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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.
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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.