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About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 17, 1893)
H. T. KIBKFATltlGK, I-ubllihn. LEBAHOS ..OKEGON OCCIDENTAL NEWS. Sensational Mining Snit Com menced at Boise City. LIBERALS OF OGDEN DISBAND, The Consolidated Virginia Mine on the Conintock Lode Begins Active Operation!. Three Loe Angeles mashers were sonndly whipped a few days ago. Two hundred families are reported to have moved away bom Astoria, Or., the pan two montns. An overhauling of the Ranger's en fines at Mare Island has led to a oorreo uonof the defect George P. Royeter, who sued the 8ac tamento Bee for (20,000, charging libel, got a Terdict for $260. Btrenaons efforts are being made to have a fruit growers' convention assem ble in Spokane in February. Active operations in the Consolidated "Virginia mine on the Comstock began the other day with the repairs of the shafts. The news is gratifying to miners. The Liberals at Ogden, U. T., have disbanded as a party. They were com posed of gentiles or non-Mormons, and have long bitterly opposed the Latter day Baints. The charge of arson against Trotter, the owner ot the dye works at Spokane, bas been dismissed. This is the case where an explosion killed Mrs. Beane and the works were set on fire. It was stated that Trotter had fired the build ing in order to obtain the insurance. Tiptop has heretofore been the most prosperous mining camp in the Terri tory of Arizona. It was a chloride camp, but yielded from 50,000to $100,000 year ly. A company organised last spring to work the properties in the district on a large scale gave up the enterprise three months ago on account of the low price of silver, and the camp has been totally abandoned. Six months ago it was a prosperous little village with a school, store and the hum of industry. To-day nothing is left bnt two lonely individ uals, who remain to look alter the prop erty. C. J. Wetmore, Chief State Viticult arist of California, reports that the vint age of the present season will be about 18,000,000 gallons, or about 3,000,000 gal lons in excess of last year's yield, and will be of good quality generally. About 4,000 tons of grapes will be used in the must factory at Healdsbnrg, the product of which is in great demand abroad. During the next ten years, however, it is expected that the State vintage will show a decrease, owing to the ravages of phylloxera in various sections ana also to the recent check in the planting of vineyards caused by the low prices that have generally prevailed during the past few seasons, the growth of the industry in the past having been too rapid, so much so that the output in one year rose from 9,000,000 to 18,000,000 gallons. A sensational mining snit has been filed in the United States Court at Boise City, Idaho, by Arthur Neal of Seattle against Fred Page-Tustin and H. F. Parker of Seattle and several Boise peo ple interested in the Eldora Mining Company, operating in the Neal district, about twenty miles from Boise. Neal (old two valuable mines to R. P. Plow man, a Boise capitalist, for (10,000, re ceiving half in cash and the balance in notes secured by mortgages. Neal al leges that Tuetin and Parker got hold of him in Seattle and kept him under their influence for over two weeks by means of drugs. During that time he signed what be thinks is a power of attorney authorising Tustin to forclose a mort gage. He says he might have signed a deed to everything he possessed. Tnstin fordosed the mortgage in his own name and, it is claimed, never paid neal a cent. The Eldora Company was formed, purchasing mines from Plowman, agree ing to etve him (15.000 and one-half of the stock of the company. Neal asks for a receiver to take charge 01 the prop erty. Plowman clainiB that no money has been paid him by the company. The indications are that there will be lack of space in all buildings at the Han Francisco Midwinter Fair except the agricultural and horticultural. It is not known just how much space Chicago exhibitors in the various departments will want. Arrangements have been made with the Director-General and Viscount Cor My in Chicago. It is known,' though, that the demand for space exceeds the amount the fair man agers have to give. The manufactures and mechanics buildings, large as they are, will be inadequate to hold all that bas been ottered, and it is already appar ent that the walls of the fine arts build- in will not hold the works of art and alleged art that will be offered. The agricultural and horticultural building is the only one that gives promise now of aecommodatingallcomers. This would be filled to the dome if it were not that so many of the counties have their own buildings. The managers have found it necessary to exact agreement from the various county commissioners to con tribute toward the general horticultural and agricultural display. There is fear that the natural products of the State will be so distributed that the general effect will be lost. If possible, this will be prevented. , BUSINESS BREVITIES. Popper is second only to rice and tea as the principal export from Slam. The railway mileage In this country to-day amounts to 171,663.52 miles. The State of Illinois has used this year more than 4,000,000 barrels of beer. Trusts are a coming power in business. They already control over (2,000,000,000. It is estimated that the civilised na tions pay annually for food $18,000,000,- 000. New York has over S.0OO hackmen. Tokio in Japan has 20,000 jinricksha men. Last year no less than 3.000,000,000 gallons of beer were Imbibed in Europe alone. Nebraska has raised 100 bushels of com for every human being in the State thiByear. During the next seven weeks It Is ex pected that the mint will coin (15,000,- 000 of gold. Canada supplies nearly all the plum bago used by American manufacturers of lead pencils. More than 25,000 women are employed in the United States alone in the decora tion of china and pottery. Manufactured gold is worth (1 a pen nyweight, and any value in excess of this represents workmanship. In Zanzibar alone some 500,000 pounds of ivory are marketed every season from the tusks of 10,000 elephants. The steamers between Europe and North America carry on an average about 70,000 passengers a month. The most useful insect is the silkworm. It is estimated that 6,000,000 persons gain a livelihood by raising the worms. Farms In interior New York are worth now little more than half their value in 1870, and no more than before the war. The property owned by New York city is estimated to have risen in value from (277,000,000 in 1871 to (550,000,000 in For the first six months of 1803 the mines of the United States mostly gold and silver mine paid (5,700,000 in div idends. British coach and carriage builders Import from America their choicest spokes, hubs and ribs for wheel manu facture. Georgia is rapidly developing as a fruit-growing center. Within a few yearn thousands of peach and pear trees have been set out. The King of Portugal has the most costly crown in the world. The gold and jewels of which it is composed are val ued at (6,500,000. It annears from a Treasurv statement that there are 36,880 (10,000 oills, 14,806 (5.000 bills and 47,324 (1,000 bills in cir culation in this country. During the first nine months of the vear over 2,000 milee of railway were built, and It is expected that possibly bv January 1 the mileage will reach 3,001). Types are not used in printing Persian newspapers. The "copy" is given to an expert penman, who writes it out neatly, xnen tne won is utnograpned. The world's hop crop this year is esti mated to be 7,000,000 pounds less than last year, although the United States crop is 4,000,000 pounds greater than last season. The operatives in Japan mills work every day, there being no Sunday. The hours range from twelve to seventeen, bnt the pace is slow and there are fre quent holidays. Mrs. R. E. Willani has a barber shop in Chicago. She runs six chairs, and each one is in charge of a woman barber. They are paid (12 a week, with a half of what they take in over (23. A bar of steel costing (1 may be worked up into (360 worth of needles; made into anile blades, it is worth 13.286; made into balance springs for watches, the same Par would ue worm izw.uuu. PURELY PERSONAL. Miss Dod. the best of the English women tennis players, won the West of tngland championship when she was only 16 years old. "And how do yon do, Mr. Justice Holmes?" was the greeting Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes gave his son, Judge Holmes, last week when the "Autocrat" visited the rourtbouse in Boston and was met at the door by hie son. Lord Houghton, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, has Celtic blood in his veins (one of his ancestors was the fourth Vis count Galway), while his children are descended through their mother from Ricbard Brinsley Sheridan. Whitelaw Reid has been entertaining Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ballev Aldrich and General and Mrs. Lew Wallace at his country-seat, Ophir farm, in West chester comity. His visitors were fre quently seen at the county lair horse show. Massenet told an interviewer the other day that he could play a Beethoven so nata on the piano when only 4 yearsolil The composer is now but 61, and will soon celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the production ot " David Kuaio," his tint successful hid tor lame. The Archbishop of Canterbury re ceives a salary of 475,000. Next to the Queen he occupies the position of head of the church. The Archbishop of York and the Billion of London receive 160.- 000 each, the Bishop of Winchester nearly as much, and other salaries of the episcopal body range lrom iiu.uuv to ('ft.uuu. Prince Komatn, a near relative of the imperial family of Japan, with his wife is about to begin a journey to Europe to oav his respects to the various crowned heads there. In all probability he will alto visit this country. The Prince is a vouni man. not more than 30 years old. and an officer in the Japanese navy. He was formerly attached to the Japanese Embassy in Berlin. EASTERN MELANGE. A Kauam Han Convicted on v Tliirty-flve Counts. APPENDICITIS ON THE INCREASE An Effective Measure Being Taken to Close Gambling; and Pool Rooms In St. Paul. Large beds of porcelain clav have been discovered in the Cherokee Strip. A war of extermination against oleo margarine has begun in Pittsburg. Omiosition to the electric railroad at Gettysburg has apparently died out. Nearly (10,000 Is paid for pensions to firemen in New York city every month. The grand jury of Baxter county, Ark., has indicted sixty persons for Bring. A. C. Bnrnham of Champaign, 111., has given (10,000 to found a limrital in me town. New York is developing a bountiful harvest of cranks since the Harrison murder in Chicago. Cron failures and the oneninir of the Cherokee Strip have almost depopulated Bontnwestern Kansas. Survivors of the recent floods In Lou isiana propose to establish a colony of 1,000 families in Colorado. The tobacco crop In the Housatonlc Valley, Conn., has an estimated value of (3,000,000, the highest on record. The exportation of coke has recently become a feature of Baltimore's trade, A large supply is dispatched every month to Mexico. The United Press has taken up Its abode at Washington, D. C, in a suite of ten o( the handsomest newspaper rooms in the country. A society has been formed in Balti more, the avowed object of which is to assist in perpetuating the memory of VJU a tUfrUlSIJQi UUIUUI Villi There is talk of transporting the New Hampshire State building at the Chicago Exposition to Manchester, N. H., and turning it into a public museum. It has been suggested that the many duplicate volumes in the Congressional Library be made the nucleus of a free circulating library for Washington. C. O. Beardsley has been convicted on thirty-five counts of selling liquor ille gally at El Dorado, Kan. His fine will be (8,600 and his jail sentence 1,050 days. Alter a careful investigation the New Orleans Times-Democrat states that the oyster industry of Louisiana was not se riously injurea oy we laie severe storms. Encouraging results are said to be ob tained from the exploration of the Pie- dras Negras coal mines of Mexico, which IB being made tor the U. Jr. iluntington interests. Within twenty-four hours after the Battle Creek disaster on the Grand Trunk railroad fifty lawyers were on the ground looking for damage suits on the percentage plan. The Supreme Court of Massachusetts has decided that a man is justified in stopping a dog fight, and if he gets bit ten while doing it, the master of the dog is liable for damages. The Medical Society of New York has adopted a report calling attention to the danger of drinking water from the aver age water tank, as found in railway cars and other public places. Most of Wisconsin's fine (lsh exhibit at the fair will be taken to foreign lands to further experiments in propagation. The Chicago public schools will receive a portion of the display. In view of the alarming snread of an- nendicitis a prominent life insurance company proposes to insert the ques tion : " Do you swallow grape seeds?" in its application blanks. Rev. Edward Bagley. pastor of the Christian Church at Washington, has been selected to be Chaplain of the House bv Democrats, to take the place of Kev. 8. W. Haddaway, deceased. The exhibits at Chicago of grain and rice from Mexico. Liberia and Trinidad are to be disinfected, with the object of preventing the introduction in this coun try of insect pests not native to our soil. A Toronto capitalist is at Niagara Falls trying to organize a company to build a bridge acroea the river for the exclusive use of trolley cars. He estimates that the structure could be constructed for (400,000. . The Real Estate Congress at the World's Fair developed the fact that the site of Chicago was marked as a trading post on La Halle's map, made in in 1690, and that it was Uien designated " Bhe-kaw-gu." Albert Abbink at the fit. Louis (Mo.) cily hospital is suffering from a disease culled anchyloetoinum dodenale, the ef fect of which is to render him as white as marble. Even his tongue, gums and finger nails are devoid of all color. W. II. Riley, senior member of the large dry goods importing house of W. H. Riley i Co. of New York and Paris, has been arrested in the latter city and charged with entering imported goods at (lie cusiom-nouse uy means oi inise in voices, by means of which the govern ment has been defrauded. News from Washington intimates that the naval force of the United Slates in Brazilian waters is being reinforced to counteract the influence of Germany and England, which is exercised in favor of Mcllo and to the disadvantage of the trade relations between Brazil and this country. Minister Thompson has re ceived instructions to protest against any foreign intervention. FROM WASHINGTON CITY. Secretary Herbert sayB that there Is no truth whatever in the report that Brazil has beon actively negotiating with the United States for the purchase of the new United States war ships Machias, Montgomery and Marhleheait; that the Navy Department is utterly without power to sell the vessels, for only Congress could do that. No nego tiations to that end are pending. . The Chinese extension bill, as It goes to the President for his signature, re quires all Chinese laborers in the Uuited States, entitled to remain before its passage, to secure their certificates of residence within six months of the time fixed by the Geary act. Chinamen fail ing to register within six months shall be deported under the formor act, except that the requirement of a white witness is removed. All proceedings for viola tions of the Geary act as originally en acted, except aB to criminals, are sus pended. The word "laborers" in the act is construed to moan skilled and un skilled manual laborers, and the term "merchant" is defined to mean a per son engaged in buying and selling mer chandise at a fixed place of business, carried on under his name. It is pro vided that the certificate shall contain the photograph of the applicant, to gother with his name, his local residence and bis occupation. The House Committee on Territories has been buBy Bevsral weeks perfecting a bill lor the admission of Utah. Though the administration has not wished to see the admisBion of the Territories pressed just now, the fact that the men who will come to the Senate and House from all the proposed new States would be silver men has caused the promoters of the Statehood movement to pause. In ordor to get around any such difficulty as this Delegate Joseph of New Mexico has pro posed to have the bill admitting his Ter ritory changed so that admission will not become operative until 1805. For Utah, Arizona and New Mexico it is pro posed to grant them double the amount of land granted the last Territories to be admitted. The reason (or this 1b there were grants made for the purpose of es tablishing a fnnd for various institutions, and it is claimed the lands which the three Territories now knocking at the door will receive are mostly, if not en tirely, arid and fit for nothing until they have been made valuable by a costly system of irrigation, The last six States admitted received as grants for various Bute institutions about 100,000 acres of land each. The three Territories asking for admission think thev will need at least 1,000,000 acres. Representative Hermann has been in consultation with the l'ostofiice Depart ment as to numerous applications from his State for contracts to carry the United States mails for the next four years and for the addition of many routes not included in the published proposals. In the course of the inter view Mr, Hermann represented to the department how in his State many con tractors have heretofore bid so low for the mail service as to be rendered unable to comply with the law, and as a result the people have received wretched mail convenience. He stated to the depart ment officials that should such low bids again be accepted he proposes to see that the contract shall be complied with both as to the manner as well as the time con tracted for. He says the people also complain that contractors sublet at such low rates as to compel persons to use ill fed, overworked and unsuitable horses and also cheap and exposed conveyances and are unable to deliver the mails on schedule time or in protected condition. He believes that the law should be fear lessly enforced in all cases of fine or otherwise, and that postmasters should be directed to report every violation or allure ot schedule, and they should be investigated in any case where thev should fail to make report. He thinks, it the law were more generally enforced, reckless and unprofitable bidding for mail contracts would cease. flltBflUY v FUHHITUHE v GO. H. R. Hyde, A FULL Furniture OF EVKBY DESCRIPTION AND ALL KIND8 OF Cstr pets ! C sir pe ts ! We make a specialty of UNDERTAKING. CuIIb answered night or diiy. Baltimore Block. Albany, Or. W. Y. HEAD. President. (IRO. F, HIMI'MON, VlwPrnldent. j. o. WIll'I'SUAM.aionluT J, J COWAN, Tre.ur. JC, A. UlUiKU. Farmers' and Merchants' Insurance Company OF ALBANY, OREGON. CAPITAL 8TOCK- BOARD OF Hon. R. 8. STRARAN, I'h'sf JfliMosof Soprsns Oourt. Ron. J. W. cltlSIOK. Bsnksr. Hull. 3. K- WKATIIKUKOIUJ. Attomei-st-Uw. J. 0. WKITHMAN, K)., CanllsllH. ffijisnioite vmiey Minn unmpany. Ho two thirls. IhKfrloimhi, thlny or aixiy-itar claiiw In lbs Parmera' and llerohauu' FARM pollelaa. The Karmr' and Merchvtla' liunranoe rompaiir Pavs the full auioui-l of lou up as b amount luaurad. The .iibftcrltwri lo the capital itoi'k conalau of fatmpr.. m. n'haiim Miiki,ni capitalist", attorneys, phrilaiaui and bmmImukn, the larseat aaouut bald by alas Is Individual, Postiniister-Ooimrai Blsmill has trans mitted to the HeercitBry of the Treasury estimates for the l'ostofiice Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1805. The total amount is II0,.')II,-!8S, as against (84,004,314 for the present Usual year. Advices received at the Treasury De partment state that the United States immigration arrangement with Canada for inspecting immigrants at Quobeo is working must satisfactorily. K very con venience and courtesy has been extended to the United States officials, The class of immigrants is said to be Improving. Brigadier-General I). W. Flagler, oliiel of ordinance, Iiiih made his annual report to Secretary Lamont. It shows the amount of expenditiiresduring the fiscal year 1803 was (3,702,202. Among the first matters treated in the report is that relating to the inadequacy of the gen eral appropriation for arming and equip ping the militia of the United States. Senator Butler has introduced a bill which has for its object the establish ment of a government system of tele graph lines. The bill directs the organ isation of a board, to consist of the Sec retary of State, the Secretary of War and the Postmaster-Uonoral, who are directed to arrange a system of trunk line telegraphy connecting the various sections of the country with the city of Washington, - with connections along these lines at such cities as shall best serve the public good. The system Is to be carried on as a part of the postal sys tem of the country, and discrimination in rates is prohibited, except that a less rate is allowed for press messages than for current 'business, The carrying on of the telegraph business by individuals or corporations is not prohibited. The bill is voluminous, and deals largely with the details of how the lines shaft be constructed. An appropriation of (6,000,000 is made to begin the work. EAST AND SOUTH The Shasta Route -or THK SOUTHED PACIFIC CO. Kxnraw tnluijMve Contain) dally: : if. it. II'V..,...Ftrtl(ind ...7..'..Ar. 8:T.' 10:28 r. H.lliT Albany Ar. 4;2 a. U. 10:1ft a. M, Ar Hhii Kranrh.cn. I.T.j 7:00 y. u. Tin above traliiH i (Dp lit all nUlloim from Portluml Id Albany iuoltulvii: hUo Ttiiiftuut, mirnu, nnmvy, HiirriNuiirKi tfuiiniiun Ulty, ITT' liiti, Knuvtie ami all sutlouit I rum Hum burg tie Adhlaiid luclualvti. M A. M, l.v 1'imiautl Ar. 4 .'20 r. IL 12:41 T. H. l.v......... Albany Ar. Vi SO r. M. A;6?JLJ!l Kixelnirg. ,,,.,, ,v. 7,00 A, H. Local KUangrtraliiii-i1atlr MfeptHiiiitlayE. F. M. l.v Albany at. Itf II a. M. "iM r. u. Ar Lebanon.... l.v. M a. M, (1:10 A. U. I.? Albany Ar. YiUi r. U 9:00 A H, Af lobBIIQU Lv, i.' 3S r H. Dlulujr ara on OgriaD Uot. fULUAN Burrrr hlkbfkhn HuouiMl-Ulnaa fltttilua- (Jam Attaaliatf to All Through Tralna. WKftT HI UK DIVIHION. BrrwBMN PORTLAHI) AND UOHVAUaft, Mall train -dally (eicwnt Hmidayh "7:80 X ii. V I v. . .7. , I'ort land . 7. . . A r" I IV 36 a". Y 12:16 r. m. I Ar tiurvallii l.v. 1:00 r. u. At Albany ami CorvallU iuiiuct with train of Oregon Pacific railroad. Kxpfcw train rinllv rexront Httmlay): 4:40 r. ll. I l.v I'lirtlaml Ar. , H 'if A. M. 7:8ft r. M. I Ar....MeMliiHvMrV.l,v. ' f:60 a. h. THROUGH TICKETS ana Kitruim enn be obtained at JowwiraUw (rum I. A. HeunU. aiffliit, lbaunn, R. KOKMI.KR. Managar tt. P. BOflKKtf. Aat. U. t. A Put. AmiL Proprietor. LINE OF 8000,000 DIKEOTOlta. Ron. J. L. COWAN, ,.. 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