The Lebanon express., May 26, 1893, Image 2

B. T. KlliKI'ATKlOK. l'uhllnher.
LEBANON .OREGON
OCCIDENTAL MWS.
The
Libel' Suit Against
Itata Dismissed.
.the
POLITICAL SCANDAL AT Yl'MA.
A Will Contest for the Possession of
a Colored Recluse's Estate
in California.
San Diego's tax levy has been fixed at
86 cents on the $100.
The Ban Jose Council has passed the
Sunday-closing ordinance. '
Santa Rosa voted to bond the city for
the purchase of water works. .
The Reed Hotel at Ogden has closed
its doors, because the patronage did not
make it pay.
The Directors of the Bellingham Bar
and British Columbia Railroad Company
have made arrangements for the sale of
the road to the Canadian Pacific.
Director Ames of the Union Pacific
railroad writes that the company is mak
ing an active inquiry with the view of
extending its track to Astoria, Or.
The by-law for Vancouver, B. C, to
guarantee the interest on $400,000 of
debenture bonds to be issued by the
street railway company has been de
feated by 152 majority.
Health Inspectors visiting Chinatown
at Los Angeles found fifteen buildings
that, in their opinion, cannot be cleaned
or made healthful, and recommended
their being razed at once.
Inquiries are now being made into the
practicability of shipping frozen mutton
by the Australian system to Vancouver.
A company will probably be formed to
build a cold-storage warehouse at the
latter place and go into the business.
' The damming of the ilojave river at
Victor, creating an artificial lake nine
miles long, three miles wide and 130
feet in depth, water sufficient to irrigate
200,000 acres of desert land, is a project
on foot in ban Bernardino county, Cal.
The arrest of ex-Prison Superintend-'
ent M. Mclnernay at Yuma, A. T., on
warrants charging him with embezzling
Territorial property rrorn the peniten
tiary at Yuma is the beginning of one
of the most sensational political scandals
ever developed in Arizona.
Alderman Towlcrof Vancouver, B. C,
refused to apologize for saying the mem-
bers of the City Council went around
with their hands behind their bucks
seeking bribes. He said he would go
out in the alley and take his coat off
with any Alderman tnat tried to make
him eat his words.
James Reedy, an old miner who is
now janitor of tho City Hall at Ban
Jose, claims to have discovered rich
gravel in feanta Clara county, and in
support of the claim exhibits a small
'bottle containing flakes of sold, which
he claims to have washed out.
A eensation has just come to light at
I'acinc drove by tne absconding ot iv
H. Carver, the cashier of the Bank of
Pacific Grove, with $10,000 of the de
positors' money. The creditors who
were oupea Dy tne wuy casnisr were
Mrs. Goodrich of Ban Jose for $5,000;
William llannon, a real estate dealer of
. Monterey ; Rev. Dr. Clark, a Presbyte
rian minister of Monterey, of whose
church the missing cashier was a devout
member and a number ot other well
known persons of Pacific Grove. Be
side these victims there is a further list
of persons who were inveigled for less
amounts. , : . , , ,
United States Judges McKenna, Mor
tow and Hawley, sitting as a Circuit
Court of Anneals at Ban Francisco, have
affirmed the judgment of the United
Btates District Court of Southern Cali
fornia, dismissing the libel suit against
the Chilian steamer Itata and releasing
the vessel and 2,000 cases of rifles she
hud aboard when seized by the United
Mates Marshal in San Diego harbor two
years ago. J-lie uiki uicu in me iiau,
uw diaroed deliberate violation of Sec
tion 5,283 of the United States Revised
Statutes, and set forth that the itata had
' been fitted out with the intent to cruise
and commit hostilities against the gov-
. eminent of Chili, with which the gov
ernment of the United States was at
peace. The decision of the Circuit
Court is lengthy and reviews the details
- of the late Chilian revolution and over-
Court finds that the state of affairs as
alleged in the libel it not borne out by
tne evidence.
The State Of Oregon has filed its an
swer to the cross bill of Multnomah
county in the tax suit. Theansweradrnits
several unimportant charges, and asserts
that the object of the equalization was
to maintain a uniform assessment. The
xharge that assessment on mortgages in
, some of the counties is lower than that
, of Multnomah county, and other asser
tions to the same effect, are denied.
The answer also denies that morttraites
were discriminated against in favor of
other real estate in Multnomah county,
and also that only 10 per cent was added
to the assessment of tuorteases in Coos.
Linn and Washington counties; 25 per
cent in uouglas, so per cent in lammll,
and 7 per cent in Marion. The answer
asks for the dismissal of the cross bill,
and that thecountv be comnelled to nav
V JW,lx.8 taxes to the Slate, which it
yji reluseu to do.
CHICAGO EXPOSITION.
One of tho most striking fmtnrcs ot
the Chicago Fair is tho absolute and;
staring nudity of the statuary.
The charge for a room m Chicago-
hotel or boarding-house ranges from $1
to (5 a day. The average price for an
average room is now $2 a day.
The Countess di Ilnunt, sent to Chi
cago by Queen Marghenta to watch over
Italy's collection of luces, is an Ameri
can, who before hor marriage was Miss
Cora Siocuin.
Washington State day at the Chicago
Fair, which was to have been Mav 17,
has been postponed until some time in
June, owing to the unfinished condition
of the State building.'
The Chicago City Council has unani
mouslv nassed a resolution declaring for.
Sunday opening of the World's Fair
grounds, and as representatives of $5,
000,000 of stock in the exposition criti
cised the financial management which
closes the gates on one day out of the
seven.
Commissioner Forsvth has presented
a communication from wine growers of
California. There have been charges
that restatirantkeentrs at the lair placed
such high prices on California wines that
no one will call for them, as they can ob
tain foreign wines at almost the same
price. Caiifornians assert that restau
rants at the grounds will not place any
wines upon their lists unless a bonus of
$2,000 to $5,000 is paid them. Caiifor
nians say thiB would exclude their wines,
as they cannot afford to pay any such
sums. ' They propose therefore to estab
lish a cafe at the California building, in
which alt the wines of the California ex
hibitors will be listed. New York, Ohio
and other domestic winemakers will be
given a show on the same cards. The
council of administration is asked to re
duce the usual 25 per cent, turned in to
tliem as their share of sales to 10 per
cent, to enable wine to be sold at re
duced prices.
The World'B lair gates will be open to
the public Sunday, and the vexed ques
tion is settled. At the regular monthly
meeting of the local Directors of the
World's Fair, it was decided to open the
gates of Jackson Park to the public for
half the sum of the admittance to the
fair during the week, viz: 25 cents.
This action has nothing to do with the
opening of buildings. The latter will
remain closet! as required under the laws
passed by Congress, and as agreed to
when the $2,500,000 was accepted from
the Fifty-second Congress. The vote by
which the resolution was adopted was
twenty-seven to seven. Under the
resolution Midway Plaisance is also
thrown open. Edwin Walker, attorney
for the board, submitted an opinion.
and on the strength of the opinion the
board acted. Urieuy, Walker decided
the exposition grounds altogether a
distinct and seperate thing. Unless the
national Commission acts vigorously
to prevent it, Jackson Park will be open
Sundays, the exposition buildings re
maining closed.
After much hard work the committee
investigating misunderstandings in the
bureau of music has made a report to
the national commission. It is a most
severe arraignment of Theodore Thomas
and his methods of conducting the bu
reau of music. It gives a fearful rasping'
to Chief harpist schencke, who proposed
to a local hrm of musical instrument
manufacturers that he would -play their
harps for a bonus of $1,000 n year.
Schencke in his testimony, it appears,
admitted having made the proposition..
Before the committee Thomas denied
being in any way connected with any
house engaged in selling or manufactur
ing instruments. Thomas declared that
the authority of Director-General Davis
over him was mere merely nominal. The
committee concludes by the expression
of the opinion that no piano exhibited
for awards should be used for perform
ances; that the usefulness of Prof.
Thomas as the head of the bureau of
music of the World's Columbian Expo
sition is so impaired in the judgment of
the committee that his services should
be further dispensed with, and recom
mends that the Director-General be in
structed to request his resignation.
FE9M WASHINGTON CITY.
Andrew Douglass of Wisconsin has
been appointed Kxaminer of the Chip
pewa Indian lands in Minnesota, vice
litis staples, resigned.
Charles H. Martin of Illinois has been
appointed Examiner in the Mineral Di
vision of the general land office, vice
Charles X. louder, resigned,
The Secretary of the Navy has ap
pointed Medical Inspector Rufus Tyron
Surgeon-General of the Navy to succeed
General John Mills Jirown, retired.
Secretary Herbert has authorized the
statement that he will decline to extend
leaves of absence to any officers of the
navy who are engaged in private busi
ness. Officials of the State Department at
Washington confirm the prediction here
tofore made that ex-Kepresentative
Blount would be appointed Minister
Kesiuent to Jriawau.
The members of the Diplomatic Corps
in Washington expect that in the course
of a few months the Spanish govern
ment will elevate the legation in Wash
ington to the grade of an embassy.
The President's rule regarding per
sonal applications for office has caused
a large increase in the number of callers
at the departments, and it is believed
the Cabinent members will have to
follow the President's course.
; Surpervising Architect O'Rourke of
the Ireasury Department says it is his
determination to remove, just as soon as
it could be done, all Republicans hold
ing positions of Superintendents of
Public Buildings, and to fill their places
wuu ucmocniM.
EASTERN MELANGE.
Secretary Hoke Smith Trying
to Correct Evils.
AN AUTOMATIC VOTE RECORDER.
Heavy Rains Disclose Some Valuable
Relics on the Historical Jlas
sie Farm In Ohio.
Drought will cut Kansas' wheat crop
down one-half.
' A postal computation gives Detroit
283,000 population.
A "Colored Tariff-reform Club" has
been organized in Atlanta.
The Michigan Legislature has indorsed
an automatic vote recorder.
The licenses for 6,000 dogs are annually
taken out in New York city.
Cold and frost has rendered necessary
much replanting of the cotton crop.
Carter Harrison has forbidden smok
ing in the Chicago Council chamber.
A new law precludes the possibility of
an absolute divorce in Massachusetts.
The population of Johnstown, Penn,,
has increased over 6,000 since the Hood
of im.
The coal and coke business of Colorado
now in the hands of four great com
panies. ., '. t: -
The Duke de Veragua is so much
taken with America that he proposes to
stay indefinitely.
Milwaukie has been taking a little
censuB of its own, and is satisfied that
its population is 245,010.
The Ohio Legislature has again re
jected a measure looking to the granting
of the veto power to the Governor.
St. Louis banks have tamed over
$2,000,000 in gold to the United States in
exchange for Treasury and bank notes.
Alabama reports an increase of OX
ner cent in tho acreage in cotton. 2
per cent in corn' and 6 per cent in
Last venr there were 8,590 arrests for
violations of the excise law in New
York, but the convictions numbered
only thirty-five.
The consumption of domestic beer in
the United States last year was about
one-half a barrcll per capita, or some
thing like a barrel, barring teetotalers.
According to official report tho prohi
bition town of Portland in Maine uses
$70,000 worth of liquor a year for
medicinal and mechanical purposes,
Deaths from exposed electric wiros.
very frequent in New York before Mayor
Grant's crusade against the dangerous
and unsightly poles in 1801, are now a
thing unknown.
The great tunnel which is to drain the
Valley of Mexico iB nearly finished, and
will be completed in fifteen months.
It is expected to transform Mexico into
a very healthy city.
The New York Board of Electrical
Control has condemned three-fourths of
the electric-light iron poles in that city,
and ordered them replaced by wooden
poles with cast-iron bases.
American corn shipments are moving
into Mexico as heavily as last year. It is
estimated 7.00U car loads will be snipped
into the republic before the close of the
year it tne duty is not restored.
There seems to be a fair chance for
the restoration of tho death Penalty in
Michigan, for the Judiciarv Committee
ot the Legislature has reporteu luvorauiy
upon the bill intromited to that end.
A stone 150 feet long and 10 feet square
at the base has been quarried at Pren
tice. Wis., and it is proposed to use it as
a monument to James G. Blaine. It is
forty-six ieet longer than Cleopatra's
needla. .
The Western General Agent of one of
the larger Now York insurance com
panies is authority for the statement
that a number ot retirements oi insur
ance companies may be expected before
many weeks.
Wall-streot brokers have adopted a
new gambling device in the shape of a
phonograph which squeaKS out irom
colassal funnel quotations on mining
stocks, as many as a dozen fluctuations
being recorded in a minute.
Secretarv of the Interior Smith is try.
ing to correct the evils that have been
constantly growing at Yellowstone Park
in the wav of monopolies and conse
quent excessive charges for everything
the tourist is required to use.
Heaw rains near Chillicothe, Ohio,
have washed the earth away and dis
closed some valuable .relics on the his
torical Massie farm, consisting of stone
implements, bullets, coins and silver
buttons, xne goiu coins are uaieu mi
and 1750.1
The great dam now being built across
the Colorado river at Austin, Texas, is
built of large, rough blocks set in con
crete in the interior faced on both sides
and on top with cut granite. It has a
total length of 1,275 feet, and a maxi
mum height of 60 feet,
The story is revived in Washington
that the White House is to be devoted
exclusively to residential purposes.
President Cleveland is said to.be con
sidering the moving of his office to suit
able apartments in the army, navy and
State Department buildings.
Southern California is the Mecca
toward which the restless negroes of the
section about Chattanooga, Tenn., are
now turning their faces. Great excite
ment exists among them over an eini-
f ration scheme to the Pacific Slope,
he impression among the negroes is
that all that is to be done is to go out
there with a few dollars, buy as much
land as is wanted and live like a nabob.
PURELY PERSONAL.
Mark Twain's oldest daughter, Miss
Clara Clemens, not yet 20, has written
an allegurical play.
Ismail Pasha,. ex-Khedive of Egvpt,
now Oil, lives in regal splendor on the
short's of the Bosphurus. His wealth is
$26,000,000.
Alva Gage has presented to the Unita
rian Church of Charleston, S, C, a
handsome brick parish-house, costing
over $11,000.
A son of the Archbishop of Cantor-
bury, Primate of all England, is a Cap
tain in the artillery and an enthusiast in
the art of war.
Mrs. Laura de Forco Gordon, a well-
known woman lawyer on the Pacific
('oast, hits filed hor application for tho
Consulship at Honolulu,
Queen Victoria is traveling in Italy,
and in England she isn't missed, so little
does she really have to do with the gov
ernment of that country. . .
Dr.'Haffkine. the bacteriologist who
has been investigating cholera, writes
that he has conquered the disease by an
inoculative method, which lie will give
to the world.
Fredoriok Weverhausor, one of tho
richest of the lumber kings of Minne
sota, began work in a brewery when he
came to this country from Germany. He
woraeu lor ii a day.
Conigsby Disraeli, who has iust come
into his inheritance at Huuliondcn man
or, is descrilied as bearing a striking re
semblance in personal apjieiirance to his
uncle, Lord lleaconslield.
The ex-EmpresB Eugenie is said not fo
put trust in French medical men, When
she fell ill of a sore throat in Paris not
long ago she telegraphed to England for
a physician to attend her.
Tho Trustees of Lane Theological Sem
inary havo accepted the resignation of
Prof. Roberts, one of the prosecutors of
Prof. Honrv P. Smith in his trial for
heresy. The Trustees also re-elected
Prof. Smith for the ensuing year.
Dr. Buchnor. the African traveler.
broke from the highest point on M unit
Kiliuiandjaro, one uf the highest mount
ains in Africa, a piece of rock, which he
nresented to the lierman Emperor. The
Kaiser now uses a mountain summit as
a paper-weight on his writing desk.
Mine, Paul Mink is a picturesque can
didate for a seat in the Paris municipal
ity. She is the wife of the French uti
archist and the mother of a child named
Lucifer Satan Vorcingetorix Mink."
Her political platform is tliatof " woman,
mother, Socialist and Republican."
Pope 10 XIII. spends most of his
mornings in the Vatican gardens catch
ing birds with nets, a snort winch he
practiced when Bisiiopof Perugia, and of
which lie is particularly fond. Hundreds
ot birds are caught every morning and
distributed among the hospitals and the
poor.
BUSINESS BREVITIES.
Great Britian has more than twenty
thousand trained nurses.
There are nearly sixteen thousand
miles of railroads in Canada.
Great Britian levies a tariff on about
twenty articles of commerce.
The streams of Wisconsin yield $100,-
000 worth of pearls in a year.
mere are zu.uim American publica
tions, a gain of 1,202 in a year.
The money circulation of the United
States is estimated at $1,600,01)0,000.
Of the 61,000 breweries estimated to
be in the world 20,000 are in Germany.
Fully 25 per cent of all the champagne
made is lost by the bursting of bottles.
It requires more than 1,600,000 sheep
to supply the mutton consumed in Lon
don.
AltBAHY v f OHIIITOHE v GO.
H. R. Hyde,
-A FULL
Furniture
-OF EVKBY DESCRIPTION AND ALL KINDS OF
Ceirpets! Csirpets!
We make a specialty of UNDERTAKING. Calls answorod night
or day. ' .'
Baltimore Block, Albany, Or.
W. F. READ. Pnuldent. (1RO. F HIMI'HON, VlwPrclMent. J. O. WRITSMAN, Secretary
J. U COWAN, Tremurer. , K. A. M1LNKU.
Farmers' and lercliants' Insurance Company
OF ALBANY, OREGON.
CAPITAL STOCK 9600,000
, BOAKll OF DIBBCTUHR,
Hon. B. 8 WRAHAM,
cti el JiwMceof Supreme Court.
Hon. J. W. fltlSICK. Banker. . ,
11 ii. I. K. WKATIIKItKoKIJ, Attorneymt-Uw.
i. O. WK1TSMAN. q Cmillallat,
Willamette vaiier i.ana unmpany.
No two thinli. Ihree-foiirtha. thirty or Alxtv-dav
riliclai. Thf Farmer"' and Mcrotntiu' Insurance ''ompany cava the full amount ol loss up t
e amouut Inaured. The aubiicrlhert ro ttie capital. .took con.lata of farmers, mi rntianta. hanker.,
capllaitHi". aitorueyi, phyiloUiu aiiu maeuaiilca, the largest amount held by llimle Individual
uiuiiam
A total destruction by Are In the
United States (or eighteen years before
181)2 was $1,700,1144,017.
Eight hundred and thirtv-clglit pairs
of corsets fur men were nuulu by one
firm in England last year,
It costs $110 to decorate a room properly
with flowers for Blmost any entertain
ment, Philadelphia Record.
A dollar loaned for 100 vcare and com
pounded at 24 per cent, will amount in
that tune to ii,i)tH,Mi,wi.
An uptown genius has invented a slot
machine that will furnish a small brick
of ice cream. Philadelphia Record.
Tho roll of papor as used in the Hoe
press ion which the Bulletin is soon to
Ixi printed, is from four to six miles
lung.
Alaska produced $1,000,000 In gold
last year, and California $12,000,000. The
gold product of the United States was
$311,000,000, -
The hot-house peach crop lias not
failed, but a man who bought enough
for a largo dinner party did. Phila
delphia Record,
A company of colored people Is being
formed at Charlotte, N. C lor the pur
pose of building a cotton factory to em
ploy only negroes.
There is still an enormous quantity of
gold in the banks and among the people
variously estimated at between $lrtHj,
000,000 and $700,000,000.
EAST AND SOUTH
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