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H. X. KIRKFATRICK, Publlahor.
1EBAIN0N OREGON
OCCIDENTAL NEWS.
Astoria Ganners Preparing for
a Big Salmon Catch.
SENSATIONAL MURDER TRIALS
Bnrns Beats the Record for nigh
Jumping Sontag and Evans
Again Heard From.
Carlisle's order discontinuing coinage
; at the Carson mint throws tbirty-niue
..employes out 01 work.
A concession is being sought at the
uitv 01 Mexico lor a lottery at .iisen
yatia, Lower California.
Astoria canners are preparing for the
biggest salmon catch of the year. The
present run is very Heavy. -i
A monster fur-bearing seal, weighing
1,600 pounds, was caught at Elk Creek,
. at Tillamook, Or., recently.
Philip Koonce and Walter I. Bough
. erty have been arrested at Ilailey,
Idaho, and charged with stealing tetters.
The fourth crop of green peas is now
ready for the table at Yuma. Ureen
corn has been in the market .since May
; The Colorado, New and Carter rivera
.in, Arizona are higher than has been
known in years. The latter two are out
of their .banks, .r..,, i, , ..
Work on the construction of the tele
phone line from Pendleton to Canyon
'City bae begun. The line wiilbecom
ipleted to Pilot Rock in two weeks.
The Good and McWhirter murder
races at Fresno are becoming very much
ituitangled with contradictions and plots
and counter-plota of a sensational char
acter. ' , U ; 1
Judge Ross of the Unites States Dis- j
trict Court at Los Angeles has ruled in a
water case that a new constitution can
not abrogate contracts made previous to
it passage. -
Donborger & Co., contractors and
builders at Los Angeles, consisting of (j.
1). Donborger and R. N. Rogers, sud
denly departed from Los Angeles, leav
ing lumber bills and mechanics unpaid.
The Bradstreet Mercantile AKencv re
ports thirteen failures in the Pacific
Coast States and Territories for the past
week, as compared with fifteen for the
previous week and fifteen for the eorro-
sponmng week oi ioz.
Eleven Denver young men danced
seventeen hours and thirty minutes,
and only stopped when the Humane
(Society and the police interfered. The
men were allowed six lady partners
apiece, who relieved eacn other at stated
intervals. The prize contested for was a
puumeoal.
A petition is to be forwarded to Ot
tawa from the white fishermen of the
Kraeer river in British Columbia pro
testing against the present law, which
enables the Japs and aleins to get natur
alized and then procure fishing licenses.
The Asiatics are taking the oath of al
legiance by the score.
The boys in the State Reform School
near Salem are kept at work clearing
land. About ten acres will be cleared
for the plow this season, making a little
more than 1UU tillable oi trie total estate
of 377 acres. The school uses between
400 and 600 cords of wood a year, and
'.tha cutting of it removes most of the
. timber from the tracts to be cleared.
Health Officer Keeney and Dr. Regcn
bnrger of the Ban Francisco Board of
Health have sent to the pesthouse Rob
ert Jackson, a 41-year-old cook, whom
thev decided was a full-fledged leper.
Jackson said he was a native of England,
and that he had been in Honolulu for
some time. Then he went to Victoria,
and three months ago came to San Fran
cisco. He thought he was only suffering
from a slight skin disease.
The result of the investigation by the
government inspectors of the recent
collision between the steamers State of
"California and Whitesboro is made
public. The inspectors find that Cap-
1 tain Liebeg of the Whitesboro went
below on the night of the accident,
leaving the second mate, an unlicensed
officer, in eharge, and it was due to his
want of knowledge that the collision
took place. Captain Liebeg is found
culpable for having placed such an offi
ce) in charge, and his license as a mas
ter and pilot is suspended for thirty
days. Captain Ackley of the State of
California is exonerated from ail blame.
David Starr Jordan has resigned the
' Presidency of the Leland Stanlord (Jr.)
University. The resignation is said to
have been made to Senator Stanford
personally and supplemented by a
written communication, which the
founder of the institution has accepted.
It Is understood that at the end of the
scholastic year President Jordan's con
nection with the college will cease. The
" reason given for the resignation is that
Senator Stanford has for some time been
rather dissatisfied with the manner in
which Jordan has managed the univer
sity affairs. When he returned from
abroad six weeks ago he summoned the
President to a conference at bis Palo
Alto . residence. He indicated the
changes be desired, but Jordan resented
the Senatorial interference with the.
ultimata mult a ataud.
CHICAGO EXPOSITION.
At the entrance of the Colorado build
ing at the World's Fair is a flagstone of
red sandstone 26x8 feet and ' ten inches
thick.
It is reported that Count Tolstoi in
tends to visit the World's Fair and bring
over witn mm a party ot young Kussian
nobles, who are to investi'gate American
agricultural methods and the svstoms oi
irrigation m use in the West. .
A number of foreign commissioners
who, when dissatisfied with the awards
plan, withdrew their exhibits from com
petition have announced thoy have re
stored them as the result of the settle
ment of the niuch-discuHsed question.
Henry C. Ives, head of the art depart
ment of the World's Fair, has had a
cloth placed over Anderson'B picture of
"Woman Taken in Adultery," which,.
tne committee had reinsert permission to
exhibit, but which the French exhibitors
gave representation to in their collection
of pictures.
Herr Wormith, the Imperial German
Commissioner, said the other day, refer
ring to the report in late dispatches that
Emperor William had finally decided to
come to the fair, that he had no ofticial
advice to that effect, but would not be
surprised if it came to pass, as the Em
peror was a great traveler and had taken
a deep interest in the fair.
The formal opening of the electricity
building, which has been so long de
ferred, took place one night last week.
The feature of the display was the un
veiling and lighting of the big Edison
tower erected by the General Electric
Company. This shaft is situated in the
exact center of the building, and repre
sents the highest achievement of the in
candescent lamp. It extends into the
grand arch formed by the intersection of
the nave and transent. reaching ahehrht
of about 100 feet. The methods used in
construction have resulted in showing a
perfect column as though the entire shaft
were hewn from one massive block of
stone. It springs from the roof of a col
onnade surrounding the base, and the
entire interior is strewn with thousands
of incandescent lamps as many lined as
the Western sunset. The colors are ar
ranged by mechanical methods, capable
of being flashed in harmony with tiie
strains of music. The column' is crowned
with a well-proportioned replica of an
Edison incandescent lamp, formed from
a multitude of pieces of prismatic crys
tals. Upward of 80,000 of these beauti
ful jewels are strung on a frame, and are
all lighted from the interior by a large
number of incandescent lamps. The. ef
fect produced is marvelous, and can only
be appreciated when seen.
Montana's famous solid silver statue
of " Justice " was unveiled in the mines
and mining building the other day. It
iB the statue for which the actress, Ada
Rehan, stood as a model, and by so do
ing created much contention among her
sisters of the profession. The unveiling
of the statue was the event of the day
at the White City, and the great build
ing in wmcn me statue sianus was
thronged with people eager to see the
magnificent work of art. While the
crowd was assembling, the Cincinnati
band played national airs. The open
ing address was by Major Martin Mc
Ginnis of Montana, who spoke in glow
ins; terms of the brilliant future before
that State, of her untold wealth, of the
enterprise ot her citizens and her won
derful natural resources. When he fin
ished, Mrs. Richards of Montana
stepped forward, and, taking up a small
silken cord, gave it a gentle pull, and
the Stars and Stripes which enfolded
the silver image of "Justice" fell away
and exposed the statue for the first time
to public gaze. The crowd gave vent to
wild cheers, while the band played
"America." When the applause died
away, Hon. I. M. Quinn, editor of the
Butte Miner, made the closing address.
He spoke of the statue as a work of art,
of how it came to be made, and how it
represented the wealth, enterprise and
artistic taste of the citizens of that
State. At the close of the exercises
the Montana Commissioners entertained
their friends and a large number of ex
position officials and the representatives
of foreign nations at luncheou.
June 1 closed the first month of the
exposition. Although the weather and
the general impression that the fair is
not finished have affected th attend
ance, the average has not been as high
as the governing officers of the fair ex
pected before . President Cleveland
pressed the button May 1. There is no
denying that the treasury department
of the fair is pressed for money, al
though the banks, which are represented
in the local corporation, stand ready to
advance money at any time to tide the
exposition over; but money is owing to
the contractors and employes, and the
former find much difficulty in getting
quick and full payment of their claims.
Treasurer Zeeberger is compelled to
resort to all kinds of excuses for putting
the contractors off, but some have been
waiting two months after the contracts
have been completed and their vouchers
passed. There will be a severe policy of
retrenchment in all departments of the
fair beginning next month. The dis
chargeof 2,000employes is contemplated,
and even Major Handy, who deals with
the press representatives of the world,
is now preparing a detailed statement
of passes given with a view to a heavy
reduction in the list. Ex-President
Baker of the exposition, who is of the
special committee investigating the
press matter, thinks that the press of
the country has done more harm than
good to the fair and should not be
treated liberally. Before the opening
the enthusiasts connected with the fair
talked about an average daily attend
ance of 100,000, but that number has
only been reached twice the opening
day and Memorial day, Special fete
days and single-fare excursions from
distant points will swell the crowds for
the next four months, but the European
patronage is not being relied on to any
great extent in figuring up prospective
receints. For the month of Mv it can
only be said that the fair has not much
nere than paid the opening expenses.
EASTEEN MELANGE.
Bunk Failures in the West
Frighten Depositors.
MR, BUSHYHEAD STRICTLY IN IT.
Mohammedans to be Colonized in
Florida and Georgia by an
American Convert.
Erie, Pa., Is to have a Masonic Tem
ple. It will cost 1200,000. ,
The total registration of Chinese un
der the Geary law is loss than 18,000.
Kansas Populists have started a proj
ect to build a railway by public subscrip
tion. Several cases of smallpox have been
found in a New York tenement on First
street,
Kansas millers, fearful of a shortage
in tide wheat crop, are engaging for fu
ture delivery,
Paderewski's total receipts for bis
sixty-four concerts in the United States
amounted to $170,000.
Etilalia admires "American rush," and
wonders at the newspapers, whose pict
ures please her greatly.
The Farmers' and Mechanics' Lumber
Company and the Loomis Coal Company
at St. Louis have failed,
Kentucky has a Parliament which
won't adjourn. It hns been in session
for eight months or more.
The speed of the cruisor Now York ac
cording to the final computations was
twenty-one knots an hour.
The Missouri Railroad Commissioners
have decided that a single horse must be
accepted as freight, though unaccompa
nied by a person.
Philadelphia has airas nlantof its own.
and last year it netted a revenue of over
$1,000,000 in addition to the free use of
what was needed for public purposes.
New York experts less blockade and
quicker transit on Broadway because of
the ciiole cars, which have commenced
running on that congested thoroughfare.
It Ib now authoritatively stated that
Carlyle W. Harris, the executed wife
poisoner, came near cheating justice on
the ere ol ot his execution by taking
poison.
TheMichigan Legislature has legalized
the use of the Myers voting machine in
towns, villages and cities, lite vote in
the Senate stood 19 to 4 ; in the House
72 to 8.
Louisville has offered $1,000,000 for the
removal of the Htate capital of Kentucky
irom rraiiKiort to that city, me legis
lature, which is now in session, will set
tle the question.
When the dispensary law goes into ef
fect in South Carolina on July 1 theState
will realize (I profit on every gallon of
liquor sold, and is expected to clear ouo,
000 the first year.
A Detroit doctor, who undertook to
pull a dislocated ankle into place, dislo
cated the knee joint of his patient. The
latter has entered suit against the doctor
tor f6,ooo damages.
It is the opinion of the New York
World that the revenue bill of tho next
Congress will contain a clause imposing
a tax upon incomes over a certain
amount say over $10,000.
In Ohio after August 1 all wholesale
dealers in cigarettes must pay fciOO and
and all retailers $100 for license fees, and
the prospect is that very few of either
will take out the required license.
The first vessel with a green flag flving
at her top that ever entered Boston har
bor has just arrived at that port. Ntie
is the four-masted bark Cave Hill, built
in Belfast, Ireland. Her tonnage is
2,167.
By a ruling of the United States Cir
cuit Court of Appeals at St. Paul, Minn,,
it was held that a foreign subject who is
qualified to become acitizen of the United
States under the Revised Statutes does
not become such by filing a declaration
of intention to do so. He must comply
with all the provisions of the Federal
statutes.
One of the Florida phosphate compa
nies is shipping 1,600 tonsaweok. There
are now a dozen companies thus engaged,
one of which is formed by French capi
talists, who ship phosphate to France.
Europe now annually consumes 76,000
tons of Florida phosphates. The capital
invested in these Florida companies is
$30,980,000.
The Salvation Army in New York ex
pects to make a remarkable display in
that city next fall, when General Booth
will visit this country. Commander
Ilallington Booth and his wife will have
charge, and it is their purpose to bring
to New York at least 100,000 members of
tho army, and that every State andeverv
province in Canada will be represented,
Mrs. Frank 0. Buffon, alias Mrs.
Anna E. Wetmore, alias half a dozen
other names, who was arrested in Pitts
burg recently at the instance of her
nowest father-in-law, Jacob Buffon, ap
pears to be the most remarkable adven
turess that has ever operated in the
United States. Her scheme was similar
to that of Eva Mann, who wrecked and
finally drove to suicide Robort Ray
Hamilton. .,
Alexander Russell Webb, the United
States Consul, who fonr years ago em
braced the religion of Mohammed, and
who represents the Mohammedans in
the United States, has been securing
land in Florida and Georgia for the pur
pose of establishing colonies of the faith
ful In this country. He believes that
within five years there will be about
5,000 active, able-bodied Munelmani
settled ia the ftni alT.
PURELY PERSONAL.
M. Pierre Loti bus a penchant for ded
icating his books to prominent ladies.
Miss Charlotte M. Yongo is now three
score and ten, and has written far more
than tho same number of books. She
hegan novel-writing when she was 20.
In Spain tho name "Infanta" 1b given
to all daughters of the reigning King
except the oldest when she is heiress ap
parent to the throne. The masculine
form, "Infante," is given to all the sons
except tho oldest.
When the wife and daughter of the
Chinese Minister to England were pre
sented to Queen Victoria they were al
lowed to remain seated after their pre
sentation, as their small feet unfitted
them for long standing.
Rev. Father Thomas E. Sherman, son
of the late General, is as aggressive and
outspoken as his distinguished father.
In his Bermons ho takes every-day mat
ters as subjects, and in a recent dis
course he poured hot shot into the secret
societies.
Mrs, Frances Hodgson Burnett is soon
to leave Washington for a year's sojourn
abroad. Much of her time will be spent
in London, where sho is almost as well
known in society as in Now York, but in
the autumn sho will mako a tour of
Egypt and tho Holy Land,
Cardinal Ziglaria, who has just died
at Home, was persona gratissiiua at tho
Quirinal, and besides being a great favor
ite of the present Pontiff he was gener
ally regarded by tho Catholic clergy
throughout the world as destined to be
come the successor of Leo XIII.
The royal family of England is said to
lie the ruost money-loving of the princely
blood of Europe. ' The (Jueun has accu
mulated a viiBt fortune from her savings,
and she payB her servants leHS than they
can get in any flrst-eliiss hotel. Hor
daughter, tho Princess Louise, inherits
tbiB parsimonious spirit.
Whatever the poverty of the Brooklyn
Tabernacle, Dr. Tahnago himself is not
a poor man. He is credited with a for
tune ot K600.000 and an income of "!.-
OtX) from books, sermons, lectures and
editorial work. The Tabernacle's finances
have been badly managed; otherwise tho
rate sop ot -a per cent to liumrrv cretin.
ors would not have ten necessary.
Colonel Bob Inirorsoll once visited the
stoke hole of an American liner, After
seeing all that was to bo seen he drew a
$6 bill from bis pockot and said: "llovs,
I don't believe in hell, but I guess you
do. We won't let our beliefs enter into
good fellowship; so here's something to
drink to my health with." And then be
went into his cabin and wrung out his
clothes.
Miss Jennie Young, the American who
remit!; built a railroad to the extensive
salt deposits she owiib in Chihuahua, has
received from the Mexican government
a valuable concession in the form of a
privilege fur the establishment of colo
nies in the States of Chihuahua and Co
ahuila. Miss Young has gone to England
to make arrangements for bringing over
several thousand English families to Bot
tle uiran the lands she has secured from
the government.
Ex-President Harrison is having a
quiet life in Indianapolis, and has not
renewed business, relations with his old
law partners, ox-Attorney-General Mil
ler and Mr. Elam. He lias adesk in the
office of Howard Cole, who studied law
in Mr. Harrison's office, against the time
when he takes up business again. He
does not proiose to practice law generally
but will confine himself to the Federal
and higher State courts. He docs not
expect to do much law business until
aiter his return from California, where
he goes in October to give a series of lect
ures at Stanford University,
The Star says that the President has
intimated that he will probably call
Congress together about October 1
instead of the middle of September.
AlifiAHY v FURfJlIUftE v CO.
H. R. Hyde,
A FULL
Furniture
-OF EVEHY DESCRIPTION AND ALL KINDS OF
Cstrpets! Carpets!
.We make a specialty of UNDERTAKING. Culls answered night
or day.
Baltimore Block. Albany, Or.
W. F. UHAD, President. (IJCO. V. HIMPHOM, Vice-President. J. 0. WUrTSMAN, BeOTBlarr
J. b. COWAN, Treasurer. E. A. iULNKlt. . .
Farmers' and Merchants' Insurance Company
OF ALBANY, OREGON.
CAPITAL STOCK . . $500,000
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Hon. R. 8. ftTRAHAN,
f ihtef Jnitlce of Supreme Orrart.
Hon. J.W.mmiCK. Banker.
Ilirn. .!. K. WKATIlBltKORIl, Attorney-at-Law.
J. O. WIUTHSUN, Kq (JtHiltallm,
No two taiga, threa fonrllia, thirty or ilnyday
POliolea. The Farmer' and MerchtntH' llimirannn
wiiiameiie vauey i.ann uompany.
it e amount insured. The subscribers to the oapltal stock constats of fatmers, mi rchanls. bankers,
papirallslf, alloiueya, physicians and uiwliauloa, Ilia lamest amount held bytliule Individuals!
beiu I2U.0U0.
Secretary Carlisle during the past few
days has received several tc.letiriiuiB con
firming tho newspaper dispatches as to
a conspiracy on the extreme Northwnst
border to smuggle opium and Chinese
into tho country. They intimate that a
number of government employes are
implicated.
Tho treasury Btfttemimt showing the
amount of gold and silver coin and cer
tificates and of United States notes and
national bank notes in circulation June
1 has been issued. It shows the total
circulation is $1,5110,161,1101, a decrease
during the month of '.:. K7ii .i:u nml fr
the last twelve months of $2:i,8fS,il28.
, The circulation per capita is $28.S8.
Secretary Grcsham authorizes an em
phatic denial of the statement that the
Chinese Minister has notified the De
partment of Htate that tho Chinese
government would retaliate if the Geary
act is enforced. Groshani declared that
the recent interview between himself
and the Chinese Minister on the decision
of the Supremo Court on the Geary law
was pleasant and friendly. Not a word
nor an intimation of a threat was used
during tho interview. No verbal or
written statement from tho Chinese
government has been received since the
decision to indicate that the Emporer
proposes retaliation. When asked If
any steps had been taken towards tho
enforcement of the law, Gresham
replied that the matter was in tho hands
of the Secretary of the Treasury. So
far as he knew nothing had been done.
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