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-'-- "- ood River Glacier. t i It's a Cold Day When We Get Left. ' VOL. G. ' HOOD RIVER, OREGON, SATURDAY. JANUARY 5, 1895. NO. 32. .... . '" ' ' " ' ' " f "" a" . ' 1 '3(ood Iiver (5 Lacier, PUBLISHED EVER? SATURDAY MORNING BT S. F. BLYTHE, Publisher. SUBSCRIPTION PRICK. One year....,,'.., ' :81x months Three months.. .. SiiKlecopy....... .....J 00 1 00 ..... to ...iCntt GRANT EVANS. EOBT. HUSBANDS.. THE GLACIER BARBERSHOP, Second St., Near Oak, Hood River, Or. ' EVANS' 4 HUSBANDS,' P.oprietors. - Shavlrt and hair-cutting neatly done. Satis , faction guaranteed. NORTHWEST NEWS Condensed Telegraphic Reports of Late Happenings. TAKEN HOT FROM THE WIRES Budget of News for Easy Digestion From Different Parts of the States of Wash ington, Oregon and Idaho Item of Interest to Paclflo Coast People. The oyster beds at Bay Center, Wash., are being -systematically robbed, and a reward of $75 is out for the conviction of the offenders. The Florence (Or.) West hascpme out for a new county to be formed from west ern Lane and Douglas. There seems to be no opposition eo far to the project. A logging engine of the . largest pat tern made has been ordered in New York bv George L. Davis of Hoquiam, Wash. It will be the largest at work on Gray's Harbor. " ' The old "organization known as the Chamber of Commerce of Fairhaven will take steps to dissolve the corpora tion, as it is now merged into the Oom- srcial dub. : : , , ' , . v - iJorn-er8 belonging to The Dalles, . pany wiIlTre-fgrja tfjgation- Com- As soon as pot'siUTfe-v, 1 -nary 6. again be started. ""-U ,. ,vine state Treasurer br-rw " has called for warrants on" tub-" fund.,, Nos. 6,951 to 5,985 inclusive. .The amount of the call' is $4,628, which- ma tures January o, J896. It is reported that jack ' rabbits are' "very numerous in the country around , Wilbur, Wash., this winter and are be ginning their, destructive work of gir dling young orchard trees. ; ' There are about 1,000 Indians on the 'Klamath reservation, which - contains over 1.000,000 acres. They raised enough . wheat last season to keep a threshing :rnacnine busy lor two months. Colville Valley, Wash., has a surplus of hay, and Flathead Valley in Montana lias a surplus, of. cattle. The Colville ipeople have written to t he Flathead peo ple, offering to trade 100 tons'of'hay for icattle. .' . .; v, " -.' ' i i. . The contract for the c'onstruction of the Pasco canal, -which- willcover about 3,000 acres will be let in a few days. This land , will be opposite a valuable section. Anew pumping plant'will sup .' ply the water from Slrumpf Rapids. Hank "Barrett, the veteran mail icar? rier1etween Gardiner and Florence; has . been carrying mail along the beach for upward of thirty years. Some of his experiences with storms and quicksands are more thrilling than tales of fiction. . ' The low prices of hops andt'the pros. peetive profit in apples .induce a Yakima man to uproot a hop field and. set it out in apple trees". It might be just as well for him in the long run to raise both ' hops and apples. This view of the situ- atipn should not be overlooked. Several hundred head of cattle have '. died lately at the feeding ground near . Ritzville, Wash. They' are believed to have been poisoned by eating a plant, concerning which nothing definite is '. known. Samples of the plant have been . , submitted to botanical authorities for . classification. "---."'.-. ,- . : . . - -'' - ' ' . .J-...- . -. - The Everett Herald announces that '' the Rockefeller interests will begin opera- tions to develop the Monte Cristo camp on a large scale. . Hundreds of men will no doubt be given employment as their . plans ; materialize, .while the Everett .' ', smelter will receive the product and in ' crease its output. ' H. E. Heppersett tells the Roseburg r ' Review that : the stories of destitution - aiming G. Wi Hunt's railroad employes at Fort Bragg, Cal., circulated by a Wal la Walla newspaper are pure fabrications. The men are being furnished good board irrthe railroad camp or at the hotels, and will be put to work just as soon as tf somfc right of way difficulties can be set ... tied, which will hot'be long. Mr. Hunt - has a- $120,000 constructing outfit on the ground, and proposes to push the work iJ when he gets Btarted. Mr. Heppersett ... understands the business arrangements well enough to know that the company bai-king the enterprise means business. Fort Bragg is situated on the' coast, and . the proposed road extends through a timber belt for, about 103 miles, termi ' nating in the coal fields near Ukiah. Mr. Heppersett will return to Fort Bragg in .a few weeks, - - . ON THE RESERVATION. Y The Recommendations Made by Indian Agents In Their Annual Reports. Washington, December 28. General complaint against the issuance of gov ernment rations to the Indians is made in the annual reports of agents. Captain P. H. Ray of the Shoshone agency, Wyoming, says: "They will never' be come self-supporting so long as the gov ernment gives them the semblance of support; neither can they begin to ac cumulate property so long as the supply of the necessaries of life is solely in the hands of white traders." '. Another fac tor retarding the development com plained of by Captain' Bay is the fact that chiefs are allowed to dictate to the agent as to the issue of annuities and affairs of the agency. Thd removal of troublesome chiefs is recommended. The Shoshones are regarded as communists, who are loth to take up any untried pur suit. Their agent recommends that the ration issue, except to indigent and help less, be gradually discontinued and the money now used for rations be devoted to the payment of Indian labor.' '." The , international treaty governing seal-hunting on the North Pacific and Behring Sea has worked great hardships to the Indians at Neah Bay, Washing ton... These Indians cannot agree upon a head man or cltief, and consequently are divided among themselves, their agent regarding their failure to select one as a disadvantage to them. ....... Considerable opposition to the work of the commission preparing lands on the Puyallup reservation in Washington for sale iB being shown by a minority of these Indians, but the faction is evident ly influenced by having all restrictions removed. . The progress made at Tulalip agency, Washington, indicates that within a few years these Indians will become self-supporting and independent of government aid.' Some definite action is urged upon the department to .restore to the Yafeimas their rights at their accustomed fisheries on the Columbia river in Washington, a dispute over which has resulted in con siderable trouble. . The Yakimas refuse to take the allotments, but have marked off a line which they claim as their reservation in common.. . They are re ported in bad financial condition and in great need of government assistance, "Whisky," says Agent Erwin, "is the greatest hindrance to Indian prosperity. There is an immense traffic in alcohol and vile.cU coctions carried on with them, and one murder and two violent deaths during the year are charged to whisky." INSURANCE ; WAR IMMINENT. V Companies Give Notice, of Intention to - '"Withdraw From he.Paclfto Union. -LSan Francisco, December 28. The TTnion, the Firemen's Fund,' hester, Caledonia, Y: ' T.in7"iSrmwKf MiiliJSiawil, Si. Teutoniaol JNew Orleans and Girard o: Philadelphia, insurance companies, have giveri notice of their intention to with draw from the Pacific Insurance Union The Northwest National, the-New Zea land and Sun are involved in a difficulty with the union over the pavment of sal aries to solicitors, prohibited by union rules, ana trie .Phoenix ana Home are already out of. the insurance compact Many agents, some representing the companies mentioned, do not want to disband, recqgnizing the "advantages of concurrent action. .xneyhave given no tice of withdrawal to.-'be able to meet the rate-cutting expected from 'those companies already out-; of the union. Notices of withdrawals - are expected from many other companies, but extra ordinary efforts are being made to reor ganize the union on new lines. Rate cutting would greatly diminish the prof its, and would force many small compa nies to the wall. - ... -.t -. IT WILL-. BE THOROUGH. Wilson's Investigation Into the Centra ' . Pacific Affairs. . i . . . San Fbanctsco, December 28. In an interview regarding the visit to this countrv of Sir Charles R. Wilson to in vestigate the workings . of the Central Pacific for the benefit of the English stockholders,' who hold ' 65 per ; cent of the bonds, George Bowack, who is a res ident of London and a large stockholder in the Canadian Pacific, said that, not withstanding the courteous treatment Sir ( harles recently . received at the hands of the Southern Pacific, he would push the investigation to the. end; and, if necessary, the stockholders will bring the matter before the courts and have the Central Pacific treated as the Union Pacific, thrown into bankruptcy. After the interview Mr. Bowack said ho more English capital will come to this coun try. Mrs. Bowack's mother is a stock holder in the Central Pacific. - Jeff Garrigus, the Resurrectionist. Indianapolis, Ind., December 28. Jeff Garrigus, a grave robber who makes no effort to conceal his ghoulish business, has just made his will, in which he leaves his body to the Indiana Medical College of this city.. He .directs' that; after his body is dissected by the students and made the subject of lectures bv members of the faculty, the skeleton is to be placed in an upright position in the dissecting room of the college with the right hand on the handle of a newspadeand the left foot resting on the blade, the latter to be highly polished and the words, Jeff Garrigus, the . Resurrectionist," printed upon it in large black letters. Garrigus says this is theonly monument he covets, and the faculty has promised to carry out his wishes to the letter. ri-. ... CATTLE EMBARGO WhyOur Live and Dressed Beef Are Shut Out of Germany. THE REPORT OF OUR AGENT Authorities Say There Can No Longer be ' Any Doubt that the Disease Was Texas Fever Denmark's Action Looked Upon as a Self-Interest Move. ' ; Washington, December 27. An agent of the Department of Agriculture, now in Germany, has been looking, into the reasons for the German movement against American live cattle and dressed beef, and has made the following pre liminary report to the department, ad ditional time being required to prepare a complete report: j - '; ; " I hasten to forward this information in advance of the report, as it"may not only be of interest, but of immediate value to the department. The general opinion among the importers of Ameri can live cattle and dressed beef is that the German authorities will never recede from the position they have taken unless thev could be induced to revoke the pro hibition order on condition that German veterinarians be employed to inspect the live cattle and dressed beef before load ing tor transportation to Germany. This must also have been the opinion of the directors of S;he ' Hamburg-American Packet Company. . Directors Ballin and Wolff of this company inform me that they have made the proposition to the German government to employ German veterinarians to inspect every cargo of dressed beef or cattle in the United States which is to be landed at German ports. What the ultimate answer will be remains to be seen. This company has built four magnificent steamers for the purpose of transporting live stock and dressed beef to Germany, but these steamers now take ' their freight to Havre. ' ' " ' " ' .. ' "'. " The veterinarians employed at the Hamburg stock yards and slaughter house were rather reluctant at first to call the disease discovered Texas' fever j they were unacquainted with the symp toms of the general nature of the disease. They concluded that the sixteen head infected had been watered from a' tank probably in a filthy condition and full of bacteria, which would be responsible for the Blimy condition in which the intes tines were found. An analysis of the water, however, proved this theory to be incorrect; therefore " the veterinarians almost at a loss to know what the disease was or what could have caused the sickness. The matter was reported to the Imperial Sanitary Department at Rurlin n nrl r.hfiv demanded an inspection of the intestines, lungs, liver and heart nt on of the diseased animals. ' Three after it was declared, bv the' Im-, perial Sanitary Department that the- ase was Texas lever, ana a promoi- as issued. ' ", affirm that, accrWflatHamDu.r8 no.w made at the time of thefflrrfgX: diseased animals, it corresponded exactly with the description giveiiNby American autnorities, anu, mereiore, inve can no longer remain any doubt but JtWt the disease in reality was Texas fever. chief veterinarian, Vollers of Hamburg. and the directorof the Hamburg slaugh ter-nouse, w.r. arisen, nave gone to Eng land to give this matter BDecial atten tion and to learn what precaution the English authorities take against the spreading of the disease when thev dis cover cases of Texas fever. - Chief Vet erian Vollers has also written a pam phlet giving the complete details of the matter, a copy of which will be for warded to the department as soon as the pampniet is printed. "Denmark following Germany's lead in proniDiDing tne importation ot Ameri can live cattle and dressed beef is looked upon here as a move dictated bv self-in terest. The larger per cent of the cattle killed at Hamburg are from Denmark, because all the cattle arriving from Den mark must be slaughtered, as thev can not be transported to the interior of Germany alive. Denmark js evidently hopeful that by excluding American cat tie she may receive permission from the German authorities to transport their live stoctc to tne interior of tiermany. One of the directors of the Hamburg American Packet Company informs me that Rotterdam has a. so prohibited the landing ot American live cattle at that port., Hamburg dealers in. cattle and commission merchants in general are now making efforts to obtain permission to 'import live cattle from Canada, there being no Texas fever "in the? Northern States. They would load them fit Hali fax, but they doubt very much if further permission will be granted. The Amed can live cattle soldat Hamburg were of first-class ' quality; -and gave excellent satisfaction, with the exception- of the thirty-two bulls, sixteen of which had to be killed and condemned, therebv creat ing all this commercial disturbance. The other animals were principally short- norns and lar superior to any European beef cattle killed at Hamburg. -" If ' the" exportation of live cattle is again allowed, -special care should be taken to export the best quality only to Germany. - The dressed beef was also first quality in every respect, but unfor tunately the cooling machinery did not work satisfactorily, and the appearance of the meat was somewhat against it. Dr. salmon, chief of the bureau of ani mal industry; states that none of the in formation so far obtainable. would indi cate that these animals were suffering from Texas fever." , s- , . Controller Eckels' Call. Washington, December 24. The Con troller of the Currency has issued a call for reports of the condition of the na tional banks at the close of business De cember 19. RETALIATION THREATENED. American Ports May be Closed to the ; ' . - Products of Spain. ' Washington, December 27. Interest ing developments are expected as a re sult of the strained relations between the United States and Spain over the tariff. ' Secretary Greaham has directed Minister Taylor at Madrid to notify the Spanish government that, if the United States is not removed from . the list of countries not having satisfactory treaties, this country will retaliate. It is not be lieved Spain will yield to the protest of Secretary Gresham. In that event Pres ident Cleveland will probably issue a proclamation closing American ports to the products of Spain. The first effect of this"wili be to shut out " enormous shipments of raw sugar, which' come to this country, and cause a sharp advance in price, besides closing refineries and throwing out of work many thousands. , In official circles it said Cuba furnishes seven-eighths of all the sugar, and Lou isiana and Hawaii the remainder; but it is said that it would be impossible to make up this seven-eighths now drawn from Cuba, It is also asserted, there fore, by those in no way identified with or partial to the sugar refineries that the action would cut v them off from their supplies and close them up, throwing 20 000 employes out of work.' This state ment was made by a high official, who had much to do with the negotiations, and who is very apprehensive of its re sults.. He added that the ultimate ettect of the war would be to advance the price of sugar from 3 to 6 per cent per pound, thus making the public bear the burden. " In levying duties Spain arranges the countries in two columns. The first col umn includes those who have not entered into satisfactory' treaty arrangement with her. -' Until recently Brazil"was the only one on the globe which Spain had put in this column, alt other countries being in the " second column," which includes those having satisfactory treaties. The U nited States now joins Brazil in Spain's "first column," and thus Btands apart from all other countries in the common benefits Spain grants. ' The immediate effects of Spain's ac tion has already proven disastrous to the American trade in flour, and this trade has passed' almost exclusively into the bands of Canada, Under the old reci procity arrangement with Spain Ameri can flour was shipped to Cuba in great quantities. But when the newi.United States tana, raised tne duty on unoan sugar Spain responded by raising the duty on American' flour.'" The duty on flour is $4.75 in the' first column, while in the second column it is $4. As Can ada is in the second column, she enjoys Inn OidT fin ri nr-Tfi rnntn-H "h1"" flour, and this has proved ample to allow Canada to wrest the Cuban flour trade away from the United States. ; ' It is understood from authoritative sources that a question has been raised as to the right of the President to issue a retaliatory proclamation against Spain, such as Secretary Gresham has threat ened; This proclamation, if made, would be under a law of 1890, which author izes retaliation against countries making iminst . discriminations against - the United States. , But Spain claims she is mfl.'-- v . - j - .. ... ... ... J3(lt7 arranges her tariff in two columns ac cording to whether countries are -friendlv or unfriendly to her and leaves thecotnf! tries to choose their own place. The re cent American tariff putting sugar on dutiable list had the ettectol placing this coTrmrynn Spain's first column without any intentional discrimination on her part. Under this circumstance If is urged that Secretary Gresham has no authority to invoke the retaliatory law of 1890. These contending views are now being urged between our Min ister and the members of the Spanish Cabinet, and definite results are expected this week, - IT HAS BEEN SMOKING. That Is What the Investigating Party . - - Says of Mount Rainier. : Seattle, December 27. The Post-Intelligencer exploring party has fully confirmed the previous statements that smoke has ascended from the summit of Mount Rainier in the last two months, for the explorers are now camped on the side of the mountain over half way to the summit and have actually seen great volumes of smoke and geysers of steam pouring from the crater. This news was brought by a homing pigeon to Fred S. Meeker's loft at Puyallup, another pig eon released in the meantime not having arrived. The men are all well in spite of the cold, and seem to be boldly push ing on to the summit. The pigeon which brought this news arrived at Puyallup at 3 p. m., Christmas day. The bird lib erated Monday has not yet arrived, and" some accident has evidently befallen it. The following is the message-received : " St. Elmo's Pass, altitude 8,000 feet, 12 m. Christmas day. The expedition has demonstrated beyond doubt that Mount-Rainier has been smoking. .. Yes terday afternoon, about two hours after the pigeon was liberated while crossing the vast snow field dividing the Elysian fields and Winthrop glacier Major In graham suddenly shouted: "See the smoke I See the steam 1' The top of the mountain was fully five miles away, and as he Bpoke jets of steam like gey sers shot upward 200 feet or more, and farther to the right a column of densely black Bmoke rose from the crater in fitful curls to a height of several hundred feet. Major Ingraham declares that the smoke is a revelation to him." international -Wine Exposition. ' ' ''Washington, December 27. The French embassy at Washington has been informed that applications for space at the InternationalWine Exposition, which will be held at Bordeaux May to Decem ber, 1895, will be received as late as Jan uary 31 by the Societe Philomathique o' that cityrwhich has the matter in charge. FIERY FRENCHMEN Socialist Deputy Jaures Attacks : the Government HE IS DENOUNCED A A LIAR It Creates a Tumult In the Chamber of Deputies, and Was Followed by the ; Usual Challenge Premier Dupuy Re proached Jaures. ' -; .-- Paris, December 26. General Mer cier, Minister of War, introduced to-day in the Chamber of Deputies a bill pro viding the death penalty for such mili tary traitors as Captain Dreyfus. Dep uty Jaures, Socialist, was delegated by his party to demand the abolition of the death penalty in the army. In the course of his attack upon the government he said that Dreyfus escaped sentence be cause the government feared the conse quences of executing him. Premier Dupuy reproached Jaures for voicing the theories of international socialism on a subject which should appeal to every Frenchman's loyalty. Jaures shouted in his reply, pointing to the Ministers . ".You are the internationalists. You favor the internationalism of Hebrew capitalists, whom you screen and pro tect. Yet these Hebrew capitalists, whom you adopt as your wards, are swindlers and scamps." - : . ' The Chamber was brought to a high pitch of excitement by this harangue. The Socialists cheered approvingly.' The Ministers interrupted the speaker fre quently with their protests. As Jaures reached the climax of his charges M, Berthou, Minister of Public Works, sprang to his feet and shouted " You lie, and you know you lie." -.Jaures' reply was drowned in a tu mult, which was stilled after five min utes by the President's bell. There were calls for the censuring of Juares, and eventually Brisson,, the President, re- 3uested him to retract his accusations, aures refused flatly. He was censured by the President and expelled tempora rily from the Chamber. , The sitting was adjourned in confusion. -Jaures sent his seconds toBerthbU. " According - to the arrangements made by the seconds the duel will be fought with pistols at twenty-five paces. The duel was the main tonic of discussion during the intermis- sion, anu uie uepuues were nmi mu; of tha mobable cuualtlons when tnesTt i . i t .:n . .. 1 1 : ting was resumed. The previous -question was demanded by the government as soon as the Chamber came to order, and was carried against M. Jaures' pror posal. Alexander Miller, Radical, ar gued in speech on General Mercier bill that the existing laws would enable the government to punish Dreyfus with death. Lawyer Leveille, Republican, denied this. Eventually urgency was votec on the Mercier bill. - " 1 TWO YEARS IN COURT. The Phonograph Suit AgainstThomas Edison Decided. " Washington, December 26. A deci sion was to-day rendered in the Supreme Court ofhe District of Columbia in a suit pending for nearly ' two years, brought bK the American Graphone Company nominally against the Colum bia Phonograph Company, the real par ties defendant, being Thomas A. Edison and the Edison phonograph, works. It was alleged by the American Graphone Company that the original Edison tin foil phonograph was a failure, as the sound records it made were not accurate, permanent or capable of being repro duced as often as desired ; that it could not be detached from the machine, han dled and transported ; that the , art as now known was created by the, inven tions of Alexander Graham Bell, Chices A. Bell and Charles 8. Tainter, who be gan work under the auspices of the Volta Laboratory Association, and -whose pat ents were afterward acquired by the American Graphone Company, and that every phonograph, every phonograph cylinder and every phonograph record became practical and valuable only as far as it relied upon the principle of the engraved record as distinguished from the abandoned method of indenting used on the. Edison original tinfoil phono graph. No testimony was taken for the Columbia Phonograph Company in the case, and when the time limit fixed by. the court had almost expired the de fendant withdrew counsel and allowed a decree by default.. The cou t finds for the American Graphone Company on every point, and issues a decree of in junction against defendants and orders an accounting by the auditor to the court. Other suits are pending in New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Ohio and Kansas. , : - , .: - '' '.; - Turbulent Tong Haks. ; Yokohama, December 27. Although Japanese rule is accepted by the Core ans generally, the Tong Haks are still active. Thev have just captured Hai Chiu, capital of , the province of Whang Hai Do. : They expelled the Governor, and installed one of their number in his place. Three towns in Southern Corea have been burned by them. Their num Y'sra are increasing, reinforcements from the tiger hunters being secured. The Glolittl Document!. Rome, December 26. The Senate Com mittee to consider the famous Giolitti documents reports . that they are un worthy of the Senate's attention, as they in fact do not deserve the name of docu ments, but should be classed merely as irrelevant sect papers. . SOUTHERN REPUBLICS. More Warlike News From the Guatemala-Mexican Frontier. . Oaxaca, Mex., December 26. A cou rier from the Guatemalan border reports that there is such a disturbed condition of affairs on the frontier that farms and ranches are being abandoned and the people seeking places of safety from the depredations and crimes that are being constantly committed by the bandits and outlaws following the wake of the soldiers. . The Guatemalan forces are be ing strengthened all along the line, and the Indians and other natives of the country are being pressed into military service. - The volunteer troops of this state, as well as of the Stale of Chiapas, are equipped and ready to march to the frontier as soon as war is declared. ; MATTER OF MUCH (SPECULATION. Acapulco, Mex., December 26. The extended stay in this harbor of the Eng lish cruisers Royal Arthur, Champion, Satellite ami Nymph is a matter of much speculation as to the plans of England with the war spirit in this part of the Pacific. The most generally accepted belief that these cruiers have some de signs for the government in connection with the present dispute over the bound ary between Mexico and Guatemala, es pecially in view of the uncommunicative policy being followed by the command ers of the boats. The probable attitude of the United States in the event of meddling on the part of England is also a matter being industriouly discussed in some quarters. The cruisers have been idle at anchor in this harbor for a month, and there is no indication of an early departure. JAPAN'S CAUTION. No Appointment by Her as Yet of Peace , Commigsloners. . Washington, December 27. No in formation has reached the Japanese le gation in relation to the appointment of Peace Commissioners to treat with the two Chinese Ambassadors recently, ap pointed. The suggestion is made that the Japanese government is probably awaiting the arrival of the Chinese Am bassadors before making the appoint ment. The . Japanese commissioners need not, in fact, be appointed until some formal proposition is made by the Chinese envoys. Owing to the fact that communication from Peking. to Chinese ports is somewhat delayed on account of frozen rivers and canals, the arrival of the Chinese in Japan may be delayed for some time. Nothing concerning th report that Shao, one of the .Chinese Ambftggadorawill not be persona gratia to the Japanese on account of his action as Governor of Formosa, has been re ceived at the legation. A cablegram re ceived at the legation to-day announced the convening of Parliament at Tokio yesterday. " ' .-;'' No Further Use for an Agency. Washington, December 28. The, Sec retary of the Interior has approved of the recommendation of the " Commis sioner of Indian Affairs to relieve Ed Eells, Indian agent at the Puyallup agency in-Washington, from his duties as agent and placing the Superintendent of the'Puyallup Agency Indian boarding school in charge of affairs. This action is taken because the Indians, having taken their lands in severalty, are be coming civilized and. educated. This is a step toward abolishing the agency. Mr. Eells has been in the service longer than any other agent, beginning his ca reer at that point in 1871. He has an excellent record. Brewery Boycott Ended. - f .- Bkrlin, December 27. The longcon tinued boycott of certain breweries, es tablished by the Socialists because of the discharge of a number of the brewery employes, has been ended. - Richard Roesicke, manager of the Schulheis brewery, who is also a Liberal member of the Reichstag, and Hrr Singer, the well-known Socialist Deputy, have suc ceeded in effecting a compromise, under the terms of which all the men dis charged from the breweries during . the struggle will be reinstated when there are vacancies. " The Socialists arer 'ar ranging for holding a mass meeting to ratify ihe agreement.. . , ; ,,,-., .- ' - "-..' Coxey'g Mnnetary Bill. ' Chicago, December 28. Jaeotr S. Coxey arrived at the Auditorium to-a'ay. He will go to St. Louis to urge the adop tion of his bill as a Populist measure by the conference of Populist leaders which convenes there this week. Carl Browne has gone ahead to agitate the matter in advance of the conference. Hewill present a long preamble reciting the inadequacy of the present' monetary system, and a resolution .which reads: "We are in favor of the free and ; unlimited coinage of silver in the ratio of ;16 to 1, and' the Coxey non-interest-bearing bonds plan," Transfer of the Esmeralda. ,' London, December 27. A dispatch' to. the Times from Lima says the extraor-" dinary action of the government of Eo- : uador in permitting the Ecuadorian flag ' to be used in the transfer of the Chilian cruiser Esmeralda to' Japan has excited great indignation in Ecuador and adja cent Republics. The only explanation offered by President Cordero is that Ec uador will gain an advantage from the ' transaction. - Title to Oregon Property. Washington, December 26. At th last session of Congress the House passed Representative Hermann's bill confirm ing title to the property owners of the town Of North BrownaviHo in nran The Senate Committee reported it to the general iana omce. ihe Uommissioner has notified Mr. Hermann that he has recommended that, t.hn Sonata nooa bill as it came from the House. This win assure its passage by the Senate at this session,