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MARE ISLAND YARD.
WORK ON THE VESSELS BEING
RUSHED DAY AND NIGHT.
Mrs. Griffith! of Fresno Wins Her Suit
Against the New York Life Insuranoe
Company Cancellation of Land Se
lections A Moral Crusade.
Walla Walla. The Walla Walla
church people are waging war on saloons,
gammers ana nouses oi m-iame.
Land Selections Canceled.
Olympia. The Commissioner of the
general land office has informed the Spo-
kane land office that the lists of State
land selections Nos. 1, 2 and 3, Spokane
district, are canceled because not in ie-
eal subdivisions of quarter sections. The
amount of land involved is 7,000 acres,
and is assigned to the grant for the Agri
cultural College, .j ,
Decrease In Valuation,
San ; Francisco. rThe Assessor fur
nishes the startling information that the
assessment roll for the fiscal year 1894-5
will be decreased by about J30.000.000,
He estimates a cut from 1240,000,000 to
$210,000,000. , In explanation lie says
the bad times have atfected the property
values to a fearful extent.
Evervbodv Worklliar at Mare Island.'
Vallejo, Cal. Mare Island navy yard
is livelier than it has been for twenty
years. Work is being rushed, particu
larly on the Monterey, Alert and Monad
nock. Large forces of machinists and
VknilnrmaUnrn work overtime on the two
first named. The authorities look for
even a greater rush between now and
April 1, when the Behring sea patrol is
onniwGi ti ha in rparlinARfl. Tin to t.hfl
present only the Mohican and Alert have
been repaired. wme a neei nas Deen
ordered from different parts of the world
lor this duty, and these vessels will re
quire more or less repairs at the island
before going north.
The Company Must Pay. :
San Francisco. The State Supreme
Court has decided the important insur
ance case of Mary V. Griffiths against
the New York Life Insurance Company.
Judge E. J. (iriffiths,' a well-known
Fresno lawyer, some years ago took out
two policies of $1,000 each, giving two
notes in payment of the .first premium.
Later on (jriffiths told the local agent he
could not pay one of the notes at matu
rity, and one policy was canceled. Grif
fiths was accidentally killed before the
second note matured. The company re
fused to pay the amount of the policy on
the ground that the agent had no right
to take the notes. Mrs. Griffiths brought
suit, secured judgment, and on appeal
the judgment is affirmed.
Coal Miners Threaten.
Seattle. The Seattle Coal and Iron
Company has made a 10 to 12 per cent
cut in the wages of its employes at the
Gilman mines, and as a result trouble is
threatened, though none is expected.
The cut affects about 300 men, and the
Italians employed in the mines are wild
. and threatening. The men in the "slope"
mine heretofore received 75 cents for a
cartload of clean coal; under the cut
they will get only 65 and 70 cents, ac
cording to the location of the breast.
The men in No. 4 mine received 65 cents
per cart, but now only get 40 and 55
cents. Common laborers have been cut
from $1.50 to $1.35 per day. Gang-way
men have been cut from $8 per running
yard of coal to $6.50. Firemen who got
$61 per month are now paid $46. ,
, OYSTER CLOSE SEASON.
7 An Opinion by the Assistant Attorney
General on the Law.
Olympia. On application of citizens
of Pacific county Assistant Attorney
General Haight has furnished an opin
ion on the law for the protection of oys
ters, about which differences exiBt among
oystermen. The old law of 1877 forbade
'dredging for oysters in waters less than
twenty feet at the lowest ebb, and estab
lished a close season from June 15 to
September 1. The law of 1879 changed
the law of 1877 so as to read as at pres
ent. The code of 1881 re-enacted the
law of 1877 as amended by the law of
1879, which made a close season from
May 15 to September 1. In November,
. 1881, the old law of 1877 was restored as
to the close season. Later the code of
' 1881 was adopted, restoring the amend
ments made in 1879, which is the pres
ent law. . . .
BarberShop
THE NATIONAL- CAPITAL.
The United States government has
been formally invited to send a troop of
cavalry to London, England, to partici-
pate in the royal cavalry tournament in
May next.
Senator Dolph has introduced a bill
extending the time two years for begin'
ning and constructing the bridge across
the Uolumbia river by the Uregon and
Washington .Bridge Uompany. N
The Committee on Naval Affairs of the
Senate has made a favorable report on
the bill remitting the penalties, amount
ing to $39,000, on the Vesuvius assessee
against the Cramps, the builders of thd
vessel.
The Senate Committee on Territories
has authorized a favorable report upon
the bill introduced by Carey, defining
and changing the boundary line of the
Yellowstone National Park, and also
upon the bill providing for the punish
ment ot onenses committed in the park.
The bill places the park within the ju
risdiction of the United States District
Court of Wyoming.
The New York Post's Washington spe
cial says a political statistician, who has
been examining the field with great care
and absolute impartiality, reaches the.
conclusion that, granting the Republic
ans every seat which can probably go to
them in the next Senate, they and the
Democrats will practically be tied, the
balance of power being held by the Pop
ulists. In case the Democrats succeed
in every contest for legislative majorities
next fall they will still retain a slight
maiority over all. In case the Populists
obtain the balance of power it will bring
Senator Allen of .Nebraska to the front
as a dictator after the Mahone fashion
of thirteen years ago.
A star route mail service has been es
tablished from Sealand by Long Beach,
Ilwaco and Fort Canby to Astoria, Or.,
and back six times a week. This service
will begin July 1, 1894, and continue
four years. A service has also been es
tablished from Gil? Harbor to Olalla.
seven miles, and back three times a
week, to begin on the same date. The
special steamboat service from Seattle to
Whatcom has been discontinued, mails
being sent on another route. The post-
office at Ocean, San Juan county, has
been discontinued, and mail for that
point will hereafter be sent to Deer
Harbor.. '
As a result of the troubles in South
Carolina, growing out of the conflict be
tween the State authorities and the Fed
eral Courts over the collection of taxes
from the railroads in the hands of re
ceivers, the House Judiciary uommittee
has agreed on a bill which provides that
taxes assessed by. State, county or mu
nicipals authorities against corporate
property shall not be classed as debts,
to be passed upon in the first instance
by any United States Court, but shall
be collectable by the proper local au
thorities, whether in the hands of a re
ceiver or not, and a tax sale under such
circumstances shall effect the removal of
such property from the jurisdiction of
the court and receiver. The ordinary
rights of application for an abatement
of tax are not interfered with.
Andrew D. White, United States Min
ister to Russia, writing to the State De
partment, save that it is the intention of
the promoters of the Baron Hirsch fund J
according to a prominent (jerman news
paper to renew the migration of Rus
sian Hebrews to the Argentine Republic.
The same paper says that only the bet
ter class of Hebrews will be sent to the
South American Republic, and that
those of ' an undesirable- class will be
sifted out and sent to the United States.
Minister' White does not express any
opinion as to the credibility of the in
formation transmitted, but simply for
wards it that the immigration authori
ties may be on their guard. Instructions
have been sent to keep a special lookout
for this class of immigration at JNew
York and to the other commissioners at
the principal Atlantic seaports.
A lively tilt occurred in the River and
Harbor Committee between Hermann
and Jones of Virginia. Since Blanchard
is out and Catchings became chairman
of the committee Hermann had secured
increased appropriations - for Yaquina
and Tillamook Bays and the Columbia
and Willamette rivers. Jones made a
bitter onslaught on Hermann's efforts,
and ridiculed the small commerce of the
first two named places, and moved to re
consider the vote by which Hermann
had secured the increased allowances.
This led to an excited personal contro
versy. Hermann warmly resented the
criticism of these waterways, and gave
notice of motions to reconsider on the
Virginia items. The matter was ended
by the committee standing by Hermann.
Though the bill is small, yet it is known
that Oregon after a struggle over , each
item will fare better than was expected.
Wilson of Washington has secured an
increase for Gray's Harbor from $20,000
to $25,000. -
De Armond from the Judiciary Com
mittee reported to the House, with the
recommendation that it pass, a bill to
prevent interference in the collection of
State, county and municipal taxes as
sessed against corporations. The meas
ure, the Representative says, is designed
to put corporations in the hands of re
ceivers appointed by Judges and courts
of the United States in the same condi
tion with respect to the collection of
these taxes as if no receiver existed. It
often happens that corporations by order
of the United States Courts pass into
the hands of receivers and remain there
for n. number of vears. during which
time taxes assessed against them and
their property are paid or not paid, ac
cording to the judgment and discretion
and sometimes the caprice of the Fed
eral Courts. By this practice corpora
tions in the hands of receivers are ena
bled to defer the payment of taxes
almost indefinitely to the great inconve
nience and prejudice of the States. The
committee is of the opinion that corpo
rations in the hands of receivers should
not eniov any greater immunity with re
spect to payment of taxes than that
which is possessed by corporations car
rying on their business outside of court
and without receiver.
BOUND FOR THE POLE
WELLMAN AND PARTY EN ROUTE
' FOR THE ARCTIC REGION.
Evangelist Moody Succeeds in Convert
lng Jovial and Big-Hearted J. S. C
Blackburn, Senator From Kentucky-
Salvation Recruits at Vassar.
: New York. As a result of the ad
dresses to pupils of. Vassar College by
Mrs. Ballington Booth, head of the Sal
vation Army forces in America, and Ad
jutant Edith Marshall fifteen young
women students have been, enrolled as
members of the Salvation Army AuxiU
iary League. Dr. G. H. Kendrick of the
executive staff of the college has joined
the league, and others are expected to
join. The ne members of the league
are the daughters of wealthy aristocratic
families of JNew York, .Brooklyn, Wash
ington and other cities.
The Nicaragua Canal.
Baltimore. The Manufacturers' Rec
ord of this week publishes letters from
eighteen Governors replying to the ques
tion whether national aid should be
given to secure the construction of the
Nicaragua canal. Considerable diverg
ence of opinion is shown, but the major
ity believe that the importance of the
canal and the necessity ot its being con
trolled by Americans justify national
assistance, provided this can be given in
a way not to enrich individuals at the
expense ot the country. .
A DASH FOR THE POLE.
Wellman's Arctic Expedition Has Started
' From New York. "- .' ;
New York. The steamship Britannic,
which sailed for Liverpool,' carried Wal
ter Wellman and the American members
of his party on the first stage of a jour
ney which they hope win terminate at
the north pole. ' The most original feat
ure of the Wellman party is the equip
ment of aluminium boats and sledges.
With these Wellman expects to skim the
polar regions and get farther north than
any explorer has vet done. The travel
ers will go from Liverpool to Norway.
There they will be joined by ten young
Norwegian scientists. They expect to
sail about May 1 from Tromset for the
island of Bpitzoergen. Headquarters
will be established at Dane s Island,
about 700 miles south of the pole. The
dash north will be made soon after with
the boats and sledges. . Mr. Wellman
expects to make about twenty-five miles
day, getting baclc-rto bpitzbergen in
September. The American members of
the party are Walter Wellman, Prof.
Owen B. French, astronomical observer;
Dr. Thomas B. Mohur, medical officer,
and Charles C. Dodge, artist and pho
tographer. ' , ,
POSTOFFICE SWINDLE. .
The Scheme of a Stamp Dealer and a
Thrifty Postmaster.
St. Louis. The postoffice inspectors
have within the past few days unearthed
new and entirely novel scheme by
which Uncle Sam's Postal Department
is believed to have been swindled out of
a large sum of money. , Three men are
said to have been implicated in the
unique scheme. One of them, H. L.
Scott, was arrested last evening. Charles
H. McKeel of the McKeel Stamp and
Printing Company is also wanted, but
he is said to be in New York. The au
thorities refuse to divulge the name of
the third man, but it is believed to be a
postmaster of a small Illinois town. Mc
Keel is a dealer in stamps of all kinds,
and he or his agents are said to have
fone to some fourth-class postmaster in
llinois and to have made a bargain with
him to cancel so many Columbian stamps
of large denominations for him. They
are alleged to have made a bargain With
him whereby they received a part of his
percentage on condition they send stamps
to a large amount through his office ; the
stamps would be affixed to packages
large and heavy enough to warrant the
use of a stamp of the value desired. The
package would be mailed at the postof
fice in question, the stamp would be
canceled by the postmaster, and would
reach McKeel again, more valuable from
a collector's point of view than it had
been originally. ;
BLACKBURN CONVERTED.
The Senator Succumbs to Evangelist
Moody's Revival Eloquence.
Washington. Every' United States
Senator found in his ' mail yesterday a
little package of religious tracts encir
cled by a rubber band and bearing on
its face the words " Compliments of J.
S. C. Blackburn." This was the popular
Kentucky Senator's device for announc
ing to his associates that he had aban
doned forever his old life and entered
upon a new and untried existence as the
result of the convincing eloquence of
Evangelist Moody, who has been hold
ing revival meetings in Washington for
a month. Very early in the course of
the Moody meetings the Kentuckian be
gan to exhibit remarkable interest in
them.' He became a regular attendant,
sat on the platform night after night
within a few feet of Moody, and it was
noticed that the two had frequent con
versations together. Then Mr.-Blackburn
began to invite some of his friends
to the meetings, and everybody under
stood that he was very much impressed,
but the idea that jovial "Joe " Black
burn, who had for his whole life led the
gay existence which is peculiarly adapt
ed to the Kentucky temperament, should
really become converted by Moody's
teachings and enter the work of evan
gelization himself even in a small way
never entered anybody's head. The
grave and aggressive Senators from the
aged Morrill down to the youthful Du
bois are wondering which of them is to
be influenced by Joe Blackburn's change
of heart and how far the eloquent and
big-hearted Kentuckian's enthusiasm
will carry him.
THE MIDWINTER EXPOSITION
I The second mouth of the California
Midwinter International -Exposition is
realizing every expectation. The at
tendance has been increasing at a rate
which warrants the assertion that the
total attendance during the exposition
will exceed the estimate made bv the
most sanguine of its projectors. There
Is no longer any doubt but that the en
terprise will be a paying one. The best
evidence of this lies in the fact that ap
plications for concessions continue to
come in, and concessionaires already on
the grounds are enlarging their build
ings and developing their entertainments
to meet the patronage they expect to re
ceive. ' The talk about a reduction of
the price of admission to 25 cents has
ceased. The expjsition management
spoke in no uncertain tones in favor of
keeping the price at 50 cents, and pre
sented incontrovertible reasons for tak
ing their ground. The result is that
people who were waiting for the re
duced rates are no longer hesitating to
visit the fair, and the concessionaires
are perfecting their plans on the 50-cent
basis. In other words the preliminary
canter is over and the exposition has
settled down to the regular running.
Fete days are making a satisfactory
Impression. Vermont Day's success
was duplicated in Michigan Day, which
was celebrated on Monday, March '1.
In this instance Blue Monday became
one of the Red Letter days of the expo
sition, and the gate receipts were very
satisfactory. The number of railroad
coupons presented at the admission
gates is daily on the increase. The rail
road war is proving a godsend to the
exposition. Excursion parties, formed
weeks ago in different parts of the East, J
find their numhers doubled before the
the day of starting comes, and the re
sult is that more people are going to see
California during the period of this
great Midwinter Exposition than have
visited the Pacific Coast in many years
that have gone by. Those who are here
now are sending back glowing accounts
of their experiences, and the good seed
sown by those who have been here and
have gone home again is bearing fruit
more than a hundredfold. The effect of
this influx of Eastern visitors is hegin
ing to be felt throughout the entire
etnte. Real estate agents report large
investments in ranch and orchard prop
erty. Special county exhibits are also
having excellent effect, and there is not
a county exhibit at the exposition today
that has not found it advisable to estab
lish a local boom bureau in connection
with its display. , j
The next great fete day of the exposi
tion is to take place on March 17. It is
to be Sf. Patrick's Day in the morning,
afternoon and evening. There is reason
to believe that the crowd inside the ex
position grounds on thaf occasion will
surpass anything since the opening day.
Excursion trains are to be run all over
the state. There are to be literary and
musical exercises on the grand stand in
the afternoon, and a grand' display of
Pain's fireworks in the evening. Special
devices in pyrotechnics have been pre
pared, and everything about the expo
sition will have the bt. .Patrick's Day
flavor. The . Irish element will be
catered to in all the concessions. In the
'49 Mining Camp the Irish flag is to be
hoisted on the top of, the panoramic
Mount Shasta, the camp dogs are to be
painted green, and the dancing girls
will be supposed to wear green garters.
It is needless to say that the day will be
a lively one from start to finish, and ar
rangements have been made so that the
electric lights may burn later than usual.
The '49 Mining Camp, by the way,
continues to advertise itself in a striking
manner, though its last advertisement
was entirely unintentional and came
near proving very disastrous.- It is the
custom of the camp to send its old '49
stage coach around the grounds several
times a day loaded inside and out with
the employes of the camp, including the
dancing girls and their partners in the
fandango. On Saturday evening last
the driver of the coach was a little care
less in going around a turn on the hill
side near the camp entrance, and the
stage coach was overturned. There
were nine girls inside the coach and 10
men on top. These were hurled to the
ground and jumbled into a helpless
mass. Seven out of the party were
badly hurt, and the emergency hospital
of the exposition had its hands more
than full taking care of the injured.
Three of the girls had their heads cut so
badly that they had to be stitched, and
two of the men were injured internally.
Luckily, however, none of the injuries
proved serious, and all the patients are
progressing satisfactorily toward re
covery. Meanwhile substitutes have
been put on, for the injured, and the
peculiar features of the camp are illus
trated without cessation. The fact that
one or two of tbe male dancers do their
part on crutches does not detract from
the show, and may be accepted as a par
donable advertisement.
One of the devices which are under
fonsideration for the purpose of draw
ing crowds to the exposition is a contest
between a big grizzly and one of Boone's
Nubian lions. The recent action of the
lion in breaking through a cage partition
and killing a httle brown bear has sug
gested the contest referred to. There is
a big grizzly in the '49 Camp now, the
only one in captivity, and arrangements
are on foot looking toward the pitting
of these big brutes in an improvised
arena around which 100,000 people can
be gathered. Such a contest has never
taken place in the history of the world,
and the sporting element are exceed
ingly anxious to see it come oft.
FRENCH ANARCHISTS.
ANOTHER VICTIM OF THE BOMB
THROWER HENRI DIES.
The German Minister of Finance and
Chancellor Caprtvi Bring an Action
for Slander Against Three Men The
, Brussels Monetary Conference.
London. The Chamber of Commerce
has sent a memorial to Lord Rosebery
requesting him to take steps to bring
about the resumption of the Brussels
Monetary Conference.
t rmny'i Proposal for-Cotaagr
Berlin. Chancellor Caprivi has sub
mitted to the Bundesrath a proposal for
the coinage of 11,000,000-marks in 5-
mark pieces ; 7,000,000 marks in 2-mark
pieces and 4,000,000 marks in 1-mark
pieces. The proposition is made as
result of the increased demand for such
coins and from the fact that silver coin
age has fallen 2,000,000 marks below the
authorized limit.
New Ministry for Spain.
Madrid. Senor Sagasta has succeeded
in forming a Ministry, the personnel of
which is as follows: Senor Sagasta,
Premier; Senor Moret, Minister of For
eign Affairs ; Senor Capdepon, Minister
ot virace and Justice; Ueneral .Lope:
Dominiquez, Minister of War; Admiral
Pasquin, Minister of Marine; Senor
Aguilara, Minister of Interior; Senor
Mossulvadion, Minister of Finance ; Se
nor Goovzard, Minister of Public Works ;
oenor Jiecerra, Minister of the Oolonies,
Senors Sagasta, Moret, Capdepon, Lopez
Dominiquez and rasquin occupied their
respective positions in the former Min
istry. :. ...
Increasing England's Navy.
London. The Naval Committee esti
mates for the year 1894-5 have been is
sued. The government proposes to spend
17,366,100 in the next fiscal year upon
the navy, thus increasing by 3,126,000
the amount used last year. The number
of men in the service will be increased
by 6,700, including marines. In the
coming year seven new battle ships of
the hrst class, Six cruisers of the second
class, two sloops and thirty-six torpedo
destroyers of a new model are to be laid
down. The government s present pro
posal is described as but a part of a com
plete programme, which is to cover the
operations of the Admiralty for the next
five years. The money required for the
execution of the whole plan is to be vo-
I J i H 1 ' 1 I I .
tea in nve annual installments.
, The Bank of England.
London. There was a crowded at
tendance at the half-yearly meeting of
the Bank of England. Governor David
Powell said the conduct of the ex-cashier
may have been a very serious matter,
which had been thoroughly sifted.
Wherever anything was found wrong
steps had been taken to meet the diffi
culty. The directors had done their best,
and legal proceedings might be taken
which would evoke further details ; but,
if this course were not adopted, the mat
ter had better be let to die. A feeling of
suspicion in consequence of this deplor
able affair has been thrown over the
whole establishment. The feeling, how
ever was not justified to anything like
the extent. imagined. The report of the
Governors shows that the bank set aside
250,000 to meet all possible losses
respect to May's advances.
ACTION .FOR SLANDER.
Miquel and ' Caprivi Prosecute Three
Men for Libelous Statements.
Berlin. The joint action for slander
brought by Dr. Miquel, Minister of Fi
nance, and Chancellor Caprivi against
Herr Plack, a newspaper writer, Herr
Dewald and Herr Schweinhagen has
been continued in court. Herren Plack
and Dewald 'issued a book entitled
"Pharisees and Hypocrites," and repro
duced charges made by Rector Ahlwardt.
Herr Schweinhagen denounced Dr. Mi
quel and Chancellor von Caprivi in
speeches, declaring that Miquel had been
guilty of a criminal transaction in con
nection with the Roumanian loan. De
fendants upheld the assertions, and Herr
Schweinhagen preferred a counter charge
of slander against Miquel. The latter
during examination said that while part
ner in the Disconto Gessellschaft he re
ceived 1,350,000 marks, and not 8,000,-
000 marks. He continued his testimony
by remarking that men, such as the
prisoners, could not wound his honor.
and he brought suit on account of his of
cial position.
FRENCH ANARCHISTS. '
Urgency on Bill Forbidding Publication
of Reports of Their Trials Voted.
Paris. Ernest Bordes died in a city
hospital this evening. The physicians
say that his death was due directly to
injuries received in the cafe of the Hotel
Terminus on the evening of February 12,
when Emil Henri threw a bomb among
the guests. As this is the second death
which was caused by the Hotel Terminus
explosion, the charge of murder is likely
to be established against Henri without
great difficulty. Paul Bernard, one of
tbe most dangerous international an
archists in Europe, has been sentenced
at Montbrisoh to one year's imprison
ment for having exhorted an audience
in Roanne four years ago to murder and
pillage, and the Uh amber of Deputies
has voted urgency on a bill forbidding
the publication of reports of anarchist
trials. The framers of th bill argued
that the notoriety given to men like
Ravachol and Vaillant by public trials
was the most powerful incentive to other
anarchists to commit horrible crimes.
The proposal for urgency was approved
by a vote of 258 to 203.
NORTHWEST NEWS
Washington.
Spokane's last grand jury cost the
county $3,000.
The Everett paper mill will ship 100
tons of paper to Australia.
Bids for the Great Northern tunnel at
Everett will soon be called for.
A Ritzville man has a curiosity in the
shape of a squirrel with eleven legs and
four heads. - .
There is some talk of closing the Day
ton public schools on account of lack of
funds'. The district has a floating debt
of about $12,000.
The Hayton ditch, which cost $18,000,
and which is designed to drain an area
of low land extending from Mount Ver
non to Fir;"is completed and in" use.
Thirteen teams and Sixteen men are
at work upon tbe track at the State Fair
grounds at Yakima. The track is to
cost $8,700. Something like 10,000 yards
of earth have to be moved. .
The Everett Land Company claims to
have placed $1,600,000 of its bonds with
the Central Trust Company, New York,
thus enabling it to carry out some ex
tensive improvements to the port. ,
The foreign commerce for Puget Sound
for February, as reported by the customs '
department, shows a total valuation of
exports amounting to $647,569, includ
ing 675,810 bushels of wheat, worth
$364,090 ; 76,240 barrels of flour, worth
$189,603; 1,413,635 feet of lumber,
valued at $14,684, and 80,000 lath, valued
at $140. The imports of dutiable goods
were $57,644 ; free of duty, $26,097. Value
of merchandise imported in the district
and transported to interior poi ts with
out appraisement, dutiable, $12,272;
free of duty, $178,226; total value, $190,
498. :', v ;, , ...
Shrewd detective work has led to the
arrest of Indian Charley Waterman of
the Skookum reservation, charged with
murdering ' Joseph Nadier, the Syrian
peddler, November 8, 1893, near Hoods
port, Mason county, on Hood's canal.
That day Nadier and a companion, K.
Cafuri, a Syrian peddler, stopped at In
dian Charley's house, and exhibited
goods to the squaw, during which Char
ley took a rifle and supped out of the
house. Half an hour later the two ped
dlers walked the trail along Skokomish
river, (Jafun fifteen feet ahead, when a
shot hred from the dense forest passed
through the body of Nadier from side to
side, killing him instantly. Cafuri, fear
ing ambush, returned to Hoodsport and
gave the alarm. Indian Charley gave
the first information of the shooting to
the neighbors, but at the inquest claimed
he was drunk at Union City at the time
of the killing. The Turkish Minister at
Washington, D. C, ordered George Hall,
the Turkish Consul at San Francisco, to
make a searching investigation, and
aided by J. A. McDonald, the Prosecut
ing Attorney of Mason county, and
shrewd detectives, evidence was secured ,
to prove the guilt of Indian Charley and
threats he made to Indians to whom he
confessed the murder. The arrest was
made the other day, and conviction is
deemed certain. Nadier was 23 years
old, a native of Syria, Turkey in Asia,
of good family, and. leaves a child widow
with his mother in Syria.
Oregon. .
Prof. Kanematz sent a handsome silk
exhibit to the Midwinter Fair from Co
quille City. It is a fine display of the
product, and includes .a large skein of
twist or manufactured silk thread in ad
dition to the raw silk, floss, cocoons, etc.
The Foot's creek placer fields, the
largest placers in Southern Oregon, are
in full blast, with the advantage of an
unprecedented water supply. The mines
of Lance & Son, R. A. Cook 6 Sons,
Goldsworthy & McKnight, Carr Bros.,
Hosmer, Anderson & Sanders, Raphael,
Morat. Bailey & Son and Swacker & Son
are running day and night, and will have
a season from six to seven months. Be-1
sides these mines quite a number of
gulches heretofore not having much wa-
ter are being ground-sluiced by ranchers.
The season's gold output on Foot's creek
this year willprobably be doubled and
reach even $100,000.
The Hammersley mine contest has
been settled and the receiver discharged.
Hammersley pays Drew & no: $2,500 for
their interest, and takes possession of
the mine. Kingley & Bull, who claimed
an interest in the mine, are left in the
cold, and George R. and Riley Hammers
ley get full possession ot one ot the best
mines in Southern Oregon. This prop
erty was bonded by Hammersley Bros.
to Eastern parties, and a failure to meet,
the payments caused the suit, the out
come of which nas been watched by
mining men all over the State. The
mine will be running to the full capacity
of the mills within a week. This ends
one of the worst muddles in the annals .
of Southern Oregon mines. , ,
Under an order of the Circuit Court
the Corvallis carriage factory has been
sold for $19,601 to C. T. Brace of St.
Louis, who represents the Paddock
Hawley Iron Company and the claims
of other Eastern firms, aggregating $10,
000. This amount is $1 in excess of the
claim of the London and San Francisco
Bank, which was prepared to bid the
amount of its claim, and will have the
effect of releasing the sureties, who were
also stockholders in the corporation, but
owners of stock will lose everything in
vested in the enterprise. The estimated
value of the property was $75,000. Of
this $45,000 was material and finished
work within the building. The purchas
ers are willing to turn the property over
to any one who will furnish good secu- -rity
for the amount of their claim, and
will give them ample time to make the
payments. It is not yet definitely known
whether the factory win be continued in
operation or stockholders be given an
opportunity to effect a new organization
and resume operations. The sale was
apparently bona fide, and the cash was
paid over. An effort will be made to
have the sale confirmed at once, but it is
understood objections will be urged to
its confirmation until the regular term
of court, April 9.