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The Hood Elver Glacier. It's a Cold Day When We Get Left. VOL. 5. ; HOOD RIVER, OREGON, SATURDAY. APRIL 7, 1891. NO. 45. JBWWWMMMMWWW1W ,3f eed Iiver (5 lacier. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING BY , The Glacier Publishing Company. . SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. One year IS 00 Six months.. .,.,. 1 Of Three month! , 60 Snide oopjr ICeatt THE GLACIER ' Grant Evans,' Propr. Second St., near Oak. Hood River, Or. Shaving and Hair-outting neatly done. Satisfaction Guaranteed. A High Estimate. 1 London. The estimated government expenditures for the coming year, which will be required to be met by the budget, amount to 95,682,666. This is the highest estimate ever submitted. Fired on by Riffs. Melilla. A party of Riffs on the coast three miles from this town fired on a transport which was conveying: Span' ish troops to Malaga. They wounded one man. The Uovernor of JUelilla is inquiring into the affair.' No complica tions are expected to result from the snooting. , ' Salvation Army Jubilee. ' London. An appeal has been issued for the'purpose of raising a fund of 50, 000 in order to celebrate the Jubilee of the Salvation Army. In connection with the jubilee General Booth proposes to inaugurate a four months' Salvation Army campaign in the United States next autumn. The General also pro poses an international salvation Army (Jongresa in June and expeditions to J a' pan, Java and Demerara. Gladstone'. Response. London. Gladstone in a letter to the Chairman of the Midlothian Liberals, thanks him for the generous desire that ' he (Gladstone) shall not cease to 'repre sent Midlothian. He refers to his career, and says it has certainly been chargeable with many errors of judgment, but he , hopes it -has been governed by a desire . for strict justice. He says he rejoices to think tli at Scotland has done battle for the right. The masses, he declares, owe their present political elevation to the principles, "Love of liberty for all, with out distinction of class, creed or coun try." Gladstone laments " the. discrep ancy of sentiment" between the two Houses of Parliament, and concludes by saving he feels convinced that until the just demands of Ireland are satisfied the .Umpire will not nave attained the max imum of its anion and power. "Nor will British honor be effectually cleared of the deepest historic stain ever attached to it.". . MINISTRY OF COLONIES. M. Casimir-Perler, the French Premier, Sways the Senate. , . Paris. The crisis which was threat ened by the action of the Senate in re fusing to take action on the measure which had previously passed the Cham ber of Deputies, creating a Ministry of Colonies instead of leaving that depart ment directed, as has been the case up to the present, has been averted, and Premier Casimir-Perier is again victori ous. When the Premier learned of the failure to act upon the matter referred to, he promptly called a special session of the Senate and allowed it to become known that he would not remain-in power without a vote of confidence on the part of the Senate. In the Senate after a conciliatory speech from the Premier the Chamber of Deputies ' bill creating a Ministry of the Colonies was ' approved by a vote of 225 to 32, and later the Senate agreed to the grant asked for in regard to the creation of this new ministry by a vote of 316 to 81. The Premier was warmly congratulated by friends upon the result of the affair. "DISASTER AT SANTANDER. The Burled Cargo of the Cabo Machicaco Struck by Divers. Madrid. A dispatch received from Santander says that ten men were killed and thirty injured by an explosion of dynamite in the harbor. ; The dynamite was in one of the many cases of explo sives which went down last November with the wreck of the steamer Cabo Ma chicaco. Ever since the steamer was blown to pieces divers have worked in termittently upon the wreck, and have raised a considerable quantity of miscel laneous cargo, which was Drought to Santander. Recently the divers reported that they were getting near the dyna mite, but it was supposed that the ex plosive had lost its power after so many weeks in water. Three divers were down when the explosion - came. Ten men were out in a boat over the spot where the divers were at work. Some fifty men were at work at the docks. The cause of the explosion is not known exactly. The report shook Mendez Nunez street, which skirts the quay, along its whole length. The small boat just off the spot was splintered, and ' seven men were killed. The three divers were also killed, and thirty men along the quay were in jured seriously. The mangled and black ened corpses of the dead were scattered all along the quay, and the scene was one that defied description. Among the dead are Don Manuel de Lapena, Pro-, vincial Governor, and a number of other officials. , , ,,. , Barber Shop SILVER BILL VETOED Grover Cleveland's Reasons for Disapproval. THE MEASURE IS TEEY FAULTY Would Tend to Cheek a Return to Pros perlty and Deplete the Gold Reserve Secretary of the Treasury Would be Hampered by Its Provisions. . : Washington. The President sent to the House the following message vetoing the Bland seigniorage bill : To the House of Representatives : return without my approval House bill No. 4,596, entitled "An act directing the coinage of the silver bullion held in the treasury ana lor other purposes." my strong desire- to avoid a disagreement with those in both Houses of Congress who have supported this Dill would lead me to approve it if I could believe the public good would not be endangered and that such action on my part would be a proper discharge of my official duty, Inasmuch, however, as I am unable to satisfy myself that the proposed legisla' tion was either wise or opportune, my conception of the obligations and re sponsibilities attached to the great office I hold forbids the indulgence ot my per sonal desire, and inexorably confines me to that course which is dictated . by my reason and judgment and pointed out by a sincere purpose to protect ana pro mote the general interests of our people LAST YEAR'S PANIC. ".''. The financial disturbance which swept over the country during last year was unparalleled in its severity and disas trous consequences. There seemed to be an almost entire displacement oi iaitn in our financial ability and a loss ot con fidence in our fiscal policy. Among those who attempted to assign the causes lor our distress it was very generally con ceded that the operation of the provision of the law then in force which required the covernment to purchase monthly a large amount of silver bullion and to is sue its notes in payment tnereior was either entirely or to a large extent re' sponsible for our condition, l his led to the repeal on the 1st day of November, 1892. of this statutory provision. We had, however, fallen so low in the depths of depression, and timidity and appre hension had so completely gained con trol in financial circles, that our rapid recuperation could not be reasonably ex pected. - ' , .'VI A SLIGHT RECOVERY. - "' Our recovery has nevertheless steadily progressed, and though less than five months have elapsed since the repeal of the mischievous silver purchase require ment, a wholesome improvement is un mistakably apparent. Confidence in our absolute solvency is to such an ex tent reinstated and faith in our disposi tion to adhere to sound financial meth ods so far restored as to produce the most encouraging results both at home and abroad. The wheels of domestic in dustry have been slowly set in motion, and the tide of foreign investment is again started in our direction. Our re covery being so well under way, nothing should be done to cnecK our convales cence, nor should we forget that a re lapse at this time would almost surely reduce us to a lower stage of financial distress than that from which we are just emerging. I believe that if the bill under consideration should become a law it would be regarded as a retrogres" sion from the financial intentions in dulged by our recent repeal of the pro vision forcing silver bullion purchases ; that it would weaken, if it did not de stroy, the returning faith and confidence in our sound financial tendencies, ana that in consequence our progress to re newed business health would be unfor tunately checked and a return to our re cent distressing plight seriously threat ened. MAINTAINED ONLY BY CONFIDENCE. Considering the present intrinsic rela tion between gold and silver, the main tenance of a parity between the two metals, as mentioned in this law, can mean nothing less than a maintenance of such parity in the estimation and confidence of the people who use our money in daily transactions. Manifest ly a maintenance of this parity can only be accomplished, so far as it is affected by these treasury notes and in the esti mation of the holders of the same, by giving such holders on their redemption r -i.i u :i i in coin eiwier guiu ur Oliver, wiiiuii mcy prefer. It follows that while in terms the law leaves the choice of coin to be paid on such redemption to the discre tion of the Secretary of the Treasury, the exercise of this discretion, if opposed to the demands of the holder, is entirely inconsistent with the effective beneficial maintenance of a parity between the two metals. If both gold and silver are to serve us as money, and if they to gether are to supply to our people a safe, stable currency, the necessity of preserving this parity is obvious. Such necessitv has been repeatedly conceded in the platforms of both political parties and in our federal statutes. It is now here more emphatically recognized than in the recent law which repealed the provision under which the bullion now on hand was purchased. '',. DOLLARS OF EQUAL VALUB.. . : This law insists on the maintenance of a parity in the value of the coins of the two metals and the equal power of every dollar at all times in the markets and in the payment of debts. The becre tary of the - Treasury, has .therefore, for the best of reasons, not only com plied with the every . demand for the redemption of these' treasury notes in gold, but the present " situation, as well as the letter and spirit of the law, ap pear plainly to justify, if they do not enjoin upon him, the continuation of such redemption. The conditions I have endeavored to present may be thus sum marized: -.-, First The government has purchased and now has on hand sufficient silver bullion to permit the coinage of all the silver dollars necessary to redeem in such dollars the treasury notes issued for the purchase of said silver bullion, and enough besides to coin, as gain or seigniorage, 55,156,681 additional stand ard silver dollars. . Second There are outstanding and now in circulation treasury notes issued in payment of the bullion purchased amounting to $152,951,280. These notes are legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, except when other wise expressly stipulated ; they are re ceivable for customs, taxes and all pub lic dues ; when held by banking associa tions they may be counted as part , of their lawful reserve, and are redeemed bv the' covernment in eold at the option of the holders. , ADVANTAGEOUS ATTRIBUTES. These advantageous attributes were deliberately attached to these notes at the time they were issued; they are fully understood by our people to whom such notes have been distributed as cur' rency, and have inspired confidence in their safety and value, and have un doubtedly thus induced their continued and contented use as money, instead of an anxiety for their redemption. OBJECTIONS TO THE BILL. Havine referred to some incidents which I deem relevant to the subject, it remains for me to submit a specific statement of my objections to the bill now under consideration. This bill con sists of two sections, excluding the one which merely appropriates a sum sum cient to carry the act into effect. , The first section provides for the lm mediate coinage of the silver bullion in the treasury, which represents the so- called gain or seigniorage which would arise from coining all the bullion on hand, which gain or seigniorage this sections declares to be $55,166,681. It directs the money so coined, or certifi cates issued thereon, shall be used in payment of public expenditures, and provides that if the needs of the treas' ury demand it the Secretary of the Treasury may, in his discretion, issue silver certificates in excess of such coin age, not exceeding the amount oi the seigniorage in said section authorized to be coined. COINING THE REMAINDER. The second section directs that as soon as possible after the coinage of this seigniorage the remainder of the bullion held by the government shall be coined into legal tender silver dollars, and that they shall be held m -the treasury for the redemption of the treasury notes issued in the purchase of said bullion It provides that as fast as the bullion shall be coined for the redemption of said notes they shall not be reissued, but shall be canceled and destroyed in amounts equal to the coin held at any time in the treasury derived from the coinage provided for, and that Bilver certificates shall be issued on such coin in the manner now provided by law. It is, however, especially declared in said section that the act shall not be con strued to change the existing laws re lating to the legal tender character or mode of redemption of the treasury notes issued for the purchase of silver bullion to be coined. ... THE ENTIRE BILL IS FAULTY. The entire bill is most unfortunately constructed; nearly every sentence. pre sents uncertainty and invites contro versy as to its meaning and intent. . The first section is especially faulty in this respect, and it is extremely doubtful whether its language will permit the consummation of its supposed purposes. I am led to believe that the promoters of the bill intended . in this section to provide for the coinage of the bullion constituting the gain, or seigniorage as it is called, into standard silver dollars, and yet there is positively nothing in the section to prevent its coinage into any description of silver coins now au thorized under any existing law. I sup pose this section is also intended, in case the needs of the treasury called for money faster than the seigniorage bul lion could actually be coined, to permit the issue of silver certificates in advance of such coinage ; but its language would seem to permit the issuance of such cer tificates to double the amount of the seigniorage as stated, one-half of which would not represent an ounce of silver in the treasury. OTHER REASONS FOR DISAPPROVAL. In stating the other and more impor tant reasons for my disapproval of this section I shall, however, assume that under its provisions the treasury notes issued in navment for silver bullion will continue to be redeemed as heretofore in silver or gold, at the option of the hold ers, and tnat'ir wnen tney are presented for redemption 'or reach the treasury in any other manner, there are in the treas ury coined silver dollars equal in nomi nal value, to such treasury notes, then and in that case the notes will be de- troyed and silver certificates to an equal amount substituted. I am convinced this scherrte is ill-advised and dangerous. As an ultimate result of its operation the treasury notes which are legal ten der for all debts, public and private, and which are redeemable in gold or sil ver at the option of the holder, will be replaced by silver certificates, which, whatever may be their character and description, will have none of these qualities. In anticipation of this result and as an immediate enect, the treasury notes will naturally appreciate in value and desirability. The fact that gold can be realized upon them, and the further fact that their destruction has been decreed when they reach the treas ury, must tend to their withdrawal from general circulation, to be immediately C resented tor gold : redemption, or to be oarded for presentation at a more con venient season. '"'' i' ': ';'- A REDUCTION OF GOLD. ; The sequel of both operations will be large addition to the silver currency in our circulation and a corresponding re duction of gold in the treasury. . Argu ment has been' made that these things will not occur at once, because a long time must elapse before the coinage of anything but the seigniorage can be en tered upon. If the physical effects of the execution of the second section of this bill are not to be realized until far in the future, this may furnish a strong reason why it should not be passed eo much in advance, but the postponement ot its actual operation cannot prevent the fear and loss of confidence and the nervous prostration which would imme diately follow its passage and bring about its worst consequences. I regard this section of the bill as em bodying a plan by which the govern ment would be obliged "to pay out its scanty store of gold for no other purpose than to force an unnatural addition of silver money into the hands of the peo ple.' This is .an', exact reversal . of the policy which, - safe '. finance dictates. we are to preserve the "Parity between gold and silver and maintain, a sensible biiuetahsm. , ' - I hope a way Will present itself in the near future for the adjustment of our monetary affairs in such a compre hensible and conservative, manner as will afford to silver its proper place in our currency,, but m the meantime am extremely solicitous that whatever action we take on this subject may be such as to prevent loss and discourage ment to our people at home and the de struction of confidence in our- financial management abroad. ' . v WASHINGTON CITYNEWS. . The Secretary of the Interior has sent to Congress for approval two agreements made with Indian tribes. One was made with the Yuma Indians in California, by which ' the Yumas will take allotments in severalty. The remainder of the lands that can be irrigated will be appraised and sold for the beneht of the tribe. Secretary Smith recommended an appro priation of $22,000 for an investigation to determine whether to construct a levee along the banks of the Colorado river to protect the reservation lands, The other agreement is with the Yaki mas in Washington for a cession of land known as Wenatowahapan fishery.. It is proposed to pay $2,000 for these lands. Delegate Joseph of New Mexico will make a move, as soon as the appropria tion bills are out of the way, to secure a special rule by which the New Mexico statehood bill will be given the right of way aim uiocn au uiuer uuaiuees in me House until a quorum makes its appear ance and. passes the bill. As party lines are drawn on the bill, he' can hope for i ii i 1 1 . i ' no help from the Republicans. The lat ter want Oklahoma admitted at the same date in order to secure two Republican Senators to offset the Democratic Sena tors from New Mexico. It is urged also that the Utah and Arizona bills, already passed by the House, give a prospect of four Democratic senators, so that lair ness urges the admission of Oklahoma as well as the other three territories. The appointment of General Catch- lngs to the Chairmanship of the Kiver and Harbor Committee to succeed Blanchard. appointed Senator, leads members of the House to hope tha there will be some very material in creases made in the river and harbor ap propriations, for Catchings is a more liberal-minded man than his predecessor, Representative Caminetti as a member of the committee is daily in consultation with his colleagues in an endeavor to se cure more money for the bacramento and San Joaquin rivers, while Repre sentatives Loud and Wilson of Washing ton made a gallant fight for the entire Pacific Coast on the House floor during the consideration ot the sundry civil bill. The river and harbor bill when reported will show some changes affecting Pacific Coast rivers and harbors since the first statement - was telegraphed. , What changes these are will probably be in the nature of increases. Further correspondence between Wil lis and Dole has been submitted to Con gress, it is mostly explanatory. Dole acknowledges the receipt . of "a lettei dated January 18 from Willis, and says that in it Willis shows a desire that no interpretation should be placed upon the events referred to that would be incon sistent with a friendly attitude on the part of himself and the United States toward Hawaii. February 14 Dole ad dressed a letter to Willis, in which he is much pleased at Willis' explanation as to why the American naval forces were deprived of their liberty and prohibited from wearing uniforms on shore after the arrival of the Corwin. Dole says further that it has not been his desire to charge the United States with intending to use force, but rather to show that the withholding of information on the point had produced an unfortunate state of af fairs, and to which Willis' attention was called at the time. Dole closed by disa vowing on the part ot his government any unfriendliness toward the United States.- - . . i Representative Hermann has had re ported from the Committee on Indian Affairs his bill to Tatify and confirm the agreement with the Alsea and other bands of Indians located upon the Siletz Indian reservation and to make appro priation for carrying it into effect. There are 225,000 acres in the reserve, of which 175,000 acres, not allotted to the Indians, are to be subject to settlement. The In dians are to be paid $142,600 for. their cession. The President is to issue a proclamation within twenty days after the passage of the bill fixing a time not later than forty days thereafter when the surplus lands are to be opened to entry. Judge Holman, the Chairman of the committee, argued for a reduction to 4 per cent from the 5 per cent interest provided by the bill to be paid the In dians on the deferred payments, but he was voted down and his amendment de feated. He, however, succeeded with an amendment requiring actual residence on the land for not less than three years, whereas under the homestead law proper commutation could be made after four teen months. An additional amendment requires that at time of entry 50 cents of the $1.50 payable - per acre shall be paid, the balance payable when final proof is made at the end of three or five years. , ..'.,.'.. WATER WORKS SUIT THE OPINION OF AN ASSISTANT ATTORNEY-GENERAL. ' : .... ' '' '-' . No Credence Given to the Story That Mrs. Stanford Proposes to Sell Some of Her Southern Pacific Railroad In terests Bond Purchases. '.. Olympia. The State Land CommiS' sion has decided to purchase $75,000 6 per cenl; funding bonds of Skagit county. subject to the approval of the Attorney' General. Bonds to the amount of $1,600 of School District No. 19, Clarke county. bearing 7 per cent interest, were ac cepted, subject to the same conditions Gold Dlsoovery In Utah. .. . Salt Lake. The excitement over the new gold discoveries is running high in the little town of Lehi. Utah, about thirty miles south of this city. The dis coveries were made a few days ago. The ore is a pink slate, and lavs in stratified veins. The belt has been traced for two ..... . miles. It is over thirty feet in thick' ness, and assays about $20 in gold to the ton. .. .. A Shingle Fight. Tacoma. It looks as though there was going to be a bitter fight between the shingle mannfacturers and dealers, Manufacturers have issued circulars stating that in future they will sell to Eastern dealers car lots at the same rate as that now given to Western commis sion dealers. This plan, while it will raise a big fight among the Western deal ers, it is expected will be of great benefit to manufacturers, as they will be able to sell all the product to Eastern men, sav ing middlemen's pront. "' Insurance Adjusted. San Francisco. There was quite sensation in insurance circles in this city when it became known that the Alliance Insurance Company of London had set tled with Buyer & Reich and had paid that firm the full amount of its propor tion of the loss under its policy of $5,000. The amount paid is J4,U18.3t. it was ex plained that the Alliance Company paid this loss after taking competent legal ad' vice. There are suits pending against about twenty-seven other insurance com panies to recover the remainder of the total of $110,000. Ratteubury Denies It All. ' J Olympia. Architect Rattenbury of Victoria has written Auditor Grimes a letter concerning the report said to be current in British Columbia that the Capitol Commission had asked Ratten bury what there would be in it for the commissioners if his plan was adopted. He says : " 1 wish to repudiate all re' sponsibility for the ridiculous statement referring to the Capitol Commission. I have not been out of British Columbia since the plans were sent in ; have had no communication personally or by let ter with the commission, nor have I said that 1 had." Alaska News. Port Townsend. A private letter from Juneau, brought down by the steamer Mexico, says that up to the time of writing no solution of the Tread well works robbery has been arrived at, and the big company is sun mourning the loss of $30,000 worth of gold chlorina' tions. Druggist Feuhr, who was recent ly arrested in San Francisco and taken back in charge of a Deputy Marshal, is still under . surveillance, although he claims to be able to prove an alibi -if only given a chance. Whatever efforts are being made to get at the bottom ot the matter are done so quietly that no one knows about them. ' : Very little movement toward the Yu kon gold fields has yet been made by the miners, owing to the heavy snowfalls and cold weather. This is unfortunate, as it will keep the season back and be an expensive matter to the miners. Negro Convicted of Murder. Seattle. William .Holmes, a negro mule driver at the Franklin coal mines, was convicted of murder in the first de gree in killing "his roommate, William Russell, at the mines January 25. Rus sell was a negro miner. The trial lasted two days before Judge Moore. The evi dence showed the men quarreled over a revolver which Russell said ; Holmes stole. Russell slapped Holmes while itanding in front of a saloon. Holmes weht away, and came back a few min utes later with the same pistol. A short distance away he fired at Russell, whose back was turned. The latter wheeled and ran for Holmes. . The second shot passed through his head from a distance of two feet. Holmes said he was goin to give the gun to Russell and did not shoot him. Jtie also set up insanity from epi lepsy as a defense. Both were drunk. Holmies is a small man, and Russell was very large. A new trial is asked for. Holmes has not the money, and will probably hang. COUNTY WARRANTS. A Case Involving the Legal Rate ' of . ; Interest Argued. Olympia. The last Legislature changed the legal rate of interest from 10 to 8 per cent. Since that time there has been great contention as to how the law would affect warrants issued prior and payable subsequent to the passage of the act. The Attorney-General ex pressed the opinion that all warrants is sued prior to passage of the act draw 10 per cent until paid, and all warrants is sued subsequent to the passage of the act and prior to the time the act took effects June 8 draw 10 per cent until June 8 and 8 per cent thereafter.. A short time since action was brought against Treasurer Silbach ef tkig onty to compel him to pay 10 per cent on warrants issued before the passage of the act. Judge Gordon held 8 per cent . to be the legal rate since June 8, 1898, . regardless of the time of issuance. This case was appealed to and argued in the Supreme Court, and the decision will be awaited with great interest throughout the State. WATER WORKS SUIT. Legality of the Bonds Upheld, But the City, is Enjoined. Walla Walla. The case of the Walla Walla Water Company against the city of Walla Walla, to restrain the city from establishing a water plant of its own, was decided , by Judge Hanford in the United States Court this afternoon. In this case all objections to the creation of new water works by the city and the is sue of bonds to the amount of $160,000, as proposed, on account of alleged irreg ularities in passing the ordinance and m tne election were overruled. The court follows the decisions of the Su preme Court of this State in Yester vs. Seattle, 1 Wash.. 308. and Seymour vs. Tacoma, 6 Wash., 138. But an injunc tion is granted on the ground that the city of Walla Walla is bound by its con tract with complainant not to become a competitor in the water business and not to establish its own system of water works during the period of twentv-five years from the date of the contract with out first purchasing or condemning and paying for complainant's plant. - MRS. STANFORD'S INTERESTS. Railroad Men Do Not Expect a Sale of - .''. Her Southern Pacific Stock. San' Francisco. Railroad men who know something of the condition of the Stanford estate and its relations to the Southern Pacific give ho credence to the story that Mrs. Stanford proposes to sell' some of her railroad interests, and that her associates in the company are,, fear ful of consequent disaster. President Huntington said : " I see Mrs. Stanford very seldom, but we naturally confer irequentiy witn her attorneys, and they : have never said anything of the kind. I don't think Mrs. Stanford wants to do anything to injure the interests of the company. They are her interests. If she wanted to sell her railroad interests. she could probably do so very easily. I would like to buy them myself, only I am trying to build railroads instead of buying them. No, I don't think we would be very much afraid to see her in- terests e6 into other hands. Then, of course, a woman can't take hold of rail road affairs like a man. In fact, it might be well to put in some new blood. I am a progressive man, and I think it might De a gooa thing." , A ' JUDGE SLIGHTLY OFF., Oregon Has No Jurisdiction in the State of Washington. Olympia. Assistant Attorney-General Haight, advising State Fish Commis-. sioner Crawford concerning the opinion of the Judge of the Circuit Court of Clatsop county, Or., who held that fish ermen of the State of Washington fish ing in the waters of this State in con- . formity with the laws of this State are amenable in the courts of Oregon to the laws of that State, says : " Game, fish and other wild animals are public prop erty, legislation upon which is a power reserved to the State. ' Under no theory of law can the contention of the learned Judge be maintained. The officers of the State1 of Oregon charged with the duty of arresting offenders cannot invade the territorial limits of Washington m tne periormance oi their duty. Congress. can give no jurisdiction, concurrent or otherwise, to the State of Oregon within the limits of this State ; even the juris diction that the United States may ex ercise by reason of its admiralty juris diction does not extend to regulation of fisheries." Referring to the opinion of the Oregon Judge, Haight says the posi tion taken is so remarkable that but for proof to the contrary one would be jus tified in believing that the learned Judge had been misrepresented. - EUROPE WANTS FRESH SALMON. Arrangements Perfected for Paying up the Obligations of Two Canneries. Astoria. It is understood that ar rangements have been made by Annas R. Berle, representing the house of Rud Kanzaw of Hamburg, io have fresh salmon shipped overland in refrigerator cars from Kalama to New York en route to Hamburg. Mr. Berle, who left this city for Portland recently, interviewed the principal cannerymen on the subject of the proposed venture, but made no contract. Before he left, however, he stated a deal had been made with par ties at Kalama. The firm of Rud Kan zaw has branches at the different points .Norway and Sweden where salmon are caught, and Mr. Berle came here highly recommended. Several large con signments of fresh salmon were shipped to Berlin by J. O. Hanthorn and M. J. Kinney of this city and Mr. Barnes of Portland about three years ago, but were not paid for, the claim having been made by Lindenberg, the purchaser, that they arrived in poor condition. The opinion is still entertained here that the excuse was made for the sole purpose of avoiding payment, and that the salmon was properly handled and delivered in good order. - . ; Manyot the creditors of the firm1 of Scotchler & Gibbs have been paid off here on the basis of dollar for dollar, ar- rangements having been made with H. ' and M. Anthony & Co. of New York to take charge of the embarrassed firm's ' ' affairs, settle all debts and operate the North Shore and Eureka canneries dur ing the coming season. The money for the settlement in full of all claims is un derstood to be held by the First National Bank of this city.