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JOHN BKIGHT.
John Bright, who died Wednesday,
was for many years one of the most
prominent figures m English politics.
He was born in 1811, and fir.t came into
prominence by bis activity in the oppo
sition to the "corn laws," and in conjunc
tion with bin friend and leader, Cobdcn,
engaged in an animated and effective free
trade agitation throughout England,
which was finally crowned w ith a large
degree of success, and was of universal
benefit to the people of that country.
'""Blight v.us a very able and effective
speaker, as well as writer, and to his un
tiling elioits the repeal of the odious
"corn laws" was no doubt largely due.
He has been since 1857 a member of par
liament for Birmingham, and at various
times filled other positions of import
ance. Until sickness prevented him
from taking an active part in affairs
Blight was, next to Disraeli and Glad
stone, tbn most commanding figure in
English politics. Blight's last years were
marred by bis apparent desertion of the
principles for which, or similar to which,
he bad contended in his prime, but this
was in his "feeble and fretful old age,
and may well be forgotten in view of the
great and splendid services bs rendored
to his country and mankind when he was
at his best.
UBIIItlNIl SKA.
The question whether Bcbring's Bea
should be regarded as an open or a closed
sea is one in relation to which the gov
ernment of the United States has not
taken a definite position in recent times
Tbo contention of our early diplomats,
before Alaska passed into our possession,
was against the assumption that Behr
ing's Sea w as a closed sea, and in the
late controversy h Uven the United
States and the British governments in
reference to ti o seizure of scalers in tho
sea of the !:rilisli diplomatists cited a
l Per adopting the same view, said to
have been written by Secretary of the
Tieasury Boutwell, in 1872. ft now ap
pears that a more definite policy is to be
adopted, as it lias been lately announced
that the President would declare the sea
dosed. This is supposed to tie for the
purpose of giving ell'ect to an amendment
to the inler-territorial salmon-fishing act,
which extends the provisions of the act
to seal fishing in Ileluitig's Sea, ami for
bids the taking of teal within tho sea by
anyone not authorized by the act. This
action may not improbably give riso to
international complications.
1 Jamics Sutton, twenty years old, of
Ilaydontown, Fayette county, Pa., grow
ing despondent because his love for his
scl.o 1 teacher, Mif-s Kgun, did not seem
to bo reciprocated, it(iiiled her a letter in
which be said bo would take his own life
if she refused to accept him as a suitor.
Then, without waiting for the letter to be
delivered, James sat down beside a tree
" on the homeward path of bis sweetheart
and put a bullet through his head. He
apparently intended that Miss Egan
should be the first person to discover his
lifeless body, and she actually was tho
third on the scene.
M.'.ny persons are imputing about
Oklahoma, and the cause of the trouble
stilted there. It might lio said briefly
that a largo number of sipiatterB
located there on Indian lands to which
they had no claim. After great trouble
they were driven out ami now the In
dians, by other arrangements with which
they have expressed themselves satis
fied, have given up the country. It is
now, therefore, territory open to all com
ers under tho homestead laws.
Tun Weston Leader suggests that the
approaching "Arbor dav" be observed
by having "a general planting-tree jubi
lee." This ought to bo done everywhere
If the schools take hold of tho matter in
the spirit in which Senator Cauthorne
who introduced the bill, intended, and
make a general holiday of it, perhaps
projierly ow ners w ill be incited to do like
wise, and greatly improve not only their
own property, but the whole town.
Tin: mortgaged indebtedness on farms
in tho State of Ohio, according to the
report of the Commissioner of Labor, is
t:i7o,0J0,000. Tho same report also
shown that the total value of all agricul
tural land, improved mid unimproved, is
$820,000,000. l.'iiiv,' your own conclu
sions. Tiik bandon, Coos county, Ilecorder,
say 1 :
"Wo regret that Senator Sinclair was
listed mining those who negutived the
proiisiiion to exempt from execution the
family home, a sacred spot which should
not be subjected to the despoiling hand
of the law invoked by remorseless capit
alistic greed."
1 r is only one man who can be a Bishop
or a Railroad President in this world.so it
is best for the great majority to keep leg
ging away at some humble calling, with
no aspirations higher than a United
States Seuatorship or tho Vice-Presidency.
Si naior Edmi'Nuh has directed atten
tion lo the singular fact that there is no
otliciul notification to a President of his
election and that he learns tho fact sim
ply through general report. But he gets
there, just the same.
Oheoonian: Whatever else may be
cha-ged up against the legislature of 19
it cannot be said that it was not a gener
ous body generous to a degree alniott
unprecedented, of the people's monuy,
Tun colony of Souili Australia has
changed its taxing system by providing
that hen-after the lands alone shall be
assessed, and not the improvements,
Btich as houses, barns, workshops, etc.
Tin. Wallula Herald is trying very haid
to make it appear that there is some vir
tue in that neck of sand, but prolutbly it
don't fool anybody.
Eeston is a very moral, virtuous
county. The late grand jury found only
one indictment, and that was for a tri
fling offense.
LETTER FROM JAVA.
A Narrow Escape- Hrava "Heathen" The
King's Palace Singapore Batavla Wo
men's Dres Interesting Information
from a Lady Traveler.
Sinoanqlaija, Java, Oct., 16, 188S.
The Doctor, SK.s Flnson and I left
Lacawn September 3d. Twoofue were
little more than ghosts in quest of bodies.
The other object of our journey was to
meet our new missionary associates, .Mr.
and Mrs. Taylor, in Bangkok, and escort
them up the river. There was a rise in
the river the night of the third, and we
came down on t lie head of the flixid. In I
the rapids the teak logs were thick, and
we went riving amongst them danger
ously, for our boat was old and many a
better boat had struck a log and sunk at
once. We received several severe bumps,
but no damage was done. '1 be nervous
strain told on Doctor, though, for sev
eral days. On the evening of the eighth a
frightful hurricane occurred. We were
all in great peril for a few hours. The
boat was almost immediately torn from
her moorings; Doctor sprang to the rud
der, and keot her from swinging out for
a few moments, and shouting to the men,
who had lieen forward earing their sup
ier. All light-) were out, and it was as
black as pitch. Miss Kluson and 1 had
gone into the inner apartment with a few
things saved from the instant drenching.
Hy an occasional flash we could see the
poor Doctor frantically working the rud
der, his white suit clinging closely to
him, tho heavy rain driving in so furi
ously. Finally the boat swung out, and
Doctor shouted to be ready to get ashore,
if we had achance ; but we hardly hoped
to see the shore again. The river was full
from bank to bank, a boiling, foaming
current, too deep to be rescued from alive.
Not a man had been seen after the
ights went out. Where do you suppose
they were? Dear, splendid fellows,
down in the water, often under it, hold
ing the boat by sheer force from being
carried away. They knew the danger
far better than we could, anil bad done
the only thing to save us. We used to
call them "heathen" back in America,
and it iB true know little about (iod; but
they know much more about the eleventh
commandment in practice than many
who say, "Lord, Lord."
It is a long time since we have called
the Laos "heathen." Our relationship is
getting too close, too dear.
We were stormbound for four days,
and bad the company of a Dutch lumber
merchant who hail hail his steam launch
and boat nearly wrecked so damaged it
needed repairs. He came over in his
night suit, a very common morning dress
for gentlemen, intending to see only tho
Doctor, but we were all excited and did
not mind. The storm continuing he rui
untitled to dinner, and was so entertain
ing it made a pleasant change for us. lie
was born in Java, anil learning that we
were going for a rest, said there could be
no better place than this spot, so wo
changed our plans at once and here we
are.
Wo were in Bangkok just one week and
enjoyed seeing Miss Cole, Mrs. McLaren,
now Mrs. Watcher, ami other missionar
ies, greatly but could not go out much.
September 25 was tbo king's hhthdtr,
and in the evening nearly all the build
ings fronting the river were llliiminaleil.
We were the guests of Mr. and Mrs,
Watcher, and their place is quiie at the
lower end of town, while Miss Colo is at
the upper end. So after a seven o'clock
dinner with the latter, nearly all the mis
sionaries took boats ami went to the
palace. As we pushed oil" from the land
ing the house ami school building looked
very pretty with four rows of lights closely
set across the trout..
The lights used are tumblers tilled with
cocoanut oil, and a wick attached to a
cork tloat. In a moment we passed a
large ship, her hull, spars ami rigging
mtlined hv a myriad number ol tw inkling
lights. The walks of a garden weie out
lined by uinumeralilo glowing pillars.
Hut the most, beautiful of all to mo was
the dainty "Visalra," the King's private
sleain-sbip. Her hull was a mass of
dazzling light, with masts anil i. aginary
sails brilliantly outlined. She was liter
ally a "ship of lire." Just as we reached
the king's landing, an illumination at the
river front of a prince made a grand
back-ground for tho "Visalra." The
design was the Hoval Seal, more than
thirty feet in length, and the lights
Hashed like millions ot (liauiomls.
We bad a long walk through the pal
lace grounds, museum, mint, chamber of
commerce, etc., all splendidly illunii
uated.
Just as we neaied the entrance again
the cry run from group lo group, "The
king comes." Tho weary sentinels we
had passed sprang for their great spears
and stood erect, while the crowd pressed
hack to make an avenue for His Majesty.
We would gladly have lingered to see
our king, for we all love him, but feared
the crush. The scene niado me think of
the Coming of the llridegruom.
The customs, post and telegraph ollices,
which havo a very long river frontage,
were very handsomely lit usf the build
ings outlined against the dark sky.
Several ships had variously colored lights
outlining hull and sinoke-slak. The
consular buildings ami many temples
made a hue display.
As wo ueared our landing, not a small
boat was to be seen, all quiot, until far
away wo heard the royal bugle, its
sweet notes breaking tho otherwise
hushed stillness. All our boatmen were
down on their faces in an instant. Soon
tho four nn ill stuatu launches swept so
near we could almost have touched them.
In tbo first one. sitting on the forward
deck, was tho King, surrounded by bis
courtiers. How 1 wish every child could
have seen the licautiful pageant. It was
tho nearest approach to Fairy land I ever
saw.
We sailed from Bangkok September
25th, on the steamship Schwallie. The
sea atr ami suit 'oaths marie us feel better
almost immediately. The coast, all the
way from Bangkok to Java, is of exquis
ite bounty. Hundreds of little islands,
with hits of while Ircach, but green with
grass and trees lo the summits, rose all
along.
The narrows at Singapore are particu
larly lino, also tho beautiful bay there, in
which ships lie at aiichoi from all parts
of tho world. A rod clilf rose promin
ently from near w here our ship anchored,
and tlno residences wero visible every
where. To the right we noted a lol'iv
hurt-It spire, and were glad later to find
lodgings just optrosite it.
nui isinuu t iwrniy-sn imicn loin; aim
fifteen miles broad. There is u tine little
river running through the fit v. We look
a gahrrv-gahrrv, a tiny omnibus, diuwn
bv smuil native horses that go faster and
endure more than one would Ireliove. As
we rode along the well paved streets mid
saw tho tine business blocks and public
buildings, fountains, parks, lawns, and
the houses built in American style 1 could
not keep back the tears; it was such a
sudden surprise and reminded me so
forcibly ol home. We had nice iphute.s
at a Herman hotel where the landlord
and landlady made us very cornfoi table
indeed. We had some dillicultv in find
ing our kinsmen, the ini.-simiuries, as the
I'reshvlorinns have no workers in Silica-
pore, but on Sabbath morning we got into
real Methodist praver meeting, ami
afterwards were introduced to some verv
pleasant ieople. Wo enjoyed their so-
cietv exceedingly. It is wonderful how
the word "missionary" or "Chiistiau"
re;is hearts mil here. It nellies many
formalities and one don I need to become
acquainted, for wo are all children of the
household, and can enter at once into ttie
joys of one another's woik.
liev. Mr. Oldham went to SiugeWuo
three and one-half years ago, and has al
ready established a mixed school of over
300. Each scholar pavs one dollar per
month tuition, with the exivpiion of
about twenty hoys of wealthy Chinese
parentage, who are private Iroarders und
live with the missionaries, paying 'J0 per
month.
The dav we arrived in Singapore the
Mission colony, consisting of Hev. Old
ham, his w ife, two lady and three gentle
men teachers, had "swarmed" into a
very largo new building, situated in line
grounds, which cost (14,000, and had
been given to the Mission by the appre
ciative Chinese merchants, who are the
wealthiest people in Singapore. The
Mission is self-supporting now, and the
missionaries very happy m their wonder -
ful success. Dr. West had just returned
from a month's tour on foot through the
southern portion of the Malay peninsula.
He was veiv much pleased both with
country and people. He and Kev. Mr.
Munson hope soon to establish a station
in the interior.
Siamese is spoken throughout the up
per half of the ieninsula, and it is the
desire of Mr. Dunlap's heart to see the
work of our church extended in that re
gion. There are fifty million Malanese
in this vicinity. They are a fine race,
much like the Laos in many respects. -
There are two hundred dialects spoken
in Singapore, and the Bible is printed in
forty-seven different dialects for the Sing
apore market. 1 suppose nowhere else
in the world can one meet w ith people of
such varied nationality as upon the
streets of Singapore, and it is most inter
esting lo notice their features and dress.
the morning ot let. a, we boarded the
Volga, bound lor the Balavia. Our voy
age was a beautiful one, through the
straits and aloiiL' the coasts of Sumatra,
and other green shores. When we
crossed the Equator we looked for the
"line," but failed to locate it. 1 can
testily, however, that Equatorial waters
make a delicious bath. In appearance
the water is clear as crystal, with a faint
tinge of blue.
The harbor is about ten miles from
Batavia, hut we are glad to see a railway
train again, und have a ride in the cars
once more. The country is lovely and
thoroughly tropical in appearance; dense
groves of palms, bananas, and better and
little canals, ns in Sia-n. Hatavia is a
very pretty place, although quite flat.
The streets aro broad, well paved and
bordered with magniticentold trees. The
houses aro all one-storied, built level
with the ground, marble or tile floors,
ami wood ceilings, earthquakes being
taken into consideration by the builders.
Each dwelling, however poor, lias a neat
row of potted plants or a more extensive
garden in front. Never have we seen
plant life in such perfection and abun
dance as here. Among them all the old,
dear favorites, roses, fuchsias, begonias,
lillies, pansies, dahlias, and the flowering
shrubs as well, in such profusion and
beauty as I never saw equaled, even in
California. The city is supplied with
water from the mountains, and a model
"Dutch canal" runs through the heart of
the city, its high dykes are constantly
thronged with water carriers, bathers or
busy washer-women.
A fine steam-car system is a feature,
having lirst, second, and third-class cars
in each train. Little two-wheeled cov
ered carts are more commonly used by
the middle class, the fare being about the
same.
We stopped three days at the Hotel
Java, then took the train for Sookbuerin,
a beautiful mountain town, where we
spent three delightful days. Those who
have seen Swiss mountains say these are
much like them, only they are verdure
clad to the very tops; nor could the
Swiss valleys be lovelier than these ter
raced vales emerald green, with the
young vine crop, a thousand tiny water
falls tinkling down from terrace to ter
race and glistening in the morning sun
light. Farther up the mountain slope all the
glens are completely terraced, even
though there is but a foot-wide ledge.
They are planted with thrifty tea, coffee,
or ctiincona shrubs.
we visited a wa'erlall on the moun
tain rising 11,000 feet from the plain.
Hotel I'kem, where we stopped, stands
on the loot-lulls ut its base. Fust, a ride
of an hour in a village cart, then Sedan
chairs for two hours, then a climb along
a tiny foot-path, often on the brink of a
precipice, but cool and dark with tropica!
vegetation, then we caught sight of sil
ver spray falling at the head of the ra
vine. It came from a large deep spring
in the mountain top, and when we first
saw it, it fell, broken into feathery spray,
HOU feet to the pool below. It looked
much like the liiidal Veil at Niagara, only
much larger and with a prettier setting,
for on either side of I his fall rise high I be
beetling dills, thick-mantled ill exquisite
verdure of moss and fern.
Its watem we thought the most deli
ciously cool and satisfying of any we had
tasted. After I in -he n wo started back,
our1 way Uordero'l with tree ferns from
three to fifty hi li, and tho steins often
eight ioi lii-s lliro:: ;h. Thev are used as
fence posts and i-V'ti sometimes for house
posts. Toiuetlicj were the most beauti
ful thing in Java. A grove of them looks
exactly like a grove of palm trees, only
the waving branches are much more
foathoryand graceful. This walk through
an avenue ol tree lerns and tho succeed
ing drive through an avenue of trees
rei'cnibling our Lomb.irdy poplar, only
taller, w ill never be forgotten.
From Sockiihoeini to Tiiiindioer, a ride
on the train of two hours through won
derful mountain scenery, and then on a
native cart, up hill to the samitariiim,
Sciudanglaija, where we have been nearly
two weeks. It is on one of the foothills
of the grand old (iodek. Wo are 3otl0
feet above sea level, and Ciodek holds his
head ti WD feet above us. There aro
twenty-live acres iu these grounds, well
laid out and nicely kept. The splendid
roses and four or live varieties of peonies
attract us most. We aro entirely sur
rounded by mountains and the diil'orent
views aro grand beyond description. lh
Peoples has just returned fiom an ascent
ol the volcano, lie, with two other gen
tlemen und the guides, started at ten
o'clock last night and by walking steadily
arrived at the summit at six o'clock this
morning, in time to see the sun rise.
They stood on the verge of the crater, a
huge chasm 3000 feet across, and nearly
as deep. Tho smoke ascends continually
and nothing can bo seen. It is accom
panied by a hideous, hissing, rumbling
sound and vile orders, making the gazer
feel as though he lojked down into the
veritable " bottomless pit." Tho party
retur ned at noon, dreadfully weary but
glad to have had tho unique experience.
We Inula tew people who speak En
glish even here, but everything is so
"Dutch," especially the table, that we
will not Slav much longer. The Dutch
are most kind hear ted, pleasant people,
but have no regard for the Sabbath. All
work goes on as usual. The women wear
no clothing excepting a dressing sack
and a native petticoat and sandals, up to
(our o'clock I'. M. Tho pe'ticoat is of
calico, made a la bag.
Imagine tho IMctor w ith a partner at
croquet, so attired ; yet such is the Dutch j
cnsiotn. The children wear their night
suits until near Iv datk, then are dressed
for un eight o'eWk dinner; poor little
things. They often fall asleep with their
heads on I he table. The only light in
our room is a tumbler of cocoanut oil,
with a tiny wick that gives a much feebler
flame than a tallow candle. The veran
das are brilliantly lighted, however, ami
it is the custom to sit outside, but we Hud
that too chill v ut this altitude.
Tho condition of the natives hero is
wretched in the extreme, and the govern
ment makes no attempt to better it. On
the contrary they take from them one-half
the rice they raise, and levy in addition
a tax of from two to live guilders, an.l
compel each and every native to work for
the government six davs out of every
thirty.
During the construction of the coast
road '.'0,000.000 natives lost their lives
enough to ballast the read with human
tames. The government does not ap
prove of the missionaries. One of the
oilii ials remarked : "Oh, we don't want
to civilize the native. He is the govern
ment's gold mine now. but given a little
know ledge he would give trouble."
Cotlee is gathered twice a year, and is
an enormous crop. Every bag is bought
by the government at fourteen guilders
per hug, and resold by them at about ti ft y
guilders.
All tourists say it is the most fertile
country in the world under the meanest
government.
No one can remain over three davg in
the country without reporting himself to
the "President," telling his name, ate,
where fiom, where going, etc. On the
st rect people pass to the left, as in En
gland. A stranger is expected to go
uround to the houses w here he w ould like
to be received and introduce himself to
the gentlemen, subsequently, if he has a
wile, to take her and present her to the
! wives of said gentlemen. We did not
. know this, but waited to. be called upon
j American fashion. The first day or two
; everybody bowed to us on the streets
, but after that we were "cut." Erulana-
tions followed, and we find them now
very warm-hearted and intelligent.
There is a military sanitarium here,
sustained by the government. Seventy
soldiers are there at present on furlough
or sick leave. Heart disease is the most
common complaint, but they usually re
cover speedily here, and the little cem
etery hag but few graves.
We were much interested to discover
on one tomb some Arminiao characters
closely resembling the Siamese written
characters. The Laos is like the Poli,
Poli, having many Sanscrit words.
Sixiia.solaij a, uct. 25, 1888. Yester
day we rode on horseback up the moun
tain, over a tnousana leet, to visit one ot
the government's botanical gardens. It
is oil an elevated spur of the volcano
Uedeh, which towers in the backirmnnd
on either tide are deep gorges, where
mountain brooks come tumbling down in
many a long tall or cascade. Then the
waks begin to rise, near and high,
heightening still as they recede, until the
horizon is encircled with a rude amnhi-
tbeater. The lovely valleys fall away in
green terraced slopes, broken by little
pools or the innumerable nils that keep
the rice-fields verdant.
There are twelve varieties of pine trees
here. One hill-side was thickly planted
with them, and our walk in the- fraitrant
gloom set us a tiDging:
"Home ot my heart, I sing of thee,
Mlchlsran, my Michigan;
Thy mke-buui,d shores 1 lung to see,
Michigan, my Mlctilg-m.
From Huislnnw's fur reaching pines.
'I o Lake ,-uperlor's farthest mines,
There In the liyht ol memory Hhlnes
Michigan, my Michigan.'
The many vaiieties of eucalyptus trees
attracted the Ductor. They are very
hygienic where malaria prevails. 'e
have added them to the little stock of
plants wo carry back with us to our dear
little home in "Shun. Twelve varieties of
coffee shrubs were iu perfection, six to
eight feet high, their profuse lateral
branches thickly strung with fragrant
blossoms of snowy white, green berries
and nie fruit. Iho Head gardener gra
ciously bellied us to pick enough of the
best ripe variety the Great Mocha -to
plant in our garden in Lakawn.
The trees, shrubs and flowers of both
temjicrate and torrid zones grow here to
gether in equal beauty. Ono enclosure
held sixty varieties of roses. Two beds
of scarlet Salvias, eacli twenty feet across
were bewildering in their gorgeous
beauty. The eye turned from them to
rest Jovingly on beds of heliotrope of the
same size ; iucusias, begonias and petun
ias followed. Over the conservatory
climbed the passion flower, purple, white
and crimson. There were vast beds of
cinnamon pinks and sweet violets; large
shrubs of camelias, rhododendrons, hor
tensias and many others. The plan of
the garden was Bimplv a perfect lawn
broken with the brilliant flower-masses,
We returned to Buitenzorg by crossing
the mountains in a tiuy dog cart drawn
by tour small horses one within shatts
one on either side of the shafts and one
in front. There was a man to each
horse, to urge him up the ascent. The
distance is about thirty miles, up a tine
gravelled road. these little Malay
Homes are a wonder to everv stranger.
They are never ullowed to walk, and we
were carried at a rapid trot up the steep
grade, awu leet in two Hours. Jtlie Do
ilies galloped every step of the downward
reach, only shipping to breathe three or
lour times,
It was more a flight than a drive, and
in spite of our pity for the little beasts
they did not look nearly as tired as we
felt when we arrived at Hotel Bilieu at
11 a. m., four hours after starting out.
Our room opened upon a veranda, from
which their was a grand view, itie trim
narrow-gauge railway ran only a stone's
throw away. Beyond it the hill upon
winch our hotel stood, dropped shee
away down l!Uil feet to a valley through
which flowed a strong, rushing mountain
river, lleyond it, palm trees, native cot
tages, and rice fields; then foothills lis
ing into one of Java's finest mountains,
Sunset clouds weie curled about its peak
outlined on the evening say.
Later a storm gathered there and
poured its rain into the valley.
The following day was the Sabbatl
and my birthday. Uiere being no
church services in the little town, we
took the volume of "Hodge's lectures'
Mr. Kay sent us, and in w hich we take
keen delight, and walked at an early
hour into the botanical garden, close hv
and there under a thick Banyan tree at
tho edge of a fairy pond, sat down to
worship. On the edge of the pond were
real old fashioned cowslips, further in
pink and whito water lillies, and in the
center u Victoria Kegia with its
immense round leaves and one snowy
blossom dazzling like a fallen star. The
next day w e were kindly escorted through
the grounds. There are seventy-eight
acres under cultivation. Such avenues
of palm, bamboo, tamarind und banyan
trees! Such banks of ferns! Such or
chidsgreat forest trees had their trunks
and brancnes entirely covered with them,
maiiv varieties being in blossom!
Such long rose walks where the
fragrant beauties of every hue rose in
banks on eithor side. The aim in
in this garden was to give Nature a good
cloture to do her best and it will always
seem like the garden of Eden in our mem
ories. Hundreds of tamo deer, pretty
littlo spotted creatures, wero at home
under the trees wish the children could
see them. The director kindly presented
us with some rose plants and a package
ot seeds lor a miniature gardon ot r.den
in i.ukawn.
We left Batavia Novemlier fourth and
on the afternoon of the fifth, as I laid
down niv book and went to the rail, 1
saw a wat-r-spout aliout fifteen miles
away. .No one else had seen it, and 1
was quite proud of knowing immediately
what it was. It was in sight about ten
minutes, seemed to be about two feet
through, black as ink, lf)0 or 200 feet
high, rerpendicular except when bowed
bv the wind and the water at its base
churned into a sw irling mass of foam.
On Sabbath evening Dr. Peoples ad
dressed the people of the English Presby
terian church in Singapore I hey were
little acquainted with the work in Siam ;
the facts created great interest and they
wish to aid us. It is pleasant to leave
here hearts in such warm svmpathv with
our work, and to know that in future
memlwrs of our Mission issuing through
Singapore will find appreciative welcome.
It is striking how the denominational
isms" of America sink into insignifi
cance out here where Christ is every
thing and the church nothing, except as
it breathes his spirit.
I -as! evening 1 attended a little enter
tainment given by Miss Klackman. of
the Methodist Mission to her school of
20 lliudoogirls.allquitesmall. Thev had
just passed examination in the ordinary
school brunches, including English gram
mar and needlework, to the satisfaction
of the governmental insiectoro( schools,
and as 1 went in thev were plaving "Kim:
atouud a Hosy;" their laughter, bright
eyes, and red check showed how happv
I hev were. They looked just like pigm'v
Indian women, their black hair neatfv
snoiuii at me iwck ol their Heads, a
long loose suck of gayly-colored lawn and
very long and narrow cotton skirt, neck
lace, bracelets and anklets completed
their toilets. They sung in English
"Jesu Loves Me," also "Precious
Jewels." They also sang one hymn in
Malay and one in their native' Tamil,
closing with iho 1 ord's prayer in Malay.
We shall lie "homeward bound"' to
morrow, and hope to seeall the dear ones
in laikann ill six weeks. "The fellow
ship of kindred minds" has been such
comfort to us. We go hack to our work '
with increased vitf.tr and miirii.rA ll..u-
much of our renewed health we owe to
you and God alone know , but that some '
one has beeu praying for us and that our I
lives Have been prolonged in consequeuee
I have felt daily with solemn jov. May
a blessing in return, as rich as that which
we havo received, be given each ol you,
is the earnest prayer of
Sadie Wirt Peoples.
Monday, April Sth, a Daily Times-
Mountaineer will make Its aimeanmce at I
the Dalles. '
THE NEWS.
fORTLAXD POINTS.
Aa Intane Man's Freak -A New Town Sit
Other Items From the Metrapolls;
Portland, March 28. There was just
enough rain yesterday to lay the dust,
and to-day is bright and clear.
People in the neighborhood of Third
and Clay streets have been a good deal
disturbed of late by noises of all sorts
proceeding from a bouse occupied by a
spiritualistic doctor. Last night about
0:30 o'clock they were alarmed by hear
ing some unearthly yells in that house,
aud at once sent to police headquarters
for officers, who soon arrived and found
in the room a raving maniac. They
forced open the door, but it was not until
five men were well nigh exhausted from
scuffling that they managed to get the
handcuffs on him and take him to the
police station. He is a young man and
has been in charge of the place during
the temporary absence of the doctor. He
will lie examined to day.
T he hotels are crowded as usual, there
being 3S2 names on the sii registers.
Yesterday's retl estate transactions,
not including bonds for deeds to the
amouut of $15,775, aggregated $138,473.
Mrs. Catherine Scott, wife of the late
C. C. Scott, yesterday filed a petition in
the probate court asking to be apirointed
administratrix of the estate, which con
sists of a half interest in the Oilman
house. She being the only heir, it w ill
probably be appraised and sold at an
early date.
The Oregon Real Estate Company has
been reorganized with C. X. Larrabee as
president, and C. H. Lew is vice-president.
The directors are C. X. Larrabee. C. II.
Lewis, H. Y. Thompson, C. B. Bellenger
ami C. K. Harbaugh. The company has
selected a number of streets in Holladay's
addition for immediate improvement and
a plan of sewerage has been decided
upon.
The Ben Cotton Burlesque Company
played to a fair audience at the New Park
last night, but there is room for a decided
improvement.
Mr. John Jordan, of Arlington, is in
the city on some business w ith the O. R.
A S. Co. He owns a ranch at the forks
of Wilow creek through which the Hepp
ner branch runs. He has had a town
laid off and now wants the company to
put in a side track. He thinks a town
will spring up there, which will eventu
ally corral a greal deal of the trade now
going to Arlington and Heppner, espe
cially that from the upper John Day
country. If this is the case, and a town
starts up, it will undoubtedly knock
Lexington silly.
J. S. Porter, formerly in the drug busi
ness at Heppner, but now at Harrisburg,
called at the East OagaomAN branch
office to-day.
There is considerable scarlet fever and
diphtheria in the city.
Every day some one is heard to ask :
Why don't some one start a goed daily
paper in Portland? The opening is here
sure, but newspaper people seem slow to
avail themselves of it. '
There are sixteen million real ectate
offices iu Portland and East Portland, yet
every flunkey that gets out of a job "goes
into real estate."
Portland, March 29. The uneasy
feeling about Portland's future if such a
feeling ever existed is Blowly but surely
disappearing. People are flocking here
by the score every day from Tacoma and
Seattle, and seem to have no hesitancy
in saying that Portland is by far the best
place of the three to tie to. Eastern
rreople, who have been attracted here by
the glowing accounts of this wonderful
country, are delighted with what they see,
and every week brings hundreds of new
people, who avow their intention of stay
ing with us. Land speculation in this
city iB not a local affair, as is general ly
supposed. A large proportion of the s.ileJ
now being mado are to newcomers. A
real estate man said to your correspon
dent yesterday : "Last week I sold eigh
teen lots in a certain addition to tho city
and seventeen of them were to strangers
in the city, who bought for the purpose
of building themselves homes, and not as
an investment." It is generally believed
by Portland people that the proposed
railroad from Umatilla into Washington
Territory will undoubtedly be built, thus
making tributary to Portland a verv large
and rich agricultural and mineral terri
tory. It is further believed the O. R. &
N. Co. are now ready, willing and anxi
ous to have the Columbia river thrown
0en, and intend to take steps at once to
hasten the work. When this is done the
question of Portland's supremacy is for
ever and eternally settled, and she w ill
soon become one of the great shipping
ports ol the world.
The weather continues beautiful, just
rain enough falling to keep the streets
sprinkled.
Real estate transactions for yesterday
amounted to $03,113.
Bids have been submitted for the con
siruction of an engine house for the Port
land Cubic Railway Company, the low-
..... u:j i : j. ,., ,,,, i.f, .,, ,
est uiu ueuiK ?--,uoo, wuicn win ue ac
cepted. The president of the company
slates that the company have an agent in
,-au rrancisco loosing aner material lor
the construction of the road. As was pre
dicted, the company have held a meeting
and received bids lor the construction ot
an engine house, and an agent has been
appointed to look after material for con
struction. We would not attempt to say
that the company do not mean business.
but it looks rattier funny that the first
step towards building a cable railroad is
to build an engine house.
The will of the late Philander Terwil
linger was filed for probate yesterday. It
is written on a faded page of an old ledger.
and the writing is in brown ink and dated
August 14, 183. bite bequeathed the
entire estate, now worth $50,000, to her
daughter, Mrs. T. M. Richardson, and to
her son, a clock, which she brought
across the plains.
There are not so many idle men in the
city as there were miring the winter,
though there are a good many and tbey
embrace an classes, tvery nay can be
seen many poorly dressed people standing
around the employment agencies looking
at such advertisements as "Wanted
Man and wife ; wages, $30 per month."
und other similar advertisements, which
are anything but inviting to them.
The vagrancy law is so strict that is
makes it a crime to be "busted." and to
avoid the penalty of this law many are
led to commit graver crimes to avoid be
ing "vagged." As a rule in this city, the
penalty lor vagrancy is from thirty to
ninety days in jail, and for a petty lar-
cny the penalty is rarely more than nail
so severe. Ibis may not be encouraging
crime, but it looks that way. There was
a gentleman called at this office to-day
in search of employment, who has the
best of recommendations, but owing to
the fact that he has failed in business
aud has no rating with the mercantile
agencies, he is, and has been for the past
year, as it were, precluded from getting
the employment necessary to provide for
ns family. All tins time, real estate is
itirti and from transactions noted every
day, one would be led to think that labor
was in demand accordingly, but such is
not the case, as capitalists have no need
for labor so wug as property, laying idle,
brings them such handsome profit a is
the case at present, ami applicants for
positions are n et w ith a very short "no."
The steamers S. ti. Reed and the I.ur
line collided last night alwut forty mile
t h..l. IWihinil. The collision was due
to the darkness of the night and the dens
ity of the fog. lt'is stated that neither
captain is at fault, and the damages will
be light.
lairv Sextou is an employe at the gas
house, and lives on rouitetmth and l lav
streets. For some time past he had $vK"j
in gold coin
concealed underneath a
trunk in his house.
of which he is not
possessed to day
I'o-dav he reported tbe following aton
al the police station : Between one and
two o'clock this morning his wife
awakened him, saying that Ihera was
some one iu the hou. He saw a light
dicker in the kitchen, which is in close
proximity to tho bedroom. Hurriedly
urilnu and ,niiiiii to the kitchen he found
liioone there, but the door, w hich had
Im'keU la.'torei.ejurea, was aar
Then he U tUou.ut uimse .t ot v.v
under the trunk, and lifting it from the
floor he was amaxed to see that the coin
had been abstracted from its unsafe hid
ing place. He says that in addition to
the money the thief got away with a
coat and vest aud a piece of dress goods.
Sexton is particularly nnfortunate, as
he is having a house built, a portion of
the cost of which was to have been paid
with the lost money.
Portland, .March 31. Real estate
transactions for the past week aggregated
$407,315 against $7b,4H0 for the coriea
ponding week in ljft and $41,917 In 1887.
Total transfers for the month of March
amounted lo $1,705,306, and for the year
ibm so tar, $.1,710,200.
There were over seven hundred passen
gers arrived over through railroad lines
yesterday, six hundred of which wera
immigrants.
The motion for a new trial in the case
of the State against Chee Gong was over
ruled yesterday, and the defendant has
been ordered to appear to-morrow morn
ing for the death sentence. He has been
twice convicted of the crime of murder
in the first degree.
It looks as though the cable railway to
Portland Heights was going to lie built,
as the contract for the erection of nn en
gine house was let yesterday and work
thereon will Commence to-morrow. This
fact calls to mind several other prospec
tive lines of railway. The Willamette
Bridge Street Railway Company is now
at work on two lines ; one on the top of
Mount Tabor, where the $50,000 hotel is
to bo built, and the other in a southerly
direction from their bridge to a point
four miles from the city. The same
company intends to build a line to St.
John's thiB summer and it is now under
stood that our enterprising capitalist,
Geo. B. Markle, will build a cable road to
Mountain View Park, three miles west of
Portland, where he has recently acquired
large holdings of real estate. The road
out Holliday's avenue, East Portland, is
soon to be extended eastward another
mile, and the Second street line, this
city, will soon be completed from Wash
ington street south to Marquam's gulch.
It will be remembered that last fall
Washington street from Second to Third
was paved with bituminous rock as an
experiment. At that time there was a
great deal said of the excellence and sta
bility of such pavements and the city
fathers thought seriously of paving the
principal streets of the city with this
wonderful rock. From the present ap
pearance of the street experimented
upon, it would appear that the Btuff will
not do to tie to. 1 hose parts of it least
used are now full of "chuck holes,"
while between the rails of the street-car
line it has worn out so completely that
the ditch thus formed had to be filled
with gravel. There Is a small mountain
of the rock deposited in the vacant lot on
Front street, opposite thcr gas works,
which has not been touched for six
months. It was shipped here from
Lower California, where it "grows" in
abundance.
Portland theater-goers are going to have
a treat this week. Sol Smith Russell, the
famous comedian, whose name carries
with it all the euphony of refined fun,
opens in ''Bewitched" at the New Park
to-morrow nighi, and will be on the
boards all the week. The advent of such
a man as Russell is always followed by a
dull season for doctors.
Harvey Scott, editor of the Oregonian,
recently sold his place on Mount Tabor
for $50,000. He owned twenty-five acres
at the top of the "Mount," and the view
from his house is described as being su
perlatively grand. The land cost him not
to exceed $400 per acre, but the parties
who sold to him were ignorant of the
view. We are glad to know that Mr.
Scott is getting on in the world. Our
sympathy is always with that class of
struggling humanity who follow the high
calling of journalists, and wear their pre
cious lives away battling for food and rai
ment, l ilt v thousand dollars is a good
round sum for any one, but think how a
wad of that size must loom up through
the eyes of a newspaper man. Harvey is
well off now, and it will no longer be nec
essary for him to wear a long-tailed coat
lo cover the Holes m the seat ot his pants.
Joe Holliday paralyzed the whole com
munity bv appearing on the streets a few-
days ago in a new suit of clothes. But
he still clings to the old umbrella.
Suicides are becoming chestnutty in
this city. Whenever a Portland man
gets tired he kills himself. The following
pathetic lines were composed by one of
those fellows who, after making every
body else tired finally got too tired to live
himself:
"I've oeui Urlnklltic of late very deep of the
'-up,
Until now t fo-1 q.ilte disinclined to iret up.
S'r llise f.-w little grains of morphine 1 will
tak-.
And hope that I'll be 'over there' when I
wake."
Cyrus Dolph, brother of the Senator,
has gone to Washington for a few davs.
Carpenters are very scarce iu this city.
A large number could find ready employ
ment here now at good wages.
The air in this now beautiful city is
loaded to the guards with the perfume of
blossoming innt trees.
HALSTKAD FAILS TO I'ASS.
Five Kepublleans Join the UeuioCratlc Op
position. Washington, March 28. The execu
tive session of the Senate lasted between
two and three hours this afternoon, and
was confined largely to tbe discussion of
the nomination of Murat Halstead to be
minister to Germany. Before that came
up the nomination of John C. New to be
consul general to London and Lewis
Wolfley, to be governor to Arizona, w hich
were pending, were confirmed. '
Tbe final attempt of the opposition to
defeat New's confirmation was based
upon the assertion that his ' paper, the
Indianapolis Journal, had published ar
ticles reflecting upon the private charac
ter of President Cleveland. This charge
was warmly denied by Senator Voorhees,
of Indiana,' and the nomination was
confirmed.
The committee on foreign relations
favorably reported all of the diplomatic
nominations of yesterday, but in the
case of Halstead the report was not
unanimous. On the motion to confirm
his nomination the navs were in the ma
jority, Senators Teller, Plumb, Ingalls,
rarwell and uuiiom voting with me
Democrats.
Sherman moved to reconsider the vote,
and on that motion a long debate ensued,
in the course of which the ground of
objection to Halstead was disclosed.
When the Senate relused to enter upon
an investigation of the election of Senator
Payne, ot Ohio, Halstead, whose paper,
the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, had
strongly urged the nomination, made un
complimentary allusions to the Republi
cans who voted against the investigation.
the feeling against him on the part of the
Senators who fell under his displeasure
at that time is very outer, and one of
them is reported to nave said to Presi
dent Harrison this morning that Hal
stead could not be confirmed ; tbat the
Senators whom he had criticised would
not vote for him. The motion to recon
sider was pending when the Senate ad-
jonrnrd.
1 tie votes on connrmation were taken
before any speeches were made.
OERaAN fRKSS COMMENT.
Bkrun. March 28. The nomination
of Mr. Halstead as United States minister
to Germany gives general satisfaction.
A Blf Gala.
Cincinnati. O.. April 1. A terrible
gale passed over this city yesterday after
noon and evening, unroofing many
houses. Davtonr Covington, Newport
and other places, suffered the same way.
Hamben m Jail.
Sas Francisco, April 1. Hamberg,
tbe "half-interest" swindler, who fleeced
Parker, the Oregon farmer, out ol several
thousand dollars, has been surrendered
by his bondsmen, and i again in jail.
After Klein's Seal p.
Wasiuxoton, March 29. It is reported
and believed in well informed circles that
the German government has requested
that Correspondent Klein be arrested and
returned to Samoa to be tried before the
American, not German, consular court
for murderous assault. J
Rev. P. M. Keene, a pioneer of 1847, j
died at Fairfield Thursday
aged sixty-
I
Tear-
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IX TBK BENATi:.
Vrry Little Business Transacted A Heso
lntlon by Call.
Washington, March iS. In the Sen
ate, Sherman offered a resolution, which
went over, for tbe appointment of a com
mittee to wait opon the President and
inquire if he has any other business to
I lav before the Senate.
Cockrell, from the select committee to
inquire into the methods of business iu
the executive departments, marie a final
report, and made a statement in regard
to the condition of business in some
branches of the public service.
At the close of Cockrell's remarks, the
Vice President said the report would be
laid on the table and printed.
Objection was made to their going on
record as a precedent for the transaction
of regular business at a called session.
Cockrell explained that the regular
session had given permission for the
presentation of this report at the called
session.
This was objected to.
Call offered a resolution, which was
laid on the table, for the President to de
clare: First That the committees of the Sen
ate should be organized with reference to
the equality of the States and their Sen
ators in the rights, privileges and powers
of the Senate.
Second That Senators shall not be as
signed to more than one of the following
committees: Appropriations, military
affairs, naval affairs, judiciary, foreign
relations, finance, postollice, public laud
and commerce, and every Senator Bhall
be assigned to one of them.
Third That the seniority of service
shall givo preference in Ihe assignment of
the committees, unless otherwise ordered
by the Senate.
Fourth That each of tho ten commit
tees shall be eomirfised of eleven Sena
tors. The Senate then proceeded to executive
business.
O.M.Y ilNK NOMINATION-.
Washington, March 2S. The Presi
dent has notnin it'-d Charles K. Vlonteilh
of Idaho, to be Indian agent ot" tho Nez
Perces in Idaho
Washington, .Match L"J. At his own
request Senator Sherman's resolution for
the appointment ol a committee to wait
upon tho President lo inquire if he has
any other business to Uy before tho Sen
ate, was laid on the table subject to call.
Dawes offered a resolution (laid over)
calling on the Secretary of the Interior
for information as to the land forfeited on
the Lapwai Indian reservation in Idaho.
The Senate then proceeded to execu
tive business.
nominations confirmed.
The Senate confirmed the following
nominations :
CharleB E. Monteith, agent at the Nez
Perce agency, Idaho.
Postmasters Geo. Budd, Bozeman,
Montana; Jas. M. Moore, Anaconda,
Montana; John D. lfogue, Tacoma,
Washington Territory.
WILL PROBABLY ADJOl'RN TUESDAY.
President Harrison is said to have
given semi-official notice to the Senators
that they may adjourn Tuesday, so far as
the business of the Executive is con
cerned. It is believed that a successor
to the late Associate Justice Stanley
Matthews will not be nominated before
adjournment.
The President Bent 'he following nomi
nations to the Senate to day.
Robert Adams, jr., of Pennsylvania, to
be Minister to Brazil.
Lansing B. Misener, of California, to
be Minister to the Central American
States.
William L. Scruggs, of Georgia, to be
Minister to Venezuela.
William O. Bradley, of Kentucky ,to be
Consul-General to Corea.
George Chandler, of Kansas,to be FTrst
Assistant Secretary of the Interior,
George L. Shoupe, to bo Governor of
Idaho.
Edward J. Curtis, of Idaho, to bo Sec
retary of Idaho.
TIIK OKLAHOMA COMMISSION.
The President to-day appointed J. Otis
Humphrey, of Illinois, Alfred M. Wilson.
of Arkansas,. ex-Governor Geo. D. Kob-
mson, of Massachusetts, commissioners
to treat with the Cherokee and other In
dians in relation to opening their part of
Uklahoma. llns commission is ap
pointed under the terms ot tho Indian
bureau law.
THE EXCLUSION LAW.
Arguments in the Case of Chae Chan Pins;
Begun in the United States Snprem
Court.
Washington. March 28. The argu
ment has begun in the Supreme court of
the United States in the case of Chae
Chan Ping, appellant vs. the United
States, brought to this court on appeal
from the United States of California.
Ex-Governor Hoadley opened the argu
ment for the appellant, the argument;
will consuma the entire day, and prob
ably run over until to-morrow.
TBK CKOWDS INCKKASK.
Swarms of Ofttce Seekers In PoseAtou of
the White House.
Washington, March 28. The crowd at
the White House to-dav was greater than
ever, and the President did riot have a
minute to-himself from the time he en
teredthe office at 9:30 a. m., up to half
past 1, when he escaped from the eager
tnronn on the plea that Mrs. Harrison
and lunch were waiting for him. The
distcict delegations were unusually nu
merous.
STOCK WORTH HA VI NO.
The Capital Stock of the Waltham Watch
Company Increased 8l,00O,O0O.
Boston, March 29. At the annual
meeting of the American Waltham Watch
Company it was voted to increase the
capital stock tl. 000.000, making it $3,000,
000. A dividend of 50 per cent was de
clared. The company has a surplus of
$2,000,000, so the dividend will pay for
the increase of stock and leave (11,000,000
on hand. In 1865 the capital stock was
$300,000, and it has been increased by
dividends like the present one. Divi
dends as high as 150 per cent have been
declared heretofore.
A MORPHINE FIEND'S KND.
John Walker Takes aa Overdose of the
Drug and Pays the Penalty. '
Victoria, B. C, March 28. John
Walker, an American, was found dead in
his bed in a lodging house yesterday
afternoon, lie bad been missed since
Tuesday and the door to his room was
finally broken open revealing him dead
in his bed. A hypodermic injector lying
near him indicated the probable cause of
his death. He was a morphine fiend and
it is supposed he took an overdose. He
was thirty-eight years old.
Amendments Voted Down
Ottawa, Ont., March 29. A division
was reached in the House of Commons
at 1 :4d this morning on Colonel O'Brien's
amendment to the Jesuits' estate act
aud it was voted down, 13 yeas to 175
navs. The singing of "God save the
Queen" terminated the proceedings
O linen amendment protested against
tho action r.f the government regarding
the settlement ot Jesuit claims, it is
said the defeat is a victory for the govern
ment.
Raring la England.
Londo.v. March 29. The Liverpool
spring meeting for the Sefton Park Plate
for 2 year-olds, distance nve luriongs, was
won by Barbette.
The grand national steeple chase, dis
tance four miles and 456" yards, was won
bv Frigate first. Why Not second and M.
P. third.
Kselted Mexicans.
El Paso, Texas, March 29.--There is
considerable excitement over the killing
of two Mexican policemen at El Paso del
Norte last night, by four Americans
whom the police attempted to arrest for
disorderly conduct. The Americans
escaped by swimming across the river to
the American side. -
Tory Large Loss of Life.
London. April 1. Further particulars
of the wrecking of tbe steamers gives the '
loss of Ule as follows: German,
American, 6!. - "
102 : '
A SALl'IOKT LAW.
A Bill to Prohibit the Sale of latoxicaats
to Inebriates.
San Francisco, March 28. The follow
ing is the text of a bill which has become
a law through the signature of Governor
Waterman, and which appears to have
been received with much gratification in
most parts of the State.
Section 1 Any person, who, after re
ceiving notice that the person named in
said notice is addicted to the inordinate
use of intoxicating liquors (should per
son in said notice be so addicted), shall
thereafter within a period of twelve
months, furnish to said person so ad
dicted to the use of intoxicating liquors
any spirituous liquors, wines, or intoxi
cating, or malt liquois, shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor, und punishmeent by im
prisonment in the county jail not exceed
ing six months, or by a fine not exceed
ing $2U0, or by both such fine and im
prisonment. Said notice shall be in
writing und may be given by any. adult
member of the family of said person so
addicted to the inordinate use of intoxi
cating liquors, or by any adult relation of
said per.-on so addicted to the inordinate
use of intoxicating liquors. "
Section 2 The provisions of this act
shall not prohibit any regular licensed
physician from furnishing or prescribing
said liquor in case of sickness. "-
A SCHOOL OK NPKR.U WHALES,
Kehoolt of Maekerel Cause Them
t Veo-
tore Close to the Coast.
Baltimore, March 21). Captain red
rick, of a schooner from Charleston, re
ports that on March 24, seventy-five miles
off Cape Henry, a school of sperm whales
was met. They came bo close to the ves
sel that pieces of wood were dropped on
their backs. At one time the sea ap
peared like a mass of confused fire from
the gamboling of the creatures. The
lines of phosphorescent light extended
sometimes as far ns the eye could Bee,
and wore visible from the ship's" deck.
All that night the mighty fish played
around the vessel. It is supposed tiiey
were attracted in shore by a school of
mackerel now off the coast.
SIX WAR KHII'g HKSTKOYKO.
The Klements Take a Hand In the Matter,
anil Play Had Havoc With ll.rth German
and American Men-or-War.
Portland, March 30. Dispatches from
Samoa state that the American men-of-war
Trenton, Vanda and Nipsic, and the
German men-of-war Aole, Olga aud Eber
were driven on a reef during a terrific
gale and totally w recked. Of the Ameri
can crews four officers and forty-six men
were drowned. The news is authentic,
the State department being in possession
of the full particulars.
A DESEKTKlt'8 FATB.
A Dishonest Lieutenant Supposed to Have
Committed Suicide.
Washington, March 29. Lieut. Harry
C. Batemau, who it is supposed was
killed on the railroad track near Muncie,
Indiana, yesterday, has been in trouble
for some time. He has overdrawn his
pay several times, and been guilty of
other loose practices which threatened to
involve him serious difficulty with the
Department. FTnally he disappeared
from his post and all effort to find him
has proved fruitless. Ho was recorded
as a deserter. It was supposed at the
War department, upon receipt of the
news, that he had cornm itted suicide.
A BOY AI1DUCTED.
An Heir to a Fortune of SO,000 Stolen
From His Home.
Chicago, March 29. Arthur Kruscben
ski, a 14-year-old lad, said to be heir to a
fortune of $80,000 in the old country, and
who is said to have been abducted sev
eral days ago, has been heard from. His
mother last night received a dispatch
from Crestline, Ohio, which read as fol
lows: "Your young son just passed
through here on a stock train. When he
tried to get off, two men, who wore cow
boy hats, held him until the train passed
the city. Perhaps you can head hire off
at Pittsburg." Telegrams have been
sent to the chief of police at Pittsburg.
Oklahoma Settlers,
Wichita, March 28. The Droclamation
for the opening of tho Oklahoma was
received with the firing of cannons, dis
play of bunting, and bonfires all over
Southern Kansas. So many people are
going into the new country that many
towns will be almost deopulated. Boom
ers all along tbe line are on the alert.
.Nearly every good tiact has one or more
claimants. One man has already been
killed in a dispute over a claim." Some
have aheady held their rights for as high
as $500.
Loudon Xotes.
London, March 28. The Baltic tim
ber yard, near Buckingham palace, has
been burned. Loss, $30,000.
Lord Mandeville, heir to the Duke of
Manchester, lias been pronounced bank
rupt. Lord Frazier, judge of the outer house
of the scotch court of session, is dead."
John McDonald Cameron has sailed
for America.
Homeward Round.
Liverpool," March 28. The Chicago
aud All American ball clubs Bailed on
the Btenmer Adriatic for New York to
day. A crowd gathered to see them off"
and gave them an ovation. The clubs
are elated over their reception in England
and Ireland. It is certain that baseball
will become one of the features of British
sport,
The New Appointments.
I-oniion, March 28. The St, James
Gazette says the appointment of Robert
T. Lincoln as minister to England is cer
tain to be popular. -
Dublin. March 38 The Freeman's
Journal says : The appointment of Pat
rick Egan as minister to Chilli will keenly
delight the Irishmen.
Kngllah Racing.
Lonuon, March 28. At the Livertool
spring meeting for the Prince of Wales
plate, distance six furlong, wa won by
Aruntree.
The Molenux stakes for two- t;ar-nlda.
distance five furlongs, was won by J-atu-prey.
Thar W. avers' Strike.
Fall Hivkr. Mass.. March 8. All th
mills are running to-day except the
American linen mill. Nearly all have
their full complement of weavers. The
linen mills are not ready to start up just
yet, on account of the non-com plei ion of
some repairs to the tnaciiinerv. The
eavers have been given their old ma
chines.
V Report Denied.
St Petersbi-ru. March 29. The Jour.
nal De St. Pet ?rsbur denies the re none
circulated on the firojfan bourse that
Russia is massing troops on the frontier
of Afghanistan.
N't.tCttllt).
McMinnville, Asrril 1. The iurv In
the MeCune murder case h tve brought in
a verdict of not guilty.
Lee Moorh usg SMtte-t ll4ck.
Washington, Anril 1. Lee M.ior.
house, who is confirmed as Indian agent
of the L'matillas, left for his prwt of duty
last night.
Murat Halstead Hi.
Cincinnati, March 29. Murat Halstead
is Buttering from an attack of erysipelas
which confines him to his room and in
capacitates him for business. His friends
are not alarmed for the result, however.
A strike Threaten!.
New YoitK,, March 2D. It is renorteH
that there is great dissatisfaction among
journeymen cigar makers, and prepara
tions are being made for a general strike
in which 10.000 men will lie involved. .
A Bold K.bbi-r.
Denver. March 29. A robber entered
tbe First National bank at 1:30 this after
noon, held up the otficers and robbed the
paying teller of $-'100.
KalUoad Directors la -'essloa.
New York. March 28. Tho executive
committee of i he tioard of directors of the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company are
n jw in sessioi
lease of the Wisconsin Central.
couBuiertng me proposed
No ac-
I uon has been taken.