it to remain,
even though the incumbent happened to
be the brother of the late James O.
Blaine. If he had been the brother of
President Cleveland, the result would
have been the same. The. Secretary said
the only position which could be taken
in the interest of economy and good
government was to abolish the divi
sion, which consisted of one man,
and assign the clerical work con
nected with the stations to the divisions
of field investigations and miscellaneous
work of tbe bureau of animal industry,
where it had really been done during
Mr. Blaine's incumbency.
Extraordinarv efforts will be made to.
secure adjudication upon the Chinese
exclusion act by the buprente Court at
this term. The matter has been the
subject of correspondence between the
governments ot the L nited Htates and
China, and at tbe request of the State
Department tbe Department of Justice
has completed the necessarv prelimi
naries in conjunction with the counsel
ot the lihinese government and its sub
jects in this country. Under the terms
of the Geary law a case to determine
the validity of the act cannot be begun
until the 5th of next month. In ordi
nary circumstances it is impossible to
bring a test case before the Supreme
Court of the United elates before ad
journment for tbe summer recess, but
by the concurrent action of all parties
interested, which has been secured in
view of the important international
character of the questions involved, tbe
standing of the law will be decided
within a few weeks, thus obviating a
long, tedious and expensive litigation.
The arrangement entered into contem-
S lutes the arrest of a Chinese laborer in
ew York for a violation of the terms of
the law, a prompt decision in the lower
courts and an appeal to the Supreme
Court of the United States, which may
be heard May 8. If the programme
shall be carried out, the decision will be
rendered by the middle of May, at which
time the court expects to adjourn for the
term.
During the last session of Congress a
measure was lobbied through granting
the privilege to W. F. White and a Chi
nese named Chang Pak Qnai of bringing:
1,000 Chinese to the World's Fair for tbe
purpose of putting up a Chinese village.
The steamer China has on board nearly
800 Chinese, who are said to be on then-
way to the world's r air. The delicate
question is presented to the Collector of
the port of Han J-ranctsco as to who are
entitled to go to Chicago and who to re
main. So tar as known these Chinese
have no papers to show they are a part
of the Chinese village. Qnai will not ar
rive on the China with the tiret install
ment of Chinese. lie is expected to fol
low on the Belsic with the second in
stallment of about 600., Of course, every
Chinaman who arrives during the next
five or six months will assert that he, or
she, is on the war to the exposition, and
their landing will follow. In this way it
is feared that bom 2,000 to 8,000 Chinese
will get into San Francisco, and there
will be no means of stopping them. In
an interview Collector Phelps said : "I
am in a quandary. I don't know what to
do in the circumstances. J don't see that
I have any power to exact bonds from
and according to the act of Congress 1
cannot refuse them a landing. If .they
nave a cemncaie snowing uiey are to oe
employed aa salesmen, clerks, cooks,
wallers, priests or any other CluneM oe
3juu, I must lout fesse." .
French-Canadians Coming Over
in Great Multitudes.
CBCBOKKES RATIFY TREATY.
The Amount Paid In Dividends, by tbe
Carnegie Steel Company lor
Last Tear Reduced.
There is a tendency in Virginia to grow
ess lonacco.
Three expeditions will put out for the
north role thiseasan. ,.,
Standard time has gone into effect in
unio ny act ot Legislature.
Chicago and Buffalo will be but elei
noun apart by the new fast train.
The Ranger and the Albatross will pa
trol neunng sea tne coming season.
Extensive prairie fires are reported in
Kentucky, owing to the long dry spell.
Three thousand acres are wanted in
Southeast Missouri for a Welsh otaVaiy.
A coal comnanv with a canital of 13.-
uio.uuo has just been tunned at Kansas
Uty. -
Allegheny uity and nttabure mar Kin
hands to build a big water-supply rea-
voir.
It k said that there are 10.000 anuli
cants for postmasterships in the State ot
tveorgia.
The Ohio river railroad lines have
agreed upon a 2-cent-a-inile rate far the
World's Fair.
Steps have been taken in Eastern
Massachusetts for the extermination of
the gypsy moth. ,
The necessary amount to free Tal-
niage's Brooklyn Tabernacle from debt
has been suliscribed. " ,
The Cherokees have ratified the treatv
with Uncle Sam, and the strip will lie
opened amut iiuiy i.
The Chicago ice dealers have combined
and increased prices from 36 cents to 60
cents per hundred pounds.
In two years' time it is probable that
every Southern State will conduct its
election on the Australian plan.
The Kentucky State crop report makes
the condition of wheat WJ per cent. A
year ago the condition was 83 per cent.
The body of Jefferson Davis will be re
moved from New Orleans, La., May 28,
and be reinterred at Richmond, Va.,
May 31.
The complete statistics show that the
production of beet sugar in the United
States has more than doubled during the
past year.
Reports from fifty towns in South
Dakota give details of the greatly in
creased immigration just now pouring
into the State.
It is estimated that since Mr. Morton
started the Arbor day movement 400,
000,01)0 trees have been planted in the
Northwest alone.
The Kew York Senate has killed the
bill for the submission to a vote of the
people of the question of the consolida
tion of Brooklyn and New York.
The World's Fair management has de-
aided to maintain a Police Court in the
grounds, where visitoreaccused of misde
meanors can be tried without delay.
It has come to light that the late Colo
nel Shepard of Kew York was unable to
secure a life insurance several years ago
owing to a suspicion of Bright 's disease.
The Kew York Assembly passed, 78 to
28, the bill abolishing cajiital punish
ment, to take effect, should it become a
law, on September 1, too late to save
Cartyle Harris,
It is estimated that (10,000,000 will be
expended in new buildings in Buffalo
during the year 1808. The prospect of
nwu uumsiiik; mic Bjrcfc jwwerui LiHgikrw
is booming Buffalo.
Everybody who has a pass to get into
the show at Chicago must have his pho
tograph on his pass. Perhaps Secretary
Carlisle can be persuaded to decide the
photograph unnecessary.
The Ohio State crop report says wheat
has come out of the winter in excellent
condition except along the southern bor
der of the State. The April condition
last year was 71 per cent.
Kew York city has begun in earnest
the work of nurifvinr its water suuulv
at the source by burning fiitbydwellingB,
barns, pigsties, etc, along the head
waters of the Croton river.
There is a strong presumption that
thousands of the most undesirable class
of emigrants are evading the American
regulations every month by entering the
united B tales ny way oi ianaua.
Since work baa commenced on the
World's Fair grounds in Chicago, ten
men have been killed outfight, eight
have died from wounds received while in
in service and 610 have been injured.
The French Canadians continue com
ing over the bonier in great multitudes.
Tnere are nearly as many of them and
their descendants in this country as there
are in the French Province of Quebec.
It is said the amounts paid in dividends
by the Carnegie Steel Company lor 1802
i reduced trom io.uuu.uou, paid the
previous year, to tl ,000,000, owing to the
Homestead strike and other troubles.
During tbe last eight months the total
number European immigrants landed in
this country was 216,028, against 300,484
in the corresponding period of the previ
ous year a decline ot nearly 100,000.
General Georae W. Gordon of Mem-
S-' 1 has introduced in the Tennessee
islatnre a memorial from the Con
rate Historical Society asking that
an annuity for life of $600 be granted to
the widow of Jefferson levi. '
PURELY PERSONAL.
The Duke ot Oporto, brother of the
King of l'urtupil, is one of the finest
flute players in the world.
Owing to illness, Dr. Edward Everett
Hale did not start the series of lectures
on journalism in Boston last week.
Captain Henry Howell Lewis, who died
in Baltimore recently, was the last of
General Washington's grandnephews.
Secretarv Herbert is said to be a hard
worker. He often remains at the Kavy
Department until 7 r. a. answering let
ters. . -.
Mrs. Phoabe Hearst, widow of Senator
Hearst, proposes to establish a home for
destitute boys on a farm of 460 acres
near San Francisco.
There are two women bank Presidents
in the country, Mrs. Annie Moore of
Mount Pleasant, Tex., and Mrs. C. E.
Chad bourn of Columbus, Wis.
In the home of Rider Haggard, it is
said, the da; invariably opens with fam
ily prayer read or recited by himself in
the large, square entrance hall.
Max Judd, who has been made Consul
to Vienna, is one oi the best chess .play
ers in the country. He thinks the last
move of his a capital one, no doubt.
Ex-Empress Carlotta of Mexico in her
insanity requires a fresh pair of pearl
gray, two-button kid gloves on rising
every morning throughout the year.
Mrs. Jeff Davis being in straightened
drcnaietances, the Charleston Kuws and
Courier urges that she be made Presi
dent of the South Carolina Industrial
and Normal College for Women, which
is about to be organiied.
President Carnot's son Francois, who
was drawn among this year's recruits for
military service, has been relieved of the
obligation to serve on the ground that
his physical health is below the stand
ard. The young man will return to col
lege. :.
. Crispi, ex-Premier of Italy, has been
compelled to place his son, who is in the
Zlst year of his age, in a correctional in
stitution at Pisa on account of tbe mas
tery the young man had gained over his
conscience in the matter of getting
money with which to lead a fast hie.
One of the unfortunates who suffered
heavy losses by the failure of the West
ern Trust Company, of which ex-Senator
Ingalla was president, is E. W. Howe,
the Atchison author and editor. His
loss will be the public's gain, if poverty
spurs him on to write another romance
like the " Story of a Country Town."
Judge R. R. Kelson of the United
States District Court of Minnesota is
the only man on the district bench ap
pointed before the civil war. Judge M.
P. Deadv oi Oregon, who died a few davs
ago.WMtheonlyotherone. JudgeDesdy
was a Territorial Judge in Oregon, and
on the admission of the State was made
District Judge. .
The late Dr. Andrew Peabodv accord
ing to Dr. isdwurd Everett Hale was
looking over some accumulated rjanere
one day when he discovered that be was
s-w.uoo richer than be was the year be
fore. Tliereunon he wrote to the Assess
ors of Cambridge, asking those officials
to impose a lax on Iim property accord
ingly. Yet nobody ever suspected the
good doctor of insanity.
When Calvin Brice was a student in
Miami College be was a poor boy, but a
fellow of much sturdy indepenence. At
that time Oxford was twelve miles from
the nearest railway station, and the jour
ney was usually made by tbe students in
a stage. But Uie fare was high, and Mr.
Brice could not afford to pay it. He gen
erally walked the distance, therefore,
although rich friends offered to provide
him with a seat in the stage. The result
was sometimes that these friends would
accompany him on his tramps.
BUSINESS BREVITIES.
Savannah leads in naval stores tm
An imitation silk is made from wc
pulp, ,
Nails were made by hand previous
1810.
Petroleum was first used by the '.
dians.
Electric roads have displaced 30,1
horses,
Jarrah- is the most nearly indestrui
blewood.
Women chemists are becoming m
numerous. .
The United States produces 46,000,'
tons of iiay.
Chicago packs and ship overp.OOO,1
hogs a year.
The lathers of Boston have decided
demand $3 a day.
The first coal mining was done
Pennsylvania, 1701.
The cheapest dress Worth will mi
for a customer costs tl60.
The people oi this country sent (
000,000 telegrams in 1802.
The United States contain l(M,i
square miles of coal fields.
There are now over 400 electric ru
in operation in this country.
The leather-dealing firms in I
Uailed States number 48,006.
The annual tobacco product of I
country is 666,000,000 pounds.
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