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1 5? (u, u The iver Glacier. VOL. 1. HOOD IUVER, OREGON, SATUUDAY. FKBUUAUY 25, 1893. NO. 39. Hood 3food Iiver (Slacier. rVJ II I.IHII Kl IVZHT SATCHIIAT MORNINa IT Ttio Glacier Publishing Company. Mt'lIM IIII'TION rillC'l On. ywir htt iii'iitili . , l 1 1 1 i ii ilia Hnl. iuiy .ft M C. THE GLACIER Barber Shop urant Evans, Propr. EWuml St., nmr Oak. Hood Hirer, Or Kliavlng mi, I Hair fiiMlng ufntly dim. Sutinfui'tion tillimitor.l, OCCIDENTAL 1IELANGE A Tacoma Man Falls Heir to a Fortune in Texas. SOUTHIRN CALIFORNIA ORANGES. Analyses of the Body of a I.os Angeles Married Woman Trove That She Was Poisoned. Idaho tins appropriated $3),000 for the World's Fair. Sou licrn California in nhipplntc but few oranges. It )B waitinn for the Flor idii crop to become cihamtted. J. I). K.iiiKV, ex-Chief of the Fire De partment of Tac mm, liui fallen heir to a iortuiiu in Texas estimated at $11)0,000. In K.mtern Oregon the Intense cold, together with the heavy snowfalls, IB canning great sulToring among the stock on the ranges. Five women were arrested and each tin i'i ft ami cost at l'hianix, A. T.. for riding astride on horseback, dressed In Mother llubbards. I dnri'3 Oi-lioa, a Mexican resident of l'lnBiiix, A. T , ami one of the oldest men in the country, is dead, having reiit'ht'ti the age of 115 years. Ti.e Stockton Association says there is nothing in the story that Stauiboul's rec ord o; - ;i)7lv was obtained by fraud. The whole matter is to bo thoroughly inves tigated. The large irrigation ditch to be con structed in Owyhee county, Idaho, will he 15;) milt's long, and will irrigate 3.KJ, 000 acres of desert lands. Water will be taken from the Snake. The analyses so far of the body of Mrs. Nordholt lientley at l)B Angeles show that Mio was poisoned. Pentloy, it is believed, had accomplice"; and a sensa tional trial is anticipated. Tho court at 1'hojitix, A. T., has de cided that a hall where drinks were sold and music played by three women on a stage, one of whom was dressed in male attire, ia not a variety show. Sacramento's Chinatown is in a fever of excitement over the shooting by high binders of a Chinaman while coming out of the Mission School and the stub bing of Ah VVintf on the streets. The Oregon State Democratic Commit tee regrets the attitude of Governor Pennoyor toward Mr. Cleveland, and considers his utterances against the President-elect as unwarranted and sen sational. The Southern Californian Smelting and Ketining Company at Los Angeles has begun the work of preparing ground for a Bin'.'lter, and expects to have the machinery in place and ready for opera tion early in April. The owners of sealers and masters at Victoria, H. 0., have been notified that they must have the nameg of vessels painted on both sides of the bow and at the stern. On the latter there must also be the home jnrt ' t port of register. The Nevada L .islature has before it an irrigation pre osition, and an extra ordinary efl'ort will be made to pass It, for many lielieve the salvation of the State depends upon colonization and the bringing under cultivation of much of the now barren land. Klamath county is the latest seat of gold excitement. A settler named Took, on tho south fide of the Klamath river about one and one-half miles from Keno, was digging a well, and at a depth of sixty feet he struck a formation from which he panned out $1.50 in gold with an ordinary skillet. The gold was prob ably from the stratum of blue gravel, which underlies a large portion of the lake and Klamath river country, and it may lead to the development of some good drift mines there. The Hradstreet Mercantile Agency re ports fourteen failures in the Pacific Coast States and Territories for the past week, aa compared with fourteen for the previous week and eleven for the corre sponding week of 1802. There were sev enty failures in the Pacific Coast States and Territories for the month of Janu ary, with assets of $209,540 and liabili ties of $477,03 , as compared with eighty two for the previons month, with assets of $545,865 and liabilities of $881,353, and eighty-six for the corresponding month of 1S02, with assets of $220,45 6 and lia bilities of $607,631. FROM WASHINGTON CITY. Negotiations for the Settlement of th Neva Case Progressing Very Satisfactorily-lite. Senator Dubois has Introduced a bill making Honner'i Kerry a port of entry The oill Is Indorsed by the Treasury De partment, ami may pass tills session. The negotiation for the settlement of the Nevs case is proceeding so satis Uctorlly that the war ship Atlanta has been recalled from her special mission to Port an Prince, where she was sent to enlorce tlie demands of this government Fithlan of the Committee on Census has made a minority report to the I louse piotcxtlng against the passage of the bill providing lor a permanent on-os bu renu. linker of Kniimis and Lawson of Georgia signed the report with Fithlan The lloifo Naval Committee decided to make no provision in the naval an propriallon bill this year for new cruls ers or battleships. One new $100,000 gunboat is the only vesnel provided for. Hie total appropriation Is z.OJO.OOO ess man last year. The best informed people believe there will lm an extra session not later than the middle of April. It is believed the Democratic leaders think this, and for that reason they are not attempting to crowd some matters of legislation they iei are necessary. The C.vil Service Commission, it Is al leged, summoned Collector of Customs I. i. Phelps of San Francisco to Wash ngton for the purpose of answering the charges that lie removed certain customs employes Ixiranse they had refused to contribute to the Republican campaign num. ll is also stated that the Sail Francisco Kmmvur has Ixwin called on to furnish testimony in the case, having published serious charges of offensive nartinanshlp against Phelps. No date las liven set for hearing so laras known. Oatos' reporton the Homestead trouble s accompanied in its presentation to the House by minority reports, expres sing trie same general conclusions In a different way. Hope Is expressed that the thought of the age will devise some means to secure an equitable division of the profits between employes and em plover. In conclusion the opinion is expressed that the evils disclosed by the investigation are entirely lieyond the reach of Federal power, and the reme- lies, if any can be devised, must origi nate with the State governments. Tho naval appropriation bill as agreed upon by the Committee of Naval Atlairs curries an aggregate amount in round numbers of $10,007,000. The appropri ation for the current fiscal year is $23,- o-j.i.L'wi, and the estimates lor next year J.WM. J here is no appropriation in the bill for the proposed naval review next May. The Senate, therefore, will have to be looked to for the approprla tion to carry out the promise implied in our invitation to foreign nations. One new gunloat is authorised, and lor the payment of vessels heretofore author red to be bmlt $0,150.( 00 is appropri ated, including $250,000 under the head of "equipment." Among the ap propriations for new public works is $L'o.',Ui'U lor the continuation of the Pu got Sound dry-dock work. Secretary Foster of the Treasury De partment has been notitied that the American tlig will be formally raised niHin the Inman steamers City of New York and City of Paris at New York on Washington's birthday. The event will be celebrated with great pomp. Many distinguished people have been invited. The President, who regards the act ol the City of New York and the City of Paris in taking American register and sailing under the Stan and Stripes as the crowning act of his administration, will himself pull up the flags. He will be accompanied to New York by all the memlxt of his Cabinet, and on that oc casion will also be present the members of the Senate and House Naval Affairs Committees, distinguished members of Congress and the principal otlicersof the Navy Department as thoir invited gueate. When the Senate Committee on For eign Relations reported the Knssian ex t' edition treaty, it was with an amend ment that attempts to murder the Czar or any memler of the royal family shall he considered non-political ofTenseB, re gardless of what the motive of the crim inal might be, and that being non-political they should be extraditable. This clause was productive of a great deal of debate. Turpie was the champion for the right of asylum, but the committee was finally sustained. Turpie was not satisfied with this action, and intro duced a resolution recently intended as an offset to the terms of the treaty. The resolution declares it is the sense of the Senate that jurisdiction in what is known as political offenses ought not to be extra territorial, and no treaty should be approved which proposes to take from the courts of the United States the right to determine whether or not ail offense is political under the law of nations. Business men in public life fear that a financial disturbance is near at hand. It is said that Secretary Foster has pre pared to avoid any difficulty in the Treas ury by purchasing gold by issuing an enormous amount of bonds. As high as $200,000,000 rumor places the amount. This statement is made flatly, and goes so far as to say that the bonds have al ready been placed and an agreement reached for their immedia'e exchange for gold, the arrangement being made in anticipation of the result of the silver . vote in the House, which it is feared will precipitate a crisis. Whatever may be clone by the present Secretary of the Treasury, it is now conceded that Cleve land will early call an extra session of Congress to repeal the Sherman law and by his own personal power and actual patronage and persuasion force the bill through, beginning by having the House organized under common-sense rules, which will bring the House to a vote. BEYOND THE ROCKIES Boomers Along the Cherokee Strip Suffer From Cold. CARNEGIE REDUCES WAGES AGAIN. An Immense Ledge of Lithographic Stone Discovered Near St. Louis Sword of Cortes. Nebraska will send 300 cowboys to the World's Fair. In Baltimore the lowest fine for policy gambling Is $200. Boston wants authority to light the city with its own plant. The brass manufacturers of Canada have formed a combine. An antl-Pinkerton hill was introduced In the Wisconsin legislature. Ponton is taking subscriptions for monument to Phillips Brooks. Lieutenant Peary will set oat on his Arctic expedition about July 1. T-l . ttT . . .... ine tyeHiern larmers are holding on to 104,000,000 bushels of wheat. Half a million a year Is to be spent to protect xvw lora s water supply. ine sworn oi uortes win be anions .Tieiico s exniuii at me world's r air. Carnegie has reduced wages at the Ed gar lbomson Steel Works at Praddock. IB. The old New York Hotel In New York city has been sold to a syndicate of cap italists. Canadian estimates for the ensuing year contain appropriations of $4,63J,200 or canais. Nebraska's Legislature will probe the frauds back of Lincoln's Capital National isank laiinre. The United States foreign commerce lor the last fiscal year amounted to over $2,UW,00U,l'0J. Through the medium of a matrimonial paper a Pittsburg man became engaged to nisown daughter. Oklahoma farmers are fnbllant over toe late snows, whtca will prove very ueneuciai to toe crop. The railroads centering in Chicago will expend at least $to,OJ0,0O0 in pre para tion for the World's Fair. The Harrison Telephone Company. wim i.uvu.uto capital, has been mcor porated under the laws of Illinois. A ledge of lithographic stone sufficient to supply the world for 600 years has been discovered near m. Louis. Mo. The boomers camped along the Chero kee strip have suffered intensely Irons the cold. Several have frozen to death. Professor W. F. Whitlock has been se lected Chairman of the Book Committee of the Methodist Church of the United States. Hanlan and Oaudaur have signed ar tides to row for the championship of America and ri.OOO a side in Toronto on July Ti. St. 1xuib feels good. Beer is selling at $3 per barrel, 2 cents per schooner, and her 4-ner-cent bonds are nabbed nn bv capitalists at tot. .. t . . r ' There will be in the neighborhood of 32a consular positions subject to appoint ment by President Cleveland and his Secretary of State. For over $2,000,000 the Weyerhonser syndicate lias bought 600,000,000 feet of Minnesota pine lumber, planning to control the market. The Pullman Car Company will have to pay taxes on property in Nebraska in future. Judge Dundy of the Federal Court has so decided. According to the estimate of the Post master-General, the receipts of his de partment for the next fiscal year will exceed the expenditures. Three of the largest silk mills in the United States have formed a syndicate to control the production of fine-grade (ilk goods in the country. Government employes of the military and civil services are complaining bit terly of the losses they sustain through the depreciation of silver. Miss Anna . Dickinson has begun suit at Scranton, Pa., against eight per sons who were instrumental in having her placed in an insane asylum. Baggage and transfer companies along the New York Central railroad have combined as the Consolidated Transfer Company, with $1,500,000 capital. It is proposed to levy a poll tax of $100 per annum on all Chinese residents of Canada. Enough to pay fare by under ground railroad to all parts of the United States. Montreal is now at tho beginning of the winter carnival, which will last nntil the close of Mardi-Gras. Tobogganing, skating and snow-shoeing will be in dulged in. The Department of Public Works at Ottawa will shortly call for designs for the erection of a monument on Parlia ment Hill to the memory of the late Sir John Macdonald. A movement is on foot to form a new traction company, with a capital of 10.- 000,000, out of the street car lines not now under the control of the Philadel phia Traction Company. The Senate has ratified the agreement entered into between the Northern Pa cific railroad and the Puyallup Indians of Washington, whereby the railroad is given a right-of-way sixty feet wide across the reservation for a spur of its road 1.378 feet long. The agreement was amended in one particular bv pro viding that the Indians shall receive not lees than $1,500 an acre for their land. PURELY PERSONAL Lieutenant Totten designs From United States Army Cyrus W. Field Place Sold. the The full name of the Populist Gov ernor of Kansas is 1oraine Demosthenes Lewellin?, W. Clark Hussell, the novelist, whom an nurope is raging over just now, was born in the old Carleton Hotel on Broad' way, New York, in 1814. During the twelve years since General Hayes retired from the White House there is no record of his having submit ted to a political interview. Senator Colquitt, of whom it was said a few weeks ago that he would never re cover from his illness, expects to attend trie inauguration of Mr. Cleveland. Burne-Jones cays that the only one of his paintings which wearied hira was his most famous painting, "The Golden Stairs." He declares that he got "so tired of those girls. Patti receives $2,000 a night for her operatic performances at La Scala in Milan. In Kngland the diva's rates are higher, for she is paid $4.0 0 for every concert in lindon and $2,000 for con certs in the provinces. The Cyrus W. Field place at Irvington has become the residence of A. L. Bar ber by purchase. The new owner has been for many years the principal stock holder in ami President of the largest asphalt company in this country. Lieutenant Totten. the New Haven prophet, has resigned from the army, to take efJect next August. He will then probably devote his entire time to the arrangement of the grand final cata clysm which has so far failed to come up to ins advertisements. Jenny Lind made many contributions to the bwedish fcpiscopal Church in Chi- cago, St. Ansgarius, which was founded in 1849. This is the oldest congregation oi that nationality in this country, and sne toot a great interest in it. ibe com' mnnion set of this church, one of her gifts, is very elaborate. Prof. Crouch, the octogenarian musi cian and father of Cora Pearl, was well enough to go to miladelpbia the other day from Baltimore for medical advice. liis health is much improved, and though now 85, he appears younger. He passes his time in Baltimore, writing lyrics ior toe press and stage. . Ex ConBul Alexander It. Webb, who is preparing to preach the true faith of the Prophet Mahomet to this Occidental nation, is personally a very genial and companionable man. lie is polite, ana ble, witty, and makeB friends as he hopes to make proselytes wherever he goes. Mr. Webb has progressed from Presbyterianism through materialism to Buddhism, and now to Islamism. He is a ready speaker, an amateur actor and a clever newspaper man. Judge E. Rock wood Hoar while in Washington one day last week sat in the House ot Kepresentatives awhile telling stories to ex-Speaker Kted apropos ol that gentleman's famous ruling. He said it made him think of an observa tion oi rresiuent Lincoln on one occa sion. A delegation of colored men had waited upon Mr. Lincoln, and he. being at a loss to know just what to say to mem,-not Knowing their exact mission, remarked : "Well, all who are here ap pear to be present." Jix-kecretary hudicott has inhented from the late William Endicott of Salem and London, the famous John Endicott farm of Salem, which is a part of the original grant to Governor John Endi cott, and includes the old Endicott bury ing place and the Endicott pear tree. Judge Endicott, who now comes into possession of the estate is a direct de scendant of Governor Endicott. The property has never yet been out of the Endicott lamily since tho original grant. about 1630. INDUSTRIAL BREVITIES. Th: Net Loss of Gold to This Country for the Past Six Years New Cotton Mills Started. Our production of pig iron in 1892 was 9,1)7,000 tons a very large per cent greater than that of England. Bank clearances are heavier thus far in 1893 than they were in 1892. and in 1892 they beat all previous records. It is computed that all the locomotives in the United States would, if coupled together, make a train 300 miles long. During 1892 twenty-one new silk mills were started in the United States, giv ing employment to about three thousand persons. The two Massachusetts cities ol Fall River and New Bedford have added 439.- 000 new spindles to their machinery the past year. It is noted by an agricultural paper that the number of sheep in this coun try increased last year more than a mil lion and a half. Of the whole length of the Suez Canal 66 miles are cuttings, 14 were made by dredging through the lakes and 8 miles required no labor. The silver product of the United States for 1892, according to the Wells Fargo report, was worth $50,607,501, against 00,614,004 in 1891. The cars the Pennsylvania railroad is building to transport the two big Krupp guns to Chicago will be the biggest freight cars in the world. The Paris hot-water fountains, for the nve of the poor, supply eight quarts of heated water for 1 cent. A cradle has been invented that gently rocks itself, and at the same time fur nishes music for the baby. The amount of negotiable securities of the United States held by foreigners is probably over $900,000,000. Commercially we are annexing Can ads pretty fast. Our trade with her is far greater than England's. FOREIGN CABLEGRAMS Several of the Most Conspicuous Italian Statesmen IMPLICATED IN THE BANK SCANDAL The Strike of the Journeymen Bakers In Paris Ended Ylenna About to Have a Scandal The Khedive has been well received at Assioot. Among the British nobility 19 per cent are childless. More Americans than ever before at this season are in Italy. Germany proposes to build five battle ships, each to cost $1,600,000. Nearly 22,000 Hindus lost their lives last year from being bitten by snakes. Of the 130 members of the London County Council not one is a saloonkeeper. Emperor William toasts the Czar in public, but in private they say he roasts him. Stanley contradicts the report that h intends to make another expedition into ainca. During keys and Parisians. 1892 21,231 horses, 275 don 61 mules were eaten by the A directory of resident Americans in London, an edition de luxe, is to appear i.. ! m tue epnng. W itte. the new Minister of Finance in Russia, has begun by imposing a new tax on tne people. London society papers are becomim cuBgnaea at tne number Of Anglo- American weoaings, Two years ago there was only one co operative dairy society in Ireland, while now mere are tnirty, There is much concern in court circles as to the health of the Princess of Wales. which uoes not improve. It is expected that the betrothal of 1'nncess Louise of Denmark to the fiiar. owitch will be announced soon. An atmosphere of scandal hamrs over tae court at Vienna, which does not long nave immunity irom tms sort oi thing. London is keeping nn with the times. Ihe city now has 60.00 J telephones. This has greatly reduced the number of car rier boys, Most of the Berlin newspapers Indnl in lamentations because oi the approach ing resignation of Mr. Phelps, the Amer ican minister. England received about 10.057.600 let ters irom the United States last year, Germany received from us 5,558,040 and r ranee i.ea, chu. t The high prices charged at the bettor class of restaurants in London is a sub ject of many letters of protest to the Iimet of that city. Canada is negotiating with France for minimum tariff on certain Canadian products in return for a reduction of the duties on Drench wines. It is proposed in France to impose tax of 10 centimes per 1,000 francs npon time bargains on the Bourse. This tax is expected to yield 12,000,000 francs. Wolves in Russia destroy annually no- ward of 800,000 head of domestic ani mals valued at 8.000.000 roubles. Their number does not appreciably decrease, The Guaura Indians in Venezuela roasted alive three traders, who were caught stealing young Indian girls far tne purpose ot selling them into servi tude. Michael Lazzaroni, a nephew of the imprisoned caBhierof the Bank of Rome, was arrested and charged with bribery and forgery in his relations with the bans:. ine inaian Meaical Keeord shows a terrible record of deaths from cholera, In fourteen years, from 1877 to 1890. it declares that 1,000,826 persons have died in Bengal from cholera alone. At Avencbes in French-sneaking Switz erland a Swiss society of arcbnology is laying bare the site of a Roman theater under the supervision of Th. van Mnv den of Lausanne, an architect. British soldiers will wear seamless socks in future, because they insnre greater marching efficiency. The old style of seamed socks chafed the skin, and made the soldiers footsore. A London confectioner says that he is sometimes called on to furnish wedding cakes weighing 1,000 pounds each, and pucicungs oi a sue sumcient lor DUO hearty appetites. The Sultan of Turkey has sent a con gratulatory letter to the Pope of Rome. This is about the nearest approach which the cross and the crescent have ever made toward a conjunction. The heir to the Austrian throne, when he becomes Emperor, will govern nine countries, bear eighteen titles of duke, one as archduke, two as grand duke and also thirty-three other titles. The annual visits for long periods of the Duchess of Edinburgh to Russia are explained by the knowledge that under the Czar's administration she would lose a large part of her dowry were she to forego them. It is reported in Rome that Signer Tamlongo, the imprisoned Governor of the Bank of Kome, has given evidence to the examining magistrates against several of the most conspicuous states men in Italy. Nearly 6,000 men were at work last year on the ship canal which is to con nect the Baltic and North Seas. The expenditure so far has amounted to about $20,000,000. It is expected to be opened for traffic in 1895. 1 RATTLESNAKES ARE HIS LIVING. tli Tim Kitten, bat Vat Ready to Abandon III V oration. ' Tho popular idoa w that a rattlo naka in a curwo to mankind and of absolutely no twe, except ios8ibljr to give the male contingent in camping and picnic parties an excuse for pro- fridine; a well known serpent bite antidote. Andrew Akers, a white haired ex-miner, who occasionally comes to town from his lonely home way tip in the San Bernardino moun tain, tells us that the rattlesnake is, In its way, a blessing to mankind, i "I reckon I ought to know some Ihing about the serpents," said he th other day, "for I have earned tbw whole living of mysfc'f and wife for Bereral years in catching rattlers and getting the oil out of them. I know Borne folks are mighty scary about rattlesnakes, and for one who don't know about the critters' ways it is pretty risky business getting fanged by a rattler. I occasionally get nerv ous among the rattlers, but I have to keep a steady nerve and quick eye in my business. " Tha nTil iwrnflomnn folia na fTiaf V & had always heard how valuable pur rattlesnake oil is, and that several years ago he got the oil from a dozen snakes that he came across in his woodcutting operations in the moun tains. When the summer was over he had twenty ounces, and got two dollars an ounce for all of it from a Los Angeles druggist. He has 6inca made a business of hunting rattle snakes up and down the mountain sides and through the canyons. He catches from 150 to 200 snakes in a summer, and generally gathers from $300 to $400 worth of oil from them. The market price for the product is two doUars an ounce, and there ia little fluctuation. Rattlesnake oil is used in rheumatic cures and in oint ments for some skin diseases. The oil when sold has a pearly white color and is free from any odor. It tastes much like tallow. A good sized rattlesnake will furnish from one to two ounces of oiL "How do I catch the snakest WelL that is easy enough. I wear boots up above my knees so as to protect me from any rattler I may tread upon, and I always go with a strong forked stick or club in my hand. I have to keep my wits about me constantly, and to think quick when I am in a snake locality and hear a rattle. I always try to get the rattlers by putting the fork of my stick over their neck as quick as a flash, and then I have the critter just where I want him. I next strangle the suake by pressing my fingers down upon the neck. I get the rattlers in this way so as to keep them from biting themselves, and thereby letting the poison into the oil that I am after. In nine cases out of ten rattlesnakes will bite themselves if they have a chance, and they are the smartest things alive, except human beings. Once in awhile 1 get the rattlers bv Bmashing them in the head, but I don't like that way, for it's more dangerous and the oil is not so good. 'Have 1 ever been bitten? Yes, five times, and I suffered so much the last time that all the money on earth would not induce me to be poisoned so again. That was four years ago, and I can feel pains from it to this day. I don't believe any one ever fully recovered from a does of genuine rattlesnake poison. It is the most awful stuff on earth. I have seen great big cows die of a drop of the poison in an hour's time." Pomona (Cal.) Progress. IOcomotlTe Fog: Signal. An improved method of signaling: to the drivers of locomotives in thick weather has been brought forward in England. On the locomotive it self is fixed an electric bell, to which is attached a contact device, which operates by means of a movable bar which is associated with each signal box. When the engine passes such a signal box contact is made and the bell rings, and by the number of .beats upon the gong the engins oriver knows whether to proceed or whether to stop. The apparatus does not intef ere with any existing signaling arrangements, and would be quite automatio in action pro jrided that the signal man attended to his levers just as if the weather Was clear. London Letter. Aa Aneodot of Whittle-. A friend in conversation with Mr. jWhittier, the poet, remarked that he was about to contract to furnish a lot of oak timber for the govern ment gunboats, and asked him if he jthought it was in consistence with the peace doctrines of the Quaker de nomination. Without saying any thing calculated to decide the ques tion the two arrived at their parting jplace, when Mr. Whittier, shaking bis friends hand, said, "Moses, if thee does furnish any of that oak timber thee spoke of, be sure that it all sound. " Pbilacwlpbja Inquirer.